for that uyght went to Douaing laye in the abbeye And in the mornynge after masse he lepte on his horse and came agayn to the quene Who receyued hym with great Joye by that tyme she had dynedde and was redy to mounte on her horse to departe with hym and so the quene departed from the castell of Dambrety courte and toke leue of the knyght and of the lady and thanked them for theyr good there that they hadde made her and sayd that she trusted oones to se the tyme that she or her sonne shulde well remembre theyr courtesye Thus departed the quene in the company of the sayd syr JohnÌ„ lorde Beamont who ryght ioyously dyd conducte her to Ualencyenues and agaynst her came many of the Burgesses of the towne and receyued her right humbly Thus was she brought before the Erle Guyllaume of Heynaulte Who receyued her with great ioye and in lyke wyse so dyd the couÌ„tesse his wyfe feasted her ryght nobly And as than this Erle hadde foure layre doughters Margaret Philypp Jane and Isabell Amonge whome the yong Edwarde sette mo 〈…〉 hiâ— loue and company on Phylypp And also the yong lady in al honour was more conuersâ—â—nt with hym than any of her susters Thus the quene Isabell abode at Ualencyennes by the space of .viii. daies with the good Erle and with the couÌ„tesse Jane be Ualoys In the meane tyme the quene aparailed for her needis and besynesse and the said syr JohnÌ„ wrote letters ryght effectuously vnto knyghtis and suche companyans as he trusted best in all Heynaulte in Brabant and in Behaigne and prayed them for all amyties that was bitwene theym that they wolde god 〈◊〉 hym in this entreprise in to Inglande and so there were great plentye what of one countrey and other that were content to go with hym for his loue But this sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte was greatly reproued and counsailed the contrarye bothe of the Erle his brother and of the chief of the counsaile of the countrey bycause it semed to theym that the entreprise was ryght hygh and parillouse seynge the great discordis and great hates that as than was bytwene the barones of Inglande amonge them selfe And also consyderyng that these 〈…〉 hemen most commonly haue euer great enuy at straungers Therfore they doubted that the sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and his company shulde nat retourne agayne with honour But howeso euer they blamed or couÌ„sailed hym the geÌ„tle knyght wolde neuer chaunge his purpose but layd he hadde but one dethe to dye the whiche was in the wyll of god And also sayd that all knyghtê ought to ayd to theyr powers all ladyes and da mozels chased out of theyr owne countreys beyng without counsaile or comfort ¶ Howe that the quene Isabell arryued in Inglande with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte in her company Cap. x. THys was syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte moued in his courage made his assembly prayed the 〈◊〉 to he redy at haleâ— y◠〈◊〉 at Bredas and the Hollanders to be at â—uchryghte at a daye lymytted Than the quene of Juglande tooke leue of the erle of Heynault and of the couÌ„tesse and thanked theym greatly of their honour seaâ—t and good chere that they hadde made her kyssynge theym at her departynge Thus this lady departed and hersonne all her company with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte Who With great peyne gatte leue of his brother Sayng to hym My lorde and brother I am yong and thynke that god hath pourueyed for me this entrepryse for myn aduancemeÌ„t I beleue and thynke verely that wroÌ„gfully and synfully this lady hath been chased out of Inglande and also her soÌ„ne hit is almes and glory to god and to the worlde to comforte and helpe them that be comfort 〈…〉 and specyally so hyghe and so noble a lady as this is Who is doughter to a kyng and desceudyd of a royall kyng We be of her bloodde and she of oures I hadde rather renounce and forsake all that I haue and go serue god ouer the see and neuer to retourne into this countrey rather than this good lady shulde haue departed from vs Withowte comforte and helpe Therfore dere brother suffre me to go with yor good Wyll wherin ye shall do nobly and I shall huÌ„bly thanke you therof and the better therby I shall accomplysshe all the voyage And Whan the good Erle of Heynaulte hadde 〈◊〉 harde his brother and parceued the great desyre that he hadde to his entrepryse and sawe 〈◊〉 hyâ— myght tourne hym and his heyres to great honoure here after Sayd to hym My fayre brother god forbyd that your good purpose shulde be broken or lerte Therfore in the name of god I gyue you leue and kyste hym 〈…〉 ynge hym by the hande insygne of great loue Thus he departed and roode the same nyghte to Mounce in Heynnaulte With the Quene of Inglande What shulde I make long processe They dyd so moche by they re Journeys that they came to Durdryght in Holande Wher as theyr specyall assembly was made And there they purueyed for shyppys great and small suche as they coulde get and shypped their horses and harneys and purueyaunce and so com 〈…〉 ded them selfe into the kepyng of god and toke theyr passage by see In that coÌ„pany there were of knyghtis and lordis Fyrst syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lord Beamond syr Henry Daâ—toâ—g syr Michell de Ligne the lorde of GoÌ„meg 〈…〉 syr Parceualde Semeries ser Robert de 〈◊〉 syr Saures de Boussoit the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lord of Pocelles the lord Uillers the lord of heyn The lorde of Sars the lorde of Boy 〈…〉 the lorde of DaÌ„bretycourte the lorde of 〈◊〉 and syr Oulpharte of Gustelle and diuers other knyghtis and squyers all in great desyre to serue theyr maister and whan they were all departed fro the hauyn of Durdryght it was a fayre flete as for the quantite and well ordred the season was fayre and clere and ryght temperate and at theyr departynge With the fyrsteflodde they came before the Dignes of Holande and the next day they drewe vppe theyr sayles and toke theyr waye in costynge zelande and theyr ententis were to haue taken land at Dongport but they coulde nat for a tempeste toke them in the see that put them so farre out of theyr course that they wist nat of two dayes wher they wer of the whiche god dyd them great grace For if they had takyn lande at the porte where as they had thought they had ben all loste for they had fallen in the hand is of they re ennemyes Who knew well of theyr commyng and aboode them there to haue putte theym all to dethe So hit was that about the ende of two dayes the tempest seased and the maryners parceyued lande in Inglande and drewe to that parte right ioyously and there toke lande on the sandes Withoute any ryght hauyn orporte at Harwiche as the Inglysshe cronicle sayth the .xxiiii. daye of Septembre the yere
after at the towne of yorke standyng northward The kyng sent moche people before to kepe the fronters agaynst Scotland And sent a great ambassade to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynault praying hym right effectuously yâ— he wold helpe to socour and to kepe company with hym in his voiage agaynst the Scottis and that he wold he with hym at the AsceÌ„cion day nexte after at yorke with suche company as he myght gette of men of warre in those parties Whan ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde of Beamonde hard yâ— kyngis desyre he sent streyght his letters his messengers in euery place where as he thought to recouer or attaigne to haue any company of men of warre Inflaunders in Heynaulte in Brabant and in other places desyryng them that in theyr best apparell for the warre they wolde mete hym at Wysant for to go ouer the see with hym into Ingland And all suche as he sent vnto came to hym with a glad chere and dyuerse other that hard therof in trust to attaigne to as moche honour as they had that were with hym in Ingland before at the other voiage So that by that tyme yâ— sayd lorde Beamond was come to Wysant ther was redy shyppes for hym and his company brought out of Ingland And so they toke shyppyng and passed ouer the see and arryued at Douer so than seased nat to ryde tyll they came within .iii. dayes of Penthecoste to the towne of yorke wher as the kyng and the quene his mother and all his lordis were with great host taryeng the comynge ofsir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and had sent many before of theyr men of armes archers and comen people of the good townes and villagê and as people resorted they were caused to be loged .ii. or .iii. leges of alabout in the countre And on a day thyther came sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and his company who were ryght welcome well receyued both of the kyng of the quene his mother and of all other baroÌ„s and to them was delyuered the sub barbes of the cite to lodge in And to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte was delyuered an abbey of whyte monkes for hym and his howsold Ther came with hym out of Heynaulte the lorde of Angiew who was called syr Gualtier sir Henry lorde Dantoing and the lord of Saignoles and sit Fastres de Rae sir Robert de Batlleul and sir Guilliam de Bailleul his brother and the lorde of Hauereth chasteleyne of Mons ser Allard de Brysnell ser Mychell de Ligne ser JohnÌ„ de MeÌ„ tigni the yonger and his brother sir Sawse de Boussat the lorde of GoÌ„megines syr Percyual de Seuernes the lorde of Byaurien and the lorde of Floien Also of the countre of FlauÌ„ders Ther was ser Hector of Uilais sir de Rodes ser Umslart de Guistell the lorde of Traces sir Guyssuyn de la Muele and dyuerse came thither of the countrey of Brahant as the lorde of Dufle syr Tyrry of Uaucourt syr Rasse de Gres syr JohnÌ„ de Cassebegne syr JohnÌ„ Pylestre syr Guyllaum de Courterelless The .iii. bretherne de Harlebeque syr Gualtier de hault bergue and dyuers other And of Behaignons ther was syr JohnÌ„ de Libeaur and sir Henry his brother sir Henry de la Chapell syr Hewe de Hay syr JohnÌ„ de Limies syr Lambert de Dres and sir Guilbert de Hers. And out of CaÌ„bresis and Artoys ther were come certayn knyghtê of theyr owne good wylles to auauÌ„ce theyr bodyes so that sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte had well in his company .v. C. men of armes well apparailed and richely mounted And after the feast of Penthecost came thyther syr Guyllaume de Juliers who was after duke of Juliers after yâ— dissease of his father and sir Henry Tyrry of Branberque who was after erle of Los and with them a ryghtfayre rowâ—â— and all to kepe companye with the gentle knyght sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont ¶ The discencion that was bitwene the archers of Inglande and themof Heynaulte Cap. xvi THe gentle kyng of InglaÌ„d the better to fest these strauÌ„ge lordes and all their company helde a great courte on Trynite sonday in the friers wher as he the queue his mother were lodged kepynge theyr house eche of them apart All this feast the kyng hadde well .v. C. knyghtis and .xv. were newe made And the quene had well in her courte .lx. ladyes and damozelles who were there redy to make feast and chere to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and to his companye There myght haue been seen great nobles pleÌ„ty of all maner of strauÌ„ge vitaile There were ladyes and damozelless fre shly apparayled redy to haue daunced if they myght haue leue But incontynent after dyuer there began a great fraye bitwene some of the gromes and pages of the strauÌ„gers and of the archers of Inglande who were lodged among them in the said subbarbis and anon all the archers asseÌ„bled them to gether with their bowes droue the straungers home to theyr lodgyngê and the most part of the knyghtis and maisters of them were as then in the kyng is courte but as soone as they harde tydyngê of the fray eche of them drewe to theyr owne lodgyng in great hast suche as myght entre and suche as coulde nat get in were in great parell For the archers who were to the nombre of .iii. M. shotte faste theyr arowes nat sparyng maisters nor varlettis And it was thought and supposed that this sraye was begonne by some of the frendis of yâ— Spencers of the erle of Arundels who were put to deth before by the aâ—de and counsell of sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte as ye haue harde before as than parauenture thought to be som what reueged and to set discorde in the hoost And so the Inglysshemen that were hostes to these strauÌ„gers shoot fast their doores and wyndowes wolde nat suffre theym to entre in to theyr lodgyngis howbeit some gate in on the backe syde and quickly armed them but they durst nat issue out into the strete for feare of the arowes Than the strauÌ„gers brake out on the backe side and brake downe pales and hedges of gardens and drewe them into a certeyne playne place aboode their company tyll at the last they were a C. and aboue of men of armes and as many vnharnest suche as coulde nat get to theyr lodgyugê And whan they were asseÌ„bled to gether they hasted them to go and succoure theyr compaignyons who defended theyr lodgyngis in yâ— great strete And as they went forth they passed by the lodgyng of the lorde Denghyen wher as there were great gatis both before behynd openyng into the great strete and the archers of Ingland shot fersly at the howse ther were many of the Henaus hurte the good knyght of Austre de Rue and syr JohnÌ„ Parceuall de Meries and syr Sanse de Boussac these .iii. coulde nat entre in to theyr lodgyngis to arme them but they dyd as valiantly as though they
Peron in UarmaÌ„doys the kyng of England counselled with sir Robert Dartoys in whome he had great affyance demauÌ„dyng of hym whyther it were better for hym to entre into the realm of Fraunce and to encounter his aduersary or els to abyde styll byfore CaÌ„bray tyll he had won it biforce The lordê of England and such other of his couÌ„sell sawe well how the cyte was stroÌ„g and well furnysshed of men a warr and vytels and artylary and that it shuld be long to abyde ther tyll they had wonne the cytie Wherof they were in no certeÌ„tie and also they sawe well how that wynter aproched nere as yet had done no maner of entprise but lay at gret erpeÌ„ce Than they counselled the kynge to set forwarde into yâ— realme wher as they might fynde more plentie of forage This counsell was taken and all the lordes ordayned to dyslodge and trussed tentê and pauylions and all maner of harnes so departed and rode towarde mnuÌ„t saynt Martyn the which was at thentre of FrauÌ„ce Thus they rode in good oroce euery lorde amoÌ„g his owne men marshals of thenglysshe hoost were therle of NorthaÌ„pton Glocetter and therle of Suffolke and constable of Englande was therle of Warwyke and so they passed ther the ryuer of Lescault at their ease And whan therle of Heynalt had acoÌ„panyed the kyng vnto the deptyng out of th eÌ„pyre and that he shuld passe the ryuer and entre into the realme of Fraunce Than he toke leaue of the kyng and sayd howe he wolde ryde no farther with hym at that tyme for kyng PhilyppÌ„ his vncle had sent for hym he wolde nat haue his yuell wyll but that he wold go and serue hym in Fraunce as he had serued yâ— kyng of England in th empyre So thus therle of Henalt and therle of Namure and their coÌ„panyes rode backe to Quesnoy And therle of Heynalt gaue the moost part of his company leaue to be part desyringe them to be redy whan he sende for them for he sayd that shortly after he wolde go to kyng Philyppe his vncle ¶ How kyng Edward made sir Henry of Flaunders knyght Cap. xxxix ASsone as kyng Edward had passed the ryuer of Lescaute and was entred into the realme of Fraunce he called to hym sir Henry of FlaÌ„ders who was as thaÌ„ a yong squier and there he made hym knyght And gaue hym yerely CC. 〈◊〉 sterlyng sufficiently assigned hym in England Than the kyng went and lodged in thabbey of mouÌ„t saint Martyn and ther taryed two dayes his people abrode in the contrey the duke of BrabaÌ„t was lodged in thabbey of Uancellez Whan the french kyng beyng at CoÌ„piengne harde these tydynges than he enformed his somones sent the erle of Ewe and of Gynes his coÌ„stable to saynt Quyntines to kepe the towne and froÌ„ters ther agaynst his ennemies and sent the lorde of Coucy into his owne contrey and the lorde of Hen i to his and sent many men of armes to Guyse to Rybemont to Behayne the fortresses ioynyng to thentre of the realme And so went hymselfe to wards Peron in the meane season that kyng Edward lay at thabbey of mouÌ„t saynt Martyn his men ran abrode in the contrey to Bapauâ—me and nere to Peron to saynt Quyntines they founde the contrey pieÌ„tyfull for ther had ben no warr of a long season and so it fortuned that ser Henry of Flauders to auance his body to eucrease his honour on a day with other knyghts Wherof sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt was chefe with hym the lorde of FaulquemoÌ„t the lorde of Bergues the lorde of Uaudresen the lorde of Lens and dyuers other to the noÌ„bre of .v. C. And they auysed a towne therby called HoÌ„necourt wher in moch peple wer gadered on trust of the fortresses And therin they had coÌ„ueyed all their goodê and ther had ben ser Arnolde of Baquehen syr WyllmÌ„ of Dunor and their coÌ„pany but they at tayned nothyng ther. Ther was at this HoÌ„nycourt an abbot of great wysdome hardynes and he caused to be made without the towne a barrers ouerthwart the strete lyke a grate nat past half a fote wyde euery grate And he made great puisyons of stones quicke lyme men redy to defende the place And these lordê whan they came thyder they lighted a fote entred to the barrers with their gleuys in their handes ther began a sore assaut they within valyaÌ„tly defended theÌ„selfe Ther was thabbot hymselfe who receyued gaue many great strokes there was a ferse assaut they win cast downe stones peces of tymbre potts full of chalke dyd moche hurt to thassaylers and ser Henry of FlaÌ„ders who helde his glayue in his handes gaue ther with great strokes at the last thabbot toke the gleue in his handê drewe it so to hym yâ— at last he set hands on ser Henres arme drewe it so sore that he pulled out his arme at the barrers to the shulder heldehym at a great auauntage for yâ— barrers had ben wyd ynough he had drawen hym through but ser Henry wolde nat let his wepen go for sauyng of his honour Than thother knyghts strake at thabbot to rescue their felowe so this wrastlyng endured a longe space but fynally the knyght was rescued but his gleaue abode with thabbot And on a day whan I wrot this boke as I past by I was shewed the gleue by the monkes ther that kept it for a treasur So this sayd day HoÌ„nycourt was sore assaylled the which indured tyll it was nyght dyuerse wer slayne and sore hurt Syr JohaÌ„n of Heynault lost there a kynght of Hollande called sir Herment Whan the flemyngê heynowes englyssh men and almaygnes same the fierse wylles of them within and sawe howe they coulde gette nothynge there withdrewe them selfe agaynst nyght And the next day on the mornyng yâ— kyng depted fro mount saynt Martyn coÌ„mauÌ„dynge that no person shulde do any hurt to the abbey the which coÌ„maundemeÌ„t was kept And so than they entred into Hermandoys and toke yâ— day their lodgyng be tymes on yâ— mount saynt â—ui tyne in good order of batayle And they of saynt â—uyntines myght well se them how be it they had no desyre to yssue out of their towne The fore ryders came rynnynge to the barrers skyrmysshyng and the hoost taryed styll on yâ— mouÌ„t iyll the next day Than the lordes toke counsell what way they shulde drawe and by thaduyce of the duke of Brabant they toke yâ— way to Thyerasse for that way their prouisyon came dayly to theÌ„ And were determyned that if kyng â—hy lyppe dyd folowe theÌ„ as they supposed he wolde do that than they wolde abyde hym in yâ— playne felde and gyue hym batayle Thus they went forthe in thre great batayls the marshalles and the Almaygnes had the first the kynge of Englande in the myddle warde the duke of Brabant in the rerewarde Thus
Beamond Thus passed that day and â—one other thynge done that ought to be remembred ¶ how these kynges ordayned their batayls at â—yronfosse Cap. xâ—â— WHan the friday came in the mornyng both hoostes aparelled theÌ„ selfe redy and euery lorde harde masse among their owne coÌ„paâ—yes and dyuers wer shrâ—uen First we woll speke of thorder of thenglysshmen who drewe theÌ„ forwarde into the feldâ— and made iii â–ª batels a fote and dyd put all their horses and bagages into a lytell wood behynde them and for tefyed it The first batell ledde the duke of Guerles the marques of Nusse the marques of Blaquebourâ— sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt therle of â—oÌ„s therle of Sauynes the lorde of Faulquemont sit Guyllam du Fort sir Arnolde of Baqucheâ— and the almayns and amonge them â–ª was â–ª xxii â–ª banners and .lx. penons in the hale and .viii. Mâ—men The seconde batayle had the duke of Brabant and the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey First the lorde of â—uâ—se the lorde Bergues the lorde of Bredangh the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lorde of â—aucelare the lorde of Borguynall the lorde of StoÌ„neuort the lorde of wyten the lorde of Elka the lorde of Cassebegne yâ— lorde of Duffle ser Thyrre of â—alcourt ser Rasse of the Grez ser JohnÌ„ of Cassebegne ser JohnÌ„ Filyfe ser Gyles of Coterebe ser water of â—otebergue the thre bretherne of Harlebecque ser Henry of FlaiuÌ„ders and dyuerse other barownes knyghtê of flanders who were all vnder yâ— duke of 〈◊〉 baner as yâ— lorde of Hallayne yâ— lorde of 〈◊〉 sir Hector â—yllains sit JohnÌ„ of Rodes ser 〈◊〉 start of Gupstell ser wyllinÌ„ of Stratâ— ser 〈◊〉 de la mule many other The duke of BrabaÌ„t had a .xxiiii. baners and .lxxx. penons in all a vii M. men The .iii. bataile the grettest haâ— the kyng of Englande and with hym his cosyn therle of Derby the bysshoppÌ„ of Lyncolne the bysshoppÌ„ of Durame therle of Salysbury the erle of Northamton and of Glocetter therle of Suffolke sir Robert Dartoyse as than called erle of Rychmont the lorde Raynolde CobhmÌ„ the lorde Persy the lorde Roose the lord Montbray sir Lewes and sir JohnÌ„ Beauchampe the lorde Dalawarr the lorde of Laucome the lorde Basset the lorde fitz water sir Water Manny sir Newe Hastyngs sir JohnÌ„ Lyle and dyuers other that I can nat name among other was ser JohnÌ„ Chandos of whom moche honour is spoken in this boke The kyng had with hym .xxviii. baners and lxxxx penons and in his batayle a vi M. men of armes and .vi. M. archers And he had set an other batell as in a wyng wherof therle of Warwyke therle of Penbroke the lorde Barkley the lorde Multon and dyuerse other were as cheyfe they wer on horsbacke Thus whanÌ„e euery lorde was vnder his banner as it was coÌ„maunded by the marshals the kynge of England mounted on a palfray acoÌ„panyed all onely with sir Robert Dartoyse sir Raynolde Cobham and ser Water of Manny and rode a long before all his batels and right swetely desyred all his lordes and other That they wolde that day ayde to defende his honoure they all ê“mysed hym so to do Than he returned to his owne batell set euery thing in good order and coÌ„mauÌ„ded that non shuld go before the marshals banerê ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the lordes of Fraunce what they dyd They were .xi. score baners .iiii. kynges .vi. dukes .xxvi. erles and mo than .iiii. M. knyghtes and of the coÌ„mons of Fraunce mo than .lx. M. The kyngs that were ther with kyng Philyppe of Ualoys was the kyng of Behayne the kyng of Nauerr king Dauyd of Scotland the duke of Normandy the duke of Bretayne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lorrayne and the duke of Athenes Of erles therle of Alanson brother to the kyng the erle of Flaunders therle of Heynalt the erle of Bloys therle of Bare therle of Forestes therle of Foyz therle of Armynacke the erle Dophyn of Auuergne therle of LoÌ„guyle therle of StaÌ„pes therle of Uandosme therle of Harrecourt therle of saynt Pol therle of Guynes therle of Bowlougne therle of Roussy therle of Dampmartyn therle of Ualentynois therle of Aucer therle of Sancerre therle of Genue the erle of Dreux and of Gascongne and of Languedoc So many erles and vycuntes that it were long to reherse it was a great beauty to beholde the baners and standerdes wauyng in the wynde and horses barded and knyghtes and squyers richely armed The frechemen ordayned thre great batayls in eche of them fyftene thousand men of armes and .xx. M. men a fote ¶ Howe these two kynges departed fro Uironfosse without batayle Cap. xlii IT might well be marueyledde howe so goodly a sight of men of warr so nere togyder shulde depart without batayle But the french men were nat all of one acorde they were of dyuers opynyons Some sayed it were a great shame and they fought nat seyng their ennemys so nere theÌ„ in their owne countre raynged in the felde and also had promysed to fyght with theÌ„ and some other sayd it shulde be a great folly to fyght for it was harde to knowe euery mannes mynde ieoê‘dy of treason For they sayd if fortune were coÌ„trary to their kyng as to lese the selde he than shuld put all his hole realme in a ieopardy to be lost And though he dyd dysconfet his ennemes yet for all that he shuld be neuer the nerer of the realme of Englande nor of such landes parteynyng to any of those lordes that be with hym alyed Thus in striuyng of dyuers opynions the day past tyll it was past noone and than sodenly ther started an Hare among the frenchmen and suche as sawe her cryed and made gret bruÌ„t wherby suche as were behynde thought they before had ben fightynge And so put on their helmes and toke their speres in their handes and so ther were made dyuers newe knyghtes and specially therle of Heynalt made .xiiii. who wer euer after called knyghts of the hare Thus that batell stode styll all that friday and besyde this stryfe bytwene the counsellours of France ther was brought in letters to the hoost of recoÌ„mendacion to the frenche kyng and to his counsell Fro kyng Robert of Cicyle the which kyng as it was sayd was a great astronomyer and full of great science He had often tymes sought his bokê on thestate of the kyngs of England and of fraÌ„ce he founde by his astrology by theÌ„fluens of the heueÌ„s that if the french kyng euer fought with kyng Edwarde of england he shuld be discoÌ„fited wherfore he lyke a king of gret wysdoÌ„e and as he that douted the peryll of the frenche kyng his cosyn sent often tymes letters to king Philyppe and to his counsayle that in no wyse he shulde make any batayle agaynst thenglyss men where as kyng Edwarde was personally present So that what for dout and for such writyng fro the kyng of Cecyle dyuers
a brige ouer this ryuer wherby he his myght passe ouer I pray you bring me agayne an answere and I shall tary here tyll ye retourne Than the lord of MaubussoÌ„ strake his horse with the spurres and rode to the kyngê tent where as the duke of Normandy and many other lordê were ther he shewed his message he had a short answere for he was coÌ„maunded to tell hym that sent him thyder that in the same case as they had helde the erle in likewyse so they wold coÌ„tynue Sayng how they wold make hym to sell his lande and that he shuld haue warr on euery syde whan we lyst we woll entre into Heynalt so farr that we woll bren all his eoÌ„trey This answer the lorde of Maubusson reported to the lorde BeamoÌ„d who thanked hym of his labour so retourned to therle whom he found playng at chesse with therle of Namur and assone as therle sawe his vncle he a rose and harde the answere that the frenche kynge had sent hym wherwith the erle was dysplesed and sayd well I trust it shall nat be as he purposeth ¶ Of the batell on the see before Sluse in FlauÌ„ders bytwene the kynge of England and the frenchmen Ca. l. NO we let vs leaue somwhat to speke of therle of Henalt and of the duke of Normandy and speke of the kyng of England Who was on the see to the intent to arryue in Flaunders and so into Heynalt to make warr agaynst the freÌ„chmen This was on mydsomer euyn in the yer of our lorde M. C C C .xl. all thenglyssh flete was departed out of the ryuer of Tames and toke the way to Sluse And the same tyme bytwene Blanqueberque and Sluse on the see was sir Newe Kyryell sir Peter Bahuchet and Barbnoyr and mo than sirscore great vessels besyde other and they wer of normayns bydaulr genowes and pycardes about the noÌ„bre of .xl. M. Ther they were layd by the french kyng to defend the kyng of Englandes passage The kyng of England and his came saylyng tyll he caÌ„e before Sluse and whan he sawe so great a nombre of shippes that their mastes semed to be lyke a gret wood he demauÌ„ded of the maister of his shyp what peple he thought they were he answered and sayd sir I thynke they be normayns layd here by the frenche kyng and hath done gret dyspleasur in Englande brent your towne of Hampton and taken your great shyppe the Christofer a ê™ the kyng I haue long desyred to fyght with the freÌ„chmen and nowe shall I fyght with some of theÌ„ by the grace of god and saynt George for truly they haue done me so many dysplesurs that I shall be reuenged I may Than the king set all his shyppes in order the grettest befor well furnysshed with archers euer bytwene two shyppes of archers he had one shyppÌ„ with men of armes than he made an other batell to ly a lofe with archers to confort euer theÌ„ that were moost wery yf nede were And ther were a great nombre of countesses ladyes knyghtê wyues other damosels that were goyng to se the quene at Gaunt these ladyes the kyng caused to be well kept with thre hundred men of armes and .v. C. archers ¶ Whan the kyng and his marshals had ordered his batayls he brewe vp the seales and canâ— with a quarter wynde to haue the vauntage of the sonne And so at last they tourned a lytell to get the wynde at wyll and whan the normayns sawe them recule backe they had maruell why they dyde so And some sayd they thynke them selfe nat mete to medyll with vs wherfore they woll go backe they sawe well howe the kyng of England was ther personally by reason of his baners Than they dyd appareyle their flete in order for they wer sage and good men of warr on the see and dyd set the Christofer the which they had won the yer before to be formast with many trumpettes and instrumentes and so set on their ennemies Ther began a sore batell on bothe partes archers and crosbowes began to shore and men of armes aproched and fought bande to hande and the better to come togyder they had great hokes graperss of prou to cast out of one shyppe into an other And so tyed theÌ„ fast togyder ther were many dedess of armes done takyng and rescuyng agayne And at last the great Christofer was first won by theÌ„glysshmen and all that were within it taken or slayne Than ther was great noyse and cry and thenglysshmen aproched and fortifyed the Christofer with archers and made hym to passe on byfore to fyght with the genoweyss This batayle was right fierse and terryble for the batayls on the see at more dangerous and fierser than the batayls by lande For on the see ther iss no reculyng nor sseyng ther is no remedy but to fight and to abyde fortune and euery man to shewe his prowes Of a trouthe sir Newe Kyriell and sir Bahuchet and Bathe Noyer were ryght good and expert men of warre This batayle endured fro the mornyng tyll it was noone theÌ„glysshmen endured moche payne for their ennemies were foure agaynst one and all good men oâ— the see ther the king of England was a noble knight of his ownehandê he was in the stouer of his yongh In like wyse so was the erle of Derby PeÌ„broke Herforde HuÌ„tyngdon Northampton and Glocetter sir Raynolde Cobham sir Rycharde Stafforde the lorde Percy sir water of Manny sir Henry of Flaunders sir JohnÌ„ Beauchamp the lorde Felton the lorde Brasseton sir Chandos the lorde Dalawarre the lorde of Multon sir Robert Dartoys called erle of Rychmont and dyuerse other lordes and knyghtess who bare themselfe so valy antly with some socours that they had of Brugê and of the countrey there about that they obtayned the vyctorie So that the freÌ„chmen normaynss and other were dysconsetted slayne and drowned there was nat one that scaped but all were slayne WhanÌ„e this vyctorie was atchyued the kyng all that nyght abode in his shyppe before Sluse with great noyse of truÌ„pettes and other instrumentes Thyder came to se the kynge dyuers of Flaunders suche as had herde of the kynges coÌ„myng and than the kyng demaunded of the burgesses of Bruges howe Jaques Dartuell dyd They answered that he was gone to yâ— erle of Heynalt agaynst the duke of NormaÌ„dy with .lx. M. ssemynges And on the next day yâ— which was mydsomer day the kyng and all his toke lande and the kyng on fote went a pylgrimage to our lady of ArdeÌ„bourge and ther herd masse and dyned and thanÌ„e toke his horse and rode to Gaunt where the quene receyued hym with great ioye and all his caryage caâ—e after lytell and lytell Than the kyng wrote to therle of Heynault and to theym within the castell of Thyne certyfieng them of his arryuall And whan therle knewe therof that he had dysconfyted the army on the see he dylloged and gaue
away as they named and howe that they were goynge to Lymoges in Lymosyn Whan the lordes of France herde that they brake vppÌ„ their iourney and deê‘ted euery man to his owne And anone after was the mariage made of the lorde Berault Daulphyne of Auuergne and the doughter of the erle of Forestes that he had by the duke of Burbons suster ¶ Of the almaygnes that abode the kyng of Englande at Calays to ryde with hym into the realme of France kynge JohaÌ„n beynge styll prisoner in Englande Cap. CC .v. ALl this season the kynge of Englande made great prouisyon to come into FraÌ„ce suche as had nat been sene the lyke before Certayne lordes and knyghtes of the empyre suche as had serued the kyng before prouyded the same yer greatly for horse and harneys and other thynges necessary for their degrees And assoone as they might they came by Flaunders to Calays and ther a bode for the kynges coÌ„myng so it was that the kyng of Englande came nat so soone to Calays as it was sayde he shulde haue done wherfore moche people resorted thyder so that they wyst nat wher to lodge nor to haue stablyng for their horses Also bredde wyne hay and otes and other ê“uisyons were very dere and scant so that ther was none to gette for golde nor syluer and euer it was said the kyng coÌ„meth the next weke Thus taryed there the lordes of Almaygne of Behayne of Brabant of Flanders and of Heynault fro the begynnyng of August to the feest of saynt Luke so that ther were many that wer fayne to sell the beste part of their iewelles And if the kyng had been there than lodgyng wolde haue ben strayter the towne was so full And also it was dout of these lordes who had spende all that they had that they wolde nat depart fro Calays tyll they were contented agayne of all their expeÌ„ses The kyng sende nat for the fourth part of them many of them were come of their owne good wylles trustynge to haue some aduauntage and some thought to robbe and pyll in the realme of France Than the kyng of Englande sende ouer before the duke of Lancastre with foure hundred speares and two thousand archers And whanÌ„e the duke came to Calays these lordes straungers made great ioye of hym and demauÌ„ded tidynges of the kyng and of his commynge The duke excused the kynge of his taryeng so longe and sayde howe that all his prouisyon was natte fully redy and sayd fayre lordâ— the taryeng here is no profyte I woll go ryde for the into Fraunce and to se what I can fynde ther wherfore sirs I requyre you to ryde for the with me and Ishall delyuer you a certayne somme of money to pay withall your costes in your lodgynges that ye haue spent here in this towne of Calays and ye shall haue prouision of vitayle to cary on your somers These lordes thought great shame to refuse the dukes offre so graunted hym than euery man newe shodde their horses and trussed and deê‘ted nobly fro Calays with the duke and went to saynt Omers they were a two thousande speares he syde the archers and other fotemen They passed for by saynt Omers without any assaut and so rode to Bethwyne and passed by and came to Mount saynt Eloy a good abbey and a riche a two leages fro Arras and ther taryed a four dayes to refresshe theym and their horses for they founde in that abbey well wherwith And whan they had robbed and wasted the countrey there about they rode to Cambrey ther made a great assaut And there was slayne a baneret of Englande and dyuers other for they within defended themselfe valyantly by the ayde conforte of the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Lamenall and other who with a two hundred speares came into the towne at a backe gate And whan thenglysshmen sawe that they coude gette nothyng there they departed and folowed the ryuer of SoÌ„e with great scarsnes of bred and wyne And so came to a towne called Cheresy where they founde plentie of bredde and wyne and there they passed the ryuer for that bridge was nat broken and ther they taryed Alhalowen day and all nyght The same day tydynges came to the duke howe the kyng was aryued at Calays commaundynge hym incontynent to drawe towardes hym and all his company Than he retourned towarde Calays with hym was also sir Henry of Flaunders with two hundred speares and of Brabant there was sir Henry of Beautresen lorde of Bergues and the lorde Gerarde de la Herde the lorde FraÌ„que de Halle Oâ— Heynault the lorde Gaultyer of MaÌ„ny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Gomegynes And of Behayne sir Gaultyer de la Haultpon sir Reynolde de Boulaunt the lorde Godfray of Hardnamont and the lord JohnÌ„ his sonne the lorde of Duras Thyrey of Ferram the lorde Ruse of Junepe the lorde Gyles Sorles the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bermont the lorde Reynolde of Bergâ—hes and dyuers other The Almaygnes and mercenaryes of strange countreis I canne nat name at this present tyme. ¶ Of the great host that the kynge of England brought into France to make warre there kyng JohnÌ„ beyng prisoner in England and of the order of the englysshe hoost Cap. CC .vi. AS the duke of LaÌ„castre and these lordes retourned towardes Calys they mette in their way a foure leages fro Calays so gret multytude of people that all the countrey was couered therwith so rychely armed and besene that it was great ioye to beholde the fresshe shinyng armours baners wâ—â—ynge in the wynde their coÌ„panyes in good order ridyng a soft pase Whan the duke these lordes mette the kyng he feested them and thanked them of their seruyce than these almayns mercenaryes brabances behannoyes all togyder shewed vnto the kyng howe they had spent all their goodes horses and harnes solde So that lytell or nothyng was left theym to do hym seruyce for the which entent they were coÌ„e nor how they had nat wherwith to go home agayn vnto their countreis if they shuld depart wherfore they desyred his noblenes to take some regarde to them The kyng answered and sayd howe he was nat as than redy to gyue theym a playne aunswere but sayde sirs I thynke ye before traueyled wherfore go your wayes and refresshe you a two or thre dayes in Calays and this nyght and to morowe I shall take counsell and sende vnto you suche an answere that of reason ye shal be content Than these strangers departed fro the kynge and fro the duke and rode towarde Calays and they had nat ryden halfe a leage farther but they met a great multytude of caryages And after that the prince of Wales nobly and richely besene and all his company wherof ther was suche a nombre that all the couÌ„trey was couered with them and he rode a soft pase redy raynged in batayle as though they shulde incontynent haue fought Thus he rode euer a leage or two after
the kynges hoost and all the caryages bytwene both hoostes the whiche order these straÌ„gers lyked maruelusly well ¶ Whan these straÌ„gers had well regarded this company and had reuerently saluted the prince and such lordes as were with hym and the prince louyngly receyued theÌ„ as he that coude ryght well do it Than they toke leaue of hym shewed hym their nede desyringe that he wolde regarde their necessytie and he gladly promysed theÌ„ so to do So they rode on tyll they came to Calays and the seconde day after the kyng sent them their answere by thre sufficient knyghtes and they shewed theym playnly that the kynge had nat brought with hym treasur sufficient to pay all that they desyred and to performe the enterprice that he hath taken in hande but if they wolde go forthe with hym and to take suche fortune as falleth other good or yuell If good fortune and wynnyng fall they to haue their part so that they demaunde no wages nor for losse of horse nor spence nor damage that they maye happÌ„ to haue for they said the kyng had broght men ynough out of his relame to furnysshe his enterprice This answere pleasedd nat greatly these lordes nor their coÌ„pany who had sore traueyled and spended their goodes and had layed their horses and harnes to pledge and solbe for necessytie Howbeit they coude haue nothynge els but that the kyng delyuerd theÌ„ a certayn somme of money to bring them home into their countrey Howe beit some of those lordes went agayne to the kyng to serue hym at aduenture they thought it shame to retourne agayne without any thyng doyng I shall deuyse to you soÌ„what the order that the kyng of Englande toke or he departed out of England the which is nat a thyng shortly to passe ouer for ther neuer departed out of Englande before suche an army nor so well ordred ¶ Or the kyng departed out of his realme he made all the lordes of France suche as were prisoners to be put into dyuers plaâ—es and stronge castelles in the realme to be the more surer of theÌ„ and the frenche kyng was set in the towre of LoÌ„don and his yonge sonne with hym and moche of his pleasure and sport restrayned for he was than straytlyer kept than he was before Than euery man was commaunded to go to Douer where as shyppes were redy to passe ouer so euery man drewe thyder none abode at home bytwene the age of twentie and threscore So that nere hande all lordes knyghtes and squyers went to Douer except suche as the kyng had apoynted to kepe the realme castels marches hauyns of the same whan all were assembled at Douer Than the kynge toke his musters and there sayde playnly that his entencyon was to passe ouer into the realme of France and nat to retourne agayn tyll he had made an ende of his warre or els a sufficyent peace to his great honour and profet or els to dye in the payne And therfore he sayd if there were any that were nat well wylling to go ouer to returne agayn backe euery man sayd they were gladde to serue hym And so they all entred into their shyppes in the name of god and saynt George and they arryued at Calays two dayes before the feest of Alsayntes the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. ¶ How the kyng of England departed fro Calais and of the order of his host in ridyng through Picardy so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. CC .vii. WHan the kyng and the prince his son were arryued at Calys and also thre other of his sonnes that is to say lorde Lyonell erle of Ulster the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Rychmont and the lorde Edmonde yongest of the foure and all their people that they hadde dyscharged out of their shyppes all their horses and other prouysion and had taryed ther foure dayes Than euery man was coÌ„maunded to make redy to depart sayeng howe he wolde ryde after his cosyn the duke of Lancastre Than the kyng in a mornyng departed fro Calays with all his company and caryages in the best order that euer any army yssued oute of any towne It was sayd he had a sixe thousand charyettes and cartes brought out of England well furnysshed than he ordred his bataylles so richely besene that it was ioye to beholde them and than his coÌ„stable the erle de la Marche had fyue hundred knyghtes armed and a thousand archers before his batayle Than the kyngê batayle with thre thousande men of armes and .v. thousande archers in good order ridyng after the constables batayle and next after the kyngê batayle came all the caryage the which contayned two leagê in length mo than fyue thousand charyettes and cartes caryeng prouisyon for yâ— hoost withall thynges of householde which had nat besene before caryed with men of warre as handmylles ouyns to bake in and suche other thynges necessary Than next after them came the princes batayle and of his bretherne wherin were a two thousande speares nobly horsed richely besene in order redy to fyght they rode nat past a four leages a day And in this maner they were encountred with the duke of Lancastre and the strange lordes bytwene Calys and the abbey of Lykes in a fayre playn In the kynges hoost ther were a fyue hundred varlettes with matockes and axes to make euyn the wayes for the caryage to passe ¶ Nowe shall I name vnto you certayne of the lordes and knyghtes of Englande that passed the see with their kynge and before in the company of the duke of Lancastre the kynges cosyn germayn First his iiii sonnes the prince Edward sir Lyonell sir JohaÌ„ne and sir Edmonde Than sir Henry duke of Lancastre sir JohnÌ„ erle de la Marche coÌ„stable of Englande the erle of warwyke the erle of Suffolke marshall of Englande the erle of Herforde and Northampton the erle of Salysbury therle of Stafforde the erle of Oxenford the bysshop of Lyncolne the bysshoppe of Dyrham the lorde Percy the lorde Neuell the lorde Spenser the lorde Rose the lorde Manny the lorde Renolde Cobham the lorde Monbray the lorde Dalawarâ— the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Rycharde Penbruge the lorde of Manne the lorde Wylloughby the lorde Feltone the lorde Basset the lorde Crabalton the lorde SyluaÌ„â—yer sir James Awdeley sir Bartylmewe de Brunes 〈◊〉 lorde of Salyche sir Stephyn Gonsanton sir Hewe Hastynges sir JohaÌ„n Lysle sir Nowell Lormych and dyuers other whom I can nat name They rode through Arthoyes and passed by the cytie of Arras and toke the same way that the duke of Lancastre had paste before they coude fynde nothynge to lyue by in the playne countrey for all that there was lefte was put into the fortresses And also the couÌ„tre had ben long poore and sore wasted and it was a dere season in the realme of France and great famyne ranne generally through all the contre for the yerth had nat ben laboured of thre yer before for if
theÌ„ they agreed to depart go with hym into Lobardy so they might be assoyled a pena ct culpa all this was agreed acomblysshed and the floreÌ„s payed And than they rendred vp the towne saynt Espyrite and lefte the marche of Auygnon passed forthe with the marques wherof kyng JohnÌ„ of France all the realme were right toyouse whan they sawe howe they were delyuered of these yuell people howbeit there were many that retorned to Burgoyn And sir Seguyne of Batefoyle departed nat out of the garyl on of Ence for he wold nat leaue it for no maner of 〈◊〉 nor promyse but the realme of France was in ferr better rest peace than it was before So whan the moost parte of the companyous were thus passed forthe with the marques into the lande of PyemoÌ„t Ther the marques dyde well his deuoyre agaynst the lordes of Myllayne conquered dyuers townes castes fortresses and countrees agaynst them and had dyuers encountrynges skyrmisshes with them to his honour profyte So that 〈◊〉 in a yere by yâ— helpe of these 〈◊〉 he had the better hande and in part had all his entent agaynst the two lords of Myllayne of sir Galeas sir Bernabe who after raygned in greâ— prosperite SO it fortuned that sir Seguyn of Batefoyle who was all that season in the garyson of Ence on they ryuer of Soâ—â—ie toke by scalyng a good cyte in Auuergne called Bâ—od and therin he taryed more than a yere and fortifyed it in suche wyse that he douted nothyng and ouer ran the couÌ„tre to Cler 〈…〉 to Tyâ—lacke to Puy to Case dieu to MouÌ„tferant 〈◊〉 Ryon to Nonnet to Ussoyre and to â—udalle and the lande of the countie Dalphyn the lorde wherof was the same tyme in hostage in Englande and in these countrees he and his company dyde moche yuell And whan he had sore enpouerysshed the countre ther about than by treaty he deê‘ted and toke with hym great pyllage and treasure and so went to Gascoyne fro wheÌ„s he came first Of this sir Seguyn I can write no more but that as Iherde recouÌ„ted he dyed maruelusly god forgyue hym all his trespaces AMEN ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Lancastre and of the occasyon of the warre bytwene the frenche kyngâ— and the kyng of Nauer and howe the prince of wales came into Acquitayne and of the ordre that was taken in Englande Cap. CC. xvâ— IN this season deâ—ted out of the worlde in Englade the gentyll duke of Lancastre called Henry wherâ—â— the kynge and all the 〈◊〉 nes knightes and squyers were ryght sorowfull but they coude nat remedy it And behynde him he left two doughters the lady Mahaâ—lt and the lady Blanche and therle of Heynault 〈◊〉 wylliam sonne to the lorde Loyes of Banyer 〈◊〉 to the lady Margarete of Heynalt maryed the yonger suster and the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont sonne to the kynge of Englande had maryed the other suster and was duke of Lancastre by right of his wyfe The lorde James of Burbone abode styll pursuynge the treaty bytwene the lorde JohnÌ„ of Mountfor 〈…〉 lorde Charles of Bloys for the right 〈…〉 chy of Bretayne acordyng to the treaty 〈◊〉 at Calais as ye haue herd before And for 〈◊〉 of concludyng therof great warres and 〈◊〉 felt after in the countre of Bretayne as ye shall here in this hystorie THe same season the frenche kyngâ— was in purpose to go to Auygnone to 〈◊〉 the pope and cardynals and to go through the 〈◊〉 â—hy of Burgoyn the whiche was newly fallen to hym So the kyng made redy for that iourney and departed fro Parys about the se 〈…〉 saynt JohnÌ„ the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxii. And left Charles his eldest sonne duke of Normandy regent gouernour of his realme and the kyng had with hym his welbeloued cosyn the lorde JohnÌ„ of Artoyse the erle of Tankernyll therle Dampmartyn Boucequant marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other And so long rode by his small iourneys and with great dyspence taryeng in euery 〈◊〉 ne and cytie as he rode through Bourgoyn so that about the feest of saynt Michaell he came to the newe towne â—out Auyguon And there his lodgyng was prepared for him and for his coÌ„pany and there he was gretly â—â—â—lled by the pope by all the hole coledge and visyted eche other often tymes So thus the kynge taryed ther all the season of wynter and about christmas pope Innocent departed out of this lyfe And than there was a great dyscorde bytwene the cardynals for chosynge of a newe pope for 〈◊〉 of them wolde haue had the dignyte spe 〈…〉 ly the cardynall of Boulayâ—â— and the cardynall of 〈…〉 ourt who were two of yâ— grettell of the colledge and so by their discencyon they were longe in dyscorde And all the other 〈…〉 nalles finally dyde putte all the 〈◊〉 of the mater vnto the two foresayd cardynalles who whan they sawe that they coude nat haue theymselfe the papal 〈…〉 ThauÌ„e they concluded bytwene them that none of the other shulde haue it And than they dyde choâ—â— and electe the abbot of saynt Uyctor of Marâ—ell to be pope who was a good deuout and a holy man and of vertuous lyueng and a gret clerke and had greatly traueyled for the churche of Lombardy and other places And anoâ— after his creacion yâ— frenche kyng vnderstode that the lorde Piâ—r of Luzenon kyng of Cypre and of Hyerusalem shulde come to 〈◊〉 tosâ— the pope and howe yâ— he was past the s 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the freÌ„che kyng sayd he wolde tary ther tyll his comynge for he had great desyre to se hym for the great goodnesse that he had herde reported of hym and of the warre that he had made agaynst the sarazyns For the kynge of Cypre had newly taken the strong cyte of Salate agaynst the enemyes of god and slayne all that euer were within none except IN the same season and wynter ther was a great counsell in Englande on the orderyng of the realme and specially on the kinges chyldren for it was coÌ„sydred howe that the prince of wales held a great and a noble estate as he might well do for he was â–ª a valyant man puissant and riche and had great herytage in Acqâ—â—tayne wher was habundaunce of all welth and prosperite Than the king was counselled that he shulde send the prince his son into those pattes for he had lande sufficyeÌ„t in that duchy to maynteyne withall his dignyte and estate And also all the barones and knightê of acquitayne wolde gladly haue hym among them of the whiche they had made request to the kynge for all that sir John ChaÌ„dos was to theÌ„ ryght courtelse and amyable yet they had rather haue had their owne naturall soueraygne lorde The prince lightly agreed to that ordynauÌ„ce prepared for hym selfe for the good lady his wyfe acordyng to their estates and whan euery thyng was redy they toke leaue of
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
do and also it was ordeyned that the next day the kyng shulde departe and to passe through the towne of Lysle nat to rest there â–ª but to lodge at the abbay of Marquettes and the vowarde to passe farther towarde Comynes and Warneston as soone as they myght ¶ Howe the frenche men coulde nat passe by the bridge of Comynes and how they passed without knowledge of the flemynges Cap. iiii C .xiii. AS it was thus ordeyned euery thynge was done and the next day they of the vowarde dyslodged went toward Comines and they fouÌ„de the wayes redy made for the lord of Fransures and sir Joyse of Helwyn had taken great laboure to make the wayes redy this was on a monday and whan the constable and marshals and they of the vowarde were come to the bridge of Comynes there they were fayne to stoppe for they fouÌ„de the bridge so broken that it was nat possyble to make it agayne if any defeÌ„ce were made to the contrarie And the flemyngê were beyond the ryuer puyssaunt ynough To lette them and to kepe the passage agaynst any that wolde scrimysshe or assaut them for they were â—o than .ix. thousande And there was Peter de Boyse capitayne who made good semblant to defende the bridge for he and his men were by the bridge on the causey raynging on bothe sydes Than the constable and the other lordes of Fraunce behelde the maner of the countrey And ymagined well that it was a thynge impossyble to passe that way without the bridge were newe made Thafie they caused some to ryde vp and downe by the ryuer syde a myle or two to se if there were any passage and they so dyde and retourned agayne and shewed their maysters that they coulde nat fynde no place where as their horses coude take any lande on the other syde of the ryuer Than the constable was sore dyspleased and sayde We haue bene but yuell couÌ„sayled to take this way yet it had bene better to haue gone by saynt Omers than to byde in this daÌ„ger Orels to haue passed the ryuer of Lescaulte at Tourney as the lorde of Coucy sayde And so to haue gone the streyght way to And warpe to haue fought ther with our enemyes sythe we must fight with theÌ„ and wyll They be so proude that they wolde haue bydden vs at theirsege Than sir Loyes of saÌ„xere sayd I counsayle let vs lodge here for this daye and cause our people to lodge as well as they can whan they come And lette vs sende to Lyle by the ryuer and gette some shyppes and nayles And with them lette vs make a bridge to morowe agaynst the fayre â—aedowes sithe we can do none otherwyse Than sir Joys of Halwyn sayd Sir we haue well aduysed howe the there is a great let bytwene this and Lysle sir the ryuer is called Menyn And by this ryuer the shyppes or barkes must passe if they shulde come hyder And sir the flemynges haue broken the bridge and haue put in bytwene the ioystes great tymbre and stakes that it is impossyble for any vessell to passe by I can nat tel than ê™ the constable what we shall do it were good we toke the way to Ayre and ther passe the ryuet of Lyse sythe we can haue no passage here In the meane season that the constable and the marshals of Fraunce and of Burgoyne were about Comynes in this abusyon and wyst nat what to do there were a certayne knightes and squiers enterprised valiantly to assay to passe this ryuer by some meanes to go fyght with the flemynge and to wynne the towne and passage of Comynes as ye shall here after THus as the vowarde was coÌ„e fro Lyle to Comynes the lorde of sait Pye and dyuers other knyghtes Of Heynalt of Flaunders of Arthoyse and also of Fraunce without knowledge of the constable or marshalles They were determyned togyder and sayd We wyll go gette two or thre lytell botes launche them in to the ryuer of Lyse beneth Comynes in some couerte place And we wyll sette great stakes on bothe sydes of the ryuer to tye ropes therto for the ryuer is nat very large And by that meanes we shall get ouer a great nombre of men in a shorte space And than we may go and assayle our enemyes behynde them or they beware and wyn the passage And acordynge to this counsayle the lorde of saynt Pye made to be brought out of Lysle a barke and ropes with other necessaries Also sir Herbert of belperche and sir Johan of Roy who were companyons toguyther in that voyage broughte with theym another barke Also sir Henry of Manny sir Johan of Malestrayt sir JohnÌ„ Chaudronne bretons brought another The lorde of saynt Pye was the firste that entredde with his barke cordes and stakes And there he pytched a great planke and stake on the one syde and tyed a corde therto ThanÌ„e thre varlettes passed ouer to the farther syde with the barke and caryed the other ende of the Corde with them And there they sette another great stake and tyedde that ende of the Corde to the stake that done than the varlettes retourned with the barke to their maysters and so it was that the constable of Fraunce and the two marshals who were at the bridge fote of Comynes were anone enformed of the said besynes than the coÌ„stable sayd to sir Loys of SaÌ„xere one of the marshals sir go your way se if it be possible to passe the ryuer by yâ— meanes as ye haue herde deuysed And if ye se that it be possyble than fynde yâ— meanes to get mo barkes and so these sayde knyghtes prepared theÌ„ selfe redy to passe whan they sawe the barkes redy ther with ther came to them the sayd marshall of FrauÌ„ce with a great rout he behelde well the maner Than the lorde of saynt Pye sayd to hym sir may it please you that we shall passe it pleaseth me right well ê™ the marshall Howbeit ye put yourselfe in a great aduenture for if your enemyes at Comynes knowe of you they may do you great domage sir ê™ the lorde of saynt Pyhe that nothyng adueÌ„tureth nothynge getteth In the name of god and saint Denys we trust to passe so yâ— ar to morowe at night we trust to fight with our enemyes than the lorde of saynt Pye set his penon in the barke and entred hymselfe first and with hym to the noÌ„bre if .ix. and a none they were lauÌ„ched for the by the corde that was tyed on the other syde of the ryuer than they issued out and weÌ„t in to a lytell wode there besyde bycause they wolde nat be sene they on the rerewage drue agayne to theÌ„ the barke Than entred therle of CoÌ„uersant sir DaÌ„ghien and his baner with him also the lorde of Uertayne his brother and so .ix. of theÌ„ passed no mo and agayne the thirde tyme ther passed as many And therwith there caÌ„e two
speares passed forby the walles of the towne and taryed on the othersyde ryght agaynst the kynges host wher was the moost goodlyst men of armes that coude be ymagined Th entent of the lordes was to assayle the towne there were baners penons wauyng wiâ—h the wynd and euery lorde with his men vnder his owne baner The lordes of FrauÌ„ce shewed ther gret honoure and richesse There was the lorde of Coucy in great estate he hadde coursers trapped and barded with the auÌ„cyent armes of coucy and with other suche as he bare thanÌ„e And hym selfe on a goodly courser ridynge in and out settynge his men in array euery man that sawe hym praysed him for his goodly behauo â— So ther eue 〈…〉 shewed their estate there was made the 〈…〉 day mo than four hundred knightê and thâ— heraldes nombred the knightes that were there to a nyne M. there were in noÌ„bre a .xxiiii. M. men of armes knightes squyers ¶ Thenglysshmen that were in the towne of Burboure sawe the frenche kynges puissaÌ„ce they hoped well to haue an assaut of the which they were right well coÌ„forted But in that they sawe theÌ„ selfe enclosed in the towne which was closed but with palis they were nat therof well assured Howebeit lyke men of good coÌ„fort and great corage they ordred their people about the towne The lorde Beaumont who was an erle in Englande called HeÌ„ry with a. C. men of armes thre C. archers kept one warde sir Wyllyam Helmon with as many men kept another sir JohnÌ„ of Newcastell with the gascoÌ„s kept another the lorde Ferres of Englande kept another ward with .xl. men of armes as many archers so that thus the towne was set with meÌ„ rounde about sir Mathue Reedman ser wyllmÌ„ Fermton sir Nicholas tracton with two C. men of armes and as many archers kept the place before the mynster Also they ordayned a certayne nombre of men to take hede for fyre and to quenche it if nede were without disordringe of any of their wardes for thenglisshmen douted the fyre bycause the towne was than moost parte all the houses couered with strawe thus in this estate were the englysshmen ¶ Nowe shall I shewe you of an highe enterprese that 〈◊〉 rauÌ„ces Atreman dyde the same proper friday at night â–ª that the frenche kynge passed by Bergues and howhe wanne the towne of And warpe fRaunces Atreman Peter de Boyse Peter de Myrt and the capitayns of Gaunte whan they retourned fro the siege fro Ipre and came to Gaunte They studyed night and daye howe they might do any domage to their enemyes Than Fraunces Atreman vnderstode â–ª howe the capitayne of Ande warpe sir Gylbert of Lienghien was nat Wtin the towne â–ª nor no menne of warre but howe they were all with the kyng in his army for theerle of FlauÌ„ders had sende for them Wherfore Fraunces thought well that the towne of Andewarpe was but easly kept and howe the dikes to warde the medowes agayust theym were as than drie For the water had bene let out for the fysshe that was therin so that one might easely go with a drie fote to the walles of the towne by ladders to entre in to the towne The spyes of Gaunt had brought this worde to FrauÌ„ces Atreman They of And warpe were as than in no feare of them of Gaunt but in a maner had forgoten them whan Fraunces Atreman was iustely enformed howe it was he came to Peter de Boyse and sayd Peter thus in this case is the towne of And warpe at this tyme I wyll aduenture to gette it to scale it by night ther was neuer tyme so good as is nowe for the capitayne ther of and the men of warre are nowe with the frenche kynge in the fronters of saynt Omers and they are in feare of no body Peter so one agreed to his purpose and said If ye may come to your entent there was neuer man dyde suche a dede to haue prayse I can nat tell quod Fraunces what wyll happe my courage is good For my herte gyueth me that we shall haue this same night And warpe Than FrauÌ„ces chase out a foure hundred men in whom he had best truste and so departed fro Gaunte in the euenyng and toke the way to warde Andewarpe This was in the moneth of SepteÌ„bre whan nightes be of a resonable length and the wether fayre and clere And so about mydnight they came to the medowes of Ande warpe and had scalynge ladders redy with them And as they passed by the maresse there was a woman of the towne gaderynge grasse for her kene â–ª she bydde her selfe whan she herde noyse of men comyng that way She herde them well speke knewe well howe they were gauÌ„toyse comyng towarde the towne to scale it she sawe well the ladders This woman was sore abasshed at last sayd to her selfe I wyll go to And warpe shewe all that I haue herde and sene to yâ— wache menne of the towne And so leyd downe all her baggage and toke a preuy way that she knewe and stale to the towne or the gauntoyse caÌ„e ther and than she called and at last one that went on the walles fro gate to gate herde her and sayd What art thou I am quod she a poore woman I say to you â–ª herby is a certayne noÌ„bre of gauÌ„toyse I haue sene them they bringe with them ladders to steale this towne if they can Nowe I haue gyuen you warnyng I wyll retourne agayne for if they mete with me I am but deed Thus the poore woman departed and the man was abasshed and thought to abyde styll to se if yâ— woman sayd trouthe or nat The gauÌ„toyse who right priuely dyde their enterprise made no noyse nor had no trumpette but the noyse of their langage Than Fraunces Atreman sent foure of his company on before and sayde Go your way secretely Wtout any wordes or cough hynge to the towne walles and harken aboue and beneth if ye can parceyue any thynge And so they dyde and Fraunces and his companye abode styll in the marisshe and stode styll nere where as the woman was She sawe theÌ„ well and herde what they sayde but they sawe nat her These forsayd four men went to the dykes and behelde the walles and sawe nor herde nothyng Lo ye mayse what yuell aduenture fell to them within for if they had fortuned to haue had but a caÌ„dell lyght that the gauÌ„toyse might haue sene it they durst nat haue come ther. For than they wolde haue thought that there hadde ben good watche made THese four men returned agayne to FraÌ„ces Atreman and sayde Sir we canse nor here no maner of thynge I thynke well 〈◊〉 FrauÌ„ces I trowe the watche hath made theyr tourne and are nowe gone to their rest Let vs go this hyghe way towarde the gate and than entre lowe downe in to the dykes The poore woman where as she lay priuely herde all these wordê Than
well by water as by lande also the realme of Scotlande And the frenche kyng assoone as he may to signifie this truse to the kyng of Scottes and to the barons of Scotlande and they that shulde go on that message to haue saue coÌ„duct to go and coÌ„e through the realme of Englande Also on thenglysshe parte ther was coÌ„prised all his adhereÌ„tes and alyes in whatsoeuer ê‘tie they were in And they of Gaunt were expresly named enclosed in this truse wherof therle of Flaunders was sore displeased And this truse to endur to the feest of saynt Michell in the yere of o r lorde god M. CCC .lxxxiiii. than these parties to retourne agayne to the same place or els other for them hauyng full puyssaunce to apease the sayd realmes Of all these thynges there were letters autentyke instrumâ—tes publykes writen and sealed to holde and accoÌ„plysshe this truse poyntment The lordes sware nat to breke it in no poynt Thus this counsayle brake vp the frenchmen retourned in to Fraunce thenglysshmen to Calys the duke of Bretayne retourned than into his owne countre and therle of FlauÌ„ders to saynt Omers and ther a sickenesse toke hym wherof he dyed And it was ordayned that he shulde be entred in the churche of oure lady in Lysle This erle of Flaunders dyed the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxxxiii. the xx day of January And he was brought to an abbey besyde Lysle and in lyke wise the countesse his wyfe who dyed a fyue yere before that in the countie of Reches was brought thyder also bothe toguyder buryed in the churche of saynt Peter in Lysle ¶ Nowe I shall shewe you thordynauÌ„ce that was had at his buryeng and of his conueyeng in to Lysle HEre foloweth the ordynauÌ„ce of the buryeng of therle of Flaunders of the countesse his wyfe whose bodyes were brought to an abbey besyde Lysle And whan he entred in to Lysle a great nombre of lordes of Fraunce of FlauÌ„ders of Heynalt and of Brabant were redy in the euenynge of the obsequy at the gate of the sicke people And so brought the bodyes through the towne to the churche of saynt Peter and they were armed for the warre and the squiers that ledde theÌ„ First ther was sir JohnÌ„ of Helwyn moost next to the body and he was ledde by Angurant of Uelomy and by Roger of Lespyre The lord of Markdeuant was led by Marquemene and by Johan Espyre The lorde of Sausse ledde by Fretynand sir JohnÌ„ of Molyn The lorde of Mauuesledde by Geffray Denoyle and Henry of Uaquery ¶ Item ther folowed suche as were ordayned for the conioy Sir Peter of Baylleule next to the body before sir JohnÌ„ of Molyn ledde of ser Johan of Quynhen and of Haubeken the marshall sir Sohyre of Gaunt before sir Peter of Baylleule ledde of Guyot of LoÌ„pre and of Johan Loys the lorde BreteÌ„court ledde of Hyart of Quynhen and of Mychell de la Quare ¶ After folowed yâ— baners of the bere and first sir FrauÌ„ces of Hasurquene sir Goussayn le sauage before sir LaÌ„celot the ê‘son before sir gousayne sir JohnÌ„ de la Hell before sir Lancelot ¶ Than folowed they that barethe baners of the bere and of the conuoy Sir Mathe 〈…〉 of Hunyers before sir Johan de Helles the lorde Aueaux also before sir Mathue sir Cyrchelart de la Bare before the said lorde of Aueaux and sir Johan of Parys before Cyrchelart ¶ Item herafter foloweth the names of them that ayded to beare the body fro the gate of the sicke folkes throughe the towne of Lysle to the church of saynt Peter First sir JohnÌ„ de Uyen admyrall of Fraunce on the ryght hande the lorde of Guystell on the lyft hande sir UaleraÌ„t of Raneuall also on the right syde and the chatellayne of DisqÌ„nyue on the left syde the lorde Distenoy on the right syde and sir Aunsell of Salyns on the lyfte syde ¶ Herafter foloweth the barons that ayded to beare the body of the countesse of FlauÌ„ders fro the gate of saynt Leder to the churche of saynt Peter First the lorde of Sully on the right syde and the lorde of Chatellone on the lyfte syde sir Guy of PoÌ„tayle marshall of Burgoyne on the right syde and sir Guy of Guystels on the lyft And than sir Henry at the right corner and the Chatellayne of Furnes at the lyft corner ¶ Here foloweth the ordynauÌ„ces of the day of the obsequy done in the churche of saynt Peter of Lisle The names of them that were ther and of suche squiers as helde the sheldes all the masse to the offrynge The duke of Burgoyne was first alone and the first shelde borne before hym and the shelde was sustayned with the lorde of Raneuall the lorde de la Gonese Labequen de la coutre and Johan de PouÌ„t Alters brother to the marshall of Burgoyne And than the seconde shelde before the lorde Johan of Arthoyse erle of Ewe and sir Philyppe de Bare the shelde was holden by UaleraÌ„t de la Sale and Lesquans Denekyn Than the erle of Marche and sir Phylyppe Darthoise and the shelde holden by Gyllon delabret by Robyn of Florigny and after sir Robert de Namure and sir WyllmÌ„ de Namur his nephue the shelde was borne by Chaux Bernarde and Gerarde Destrenayle ¶ Item for the sheldes of Conuoy THe lorde Dangyen and by hym sir Johan of Namure the shelde was holden of Ayllert of Pouthees and Henry of Moucy Than next was sir Ewe of Chastellon and the lorde of Fere the shelde holden by JohnÌ„ of Helwyn and Edwarde of Castren And after was the lorde Dautoyne and the lorde of Guystels the shelde sustayned by Trystram of Landres and Johan du Bea rt And than was the lorde of Moriâ—nes and the lord of Sully the shelde holden by Fresinguy and Dames of Bucy ¶ Item the names of theÌ„ that offred the coursers of warre First the lorde of Chatellon sir Symon de la Layne bayly of Heynalt the lordes a fote and the horse armed and couered for the secoÌ„de sir Ualerant of Raneuall and the Cathelayne of DisqÌ„made for the thyrde sir Hewe of Meuleun and the lorde Daucy The fourth the lorde of Brunell and the lorde of Brumen ¶ Here foloweth those that offred the coursers of Conuoy First sir Henry Datoygne and sir Gerarde of Guystels The seconde the lorde of Montigny and the lorde of Rasenghien The thyrde the lorde de la Haurade and the Chatelayne of Furnes The fourthe the lorde of Fagumelles and sir Roulande de la Clycque ¶ Here foloweth the names of theÌ„ that offred the glayues of warre First the lorde admyrall of FrauÌ„ce and the lorde of Rary The seconde the marshall of Burgoyne The thyrde the lorde of saynt Pye The fourthe the lorde of ¶ Here foloweth suche as offred the swerdes of Conuoy First sir WyllmÌ„ of Ponthue The .ii. sir WyllmÌ„ de Tremoile The thirde the Chatelayne of Ipre The
HEre begynneth the first volum of sir Johan Froyssart of the cronycles of Englande Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynynge TraÌ„slated out of frenche into our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of oure moost highe redouted souerayne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce highe defender if the christen faythe c. Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno Eternum floreÌ„s regia sceptra feret ¶ The preface of Johan Bourchier knyght lorde Berners translatour of this present cronycle WHat condygne graces and thankes ought men to gyue to the writers of historyes Who with their great labours haue done so moche profyte to the humayne lyfe They shewe open manifest and declare to the reder by example of olde antyquite what we shulde enquere desyre and folowe And also what we shulde eschewe auoyde and vtterly flye For whan we beynge vnexpert of chauÌ„ces se beholde and rede the auncyent actes gestes and dedes Home and with what labours dauÌ„gers and paryls they were gested and done They right greatly admonest ensigne and teche vs howe we maye lede forthe our lyues And farther he that hath the perfyte knowledge of others ioye welthe and higher prosperite and also trouble sorowe and great aduersyte hath the xpert doctryne of all parylles And albeit that mortall folke are marueylously separated bothe by lande water and right woÌ„derously sytuate yet are they and their actes done ê‘aduenture by the space of a thousande yere coÌ„pact togyder by thistographier as it were the dedes of one selfe cyte and in one maÌ„nes lyfe Wherfore I say that historie may well be called a diuyne prouydence For as the celestyall bodyes aboue complecte all and at euery tyme the vniuersall worlde the creatures therin coÌ„teyned and all their dedes semblably so dothe history Is it nat a right noble thynge for vs by the fautes and errours of other to amede and erect our lyfe in to better We shuld nat seke and acquyre that other dyd but what thyng was most best most laudable and worthely done we shulde putte before our eyes to folowe Be nat the sage counsayles of two or thre olde fathers in a cyte towne or couÌ„tre whom long age hath made wyse dyscrete and prudent farre more praysed lauded and derely loued than of the yongemenne Howe moche more than ought stories to be coÌ„mended praysed and loued In whom is encluded so many sage counsayls great reasons hygh wisedoms of so innumerable ê‘sons of sondry nacyons and of euery age and that in so long space as four or fyue hundred yere The most profytable thyng in this worlde for the instytucion of the humayne lyfe is hystorie Dues the contynuall redyng therof maketh yonge men equall in prudence to olde men and to olde fathers stryken in age it mynystreth experyence of thynges More it yeldeth priuate persons worthy of dignyte rule and gouernaunce It compelleth themperours hygh rulers and gouernours to do noble dedê to th ende they may optayne immortall glory It exciteth moueth and stereth the strong hardy warriours for the great laude that they haue after they ben deed promptly to go in hande with great and harde parels in defence of their countre And it prohibyteth reprouable persons to do mischeuous dedes for feare of infamy shame So thus through the monumentes of writynge whiche is the testymony vnto vertue many men haue ben moued Some to byldecytes some to deuyse and establisshe lawes tight profitable necessarie and behouefull for the humayne lyfe Some other to fynde newe artes craftes and sciences very requisyte to the vse of maÌ„kynde But aboue all thynges wherby mans welthe ryseth speciall laude and cause ought to be gyuen to historie It is the keper of suche thinges as haue ben vertuously done and the wytnesse of yuell dedes And by the benefite of hystorie all noble highe and vertuous actes be immortall What moued the strong and ferse Hercules to enterprise in his lyfe so many great incoÌ„perable labours and pyls Certaynly noughtels but yâ— for his merytê immortalyte mought be gyuen to hym of all folke In seÌ„blable wyse dyd his imytator noble duke These us many other innumerable worthy prices and famouse men whose vertues ben redemed sro oblyuion shyne by historie And where as other monumentes in processe of tyme by varyable chaunces are confused and lost The vertue of history dyffused and spredde throughe the vuyuersall worlde hathe to her custos kepat it that is to say tyme whiche coÌ„sumeth the other writynges And albeit that those menne are right worthy of great laude and prayse who by their writynges shewe and lede vs the waye to vertue yet neuerthelesse the poems lawes and other artes that they fouÌ„de deuysed and writ ben mixed with some domage And soÌ„tyme for the trueth they ensigne a man to lye But onelye hystorie truely with wordes representyng the actes gestes and dedes done complecteth all profyte It moueth stereth and compelleth to honestie detesteth erketh aborteth vices It extolleth enhaunceth and lyfteth vp suche as ben noble and vertuous depresseth poystereth and thrusteth downe such as ben wicked yuell and reprouable What knowlege shulde we haue of auncyent thynges past and historie were nat Whiche is the testymony therof the lyght of trouthe the maystres of the lyfe humayne the presydent of remembrauÌ„ce and the messanger of antiquyte Why moued and stered Phaleryus the kynge Ptholome oft and dilygently to rede bokes Forsothe for none other cause but that those thynges are founde writen in bokes that the freÌ„des dare nat shewe to the price Moche more I wolde fayne write of the incomparable profyte of hystorie but I feare me that I shulde to sore tourment the reder of this my preface And also I doute nat but that the great vtilyte therof is better knowen than I coulde declare wherfore I shall breuely come to apoynt Thus whan I aduertysed and remembred the many folde comodyties of hystorie howe benefyciall it is to mortall folke and eke howe laudable and merytoryous a dede it is to write hystories fixed my mynde to do some thyng therin And euer whaÌ„ this ymaginacyon came to me I volued tourned and redde many volumes and bokes conteyning famouse histories And amonge all other I redde dilygently the four volumes or bokes of sir Johan Froyssart of the countrey of Heynaulte written in the Frenche tonge whiche I iudged comodyous necessarie and profytable to be hadde in Englysshe sithe they treat of the fomous actes done in our parties That is to say in Englande FrauÌ„ce Spaygne Portyngale ScotlaÌ„de Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioyning and specially they redounde to the honoure of Englysshemen What pleasure shall it be to the noble geÌ„tylmen of Englande to se beholde rede the highe enterprises famous actes and glorious dedes done and atchyued by their valyant auÌ„ceytours Forsothe and god this hath moued me at the highe coÌ„maundement of my moost redouted
souerayne lorde kynge Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce and highe defender of the christen faythe c. Under his gracyous supportacyon to do my deuoyre to translate out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge the sayd volumes of sir Johan Froyssart Whiche cronycle begynneth at the raygne of the moost noble and valyant kynge Edwarde the thyrde The yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred and sixtene And contynucth to the begynning of the reigne of king Henry the fourth The yere of our lorde god a thousande and foure hundred The space by twene is threscore and fourtene yeres Requyrynge all the reders and herers therof to take this my rude translacion in gre And in that I haue nat folowed myne authour worde by worde yet I trust I haue ensewed the true reporte of the sentence of the mater And as for the true namyng of all maner of personages Countreis cyties townes ryuers or teldes Where as I coude nat name them properly nor aptely in Englysshe I haue written them acordynge as I founde them in frenche And thoughe I haue nat gyuen euery lorde knyght or squyer his true addycion yet I trust I haue natswarued fro the true senteÌ„ce of the mater And there as I haue named the dystaunce bytwene places by myles and leages they must be vnderstande acordyng to the custome of the couÌ„treis where as they be named for in some place they be lengar than in some other In Englande a leage or myle is well knowen in FrauÌ„ce a leage is two myles and in some place thre And in other couÌ„treis more or lesse euery nacion hath sondrie customes And if any faute be in this my rude translacyon I remyt the correctyon therof to theÌ„ that discretely shall fynde any reasonable deraute And in their so doynge I shall pray god to sende theÌ„ the blysse of heuen Amen Thus endeth the preface of sir JohnÌ„ Bourchier knight lorde berners traÌ„slatour of this present cronycle And herafter foloweth the table with all the chapiters as they stande in the boke in order from one to four huÌ„dred fyftie and one Whiche be in nombre C C C C. and li. chapiters ¶ Here after foloweth the table of this present volume FIrst the auctours ê“loge Ca. i. ¶ Of them that were moost valyant knightes to be made mencion of in this boke Cap. ii ¶ Of some of the prevecessours of kyng Edwarde of Englande Cap. iii. ¶ Of some of the prrentes of this good kyng Edwarde the thyrbe Cap. iiii ¶ The first occasyon of the warre bytwene the the kynges of Englande of FrauÌ„ce Cap. v. ¶ Howe therle Thomas of Lancastre .xxii. other great lordes and knyghtes of Englande werebeheeded Cap. vi ¶ Howe the quene of Englande went and coÌ„playned her to the kyng of FrauÌ„ce her brother on sir Hewe Spensar Cap. vii ¶ Howe sir Hewe Spensar purchased that the quene Isabell of Englande was putte out of Fraunce Cap. viii ¶ Howe quene Isabell deê‘ted out of Fraunce and entred in to the empyre Cap. ix ¶ Howe quene Isabell areyued in Englande with sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt in her coÌ„pany Ca. x. ¶ Howe the quene of Englande besieged kynge Edwarde the seconde her housbande in the towne of Bristowe Cap. xi ¶ Howe sir Hewe SpeÌ„sar thelder and therle of Arundell were iudged to bethe Cap. xii ¶ Howe sir Hewe Spensar was putte to his iudgement Cap. xiii ¶ Of the coronacyon of kynge Edwarde the thirde Cap. xiiii ¶ Howe kyng Robert de Breur of ScotlaÌ„de defyed kyng Edwarde of Englande Cap. xv ¶ Of the disceÌ„cion that sell bytwene tharchers of Englande them of Heynalt Cap. xvi ¶ Of the maner of the scottes and howe they make their warre Cap. xvii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande made his first iourney agaynst the scottes Cap. xviii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde was maryed to the lady Philyppe of Heynalt Cap. xix ¶ Howe kyng Robert of scotlaÌ„de dyed ca. xx ¶ Howe Philyppe of Ualloyes was crowned kynge in Fraunce Cap. xxi Of the batayle of Cassell in FlaÌ„ders ca. xxii ¶ Howe therle of Kent and therle Mortymer in Englande were put to dethe Cap. xxiii ¶ Of the homage that kyng Edwarde of Englande made to the frenche kyng for the duchy of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ¶ Howe sir Roberte of Arthoyse was chased out of the realme of Fraunce Cap. xxv ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde tooke the towne of Berwyke agaynst the scottes Cap. xxvi ¶ Howe king Philyp of Fraunce and dyuers other kynges toke on them the crosey to the holy lande Cap. xxvii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande was counsayled to make warre agaynst the frenche kynge Cap. xxviii ¶ Howe Jaques Dartuell gouerned the countie of Flaunders Cap. xxix ¶ Howe certayne nobles of FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of CagaÌ„t agaynst theÌ„glysshmen Cap. xxx ¶ Of the batayle of Cagant by twene the Englysshmen and flemynges Cap. xxxi ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande made great alyaunces in th empyre Cap. xxxii ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande made alyauÌ„ce with kyng Philyp of FraÌ„ce Ca. xxxiii ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde was made vycar generall of th eÌ„pyre of Almayne Cap. xxxiiii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde all his alyes dede defy the frenche kyng Cap. xxxv ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny after the defyaunces declared made the first iourney into Fraunce Cap. xxxvi ¶ Howe after the defyaunces the frenchemen entred in to Englande Cap. xxxvii ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde besieged the cytie of Cambrey Cap. xxxviii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde made sir Henry of Flaunders knight Cap. xxxix ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande and the freÌ„che kynge toke day to fight Cap. xl ¶ Howe these two kynges ordayned their batayls at Uyronfosse Cap. xli ¶ Howe the sayd two kynges departed without batayle Cap. xlii ¶ Howe king Edwarde of Englande toke on him to beare the armes of Fraunce the â—â—me to be called kyng therof Cap. xliii ¶ Howe the frenchmen brent in the lanbes of sir Johan of Heynalt Cap. xliiii ¶ Howe therle of Heynalt toke and distroyed Aubenton and Thyerache Cap. xlv ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a iourney in to Flaunders Cap. xlvi ¶ Of the iourney that duke JohnÌ„ of NormaÌ„dy made in to Heynalt Cap. xlvii ¶ Howe they of Doway made a iourney in to Ostrenant and howe the erle of Heynalt was in Englande Cap. xlviii ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Thyne the bysshoppe Cap. xlix ¶ Of the batayle on the see before Srluse in Flaunders bytwene the kynge of Englande the frenchmen Cap. l. ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cycile dyde all that he might to pacify the kynges of Englande Fraunce Cap. li. ¶ Of the couÌ„sayle that the kyng of England his alyes helde at the towne of Uyllenort ca. lii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande layde siege to the cytie of Iourney Cap. liii ¶ Howe the erle of Heynalt distroyed the townes of Seclyn and Dorchies Cap. liiii ¶ Howe the scottes wan agayne a great
ê‘te of Scotlande whyle the siege was before Tourney Cap. lv ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kyng made to reyse the siege before Turney ca. lvi ¶ Howe they of the garyson of Bouhayne distrussed certayne soudyers of Mortaygne before the towne of Conde Cap. lvii ¶ Of the iourney that sir Wylliam Baylleule and sir Walflart de la Croyse made at the bridge of Cresyn Cap. lviii ¶ Howe the erle of Heynault assayled the fortreile of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers maners Cap. lix ¶ Howe the erle of Heynalte toke the towne of saynt Amande duryng the siege before Tourney Cap. lr ¶ Of the takyng of sir Charles of Momorency and of dyuers other frenchmen at the brige of Cresyn Cap. lxi ¶ Howe the flemynges were before saynt Omers duryng the siege of Turney Cap. lxii ¶ Howe the siege before Turney was broken vp by reason of a truse Cap. lxiii ¶ Of the warres of Bretaygne and howe the duke ther dyed without heyre wherby the discencyon fell Cap. lxiiii ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Brest Cap. lxv ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the cyte of Reynes Cap. lxvi ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Hanybout Cap. lxvii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort dyde homage to the king of EnglaÌ„d for the duchy of breten ca. lxviii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to the ê‘lyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretaygne was iudged to sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxx ¶ Of the lordes of FrauÌ„ce that entred in to Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxxi ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was taken at NauÌ„tes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de the thirde tyme made warre on the scottes Cap. lxxiii ¶ Howe king Dauyd of Scotlande caÌ„e with a great host to Newcastell vpoÌ„tyne ca. lxxiiii ¶ Howe the scottes distroyed the cyte of Dyrham Cap. lxxv ¶ Howe the scottes besieged a castell of therle of Salysburies Cap. lxxvi ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de was in amours of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxvii ¶ Howe therle of Salisbury therle Moret were delyuered out of prison cap. lxxviii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes with dyuers lordes of Fraunce toke the cytie of Reynes in Bretayne Cap. lxxix ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes besieged the couÌ„tesse of Mountfort in Hanybout ca. lxxx ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny brought the englysshmen in to Bretayne Cap. lxxxi ¶ Howe the tastell of Conquest was wonne two tymes Cap. lxxxii ¶ Howe sir Loyes of Spaygne toke the townes of Dynant and of Gerande cap. lxxxiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny discoÌ„fyted sir Loyes of Spayne Cap. lxxxiiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny tooke the castell of Gony in the forest Cap. lxxxv ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloies toke the towne of Carahes cap. lxxxvi ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Butler sir Hubert of Fresnoy were rescued fro dethe Cap. lxxxvii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloys toke the towne of Jugon with the castell Cap. lxxxviii ¶ Of the feest and iustes that the kyng of Englande made at London for the loue of the couÌ„tesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix ¶ Howe the kyng of England sent sir Robert of Artoyse in to Bretayue Cap. lxxxx ¶ Of the batayle of Gernsay by twenesir Robert of Arthois and sir Loyes of Spaygne on the see Cap. lxxxxi ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthois toke the cite of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthoise dyed where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande caÌ„e in to Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii ¶ Howe the lorde Clisson sir Henry of Leon were taken prisoners before UaÌ„nes ca. lxxxxv ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi ¶ What lordes of frauÌ„ce the duke of Norman by brought into Bretayne against the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost loged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii ¶ Howe the frenche kynge beheeded the lorde Clysson and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix ¶ Of the order of saynt George that king Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of Wyndsore Cap. c. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande delyuered out of prison sir Henry of Leon. Cap. c .i. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent the erle of Derby to make warre in Gascoyne Cap. c .ii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered the forteresse of Bergerath Cap. c .iii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered dyuers townes and forteresses in hye Gascoyne Cap. c .iiii. ¶ Howe therle of Quenfort was taken in Gascoyne and delyuered agayne by exchaunge Cap. c .v. ¶ Howe the erle of Layle lieutenant to the frenche kyng in Gascoyne layde siege before Auberoche Cap. c .vi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby toke before Auberoche the erle of Layle and dyuers other erles and vycountes to the nombre of .ix. Ca. c .vii. ¶ Of the townes that therle of Derby wan in Gascoyne goynge towarde the Ryoll Cap. c .viii. ¶ Howe therle of Derby layde siege to the Ryoll and howe the towne was yelded to hym Cap. c .ix. ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny founde in the Ryoll his fathers sepulture Cap. c .x. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the castell of the Ryoll Cap. c .xi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby tooke the towne of Mauleon and after the towne of Franche in Gascoyne Cap. c .xii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. c .xiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfrey of Harcourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. c .xiiii. ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. c .xv. ¶ Of the dethe of WillmÌ„ erle of Heynalt who dyed in Frise and many with him Cap. c .xvi. ¶ Howe sir Johan of Heynault became frenche Cap. c .xvii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of NormaÌ„dy brought into Gascoyne agaynst the erle of Derby Cap. c .xviii. ¶ Howe JohnÌ„ Norwich scaped fro Angolem whan the towne was yelden freÌ„che Cap. c .xix. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Aguyllon with a hundred M. men Cap. c .xx. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande went ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllon Cap. c .xxi. ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de rode in thre batayls thorowe Normandy Cap. c .xxii. ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche king made to resyst the kynge of Englande Cap. c .xxiii. ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe the Englysshmen toke the towne Cap. c .xxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harcort fought with them of Ampens before Parys Cap. c .xxv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng folowed the kyng of Englande in Beauuonoyse Cap. c .xxvi. ¶ Howe the bataile of Blanche take was foughten bytwene the kyng of Englande and sir Godmar du Fay. Cap. c .xxvii. ¶ Of the order of the englysshmen at Cressey
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
and set their archers before them and sayled to warde the towne They of Cagaunt sawe well this great shyppÌ„ aproche they knewe well they were englysshmen And araynged them on the dykes and on the sandes with their baners before them and they made .xvi. newe knyghtes They were a fyue thousande meÌ„ of warr good knyghtes and squiers ther was sir Guy of FlaÌ„ders a good and a sure knyght but he was a bastarde and he desyred all his coÌ„pany to do well their deuoyre And also ther was sir Dutres de Hauyn syr JohnÌ„ de Roodes sir Gyles de Lestriefe sir Symon and syr JohnÌ„ of BonquedeÌ„t who were there made knyghtes and Peter of Anglemonster with many other knyghtes and squiers expert men of armes Thenglysshmen were desyrous to assayle and the fleÌ„mynges to defende Thenglysshe atchers began to shout and cryed their cryes so that suche as kepte the passage were fayne perforce to recule backe At this first assaute there were dyuerse sore hurte and the englysshmen toke lande and came and fought hande to hande The fleÌ„mynges fought valyantly to defende the passage and theÌ„glysshmen assauted chyualrously The erle of Derby was that day a good knyght and at the first assaut he was so forwarde that he was stryken to the erth and than the lorde of Manny dyd hym great confort for by pur feat of armes he releued hym vp agayne and brought hym out of pyll and cryed Lancastre for the erle of Derby Than they approched on euery part and many were hurt but mo of the flemmynges than of the englysshmen for the archers shot so holly togyder that they dyd to the flemmynges moche damage Thus in the hauyn of Cagant ther was a sore batell for the fleÌ„mynges were good men of warre chosen out by the erle of Flaunders to defende that passage agaynst thenglysshemen And of Englande there was the erle of Derby sonne to the erle Henry of Lancastre with the wry necke therle of Suffolke syr Robert Cobham sir Lewes Byauchampe sir Wyllyam sonne to therle of Warwyke the lorde Bourcher syr Water MaÌ„ny and dyuers other There was a sore batayle and well foughten hande to hande but finally the fleÌ„mynges were put to the chase and were slayne mo than thre thousande what in yâ— hauyn stretes and houses Syr Guy the bastarde of FlauÌ„ders was taken and sir Dutres de Haluyn and sir JohnÌ„ de Rodes wer slayne and the two bretherne of Bonquedent and syr Gyles de Lestrief and mo than .xxvi. knyghtes and squyers the towne taken and pylled and all the goodê and prisoners put into the shippes and the towne brent And so thus the englysshemen retourned into Englande without any damage the kyng caused sir Guy bastarde of FlaÌ„ders to swere and to bynde hymselfe prisoner And in the same yere he became englysshe and dyd fayth homage to the kyng of Englande ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England made great alyaunces in the empyre Cap. xxxii AFter this dysconfeture at Cagaunt tidynges therof spredde abrode in the couÌ„trey And they of Flaunders sayd that without reason and agaynst their wylles therle of flaÌ„ders had layd there that garyson And Jaques Dartuell wolde nat at had ben otherwyse and in contynent he sent messangers to kynge Edwarde recommendyng hym to his grace withall his hert Counsellyng hym to come thyder and to passe the see certyfyenge hym how the flemmynges greatly desyred to se hym Thus the kyng of Englande made great purueyancê and whan the wynter was passed he toke the see well acompanyed with dukes erles and barownes and dyuers other knyghtes and aryued at the towne of Andewarpe as thaÌ„ pertayninge to the duke of Brabant Thyther came people from all partes to se hym and the great estate that he kept Than he sent to his cosyn the duke of Brabant to the duke of Guerles to yâ— marques of Jullers to the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt and to all such as he trusted to haue any conforte of Sayeng howe he wolde gladly speke with theym they came all to Andewarpe bytwene Whytsontyde and the feest of saynte JohnÌ„ And whan the kyng had well feasted thâ— he desyred to knowe their myndes whauÌ„e they wolde bâ—gynne that they had promysed requirynge them to dyspatche the mater breuely for that inteÌ„t he sayd he was come thyder and had all his men redy and howe it shulde be a great damage to hym to defarre the mater long These lordes had longe counsell among them and fynally they sayd Syr our commynge hyther as nowe was more to se you than for any thynge els we be nat as nowe purueyed to gyue you a full answere By your lycence we shall retourne to our people and come agayne to you at your pleasure and thauÌ„e gyue you so playne an answere that the mater shall nat rest in vs. Than they toke day to come agayn a thre wekes after the feest of saynt JohnÌ„ The kynge shewed theÌ„ what charges he was at with so longe abyding thynkinge whan he came thyther that they had ben full purueyd to haue made hym a playne answere sayng howe that he wolde nat returne in to England tyll he had a full answere So thus these lordes departed and the kynge taryed in the abbay of saynt Bernarde and some of the englysshe lordes taryed styll at Andewarpe to kepe the kynge company and some of the other rode about the countrey in great dyspence The duke of Brabant went to Louane and there taryed a long tyme and often tymes he sent to the frenche kyng desyring hym to haue no suspecyous to hym nat to byleue any yuell informacion made of hym for by his wyll he sayd he wold make none alyance nor couenant agaynst hym Sayrng also that the kynge of Englande was his cosyn germayne wherfore he might nat deny hym to come into his countrey The day caÌ„e that the kyng of Englande loked to haue an answere of these lordê and they excused them and sayd howe they were redy and their men So that the duke of Brabant wolde be redy for his part sayeng that he was nere than they And that assone as they might knowe that he were redy they wolde nat be behynde but be at the begynnyng of the mater assone as he Than the kyng dyd so moche that he spake agayne with the duke and shewed him the answere of the other lordes desyring him by amyte and lynage that no faut were founde in hym sayeng how he parceyued well that he was but cold in the mater and that without he wer quicker and dyd otherwyse he douted he shulde lese therby the ayde of all the other lordes of Amayne through his defaulte Than the duke sayd he wolde take counsayle in the matter and whan he had longe debated the mater he sayd howe he shulde be as redy as any other but firste he sayd he wolde speke agayne with the other lordes and he dyde sende for theÌ„ desyring them to come to hym wher as they pleased best
he wolde be redy alwayes to ayd hym and his realme agaynst all men But seyng the kyng of England maketh his warre as bycare and lyeutenaunt of th empyre Wherfore he said he might nat refuse to hym his couÌ„trey nor his confort bycause he helde part of his countrey of thempour and assone as sir Herâ—e Nuyriell sir Peter Bahuchet and Barbe Noyre who lay and kept the streightes bytwene England and Fraunce with a great nauy knewe the the warre was opyn They came on a sonday in the fore noone to the hauyu of Hampton whyle the people were at masse and the Normayns Pycardes and spanyerdes entred into the towne and robbed and pylled the towne and slewe dyuers and defowled maydens and enforced wyues and charged their vessels with the pyllage And so entred agayne into their shyppes and whan the tyde came they dysancred sayled to Normandy and came to Depe And there departed and deuyded their boty and pyllages ¶ How kyng Edwarde besieged the cyte of Cambray Cap. xxxviii THe kyng of England departed fro Machelyne went to Brussels and all his people past on by the towne Than came to the kynge a .xx. M. Almaynes and the kynge sent and demauÌ„ded of the duke of BrabaÌ„t what was his entensy on to go to Cambray or els to leaue it The duke answered and sayed that as sone as he knewe that he had besieged CaÌ„bray he wolde come thyder with .xii. hundred speres of good men of warre Than the kyng went to Nyuell and there lay one nyght and the nexte day to Mons in Heynalt And there he founde the yong erle of Heynalt who receyued him ioyously and euer sir Robert of Dartoyse was about the kyng as one of his priue counsell and a .xvi. or .xx. other great lordes and knightes of Englande the which were euer about the kyng for his honoure and estate and to counsell hym in all his dedes Also with hym was the bysshop of Lyncolne who was greatly renomed in this iourney both in wysdome and iÌ„ prowes Thus thenglysshmen passed forth and lodged abrode in the countrey and founde prouysion ynough before them for their money howbeit some â—ayed truly and some nat And whan the kyng had taryed two dayes at Mons in Heynalt thanÌ„e he went to Ualencennes he and .xii. with hym entred into the towne and no mo persons And thyder was come therle of Heynalt and ser JohnÌ„ his vncle and the lorde of Faguyuelles the lorde of Uerchyn the lorde of Haureth and dyuers other who were about therle their lorde And the kyng and therle went hand in hande to the great hall which was redy aparelled to receyue them And as they went vp the steares of the hall the bysshoppe of Lyncolne who was there present spake out a loude and sayd Wyllyam bysshoppÌ„ of Cambray I admonysshe you as procurer to the kyng of England vycare of th eÌ„pyre of RoÌ„e that ye opyn the gates of the cyte of Cambray if ye do nat ye shall forfayt your landes and we woll entre byforce Ther was none that answered to that mater for the bysshop was nat there present Than the bysshop of Lyncolne sayd agayne erle of Heynault we admonysshe you in the name of thempour that ye come and serue the kyng of England his vycare before the cyte of Cambray with suche nombre as ye ought to do Th erle who was ther preseÌ„t sayd with a right good wyll I am redy So thus they entred into the hall therle ledde the kyng into his chaÌ„bre and anon the supê‘ was redy And the next day the king deê‘ted and went to Aspre and ther taryed .ii. dayes and suffred all his men to passe forth And so than went to CaÌ„bray and loged at Wys and besieged the cyte of Cambray rouÌ„de about and dayly his power encreased Thyder came the yong erle of Heynalt in great atray and syr John his vncle and they lodged nere to the kyng and the duke of Guerles and his company the marques of Musse therle of Mons the erle of Sauynes the lorde of FalquemoÌ„t sir Arnolde of Bouquehen withall thother lordes of th empyre suche as were alyed with the kyng of Englande And the sixt day after the siege layd thyder caÌ„e the duke of Brabant with a .ix. hundred speres besyde other he lodged toward Ostrenan on the ryuer of Lescaut and made a bridge ouer the water to th entent to go fro the one hoost to the other And assone as he was come he sent to defye the frenche kyng who was at Compyengne Wherof Loys of Traneheu who had alwayes before excused the duke was so confused that he wold no more returne agayne into Brabant but dyed for sorowe in FrauÌ„ce This sege durynge ther were many skirmysshes and sir John of Heynalt and the lorde of Falquemont rod euer lightly togyder and brent and wasted sore the countrey of Cambresys And on a day these lordes with the nombre of .v. C. speres a M. of other men of warr came to the castell of Doisy in Cambresys pertayning to the lord of Coucy and made ther a great assaut But they within dyd defende them so valyantly that thei had no damage and so the sayd lordes retourned to their lodgynges Th erle of Heynalt and his company on a saturday came to the gate towarde saynt Quyntines and made ther a gret assaut ther was JohnÌ„ Chandos who was thaÌ„ but a squier of whose prowes this boke speketh moch he cast hymselfe bytwene the barrers and the gate and fought valyantly with a squyer of Uermandoys called Johanne of saynt Dager ther was goodly featê of armes done bytwene them And so the heynows coÌ„quered by force the baylles and ther was entred therle of Heynalt and his marshals sir Gararde of Uerchyne ser Henry Dantoyng and other who aduentured them valyantly to aduaunce their honour at an other gate called the gate Robert was yâ— lord Beamonde and the lorde of Falquemont the lorde Danghyen sir Wyllyam of Manny and their companys made ther asore and a harde assaut But they of Cambray and yâ— soudyers set there by the french kyng defended themselfe and the cyte so valyantly that thassauters wan nothyng but so retourned right wery and well beaten to their logynges The yong erle of Namure caÌ„e thyder to serue the yong erle of Heynalt by desyre and he sayd he wolde be on their part as long as they were in th eÌ„pyre But assone as they entred into the realme of Fraunce he sayd he wolde forsake them go and serue the french kyng who had retayned hym And in likewyse so was th entent of therle of Heynalt for he had coÌ„maunded all his men on payne of dethe that none of them shulde do any thyng within the realme of FrauÌ„ce In this season whyle the kyng of England lay at siege byfore Cambray with .xl. M. men of armes and greatly constrayned theÌ„ by assautes Kyng Philyp made his somons at
of England to be the more stroÌ„ger in his warre agaynst the freÌ„chmen But first he made his vncle sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt chefe maister and gouernour of Holande zelande and sir JohnÌ„ lay styll at Mons and prouyded for the contrey and sent to UalenceÌ„nes to confort and ayde theÌ„ the lorde Autoyng the lorde of Uerguy yâ— lord of Gomegynes and sir Henry of Huspharyce and the stewarde of Heynault with a hundred speares to the towne of Landrechyes And to Bouhayne thre brethern almayns called Courtars and to â—scaudymeâ— sir Gararde Sasses gynes and into the towne of Dauesnes the lord of Faulquemount And thus he dyde into euery fortresse on the fronters of Fraunce ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a Courney into Flaunders Cap. xlvi WHan the frenche kyng knewe howe the heynowes had brent the contrey of Thyerache taken and stayne his knyghtes and distroyed the good towne of Aubenton Than he commaunded the duke of Normandy his sonne that he shulde make a iourney into Heynalt and bring the countrey into that case that it shuld neuer bere couerd agayne Also the kyng ordayned therle of Layll Gastone who was as than with the kyng at Parys that he shulde make a voyage into Gascoyne as his lyeutenant and to make warre to Burdeux and to Bordeloys and to all the fortresses that helde of the kyng of Englande And also the frenche kynge enforced his great nauy that he had on the see and commaunded them to kepe the bondes of Flanders and nat to suffre the kyng of Englande to passe ouer the see into Flanders on payne of their lyues And whan the frenche kyng vnderstode that the flemynges had made homage to the kynge of Englande he sent vnto them a prelate vnder the colour of the pope Shewyng them that ys they wolde retourne and knowledge themselfe to holde of hym and of the crowne of Fraunce and to forsake the kyng of Englande who had enchaunted them Than he sayd he wolde ê‘don them of all their trespaces and wolde quyte theÌ„ of the gret soÌ„me of money that they wer bound vnto hym by oblygacion of olde tyme and also to gyue theÌ„ many fayre franchyses And the slemmynges answered howe they thought theÌ„selfe right well assoyled and quyted in any thynge that they were bouÌ„de to the kyng of Fraunce Than the frenche kyng complayned to pope Clement the .vi. whervpon the pope dyd cast suche a sentence of cursyng that no preest durst syng or say ther any diuyne seruyce Wherof the slemmynges sent a great coÌ„playnt vnto the kyng of Englande who to apease them sent them worde that whan he came ouer the see he wolde bring preestes out of his contrey to syng masses whyther the pope wolde or nat for he sayd he had priuylege so to do And so by that meanes the fleÌ„mynges were somwhat apeased And whan the frenche kyng sawe that he coude nat tourne the sleÌ„mynges fro their opynion than he coÌ„maunded them of the garysons of Tourney Lysle and 〈◊〉 â–ª and other to make warre on the flem 〈…〉 and to ouer ronne the contrey And so 〈◊〉 â—ohnÌ„ du Roy and ser Mathue de Trye marshall of Fraunce and sir Godmar du Fay and dyuers other lordes made an army of M. men of armes and. CCC crosbowes what of Turney Lylle and Doway And so in an euenyng ther departed fro Turney and by yâ— it was day in the mornyng â–ª they were before Courtray by 〈◊〉 â—â—yme the son was vp they had gathered togyther all the catall ther about and some of theÌ„ ran to the gatê and slewe and hurt dyuers that they founde without And thanÌ„e they retourned without any domage and droue before them al their prayes so that whaÌ„ they came to Turney they had mo thaÌ„ .x. M. shepe as many swyne beates and kyen wherof the flemynges were sore troubled Than Jaques Dartuell sware yâ— it shulde be derely reuenged and incoÌ„tynent he coÌ„maunded the good townes of Flanders that their men a warr shulde be with hym before Turney at a day assigned and he wrote to therle of Salysbury and to therle of Suffolke who wer at Ipre that they shulde be ther at yâ— same And so agaynst the day lymitted he weÌ„t out of GauÌ„t and came to a place bytwene And warpe Turney called le Pount de Sere and there he lodged and taryed for therles of England and for them of Franke of Bruges The sayd two erles thought for their honour that the enterprise shulde nat be delayed by them and so sent to Jaques Dartuell promysing hym nat to fayle to be at the day apoynted And so on a day they departed from Ipre with a .l. speares and a fortie crosbowes â–ª and went towarde the place where as Jaques Dartuell abode for theÌ„ and as they passed by the towne of Lyle they were ê‘ceyued And they of the towne yssued out with a .xv. C. men a fote and a horsbacke and went in .iii. partes to th entent that therles shuld nat scape theÌ„ So these two erles rode forth by the gyding of sir U 〈…〉 art de la Crox â–ª who had kept loÌ„g warrÌ„ agaynst them of Lyle and he knewe all yâ— wayes of the contrey as than was at Ipre And so he came forthe with these erles to be their gyde and he had well gyded them they of Lyle had nuely made a great dyke wher as there was neuer none before and whan sir Uauflart hadde brought them thyder sawe howe the way was nuely stopped he sayd to therles of Englande sirs I se well we can nat passe without the danger of them of Lysle wherfore I counsell let vs turne agayne and take some other way Than the lordes sayde nay sir Uauflart it shall neuer be sayd that we woll go out of our way for feare of them of Lysle Therfore ryde on byfore we haue promysed Jaques Dartuell to be with hym this day and so thenglysshmen rode forth with out feare Than sir Uauflart sayd sirs ye haue taken me in this vyage to be your gyde and I haue ben with you all this wynter iÌ„ Ipre wherof I am moch bouÌ„de to you But if they of Lyle yssue out vpon vs haue no trust that I wyll abyde them for I wyll saue my selfe assone as I can for if I wer taken it shulde cost me my lyfe the which I loue better thaÌ„ your coÌ„pany Than the lordes dyd laugh at hym and sayd well and yf it be so we holde you well excused and as he ymagined so it be fell â–ª for or they wer ware they were in danger of the frenche busshement who cryed stoppe sirs for ye shall nat passe this way without our lycence and so began to shote and to ronne on the englysshmen And assone as syr Uauflart sawe the maner he had no lyst to ryde any farther but retourned assone as he myght and gate hymselfe out of the preace And the. iâ— erles fell in the handes of their ennemies lyke
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
Henry de Leon so that by sir Henris meanes the bysshoppe agreed with therle and toke hym as his lorde vnto suche season as somme other shulde come and shewe more ryght to the duchy of Bretaygne ¶ Howe the eele Mountfort dyd homage to the kyng of England for the duchy of Bretayne Cap. lxviii THus therle MouÌ„tfort conquered the countrey and made hymselfe to be called duke of Bretayne Than he went to a port on the see syde called Gâ—eâ—o thasie he sent his people abrode to kepe yâ— townes and fortresses that he had won Than he toke the see with a certayne with him and so arryued in Cornwall in Englande at a port called Chepse than he enquered where the kynge was and it was shewed hym howe the he was at wyndsore Than he rode thyderwarde came to Wyndsore wher he was receyued with gret ioye and feest bothe of the kyng of the quene and of all the lordes than he shewed the kynge and his counsayle howe he was in possession of the duchy of Bretayne fallen to hym by succession by yâ— deth of his brother last duke of Breten But he feared lest that sir Charles of Bloyes the frenche kynge wolde put hym out therof by puyssance wherfore he sayd he was come thyder to relyue and to holde the duchy of the kyng of Englande by fealtie and homage for euer so that he wolde defende hym agaynst the frenche kynge and all other that shulâ—e put hym to any trouble for the mater The kynge of Englande ymagined that his warre agaynste the frenche kyng shulde be well fortifyed by that meanes howe that he coude nat haue no more profitable way for hym to entre into France than by Bretayne remembring howe the almayns and brabances had done lytell or nothyng for hym but caused hym to spende moche money Wherfore â—â—yously he condyscending to therle Mountfortes desyre and there toke homage by the handê of therle callyng hym selfe duke of Bretaygne And ther the kyng of Englande in the presence of suche lordes as were ther bothe of Bretayne and of Englande promysed that he wold ayde defende and kepe hym as his liege man agaynst euery man frenche kyng and other This homage and promyses were writen and sealed and euery â—tie had his part belyuerd besyde yâ— the kynge and yâ— quene gaue to therle and to his company many great gyftes in such wyse that they reputed hym for a noble kyng and worthy to raygne in gret prosperyte Than therle toke his leaue and departed and toke agayne thesee and arryued at yâ— forsayd port of Gredo in base Bretayne and so came to Nauntes to his wyfe who sayde howe he had wrought by good and byscrete counsayle ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to be at the plyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix WHan sir Charles of Bloys who helde hymselfe rightfull inherytour to Bretaygne by reason of his wyfe harde howe the erle of Mountfort conquered beforce the countrey the whiche by reason ought to be his Than he came to Parys to complayne to kyng Philyppe his vncle whervpon the kyng counselled with the nobles of the realme what he might do in that matter and it was counsaylled hym yâ— therle MouÌ„tfort shuld be by sufficyent messaÌ„gers somoned to apere at Parys ther to here what answere he wolde make So these messaÌ„gers were sent forthe and they founde therle at Nauntes makyng good chere and he made to them great feest and finally he answered howe he wolde obey the kynges coÌ„maundement And than made hym redy and departed fro Nantes and so came to Paris with a .iiii. C. horse with hym and the next day he and all his mounted on their horses and rode to the kynges palayse Ther the kynge and his .xii. peres with other great lordes of Fraunce taryed his commyng and the lorde Charles of Blois with thâ— Than therle entred into the kynges chambre he was well regarded and saluted of euery person thaÌ„ he enclyned hymselfe to the kyng and sayd sir I am come hyther at your coÌ„maundement and pleasure Than the kyng sayd erle of Mountfort for your so doyng I can you good thanke howbeit I haue marueyle howe that ye durste vndertake on you the duchy of Bretayne wherin ye haue no right for there is another neâ—eâ— than ye be and ye wolde dysinheryt hym and to mentayne your quarell ye haue ben with myne aduersary the kynge of Englande and as it is shewed me ye haue done hym homage for the saine Than therâ—e sayd sir byleue it nat for surely ye at but yuell enformed in that behalf but ser as for the right that ye speke of sauyng your dyspleasur ye do me ther 〈…〉 wrong for ser I knowe none so nere to my brother that is departed as I â–ª if it were iuged or playnly declared by right that theâ— were a nother nerer than I I wolde â—at be rebell nor a shamed to leaue it Well sir ê™ the kyng ye say well but I coÌ„maund you in all that ye holde of me that ye deê‘t nat out of this cytie of Parys this .xv. dayes by the which tyme the .xii. peres and lordes of my realme shall iudge this mater and thaÌ„ye shall knowe what right ye haue and if ye do otherwyse ye shall displease me Than therle sayd ser all shal be at yoâ— pleasure thanÌ„e he went fro the court to his lodgyng to dyner whan he came to his lodgynge he entred into his chambre and theâ— satte and ymagined many doutes finally with a small company he mounted on his horse and retourned agayne into Bretayne or the kynge or any other wyst wher he was becoÌ„e Some thought he had ben but a lytell sicke in his lodgyng and whan he came to Nauntes he shewed the countesse what he had done and than by her counsel herode to all the townes and forteresses that he had wonne and stablysshed in them good captayns and soudyers a horsbacke and a fote and dyd gyue them good wages ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretayne was iuged to sir Charles of Bloyes Can. lxx IT is to be thought that the frenche kynge was sore dyspleased whan he knewe that the erle of Mountforte was so departed How beit he taryed tyll the .xv. day that the lordes shulde gyue their iudgemeÌ„t on the duchy of Bretayne whan the day came they iudged it clerely to ser Charles of Bloys wyfe who was doughter to the brother germayne of the duke last deed by yâ— father syde whom they iudged to haue more right than the erle Mountforte who came by another father who was neuer duke of Bretayne In other reason theâ— was they sayde though that therle of MouÌ„tfort had any right he had forfeted it two wayes The one bycause he had relyued the duchy of a nother lorde than of the frenche kynge of whom he ought to holde it The other reason was bycause he had broken the kynges coÌ„maundement and disobeyed
of trumpettes and canayrs wherof the frenche hoost had great marueyle and armed theÌ„ and ran to the towne to assaut it and they within redy to defende ther began a feerse assaut endured tyll noone but the frenchmen lost more than they within At noone thassaut ceased than they toke counsell that sir Charles du Bloys shulde go fro that sege and gyue assaut to the castell of Alroy the which kyng Arthure made and with hym shulde go the duke of Burbone therle of Bloys the marshall of France sir Robert Bertrande and that sir Henry de Leon and part of the geneuoys and the lorde Loys of Spayne and the vycont of Rohayne withall the spanyer des shulde abyde styll before Hanybout for they sawe well they coulde haue no profet to assayle Hanybout any more But they sent for xii great engyns to Renes to thyntent to cast into the towne and castell day night So they deuyded their host the one styll before Hanybout the other with sir Charles of Bloys before Aulroy they within Alroy were well fortifyed and were a two C. companyons able for to mayntayne the warre And sir Henry of Penfort and sir Olyuer his brother were chyefe capitaynes ther a foure leages fro that castell was the good towne of Uannes parteyning to the countesse and capitayne ther was sir Gelfray of Malatrayt nat farre thens also was the good towne of Guyngnape the cathelayne of Dyuant was captayne ther he was at Hanybout with the couÌ„tesse and had lefte in the towne of Dynant his wyfe and his chyldren and had lefte ther capytayne in his stede Raynolde his son Bytwene these two townes stode a stronge castell parteynyng to sir Charles du Bloys 〈◊〉 was well kept with soudyours burgonyons Captayne there was sir Gerarde of Maulayne and with hym an other knyght called Pyer Portbeufe they wasted all the contrey about them and coÌ„strayned sore the sayd two townes for ther coude no ther marchandyse nor prouisyon entre into any of theÌ„ but in great danger On a day they wold ryde towarde UaÌ„nes and an other day towarde Guyngnape and on a day sir Raynolde of Dynant layed a busshment and the same day 〈◊〉 Gerarde of Maulayne rode forthe and had taken a .xv. marchantes and all their goodes and was driuyng of them towardes their castell called Rochprion and so fell in the busshment and ther sir Raynolde of Dynant toke sir Gerarde prisoner and a .xxv. of his company and rescued the marchantes and ledde forthe their prisoners to Dynant wherof sir Raynolde was moche praysed and well worthy ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the countesse of MouÌ„t for t who was besieged in Hanybout by sir Loys of Spayne who kept the siege ther and he had so broken and brused the walles of the towne with his engins So that they within began to be a basshed and on a day the bysshop of Leon spake with sir Henry of Leon his nephue by whoÌ„ as it was sayd that therle MouÌ„tfort was taken So longe they spake togyder that they agreed yâ— the bysshop shulde do what he coude to cause the coÌ„pany within to agre to yelde vp the town and castell to sir Charles de Bloys and 〈◊〉 Henry de Leon on thother syde shuld purchase pece fortheÌ„ all of sir Charles de Bloyes and to lese nothyng of their goodes Thus the bysshop entred agayne into the towne the countes incoÌ„tynent douted of some yuell purchase than she desyred the lordes and knightes that were ther that for the loue of god they shulde be in no dout for she sayd she was in suretie that they shuld haue socours within thre dayes howbeit the bysshope spake somoch and shewed so many reasons to the lordes that they were in a great trouble all that night The next mornyng they brewe to couÌ„sell agayne so that they wer nere of acorde to haue gyuen vp the towne sir HeÌ„ry was coÌ„e nere to the towne to haue taken possession therof than the countesse loked downe along the see out at a wyndo in the castell began to smyle for great ioy that she had to se the socours commyng 〈◊〉 which she had so long desyred Than she 〈◊〉 out a loude and sayd twyse I se the socurs of Englande coÌ„myng than they of the towne â—an to the walles and sawe a great nomâ—â— of 〈◊〉 pes great and small fresshly decked coÌ„myng towarde Hanybout they thought well it was the socours of England who had ben on the see .lx. dayes by reason of contrary wyndes ¶ Howe sir Water of Manny brought thenglysshmen into Bretayne Cap. lxxxi WHan the seneshall of Guyngnape Perse of Tribyquedy sir Galeran of Landreman and the other knyghtê sawe these socours coÌ„myng thaÌ„ they sayd to the bysshoppe sir ye may well leaue your treaty for they sayd they were nat coÌ„ tent as than to folowe his counsayle Than the bysshoppe sayd sirs than our company shall de part for I wyll go to hym that hath moost right as me semeth Than he departed fro Hanibout and defyed the couÌ„tesse and all her ayders and so went to sir Henry de Leon and shewed hym howe the mater went than sir Henry was sore dyspleased and caused incontynent to rere vp the grettest ingens that they had nere to the cattell and coÌ„maunded that they shuld nat sease to last day and nyght Than he deê‘ted thens and brought the bysshoppe to sir Loys of Spayne who receyued hym with great ioye and so dyd sir Charles of Bloys than the countesse dressed vp halles and chambers to lodge the lordes of Englande that were coÌ„myng and dyd sende agaynst them right nobly And whan they wer a lande she came to them with great reuerence and feested them the beest she might and thanked theÌ„ right humbly and caused all the knyghtes and other to lodge at their ease in the castell and in the towne And the nexte day she made them a great feest at dyner all night the nexte day also the ingens neuer ceased to cast and after dyner sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny who was chefe of that company demaunded of the state of the towne of the hoost without And sayd I haue a great desyre to yssue out and to breke downe this great ingen that standeth so nere vs if any â—oll folowe me Than Perse of Tribyquidy sayde howe he wolde nat fayle hym at this his first begynning and so sayd the lorde of LaÌ„dre man than they armed them and so they yssued out priuely at a certayne gate with theÌ„ a .iii. hundred archers who shotte so holly togyder yâ— they that kept the ingen fledde awaye and the men of armes came after the archers and slewe dyuerse of them that fledde and bete downe the great engyn and brake it all to peaces ThanÌ„e they ranne in amonge the tentes and logynges and set fyre in dyuerse places and slewe hurt dyuers tyll the hoost began to styrre than they withdrue fayre and easely and they
Spayne on the see Cap. lxxxxi SIr Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmont and with hym therle of Pennefort the erle of Salisbury therle of Suffolke therle of Quenfort the baron of Stafford the lorde Spenser the lord Bourchier and dyuers other knyghtes of Englande and their coÌ„panyes were with the countesse of Mountfort on the see And at last came before the yle of Gernzay than they ê‘â—eyued the great flete of the genowayes wherof sir Loys of Spaygne was chiefe captayne Than their marynars sayd sirs arme you quickely for yonder be genowayes and spaniardes that woll set on you than thenglysshmen sowned their trumpettes and reared vp their baners and standerdes with their armes and deuyses with the baner of saynt George And sette their shippes in order with their archers before and as the wynd serued them they sayled forth they were a xlvi vessels great and small but sir Loys of Spaygne had .ix. greatter than any of the other and thre galyes And in the thre galyes were the thre chiefe captaynes as sir Loyes of Spayne sir Charles and sir Othes and whan they aproched nere togyder the genowayes beganne to shote with their crosbowes and the archers of Englande agaynst theym there was sore shotynge bytwene them and many hurte on bothe parties And whanÌ„e the lordes knyghtes and squyers came nere togyder there was a sore batayle the countesse that day was worth a man she had the harte of a lyon and had in her hande a sharpe glayue wherwith she fought feersly The spanyardes and genowayes that were in the great vessels they cast downe great barres of yron and peaces of tymbre that which troubled sore thenglysshe archers this batayle beganne about the tyme of euynsonge and the nyght departed them for it was very darke so that one coude scant knowe an other Than they withdrewe eche fro other and cast ankers and abode styll in their harnes for they thought to fight agayne in the mornynge but about mydnight ther rose suche a tempest so horryble as though all the worlde shulde haue endedd There was none so hardy but wold gladly haue ben a land the shyppes dasshed so togyder that they went all wolde haue ryuen in peaces The lordes of Englande demaunded counsayle of their maryners what was best to do they aunswered to take lande assone as they might for the tempest was so great that if they toke the see they were in daunger of drownyng Than they drewe vp their ankers and bare but a quarter sayle and drewe fro that place the genowayes on the other syde drewe vppÌ„ their ankers and toke the depe of the see for their vesselles were greatter than thenglysshe shyppes they might better abyde the brunt of the see for if the great vessels had coÌ„e nere the lande they were lickely to haue ben broken And as they deê‘ted they toke foure englysshe shyppes laded with vytell and tayled them to their shyppes the storme was so hedeouse that in lasse than a day they were driuen a hundred leages fro the place wher they were be fore and the englysshe shyppes toke a lytell hauen nat ferre fro the cytie of Uannes wherof they were ryght gladde ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys toke the cytie of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii THus by this tourment of the see brake and departed the batell on the see bytwne sir Robert Dartoyes and sir Loyes of Spayne No man coude tell to whome to gyue the honour for they departed agaynst bothe their wylles thenglysshmen toke lande nat farre of fro Uannes and brought all their horse and harnes a lande thaÌ„ they deuysed to sende their nany to Hanybout and to go theymselfe and ley siege to Uannes therin were captayns sir Henry of Leon Olyuer of Clysson and with them the lorde of Turmyne and the lord of Loheac Whan they sawe thenglysshmen come to besiege them they toke good hede to their defences bothe to the castell and to the walles and gates and at euery gate they set a knyght with .x. men of armes and .xx. crosbowes ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Loyes of Spayns and his company they were sore tourmented on thesee and in great daunger all that nyght and the nexte day tyll noone and loste two of their shyppes menne and all ThanÌ„e the thirde day about prime the see apeased than they demaunded of the maryners what parte of lande was nexte they aunswered the realme of Nauarre and that the wynde hadde driuen theym out of Bretayne more than sirscore leages thaÌ„ there they cast anker and above the fludde and whan the tyde came they had good wynde to retourne to Rochell So they costed Bayon but they wolde nat come nere it and they met foure shippes of Bayon coÌ„myng fro Flaunders they sette on them and toke theym shortly and flewe all that were in them than they sayled towardes Rochell and in a fewe dayes they arryued at Gueâ—rande Ther they toke lande and hard ther howe sir Robert Dartoyes lay at siege be fore Uannes Than they sent to the lorde Charles of Bloyes to knowe his pleasure what they shuld do sir Robert Dartoys lay at siege with a thousande men of armes and thre thousande archers and wasted all the countrey about and brent to Dynant and to Gony la Forest so that none durst abyde in the playne countrey there were many assautes and skirmysshes at the barryers of Uannes The countesse of Mountfort was styll with sir Robert Dartoys at the siege also sir Gaultier of Manny who was in Hanybout delyuered the kepynge of the towne to sir Wyllyam Caducall and to sir Gerard of Rochfort and toke with hym sir yues of Tribyquedy and a. C. men of armes and. CC. archers and deê‘ted fro Hanybout and went to the siege before Uannes Than inconâ—ynent there was made a great assaut in thre places all at ones the archers shotte so thycke that they within scante durst apere at ther defence this assaut endured a hole day and many hurt on bothe parties agaynst night thenglysshmen withdrue to their lodgyngê And they within in likewyse sore wery of trayuell and they vnarmed theÌ„ but they of the hoost without dyd nat so for they kept on styll their harnes except their heed peces and so dranke and refresshed them And than by the aduyse of sir Robert Dartoyes they ordayned agayne thre batayls and two of them to assaute at the gates and thethirde batayle to kepe theÌ„selfe priue tyll the other two batayls had assayled long So that all the strength of the towne shulde be ther by all lickelyhoâ—e to defend thaÌ„ it was ordayned that this thyrde batayle shuld sette on the moost feblest place of all the towne with ladders ropes and hokes of yron to caste on the walles And as they deâ—ysedde so it was done sir Robert Dartoys with the first batell came and made assaut in the night at one of the gates and therle of Salisbury with the seconde batell at an other gate bycause it
was darke to thyntent to make them within the more abasshed they made great fiers so that the brightnesse therof gaue lyght into the cytie Wherby they within had wende that their houses had ben a fyre and cryed treason many were a bedde to rest them of their trayuell the day before and so rose sodenly and ran towardes the lyght without order or gode aray and without counsell of their captayns euery man within armed them Thus whyle they were in this trouble therle of Quenefort and sir Water of Manny with the thyrde batell came to the walles wher as there was no defence made and with their ladders mounted vp and entred into the towne the freÌ„chmen toke no hede of them they were so ocupyed in other places tyll they sawe their ennemis in the stretes Than euery maÌ„ fledde away to saue themselfe the captayns had no leaser to go into the castell but were fayne to take their horses yssued out at a postern happy was he that might get out to saue hymselfe all that euer were sene by thenglysshmen were taken or slayne and the towne ouer ron and robbed and the countesse and sir Robert Dartoyes entred into that towne with great ioy ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys dyed and where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii THus as I haue shewed you the cyte of Uannes was taken and a fyue dayes after the countesse of Mountfort sir Gualtier of Manny sir yues of Tribiquedy and dyuerse other knyghtê of englande and of Bretayne returned to Hanybout and therle of Salysbury therle of Pennefort therle of Suffolke therle of Cornwall departed fro Uannes fro sir Robert Dartoyes with thre thousandemen of armes and thre M. archers and went and layed siege to the cytie of Renes And sir Charles de Bloyes was departed thens but foure dayes before and was gone to Nantes but he had left in the cytie many lordes knyghtes and squyers And styll sir Loys of Spayne was on the see and kept so the fronters agaynst Englande that none coude go bytwene Englande and Bretayne without great danger They had done that yere to Englande great damage for the takyng thus of Uannes by thenglysshmen the countrey was sore abasshedde for they thought that there hadde been suche capitaynes that had ben able to haue detended de it agaynst all the worlde they knewe well the towne was stronge and well prouyded or men of warre and artyllary for this mysadnenture sir Henry of Leon and the lorde Clysson were sore a basshedde for their ennemyes spake shame agaynst theym These two knyghtes were so sore dyspleased with the mater that they gette togyder a company of knyghtes and soudyours so that at a day apoynted they met before the cytie of Uannes mothan .xii. thousande of one and other thyder came the lorde Robert of Beaumanoyre marshall of Bretayn they layd sege to the cite on all sydes and than assayled it fersly Whan 〈◊〉 Robert Dartoys sawe howe he was besieged in the cytie he was nat neglygent to kepe his defence and they without were fierse by cause they wolde nat that they that laye at siege at Renes shulde nat trouble theym They made so feerse assaute and gaue theym within so moche a do that they wan the barryers and after the gates and so cutted into the cytie by force The englysshmen were put to the chase and dyuerse hurte and slayne and specially sir Robert Dartoyes was sore hurte and scapedde hardely vntaken he departed at a posterne and the lorde Stafforde with hym the lorde Spencer was taken by sir Henry of Leon but he was so sore hurte that he dyed the thyrde day after Thus the frenchemen wanne agayne the cytie of Uannes sir Robert Darteyes taryed a season in Hanybout sore hurte and at laste he was counsayled to go into Englande to seke helpe for his hurtes but he was so 〈◊〉 handled on the see that his soores rankeled and at laste landed and was brought to London and within a shorte space after he dyed of the same hurtes and was buryed in London in the church of saynt Poule the kynge dyd as nobly his obsequy as though it had ben for his owne proper cosyne germayne therle of Derby his dethe was greatly be moned in Englande and the kyng of Englande sware that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had reuenged his dethe And sayde howe he wolde go hym selfe into Bretayne and bringe the countrey in suche case that it shulde nat be recouered agayne in fortie yere after Incontynent he sent out letters throughout his realme that euery noble man and other shulde come to hym within a moneth after And prepared a great nauy of shyppes and at the ende of the moneth he toke the see and toke landyng in Bretayne nat farre fro Uannes there as sir Robert Dartoyes ariyued he was thre dayes a landyng of all his prouisyon the .iiii. day he went towarde Uannes And all this season therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ„broke were lyeng at siege before Renes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came into Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii AFter the kyng of Englande had ben a lande a certayne space he went and layed siege to UaÌ„nes And with in the towne ther was sir O lyuer of Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon the lorde of Turmyne sir Geffray of Malestrayet and sir Guy of Lohearc they supposed well before that the kyng of Englande wolde come into Bretayne wherfore they had prouyded the towne and castell with all thyngs necessary The kyng made a great assaut that endured halfe a day but lytell good they dyd the cyte was so well defeÌ„ded WhanÌ„e the countesse of Mountfort knewe that the kyng of Englande was come she departed fro Hanybout accompanyed with sir Gaultier of Manny and dyuers other knyghtes squyers and came before UaÌ„nes to se the kyng and the lordes of thoost and a foure dayes after she retourned agayne to Hanyboute with all her owne company ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Charles of Bloyes who was in Nauntes and assone as he knewe that the kyng of England was aryued in Bretayne he sent worde therof to the frenche kyng his vncle desyring him of socour Whan the king of England sawe this cyte so strong and hard reported howe the countrey ther about was so poore and so sore wasted yâ— they wyst nat wher to get any forage nother for maÌ„ nor beest ThaÌ„ he ordayned to deuyde his nombre first therle of Arundell the lorde Stafforde sir water of Manny sir yues of Tribyquedy and sir Rychard of Rochfort with .vi. C. men of armes vi M. archers to kepe styll the siege before UaÌ„nes to ryde and distroy the contrey all about And the kyng went to Renes wher he was ioy fully receyued with them that lay at siege there before and had done a long season And whan the kyng had ben ther a fyue dayes he vnderstode that sir Charles du Bloyes was at Nantes and
made there a great assemble of men of warre ThanÌ„e the kynge departed fro Renes and left them â—â—yll ther that were ther before to contynue their siege Than the kyng caÌ„e before Nauntes and besieged it as farre as he might but he coude nat lay rounde about the cite was so great the marshall of the hoost rode abrode and distroyed great part of the countrey The kyng ordayned his batellon a lytell mouÌ„tayne without the towne and thereâ—â—ryed fro the mornyng tyll is was noone wenyng that sir Charles of Bloys wolde haue yssued out to haue gyuen hym batayle and whan they sawe it wolde nat be they brewe to their lodgyngs the fore ryders ranne to the baryers and skirmysshed and brent the subbarbes Thus the kyng lay before Nauntes and sir Charles within who wrote to the frenche kyng the state of thenglysshmen The frenche kyng had commaunded his sonne the duke of Normandy to gyue ayde to ser Charles of Bloyes the which duke was as than coÌ„e to Angyers and there made his asseÌ„ble of men of warr The kyng of Englande made dyuers assautes to Nantes but euer he lost of his men and wanne nothyng and whan he sawe that by assautes he coude do nothyng and that 〈◊〉 Charles wolde nat yssue out into the felde to fyght with hym than he ordayned therle of â—uenforte sir Henry vycont of BeaumoÌ„t the lorde â—erâ—y the lorde Rose the lorde Mombray the lorde Dalawarre the lorde Raynolde Cobham and the lorde sir JohnÌ„ Lysse with sixe hundred men of armes and two hundred archers to kepe styll the siege ther and to ryde and distroy the countrey all about And than the kynge went and layed sege to the towne of Dynant wherof sir Peter Portbeuâ—e was captayne the kyng made there fierse assautes and they within defended themselfe valyantly Thus the kyng of England all at one season had sieges lyeng to thre cites and a good towne in Bretaygne ¶ Howe sir Henry of Leon the lorde Clysson were taken prisoners before Uannes Cap. lxxxxv WHyle the kyng of England was thus in Bretayne wastynge and distroyeng the contrey suche as he hadlyeng at sege before UaÌ„nes gaue dyuers 〈◊〉 and specially at one of the gats And on a day ther was a great assaut and many feates of armes done on bothe parties they within set opyn the gate and came to the baryers bycause they sawe the erle of Warwykes baner and therle of ArnÌ„dels the lorde Staffordes and sir Water of Mannes aduenturyng themself teopdously as they thought Wherfore the lorde Clysson sir Henry of Leon and other aduentured themselfe couragyously ther was a sore skirmysshe finally the englysshmen were put backe than the knyghts of Bretayne openyd the barryes and aduentured themselfe and left sir knyghtes with a gode nombre to kepe the towne and they yssued out after thenglysshmen and thenglysshmen reculed wysely and euer fought as they sawe their auantage Thenglysshmen multiplyed in suche wyse that at last the freÌ„chmen and bretons wer fayne to recule backe agayne to their towne nat in so good order as they came forthe than thenglysshmen folowed theÌ„ agayne and many were slayne and hurt They of the towne sawe their men recule agayne and chased than they closed their barryers in so yuell a tyme that the lorde Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon were closed with out and ther they were bothe taken prisoners And on the other syde the lorde Stafforde was gone in so farre that he was closed in bytwene the gate and the baryes and ther he was taken prisoner and dyuerse that were with hym taken and slayne Thus thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynges and the bretons into the cytie of Uannes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi THus as ye haue harde these knyghtes were taken on bothe parties there was no mo suche assautes after Nowe let vs speke of the king of Englande who lay at sege before Dynant whan he had layne ther a four dayes he gate a great noÌ„bre of bottes and barges and made his archers to entre into theym and to rowe to the pales wherewith the towne was closedde it had none other walles The archers shot so feersly that non durst shewe at their defence than was ther certayne other with ares so that whyle the archers dyd shote they hewed downe the pales and so entred byforce ThaÌ„ they of the towne fledde to the market place but they kept but a small order for they that entred by the pales came to that gate and dyd opyn it than euery man entred and the capitayne sir Pyers Portbeufe taken and the towne ouer ron and robbed theÌ„glysshmen wan moche richesse in that towne for it was a great towne of marchandyse Whan the kyng had taken his pleasure ther as long as it had pleased hym he left the towne voyde and went to Uannes and lodged there ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to sir Loys of Spayne and to sir Charles Germaur and ser Othes Dornes who was as than admyrall on the see with .viii. galeys xiii barkes and .xxx. other shyppes with genowayes spanyardes They kept the coost bytwene England and Bretayne and dyd moche damage to them that came to refresshe the hoost before Uannes and at a tyme they set on the kynge of Englandes nauy lyeng at Aucerre in a lytell hauyn besyde Uannes so that they slewe a great part of them that kepte the shyppes and had done moch more damage yf thenglysshmen lyeng at the siege had nat ron thyder in all hast and yet asmoche hast as they made sir Loys of Spayne toke away iiii shippes laded with prouisyon drowned thre and all that was in them Than the kyng was counselled to drawe part of his nauy to Brest hauen and the other part to Hanybout the which was done and styll endured the siege before Uannes and Renes ¶ what lordes of France the duke of Normandy brought into Bretayne agaynst the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii HOwe let vs retourne to the iourney that the duke of Normandy made the same season in Bretayne to ayde and confort his cosyn syt Charles de Bloyes The duke knewe well howe the kyng of Englande had sore damaged the contrey of Bretayn and had besieged thre cytes and taken the towne of Dynant Than the duke departed fro the cytie of Angyers with mo than .iiii. M. men of armes and. rxx M. of other he toke they heygh way to Nauntes by the gyding of the two marshals of Fraunce the lorde of Momorency and the lorde of saynt Uenant And after them rode the duke and therle of Alanson his vncle therle of Bloys his cosyn the duke of Burbone was ther therle of Ponthyeu therle of Bolayne the erle of Uandome therle of DaÌ„martyne the lorde of Craon the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Suly the lorde of Frenes the lorde of Roy so many lordes knightes squyers of NormaÌ„dy Dauuergne Berry Lymosen Dumayn Poicton and
Xaynton that it were to long to reherse theÌ„ all and dayly they encreased Tidynges came to the lordes that lay at siege before Nantes that the duke of Normandy was commynge thyder with .xl. M. men of warr IncoÌ„tynent thei sent worde therof to the kyng of England than the kyng studyed a lytell and thought to breke vp his siege before Uannes and also his siege before Renes and all togyder to drawe to Nauntes But than his counsell sayd to hym sir ye be here in a good sure ground and nere to your nauy and sende for them that lyeth at siege before Nantes to come to you and let the siege ly styll before Renes for they be nat so ferr of but they shal be euer redy to come to you yf nede be the kynge agreed to this counsell and so sent for theÌ„ before Nauntes and they came to hym to UaÌ„nes The duke of Normandy came to Nantes wher sir Charles de Bloys was the lordes loged in the cytie and their men abrode in the coÌ„trey for they coude nat all lodge in the cytie nor in the subbarbes ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost lodged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii WHyle yâ— duke of NormaÌ„dy was at Nauntes the lordes of Englande that lay at siege before Renes On a day made a great and a feerse assaut for they had made many instrumentes to as saut with all this assaut enduredde a hole day but they wan nothynge but lost byuers of their men within the cytie was the lorde Dancenysi the lorde of Pont ser JohnÌ„ of Malatrayt yuan Charnell Bertram Grasquyne squyer they defended theÌ„ selfe so well with the bysshoppe of the cytie that they toke no damage howe be it thenglysshmen lay ther styll and ouer ran and wasted the contrey all about Than the duke of Normandy departed with all his host and drue towarde Uannes the soner to fynde his ennemies for he was enformed howe they of Uannes were in moost ieopardy and in peryll of lesyng than the two marshals went forthe and sir Geffray of Charney and therle of Guynes constable of Fraunce made the areregarde So thus the frenchmen came to Uannes on thother syde agaynst ther as the kyng of Englande say they lay a longe by a fayre medowe syde and made a great dyke about their host The marshals and fore ryders often tymes skirmysshed toguyder on bothe parties than the kynge of Englande sende for therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ„ broke and the other that lay ar siege at Renes to come to hym and so they dyd Thenglysshemen and the bretous of that partie were well to the nombre of .ii. M. and .v. C. men of armes vi M. archers and .iiii. M. of other meÌ„ a fote the frenchmen were foure tymes as many well a ê‘elled The kyng of England had so fortifyed his hoost that the frenchmen coude take no aduauntage of hym and he made no mo assautes to the towne bycause of sparyng of his meÌ„ and artyllary thus these two hoostes lay one agaynst an other a longe season tyll it was well on warde in wynter Than pope Clement the sixt sende the cardynall of Penester and the cardynall of Cleremount to entreat for a peace and they rode often tymes bytwene the parties but they coude bring them to no peace In the mean season ther were many skirmysshes and men taken slayne and ouerthrowen on bothe pties thenglysshmen durst nat go a foragyng but in great coÌ„panyes for they were euer in great danger by reason of busshmentes that were layd for them Also sir Loyes of Spayne kept so the see coost that with moche danger any thyng came to thenglysshe hoost the frenchmen thought to kepe the kynge ther inmaner as be sieged Also the frenchmen endured moche payne with wete and colde for day and night it rayned on them wherby they lost many of their horses and were fayne to dyslodge and lye in the playne feldes they had somoche water in their lodgynges At last these cardynals dyd somoch that there was a truse agreed for thre yere the kyng of Englande and the duke of Normandy sware to vpholde the same without brekyng as the custome is in suche lyke cases ¶ Howe the french kynge caused the heedes to be stryken of of the lorde Clysson and dyuerse other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix THus this great assembly brake vppÌ„ and the siege raysed at Uannes the duke of Normandy went to Nantes and had with hym the two cardynals And the kyng of EnglaÌ„de went to Hanybout to the countesse of Mountfort ther was an exchaunge made bytwene the baron of Stafford and the lorde Clysson Whan the kyng had tary ed at Hanybout as long as it pleased him than he left ther therle of Penbroke sir Wyllyam of Caducall and other and thanÌ„e retourned into Englande aboute Christmas And the duke of Normandy retourned into Fraunce and gaue leaue to euery man to depart and anone after yâ— lord Clysson was taken vpon suspecyous of treason and was putte into the chatelet of Parys wherof many had great marueyle lordes and knyghtes spake eche to other therof and sayde what mater is that is layd agaynst the lorde Clysson ther was none coude tell but some ymagined that it was false enuy bycause the kynge of England bare more fauour to delyuer hym 〈◊〉 exchang rather than sir Henry of Leon who was styll in prison bycause the kyng shewed hym yâ— auantage his enemyes suspected in hym ê‘auen ture that was nat true vpon the which suspect he was be heeded at Paris without mercy or excuse he was gretly be moned Anone after ther were dyuers knyghtes were accused in semblable case as the lorde of Maletrayt and his son the lorde of Uangor sir Thybault of Morilon and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne to the noÌ„bre of .x. knyghtes and squyers and they lost all their heedes at Parys And anone after as it was sayd ther was put to dethe by famyne .iiii. knyghtes of Normandy sir Wyllyam Baron sir Henry of Maletrayt the lorde of Rochtesson and sir Rycharde of Persy wherby after there fell moche trouble in Bretayne and in NormaÌ„dy The lorde of Clysson had a sonne called as his father was Olyuer he went to the countesse of Mountfort and to her sonne who was of his age and also without father for he dyed as ye haue hard before in the castell of Lour in Paris ¶ Of the order of saynt George that kyng Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of wyndsore Cap. C. IN this season the king of England toke pleasure to newe reedefy the Castell of wyndsore the whiche was begonne by kynge Arthure And ther firste beganne the table rounde wherby sprange the fame of so many noble knightes through out all the worlde Than kyng Edwarde deter myned to make an order and a brotherhode of a certayne nombre of knyghtes and to be called knyghtes of the blewe
garter and a feest to be kept yerely at wynsore on saynt Georges day And to begynne this order the kynge assembled togyder erles lordes and knyghtes of his realme and shewed them his inteÌ„cyon And they all â—oyously agreed to his pleasur bycause thei sawe it was a thyng moche honourable wher by great amyte and loue shulde growe and encrease than was ther chosen out a certayne noÌ„bre of the moost valyantest men of the realme And they sware and sayled to mentayne the ordr naunces suche as were deuysed and the kyng made a chapell in the castell of wynsore of saynt George and stablysshed certayne chanous ther to serue god and enduyd them with fayre rent Than the kyng sende to publysshe this feest by his heraldes into Fraunce Scotlande â–ª Burgone Heynault Flaunders Brabant and into th eÌ„pyre of Almayne gyueng to euery knight and squyer that wolde come to the sayd feest xv dayes of saule conduct before the feest And after the whiche feest to begynne at wyndsore on saynt George day nexte after in the yere of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 and the quene to be ther acâ—panyed with 〈◊〉 C. ladyes and damosels all of noble lynage â–ª and aparelled acordingly ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande delyuerd out of prison sir Henry of Leon. Cap. C. 〈◊〉 WHyle the kynge made this preparacion at wyndsore for this sayd feest tidynges came to hym howe the lorde Clysson and dyuers other lordes had lost their heedes in FrauÌ„ce wher with the kyng was sore dyspleased In so moch that he was in purpose to haue serued sir Henry of Leon in lyke case whom he had in prisonne but his cosyn the erle of Derby shewed to hym before his counsayle suche reasons to asswage his yre and to refrayne his cou rage Sayeng sir though that kyng Philyppe in his hast hath done so foule a dede as to put to dethe such valyant knyghtes â–ª yet sir for all that blemysshe nat your noblenesse and sir to say the trouth your prisoner ought to bere no blame for his dede but sir put hym to a resouable raunsoÌ„e Than the kynge sent for the knyght prisoner to come to his presence and than sayd to hym a sir Henry sir Henry myne aduersary Philyppe of Ualoyes hath shewed his feleny right cruell to put to dethe suche knyghtes wherwith I am sore dyspleased and it is thought to vs that he hath done it in dyspite of vs. And if I wolde regarde his malyce I shulde serue you in lyke maner for ye haue done me more dyspleasure and to myne in Bretayne than any other person but I woll suffre it and let hym do his worst for to my power I woll kepe myne honour and I am content ye shall come to a lyght ransome for the loue of my cosyn of Derby who hathe desyred me for you so that ye woll do that I shall shewe you The knyght answered and sayd sir I shal do all that ye shall coÌ„maunde me than sayd the kyng I knowe well ye be one of the richest knyghtes in Bretaygne and yf I wolde sore cease you ye shulde pay me .xxx. or .xl. M. â—â—utes but ye shall go to myne aduersary PhilyppÌ„ of Ualoyes and shewe hym on my behalfe that syth he hath so shamefully putte to dethe so valyant knyghtes in the dispyte of me I say and woll make it good he hath broken the truse taken by twene me and hym wherfore also I renownce it on my parte and defye hym fro this day forewarde And so that ye woll do this message yoâ— raunsome shal be but .x. M. scutes the which ye shall pay and sende to Bruges within .xv. dayes after ye he past the see and moreouer ye shall say to all knyghtes and squyers of those partes that for all this they leaue nat to coÌ„e to our feest at wyndsore for we wolde gladly se theym and they shall haue sure and saue coÌ„duct to retourne â—v dayes after the feest Sir sayd the knyght to the beste of my power I shall accomplysshe your message and god rewarde your grace for the courtessy ye shewe me and also I humbly thanke my lorde of Derby of his goodwyll And so sir Henry of Leon departed fro the kyng and went to Hampton and ther toke the see to thyntent to arryue at Harâ—â—ewe but a storme toke hym on the see which endured systene dayes and lost his horse whiche were caste into the see and sir Henry of Leon was so sore troubled that he had neuer helth after howe be it at laste he toke lande at Crotoy And so he and all his coÌ„pany went a fote to Abuyle and ther they get horses but sir Henry was so sicke that he was fayne to go in a lytter and so came to Parys to kynge PhilyppÌ„ and dyd his message fro poynt to poynt and he lyued nat long after but dyed as he went into his countrey in the cytie of Angyers god assoyle his soule ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent therle of Derby to make warre into Gascoyne Cap. C .ii. THe day of saynt George approched that this gret feest shuld be at Wynsore ther was a noble company of erles barownes ladyes and damoselles knyghtes and squyers great tryumphe iustynge and tournayes the which endured fyftene dayes and thyder came many knyghtê of dyuerse contreis as of Flanders Heynalt and Brabant but out of France ther came none This feest duryng dyuerse newse came to the kynge out of dyuers contreis thyder came knyghtes of Gascoyne as the lorde of Lesâ—are the lorde of Chaumount the lorde of Musydent â–ª sende fro the other lordes of the countrey suche as were englysshe as the lorde de Labreth the lorde of Punyeâ—s the lorde of Mountferant the lorde of Duâ—as the lorde of Carton the lorde of Grayly and dyuerse other and also ther were sent messangers fro the cytte of Bayon and fro Bourdeaux These messangers were well feested with the kynge and with his counsayle and they shewed hym howe that his countrey of Gascoyne and his good cytie of Bourdeaux were but febly conforted wherfore they desyred hym to sende thyder suche a captayne and suche men of warr that they might resyste agaynst the frenchemen who were in a great army and kept the feldes Than the kyng ordayned his cosyn the erle of Derby to go thyder he to be as chiefe captayne and with hym to go therle of Penbroke therle of Quenforde the baron of Stafforde sir Gaultier of Manny the lorde Franque de la Hall the lyeure de Brabant sir Hewe Hastynges sir Stephyn de Tombey the lorde of Manny sir Rychard Haydon the lorde Normant of Fynefroyde 〈◊〉 Robert of Lerny sir JohnÌ„ Norwyche sir Rycharde Rocklefe sir Robert of Quenton and dyuers other they were a fyue hundred knyghtes and squyers and two thousande archers the king sayd to his cosyn therle of Derby take with you golde and syluer ynough ye shall â—at lacke and depart largely therof with your men of warr
more delyberacyon and to regarde well what way ye woll assayle theym for sir surely they woll abyde you Than the kynge coÌ„maunded that it shuld be so done than his .ii. marshals one rode before another behynde sayeng to euery baner tary and abyde here in the name of god and saynt Denys they that were formast taryed but they that were behynde wolde nat tary but rode forthe and sayd howe they wold in no wyse abyde tyll they were as ferr forward as yâ— formast And whan they before sawe them come on behynde than they rode forward agayne so that the kyng nor his marshals coude nat rule theÌ„ so they rode without order or good aray tyll they came in sight of their ennemyes And assone as the formast sawe them they reculed than abacke â—out good aray wherof they behynde had maruell and were a basshed and thought that the formast company had ben fightynge than they might haue had leaser rome to haue gone forwarde if they had lyst Some went forthe and some abode styll the coÌ„mons of whom all the wayes bytwene Abuyle and Cressy were full WhaÌ„ they sawe that they were â—ere to their ennemies they toke their swerdes and cryed downe with them let vs â—â—e them all ther was no man though he were present at the iourney that coude ymagen or shewe the trouth of the yuell order that was among the frenche partie and yet they were a meruelous great nombre That I write in this boke I lerned it specially of the engysshmen who well behelde their dealyng and also certayne knyghtes of sir Johan of Heynaultes who was alwayes about kyng Philyppe shewed me as they knewe ¶ Of the batayle of Cressy bytwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng Cap. C .xxx. THeÌ„glysshmen who were in thre batayls lyeng on the grounde to rest them assone as they saw the frenchmen aproche they rose vpon their fete fayre and easely without and hast and aranged their batayls The first which was the princes batell the archers there stode in maner of a herse and the men of armes in the botome of the batayle Th erle of NorthaÌ„pton therle of Arundell with the second batell were on a wyng in good order redy to confort the princes batayle if nede were The lordê and knyghtê of France caÌ„enat to the assemble togyder in good order for some caÌ„e before and some came after in such hast and yuell order that one of theÌ„ dyd trouble another Whan the french kyng sawe the englysshmen his blode chaunged and sayde to his marshals make the genowayes go on before and begynne the batayle in the name of god and saynt Denyse ther were of the genowayes trosbowes about a fiftene thousand but they were so wery of goyng a fote that day a six leages armed with their crosbowes that they sayde to their constables we be nat well ordred to fyght this day for we be nat in the case to do any great dede of armes we haue more nede of rest These wordes came to the erle of Alanson who sayd a man is well at ease to be charged with suche a sorte of rascalles to be faynt and fayle nowe at moost nede Also the same season there fell a great rayne and a clyps with a terryble thonder and before the rayne ther came fleyng ouer bothe batayls a great nombre of crowes for feare of the tempest coÌ„mynge Than anone the eyre beganne to waxe clere and the sonne to shyne fayre and bright the which was right in the frenchmens eyen and on the englysshmens backes Whan the genowayes were assembled toguyder and beganne to aproche they made a great leape and crye to abasshe thenglysshmen but they stode styll and styredde nat for all that thanÌ„e the genowayes agayne the seconde tyme made a nother leape and a fell crye and stepped forwarde a lytell and thenglysshmen remeued nat one foteâ— thirdly agayne they leapt and cryed and went forthe tyll they came within shotte thanÌ„e they shotte feersly with their crosbowes Than thenglysshe archers stept forthe one pase and lett fly their arowes so holly and so thycke that 〈…〉 semed snowe whan the genowayes felte the arowes persynge through heedes armes and brestes many of them cast downe their crosâ—owâ—s and dyde cutte their strynges and retourned dysconfited Whan the frenche kynge sawe them flye away he sayd slee these rascals for they shall lette and trouble vs without reason than ye shulde haue sene the men of armes dasshe in among them and kylled a great nombre of them And euer styll the englysshmen shot where as they sawe thyckest preace the sharpe arowes ranne into the men of armes and into their horses and many fell horse and men amoÌ„ge the genowayes and whan they were downe they coude nat relyue agayne the preace was so thycke that one ouerthrewe a nother And also amonge the englysshemen there were certayne â—ascalles that went a fote with great knyues and they went in among the men of armes and slewe and murdredde many as they lay on the grounde bothe erles barownes knyghtê and squyers wherof the kyng of Englande was after dyspleased for he had rather they had bene taken prisoners The valyant kyng of Behaygne called Charles of Luzenbourge sonne to the noble emperour Henry of Luzenbourge for all that he was nyghe blynde Whan he vnderstode the order of the batayle he sayde to them about hym where is the lorde Charles my son his men sayde sir we can nat tell we thynke he be fightynge than he sayde sirs ye are my men my companyons and frendes in this iourney I requyre you bring me so farre forwarde that I may stryke one stroke with my swerde they sayde they wolde do his commaundement and to the intent that they shulde nat lese hym in the prease they tyed all their raynes of their bridelles eche to other and sette the kynge before to acomplysshe his desyre and so thei went on their ennemyes the lorde Charles of Behaygne his sonne who wrote hymselfe kyng of Behaygne and bare the armes He came in good order to the batayle but whasie he sawe that the matter wente a wrie on their partie he departed I can nat tell you whiche waye the kynge his father was so farre forewarde that he strake a stroke with his swerde ye and mo than foure and fought valyantly And so dyde his company and they adueÌ„tured themselfe so forwarde that they were ther all slayne and the next day they were founde in the place about the kyng and all their horses tyed eche to other The erle of Alansone came to the batayle right ordynatly and fought with thenglysshmen and the erle of Flaunders also on his parte these two lordes with their coÌ„panyes coosted the englysshe archers and came to the princes batayle and there fought valyantly longe The frenche kynge wolde fayne haue come thyder whanne he sawe their baners but there was a great hedge of archers before hym The same day the frenche kynge hadde
gode a noÌ„bre of men with hym and dayly might haue mo whanÌ„e he lyst And he delyuered to the lorde Edwarde of Renâ—y .xx. thousande crownes to pay the lumbarde and sir Geffray houed styll in the feldes priuely with his baner before hym His entent was to entre into the towne by the gate orels nat the lumbarde had lette downe the bridge of the posterne and suffred the hundred men of armes to entre peasably and sir Edwarde delyuered at the postern .xx. thousand crownes in a bagge to the lumbarde who sayde I trust here be all for I haue no leaser now to tell them for it wyll be anone day Than he cast the bagge with crownes into a coter and sayde to the frenchemen coÌ„e on sirs ye shall entre into the dongyon than shall you be sure to be lordes of the castell they went thyder and he drewe apart the barre and the gate opyned Within this towre was the king of England with two hundred speares who yssued out with their swerdes ares in their handes cryeng Manny MaÌ„ny to the rescue what weneth the frenchmen with so fewe men to wyn the castell of Calays than the frenchmen sawe well that defence coude nat auayle theym than they yelded theÌ„selfe prisoners so that ther were but a fewe hurt than they were put into yâ— same towre in prison And thengly sshmen yssued out of the castell into the towne mounted on their horses for they had all the frenche prisoners horses than tharchers rode to Bolayne gate wher sir Geffray was with his banner before hym of goules thre skuchens of syluer he had great desyre to be the first shulde entre into the towne he sayd to the knyghtes that were about him with out this lumbarde opyn the gate shortely we ar lyke to dye here for colde In the name of god ser sayd Pepy de Werre lumbardes ar malycious people and subtyll he is nowe lokynge on your crownes to se if they be all good or nat and to reken if he haue his hole somme or no. There with the kynge of Englande and the prince his sonne was redy at the gate vnder the bauer of ser Gaultier of Manny with dyuers other baners as the erle Stafforde the erle of Suffolke the lorde JohnÌ„ Montagu brother to therle of Salysbury the lorde Beachame the lorde Beâ—â—le and the lorde Dalawarre all these were lordes and had baners there were no mo in that iourney Than the great gate was set open and they all yssued out whanÌ„e the frenchmen sawe them yssue and herde them cry Manny to the rescue they knewe well they were betrayed than ser Geffray sayd to his company sirs if we slye we are clene lost yet wer we better to fight with a gode hert in truste the iourney shall be ours The englysshmen herd these wordes sayd by saynt George ye say trewely shame haue he that slyeth the frenchmen a lighted a fote and put their horses fro them and ordred themself in batayle Whan the kyng sawe that he stode styll sayd let vs order our selfe to fight for our ennemyes woll abyde vs the kyng sende part of his company to Newland bridge for he herde say ther were a great nombre of frenchmen Than thyder went a sixe baners thre hundred archers and there they founde the lorde Monau of Frenes and the lorde of Creques kepyng the bridge and bytwene the bridge and Calays ther were many crosbowes of saynt Omers and Ayre so there was a sore fray and slayne and drowned mo than sixe hundred frenchmen for they were soone discomfytted and chased into the water This was erly in the mornyng but in coÌ„tynent it was day the frenchmen kept their grounde a whyle and many feates of armes there done on bothe partes but the englysshmen euer encreased by commyng out of Calays and the frenchmen abated Than the freÌ„chmen sawe well they coulde nat longe kepe the bridge than suche as had their horses by them mounted and shewed their horses heles and thenglysshmen after theÌ„ in chase there was many a man ouerthrowen they that were well horsed saued themselfe as the lorde Frenes the lorde Creques the lorde of SeÌ„py the lorde of Louchinleych and the lorde of Namure many were taken by their owne outrage that might haue bensaued if they had lyst WhanÌ„e it was fayre day that euery man myght knowe other than some of the french knyghtes and squyers asseÌ„bled togyder agayne and turned and fought feersly with the englysshmen so that ther were some of the frenchmen that toke good prisoners wherby they had bothe honour and profet ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the kyng who was ther vnknowen of his ennemyes vnder the banner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and was a fote among his men to seke his enemyes who stode close togyder with their speares a .v. fore long At the first meatyng there was a sore rencountre and the kyng light on the lorde Eustace of Rybemount who was a stronge and a hardy knight there was a long fyght bytwene hym and the king that it was ioy to beholde theÌ„ at last they were put a sondre for a great company of bothe parties came the same way fought there feersly togyder The frenchmen dyd ther right valyantly but specially the lorde Eustace of Ribamont who strake the kyng the same day two tymes on his knees but finally the kynge hymself toke him prisoner and so he yelded his swerde to the kyng and sayd sir knyght I yelde me as your prisoner he knewe nat as than that it was the kyng And so the iourney was for the kyng of England and all that were ther with ser Geffray slayne or taken ther was slayne ser HeÌ„ry of Boys and sir Pepyn de la warre and sir Geffray taken Thê° this iourney was achyued by Calis the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lviii. the last day of DeceÌ„bre towarde the next mornyng Of a chapelet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to sir Eustace of Rybemont Cap. C .lii. WHan this batayle was done the kyng returned agayne to the castell of Calays caused all the prisoners to be brought thyder Than the freÌ„chmen knewe well that the kynge had ben there personally hy 〈…〉 vnder the baner of sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny the kynge sayd he wolde gyue them all that â—â—ght a supper in the castell of Calys the hour of supper caÌ„e and tables couerd And the kyng and his knyghtes were ther redy euery man in newe aâ—arell and the frenchmen also were ther and made good chere thoughe they were prisoners The kyng satte downe and the lordes and knyghâ—â—s about hym right honorably yâ— prince lordes and knyghtes of Englande serued the kynge at the first messe and at the seconde they satte downe at an other table they were all well serued and at great leaser ThanÌ„e whan supper was done and the tables take away the kynge taryed styll in the hall with his knyghtes with the frenchmen and he
toke it at the third assaut and there were slayne a .lxxx. englysshemen none were take to mercy Than the frenchmen went to the cytie of Troy and whan they were well refresshed there yssued out a twelfe hundred speares and nyne hundred of other and tode towarde Nogent on the ryuer of Sayne The lorde Dambrety courte who vnderstode of their ryding abrode assembled of the garysons vnder his rule a four hundred speares and a two hundred archers and with them departed fro Pons He rode clene armed except his heed peace and rode on a hackeney and a great courser was ledde by hym he had nat ryden farre but that he herde tidynges of the frenchmen and in likewyse the freÌ„chmen herde of them But if the lorde Eustace had knowen that the frenchmen had ben so great a nombre he wolde a desyred the lorde Peter Audeley and Albreth to haue ayded him they might well a made a four huÌ„dred men Than the lorde Eustace gathered togyder his men without yâ— towne of Nogent and toke the hight of a lytell hyll amonge the vynes and sette his archers before hym And whan the frenchemen came nere and sawe theym they ordayned thre bataylles The first gouerned the bysshoppe of Troy and the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages and the second the lorde JohnÌ„ of Chalon and the erle of Jouy and the thirde the erle of Januyll Than sir Eustace amonge his men sayde sits lette vs fyght with a good courage this iourney shal be ours than shall we be lordes of all Champaigne the which somtyme was an erldome I may do the kyng of England suche seruyce whom I repute to be kyng of France that he woll gyue me this erldome Than he called to hym certayne yong squyers as the couragyous Manny his cosyn JohaÌ„n of Parys Martyne of Spaygne and other and there he made theym knyghtes and made all his men to lyght a fote and to cut their speares a fyue fote long and sette his penon before hym the whiche was of ermyns two hameddes goules ¶ Of the batayle of Nogent bytwen the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages of the nacyon of Lorayne of the frenche partie And sir Eustace Dambreti â–ª court of the nacyon of Heynalt of the englysshe partie Cap. C. lxxx xix WHan ser Broquart of Fenestrages who was hardy couragiouse saw that syr Eustace wolde nat remoue his batel he sayd lette vs sette on them what soeuer fall and so aduaunced his bataile and syr Eustace receyued so the first bataile that he ouerthrew of his ennemies mo than .lx. and had nere hande clene discomfitted the same bataile but than the .ii. fresshe bataile aproched whiche greatly ayded coÌ„forted the fyrst ThaÌ„ the third bataile came on a wynge and comforted the other .ii. batailes The frenche men were .iii. agaynst one Sir Eustace with his glayue ouer threwe a .iiii. of the herdiest of his ennemyes Whan ser Broquart sawe his prowes he strake at hym ouer other mennes heedes and strake hym in the viser and strake out with the stroke thre of his tethe but for all that he letted nat to fight The englisshemen had the vauntage of the hyll and helde them selfe so cloose together that none coude entre into them the frenchemeÌ„ were a horsbacke and the englisshemen a fote and a littel besyde were the englysshe archers a part by themselfe and shot quyckely at the freÌ„chemen The frenchemen turned about the englisshemeÌ„ and as they turned they dyd the same Than the frenche fortemen came into the felde a ix C. of them who had pauesses a therby they brake the array of the archers for their shot coud nat hurt them they were so sure paâ—essed ThaÌ„ the archers were sore beten and the seconde bataile of the frenchemeÌ„ came on them a horse backe and slewe many of them and than they went on them that kept the englysshe horses and slewe and wanne them all but fewe that scaped In the meane season the other two batailes fought with the englisshemen on the one syde and the fotemen on the other side So that finally they brake theyr array and syr Eustace standderde was beaten downe and all to torne and many men slayne and taken Syr Eustace fell in the haÌ„des of a knyght called syr Henry Quenelart and he had great payne to saue his lyse for the comons of Troye wolde haue slayne hym for the great dedes of armes that he had done in the countrey of Champaygne There was also taken syr Johan of Parys the lorde Martine of Spaygne and diuerse other knyghtes and squyers And suche as saued them selfe entred into the fortresse of Nogent The whiche were but a fewe for they were nere all slayne or taken and the coragious Manny was left for deed in the felde amonge the deed men But after this discomfytture and that all the frenchemen were departed he beynge sore hurte and nere deed lyfte vp a litel his heed and sawe nothynge aboute hym but deed men lyeng on the grounde rounde aboute hym than he rose as welle as he myght and satte downe and sawe well howe he was nat farre from the fortresse of Nogent the whiche was englisshe than he dyd so moche sometyme crepyng and somtyme restynge that he came to the foote of the towre of Nogent Than he made token to them within shewynge howe he was one of theyr companyons than certayn came downe the towre to hym and bare hym into the Forteresse and dressed his woundes And therehe gouerned hym selfe so well that he was heeled This bataile was in the yere of our lorde a. M. CCC .lix. In the vigill of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist ¶ Howe these robbors pyllers that kept these fortresses in Fraunce began to declyne by myracle Cap. CC. AFter this dyscomfetture of Nogent on the riuer of Seyn the lordes and men of armes of Fraunce went to Troye with their boty and coÌ„quest but they brought theder nonÌ„ of theyr prisoners They seÌ„t them to other frenche garysons for the comoÌ„s of Troye wolde haue slayne them Whan suche as Were styll in the garyson of Pouns vnderstode howe that theyr capitayne the lorde Eustace was taken and all his company slayne taken they trussed all that they had as shortly as they myght and departed bicause they wer but a fewe In lyke wyse so dyd they of Torey of Esponay of Arcy of Mary of Pleusy and of all other fortresses that were vnder the obeysaunce of the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt And they left them voyde for doubte they had of the bisshop of Troye And of the lorde Broquarte of Fenestrages but syr Peter Aubeley lefte nat his garyson of Beauforte Nor JohnÌ„ of Segure Nogente Nor Albret the garyson of Gey on the ryuer of Seyne In the same season dyed strangely in the castell of Herreell a .iii. leages from Amiense the lorde Johan of Piquygny as it was said he was straÌ„gled by his chamberlayn And in lyke maner dyed syr Lucz of Bekusey who was of his counsaile In the
same season on a day certayne of the coÌ„pany of syr Peter Audeleys rode forth and entred into a towne called Ronay and robbed it clene and as the curate was at masse there entred into the churche an englisshe squier and toke the Chalays fro the aulter wherin the prest shulde haue consecrated and dyd caste out the wyne and bycause the preest spake to hym he strake hym with his gauntlet that the bludde felle vpon the aulter Than they departed and went into the feldes and this squier had with hym the patent and corporal and sodaynly his horse beganne to tourne and so to take on that none durste approche nere hym and horse and man fell to the erthe and eche of them strangled other and sodaynly were tourned into pouder Than the other companions made a vowe neuer after to violate any churche In the same season they of the garison of Mauconsell wanted prouysion and so solde theyr fortresse to them of Noyon and to them of the countrey there about for .xii. M. motons of golde and so to departe with all theyr goodes And so they went into other fortresses as to Craell Cleremount Hereell Uelly Pierpount Roussey and to Sissome The whiche fortresses had ben long in the handes of Naueroys and after the peace bitwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer they were englysse And whan they of Noyon had MaucoÌ„sel they rasshed it to the erthe Also JohnÌ„ Segure solde the fortresse of Nogent to the bysshop of Troyes for a certayne some of florens wherof he had wrytynge vnder the bysshops seale and so he came into the cite of Troye and alyghted at the bysshop lodgynge who sayd to hym ser JohnÌ„ ye shall abyde here with me a thre or foure dayes and than ye shall haue your money and he who was come thether vnder the assuraunce of the bysshop agreed therto Than the comons of the cite beganne to saye Howe dothe our bysshop tryfle and mocke vs sythe he kepeth aboute hym the greattest brybour and robber in all Fraunce and wolde that we shulde gyue hym oure money Than there rose a great noÌ„bre of the same opynyon and sente to kepe theyr gates that he shulde nat skape theym and there came in harneys a syxe thousande of one sorte to slee hym in the bysshops lodgynge Whan the bysshop sawe that he sayde to them Fayre frendes he is come hyther vnder my saue conducte and ye knowe the treatye and bargayne betwene hym and me by your accorde hit were great shame and vntrueth vnder this assurance to do hym any villanye But what so euer he sayd they entred into his halle by force and so into his chaÌ„bre and sought so naro welye that at laste they founde hym and there slewe hym and hewed hym all to peces ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande Cap. CC .i. IT is longe sythe I spake of the kynge of Englande but I had nonÌ„ occasion to speke of hym tyll nowe for as long as the treuce endured there was no warâ— made bitwene them but assoone as yâ— truce was exspired the fyrste day of May the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the garysons englisshe and naueroyse made warr in the title of the kynge of Englande Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of Nauer and the duke of Normandy The lorde Arnolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande for he was nat quytte prisoner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters In the same season the kyng of Englande and the prince his sonne The Frenche â—ynge and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon mette at London and so they foure allonely to guether in counsayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a lettre to be sent into Fraunce to the duke of Normandy The Erle and syr Arnolde passed the see and arryued at Boloyn and so went to Parys And there they founde the Duke and the kynge of Nauer and ther shewed them the letters Than the duke demaunded counsaile of the kynge of Nauer who dyd counsayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce and counsayles of the good townes shulde be assembled the whiche thynge was done And than it semed to the kyng of Nauer and to the Duke and to his bretherne and to all the counsayle of the Realme that the sayde treatye was to greuous to be borne Wherfore they answered all with one voyce to the sayde two fordes that the letter that they had brought and theâ—â—ect therin was so preiudyciall to them am â–ª to the realme that they yet wolde endure greatter myschiefe than they had done rather than to mynisshe in such wyse the realme of France They wolde also rather suffre their kyng to lye styll in EnglaÌ„de And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his apoyntmeÌ„t he sayd a sonne Charles ye be couÌ„sayled by the kyng of Nauerre who deceyueth you woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be And whaÌ„ the kyng of EnglaÌ„d knewe their report he sayd well or wynter be past I shall entre into the realme of France so puysantly 〈◊〉 shall abyde there so long tyll I haue an ende of this warre or els peace at my pleasure and to myne honour and than he made the grettest aparayle that euer he made The same season aboute the myddes of August the lorde JohaÌ„n of Craon archbysshop of Reynes and they of the cytie of Parys and of the couÌ„tre ther about with a certayne knightes and squiers of the countie of â—ethell and Laon went and layed siege to the castell of â—oucy and ther lay a fyue wekes And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes saued and to go whyder they lyst And of this they had letters patentes sealed by the archebysshop by the erle Porcyen and the erle of Brayne but for all that whan they departed the coÌ„mons that were there rose agaynst them and slewe the most part for all the lordes who had moche payne to saue the captayne Hanekyn Francoyse Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and castell ¶ Howe sir Eustace Danbretycourâ— was delyuerd out of prison by great raunsome Cap. CC .ii. THus after the wynninge of the castell of Roucy sir Peter Awdeley dyed in his bedde within yâ— castell of Beauforde wherof suche companyons as wer vnder him were right sorowfull Than the englysshmen and almaygnes there thought they coude do no better syth they made warr for the kyng of Englande as to make to their capitayne sir Eustace Dambreticourt who was as thanÌ„e hole of his hurtes but styll as prisonere Than they sende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant and to sir Henry â—ueâ—ellart for to putte to raunsome the lorde sir Eustace so than he was put to his fynanse to pay .xxii. thousande frankes of France And the companyons of the englysshe garysons in Champaigne payed the sayd raunsome and so he was delyuered and had agayne his
Roy wherof they with 〈◊〉 the towne wer sore abasshed whan they saw theyr ennemyes so nere them The most parte 〈◊〉 them were vnarmed and spred abrode in the village so that they â—oude nat drawe together But there the frenchemen toke theym in theyr 〈◊〉 The chaâ—oâ—ne Robersart had ma 〈…〉 prisonners bycause he was knowen by his baner Some there were that fledde into a littell stronge howse enuyroned with water standynge at the townes ende And some of theym sayd howe it was best for them to kepe it affirmynge howe the house was strenge ynough to kepe tyl they might send worde what case they wer in to the kynge of Englande beyng at the siege of Reinnes nat doubtynge but that he woll than incontinent sende them some ayde Than some other sayd that so doynge was no suerte for theym seynge howe theyr ennemyes were rounde about them Thus they were in stryfe among them selfe what they myght do In the mean space theder came the lorde of roy and sayd to them sâ—rs yelde vp your selfe for and we assaile you ye are all but deed for incoÌ„â—ynent we shall take you per force So that by those workes and other the moost hardyest of them were abasshed and so they yelded theymselfe prysoners theyr lyues saued allouly they were all sent as prisoners to the castell of Coucy and to other frenche garysons This aduenture fell in the yere of our lorde M. CCC lix Wherof the kyng of Englande whan he knew it was sore displeased but he coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Nowe let vs returne to the siege of Reâ—nnes and speke of an aduenture yâ— fell to syr Bertilmewe of Brennes who had besieged the towne and castell of Comercy within was Capitayne a knyght of Champaygne called syr Henry Denoyr THe siege durynge before Reyns the lordes of the ost were lodged abrode in the couÌ„trey to lie the more at theyr ease and to kepe the wayes that no prouysion shulde entre into the citie And amonge other syr Bertilmewe de Bonnes with his Company of speares and archers were lodged nere to Comercy a strong castell parteynynge to the arâ—hebysshoppe of Reynes The whiche bysshop had made there a stronge garyson so that this castell doubted none assaute for therâ— was a square touâ—e thick walled and fensably fournisshed for the warre Syr Bartilmewe de Bonnes layde siege therto and sawe well howe he coulde nat wynne it by assaute he set a warke a certayne numbre of miners gaue them good wages they begaÌ„ to werk night day dyd so moche that they myned farre vnder the great towre and as they went they sette vp proppes so that they within knewe nothyng therof And whan the myners had made an ende so that the towre was 〈◊〉 to fall whaÌ„ they â—yst â–ª they came to ser Bar 〈…〉 and sayd Syr we haue so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that the great towte shall fall whan it pleaseth you Well quoâ— the knyght ye haue well done â—o no more tyll I commaunâ—e you Than he toke Johsi de Guyltell with hym and went to castell and madesigne that he wold speke with some of them within Than syr Henry Denoyr capitayne there cameto the batâ—â—mentes of the yâ— walles demaunded what he wolde haue I woll sayd syr Bartilmewe that ye yeâ—â— york and all yours orels ye are all deed without remedy Howe so quod syr Henry and began to smyle we are prouyded of all thynges and ye wolde haue vs to yelde symply the whiche We woll nat do Well quod for Bartilmewe and ye knewe what case ye stande in ye wolde â—â—continent yelde vp withoute any 〈◊〉 wordes Why quod syr Henry what case be we in 〈◊〉 out quod the englysshe knyght and I shall shewe you and ye shall haue assurance to entre agayn if ye lyste Than syr Henry and .iiii. with hyâ—â— issued out and came to syr Bar 〈…〉 and to Johsi â—e Guyltelles and they brought hym to the myne and there shewed hym how the great toure stode but on stages of tymbre Whan the knyght sawe the parell that he was in and hys company he sayd Syr it is 〈◊〉 and this that ye haue done to me is of your great 〈◊〉 We yelde vs to your pleasure There syr Bartilme we toke them as his prisoners and made euery maÌ„ to come out of the castell and al theyr goodes and than he set â—yer into the myne and brent the stages and than the toure claue a souder and fell to the erthe Lo◠〈◊〉 syr 〈…〉 mewe to ser Henry beholde nowe yf I 〈◊〉 truth or nat Syr it is truesayd ser Hery we are your prisoners at your pleasure and thanke you of your courtesye for 〈◊〉 other than vs in this case we shulde nat haue been so delte with all Thus they of the garison of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 taken prisoners and the caâ—tell 〈◊〉 THe kynge of Englande laâ—e at the siege of Reinnes more than .vii. weekes but he made none assaute for he knew well he shuld but haue lost his payne And whan he ha◠〈◊〉 there so longe that he was werâ— and that hys men coulde fynde no more forage abrode and lost their horses and beganne to laâ—ke 〈◊〉 They on a bay departed in good 〈◊〉 and tâ—â—e the waye to Chaloâ—s in Champaygne and 〈◊〉 by Chalons 〈◊〉 so went to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—nged at Mery on the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all his 〈…〉 the whiche is called .viii. leages And while the kynge laye at Mery his Counstable with the â—awarde went to saynt Florentyne Where syâ— Edwarde of Rency was capitayne Ther was a great assaute but no good they dyd Than the kynge came thither and lodged ther about the â—yuer of Mouson And than they departed and came to Tonnerre and toke the towne by assaute but nat yâ— castell In the whiche towne the englysshemen founde beyonde in M. 〈◊〉 of myne the whiche was necessary for the 〈◊〉 And within the Castell was the lorde Fyennes Constable of Fraunce with a great nombre of men of warre ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande as he went wasted and distroyed the countrey and howe he came to Aguilloâ— and there taried And of the great prouysyon that came after his â—ost The CC. 〈◊〉 Chapitre THe kynge of Englande and his oost â—ested at 〈◊〉 the space of .v. dayes 〈◊〉 of that good wynes they fouÌ„de there and ofteÌ„ tymes assayled the castell but therin were goode men of armes as syr Baudwyn â—â—neken maisteâ— of the crosbowes whan the kynge had well refresshed his oost in Tonuer he departed passed the ryuer of Armencon and lefte the waye to Aussetre on the ryght hande and toke the waye to Noyers to the entent to entre into Borgoyn and to be theâ— all the lente tyme. So they passed by Noyers without any assaute for he had the lorde therof prisoneâ— euer syth the bataâ—le of Poicters And so the kynge went to a towne called Moâ—t royall and so from thense to Aguillon on
And than said openly sirs it is tyme that we order out batayls for our enemyes hath gyuen vs ensample suche as herd him sayd sir ye say trouthe and ye be our mayster and chefe counsellour therfore order it acordyng to your pleasure for there is none that shall coutrole you And also ye knowe better how to order suche a mater than all we do and than he made thre batayls and a reregarde The firste had sir Robert Canoll sir Gaultier Huet and sir Richard Burlke The seconde had sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Eustace DaÌ„breticourt siâ— Mathue Gorney The thirde therle MouÌ„tfort and he hym selfe to wayt on hym in euery batayle .v. C. men of armes and .iiii. C. archers And whan it caÌ„e to the ordring of the reregard than he called to hym sir Hewe Caurell sayd sir Hewe ye shall kepe yâ— areregard with .v. C. with you ye shall kepe you on a wyng styre nat fro your place for no maner of cause wtout yese nâ—de So that if any of our batayls breke ordisaray by any aduenture than if ye se any suche nede drawe thyder and confort them and whan ye haue done kepe agayne your stall and ye can for this day ye can nat do better seruyce And whan sir Hewe Caurell had well herd sir JohnÌ„ Chandes he was greatly a shamed displeased and sayd sir delyuer this areregard to some other than to me for I purpose nat to medell ther with sir I haue marueyle what ye se in me that I shulde nat be one of the first to fight with our enemyes Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos right well auysed sayd sir Hewe I set you nat in this areregarde bycause ye be nat so good a knyght as other of our coÌ„pany that was neuer in my mynde for I knowe truly that ye wolde gladly be one of yâ— formast and right able ye are so to be but I ordeyn you therto bycause ye be a sage knight well aduysed and ser it must behoue that one of vs two must do it wherfore I hertely requyre you to do it and sir I promyse you faithfully that and ye wyll do it it shal be a great aduauÌ„tage for vs all ye therby shall at tayne great honour And moreouer I promyse you the first request after that euer ye desyreme of I shall grauÌ„t it you howbeit for all the wordes yâ— sir JohnÌ„ Chandos coude speke sir Hewe Caurell wolde nat agre therto for he reputed it a grete shame to him so to do and desyred for goddessake holdyng vp his haÌ„des to put some other therto for iÌ„ effect his mynde was to fight with the formast And with those wordê sir Johan Chandos almost wept sayd right swetely Sir Hewe it must behoue other you to do it or els my selfe therfore consyder whiche were better Than sir Hewe aduysed hym selfe and was with tho wordes halfe coÌ„founded sayd Certesse ser I knowe well ye wyll nat desyre me to any thyng that shulde be to my dishonoure and sy the it wyll be none otherwyse I am content to do it And so sir Hewe Caurell toke on hym the charge of the reregard and drue out a part on a wyng and set hym in good order Thus the saturday the .viii. day of Octobre the yer of our lorde M .iii. C .lxiiii. were these batayls ordred eche before other in a fayre playne nere to Aâ—lroy in Bretayne the whiche was a goodly sight to beholde For there might haue ben sene baners and penons wauyng with the wynde harnesse richely aparelled and specially the freÌ„chmen were so properly dressed that it was ioye to beholde theÌ„ and thus as th 〈…〉 â—red their batayls on bothe â—ties The lorde of Beamanoyre a great baron and a ryche of bretayne went bytwene the parties entretyng for a peace for he was glad to besy hym selfe therin in exchewyng of the parels that was lykely to fall He was suffred to go and come bytwen the parties bycause he was sworne prisoner to thenglysshmen and might nat be armed And that saturday he went in and out often tymes tyll it was noone and so by his meanes he gat bytwene the parties a certayne respyte for that day and night vntyll the next day sonne risynge And than euery man brewe to his logynge and toke their ease and refresshing of suche as they had and the same euenyng the capitayne of Alroy yssued out of his garyson bycause the truse also stretched to them and went peasably into the hoost of the lorde Charles of Bloyes who receyued hym right ioyously The capitayne was called Henry of Hanternell a squyer and a good man of armes and he had in his company a fortie speres of good companyons well armed and horsed suche as had holpe him to kepe the fortresse And whan the lorde Charles sawe the capitayne all smy lyng he enquyred of hym the state of the castell and the squyer answered and sayd Sir thaÌ„ked be god we haue yet prouisyon sufficyent to kepe it two or thre monethes if nede were Well Henry 〈◊〉 the lorde Charles to morowenexte ye shall be well delyuerd other by agrement of peace or els by playne batayle sir 〈◊〉 the squyer god gyue grace By my faythe 〈◊〉 the lorde Charles I haue here in my coÌ„pany a .xxv. C. men of armes wel aparelled and as likely to acquyte them nobly as euer dyde any coÌ„pany that came out of frauÌ„ce Sir 〈◊〉 the squyer and that is a great auaâ— tage ye ought gretly to thanke god therfore sir Bertram of Clesquy and these other baroÌ„s knightes and squyers of Fraunce and of Bretayne that thus courtesly are coÌ„e to serue you Thus the lorde Charles passed forthe that nyght with comunynge with one and other and yâ— same nyght sir JohnÌ„ Chandos was sore â—esyred by certayne englisshmen that he shulde nat coÌ„sent to any peace to be had bytwene therle Mountfort and the lorde of Bloyes for they sayd they had spende all that they had and were poore Therfore they wolde other recouer somwhat a gayne by batayle or els to lose all togyder sir JohnÌ„ Chandos promysed them to agree to no peace ¶ And whanÌ„e the sonday came in the mornyng euery man in the hoost aparâ—leâ— himselfe And in the hoost of sir Charleâ— of Bloys ther were many maâ—â—es sayd houseled suche as wolde and in lykewise so they dyd in therlâ— MouÌ„tfortes host And a lytell before the sonne rysing euery man drewe vnder their owne batayls in good ordre as they dyd the day before and than anone after the lorde of Beamanoyre came to entreat for the peace for gladly he wolde haue had the parties agreed and so he cam first to warde sir Johan Chandos who yssued out of the batayle as soone as he sawe hym comynge and met with hym And whan the lorde of Beamanoyr sawe him he saluted hym right humbly and sayd Sir Johan Chandos I requyre you for goddes sake set in acorde these
his bassenet so that the poynt of the axe entred into his eyes wherby hâ— lost euer after yâ— syght with that eye but for all that stroke yet he delt styll lyke a noble knyght There was recouerynge of batayles and baners that somtyme were downe by well fightynge were releued agayne on bothe partes Amonge all other knyghtes sir Johan Chandos was a good knyght and valyantly fought with an are that he helde in his handes so that he gaue suche strokes that none durst aproche to hym for he was a great and a myghty knight and well formed of all his membres So he came fought agaynst the batayle of yâ— erle of Aucers and of the frenchmen and there was done many a noble dede and by force of well fightyng yâ— batayle was broken brought to suche myschefe that brefely after it was discoÌ„fyted and all the baners and penons of that batayle ouerthrowen to the erthe the lordes put to flight in great danger and mischefe for they were nat ayded nor coÌ„forted fro no part for euery man had ynough to do to defende hymselfe To say the trouthe whan a discoÌ„syture falleth they that ar ouercome be discoÌ„fyted for a lytell for if one fall ther falleth thre and on .iii. x. and on .x. xxx and if .x. slye ther foloweth C. Thus it fortuned in this batayle of Alroy the lordes cryed their cryes wherby some yâ— herde it were recoÌ„forted by their men that drue to them and some were nat herde they were so in the prease and so ferr fro their men Ho wheit finally the erle of Aucer by force of armes was sore wounded and taken vnder the standerd of sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and yelden prisoner and the erle of Joigny also and the lorde of Prier a great baneret of Normandy ¶ yet all this season yâ— other batels fought styll valyantly and the bretons helde a longe space in good ordre howbeit to speke truly in armes they kept nat their ordre so well as thenglysshemen bretons that were with therle MouÌ„tfort dyde and gretly aueyled to them yâ— day the batayle on the wyng that sir Hewe Caurell ledde And so whan theÌ„glysshmen sawe yâ— frenchmen begyn to breke and opyn their batell they were greatly reconforted and than some of the frenchmen suche as had their horses redy aperelled mounted on them stedd away as fast as they myght Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and a coÌ„pany with hym dressed theÌ„selfe agaynst the batell of sir Bertram of Clesquy the whiche batayle had done marueyls in armes but than it was opyned and many good knightes and squters brought to great myschefe There was gyuen many a great stroke with their heuy ares and many a bassenet clouen a soÌ„dre many a man wounded to dethe and to say the trouth ser Bertram of Clesquy nor his coÌ„pany coude no leÌ„ger endure their enemyes So ther was taken sir Bertam of Clesquy by a squyer of Englande vnder the standerd of sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and the same season sir Johan Chandos toke prisoner a lorde of Bretayne called the lorde of Raix a right hardy knyght And whan this batayle of bretons began thus to breke all the other batayls were clene discoÌ„fyted and lost their aray euery man fledde away as fast as they might to saue them selfe Except a certayne good knyghtes and squyers of Bretayne who wold nat leaue their lorde Charles of Bloys but had rather dye than to departe with reproche And so they drue about hym and fought right valtanâ—ly and ther was done many a noble dede of armes And so the lorde Charles of Blois and sâ—che as were about him helde themselfe togyder a certayne space defeÌ„dyng themselfe right valyantly howe beit finally they coude nat defende them selfe so but that they were disconfyted and brought out of ordre by force of armes for the moost parte of the englysshmen drewe to yâ— parte There was the baner of the lorde Charles of Bloyes disconfyted and cast to the erthe and he slayne that bare it and the lorde Charles was there slayne his face towarde his enemyes and a bastarde sonne of his called sir Johan of Bloys and dyuers other knightes and squyers of Bretayne And as I vnderstode it was so ordayned in the englysshe hoost that if they had the better in the bataile and that if sir Charles of Bloyes were founde in the place yâ— none shulde take hym to raunsome but to slee hym And in semblable wyse the freÌ„chmen had ordayned for sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort if they had atteyned the vyctorie for as that day they were determyned to haue an ende of the warre So whan it caÌ„e to the flight ther was great slaughter and many a good knyght taken brought to myschefe There was the floure of cheualry at yâ— tyme other takenÌ„e or slayne but a fewe of men of honour that scaped specially of the banerettê of bretayne Ther were slayne ser Charles of Dynan the lorde of Lyon yâ— lorde of DaÌ„cenes yâ— lorde DauaÌ„gour the lorde of Loheat the lorde of Gargoll the lorde of Malestroyt the lorde of Pout and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers the whiche I canne nat all name And ther were taken the erle of Rohan ser Guy of Lyon â–ª yâ— lorde of Rochfort the lorde of Raix the lorde of Ryâ—â—x therle of ToÌ„noyre sir Henry of Malestroyt sir Olyuer of Manny the lorde of Ruyll the lorde of Franuyll the lorde of Raneuall and dyuers other of Normandy and dyuers other good knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce with therle of Aucer and Joigny Brâ—uely to speke this disconfyture was great and mighty moche good peple therin slayne as well in the fâ—ldes as in the chase the whiche endured eyght great leages cuyn to Raynes Ther were many aduentures the which came â—acall to knowledge many a one slayne and taken as it fortuned them to fall in the handes of them that were cruell or courtesse This ba 〈…〉 e was nere to Alroy in Bretayne the yere of our lorde a thousande CCC .lx. and foure AFter this great disconfytur as ye haue herde the lordes of Englande and Bretayne retourned and lefte the chase to their people Than ther drewe to the erle of Mountfort sir John Chandos sir Robert Canoll sir Eustace Dambretycourt sir Mathewe Gourney sir Johan Bourchier sir Gaultier Hewet sir Hughe Caurelle sir Richarde Brulle sir Rycharde Tancon and dyuers other and so came to a hedge syde And ther they vnarmed them for they sawe well the iourney was theyrs and certayne of them set their baners and standerdes on the hedge and the baner with yâ— armes of Bretayne on a busshe to drawe their people thyder Than sir Johan Chandos sir Robert Canoll sir Hugh Caurell and other knightes drewe them to therle Mountfort and smylyng sayde to hym Sir laude god and make good chere for ye haue this day conquered the herytage of Bretayne Than the erle enclyned hymselfe ryght courtesly and sayd openly that euery man myght here
he excused hym sayd he myght nat go thyder yet the iourney was nat lette for all that And dyuers knightes of the princis went thyder as sir Eustace DaÌ„breticourt sir Hewe Caurell sir Gaultier Hewet sir Mathue Gorney sir 〈◊〉 Dalbret and dyuers other And the chefe capitayne of this enterprice was made the lorde JohnÌ„ of Burbon erle of Marche to counter wyne the dethe of his cosyne the quene of Spayne and was in all thynges ruled and counsayled by the aduyse of sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy for therle of Marche was as than a â—oly yong lusty knight And also the lorde Antony of Beauieu went for the in that vyage and dyuers other good knyghtes as sir Arnolde Dandrehen marshall of FrauÌ„ce the Begue of Uyllayns the lorde Dantoyng in Heynalt the lorde of Brusnell sir Johan Neuyll sir Guynyars of Baylheull sir Johan of Berguetes the almayne of saynt Uenant dyuers other the whiche I can nat name And so all these lordes and other auauÌ„ced for the in the vyage and made their assemble in Languedocke and at Mountpellyer and therabout And so passed all to Narbone to go towarde Parpygnen so to entre on that syde in to the realme of Aragone These men of warre were to the nombre of .xxx. thousande and ther were the chefe capitayns of the companyons as sir Robert Briquet sir Johan Caruell Nandon of Bergerace Lanny the lytell Meclyne the Bourge Camus the Bourge de Lespare Batyller Espyot Aymemon Dortyng Perote of Sauoy and dyuers other all of accorde and of one alyaunce hauyng great desyre to put kyng DaÌ„peter out of the realme of Castell to make king they therle of DescoÌ„ges his brother Henry the bastarde And whan these men of armes shuld entre into the realme of Aragon to do their enterprice the more priuely they sent to kyng DaÌ„ Peter to blynde hym by their message but he was all redy well enfourmed of their ententes and howe they were comyng on hym into the realme of Castell but he set nothyng therby but assembled his people to resyst agaynst theÌ„ and to light with theÌ„ at thentre of his realm Their message was desyring hym to open the straytê of his countre and to gyue free passage to the pylgrimes of god who had enterprised by gret deuocyon to go into the realme of Grenade to reueng the dethe and passyon of our lorde Jesu Christ and to distroy the infydeles and to exalte the christen faythe The kynge Dampeter at these tidynges dyde nothyng but laugh and sayd he wolde do nothynge at their desyre nor obey in any poynt to suche a rascall company And whan these knightes and other men of armes knewe the wyll and answere of kyng DaÌ„peter wherby they reputed hym right orgulus and presumptuous and made all the hast they myght to auaunce to do hym all the hurte they coulde So they all passed through the realme of Aragon where they founde the passages redy open for them and vitayle and euery thyng redy apparelled and at a metely price For the kyng of Aragon had great ioye of their comynge trustyng than by their meanes to conquers agayne fro the kyng of Castell all his landes that kyng Dampeter had before taken fro him byforce And than these men of warr passed the gret ryuer that departeth Castell and Aragon and so they entred into the realme of Spayne And whan they had conquered townes cyties and castels streytes portes and passages the whiche the kynge Dampeter had taken fro the kynge of Aragon Than sir Bertram and his company delyuered theÌ„ to the kyng of Aragon on the coÌ„dycion that alwayes fro thens forth he shulde ayde and conforte Henry the bastarde agaynst Dampeter Tidynges came to the kyng of Castell how that the freÌ„chmen bretons englysshmen normayns pycardes and burgonyons were entred in to his realme and were as than passed the great ryuer departyng Castell and Aragon And howe they had wonne agayne all on that syde the ryuer the whiche cost 〈◊〉 moche payne and trouble or he wan it first Than he was right sore dysplesed sayd well all shall nat go so as they wene it shall than he made a specyall commaundement throughout all his realme in gyueng knowledge to theÌ„ that his letters and messaÌ„gers were sent vnto that they shulde without delay come to hym to the entent to fight with the men of warr that were entred into his realm of Castell ther were but a fewe that obeyed his commaundement And whan he had thought to haue had a great asseÌ„ble of men of warr he was disceyued for fewe or none came to hym for his lordes knightes of Spayne forsoke and refused him and tourned to his brother yâ— bastard Wherfore he was fayne to sâ—ye or els he had ben taken he was so sore behated with his enemyes and also with his owne men so that none abode aboute hym excepte one true knyght called Ferrant of Castres he wolde neuer forsake hym for none aduenture And so than Dampeter went to Syuyle the best cytie of Spaygne and whanÌ„e he was come thyder he was in no great sewerty wherfore he trussed and put into cofers his treasure and toke a shyppe with his wyfe and chyldren And so departed fro Cyuyle and FerraÌ„t of Casters his knight with hym and he arryued lyke a knight disconfyted in Galyce called the ColoÌ„gne where ther was a stronge castell and therin he his wyfe and his chyldren entred that is to say two yonge doughters Constance and Isabell And of all his men and couÌ„sayle he had none but Ferrant of Castres ¶ Now lette vs shewe of Henry the bastarde howe he he perceyuered in his enterprice Cap. C C .xxx. THus as I haue shewed before this kynge DaÌ„peter was soore behated with his owne men throughout all the realme of Castell bycause of the marueylous cruell iustyce that he had done by the occasyon of the distruccyon of the noblemen of his realme yâ— whiche he had put to deth and slayne with his handes Wherfore assoone as they sawe his bastard brother entre into the realme with so great puyssauÌ„ce than they drue all to hym and receyued him to their lorde and so rode forthe with him and they caused cyteâ—s townes borowes and castels to be opyned to hym and euery man to do hym homage And so the spanyardê all with one voyce cryed lyue Henry and dye Dampeter who hath been to vs so cruell and so yuell This the lordes ledde forthe Henry throughout all the realme of Castell as the lorde Gommegaulx the great mayster of Gallestrane and the maister of saynt James So thus all maner of peple obeyd to him and crowned hym kyng in the cytie of Estyrages and all prelates erles barownes knightes made hym reuerence as to their kyng and sware alwayes to maynteyne him as their kynge or els if nede requyred to dye in the quarell So thus this kyng rode fro cytie to cytie and fro to wne to to
wne and alwayes and in euery place he had reuerence done to hym lyke a kynge And thanÌ„e he gaue to the knightes straungers suche as came with hym into the realme of Castell great gyftes and riche iewels so largely that euery man reputed him for a lyberall and an honourable lorde And comonly the normayns frenchmen and bretons sayde that in hym was all lyberalite and howe he was well worthy to lyue and to reygne ouer a great realme and so he dyde a season right puyssantly and in great prosperyte Thus the bastarde of Spayne came to the seignory of the realme of Castell he made his two bretherne Dancyle and Sances eche of theym an erle with great reuenewes and profyte Thus this HeÌ„ry was kyng of Castell of Galyce of Cyuyll of Tollette and of Lyssebone vnto suche season as yâ— puyssaunce of Wales and Acquitayne put him out therof and set agayne kynge Dampeter into the possessyon and signory of the forsayd realmes as ye shall here after in this hystorie WHan that this kynge Henry sawe hymselfe in this estate and that euery man obeyed hym and reputed hym for their kyng and lorde and sawe nothynge lykely to the coÌ„trary of his desyre Than he ymagined and caste his aduyce to exalte his name and to enploy the nombre of suche companyoÌ„s as were come to serue hym out of the realme of Fraunce to make a voyage on the kyng of Granade wherof he spake to dyuers knightes who were well agreed therto And alwayes this king HeÌ„ry helde styll about hym the princes knightes as sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt sir Hugh Caurell and other And shewed theym great token and signe of loue in trust that they shulde ayde and serue hym in his voyage to Grenade whyder he hoped to go And anone after his coronacyon there departed fro hym the moost parte of the knightes of Fraunce and he gaue them great gyftes at their departynge And so than retourned the erle of Marche sir Arnolde DaÌ„drehen the lorde Beauieou and dyuers other but sir Bertram of Clysquy taryed styll in Castell with the kynge and sir Olyuer of Manny and the Bretons with certayne nombre of the companyons And so than sir Bertram of Clesquy was made coÌ„stable of all the realme of castell by the acorde of kyng Henry and all the lordes of the couÌ„tre Nowe let vs speke of kyng Dampeter howe he maynteyned hymselfe ¶ Howe kynge Dampeter requyred the prince of wales to ayde hym agaynst his brother Cap. CC .xxxi. VE haue Well herde how kyng Dampeter was driuen into the casteil of ColoÌ„gne on the see with him his wyfe his two doughters and Domferrant of Castres with hym all onely So that in the meane season that his brother the bastarde by puyssance of the me of warre that he had gote out of Fraunce conquered Castell and that all the countre yelded theÌ„ to him as ye haue herd before He was right â—ore afrayed and nat well assured in the castell of Colongne for he douted greatly his brother the bastarde for he knewe well that yf he had knowledge of his beyng there he wolde come with puyssaunce and besege hym wherfore he thought he wolde nat abyde that parell Therfore he departed in a nyght and toke a shyppe and his wyfe his two doughters and DomferraÌ„t of Castres and all the golde syluer and sowelles that they had but the wynde was to him so contrary that he coude nat drawe fro the cost and so was fayne to entre agayne into the fortresse of Colongne Than the king Dampeter demaunded of DoÌ„ferrant his knight howe he shulde maynteyne hym selfe complayninge of fortune that was to hym so contrary Sir ê™ the knight or ye deê‘te fro hens it were good the ye dyde send to your cosyn the prince of Wales to knowe yf he wolde receyue you or nat and for pytic somwhat to tendre your nede and necessyte for dyuers wayes he is bounde therto by reason of the great alyaunces that the kyng his father and yours had toguyder The prince of Wales is so noble and so gentyll of bloode and of courage that whan he knoweth your trybulacion I thynke verely he wyll take therof great compassyon And if he wyll ayde to set you agayne in your realme there is none that can do it so well in all the worlde he is so fered redouted â–ª and beloned with all men of warre And sir ye are here in a good stronge forteresse to kepe a season tyll ye here other tidynges out of Acquitayne To this couÌ„sayle acorded lightly the kyng DaÌ„peter ThaÌ„ he wrote letters right pyteous and amyable and a knyght with two squyers were desyred to do this message and so they toke on them that iourney and entred into the see and sayled so long that they arryued at Bayon the whiche cytie helde of the kyng of Englande Than they demaunded tidynges of the prince and it was shewed them howe he was at Burdeaur Than they toke their horses and rode so longe that they came to Burde aux and ther toke their lodgynge and anone after they weÌ„t to the abbey of saynt Andrewes where the prince was And there these messangers shewed howe they were come out of Castell and were spanyardes and messangers fro kyng DaÌ„peter of Castell And whan the prince knewe therof he sayde he wolde se theym and knowe what they wolde haue And so they cam and kneled downe and saluted hym acordynge to their vsage and recommaunded the kynge their mayster to hym and delyuered their letters The prince toke vp the messaÌ„gers and receyued their letters and opyned and reed them at good leyser wherin he founde howe pyteously kynge Dampeter wrote signifyeng to hym all his pouertie and myschiefe and howe that his brother the bastarde by puissaunce and by the great amyties that he had purchased First of the pope of the frenche kyng and of the kyng of Aragon and by the helpe of the coÌ„panyons had put hym out fro the herytage of the realme of Castell Wherfore he desyred the prince for goddessake and by the waye of pytie that he wolde entend to prouyde for him some counsell and remedy wherin he shulde achyue grace of god and of all the worlde For it is nat the ryght way of a true crysten kyng to diâ—â—herpt a right full heyre and to enheryte by puyssaunce of tyranny a bastard And the prince who was a valyant knight and a sage closed the letters in his handes and sayd to the messangers Sirs ye be right welcome to me fro my cosyn the kyng of Castell ye shall tary a space here with vs and are ye departe ye shall haue an aunswere Than the princes knightes who knewe ryghtwell what they had to do ledde to their logynges the spaynisshe knight and the two squyers and the prince who taryed styll in his chambre mused greatly on those tidynges And thanne sent for sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and for sir ThomÌ„s Phelton two of the chefe of his counsayle for
Garses du chast NaÌ„don of Bergerant the Bourge of Lespare the bourg Camus the bourg Bartuell and this bastarde kynge Henry knewe nat that the prince was in mynde to bring agayne his brother daÌ„peter into Castell so soone as these knightê dyd for if he had knowen it they shulde nat haue departed so soone as they dyde for he might well haue letted them if he had knowen it So these knightes departed and assoone as kyng Henry knewe therof he made no great semblant of it but sayd to sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy who was styll about hym Sir Bertram beholde the prince of Wales it is she wed vs that he wyll make vs warr and bring agayne that iewe who calleth hym selfe kynge of Spaygne byforce into this our realme sir what say you therto Sir Bertram answered and sayd sir he is so valyant a knight that if he take on hym yâ— enterprice he wyll do his power to acheue it yf he may Therfore sir I say to you cause your passages and straytê on all sydes to be well kept so that none may passe nor entre into your realme but by your lyceÌ„ce And sir kepe yor people in loue I knowe certaynly ye shall haue in FrauÌ„ce many knightes and great ayde the whiche gladly wyll serue you Sirby your lycence I wyll retorne thyder and in the meane tyme kepe yor people in loue and I knowe well I shall fynde in Fraunce many frendes And sir I shall get you as many as I can By my faythe ê™ kynge Henry ye say well and I shall order all the remenant acordyng to your wyll and so within a lytell space after sir Bertram departed weÌ„t into Aragon wher the kyng receyued hym ioyously and ther he taryed a .xv. dayes and thaÌ„ departed and went to Mountpellyer and ther founde the duke of Anâ—â—ou who also receyued hym ioyously as he whome he loued right entierly And whaÌ„ he had ben ther a season he departed and went into FrauÌ„ce to the kyng who receyued hym with great ioye ¶ Howe that kyng Henry alyed him to the kyng of Aragon and of the meÌ„ that the prince sent for and howe the prince was counsayled to pursue his warre of the lorde Dalbreth who discoÌ„fyted the seneshall of Tholous Cap. CC .xxxii. WHaÌ„ the tydyngê was spred abrode in Spayne in Aragon in Fraunce that the prince of Wales wolde bring agayne kyng daÌ„ peter in to the realme of Castell Ther were many had therof great marueyle and moche comunyng was therof Some said that the prince toke on hym the enterprice for pride and presuÌ„pcyon and was in a maner angry of the honour the sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy had gotten him in conqueryng of the realme of Castell in the name of kyng Henry who was by him made kyng Some other sayd the pyte and reason moued the prince to be in wyll to ayde the king Dampeter and to bring hym agayne into his herytage for it is nat a thyng due nor resonable for a bastarde to kepe a realme nor to haue the name of a king Thus in dyuers placê ther were dyuers knightes and squyers of sondrie opynions howbeit incontynent kynge Henry wrote letters to the kyng of Aragon and sende to hym great messangers desyringe hym that he shulde in no wyse acorde nor make no coÌ„posicion with the price nor with none of his alyes promysing him euer to be his good neighbour and frende Than the kyng of Aragon who loued hym entierly and also often tymes he had founde kynge Dampeter ryght fell and cruell said and made a full assuraunce that for to lese a great parte of his realme he wolde make no maner of agremeÌ„t with the prince nor accorde with kyng DaÌ„peter Promysinge also to open his countrey and to suffre to passe through all maner of men of warr suche as wolde go in to Spayne or into any other place to his confort and ayde and to lette theym to his power that wolde greue or trouble hym This kyng of Aragon kept well truely his ê“myse that he made to this kyng Henry for assone as he knewe the trouthe that kyng Dampeter was ayded by the prince and that the coÌ„panyons were drawyng to that partie IncoÌ„tynent he closed all the passages in Aragon and straitly kept them he set men of warre on the mountayns to watche the passages and straytes of Catholon so yâ— none coude passe but in great parell Howbeit the coÌ„panyons founde another way but they suffred moche yuell and great traueyle or they coulde passe and escape the dangers of Aragon howbeit they came to the marchesse of the countie of Foyz and founde the couÌ„tre closed agaynst them for therle wolde in no wyse that suche peple shulde entre into his countre These tidynges came to the prince to Burdeux who thoght and ymagined nyght and day howe with his honour he might furnysshe that vyage and to fynde the meanes howe the sayd companyons might come into Acquitayne for he herde how the passages of Aragon were closed and howe they were at the entre of the countie of Foyz in great payne and dysease So the prince dowted that this kyng Henry and the kyng of Aragon wolde so deale with these coÌ„panyons who were in nombre a .xii. thousande that other for feare or for gyftes cause theÌ„ to take their part a gaynst hym Thasie the prince determyned to sende to them sir JohnÌ„ Chandos to treat with them and to retayne them and do hym seruyce and also to the erle of Foyz desyringe hym for loue and amyte to do no displeasure to these coÌ„panyons promysing hym yâ— what soeuer yuell or domage they do to hym or to any part of his countrey that he wolde make amendes therof to the double This message to do for his lorde sir Johan Chandos toke on him and so departed fro the cyte of Burdeux and rode to the cyte of Aste in Gascoyne and rode so longe that he came to therle of Foyz and dyd somoche with him that he was of his acorde and suffred him to passe throughout his countre peasably and he founde the companyons in a countre called Basell and ther he treated with them and sped so well that they made all couenaunt with hym to serue and ayde the prince in his viage vpon a certayne somÌ„e of money that they shulde haue in prest the which sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sware and promysed them that they shud haue And than he came agayne to therle of Foyz desyringe hym right swetely yâ— these people who were reteyned with the prince might be suffred to passe by one of the sydes of his countre and the erle of Foyz who was right agreable to the prince and in a maner was his subgette to please hym was agreed so that they shulde do no hurte to hym nor to his countre Sir Johan Chandos made couenaunt with hym that they shulde do no maner of domage and than sent a squyer a haralde to these companyons
and are entred with an army royall into Castell We answere therto Knowe ye for trouthe it is to susteyne the right and to maynteyn reason as it aparteyneth to all kynges and princê so to do And also to entertayne the great alyauÌ„ces that the kyng of England my dere father kyng Dampeter haue had longe togyder and bycause ye are renomed a ryght valyaÌ„t knyght we wolde gladly and we coude acorde you and hym roguyder and we shall do somoche to our cesyn Dampeter that ye shall haue a great ê‘te of the realme of Castell but as for the crowne and herytage ye must renounce Sir take couÌ„sayle in this case and as for our enteryng into Castell we wyll entre ther as we thynke best at dure owne pleasure Written at Groynge the .xxx. day of Marche ¶ Whan this letter was written it was closed and sealed and delyuered to the same haraude that brought the other and had taryed for an answere more than thre wekes ThaÌ„he departed fro the presence of the prince and rode so longe that he came to Naueret amonge the busshes wher kyng Henry was lodged and drue to the kynges logyng And the moost part of the great lordes of the hoost came thyder to here what tidynges their heraude had brought Than the haraud kneled downe and delyuered the kyng the lettre fro the prince The kyng toke and opened it and called to him sir Bertram of Clesquy and dyuers other knightes of his couÌ„sell There the letter was reed and well consydred than sir Bettram sayd to the kyng Sir knowe for trouthe ye shall haue batell shortly I knowe so well the prince therfore sir loke well on the mater It is necessary that ye take good hede to all your besynesse and order your people and your batayls Sir BertraÌ„ ê™ the kynge be it in the name of god the puyssaunce of the prince I dout nothynge for I haue thre thousande barded horses the whiche shall be two wynges to our batayle and I haue also seuyn M. genetours and well .xx. thousande men of armes of the best that can be fouÌ„de in all Castell Galyce Portyngale Cordowen and Cyuyle and .x. thousande good crosbowes and threscore M. of other men a fote with dartes speares launces and other abilymentes for the warre And all these hath sworne nat to fayle me to dye in the payne therfore sir Bertram I trust to haue vyctory by the grace of god on whome is my trust and my right that I haue in the quarell Therfore lordê I desyre you all to be of good corage ¶ How the prince coÌ„mauÌ„ded his people to be redy to fight and how kyng Henry ordayned his batayls howe they fought fiersly togyder of the confort that kyng Henry dyde to his people Cap. CC .xxxvii. THus as ye haue harde kyng Henry and sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy deuised togyder of dyuers maters and lefte talkyng of the princes letter for it was kyng HeÌ„ries enteÌ„cion to haue batayle so entended to ordre his felde and people Th erle of Anxell and his brother sir Sanxes were gretly renomed in their hoost for the iourney that they had made before as ye haue herde The prince the friday the seconde day of Aprellâ—dil loged fro Groyng and auaunced forwarde araynged in batayle redy to fight for he knewe well that kyng Henry was nat farr thens And so that day he auauÌ„ced two leages and at thre of the day he caÌ„e before Nauaret and ther toke his logyng Than the prince sent forthe his currours to auiewe his ennemyes and to knowe wher they were lodged and than they departed fro the hoost and rode so forward that they sawe all their enemyes hoost who were also loged before Nauaret So they brought report therof to the priÌ„ce and in the euenyng the prince caused secretely to be shewed through all the hoost that at the first so wnyng of the trumpettes euery man to aparell hymselfe and at the seconde to be armed at the thirde to lepe a hors backe and to folowe the marshals baners with the penon of saynt George And that none on payne of dethe auaunce before them without he be commaunded so to do IN lyke maner as the prince had done the same friday insendyng out his currours So dyde kynge Henry on his parte to knowe wher the prince was lodged and whan he had true report therof than the kyng called ser Bertram of Clesquy and toke counsayle and aduyce howe to perseuer Than they caused their peple to suppe and after to go to rest to be the more fressher and at the hour of mydnight to be redy apparelled and to drawe to the felde and to ordayne their bataylles for he knewe well the next day he shuld haue batayle So that night the spanyardes toke their ease and rest for they had well wherwith so to do as plenty of vytels and other thynges And the englysshmen had great defaut therfore they had great desyre to fight outher to wynne or to lese all After mydnight the trumpettes sounded in kyng HeÌ„ryes hoost than euery man made hym redy at the seconde blast they drewe out of their lodgynges and ordred thre batayls The first had sir Bertram of Clesquy lorde Robert of Rosebertyne and therle Dune erle of Aragon and ther wer all the strangers aswell of Fraunce as of other couÌ„trees ther were two barones of Heynalt the lorde Dautoyng and sir Alars lord of Brisuell Ther was also the Begue of Uillayns the begue of Uylliers sir JohnÌ„ of Bergutes sir Gawen of Baylleull the almayne of saynt Uenant who was ther made knight dyuers other of FrauÌ„ce Aragron and Prouens and of the marchesse ther about Ther was well in that batayle four thousande knightes and squiers well armed and dressed after the vsage of FrauÌ„ce The seconde batayle had therle of Auxell and his brother therle of Saures and in that batayle with the genetours ther were .xv. thousand a fote and a hors backe and they drue them a lytell a backe on the lyft hande of the first batayle The third batayle and the grettest of all gouerned kyng Henry himselfe and in his company ther were a seuyn thousand horsmen and threscore thousande a fote with the crosbowes So in all thre batayls he was a fourscore and sixe M. a horsebacke and a fote ThaÌ„ kynge Henry lepte on a stronge mule after the vsage of the countrey and rode fro batayle to batayle ryght swetely prayeng euery man that day to employ themselfe to defende and kepe their honour and so he shewed himselfe so cherefully yâ— euery man was ioyfull to beholde hym Than he went agayne to his owne batayle and by that tyme it was day light And than about the sonÌ„erisyng he auaunced forthe towarde Nauaret to fynde his enemyes in good order of batayle redy to fight THe prince of Wales at the brekyng of the day was redy in the felde a ranged in batayle and auauÌ„ced forwarde in good order for
reason for a valyant man and a good knyght acquitynge hym selfe nobly among lordes princes ought greatly to be recommended for that day he toke no hede for takyng of any prisoner with his owne haÌ„des but alwayes fought and went forwarde but there was taken by his coÌ„pany vnder his baner dyuers good knightes and squyers of Aragon and of FrauÌ„ce And specially sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnolde Dandrehen sir Begue of Uillaynes and mo than threscore prisoners So thus finally the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy was disconfyted and all that were therin taken and slayneâ— as well they of FrauÌ„ce as of Aragon Ther was slayne the Begue of Uillyers and taken the lorde Antoyâ—ge of Heynault the lorde Bresuell sir Gawen of Bayllieull sir Johan of Bergenettes sir Alemant of saynt UenaÌ„t and dyuers other Than drewe toguyder these baners the baner of the duke of Lancastre of sir Johan Chandos and of the two marshalles and the penon of saynt George And went all toguyder on the batayle of kyng Henry and cryed with a hygh voyce saynt George guyen Than the spanyardes and their coÌ„pany were sore puta backe the Captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson fought valyantly and also sir Eustace Dambreticort sir Hughe Caurell sir Souldyche sir Johan Dureux and other acquyted theÌ„ selfe that day right nobly The prince shewed hymselfe lyke a noble knight and fought valyantly with his enemyes On the othersyde kyng Henry acquited hymselfe right valiaÌ„tly and recouered and tourned agayn his people that day thre tymes for after that the erle of Anxell and a thre thousande horsmen with hym were departed fro the felde the other began than greatly to be discoÌ„fyted and were euer redy to flye after their coÌ„pany but than euer kynge Henry was before theym and sayde Fayre lordes what do youâ— wherfore wyll ye thus forsake and betraye me sythe ye haue made me kynge and set the crowne on my heed and putte the herytage of Castell into my handes Retourne helpe to kepe and defende me and abyde with me for by the grace of god or it be night all shal be ours So that these wordes or suche lyke encoraged his people in suche wyse that it made theym to abyde lengar in the felde for they durst nat flye for shame whan they sawe their kynge their lorde so valiantly fight and speke so amyably So that there dyed mo than a thousande and fyue hundred persons that might well haue saued themselfe and haue taken the tyme to their aduantage and the loue that they had to their lorde and kynge hadde nat been WHan the batayle of the marshalles were passed throughe their ennemyes and had disconfyted the grettest nombre of theÌ„ so that the spanyardes coude nat susteyn nor defende them any lengar but began to flye away in great feare without any good array or order toward the cyte of Nauaret and so passeâ— by the great ryuer So that for any wordes yâ— kyng Henry coude say they wolde nat retorne and whan the kyng sawe the myschefe and disconfyture of his people and that he sawe no recouery Than he called for his horse and mounted theron and put hymselfe among them that fledde but he toke nat the way to Nauaret for feare of enclosynge but than toke another way â—schewyng all paryls for he knewe well that if he were taken he shulde dye wtout mercy ThaÌ„ the englysshmen and gascons lept a horsebake and began to chase the spanyardes who sledde away sore disconfyted to the great ryuer And at the entre of the bridge of Nauaret ther was a hydeous shedynge of blode and many a man slayne and drowned for dyuers lepte into the water the whiche was depe and hydeous they thought they had as lyue to be drowned as slayne And in this chase amonge other ther were two valyant knightes of Spayne beryng on them the abyte of relygion The one called the great priour of saynt James and the other the great maister of Calatrane They and their coÌ„pany to saue themselfe entred in to Nauaret and they were so nere chased at their backe by englysshmen and gascoyns that they wan the bridge so that ther was a great slaughter And thenglysshmen entred into the cytie after their enemyes who were entred into a strong house of stone Howbeit incontynent it was won byforce and the knightê taken and many of their men slayne and all the cyte ouerron and pylled the whiche was greatly to thenglysshmens profyte Also they wanne kyng Henries lodgynge wherin they founde gret richesse of vessell and iowelles of golde and syluer for the kyng was come thyder with great noblenesse so yâ— whan they were disconfyted they had no layser for to retourne thyder agayne to saue that they had left there So this was a hydeous and a terryble discoÌ„fyture and specially on the ryuer syde ther was many a man slayne And it was sayd as I herde after reported of some of them that were ther present that one might haue sene the water that ran by Nauaret to be of the coloure of reed with the blode of men and horse that were ther slayne This batayle was bytwene Nauer and Nauaret in Spayne The yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde Jesu Christ a thousande thre hundred threscore and sixe the thirde day of Aprill the whiche was on a saturday AFter the disconfyture of the batell of Nauaret whiche was done by noone The prince caused his baner to be reysed vp a highe vpon a busshe on a lytell hyll to the entent to drawe his people thyder and so thyder drue all those that came fro the chase Thyder came the duke of LaÌ„castre sir Johan Chandos the lorde Clysson the Captall of Beufz the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret and dyuers other barones And had reysed vp on high their baners to drawe their people thyder and euer as they came they raynged them in the felde Also ther was Loyes kynge of Mallorques his baner before hym whervnto his company drue and a lytell there besyde was sir Marten de la Karr with the baner of his lorde the kynge of Nauer With dyuers other erles and barons the whiche was a goodly thinge to regard and beholde Than came thyder kynge Dampeter right sore chafed comynge from the chase on a great blacke courser his baner beten with the armes of Castell before hym And assoone as he sawe the princes baner he alyghted wente thyder And whan the prince sawe hym comynge he went and mette hym and dyde him great honour There the kyng Dampeter wolde haue kneled downe to haue thaÌ„ked the prince but the prince made great haste to take hym by the hande and wolde nat suffre him to knele ThaÌ„ the kynge sayd Dere and fayre cosyn I ought to gyue you many thaÌ„kes and prayses for this 〈◊〉 iourney that I haue attayned this day by your meanes Than the prince sayde Sir yelde thankes to god and gyue him all the prays for
the vyctorie hath come by him all onely and nat by me Than the lordes of the princes counsayle drewe toguyder and comuned of dyuers 〈…〉 ters And so long the prince was styll ther 〈◊〉 all his people were retourned fro the chase â—han he ordayned four knyghtes and four harauldes to go serche the feldes to knowe what people were taken and the nombre of theÌ„ that were slayne And also to knowe the trouthe of kyng Henry whome they called bastarde whether he were a lyue or deed And than the prince and his lordes went to the lodgynge of kyng Henry and of the spanyardes where they were well and easely lodged for it was great large and well replenysshed of all thynges necessary So than they souped that nyght in great ioye and after souper the knightes and haraudes that went to visyte the felde retourned and there they reported yâ— ther were slayne of their enemyes of men of armes a fyue hundred and threscore and of comons aboute a seuyn thousande and fyue hundred besyde theym yâ— were drowned wherof the nombre was vnknowen And of their owne company ther was no more slayne but four knightes wherof two were gascoyns the thirde an almayne and the fourthe an englysshman and of other comons nat past a .xl. but they shewed howe they coude nat synde kyng Henry wherof kyng Dampeter was right sory So this saturday at nyght they rested them selfe made good chere for they had well wherwith for there they founde plenty of wyne and other vitayls and so refresshed theÌ„ ther all the sonday the which was palme soÌ„day THe sonday in the monynge whan the prince was vp and redy apparelled Than he yssued out of his pauyllion and than came to hym the duke of Lancastre his brother the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret sir Johan Chandos the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Pomyers sir Gyrarde Dangle the kyng of Mallorques and a great nombre of other knyghtes and squyers And thanÌ„e anone after came to the prince the kyng DaÌ„peter to whoÌ„e the prince made great honoure and reuerence Than the kynge Dampeter sayde Dere and fayre cosyn 〈◊〉 pray and requyre you yâ— ye wyll delyuer to me the false traytours of this couÌ„tre as my bastarde brother Sanxes and suche other and I shall cause them to lese their heedes for they haue well deserued it THan the prince aduysed hym well and sayd Sir kynge I requyre you in the name of loue and lygnage that ye wyll grauÌ„t me a gyfte and a request sayde Good cosyn all that I haue is yours therfore I am content what soeuer ye desyre to graunt it Than the prince sayd Sir I requyre you to gyue ê‘don to all your people in your realme suche as hath rebelled agaynst you by the whiche courtessy ye shall abyde in the better rest and peace in your realme Except Wyllyam Garilz for of hym I am content ye take your pleasure The kyng Dampeter acorded to his desyre though it were agaynst his wyll but he durst nat deny the prince he was soo moche bounden to hym and sayde Fayre cosyn I graunt your request with a good hert ThaÌ„ the prisoners were sent for and the prince acorded them with the kynge their lord and caused him to forgyue all his yuell wyll to his brother the erle of Sanxes to all other so that they shulde make couenant and swere fealtie homage and seruice to hold of him truely for euer and to become his men and to knowledge him for their lorde and kynge for euer This courtesy with dyuers other dyde the prince to the kynge the whiche after was but smally rewarded as ye shall here after in this hystorie ANd also the prince shewed great curtesy to the barons of Spayne suche as were prisoners for if kinge Dampeter had taken them in his displeasure they had all dyed without mercy And than sir Wyllyam Garylz was delyuered to the kyng whome he hated so sore that he wolde take no taunsome for hym but made his heed to be striken of before his logynge Than kyng Dampeter mouÌ„ted on his horse and the erle Sanxes his brother and all those that were become his men and his marshalles sir Guyssharde Dangle and sir Stephyn Gosenton and a fyue hundred men of armes and they departed fro the princes hoost and rode to Burgus And so came thyder the monday in the mornyng and they of Burgus who were well infourmed how the iourney of Nauaret was atchyued and howe that kynge Henry was discoÌ„fyted they thought nat to kepe the towne agaynst Dampeter but dyuerse of the richest of the towne and of the moost notablest yssued out of the towne and presented the kayes of the cyte to him and receyued hym to their lorde And so brought him and all his meÌ„ into the cyte of Burgus with great ioye and solemnyte all the sonday the prince abode styll in the logynges that they had won And on the monday after euynsong he disloged and went and lodged at Berguet and ther taryed tyll it was wednisday and than they went all to the cytie of Burgus And ther the prince entred in to the towne with great reuereÌ„ce and with him the duke of Lancastre therle of Armynacke dyuers other great lordê and their people made their logynges without the towne for they coude nat all haue been lodged within at their ease And whan the prince was a his lodgyng ther he gaue and reÌ„dred iugementes of armes and of all thynges therto aperteyninge there kept felde wage of batayle wherfore it might well be sayd that all Spayne was come yâ— day in his handes and vnder his obeysaunce THe prince of Wales and kyng Dampeter helde their Ester in yâ— towne of Burgus and there taryed a thre wekes and more And on Ester day they of Sturges of Tollet of Lysbone of Cordowane of Galyce of Cyuyle and of all the other marches and lymitacions of the realme of Castell came thyder and made homage to kynge Dampeter and were gladde to se the prince and Damferant of Castres so ther was great chere made bytwene them and whan kynge Dampeter had taryed there the terme that I haue shewed you more and sawe that ther were no mo that rebelled agaynst him but euery man to hym obeysaunt Than the prince sayd to him Sir kyng ye are nowe thaÌ„ked be god peasably kyng of this yor owne realme without any rebellyon or let and sir I and my coÌ„pany tary here at a great charge and expence Therfore we requyre you to ê‘uyde for money to pay the wages to them that hath holpen to bring you agayne into your realme and in fulfylling of your promyse wher vnto ye haue sworne sealed And sir the shortlyer that ye do it the gretter thanke weshall gyue you the more shal be yor profyte for ye knowe well meÌ„ of warr must be payed to lyue with all or els they wyll take it wher as they may
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
thaÌ„ halfe a yere And alwayes the prince proceded on the reysynge of this fowage the whiche yf he hadde brought about shulde haue been well worthe euery yere a .xii. hundred thousand fraÌ„kes Euery fyre to haue payed yerely a franke the riche to haue borne out the poore ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to kyng Henry who was all this season in the realme of Arragon and lette vs shewe howe he perseuered after THe moost parte of the state of the prince of his besynesse was well knowen with the kynges there about As with kyng Peter of Aragon with kyng Henry for they layed great wayte to knowe it They vnderstode well howe the barownes of Gascon were gone to Parys to the frenche kynge and in a maner began to rebell agaynst the prince with the whiche they were nothyng displeased And specially kynge Henry for than he thought to attayne agayne to conquere the realme of Castell the whiche he hadde lost by the meanes of the prince And so than kyng Henry toke leaue of the kynge of Arragon and departed fro the towne of Ualence the great and out of Arragon with hym ther went the Uycount of Roquebertyn and the Uycount of Roodes and they were thre thousande horsemen and sixe thousande a fote with a certayne genowayes that the hadde in wages And so they rode towarde Spaygne tyll they came to the Cytie of Burgus the whiche incontynent was opyned and rendered vp to kynge Henry And they receyued him as their lorde and fro thens he weÌ„t to the Uale Olyfe for kynge Henry vnderstode that the kyng of Mallorques was styll ther And whan they of the towne of Uale Olyfe vnderstoode that they of Burgus had yelded vp their towne to kyng Henry than they thought natte to kepe their towne agaynst hym and so yelded them to him and receyued him as their lorde Assone as the kyng was entred into the towne he demaunded where the kyng of Mallorques was the whiche was shewed hym ThaÌ„ the kynge entred into the chambre wher he lay nat fully hole of his dysease thanÌ„e the kynge went to hym and sayde Sir kyng of Mallorques ye haue ben our enemy and with a great army ye haue enuaded this our realme of Castell Wherfore we set our handes on you therfore yelde your selfe as our prisoner or els ye ar but deed And whan the kynge of Mallorques sawe hym selfe in that case and that no defence wolde helpe hym he sayde Sir kynge truely I am but deed yf that it please you and sir gladly I yelde me vnto you but to none other Therfore sir if your mynde be to put me into any other mannes handes shewe it me for I had rather dye than to be put in to the handes of my vâ—ter enemy the kyng of Aragon Sir said the kyng feare you nat I wyll do you but right yf I dyde otherwyse I were to blame ye shall be my prisoner outher to acquyte you or to raun some you at my pleasure Thus was the kyng oâ— Mallorques taken by kyâ—g Henry and caused hym to be well kept ther and than he rode further to the cyte of Lyon in Spayne the whiâ—he incontynent was opened agaynst hym ¶ Whan the towne and cite of Lyon in Spaygne was thus rendred to kynge Henry all the countre and marchesse of Galyce tourned and yelded them to kynge Henry and to hym came many great lordes and barownes who before had done homage to kynge DaÌ„peter for what so euer semblant they had made to hym before the prince yet they loued hym nat Bycause of olde tyme he had ben to them so cruell and they were euer in feare that he wolde tourne to his â—â—ueltie agayne And kyng Henry was euer amyable and meke to them promisyng to do mo the for them therfore they all drue to him Sir Bertram of Clesquy was nat as than in his coÌ„pany but he was comyng with a two thousand fightyng men and was deê‘ted fro the duke of Amou who had achyued his war in ProueÌ„s broken vp his sege before Taraston by coÌ„posicion I can nat shewe how and with sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy ther were dyuers knightes squyeâ—s of Fraunce desyring to exercyse the feate of aâ—mes And so they came towardes kyng Henâ—y who as than had layd siâ—ge before Tollet â—â—dynges came to kyng DaÌ„peter howe the countre tourned to his bastarde brother ther as he lay in the marchesse of Cyuyll Portyngale wher he was but smally beloued And whan he herde therof he was sore displeased agaynst his brother and agaynst theÌ„ of Castell â–ª bycause they forsoke him and sware a gret othe â–ª that he wolde take on them so cruell a vengeaunce that it shulde be ensample to all other Than he sent out his commaundement to suche as he trusted wolde ayd and serue him but he sent to some suche as â—aÌ„e nat to him but turned to kyng Henry and sent their homages to hym And whan this kyng DaÌ„peter sawe that his men began to fayle him Than he began to dout and toke counsayle of Domferant of Caâ—tces who neuer fayled hym and he gaue hym counsayle that he shulde get asmoche people to gyder as he might aswell out of Granade as out of other places And so in all hast to ryde agaynst his brother the bastarde or he dyde conquere any further in the countre Than kynge Dampeter sent incoÌ„tynent to the kyng of Portyngale who was his cosyn germayne also he sent to the kyng of Granade and of Bell Maryn and to the kyng of Tramesames made alyaunces with theÌ„ thre and they sent hym mo than .xx. thousande sarazyâ—s to helpe hym in his warr So thus kynge Dampeter dyde somoche that what of Christenmen and of sarazyus he had to the nombre of .xl. thousand men in the marchesse of Cyuyll And in the meane season whyle that kynge Henry lay atsiege sir Bertram of Clesquy came to him with .ii. M. fighting men and he was receyued with great ioye for all the host was gretly reioysed of his comyng BIng Dampeter who had made his asseÌ„ble in the marchesse of Cyuyll and there about desyrynge greatly to fight with the bastarde his brother Departed fro Ciuyll toke his tourney towardes Tollet to reyse the siege ther the whiche was fro him a .vii. dayes iourney Tidynges came to kyng Henry how that his brother Dampeter aproched and in his coÌ„pany mo than .xl. thousande men of one and other And thervpon he toke counsell to the whiche counsayle was called the knyghtes of FrauÌ„ce and of Aragone And specially sir Bertram of Clesquy by whome the kyng was moost ruled and his counsayle was that kynge Henry shulde auaunce forthe to encountre his brother DaÌ„peter and in what coÌ„dycion so euer that he fouÌ„de hym in incoÌ„tynent to set on fyght with hym Sayeng to the kyng Sir I here say he cometh with a great puyssaunce and sir yf he haue great layser in his comyng it may tourne you and vs all
to great dyspleasure and therfore sir if we go hastely on him or he beware parauenture we shall fynde hym and his company in that case and so dispurâ—eyed that we shal haue hym at aduauntage and so we shall discoÌ„fyte hym I dout nat The counsayle of ser Bertram of Clesquy was well herd and taken and so kyng Henry in an euenyng departed fro the hoost with a certayne of the best knyghtes and fightyng men that he coude chose out in all his hoost And left the resydue of his company in the kepyng and gouernyng of his brother therle of Anxell And so rode forthe he had seuynspyes euer comynge and goynge who euer brought hym worde what his brother Dampeter dyde and all his hoost And kyng Dampeter knewe nothynge howe his brother came so hastely towarde hym wherfore he and his coÌ„pany rode the more at large wtout any good order And so in a mornyng kyng Henry and his people met and encountred his brother kyng Dampeter who had lyen that night in a castell therby called Nantueyle and was there well receyued had good â—here And was departed thens the same mornyng wenyng full lytell to haue ben fought with all as that day and so sodenly on hym with baners displayed there came his brother kyng HeÌ„ry and his brother Sanxes and sir Bertram of Clesquy by whome the kynge and all his host was greatly ruled And also with them ther was the begue of Uillaynes the lorde of Roquebertyn the vycouÌ„t of Rodaix and their coÌ„panyes they were a sixe thousand fightyng men and they rode all close togyder and so ran and encountred their enemyes cryenge Castell for kynge Henry and our lady of Clesquy and so they discoÌ„fyted and put a backe the first brunt Ther were many slayne and cast to the erthe ther were none taken to raunsome yâ— whiche was apoynted so to be by sir Bertram of Clesquy bycause of the great noÌ„bre of sarazyns that was ther. And whan kyng DaÌ„peter who was in the myddes of yâ— prease among his owne people herde howe his men were assayled put abacke by his brother the bastard HeÌ„ry and by the frenchmen he had great maruell therof sawe well howe he was betrayed visceyued and in aduentur to lese all for his men were soresparcled abrode Howbeit like a gode hardy knight and of good coÌ„forte rested on the felde and caused his banerr to be vnrolled to drawe togyder his people And sente worde to them that were behyâ—de to hast them forwarde bycause he was fightynge with his enemyes wherby euery man auauÌ„ced forward to the baner So ther was a maueylous great a ferse batayle and many a man slayne of kyng DaÌ„peters parte for kyng Henry and sir Bertram of Clesquy sought their enemyes with so coragyous and ferse wyll that none coulde endure agaynst them Howe beit that was nat lightly done for kyng Dampeterand his coÌ„pany wer sixe agaynst one but they were taken so sodenly that they were discoÌ„fyted in suche wyse that it was marueyle to beholde TThis batayle of the spanyardes one agaynst another and of these two kynges and their alyes was nere to Nantueyle the whiche was that day right ferse cruell Ther were many good knightes of kynge Henryes parte as sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Geffray Rycons sir Arnolde Lymosyn sir Gawen of Baylleule the begue of Uillaynes Alayne of saynt Poule Alyot of Calays and dyuers other And also of the realme of Aragon ther was the vycount of Roquebertyn the vycouÌ„t of Rodaix and dyuers other good knightê and squiers whome I can nat all name And there they dyde many noble dedes of armes the whiche was nedefull to theym so to do for they founde ferse and stronge people agaynst them As sarazyus iewes portyngales the iewes fledde and turned their backes and fought no stroke but they of Granade and of Belmaryn fought fersely with their bowes and archegayes and dyd that day many a noble dede of armes And kyng Dampeter was a hardy knight fought valyantly with a great axe and gaue therwith many a great stroke so that none durst aproch nere to hym And the baner of kyng Henry his brother mette and recouÌ„tred agaynst his eche of them cryenge their cryes Than the batayle of kyng Dampeter began to opyn than Domferant of Castres who was chefe counsay lour about kynge Dampeter sawe and perceyued well howe his people began to lese and to be disconfyted sayd to the kyng Sir saue yor selfe and withdrawe you in to the castell of Nauntueyle sir if ye be ther ye be in sauegarde â–ª for if ye be taken with your enemyes ye are but deed without mercy The kyng Dampeter beleued his counsayle and deê‘ted assoone as he might and went to warde Nantueyle and so came thider in suche tyme that he founde the gatê opyn and so he entred all onely with .xii. ê‘sons And in the meane season the other of his company fought styll in the feldes as they were sparcled abrode here and ther. The sarazyns defended them selfe as well as they might for they knewe nat the countrey therfore to flye they thought was for them none auayle Than tidyngê cam to kyng Henry and to sir Bertram of Clesquy howe that kyng Dampeter was fledde withdrawen into the castell of Nantueyle and how that the begue of Uillaynes had pursued hym thyder and in to his castell there was but one passage before the whiche passage the Begue of Uiyllaynes had pyght his standerd Of the whiche tidynges king Henry and sir Bertram of Clesquy was right ioyouse and so drewe to that parte in sleyng and beatyng downe their ennemyes lyke beestes so that they were wery of kyllyng This chase endured more than .iii. houres so that day ther was moo than .xiiii. thousand slayne and sore hurt Ther were but fewe that were saued except suche as knewe yâ— palsages of the countre This batayle was besyde Nantueyle in Spayne the .xiii. day of yâ— moneth of August The yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred threscore and eight ¶ Howe kyng Dampeter was taken and put to dethe and so kyng Henry was agayne kyng of Castell and of the tenour of certayne letters touchiÌ„ge the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande and of the counsayle that was gyuen to kyng Charles of FraÌ„ce to make warre to the kyng of Englande Cap. CC .xlii. AFter this disconfyture and that kynge Henry had obteyned the victory than they layed sege rounde about the castell of NaÌ„tueyle wher in was kyng DaÌ„peter Than kynge HeÌ„ry sent for the resydue of his company to Tollet wher as they lay at siege Of the which tidynges therle of Auxell and therle of SaÌ„res were right ioyfull This castell of Nantueyle was right stronge able to haue hold agaynst them all a long space if it had ben purueyed of vitayle and other thynges necessary but ther was nat in the castell scant to serue four dayes wherof kyng DaÌ„peter
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
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
transytorie lyfe but besyde me in Westmynster The kynge all wepynge sayde Madame I graunt all your desyre Than the good lady and quene made on her the signe of the crosse and coÌ„maunded the kyng her husbande to god and her yongest sofie Thomas who was there besyde her And anone after she yelded vp the spiryte the whiche I beleue surely the holy angels receyued with great ioy vp to heuen for in all her lyfe she dyd neyther in thought nor dede thyng wherby to lese her soule as ferr as any creature coulde knowe Thus the good quene of Englande dyed in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxix. in the vigyll of our lady in the myddes of August Of whose dethe tidynges came to Tornehen into the englysshe hoost wherof euery creature was sore displeased and ryght so roufull and specially her son the duke of LaÌ„castre Howbeit ther is no sorowe but it behoueth at length to be borne and forgoten Therfore thenglysshmen left nat their order but remayned a long space before the freÌ„chmen So it was that certayne knightes and squyers of France that were ther and dayly sawe their enemyes before them Concluded toguyder the nexte mornynge to go and serimysshe with the englysshmen And of the same acorde were mo than thre huÌ„dred knightes and squyers of Uer mandois Artois and Corbois so eche of theÌ„ gaue warnyng to other without knowledge of any of their marshals And so the next mornyng by that it was day lyght they were on horsbacke redy armed and toguyder assembled And so they rode forthe without any noyse makyng rode about the hyll of Tornchen to take their aduantage to come in at one of the corners of thenglysshe hoost It whiche corner was loged sir Robert of Namure and his company the same nyght he had kepte the watche and in the mornynge he was drawen to his tent and was set at the table to eate some meate armed saue his bassenet and the lorde of Poicten with him And therwith came the frenchmen on the same syde but as happe was suche as had kepte the watche were nat vnarmed the which fortuned well for them For anone they were redy to defende their ennemyes and so encountred with them and brake their way Anone tidynges caÌ„e to sir Robert of Namure howe his men were fightyng with the frenchmen therwith he put the table fro hym and sayd let vs go and helpe our men And incontynent he put his bassenet on his heed and caused one to take his baner and displayed it Than one sayd to him Sir me thynke it were best that ye sent to the duke of Lancastre and fight nat without hym He answered shortly and sayd Send who so wyll I wyll go the nexte way that I can to my men and they that loue me lette them folowe after Therwith he went forth his glayue in his hande aprochyng his ennemyes and the lorde of Poicten and sir Henry of Sanxels with hym and dyuers other knightes And so founde his men fightyng with the frenchmen who were a great nombre and lykely to haue done a great enterprice But assoone as they sawe sir RobrÌ„t of Namures baner come they drewe abacke to gyder for they feared that all the hoost had be styrred and so in dyuers places it was Under sir Robertes baner there was slayne a knyght of Uermandoise called sir Robert of Coloyne the which was great domage for he was right swete and courtesse and a ryght good knight The freÌ„chmen retourned agayne without any more doyng for they feared rather to lese than wyn And sir Robert thought nat to folowe after folisshely but assembled his men togyder and so went to his lodgyng whan he sawe that the frenchmen were gone ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne depted fro the duke of LaÌ„castre without batayle and howe the duke of LaÌ„castre went to Calays Ca. CC .lxviii. AFter thys aduenture ther was nothing done that ought to be remembred It displeased mochsom of both parties that they were so long so nere togyder and fought nat for it was sayde euery day among them we shall fight to more we yâ— whiche day caÌ„e neuer For as it is sayd before the duke of Burgoyne wolde nat breke the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother who hadde straytely commaunded him that he shulde gyue no batayle to thenglysshmen and euery day there was messangers bytwene them comyng and goynge The duke of Burgoyne as I was thanÌ„e enfourmed ymagyned and consydered howe that he lay there at great cost and charge and howe he coude lye no lengar there to his honour For he hadde there a four thousande knyghtes or mo and sawe well that his enemyes were but a handfull of men as to the nombre of his and had nother fought with theÌ„ nor shulde nat Wherfore hesent of his knightê to the kyng his brother shewyng him his mynde that other he wolde haue leue to fight or els 〈…〉 departe The kyng knewe well the duke desyred but reason commaundyng him that on the sight of his letters he shulde dillodge and gyue leaue to all his men of warr to departe and to come hymselfe to Parys Sayenge howe he wolde go himselfe in his owne propre ê‘sone to fight with the englysshmen Whan the duke of Burgoyne herde those tidynges he gaue knoledge therof secretly to the greattest of his host sayeng to theÌ„ Sirs we must disloge the kyng heth coÌ„maunded it and so by the hour of mydnight all thyng was trussed euery man mouÌ„ted on their horses and set fyre on their logynges At whiche tyme sir Henry of SaÌ„xels kept the watche with ser Robert of Namures coÌ„pany who spyed a fyre and than two or thre and so mo Than he sayd to hymselfe a I fere me the frenchmen wyll a wake vs this night it semeth so by their dealyng said to theÌ„ that were there about hym Let vs go and awake the lorde Robert Namure to the entent that yâ— frenchmen fynde vs nat a slepe Than this sir Henry came to the lodgynge of the lorde Namur and called his chaÌ„berlayns and sayd Sirs it is be houefull that ye a wake your lorde And they went to his bedde syde and awoke hym shewed hym all the mater who answered Well I se we shall shortely here other tidynges Call vp your folkes and let euery man be quickely armed And so they dyde and also he was shortly armed And whan his men were assembled togyder he caused one to take his baner went streight to the duke of Lancastres tent who as than was nere armed for he had warnynge before of the mater And so he was anon redy and his lordes lytell and lytell drewe anone aboute him and euer as they came they raynged in batayle fayre softely without any noyse or light And caused all the archers to be redy raynged before theym in suche a place where as they thought the frenchmen shulde coÌ„e if they were in purpose to come and fight with
Englande wherof kyng Henry was ryght sore displeased and called all his counsayle toguyder Than was it counsayled hym that he shulde sende great messangers to the frenche kynge to treate with hym to whiche counsayle the kynge agreed And sente wyse and sufficyent personages into Fraunce And so they departed and dyde so moche by their iourneys that they came to the cytie of Parys wher they fouÌ„de the kyng who receyued them with great ioye and feest And so bytwene the kyng these counsaylours of kyng Henry who hadde procuracyons sealed to treate and to procede in all causes in the name of their lorde in any plyament treaty counsayle secrete or otherwise to take effect Finally the same season ther were a corded ordayned and confyrmed alyaunces and confederacions right great and large and sworne soâ—eÌ„ply on bothe parties to holde fermly nat to breke nor to do agaynst it by no maner of way but that those two kyngê to abyde fermly in an vnyte of peace loue alyaÌ„ce and there the frenche kyng sware by the worde of a kyng that he wolde ayde and helpe the kyngs of Castell in all his busynesse and to make no maner of peace nor acorde with the kyng of Englande but that he shulde be comprised in the same To this treaty sir Bertram of Clesquy helped greatly for he loued enterely the kynge Henry After these thynges confyrmed and agreed the embassadours departed and retourned into Spaygne and founde their lorde at Lyon in Spaygne who was right ioyouse of their comynge home and that they had so well sped And by reason of this alyaunce kyng HeÌ„ry thought hymselfe better assured and conforted than he was before ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Englande and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour in Poitou Ca. C C lxxxxvi NOwe let vs retourne to the duke of Lancastre who was in the cyte of Burdeux so about the feest of saynt Mychaell he thought to re tourne in to Englande the better to enforme the kynge his father of the besynesse of Acquitayne And so a lytell before his depture he ordayned therfore and assembled in the cytie of Burdeux all the barownes and knightes of Guyen such as were englysshe And than he shewed them how he was purposed to retourne in to Englande for certayne maters for the profyte of theym all and of the countre of Acquitayne and that the next somer after he wolde come thyder agayne yf the kynge his father were so pleased These wordes pleased them all Than the duke ordayned the lorde Captall of Beufez and the lorde of Musydent with the lorde Lespare to be gouernours of all the countre of Gascoyne that was englysshe And in Poytou he ordayned to be gouernours sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of Parteney and in Xaynton sir Loyes Dargentou and sir Wyllyam of MouÌ„tendre left all â—is seneschals and offycers as they were before And it was ordayned that there shulde go with the duke into Englande certayne persons of Gascoyne Xaynton and Poictou to shewe to the kyng of England the state and besynesse of Aquitayne As sir Guyssharde Dangle the lorde of Pynan and sir Aymery of Tarse and to abyue for theym the duke taryed a certayne space and whan they were all redy apparelled they entred in to their shyppes in the hauyn of Burdeux So the duke departed with a great company of men of armes and archers he had a threscore vessels with his company and purueyauÌ„ce and ledde with hym his wyfe and her suster And they spedde so well on the see had so good wynde that they arryued at Hampton in England and there yssued out of their shyppes and entred into the towne And ther rested them the space of two dayes and than departed and rode to wyndsore where the kynge receyued the duke his sonne and the ladyes damosels and knyghtes strangers with great feest and specially he was gladde to se ser Guysshard Dangle ¶ The same season dyed the gentyll knyght sir Gaultier of Manny in the cytie of London wherof all the barones of Englande were right sorie for the trouthe and good couÌ„sayle that they had alwayes sene and herde in him He was buryed with great solempnyte in the monastery of the charterhouse besyde London and at the day of his obsequy there was the kyng and all his chyldren and the prelates banrons and knightes of Englande And so all his landes bothe in Englande and beyonde the see fell to the erle Johan of Penbroke who hadde to wyfe the lady Anne his doughter and heyre So the erle of Penbroke sent to entre in to the lande that was fallen to him in Heynault by ii of his knightes who dyde so well their deuorâ— with the duke Aubert who as than helde the erldome of Heynalt in rule that they atteyned their purpose ALl that wynter ther were dyuers counsayls in Englande among the lordê for the state of the realme and howe they shulde meÌ„tayne the warr the next somer folowynge And so were of enteÌ„t to make two viages the one in to Guyen and the other into France by Calys way and the kyng sought for frendes in all parties aswell in Almayne as in the marches of the empyre wher as he gate dyuers knightes and squyers of his acorde also he made a marueylous great apparell for his hoost that the lyke had nat ben often sene before The freÌ„che kyng had knowlege of their secretes and what they were in purpose to do whervpon he toke counsayle and made prouisyon and fortifyed his cyties townes and castels in Pycardy and sette in euery place great garysons of men of warre to th entent to defende the countre fro all mysaduenture Whan that somer was come and that kyng Edwarde of England hadde holden his feest and solemnyte of saynt George at wyndsore as was his vsage yerely to do And that ser Guyssharde Dangle was entred into the same fraternyte with the kyng and his chyldren and other barons of Englande the whiche were called in the fraternyte knightê of the blue garter THan the kyng went to LoÌ„don to his palays of westmynster and there he had a great couÌ„sayle for the orderyng of the realme And bycause that the duke of Lancastre shulde that season passe in to Fraunce by the playnes of Pycardy the erle of Cambridge with him The kyng at the desyre of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle and of them of Poyton Ordayned that the erle of Penbroke shulde go in to Poictou to vysyte that countre and to make warre agaynst the frenchmen on that syde For the gascoyns poicteuyns had requyred the kyng by their letters and by the mouthe of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle that if he wolde nat send any of his sonnes that he wolde sende the erle of Penbroke whoÌ„e they greatly loued and desyred to haue for they knewe him for a good knight and a hardy and so
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
for my selfe and all myne that we shall make you no warr so that ye wyll make no warre to vs. And sir whaÌ„ my husbande is come out of prison I beleue well he wyll drawe in to EnglaÌ„de than I shall send hym worde of this coÌ„posicion than sir I am sure he wyll sende me his mynde and than I shall answere you The duke answered sayd dame I agre me well to your desyre on this condicion that you nor none of your fortresses prouyde for no men of warre vitayls nor artyllary otherwise than they be at this present tyme and so thus they were agreed Than the lady retourned to her castell caused the siege to be reysed for she shewed letters fro the duke of Berrey coÌ„tayning the same purpose Than they deê‘ted the constable went before Mortymer the lady wherof yelded herselfe and put her and her landes vnder the obeysance of the frenche kynge and also yelded vp the castell of Dyenne whiche partayned to her Thus was all Poictou Xainton and Rochell quyte delyuered fro the englysshmen And whan the constable had set garysons and good sure kepyng in euery place and sawe no rebellyon in those marches vnto the ryuer of Gyronde than he returned in to Fraunce also so dyde the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyn and of Burbone and the moost parte of the barons of FrauÌ„ce suche as had ben in these sayd coÌ„questes The kyng greatly feested them at their retournynge but all was but iapes whan sir Bertram came to Parys to the kyng for the kyng coude nat hono r him to moche So thus the coÌ„stable abode with the kyng at Parys in ioye and myrthe ¶ Of the seige of Bercerell of the dethe of the kyng of scottes of the peace bitwene the freÌ„ch king and the kyng of Nauar. And howe the duke of Bretayne fledde in to Englande and howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce conquered his duchy Cap. CCC .vii. THe same season the lordes of Clisson of Lauall of Uangour of Tournemen of Rieux and of Rochfort the vicount of Rohane sir Charles of Dignen bannerette of Bretayne the marshall of Blarouille the lordes of Hambeâ— of Ruille of FouÌ„teuyll of Granuyll of Farnyll of Denneuall of Cleres banerettes of NormaÌ„dy And of other people great plenty of bretayne and of NormaÌ„dy and so they went and layde siege to the stronge castell of Bercerell and greatly they constrayned it by assautes within ther were two capitayns englysshmen sir Johan Aparte sir Johan Cornwall and with them certayne companyons that valiantly defended theym selfe At this siege there was done many a noble feate of armes many issues many sautes and many a scrymysshe And a lytell ther beside ther were at sege before saint Sauyour the vicount sir Thomas Trybles sir Johan de Bourge sir Philippe Pecharde and the thre bretherne of Maluriers So that or the seige were layde before them those two garysons ouerran all the countre of base Normandy so that no thyng was abrode but all in the forteresses Also they raunsomed and toke prisoners in the bysshopriche of Bayeux and Deureux and the kyng of Nauer was consenâ—yng therto for he conforted theÌ„ dyuers tymes bothe with meÌ„ and vitayle suche as wer in his garisons in the countie of Deureux for he was nat acorded with the frenche kyng so that the garysons of Chierbourg of Gouerell of Couches of Bretuell of Deureux and diuers other vnder the obeysanuce of the kyng of Nauerr had greatly enpouered and wasted the couÌ„tre of NormaÌ„dy But in the sametyme there was so good meanes made bytwene the two kynges and specially by the labour of the erle of Sale bruses who had taken moche payne bytwene theÌ„ and also the bysshop of Deureux and they dyde so moche that they brought theÌ„ to acorde And so the two kynges mette togyder right amyable at the castell of Uernon on the ryuer of Sayne And there were sworne dyuers great lordes of FrauÌ„ce to kepe peace loue vnite and coÌ„federacyon togyder for euer And so the kyng of Nauer went with the frenche kyng in to the realme of Fraunce and there the kynge dyde hym moche honour and reuerence and all his And than ther the kyng of Nauer put all his landes of Normandy into the handes and gouernynge of the frenche kyng and lest his two sonnes Charles and Peter with the kyng their vncle Than he departed went backe agayne in to Nauerre Thus this peace endured foue yeres howbeit after ther fell agayne bytwene them great discorde as ye shall herafter in the hystorie if ye wyll loke therfore Howe beit I thynke ther wyll none ende be made therof in this present boke ¶ The .viii. day of May the yere of our lorde a. M. thre C .lxxiii. there passed out of this lyfe in the towne of Edenborowe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande and was buryed in the abbay of DoÌ„freâ—â—lyn besyde kyng Robert de Bruse his father He dyed without sonne or doughter laufully begoten of his body But ther was kyng after him by right successyon a nephue of his named Roberts who was seneshall of Scotlande a goodly knyght and he had a sonne ¶ Howe there were a certayn ordeyned in Englande to kepe the countre and howe the erle of Salisbury william Neuyll and Phillyp Courtnay with dyuers other men of armes enterd in to the see and landed in Bretayne howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce went thyder the duke of Bretayne went in to Englande Cap. ccc .viii. THe same seson it was ordeyned in Englande to the entent to kepe the couÌ„tre that the erle of Salisbury Willyam Neuyll and sir Phylippe Courtnay shuld take the see with a certayne nombre of men of warr For it was sayd howe that yuan of Wales was comynge by the see with sixe thousande men to lande and brenne in the countrey The lordes of Englande hadde .xl. great shyppes besyde barges and two thousande menne of armes besyde archers Thus they departed fro Cornewayle and there toke the see and toke their way towarde Bretayne And so came to saynt Malo the Isle and there brent in the hauen before the towne a seuen great spaynisshe shyppes wherof all the countre had maruayle and sayd howe they thought surelye that the duke of Bretayne hadde caused them so to do So in all townes castelles and cyties they had the duke in great suspect and than kepte more strayter their forteresses than they dyde before The secretnesse of the dukes mynde was dyscouered for certayne knightes of Bretayne shewed dyuers wordes yâ— shulde be spoken by the duke In so moche that the frâ— the kyng ordeyned his coÌ„stable to make a iourney into Bretayne coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hym to take in to his possession townes cytes castels and for tresses to sease all rebelles bothe their goodê and bodyes The constable deê‘ted fro Parys and went to Angiers there made his somoÌ„s And thyder came the duke of Burbon the erle of Alenson the erle of Perche therle
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
the vycontes of Rohan and of Lauall and other came to the siege before Bercerell to holde their iourney at the day prefixed for it was sayd howe the duke of Bretayn sir Robert Canoll and the lorde Spenser were comynge thyder to reyse the siege yE haue herd here before how sir Hugh of Chastellon master of the crosbowes was taken before Abbeuile by sir Nycholas of Louuayn and caryed into England he coude come to no rauÌ„some bycause they axed so moche for his fynauÌ„ce howe be it a marchaunt of Flaunders auaunsed hymselfe and dyde somoche that subtelly he gate hym out of Englande the maner howe is ouer long to be tolde therfore I passe it breuely But whan he was come a gayne in to Fraunce the kyng restored agayne to him his office as maister of the crosbowes and sent him to Abuyle to kepe the fronters there with him a two hundred speaâ—es and all the countre there aboute obeyed to him as sir Johan of Bertheouyllers capitayn of Boloyn sir Henry of the Isles capitayne of Dept. and all suche as were in the garysons of Tyrwinnyn saynt Dmers Lykos Fiennes and Mount roye So it was that the lorde of Comynges capitayne of Arde and sir Johan of Ubrues assembled at Arde an .viii. hundred speares and erly in a mornyng they departed and ran towarde Boloyne to se if they coulde fynde any adueÌ„ture The same day the capiten of Boloyne with a .lx. speares issued out rode towarde Calais in lykewise to fynde some aduenture And at his returnynge he encountred with the sorde of Compynges and his company who had ryden to warde Boloyne The capitayne of Boloyne saued hym selfe with moche payne and lost a .xiiii. of his speares and after this chase the lorde of Comynges retourned agayne The same mornynge the maister of the crosbowes had made his musters had with hym a great nombre of them of Arthoys and UermaÌ„doyes and there aboute so that he was to that nombre of thre huÌ„dred speares The same tyme the erle of saynt Powle was newly come out of Picardy fro his lande of Lorayne and was the same day rydynge to our lady of Boloyne in pilgrymage herde by the way howe the maister of the crosbowes wolde in likewise tyde thyder and so met him and rode forthe togyder and came by Arde and taryed ther a certayne space in the felde and knewe nothyng that theÌ„glysshmen were a brode in the felde nor the englisshmen knewe nothyng of theÌ„ and whan the frenchmen had ben a certayne tyme before Arde and sawe no man issue out they returned to the abbey of Lyques And as soone as they were departed fro Arde an englisshman issued out priuely and rode so longe by priuy wayes for he knewe the countre that at last he mette with the lorde Comynges returnyng to warde Arde and than he tolde hym howe the frenchemen had ben before Arde and were departed and by that tyme that the frenchmen were past Tornehen they were certifyed how thenglisshmen were tydynge abrode with the capitayne of Arde. Than they tourned and costed on the one syde and layd a busshment of thre huÌ„dred speares in a lytle wood besyde Liques wherof sir Hugh Chastellon was chefe capitayn and they ordayned that the yong erle of saynt Poule and a great nombre with him of knightes and squiers shulde tyde forthe and nat far thens along by a great hedge the lorde of Comynges and sir Ubreues and their company were restyng theÌ„ and lighted a fote and were in good order Than sir Johan Harlston went forthe with a .xx. speares to breke the frenche busshement and was determyned to fly and to suffre the freÌ„chmen to chase him and so he rode forthe in to the feldes Than the yonge erle of saynte Poule who was a brode on the other ê‘te with a hundred speares sayd to his company let vs auance forthe yoÌ„der be our enemyes than they basshed their spurres to their horses and ran to them as fast as they might than sir JohnÌ„ Harlston turned and caused them to chase him along by the hedge where theÌ„glysshmen were redy rainged the archers before theÌ„ Assoone as the frenchmen came there the englysshmen receyued them with speares and axes and the archers began to shote and ouerthrewe men of armes beate downe horses There was done many a feate of armes but fynally the frenchemen were enclosed and ouerthrowen the yong erle of saynt Poule was takenne prisoner by a squyer of the duchy of Guerles and there was taken the lorde of Pouns of Clarry sir William of Melle Charles of Chastellon Lionet Daraynes Gauues of Uaisnell Henry of the Isles and Johan his brother the Chastellayn of Beauuoyse and dyuers other knightes and squiers And in contynent after this disconfyture The lorde of Chastellon with his banner and thre huÌ„dred speares came to the same hedges ende but whan he sawe the disconfyture of his company he drewe his company toguyder and departed without any strokes gyuen Than thenglysshmen and haynowes led their prisoners in to the towne of Arde. The same night the lorde of Comynges bought therle of saynt Poule of the squier that had taken hym prisoner and anon after he went with him into Englande and presented him to the kyng who thanked hym therfore and hadde therby great profyte The same season there was come in to Fraunce the duke of Aniou and the constable of Fraunce and also the arche bysshoppe of Rohan and the bisshoppe of Crapent as who had ben long with the kyng at Parys so they passed forthe to go to saynte Dmers to kepe their daye of apoyntement with the duke of Lancastre who was also come to Calys and the lord of Bocnyer with hym and after they wente to Bruges And anone after the duke of Aniowe came to saynt Dmers in great array he sent for to be there with hym his cosyn sir Guy of Bloys who came thyder out of Haynalt than there lay in the frontres of Fraunce and of FlaÌ„ders towarde Arde and Croyes and aboute Baâ—llule in Flaunders and about Cassell and ther about The constable of Fraunce the lordes of Clysson and Lauall and sir Dlyuer of Manny with mo than .vi. hundred speares to kepe the countre that no let shulde come by the erle of FlauÌ„ders for they had no great trust in him nor also they wolde neuer come to Brugê for nothyng that the entreatours coude vs. yE haue herd here before howe they of Bercerell were besieged the space of a yere and howe they had made a composicion to yelde vp their fortres without they were reskewed by the feast of All sayntes and whan the day began to aproche the french kyng sente thyder a great nombre of men of warre There were all the knightes of Bretayne and of Normandy excepte suche as were with the constable ther were the mershals of FrauÌ„ce sir Lewes of SaÌ„xere sir Mouton of Blanuylle the erle of Harecourt and
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
forwarde to be good and trewe to the englysshe parte and to putte in to their handes all suche forteresses as he helde in Normandy And to do this message he coÌ„maunded a clerke to go in whom â—he had great trust called mayster â—aschall And sayde to hym maister Paschall go your wayes in to Englande and do so moche that ye may bring me good tidynges for fro heâ—s forthe I wyll be alyed with the englysshemen This clerke dyde as he was commanded and made hym redy and toke shyppyng and sayled so long that he arryued in Cornwall and than rode for the tyll he caÌ„e to Shene besyde London where the kyng of Englande was and so he spake with the kynge and recoÌ„maunded the kynge of Nauerr his mayster to hym And so there the kynge made hym good there and there was present the erle of Salisbury and sir Symond Burle who toke on him to speke and to gyue him his aunswere for that tyme and sayd Sir on suche a day the kyng wyll be at LoÌ„don and than send for all his couÌ„sayle at whiche tyme ye shall be herde And so at the day assigned mayster Paschall shewed to the kyng and to his counsayle theffect of his message and spake so sagely that he was well herde And he was answered by the counsayle that the kynge of Nauers offre ought nat to be refused howe be it to make so great alyance as the kynge of Nauer desyreth it behoueth than that he come hyder into Englande in his owne proper person to th entent that he may be herde speke hym selfe wherby the mater shulde take the better effect And so with that answere mayster Paschall departed and returned in to Nauer and shewed the kyng all that he had done and how it behoued hym to go in to Englande him selfe and to se the yong kyng of Englande and to speke him selfe with hym his couÌ„saile than the kyng of Nauer answered and sayd I am coÌ„tent to go theder Than he made redy for him a shyp called the Lyne the whiche wolde go on the see withall maner of wyndes without parell and so the kyng of Nauer toke this ship and entred in to the see with a preuy company how be it he had with hym sir Marten Carr mayster Paschall and sayled so longe that he arryued in Englande ¶ Of the alyences that the kynge of Nauer made with the kynge of Englande and howe the frenche kynge had men of warre in dyuers places Cap. CCC .xxix. ALytell before his deê‘tyng the frenche kynge had the kyng of Nauer in great hate and knewe couertly by some of the king of Nauers house all the secremesse bytwene hym and the kyng of Englande and howe that kyng Henry of Castell had defyed him and made warre agaynst him The kyng of Nauer left at his deê‘tynge behynde him the vycont of Chastellon the lorde of Lestrade father to Uyen and the Bascle great nombre of men of warr aswell of his couÌ„tre as of the countie of Foiz to kepe the froÌ„ters agaynst the spanyerdes ¶ And whan he was in the see he hadde wynde at wyll and arryued in Cornwall and so rode to Wynsore Where as kynge Richarde and his counsayle were who receyued hym with great ioye for they thought the better to spede of his lande in Normandy specially of the castell of Chierbourâ— wherof thenglysshmen desyred greatly to be lordes The kyng of Nauer shewed sagelye to the kyng of Englande the cause of his coÌ„mynge and he was well herde and so well conforted that he was content I shall shewe you howe this treatie went bytwene these two kynges One thyng there was the kynge of Nauer shulde fro thens for the alwayes be true englysshe and shulde neuer make peace with the realme of Fraunce nor with the kynge of Castell without the knowledge and consent of the kyng of Englande And if the kyng of Englande or any of his men by their puyssance coude gette any townes or castelles that the kynge of Nauer ought to haue in Normandy agaynst the frenchmen that the same townes or castels shulde abyde for euer to be englysshe the souerayntie euer reserued to the kynge of Nauerr The whiche thynge the englysshmen praysed moche bycause they thought by that meanes they shulde haue asayre entre into FrauÌ„ce thorough Normandy And the kyng of England shulde sende the same tyme a thousand speares and two thousande archers by the ryuer of Gyronde to Burdeur or to Bayone and the men of armes to entre in to Nauerr and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Castell And nat to departe fro the kyng of Nauer or out of his realme tyll he hadde made an ende of his warre with the spanyerdes And the men of warre so ones entred in to Nauer the kynge of Nauer than to pay them their wages and to stuffe theÌ„ sufficiently acordyng after the same rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre Dyuers treaties and alyaâ—nces were there made and ordayned and also written sealed and sworne to be kept on bothe partes And there were named suche as shulde go in to Normandy and suche as shulde go in to Nauer And bycause that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge were nat at this treatie it was ordayned that this treatie shulde be sent to them sealed to then tent that they shulde make hast to entre into Normandy The duke of Bretayne was present at this treatie RIng Charles of FraÌ„ce who was right sage and subtell and soo he well shewed hymselfe as longe as he lyued He was well enfourmed of the armye of Englande yet he knewe no certeÌ„tie but by suspecte whyder they wolde drawe in to Normandy or els into Bretayne And for dout therof he helde many men of armes in Bretayne wherof the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycount of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre the lorde of Rochfort were capitayns And had besieged Breest by bastydes and none otherwyse wherefore they might vitayle Brest whan they lyst And in the rowne was capitayne a valyant squyeâ— of Englande called James Clerke And bycause the frenche kyng knewe well that the kynge of Nauerr was alyed with Englande and thought surely that or his returne he wolde entre in to some treatie with his aduersary yâ— kyn of Englande And douted of this armye thus on the see lest they shuld take lande in NormaÌ„dy and entre into the castelles parteyninge to the kyng of Nauer Therfore he sent hastely to the lorde Coucy and to the lorde de la Ryuerr that they shulde as shortely as they coulde get by fayrnesse or by foulnesse suche castelles as were belongynge to the kynge of Nauer and specially suche as were nere to the seesyde Ne knewe well that Chyerbourge wolde nat caselye be wonne how be it by lande they coude nat â—euitayle it nor refresshe it with men out of the basse marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And so for the
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
knowledge yâ— a sire leagê thens ther was a barone that helde a fortresse called saynt Mauberen in a couÌ„tre called Medoc who dyde moche hurt in the countre ThaÌ„thenglysshe lordes charged all their prouisyon on the ryuer of Garone and all their artyllary and than toke their horses aboute a thre huÌ„dred speares and so came by lande to saynt Mauberen And ther were of gascoyns with the lorde Neuyll sir Axchambalt of Grayle the lorde of Rousy the lorde of Duras and the lorde of Ternon And whan the barones and their companyes were come before saynt Mauberen they toke their lodgynge and incontynent gaue assaut the whiche was feirse and terryble for the bretons within were good men of warre and their capitayne was one called Huguelyn by whom they were ruled This first assaut dyde the bretons but lytell hurt than thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynge The next mornynge they reysed vp their engyns to cast stones and to breke downe the toppes of the byldinges in the towre The .iii. day they ordayned to gyue asore assaut sayeng how those rybaudê shulde nat longe endure agaynst them There was a sore and a feirse assaut and many a man slayne and hurt ther were neuer men that better defeÌ„ded them selfe than the bretons dyde Howe be it finally seyng no confort comyng fro no parte to them warde they fell in treatie for they sawe well their ennemyes wolde nat departe thens tyll they hadde them at their pleasure thoughe they shulde lye longe there therfore So the treatie toke suche effect yâ— they gaue vp saynt Mauberen and departed with their goodes without domage and so they went in to Poictou or whyder they lyst And whan the lorde Neuyll was lorde therof he newly repayred the forteresse and furnysshed it with newe men and artillary and sette therin gascoyns to kepe it A squyer of Gascoyne called Peter of Brasyas was capitayne there and than yâ— lorde Neuyll returned to Burdeux And dayly he herde how the siege endured before Panpilone in Nauer the whiche was besieged by the chylde of Castell but they herd no certayne tidynges of the kyng of Nauer nor also the kynge of Nauerr herde no worde of them the whiche greatly displeased hym ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the besynesse in Bretayne and in Normandy and speke of the siege of saynt Malo Howe the myne made by thenglisshmen agaynst saynt Malos was lost and the siege reysed Cap. ccc .xxxvi. BEfore the towne of saynt Malo ther was a sore siege and many a soore saute gyuen for thenglysshmen had well a four hundred goÌ„nes who shot night and daye into the fortresse and agaynst it And the capitayne within called Morfonas a valyant man of armes set all his mynde to the defence of the forteresse and by the good counsayle of sir HeÌ„ry of Maletrait of the lorde CoÌ„bore and of the vycont of Bellere dyd so valyantly that they toke all yâ— tyme but lytell hurte In the couÌ„tre as ye haue herde before was all about the floure of Fraunce aswell of great lordes as other they were to the nombre of .xvi. thousande men of armes knyghtes and squyers and well a hundred thousande horses and gladly they wolde haue fought with theÌ„glisshmen And in lykewise the englysshmen wolde gladly haue done the same if any parte coulde haue founde any aduauntage but that thynge whiche brake their purpose oftentymes was a ryuer that was bytwene them so that whaÌ„ the studde came ther coude none passe ouer so that none of them might coÌ„e at other And alwayes the myne went forward and they within were in great dout ye may well knowe that in suche assembles it coude be non otherwyse but that the foragers of eyther ê‘tie somtymes met in the felde for ther were expert knyghtes and squyers of bothe parties and many a feat of armes done and some ouerthrowen These myners wrought sore day and night vnder yâ— erth to th entent to come in to the towne that way to make a pane of the wall to fall so that their men might entre Of this myne Morfonace they within douted gretly for they knewe well by that they myght be lost they cared for none other assaut but for that For their towne was well furnysshed with vitayls and artyllary to kepe it for two yere yf nede were but they had great thought how to breke this myne so long they thought theron and traueyled ther about that at last they came to their ententes and by great aduenture as many thynges falleth in warre The erle Richarde of Arundell shulde haue kept the watche one night with a certayn with him of his owne men And therle toke no great hede of that was his charge so that they â—in saynt Malos knewe therof by their spyes or other wyse And so whaâ—ie they sawe it was tyme on trust of the watche they departed secretly out of the towne the hoost beyng a slepe And so they came without noyse makynge to the place wher as the myne was a makynge the myners had nigh made an ende of their warke Than Morfonace and his coÌ„pany beyng redy to do that he was come for at their ease without defence brake the myne so that some of the myners caÌ„e neuer out for the myne fell downe on them And whan they had done they sayde they wolde awake the watch that was next the towne to th entent that the hoost shulde knowe howe valiantly they had done And so they entred in to the one syde of the felde cryeng their cryes beatyng downe of tentes and lodgyngê and sleynge of men so that the hoost began to styrre Than Morfonace and his coÌ„pany with drewe them in to saynt Malos without hurte or danger Than the hoost began to assemble and the duke had great marueyle what it might be â–ª and demaunded what it was Than it was shewed him that in yâ— defaut of the watche their myne was lost the same tyme. Than the duke of Lancastre sent for therle of Arundell and he was sore rebuked for this aduenture but he excused him selfe aswell as he might Howbeit he was ther with sore ashamed and hadde rather haue spent a hundred thousande frankes than it shulde haue so fortuned THys aduenture thus fallen and their myne broken than the lordes of the hoost drewe to counsayle to knowe what were beste for theym to do Than they behelde eche other and sawe well howe they had lost their season the whiche was nat likely to be recouered agayne And to begyn a newe myne they thoght they shuld neuer bring it to an ende for yâ— tyme passed and wynter drue on So they determyned all thynges coÌ„sydred for the best to dyllâ—gâ— and to retourne in to England agayne And it was than ordayned that euery man shulde dyslodge and go to shyppe their flete laye styll at ancre in the hauen of saynt Malo Anone euery man was dislodged and in to shippe and had wynde at wyll And so sayled
men of warre And in the same meane season â–ª sir Thomas Tryuet thought to assemble a certayne nombre of men of warre and to go to the towne of Alpharo in Spayne And so he dyde and departed in an euenynge fro Quasquam and fro the kynge of Nauer and had with hym but one huÌ„dred speres of chosen men of armes And so by the nexte mornyng they came within a lytell leage of the towne and there they made their busshement And sir Wylliam Sendrine was sent to rynne before the towne and Andrewe Andrac with theÌ„ a ten speares And so they caÌ„e to a lytell ryuer or broke yâ— which went streight to the towne and so passed it with great trouble Andrewe Andrac made their horses to leape ouer and so came to the barryers Than there began great noyse in the towne and sownyng of trumpettê The men of warr within the towne assembled togyder and opyned their gates and barryers and yssued all out and so began to scrimysshe and of the sayd ten speares ther were but two of them that was past the ryuer and so they retourned whan they sawe the people comyng to them warde and so made their horses agayne to leape ouer the broke Whan they of the towne sawe there were so fewe of their enemyes and knewe nothyng of the bushment they folowed fast after and so past the ryuer a lytell aboue wher as they knewe the passage and so chased the tenne speares to their busshment Than sir Thomas Tryuet and his company caÌ„e forthe cryeng their cryes and bare many of theÌ„ to the erthe To say trouthe yâ— spanyerdes coude nat longe endure and so retourned as well as they might but ther were but fewe that were saued but outher they were slayne or taken The fray was great in the towne and thenglysshmen beleued that at the first comynge to haue had the towne bycause there men were discoÌ„fyted but they fayled of their purpose for the women saued the towne For assone as their men were issued out were past the ryuer they closed their barryers and gates and mouÌ„ted vp to the walles and made semblant to defende them selfe And whan sir Thomas Triuet sawe the order and maner of theÌ„ he sayd beholde yonder yâ— good wyues of the towne what they haue done Let vs retourne agayne for we canne do nothyng there And so they returned and passed agayne the lytle broke and so went to Quesquam and ledde with theym their prisoners Of the whiche dede sir Thomas Tryuet had great thaÌ„ke laude and prayse of the kyng of Nauer ANd a fyftene dayes after that they had made this iourney before Alpharo the spanyerdê came in to the feldes with a twentie thousande horsmen and fotemen in great wyll to fight with the englysshmen And whan the kyng of Nauer herde therof he came to Tudela and sir Thomas Tryuet and his company with hym And than he sente for all them of the garysons of the realme of Nauer to coÌ„e to him they wolde nat disobey his commaundement for they desyred nothyng els And the spanyerdes taryed for nothyng but for the comynge of kyng Henry who as than was deê‘ted fâ—o Ceuyll with a great nombre and so came to saynt Dominykes and ther rested and lay in the felde Whan Johan of Castell knewe that the kynge his father was come than he went fro Alphare to saynt Dominykes to the king his father the entent of the spanyerdes was to haue goone to ley sege to Tudela and to haue closed in yâ— kynge of Nauer or to haue fought with hym Of all this the kyng of Nauer was well enformed and knewe well he was nat of puyssaunce to abyde batayle agaynst kynge Henry for he had a .xl. thousande men a horsebacke and a â—ote BItwene kynge Henry and the kynge of Nauer ther were certayne noble men of bothe realmes prelates and barons who ymagined the great parell and domage that might fall to bothe parties if any of them shulde â—â—ee other Than they entreated bytwene the ê‘ties to haue a respyte of warr bytwene them to haue the more leysar to entreat And so they toke great payne with goyng and comyng bytwen the parties or they coude bring about their entent for the englisshmen were a two thousande and were feirse agaynst the spanyerdes couÌ„sayled the kynge of Nauer to batayle On the other syde the spanyerdes were a great noÌ„bre wherfore they sette but lytell by thenglysshmen nor naueroyse therfore it was harde to bringe this treatie to a good effect They that had the busynesse therof toke moche payne and labour at last a respyte was taken bytwene them to endure sixe wekes to th eÌ„tent in the meane season to entreat for a full peace Their entent was to make yf they myght a maryage bytwene the chylde of Castell eldest sonne to kyng Henry and the doughter of the kyng of Nauer Wherby the peace shulde the surelyer coÌ„tynue to the whiche the kynge of Nauer was well agreed bycause his doughter shulde be so highly maryed ¶ And moreouer the prelates and barons of both parties thought also to mary the kyng of Nauers son to kyng Henryes doughter In somoche that this treatie toke effect so that kyng Henry shulde sende to the freÌ„che kynge desyringe him to suffre Charles of Nauer who was in his kepynge to come in to Nauer And so he dyde at his desyre the frenche kynge sente him so for the ê‘formance of this treatiâ— and mariage the kyng of Nauer shulde â—ay in pledge for the space of ten yere to kyng Henry the towne and castell of Lestoyll the cytie and castell of Tudela the towne and Castell de la garde And that kyng Henry shulde yelde and rendre to the englysshmen sir Perse Courtney who was prisoner and the lorde of Parre gascoyne All these thynges were done sealed confyrmed accorded and sworne to be kept stable and ferme for euer bytwene these two kynges and their realmes And whiche of them that euer shulde breke this peace by any maner of wayes shulde rynne in the sentence of the pope wHyle these treatyes were this in makyng the kynge of Nauer who was bounde to the englysshmen in the soÌ„me of .xx. thousande frankes to acquyte hym selfe agaynst them He sent the vycont of Chastelon in to Arragon to the kynge there to borowe of hym the sayd somme of money And he to haue in pledge therfore his good townes of Panpylone and Myrando the quenes towne Corell and saynt Johans towne Thus the englysshemen were payed and delyuered and so departed fro the kynge of Nauer and went to Burâ—eux and fro theâ—s in to Englande And yâ— maryage was made bytwene Charles of Nauer and kyng HeÌ„rys doughter called Jane a right fayre lady ¶ The same yere dyed kyng Henry of Castell and his son JohnÌ„ crowned kyng and so he was kynge by accorde of the prelates and barons of the realme of Spaygne of Castell of Cecyll of Galyce and
and I my doughter and her husbande And so it happed that my sonne and doughter dyed there and after by treatie I and my husbande were delyuered so that Puylle and Calabre might come to hym And also he entēdeth to come to the heryrage of Naples of Cecyll of Prouence for he seketh all about for alyance and so wyll take a way the ryght of the churche as sone as I am deed if he may Therfore holy father I wyll acquyte me agaynst god and you acquyte the soules of my predecessours and put in to your handes all y◠herytages that I ought to haue of Cecyll of Naples Punyll Calabre and Prouence I gyue them to you to do with them your pleasure to gyue them to whome soeuer it pleaseth you suche as may obteygne them agaynst our aduersary sir Charles de la Paix Pope Clement receyued ioyfully her wordes and toke her gyft in great reuerence and sayde A my fayre doughter of Naples we shall so ordeyn that yor herytage shall haue such an heryter of your owne blode noble and puyssant to resyst agaynst them that wyll do or offer you or thē any wronge Of all these wordes and gyftes there were publyke instrumentes and autentyke made to the entent that the mater shulde abyde ferme stable in tyme to come and to be of more playne knowledge to all them that shulde here therof after ¶ Howe pope Clement wente to Auygnon of the gyftes that he gaue to the duke of Aniowe and howe sir Siluester Budde and his company were beheded and of the countre of Flaunders and of their aduersyte Cap. CCC .xlvii. WHan the quene of Naples and sir Othe of Brouswiche had done all thynges wherfore they were come to Foundes to the pope than they toke their leaue and departed and went to Naples Than it was nat longe after but that pope Clement imagyned in hym self that to abyde long about the parties of Rome was nothyng protytable for him sawe well howe the romayns and pope Urbayne trauayled greatly to gette the loue of the neapolitans and of sir Charles de la Paix therfore he douted lest the passages and wayes shuld be closed agaynst him so that he shulde nat get to Auygnon whan he wolde and the princypall and specyall cause that inclyned hym to go to Auignon was to th entent to gyue to the duke of Aniou the ryghtes that the quene of Naples had gyuen vnto hym of all the forsayd seignoris wherof he had instrumentes past and sealed So he ordayned secretely and sagely his besynesse and toke thesee and his cardynals with him in galies and vessels that were come out of Arragone They hadde wynde and wether at wyll and arryued withoute domage at Merseyll wherof all the countre was ryght gladde for thens he went to Auignon and sent worde of his comynge to the french kyng and to his brethern who were ryght gladde of his comyng And the duke of Aniou who lay at the cytie of Tholouse went to se y◠pope and at his comynge the pope gaue hym all the gyftes y◠the wene of Naples had gyuen hym The duke of Aniou who alweys desyred high seignories and great honours receyued the gyftes in great magnyficence And so had them to hym and to his heyres for euer and sayd to the pope that in as shorte tyme as he might he wolde go so strong in to those marches that he wolde be able to resyst them that wolde do any wronge to the quene of Naples The duke taryed with y◠pope a .xv. dayes and than returned to Tholouse to the duchesse his wyfe and pope Clement delyuered his men of warre to sir Bernard de la Sale to Flouremont to make warre agaynst his enemyes THe same season there was in the marches of Thuskayne in Italy a valyant knight englyssh called sir John̄ Haconde who dyde had done many a noble feate of armes he issued out of the realme of Fraūce whan the peace was made bitwene y◠two kynges at Bretigny besyde Charters and in y◠tyme he was but a poore knyght and than he thought to retourne agayne in to Englande in to his owne countre he thought he coude wynne nothynge there And whan he sawe that all men of warre shulde auoyde the realme of Fraunce by the ordynaūce and treaty of peace he made him selfe capitayne of a certayne nombre of cōpanyons called the late comers and so went in to Burgoyne and there he assembled a great nombre of suche rutters englisshe gascons bretons almayns and companyons of dyuers nacyons And this Haconde was one of the cheyfe with Briquet and Carnell by whome the batayle of Brumauxe was made and helped to gette the Pount le Spiryte with Bernard of Forges and whan they had warred and haryed the coūtrey agaynst the pope and the cardynals than ther were entreated and went to the marques of Moūtferrant who as than kept warre with the lordes of Myllayne and so this Marques brought them all beyonde the mountaynes after he had delyuered to thē .lx. thousande frankes wherof Hacond had for his parte .x. thousande for him and his company and whan they had acheued the warr with the Marques dyuers than returned in to Fraunce for sir Bertram of Clesquy the lorde de la Marche and the lorde Beauiewe the marshall of Fraunce and sir Andrewe Dandrehen brought them into Spayne agaynst kyng Dampeter on kyng Henries parte and sir Johan Hacond his cōpany abode styll in Italy and pope Urbayne the fyfte as longe as he lyued had hym in his warres of Myllayne and in lyke wyse so had pepe Gregorie who raygned after him this same sir Johan Hacond had for the lorde Coucy a fayre iourney agaynst therle of Uertues for it was sayd for trouth that the lorde Coucy had ben ouerthrowen by y◠erle of Uertues and the lombardes if this Haconde hadde nat ben for he came to his ayde with fyue hundred bycawse the lorde Coucy had wedded the kynge of Englandes doughter for none other cause This sir Johan Haconde was a knyght right hardy and of great experyence and well renomed in the marches of Italy and dyd there many great feates of armes Than the romayns and Urbayne who called him selfe pope aduysed in them selfe whan Clement was departed fro the marches of Rome to sende for him and to make him mayster gouernour of all their warre So they sent for him and retayned him and all his company and he acquyted him selfe right valiantly for on a daye with the helpe of the romayns he disconfyted Syluester Bude and a great company of bretons so y◠they were all slayn or taken Syluester Bude brought prisoner to Rome and was in great daunger to lese his heed And to say the trouth it had ben better for hym to haue been beheeded the same day he was brought to Rome than otherwyse for the honoure of him and of his frendes For afterwarde pope Clement
the lyberties of Lysle and Doway and sayd howe he wolde haue reason of Gaunt And anone after the dethe of Johan Lyon all they of Gaunte aduysed howe they coulde nat be longe without capitayns Than they ordayned of the aldarmen of the craftes and of the Synkquateners of the portes four of them acordyng to their aduyse moost hardy and cruell persons of all other Fyrst they chase Johan Drunaur Johan Boulle Rase de Harsell Peter du Boys And all the other people sware to mayntayne and obey them as their capitayns on payne of their heedes that dyde the contrary and the capitayns sware agayne to kepe and maynteyne the honour and fraunchesses of the towne These foure capytayns styrred them of Gaunt to go to ypre and to Franke to haue obeysance of them or els to slee theÌ„ all So these capitayns and their people departed fro Gaunt in good array They were a .xii. thousande clene armed and so came to Courtrey They of Courtay suffred them to entre in to their towne without daunger for it parteyned to the frauÌ„ches of Gaunt and there toke their ease two dayes and the thirde day departed and went to Ipre and toke with them two huÌ„dred men of armes with the crosbowes of Courtray and so toke the way to Touront And whan they came there they rested tooke counsayle and aduysed to send thyder a thre or foure thousand of their men and the capitayne of the whyte hattes with theÌ„ to treat with them of Ipre and the great batayle to folowe after to confort them if nede requyred As it was ordayned so it was done and so came to ypre and whan they of Iperre and specyally they of the meane craftes knewe the comynge of them of Gaunt they armed them and toke the market place and they were a fyue thousaÌ„de So ther the ryche men of the towne had no puyssance The knyghtes that were there in garyson set by the erle went ordynatly to the gate of Touront where as the gauntoyse were without desirynge to haue fre entre The knyghtes and squires were redy raynged before the gate and shewed good defence nor in dede the gauÌ„toyse had neuer entred without great domage but that the auncyent craftes of the towne agaynst the knyghtes wyll wolde that the gauntoyse shulde entre The men of the towne went out of the market place and so came to the gate the whiche the knyghtes kept and sayd Sirs open the gate let our freÌ„des and neyghbours of Gaunt entre we wyll they shall entre in to our towne The knightes answered that they shulde nat entre and said howe they were stablisshed there by the erle of Flaunders to kepe the towne the whiche they wolde do to the best of their powers sayng howe it lay nat in the puissance of Gaunt to entre there In somoche that wordes multiplyed in suche wise bytwene the gentylmen and them of the towne that at last they cryed Sle and beate downe theÌ„ they shall nat be maysters of oure towne There was a sore scrimysshe and long endured in the stretes the knyghtes were nat of sufficyent force to resyst agaynste them of the towne so that there were fyue knyghtes slayne wherof two were sir Robert and sir Thomas Hundrey the which was great domage And there was in great daunger sir Henry Dautoynge with moche payne some of the ryche men of the towne saued hym and dyuers other but the gate was sette open and the gauntoise entred and were lordes and maisters of the towne without domage of any hurt And whan they had ben there two dayes and taken surety of theÌ„ of the towne who sware in lyke maner and forme as they of Bruges of Courtray of Grantmont and of Danne had done and delyuered hostages for the same entent Than they departed right courtesly and so went agayne to Gaunt ¶ Howe the gauntoyse besieged the towne of And warpe of the gret assaut they made at Teremond where as the erle lay Cap. CCC .liii. THe erle of Flaunders who lay at Lyle vnderstod howe they of Ipre were turned to the gauntoyse parte and that by yâ— meanes of theÌ„ of the meane craftes in the towne he was sore displeased aswell for the dethe of his knightes that were slayne in the towne as for other causes howe be it he sayd Well if we haue lost Ipre at this tyme we shall recouer it agayne a nother tyme to their myschiefe for I shall stryke of so many of their heedes that all other shall beware therby and be abasshed The erle specyally entended to prouyde for the towne of And warpe both with prouision and good men of armes For he supposed that the gauntoyse wolde come thyder and lay siege therto for he thought it shuld be to him a great domage if they were lordes of that towne For therby they shulde haue the good ryuer of Lescault and the flete therofat their pleasure therfore therle seÌ„t thyder a great nombre of knightes and squiers of Flaunders of Heynalt and of Arthoyse And so they were maysters there whyder they of that towne wolde or nat The capitayns of Gaunt who were returned fro Ipre in to their towne agayn herde howe therle made great prouision for the towne of And warpe Than they determyned to goo and lay siege therto and nat to departe thens tyll they had it and slayn all them within and beaten downe the gates and walles therof so they made a coÌ„maundement in Gaunt that euery man shulde be redy apparelled to go thyder as their capytayns wolde lede them To whiche crye there was non wolde disobey and so charged tentes pauilyons and other prouisions and departed fro Gaunt and came and loged before And warpe in the fayre medowes a long by the ryuer of Lescalte and thre dayes after came they of Bruges and lodged on the syde next their owne towne and they brought with them great prouisyons Than came they of Ipre in great array and they of Propringe of Messanes and also of Grantmont The flemynges there before And warpe were in nombre mo than a hundred thousande and hadde made brydges of shyppes nayled toguyder on the ryuer of Lescalte to go one to another The erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle was in purpose to go to Teremont for he hadde sent in to Almayne to Guerles and in to Brabant for a great nombre of knyghtê and squiers and specially to the duke of Mons his cosyn who came to serue him with a great nombre of knyghtes and squiers and went in to Teremont where he founde the erle of FlauÌ„ders who was come thyder by yâ— fronters of Haynalt and Brabant who were ryght ioyfull of his comynge THus the siege contynewed before Andwarpe with many great assautes made by the flemynges and scrimysshes nyghe euery daye and manlye dedes of armes doone at the barryers and men slayne and hurt for the flemynges aduentured them selfe often tymes folisshely So that often tymes by their pride they were
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
And specially by the archebysshop of Caunterbury his chauÌ„celler wherof they wolde haue accompt This knight durst do none otherwise but so came by the ryuer of Thames to the towre The kynge and they that were with hym in the towre desyrynge to here tidynges seyng this knyght comyng made him way and was brought before the kynge in to a chambre And with the kynge was the princesse his mother and his two bretherne therle of Kent and the lorde JohnÌ„ Holland the erle of Salisburye the erle of Warwyke the erle of Oxenforthe the archebysshop of Caunterbury the lorde of saynt Johans ser Robert of Namure yâ— lorde of Uertaigne the lorde of Gomegynes sir Henry of Sauselles the mayre of London and dyuers other notable burgesses This knight sir Johan Moton who was well knowen amonge theÌ„ for he was one of the kynges offycers He kneled downe before the kynge and sayd My right redouted lorde lette it nat displease your grace the message that I must nedes shewe you For dere sir it is byforce and agaynst my wyll Sir JohnÌ„ sayd the kyng say what ye wyll I holde you excused Sir the commons of this your realme hath sente me to you to desyre you to come and speke with them on Blacheth for they desyre to haue none but you And sir ye nede nat to haue any dout of your persone for they wyll do you no hurte for they holde and wyll holde you for their kynge But sir they say they wyll shewe you dyuers thynges the whiche shall be ryght necessarie for you to take hede of whanne they speke with you Of the whiche thynges sir I haue no charge to shewe you But sir it may please you to gyue me an answer suche as may apease theÌ„ and that they may knowe for trouth that I haue spoken with you for they haue my chyldren in hostage tyll I retourne agayne to theym And without I retourne agayne they wyll slee my chyldren incontynent Thasie the kyng made hym an answere and sayd Sir ye shall haue an answere shortely Than the kyng toke counsayle what was best for hym to do it was anone determyned that the next mornyng the kynge shulde go downe the ryuer by water and without fayle to speke with theÌ„ And whan sir Johan Moton herde that answere he desyred nothynge els And so toke his leaue of the kyng and of the lordes and retourned agayne in to his vessell and passed the Thames went to Blackeheth where he had left mo than threscore thousande men and ther he answered theÌ„ that the next mornynge they shulde sende some of their counsayle to the Thames and ther the kyng wolde come and speke with them This answere greatlye pleased theym and so passed that night as well as they might And yâ— fourthe part of them fasted for lacke of vitayle for they had none Wherwith they were sore displeased whiche was good reason ALl this season therle of Buckynghame was in Wales for there he had fayre herytages by reason of his wyfe who was doughter to yâ— erle of NorthuÌ„berlande and Herforde but the voyce was all through London howe he was amonge these people And some sayd certaynlye howe they had sene hym there amonge them And all was bycause there was one Thomas in their companye a man of the countie of Cambridge that was very lyke the erle Also the lordes that lay at Plummouth to go in to Portyngale were well infourmed of this rebellyon and of the people that thus began to ryse Wherfore they douted lest their vyage shulde haue bene broken or els they feared lest the comons about Hampton Wynchestre and AruÌ„dell wolde haue come on them Wherfore they wayed vp their ancres and yssued out of the hauyn with great payne for the wynde was sore agaynst them and so toke thesee and there cast ancre abyding for the wynde and the duke of Lancastre who was in the marches of Scotlande bytwene Morlane and Roseburg entreatyng with the scottes where it was shewed hym of the rebellyon Wherof he was in doute For he knewe well he was but lytell beloued with the comens of Englande Howe be it for all those tidynges yet he dyde sagely demeans hym selfe as touchynge the treatie with the scottes The erle Duglas therle of Moret the erle of Surlant and therle Thomas Uer say and the scotes that were there for the treatie knewe right well yâ— rebelly on in Englande howe the comen people in euery parte began to rebell agaynst the noble men wherfore the scottes thought that Englande was in great daunger to be lost and therfore in their treaties they were the more styffer agayne the duke of Lancastre and his counsayle ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the commons of Englande and howe they perceyuered ¶ How the coÌ„mons of Englande entred in to London and of the great yuell that they dyde and of the dethe of the bysshoppe of CauÌ„terbury and dyuers other Cap. CCClxxxiii IN the mornyng on corpus christy day kynge Rycharde herde Masse in the towre of LoÌ„don and all his lordes and than he toke his barge with therle of Salisbury therle of Warwyke yâ— erle of Suffolke certayn knightê so rowed downe a longe Thames to Redereth wher as was disceÌ„ded downe the hyll a .x. M. men to se yâ— kyng and to speke with him And whan they sawe the kynges barge comyng they beganne to showt and made suche a crye as though all the deuylles of hell had ben amonge them and they had brought with them sir Johan Moton to the entent that if the kynge had nat coÌ„e they wolde haue stryken hym all to peces so they had promysed hym And whan the kynge his lordes sawe the demeanour of the people The best assured of them were in drede And so the kynge was counsayled by his barownes nat to take any landynge there but so rowed vp and downe the ryuer And the kyng demaunded of them what they wolde and sayd howe he was come thyder to speke with them And they said all with one voyce we wolde that ye shulde coÌ„e a lande and than we shall shewe you what we lacke Than the erle of Salisbury aunswered for the kyng and sayd Sirs ye be nat in suche order nor array that the kynge ought to speke with you And so with those wordes no more sayd And than the kyng was counsayled to returne agayne to the towre of LoÌ„don and so he dyde And whan these people sawe that they were enflamed with yre and retourned to the hyll where the great bande was And ther shewed theÌ„ what answere they had and howe the kynge was retourned to the towre of London Than they cryed all with one voyce Let vs go to London and so they toke their way thyder And in their goyng they beate downe abbeyes and houses of aduocates of men of the court and so came in to the subbarbes of LoÌ„don whiche were great and fayre and ther bete downe dyuers fayre
some to fall agayne in to the water and were drowned sir Johan Jumont was in a great aduenture to be lost for the bridge brake vnder hym yet through the valyantnes of his body he saued hym selfe How be it he was sore hurt on the heed and on the body so that it was sire wekes after or he coude helpe him selfe In this recouÌ„tre was slayne the Chatelayn of Wyllon of Bouchars and of saynt Hilary and dyuers other slayne and drowned and also sir Henry Duffle There were slayne and drowned mo than threscore for he was happy that coude saue him selfe and many hurt and sore wouÌ„ded that scaped Tydinges came to the lordes of Fraunce beynge at Arras howe their men had lost the iourney and howe the Hasell of FlauÌ„ders had folysshly taken on hym yâ— enterprise some complayned them and some nat and suche as were expert men of warr sayd they dyd great folly to passe a ryuer without any gyde and to entre in to a great towne and to retourne agayne the same waye they went without kepynge of the â—assage in the meane season it was none enterâ—â—se of wysemen of warre bycause they rode 〈…〉 the lyke foles so it came by them ¶ The ordynaunce that the frenche kyng made for to entre in to the countie of Flaunders after that the passages were stoped and broken Cap. iiii C .xii. SO this mater passed ouer and was forgote and Philyppe Dartuell departed fro Bruges and wente to Ipre wher as he was receyued with great ioy and Peter de boyse went to CoÌ„mynes wher as all men of the couÌ„trey were assembled they made all the bridge to be vnuayled redy to be broken downe incoÌ„tynent if nede requyred but they wold nat clerely pull it downe as than for the aduauÌ„tage of them of the countrey to passe and repasse with their beastes ouer the water of Lyse The same proper hour that Philyp Dartuell came to Ipre tydinges came howe that at the bridge of Amenyn the frenchmen were dystrussed and howe the Hase of Flaunders was nere taken Of these tydinges Philyppe Dartuell was greatly reioysed and laughyng to encourage them that were about him sayd Sirs by the grace of god and the good ryght that we haue this mater shall take suche an ende yâ— if the kyng with his yong counsayle passe the ryuer of Lyse he shall nat retourne agayne into Fraunce Thus Philyp Dartuell was fyue dayes at Ipre and preched openly in the market place to encourage his people and to cause theÌ„ to kepe their promyse And also he shewed them howe the frenche kynge without any tytle of reason was comyng to distroy theÌ„ wherfore he sayd Good people be nat abasshed though he coÌ„e on vs for he shall nat be of puyssaunce to passe the ryer of Lyse I shall cause the passages to be well kept and I haue ordeyned to be at Commynes Peter de Boyse with agreat nombre of men he is good trewe and loueth the honoure of Flaunders and Peter de Myrt is at Warneston and all the other passages on the water of Lysear broken so that they can coÌ„e ouer at no place but at one of those two and also I haue harde tidyngê of our men that we sent in to EnglaÌ„de we shall haue shortly great comfort of the englysshmen for we haue good alyaunce with them Therfore let vs lyue in hope for honoure shall be with vs. therfore good frendes of Ipre be ye true and kepe faythfully the promyse that ye haue promised â—o me and to the good towne of Gaunt who hath endured so moche payne to mayntayne the right and fredome of FlauÌ„ders and all suche as wyll kepe true promyse with me lette them holde vp their handes towarde heuen in token of loyalte And therwith all suche as had harde hym speke lyfte vp their handes Than Philyp discended fro the scaffolde wher as he hadde preched and went to his lodgynge taryed there all that day the next day depted and wente towarde And warpe to the sege and he passed by Courtrey and there taryed two dayes NOwe let vs leaue to speke of Philyppe Dartuell and retourne to the yong kyng Charles of FrauÌ„ce who was at Aras hauyng great wyll and desire to entre into Flaunders to abate the pride of the flemynges And dayly there repayred to him men of warre fro all partes And whan the kynge had soiourned there viii dayes than he went to Lens in Arthoyse and ther taryed two dayes and the thirde day of Nouembre he departed and weÌ„t to Seclyn and there rested And there the chiefe constable of Fraunce and the marshals of Fraunce of Burgoyn and of FlauÌ„ders were in counsayle howe they shulde be ordred for it was a comon saynge in all the hoost howe it was a thyng impossyble to entre into Flaunders seyng howe the passages were so strongely kept And also dayly it rayned so sore that the wayes were so enpayred that men coulde skant go forthe and some of the wyse men of Fraunce sayd home it was a great outrage to enterprise that voyage in that season of the yere and to bring the kyng so farre forwarde into that countre sayng also howe it had bene better for hym to haue taryed tyll Somer than to make warre in that countrey where as he hadde neuer bene before and specially in that season of the yere and also they sayd howe the ryuer of Lyse is so yuell to passe that there is no place to skape but at certayne places Thanne the marshals demaunded fro whens the ryuer dyde come and it was sayde howe it came fro Ayer and fro saynt Omers well ê™ the constable sythe it hath a begynning we shall passe it well inough lette vs ordre our peple and let vs take the way to saynt Omers and there shall we passe the ryuer at our ease and so entre into Flaunders and let vs go alonge the countrey and the flemynges are so proude that outher before Ipre or in some other place they wyll coÌ„e and fyght with vs. And so to this purpose agreed all the marshals and thervpon rested all that nyght Than the next mornyng the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Coucy sir Aymemon of Pompers sir JohnÌ„ of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce sir Willyam of Poyctres the bastarde of Langres the Begue of Uyllanes sir Raoll of Coucy the erle of Conuersant the vycount Dacy sir Raoll of Rayneuall the lorde of saynt Just sir Arture of Hedyn sir Anton y Darchyes the lorde of saynt Pye sir Willyam of Bordes the lorde LoÌ„geuple the lorde of Sully sir Trystram of Lestouet sir Olyuer Clesquyn sir Moryce of Treguidy ser Guy of Bayeur sir Lucas of Lestrughen ser Nycholas Pamell the two marshalles of Fraunce sir Loys of Saurere and sir Loys of Blanuell the marshall of Burgoyne the marshall of Flaunders and sir Anguerant of Helwyn all these came to the constable of Fraunce to take aduyse howe they shuld passe outher by Lyle to
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
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
his a rest and prison as in goyng away without leaue Whan this iudgement was gyuen in playne audyence by all yâ— lordes thanne the kyng called to hym the lorde Charles of Bloys his nephue and sayde fayre nephue ye haue iudged to you a fayre herytage and a great Therfore hast you and go and conquere it agaynst hym that kepyth it wrongfully and desyre all your frendes to ayde you and I shall nat fayle you for my part I shall lende you golde and syluer ynough and shall commaunde my sonne the duke of Normandy to go with you Than ser Charles of Bloys inclyned hym to his vncle thankyng hym right humbly than he desyred yâ— duke of NormaÌ„dy his cosyn the erle of Alanson his vncle the duke of Burgoyne therle of Bloys his brother the duke of Butbone the lorde Loys of Spayne yâ— lorde Jaques of Burbon therle of Ewe constable of Fraunce and therle of Guynes his sonne the vycont of Rohayne and all the other lordê that were ther. And all they sayde howe they wolde gladly go with hym with their lorde the duke of Normandy Than these lordes departed to make them redy and to make ê“uysion agaynst that iourney ¶ The lordes of Fraunce that entred into Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloys Cap. lxxi WHan all these lordes of Normandy the duke of Alanson the duke of Burgoyne and all other suche as shulde go with sir Chardu Bloys to ayde hym to coÌ„quere the duchy of Bretayne were redy They departed some fro Pares and some fro other places and they assembled togyder at the cytie of Anger 's and fro thens they went to Ancennys the which is th ende of the realme on that syde and ther taryed a thre dayes than they went forthe into the countrey of Bretayne and whan they were in the feldes they nombred their company to a fyne thousande men of armes besyde the ge no wayes the which were a thre thousande and thre knyghtes of Gennes oyd lede theÌ„ The one called sir Othes de Rue and thother sir Charles Germaulx and besyde that they had many erosbowes of whome sir Galoys be la Baulme was captayne Than all these went to a strong castell standynge on a hyghe mountayne called ChastoÌ„ceaulx ther was thentre of Bretayne it was furnysshed with men of warr captayns ther were two knyghtes of Lorayne called syr Gyles and sir Ualeryan The lordes of FraÌ„ce toke counsell to besiege this castell for they thought if they shulde leaue such a fortres behynde them it shuld do them great damage So they beseged it rounde about and made many assautes specially the genowayes dydde what they might to attayne prayse at the begynning but they lost often tymes of their company for they within defended themselfe so sagely that it was longe or they toke any damage But finally the assaylantê brought thyder somoch tymbre wod and fagottes that they fylled therwith the dykes so that they might go â—ust to yâ— walles they within cast out stones chalke and brennynge fyre howbeit they without came to yâ— fote of the walles had instrumetes wherby they myght vnder couert myne the walles Than they with in yelded vp the castell their lyues and goodes saued thafie the duke of Normanvy who was chiefe ther delyuered the castell to sir Charles of Bloys as his owne who incoÌ„tynent set ther a good garyson to kepe thentre and to conduct suche as came after theym Than they went towarde Nantes wher as they harde how therle of Mountfort their ennemy was the marshals and currours of their hoost founde by the way as they went a good towne closed with â—ykes the which they feersly assayled and in the town ther were but fewe peple and yuell armed So that anone the towne was woâ— robbed and the one half brent and all the peple put to yâ— swerde this towne was called Carquesy within a .iiii. or fyue leages to Nantes The lordes lay ther about all that night yâ— next mornyng they drue towarde Nantes and layed siege rounde about it and pyghâ—â—p their tentes and pauilyons Than the men of warre within the towne and the burgesses armed theÌ„ and went to their defences as they were apoynted some of the host went to yâ— barrers to skirmyssh and some of the soudyers within yong buegesses yâ—â—ueâ— out agaynst them so that ther were byuees slayne hurt on bothe parties ther were â—yuerse suche skirmysshes On a mornyng some of the soudyers within the cytie yssued out at adueÌ„ture and they founde a .xv. cartes with vytell coÌ„myng to thoost warde and a .lx. persons to coÌ„uey it and they of the cytie were a .ii. C. They set on them and anone dysconfyted them and slewe dyuers and some fled away and scaped and shewed in thoost howe it was Than some went to rescue the pray and ouer toke them nere to the barryers ther began a great skirmysshe ther came so many fro thoost that they within had moch a do howbeit they toke the horses out of the cartê and dyd driue them in at the gate to th entent 〈◊〉 they without shulde nat driue lightly away the caryages Than other soudyers of the cytie yssued out to helpe their companyons and also of the burgesses to ayde their pareÌ„tes so the fray multiplyed and dyuers were slayne sore hurt on bothe parties for alwayes people encreased fro thoost and some newe euer yssued out of the cytie Than at last sir Henry the captayne sawe that it was tyme to retreyt for by his abydinge he sawe he might rather lese than wyn than he caused them of the cytie to drawe a backe aswell as he myght yet they were pursued so â—ere that many were slayne and taken mo than .ii. C. of the burgesses of yâ— towne wherof therle of MoÌ„tfort blamed sore sir Henry de Leon that he caused the retrayt so sone wherwith sir HeÌ„ry was sore dyspleased in his mynde And after that he â—old no more coÌ„e to therls couÌ„sell so aften as he dyd before many had maruell why he dyd so ¶ Howe the erle Mountfort was taken at Nauntes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii AS I hard reported ther were certayne burgesses of yâ— cite sawe howe their goodes went to wast both without â—in had of their chyldren and frendes in prison douted that wors shulde come to them after than they aduysed and spake togyder secretly so that finally they coÌ„cluded to treat with the lordes of France So yâ— they myght come to haue peace to haue their chyldren and freÌ„des clerely delyuerd out of prison They made this treatie so secretly that at laste it was agreed that they shulde haue all the prosouers delyuerd and they to set opyn one of the gates that the frenche lordes myght entre to take the erle MouÌ„tfort in the castell without doyng of any maner of hurt to the cyte or to thynhaby tantes or goodes therin Some sayed this was purchased by the means and agrement of sir Henry de
Leon who had ben before one of the erles chiefe counsaylours Thus as it was deuysed so it was done in a mornyng the frenche lordes entred and went streyght to yâ— castell and brake opyn the gates and ther toke therle MouÌ„tfort prisoner and ledde hym clene out of the cytie into their felde without doyng of any more hurt in the cyte This was the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xli. about the feest of all sayntâ— ThaÌ„ the lordes of Fraunce entred into the cytie with great ioye and all the burgesses and other dyd fealtie and homage to the lorde Charles of Bloys as to their ryght souerayne lorde and there they taryed a thre dayes in gret feest Than sir Charles of Bloys was couÌ„selled to abyde ther about the cytie of Nauntes tyll the next somer and so he dyd and set captayns in suche garysons as he had won than the other lordes went to Parys to the kyng and delyuerd hym therle of Mountfort as prisoner The kynge set hym in the castell of Loure wher as he was longe I at last as I harde reported ther he dyed ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the countesse his wyfe who had the courage of a man and the hert of a lyon She was in the cytie of Renes whanne her lorde was taken and howe beit that she had great sorowe at her hert yet she valyantly recoÌ„forted her frendes and soudyers and shewed them a lytell son that she had called JohnÌ„ and sayd a sirs be nat to sore a basshed of the erle my lorde whom we haue lost he was but a man se here my lytell chylde who shal be by the grace of god his restorer and he shall do for you all I haue riches ynough ye shall nat lacke I trust I shall purchase for suche a capitayne that ye shal be all reconforted Whan she had thus conforted her frendes and soudyers in Renes than she weÌ„t to all her other fortresses and good townes and ledde euer with her JohnÌ„ her yonge sonne and dyd to theÌ„ as she dyde at Renes and fortifyed all her garisons of euery thyng yâ— they wanted and payed largely gaue frely where as she thought it well enployed Than she weÌ„t to Hanybout and ther she and her sonne taryed all that wynter often tymes she sent to byset her garysons and payed euery man full well and truely their wages ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande the thyrde tyme made warre on the scotes Cap. lxxiii YE haue harde here before that the siege beynge before Tourney howe the lordes of Scotland had taken agayne dyuers townes and fortresses fro thenglysshmen such as they helde in Scotlande Ther were no mo remayning in theÌ„glysshmens handes but onely the castell of Esturmelyne the cytie of Berwyke and Rousburge And the scottes lay styll at siege with certayne frenchmen with them suche as kyng Philyppe had sent thyder to helpe theÌ„ before Esturmelyne and they within were so sore constrayned yâ— they sawe well they coude nat long endure And whan the kynge of Englande was retourned fro the siege of Tourney and came into his owne realme he was couÌ„selled to ryde towarde scotlande and so he dyd he rode thyderwarde bytwene mighelmas and al sayntes coÌ„maundyng euery maÌ„ to folowe hym to Berwyke than euery man began to styrre and to drawe thyder as they were coÌ„maunded The kyng at last came to yorke and ther taryed for his people the lordes of Scotlande wer enfourmed of the coÌ„myng of the kyng of Englande wherfore they made sorer assautes to the castell of Esturmelyne and coÌ„strayned so them within with engyns and canons that they wer fayne to yelde vp the castell sauyng their lyues and membres but nothyng they shulde cary away These tidynges came to the kyng of Englande where as he was thanÌ„e he departed and drewe toward Esturmelyne and came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and ther lodged and taryed more than a moneth abydinge prouysion for his host the which was put on the see bytwene saynt Andrewes tyde and All sayntes but dyuerse of their shyppes were perysshed for they had suche tempest on the see that small prouysion came thyder Some were driuen into Hollande and into Fryse wherby theÌ„glysshe hoost had great defaute of vytayls and euery thynge was dere and wynter at hande So that they wyst nat wher to haue forage and in scotlande the scottes had put all their goodes into fortresses and the kyng of England had ther mo thaÌ„ vi M. horsmen and .xl. M. fotemen The lordes of Scotland after their wynning of Estur melyne they â—rue into the forestes of Gedeours and they vnderstode well howe the kyng of Englande lay at Newecastell with a great nombre to brenne and to exyle the realme of Scotlande Than they toke counsell what they shulde do they thought themselfe to small a company to mentayne the warr seyng howe they had coÌ„tynued the warres more than .vii. yere without heed or captayne And yet as thaÌ„ they coude parceyue no socoure fro their owne kyng than they determyned to sende to the kyng of Englande a bysshop and an abbot to desyre a truse the which messangers departed fro Scotland and came to Newecastell wher they founde the kynge These messangers shewed to the kynge and to his counsayle the cause of their coÌ„myng so than it was agreed a trewse to endure foure monethes on the condycion that they of Scotlande shulde sende sufficyent embassadours into France to kyng Dauyd that without he wolde come within the moneth of May next folowing so puyssantly as to resyst and defeÌ„de his realme els they clerely to yelde themselfe englysshe and neuer to take hym more for their kyng So thê° these two prelates retourned agayne into Scotlande and incontynent they ordayned to sende into Fraunce sir Robert â—ersay and sir Symon Fresyll and two other knyghtes to shewe to their kynge their apoyntment The kynge of Englande agreed the soneâ— to this truse bycause his hoost lacked vytayll so he came backe agayne sent euery man home The scottysshe messangers went towarde Fraunce and toke shypping at Douer ¶ Nowe kynge Dauyd who had ben a seuyne yere in France and knewe well that his realme was sore distroyed ThauÌ„e he toke leaue of the frenche kyng to go home into his owne contre to confort his people so he toke shypping with his wyfe and suche coÌ„pany as he had at a port and dyde put hymselfe vnder the guyding of a maryner Rychard Flamont and so he aryued at a port of Moroyse or euer that any in Scotlande knewe therof Nor he knewe nothyng of the messangers that were gone into France to speke with hym nor they knewe nat of his retournyng home ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande came with a great hoost to Newcastell vpon Tyne Ca. lxxiiii WHan that yong kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was come into his countrey his men came about hym with great ioye and solem puyte and brought hym to the towne of saynt JohnÌ„s thyder