and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. c .xxviii. ¶ Of thorder of the frēchmen at Cressey and howe they regarded the maner of the englysshmen Cap. c .xxix. ¶ Of the bataile of Cressey bytwene the king of Englande and the frēche kyng Cap. c .xxx. ¶ Howe the next day after the batayle the Englysshmen disconfyted agayne dyuers frenchmen Cap. c .xxxi. ¶ Howe after the batayle of Cressey the deed men were nombred by the Englysshmen Cap. c .xxxii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande layde siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. c .xxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy brake vp his siege before Aguyllon Cap. c .xxxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Galtier of Manny rode thorowe Fraunce by saue conducte to Calays Cap. c .xxxv. ¶ Howe therle of Derby the same season toke in Doictou dyuers townes and castels and also the cytie of Poicters Cap. c .xxxvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes duryng the siege before Calys cāe in to Englande with a great hoost Cap. c .xxxvii. ¶ Of the batayle of Newe castell vpon Tyne by swette the quene of Englande and the kyng of scottes Cap. c .xxxviii. ¶ Howe Johan Coplande toke the kynge of scottes prisoner and what profyt he gate therby Cap. c .xxxix. ¶ Howe the younge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. c .xl. ¶ Howe ser Robert of Namure dyd homage to the kyng of Englāde before Calys Cap. c. xlt ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan the Roche Daryen howe sir Charles of Bloys layde siege therto Cap. c .xlii. ¶ Of the batayle of Roche Daryen and howe sir Charles of Bloys was there taken by the englysshmen Cap. c .xliii. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge assembled a great hoost to reyse the kyng of Englande fro the siege before Calys Cap. c .xliiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande made the passages a boute Caleys to be well kept that the frenche kynge shulde nat a proche to reyse his siege there Cap. c .xlv. ¶ Howe the towne of Calys was yelded vp to the kyng of Englande Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande repeopled the towne of Calys with englisshmen Ca. c .xlvii. ¶ Of the dealynge of a brigant of Languedoc called Bacon Cap. c .xlviii. ¶ Of another page called Crocart cap. c .xlix. ¶ Howe sir Amery of Pauy a lombarde solde the towne of Calys wherof he was capitayne to the lorde Geffrey Charney of Frāce cap. c .l. ¶ Of the batayle at Calys bytwene the kyng of Englande vnder the baner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and sir Geffray of Cherney and the frenchemen Cap. c .li. ¶ Of a chaplet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to sir Eustace of Rybamont Cap. c .lii. ¶ Of the dethe of kyng Philyp of Fraūce of the coronacyon of his son Johan Cap. c .liii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spayne constable of Fraunce to be slayne Cap. c .liiii. ¶ Of the imposicyon and gabell ordeyned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warre Cap. c .lv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng toke the kyng of Nauer and beheeded the erle of Harcourt other at Roan Cap. c .lvi. ¶ Of the assemble that the frenche kyng made to fyght with the prince of Wales who rode a brode in Berry Cap. c .lvii. ¶ Howe the prince of Wales toke the castell of Remorentyn Cap. c .lviii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the french kyng brought to the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lix. ¶ Of the ordre of the frenchmen before the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lx. ¶ Howe the cardynall of Piergourt treated to haue made a gremen bytwene the french kyng and the prince before the batayle of Poycters Cap c .lxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Poicters bytwene the price of Wales and the frenche kyng Cap. c .lxii. ¶ Of two frenchmen that fled fro the batayle of Poicters and of two englysshmen that folowed them Cap. c .lxiii. ¶ Howe kyng Johan of Fraunce was taken prisoner at the batayle of Poiters cap. c .lxiiii. ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audley after the batayle of Poiters ca. c .lxv. ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan greatly at the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the lord James Audeley gaue to his foure squiers the fyue C. marke of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym Ca. c .lxvii. ¶ Howe the prince made a supper to the french kyng the same day of the batayle Cap. c .lxviii. ¶ Howe the prince returned to Burdeaux after the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lxix. ¶ Howe the thre estates of Fraunce assembled to gyder at Parys after the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .lxx. ¶ Howe the thre estates sent men of warre agaynst the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt Cap. c .lxxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Constances bytwene the lorde Godfrey of Hercourt and the lorde Loys of Rauenall Cap. c .lxxii. ¶ Howe the prince conueyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeaux in to Englande Cap. c .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. c .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre leyde siege to Reynes Cap. c .lxxv. ¶ Howe a knyght of the coūtie of Eureux called sir Willyam of Granuyle wan the cyte and castell of Eureux the whiche the frenche kyng had won before fro the kyng of Nauer Cap. c .lxxvi. ¶ Of the companyons wherof the Archeprest was chiefe howe he was honoured in Auignon Cap. c .lxxvii. ¶ Of a nother sorte of cōpanyons wherof Ruffyn a walsheman was chiefe capitayne Cap. c .lxxviii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys slewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre Cap. c .lxxix. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer came out of prisone Cap. c .lxxx. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer preched solēpnelye at Parys Cap. c .lxxxi. ¶ Of the begynning of the cysing of the commens called the Jaquery in Beauosyn Cap. c .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys caused walles to be made about the cyte of Parys Cap. c .lxxxiii. ¶ Of the batayleat Meaulx in Bry wher the companyons of the Jaquery were disconfyted by the erle of Foyz and the Captall of Beufz Cap. c .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe Parys was besieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. c .lxxxv. ¶ Of the parisyens that were slayne at saynt Clude by the Englysshmen that had ben soudyers in Parys Cap. c .lxxxvi. ¶ Of the dethe of the prouost of the marchantes of Parys Cap. c .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer besyed the realme of Fraunce the frenche kynge beyng prisoner in Englande Cap. c .lxxxviii. ¶ Of the naueroise that the picardes besieged in the castell of Moncounsell Cap. c .lxxxix. ¶ How certayne burgesses of Amyens wolde haue delyuered the cytie to the naueroyse and of the great famyne that was than in y◠realme of Fraunce Cap. c lrxxx ¶ Of the naueroise that were beseged in saynt Ualery by the pycardes and
myle to the same castell At the last it fortuned syr Henry Beamond son to the vicount Beamond in Ingland entred in to a Barge and certayne company with hym and spyed this vessell and rowed after hym so long that the shyp wherin the kyng was coulde nat flee fast before them but fynally they were ouer takyn and so brought agayn to the towne of Bristow and delyuered to the quene and her son as prisoners Thus it befel of this high and hardy entrepryse of syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault and his companye For whan they departed and entred into theyr shyppes at Durdright they were but .iii. C. meÌ„ of armes And thus by theyr help and the lordes in Inglande the quene Isabell conquered agayne all her astate and dignyte And put vnto execucion all her ennemyes wher of all the moost parte of the realme were right Joyouse withoute it were a fewe parsones suche as were fauourable to syr Hewe Spencer and of his parte And whan the kyng sir Hew Spencer mere brought to Bristowe by the said sir Henry Beamond The kyng was than sent by the couÌ„sell of all the barons knyghtis to the strong castell of Barkeley and put vnder good kepyng honest ther were ordeined people of astate aboute hym suche as knewe ryght Well what they ought to doo but they were straytly commaunded that they shulde in no wyse suffre hym to passe out of the castell And ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer was deliuerd to ser Thomas wage marshall of 〈◊〉 host And after that the quene departed and al her host to ward London whiche was the chief cite of Ingland so ryd forth on theyr iourneis and ser Thomas Wage caused ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer to be fast bouÌ„d on the best leuiest hors of al the host and caused hym to were on a tabarte suche as traytours and theues Were wont to were And thus he was led in scorue after the quenes rout through out all the townes as they passed with trumpes and canayres to do hym the greatter dispyte tyll at the laste they came to the Cite of Herford wher as the quene was honorably receyued with great solempnyte all her coÌ„pany and ther she kept the feast of all sayntis with great royalte for the loue of her son and strauÌ„gers that were ther. ¶ Howe syr Hewe Spencer was put to his iudgement Cap. xiii WHan this feast was done than syr Hewe Spencer who was nothyng beloued was brought forth before the quene and all the lordes and knyghtê and ther before hym in wrytyng was rehersed all his dedis ageynst the whiche he wold gyue no maner of answere And so he was than iudged by playn sentence Fyrst to be drawen on an hyrdell with trumpes and trumpettis through all the cite of Herford and after to be brought into the market place where as all the people were assembled there to be tyed on hygh vpon a ladder that euery maÌ„ myght se hym and in the same place ther to be made a great fier and ther his pryuy membres cut from hym bycause they reputed hym as an herety 〈…〉 and so demed and so to be brent in the fyre before his face And than his hart to be drawen out of his body cast into the fyre bycause he was a false traytour of hart that by hys traytours couÌ„sell extorcioÌ„ that kyng had shamed his realme and brought it to great myschief for he had caused to be behedded the greattest lordes of his realme by whom yâ— realme ought to haue ben susteyned and defended And he had so enduced the kyng that he wolde nat se the quene his wyfe nor Edwarde his eldest son and caused hym to chare them out of the realme for fere of theyr lyues And than his heed to be stryken of and sent to LoÌ„don And accordyng to his iudgement he was executed Than the quene and all her lordes toke theyr way toward London and dyd so moche by theyr iourneys that they arryued at the Cite of London and they of the cite with great company mette them and dyd to the quene and to her sonne great reuerence and to al theyr company as they thought it best bestowed And whan they had ben thus receyued and feasted the space of .xv. dayes the knyghtis strauÌ„gers and namely syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte had great desyre to retourne agayn into theyr owne countres for they thought they had well done theyr deuour and achyued greathonour and so toke theyr leue of the quene and of the lordes of the realme and the quene and the lordes requyred them to tary longer a lytle space to se what shuld be done with the kyng who was in pryson but the straungers had so great desyre to retourne into theyr owne countreys that to praye theym the contrarye auayled nat And whan the quene and her couÌ„sell saw that They yet desyred syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte to tary tyll it was past Christmas and to retaygne with hym suche of his company as pleased hym best The gentle knyght wold nat leue to parfourme his seruice but courtesly graunted the quene to tary as long as it pleased her and caused to tary suche of his company as he coud get that was but a fewe for the remnaunt wold in no wyse tary Wherof he was displeased Whan the quene and her counsell sawe that they wold nat abyde for no prayers than they made them great chere and feastis And the quene made to be gyuen to them plenty of golde and syluer for theyr costis and seruicis and dyd gyue great Jewelles to eche of them accordyng to theyr degrees so as they all helde them selfe ryght well content And ouer that they had syluer for theyr horses suche as they wolde leue behynde theym at they re owne estymation without any grudgyng And thus syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte aboode styll with a smalle company among the englisshemen who always dydde hym as moche honoure as they coude ymagyn and to all his company And in lyke wyse so dyd the ladyes and damozelles of the countre For there were great plentye of countesses and great ladyes gentle pucels who were come thither to acompany the quene For it semed well to them that yâ— knyght ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte had well deserued yâ— chere and feast that they made hym ¶ The coronacion of kyng Edwarth the thyrde Cap. xiiii AFter that the most part of the company of Heynault were departed and ser JohnÌ„ Heynaulte lorde of Beamond taryed The quene gaue leue to her people to be parte sauynge a certayne noble knyghtis the whiche she kept styl about her and her soÌ„ne To counsell them and commaunded all them that departed to be at London the next Christmas For as than she was determyned to kepe open court and all they promysed her so to do And whan Christmas was come she helde a great court And thyther came dukes erles harous knyghtis and all the nobles of the realme with prelates and burgesses of good townes and at
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
realme of Fraunce was sore wasted and exyled and specially in yâ— terme that the sayd frere haâ— sette The whiche was in the yeres of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 .lvii. lviii and .lix. He sayde in those yeres the pryncis and gentylmen of the realme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for feare shewe them selfe agaynst the people 〈◊〉 lowe estate assembled of all cou 〈…〉 without heed or Capitayne and they shulde 〈◊〉 as they lyste in the realme of Fraunce the whiche 〈◊〉 after as ye haue herde howe the companyons assembled theym to guether and 〈◊〉 〈…〉 son of theyr robbery and pyllage waâ—â—d riche and became great capitaynes NOWe lette vs retourne to the kynge of Englande Who laye at Bourge the Royne a two lyttell leages â—ro Parys and all his ooste towardes Mou 〈…〉 hery the kynge sente his herauldes to Paris to the duke of Normandy who laye there with great companye of men of warre to demaunde batayle but the duke wolde nat agree therto The messangers returned without any thynge 〈◊〉 And whan the kynge sawe that he shulde hauâ— no batayle he was sore â—ispleaseâ— Than 〈◊〉 Gaulter of Manny desyred the kynge that he myght make a sâ—rymyshe at the Bayles of Parys the kynge agreed therto and named suche as shulde go with hym and the kyng made certayne newe knyghtes as the lorde Fitz Waâ—er the lorde of Siluacier syr Balastre yâ— William Torceaux syr Thomas Spencer syr Johan Neuell syr Richarde Dostenay and other Also the kynge wolde haue made knyght Collaâ—â— Dambreticourte sonne to syr Nicholas Who was squier for the kynges body but the squâ—eâ— excused hym selfe he sayde he coulde nat fynde his Bassenette The lorde of Manny dyd his enterprise â–ª and brought these new knyghtes to skrymyshe at the Barriers of Parys There was a sore skrymyshe for within the cite there were mane good knyghtes and squiers Who wolde gladly haue issued out if the duke of Normandy wold agreed therto howe be it they defended theyr gate and barryers in suche Wyseâ— that they toke litell â—ammage This skrymyâ—â— endured from the mornynge tyll noone diuers were hurte on both partyes Than the lorde of Manny withdrewe to his lodgynge and there taryed all that daye and the nexte nyght folowynge And the next daye after the kyng 〈…〉 ged and toke the waye towarde Moutleheâ—y â–ª Certayne knyghtes of Englande and of Gaâ—coyne at theyr dislodgyng determined to lyâ— in a busshment for they thought ther were so many gentylmeÌ„ in Parys that some of them wold aduenture to issue oute And so a two hundred of chosen men of armes gascoyns and englisshe layed them selfe in a busshemeÌ„t in a voyd house a .iii. leages fro Parys There was the captall of Buz â–ª ser Edmonde of Pomiers and yâ— lorde of Courton gascoyns And ther were englisshe the lorde Neuell the lorde Mombray and syr Richarde of Pounchardon these .vi. knyghtes were chieâ— capitaynes of this imbuâ—shement Whan the frenchemen in Parys sawe the dyslodgynge of the englysshe oost certayne yonge knyghtes drewe to guether and sayd It Were good that we issued out of this cite secretly and folowe the englisshe oost perauenture we may happe somwhat to wynne Anone there agreed to yâ— purpose syr Raâ—â— of Coucy sir Rauâ— of Remenall the lorde of Montsault the lorde of Helay the chatelayne of Beauuoys the Begue of Uillaines the lorde of Beausiers the lorde of Ulbariâ— â–ª sir Gauwen of Ualouell sir Flaâ—ant of Roy syr â—elles of Cauilly syr Peter of â—armoises Peter of Sauoise and about 〈◊〉 â—peares in theyr coÌ„pany They issued out well horsed and well wylled to do some dede of armes they rode the way to Bourge le Royne and passed by and rode so forwarde that they passed by yâ— englisse busshemeÌ„t And whan they were passed the englysshe men and gascoynes brake out and sette on them cryeng theyr cryes The trenchemen returned and had great meruaile what it was and incontinent they knewe howe it was theyr ennemies Than they stode styll and set them selfe in ordre of batayle and couched their speares agaynst the englisshmen and gascoyns at the first metynge there was a sore iustê and diuerse cast to the erthe on bothe parties for they wer all well horsed ThaÌ„ they drew out theyr swerdes and entred eche amoÌ„g other gyuyng great strokes There was done many a propre feat of armes This fight endured a great space so that none coulde tell Who shulde haue the victory Ther yâ— captall of Buz proued hym selfe a good knyght and dyd with his handes noble dedes of armes Finally the englisshemen and gascoyns bare them selfe so well that the victorie abode on theyr part they were as many and half as many agayne as the frenche men were On the frenche ê‘tie the lord of CaÌ„premy was a good knyght for he fought valiauntly vnder his baner and he that bare it was slayne and the lorde taken prisoner The other freÌ„che knyghtes and squiers seing theyr euyll aduenture retourned towarde Parys and fought euer as they fled for they were sore poursewed The chace endured tyll they paste Bourg le Royne there were taken a .ix. knyghtes and squiers And if the englysshemeÌ„ and gascoyns who pursewed them had nat doubted the issuynge out of them of Paris all the other had ben takeÌ„ or slayne but whan they had done theyr feat they retourned to MouÌ„tlehery where the kyng of England was and brought thither with them theyr prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly the same nyght and suffred them to go whither they lyste and trusted them on theyr faithes THe entencion of the kynge of Englande was to entre into the good countrey of Bâ—auâ—se and so to drawe alonge the Ryuere of Loyre and so all that somer to abyde in Britayne tyll after August And than at the vyntage to retourne agayne into France and to lay siege to Parys for he wolde nat retourne agayne into Englande bicause he sayd or he departed out of Englande that he wolde nat retourne agayne tyll he had Fraunce at his pleasure and he lefte his men in garisons to make warre in France in Champayn in poicton in Ponthieu in Uimeu in Uulgesyn and in Normandy and in al the realme of Fraunce and in the good townes cites suche as toke his parte with theyr owne good wylles All this season the duke of Normandye was at Parys and his two bretherne and the duke of orle aunse theyr vncle and their counsailes They ymagined well the courage of the kyng of Englande and howe that he and his meÌ„brought the realme of FraÌ„ce into great pouerte and sawe well howe the realme coulde nat longe endure in that case for the rentes of yâ— lordes and of the churches were nygh lost in euery parte As than there was a sage and a discrete persone Chauncellour of Fraunce called syr William of Montague bysshop of Tyrwin by whose couÌ„saile moche of FraÌ„ce was ruled good cause why Forâ—euer his counsayle was good and true and with hym there were
theym behynde vs. Thus as they were in this case and wyst nat what to do and had sent two bretons vnarmed in to the feldes to se yf they might fynde any of their pages with their horses Ther came on them sir Guyssharde Dangle sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde Parteney the lorde Tanyboton the lorde Dargenton the lorde of Pynan sir Jaques of Surgyers and dyuers other englysshmen to the noÌ„bre of two huÌ„dred speares who rode about to seke for the frenchmen for it was shewed them howe they were abrode And so they fell in the trake of the horses and caÌ„e in great hast with baners and penons wauyng in the wynde And assoone as the bretons and frenchmen sawe them comyng they knewe well they were their enemies ThaÌ„ they sayd to the englysshmen whome they had taken as prisoners before Sirs beholde yonder cometh a bande of your company to socour you and we perceyue well that we can nat endure agaynst theÌ„ and yebe out prisoners We wyll quyte you so that ye wyll kepe vs wyll become your prisoners for we had rather yeld vs to you thaÌ„ to them that cometh yonder and they aunswered as ye wyll so are 〈…〉 e content Thus the englysshmen were losed out of their prisons Than the poictenyns gascoyns englysshmen came on them their speares in their restes cryeng their cryes Than the freÌ„chmen and bretons drewe a syde and sayde to theÌ„ sirs leaue do vs no hurt we be all prisoners a redy The englysshmen affirmed the same and said they be our prisoners Carlonet was prisoner with sir Bertram of Case sir Loyes of saynt Julyan with sir Johan Cambo so that there was none but that he had a maister UHe barowns and knightes of Poictoâ—â— were sore disconforted whan they sawe their seneschall sir Johan Chandos lye on the erthe and coude nat speke than they lamentably complayned and sayd A sir Johan Chandos the floure of all chiualry vnhappely was that glayue forged that thus hath wouÌ„ded you and brought you in parell of dethe They wept piteously that were about hym he herde and vnderstode theym well but he coulde speke no worde They wronge their handes tare their heere 's and made many a pytefull complaynt and specially suche as were of his owne house Than his seruauntes vnarmed him and layde him on pauesses so bare him softely to Mortymer the next forteresse to them And the other barons and knyghtes retourned to Poycters and ledde with them their prisoners And as I vnderstode the same Jaques Martyn that thus hurte sir Johan Chandos was so lytell taken hede to of his hurtes that he dyed at Poiters And this noble knight sir Johan Chandos lyued nat after his hurte past a day and a nyght but so dyed god haue mercy on his soule for in a hundred yere after ther was nat a more curtesse nor more fuller of noble vertues good condycions amonge the englysshmen than he was And whan the prince and pricesse the erle of Cambridge the erle of PeÌ„broke and other barowns and knightes of Englande suche as were in Guyen herd of his dethe they were all 〈…〉 orted and sayd they had lost all on that syde of the see For his dethe his frendes and also some of his enemyes were right soroufull The englysshmen loued him bycause all noble nesse was founde in hym The frenchmen hated him bycause they douted hym yet I herde his dethe greatly complayned among right noble and valyant knightes of France Sayeng that it was a great dommage of his dethe for they sayd better it had ben that he had ben taken a lyue For if he had ben taken a lyue they sayd he was so sage and so ymaginatyue that he wolde haue fouÌ„de some maner of good meanes wherby the peace might haue ensued bytwene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce for he was so welbeloued with the kyng of Englande that the kyng wolde beleue him rather than any other in the worlde Thus bothefrenche and englysshe spake of his dethe and specially the englysshmen for by hym Guyen was kept and recouered ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy and the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre nother on the one part nor on the other And howe the lorde of Maleuall the lorde of Marneyle tourned frenche Cap. CC .lxxi. AFter the dethe of sir Johan Chandos sir Thomas Percy was made seneschall of Poictou and so it fell that the lande of saynt Sauiour the vycount fell in the kynge of Englandes â—andes to gyue wher it shuld please him Than he gâ—â—e it to a knyght of his called sir Alayne Bourchier an experte man of armes Of all that sit Johan Chandos had whiche was in yerely to uenewes to the somme of four hundred thousande frankes The prince was his successessour and heyre for he was neuer maryed nor had none heyres And within a certayne space after suche as hadde ben taken at the bridge of Lusac were put to their fynance and rauÌ„some and payed it by the ayde and helpe of the frenche kynge And so retourned agayne into their garysons sir Loyes of saynt Julyan Carlonet the breton and sir Wyllyam of Bourdes The same season ther were some knyghtes of France that were fore troubled in their mynd bycause they sawe thus nightly and dayly the warre multiply bytwene these two kynges of France and Englande And specially the lorde of Concy for it touched him gretly for he had fayre enherytance in Englande aswell by hym selfe as by his wyfe who was doughter to the kynge of Englande Whiche lande he must renounce if he wolde serue the frenche kynge of whose blode he was and of the same nacyon So he determyned him selfe to dissemble with bothe kyngê so to forget the tyme he thought to departe out of the realme of France for a season and go and sporte him in some otherplace And so ordered his departure sagely and toke leaue of the frenche kyng and with a small coÌ„pany departed and rode in to Sauoy where he was honorably receyued of the erle barons and knightes of the countre And whan he had 〈◊〉 ther as long as it pleased hym than he departed and passed forthe in to Lombardy and came to the lordes of Myllayne the lorde Galeas and the lorde Barnabo where he was at the begynning to them right welcome In lyke maner departed out of the duchy of Acà tayne sir Aymon of Pomyers a knight of the prices sayeng howe that as long as the warr dyde endure he wolde nat beare armes nother on the one parte nor on the other And so this knyght went in to Cypre and to the holy sepulcre and dyuers other pylgrimages And also the same season there was newly come to Parys sir Johan of Burbone who helde parte of his lande of the prince The frenche kynge wolde gladly haue had hym to renounce his homage to the prince and to become frenche but the erle in no wyse wolde so do In
of our lorde M. CCC .xxvi. And so aboode on the sandes thre dayes with lytle puruey aunce of vitaylle and vnshypped theyr horses and harneys nor they wist nat in what parte of Inglande they were in other in the power of theyr frendis or in the power of theyr ennemies On the .iiii. day they toke forth theyr way in the aduenture of god and of saynt George as suche people as hadde suffred great disease of colde by nyght and hunger and great feare Whereof they were nat as than clene ryd And so they rode forth by hylles and dales on the done syde and on the other tyll at the laste they founde vyllages and a great abbeye of blacke monkes the whiche is called saint HamoÌ„ wher as they .iii. dayes refresshed themselfe ¶ Howe the quene of Inglande beseged the kyng her husbande in the towne of Bristo we Cap. xi ANd than this tidyng spred about the realme so moche that at the last it came to the knowledge of the lordes by whom the quene was called agayn into Ingland and they apparailed them in all hast to come to Edward herson whom they wold haue to theyr soueraigne lorde And the fyrste that came gaue them moost comforte was Henry Erle of Lancastre With the wrye necke called Torte colle who was brother to Thomas erle of Lancastre beheeddyd as ye haue harde here before who was a good knyght greatly recoÌ„mended as ye shall here after in this hystorye Thys Erle Henry came to the quene with great companye of men of Warre and after hym came from one parte and other erles barones knyghtys and squiers with so moche people that they thought them clene out of parelles and alwayes encreased theyr power as they went forewarde Than they toke counsell among them that they shulde ryde streyght to the towne of Brystowe Where as the kyng was and with hym the Spencers The whiche was a good towne and a stronge and Well closed standyng on a good port of the see and a stronge castell the see bettyng rounde about it And therin was the kyng and ser Hewe Spencer the elder who was about .xC. of age and syr Hewe Spencer his sonne who was chieffe gouernour of the kyng and counsayled hym in all his euyll dedis Also there was the Erle of Arundell who had wedded the doughter of syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer and diuerse other knyghtis and squiers repayryng about the kyng is courte Than the quene and all her companye lordes of Heynaulte erles and barons and all other inglisshemen toke the right way to the said towne of Bristowe and in euery towne where as they entred they were receyued with great feast honour and alwayes theyr people encreased and so longe they rodeby theyr iourneys that they arryued at Brystowe and besygedde the towne rounde about as nere as they myght and the kyng and syr Hewe Spencer the yonger helde theym in the castelle and the olde syre Hewe Spencer and the erle of Arundell helde them in the towne And whan the people of the towne sawe the greate power that the Quene was of For all moost all Inglande was of her accorde and parceued what parell and daunger euydentely they were in They toke counsell amonge theymselfe and determyned that they wolde yelde vppe the towne to the quene So that they re lyues and gooddys myghte be sauyd And soo they sende to treate with the quene and her counsell in this mattyer But the quene nor her counselle Wolde nat agree therto without she myght do with syr Hewe Spencer with the erle of Arundell what it pleased her Whan the people of the towne sawe they coulde haue no peace otherwise nor saue the towne nor theyr gooddes nor theyr lyues in that distresse they accorded to the quene and opened the gates so that the quene and ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and all her barous knyghtis and squyers entred into the towne and toke theyr lodgyngys within as many as myght the reside we without Than sir Hewe Spencer and the Erle of â—rundel were taken brought before the quene to do her pleasure with them Than there was brought to the quene her owne chyldren JohnÌ„ hersonne and her two doughters the whiche were fouÌ„d ther in the kepyng of the sayd syr Hewe Spencer Wherof the quene had great ioye for she had nat seue theym longe before Than the kyng myght haue great sorowe and sir Hewe Spencer the yonger who were fast inclosed in the stronge castell and the moost part of all the realme turned to the quenes parte and to Edward her eldest sonne ¶ Howe that syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer and the erle of Arundell were iudged to dethe Cap. xii WHan the quene and her barons and all her company were lodged at theyr ease Than they beseged the castell as nere as they myght The quene caused syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer the elder and therle of AruÌ„dell to be brought forth before Edward her sonne and all the barons that were there present And sayde howe that she and her sonne shulbe take ryght lawe on them accordyng to theyr desertis Than syr Hewe Spencer sayd Ma dame god be to you a good iudge and gyue you good iudgement and if we can nat haue it in this world I praye god we maye haue hit in another Than stepte forth syr Thomas Wage a good knyght and marshall of the hoste and ther openly he recouÌ„ted they dedis in wrytynge And than tourned hym to another auncient knyght to the entent that he shuld bryng hym on that case fanty and to declare what shuld be done with suche parsones and what Judgement they shulde haue for suche causes Than the sayd knyght counsailed with other barons and knyghtis and so reported theyr opynions the Whiche was how they had well deserued deth for dyuers horryble dedis the whiche they haue commysed for all the trespas rehersed before to iustifie to be of trouth Wherfore they haue deserued for the dyuersyties of theyr trespaces to haue iudgement in .iii. dyuers maners Fyrst to be drawen and after to be heedded and than to be hanged on the Jebet This in lyke wyse as they were iubged so it was done executed before the castell of Brystowe in the syght of the kyng and of syr Hewe Spencer the yonger This iudgement was doone in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxvi. on saynt Denys day in October And after this execution the kyng and the yong SpeÌ„cer seyng theym selfe thus beseged in this myschief and knewe no comfort that myght come to them in a mornyng betymes they two with a smalle company entred into a lytle vessell behynde the castell thynkyng to haue fledde to the countrey of Walys But they were .xi. dayes in the shyppe and enforced it to saile as moche as they myghte But what so euer they dydde the wynde was euery daye so contrary to them by the wyll of god that euery daye oones or twyse they were euer brought agayn within a quartter of a
wher was a good towne a dayes iourney or two fro them than they wolde assemble .xx. or .xxx. of them togyder and go by couert wayes day and nyght and so entre into the towne vnknowen in the mornynge and sette fyre on some house Than they of the towne wolde thynke that it was done by some men of warre and so flye away out of the towne and thanne these brigantes wolde breke vp cofers and houses and robbe and take what they lyste and slye away whan they had done Among other there was a brigant in Languedocke he spyed the stronge castell of Couborne in Lymosyn he rode in the nyght with .xxx. coÌ„panyons and toke the castell by stell he and the lorde of the same castell prisoner who was called Coubourne and putte hym in prison in his owne castell And there kept hym so longe that at last they raunsomed hym at .xxiiii. thousande crownes and they kept styll the castell and made sore warr in the contrey And after by fayre promyses the frenche kyng bought hym and his castell and gaue hym xâ— thousand crownes and made hym vssher of armes about him and this Brigant Bacon was euer well horsed ap 〈…〉 led and armed lyke an erle And so he contynued as longe as he lyued ¶ Of another page called Croquart Cap. C .xlix. IN lyke case there were brigantes in Bretayne who made warre and wanne townes and castelles and lyued by robery helde of no man for that they wanne thei kept to theÌ„selfe and solde to them of the countrey townes and castels derely And among other there was one as a mayster called Croquart who was before but a poore page attendyng on the lorde Dercle in Holland Whan this Croquart began to waxe a man his lorde gaue hym leaue to depart and go to the warres into Bretayne and there he fyll in seruyce with a man of armes and bare hymselfe well and at askirmysshe his maister was taken and slayne thanne bycause of his prowes his felowes dyde chuse hym capitayne in stede of their mayster And than he dyd gette somoche by wynnyng of townes and castelles that he was estemed to be worthe .xl. thousand crownes besyde his horse wherof he had a .xx. or .xxx. good coursers and double horse and he had the brute to be one of the moost expert men of armes in all that countre And he was chosen in a batayle to be one of the .xxx. of the englysshe partie and he wan ther the price of all other the freÌ„che kyng made hym offers and promyse that if he wolde becoÌ„e frenche to make hym a knyght and to mary him rychely and to gyue hym two thousande pounde of reuenewes yerely but he wolde in nowyse coÌ„seÌ„t therto And it fortuned hym on a day to ryde a yonge horse the which he had bought for thre hundred crownes and he spuâ—red hym soo sore that the horse ranne away with hym and in romnyng fell in a dyke brake his maysters necke thus ended Croquart ¶ Howe sir Amery of Pauy lumbarâ— solde the towne of Calys wherof he was captayne to the lorde Geffray Charney of Fraunce Cap. C .l. ALl this season in the towne of saynt Omers was the lorde Geffray of Charney kept the fronters ther vsing euery thynge touchynge the warre as kyng Than he be thought him howe that lumbardes naturally be couetonse wherfore he thought to assay to gette the towne of Calys wher of Amery of Pauy lumbarde was capitayne by reasone of the trewse they of saynte Omers myght go to Calys and they of Calys to saynt Omers so that dayly that resorted toguyder to do their marchaÌ„dyses Than sir Geffray secretly fyll in treaty with sir Amery of Pauy so that he promysed to delyuer into the freÌ„chmens handes the towne and castell of Calys for .xx. thousande crownes This was nat done so secretely but that the kyng of Englande had knowledge therof than the kyng send for Amery de Pauy to come into England to Westmynster to speke with hym and so he came ouer for he thought that the kyng had nat had knowledge of that mater he thought he had done it so secretly Whan the kyng sawe hym he toke hym apart sayd thou knowest well I haue gyuen the in kepyng the thynge in this worlde that I loue best next my wyfe chyldren that is to say the towne and castell of Calys and thou hast solde it to the freÌ„chmen wherfore thou haste well deserued to dye Than the lumbard kneled downe and sayd a noble kyng I cry you mercy it is trewe that ye say but sir the bargayne may well be broken for as yet I haue receyued neuer a peny the kyrge had loued well the lumbard and sayd Amery I woll that thou go forwarde on thy bargayne and the day that thou apoyntest to delyuer the towne let me haue knowledge therof before and on this condycion I forgyue the thy trespas so thervpon the lumbard retourned agayne to Calays and kept this mater secrete Than sir Geffray of Charney thought well to haue Calays and assembled a certayne nombre secretly a .v. hundred speares ther were but a fewe yâ— knewe what he purposed I thynke he neuer made the frenche kyng of knowledge therof for if he had I trowe the kyng wolde nat a consented therto bycause of the truse This lumbard had apoynted to delyuer the castell the first nyght of the newe yere the lumbarde sende worde therof by a brother of his to the kyng of Englande ¶ Of the batayle at Calays bytwene the kyng of Englande vnder the baner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and sir Geffray of Charney and the frenchemen Cap. C .li. WHan the kyng of England knewe the certayne day apoynted he departed out of England with thre C. men of armes and .vi. C. archers toke shyppyng at Douer and in the euenynge arryued at Calays so secretely that no man knewe therof and went and layde his men in busshmentes in the chambers and towres within the castell ThanÌ„e the kyng sayde to sir Gaultyer of Manny I woll that ye be chiefe of this enterprice for I and my sonne the prince woll fyght vnder your baner The lorde Geffray of Charney the last day of Decembre at nyght departed fro Arras and all his company and came nere to Calis about the hour of mydnight and than taryed there abydynge for his company and sende two squyers to the posterne gate of the castell of Calys And there they founde sir Amery redy than they demaunded of hym if it were tyme that the lorde Geffray shulde come and the lumbarde sayde yes Than they retourned to their maister and shewed hym as the lumbard sayd than he made his men passe Newlande bridge in good order of batayle than he sende .xii. knyghtes with a hundred men of armes to go and take possession of the castell of Calays for he thought well if he myght haue the castell he shulde soone gette the towne seyng he had so
therin than the kyng went to the castell of Bretuell wherin were men of the kyng of Nauers There the kyng lay at siege the space of two monethes and than the castell was gyuen vp and they within went wher they lyst with their goodes and lyues saued ¶ Of the assemble that the frenche kyng made to fight with the prince of wales who rode in Berry Cap. C .lvii. WHan the frenche kynge had made his iourney and reconquered townes 〈◊〉 castelles in base Normandy pertaynyug as than to the kyng of Nauerre whome he helde in prisonne and was gone backe to the cytie of Parys It was nat long after but that he herde howe the prince of Wales with a good nombre of men of warre was ferre entred into the countrey aprochyng the gode â—otrey of Berry Than the kyng sayd and sware that he wolde ryde and fyght with hym wheresoeuer he founde hym than the kyng made agayne a specyall assemble of all nobles and such as helde of hym his commaundement was that all maner of excuses layde a parte his letters ones sene that euery man on payne of his dyspleasur shulde drawe and mete with hym in yâ— marches of Bloyes and Torayne for the entent to syght with thenglysshmen And the kyng to make the more hast deê‘ted fro Parys and rode to Chartres to here the better of suretie what thenglyssh men dyd There he reâ—ted dayly men of warre resorted thyder fro all partes as of Aunergne Berrey Burgoyne Lorayne Heynault Uermandoyse Picardy Bretayne and Normandy and euer as they came they were set forwarde and made their musters And lodged in the countrey by the assâ—gnement of the marshalles the lorde Johan of Cleremont and the lorde Arnolde DaÌ„drehen the kyng sende also great prouisyon to all his fortresses and garysonâ—â— in Antowe Poyctou Dumayne Torayne and in to all the fortresses wher he thought thenglyssh men shulde passe to the entent to close the passages from them and to kepe theÌ„ fro vitaylâ—â— that they shulde fynde no foragefor theÌ„ nor their horses Howe beit for all that the prince and his coÌ„pany who were to the nombre of two M. men of armes and sir M. archers rode at their ease and had bitayls ynough for they founde the coÌ„tre of Auuerne right plentyfull but they wolde nat tary ther but went for the to make warre 〈◊〉 their enemyes they brent and exyled the coÌ„trey asmoch as they might For whan they were entred into a towne and founde it well replenysshed of all thyngê they taryed ther a two or thre dayes to refresshe them whan they depted they wolde distroy all the resydue strike out the heedes of the vessels of wyne and bren where barly and otes and all other thyngê to thyntent 〈◊〉 their enemyes shulde haue no ayde therof 〈◊〉 than they rode forthe euer founde good coÌ„tres and pleÌ„tyfull for in Berry Torayne Aâ—â—owe Poyctou and Mayne is a very plentyfull contre for men of warr thenglysshmen rode for the in this maner tyll they came to the good cytie 〈◊〉 Burges And ther they made a gret skirmyssh at one of the gates capitayns within were the lorde of Consant the lorde Hutyn of 〈◊〉 who kept the cyte ther was many feates of 〈…〉 mes done thenglysshmen deê‘ted without any more doyng went to Issoldon a strong castell the which was feersly assayled and thyder caâ—â— all the hole hoost howbeit they coud nat wyâ—it The geÌ„tylmen defended it valiantly than they passed farther and toke their way to U 〈…〉 on 〈◊〉 great towne and a good castell but it was yuell closed and the peple ther nat sufficyent to make defence therfore it was won perforce And ther they founde wyne and other vitayls gret plenty and taryed there thre dayes co refresshe all there host and thyder caÌ„e tidynges to the prince how the french kyng was at Charters with a gret assemble of men of warr and howe yâ— all the torâ—nes and passagê aboue the ryuer of Loyre were closed and kept that none coude passe the ryueâ— Than the prince was counselled to returne and to passe by Torayne and Poycton and so 〈◊〉 way to Bourdeaux Than the prince toke that way and retourned whan they had done with the towne that they were in their pleasure and 〈…〉 ken the castell and slayne the moâ—st part that were within than they rode towarde Remoren tyne The french kyng had send into yâ— countrey thre great barownes to kepe the fronters thereâ— the lorde of Craon the lorde Boucequant and the hermyte of Chamont who with thre C. speres rode into that contrey in costyng theÌ„glysshmen and had folowed theÌ„ a sixe dayes togyderâ— and coude neuer fynde auantage to set on them for theÌ„glysshmen rode euerso wysely that they coude nat entre on them on any syde to their aduauntage On a day the frenchmen putte themselfe in a busshement nere to Remorentyne at a marueylous strayte passage by the whiche the englysshmen must nedes passe the same day ther was departed fro the princes bataile by leaue of the marshals the lorde Bartylmewe of Breches the lorde of Musydent gascoyne the lorde Petyton Courton the lorde Dalawarre the lorde Basset the lorde Danyell paseler the lorde Rycharde of Pontchardon the lorde Nowell Lorynch the yong lorde Spencer Edwarde and the lorde Dambretycourte with two hundred menne of armes to ronne before Remorentyne They passed foreby the frenchmens busshment and was nat ware of them assone as they were passed the frenchmen brake out and came after them feersly thenglysshmen who were well forwarde herde the noyse of the horses commynge after them and parceyued how they were their ennemyes they tourned and stode styll and abode the freÌ„chmen who came on theÌ„ with great randon their speares in their restes And so caÌ„e ronnyng to thenglysshmen who stode styll and suffre them to passe and there was nat of them past a fyue or sir ouerthrowen at yâ— first metyng than thenglysshmen dasshed forthe their horses after the frenchemen There was a feerse skyrmysshe and en 〈…〉 red long and many knightes and squyers beaten downe on both partes and dyuers taken and rescued agayn so that a long season no man coulde tell who had the better so long they fought that the batayle of thenglysshe marthalles aproched And whan the frenchmen sawe theym commyng a long by a woode syde they â—ledde he that might best toke their wayes to Remorentyne and the englysshmen in the chase natte sparyng their horses There was a harde batayle and many a man ouerthrowen howe beit the one halfe of the frenchmen entred into the castell the thre lordes saued theymselfe and dyuerse other knyghtes and squyers that were well horsed Howe beit the towne was taken at their fyrst commynge for the frenchmen all entred into the castell ¶ Howe the prince of wales toke the castell of Remorentyne Cap. C .lviii. THe prince of wales herde how his fore ryders were a fightyng than he toke that way and
the prince and whan they sawe that the parties shulde fight they stale fro their maisters and went to the freÌ„che hoost and they made their captayne the Catelayne of Impastre who was as thaÌ„ ther with the cardynall who knewe nothynge therof tyll he was come to Poycters The certentie of the order of the englysshmen was shewed to the freÌ„che kyng except they had ordayned threhuÌ„dred men a horsebacke and as many archers a horsebacke to coost vnder couert of the mountayne and to strike into the batayle of the duke of Normandy who was vnder the mountayne a fote This ordynaunce they had made of newe that the freÌ„chmen knewe nat of the prince was with his batayle downe amonge the vynes and had closed in the wekyst parte with their caryages No we wyll I name some of the princypall lordes and knyghtes that were ther with the prince the erle of Warwyke therle of Suffolke the erle of Salisbury therle of Stafford the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos the lorde Richarde Stafford the lorde Reynold Cobham the lorde Spencer the lorde James Audeley the lorde Peter his brother the lorde Bercley the lorde Basser the lord waren the lorde Dalawar the lorde Maulyne the lorde Wylly the lorde Bartylme we be Brunes the lord of Felton the lorde Rychard of PeÌ„bruge the lorde Stephyne of Constracyon the lorde Brasfeton and other englysshmen And of gascon ther was the lorde of Prunes the lorde of Buger the Captall of Buz the lorde Johan of Chamont the lorde Delaspare the lorde of Rosen the lorde of Conseu the lorde of MontferaÌ„t the lorde of Landuras the lorde Soulech of Lestrade and other that I can nat name And of Heynowers the lorde Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt the lorde JohnÌ„ of Guystels and two other straÌ„gers the lorde Dauyell Phasell the lorde Denyce of Moerbertre All the princes company past nat an .viii. M. men one and other and the frenchmen were a .lx. M. fightyng men wherof ther were mo than thre thousande knightes ¶ Of the batell of Poycters bytwene the prince of wales and the freÌ„che kyng Cap. C .lxii. WHanÌ„e the prince same that he shuld haue batell and that the cardynall was gone without any peace or trewse makynge and sawe that the frenche kyng dyd sette but lytell store by him he said than to his men Now sirs though we be but a small company as in regarde to the puyssance of our ennemyes let vs nat be a basshed therfore for the vyctorie lyeth nat in the multitude of people but wher as god wyll sende it yf it fortune that the iourney be ours we shal be the moost honoured people of all the worlde if we dye in our right quarell I haue the kyng my father bretherne and also ye haue good frendes kynsmen these shall reuenge vs. Therfore sirs for goddessake I requyre you do your deuoyers thin day for if god be pleased saynt George this day ye shall se me a good knyght These wordes and suche other that the prince spake conforted all his people the lorde sir JohnÌ„ Chandos that day neuer went fro the prince nor also the lorde James Audeley of a great season 〈◊〉 whanÌ„e he sawe that they shulde nedes fight he sayd to the prince ser I haue serued alwayes truely my lorde your father you also and shall do as long as I lyue I say this bicause I made ones a vowe that the first batayle that other the kynge your father or any of his chyldren shulde be at howe that I wolde be one of the first setters on or els to dye in the payne Therfore I requyre yor grace as in rewarde for any seruyce that euer I dyde to the king yor father or to you that you woll gyue me sycence to depart fro you and to sette my selfe there as I may acomplysshe my vowe The prince acorded to his desyre and sayde sir James god gyue you this day that grace to be the best knyght of all other and so toke hym by the hande Than the knyght departed fro the prince and went to the formast front of all the batayles all onely acompanyed with foure squyers who promysed nat to fayle hym this lorde James was a right sage and a valyaÌ„t knight and by hym was moche of the hoost ordayned and gouerned the day before Thus sir James was in the front of the batayle redy to fight with the batayle of the marshalles of Fraunce In lykewyse the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt dyd his payne to be one of the formast to sette on Whan sir James Audeley began t 〈…〉 tte forwarde to his ennemyes it fortuned to sir Eustace Dambretycourt as ye shall here after ye haue herde before howe the almayns in the french host were apoynted to be styll a horsebacke sir Eustace beyng a horsebacke layed his spear in the rest and ran into the frenche batayle and than a knyght of almaygne called the lorde Loyes of Coucoabras who bare a shelde syluer fyue rosses goules and sir Eustace bare ermyns two hamedes of goules Whan this almaygne sawe the lorde Eustace come fro his company he rode agaynst hym and they mette so rudely that bothe knightes fell to the yerth the almayne was hurt in the shulder therfore he rose nat so quickely as dyde sir Eustace who whaÌ„ he was vp and had taken his breth he came to the other knyght as he lay on the grounde but thanÌ„e fyue other knyghtes of almayne came on hym all at ones bare hym to the yerth And so perforce there he was taken prisoner and brought to the erle of Nosco who as than toke no hede of hym and I can nat say whyther they sware him prisoner or no but they tyed hym to a chare and there lette hym stande Than the batayle began on all partes and the batayls of the marshals of Fraunce aproched and they set forthe that were apoynted to breke the ray of the archers they entred a horsebacke into the way where the great hedges were on bothe sydes sette full of archers assone as the men of armes entred the archers began to shote on bothe sydes and dyd slee and hurt horses and knyghtes So that the horses whan they felt the sharpe arowes they wolde in no wyse go forward but brewe a backe and stang and toke on so feersly that many of them fell on their maisters so that for pâ—â—ace they coude nat ryse agayne In so moche that the marshals batayle coude neuer come at the prince certayne knyghtes squyers that were well horsed passed through tharchers and thought to a â—â—he to the prince but they coude nat The lorde James Judeley with his four squyers was in the front of that batell and there dyd maruels marmes and by great prowes he caÌ„e and fought with sir Arnolde Dandrehen vnder his owne baner and ther they fought longe togyder and sir Arnolde was there sore handled The batayle of the marshals began to dysorder by reason of the shot of the archers with the
Montahoton the lorde of Suggeres the lorde Johan Sayntre the lorde Guysshar de Dangle the lorde Argenton the lorde of Lymyers the lorde of Mountandre and dyuerse other Also the Uycount of Rocheuatt and the erle of Daunoy And of Burgone the lorde James of Beauyeâ— the lorde de la Castell Uilayn and other In another parte there was the erle of Uantadowre and of Mounpenser the lorde James of Burbone the lorde Johan Darthoyes and also the lorde James his brother the lorde Arnolde of Cernolle called the Archepreest armed for the yonge erle of Alansonne And of Auuergne there was the lorde of Marâ—â—ell the lorde de la Towre the lorde of Chalenton the lorde of Montague the lorde of Rochfort the lorde de la Chayre the lorde Dachone And of Lymosyn there was the lorde Delmall the lorde of Norwell the lorde of Pers Buffâ—er And of Pycardie there was the lorde Wyllyam of Nerle the lorde Arnolde of Renewall the lorde Geffray of saynt Dygier the lorde of Chamy the lorde of Heley the lorde of Mounsaunt the lorde of Hangyes and dyuers other And also in the kynges batayle ther was therle Duglas of ScotlaÌ„d who fought a season right valyantly but whan he sawe the dysconfyture he departed and saued hymselfe for in no wyse he wolde be takenne of the englysshmen he had rather ben there slayne On the englysshe parte the lorde James Awdeley with the ayde of his foure squyers fought alwayes in the chyefe of the batayle he was soore hurte in the body and in the vysage as longe as his breth serued hym he fought At laste at the ende of the batayle his foure squyers tooke and brought hym oute of the felde and layed hym vnder a hedge syde for to refresshe hym And they vnarmed hym and bounde vp his woundes aswell as they coulde On the frenche partie kynge Johan was that day a full right good knyght if the fourth part of his menne hadde done their deuoyers aswell as he dydde the iourney hadde bene his by all lykelyhode Howe be it they were all slayne and takenne that were there excepte a fewe that saued themselfe that were with the kynge There was slayne the duke Peter of Burbon the lorde Guyssharde of Beauieu the lorde of LaÌ„das and the duke of Athenes constable of Fraunce the bysshoppe of Chalons in Champayne the lorde WyllmÌ„ of Neell the lorde Gustace of Rybamont the lorde de la Towre the lorde Wyllyam of Montagu sir Guyuenton of ChaÌ„bley ser Ba 〈…〉 de la house and many other as they fought by companyes and ther were taken prisoners the lorde of Wodney the lorde of Pompador and the archpreest sore hurte the erle of Uandos the erle of Mons the erle of Genuyll the erle of Uandone sir Loyes of Melwall the lorde Pyers Buffyer and the lorde of Senerachet ther were at that brunt slayne and taken mo than two hundred knyghtes ¶ Of two frenchmen that fledde fro the batayle of Poicters and two englysshmen that folowed them Cap. C .lxiii. AMong the batayls recounterynges chases and pursuetes yâ— were made that day in the felde It fortuned so to sir Edwarde of Roucy that whan he departed fro yâ— felde bycause he sawe yâ— feld was lost without recouery he thought nat to abyde the danger of the englysshmen Wherfore he fledd all alone and was gone out of the felde a leage and an englysshe knyght pursued hym and euer cryed to hym and sayde retourne agayne sir knyght it is a shaÌ„e to flye away thus Than the knight tourned thenglysshe knight thought to haue striken hym with his speare in the targe but he fayled for sir Edwarde swarued a syde fro the stroke but he fayled nat the englysshe knyght for he strake hym suche a stroke on the helme with his swerde that he was astonyed and fell fro his horse to the yerth and lay styll Than sir Edward a lighted came to him or he coude ryse sayd yeld you rescue or no reseue or els I shall slee you the englysshman yelded and went with hym afterwarde was rauÌ„somed Also it fortuned that an other squyer of Picardy called Johan de Helenes was fledde fro the batayle and mette with his page who delyuerd hym a newe fresshe horse wheron he rode away alone The same season there was in the felde the lorde Bercle of Englande a yong lusty knyght who the same day had reryd his baner and he all aloue pursued the sayd Johan of Helenes and whanÌ„e he had folowed the space of a leage the sayde JohnÌ„ tourned agayne and layed his swerde in the rest in stede of aspeare and so came roÌ„nyng to warde the lorde Bercle who lyft vs his swerde to haue stryken yâ— squyer but whan he same the stroke come he tourned fro it so that the englysshman lost his stroke and Johan strake hym as he past on the arme that the lorde Berclees swerde fell into the felde Whan he sawe his swerde downe he lyghted so daynly of his horse came to the place wher his swerd lay as he stouped downe to take vp his swerd the frenche squyer dyd pycke his swerde at hym and by happe strake hym through both the thy â–ª es so that the knyght fell to the yerth and coude nat helpe hymselfe and Johan a lyghted of his horse and toke the knyghtes swerde that lay on the grounde and came to hym and demaunded if he wolde yelde hym or nat The knyght than demaunded his name sir sayde he I hyght Johan of Helenes but what is your name certenly sayde the knyght my name is Thomas and am lorde of Bercle a fayre castell on the ryuer of Seuern in the marches of Wales Well sir ê™ the squyer than ye shall be my prisonere and I shall bring you in sauegarde and I shall se that you shall be healed of your hurt Well sayde the knyght I am content to be your prisoner for ye haue by lawe of armes wonne me ther he swar to be his prisoner rescue or no rescue Than the squyer drewe forthe the swerde out of the knightes thyes and the wounde was opyn thafie he wrapped and bounde the wounde and set hym on his horse and so brought hym fayre and easely to Chaterlerant and there taryed more than fyftene dayes for his sake and dyde gette hym remedy for his hurt And whaÌ„ he was somwhat amended than he gate hym a lytter and so brought hym at his ease to his house in Picardy there he was more than a yere tyll he was perfetly hole and whan he departed he payed for his raunsome sire thousande nobuls so this squyer was made a knyght by reason of the profette that he had of the lorde Bercley ¶ Howe kyng JohnÌ„ was taken prisoner at the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lxiiii. OFten tymes the aduentures of amours and of ear are more fortunate and maâ— uelous than any man canne thynke or wysshe truly this batayle the which was nere to Poycters in the
say well and thus it shal be done than they toke their leaue of him and retourned to their lodginges to their companyes to shewe them as ye haue harde before Thus passed the nyght in the hoost with Philyppe dartuell but about midnyght as I was enfourmed there fell in their hoost a maruaylous thynge I neuer harde of none lyke it in any maner THus whanÌ„e the flemynges were at rest in their lodginges howbeit they knewe well their enemyes were on the hyll nat past a leage fro them As I was enfourmed Philyp Dartuell had brought a damosell with him out of Gaunt and as Philyppe lay and slept on a couch besyde a lytell fyre of coles in a pauilyon this sayd damosell about the houre of mydnight issued out of the pauilyon to loke out on the ayre and to se what tyme of the night it was by likly hode for she could nat slepe she loked towarde Rosebeque and she sawe in the skye dyuers fumes and fyre flyeng it was of the fyres that the frenchmen made vnder hedges busshes this damosell harkened as she thought she harde great brute bytwene their hoost and the french hoost she thought she harde the frenche cryes cryeng mouÌ„tioy saynt Denyce and other cryes and this she thought was on mount Dorre bytwene them and Rosebeque Of this thyng she was sore afrayed and so entred in to the pauylyon and sodenly awaked Philyp and sayd Sir ryse vp shortly and arme you for I haue harde a great noyse on the mount Dorre I be leue it be the frenchmen that are comyng to assayle you with those wordê he rose and cast on a gowne and toke his axe in his hande and yssued out of the pauylion to se what it was And as the damosell had shewed hym he herde the same hym selfe and it semed to hym that there was a great tournement onthe sayd hyll than incoÌ„tynent he entred in to his pauilyon caused his trumpet to be blowen As soone as the trumpet had blowen euery man arose and armed them They of the watche sent incoÌ„tynent to PhilyppÌ„ Dartuell to knowe for what â—â—use he styrred vp the host seyng there was no cause why shewyng him howe they had sent to their enemyes hoost and there was no styrring why quod Philyppe wherof rose that noyse on the mount Dorre Sir ê™ they we herde the same noyse sent thyder to knowe what it was and they that went hath made report yâ— whan they came there they herde nor sawe nothyng And sir bycause we founde nothynge we made no noyse therof for styrring vp of your hoost If we shulde haue styrred them without a cause we ought to haue ben blamed for our labour whan they of the watche had shewed Philyppe these wordes he apeased hym selfe and all the hoost Howbeit he had marueyle in his mynde what it myght be Some sayde it was fendes of hell that played and tourneyed there as the batayle shulde be the next daye for ioye of the great pray that they were likely to haue ther. EUer after this sodayne afray Philyppe Dartuell and the flemyngê were in dout of betrayenge And so at good leysar they armed theÌ„ and made great fyres and eate meate and dranke wherof they had sufficient and an hour before day Philyppe sayd Sirs it were good we drewe in to the felde and order our peple to the entent that thoughe the frenche men come on vs at the breakyng of the day that we may be redy to receyue theÌ„ They all accorded to his sayeng and so issued out of their lodgynges and came in to a hethe without the woode And before them there was a great large dyke newly made and behynde them full of busshes of genepar and other small busshes there they ordered their batayle all in one company and by the report of their coÌ„stables they were to the nombre of .l. thousande chosen men who dyde sette but lytell by their lyues Also there were a threscore archers englysshmen stolen away fro Calys thynkyng to haue more profyte by Philyppe Dartuell So thus euery thyng was ordred their cariage women and varlettes and Philyppe Dartuell had his page by hym on a good courser worthe to a great lorde fyue hundred florens He had hym nat by hym to the entent to flye away or to steale fro his company but it was the gretter therby to shewe his estate and to mouÌ„t on hym if nede were to folowe the chase of the frenchmen He had of the towne of GauÌ„t about a nyne thousande men well armed whom he kept euer about his owne person for he had more truste in them than in any other he and they with their baners were in the formast front and they of Aloyes and GrantmoÌ„t next them And than they of Courtrey of Bruges of Danne of Scluse and of Franke who were armed the moost partie with malles chapeause of stele and hocquetons gantlettes of steele and baleyne eche of the bearynge a stake typped with yron These townes had differeÌ„ce in armes and lyuereis to knowe one company fro another Some had cotes of yelowe blue some with blacke bandes on reed cootes some bordered with whyte on blewe cotes some plaÌ„ted with grene and blewe SoÌ„elosenged with whyte and blacke some quartred whyte reed some all blewe and one quarter reed some reed cutte vpon whyte and their baners accordyng to their craftes with great holmesses haÌ„gynge at their gyrdels So thus they taryed for the day light whiche was nere aprochyng Nowe I shall shewe you the order of the frenchmen ¶ Howe the constable and admyrall of Fraunce and the bastarde of Langres wente to se the flmynges and howe they fortifyed them selfe Cap. CCCC .xx. THe frenche kynge and the lordê about hym knewe right well howe the flemynges aproched nere to them And sawe well ther was no remedy but batayle for ther was no mocion made of tretie of peace The wednisdaye there was a crye made in the towne of Ipre that all maner of peple as men of warre shulde drawe to the felde to the kynge and to do as they oughte to do Euery man obeyed the kynges coÌ„maundement as reason was And drue to the felde except suche bar lettê as were coÌ„mauÌ„ded to kepe their maysters horses Howbeit in the bowarde they had many horses for the adueÌ„turers and to dyscouer the feldes Thus this wednisday the frenche men kept the feldes nere vnto Rosebeque at night the kyng made a supper to his four vncles and tâ— the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce to the lorde of Coucy and to other great lordes strauÌ„gers of Brabant of Heynalte of Hollande of zelande of Almayne of Lorayne of Sauoy who were come thyder to serue the kyng wherof he thanken them greatlye The same nyght the erle of FlauÌ„ders kept the wache and with hym a sixe hundred speares and .xii. huÌ„dred men of other persons of warre And after supper whan these lordes were departed the constable abode