and sayde JohnÌ„ howe is it with you woll you yelde your selfe sir 〈◊〉 he I am nat so yet determyned but sir I wold desyre you in the honoure of our lady whose day shal be to morowe that ye wolde graunt a truse to endure all onely but to morowe so that you nor we none to greue other but to be in peace yâ— day The duke sayde I am content and so they departed the nere day which was Candelmas day â–ª JohnÌ„ Norwiche and his company armed them and trussed all that they had to bere away Than they opyned their gate and yssued oute than they of the hoost began to styrre than the captayne rode on before to them and sayd sirs beware do no hurt to none of vs â–ª for we woll do none we haue trusâ— for this day all onely agreed by the duke your caiptayne If ye knowe it nat go and demaunde of hym for by reason of this trewse we may ryde this day whyther we woll The duke was demanded what was his pleasure in that mater the duke answered and sayde let them depart whyder they woll a goddesname for we can nat let them for I woll kepe that I haue promysed Thus JohnÌ„ Norwych departed and all his company and passed the french hoost without any damage and went to Aguyllon And whan the knightes ther knewe howe he had saued hymselfe and his company they sayde he had begyled his ennemyes â–ª by a good subtyltie The next day after they of the cytie of Angolesme went to counsayle and determyned to yelde vp the towne to the duke they sent to hym into the hoost certayne messangers who at last spedde so well that the duke toke theÌ„ to mercy and pardoned them all his yuell wyll and so entred into the cytie and into the castell and toke homage of the cytizens and made captayne ther Antony Uyllers and set a hundred soudyers with hym than the duke went to the castell of Damassâ—ne where he helde siege .xv. dayes and euery day assaut finally it was won and all that were within slayn The duke gaue that castell and the landes therto â–ª to a squyer of Beausse called the Bourge of Mulle than the duke came to Thomyus on the ryuer of Garon and there lay at siege a certayne space at laste they within yelded vp their goodes and lyues saued and to be sauely conducted to Burdeaur So the strangers departed but they of yâ— towne came vnder the obeysaunce of the duke the duke taryed aboute the ryuer of Garon tyll it was past Ester And than he went to port saynt Mary on the same ryuer and there were a two hundred englysshmen that kept the towne and the passage and was well fortisyed but it was taken with assaut and all they within than ther were set newe captayns and men of warr and newe repayred the towne and thanne the duke went to Aguyllone ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Aguyllon with a hundred thousande men Cap. C .xx. THe duke of NormaÌ„dy and these lordes of Fraunce dyd somoche that they came to the castell of Aguyllone there they layde their siege aboute the fayre medowes along by yâ— ryuer able to bere shyppes euery lorde amonge his owne company â–ª and euery constable by hym selfe as it was ordayned by the marshals This sege endured tyll the feest of saynt Remy ther were well C. thousande men of warr a horse backe and a fote they made lightly euery day two or thre assautê and moost coÌ„menly fro the mornyng tyll it was nere nyght without ceasynge for euer there caÌ„e newe assauters that wolde nat suffre them with in to rest the lordes of Fraunce sawe well they coude nat well come to the froÌ„ters without they passed the ryuer the which was large and depe Than the duke coÌ„maunded that a bridge shuld be made whatsoeuer it coste to passe the ryuer there were sette a warke mo than thre hundred workemen who dyde worke day and nyght Whan the knyghtê within sawe this brige more than halfe made ouer the ryuer they decked thre shyppes and entred into theym a certayne And so caÌ„e on the workemen and chased them away with their defenders and ther they brake all to peaces that had ben longe a makynge WhanÌ„e the frenche lordes sawe that than they apayrelled other shyppes to resyst agaynst their shyppes and than the workemen beganne agayne to worke on the bridge on trust of their defenders And whan they had worked halfe a day more sir Gaultier of Manny and his company entred into a shyppe and came on the workemen and made them to leaue warke to recule backe and brake agayn all that they had made This besynesse was nygh euery day but at last the frenchmen kept so well their workemen that the bridge was made perforce And thanne the lordes and all their army passed ouer in maner of bataylle and they assawtedde the castell a hole day togyder without ceasyng but nothynge they wanne And at nyght they retourned to their lodgynges and they within amended all that was broken for they had with them worke men ynoughe The next day the frenchmen deuyded their assauters into foure partes yâ— first to begynne in the mornyng and to contynue tyll nyne the seconde tyll noon they thyrde to euyn song tyme and the fourth tyll night After that maner they assayled the castell sire dayes togyder howe be it they within were nat so sore traueyled but alwayes they defended themselfe so valyantly that they without wanne nothynge but onely the bridge without the castell ThanÌ„e the frenchmen toke other counsayle they sende to Tholouz for eyght great engyns and they made there foure gretter and they made all xii to cast day and nyght agaynst yâ— castell but they within were so well ê‘auysshed that neuer a ston of their engyns dyde they many hurt It brake somwhat the coueryng of some houses they wtin had also great engyns the which brake downe all the engyns without for in a shorte space they brake all to pecys sixe of the greattest of theÌ„ without Duryng this siege often tymes ser Water of Manny yssued out with a hundred or sire score coÌ„panyons and went on that syde the ryuer a foragynge and retourned agayne with great prayes in the syght of them without On a day the lorde Charles of MomoreÌ„cy marshall of the host rode forthe with a fyue hundred with hym and whanÌ„e he retourned he draue before hym a great nombre of beestes that he had get togyder in the countrey to refresshe thoost with vytayle And by aduenture he encountred with sir Gaultier of Manny there was bytwene theÌ„ a great fight and many ouerthrowen hurte slayne the frenchemen were fyue agaynst one tidynges therof came vnto Aguyllon than euery man that myght yssued out Th erle of Penbroke first of all and his company and whan he came he founde sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny a fote enclosed with his ennemyes and dyde meruayls in armes In contynent
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
nat procede any farther in doyng any more concernyng his homage But rather he was detmyned to returne agayne into Englande and there was redde openly the priuyleges of auncyent tyme graunted the which was declared in what maner the kynge shulde do his homage and howe and in what wyse he shulde do seruyce to the kynge of Fraunce Than the kynge of Fraunce sayd cosyn we woll nat disceyue you this that ye haue done pleaseth vs rightwell as for this present tyme. Tyll such tyme as ye be returned agayne into your realme and that ye haue sene vnder the seales of your predecessoures howe and in what wyse ye shulde do And so thus the kynge of Englande tooke his leaue and departed fro the kynge of Fraunce ryght amyably And of all other princes that was there and retourned agayne into Englande and laboured so longe that he came to Wyndesor Where his quene receyued d hym right ioyously And demaunded tidynges of kynge Phylippe her vncle and of her linage of FrauÌ„ce The kyng shewed her all that he knewe and of the gret chere and honour that he had there and sayd in his mynde there was no realme coude be compared to the realme of Fraunce And than within a space after the kyng of Fraunce sent into Englande of his specyall counsell the bysshoppe of Chartres and the bysshoppe of Beannays the lorde Loys of Cleremont the duke of Burbon therle of Harcourt and therle of Tankermylle with dyuers other knyghtes and clerkes to the counsell of Englande the which was than holden at London for the parfourmaunce of the kyng of Englandes homage as ye haue harde before And also the kyng of England and his counsell had well ouersene the maner and fourme how his auncyent predecessours had done their homage for the duchy of Acquitayne There were many as than in Englande yâ— murmured and sayd how the kyng their lorde was nerer by true succession of herytage to the crowne of Fraunce than Phylippe of Ualoys who was as than kyng of Fraunce Now be it the kyng and his couÌ„sell wolde nat knowe it nor speke therof as at that tyme thus was ther great assemble and moch a do how this homage shulde be parfourmed These embassadours taryed styll in England all that wynter tyll it was the moneth of May folowyng or they had aunswere dyffinatyue how be it finally the kynge of Englande by the aduyce of his counsell and on the syght of his priuyleges where vnto they gaue great fayth was determyned to write letters in the maner of patentes sealed with his great seale knowle gyng therin the homage that he ought to do to the kyng of Fraunce The tenour and report of the which letters patentes foloweth EDward by the grace of god kyng of England lorde of Ireland and duke of Acquitayne To them yâ— these present letters shall se or here send gretyng We wold it be knowen that as we made homage at Amyas to the right excellent prince our right dere cosyn Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce and there it was requyred by hym that we shuld knowledge the sayd homage and to make it to hym expresly promysinge to bere hym fayth and trouth yâ— which we dyd nat as than by cause we were nat enfourmed of the trouth We made hym homage by generall wordes in sayeng how we entred into his homage in lyke maner as our predecessours Dukes of Guyen in tymes past had entred into thomage of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce for that tyme beyng And syth that tyme we haue ben well enfourmed of the trouth Therfore we knowlege by these presentes that such homage as we haue made in yâ— cyte of Amyas to the kyng of Fraunce in generall wordes was and ought to be vnderstande this worde lyege man and that to hym we owe to bere faith and trouth as duke of Acquitayne and pere of Fraunce erle of Poyters of Mutterell And to th entent in tyme coÌ„mynge that there shulde neuer be dyscorde For this cause we promyse for vs and our successours dukâ— of Acquitayne that this homage be made in this maner folowyng The kyng of Englande duke of Acquitayne holdeth his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And he that shall addresse these wordes to the kynge of Englande duke of Acquitayne shall speke for the kyng of Fraunce in this maner yeshall become lyege man to the kynge my lorde here present as duke of Guyen and pere of Fraunce And to hym promyse to bere faythe and trouthe say ye and the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen and his successours sayth ye And than the kyng of FrauÌ„ce receyueth the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen to this sayd homage as lyege man with faythe and trouth spoken by mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And furthermore whan the sayd kyng entreth in homage to the kyng of FrauÌ„ce for therldome of Poyters and of Muttrell he shall put his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of Fraunce for the sayd erldome And he that shall speke for the kynge of Fraunce shall addresse his wordes to the kynge and erle and say thus ye shall become liege man to the kyng of FrauÌ„ce my lorde here present as erle of Poyters and Muttrell And to hym ê“myse to bere fayth trouth say ye And the kyng erle of Poyters sayth ye Than the kyng of FrauÌ„ce receyueth the kyng and erle to this sayd homage by his fayth and by his mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And after this maner it shal be done and renewed as often as homage shulde be done And of that we shall delyuer and our successours dukes of Guyen after these sayd homages made letters patentes sealed with our great seale If the kynge of FrauÌ„ce requyre it and besyde that we promyse in good faythe to holde and to kepe effectuously the peace and coÌ„corde made bytwene the kynges of FrauÌ„ce and the kynges of Englande dukes of Guyen c. These letters the lordes of Fraunce brought to the kyng their lorde and the kyng caused them to be kept in his chauncery ¶ Howe the lorde syr â—ubert of Artoyse was chased out of the realme of Fraunce Cap. xxv THe man in the world that most ayded kyng Philyppe to attayne to the Crowne of Fraunce was syr Robert erle of Artoyse Who was done of the most sagelt and great teste lordes in Fraunce and of hygh lynage extraughte fro the blodde royall and hadde to his wyfe suller iermayn to the sayd kyng Phylyp allwayes was his chief and speciall compaignyon and louer in all hys astatis And the space of .iii. yere all that was done in the realme of Fraunce was done by his aduyce and withoute hym nothyng was done And after it fortuned that this kyng Philyppe tooke a meruailouse great his pleasure and hatred ageynst this noble man syr Robert of Artoyse for a plee that was mâ—â—ed before hym Wherof the Erle of Artoyse was cause For he wolde haue wonne his entent by the vertue of
vp and became vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande the captayne sir Hewe Bastefoll became seruant to the erle with other that were within vpon certayne wages that they hadde Thenglysshmen that had lyeâ— longe before the Ryoll more than nyne wekes had made in the meane space two belfâ—oys of great tymbre with .iii. stages euery belfroy oâ— fouâ— great whelys and the sydes towardes the towne were couered with cure boly to defende them fro fyre and fro shotte And into euery stage ther were â—oynted C. archers by strength of men these two belfroyes were brought to the walles of the towne for they had so fylled the dykes that they myght well be brought iust to the walles The archers in these stages shotte so holly togâ—der that none durst apere at their defence without they were well pauysshed and bytwene these two belfroys ther were a. CC. men with pycaxes to myne the walles and so they brake through the walles ThauÌ„e the burgesses of the towne came to one of the gates to speke with some lorde of the hoost whan the erle of Derby knewe therof he sent to them sir Gaultier of Manny and the baron of Stafforde and whan they caÌ„e ther they founde that they of the towne wolde yelâ—e them their lyues and goodes saued Sir Agoâ—s de Bans who was captayne within knewe that the people of the towne wolde yelde vp he went into the castell with his coÌ„pany of soudyers and whyle they of the towne were entretyâ—g he conueyed out of the â—owne gret quantyte of wyne other prouisyon and than closed the castell gates sayd howe he wolde nat yelde vp so soâ—e The foresayd two lordes retourned to therle of Derby shewyng hym howe they of the towne wolde yelde themself and the towne their lyues and goodes saued thauÌ„e therle sende to knowe howe the captayne wolde do with the castell aâ—â— it was brought worde agayne to hym howe he wolde nat yelde Than therle â—â—udyeâ— a lytell â–ª sayde well go take them of the towne to mercy for by the towne we shall haue the castell thauÌ„e these lordes went agayne to them of the towne and receyued them to mercy so that they shulde go out into the felde and delyuer therle of Derby the kayes of the towne sayenge sir fro heusforth we knowlege our selfe subgettes and obey saunt to the king of Englande And so they dyd and sware that they shulde gyue no comforte to them of the castell but to greue them to the best of their powers than therle coÌ„maunded that no man shulde do any hurt to the towne of Ryoll nor to none of them within Than therle entred into the towne and laydsiege rounde about the castell as nere as he might and rered vp all his engyns the which caste nyght and day agaynst the walles but they dyde lytell hurt the walles were so stronge of harde stone it was sayd that of olde tyme it had ben wrought by the handes of the sarasyns who made ther warkes so strongely that ther is none such nowe a bayes WhaÌ„ the erle sawe that he coulde do no good with his engyns he caused theym to cease than he called to hym his myners to thyntent that they shuld make a myne vnder all the walles the whiche was nat sone made ¶ Howe sir water of Manny founde in the towne of the Ryoll the sepulcre of his father Ca. C .x. WHyle this siege endured and that the myners were a worke the lorde Gaultier of Manny remembred how 〈◊〉 his fader was stayne goynge a pylgrimage to sait James And howe he harde in his youth howe he shulde be buryed in the Ryoll or there about thauÌ„e he made it to be enquered in the towne ys there were any manne coude shewe hym his fathers tombe he shulde haue a hundred crownes for his labour And there was an aged man came to sir Gaultier and sayd sir I thynke I caâ—â—e brynge you nere to the place wher your father was buryed thanne the lorde of Manny sayde if your wordes be trewe I shall kepe couenaunt and more ¶ Nowe ye shall here the maner howe the lorde Gaultiers father was slayne it was trewe that somtyme ther was a bysshoppe in Cambresis a Goscoyne borne of the house of Myrpoyse And so it fortuned that in his dayes ther was at a tyme a great tournayeng before Cambrey wher as there were .v. C. knyghtê on both parties and ther was a knyght gascoyne â—ourneyed with the lorde of Manny father to sir Gaultier this knyght of Gascoyne was so sore hurt and beaten that he had neuer helth after but dyed this knyght was of kynne to the sayde by sthoâ—â—e Wherfore the lorde of Manny was in his 〈◊〉 and of all his lynage a two or thre yere after certayne good men laboured to make peace bytwene theÌ„ and so they dyd And for a mendes the lorde of Manny was bounde to go a pylgrimage to saynt James and so he went thyder warde and as he came foreby the towne of Ryoll the same season therle Charles of Ualoyes brother to kynge Philyppe lay at siege before the Ryoll the whiche as than was englysshe and dyuers other townes and cyties than pertayning to the kynge of Englande father to the kynge that layed siege to Tourney So that the lorde of Manny after the retournyng of his pylgrimage he came to se therle of Uaâ—oys who was ther as kyng and as the lorde of Many went at night to his lodgyng he was watched by the way by certayne of theÌ„ of the lynage of hym that the lorde of MaÌ„ny had made his pylgrimage for And so wtout therles lodgyng he was slayne and murdred and no man knewe who dyd it howe be it they of that lynage were helde suspect in the mater but they were so stronge and made suche excuses that the mater past for ther was none that wold pursue the lorde of Mannes quarell Than therle of Ualoyes caused hym to be buryed in a lytell chapell in the felde the which as than was without the towne of Ryoll and whan therle of Ualoyes had wonne the towne than the walles were made more larger so that the chapell was within the towne Thus was sir Gaulter of MaÌ„nes fader slayne and this olde man remeÌ„bred all this mater for he was present whan he was buryed ThanÌ„e sir Gaultier of Manny went with this gode aged man to the place wher as his father was buryed and ther they founde a lytell tombe of marble ouer hym the which his seruauntes layd on hym after he was buryed ThanÌ„e the olde man sayd sir surely vnder this tombe lyeth your father than the lorde of Manny redde the scripture on the tombe the whiche was in latyn and ther he founde that the olde man had sayd trouth and gaue hym his rewarde And wtin two dayes after he made the tombe to be raysed and the bones of his father to be taken vp and put in a â—ofer and after dyd sende
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
bretons there caÌ„e thyder dyuers noble men and geÌ„tylmen of Aniou of Poictou and so assauted it and sayd howe they wolde nat deê‘te thens tyll they had it And the same tyme the duke of Aniou often tymes refresshed theÌ„ that lay at thesege with vitayle other thyngê And styll the constable lay at sege before Brest and with him the duke of Burbon the erles of Alenson of Piergourt of Dolphyn of Auuergne byuers other lordes of FrauÌ„ce but they wanther but a lytell for Brest was one of the stroÌ„gest castels in the worlde and bicause that sir Robert Canoll was capitayne and was there within the lordes of Fraunce determyned to send and ley siege to his castell of Duriuall so thyder went dyuers lordê of Bretayne and Tourayn with four hundred fightynge men ¶ Howe the frenchmen laye at â—iege at four sundry places all a tones and howe they of Roche suryon yelded them selfe and became frenche And howe the englysshmen came before Brest Cap. CCC .ix. THus the lordes of FrauÌ„ce helde a tones four seges One before Bercerell another before Brest the 〈◊〉 before Roch sur yon and the .iiii. before Duriuall to eche of these was made many a great assaut They within Roche sur you who were farthest of fro any copany or coÌ„fort made a composycion with their enemys that wtout they were socoured within the space of a moneth they shulde deê‘te put the castell vnder the obeysance of the french kyng At whiche day the lorde Clysson and the other knyghtes of his coÌ„pany caÌ„e thyder whan no rescue caÌ„e to reyse their siege the castell yelded vp and thenglysshmen deê‘ted vnder the saue conduct of the lorde of Pons so went to Burdeur Than the lorde Clysson the other went from thens to the siege before Duryuall and brought with theÌ„ great engins And also to the samesege caÌ„e the constable of FrauÌ„ce the duke of Burbon therles of Alenson of Perche a great noÌ„bre of the barony cheualry of FraÌ„ce For they thought they dyde but lose their tyme with lyeng before Brest howbeit they left styll ther a two M. and they fortifyed theÌ„ selfe in a place to kepe the wayes yâ— non shulde entre nor issue out of Brest to refressh the fortresse And whan sir Broes they within Duryuall sawe theÌ„ selfe so sore oppressed they douted greatly the takyng of their fortresse Than they deuysed a treaty to haue respyte for two monethes so that without they were rescued by the duke of Bretayne or by some other able to kepe the felde to reyse the siege within the sayd space 〈◊〉 to yelde vp the forteresse to the duke of Aniou or to the constable if men of armes came fro the duke of Bretayne to coost the frenchmen than they within to sitte styll in rest and peace This treaty was put for the and shewed to the duke of Aniowe and he agreed so that they of Duryuall durynge the sayd terme shulde nat take into their fortresse no more ayde nor help Than sir Broes delyuered certayne geÌ„tylmen knyghtê and squiers for hostagê in yâ— behalfe so after this treaty and coÌ„posycion the coÌ„stable rode to NauÌ„tes and they of the cytie shyt fast their gates agaynst him bycause he came with suche a great army and so they sent to hym to knowe his enteÌ„cyon The constable answered and sayd howe he was sent thyder by the french kyng their lord to take possession in his name of the duchy of Bretayn and that sir Johan of Mountforte who calleth hym selfe duke hath forfayted it ThaÌ„ the burgesses of NauÌ„tes demaunded to take counsayle than to answer and whaÌ„ they had long counsayled they came forthe and sayde Sir it is great meruayle to vs that ye thus take the herytage of our lorde the duke for the frenche kyng who commaunded vs to receyue hym as our duke and lorde and to hym we haue swerne fealtie homage and he hath sworne to vs to gouerne vs as his subgettes Thus haue we taken hym and we knowe no cause in him of fraude or suspection Ifye cóe in to this towne by the vertue of suche procuraryon as ye haue we agre that ye shall entre by condicyon So that if it hap that the duke of Bretayne our lorde retourne in to this countre and wyll become frenche than all prelates barones gentylmen the good townes of Breten all we to knowlege him as our lord and thaÌ„ we to be quyte without domage nowe or any other tyme. and also ye to receyue no reÌ„tes nor reuenues of Bretayn but let them styll remayne in our handê vntyll suche tyme that we haue other tydinges yâ— whiche shal be more agreable to vs than this The constable sware to theÌ„ to fulfyll all this as procurer of the freÌ„ch kyng in that case Thus the coÌ„stable entred in to the rytie of Nauntes which was chiefe cytie of Bretayne and all his company WHan sir Robert Canoll who was souerayne of Breest vnderstode howe sir Hugh Broes his cosyn had made composycion of the fortresse of Duryuall with the frenchmen sawe well howe he coulde nat departe fro thens ther as he was to go and coÌ„fort his castell of Duriuall wtout so be he wolde make a coÌ„posycion in lyke case Than he began to treat with the freÌ„chmen that were there before Brest and they answered that without the coÌ„stable they coude do nothyng Than two knightes two squyers of Englande had saue coÌ„ducte and went to the constable besyde NauÌ„tes wher as he lay by the ryuer of Loyre with great copany of FrauÌ„ce and of Bretayne And so this treaty toke suche effect that they of Brest had respite for .xl. dayes so that wtin that space they shulde beso conforted with men of warte able to fyght with the constable or els to yelde vp the forteresse And in the meane season they of Brest to abyde styll in the same case as they were thaÌ„ in without reuitaylyng or enforsyng any thyng of their fortresse Than the messangers retourned agayne to sir Robert Canoll and he sent sufficyent men bothe knightes and squiers to the constable for hostage Than the constable put them in prison and all they that had ben at the siege before Brest departed the constable gaue them lycence And the frenche king sent for them to fortifye the cyties townes castels and fortresses in Picardy for the duke of Lancastre was aryued at Calais with a great armye WHan the erle of Salisbury who was on the see and had all that season kept the fronters of Bretayne NormaÌ„dy and also the kyng of Englande had newly reconforted them with a thousande men of armes and two thousande archers Whan he vnderstode the coÌ„posycion of them of Brest he sayd that with goddes grace he wolde fight with the frenchemen and he sayled so longe that he arryued at Brest Than he toke lande and all his coÌ„pany before Brest and euery night went
to breke the peace nor neuer had wyll therto For though Johan Prunaur had done that outrage of him selfe the towne of Gaunt wyll in no wyse auowe suffer nor sustayne it And so playnely and truely excused them selfe and sayd moreouer howe the erle had coÌ„sented therto for they be issued out of his house suche as haue done this great outrage slayne may med our burgesses the whiche is a great incoÌ„uenyence to the hole body of the towne Howe say ye sirs to this 〈◊〉 they Than therles comissaryes replyed and sayd sirs than I se well ye be reuenged Nay nat so ê™ they of the towne for though that Johan Prunaur haue done thus at Andwarpe that it is done for any reuengyng We say nat so for by the treaty of the peace we maye proue and shewe if we lyst And that we take recorde of the duke of Burgoyne that we myght haue done with Andwarpe and haue brought it in to the same poynt that it is nowe at but at the desyre of the duke of Burgoyne we to ware and suffred it vndone as at the tyme. Than the erles comyssaries sayde It apereth well by your wordes that ye haue caused it to be done and that ye canne nat excuse your selfe therin Sithe that ye knewe that Johan Prunar was gone to Andwarpe with an armye of men of warr and by stelth vnder the shadowe of peace hath beaten downe the gates and walles therof ye shulde haue gone before theÌ„ and haue defeÌ„ded them fro doyng of any suche outrage 〈…〉 ll ye had shewed your complayntes to 〈…〉 And of the hurtyng and mayminge of your burgesses of Gaunt ye shulde therin haue gone to the duke of Burgoyne who made the peace and haue shewed him all your coÌ„playnt 〈◊〉 than ye had amended youre mater but ye haue nat done thus Nowe sithe ye haue my lorde the erle of Flaunders thus displeased ye sende to excuse your selfe ye desyre peace with your swerdes in your haÌ„des but I ensure you one day he wyll take so cruell veÌ„geance on you that all the worlde shall speke therof So the erles comyssaries departed fro them of Gaunt went by Cortray to Lyle and shewed to therle what they had done and thexcusacyons that they of Gaunt made for them selfe ¶ Howe the gauntoyse rendred And warpe and of the houses of the noble men of Flaunders that they bete downe And howe the warre began bitwene them the gauntoyse right cruell and without pytie Cap. CCC .lviii. THe hearyng spekynge of the treatynge of this processe may well be marueyled for the marueylous mater therin Some gyueth the right of the warre the whiche was at that tyme great and cruell in FlauÌ„ders to theÌ„ of Gaunt Sayeng howe they had a good and a iust cause to make warre but I can nat se that as yet For I coude neuer se nor vnderstande but that the erle loued euer peace rather than warre Reseruyng alwayes his highnesse honour Dyde he nat at their desyre delyuer their burges out of his prison of Erclo and yet for all that they slewe his bayly and thaÌ„ he agayne ê‘doned theÌ„ that great outrage to th entent to haue kept theÌ„ in peace And ouerthat agayne on a day they moued all the countrey of Flaunders agaynst him and slewe in the towne of Ipre fyue of his knightes And went and assayled and beseged And warpe and dyde their payne to haue dystroyed it and yet agayne they had of the erle peace but for all that they wolde make none amendes for the dethe of Roger Dauterne the whiche his lynage often tymes desyred Wherfore they somwhat reuenged the dethe of their cosyn on a certayne maryners by whome all this warr and myschefe was begon Was this yet any resonable cause why they shulde beate downe the walles of Andwarpe I thynke and so dyd many other that it was none occasyon so to do They sayd therle was rather in their dette than they in his and that he shulde make them amendes for that that hadde ben done to their maryners â—or euer they wolde delyuer agayne And warpe The erle who was at Lysle and his counsayll with him was right sore displeased in that they kept And warpe and wyst nat well howe to gette it agayne and so repented him of the peace that he hadde gyuen to the gauntoyse and he wrote often tymes to them coÌ„maundynge them to delyuer vp And warpe orels he wolde make them so cruell warre that it shulde be euer had in remembrance They of Gaunt wolde in no wyse auowe the dede for if they had they had broken the peace finally certayne good people of Gaunte and ryche men who wolde haue no thyng by their wylles but peace went so bytwene in this mater As JohnÌ„ Faucyll Gylbert Guyse sir Symon Bet and dyuers other that the .xii. day they of Gaunt beynge in the towne of And warpe retourned a gayne to Gaunte and delyuered the towne to the erles seruauÌ„tes and to apease the erles displeasur JohnÌ„ Prunaur was banisshed GauÌ„t and all Flaunders bycause by his aduyce the comons had taken And warpe without knowledge of the substance of the towne of Gaunt And on the other parte the erle banysshed out of all Flaunders sir Phylippe of Mamynes sir Olyuer Dautern the Galoys of Manes the basterde of Wrydrymines and all tho that were cause of the mayminge of the maryners burgesses of Gaunt without knowledge of the erle and so by the reason of these banisshynges bothe partyes were apeased So Johan Prunaux forsoke the countrey of Flaunders and went to A the in Brabante and there dwelled and sir Phylip of Mamynes went to Ualencennes in the couÌ„tie of Haynalt but whan they of Gaunt knewe therof they dyd somoch to the prouost of Ualencennes called JohnÌ„ Patryse who in fayre maner caused the sayd knyght to departe thens so he departed with his good wyll and went to Warlam besyde Do way and there taryed tyll he harde other tydinges and the other knyghtes and squiers voyded FlauÌ„ders and went in to Brabant And assoone as the erle had agayne possessyon of And warpe he sette warkmen a warke and newe repayred the towne better than euer it was before bothe wallê gates and dykes The gauÌ„toyse knewe well howe the erle newe fortefyed And warpe but they made no semblaunce therof bycawse they wolde no faulte shulde be founde in them as in brekynge of the peace But the foles and outragyous people sayde amonge them selfe lette the erle alone in his warke for though he make And warpe ofstele yet it can nat endure agaynst vs if we lyst For all this peace thus in Flaunders they of Gaunt were euer in suspect with the erle and the erle with them for dayly there was brought to the erle harde tidynges of them of Gaunt And in lykewyse to them of Gaunt of the erle Johan de Faucyll went and dwelled at Nazareth in a fayre house that he had a leage fro Gaunt and
was solde to them for .xii. pence yea and worse for somtyme they coulde get nothynge for money so that their horses dyed for pouertie and colde for they wyst nat whyder to go a foragyng and whan they went they were in great parell for their neighbours were their enemyes The vicount of Rohan had that tyme in the marches of Uannes two stronge castelles the one called Cayre and yâ— other Lynguisshant and in these two castelles there was great garysons layde by the vycount the whiche dyd moche trouble to the englissh foragers with the helpe of other garysons pertayning to the lorde of Clysson as yâ— castell of Josselyn Montagu and Moncountour all this suffred the duke of Bretayne and sayde howe he coude nat amende it The same tyme the constable of Fraunce the lorde Clisson made warre for the frenche kyng and was in the countre with a great nombre of men of warre wherfore the englysshmen durst nat departe one fro another All thynges consydered howe they were lodged in the feldes without defence it was great marueyle they hadde no more hurt than they had for they of Uannes coude nat lightly haue reskewed them that lay about Campernell or Hanybout or Numpercorentyne but to say the trouthe the duke went betwene them and defended them to his power that they shulde nat be distroyed And sayde to his couÌ„sayle howe that he had but febly acquyted hym towarde the erle of Buckyngham seyng suche promyse as he had made vnto him IN the same season there was at Parys with the kyng foure great lordes sent by the duke of Bretayn to purchase his peace that is to say yâ— vicont of Rohan sir Charles lorde of Dynnant sir Guy lorde de Lawall and sir Guy lorde of Rocheforde These foure lordes of Bretayne hadde entysed dyuers tymes the duke sayng thus Sir ye shewe your selfe to all the worlde howe that your corage is all englisshe ye haue brought in to this countrey the englisshmen who wyll take fro you your herytage if they may get the vperhande What profyte or pleasure haue you in them to loue them as ye do beholde how yâ— kyng of Nauer who trusted so moche in them that he suffred them to entre in to yâ— towne castell of Chierbourge and neuer syth they wolde departe out of it but kepeth it as their owne herytage In lykewise if ye put theÌ„ in any of your closed townes they wyll neuer depart agayne out of them for dayly they wyll be refresshed with newe men beholde howe they kepe styll Brest and they be nat in mynde to delyuer it agayne to you the whiche is your right herytage sir let it suffice you to be beloued with your owne men of this same countrey who wyll neuer renounce the frenche kyng to serue the kyng of Englande sir if your wyfe be of EnglaÌ„de wyll you for yâ— cause leue your owne herytage the which hath cost you so moche payne to gette and alwayes abyde in warr ye can do no more thaÌ„ one man maye do if youre countrey close them selfe agaynst you sir leaue your counsaylynge with them for the frenche kyng who loued you nat is deed and there is nowe a yonge kyng fayre and good and of bolde spiryte and suche hath hated his father that nowe serue him Sir we shall make your peace with him and sette you at acorde and so ye shall abyde lorde and duke of Bretayne and be of great puyssance and let the englisshmen returne home in to their owne countre These wordes and suche other the for sayd barons shewed to yâ— duke dyuers tymes so that they had nyghe conquered him to their wylles howe be it yet he fayned and dissymuled with the frenche kynge and his counsayle and with the englysshe men also tyll he myght se to what ende his warre shulde come vnto And of all these secrete treatyes that these foure barones of Bretayne had made at Parys with the kyng and his vncles the erle of Buckyngham and the barones of Englande knewe nothyng tyll the conclusyon was taken but or they perceyued it and or they departed out of Bretayn there was done in NauÌ„tes a dede of armes before the erle of Buckynghame Wherof I shall make mencion for it is a mater nat to be forgotone SO it was yâ— same season that Gawen Mychaell and Jaques Cathore dyd their dede of armes before therle of Buckyngham there were dyuers lordes knightê and squyers that caÌ„e thyder to se it Some of FraÌ„ce came thyder fro March caunoy and Bloys In so moche that sir Raynolde of Thowars lorde of Pousances a barowne of Poyctowe Spake wordes to the lorde of Uertaygne and sayd That gladly he woldedo dedes of armes with hym as thre courses with a speare and thre strokes with an axe And the lorde of Uertaygne wolde nat refuce his request but accorded therto And wolde incontynent haue delyuered hym what soeuer profyte or domage he shulde take therby but the erle of Buckyngeham wolde nat suffre it And commaunded the knight to do nothing nor to speke no more ther of Howe be it the wordes of the enterprise of armes abode styll in the purpose of the two knightes And lyke wordes ther was spoken the same day by a squyer of Sauoy called the bastarde Clarens to Edwarde Beauchampe sonne to sir Roger but all passed as well the one as the other In lykewise bytwene Galoys Daunoy and sir WyllmÌ„ Clynton and bytwene sir Hoyan Dareyns and sir Wylliam Franke. Thus as the erle of Buckyngham was lodged in the subbarbes of Nauntes and the knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce within Nauntes ThanÌ„e the lorde of Uertayne and the other of his syde requyred theÌ„ that had apealed them in armes that they wolde come and delyuer theym before Nauntes The capitayns in NauÌ„tes were nat agreed so to do but excused their men and said Howe they were within Nauntes as soudiers sette and ordayned to kepe the towne So these wordê passed ouer tyll therle of Buckingham came to the towne of Hanybout and to Campelle and QuynpercoreÌ„tyne but whan he was come to Arestes Than sir Raynolde of Thowars lorde of Barroyes of Barres sir Hoyan Darreynes and a great nombre of knyghtes and squyers came to the castell Josselyne a seuyn myles fro Uannes where as the constable of Fraunce was And also the erle of Marche and a great nombre of other knightes of FrauÌ„ce Than the wordes were shewed to the coÌ„stable of the enterprise of the dedes of armes agaynst the Englysshmen The constable herde well their wordes and sayd Sirs sende to theÌ„ worde howe I shall gyue them saueconducte to come to do these dedes of armes And firste Galoyes Daunoy and sir Lyonell Darreynes sende worde how they were redy to do their enterprise of armes as thre courses a horsebacke with a spear And whan sir Wylliam Clynton and sir Wylliam FraÌ„ke vnderstode howe they were desyred and sommoned to do these dedes of armes by the frenchmen
vs. this was all the fray that he had and all the aunswere that he wolde make THus the men of warre and the duke of Aniou callynge hym selfe kyng of Napoles of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem Duke of Puylle and of Calabre And the Erle of Sauoy and his company costed Italy and Coustane and the marches of Denconnye and the lande of Patrimone and entred nat Rome for the duke of Aniowe wolde make noo warre to Rome nor to the romayns for he thought to do the viage that he enterprised or he departed out of FrauÌ„ce and in euery place where as he went he kept the state of a kynge and euery man praysed hym And all men of warre lyked well his paymeÌ„t The same tyme in the cytie of Napoles there was his enemye sir Charles de la Payx who in lyke wyse wrote hym selfe kyng of Napoles of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem Duke of Puyll and of Calabre He claymed to be kyng by rightfull enherytauÌ„ce without any heyre in lawfull maryage after the kynge of Napoles was deed This Charles helde the gyft that the quene had made to the pope but in vayne and so shewed after his opinyon by two reasoÌ„s the one was he sustayned and sayd and the neapolitans ayded hym in sustaynynge of the same and the cesilyens in lykewise they sayd howe the quene of Napoles coude nat gyue away another mannes herytage and though her gyft hadde bene good and so alowed in the court of Rome yet she dyd nat well for she helde with pope Urbane and nat with ClemeÌ„t these were the questions and the debates that sir Charles de la Payx layde for him selfe and in the begynnyng he wrought wysely For he sore fortifyed and furnysshed the castell of Leufe the whiche is the moost strongest castell of the worlde for it is set by enchauÌ„tment in the see and it is nat passyble to be wone but by nygromancy or by the art of the deuyll he vitailed it for thre or four yere had with hym a certayne men of warre and so kept that place for he knewe well they of Napoles wold nat forsake him though he lost Puyll Calabre for .ii. or thre yere he thought to recouer it agayne as lyghtly for he ymagyned in his mynd that the duke of Aniou wolde entertayne suche a nombre of men of warre as he hadde brought with hym the whiche shulde nat long lye in his puyssaunce so to do outher for faulte of vytayle or for money Wherby he thought they shulde be constrayned to departe within a two or thre yere And than he ymagined that whan they were wery and out of good rule than he wolde fyght with them at his aduauntage These thoughtes and ymagynacions hadd Charles de la Payx wherof he sawe some take effect or the terme passed that he presired For truly there was no prince christned without it were the frenche kyng or the kynge of Englande that coude kepe four yere to gyder suche a nombre of men of warr out of their owne countreys as the duke of Aniou had with hym He brought ouer the mountaynes a .xxx. thousande fyghtinge men and to begyn suche an enterprise behoueth in the beginnynge wysely to consyder and ymagin wHan the duke of Aniou and his company entred in to Puylland in to Calabre the countrey incontynent tourned to them For the people shewed howe they desyred no other thyng nor to haue none other lorde but the duke of Aniou And so thus with in a shorte tyme all the lordes cyties and townes in that couÌ„trey were vnder his obeysance Suche as had ben in those couÌ„treyes the whiche is one of the greatest marches of the world sayde and affyrmed howe that for bycause of the great plenty welthe that haboundeth in those parties the people are all ydell and wyll do no laboure And whan these men of warre were in this countrey the whiche they founde so replenysshed with all welth wherof they were right glade And than the duke of Aniou the erle of Sauoy the erle of Uandon all the chyualry of Fraunce of Bretayn and of Sauoy passed forthe and came in to the marches of Napoles They of Napoles for all the feare that they had of these men of warre they wolde neuer close gate of their towne but kept theÌ„ styll open for they thought well that the duke of Aniou shulde neuer enâ— in to their towne with their displeasure for if he were within the towne with all the people that he had they thought he shulde but lese hym selfe and all his and they lyst for their houses were nat easy to be wonne for they had plankes and boordes to take away whan they lyst and vnderneth is the see so that none dare enterprise there too fyght Than there was an enchaunter a connynge man in nygromancy in the marches of Napoles and so he came to the duke of Aniou and sayd Sir if ye wyll I shall rendre to you the castell of Leufe and all tho that be within at your pleasure howe may that be ê™ the duke Sir quod he I shall shewe you I shall by enchauÌ„tment make the ayre so thycke that they within shall thinke that there is a great bridge on the see for ten men to go a front And whan they within the castell se this bridge they wyll be so afrayde that they shall yelde them to your mercy for they wyll thanne dout if they be assayled that they shulde be taken perforce The duke had great marueyle of his wordes and called to hym the erle of Uandon and the erle of Genesue sir JohnÌ„ and sir Peter of Benill sir Moris of Maum other and shewed theym what this enchauntour had said wherfore they had great marueyle Than the duke sayd Fayre mayster on this bridge the ye speke of may our people assuredly go theron to the castell to assayle it Sir quod the enchauntour I dare nat assure you that for if any that passeth on the bridge make the signe of the crosse on hym all shall go to noughte and they that be on the bridge shall fall in to the see Than the duke began to laugh and a certayne of yong knyghtes that were there present sayd sir For godsake let the mayster assay his connyng we shall leue makyng of any signe of the crosse on vs as for that tyme and a more redyer way can we nat gette our enemyes Well ê™ the duke I shall take aduise in this mater Th erle of Sauoy was nat there present but he came to the duke sone after ¶ Howe the erle of Sauoye caused this enchauÌ„ters heed to bestryken of And howe the Chanone Robersarde and his company toke dyuers castels in Spayne Cap. CCC xCii. WHan the erle of Sauoy was come in to the tent of the duke of Aniowe the maister enchauntour was as thanne departed Than the duke shewed hym all the wordes of the maister and what he offred the erle bethought him a litle and than sayd
in to our countre I wotte nat what they mean therby And specially I marueyle of our owne men that we here nat fro theÌ„ But howe soeuer it be I wyll go to Gaunt to fetche the rerebande and so shall come agayne and fight with the freÌ„che kyng whatsoeuer come therof I am enformed howe the kynge hath twentie thousande men of armes the whiche mounteth to .lx. thousande men of warre I shall bringe as many agaynst hym in batayle And yf it please god of his grace that I may discoÌ„fyte hym with the good ryght that we haue I shal be the moost honoured lorde of the worlde And if I be discoÌ„fyted as great a fortune hath fallen on a gretter lorde than I am Thus as Philyppe Dartuell and the lorde of Harsels were toguyder deuysinge Ther came certayne persons to them suche as had bene in the batayle before Comynes who verifyed all as ye haue herde before ThanÌ„e Philyppe Dartuell sayd Is Peter du Boyse deed or a lyue They answered and sayd Sir he is nat deed But he was sore hurt in the batayle and is gone to Bruges And so therwith Philyp lepte on his horse and a .xxx. men with hym and toke the way to GauÌ„t And he went a lytell out of the way to se certayne men that were deed of the garyson of Andwarpe Who were issued out the same night to make a scrye in the hoost and so ther were a .xii. slayne And as he stode and behelde them he sawe where an haraude was comyng from Gaunt warde belongyng to the kyng of Englande and he was called Irelande Of the comyng of this haraude Philyppe was right ioyefull bycause he came out of Englande and demauÌ„ded of hym tidynges Sir quod the haraude there is fyue of yor men with a knight of Englande called sir Wyllyam Fermeton are come to Gaunt And they by the acorde of the kynge of Englande and of his vncles and generally by consent of all the realme of Englande They haue brought you letters as I am enformed the whiche letters comyth to you as Regent of Flaunders And whan ye knowe what the letters conteyne and the great alyances that ye shall haue with them of Englande and your men ones retourned ye shall knowe what â—â—oforte ye shall haue of theÌ„ Well quod Philyppe ye â—â—otente me moche of this deuysing but I feare me it wyll be to late Go your way to the hoost to our lodgynge and so he was brought to the lorde of Harsels and Philyppe rode forthe to Gaunt ryght pensyfe in suche wyse that no man coude haue a worde of hym NOwe let vs speke of the frenche kynge and let vs shewe howe he parceyuered Whan he harde howe that the passage of Comynes was won and the bridge newe made than he departed fro the abbey of Marquettes and so rode forth towardê Comynes in good order euery man in his degre So the kyng came the same tuysday to Comynes and he and his vncles lodged in the towne and the vowarde was dyslodged and went and lodged on the mount of Ipre and so all his people and caryage passed by Comynes and Warnestone And on the wednisday the kynge came and lodged on the same mount of Ipre and on the saÌ„e wednisday the rerewarde passed by the bridge of Comynes wherin was two thousande men of armes and two thousande crosbowes and the erle of Ewe and the erle of Bloyse the erle of saynt Powle the erle of Harcourt the lorde of Chatelon and the lorde of sere were gouernours of theÌ„ And whan it was night and that the lordes had thoght to haue rested theÌ„ after their traueyle there fell sodenly a larum and a skrye so that the lordes thought surely to haue had batayle thought that the flemynges of Ipre of Cassell and of Bergues had bene gadred togyder and come to gyue them batayle than these lordes armed them agayne and set on their basse nettes and set forthe their baners and penons and ordred their men euery man vnder their owne ensygnes Thus they stoode nygh all nyght in the myre to the myde legge These lordes endured moche payne as the erle of Bloyse and other who had nat bene acustomed to suffre such cold in such longe nyghtes as in NoueÌ„bre but they suffred it for their honour for they went surely to haue bene fought with all incontynent but all was nothing for the skrye arose by certayne varlettes amonge them selfe Howe be it these lordes endured this payne and bare it as well as they myght ¶ Howe the towne of Ipre and dyuers other put them selfe vnder the obeysance of the french kyng and of the ordre of the kynges hoost Cap. CCCC .xvii. ANd on the thursday in the mornyng the rerewarde dislodged fro comynes and drue to their company who were on the mount of Ipre And there the kyng and the lordes toke counsayle what was best to do whether they shulde go before Ipre or before Courtrey or before Bruges in the meane season the french forangers ran ouer the countrey and they founde catayle and other thynges that it was maruayle to consydre for after they were ones ouer the passage at Comynes they lacked no thynge Whan they of Ipre sawe the kynge with all his puyssaunce so nere them and the passage at Comynes conquered they were nat well assured of them selfe and so they drewe togyder to couÌ„sayle The rych and notable men of the towne wolde euer that they shulde haue sent to crye the kyng mercy and to sende hym the keyes of the towne but the capitayne who was of Gaunt and set ther by Philyp Dartuell wold in no wyse that they shulde yelde sayng sirs our towne is stronge inough and well prouyded we may byde a siege longe ynogh if nedebe and in the meane tyme Philyppe Dartuell our regent wyll gather his puyssance and come and fyght with the kyng and rayse the siege thinke nat the contrary The other answered and sayd we be nat in surety of this for we thynke it can nat lye in Philyppe Dartuells power to withstand the kyng with out the helpe of the englysshmen the whiche is nothyng lykely therfore we thynke it were best to yelde vs to the french kyng to none other So moche rose wordes bytwene theÌ„ that they rose agaynst the capitayne and slewe him who was called Peter Uanelayre And whan they of Ipre hadde done this dede they caused two freres to go to the kynge and to his vncles desyring the kyng that he wolde take an amyable treaty with them of Ipre The kynge than by the aduyce of his counsayle gaue saue conduct to .xii. of them of Ipre and an abbote to come and go saue to knowe what wolde be their desyre than the frers returned to Ipre And so than xii were chosen out in the towne an abbote to go to the kyng on the mount of Ipre and whan they came before the kyng they kneled downe and offred hym to become alwayes vnder his
be slayn and disconfyted for Philyppe Dartuell hathe a great puyssance he wyll nat leaue the mater thus he wyll fyght with the kyng he may well do it for the right is ours and fortune is fauorabell to them of Gaunt so nowe if he may discomfyte the kyng there is nat one shall skape nor repasse agayne the ryuer of Lyse so thus in an hour all our countrey is wonne agayne And soo thus ye of this towne shall be reputed good and true mayntayninge your fraunches and to be in the grace of Philyp Dartuell and of vs of Gaunt THese wordes and suche other lyke shewed dayly by Peter de Boyse and by Peter de Myrt refrayned them of Bruges to fall to any treatie with the french kyng In this meane season the burgesses of Gaunt that had bene in EnglaÌ„de aryued at Calayes and with theÌ„ sir WillymÌ„ Fermeton an englysshe knyght sent in to the countre of Flaunders by the kyng of Englande to conclude with the flemynges a peace to be taken bytwene theÌ„ and their coun treys Than the capitayne of Calys sir Johan Deluerays sayd to them sirs ye are welcome but as at this present tyme ye may passe no farther for the frenche kyng is at Ipre and all the countrey bytwene this and that is tourned to hym shortly ye shall here other tydinges for it is sayde that Philyp Dartuell assembleth his power to fyght with the kyng and than it shall be knowen who shall haue the better If the flemynges be discomfyted than ye haue nothyng to do in Flaunders and if the kyng lese the felde than all is yours Thus the men of Gaunt and sir Willyam Fermeton taryed styll at Calays ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of Philyppe Dartuell howe he parceyuered He hadde great desyre to fyght with the kynge and that he well shewed for he came to GauÌ„t and there he ordeyned that euery man that was able to beare armes and the towne kept shulde folowe hym euery man obeyed him for he made them to beleue that by the grace of god they shuld discoÌ„fyte the french men and shuld be styll lordes of Gaunt and of dyuers other countreys And so he hadde with hym out of the towne a ten thousande men in harnes for the arerebande and so he came before Courtrey he had sent to Bruges to Audyn to Ardanbourc to Sluse and to the four mestyers and to the chatelayne of GraÌ„tmont Teremonde Aloys and so he raysed among thâ—m a .xxx. thousade and so lodged one nyght before Andewarpe and the next day he departed and went before Courtrey and he hadde in his company a fifty thousande men in harnes TJoynges came to the kynge and to the lordes of Fraunce that Philyppe Dartuell and his puyssance aproched fast towarde them and it was said the he had in his company a threscore thousande men Than the vowarde departed fro Jore and the reregarde and all the hoost Whyle the lordes were thus in the feldes they endured moch payne for it was in the hart of wynter in the begynnig of December and it rayned nygh euery day the lordes were fayne to lye euery nyght in the hygh wayes for euery houre they loked for batayle For it was dayly said in the hoost howe their enemyes coÌ„meth to morowe and that was sayde by the foragers that went dayly forthe a foragyng the kynge was lodged in the myddes of his felde a monge his men And in that Philyppe Dartwell and his coÌ„pany taryed so long or he came the lordes of Fraunce were sore dyspleased for the wether was soo sore that they wolde fayne the mater had bene determyned With the kyng was the floure of all chiualry of FrauÌ„ce Philyp Dartuell and the flemynges were to proude whan they were so hardy to fight with the kyng for if they had leyen styll at the siege before Andwarde and a fortefyed them selfe there and by the reason of the rayne and foule wether that fell The frenchmen wolde neuer haue gone to haue fought with them there and if they had they coulde nat lightly haue fought with them but to their great payne and parell But Philyppe glorifyed so in his fayre fortune and victory that he had before Bruges that it semed to him that no thynge coude go agaynst hym for he hoped well to be lorde of all the worlde this was all his ymaginacyon for he doughted nothyng the french kyng nor all his puyssance for if he had he wolde nat haue done as he dyd as ye shall here after ¶ Of the maruayle that came to the flemynges in the nyght and howe they ordeyned their batayle all in one company Cap. CCCC .xix. THe Wednisday at night that the batayle was the next day Philyp Dartuell with all his puyssance came and lodged in a fayre grounde right stroÌ„ge bytwene a dike and a lytell groue of woode with a strong hedge so that lightly no man coulde come well at them And this was bytwene the hyll and Rosebeque where as the kyng lay The same night Philyppe Dartuell made a supper in his lodgyng to all his capitayns right plenteous for they had prouisyon ynoughe folowynge them and after supper he sayd to them faire sirs ye se well we be here in armes I hope well to morowe we shall haue some besynes for the kyng who hathe great desyre to fynde vs to fyght is lodged at Rosebeque nowe I require you all kepe faythe and trouthe and be nat abasshed of any thyng that ye se or here for this that we do is in the vpholdynge of our ryght and lette vs frely fyght to mayntayn the iurisdictyons of FlauÌ„ders Admonyst your people to do well their deuoyre and ordre them so well and wisely that by our good order and array we may haue the victory of the iourney to morowe by the grace of god we shall fynde no lorde that dare fyght agaynst vs in the felde and it shall be more honoure for vs than though we had comfort of the englisshmen for if they were in our company they shulde haue the renome and nat we Also say to your company that they saue no parsone alyue so therby we shall lyue in rest for here is with the kynge all the floure of Fraunce there is none lest be hynde Wherfore I coÌ„maunde on payne of deth that no man take any prisoner without it be the kynge hymselfe for I wolde he were saued for he is but a chylde 〈…〉 e ought to be pardoned he knoweth nat yet what he dothe but as he is led we shall bring hym to GauÌ„t to lerne to speke flemysshe but as for dukes erls and other parsones slee them all The comons in Fraunce wyll nat be dyspleased there with for I am in surety they wolde that none of them shuld returne agayne in to Fraunce and no more I trust they shall All such as were with Philyppe at this supper acorded to his opinyon and so answered with one voice and sayd Sir ye
specially of arowes for they fell so thicke in the stretes that none durst go without they were well armed or pauessed This assaut endured tyll it was night Than theÌ„glysshmen and flemynges that hadde assauted all the day in two batayls retourned to their lodgynges right wery and sore traueyled and in lykewyse so were they of the towne of Ipre wHan the englysshmen and flemynges that lay at the siege before Ipre sawe howe they coulde nat wynne the towne and howe they lost moche of their artyllary Than they aduysed to make a great nombre of fagottes and to cast them in to the dykes with strawe and erthe to fyll vp the dykes to the entent that they might come to the walles to fight hande to hande with them of the towne and to vndermyne the walles thinkynge therby to coÌ„quere it So ther were sette men a warke to fell downe wode and make fagottes and to bring them to the dyke This was nat so soone done nor their warke accomplysshed but the frenche kynge who had great desyre to reyse the siege and to fight with the Englysshmen auaunsed forthe his busynesse and departed fro CoÌ„paygne so came to Arras And than passed forth the constable of Fraunce with a great nombre of lordes ordayned for the vowarde and loged in Arthoise The duke of Bretayne came with two thousande speres who had great desyre to confort the erle of Flaunders his cosyn And he was greatly bounde so to do for he had founde hym euer redy aparelled in tyme past in all his busynesse Thus lordes aproched bothe farre and nere Than came the Erle of Sauoy and therle of Genesue with seuyn hundred speares of pure sauosyns The duke Frederyke of Bauyere came forwarde in to Heynalte and was at Qeusnoy and refresshed him with his vncle the duke Aubert and with his aunt the duches Margarete with his cosyns the duke of Lorayne and the duke of Bare and so fro thens he came in to Arthoise Sir Wyllyam of Namur who had nat bene in none of the foresayd warres for the erle had excused hym He came than to serue the kyng and the duke of Burgoyne with two huÌ„dred speares of good men of warr and so passed by Heynalte and came and lodged at Tornesys Lordes came fro euery parte right strongly with so good wyll to serue the kyngâ— that it was marueyle to consyder Th erle Guy of Bloyse had assembled his men at LaÌ„drechis but his men coude nat tell if he were able or coude endure the payne to ryde with the kyng in yâ— army So he was brought in an horselytter to Beaumont in Heynalte there he was better at ease the ayre was better for hym there than at LaÌ„dreches Howe be it he was sore sicke and feble yet he purueyed his men to serue the kyng So his coÌ„pany and the lorde of MoÌ„tigny the lorde of Useryn sir Uyllaynes of saynt Martyne sir Ualleraunce of Oustyen capitayne of Remorentyne and other knightes and squiers auaunsed forwarde to serue the kynge tIdynges came to the siege before Jpre to the bysshoppe of Norwyche to sir Hugh Caurell and to the englysshmen Howe the frenche kynge was comynge to them with mo than twentie thousande men of armes knightes and squiers and mo than thre score thousande of other people These wordes so multyplyed in the hoost tyll at last they fouÌ„de it trewe In the beginnyng they wolde scant beleue it But than it was said playnly howe yâ— king wolde come fight with theÌ„ as they lay at their siege And they had marueyle whan they knewe howe the duke of bretayne was coming agaynst them Than they toke counsayle togyder to determyne what they shulde do And all thynges consydered they sawe well howe they were of no puyssauÌ„ce to abyde the kyng Than they sayd it was best that Peter de Boyse Peter de Myrt and the gauntoyse shulde returne to the towne of Gaunt and the englysshmen to Bergues and to Burborke And so to abyde in their garysons without that some puyssaunce come out of Englande as kyng Richarde him selfe to passe the see or els some of his vncles thervpon to take better aduyse This couÌ„sayle was vpholden euery man dyslodged they of Gaunt drewe to their towne and the englisshemen went towarde Bergues and Burbourke and so entred in to suche garysons as they had before conquered The same day that the Englysshmen departed from the siege there came to them sir Thomas Percy sonne to the erle of Northumberlande He came out of Spruce and whan he was a lytell fro thens it was shewed hym for certayne that the freÌ„che kyng and the kyng of Englande shulde fight togyder in the marchesse of Flaunders or Arthoyse puyssaunce agaynst puyssauÌ„ce Wherof the knight had great ioye and hadde great desyre to be at that iourney He was as thanÌ„e .xl. dayes iourney from thens but he made suche hast that he rode it in fourtene dayes but he left all his people and baggage behynde hym And he rode so fast without chaungyng of his horse and with hym no mo but his page that he came to the towne of Gaunt in the sayd space whiche tourned to hym a great valyantnesse ¶ Howe the duke Frederyke of Bauyer aryued in the freÌ„che kyngê hoost and howe therle Guy of Bloyse and his men caÌ„e to Arras and howe the kynges vowarde toke Cassell Cap. CCCC .xxxvii. TIdynges caÌ„e to the frenche kyng as he lay at Arras howe the englysshmen were departed fro the siege and the gauntoyse in lykewise and euery man deê‘ted to theyr holdes ThaÌ„ the kyng was counsailed to make hast and to folowe them to th entent they shulde nat scape And so he departed fro Arras and went to Mount saynt Eloy a fayre abbey and there he taryed foure dayes abyding tyll the duke of Berry was come styll people gadered thider fro all parties and than it was reported by the constable and marshals and by sir Guyss harde erle Dolphyn mayster of the cros bowes howe that the kyng had ther mo than a hundred thousande men Than the kyng departed fro MouÌ„t saynt Eloy and toke his way to saynt Omers and caÌ„e to Ayre wherof the vycount of Meaulx was capitayne And there the kyng taryed two dayes and alwayes styll aproched men of warre and the constable and they of the vowarde were on before and loged at the towne of mount Cassell And so the kynge came to saynt Omers and there abode and taryed for his people that came from all ê‘ties And whanÌ„e duke Frederyke of Bauyers came to the hoost the great barownes of FrauÌ„ce went and mette with hym to do hym honour bycause he came fro so farre a countrey to serue the kynge The kyng made hym great chere gaue hym great thankes for his comynge and lodged hym all the voiage after as nere to his person as myght be In the kynges hoost there were to the noÌ„bre of thre thousand horses wherfore it was greatly
to bringe the treaty toguyder So moche she dyd alegynge and she wynge so good reasons specially to the duke and duches of Burgoyn that finally they went through and concluded that yâ— sonne and doughter of the duke of Burgoyne shulde be maryed to the sonne and doughter of the duke Aubert of Bauiers And yâ— let of the mater fyue dayes before was for a mater that the duke of Burgoyns couÌ„sayle feared for they vnderstod that duke Aubert had nat bene in trewe possession of Heynalt but in possibylite therof for as than lyued erle Willyam of Haynault his brother and lay sore sycke at Ouesnoy the whiche erle myght recouer and ouerlyue duke Aubert his brother and if he so dyd they thought clerely and feared greatly that his other bretherne shulde haue the gouernynge of Haynault and the chyldren of duke Aubert to be put clene out For this dought they made a delay in this maryage the space of fyue dayes tyll at last it was clerely knowen that duke Aubert hadde no mo bretherne but the Erle of Haynault so that he coulde nat put the herytage fro duke Aubertes chyldren WhanÌ„e these thynges were knowen there was thanÌ„e no lenger delay but these maryages were sworne couenaunted that WillymÌ„ of Haynalt shulde haue in maryage Margaret of Burgoyne And Johan of Burgoyne to haue to his wyfe Margarete of Haynault and that all these shulde retourne to Cambray â—o parforme the solempnisacion of these maryages at the vtas of Ester than next after In the â—ere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred four â—ore and fyue ¶ Hâ—we the frenche kynge the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Heynalt made their â—rouisyon to be at CaÌ„bray And of â—â—nessage of the duke of Lancastre 〈…〉 it to the erle of Haynalt and of the 〈…〉 yages of the chyldren of Haynalt a 〈…〉 Burgoyne â—p CCCC .l. THus euery man departed fro Cambray the duke of Burgoyne returned in to Fraunce to the king and the duches his wyfe returned to Arras the duke Aubert and the duches his wyfe retourned to the towne of Ouesnoy in Haynalt And the lady of Brabant in to her countrey Than warkmen were sette awarke to make redy lodgynges in the cytie of Cambray and men were sent thyder to make prouisyon so great and so costly that it was marueyle to consydre This feast was cryed publysshed abrode to be holden at Cambray the weke after the vtas of Easter Whan the frenche kyng was enfourmed of this besynes he sayd he wolde be at the maryages of his cosyns And so he seÌ„t to CaÌ„bray the stewardes of his howse to make prouisyon for him acordyng The bysshopes palays was taken vp for the duke of Burgoyne and his prouysion made there howbeit they were fayne to delyuer it vp for yâ— kyng Than carpenters and masons were set a warke in the palays to make it after astate royall whiche warke as yet apereth for before this feast it was nat in remembrauÌ„ce of man nor harde of two hundred yere before so great a feast and solempnyte as was than aê‘elled For the lordes to make theÌ„ fresshe and gorgious to exalte their estates spared no more money than it had fallen fro the clowdes and euery man helped other Tidynges of these mariages came to Englande the duke of Lancastre who alwayes hoped that Willyam of Haynalt shulde haue had to his wyfe his doughter at leest he was borne so in hande â–ª he was right pensyue and sore troubled with those newes And whanÌ„e he had well ymagined to knowe the trouthe therof he sent certayne persons of his howse to GauÌ„t to speke wiâ—h duke Auberte And whanÌ„e these messangers came to Gaunt there they fouÌ„de sir JohnÌ„ Bourchier and the aldermen of Gaunt Peter du Boyse and Fraunses Atreman who made them right good chere And so ther they taryed two dayes and fro thence they went to Mons in Heynalt and so to Quesnoy and there they came to the duke and he and the duches and his children receyued them goodly for the honour of the duke of Lancastre and made them good chere And in lykewise so dyd the lorde of Gouuighen Than the mayster of the byenge of the wolles of Englande spake first after he hadde de lyuered his letters of credence recoÌ„maunded the duke of Lancastre to the duke Auberte his cosyn And than he spake of other thynges as he was charged to do And amonge other thynges he demaunded of duke Auberte as I was enfourmed if it were his entent to perceyuer in the maryage with yâ— chyldren of the duke of Burgoyne With those wordes the duke a lytell chaunged colour and sayd ye sir truely by my faythe wherfore do you demaunde Sir 〈◊〉 he I demaunde it bycause the duke of Lancastre hathe alwayes hoped vntyll this tyme that my lady Philyp his doughter shuld haue had my lorde Willyam your sonne ThanÌ„e the duke sayd coÌ„panyon say to my cosyn yâ— whan soeuer he mary his chyldren I shall nat marueyle nor be dismayed therat â–ª no more he hath to do to take any care for the maryenge of any of my children nor whether I wyll mary them or nat nor whan nor to whome This was the answere yâ— thenglisshmen had of duke Aubert So thus they toke theie leaue departed and went the same nyght to Ualencennes and the next day to Gaunt Of them I can tell no more but I thynke they retourned in to Englande WHan Easter came as than acounted a thousande thre hundred fourscore and fyue yeres of our lorde the freÌ„che king the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke Aubert the duches his wyfe the duches of Brabant the duches of Burgoyne sir Willyam and sir JohnÌ„ of Namure came to Cambray The kynge went to yâ— palys that was his lodgynge euery man drewe to their lodgynges ye may well beleue and knowe that where the frenche kyng was and where as there was many noble princes great ladyes there was great and noble chiualry The king entred the monday at none and all lordê and ladyes met him without the towne and so he was conueyed with trompettes and great plenty of mynstrels And so brought to the palys The same monday in the presence and before all the great lordes was renewed the couenauntes of maryages and WillmÌ„ Dorset shulde haue the countye of Ostrenant the lady Margaret his wyfe was endowed with the lande of Acque in Brabant And yâ— duke of Burgoyn gaue his doughter a hundred thousande frankes Thus they made their porcyons The tuysday at the hour of Masse they were wedded in the cathedrale churche of our lady of Cambray with great solempnyte The bysshoppe of Cambray dyd the obseruaunce who was called Johan Borne of Brucels At the dyner ther was shewed moche noblenes The kyng caused the two lordes and the two ladyes newly maryed to syt at his table and other lordê serued There sate at dyner the constable of Fraunce the marshall of FrauÌ„ce sir