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
therle of Heynalt 〈…〉 yed the townes of S 〈…〉 ne and Dorchyes Cap. liiii THe sige enduring they without wer well prouyded of vytels and at a metely pri ce for it came to them fro all partes On a mornynge the erle of Heynalt with .v. hundred speres departed fro the hoost and passed by Lysle and brent the good towne of Seclyne and many vyllages there about and their currours ranne to the subarbes of Lens in Artoyse And after that the erle toke an other way and rode to the towne of Durchies the whiche was taken brent for it was nar closed and also they burnt Landas Ly 〈…〉 and dyuers other good townes there about and ouer ranne the countrey and gate great â—yllage And than retourned agayne to the hoost 〈◊〉 Turney also the flemynges often tymes assay led them of Tourney and had made shyppes belsroys and instrumentes of assaut so that euery day lightly there was skirmysshyng dyuerse hurt of one and other The stemmynges toke moche payne to trouble them of Tourney â–ª among other assautes ther was one endured at a day ther was many feates of armes done for all the lordes and knyghtes that were in Tournay were therat for thassaut was made in shyppes and vessels wrought for the same intent to haue broken the baryers and the posterne of the arche But it was so well defended that the sleÌ„mynges wanne nothyng ther they lost a shyppÌ„ with a sixscore men the which were drowned at night they withdrue right sore traueyled 〈◊〉 so this siege enduryng the soudyours of sayut Amandeyssued out and came to Hanon in Heynalt and burnt the towne and vyolated the abbey and dystroyed the mynster caryed away all that they might to saynt Amande and an other tyme yâ— same frenche soudyours passed the wood of saynt Amande and came to the abbey of Uycongue and made a great fyre at the gate to haue burnt it Whan thabbot sawe what parell his house was in hastely he toke his horse rode out priuely through the wood and came to Ualencennes desyring the prouost ther to lend hym a certayne crosbowes And whanÌ„e he had his desyre he brought theÌ„ behynde Rames and set them in the wood towarde the hyghe way to procelet And ther they shotte agaynst the genowayes and frenchmen beyng before the gate of Uycongne and whan they sawe and felt yâ— quarels lyght among them commyng fro the wood they were a frayed retourned as fast as they myght and so the abbey was saued ¶ How the scottes wan agayne gret part of Scotlande whyle the siege was before Tourney Cap. lv HOwe it is to be remeÌ„bred how sir Wyllyam Duglas sonne of WyllmÌ„ Duglas brother who dyed in Spayne And therle of Patris therle of Surlant sir Robert of Herssey sir Symonde Fresyell and Alysander Ramsey they were captayns in suche parte of Scotlande as was left vnwonne by thenglysshmen And they had coÌ„tynued in the forest of Gode0urs the space of .vii. yere wynter somer and as they might they made warr agaynst thenglysshmen beyng ther in garyson Somtyme they had good adueÌ„ture and somtyme yuell whyle the kyng of Englande was at siege before Tourney The french kyng sent men of warr into Scotlande and they arryued at saynt JohaÌ„ns towne and they desyred the scottes in the french kyngê name that they wolde set on and make such warr in the realme of England that the kyng might be fayne to retourne home to rescue his owne realme and to leaue vp the sige at Tourney and the frenche kyng promysed theÌ„ men and money to ayde them so to do And so the scottes departed out of the forest of Gedeours and passed thorough Scotlande and wanne agayne dyuerse fortresses and so past the towne of Berwyke the ryuer of Tyne and entred into the contrey of Northumberlande the which somtyme was a realme Ther they founde gret plentie of beestes and wasted and brent all the contrey to Durame than they retourned by an other way dystroyeng the countrey In this voyage they distroyed more than thre dayes iourney into the realme of Englande and thanÌ„e retourned into Scotlande and conquered agayne all the fortresses that were holden by the englysshmen except the cyte of Berwyke and thre other castels the which dyd them great trouble They were so stronge that it wolde haue ben harde to haue founde any suche in any countrey the one was Strumelyn an other Rosbourg and the third the chyefe of all Scotlande Edenborowe The whiche castell standeth on a hygh rocke that a man must rest ones or twyse or he soÌ„e to the hyest of the hyll and captayne ther was sir Water Lymosen who before had so valiantly kept the castell of Thyne agaynst the frenchmen So it was that sir Wyllyam Duglas deuysed a feate and dyscouerd his intencyon to his coÌ„panyons to therle Patris to sir Robert Fresyell and to Alysander Ramsay and all they agreed togyder ThaÌ„ they toke a .ii. C. of the wylde scottes and entred into the see and made prouisyon of otes mele coles and wood and so pesably thei arryued at a port nere to the castelll of Edenbo rowe And in the night they armed theym and toke a .x. or .xii. of their company suche as they dyd trust best and dyde disgyse theym in poore torne cotes and hattes lyke poore men of the coÌ„trey And charged a .xii. small horses with sackê some with otes some with where mele some with coles and they dyde set all their company in a busshment in an olde distroyed abbey ther by nere to the fote of the hyll And whan the day began to apere couertly armed as they were they went vp the hyll with their marchandyse And whan they were in the mydde way ser Wyllyam Duglas and sir Symode Fresyll disgysed as they were went a lytell before and came to the porter and sayd sir in gret fere we haue brought hyther otes and whetemele and if ye haue any nede therof we woll sell it to you gode chepe Mary sayd the porter and we haue nede therof but it is so erly that I darre nat a wake the captayne nor his stuarde but let them soÌ„e in and I shall opyn the vtter gate And so they all entred into the gate of the bayles sir WyllmÌ„ Duglas sawe well how the porter had the keys in his handes of the great gate of the castell Than whan the firste gate was opynned as ye haue harde their horses with caryages entred in and the two that came last laden with coles they made them to fall downe on the grounsyll of the gate to th entent that the gate shulde nat be closed agayne And than they toke the porter and slewe hym so pesably that he neuerr spake worde than they toke the great keys and opynned the castell gate than sir Wyllyam Duglas blewe a horne and dyd cast away their torne cotes and layed all the other sackes ouerthwarte the gate to thyntent that it
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
maner as this archebysshop went aboute prechynge and shewyng the right quarel of the frenche kyng in the bondes and lymitacions of Languedoc there were in Pycardy dyuerse other prelates and clerkes who well and sufficieÌ„tly dyd their deuours to shewe and to preche the sayd quarel of the frenche kynge to the comon people of cyties and good townes and specially sir WylliaÌ„ of â—ormans preched the sayd quarel fro cite to citie and fro towne to towne so wysely and so notably that all that harde hym lent them selfe to his opinion so that the busynesse of the realme was by hym and by his wordes so coloured that it was marnayle to speke therof And besyde that the frenche kyng hym selfe was so moued with deuocion that he caused to be made contynual processions by the clergie and hym selfe and the quene wolde go bare foote requyrynge and besechynge god deuoutely to assist and mainteyne the right of the realme of France the whiche hath ben a season in great tribulacion And also the kynge caused all his subiectes by the constreynte of the prelates to do the same In lyke maner dyd the kynge of EnglaÌ„d in his realme There was a bysshop that tyme at London who made many prechynges and declaracions shewyng the people that the freÌ„che kynge by great wronge hadde renewed the warre And that he dyd was agayngste ryght and good reason and that he proued by diuers artycles and poyntes openely shewed to saye trouth it was of necessite that both kyngê syth they were determyned to make warre to shewe to their people the ordre and cause of their quarelles so that they myght with the better wyls helpe and ayde theyr lordes of the whiche they were all awakened both in the one realme and other The kynge of Englande sent into Brabant and Haynault to knowe if he myght geat any ayde there and desired duke Aulbert who had in rule and gouernance the countie of Heynault at that tyme that he wolde open his couÌ„trey to suffre hym to go and come and to abide there if nede were and that waye to passe into the realme of France with his army The duke Aulbert at the requeste of the kynge of EnglaÌ„d his vncle and at the desyre of the quene his auÌ„te lyghtly condyscended to theyr desyres by the ayde and good mocyon of Edwarde Duke of Guerles who was of the kynge of Englandes parte For he wedded the dukes doughter and by the duke of Julyers his cousyn germayne These two at that tyme were in faythe and homage bouÌ„de to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de by whom they were desyred that they shulde retaygne eche of them the nombre of a thousande speares at his coste and charge Wherfore these .ii. lordes aduysed well that it shulde be good for the kynge of Englande to geatte alied to hym the duke Aulbert Who was sore tempted therto by them and by great gyftes that the kynge of Englande promysed hym by suche knyghtes as he hadde sente vnto hym But Whan the lorde of Comynges who was about the freÌ„che kynge herde therof he returned into Heynaulte and by the counsayle of the lorde JohnÌ„ Werthyn sâ— neschall of Heynaulte by whom all the countrey was moste gouerned and was a wyse and a valiant knyght and was good freÌ„che in hart he was so well beloued with the duke duchesse that he brake the purpose of the englisshe messaÌ„gers for by the helpe of therle of Bloys and of ser JohnÌ„ of Bloys his brother the lorde Ligny and of the lorde BarbaÌ„son the duke and all his countrey abode as neuter and held with none of both partes And this answere made Jane duchesse of Brabant Kynge Charles of FraÌ„ce who was sage wyse and subtyle had wrought about this treatie .iii. yere before knewe well he had good frendes in Heynault Brabant specially the most parte of the couÌ„sailours of the great lordes and to colour to make his warr seme the fayrer he copied out diuers letters touchyng the peace confirmed at Calays and ther in he closed the substanÌ„ce of his dede and what thynge the kynge of Englande and his childreÌ„ were sworne to kepe in what articles by their letters sealed they were submytted to make renuÌ„ciacions resityng suche coÌ„myssions as they ought to haue delyuered to theyr people and al other articles and poyntê that made any thyng for hym and his quarell condempnynge the englisshemens deades These letters the kynge caused to be publysshed in the courtes of great lordes to the entent they shulde be better enformed of his quarel Inlyke wyse opposit to this dede the kynge of England shewed his quarel in Almaygne and in other places where as he thought to haue any ayde The duke of Guerles nephewe to the kynge of Englande sonne to his suster and the duke of Juliers cosyn germayne to his children who were at that tyme good and true englysshe had great dispight of the defiaunce that the frenche kynge had made to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de done by a varlet in their myndes greately blamynge the frenche kynge and his counsaile in his so doyng for they sayd that warre bitwene so great princis as the freÌ„che kynge and the kynge of Englande ought to be publysshed and defied by notable ê‘sones as prelates bysshops or abbottes sayeng howe the frenche men dyd it by great presumpcyon pryde Wherfore they sayd they wolde send and defye the freÌ„che kyng notably and so they dyd and dyuerse other knyghtes of Almayne with them and their enteÌ„tê was shortly to entre into Fraunce and there to do suche dedes of armes that the remembrauÌ„ce therof shulde be seen and knowen .xx. yere after Howe be it they dyd nothynge for their purpose was broken by another way than they thought of as ye shall here after in this historie ¶ How the duke of Bourgoyn was maryed to the doughter of the erle of Flaunders Cap. CC .liii. VE haue harde before howe the space of .v. yere to gether the kyng of Engâ— made moche purchase to haue the doughter of therle of FlaÌ„ders to haue ben maried to his son Edmond erle of Cambridge The deuises and ordenances were to longe to reherse Wherfore I wyll passe it ouer breuely The kynge of England coude by no maner geat pope Urban to consent to gyue them a dispensacion to mary and the erle of Fraunders was sued vnto fro other partes and specially by the frenche kyng for his brother the duke of Bourgoyn WhaÌ„ he sawe that the maryage Wolde nat take in England and howe it was tyme for his doughter to be maryed and that he had no mo children and thought that the yoÌ„ge duke of Bourgoyn was a mete mariage for her Than he sent certayne messangers into England to treate with the kyng for acquitaunce and the messangers dyd so well their deuour that the kynge of Englande who thought none euyl quited the erle of Flaunders of all his couenauntes as touchynge the mariage of his doughter and so these
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