And if ye wyll say contrary to this I wyll receyue your gauge I wyll say so ê™ the lorde of Guystelles With those wordes the kynge was nat content and sayde Let vs go hens I wyll here no more of these wordes and so deâ—ted 〈◊〉 went 〈◊〉 to his chaâ—râ— all onely with his cham 〈…〉 right 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at the lorde of Buâ—â—â—ll had â—o well and frely spoken agaynst yâ— wordes of 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ of Guystels and sayd all smylyng He hath holden fote well with him I wolde nat for xx M. frankes but that he had done so And after it fortuned so yâ— this sir Johan of Guystels who was chaÌ„berlayn with the kyng was so yuell beloued in the courte that he was wery therof and thought nat to abyde the daÌ„gers So he toke leaue of the kyng and departed fro the court and went into Brabant to the duke Uyâ—â—elant of BrabaÌ„t who receyued him toyfully The french kyng was sore displeased with therle of FlaÌ„ders bicause it was thought by â—yuers of the realme that he had letted yâ— lorde of 〈…〉 sell of his â—â—age in to Scotland and alâ—o in that he â—eloe styll about hym the duke of Bretayne his cosyn who was greatly in yâ— kynges displeasur and so they that were about the kyng pâ—rceyued well howe the erle of Flaunders was nothyng in the kynges grace ANone after the kyng wrote sharpe letis to his cosyn the erle of FlauÌ„ders thretnyng hym bycause he susteyned with hym the duke of Bretayn whoÌ„ he reputed to be his enemy The erle wrote agayne to the kyng excusing himselfe aswell as he might but it aueyled nothynge For the kyng sent him agayne more sharper letters shewyng him playnly that without he wolde putte the duke of Bretayne out of his coÌ„pany he wolde surely displease him whaÌ„ therle of FlauÌ„ders sawe that the kyng pursued his cause with suche effect than he toke aduyse in hym selfe and thought he wolde shewe these maâ—aâ—â— hâ—s thretnynges to his good townes and specially to GauÌ„t to knowe what they wolde say to the mater and so he sent to Bruges to â—pre and Cortrey and after departed and the duke of Bretayne in his coÌ„pany and so went to Gaunt and lodged at yâ— posterne wher he was â—oyfully receyued of the burgesses for they loâ—ed well to haue him among them And 〈…〉 han the people of the good townes such as were seÌ„t for were come therle assembled them togyder in a pleace and there he made be shewed to theÌ„ by JohnÌ„ de la Faucell his entency on the lettâ—â—s reed that the freÌ„che kyng had sent him two monethes before And whan these letters were reâ—â— than the erle spake and sayd All ye sirs of my good townes of FlauÌ„ders through yâ— helpe of god I haue ben your lorde a longe season I haue kepte and gouerned you in good peace to my power Nor ye haue nat sene in me 〈…〉 coÌ„trary but that I haue entertayned you in gret prosperyte in lyke maner as a lorde ought to kepe his menne and subgettes But it is to my great displeasur and it ought to be to you that are my men that the frenche kyng thus hateth me and wyll hate bycause I sustayne about me and in my company the duke of Bretayne my cosyn germayne who as nowe is nat welbeloued in Fraunce Nor he dare nat well trust his men in his owne countre bycause of fyue or six barons that loueth him nat Wherfore the king wolde that I shulde driue hym out of my countre the whiche shulde be a strong thyng to him I say nat nay but if I dyde confort my cosyn outher with townes or castelles agaynst the realme of Fraunce than the kynge myght haue good cause to complayne him of me But I do nat so nor am nat in wyll so to do and therfore I haue here assembled you togyder shewynge you the parels that may happe to fall therfore I wolde knowe your myndes whyder he shall abyde styll with me or nat They answered all with one voyce Sir let hym abyde styll why shulde he nat And sir if there be any man lyuyng that wyll make you warre ye shall fynde redy in your lande of FlauÌ„ders .ii. C. M. men of warr to serue you Those wordes greatly reioysed therle and sayd sirs I thanke you and so ended that parlyament and therle was well coÌ„tent with his men and gaue euery man leaue to deê‘te in peace Than whan the erle sawe his tyme he retourned to Bruges and the duke of Bretayne with him Thus these maters haÌ„ged in a traunce the erle was in great grace with his people and the countre in peace and prosperite the which abode nat so long after for it was in great trybulacion as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne deê‘ted out of FlauÌ„ders and howe therle of saynt Poule was taken prisoner howe he was maryed in Englande of the warres that fell than in Bretayne Cap. CCC .xliiii. YE may well knowe howe the frenche kyng had knowlege of all this mater howe the erle had answered He loued hym nat one whyt the better howe be it he must let it passe for more he coud nat haue as at that tyme and sayd howe therle of FlauÌ„ders was the moost proudest prince that he knewe And a man myght haue sene well by the maner of the kyng that the erle was the lorde that the kyng wolde moost gladly haue brought somwhat to reason Whan he sawe that he withsayd him that he was no more displeased thaÌ„ he was the erle of Flaunders for all the kynges writyng that he was in his great displeasur bycause of kepyng about him the duke of Bretayne yet yâ— nat withstanding he kept him styll as long as it pleased him to tary made him kepe a goodlye estate finally the duke of Bretayne had couÌ„sayle to drawe in to Englande and so he tooke leaue of therle his cosyn went to Grauellyng and thyder came to him the erle of Salisbury with fyue C. speares and a thousand archers for dout of the freÌ„che garysons and so brought him to Calais wherof sir Hugh Caurell was capitayne who receyued him right ioyously whan the duke had taryed ther a fyue dayes he had wynde at wyll and so toke the see and the erle of Salisbury in his company and so aryued at Douer and came to the yong kyng Richard who receyued him with great ioye And so dyde also the duke of Lancastre and therles of Cambridge and of Buckynghame and the great lordes of Englande ye haue herde before how sir Ualeran of Lusenburge yong erle of saynt Poule was taken prisoner bytwene Arde and Calays was in Englande at the kyngê pleasure for kyng Edwarde in his lyfe tyme bought hym of the lord of Gomegines for he was first his prisoner bycause he made the iourney whan he was taken of a squier a maÌ„ of armes of the couÌ„tre of guerles So
dyd moche trouble with assautes howbeit they within defended themselfe so valiantly that their ennemyes loste more than they wanne Whan the countesse of Mountfort knewe that the lordes of Fraunce were come in to Bretaygne with suche a puyssance she sende sir Amery of Clysson into Englande desyring socourse of the kyng on the coÌ„dycion that therle of Mountfortê son and heyre shuld take to wyf one of the kynges doughters and shulde be called duches of Bretayne The king of England was as than at London makyng chere to therle of Salisbury who was newe come out of prison whan this sir Amery of Clysson was come to the kyng and had made relacyon of his message The kyng graunted his request and coÌ„maunded sir Water of Manny to take with hym as many men of warr as sir Amery desyred shortly to make them redy to go into Bretayne to ayde the countesse of Mountfort and to take with him a .iii. M. archers of the best Thus ser Water and sir Amery toke the see and with theÌ„ went the two bretherne of Lyned all sir Loys sir JohnÌ„ the Haz of Brabant ser Hubert of Fresnoy ser Aleyn Syrefound and dyuers other a .vi. M. archers But a great tempest toke theÌ„ on the see and a contrary wynde wherfore they abode on the see .xl. dayes all this season the lordes of France with sir Charles de Bloys kepte styll the sege before Renes and sore coÌ„strayned them within so that the burgesses of the towne wold gladly haue takeÌ„ apoyntmeÌ„t but their captayne sir WyllmÌ„ of Cadudall wold in no wyse agree therto Whan the burgesses and the commons of the towne had endured moche payne sawe no socours coÌ„myng fro no ê‘tie they wold haue yelded vp the towne but the captayne wold nat whan they sawe that finally they toke hym and put hym in prison And made couenaunt with sir Charles du Bloys to yelde vp the towne the next day on the condycion that all such as were of the countes part myght go their wayes whyther they lyst without danger or trouble the lord Charles de Bloys dyd grauÌ„t their desyre Thê° the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp the yere of our lord M .iii. C .xlii. in the begynning of May. Sir WyllmÌ„ of Nuadudall wolde nat tary ther but went streyght to Hanybout to the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who as than had hard no tidyngs of sir Amery of Clysson nor of his company ¶ Howe sir Charles du Bloys besieged the countesse of Mountfort in Hanybout Cap. lxxx WHan the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp the burgesses made their homage fealtie to the lord Charles of Bloys Than he was counselled to go and lay siege to Hany boute wher as the countesse was sayeng that therle beyng in prison yf they myght gette the countesse and her sonne it shulde make an ende of all their warre Than they went all to Hany bout and layed siege therto and to the castell also as ferr as they might by lande with the couÌ„tesse in Hanybout ther was the bysshop of Leon in Bretayne also ther was sir yues of Tribiquedy the lorde of Landreman sir WyllmÌ„ of Nuadudall and the Chatelayne of Guyngnape the two bretherne of Nuyreth sir Henry and 〈◊〉 Olyuer of PeÌ„nefort and dyuers other Whan the countesse and her company vnderstode that the frenchmen were commyng to lay siege to the towne of Hanybout than it was commauÌ„ded to sounde the watche bell a laâ— and euery man to be armed and drawe to their defence Whan sir Charles and the frenchmen came nere to the towne they commaunded to lodge ther that nyght some of the yong lusty companyons caÌ„e skirmysshyng to the barrers and some of them within yssued out to theym so that ther was a great affray but the genowayes and freÌ„chmen loste more than they wanne Whan night came on euery man drewe to their lodgynge yâ— next day the lordes toke counsayle to assayle the batrers to se the maner of them within and so the thyrde day they made a great assaute to the batrers fro mornyng tyll it was noone Than the assaylantes drewe a backe sore beaten and dyuerse slayne whan the lordes of Fraunce sawe their men drawe a backe they were sore dyspleased and caused the assaut to begynne agayne more ferser than it was before and they within defended theÌ„selfe valyantly The countesse her selfe ware harnesse on her body and rode on a great courser fro strete to strete desyringe her peple to make good defence and she caused damoselles and other women to cutte shorte their kyrtels and to cary stones pottes full of chalk to the walles to be cast downe to their ennemyes This lady dyd ther an hardy enterprise she mouÌ„ted vp to the heyght of a towre to se how the frenchmen were ordred Wtout She sawe howe that all the lordes and all other people of thoost were all gone out of ther felde to thassaut than she toke agayne her courser armed as she was and caused thre hundred men a horsbacke to be redy and she went with theym to another gate wher as there was non assaut She yssued out and her company and dasshed into the frenche lodgynges and cutte downe tentes and set fyre in their lodgynges she founde no defence ther but a certayne of varlettes and boyes who ran away Whan the lordes of France loked behynde them sawe their lodgynges a fyre and harde the cry and noyse ther they retourned to the felde cryeng treason treason so that all thassaut was left Whan the countesse sawe that she drewe to gyder her coÌ„pany and whan she sawe she coud nat entre agayne into the towne without great damage she toke an other way and went to the castell of Brest the whiche was nat ferr thens Whan sir Loys of Spayne who was marshal of the host was come to the felde and sawe their lodgynges brennyng and sawe the countesse her coÌ„pany goynge away he folowed after her with a great nombre he chased her so nere that he slewe and hurte dyuerse of theym that were behynde yuell horsed But the countesse and the moost parte of her company rode so well that they came to Breste and there they were receyued with great ioye The next day the lordes of Fraunce who hadde lost their tentes and their prouisyons thanne tooke counsayle to lodge in bowers of trees more nerer to the towne and they had great marueyle whan they knewe that the countesse herselfe had done that enterprise They of the towne wyst nat wher the countesse was become wherof they were in great trouble for it was fyue dayes or they harde any tidynges The countesse dyd somoche at Brest that she gate togyder a .v. hundred speres and than about mydnight she departed fro Brest and by the sonne rysing she came along by the one syde of the hoost and came to one of the gates of Hanybout the which was opyned for her and ther in she entred and allher coÌ„pany with gret noyse
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
them of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell and sware solemly yâ— they knewe nothynge therof tyll it was done if they had he was the man that they wolde haue defeÌ„ded to the best of their powers and sayde howe they were right sorie of his dethe for he had gouerned the contrey right wysely And also they sayde that though they of Gaunt hadde done that dede they shulde make a sufficyent amendes also sayenge to the kynge and his counsell that thoughe he be deed yet the kynge was neuer the farther of fro the loue and fauoure of theÌ„ of Flaunders in all thynges except the inherytaunce of Flaunders the which in no wyse they of Flaunders woll put a way fro the ryght heyres Sayeng also to the kynge sir ye haue fayre yssue bothe sonnes and doughters as for the prince of Wales your eldest sonne he canne nat fayle but to be a great prince without the inherytaunce of Flaunders Sir ye haue a yonge doughter and we haue a yonge lorde who is herytoure of Flaunders we haue hym in oure kepynge may it please you to make a maryage bytwene them two So euer after the county of Flaunders shall be in the yssue of your chylde these wordes and suche other apeased the kyng and finally was content with the â—â—emmynges and they with hym and soo lytell and lytell the dethe of Jaques Dartuell was forgoten ¶ Of the dethe of wyllmÌ„ erle of Heynault who dyed in Freese and many with hym Cap. C .xvi. IN the same season the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt beynge at siege before the towne of Dautryche and there hadde lyen a long season he constrayned theym so soore what by assautes and otherwyse that finally he hadde his pleasure of theÌ„ and anone after in the same season about yâ— feest of saynt Remy The same erle made a great assemble of men of armes knyghtes and squyers of Heynault Flaunders Brabant Hollande Guerles and Jullyers the erle and his company departed fro Dordreche in Hollande with a great nauy of shyppes And so sayled to wardes Freese for the erle of Heynault claymed to be lorde there and yf the fresons had been men to haue brought to reason therle in dede hadde there great ryght but there he was slayne and a great nombre of knyghtes and squyers with hym Sir JohnÌ„ of Heynault aryued nat there with his nephue for he aryued at another place and whan he harde of the deth of his nephue lyke a manne out of his mynde he wolde haue tought with the fresons but his seruantes and specially sir Robert of Gluues who as thanne was his squyer dyd putte hym into his shyppe agayne agaynst his wyll And so he retourned agayne with a small coÌ„pany and came to â—â—ouÌ„t sayâ—it Gertrude in Hollande wher the lady his nece was wyfe to the sayd erle named Iahane eldest doughter to the duke of Brabant than she went to the lande of Buyche the which wass her endowrie Thus yâ— countie of Heynall was voyde a certayne space and sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt dyd gouerne it vnto the tyme that Margaret of Heynault doughter to therle Aubertcame thyder and toke possessyon of that herytage all lordes and other dyde to her feaultie and homage This lady Margaret was maryed to yâ— lorde Loyes of Bauyer emperour of Almayne and kynge of Romayns ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Heynalt became frenche Cap. C .xvii. ANone after the french kyng entreated caused the erle of Bloys to entreat this lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt to become frenche promysing to gyue hym more reuenues in Fraunce than he had in Englande to he assigned wher he wolde hymselfe deuyce To this request he dyd nat lightly agre for he had spent all the floure of his youth in the scruyce of the kyng of Englande and was euer welbeloued with the kyng Whan therle Loyes of Bloyes who had maryed his doughter and had by her thre sonnes Loyes JohnÌ„ and Guy sawe that he coude nat wynne hym by that meanes he thought he wold assay an other way as to wyn the lorde of Saguynels who was chefe coÌ„pany on and grettest of counsell with the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynault And so they bytwene theÌ„ deuysed to make hym byleue that they of Englande wolde nat pay hym his pencyon wherwith sir JohnÌ„ of Heynault was sore dyspleased so yâ— he renounced his seruyce and good wyll that he bare to the kynge of Englande And whan the frenche kyng knowe therof incontynent he sent sufficyent messangers to hym and so retayned hym of his counsayle with certayne wages and recompensed hym in Fraunce with asmoche or more than he had in Englande ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of Normandy brought into Gascone agaynst therle of Derby Cap. C .xviii. THe frenche kyng was well infourmed of the coÌ„questes that the erle of Derby had made in the countrey of Gascone thanne he made a great sommons that all noble and nat noble able for the feare of warre shulde be at Orlyaunce and at Bourges and there about at a certayne day lymytted by reason of this coÌ„maundement came to Parys duke Odes of Burgoyne his sonne and therle of Arthoys and of Colayne they caÌ„e to the kynge with a thousande speares ThanÌ„e came the duke of Burbone and therle of Ponthyeu his brother with a great nombre of men of armes thyder also came the erle of Ewe and of Guynes coÌ„stable of Fraunce with a great coÌ„pany also therle of Tankernyll the dolphyne of Auuerne therle of Forestes therle of Dampmartyne therle of Uandone the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Craon the lorde of Sully the bysshoppe of Bewuayes the lorde of Frennes the lorde of Beauiewe â–ª the lorde JohnÌ„ of Chaalon the lorde of Roy and dyuerse other they all assembled in the cytie of Orlyaunce they of that part of Loyre and they of Poycton of Xaynton of Rochell of Caoursyn and Lymosyn they met in yâ— marches of Tholouz So all thes passed forthe towarde Roueryng and they fouÌ„de moche more company assembled in the cytie of Rodes and in the marches of Auuerne and Prouence So at last they all came to the cite of Tholouz and there about for they coude nat be all lodged in the cytie for they were in nombre mo than a hundred thousand This was in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlv. anone after the feest of Christmas the duke of Normandy who was chefe of that hoost rode forth with his two marshals before hym the lorde of MomoreÌ„cy and the lorde saynt Uenant First they went to the castell of Myremont the which the englysshmen had wonne before and captayne wtin was one JohnÌ„ Bristowe there they made assaut within were a hundred englysshmeÌ„ And with the frenchmen was sir Loyes of Spayne with genowayes crosbowes who sparedde no shotte so that they within the castell coulde nat defende them selfe but that the castell was won and they all take and slayne with the captayne than the marshals set ther newe men than they passed forthe
he was rescued and remounted agayne and in the meane season some of the frenchemen chased their beestes quyckely into the hoost or els they had lost them for they that yssued out of Aguyllon set so feersly on the frenchmen that they putte theym to the slyght and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen prisoners And sir Charles of MomoreÌ„cy had moche warke to scape than thenglysshmen retourned into Aguyllon Thus euery day almoost there were suche rencounters besyde yâ— assautes on a day all the hole hoost armed them and the duke commaunded that they of Tholouz of Carcassone of Beaucayre shulde make assaut fro the mornynge tyll noone and they of Remergue Caours Agenoys fro noone tyll night And yâ— duke promysed who soeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate shulde haue in rewarde a hundred crownê also the duke the better to mentayne this assaut he caused to come on the ryuer dyuerse shyppes and baâ—ges some entred into them to passe the ryuer and some went by the bridge At the last some of theym toke a lytell vessell and went vnder the brige and dyde cast great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge and than drewe it to them so sore that they brake the chenes of yron yâ— helde the bridge and so pulled downe the bridge parforce Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge so hastely that one ouerthrewe an other for euery man desyred to wyn the hundred crownes they within cast downe barres of yron peces of tymbre pottes of lyme and hote water so that many were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the water and into the dykes and many slayne sore hurt Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce but it cost more than it was worthe for they coude nat for all that wyn the gate than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late thanÌ„e they within yssued out â–ª and newe made agayne their drawe bridge stronger thanÌ„e euer it was before The next day ther came to the duke two connyng men maisters in carpentre and sayde sir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen we shall make foure scaffoldes as hygh or hyer thanÌ„e the walles The duke coÌ„maunded that it shulde be done and to get carpenters in the coÌ„trey and to gyue them good wagê so these four scafoldes wer made in four shyppes but it was long first and cost moch or they were finysshed than such a shulde assayle the castell in theÌ„ were apoynted and entred And whan they were passed halfe the ryuer they within the castell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to resyst agaynst these scafoldes these four martynettes dyd cast out so great stones and so often fell on the scafoldes yâ— in a short space they were all to broken so that they that were within them coulde nat be pauysshed by theym so that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne and or they were agayne at lande one of the scafoldê drowned in yâ— water the moost part of theÌ„ that were Win it the which was great damage for therin were good knyghtes desyringe their bodyes to auauÌ„ce Whan the duke sawe that he coude nat come to his entent by that meanes he caused the other thre scafoldes to rest Than he coudese no way howe he might gette the castell and he had promysed nat to departe thense tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd sende for hym Than he sende the constable of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to the kyng and there they shewed hym the state of the siege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke shulde lye there styll tyll he had won them by famyn syth he coude nat haue theÌ„ by assaut ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllone Cap. C .xxi. THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his meÌ„ 〈◊〉 constrayned in the castell of Aguyllon than he thought to go ouer the see 〈◊〉 to Gascoyne with a great 〈…〉 my ther he made his 〈◊〉 syon and sent for men all about his real 〈…〉 in other places wher he thought to spe 〈…〉 money In the same season the lord◠〈◊〉 of Harecourt came into Englande who was banysshed out of FrauÌ„ce he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym and had fayre landê assigned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree Than the kynge caused a great nauy of shyppes to be redy in the hauyn of Hampton and caused all maner of men of warr to drawe thyder about the feest of saynt John Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xiv. the kynge deê‘ted fro the quene and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his cosyn And he stablysshed the lorde Persy and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archebysshoppe of yorke the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Durham for he neuer voyded his realme but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde than he entred into his shyppe and the prince of wales with hym and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and all other lordes erles barownes and knyghtê with all their coÌ„panyes they were in nombre a foure thousande men of armes and ten thousande archers besyde Irysshmen and walsshmen that folowed the host a fote ¶ Nowe I shall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney First Edward his eldest sonne prince of wales who as thanÌ„e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about the erles of Herforde Northamptone Arundell Cornewall warwyke HuÌ„tyngdon Suffolke and Oxenforth And of barons the lorde Mortymer who was after erle of Marche the lordes JohnÌ„ Loyes and Roger of BeauchaÌ„pe and the lorde Reynold Cobham Of lordes the lorde of Mombray Rose Lucy Felton Brastone Myllon Labey Maule Basset Barlett and wylloughby with dyuers other lordê And of bachelars there was JohnÌ„ Chandoys Fytzwaren Peter and James Audelay Roger of Uertuall Bartylmewe of Bries Rycharde of Penbruges with dyuers other that I can nat name fewe ther were of staÌ„gers ther was the erle Hauyou sir Olphas of Guystels and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne and many other that I can nat name Thê° they say 〈◊〉 â—â—rth that day in the name of god they were 〈◊〉 〈…〉 warde on their way towarde Gascone 〈◊〉 on the thirde day ther rose a coÌ„trary wynde 〈…〉 them on the marches of Cornewall 〈…〉 lay at ancre .vi. dayes In that space 〈…〉 had other counsell by the meanes of 〈◊〉 Godfray Harcourt he counselled the kyng nat to go into Gascoyne but rather to set a lande in Normandy and sayde to the kyng sir the couÌ„tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous countreis of the worlde Sir on ieoê‘dy 〈◊〉 my heed if ye woll lande ther ther is none thaâ— shall
as ye thynke best yourselfe tyue hundred pounde sterlyng of yerely rent to you to your heyres for euer and here I make you squyer for my body ThanÌ„e the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Englande whan he came home to his owne house he assembled to guyder his frendes and kynne and so they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke and there fro the kyng his lorde he presented the kyng of Scottes to the quene and excused hym so largely that the quene and her counsell were content Than the quene made good prouisyon for the cytie of yorke the castell of Rosbourg the cyte of Dyrham the towne of Newcastell vpon Tyne and in all other garysons on the marchesse of Scotlande and left in those marchesse the lorde Percy and the lorde Neuyll as gouernoure there thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London Than she sette the kynge of Scottes in the strong towre of London and therle Morette and all other prisoners and sette good kepyng ouer them Than she went to Douer and there tooke the see and had so good wynde that in a shorte space she arryued before Calays thre dayes before the feest of Alsayntes for whose coÌ„myng the kyng made a great feest and dyner to all the lordes ladyes that were ther the quene brought many ladyes and damoselles with her aswell to acompany her as to se their husbandes fathers bretherne and other frendes that lay at siege there before Calays and had done a longe space ¶ Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. C .xl. THe siege before Calais enduredde longe and many thynges fell in the meane season the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte The frenche kynge had sette men of warre in euery fortresse in those marchesse in the countie of Guynes of At thoyes of Boloyne and aboute Calays and had a great nombre of genowayes normayns and other on the see so that whan any of th 〈…〉 glysshmen wolde goo a forragynge other a 〈◊〉 or horsebacke they founde many tymes harde aduentures and often there was skirmysshing about the gates and dykes of the towne and often tymes some slayne and hurte on bothe parties some day yâ— one part lost and some day the other The kynge of Englande caused engyns to be made to oppresse theym within the towne but they within made other agayne to resist the so that they toke lytell hurt by them but nothynge coude come into the towne but by stelth and that was by the meanes of two maryners one called Maraunt and the other Mestryell and they dwelt in Abuyle by theym two they of Calays were often tymes reconforted and fresshed by stelth and often tymes they were in great â—yll chased and nere taken but alwayes they scaped and made many englysshemen to be drowned All that wynter the kyng lay â—â—yll at the siege and thought and ymagined euer to kepe yâ— commentie of Flaunders in frendshyppe for he thought by their meanes the soner to câ—e to his entent he sende often tymes to them with fayre promyses sayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer 〈◊〉 and Doway with all their appurtenaunces So by occasyon of sache promyses whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cressey and Calays they went and layd siege to Bethwyn and ther captayne was sir Dedeart de â—onty who was banysshed out of Fraunce They helde a great siege before that towne and â—ore constrayned them by assaut but within were â—our knyghtes captayns set there by the frenche kyng to kepe the towne that is to say sir Gâ—ssray of Charney sir Ewstace of Rybamount sir Baâ—dwyâ— of Nekyn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas they defended yâ— towne in suche wyse that the flemmynges waâ— nothyng ther but so departed and retourned agayne into Flaunders but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at siege before Calys he sent styll messaÌ„gers to them of Flanders and made them great promyses to kepe their amyte with hym and to oppresse the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opynyon The kyng of Englande wolde gladly yâ— the erle Loyes of Flaunders who was as than â—â—t fâ—fteâ—e yere of age shulde haue in marâ—age his doughter Isabell somoche dyd the kyng yâ— the fleÌ„mynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde for he thought by that mariage the fleÌ„mynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym and the fleÌ„mynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well râ—â—yst the frenchmen they thought it more necessary and profytable for them the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge but the yong erle who had ben euer norysshed amoÌ„ge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and sayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that sleâ—e his father Also duke Johan of Brabant purchased greatly that yâ— erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage promysing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe that he wolde cause hym to enioy the hole erldome of Flanders other by â—ayre meanes or otherwyse Also the duke sayde to the frenche kyng sir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I shall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges shall take your part and for sake the kyng of Englande by the whiche promyse the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyngê gode wyll than he sent certayne messaÌ„gers into FlaÌ„ders to the burgesses of the good townes and shewed them so fayre reasons that the counsayles of the good townes sent to the erle their naturall lorde certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders vse their counsayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iurysdictyons of FlaÌ„ders asmoche as euer any erle hadde The erle toke counsayle and went into Flaunders wher he was receyued with great â—oye and gyuen to hym many great presentes Ass one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he sende into Flaunders the erle of Northampton therle of Arundell and the lorde Cobâ—am they dyde somoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders that they had rather that their lorde therle shulde take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the doughter of the duke of Brabâ—t And so to do they affectuously desyred their lorde shewed hym many fayre reasons to drawe hym to that way so that the burgesses that wer on the duke of Brabantes partie durste nat say the contrary but than the erle in nowyse wolde concent therto but euer he sayde he wolde natte wedde her whose father had slayne his though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Englande WhanÌ„e the flemmynges sawe that they sayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell counsayled and also sayd howe they wolde do no good to hym syth he wolde nat
toke it at the third assaut and there were slayne a .lxxx. englysshemen none were take to mercy Than the frenchmen went to the cytie of Troy and whan they were well refresshed there yssued out a twelfe hundred speares and nyne hundred of other and tode towarde Nogent on the ryuer of Sayne The lorde Dambrety courte who vnderstode of their ryding abrode assembled of the garysons vnder his rule a four hundred speares and a two hundred archers and with them departed fro Pons He rode clene armed except his heed peace and rode on a hackeney and a great courser was ledde by hym he had nat ryden farre but that he herde tidynges of the frenchmen and in likewyse the freÌ„chmen herde of them But if the lorde Eustace had knowen that the frenchmen had ben so great a nombre he wolde a desyred the lorde Peter Audeley and Albreth to haue ayded him they might well a made a four huÌ„dred men Than the lorde Eustace gathered togyder his men without yâ— towne of Nogent and toke the hight of a lytell hyll amonge the vynes and sette his archers before hym And whan the frenchemen came nere and sawe theym they ordayned thre bataylles The first gouerned the bysshoppe of Troy and the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages and the second the lorde JohnÌ„ of Chalon and the erle of Jouy and the thirde the erle of Januyll Than sir Eustace amonge his men sayde sits lette vs fyght with a good courage this iourney shal be ours than shall we be lordes of all Champaigne the which somtyme was an erldome I may do the kyng of England suche seruyce whom I repute to be kyng of France that he woll gyue me this erldome Than he called to hym certayne yong squyers as the couragyous Manny his cosyn JohaÌ„n of Parys Martyne of Spaygne and other and there he made theym knyghtes and made all his men to lyght a fote and to cut their speares a fyue fote long and sette his penon before hym the whiche was of ermyns two hameddes goules ¶ Of the batayle of Nogent bytwen the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages of the nacyon of Lorayne of the frenche partie And sir Eustace Dambreti â–ª court of the nacyon of Heynalt of the englysshe partie Cap. C. lxxx xix WHan ser Broquart of Fenestrages who was hardy couragiouse saw that syr Eustace wolde nat remoue his batel he sayd lette vs sette on them what soeuer fall and so aduaunced his bataile and syr Eustace receyued so the first bataile that he ouerthrew of his ennemies mo than .lx. and had nere hande clene discomfitted the same bataile but than the .ii. fresshe bataile aproched whiche greatly ayded coÌ„forted the fyrst ThaÌ„ the third bataile came on a wynge and comforted the other .ii. batailes The frenche men were .iii. agaynst one Sir Eustace with his glayue ouer threwe a .iiii. of the herdiest of his ennemyes Whan ser Broquart sawe his prowes he strake at hym ouer other mennes heedes and strake hym in the viser and strake out with the stroke thre of his tethe but for all that he letted nat to fight The englisshemen had the vauntage of the hyll and helde them selfe so cloose together that none coude entre into them the frenchemeÌ„ were a horsbacke and the englisshemen a fote and a littel besyde were the englysshe archers a part by themselfe and shot quyckely at the freÌ„chemen The frenchemen turned about the englisshemeÌ„ and as they turned they dyd the same Than the frenche fortemen came into the felde a ix C. of them who had pauesses a therby they brake the array of the archers for their shot coud nat hurt them they were so sure paâ—essed ThaÌ„ the archers were sore beten and the seconde bataile of the frenchemeÌ„ came on them a horse backe and slewe many of them and than they went on them that kept the englysshe horses and slewe and wanne them all but fewe that scaped In the meane season the other two batailes fought with the englisshemen on the one syde and the fotemen on the other side So that finally they brake theyr array and syr Eustace standderde was beaten downe and all to torne and many men slayne and taken Syr Eustace fell in the haÌ„des of a knyght called syr Henry Quenelart and he had great payne to saue his lyse for the comons of Troye wolde haue slayne hym for the great dedes of armes that he had done in the countrey of Champaygne There was also taken syr Johan of Parys the lorde Martine of Spaygne and diuerse other knyghtes and squyers And suche as saued them selfe entred into the fortresse of Nogent The whiche were but a fewe for they were nere all slayne or taken and the coragious Manny was left for deed in the felde amonge the deed men But after this discomfytture and that all the frenchemen were departed he beynge sore hurte and nere deed lyfte vp a litel his heed and sawe nothynge aboute hym but deed men lyeng on the grounde rounde aboute hym than he rose as welle as he myght and satte downe and sawe well howe he was nat farre from the fortresse of Nogent the whiche was englisshe than he dyd so moche sometyme crepyng and somtyme restynge that he came to the foote of the towre of Nogent Than he made token to them within shewynge howe he was one of theyr companyons than certayn came downe the towre to hym and bare hym into the Forteresse and dressed his woundes And therehe gouerned hym selfe so well that he was heeled This bataile was in the yere of our lorde a. M. CCC .lix. In the vigill of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist ¶ Howe these robbors pyllers that kept these fortresses in Fraunce began to declyne by myracle Cap. CC. AFter this dyscomfetture of Nogent on the riuer of Seyn the lordes and men of armes of Fraunce went to Troye with their boty and coÌ„quest but they brought theder nonÌ„ of theyr prisoners They seÌ„t them to other frenche garysons for the comoÌ„s of Troye wolde haue slayne them Whan suche as Were styll in the garyson of Pouns vnderstode howe that theyr capitayne the lorde Eustace was taken and all his company slayne taken they trussed all that they had as shortly as they myght and departed bicause they wer but a fewe In lyke wyse so dyd they of Torey of Esponay of Arcy of Mary of Pleusy and of all other fortresses that were vnder the obeysaunce of the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt And they left them voyde for doubte they had of the bisshop of Troye And of the lorde Broquarte of Fenestrages but syr Peter Aubeley lefte nat his garyson of Beauforte Nor JohnÌ„ of Segure Nogente Nor Albret the garyson of Gey on the ryuer of Seyne In the same season dyed strangely in the castell of Herreell a .iii. leages from Amiense the lorde Johan of Piquygny as it was said he was straÌ„gled by his chamberlayn And in lyke maner dyed syr Lucz of Bekusey who was of his counsaile In the
away as they named and howe that they were goynge to Lymoges in Lymosyn Whan the lordes of France herde that they brake vppÌ„ their iourney and deê‘ted euery man to his owne And anone after was the mariage made of the lorde Berault Daulphyne of Auuergne and the doughter of the erle of Forestes that he had by the duke of Burbons suster ¶ Of the almaygnes that abode the kyng of Englande at Calays to ryde with hym into the realme of France kynge JohaÌ„n beynge styll prisoner in Englande Cap. CC .v. ALl this season the kynge of Englande made great prouisyon to come into FraÌ„ce suche as had nat been sene the lyke before Certayne lordes and knyghtes of the empyre suche as had serued the kyng before prouyded the same yer greatly for horse and harneys and other thynges necessary for their degrees And assoone as they might they came by Flaunders to Calays and ther a bode for the kynges coÌ„myng so it was that the kyng of Englande came nat so soone to Calays as it was sayde he shulde haue done wherfore moche people resorted thyder so that they wyst nat wher to lodge nor to haue stablyng for their horses Also bredde wyne hay and otes and other ê“uisyons were very dere and scant so that ther was none to gette for golde nor syluer and euer it was said the kyng coÌ„meth the next weke Thus taryed there the lordes of Almaygne of Behayne of Brabant of Flanders and of Heynault fro the begynnyng of August to the feest of saynt Luke so that ther were many that wer fayne to sell the beste part of their iewelles And if the kyng had been there than lodgyng wolde haue ben strayter the towne was so full And also it was dout of these lordes who had spende all that they had that they wolde nat depart fro Calays tyll they were contented agayne of all their expeÌ„ses The kyng sende nat for the fourth part of them many of them were come of their owne good wylles trustynge to haue some aduauntage and some thought to robbe and pyll in the realme of France Than the kyng of Englande sende ouer before the duke of Lancastre with foure hundred speares and two thousand archers And whanÌ„e the duke came to Calays these lordes straungers made great ioye of hym and demauÌ„ded tidynges of the kyng and of his commynge The duke excused the kynge of his taryeng so longe and sayde howe that all his prouisyon was natte fully redy and sayd fayre lordâ— the taryeng here is no profyte I woll go ryde for the into Fraunce and to se what I can fynde ther wherfore sirs I requyre you to ryde for the with me and Ishall delyuer you a certayne somme of money to pay withall your costes in your lodgynges that ye haue spent here in this towne of Calays and ye shall haue prouision of vitayle to cary on your somers These lordes thought great shame to refuse the dukes offre so graunted hym than euery man newe shodde their horses and trussed and deê‘ted nobly fro Calays with the duke and went to saynt Omers they were a two thousande speares he syde the archers and other fotemen They passed for by saynt Omers without any assaut and so rode to Bethwyne and passed by and came to Mount saynt Eloy a good abbey and a riche a two leages fro Arras and ther taryed a four dayes to refresshe theym and their horses for they founde in that abbey well wherwith And whan they had robbed and wasted the countrey there about they rode to Cambrey ther made a great assaut And there was slayne a baneret of Englande and dyuers other for they within defended themselfe valyantly by the ayde conforte of the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Lamenall and other who with a two hundred speares came into the towne at a backe gate And whan thenglysshmen sawe that they coude gette nothyng there they departed and folowed the ryuer of SoÌ„e with great scarsnes of bred and wyne And so came to a towne called Cheresy where they founde plentie of bredde and wyne and there they passed the ryuer for that bridge was nat broken and ther they taryed Alhalowen day and all nyght The same day tydynges came to the duke howe the kyng was aryued at Calays commaundynge hym incontynent to drawe towardes hym and all his company Than he retourned towarde Calays with hym was also sir Henry of Flaunders with two hundred speares and of Brabant there was sir Henry of Beautresen lorde of Bergues and the lorde Gerarde de la Herde the lorde FraÌ„que de Halle Oâ— Heynault the lorde Gaultyer of MaÌ„ny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Gomegynes And of Behayne sir Gaultyer de la Haultpon sir Reynolde de Boulaunt the lorde Godfray of Hardnamont and the lord JohnÌ„ his sonne the lorde of Duras Thyrey of Ferram the lorde Ruse of Junepe the lorde Gyles Sorles the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bermont the lorde Reynolde of Bergâ—hes and dyuers other The Almaygnes and mercenaryes of strange countreis I canne nat name at this present tyme. ¶ Of the great host that the kynge of England brought into France to make warre there kyng JohnÌ„ beyng prisoner in England and of the order of the englysshe hoost Cap. CC .vi. AS the duke of LaÌ„castre and these lordes retourned towardes Calys they mette in their way a foure leages fro Calays so gret multytude of people that all the countrey was couered therwith so rychely armed and besene that it was great ioye to beholde the fresshe shinyng armours baners wâ—â—ynge in the wynde their coÌ„panyes in good order ridyng a soft pase Whan the duke these lordes mette the kyng he feested them and thanked them of their seruyce than these almayns mercenaryes brabances behannoyes all togyder shewed vnto the kyng howe they had spent all their goodes horses and harnes solde So that lytell or nothyng was left theym to do hym seruyce for the which entent they were coÌ„e nor how they had nat wherwith to go home agayn vnto their countreis if they shuld depart wherfore they desyred his noblenes to take some regarde to them The kyng answered and sayd howe he was nat as than redy to gyue theym a playne aunswere but sayde sirs I thynke ye before traueyled wherfore go your wayes and refresshe you a two or thre dayes in Calays and this nyght and to morowe I shall take counsell and sende vnto you suche an answere that of reason ye shal be content Than these strangers departed fro the kynge and fro the duke and rode towarde Calays and they had nat ryden halfe a leage farther but they met a great multytude of caryages And after that the prince of Wales nobly and richely besene and all his company wherof ther was suche a nombre that all the couÌ„trey was couered with them and he rode a soft pase redy raynged in batayle as though they shulde incontynent haue fought Thus he rode euer a leage or two after
And than said openly sirs it is tyme that we order out batayls for our enemyes hath gyuen vs ensample suche as herd him sayd sir ye say trouthe and ye be our mayster and chefe counsellour therfore order it acordyng to your pleasure for there is none that shall coutrole you And also ye knowe better how to order suche a mater than all we do and than he made thre batayls and a reregarde The firste had sir Robert Canoll sir Gaultier Huet and sir Richard Burlke The seconde had sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Eustace DaÌ„breticourt siâ— Mathue Gorney The thirde therle MouÌ„tfort and he hym selfe to wayt on hym in euery batayle .v. C. men of armes and .iiii. C. archers And whan it caÌ„e to the ordring of the reregard than he called to hym sir Hewe Caurell sayd sir Hewe ye shall kepe yâ— areregard with .v. C. with you ye shall kepe you on a wyng styre nat fro your place for no maner of cause wtout yese nâ—de So that if any of our batayls breke ordisaray by any aduenture than if ye se any suche nede drawe thyder and confort them and whan ye haue done kepe agayne your stall and ye can for this day ye can nat do better seruyce And whan sir Hewe Caurell had well herd sir JohnÌ„ Chandes he was greatly a shamed displeased and sayd sir delyuer this areregard to some other than to me for I purpose nat to medell ther with sir I haue marueyle what ye se in me that I shulde nat be one of the first to fight with our enemyes Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos right well auysed sayd sir Hewe I set you nat in this areregarde bycause ye be nat so good a knyght as other of our coÌ„pany that was neuer in my mynde for I knowe truly that ye wolde gladly be one of yâ— formast and right able ye are so to be but I ordeyn you therto bycause ye be a sage knight well aduysed and ser it must behoue that one of vs two must do it wherfore I hertely requyre you to do it and sir I promyse you faithfully that and ye wyll do it it shal be a great aduauÌ„tage for vs all ye therby shall at tayne great honour And moreouer I promyse you the first request after that euer ye desyreme of I shall grauÌ„t it you howbeit for all the wordes yâ— sir JohnÌ„ Chandos coude speke sir Hewe Caurell wolde nat agre therto for he reputed it a grete shame to him so to do and desyred for goddessake holdyng vp his haÌ„des to put some other therto for iÌ„ effect his mynde was to fight with the formast And with those wordê sir Johan Chandos almost wept sayd right swetely Sir Hewe it must behoue other you to do it or els my selfe therfore consyder whiche were better Than sir Hewe aduysed hym selfe and was with tho wordes halfe coÌ„founded sayd Certesse ser I knowe well ye wyll nat desyre me to any thyng that shulde be to my dishonoure and sy the it wyll be none otherwyse I am content to do it And so sir Hewe Caurell toke on hym the charge of the reregard and drue out a part on a wyng and set hym in good order Thus the saturday the .viii. day of Octobre the yer of our lorde M .iii. C .lxiiii. were these batayls ordred eche before other in a fayre playne nere to Aâ—lroy in Bretayne the whiche was a goodly sight to beholde For there might haue ben sene baners and penons wauyng with the wynde harnesse richely aparelled and specially the freÌ„chmen were so properly dressed that it was ioye to beholde theÌ„ and thus as th 〈…〉 â—red their batayls on bothe â—ties The lorde of Beamanoyre a great baron and a ryche of bretayne went bytwene the parties entretyng for a peace for he was glad to besy hym selfe therin in exchewyng of the parels that was lykely to fall He was suffred to go and come bytwen the parties bycause he was sworne prisoner to thenglysshmen and might nat be armed And that saturday he went in and out often tymes tyll it was noone and so by his meanes he gat bytwene the parties a certayne respyte for that day and night vntyll the next day sonne risynge And than euery man brewe to his logynge and toke their ease and refresshing of suche as they had and the same euenyng the capitayne of Alroy yssued out of his garyson bycause the truse also stretched to them and went peasably into the hoost of the lorde Charles of Bloyes who receyued hym right ioyously The capitayne was called Henry of Hanternell a squyer and a good man of armes and he had in his company a fortie speres of good companyons well armed and horsed suche as had holpe him to kepe the fortresse And whan the lorde Charles sawe the capitayne all smy lyng he enquyred of hym the state of the castell and the squyer answered and sayd Sir thaÌ„ked be god we haue yet prouisyon sufficyent to kepe it two or thre monethes if nede were Well Henry 〈◊〉 the lorde Charles to morowenexte ye shall be well delyuerd other by agrement of peace or els by playne batayle sir 〈◊〉 the squyer god gyue grace By my faythe 〈◊〉 the lorde Charles I haue here in my coÌ„pany a .xxv. C. men of armes wel aparelled and as likely to acquyte them nobly as euer dyde any coÌ„pany that came out of frauÌ„ce Sir 〈◊〉 the squyer and that is a great auaâ— tage ye ought gretly to thanke god therfore sir Bertram of Clesquy and these other baroÌ„s knightes and squyers of Fraunce and of Bretayne that thus courtesly are coÌ„e to serue you Thus the lorde Charles passed forthe that nyght with comunynge with one and other and yâ— same nyght sir JohnÌ„ Chandos was sore â—esyred by certayne englisshmen that he shulde nat coÌ„sent to any peace to be had bytwene therle Mountfort and the lorde of Bloyes for they sayd they had spende all that they had and were poore Therfore they wolde other recouer somwhat a gayne by batayle or els to lose all togyder sir JohnÌ„ Chandos promysed them to agree to no peace ¶ And whanÌ„e the sonday came in the mornyng euery man in the hoost aparâ—leâ— himselfe And in the hoost of sir Charleâ— of Bloys ther were many maâ—â—es sayd houseled suche as wolde and in lykewise so they dyd in therlâ— MouÌ„tfortes host And a lytell before the sonne rysing euery man drewe vnder their owne batayls in good ordre as they dyd the day before and than anone after the lorde of Beamanoyre came to entreat for the peace for gladly he wolde haue had the parties agreed and so he cam first to warde sir Johan Chandos who yssued out of the batayle as soone as he sawe hym comynge and met with hym And whan the lorde of Beamanoyr sawe him he saluted hym right humbly and sayd Sir Johan Chandos I requyre you for goddes sake set in acorde these
him selfe greatly to go to that viage so dented out of Heynalt and wente to Parys presented hym selfe to the kyng who was glad to se him apoynted him to go with the duke of Berry with a certayne noÌ„bre of meÌ„ of armes knightes squiers And so ser Guy of Bloys deê‘ted fro Paris rode to ward Orlyance to go into Berry In lyke maner as the freÌ„che kyng ordayned his armies the king of England also set forth two great armyes The duke of LaÌ„castre was ordeyned with .iiii. C. men of armes as many archers to go into the duchy of Acqtayne to coÌ„fort ayde his bretherne for it was thought surely that in those ê‘ties grettest warr shulde be made by the freÌ„che king Also the kyng of England by thaduyse of his couÌ„sell made another army to go into Picardy of the which ser RobrÌ„t Canollshuld be chefe gouernour for it was thought he was a knight metely to be the leder of men of armes for he had long tyme vsed the warr sene great experieÌ„ce ther in Therfore he was desyred thus to do by the kynge of Englande who ioyously condiscended therto And so toke on him that voyage to go to Calays and so into France to fight with the frenchmen if he might mete with theÌ„ in the felde of the whiche he thought to be sure And so he prouided for his iourney and all suche as went with him In the same season was delyuered out of prison the duke of Burbons mother in exchaunge for sir Symon Burle and ser Eustace Dambreticourt dyde helpe moche in that treaty wher of the duke of Burbone the frenche quene thanked him greatly All this season ther had ben great treatyes bytwene the frenche kynge and the kynge of Nauarr who lay at Chierbourge And so moche dyde they that were treaters of the peace bytwene them that they shewed the frenche kyng that it was than no tyme for hym to kepe warre with the kynge of Nauarre for they sayd he had ynough to do to kepe warre agaynste the englisshemen sayenge howe he were better to let some what go of his owne rather than any greatter euyls shuld ryse For if the kynge of Nauarre shulde suffre the englysshemen to arryue and passe through his fortresses of Cloux of Constantyne they shuld therby greatly greue the countre of Normandy whiche thynges they sayd ought greatly to be redoubted and consydered So moche they enduced the kynge that he agreed to the peace and went to the towne of Roan and ther the peace was confyrmed And to the kynge of Nauarr ther went the archebysshop of Roan the erle of Alenson the erle of Salebruche syr Wylliam of DormaÌ„s and ser Robert of Lorrys they fouÌ„d the kyng of Nauar at Uernon ther was made great feastê and thaÌ„ they brought the kyng of Nauarr to Roan to the frenche kyng and ther agayne was confyrmed all the aliauÌ„ces confederacions sworne put in writyng and vnder seale as I vnderstode the kyng of Nauar in makyng of this peace shuld renouÌ„ce all ê“mysses of loue that had ben bytwene hym and the kyng of England and that after his returne agayne into Nauarr he shulde defye the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and for the more surete of loue to be holden and kept bitwene hym the freÌ„che kyng the kyng of Nauarr went withâ— that freÌ„che kyng fro Roan to Paris there were agayne new feastê and soleÌ„pnities And whan they had inough sported them thaÌ„ leaue was taken and the kynge of Nauer departed amyably fro the freÌ„che kyng and left behynde him his two sonnes with the kyng their vncle And than he weÌ„t to MouÌ„tpellyer so in to the countie of Foi after into his owne countre of Nauer Nowe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Acqtayne ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy deê‘ted out of Spayne went to Tholous where as the duke of Aniou receyued him ioyously Ca. CC .lxxvi. VE shall knowe as it hath ben sayd before how the duke of Aniou had ben in France and was agreed that assone as he was returned in to laÌ„guedoc he shulde entre byforce in to Guyen for he coude in no wyse loue yâ— prince nor thenglyssmen nor neuer dyde And before his departyng the frenche kyng sent letters with great messangers in to Castell to kyng Henry Desyring hym to sende in to Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy also the kyng and the duke of Aniou wrote to sir BertraÌ„ that he shulde fynd the meanes to come shortely into Fraunce So these messangers dyd their message and the kynge of Spayne thought nat to kepe him ayenst the frenche kynges desyre and so wolde make non excuse And so sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy made him redy as shortely as he coude and toke leue of kyng Henry and dyd somoche that he came to Tholou wher the duke of Aniou was and had ther assembled a great nombre of knight squyers and men of warr and taryed for nothynge but the comynge of sir Bertram So that by his comyng the duke and all his were greatly reioysed and than they ordayned to de parte fro Tholous and to entre into the prices lande The same season was come to HaÌ„pton in England the duke of LaÌ„castre with .iiii. C. men of armes and as many archers their shippes vessels redy withall their purueyance were in mynde to sayle to Bourdeaux so they myght haue wynde And with the duke there was the lorde Rose sir Michell de la poule sir Robert Rouxe sir Johan of saynt Lowe and sir Wyllyam Beauchampe ¶ Howe they of Monsac of MouÌ„tpellyer yelded theÌ„ to the duke of Aniou And of the duke of Berry who lay at siege before the cytie of Lymoges Cap. CC .lxxvii. THan the duke of Aniou deê‘ted fro the cyte of Tholou in great aray in good order and with hi there was therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Piergourt the erle of Comynges the vycont of Carmayne yâ— erle of Lyle the vycont of Brune Kyell the vycont of Narbon the vycont of Talar the lorde de la barde the lorde of Pyncornet sir BertraÌ„ Tande the seneshalles of Tholous Carcassone of Beauchair and dyuers other They were a .ii. M. speares knightes and squyers vi M. a fote with lauÌ„ces and pauesses And sir Bertram of Clesquy was chefe capitayne of all that company and so tooke the way to Dagenoise And by the way they founde in the feldes mo than a. M. of the coÌ„panyons who all that season had ben in Quercy and as than were rydinge to warde Agen. The first forteresse that they came to was Monsacke and the countre was in suche feare by reason of the commynge of the duke of Iniou with suche a great noÌ„bre that dyuers townes and forteresses trymbled for feare and were nat in wyll to holde warre agaynst him And so assoone as they were come before Moysac they yelded them and became frenche and than they wente
forwarde to be good and trewe to the englysshe parte and to putte in to their handes all suche forteresses as he helde in Normandy And to do this message he coÌ„maunded a clerke to go in whom â—he had great trust called mayster â—aschall And sayde to hym maister Paschall go your wayes in to Englande and do so moche that ye may bring me good tidynges for fro heâ—s forthe I wyll be alyed with the englysshemen This clerke dyde as he was commanded and made hym redy and toke shyppyng and sayled so long that he arryued in Cornwall and than rode for the tyll he caÌ„e to Shene besyde London where the kyng of Englande was and so he spake with the kynge and recoÌ„maunded the kynge of Nauerr his mayster to hym And so there the kynge made hym good there and there was present the erle of Salisbury and sir Symond Burle who toke on him to speke and to gyue him his aunswere for that tyme and sayd Sir on suche a day the kyng wyll be at LoÌ„don and than send for all his couÌ„sayle at whiche tyme ye shall be herde And so at the day assigned mayster Paschall shewed to the kyng and to his counsayle theffect of his message and spake so sagely that he was well herde And he was answered by the counsayle that the kynge of Nauers offre ought nat to be refused howe be it to make so great alyance as the kynge of Nauer desyreth it behoueth than that he come hyder into Englande in his owne proper person to th entent that he may be herde speke hym selfe wherby the mater shulde take the better effect And so with that answere mayster Paschall departed and returned in to Nauer and shewed the kyng all that he had done and how it behoued hym to go in to Englande him selfe and to se the yong kyng of Englande and to speke him selfe with hym his couÌ„saile than the kyng of Nauer answered and sayd I am coÌ„tent to go theder Than he made redy for him a shyp called the Lyne the whiche wolde go on the see withall maner of wyndes without parell and so the kyng of Nauer toke this ship and entred in to the see with a preuy company how be it he had with hym sir Marten Carr mayster Paschall and sayled so longe that he arryued in Englande ¶ Of the alyences that the kynge of Nauer made with the kynge of Englande and howe the frenche kynge had men of warre in dyuers places Cap. CCC .xxix. ALytell before his deê‘tyng the frenche kynge had the kyng of Nauer in great hate and knewe couertly by some of the king of Nauers house all the secremesse bytwene hym and the kyng of Englande and howe that kyng Henry of Castell had defyed him and made warre agaynst him The kyng of Nauer left at his deê‘tynge behynde him the vycont of Chastellon the lorde of Lestrade father to Uyen and the Bascle great nombre of men of warr aswell of his couÌ„tre as of the countie of Foiz to kepe the froÌ„ters agaynst the spanyerdes ¶ And whan he was in the see he hadde wynde at wyll and arryued in Cornwall and so rode to Wynsore Where as kynge Richarde and his counsayle were who receyued hym with great ioye for they thought the better to spede of his lande in Normandy specially of the castell of Chierbourâ— wherof thenglysshmen desyred greatly to be lordes The kyng of Nauer shewed sagelye to the kyng of Englande the cause of his coÌ„mynge and he was well herde and so well conforted that he was content I shall shewe you howe this treatie went bytwene these two kynges One thyng there was the kynge of Nauer shulde fro thens for the alwayes be true englysshe and shulde neuer make peace with the realme of Fraunce nor with the kynge of Castell without the knowledge and consent of the kyng of Englande And if the kyng of Englande or any of his men by their puyssance coude gette any townes or castelles that the kynge of Nauer ought to haue in Normandy agaynst the frenchmen that the same townes or castels shulde abyde for euer to be englysshe the souerayntie euer reserued to the kynge of Nauerr The whiche thynge the englysshmen praysed moche bycause they thought by that meanes they shulde haue asayre entre into FrauÌ„ce thorough Normandy And the kyng of England shulde sende the same tyme a thousand speares and two thousande archers by the ryuer of Gyronde to Burdeur or to Bayone and the men of armes to entre in to Nauerr and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Castell And nat to departe fro the kyng of Nauer or out of his realme tyll he hadde made an ende of his warre with the spanyerdes And the men of warre so ones entred in to Nauer the kynge of Nauer than to pay them their wages and to stuffe theÌ„ sufficiently acordyng after the same rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre Dyuers treaties and alyaâ—nces were there made and ordayned and also written sealed and sworne to be kept on bothe partes And there were named suche as shulde go in to Normandy and suche as shulde go in to Nauer And bycause that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge were nat at this treatie it was ordayned that this treatie shulde be sent to them sealed to then tent that they shulde make hast to entre into Normandy The duke of Bretayne was present at this treatie RIng Charles of FraÌ„ce who was right sage and subtell and soo he well shewed hymselfe as longe as he lyued He was well enfourmed of the armye of Englande yet he knewe no certeÌ„tie but by suspecte whyder they wolde drawe in to Normandy or els into Bretayne And for dout therof he helde many men of armes in Bretayne wherof the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycount of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre the lorde of Rochfort were capitayns And had besieged Breest by bastydes and none otherwyse wherefore they might vitayle Brest whan they lyst And in the rowne was capitayne a valyant squyeâ— of Englande called James Clerke And bycause the frenche kyng knewe well that the kynge of Nauerr was alyed with Englande and thought surely that or his returne he wolde entre in to some treatie with his aduersary yâ— kyn of Englande And douted of this armye thus on the see lest they shuld take lande in NormaÌ„dy and entre into the castelles parteyninge to the kyng of Nauer Therfore he sent hastely to the lorde Coucy and to the lorde de la Ryuerr that they shulde as shortely as they coulde get by fayrnesse or by foulnesse suche castelles as were belongynge to the kynge of Nauer and specially suche as were nere to the seesyde Ne knewe well that Chyerbourge wolde nat caselye be wonne how be it by lande they coude nat â—euitayle it nor refresshe it with men out of the basse marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And so for the
sir James of Mountmore sir Percyuall Deyneuall Wylliam of Mountcountour and sir James of Surgeres were capitaynes and wold nat leaue the siege for the dethe of yuan of Wales who was their souerayne capitayne they had great desyre to reuenge his dethe on them of the forteresse Also ye haue herde howe sir ThomÌ„s Triuet sir WyllmÌ„ Scrope sir Thomas Berton sir Wylliam Sendrue a great nombre of men of armes and archers were ordayned to go in to the marches of Burdeaux for the reskewe of them of Mortayne And sir Mathewe Gornay who was at Bayon and was dayly occupyed therabout in the marches agaynst the gascons and suche as helde forteresses there These sayd four knyghtes their companyes had layen at Plomouthe .vii. monethes and could haue no wynde to serue them to go in to Gascoyne wherof they were ryght sore displeased but they coulde nat amende it Also ye haue harde howe the lorde Neuyll of Englande was ordeyned with a great nombre of men of armes and archers to go and comforte the kyng of Nauer agaynst the spany ardes for he was ordeyned to be seneshall of Burdeux so he founde all these other men of warrÌ„styll at Plomouth and eche of them were glad of other anon after the lord Neuels comyng they had wynde at wyll Than they toke shippynge and sayled towardes Gascoyne and so they were in one flete a sixe score vesselles and xl barkes there myght well be a thousaÌ„de men of armes and two thousande archers they hadde no let on the see but good wynde and so they entred in to the hauen of Burdeux the euen of our Lady in Septembre the yer of our sorde a thousand thre hundred .lxxvii. Whan the bretons and poicteuyns that laye at siege before Mortaygne sawe suche a flete of shippes passe by makynge great feast brunt and so wâ—ynge of trompettes they were ryght pensyue and they within the castell ryght ioyfull for they hoped well than to be shortely reskewed or elles their enemyes to haue batayle for they thought surely they were nat come thyder for nought but for to do some great feate of armes Than sir James of Mountmore and the capitaynes of the hoost drewe to guyder to counsayle to determyne what was best for theÌ„ to do Than they repented theÌ„ of the forsakyng of the treaty that was offred theÌ„ before for but a lytell before the Soudic of Lestrade offred to rendre vp the forteresse so they myght departe to Burdeur their lyues and goodes saued but the frenchmen wolde nat therof So than they sent a â—â—â—aulde to the castell shewyng theÌ„ howe they were content to receyue their treatie The Soudic answered howe they were than in no mynd to fall to no treatie for their socour was come wherfore they wolde frely departe or a â—yde at their pleasure so the siege lay styll The lorde Neuyll and his company came to Burdeaâ— they were ioyfully receyued of sir Wylliam â—â—â—man seneshall of Landes sir Johan of Multon mayre of the cytie of the archbysshop there and of the burgesses ladyes and 〈◊〉 The lorde Neuyll was lodged in the abbey of saynt Andrewes and so was seneshall of Burdeur Than anone after he made an assemble of knyghtes and squiers gascons suche as helde of the englisshe parte so that he was a four thousande And he ordeyned shyppes and vesselles on the ryuer of Garon and so departed fro Burdeux to go and reyse the siege before Mortayne Anone these tydynges were knowen in the frenche hoost howe thenglysshmen gascons were comyng downe the ryuer of Garon to reyse their siege or elles to â—yght with them Than the capitayns drewe to counsayle all thynges considered it was thought they were nat able to abyde yâ— puyssance wherfore it was determyned that they shulde rather lâ—â—e â—he tyme that they hadde spent than to put themselfe in to a farder daunger parell And so sowned then disâ—ogyng without any thyng doyng farder and so drewe in to Poictou but all departed nat for a certayne bretons walshmen that were parteynynge to yuan of Wales sayd howe they were able to abyde all the world and to kepe the fortresse of saynt Leger and so they entred into it drue in all their artyllary THe knightes of Englande and Gascon who were comynge with full sayles in barges by the Ryuer of Garon they rested at thentre before Mortayne and so toke lande lytell and lytell And as they landed they put theÌ„selfe in order redy to assayle yâ— fortresse of saynt Leger wherin the bretons were And so at the first comyng ther was a sore assaut and whyle they were at the assaut the lorde Neuyll sent a haraude to Mortayn to the Soudic to knowe howe he dyde The haraude dyde as he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded and brought worde agayne how they dyd rightwell but that they had no showes on their fete The assaut before saynt Legerendured well thre houres and wan nothing but had dyuers of their men sore hurt and so lodged theÌ„ that night And it was their myndes nat to depart thens tyll they had wonne that holde and were sore displeased that the lord of MoÌ„tmore and the other french knightes had nat ben â—in the fortresse of saynt Leger but they were wiselye departed and left ther the bretons ¶ Howe the englysshmen recouered dyuers castelles on the frenchmen in Burdeloys Cap. CCC .xxxv. ANd in the next mornyng the lorde Neuyll the knightes of England ordayned to gyue assaut to saynt Leger and so sowned their truÌ„pettê to the assaute and aproched to the fortresse and ther began a sore assaut The fortresse stode so on a rocke yâ— none coude easely aproche therto and on yâ— wekest syde ther were dyuers great dykes so that none coude easely aproche The assaylers traueyled sore and wanne but lytell but dyuers of their men were sore hurt some slayne Than thassaut ceased and it was thought best to fyll the dykes to haue the more aduantage togyue assaut so with great payne the dykes were fylled Than the bretons that were within seyng that douted more than than they dyde before and good reason why so fell to entreat The englysshmen who had great mynde of the kyng of Nauers busynesse and also â–ª thought to delyuer certayne fortresses in Burdelois holden by the frenche bretons agreed to their treatie and so the holde of saynt Leger was gyuen vp so that they within departed whyder they lyst their lyues and goodes saued Thus saynt Legers was englysshe and than the lordes wente to the castell of Mortayne and founde yâ— Soudic of Lestrade in the same case as the haraud had reported to theÌ„ before So than they were refresshed of euery thyng that they neded and the castell newe furnysshed with meÌ„ And than they retourned agayne to Burdeaux the same way they caÌ„e by water by the ryuer of Garon wHan they were come agayne to Burdeaux and refresshed in the meane season they had
longe season after shewed couertlye great displeasure to certayn burgesses of the towne but he made none other prouisyon among them his displeasure was bycause they hadde so soone forsaken him and turned to the seruyce of theÌ„ of Gaunt The burgesses excused them as trouthe was that it was nothyng in their faute but the faut was in them of the meane craftes who wolde nedes be alyed to them of Gaunt whan JohnÌ„ Lyon caÌ„e thyder So the erle passed his displeasure aswell as he myght howe be it he thought neuer the lesse ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of hym and of them of Flaunders and let vs retourne to the busynesses of Bretayne ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne returned out of Englande into Bretayne at the request of his men and of the wyll of the englisshe men for the maryage of their yonge kynge of Englande Cap. CCC .lv. YE haue herde here before how the duke of Bretayne was in Englande with kynge Richarde and his vncles who made hym right good chere his lande was in warre and in great trouble For the frenche kyng had sent thyder his coÌ„stable with a great nombre of men of armes who were about PoÌ„t Toyson and about Mount saynt Mychaell And made warre to the countre cyties good townes in Bretayne Wherfore all the countre greatlye desyred the presence of the duke their lorde and they had sent to hym dyuers messangers and letters but he durst nat trust all that tyll the prelates and barones of Bretayne and all good townes murmured therat and sayde We haue sent for our duke by letters dyuers tymes and alwayes he excuseth him selfe In the name of god quod some he hath good cause so to do for we sende for hym to simply It were well sytting that we sent to hym a knight or .ii. dyscrete and sage in whome he myght truste and they to shewe him playnly the state of this countre This purpose was well alowed holden and so two valyant knightes were chosen to go in to Englande as sir Geffray of Quaresmell and sir Eustace Housey And at the desyre and request of the prelatê and barons they aparelled them selfe to go in to Englande so toke shippyng at Cone and had wynde at wyll and arryued at Hampton And fro thens they rode tyll they caÌ„e to London wher they found the duke of Bretayne and the duchesse and sir Robert Canoll who receyued them with gret chere and ioye The knyghtes than shewed to the duke their lorde all the state and disposycion of his countre and howe his people desyreth to haue him coÌ„e home And delyuered him letters of credence fro the barons and prelates and good townes of Bretayne The duke beleued well these knyghtê and the letters also and had great ioye and said howe he wolde shewe the mater to the kyng and to his vncles and so he dyde And whan the kyng of Englande and his vncles were enformed of all these maters howe all the countre of Bretayne prelates barons and good townes Except Claquy Clisson Rohen Lauall and Rochefort had sente for their lorde the duke desyring hym to returne into his owne countre Than the kyng and his vncles sayde Sir it is best ye go in to youre owne countre syth ye be thus desyred mayntayne yourselfe amonge your noble men And sir we shall sende you men of warre and suche conforte that they shal be able to kepe your froÌ„ters agaynst your enemyes And leaue the duchesse your wyfe here behynd you with her mother and brethern and go you and make warr agaynst your ennemyes Of these wordes the duke was greatly reioysed and made hym redye ANd shortely after it was ordayned for his departynge at Hampton And so he toke leaue of the kynge and of his vncles of my ladye princesse and of the duchesse his wyfe And at his departyng made a great alyance with the kyng of Englande and sware to hym by his faythe that if he were shortely conforted by the englysshmen He wolde alwayes abyde with them and do the best of his power to tourne his countre englysshe And the kyng promysed him that he shulde euer fynde the englysshemen redy to helpe hym in what soeuer maner he wolde desyre And so he departed out of Englande and sir Robert Canoll with him and the two knyghtes that were come thyder for hym and one hundred men of armes two hundred archers and toke shippyng at Hampton And so sayled to the porte of Guerrande where they toke lande and so rode to Uennes where he was receyued with great ioye and all the countrey was gladde whan they knewe that he was come home The duke refresshed hym there a fyue dayes and thanne he went to Nauntes Thyder came to se hym barownes prelates knightes and squyers ladyes and damoselles offryng hym their seruyce and putte them selfe vnder his obeysance Complayning greatlye of the frenchmen and of the frenche coÌ„stable who lay about Reynes and dyde moche hurte in the countrey The duke apeased them and sayd my frendes I shall haue shortly comforte out of Englande for without ayde of Englande I can nat well defende my countrey agaynst the frenchmen for they are to bygge for vs seynge we be nat all one in our owne countrey And whan the ayde that the kynge of England shall sende vs be ones come if they haue done vs wronge we shall quyte them agayne Of these wordes were right ioyfull all tho that were of the duke of Bretayns parte ¶ The same season about saynt Andrues tyde ther dyed sir Charles of Boesme kyng of Almayne and emperour of Rome And whyle he was lyueng he dyde so moche what for golde and syluer and great alyances that he hadde That the electours of the emperour sware and sealed to hym that after his disceasse to make his sonne emperour And to ayde hym to kepe the siege before Ays and to abyde with him agaynst all men that wolde deny hym So that whan he was deed than Charles his sonne as emperoure wrote hym selfe kyng of Almayne of Boesme and kynge of the romayns THe same season ther was great couÌ„saile in Englande amonge the kynges vncles and the prelates and barons of the realme for to mary their yonge kyng Richarde of England And thenglysshmen wolde gladly haue had hym to ben maryed in Heynalt for loue of the good lady quene Philyp wyfe to kyng Edwarde the thirde Who was so good and so gracyous a lady for all the realme large and honorable who was come out of Heynaulte but as than the duke Aubert had no doughters to mary The duke of Lancastre wolde haue hadde the kyng his nephewe to haue hadde his eldest doughter my lady Blanche of LaÌ„castre to his wyfe But the realme wolde in no wyse consent therto for two reasons The first bycause the lady was his cosyn germayne the whiche was to nere of blode to mary toguyder The other cause was they wolde the kynge shulde marry
withoute the realme to haue therby more alyaunce Than was there spekyng of the doughter of the kynge of Boesme and Almayne and emperour of Rome And to that aduyse euery man was agreed Than to go in to Almayne to treate for this mariage was seÌ„t a right sage and a valyant knight who had ben the kynges mayster and was nere of counsayle alwayes with the prince of Wales the kynges father called sir Symonde Burle And so was ordayned for hym all thynges necessarie for his iourney and than he departed and arryued at Calayes and so to Grauellyng and than to Bruselles and there he founde duke Uyncelant of Brabant and duke Aubert the erle of Bloyes and the erle of saynt Poule sir Wylliam MaÌ„lye And a great noÌ„bre of knightes of Heynalt of Brabant and of other places For ther was a great feest and iustynge kepte therfore there were all these lordê asseÌ„bled The duke of Brabant and the duchesse for the kyng of Englandes sake receyued the knyght ryght honourably And whan they knewe the cause wherfore he went in to Almayne they were right gladde therof and sayde That it shulde be a goodlye maryage bytwene the kynge of Englande and their nephue And at the knyghtes departyng they sent letters by hym to the kyng of Almayne shewynge hym howe they hadde great desyre and affectyon that this maryage shulde take a good effecte Than the knyght departed fro Bruselles and went to Louuayne and so to go to Colayne ¶ Howe the englysshmen that were sent in to Bretayne were tourmented on the see and howe the gauÌ„toise desyred to haue the erle of Flaunders their lorde to coÌ„e dwell in their towne of Gaunt Cap. CCC .lvi. THe same season it was ordayned in Englande by the kyng and his counsaile that two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers shulde goo in to Bretayne And the chyefe capitayne of that iourney shulde be sir Johan AruÌ„dell and with hym shulde go sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Banystre sir Thomas Tryuet sir Water Pole sir Johan Bourchyer the lorde Ferres and the lorde Basset All these knyghtes drewe to Hampton and whan they hadde wynde they entred in to their shyppes and departed The first day the wynde was reasonable good for theÌ„ but agaynst night the wynde tourned contrary to theÌ„ and whyder they wolde or nat they were driuen on the cost of Cornwall The wynde was so sore and streynable that they coulde caste none ancre nor also they durst nat In the mornyng the wynde brought them in to the yrisshe see and by the rage of the tempest thre of their shyppes brast and wente to wrake wherin was sir Johan Arundell sir Thomas Banystre and sir Hughe Caurell a hundred men of armes Of the whiche hundred fourscore were drowned and sir Johan Arundell their capitayne was their perysshed whiche was great domage and sir Hugh Caurell was neuer in his lyfe before soo nyghe his dethe for all that euer was in his shyppe excepte hym selfe and seuyn maryners were all drowned For he and the seuyn maryners that were saued toke holde of tables mastes and the strength of the wynde brought them to the sandes Howebeit they hadde dronke waterr ynoughe wherof they were ryght sicke and yuell at ease Out of this daunger escaped sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Johan Bourchyer the lorde Ferres the lorde Basset and dyuers other but they were sore tourmented in gret parell And after that this tempest was ceased they retourned agayne to Hampton and went backe agayne to the kynge and his vncles and recounted all their aduentures wenyng to theÌ„ that sir Hughe Caurell had ben drowned with the other How be it that was nat so for he was gone sicke to London Thus brake vp that iorney wherby the duke of Bretayne coude haue no comforte of the englysshemen whiche was ryght contraryous to hym For all that season and the wynter folowyng the freÌ„chmen made hym right sore warre and the bretons As sir Olyuer Clysson and his company toke the towne of DynaÌ„t in Bretayne by reason of vessels and barges And so the towne was pylled and robbed and was kept agaynst the duke a long season after ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the busynesse of Flaunders WHan the peace was agreed bitwene the erle of Flaunders and them of Gaunt by the meanes of the duke of Burgoyne wherby he gat him selfe moche thanke in the countre The entent and pleasure of them of GauÌ„t was to haue their lorde therle of FlauÌ„ders to dwell with theÌ„ in Gaunt and there to kepe his householde The erle also was counsayled by the prouost of Hardebeque and of theÌ„ that were nexte about hym to do so wherby he shulde norisshe great loue bytwene hym and them of Gaunt The erle laye styll at Bruges and came nat to Gaunt wherof they had great marueyle and specially the good and rychmen of Gaunt and suche as were sage and wyse for they desyred nothyng but peace But the palyerdes white hattes and suche as desyred rather stryfe and debate they cared nothyng for the erles comynge For they knewe well that yf he came they shulde priuely be corrected at laste for the yuell dedes that they had done Nat withstandynge that they were in this doubte yet they that had the gouernyng of the lawe the couÌ„saylers and good men of the towne wolde for any thynge that he shulde come thyder and that they shuld go and requyre him so to do For they thought they had no ferme peace without the erle came thyder And so ther was ordayned .xxiiii. men to go to Bruges to shewe to the erle the great affection that they had to haue him and so they deê‘ted honorably as it aparteyned for them the shulde go for their lorde and it was sayd to theÌ„ by them of the towne Sirs retourne neuer agayne to Gaunt without ye bring therle with you for if ye do ye shall fynde the gates closed agaynst you Thus these burgesses of Gaunt rode forthe towarde Brugê and bytwene Bruges and Donsay they herde say howe the erle was comynge to Gauute warde wherof they were right ioyouse And they hadde nat ryden past a leage farther but that they mette the erle in the feldes Than the burgesses stode styll on bothe sydes of the waye and so the erle and all his company passed through them As he passed by the burgesses enclyned them selfe ryght lowe and humbly and made great reuereÌ„ce to the erle The erle rode through them without any great regardyng of them but a lytell putte his hande to his hat nor all they way he made to theym no semblant So the erle rode on the one syde and the gauÌ„toise on the other tyll they came to Donse and there they rested for the erle dyde dyne there And the gauntoyse wente to other lodgynges and dyned also ANd after dyner the gauntoyse in good array came to the erle kneled aldowne before him for therle sat And there they
with gret payne ther was perysshed a fourescore archers and as many men of armes or mo And so by that fortune this army was broken for that tyme. The duke of Bretayne had great marueyle and all those on his parte that they coulde here no worde of them they coulde nat consyder nor ymagenne what lette they hadde Fayne they wolde haue knowen to the entent to haue hadde some comforte for they were sore ouerpressed by sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Guy de la Uall sir Olyuer of Clesqui erle of Langueuylde and the lorde Rochforte and the frenchmen that lay aboute the fronters of Bretayne Than the duke was counsayled to sende sufficient messangers in to Englande to knowe the cause why they came nat and to hast theym forther for they had nede of their helpe The lorde of Beaumonoyre and sir Eustace Housay were desyred by the duke and by them of the couÌ„tre to take on them that voyage in to Englande They answered how they were content to go Than they had letters fro the duke of Bretayne and fro them of the couÌ„tre and so they deê‘ted and toke shyppinge and had wynde and wether at their pleasur and arryued at HaÌ„pton And than yssued out of their vessell and toke horse rode to London This was about Whytsontyde the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and fourscore THe kynge of Englande was anone certifyed of their comynge So the kynge went to Wyndsore to kepe the feest of Penthecost there and with hym his vncles and a gret nombre of barons and knightes of Englande And thyder came these two foresayd knyghtes of Bretayne and were honourably receyued of the kynge and of his vncles and of all other there they delyuered their letters to the kynge and to his vncles They reed them and knewe therby howe the duke of Bretayne his countrey desyred them effectuously of ayde and confort There these two knightê knewe of the dethe of sir Johan Arundell and the other that were perysshed in the see goyng towarde Bretayne and so there the duke of Lancastre excused the mater and sayd Howe the kyng nor his counsayle was in no faute but the fortune of the see agaynst the whiche no man canne resyst whan god wyll haue it so So the knyghtes helde the kyng excused and greatly complayned the dethe of those knyghtes so perysshed in the see The feest of PeÌ„thecost passed and than they helde a parlyament at Westmyuster and there was all the kynges counsayll And in the same meane season there dyed at LoÌ„don sir Rychard Dangle erle of HuÌ„tyngdon and was buryed in the frere Augustynes The kyng caused his obsequy to be done right honourably with a great nombre of prelates and barones of Englande and the bysshoppe of London sange the masse Than anone after began the parlyament and there it was ordayned yâ— sir Thomas of Wodstocke youngest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde and dyuers barones knyghtes squiers with hym shulde passe the see and lande at Calayes and soo to passe by the grace of god throughe Fraunce with thre thousande men of armes and as many archers and so to come in to Bretayne lyke the sonne of a kyng ¶ He toke on hym a great thynge as to passe throughe the realme of Fraunce the whiche is so great and soo noble and wherin there is so noble chyualry and so valyant men of armes WHan these thynges were thus determyned and the voiage coÌ„cluded and agreed Than the kyng of Englande his vncles sent letters to the duke of Bretayne and to them of the countre gyueng them knowledge of their ententes and of their counsayle and parlyament that they had concluded at LoÌ„don Howe that without faute sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckingham yongest sonÌ„e to kynge Edwarde the thirde shulde shortely passe the see to come and socour theÌ„ The kyng of Englande honoured greatly these knyghtes of Bretayne and gaue them great gyftes and in likewyse so dyd his vncles and so they departed and returned in to Bretayne and delyuered their letters to the duke and he opened and red them and sawe what they contayned and so shewed them to the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey who were well content with that aunswere The kynge of Englande and his vncles forgate nat the voiage that was apoynted but sent for all them that were chosen and apoynted to go with the erle of Buckyngham who were bothe barons knyghtes squiers and other and they were payed for their wages at Douer for thre monethes their wages to begyn assone as they shulde be arryued at Calayes as well men of armes as archers and their passage was delyuered them franke and fre and so they passed lytell and lytell and arryued at Calays and it was a .xv. dayes or they were all past They of Boloyne sawe well howe men of armes archers were issued out of Englande and landed at Calays and gaue knowledge therof ouer all the countrey and to all the frenche garysons to the entent that they shulde take hede euery man to his parte So that whan these tydynges were knowen in bolonoyse and thoronyse in the countie of Guynes knyghtes squiers of the countrey drewe into the forteresses and put therin all that they hadde for feare of lesynge And the capitayns of Boloyne of Arde of Monteire of Spirlo que of Tornehen of Hornes of Lyques and of other castelles on the fronters there entended greatly to prouide for their places for they thought seynge the englisshmen were come ouer in suche a nombre that they shulde haue some assautes gyuen to some of them The tydinges of this passage of the englisshmen was brought to kyng Charles beyng at Parys Than in coÌ„tynent he sent to the lorde Coucy to saynt Quintynes that he shulde prouyde formen of warre and to go in to Picardy to comforte his cyties townes castelles fortersses there The lorde Coucy obeyed the kynges coÌ„maundement as it was reason than he made a somoÌ„s of knightes and squiers of Picardy Arthoyse and Uermandoyse to mete at Peron in Uermandoyse The same tyme the lorde of saynt Pye was capytayne of Arde and of Boloyne sir Johan Bouillers This sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckynghame yongest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde arryued at Calays thre dayes before Maudlyn tyde in the moneth of July the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred and fourscore ¶ Howe the erle of Buckyngham the englisshmen departed fro Calats to go in to FrauÌ„ce and of their order Cap. CCC .lxi. WHan the erle of Buckynghame was aryued at Calays the companyons had great ioye for they thought well nat to tary long there but to go forth on their voâ—age The erle refresshed him two dayes at Calays and on the thirde daye departed and toke the way to Marquegnes It were reason that I shewe you the names of the bauers and pensels that were there with the erle First the erle of
vncles to his counsayle to the constable and to therle of saynt Poule that they shulde helpe to make this treatie And to counsayle the kyng to take the fortresse as they were offred For as to assayle theym it shulde cost the kynge moche of his people and as for Bourbourke it wolde be harde to wynne For therin were a fewe poore menne of warre that wolde defeÌ„de themselfe to the dethe The kyng and his vncles bycause the duke of Bretayne spake for them sayd he wolde here their treaty with a good wyll So thus the sonday passed all in peace and as it was said in the euenyng on assuraunce Johan of Newcastell Gascone and Raymonette of saynt Marke came to the lodgynge of sir Guy dela Tremoyle to sporte them and taryed there all night and on the moÌ„day in the mornynge they retourned to Bourburke and at their departure sir Guy sayde to them Sirs or it be night ye shall be my prisoners Sir quod they we had rather be yours than a poorer knyghtes The same euenyng tidynges came to the hoost howe And warp was taken by stelthe wherwith the capitayne therof was sore displeased bycause he was ther the whiche was losse of the towne but he was excused bycause the erle of Flaunders had sende for hym The same sonday at night the erle Blois kept the watche wenynge to assayle the towne in the mornynge oN the monday in the mornyng there was a crye made that no man shulde be so hardy to make any assaute to the towne tyll they were commauÌ„ded Whan this crye was publysshed throughe the hoost euery man ceased And some ymagined that the Englisshmen shulde departe by some treatie sithe they were coÌ„maunded nat to assayle the towne And at noone there yssued out of the towne suche as shulde comune for the treatie Sir Wyllyam Helman sir Thomas Tryuette sir Nicholas Traicton sir Mathue Reedman and to the nombre of .xiiii. knyghtes and squyers And the duke of Bretayne the coÌ„stable of FraÌ„ce and the erle of saynt Poule brought them in to the kynges tent The kyng was gladde to se them for as than he hadde sene but a fewe Englisshmen except sir Peter Courtney who had ben before at Paris to do dedes of armes with sir Guy de la Trâ—moyle but the same tyme the kynge and his counsayle agreed them so that they fought nat toguyder And bycause that in tyme passed great renome and brute ran howe that the Englysshmen were valyant in armes Therfore the yonge kyng was gladde to se theÌ„ their treatie aueyled moche the better Thus this monday they were in the kynges tent and with the kyng ther was the duke of Berry the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbone the duke of Bretaygne the erle of Flaunders and the constable of Fraunce and no mo The duke of Bretayne toke great payne in this treatie so at last they concluded that they shulde departe fro Burbourke and leaue the towne of Grauelynge and to take with them as moche as they coude cary of their owne of this treatie dyuers bretons frenchmen normayns and burgonyous were sore displeased for they had hoped to haue had parte of their goodes but they fayled of their enteÌ„tê for the kyng wolde haue it thus as is sayd before After this treatie these knightes toke leaue of the kyng and of his vncles of the duke of Bretayne of the erle of Flaunders and of the coÌ„stable Than therle of saint Poule toke and had theym to supper in his lodgynge and made them right good there â–ª and after supper he conueyed them to the gates of the towne wherof they thanked hym greatly ¶ Of the miracles that were done in the towne of Burbourke and howe sir Thomas Triuet and sir Wylliam Helman englysshmen were putte in prisone for the domage of Fraunce Cap. CCCC .xlii. THe tuisday all the day they ordered all their busynesse and shodde their horses and stuffed their males wherof they had great plentie The wednisday in the mornynge they trussed and toke their way and passed by saueconduct thorough the kynges hoost The bretoÌ„s were sore displeased whan they sawe them departe with suche baggage suche as abode behynde dyde hurt ynoughe Thus the englysshmen departed and went to Grauelyng and there rested on the thursday in the mornyng they departed and set fyre in the towne and brent it clene vp And so came to Calais and all their pyllage there taryed for the wynde to haue passed to retourne into EnglaÌ„de The thursday in the mornyng the frenche kyng entred in to Burburke and all the lordes and ther companyes Than the bretons began to pyll and robbe the towne and left nothynge in the towne nor in the churche of saynt Johans In the whiche churche a vyllayne among other lept vpon the auter and wold haue taken away a stone out of acrowne on the heed of an ymage of our lady but the ymage tourned away fro him This was a true thynge and the vyllayne fell fro the auter and dyed a shamefull dethe Many men sawe this myracle and after that ther came another that wolde haue done the same but than all the belles in the church rang without any helpe of maÌ„nes haÌ„des nor also they coude nat be ronge for the ropes were tyed vp a lofte For these myracles the churche was moche visyted of all the people And the kynge gaue to the same ymage of our lady a great gyfte and so dyde all the lordê The same day ther was offred and gyuen well to the valure of thre thousande fraÌ„kes the next day they dislodged The kyng gaue leaue to euery man to departe and the kyng thanked theÌ„ that were of farre countreis and specially the duke of Bauyer bycause he was come to serue hym so farre of and also the erle of Sauoy so thus euery lorde drewe to their owne and than the kyng retourned but the duke of Burgoyne taryed a lytell behynde with the erle of Flaunders to set his busynesse in good order and taryed at saynt Omers The lorde of Coucy nor mayns and diuers other knightes and squiers of Poictou of Uymewe and of Picardy entred in to Grauelynge whan the Englysshmen had lefte it And newe repayred it and made it a countre garyson agaynst Calays And lytell and lytell peopled agayne the countre of Furneys of DoÌ„kyrke of Disqueme and of Newporte the whiche was all lost before but than they conquered it newe agayne yE may knowe well that the duke of LaÌ„castre was nothynge dyspleased that the bysshoppe of Norwyches armye spedde no better than it dyde For by reason of that army he lost his viage into Spayne and Portyngale And whan these englysshe knightes were retourned in to Englande they were sore taken vp with the comens They sayde to them howe they had right yuell quyted theÌ„selfe in their vyage whan they had so fayre a begynnynge in FlauÌ„ders and conquered nat the hole couÌ„tre and specially sir Thomas Tryuet and sir