and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. c .xxviii. ¶ Of thorder of the frēchmen at Cressey and howe they regarded the maner of the englysshmen Cap. c .xxix. ¶ Of the bataile of Cressey bytwene the king of Englande and the frēche kyng Cap. c .xxx. ¶ Howe the next day after the batayle the Englysshmen disconfyted agayne dyuers frenchmen Cap. c .xxxi. ¶ Howe after the batayle of Cressey the deed men were nombred by the Englysshmen Cap. c .xxxii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande layde siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. c .xxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy brake vp his siege before Aguyllon Cap. c .xxxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Galtier of Manny rode thorowe Fraunce by saue conducte to Calays Cap. c .xxxv. ¶ Howe therle of Derby the same season toke in Doictou dyuers townes and castels and also the cytie of Poicters Cap. c .xxxvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes duryng the siege before Calys cāe in to Englande with a great hoost Cap. c .xxxvii. ¶ Of the batayle of Newe castell vpon Tyne by swette the quene of Englande and the kyng of scottes Cap. c .xxxviii. ¶ Howe Johan Coplande toke the kynge of scottes prisoner and what profyt he gate therby Cap. c .xxxix. ¶ Howe the younge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. c .xl. ¶ Howe ser Robert of Namure dyd homage to the kyng of Englāde before Calys Cap. c. xlt ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan the Roche Daryen howe sir Charles of Bloys layde siege therto Cap. c .xlii. ¶ Of the batayle of Roche Daryen and howe sir Charles of Bloys was there taken by the englysshmen Cap. c .xliii. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge assembled a great hoost to reyse the kyng of Englande fro the siege before Calys Cap. c .xliiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande made the passages a boute Caleys to be well kept that the frenche kynge shulde nat a proche to reyse his siege there Cap. c .xlv. ¶ Howe the towne of Calys was yelded vp to the kyng of Englande Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande repeopled the towne of Calys with englisshmen Ca. c .xlvii. ¶ Of the dealynge of a brigant of Languedoc called Bacon Cap. c .xlviii. ¶ Of another page called Crocart cap. c .xlix. ¶ Howe sir Amery of Pauy a lombarde solde the towne of Calys wherof he was capitayne to the lorde Geffrey Charney of Frāce cap. c .l. ¶ Of the batayle at Calys bytwene the kyng of Englande vnder the baner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and sir Geffray of Cherney and the frenchemen Cap. c .li. ¶ Of a chaplet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to sir Eustace of Rybamont Cap. c .lii. ¶ Of the dethe of kyng Philyp of Fraūce of the coronacyon of his son Johan Cap. c .liii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spayne constable of Fraunce to be slayne Cap. c .liiii. ¶ Of the imposicyon and gabell ordeyned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warre Cap. c .lv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng toke the kyng of Nauer and beheeded the erle of Harcourt other at Roan Cap. c .lvi. ¶ Of the assemble that the frenche kyng made to fyght with the prince of Wales who rode a brode in Berry Cap. c .lvii. ¶ Howe the prince of Wales toke the castell of Remorentyn Cap. c .lviii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the french kyng brought to the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lix. ¶ Of the ordre of the frenchmen before the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lx. ¶ Howe the cardynall of Piergourt treated to haue made a gremen bytwene the french kyng and the prince before the batayle of Poycters Cap c .lxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Poicters bytwene the price of Wales and the frenche kyng Cap. c .lxii. ¶ Of two frenchmen that fled fro the batayle of Poicters and of two englysshmen that folowed them Cap. c .lxiii. ¶ Howe kyng Johan of Fraunce was taken prisoner at the batayle of Poiters cap. c .lxiiii. ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audley after the batayle of Poiters ca. c .lxv. ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan greatly at the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the lord James Audeley gaue to his foure squiers the fyue C. marke of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym Ca. c .lxvii. ¶ Howe the prince made a supper to the french kyng the same day of the batayle Cap. c .lxviii. ¶ Howe the prince returned to Burdeaux after the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lxix. ¶ Howe the thre estates of Fraunce assembled to gyder at Parys after the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .lxx. ¶ Howe the thre estates sent men of warre agaynst the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt Cap. c .lxxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Constances bytwene the lorde Godfrey of Hercourt and the lorde Loys of Rauenall Cap. c .lxxii. ¶ Howe the prince conueyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeaux in to Englande Cap. c .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. c .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre leyde siege to Reynes Cap. c .lxxv. ¶ Howe a knyght of the coūtie of Eureux called sir Willyam of Granuyle wan the cyte and castell of Eureux the whiche the frenche kyng had won before fro the kyng of Nauer Cap. c .lxxvi. ¶ Of the companyons wherof the Archeprest was chiefe howe he was honoured in Auignon Cap. c .lxxvii. ¶ Of a nother sorte of cōpanyons wherof Ruffyn a walsheman was chiefe capitayne Cap. c .lxxviii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys slewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre Cap. c .lxxix. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer came out of prisone Cap. c .lxxx. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer preched solēpnelye at Parys Cap. c .lxxxi. ¶ Of the begynning of the cysing of the commens called the Jaquery in Beauosyn Cap. c .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys caused walles to be made about the cyte of Parys Cap. c .lxxxiii. ¶ Of the batayleat Meaulx in Bry wher the companyons of the Jaquery were disconfyted by the erle of Foyz and the Captall of Beufz Cap. c .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe Parys was besieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. c .lxxxv. ¶ Of the parisyens that were slayne at saynt Clude by the Englysshmen that had ben soudyers in Parys Cap. c .lxxxvi. ¶ Of the dethe of the prouost of the marchantes of Parys Cap. c .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer besyed the realme of Fraunce the frenche kynge beyng prisoner in Englande Cap. c .lxxxviii. ¶ Of the naueroise that the picardes besieged in the castell of Moncounsell Cap. c .lxxxix. ¶ How certayne burgesses of Amyens wolde haue delyuered the cytie to the naueroyse and of the great famyne that was than in y◠realme of Fraunce Cap. c lrxxx ¶ Of the naueroise that were beseged in saynt Ualery by the pycardes and
kynges hoost but the soudyours made no count to the kynge nor to none of his offycers of the golde and syluer that they dyd gette they kept that to themselfe Thussir Godfray of Harecourt rode euery day of fro yâ— kynges hoost and for moost parte euery nyght resorted to the kynges felde The kyng toke his way to saynt Lowe in Constantyne but or he came ther he lodged by a ryuer abyding for his men that rode a long by the see syde and whan they were come they sette for the their caryage and therle of Warwyke therle of Suffolke sir Thomas Hollande and sir Raynolde CobhmÌ„ and their coÌ„pany rode out on the one syde and wasted and eriled the contrey as the lorde Hare court hadde done and the kynge euer rode bytwene these bataylles and euery nyght they logedde togyder ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kynge made to resyst the kyng of Englande Cap. C .xxiii. THus by theÌ„glysshmen was brent exyled robbed wasted and pylled the good plentyfull countrey of Normandy Thanne the frenche kyng sent for the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt who caÌ„e to hym with a great nombre also the kyng sende for other men of armes dukes erles barownes knyghtes and squyers and assembled togyder the grettest nombre of people that had bensene in France a hundred yere before he sent for men into so ferr countreys that it was longe or they came togyder wherof the kynge of Englande dyde what hym lyste in the meane season The french kyng harde well what he dyd and sware and sayd howe they shuld neuerretourne agayne vnfought withall and that suche hurtes and damages as they had done shulde be derely reuenged wherfore he had sent letters to his frendes in th empyre to suche as wer farthest of and also to the gentyll kyng of Behayne and to the lorde Charles his son who fro thens for the was called kynge of Almaygne he was made kynge by the ayde of his father and the frenche kyng and had taken on hym the armes of th empyre The frenche kyng desyred them to come to hym withall their powers to thyntent to fyght with the kynge of Englande who brent and wasted his countrey These princes and lordes made them redy with great nombre of men of armes of almaynes behaynoes and luxambroses and so came to the frenche kyng also kyng PhilyppÌ„ send to the duke of Lorayne who came to serue hym with CCC speares also ther came therle samynes in Samynoes therle of Salebrugâ— the erle of Flaunders the erle Wyllyam of Namure euery man with a fayre coÌ„pany â–ª ye haue harde here before of the order of thenglysshmen howe they went in thre batayls the marshalles on the right hande and on the lyft the kyng and the prince of Wales his sonne in the myddes They rode but small iourneys and euery day toke their lodgynges bytwene noone and thre of the clocke and founde the countrey so frutefull that they neded nat to make no ê“uisy on for their hoost but all onely for wyne and yet they founde reasonably sufficyent therof It was no marueyle though they of the countrey were afrayed for before that tyme they had neuer sene men of warre nor they wyst nat what warre or batayle ment they fledde away as ferr as they might here spekyng of thenglysshmen and left their houses well stuffed and graunges full of corne they wyst nat howe to saue and kepe it yâ— kynge of Englande and the prince had in their batayle a thre thousand men of armes and sixe thousande archers and a ten thousande men 〈◊〉 fote besyde them that rode with the marshals Thus as ye haue harde the kyng rodeforth wastynge and brennyng the countrey without brekyng of his order he left the cytie of Constance and went to a great towne called saynt Lowe a rych towne of drapery and many riche burgesses in that towne ther were dwellyng an .viii. or nynescore burgesses crafty men â–ª Whanne the kynge came ther he toke his lodgyng without for he wolde neuer lodge in the towne for feare of fyre but he sende his men before and anone yâ— towne was taken and clene robbed It was harde to thynke the great ryches that there was won in clothes specially clothe wolde ther haue ben solde good chepe yf ther had ben any byers thaÌ„ the kynge went towarde Cane the which was a greatter towne and fall of drapery and other marchauntdyse and riche burgesses noble ladyes and damosels and fayre churches and specially two great riche abbeys one of the Crynyte another of saynt Stephyn And on the one syde of the towne one of the fayrest castels of all Normandy and capitayne therin was Robert of Blargny with thre hundred genowayes and in the towne was therle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll with a good nombre of men of warr The king of England rode that day in good order and logedde all his batayls togyder that night a two leages fro Cane in a towne with a lytell hauyn called Naustreham and thyder caÌ„e also all his nauy of shyppes with therle of Huntyngdone who was gouernour of them The coÌ„stable and other lordes of France that nyght watched well the towne of Cane and in the mornyng armed them with all them of the towne Than the constable ordayned that none shulde yssue out but kepe their defences on the walles gate bridge and ryuer and left the subbarbes voyde bycause they were nat closedde for they thought they shulde haue ynough to do to defende the towne bycause it was nat closedde but with the ryuer they of the towne saybe howe they wolde yssue out for they were strong ynough to fyght with the kyng of Englande Whan the coÌ„llable sawe their good wyls he sayd in the name of god he it ye shall nat fyght without me Than they yssued out in good order and made good face to fyght and to defende theym and to putte their lyues in aduenture ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe thenglysshmen toke to towne Cap. C .xxiiii. THe same day thenglyssh men rose erly and apayrelled them redy to go to Cane the kyng harde noyse before the sonne rysing And than toke his horse and the prince his son with sir Godfray of Harcourt marshall and leader of the hoost whose counsayle the kyng moche folowed Than they drewe towarde Cane with their batels in good aray and so aproched the good towne of Cane WhauÌ„e they of the towne who were redy in the felde sawe these thre batayls commyng in good order with their baners and staÌ„deâ—des wauynge in the wynde and the archers the which they had nat ben accustomed to se they were sore afrayd and fledde away toward the towne without any order or good aray for all that the constable coulde do than the englysshmen pursued them egerly Whan the constable and the erle of of TaÌ„kernyll sawe that they toke a gate at the entry and saued theÌ„selfe and certayne with
of the marshals retourned to the kynges hoost about noone and so lodged all toguyder nere to Cressy in Pouthieu the kynge of Englande was well enfourmed howe the frenche kyng folowed after hym to fight Than he said to his coÌ„pany lette vs take here some plotte of grouÌ„de for we wyll go no farther tylle we haue sene our ennemyes I haue good cause here to abyde them for I am on the ryght herytage of the quene my mother the which lande was gyuen aâ—her maryage I woll chalenge it of myne aduersary Philyppe of Ualoys and bycause that he had nat the eyght part in nombre of men as the frenche kyng had therfore he commaunded his marshals to chose a plotte of grounde som what for his aduauntage and so they dyde and thyder the kynge and his hoost went than he sende his currours to Abuyle to se if the frenche kyng drewe that day into the felde or natte They went forthe and retourned agayne and sayde howe they coude se none aparence of his commyng than euery man toke their lodgyng for that day and to be redy in the mornynge at the sound of the truÌ„pet in the same place Thus friday the frenche kynge taryed styll in Abuyle abyding for his coÌ„pany and sende his two marshals to ryde out to se the dealyng of thenglysshmen and at nyght they retourned sayde howe the englysshmen were lodged in the feldes â–ª that nyght the frenche kyng made a supper to all the chefe lordes that were ther with hym and after supper the kyng desyred them to be frendes â—â—h to other the kyng loked for the erle of Sauoy who shulde come to hym with a thousande speares for he had receyued wages for a thre monethes of them at Troy in Campaigne ¶ Of the order of the englysshmen at Cressy and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. C .xxviii. ON the friday as I sayd before the kyng of Englande lay in the feldes for the contrey was pleÌ„tyfull of wynes and other vytayle if nede had ben they had prouisyon folowyng in cartê and other caryages That night the kyng made a supper to all his chefe lordes of his hoost made them gode chere and whan they were all departed to take their rest Than the kynge entred into his oratorie and kneled downe before the auter prayeng god deuoutly that if he fought the next day that he might achyue the iourney to his honour than aboute mydnight he layde hym downe to rest and in the mornynge he rose be tymes and harde masse â–ª and the prince his sonne with hym and the moste part of his compaâ—â— were confessed and houseled And after the 〈…〉 asse sayde he commauÌ„ded euery man to be armed to drawe to the felde to the same place before apoynted than the kyng caused a parke to be made by the wodesyde behynde his hoost and ther was set all cartes and caryages and within the parke were all their horses for euery man was a fote And into this parke there was but one entre than he ordayned thre batayls In the first was the yonge prince of Wales with hym the erle of Warwyke and Canforde the lorde Godfray of Harecourt sir Reynolde Cobham sir ThomÌ„s Holande the lorde Stafforde the lorde of Maâ—uy the lorde Dalaware sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Bartylmewe de Bomes sir Robert Neuyll the lorde Thomas Clyfforde the lorde Bourchier the lorde de la Tumyer dyuers other knyghtes and squyers that I can nat name they wer an .viii. hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and a thousande of other with the walsshmen euery lorde drue to the felde apoynted vnder his owne baner and penone In the second batayle was therle of Northampton the erle of Aâ—â—dell the lorde Rosse the lorde Lygo the lorde Wylough by the lord Basset the lorde of saynt Aubyne sir Loyes Tueton the lorde of Myleton the lorde de la Sell and dyuers other about an eight hundred men of armes and twelfhundred archers The thirde batayle had the kyng he had seuyn hundred men of armes and two thousande archers than the kyng lept on a hobby with a whyte rodde in his hand one of his marshals on the one hande and the other on the other hand he rode fro reuke to reuke desyringe euery man to take hede that day to his right and honour He spake it so swetely with so good couÌ„tenance and mery chere that all suche as were dysconfited toke courage in the sayeng and heryng of him And whan he had thus visyted all his batayls it was than nyne of the day than he caused euery man to eate drinke a lytell and so they dyde at their leaser And afterwarde they ordred agayne their bataylles than euery man lay downe on the yerth and by hym his salet and bowe to be the more 〈◊〉 heâ— whan their ennemyes shulde come ¶ Th order of the frenchmen at Cressy and howe they behelde the demeanour of thenglysshmen Cap. C .xxix. THis saturday the frenche kynge rose â—â—tymes and hard masse in Abuyle in his lodgyng in the abbey of saynt Peter and he departed after the some rysing whan he was out of the towne two leages aprocâ—yng towarde his ennemys some of his lordes sayd to hym Sir it were good that ye ordred yor batayls and let all your fote men passe som what on before that they be nat troubled with the horsemen Than the kyng sent .iiii. knyghtê the Moyne Bastell the lorde of Noyers the lorde of Beauie we and the lorde â—am begny to ryde to a viewe thenglysshe hoste and so they rode so nere that they might well se part of their dealyng Thenglysshmen sawe the well and knewe well howe they were come thyder to a vieu them they let them alone and made no countena 〈…〉 warde theÌ„ and let them retourne as they came And whan the frenche kyng sawe 〈…〉 oure knyghtes retourne agayne he taryâ—â—â—â—ll they came to hym and sayd sirs what tidynges these four knyghtes eche of them loked on other for ther was none wolde speke before his coÌ„panyon finally the kyng sayd to Moyne who pertayned to the kyng of Behaygne and had done in his dayes somoch that he was reputed for one of the valyantest knightê of the worlde sir speke you Than he sayd sir I shall spekesyth it pleaseth you vnder the correction of my felawes sir we haue ryden sene the behauyng of your ennemyes knowe ye for trouth they are rested in thre batayls abidyng for you Sir I woll counsell you as for my part sauynge your dyspleasure that you and all your coÌ„pany rest here and lodg for this nyght for or they that be behynde of your â—oÌ„pany become hyther and or your batayls beset in gode order it wyll be very late and your people be wery and out of array and ye shall fynde your ennemis fresshe and redy to receyue you erly in the mornynge ye may order your bataylles at more leaser and aduyse your ennemis at
therin than the kyng went to the castell of Bretuell wherin were men of the kyng of Nauers There the kyng lay at siege the space of two monethes and than the castell was gyuen vp and they within went wher they lyst with their goodes and lyues saued ¶ Of the assemble that the frenche kyng made to fight with the prince of wales who rode in Berry Cap. C .lvii. WHan the frenche kynge had made his iourney and reconquered townes 〈◊〉 castelles in base Normandy pertaynyug as than to the kyng of Nauerre whome he helde in prisonne and was gone backe to the cytie of Parys It was nat long after but that he herde howe the prince of Wales with a good nombre of men of warre was ferre entred into the countrey aprochyng the gode â—otrey of Berry Than the kyng sayd and sware that he wolde ryde and fyght with hym wheresoeuer he founde hym than the kyng made agayne a specyall assemble of all nobles and such as helde of hym his commaundement was that all maner of excuses layde a parte his letters ones sene that euery man on payne of his dyspleasur shulde drawe and mete with hym in yâ— marches of Bloyes and Torayne for the entent to syght with thenglysshmen And the kyng to make the more hast deê‘ted fro Parys and rode to Chartres to here the better of suretie what thenglyssh men dyd There he reâ—ted dayly men of warre resorted thyder fro all partes as of Aunergne Berrey Burgoyne Lorayne Heynault Uermandoyse Picardy Bretayne and Normandy and euer as they came they were set forwarde and made their musters And lodged in the countrey by the assâ—gnement of the marshalles the lorde Johan of Cleremont and the lorde Arnolde DaÌ„drehen the kyng sende also great prouisyon to all his fortresses and garysonâ—â— in Antowe Poyctou Dumayne Torayne and in to all the fortresses wher he thought thenglyssh men shulde passe to the entent to close the passages from them and to kepe theÌ„ fro vitaylâ—â— that they shulde fynde no foragefor theÌ„ nor their horses Howe beit for all that the prince and his coÌ„pany who were to the nombre of two M. men of armes and sir M. archers rode at their ease and had bitayls ynough for they founde the coÌ„tre of Auuerne right plentyfull but they wolde nat tary ther but went for the to make warre 〈◊〉 their enemyes they brent and exyled the coÌ„trey asmoch as they might For whan they were entred into a towne and founde it well replenysshed of all thyngê they taryed ther a two or thre dayes to refresshe them whan they depted they wolde distroy all the resydue strike out the heedes of the vessels of wyne and bren where barly and otes and all other thyngê to thyntent 〈◊〉 their enemyes shulde haue no ayde therof 〈◊〉 than they rode forthe euer founde good coÌ„tres and pleÌ„tyfull for in Berry Torayne Aâ—â—owe Poyctou and Mayne is a very plentyfull contre for men of warr thenglysshmen rode for the in this maner tyll they came to the good cytie 〈◊〉 Burges And ther they made a gret skirmyssh at one of the gates capitayns within were the lorde of Consant the lorde Hutyn of 〈◊〉 who kept the cyte ther was many feates of 〈…〉 mes done thenglysshmen deê‘ted without any more doyng went to Issoldon a strong castell the which was feersly assayled and thyder caâ—â— all the hole hoost howbeit they coud nat wyâ—it The geÌ„tylmen defended it valiantly than they passed farther and toke their way to U 〈…〉 on 〈◊〉 great towne and a good castell but it was yuell closed and the peple ther nat sufficyent to make defence therfore it was won perforce And ther they founde wyne and other vitayls gret plenty and taryed there thre dayes co refresshe all there host and thyder caÌ„e tidynges to the prince how the french kyng was at Charters with a gret assemble of men of warr and howe yâ— all the torâ—nes and passagê aboue the ryuer of Loyre were closed and kept that none coude passe the ryueâ— Than the prince was counselled to returne and to passe by Torayne and Poycton and so 〈◊〉 way to Bourdeaux Than the prince toke that way and retourned whan they had done with the towne that they were in their pleasure and 〈…〉 ken the castell and slayne the moâ—st part that were within than they rode towarde Remoren tyne The french kyng had send into yâ— countrey thre great barownes to kepe the fronters thereâ— the lorde of Craon the lorde Boucequant and the hermyte of Chamont who with thre C. speres rode into that contrey in costyng theÌ„glysshmen and had folowed theÌ„ a sixe dayes togyderâ— and coude neuer fynde auantage to set on them for theÌ„glysshmen rode euerso wysely that they coude nat entre on them on any syde to their aduauntage On a day the frenchmen putte themselfe in a busshement nere to Remorentyne at a marueylous strayte passage by the whiche the englysshmen must nedes passe the same day ther was departed fro the princes bataile by leaue of the marshals the lorde Bartylmewe of Breches the lorde of Musydent gascoyne the lorde Petyton Courton the lorde Dalawarre the lorde Basset the lorde Danyell paseler the lorde Rycharde of Pontchardon the lorde Nowell Lorynch the yong lorde Spencer Edwarde and the lorde Dambretycourte with two hundred menne of armes to ronne before Remorentyne They passed foreby the frenchmens busshment and was nat ware of them assone as they were passed the frenchmen brake out and came after them feersly thenglysshmen who were well forwarde herde the noyse of the horses commynge after them and parceyued how they were their ennemyes they tourned and stode styll and abode the freÌ„chmen who came on theÌ„ with great randon their speares in their restes And so caÌ„e ronnyng to thenglysshmen who stode styll and suffre them to passe and there was nat of them past a fyue or sir ouerthrowen at yâ— first metyng than thenglysshmen dasshed forthe their horses after the frenchemen There was a feerse skyrmysshe and en 〈…〉 red long and many knightes and squyers beaten downe on both partes and dyuers taken and rescued agayn so that a long season no man coulde tell who had the better so long they fought that the batayle of thenglysshe marthalles aproched And whan the frenchmen sawe theym commyng a long by a woode syde they â—ledde he that might best toke their wayes to Remorentyne and the englysshmen in the chase natte sparyng their horses There was a harde batayle and many a man ouerthrowen howe beit the one halfe of the frenchmen entred into the castell the thre lordes saued theymselfe and dyuerse other knyghtes and squyers that were well horsed Howe beit the towne was taken at their fyrst commynge for the frenchmen all entred into the castell ¶ Howe the prince of wales toke the castell of Remorentyne Cap. C .lviii. THe prince of wales herde how his fore ryders were a fightyng than he toke that way and
the prince and whan they sawe that the parties shulde fight they stale fro their maisters and went to the freÌ„che hoost and they made their captayne the Catelayne of Impastre who was as thaÌ„ ther with the cardynall who knewe nothynge therof tyll he was come to Poycters The certentie of the order of the englysshmen was shewed to the freÌ„che kyng except they had ordayned threhuÌ„dred men a horsebacke and as many archers a horsebacke to coost vnder couert of the mountayne and to strike into the batayle of the duke of Normandy who was vnder the mountayne a fote This ordynaunce they had made of newe that the freÌ„chmen knewe nat of the prince was with his batayle downe amonge the vynes and had closed in the wekyst parte with their caryages No we wyll I name some of the princypall lordes and knyghtes that were ther with the prince the erle of Warwyke therle of Suffolke the erle of Salisbury therle of Stafford the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos the lorde Richarde Stafford the lorde Reynold Cobham the lorde Spencer the lorde James Audeley the lorde Peter his brother the lorde Bercley the lorde Basser the lord waren the lorde Dalawar the lorde Maulyne the lorde Wylly the lorde Bartylme we be Brunes the lord of Felton the lorde Rychard of PeÌ„bruge the lorde Stephyne of Constracyon the lorde Brasfeton and other englysshmen And of gascon ther was the lorde of Prunes the lorde of Buger the Captall of Buz the lorde Johan of Chamont the lorde Delaspare the lorde of Rosen the lorde of Conseu the lorde of MontferaÌ„t the lorde of Landuras the lorde Soulech of Lestrade and other that I can nat name And of Heynowers the lorde Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt the lorde JohnÌ„ of Guystels and two other straÌ„gers the lorde Dauyell Phasell the lorde Denyce of Moerbertre All the princes company past nat an .viii. M. men one and other and the frenchmen were a .lx. M. fightyng men wherof ther were mo than thre thousande knightes ¶ Of the batell of Poycters bytwene the prince of wales and the freÌ„che kyng Cap. C .lxii. WHanÌ„e the prince same that he shuld haue batell and that the cardynall was gone without any peace or trewse makynge and sawe that the frenche kyng dyd sette but lytell store by him he said than to his men Now sirs though we be but a small company as in regarde to the puyssance of our ennemyes let vs nat be a basshed therfore for the vyctorie lyeth nat in the multitude of people but wher as god wyll sende it yf it fortune that the iourney be ours we shal be the moost honoured people of all the worlde if we dye in our right quarell I haue the kyng my father bretherne and also ye haue good frendes kynsmen these shall reuenge vs. Therfore sirs for goddessake I requyre you do your deuoyers thin day for if god be pleased saynt George this day ye shall se me a good knyght These wordes and suche other that the prince spake conforted all his people the lorde sir JohnÌ„ Chandos that day neuer went fro the prince nor also the lorde James Audeley of a great season 〈◊〉 whanÌ„e he sawe that they shulde nedes fight he sayd to the prince ser I haue serued alwayes truely my lorde your father you also and shall do as long as I lyue I say this bicause I made ones a vowe that the first batayle that other the kynge your father or any of his chyldren shulde be at howe that I wolde be one of the first setters on or els to dye in the payne Therfore I requyre yor grace as in rewarde for any seruyce that euer I dyde to the king yor father or to you that you woll gyue me sycence to depart fro you and to sette my selfe there as I may acomplysshe my vowe The prince acorded to his desyre and sayde sir James god gyue you this day that grace to be the best knyght of all other and so toke hym by the hande Than the knyght departed fro the prince and went to the formast front of all the batayles all onely acompanyed with foure squyers who promysed nat to fayle hym this lorde James was a right sage and a valyaÌ„t knight and by hym was moche of the hoost ordayned and gouerned the day before Thus sir James was in the front of the batayle redy to fight with the batayle of the marshalles of Fraunce In lykewyse the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt dyd his payne to be one of the formast to sette on Whan sir James Audeley began t 〈…〉 tte forwarde to his ennemyes it fortuned to sir Eustace Dambretycourt as ye shall here after ye haue herde before howe the almayns in the french host were apoynted to be styll a horsebacke sir Eustace beyng a horsebacke layed his spear in the rest and ran into the frenche batayle and than a knyght of almaygne called the lorde Loyes of Coucoabras who bare a shelde syluer fyue rosses goules and sir Eustace bare ermyns two hamedes of goules Whan this almaygne sawe the lorde Eustace come fro his company he rode agaynst hym and they mette so rudely that bothe knightes fell to the yerth the almayne was hurt in the shulder therfore he rose nat so quickely as dyde sir Eustace who whaÌ„ he was vp and had taken his breth he came to the other knyght as he lay on the grounde but thanÌ„e fyue other knyghtes of almayne came on hym all at ones bare hym to the yerth And so perforce there he was taken prisoner and brought to the erle of Nosco who as than toke no hede of hym and I can nat say whyther they sware him prisoner or no but they tyed hym to a chare and there lette hym stande Than the batayle began on all partes and the batayls of the marshals of Fraunce aproched and they set forthe that were apoynted to breke the ray of the archers they entred a horsebacke into the way where the great hedges were on bothe sydes sette full of archers assone as the men of armes entred the archers began to shote on bothe sydes and dyd slee and hurt horses and knyghtes So that the horses whan they felt the sharpe arowes they wolde in no wyse go forward but brewe a backe and stang and toke on so feersly that many of them fell on their maisters so that for pâ—â—ace they coude nat ryse agayne In so moche that the marshals batayle coude neuer come at the prince certayne knyghtes squyers that were well horsed passed through tharchers and thought to a â—â—he to the prince but they coude nat The lorde James Judeley with his four squyers was in the front of that batell and there dyd maruels marmes and by great prowes he caÌ„e and fought with sir Arnolde Dandrehen vnder his owne baner and ther they fought longe togyder and sir Arnolde was there sore handled The batayle of the marshals began to dysorder by reason of the shot of the archers with the
feldes of Beaumont and Malpertnes was right great and peryllous and many dedes of armes there was done the which all came nat to knowlege The fyghters on bothe parties endured moche payne kyng JohnÌ„ with his owne handes hyd that day maruels in armes he had an axe in his haÌ„des wherwith he defended hymselfe fought in the brekynge of the prease nere to the kynge ther was taken the erle of Tankernyll sir Jaques of Burbon erle of Ponthieu and the lorde Johan of Arthoyes erle of Ewe And a lytell aboue that vnder the baner of the Captall of buâ— was taken sir Charles of Arthoys and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers the chase endured to the gates of Poiters ther were many slayne and beaten downe horse man for they of Poyters closed their gates and wolde sussre noue to entre wherfore in the stretebefore the gate was horrible murdre men hurt beaten downe the frenchemen yelded themselfe as farre of as they might know an englysshmaÌ„ ther were byuers â—glysshe archers yâ— had .iiii. v. or vi prisoners yâ— lorde of Pous a gret baron of Poiton was ther slayne and many other knyghtes and squyers And ther was taken therle of Rochuart yâ— lorde of DaÌ„nauemeÌ„t the lorde of Pertney of Xaynton the lorde of Montendre the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre but he was so sore hurt that he had neuer helth after he was repured for one of yâ— best knightê in France And ther was left for deed among other deed men the lorde Rychard Dangle who fought that day by the kyng right valyaÌ„t ly so dyd the lorde of Charny on whom was great prease bycause he bare yâ— souerayne baner of the kyngê his owne bauer was also in yâ— felde the which was of goules thre scochyns syluer So many englysshmen gascons came to that part yâ— perforce they opyned the kynges batell so that the frenchmen were so mengled amonge their ennemyes that somtyme there was fyue men vpon one geÌ„tylman ther was taken yâ— lord of PoÌ„padour the lorde Bartylmewe de Brunes and ther was slayne sir Gestray of Charny with the kynges baner in his handes Also yâ— lorde Reynold CobhmÌ„ slewe therle of DaÌ„martyn than ther was a great prease to take yâ— kynge such as knewe hym cryed ser yelde you or els ye ar but deed Ther was a knyght of saynt Omers retayned in wages with the kyng of England called ser Denyce Morbecke who had serued the englysshmen .v. yere before bycause in his youth he had forfayted the realme of France for a murdre that he dyd at saynt Omers It happenyd so well for hym yâ— he was next to the kynge whan they were about to take hym he stepte forthe into the prease and by strength of his body and armes he came to the frenche kyng and sayd in gode frenche sir yelde you the kyng be helde the knyght sayde to whom shall I yelde me Where is my cosyn the prince of Wales yf I myght se hym I wolde speke with hym Denyce auswered and sayd sir he is nat here but yelde you to me and I shall bringe you to hym who be you ê™ the kynge sir ê™he I am Denyce of Morbecke a knyght of Arthops but I serue the kyng of Englande bycause I am banysshed the realme of Fraunce and I haue forfaytedde all that I had there Than the kynge gaue hym his ryght gauntlet sayeng I yelde me to you there was a great prease about the kynge foreuery man entorsed hym to say I haue taken him so that the kyng coude nat go forward with his yonge sonne the lorde Philyppe with hym bycause of yâ— prease The price of Wales who was coragious cruell as a lyon toke that day great pleasure to fight and to chase his ennemyes the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos who was with hym of all that day neuer left hym nor neuer toke hede of takynge of any prisoner Than at the ende of the batayle he sayde to the prince sir it were good that you rested her and sette your baner a high in this busshe that your people may drawe hyder for they be sore spredde a brode nor I canse no mo baners nor penons of the frenche partie wherfore sir rest and refresshe you for ye be sore chafed Than the princes baner was sette vppÌ„ a hygh ou a busshe and trumpettes and clarions began to sowne than the prince dyd of his basenet and the knyghtes for his body and they of his chambre were redy aboute hym and a reed pauilyou pyght vppÌ„ and than drinke was brought forthe to the prince and for suche lordes as were aboute hym the which styll encreased as they came fro the chase ther they taryed their prisoners with theym And whan the two marshalles were come to the prince he demaunded of them if they knewe any tidynges of the frenche kyng they answered and sayde sir we here none of certenty but we thike verily he is other deed or taken for he is nat gone out of yâ— batels Than the prince sayd to therle of warwyke to sir Reynolde Cobham sirs I requyre you god forthe and se what ye can knowe that at your retourne ye may shewe me the trauth These two lordes toke their horses and departed fro yâ— prince and rode vp a lytell hyll to loke about them than they parceyued a flocke of men of armes coÌ„mynge togyder right werely There was the frenche kyng a fote in great parell for englysshmen and gascoyns were his maisters they had taken hym fro ser Denyce Morbecke ê‘fore and suche as were moost of force sayd I haue taken hym nay ê™ another I haue taken hym so they straue which shulde haue him Than the french kyng to eschue that peryll sayd sirs stryue nat lede me courtesly and my sonne to my cosyn the prince and stryue nat for my takynge for I am so great a lorde to make you all riche the kyngê wordes somwhat a peased them howe beit euer as they went they made ryot and brauled for the takyng of the kyng Whan the two foresayd lordes sawe and herde that noyse and stryfe amoÌ„g them they came to them and sayd sirs what is the mater that ye stryue for sirs sayd one of theÌ„ it is for the frenche kyng who is here taken prisoner and there be mo than .x. knyghtes squyers that chalengeth the takynge of hym and of his sonne thanÌ„e the two lordes entred into the prease and caused euery man to drawe a backe and commaunded them in the princes name on peyne of their heedes to make no more noise nor to aproche the kyng no nerer without they were coÌ„maunded ThanÌ„e euery man gaue rowme to the lordes and they a lyghted and dyd their reuereÌ„te to the kyng and so brought hym and his son in peace and rest to the prince of Wales ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audeley after the batell of Poycters Ca. C .lxv. ASsone as therle of War wyke
and sayd howe he wolde ryde and loke oâ— the frenchmen And so departed 〈◊〉 saynt Sauyour le 〈◊〉 he had about a seuyn huÌ„dred men onâ— and other the same day the frenchmen 〈◊〉 forth and 〈◊〉 before them their curr 〈…〉 who brought them worde agayne that they had sene the naueroyse Also sir Godfray had sende 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who had also well a viewed the frenchmen and sawe their baners and penons and what nombre they were And 〈◊〉 and she 〈◊〉 it to sir Godfray who sayd syth we sâ— ou 〈…〉 we woll fight with theym Than he sette his archers before and sette his company in good order And whan sir Loys of Rauenalt◠〈◊〉 th 〈…〉 demeanour he caused his company in a lyght a fote and to â—aues them with their targes agaynst the archers and commaunded that none shulde go forwarde without he commaunded The archers began to aproch and those feersly the freÌ„chmen who were well armed and pauysshed suffred their shotte it dyd theym no great hurt So the frenchemen stode styll tyll the archers had spent all their arowes than they 〈◊〉 away their bowes and resorted backe to their men of armes who were a ranged a longe by a hedgâ— and sir Godfray with his baâ—er before them Than the frenche archers began to 〈◊〉 and gathered vp the arrowes that had ben shoâ— at them before and also their men of armes began feersly to aproche there was a foâ—e fyght Whan they mette hande to hande and sir Godfrayes fotemen kept none aray but were soone discoÌ„fyteo Than sir Godfray sagely withâ—rue hymselfe downe into a wyng closed with 〈◊〉 whan the freÌ„chmen sawe that they all a lyghted a fote and deuysed which way they might 〈◊〉 they went all about to fynde away and sir Godfray was redy euer to defende They were many hurt and slayne of the frenchmen or they 〈◊〉 de entre at their pleasure finally they entred than there was a sore fyght and many a man ouerthrowen And sir Godfrayes men kepte 〈◊〉 good aray nor dyd nat as they had promysed moost part of theym â—â—eâ—de whan sir Godfray sawe that he sayd to himself howe he had ratheâ— there 〈…〉 than to he â—aken by the freÌ„chmen than he toke his are in his handes and set 〈◊〉 yâ— one legge before thother to stande the more surely for his one legge was a lytell croked but he was strong in the armes Ther he fought valyantly and long non burst well abyde his stro 〈…〉 than two frenchmen mounted on their horses 〈◊〉 ranne bothe with their speares a tones at hym and so bare hym to the yerth than other yâ— were a fote â—ame with their swâ—rdes and strake hym into the body vnder his harneys So that ther he was slayne and all suche as were with hyaâ— were nygh all slayne and taken and such as 〈◊〉 ped retourned to saynt Sauyour the Uycount This was about the feest of saynt Martyne 〈◊〉 wynter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lvi. ¶ Howe the prince conucyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeux into Englande Cap. C .lxxiii. AFter the beth of this knight sir Godfray of Harcourt the freÌ„chmen retourned to CoÌ„stances with their prisoners and pyliage And anone after they went into France to the duke of Normandy who as than was called regent of France and to the thre estates whâ— receyued them right honourably So fro thens forth saynt Sauyour le vycont was englysth 〈…〉 and all the lordes pertayning to sir Godfray of Harcourt for he had solde it to the kyng of England after his dyscease and disheryâ—ed yâ— lorde Loys of Harcort his nephue by cause he wolde nat take his parâ— Issone as the kyng of EnglaÌ„de herde tidynges of the dethe of the lorde Godfray of Harcort he was sorie therof ThaÌ„ he sent incoÌ„tynent men of armes knyghtes sâ—uyers archers mo than CCC by see to go and take possessyon for hym of saynt Sauyour le UycoÌ„t the which was worth xxc M. frankes by yere and made captayne of those landê the lorde Johan Lyle The thre estates all that season studyed ou the ordinance of the realme of France and it was all gouerned by them the same wynter yâ— prince of Wales and suche of Englande as were with hym at Burdeux ordayned for shyppes to conuey the frenche kyng and his sonne and all other prisoners into Englande And whan the tyme of his departed aproched than he coÌ„mauÌ„ded the lorde â—albert the lorde of Musydent the lorde de 〈◊〉 aspare the lorde of Punyers and the lorde of Rosen to kepe yâ— contre there tyll his retourne agayne Than he toke the see and certayne lordes of Gascoyne with hym the frenche kyng was in a vessell by hym self to be the more at his ease acompanyed with two huÌ„dred men of armes and two thousand archers for it was shewed the prince that the thre estates by whom the realme of France was gouerned had layed in Normandy and Crotoy two great armyes to the entent to mete with hym and to gette the frenche kynge out of his handes if they myght but ther were no suche that apered And yet thei were on the see .xi. dayes on the .xii. day they aryued at Sandwych than they yssued out of their shyppe and lay there all that night and taryed there two dayes to refresshe them and on the thirde day they rode to Canterbury Whan the kyng of Englande knewe of their coÌ„mynge he comaunded theÌ„ of London to prepare theym and their cyte to receyue suche a man as the freÌ„ che kyng was Than they of London arrayed themselfe by coÌ„panyes and the chiefe maisters clothyng dyfferent fro the other at saynt Thomas of Caunterbury the frenche kyng and the prince made their offerynges and there taryed a day and than rode to Rochester and taryed there that day and the nexte day to Dartforde and the fourth day to London wher they were honourably receyued and so they were in euery good towne as they passed The frenche kynge rode through London on a whyte courser well aparelled and the prince on a lytell blacke hobbey by hym Thus he was conueyed a long the cyte tyll he came to the Sauoy the which house pertayned to the herytage of the duke of Lancastre there the french kyng kept his house a long season and thyder came to se hym the kyng and the quene often tymes and made hym gret feest and chere Anone after by the commaundement of pope Innocent the sirt there came into Englande the lorde Taylleran cardynall of Pyergort and the lorde Nycholas cardynall of Dargell They treated for a peace bytwene the two kynges but they coude bring nothyng to effect but at last by good meanes they ê“cured a truse bytwene the two kynges and all their assysters to endure tyll the feest of saynt Johan the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lix. And out of this truse was excepted the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr and his alyes the countesse of Mountfort and
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
euer they be perteynynge to the realme of Fraunce or to our sayd brother his subiectes alies and adherentes or any other what so euer they be doynge agaynst the sayd peace â–ª and nat leaue or ceace so to do and wyll nat rendre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after that they be requyred so to do by any of our officers sergeauntes or publike persones that than by that dede allonlye without any other processe or condempnacion that they be all reputed for banysshed meÌ„ out of our realme and our power and also oute of the realme and landes of oure sayde brother and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs and into our demayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and coÌ„maund expressely that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agaynst vs accordynge to the custome done in cryme of high treason withoute gyuynge in that case any grace or remyssion sufferance or pardon And in like wyse to be done of our subiectê in whatsoeuer estate they be that in our realme 〈…〉 syde the lee or on the other side take occupye or holde fortresse whatsoeuer it be ayenst the wyll of them that they shuld perteyne vnto or brenneth or raunsometh townes or persones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warrÌ„ within our power or on our subiectes Than we commaunde and expressely enioyne all our seneschals bailiffes prouostes chatelaynes or other our officers in eschewynge of our hygh displeasure and on peyne of losynge of their offices that they publysshe or cause to be publisshed these presentes in certayne notable places within theyr rules and that this commaundement ones sen harde none after to be so hardy to abyde in any fortresse ê‘teynyng to the realm of France beyng out of the ordinance of treatie of the sayd peace on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs to our sayd brother the FreÌ„che kynge and that they see all these sayd thynges to be kept and to do entierly fro poynt to poynt we woll that euery man knowe that if they be negligent and fayle thus to do beside the foresayde payne we shall cause them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes or negligence shal be greued or damaged and beside that we shal punysshe them in suche maner that it shal be ensamble to all other In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made these our letters pateÌ„tes yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lx. ¶ How after the peas made the king of England the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne And of the warres of Britayne And of the hostages that were delyuered to the englysshemen or the frenche kyng was deliuered out of theyr handes Ca. CC .xiii. AFter all these letters and coÌ„myssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌ„sayle of both parties so that bothe kynges were content Than they fell in communycacion of the lord Charles of Bloys and of the lord JohnÌ„ of Mountford for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn for eche of them clamed great right to haue in that heritage but for all theyr coiÌ„cacioÌ„ how they might bring them to peace coÌ„corde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ„ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his 〈◊〉 had no great affectyon to make that peace For they supposed the in tyme to come the men of warr the were on theyr parte and shulde auoyde out of suche fortressess and garisons as they hewe at the tyme had helde in the realme of France muste depart into some other place therfore the kyng of England and his counsaile thaught it more erpedient profitable that these men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage shuld drawe into the duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey rather than they shulde retourne agayne into Englande and robbe and pille there So this imaginacion made shortly the englysshemen to breke of fro the coÌ„municacion of the article of Britayne the whiche was euill done and a great synne that they dyd nomore in that mater than they dyd For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the aduice of both their counsailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by reason of that treatye and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children who lay as prisoners in England And also perauenture had lyued longer than he dyd And bycause the nothyng was done than in that mater the warres were neuer so great in the duchie of NormaÌ„dy before the peace made bitwene both kyngê as it was after as ye shall here recorded in this historye by suche barous and knyghtes of the couÌ„trey of Britayne who vphelde and susteyned some the our parte and some the other And than duke Henry of Lancastre who was a right valiant a sage ymagined knyght greatly loued the erle of MouÌ„â—ford and his aduauÌ„cement sayd to kyng JohnÌ„ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and before the moost parte of both theyr counsailes Syr as yet the truce that was taken before Raines bitwene the lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired But hath day to endure vnto the first day of Maye next comyng by the whiche season the kyng of England here present by the aduice of his couÌ„saile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ„ of MouÌ„tforde with other certayne of his counsayle into Fraunce to you and they shall haue full aurtorite and power to comyn and to determyne all suche ryght as the sayde lorde JohnÌ„ ought to haue by the successioÌ„ of his father in the duchie of Britayne So thus by you and your counsaile by ours to guether some good way shal be taken bytwene them and for the more 〈◊〉 I thynke it were good that the trewâ—e were relonged vnto the fest of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist nere folowynge And as the duke of Lancastre had deuysed so was it done and concludedde And than the lordes spake of other maters Rynge JohnÌ„ of France who had great desyre to retourne into Fraunce as it was reason shewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the signes of loue that he might do and also to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wyse so dyd the kynge of England to hym for the confirmacion of more loue These two kynges who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the somme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues that is to say eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes And also bicause that the lande of saynt Sauiour the UicouÌ„t in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
the kyng and of the quene and of their bretherne and departed out of England and aryued at Rochell In the same season departed out of this world the kyng of Englandes mother Isabell of frauÌ„re doughter to kynge Philyp le Beau soÌ„tyme frenche kyng And she was buryed at the freâ—r mynors in London right nobly and reuereÌ„tly ther beyng all the prelates and barones of Englande the lordes of Fraunce suche as were their in hostage and this was or the prince and princes deê‘ted out of England And after this obsequy done they departed and aryued at Rochell wher they were receyued with great ioy and there tayed the space of four dayes ¶ Howe the kynges of Fraunce and of Cypre toke on them the croysey agaynst the mfydeles and of the gret purchace for that entent that the kynge of Cypre made with many kyngê and princes in dyuers places of christendome Cap. CC .xvii. AS soone as sir Johan Chandos who had alonge season gouerned the duchye of Acquitayne herde howe the prince was comyng thyder Than he departed fro Nyort came with a goodly company of knyghtes and squyers to yâ— towne of Rochell wher he was well receyued with the prince and princes And so the prince with great honoure and ioye was brought into the cytie of Poycters and thyder came to se hym with great ioye the barownes and knyghtes of Poyâ—tou of Xaynton and there they dyde to hym feaultie and homage as they ought to do And than he wente to Burdeaux and there taryed a long season and the princes with him and thyder came to se hym the erles vycouÌ„tes barownes and knyghtes of Gascoyne there they were receyued right ioyously And the prince acquyted hym selfe so nobly amonge theym that euery man was well content And the erle of Foyz came thyder to se the prince who had great chere and feast And there was a peace made bytwene hym and the erle of Armynake the whiche a long space before made werr eche on other And than anone after sir JohnÌ„ Chandos was made constable of all the countrey of Guyene and sir Guychart Dangle was made marshall So thus the prince made suche knightes of his house as he loued best great offycers throughout the duchy of Acquitayne â–ª and tylled all constableshyppes baylâ—wykes with englysshe knyghtes who kept after great and puyssaunt astates parauenture greatter than they of the countrey wolde they had done but the matters wente nat at their ordynaunces ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of the prince of wales and Acquitayne and of the princes and speke of kynge Johan of Fraunce who was as than at the newe towne without Auygnon ABout the tyme of candelmasse the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred 〈◊〉 Kyng Peter of Cypre came to Auygnon of whose comynge the hole courte was greatly reioysed and dyuers cardynalles went to mete hym and brought hym to the paleys to the pope Urbayne who ryght ioyously receyued hym And also so dyde the frenche kynge who was there present And whan they haâ—â—e 〈◊〉 â—o gâ—ther a certayne tyme and taken wyne and spices the two kynges departed fro the pope and eche of them went to theyr owne lodgyng And the same season there was a wage of â—atell before the frenche kyng bitwene two noble and expert knyghtes syr Aymon of Pommters and syr Fouques of Archiac and whaÌ„ they had fought sufficiently than the frenche kynge treated for a peace and accorded them to gether And so all the lente season these two kynges â—aryed there about Auignon and often tymes they visited the pope who receyued them right â—â—yâ—usly ANd often tymes whan the kynge of Ciper was with the pope the freche kyng beyng present and the cardinalles he declared to them howe that for all Christedome it shuld be a noble and a worthy thyng to open the passage ouer the see and to go agaynst yâ— enemyes of the Christen fayth The whiche wordes the frenche kynge gladly herde and pourposed in hym selfe if he myght lyue .iii. yere to go thither for two causes that moued hym therto the fyrste bicause his father kynge Philyp had auowed so to do and secondly to the entent therby to drawe out of his realme all maner of men of warre called companyous who â—ylled and robbed his countrey withoute any title and to saue theyr soules This pourpose and entente the frenche kyng reserued to hym selfe without any worde spekyng therof vntyll good fryday that pope Urban hym selfe preched in his chapell at Auignon beynge present both kynges and the hole College of cardinalles After that holy predicacion the whiche was right humble and moche deuoute The freÌ„che kynge by great deuocion toke on hym the Croysey and swetâ—hâ— requyred of the pope to accord and to consyrme his voyage and the pope lyghâ—ly agreed therto and so the kynge toke it and â—oith hym syr Calleran cardinall of Pierregourt the erle of Artoise the erle of Ewe the erle Dampmartyn the erle of Tankeruille syr Arnolde Dandrehen the great priour of France syr BoucequaÌ„t dyuerse other knyghtes there present And of this enterprise the kynge oâ— Cyper was ryght ioyouse and thanked ryght hartely our lorde therof and reputed hit for a great syngular meryte THus as ye maye se and here the frenche kynge and the sayd lordes toke on them â—o weare aboue all theyr garmentes the 〈◊〉 â—rosse and our holy father the pope 〈…〉 this voyage and caused it to be preched in dyuerse places I shall she we you howe the kyng of Cyper who was come thither to 〈◊〉 and moue this voyage had great 〈◊〉 to go and se the Emperour and all the hyghe baroues of the Empyre so into Englande to se the kyng there and so to all the other great lordes of â—â—â—â—â—enâ—ome And thus as he purposed so he dyd as ye shall here after in this history Our holifather the pope and the frenche kynge offered and promysed hym theyr bodyes goodes and substances to furnysshe this voyage and gaue hym full power to publysshe the grace and pardon of this holy voyage therby to cause all lordes and prynces the rather to enclyne to thys holy voyage And so this kynge was so well beloued for the reasons that he shewed and for the fayre language that he vttered to the lordes of this voyage that they had rather haue herd hym than any other predicacion and so on this poynt they reâ—â—ed Anone after easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxiii. the kynge of Cyper departed fro Auignon and sayd he wolde go and se the emperour and lordes of the Empyre and promysed to returne agayne by Brabant Flaunders and Haynault and so he toke leaue of the pope and of the frenche kynge who in all cases acquyted them ryght well to ward hym and gaue hym many fayre gyâ—tê and â—â—â— wels and pardons that the pope gaue to hym to all his men And anone after the departynâ— of the kynge of Cyper the frenche
reason falsely as it apereth hath put him out therof Also yâ— kynges letters made meÌ„cyon howe he was moche bounde therto bycause of certayne alyaunces of olde tyme made bytwene him the king of Castell his cosyn as to ayde hym if case reqred if he were therto desyred Wherfore he desired by his letters all his frendes and subgettes that the prince his son myght be ayded counselled by them aswell as though he were there present him selfe And whan the barones of Acquitayne herde reed these letters and coÌ„maundementes of the kyng and pceyued the kyngê pleasure and the princes their lorde ThaÌ„ they toyously answered and sayd sir weshall gladly obey the kyng our souerayne lordes coÌ„mauÌ„dement it is reason that we obey you and hym and so we wyll do and serue you in this vyage and kyng DaÌ„peter in lykewise but sir we wolde knowe who shulde pay vs our wages for it wyll be hard to get out men of warr into a straÌ„ge countre Than the prince behelde kyng DaÌ„peter sayd sir kyng ye here what our people say answere you theÌ„ for it behoueth you to answere seyng the maters be yours Than yâ— kinge DaÌ„peter answered yâ— prince and sayd right dere cosyn as ferr as the golde syluer treasur that I haue brought hyder which is nat yâ— .xxx. part somoch as I haue left behynd me as long as that wyll endure I shall gyue and part ther with to your people Than the prince sayd sir ye say well and as for the remnant I shal becoÌ„e dettour to theÌ„ and pay theÌ„ as the case requireth the whiche I shall lend you all that we nede tyll we come in to castell Sir ê™ the kyng DaÌ„peter ye do me great curtesy and grace and in this counsayle there were dyuers sage men as therle of Armynake the lorde of Pomyers sir JohnÌ„ Chandos the Captall of Beufz and dyuers other who coÌ„sydred that the prince coudenat well make this vyage without the acorde coÌ„sent of the kyng of Nauer for they coude nat entre into spayne but through his couÌ„tre thorowe the straytê of Rayncenalt the which passage they were nat in surety to haue bycause yâ— king of Nauer Henry the bastard had newly made alyauÌ„ce togyder So thus ther was moche comunynge howe they might do to achyue their purpose than was it determyned that there shulde be another day assigned of a counsell to be kept at the cytie of Bayon and that the prince shulde sende suffycient embassadours to the kynge of Nauer desyring hym to be at that counsayle in Bayon And so on this determynacion euery man deê‘ted fully coÌ„cluded to be at Bayon the day lymyted and prefixed In the meane season the prince sent sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton to the kyng of Nauerre who was as thanÌ„e in the cytie of Panpylone These two sage and well languaged knightes dyde so moche that they came to the kynge of Nauer who made faythfull couenaunt by worde and by writyng sealed to be at the sayd parlyament at Bayon and theron the messangers retorned agayne to the prince and shewed him these tidynges THe day assigned of this ê‘lyament ther came to the cyte of Bayon the kyng of Spayne Dampeter the prince the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbreth and all the barones of Gascoyne Poictou Guercy Rouerne Xayntonge and Lymosyne And thyder came personally the kyng of Nauer and the prince and kyng Dampeter dyde hym great honour bycause they thought the better to spede with hym So thus in the cytie of Bayon ther was a great counsell the whiche endured .v. dayes and the prince and his counsayle had moche to do or they coude bringe the kynge of Nauerr to their desyre for he was a man nat easy to be woune if he sawe that meÌ„ had any nede of hym How be it the great 〈◊〉 ower of the prince brought him into that case that finally he sware promysed and sealed to kyng Dampeter peace loue and ferme alyaunce and confederacion And in lyke maner kyng DaÌ„peter dyde to hym vpon certayne coÌ„posicyons that were ther ordeyned Of the whiche the prince of Wales was a mean bytwene them and chefe deuysour therof The whiche was that the kyng Dampeter as kyng of all Castell gaue sealed and acorded to the kyng of Nauer and to his heyres for euer all the lande of Groyng as it lyeth on bothe sydes the ryuer And also all the lande and countre of Sauanter with the towne castell and all the appurtenauÌ„ces Also the towne of saynt JohnÌ„ de Prede port and the marchesse there about the whiche laÌ„des townes castels seignories he had taken fro him byforce And also that the kyng of Nauer shulde haue .xx. thousande fraÌ„kes for the opening of his countre and to suffre passe peasably all maner of men of warre and to mynistre to them vitayls and purueyauÌ„ces for their money Of the whiche somÌ„e of florens the kyng Dampeter became dettour to the kyng of Nauer And whan the barownes of Acquytayne knewe that this treaty was made and coÌ„fermed than they desyred to knowe who shuld pay them their wages And the price who had great affection to warde this vyage becaÌ„e dettour to them for their wages and the king DaÌ„peter becaÌ„e dettour to the prince And whan all these thynges were ordayned and fully confermed and that euery maÌ„ knewe what he ought to do and what he shulde haue and yâ— they had soiourned ther the space of .xii. dayes Than the kynge of Nauer departed home into his owne couÌ„tre and all other lordes departed euery maÌ„ to his owne and the prince went to Burdeaux and the kyng DaÌ„peter taryed styll at Bayone Than the prince sent his haraldes into Spayne to certayne knightes capitayns englysshemen and gascoyns fauourable and obeysaunt to hym signifyenge them howe that it was his pleasure yâ— they shulde take their leaues of Henry the bastarde and come to hym sayeng howe he had nede of them and was of th entent to employ and ocupy theÌ„ otherwise And whan these haraldes had brought these letters into Castell to these knightes fro the prince and that they ê‘ ceyued the princes pleasure thaÌ„ they toke their leaue of kynge Henry assoone as they coude in curtesse maner without discoueryng of the prices entencyon Than this bastarde kyng Henry who was right lyberall curtesse and honorable gaue them lycence with many great gyftes and thanked them greatly of their seruyce So than deê‘ted fro Spayne sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt sir Hewe Caurell sir Water Huet sir Mathue Gorney sir Johan Deureux and their company and dyuers other knightê and squiers the whiche I can nat all name of the princes house and they departed as shortly as they might The same season the companyons wer spedde abrode in the couÌ„tre and knewe nothynge what these sayd knightê dyde howbeit whaÌ„ they knewe it they gadered to gyder as sir Robert Briquet Johan Treuyll sir Rebours ser Perducas Dalbreth sir
couer theym with their targes And dyuers of them were so sore hurte that they were fayne to recule backe wherby yâ— companyons toke courage who were a fore in great parell Than they inuaded the freÌ„chmen fresshly agayne at wiche tyme ther were suche feates of armes done prisoners taken and rescued agayn that lyke case had nat bensene longe tyme before The companyons were but a fewe in regarde to the frenchmen howbeit euery man dyde his payne to do the best he coude and so biforce of armes they droue out of the towne the frenchmen And it fortuned that in the same season whyle this batayle was thus foughten yâ— another rout of the coÌ„panyons who were ledde by the bourge of Bertuell and Nandon of Bergerant to the nombre of foure C. they entred on the backesyde into the towne of MoÌ„taubon They had ryden all night in gret hast to come to that batayle for they had knowlege howe the frenchmen had besieged their companyons of Montaubon Than they entred into the fray so that the frenchmen were sore assayled by reason of the comyng of those newe fressh people This batayle endured fro .ix. of the bell tyll it was past hye none but finally the frenchmen were discoufyted and put to the chase for he was happy that coude get a horse and deê‘te out of that iourney Ther was takenen therle of Narbon and sir Guy Dayzay therle Duses the lorde of Montmorelon the seneshall of Carcasson the Seneshall of Beaucayre and mo than a hundred knyghtes of Fraunce and of Prouynce of the marches ther about and many a squier and riche man of Tholous and of Mountpellyer And ther had ben mo taken if they had ben chased howbeit the companyous were but a fewe and yuell horsed therfore they durst nat aduenture ouerfarr and so held theÌ„ content with that they had done This skyz mysshe was at MoÌ„taubon the vigyll of our lady in August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred threscore and sixe ¶ Howe these companyons let theyr prisoners depart on their faithes but the pope defended theÌ„ to pay any rauÌ„ some and of the wordê that the king of Mallorques had to the prince and of the departynge of the prince to go into Spayne Cap. CC .xxxiii. AFter the dysconfyture and takyng of the sayd prisoners the said Perducas balbreth sir Robert Cem ser Rohan Comes the Bourge of Bertuell Nandon of Bergerant and their company parted their boty and all their wynning wher of they had great plenty And all suche as had any prisoners kept them styll to their owne profyte other to raunsome or to quyt them at their pleasure And they raunsomed their prisoners right curtesly euery man after his degre The more courtesly bycause this aduenture came to themso fortunatly by valyantnesse of dedes of armes and sucheas were let go on their faythe and promyse had dayes lymitted to theÌ„ to bringe their raunsoms to Burdeur or to other places where as they were apoynted So the prisoners deê‘ted and went home in to their owne countrees and these companyons went to the prince who receyued them right ioyously and sent them to loge and to abyde in the marchesse of Basell among the mountayns ¶ I shall shewe you what befell of this mater and of the erle of Narbon the seneshall of Tholous and other who were put to rauÌ„some and had promysed on their faythes to pay it In the same season ther was at Rome pope Urban the fyfte who entierly hated these maner of people of companyous and had long tyme before cursed them bycause of the vilayne dedes that they had done so that whanÌ„e he was enfourmed of this sayd iourney And howe that therle of Narbone and other were ouerthrowen he was sore displeased therwith and suffred tyll he herde howe they were put to their raunsome and coÌ„e home into their owne countrees out of their enemyes handes Than he sent to eche of them and by expresse wordes defended theym in any wyse to pay any raunsome and assoyled them of their promyse Thus these lordes and knightes were quyted of their rauÌ„some suche as had ben taken at Mountaubon for they durst nat trepase the popes coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t the which happed well for these lordes knightes squyers but it fortuned yuell for the companyons who abode and loked euer for their money trusting to haue had it to arayed and aparelled theÌ„ lyke men of warr And so they made great preparaâ—yon on trust therof wherof they were disceyued So this ordynauÌ„ce of the pope was right coutagyous to them and they complayned often tymes therof to sir Johan Chandos who was coÌ„stable of Acquitayne and had the ouer sight by right of armes in suche maters Howbeit he dissymuled with theÌ„ aswell as he might bycause he knewe well the pope had cursed theÌ„ and howe that all their dedes tourned to pyllyng and robbery And as farr as euer I coude here they had neuer other remedy in that mater NOwe let vs speke of the prince of Wales and aproche to his viage shewe howe be perseuered First as it hath benshewed here before he dyde so moche that he had all the companyons of his acorde who were to the nombre of â—ii thousande fightyng men and greatly it was to his cost to retayne theym And after he had them he susteyned and bare their charges or they deê‘ted out of the principalyte fro the be 〈…〉 nyng of August to the beginyng of February and besyde yâ— the prince receyued retayned all maner of men of warr where soeuer he coude get them And also the forsayd kyng Henry retayned men of warr in euery parte out of the â—ealme of Fraunce and other places and they came to serue hym bycause of the alyaunces yâ— were bytwene the frenche kyng and hym And also he had with him retayned some of the companyons bretons suche as were fauourable to sir Bertram of Clesquy as sir Bertramme of Budes Alayne of saynt Poule Wyllyam of Bruex and Alayne of Connet all these were capitayns of those companyons And the prince might haue had also with hym many straÌ„gersmen of warr as flemynges almayns and brabances of he had lyst But he sent home agayn many of theÌ„ for he had rather haue had of his owne subgettes of the principalyte than strangers Also there came to hym a great ayde out of Englande for whan the kyng of Englande his father knewe that this viage went forward than he gaue lycens to one of his sonnes duke Johan of Lancastre to go to the prince of Wales his brother with a great nombre of men of warr as four huÌ„dred men of armes and four hundred archers And whan the prince knewe of his brothers comynge he was therof ryght ioyouse In the same season came to the prince to Burdeaur James kyng of Mallorques so he called hymselfe but he had in possessyon nothynge of the realme For the kyng of Aragon kept it fro hym
so by their good meanes the princes displeasure was apeased so yâ— the lorde Dalbreth shulde bringe no mo but two hundred speares with the whiche he was nothynge ioyouse nor yet his people nor neuer after he loued so entierly the prince as he dyd before Howbeit ther was no remedy but to bere and passe ouer his trouble aswell as he might UHus whyle the prince was makynge of his prouysion and abyding the comynge of his brother the duke of Lancastre The princesse trancysed and through the grace of god she was delyuered of a fayre sonne on the day of the thre kynges of Colayne the whiche was as that yere wente on a wedinsday at the hour of thre or ther about Wher of yâ— prince and all his people were ryght ioyouse and the friday after he was christned at noone in the chur the of saynt Andrewe in the cyte of Burdeaux The archbysshoppe of the same place christned him and the bysshop of Dagen in Dagenoys has the kyng of Mallorques were his godfathers and this chylde had to name Rycharde who was afterwarde kyng of Englande as ye shall here in this hystorie THe sonday after the hour of prime deê‘ted fro Burdeux the prince with great â—â—yumphe and all other men of warr Howbeit the moost part of his hoost were passed on be 〈◊〉 and lay about the cyte of Ast in Gascoyn And the prince the same sonday at night came â—o the same cytie and ther taryed a thre dayes for than it was shewed him that the duke of LaÌ„ 〈◊〉 his brother was comynge and had passed the see a fyue dayes before and was arryued in Bretayne at saynt Mathewes of Fyne 〈◊〉 and so was come to Nauntes where the duke of Bretayne gretly feested him Than the duke of Lancastre passed through Poiccou and â—aynton and came to Blay and ther passed the ryuer of Gyronde and so came to Burdeux and went to the abbey of saynt Andrewe wher the princesse lay who ioyously receyued hym and so dyde all other ladyes and damozeks that were ther. Than the duke thought to â—ary there no lenger but toke his leaue of his sustre the princesse and departed withall his coÌ„pany and rode so long that he came to the cyte of Dast wher he founde the prince his brother They made great ioye eche of other for they loued togyder entierly ther was great tokens of loue shewed bytwene them and their company And anon after the duke of LaÌ„castres comyng thyder came the erle of Foyz and made great reâ—erence and chere to the prince and to his brother and offred him selfe in all poyntes to be at their commaundemeÌ„t The prince who coulde well honour all lordes acordyng to their estatê honoured hym greatly and thanked him of his comyng thyder and after the prince gaue hym yâ— charge of his couÌ„tre in his absence desyringe him to kepe it well tyll his retorne Th erle ioyfully acorded to his desyre than toke leaue deê‘ted home into his countre the prince and the duke of Lancastre his brother sported them in the cite of Ast and all their people spredde abrode in the countre about the entre of the passages of Nauerr for as than they were nat in certayne yf they shulde passe that waye or nat yet the kyng of Nauerr had promysed to open his passages for wordes ran through the hoost that newly he was agreed with the kyng Henry wherof the prince and his counsayle hadde great marueyle and the kyng Dampeter was right sore displeased And in this meane season whyle these wordes thus ranne sir Hugh Caurell and his people aproched to Nauer and toke the cyte of Myrande and the towne of yâ— quenes bridge wherof all the countrey was sore a frayed the whiche tidynges came to the kynge of Nauerr And whan he parceyued that these companyons wolde entre into his land byforce he was sore displeased and wrote worde therof to the prince and the prince let the mater passe brefely bycause yâ— kyng of Nauer as he thoght kept nat trewe promyse with kyng Dampeter Than the prince wrote to him that he shulde excuse hym selfe of the wordes that was layed on hym for it was ther openly sayde that he was clene tourned to kyng Henry And whan yâ— kinge of Nauer vnderstode yâ— trayson was layed on hym than he was more angry than he was before Than he sent a knight to the prince called ser Marten Kar he came to the cyte of Ast to excuse the kynge of Nauer and he demeaned hym selfe so wisely that the prince was apeased of his displeasure so that yâ— same knight shuld retourne into Nauer to the kyng his mayster causyng him to come to saynt JohnÌ„s de pie du port and the prince to take counsayle if he shulde go and speke with him or els to sendsuffyci cut messangers to him Thus this sir Marten Karr departed fro the prince and retourned into Nauar to the kynge and shewed him howe he had spedde and in what condicyon he had founde the prince and his couÌ„sayle and also on what coÌ„dycion he was departed fro theÌ„ This knight dyde somoche that he brought the kyng of Nauar to saynt JohnÌ„s and than he went to the cyte of Ast to the prince And whan yâ— prince knewe that the kynge of Nauar was at saynt Johans de pie du port than he determyned to sende to him the duke of Lancastre his brother and sir Johan Chandos and so these two lordes with a small company rode to the towne of saynt JohnÌ„s with this sayd knight And there the king of Nauar receyued theÌ„ right ioyoully and ther had longe counsayle togyder finally it was acorded that the kyng of Nauer shulde aproche nerer to the prince to a certayne place called Pyerferade and thyder the prince and kyng Dampeter shuld come to speke with him and ther to renewe all their couenauntes And ther eche of them to knowe what they shulde haue all that the kyng of Nauer dyd before was to th entent to be the better assured of their promyses than he thought him selfe he was for he douted that if the coÌ„panyons were entred into his couÌ„tre and this treaty and acorde bytwene them nat sealed Than he feared he shulde nat haue that he desyred whan he wolde ON this treaty retourned the duke of LaÌ„castre and sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and recouÌ„ted to the prince and to kynge Dampeter how they had spedde the whiche pleased them right well and so kepte their day and came to the place assigned and also the kyng of Nauar and yâ— moost speciall of his counsayle And ther were these thre lordes the kyng Dampeter the prince of Wales and the duke of Lancastre on the one party and the kyng of Nauer on the other partie long comunyng toguyder And there it was deuysed acorded what euery man shulde haue and ther was renewed the treaty among them And ther the kyng of Nauer knewe the certayntie what he shulde haue of the realme of Castell
knewe well these companyons and had ben in their company in Fraunce in Normandy and in dyuers other places to desyre theÌ„ to absteyn them selfe fro robbyng and pillynge the couÌ„tre as they dyde to whome they promysed so to do ¶ Of the great somons that king HeÌ„ry made and howe he sent to the price to somon him to fight and how sir Olyuer of Manny toke the kynge of Nauer prisoner Cap. CC .xxxv. KIng Henry of Spayn was well enformed of the princes passage for he had his messangers and spyes dayly comyng and goyng therfore he prouyded for men of armes and comons of the realme of Castell to the entent to resyst the prince and his brother Dampeter And daylye he taryed for the comynge of sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy with great socours out of FrauÌ„ce And he had sent a specyall coÌ„maundement through out all his realme to all his subgettê on payne of their lyues goodê and landes that euery man acordynge to his estate outher a fote or a hors backe to come to hym to ayde and defende his realme And this kyng Henry was welbeloued and also all they of Castell had before moche payne trouble to ayde to make hym kynge therfore they obeyed to hym the rather And so dayly they resorted to hym to saynt Domynyke to the noÌ„bre of threscore thousande men a sote and a hors backe all redy to do his coÌ„maundement pleasure and to lyue and dye with hym if nede requyre And whan this kynge Henry herde certayne worde howe the prince withall his hoost was in the realme of Nauer and had passed the straytes of Rousenaulx ThanÌ„e he knewe well ther was no remedy but to fight with the prince of the whiche he made semblant to be ryght ioyouse and sayd openly on high A the prince of Wales is a valyant knyght and bycause he shall knowe that this is my right and that Jabyde and loke to fight with hym I wyll write to him parte of myne entent Than he sent for a clerke and he wrote a letter thus TO the right puyssanut and honourable lorde prince of Wales and Acquitayne It is gyuen vs to knowlege that you and your people are passed the portes and are drawynge hyderwarde And howe that ye haue made accorde and alyaunce with our enemy and that your entent is to make warre agaynst vs. We haue therof great marueyle for we neuer forfeyted to you nor wolde nat do Wherfore than ar ye come with suche a great army thus on vs to take fro vs soo lytell an herytage as god hath gyuen vs. ye haue the grace and fortune in armes more than any prince nowe lyueng wherfore we thynke ye glorify yourselfe in your puyssaunce And bycause we knewe the certaynte that ye seke to gyue vs batayle we wyll that ye knowe that wher so euer ye entre into Castell ye shall fynde vs before you to kepe and defend this our seignery Written c. And whan this letter was sealed he called to hym an haraulde and sayd Go thy way as fast as thou mayst to the prince of wales and bere him this lettre fro me So the haraude departed and toke the way through Nauer tyll he founde the prince than he kneled downe and delyuered hym the letter fro kynge Henry The prince reed the letter a two tymes the better to vnderstande it than he sent for certayne of his counsayle and made the haraud to departe a lytell a syde Than the prince reed the letter to his counsayle demaundynge theym abuyce in that mater and in the meane season the prince sayd to his counsayle A I se well this bastarde is a stout knyght and full of great prowes and sheweth great hardynesse this to write to vs. Thus the prince his counsayle were longe togyder howbeit finally they agreed nat to write agayne by the haraud ThaÌ„ it was shewed to him how he must abyde a season for the prince at his pleasure wold write agayne by hym and by none other therfore he was commaunded to tary tyll he hadde his answere Thus the haraude taryed there styll at his ease and pleasure THe same day that the haraude brought these letters sir Robert Phelton auauÌ„ced hymselfe forthe and demaunded of the prince a gyft than the prince enquyred of him what it was that he wolde desyre Sir ê™ he I requyre you to gyue me lycence to departe out of your hoost and to ryde on before ther be dyuers knightes and squyers of my company desyring to auaunce themselfe And sir I promyse you we shall ryde so forwarde that we shall knowe the behauyng of our enemyes and what way they drawe and wher they lodge The prince grauÌ„ted hym with ryght a good wyll his requeast wherof he thanked the prince And so departed out of the hoost as chefe capitayne of that enter price and in his company was sir WyllmÌ„ Felton his brother sir Thomas Duforte sir Robert Canoll sir Gayllarde Uiguyer sir Rafe Hastynges sir Dangouses and dyuers other knightes and squyers And they were a seuyn score and thre huÌ„dred archers all well horsed good men of armes And also ther was ser Hew Stafforde sir Richarde Cauton and sir SymoÌ„ Burle who ought nat to be forgoteÌ„ These men of armes rode through Nauer by suche gydes as they had came to the ryuer of Marke the whiche is rude and depe and so they passed and loged in a vyllage called Nauaret There they helde them selfe the better to knowe here wher kynge Henry was In the meane season whyle these knightes thus lodged at Nauaret and the prince in the marchesse of Panpylone The same tyme the kyng of Naner was taken prisoner as he rode fro one towne to a nother by the frenche partie by sir Olyuer of Manny wherof the prince all his part had great marueyle And some in the princis host supposed it was done by a 〈…〉 ll by his owne meanes bycause he wolde coÌ„uey the prince no further nor go in his coÌ„pany bycause he knewe nat howe the mater shulde go bytwene kyng Henry kynge Dampeter howe be it the quene his wyfe was therof sore dismayed disconforted and came and kneled on her knees before the prince and â—ayd Dere sir for goddessake haue mercy â—nâ—â—d on the delyuerauÌ„ce of the kyng my husbaÌ„â—â— who is takeÌ„ fraudeleÌ„tly as yet can nat be â—â—owen how Therfore â—ir we desyre you for the loue of god that we may haue him agayn ThaÌ„ the prince answered certaynly â—ayre lady coâ—â—â— his takynge to vs is right displesant we trust to prouyde remedy for him shortely wherfore we desyre you to confort your selfe for this our â—â—age ones achyued we shall entende to no â—â—ther thing but for his delyuerauÌ„ce Than the quene of Nauer retourned and ther was a noâ—le knight sir Marten â—ar who vndertoke to guyde the prince through the realme of Nauer and dyd get him gydes for his people for otherwyse they coude nat
of Anxell who was sore displeased yâ— they endured so long sayd a hye to his coÌ„pany Lordes for shame what do we here thus all day we ought or this tyme to haue deuoured them Auaunce forwarde and let vs fyght with them with a fierse wyll ther is nothyng wyll be gote without it be derely bought with tho wordes the freÌ„chmen and spanyardes auaunced them forthe with a hardy courage and came to them so close togyder that they coulde nat be broken So than on the mountayne was done many a feat of armes And theÌ„glysshmen and gascons defended themselfe to their powers right valyantly but after the spanyardes were entred in among theÌ„ they coude nat endure finally they were all taken and coÌ„quered byforce of armes So that non escaped but a certayne varlettes and pages that saued themselfe by their horses and at night they came to the princes host who that day was redy ranged on the hyll to syght AFter the takyng of these sayd knyghtes and squyers the erle of Auxell and SaÌ„xes his brother and their company retorned to the hoost ryght ioyouse and at nyght came to the kynge Henry their brother And there they made a present to the kynge of suche prisoners as they had taken and recounted to the kynge sir Bertram of Clesquy and sir Arnolde Dan drchen and other howe they met and how they dyde And also how they had ouerthrowen ê‘te of sir Hugh Caurels coÌ„pany and chased hym into the duke of Lancastres host and ther dyd great domage or the hoost were assembled and howe that in their retournyng they mette with these knightes whome they had taken Kynge Henry who hard well these wordes with great ioy and glory answered therle his brother and sayd Fayre brother ye haue marueylusly well spedde wherof ye shal be gretly rewarded I trust surely yâ— all thother shall passe the same way Than sir Arnolde DaÌ„drehen sayd sir sauyng your grace I wyll nat say agaynst you but rather amende it but one thyng sir I say that whan soeuer ye shall assemble with the prince in batell ye shall fynde the men of warr suche as to dedê of armes requyreth for ther is the floure of all the chiualry of the worlde Ther shall ye fynde sage and hardy coragious fightyng men for to dye in the place they wyll nat flye one fote Sir it is necessary that ye take good hede and counsell in this mater But sir and ye wyll do by my counsayle ye shall disconfyte them without any stroke strikyng As thus if ye wyll kepe the straites and passages so that no prouisyon may coÌ„e at them ye shall famysshe them and so discoÌ„fite them For than they shal be fayne to retourne in to their owne countre warde without good order or array and thaÌ„ may you haue yor desyre acomplysshed Than this kyng Henry answered and sayd marshall by the soule of my dere father I desyre so moche to se the prince and to proue his puyssauÌ„ce and myne that I wyll neuer depart hens without batayle For I thaÌ„ke god we haue men ynowe First we haue seuyn thousande men of armes well horsed and barded so that they feare no shote of archers And also we haue .xx. thousande of other mouÌ„ted on genettes cap a pee and of other we haue threscore thousande men of comons with speares dartes and pauesses the which may do a great feate And they all haue sworne nat to fayle me to dye in the payne wherfore sir Arnolde I se no cause to be abasshed but let vs greatly be re conforted in the puyssaunce of god and in oure meÌ„ And so with this talkyng ther were knightes that brought to the kyng wyne and spyces So the kynge toke therof and gaue the lordes part about hym and than euery man retorned into their logynges Than theÌ„glysshmen and gascoyns prisoners made their assurauÌ„ce and were deuyded one fro another No we lette vs retorne to the prince and speke som what of his ordynaunce ¶ The prince of Wales and the duke of LaÌ„castre were all the sayd day on the mouÌ„tayn and at night they were enfourmed of their men that were thus taken slayne wherwith they were sore displeased but they coulde nat amende it Than they drue to their logynge and the next mornyng the prince toke counsell and determyned to deê‘t fro thens and so he dyd and went loged before Uictoria there stode in batayle redy to fight for it was enformed the prince how that kyng HeÌ„ry and his brother their coÌ„pany were nat farr thens but they caÌ„e nat forward The prince his coÌ„pany had great lacke of vitayls and prouisyon for theÌ„ selfe for their horses for they were loged but in an yuell countre and a harde And kyng Henry and his company lay in a good frutefull countre in the princê hoost a lofe of breed was solde for a floreyn euery man gladde so to gyue more and they coude haue gote it Also the tyme was foule troublous of wynde rayne and snowe and in this daunger and disease they were sixe dayes And whan the prince sawe that the spanyardes cam nat forwarde to fight and that they were there in gret distresse Than they determyned to go and seke for passage at some other place thanÌ„e they disloged toke the way to Nauaret passed through a couÌ„tre called the couÌ„tre of the Gard and whan they were passed than they came to a towne called Uienne Ther the prince and the duke of Lancastre refresshed them and therle of Armynacke and the other lordes a two dayes Than they went and passed the ryuer that departeth Castell and Nauer at the bridge of Groynge amonge the gardeyns vnder the olyues and ther they founde a better couÌ„tre than they were in before howe beit they had great defaute of vitayle And whan that kyng Henry knewe that the prince and his people were passed the ryuer at Groynge Than he departed fro saynt Muchaulte wher he hadde longe layen and went and lodged before Nauerette on the same ryuer Whan the prince harde that kynge Henry was aproched he was right ioyouse and sayd openly by saynt George this bastarde semeth to be a valyaunt knight sythe he desyreth so sore to fynde vs I trust we shall fynde eche other shortely ThanÌ„e the prince called to hym the duke of Lancastre his brother and dyuers other of his counsayle than he wrote an answere to kyng Henry of the letter that he had sent him before the tenor wherof foloweth EDward by the grace of god prince of wales and Acquitayne to the right honourable and renomed Henry erle of Christemar who at this present tyme calleth him selfe kyng of Castell Syth it is so that ye haue sent to vs your letters by your haraud wherin were conteyned dyuers artycles makyng meÌ„cyon how ye wolde gladly knowe why we take to our freÌ„de and louer your enemy our cosyn the kynge DaÌ„peter by what tytell we make you warr
and are entred with an army royall into Castell We answere therto Knowe ye for trouthe it is to susteyne the right and to maynteyn reason as it aparteyneth to all kynges and princê so to do And also to entertayne the great alyauÌ„ces that the kyng of England my dere father kyng Dampeter haue had longe togyder and bycause ye are renomed a ryght valyaÌ„t knyght we wolde gladly and we coude acorde you and hym roguyder and we shall do somoche to our cesyn Dampeter that ye shall haue a great ê‘te of the realme of Castell but as for the crowne and herytage ye must renounce Sir take couÌ„sayle in this case and as for our enteryng into Castell we wyll entre ther as we thynke best at dure owne pleasure Written at Groynge the .xxx. day of Marche ¶ Whan this letter was written it was closed and sealed and delyuered to the same haraude that brought the other and had taryed for an answere more than thre wekes ThaÌ„he departed fro the presence of the prince and rode so longe that he came to Naueret amonge the busshes wher kyng Henry was lodged and drue to the kynges logyng And the moost part of the great lordes of the hoost came thyder to here what tidynges their heraude had brought Than the haraud kneled downe and delyuered the kyng the lettre fro the prince The kyng toke and opened it and called to him sir Bertram of Clesquy and dyuers other knightes of his couÌ„sell There the letter was reed and well consydred than sir Bettram sayd to the kyng Sir knowe for trouthe ye shall haue batell shortly I knowe so well the prince therfore sir loke well on the mater It is necessary that ye take good hede to all your besynesse and order your people and your batayls Sir BertraÌ„ ê™ the kynge be it in the name of god the puyssaunce of the prince I dout nothynge for I haue thre thousande barded horses the whiche shall be two wynges to our batayle and I haue also seuyn M. genetours and well .xx. thousande men of armes of the best that can be fouÌ„de in all Castell Galyce Portyngale Cordowen and Cyuyle and .x. thousande good crosbowes and threscore M. of other men a fote with dartes speares launces and other abilymentes for the warre And all these hath sworne nat to fayle me to dye in the payne therfore sir Bertram I trust to haue vyctory by the grace of god on whome is my trust and my right that I haue in the quarell Therfore lordê I desyre you all to be of good corage ¶ How the prince coÌ„mauÌ„ded his people to be redy to fight and how kyng Henry ordayned his batayls howe they fought fiersly togyder of the confort that kyng Henry dyde to his people Cap. CC .xxxvii. THus as ye haue harde kyng Henry and sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy deuised togyder of dyuers maters and lefte talkyng of the princes letter for it was kyng HeÌ„ries enteÌ„cion to haue batayle so entended to ordre his felde and people Th erle of Anxell and his brother sir Sanxes were gretly renomed in their hoost for the iourney that they had made before as ye haue herde The prince the friday the seconde day of Aprellâ—dil loged fro Groyng and auaunced forwarde araynged in batayle redy to fight for he knewe well that kyng Henry was nat farr thens And so that day he auauÌ„ced two leages and at thre of the day he caÌ„e before Nauaret and ther toke his logyng Than the prince sent forthe his currours to auiewe his ennemyes and to knowe wher they were lodged and than they departed fro the hoost and rode so forward that they sawe all their enemyes hoost who were also loged before Nauaret So they brought report therof to the priÌ„ce and in the euenyng the prince caused secretely to be shewed through all the hoost that at the first so wnyng of the trumpettes euery man to aparell hymselfe and at the seconde to be armed at the thirde to lepe a hors backe and to folowe the marshals baners with the penon of saynt George And that none on payne of dethe auaunce before them without he be commaunded so to do IN lyke maner as the prince had done the same friday insendyng out his currours So dyde kynge Henry on his parte to knowe wher the prince was lodged and whan he had true report therof than the kyng called ser Bertram of Clesquy and toke counsayle and aduyce howe to perseuer Than they caused their peple to suppe and after to go to rest to be the more fressher and at the hour of mydnight to be redy apparelled and to drawe to the felde and to ordayne their bataylles for he knewe well the next day he shuld haue batayle So that night the spanyardes toke their ease and rest for they had well wherwith so to do as plenty of vytels and other thynges And the englysshmen had great defaut therfore they had great desyre to fight outher to wynne or to lese all After mydnight the trumpettes sounded in kyng HeÌ„ryes hoost than euery man made hym redy at the seconde blast they drewe out of their lodgynges and ordred thre batayls The first had sir Bertram of Clesquy lorde Robert of Rosebertyne and therle Dune erle of Aragon and ther wer all the strangers aswell of Fraunce as of other couÌ„trees ther were two barones of Heynalt the lorde Dautoyng and sir Alars lord of Brisuell Ther was also the Begue of Uillayns the begue of Uylliers sir JohnÌ„ of Bergutes sir Gawen of Baylleull the almayne of saynt Uenant who was ther made knight dyuers other of FrauÌ„ce Aragron and Prouens and of the marchesse ther about Ther was well in that batayle four thousande knightes and squiers well armed and dressed after the vsage of FrauÌ„ce The seconde batayle had therle of Auxell and his brother therle of Saures and in that batayle with the genetours ther were .xv. thousand a fote and a hors backe and they drue them a lytell a backe on the lyft hande of the first batayle The third batayle and the grettest of all gouerned kyng Henry himselfe and in his company ther were a seuyn thousand horsmen and threscore thousande a fote with the crosbowes So in all thre batayls he was a fourscore and sixe M. a horsebacke and a fote ThaÌ„ kynge Henry lepte on a stronge mule after the vsage of the countrey and rode fro batayle to batayle ryght swetely prayeng euery man that day to employ themselfe to defende and kepe their honour and so he shewed himselfe so cherefully yâ— euery man was ioyfull to beholde hym Than he went agayne to his owne batayle and by that tyme it was day light And than about the sonÌ„erisyng he auaunced forthe towarde Nauaret to fynde his enemyes in good order of batayle redy to fight THe prince of Wales at the brekyng of the day was redy in the felde a ranged in batayle and auauÌ„ced forwarde in good order for
the vyctorie hath come by him all onely and nat by me Than the lordes of the princes counsayle drewe toguyder and comuned of dyuers 〈…〉 ters And so long the prince was styll ther 〈◊〉 all his people were retourned fro the chase â—han he ordayned four knyghtes and four harauldes to go serche the feldes to knowe what people were taken and the nombre of theÌ„ that were slayne And also to knowe the trouthe of kyng Henry whome they called bastarde whether he were a lyue or deed And than the prince and his lordes went to the lodgynge of kyng Henry and of the spanyardes where they were well and easely lodged for it was great large and well replenysshed of all thynges necessary So than they souped that nyght in great ioye and after souper the knightes and haraudes that went to visyte the felde retourned and there they reported yâ— ther were slayne of their enemyes of men of armes a fyue hundred and threscore and of comons aboute a seuyn thousande and fyue hundred besyde theym yâ— were drowned wherof the nombre was vnknowen And of their owne company ther was no more slayne but four knightes wherof two were gascoyns the thirde an almayne and the fourthe an englysshman and of other comons nat past a .xl. but they shewed howe they coude nat synde kyng Henry wherof kyng Dampeter was right sory So this saturday at nyght they rested them selfe made good chere for they had well wherwith for there they founde plenty of wyne and other vitayls and so refresshed theÌ„ ther all the sonday the which was palme soÌ„day THe sonday in the monynge whan the prince was vp and redy apparelled Than he yssued out of his pauyllion and than came to hym the duke of Lancastre his brother the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret sir Johan Chandos the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Pomyers sir Gyrarde Dangle the kyng of Mallorques and a great nombre of other knyghtes and squyers And thanÌ„e anone after came to the prince the kyng DaÌ„peter to whoÌ„e the prince made great honoure and reuerence Than the kynge Dampeter sayde Dere and fayre cosyn 〈◊〉 pray and requyre you yâ— ye wyll delyuer to me the false traytours of this couÌ„tre as my bastarde brother Sanxes and suche other and I shall cause them to lese their heedes for they haue well deserued it THan the prince aduysed hym well and sayd Sir kynge I requyre you in the name of loue and lygnage that ye wyll grauÌ„t me a gyfte and a request sayde Good cosyn all that I haue is yours therfore I am content what soeuer ye desyre to graunt it Than the prince sayd Sir I requyre you to gyue ê‘don to all your people in your realme suche as hath rebelled agaynst you by the whiche courtessy ye shall abyde in the better rest and peace in your realme Except Wyllyam Garilz for of hym I am content ye take your pleasure The kyng Dampeter acorded to his desyre though it were agaynst his wyll but he durst nat deny the prince he was soo moche bounden to hym and sayde Fayre cosyn I graunt your request with a good hert ThaÌ„ the prisoners were sent for and the prince acorded them with the kynge their lord and caused him to forgyue all his yuell wyll to his brother the erle of Sanxes to all other so that they shulde make couenant and swere fealtie homage and seruice to hold of him truely for euer and to become his men and to knowledge him for their lorde and kynge for euer This courtesy with dyuers other dyde the prince to the kynge the whiche after was but smally rewarded as ye shall here after in this hystorie ANd also the prince shewed great curtesy to the barons of Spayne suche as were prisoners for if kinge Dampeter had taken them in his displeasure they had all dyed without mercy And than sir Wyllyam Garylz was delyuered to the kyng whome he hated so sore that he wolde take no taunsome for hym but made his heed to be striken of before his logynge Than kyng Dampeter mouÌ„ted on his horse and the erle Sanxes his brother and all those that were become his men and his marshalles sir Guyssharde Dangle and sir Stephyn Gosenton and a fyue hundred men of armes and they departed fro the princes hoost and rode to Burgus And so came thyder the monday in the mornyng and they of Burgus who were well infourmed how the iourney of Nauaret was atchyued and howe that kynge Henry was discoÌ„fyted they thought nat to kepe the towne agaynst Dampeter but dyuerse of the richest of the towne and of the moost notablest yssued out of the towne and presented the kayes of the cyte to him and receyued hym to their lorde And so brought him and all his meÌ„ into the cyte of Burgus with great ioye and solemnyte all the sonday the prince abode styll in the logynges that they had won And on the monday after euynsong he disloged and went and lodged at Berguet and ther taryed tyll it was wednisday and than they went all to the cytie of Burgus And ther the prince entred in to the towne with great reuereÌ„ce and with him the duke of Lancastre therle of Armynacke dyuers other great lordê and their people made their logynges without the towne for they coude nat all haue been lodged within at their ease And whan the prince was a his lodgyng ther he gaue and reÌ„dred iugementes of armes and of all thynges therto aperteyninge there kept felde wage of batayle wherfore it might well be sayd that all Spayne was come yâ— day in his handes and vnder his obeysaunce THe prince of Wales and kyng Dampeter helde their Ester in yâ— towne of Burgus and there taryed a thre wekes and more And on Ester day they of Sturges of Tollet of Lysbone of Cordowane of Galyce of Cyuyle and of all the other marches and lymitacions of the realme of Castell came thyder and made homage to kynge Dampeter and were gladde to se the prince and Damferant of Castres so ther was great chere made bytwene them and whan kynge Dampeter had taryed there the terme that I haue shewed you more and sawe that ther were no mo that rebelled agaynst him but euery man to hym obeysaunt Than the prince sayd to him Sir kyng ye are nowe thaÌ„ked be god peasably kyng of this yor owne realme without any rebellyon or let and sir I and my coÌ„pany tary here at a great charge and expence Therfore we requyre you to ê‘uyde for money to pay the wages to them that hath holpen to bring you agayne into your realme and in fulfylling of your promyse wher vnto ye haue sworne sealed And sir the shortlyer that ye do it the gretter thanke weshall gyue you the more shal be yor profyte for ye knowe well meÌ„ of warr must be payed to lyue with all or els they wyll take it wher as they may
get it Than the kynge answered and sayd cosyn we wyll holde kepe and accomplysshe to our power that we haue sworne and sealed vnto But sir as for this present tyme we haue no money wherfore we wyll drawe vs to the marchesse of Ciuyle and ther we wyll so procure for money that we wyll satisfy euery party and sir ye shall abyde styll here in the vale of Olyfes the whiche is a plentyfull countre and sir we shall returne agayne to you in as short tyme as we coÌ„uenyeÌ„tly can or may and at the farthest by whitsontyd This answere was right pleasant to the prince and to his couÌ„sayle and shortly after the kynge Dampeter departed fro the prince and rode towarde Ciuyle to th entent to get money to pay his men of warr as he had promysed the prince went and loged in the vale of Olyfe and all his lordes and people spred abrode in the countre to get vitayls more plentyfull for theÌ„ and for their horses Ther thus they soiourned to a small profyte to the countre for the companyons coude nat absteyne them selfe fro robbyng and pillynge of the countre ¶ Of the honour that was gyuen to the prince for the vyctorie of Spayne and howe kyng Henry came into fraÌ„ce to make warre on the princes land and of the answere that kyng DaÌ„peter sent to the prince howe the prince departed out of Spayne and came into Fraunce Cap. CC .xxxix. TIdinges spred abrode through France Englande Almayne other countre is howe yâ— prince of Wales and his puyssance had in batell disconfyted kynge Henry taken slayne and drowned of his men the day of the batayle mo than C. thousande men wherby the prince was gretly renomed And his chiualry and highe entprice moche praysed in all places that herde therof specially in th empyre of Almayne and in the realme of Englande For the almayns flemynges and englysshmen sayde that the prince of Wales was chefe floure of all chiualry howe that suche a prince was well worthy to gouern all the worlde sythe by his prowes he had achyued suche thre highe entprices as he had done First the batayle of Cressy in Poictou the setonde ten yere after at Poycters and the .iii. nowe in Spayne before Nauaret So in Englande in the cytie of London the bourgesses there made great solemnyte and tryumphe for that vyctorie as they aunciently were wont to do for kynges whan they had ouercome their enemyes And in the realme of Fraunce there were made lamentable sorowes for the losse of the good knightes of the realme of Fraunce the whiche were slayne at that iourney And specially there was made sorowe for sir Bertram of Clesquy and for sir Arnolde Dandrehenne who were taken prisoners And dyuers other who were kept right courtesly and some of theÌ„ put to fynance and raunsome but nat sir Bertram of Clesquy so soone For sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who hadde the rule of hym wolde nat delyuer him And also sir BertraÌ„ made no great sute therfore ¶ Nowe let vs somwhat speke of kyng Henry what he dyde whan he departed fro the batayle And than let vs retourne agayne to the prince and to kyng Dampeter of Castell KInge Henry as it is sayd here after saued hym selfe as well as he myght and withdrewe fro his ennemyes And ledde his wyfe and his chyldren as soone as he might in to the cytie of Ualence in Aragon where as the kyng of Aragon was who was his godfather and frende and to hym recounted all his aduenture And anone after the sayd kyng HeÌ„ry was counsayled to passe further and to god to the duke of Aniou who as than was at MoÌ„tpellyer and to shewe vnto hym all his aduenture This aduyce was pleasaunt to the kynge of Arragon and consented well that he shulde go thyder bycause he was ennemy to the prince who was his nere neighbour So thus kinge Henry departed fro the kynge of Arragon and lefte in the cytie of Ualence his wyfe his chyldren and rode so longe that he paste Narbone the whiche was the firste cytie of the realme of Fraunce on that syde and after that Beseers and all that countrey And so came to Mountpellyer and there founde the duke of Aniowe who loued hym entierly and greatly hated the englysshmen though he made them as than no warre And the duke whan he was well enfourmed of kynge Henryes busynesse receyued hym ryght ioyously and recounforted hym as well as he might and so the kynge taryed there with hym a certayne space And than went to Auygnone to se pope Urbayne who was as than departynge to go to Rome And thanÌ„e kynge Henry retourned agayne to Mountpellyer to the duke of Aniou and had longe treaty toguyder And it was shewed me by them that thought theÌ„ selfe to knowe many thynges after it was right well sene appareÌ„t Howe that this kynge Henry dyde gette of the duke of Aniowe a castell nere to Tholous on the marchesse of the principalyte called Rockemor And there he assembled toguyder companyons and men of warr as bretons and such other as were nat passed ouer into Spaygne with the prince so that in the begynnyng there was a thre huÌ„dred men of warre These tidynges were anone brought to my lady princesse who as than was at Burdeux Howe that kynge Henry purchased hym ayde and socoure on all sydes to th entent to make warr to the principalyte and to the duchy of Guyen wher with she was greatly abasshed And bycause that he helde hymselfe in the realme of Fraunce She wrote letters and sent messangers to the frenche kynge desyringe hym nat to consente that the bastarde of Spaygne shulde make her any maner of warre seyng that her resorte was to the court of Fraunce Certifyeng him that moche yuell might ensue and many inconuenyentes fall therby Than the kynge condyscended lightly to the princesse request and hastely sent messangers to the bastard Henry who was in the castell of Rockemore on the fronters of MouÌ„taubon and was begynnynge to make warre to the countre of Acquitayne and to the princes lande Commaundynge hym incontynent to auoyde oute of his realme and to make no warre in the lande of his dere nephue the prince of Wales and of Acquitayne And bycause to gyue ensample to his subgettê that they shulde nat be so hardy to take any part with the bastarde Henry he caused the yonge erle of Auser to be putte in prison in the castell of Loure in Parys bycause he was soo great and conuersaunt with this kynge Henry the bastarde And as it was sayd he hadde promysed him to ayde him with a great nombre of men of armes but thus the frenche kynge caused him to breke his voyage and purpose So thus at the commaundement of the frenche kynge kyng Henry obeyed the whiche was good reasone but for all that yet he lefte nat his enterprice but so he departed fro Rockemore with a foure hundred bretons and to hym
was alyed suche breton knightes and squyers as foloweth Firste sir Arnolde of Lymosyn sir Gesfray Rycons sir Pouns of Lakonette Sylueâ—â—re Buddes Alyot de Calays Alayne de saynt Poule and thesemen of armes and bretons rode ouer the mountaynes and entred into Bygoure in the principalyte and there toke by scalynge a towne called Bannyers And thanÌ„e they fortifyed and repayred it well and strongly and than ouer rode the princes lande and dyd great hurt and domage therin ThanÌ„e the princesse dyde send for sir James Audeley who was abydinge behynde the prince in Acquitayne as chiefe soueraygne gouernoure to kepe the countrey Howe be it this sayd kynge Henry the bastard and the bretons dyde great hurte and domage in the countrey for dayly their power entreased more and more ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the prince of Wales and to his company who was in the vale of Olyfes and there aboute abydnge the comynge of kyng Dampeter of Castell THus whan the prince hadde soiourned in the vale of the Olyffes vntyll the feast of saynt Johan the Baptyst in somer abydinge for the coÌ„myng of kynge Dampeter who came nat nor coude nat here no certayne tidynges of hym where with the prince was right soore troubled and called all his counsayle togyder to knowe what was best to do in that behalfe Than the prince was counsayled to sende two or thre knyghtes to the kynge to demaunde of hym why he kepte nat his day as he hadde assigned And on this message was sende sir Nowell Lornyche sir Rycharde of Pontchardon and sir Thomas Balaster And they rode so long by their iourneis that they came to the cytie of Cyuyle where as they founde kyng Dampeter and by semblant he right ioyously receyued them These knightes dyd their message as they hadde in charge by their lorde the prince Than the kynge answered them in excusyng of himselfe and sayd Sirs certaynly it greatly displeaseth vs that we cannat kepe the promyse that we haue made with oure cosyne the prince the whiche we haue often tymes shewed vnto our people here in these parties But our people excuseth themselfe and say the how they canne make no somÌ„e of money as longe as the companyons be in the countrey for they haue thre or foure tymes robbed oure treasourers who were commynge to oure cosyne the prince with oure money Therfore we requyre you to shewe our cosyne fro vs that we requyre hym that he wyll withdrawe and putte out of this oure realme these yuell people of the companyons and that he do leaue ther some of his owne knyghtes to whoÌ„e in the name of hym we wyll paye and delyuer such somes of money as he desyreth of vs and as we are bounde to paye hym This was all the aunswere that these knyghtes coulde haue of hym at that tyme. And so they departed and wente agayne to the price their lorde and than recounted to hym and to his counsayle all that they hadde herde and sene with the whiche answere the prince was moche more dyspleased than he was before For he sawe well how that kynge Dampeter fayled of his promyse and varyed fro reason The same season yâ— the prince thus abode in the vale of Olyffes where as he hadde bene more than the space of four monethes nighe all the somer The kyng of Mallorques fell sicke sore diseased and lay sycke in his bedde Than there was putte to raunsome sir Arnolde Dandrenhen the Begue of Uyllaynes and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce and of Bretaygne who were taken at Nauaret And exchanged for sir Thomas Pheltone and for sir Rycharde Centon and for sir Hughe Hastynges and dyuers other But sir Bertram of Clesquy abode styll as prisonere with the prince for the englysshemen counsayled the prince and sayde that yf he delyuered sir Bertram of Clesquy he wolde make hym greatter warre than euer he had done before with the helpynge of the bastarde Henry who as than was in Bygour and had takenÌ„e the towne of BaÌ„nyers and made great warr in that quarter Therfore sir Bertram of Clesquy was nat delyuered at that tyme. WHan that the prince of Wales herde the excusacyons of kynge DaÌ„peter than he was moche more displeased thanÌ„e he was before and demaunded counsayle in that behalfe of his people who desyredde to retourne home for they bare with full great trouble the heate and the infectyue ayre of the countrey of Spaygne And also the prince hymselfe was nat verry well at case and therfore his people counsayled hym to retourne agayne Sayeng howe kynge Damepeter hath greatly faylled hym to his blame and great dishonour Than it was shewed openly that euery man shulde retourne And whan the prince shulde remoue he sent to the kyng of Mallorques sir Hugh Cortnay and sir Johan Chandos shewynge hym howe the prince wolde depart out of Spayne desiryng hym to take aduyce if he wolde deê‘te or nat for the prince wolde be lothe to leue hym behynde Than the kyng of Mallorques said sirs I thanke greatly the prince but as at this present tyme I can nat ryde nor remoue tyll it please god Than the knightes sayde sir wyll you that my lorde the prince shall leue with you a certayne nombre of men to wayte and coÌ„duct you whan ye be able to ryde Nay surely sir ê™ the kyng it shall nat nede for I knowe nat how long it wyll be or I be able to ryde And so they departed and retourned to the prince she wyng him what they had done Well sayd the prince as it please god and hym so be it Than the price departed and all his company and went to a cytie called Madigray and ther he rested in yâ— vale called Foyrie bytwene Aragon Spayne And ther he taryed a moneth for ther were certayne passages closed agaynst him in the marchesse of Aragon And it was sayd in the hoost that the kynge of Nauarr who was newly retourned out of prison was agreed with the bastarde of Spayne and with the kynge of Aragon to let the princes passage but yet he dyde nothyng as it apered after Howe be it the prince was in doute of hym bycause he was in his owne countrey and came nat to hym In this meane season ther were sent to a certayn place bytwene Aragon and Spayne certayne persons of bothe parties and so had great comunyng togyder dyuers dayes Finally they so agreed that the kyng of Aragon shuld opyn his countre and suffre the princes people to returne and passe peasably without any lette of any of the couÌ„tre payeng courtesly for that they toke THan came to the prince the kyng of Nauer and sir Martyn de la Kar whan they saw the mater go in suche wyse bytwene the kynge of Aragon and the prince and they made to the prince all the honoure that they coude deuyse and offred passage for hym and for his dere brother the duke of Lancastre and for dyuers other knyghtes of Englande
and of Gascoyne but in any wyse he wolde that the companyons shulde take their way by some other passage and nat through Naurr Than the prince and his lordes whan they sawe that the way through Nauarr was more mete and necessary for theÌ„ than through Aragon thought nat to refuse the kynge of Nauars offre but so thanked hym greatly Thus the prince passed through the realme of Naurr and the kynge and sir Martyn de la Karr conueyed him tyll they came to the passage of Rounseualx and so from thens they passed by their iourneyes tyll they came to the cytie of Bayone wher he was receyued with great ioye And there the prince refresshed hym four dayes and than departed and rode to Burdeaulx Where he was also receyued with great solemnyte and my lady the princesse mette hym with her yonge sonne Edward who as than was of the age of thre yerê Than deê‘ted the lordes and men of warre one from another and the lordes of Gascoyne went home to their owne houses and the companyons came also into the pricipalyte abyding for their wages The prince was moche bouÌ„de to them and promysed to pay them to his power as soone as he had money though kyng Dampeter kepte nat his promyse with hym yet he said they shulde nat beare the losse therof sythe they had so well serued hym And kynge Henry the bastarde who was in the garyson of BaÌ„nyers in Bygoure Than he departed thens with suche men of warre as he had and wente into Aragon to the kynge ther who loued hym entierly and ioyously receyued him And ther taryed all the wynter and there made a newe alyaunce bytwene hym and the kynge of Aragon and promysed to make warr agaynst kynge DaÌ„peter and the bretons that were in their company As sir Arnolde Lymosyne sir Geffray Rycouns and sir yon 's de Lankaneâ— rode to the passages of Spaygne and made warr for kynge Henry ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the delyueraunce of sir Bertram of Clesquy AFter that the prince of wales was returned into Acquitayne and his brother the duke of Lancastre into Englande euery lorde into his owne Sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was styll prisoner with the prince and with sir Johan Chandos and coude nat come to his raun some nor fynaunce the whiche was sore displesaunt to kyng Henry if he might haue mended it And so it fortuned after as I was enformed that on a day the prince called to hym sir Bertram of Clesquy and demaunded of hym how he dyde he answered and sayd Sir it was neuer better with me It is reason that it shulde so be for I am in prison with the moost renowmed knight of the worlde â–ª With whome is that sayd the prince Sir ê™ he that is with sir Johan Chandos And sir it is sayd in the realme of FrauÌ„ce and in other places that ye feare me so moche that ye dare nat let me out of prison the whiche to me is full great honour The price who vnderstode well the wordes of sir Bertram of Clesquy and parceyued well howe his owne counsayle wolde in no wyse that he shuld delyuer him vnto the tyme that kyng Dampeter had payed hym all suche soÌ„mes as he was bounde to do Than he said to sir Bertram sir than ye thinke that we kepe you for feare of yoâ— chiualry Nay thynke it nat for I swere by sait George it is nat so therfore pay for your raunsome a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes and ye shall be delyuered Sir Bertram who desyred gretly to be delyuered and herde on what poynt he might depart toke the prince with that worde and sayd Sir in the name of god so be it I wyll pay no lasse And whaÌ„ the prince herde him say so he wolde than gladly haue repeÌ„ted hym selfe and also some of his counsayle came to him and sayd Sir ye haue nat done well so lightly to put him to his raunsome And so they wolde gladly haue caused the prince to haue reuoked that couenaunt but the prince who was a true and a noble knight sayd Sythe that we haue agreed therto we wyll nat breke our promyse It shulde be to vs a great rebuke shame and reproche if we shulde nat put hym to raunsome seyng yâ— he is content to pay suche a great somÌ„e as a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes So after this acorde sir Bertram of Clesquy was right besy and studyed dayly howe to get this somÌ„e for his rauÌ„some And dyde so moche with the ayde of the frenche kynge and of his frendes and of the duke of Aniou who loued him entierly that he payed in lesse than a moneth a hundred thousande frankes And so he departed and went to serue the duke of Aniou with two thousande fightyng men in Prouens where as the duke lay at siege before the towne of Tarraston the whiche helde of the kyng of Naples IN the same season there was a maryage concluded by twene the lorde Lyon duke of Clarence and erle of Ulseter sonÌ„e to the kynge of Englande And the doughter to the lorde Galyanche lorde of Myllan the whiche yonge lady was nere to therle of Sauoy and doughter to the lady Blanch his suster And thus the duke of ClareÌ„ce acoÌ„panyed with noble knightê squyers of England caÌ„e into FraÌ„ce wher as the king the duke of Burgon the duke of Burbone the lorde of Coucy receyued hym with great ioye in Parys And so he passed through the realme of France came into Sauoy wher as the gentyll erle receyued him right honorably at Chambrey and there he was thre dayes greatly feested with ladyes and damosels and than he deê‘ted and therle of Sauoy brought him to Myllan and ther the duke wedded his nece doughter to the lorde of Myllan the monday next after the feest of the holy Trinyte the yere of our lorde a thousande CCC .lxviii. ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce Cap. CC .xl. YE haue well herde here before recounted the maner of the vyage that the prince of Wales had made into Spayne and howe he deê‘ted thens nat well coÌ„tent with the kyng Dampeter and howe he returned into Acquitayne So that whan he was thus returned all maner of men of warr folowed him bycause they thought nat to abyde behynde in Spayne bycause kyng Dampeter payed nat theÌ„ their wages as he had promysed And thus whan they were all returned the price had nat paymeÌ„t for them so redy as he wolde haue had for his vyage into Spayne had so sore mynisshed and wasted his richesse that it was marueyle to thynke theron And so soiourned these companyons vpon the countre of Acquitayne who coude nat absteyn theÌ„selfe fro robbyng of the couÌ„tre for they were well .vi. M. fightyng men And at the last the prince desyred theÌ„ to departe his realme for the countre was nat able to susteyn theÌ„ no leÌ„ger The capitayns of these coÌ„panyons were all englysshmen and gascoÌ„s As sir Robert Briquet Johan
Treuell Robert Ceny sir Gaylarde Uyger the Bourge of Bertuell the Bourge Camus the Bourge of Lespare Nandon of Bergerant Bernard de la Sale and many other whiche wolde nat displease the prince But yssued out of the principalyte as shortely as they might and entred into the realme of FrauÌ„ce the whiche they called their chambre and passed the ryuer of Loyre and so came in to Champayne and in to the bysshopriche of Raynes and alwayes their nombre encreased And to adueÌ„ture them selfe they serched all aboute the realme of Fraunce and dyde many yuell trybulacions and vilayne dedes wherof the complayntes came dayly to the frenche kynge and to his counsayle Howe beit they coude fynde no remedy for they durst nat fight with them and the people all about marueyled greatly that the prince of Wales wolde sende theym thyder to make warre Than the frenche kynge sente for the lorde Clysson and made him great capitayne agaynst those yuell companyons bycause he was a good knyght and a hardy and the kynge had hym in great loue and fauoure And in the same season there was a maryage made bytwene the lorde Dalbret and the lady Isabell of Bourbone of the whiche the prince was nothynge gladde for he had rather that the lorde Dalbret had ben maryed in some other place For the whiche cause the price spake great wordes agaynst hym but the greattest of his counsayle aswell knightes as squyers excused hym all that they might Sayeng to the prince howe that euery man wyll be gladde to auauÌ„ce himselfe as nere as he can and that a gode knight ought nat to be blamed though he purchase his owne honour and profyte so that he leaue nat therby to serue his price or maister in that he is bounde to do So by these wordes or suche semblable the price was somwhat apeased howe be it what so euer semblant he made he was nat very well content for he thought verily that the same maryage shulde be cause of with drawynge of loue fro hym and fro theym that toke his parte the whiche was of trouthe as ye shall here afterwarde in this hystorie ¶ Howe the barons of gascone complayned to the freÌ„che kyng of the price of wales and how kyng Henry retourned into Spayne and of the alyaunces that kynge Dampeter made and of the couÌ„sayle that sir Bertram of Clesquy gaue to kyng Henry and howe kynge Dampeter was disconfyted Cap. CC .xli. IN the same season that these companyons turmented thus the realme of FrauÌ„ce the prince was counsayled by some of his couusayle to reyase a fowage through out all Acquitayne and specially the bysshoppe of Bades for the state of the price and princesse was so great that in all christendome was none lyke So to this counsayle for reysinge of this fowage were called all the noble barownes of Gascoyne of Poyctou of XayntoÌ„ and of dyuers other cyties and good townes in Acquitayne And at Nyorte where this parlyament was holden there it was shewed specially and generally by the bysshoppe of Bades chauncellour of Acquitayne in the presens of the prince howe and in what maner this fowage shulde be reysed Declarin ge howe the prince was nat in mynde that it shulde endure any lengar than fyue yeres to ronne throughout his countrey And that the reysing therof was for thyntent to pay suche money as he ought by reason of his iourney into Spayne To the whiche ordynaunce were well agreed the poyctous and they of Xaynton Lymosyn Rouergne and of Rochell On the condycion that the prince wolde kepe the cours of his coyne stable .vii. yere but dyuers of other marchesse of Gascoyne refused this purpose As the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret his neuewe the erle of Gomynges the Uycount of Carmayne the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet and dyuers other great barownes Sayenge howe that in tyme past whan they obeyed to the frenche kynge they were nat than greued nor oppressed with any subsydes or inposicyons and no more they sayde they wolde as than as long as they coude defende it Sayeng howe their landes and segnyories were fre and excepte fro all dettes and that the prince haddesworne so to kepe and maynteyne them Howe be it to departe peasably fro this parlyament they aunswered that they wolde take better aduyse and so retourne agayne bothe prelates bysshoppes abbottes barownes and knyghtes And the prince nor his couÌ„sayle coude haue as than none other answere Thus they departed from the towne of Nyort but it was commaunded theym by the prince that they shulde returne agayne thyder at a day assigned THus the barownes and lordes of Gascoyne retourned into their countrees agreed fermely toguyder that they wolde nat retourne agayne to the prince nor suffre the fowage to rynne in the landes thauÌ„e they made warre agaynst the prince therfore Thus the countrey beganne to rebell agaynst the prince and the lorde of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Gomegynes the erle of Pyncornet and dyuers other prelates barownes knyghtes and squyers of Gascoyne went into FrauÌ„ce and made great complayntes in the frenche kynges chambre The kyng and his peres beynge present of the greffes that the prince of Wales wolde do to them sayeng howe their â—e sorte ought to be to the frenche kynge and to drawe to him as to their souerayne lorde And the kynge who wolde nat breke the peace bytwene hym and the kynge of Englande began to dyssemble and sayd Sirs surely the inrysdictyon of our herytage and of the crowne of Fraunce we wyll alwayes kepe and augment but we haue sworne to dyuerse artycles in the peace of the whiche I remembre nat all Therfore we shall visyte and beholde the tenoure of the letters and in as moche as we may do we shall ayde you and shall be gladde to agre you with the prince our dere nephue for parauenture he is nat well counsayled to put you or yoâ— subgettes fro their fredoms and fraunchesses So with the answere that the kynge made theÌ„ at that tyme they were content and soo abode styll at Parys with the kyng in purpose nat to retourne agayne into their owne countrees with the whiche the prince was nothynge well content but alwayes he styll perseuered in the purpose of reysinge of this fowage Sir Johan Chandos who was one of the greattest of his counsayle was contrary to this opinyon and wolde gladly that the prince wolde haue left it but whan he sawe that the prince wolde nat leue his purpose to thyntent that he wolde bere no blame nor reproche in the mater He tooke his leaue of the price and made his excuse to go in to Normandy to visyte the lande of saynt Sauyoure the Uycount wherof he was lorde for he had nat been there in thre yeres before The prince gaue hym leaue and so he departed out of Poyctou and went to Constantyne and taryed in the towne of saynt Sauyour more
Charles Dalbret Of the byrthe of these two who were cosyn germayns was all the realme ioyefull and specially the frenche kyng ¶ Howe the french kynge sent to soâ—â—n the prince of wales by apell to a yere personally in the chambre of the â—eres of France at Parys to answere there agaynst the barons of Gascone Cap. CC .xliii. SO moche the french kyng was exhorted by them of his couÌ„sayle and so ofte requyred by theÌ„ of Gascoyne that ther was apell made and formed to be sent in to 〈…〉 quitayne to apele the prince of wales to the â—lyament of Paris And it was deuysed by the â—rle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the erle of â—â—ergoâ—rt therle of Comynges the vycont of â—â—rmayne â–ª the lorde de la Barde the lorde of â—â—ncornet and dyuers other who were chiefe causers of this mater And this apele coÌ„teyned howe for the great grefes that these gascons coÌ„pleyned that the prince of wales Acquitayne wolde do to theÌ„ and to their people Therfore they made their resort to the frenche kyng reqryng that the prince might be apelled syth they had made the freÌ„ch kyng their iuge And whan this apell was made and duely corrected by all the wyse couÌ„sell of France than it was concluded by the sayd counsell that it shulde be signifyed to the prince and that he shulde be apelled to apere in proper person at Parys in the chaÌ„bre of the peres of France to answere to the coÌ„playntes made ther agaynst hym And to bere this apell was coÌ„maunded a clerke well langaged to do suche a besynesse a knyght with hym called CaÌ„ponell of CaÌ„ponall And so they and their coÌ„pany deê‘ted fro Parys and toke theyr way towarde Poictou and so passed through Berry Tourayne Poyctou and Xaynton came to Blay and ther passed the ryuer And so came to Burdeux wher as the prince princesse was and alwayes in euery place they said how they were messangers fro the french kyng wherfore they were the better welcome in to euery place Than they toke vp their logynge and taryed ther all that night and in the next mornyng at a coÌ„uenyent hour they went to the abbey of saynt Andrewes wher the prince was loged ther they were well receyued And whan the prince knewe of their comyng he caused theÌ„ to coÌ„e before him and whan they came into his presens they kneled downe and made their reuerence and delyuered the prince letters of credence The prince toke reed theÌ„ and sayd sirs ye be welcome declare your message that ye haue in charge to shewe vs. ThaÌ„ yâ— clerke said right dere sir here is a letâ— that was delyuered to vs at Paris by our lorde the french kyng yâ— whiche letter we ê“mysed by our faithes to publysh openly in your presens for sir they touche you The prince than began to change colour had great marueyle what it might be and so had other knightes that were about him howbeit he refrayned hymselfe sayd Say on sirs what ye wyll good tidyngê we wyll be glad to here Than the clerke toke the writyng reed it word by word yâ— tenor of yâ— which herafter foloweth CHarles by the grace of god french kyng to our nephue the prince of wales Acâ—tayne send gretyng So it is that dyuers prelates barons knightê vnyuersites comynaltes and colleges of the marches lymitacyoÌ„s of the couÌ„tre of Gascone And the dwellers and habitantes in the bondes of our realme besyde dyuers other of the duchy of Acquitayne are drawen and are coÌ„e to our court to haue ryght of certayne grefes troubles vnlaufull yâ— you by feble counsell symple informacion haue beÌ„ in purpose to do to them of the whiche we haue marueyle Therfore to withstande to remedy the same maters we are so coÌ„ioyned to theÌ„ that by our ryall magesty segnory We coÌ„maunde you to come into our cyte of Paris in proper 〈◊〉 son and ther you to shew present before vs in our chambre of our peres and ther to do right on the forsayd complayntes grefes moued by you to do on your people who claymeth to haue their resorte in to our court â–ª and that this be nat fayled in as hasty wyse as ye can after the sight or herynge of these letters In wytnelse wherof to these presentes we haue set our seale gyuen at Parys the .xxv. day of January ¶ Whan the prince of Wales had reed this letter he had great marueyle and shoke his heed behelde fersely the frenchmen And whan he had a lytell studyed he answered in this maner ss we wyll gladly go to Parys to our vncle sythe he hath sent thus for vs but I assure you yâ— shall be with bassenet on our heed and. lâ— M. men in our company Than the two frenchmen kneled downe and sayde Dere sir for goddessake take pacyâ—ce and take nat this apell in so great dispyte nor be nat displeased with vs. Sir we be messangers sent by our lorde the french kynge to whome we must nedes obey as your subgettes ought to obey you Wherfore sir it behoueth vs to do his coÌ„maundement and sir what soeuerye wyll gyue vsâ— charge to say we shall she we it to the kyng our prince lorde Nay 〈◊〉 the price sirs I am nat displeased with you but with theÌ„ that sent you hyder And the kyngyomaister is nat well counselled to coÌ„poyâ—e hym selfe with oure subgettes or to make hym selfe iudge wher he hath nothyng to do nor no maner of ryght For it shal be well shewed that at the rendring puttyng in possessyon of the kyng my father into the duchy of Acquitayne he quited all maner of resortes For all they that hath caused this appele to be had agaynll me hath none other resort of right but into the court of England before the kyng my dere father And or it shal be otherwyse I ensure you it shall cost a hundred thousande mennes lyues And therwith the prince departed and went to an other chambre and lefte theÌ„ styll ther. Than knightes of Englande came to them and sayd Sirs â—e may depart whan yelyst to your logyng ye haue right well acoÌ„plysshed your message but loke for none other answere than ye haue had Than the knight and the clerke departed and went to their lodgyng and so dyned And after dyâ—er they trussed mounted a horsbacke departed fro Burdeur and toke the way to Tholous warde to thyâ—tâ—â— to shewe the duke of An iou how they had spedde The prince was sore dyspleased with this apele and so were all the knightes about hym and they counsayled the prince that the two french messaÌ„gers shulde haue be sâ—ayne for their laboure but the prince charged them the coÌ„trary howbeit he had agaynst them many a sore ymaginacyon And whan it was shewed hym howe they were deê‘ted without any other lycence that they were rydden towarde Tholous ThaÌ„ he called to hym ser Thomas Phelton
fete And in the mornyng they came to a frenche fortresse where they were receyued ioyfully with theym of the forteresse to whome sir Raymon recounted all his aduenture wherof they all thanked god IT was of trouthe that the next mornyng whaÌ„ it was knowen how they were gone men a horsebacke folowed after but it was to late Thus sir Raymon scaped and retourned into Lymosyn and shewed to all his frendes howe the englysshe squyer had shewed to hym great curtesy And soeuer after thenglysshman was greatly honoured and cherysshed among them And sir Raymon wolde haue delyuered to hym the one halfe of his herytage accordynge as he had promysed to him before but the englisshe squyer wolde in no wyse take so moche And so he toke all onely but. C C. â—t of yerely reuenewes sayenge it was sufficyent for hym to maynteyne ther with his astate ¶ Howe the prince of wales lefte the duchy of Acquitayne in the kepyng of the duke of Lancastre and howe four breton knightes toke the castell of Mount Paon Cap. C C .lxxxvii. THe same season in the cyte of Burdeaux dyed the eldest sonÌ„e of the prince and princesse wherof they were right sorie as reasone was Than the prince was counsayled yâ— he shulde retourne in to Englande into his owne countre to th entent the rather therby to recouer his helth this counsayle was gyuen hym by his phisycions surgyons that knewe his disease The prince agreed well therto and sayd he was well content so to do and thervpon made his prouision And as I vnderstode the erle of CaÌ„bridge his brother and the erle Johan of Penbroke were ordayned to retourne with him to kepe him coÌ„pany And whan the prince shulde departe out of Acquitayne and that his shippes were redy in the tyuer of Garon and in the hauen of Burdeaur The prince and pricesse and their yong sonne Richarde beyng ther Than he made a speciall somons at Burdeaux of all barownes and knightes of Gascoyne and Poictou and in all other places where as he was lorde And they vnder his obeysaunce whan they were all come toguyder in a chambre before the prince Than he shewed to them how he had ben their lorde and had kepte them in peace as moche as lay in his power and had maynteyned them in great prosperyte puysance agaynst all their enemyes Shewyng them that to recouer his helthe wherof he had gret nede he was in purpose to retourne in to Englande Desyring theÌ„ to beleue serue and obey his brother the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as they had done hymselfe Trustynge they shulde fynde hym a good lorde curtesse requyringe theÌ„ to couÌ„sell assyst hym in all his busynesse The barones of Acqtayne Gascoyne Poictou and of Xainton promysed and sware on their faythe 's that there shulde neuer defaute be founde in any of theÌ„ And so there they dyde fealtie homage to the duke and promysed him their loues seruyce and obeysance that they sware to vpholde and kepe in the presence of the prince and so kyst his mouthe And after this order taken yâ— prince taryed nat long in the cytie of Burdeux but entred into his shyppe and the pricesse and their chyldren the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke with theÌ„ And with him there was a fyue hundred fightynge men besyde archers So long they sayled without danger or domage that they aryued at Nampton Ther they toke lande and refresshed them two dayes than they tooke their horses and the prince in a lytter and so came to wyndsore wher the kynge was who receyued swetely his chyldreÌ„ â–ª and so ther he was enformed by theÌ„ of al the state of Guyen And whan the prince had ben with the king as long as it pleased them than the prince tooke his leaue and went to his owne house of Camestades ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of the prince and shewe somwhat of the besynesse of Acquitayne ANone after that the prince was departed fro Burdeux the duke of Lancastre made the obsequy of his cosyn Edwarde sofie to the prince his brother the whiche was nobly done in the cytie of Burdeux And therat were all the barons of Gascoyne and Poictou such as had sworne obeysance to him In the meane season of this obsequy and that all these lordes were at Burdeux ther yssued out of the fortetesse of Pyergourt a two hundred speares bretons the whiche were sente thyder by the duke of Aniowe Of the whiche company ther were four knightes capitayns right hardy and valyant knightes called sir Wyllyam of LoÌ„uall sir Alayne of Aussay sir Loyes of Mally and the lorde Darcy These lordes rode with their companyes to a stronge castell called Mount paon perteyning to a knight And whan these bretons were coÌ„ethyder and had ronne to the barryers they made semblant to assayle the castell Than the capitayn within called sir Wyllyam of Mount paon who shewed himselfe to haue rather a freÌ„che hert than an englysshe He tourned and yelded vp the place and receyued the bretons in to his castell who sayd they wolde kepe that place agaynst all the worlde than they newe repayred and fortifyed it These tydynges anone was knowen at Burdeux than the duke of Lancastre sayd to the lordes about hym sirs we do nat our beuoyre as we shulve do for the bretons are a brode and haue taken the fortresse of Mountpaon marchyng nere to them Of the whiche takynge the duke and all the lordes about hym had great shame 〈◊〉 than they ordayned all to go thyder And so departed fro Burdeaur on a wedntsday and with yâ— duke of Lancastre was the lorde of Pons the lorde of Parteney sir Loys Harcourt sir guys sharde Dangle sir Percyuall of Culoyue sir Godfray DargeÌ„ton sir Jaques of Surgeres sir Maubrune of Linyers sir WyllmÌ„ of Montendre sir Hugh of Uinoy the lorde of Crupenacke and dyuers other barons and knightes of Poictou and Xaynton And of gascon there was the captall of Befz the lorde of Pomyers the lorde of Chamount the lorde of Mountserant the lorde of Langueron the souldyche of Lestrade sir Bernard Dalbret the lorde of getonde sir Amery of Charse and dyuers other And of Englande ther was sir ThomÌ„s Phelton sir ThomÌ„s Percy the lorde Rose sir Mychell de la Poule the lorde Wyloughhy ser Wyllyam BeauchaÌ„pe sir Richarde Pontchardon sir Bandras of Franuyll sir DaÌ„goses and dyuers other They were aseuyn hundred speares and fyue huÌ„dred archers And so they rode right ordinatly towarde Mountpaon and so came thyder And whan sir Wylliam of MouÌ„t paon knewe of the comyng thyder of the duke of Lancastre and of his coÌ„pany and sawe how he was by them besieged He thought him selfe than in no surety for he knewe well that yf he were takenne by force heshulde nat escape fro dethe thinkynge surely he shulde nat be taken to mercy bycause of the forfet that he had done in gyueng vp the place before
couÌ„tres and to here therof so yâ— yuan made him his chamberlayne And this James euery day more and more aquaynted him so with this yuan of Wales that he had nat so moche trust in no man as he had in him Somoch this yuan loued this James Laube that it was his distructyon the more pytie for he was a good and a valyant man of armes And was somtyme sonne to a prince of Wales who kyng Edwarde of England caused to lese his heed the cause why I can nat tell and so kyng Edwarde ceased in to his handes all the prouynce of Wales And this yuan in his youthe came in to Fraunce and shewed all his trouble to kyng Philyppe than beyng freÌ„che kyng who kept him styll about him as loÌ„g as he lyued and was as one of the chyldren of his chambre with his neuewes of Alenson and other And in lykewise so dyde kyng Johan than he bare first armes and was at the batell of Poicters how be it he was nat there taken it had been better for hym that he had ben ther slayne and whan the peace was made bitwene the kynge of Englande and the frenche kynge than this yuan wente in to Lombardy there contynued in warre And whan the warre began agayne bytwene Englande and Fraunce than he returned agayne in to Fraunce bare him selfe so well yâ— he was greatly praysed and welbeloued with the frenche kyng and with all the lordes ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of his ende the whiche I am lothe to do sauynge to shewe truely what fell in that tyme. THis yuan of Wales hadde an vsage beyng before Mortayne at the siege that gladly in the mornyng whan he was vp and redy he wolde come before the castell and sytte downe and kembe his heed a good long space and syt and beholde the castell and the countrey about beynge out of doute or feare af any thynge and lyghtly there went none with him but this James Laube oftentymes he made him redy and none but he wherby at last came his endyng day On a mornyng betymes whaÌ„ the wether was fayre and clere and the nyght had been so hote that he coulde nat slepe howebeit he rose and dyd on him but a syngle iacket and his shyrte and a mantell or a cloke aboue and so went thyder as he was wonte to go and sate hym downe and this James Laube with hym euery man beynge in their lodgynges a slepe for it was early in the morning and ther was made but lytell watche for they thought theÌ„selfe sure of the castell And whan yuan was sette on an olde stocke of wode he sayd to James go to my lodgyng and fatche my combe for I wyll refreshe me here a tytell season sir 〈◊〉 he it shall be done and so he wente and came agayne with the combe and as he was comyng I trowe the deuyll entred in to hym for besyde the combe he brought with hym a lytell Jauelyne of Spayne with a large heed of stele and with the same strake this yuan as he sate clene through out the body so yâ— he fell downe starke deed and whan he hadde done he left styll the dart in his body and so went his way drewe vnder couert of the castell and soo came to the barryers and was let in for he made signes to enter and so he was brought before the Soudyc of Lestrade Sir 〈◊〉 he I haue delyuered you of one of the greatest enemyes that ye had of whom is that quod the Sowdic of yuan of Wales 〈◊〉 James and howe so 〈◊〉 the Soudic thus 〈◊〉 James so shewed him all the hole mater as ye haue herd before fro poynt to poynt And whan the Soudycherde that he shaked his heed and behelde him right felly and said A than yâ— hast murdred him knowe for â—routhe all thynges consydred Sauyng but that this dede is for our profyte it shulde cost the thyne heed but sithe it is done it can nat be vndone agayne howe beit it is a great domage of that gentylman to be so slayne we shall haue rather blame therby than prayse THis was the ende of yuan or Owen of Wales wheder ye wyll all is one slayne by great vnhap and treason wherwith they of the hoost whan they knewe it were ryght sorie and displeased and so was euery man yâ— herde therof and specially kyng Charles of FrauÌ„ce who greatly complayned his dethe howe beit he coulde nat amende it And so this yuan was buryed in the church of saynt Leger where as he hadde made a bastyde halfe a leage fro the castell of Mortayne And all the gentylmen of the hoost were at his buryeng the whiche was done ryght honourably Howe beit for all that the siege helde styll before Mortayne for there were good knyghtes squiers bretons poicteuyns and frenchmen who had geatter desyre to conquere the castell than they hadde before and thought neuer to departe thens tyll they had wonne it or elles reysed by puyssance they wolde so fayne haue ben reuenged of the dethe of yuan of Wales and so they lay styll without any sawte geuynge for they knewe well they lacked vitayle within the castell none coulde come to them ¶ Nowe let vs leue to speke of the siege of Mortayne and returne to the siege before saynt Malo and fyrst to speke of yâ— siege of Eureux and howe they dyd that lay there ¶ Howe they within Eureux yelded them selfe frenche of the two hoostes assembled to gyder before saynt Malo Cap. CCC .xxxiii. THe siege beyng before Eureux the lorde of Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer who were souerayns of the hoost herde often tymes tidynges fro the french kyng for he lay at Rohan as nere to his men as he myght for he thought to haue Eureux shortly out of hande outher byforce or by composicion for he perceyued well how the englisshmen began to waxe stroÌ„g in Bretayne wherfore he wolde haue all his men of warre to drawe thyder to reyse the siege before saynt Malos to fight with the englysshmen These two lordes before Eureux aquyted them selfe ryght valyantly for euery daye they made assaute and also sente many treaties to the burgesses of the towne shewynge them howe they suffred them selfe to be greued without reason and mynysshe their goodesse and suffre their houses in the countrey to be beaten downe and brent For their naturall lorde was there with out with theÌ„ Charles of Nauer to whom the herytage of the countye of Eureux was fallen by reason of the dethe of the countesse his mother And counsayled them nat to holde the erroure and opynyon of the folysshe naueroyse and suche other as Ferando is who careth nat to lease them all for besyde their ryghtfull quarell they sayd they wolde neuer departe thens tyll they had the castell at their wyll and if they had it by force they shulde haue no mercy and yâ— towne newe peopled with
to aske or demaunde but folowed eche other lyke beestes as the shepherdes dyde of olde tyme. Sayeng howe they wolde go conquere the holy lande and at last all came to nothynge In lykewise these villayns and poore people came to London a hundred myle of .lx. myle .l. myle .xl. myle and .xx. myle of and fro all couÌ„treis about London but the moost part caÌ„e fro the countreis beforenamed and as they came they demaunded euer for the kyng The gentylmen of the countreis knightes and squyers began to doute whan they sawe the people began to rebell and though they were in dout it was good reason For a lesse occasyon they might haue bene afrayed So the gentylmen drewe toguyder aswell as they might ¶ The same daye that these vnhappy people of Kent were comynge to London there retourned fro Canterbury the kynges mother princes of Wales comynge from her pylgrimage She was in great ieopardy to haue ben lost for these people came to her chare and delt rudely with her Wherof the good lady was in great doute lest they wolde haue done some vilany to her or to her damosels Howe be it god kept her and she came in one day fro Caunterbury to London for she neuer durst tary by the waye The same tyme kyng Richarde her son was at the towre of London There his mother founde hym with hym there was the erle of Salisbury the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury sir Robert of Namure the lorde of Gomegines and dyuers other Who were in dout of these people that thus gadered toguyder and wyst nat what they demaunded This rebellyon was well knowen in the kynges courte or any of these people began to styre out of their houses But the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle dyde prouyde no remedy therfore whiche was great marueyle And to th entent that all lordes and good people and suche as wolde nothing but good shulde take ensample to correct them that be yuell and rebellions I shall shewe you playnlye all the mater as it was ¶ The yuell dedes that these comeÌ„s of Englande dyde to the kynges offycers and howe they sent a knight to speke with the king Ca. C C C lxxxii THe monday before the feest of Corpus Christy the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .lxxxvii. these people yssued oute of their houses to come to LoÌ„don to speke with the kynge to be made fre for they wolde haue had no boÌ„de man in Englande and so first they caÌ„e to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there Johan Balle had thought to haue founde the bysshop of Canterbury but he was at London with the kyng Whan Wat Tyler and Jacke Strawe entred in to Canterbury all the comon people made great feest for all the towne was of their assent And there they toke counsayle to go to London to the kyng and to sende some of their coÌ„pany ouer the ryuer of Thames in to Essexe in to Sussexe and in to the counties of Stafforde and Bedford to speke to the people that they shulde all come to the farder syde of London and therby to close London rounde about so that the kynge shulde nat stoppe their passages and that they shulde all mete toguyder on Corpus christy day They that were at Caunterbury entred into saynt ThomÌ„s churche and dyde there moche hurte and robbed and brake vp the bysshoppes chambre And in robbynge and bearing out their pyllage they sayd A this chauÌ„celler of Englande hath had a good market to gette toguyder all this richesse He shall gyue vs nowe accompte of the reuenues of Englande and of the great profytes that he hath gathered sythe the kynges coronacyon Whan they had thys monday thus broken the abbey of saynt Uyncent they deê‘ted in the mornyng and all the people of Canterbury with them so toke the way to Rochester sende their people to the vyllages about And in their goynge they beate downe and robbed houses of aduocates and procurers of the kynges courte and of the archebysshoppe and had mercy of none And whan they were come to Rochester they had there good chere for the people of the towne taryed for them for they were of the same secâ—e and than they went to the castell ther and toke the knyght that had the rule therof he was called sir Johan Moton and they sayde to hym Sir it behoueth you to go with vs you shall be our souerayne capitayne and to do that we wyll haue you The knight excused hymselfe honestly and shewed them dyuers consyderacions excuses but all auayled hym nothyng for they sayde vnto hym Sir Johan if ye do nat as we wyll haue you ye are but deed The knyght seyng these people in that fury and redye to slee hym He than douted dethe agreed to theÌ„ and so they toke hym with them agaynst his inwarde wyll And in lykewise dyd they of other countreis in Englande as Essexe Sussexe Stafforde Bedforde Warwyke euyn to Lyncolne For they brought the knightê and gentylmen into suche obeysance that they cansed them to go with them wheder they wolde or nat as the lorde Molayne a great barone sir Stephyne of Hales and sir Thomas of Guysighen and other NOwe beholde the great fortune If they might haue come to their ententes they wolde haue distroyed all the noble men of Englande And therafter all other nacyons wolde haue folowed the same and haue taken fote and ensample by them and by them of Gaunte and Flaunders who rebelled agaynst their lorde The same yere the parisyens rebelled in lykewyse and founde out the mallettes of yron of whom ther were mo than .xx. thousande as ye shall herafter in this hystorie but first we wyll speke of them of Englande WHan these people thus lodged at Rochester deê‘ted and passed yâ— ryuer and came to BraÌ„forde alway kepynge styll their opynions beatyng downe before theÌ„ and all about the places and houses of aduocates procurers and strikyng of the heedes of dyuers ê‘sons and so long they went forwarde tyll they came within a foure myle of London and ther lodged on a hyll called Blacheth and as they went they sayd euer they were the kynges men and the noble comons of Englande and whan they of London knewe that they were come so nere to them The mayre as ye haue herde before closed the gates and kept straitely all the passages This order caused the mayre who was called Nicholas Walworthe and dyuers other riche burgesses of the cyte who were nat of their sect But ther were in London of their vnhappy opinyons mo than .xxx. thousande Than these people thus beyng lodged on Blacheth determyned to sende their knight to speke with the kyng And to shewe hym howe all that they haue done or wyll do is for hym his honour And howe the realme of Englande hath nat ben well gouerned a greet space for the honoure of the realme nor for the comon profyte by his vncles and by the clergy
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ„ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌ„e these two execucyoÌ„s he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest ê‘sons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deê‘ted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌ„e to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ„ they rode forth so long that they caÌ„e to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌ„e to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌ„don and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌ„maunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌ„mynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ„ of London And so the freÌ„chmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌ„bled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ„ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ— realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌ„ce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ„ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌ„pany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ— lorde MaÌ„ny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌ„pany were about a thousand horse and yâ— kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌ„e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌ„d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌ„des bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
a letter that he layd forth the whiche was nat true as it was sayde Wherfore the kyng was in suche displeasure that yf hadde takyn hym in his ire surely it hadde coste hym his lyfe Without remedye So this syr Robert was fayne to boyde the realme of Fraunce and went to Namure to the Erle JohnÌ„ his Nephewe Than the kyng toke the Erles wyfe and her two sonnes who were his owne nephewes JohnÌ„e and Charles and dyd put them in prison and were kept straytly and the kyng sware that they shuld neuer come out of prison as long as they lyued The kyng is mynde wolde nat be turned by no maner of meanes Than the kyng in his furye sente hastely to the busshopp Laoul of Liege 〈…〉 desired hym at his instauÌ„ce that he wolde befye and make warre agaynst the erle of Namure without he wolde put out of his countrey 〈◊〉 Roberte erle of Artoyse ¶ And this busshoppe Who greatly loued the kynge of Fraunce and but lytle loued his neyghbours dyda 〈…〉 yâ— kyng desired hym Than the erle of Namure sore ageynst his wyll caused the erle of Artoyse to auoyde his lande Than this erle 〈◊〉 Robert went to the duke of Brabant his cosyn who right ioyously receyued hym and dyd hym great coÌ„forte And as soone as the kyng of FrauÌ„ce knew that he sent worde to the duke that if he wold susteyue maynteyn or susâ—re the erle of Artoyse in his coâ—trey he shulde haue no greatter ennemy than he wold be to hym and that he wolde make warre ageynst hym and al his to the best of his power with all the realme of Fraunce Than the duke sent the erle of Artoyse pryuely to Argeâ—tuel to then tent to se what the kyng wold do forther in the case And anon the kyng knew it for he had spyes in euery corner The kyng had great dispyte that the duke shuld so dele with hym and within a brief space after the kyng pourchased so by reason of his golde syluer that the kyng of Behaigne who was cosin iermayn to yâ— duke of Brabant and the busshop of Liege the arche bysshop of Coleyn the duke of Guerles the matques of Julyers the erle of Bare the lord of Los the lorde Fawkmount and diuers other lordes were alied to guyther al ayenst the duke of Brabant and defyed hym and entred with a great oste in to his countrey by Esbayng and so 〈◊〉 to Hanut brent twyse ouer the couÌ„trey where as it pleased them And the kyng of FrauÌ„ce sent with them therle of Ewe his Constable with a great oste of men of armes Than the 〈◊〉 〈…〉 liaÌ„ of Heynaulte sent his wy 〈…〉 〈◊〉 kyng and his brother 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 de Beamont into Fraunce to t 〈…〉 peace sufferauÌ„ce of warr bitwene the kyng and the duke of Brabant And at last the kyng of FraÌ„ce wisâ—y moche warke consented therto vpon condition that the duke shulde put hym selfe vtterly to abyde the ordynaunce of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and of his counsaile in euery mater that the kyng 〈◊〉 all suche as had befyed hym had ageynst hym And also with in a certayn day lymitted to auoyde out of his couÌ„trey the erle of Artoyse to make shorte al this the duke dyd sore ayenst his wyll ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde of Ingland toke the towne of Berwyke ageynst the Scottis Cap. xxvi YE haue harde here before recited of the truce bitwene Inglande and Scotland for the space of .iii. yere and so the space of â—â—ue yere they kept well the peace so that in CCC yere before there was nat so good peace kept Now beit kyng Edward of Ingland was enformed that the yong kyng Dauid of Scotland who had wedded his suster was seaâ—ed of the towne of Berwyke the whtche ought to apperteyn to the realme of Ingland for kyng Edward the first his graunfather had it in his possession peasably Also the kyng was e 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the realme of Scotlande shulde holde in chief of the Crowne of Inglande and how the yong kyng of scottis had nat done as thaÌ„ his homage Wherfore the kyng of Ingland sent his ambassad to the kyng of scottis desyryng hym to leue his handis of the towne of Berwyke for it parteyned to his heritage for kyngis of Inglande his predecessours haue ben in possession therof And also they somoned the kyng of Scottis to come to the kyng of Ingland to do his homage for the realme of Scotland Than the kyng of Scottis toke counsaile howe to answere thys mater And finally the kyng answerde the Engliâ—â— he ambassadours and sayd Syrs both I and all the nobles of my realme meruaile greatly of that ye haue requyred vs to do for we fynd nat auncientely that the realme of Scotlande shulde any thyng be bounde or be subgiet to the realme of Ingland nother by homage or any other wayes Nor the kyng of noble memorye our father wolde neuer do homage to the kyngê of Ingland for any warre that was made vnto hym by any of 〈◊〉 No more in like wyse I am in wyll to do And also kyng Robert our father conquered the towne of Berwyke by force of armes agaynst kyng Edwarde father to the kyng your maister that nowe is And so my father helde it all the dayes of his lyfe as his good heritage And so in lyke maner we thynke to do to the best of our power Howe be it lordes We require you to be meanes to the kyng your master whose suster we haue maryed that he wyll suffre vs peaseably to enioye our frauÌ„ches and ryghtis as his auncetours haue done here before And to lette vs enioye that our father hath woune and kept it peaseably all his lyfe dayes and desyre the kyng your maister that he wold nat beleue any euyll counsaile gyuen hym to yâ— contrary For if ther were any other prince that wolde do vs wrong he shuld aide succour and defende vs for the loue of his suster Whom We haue maryed Than these ambassadours answerd and said Syr we haue well vnderstand your answere we shall shewe it to the kyng our lorde in lyke maner as ye haue said and so toke theyr leaue and returned into Inglande to the kyng With the whiche answere the kyng of Ingland was nothyng content Than he somoned a parliament to be holden at WestmÌ„ where as all the nobles wyse men of the realme were assembled to determine what shuld be best to be done in this mater And in this meane tyme ser Robert erle of of Artoys came into Inglande dysguysed lyke a marchaunt and the kyng rereyued hym right ioyously and reteyned hym as one of his counsaile and to hym assigned the Erledom of Rychemount And whan the daye of the parliament aproched and that all the nobles of the lande were assembled about LondoÌ„ ThaÌ„ the kyng caused to be shewed the message and howe he had wrytten to the kyng of scottis and of the answere of the same
of the towne as were yssued out were inclosed bothe before and behynde so that they were all taken and slayne and suche as were in the towne dyde yelde them to therle of Derby who receyued them to mercy and of his gentylnes respyted the towne fro brennyng and robbynge And dyde gyue that hole seignorie to sir Alysaunder of Chamount by whose aduyce the towne was wont and sir Alysaunder made a brother of his captayne ther called Antony of Chamont and therle left with hym certayne archers and other with pauysshes than therle departed and came to WyelfraÌ„che in Agenoys the which was won by assaut and the castell also and he lefte there for captayne a squyer of his called ThomÌ„s CoqÌ„ Thus therle rode all about the contrey and no man resysted hym and conquered townes and ca 〈…〉 and his men wanne ryches meruayle to esteme ¶ Howe therle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. C .xiii. WHan the erle of Derby had this towne at his pleasure thasie herode to MyremoÌ„t drawyng towardes Burdeux for all this iourney his currours neuer aproched to port saynt Mary Th erle was thre dayes before Myremont and on the fourth day they yelded therle gaue it to a squier of his called JohnÌ„ Bristowe and after his men wan a lytell towne closed standyng on the ryuer of Gerone called Thomynes and after the stronge castell of Damassene the whiche they well garnysshed with men of armes and archers Than they came before the cytie of Angolesme and layd siege therto and therle sayde he wolde nat depart thense tyll he had it at his pleasure thanÌ„e they within made apoyntment with the erle to sende .xxiiii. of their chiefe burgesses to Burdeur in hostage for the respyte of a peace for a moneth and if with in that space the frenche kynge do sende a suffycieÌ„nt persone to kepe the felde agaynst therle of Derby than they to haue agayne their hostagê and to be quyte of their bonde and yf nat than they to put theym vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande This done thasie the erle rode to Blames and layed siege therto within were two captayns of Poycton sir Guysshart Dangle and sir WyllyamÌ„ de Rochchouart and they sayde they wolde yelde to no manne And whyle this siege endured some of the englysshemen rode to Mortayne in Poycton where as sir Boucyquant was captayne and made there a great assaut but it auayled nat but dyuers of them were hurt slayne and so departed thens and went to Myrebell and to Alney And after came agayne to the siege of Blames euery day there was some feate of armes done the terme of the moneth erpyred that they of Angolesme shulde yelde The erle of Derby sent thyder his two marshals to whome they of the cyte sware homage and fealtie in the behalfe of the kyng of Englande and so they were in peace and had a gayne restored their hostages And the erle sent thyder at their desyers JohnÌ„ of Norwyche to be their captayne styll the siege endured before Blasmes so that thenglysshmen were halfe wery for wynter approched and there they coulde wynne nothynge than they determyned to go to Bourdeaux tyll another season and so they dyllodged went ouer Gerande and so to Burdeaux and than deê‘ted his people into dyuers garysons to kepe fronter warre ¶ Howe sir Godfray Harecourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. C .xiiii. IN this season sir Godfray of Harecourt fell in the indygnation of the frenche kynge who was a great baron in Normandy and brother to therle of Harecourt lorde of saynt Sauyour the vycount and dyuers other townes in NormaÌ„dy And it was sayde all was but for enuy for a lytell before he was as great with the kyng and with the duke of NormaÌ„dy as he wolde desyre but he was as than openly banysshed the realm of Fraunce and yf the kynge coulde haue gette hym in his yre he wolde haue serued hym as he dyd sir Olyuer of Clyssone who was beheeded the yere before at Parys This ser Godfray had some frendes who gaue hym warnyng secretly howe the kyng was dyspleased with hym than he auoyded the realme assone as he myght and went into Brabant to the duke there who was his cosyn who receyued him ioyfully And ther he taryed alonge space and lyued of suche reuenewes as he had in Brabant for â—ut of Fraunce he coude gette nothynge The kyng had seaced all his landes there of Constantyne and tooke the profet therof hymselfe the duke of Brabant coude in no wyse gette agayne this knyght into the kynges fauoure for nothynge that he coude do This dyspleasure cost greatly the realme of Fraunce after and specially the contrey of Normandy for the tokens therof remayned a hyndred yere after as ye shall here in this hystorie ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. C .xv. IN this season raygned in Flaunders in great prosperyte and puysaunce Jaques Dartuell of gauÌ„t who was as great with the kyng of Englande as he wolde desyre and he had promysed the kyng to make hym lorde and herytour of FlauÌ„ders and to endewe his sonne the prince of Wales therwith And to make the countâ—e of FlauÌ„ders a duke dome for the which cause 〈◊〉 feest saynt JohnÌ„ Babtyst they yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlvi. the kynge of Englande was come to Sluse with many lordes knyghtes and had brought thyder with hym the yonge prince his sonne on the trust of the promyse of Jaques Dartuell The kyng withall his nauy lay in the hauyn of Sluse and there he kept his house and thyder came to vysette hym his frendes of Flaunders ther were great counsaylles bytwene the kyng and Jaques Dartuell on the one ê‘tie and the counsayls of the good townes of Flaunders on the other partie So that they of the countrey were nat of the agrement with the kyng nor with Jaques Dartuell who preched to theym that they shulde disheryte the erle Loyes their owne naturall lorde and also his yong sonne Loyes and to enheryte the sonne of the kynge of Englande the which thynge they sayd suerly they wolde neuer agre vnto And so the laste day of their counsayll the whiche was kept in the hauyn of Sluse in the kynges great shyppe called the Katheryne there they gaue a fynall answere by common acorde and sayde sir ye haue desyred vs to a thynge that is great and weyghtie the which herafter may sore touche the countrey of Flaunders and our heyres trewely we knowe nat at this day no persone in the worlde that we loue the preferment of so moche as we do yours but sir this thynge we cannat do alone without that all the coÌ„mynaltie of Flaunders acorde to the same sir we shall goo home and euery man speke with his coÌ„pany generally in euery towne and as the moost parte agre we shal be coÌ„tent and within a moneth we shall be here with you agayne and thanÌ„e gyue
gyuen a great blacke courser to sir Johan of Heynault and he made the lorde Johan of Fussels to ryde on hym and to bere his banerre the same horse tooke the bridell in the tethe and brought hym through all the currours of theÌ„glysshmen and as he wolde haue retourned agayne he fell in a great dyke and was sore hurt and had ben ther deed his page had nat ben who folowed hym through all the batayls and sawe wher his maister lay in the dyke and had none other lette but for his horse for thenglysshmen wolde nat yssue out of their batayle for takyng of any prisoner thanÌ„e the page a lyghted and relyued his maister than he went nat backe agayn the same way that they came there was to many in his way This batayle bytwene Broy and Crelly this saturday was ryght cruell and fell and many a feat of armes done that came nat to my knowlege in the night dyuerse knyghtes and squyers lost their maisters and somtyme came on thenglysshmen who receyued theym in suche wyse that they were euer nighe slayne for there was none taken to mercy nor to raunsome â–ª for so the englysshmen were determyned in the mornyng the day of the batayle certayne frenchemen and almaygnes perforce opyned the archers of the princes batayle and came and fought with the men of armeshande to hande Than the seconde batayle of thenglysshmen came to socour the princes batayle the whiche was tyme for they had as than moche a do and they with the prince sent a messanger to the kynge who was on a lytell wyndmyll hyll than the knyght sayd to the kyng sir therle of Warwyke and therle of CaÌ„fort sir Reynolde Cobham and other suche as be about the prince your sonne ar feerlly fought with all and aresore handled wherfore they de syre you that you and your batayle wolle come and ayde them for if the frenchmen encrease as they dout they woll your sonne and they shall haue moche a do Than the kynge sayde is my sonne deed or hurt or on the yerthe felled no sir 〈◊〉 the knyght but he is hardely matched wherfore he hathe nede of your ayde Well sayde the kyng retourne to hym and to them that sent you hyther and say to them that they sende no more to me for any aduenture that falleth as long as my sonne is a lyue and also say to theÌ„ that they suffre hym this day to wynne his spurres for if god be pleased I woll this iourney be his and the honoure therof and to them that be aboute hym Than the knyght retourned agayn to theÌ„ and shewed the kynges wordes the which gretly encouraged them and repoyned in that they had sende to the kynge as they dyd Sir Godfray of Harecourt wolde gladly that the erle of Harecourt his brother myght haue bene saued for he hard say by theÌ„ that sawe his baner howe that he was ther in the felde on the frenche partie but sir Godfray coude nat come to hym betymes for he was slayne or he coude coÌ„e at hym and so was also the erle of Almare his nephue In another place the erle of Alenson and therle of Flaunders fought valyantly euery lorde vnder his owne baner but finally they coude nat resyst agaynst the puyssaunce of the englysshemen and so ther they were also slayne dyuers other knyghtê and squyers Also therle Lewes of Bloyes nephue to the frenche kyng and the duke of Lorayne fought vnder their baners but at last they were closed in among a coÌ„pany of englysshmen and walsshemen there were slayne for all their prowes Also there was slayne the erle of Ausser therle of saynt Poule and many other in the euenynge the frenche kynge who had lefte about hym no mo than a threscore ê‘soâ—s one and other wherof sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt was one who had remounted ones the Kynge for his horse was slayne with an arowe thaÌ„ he sayde to the kynge sir departe hense for it is tyme lese nat your selfe wylfully if ye haue losse at this tyme ye shall recouer it agayne a nother season And soo he toke the kynges horse by the bridell and ledde hym away in a maner persorce than the kyng rode tyll he came to the castell of Broy the gate was closed bycause it was by that tyme darke Than the kynge called the captayne who came to the walles and sayd who is that calleth there this tyme of nyght than the kynge sayde opyn your gate quickely for this is the fortune of Fraunce The captayne knewe than it was the kyng and opyned the gate and let downe the bridge than the kyng entred and he had with hym but fyue barownes sir Johan of Heynault sir Charles of Momorency the lorde of Beauiewe the lorde Dabegny and the lorde of Mountfort the kynge wolde nat tary there but draÌ„ke and departed thense about myd nyght and so rode by suche guydes as knewe the countrey tyll he came in the mornynge to Amyense and there he rested This saturday the englysshemen neuer departed fro their batayls for chasynge of any man but kept styll their felde and euer defended themselfe agaynst all such as came to assayle them this batayle ended aboute euynsonge tyme. ¶ Howe the next day after the batell the englysshmen disconfyted dyuerse frenchemen Cap. C .xxxi. ON this saturday whan the nyght was coÌ„e and that theÌ„glysshmen hard no more noyse of the freÌ„chemen than they reputed theÌ„selfe to haue the vyctorie and the frenchmen to be dysconfited slayne and fledde away Than they made great fyers and lyghted vp torchesse and candelles bycause it was very darke than the kyng auayled downe fro the lytell hyll where as he stode and of all that day tyll than his helme came neuer of on his heed Than he went withall his batayle to his sonne the prince and enbrased hym in his armes and kyst hym and sayde fayre sonne god gyue you good ê‘seuerance year my good son thus ye haue aquyted you nobly ye ar worthy to kepe a realme the prince inclyned himselfe to the yerthe honouryng the kyng his father this night they thanked god for their good aduenture and made no boost therof for the kynge wolde that no manne shulde be proude or make boost but euery man humbly to thanke god On the sonday in the mornyng there was suche a myst that a man myght nat se the bredethe of an acre of lande fro hym than there departed fro the hoost by the commauÌ„dement of the kyng and marshalles fyue hundred speares and two thousand archers to se if they might se any frenchemen gathered agayne togyder in any place the same mornyng out of Abuyle saynt Reyngnyer in Ponthieu the commons of Rone and of Beauioys yssued out of their townes natte knowyng of the dyscoÌ„fiture the day before they met with theÌ„glysshmen wenyng they had bene freÌ„chmen And whan theÌ„glysshmen sawe them they sette on them fresshly and there was a sore batayle but at last the
frenchemen fledde and kept none array their were slayne in the wayes and in hedges and busshes mo thanÌ„e seuyn thousande And if the day had ben clere there had neuer a onescaped anone after a nother coÌ„pany of frenchmen were mette by the englysshmen The archebysshoppÌ„ of Rone and the great priour of Fraunce who also knewe nothynge of the dysconfiture the day before for they harde that the frenche kynge shulde a fought the same sonday and they were goynge thyderwarde WhanÌ„e they mette with the englysshmen there was a great batayle for they were a great nombre but they coude nat endure agaynst the englysshmen for they were nyghe all slayne fewe scaped the two lordes were slayne This mornyng thenglysshmen mette with dyuerse french men that had loste their way on the saturday and had layen all nyght in the feldes and wyst nat where the kyng was nor the captayns they were all slayne as many as were met with and it was shewed me that of the coÌ„mons and men a fote of the cyties and good townes of France ther was slayne foure tymes as many as were slayne the saturday in the great batayle ¶ How the next day after the batayle of Cressey they that were deed were noÌ„bred by theÌ„glysshmen Ca. Cxxxii. THe same sonday as the kyng of Englande came fro masse suche as had ben sente forthe retourned and shewed the kyng what they had sene and done and sayde sir we thinke surely ther is now no more aparence of any of our ennemyes than the kyng sende to serche howe many were slayne what they were Sir Reynolde Cobham sir Richard Stafforde with thre haraldes went to serche the felde and contrey they visyted all theÌ„ that were slayne and rode all day in the feldes and retourned agayne to the hoost as the kyng was goynge to supper They made iust report of that they had sene and sayde howe ther were xi great princes deed fourscore baners .xii. C. knyghtes and mo than .xxx. thousande other TheÌ„glysshmen kept styll their felde all that nyght on the monday in the mornyng the kyng prepared to depart the kyng caused the deed bodyes of the great lordes to be taken vp and conueyed to Mutterell and there buryed in holy grouÌ„de and made a crye in the countrey to graunt truse for thre dayes to thyntent that they of the countrey might serche the felde of Cressy to bury the deed bodyes Than the kynge went forthe and came before the towne of Muttrell by the see his marshals ranne to warde Hedyn and brent UaÌ„bam and Seram but they dyd nothyng to the castell it was so strong and so well kept they lodged that night on the ryuer of Hedyn towardes Blangy The next day they rode towarde Bolayne and came to the towne of Unysame there the kyng and the prince lodged and taryed there a day to refresshe his men and on the Wednysday the kyng came before the stronge towne of Calys £ Howe the kyng of Englande layd siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. C .xxxiii. IN the towne of Calys ther was captayne a knyght of Burgone called sir JohnÌ„ de Uieu and with hym was sir Andrewe Dandrehen sir JohnÌ„ de Sury sir Barbon de Belborne sir Godfray de lament sir Pepyn de Urmue and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers Whan the kyng of England was come before Calys he layd his siege and ordayned bastides bytwene the towne and the ryuer he made carpenters to make houses and lodgynges of great tymbre and set the houses lyke stretes and couerd them with rede and brome So that it was lyke a lytell towne and there was euery thynge tosell and a markette place to be kept euery tuesday and saturday â–ª for flesshe and fyssh mercery ware houses for cloth for bredde wyne and all other thyngê necessarie such as caÌ„e out of England â–ª or out of Flanders ther they might bye what they lyst TheÌ„glysshmen ran often tymes into the countrey of Guynes and into Triuynois to the gates of saynt Omers and somtyme to Boleyn they brought into their hoost great prayes The kyng wolde nat assayle the towne of Calys for he thought it but a lost labour he spared his peple his artillery and sayd howe he wolde famyssh theÌ„ in the towne with long siege without the french kyng coÌ„e and reyse his siege ê‘force Whan the capten of Calys sawe the maner thorder of theÌ„glysshmen than he constrayned all poore meane peple to yssue out of the towne And on a wednysday ther yssued out of men women chyldren mo than .xvii. C. and as they passed through yâ— hoost they were demaunded why they deê‘ted they answered and sayde bycause they had nothyng to lyue on Than the kyng dyd them that grace that he suffred them to passe through his host without danger and gaue them mete and drinke to dyner and euery pson .ii. 〈◊〉 slerlyng in almes for the which dyners many of them prayed for the kynges prosperyte ¶ Howe the duke of NormaÌ„dy brake vp his siege before Aguyllou Cap. C .xxxiiii. THe duke of Normandy beyng at sege before the strong castell of Aguyllou so it was that about the myddes of Auguste he made a great assaut to the castell so that the most part of his host were at the assaut thyder was come newely the lorde Philyp of Burgone erle of Arthoys and of Bolone cosyn germayn to the duke of NormaÌ„dy he was as than a yoÌ„g lusty knyght And assone as the skirmyssh was begon he toke his horse with the spurres came on the skirmysshe warde the horse toke the bytte in his teth and bare away his maister and stumbled in a dyke and fell horse man the knyght was so brosed with the fall that he had neuer helthe after but dyed of the same hurt Than anone after the frenche kyng sent for his sonne the duke of NormaÌ„dy coÌ„maundynge hym in any wyse to breke vp his siege before Aguyllou and to retourne into Fraunce to defende his herytage fro theÌ„glysshmen And thervpon the duke toke counsayle of the lordes that were there with hym what was best to do for he hadde promysed nat to depart thens tyll he had wone the castell but the lordes counsayled hym sythe the kynge his father had sende for hym to depart Than the next day be tymes the frenchemen trussed bagge and baggage in great hast and departed towarde France than they that were within the fortresse yssued out with the penon of the lorde Gaultiers of Manny before them they dasshed in amonge the hynder company of the frenchemen and flewe and toke dyuerse of theym to the nombre of threscore and brought them into their fortres and by those prisoners they knewe of the iourney that the kynge of Englande had made that season into Fraunce and howe that he lay at siege before Calys Or the french kyng departed fro Amyense to Parys warde after the batayle
as he ought to be to his father chiefe lorde thanÌ„e the duke of Athenes sayde in kynges behalfe the kynge doth pardon hym all thynges with a good hert ¶ Of an inposycion and gabell ordayned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warres Cap. C .lv. ALso in the yere of oure lorde M. CCC .lv. in yâ— moneth of Octobre the prince of Wales eldest son to the kyng of England went into Gascoyne and went nere to Tholouz and so paste the ryuer of Garon went into Cracassone and brent the borowe but the cytie was well defended And fro thens he went to Narbon breÌ„nyng and exilynge the contrey and in the moneth of Nouembre he retourned to Burdeur with great pyllage and many prisoners for no man resysted hym And yet in the contrey was therle of Armynake lieutenant to the french kyng in Langnedocke and also the lorde of Foitz the lorde Janques of Burbon the lorde of Pontheu the coÌ„stable of France and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Cleremont marshall of Fraunce and a farre gretter company than the prince had the same yere in the ende of Octobre the kyng of England caÌ„e to Calys and he rode with a great hoost to Hedyn brake the parke ther and brent the house within about the ê‘ke but he entred nat into the town nor castell And the frenche kyng who had made his assemble at the cytie of Amyens heryng of the kyng of Englande rode towarde hym but the kyng of England was returnyng to Calys and the french kyng folowed hym tyll he came to saynt Omers And than he send his marshall Dauthayne dyuers other to the kyng of England offeryng to fight body to body or power to pouer what day soeuer he wold apoynt but yâ— kyng of England refused that batayle so retourned agayn into England and the frenche kyng to Parys The same yere about the feest of saynt Andrue there was assembled at Pares by the kynges coÌ„mauÌ„ment the prelates of France the barownes and the counsayls of the good townes And ther the chanceler of France in the ê‘lyament chambre resyted the state of the warres of France desyring them thervpon to take aduyce what ayd might be gyuen to the kyng to mentayne defende the sayd warres and also he sayde it is come to the kynges knowledge howe that his subgettes ar sore greued by reason of the mutacyon of yâ— moneys Therfore the kyng offereth to make gode money durable so yâ— they wolde graunt hym sufficient ayde to meÌ„tayne his warres they answered that is to say the clergy by the mouth of the archbysshop of Reyns the nobles by yâ— duke of Athenes and the good townes by the mouth of Stephyn Martell prouost of the marchantê of Parys All they sayde they were redy to lyue and dye with the kynge put their bodyes and goodes into his seruyce requyring to haue deliberacyon to speke togyder the which was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ The same yere the vigyll of the coÌ„cepcion of our lady the kyng gaue the duchy of Normandy to Charles dolphyn of Uienoys his eldest son and the next day he made his homage After the delyberacyon taken by the thre estates they answered to the kyng in the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre by the mouthes of the sayde thre ê‘sons howe they wolde fynde hym for one yer xxx M. men at their costê charge the finaÌ„ce to pay the wagê of so many men of warre was estemed to .l. M. 〈◊〉 parisienÌ„ the thre estatê ordenid this somÌ„e to be leuyed of euery ê‘son of euery estate meÌ„ of yâ— nobles and other euery man .viii. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of euery pounde and that the gabell of salt shulde ron through the realme but bycause they were nat in certayne of this inposicyon â–ª â—abell shuld suffyce Therfore it was ordayned that the thre states shulde retourne agayne to Parys to se knowe if this inposicyon wâ—lde serue or no the first day of March at the which day thyder agayne they came all except certayne of yâ— great townes of Picardy and Normandy and some nobles of the same such as were at the inposicion makyng came thyder they founde that the first graunt wolde nat suffyce to reysâ— the sayde some Wherfore they ordayned a newe subseâ—y that is to say that euery person of the blode royall or otherwyse clerke lay relygious or relygions except and nat except householders curates of churches hauyng rentes or reuenewes offices or admnystracyon women wydowes chyldren maryed or natte maryed hauyng any thynge of their owne or in any others kepynge none age or admynistracion And all other of euery estate authorite or priuylege that they aâ—â— thaÌ„ vsed or haue vsed in tyme past if it be C. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or vnder if it befor terme of lyse in herytage in plege or by meanes of office or peÌ„cion duryng lyfe or at wyll shall pay to hiss ayde subsidy of euery .iiii. 〈◊〉 .xl. souces And of .x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or aboue .xx. souces labourers and workemen lyueng by their labour shall pay .x. souces seruantes prentyses lyueng by their seruyces takyng C. s. by yere or more shall in likewyse pay .x. s. taking these moneys after yâ— rate of Parys money in that countre and at Courney for the money currant in that partes And if seruantes haue nat by yere but. C. ss 〈◊〉 they shall pay nothing wourthey haue goodê after the rate than shall they pay as other do and also beggers monkes and cloystereus without offyce or admynistracyon nor chyldren beynge in warde vnder the age of .xv. yere hauyng nothyng in their handes nor noones hauynge no reuenewes aboue .x. 〈◊〉 shall pay nothynge nor also women maryed because their husbandes payeth for the value of their husbandess shal be rekened aswell for that they haue by their wife 's as of their owne And as for clerkess and men of the church prelatâ— abbottes prâ—ours chanons curates and other as is beforesayde if they be worthe aboue C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes by yere in beneficâ— of the church or patrimony or yâ— one with the other to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 they shall pay iiii 〈◊〉 for the first C. 〈◊〉 and for euery C. 〈◊〉 after tyll ye come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 .xl. ss nor they shall pay nothyng for that they may speâ—â—e aboue .v. M. 〈◊〉 nor for their mouaâ—lâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 value of their benefyces shal be estemed after the rate of their dymes whan that is pay 〈…〉 〈◊〉 out any excepcion or priuyledge And as for noble men men of yâ— good townes that may spâ—â—de aboue the somÌ„e of C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes 〈…〉 pay tyll they come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 for euery C .xl. s. besyde .iiii. 〈◊〉 of yâ— first C. 〈◊〉 Aâ—d the men of the gode townes insemblable maner tyll they come to M. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and as for the mouables of the noble men that haue naâ— C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their mouables shal be estemed and rekenyd
came into the towne of Remorentyne wherin was moche of his people 〈◊〉 dyeng howe they myght get the castell Than the prince coÌ„maunded the lord sir JohnÌ„ Chandos to go and speke with theym of the castell than sir Johan went to the castell gate and made signe to speke with some person within They that kept the watche ther demauÌ„ded what was his name who dyd sende hym thyder he shewed them than sir Boucyquant and the hermyte of Chamount came to the barryers Whan sir Johan sawe theym he saluted them curtelly and sayde sirs I am sende hyder to you fro my lorde the prince who wyll be ryght courtesse vnto his ennemyes as me thynketh he sayeth that if ye wyll yelde vppÌ„ this fortresse to hym and yelde your selfe prisoners he wyll receyue you to mercy and kepe you good company of armes The lorde Boucyquant sayde we arnat in purpose to putte ourselfe in that case it were great folly syth we haue no nede so to do we thynke to defende our selfe So they departed and the prince lodged there and his men in the towne without at their ease the next day euery man was armed and vnder his baner and beganne to assayle the castell right feersly the archers were on the dykes and shotte so holly togyder that none durste scant apere at their defences Some swame ouer the dykes on bordes and other thyngê with hokes and pikes in their handes and myned at the walles and they within cast downe great stones and pottê with lyme there was slayne on the englysshe partie a squyer called Remond Derge du Lache he was of the coÌ„pany of the Captall of Beoffes This assaut dured all the day without rest at nyght the englysshmen drewe to their logynges and so past the nyght in the mornyng whan the sonne was rysen the marshals of the hoost sowned the truÌ„pettes Than all such as were ordayned to gyue the assaut were redy appayrelled at the whiche assaut the prince was personally and by reason of his presence greatly encouraged the englysshmen and nat ferre fro hym there was a squyer called Bernarde slayne with a stonne than the prince sware that he wolde nat depart then styll he had the castell and all them within at his pleasure Than the assaut enforced on euery part finally they sawe that by assautes they coulde nat wyn the castell wherfore they ordayned engins to caste in wylde fyre into the base court and so they dyde that all the base court was a fyre so that the fyre multiplyed in suche wyse that it toke into the couerynge of a great towre couered with rede And whaÌ„ they within sawe that they must other yelde to the wyll of the prince orels peryshe by fyre Than all thre lordes caÌ„e downe and yelded them to the prince and so the prince toke theÌ„ with hym as his prisoners and the castell was left voyde ¶ Of the great hoost that the frenche kyng brought to the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lix. AFter the takyng of the castell of Remorentyne and of them that were therin the prince than and his company rode as they dyde before distroyeng the countre aprochyng to Antowe to Tourayne The frenche kyng who was at Charterz departed and came to Bloyes and ther taryed two dayes and than to Amboyse and the neâ—t day to Loches and than he herde howe that the prince was at Towrayne and how that he was retournyng by Poyctou euer the englysshmen were costed by certayne expert knyghtê of FraÌ„ce who alway made report to the kyng what the englysshmen dyd Than the kynge came to the hay in Towrayne and his men had passed the ryuer of Loyre some at the bridge of Orleance and some at Mchun at Saulmure Bloyes and at Towrs and wher as they might They were in nombre a .xx. thousande men of armes besyde other ther were a .xxvi. dukes and erles and mo than sixscore baners and the foure sonnes of the kyng who were but yonge the duke Charles of Normandy the lorde Loyes the was fro thens forthe duke of Aniewe and the lorde Johan duke of Berry and the lorde Philyppe who was after duke of Burgoyne The same season pope InnoceÌ„t the sixt send the lorde Bertrand cardynall of Pyergourt the lorde Nycholas cardynall of the Egle into France to treat for a peace bytwene the frenche kyng and all his enemyes First bytwene hym and the kyng of Nauerr who was in prison and these cardynalles often tymes spake to the kyng for his delyuerance duryng the sege at Bretuell but they coude do nothyng in that behalfe Than the cardynall of Pyergourt went to Tours and ther he herde howe the frenche kynge hasted sore to fynde the englysshmen th 〈…〉 rodde to Poycters for he herde howe bothe 〈◊〉 hoostes drewe thyderward The frenche kyng herde howe the prince hasted greatly to retourne and the kyng feared that he shulde scape hym and so deê‘ted fro Hay in Tourayn and all his company and rode to Chauuygny wher he taryed that thursday in the towne and without along by the ryuer of Creuse and the next day the kyng passed the ryuer at the bridge ther weuyng that the englysshemen had ben before hym but they were nat Howe beit they pursued after and passed the bridge that day mo th 〈…〉 hrescore thousand horses and dyuers other passed at Chasteleraunt and euer as they passed they tooke they way to Poieters On the othersyde the prince wyst nat truely where the frenchmen were but they supposed that they were nat farre of for they coude nat fynde no more forage wherby they had gret faut in their hoost of vitayle and some of them repeÌ„ted that they had distroyed somoch as they had done before whan they were in Berry Aniowe and Torayne and in that they had made no better prouision The same friday thre great lordes of France the lorde of Craon the lorde Raoull of Coucy and therle of Joigny taryed all day in the towne of Chamygny and part of their companyes the saturday they passed the bridge and folowed the kyng who was than a thre leages before and tooke the waye amonge busshes without a wode syde to go to Poicters The same saturdaye the prince and his coÌ„pany dysloged fro a lytell vyllage therby and sent before hym certayne currours to se if they myght fynde any adueÌ„ture and to here where the freÌ„chmen were they were in nombre a threscore men of armes well horsed with them was the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Guystelles and by aduenture the englysshmen and frenchemen mette togyder by the forsayde wode syde The frenchmen knewe anone howe they were their ennemyes than in hast they dyd on their helmyttes and displayed their baners and came a great pase towardes theÌ„glysshmen they were in nombre a two hundred men of armes Whan the englysshmen sawe them that they were so great a nombre than they determined to slye and let the frenchmen chase them
it was ordayned that the bataylles of alwayns shulde abyde styll on horsebacke to confort the marshalles if nede were wherof the erle of Salesbruce the erle of Neydo and the erle of Nosco were capitayns kynge Johan of France was there armed and .xx. other in his apayrell and he dyd put the gyding of his eldest sonne to the lorde of saynt Uenant the lorde of Landas and the lorde Thybault of Bodenay and the lorde Reynolde of Quenoll called the archepreest was armed in the armoure of the yongerle of Alanson ¶ Howe the cardynall of Dyergourt treated to make agremeÌ„t bytwene the frenche kyng and the prince before the batell of Poycters Cap. C .lxi. WHan the frenche kyngê batayls was ordred and euery lorde vnder his banner among their owne men than it was coÌ„maunded that euery man shulde cutte their speres to a fyue fote long and euery man to put of their spurres Thus as they were redy to aproche the cardinall of Piergort came in great hast to the king he came the same mornynge from Poycters he kneled downe to the kyng and helde vp his handes and desyred hym for goddessake a lytell to absteyne settynge forwarde tyll he had spoken with hym than he sayde sir ye haue here all the floure of your realme agaynst a handfull of englysshmen as to regarde your company and sir if ye may haue them acorded to you without batayle it shal be more profitable and honourable to haue theym by that maner rather than to adueÌ„ture so noble chiualry as ye haue here present sir I requyre you in the name of god and humylyte yâ— I may ryde to the prince and shewe hym what danger ye haue hym in The kynge sayd it pleaseth me well but retourne agayne shortely the cardynall deê‘ted and dilygently he rode to the prince who was among his men a fote than the cardynall a lyghted and came to the prince who receyued hym curtessy Than the cardynall after his salutacyon made he sayde certaynly fayre son if you and your counsayle aduyse iustely the puyssaunce of the frenche kynge ye woll suffre me to treat to make a peace bytwene you I may the prince who was yong and lusty sayd sir the honour of me and of my people saued I wolde gladly fall to any reasonable way than the cardynall sayd sir ye say well and I shall acorde you and I can for it shulde be great pytie yf so many noble men and other as be here on bothe parties shulde come togyder by batayle Than the cardynall rode agayne to the kyng sayd sir ye nede nat to make any great haste to fyght with your ennemyes for they canne nat slye fro you though they wolde they be in suche a grouÌ„d wherfore sir I requyre you forbere for this day tyll to morowe the son rysinge The kynge was lothe to agree therto forsome of his counsayle wolde nat coÌ„sent to it but finally the cardynall the wed such reasons that the kyng acorded that respyt and in the same place there was pyght vp a 〈…〉 yon of reed sylke fresshe and rych and gaue leaue for that day euery man to drawe to their lodgynges except the constables and marshalleâ— batayls That sonday all the day the car 〈◊〉 〈…〉 yled in ridynge fro the one hoost to the other gladly to agree them but the frenche kynge wolde nat agree without he myght haue foure of the princy â—â—llest of the englysshmen at his pleasure and the prince and all the other to yelde themselfe simply howe beit ther were many great offers made The prince offred to rendre into the kynges handes all that euer he had wonne in that voyage townes and castels and to quyte all prisoners that he or any of his men had taken in that season And also to swere nat to be armed agaynst the frenche kyng in seuyn yere after but the kyng and his counsayle wold none therof the vttermast that he wold do was that the prince and a. C. of his knyghtes shulde yelde theym selfe into the kynges prison otherwyse he wolde nat the whiche the prince wolde 〈◊〉 wyse agre vnto In the meane season that the cardynall rode thus bytwene the hoostes in trust to do some good certayne knightê of FraÌ„ce and of Englande bothe rode forthe the same sonday bycause it was truse for that day to cost the hoostes and to beholde the dealyng of their enemyes so it fortuned that the lorde JohnÌ„ CaÌ„dos rode the same day coostyng the french host and in like maner the lorde of Cleremont one of the trenche marshalles had ryden for the and auiewed the state of the englysshe hoost and as these two knyghtes retourned towardes their hoostes they mette togyder eche of theym bare ouâ— maner of deuyee a blewe lady enbraudred 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 beame aboue on their apayrell Than the lorde Cleremont sayd Chandos howe long haue ye taken on yo u to bere my deuyce nay ye bere myâ—â— sayd Chandos for it is aswell myne as pours I deny that sayd Cleremont but and 〈◊〉 were nat for the truse this day bytwene vs I shulde make it good on you incontynent that ye haue no right to bere my deuyce I sir sayd CaÌ„dos ye shall fynde me to morowe redy to defend you and to proue by feate of armes that it is as well myne as yours than Cleremont sayd CaÌ„dos these be well the wordê of you englysshmen forye can deuyce nothyng of newe but all that yese is good and fayre So they departed with out any more doyng and eche of them returned to their hoost the cardynall of Pyergort coude in no wyse that sonday make any agrement bytwene the parties and whan it was nere nyght he returned to Poicters That night the frenchmen toke their ease they had prouision ynough and the englysshmen had great defaut they coude get no forage nor they coude nat depart these without danger of their ennemyes That sonday thenglysshmen made great dykes and hedges about their archers to be the more stronger and on the monday in the mornynge the prince and his company were redy apayrelled as they were before and about the sonne rysing in lyke maner were the frenchmen The same morning be tymes the cardynall came agayne to the frenche hoost and thought by his preachyng to pacify the parties but than the frenchmen sayd to hym retourne whyderye woll bringe hyder no mo wordes of treaty nor peace and ye loue yor selfe depart shortely Whan the cardynall sawe that he traueyled in vayne he toke leaue of the kyng and than he went to the prince and sayd sir do what ye canne their is no remedy but to a byde the batayle for I can fynde none acorde in the frenche kyng Than the prince sayd the same is our entent and all our people god helpe the right so the cardynall retourned to Poycters In his company there were certayne knyghtes and squyers men of armes who were more fauourable to the frenche kyng than to
and the lorde Cogham were departed fro the prince as ye haue herde before than the prince demaunded of the knyghtes that were aboute hym for the lorde Audeley yf any knewe any thyng of hym Some knyghtes that were ther answere and sayd sir he is sore hurt and lyeth in a lytter her besyde by my faith sayde the prince of his hurtes I am rightsorie go and knowe yf he may be brought hyder or els I woll go and se hym there as he is ThanÌ„e two knyghtes came to the lorde Awdeley and sayde sir the prince desyreth greatly to se you outher ye must go to hym or els he woll come to you a sir sayde the knyght I thanke the prince whan he thynketh on so poore a knyght as I am than he called eyght of his seruantes and caused theym to bere hym in his lytter to the place were as the prince was Than the prince tooke hym in his armes and kyst hym and made hym great chere and sayd sir James I ought gretly to honour you for by your valyaunce ye haue this day achyued the grace and renome of vs all and ye ar reputed for the moost valyant of all other A sir sayde the knyght ye say as it pleaseth yeu I wolde it were so and if I haue this day any thynge auaunced my selfe to serue you and to acomplysshe the vowe that I made it ought nat to be reputed to me any prowes sir James sayde the prince I and all ours take you in this iourney for the best doar in armes and to thyntent to furnysshe you the better to pursue yâ— warres I retayne you for euer to be my knight with fyue hundred markes of yerely reuenewes the which I shall assigne you on myne herytage in Englande Sir sayde the knynght god graunt me to deserue the great goodnesse that ye shewe me and so he toke his leaue of the prince for he was right feble and so his seruauntes brought hym to his lodging and assone as he was gone the erle of Warwyke and the lorde Combham retourned to the prince and presented to hym the frenche kyng The prince made lowly reuerence to the kynge and caused wyne and spyces to be brought forthe and hymselfe serued the kynge in signe of great loue ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan gretly at the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lxvi. THus this batayle was dysconfyted as ye haue herd the which was in the feldê of Malpertnesse a two leages fro Poyters the .xxii. day of septeÌ„bre the yere of our lorde â–ª M. CCC .lvii. it began in the mornyng and endyd at noon but as than all the englysshmen wer nat retourned fro yâ— chase therfore the princes banner stode on a busshe to drawe all his men togyder but it was by night or all came fro the chase And as it was reported there was slayne all the floure of Fraunce and there was taken with the kyng the lorde Philyppe his sonne a seuyntene erles besyde baroner knyghtes and squyers and slayne a fyue or sixe thousande of one and other Whan euery man was come fro the chase they had twyse as many prisoners as they were in nombre in all than it was counsayled among them bycause of the great charge and dout to kepe so many that they shulde put many of them to raunsome incoÌ„tynent in the felde and so they dyd And the prisoners founde the englysshemen and gascoyns right courtesse ther were many that day putte to raunsome and lette go all onely on their promyse of faythe and trauth to retourne agayne bytwene that and Christmas to Burbeux with their raunsomes Than that nyght they lay in the felde besyde where as the batayle had been some vnarmed theym but nat all and vnarmed all their prisoners and euery man made good there to his prisoner for that day who soeuer toke any prisoner he was clere his and myght quyte or raunsome hym at his pleasure All suche as were there with the prince were all made ryche with honour and goodes as well by ransomyng of prisoners as by wynnynge of golde syluer plate tewelles that was there founde There was no man that dyd set any thyng by riche harnesse wherof there was great plentie for the freÌ„chmen came thyder richely besene wenynge to haue had the iourney for them ¶ Howe the lorde James Audley gaue to his foure squyers the .v. C. markes of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym Cap. C .lxvii. WHan sir James Awdeley was brought to his logynge than he send for sir Peter Audeley his brother and for the lorde Bartylmewe of brunes the lorde Stephane of Gousenton the lorde of Wylly and the lorde Ralfe Ferres All these were of his lynage and than he called before them his foure squiers that had serued hym that day well and trewly than he sayd to the sayd lordes sirs it hath pleased my lorde the prince to gyue me fyue hundred markes of reuenewes by yere in herytage for the whiche gyft I haue done hym but small seruyce with my body Sirs beholde here these foure squyers who hath alwayes serued me truely and specially this day that honour that I haue is by their valyantnesse wherfore I woll rewarde them I gyue and resigne into their handes the gyft that my lorde the prince hath gyuen me of fyue huÌ„dred markes of yerly reuenewes to them and to their heyres foreuer in lyke maner as it was gyuen me I clerely disheryte me therof and inheryte them without any rebell or condycion The lordes and other that were ther euery man beheld other and sayde among them selfe it commeth of a great noblenes to gyue this gyft they answered hym with one voyce sir be it as godde wyll we shall bere wytnesse in this behalfe wher soeuer we become ThanÌ„e they departed fro hym and some of them went to the prince who the same nyght wolde make a supper to the frenche kynge and to the other prisoners for they had than ynough to do it withall of that the frenchemen brought with them for the englysshmen wanted vitayle before for some in thre dayes hadde no bredde before ¶ Howe the prince made a supper to the french kyng the same day of the batayle Cap. C .lxviii. THe same day of the batayle at night the prince made a supper in his lodgynge to the frenche kyng and to the moost parte of the great lordes that were prisoners the prince made the kynge and his son the lorde James of Burbone the lorde JohnÌ„ Darthoys the erle of Tankernyll therle of Stampes therle Dampmartyne the erle of Grauyll and the lorde of Pertenay to syt all at one borde and other lordes knyghtes and squiers at other tables And alwayes the prince serued before the king as humbly as he coude and wolde nat syt at the kyngê borde for any desyre that the kynge coulde make but he sayd he was nat suffycient to syt at the table with so great a prince as the kyng was but than he sayd to the kyng sir for
the kynges hoost and all the caryages bytwene both hoostes the whiche order these straÌ„gers lyked maruelusly well ¶ Whan these straÌ„gers had well regarded this company and had reuerently saluted the prince and such lordes as were with hym and the prince louyngly receyued theÌ„ as he that coude ryght well do it Than they toke leaue of hym shewed hym their nede desyringe that he wolde regarde their necessytie and he gladly promysed theÌ„ so to do So they rode on tyll they came to Calays and the seconde day after the kyng sent them their answere by thre sufficient knyghtes and they shewed theym playnly that the kynge had nat brought with hym treasur sufficient to pay all that they desyred and to performe the enterprice that he hath taken in hande but if they wolde go forthe with hym and to take suche fortune as falleth other good or yuell If good fortune and wynnyng fall they to haue their part so that they demaunde no wages nor for losse of horse nor spence nor damage that they maye happÌ„ to haue for they said the kyng had broght men ynough out of his relame to furnysshe his enterprice This answere pleasedd nat greatly these lordes nor their coÌ„pany who had sore traueyled and spended their goodes and had layed their horses and harnes to pledge and solbe for necessytie Howbeit they coude haue nothynge els but that the kyng delyuerd theÌ„ a certayn somme of money to bring them home into their countrey Howe beit some of those lordes went agayne to the kyng to serue hym at aduenture they thought it shame to retourne agayne without any thyng doyng I shall deuyse to you soÌ„what the order that the kyng of Englande toke or he departed out of England the which is nat a thyng shortly to passe ouer for ther neuer departed out of Englande before suche an army nor so well ordred ¶ Or the kyng departed out of his realme he made all the lordes of France suche as were prisoners to be put into dyuers plaâ—es and stronge castelles in the realme to be the more surer of theÌ„ and the frenche kyng was set in the towre of LoÌ„don and his yonge sonne with hym and moche of his pleasure and sport restrayned for he was than straytlyer kept than he was before Than euery man was commaunded to go to Douer where as shyppes were redy to passe ouer so euery man drewe thyder none abode at home bytwene the age of twentie and threscore So that nere hande all lordes knyghtes and squyers went to Douer except suche as the kyng had apoynted to kepe the realme castels marches hauyns of the same whan all were assembled at Douer Than the kynge toke his musters and there sayde playnly that his entencyon was to passe ouer into the realme of France and nat to retourne agayn tyll he had made an ende of his warre or els a sufficyent peace to his great honour and profet or els to dye in the payne And therfore he sayd if there were any that were nat well wylling to go ouer to returne agayn backe euery man sayd they were gladde to serue hym And so they all entred into their shyppes in the name of god and saynt George and they arryued at Calays two dayes before the feest of Alsayntes the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. ¶ How the kyng of England departed fro Calais and of the order of his host in ridyng through Picardy so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. CC .vii. WHan the kyng and the prince his son were arryued at Calys and also thre other of his sonnes that is to say lorde Lyonell erle of Ulster the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Rychmont and the lorde Edmonde yongest of the foure and all their people that they hadde dyscharged out of their shyppes all their horses and other prouysion and had taryed ther foure dayes Than euery man was coÌ„maunded to make redy to depart sayeng howe he wolde ryde after his cosyn the duke of Lancastre Than the kyng in a mornyng departed fro Calays with all his company and caryages in the best order that euer any army yssued oute of any towne It was sayd he had a sixe thousand charyettes and cartes brought out of England well furnysshed than he ordred his bataylles so richely besene that it was ioye to beholde them and than his coÌ„stable the erle de la Marche had fyue hundred knyghtes armed and a thousand archers before his batayle Than the kyngê batayle with thre thousande men of armes and .v. thousande archers in good order ridyng after the constables batayle and next after the kyngê batayle came all the caryage the which contayned two leagê in length mo than fyue thousand charyettes and cartes caryeng prouisyon for yâ— hoost withall thynges of householde which had nat besene before caryed with men of warre as handmylles ouyns to bake in and suche other thynges necessary Than next after them came the princes batayle and of his bretherne wherin were a two thousande speares nobly horsed richely besene in order redy to fyght they rode nat past a four leages a day And in this maner they were encountred with the duke of Lancastre and the strange lordes bytwene Calys and the abbey of Lykes in a fayre playn In the kynges hoost ther were a fyue hundred varlettes with matockes and axes to make euyn the wayes for the caryage to passe ¶ Nowe shall I name vnto you certayne of the lordes and knyghtes of Englande that passed the see with their kynge and before in the company of the duke of Lancastre the kynges cosyn germayn First his iiii sonnes the prince Edward sir Lyonell sir JohaÌ„ne and sir Edmonde Than sir Henry duke of Lancastre sir JohnÌ„ erle de la Marche coÌ„stable of Englande the erle of warwyke the erle of Suffolke marshall of Englande the erle of Herforde and Northampton the erle of Salysbury therle of Stafforde the erle of Oxenford the bysshop of Lyncolne the bysshoppe of Dyrham the lorde Percy the lorde Neuell the lorde Spenser the lorde Rose the lorde Manny the lorde Renolde Cobham the lorde Monbray the lorde Dalawarâ— the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Rycharde Penbruge the lorde of Manne the lorde Wylloughby the lorde Feltone the lorde Basset the lorde Crabalton the lorde SyluaÌ„â—yer sir James Awdeley sir Bartylmewe de Brunes 〈◊〉 lorde of Salyche sir Stephyn Gonsanton sir Hewe Hastynges sir JohaÌ„n Lysle sir Nowell Lormych and dyuers other whom I can nat name They rode through Arthoyes and passed by the cytie of Arras and toke the same way that the duke of Lancastre had paste before they coude fynde nothynge to lyue by in the playne countrey for all that there was lefte was put into the fortresses And also the couÌ„tre had ben long poore and sore wasted and it was a dere season in the realme of France and great famyne ranne generally through all the contre for the yerth had nat ben laboured of thre yer before for if
.ii. other clerkes of great prudence the Abbotte of Clugny and the maister of the friers prechers called syr Symon of Langres a maister in diuinite These two clerkes at the desyre of the duke of Normandy and of the hole counsaile of Fraunce departed from Paris with certayn articles of peace and syr Hewe of Geneue lorde of Autun in their company And they went to the kynge of Englande Who rode in Beausse towarde Galardon These two clerkes and .ii. knyghtes spake with yâ— kyng and began to fall in treatye for a peace to be had of hym and hys alies To the whiche treatye the prince of Wales the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of Marche were called This treatie was nat as than concluded for it was longe a dryuynge and allwayes the kyng went forward These embassadours wold nat so leaue the kyng but stylsued and folowed on theyr pourpose For they sawe howe the frenche kynge was in so poure estate that the realme was lykely to be in a great ieopardye if the warre contynued a somer longer And on the other syde the kynge of Englande requyred so great thynges and so preiudiciall to the realme of Fraunce that the lordes wolde nat agree therto for theyr honours So that al theyr treatie the whiche endured a .xvii. dayes styll folowynge the kynge they sent euer theyr proces dayely to the duke of Normandy to the citie of Parys euer desyrynge to haue agayne answere what they shulde do farther the whyche ê“cesse were secretly and sufficiently examyned in the regentes chambre at Parys and answere was sent agayne by wryttynge to them what they shulde do and what they shulde offre And so these ambassadours were often tymes with the kynge as he went forewarde towarde the cite of Charters as in other placess and great offers they made to come to a conclusion of the warre and to haue a peace To the whiche offers the kynge of England was hard harted to agree vnto for his entension was to be kynge of Fraunce and to dye in that estate For if the duke of Lancastre his cosyn had nat counsayled hym to haue peace he wolde nat agreed thervnto but he sayd to the kynge Syr this Warre that ye make in the realme of FraÌ„ce is ryght maruaylous and ryght fauourable for you your men wynne great ryches and ye lese your tyme all thyngess consyderedde or ye come to your entente ye maye happe to make Warre all the dayes of your lyfe Syr I wold counsayle you syth ye may leaue the Warre to your honoure and profytte accepte the offers that ben made vnto you for syr you myght lese more in a daye than we haue wonne in twenty yere Suche fayre and subtyle wordes that the duke of Lancastre sayde in good entencion and for welthe of the kynge and all his subiectes coÌ„uerted the kynge by the grace of the holy goost Who was chief warker in that case For on a daye as the kynge Was before Charterss there fell a case that greatly huâ—â—led the kyngess courage for whyle these ambassadours were treatynge for this peace and had none agreable answere there fell sodaynly suche a tempest of thoÌ„der lyghtnyng rayne and hayle in the kyngess oost that iâ— semed that the worlde shulde haue ended there fell from heuyn suche great stoness that it slewe men and horses so that the mooste hardyest were abasshed Than the kyng of Englande behelde the churche of our lady of Charters and auowed deuoutly to our lady to agre to the peace and as it was sayd he was as than confessed and lodged in avillage nere to Charters called Bretigny and there were made certayne composicions of peace vpon certayne articles after ordeynedâ— and the more syrmely to be concluded by these ambassadours and by the kynge of Englande and his counsayle ther was ordeyned by good delyberacion and aduyce a letter called the charter of the peace Wherof the effecte foweth ¶ The fourme and tenor of the letter on the peas made before Charters bitwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce Cap. CC .xii. EDward by the grace of god kynge of Englande lord of Irelande and of Aquitaine To all to Whom these present letters shall come We sende gretyng howe by the discencioÌ„s debates striffess moued or hereafter to be moued bytwene vs our ryght dere brother the Frenche kynge certayne commyssyoners and procurers of ours and of our dere sonne prince of Wales hauyng sufficient power and auctorite for vs for hym and for our hole realme on the one parte And certayne other commyssyoners and procurers of our dere brother the frenche kyng and of our right dere nephewe Charles duke of Normandy and dolphyn of Uienne eldest sonne to our sayd brother of Fraunce hauynge power and auctorite for his father for his part and also for hym selfe that they be assembled at Bretigny nere to Charters at whiche place it is agreed accorded by the sayd commyssyoners and procurers of eyther party vpon all discencions debates warres and discordes The whiche treates by our procurers and our sonnes for vs and for hym and also the procurers of our sayd brother and of our sayd nephew for his father and for hym swereth by the holy euangelystê to hold kepe and accomplysshe this treatie by the whithe accorde amonge other thynges our brother of Fraunce and his sayd sonne are bounde and promyseth to delyuer to leaue to vs our heires and successours for euer the counties cites townes castels fortresses landes Iles rentes reuennues and other thynges as foloweth besyde that we haue and holde all redy in Guyen and in Sascoyne to possede perpetually by vs and by our heires and successours all that is in demayne and all that is in fee by the tyme and maner hereafter declared that is to say the castell and countie of Poicters and al the landes and countrey of Poictow with the fee of Thowars and the landes of Bellville the cite and castell of xayntis and all the landes and counte of xaynton on both sydes the ryuer of Charente with the towne and forteresse of Rochelle and theyr appurtenaunces the citie and Castell of Agene and the countrey of Agenoyse the citie towne and Castell of Pierregourte and all the countrey therto belongynge the cite and castell of Lymoges and the landes and couÌ„trey of Lymosyn the cite and castell of Caours the castell and countrey of Tarbe the laâ—des couÌ„trey and countie of Bigore The countie countrey and laâ—de of Gowre the citie and castell of Angolesme and all the countrey therto perteynynge the citie towne and castell of Rodaix â–ª the couÌ„tie and couÌ„trey of Rouergne And if there be in the duchye of Guyne any lordes as the erle of Foiz the erle of Armmake the Erle of Lisle the Uicount of Carmaine the erle of Pierregourt â–ª the Uicount of Lymoges or other holdynge any laâ—des within the foresayde bondes they shall do homage to vs and all other seruicis due and accustomed for their landes and places in
theÌ„ they agreed to depart go with hym into Lobardy so they might be assoyled a pena ct culpa all this was agreed acomblysshed and the floreÌ„s payed And than they rendred vp the towne saynt Espyrite and lefte the marche of Auygnon passed forthe with the marques wherof kyng JohnÌ„ of France all the realme were right toyouse whan they sawe howe they were delyuered of these yuell people howbeit there were many that retorned to Burgoyn And sir Seguyne of Batefoyle departed nat out of the garyl on of Ence for he wold nat leaue it for no maner of 〈◊〉 nor promyse but the realme of France was in ferr better rest peace than it was before So whan the moost parte of the companyous were thus passed forthe with the marques into the lande of PyemoÌ„t Ther the marques dyde well his deuoyre agaynst the lordes of Myllayne conquered dyuers townes castes fortresses and countrees agaynst them and had dyuers encountrynges skyrmisshes with them to his honour profyte So that 〈◊〉 in a yere by yâ— helpe of these 〈◊〉 he had the better hande and in part had all his entent agaynst the two lords of Myllayne of sir Galeas sir Bernabe who after raygned in greâ— prosperite SO it fortuned that sir Seguyn of Batefoyle who was all that season in the garyson of Ence on they ryuer of Soâ—â—ie toke by scalyng a good cyte in Auuergne called Bâ—od and therin he taryed more than a yere and fortifyed it in suche wyse that he douted nothyng and ouer ran the couÌ„tre to Cler 〈…〉 to Tyâ—lacke to Puy to Case dieu to MouÌ„tferant 〈◊〉 Ryon to Nonnet to Ussoyre and to â—udalle and the lande of the countie Dalphyn the lorde wherof was the same tyme in hostage in Englande and in these countrees he and his company dyde moche yuell And whan he had sore enpouerysshed the countre ther about than by treaty he deê‘ted and toke with hym great pyllage and treasure and so went to Gascoyne fro wheÌ„s he came first Of this sir Seguyn I can write no more but that as Iherde recouÌ„ted he dyed maruelusly god forgyue hym all his trespaces AMEN ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Lancastre and of the occasyon of the warre bytwene the frenche kyngâ— and the kyng of Nauer and howe the prince of wales came into Acquitayne and of the ordre that was taken in Englande Cap. CC. xvâ— IN this season deâ—ted out of the worlde in Englade the gentyll duke of Lancastre called Henry wherâ—â— the kynge and all the 〈◊〉 nes knightes and squyers were ryght sorowfull but they coude nat remedy it And behynde him he left two doughters the lady Mahaâ—lt and the lady Blanche and therle of Heynault 〈◊〉 wylliam sonne to the lorde Loyes of Banyer 〈◊〉 to the lady Margarete of Heynalt maryed the yonger suster and the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont sonne to the kynge of Englande had maryed the other suster and was duke of Lancastre by right of his wyfe The lorde James of Burbone abode styll pursuynge the treaty bytwene the lorde JohnÌ„ of Mountfor 〈…〉 lorde Charles of Bloys for the right 〈…〉 chy of Bretayne acordyng to the treaty 〈◊〉 at Calais as ye haue herd before And for 〈◊〉 of concludyng therof great warres and 〈◊〉 felt after in the countre of Bretayne as ye shall here in this hystorie THe same season the frenche kyngâ— was in purpose to go to Auygnone to 〈◊〉 the pope and cardynals and to go through the 〈◊〉 â—hy of Burgoyn the whiche was newly fallen to hym So the kyng made redy for that iourney and departed fro Parys about the se 〈…〉 saynt JohnÌ„ the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxii. And left Charles his eldest sonne duke of Normandy regent gouernour of his realme and the kyng had with hym his welbeloued cosyn the lorde JohnÌ„ of Artoyse the erle of Tankernyll therle Dampmartyn Boucequant marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other And so long rode by his small iourneys and with great dyspence taryeng in euery 〈◊〉 ne and cytie as he rode through Bourgoyn so that about the feest of saynt Michaell he came to the newe towne â—out Auyguon And there his lodgyng was prepared for him and for his coÌ„pany and there he was gretly â—â—â—lled by the pope by all the hole coledge and visyted eche other often tymes So thus the kynge taryed ther all the season of wynter and about christmas pope Innocent departed out of this lyfe And than there was a great dyscorde bytwene the cardynals for chosynge of a newe pope for 〈◊〉 of them wolde haue had the dignyte spe 〈…〉 ly the cardynall of Boulayâ—â— and the cardynall of 〈…〉 ourt who were two of yâ— grettell of the colledge and so by their discencyon they were longe in dyscorde And all the other 〈…〉 nalles finally dyde putte all the 〈◊〉 of the mater vnto the two foresayd cardynalles who whan they sawe that they coude nat haue theymselfe the papal 〈…〉 ThauÌ„e they concluded bytwene them that none of the other shulde haue it And than they dyde choâ—â— and electe the abbot of saynt Uyctor of Marâ—ell to be pope who was a good deuout and a holy man and of vertuous lyueng and a gret clerke and had greatly traueyled for the churche of Lombardy and other places And anoâ— after his creacion yâ— frenche kyng vnderstode that the lorde Piâ—r of Luzenon kyng of Cypre and of Hyerusalem shulde come to 〈◊〉 tosâ— the pope and howe yâ— he was past the s 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the freÌ„che kyng sayd he wolde tary ther tyll his comynge for he had great desyre to se hym for the great goodnesse that he had herde reported of hym and of the warre that he had made agaynst the sarazyns For the kynge of Cypre had newly taken the strong cyte of Salate agaynst the enemyes of god and slayne all that euer were within none except IN the same season and wynter ther was a great counsell in Englande on the orderyng of the realme and specially on the kinges chyldren for it was coÌ„sydred howe that the prince of wales held a great and a noble estate as he might well do for he was â–ª a valyant man puissant and riche and had great herytage in Acqâ—â—tayne wher was habundaunce of all welth and prosperite Than the king was counselled that he shulde send the prince his son into those pattes for he had lande sufficyeÌ„t in that duchy to maynteyne withall his dignyte and estate And also all the barones and knightê of acquitayne wolde gladly haue hym among them of the whiche they had made request to the kynge for all that sir John ChaÌ„dos was to theÌ„ ryght courtelse and amyable yet they had rather haue had their owne naturall soueraygne lorde The prince lightly agreed to that ordynauÌ„ce prepared for hym selfe for the good lady his wyfe acordyng to their estates and whan euery thyng was redy they toke leaue of
kynge toke leaue of the pope went to the towne of Moâ—â— pellâ—â—er to visite Languedor where he had 〈◊〉 been of a longe space before NO we let vs speke of the kynge of Cyâ— and of the voiage 〈◊〉 he made He rode so longe by his â—ourneâ—â— that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne and there he fouÌ„de the emperour of Almayne syr Charles of Behaigne who receyued hym graciously and all the lordes of the Empyre that were there present And the kynge of Cyper taryed there a thre wykes and exhorted greatly theym of the Empyre to this holy voyage and in euery place where he passed through Almayne the Emperour payde for hys Costes Than the kynge of Cyper wente into the duchye of Jullyers where the Duke made hym ryght great feast and â—here and thaâ— from thense he went in to 〈…〉 ante where also the Duke and duchessâ— receyued hym with great honour in the towne of Bruzels with diuers suppers Justis tournays other pastymes of honor as they coude ryght well do hit and at his departynge they gaue hym great gyftes and ieowels And than he went into Flanders to se the erle Loys who in like wyse dyd greatly feast and honour hym and specially at Brugê and dyd so moche that the kynge Was Well contente with hym And there he taryed that somer alwayes exhortyng euery man to this holy voyage Wherof dyuerse lordes had great ioy and desire to do it ¶ Of the frenche hostages that were in Englande and of the purchas that the kynge of Ciper made for this croisey Cap. CC .xviii. IN this season the kynge of Englande dyd grace to the iiii frenche dukes that were there ihostage that is to say the Duke of Orleaunce the duke of Aniou the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon These lordes were at Calais and that kyng was content that they shulde ryde aboute Calais by the space of .iiii. dayes where they lyste So that euer at yâ— .iiii. dayes ende they to come agayne to Calais by sonne settynge And thys the kynge of Englande dyd for a good entente bicause they shulde the rather in France purchase for theyr delyueraunce These .iiii. lordes thus beyng in Calais sent messangers dyuers tymes to the frenche kynge and to the duke of Normandy his eldest sonne desyrynge them to entende to theyr delyueraunce accordynge as they had promysed and sworne whan they entred into Englande sayeng els they wold take hede therto them selfe for they thought theymself as no prisoners though that these lordes were right nere of lignage to the kynge yet for all that theyr messangers were nat herde nor delyuered to theyr pleasure Wherwith these lordes were right sore displeased and specially the duke of Aniou who sayd he wold right wel prouyde for a remedy The frenche kynge and his counsaile and the duke of Normandy wer sore besied what for the voyage of the Croysey that he had taken vpon hym and for the warres that the kynge of Nauarre made in the realme who had sent into Lombardy for certayn of the companyons to helpe hym in his warre These were yâ— causes that they toke no regard to the lordes that laye in hostage that is to say to the foresayde .iiii. dukes nor to delyuer their messangers Whan they came into Fraunce And whan the kyng of Ciper had visited these lordes and these sayd countreys he rode so by his iourneys that he came to Calais where he founde .iii. of these sayd dukes the duke of Orleaunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon the duke of Aniou was gone into FrauÌ„ce I can nat tell in what estate These .iii. dukes as prisoners receyued the kynge of Ciper into Calais right ioyously and the kynge acquyted hym to them right swetely and so they wer there to guether .ii. dayes Than the kynge of Cyper passed the see and arryued at Douer there taried two dayes and refresshed hym tyll all his cariage was vnshypped Than he rode by smalle iourneys at his ease tyll he came to London and there he was honorably receyued and feasted of the lordes of Fraunce that were there and also by them of England who were sent to mete with hym by the kynge of EnglaÌ„d as the erle of Herforde syr Gaulter of Manny the lorde Spenser syr Rawoll Feryes ser Guyshart of PeÌ„nebruges and ser Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lodgyng in the cite of London I can nat recouÌ„t to you in a hole day the noble diners and suppers chere and feastes that was made to hym by the kynge of Englande and the presentes gyftes and ieowels that was gyuen hym and to sayâ— trouthe he was well worthy to hauehit for he was come thither fro farre with great expense to exhorte the kynge to take on hym the redde crosse and to helpe to open the passage against goddes ennemies but the kynge of Englande excused hym selfe graciously and right sagely SO than agayne the kynge of Cyper repassed the see and arryued at Boloyn herde in his waye howe that the frenche kynge and the duke of Normandy the lorde Philyp his yongest sonne and great parte of his counsayle shulde be at the good towne of Amyense thither rode the kynge of Cyper and there he founde the kynge who was newly come thider and part of his counsaile and there he was nobly receyued and there recounted to them how he had spedde in all his voiage the whiche they were glad to here And whan the kynge of Cyper had ben there a certayn space of tyme than he sayde he tought he hadde nat yet no thynge done tyll he hadde seen the Prynce of Wales say enge that by the grace of god he Wolde go and sehym and the lordes of Poictom and of Acquitayne The frenche kynge accorded wel that he shulde so do but he desired hym at his retourne that he wolde come through FrauÌ„ce And the kyng of Ciper promysed so â—o to And thus he departed from Amience and went towarde Beaunoyse passed the riuer of Seyn and at last came to Poicters At that tyme the prince was at Angolesme where as he shulde kepe a great feast Justis and tournay of .xl. knyghtes and as many squiers for the loue of the princesse Who was brought to bedde of a faire sonne called Edwarde And as soone as the prince knewe of the coÌ„mynge of the kyng of Ciper he sent to mete with hym ser JohnÌ„ Chaudos and a great nombre of other knyghtes squiers of his house Who brought hym With great ioye and reuerence to the prince who receyued hym right honorably in all 〈◊〉 NOwe let vs leaue a while to 〈◊〉 of the kynge of Ciper and returne to the freÌ„che kynge and recount to what entencion he his counsatle were come to amience I was as than enfourmed and true hit was that kynge Johst of Fraunce was inpourposâ— to go into Englande to se kynge Edwarde his brother the quene his
therle mouÌ„tfort answered howe he wolde take counsell and aduyce in the mater and gaue them day of answere And in the meane season these thre lordê went and lay at the cytie of Reyns Than the erle Mountforte sent into Englande the lorde Latymer to shewe to the kyng of England the treaty of the frenchmen desyringe hym to haue his couÌ„sell in that behalfe And the kyng of Englande whan he was enfourmed of the mater sayd howe that he wolde counsell therle MouÌ„tfort to haue peace so that alwayes he might be duke of Bretayne and somwhat to recoÌ„pence the lady callynge her selfe duchesse with some honest thynge assignynge her some certayne rent yerely to be payd out of some place wher she myght be sure to haue it without daunger Than the lorde Latimer brought worde agayne to therle of the kynges answere and so after his letters reed and his answere herde the erle of Mountfort and his counsell sent for the frenche messangers to come to his hoost and theyr answere was made them right courtesly And it was sayd to theym howe the erle Mountfort wolde in no wyse departe nor forsake his chalenge of the duchy of Bretayne but that he wolde abyde duke of Bretayne and so to be called But wher as the freÌ„che kyng wolde haue hym to opyn peasably his cyties townes castels and to make faithe and homage to him and all other ryghtes as the dukes of Bretayne haue done in tyme paste He is content so to do and gladly to knowlege the frenche kyng for his naturall lorde and to do to hym homage and seruyce in the presens of the peres of FrauÌ„ce And also to gyue ayde and helpe and to reconforte his cosyn the wyfe of therle Charles trepassed and to helpe to delyuer his cosyns her sonnes out of prison in Englande This answere pleased right well these lordes of FrauÌ„ce than they toke day and tyme this mater to coÌ„clude or nat Than incontynent they sent to the duke of Aniou who was as than at Angiers to whome the frenche kyng had gyuen full power and auctoryte to conclude this treaty or els to leaue it at his pleasur And whan the duke of Aniousaw the effect of this mater he toke counsell a longe space but finally he was counsayled to accepte the treaty and the two knightes that were sent to him retorued agayne with his answere writen and sealed And than these lordes of Fraunce departed fro Reyns and went to the siege before Campacorentyne and ther finally the peace was made agreed and sealed by therle MouÌ„tfort and he abode as duke of Bretayne condycionally that if he had no chyldren of his body laufully begoten than the duchy to retourne to the chyldren of the lorde Charles of Blois and the lady wyfe to the lorde Charles of Bloys disceassed shulde be countesse of Poynteure the whiche lande was of yerely rent about .xx. M. frankes And also the lorde Mountfort shulde come in to Fraunce whan soeuer the kyng sent for hym to do his homage and to holde the duchy of Bretayne of hym And for the confyrmacion herof there were charters and instrumentes publyke made and sealed on bothe parties Thus therle of Mountfort entred into the duchy of Bretayne and abode as duke therof a certayne space of tyme tyll other tidynges of warr came as ye shall herafter in this history ANd also by the ordynaunce of the same peace the frenche kyng restored agayn 〈◊〉 the lorde of Chsson his lande yâ— whiche was taken fro hym by kyng Philyp somtyme kyng So thus the lorde of Clysson aquaynted hym so with the frenche kynge that he dyde what he wolde and wtout him nothyng was done So thus the couÌ„tte of Bretayne was right ioyous whan they sawe that they were in rest peace and the duke toke faythe and homage of the cy â–ª ties good to wnes and castels and of all prelates and other gentylmen And within a space after the duke maryed the doughter of the princes of Wales â–ª the whiche she had before by the lorde Thomas Hollande and this maryage was made in the good rytie of Nauntes right nobly Also it fortuned yâ— same wynter yâ— queue Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer quene BlaÌ„che her sustre dyd somoch yâ— a peace was made bytwene yâ— french kyng the king of Nauer by yâ— ayde wysoome of the lorde captall of Beufz who dyde all that he might to conclude yâ— peace and therby he was aquyted out of prison And the frenche kyng shewed hym in dede great sygne of loue and gaue hym yâ— fayre castell of De nemoux with all the appurtenaunces the whiche was well worthe of yerely reuenewes thre thousande frankes and so the Captall became liegeman to the frenche kyng of whose homage yâ— kyng was right toyouse for he loued well the seruyce of suche a knyght as yâ— captall was in his tyme. But yâ— seruyce endured no longe season for whan he came into the principalyte to the prince who was enformed of the case as it stode Greatly he blamed hym and sayd how that he coude nat acquyte hym selfe trewely to serue two lordes and that he was to couetous to take lande in Fraunce wher he was nother be loued nor honoured And whan the Captall sawe hymselfe in that case and home he was taken and reputed by the prince his naturall lorde he was sore a shamed and excused hymselfe sayeng sir I am nat so sore bounde to the frenche kyng but that I may soone for do agayne all that I haue done or ê“mysed And so he sent a seruaunt of his to the kyng and renounced al that the kynge had gyuen hym and he taryed styll hym selfe with the prince for he was aquyted of his prison by the composycion of yâ— peace taken bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauer And the frenche kyng had by coÌ„posicyon the townes of Maunt and Meulecke the kyng rendred hym therfore other castels in Normandy In this season deê‘ted out of frauÌ„ce the lorde Loys of Nauer and went into LoÌ„bar dy to mary the quene of Naples but at his departyng he had of the frenche kynge for certayne castels that he delyuered vp in Normandy the somme of threscore thousande frankes And the same lorde Loys after he had wedded the quene of Naples lyued no longe tyme god forgyue hym all his fautes for he was a right good knight and a courtesse IN this season yet was ther styll in FrauÌ„ce great nombre of the companyons the whiche as than wyst nat what to do seyng the warres of Bretayne were ended These coÌ„panyons pursued euer after dedes of armes and takynge of pyllages at their aduauntages fro the whiche they coude nat nor wolde absteyne and all their chefe recours was in Fraunce for they called the realme of Fraunce their chambre They durst do no hurte in Acquitayne for the lande wold nat suffre them and also to say trouthe moost parte of the capitayns were
wne and alwayes and in euery place he had reuerence done to hym lyke a kynge And thanÌ„e he gaue to the knightes straungers suche as came with hym into the realme of Castell great gyftes and riche iewels so largely that euery man reputed him for a lyberall and an honourable lorde And comonly the normayns frenchmen and bretons sayde that in hym was all lyberalite and howe he was well worthy to lyue and to reygne ouer a great realme and so he dyde a season right puyssantly and in great prosperyte Thus the bastarde of Spayne came to the seignory of the realme of Castell he made his two bretherne Dancyle and Sances eche of theym an erle with great reuenewes and profyte Thus this HeÌ„ry was kyng of Castell of Galyce of Cyuyll of Tollette and of Lyssebone vnto suche season as yâ— puyssaunce of Wales and Acquitayne put him out therof and set agayne kynge Dampeter into the possessyon and signory of the forsayd realmes as ye shall here after in this hystorie WHan that this kynge Henry sawe hymselfe in this estate and that euery man obeyed hym and reputed hym for their kyng and lorde and sawe nothynge lykely to the coÌ„trary of his desyre Than he ymagined and caste his aduyce to exalte his name and to enploy the nombre of suche companyoÌ„s as were come to serue hym out of the realme of Fraunce to make a voyage on the kyng of Granade wherof he spake to dyuers knightes who were well agreed therto And alwayes this king HeÌ„ry helde styll about hym the princes knightes as sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt sir Hugh Caurell and other And shewed theym great token and signe of loue in trust that they shulde ayde and serue hym in his voyage to Grenade whyder he hoped to go And anone after his coronacyon there departed fro hym the moost parte of the knightes of Fraunce and he gaue them great gyftes at their departynge And so than retourned the erle of Marche sir Arnolde DaÌ„drehen the lorde Beauieou and dyuers other but sir Bertram of Clysquy taryed styll in Castell with the kynge and sir Olyuer of Manny and the Bretons with certayne nombre of the companyons And so than sir Bertram of Clesquy was made coÌ„stable of all the realme of castell by the acorde of kyng Henry and all the lordes of the couÌ„tre Nowe let vs speke of kyng Dampeter howe he maynteyned hymselfe ¶ Howe kynge Dampeter requyred the prince of wales to ayde hym agaynst his brother Cap. CC .xxxi. VE haue Well herde how kyng Dampeter was driuen into the casteil of ColoÌ„gne on the see with him his wyfe his two doughters and Domferrant of Castres with hym all onely So that in the meane season that his brother the bastarde by puyssance of the me of warre that he had gote out of Fraunce conquered Castell and that all the countre yelded theÌ„ to him as ye haue herd before He was right â—ore afrayed and nat well assured in the castell of Colongne for he douted greatly his brother the bastarde for he knewe well that yf he had knowledge of his beyng there he wolde come with puyssaunce and besege hym wherfore he thought he wolde nat abyde that parell Therfore he departed in a nyght and toke a shyppe and his wyfe his two doughters and DomferraÌ„t of Castres and all the golde syluer and sowelles that they had but the wynde was to him so contrary that he coude nat drawe fro the cost and so was fayne to entre agayne into the fortresse of Colongne Than the king Dampeter demaunded of DoÌ„ferrant his knight howe he shulde maynteyne hym selfe complayninge of fortune that was to hym so contrary Sir ê™ the knight or ye deê‘te fro hens it were good the ye dyde send to your cosyn the prince of Wales to knowe yf he wolde receyue you or nat and for pytic somwhat to tendre your nede and necessyte for dyuers wayes he is bounde therto by reason of the great alyaunces that the kyng his father and yours had toguyder The prince of Wales is so noble and so gentyll of bloode and of courage that whan he knoweth your trybulacion I thynke verely he wyll take therof great compassyon And if he wyll ayde to set you agayne in your realme there is none that can do it so well in all the worlde he is so fered redouted â–ª and beloned with all men of warre And sir ye are here in a good stronge forteresse to kepe a season tyll ye here other tidynges out of Acquitayne To this couÌ„sayle acorded lightly the kyng DaÌ„peter ThaÌ„ he wrote letters right pyteous and amyable and a knyght with two squyers were desyred to do this message and so they toke on them that iourney and entred into the see and sayled so long that they arryued at Bayon the whiche cytie helde of the kyng of Englande Than they demaunded tidynges of the prince and it was shewed them howe he was at Burdeaur Than they toke their horses and rode so longe that they came to Burde aux and ther toke their lodgynge and anone after they weÌ„t to the abbey of saynt Andrewes where the prince was And there these messangers shewed howe they were come out of Castell and were spanyardes and messangers fro kyng DaÌ„peter of Castell And whan the prince knewe therof he sayde he wolde se theym and knowe what they wolde haue And so they cam and kneled downe and saluted hym acordynge to their vsage and recommaunded the kynge their mayster to hym and delyuered their letters The prince toke vp the messaÌ„gers and receyued their letters and opyned and reed them at good leyser wherin he founde howe pyteously kynge Dampeter wrote signifyeng to hym all his pouertie and myschiefe and howe that his brother the bastarde by puissaunce and by the great amyties that he had purchased First of the pope of the frenche kyng and of the kyng of Aragon and by the helpe of the coÌ„panyons had put hym out fro the herytage of the realme of Castell Wherfore he desyred the prince for goddessake and by the waye of pytie that he wolde entend to prouyde for him some counsell and remedy wherin he shulde achyue grace of god and of all the worlde For it is nat the ryght way of a true crysten kyng to diâ—â—herpt a right full heyre and to enheryte by puyssaunce of tyranny a bastard And the prince who was a valyant knight and a sage closed the letters in his handes and sayd to the messangers Sirs ye be right welcome to me fro my cosyn the kyng of Castell ye shall tary a space here with vs and are ye departe ye shall haue an aunswere Than the princes knightes who knewe ryghtwell what they had to do ledde to their logynges the spaynisshe knight and the two squyers and the prince who taryed styll in his chambre mused greatly on those tidynges And thanne sent for sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and for sir ThomÌ„s Phelton two of the chefe of his counsayle for
ar roddes strokes of god sent to chastyce him and to gyue ensample to all other christen kingê and princes to beware that they do nat as he hath done With suche wordê or seÌ„blable the prince was couÌ„selled or kyng daÌ„peter arryued at Bayon but to these wordê the prince answered thus Sayeng lordê I thynke and byleue certeÌ„ly that ye counsell me truely to the best of your powers I knowe well and am well enfourmed of the lyfe state of this kyng DaÌ„peter and knowe well that without noÌ„bre he hath done many yuell dedes wherby nowe he is disceyued But the cause present that moueth gyueth vs corage to be willyng to ayde him is as I shall shewe you It is nat couenable that a bastard shulde hold a realme in herytage and put out of his owne realme his brother ryghtfull enheryter to the lande the whiche thyng all kynges kingê sonnes shulde in no wyse suffre nor coÌ„sent to for it is a great preiudice agaynst the state royall also besyde that the kyng my father and this kyng DaÌ„peter hath a gret season ben alyed togyder by great coÌ„federacions wherfore we are bouÌ„de to ayde him in cause that he requyre desyre vs so to do Thus the prince was moued in his corage to ayde coÌ„fort this kyng DaÌ„peter in his trouble besynes Thus he answered to his counsell and they coude nat remoue him cut of that purpose for his mynde was euer more more fermely set on that mater And whan king DaÌ„peter of Castell was come to the prince to the cyte of Burdeux he humyled hym selfe right swetely to the prince offred to him great giftes and profyte in sayeng that he wolde make Edwarde his eldest sonÌ„e kynge of Galyce and that he wolde deê‘te to hym to his men great good richesse the which he had left behynde hym in the realme of Castell bycause he durst nat bring it with hym but this ryches was in so sure kepynge that none knewe where it was but himselfe to the which wordes the knightes gaue good enteÌ„t for englysshmen gascoÌ„s naturally are couetouse Than the prince was counselled to asseÌ„ble all the barons of the duchy of acquitayne his specyall counsell and so ther was at Burdeux a great counsayle And there the kyng DaÌ„peter shewed openly how he wold meyntayne hym selfe howe he wolde satisfy euery man yf the prince wolde take on hym to bring hym agayne into his countre ThaÌ„ ther were letters writen messangers sent forthe lordes and knyghtê sent for all about as therle of Armynake therle of Comygines the lorde Dalbret the erle of Carmayne the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Cande the vycount of Chastyllon the lorde of Lescute the lorde of Rosem the lorde of Lespare the lorde of Chamont the lorde of Musydent the lorde of Turtoni the lorde of Pyncornet and all the other barons and knightes of Gascoyne and of Uerne And also therle of Foix was desyred to come thyder but he wolde nat but excused hym selfe by cause he had a dysease in his legge and might nat ryde but he sent thyder his counsayle TO this parlyament thus holden in the cyte of Burdeux came all the erles vycouÌ„tes barons wyse men of Aquitayne of Xaynton Poictou Duercy Lymosyn and of Gascoyn And whan they were all come they went to couÌ„sell thre dayes on the state and ordynauÌ„ce for this kyng DaÌ„peter of Spayne who was alwayes ther present in the counsayle with the prince his cosyn reasonyng alwayes to fortify his quarell besynesse Finally the prince was couÌ„selled that he shulde send suffycieÌ„t messangers to the kyng his father into England to knowe his couÌ„sell what he shulde do in that case And his pleasure and answere ones knowen than all the lordê sayd they wolde take couÌ„sell togyder so make the price suche an answere that of reason he shulde be well content Than ther were chosen and named four knightes of yâ— princes that shulde go into Englande to the kyng that is to say sir Dalawar sir Noell Lornisshe sir Johan and sir Hely of Pomyers Thus than deê‘ted and brake vp this counsell and euery man went home to their owne houses kyng Dam peter taryed styll at Burdeux with the prince princesse who dyd him moche honour made him great feest and chere And than the forsaid four knyghtê depted who were apoynted to go into Englande and they toke shippyng sped so well in their iourney by the helpe of god and the wynde that they arryued at Hampton and ther rested one day to refresshe thâ— and to vnship their horses and caryages and the second day toke their horses and rode so longe yâ— they came to the cyte of London ther they demauÌ„ded wher the king was and it was shewed theÌ„ howe he was at Wynsore And thyder they meÌ„t and were right welcome well receyued bothe with the kyng and with yâ— quene aswell bycause they were pteyning to the prince their sonne as also bycause they were lordes and knightes of great recoÌ„mendacion Than they delyuered their letters to the king and the kyng opened reed them whan he had a lytell studyed than he sayd Sirs ye shall go to your logynges I shall sende to you certayne lordes wyse mâ— of my counselle and they shall answere you with shorte expedicyon This answere pleased well these knightes and the next day they retorned to London and within a shorte space after the kyng came to WestmÌ„ and with hym the moost grettest of his counsell as his sonÌ„e the duke of LaÌ„castre therle of AruÌ„dell therle of Salysbury therle of MaÌ„ny sit Reynold Cobham the erle Percy the lorde Neuyll and dyuers other and prelates ther were the bysshop of Wynche stre of Lyncolne and of London And so they kept a great couÌ„sell and a long vpon the Princê letters and on his request that he had made to yâ— kyng his father finally it semed to the kyng and his counsell athyng due resonable for the prince to take on him to bring agayne the king of Spaygne into his owne herytage to this they all opeÌ„ly agreed And thervpon they wrot notable letters dyrected fro the kyng and fro yâ— couÌ„sell of England to the prince to all the barons of aqtayn and so with these letters yâ— said messangers depted agayne to the cyte of Burdeux wher as they founde the prince the kynge DaÌ„peter to whome they delyuered letts fro the kyng of England Than was ther a newe day of counsell set to be had in the cyte of Burdeux and thyder caÌ„e all suche as were sent for Than ther was reed openly in the counsell the kyng of Englandes letters the which deuysed playnly howe he wolde that the prince his son in the name of god and saynt George shuld take on hym to set agayn kyng DaÌ„peter into his herytage the which his bastarde brother wroÌ„gfully had taken fro hym without
Garses du chast NaÌ„don of Bergerant the Bourge of Lespare the bourg Camus the bourg Bartuell and this bastarde kynge Henry knewe nat that the prince was in mynde to bring agayne his brother daÌ„peter into Castell so soone as these knightê dyd for if he had knowen it they shulde nat haue departed so soone as they dyde for he might well haue letted them if he had knowen it So these knightes departed and assoone as kyng Henry knewe therof he made no great semblant of it but sayd to sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy who was styll about hym Sir Bertram beholde the prince of Wales it is she wed vs that he wyll make vs warr and bring agayne that iewe who calleth hym selfe kynge of Spaygne byforce into this our realme sir what say you therto Sir Bertram answered and sayd sir he is so valyant a knight that if he take on hym yâ— enterprice he wyll do his power to acheue it yf he may Therfore sir I say to you cause your passages and straytê on all sydes to be well kept so that none may passe nor entre into your realme but by your lyceÌ„ce And sir kepe yor people in loue I knowe certaynly ye shall haue in FrauÌ„ce many knightes and great ayde the whiche gladly wyll serue you Sirby your lycence I wyll retorne thyder and in the meane tyme kepe yor people in loue and I knowe well I shall fynde in Fraunce many frendes And sir I shall get you as many as I can By my faythe ê™ kynge Henry ye say well and I shall order all the remenant acordyng to your wyll and so within a lytell space after sir Bertram departed weÌ„t into Aragon wher the kyng receyued hym ioyously and ther he taryed a .xv. dayes and thaÌ„ departed and went to Mountpellyer and ther founde the duke of Anâ—â—ou who also receyued hym ioyously as he whome he loued right entierly And whaÌ„ he had ben ther a season he departed and went into FrauÌ„ce to the kyng who receyued hym with great ioye ¶ Howe that kyng Henry alyed him to the kyng of Aragon and of the meÌ„ that the prince sent for and howe the prince was counsayled to pursue his warre of the lorde Dalbreth who discoÌ„fyted the seneshall of Tholous Cap. CC .xxxii. WHaÌ„ the tydyngê was spred abrode in Spayne in Aragon in Fraunce that the prince of Wales wolde bring agayne kyng daÌ„ peter in to the realme of Castell Ther were many had therof great marueyle and moche comunyng was therof Some said that the prince toke on hym the enterprice for pride and presuÌ„pcyon and was in a maner angry of the honour the sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy had gotten him in conqueryng of the realme of Castell in the name of kyng Henry who was by him made kyng Some other sayd the pyte and reason moued the prince to be in wyll to ayde the king Dampeter and to bring hym agayne into his herytage for it is nat a thyng due nor resonable for a bastarde to kepe a realme nor to haue the name of a king Thus in dyuers placê ther were dyuers knightes and squyers of sondrie opynions howbeit incontynent kynge Henry wrote letters to the kyng of Aragon and sende to hym great messangers desyringe hym that he shulde in no wyse acorde nor make no coÌ„posicion with the price nor with none of his alyes promysing him euer to be his good neighbour and frende Than the kyng of Aragon who loued hym entierly and also often tymes he had founde kynge Dampeter ryght fell and cruell said and made a full assuraunce that for to lese a great parte of his realme he wolde make no maner of agremeÌ„t with the prince nor accorde with kyng DaÌ„peter Promysinge also to open his countrey and to suffre to passe through all maner of men of warr suche as wolde go in to Spayne or into any other place to his confort and ayde and to lette theym to his power that wolde greue or trouble hym This kyng of Aragon kept well truely his ê“myse that he made to this kyng Henry for assone as he knewe the trouthe that kyng Dampeter was ayded by the prince and that the coÌ„panyons were drawyng to that partie IncoÌ„tynent he closed all the passages in Aragon and straitly kept them he set men of warre on the mountayns to watche the passages and straytes of Catholon so yâ— none coude passe but in great parell Howbeit the coÌ„panyons founde another way but they suffred moche yuell and great traueyle or they coulde passe and escape the dangers of Aragon howbeit they came to the marchesse of the countie of Foyz and founde the couÌ„tre closed agaynst them for therle wolde in no wyse that suche peple shulde entre into his countre These tidynges came to the prince to Burdeux who thoght and ymagined nyght and day howe with his honour he might furnysshe that vyage and to fynde the meanes howe the sayd companyons might come into Acquitayne for he herde how the passages of Aragon were closed and howe they were at the entre of the countie of Foyz in great payne and dysease So the prince dowted that this kyng Henry and the kyng of Aragon wolde so deale with these coÌ„panyons who were in nombre a .xii. thousande that other for feare or for gyftes cause theÌ„ to take their part a gaynst hym Thasie the prince determyned to sende to them sir JohnÌ„ Chandos to treat with them and to retayne them and do hym seruyce and also to the erle of Foyz desyringe hym for loue and amyte to do no displeasure to these coÌ„panyons promysing hym yâ— what soeuer yuell or domage they do to hym or to any part of his countrey that he wolde make amendes therof to the double This message to do for his lorde sir Johan Chandos toke on him and so departed fro the cyte of Burdeux and rode to the cyte of Aste in Gascoyne and rode so longe that he came to therle of Foyz and dyd somoche with him that he was of his acorde and suffred him to passe throughout his countre peasably and he founde the companyons in a countre called Basell and ther he treated with them and sped so well that they made all couenaunt with hym to serue and ayde the prince in his viage vpon a certayne somÌ„e of money that they shulde haue in prest the which sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sware and promysed them that they shud haue And than he came agayne to therle of Foyz desyringe hym right swetely yâ— these people who were reteyned with the prince might be suffred to passe by one of the sydes of his countre and the erle of Foyz who was right agreable to the prince and in a maner was his subgette to please hym was agreed so that they shulde do no hurte to hym nor to his countre Sir Johan Chandos made couenaunt with hym that they shulde do no maner of domage and than sent a squyer a haralde to these companyons
with the treaty that was made bit wene him and therle of Foiz and than he retorned to the prince and recounted to him howe he had spedde The price who byleued and loued hym right well was well coÌ„tent with yâ— he had done in his voyage In this season the prince was in the lusty floure of his youthe and he was neuer wety nor full satysfyed of warr sythe the first begynning that he bare armes but euer entended to achyue hygh dedes of armes And as to this enterprice and â—â—age into Spayne and to set agayne yâ— kyng that was chased out therof byforce of armes into his owne realme honoure and pytie moued hym therto and often tymes he spake to sir Johan Chandos to sir Thomas Phelton who were moost speciall of his counsayle demaundyng of theÌ„ what they thought These knightê answered that they thought nothyng but well and sayd Sir certaynly this is a gretter enter price without comparyson than it was to put out of his realme this kyng Dampeter for he was hated of all his men and euery man for soke hym whan he had thought they wolde haue ayded him Nowe is possessed at this preseÌ„t tyme of all the realme the bastarde kynge and entierly he hath the loue of all the nobles prelates â–ª and all other in the realme and they haue made hym kyng and haue promysed to maynteyne hym in yâ— estate what soeuer befall Therfor sir it wyll be behouable for you to haue in your company great foysson of men of armes and archers for ye shall fynde well with whoÌ„e to fight if ye come into Spayne Sir I counsayle you to breke the greattest parte of plate treasure wherof ye haue great plenty make therof money to deê‘te therof largely to the coÌ„panyons suche as wyll serue you this voyage for the loue of you they are contente to go but as for the loue of kynge Dampeter they wolde nat serue him and also sirsend into Englande to the kyng your father desyring hym to ayde you with a hundred thousande frankes yâ— whiche the frenche kynge ought to sende into Englande in short space Sir gather asmoche money as ye can for it shall greatly stande you in hande so to do without taxyng or talagyng any of your subgettes or countre ye shall yâ— better be serued and be loued To this counsayle and to dyuers other good and true counsayles gyuen to the prince by these knightê he was content ther with and caused two ê‘tes of his plate to be brokenÌ„e and to make money therof to gyue therof largely to the sayde companyons and also he sent into Englande to the kyng his father for the forsayd hundred thousande frankes The kynge of Englande who parceyued well the busynesse and nede of yâ— prince his son acorded lightly to his request And sent letters to the frenche kyng to pay the sayd somÌ„e to the bringer therof and send him aquytauÌ„ce for the same somme So these hundred thousande fraÌ„kes were delyuered and brought to the prince who departed it amonge all his men of warre ON a day the prince was in his chambre a sportynge in the cyte of Angolesme and with hym dyuers other knightes of Gascoyne Poyctou and of Englande And ther he bourded with them and they with hym and talked of this vyage into Spayne in the meane season that sir Johan Chandos was for the coÌ„panyons The prince tourned his heed to warde the lorde Dalbreth and sayde to hym sir Dalbreth with what nombre of men of warre may ye well serue me in this viage sir 〈◊〉 he yf I desyre my freÌ„des I may well make you a thousaÌ„d speares and my lande kept A 〈◊〉 the prince that is a fayre thyng and tourned hym to sir Thomas Phelton and towarde other knyghtes of Englande and sayd to theym in englysshe by my faythe one ought well to loue yâ— lande wher ther is suche a baron that canne serue his lorde with a thousand speares Than he torned hym agayne to the lorde Dalbreth and sayd sir I retayne them all to do me seruyce this vyage sir 〈◊〉 he in the name of god I am content Of this retayning fell after great myschiefe as ye shall here in this hystorie NOwe lette vs retourne to the companyons that were alyed and retayned with the prince They suffred moche yuell and trouble or they entred into yâ— principalyte of Catholon and Aragon and were fayne to departe into thre companyes The grettest part went costyng Foiz and Borne the seconde Cathelone and Armynake and the thyrde went by Aragon by the acorde of therle Dalbreth therle of Armynake and therle of Foyz and in that coÌ„pany were moost parte gascoyns And that coÌ„pany who were about a thre thousand went deuyded into dyuers companyes a thre hundred or four huÌ„dred togyder and drewe toward the bysshopriche of Tholouse and Mountanbon Than ther was a knight of Fraunce seneshall of Tholous called Guy Dazay who whan he knewe that the companyoÌ„s aproched and rode a sondre in companyes and that all they togyder passed nat the noÌ„bre of thre thousande and herde howe they were sore wery with traueyle and but yuell armed and horsed and worse arayed Than he sayde that he wolde nat suffre that any suche people shulde aproche Tholous nor the realme of Fraunce wherfore he sayd by the pleasure of god he wolde go and fight with them Than he sent his mynde and purpose to the lorde Amorry erle of Narbon the seneshall of Carcasson and to him of Beaucayre and to all knightes squyers and officers therabout sendyng and requiryng them of ayde to kepe and defende the fronters agaynst these yuell coÌ„panyons And all suche as he sent vnto obeyed and hasted to coÌ„e to him assoone as they might into the cyte of Tholous And whan they were come togyder they were in nombre a fyue hundred speares knightes and squyers and a four thousande of other men of the couÌ„tre And they all toke the feldes towarde Montaubon a .vii. leages fro Tholous they that came first passed forthe abyding for their company ¶ Whan the erle of Narbone and sir Guy Dazay who were souerayne leaders of the frenche army were departed fro the cyte of Tholous they went and lodged nere to Montanbon the whiche as than was vnder the obeysaunce of yâ— prince and therin was a captayne a knight named sir Johan Comes Than these lordes of Fraunce sent their currours before Montaubon to th entent to drawe out of the fortresse the companyons that were ther within And whaÌ„ the capitayne knewe that the frenchemen were come thyder with an army he had great marueyle â–ª bycause the lande parteyned to the price Than he spake with his company and dyde so moche that by assuraunce he spake with yâ— frenche currours and demauÌ„ded who had sent theÌ„ thyder and why they auaunced theym to ouerron the princes lande the which was their neybour and seyng that the prince was frende to yâ— kynge and realme of Fraunce Sir 〈◊〉
and kyng DaÌ„peter and he sware good loue peace and confederacyon bytwene them and deê‘ted amyably a sondre And than their hoost might passe whanit pleased them for the passages and straytes were openyd and vitels aparelled through all the realme of Nauer for their money Than the kynge of Nauer went to the cytie of Panpylone and the prince his brother and kyng Dampeter went to the cytie of Ast And as than ther were dyuers knyghtê and lordes of Poictou of Bretayne and of Gascoyne nat come to the princes hoost but taryed behynde For as it hath ben sayd before it was nat fully knowen whyder the prince shulde haue passage or nat tyll th ende of this treaty was concluded And specially in Fraunce it was supposed that he shulde nat passe that way but rather that yâ— kyng of Nauer shulde haue broken his viage the whiche fell contrary And whan these knightes and squiers knewe the certayntie therof and parceyued that the passagê were opened Than they auaunced them selfe as fast as they might for they knewe well yâ— the prince wolde passe shortely and nat retourne agayne without batayle Thyder came the lorde Clysson with a fayre coÌ„pany of men of armes and at last caÌ„e with an yuell wyll the lorde Dalbreth with two hundred speares and all that vyage he kept coÌ„pany with the Captall of Beufz and all this mater and confederacions knowledge therof was had in Fraunce for alwayes there were messangers comyng and goynge reportyng alway that they knewe or herd And whaÌ„ sir Bertram of Clesquy who was with yâ— duke of Aniou knewe howe that the prince was passed and howe the passages of Nauer were opened to theÌ„ Than he enforsed his somons thoght surely the mater shuld nat be ended without batayle Than he toke his way towarde Aragon to come to king Henry as fast as he might and all maner of people folowed him suche as were commaunded and dyuers other of the realme of Fraunce and other places suche as thought to auaunce them selfe to gette honour ¶ Of the passage of the price howe he passed and all his compauy Cap. CC .xxxiiii. BItwene saynt JohnÌ„s de Pie du port and the cytie of Panpylone vnder yâ— mouÌ„tayns ther are straytes and perylous passages for ther is a huÌ„dred places on the same passages that a huÌ„dred men may kepe a passage agaynst all yâ— worlde Also it was at the same season very colde for it was about the moneth of February whan they passed but or they passed they toke wyse counsayle howe by what meanes they shulde passe for it was shewed them playnly that they coudenat passe all atones and therfor they ordeyned that they shulde passe in thre batayls thre soÌ„dry dayes as yâ— monday tuesday and wednisday the moÌ„day the vowarde wherof was captayne the duke of Lancastre and in his company the constable of Acquitayne sir Johan Chandos who had .xii. hundred penons of his armes the felde syluer a sharpe pyll goules and with him was the two marshals of Acquitayne as ser Rycharde Dangle and sir Stephyne Consenton and with theÌ„ was the penone of saynt George Ther was also sir Wyllyam Beachaump sonÌ„e to the erle of Warwyke sir Hewe Hastynges and the lorde Neuyll who serued sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos with .xxx. speares in that vyage at his own charge bycause of the takyng of the batayle of Aulroy And also ther was the lorde Dalbreth sir Garses of the Castell sir Richarde of Canton sir Robert Cem sir Robert Briques Johan Treuelle Aymery of the Roche Chouart Gayllart of the Moytre Wylliam of Cleceton Uylleboyes the Butteler and panter All these were ther with their penons vnder sir Johan Chandos rule They were to the nombre of .x. thousande horses and all these passed the monday as is before sayd THe tuesday passed the prince of Wales and kyng Dampeter and also the kynge of Nauer who was come agayne to the prince to bere hym company and to ensygne him the redy passage And with the prince ther was sir Loys of Harcourt the vycont of Chatelerat the vycont of Roche choart the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Pynau the lorde of TaÌ„neyboton all the poictenyns Sir ThomÌ„s Phelton gret leneshall of Acquitayne sir Wyllyam his brother sir Eustace Dambretycourt the seneshall of Xaynton the seneshall of Rochell the seneshall of Quercy the seneshall of Lymosyn the seneshall of Agenoyse the seneshall of Bygor sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir Nowell Lornyche sir Dangoses sir Thomas Balyster sir Lowes of Mernall sir Edmonde of Marnell the lorde Peter of Suffyer and to the noÌ„bre of four thousande men of armes and they were a ten thousand horses The same tuesday they had yuell passage bycause of wynde and snowe howbeit they passed forthe and lodged in the countie of Panpylone And the kyng of Nauer brought the prince and the kynge DaÌ„peter into the cytie of PaÌ„pylone to supper and made them great chere THe wednisday passed the kyng James of Mallorques and the erle of Armynake therle Dalbreth his nephue sir Bernard Dalbreth lorde of Gyronde therle of Pyergort the Uycont of Carman therle of Gomygues the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Clysson the thre bretherne of Pomyars sir Johan sir Hely and sir Edmonde the lorde of Chamont the lorde of Musedent sir Robert Canoll the lorde Lespare the lorde of Condon the lorde of Rosen sir Petyte of Courbon sir Aymery of Tarse the lorde de la Barde sir Bertram of Caude the lorde of Pyncornet sir Thomas of Wystusuble sir Perducas Dalbreth the bourge of Beriuell Nandon of Bergerant Bernarde de la Salle Hortygo Launt and all the other of the companyons and they were a ten thousande horse they had more easy passage thanÌ„e those that passed the day before And so all the hole hoost lodged in the countie of Panpylone abyding eche other refresshynge them their horses They lay styll thus about Panpylone the space of thre dayes bycause they founde the couÌ„tre plentyfull bothe in flesshe breed wyne and all other purueyauÌ„ces for them for their horses Howbeit these companyons payed nat for euery thynge as was demaunded of theÌ„ nor they coude nat absteyne fro robbynge and pyllyng that they coude get So that about Panpylone and in the waye they dyde moche trouble and hurte wherwith the kynge of Nauerr was right sore displeased but he coulde nat as than amende it but he repented hym often tymes that he had opened his passages to the prince and to his company For he parceyued well howe he hadde therby more hurt than profyte howbeit the season was nat than for him to say all that he thought for he sawe well and consydered that he was nat as thanÌ„e mayster of his owne countre So he had dayly great coÌ„playn tes made to hym of one and other of his countre wherwith his hert was sore coÌ„strayned for displeasure but he coude nat remedy it Howbeit he caused some of his counsayle suche as
haue kepte the right way thorowe the straytes and perylous passage so thus the prince deê‘ted fro thens ther as he was loged and he and his coÌ„pany passed through a place named Sarris the whiche was right perylous to passe for it was narowe and an yuâ—li way Ther were many sore troubled for lacke of vitayle for they founde but lytell in that passage tyll they came to Saueter SAueter is a good town and is in a gode countre a plentyfull as to the marches ther about This towne is at the vtter bandes of Nauer and on the entrynge into Spayne This towne helde with king Henry So than the princis host spred abrode that countre â–ª the companyons auaunced themselse to assayle the towne of Saueter and to take it byforce and to robbe and pyll it Wher vnto they had great oâ—syre â–ª by cause of the great riches that they knew was within the towne the whiche they of yâ— couÌ„â—re had brought th 〈…〉 der on trust of the strength of the towne but they of the towne thought nat â—o abyde yâ— parell for they knewe well they couâ—e nat long endure nor resyst agaynst so great an hoost Therfore they came oute and rendred them selfe to kynge Dampeter and cryed hym mercy and presented to hym the keys of the towne The kynge Dampeter by counsayle of the 〈…〉 ce toke theÌ„ to mercy or els he wolde nat haue done iâ— for by his wyll he wold haue distroyed them all howe beit they were all receyued to 〈…〉 And the prince kynge Dampeter and the kyng of Mallorques with the duke of LaÌ„castre entred in to the towne and therle of Armynake and all other lodged therabout in vyllages ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue the prince there and somwhat speke of his men that were at the towne of Nauaret THe forsayd knightes that were ther greatly desyred to auaunce their bodyes for they were a fyue dayes â—ourney fro their owne hoost wher as they departed fro theÌ„ first And often tymes they yssued out of Nauaret rode to yâ— marchesse of their enemyes to lerne what their enemyes entented And this kyng Henry was lodged in the felde and all his hoost desyryng greatly to here â—idynges of the prince marueylyng gretly that his haraud retourned nat And often tymes his men rodenere to Nauaret to lerne and to here some tidynges of thenglysshmen and the erle â—ancell brother to the kyng Dame Henry was certaynly enfourmed that ther were men of warr in garryson in the towne of Nauaret wherfore he thought to go and se them more nerer But first on a day the knightes of Englande rode out of Nauaretet in an eâ—enâ—ynge so farforthe that they came to kyng HeÌ„ryes lodgynge and made ther a great 〈…〉 mysshe and marueylousâ—y awoke the host and slewe and tooke dyuers and specially the knight that kept the wache was taken without recouery and so retourned agayne to Nauarâ—et without any domage And the nexte day they sent to the prince aâ— haraude who was as than at Saueter signifyeng hym what they hadde done and sene and what puyssaunce his ennemyes were of and wher they were lodged For they knewe all this well by the informacyon of suche prisoners as they had taken Of these tidynges the prince was right ioyouse in that his knightes had so well borne them selfe on the fronter of his enemyes â—yng Hâ—ty who was right sore displeased that theÌ„glysshmen that lay at Nauaret had thus escryed his hoost sayd howehe wolde aproche nerer to his enemies so auauÌ„ced forwarde And whan sir Thomas Pheltoâ— and his company at Naueret knewe that kynge Henry was passed the water and drewe for warde to fynde the prince Than they determyned to departe fro Nauaret and to take the feldes to knowe more certayntie of the spanyardê and so they dyde and sente worde to the prince howe that kynge Henry aproched fast and be semyng desyring greatly to fynde hym and his men And the prince who was as than at Saueter wher he vnderstode yâ— kyng Henry was passed the water and tooke his way to come to fight with him he was right ioyouse and sayd a highe yâ— euery man herde hym By my â—aythe this bastarde Henry is a valyant knight and a â—ardy for it is signe of great promeâ— that he â—eketh thus for vs and sythe he dothe so and we 〈◊〉 lykewise him by all reason we ought to mete and fight togyder Therfore it were good that we departed fro hens and go forwarde and to get Uyctoria or our enemyes come there 〈◊〉 so the next mornynge they departed â—ro Sâ—â—â—ter First the prince and all his â—atayle and he dyde so moche that he came before 〈…〉 ther he founde sir Thomas Phelton and yâ— for sayd knyghtes to whome he made great chere and demaunded them of dyuers thynges And as they were deuysing togyder their currours came and reported that they had sâ—ue the currors of their enemyes wherfore they knewe for certayne that kynge Henry and his hoâ—â—â— was nat farr of by reason of the demeany age that they had sene among the spanyardes Whan yâ— prince vnderstode these tiâ—ynges he causes his truÌ„pettes to sowne and cryed alarum through out all the hoost And whan euery man herde that than they drewe to their order and array and ranged them in batayleredy to fight for euery man knewe or he departed fro Saueteâ—r what he shulde do and what order to take the which they dyde incontynent Ther might haue been sene great noblenesse and baners and penons beaten with armes waâ—yâ—g in yâ— wynde What shulde I say more it was great noblenesse to beholde the vawarde was so well ranged that it was marueyle to behold Wherof the duke of Lancastre was chiefe and with hym sir Johan Chandos constable of Acquitayne with a gret coÌ„pany and in those batayls there were made dyuers newe knightes The duke of Lácaltre in the vaward made newe knightê as sir Rafe Camoys sir Water Lomyche sir ThomÌ„s Damery sir JohnÌ„ Grandon and other to the nombre of .xii. And sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos made dyuers englysshe squyers knightê as Corton Clysson prior â–ª WyllmÌ„ of Fâ—rmeton Amery of Roch châ—art Gyrad de la Motte and Robert Briquet The prince made first knight Dampeter king of Spayne sir Thomas Holand sonne to his wyfe the princesse sir Hugh sir Philyppe and sir Denyse Courtnay sir JohnÌ„â—onnet ser Nicholas Bonde and dyuers other And in lykewise so dyd dyuers other lordes in their batels ther were made that day CCC newe knight â–ª or 〈◊〉 and all that day they were â—â—yll redy 〈…〉 ged in the batell to abyde for their enemies but they came no faâ—â—er forward that day but ther as the currours had sene them For kyng HeÌ„ry taryed for socours that shulde coÌ„e to him out of Aragon and specially for sir Bertram of Clesquy who was comig to hi with a .iiii. M. fightyng men for without theÌ„ he thought he wolde nat fight wherof the prince was
he knewe well he shulde encountre his enemys So there were none yâ— went before the marshals batayls but suche currours as were apoynted so thus the lordes of bothe hostes knewe by the report of their currours that they shulde shortely mete So they went forward an hostyng pase eche toward other whan the son was risyng vp it was a great beauty to beholde the batayls and the armurs shinynge agaynst the son So thus they went forward tyll they aproched nere togyder than the prince and his coÌ„pany went ouer a lytell hyll in the disceÌ„dyng therof they ê‘ceyued clerely their enemyes comyng towarde theÌ„ And whan they were all disceÌ„ded down this mouÌ„tayne than euery man drue to their batayls kept theÌ„ styll and so rested theÌ„ and euery man dressed and aparelled hymselfe redy to fight Than sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos brought his baner rolled vp togyder to the prince sayd Sir beholde here is my baner I requyre you dysplay it abrode and gyue me leaue this day to rayse it for sir I thanke god and you I haue lande and herytage suffycient to maynteyne it withall Than the prince and kynge Dampeter tooke the baner bytwene their handes and spred it abrode the which was of syluer a sharpe pyle goules and delyuered it to him and sayd sir Johan beholde here your baner god sende you ioye and honoure therof Than sir Johan Chandos bare his baner to his owne coÌ„pany and sayd Sirs behold here my baner yours kepe it as your owne And they toke it were right toyfull therof and sayd that by the pleasure of god and saynt George they wolde kepe and defende it to the best of their powers And so the baner abode in the handes of a good englysshe squyer called WyllmÌ„ Alery who bare it that day and aquaynted himself right nobly Than anon after thenglysshmen and gascoins a lighted of their horses and euery man drewe vnder their owne baner and standerd in array of barayle redy to fight it was great ioye to se and consyder the baners and penons and the noble armery that was ther. Than the bataylles began a lytell to auaunce and than the prince of Wales opened his eyen and regarded towarde heuen and ioyned his handes togyder and sayd Uary god Jesu Christ who hath formed and created me coÌ„sent by your benygne grace that I may haue this day victory of myne enemyes as that I do is in a ryghtfull quarell to sustayne and to ayde this kynge chased out of his owne herytage the whiche gyueth me courage to auaunce my selfe to restablysshe hym a gayne into his realme And than he layed his right hande on kyng Dampeter who was by hym and sayd Sir kynge ye shall knowe this day if euer ye shall haue any part of the realme of Castell or nat Therfore auaunce baners in the name of god and saynt George with those wordes the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos aproched and the duke sayde to sir Wylliam Beauchamp Sir Wylliam beholde yonder our enemyes this day ye shall se me a good knyght or els to dye in the quarell And therwith they aproched their enemyes first the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos batayle assembled with the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy and of the marshall sir Arnold Dandrehen who were a foure thousande men of armes So at the first brunt ther was a sore encountre with speares and sheldes and they were a certayne space or any of them coude get within other ther was many a dede of armes done and many a man reuersed and cast to the erthe that neuer after was relyued And whan these two first barayls were thus assembled the other batayls wolde nat longe tary behynde but aproched and assembled togyder quickely And so the prince and his batayle came on the erle of Anxes batayle and with the prince was kyng Dampeter of Castell and sir Marten dela Care who represented the kynge of Nauer And at the first metynge that the prince mette with the erle of Anxes batayle therle and his brother fledde away without order or good array and wyst nat why and a two thousand speres with hym So this seconde batayle was opened and anone disconfyted for the captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson and their company came on them a fote and slewe and hurt many of theÌ„ Than the princes batayle with kyng Dampeter came and ioyned with the batayle of kynge Henry wher as there were threscore thousande men a fote and a horsebacke There the batayle began to be fierse and cruell on all partes for the spanyardes and castillyans had slynges wher with they cast stones in such wise that ther with they claue and brake many a bassenet and helme and hurt many a man and ouerthrue them to the erthe and the archers of Englande shotte fiersly and hurtespanyardes greuously and brought them to great mischefe The one parte cryed Castell for kynge Henry and the other parte saynt George guyen And the first batayle as the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos and the two marshals sir Guyss harde Dangle and sir Stephyne Consenton fought with sir Bertram of Clesquy with the other knightes of FrauÌ„ce and of Aragon ther was done many a dede of armes so it was harde for any of them to open others batayle dyuers of theÌ„ helde their speares in both their handes foyning and presing eche at other and some fought with shorte swerdes and daggers Thus at the beginnynge the frenchmen and they of Aragon fought valiantly so that the good knightê of Englande endured moche payne That daye sir Johan Chandos was a good knight and dyde vnder his baner many a noble feate of armes he aduentured himselfe so farre that he was closed in amonge his enemyes and so sore ouerpressed that he was felled downe to the erthe and on hym there fell a great and a bygge man of Castell called Martyne Ferrant who was gretly renomed of hardynesse amonge the spanyardes and hedyde his entent to haue slayne sir Johan Chandos who lay vnder hym in great danger Than sir Johan Chandos remembred of a knyfe that he had in his bosome and drewe it out and strake this Martyne so in the backe and in the sydes that he wounded him to dethe as he lay on him Than sir Johan Chandos tourned hym ouer and rose quickely on his fete and his men were there aboute hym who had with moche payne broken the prease to come to hym wher as they sawe hym felled THe saturday in the mornynge bytwene Nauer and Nauaret was the batayle right fell and cruell and many a man brought to great myschefe Ther was done many a noble dede of armes by the prince and by the duke of LaÌ„castre his brother and by sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle the captall of Befz the lorde of Clisson the lorde of Raix sir Hugh Caurell sir Mathue Gourney sir Loys Harcourt the lorde of Pons the lorde of Partney And of
gascoyns fought valyantly the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Pomyers and his brethern the lorde of MusedeÌ„t the lorde of Rosen therle of Pyergourt therle of Gomegynes therle of Carmayne the lorde of Condons the lorde Parr the lorde of Chamont sir Bertylmewe of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet sir Bertram Dalbreth the lorde of Garonde sir Aymery of Tast the Souldiche of Strade sir Peteton of Corton and dyuers other knightes and squyers aquyted themselfe right nobly in armes to their powers And vnder the penon of saynt George and the baner of sir Johan Chandos were all the companyons to the nombre of .xii. hundred pensels and they were right hardy and valyant knightes as sir Robert Ceney sir Perducas Dalbreth RobrÌ„t Briquet sir Garses of the Castell sir Gaillard Uiger Johan Cresnell Nandon of BergeraÌ„t Aymon Dortyng Perrot of Sauoy the bourg Camus the bourge Lespyne the bourge Bertuell Esperry and dyuers other On the freÌ„che partie sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnold DaÌ„drehen Xances sir Gomes Garybz and other knightes of Fraunce and of Arragone fought right nobly to their powers howbeit they had none aduauntage for these companyons were hardy and strong knightes and well vsed and expert in armes And also ther were great plenty of knightes and squiers of Englande vnder the baner of the duke of LaÌ„castre and of sir Johan Chandos Ther was the lorde Wyllyam Beauchamp sonne to the erle of Warwyke sir Rafe Camoys sir Water Ursewyke sir Thomas Emery sir JohnÌ„ Grandon sir JohnÌ„ Dyper sir Johan du Pre sir Amery of Rochechoart sir Gayllarde de la Motte and mo than .ii. hundred knightes the whiche I can nat name And to speke truely the sayd sir Bertram Clesquy and the marshall Dandrechen the Begue of Uillaynes the lorde Dantuell the lorde of Brisuell sir Gawen of Baylleull sir Johan of bergeretes the begue of Uillers the almayne of saynt Uenant and the good knightes and squiers of Fraunce that were ther acquyted themselfe nobly For of trouthe if the spanyardê had done their parte as well as the frenchmen dyde thenglysshmen and gascoyns shulde haue had moche more to do and haue suffred more payn than they dyde The faute was nat in kyng HeÌ„ry that they dyde no better for he had well admonysshed and desyred theÌ„ to haue done their deuoyre valiantly and so they had promysed him to haue done The kynge bare hym selfe ryght valiantly and dyde marueyls in armes and with good courage coÌ„forted his people as whan they were flyenge and openyng he came in among theym and sayd Lordes I am your kyng ye haue made me kyng of Castell haue sworne and promysed that to dye ye wyll nat fayle me For goddessake kepe your promyse that ye haue sworne acquyte you agaynst me and I shall acquyte me agaynst you for I shall nat flye one fote as longe as I may se you do your deuoyre By these wordes and suche other full of confort kyng Henry brought his men togyder agayne thre tymes the same day and with his owne haÌ„des he fought valiantly so that he ought greatly to be honoured and renowmed This was a marueylous dangerous batayle and many a man slayne and sore hurte the comons of Spayne acordyng to the vsage of their countre with their slynges they dyd cast stones with great vyolence and dyde moche hurt the whiche at the beginnynge troubled greatly the englysshmen But whan their cast was past that they felt the sharpe arrowes lyght amonge theÌ„ they coude no lengar kepe their aray with kynge Henry in his batayle were many noble meÌ„ of armes as well of Spayne as of Lysbone of Aragon and of Portyngale who acquyted them right nobly And gaue it nat vp so lyghtly for valiantly they fought with speares iauelyns archegayes and swerdes And on the wyng of kynge Henries batayle ther were certayne well mouÌ„ted who always kept the batell in good order for if the bataile opened or brake array in any syde than they were euer redy to helpe to bringe them agayne in to good order So these englisshmen and gascons or they had the aduauntage they bought it derely wan it by noble chiualry and great prowes of armes And for to say trouthe the prince hym selfe was the chefe flour of chiualry of all the worlde and had with him as than right noble and valyant kâ—â—ghtes and squyers And a lytell besyde the princes batayle was the kynge of Mallorques and his company fightynge and acquitynge them selfe right valiantly And also there was the lorde Martyn de la karr representyng the kynge of Nauer who dyde right well his deâ—oyre I can nat speke of all them that dyd that day right nobly But aboute the prince in his â—â—tayle there were dyuers good knyghtes as well of Englande as of Gascoyne as sir Rycharde Pount Chardon sir Thomas Spenser sir Thomas Hollande sir Nowell Lornyche sir Hugh and sir Philyppe Courtnay sir Johan Comette sir Nycholas Bonde sir Thomas Comette and dyuers other as the seâ—â—shall of â—ayntonge sir Baudwyn of Franâ—yil the seneshall of Burdeaux of Rochell of Poictou of Angoleme of Rouerne of Lymâ—â—yâ— and of Pyergourt and sir Loyes Marnell sir Raymon Danduell and dyuers other Ther was none that fayned to fight valiantly and also they hadde good cause why for there were of spaygniardes and of Castyle mo than a hundred thousande men in harnesse so that by reason of their great nombre it was longe or they coude be ouercom Kyng DaÌ„peter was greatly chafed and moche desyred to mete with the bastarde his brother and sayd where is that horeson that calleth hymselfe kynge of Castell And the same kynge Henry fought ryght valyantly where as he was helde his people togyder right marueylously and sayde Aye good people ye haue crowned me kyng therfore helpe and ayde me to kepe the herytage that you haue gyue me So that by these wordes suche other as he spake that day he caused many to be right hardy and valyaunt wherby they abode on the felde so that bycause of their hono r they wolde nat flye fro the place ¶ Howe sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was disconfyted he taken and kyng Henry saued hym selfe and of the spanyardes that fledde and of the nombre of the deed And of the cyties that yelded them vp to kyng Dampeter and of the aunswere that he made to the prince Cap. CC .xxxviii. THe batayle that was best fought and lengest helde togyder was the company of sir Bertram of Clesquy for there were many noble meÌ„ of armes who fought and helde toguyder to their powers and ther was done many a noble feat of armes And on the englysshe parte specially there was sir Johan Chandos who that day dyde lyke a noble knight and gouerned couÌ„sayled that day the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as he dyde before the prince at the batell of Poycters wherin he was greatly renomed and praysed the whiche was good
reason for a valyant man and a good knyght acquitynge hym selfe nobly among lordes princes ought greatly to be recommended for that day he toke no hede for takyng of any prisoner with his owne haÌ„des but alwayes fought and went forwarde but there was taken by his coÌ„pany vnder his baner dyuers good knightes and squyers of Aragon and of FrauÌ„ce And specially sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnolde Dandrehen sir Begue of Uillaynes and mo than threscore prisoners So thus finally the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy was disconfyted and all that were therin taken and slayneâ— as well they of FrauÌ„ce as of Aragon Ther was slayne the Begue of Uillyers and taken the lorde Antoyâ—ge of Heynault the lorde Bresuell sir Gawen of Bayllieull sir Johan of Bergenettes sir Alemant of saynt UenaÌ„t and dyuers other Than drewe toguyder these baners the baner of the duke of Lancastre of sir Johan Chandos and of the two marshalles and the penon of saynt George And went all toguyder on the batayle of kyng Henry and cryed with a hygh voyce saynt George guyen Than the spanyardes and their coÌ„pany were sore puta backe the Captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson fought valyantly and also sir Eustace Dambreticort sir Hughe Caurell sir Souldyche sir Johan Dureux and other acquyted theÌ„ selfe that day right nobly The prince shewed hymselfe lyke a noble knight and fought valyantly with his enemyes On the othersyde kyng Henry acquited hymselfe right valiaÌ„tly and recouered and tourned agayn his people that day thre tymes for after that the erle of Anxell and a thre thousande horsmen with hym were departed fro the felde the other began than greatly to be discoÌ„fyted and were euer redy to flye after their coÌ„pany but than euer kynge Henry was before theym and sayde Fayre lordes what do youâ— wherfore wyll ye thus forsake and betraye me sythe ye haue made me kynge and set the crowne on my heed and putte the herytage of Castell into my handes Retourne helpe to kepe and defende me and abyde with me for by the grace of god or it be night all shal be ours So that these wordes or suche lyke encoraged his people in suche wyse that it made theym to abyde lengar in the felde for they durst nat flye for shame whan they sawe their kynge their lorde so valiantly fight and speke so amyably So that there dyed mo than a thousande and fyue hundred persons that might well haue saued themselfe and haue taken the tyme to their aduantage and the loue that they had to their lorde and kynge hadde nat been WHan the batayle of the marshalles were passed throughe their ennemyes and had disconfyted the grettest nombre of theÌ„ so that the spanyardes coude nat susteyn nor defende them any lengar but began to flye away in great feare without any good array or order toward the cyte of Nauaret and so passeâ— by the great ryuer So that for any wordes yâ— kyng Henry coude say they wolde nat retorne and whan the kyng sawe the myschefe and disconfyture of his people and that he sawe no recouery Than he called for his horse and mounted theron and put hymselfe among them that fledde but he toke nat the way to Nauaret for feare of enclosynge but than toke another way â—schewyng all paryls for he knewe well that if he were taken he shulde dye wtout mercy ThaÌ„ the englysshmen and gascons lept a horsebake and began to chase the spanyardes who sledde away sore disconfyted to the great ryuer And at the entre of the bridge of Nauaret ther was a hydeous shedynge of blode and many a man slayne and drowned for dyuers lepte into the water the whiche was depe and hydeous they thought they had as lyue to be drowned as slayne And in this chase amonge other ther were two valyant knightes of Spayne beryng on them the abyte of relygion The one called the great priour of saynt James and the other the great maister of Calatrane They and their coÌ„pany to saue themselfe entred in to Nauaret and they were so nere chased at their backe by englysshmen and gascoyns that they wan the bridge so that ther was a great slaughter And thenglysshmen entred into the cytie after their enemyes who were entred into a strong house of stone Howbeit incontynent it was won byforce and the knightê taken and many of their men slayne and all the cyte ouerron and pylled the whiche was greatly to thenglysshmens profyte Also they wanne kyng Henries lodgynge wherin they founde gret richesse of vessell and iowelles of golde and syluer for the kyng was come thyder with great noblenesse so yâ— whan they were disconfyted they had no layser for to retourne thyder agayne to saue that they had left there So this was a hydeous and a terryble discoÌ„fyture and specially on the ryuer syde ther was many a man slayne And it was sayd as I herde after reported of some of them that were ther present that one might haue sene the water that ran by Nauaret to be of the coloure of reed with the blode of men and horse that were ther slayne This batayle was bytwene Nauer and Nauaret in Spayne The yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde Jesu Christ a thousande thre hundred threscore and sixe the thirde day of Aprill the whiche was on a saturday AFter the disconfyture of the batell of Nauaret whiche was done by noone The prince caused his baner to be reysed vp a highe vpon a busshe on a lytell hyll to the entent to drawe his people thyder and so thyder drue all those that came fro the chase Thyder came the duke of LaÌ„castre sir Johan Chandos the lorde Clysson the Captall of Beufz the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret and dyuers other barones And had reysed vp on high their baners to drawe their people thyder and euer as they came they raynged them in the felde Also ther was Loyes kynge of Mallorques his baner before hym whervnto his company drue and a lytell there besyde was sir Marten de la Karr with the baner of his lorde the kynge of Nauer With dyuers other erles and barons the whiche was a goodly thinge to regard and beholde Than came thyder kynge Dampeter right sore chafed comynge from the chase on a great blacke courser his baner beten with the armes of Castell before hym And assoone as he sawe the princes baner he alyghted wente thyder And whan the prince sawe hym comynge he went and mette hym and dyde him great honour There the kyng Dampeter wolde haue kneled downe to haue thaÌ„ked the prince but the prince made great haste to take hym by the hande and wolde nat suffre him to knele ThaÌ„ the kynge sayd Dere and fayre cosyn I ought to gyue you many thaÌ„kes and prayses for this 〈◊〉 iourney that I haue attayned this day by your meanes Than the prince sayde Sir yelde thankes to god and gyue him all the prays for
kyng of Englande was defyed Than they drue toward Poictou and had sent secretly their coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t to the knightes squiers of Artoyse Heynalt Cambresis UermaÌ„dose Uyen and Picardy that they shuldê incoÌ„tynent come to theÌ„ and so they dyde to the nombre of sixscore speares came to Abuyle And they set vpon the gates for it was so determyned before and so the men of warre entred without doyng of any hurt to any of theÌ„ of the towne ThaÌ„ sir Hewe of Chastelon who was chefe leder of these men of warr went streyght wher as he thought to fynde the seneshall of Poictou ser Nicolas Louayng dyd somoche yâ— he fouÌ„de him toke him prisoner Also they toke a riche clerke a valyaÌ„t man tresourer of Poitou So that day the freÌ„chmen toke many a riche prisoner thenglisshmen lost all that they had in the towne of Abuyle And the same day the freÌ„chemen ran to saynt Ualery and entred therin and toke it and Crotay and also the towne of Derne on the see syde And anone after came the erle of saynt Poule to the bridge of saynt Remey on the ryuer of Somme whervnto ther were certayne englysshmen withdrawen The erle assayled them and there was a great scrymysshe and many noble dedes of armes done and atcheued And therle made knight ther Galetan his eldest sonne who dyde that day right nobly but thenglysshmen were ther so sore assayled that finally they were discoÌ„fyted slayne and takefie and the bridge and forteresse also And brefely to speke all the countre and couÌ„tie of Poictou was clene delyuered fro thenglysshmen so that none abode ther to do any hurte to the countre The tidynges came to the kyng of Englande to London howe they of Poyctou had forsaken hym and were become frenche Wherwith he was ryght sore displeased had many a harde ymaginacyon agaynst the hostagers of France that were styll with him at LoÌ„don Howe beit he thought it shulde be a great crueltie if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them yet he sent the burgesses of cyties good townes of Fraunce whome he had in hostage into dyuers townes and fortresses in Englande and kept theÌ„ more strayter and harder than they were kepte before And therle dolphyne of Auuergne was raunsomed at .xxx. thousande frankes and therle Porseen at .x. thousand fraÌ„kes and the lorde of Roy was kept styll in prison in great daunger for he was nat well beloued with the kyng of Englande nor with none of his courte Wherfore it behoued hym to endure moche sorowe trouble vntyll suche season as he was delyuered by great fortune aduenture as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent great nombre of men of armes in to the fronters of Scotlande and how the duke of Berry the duke of Aniou made their somoÌ„s to go agaynst the prince of wales Cap. CC .xlviii. WHan the kyng of Englande sawe that he was thus defyed by the frenche kyng and the couÌ„tie of Poictou lost the which had cost hym so moche the repayring of townes castels and houses for he had spent theron a hundred thousande frankes ouer and aboue the reuenewes therof sawe well howe he was lykely to haue warr on all parties Also it was shewed hym that the scottes were newly alyed with the freÌ„che kyng and were in purpose to make hym warre Wherof he was sore displeased for he douted more the warr of the scottes than of the freÌ„chmen for he knewe well the scottes loued hym nat bycause of the domages that he had done to theÌ„ in tyme past Than the kynge sentemen of warr to the fronters of Scotlande as to Berwyke Rokesborowe to Newcastell and into other places about the froÌ„ters Also he sent a great nauy to the see aboute Hampton Gernsey and the yle of Wyght for it was shewed hym howe the frenche kyng had apparelled a great nauy to go to the see and to come and lande in Englande so that he wyst nat on whiche part to take hede Thus thenglysshmen were than sore abasshed bycause of this sodayne warre ANd assoone as the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry knewe that the defyance was made the warr opyn they thought nat than to slepe but made their speciall somoÌ„s the one into Auuerne and the other into Tholous to assemble and to make warr into the principalyte The duke of Berry had redy at his coÌ„maundement all the barownes of Auuergne of the bysshoprike of Lyon and of the bysshop ryke of Mascon Also he had the lorde of Beauteu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Tornon sir Godfray of Boloyne sir Johan of Armynacke sir Johan of Uyllemure the lorde MoÌ„tague the lorde of Talenson sir Hugh Dolphyn the lorde of Rochfort and dyuers other And incoÌ„tynent all these drewe into Towrayn and into the marchesse of Berry and began to make sore warr in the good countrey of Poyctou but they founde it well garnysshed with men of warre bothe knightes and squyers so that they had ther no great aduauntage And in the marchesse of Towrayne in the french garysons and forteresses there was sir Loyes of saynt Julyan sir Wyllyam of Bordes Carnet breton These thre were companyons and great capitayns of men of warr and they dyd feates of armes agaynst thenglysshmen as ye shall here after ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke to the prince his soÌ„ne and howe they passed by Bretayne Capitulo CC .xlix. THe duke of Lancastre had by his enheritauÌ„ce in Champayn a castel betwene Troy and Chalons called Beauforte Wherof an englysshe squyer called Purceuaunt Damors was capitayne And whan this squier sawe that the warr was open bitwene the frenche kynge and the kyng of Englande Than he tourned hymselfe and became frenche sware from thens forth fayth and alligeance to the frenche kyng who greatly rewarded hym and left hym styll capitayne of the same castell accompanyed with another squier of Champayne called yuan So they .ii. were great companyons to gether and dyd after many feates to gether agaynst the englisshemen And also the chanoyn of Robersart who had always ben before a good frencheman al the renewyng of this warr he became englissh and dyd fayth and homage to the kyng of Englande who was ryght gladde of his seruice Thus the knyghtes and squiers turned theyr copies on both partes And the duke of Anion had so procured the companyoÌ„s of Gascoyn 〈◊〉 ser Perducas Dalbreth the lyttell Mechin the Bourg of Bertueil Aymon Dortingue Peter of Sauoy Raff Bray and Nandon of Pans that they became all freÌ„che wherof the englisshmen were sore displeased for theyr streÌ„gth dayly lassed And NaÌ„don of Bagerant the Bourg of Lespare the Burg Camus ser Robert Briquet Robert Thin JohnÌ„ Trenelle Gailard dela mote and Aymery of Rochecho art abode styll good Englysshe And these companyons englisshe and gascoyns and other of theyr accorde and
affinite abode in the bysshopryke of Mans and in base Normandy and had taken a towne called Uire and distroyed all the couÌ„trey there about Thus the companyons turned some to the one parte and some to the other so that they were all eyther englisshe or frenche Than the kynge of Englande was counsayled to sende his sonne the erle of Cambrydge and the erle of Penbroke into the duchie of Acquitayne to the prince with a certayne nombre of men of warre so were named they that shuld go with them in that voyage as the lorde of Tarbeston ser Brian Stapleton sir Thomas Balestre ser JohnÌ„ Truues and dyuers other They entred assoone as they myght into yâ— see and were in all .iiii. C. men of armes .iiii. C. archers And so they sayled towarde Britayne and had wynde at wyll and arryued in the hauen of saynt Malo in the Isle And whan the duke of Bretayne ser JohnÌ„ Mountford knew that they were arryued in his countrey he was right ioyous and sent incontinent knyghtes to receyue them as ser JohnÌ„ of Laigingay and ser JohnÌ„ Augustin Of the comynge of them the erle of Cambridge the erle of Penbroke were right ioyous For they knewe nat whether the lordes knyghtes good townes of Bretayne wold suffre them to passe through the couÌ„trey or nat Than these sayd lordes of England desyred the duke that they myght passe And the duke who was fauorable to englisshemen and was loth to displease them acorded to theyr request that they shulde passe through the countrey payeng for that they shulde take without riot or grudge Than the erle of Cambridge the erle of Penbroke and theyr company drew to the companyons that were at the castell of Gontierland at the towne of Uire and so toke them forth with them and passed the ryuer of â—oire at the Bridge of NaÌ„tes without doyng of any hurt to the couÌ„trey In the same season sit Hugh Caurell with a great nombre of companyons in the marches of Arragon was newly come out of Spaigne as soone as he knewe that the frenchemen made warre to the prince he with his company passed through Foâ—â— and Arragon and entred into Bigore and so came to the prince to the cite of Angolesme to whom the prince made great chere and was gladde of hym and kept hym styll there tyll the companions were come out of Normandy who hadde solde theyr fortresses to come to hym And as soone as they wer come to Angolesme the prince ordeyned ser Hugh Caurel to be theyr capitayn And so he was than to the nombre of .ii. thousande fightyngemen Than the prince sende them to the landes of the erle of Armynack and of the lorde Dalbreth to burne exile the countrey And so there they made great warre and dyd moche great domage to the countrey ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke arryued at Angolesine howe the prince sent theâ— to ouerrenne the countye of Piergourt Cap. CC .l. THe erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke who were arryued at saynt Malo as ye haue harde before and taried there tyll all theyr company were past by the agrement of the duke of Bretayne And whan they were well refresshed there they had leaue to departe and so went to Nantes there the duke receyued them right honorably they taried with hym .iii. dayes and refresshed them their people The fourth day they passed ouer the great ryuer of Loyre at the bridge of Nantes and rode so longe by their iorneis that they came to Angolesme where they fouÌ„d the prince the princesse The prince was right ioyous of the comyng of his brother the erle of Cambridge and of the erle of Penbroke and demaunded of them how the kynge his father and the quene his mother and his other bretherne dyd And whan they had taryed there a .iii. dayes than the prince sente them to make a iourney into the countie of Piergourt And so these .ii. lordê and theyr company made them redy so to do and toke leaue of the prince and went forth in goodly array they wer a .iii. M. fyghtyng men by the helpe of dyuers knyghtes and squters of Poictou Xainton Lymo syn Quercy and Rouergue And so than these lordes entred into the couÌ„tie of Piergourt and there they dyd many great domagê And whan they had burned and ouerran the most parte of the couÌ„trey they went layd siege to a fortresse called Bourdeill there were .ii. squiers bretherne capitaynes within called Erualdon and Bernardyn of Batefoll and beside them in the countie there were diuers good capitaynes the whiche the erle of Piergourt had sende thether to kepe the garisons and fortresses the whiche were right well prouyded fore both with artillarie vitailes and other thynges necessarie to maynteyne and kepe their places a long space And also they that were within were of good wyll so to do Thus durynge the siege before Bourdeill there were many featê of armes don and many a saute many a reculyng and many a skrymysshe nere hande dayly for the .ii. squiers within were right hardy and prowde and loued but lytell the englisshe men and came oft tymes to the barriers and skrymysshedde with them without and some day wanne and some day loste as the aduentures of warre often tymes falleth nowe vp nowe downe And on the other syde in the marches of Aniou and Towrayne there were a. M. fyghtynge men as well frenchemen as bretons bourgonyons pycardes normans and angeuyns and dyd aften tymes great domage in the princis lande ouer whome were capitaynes syr JohnÌ„ de Belle sir Wylliam of Bourdes ser Loys of saynt Julianâ— and Carnet the Breton And agaynste them there were men of warr in the fronters of Poictou and Xainton as dyuers knyghtes of the princis and specially sir Symon Burle and ser Dangouse how be it they had nat the .iiii. part of the men that the frenchemen had for the frenchemen were a thousand fightyng men or mo and the englisshemen past nat a two or thre huÌ„dred at the most for the prince had sent a great nombre of his meÌ„ into .iiii. armies as to MoÌ„taban a .v. hundred with ser JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos and other coÌ„panions in the landes of the erle of Armynacke and the lorde Dalbreth And also a great company with ser Hugh Caurell and the greattest company of all with his brother therle of CaÌ„bridge to the siege of Bourdeil Wherfore there were but fewe agaynst the freÌ„chemen in Poictou Howe be it they acquited themselfe right nobly and dyd theyr deuour to kepe the fronters and garisons there and neuer refused to fight and to skrymysshe with the freÌ„chemen thoughe they were nothynge lyke in nombre And so it was on a day the frenchemen had certayne knowlege that the englysshemen were a brode in the feldes Wherof they were right ioy full and so layde them selfe in a busshement as the englisshemen shulde returne
of name nor man of Warre within the towne saue all onely the dwellers within ThaÌ„ they drewe to counsayle agayne and vtterlye determyned that they wolde go no farther tyll they hadde assayed to geat the sayde towne of Monsac And so returned agayne and toke the â—ictayle for themselfe and deliuered the horses agayn to the vitailers and badde them go and seke for newe prouisyon And than wente and layde siege about Monsac and harbored themselfe as though they wolde nat go thence in a moneth and made semblant to assaute the towne the next day and layde suche artyllarie as they had agaynst the Walles And whan they with 〈…〉 towne sawe that they were afrayed and knewe well they coude nat longe endure bycause of lacke of victayle Than they beganne to treate with the englysshe knyghtes and fynally they knoweledged the prince of Wales to be theyr lorde and to kepe and holde the towne of â—ym for euer fro thence forth without fraude or 〈◊〉 â—â—gyn so that they myght sytte styll in rest and nothynge of theyrs taken from them Than ser JohnÌ„ Chandos and his companye at the requeste of them of the towne ordeyned for them a capitayne a knyght called syr Roberte Mytton and twenty men of armes with hym and fourty archers at the costes and wages of them of the towne Than they rode forthe tyll they came to Durmell where as ser Robert Ca 〈◊〉 and his companye laye at siege and there eche made to other great chere and feaste and tokens of loue and so than they laye all at the siege in good ordre ¶ Howe sir Robert Canol sir JohnÌ„ Chandos departed fro Durmell without wynnyng of it and wente and layde siege to the garyson of DoÌ„me Cap. CC .lvii. WHile this siege thus endured before Durmelle there were many skrymysshes and dedes of armes done for there Were many good knyghtes and men of armes without and within were good men of warre well expierte and vsed therin orels they coude nat haue endured halfe so long as they dyd They that lay at siege without had no great aduantage For they were in worse case than they within for .ii. causes The one it rayned day and nyght the whiche was euyl both for men and horses The other was defaute of vitayles so that they wist nat what to eate a loffe of breade was worthe .iii. olde grotes and yet worse than that sometyme they coude geat none for money Howe be it often tymes they hadde plentye of Wynes the Whyche dyd them great comforte So in this case they Were a fyue wekes and finally whan they sawe they coude Wynne nothynge there bycause the garyson Was so stronge and that they laye there in so great Jeopardye and disease they determyned to departe thence and so they dydde and drewe them to the Castell and towne of DoÌ„me the Whyche stode in a more plentyfull countrey and so besieged the garyson And Within was Capitayne lorde and gouernour syr Robert of DoÌ„me and with hym a cosyn of his called syr Peter Sanglette and they had geat in to the fortresse all the victayle that was abrode in the countrey aboute them And Whan the Englysshemen and Gascoynes Who Were to the noumbre of fyftene houndred men of armes and two thousande archers and brygauntes hadde thus layde siege to the fortresse assauted the place couragiously and reised vp dyuerse great engyns so that dayly ther Were sautes and skrymysshes and many feates of armes acheued And Whan they hadde layen thus at siege the space of fyftene dayes and sawe they gatte nor conquered nothynge there And that they laye there in great payne and trauayle Than they toke aduise and couÌ„saile concluded to sende worde to Angolesme to the prince certifieng hym of theyr estate and Chandos the heraulde was coÌ„maunded to go on that message and so he dyd so moche that he come to the prince who had thaÌ„ about hym but a small company for all his knyghtes squyers were out one way or other in warre Whan the heraulde came before the prince he kneled downe and recoÌ„mended to hym all the knyghtes squiers that he had left at siege before DoÌ„me and ther sagely and discretly he declared to the prince the state and ordynauÌ„ce of them at siege and also delyuered to the prince letters of credence And whan the prince had wel vnderstaÌ„d all the matter he sayd he wolde take aduyse in the matter and caused the herauld to abyde ther v. dayes and on the .vi. day he delyuered to hym letters sealed vnder his owne seale and sayd at his departyng Chandos recoÌ„maunde vs to al the company there And so departed and toke his way towarde Quercy Nowe let vs speke of them of the â—oste howe they dyd in the mean season that thys heraulde wente and came on theyr message ¶ Howe sir Robert Canol sir JohnÌ„ Chandos departed fro DoÌ„me without any hurt doyng there and went and toke Gauaches Rochemandor diuers other townes the which wet newly turned frenche Ca. CC .lviii. ANone after that ChaÌ„dos the heraulde was departed on his message fro the oste ser JohnÌ„ Chandos and ser Roberte Canoll syr Thomas PheltoÌ„ the Captall of Beufz ser James Audeley and the other knyghtes and squiers went to counsayle and concluded to breke vp their siege for they perceyued well howe they coude geat nothyng there and determined to go further into the couÌ„trey and to wynne townes and garisons suche as were newly turned freÌ„che by the exhortyng of the duke of Berrey So thus these knyghtes dislodged and departed fro DoÌ„me went to Gauaches the whiche incontinent yelded vp to them and became englisshe and there they rested them a .iii. dayes and toke couÌ„sayle what they shuld do further And whan they departed they went to a fortresse the whiche the frenche companyons had newely taken called Foins but as soone as they within the fortresse sawe the englisshemeÌ„ come to them with suche a puisaunce and that Gauaches was gyuen vp to them they also yelded vp theyr fortresse and became englisshe and so sware alwayes to continue but yet they wer forsworne as ye shal here after Than the englisshemen passed forth and came before Rochmador the garison was but easely fortified and yet they with i thought nat to yeld vp the fortresse So whan the englisshemen came to the towne and wel aduised the maner of them within than they set forth theyr artyllarie and gaue assaute in good ordre many wer hurt with shotte both within and without the whiche assaute endured a hole day and at nyght the englisshemen withdrewe to theyr lodgynges and were in mynde to assayle it agayne the next day but the same night they within toke couÌ„saile together and perceyued wel howe they were sorely assauted and the mooste wysest of them sayd howe at length they coude nat endure and if they were taken by force they shulde all dye and the towne brent and spoyled without mercy So all
barryers therfore I wyll entre and I can wyll proue my knyghthode agaynst yours wyn me and ye can And therwith he layed on rounde about hym and they at hym And thus he alone fought agaynst them more than an hour dyd hurt two or thre of theÌ„ so that they of the towne on the walles and garettes stode styll and behelde them and had great pleasure to regarde his valyaÌ„tnesse and dyde him no hurt the whiche they might haue done if they hadde lyst to haue shotte or cast stones at hym And also the frenche knightes charged them to let hym and them alone togyder So long they fought that at last his page came nere to the barryers and spake in his langage and sayd Sir coÌ„e away it is tyme for you to depart for your company is departyng hens The knight he cd him well and than gaue a two or thre strokes about him and so armed as he was he lept out of the barryers and lepte vpon his horse without any hurt behynde his page and sayd to the frenchmen Adue sirs I thanke you sorode forthe to his owne company The whiche dede was moche praysed of many folkes ¶ Howe they of Noyon toke the englisshmen that had set fyre in the bysshops bridge and howe the frenche kyng sent for sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy Cap. CC .lxxix. SIr Robert Canoll or he depted fro yâ— siege of Noyon his people brent the towne of bysshoppes bridge on the ryuer of Dyse wheri ther were many fayre houses The knightes and squyers that were with in the towne of Noyon had great dyspleasure of the fyre And so they vuderstove that sir Robert and his coÌ„pany were departed and a .lx. speres of theÌ„ went out of Noyon and caÌ„e to the fyre and founde ther styllparte of theÌ„ that had set the fyre in the towne and dyuers other that were ther to pylle and robbe and so the moost parte of them were slayne And ther the frenchmen wonne mo than .xl. good horses rescued dyuers prisoners and saued fro brennyng many fayre houses And so they returned agayne to Noyon with mo than .xv. prisoners and so strake of all their heedes ¶ And the englysshmen rode forthe in good order to come to Larroyse to passe at their ease the ryuer of Dyse and the ryuer of Ewe and they dyde no hurte in the countie of Soyssons bycause it parteyned to the lorde of Coucy And trewe it was they were coosted euer with certayne lordes of France as the vycont of Meaulx the lorde of Chauny yâ— lorde Raoll of Coucy the lorde wyllyam of Mehung sonne to the erle of Tankernell and by their folkes Wherby the englysshmen durst nat breke their order but euer kepte them selfe close togyder And also the freÌ„chmen wolde nat medyll with theÌ„ but euery night lodged within stronge holdes and good townes and the englysshmen abrode in the playne couÌ„tre wher as they founde plentie of vitayls and newe wynes wherof they made great larges And so thus they rode through the countre breÌ„nyng and wastynge all before them and at last passed the ryuer of Marne and so entred in to Champayne and passed the ryuer of Aube tourned to the marches of Prouynce and passed dyuers tymes the ryuer of Saync drewe towarde the cyte of Parys For it had benshewed theÌ„ howe the freÌ„che kyng had made ther a great assemble of men of warr of whome the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Clyssone shuld be chefe gouernours wherfore they thought to drawe thider wylling to fight with theÌ„ for by semyng theÌ„nglisshmen desyred nothyng els but batayle And therfore the frenche kynge wrotte to sir Bertram of Clesquy who as than was in Acquytayne with the duke of Aniou Commaundyng and desyring him on the sight of his letters that he shulde drawe incontynent in to France shewyng him how he wolde set him a warke in other places In the same season pope Urbane the fyft came in to the cyte of Amou he had ben before a foure yere togyder at Rome and there about He came thyder in trust to make a peace bitwene the two kyngê for the warr was renewed agayne the whiche was sore displesant to the pope Of whose comyng to Aniou yâ— cardynals in those marches were greatly reioysed for they thought to fare the better by him NOwe let vs speke of the prince of Wales howe he parceyuered in his warres ye haue herde here before recorded howe the price of Wales had made his assemble at Congnac to th entent to ryde agaynst the duke of Aniou who brent and wasted his couÌ„tre and so at his coÌ„mauÌ„dement thyder auauÌ„sed barons knightes and squyers of Poictou of Xaynton and of other landes that helde of the prince The erle of Penbroke departed fro his garyson and caÌ„e to the prince The same season the duke of LaÌ„castre arryued at Burdeux wherof the prince was right ioyouse And so he taryed nat longe ther but deê‘ted for he vnderstode that the price wold encouÌ„tre his enemyes And so a dayes iourney fro Congnac he encountred the erle of Penbroke who was in lyke wise goyng to the prince And so they made great chere eche to other whan they met and so rode to gyder to CoÌ„gnac Wher they fouÌ„de the prince the princesse and the erle of CaÌ„bridge who were right glad of their comyng And dayly there came men of warr to thê out of Poictou Xaynton Rochell Bygore Goute Gascoyne and the marchesse nert adioynyng vnder the obeysance of the price And on the frenche partie the duke of Aniou the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the erles vycontes knightes and squyers who had conquered cyties castels townes and fortresses in their comynge mo than .xl. And were aproched within fyue leages to Burdeux had wasted all the countrey And about Bergerath and Lynde they vnderstode well howe the price had made his assemble at Congnac And also howe the duke of Lancastre was arryued with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr speares and archers Than they drue to counsayle to take aduyse howe they shuld perceyuer in their warr And so newly to them was sent ser Bertram of Clesquy by the frenche kyng who came fro the duke of Berry kepyng siege before the cytie of Lymoges and had in suche wyse constrayned them within that they were at a poynt to yelde them on certayne meanes and coÌ„dicyons And so to this counsayle of the duke of Aniou and of the lordes about hym sir Bertram of Clesquy was called as it was reason Ther were many reasoÌ„s alleged and layd but finally all thingê coÌ„sydred they counsayled the duke of Aniou to breke vp his iourney for that tyme and to send all his people in to garysons and to warr garyable sayeng howe they had done sufficyeÌ„tly for that tyme. Also it was nedefull to the lordes or Gascone as the erle of Armynake therle of Piergourt the lorde Dalbret dyuers other to drawe into their owne couÌ„treis to kepe
two nightes the whiche tyme the freÌ„che kyng was there and might well se out of his lodgynge of saynt Poule the fyres and smokes that were made about gastenoyes ¶ The same day the constable of France sir Moreau FyeÌ„nes was within Parys The erle of saynt Poule therle of Tankeruyll the erle of Salebruch the vycount of Meaulx sir Raoll of Coucy the feneshall of Heynault sir Edwarde of Rauncy sir Anguerrant Douden the lorde of Castell Julyan sir Johan of Uyan the lorde de la Ryuer and dyuers other knightes squyers and valyant men of Fraunce But none of theym dyde yssue out that day for the kynge wolde nat suffre theÌ„ For the lorde of Clysson who was one of the moost priÌ„cypall of his counsayle best bâ—leued and herde dyde put great doutes and sayd to yâ— kyng Sir â–ª ye haue no nede to enploy your people agaynst yonder sort of madde meÌ„ Let theÌ„ go they can nat take from you your herytage nor put you out of your realme by their smokes And at the gate saynt James and at the barryers was the erle of saynt Poule the vycount of Roan sir Rafe Coucy the lorde of Canyne the lorde of Creques sir Edwarde of Rauncy â–ª sir Anguerant Doudyn And so on a tuesday in the mornyng the englisshmen dissoged and had sette fyre in the vyllages wher as they had lodged so that the fyre might playnly be sene to Parys Ther was a knyght in their company had made a vowe the day before that he wolde ryde to the walles or gates of Parys and stryke at the barriers with his speare and for yâ— furnysshyng of his vowe he departed fro his company his speare in his fyst his shelde about his necke armed at all pecesse on a good horse his squyer on another behynde him with his bassenet And whaÌ„ he aproched nere to Parys he toke and dyde on his helme and left his squyer behynde hym and dasshed his spurres to his horse and came galopynge to the barryers the whiche as than were opyn And the lordes that were there had wende he wolde haue entred into the towne but yâ— was nat his mynde For whan he hadde stryken at the barryers as he had before auowed he turned his reyne and drue backe agayne and departed Than the knightes of Fraunce that sawe hym depte sayd to him Go your way ye haue rightwell a quyted your selfe I can nat tell you what was this knyghtes name nor of what countre but the blasure of his armes was goules two fusses sable aborder sable Howbeit in the subbar bes he had asore encountre for as he passed on the pauement he founde before him a bocher a bygge maÌ„ who had well sene this knight passe by And he helde in his handes a sharpe heuy axe with a long poynt and as the knight returned agayne toke no heed This bocher came on his syde and gaue the knight suche a stroke bytwene the necke and the shulders that he reuersed forwarde heedlynge to the necke of his horse and yet he recouered agayne And than the bocher strake him agayne so that the axe entred in to his body So yâ— for payne the knight fell to the erthe and his horse ranne away and came to the squyer who abode for his mayster at the stretes ende And so the squyer toke the horse and had great marueyle what was becoÌ„e of his maister for he had well sene him ryde to the barriers and stryke therat with his glayue and retourne agayne Thanne he rode a lytell forthe thyderwarde and anone he sawe where his mayster lay vpon the erthe bytwene foure men layeng on him strokes as they wolde haue stryken on a stethy And thaÌ„ the squyer was so affrayed that he durst go no farther for he saw well he coude nat helpe his maister Ther fore he retourned as fast as he might So ther the sayd knight was slayne And the knightes that were at yâ— gate caused him to be buryed in holy grounde And the squyer retourned to the hoost and shewed all the adueÌ„ture of his mayster wherof they were all sorie and displeased And the same night they loged bytwene mouÌ„tle Hery and Parys by a lytell ryuer and lodged be tymes How sir Bertram of Clesquy made great warre in the countie of Lymoges and howe they toke the castell of saynt yriell Cap. CC .lxxxii. THe same season that sir Robert Canoll made thus his vyage and that the price of Wales and his two bretherne lay before the cyte of Lymoges Sir Bertram of Clesquy and his coÌ„pany the whiche were to the nombre of two hundred speares He rode by the one syde of the countre of Lymoges but he lay nat in the felde neuer a night for feare of the englysshmen But euery night lay in a forteresse suche as were tourned frenche parteyning to sir Loyes of Maleuall and to sir Raymon of Marneyle and to other Howebeit euery day they rode forthe and dyde great payne to conquere townes and forteresses The prince was well aduertysed of this toney that sir Bertram made and dayly coÌ„playntes came to him howe beit in no wyse he wolde breke vp his siege Than sir Bertram of Clesnuy entred into the vicouÌ„te of Lymoges a couÌ„tre that was yelded and dyde holde of the duke of Bretayne the lorde Johan of Mountford And ther sir Bertram beganne to make great warre in the name of the lady wyfe to the lorde Charles of Bloyes to whome the same enherytaunce somtyme belonged There he made great warre for none came agaynst him for the duke of Bretayne thought full lytell yâ— sir â–ª BertraÌ„ wolde haue made any warr agaynst hym And so sir Bertram came before the towne of saynt yriell wherin there was neuer a gentylman to defende the towne Wherfore they were so afrayed that they yelded them vp to yâ— obeysaunce of the lady of Bretayne in whose name sir Bertram made warr And so of saynt yriell the bretons made a great garison wherby they wan dyuers other townes in Limosyn Nowe let vs retourne to the prince of Wales ¶ Howe the price toke the cyte of Lymoges and howe four companyons dyd marueyls in armes Ca. CC .lxxxiii. ABout the space of a moneth or more was the prince of Wales before the cytie of Lymoges and ther was no ther assaute nor scrimysshe but dayly they myned And they within knewe wel how they were myned made a countermyne there agaynst to haue distroyed theÌ„glysshe myners but they fayled of their myne whan yâ— princis myners sawe how the couÌ„termyne against theÌ„ fayled they sayde to the prince Sir whan soeuer it shall please you we shall cause a part of the wall to fall in to the dykes wherby ye shall entre in to the cytie at your ease without any daunger Whiche wordes pleased greatly the prince and sayd I woll that to morowe be tymes yeshewe forthe and execute your warke Than the myners set fyre in to their myne and so the next
ther was the Captall of Beufz ser Beras de la Launde sir Peter of Landuras sir Soudyc and sir Bertram de Franke. And of englysshmen ther was sir Thomas Percy sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir WyllmÌ„ Ferryton sir Dangoses sir Baudwyn of FraÌ„uyll sir Water Hewet sir Johan Deureur Whan these lordes and their coÌ„pany who were to the nombre of sire hundred men of armes were coÌ„e to Rochell they of the towne made them good chere outwarde bycause they durst do none otherwyse Than they were enformed by sir Jaques Surgeres of the batayle of the spanyerdes on the see and shewed theym howe he was him selfe at the same batayle taken and raunsomed Of these tidynges were the barones and knightes ryght sorie and displeased and reputed theym selfe right vnfortunat that they had nat ben ther and complayned greatly the losse of the erle of PeÌ„broke and of sir Richard DaÌ„gle So thus they taryed at Rochell I can nat say howe longe to take counsayle and aduyse howe they shulde do and maynteyne forthe the warr ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue a lytell whyle to speke of them and lette vs speke of sir yuan of Wales howe he dyde the same season ¶ Howe â—ir yuan of wales discoÌ„fited thenglisshmen in the yle of Gernsay and howe the frenche kyng sent into Spayne for men of warrÌ„ to lay sege to Rochell Cap. CCC THis yuaÌ„ of Wales was son to a prince of Wales whom kynge Edwarde had put to dethe I caÌ„ nat say for what cause And so gaue the principalyte to his sonÌ„e made hym prince of Wales So this yuan came into Fraunce complayned to kyng Charles of Fraunce of the iniuryes that the kynge of Englande had done to hym as in slayeng of his father takyng away of his he rytage So the frenche kyng retayned him aduaunsed him greatly and made him gouernour of certayn men of warr And so the same somer the kyng delyuered him four thousande fightyng men and sent him to the see and toke shippyng at Harflewe and so sayled forthe towarde Englande so came to they le of Gern â–ª say agaynst NormaÌ„dy wherof Aymon Rosse a squyer of honour with the kyng of England was capitayne And whan he knewe yâ— the frenchmen were aryued in the yle and yuan of Wales with them he was nothynge content And so made his somons through the yle the which is nat great in quantyte and so he assembled what of his owne and of them of the yle to the nombre of .viii. hundred And so came to a certayne place and ther fought with the sayd yuan where there was a sore batayle and endured along space Howe beit finally the englysshmen were disconfyted and flayne in the same place mo than four huÌ„dred And so this Aymon fled away or els he had ben deed or taken so he saued him selfe with moche payne and entred into a lytell castell a two leages thens called Cornette the whiche the same Aymon had well fortifyed before Than after this disconfytur the sayd yuan drewe togyder his men and hadde knowledge howe that Aymon was entred into the castell of Cornette Than he drewe thyder and layd siege therto and made dyuers assautes but the castell was strong well purueyed with good artyllary so that it was nat easy to be wonne Duryng this siege before Cornette the aduentur fell on the see of the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and sir Guyssharde Dangle and their company before Rochell as ye haue herde before Of the whiche tidynges whan the french kyng herde therof he was right ioy ouse and entended thereby the rather to pursue the warre in Poictou For than he thought that yf the englysshmen began ones a lytell to declyne that lightly the cyties townes wolde gyue vp and rendre theÌ„selfe to him Than the frenche kynge desermyned that in to Poyctou Xaynton and Rochelloyse he wolde sende for that season his constable thyder with certayne men of armes and to make hote warr in those countrees bothe by lande and by see sayenge that the englysshmen ther as than had no capttayne nor chefe ruler Than the frenche kynge sent his letters to the sayd yuaÌ„ who lay at sege before the castell of Cornet in the yle of Gernsay Of the whiche siege the kyng was well enformed and howe the castellby lykelyhod was in preignable Therfore the kyng commauÌ„ded hym after the sight of his letters to deê‘te and breke vp his siege And to entre into a shyppe the whiche the kyng sent hym for the same purpose and so to sayle into Spayne to kyng Henry to gette of hym barkes and galeys and his admyrall and men of warre to come and to lay siege by the see to the towne of Rochell Whan the sayd yuan sawe the kynges message and coÌ„mauÌ„dement he obeyed therto and so brake vp the siege and gaue leaue to his company to departe and delyuered them shyppes to bring theÌ„ to Harflewe And himselfe entred into a great shyppe and toke his course towarde Spayne Thus befell of the siege before Cornette in the yle of Gernsay ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande was sore displeased of the takyng of therle of Penbroke and how sir Bertram of Clesquy toke the castell of Mount morillon Cap. CCC .i. THe kyng of England was sore displeased whaÌ„ he herde how the army that he had sent in to Poictou was ouerthrowen by the spanyerdes on the see and so wer all suche as loued hym how be it they coude nat amâ—de it for that tyme. thaÌ„ the sages of therealme thought surely that the countre of Poictou and of Xaynton was likely to be lost by reason of the sayd mysse happe this they shewed to the kyng and to the duke of Lancastre So they were long in counsayle on the mater and so determyned as than that the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men of armes shulde go thyder But what sâ—â—uer 〈◊〉 sâ—yle or aduyse was taken ther was nothyng done for there came other busynesses in hande out of Bretayne that letted that iourney wher of the kyng repented him after whan he coude nat remedy it So it was that the spanyerdes who had taken the erle of Penbroke as ye haue herd before they taryed a certayne space on the see bycause the wynde was contrary to theÌ„ Howbeit at last they arryued at the porte saynt Andrewe in Galyce and so entred into the towne about noone And so brought all their prisoners in to the Castell all bounde in cheanes of yron acordyng to their custome for other courtesy they can nat shewe They are like vnto the almaynes THe same day yuan of Wales was arryued with his shyppe in the same porte so toke lande and entred in to the same house wher as Domferant of Pyon and Cabesse of Wakadent had brought the erle of Penbroke and his knightes And so it was shewed yuan as he was in his chambre howe the englysshemen were in the same
house as prisoners And this yuan had great desyre to se them to knowe what they were and so he went forthe in to the hall and as he went thyder he encountred with the erle of Penbroke whome he knewe ryght well yet he had nat often sene him before ThaÌ„ he sayd to him as in reproch a erle of PeÌ„broke are ye come in to this countre to do homage to me for suche landes as ye holde in the principalyte of Wales wherof I am rightfull heyre the whiche your kynge hath taken fro me by yuell counsayle and aduyse The erle of Penbroke was abasshed whan he sawe that he was a prisoner and in a strange land and knowyng nat the man that so spake to hym in his language And so answered shortely and sayd What are you that gyue me this langage I am ê™ he yuan sonne to prince Aymon of Wales whome your kyng of Englande put to dethe wrongfully and hath disheryted me But whan I may by the helpe of my right dere lorde the frenche kyng I shall shape therfore a remedy And I wyll ye knowe that if I may fynde you in any place conuenyent that I may fyght with you I shall do it and she we you the right yâ— ye haue done to me and also to the erle of Herforde to Edward SpeÌ„ser For by your fathers with other counsaylours my lorde my father was be trayed wherof I ought to be displeased and to amende it whan I maye Than stepte forthe a knight of the erles called sir Thomas of sait 〈…〉 to speke and sayd yuan 〈…〉 and maynteyne that there is any 〈…〉 or hath ben in my lorde or that he oweth or shulde owe any homage to you or any 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 cast downe your gage in that quarell and ye shall fynde hun that shall take it vp Thanyuan answered and sayd ye are a prisoner I can haue none honour to apele you for ye haue nat the rule of yourselfe for ye are vnder the rule of them that haue taken you but whan ye be quyte than I shall speke with you more of the mater for it shall nat rest thus And so with tho words certayne knightê of Spaygne came bytwene them and so departed them a sondre And so wtin a whyle after the sayd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 capIteÌ„s ledde for the their prisoners toward the cytie of Burgê in Spayn to yelde them to kyng Henry who as than was there a byding And whan kyng Henry knewe of their comyng and that they aproched nere to the cytie He sent his eldest sonne called Johan who was called as than the chylde of Castell with great nombre of knightê and squyers to mete with these englysshmen to do theym honoure for the king knewe tight well what aparteyned to noblenesse And whaÌ„ they were come to him he dyde them moche honour bothe with wordê and dedes And than anone after the kyng sent them into dyuers ê‘tes of his realme to be kept HOwe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Poitou the which was nat lytell and let vs speke of the gascoyns and englysshe knightes who on saynt JohnÌ„s day at nyght came to the towne of Rochell as ye haue herd before they weresore displeased in that they caÌ„e nat the day before to haue bene at the batayle to haue â—ought with the spanyerdes So thaÌ„ they toke counsayle what thyng was best for them to do for they had great dout of theÌ„ of Rochell Than they ordayned sir Johan Deureux to be seneshall of Rochell with thre huÌ„dred men of warr to kepe the towne for they thought that as longe as they were strong ynough in the towne they durst nat rebell This order was taken by the Captall of Beufz who was chefe gouernoure of that company and sir Thomas Percy sir Dangoses sir Richarde of Pontchardon the Souldyche sir Bereas de la Laâ—de and other with their companyes departed fro Rochell to the nombre of foure hundred speares toke 〈◊〉 way to Subyze for ther were certayne bre 〈…〉 helde churches and small forteresses and had fortifyed them But as soone as these lordes came thyder they draue them away and wanne their holdes and rydde clene those marchesse of them And the same season there kepte the feldes in the marchesse of Aniou Auuerne and Berrey the constable of Fraunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone the erle of AleÌ„son the Dolphyn of Auuergne ser Loys of SaÌ„xere the lorde Clysson the lorde de la Uale the vycount of Rohan and the lorde of Beaumanoyre with a great noÌ„bre of the barony of FraÌ„ce to the nombre of thre thousande speres And they rode so long tyll they assembled all togyder with the constable in Poyctou and so layd siege to a castell called Mountmorillon and with assaut wan it and slewe all that euer wer within and newe manned it with frenchmen And than they went to Chauigny staÌ„dynge by the ryuer of Cruse and beseged it and ther lay two dayes and on the thirde day the place was yelded vp they within taken to mercy Than they rode further and came to Luzat wher ther was a towne and a castell and so they also yelded them vp without abyding of any assaute Than they went to the cytie of Poicters lay one night without amonge the vynes wherof they of the cytie were sore abasshed and douted of a siege howe beit they hadde none as at that tyme. For the next mornyng the frenchmen departed and went to the castell of MoncouÌ„tour wherof JohnÌ„ Cresuell and Dauyd Holegraue were capitayns and had vnder them threscore hardy and valyant men of warre who greatly had constrayned the marches of Aniou and of Thourayne and other freÌ„che garysons wherfore the coÌ„stable sayd he wolde nat deê‘te thens tyll he had it at his pleasure ¶ Howe the constable of Fraunce besieged Mountcomptour and howe he departed thens to go to the duke of Berrey and of Limosyn to besege saynt Seuere Cap. CCC .ii. THe coÌ„stable of France with all the sayd lordes and knyghtes rode so long that thei caÌ„e to the castell of Montcountour a sixe leages fro Poycters And whan they were come thyder they layd siege therto and assayled it valyantly And bycause the dykes were so brode they caused tymbre wode to be cutte downe by the villayns of the countrey and to be brought thyder and cast in to the dikes to fyll it and to cast strawe erthe theron And so in four dayes they fylled so the dykes that they might with their ease go to the walles Than they made a sore assaut they within defended them selfe valyantly 〈◊〉 of the whiche they had great nede so to do for they were in great parell of takyng howe be it they were so valyant and so good meÌ„ of warr that they kepte theÌ„ selfe and their place with moche payne from any hurt that day And so the sirt day the coÌ„stable and bretons came agayne to the assaut with pauesses
shewed to the kyng to the prince and to their couÌ„sayls the state of Poictou and of Xaynton And whan the kyng sawe howe he lost with so lytell warre the couÌ„treis and lades that had cost hym so moche the wynning he was in a great study a long space And than he sayd howe that shortely he wolde go ouer the see hymselfe with suche a puyssance that he wolde abyde to gyue batayle to the hole power of France And sayd how he wolde neuer retourne agayne in to Englande tyll he had coquered agayne as moche as he had lost or els to lese all the resydue The same season ther was agreat army redy charged to attend on the duke of Lancastre and shulde arryue at Calys But than it was â—â—imyned by the king and his couÌ„sayle that they shulde go into Poyctou and in to Xaynton towarde Rochell for that was thought to be the next voyage and moost nedefull And the kynge made a great somons throughout the realme of Englande coÌ„maundyng euery man to coÌ„e in harnes to HaÌ„pton ther about at a day assigned and ther to take the see So ther was none that durst nor wold disobey his coÌ„maundement but euery man departed fro his owne countre and drewe to the see syde where ther was redy a foure hundred vessels of one and other And the lordes drewe to the kyng to Westmynster besyde London ther it was ordayned bytwene the kynge the prince his sonne that if the kyng of Englande dyed in this viage or the prince that than Rycharde the sonne of the prince who was borne at Burdeur shulde be kyng of Englande So that whan all the lordes were come before the kyng or they departed the prince shewed theÌ„ that if it happed him to dye before the kyng his father than his sonne Richarde to be kynge of Englande after the discease of his graundfather The prelates lordes knightes and all the comynalte loued so well the prince for the maâ—ay fayre iourneys that he had acheued as well in Englande as beyond thesee that they all a 〈…〉 therto ioyously The kynge first than all his sonnes and after all the lordes of Englande â—o the which the prince caused theÌ„ all to swere and scale or he departed All these thynges done the kyng the prince the duke of LaÌ„castre therles of CaÌ„bridge Salisbury War wyke Arundell Suffolke and Stafforde yâ— lorde Spenser who was newly come oute of Lombardy The lordes of Percy of Uyen of Rose of Dalawar and all other barones and knyghtes of Englande to the nombre of thre thousande men of armes and .x. M. archers who came all to HaÌ„pton wher they toke shyppyng with as great a flete as euer any kyng went before out of Englande in any voyage And so they sayled towarde Rochell in costynge NormaÌ„dy and Bretayne and had dyuers wyndes And the frenche kynge made a great assemble of men of warr in Poictou to holde his iourney at Thouars at yâ— day apoynted So all the countre was full of men of warre also the gascons the lorde ArcheÌ„balt of Grayly vncle to the Captall of Beufz at the desyre of ser ThomÌ„is Felton seneshall of Burdeux caÌ„e with thre C. speres And in the same coÌ„pany ther was the lordes of Duras of Corton of Musydent of Rossen of LaÌ„goren of Landuras ser Peter Corton sir WyllmÌ„ Fereton englysshemen All these deê‘ted fro Burdeux came to Nyorth and ther they founde sir Water Huet sir JohnÌ„ Ubrues sir ThomÌ„s Percy Johan Cresuell dyuers other so that whan they were all togyder they were a .xii. C. fightyng men and sir Richarde of Pontchardon caÌ„e to them with other .xii. C. All this season the kynge of Englande his sonnes with their great army were on the see coulde take no lande at Rochell nor ther about for the wynde and fortune was coÌ„trary to theÌ„ And in that case they were the space of .ix. wekes so that the feest of Myhelmas aproched and that the kyng his couÌ„sell sawe well how they coude nat coÌ„e tyme ynow to kepe the day of rescuyng of Thouars wher of the kyng was sore displeased so gaue lyceÌ„ce to all his people to deê‘te wheder they lyst Thus retourned this great nauy of England and had wynde at wyll at their returnynge ther arryued at Burdeux .ii. C. fayles of marchauntes of Englande for wyne And whan it was nere mighelmas the barones of Englande and Gascone caÌ„e fro Niorth to go towarde Thouars to mete with the kyng of England and whan they sawe that the kynge came nat they hadde great marueyle Than to acquyte theÌ„selfe they sent certayne messangers to Tho wars to the barons of Poictou suche as were ther which messaÌ„gers sayd Right deresirs we be sent hyder to you fro yâ— lordes of Gascone and Englande vnder they obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande Sirs there be about Nyorthe twelfe hundred fightyng men redy apparelled to ayde and serue you in all maners and sirs they desyre to haue knowlege sro you whyder that in the absence of the kyng of England and of his chyldren they shall ayde and confort you or nat For sirs they are well coÌ„tent in your company to aduentur their bodyes goodes The barones of Poictou sayd howe they wolde take counsayle and aduyse in that casâ— but sirs we thaÌ„ke greatly the barones of Gascone and Englade who hath sent you hyder in that they be redy to socoure vs. Than the knightes of Poictou drewe togyder and so the first day they greed nat for the lorde of Parteney who was one of the greattest of that company woldeth at they shulde kepe their day and receyue the sayd ayde representynge the kynge of Englande And the other lordes were of the coÌ„trary opinyon sayeng howe they had sealed and sworne howe that if the kyng or one of his chyldren were nat there personally by the sayd day than they to yelde them vp to they obeysance of the freÌ„che kyng Wherfore the lorde of Partney went to his lodgyng nat well content howe be it afterwarde he was so entysed by the other yâ— he agreed to their myndê And so they sent worde agayne by the sayd messaÌ„gers that they thaÌ„ked them of their good wylles Howe be it the kyng of Englande or one of his chyldren must nedes be ther acordyng to the treaty that they had sworne and sealed vnto Wher with the gascoyns and englysshmen that were at Nyorthe were sore displeased but they coude nat amende it And so myghelmas day came fro Poy cters ther came to Thouars to holde their iourney â–ª the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyne and of Burbone the constable of France the lorde of Clysson the dycount of Rohane the Dolphyn of Auuergne sir Loyes Saurere the lorde of Sully and other great lordes of France And they were ten thousande speares besyde other And so before Thouars the euyn and the daye ofsaynt Mychaell they stode in ordynaunce of batayle and agaynst
shall haue a fayre iourney So than they disloged and rode towarde the newe forteresse whiche the lordes of Bretayne made to be assayled in such wyse that they were at the fote of the wall and feared nothynge that was caste downe on theÌ„ for they were well pauesshed and also they within had but lytell stuffe to cast downe and therwith in all hast there came one to theÌ„ and sayd sirs get you hens for yonder cometh the duke of Bretayne with the englysshmen they be nat past two leages hens Than the truÌ„pet sowned the retrayte than they drewe abacke and toke their horses and so departed went into Campelly whiche was nat far thens and closed their gates and lyfte vp their brydges And by that tyme the duke of Bretayne was come thyder with the barones of Englande in his company and they had past by the newe fortresse and hadde spoken with sir Johan Deureux who thaÌ„ked them of their comyng for els he had ben soone taken And so the duke layde siege to the towne of Campelly and set forthe their archers and brigaÌ„tes well pauessed and there they made a great assaut The englysshemen fayned nat no more dyd they within ther were dyuers hurte on bothe partes and euery day there was an assaute or elles skrymysshe They within sawe well howe they coulde nat long endur nor they sawe no socours comyng also they sawe well that they coulde nat yssue out to departe their fortresse was so closed on euery syde And also they knewe well if they were taken byforce they shulde haue no mercy and specially the lorde Clysson thenglysshmen hated hym so sore thaÌ„ the lordes of Bretayn that were within began to entreat with the duke to yelde them selfe vp vpon a courtes raunsome but the duke wolde haue them symply so with moche payne at last they gat arespyte for .viii. dayes and duryng the same respyte it fell well for them within the forteresse for two knyghtes of England one sir Nicholas Carsuell and sir Water Durswyke were sent to the duke of Bretayne fro the duke of Lancastre coÌ„maundyng that by vertue of treatie of peace as was made at Brugê bitwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng wherof they brought charters sealed of the trewce that without delay on the sight of them to leaue and make warre no more So incontynent the truce was reed and publysshed through the hoost and also shewed to them that were within CaÌ„pelly wherof they were right ioyfull that is to say the lorde Clisson the vicont of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre and the other for the trewce came well for them and thus brake vp the siege of CaÌ„pelly And the duke of Bretayn gaue leaue to all them that were with him to departe except suche as were dayly in his house and so went to Alroy where his wyfe was And than the erles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche sir Thomas Holande erle of Irelande the lorde Spenser and the other englysshmen retourned agayne in to Englande Whan the duke of Bretayn had ordred all his besynesse by great leaser he refresshed the towne and castell of Breest and Alroy and than he retourned agayne in to Englande and his wyfe with hym THe same day that the trewce was made at Bruges to endur for a hole yere bytwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce and all their alies And the duke of Burgoyne for the one parte and the duke of Lancastre for the other parte sware to come thyder agayn at the feest of Alsayntê and that eche parte shulde holde and enioye euery thyng that they had as than in possession during the said terme The englysshmen thought that saynt Sauiour the vicount shulde be saued by reason of that treatie but the frenchmen sayd that the fyrst couynant shulde passe the last ordynance So that whan the day aproched that they ofsaynt Sauyoure shulde other yelde vp or els be rescued by their frendes The french kyng sent thyder a great nombre of men of warre as a .vi. thousande speares knightes and squiers besyde other people but none came thyder to reyse the siege and whaÌ„ the day was expyred ther with in yelded them vp to the frenchlordes full sore agaynst their wylles for that forteresse was well sittyng for the englysshmen and the capitayne sir Thomas Tynet and Johan de Bourc and the thre bretherne of Malurier and the other englisshmen went to Carentyn so toke shyppynge and retourned into Englande Than the constable of Fraunce newe refresshed the forteresse of saynt Saluyour the vicount and sette a breton knight capitayne therin and vnderstode so as than that the frenche kynge had gyuen him that seignorie Of the iorney that the lorde of Coucy made in Austrych and of the deth of the prince of wales howe there coulde be founde no maner of treatie of peace bitwene the two kyngê and also of the dethe of the kynge of Englande Edwarde the thyrde Cap. CCC .xiiii. THe same season there was come in to FrauÌ„ce the lord of Coucy who had ben longe in LuÌ„bardy with the erle of Uertue sonne to sir Galeas makyng warre against sir Barnabo and his alies bycause of pope Gregory the .xi. and for the holy colledge of Rome The lorde of Coucy by succession of his mother who was suster to the duke of Austryche last disseased wherby he ought to be enheryter to the duchy for the duke was deed without issue by waye of maryage and they of Austrich had gyuen the duchy and lande to another farther of by lynage than the lorde Coucy wherof the lorde of Coucy hadde often tymes complayned to the emperour the lorde Charles of Behayne TheÌ„perour knewe well that the lorde Coucy had right therto howe be it he might nat with his ease constrayne theÌ„ of Austryche for they were strong in his countre and many good men of warre The lorde of Coucy had made warre there before by the conforte of his aunt suster to the duke but lytell it auayled him and whan he was thus coÌ„e in to Fraunce the kyng made him great chere Than he aduysed and sawe well howe there was in Fraunce as than many men of warre satte as ydell Wherfore he thought they coude nat be better ocupyed than to helpe him to his right durynge the trewce bytwene Fraunce and England Than the lorde of Couey desyâ—â—d the kyng to let him haue of the bretons such as ouer ronne the realme to make warre with hym in Austryche the kyng who wolde gladly that the companyons were out of hys realme accorded to his desyre So the kynge lende or gaue him I can nat tell wheder a .lx. thousaÌ„de frankes to departe among the sayd companyons So they rode forthe to warde Austryche about the feest ofsaynt Michell they dyd moche yuell all the wayes as they wâ—t Also ther were dyuers barons knyghtes squiers of FrauÌ„ce of Arthoys of Uermandoys of Haynaulte and of 〈…〉 rdy as the vicountes of Meaulâ— and Daunoy sir Raâ—e
of Coâ—â—y the â—arone of Roy Peter of Bare dyuers other desyring to 〈◊〉 their bodyes to get them honour WHan the feast of Alsayntes began to aproche thaÌ„ there came agayn to Bruges to entreate for peace fro the frenche kynge the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Salâ—bruce the bysshoppe of myâ—ns and the duke of Anâ—â—we but he lay 〈◊〉 atsaynt Omers And â—ro the kynge of Englande thyder came the duke of Lancastre the duke of Bretayne the erle of Salâ—sbury yâ— bysshop of London The towne of Bruges was well garnysshed with dyuers astates specially the duke of Burgoyn kept there a noble astate And with the duke of Lanâ—astre ther was ser Robert of Namur and kept him good company as longe as the duke was in Flaunders ther were the ambassadours the archebysshop of Rohan and the bysshoppe of CarpeÌ„tras who went styll and laboured bytwene bothe â—ties and layd forthe many good reasons but none came to any effecte These lordes were farre a sondre in their treaties for the frenche kynge demaunded to haue agayne 〈◊〉 hundred thousande frankes the whiche were payed for the redempcion of kyng JohnÌ„ and to haue Calaâ—s raysed beaten downe to the whiche the kyng of Englande wolde neuer consent so yâ— trewce was contynued to the feest of saynt Johan Baptyst next after the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvi. and so these lordes â—aryed styll at Bruges all that wynter and in somer they returned euery part to their owne couÌ„treis except the duke of Bretayne who taryed styll in Flaunders with the erle Loys his cosyn who made him gode cher ¶ The same season on Trynite sonday there past out of this worlde the â—â—oure of chiâ—alry of Englande Edwarde prince of Wales of Aâ—tayne at the kynges palaâ—s of Westmynster besyde London And so he was enbawmed and put in leed and kept tyll the feast of saynt Michaell next after to be entred with the greatter soleÌ„â—ytie whan the parliament shulde be ther. Kyng Charles of Fraunce bycause of lynage dyd his obsequy reuerently in the holy chapell of the paleys in Parys And there were many of the prelates nobles of the realme of FrauÌ„ce and so than the truce was proloÌ„ged to the first day of Aprill next after Now let vs somwhat speke of the lorde Coucy of the almayns WHan they of Austriche the almayns vnderstode that the lorde of Coucy was coÌ„e with such a strength to make warre They caused to be brent and distroyed thre dayes â—ourney in to the countre along by the ryuer And than they went in to the mountayns and places inhabytable and so whaÌ„ the lorde of Couâ—y had wende to haue founde vytayle for his hoost he coude get none Wherby he suffred that wynter moche trouble and dysease for they wyst nat whyder to go to forage nor to gette vitayle for theyâ— nor their horses so that some dyed for huÌ„ger colde sicknesse And therfore whan the springyng tyme began they returned agayne in to Fraunce and went in to dyuers places to refresshe them selfe And the frenche kyng sent the moost parte of the coÌ„panyons in to Bretayne and in to base Normandy to aâ—yde and rest there for he thought well he shulde haue soÌ„what to do in short tyme after And at the retournyng of the lorde Couâ—y in to Fraunce he began to be good frenche bicause he â—ounde the kyng so amyable to condiscende to his desyre And also his counsayle sayd he neâ—â— nat to a voide out of his heritage vnder the shadowe of the kyng of Englandes warr for they sayd he was frenche of name of blode of armes extraction He sent his wyfe into Englande and kept styll with him his eldest doughter and left the yonger styll in Englande wher as she had been brought vp and norisshed â–ª Than yâ— frenche kyng sent the lorde Coucy to Bruges to them that were ther to entreate for the peace how beâ—t as than the great lordes were nat there but all onely the duke of Bretayne who was styll with his cosyn therle of Flaunders but he busyed him selfe but lytle in the treatie for the peace And after the feest of saynt Mychaell whan the obsequy of the prince was done and fynisshed than the kyng of Englande made to be knowen to his 〈◊〉 â–ª The duke of LaÌ„castre the erle of Cambridge and to the lorde ThomÌ„s the yongest and to all the barons erles prelatê and knightes of Englande howe that the yonge Richarde shulde be kyng after his discease And so caused them all to swere solemly to maynteyne him and on Christmas day the kyng made hym to sytte at his table aboue all his owne chyldren in great estate representyng that he shulde be kyâ—â—â— alter his discease And there was sent to Bruges for the kyng of Englandes parte JohnÌ„ lorde Cobham the bysshoppe of Herforde and the mayre of London And for the frenche partie thyder came the erle of Salebruche the lorde of Chastellon and maister Phylbert Les 〈…〉 and the two bysshoppes embassadrâ— alwayes went bytwene the parties treatynge for peace and spake of a mariage to be had bytwene the yong prince of Englande and my lady Maâ—y doughter to the frenche kyng And so they departed aswell they of FrauÌ„ce as of Englande and so made report to bothe kynges and than about lent there was a secrete treatie 〈◊〉 to be bytwene the two kyngesat Moutrell by the see And so were sent by the kynge of Englande to Calais sir Rycharde Dangle Rycharde Stan Geâ—â—ray Chaâ—â—er â–ª And fro the frenche kyng was sent the lorde of Couâ—y and of Riuyer sir Nycholas Braques and Nycholas Brasier and they along season treated on the sayd mariage And the frenchmen offered as I was enfourmed dyuers thyngâ—s and they wolde haue agayne otherthynges suche as they named or els nothyng Than these entreatours went and made report to their lordê and so the trewce was agayne relonged to the fyrst day of Maye and so came agayne to Calais the erle of Salisbury yâ— bysshop of saynt Dauyd chauÌ„cellour of Englande and the bysshoppe of Herforde And for the frenche kynge at Muttrell there was the lorde of Coucy sir Wylliam of Dormans chauÌ„cellour of FrauÌ„ce but they durst neuer trust to mete toguy â—er in any place bytwene Mutterell and Calâ—â—â— nor bytwene Mutterell Boleyn nor in the fronters for any thyng that the two bysshoppes embassadours coude do orshewe Thus these entreatours abode in this astate tyll the 〈◊〉 was expyred ANd whan the warr was open than sir Hughe Caurell was sent to be kepar of Calais Whan pope Gregoriebeynge 〈…〉 â—non vnderstod that no peace coude be had byâ—wene FrauÌ„ce England he was right sorousull and ordred his busynesse shortly went to Rome And whan the duke of Breten who had â—eâ— more than a yere with the erle of FlauÌ„ders his cosyn sawe that the warr was open he toke leaue of therle and weÌ„t to Grauelyng
and thyder he came to therle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle and so went with them to Calais and ther taryed the space of a moneth and so went in to Englande and came to Shene 〈◊〉 foure leages fro London a long by the Temmes syde where the kynge of Englande laye sore syâ—ke And past out of this worlde the 〈◊〉 gyll ofsaynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst yâ— yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvii. THan was there great sorowe made in Englande and incontynent all the passages of the realme were stoppedde that none shulde yssue out of the realme For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng shuld be so soone knowen in Fraunce tyll they haddeset the realme in some ordre The same tyme ther came in to Englande the erle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle So the body of kyng Edwarde the thirde with great processyons weâ—ynges lamentacyons his sonnes behynde hym with all the nobles and prelates of Englande was brought a long the cytie of London with open visage to Westmynster there he was buried besyde the quene his wyfe And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crowned at the palays of Westmynster with great solemâ—ytie and by him stode the dukes of LaÌ„â—â—llre and of Bretayne the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes First the lorde Nycholas his vncle was made â—rle of â—olengy the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande sir Thomas Dangle erle of Huntyngdon the lorde Mombray erle of Notyngham And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght sir Rycharde Dangle by the accorde of all the lande to be instruâ—ted in noble vertues and the realme of Englande to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre And as soone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde he sayd howe â—yghtâ—obly and valiantly he hadde reygâ—ed and well he ought to be putte newly in rememâ—raunce amonge the nombre of the worthyes Than he assembled a great nombre of the nobles and prelatê of his realme and dyd his obsâ—quy in the holy chapell in his palys at Paris And anone after dyed the eldest doughter of the frenche kyng who was ensured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault eldest sonne of duke Aubert ¶ Howe the freÌ„che kyng sent a great nauy to the see howe dyuers townes were brent in Englande howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers castels about Calys Cap. CCC .xv. IN the meane seasone whyle this sayd trewce endured the frenche kyng ê“uyded greatly for shyppes andgaleys And the kynge of Spayne had sent to him his admyrall sir Ferraunt Sause Who with sir Johan de Uien admyrall of Fraunce whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde in the vigill of saynt Peter in July there slewe men and women and all they founde These tidynges came to London than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to Douer with a great nombre of men of warre And the erle of Salisbury the lorde Montagu went to the marches towarde HaÌ„pton Than after the french army toke laude in the I le of UbyqÌ„ and brent therm dyuers to wnes as LameÌ„d Dartmouth Plomouthe Plesume and dyuers other and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique they went agayne to the see and costed forewarde came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Salisbury and the lorde Montague who defended the passage howebeit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the see agayne and costed towardes HaÌ„pton and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande but the englysshmen in the company of the erle of Salisbury rode so dayly alonge the see cost that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande Than the frenchmen came before HaÌ„pton and there was redy sir Johan AruÌ„dell with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne or elles it had ben taken than the frenchmen departed and went towarde Douer and toke lande on a day 〈◊〉 a lytle abbay called Lians Ther were many men of the countre assembled and they hadde made the priour of the place and sir Thomas Cheyny Johan Fuselle their chefe capitayns who set them selfe in good array to defende the passage so that the freÌ„chmen had but small aduauntage for it coste them moche people or they coulde take lande how be it fynally by force of good fightyng they toke lande Ther was a sore scrimysshe howe beit the englysshmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght and two hundred slayne and the two knightes and the priour taken prisoners than the frenche men entred agayne in to their shippes and lay styll all that night at ancre before the abbey There the frenche men knewe first of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their prisonners and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande for rulynge of the realme Than sir Johan of Uyenne caused a barke to departe and sent therin a knight who aryued at Harflewe And than the knight rode to Parys and there he founde the kynge and there shewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde To whiche sayeng the kynge gaue credence Than the frenchmen spanyardes departed and sayled forthe and had wynde at wyll and came with the same tyde about threof the clocke to Douer There was sir Edmonde erle of Cambridge and sir Thomas his brother erle of Buckynghame who were redy with a hundred thousande with baners displayed abydinge the frenchmen who were a sixscore shippes and galyes The frenchemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat but passed by and toke the depe see for the see began to ebbe Howe beit the englysshmen taryed there styll all that day and the nextnight and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came before the hauen of Calays and there entred yE haue herde here before how sir Johan captall of Beufz was taken prisoner before Soubise and kept in the towre of the teÌ„ple of Parys The kyng of England and the prince whyle they lyued wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered ther was also moche entreatie made for him at the couÌ„sell at Bruges and ther was offred for him in exchange the yong erle of saynt Poule thre or four other knyghtes but the frenche kyng nor his couÌ„sayle wolde nat coÌ„sent therto Howbeit the french kyng made to be shewed him by the priour who had hym in kepyng yâ— if he wolde swere neuer to beare armes agaynst the crowne of Fraunce that than he wolde condiscende to his delyuerance The Captall answered that he wold neuer make that othe to dye in prison so he abode in prison in sure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye for he toke his prisonment but with lytell pacyence and so long he was there that at last he dyed in prison
puyssance of Rome so that they assembled toguyder on a day and coÌ„quered the bourage of saynt Peter Than the bretons drewe them in to the castell of Angle howe be it they were so handled by force of armes that they gaue it vp their lyues saued ThaÌ„ the bretons deê‘ted and drewe to Foundes and there about in the countre and the romayns bete downe the castel Angle brent the bourage of faynt Peter Whan sir Syluestre Bude who was in the countre herde howe his men hadde lost the bourage of saynt Peter and yâ— castell Angle He was right sore displeased and studyed howe to be reuenged of the romayns It was shewed him by his spyes howe on a day the romayns and the noblest men of the cytie of Rome shulde assemble togyder in counsayle in the Capitolle Assoone as he knewe that he assembled toguyder a certayne nombre and rode forth by couert wayes secretly and so came to Rome in the euenynge and entred in at the gate of Naples WhaÌ„ these bretons were within they toke the streyght way to the Capitoll came thyder as the couÌ„sell of Rome were issued out of the chaÌ„bre Than the bretons couched their speares and ranne in among them and slewe and bete downe a great nombre of the moost notablest of the cite Ther was slayne a sixe baneretes and a two huÌ„dred of other riche ê‘sons and a great nombre hurt and whan these bretons hadde done their enterprise they withdrewe them agaynst night and than it began to be late so that they were nat pursued what for they night for the sodayne fray that they were in for they wyst nat what to do but to take hede of their frendes that were sore hurte So they passed that nyght in great dystresse and sorowe of herte and soo buryed the deed and dressedde the hurte And in the mornyng the romayns aduysed theÌ„ selfe of a great crueltie for the poore clerkê that were in Rome and were in no faute they slewe and hurt of theÌ„ mo than thre hundred and specially bretons yâ— fell in their handes ther was no mercy Thus went the maters in Rome by reason of the state of the popes and dayly they bought it dere suche as were without faute IN the meane season that ClemeÌ„t and his cardynals lay thus at Foundes yâ— quene of Napoles came thyder to se hym for she dyde put her selfe vnder the obeysaunce of pope Clement This quene had ben longe in purpose to put the realme of Cecyll wherof she was lady and the countie of Prouence whiche depeÌ„deth of the same realme in to the haÌ„des of the pope to do with them at his pleasur and to gyue theÌ„ to some highe prince of the realme of Fraunce beyng of suche puyssaÌ„ce to kepe them agaynst suche as she hated deedly who were discended out of the realme of HuÌ„gry And whan yâ— quene of Naples was come to Foundes she humbled her selfe lowly to pope Clement and was coÌ„fessed of hym and discouered to him all the secretes of her hert and sayd Holy father I holde dyuers noble herytages as the realme of Naples the realme of Cecyll Puyll Calabre and the countie of Prouence And it is of trouthe yâ— kyng Loyes of Cecyll duke of Puyll and Calabre my father whyle he lyued knowledged all these landes to holde of the churche and on his dethe bedde he toke me by the hande sayd A fayre doughter ye are enherytour of many a â—che countre and I am sure many great lordê wyll seke to haue you in maryage bycause of yâ— fayre herytage that ye haue Therfore doughter I wolde ye shulde vse you after my couÌ„sayle as to mary yourselfe to so highe a prince that may be puyssant to kepe maynteyne you and your herytage in rest and peace And if it so fortune that ye haue none heyres than delyuer all your landes in to the handes of the pope than beyng a lyue for kyng Robert my father at the hour of his dethe gaue me in lyke charge therfore fayre dought I charge you and discharge me And than I promysed him on my faithe in the presence of all them that were in his chaÌ„bre that I shulde acomplysshe his last desyre And holy father so it was that after his discease by the consent of all the nobles of Cecyll and Naples I was maryed to Andrewe of Hungry brother to kyng Loyes of Hungry by whome I hadde no yssue for he dyed yonge at Ayes in Prouence And after his discease I was maryed agayne to the prince of Tarent who was called Charles and by him I had a doughter Than the kyng of Hungry for the displeasure that he hadde to Andrewe his brother my first husbande went and made warre agaynst my husbande Charles of Tarent and toke fro him Puyll and Calabre toke him in batayle and ledde him to prison in to Hungry and there he dyed And yet after agayne by the acorde of the nobles of Cecyll I maryed agayne kynge James of Maiogres and sent in to FrauÌ„ce for sir Loys of Nauer to haue maryed my doughter but he dyed by the way Than it fell so that the kyng my husbande went to conquere his herytage of Maiogres the whiche the kyng of Arragon had taken fro him byforce and had dysheryted him and caused his father to dye in prison And or he departed fro me I sayd to him Sir I am a lady and haue puyssance and rychesse sufficyent to maynteyne your estate acordynge to your desyre howe beit he preached so moche to me and shewed me so many fayre reasons desyring to recouer his herytage so that I was fayne to consent to hym to take his pleasure But at his departynge I desyred hym to haue gone to kyng Charles of Fraunce and to haue shewed him his busynesse and to haue ordred hymselfe by his counsayle Howe be it he dyde nat so the which was his hurt for he weÌ„t to the prince of Wales who promysed to haue ayded him So he had greatter trust in the price of Wales than in the frenche kyng to whom I was nere of lynage and in the meane season whyle he was in his vyage I wrote to the frenche kyng and sent great messangers to him desyring him to send me a noble man of his blode to mary my doughter to the entent that myne herytagê shulde nat be without an heyre The kyng sent his cosyn sir Robert of Artoyse who wedded my doughter and in yâ— vyage that the kyng my husbande made he dyed And after agayne I maryed sir Othe of Broswyche and bycause sir Charles de la Paixe sawe that sir Othe shulde haue myne herytage as long as I lyued he made vs warre And toke vs in the castell of Locufe whan the see was so highe that we feared it wolde haue ouerflowen vs. at whiche tyme we were so afrayed that we yelded vs all foure to sir Charles de la Paixe our lyues saued And so he helde vs in prisone my husbande
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
great nombre made no semblant to breke their busshement but helde them selfe styll and close for they beleued that the englisshmen had nere hande their great batayle therfore they durst nat assayle them So thus they departed eche fro other without any more doynge The spaynierdes retourned the same night to Esteryes and the Chanoyne Robersarde to Uesyouse And there he shewed his company howe they had sene the spagynierdes bytwene Concrelet and Huence and sayd If we had bene all toguyder we wolde haue fought with theÌ„ and so they were sorie that they had nat bene all toguyder And whan these tidynges came to the knowledge of the kyng of Portingale he made semblant that he was dyspleased bycause they rode forthe without his coÌ„maundement or ordinaunce Thus the englysshmen and gascoyns lay styll in their garysons all that wynter without any thynge doyng worthy to be made meÌ„cyon of the whiche greatly anoyed theÌ„ There lyeng styll was nat by their wylles ¶ In this meane tyme Johan kyng of Castyle sende to the frenche kynge and to his vncles for socour Shewyng them howe the erle of Cambridge was arryued in Portyngale And how the voice ranne through the realmes of Castyle and Portyngale Howe that the kyng of Englande the duke of Lancastre and his brother puissantlye acompanyed shulde come in to Portyngale to the erle of Cambridges ayde in the next somer Wherfore he desyred the frenche kynge accordynge to suche alyaunces and confederacions as the realme of FrauÌ„ce the realme of Spaygne hath toguyder and by reason of good loue and amyte That they wolde sende some men of warre to hym the next somer to the entent to resyst his enemyes Than the french kyng and his counsayle consented well therto For they sawe well howe the kyng of Spayne desyred nothyng but reason Than it was ordayned in Fraunce to gyue all maner of men of warre lycence to go thyder And the kyng delyuered theÌ„ their first prest money So sir Olyuer of Clesquy brother to sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of Fraunce was ordayned to take his voyage in the begynnyng of the springyng tyme. And so dyde knightê and squyers of Bretayne of Fraunce of Beause of Picardy of Aniowe of Berrey of Bloyse and of Mayne And so they passed by companyes to haue the more ease and their passage was opyn throughe the realme of Aragon and they founde euery thyng redy and their wages payed but they payed nat for euery thyng they toke whan they were abrode in the countrey whiche was great hurte to the poore commons yE haue herde here before howe kyng Richarde of Englande the space of a yere hadde ben in treatie with kynge Charles of Almayne Who wrote hym selfe the tytell of the kyng of Rhomayns to haue his suster the lady Anne in maryage And howe sir Symon Burle had sore traueyled in that mater And howe the duke of Tasson in Almayne had ben in Englande for to confyrme that maryage And the mater was so coÌ„cluded that the kynge of Rhomayns sende his suster in to Englande and the duke of Tasson with her And a great company of knightes ladyes and damosels in royall astate as it aê‘teyned to suche a lady And so she came first in to Brabante to the towne of Bruesels And there the duches of Brabant receyued her and all her company in goodly maner The duke of Brabant was her vncle for she was doughter to themê‘our Charles And so thus the lady Anne of Behayne helde her at Brusels with her vncle and aunte more than the space of a moneth She durste nat go thens I shall tell you why ¶ It was shewed her that ther was on the see a .xii. vessels of nor mayns bytwene Caleys and Hollande they robbed and pilled on the see they cared nat who And so they kepte he boundes of the see about Flaunders and zelande abyding the comynge of this yonge lady For the french kyng wolde gladly haue broken that maryage for he greatlye douted the alyaunce bytwene Englande Almayne Howe be it alwayes it is sayd that it is nat honorable to take ladyes in warre In coloryng the warr bitwene lordes to make their warr the fayrer The prince of Wales father to kyng Richarde of Englande It was sayd he consented to the takyng of the lady of Burbone mother to the french quene She was taken by the prices seruauÌ„tes in the castell of Belperch and so brought in to Guyen and raunsomed Wherfore the freÌ„chmen thought if they myght take the kyng of Englandes wyfe in reueÌ„gyng therof they shulde do no wronge So for feare and doute therof this lady lay styll at Brusels the space of a moneth Than the duke of Brabant sende his counsayle into Fraunce as the lorde of RousselaÌ„s and the lorde of Bousqueher to shewe the kynge his vncles they were nephewes to the duke of Brabant as chyldren of his suster These lordes of Brabant spedde so well with the frenche kyng and his couÌ„sayle that they had a sure saue conduct for the lady to passe outher by lande or by see Wheder it pleased her throughe the realme of Fraunce or by the froÌ„ters therof to Calais And the normains that were on the see were countermaunded agayne And so the frenche kyng and his vncles wrote to the Duke of Brabant that they dyde this for his sake all onely and for none other This pleased moche the duke of Brabant the duchesse and all suche as wolde passe the see So than they departed fro Brusels and the lady toke her leaue of the duke her vncle and of the duchesse her aunt And of the ladyes and damosels of the countrey suche as had helde her company And so the duke sende with her a huÌ„dred speares to conuey her to Gaunte and there she rested her a day And there the gauntoyse dyde her gret honour and fro thens she went to Bruges there the erle of Flaunders receyued her ryght honourably there she rested her a thre dayes And than she rode forth came to Grauelyng where as was redy the erle of Salysbury and the erle of Dymester with a fyue huÌ„dred speres and as many archers and so they brought her to Calays And the brabansies retourned as soone as they had delyuered her to the barones of Englande THis yonge lady taryed nat longe at Calayes but that she had wynde at wyll and so than she entred in to her shyppe on a friday in the mornynge and all her company and horses in other shyppes And the same day she aryued at Douer and ther she rested her two dayes the thirde day she rode to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there she founde the erle of BuckynghaÌ„ who receyued her honourably and so long this lady rode forthe that she came to London where as she was honourably receyued of the burgesses ladyes damosels of the countrey and cytie And so the kyng of Englande wedded her in the chapell of his palays of Westmynster
the .xx. day of Christmas at which there was great feast tryuÌ„phe holden And euer syth she deê‘ted first out of Almayne the gentle and noble knight sir Robert of Namur left her nat tyll she was maryed to the kyng of Englande Wherof he hadde great thanke bothe of the kyng of Englande and of the kyng of Almayne And so the kyng of England after his maryage brought the quene his wyfe to the castell of Wyndsore and there kept a great house And so there they were ioyously togyder And my lady princes the kynges mother abode styll with the quene And also the same tyme there was in the court with the quene the duches of Bretayne suster to kyng Rycharde for Lois her husband duke of Bretayne coude nat haue her delyuered out of EnglaÌ„de for the kyng of Englande nor his counsayle wolde in no wyse coÌ„sent to sende her in to Bretayne bycause her husbande the duke was become french For the lordes and knightes in England sayd the same tyme. That the duke of Bretayne acquyted hymselfe fasly to the erle of Buckyngham and to our men nowe at this last vyage yâ— they made in FraÌ„ce And for all he hath sent for his wyfe yet wyll nat we sende her to hym but wyll rather send thyder his .ii. enemies JohnÌ„ and Guy of Bretayne Who were chyldrene to saynt Charles of Breten who hath more right to the herytage of Bretayne than he hath for he is duke but by reason of our puyssaunce ayde and be semyng he coÌ„sydreth but yuell the goodnes yâ— we haue done to hym wherfore we must in lykewise shewe hym the vylany that he doth to vs. Trewe it was these two lordê JohnÌ„ and Guy of Bretayne children to saynt Charles of Bloyse were prisoners in Englande and kept in a stronge castell in the kepynge of sir Peter Dambreticourt And they were desyred in curtes maner by the kyng of Englande his counsayle that they shulde holde Bretayne by fayth and homage of the kynge of Englande And if they wolde thus do than the kyng of England promysed to recouer their right in Bretayne and JohnÌ„ to haue to his wife the lady Phylippe of Lancastre wydowe But they answered in no wyse they wolde do so nor for sake to be freÌ„che to dye in prison So thus the materhanged And after the kynge of Englande knewe ones fermly their myndes they were no more desyred therto ¶ Howe the french kyng could haue no money of the receyuour of Parys And howe the duke of Aniowe passed in to Italye of his noble chyualry Cap. CCC xCi LE haue herd here before howe the parysiens were a greed with the kyng to pay a certayne soÌ„me of florens euery weke This some of floreyns was payed to a certayne receyuour apoynted by them but the kyng had it nat nor it weÌ„t nat out of Parys And so it happed that the kynge had besynes with money to pay his men of warre suche as he sent in to Castell wherto he was bouÌ„de by the aliaunces that was made before And so the kyng sent to Parys to his receyuour that he shulde prepare for hym a hundred thousande frankes for he sayd he wold comforte and ayde kyng JohnÌ„ of Castell The receyuour answered the kyngê letters and message right graciously and sayd howe he had money mough howe beit he myght delyuer none without the hole consent of the towne of Parys These wordes pleased nothyng the kyng but he sayde he wolde puruey right well for remedy whanne he myght and so he dyd And so for his entente as at that tyme he purueyed hym of other money by the helpe of his good townes in Pycardy Thus there was a great disceÌ„cion bytwene the kyng and them of Parys and so the kyng wolde nat come to Parys but he abode at Mieulx at Senles or at Compayne there a bout wherof they of Parys were sore displeased And the greatest sure tie and meane that they hadde was the duke of Aniou who wrote hym selfe kynge of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem and had taken on hym the armes therof This duke most comonly lay at Parys and there he gate moche good to helpe hym to his viage He gate toguyder so great a soÌ„me of money that it was sayd that he had at Roquemore besyde Auignon two myllions of florens He entreated so them of Parys by his fayre langage and by that he had the soueraynte aboue all his bretherne bycause he was eldest that he had of them the soÌ„me of a hundred thousande frankes But the kyng coude gette none of them nor his vncles of Berrey nor of Burgoyne and whan the duke of Aniou had made his prouision in the springyng tyme of the yere he toke his iourney so passed the realme and came to Auignon wher as he was greatly feasted with the pope and with the cardynals and thyder came to hym the barones and rulers of the good townes of Prouence receyued hym for their lorde and dyd hym homage feaulte and dyd put them selfe in to his obeysance and thyder came to him the gentle erle of Sauoy his cosyn with certayne lordes and knightes who were also well receyued of the pope and cardynals And there the duke of Aniou delyuered to the erle of Sauoy a great soÌ„me of money for theÌ„ of Sauoy who were a great nombre So than the duke and therle toke leaue of the pope and departed and toke the way to the dolphyn of Uien and so in euery good towne they had good chere And so their men of warre went on before and at last they entred into Lombardy the whiche passage was redy open And so the duke entred in to Lombardy in euery towne had great feast and chere and specially at Myllayne There they were honored beyonde measure of sir Galeas and sir Barnabo and they had of them great riches and iuels that it were marueyle to recounte it And in euery place the duke of Aniowe helde astate lyke a kynge and euer as he went he made money floreyns and whyte money to pay his menne of warre And whan they came in to Coustane and aprochyd Rome than they kept them selfe nerer togyder than they dyde before For the romayns who knewe right well of their comyng were greatly fortifyed agaynst them and the romayns had a capitayn an englisshman called sir JohnÌ„ Haâ—onde who hadde longe lyued amonge the romayns and knewe all the fronters and hadde many so wdyours in the felde atte the wages of the romayns as almayns and other nacyons in the quarell of pope Urban who was at Rome He was nothynge afrayde of the comynge of the duke of Aniowe and whan any spake to hym and shewed hym howe the duke of Aniou with the erle of Sauoy in his company was comyng to Rome warde by lykelyhode to put hym downe fro his siege apostolyke bycause they were all clementyns He wolde than aunswere and saye Christe protege nos Christ helpe
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
thassautyng The countrey was so afrayed that euery man fledde into stronge holdes and townes and forsoke their owne houses they made none other aparance of defence but all knyghtê and squyers kept them styll in their fortresses and made no semblant to fyght with thenglysshmen Than at last the erle of Derby came and layd siege to saynt JohnÌ„ Dangle and made there a gret assaut within the towne ther were no men of warre tyll agaynst night whan thassaut seased Sir Wyllyam Ryonmayre of the towne and the moost part of the burgesses sende to therle of Derby to haue a saue conduct for sixe of their burgesses to come into the hoost to treat with therle the same night or els the next day the which was graunted and the next mornynge these burgesses came to therles tent and there concluded to become good englysshmen as long as the kyng of Englande or some other for hym wolde kepe and defende them fro the frenchmen Ther therle refresshed hym in that towne thre dayes and toke homage of the burgesses there than the erle went to the stronge towne of Nyort wherin was captayne the lorde Guyssharde Dangle ther therle made thre assautes but nothyng coude he wynne than he departed thens and went to to Burge saynt Maxymen the which was wonne perforce and all that were within slayne After they went to MoÌ„strell boy 〈◊〉 wherin ther were a two huÌ„dred money makers that forged there money for the freÌ„chkyng they sayde they wolde nat yelde vp but defende the towne but there was made suche a feerse assaut that it was won and all they within slayne Th erle newe fortifyed the castell and made there a garyson than the erle came before the cytie of Poycters the whiche was great and large the erle besieged it on the one syde for he had nat noÌ„bre sufficyent to lay rounde about IncontyneÌ„t they made assaut they of they cytie who were a great nombre of meane people nat very mete for the warre they defended themselfe so well at that tyme that they toke but lytell damage the assaut ceased and euery man went to his logynge The next day certayne knyghtes of the host toke their horses and rode about the towne and returned and made report to therle of that they had sene than they determyned the nexte day to assaut the cytie in thre places and the greattest nombre to assaut wher as was the wekest place of the cytie and thus it was done And as than in the towne ther was no knight that knewe what ment any feate of warr nor the people were nat erpert in dedes of armes to knowe howe to defende assautes so in the wekyst place thenglysshmen entred Whan they within sawe the towne wonne they fledde away out at other gates but ther were slayne a .vii. hundred for all were put to the swerde men women and chyldren and the cytie ouerron and robbed the whiche was full of great richesse aswell of thynhabytauntes as of them of the countrey that were come thyder for surety dyuers churches were there distroyed and many yuelldedes done and mo had ben doue and therle had nat ben for he coÌ„maunded on payne of dethe no man to breune no churche nor house for he sayde he wolde tary there a ten or 〈…〉 dayes so that therby part of the yuell dedes wereseased but for all that there was roberyes ynough Th erle lay ther a .xii. dayes and lengar myght haue done if it had pleased hym for ther was none to resyst hym all the contrey trymbled for feare of hym Than therle departed fro Poycters and left it voyde for it was to great to be kept at their departyng they had so moche rychesse that they wyst natte what to do therwith they sette by nothynge but golde and syluer and fethers for men of warre Thanne they retourned by small iourneys to saynt Johan Dangle there therle rested hym a certayne space and thenglysshmen gaue many good iuels to the ladyes and damosels of the towne and so dyd therle hymself and made euery day gret dyners suppers and bankettes made great reuell and sport among them he achyued suche grace among them there that they sayd he was the moost noble prince that euer rode on horsebacke Than he toke his leaue of theÌ„ and made the mayre and the burgesses to renewe their othe and to kepe the towne as the ryght herytage of the kyng of Englande than the erle retourned by suche fortresses as he had wonne tyll he caÌ„e to therytie of Bourdeaux than he gaue leaue euery man to depart and thanked them of their good seruyce ¶ How the kyng of Scottes duryng the siege before Calys came into England with a gret host Ca. C .xxxvii. IT is longe nowe syth we spake of kyng Dauyd of Scotlande howe be it tyll nowe there was none occasion why for the trewse that was takenue was well and trewly kept So that whan the kynge of Englande had be sieged Calays and lay there than the Scottes determyned to make warre into Englande and to be reuenged of such hurtes as they had taken before for they sayde than howe that the realme of Englande was voyde of men of warr for they were as they sayd with the kyng of Englande before Calys and some in Bretaygne Poyctou and Gascoyne the frenche kyng dyd what he coude to styrre the scottes to that warre to the entent that the kynge of Englande shulde breke vp his siege and retourne to defende his owne realme The kynge of Scottes made his sommons to be at saynt JohnÌ„s towne on the ryuer of Tay in Scotlande thyder came erles barownes and prelates of Scotlande and there agreed that in all haste possyble they shulde entre into Englande to come in that iourney was desyred Johan of the out Iles who gouerned the wylde scottes for to hym they obeyed and to no man els He came with a thre thousande of the moost outragyoust people in all that countrey Whan all the scottes were assembled they were of one and other a fyftie thousande fightynge menne they coude nat make their assemble soo secrete but that the quene of Englande who was as thanne in the marchesse of the Northe about yorke knewe all their dealynge ThanÌ„e she sent all about for menne and lay herselfe at yorke than all men of warre and archers came to Newcastell with the quene In the meane season the kyng of scottes departed fro saynt Johannes towne and wente to Done Fremelyne the firste day the nexte day they passed a lytell arme of the see and so came to EsdeÌ„rmelyne and than to EdeÌ„brough Than they nombred their company and they were a thre thousande men of armes knyghtes and squyers and a thretie thousande of other on hackenayes thanne they came to Rousbourg the first fortresse englysshe on that parte captayne there was sir Wyllyam Montague the scottes passed by without any assaut makynge and so went forthe brennynge and distroyenge the countrey of Northumberlande
ayde of the men of armes who came in among them and slewe of them and dyd what they lyst And ther was the lorde Arnold DaÌ„drchen taken prisoner by other men than by sir James Audeley or by his four squters for that day he neuer toke prisoner but alwayes fought and went on his enemyes Also on the french partie the lorde Johan CleremoÌ„t fought vnder his owne baner as long as he coude endure but ther he was beten â—owne and coude nat be relyued nor ransomed but was slayne wtout mercy some sayde it was bicause of the wordes that he had the day before to sit JohnÌ„ Chandos So within a short space the marshals batayls were disconfyted for they fell our vpon another and coude nat go forth the frenchmen that were behynde and coude nat get forwarde reculed backe and came on the batayle of the duke of Normandy the which was great and thicke and were a fote but anon they began to opyn behynde For whan they knewe that the marshals batayle was dysconfited they toke their horses and deê‘ted he that might best also they sawe a rowt of englysshmen coÌ„mynge downe a lytell mountayne a horsebacke and many archers with them who brake in on the syde of the dukes batayle Trewe to say the archers dyd their company that day great aduauntage for they shotte so thicke that the frenchmen wyst nat on what syde to take hede and lytell and lytell the englysshmen wanne grounde on theym and whan the men of armes of Englande sawe that the marshals batayle was dysconfited and that the dukes batayle beganÌ„e to dysorder and opyn they lept than on their horses the whiche they had redy by them Than they assembled to gyder cryed saynt George gyen and the lorde Chandos sayd to the prince sir take your horse and ryde forth this iourney is yors god is this day in your handes gette vs to the french kynges batayle for ther lyeth all the sore of the mater I thynke verily by his valyantnesse he woll nat flye I trust we shall haue hym by the grace of god and saynt George so he be well fought withall and sir I herde you say that this day I shulde se you a good knyght The prince sayde lette vs go forthe ye shall nat se me this day retourne backe sayd auauÌ„ce baner in the name of god and of saynt George the knyght yâ— bare it dyde his commaundement there was than a sore batayle and a perylous and many a man ouerthrowen and he that was ones downe coud nat be relyued agayne wtout great socoure and ayde As the prince rode and entred in amonge his ennemyes he sawe on his ryght hande in a lylell busshe lyeng deed the lorde Robert of Duras and his baner by hym and a ten or twelfe of his men about hym than the prince sayd to two of his squyers to thre archers sirs take the body of this knyght on a targe bere hym to Poycters and present him fro me to the cardynall of Pyergourt and say howe I salute hym by the token and this was done The prince was enformed that the cardynalles men were on the felde agaynst hym the which was nat pertayning to the right order of armes for men of the churche that cometh and goeth for treaty of peace ought nat by reason to ber harnes nor to fyght for neyther of the parties They ought to be indyfferent and bycause these men had done so the price was dyspleased with the cardynall and therfore he sende vnto hym his nephue the lorde Robert of Duras deed And the Cathelayn of Ampostre was takenne and the printe wolde haue had his heed stryken of bycause he was pertaynynge to the cardynall but than the lorde Candos sayd sir susfre for a season entende to a gretter mater and paraduenture the cardynall wyll make suche excuse that ye shal be content Than the prince and his company dressed them on the batayle of the duke of Athenes coÌ„stable of France there was many a manne slayne and cast to the yerth as the frenchmen fought in companyes they cryed mountioy saynt Denyce and the englysshmen saynt George gyen Anoue the price with his company met with the batayle of almaygnes wherof the erle of Salesbruce the erle Nosco and therle Neydo were capitayns but in a short space they were put to â—lyght The archers shotte so holly togyder that none durst come in their dangers they slewe many a man that coulde nat come to no raunsome these thre erles was ther slayne and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of their coÌ„pany And ther was the lorde Dambretycourt rescued by his owne men and sette on horsebacke and after he dyde that day many feates of armes toke gode prisoners Whan the duke of No 〈…〉 〈…〉 I le sawe the prince aproche they thought to 〈◊〉 theÌ„ selfe and so the duke and the kynges chrldren the erle of Poycters and the erle of Tourayne who were ryght yong by leued their gouernors and so departed fro the felde and with them mo than eyght hundred speares yâ— stake no stroke that day Howe beit the lorde Guysshard Dangle and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre who were with the erle of Poicters wolde nat slye but entred into the thyckest prease of the batayle The kynges thre sonnes toke the way to Chamigny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Landas the lorde Thy bault of Woodney who were sette to a wayt on the duke of NormaÌ„dy whan they had brought the duke a long leage fro the batayle than they tooke leaue of the duke and desyred the lorde of saynt Uenant that he shulde nat leaue the duke but to bring hym in sauegarde wherby he shulde wyn more thanke of the kynge than to abyde styll in the felde Than they met also the duke of Orleaunce and a great coÌ„pany with hym who were also departed fro the felde with clere handes ther were many good knyghtes and squyers though that their maisters departed fro the felde yet they hadde rather a dyed than to haue had any reproche Than the kyngê batayle caÌ„â— on the englysshmen there was a sore fyght and many a great stroke gyuen and receyued the kyng and his yongest sonne mette with the batayle of thenglysshe marshalles therle of Warwyke and therle of Suffolke and with theym of gascons the Captall of Buz the lorde of Pomyers the lorde Amery of Charre the lorde of Mucydent the lorde of LaÌ„guran and the lorde de la Strade To the frenche partie there came tyme ynough the lorde Johan of Landas and the lorde of Woodney they a lyghted a fote and wente into the kynges batayle And a lytell besyde fought the duke of Athenes coÌ„stable of fraÌ„ce and a lytell aboue hym the duke of Burbone and many good knyghtes of Burbonoyse and of Picardy with hym And a lytell on the one syde ther were the poyteuyns the lorde de 〈◊〉 the lorde of Partney the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lorde of
goddessake make non yuell nor heuy there though god this day dyde nat consent to folowe your wyll for sir surely the kynge my father shall bere you asmoche honour and amyte as he may do and shall acorde with you so reasonably that ye shall euer be frendes to guyder after And sir me thynke ye ought to reioyse though the iourney be nat as ye wolde haue had it for this day ye haue wonne the hygh renome of prowes and haue past this day in valyantnesse all other of your partie Sir I say natte this to mocke you for all that be on our partte the sawe euery mannes dedes ar playnly acorded by true se 〈…〉 to gyue you the price and chapelette Therwith the frenchemen began to murmure and sayde among theÌ„selfe howe the prince had 〈◊〉 nobly and that by all estimacion he shulde proue a noble man if god sende hym lyfe and to perceyuer in suche good fortune ¶ howe the prince retourned to Burdeux after the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lxix. Whan supper was done euery man wente to his lodgyng with their prisoners the same nyght they putte many to raunsome and belyued theÌ„ on their faythes trauthes raunsomed them but easely for they sayd ther wolde sette no knyghtes raunsome so hygh but that he myght pay at his ease and maynteyne styll his degree The nerte day whan they had herde masse and taken some repast and that euery thyng was trussed and redy than they toke their horses and rode to wardes Poycters The same nyght ther was come to Poycters the lorde of Roy with a huÌ„dred speres he was nat at the batayle but he mette the duke of NormaÌ„dy nere to Chauuigny and the duke sende hym to Poycters to kepe the towne tyll they herde other tidynges Whan the lorde of Roy knewe that thenglysshmen were so nere commynge to the cytie he caused euery man to be armed and euery man to go to his defence to the walles towres and gates and theÌ„glysshmen passe by without any aprochynge for they were so laded with golde syluer and prisoners that in their retournynge they assauted no fortres They thought it a gret dede if they might bringe the frenche kynge with their other prisoners and ryches that they had won in sauegard to Burdeaux they rode but small iourneys bycause of their prisoners and great caryagê that they had they rode in a day no more but four or fyue leages and loged euer betymes and rode close togyder in good aray sauyng the marshalles batayls who rode euer before with fyne C. men of armes to opyn the passages as the prince shulde passe but they founde no encounterers for all the countre was so frayed that euery man drue to the fortresses As the prince rode it was shewed hym howe the lorde Audeley had gyuen to his four squyers the gyft of the fyue hundred markes that he hadde gyuen vnto hym Than the prince send for hym and he was brought in his lytter to the prince who receyued hym curtesly and sayde sir James we haue knoledge that the reuenewes that we gaue you assone as ye came to your lodgyng you gaue the same to foure squyers we wolde knowe why ye dyd so and whyder the gyft was agreable to you or nat Sir sayd the knyght it is of trauth I haue gyuen it to theÌ„ and I shall she we you why I dyde so these foure squyers that be here present haue alonge season serued me well and truely in many great besynesses and sir at this last batayle they serued me in suche wyse that and they had neuer done nothynge els I was bounde to rewarde theym and before the same day they had neuer nothing of me in rewarde Sir I am but a man alone but by the ayde and confort of theÌ„ I toke on me to acomplysshe my vowe long be fore made I had ben deed in the batayle they had nat ben wherfore sir whan I consydred the loue that they bare vnto me I had nat ben curtesse if I wolde nat a rewarded them I thanke god I haue had and shall haue ynough as long as I lyue I wyll neuer be a basshed for lacke of good Sir if I haue done this without yor pleasure I requyre you to pardon me for sir both I and my squyers shall serue you as well as euer we dyd Than the prince sayd sir James for a nything that ye haue done I can nat blame you but can you gode thanke therfore and for the valyantnes of these squyers whom ye preyse so moche I acorde to them your gyft and I woll render agayne to you .vi. C. markes in lyke maner as ye had the other Thus the prince hsi company dyd somoche that they past through Poyctou and Xaynton without damage and came to Blay and there passed the ryuer of Geron aryued in the good cytie of Burdeux It canne nat be recorded the gret feest and cherr that they of the cytie with the clergy made to the prince and howe honourably they were ther receyued The prince brought the french kyng into the abbey of saynt Andrewes and there they lodged bothe the kyng in one part and the princeliu the other The prince bought of the lordes knygh tes and squyers of Gascone the moost parte of the erles of the realme of Fraunce suche as wer prisoners and payed redy money for the. Ther was dyuers questyons and chalenges made by twene the knyghtes and squyers of Gascoyne for takyng of the frenche kyng Howe beit Denyce Morbecke by ryght of armes and by true tokens that he shewed chalenged hym for his prisoner Another squper of Gascon called Bernarde of Troutes sayde howe he had ryght to hym there was moche a do and many wordes before the prince and other lordê that were there and by cause these two chalenged eche other to fight in that quarell The prince caused the mater to rest tyll they came in Englande and that no declaracyon shulde be made but afore yâ— kynge of Englande his father but bycause the frenche kyng hymselfe ayded to sustayne the chaleÌ„g of Denyce Morbecke for he enclyned more to hym than to any other The prince therfore priuely caused to be delyuerd to the sayd ser Denyce .ii. M. nobuls to mayntene withall his estate Anone after the prince came to Burdeux the cardynall of Piergort came thyder who was send fro the pope in legacyon as it was sayd he was there more thanÌ„e .xv. dayes or the prince wolde speke with hym bycause of the Chatclayne of Campost and his men who were agaynst hym in the batayle of Poicters The prince belyued that the cardynall send them thyder but the cardynall dyd somoch by the meanes of the lorde of Chamont the lorde of Monferant and the Captall of Buz who were his cosyus They shewed so good reasons to the prince that he was coÌ„tent to here him speke And whan he was before the prince he excused hymselfe so sagely that the prince
greue his ennemy To this counsayle lightly agreed sir Galahault who was desyrous to fynde his enemyes he lept on his courser and dyd on his basenet with a vyser bycause he wolde natte be knowen and so dyd all his coÌ„pany Than they yssued out of the vyllage and toke the feldes determyned what they wolde do and so rode on the right hande to warde the wode wher sir Reynold taryed for them and they were a. lxâ— men of armes and sir Renolde had nat past a. xâ—â— whan sir Renolde sawe theym he displayed his bauer before hym and came softely ridynge towarde them wenyng to hym that they had been englysshmen WhanÌ„e he aproched he lyft vp his vyser and saluted sir Galahaut in the name of ser Bartylmewe de Bonnes Sir Galahaut helde hymselfe styll secrete and answered but fayntly and sayd lette vs ryde forth and so rode on and his men on the one syde and the almaygnes on the other Whan sir Reynolde of Boulant sawe their maner and howe sir Galahaut rode somtyme by hym and spake no worde thaÌ„ he began to suspecte And he had nat ryden so the space of a quart of an houre but he stode styll vnder his baner among his men sayd sir I haue dout what knyght ye be I thynke ye be nat sir Bartylmewe de Bonnes for I knowe hym well and I se well that it is nat you I woll ye tell me yoâ— name or I ryde any farther in your company Therwith sir Galahaut lyft vp his vyser rode towardes the knyght to haue taken hym by the raygne of his bridell and cryed our lady of Rybamont than sir Roger of Coloyne sayde Coloyne to the rescue Whan sir Renold of BoulaÌ„t sawe what case he was in he was nat greatly afrayed but drewe out his swerde and as ser Galahaut wolde haue taken hym by the bridell sir Reynolde put his swerde clene throught hym drue agayne his swerd out of hym and toke his horse with the spurres and left sir Galahaut sore hurt And whan sir Galahaltes men sawe their maister in that case they were sore dyspleased sette on sir Renaldes men ther were many cast to the yerth but assoone as sir Renolde had gyuen sir Galahaut that stroke he strake his horse with the spurres and toke the feldes Than certayne of Galahaultes squyers chased hym and whan he sawe that they folowed him so ner that he must other tourne agayne or els beshamed Lyke a hardy knight he tourned and abode the tormast and gaue hym suche a stroke yâ— he had no more lyst to folowe him And thus as he rode on he serued thre of them that folowed hym and wouÌ„ded them sore if a good are had ben in his handes at euery stroke he had stayne a man He dyd so moche that he was out of the daunger of the frenchmen and saued hymselfe without any hurt the which his enemyes reputed for a gret prowes and so dyd all other yâ— herde therof but his men were ner slayne or taken but fewe that were saued And sir Galahault was caryed fro thense sore hurt to Perone of that hurte he was neuer after perfetly hole for he was a knyght of suche courage that for all his hurt he wolde nat spare hymselfe wherfore he lyued nat longe after Nowe lette vs retourne to the kyng of Englande and she we howe he layed his siege to the 〈◊〉 of Reynes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande besieged the cite of Reynes and of the castell of Chargny taken by thenglysshmen And of the warre that began agayne bytwene the duke of NormaÌ„dy and the kyng of Nauer Cap. C C .viii. THe englysshmen dyde somoche that they passed Atthoyes where they founde a poore contrey and so entred into Cambresis where they founde a better market for there was nothyng put into the fortresses bycause they thought theÌ„selfe well assured of the kyng of Englande and his coÌ„pany bycause they helde of th empyre but yâ— kyng of Englande thought nat so The kyng went lodged at Beauuoyes in Cambresis and ther he abode a foure dayes to refresshe them their horses and ouer ranne the moost part of CaÌ„bresis the bysshoppÌ„ Pyer of Cambray and the couÌ„saylles of the lordes of the countrey good townes by saue conduct send certayne messangers so the kyng of Englande to knowe by what tytell he made warre to them They were answered it was bycause in tyme paste they had made alyance and conforted the frenchmen and mayntened them in their townes and forteresses and in maner made warre as their enemyes Wherfore the englysshmen sayd they might well by yâ— reason make warre agayne to them Other answere coude they haue non wherfore they of CaÌ„bresys were fayne to bere their damages aswell as they might Thus the kyng of England passed through Cambresis and so went into Thierache his men ranne ouer the countrey on both sydes and toke forage wher they might gette it On a day sir Bartylme we de Bonnes ranne before saynt Quintyne and by adueÌ„ture he mette with the capitayne therof called sir Baudewyn Danekyn Ther was a great fray bytwene theÌ„ and many ouerthrowen on bothe partes finally the englysshmen obtayned the vyctorie and sir Baudwyn taken prisoner by yâ— Bartylmew of Bonnes Than thenglysshmen retourned to the kyng who was lodged at the abbey of Fenney where they had vitaylles ynought for them and for their horses And than rode forthe without any lette tyll they came into the marches of Reynes the kynge tooke his lodgynge at saynt Wall beyonde Reynes and the prynce of Wales at saynt Thierry Than the duke of Lancastre and other erles barownes and knyghtes were lodged in other vyllages aboute Reynes they had nat all their case for they were there in the hert of wynter about saynt Andrewes tyde with great wyndes and rayne and their horses yuell lodged and entreated for all the countrey a two or thre yere before the yerth had nat benla boured Wherfore there was no forage to gette abrode vnder .x. or .xii. leages of wherby there were many frayes somtyme theÌ„glisshmen wan and somtyme lost In the good cytie of Reynes at that tyme was capitayne sir JohnÌ„ of Craon archbysshoppe of the same place and the erle of Porcyen and sir He we of Porcyen his brother the lorde de la Bonne the lorde of Canency the lorde of Annore the lorde of Lore and dyuerse other lordes knyghtes and squyers of the marches of Reyns They defended the cytie so well that it tooke no damage the siege duryng they cytie was stronge and well kept The kynge of England also wolde nat suffre any assaut to be made bycause he wolde nat traueyle nor hurte his people The kynge abode there at this siege fro the feest of saynt Andre we to the beginnyng of lent they of the host rode often tymes abrode to fynde some adueÌ„ture some into the couÌ„tie of Rethell to Warke to Maysey to Douchery Moyson and wolde
syster And for that cause he had assembled there his counsaile as at that tyme. all they of his counsaile coude nat make hym to vary fro that pourpose and yet they counsaâ—â—ed hym sore to the contrarie Diuers prelates and barones of Fraunce sayd howe he toke on hym a great foly as to put hym selfe in the daunger of the Kynge of Englande the kyng answered them and sayd Syrs I haue fouÌ„de in the kynge of England my brother and in yâ— quene and their children so moche trouth and honour that I can nat prayse them to moche Wherfore I doubte me nothynge of them but that they wyll be to me ryght courtesse and true frende in all cases Also I wyll excuse my sonne the duke of Aniou of his returnyng into FraÌ„ce To his wordes there were none that durst say the contrarie syth he was so determined ihym self Than the kyng ordeyned agayne his son the duke of Norman dye to be regent and gouernour of the realme of Fraunce vntyll his retourne agayne And there he promysed to the lorde Philyp his yong son that at his returne agayne he wolde make hym duke of Borgoyn and heriter of that duchie And whaÌ„ all his purueyaunce was redy accordynge to his entent and prouision at Bolloyn before hym than he departed from Amience and rode tyll he came to Hedyn and there kept his Christmas daye and thither came to se hym Loys erle of Flaunders there the kyng taried a .ii. or .iii. dayes And on InnoceÌ„tis day he departed fro Hedin ¶ Howe kynge JohnÌ„ of Fraunce returned into England where he dyed And how the duke of Normandy defended hym agaynst the naueroyse and how Mante and Meulent were taken And howe syr Bremont de la â—all was discomfetted Ca. CC .xix. KIng JohnÌ„ dyd so moche by his iourneis that he came to Boloyn and lodged in the abbay and taried there tyll he had wynde at wyll and with hym was sir JohnÌ„ Artoyse Erle of Ewe the Erle Dampmartyn the great priour of Fraunce 〈◊〉 Boucequant Marshall of Fraunce sir Tristram of Maguelles sir Peter and syr JohnÌ„ Uillers ser JohnÌ„ of Anuil ser Nicholas Braque and diuers other knyghtes and squiers And whan theyr ships were all charged that the marâ—ners saw they had good wind they gaue knowlege therof to the kyng so thaÌ„ the kyng entred into his ship aboute mydnyght and his people into other shippes and so longe they sayled yâ— they arriued in Englande at Douer and that was the day before the vigill of the Epiphany Anoue tidynges came to the kyng of England and to the quene who were as than at Eltham a .vii. leages fro London that the frenche kyng was come a lande at Douer Than he sente thither diuers knyghtes of his house as ser Bartilmewe of Brunes sir Alayne of Bouquesels sir Richarde of Pennebruge and dyuers other They departed fro the kynge and rode toward Douer and founde there the frenche kynge and there they made great honoure and chere to hym and amonge other thynges they sayd howe the kynge theyrlorde was right ioyous of his comynge and the frenche kynge lyghtly beleued theym And the nexte day the kyng and all hys companie lepte on theyr horses and rode to Caunturburye and came thither to dyner and in entrynge in to the churche of saynt Thomas the kyng dyd ryght great reuerence 〈◊〉 offred to the Shâ—yâ—â— a ryche 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â–ª And 〈…〉 e the kynge tarâ—ed t 〈…〉 And on the 〈…〉 de dare he departed and â—oodâ— towarde 〈…〉 dou and at lastâ— came to 〈…〉 ame Where 〈…〉 kynge oâ— Englandâ— was with a great nom 〈…〉 hym Who recey 〈…〉 His comynge thy 〈…〉 after dyner and bitwene 〈…〉 ther was great dauÌ„syng 〈…〉 There was the yonge lorde of 〈…〉 ed hym selfe to daunce and 〈…〉 t bothe frenche and englysshe 〈…〉 olde hym â–ª â—t became hym so 〈…〉 all that 〈◊〉 he dyd I canne nat she we all 〈…〉 honorably the kynge of Enâ—â—ande and the quene receyued the freÌ„che kyng 〈…〉 day they departed from Elthame 〈…〉 to London So all maner of people 〈…〉 of the â—itie mette and receyued hym 〈◊〉 great reâ—erâ—ce and he was brought with â—reat 〈…〉 through London to his lodgyng to Saâ—â—y the whiche was ordeined for 〈◊〉 And in the same castell were lodged suche 〈◊〉 his blodde as laye there in hostage First the 〈◊〉 of Orleaunce his brother and his sonne 〈◊〉 duke of Berrey his â—osyâ— the duke of Bout 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Alenson Guy of Bloys the erle 〈…〉 Powle and dyuers other So thus y◠〈…〉 kynge taried there parte of that wynter â—mong the lordes of his owne blodde right ioy 〈◊〉 and often tymes the kynge of Englande 〈◊〉 his children visited hym and the duke of â—larence the duke of Lancastre and the lorde â—â—mon one of the kynges soÌ„nes and so diuers â—â—mes they made great feastes to guether in dyâ—ers â—uppers and in diuers other pastymes at his lodgynge of Sauoy And whan it pleased â—he frenche kyng he went to the kynges palaice of WestmÌ„ secretâ—y by the ryuer of Temes and often tymes these two kâ—nges whan they met â—â—wayled the lorde James of Bourbon sayeng that it was great damage of hym and a great mysse of hym out of theyr coÌ„pany for it became hym right well to be among great lordes NOwe let vs leaue to speke of the frenche kyng and returne to the kyng of Ciper Who came to Aguillon to the prince of Wales his coâ—syn who receyued hym right ioyously and in like wyse so dyd all yâ— barones knyghtes and 〈…〉 ers of Poictou and of â—ainton suche 〈◊〉 were about the prince as the vicouÌ„t of Thoâ—â—â— the yong lorde of Pouns the lorde of Perâ—â—â—ey syr Loys of â—arcourt 〈◊〉 Guyssharde â—â—â—ngle and of Englande sâ—r JohnÌ„â—handos 〈◊〉 Thomas Felton sir Nowell Lorwiche syr Richarde of Pountchardon sir Symon Bassell sir Baâ—d wyn of Franuill sir Daugorises and diuers other aswell of the same couÌ„tâ—ey as of Englande The kyng of Ciper was well honored and feasted of the prince and of the prinâ—esse and of the sayde barones and knyghtes And there he taried more than a monethe and than ser JohnÌ„ Chandos ledde hym a sportynge aboute in xainton and Poictow and went and sawe the good towne of Rochell where he had â—east and there And whan he hadde visited the countrey than he retourned agayne to Angolesme and was at the great feast that the prince helde at that tyme where there were great plen tye of knyghtes and squiets and anone after yâ— feast the kyng of Ciper toke leaue of the prince and of the knyghtes of the countrey but fyrst he shewed all theym principally wherfore he was come thither and why he had taken on hym the â—edde crosse that he baâ—e and how the pope had confermed it and what dignite and priuilege perteyned to that voyage and howe the frenche kyng by deuocion and diuers other great lordes had enterprised and sworne the same ThaÌ„
one day And than rode so longe that 〈◊〉 to Champaigâ— and than he toke the way to Langers and as he wente he gadered men of warre togyder Thus yâ— burgonyons made froÌ„ter warr agaynst their enemyes and there was the archpreest the lorde of the castell Uylayne the lorde of Uergy yâ— lorde of Grancy the lorde of Sobournon the lorde of Rougemont and a ryche man named JohnÌ„ of Boloyn the lorde of Prises sir He◠〈◊〉 Uyen the lorde of the castell the bysshoppe of Langers and other who were right ioyous of the comynge of the duke their lorde Than they rode towarde their enemyes who were a xv hundred speares and they were drawen beyond the ryne and the burgonyons were entred beyond the countie of MouÌ„tbelyart and brent as they went IN the meane tyme the frenche kyng sent sir Morean of Fennes his coÌ„stable his two marshals sir Boucequant and sir MoÌ„toâ— of BraÌ„uyll and a great nombre of knyghtes squiers to go ley siege before Charite on the ryuer of Loyre and so they dyde nigh euery day they skirmysshed with theÌ„ within After yâ— the duke of Burgon the moost part of his coÌ„pany yâ— had ben with him in yâ— county of mouÌ„tbelyart were come to Parys The kynge se 〈…〉 the duke with mo than M. speres to the siege before Charite and than ther were at the sege a thre M. knyghtê and squyers who skirmysshed often tymes with theÌ„ of the garyson so that ther were hurt on bothe ê‘ties ther were made newe knightê and reysed baners at an yssuâ— that they of Charite made First sir Robert of Alenson son to the erle of AleÌ„son who dyed at Cressy sir Loys of Aucer son to therle of auâ—â—r deed brother to therle ther present Thus they of Charytie were sore oppressed gladly wolde haue reÌ„dred vp the fortresses by coÌ„posicion but the duke of Burgon wolde haue had theÌ„ at his pleasure he had taken fro theÌ„ the ryuer so that no purueyauÌ„ce coude come at theÌ„ IN the same season sir Loys of Nauer exyled all before hym in the marches of auuergne for he assembled people on euery syde to the entent to reyse the siege before Charytie and he had a two thousande fightynge men had sente in to Bretayne to sir Robert Canoll and to sir Gaultier Hewet sir Mathewe Gornay and other knightê and squyers there that they shulde come to serue hym in that iourney 〈◊〉 whervnto they were sore desyrous but they were all redy at yâ— sege before Alroy with therlâ— Mountfort whan sir Loys sawe yâ— he coudâ— â—at get them than he drewe to Chorbourge by the ordynaunce of yâ— kyng his brother And the same season to th entent yâ— sir Charles of Bloâ—s shulde haue mo men of warr with hym yâ— frenche kyng sent to the duke of But goyn that he shulâ—e reâ—eyue theÌ„ of Charytie their lyues saued coÌ„dyâ—â—onally that they shulde swere that in thre yeres after they shulde nat be armed on the kyng of Nauers parte So thus they of Charytie yelded themselfe vp their lyues saued but they â—aryed away no goodesse And so they departed all a foote â–ª and passed throughe the realme of Fraunce on the dukes saue conducte And so they yâ— were wont of olde tyme to dwell in Charyâ—e came thyder agayne to abyde there and the duke retourned to Parys THe frenche kynge acorded to his cosyn sir Charles of Bloys that he shulde haue out of his realme to the nombre of a thousande speares wrote to sir Bertram of Clesquy who was in Normandy that he shulde go into Bretayne to ayd his cosyn ser Charles of Blois agaynst sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort And of that tydynges sir Bertram was right â—oyouse for alwayes he toke the lorde Charles for his naturall lorde and so he departed out of NormaÌ„dy with suche people as he coude gette to go in to Bretayne sir Boucequant kept styll yâ— siege in Normandy in his stede and so long rode sir Bertram and his coÌ„pany that he came to NauÌ„tes in Bretayne and there he founde the lorde Charles of Bloys and the good lady his wyfe who receyued hym ryght swetely conde hym great thanke in that he was come thyder to socour and ayde hym And than they counselled togyder howe they shulde maynteyn forthe the warr for also there was the moost parte of all Bretayne in entensyon to ayde sir Charles of Bloyes whome they all reputed for the duke of Bretayne thinkynge to reyse the syege before Alroy and to fight with the lorde Mountfort Thyder came great baroney and knyghtes of Fraunce and of Normandy as the erle of Auâ—erre the erle of Joye the lorde of FraÌ„uyll the lorde of Prie yâ— begue of Uyllers and dyuers good knyghtes squyers and good men of armes Tâ—dynges came to the lorde Mountforte who lay at siege before Aulroy howe the lorde Charles of Bloys made a great assâ—ble of men of warr and howe that dyuers lordes of FrauÌ„ce were come to hym and dayly came newe besyde the conforte that he had of the lordes knyghtes and squyers of Bretayne Assone as the lorde Mountfort knewe these tidynges he sent worde therof in to the duchy of Acquitayne to the knyghtê and squyers that were ther of Englande and specially to sir JohnÌ„ Chandos desyring them hertely that in his great nede they wolde confort hym In trust that in Bretayne they shulde do many a dede of armes to yâ— whiche all knyghtes and squyers to auaunce theyr honours shulde entende And whan sir Johan Chandos sawe that the erle Mountforte desyred hym so effectuously than he asked lycence of the prince of Wales his lorde maister who answered and sayd he was content that he shulde go Sayeng it was no breche of the peace bytwene Englande and Fraunce for the frenchemen in lykewise toke parte with sir Charles of Bloys agaynst the erle of Mountforte and so to do they had good leaue of the frenche kyng Than sir Johan Chandos was ryght ioyouse and made his prouisyon and desyred dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Acquitayne to haue gone with hym howbeit ther were but a fewe that wold go with hym sauyng suche englysshemen as were there yet he had with hym a. CC. speares and as many archers and rode so longe through Poyctou and Xaynton that he entred in to Bretayne and came to the syege before Alroy and ther he founde the erle of MouÌ„forte who receyued hym right ioyously was gladde of his comynge and so was sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Robert Canoll other And thaÌ„ it semed generally to them that none yuell coude than come to them sythe they had sir Johan Chandos in theyr company and also dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Englande passed the see desyringe to auaunce their bodyes and to fyght with the freÌ„chmen and came to the siege before Alroy in the ayde of the erle of Mountforte who receyued them with great ioye And so they were what
gascons and englysshmen vnder the obeysaunce of the kyng of Englande and of yâ— prince some ther were of Bretayne but nat many wherfore dyuers of the realme of Fraunce murmured agaynst the kynge of Englande and the prince and sayd couertly howe that they aquyted nat themselfe well agaynst the frenche kyng seyng they do nat their good wylles to put out of the realme those yuell disposed people So yâ— wyse and sage men of Fraunce consydred that without they dyde put some remedy to driue theym out of the realme eyther by batayle or by meanes of some money Els at length they were lykely to distroy the noble realme of FrauÌ„ce and holy christendome ¶ The same season there was in Hongry a kyng that wolde gladly haue had them with hym for he had great warre agaynst the turke who dyde hym great domage Than he wrote to pope Urbane the .v. who was as than at Auignon certifyeng hym how he wolde gladly yâ— the realme of Fraunce were delyuered of the nombre of companyons and yâ— they were all with hym in his warres agaynst the turke And in lyke wise he wrote letters to yâ— frenche kynge and to the prince of Wales and so they entreated the sayd companyons and offred them golde and syluer and passage but they answered that they wolde nat that waye sayeng they wold nat go so ferr to make warr for it was shewed among themselfe by some of their owne company that had ben before in HoÌ„gry howe that ther were suche straytes that yf they were fought with there they coulde neuer escape but to dye shamefully the whiche so affrayed them that they had no lust to go thyder And whan the pope and the frenche kyng sawe that they wolde nat agre acordyng to their desyers and also that they wolde nat auoyde out of the realme of FrauÌ„ce but dayly multiplyed Than they be thought theym of another waye and meanes to cause them to auoyde THe same season ther was a kyng in Castell called Dame Peter who was full of marueylous opinyoÌ„s and he was rude and rebell agaynst the coÌ„mauÌ„dementê of holy churche And in mynde to subdue all his cristen neyghbours kinges and princes and specially the king of Aragon called Peter who was a gode true cristen prince had as than taken fro him parte of his realme thynking to haue all the remenant Also this kynge Dampeter of Castell had thre basterd bretherne the whiche kyng Allphons his fader had by a lady called the Ryche Drue Theldest was called Henry the seconde Dancylle and the thyrde Sauses This king Dampeter hated them so that he wolde nat suffre them to come in his syght and often tymes if he might haue gotten theÌ„ he wolde haue stryken of their heedes Ho wbeit they were welbeloued with the kynge their father in his lyfe he gaue to Henry theldest the countie Desconges But this kyng Dampeter his brother had taken it fro hym and therfore they kepte dayly warre toguyder This bastarde Henry was a right hardy and a valyant knight and had ben long in Fraunce and pursued the warre there and serued the frenche kynge who loued hym right entierly Kyng Dampeter as the comon brute ranne had put to dethe the mother of the chyldren wherwith they were right sore displesed and good cause why Also besyde yâ— he had put to dethe and exyled dyuers great lordes of the realme of Castell he was so cruell so without shame that all his menfeared douted and hated hym as ferr as they durst â–ª also he caused to dye a right good and a holy lady the which he had to wyfe called the lady Blanche doughter to duke Peter of Burbone suster germayn to the frenche quene and to the countesse of Sauoy whose dethe was ryght displesaunt to all her lynage the whiche was one of the noblest lynages of the worlde And besyde all this ther ran a brute of hym among his owne men howe that he was amyably alyed with the kynge of Granade and with the kyng of Tresbell Maryne and the kyng of Tresmesaries who wer all goddes ennemyes and infydeles Wherefore some of his owne men feared that he wolde do some hurt to his owne countre as in violatyng of goddes churches for he began all redy to take fro theym their rentes and reuenewes and helde some of the prelates in prison and coÌ„streyned them by tyranny wherof great complayntes came dayly to our holy father the pope requyring him to fynde some remedy To whose complayntes the pope condyscended and sende incontynent messangers into Castell to yâ— kynge Dampeter coÌ„maundyng hym that incontynent without any delay ê‘sonally to come to the court of Rome to wass he clens purge hym of suche vyllayne dedes as he was gyltye in Ho wbeit this kyng DaÌ„peter full of pride and presumtuousnesse wolde nat obey nor coÌ„e ther but delt shamefully with the popes messaÌ„gers wherby he ran greatly in the indignacyon of yâ— churche and specially of the heed of the church as of our holy father the pope Thus this yuell kyng Dampeter perseuered styll in his obstynatesynne Than aduyse and counsell was taken by the pope and by the coledge what waye they might correct hym and ther it was determyned that he was nat worthy to bere yâ— name of a kynge nor to holde any realme And therein playne consistory in Auygnon in the chaÌ„bre of excoÌ„munycacion he was openly declared to be reputed as in infidell ThaÌ„ it was thought that he shulde be constrayned and corrected by helpe of the companyons that were as than in the realme of Fraunce Than the kyng of Aragon who hated the king of Castell was sent for and also Henry the bastarde of Spayne to coÌ„e to Auygnon to the pope And whan they were come the pope made Henry the bastarde legytyue and laufull to obtayne the realme of Castell and Dampeter cursed and condemned by sentence of the pope And ther the kyng of Aragon sayd howe he wolde open the passage thorough his countre and prouyde vitayls purueyaunces for all maner of people and men of warre that wolde pursue to go into Castell to coÌ„founde kyng Dampeter and to put him out of his realme Of this ordynaunce was yâ— frenche kynge right ioyous and dyde his payne to helpe to get out of prison sir Bettram of Clesquy who was prisoner with sir Johan Chandos and payed for his rauÌ„some a huÌ„dred M. frankes parte therof payed the frenche kynge and the pope and Henry the bastard payed the resydu And after his delyueraunce they fell in treaty with the coÌ„panyons and promysed theÌ„ great profyte yf they wolde go into the realme oâ— Castell Wherto they lightly agreed for a certayne somme of money that they had to depart among them And so this iourney was shewed to the prince of Wales and to the knightes and squyers about hym and specially to sir Johan Chandos who was desyredde to be one of the these capitayns with sir Bertram of Clesquy Howbeit
byforce and had stayne in prisone the kynge of Mallorques in a cytie called Barselone Therfore this yonge kyng James to reuenge the dethe of his father and to recouer his herytage was fledde out of his owne realme to the prince and he had maryed yâ— quene of Naples The prince made hym great there and greatly conforted him and whan the kyng had shewed the prince all the reasons and occasyons of his comyng and parceyued yâ— wronge that the kynge of Aragon had done to hym as in kepyng fro hym his enherytaunce and also slayne his father Than the prince sayd ser king I promyse you faithfully that after my return out of Spaygne I shall entende to sette you agayne into your herytage outher by treaty or by force This promyse pleased greatly yâ— king and so he taryed styll with the prince in Burdeaux abydinge his departynge as other dyde And the prince to do hym more honour caused to de delyuered to hym all that was for hym necessary bycause he was a straÌ„ger and of a farr countre and had nat ther of his owne after his appetyte And dayly ther came great coÌ„playntes to the prince of the companyons howe they dyde moche hurt to men and women of the couÌ„tre wher they lay so that the people of that marchesse wolde gladly that the prince shuld auauÌ„ce forthe in his viage to the whiche the prince was right desyrous Howe be it he was counsayled that he shulde sustre the feest of Christmas first to passe to th entent that they might haue wynter at their backes To the whiche counsayle yâ— prince inclyned and soÌ„ what bycause the princes his wyfe was great with chylde who toke moche thought for his departyng wherfore the prince wolde gladly seher delyuered or he departed and she on her part was gladder to haue him a byde All this meane season ther was gret prouysion made for this viage bycause they shuld entre into a realme wher they shulde fynde but small prouisyon and whyle they thus soâ—orned at Burdeaur and that all the countre was full of men of warr The prince kepte often tymes great counsayle and among other thynges as I was enformed the lorde Dalbreth was couÌ„termaunded with his thousande speares and a letter was scut to hym fro the prince conteynyng thus Sir Dalbreth sythe it is so that we haue taken on vs by our voluÌ„tary wyll this vyage the whiche we entend shortely to procede Consydring our great busynesse charges and diseases that we haue as well by straungers suche as entred into our seruyce as by great nombre of the companyons the whiche nombre is so great that we wyll nat leaue theym behynde vs for parels that may ensue and also to se howe the lande may be kepte in myne absence for all may nat go nor yet all abyde behynde Therfore it is ordayned by vs and by our counsayle that in this viage ye shall serue vs but with it hundred speares and discharge you of the resydue and let them do what them lyste And thus god kepe you fro Burdeux the .vii. day of Decembre These letters sealed with the princes gretseale were sent to the lorde Dalbreth who was in his owne countre right besy to prepare him towarde this viage for it was sayd that yâ— prince shulde departe shortely Whan he sawe the princes letters he opened theÌ„ and reed them two tymes ouer the better to vnderstande theÌ„ for he had great marueyle of that he had fouÌ„de written in theÌ„ and was in his mynde marueylusly displeased and sayd Howe is it that mylorde the prince iapeth and mocketh thus with me sythe he wolde that I shulde gyue leaue to departe .viii. hundred speares knightes squiers whome by his coÌ„maundement I haue retayned and haue let them of their profyte dyuers other wayes And incontynent in that displeasur he called for his clerke and caused him to write a letter to yâ— prince in this maner Dere sir I am greatly marueyled of the letters ye haue sent me and sir I can nat well fynd nor take counsayle howe I oughtor can answere you in that behalfe for it tourneth to my great preiudyce and blame and to all my company whom I haue by your owne ordynaunce and coÌ„mauÌ„dement retayned And they are all redy aparelled to do you seruyce And I haue letted them of takynge their profyte in other places where as they might haue had it For some of theym were determyned to haue gone ouer thesee into Spruce to CoÌ„stantyne and to Jerusalem as all knyghtes and squyers dothe to auaunce them selfe Sir they haue great marueyle and are sore displeased that they shulde thus be put out and in lykewise I haue gret marueyle therof and 〈◊〉 what maner I haue deserued it Dere sir please it you to knowe I can nat assure you of any of them deuyded fro their coÌ„pany I am the lest and worst of them all if any departe I am in surety they wyll alldepte God kepe you in his sauegarde Written c. Whan the prince herde this answere he toke it of great presumpcyon and so dyd dyuers knightes of England that were ther of his counsayle Than the prince shoke his heed and sayde in englysshe as I was enfourmed for I was than in Burdeux Asayd the prince the lorde Dalbreth is a great maister in my countre whan he wyll breke the ordyuaunce that is deuysed by my counsayle By god it shall nat go as he weneth lette him a byde and he wyll for without his thousand speres I trust to god I shall furnysshe my viage Than certayne knightes of Englande that were ther said sir ye knowe full lytell the myndes of these gascoyns nor howe proude they be nor they loue vs but lytell nor neuer dyde Sir remembre ye nat howe highly and greatly they bare theÌ„selfe agaynst you in the cyte of Burdeux whan that kynge Johan of Fraunce was fyrst brought thyder They said than and maynteyned playnly that by them all onely ye atteyned to achyue that viage in takyng of the kyng and that right well apered for ye were in great treaty with them the space of four monethes or they wolde consent that the frenche kynge shulde be caryed into Englande First it behoued you to satisfy their myndes to kepe them in loue And at those wordes the prince helde his peace howbeit his thought was neuerthelesse This was the first occasyon of the hatered that was after bytwene the prince the lorde Dalbreth Thus the lorde Dalbreth was in great parell for the prince was high and of great courage and cruell in his herte for he wolde other by ryght or wronge that euery lorde vnder his coÌ„maundement shulde holde of hym But therle of Armynake vncle to the sayd lorde Dalbreth whan he herde of this displeasure bytwene the prince the lorde Dalbreth his nephue Than he came to Burdeux to the prince and sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton with hym by whose counsayle the prince was moche ordred And
right ioyouse for his areregard wherin wer vi M. meÌ„ was behynd him a .vii. leages of yâ— countre wherof the prince was sore displeased in his hert that they taryed so longe Howe beâ—t if his enemyes had come on forward the same day he was sully â—e termyned to haue receyued sought 〈…〉 â–ª ANd in the same euer 〈…〉 g 〈◊〉 â—â—o marshaâ—s sir Dangle and sir Steuyn Gossenton coÌ„maunded euery man to draâ—e to their logyâ—ge and in the next mornyng to be redy at so â—â—yng of the truÌ„pettes euery man in the same order as they had ben all that day and so euery man obeyed sauyng sir Thomas Phâ—lâ—on and suche coÌ„pany as he had before The same euen â—yng they dâ—â—ted fro the prince rode â—orwarâ— a two leages nerer to their enemyes to knowe what they dyd And that euenyng therle of 〈◊〉 â—â—ll brother to kynge Henry was with hym in his logyng and talked togyder of dyuers 〈◊〉 of armes and adueÌ„tures and at â—aâ—â— he sayd to his brother Sir ye knowe well our 〈…〉 ar loged nat farr fro vs and yet ther is noâ—◠〈◊〉 hath auewed theÌ„ Sir I requyre you gyue mâ— leaue that in the mornyng I may ryde toward them with a certayne noÌ„bre suche as hath greaâ—â—esyre so to do And sir I promyse you I shall â—yde so nere them that we wyll bringe you certayne knowlege what they do And this kynge Henry whan he sawe the desyre of his brother 〈◊〉 greed therto lightly The same proper hour 〈◊〉 Bertram of Clesquy came to their hoost with a iii. M. fightyng men of Fraunce of Aragon wherof the kyng and all his coÌ„pany were right â—oyouse and honorably receyued him his câ—pany Therse of Anxell forgat nat his purpose but desyred suche to go as pleased hym wold â—â—adly haue desyred sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnold DaÌ„drâ—hen the Begue of Uâ—llayns and the vycont of Roche breten of Aragon 〈◊〉 bycause they were so lately come to the hoost he let theÌ„ alone and also the kyng Henry charged hym in no wyse to speke therof So therle Aâ—sell let it passe and toke with hym other of FraÌ„ce and of Aragon so that he was to the nombrâ— of â—ire thousande horses well appayrelled and with hym his brother Xanses in his coÌ„paâ—◠¶ Howe certayne of the company of the duke of LaÌ„castres were disconfyted and of the counsayle that kynge Henry wolde nat byleue And of the letters that the prince wrote to kyng Henry of the counsell that sir Bertram of Clesquy gaue to the answer of the same letters Cap. C C .xxxvi. ANd whan it was day in the next mornyng they mouÌ„ted on their horses and deê‘ted fro the kynges hoost in good array and rode to war de theÌ„glysshe logynges and about the sonne rysynge in a valley they met with part of sir Hugh Caurelles company with his harnesse for he had lodged that nyght a leage fro the englysshe hoost And assoone as the frenchmen and spanyardes sawe them they ran at them and shortely discoÌ„tyted them so that the moost parte were slayne and the harnesse won But sir Hugh hym selfe who came soÌ„ what behynde whan he sawe that he toke another way Howbeit he was parceyned and chased so that he was fayne to flye with his company in to the duke of Lancastres host And the spanyardes who were a sixe thousand rode at the same brunt by one of the corners of the vawarde of the duke of Lancastres hoost and cryed Castell and bete downe logynges â—â—ewe hurt moch people ThaÌ„ the host began to styre and to arme them and drewe to the dukes lodgyng who was redy armed and his baner before hym And the englysshmen and gascoyns drue theym vnder their baners and penons redy to fight Than the duke went vp to a lytell mountayne and to hym came sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and the two marshals and dyuers other knightes and squiers puttyng themselfe in order and array besyde the duke And anone after came the prince and king Dampeter and euer as they caÌ„e they set theÌ„ selfe in order of batayle Th erle of Anxell and his brother hadde thought to haue had the same mountayne first to auauÌ„tage but as I herde say they fayled of their purpose but whan they sawe they coulde nat haue it and that thenglysshe hoost was redy apparelled Than they departed and assembled their company togyder and so rode forthe trustyng to fynde some other good aduenture but or they departed they dyd dyuers feates of armes for certayne englysshe knyghtes gascoyns departed fro their array and strake in amonge the spanyardes and bare dyuers to the erthe but alwayes the great batell stode styll on the mouÌ„tayne lokyng euer whan they shuld haue be fought with all So thus in the returnynge of the spanyardes aprochynge their owne host they encouÌ„tred sir Thomas Phelton his brother sir Richarde Tancon sir DaÌ„goses sir Hugh Hastyngê sir Gaylerd Uigor other to the noÌ„bre of C C. knighttes squiers englyssh and gascons in a valey they met the spanyardes cryed Castell in the name of kyng Henry Than theÌ„glysshe coÌ„pany seyng that great coÌ„pany of spanyardê and how they coude nat escape fro theÌ„ they conforted them selfe aswell as they might kept theÌ„ togyder in the felde toke the aduauÌ„tage of a lytell hyll Than the spanyardê came and rested theÌ„selfe before theÌ„ ymaginynge by what meanes they might best fyght with theÌ„ Than sir WyllmÌ„ Phelton dyd a great feat of armes great outrage for he disceÌ„ded downe the hyll with his speare in the rest prouynge his courser ran in among the spanyardê and strake a knight so rudely with his speare that the spere ran clene through his body the knyght fell downe deed Than this sir WyllmÌ„ was enclosed rounde about with his enemyes there he fought as valiantly as any knight might do and dyd his enemyes great domage or he was striken to the erthe his brother sir ThomÌ„s Felton the other knyghtê that were with hym on the mouÌ„tayne sawe how he fought dyde marueyls in armes and sawe well what parell he was in but they coude nat coÌ„fort hym without lesyng of themselfe So they stode styll in their array on the mountayne And the sayd knyght fought styll as long as he coude endure but finally ther was slayne Than the spanyardê and frenchmen ymagined howe they might inuade theÌ„glysshmen on the mouÌ„tayne So that day ther were dyuers feates of armes done a chyued for soÌ„tyme parte of theÌ„ wolde discende downe the mountayne and fyght with their enemyes recule wisely backe agayne to it Thus in this estate they were tyll it was hye noon the prince wolde gladly haue coÌ„forted theÌ„ if he had knowen therof and delyuered them out of yâ— parell but he was nat ware therof therfore it behoued them to abyde their aduentur Whan they had thus endured scrymiss hyng a gret season thaÌ„ therle
of France We renounce by these presentes do renounce all graces other processe of dede agaynst our sayd brother his heyres successours of the realme of France subgettê therof And promyse swere haue sworne by the body of Jesu cryst for vs our successours the we shulde nat do nor suffre to be done by dede or worde any thyng ayenst this renuÌ„ciacioÌ„ nor agaynst any thyng coÌ„teyned in the forsayd artycles And if we do or suffre to be done to the coÌ„trary by any maner of way the whiche god for beve We wyll than that we be reputed for false forsworne and to ryn into suche blame disfainy as a kinge sacred ought to do in suche case And clerely we renouÌ„ce all dispeÌ„sacions absolucions of the pope if any be obteyned we wyll they stande for nought to be of no valure and that they ayd vs nat in no maner of case And the more fermlyer to vpholde all the sayd artycles we put vs our heyres successours to the iurisdyction correction of the church of Rome and wyll consent that our holy father the pope conferme all the sayd treaty to ordayne monycions generall coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes agaynst vs our heyres successours agaynst our subgettê comoÌ„s vniuersiteis collegê or any other singuler ê‘sons what soeuer they be in gyueng of senteÌ„ce generall of cursyng suspeÌ„dyng interdityng to ryn on vs or on any of theÌ„ asson as we or they do or ateÌ„pt to the coÌ„trary of the said trety or ocupyeÌ„g to waê castels or fortresses or any other thing doyng ratifyeng or gyueng couÌ„sell coÌ„fort fauour or ayde priuely or openly agaynst any of the sayd artycles And also we haue caused our dere eldest sonne Edwarde prince of Wales to swere the same And also our yonger soÌ„nes Lyonell erle of Ulster JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont and Edmond of Langley our right dere cosyn Phylyp of Nauar and the dukes of LaÌ„castre and of Bretayne and therles of Stafford Salisbury And the lorde of MaÌ„ny the caprall of befz the lorde MoÌ„tford James Audley Roger Beauchampt JohnÌ„ Chandos Rafe Ferres Edward Spens ThomÌ„s WyllmÌ„ Phelton Eu state DaÌ„bretycourt FraÌ„ke de Hall JohnÌ„ MoÌ„bray Bartylmewe Bromes Henry Percy dyuers other And also we shall cause to swere assone as we can coÌ„ueniently all our other chyldren and the moost ê‘te of the great prelatê erles barons other nobles of our realme of England In witnesse herof we haue put our seale to these presentê gyuen at our towne of Calais the yere of our lorde M. CCC and threscore The .xxiiii. day of Octobre ¶ Among other writynges that had ben grauÌ„ted aswell at Bertigny besyde Charters as at Calays whan kynge Johan was ther. This sayd charter was one of theÌ„ and was well reed and examyned by kyng Charles in the preseÌ„ce of the chefe of his couÌ„sell Than the prelates and barons of France sayd to the kyng Sir the kynge of England the prince his son haue nat fulfylled the sayd peace but haue taken townes castels and do kepe theÌ„ to the great domage of this your realme and rauÌ„someth pylleth the people so that the paymeÌ„t of the redeÌ„cion is yet in ê‘tie vnpayed Therfore sir you your subgettes haue good ryght iust cause to brek the peace to make warr agaynst theÌ„glyshmen to take fro theÌ„ Bretayn the which they haue on this syde the water Also some of his counsayle shewed him secretly by great delyberacion sayeng sir hardely take on you this warre forye haue cause so to do For sir assone as ye ones begyn the warr ye shall se fynde that they of the duchy of Acqquitayn shall turne to you aswell prelates barons erles knightê squiers as the burgesses of good townes ye may se sir howe the prince wolde ê“cede in reysing of this fowage but he can nat bring it to his purpose so ther by he is in hatred withall ê‘sons for they of Poictou Xaynton Querry Lymosyn Rouerne and of Rochell are of suche nature that they can in no wyse loue theÌ„glyshmen nor theÌ„glyshmen theÌ„ they are so proude presuÌ„tuous nor neuer dyd And also besyde that the officers of the price dothe suche extorcioÌ„s on the people of XaintoÌ„ Poitou Rochell for they take all in abaÌ„don and reyseth somoch of theÌ„ in the tytell of the price so that ther is none that is sure to haue any thing of his owne And also the geÌ„tylmen of the countre can attayne to no offyce nor prefermeÌ„t for the englyshmen and seruantê to the prince hath all Thus the french kyng was moued couÌ„sayled to moue warr and naÌ„ely by the duke of Aniou who lay at Tholous desyred gretly the warr as he that leued nothing theÌ„glishmen bycause of suche displeasures as they had done hym in tyme past And also the gascons sayd often tymes to the kyng Dere sir we are bounde to haue our resorte to your court therfore we huÌ„bly requyre you that ye wyll do right lawe And as ye are the most rightfull price of the worlde do vs right on the great grefes extorcions that the price of Wales his people doth wolde do to vs. sir if ye refuce to do vs ryght we shall thaÌ„ purchace for our selfe some remedy in some other place and shall yelde put our selfe vnder the iurisdyction of suche a lorde as shall cause vs to haue reason and so therby than shall you lese your seignory ouer vs. And the french kynge who was â—othe to lese theÌ„ â–ª thinkyng it might be a great hurt and preiudice to him to his realme answered theÌ„ right curtesly sayd Sirs for faute of lawe nor of good counsayle â–ª ye shall nat nede to resorte to any court but all onely to mynde Howbeit in all suche besynesse it behoueth to worke and folowe good couÌ„sell aduyce Thus the kyng draue them of nigh the space of a yere and kept them styll with hym at Parys and payed for all their eâ—pences and gaue them great gyftes and iowelles And alwayes raused to besecretly enquered amonge them if the peace were broken bytwene hym Englande whyder they wolde maynteyne his quarell or nat and they answered that if the warr were ones open the frenche kyng shulde nat nede to care for that part for they sayd they were stronge ynough to kepe warr with the price and all his puyssance Also the kynge sent to theÌ„ of Abuyle to knowe yf they wolde tourne take his parte and become frenche And they answered that they desyred nothynge in all the worlde so moche as to be french they hated so deedly the â—â—glysshmen Thus the french kyng gate hym â—râ—des on all ê‘tes or els he durst nat haue done yâ— he dyde In the same season was borne Charies the kynges eldest son in the yere of our lord 〈◊〉 CCC lâ—viii wherof the realme of France was ioyfull a lytell before was borne
vicouÌ„t their maister who was so falsely become freÌ„che and the towne burned and all the inhabitauntes within loste all that euer they had and many slayne drowned Than the englysshemen returned to Poicters to refresshe them selfe there ¶ How syr Robert Canol was made maister gouernour of the princis coÌ„panye and howe syr Perducas Dalbreth turned englisshe Cap. CC .lvi. SIr Robert Canolâ— who was as than in Bretayne and had there a fayre heritage and alwayes he had ben good englisshe and loued and serued the kynge of England and his sone and had ben with them in dyuers iourneis And whan he vnderstode that the freÌ„chemen made the Prince so great warre and Wolde dysheryte hym of hys enherytaunce of Acquytayne At the conquerynge wherof he hadde been before was sore dyspleased therwith in his mynde and pourposed to assemble to guether suche people as he myght and to go and serue the prince at his owne coste charge As he ymagyned so he dyd he gatte to gether of his frendes and other the nombre of .lx. men of armes and as many archers And than he prepared a foure shyppes in an hauen of Bretayne called Kaouke And whan all his prouysion was redy he departed from Deruall and drew to the porte and toke the see with his company and sayled so longe that they arryued at the Kaye of Rochell and the bourgesses of Rochelâ— made hym good chere agaynst theyr hartes Howe be it they durstedo none otherwyse And there he founde syr JohnÌ„ Deureux capitayne of Rochelâ— vnder the prince for the Seneschall was with syr JohnÌ„ Chandos and sir Thomas Percy There syr Roberte Canolâ— was wel receyued and the capitayne kept hym good companye And there he taryed .ii. dayes and than rode forthe tyll he came to Angolesme and the prince and princesse were right gladde of his comyng and made hym suche chere that the prince made hym mayster and chyef soueraygne of all the knyghtes and squyers of hys courte bycause of his valoure and noble chyualrie commaundynge all his courte to obbey hym as theyr soueraygne and they all answerd that they were well content so to do And whan he hadde ben there the space of fyue dayes and euery man redy that shulde go with hym than he toke leaue of the prince and departed fro An golesme acompanyed with the princes knyghtes as syr Richarde of Pontchardon ser Stephyn Gosenton syr Dagloiret syr Noel Lorniche sir Wyllyam Torciel sir Hugh Hastinges sir JohnÌ„ Triuet sir Thomas Spenser sir Tancon sir Thomas Balaster sir Nicolas Bonde sir wyllyam the Monke the seneschall of Agenoys sir Baudwyn of Franuille and mo than thre score knyghtê So they were a .lx. men of armes and fyue hundred archers and as many brigantes all hauyng good myudes to fynde out the frenchemen and to fyghte with them Thus sir Robert Canolâ— and his companye rode forthe towarde Agen to come into Quercy where the companyoÌ„s were and they rode so longe that they came to the citie of Agen and there they taryed a lytell space to refresshe them self and to abyde theyr eunemies And in the same season sir Robert Canoll had knowledge howe sir Perducas Dalbreth who was capitayne of a certayne nombre of companyons as a .iii. C. or there aboute and that he was the same season in the countrey and that by the purchase of the duke of Aniou he was turned frenche Than sir Robert Canoll sent certayne herauldes and messangers to hym and gaue hym salue conducte to come speke with hym in the feldes at a certayne place lymytted and so he came to hym and sir Roberte made hym great chere and so lyttell and lyttell fell together in talkynge than sir Robert Canol shewed hym howe it was greatly to his blame to turne hym selfe frenche and to forsake to serue the prince who so well hath honored and loued hym in tyme paste Wherto shuld I make loÌ„ge processe sir Robert Canolâ— preched so moche to ser Perducas Dalbreth that he turned agayn and became englisshe he and all his company and with hym there turned of the companyons gascoynes mo than .v. C. Wherof the duke of Aniou was sore displeased and thought than the lasse surete in the sayd sir Perducas These tydynges came to the citie of Caours to the coÌ„panioÌ„s there as Aymon Ortigo the lytel Mechin Jaques Bray Perot of Sauoy Arnolde of Pans who were ther to kepe the garyson of the whiche tidynges they were sore troubled in their myndes and considered and thought wel that there garison was to great and feble to be kepte agaynste the puyssaunce of the englisshe men And so departed thence and gaue vp the towne to the bysshop and bourgesses of the same and they went to a priory there by called Durmel the whiche they had fortified before and determâ—â—ed to kepe it agaynst theyr ennemyes And as soone as the englysshe men knewe that they were ther they came thither and besieged the place and made many assaute but they within were so well fortified with artillary and other ablementes of warre that they toke but litell hurt And whan ser JohnÌ„ Chandos ser Thomas Phelton the captall of Beufz ser JohnÌ„ PoÌ„mers ser Thomas Percy ser Eustace Dambreticourt the other knyghtê of the princis who were at Montaban vnderstode how ser Robert Canolâ— had besieged the fortresse of Durmell thaÌ„ they determined to go thether for ther they thought to enploy well their season and so they departed fro Montaban mo than .iii. C. spearê and lefte .ii. C. behynde to kepe the garison of whom were capitayns ser Aymery of Charters the Souldiche of Lestrade ser Bernarde Dalbreth and the lorde of Geronde So the aboue sayd lordes rode spedely to come to the siege of Durmell and as they rode they founde by the way a stronge frenche towne called Monsac the which was kept alonly by them of the towne but yâ— knewe nat they and so to aduise the towne they sente forthe theyr courrours and they brought worde agayne yâ— the towne was very stroÌ„ge so that without siege or saute it wold nat be woÌ„ne Than they toke counsayle to gether to se what was best for them to do and so determined that it was nat beste for them to let theyr enterprise of guyng to Durmell wherfore they passed by yerly in the mornynge and they were nat gone a leage thence but they mette certayn men with foure somers laden with vitayle whom anone they toke and rested and demauÌ„ded fro whens they came and whyther they wolde they sayd they were departed from Tholouse to the entent to go to Monsac And to brynge thyther theyr victayle Than they were straytlyer examyned of the state of the towne and what people were within And they who were afrayed to 〈◊〉 for feare of theyr lyues shewed howe the towne lacked victayle for they had nat vitayle â—nough 〈◊〉 the twone to abyde a siege the space â—â—foâ—â—e dayes and howe there was neuer a geÌ„cylman
thynges considered the good and the euyll they fell in treatie to yelde them vp to the englisshemen So they agreed that fro that daye forth they shulde become englisshe and that to fulfyll they made solempne othes and beside that at theyr 〈…〉 charge to sende out of theyr town 〈…〉 â—oste .xv. dayes to gether 〈◊〉 somets 〈◊〉 with vitayles and they to paye for the vitayle at a certayn price set amonge them And thus Rochmador abode styll in rest And than the englisshemen passed forth towarde Uille Franche in Tholosain wastynge and distroyenge the countrey puttyng the pore people into great miserie conquerynge townes and castels that were newely turned freÌ„che some by force and some by treatye and at last they came to Uille Franche the whiche was well purueyed of all maner of vitayle artyllarie for al the playne couÌ„trey was draweÌ„ thither and there they besieged the towne So that within foure dayes they gaue many a great assaute werby dyuers were hurte bothe within without All thynges considered they within perceyued well they coude nat long endure nor they knewe of no maner apparant reskewe comyng to them warde So than by coÌ„posicion they became englisshe so yâ— they shuld haue no domage So thus Uile fraÌ„che became englisshe wherof yâ— duke of Aniou who lay at Tholouse was sore displeased whaÌ„ he knewe therof but he coude nat amende it as at yâ— tyme. Sir JohnÌ„ Chandos left there to be capitayne an englisshe knyght called sir Robert Roux so passed forther distroyeng the countrey Nowe let vs returne to the siege of Bourdeill and how the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke perceiuered in theyr warre ¶ Howe the erle of Cambrydge and the erle of PeÌ„broke toke by great aduyse the garyson of Bourdeill Cap. C C .lix. IN the meane season while that the barones and knightes of Englande made their iourneys aswell in Rouergue Quercy as in Agenoyse the siege al that season endured styll before the garyson of Bourdeill the whiche was the space of a .xi. wekes In the whiche season there were many â—autes skrymysshes and feates of armes done and acheued nygh euery day For most comoÌ„ly daily they wtin wold come with al theyr power to the barriers of theyr to wne without the gate and valiauntly skrymysshe there with all commers And bare them selfe so proprely that they were praysed of all the ooste without Thus in this estate they endured a great season and by likelyhod longer had done if pryde and presumpcion hadde nat been For they were men â—â—owe and ryght hardy and well fournysshed with vitailes and artillary and they of the oste without beganne to ware werie and sawe wel howe they laye there at theyr great cooste and charge and wanne but lytell And so on a day they toke theyr counsayle howe to maynteyne theyr siege and to aproche the towne And ther they coÌ„cluded that the next day in the mornyng they shulde be all armed and so kepe them selfe in their lodgynges secretly and to sende a certayne nombre to skrymysshe with them within for they thought welle that they within wolde issue out on them as they Were accustomed to do And so whan they had fought a while than to returne agayne and to make semblaunt as though they fledde to the entent to drawe their ennemyes out of the fortresse And than they ordeyned to haue a nombre of horsemen redye to come in bitwene them and the towne to stop them whan they wolde returne And so on this appoyntment they concluded sayenge that yf they had it nat by that meanes they shulde nat geat the towne easely none other wayes And so in the nexte mornynge yerly they caused all theyr people to be armed and sente a. CC. to the towne to skrymysshe And whan the capitaynes within as Erualdon and Bernardya sawe them come they were ryght ioyous and armed them and al theyr company They were a .vii. score yonge and lusty companyons and so opened theyr gate and came to their barriers and there encountred theyr ennemies right fyersly And so at laste the englysshemen reculed back for the nones And whan they within saw that they issued out with theyr standardê and said Let vs auaunce after them for surely they are all oures And so they folowed after so fiersly and the fleers fledde so fayntely that some were ouerthrowen and taken prisoners and bicause they wolde haue all they had but lytel for it is an olde sayenge He that all coueteth al leseth So these companyoÌ„s folowed so farre fro theyr fortresse that whan they Wolde haue returned they coude nat For than ser JohnÌ„ MoÌ„tague who kept the busshment with a .v. hundred fyghtyng men and was made knight the same tyme by the erle of Cambridge Ther he encouÌ„tred his enemies And whaÌ„ they of Bour deill sawe that than they knewe well that they had foolysshely aduentured them selfe How be it they drewe to gether lyke valiaunt men and fought and dyd ther feates of armes meruaile to record and so helde them selfe vndiscomfitted the space of .ii. houres styll fyghtynge with theyr enemies doynge suche dedes of armes that the englysshemen toke great pleasauÌ„ce at theyr valiant dedes And syr JohnÌ„ Montague was that day a good knyght and a valiant Finally they of Bourdeill were all discomfited slayn or taken so that none skaped and the englisshe prisoners reskewed agayn and Erualdon and Bernardyn of Batefoll Capitaynes were taken And in the meane season while this skrymysshe was the erle of Cambridge and therle of Penbroke were auauÌ„ced to the barriers and conquered them and the gate also And so the erle of CaÌ„bridge baner entred into the forttes Thus the englissemen had the garison of Bourdeill caused all the men of the towne to swere fayth and trouth to kepe the towne for the prince And ther they made a newe capitayne the lord of Mucydent his companye and .lx. archers within And than they brake vp theyr armye concluded to go to Angolesme to the prince to knowe his pleasure what he wolde commaund them Thus the siege brake vp at Bourdeill and euery maÌ„ returned Nowe let vs returne to the knyghtes of England and of Gascoyne that rode in Quercy and let vs speke of Chandos the herauld of the newes that he brought fro the prince of Wales ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton ordred their people and retourned to the prince Cap. CC .lx. THus as these forsayd men of warr and their companyes rode in the marches of Rouergue Quercy and turned to theyr parte townes and castels and brought the countrey into great tribulacion Chandos the herauld came to them where as they were before a fortres in Quercy and as soone as they sawe the herauld come to them they made hym great there and demaunded of hym tydynges And he answered said how the prince saluted them al and desired moche to se them so velyucred
Poictou And his obsequy was solemply done in the cytie of Poicters the prince beyng ther personally And anone after at the request of yâ— barons and knightes of Poicton sir JohnÌ„ Chandos who was as than constable of Aquitayne was made seneshall of Poictou And so he weÌ„t and say in the cyte of Poiters and he made of ten yssues and iourneys agaynst the freÌ„chmen and helde theÌ„ so shorte that they durst nat ryde but in great routes and coÌ„panies In the same season was delyuered out of prison the vycont of Rochchoart whome the prince had kepte in prisone bycause he was had in suspect to haue tourned frenche So that at the request of his frendes in Poictou suche as were than aboute the prince the prince delyuered him and gaue him agayne all his landes And assoone as the same vycount was delyuered out of prisone he went priuely to Parys to the frenche kynge tourned and became frenche and than retourned into his owne lande without any knolege that he had been at Parys Than he set Thybault du pont a breton in his forteresse and in contynent sent and defyed the prince of Wales and made him great warre ¶ Nowe lette vs somwhat speke of the duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyte of Roane to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre and howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tornehen Cap. CC .lxiii. WHan the duke of Lancastre was come to Calays as ye haue herde before and had well refresshed him his people ther. Than he thought nat to lye ther in ydelnesse but rather to do some dedes of armes in France And for that intent he departed fro Calays on a day with thre huÌ„dred speares and as many archers so passed besyde Guynes and rode so long tyll he passed the ryuer of Ostre ther spred abrode in the countre and toke their way towarde the abbey of Lynques and ther toke a great pray and ledde it to Calys And another day they toke another way and went towardes Boloyne dyde great domage to the playne countre and the same tyme therle Guy of saynt Poule and sir Galeran his sofie with a certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr lay in the cytie of Turwyn but they yssued nat out for all they herde that theÌ„glisshmen rode abrode in the couÌ„tre for they thought them selfe nat able to fight with them nor to kepe the felde agaynst theÌ„ A none tidynges came to the frenche kyng where as he lay at Roane and had made a great asseÌ„ble as ye haue herde before Howe the duke of Lancastre was come to Calais and howe dayly he and his men made rodes and yssues in to France Whan the frenche kyng herde that bothe he and his counsayle had newe ymaginacions and the same weke it was determyned that the duke of Burgoyne shulde haue taken the see to haue gone into England Than the kyng and his couÌ„sayle debated what was best to do in that case other to go and fight with thenglysshmen that were on that syde the see or els to kepe forthe their iorney into England And so ther it was fermely coÌ„cluded that euery man shulde dysloge and to make them redy to go towarde Calays with the duke of Burgoyne And so their first purpose was broken for they were determyned to go and fight with thenglysshemen on that syde the see wherof euery man was glad and aparelled theÌ„selfe And the duke of Burgone deê‘ted and all his coÌ„pany and toke his way to passe yâ— ryuer of Some at Abuyle dyde so moche by his iourneys that he came to Muttrell at Hedyn and at saynt Poule ther about the freÌ„ch men abode eche other Than it was shewed the duke of Lancastre how the freÌ„chmen aproched nere to him to fight wherof he was glad was yssued out of Calais for that intent toke his felde in the valey of Tornehen And he had nat ben ther long but that the gentyll knight ser Robert of Namur came thyder to serue him with a hundred speares well furnysshed of whose comyng the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and sayd to him A my fayre and dere vncle ye be right hartely welcome Sir it is shewed vs howe the duke of Burgoyne aprocheth sore to fight with vs. Sir ê™ he in goddes name so be it we wolde gladly se him Thus theÌ„glysshmeÌ„ were loged in the vale of Tornehen and fortefyed their campe with strong hedges and dayly ther came prouisyon to theÌ„ from Calais and their currors ran ouer the countie of Guyens for forage and other vitayls but lytell they gat there for all the playne countre was distroyed and lost before and euery thynge had in to fortresses Than came the duke of Burgoyne and his company and lodged on the hyll of Tornehen agaynst the englysshmen The frenchmen lodged them in good order toke a great space of grounde for as I herde say the duke of burgoyne had ther with him mo than foure thousande knightes Consydre than if the resydue were nat a great nombre Thus they were ech agaynst other a long space without any thyng doynge for though the duke of Burgoyne had that great noÌ„bre and sawe that ther was with hym of good men of warr seuyn agaynst one of the englisshmen yet for all that he wolde nat fight without leaue of the kyng his brother who was nat in mynde that he shuld fight And yet of trouthe yf the frenchmen had set forwarde to haue fought the englysshmen wolde nat haue refused them for they were redy euery daye to receyue them in good order Euery man fully determyned what they shulde do if they dyd yssue out but bycause they were so fewe in noÌ„bre and that they were in so stroÌ„g a place they thought nat to departe nysely oute of their aduantage And sundrie tymes dyuers on bothe parties wolde yssue and scrimysshe and somtyme wanne and somtyme lost as chaunce often falleth in suche aduentures In the same tyme Loyes the erle of Flaunders was greatly inclyned to the honoure and profyte of his sonne the duke of Burgoyne who lay the same season in a fayre house that he had newly buylded besyde Gaunt And often harde tidynges from the duke and he from hym by messaÌ„gers comynge and goynge and alwayes he counsayled the duke that he shulde in no wyse breke nor passe the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother nor of his counsayle ¶ Nowe let vs leue them thus and retourne to the busynesse of farther couÌ„treis where as knightes and squyers hadde ynough to do bycause the warres were more habundant there than in other places ¶ Howe sir Johan ChaÌ„dos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted and dystroyed the landes of the bycount of Rochchoart excepte the forteresses Cap. CC .lxiiii. IN the meane seasone while this iorney was thus made about TorneheÌ„ ther fell dyuers adueÌ„tures in poictou the whiche ought nat
theym behynde vs. Thus as they were in this case and wyst nat what to do and had sent two bretons vnarmed in to the feldes to se yf they might fynde any of their pages with their horses Ther came on them sir Guyssharde Dangle sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde Parteney the lorde Tanyboton the lorde Dargenton the lorde of Pynan sir Jaques of Surgyers and dyuers other englysshmen to the noÌ„bre of two huÌ„dred speares who rode about to seke for the frenchmen for it was shewed them howe they were abrode And so they fell in the trake of the horses and caÌ„e in great hast with baners and penons wauyng in the wynde And assoone as the bretons and frenchmen sawe them comyng they knewe well they were their enemies ThaÌ„ they sayd to the englysshmen whome they had taken as prisoners before Sirs beholde yonder cometh a bande of your company to socour you and we perceyue well that we can nat endure agaynst theÌ„ and yebe out prisoners We wyll quyte you so that ye wyll kepe vs wyll become your prisoners for we had rather yeld vs to you thaÌ„ to them that cometh yonder and they aunswered as ye wyll so are 〈…〉 e content Thus the englysshmen were losed out of their prisons Than the poictenyns gascoyns englysshmen came on them their speares in their restes cryeng their cryes Than the freÌ„chmen and bretons drewe a syde and sayde to theÌ„ sirs leaue do vs no hurt we be all prisoners a redy The englysshmen affirmed the same and said they be our prisoners Carlonet was prisoner with sir Bertram of Case sir Loyes of saynt Julyan with sir Johan Cambo so that there was none but that he had a maister UHe barowns and knightes of Poictoâ—â— were sore disconforted whan they sawe their seneschall sir Johan Chandos lye on the erthe and coude nat speke than they lamentably complayned and sayd A sir Johan Chandos the floure of all chiualry vnhappely was that glayue forged that thus hath wouÌ„ded you and brought you in parell of dethe They wept piteously that were about hym he herde and vnderstode theym well but he coulde speke no worde They wronge their handes tare their heere 's and made many a pytefull complaynt and specially suche as were of his owne house Than his seruauntes vnarmed him and layde him on pauesses so bare him softely to Mortymer the next forteresse to them And the other barons and knyghtes retourned to Poycters and ledde with them their prisoners And as I vnderstode the same Jaques Martyn that thus hurte sir Johan Chandos was so lytell taken hede to of his hurtes that he dyed at Poiters And this noble knight sir Johan Chandos lyued nat after his hurte past a day and a nyght but so dyed god haue mercy on his soule for in a hundred yere after ther was nat a more curtesse nor more fuller of noble vertues good condycions amonge the englysshmen than he was And whan the prince and pricesse the erle of Cambridge the erle of PeÌ„broke and other barowns and knightes of Englande suche as were in Guyen herd of his dethe they were all 〈…〉 orted and sayd they had lost all on that syde of the see For his dethe his frendes and also some of his enemyes were right soroufull The englysshmen loued him bycause all noble nesse was founde in hym The frenchmen hated him bycause they douted hym yet I herde his dethe greatly complayned among right noble and valyant knightes of France Sayeng that it was a great dommage of his dethe for they sayd better it had ben that he had ben taken a lyue For if he had ben taken a lyue they sayd he was so sage and so ymaginatyue that he wolde haue fouÌ„de some maner of good meanes wherby the peace might haue ensued bytwene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce for he was so welbeloued with the kyng of Englande that the kyng wolde beleue him rather than any other in the worlde Thus bothefrenche and englysshe spake of his dethe and specially the englysshmen for by hym Guyen was kept and recouered ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy and the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre nother on the one part nor on the other And howe the lorde of Maleuall the lorde of Marneyle tourned frenche Cap. CC .lxxi. AFter the dethe of sir Johan Chandos sir Thomas Percy was made seneschall of Poictou and so it fell that the lande of saynt Sauiour the vycount fell in the kynge of Englandes â—andes to gyue wher it shuld please him Than he gâ—â—e it to a knyght of his called sir Alayne Bourchier an experte man of armes Of all that sit Johan Chandos had whiche was in yerely to uenewes to the somme of four hundred thousande frankes The prince was his successessour and heyre for he was neuer maryed nor had none heyres And within a certayne space after suche as hadde ben taken at the bridge of Lusac were put to their fynance and rauÌ„some and payed it by the ayde and helpe of the frenche kynge And so retourned agayne into their garysons sir Loyes of saynt Julyan Carlonet the breton and sir Wyllyam of Bourdes The same season ther were some knyghtes of France that were fore troubled in their mynd bycause they sawe thus nightly and dayly the warre multiply bytwene these two kynges of France and Englande And specially the lorde of Concy for it touched him gretly for he had fayre enherytance in Englande aswell by hym selfe as by his wyfe who was doughter to the kynge of Englande Whiche lande he must renounce if he wolde serue the frenche kynge of whose blode he was and of the same nacyon So he determyned him selfe to dissemble with bothe kyngê so to forget the tyme he thought to departe out of the realme of France for a season and go and sporte him in some otherplace And so ordered his departure sagely and toke leaue of the frenche kyng and with a small coÌ„pany departed and rode in to Sauoy where he was honorably receyued of the erle barons and knightes of the countre And whan he had 〈◊〉 ther as long as it pleased hym than he departed and passed forthe in to Lombardy and came to the lordes of Myllayne the lorde Galeas and the lorde Barnabo where he was at the begynning to them right welcome In lyke maner departed out of the duchy of Acà tayne sir Aymon of Pomyers a knight of the prices sayeng howe that as long as the warr dyde endure he wolde nat beare armes nother on the one parte nor on the other And so this knyght went in to Cypre and to the holy sepulcre and dyuers other pylgrimages And also the same season there was newly come to Parys sir Johan of Burbone who helde parte of his lande of the prince The frenche kynge wolde gladly haue had hym to renounce his homage to the prince and to become frenche but the erle in no wyse wolde so do In
lyke maner no more wolde the lorde of Pyerbuffier another baneret of Lymosyn who also was at Parys But there were other two great barons of Lymosyn sir Loyes of Maleuall and sir Raymon of Marneyle his nephue who also the same season were at Parys they forsoke the prince and became freÌ„che And after by their garysons made gret warre to the prince wherof the kynge of Englande and his counsayle were sore displeased And also in that dyuers barones of Guyen became frenche without any constraynt but by their owne wylles Than the kyng of Englande was counsayled that he shulde write couert letters sealed with his seale and to be borne by two or thre of his knightes in to Poictou and in to Acquitayne and ther to publysshe theym In cyties castels and good townes The same season was delyuered out of prison in Dagen sir Camponell of Camponall in exchaâ—ge for another knight of the princes who had ben taken at a scrimysshe before Pyergourt called ser Thomas Balaster but the clerke that was with the said knight remayned styll in prison in Dagen and sir Camponell returned in to FraÌ„ce ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the letters sent in to Acquitayne by the kyng of Englande the tenour wherof herafter foloweth ¶ The copy of the letters sent by the kyng of Englande into Acquitayne And howe Chasteleraut was taken and Bell perche besieged by the frenchemen Cap. CC .lxxii. EDwarde by the grace of god kynge of England and lorde of Irelande and Acquitayne To all theÌ„ that this present writynge shall se or here reed knowe you that we consyderyng and regardyng the busynesses of our sayd marches and lymitacions of our seignorie of Acquitayne stretchynge fro heed to heed We haue ben enformed yâ— for certayn troubles greffes vexacyons done or thought to bedone by our right dere son the prince of Wales in the say de countreis The whiche we are bounde to withstande and remedy in all thynges touchynge the hates and yuell wylles bytwene vs and our true frendes and subgettes Therfore by these presentes here we anouÌ„ce pronouÌ„ce certify ratify that we by our good wyll and by great delyberacyon of counsayle therto called Woll that our dere sonne the prince of Wales forbere and leaue all maner of accyons done or to bedone And to restore agayne to all suche as hath ben greued or oppressed by hym or by any of his subgettes or offycers in Acqtayne All their costes spences domagê leuyed or to be leuyed in the name of the sayd aydes or fo wages And if any of our true subgettes frendes aswell prelates as men of holy church vnyuersiteis collages bysshops erles vycontes barons knightes comynalties and men of cyties and good townes Be tourned to kepe holde by false informacion and symple aduyse the opinyon of our aduersary the french kyng We pardon them their trespas so that after the sight of these our letters they retourne agayne to vs or within a moneth after And we desyre all our true frendes to kepe theÌ„ selfe styll in the state that they be nowe in to saue their faythes and homagê so that they be nat reproched the whiche thyng shulde greatly displease vs and lothe we wolde be to se it And if vpon our dere sonÌ„e the prince or of any of his men they make any laufull coÌ„playnt that they be in any thyng greued or oppressed or haue ben in tyme past We shall cause them to haue amendes in suche wyse that by reason shall suffice And to the entent to norisshe peace loue concorde and vnite bytwene vs and all those of the marches and ly mytacions aforesayd And bycause that euery man shulde repute this our mynde and wyll to be of trouthe we wyll that euery man take and haue the copy of these presentes the whiche we haue solemply sworne to kepe and maynteyne and nat to breke them on the precyous body of Jesu Christ Present our right dere sonne Johan duke of Lancastre WyllmÌ„ erle of Salysbury the erle of Warwyke therle of Hertforde Gaultier of Manny the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde Bourchier the lorde Stafforde Richard of PeÌ„broke Roger BeauchaÌ„p Guy Brian the lorde of Meâ—â—e the lorde Dalawar Alayne Boncquesell Richard Stry knightê Gyuen at our palys at WestmÌ„ the yere of our reigne .xliiii. the .v. day of Nouembre THese letters were brought fro the kyng of Englande into the principalyte duchy of Acqtayne and notifyed and publysshed all about And the copyes sent secretly into Parys to the vycont of Rochchoart the lorde Ma leuall the lorde of Marneyle to other suche as were turned frenche Nowbeit for all yâ— these letters were thus sent and publysshed in all the countrey of Acqtayne I herde nat that any for all that left to do as they lyst So that nat with standyng dayly they turned to the frenche ê‘te And so it was that assone as sir Loys of saynt Julyan was retourned in to the Roche of Poy say and sir WyllmÌ„ of Bordes in to the garison of the Hay in Tourayn and Carlon et to saynt Saluyn Than secretly they made forthe a iorney of meÌ„ of armes and hardy coÌ„panyons well mounted and in a mornyng they came to Chasteleraut scaled the towne and had nerehand taken sir Loys of Harcourt who lay in his bed a slepe in his logyng in the towne And so with the sâ—ry he was fayne to flye in his sherte barefote and barelegged fro house to house fro garden to garden in great dout feare of takyng by the frenchmen who had scaled and won the fortresse And so ferr he sledde that he caÌ„e and put him selfe vnder the bridge of Chasteleraut the whiche his men had fortifyed before and so ther he saued him selfe and kept him selfe there a long space But thus the bretons and frenchmen were maisters of the towne and ther made a good garison and made Carlonet capitayn And dayly the bretons and frenchmen went to the bridge and fought and scrimysshed with them that kepte it DUke Loyes of Burbon who sawe well that the englysshmen and companyons were in his countre of Burbonoise And howe that Drtygo Bernard de Wyst and Bernard de la Sale helde his castell at Bell perche and the good lady his mother wtin wherof he had great displeasur Than he aduysed hi to make a iourney and to go and lay siege to Bell percly and nat to deê‘te thens tyll he had wonne it Of the whiche enterprice he desyred the freÌ„che kynge to gyue him leaue whiche the kynge lightly agreed vnto sayeng howe he wolde helpe him to maynteyne his siege Thus he departed fro Parys and made his assemble at Molyns in Auuerne and at saynt Porcyns so that he had a great nombre of men of warre The lorde of Beauieu came to serue hym with thre hundred speares and the lorde Uyllers Rosellon with a hundred speares and dyuers other barowns and knightes of Auuergne and Forestes wher of
to Thounyns on the ryuer of Garon And so the frenchmen rode at their ease folowynge the ryuer and so came to the porte saynt Mary the which incoÌ„tynent tourned frenche And in euery place the frenchmen put in people and made garisons bothe the towne and castell of Thounyns yelded theÌ„ vp and became french and ther they set a newe capitayne and .xx. speares with hym Than after they toke they way to MouÌ„tpellyer and to Iguyllon brennyng and distroyeng the countre And whan they were come to the good towne of Mountpellyer they within were sore afrayed of the duke of Aniou and so yelded theÌ„ selfe vp to the frenche kyng Than they went to the stronge castell of Aguyllon and there they were four dayes for within was sir Gaultyer of Manny and his coÌ„pany and so yelded hym selfe and the castell to the duke of Aniou wherof they of Bergerath had great marueyle that they yelded theÌ„ selfe so soone Capitayne within Bergerath was the captall of Beufz and sir Thomas Phelton with a hundred speares englysshe and gascoyns And in lyke maner as yâ— duke of Aniowe and his company were entred in to the princes lande in the countre of Agen and Tholousen Lyke wise the duke of Berry the same tyme and his company rode in Lymosyn with a .xii. hundred speares a horsebacke and a thre thousande a fote conquerynge townes and castels brennyng and exilyng the couÌ„trey And with hym was the duke of Burbon the erle of Alenson sir Guy of Bloyes sir Robert of Alenson erle of Perche sir JohnÌ„ Darmynake sir Hugh Dolphyn sir JohnÌ„ of Uyllemore the lorde of Beauieu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Senar sir Geffray MoÌ„tagu sir Loyes of Malleuall sir Rayman of Marnell sir JohnÌ„ of Boloyne sir Godfray his vncle the vycont Duzes the lorde of Sully the lorde of Talenton the lorde of CoÌ„fant yâ— lorde Dappecher the lorde Dacon sir JohnÌ„ Damenue ymbault of Peschyn dyuers other good barons knightes and squyers These men of armes entred in to Lymosyn dyd ther great 〈…〉 uries and so came and layed siege to Lymoges Within yâ— towne ther were a fewe englyshmenê the whiche sir Hugh Caurell had left therin garison for he was seneshalll in the countre THe prince of Wales who was in yâ— towne of Angoleme was well enformed of those two great armyes aswell of the duke of Aniou as of the duke of Berry and howe they were entred with great strength into his countre in two ê‘ties And also it was shewed hym how by all likelyhod they wolde drawe towarde Angoleme and to besiege him and the princesse within the towne The prince who was a valyant man and ymaginatyfe answered and sayd howe his enemyes shulde nat fynde hym closed nother within towne nor yet castell but said howe he wolde mete theÌ„ in the playne felde Than he caused letters to be written and sente forthe to all his true frendes and subgettes in Poictou in Xaynton in Rochell in Rouergue in Quercy in Gore in Bygore in Agenoise Desyring and commaundyng them to come to hym in all hast with as moche power of men of warre as they coude make to mete with hym at the towne of Cougnac for ther he hadde stablysshed his assemble And so anone after he departed fro the good lady pricesse his wyfe and had with hym Richarde his yonge sonne And in the meane season that the prince made thus his assemble the frenchmen rode on forthe wastyng and distroyeng the couÌ„tre before them so came to Lynde a good towne standyng on the Ryuer of Dordone a leage fro Bergerath And capitayne therof was sir Thomas of Batefoyle a knight of Gascoyne who was within the towne set ther to defende it And so the duke of Aniowe the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the erle of Pyergourt the vy count of Carmayn and all the other barons and knyghtes came thyder and so layed siege to the forte resse Sayeng howe they wolde neuer depart thens tyll they had the forteresse at their commaundement The towne was good strong and well furnysshed with artillary for the captall of Beufz and sir ThomÌ„s Phelton had ben ther nat past a .xv. dayes before and had so refresshed yâ— garyson that they thought well that they within might kepe well yâ— fortresse yf they lyst Consydering the ayde and helpe that they might haue shortely fro Bergerath if nede requyred Howbe it the people of the towne were sore enclyned to become frenche and had great desyre to harken on the promysses that the duke of Aniou made vnto theÌ„ So that finally the capitayn sir ThomÌ„s of Batefoyle was fayne to agre to them And also by a certayne somme of money that he shulde haue and great ê“fyte yerely of the duke of Aniowe and ther vpon to become good frenche and so it was ordayned that in a mornynge he shulde let the frenchmen entre into the towne This treaty and couenaÌ„t was nat so close kepte but that it was knowen in Bergerath the nyght before that the towne shulde be delyuered in the mornynge And the same tyme in to the towne of Bergerath there was come the erle of CaÌ„bridge with two hundred speares and he was present whan reporte was made of those tidynges The Captall of Beufz and sir Thomas Phelton hadde great marueyle therof and sayd how he wolde be at the delyuere of the towne And so after mydnight they departed fro Bergerath and rode towarde Lynde and at the brekyng of the day they came thyder and caused the gate to be op â–ª ned so rode through the towne tyll they came to the other gate where as the freÌ„chmen shulde entre At whiche tyme they were a entrynge sir Thomas Batefole redy to make them way to entre Than the Captall of Befz stept forthe his swerde in his hande and lighted a fote nere to the gate and sayd A sir Thomas Batefole false traytour thou shalt dye first thou shalte neuer do trayson more and therwith stroke at hym with his swerde in suche wyse that he fell downe deed to the erthe Whan the frenchmen parceyued the Captall and his baner and sir ThomÌ„s Phelton they knewe well they fayled of their entent wherfore they reculed togyder and turned their backes and fledde away So the towne abode styll englysshe was in gret parell to haue ben robbed and brent by the englysshmen and all the men within slayne bycause they consented to the trayson Howe be it they excused them selfe sayd howe they dyde nothyng nor consented to do nothynge but for very feare and priÌ„cipally for feare of their capitayne So this passed ouer and these two lordes abode styll ther a long season tyll the duke of Aniou and his coÌ„pany departed thens and toke another way ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the state and ordynaunce of Englande and of the army that sir Robert Canoll made in the realme of Fraunce ¶ How trewse was made bytwene Englande and Scotlande and
vyctorie agaynst the englysshmen so that they were all slayne and taken none escaped â–ª except pages and boyes and suche as lept on their maysters horses and saued them selfe Ther was taken sir Thomas GraÌ„tson sir Gylbert Gyfford sir Geffray Drsell sir WyllinÌ„ Mesuyll sir Philyp Courtney sir Hugh Spens and dyuers other knightes and they were all ledde as prisoners to the cyte of Mans. These tidynges were anon brought to sir Robert Canoll to sir Hugh Caurell â–ª and to sir Robert Briquet and their companyons wherof they were sore difpleased and so brake their enterprice bycause of that aduentur And they of saynt Mors on Loyre came nat forthe but kept styll their logyng And sir Robert Canoll and sir Alayne Boucquesell withdrue theÌ„ backe and brake vp that iourney and entred in to Bretayne And sir Robert went to his owne castell of Doruall gaue leaue to all his men of armes and archers to depart and take their aduaÌ„tage wher as they thought best So they departed and some went ouer agayne into England And sir Alayne BoucqÌ„sell went to wynter in the towne of saynt Sauy our the vycont whiche the kyng of Englande had gyuen him ¶ Howe pope Urbane dyed howe Gregory was chosen And howe sir Raymon of Marneyll was taken by the englysshmen Cap. CC .lxxxvi. AFter this disconfyture thus at Pont Uolant wher as parte of the englysshmen were ouerthrowen wherby their iourney was broken Than sir Bertram of Clesquy who in the noueltie of his offyce as coÌ„stable of France had done this dede wherby he gate great renome and laude and so came agayne in to France and the lord of Clysson with him And led with him a great parte of the englysshe prisoners and brought them to the cytie of Parys without daunger there courtesly raunsomed theym without constraynt and dyde let them go on their faythes They putte them nat in stockes noryrons nor yet in prison as these almaygnes do their prisoners to gette of them the greater raunsome Cursed be they they are people without pytie or honour therfore there is none that ought to take any mercy of them The frenchmen kepte good company with their prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly without any greuaunce to them ¶ Of this discoÌ„fytur the prince of Wales was right sore displeased and the duke of LaÌ„castre and all their coÌ„pany beyng at Congnac After the recoÌ„queryng of Lymoges about the tyme of Christmas pope Urbane the fyft dyed at Auygnon who had ben a valyaunt clerke and a wyse and a good frenchman Than the cardy nals entred into the CoÌ„claue and dyde chose amonge them a newe pope who was cardynall of Beauforde and was called Gregory the .xi. of whose creacyon deuyne prudeÌ„ce the freÌ„che kynge was ryght ioyoule bycause he semed to be a good frenchman at whose creacyon there was with hym at Auygnon the duke of Aniou who dyde great payne to cause him to be pope ¶ The same season ther fell to sir Eustace DaÌ„ bretycourt an harde aduenture he rode in Lymosyn and in an euenynge he came to yâ— castell of the lorde Pyer Buffyer whome he reputed to haue ben his speciall frende and louer for a good englysshman But he dyde put sir Thy balt du pont a man of armes a breton into his castell and caused hym to take sir Eustace prisoner as he that tooke no hede of hym And so heledde him away with him as his prisoner afterwarde raunsomed hym at .xii. thousande frankes wherof he payed four thousande and his sonne Frances abode in hostage for the resydue with the duke of Burbone who repledged hym and dyde moche payne for his delyuerance bycause that sir Eustace before dyde his payne to delyuer the lady his mother whome the coÌ„panyons had taken at Bell perche And so after sir Eustace delyuerance he went lay at Carenten beyonde the waches of saynt Clement in base normandy in a good towne the whiche the kynge of Naucr had gyuen him ther he dyed god haue his soule for as longe as he lyued he was a right valyant knight THe same season ser Raymon of Maruell depted fro Parys to go in to his owne countre the which newly was retourned frenche and by the way he met an harde aduentur for him For he founde a great rout of englysshmen of sir Hugh Caurelles which were ledde by a knight of Poytou Hesell so in this knightes handes that he coude nat scape so he was taken prisoner and brought in to Poyctou to the sayde knightes castell The takynge of sir Raymon was anone knowen in Englande so that the kynge was enformed therof Than the kyng wrote to the knight that had him coÌ„mauÌ„dyng him incoÌ„tynent to sende hym his enemy and false traytour sir Raymon Marnell â–ª sayeng howe he wolde take suche vengeance on hiÌ„ that all other shulde take ensample by him promysing the knight to gyue hym for the takyng of him .vi. M. frankes The knyghê was called sir Geffray Dargenton who wolde nat disobey the kyng his maisters commauadement but said he wolde fulfyll his pleasur Sir Raymon of Marnell was enformed howe the king of Englande wolde haue him and had sent for hym and howe his mayster was determyned to sende hym ouer in to Englande And whan he knewe that he was more abasshed than before and good cause why Than in his prison he began to make the moost lameÌ„table coÌ„playntes that coulde be deuysed in so moche that he that kept hym who was an englysshman had great pyte on hym and right swetely reconforted hym Sir Raymon who sawe no conforte in the danger that he was in seyng that be shulde be ledde into Englande to the kynge Than he discouered his sorowe to his kepar and on a day sayd to hym My dere freÌ„de if ye wolde delyuer me out of the daunger that I am in I promyse you on my faythe and trouthe to departe with you the halfe of all my landes and make you enheryter therto and neuer to fayle you The englysshman who was but a poore man consydered howe sir Raymon was in parell of his lyfe and howe he had promysed him great curtessy He had of hym great pytie and coÌ„passyon and sayd Sir I shall do my payne to saue you Than ser Raymon who was right ioyfull of that answere sware to him his faytlâ— to kepe his promyse and farthermore if he wolde desyre it And than they deuysed howe they might accomplysshe their entences And whan it was nyght the englysshman who bare the kayes of the castell and of the towre wherin sir Raymon was prisoner and hadde they kay of the posterne He dyde so moche that he let hym out in to the feldes And so toguyder they went in to a great woode to the entente they shulde nat be folowed That night they suffred as moche payne as coude be thought for they went a seuyn leages a fote the same nyght and it was harde frost wherby they cutte their
bothe knightes and squyers prisoners though I myght haue for them a hundred M. frankes I wyll saue neuer a one of theÌ„ And whan the haraude was departed and hadde made his reporte The duke of Aniou called forthe the hangman and made to be brought forthe the hostagê two knightes and asquier and caused their heedes to be stryken of nere to the castell so that they within might se it and knowe it Incontynent sir Robert Canoll made a borde to be put out of a wyndowe of the hall and brought thyder four prisoners that he had thre knightes and a squyer for whome he might haue hadde great rauÌ„some But he made their four heedes to be stryken of and dyde cast them downe into the dykes the bodyes one way and their heedes a nother way Than they brake vp their siege all maner of men went into FrauÌ„ce and namely the duke of Aniou went to Parys to the kyng his brother The constable the lorde Clysson and other rode toward the cyte of Troyes for the englysshmen were in that marches were passed the ryuer of Marne and toke their waye towarde Anxere The same tyme pope Gregory the .xi. had sent into FrauÌ„ce in legacyon the archbysshoppe of Rohan and the bysshoppe of Carpentras for to treat for a peace yf it might be bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande These prelates had moche laboure to ryde in and out bytwene the frenche kynge and his bretherne and the duke of Lancastre but alwayes the englysshmen rode forthe thorough the countreis of Forestes of Auuergne of Limosyn and the ryuer of Loyre to Dordone and to Lothe Thenglysshmen were nat all at their ease in that iourney nor in lykewise were nat the frenchmen that folowed and costed them In the which pursute ther dyed thre knightes of Heynault sir Fateres of Berlaumount Bridoll of Montague and the begue of Uerlan and also of the englysshe part there dyed some Solonge the dukes of Lancastre and of Bretayne rode forwarde that they cam to Bergerath a four leages fro Burdeux And alwayes the frenchmen had pursued them the duke of Aniou and the coÌ„stable rode aboue towarde Rouuergue Roddes and Tholouse were come to Pyergourt And ther the two for sayd prelates rested and rode euer prechynge bytwene the parties and layed many reasons to bring them to acorde but both parties were so harde that they wolde nat condiscende to no peace without a great aduaÌ„tage and so about christmas the duke of Lancastre came to Burdeux and ther bothe dukes lay all that wynter and the lent folowynge and some of his company departed Whan the iourney was paste there retourned in to Englande the lorde Basset and his company wherwith the kyng was nat content but reproued hym bycause he retourned and nat the duke his sonne THan anone after the feest of Easter the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and .xiii. The duke of Aniou beynge at Pyergourt assembled a great army with hym was the constable of Fraunce and the most parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Bretayne of Poictou of Aniou and of Tourayne Also there was of Gascoyne sir Johan of Armynake the lordes Dalbret and Pyergourt The erles of Comynges and of Narbone the vycountes of Carmayne Uyllemure and of Thalare the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne and the moost parte of the lordes of Auuergne and of Limosyn the vycount of Myndone the lordes de la Barde and Pyergourt and sir Robert de Charde They were a .xv. thousande menne a foote and also they had a great nombre of geneways cros bowes and tooke their way towardes highe Gascoyne and came before saynt Syluere wherof an abbot was lorde Howe beit that there was a stronge towne yet the abbot douted yâ— he shulde lose it by force Therfore he fell in a treaty with the duke of Aniou for he thought nother hym selfe nor his laÌ„de shulde abyde the warre nor be in the dukes indygnacion Sayeng to him how his town nor fortresse was but a small thynge as in regard of the townes castels in hygh Gascone whyder he supposed the duke was goyng Therfore he desyred hym to leue him in rest peace by certayne composycion yâ— he nor none of his men shulde make any warre so that non were made to him and also to do in lyke maner as herytours and lordes of Gascoyne dyde The duke accorded to hym and hadde hostages in that behalfe and sent them to be kepte in Pyergourt Than all the hoole hoost wherof the duke of Anio we was chiefe drewe towardes Mount Marsen and to the towne of Lourde in highe Gascone wherof sir Arnold de Uyre was capitayne Than the freÌ„chmen layd siege therto and demaunded if they wolde yelde theÌ„ vp to the duke of Aniowe They of the towne were soone agreed therto but the knyght that kept it sayde howe the erle of Foiz delyuered hym the place wherfore he sayde he wolde delyuer it to none other person Whan the constable herde that he caused euery man to assaute the Castell in suche wyse that it was wonne by force and the capitayne slayne and dyuers other bo the men and women and the towne ouerron and robbed and so left it and at their deê‘tyng they left men therin Than the frenchmen entred in to the lande of the castell Bone and ouerran it And thaÌ„ passed by the lande of the castell Neufe whiche they assayled and so went for the towarde Byenre and came to the entre of the lande of the lorde of Lescute rode so forwarde that they came to a good towne and to a good castell called Sault which held of the countie of Foiz and all his landes arere fees in Gascoyne The prince of Wales before he went in to Spayne was in mynde to haue made warr agaynst the countie of Foiz bycause they wolde nat holde of hym And also the duke of Aniou who had coÌ„quered the moost part of all Acquitayne shewed hymselfe as lorde ther wolde haue had it in possessyon So he layd siege before the towne of Sault in Gascoyne whiche was nat easy to wyn and within there was capitayn sir WyllimÌ„ of Pans And whan the erle of Foiz sawe howe the frenchmen conquered his landes and arerefees the which by reason he shuld other holde of the french kyng orels of the kyng of Englande He sent for the vicount of the castell Bone and for the lordes of Mersalte of castell Neufz of Lescute for the abbot of saynt Syluere And whanne they were come to him than he sent for a saue coÌ„duct to go and speke with the duke of Aniowe who lay styll at siege before Saulte the duke accorded therto Than he and the other lordes went to the hoost to the duke and there agreed that they and their landes shulde abyde in a respite of peace tyll the myddes of August at the which tyme ther shulde apere before the towne of MoÌ„sac