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A68075	An epitome of Frossard: or, A summarie collection of the most memorable histories contained in his chronicle, chiefly concerning the state of England and France Wherin the famous warres and conquests of king Edward the third, with the honorable atchieuements of the Blacke Prince, and other his sonnes, both in Fraunce, Spaine, and Portugall, are compendiously described. ... Compiled in Latine by Iohn Sleydane, and translated into English, by P. Golding.; Chroniques. English. Abridgments	Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?.; Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.; Golding, Per., attributed name.	1608 (1608)	STC 11399; ESTC S105661	150,748	216

was further agreed that the King of England should immediatly send foure thousand horsemen into Navarre to be employed against the Spaniard and that it should not be lawfull for them to depart out of the King of Navarres seruice till such time as the warres were finished This to be done not at the King of Englands charged but his owne The french King being aduertised by some of the King of Navarres owne houshold that he was purposed to goe into England perswaded the king of Spaine to make inuasion vppon his country in the meane while The commaunder of that army which the french King had sent into Normandy was a great souldier and one well experienced in martiall affaires called the Lord Cowcy This man whilste the King of Navarre was absent negotiating his affaires in England recouered many townes and fortresses thereabout and with so much more facility because he caried in his company Charles the King of Nauarres eldest sonne in whose behalfe when many heard those warres were vndertaken they stoode not much vppon resistance Onely the Castle of Chirburg remayned still to be brought in subiection Henrie King of Castile besieging Bayon a towne of the English dominion with a great army had surely enforced them to yeeld had not the plague consumed his souldiers Neuerthelosse he brought not forth his forces in vaine for he subdued many other townes thereabouts and besides a great part of his army was conveyed to the siege of Pampelone the chiefe Citie of Nauarre I told you before of one Ivan a welch man who after the death of his father Prince of Wales had from thenceforth of a child beene brought vp vnder Phillip Iohn Charles Kings of Fraunce This Ivan being growne to mans estate and desirous of reuengment omitted no occasion whereby he might worke displeasure to the English and in all military employments so demeaned himselfe that the french King held him in great reputation As he lay at the siege of a certaine Castle in the country of Burdeloys and had brought the besieged to that point that famine must of necessity haue enforced them to yeeld a certaine welchman vnder pretence of bringing priuate intelligence of his countrymens good affection insinuated himselfe into his acquaintance and in conclusion waiting oportunitie one day when he had no other company about him cruelly murthered him vnawares as he sat idely gazing vppon the Castle combing his head The rest of the Captaines though they were much troubled with this shāefull murther of so gallant a souldier yet continued their siege very straightly notwithstanding But vpon the approche of a great number of Englishmen comming by sea both the french men and Britons which ioyned to their ayd were constrained to breake vp their campe and leaue their enterprise vnperformed By this occasion the Englishmen recouered much in the territory of Burdeauz Amongst other places the English had besieged a towne in Britaine called Saint Maloes at that time in possession of the french men Many assaults were giuen and those very violent but the french King then abyding at Roan sent an army whose comming somewhat abated the fury of the assaylants and gaue a stop to their proceedings Neuertheles they went forward with their enterprise and attempted to cōpasse it by vndermining Which when the townes-men perceiued taking the aduantage of opportunity one night very secretly they issued out of the towne and whilst their enemies kept negligent watch brake vp the mines in such sort that those which laboured in the workes vnderneath were ouerwhelmed with the earth which they tumbled vppon them The English thus preuented and disappointed of their purpose thought it best for their behoofe to returne into their couuntrey Two of the King of Englands vncles were cheefe cōmanders in this seruice Iohn the King of Spaines Sonne termed the infant of Spaine and the Constable of Spain together besieged Pampelone The King of Nauarre emboldened with the assistance of the English valiantly defended himselfe and was purposed to haue giuen battell in the field but King Henrie vppon some occasions recalled his sonne and so the army was dispersed The Englishmen and Nauarroys together pursued the Spaniards in their departure and burned and sacked certaine townes and villages vppon the frontiers Wherewith the King of Spaine was so vehemently mooued that he raysed an army of some forty thousand in purpose to haue besieged Tudell the place where the King of Nauarre wintered But by mediation of good men a meanes was found to make peace between them Which was that Charles the King of Nauarres son should take to wife the King of Spaines daughter and the King of Spaines Sonne should likewise marry the King of Nauarres daughter This Charles as we told you had been detained certaine yeeres by the french King but at such time as this treaty of marriage tooke effect vpon the king of Spaines request he was honourably sent home to her father Immediatly vppon the conclusion of these matters the King of Spaine deceassed and Iohn his sonne with the generall consent and approbation of the state was receiued in his steed The Duke of Lancaster and his brother who had married the daughters of Pietro the tyrant slaine by King Henrie tooke it in high displeasure that the matter was knit vp in this sort not a little enuing the new kings coronation The King of Portingall also was very much offended at the succession of King Iohn as shall be declared more at large hereafter The French king being a notable politicke Prince and of great experience in matters of state to the intent he might more commodiously maintaine his warres against the English sent an ambassadour into Scotland to retayne the Scottish King in amity and frendship This man arriuing by the way at Sluce in Flaunders from whence he purposed to haue proceeded on his iouruey was by the magistrate of the towne brought before the Earle then remayning at Bruges where by occasiō of some vndiscreet speeches he was reprooued and sharpely checkt with tearmes of reproch both by the Earle of Flaunders himselfe and by the Duke of Britaine inueying earnestly against such kind of persons as the chiefe causers of all dissention and vnquietnes There were others also which put him in feare that if he committed himselfe to sea it was likely that the Englishmen lying in waight for such oportunities would intercept him in his passage Here vppon altering his purposes he returned into Fraunce without dispatch of his commission and vppon the report he made of these matters the french King wrote very sharpe letters to the Earle of Flaunders exhorting and aduising him as he tendred his owne welfare that he should not foster his enemy the Duke of Britaine When the Earle had imparted these letters to his counsell there were none but perswaded him that a banished Prince forced in such sort to flye his country was by all meanes to be releeued many of them boasting that if

owne vertue preserued after assurance giuen by the enemy and receiued by them according to the law of atmes fell into extreame calamity at such time as they thought themselues most secure of life and safety and were slaine by the conquerour not enraged and angry as in the fury of battell but being now at peace with them and euen himselfe abhorring such an vnnaturall slaughter The Portingales through the great aduantage of their ground ouerthrew their enemies againe and in this second battell was mercy shewed to no man They that could saued themselues by flight the rest were all slaine The Spaniards mist of their number about seauen thousand Afterwards as the custome of Princes is when they haue performed many notable mischiefes a truce was agreed vppon So the King of Spaine dismissed his souldiers and the King of Portugale was receiued with great triumph into Lisbone About the same time the French men recouered all that was holden by certaine Brigants in the country of Tholous the places there adioining The Gascones for that the wars they made in France was greatly to their enriching did willingly serue vnder the King of England and if they had been gently and respectiuely vsed they would neuer haue changed their Lord. But the King of Englands Sonne by his strāge behauiour alienated the greatest part of the nobility from him in such sort that they forsooke him put themselues vnder protection of the French King Besides this his officers vsed the Gascones disdainfully as vnworthy to whome any charge in the common wealth should be committed Herevpon grew hatred betweene them and by this occasion Charles the fift recouered all againe as hath been already declared Whilst the warres were yet hotly pursued between the two Popes the souldiers of Clement had besieged Vrbane in a certaine castle of Italy and if money had come to content them he had surely beene taken But the Bishops treasure at Avinion was already so wasted that the sūme of twenty thousand frankes which should be distributed amongst the souldiers could not possibly be raised This dissention betweene the two Popes drew almost all the Princes of Christendom into sundry factions as hath beene shewed before These miseries and many other wherewith the Clergie should sometimes be afflicted a certaine Franciscane Fryer had long since foretolde in the time of Pope Innocent and being for the same cast in prison at Auinion had lost his head for his labour but that he confirmed his sayings by authoritie of scripture We haue spoken of Ferdinando king of Portingall which left behinde him one onely daughter named Beatrice marryed to the King of Spaine Now my author declareth how he vnderstood afterward that she was begotten by the king of Portugall vppon a certaine Ladie whome he had rauished and whose husband he had chased out of the kingdome and that his daughter so borne was afterwards by Pope Vrbane made legitimate And moreouer at such time as the marriage was in treaty betweene this Lady and the King of Spaine this matter was also brought in controuersie But the King of Portugall to remoue all doubts dealt in such sort with his nobilitie and chiefest of the citties that they all solemnly promised him not to acknowledge any other soueraigne after his death then this his onely daughter neither to admitte any man else to the succession of the crowne but him that should haue her in marriage Assoone as he was departed out of this life the noble men were desirous the inheritance should passe to the King of Spaine but the citties for hatred they bare to the Spanyards aduanced him to the crowne of whom we haue oftentimes spoken before namely the base brother of the King deceassed And because at such time as the king of Portugall dyed the Ladies husband remayned still aliue most men thought that the childe begotten betweene them was borne in adultery Moreouer that couple had liued fiue yeeres together as man and wife whē the king doting in his wicked and frantick affection attempted this dishonourable practise not only for a Prince but for any other person most vnworthy and shamefull The wretched husband being robbed of his wife gat him to the King of Spaine and after the King of Portingales decease returned againe to Lishone but receiued his wife no more following therein the ●ounsell of his frends who alledged great reasons to the contrary Afterward he was slaine in a certaine skirmish and it is likely he had small ioy of his life considering the extreame iniury and disgrace receiued from such a one of whom he had no hope to be reuenged At such time as Lisbone was besieged by the Spanyards the king of Portingale sent Embassadors into England exhorting and requesting the Duke of Lancaster to succour him in this great necessitie against such an enemy as both possessed a kingdome which was none of his owne and sought also by force to seize vpon the crowne of Portingale whereto he had no more right then to the other Vppon hearing of their ambassage it was concluded that the Duke of Lancaster should be sent into Portingale and all things were prepared and made ready for his voyage when suddainly the Admirall of Fraunce landing with an army in Scotland from thence made warre vppon the English as hath bene before declared Hereuppon the Dukes iourney was stayed Neuerthelesse the King of Portingale fought prosperously and vanquished his enemie in two battells as is shewed already And after this victorie returning to Lisbone by aduise of his counsell he sent Ambassadours againe to the king of England and the Duke of Lancaster desiring him if euer he meant to attempt any thing against his aduersarie the king of Spaine that he would not neglect the present opportunitie For twise he himselfe had already defeated him in battell and driuen him from the field now did he quake and tremble for distrust of his estate and it were an easie matter to ouerthrowe him whollie specially if they should assaile him with both their forces vnited together Scarce could he know on which side to turne him his affaires and his counsels would be all so confounded and that his state might be more violently shaken it seemed best in his opinion to make present inuasion vppon him befote he should recouer his strength or bethinke him of the danger When these and many other like matters had beene deliuered by the Ambassadors it pleased the King that the Duke of Lancaster should now at length proceede with his voyage before vndertaken So with a certaine number of horsemen and more then two thousand archers accompanied with his wife and children he tooke shipping at a certain hauen in Wales whither the Portingales vppon aduertisement from their ambassadors had before sent fiue and twentie shippes and Gallies to attend him And because he saw great likelyhood of troubles to arise in England that he was enuyed by many which were in authority about the King his nephew he

Armenia who had been driuen out of his country by the Tartars and came lately before into France being not a little sory that so great dissension should grow between two such puissant Princes as the French King and the English of a certaine godly zeale and good disposition sayled ouer into England to make a tryall if he could doe ought in establishing a peace between them The King of England gaue him patient eare in discoursing his miseries and banishment and how the power of the Turkes and Barbarians daily encreased through the mutuall wars and dissention of the Christian Princes And when by occasion hereof he descended to the point to exhort to loue and concord the King answered that he should first deale with his aduersary to discharge his great army and that done for his part he was not so peruerse but he would willingly embrace whatsoeuer was agreeable to equity and reason Herevpon he returned to the French King who seemed nothing affected nor inclinable to peace The third Booke IT fortuned in Fraunce that a certaine gentleman of the Earle of Alaunsons house rauished another mans wife whilste her husband was absent in a forraine country Assoone as he returned the sorrowfull Lady with teares in her eyes and shame in her countenance declared vnto him the violence shee had suffered Her husband complained to the Earle of Alaunson and the party accused denied the deed Now the Earle shewing himselfe more fauourable to the offender then to him that had the iniury the plaintiffe appealed to the Parliament of Paris A whole yeere and more the matter was there ca●uassed and in conclusion when the one still auouched the fact and the other stood stoutly in denyall it was decreed that the controuersie should be decided by combate So at a certaine day which either themselues had chosen or the iudges appointed they encountred one another firston on horse-backe after on foote Not blind fortune which otherwise is wont to beare sway in such cases but iustice and true valour shewed their force in this conflict For he that held his wiues chasti●y deerer then his owne life and was not affraid to venture his head in defence of the same by his aduersaries destruction made it manifest to the worlde that there is a God of vengeance which will not suffer secret wickednesse to escape vnpunished After he was slaine the hangman drew his bodie to the gallowes and hung it vp whereas if he had fortuned to g●t the victorie the woman for falsly accusing him should by decree of the Parliament haue bene burned and her husband after his death put to the same reproch which now was vsed to his aduersarie The whole company of honourable spectators highly exstolled the conqueror and applauded his victory with deserued commendation Moreouer the French king out of a certaine princely respect and inclination not suffering so worthy an acte to passe vnrewarded gaue him presently a thousand franks and from thenceforth a pension of two hundreth pounds by the yeere during his life About this time deceassed the King of Arragon who a little before his death calling his sonnes vnto him exhorted them to mutuall loue and concord for as much as in so great partaking of Princes he onely had stood indifferent betweene the two Popes he desired his sonnes that they would doe the like and not apply themselues to any faction till the truth were more manifestly discussed Neuerthelesse when he was dead Pope Clement and the French king drew Iohn his eldest sonne to their party But when he came to be crowned the citties would not consent vnlesse he were first solemnly sworne not to leuy any tributes or exactions of money other then such as had bene formerly accustomed Edward Prince of Wales as long as he liued was for his noble chiualry and glorious fortune held in great admiration and many sought his friendship and alliance Amōgst others there was also a league betweene him and the King of Arragon vnder these conditions That the Englishmen should at no time make warres vppon the realme of Arragon and in consideration hereof that the King of Arragon should yeerely send fiue hundreth horse to serue the Duke of Aquitaine against any enemy whatsoeuer or if he could not conuen●ently finde so many horsemen he shold pay him a certaine summe of mony Now for the space of ten yeeres he had neither done the king of England any seruice nor payd him any money The Duke of Lancaster therefore to whom at his setting forth towards Portugall the king his nephew had giuen authority to demaund all rights and seruices belonging to the Dukedom of Aquitaine either from the king of Arragon or any other thinking that so great a masse of money would much pleasure him in his present affaires wrote letters requiring those arrerages and sent them to the King of Arragon by the Archbishop of Burdeaux Who at his cōming found the King very sicke so as he dyed within few dayes after The Archbishop neuerthelesse still prosecuted his suite and the new king offended with his importunity cast him in prison at Barcelone Whereof when the Duke of Lancaster was informed he gaue commandement to the English garrison at Lourde which is the only strong and impregnable castle in those quarters that they should infest the Arragonians with warre and doe them as much displeasure as they could They were nothing slack in performing his commaund and wrought great annoyance to the country especially to the merchants whom they intercepted at euery passage and spoyled of their commodities The people of Barcelone being vexed with their daily excursions and caught vp as a prey by the rauenous souldiers made such meanes to their king by intercession of the nobility that he was content to release his prisoner After that by perswasion of the Duke of Ber●y the voyage into England was deferred as we haue shewed a little before assoone as the spring came on it was appointed that the Constable of Fraunce with twelue thousand men should be sent to inuade England and besides that certaine forces should be likewise conueid into Spaine to the reliefe of King Iohn against the Englishmen Portingales Vppon this occasion a new subsidy beeing sessed againe through all Fraunce ye might haue seen many country people and towne-dwellers which not knowing how otherwise to helpe themselues abandoned their lands and tenements and departed either into Henault or into the Bishoprick of Liege because those places at that time were free from the burthen of such intollerable exactions The succours sent into Spaine were six thousand horsemen vnder conduct of the Duke of Burbon We haue told you before how the king of Portugall expecting the successe of the English warre dissembled politickly with the Duke of Lancaster in the meane while Now when he saw that England was discharged of the daunger and that the French kings army was dissolued he sent some forthwith to affiance the Duke

the sword Neuerthelesse in conclusion a meanes was found to make amity and peace betweene them The French king gaue his daughter in marriage to the Duke of Brittaines sonne and the sonne of Iohn of Bloys the Constables son in lawe married the Duke of Britaines daughter Verily for the most part to such comicall conclusions come the tragicall contentions of Princes Guy Earle of Bloys had rich and ample inheritance both in Fraunce and other countries But after the death of Lewis his sonne who deceased very yong he had no one certaine heire but diuerse in diuerse places according as his lands lay separated one farre from another Now the duke of Touraine the French kings brother by the meanes of his wife which was daughter to Gal●as Duke of Millaine had a greatmasse of money lying by him And because he was desirous to bestow it to some benefite he would neuer rest till he had perswaded the Earle to sell him al the lands pertaining to the Earledome of Bloys It was a hard matter to compasse and good reason why but being ouercome at last by the intreaty of his wife the Duke of Berryes daughter whom the French king had suborned when he saw no hope of issue he solde him the reuersion of his Earledome for two hundred thousand franks Gascone Earle of Foys whose singular wisedome and liberality my Author dooth oftentimes commend fell sodainly downe dead one day when he was come home from hunting as he washed his hands to go to dinner By what mischaunce his onely sonne perished we haue shewed before Now of his base sonnes he loued one so well that he was earnestly in hand with the French King for his legittimation that he might haue made him his heyre and if suddaine death had not preuented him perhaps he might haue brought the matter to passe as he desired The next of his kinted to succeed him was the vicount of Chastillon but as long as he liued he alwaies hated him to the intent to doe him displeasure besides his purpose and endeauour to haue conueyed the inheritance to his bastard sonne he also borrowed of the French King when he had no need fiue hundred thousand frankes because if euer he happened to become his heyre he would be sure to charge him with a heauy burthen Assoone as the Earle was dead there wanted not some to perswade the King that in regard he deceassed without issue and was indebted to him so great a summe of money he should seize all the Earldome into his owne possession After the matter had been diuersly debated at length by inter cession of the Duke of Berry the King was contented to depart with the Earldome to the Vicount vpon these conditions that he should pay vnto him threescore thousand frankes and twenty thousand more to such as had trauelled and taken paines in his behalfe for the obtainment of his sute and finally that by the censure of indifferēt persons he should deale friendly and honourably with the Earles two bastard Sonnes that remayned After the French men were returned out of Barbary vppon relation which many made of the occurrents they had seene the King was enflamed with a meruailous desire to goe into those countries to conquer the Barbarians and there were diuers that prouoked and put him forward to the action as an enterprise fitting a Prince of such puissance But it was generally thought necessary that the church should first be setled in quiet before this expedition were vndertaken And that could not otherwise be brought to passe then by suppressing the new Pope lately chosen at Rome This counsell was well approoued and there vppon proclamation made through all Fraunce that the King would addresse himselfe to the warres at the beginning of the next spring Now when this voyage was thus fully resolued vppon ambassadours arryued out of England signifying how their King was very desirous of peace This newes wonderfully reioyced the French King and therevppon a meeting was appointed at Amience The King of England sent thither two of his vncles the Dukes of Lancaster and Yorke but the Duke of Gloucester the great aduersary of peace he kept still with himselfe at Douer The french King was present in person at this treaty The Englishmen demaunded againe all Aquitaine which King Iohn had departed from by the law of armes and besides fourteene hundred thousand frankes which remayned yet vnpayed for his raunsome The French men offered them a part of Aquitaine namely that they had already in possession and nyne Bishoprickes For the payment of their money they required three yeares respit and that Calice might be raced to the ground The conditions were reiected on both sides For although the Englishmen enclind wonderfully to peace yet without their kings consent they would not conclude vpon any thing for that was beyond the limits of their commission It seemed the King of England did not greatly disallow the rest of the articles sauing only the racing of Calice But the Duke of Gloucester the disturber of peace and enemy to all agreement made vehement opposition affirming that it was impossible euer to drawe the French men to any accord which might be for the profit and honour of England And because in these affaires of so great consequence the King alone had not authority sufficient to confirme the articles of peace though he likte them neuer so well without consent of the three estates of his kingdome assembled in Parliament it was agreed that to the former three yeeres truce another tweluemonth should be added that in the meane time conuenient leisure might be had to consider and determine of the matter at large Neuerthelesse at the Duke of Lancasters departure the French King discouering his minde shewed him how earnestly he was desirous of peace to the intent that by this meanes he might bend all his forces against the Turkes and Barbarians who had lately both driuen the King of Armenia out of his country and also entred with great cruelty into the Kingdome of Hungary The Duke well disposed of himselfe and mooued with the Kings most curteous and honourable discourse promised him his faithfull furtherance and that he would neuer cease the imploying of his best endeauours till he had brought the matter to such a conclusion as by the King especially and by all well affected people was generally desired The french King made an exchange with his brother Lewis for the Duke dome of Toureine in liev whereof he gaue him the duke dome of Orleance which was much greater but with this condition that all his heyres and successours should do homage and fealty to the Kings of Fraunce for the same A certaine gentleman of the Court called Peter of Craon was highly in fauour with the Duke of Orleance who besides his wife bare secret affection to another Lady of excellent beauty and this matter was not vnknowne to that friend of his whome he vsed so familiarly It so

for three yeares Bayon Burdeaux receaue the English The death of Iaques de Arteuill Valiant resistance made by the English in the Castle of Aguillion Caen in Normandy wōne by the English The battell of Blanchetaque The memorable battell and victory of King Edward at Cressy Calice besieged David King of Scottes taken prisoner The battell of Cressy Charles of Bloys taken prisoner Calice yeelded to King Edward 1346. Phillip of Valoys dieth and Iohn his Son succeedeth Edward the black Prince during their Kings captiuitie A strange shift in extremitie Priuate conference about a peace 1359. It should seeme to be but twenty thousand Iohannes Ro●hetaillada King Edward inclineth to peace 1360. Peace concluded and King Iohn set at liberty 1360. 1362. 1362. The death of King Iohn Charles of Bloys slaine in battell The occasion of Prince Edwards expeditiō into Spain Don Pietro the tyrant expulsed and Henrie the bastard made King of Castile The Earle of Provence taken prisoner The king of Maiorica craveth ayd of Prince Edward and obtayneth promise of the same The birth of King Richard 2. Prince Edward setteth forward on his iourney into Spaine Prince Edwards victorie against Henry king of Castile Don Pietro restored The ingratitude of the Tyrant The Lords of Gascoigne rebell against Prince Edward The death of Don Pietro and recovery of the kingdome by Hen ry the Bastard The peace broken and warres againe renued betweene England Franc King Charles commended for his curtesie A truce taken with Scotland ●or 9. yeeres Lymoges recouerd by the French Conquered againe vtterly raced by the English Prince Edward returneth into England The Duke of Lancaster marrieth Constance one of the daughters of Don Pietro Edmond of Langly The Duke of Lancaster returneth into England 1372. The English men overcome at Sea the Earle of Pembroke taken prisoner Ivan the son of Ammon Prince of VVales The I le of Garnes●y Poytiers yeeldeth to the French Rochell yeeldeth to the French The Duke of Brittaine flyeth into England 1373. The Duke of Lancaster arriueth at Calice 1376. The death of Prince Edward King Edward the thirds death and commendation King Richard 2. 1377. The French King poysoned 1378. 1379. The Castle of Barwicke surprised by the Scottish Againe recocouered by the English Great tumult about the election of a Pope King Richard entreth into league with the King of Navarre Ivan of VVales trecherously muthered by one Iames Laube a welch man as he lay at the siege of a certaine castle called Moctaine Saint Maloes besieged Henrie the bastard King of Castile deceaseth and Iohn his Son succeedeth Edmond of Langly He is called Siluester Budaeus Fross Chro. Li● 2. The Queene of Naples cōmeth to the Pope The Queene of Naples cōueyeth her inheritance to the Pope The occasion of the Flemish warres Iohn Lyon a seditious fellow in Gaunt bringeth vp the faction of the white cappes The death of Lon. The Earle of Flaunders besieged by his subiects The Duke of Britaine returneth into his country King Richard aydeth the Duke of Britaine Thomas of VVoodstocke the Earle of Buckingham King Charles the 5. dyeth of poysontaken long before His speech at his death 1380. 1380. The coronation of Charles the fixt The cōmendation of King Charles the 5. Thomas Earle of Buckingham Nants besieged The Duke of Britaine recōciled to the French king forsaketh the English 1381. Peter de Boys Phillip of Arteuill Edmond of Langly Sir Iohn Newton captaine of the Castle of Rochester At Black-heath VVat Tiler Iack Strawe Iohn Ball. The Sauoy At Saint Katherines Mile end VVat Tiler Iack Straw Iohn Ball. Simon Sudbury It was in Smith sield VVat Tiler VVilliam VValworth Gaunt besieged by the Earle of Flaunders Commotion in Paris The Lord Coucy King Richard marrieth Anne sister to Charles King of Bohemia The Duke of Aniow taketh his iourny into Italy Zeuf an enchaunted castle see Fros Chro Lib 2. Cap 391. This enchaunter by such like illusions had before caused the Queene of Naples and her husband to yeild vp the same castle into the hands of Charles Fross Chro. lib. 2. cap 346. 392. The death of Ferdinando king of Portingale The Gauntoyes kept from victuall and brought to great extremity by the Earle of Flaunders A hard choise See the effects of desperate resolution 1382. The Earle ouerthrowne and Bruges taken by the Gauntoys Strange alteration in the Earles fortune The Duke of Burgundy The French King taketh vppon him the Earles quarell against the Gauntoys They were in all not aboue soure or fiue hundreth Fros Chro. lib. 2. Cap. 414. Ipre receiueth the French king The French kings victorie against the Gauntoyes Phillip de Arteuill slaine Bruges yeeldeth to the french King Schisme in the Church The practises of Pope Vrbane against Clement his aduersarie He sent no lesse then 30. as appeareth Fross Chro lib. 2. cap. 428. Henry Spencer Bishop of Norwich Nine thousand flemings slaine by the English in a battell not farre from Duakirk 1383. The French King agayne vndertaketh the Earle of Flaunders cause 1383. The death of Lewis Earle of Flaunders The Duke of Aniow dyeth in Italy Her name was Phillip whom he had by Blaunch his first wife The Admirall of France sent with a power into Scotland Charles the French king marryeth Isabell daughter of Stephen Duke of Bauier The French and Scottish men together inuade the borders of England The Earle of Oxenford 1358. The Gauntoies receiued to sauour and their peace made vvith their Lord the Duke of Burgoigne Sir Iohn Bourchier The Earle of Foys The strange story of Gascone Earle of Foys and his sonne Gascone The Earle of Foys killeth his owne son vnwittingly Pag. 110. Iohn King of Spaine layeth claime to the crowen of Portingale besieged Lisbone The King of Portugale through the English mens ayde obtaineth a notable victorie Pope Vrbane besieged Page 127. The Duke of Lancaster sayleth into Portugall Bristowe The Duke of Lancaster arri-Seth in paine The French King maketh great preparation to inuade England Jaquesle Gris sir Iohn de Carogne A notable example of diuine iustice The French king was present with most of his nobility The death of Peter King of Arragon The Duke of Lancasters ambassadour imprisoned by the King of Arragon Phillip the Duke of Lancasters daughter marryed to the King of Portugall John of Bloys marryeth the Constables daughter of Fraunce The Castle of Ermine The Lord de laval 1390. At Saint Georges feast at VVindsore Sir Robert Tresilian Sir Robert Beachampe sir John Salisbury sir Nicholas Brambre The Englishmens miseries vnder the Duke of Lancaster in Spaine Sir John Holland The Duke of Lancaster returneth out of Spaine Bertold of Machline Reignold Earle of Gelders marryed Mary daughter to Bertold of Machline Langue fride VVenceslaus Duke of Braband taken pri soner Edward Duke of Gelders slaine in battell 1383. The Spanyards recouer againe all that the Duke of Lancaster had gotten in Castile Charles King of Nauarre by a strange misfortune burned in his bed The Duke of Britaine restoreth all that he had taken from the Constable Graue besieged by the Brabanders The notable victory of the Duke of Gelders against the Brabanders 1388. The French king goeth against the Duke of Gelders The Duke of Gelders submits himselfe to the French king The Scottes inuade England The Duke of Gelders taken prisoner Katherine the Duke of Lancasters daughter married to Henry Prince of Castile Truce for three yeeres between England Fraunce their confederates The Duke of Berries treasurer burned The death of Pope Vrbane 1390. The French King aydeth the Genowayes against the Moores and Barbarians The death of Iohn king of Castile The Earle of Arminacke passeth into Italy against the Duke of Millaine Guy Earle of Bloys The suddaine death of Gascone Earle of Foys 1391. A treaty of peace at Amience Sir Peter of Craon Sir Oliuer Clisson treacherously assaulted and almost slaine by sir Peter of Craon Euer since the Parisians met the King in armes at his returne out of Flaunders when to curb their boldnes he caused all their armour to be taken from them the chaines of the streetes to bee carried away and the foure principall gates of the citie from thence foorth to be left alwayes open The French King falleth sodaynly into a frensie 1391. Sir John Mericer A truce for foure yeeres between England France The death of pope Clement King Richard giueth all Aquitaine to the duke of ●ancaster The Gascones refuse to accept the duke of Lancaster for their soueraigne K. Richards voyage into Ireland 1394. Otherwise called Lamorabaquy Iohn the duke of Burgoignes sonne sent by the French king to ayde the King of Hangary against the Turkes Nicopolis besieged Fifteen thousand Turkes 〈◊〉 slaine by one thousand christians vnder the conduct of the Lorde Cow●y A discourse ot the Duke of Millaine Pag. 127. Friseland subdewed by the Earle of Henault 1396. King Richard marrieth Isabel the french kings daughter One mans pride causeth many mens destruction The siege before Nicopolis raised and all the Frenchmen slaine or taken prisoners The Lord Cowcies death 1397. At the marriage of King Richard to the French Kings daughter a truce was agreed vpon for thirtie yeeres The Earle of Saint Paul The duke of Glow ester murdered in the castle of Calice 1397. Richard earle of Arundell Thomas Mow bray Duke of Norffolke The Earle of Derby the Erle Marshall banished The Duke of Burgoignes sonne Pope Benedict besieged and taken prisoner by the Frenchmen The death of John of Gaūt Duke of Lancaster 1399. Henry P●rcie earle of Northumberland and his sonne Thomas Arundell Hee should haue vsde the benefit of oportunity 1399. King Richard deposed

AN Epitome of Frossard OR A Summarie Collection of the most memorable Histories contained in his Chronicle chiefly concerning the State of England and France Wherin the famous Warres and Conquests of king Edward the third with the honorable atchieuements of the Blacke Prince and other his sonnes both in Fraunce Spaine and Portugall are compendiously described Entermixed with other historicall occurrents of those times very worthy and profitable to be had in remembrance Compiled in Latine by Iohn Sleydane and translated into English By P. Golding AT LONDON ❧ Printed by Tho Purfoot for Per Golding 1608. ¶ Cum Priuilegio An Epitome of Frossard OR A summarie collection of the most memorable histories contained in his Chronicle chiefly concerning the state of England and Fraunce The first Booke PHillip surnamed the faire King of Fraunce had three Sonnes Lewis Phillip and Charles and one daughter The two eldest succeeding one another and deceasing without issue left the kingdome by descent to their brother Charles This Charles had a Sonne but he dyed very young during the life of his Father The daughter of King Phillip and sister to Charles was married to Edward the second King of England who begat of her a Sonne named Edward of whose most noble disposition stout courage and princely vertues honourable mention is made in many places of this worke There is a saying in Homer that Children for the most part prooue worse then their parents seldome any better but in this King it fell out otherwise For his father was a man of euill disposition much giuen to ryot and excesse and greatly led by sicophants and flatterers of which sort the principall were twoo Noble men of the house of the Spencers These so bewitched the Kings minde that by their counsell and instigation hee put to death some twoo and twenty of the chiefest Barons of England and not so contented banished also his Wife and her Son wholy out of the Realme But the Queene at length through the assistance of her faithfull friends beeing brought backe with her Sonne into England not onlye exacted most seuere punishment vppon those flatterers the Father and the Son but further for diuers graue and weighty considerations by authority of Parliament remooued her husband from ruling the state as a person vnfit for gouernment and restrained him to safe custodie Which done the worthy Prince Edward a most vertuous Son of a most vitious Father who before had liued in exile with his Mother as is already declared was crowned King of England at London by the name of Edward the Third in the Sixteenth yeare of his age and the yeare of our Lord 1326. He tooke to Wife Phillip the daughter of William Earle of Henault and Holland whome he had formerly begun to fancy amongst the rest of her Sisters at such time as he came with his mother as a banished person out of England into Henault But the Peeres of Fraunce after the death of King Charles would in no wise admit his Sister matched to the King of England to the succession of the crowne because it was now of old receiued as a custome in that country not to leaue the charge of so great a Kingdome to bee mannaged by the discretion of women Wherevppon they likewise renounced Edward the Third her Sonne and Grand-childe to King Phillip as descending of the female line and so with one consent they gaue the scepter and soueraignty to Phillip of Valoys cousen germain to King Phillip deceased Vppon this occasion ensued most cruell warres and bitter enmity Edward the Third presuming that he had more rightfull interest and a better title to the kingdome of Fraunce then Phillip of Valoys And to further this quarrell it so fell out that a certain Noble man of great account called Robert of Artoys one who had been long of singuler respect and estimation with King Phillip at length falling in his disfauor was banished the Court and could be suffered to rest in no place by reason of the kings displeasure This man after many wandrings at last arriued in England where hee found quiet harbour and abiding and being by the King entertained as a counsellor ceased not by his perswasions to prouoke and stirre him vp to armes against the French King King Edward purposing to warre vppon Phillip sollicited the frendshippe of the Flemmings at that time remaining scarce in due obedience of their Lord whereof the French King hauing intelligence by the helpe of the Earle of Flanders thē soiourning in his Court he procured certain places of Flaunders to bee fortified where the English men must of necessity passe when they should come into Fraunce The King of England sent his forces against them and in a pitched field the Flemmings were ouer throwne and chased And further for the better dispatch of his affaires and to compasse the fauour of the Germaine Princes the King of England came himselfe to Antwerpe where he entred into a league of amitie with the Dukes of Gelders and Iuliers the Archbishop of Colen and diuers others And that the Emperour should take no offence thereat it was concluded the Duke of Iuliers should be addressed vnto him in the name of the King of England and the rest to acquainte him with these proceedings The Emperour was so farre from dislike of the matter that he also created the King of England Lievetenant Generall of the Romaine Empire The chiefe cause why Lewis of Bauier the Emperour so highly honoured the King of England was for that he hoped during the tumults of the warres hee might happily take some opportunity to recouer againe the Citie of Cambray which being indeed a Citie imperiall was notwithstanding with-holden from him by the French men The French King in the meane while contracted a league with Dauid King of Scottes who for the same purpose came with his Wife to Paris Hee sent also a power into Scotland to molest the English at home that thereby their forces might be more weakened and the King of Englands puissance abated The King of England proceeding in his purpose with the power of his confederates besieged Cambray to recouer it againe to the Empire But the Citie was so well prouided both of munition and victuall that hee attempted it in vaine wherefore abandoning the siege hee passed with his forces into Fraunce Assoone as the English army was entred into Fraunce the Earle of Henault who of late succeeded in the roome of his deceased Father and had been present at the siege of Cambray as a matter of dutye in regard it concerned the Empire refused now any longer to serue the King of England for feare of displeasing the French King because hee thought that in this warre the King of England rather intended his own busines then the affaires of the Empire The French King at such time as his enemies forces were aduanced against him and that the armyes on both sides stoode ready raunged in order of battell

indeede faithfully promised him what he was able to performe Now during his absence vppon these occasions his wife sent a messenger to the French King requesting him that out of his royall curtesie he would be a meanes to procure her a match for her daughter such a one as both for the nobilitie of his birth and the worthinesse of his person were fitting for her estate to the intent that so ample rich possessions might not at any time fall into the hands of straungers The frēch king moued with her reasonable petition sent a kinsman of of his vnto whome she willingly espoused her daughter The King of Maiorica as is shewed before ended his life in the pursute of his enterprise After his death the Queen marryed againe the fourth time Whereat the King of Hungaries nephew named Charles conceiuing great offence made warres vpon the new king and besieging him in a certaine castle vppon the sea coast at the winning therof which was by composition he tooke both him and her prisoners and with them also her daughter and her husband which vnfortunate payre it fortuned soone after to exchange this life for a better The king and his wife were both released vppon condition that they should surrender Apulia and Calabria Which when Charles had once gotten into his possession thenceforth establishing his estate augmenting his puissance by ioyning in league with the princes round about him he gaped also for the kingdomes of Naples Sicill and Province The Queene therefore fearing and in a manner foreseeing that assoone as she were dead Charles would with all his forces inuade those dominions repayred to the Pope discoursing to him the whole state of her affayres and withall beseeching him that he would receiue her into his protection Hereupon by a franke and free graunt she conueyed Naples Sicill Calabria Apulia Province absolutely to the Pope to bestow them all vppon whomsoeuer he pleased hereafter The Pope accepted this donatiō of hers very thankfully caused instruments of the same made in forme of lawe to be publikely recorded Not long after the Pope at his comming to Auinion bestowed all those seignioryes vppon the Duke of Aniow which came thither from Tholous to visite him and this graunt was confirmed to him and to his heyres for euer The men of Bruges endeauoured with great labour and cost to drawe the riuer Lisa from Gaunt to their towne for effecting thereof kept well nere fiue hundreth men at worke The Gauntoyes being certifyed of their proceedings began to make some stirre and to shew themselues discontent with the matter There was at that time in Gaunt a meruailous factious fellowe and very popular called Iohn Lyon one that applyed his whole studie and industry to incense the people against their Prince His counsell being demaunded by the commons in this matter with a set speech and composed countenance he made answere to this effect That in truth this attempt of the men of Bruges was not to be tollerated but withall that an auncient custome of the cittie very laudable though at that time growne out of vse was necessary to be renued namely that all such as were desirous of the auncient libertie should we are white cappes For sayd he the Gauntoyes haue had many and those very notable priueledges aboue others which by little and little were now worne out of date and vtterly extinguished to the great wrong preiudice of the citizens and if they would be so contented still it would come to passe in the end that euen those that remayned should be taken from them That the cittie of Gaunt had in times past so flourished that men of great account held themselues well appayd and thought no small honour if eyther by desert reward or fauour they might obtaine to be made free denizens of the citty but now the world was so chaunged that no man no not for benefite commoditie profered him would much desire to be admitted into their societie With these and such like speeches he exceedingly stirred vp their mindes and easily drew the worser sorte of people to followe him Euery man betooke him to his white cap and one day amongst the rest assembling themselues together they tooke armes went forth to destroy the labourers of Bruges But they hauing incling thereof left their worke vnfinished and prouided for their safety by flight Another matter which greatly exaggerated their displeasure was this The Gauntoys would haue had a townesman of theirs set at liberty whom the Earle had caused to be apprehended exclayming that therby their priuiledges were violated And therfore when they had sent their messenger to the Sheriffe and could not obtaine his deliuerance they made meanes to the Earle to get him released The Earle promised he would willingly afforde them that pleasure adding further that he would doe nothing whereby their liberties might any way be infringed and moreouer that he would giue commandement to the men of Bruges wholy to surceasse from their attempted enterprise and to fill vp all those ditches which they had digged and cut out already Desiring onely in the meane time that they would leaue of that fashion of wearing white cappes as a thing that ministred perpetuall matter of faction and sedition When this answere was brought to the Gauntoyes it greatly alienated their affections from the Earle especially being so exasperated and prouoked against him by Lyon the author of this insurrection who perswaded them confidently that if this custome might be abollished it were the next way to reduce them againe into their old subiection and seruitude Now although the Earle of Flaunders entreated his people faire to lay aside their cappes yet neuerthelesse he sent some two hundred men to haue entred vnlookt for into the citie who surprising Lyon and certaine others should haue conveyd them from the people and committed them to prison But this matter could not be so couertly handled but Lyon gat knowledge thereof and had leasure both to call the people together and to exhort them with vehement perswasions that if euer they would fight for the maintenance of their liberty they should now presently make proofe of their valour Hereupon hauing some fower hundred of his faction about him he proceeded to the market place where encountring the gouernor of the towne he snatcht the Earles ensigne out of his hands and tearing it in peaces trode it vnder his feete killing the gouernor himselfe from whome he tooke it What should I tell you how mightily the Earles patience was moued with this villany The citizens twownedwellers which were of honester mindes and better discretion foreseing that all things tended to a sorrowfull issue consulted amongst themselues and sent certaine of their principall men to make sute to the Earle for pardon of their offence The Earle at the first receyued them somwhat roughly but afterward least by seueritie out of season the mischiefe might haue growne greater he was content

fulfill their requests and therevppon signed deliuered vnto them certain writings and charters for the same wherewith a great part of them were reasonably well satisfied and began to be much more tractable But the principall heads of rebellion which as I told you abode still behinde being villaines of most wicked disposition whose only desire was to make a prey of rich mens goods had drawn together in the meane time some twentie thousand with part of the comminalty intending to haue falne to rifling presently But the King comming vnawares though not out of season vpon them as he returned from parly with the rebells at the place appointed without the citie espying such a multitude together paused a while to vnderstand the matter Immediatly one of those varlets stepping forth began to talke to him in a very rude and contemptuous fashion hauing formerly giuen in charge to his companions that at a certaine signe or watchworde which he would giue them they should rush violently forth and kill all that were abount the King whom only he would haue spared in regard of his age As he continued in his arrogant speeches and behauiour to the King the Mayor of the Citie disdaining thereat thrust him through with his sword Then might ye haue seene the enraged multitude in a blind furie euen ready to haue destroyed them all but the King pacified them pressing himselfe alone into the thickest of them which otherwise perhaps might haue seemed a poin● of indiscretion but the successe warranted the action Many counselled the King to haue pursued them in their departure and to haue set vppon them as they were separated and dispersed But the king would not allow of that course nor suffer any violence as then to be vsed towards them thinking that with more ease and better leisure he might take punishment of them at his pleasure hereafter Neither were all offenders alike for as in such commotions it happeneth a great sort were taken vp by the way perforce and compelled to go along with the rest for company And he vsed this gentlenesse the rather because the chiefe captaines and ringleaders of this mischiefe beeing detected by the people they onely might be put to death and the residue be pardoned The Earle of Flaunders once again besieged Gaunt assembling men of warre out of Henault and Artoys the Lordship wherof was lately befalne him by the death of his mother In the meane time a certaine Captaine of his winning a little village belonging to the Gauntoys called Grantmont slue all that were in it euery one both old men women and Children not sparing so much as women with childe and those that lay sicke in their beds The churches were destroyed with fire and the towne layd leuell with the ground It happened the author of this so miserable and vnmercifull spectacle in a certaine skirmish such as there were many falling into an ambush of the Gauntoys to be slaine The Earle taking his death very greeuously for he had not any man about him whome he more deerely esteemed brake vp his siege conceiuing greater displeasure against the Gauntoys then before Neuerthelesse by mediation of the Lords of Henault and Braband and vppon the earnest sute of the people peace was againe concluded Amongst other articles this was one that within fifteen daies after the Gauntoys should deliuer two hundreth persons such as the Earle should nominate to be disposed of at his pleasure Peter de Bloys and Phillip of Arteuill hauing secret intelligence hereof and suspecting themselues might be some of the number prouided a competent crew of their faction to be in a readinesse at all assayes and the next morning when the articles of peace were read publikely in the Towne-house they entred in strongly accompanied and slue twoo Aldermen of great account the same which were chiefe agents for the towne in this treaty of agreement With this fact the Earle was so exceedingly prouoked that it seemd from thence forth he would neuer haue come to any composition with the Gauntoyes before he had vtterly rooted out the whole rabble of that seditious generation About this time happened an insurrection in Paris the citizens requiring that the late subsidy and new exactions imposed vppon them might be taken away from paiment wherof they pleaded immunity by a graunt they had obtained from King Charles the fift which they said the new King at his coronation had likewise confirmed The King to whome it was vnpleasing and tedious to liue amongst contentious persons departed out of Paris to Meaulx The people in the meane while rising in an vprore brake vp the prisons let out the prisoners and killed certaine of the kings officers At length a certaine noble man of the court who was very well beloued of the people being sent to appease the tumult dealt with the citizens in such sort that they were content in regard of the necessity of the time to disburse weekely ten thousand sranks towards the maintenance of the king warres and paiment of his souldiers Another vprore happened also at Roan not vnlike to this at Paris but it was suppressed by the King himselfe Many Cities and common wealths following the footsteps of the Gauntoys whome they extolled with high cōmendation as most stout defenders of their liberty rebelled against their magistrates Behold to what ruine all things tended if by the industrie of valiant Princes these euils had not been restrained The Earle of Cambridge of whome we spake before making a long passage for want of good weather after he had been much tossed vppon the seas with the contrary winds at last arriued with all his souldiers at Lisbone in Portugall When he had taried there certaine moneths the King of Portingale bestowed all his men in garrisons giuing commandement that they should not attempt any thing against the enemy without his knowledge and direction The englishmen and Gascoines vnacquainted with idlenesse and desirous to be employed in some exercise of armes vppon a time when they could not obtayne licence of the King went forth of their owne heads and winning certaine holds of the Spaniards placed garrisons in them and returned No other memorable seruice was performed of many moneths after by meanes whereof the King of Spaine had time and leisure more then enough to make sufficient preparation for his defence He had ayd also sent him out of Fraunce which was allowed free passage through Arragon by reason of the league that was confirmed between both kings vppon conclusion of the marriage as we haue discoursed already The King of England sending ambassadours into Germamany to Charles King of Bohemia requested to haue his sister to wife The matter was debated a tweluemoneth and more and at last tooke effect The french King to the intent to hinder this marriage gaue commaundement to the Normans to enter the seas with a puissant fleet and to intercept the new Bride with all her traine in their passage But