to be strikē of without delay and without knowlege or answere to any cause Fyrst of all ser Thomas erle of Lancastre who was a noble and a wyse holy knyght hath done syth many fayre myracles in Pomfret wher he was beheedded for the whiche dede the sayd sir Hewe Spencer achyued great hate in all the realme and specially of the quene and of the erle of Cane brother to the kyng And whan he parceyued the dyspleasure of the quene by his subtile wytte he set great discorde bitwene the kyng and the quene so that the kyng wold nat se the quene nor come in her company the whiche discord endured a long space Than was it shewed to the quene secretly to the erle of Cane that withoute they toke good hede to them selfe they were lykely to be distroyed for sir Hewe Spēcer was about to purchace moch trouble to theym Than the quene secretly dyd puruey to go in to Fraūce and toke her way as on pylgrymage to saynt Thomas of Canturbury and so to Wynchelsey And in the nyght went into a shyp that was redy for her and her yong sōne Edward with her the erle of Cane and sir Roger Mortymer And in a nother ship they had put all theyr purueyaūce had wynde at wyll and the next mornyng they arryued in the hauyn of Bolayn ¶ Howe the quene of Ingland went and complayned her to the kyng of Fraunce her brother of syr Hewe Spencer Cap. vii WHan quene Isabell was arryued at Bolayn and her sonne with her the erle of Cane The capytayns and abbot of the towne came agaynst her and ioyously receued her and her company into the abbey And ther she aboode .ii. dayes Than she departed and to de so long by her iourneys that she arryued at Paris Thā kyng Charles her brother who was enfourmed of her comyng sent to mete her dyuers of the greattest lordes of his realme as the lorde syr Robert de Artoys the lorde of Crucy the lorde of Sully the lorde of Roy and dyuers other who honorably dyd receue her and brought her in to the Cite of Paris to the kyng her brother And whan the kyng sawe his suster whom he had nat sene long before As she shuld haue entred into his chambre he mette her and toke her in his armes and kyst her and sayd ye be welcome feyre suster with my feyre nephewe your sonne and toke them by the handis led them forth The quene who had no great ioy at her harte But that she was so nere to the kyng her brother she wold haue kneled downe .ii. or .iii. tymes at the feet of the kyng But the kyng wold nat suffre her but held her styl by the right hande demaunding right swetely of her astate and besynesse And she answered hym ryght sagely and lamentably recounted to hym all the felonyes and iniuries done to her by syr Hewe Spencer And requyred hym of his ayde and cōfort Whan the noble kyng Charles of Fraūce had harde his susters lamentation Who wepyngly had shewed hym all her nede and besynesse he sayd to her Fayre suster appease your selfe for by the faith I owe to god and to saynt Denyce I shall right well puruey for you some remedy The quene than kneled downed whether the kyng wold or nat and sayd My ryght dere lord and fayre brother I pray god reward you The kyng than toke her in his armes and led her into an other chambre the whiche was apparayled for her and for the yong Edwarde her sōne and so departed fro her and caused at his costis and chargis all thyng is to be delyuered that was behouefull for her and for her sōne After it was nat long but that for this occasion Charles kyng of Fraunce assembled together many great lordes and barons of the realme of Fraunce to haue theyr coūsell and good aduise howe they shuld ordeyne for the nede besynes of his suster quene of Ingland Than it was coūsailed to the kyng that he shuld let the quene his suster to purchas for her selfe frendis where as she wold in the realme of Fraunce or in any other place and hym selfe to fayne be nat knowen therof For they sayd to moue warre with the kyng of Ingland and to bryng his owne realme into hatred it were nothyng apertenaunt nor profitable to hym nor to his realme But they cōcluded that conueniently he mgiht ayde her with golde and syluer for that is the metall wherby loue is attaygned both of gētylemen of pore souldiours And to this counsell and aduyce accorded the kynge And caused this to be shewed to the quene priuely by sir Robert Dartoys who as than was one of the greatteste lordis of all Fraunce ¶ Howe that syr Hewe Spencer purchased that the quene Isabell was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. .viii. NOwe let vs speke somewhat of sir Hewe Spencer whan he sawe that he hadde drawen the kyng of Inglād so moche to his wyll that he coud desire nothyng of hym but it was graunted he caused many noble men and other to be put to deth without iustice or lawe bicause he held them suspect to be ageynst hym and by his pride he dyd so many marueylles that the barous that were left alyue in the land coude nat beare nor su 〈…〉 e it any lenger but they besought and requyred eche other among them selfe to be of a peasable accorde And caused it secretly to be knowen to the quene theyr lady Who hadde ben as then at Parys the space of .iii. yere Certifiyng her by wryttyng that if she coulde fynd the meanes to haue any companye of men of armes if it were but to the nombre of a M. and to bryng her son and heyre with her into Inglande That than they wolde all drawe to her and abeye her and her sonne Edward as they were bounde to do of duety These letters thus sent secretly to her out of Ingland she shewed them to kyng Charles her brother Who answered her and sayde Fayre suster god be your ayde your besyuesse shall auayle moche the better Take of my men and subiectis to the nombre that your frendes haue wrytten you for and I consent wel to this voyage I shall cause to be delyuered vnto you golde and syluer as moche as shall susfyce you And in this mater the quene had done so moche What with her prayer gyftes and promysses that many great lordis and yong knyght were of her accorde as to bryng her With great strength agayne into Inglande Than the quene as secretly as she coulde she ordeyned for her voyage and made her puruey aunce But she coude nat do it so secretly but sir Hewe Spencer had knowledge therof Than he thought to wynne and withdrawe the kyng of Fraunce fro her by great gyftes and so sent secret messangers into Fraunce with great plentye of golde and syluer and ryche Jewelles and specially to the kyng and his
and their currours ranne to yorke and brent as moche as was without the walles and retourned agayne to their host within a dayes iourney of Newcastell vpon Tyne ¶ Of the batayle of New castell vpon Tyne bytwene the quene of England and the kyng of scottes Cap. C .xxxviii. THe quene of England who desyred to defende her contrey came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and there taryed for her meÌ„ who came dayly fro all â—tes Whan the scottes knewe that the englysshe men assembled at Newcastell they drue thyderwarde and their currours came rennynge before the towne and at their retournynge they brent certayne small hamelettes there about so that the smoke therof caÌ„e into the towne of Newcastell some of the englysshmen wolde a yssued out to haue fought with them that made the fyers but the captayns wolde nat sulfre theym to yssue out The next day yâ— kyng of scottes with a .xl. thousande men one and other came and lodged within thre lytell englysshe myle of Newcastell in the lande of the lorde Neuyll and the kyng sent to them within the towne that if they wolde yssue out into the felde he wolde fyght with theym gladly The lordes and prelates of England sayd they were content to aduenture their lyues with the ryghtand herytage of the kynge of Englande their maister than they all yssued out of the towne and were in nombre a twelfe hundred men of armes thre thousand archers and seuyne thousande of other with the walsshmen Than the scottes came and lodged agaynst theym nere togyder than euery man was sette in order of batayle than the quene caÌ„e among her men and there was ordayned four batayls one to ayde another The firste had in gouernaunce the bysshoppe of Dyrham and the lorde Percy the seconde the archbysshoppe of yorke and the lorde Neuyll the thyrde the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the lorde MoÌ„bray The fourth the lorde Edwarde de Baylleule captayne of Berwyke the archbysshopp of Canterbury and the lorde Rose euery batayle had lyke noÌ„bre after their quantyte the quene went fro batayle to batayle desyring them to do their deuoyre to defende the honoure of her lorde the kyng of Englande and in the name of god euery man to be of good hert and courage promysyng them that to her power she wolde remeÌ„bre theym aswell or better as thoughe her lorde the kyng were ther personally Than the quene departed fro them recoÌ„mendyng them to god and to saynt George than anone after the bataylles of the scottes began to set forwarde and in lyke wyse so dyd theÌ„glysshmen than the archers began to shote on bothe parties but the shot of the scottes endured but a shortspace but the archers of Englande shot so feersly so that whan the batayls aproched there was a harde batell They began at nyne and endured tyll noone the scottes had great ares sharpe and harde and gaue with them many great strokes howbeit finally thenglysshmen obtayned the place and vyctorie but they lost many of their me There were slayne of the scottes therle of Sys therle of Ostre the erle Patrys therle of Surlant therle Dastredare therle of Mare therle JohnÌ„ Duglas and the lorde Alysaunder Ramsey who bare the kynges baner and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers And there the kynge was taken who fought valiantly and was sore hurt a squyer of Northumberland toke hym called JohnÌ„ Coplande and assone as he had taken the kynge he went with hym out of the felde with .viii. of his seruaunces with hym and soo rode all that day tyll he was a fyftene leages fro the place of the batayle and at nyght he caÌ„e to a castell called Oryulus And than he sayde he wolde nat delyuer the kyng of scottes to no man nor woman lyueyng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his lorde the same day there was also taken in the felde the erle Morette the erle of Marche the lorde Wyllyam Duglas the lorde Robert Uesy the bysshoppe of Dadudame the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes and dyuers other knyghtes barownes And ther were slayne of one and other a .xv. thousande and the other saued themself as well as they might this batell was besyde Newcastell the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlvi. the saturday next after sayur Mychaell ¶ How JohnÌ„ Copland had the kyng of Scottes prisoner and what profet he gatte therby Cap. C .xxxix. WHan the quene of Englande beyng at Newcastell vnderstode howe the iourney was for her and her men she than rode to the place where the batayle hade ben thanÌ„e it was shewed her howe the kyng of scottê was taken by a squyer called JohnÌ„ Coplande and he hadde caryed away the kyng no man knewe whyder Than the quene wrote to the squyer coÌ„maundyng hym to bring his prisoner the kyng of scottes and howe he had nat well done to depart with hym without leaue all that day thenglysshmen taryed styll in the same place and the quene with them and the next day they retourned to New castell Whan the quenes letter was brought to Johan Coplande he answered and sayd that as for the kyng of scottes his prisoner he wolde nat delyuer hym to no maÌ„ nor woman lyueng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his souer ayne lorde As for the kynge of scottes he sayd he shuld be sauely kept so that he wolde gyue acompte for hym thanne the quene sende letters to the kyng to Calays wherby the kyng was enfourmed of the state of his realme than the kyng sende incoÌ„tynent to Johan Coplande that he shulde come ouer the see to hym to the siege before Calays Than the same Johan dyd putte his prisoner in saue kepynge in a stronge castell and so rode through England tyll he caÌ„e to Douer and there toke the see and arryued before Calays Whan the kyng of Englande sawe the squyer he toke hym by the hande and sayd a welcome my squyer that by your valyantnesse hath taken myne aduersary the kyng of Scottes the squyer kneled downe and sayde sir yf god by his grace haue suffred me to take the king of scottes by true conquest of armes sir I thynke no man ought to haue any enuy there at for aswell god may sende by his grace suche a fortune to fall to a poore squyer as to a great lorde and 〈◊〉 I requyre your grace be nat myscontent with me though I dyde nat delyuer the kynge of Scottes at the coÌ„maundement of the quene Sir I holde of you as myne othe is to you and nat to her but in all good maner the kyng sayd Johan the good seruyce that ye haue done and your valyantnesse is somoche worthe that hit must counteruayle your trespasse and be taken for your excuse and shame haue they that bere you any yuell wyll therfore ye shall retourne agayne home to your house and thaâ—â—e my pleasure is that ye delyuer your prisoner to the quene my wyfe and in a rewarde I assigne you nere to your house where
a great scrimysshe at the gate but theÌ„glysshmen rested nat ther greatly but passed by and went and lodged on the morres of Hersault And on the thirde day they came to Turwyn within the towne was therle Guy of saynt Poule with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr And thenglisshmen passed by toke the way to Hedyn and that day they loged on a lytell ryuer And whan the erle of saynt Poule sawe that thenglysshmen weÌ„t towarde his countre he knewe well they went nat thyder for his profyte for they hated hym moche Than he departed in the night and delyuered the cyte to the lorde of saynt Pye and to sir Johan of Ray and so he rode tyll he cam to the towne of saynt Poule And in the nexte mornynge the englisshe men came thyther and made there a great skrymysshe so that the commynge thyther of the erle of saynt Poule was happy for them of yâ— towne for by hym and his company the towne was kept and saued or els it had ben in a great adueÌ„ture of lesyng Thus the duke of Lancastre and his companye toke theyr pleasure in the couÌ„tie of saynt Poule and burned and exiled all the playne countrey and dyd there great domage and he was before the castell of Perides where as the lady of Dowaire was and as the duke aduysed the castel he gauged the depnesse of the dyche with a speare howe be it he assyed it nat but made a good face so to do and so passed by came to a fayre castell called Lucheu the whiche perteyned to the erle of saynt Poule and so they burned the towne and dyd nothynge to the castell Than they passed further and came to saynt Require The englisshemen rode on a day nat past a .iii. or foure leages but euer they burned the countrey as they went and so they passed the ryuer of Somme at the planchesse vnder Abbeuille And than they entred into the countrey of Uimeu in purpose to go to Harfle we on the ryuer of Seyne to burne the frenche Nauy The erle of saynt Poule and ser Moreau of Fiennes constable of France with a great nombre folowed pursued in costynge the englysshe hust wherfore the englisshemen durst nat ryde farre abrode out of the high waye but euer kepte themselfe close to gether redy to fight with theyr enemies if nede were And so thus they rode through Uimeu and the countie of Ewe and entred into yâ— archeby sshopryke of Roan passed by Depe and rode so longe that they came to Harflewe and there lodged The erle of saynt Poule was goteÌ„ before them and was entred into yâ— towne with .ii. C. speares So thus the englisshmen laye before Harflewe but they assayled it nat The .iiii. daye after they dislodged and made theyr retourne through the lande of the lorde of Stouteuille and so burned vp the moost parte of all his countrey and than they came through Francquesin and drewe toward Oysemont to repasse the riuer of Somme at Blanchetache The same season there was in the towne of Abuille as capitayne there Hugh of Chastellon maister of the crosbowes in France and whan he perceyued that the duke of Lancastre wolde repasse the riuer of somme he armed hym and caused a .x. or .xii. of his company in lyke wyse to arme them no mo And so mouÌ„ted on their horses sayeng howe he wolde go and se the kepyng of the gate of Rowray to th entent that if thenglisshmen passed by they shulde nat se but that it were well kepte This was early in the mornyng it was a great myst And the same tyme Sir Nicholas Louuaing who in tyme paste before had ben seneschall of Poictou and the same yere before ser Hugh of Chastellon had taken hym prysoner and raunsomed hym at .x. M. fraÌ„kes the which stacke sore in his mynde and had great desyre in his entent to be reuenged and to geat agayne that he had loste The same mornynge he and .xx. with hym were departed fro the duke of LaÌ„castres host he knewe right wel all the passages and straytes there aboute for he had well vsed them the space of .ii. or .iii. yeres to gether And so thought to putte hym selfe at auenture in a busshement bitwene Abbeuille and the castell of Rouuray so passed by a lyttell streyght way through a maryse and rested hym in certayne olde wast broken howses a man wolde neuer haue thought that any company of englisshemen wolde haue lyen in a busshement so nere to the towne So thus there this ser Nicholas and his company kepte them selfe preuy And so at last through the same waye came ser Hugh of Chastellon with x. with hym all armed except his bassenet the whiche his page bare after hym on a great courser and so passed ouer the lyttell ryuer that was there and thought to haue gone to haue spoken with the crosbowes that kepte the gate to knowe yf they had harde any thyng of the englisshemen And whanne sir Nicholas of Louuayng sawe hym he knewe hym wel he coude nat haue ben more ioyous if one had gyuen hym .xx. thousaÌ„d frankes Than he came out of his busshement and sayd to his company come on syrs lustely beholde yonder is he that I desire to haue it is the maister of the crosbowes I desyre to haue hym aboue all creatures lyuynge Than he set the spores to his horse sydes and cowched hys speare in the reste and came towarde sir Hugh of Chastellon and sayd yelde the Chastellon or thou arte but deed Syr Hugh had great meruayle from whens those men of warre came so sodaynly vpon hym for he had no leaser to put on his bassenet nor to mount on his courser whaÌ„ he sawe he was in so hard a case he sayd to whom shuld I yelde me Sir Nicholas answered to Lauuainge Than syr Hugh to eschewe the perel of deth for he sawe wel he coude nat flee sayde I yelde me Than he was takeÌ„ and sir Nicholas sayde come on and ryde with vs behold yonder cometh the duke of LaÌ„castre and his company who wyll passe here foreby at the same brunt ther was slayne a valyaÌ„t burgresse of Abuyle called Laurence Dancons the which was great domage Thus by great fortune was sir Hugh of Chastellon maister at yâ— tyme of the crosbowes in france and capitayn of Abuyle taken by sir Nicholas of Louuayne of whose takynge the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and so were all the englysshmen Sir Hugh of Chastellons frendes and yâ— men in the towne of Abuyle were right sorie for his takyng but they coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Than the englysshmen passed the ryuer of Some at blanchtache and than drue towardes the towne of Rue on the see syde and so to Monstrell and dyde somoche by their iorneys that they retourned agayne and caÌ„e to the towne of Calays And than the duke of Lancastre gaue all the strangers leaue to deê‘te and
land and by water for they were lordes of all the countrey of FlauÌ„ders for alwayes for wynning of money the countreys of Flaunders Holande zelande and Brabant and also parte of Haynault by stelthe brought euer vitayles to their hoost This Philyp dartuell had euer his courage more englisshe than french and wolde gladly that he had ben alyed with yâ— kyng of Englande Wherby he thought that if the frenche kynge or duke of Burgoyne came on him with an army that he shulde be ayded by the englysshmen He had all redy in his hoost a. CC. archers of Englande the whiche were stolen out of yâ— garyson of Calys so toke wages ther of him and were wekely payed ¶ Of the messangers that Philyppe Dartuell sent in to Englande and also in to Fraunce and of the deth of sir Parducas Dalbret Cap. iiii C .vii. PHilyp Dartuell to the entent to coloure his dedes to knowe what was sayde of hym in FrauÌ„ce He determyned to write in the name of the hole countre of Flaunders to the freÌ„che kyng submytting them selfe requyring yâ— kyng to takâ— some busynes for theÌ„ as to bring theÌ„ agayne iâ— to parfyte loue with their lorde the erle of FlauÌ„ders So thus he wrote certayne letters to the kyage and to his counsayle and delyuered theÌ„ to a messanger Commaundyng hym to go to the kynge with the letters and so he dyde And rode so long that he came to saynt Lyse where he founde the kynge and his vncles to whome he delyuered his letters The kyng toke reed his letter in the presens of his vncles and of his counsayle Assoone as they were reed and well vnderstande they dyde nothynge but laughed therat And thanÌ„e it was ordayned to take the messanger and to set hym in prison bycause he was come to the presens of the kyng wtout any saue conduct so ther he remayned more than thre wekes Whan Philyppe Dartuell knewe it he had great indygnacion therat and caused to come before hym all the capitayns of the hoost and than he sayd to them Sirs ye may se what honour the frenche kynge dothe to vs sythe we haue written to hym so amyably and ther vpon he hath recayned our messenger and kepeth hym in prison Certainly this constrey neth vs sore to be alyed with the englisshmen for thynke nat the contrary but that the duke of Burgoyne who is all in Fraunce and leadeth the kyng there as he lyst hym selfe for the kyng is but a chylde thynke you that he wyll leaue this mater as it is nay surly â–ª ensample by our messanger whome he kepeth in prisone Wherfore we haue good cause to sende in to England as wel for the comon weale of FlauÌ„ders as for our suretye and to gyue dout and feare to our enemyes Therfore I wolde we shulde sende a ten or .xii. of the most notablest of our men wherby the knowledge therof might come in to FrauÌ„ce so that the kyng ther and his counsayle shulde thynke how we wyll alye our selfe with yâ— kyng of Englande their aduersary how beit I wyll nat that the same alyance be shortly made without we haue more nede thanne we haue as yet but I wolde our men shulde entre in to a communicacyon and so to doo we haue iust cause and to demaunde of the kyng of Englande the soÌ„me of two huÌ„dred thousande crownes which somme Jaques Dartuell my father and the countrey of FlauÌ„ders lent somtyme to the kyng of Englande whyle he was before Tourney at the siege to pay therwith his sowdyers and so I wolde our men shulde say to the kyng of Englande and to his vncles and to his counsayle howe that generally all the countye of Flaunders and the good townes therof suche as lent the sayd soÌ„me desyreth to haue agayn the sayd soÌ„me And so that done than to offre the kynge of England to enter into Flaunders and so into FrauÌ„ce if he lyst For surely I thynke it were bett for vs to ayde ourselfe with our owne than to haue helpe of straungers And I thynke we shall neuer attayne to it soner than nowe for yâ— kynge and realme of Englande I thynke wyll nat forsake the alyauÌ„ce of suche a couÌ„tre as flaÌ„ders is nowe For as nowe theÌ„glysshmen haue nat on yâ— see cost bytwene Burdeux Scluse Except Calys Chierburge and Brest where for to lande and entre in to Fraunce Therfore the countre of Flaunders shulde serue theÌ„ well at the poynt For Bretayne except Brest is closed agaynst them And the duke of Bretaygne hath sworne to be good french And if he be nat he wyll coÌ„e therto bycause of the loue of his cosyn germayne therle of Flaunders Than all they that herde Philyp speke answered sayd Philyp ye haue full well spoken we all wyll that it be thus done For whosoeuer wyll the coÌ„trary loueth nat the comon ê“fyte of FauÌ„ders Philyp Dartuell taryed nat long but that he wrote to Peter de Boyse to Peter de myrt who were capitayns of Brugê And also to theÌ„ of Ipre and Courtrey shewyng them his said purpose And all they thought it good so to be done So ther were chosen of the good townes of Flaunders one or two burgesses of euery towne and out of the towne of GauÌ„tsixe First there was chosen FrauÌ„ces Atreman Rase de Uerdell Loys de vaux sir JohnÌ„ stotler Martyn bondrell water iacob berner and a clerke who was chosen to be bysshop of GauÌ„t by pope Urbane For mayster JohnÌ„ dalbrest who had ben deane of our lady church in Turney he aduysed in his tyme that ther shulde be a bisshop in Gaunt And to posses haue the profytes yâ— the bysshop of Turney shulde haue had and so whan these .xii. burgesses were redy aparelled they toke their leaue and departed fro the siege before And warpe about the begynning of the moneth of July And dyde so moche that they came to Calais and the capitayne ther called sir Johan Dalbrenes receyued theÌ„ And whan he knewe that they wolde go into EnglaÌ„de he purueyed them of shyppes And so they taryed there but thre dayes toke their passage aryued at Douer and so went to LoÌ„don at which tyme the kyng ê‘te of his couÌ„sayle as ser JohhÌ„ moÌ„tagu ser Symon burle sir WillmÌ„ beachaÌ„p were at WestmÌ„ To enheryte ser Perducas dalbret of all the barony of Chaumont in gascone the which was as than in the kynges handê I shall shewe you by what maner king Edward of olde tyme had gyuen it to sir Johan Chandos and he helde it as long as he lyuâ—â— after his dethe it was gyuen to sc Thomas Felton And he was as than newly deed and so therby the landes fell agayne into the kynges handes the whiche lande might nat long be without a gouernour to kepe it For it ioyned to yâ— landes of the lorde Dalbret who as thanÌ„e was good frenche Than it was abuysed by the kyng of
Guy de la Tremoyle sir Willyma de Namure serued and so dyd dyuers other great lordes of FrauÌ„ce In fyue huÌ„dred yere before there was nat sene suche a solempnite in Cambray And after dyner knyghtes and squiers were armed to iust And so they iusted in the markette place .xl. knightes of the one syde The yonge kyng Charles iusted with a knight of Heynalt called sir Nycholas Espinot So these iustes were nobly contynued and a yonge knyght of Haynalt had the price called sir Johan of Desternne besyde Beawmont in Haynalt This knyght iusted greatly to the pleasure of the lordes ladyes He had for his prise a gyrdell set with precyous stones gyuen hym by yâ— duches of Burgoyne from her owne wast the admyrall of Fraunce sir Guy de la Tremoyle dyd preseÌ„t it to him Thus in great reuell they contynued all that weke and on yâ— friday after dyner the kyng toke leaue of the lordes ladyes and they of him and so departed fro Cambray And also the dukes duchesses deê‘ted and the duches of Burgoyn brought margaret of Haynalt her doughter to Arras and yâ— lady of Haynalt brought yâ— lady Margarete of Burgoyne to Quesnoy Thus passed forthe this besynes ¶ Howe the duke of Berrey ensured his doughter to the sonÌ„e of therle of Bloyse and howe therle of Matche and the duke of Burbon made their somons to entre in to Lymosin Cap. CCCC .li. THe saÌ„e season there was trety of maryage bytwene Loys of Bloys son to therle Guy of â—oyâ— and yâ— lady Mary dought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Johan of Berry And so th 〈…〉 rle of Bloys well acoÌ„panyed with lordes and ad 〈…〉 s brought his doughter to Bergues in 〈◊〉 where the duke and duches were redy 〈…〉 de for them who tyght nobly receyued 〈◊〉 and all their company And there was 〈…〉 rmed the assurance of that maryage an 〈…〉 〈…〉 chebysshop of Bergues ensured them 〈…〉 der in the preseÌ„ce of many lordes and lad 〈…〉 howbeit they were natte wedded as than 〈…〉 ey were bothe very yonge So ther was great feest reuelyng and daunsyng and so at last therle and the countesse retourned to their countre their sonne with them And the lady abode styll with the duches her mother in Barrey in a fayre castell besyde Bergues called Mehune on the ryuer of yure The same season the duke of Berry went in to Auuergne and LaÌ„guedocke and so to Auignon to se pope Clement And it was ordayned that the duke of Burbone and therle of Marche with two thousande men of armes shulde go in to Lymosyn to delyuer that countre fro all the englysshmen and theues that robbed and pylled the couÌ„tre For in Poictou and in Xaynton they had as than certayne fortresses whiche dyde moche domage to the couÌ„tre wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey â–ª who was in mynde to remedy it and he had desyred the duke of Burbone his cosyn that in any wyse whan he were come into Limosyn and Xaynton that he shulde coÌ„quere the garyson of Bertuell for that was the forteresse that dyde moost hurt in that countre And the duke of Burbone promysed hym so to do And he hadde made his somons at Molins in Burbonoyse to be there the first daye of June and so thyder drewe at that tyme all maner of men of warre The duke of Burbone had with hym a gentyll squyer called Johan bone lauÌ„ce He was mayster and capitayne of his men of warre Certaynly the squyer was well worthy to haue suche a charge and the erle of Marche who shulde be in coÌ„pany with the duke of Burbone made his somons at the cytie of Toures tHe same season there came to Scluse in Flaunders all suche men of warre as were apoynted to passe the see into Scotlande with sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce he shulde haue with hym a thousande speares knightes and squiers And I beleue well they were all there for they had great desyre to go In so moche that some that were nat desyred aduaunsed them selfe to go in that voyage with the admyrall All their shyppyng was redy apparelled at Scluse and they caryed with them harnesse for .xii. hundred men of armes They had taken that harnesse out of the castell of Beauty besyde Parys The harnesse was parteyning to the parisyens the whiche they were caused to bring to the sayd castell in the tyme of their rebellion In the admyrals company there were a great nombre of good men of warr And their entensyon was to delyuer the sayd harnesse to the knyghtes men of Scotlande bycause sir Geffray de Charney had enformed the kynges counsayle howe the men in Scotlande were but easely harnessed I shall name vnto you parte of theÌ„ of Fraunce that wente in to Scotlande the same season â–ª First sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the erle of graunt pre the lordes of Uerdnay of saynt Crouse and of Mountbury sir Geffray of Charney sir Wyllyam of Uyen sir Jaques of Uyen the lorde despaigny sir Gerard of Burbone the lorde of Hetz sir Floromonde of Quissy the lorde of Marny sir Ualerant of Rayneuall the lorde of Beausaige the lorde of Uaynbrayne the lorde of Rynoll baron dury the lorde of Coucy sir Percyuall Daneuall yâ— lorde Ferrers the lorde of Fountaygnes sir Braquet of Braquemont the lorde of Graunt court the lorde of Landon breton sir Guy la ê‘son sir WyllmÌ„ de Couroux sir Johan de Hangyers sir Henry de Uyncelyn cosyn to yâ— great maister of Pruce diuers other good knightê whiche I can nat all name so that they were to the noÌ„bre of a thousande speares knightes and squyers besyde cros bowes and other varlettê They had gode wynde and a fayre season on yâ— see the wether was fayre it was in the moneth of May. That tyme yâ— truse bytwene EnglaÌ„de and FrauÌ„ce was expyred and bitwene the gauÌ„toyse and flemynges lykewise for as it semed than euery parte desyred warre knyghtes and squiers desyred greatly to go in the voyage to Scotlande for they thought by the ayde of the scottê to haue a fayre iourney agaynst their enemyes in EnglaÌ„de Thenglysshmen who were enfourmed of their comynge loked for theym euery day Thus endeth the first volume of sir Johan Froissart of the cronycles of EnglaÌ„de Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynyng Translated out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of our moost highe redouted soueraygne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce and hygh defender of the christen faithe c. Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Richarde Pynson printer to the kynges noble grace And ended the .xxviii. day of January the yere of our lorde M. D .xxiii. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto
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
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
the duchy of Bretayne Anone after the french kyng was remoued fro the Sauoy to the castell of wyndsore and all his house holde and went a huntyng and a haukyng ther about it his pleasur and the lorde Philypp his son with hym and all the other prisoners abode styll at London and went to se the kyng at their pleasure and were receyued all onely on their faythes ¶ Howe the kyng of Scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. C .lxxiiii. YE haue herde here before howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was taken was prisoner in Englande more than .ix. yere And anone after the truse was concluded bytwene Englande and Fraunce the two foresayd cardynals with the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes in Scotlande fell in treaty for the delyuerance of the kyng of Scottê The treaty was in suche maner that the kyng of Scotes shulde neuer after arme hymselfe agaynst the kyng of Englande in his realme nor counsayle nor consent to any of his subgetes to arme them nor to greue nor make warre agaynst England And also the kyng of Scottes after his retourne into his realme shulde put to all his payne and dilygence that his men shulde agre that the realme of Scotland shuld holde in fee and do homage to the kyng of England And if the realme wolde nat agree thereto yet the kynge of Scottes to swere solemply to kepe good peace with the kyng of Englande and to bynde hymselfe and his realme to pay within .x. yere after fyue hundred thousande nobuls and at the somonyng of the kyng of England to sende gode pleges and hostages as the erle of Duglas therle of Morette the erle of Mare the erle of Surlant the erle of Fye the baron of Uersey and sir Wyllyam of Caumoyse And all these to abyde in Englande as prisoners and hostagers for the kyng their lorde vnto the tyme that the sayd paymeÌ„t of money be full content and payed Of this ordynaunce and bondes there were made instrumentes publykes and letters patentes sayled by bothe kynges And than the kyng of Scottê deê‘ted and went into his realme and his wyfe quene Isabell suster to the kynge of Englande with hym and he was honourably receyued in his realme and he went and lay at saynt Johsis towne on the ryuer of Try tyll his castell of Edenborough was newe prepared ¶ Howe the duke of Lancaster layed siege to Reynes Cap. C .lxxv. ABoute the myddes of May in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lvii. the duke of Lacastre made in Breten a great army of englysshmen of bretons in the ayde of the countesse of Moutfort and or ner yonge sonne they were in nombre a thousande men of armes well aparelled and .v. hundred of other with archers And they departed on a day fro Hanybout and went forthe breÌ„nyng and exilyng the contrey of Bretayne and so came before the good cyte of Reynes and layed siege therto and made many assautes and lytell good dyde for within was the Uycount of Rowan the lorde dela wall sir Charles of Dignen and dyuers other And also there was a yong bachelar called Bertraude of â—lesquyne who duryng the siege fought with an englyssh man called sir Nycholas Dagorne and that batayle was takenÌ„e thre courses with a speare thre strokes with an are and thre with a dagger And eche of these knyghtes bare themselfe so valyantly that they departed fro the felde wtout any damage and they were well regarded bothe of theym within and they without The same season the lorde Charles de Bloyes was in the countrey and pursewed sore the regent of Fraunce desyring hym to sende men of warr to reyse the siege at Reynes but the regent had suche busynes with the maters of the realme that he dydde nothynge in that cause So the siege lay styll before Reynes ¶ How a knyght of the county of Eureuse called sir wyllyam of Granuyll wan the cytie and castell of Eureux the which as than was french for the frenche kyng had won it fro the Naaeroys as ye haue herde before Capitulo C. lxxvi A knight named the lorde of Granuyll ê‘tayning to the kyng of Nauer bothe by fayth and othe gretly it displeased hym the preseÌ„tmeÌ„t of the kyng of Nauerre and also it was right dysplesant to some of the burgesses of Eureur but they coude nat amende it bycause the castell was their enemy This lorde dwelt a two leages fro the cyte and osten tymes he resorted to the cite to a burges house that in tyme before euer loued well the kyng of Nauer WhaÌ„ this lorde came to this burgesse house he wolde eate drinke with hym and speke and coÌ„men of many maters specially of the kyng of Nauer and of his takyng wherwith they wer nothing coÌ„tent And on a tyme this lorde sayd to the burges if ye woll agre with me Ishal on a day wyn agayne this cyte bourge castell to the behofe of the kyng of Nauer howe may that be sayd yâ— burges for the captayn of the castell is so gode a freÌ„chman that he woll neuer agre therto with out the castell ye can do nothynge for the castell ouer maistreth the cytie Well ê™ the lorde Wyllyam Ishall she we you first it behoueth that ye gette of your acorde thre or foure other burgesses and prouyde redy in your houses certayne men well armed and Ishall warraÌ„t you on my peryll that ye shall entre into the castell without â—anger by asubtyltie that I wyll coÌ„pase This burgesse dyde somoche in a briefe tyme that he dyd gette a hundred burgesses of his opinyon This lorde of Granuyll came in and out into yâ— cyte at his pleasure without any suspectyon for he was neuer in harnes with sir Philyp of Nauerre in no iourney that he made bycause his lande lay nere to the cytie of Eureur And also the frenche kyng whan he wan the cytie he caused all the landes there aboute to be bounde to hym els he wolde haue taken them to his owne vse So the freuche kyng had the countrey but the hertes of the people were styll naueroyse also if kyng JohnÌ„ had ben in Fraunce as he was in Englande he durst nat haue done as he dyd but he thought yâ— maters of France were insore trouble and also ê‘ceyued howe the thre estates wer well mynded to the delyueraÌ„ce of the kyng of Nauer And whan he saw all his mater redy 〈◊〉 well forward that the burgesses of his opynyon were well aduysed what they shulde do he armed hymselfe with secrete armour dyd on a â—â—opp aboue a cloke aboue that and vnder his arme he bare a short batell axe with hym went a varlet who was â—riuy to his mynd And so he came walkyng before the castell gate as he had often tymes done before he walked vp downe so often that at last the capitayne came downe and opyned the wycket as he was wont to do and stode and loked about hym And
of the empyre for his wages So that he had a thre thousande speares and so went and layed siege to Parys towarde saynt Antoyne a long by the ryuer of Sayne was lodged hymselfe at saynt More and his men ther about and euery day they ran skirmysshing to the walles of Parys And som tyme the duke lay at ChareÌ„ton and another season at saynt More so that nothyng caÌ„e to Parys on that syde nother by lande nor by water for the duke caused bothe the ryuers of Sayne and Marne to be surely kept and brende all the villages about Parys suche as were nat closed the better therby to chastyce theym of Parys And if Parys had nat than ben fortifyed with walles and dykes it had bene distroyed none durst go into Parys nor go out for feare of the dukes men who rode on bothe sybeâ—â— the ryuer of Sayne at his pleasure ther were none to resyst them The prouost kept styll in loue the kyng of Nauerr and toke of hym counsayle and the commons day and nyght dyd worke on the defence of the cytie and kept a great noÌ„bre of men of warre naueroyse and englysshe archers and other companyons There was in the cytie certayne well dysposed persons as JohnÌ„ Mayllart and Symonde his brother and dyuerse of their lynage that were sore dyspleased of the duke of NormaÌ„dyes yuell wyll but the prouost had so drawen to his opynion all maner of men that none durst say contrary to hym without he were slayne without mercy The kyng of Nauer seyng the varyaunce bytwene them of Parys and the duke of Normandy thought and supposed that the maner coude nat long endure in that state And he had no great trust to the coÌ„montie of Parys and so he departed thense as curtesly as he myght and went to saynt Denyce and there he kepte with hym a good nombre of soudyers at the wages of them of Parys The duke thus lay a sixe wekes at Charenton and the kyng of Nauerre at saynt Denyce they pylled and eate vp the countre on euery syde bytwene these parties entreated for a peace the archbysshoppe of Senus the bysshoppe of Ausser the bysshoppe of Beaumoys the lorde of Momorency the lorde of Fyenes and the lorde of saynt Uenant And so often they went bytwene the ê‘ties and so sagely demeaned their busynesse that the kyng of Nauerre with his owne good wyll without constreynt went to Charenton to the duke of NormaÌ„dy and excused hymselfe of that he was had in suspecte First of the dethe of the two knightes and of maister Symonde Bucy and of the dispyte that the prouost had â—one to hym in the paleys of Parys And they he sware that it was vnknowen to him and there promysed the duke to stycke with hym in good yuell and there peace was made bytwene them And the kynge of Nauersayde howe he wolde cause them of Parys to make amendes for that they had done The duke was content that the commons of Parys shulde haue peace soo that he myght haue the prouost and .xii. other burgesses suche as he wolde chose within Parys to correct theym at his pleasure All these thynges agreed the kynge of Nauer retourned to saynt Denyce and the duke went to Meaulx in Bry and gaue leaue to all his men of warre to dept Certayne burgesses of Parys suche as hadde holpen to make the sayd treaty desyred the duke to come to Parys sayeng howe they shulde do hym all the honoure they myght The duke answered and sayd he wolde kepe the peace made and that he had sworne vnto without any brekyng of his part but to entre into Parys surely he sayd he wolde neuer tyll he had satysfacryon of theym that had dyspleased hym The prouost of the marchantes and his sect often tymes visyted the kyng of Nauerre at saynt Denyce and shewed hym howe they were in the in dygnacion of the duke of Normandy for his sake bycause they delyuered hym out of prison and brought hym to Parys Therfore they sayd to hym â—ir for goddessake haue no great truste in the duke nor in his counsayle The kynge sayd certaynly frendes ye shall haue none yuell but my part shal be therin seyng ye haue as nowe the gouernaunce of Parys I wolde counsayle you to prouyde your selfe of golde and syluer so that if ye haue nede by that ye may euer helpe your selfe And hardely sende it hyder to saynt Denyce on the trust of me and I shall kepe hit well and shall alwayes entertayne men of warrÌ„ secretly that if ye haue nede shall make warre a gaynst your ennemyes So thus after this the prouost two tymes a weke sende euer to saynte Denyce two somers charged with floreyns to the kynge of Nauerr who receyned the money with gladde chere ¶ Of the parisyens that were slayne at saynt Clude by theÌ„glysshmen that had besodyers in Paris Ca. Clxxxvi ALl this season there were in Parys a great nombre of men of warre englysshe and naueroyse retayned in wagê by the prouost and by the coÌ„mons of the cytie to ayde theÌ„ agaynst the duke of NormaÌ„dy who bare themselfe right well the warr duâ—yng but whan yâ— peace was made bytwene the parisyens and the duke Certayne of these soudyours departed fro Parys and some abode there styll suche as departed went to the kynge of Nauer who receyued them into wages ther abode styll in Parys a thre hundred they sported them and spende merely their money On a day a stryfe fell bytwene theym and they of Parys and ther were slayne of theym a threscore wherof the prouost blamed greatly them of the cytie Howe beit to apease the coÌ„mons he toke mo than a hundred and fyftie and put theym in prison in thre gates and sayd to the commons howe they shulde all be slayne and corrected acordyng to their trespaces wherby the coÌ„mons were apeased But whan nyght came the prouost caused them to be delyuered out of prison and put them out of the towne at their lybertie And so they went to saynt Denyce to the kynge of Nauer and he receyued and retayned theym all In the next mornynge whan they of Parys knewe the delyueraunce of the englysshmen out of prison they were greatly dyspleased with the prouost but he lyke a wyse man dyssembled the mater â–ª tyll it was forgoten These englysshe naueroyse soudyers whan they were toguyder at saynt Denyce they were mo than thre huÌ„dred they determyned to be reuenged of them of Parys for the dispyte done to them Than they defyed theym of Parys and made eger warre agaynst theym and to slee all maner of people of Parys that yssued out so that they durst nat go out of their gates Than they of the cytie desyred the prouost that he wolde cause parte of the commons to be armed and to yssue out into the feldes to fyght with the englysshmen The prouost agreed therto and sayd howe he wolde go with them
his counsayle she wyng to them howe on their partie the peace dayly was but yuell kept aswell by reason of the warr that the coÌ„panyons had made all this sixe yere coÌ„tynually in the realm of France as by dyuers other accydentes wherof the frenche kyng was enformed and nat well coÌ„tent therwith The kyng of Englande caused these ambassadours to tary styll in England the space of two monethes and in the same space they declared dyuers artycles often tymes to the kyng wherof the kyng was sore displeased howbeit they set lytell ther by for they were charged by the french kyng his counsayle to shewe it And whan the french kyng had secrete and certayne knowlege howe they within Abuyle wolde become french and that the warres were opyn in Gascone howe all his people were redy aparelled and in gode wyll to make warr agaynst the prince to entre in to the principalyte Howbeit he thought as than to haue no reproche nor in tyme to coÌ„e to be sayd of hym that he shuld send his people into the kyng of Englande or princes lande or to take townes cyties castels or fortresses wtout defyaÌ„ce wherfore he was couÌ„selled to send to defy the kyng of England And so he dyd by his letters closed and a breton varlet bare theÌ„ And whan he came to Douer ther he founde the erle of Salebruce sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman returnyng into FraÌ„ce and had acoÌ„plysshed their message to whome this varlet declared ê‘te of his message so he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to do And whan they herde that they deê‘ted out of Englande as fast as they might passed the see were right ioyfull whan they were aryued at Bolen In the same season the prince had sent to Rome to pope Urbane sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle for dyuers maters touchyng Aquitayne And he fouÌ„de the pope right fauorable in all his sutes so returned agayne and by the way he herde howe the gascoyns frenchmen made warr agaynst the prince howe they ouerran the pricipalyte wherof he was sore abasshed in feare how he might returne without daÌ„ger Howbeit he caÌ„e to the geÌ„tyll erle of Sauoy whom he founde in PyemoÌ„t in the towne of Pyneroll for he made warr agaynst the marques of Saluces The erle of Sauoy receyued him ioyously all his company kept him two dayes gaue to them great gyftes specially to sir Guysshard Dangle for therle greatly honoured him bycause of his noble chinalry And so whaÌ„ he was deê‘ted aproched nerer to the bondes of Fraunce of Bolone he herde euer tidyngê worse worse to his purpose So that he saw well in that case that he was in he coude nat returne into Guyen he was to well knowen Therfore he gaue the gouernaÌ„ce of his coÌ„pany to a knight called ser iohnÌ„ I sore who had wedded his dought he was a good freÌ„chman borne in the marches of breten So he toke on him the charge to conduct home his father in lawes company and he went into the lande of the lorde of Beauieu ther he passed the ryuer of Some And there he acquyted hym selfe so with the lorde of Beauieu that he brought hym and all his company to Ryon in Auuerne to the duke of Berry and ther he offerd to be good freÌ„che as it was sayd so that he myght be brought peasably to his owne house into Bretayne And his father in lawe ser Guys shard Dangle disgysed hym selfe lyke a poore preest yuell horsed and arrayed and so passed by Fraunce the marchesse of Burgoyne and of Auuerne And dyde somoche with great payne that he entred into the pricipalyte and came to Angoleme to the price wher he was right welcome and another knight that went with him to Rome called sir WyllmÌ„ of Cens for feare As he came homwarde he came to the abbey of Cluny in Burgone and ther taryed more than fyue yeres after and durst neuer go oute of the house And yet at last he yelded hymsefe french Nowe let vs retourne to the breton yâ— brought the freÌ„che kyngê defyaÌ„ce to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d ¶ How the defyance was delyuered to the kyng of Englande and howe the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Chastellon conquered therldome of Poictou Cap. CC .xlvii. THis foresayd varlet dyde so moche that he came to London and vnderstode how the kyng and his couÌ„sayle was at WestmÌ„ holdynge there a great counsayle for the princes warres bytwene hym the barons and knightes of Gascone to se how it shulde be maynteyned and what men shulde be sent out of England to ayde hym And than ther came to them other newe tidynges the whiche made theÌ„ to haue other busynesse than they had before For this frenche varlet dyd somoch that he entred into the chambre wher the kyng and his counsayle was and sayd howe he was a varlet sent by the french kyng had brought letters to the kyng of Englande And so kneled downe to the kyng and offred hym the letters And the kynge who greatly desyred to knowe what they ment caused them to be receyued opyned and reed ¶ Than the kyng and all his conÌ„sayle had great maruell therof whan they vnderstode the defyance and behelde well the seale and sigue and sawe clerely howe it was of authorite Than they caused the varlet to departe sayeng to hym howe he hadde right well done his message Wherfore he might departe whan he wolde he shulde haue no let and so he returned assone as he might The same season ther were styll in England hostagers the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne therle of Porseen the lorde of Mallurer and dyuers other who wer in great heuynes of hert whan they herde those tidynges for they knewe nat what the kyng wolde do with them The kyng and his counsayle had great dispyte that a varlet shulde thus bringe his defyaÌ„ce and sayd howe it was nothyng aê‘tenant that the warr bytwene two such gret princes as the kyng of Englande and the frenche king shulde be publysshed by a varlet they thought it had ben more metely yâ— it shulde haue ben done by a prelat or by some valyaÌ„t man baron or knyght how beit they sawe there was no remedy Than they couÌ„sayled the kyng that incontynent he shulde sende a great army in to Poyctou to kepe the fronters ther and specially to the towne of Abuyle the whiche was in great danger of lesyng The kyng was content so to do and so ther was apoynted to go thyder the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde of Carbeston and sir WyllmÌ„ of Wynsore with CCC men and. M. archers And in the mean season whyle these lordes made them redy and were coÌ„e to Douer to passe the see ther came other tidynges out of Poictou the which were nothyng ioyfull For assone as therle Guy of s Poule and sir Guy of Chastellon who were as than maisters of the crosbowes of France thought by all likelyhod yâ— the
to be forgotten For sir Johan Chandos who was seneshall ther lyke a hardy and a valyaÌ„t knight euer desyringe to fynde the frenchmen to fyght with them He assembled togyder at Poicters a certayne nombre of men of armes sayenge howe he wolde ryde in to Aniou and retourne agayne by Towrayne and se the frenchemen in the marchesse and fronters there The whiche purpose he signifyed to therle of Penbroke who lay at Mortaygne in garyson with two hundred speares Of the whiche tidynges the erle was ioyfull and was well content to haue rydden forthe but some of the knightes of his counsayle brake his purpose and sayde Sir ye be as yet but yong your noblenesse is yet to come and sir if you put your selfe in to the coÌ„pany of sir JohnÌ„ Chandos whatsoeuer ye do he shall haue the brute and voyce therof for ye shall be reputed but as his companyon Therfore sir it is better for you sythe ye be so great a lorde as ye be that ye do your enterprises by your selfe a parte And let sir Johan Chandos do his by him selfe sythe he is but a bacheler as to the regarde of your estate So these wordes and other abated the erles desyre so that therby he had no more wyll to go forthe with ser Johan Chandos and so made an excuse to hym Howebeit sir JohnÌ„ Chandos wolde nat breke his purpose in goyng forth to do his enterprice but made his assemble at Poicters and so deê‘ted with thre hundred speares of knyghtes and squyers and two hundred archers With hym was sir Thomas Percy sir Stephyn Gosenton sir Richarde Pountchardon sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt sir Richard TeÌ„con ser ThomÌ„s Spens sir Nowell Lornysshe sir Dangoses sir Thomas Balastre sir Johan Tryuell sir WyllmÌ„ Mountendre sir WyllmÌ„ Manbrius of Lymers sir Geffray DargeÌ„ton and dyuers other These men of armes and archers rode forthe in good ordynaunce and passed Poitou and entred into Aniou Than they sent forthe their currours before them to bren and exyle the playne countrey So they dyde many yuels in that good plentyfull countrey of Aniowe and none came to fight with them and taryed ther the space of .xv. dayes and specially in the plentyfull coâ—â—re called Londonoys And than they cetourned agayne bytwene Aniou Tourayn a long by the ryuer of Creuse And so entred in to the lande of the vycont of Roche choart and brent and wasted the countre all about for they left nothyng abrode without the fortresse And so came to the towne of Roch choart and assay â—ed it right valyantly howbeit they wanne nothyng ther for the towne was well fortifyed 〈◊〉 good men of warr Thybault of pont and He lyons of Talay were capitayns within the towne so than theÌ„nglysshmen passed forthe Than sir Johan Chandos had knowledge howe the marshall of FraÌ„ce sir Loyes of Sanxere with a great nombre of men of warr was at Hay in Tourayne ThaÌ„ he had great desyre to go thy 〈◊〉 sent worde therof to therle of PeÌ„broke de syringe him to go with hym to yâ— Hay in Tourayne and to mete with hym at Casteleraulte And Chandos the heraude wente on this message and he founde therle at Mortayne who had redy assembled a certayne nombre to then tent to make a iourney on his enemyes And yâ— erle made his excuse by counsayle of his knightes sayeng he might nat coÌ„e to sir JohnÌ„ Chandos as at that tyme. Than the heraude retourned and fouÌ„de his maister at Casteleraut and there shewed hym his answere fro therle of PeÌ„broke And whan sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos herde that he was nat well content in his mynde for he ê‘ceyued well howe therle left that enterprice by presumpcion and pride Than he sayde well a goddes name so be it And so than gaue leaue to the moost parte of his company to departe and he went agayne to the cytie of Poicters ¶ Howe sir Loyes of Sanxere caÌ„e on therle of Penbroke and slewe diuers of his people and besieged the erle in a house Cap. CC .lxv. NOwe let vs shewe soÌ„ what of therle JohnÌ„ of PeÌ„broke what he dyde assone as he knewe that sir Johan Chandos was gone backe agayne to Poycters had gyuen leue to his men to departe Than the erle prepared to ryde forthe with hym a thre huÌ„dred speares englysshe and poâ—ctenyns and so departed fro Mortaygne Ther were certayne knightes and squyers of Poictou of Xaynton and some of England who had ben with sir Johan Chandos Than they came to the erle of Penbroke went forth in his company So they rode forthe and passed through Poyctou and toke the same waye that sir Johan Chandos had taken before and so entred into Aniou and brent and exyled the countre and toke all that was lefte and so they taryed a certayne space in the countre of LoÌ„do noyse And than tooke their way into the lande of the vycont of Roche choart wher they dyde great domage and hurt Than whan yâ— frenchmen who were in the garysons in the marches of Tourayne Aniou and Poyctou herde of these two iourneys thus made in the countrey of Aniou And herde howe that for pride therle of PeÌ„broke who was but a yonge man disdayned to go forthe in the coÌ„pany of sir JohnÌ„ chandos Than they determyned to encountre him if they might thinkyng more easely to disconfyte him than sir Johan Chandos Than they assembled togyder secretely a certayne nombre out of euery garyson ther aboute they made their capitayne sir Loys of Sanxer marshall of France And so secretely in a night they went forthe by Roche Poizay in Poictou the which was frenche and in that company was sir Robert of Sanxere cosyn to the marshall ser Johan of Uyen sir Johan of Bulle sir Wyllyam of Bordes sir Loys of saynt Julyan and Carnet the breton they were to the nombre of .vii. hundred Than the erle of Penbroke had done his iourney and was retournynge and entred agayne in to Poyctou and had made an ende of the brennyng of the vycont of Rochâ—hoartes landes And in his company was sir Bauden of Fanuyll seneshall of Xaynton sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Spenser sir Dangoses sir Johan Ornych sir JohnÌ„ Herpedan sir James Surgeres sir Johan Couson sir Thomas of saynt Albyn sir Robert Twyforde sir Symon Ausagre sir JohnÌ„ of Mortayne sir JohnÌ„ Couchet and dyuers other Thus these englysshmen and poyctenyns rode forthe with out dismay and herde no maner of tidynges of any men of warr and so with great pyllage praye entred agayne in to Poyctou And on a day they came about hye noone to a village called Puiernon toke their lodgynge wenyng to them to be in surety and there varlettê weâ—â— settyng vp of their horses and dressing of their supper Than sodenly the freÌ„chmen who were well aduysed of that they shulde do came in to the towne their speares in the reest and cryed their cryes our lady of Sanxere for the marshall of Fraunce
theym And whan they had stand thus the space of two houses and sawe that none came to them they had great marueyle Than the duke demaunded of the lordes about him what was best for hym to do Some sayd one thyng some sayd another euery man after his opinyon Than the duke sayd to sir Water of Manny sir howe say you Sir sayd he I can nat tell what I shulde say But sir and ye shulde do after myne opinyon ye shulde ordayne your men of armes and archers in maner of batayle and euer lytell and lytell to auauÌ„ce forwarde For sir anon it wyll be day lyght than shall you se perfitely before you The duke agreed to this counsayle howe be it some other counsayled to the contrary for in no wyse they wolde haue the duke to remoue fro his felde So in this strife they were togyder a certayne space at last it was ordayned yâ— certayne of sir Robert of Namures company and certayne of sir Ualeran de Bromes company shulde mount a hors backe bycause they were mete and able for such an enterprice And so a .xxx. of the best horsemen deê‘ted and rode towarde the frenche host Than agayne ser Galtyer of Manny sayd to the duke sir neuer beleue me without the frenchmen be fledde Therfore mount on your horse and all your company and folowe them quickely and ye shall haue this day on them a fayre iourney Than the duke sayde Sir I haue hytherto alwayes folowed the aduyse of my counsayle euer wyll â—o but I can neuer beleue that so many valyant men of armes and noble knightes that be here of the frenche partie wolde thus shamfully depart For parauenture the fyers that they haue made is to drawe vs to warde them and so to begyle vs. Anon our currours wyll come in and they wyll bringe vs the perfyte knowledge of euery thynge ANd as they were thus talkynge their currours came in and sayd to the purpose of sir Gaultyer of MaÌ„ny and shewed all that they had sene and founde They sayde howe they founde no body but certayne poore vitaylers suche as folowed the host Than sir Gaultier of Manny had great honoure of his opinyon before Than the duke of Lancastre drewe to his lodgyng and vnarmed him and thought to haue gone and dyned in the frenche mens lodgynges sauynge for the fyre smoke that they had made wolde nat suffre him but at nyght he went thyder to supper and lodged there all night and toke their ease with such as they had The next mornynge they dislodged and retourned to Calays and whan the duke of Burgoyne dysloged he went the same day to saynt Omers and there lay and all his host And than deê‘ted euery man whyder they wolde whiche was a great payne after to bringe togyder agayne ¶ The same weke the erle of Penbroke beynge in Poyctou and had great displeasure that sir Loys of Sanxere sir Johan of Uyen sir JohnÌ„ of Bulle other had so delt with him before at Puyernon as it hath bâ— the wed before than he thought to be reuenged if he might And departed fro Mortayne with his company with a two hundred speares and so came to Angolesme to the prince who made him great there The erle desyred him to lette him haue a certayne noÌ„bre of men and to haue leaue to make a iourney Sayeng how he had great desyre to reuenge him of the dispites that the freÌ„chmen had done to him of late The price who loued hym entierly grauÌ„ted his desyre the same season ther was newly come to the price fro the countie of Armynake sir Hugh Caurell and had brought with hym moo than fyue huÌ„dred men of warr of the companyons The prince commaunded hym to go with the erle of Penbroke in that iourney and also the erle desyred sir Loys Harcourt sir Guyssharde Dangle sir Percyuale of Coloyne the lorde of PoÌ„s the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Pynan sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Pontchardon and dyuers other knightes of the princê house who gladly grauÌ„ted to go with hym So whaÌ„ they were all togyder they were a fyue C. speres thre hundred archers and fyftene hundred of other men in maner of brigantes with launces and pauesses folowynge the hoost a fote Thus therle of Penbroke deê‘ted with his coÌ„pany and rodeso long that he raÌ„e into Aniou than he began to brenne wa st and distroy the countre And so passed through on the one syde brennynge and winnynge of townes and small holdes and raunsomed the playne countrey to Sauyour on Loyre And lodged in the subbarbes and assayled the towne but they coude nat get it for within was sir Robert of Sanxere who kepte and defended the towne but all the couÌ„tre aboute was brent and distroyed Than 〈◊〉 Hughe Caurell and his company came to a bridge on the ryuer of Loyre called the bridge of See and anone they that kept it were discoÌ„fyted and the bridge wonne And than they for â—â—yed it in suche wyse that they kept it long after And also in the same iourney the englysshmen toke and wanne an abbey on the ryuer of Loyre called saynt More the whith they newly fortifyed in suche wyse that they made therof a great garyson the whiche greatly domaged the countre all the wynter somer after THe same tyme ther was in Poyctou an abbey and is yet called saynt Saluyn a 〈…〉 euyn leages fro Poycters in the whiche abbey there was a monke that gretly hated his super your the abbot that he shewed well for bycause of the hatred that he had to him he betrayed the abbot and all his coueÌ„t For by his meanes he delyuered the abbey and the towne to sir Loys of saynt Julyan and to Carnet the breton who toke it in the frenche kynges name and repeyred it and made ther a good garysone Of the takyng of saynt Saluyn sir Johan Chandos was sore displeased bycause he was sene shall of Poictou And he thought to hymselfe that if he lyued long to get it agayne howesoeuer he dyde and that they that hadde taken it shulde repent it ¶ Nowe let vs a lytell season leaue spekyng of the busynesse of Poictou and speke of the duke of Lancastre ¶ Howe the countre of UermaÌ„doise and the countie of saynt Poule were wasted and sir Hugh of Chastellone taken Cap. CC .lxix. WHan the duke of LaÌ„castre was come agayne to Calays after the departyng fro Tornehen and that he his company had refresshed theÌ„ there a thre dayes thanne he thought agayn to ryde forth and make some iourney into France Than yâ— two marshals therle of Warwyke and the lorde Roger Beauchampt commaunded euery man to drawe into the felde wherof euery man was gladde desyringe to ryde in to Fraunce Than they departed fro Calays in good ordre for euery man knewe what he shulde do So yâ— first day they went fyue leages the nexte day they came before saynt Omers and ther had
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
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
the duke was four dayes 〈◊〉 he could haue it than by treaty it was gyueâ— vp And thaÌ„ the duke went to saynt 〈◊〉 ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou toke by force saynt Macayre and the towne of Duras by assaute dyuers other forteresses agaynst the englisshmen Cap. CCC .xxi. DAyly the dukes hoost multiplyed and encreased for men came to hym fro all partes as knyghtes squiers to auauÌ„ce their bodyes So the siege was layne before saynt Macayre within were all suche men of warre as were goone out of suche fortresses as had ben yelden vp before wherby the towne was the stroÌ„ger the better defended ther was dyuers great assautes made and many a fayre 〈…〉 ysshe before the barryers Than the duke and the 〈◊〉 orâ—ayned the siege endurynge that certayne 〈◊〉 with their companyes shulde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 And so the men 〈◊〉 armes sprad abrode 〈◊〉 yâ— maâ—shalâ— of FrauÌ„ce with a great route sir Percyuall of Mâ—â—â—â—ll norman and Wylliam of Moncontoure with a great company â–ª 〈…〉 men of armes were a brode in the feldes 〈…〉 ayes and toke dyuerâ— townes and small holdes brought the couÌ„â—â—e all aboute vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng there were none that withstode them for the countre was voyde vnprouyded of men of warre of thenglysshe part and they that sâ—edde went to Burdâ—ur And than these men of warâ— returned agayne to the hoost they of saynt Macayre knewe well howe they coude nat long 〈◊〉 dure and it was dayly shewed theÌ„ that if they were taken by force they shulde all dye without mercy wherof they douted And the comons secretly treated with the frenchmen to yelde vp the towne their lyues and goodes saued The meÌ„ of warr within parceyuing well their ententes douted greatly the comons that they shuld make some yuell bargayne for them Wherfore they brue theÌ„ to the castell whiche was right strong and able to be kept therin they put all that they had some pyllage of the towne than they of the towne yelded vp put theÌ„ selfe vnder the oâ—eysance of the frenche kyng Tidynges caÌ„e to the duke whyle he lay at siege before Moutseguâ—e how that the duches his wyfe was at Thoâ—ouse was ther delyuered of a sonne wherof the duke and all his hoost was right ioyouse 〈◊〉 were of the more hardynes to atempt dedes 〈◊〉 armes Assone as saynt Maâ—ayre was gyueâ—â—p the duke entred all his and eased and refresshed theÌ„ for in the towne was good loging and well furnysshed so the castell was hâ—sâ—ged and â—â—gyâ—s â—eysed before it the which dyd 〈◊〉 〈…〉 ylous great stones of yron which great 〈◊〉 〈…〉 hed theÌ„ within And thus whyle yâ— duke 〈◊〉 at this siege true tidynges caÌ„e to him of the 〈◊〉 Duras of the lorde Rosen brought by 〈◊〉 haraudê that was â—â—â—ely how they were â—â—the become englysshe agayne Than yâ— duke sayd let vs make an end here than I wyll go and lay siege before Duras so made a â—â—irse assaut to the castell for he wolde nat â—eauâ— it be â—â—nd him And they of yâ— castell sawe how they were aâ—â—ailed on all sydes and codde 〈◊〉 no â—onfort and sawe well how the duke nor the caÌ„â—â—able wolde nat deê‘te thens tyll they had yâ— castell at their wyll oâ—ther with fayrnesse or fouâ—nesse So all thynge coÌ„sydred they fell in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yelded vp the castell their lyues goodes 〈◊〉 â–ª they were receyued coueyed to 〈◊〉 〈…〉 And so 〈◊〉 Macayres towne 〈◊〉 was become frenche and therin the duke made newe capitayns and than disloged and toke the way towarde Duras and so long he rode that he came before Duras And at the firste aprochyng the duke ordayned to assayle the towne and euery man prepared for the saut the crosbowes before well pauessed And so they aproched to the towne and some had ladders redy to mount ther began a sore and a cruell assaut and suche as mounced fought hande to hande with theÌ„ within This assaut endured a longe space on the ladders ther were done many feates of armes as in fightynge hande to hande This assaut endured the most parte of the day than at last the trumpettes sowned the retreat and so euery man drewe to his logyng for that night The same tyme there came to the hoost sir Alayne de la Haye and sir Alayne of saynt Poule and with them a great company of bretons who had ryden towarde Lyburne had assayled an englysshe garyson named Cadyllac the whiche they had taken byforce slayne all them within In the mornynge the duke of Aniou coÌ„maunded euery man to go to the assaut desyringe them to do their best and by a haralude made to be cryed through the hoost who soeuer entred first in to Duras shulde haue in rewarde fyue huÌ„dred frankes For couytousnesse of wynning of this rewarde many a one auaunced and icoê‘ded themselfe so there were many ladders anone reared vp agaynst the walles There was a feirse assaute for the yong knightes and squyers desyring to auauÌ„ce their bodyes adueÌ„tured them selfe right valiantly The lorde of Langurant was mouÌ„ted vpon a ladder his swerde in his hande one of the first and payned him selfe moch to haue entred first into the towne nat for wynning of the fyue hundred fraÌ„kes but to exalt his name for he was sore displeased with the lorde of Duras bycause he was tourned so lightly englysshe agayne The lorde Langurant dyde that daye marueyls in armes so that his owne men and also strangers had marueyle of his dedes He auauÌ„ced hymselfe so moche forwarde that he put his lyfe in great ieopardy For they within by clene force rased the helme of his heed and so had ben deed withoute remedy and a squyer of his hadde nat ben who folowed him so nere that he rouered hym with his targe And the lorde and he togyder discended downe the ladder lytell lytell and in their dyscendyng they receyued on the targe many a great stroke they were greatly praysed of all that sawe them Also there was sir Trystram of Roy and sir Percyuall Daneuall on another ladder assayling and sautyng right valiantly In lyke wise dyd sir JohnÌ„ Jumont and sir JohnÌ„ of Rosey eche of them doyng marueyls in armes and at another lope of the wall on a ladder there was the lorde of Sereell and fought hande to hande with his enemyes so that euery man that sawe hym sayd if there were any likely to entre in to the towne he was semyng to be the first The knight dyde nat aduenture hym selfe all onely for the profyte but rather to gette honour but the fortunes of warre be ryght peryllous and so it happed to hym for he was putte downe feersly with a glayue so that he fell downe to the botome of the dyke and with the fall brake his necke and ther he dyed And in lyke case dyed an other squyer
the bretons the same season had wonne a brode in the countrey dyuers castels and small holdes and so entred in to them And the kyng of Castell weÌ„t to Colongne and sent hys constable to laye siege before Paupylone with .x. thousande spanyerdes in the whiche cytie the vicounte of Chastellon and the lorde of Lescute and the Bascle were with two hundred speares who greatly toke hede for the cytie And the kyng of Nauer who was newly reuirned out of Englande was at Tudela abydynge dayly for suche socours as shulde haue come to him thens as it was ordeyned for the kyng of Englande and his counsayll had ordeyned to haue come thyder the lorde Neuyll and sir Thomas de Termes and they were at Plommouthe there about with a thousande men of armes and two thousande archers to th entent to haue come to Burdeaulâ— how beit they coulde haue no passage at their desire but the great army of Englande with the duke of Lancastre toke landyng at saynt Malo in the Isâ—e the whiche was anone knowen Than departed for their houses the vicount of Bellyer sir Henry of Malatrayt and the lorde of Coâ—â—bre and so they came entred in to saynt Malo with two huÌ„dred men of armes wherof the capitayne Morsonae was greatly reioysed for els they had been in great daunger ¶ Of the issues iourneys that the englisshmen made in that season in dyuers places in Fraunce and also of the piteous dethe of yuan of wales Cap. CCC .xxxii. SIr Johan Arundell who was at Hampton with two hundred men of armes and four C. archers hard by his meÌ„ who had ben taken on the see in a shyppe of Normandy howe the duke of Lancastre and his army hadde so scoured the hauyns of Normandy that there were no frenchmen on yâ— see Than incoÌ„tynent he ordeyned four great shippes charged with prouisyon and so entred in to his shyppe and sayled tyll he came in to the hauen of Chierbourc where he was receyued with great ioy and at that tyme the castell was in the kepynge of the naueroyse but than they departed sauynge Peter Bascle who aboode styll he was capitayne there before and so taryed with the englysshmen Chierbourc was nat likely to be wonne without famyn for it is one of the strongest castelles in the worlde and hath dyuers fayre issues So sir Johan Arundell taryed there a fyue dayes and reuitayled the castell and than departed agayne to Hampton for there he was capitayne ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the siege of saynt Malo wHan the englysshmen entred fyrst into the Isle of saynt Malo they found there many vesselles of Rochell charged with good wyne the merchauntes had anone solde the wyne the shyppes burnt ThaÌ„ they layde siege to saynt Malo for they were men ynowe so to do and the englisshmen spred abrode in the countrey and dyde moche hurt aâ—â— they yâ— moost comonly kept the feldes was sir Robert of Courbes and sir Hughe Brone his nephe we who knewe right well the countre and the chanon Robersarte with them dayly they rode forthe somtyme they wanne and somtyme they lost So they wasted brent all the countrey about saynt Malo And the duke of Lancastre the erle of Cambridge his brother and their army hadde vitayle plenty for there came to them ynoughe out of Englande So before saynt Malo there were dyuers assautes marueylously well defended for ther were ryght good men of warre within wherfore they were nat easy to be conquered They of the hoost caused to be made dyuers mantels of assaute and they had a foure hundred gonnes layed rounde about the towne the whiche greatly constrayned them within Among dyuers assautes ther was one marueylous ferse the whiche endured a hole day therat were dyuers englysshmen slayne and sore hurt for they with in defended them selfe so valiantly â–ª yâ— they lost nat a man There was slayne a knyght of Englande called sir Peter Lescume for whose dethe the duke and his brother were right sore oâ—spleased ANd as ye haue herde here before yuan of Wales lay at siege before Mortayne in Poitou in four bastydes of the which towne the lorde of Lestrade was capitayne The fyrst bastyde where as parte of the siege lay as at the syde of a rock before the castell of Geron one the see â–ª the whiche basty de yuan hym selfe kept The seconde was bytwene the water and the castell lowe before a posterne so that none coude entre nor issue therat The third bastyde was on the other syde of the castell The fourth was in the church of saynt Legar halfe a leage â—â—o yâ— castell By these foure bastydes they with in Mortayne were sore constrayned bycause of the lenght of the siege for it endured a yere and a halfe So that they within had nothyng to lyue by norshowe on their fete nor confort nor soc oure apered none to them fro any parte â–ª wherfore they were sore abasshed This siege thus enduryng before Mortayne there issued out of the realme of Englande and out of the marches of Wales a squier a walshman called James Laube he was but a small geÌ„tylman that well shewed aâ—t for a very geÌ„tylman wyll neuer set his mynde on so euyll an entent some sayde or he departed out of Englande be was charged and enfourmed by some knyghtes of Englande to do the treason that he dyde For this ynan of Wales was gretly behated in Englande and in Gascon bycause of the captall of Beufz â–ª whome he toke and helped therto before Soubyse in Poictou For after he was taken the frenchmen wolde nat delyuer hym agayne by no meanes nother for raunsome nor for exchaunge yet the erle of saynt Poule was offered for him and golde and syluer but it wolde nat be taken And whan he sawe that for pure melancoly he dyed in yâ— temple at Parys wherof all his frendes had great displeasure This walsshe squier James Laube the same season arryued in Bretayne and dyd somoche that he came in to Poictou and euer as he went he named hym selfe to beseruaunt to yuan of Wales for he spake good frenche sayeng howe he was come out of Wales to speke with yuan and so he was anone beleued was conueyd by them of the countre to Mortaygne where the siege was Than he wente wisely to yuan and shewed hym in his owne langage how he was coÌ„e out of his countre to se hym and to do hym seruyce yuan who thought none yll â–ª lightly beleued him and gaue hym moche thankes for his comynge and sayd howe he wolde right gladlye haue his seruyce And than he demauÌ„ded of him tidynges of the countrey of Wales and he shewed him trewe tidynges and vntre we for he made him beleue howe all the countre of Wales wolde gladlye haue hym to be their lorde These wordes brought this James greatly in loue with yuan for euery man naturally desyreth to go in to their owne
sir James of Mountmore sir Percyuall Deyneuall Wylliam of Mountcountour and sir James of Surgeres were capitaynes and wold nat leaue the siege for the dethe of yuan of Wales who was their souerayne capitayne they had great desyre to reuenge his dethe on them of the forteresse Also ye haue herde howe sir ThomÌ„s Triuet sir WyllmÌ„ Scrope sir Thomas Berton sir Wylliam Sendrue a great nombre of men of armes and archers were ordayned to go in to the marches of Burdeaux for the reskewe of them of Mortayne And sir Mathewe Gornay who was at Bayon and was dayly occupyed therabout in the marches agaynst the gascons and suche as helde forteresses there These sayd four knyghtes their companyes had layen at Plomouthe .vii. monethes and could haue no wynde to serue them to go in to Gascoyne wherof they were ryght sore displeased but they coulde nat amende it Also ye haue harde howe the lorde Neuyll of Englande was ordeyned with a great nombre of men of armes and archers to go and comforte the kyng of Nauer agaynst the spany ardes for he was ordeyned to be seneshall of Burdeux so he founde all these other men of warrÌ„styll at Plomouth and eche of them were glad of other anon after the lord Neuels comyng they had wynde at wyll Than they toke shippynge and sayled towardes Gascoyne and so they were in one flete a sixe score vesselles and xl barkes there myght well be a thousaÌ„de men of armes and two thousande archers they hadde no let on the see but good wynde and so they entred in to the hauen of Burdeux the euen of our Lady in Septembre the yer of our sorde a thousand thre hundred .lxxvii. Whan the bretons and poicteuyns that laye at siege before Mortaygne sawe suche a flete of shippes passe by makynge great feast brunt and so wâ—ynge of trompettes they were ryght pensyue and they within the castell ryght ioyfull for they hoped well than to be shortely reskewed or elles their enemyes to haue batayle for they thought surely they were nat come thyder for nought but for to do some great feate of armes Than sir James of Mountmore and the capitaynes of the hoost drewe to guyder to counsayle to determyne what was best for theÌ„ to do Than they repented theÌ„ of the forsakyng of the treaty that was offred theÌ„ before for but a lytell before the Soudic of Lestrade offred to rendre vp the forteresse so they myght departe to Burdeur their lyues and goodes saued but the frenchmen wolde nat therof So than they sent a â—â—â—aulde to the castell shewyng theÌ„ howe they were content to receyue their treatie The Soudic answered howe they were than in no mynd to fall to no treatie for their socour was come wherfore they wolde frely departe or a â—yde at their pleasure so the siege lay styll The lorde Neuyll and his company came to Burdeaâ— they were ioyfully receyued of sir Wylliam â—â—â—man seneshall of Landes sir Johan of Multon mayre of the cytie of the archbysshop there and of the burgesses ladyes and 〈◊〉 The lorde Neuyll was lodged in the abbey of saynt Andrewes and so was seneshall of Burdeur Than anone after he made an assemble of knyghtes and squiers gascons suche as helde of the englisshe parte so that he was a four thousande And he ordeyned shyppes and vesselles on the ryuer of Garon and so departed fro Burdeux to go and reyse the siege before Mortayne Anone these tydynges were knowen in the frenche hoost howe thenglysshmen gascons were comyng downe the ryuer of Garon to reyse their siege or elles to â—yght with them Than the capitayns drewe to counsayle all thynges considered it was thought they were nat able to abyde yâ— puyssance wherfore it was determyned that they shulde rather lâ—â—e â—he tyme that they hadde spent than to put themselfe in to a farder daunger parell And so sowned then disâ—ogyng without any thyng doyng farder and so drewe in to Poictou but all departed nat for a certayne bretons walshmen that were parteynynge to yuan of Wales sayd howe they were able to abyde all the world and to kepe the fortresse of saynt Leger and so they entred into it drue in all their artyllary THe knightes of Englande and Gascon who were comynge with full sayles in barges by the Ryuer of Garon they rested at thentre before Mortayne and so toke lande lytell and lytell And as they landed they put theÌ„selfe in order redy to assayle yâ— fortresse of saynt Leger wherin the bretons were And so at the first comyng ther was a sore assaut and whyle they were at the assaut the lorde Neuyll sent a haraude to Mortayn to the Soudic to knowe howe he dyde The haraude dyde as he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded and brought worde agayne how they dyd rightwell but that they had no showes on their fete The assaut before saynt Legerendured well thre houres and wan nothing but had dyuers of their men sore hurt and so lodged theÌ„ that night And it was their myndes nat to depart thens tyll they had wonne that holde and were sore displeased that the lord of MoÌ„tmore and the other french knightes had nat ben â—in the fortresse of saynt Leger but they were wiselye departed and left ther the bretons ¶ Howe the englysshmen recouered dyuers castelles on the frenchmen in Burdeloys Cap. CCC .xxxv. ANd in the next mornyng the lorde Neuyll the knightes of England ordayned to gyue assaut to saynt Leger and so sowned their truÌ„pettê to the assaute and aproched to the fortresse and ther began a sore assaut The fortresse stode so on a rocke yâ— none coude easely aproche therto and on yâ— wekest syde ther were dyuers great dykes so that none coude easely aproche The assaylers traueyled sore and wanne but lytell but dyuers of their men were sore hurt some slayne Than thassaut ceased and it was thought best to fyll the dykes to haue the more aduantage togyue assaut so with great payne the dykes were fylled Than the bretons that were within seyng that douted more than than they dyde before and good reason why so fell to entreat The englysshmen who had great mynde of the kyng of Nauers busynesse and also â–ª thought to delyuer certayne fortresses in Burdelois holden by the frenche bretons agreed to their treatie and so the holde of saynt Leger was gyuen vp so that they within departed whyder they lyst their lyues and goodes saued Thus saynt Legers was englysshe and than the lordes wente to the castell of Mortayne and founde yâ— Soudic of Lestrade in the same case as the haraud had reported to theÌ„ before So than they were refresshed of euery thyng that they neded and the castell newe furnysshed with meÌ„ And than they retourned agayne to Burdeaux the same way they caÌ„e by water by the ryuer of Garon wHan they were come agayne to Burdeaux and refresshed in the meane season they had
this yonge erle of saynt Poule abode longe prisoner in Englande or he was delyuered It was of trouthe the kyng offred hym oft tymes in exchaÌ„ge for the captall of Buâ—z whyle he lyued but the frenche kyng nor the couÌ„sell of FrauÌ„ce wolde in no wyse here therof wherof yâ— kyng of Englande had great disdayne Thus the â—ater coÌ„tynued a long space and the yong erle styll prisoner in Englande in the fayre castell of Wynsore and he had so curtesse a kepar that he might go and sport him a haukyng bytwene Wynsore and WestmÌ„ he was beleued on his faythe The same season the princesse mother to kyng Richarde lay at Wynsore and her doughter with her my lady Maude the fayrest lady in all EnglaÌ„de therle of saynt Poule and this yong lady were in true amours togyder eche of other somtyme they met togyder at daunsynge and carollyng tyll at last it was spyed And than the lady discouered to her mother howe she loued faithfully the yong erle of saynt Poule Than there was a mary age spoken of bytwene therle of saynt Poule the lady Maude of Holande and so therle was set to his rauÌ„some to pay sixscore M. fraÌ„kes so that whan he had maryed the lady Maude than to be rebated threscore thousande and the other threscore thousande to pay And whan this couynant of maryage was made bitwene therle and the lady the kyng of Englande suffred the erle to repasse the see to fetche his raunsome on his onely promyse to retourne agayne within a yere after So the erle came in to Fraunce to se his frendes yâ— kyng therle of Flaunders the duke of Brabant and his cosyns in Fraunce In the same yere there was made an harde informacyon agaynst the erle of saynt Poule for it was layed to his charge that he shulde delyuer to thenglysshmen the strong castell of Bohaygne and so the frenche kyng caused him to be rested and kept in suretie and so the kynge shewed howe therle of saynt Poule wolde haue made an yuell treatie for hym and for the realme and the erle in no wyse coude be excused And also for the same cause there was kepte in prison in the castell of Mons in Heynaulte the lorde Chanon of Robersarte the lorde of Uertayne sir James Dusarte and Gerarde Dabyes but at length all that mater came to none effecte for there coulde nothynge be proued agaynst them and so they were delyuered than the yong erle retourned agayne in to Englande to acquyte him of his promyse and so wedded the lady and dyde so moche that he payed his threscore thousande frankes and so passed agayne the see But he entred nat in to FrauÌ„ce bycause the kyng loued him nat And so he and the couÌ„tesse his wyfe went and lay at the castell of Han on the ryuer of Ewre The whiche castell the lorde of Morâ—ane who hadde wedded his suster lent hym to lye in And there he laye as longe as kynge Charles of Fraunce lyued for the erle coude neuer gette his loue ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of this mater and retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce THe same season all Bretayne was kept close what agaynst the frenche kynge agaynst the duke Howe beit some of the good townes of Bretayn helde them selfe close in the dukes name and many had great marueyle yâ— they toke hym for their lorde And also dyuers knightes and squyers of Bretayne were of the same acorde And also ther was alyed to them the couÌ„tesse of Ponthyeute mother to the chyldren of Bretayne But sir Bertram of Clesqui constable of FrauÌ„ce the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycont of Rohan and the lorde of Rochfort They helde the countre in warre with the puyssance that came dayly to theÌ„ oute of FrauÌ„ce for at Pontorson at saynt Malo they le and there about lay a great nombre of men of armes of Fraunce of Normandy of Auuergne and of Burgoyne who dyde moche hurt in the couÌ„tre The duke of Bretayne who was in Englande had knowledge of euery thynge and howe the duke of Aniou was at Anger 's dayly distroyed his countre Also he had knowlege howe the good townes kept theÌ„ selfe close in his name and certayne knyghtes and squyers of the same parte wherof he conde them good thanke yet nat that withstaÌ„dyng he durst nat well trust in them to ieoparde to retourne in to Bretayne on the trust of his men for alwayes he douted of treason Also the kyng of Englande nor the duke of Lancastre wolde nat counsayle him to retourne Of the rencounters that were made in NormaÌ„dy and howe Geffray Tetenoyre and Amergot Marcell their coÌ„panyes toke dyuers castelles in Auuergne Cap. CCC .xlv. IN Normandy and in Burgoyne ther were in garyson sir Wylliam of Burdes who was chefe capiten ther and in his company the lytell seneschall of Ewe sir Wylliam Marsell sir BraqÌ„ of Braquemont the lorde of Torcy sir Percyuall Danyuall the begue of Dury sir LauÌ„celot of Lorrys and dyuers other knyght and squiers of the frenche partie And night day they ymagined howe they myght do domage to them of Chierbourg wherof sir JohnÌ„ Harlston was capitayne and they of the garyson of Chierbourg issued out oft tymes whan it pleased theÌ„ for whan they lyst they might ryde out in couerte and no man preuy to their issuynge out bycause of the great wodes that were nere to theÌ„ wherin they had made suche a way that they might ryde in to Normandy at their pleasure without danger of any frenchemen And so it fortuned in the same season that the french menne rode abrode and they of Chierbourge in lykewise none of them knowynge of other and so by aduenture they mette eche other at a place called Pastoy in the â—ode Than like valyant knightes desyringe to fight eche with other a lighted a fote all except sir Launcelotte of Lorrys who sat styll on his horse his speare in his hande and his shelde about his necke ther demaunded a course of iustyng for his ladyes sake Ther were ther that rightwell vnderstode him for ther were knightes and squiers of the englysshe parte in amours aswell as he was And as I vnderstode sir Johan Coplande a right hardy knight went to hym and so they ran togyder and rudely encouÌ„tred eche other But thenglysshe knight gaue sir LauÌ„celot suche a stroke on his shelde that the speare pearsed throughout his body and so was wouÌ„ded to dethe the which was great domage for he was a hardy knight yong and ioly ryght amorous and his dethe was sore complayned bothe ther and els where Than the englisshemen and frenchemen encountred togyder and fought hande to haÌ„de Ther were good knightes on the frenche parte as sir Wylliam of Burdes the lytell seneshall of Ewe sir WillmÌ„ Marsell sir Braque of Braquemont and dyuers other who fought ryght valyantly And also the englyshmen ther fought that day valiantly sir Johan Harlston sir Philypart
Picourde sir JohnÌ„ Burle sir JohnÌ„ Coplande and dyuers other And so finally by good fightyng the englisshmen had the vyctorie all their enemyes knightes and squyers taken and slayne specially a squyer of Heynalt called Wylliam of Beauleu sir WyllmÌ„ of Burdes were taken So the prisouers were brought to Chierbourge there they founde sir Dlyuer of Clesquy who was taken prisoner Thus it fell of this iorney as I was enformed ¶ Also in Auuergne and Limosyn there fell dayly feates of armes and marueylous enterprices and specially of the castell of mount UeÌ„tadore in Auuergne the whiche was one of the strongest castels in all the couÌ„tre the whiche was betrayed and solde to a breton the moost oruell knight of all other called Geffray Tetenoyre I shall shewe you howe it was The erle of Tentadore and of Mountpeser was a right auncyent knyght and a good peasable man who ocupyed nomore the warr but kepte hym styll in his house This erle hadde a squyer with hym called Pouns de Boys who had serued hym longe and had but a smale lyueng or profyte by his seruyce he sawe well he shulde haue but a lytell profyte by his mayster Than ther ran in his thought an vngracyous deuise for he went and made a secrete treatie with this Geffray Tetenoyre who was in Limosyn howe that he wolde delyuer hym the castell of Uentadore for .vi. M. frankes But he made in his couenant that they shulde do none yuell to his maister therle of Uentadore but to putte hym out of the castell in courtesse maner and his good with hym And so it was done for the bretons nor englisshmen that entred dyde no maner of hurt to the erle nor to none of his men nor kept nothyng sauyng vitayle and artyllary whereof ther was great pleÌ„tie And so the erle his wyfe and his chyldren went to Mountpeser besyde Agueperse in Auuergne And Geffray Tetenoyre and his company kept UeÌ„tador wherby they dyde moche hurt in the countre and so toke dyuers stronge castels in Auuergne in Rouergue in Limosin in Quercy in Gynalda in Bygore in Agenoise and with this Tetnoyre ther were other capitayns who dyde many other feates of armes as Amergot Marcell a squyer of Lymosyn of thenglisshe parte who toke the strong castell of Casuryell in Auuergne in the bysshopryke of Cleremont and they ouerrant the countre at their pleasure And of the same company ther were other capitayns of diuers castels as the Bourge Calart the Bourge Angloys the Bourge of Champayne Raymonde de Fore gascoyne and Peter of Bearne in Bearnoys AMergot Marcell rode forthe on a season and .xiii. with hym at aduenture toke the way to Aloys to warde saynt Floure the whiche was a fayre castell in the bysshoprike of Cleremont They knewe well that the place was nat kept but by the porter all onely and whan they caÌ„e nere to the castell Amergot sawe where the porter sat on a blocke wtout the gate than a breton who coude shote well with a cros bowe sayd sir wyll ye that I slee the porter at the first shote ye ê™ Amergot I requyre the. the breton shot a quarell and strake the porter right in the heed the porter whan he felte hym selfe stryken entred in to the gate thinkyng to haue closed it but he coude nat for in thentryng he fell downe deed than Amergot and his coÌ„pany made hast to entre and so entred in at the wycket there they founde the porter deed this wyfe by hym right sore afrayed to whom they dyde no hurt but they demaunded of her wher was the capitayne and she answered and said how he was at CleremoÌ„t Than they assured her lyfe so she wolde delyuer theÌ„ the keys of the castell and of the mayster towre and so she dyde than they put her out with asmoche stuffe as she coude cary away with her so she went to saynt Flour a cytie but a leage thens and they of the cytie were sore abasshed whaÌ„ they knewe that Alois was englisshe and so was all the couÌ„tre about And anone after Amergotte Marcell toke the strong castell of Balon by stelth of scalyng whan they were wtin the capitayne was a slepe in the great towre which towre was nat likely to be won by force and by that towre the castell might be won agayne Than Amergot aduysed him of a subteltie He had in his handes the father and mother of the Capitayne and so he brought them before the towre and made semblant to stryke of their heedê without he wolde yelde vp the towre These good folkes douted dethe and sayde to their sonne who was in the towre Sir haue pyte on vs and they wept pyteously The squier thought that his father mother shuld neuer dye for his sake and so yelded vp the towre than they put hym out of the castell Thus Balone was englysshe the whiche dyde after moche trouble to the countre for all suche as thought to do yuell resorted thyder or els to Causuryell a two leages fro Lymoges els to Carlat to Aloys to Uentadore or in to suche other places and whan these garisons assembled toguyder they were to the nombre of sixe hundred speares and so ranne ouer all the couÌ„tre and into the couÌ„tie of the dolphyn of Auuergue It was of trouthe that the lorde of Cupyer was to them a great enemey in lykewise so was the lord of Forterell and the bastarde of Forterell his brother and a squyer of Burbonoyse called Gordones Who by clene feate of armes on a day toke Amergot Marcell prisoner and raunsomed hym at .v. thousande frankes Thus the dedes of armes fortuned in Lymosyn and in the countre there ¶ Of the cisme that was made in the church and the maner howe and of the bretons who made warrÌ„ to RoÌ„c and of the quene of Naples who put all her landes into the popes handes Cap. CCC .xlvi. IT hath ben long sithe I spake of holy church now I wyll retourne therto the mater requyreth it ye haue well herde here before howe by the exortacyon of the romayns The cardynalles who as than raygned to apease the people of Rome who were greatly moued agaynst theÌ„ Made a pope of the archbysshoprike of Bare called before Bartylmewe des Angles Hereceyued the papalyte and was called Urbayne the sire and so opyned grace as the vsage was Thentencyon of dyuers of yâ— cardynals was yâ— whan they myght se a better hour tyme they wolde agayn returne to their election bycause this pope was nat profytable for them nor also to the church as they said for he was a fâ—mâ—sshe man and malincolyous So that whaÌ„ he sawe hym selfe in prosperyte and in puyssance of the papalyte that dyuers kynges christned were ioyned to him and wrote to him and dyde put them vnder his obeysaunce Wherof he wared proude and worked all on heed and wolde haue taken away fro the cardynals dyuers of their rightes