howe be it I am nat worthy nor sufficient to achyue suche a noble entreprise Than the kyng sayd a geÌ„tle knyght I thaÌ„ke you so that ye wyl promyse to do it Syr sayd the knyght I shall do it vndoubtedly by the faythe that I owe to god and to the ordre of knyghthodde Than I thanke you sayd the kyng for nowe shall I dyâ— in more ease of my mynde sith that I knowe that the most worthy and sufficient knyght of my realme shall achyue for me the whiche I coulde neuer atteyne vnto And thus soone after thys noble Robert de Bruse kyng of Scotland tâ—â—passed out of this vncertayne worlde and hys hart taken out of his body and enbaumed and honorably he was entred in the abbey of Donfremlyn in the yere of our lord god M. CCC .xxvii. the .vii. day of the moneth of Nouembre And whan the spryngyng tyme began Than ser William Duglas purueied hym of that whiche aparteyned for his entreprise and toke his ship at the port of Morais in Scotlande and sailed into Flanders to Shluce to here tydyngê and to knowe if there were any noble man in that couÌ„trey that wolde go to Jerusalem to th eÌ„tent to haue more coÌ„pany and he lay styll at Sluce the space of .xii. daies or he departed but he wold neuer come alande but kept styll his shyp and kept alwaies his port and behauour with great Tryumphe with trumpettis and clarions as though he had ben kyng of scottê hym selfe and in his companye there was a knyght baneret .vii. other knyghtis of the realme of Scotland and .xxvi. yong squiers gentylmeÌ„ to serue hym â–ª and all his vessell was of golde and siluer pottê basons ewers Dysshes flagons barels cuppes and all other thyngis And all suche as wolde come and se hym they were Well serued â–ª with two maner of wynes and dyuerse maner of spices all maner of people accordyng to their degres And whan he had thus taryed there the space of .xii. dayes he hard reported that Alphons kyng of Spaigne made warre ageynst a sarazyn kyng of Granade ThaÌ„ he thought to draw to that partie thynkyng suerely he could nat bestowe his tyme more nobly thaÌ„ to warre ayenst goddis ennemies and that entreprise done thaÌ„ he thought to go forth to JerusaleÌ„ to acheue that he was charged with And so he departed toke the se to ward Spaigne and arryued at the port of Ualenâ— the great Than he 〈◊〉 streight to the kyng of Spaigne who helde his hoste ageynst the kyng of Granade sarazyn and they were nere to gether on the fronters of his lande and within a while after that this knyght syr WilliaÌ„ Duglas was come to the kyng of Spaigne On a day the kyng issued out into the felde to aproche nere to his ennemies And the kyng of Granade issued out in like wyse on his part so that eche kyng myght se other with al their baners displayed Than they arenged their batels eche ageynst other Than 〈◊〉 William Duglas drewe out on the one syde with all his company to the entent to shewe his prowes the better And whan he saw these batels thus ranged on both parties and sawe that the bataile of the kyng of Spaigne began somewhat to aduaunce towarde their ennemies he thought than verelye that they shulde soone asseÌ„ble to gether to fyght at hande strokes and than he thought rather to be with the formest than with the hyndemoost and strake his horse with the spurres and al his company also and dashte into the batelle of the kyng of Granade criynge Duglas Duglas Wenyng to hym the kyng of Spaigne and his host had folowed but they dyd nat Wherfore he was disceyued for the Spaignyss he host stode styll And so this gentle knyght was enclosed all his company with the sarazyns where as he dyd meruelles in armes but fynally he coulde nat endure so that he and all his company were slayne The whiche was great daÌ„mage that the spaynyardis wolde nat rescue them ¶ Also in this season there were certayn lordes that treated for peace bitwene InglaÌ„d Scotlande So that at the last there was a mariage made and solempnised bitwene the yong kyng of Scotland and dame Johan of the towre suster to kyng Edward of Ingland at Berwyke as the inglisshe cronicle saith on Mary Maud lyâ—day The yere of our lord M .iii. C .xxviii. agaynst the assente of many of the nobles of the realme But quene Isabell the kyng is mother and the erle Mortymer made that mariage at the whiche as myn auctor saith there was great feast made on bothe parties ¶ Howe PhylyppÌ„ of Ualoys was crowned kyng of Fraunce Cap. xxi Kyng Charles of Fraunce soÌ„ne to the fayre kyng Phylyp was .iii. tymes maried and yet dyed without issue male The first of his wyues was one of the most fayrest ladyes in all the world she was doughter to the erle of Artoys Howe be it she kept but euyll the sacrameÌ„t of matrimony but brake her wedloke Wherfore she was kept a long space in pryson in the castell Gaylarde before that her husband was made kyng And whan the realme of FraÌ„ce was fallen to hym he was crowned by the assent of the .xii. dowsepiers of Fraunce and thaÌ„ bicause they wold nat that the realme of FraÌ„ce shulde belong without an heyre male they aduysed by their counsell that the kyng shulde be remaryed agayne and so he was to the doughter of the Emperour Henry of Lucenbourg suster to the gentle kyng of Bayhaigne Wherby the first mariage of the kyng was fordoone bytwene hym and his wyfe that was in prison by the liceÌ„ce and declaracyon of the pope that was than and by his .ii. wyfe who was ryght humble and a noble wyse lady the kyng had a soÌ„ne who dyed in his yong age and the quene also at Issodnii in Berrey And they both dyed suspeciously Wherfore dyuers parsones were put to blame after priuely And after this the same kyng Charles was maried agayn the .iii. tyme to the doughter of his vncle the lorde Loyes erle of Dewreux and she was suster to the kyng of Nauerre and was named quene Johan And so in tyme and space this lady was with childe and in the meane tyme the kyng Charles her husband fell sycke and lay downe on his dethe bedde And whan he sawe there Was no waye with hym but deth he deuised that if it fortuned the quene to be delyuered of a sonne Than he wolde that the lorde Phylyp of Ualoys shulde be his gouernour and regent of all hys realme tyll his sonne come to suche age as he myght be crowned kyng and if it fortune the quene to haue a doughter than he wold that all the .xii. piers of Fraunce shulde take aduyse and counsell for the forther ordering of the realme and that they shuld gyue the realme and regally to hym that had moost ryght therto And so within a whyle after the
theÌ„ they agreed to depart go with hym into Lobardy so they might be assoyled a pena ct culpa all this was agreed acomblysshed and the floreÌ„s payed And than they rendred vp the towne saynt Espyrite and lefte the marche of Auygnon passed forthe with the marques wherof kyng JohnÌ„ of France all the realme were right toyouse whan they sawe howe they were delyuered of these yuell people howbeit there were many that retorned to Burgoyn And sir Seguyne of Batefoyle departed nat out of the garyl on of Ence for he wold nat leaue it for no maner of 〈◊〉 nor promyse but the realme of France was in ferr better rest peace than it was before So whan the moost parte of the companyous were thus passed forthe with the marques into the lande of PyemoÌ„t Ther the marques dyde well his deuoyre agaynst the lordes of Myllayne conquered dyuers townes castes fortresses and countrees agaynst them and had dyuers encountrynges skyrmisshes with them to his honour profyte So that 〈◊〉 in a yere by yâ— helpe of these 〈◊〉 he had the better hande and in part had all his entent agaynst the two lords of Myllayne of sir Galeas sir Bernabe who after raygned in greâ— prosperite SO it fortuned that sir Seguyn of Batefoyle who was all that season in the garyson of Ence on they ryuer of Soâ—â—ie toke by scalyng a good cyte in Auuergne called Bâ—od and therin he taryed more than a yere and fortifyed it in suche wyse that he douted nothyng and ouer ran the couÌ„tre to Cler 〈…〉 to Tyâ—lacke to Puy to Case dieu to MouÌ„tferant 〈◊〉 Ryon to Nonnet to Ussoyre and to â—udalle and the lande of the countie Dalphyn the lorde wherof was the same tyme in hostage in Englande and in these countrees he and his company dyde moche yuell And whan he had sore enpouerysshed the countre ther about than by treaty he deê‘ted and toke with hym great pyllage and treasure and so went to Gascoyne fro wheÌ„s he came first Of this sir Seguyn I can write no more but that as Iherde recouÌ„ted he dyed maruelusly god forgyue hym all his trespaces AMEN ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Lancastre and of the occasyon of the warre bytwene the frenche kyngâ— and the kyng of Nauer and howe the prince of wales came into Acquitayne and of the ordre that was taken in Englande Cap. CC. xvâ— IN this season deâ—ted out of the worlde in Englade the gentyll duke of Lancastre called Henry wherâ—â— the kynge and all the 〈◊〉 nes knightes and squyers were ryght sorowfull but they coude nat remedy it And behynde him he left two doughters the lady Mahaâ—lt and the lady Blanche and therle of Heynault 〈◊〉 wylliam sonne to the lorde Loyes of Banyer 〈◊〉 to the lady Margarete of Heynalt maryed the yonger suster and the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont sonne to the kynge of Englande had maryed the other suster and was duke of Lancastre by right of his wyfe The lorde James of Burbone abode styll pursuynge the treaty bytwene the lorde JohnÌ„ of Mountfor 〈…〉 lorde Charles of Bloys for the right 〈…〉 chy of Bretayne acordyng to the treaty 〈◊〉 at Calais as ye haue herd before And for 〈◊〉 of concludyng therof great warres and 〈◊〉 felt after in the countre of Bretayne as ye shall here in this hystorie THe same season the frenche kyngâ— was in purpose to go to Auygnone to 〈◊〉 the pope and cardynals and to go through the 〈◊〉 â—hy of Burgoyn the whiche was newly fallen to hym So the kyng made redy for that iourney and departed fro Parys about the se 〈…〉 saynt JohnÌ„ the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxii. And left Charles his eldest sonne duke of Normandy regent gouernour of his realme and the kyng had with hym his welbeloued cosyn the lorde JohnÌ„ of Artoyse the erle of Tankernyll therle Dampmartyn Boucequant marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other And so long rode by his small iourneys and with great dyspence taryeng in euery 〈◊〉 ne and cytie as he rode through Bourgoyn so that about the feest of saynt Michaell he came to the newe towne â—out Auyguon And there his lodgyng was prepared for him and for his coÌ„pany and there he was gretly â—â—â—lled by the pope by all the hole coledge and visyted eche other often tymes So thus the kynge taryed ther all the season of wynter and about christmas pope Innocent departed out of this lyfe And than there was a great dyscorde bytwene the cardynals for chosynge of a newe pope for 〈◊〉 of them wolde haue had the dignyte spe 〈…〉 ly the cardynall of Boulayâ—â— and the cardynall of 〈…〉 ourt who were two of yâ— grettell of the colledge and so by their discencyon they were longe in dyscorde And all the other 〈…〉 nalles finally dyde putte all the 〈◊〉 of the mater vnto the two foresayd cardynalles who whan they sawe that they coude nat haue theymselfe the papal 〈…〉 ThauÌ„e they concluded bytwene them that none of the other shulde haue it And than they dyde choâ—â— and electe the abbot of saynt Uyctor of Marâ—ell to be pope who was a good deuout and a holy man and of vertuous lyueng and a gret clerke and had greatly traueyled for the churche of Lombardy and other places And anoâ— after his creacion yâ— frenche kyng vnderstode that the lorde Piâ—r of Luzenon kyng of Cypre and of Hyerusalem shulde come to 〈◊〉 tosâ— the pope and howe yâ— he was past the s 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the freÌ„che kyng sayd he wolde tary ther tyll his comynge for he had great desyre to se hym for the great goodnesse that he had herde reported of hym and of the warre that he had made agaynst the sarazyns For the kynge of Cypre had newly taken the strong cyte of Salate agaynst the enemyes of god and slayne all that euer were within none except IN the same season and wynter ther was a great counsell in Englande on the orderyng of the realme and specially on the kinges chyldren for it was coÌ„sydred howe that the prince of wales held a great and a noble estate as he might well do for he was â–ª a valyant man puissant and riche and had great herytage in Acqâ—â—tayne wher was habundaunce of all welth and prosperite Than the king was counselled that he shulde send the prince his son into those pattes for he had lande sufficyeÌ„t in that duchy to maynteyne withall his dignyte and estate And also all the barones and knightê of acquitayne wolde gladly haue hym among them of the whiche they had made request to the kynge for all that sir John ChaÌ„dos was to theÌ„ ryght courtelse and amyable yet they had rather haue had their owne naturall soueraygne lorde The prince lightly agreed to that ordynauÌ„ce prepared for hym selfe for the good lady his wyfe acordyng to their estates and whan euery thyng was redy they toke leaue of
there aboute there were these lordes The duke of Burbone the erle of Bare the lorde Coucy the erle Ducke and the duke aâ— Lorayne and so moche people that they were aboue the nombre of sixe thousande men of armes who sayde amonge them selfe Howe they wolde whyder the kynge wolde or nat fight with the englysshemen or they were past the tyuer of Sartie the whiche departeth Mayne and Anâ—owe ¶ The same season a sickenesse toke the frenche kynge wherby hym selfe and all suche as loued hym were greatlye discomforted for they sawe in hym no remedy but that shortly he shulde dye He knewe it well hym selfe howe he coude nat lyue longe for so sayde all his phisycions and surgyons I shall shewe you why IT was of trouthe as the common brunte ranne that the kynge of Nauetr whan the frenche kyng was but duke of Normandy and lay there he wolde haue poysoned him so that the kyng receyued the poyson and was in the case that all the heare of his body went of and all the nayles of his handes and fete and than all his body became as drie as a staffe so that he was without remedy The emperoure of Rome his vncle whan he herde speakynge of his malady he sent hym a conyng phisycion the greattest mayster reputed in that arte that was as than in all the worlde Whan this mayster was come in to Fraunce to the kynge who as than was but duke of Normandy and had ones knowlege of his disease he said he knewe well that he was poysoned and was in greate parell of dethe And so he dyde there one of the greattest cures that hath been herde of for he kylled the venym within hym or the best parte therof and made his heer and nayles to growe agayne and made hym hole and brought him agayne to his strength This venym euer yssued out of hym lytell and lytell at his arme by a lytell pype and whan this mayster departed out of Fraunce he gaue the kynge a receyte to vse as long as he lyued and he sayd to the kynge and to theÌ„ that were about him Loke whan this yssue by this pype drieth vp than surely ye shall dye But ye shall haue a fyftene dayes respyte after ye fall sicke or euer ye dye to remembre your soule So the kynge remembred well his wordes bare this pype .xxii. dayes whiche thynge often tymes abasshed hym And suche phisycions as he had moost trust in they of ten tymes reioysed hym and sayd Sir by the good medycins that ye haue we shall make you to lyue long in great ioye wherin he had great trust Besyde this the kyng had other diseases right greuous and specially in his tethe wherof he hadde marueylous payne And the kynge knewe well by these maladyes that he shulde nat lyue longe At his later dayes the thynge that moost conforted hym was that god hadde sent hym thre fayre chyldren two sonnes and our doughter Charles Lewes and Katheryne WHan this issue in his arme began to drie vp the doutes of his dethe began to aproche Than he prouyed therfore for like a noble prudent and sage prince as he was euer in all his warkes He sent for his thre bretherne the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgone and the duke of Burbone and he let his seconde brother the duke of Aniowe alone and sent nat for hym bycause he knewe well he was so sore gyuen to couyâ—ousnesse Than the king sayde to the other thre My fayre bretherne by the ordynauÌ„ce of nature I fele well and knowe howe I shall nat lyue long Wherfore I recommaunde in to your kepyng my sonne Charles and loke that ye vse youre selfe to him as good vncles shulde do to their nephewe and than ye acquyte your selfe to hym trewely and crowne hym kynge as soone as ye can after my dethe Counsayle hym alwayes well and trewely for in you lyeth all my trust The chylde is yonge and lyght of spiryte therfore it is great nede that he be well counsayled and gouerned And teche him or cause him to be taught all the pointes and states ryall the which he ought to kepe and mary hym in so high a place that the realm maye fare the better therby Longe a gone I herde a mayster of astronomy say and affirme that in his youthe he shulde haue moche a do and shulde escape fro many daungerous parelles Wherfore I haue had dyuers ymagmacyons howe it might be without it growe by reason of FlauÌ„ders for thanked be god as for the busynesse of this our realme of Fraunce standethe in right good poynte The duke of Bretayne is a craftie and a subtell man and hath hadde alwayes his herte rather englysshe than frenche Wherfore it wyll be requysite that ye kepe the noble men and good townes of Bretayne in loue and amyte wherby yeshall breke parte of his enteÌ„t I prayse greatly the bretons for alwayes they haue serued me and helpte to kepe my realme fro myne ennemyes And I wyll ye make the lorde Clysson coÌ„stable for all thynges consydred I se no man so mete as he for that offyce Seke for some maryage for my sonne Charles in Almaygne to the entent that our alyaunce might be the stronger ye well vnderstande how our aduersary the kyng of Englande wyll mary there to haue the more alyaunce The poore people of our realme ar sore oppressed and tourmented by him his Therfore putte them away as shortely as ye can for they are thynges though I haue sustayned theÌ„ that greueth me ryght sore and lyeth heuy in my courage But the great alyance that we haue in the good townes of Bretayne hath caused me to forbere fightynge with them so longe as we haue done THe kynge spake dyuers other wordes the whiche I canne nat resyte At this rehersall was the duke of Aniowe absent The kyng douted hym bycause he was so couytous but thoughe the kynge dyde absent hym at the houre of his dethe and putte hym farre of fro the busynesses of the realme of Fraunce yet the duke of Aniowe thought to medyll neuer the lesse for all his absence for he had alwayes messangers comynge and goynge bytwene Paris and Anger 's who euer reported to hym the certayntie of the kynge his brother And also the duke had some secrete persons alwayes about the kynge by whome he knewe euery thynge for the same day that the kynge dyed he was in Paris and nere to the kynges chambre and so thought to prepare for himselfe as ye shall her after But nowe we wyll pursue on our mater as touchyng the englysshmen goyng in to Bretaygne ¶ Of the lorde of Mauuoyson who was taken prisoner by the englisshemen and of the lorde of HaÌ„gest who skaped of the dethe of kyng Charles of Fraunce the fifte of that name Cap CCC .lxvii. WHan the erle of Buckyngham yongest sonne to kyng Edward the thirde departed fro the forest of Marcheaunoy they rode towardes Uandon and to the
and achyued by yâ— warres of FraÌ„ce and Ingland shuld notably be inregisterd and put in perpetuall memory wherby the prewe and hardy may haue ensample to in courage them in theyr well doyng I syr JohnÌ„ Froissart wyll treat and recorde an hystory of great louage and preyse But or I begyn I require the sauyour of all the worlde who of nothyng created al thynges that he wyll gyue me suche grace and vnderstandyng that I may coÌ„tinue and ê‘ euer in suche wyse that who so this proces redeth or hereth may take pastauÌ„ce pleasure and ensample It is sayd of trouth that al buyldynges are masoned and wroughte of dyuerse stones and all great tyuers are gurged assembled of diuers surges and sprynges of water In lyke wyse all sciences are extraught and coÌ„piled of diuerse clerkes of that one wryteth another parauenture is ignorant But by the famous wrytyng of auncient auctours all thyngis ben knowen in one place or other Than to attaygne to the mater that I haue entreprised I wyll begyn Fyrst by the grace of god and of the blessed virgyn ourlady saynt Mary from whom all comfort consolation procedeth and wyll take my foundation out of the true cronicles somtyme coÌ„pyled by the right reuerend discrete and sage maister JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon in saint LaÌ„bartis of Liege who with good herte and due diligence dyd his true deuoure in wrytyng this noble cronicle and dyd contynue it all his lyf dayes in folowyng the trouth as nere as he myght to his great charge coste in sekyng to haue the perfight knowledge therof He was also in his lyf dayes Welbeloued of the secret counsayle with the lorde sir JohnÌ„ of Haynaulte who is often remembred as reason requyreth here after in this boke For of many fayre and noble auentures he was chief causer And by whose meanes the sayd ser JohnÌ„ la Bele myght well knowe and here of many dyuers noble dedes The whiche here after shal be declared Trouth it is that I who haue entreprised this boke to ordeyne for pleasure and pastaunce to the whiche alwayes I haue ben inclyned and for that intent I haue folowed and frequented the company of dyuerse noble and great lordes as well in Fraunce Juglande and Scotland as in diuerse other countries and haue had knowledge by them And alwayes to my power iustly haue inquired for the trouth of the dedis of warre and auentures that haue fallen and specially syth the great batell of Poyters where as the noble kynge JohnÌ„ of France was takyn prisoner as before that tyme I was but of a yonge age or vnderstandyng Ho we be it I toke on me assoone as I came from scole to wryte and recite the sayd boke and bare the same compyled into Ingland and presented the volume therof to my lady Philypp of Heynaulte noble quene of Ingland who right amyably receyued it to my great profite auauÌ„cemeÌ„t And it may be so that the same boke is nat as yet eramyned nor corrected so iustely as suche a case requyreth For featis of armes derely bought achyued the honour therof ought to be gyuen truly deuided to them that by promes and hard trauayle haue deserued it Therfore to acquyte me in that bihalf and in folowyng the trouth as nere as I can I JohnÌ„ Froissart haue entreprysed this hystory on the forsaid ordynauÌ„ce and true fundacion at the instauÌ„ce and request of a dere lord of myn ser Robert of Namure knyght lord of Bewfort To whom entierly I owe loue and obeysyunce and god graunt me to do that thyng that may be to his pleasure Amen ¶ here spekethe the auctour of suche as were most valiant knyghtis to be made mencion of in this boke ¶ ap .ii. ALl noble hertis to encorage and to shewe them ensample and mater of honour I ser JohnÌ„ Froissart begynne to speke after the true report relation of my master JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon of saynt Lambertis of Liege afâ—ermyng thus howe that many noble ê‘sons haue oft tymes spoke of the warres of France and of Ingland and ê‘auenture knewe nat iuslely the trouth therof nor the true occasions of the fyrst mouyngis of suche warres nor howe the warre at length contynued But now I trust ye shall here reported the true fouÌ„dation of the cause and to th entent that I wyll nat forget myuysshe or abrydge the hystory â—any thyng for defaute of laÌ„gage but rather I wyll multiply and encrease it as ner as I can folowynge the trouth from poynt to poynt in spekyng and the wyng all the aueÌ„tures sith the natiuite of the noble kyng Edward the .iii. Who reigned kyng of England and achyued many perilous auentures and dyuers great batelles addressed and other featis of armes of great proWes syth the yere of oure Lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. that this noble kyng was crowned in Ingland for generally suche as were with hym in his batels and happy fortunate auentures or with his peple in his absence ought ryght well to be takyn and reputed for valiant and worthy of renowne and though there were great plenty of sondrye parsonages that ought to be praysed and reputed as soueraignes yet among other and pryncipally ought to be renowmed the noble propre ê‘sone of the forsaid gentyll kyng Also the prynce of Walys his son the duke of Lancastre ser Reignold lorde Cobham syr Gualtier of Manny of Heynaulte knyght syr JohnÌ„ Chandos syr Fulque of Harle and dyuers other of whom is made mencion hereafter in this present boke bicause of theyr valyant prowes for in all batels that they were in most coÌ„monly they had euer the renowne both by land and by se accordyng to the trouth They in all theyr dedis were so valyant that they ought to be reputed as soueraignes in all chyualry yet for all that suche other as were in theyr companye ought nat to be of the lesse value or lesse set by Also in FrauÌ„ce in yâ— tyme there were fouÌ„de many good knyghtis stronge and well expert in featis of armes For the realme of Fraunce was nat so discomfited but that alwayes ther were people sufficient to fyght withall and the kyng Philyppe of Uaioyes was a ryght hardy and a valiant knyght And also kyng JohnÌ„ his soÌ„ne Charles the kyng of Behaigne the erle of AlaÌ„son the erle of Foyz syr Saâ—â—tre syr Arnold Dangle the lordes of Beamon the father and the sonne and dyuerse other the whiche I caÌ„ nat theyr names of whom hereafter ryght well shall be made mencion in tyme and place coÌ„uenient to say the trouth and to maynteigne the same all suche as in cruel batels haue ben seen abydyng to the discomfeture sufficiently doyng theyr deuour may wel be reputed for valyant and hardy what soeuer was theyr aduenture ¶ Here the mater speketh of some of the predecessours of kyng Edwarde of Ingland Cap. iii. FIrst the better to entre into the mater of this honorable
and pleasauÌ„t hystory of the noble Edward kyng of Ingland who was crowued at LondoÌ„ the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. on Christmas day lyuyÌ„g the kyng his father and the quene his mother It is certayne that the opinyon of inglisshmen most comonly was as than and often tymes it was seen in Ingland after the tyme of kyng At thure howe that betwene two valyant kynges of Ingland ther was most comoÌ„ly one bitwene them of lesse sufficiauncy both of wytte and of prowes and this was ryght well aparant by the same kyng Edward the thyrde for his graundfather called the good kyng Edward the fyrste was ryght valyant sage wyse and hardy auenturous and fortunate in al featis of warre and had moche a do agaynst the scottis and conquered them .iii. or .iiii. tymes For the scottê coude neuer haue victory nor idure agaynst hym and after his dissease his soÌ„ne of his first wyfe who was father to the sayd good kyng Edward the thyrde was crowned kyng and called Edward the .ii. Who resembled nothyng to his father in wyt nor in prowes but gouerned and kept his realme ryght wyldly and ruled hym selfe by synyster counsell of certayne parsons wherby at length he had no profytte norlaude as ye shall here after For anone after he was crowned Robert Bruse kyng of Scotlande who had often before gyuen moche a do to the sayd good kyng Edward the fyrst conquered agayne all Scotland and brent and wasted a great parte of the realme of England a .iiii. or .v. dayes iourney Within the realme at two tymes and discomfyted the kyng and all the Barons of Ingland at a place in Scotland called Estaruelyn by batel arengyd the day of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst in the .vii. yere of the reigne of the same kyng Edward In the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xiiii. The chase of this discoÌ„feture endured .ii. dayes and two nyghtys And the kyng of Ingland weÌ„t with a small company to London and on Mydlentsonday in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xvi. The scottis wan agayne the cite of Berwyk by treason but bicause this is no part of our mater I wyll leue spekyng therof ¶ Here myn auctour maketh mencion of the parentê of this good kyng Edward the .iii. Cap. iiii THis kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. brethernÌ„ the one called Marshall who was ryght wyld diuers of condicions the other called sir Aymon erle of Cane right wyse a miable geÌ„tle and welbeloued with alpeople This kyng Edward the .ii. was maried to Isabell yâ— doughter of Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce who Was one of the feyrest ladyes of the worlde The kyng had by her .ii. soÌ„nes .ii. doughters The fyrste son was the noble hardy kyng Edward yâ— .iii. of whom this hystory is begon The .ii. was named JohnÌ„ dyed yong The first of the doughters was called Isabel maried to the yoÌ„g kyng Dauid of scotlaÌ„d son to kyng Robert de Bruse maried in her teÌ„der yongth by thaccord of both realmes of Ingland Scotland for to make 〈◊〉 fight pear The other doughter was maried to the erle Reynold who after was called duke of Guerles he had by her .ii. soÌ„nes Reynold and Edward who after reygned iÌ„ great puissauÌ„ce Herafter begynneth the occasioÌ„ wher by the warr moued bitwene the kyngis of FrauÌ„ce and Ingland Cap. v. NOw sheweth the hystory that this Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce had .iii. soÌ„nes and a feyre doughter named Isabel maried into Ingland to kyng Edward the .ii. these .iii. soÌ„nes theldest named Lewes who was kyng of Nauerr in his fathers daies was called kyng Lewys Hotin The .ii. had to name Philyp the great or the long and the .iii. was called Charles and all .iii. were kyngis of FrauÌ„ce after theyr fathers discease by ryght succession eche aff other without hauyng any issue male of theyr bodies laufully begoten So that after the deth of Charlis last kyng of the .iii. the xii piers and all the baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce wold nat gyue the realme to Isabell the suster who was quene of InglaÌ„d by cause they sayd maynteyned yet do that the realme of FrauÌ„ce is so noble that it ought nat to go to a womaÌ„ and so coÌ„sequeÌ„tly to Isabel nor to the kyng of Inglande her eldest sonne for they determyned the sonne of the womaÌ„ to haue no ryght nor succession by his mother syn they declared the mother to haue no ryght so that by these reasons the .xii. piers and baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce by theyr comon acord dyd gyue the realme of FrauÌ„ce to the lord Philyp of Ualois Nephew somtyme to Philyp la beawe kyng of FrauÌ„ce and so put out the quene of Ingland and her sonne who was as the next heire male as soÌ„ne to the suster of Charles last kyng of Fraunce Thus went the realme of Fraunce out of the ryght lynage as it semed to many folkê Wherby great Warres hath moued and fallen and great distructioÌ„s of people and couÌ„tres in the realme of FrauÌ„ce other places as ye may here after This is the very right fouÌ„dation of this hystory to recount the great entreprises great featis of armes yâ— haue fortuned fallen syth the tyme of the good Charlemaigne kyng of Fraunce ther neuer fell so great aduentures ¶ Of the erle Thomas of Lancastre and .xxii. other of the great lordis and knyghtis of Inglande that were beheeddyd Cap. vi THe forsaid kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. on whom our mater is fouÌ„ded This sayd kyng gouerned right diuersly his realme by the exortacioÌ„ of ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer who had ben norisshed with hym syth the begynnyng of his yongth The whiche ser Hewe had so enticed the kyng that his father he were the greattest maisters in all the realme and by enuy thought to surmouÌ„t all other barons of Ingland wherby after the great discoÌ„feture that the scottê had made at Estermelyn great murmoryng ther arose in Ingland bitweneâ—the noble baroÌ„s and the kyngê couÌ„sell namely ageynst ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer They put on hym that by his counsell they were discomfeted and that he was fauorable to the kyng of scottê And on this poynt the haroÌ„s had diuers tymes comunicatioÌ„ to gether to be aduised what they myght do wherof Thomas erle of LaÌ„ 〈…〉 re who was vncle to the kyng was chief And anon whan ser Hewe Spencer had espied this he purueyd for remedy for he was so great with the kyng and so nere hym yâ— he was more beloued with the kyng than all the world after So on a day he came to the kyng and sayd sir certayn lordes of your realme haue made aliaunce to gether agaynst you without ye take hede therto by tymes they purpose to put you out of your realme And so by his malicioê° meanes he caused that the kyng made all the sayd lordes to be takyn and theyr heedis
priue counsell and dyd so moche that in shorte space the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and all his pryue counselle were as colde to helpe the quene in her voyage as they had before great desyre to dohit And the kynge brake all that voyage and defended euery parsone in his Realme on payne of banysshyng the same that none shuld be so hardy to go with the quene to brynge her agayne into Ingland And yet the sayd ser Hew Spencer aduysed hym of more malyce and bethought hym howe he myght gette agayne the quene into Inglande to be vnder the kyngis daunger and his Than he caused the kyng to wrytte to the holy father the pope effectuously desyryng hym that he wolde sende and wrytte to the kyng of Fraunce that he shulde sende the quene his wyfe agayne into Inglande For he Wyll acquyte hymselfe to god and the Worlde and that it was nat his faute that she departed fro hym for he Wolde nothyng to her but all loue and good faith suche as he ought to holde in mariage Also ther Were lyke letters wrytten to the cardynals dyuysed by many subtile wayes the whiche all maye nat be wrytten here Also he sent golde and syluer great plenty to dyuerse cardynalles and prelates suche as Were moost nereste and secrettest with the pope and ryght sage and able ambassadours were sente on this message and they ladde the pope in suche wyse by theyr gyftes and subtyle Wayes that he wrote to the kynge of Fraunce that on peyne of cursyng he shulde sende his suster Isabell into Ingland to the kyng her housbande These letters were brought to the kyng of FraÌ„ce by the busshopp of â—ainctes whom the pope sent in that legation And whan the kyng had redde the letters he caused them to be shewed to the quene his suster Whom he had nat seen of long space before commaundyng her hastely to auoyde his realme orels he wolde cause her to auoyde with shame ¶ Howe that quene Isabell departed fro Fraunce and entred in to the Empyre Cap. ix WHan the quene hard thys tidyngis she knewe nat What to say nor What aduyce to take for as than the barons of the realme of FrauÌ„ce were withdrawen froÌ„ her by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and so she had no comfort nor succoure but all onely of her dere cosyn ser Robert de Artoys for he secretly dyd counsaile and comfort her as moche as he myght for other Wyse he durst nat for the kyng hadde defended hym But he knew well that the quene was chased out of Ingland and also out of Fraunce for euyll Wyll and by enuy whiche greued hym greatly Thus was syr Robert de Artoyes at the quenes commaun dement but he durste nat speke nor be knowen therof For he had hard the kyng say and swere That Who so euer spake to hym for the quene his suster shulde leese his landis and be banysshed the realme And he knewe secretly howe the kyng was in mynde and will to make his suster to be taken and Edward her sonne and the erle of Cane and syr Roger Mortymer and to put theym all in the handis of the kyng and of syr Newe Spencer Wherfore he came on a nyght and declared all this to the quene and aduysed her of the parell that she was in Than the quene was greatly abasshed and required hym all we pyng of his good counsaile Than he sayd madame I counsaile you that ye depart and go in to the empire where as ther be many great lordes who may ryght well ayde you and specially the erle Guillyam of Heynault and syr John of Heynaulte his brother These two are great lordes and wise men true drad and redoubted of their ennemies Than the quene caused to be made redy all her purueyaunce and payd for euery thyng as secretly as she myght and so she and her sonne the erle of Cane and all her company departed from Paris and rode to warde Heynaulte and so long she rode that she came to Cambresys And whan she knewe she was in the Empyre She was better assured than she was before and so passed through Cambresys and entred into Ostrenaunt in Heynaulte and lodged at Ambreticourt in a knights house who was called syr Dambrycourte Who receyued her ryght ioyously in the best maner to his power In so moche that afterwarde the quene of Inglande and her sonne hadde with them into Ingland for euer the knyght and his wyfe and all his children and auaunced them in dyuers maners THe comyng thus of yâ— quene of InglaÌ„de and of her sonne and heyre into the couÌ„trey of Heynaulte was anon well knowen in the howse of the good erle of Heynault who as than was at Ualenciennes And syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault was certified of the tyme whan the quene arryued at the place of syr Dambrecourte The whiche syr JohnÌ„ was brother to the sayde Erle Guillam And as he that was yong lusty desiryng all honoure mounted on his horse and departed with a small company fro UaleÌ„ciennes and came the same nyght to Ambreticourt and dyd to the quene all honour and reuerence that he coulde deuyse The quene who was ryght sorowfull beganne to declare complaynyng to hym ryght pyteously her dolours Wherof the sayd syr JohnÌ„ had great pitie so that the water dashte in his yen and sayd certaynly fayre lady beholde me here your owne knyght who shall nat fayle you to dye in the quarell I shall do the best of my power to conducte you and my lorde your sonne and helpe to brynge you into your astatis in Inglande by the grace of god and With the helpe of your frendis in that parties and I and suche other as I can desyre shall put our lyues and goodes in adueÌ„ture for your sake and shall gette men of warre sufficient if god be pleased without the dauÌ„ger of the kyng of FraÌ„ce your brother Than the quene wold haue kneled downe for great ioye that she had and for the good wyll he offred her But this noble knyght toke her vppe quyckly in his armes and sayde By the grace of god the noble quene of InglaÌ„d shall nat knele to me But ma dame recomforte yourselfe and all your company for I shall kepe you faithfull promyse and ye shall go se the erle my brother and the countesse his wyfe and all theyr fayre chyldren Who shall receyue you with great ioye For so I harde theym reporte they wold do Than the quenesayd syr I fynde in you more loue and comforte than in all the worlde And for this that ye say and affirme me I thaÌ„ke you a thousande tymes and yf ye wyll do this ye haue promised in all courtesy and honoure I and my sonne shall be to you for euer bounde and wyll put all the realme of InglaÌ„d in your abandon For it is right that it so shuld be And after these wordes whan they were this accorded Syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte toke leue of the quene
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ„ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌ„e these two execucyoÌ„s he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest ê‘sons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deê‘ted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌ„e to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ„ they rode forth so long that they caÌ„e to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌ„e to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌ„don and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌ„maunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌ„mynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ„ of London And so the freÌ„chmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌ„bled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ„ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ— realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌ„ce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ„ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌ„pany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ— lorde MaÌ„ny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌ„pany were about a thousand horse and yâ— kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌ„e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌ„d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌ„des bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
without respyte All such great men as knyghtes squires or burgeses of good townes as he thought fauourable to therle in any maner he banysshed them out of Flaunders And wolde leuey the moyte of their landes to his owne vse and thother halfe to their wyuess and chyldren such as were banysshed of whome there were a great noÌ„bre abode atsaynt Diners To speke properly there was neuer in Flaunders nor in none other contrey prince duke nor other that ruled a countrey so pesably so long as this Jaques Dartuell dyd rule Flaunderss He leuyed the rentes wynages and rightes that pertayned to therle through out all Flanderss and speÌ„ded all at his pleasure without any acompt makyng And whaÌ„he wold say the he lacked money they byleued hym and so it behoued them to do for none durst say agaynst hym Whan he wold borowe any thynge of any burgesse there was none durst say hym nay These englyssh embassadours kept an honourable estate at the towne of Ualencennes They thought it shulde be agreat comforte to the kynge their lorde yf they might gette the flymmynges to take their part Than they toke counsell of therle in that mater and he answered that truely it shulde be one of the grettest aydes that they coude haue But he sayd he thought their labour in that behalfe coude nat preuayle without they gette first the goodwyll of Jaques Dartuell Than they said they wolde assay what they coude do so thervpon they departed fro Ualenceunes and went into Flaunders and departed into thre or foure coÌ„panies Some went to Bruges some to Ipre and some to GauÌ„t And they all kept such port made so large dyspeÌ„ce that it semed that syluer and golde fell out of their haÌ„des and made many great promyses and offers to them that they spake to for that mater And the bysshoppÌ„ with a certayne with hym weÌ„t to Gaunt and he dyd somuch what with fayre wordê and otherwyse that he gate thacorde of Jaques Dartuell And dyd gette great grace in the towne and specially of an olde knyght that dwelt in Gauut who was ther right well beloued called the lorde of Courcisyen a knight baneret and was reputed for a hardy knight had alwayes serued truely his lordes This knyght dyd moche honour to thenglysshemen as a valyant knyght ought to do to all straÌ„gers Of this he was accused to the french kyng who incontynent sent a strayt commaundement to therle of Flaunders that he shulde send for this sayd knyght and assone as he had hym to strike of his hed Th erle who durst nat breke the kynges coÌ„manndemeÌ„t dyd somoch that this knyght came to hym at his sendyng as he that thought non yuell and incontyneÌ„t he was taken his heed stryken of Wherof many folkes were sorie and were sore dysplesed with therle for he was welbeloued with the lordes of the contrey These englysshe lordes dyd somoche that Jaques Dartuell dyuerse tymes had togyder the counselles of the good townes to speke of the besynes that these lordes of Englande desyred and of the frauÌ„chyses and amyties that they offred them in the kyng of EnglaÌ„des byhalfe So often they spake of this mater that fynally they agreed that the kynge of Englande myght come and go into Flaunders at his pleasure Howe beit they sayd they were so sore bouude to the french kyng that they myght nat entre into the realme of Fraunce to make any warre without they shulde forfayt a great somme of florens and so they desyred that they wold be coÌ„tent with this answere as at that tyme. Thenglysshe lordes retourned agayne to Ualencennes with great ioy often tymes they sent worde to the kyng of Englande how they spedde and euer he sent theym golde and syluer to berâ— their charges and to gyue to the lordes of Almaygne who desyred nothyng els In this season the noble erle of Heynalt dyed the .vi. day of June the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxxvii. and was buryed at the friers in Ualencennes The bysshoppe of CaÌ„braysang the masse ther were many dukes erles and barownes for he was welbeloued and honoured of all people in his lyfe dayes After his dyscease the lorde Wyllyam his sonne entred into the counteis of Heynalt Hollande and zelande Who had to wyfe the dougther of duke JohnÌ„ of BrabaÌ„t and had to name Jahane She was endowed with the lande of Bynche the which was a right fayre heritage and a profitable And the lady Jahan her mother went to Fontnels on Lescault and ther vsed the resydue of her lyfe in great deuotion in thabbey ther and dyd many good dedes ¶ How certayne nobles of FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of Cagaunt agaynst thenglysshemen Cap. xxx OF all these ordynaunces and confortes that the kyng of England had get on that syde the see Kyng PhylippÌ„ of Fraunce was well enformed of all the mater wolde gladly haue had the flemmyngê on his part But Jaques Dartuell had so surmounted all maner of people in FlauÌ„ders that none durst say agaynst his opynion nor the erle hym selfe durst nat well abyde in the countrey For he had sent the countesse his wyfe and Loys his sonne into Fraunce for dout of the fleÌ„mynges In this season ther were in the yle of Cagant certayne knyghtes and squyers of FlaÌ„ders in garyson As sir Dutres de Haluyn syr JohnÌ„ de Radays and the sonnes of Lestriefe They kept that passage agaynst theÌ„glysshmen and made couert warre wherof thenglysshe lordes beyng in Heynalt were well enformed and how that if they went that way homewarde into England they shulde be met withall to their dyspleasure Wherfore they were nat well assured howbeit they rode and went about the countrey at their pleasure All was by the confort of Jaques Dartuell for he supported and honoured them as moche as he might And after these lordes went to Doudrech in Holande and ther they toke shypping to eschue the passage of Cagaunt Wher as the garison was layd for them by the commaundement of the frenche kyng so these englisshe lordes caÌ„e agayne into England as priuely as they coude And came to the kyng who was right ioyouse of their commyng and whan he harde of the garyson of Cagaunt He sayd he wolde prouyde for them shortly and anone after he ordayned therie of Derby ser Water Manny and dyuerse other knyghtes squiers with fyue hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and they toke shippyng at London in the ryuer of Tames The first tyde they went to Grauesende the next day to Margate and at the thyrde tyde they toke the see sayled into FlauÌ„ders So they aparelled them selfe and came nere to Cagaunt ¶ Of the batell of CagauÌ„t bytwene thenglysshmen and the frenchmen Cap. xxxi WHan thenglysshmen sawe the towne of Cagaunt before theÌ„ they made theÌ„ redy and had wynd and tyde to serue them And so in the name of god and saint George they approched and blewe vp their trumpettes
the kynge of that dede So whaÌ„ therle had ben ther a certayne space he toke leaue of her and retourned to UalenceÌ„nes and incoÌ„tynent wrote letters to the prelates and knyghtê of his contrey to haue their aduyce and counsayle in that behalfe And whan sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt knewe her of he toke his horse and came to therle his nephue and as sone as the erle sawe hym he sayd a fayre vncle your absence hath sette the frenchmen in a pride A sir ê™ he with your trouble and anoyance I am sore dyspleased howe beit in a maner I am glad therof Nowe ye be well rewarded for the seruyce and loue that ye haue borne to yâ— frenchmen Nowe it behoueth you to make a iourney into Fraunce agaynst the frenchmen a vncle ê™ therle loke into what quart ye thynke best and it shal be shortly done So thus the day of parlyameÌ„t assigned at Mons came and thyder resoried all the counsayle of the countrey and also of Nolande and zelande ther were diâ—iers opynyons Some wolde that certayne sufficyent ê‘ sons shulde be sent to the french kyng to knowe if he were coÌ„sentyng to the hurt done in Henalt or by what tytle he shulde make warre into the erles lande without any defiaunce And some other wold that therle shulde be reuenged in lyke maner as the frenchmen had begon how beit finally all reasons debated it was thought that therle coude do no otherwyse but to make warr into Fraunce And it was ordayned that therle shulde make his defyaunce to the frenche kyng and than to entre byforce into the realme of FraÌ„ce to bere these defyaÌ„ces was ordayned thabbot Thybalt of saynt Crispyne So thaÌ„ the letters of defyance were written sealed by therle by all the nobles of the coÌ„trey Than therle thaÌ„ked all his lordes and other of their good confort and of their promyse to ayde to reueÌ„ge him agaynst the frenchmen Thabbot of saynt Crispyne came into Fraunce and brought these de fyances to kyng PhilyppÌ„ who made light therof and sayd how his nephue was but an outraous folc howe that he was a marchaÌ„t to haue his coÌ„trey breÌ„t Thabbot returned to therle to his counsayle shewed howe he had sped And than therle prepared for men of warre in his coÌ„trey and in Brabant and in Flanders so that he had 〈◊〉 great nombre togyder And so set forwarde towarde the lande of Symay for therlles intent was to go and brenne the landes of yâ— lorde of Bremus and also Aubenton and Thyerache ¶ Howe therle of Heynault toke and distroyed Aubenton and Thyerach Ca. xlv THey of Aubenton douted greatly therle of Heynalt sir JohnÌ„ his vncle And so they sent for some ayde to the great bayly of UermaÌ„doys and he sent to theÌ„ the vydam of Chalons the lorde Beaumont the lorde de la Bone the lorde of Lore dyuers other to the nombre of CCC men of armes And so they repayred the towne in certayne places and determyned to abyde the heynowes and to defende the towne the which was a gret towne and full of drapery The heynowes cam on a friday and lodged nere to Aubenton aduysed the towne to se on what quarter it were moost best to be taken and in the mornyng they aproched in thre wardes their baners before theÌ„ right ordynatly and also their crosbowes The erle of Heynalt ledde the first batayle and with hym great nombre of the knyghtes and squiers of his countrey His vncle sir John of Heynalt had the seconde batayle wher as he had plenty of men a warr The thyrde had the lorde Faulquemont with a good noÌ„bre of almaynes And so thus euery lorde was vnder his owne baner and there beganÌ„e a sore assaut and the bowes began to shote both within and without wherby dyuers were sore hurt Th erle and his company came to the gate ther was a great assaut and a sore skirmysshe ther the Uydame of Calons dyd marueyles he made at the gate thre of his sonnes knyghtes But finally therle and his company coÌ„quered the baylies and byforce made their ennemies to withdrawe into that gate And also at the gate towarde Symay was sir JohnÌ„ de la Bone and sir JohnÌ„ BeamoÌ„t ther was also a cruell assaut they within wer fayne to withdrawe in at their gates and to leaue the barrers and the heynowes wan it and yâ— brige also Ther was a sore assaut for suche as were fledde and entred within went vp on the gate and cast downe barres of yron stones pottê full of quycke lyme wherby many were sore hurt a squyer of Henalt receyued suche a stroke with a stone on his targe that it was clouyn clene a sonder with the stroke and his arme broken so that it was long after or he was hole The saturday in the mornyng ther was a great assaut they within dyd their deuer to defende themselfe but finally the towne was wonne byforce and their pales and defences broken And first entred into the towne sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt with his baner with great cryeng and showtyng Than thou Uydame of Chalons withdrewe hym and his company into the place before the mynster and there made semblant to defende hymselfe as loÌ„g as he myght endure But the lorde of Bremus departed without order for he knewe well that sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt was lore dyspleased with him so that he thought if he had ben taken that no rauÌ„some shulde haue saued his lyfe And whan sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt knewe that he was departed that had done somoche dyspleasure in his lande of Symay he pursued after hym But the lorde of Bremus sledde falt and founde the gate of his towne opyn and so entred in and ser Johanne of Heynault pursued hym iuste to the gate with his swerde in his hande But whanÌ„e he sawe that he was escaped he retourned agayne to Aubenton and his men mette certayne of yâ— lorde Bremus men as they folowed their maister and ther they were stayne without mercy The erle and his company sought sore with theÌ„ that were by the mynster and ther the Uydam of Chalons dyd marueyls in armes and so dyd two of his sonnes but finally they wer all stayn there scaped none but suche as fledde with the lorde of Bremus but all were slayne or taken and a .ii. M. men of the towne and all the town robbed and pylled and all the goodes sent to Symay and the towne brent And after yâ— butnyng of Aubenton the heynowes weÌ„t to Mauber Fountaynes and incontynent they wan it and robbed and brent the towne And also the towne of Daubeâ—ueyll and Segny the great Segny the lytell and all the hamelettes ther about the which were mo than .xl. Than the erle went to Mouns and gaue leaue to his men of warr to depart and thanked them in such wyse that they were all well content Than anone after therle went to make asure alyance with the kyng
leaue to all the souldyours to depart And toke with hym to Ualencennes all the great lordes and ther feasted them honourably and specially the duke of Brabant and Jaques Dartuell And ther Jaques Dartuell openly in the market place in the presence of all the lordes and of all such as wold here hym declared what right the kyng of Englande had to the crowne of FraÌ„ce and also what puyssaunce the thre countreis were of Flaunders Heynault and Brabant surely ioyned in one alyance And he dyde so by his great wysdome and plesaunt wordes that all people that harde hym praysed hym moche and sayd howe he had nobly spoken by great experyeÌ„ee And thus he was greatly praysed it was sayd that he was well worthy to gouerne yâ— countie of Flaunders Than the lordes departed and promysed to mete agayne within .viii. dayes at Gaunt to se the kyng of England and so they dyd And the kyng feasted them honorably and so dyd the quene who was as than nuly purifyed of a sonne called JohnÌ„ who was after duke of Lancastre by his wyfe doughter to duke Henry of LaÌ„castre Than ther was a couÌ„sell set to be at Uyllenort and a day lymitted ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cicyll dyd all that he might to pacyfie the kyngê of Fraunce and Englande Cap. â—i WHan the french king harde howe his army on the see was dyscoufyted he dylloged and drewe to Arras gaue leaue to his men to depart tyll he harde other tidynges And sent sir Godmar du Fay to Tourney to se that there lacked nothyng he feared more the itemynges than any other And sent the lord of Beautewe to Mortayn to kepe the fronters agaynst Heynalt and he sent many meÌ„ of warr to saynt Omers to Ayre and to saynt â—enaunt and purueyed suffyciently for all the forteresses frontyng on Flanders In this season ther raygned a kyng in Cicyll called Robert who was reputed to be a great astronomyer and alwayes he warned the frenche kyng and his counsell that in no wyse he shulde fight agaynst the king of Englande for he sayd it was gyuen the king of Englande to be right fortunate in all his dedes This kyng Robert wold gladly haue sene these two kynges at a good acorde for he loued somoch the crowne of Fraunce yâ— he was right sorte to se the desolacyon cherof This kynge of Cicyll was at Auygnone with pope Clement with the colledge ther and declared to them the peryls yâ— were likely to fall in the realme of FraÌ„ce by the warr byt wene the sayd two kyngê de syring them that they wold helpe to fynde some meanes to apease them Wher vnto yâ— pope and the cardynals answered howe they wolde gladly intende therto so that the two kynges wolde heâ—e them ¶ Of the counsayle that the kynge of Englande and his alyes helde at Uyllenort Cap. lii AT this counsayle holden at Uyllenort were these lordes as foloweth The kyng of England yâ— duke of Brabant therle of Henalt ser John his vncle yâ— duke of Guerles therle of Jullers the marques of Faulquehoure the marques of Musse therle of Mons sir Robert Dartoys the lorde of Falquemont sir Wyllyam of Dunort therle of Namur Jaques Dartuell and many other great lordes of euery good towne of Flanders a thre or .iiii. personages in maner of a counsayle Ther was a grement made bytwene the thre contreis FlaÌ„ders BrabaÌ„t and Heynalt that fro thens forth eche of them shulde ayde and confort other in all cases And ther they made assuraÌ„ce ech to other that if any of them had to do with any countrey thother two shulde gyue ayde And her after if any of them shulde be at dyscorde one with an other the thyrde shulde set agremeÌ„t bytwene theÌ„ And if he were nat able so to do than the mater shulde be put vnto the kynge of Englande in whose handes this mater was sworne and promysed and he to agre them And inconfyrmacion of loue and amyte they ordayned a lawe to ryn throughout those .iii. contres the which was called the lawe of the companyons or alyes and ther it was determyned that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shulde remoue about Maudelentyde after and ley siege to Turney and ther to mete all yâ— sayd lordes and thers with the powers of all yâ— good to wnes And than euery man departed to their owne houses to aparell them in that behalfe ¶ Howe the kyng of England hesieged the cyte of Tourney with great puysance Cap. liii THe frenche kyng after the departure of these lordes fro the counsell of Uyllenort he knewe yâ— most part of their determynacion Than he seÌ„t to Tourney the chefe men of warr of all FrauÌ„ce as therle of Ewe the yong erle of Guynes his sonne constable of Fraunce therle of Foytz and his bretherne therle Amery of Narbon sir Aymer of Poyters sir Geffray of Charney sir Gararde of Mountfaucon the two marshals sir Robert Bertrand and sir Mathue de Troy the lorde of Caieur the senesshall of Poyctou the lord of Chastelayn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas and these had with them valyant knyghtes and squyers They came to Tourney and founde there sir Godmar du Fay who was ther before Than they toke regarde to the prouisyon of the towne as well to the vytels as to thartyllerie and forti ficatyon and they causen to be brought out of the contrey there about where otes and other prouysion ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to yâ— kyng of Englande whan the tyme aproched that he and his alyes shuld mete before Tourney and that the corne beganne to rype he departed fro Gaunt with .vii. erles of his contrey .viii. prelates xxviii baronettes ii C. knyghtesê foure thousande men of armes and. 〈◊〉 M. archers besyde fotemen All his hoost passed through yâ— towne of Andwarpe and so passed the â—â—uer of â—escalt and lodged before Tourney at the gate called saynt Martyne the way to â—arde Lysle and Doway Than anone after came the duke of Brabant with mo than xâ— M. men knyghtes squyers and coÌ„mons and he lodged at the brige of Aryes by the ryuer of Lescalt bytwene thabbey of saynt Nycholas and the gate UaleÌ„ tenoys Next to hym came therle of Heynaultê with a gooly company of his contrey with many of Holande and zelande and he was loged bytwene the kyuge and the duke of Brabaunt Than came Jaques Dartuell with mo thaÌ„ lâ— thousande slemmynges besyde them of â—pre Dropingne Cassell Bergues and they were sent on the other syde as ye shall here after Jaques Dartuell lodged at the gate saynt Fountayne yâ— duke of Guerles therse of Jullers the marques of BlaÌ„queboure yâ— marques of musse therle of Mons therle of Sauynes the lord of Falquemount sir Arnolde of Baquechew and all the Almayns were lodged on the other syde towarde Heynalt Thus the cytie of Tourney was cnuyroned rounbe about and euery hoost myght resort eche to other so that none coulde yssue out without spyeug ¶ Howe
his a rest and prison as in goyng away without leaue Whan this iudgement was gyuen in playne audyence by all yâ— lordes thanne the kyng called to hym the lorde Charles of Bloys his nephue and sayde fayre nephue ye haue iudged to you a fayre herytage and a great Therfore hast you and go and conquere it agaynst hym that kepyth it wrongfully and desyre all your frendes to ayde you and I shall nat fayle you for my part I shall lende you golde and syluer ynough and shall commaunde my sonne the duke of Normandy to go with you Than ser Charles of Bloys inclyned hym to his vncle thankyng hym right humbly than he desyred yâ— duke of NormaÌ„dy his cosyn the erle of Alanson his vncle the duke of Burgoyne therle of Bloys his brother the duke of Butbone the lorde Loys of Spayne yâ— lorde Jaques of Burbon therle of Ewe constable of Fraunce and therle of Guynes his sonne the vycont of Rohayne and all the other lordê that were ther. And all they sayde howe they wolde gladly go with hym with their lorde the duke of Normandy Than these lordes departed to make them redy and to make ê“uysion agaynst that iourney ¶ The lordes of Fraunce that entred into Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloys Cap. lxxi WHan all these lordes of Normandy the duke of Alanson the duke of Burgoyne and all other suche as shulde go with sir Chardu Bloys to ayde hym to coÌ„quere the duchy of Bretayne were redy They departed some fro Pares and some fro other places and they assembled togyder at the cytie of Anger 's and fro thens they went to Ancennys the which is th ende of the realme on that syde and ther taryed a thre dayes than they went forthe into the countrey of Bretayne and whan they were in the feldes they nombred their company to a fyne thousande men of armes besyde the ge no wayes the which were a thre thousande and thre knyghtes of Gennes oyd lede theÌ„ The one called sir Othes de Rue and thother sir Charles Germaulx and besyde that they had many erosbowes of whome sir Galoys be la Baulme was captayne Than all these went to a strong castell standynge on a hyghe mountayne called ChastoÌ„ceaulx ther was thentre of Bretayne it was furnysshed with men of warr captayns ther were two knyghtes of Lorayne called syr Gyles and sir Ualeryan The lordes of FraÌ„ce toke counsell to besiege this castell for they thought if they shulde leaue such a fortres behynde them it shuld do them great damage So they beseged it rounde about and made many assautes specially the genowayes dydde what they might to attayne prayse at the begynning but they lost often tymes of their company for they within defended themselfe so sagely that it was longe or they toke any damage But finally the assaylantê brought thyder somoch tymbre wod and fagottes that they fylled therwith the dykes so that they might go â—ust to yâ— walles they within cast out stones chalke and brennynge fyre howbeit they without came to yâ— fote of the walles had instrumetes wherby they myght vnder couert myne the walles Than they with in yelded vp the castell their lyues and goodes saued thafie the duke of Normanvy who was chiefe ther delyuered the castell to sir Charles of Bloys as his owne who incoÌ„tynent set ther a good garyson to kepe thentre and to conduct suche as came after theym Than they went towarde Nantes wher as they harde how therle of Mountfort their ennemy was the marshals and currours of their hoost founde by the way as they went a good towne closed with â—ykes the which they feersly assayled and in the town ther were but fewe peple and yuell armed So that anone the towne was woâ— robbed and the one half brent and all the peple put to yâ— swerde this towne was called Carquesy within a .iiii. or fyue leages to Nantes The lordes lay ther about all that night yâ— next mornyng they drue towarde Nantes and layed siege rounde about it and pyghâ—â—p their tentes and pauilyons Than the men of warre within the towne and the burgesses armed theÌ„ and went to their defences as they were apoynted some of the host went to yâ— barrers to skirmyssh and some of the soudyers within yong buegesses yâ—â—ueâ— out agaynst them so that ther were byuees slayne hurt on bothe parties ther were â—yuerse suche skirmysshes On a mornyng some of the soudyers within the cytie yssued out at adueÌ„ture and they founde a .xv. cartes with vytell coÌ„myng to thoost warde and a .lx. persons to coÌ„uey it and they of the cytie were a .ii. C. They set on them and anone dysconfyted them and slewe dyuers and some fled away and scaped and shewed in thoost howe it was Than some went to rescue the pray and ouer toke them nere to the barryers ther began a great skirmysshe ther came so many fro thoost that they within had moch a do howbeit they toke the horses out of the cartê and dyd driue them in at the gate to th entent 〈◊〉 they without shulde nat driue lightly away the caryages Than other soudyers of the cytie yssued out to helpe their companyons and also of the burgesses to ayde their pareÌ„tes so the fray multiplyed and dyuers were slayne sore hurt on bothe parties for alwayes people encreased fro thoost and some newe euer yssued out of the cytie Than at last sir Henry the captayne sawe that it was tyme to retreyt for by his abydinge he sawe he might rather lese than wyn than he caused them of the cytie to drawe a backe aswell as he myght yet they were pursued so â—ere that many were slayne and taken mo than .ii. C. of the burgesses of yâ— towne wherof therle of MoÌ„tfort blamed sore sir Henry de Leon that he caused the retrayt so sone wherwith sir HeÌ„ry was sore dyspleased in his mynde And after that he â—old no more coÌ„e to therls couÌ„sell so aften as he dyd before many had maruell why he dyd so ¶ Howe the erle Mountfort was taken at Nauntes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii AS I hard reported ther were certayne burgesses of yâ— cite sawe howe their goodes went to wast both without â—in had of their chyldren and frendes in prison douted that wors shulde come to them after than they aduysed and spake togyder secretly so that finally they coÌ„cluded to treat with the lordes of France So yâ— they myght come to haue peace to haue their chyldren and freÌ„des clerely delyuerd out of prison They made this treatie so secretly that at laste it was agreed that they shulde haue all the prosouers delyuerd and they to set opyn one of the gates that the frenche lordes myght entre to take the erle MouÌ„tfort in the castell without doyng of any maner of hurt to the cyte or to thynhaby tantes or goodes therin Some sayed this was purchased by the means and agrement of sir Henry de
Rochfort and newely refresshed the towne and castell with meÌ„ of warr and â—uisyon In this meane season certayne noble men of Bretayne spake for a truse for a certayn space bytwene sir Charles of Bloyes and the countesse of Mountfort the which was agreed by all their ayders and assisters also the kynge of Englande sent for the countesse to come into Englande and assone as this trewse was confirmed the couÌ„tesse toke see and passed into Englande ¶ Of the feest and iustynge made at London by the kyng of England for the loue of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix LE haue well harde here before howe the kynge of Englande had great warres in dyuers countreis and had men of warre in garysons to his gret cost and charge as in Picardy NormaÌ„dy Gascoyne Xaynton Poycton Bretayne and Scotlande ye haue harde also before how the kyng was stryken in loue with the countesse of Salisbury loue quickened hym day and night her fresshe beautie godely demeanour was euer in his remeÌ„brance though therle of Salisbury was one of the priuyest of his counsell and one of them that had done hym best seruyce So it fell that for the loue of this lady and for the great desyre that the king had to se her he caused a great feest to be cryed and a iustyng to be holden in the cyti of LoÌ„don in the myddes of August the which cry was also made in Flaunders in Heynault in BrabaÌ„t and in Fraunce gyueng all coÌ„mers out of euery contrey safe coÌ„duct to come and go and had gyuen in coÌ„maundement through his owne realme that all lordes knyghtes squyers ladyes and domosels shuld be ther without any excuse and coÌ„maunded expresly the erle of Salisbury that the lady his wyfe shulde be ther to bring with her all ladyes and damosels of that countrey Th erle graunted the kyng as he that thought none yuell the gode lady durst nat say nay howbeit she came sore agaynst her wyll for she thought well ynough wherfore it was but she durst nat dyscouer the mater to her husband she thought she wolde deale so to bringe the kynge fro his opynion This was a noble feest there was the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt and 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ of Heynalt his vncle and a great nombre of lordes and knyghtes of hyghe lynage there was great daunsynge and iustynge the space of .xv. dayes the lorde JohnÌ„ eldyst son to the vycount Beaumonde in England was slayne in the iustes All ladyes and damoselles were fresshely besene accordyng to their degrees except Alys countesse of Salisbury for she went as simply as she myght to the intent that the kyng shulde nat sette his regarde on her for she was fully determyned to do no maner of thynge that shulde tourne to her dyshonour nor to her husbandes At this feest was sir Henry with the wrye necke erle of Lancaltre and sir Henry his sonne erle of Derby sir Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmount the erle of Northampton and of Glocetter the erle of Warwyke the erle of Salisbury the erle of Penneforde the erle of Hereford the erle of Arundell the erle of Cornewall the erle of â—uenforde the erle of Suffolke the baron of Stafforde and dyuers other lordes knightes of Englande And at all these nobles departed the kyng receyued letters fro dyuers lordes of sundrie contreis as out of Goscoyne Bayon Flaunders fro Jaques Dartuell and out of Scotlande fro the lorde Rose and the lorde Persy and fro sir Edward Baylleull captayne of Berwyke who sygnifyed the kynge that the scottes helde but simply the trewse concludedd the yere before for they newely assembled togyder moch people for what entent they coude nattell Also the captayne in Poycton Xanton Rochell and Burdeloyes wrote to the kyng howe the frenchmen made great preparacions for the warre for the peace made at Arras was nere expyred wherfore it was tyme for the kyng to take counsayle and aduyse and so he aunswered the messangers fro poynt to poynt ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent sir Robert Dartoys into Bretayne Cap. lxxxx AMong all other thynges the kynge of Englande wolde socoure the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who was with the quene Thanne the kyng desyred his cosyn sir Robert Dartoyes to take a certayne nombre of men of warre and archers and to go with the couÌ„tesse into Bretayne And so he dyde and they departed and toke shypping at Hampton and were on the see a great season bycause of coÌ„trary wyndes They departed about Ester at this great counsell at London the kyng was aduysed to sende to Scotlande for the parfour maunce of a trewse to endure for two or thre yeres Consydring that the kyng had somoche besynesse in other places the kynge of Englande was lothe therto for he wolde haue made suche warr into Scotland that they shulde haue ben fayne to haue desyred peace howbeit his counsayle shewed hym suche reasons that he agreed therto Among other thynges his counsell sayd that it was great wysdome whan a prince hath warre in dyuers placâ— at one tyme to agre with one by truse another to pacify with fayre wordes and on the thyrde to make warre Thanne was there a bysshoppe sende on that legacyon and so he went forthe and in processe retourned agayne and brought relacyon howe the the king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge Than the kyng of Englande sayde openly that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had so arayed the realme of Scotlande that it shulde neuer be recouered than he 〈◊〉 maunded that euery man shulde be with hym at Berwyke by Eester except suche as were apoynted to go into Bretayn The feest of Ester came and the kynge helde a great court at Berwyke for the chiefe of the lordes and knyghts of England were ther and there taryed the space of thre wyckes In the meane season certayne good men laboured bytwene the parties to haue a trewse and so there a truse was agreed to endure for two yere and confyrmed by the french kyng Than euery man departed and the kyng went to Wyndsore than he sende the lorde Thomas Hollande and the lorde JohnÌ„ 〈…〉 Bayon with two hundred men of armes and-four hundred archers to kepe the fronters ther. ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Robert Dartoyes that yere fell so hye that it was nere to then 〈…〉 g of May in the myddes of the whiche moneth the trewse bytwene the lorde Charles of Bloys and the countesse of Mountfort shulde expyre Sir Charles of Bloyes was well 〈…〉 fyed of the purchase that the countesse of Mou 〈…〉 had made in Englande and of the confort that the kynge had promysed her for the whiche intent the lorde Loyes of Spayne sir Charles Germaux and sir Othes Dornes were layd on the see about Gernzay with a thre thousande genowayes and a thousande men of armmes and .xxxii. great shyppes ¶ Of the batell of Gernzay bytwene sir Robert Dartoys and sir Loys of
of the towne as were yssued out were inclosed bothe before and behynde so that they were all taken and slayne and suche as were in the towne dyde yelde them to therle of Derby who receyued them to mercy and of his gentylnes respyted the towne fro brennyng and robbynge And dyde gyue that hole seignorie to sir Alysaunder of Chamount by whose aduyce the towne was wont and sir Alysaunder made a brother of his captayne ther called Antony of Chamont and therle left with hym certayne archers and other with pauysshes than therle departed and came to WyelfraÌ„che in Agenoys the which was won by assaut and the castell also and he lefte there for captayne a squyer of his called ThomÌ„s CoqÌ„ Thus therle rode all about the contrey and no man resysted hym and conquered townes and ca 〈…〉 and his men wanne ryches meruayle to esteme ¶ Howe therle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. C .xiii. WHan the erle of Derby had this towne at his pleasure thasie herode to MyremoÌ„t drawyng towardes Burdeux for all this iourney his currours neuer aproched to port saynt Mary Th erle was thre dayes before Myremont and on the fourth day they yelded therle gaue it to a squier of his called JohnÌ„ Bristowe and after his men wan a lytell towne closed standyng on the ryuer of Gerone called Thomynes and after the stronge castell of Damassene the whiche they well garnysshed with men of armes and archers Than they came before the cytie of Angolesme and layd siege therto and therle sayde he wolde nat depart thense tyll he had it at his pleasure thanÌ„e they within made apoyntment with the erle to sende .xxiiii. of their chiefe burgesses to Burdeur in hostage for the respyte of a peace for a moneth and if with in that space the frenche kynge do sende a suffycieÌ„nt persone to kepe the felde agaynst therle of Derby than they to haue agayne their hostagê and to be quyte of their bonde and yf nat than they to put theym vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande This done thasie the erle rode to Blames and layed siege therto within were two captayns of Poycton sir Guysshart Dangle and sir WyllyamÌ„ de Rochchouart and they sayde they wolde yelde to no manne And whyle this siege endured some of the englysshemen rode to Mortayne in Poycton where as sir Boucyquant was captayne and made there a great assaut but it auayled nat but dyuers of them were hurt slayne and so departed thens and went to Myrebell and to Alney And after came agayne to the siege of Blames euery day there was some feate of armes done the terme of the moneth erpyred that they of Angolesme shulde yelde The erle of Derby sent thyder his two marshals to whome they of the cyte sware homage and fealtie in the behalfe of the kyng of Englande and so they were in peace and had a gayne restored their hostages And the erle sent thyder at their desyers JohnÌ„ of Norwyche to be their captayne styll the siege endured before Blasmes so that thenglysshmen were halfe wery for wynter approched and there they coulde wynne nothynge than they determyned to go to Bourdeaux tyll another season and so they dyllodged went ouer Gerande and so to Burdeaux and than deê‘ted his people into dyuers garysons to kepe fronter warre ¶ Howe sir Godfray Harecourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. C .xiiii. IN this season sir Godfray of Harecourt fell in the indygnation of the frenche kynge who was a great baron in Normandy and brother to therle of Harecourt lorde of saynt Sauyour the vycount and dyuers other townes in NormaÌ„dy And it was sayde all was but for enuy for a lytell before he was as great with the kyng and with the duke of NormaÌ„dy as he wolde desyre but he was as than openly banysshed the realm of Fraunce and yf the kynge coulde haue gette hym in his yre he wolde haue serued hym as he dyd sir Olyuer of Clyssone who was beheeded the yere before at Parys This ser Godfray had some frendes who gaue hym warnyng secretly howe the kyng was dyspleased with hym than he auoyded the realme assone as he myght and went into Brabant to the duke there who was his cosyn who receyued him ioyfully And ther he taryed alonge space and lyued of suche reuenewes as he had in Brabant for â—ut of Fraunce he coude gette nothynge The kyng had seaced all his landes there of Constantyne and tooke the profet therof hymselfe the duke of Brabant coude in no wyse gette agayne this knyght into the kynges fauoure for nothynge that he coude do This dyspleasure cost greatly the realme of Fraunce after and specially the contrey of Normandy for the tokens therof remayned a hyndred yere after as ye shall here in this hystorie ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. C .xv. IN this season raygned in Flaunders in great prosperyte and puysaunce Jaques Dartuell of gauÌ„t who was as great with the kyng of Englande as he wolde desyre and he had promysed the kyng to make hym lorde and herytour of FlauÌ„ders and to endewe his sonne the prince of Wales therwith And to make the countâ—e of FlauÌ„ders a duke dome for the which cause 〈◊〉 feest saynt JohnÌ„ Babtyst they yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlvi. the kynge of Englande was come to Sluse with many lordes knyghtes and had brought thyder with hym the yonge prince his sonne on the trust of the promyse of Jaques Dartuell The kyng withall his nauy lay in the hauyn of Sluse and there he kept his house and thyder came to vysette hym his frendes of Flaunders ther were great counsaylles bytwene the kyng and Jaques Dartuell on the one ê‘tie and the counsayls of the good townes of Flaunders on the other partie So that they of the countrey were nat of the agrement with the kyng nor with Jaques Dartuell who preched to theym that they shulde disheryte the erle Loyes their owne naturall lorde and also his yong sonne Loyes and to enheryte the sonne of the kynge of Englande the which thynge they sayd suerly they wolde neuer agre vnto And so the laste day of their counsayll the whiche was kept in the hauyn of Sluse in the kynges great shyppe called the Katheryne there they gaue a fynall answere by common acorde and sayde sir ye haue desyred vs to a thynge that is great and weyghtie the which herafter may sore touche the countrey of Flaunders and our heyres trewely we knowe nat at this day no persone in the worlde that we loue the preferment of so moche as we do yours but sir this thynge we cannat do alone without that all the coÌ„mynaltie of Flaunders acorde to the same sir we shall goo home and euery man speke with his coÌ„pany generally in euery towne and as the moost parte agre we shal be coÌ„tent and within a moneth we shall be here with you agayne and thanÌ„e gyue
he was rescued and remounted agayne and in the meane season some of the frenchemen chased their beestes quyckely into the hoost or els they had lost them for they that yssued out of Aguyllon set so feersly on the frenchmen that they putte theym to the slyght and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen prisoners And sir Charles of MomoreÌ„cy had moche warke to scape than thenglysshmen retourned into Aguyllon Thus euery day almoost there were suche rencounters besyde yâ— assautes on a day all the hole hoost armed them and the duke commaunded that they of Tholouz of Carcassone of Beaucayre shulde make assaut fro the mornynge tyll noone and they of Remergue Caours Agenoys fro noone tyll night And yâ— duke promysed who soeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate shulde haue in rewarde a hundred crownê also the duke the better to mentayne this assaut he caused to come on the ryuer dyuerse shyppes and baâ—ges some entred into them to passe the ryuer and some went by the bridge At the last some of theym toke a lytell vessell and went vnder the brige and dyde cast great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge and than drewe it to them so sore that they brake the chenes of yron yâ— helde the bridge and so pulled downe the bridge parforce Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge so hastely that one ouerthrewe an other for euery man desyred to wyn the hundred crownes they within cast downe barres of yron peces of tymbre pottes of lyme and hote water so that many were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the water and into the dykes and many slayne sore hurt Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce but it cost more than it was worthe for they coude nat for all that wyn the gate than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late thanÌ„e they within yssued out â–ª and newe made agayne their drawe bridge stronger thanÌ„e euer it was before The next day ther came to the duke two connyng men maisters in carpentre and sayde sir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen we shall make foure scaffoldes as hygh or hyer thanÌ„e the walles The duke coÌ„maunded that it shulde be done and to get carpenters in the coÌ„trey and to gyue them good wagê so these four scafoldes wer made in four shyppes but it was long first and cost moch or they were finysshed than such a shulde assayle the castell in theÌ„ were apoynted and entred And whan they were passed halfe the ryuer they within the castell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to resyst agaynst these scafoldes these four martynettes dyd cast out so great stones and so often fell on the scafoldes yâ— in a short space they were all to broken so that they that were within them coulde nat be pauysshed by theym so that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne and or they were agayne at lande one of the scafoldê drowned in yâ— water the moost part of theÌ„ that were Win it the which was great damage for therin were good knyghtes desyringe their bodyes to auauÌ„ce Whan the duke sawe that he coude nat come to his entent by that meanes he caused the other thre scafoldes to rest Than he coudese no way howe he might gette the castell and he had promysed nat to departe thense tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd sende for hym Than he sende the constable of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to the kyng and there they shewed hym the state of the siege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke shulde lye there styll tyll he had won them by famyn syth he coude nat haue theÌ„ by assaut ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllone Cap. C .xxi. THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his meÌ„ 〈◊〉 constrayned in the castell of Aguyllon than he thought to go ouer the see 〈◊〉 to Gascoyne with a great 〈…〉 my ther he made his 〈◊〉 syon and sent for men all about his real 〈…〉 in other places wher he thought to spe 〈…〉 money In the same season the lord◠〈◊〉 of Harecourt came into Englande who was banysshed out of FrauÌ„ce he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym and had fayre landê assigned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree Than the kynge caused a great nauy of shyppes to be redy in the hauyn of Hampton and caused all maner of men of warr to drawe thyder about the feest of saynt John Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xiv. the kynge deê‘ted fro the quene and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his cosyn And he stablysshed the lorde Persy and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archebysshoppe of yorke the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Durham for he neuer voyded his realme but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde than he entred into his shyppe and the prince of wales with hym and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and all other lordes erles barownes and knyghtê with all their coÌ„panyes they were in nombre a foure thousande men of armes and ten thousande archers besyde Irysshmen and walsshmen that folowed the host a fote ¶ Nowe I shall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney First Edward his eldest sonne prince of wales who as thanÌ„e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about the erles of Herforde Northamptone Arundell Cornewall warwyke HuÌ„tyngdon Suffolke and Oxenforth And of barons the lorde Mortymer who was after erle of Marche the lordes JohnÌ„ Loyes and Roger of BeauchaÌ„pe and the lorde Reynold Cobham Of lordes the lorde of Mombray Rose Lucy Felton Brastone Myllon Labey Maule Basset Barlett and wylloughby with dyuers other lordê And of bachelars there was JohnÌ„ Chandoys Fytzwaren Peter and James Audelay Roger of Uertuall Bartylmewe of Bries Rycharde of Penbruges with dyuers other that I can nat name fewe ther were of staÌ„gers ther was the erle Hauyou sir Olphas of Guystels and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne and many other that I can nat name Thê° they say 〈◊〉 â—â—rth that day in the name of god they were 〈◊〉 〈…〉 warde on their way towarde Gascone 〈◊〉 on the thirde day ther rose a coÌ„trary wynde 〈…〉 them on the marches of Cornewall 〈…〉 lay at ancre .vi. dayes In that space 〈…〉 had other counsell by the meanes of 〈◊〉 Godfray Harcourt he counselled the kyng nat to go into Gascoyne but rather to set a lande in Normandy and sayde to the kyng sir the couÌ„tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous countreis of the worlde Sir on ieoê‘dy 〈◊〉 my heed if ye woll lande ther ther is none thaâ— shall
was bare heeded sauyng a chapelet of fyne perles yâ— he ware on his â—eed Than the kynge went fro one to another of the frenchmen and whan he came to sir Geffray of Charney a lytell he changed his countenance loked on hym and sayd sir Geffray by reason I shulde loue you butte a lytell whaâ— ye wolde steale by night fro me that thynge which I haue so derâ—ly bought and hath cost me somoch gode I am right â—oyouse and gladde that I haue taken you with the proffe ye wolde haue a better markette than I haue had whan ye thought to haue Calys for .xx. thousande crownes but god hath holpen me and ye haue fayled of your purpose and therwith the kyng went fro hym and he gaue neuer a worde to answere Than yâ— kynge caÌ„e to sir Eustace of Rybamont and ioyously to hym he sayd sir Eustace ye are the knyght in the worlde that I haue sene moost valyant assayle his ennemyes and defende hymself nor I neuer founde knyght yâ— euer gaue me somoche a do body to body as ye haue done this day wherfore I gyue you the price aboue all the knightes of my court by right senteÌ„ce than the kyng toke the chapelet that was vpon his heed beyng bothe fayre goodly and tyche and sayd sir Eustace I gyue you this chapelet for the best doar in atâ—es in this journey past of eyther party and I desyre you to bere it this yere for the loue of me I knowe well ye be fresshe and amorouse and often tymes be among ladyes and damoselles say wher soeuer ye come that I dyd gyue it you and I quyte you your prison and ransome and ye shall depart tomorowe if it please you The same yere a thousande thre hundred .xlix. kynge Philyppe of Fraunce wedded his seconde â—â—yfe the wednisday the .xxix. day of January dame Blanche doughter to kynge Philyppe of Nauerre who dyed in Spayne she was of the age of eyghtene yere or there about Also the nynetene day of February next after in yâ— begynning of lent the duke of Normandy the kyngê eldest sonne wedded his seconde wyfe at saynt Geneuese nere to saynt Germayne in Lay Jane couÌ„tesse of Bolayne somtyme wyfe to the lorde Phylyppe sonne to the duke Eudos of Burgoyne yâ— which lorde Philyppe dyed before Aguyllone a thre yere before that She was doughter of the erle Wyllyam of Bolayne and of the doughter of Lâ—yes erle of Eureur this lady helde in her handes the duchy of Burgoyne and the countesse of Arthoyes Bolayne Auuergne and dyuerse other landes ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Philyppe of France and of the coronacyon of his sonne JohnÌ„ Cap. C .liii. IN the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .l. at the beginyng of August sir Raoll of Caours dyuerse other knyghtê and squyers to the nombre of sixscore men of armes fought before a castell called Auleon within a capitayne of the kynge of Englandes in Bretayne called sir Thomas DaÌ„gorne And the same sir ThomÌ„s ther â—â—ayn and to the nombre of a. C. men of armes with hym the same yere the .xxii. day of August king PhilyppÌ„ dyed at Nogeunt and was caryed to our ladyes church in Parys And the thursday after he was buryed at saynt Denyse on the lyft hande of the hygh auter and his bowelles were buryed at the Jacopyns in Parys and his hert at Bourfontayne in Ualoys The .xxvi. day of Septembre next ensuynge on a sonday was sacred and crowned at Reyns kynge JohnÌ„ eldest son to kyng Philyp and the same day the quene also was crowned and ther the king made certayne knyghtes his eldest son dolphyn of Uyen Loys his seconde son erle of Alanson the erle of StaÌ„pes the lorde Johâ— of Arthoys yâ— duke PhilyppÌ„ of Orlyaunce brother to the kyng the duke of Burgoyne son to the quene by her 〈◊〉 husbande the lorde Philyp of Burgoyn therle DaÌ„martyn and dyuers other And the â—oÌ„day after the kyng departed and went to Parys by Laon Soyssons and Seâ—lys and the kynge and quene entred into Parys in great tryuÌ„phe the .xvii. day of Octobre and there kept a great feest the hole weke and the kyng â—aryed thet at Neele and at his palys tyll it was saynt Martyns tyde and there made ordynaunce for his ê‘lyament The tuesday the .xvi. day of NoueÌ„bre Raffe erle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of France who was newly come out of prison in England was taken in yâ— kyngê house at Neele in Parys wher the kyng was by the prouost of Parys at the kynges coÌ„maundemeÌ„t and in the saÌ„e house he was put in prison tyll the thursday after about the hour of matyns the same day he was beheeded in prison in the presence of the duke of Burbon the erle Armynake the erle of Monford the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bolayne therle of Renell and dyuers other knyghtes who were there present by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng who was at his palays This coÌ„stable was beheeded for high treasons the which he coÌ„fessed to the duke of Athenes and to dyuers other he was buryed in the augustyâ—s in Parys without the walles of the church by the apoyntment of yâ— kyng for honour of the frendes of the sayd constable In the moneth of January â—olowynge Charles of Spayne to whom the kyng had gyuen the countie of Angolen was than made coÌ„stable of France The first day of Aprill next after the lorde Guy of Neell marshall of Fraunce fought in â—ayntou with dyuers englysshmen 〈◊〉 gascoyns and the sayde marshall and his men were there dysconfited the marshall taken prisoner and the lorde Wy 〈…〉 his brother yâ— lorde Arnolde Dandrehen dyuers other On good friday the .x. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde M. CCC .li. was presented a reed hatte to Gyles Rygalt of Roussy who was abbot of saynt Denyce and was made cardynall in the palais of Parys in the presence of the kyng by the bysshoppe of Laon Parys by authorite of a bull fro the pope the which hadde naâ— be acustomed ther before In sepreÌ„bre after the frenchmen recouered the towne of saynt JohnÌ„ Dangle the which theÌ„glysshmen had kept â—yue yere it was delyuerd vp by theÌ„glysshmen bycause they had nothyng to lyue by wout any maâ—eâ— of batayle in the moneth of Octobre was publyâ—â—hed yâ— fraternyte of the noble house of saynt Ouenâ—eâ— to Paris all suche as were bretherne ther bare a starre on his bonet and on his mantell before This yere was the grettest darth that any man than lyueng coude remeÌ„bre throughout all france for a ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii .li. parisieâ— â–ª and a septier of otes at .lx. s. of parys for a busshell of pees .viii. s. other grenes there after In the same moneth of Octobre the same day that the fraternyte of saynt Owen was celebrate thenglysshmen toke the towne of Guynes for all the truse the same yer ther was a maryage made bytwene the constable
ayde of the men of armes who came in among them and slewe of them and dyd what they lyst And ther was the lorde Arnold DaÌ„drchen taken prisoner by other men than by sir James Audeley or by his four squters for that day he neuer toke prisoner but alwayes fought and went on his enemyes Also on the french partie the lorde Johan CleremoÌ„t fought vnder his owne baner as long as he coude endure but ther he was beten â—owne and coude nat be relyued nor ransomed but was slayne wtout mercy some sayde it was bicause of the wordes that he had the day before to sit JohnÌ„ Chandos So within a short space the marshals batayls were disconfyted for they fell our vpon another and coude nat go forth the frenchmen that were behynde and coude nat get forwarde reculed backe and came on the batayle of the duke of Normandy the which was great and thicke and were a fote but anon they began to opyn behynde For whan they knewe that the marshals batayle was dysconfited they toke their horses and deê‘ted he that might best also they sawe a rowt of englysshmen coÌ„mynge downe a lytell mountayne a horsebacke and many archers with them who brake in on the syde of the dukes batayle Trewe to say the archers dyd their company that day great aduauntage for they shotte so thicke that the frenchmen wyst nat on what syde to take hede and lytell and lytell the englysshmen wanne grounde on theym and whan the men of armes of Englande sawe that the marshals batayle was dysconfited and that the dukes batayle beganÌ„e to dysorder and opyn they lept than on their horses the whiche they had redy by them Than they assembled to gyder cryed saynt George gyen and the lorde Chandos sayd to the prince sir take your horse and ryde forth this iourney is yors god is this day in your handes gette vs to the french kynges batayle for ther lyeth all the sore of the mater I thynke verily by his valyantnesse he woll nat flye I trust we shall haue hym by the grace of god and saynt George so he be well fought withall and sir I herde you say that this day I shulde se you a good knyght The prince sayde lette vs go forthe ye shall nat se me this day retourne backe sayd auauÌ„ce baner in the name of god and of saynt George the knyght yâ— bare it dyde his commaundement there was than a sore batayle and a perylous and many a man ouerthrowen and he that was ones downe coud nat be relyued agayne wtout great socoure and ayde As the prince rode and entred in amonge his ennemyes he sawe on his ryght hande in a lylell busshe lyeng deed the lorde Robert of Duras and his baner by hym and a ten or twelfe of his men about hym than the prince sayd to two of his squyers to thre archers sirs take the body of this knyght on a targe bere hym to Poycters and present him fro me to the cardynall of Pyergourt and say howe I salute hym by the token and this was done The prince was enformed that the cardynalles men were on the felde agaynst hym the which was nat pertayning to the right order of armes for men of the churche that cometh and goeth for treaty of peace ought nat by reason to ber harnes nor to fyght for neyther of the parties They ought to be indyfferent and bycause these men had done so the price was dyspleased with the cardynall and therfore he sende vnto hym his nephue the lorde Robert of Duras deed And the Cathelayn of Ampostre was takenne and the printe wolde haue had his heed stryken of bycause he was pertaynynge to the cardynall but than the lorde Candos sayd sir susfre for a season entende to a gretter mater and paraduenture the cardynall wyll make suche excuse that ye shal be content Than the prince and his company dressed them on the batayle of the duke of Athenes coÌ„stable of France there was many a manne slayne and cast to the yerth as the frenchmen fought in companyes they cryed mountioy saynt Denyce and the englysshmen saynt George gyen Anoue the price with his company met with the batayle of almaygnes wherof the erle of Salesbruce the erle Nosco and therle Neydo were capitayns but in a short space they were put to â—lyght The archers shotte so holly togyder that none durst come in their dangers they slewe many a man that coulde nat come to no raunsome these thre erles was ther slayne and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of their coÌ„pany And ther was the lorde Dambretycourt rescued by his owne men and sette on horsebacke and after he dyde that day many feates of armes toke gode prisoners Whan the duke of No 〈…〉 〈…〉 I le sawe the prince aproche they thought to 〈◊〉 theÌ„ selfe and so the duke and the kynges chrldren the erle of Poycters and the erle of Tourayne who were ryght yong by leued their gouernors and so departed fro the felde and with them mo than eyght hundred speares yâ— stake no stroke that day Howe beit the lorde Guysshard Dangle and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre who were with the erle of Poicters wolde nat slye but entred into the thyckest prease of the batayle The kynges thre sonnes toke the way to Chamigny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Landas the lorde Thy bault of Woodney who were sette to a wayt on the duke of NormaÌ„dy whan they had brought the duke a long leage fro the batayle than they tooke leaue of the duke and desyred the lorde of saynt Uenant that he shulde nat leaue the duke but to bring hym in sauegarde wherby he shulde wyn more thanke of the kynge than to abyde styll in the felde Than they met also the duke of Orleaunce and a great coÌ„pany with hym who were also departed fro the felde with clere handes ther were many good knyghtes and squyers though that their maisters departed fro the felde yet they hadde rather a dyed than to haue had any reproche Than the kyngê batayle caÌ„â— on the englysshmen there was a sore fyght and many a great stroke gyuen and receyued the kyng and his yongest sonne mette with the batayle of thenglysshe marshalles therle of Warwyke and therle of Suffolke and with theym of gascons the Captall of Buz the lorde of Pomyers the lorde Amery of Charre the lorde of Mucydent the lorde of LaÌ„guran and the lorde de la Strade To the frenche partie there came tyme ynough the lorde Johan of Landas and the lorde of Woodney they a lyghted a fote and wente into the kynges batayle And a lytell besyde fought the duke of Athenes coÌ„stable of fraÌ„ce and a lytell aboue hym the duke of Burbone and many good knyghtes of Burbonoyse and of Picardy with hym And a lytell on the one syde ther were the poyteuyns the lorde de 〈◊〉 the lorde of Partney the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lorde of
courser and his hackeney that he lost at the batayle of Nogent the which horses the lady Isabell of Jullyers countesse of Kent in Englande had sende hym Whan these coÌ„panyons had the lorde Eustace among them they made hym their souerayne and euery man drewe to him And than they entred into the couÌ„tie of Rethell where they had neuer been before and there by stelth they wanne the good towne of Athyen on the ryuer of Esue and there they founde mo than a hundred peces of wyne Ther they made their soueraygne garyson and ouer ranne all the countrey about Reynes and spoyled Espernoy Dampâ—ary Trayone and the good towne of Uertus wher the englysshmen had great profette And ther they made another garyson the which ouer ranne all the countrey about the ryuer of Marne to the Fertyll Myllon And they of Athyen ranne dayly to Meserees on the ryuer of Meuse to Douchery and to Chenpoulux ¶ Howe sir Broquart of Fenestrages made hymselfe to be payed by force of his wages of the duke of NormaÌ„dy regent of France Ca. C C iii. IN the same season the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages who had been in the dukes ayde agaynst theÌ„glysshemeÌ„ and naueroyse and had holpen to put them out of yâ— fortresses in Champaygne but he was but yuell payed of his wages Ther was owynge to hym and to his a thyrtie thousande frankes He sende certayne messangers to Parys to the duke who gaue none answere to his pleasure for they retournedâ— without any money or promyse Than this knyght sende his defyance to the duke and to all the realme of Fraunce and entred into a good towne called Bare on the ryuer of Sayne wherin ther wer a nyne hundred houses his men robbed yâ— towne but they coude nat gette the castell it was so well kept They toke with thyem their pyllage and prisoners and brende so the towne that all was distroyed than they went to CoÌ„stans and there made their cheife garyson and they dyde after to the countre of Champaigne more yuell and vylayne dedes than euer dyd the englysshemen or naueroyse And whanne he and his men had thus ouer ronne the countre the duke agreed with hym and he had all that he desyred and more And than he departed and went into Lorayne fro whens as he came and so lefte the realme of Fraunce and the countrey of Champaine in peace whan he had done yuels ynowe In the same season the yere of our lorde god a. M. CCC liâ— Sir Robert Canoll made a iourney with thre thousande one and other and wente out of the marchesse of Bretaygne and rode along the ryuer of Loyre and entred into Berry brennyng and exylyng the countre And it was sayd he had taken on hym to passe through Auuergne to go se the pope and cardynalles at Auygnone and to haue some of their floring aswell as the archpreest had done ¶ Of the iourney that sir Robert Canoll made in Berry and Auuergne and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countrey that pursued hym Cap. CC .iiii. SUche lordes and knightes of Auuergne with their coÌ„panyes as were in purpose to encountre sir Robert Canoell came within a dayes iourney of hym with a thre thousande speares Sir Robert had ryden in Berry brenning and exilyng the countre and as than he was entred into Auuergne and to resyst hym the lordes and knyghtes were assembled They of Auuerne and Lymosen and with them therle of Forestes who had with him a .iiii. C. speares Thus they rode after sir Robert Canoll and his men such as he had broght with hym out of Loritaygne callyng themselfe englysshmen Whan these lordâ— were thus within a dayes iourney of their ennemyes and ther lodged that nyght And the next day they came and lodged on a mountayne nere to thenglysshmen they were lodged on a nother lytell hyll so that eche of theym might se others fyers that they made Than the next mornyng the french men auaunced farther about noone they caÌ„e to a mountayne right agaynst the englysshmen so that there was no more bytwene them but a lytell medowe of a .xii. acres of lande Incontynent the englysshemen made redy their batayle to fight and sette their archers in the hangyng of the hyll before them than the frenchmen ordayned two batayles in euery batayle a .v. M. men The first ledde the dolphyne of Auuergne erle of Cleremont called Berault and there he was made knyght and rearyd his baner quartered with Auuergne Merquell And with him was the lorde Robert Daulphyn his vncle the lorde Montagu the lorde of Talencon yâ— lorde of Cochfort the lorde of Serygnacke the lorde Godfray of Boloyne and dyuers other knightê and squyers of Lymosyn of Quercy of Auuergne and of Rouergue In the seconde batayle was the erle of Forestes the lorde JohnÌ„ of Boloyn erle of Auuergne the lorde Darchyer and his sonnes the lorde Dachon the lorde Duâ—es sir Renalt of Forestâ— brother to therle and many other knyghtes and squyers hauyng great desyre to fyght with their enemyes by semyng On the other syde sir Robert Canoll and his coÌ„pany shewed howe he hadd also great desyre to haue batayle Thus bothe hostes stode styll tyll it was nere night eche before other without goynge out of their straytes saue certayne yonge knyghtes and squyers to get prise in armes discended downe on both parties by the lycence of their marshals came downe into the medowe and there iusted one with another and he that wanne his felowe had hym prisonerr Thus at night eche partie drewe to their lodgynges and made good watche than the french lordes went to counsayle they ordayned that at the hour of mydnight they shulde dyscend downe fro their mouÌ„tayne on the syde fro their enemyes ward And to go a two leages and so to come to the othersyde of the mountayne where ther enemys were on the which syde yâ— hyll was easy inough to mount and thought to coÌ„e so erly thyder that theÌ„glishmen shuld nat be redy armed this was nat so secretly spoken but yâ— thenglysshmen had knoledge therof by an englisshe prisoner yâ— stale away fro the frenche hoost and came to sir Robert Canoll and shewed him all the mater ThaÌ„ sir Robert wente to counsayle with suche as he trusted best so that they thought all thynges coÌ„sydred that it was nat best to abyde the puysance of the frenchmen than they trussed and deê‘ted by guydes of men of the countrey suche as they had there for prisoners At the hour of mydnight the frenchmen putte themin array of batayle and rode for the as they before had ordayned and by that tyme it was day they came to the mouÌ„tayne wher they thoght to haue founde the englysshmen And whan they knewe yâ— they were departed they caused certayne of their meÌ„ to mount vp to the mouÌ„tayne to se if they coude knowe any thynge of theym they retourned agayne and reported howe they had sene theym passe by suche
euer they be perteynynge to the realme of Fraunce or to our sayd brother his subiectes alies and adherentes or any other what so euer they be doynge agaynst the sayd peace â–ª and nat leaue or ceace so to do and wyll nat rendre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after that they be requyred so to do by any of our officers sergeauntes or publike persones that than by that dede allonlye without any other processe or condempnacion that they be all reputed for banysshed meÌ„ out of our realme and our power and also oute of the realme and landes of oure sayde brother and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs and into our demayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and coÌ„maund expressely that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agaynst vs accordynge to the custome done in cryme of high treason withoute gyuynge in that case any grace or remyssion sufferance or pardon And in like wyse to be done of our subiectê in whatsoeuer estate they be that in our realme 〈…〉 syde the lee or on the other side take occupye or holde fortresse whatsoeuer it be ayenst the wyll of them that they shuld perteyne vnto or brenneth or raunsometh townes or persones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warrÌ„ within our power or on our subiectes Than we commaunde and expressely enioyne all our seneschals bailiffes prouostes chatelaynes or other our officers in eschewynge of our hygh displeasure and on peyne of losynge of their offices that they publysshe or cause to be publisshed these presentes in certayne notable places within theyr rules and that this commaundement ones sen harde none after to be so hardy to abyde in any fortresse ê‘teynyng to the realm of France beyng out of the ordinance of treatie of the sayd peace on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs to our sayd brother the FreÌ„che kynge and that they see all these sayd thynges to be kept and to do entierly fro poynt to poynt we woll that euery man knowe that if they be negligent and fayle thus to do beside the foresayde payne we shall cause them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes or negligence shal be greued or damaged and beside that we shal punysshe them in suche maner that it shal be ensamble to all other In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made these our letters pateÌ„tes yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lx. ¶ How after the peas made the king of England the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne And of the warres of Britayne And of the hostages that were delyuered to the englysshemen or the frenche kyng was deliuered out of theyr handes Ca. CC .xiii. AFter all these letters and coÌ„myssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌ„sayle of both parties so that bothe kynges were content Than they fell in communycacion of the lord Charles of Bloys and of the lord JohnÌ„ of Mountford for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn for eche of them clamed great right to haue in that heritage but for all theyr coiÌ„cacioÌ„ how they might bring them to peace coÌ„corde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ„ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his 〈◊〉 had no great affectyon to make that peace For they supposed the in tyme to come the men of warr the were on theyr parte and shulde auoyde out of suche fortressess and garisons as they hewe at the tyme had helde in the realme of France muste depart into some other place therfore the kyng of England and his counsaile thaught it more erpedient profitable that these men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage shuld drawe into the duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey rather than they shulde retourne agayne into Englande and robbe and pille there So this imaginacion made shortly the englysshemen to breke of fro the coÌ„municacion of the article of Britayne the whiche was euill done and a great synne that they dyd nomore in that mater than they dyd For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the aduice of both their counsailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by reason of that treatye and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children who lay as prisoners in England And also perauenture had lyued longer than he dyd And bycause the nothyng was done than in that mater the warres were neuer so great in the duchie of NormaÌ„dy before the peace made bitwene both kyngê as it was after as ye shall here recorded in this historye by suche barous and knyghtes of the couÌ„trey of Britayne who vphelde and susteyned some the our parte and some the other And than duke Henry of Lancastre who was a right valiant a sage ymagined knyght greatly loued the erle of MouÌ„â—ford and his aduauÌ„cement sayd to kyng JohnÌ„ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and before the moost parte of both theyr counsailes Syr as yet the truce that was taken before Raines bitwene the lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired But hath day to endure vnto the first day of Maye next comyng by the whiche season the kyng of England here present by the aduice of his couÌ„saile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ„ of MouÌ„tforde with other certayne of his counsayle into Fraunce to you and they shall haue full aurtorite and power to comyn and to determyne all suche ryght as the sayde lorde JohnÌ„ ought to haue by the successioÌ„ of his father in the duchie of Britayne So thus by you and your counsaile by ours to guether some good way shal be taken bytwene them and for the more 〈◊〉 I thynke it were good that the trewâ—e were relonged vnto the fest of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist nere folowynge And as the duke of Lancastre had deuysed so was it done and concludedde And than the lordes spake of other maters Rynge JohnÌ„ of France who had great desyre to retourne into Fraunce as it was reason shewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the signes of loue that he might do and also to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wyse so dyd the kynge of England to hym for the confirmacion of more loue These two kynges who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the somme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues that is to say eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes And also bicause that the lande of saynt Sauiour the UicouÌ„t in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
thus assembled with the lorde of Bourbon beyng at Lyâ—s vnderstode that the route of the coÌ„panyous aproched faste toward them and had woÌ„ne the towne castell of Brunay and dyuerse other holdes and howe they sore wasted and eriled the countrey These tydynges greatly displeased the lorde of Bour 〈◊〉 bicause he had the gouernynge of the erle of 〈…〉 stes landes of his soÌ„nes his nephewes Than they went into the felde and sawe well howe they were a great nombre of men of armes knyghtes and squiers and so they sent out theyr courrours to know what theyr ennemies dyd and where they were where they shulde be founde Nowe shall I shewe you the great malice of these companyons who were lodged on a mouÌ„tayne and there they had suche a pla 〈◊〉 that they coude nat be diseryed nor auewed and specially the chief of them who were beste harneysed for the residewe who were worste harneysed arenged alonge on the hylle syde 〈…〉 red the frenche currours to aproche nere to them and to retourne agayne withoute any â—â—mage to the lorde James of Bourbon the erle Duzes 〈◊〉 Raynalt of Forestes and to the other frenche company to whom they reported as they had seen and sayd Syrs we haue seen yonder company your ennemies and to our powers wel aduysed them and all thynges sen and coÌ„sydered to our estimacion they passe nat a. 〈…〉 M. persones and meruailously euil harneysed And whan the lorde of Bourbon herd that report he sayd to the archeprest Sir ye haue tolde me or this that they were to the nombre of 〈◊〉 M. fyghtyng men and now ye here 〈◊〉 contrary Sir quod he I thought them neuer vnder the sayd some and if they be nat god be thanked it is the better for vs therfore nowe take hede what ye wyl do In the name of god quod the lorde of Bourbon we wyll go fight with them and there he ordered his batayles and set them in good araye redy to fyght for he myght se his ennemies before hym and there he made certayn newe knyghtes first his owne â—â—dest sonne Peter and he raysed his Baner and also his nephewe the yonge erle of Forestê the lorde of Tournon the lorde of Mo 〈…〉 er the lorde Groslee of Daulphâ—â—e and there were also the lorde Loys sir Robert of Beau 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—ewes of Chaalon syr Hewe of Uien the erle 〈◊〉 and dyuerse other good knyghtes and squiers all desyrynge to auaunce their honours and to ouerthrowe these companyoÌ„s that thus pylled the countrey without any title of reason and there it was ordeyned that the archeprest and sir Reynolde of Carnoll shuld gouerne the first bataile for he was a good and an expert knyght and he had in that bataile .xvi. hundred fyghtynge men These routes of companyons that were on the mouÌ„tayne saw right well the orderynge of the frenche men but they coude nat so well se them nor theyr gydyng nor aproche well to them but to theyr great daunger or damage for these companyons hadde in this mountayne a thousande cart lode of great stones whiche was greatly to their aduauÌ„tage and profitte these frenche men that so sore desired to fyght with their ennemies howe so euer they dyd they coude nat come to them the nexte waye therfore they were dreuen of necessite to cost aboute the mountayne where there ennemies were And whan they came on that syde than they who had great prouision of stones began to caste so sore downe the hyll on them that dyd aproche that they bette downe hurte and maymed a great noÌ„bre in suche wyse that they myght nor durste nat passe nor aproche any nerer to theym And so that fyrst bataylle was so sore beaten and defoyled that of all daye after they dyd but litell ayde Than to theyr succour approched the other bataylles with sir James of Bourbon his sonne and his nephewes with theyr baners a great nombre of good men of warre and all went to be loste the whiche was great damage pite yâ— they hadnat wrought by better aduice and counsayle than they dyd The archepreste and dyuerse other knyghtes that were there had sayde before that it hadde been beste to haue suffered theyr ennemyes to haue dislodged oute of the holde that they were in and than to haue fought with them at more case but they coulde nat be herde ¶ Thus as the lorde James of Bourbon and the other lordes with theyr Baners and Penons before them approched and costedde the sayde mountayne The worste armed of the companyous caste styll contynewally stones at theym In suche wyse that the hardyest of them was dryuen abacke And thus as they helde them in that estate a great space The great fresshe bataylle of these companyons founde awaye and came aboute the mountayne well raynged and hadde cutre theyr speares of syxe foote of lengthe and so came â—ryenge with one voyce and brake in amonge the frenche men So at the firste metyng they ouerthrewe many to the erthe there were sore strokes on bothe partess and these companyons fought so ardeÌ„tly that it was marueyle and caused the frenchemen to recule backe And there the archpreest lyke a good knight fought valyantly but he was taken prisoner by force of armes and sore hurte and dyuers other knightes and â—â—uyers of his company Wherto shulde I make lengar rehersall of this mater in effecte the frenchmen had the worse And the lorde James of Bourbone was soore hurte and sir Peter his sonne and ther was slayne the yong erle of Forestes and taken sir Reynolde of Forestes his vncle therle Duzes sir Robert of Beauieu ser Loys of Chalon and mo than a hundred knyghtess and with moche payne the lorde of Bourbone and his sonne Peter were borne in to the cytie of Lyons This batayle was about the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred threscore and one the friday after Easter day ¶ Greatly were they of the countre abaâ—â—hed whan they herde that their people were dysconfyted and ther was none so hardy nor so stronge a castell but trymbled for feare For the wise and discrete men supposed and ymagined that great myschefe shulde multiply therby without god put to som remedy and they of Lyons were gretly abasshed whaÌ„ they knewe that the companyons had the vyctorie howe beit they receyued swetely all them that retourned scaped fro the batayle and were sore dysplesed for the hurtes of the lorde of Bourbon and of sir Peter his sonne And they of the towne ladyes and damoselles right goodly dyde visyte hym but this lorde James of Bourbon dyed a thre dayes after the felde and sir Peter his sonne lyued nat longe after and they were sore be way led of euery creature And for the dethe of thiss lorde of Bourbon the frenche kyng was ryght sore displeased but he coude nat amende it so it behoued hym to passe ouer his sorowe as well as he might NOw lette vs speke of
a sir JohnÌ„ Chandos this good aduenture that is thus fallen to me is by the great wytte and prowes that is in you the whiche I knowe well and so do all those that be here Sir I pray you drinke with me and toke hym a flagon with wyne wherof he had dronke and refresshed hym before and moreouer sayd sir besyde god I ought to canne you the moost thanke of any creature lyuyng and therwith ther came to them sir Olyuer of Clysson forchased enstamed for he had long pursued his enemyes so he had moche payne to retourne agayne with his people and brought with hym many a prisonere Than he came to therle of Mountfort and a lyghted fro his horse and refresshed hym and in the same meane season there came to theÌ„ two knightes and two haraldes who had serched among the deed bodyes to se if ser Charles of Bloys were deed or nat Than they sayd all openly â–ª sir make good chere for we haue sene your aduersary ser Charles deed therwith the erle of Mountfort arose and sayde that he wolde go and se hym for he had as good wyll to se hym deed as a lyue and thyder he went and the knyghtes that were about hym And whan he was come to the place where as he lay a syde couered vnder a shelde he caused hym to be vncouered and than regarded hym ryght piteously studyed a certayne space and sayd a sir Charles fayre cosyn howe that by your opinyon many a great myschiefe hath fallen in Bretayn as god helpe me it sore dyspleaseth me to fynde you thus howe beit it can be none otherwyse and therwith he began to wepe Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos drewe hym a backe and sayd sir departe hens and thanke god of the fayre aduentur that is fallen to you for without the dethe of this man ye coude nat come to the herytage of Bretayne ThaÌ„ therle ordayned that sir Charles of Bloys shulde be borne to Guyngant and so he was incoÌ„tynent with great reuerence and there buryed honorably as it apertayned for he was a good true and a valyant knight and his body after sanctifyed by the grace of god called saynt Charles and canonised by pope Urban the .v. for he dyde yet dothe many fayre myracles dayly ¶ Of the truce that was gyuen to bury the deed after the hatayle of Alroy and how dyuers castels yelded vp to therle MouÌ„tfort and howe he be seged CaÌ„pantoreÌ„tyne Cap. CC .xxvii. AFter that all the deed bodyes were dispoyled and that thenglysshmen were retourned fro the chase ThaÌ„ they drewe them to their lodgynges and vnarmed theÌ„ and toke their ease and toke hede to their prisoners and caused theym that were wounded to be well serued and serched And on the Monday in the mornynge the erle MouÌ„tfort made it to be knowen to them of the cytie of Reynes and to the townes ther about that he wolde gyue truce for thre dayes to the cuteÌ„t that they might gather togyder the deed bodyes and bury them in holy places the whiche ordynaunce was well taken and accepted And so the erle Mountfort lay styll at siege before Alroy and sayd he wold nat depart thens tyll he had wonne it So the tidynges spredde abrode into dyuers countrees howe sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort by the counsell and ayde of the englysshmen had won the felde agaynst sir Charles of Bloys and disconfyted and put to dethe and taken all the cheualry of Bretayne such as were agaynst hym Sir Johan Chandos had great renome for all maner of people lordes knightes and squyers suche as had ben in the felde sayd that by his wytte and high prowes thenglysshmen and bretons had won the felde and of these tidynges were all the frendes and ayders of sir Charles of Bloyes right sorowfull and sore dyspleased the whiche was good reason And specially the frenche kyng for this disconfyture touched hym gretly bycause that dyuers knightê of his realme were ther slayne and taken as sir Bertram of Clesquy whome he greatly loued and the erle of Aucer the erle of Joigny all the barones of Bretayne none except Than the frenche kyng sent Loyes the duke of Aniou to the marches of Bretayne for to recoÌ„fort the countre yâ— which was desolate disconforted for the loue of their lorde Charles of Bloyes whome they had lost And also to reconforte the countesse of Bretayne wyfe to the sayd lorde Charles who was so sore disconforted for yâ— dethe of her husbande that it was pyte to beholde her the whiche the duke of Aniou was bouÌ„de to do for he had maried her doughter So he promysed with faythfull entent to gyue vnto all the good cyties castels in Bretayne and to all the remnant of the countre of Bretayne his good counsell confort and ayde in all cases Wherby the good lady whome he called mother and all the countrey had a certayne space gret trust vnto suche season as the frenche kyng to ereche we all parels put other prouisyon as ye shall herafter Also these tidynges came to the kyng of Englande for the erle of MouÌ„tfort had writen to hym therof the. v â–ª day after the batayle was ended before Alroy â–ª The letters were brought to the kynge of Enlande to Douer by a parseuant of armes who had ben in the batayle And the kyng inconsynent made hym an haralde called him Wynd sore â–ª as I was enformed by the same haraulde and dyuers other And the cause why the kynge of Englande was as than at Douer I shal shewe you here after IT was of trouthe that ther was a treaty thre yere before bytwene the lord EdmoÌ„de erle of Cambrige one of the kynges sonnes and the doughter of therle Loys of FlauÌ„ders to the which maryage therle of FlauÌ„ders was as than newly agreed vnto so that pope Urban the fyft wolde dispence with them for they were nere of lynage And the duke of LaÌ„castre and the lorde Edmonde his brother with many knightes and squyers had ben in FlauÌ„ders with the erle and were receyued right honorably in signe of great peace and loue And so the erle of Flaunders was come to Calais and passed the see and came to Douer where the kyng and parte of his counsell were redy to receyue hym and so they were ther. Whan the forsayd purseuant came to the kyng and brought hym tidynges of the batayle of Alroy of the whiche the kyng and all that were ther were right ioyouse and in lykewise so was the erle of Flaunders for the loue and honour and auauncemeÌ„t of his cosyn germayne the erle of Mountfort Thus the kyng of England and therle of flauÌ„ders were at Douer the space of thre dayes in feestes and great sportes and whan they had well sported theÌ„ and done that they assembled for Than the erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and departed and as I vnderstande the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Edmonde passed the see agayne with
maner as this archebysshop went aboute prechynge and shewyng the right quarel of the frenche kyng in the bondes and lymitacions of Languedoc there were in Pycardy dyuerse other prelates and clerkes who well and sufficieÌ„tly dyd their deuours to shewe and to preche the sayd quarel of the frenche kynge to the comon people of cyties and good townes and specially sir WylliaÌ„ of â—ormans preched the sayd quarel fro cite to citie and fro towne to towne so wysely and so notably that all that harde hym lent them selfe to his opinion so that the busynesse of the realme was by hym and by his wordes so coloured that it was marnayle to speke therof And besyde that the frenche kyng hym selfe was so moued with deuocion that he caused to be made contynual processions by the clergie and hym selfe and the quene wolde go bare foote requyrynge and besechynge god deuoutely to assist and mainteyne the right of the realme of France the whiche hath ben a season in great tribulacion And also the kynge caused all his subiectes by the constreynte of the prelates to do the same In lyke maner dyd the kynge of EnglaÌ„d in his realme There was a bysshop that tyme at London who made many prechynges and declaracions shewyng the people that the freÌ„che kynge by great wronge hadde renewed the warre And that he dyd was agayngste ryght and good reason and that he proued by diuers artycles and poyntes openely shewed to saye trouth it was of necessite that both kyngê syth they were determyned to make warre to shewe to their people the ordre and cause of their quarelles so that they myght with the better wyls helpe and ayde theyr lordes of the whiche they were all awakened both in the one realme and other The kynge of Englande sent into Brabant and Haynault to knowe if he myght geat any ayde there and desired duke Aulbert who had in rule and gouernance the countie of Heynault at that tyme that he wolde open his couÌ„trey to suffre hym to go and come and to abide there if nede were and that waye to passe into the realme of France with his army The duke Aulbert at the requeste of the kynge of EnglaÌ„d his vncle and at the desyre of the quene his auÌ„te lyghtly condyscended to theyr desyres by the ayde and good mocyon of Edwarde Duke of Guerles who was of the kynge of Englandes parte For he wedded the dukes doughter and by the duke of Julyers his cousyn germayne These two at that tyme were in faythe and homage bouÌ„de to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de by whom they were desyred that they shulde retaygne eche of them the nombre of a thousande speares at his coste and charge Wherfore these .ii. lordes aduysed well that it shulde be good for the kynge of Englande to geatte alied to hym the duke Aulbert Who was sore tempted therto by them and by great gyftes that the kynge of Englande promysed hym by suche knyghtes as he hadde sente vnto hym But Whan the lorde of Comynges who was about the freÌ„che kynge herde therof he returned into Heynaulte and by the counsayle of the lorde JohnÌ„ Werthyn sâ— neschall of Heynaulte by whom all the countrey was moste gouerned and was a wyse and a valiant knyght and was good freÌ„che in hart he was so well beloued with the duke duchesse that he brake the purpose of the englisshe messaÌ„gers for by the helpe of therle of Bloys and of ser JohnÌ„ of Bloys his brother the lorde Ligny and of the lorde BarbaÌ„son the duke and all his countrey abode as neuter and held with none of both partes And this answere made Jane duchesse of Brabant Kynge Charles of FraÌ„ce who was sage wyse and subtyle had wrought about this treatie .iii. yere before knewe well he had good frendes in Heynault Brabant specially the most parte of the couÌ„sailours of the great lordes and to colour to make his warr seme the fayrer he copied out diuers letters touchyng the peace confirmed at Calays and ther in he closed the substanÌ„ce of his dede and what thynge the kynge of Englande and his childreÌ„ were sworne to kepe in what articles by their letters sealed they were submytted to make renuÌ„ciacions resityng suche coÌ„myssions as they ought to haue delyuered to theyr people and al other articles and poyntê that made any thyng for hym and his quarell condempnynge the englisshemens deades These letters the kynge caused to be publysshed in the courtes of great lordes to the entent they shulde be better enformed of his quarel Inlyke wyse opposit to this dede the kynge of England shewed his quarel in Almaygne and in other places where as he thought to haue any ayde The duke of Guerles nephewe to the kynge of Englande sonne to his suster and the duke of Juliers cosyn germayne to his children who were at that tyme good and true englysshe had great dispight of the defiaunce that the frenche kynge had made to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de done by a varlet in their myndes greately blamynge the frenche kynge and his counsaile in his so doyng for they sayd that warre bitwene so great princis as the freÌ„che kynge and the kynge of Englande ought to be publysshed and defied by notable ê‘sones as prelates bysshops or abbottes sayeng howe the frenche men dyd it by great presumpcyon pryde Wherfore they sayd they wolde send and defye the freÌ„che kyng notably and so they dyd and dyuerse other knyghtes of Almayne with them and their enteÌ„tê was shortly to entre into Fraunce and there to do suche dedes of armes that the remembrauÌ„ce therof shulde be seen and knowen .xx. yere after Howe be it they dyd nothynge for their purpose was broken by another way than they thought of as ye shall here after in this historie ¶ How the duke of Bourgoyn was maryed to the doughter of the erle of Flaunders Cap. CC .liii. VE haue harde before howe the space of .v. yere to gether the kyng of Engâ— made moche purchase to haue the doughter of therle of FlaÌ„ders to haue ben maried to his son Edmond erle of Cambridge The deuises and ordenances were to longe to reherse Wherfore I wyll passe it ouer breuely The kynge of England coude by no maner geat pope Urban to consent to gyue them a dispensacion to mary and the erle of Fraunders was sued vnto fro other partes and specially by the frenche kyng for his brother the duke of Bourgoyn WhaÌ„ he sawe that the maryage Wolde nat take in England and howe it was tyme for his doughter to be maryed and that he had no mo children and thought that the yoÌ„ge duke of Bourgoyn was a mete mariage for her Than he sent certayne messangers into England to treate with the kyng for acquitaunce and the messangers dyd so well their deuour that the kynge of Englande who thought none euyl quited the erle of Flaunders of all his couenauntes as touchynge the mariage of his doughter and so these
shall haue a fayre iourney So than they disloged and rode towarde the newe forteresse whiche the lordes of Bretayne made to be assayled in such wyse that they were at the fote of the wall and feared nothynge that was caste downe on theÌ„ for they were well pauesshed and also they within had but lytell stuffe to cast downe and therwith in all hast there came one to theÌ„ and sayd sirs get you hens for yonder cometh the duke of Bretayne with the englysshmen they be nat past two leages hens Than the truÌ„pet sowned the retrayte than they drewe abacke and toke their horses and so departed went into Campelly whiche was nat far thens and closed their gates and lyfte vp their brydges And by that tyme the duke of Bretayne was come thyder with the barones of Englande in his company and they had past by the newe fortresse and hadde spoken with sir Johan Deureux who thaÌ„ked them of their comyng for els he had ben soone taken And so the duke layde siege to the towne of Campelly and set forthe their archers and brigaÌ„tes well pauessed and there they made a great assaut The englysshemen fayned nat no more dyd they within ther were dyuers hurte on bothe partes and euery day there was an assaute or elles skrymysshe They within sawe well howe they coulde nat long endur nor they sawe no socours comyng also they sawe well that they coulde nat yssue out to departe their fortresse was so closed on euery syde And also they knewe well if they were taken byforce they shulde haue no mercy and specially the lorde Clysson thenglysshmen hated hym so sore thaÌ„ the lordes of Bretayn that were within began to entreat with the duke to yelde them selfe vp vpon a courtes raunsome but the duke wolde haue them symply so with moche payne at last they gat arespyte for .viii. dayes and duryng the same respyte it fell well for them within the forteresse for two knyghtes of England one sir Nicholas Carsuell and sir Water Durswyke were sent to the duke of Bretayne fro the duke of Lancastre coÌ„maundyng that by vertue of treatie of peace as was made at Brugê bitwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng wherof they brought charters sealed of the trewce that without delay on the sight of them to leaue and make warre no more So incontynent the truce was reed and publysshed through the hoost and also shewed to them that were within CaÌ„pelly wherof they were right ioyfull that is to say the lorde Clisson the vicont of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre and the other for the trewce came well for them and thus brake vp the siege of CaÌ„pelly And the duke of Bretayn gaue leaue to all them that were with him to departe except suche as were dayly in his house and so went to Alroy where his wyfe was And than the erles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche sir Thomas Holande erle of Irelande the lorde Spenser and the other englysshmen retourned agayne in to Englande Whan the duke of Bretayn had ordred all his besynesse by great leaser he refresshed the towne and castell of Breest and Alroy and than he retourned agayne in to Englande and his wyfe with hym THe same day that the trewce was made at Bruges to endur for a hole yere bytwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce and all their alies And the duke of Burgoyne for the one parte and the duke of Lancastre for the other parte sware to come thyder agayn at the feest of Alsayntê and that eche parte shulde holde and enioye euery thyng that they had as than in possession during the said terme The englysshmen thought that saynt Sauiour the vicount shulde be saued by reason of that treatie but the frenchmen sayd that the fyrst couynant shulde passe the last ordynance So that whan the day aproched that they ofsaynt Sauyoure shulde other yelde vp or els be rescued by their frendes The french kyng sent thyder a great nombre of men of warre as a .vi. thousande speares knightes and squiers besyde other people but none came thyder to reyse the siege and whaÌ„ the day was expyred ther with in yelded them vp to the frenchlordes full sore agaynst their wylles for that forteresse was well sittyng for the englysshmen and the capitayne sir Thomas Tynet and Johan de Bourc and the thre bretherne of Malurier and the other englisshmen went to Carentyn so toke shyppynge and retourned into Englande Than the constable of Fraunce newe refresshed the forteresse of saynt Saluyour the vicount and sette a breton knight capitayne therin and vnderstode so as than that the frenche kynge had gyuen him that seignorie Of the iorney that the lorde of Coucy made in Austrych and of the deth of the prince of wales howe there coulde be founde no maner of treatie of peace bitwene the two kyngê and also of the dethe of the kynge of Englande Edwarde the thyrde Cap. CCC .xiiii. THe same season there was come in to FrauÌ„ce the lord of Coucy who had ben longe in LuÌ„bardy with the erle of Uertue sonne to sir Galeas makyng warre against sir Barnabo and his alies bycause of pope Gregory the .xi. and for the holy colledge of Rome The lorde of Coucy by succession of his mother who was suster to the duke of Austryche last disseased wherby he ought to be enheryter to the duchy for the duke was deed without issue by waye of maryage and they of Austrich had gyuen the duchy and lande to another farther of by lynage than the lorde Coucy wherof the lorde of Coucy hadde often tymes complayned to the emperour the lorde Charles of Behayne TheÌ„perour knewe well that the lorde Coucy had right therto howe be it he might nat with his ease constrayne theÌ„ of Austryche for they were strong in his countre and many good men of warre The lorde of Coucy had made warre there before by the conforte of his aunt suster to the duke but lytell it auayled him and whan he was thus coÌ„e in to Fraunce the kyng made him great chere Than he aduysed and sawe well howe there was in Fraunce as than many men of warre satte as ydell Wherfore he thought they coude nat be better ocupyed than to helpe him to his right durynge the trewce bytwene Fraunce and England Than the lorde of Couey desyâ—â—d the kyng to let him haue of the bretons such as ouer ronne the realme to make warre with hym in Austryche the kyng who wolde gladly that the companyons were out of hys realme accorded to his desyre So the kynge lende or gaue him I can nat tell wheder a .lx. thousaÌ„de frankes to departe among the sayd companyons So they rode forthe to warde Austryche about the feest ofsaynt Michell they dyd moche yuell all the wayes as they wâ—t Also ther were dyuers barons knyghtes squiers of FrauÌ„ce of Arthoys of Uermandoys of Haynaulte and of 〈…〉 rdy as the vicountes of Meaulâ— and Daunoy sir Raâ—e
with gret payne ther was perysshed a fourescore archers and as many men of armes or mo And so by that fortune this army was broken for that tyme. The duke of Bretayne had great marueyle and all those on his parte that they coulde here no worde of them they coulde nat consyder nor ymagenne what lette they hadde Fayne they wolde haue knowen to the entent to haue hadde some comforte for they were sore ouerpressed by sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Guy de la Uall sir Olyuer of Clesqui erle of Langueuylde and the lorde Rochforte and the frenchmen that lay aboute the fronters of Bretayne Than the duke was counsayled to sende sufficient messangers in to Englande to knowe the cause why they came nat and to hast theym forther for they had nede of their helpe The lorde of Beaumonoyre and sir Eustace Housay were desyred by the duke and by them of the couÌ„tre to take on them that voyage in to Englande They answered how they were content to go Than they had letters fro the duke of Bretayne and fro them of the couÌ„tre and so they deê‘ted and toke shyppinge and had wynde and wether at their pleasur and arryued at HaÌ„pton And than yssued out of their vessell and toke horse rode to London This was about Whytsontyde the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and fourscore THe kynge of Englande was anone certifyed of their comynge So the kynge went to Wyndsore to kepe the feest of Penthecost there and with hym his vncles and a gret nombre of barons and knightes of Englande And thyder came these two foresayd knyghtes of Bretayne and were honourably receyued of the kynge and of his vncles and of all other there they delyuered their letters to the kynge and to his vncles They reed them and knewe therby howe the duke of Bretayne his countrey desyred them effectuously of ayde and confort There these two knightê knewe of the dethe of sir Johan Arundell and the other that were perysshed in the see goyng towarde Bretayne and so there the duke of Lancastre excused the mater and sayd Howe the kyng nor his counsayle was in no faute but the fortune of the see agaynst the whiche no man canne resyst whan god wyll haue it so So the knyghtes helde the kyng excused and greatly complayned the dethe of those knyghtes so perysshed in the see The feest of PeÌ„thecost passed and than they helde a parlyament at Westmyuster and there was all the kynges counsayll And in the same meane season there dyed at LoÌ„don sir Rychard Dangle erle of HuÌ„tyngdon and was buryed in the frere Augustynes The kyng caused his obsequy to be done right honourably with a great nombre of prelates and barones of Englande and the bysshoppe of London sange the masse Than anone after began the parlyament and there it was ordayned yâ— sir Thomas of Wodstocke youngest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde and dyuers barones knyghtes squiers with hym shulde passe the see and lande at Calayes and soo to passe by the grace of god throughe Fraunce with thre thousande men of armes and as many archers and so to come in to Bretayne lyke the sonne of a kyng ¶ He toke on hym a great thynge as to passe throughe the realme of Fraunce the whiche is so great and soo noble and wherin there is so noble chyualry and so valyant men of armes WHan these thynges were thus determyned and the voiage coÌ„cluded and agreed Than the kyng of Englande his vncles sent letters to the duke of Bretayne and to them of the countre gyueng them knowledge of their ententes and of their counsayle and parlyament that they had concluded at LoÌ„don Howe that without faute sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckingham yongest sonÌ„e to kynge Edwarde the thirde shulde shortely passe the see to come and socour theÌ„ The kyng of Englande honoured greatly these knyghtes of Bretayne and gaue them great gyftes and in likewyse so dyd his vncles and so they departed and returned in to Bretayne and delyuered their letters to the duke and he opened and red them and sawe what they contayned and so shewed them to the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey who were well content with that aunswere The kynge of Englande and his vncles forgate nat the voiage that was apoynted but sent for all them that were chosen and apoynted to go with the erle of Buckyngham who were bothe barons knyghtes squiers and other and they were payed for their wages at Douer for thre monethes their wages to begyn assone as they shulde be arryued at Calayes as well men of armes as archers and their passage was delyuered them franke and fre and so they passed lytell and lytell and arryued at Calays and it was a .xv. dayes or they were all past They of Boloyne sawe well howe men of armes archers were issued out of Englande and landed at Calays and gaue knowledge therof ouer all the countrey and to all the frenche garysons to the entent that they shulde take hede euery man to his parte So that whan these tydynges were knowen in bolonoyse and thoronyse in the countie of Guynes knyghtes squiers of the countrey drewe into the forteresses and put therin all that they hadde for feare of lesynge And the capitayns of Boloyne of Arde of Monteire of Spirlo que of Tornehen of Hornes of Lyques and of other castelles on the fronters there entended greatly to prouide for their places for they thought seynge the englisshmen were come ouer in suche a nombre that they shulde haue some assautes gyuen to some of them The tydinges of this passage of the englisshmen was brought to kyng Charles beyng at Parys Than in coÌ„tynent he sent to the lorde Coucy to saynt Quintynes that he shulde prouyde formen of warre and to go in to Picardy to comforte his cyties townes castelles fortersses there The lorde Coucy obeyed the kynges coÌ„maundement as it was reason than he made a somoÌ„s of knightes and squiers of Picardy Arthoyse and Uermandoyse to mete at Peron in Uermandoyse The same tyme the lorde of saynt Pye was capytayne of Arde and of Boloyne sir Johan Bouillers This sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckynghame yongest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde arryued at Calays thre dayes before Maudlyn tyde in the moneth of July the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred and fourscore ¶ Howe the erle of Buckyngham the englisshmen departed fro Calats to go in to FrauÌ„ce and of their order Cap. CCC .lxi. WHan the erle of Buckynghame was aryued at Calays the companyons had great ioye for they thought well nat to tary long there but to go forth on their voâ—age The erle refresshed him two dayes at Calays and on the thirde daye departed and toke the way to Marquegnes It were reason that I shewe you the names of the bauers and pensels that were there with the erle First the erle of
Buckyngham hymselfe therle Stafforde who had wedded his nece doughter to the lorde Couey and therle of Dymestre These lordes rode with baners displayed the lorde Spensar constable of the hoost the lorde Fytz water marshall the lorde Bassette the lorde Bourgthyer the lorde Ferres the lorde Morlay the lorde Parsy sir Wyllyam Wynsore sir Hughe aurell sir Hugh Hastyngê and sir Hughes all these by one assent rode with their standerdes and penons sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllyam Clynton sir yuon 〈◊〉 sir Hugh Torell the lorde of Uar 〈◊〉 Eustare and sir Johan Harbeston ser Wyllyam Feruytone the lorde of Briame sir Wyllyam Fabre sir Johan and sir Nycholas 〈◊〉 court sir Johan Mase sir ThomÌ„s Camoyse sir Rafe sonne to the lorde Neuell ser Henry bastarde Ferres sir Hughe Broe sir 〈◊〉 Orsell sir Thomas West the lorde of 〈◊〉 More Dauyd Holograue Hugh Lyn 〈◊〉 bastarde Bernarde of Coderers and dyuers other These me of warre rode in good 〈◊〉 and great array The first day they deê‘ ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Calais went no farther than to Marquegues And there rested and toke counsayle what way were best for theÌ„ to take to furnysshe there voyage for there were dyuers in that cuÌ„ 〈◊〉 that had neuer ben in Fraunce before as the eâ—â—e hymselfe and dyuers other great barones and knightes Therfore it was resonable that suche persons as hadde ben in Fraunce before and knewe the countre shulde haue suche rule and gouernynge that it myght be to their honour Threwe it was that whan the englysshmen in tyme past had ben in Fraunce they had euer suche ordynaunce amonge them that the 〈◊〉 sware euer to the kyng of Englande and to his counsayle two shynges The one was that they shulde neuer disclose their secre 〈◊〉 person lyueng but among themselfe 〈◊〉 der they entended to go The seconde thyng was they sware and promysed to make no maner of treatie with their enemyes without the knowledge of the kyng or his cousayle wHan chese barons knightes and squyers and their company had rested theÌ„ at Marquegnes thre dayes and that euery man of their company was come to them out of Calais and that the capitayns were determyned what way to take They deê‘ted and went for the tyll they came before Arde there rested them before the bastyde of Arde to th entent to shewe themselfe before the meÌ„ of armes that were within the forteresse And there was made newe knightes by the erle of Buckyngehanm as therle of Dymestre and also the lorde Morlay and than those two knightê put for the their baners and moreouer therle made knightes all suche as foloweth First the lorde Fytzwaters sonne sir Roger Strange sir JohnÌ„ I pre sir JohnÌ„ Coll sir James Tytiell sir Thomas Ramston sir Johan Neuell and sir Thomas Roste and than all the host went and lodged at Hosque All these forsayd newe knyghtê were made bycause of the vowarde the which went the same day to a stronge house stadynge on the ryuer syde called Folant Within was a squyer owner of the house called Robert he was a good man of armes and hadde well furnysshed his house with good men of armes the whiche he had gote therabout to the nombre of xl And they made good semblant to defeÌ„de theÌ„selfe and their house These barons and knyghtes in their newe knyghthod enuyroned about the towre of FolaÌ„t and began fiersly to assayle them within and they within valiantly defended themselfe There was done many feates of armes and they within shorte so holly and quickely togyder that they hurt dyuers assaylantes suche as adueÌ„tured themselfe to moche forwarde for they had within dyuers good crosbowes sent thyder by the capitayne of saynt Omers at the request of the squyer for he feared before that the englisshmen wolde passe by his house wherfore he thought to kepe it to the best of his power and so he dyde for he bare hymselfe ryght valiantly Than the erle of Dymestre spake a highe worde as he stode on the dykes his baner before hym the whiche worde greatly encouraged his people Sayeng sirs howe is it thus in oure newe knyghthode that this peuysshe douchouse holdeth agaynst vs so longe The stronge places and fortresses that be in the realme of Fraunce shall holde longe agaynst vs sythe this small house endureth so longe Sirs on a fore lette vs shewe our newe chiualry They that herde these wordes noted it ryght well and aduentured them selfe more largely than they dyde before and entred in to the dykes and so came harde to the walles and there theÌ„glissh archers shotte so holly togyder that scant non durst apere at their defence ther were dyuers slayne and hurt and the base court wonne and brent and so finallye they were all wonne Howe be it first they defended theÌ„selfe tight valiantly and neuer a man within that was wounded to dethe Thus the house of Folant was taken and Robert Folant within taken prisoner by therle of Dymestre and all the temnant taken prisoners by his men And all the hoost lodged on the ryuer of Houske abydynge for sir Wyllyam Wyndsore who ledde the rerewarde and was nat as than come but he came the same night and the nexte day they disloged and rode to Esperleque and there lodged The capitayne of saynt Omers seynge the englysshmen so nere to them encreased the watche of the towne for that nyght they watched â—o than two thousande men to the entent that saynt Omers shulde nat be sodayuly wonby the englysshmen THe next mornyng about sire of the clocke the englisshmen dislodged and rode before saint Omers and whan they of the towne sawe thenglisshmen come they armed them and ordayned them selfe in the market place to go to the gates and walles by good dely 〈…〉 cyon for it was shewedde theym howe the englysshmen wolde assayle them but it was nat in their thoughtê For they knewe well the towne was to strong and thought they shulde lose there more than wynne Howe be it she erle of Buckyngham who had neuer ben in Fraunce before thonght he wolde sesaynt Omers bycause it semed so fayre a farre of in walles gates towres and steples So he rested all his hoost on a mountayne halfe a leage fro the towne araynged in good order more than thre houres And than ther were some yonge knightes and squyers thought to proue theymselfe and rode to the barryers of the towne and hesyred to iust with some of the knighted or squyers in the towne but they coulde haue none answere and so they retourned agayne to the half The same day that the erle caÌ„e before saynt Omers he made agayne newe knightes First sir Rafe Neuell sir Bartylmewe Bourgehter sir Thomas Camoyse sir Fouke Corbette sir Thomas Danglure sir Rafe Perypars sir Aoyes of saynt Albyne and sir Johan Paule These newe knyghtes in their first churalry to proue themselfe rode to the barryers of the towne 〈…〉 desyred iustes but they wered so
armes of therle of Buckynghams the lordes demaunded of them what they wolde they answered and sayd howe they were sente to speke with the duke of Burgoyne IN the same season that these harauldes shulde haue done their message the duke of Burgoyne and the lordê with hym were be sy to sette their men in ordre of batayle The englisshmen thought verely to haue had batayle wherfore ther were made newe knyghtê Fyrst sir Thomas Tryuet brought his baner rolled vp toguyder to the erle of Buckyngham and sayd Sir if it please you I shall this day display my baner for thanked be god I haue reuenues sufficyent to mayntayne it withall It pleasethe me ryght well ê™ the erle Than the erle toke the baner delyuered it to sir Thomas Tryuet and sayde sir Thomas I pray god gyue you grace to do nobly this day and alwayes after Than sir Thomas toke the baner and displayed it and delyuered it to a squier whome he trusted well And soo went to the vowarde for he was ordayned so to do by the capitayue the lorde Latymer and by the marshall the lorde Fitz water And ther were made newe knyghtes as sir Peter Berton sir JohnÌ„ and sir Thomas Paulle sir JohnÌ„ Syngule sir Thomas Dortyngnes sir JohnÌ„ Uassecoq sir Thomas Brasey sir Johan Brauyne sir Henry Uernyer sir Johan Coleuyll sir Wylliam Eurart sir Nycholas Styngule and sir Hughe Lunyt And all these went to the fyrste batayle bycawse to be at the first skrimysshe Than the erle called forthe a gentyll squyer of the countie of Sauoy who had ben desyred be fore to haue ben made knight both before Arde saynt Omers This squier was called Rafe of Gremers sonne to the erle of Gremers The erle of Buckyngham sayd to him Sir if god be pleased I thynke we shall haue this day batayle wherfore I wyll that ye be a knight The squier excused hym selfe and sayde Sir god thanke you of yâ— noblenes that ye wolde put me vnto But sir I wyll neuer be knyght without I be made by the handes of my naturall lorde the erle of Sauoy in batayll and so he was examyned noo farther It was great pleasure to be holde the Englisshmen in the felde and the frenchmen made their preparacyon in their bastyde for they thought well at the leest to haue some scrymishe Thinkyng that suche men as thenglisshmen were wold neuer passe by without soÌ„e maner of face or skrimysshe The duke of Burgoyne was there without the towne armed at all peces with an are in his hande and soo all knyghtes and squiers passed by hym to the bastyde so that there was so great prease that no man coulde go forewarde nor the harauldes coulde nother go forwarde nor backewarde wherby they coulde nat come to yâ— duke to do their message as they were coÌ„maunded BEsyde the erle of Buckynghams commaundemeÌ„t to the two harauldes there were dyuers other that sayd to them Sirs ye shall go forth and do your message and besyde that say to the duke of Burgoyne Howe that the duke of Bretayne and the countrey there hath sent to the kyng of Englande to haue comforte and ayde agaynst a certayne barons and knyghtes of Bretayne rebels to the duke who wyll nat obey to their lorde as the moost parte of the countrey dothe But make warre in the countre shadowe them selfe vnder yâ— frenche kyng And bycause the kyng of Englande wyll ayde the duke and the countrey he hath nowe specially sent one of his vncles the erle of Buckyngham with a certayne nombre of men of warr to go in to Bretayne to confort the duke and the countre Who arryued at Calays and hath taken their way to passe throughe the realme of Fraunce so they be forwarde in their iourney hyder to the cytie of Troyes where as they knewe well there is a great nombre of lordes specially the duke of Burgoyne sonne to the french kyng disseased and brother to the kyng that nowe is wherfore ye may say to him howe sir Thomas erle of Buckyngham sonne to the kyng of Englande disseased and vncle to the kyng that nowe is desireth of him batayll The harauldes or they went they demaunded to haue hadde letters of credence consernynge that mater and they were answered how they shulde haue had letters the next day but in the moruynge they had taken other counsayle and sayde Howe they wolde sende no letters but badde them dept and sayd Go your wayes say as ye haue ben enformed ye are credable ynough if they lyst to beleue you So the haraldes departed as ye haue herde before and the newe englysshe knyghtes hadde begon the scrimysshe so that all was in trouble And certayn knightes and other of Fraunce sayd to the haraudes Sirs what do you here get you hens ye be here in great parell for here be yuell people in this towne Whiche doute caused the haraldes to retourne agayne without any thyng doyng of their message ¶ Nowe let vs shewe what was done in this scrimysshe FIrst ther was an englisshe squyre borne in the bysshoprike of LyncolnÌ„ an expert man of armes I can nat se whyder he coude se or nat but he spurred his horse his spear in his hande and his targe about his necke his horse came russhyng downe the way and lepte clene ouer the barres of the barriers and so galoped to the gate where as the duke of Burgoyn and the other lordes of Fraunce were who reputed that dede for a great enterprise The squier thought to haue returned but he coulde nat for his horse was stryken with speares and heaten downe the squier slayne wherwith the duke of Burgoyne was ryght sore displeased that he had nat ben taken a lyue as prisoner Therwith the great batayll of the erle of Buckynghams came on a foote towarde these men of armes in the bastyde the which was made but of dores wyndowes and tables And to saye the trouth it was nothyng to holde agaynst suche men of warre as the englisshmen were wherfore it coulde nat longe endure Whan the duke of Burgoyne sawe them comyng so thicke and so great a nombre consideryng howe his nombre was nat sufficyent agaynst them coÌ„maunded euery man to entre in to the towne except crosbowes and so they entred in at the gate lytell and lytell and whyle they entred the genowayes cros bowes shot continually and hurte dyuers of the englisshmen There was a sore scrymishe but anone the bastyde was conquered it coulde nat endure agaynst englisshmen So the frenchmen entred agayne in at yâ— gate as they entred they set theÌ„selfe in ordre in the stretes There was the duke of Lorayne and the lorde Coucy the duke of Burbon dyuers other bytwene the gate and the barryers there was many a feate of armes done some slayne hurt and taken Whan the englisshmen sawe the frenchmen withdrawe backe they in lykewyse reculed backe and stode styll in ordre of bataile
slayne bycause he had nat holpen Rase de Harsels at the batayle of Nieule Peter de Boyse excused hymselfe and sayd howe he had sende to Rase that in no wyse he shulde fight with the erle without he were in his company bycause the erle had so great a puissauÌ„ce but Rase dyde the clene contrary And therfore though yuell become to hym I can nat do therwith And sirs knowe surely that I am as sorie and as moche displeased for his dethe as any man may be For the towne of Gaunte hath lost of hym a right valyant man and a sage capitayne Therfore it is conuenyent to seke out for another discrete sage and of good renome or els let vs all put our selfe vnder the obeysaÌ„ce of the erle And he shall distroye vs all make vs to dye a villayne dethe beholde nowe chose what ye wyll do outher perceyuer and coÌ„tynue as we haue done or els to put vs in to the erles mercy And as than ther were none that answered hym but as for the batayle of Nieule and of the dethe of Rase de Harselles he was excused And bycause they gaue hym none answere to that he sayde he was sore dyspleased in his mynde And specially he was nat content with some of the burgesses that were ther present of the best and moost notablest of yâ— towne As sir Guysbert Grut and sir Symonde Brette He made as than to them no semblant but he shewed well his displeasure to theÌ„ or the yere past as yeshall here after wHan the lorde DaÌ„ghien and the lorde Montigny the Hase of Flaunders and their routes were retourned from Nieule to the erle and had shewed him all that they had sene Than therle departed and went to Bruges and sent home his people of yâ— good townes and he sende them of Franke with the lorde DaÌ„ghien to And warpe And whan they of Gaunte vnderstode that the Erle was gone backe to Bruges and that his people were departed fro hym Than by the styrring and mouyng of Peter de Boyse they of Gaunt drewe togyder for he sayd to theÌ„ Sirs let vs go forwarde let vs nat be this a colde to make warr let vs shewe ourselfe lyke people to do an entprise And so there deê‘ted out of GauÌ„t mo than fyftene M. and so came strongly before Courtray and layd siege to the towne whyle yâ— feest and processyon was at Bruges The whiche was the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxxi. There they were ten dayes and breÌ„t the subbarbes and the countrey about whan the erle herde therof he sente for all his gentylmen and garisons and for the coÌ„mons of Ipre and Franke. and so departed fro Bruges and he was to the nombre of xxb. thousande and so he toke the waye towardes Courtray to fyght with the gauntoyse and to reyse the siege And whan Peter de Boyse and the gauÌ„toyse herde how the erle was comyng to them warde with so great a noÌ„bre than they determyned no lenger to kepe the siege but so departed and went and lodged at Douse and at Nieule Sayeng howe they wolde abyde the erle there and sent worde of their estate to Gaunt and sent for the rerebande to the entent to be the stronger and to haue the more people And so there departed agayne fro Gaunte to the nombre of .xv. thousande and so came to their company to Nieull and to Douse and there lodged all togyder in the feldes abydinge the erle And whan the erle was come to Harlbecke besyde Courtrey than he vnderstode that the gauntoyse were departed to wardes Gaunte and were lodged about Nieule and Douse Than the erle was couÌ„sayled nat to pursue them and so gaue leaue to his men to departe and he sent the lorde DaÌ„ghien and heynowers his bastarde sonne the Hase of FlauÌ„ders to And warpe in garyson whan the gauntoyse sawe that therle came nat on theÌ„ than they departed fro Nieule and fro Douse and toke the highe way by And warpe to come to Gaunt And the same daye that they passed they sente to And warpe a certayne nombre of their men of whom Arnolde Clerke was capitayne to yâ— barryers of the towne to scrumysshe with them within the towne and the knightes and squyers that were within coulde nat absteyne theÌ„selfe but came and scrimysshed with them so that ther were hurt and slayne dyuers on bothe parties and at last they departed and entred into GauÌ„t euery maÌ„ to his owne house And thre dayes after Arnolde Clerke was ordayned to go to Gaures with a .xii. hundred of the whyte hobes to lye in the castell and ther about in maner as a countre garysone agaynst And warpe And so thyder went Arnold clerke with his coÌ„pany and he had nat ben ther long but he vnderstode that certayne knyghtes and squyers were issued out of And warp to seke aduentures Than Arnolde Clerke departed fro Gaures and with him a. xb. C. and so layd theÌ„ selfe in a busshment to mete with them that were issued that mornynge out of And warpe wherof there were dyuers gentylmen as the lorde of Cornayse the lorde of Remseles sir Johan of Uyllayns the lorde Danghien the Galoys of Mamynes the bastarde of Cornayse and the Blancharde of Calemey And as these knightê and squyers were retournynge to And warpe the busshment brake out on theÌ„ And ther were dyuers slayne hurt and ouerthrowen for the gauÌ„toyse toke non to mercy Ther these knightes and squiers horses dyde them good seruyce for they broched their spurres to their horses so retourned to And warpe and at the barriers of the towne they a lighted and put them selfe to defence abyding for their company and var lettes yet they coude nat entre so clene but that there were slayne mo than thre score And than Arnolde clerke retourned and lodged the same night at an abbey therby called Chem. And in the abbey they fouÌ„de Peter Destonehoyr the Galoys of mamynes and a. C. of their copany with them Than Arnolde Clerke assayled the abbey and with great payne the Galois of mamynes saued hym selfe and departed out at a backe posterne and entred in to a bote and by night tyme went to And warp and shewed the lorde Danghien the lorde Montigny and sir Danyell of Halwyn and the other knightes yâ— were ther. How the same night Arnolde clerke and the whyte hodes were in thabbey of Chem and had slayne dyuers of their company said howe he thought verily that Peter Destonehoix was there slayne so he was in dede For Arnolde clerke his coÌ„pany made him to leape out at a wyndowe ther was receyued with glayues and slayne whiche was great domage ¶ Howe the white hoodes and their capitayn were slayne and how Phylyppe Dartuell was chosen capiteyn of Gaunt Cap. CCC .lxxix. WHan the knightes and squyers that were within Andwarpe vnderstode that Arnolde Clerke and the whyte hodes to the nombre of .xii. hundred
at the gates the lorde of DaÌ„ghien and his company And whan they of the towne sawe that their towne was lost without recouery they fledde out at the gates wher as none of their enemyes were and so euery man saued hym selfe that myght There was great murdre of men women and chyldren for ther was none taken to mercy Ther were mo than v. C. men of the towne slayne and a great noÌ„bre of olde people men and women brent lyeng in their beddes whiche was great pytie For they sette fyre in the towne in mo than thre hundred places wherby the hole towne was brent churches and all nothynge left hole Thus GrauÌ„tmont was prosecuted and put to fyre and flame than the lorde Danghien retourned in to thost to the Erle of Flaunders who gaue hym great thanke for his dede and sayde Fayre sonne ye are a valyant man and shall be if god be pleased a good knight for yehaue a gode begining AFter the distructyon thus of the towne of Grauntmont on a sonday in the monethe of June whyle the siege lay stylle before Gaunt This lorde of DaÌ„ghien called Water wolde neuer lye in rest in his lodgyng but euery day sought for adueÌ„tures Some day with a great noÌ„bre and some daye with so fewe that he durst nat parceyuer in his enterprise So that nere euery day there was by hym or by the Hase of Flaunders done some aduenture And so it fortuned that on a tuesday in the mornyng the lorde Danghien was yssued out of his logyng and the lorde of Montigny in his company ser Mychell of Hamsede his cosyn the bastarde of Danghien his brother Julyen of Toyson Hutyn Donay and dyuers other They went to scrimisshe before Gaunt as they were wont to do aduentured theÌ„selfe so farre that they toke no good therby For they of Gaunt hadde layde a sore busshment before their towne mo than a huÌ„dred pykes And some sayd there was in this busshmeÌ„t suche as had fledde fro grauÌ„tmont whan it was wonne Their entente was set on nothyng els but howe they might trap the lorde DaÌ„ghien to be reuenged on hym for the domage yâ— he had done to them They thought euer that he was free and hardy and wolde aduenture him selfe largely And as they thought so it came to passe whiche was more pyte The lorde Danghien and his rout toke no hede tyll they were enclosed with the gauntoyse who escryed them to dethe Than the lorde DaÌ„ghyen demaunded counsayle of the lorde of MoÌ„tigny who was by hym Than sir Eustace MoÌ„tigny answered and sayd It is nowe to late to take couÌ„sayle let vs defeÌ„de our selfe sell our lyues derely or we dye there is none other remedy Than these knyghtê made the signe of the crosse before them and recoÌ„mended them selfe to god and to saynt George And so entred in amonge their enemies for they coude nat flye they wer so forwarde in the enbusshe And so there they dyde dedes of armes as well as they might but they coude nat longe endure for their enemyes were a hundred agaynst one And a great nombre of long pykes wherwith the gauÌ„toise gaue great strokes and peryllous as it well apered Ther was the lorde Danghien slayne and by hym his bastarde brother and Gyles of Toyson and dyuers other valyant knightê of Haynalte And the lorde of Montigny saynt Christophe and sir Michell of Hamsede sore hurte And he had ben slayne without doute and Hutyn Donay by force of armes hadde nat saued hym And yet he had moche payne to saue him Howe be it in the meane tyme that the gauÌ„tois were about to dysarme the knyghtes that they had slayne to the entent to beare them into the to wne of Gaunt For they knewe well they had slayne the lorde Danghien wherof they hadde great ioye In the meane tyme Hutyn Donay brought out of the prese and parell sir Mychell Hamsede ¶ Thus this iourney fortuned agaynst the lorde DaÌ„ghien It is nat to be douted but that the Erle of Flaunders had for his dethe great sorowe the whiche he well shewed bycause for the loue of him he brake vp his siege before Gaunte And night and day made great soro we for his dethe and sayd O Water Water my fayreson What aduenture is this thus to fall on you in your youthe I wyll that euery man knowe that they of Gaunte shall neuer haue peace with me tyll I haue so great amen des that it shall suffyce Than the erle sende to Gaunt to haue agayne the body of the lorde of Danghien the whiche the gauÌ„toyse wolde nat delyuer Than the erle sende them a thousande frankes to haue his body the whiche the gauntoyse dyde departe amonge themselfe And so the body of the lorde of DaÌ„ghien was brought in to the hoost and so was sente to Anghien the towne wherof he was lorde THus for the loue of the yong lorde of Danghien thesege brake vp before Gaunte And than the erle departed and wente to Bruges and gaue leaue to all his people to departe and sende a certayne to his fortresses in Flaunders As Gaures Andewarpe Teremonde and Curtray and all about in the fortresses nere to Gaunt And the erle sende to the legeoys shewynge them bycause the ycoÌ„forted Gaunt with vitayle and other prouisyon therfore he had broken vp his siege Desyringe theÌ„ no more to coÌ„fort theÌ„ with any vitayle They of Liege answered proudely that they wolde be aduysed what they wolde do Of them of â—ayn ton of Huy and of Dygnet therle coude haue none other answere How be it he sent to his cosyns the duke of BrabaÌ„t and the duke Aubert bayly of Heynalte of Holande and of zelande dyuers messangers right sage knyghtê they to shewe hym how the towne of GauÌ„t is styll in their erroure by the occasyon of the great confort that they of Gaunt hath by their people countreis In bringynge dayly to them fresshe vitayle desyring theÌ„ therfore to prouyde for a râ—medy These two lordê who wolde nat gladlye do anythyng to the displeasure of their cosyn the erle Excused them selfe honestly sayd howe they knewe nothynge therof before But fro thens forthe they wolde loke therto and set a good order This answere was suffycient to the Erle of Flaunders The duke Aubert who as than was in Holande wrote to his bayly in Heynalte sir Symone de la Layne and sende hym the copy of the erles letters and yâ— request that the erle had made to hym And besyde that he commaunded him that he shulde so deale in the countre of Heynalt that he here no more tidingê of displeasure towarde therle of FlaÌ„ders his cosyn For if he dyde he wolde nat be content The baylye obeyed as it was reason and dyde his commaundement throughe all Haynalte commaundynge them in no wyse to cary any vitayle or any maner of thynge to Gaunte If they dyde they shulde ronne greatly in the dukes displeasur A lyke crye
eche vpon other rudely without any other hurt and than they ran their seconde course And at yâ— thirde course they strake eche other so rudely in the myddes of their sheldes that the speare heedes entred throughe the plates of their harnes to the bare flesshe but they had no hurt and their speares brake the tron â—hyons flewe ouer their heedes in to the ayre This course was praysed of all them that sawe it And than they toke leaue eche of other right honorablye and retourned euery manne to his owne partie And after there was no more war vsed for ther was peace bytwene bothe realms And so eycher partie departed and went home THus this army brake vp In the same tyme tidynges came in to the kynge of Spaynes hoost Howe the kynge of Granade made great warre agaynst the kynge of Barbary and the kyng of Trayne samayns Wherfore all suche knightê as wolde go thider shuld be receyued in to wages And that the kynge of Granade wolde sende sure saue conduct for theÌ„ and that assone as they become in to Granade they shulde haue prest wages for a quarter of a yere before hande Wherby certayne knyghtes of Fraunce as sir Trystram de Roy sir Geffray Carney sir Peter CleremoÌ„t and dyuers other toke leaue of the kyng of Castyle went thyder to seke aduentures And in lykewise so dyde some of the englysshe men but nat many For therle of Cambridge brought them home agayne into Englande and his son also wher by it shewed well that he was nat content with the kynge of Portyngale to take a way his son from hym for all that he had maryed the kynges doughter He sayde howe that his sonne coulde nat endure the ayre of the countrey For all that euer the kynge coulde say or do the erle wolde nat leaue him behynde him But sayd to the kyng that his sonne was to yong to abyde in Portingale wherfore it fell after as ye shall here ¶ About a yere after that this peace was thus made bytwene Spayn and Portyngale and that the erle of Cambridge was retourned in to Englande The quene of Castyle dyed who was doughter to the kyng of Aragon and so than the kyng of Spayne was a wydower Than it was debated by the prelates and lordê of bothe countreis Spayne and Portyngale that the lady Beatryce of Portigale coude nat be more higher maryed thanne to the kynge of Spayne And to bring these two realmes in a full accorde and peace the kyng of Portyngale agreed to the maryage and deuorsed his doughter fro the erle of Cambridge sonne by the popes dispensacion who coÌ„fyrmed this newe maryage Thus the kyng of Portyngales doughter was made quene of Spaygne of Castyle and of Galyce And the first yere of the kyng of Spaynes maryage he had by his wife a fayre sonne wherof they gad great ioye Than after dyed Ferrande kyng of Portyngale howbeit for all that they of Portingale wolde nat suffre the realme to come to the kynge of Spayne as in the right of his wyfe But they made kyng a bastarde brother of the Kynges dysceassed who was called before maister Denys bastard of Portyngale This Denys was a ryght valyant man in armes and alwayes before bare the armes of Portigale So thus he was crouned kynge wherby after grewe moche warre bytwene Spayne and Portyngale as ye shall here after in this boke WHau therle of Cambridge and his coÌ„pany were retourned in to the realme of Englande The kyng and the duke of Lancastre made them great chere as it was reason and demauÌ„ded of them tidynges And there they shewed all the manere of the warre The duke of Lancastre to whome the matere moost touched bycause of the chalenge that he made to the realme of Castyle For he named hym selfe as heyre therof by the right and tytell of his wyfe the lady Custaunce somtyme doughter to Dompeter kyng of Castell Therfore he demauÌ„ded of his brother the erle of CaÌ„bridge howe they had demeaned them selfe in Portyngale Th erle shewed hym howe the two kynges had layen in hoost more than fyftene dayes the one before the other And fayre brother bycause the kynge of Portyngale coulde here no worde fro you he lightly accorded to the peace And we coulde neuer se the euer he wolde coÌ„discende to batayle Wherof we that were on his partie were sore dyspleased for we wolde gladly haue put it at adueÌ„ture And sir bycause I canne se no sure a state nor trust in them therfore I haue brought agayne with me my sonne for all that he hath maryed the kyngê doughter Sir 〈◊〉 the duke I thynke ye had good cause sauyng for feare of breakyng of that maryage For paraduenture if the kynge may fynde any aduauÌ„tage in another place he wyll than gyue his doughter at his pleasure By my faythe sir quod therle happe what wyll I thinke I haue done nothyng wherof I shulde repent me and so than they entred in to other communycation of other maters ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of them and of the warres of Spayne and Portyngale And retourne to the warres of Gaunte and of the Erle and countrey of Flaunders whiche were right feirse and cruell ¶ Of the great necessyte of vytales that they of GauÌ„t endured and how they were socoured by theÌ„ of Liege Cap. CCC xCvi. ALl the season after the distruction and brinnyng of the towne of Grauntmont and of the reysyng of the siege of Gaunt by cause of the displeasure the the erle of Flaunders had for the dethe of his cosyn the yonge lorde of Dangheyn slayne by the enbusshment of the gauntoyse as ye haue herde here before The knyghtes and squiers nor good townes made no warre to theÌ„ GauÌ„t but by garisons so the all the countre helde with the erle agaynst Gaunt except the four mestiers and so by theym some vytayle came in to Gaunte And some vitayle caÌ„e in to Gaunt out of the countie of Alos but the erle of FlauÌ„ders as sone as he knewe that he fouÌ„de remedy For incoÌ„tynent he sent to the garyson of TeremoÌ„t coÌ„mauÌ„dyng them to ouerryn and to brenne all the playne countrey of the countie of Alos whiche was done at his coÌ„maundment so that the poore folkes with their beastes were fayne to flye a way in to Brabant and in to Haynalte and the moste parte to go a beggyng yet there was a countrey parteynyng to the foure mestiers fro whom ther came euer some ayde or vitayle into Gaunt Thus all this wynter the erle and they of FlauÌ„ders constrayned so sore them of Gaunt that they coulde haue nothyng come to them nother by land nor by water The erle had so wonne his cosyns the duke of Brabant and duke Aubert that their couÌ„treis were kept close agaynst them of Gaunt so that nothynge came to theÌ„ fro thens without it were by stelth and by great aduenture and parell for theÌ„ that dyd it The sage men sayd howe
by water and arryued at Mydelborowe in zelande suche as were of Gaunt retourned to GauÌ„t and euery man home to their owne townes And FrauÌ„ces Atreman and his company beyng at Calis departed and went to Gaunt but that was nat as long as the frenche kyng was in FlauÌ„ders but as I was enfourâ—â—ed they retourned by zelande In the same season that the frenche kyng lay at Courtrey he had dyuers couÌ„sayls to knowe howe he shulde parceyuer in his warre whether he shulde go and ley siege to Gaunt or nat The kyng was well wyllyng to haue gone thyâ—er In lykewise so were the bretons and burgonyoÌ„s But the lordes coÌ„sydred howe it was in the moneth of Decembre and in the deed tyme of wynter and dayly it rayned Wherfore they thought it was no good hostyng tyll somer season And also they sawe well howe their horses were but feble by reason of the colde season and the ryuers great and large about GauÌ„t Wherfore they thought but a lost tyme to ley any sege there And also the lordes were wery sore traueyled with so long lyeng in the feldes in that colde tyme and tayny So all thynges consydred it was determyned that the kynge shulde go to Tourney and there to refresshe him and to kepe his Christmas And they of farr countreis as of Auuergne of Dolphyn of Sauoy of Burgoyne shulde returne home into their owne countreis fayre easely And the bretons normayns and frenchmen shulde abyde styll with the constable to attende on the kyng for it was thought that they shulde haue some busynesse with the parisyeÌ„s who had newly forged a great noÌ„bre of malles wherfore they thought to set another rule and order amonge theÌ„ And whan the kynge shulde departe fro Courtrey he and his counsayle forgate nat the gylt spurres that they founde in a churche there in Courtray the whiche of olde tyme parteyned to the noble men of FrauÌ„ce somtyme slayne with erle Robert of Arthoyse at the batayle of Curtrey So than the kyng ordayned that at his departyng the towne shulde be set a fyre distroyed Whan the knowledge therof came to the erle of Flaunders he thought to haue founde some remedy therfore And so came before the kyng and kneled downe and requyred hym to do none yuell to the towne of Curtrey The kyng answered howe that surely he wolde nat here his request And so therle durst speke no more of that mater but so departed and went to his logyng Before they fyre began the duke of Burgoyne caused an horaloge to be taken downe the moost fayrest and goodlyest that coude be founde on that syde of the see The whiche horaloge was taken downe by peces and layed in chares and the bell also And after it was caryed to Diyon in Burgoyne and there it was sette vp there sowneth the .xxiiii. houres of the day and night AT the departyng of the kyng fro Courtrey the towne was clene distroyed and brent And the knyghtes squyers and men of warre toke some of the men women and chyldren to raunsome And so the kyng rode came to Turney and was lodged in the abbey of saiÌ„t Martyne and they of the towne dyde great reuerence to the kynge as reason requyred And all they of the towne were arayed in whyte with thre barres of grene on the one syde The cytie was deuyded to lodge the lordê The kyng lay at saynt Martyns and his company had one quarter of the towne The duke of Berry was lodged in the bysshoppes lodginge the duke of Burgoyne at the crowne the duke of Burbone at the golden heed the coÌ„stable at saynt James heed Ther was a cry made in the kingê name on payne of dethe no man to do any hurt to the people of the cytie and that no manne take any thyng without he pay truely therfore and that none entre in to the countie of Heynaulte to do any hurte or domage there All these thynges were well kept and holden there the lordes refresshed theÌ„ well And they of the farr countreis departed and retourned homewarde some by Lysle some by Doway and some by UalenceÌ„nes The erle of Bloyse toke leaue of the kynge and of his vncles and of his companyon therle of Ewe and so returned to his herytage in Heynalte And he lay a day and a nyght at UalenceÌ„nes wher he was well refresshed For he had achyued entierly the loue of the good people of the towne for the seruyce that he dyde to the countre whan the bretons burgonyons and sauoy syns wolde haue ouerron the countre whiche was let by his meanes And also for sir Tyrrie of Disquemyne who helde them of Ualencennes in great feate Whiche mater was putte in to the erles handes and in to the lorde of Couces and so therby they were in peace Than the erle departed fro Ualencennes and went to LeÌ„decheries and ther he taryed a season with the lady Mary his wyfe and Lewes his sofie And the somer after he went to Bloyse but the couÌ„tesse his wife and his sonne taryed styll in Heynalt and for the moost parte lay at Beaumont ¶ Howe the frenche kyng caÌ„e to Parys and howe he caused to be putte downe the cheyns and harnes in the towne and howe the parisyeÌ„s were raunsomed at his pleasure Cap. CCCC .xxvi. IN lykewise the erle of Marche and sir James of Burbone his brother deê‘ted fro Tourney and went to refresshe them at Scluse in Heynault on their owne herytages Sir Guy de lauall breton went to Cheure in Heynault wher he had parte of enherytauÌ„ce for he and sir Robert of Namure were lordê therof And yâ— lorde of Coucy went to Mortayn on the ryuer of Lescalt and there refresshed hym and his coÌ„pany but for the most parte he hym selfe was with the kyng at Turney The erle of saynt Poule had coÌ„missyon to chastyce the Urbanystes wherof ther were many in that towne And so he fouÌ„de many and euer as he founde theÌ„ in the churche of our lady or els where they were taken put in prison and sore rauÌ„somed And by that meanes the erle of saynt Poule gathered toguyder in a shorte season more than seuyn thousande frankes For there was none that scaped hym but that payed or founde good suretie to paye And whyle that the kyng lay at Tourney they of Gaunt had a saueconduct to go and coÌ„e and to entreate for a peace But in all their treaties they were as harde and as proude as thoughe they had won the vyctorie of the batayle of Rosebeque They sayd they wolde gladly put theÌ„ selfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng to holde of hym and to haue their resort to the court of Parys But they sayd they wolde neuer haue nor take to their lorde the erle Loyes For they sayde they coude neuer loue hym bycause of the great domages that they had receyued by hym and by his meanes All that euer the kyng and his counsayle coude do
that were passed the ryuer of Lyse put them selfe in batayle before the flemynges Cap. cccc .xiiii. ¶ Howe the freÌ„chmen that were passed the ryuer of Lyse disconfyted the slemynges slewe many of them and wan the passage of Comynes Cap. cccc .xv. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge passed the ryuer of Lyse and howe Philyppe Dartuell made his ordynaunce to resyst the kynge and his puyssaunce Cap. cccc .xvi. ¶ Howe the towne of Ipre and dyuers other put them selfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng and of the order of the kynges hoost Cap. cccc .xvii. ¶ Howe the Frenche kynge departed fro the mount of Ipre and howe Philyppe Dartuell and the flemynges apparelled thâ—selfe to fight Cap. cccc .xviii. ¶ Of a marueyle that came to the flemynges in the night and howe they ordayned their batayle all in one coÌ„pany Cap. cccc .xix. ¶ Howe the constable and admyrall of FrauÌ„ce and the bastarde of Langres wente to se the flemynges and howe they fortifyed themselfe Cap. cccc .xx. ¶ The maner of the batayle of Rosebeque howe the flemynges were discomfyted of the threfore sayde knyghtes who had auewed all their behauyng Cap. cccc .xxi. ¶ Howe the flemynges were discoÌ„fyted at the batayle of Rosebeque Cap cccc .xxii. ¶ Howe the body of Philyppe Dartuell was brought before the kyng and fo haÌ„ged vp and howe the towne of Courtrey was brent Cap. cccc .xxiii. ¶ Howe they of Bruges yelded themselfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kynge and howe they of Gaunt were recoÌ„forted by Peter de Boyse Cap. cccc .xxiiii. ¶ Howe the treatie of alyauÌ„ce bytwene the englyssh men and yâ— flemynges was broken and howe the frenche kyng departed out of Flaunders Cap. cccc .xxv. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge came to Parys howe he caused to be putte downe the chenesse and harnesse in the towne and howe the parisyens were â—aunsomed at his pleasure Cap. cccc .xxvi. ¶ Howe dyuers notable men of Parys were beheeded with maister JohnÌ„ Marettes at Parys and dyuers other townes in FrauÌ„ce and of the warre of the gauÌ„toyse that was newe begon agayne Cap. cccc .xxvii. ¶ Of yâ— alyaunce that was purchased bytwene the Englysshmen and flemynges and of the Bulles that pope Urbane sent in to Englande to distroy the clementyns Cap. cccc .xxviii. ¶ Howe the bysshoppe of Norwiche and the englysshmen yssued out of Englande to ronne and make warre agaynste all those that helde with pope Element Cap. cccc .xxix. ¶ Howe the englysshmen toke the towne and mynster of Grauelyng howe therle of FlauÌ„ders sent to speke with theÌ„ Cap. cccc .xxx. ¶ The answere that the bysshop of Norwiche made to the knightes of Flaunders and of the assemble that they of Cassell the couÌ„tre about made agaynst theÌ„glysshmen Cap. cccc .xxxi. ¶ Howe the fleminges of the countre they of the lande of Cassell were discoÌ„fyted by the Englysshmen and DoÌ„kyrke taken with dyuers other castels in the couÌ„tre Cap. cccc .xxxii. ¶ Howe theÌ„glysshmen coÌ„quered all the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„ders fro Donkyrke to Scluse howe they besieged the towne of Iyre Cap. cccc .xxxiii. ¶ Howe thenglysshmen sent for theÌ„ of Gaunt and howe they came to the siege of Ipre and of the lorde saynt Leger his coÌ„pany who were discoÌ„fyted by theÌ„glysshmen and howe the bysshop of Liege came to the siege of Ipre Cap. cccc .xxxiiii. ¶ Of the great coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of assemble that the frenche kyng made to th entent to reyse the siege before Ipre and of theÌ„ that were discoÌ„fyted by thenglysshmen Cap. cccc .xxxv. ¶ Howe the Englysshmen and they of Gaunt made dyuers assautes before Ipre howe the frenche kyng depted fro Compayne and went towarde Ipre to reyse the siege there Cap. cccc .xxxvi. ¶ Howe the duke Frederyke of Bauyere aryued in the frenche kynges hoost and howe the eâ—le of Bloyse and his men came to Arras and howe the kynges vowarde toke Cassell Cap. cccc .xxxvii. ¶ Howe the englisshmen after the siege of Ipre were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues and howe they departed thens went to Burboucke whan they sawe the kynges puyssauÌ„ce Cap. cccc .xxxviii. ¶ Howe the french kyng with all his hoost came to Burbourke and of the ordre of the englisshemen within the towne and howe Fraunces 〈◊〉 freman wan â—ndewarpe Cap. cccc .xxxix. ¶ Howe they of Andwarpe were put out of the towne none abode there but gauntoyse And howe Amergot Marcell toke yâ— castell of Marquell in Auuerne and how it was gyuen vp by composicyon for fyue thousande frankes to the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne Cap. cccc .xl. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng assayled Burburke and how he ordayned that whosoeuer brought thyder a fagotte shulde haue a blanke Cap. cccc .xli. ¶ Of the myracles that were done in the towne of Burburke and howe sir Thomas Tryuet and sir wyllâ— Helman englisshmen were put in prisone for the domage of Fraunce Cap. cccc .xlii. ¶ Howe the lordes of Englande and Fraunce assembled togyder to make a peace whiche by theÌ„ coude nat be done And howe Loyes erle of Flaunders dyed and of his obsâ—quy Cap. cccc .xliii. ¶ Howe therle of NorthuÌ„berlande the erle of Notyngham and theÌ„glysshmen made a iourney in to ScotlaÌ„de and of the ambassadours of Fraunce that were sent in to Scotlande to notifye the truse that was taken bytwene Englande and Fraunce Cap. cccc .xliiii. ¶ Howe the barons knightes of Scotlande and they of FrauÌ„ce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of EnglaÌ„de without the knowledge of the kyng of scottes who was at Edenborowe Cap. cccc .xlv. ¶ Howe the trewse taken bytwene Englande and FrauÌ„ce was publysshed in Englande and Scotlande Cap. cccc .xlvi. ¶ Howe the lorde of Destoruay made his assemble to wynne againe Andwarpe and howe by his policy he wanne it Cap. cccc .xlvii. ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou dyed in a castell besyde Naples howe the quene of Cycile was couÌ„sayled to go to the pope Cap. cccc .xlviii. ¶ Howe the lady of Brabant caused to be called a counsayle wherat there was the duke of Burgoyne the duke Aubert she in the cytie of Cambray to treate for the maryage of their chyldren Cap. cccc .xlix. ¶ Howe the french kyng the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Heynault made their prouysion to be at Cambray and of the message of the duke of Lancastre sent to the erle of Heynalt and of the maryage of the chyldren of Heynalt and Burgoyne Cap. cccc .l. ¶ Howe the duke of Berry ensured his doughter to the sonne of the erle of Bloys and howe the erle of Marche and the duke of Burbone made their somons to entre in to Lymosyn Cap. cccc .li. ¶ Finis ¶ here begymeth the prologe of syr JohnÌ„ Froissart of the cronicles of fraÌ„ce Inglande and other places abioynynge ¶ he first chaptre TO th entent that the honorable and noble auâ—tures offeatis of armes done
a letter that he layd forth the whiche was nat true as it was sayde Wherfore the kyng was in suche displeasure that yf hadde takyn hym in his ire surely it hadde coste hym his lyfe Without remedye So this syr Robert was fayne to boyde the realme of Fraunce and went to Namure to the Erle JohnÌ„ his Nephewe Than the kyng toke the Erles wyfe and her two sonnes who were his owne nephewes JohnÌ„e and Charles and dyd put them in prison and were kept straytly and the kyng sware that they shuld neuer come out of prison as long as they lyued The kyng is mynde wolde nat be turned by no maner of meanes Than the kyng in his furye sente hastely to the busshopp Laoul of Liege 〈…〉 desired hym at his instauÌ„ce that he wolde befye and make warre agaynst the erle of Namure without he wolde put out of his countrey 〈◊〉 Roberte erle of Artoyse ¶ And this busshoppe Who greatly loued the kynge of Fraunce and but lytle loued his neyghbours dyda 〈…〉 yâ— kyng desired hym Than the erle of Namure sore ageynst his wyll caused the erle of Artoyse to auoyde his lande Than this erle 〈◊〉 Robert went to the duke of Brabant his cosyn who right ioyously receyued hym and dyd hym great coÌ„forte And as soone as the kyng of FrauÌ„ce knew that he sent worde to the duke that if he wold susteyue maynteyn or susâ—re the erle of Artoyse in his coâ—trey he shulde haue no greatter ennemy than he wold be to hym and that he wolde make warre ageynst hym and al his to the best of his power with all the realme of Fraunce Than the duke sent the erle of Artoyse pryuely to Argeâ—tuel to then tent to se what the kyng wold do forther in the case And anon the kyng knew it for he had spyes in euery corner The kyng had great dispyte that the duke shuld so dele with hym and within a brief space after the kyng pourchased so by reason of his golde syluer that the kyng of Behaigne who was cosin iermayn to yâ— duke of Brabant and the busshop of Liege the arche bysshop of Coleyn the duke of Guerles the matques of Julyers the erle of Bare the lord of Los the lorde Fawkmount and diuers other lordes were alied to guyther al ayenst the duke of Brabant and defyed hym and entred with a great oste in to his countrey by Esbayng and so 〈◊〉 to Hanut brent twyse ouer the couÌ„trey where as it pleased them And the kyng of FrauÌ„ce sent with them therle of Ewe his Constable with a great oste of men of armes Than the 〈◊〉 〈…〉 liaÌ„ of Heynaulte sent his wy 〈…〉 〈◊〉 kyng and his brother 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 de Beamont into Fraunce to t 〈…〉 peace sufferauÌ„ce of warr bitwene the kyng and the duke of Brabant And at last the kyng of FraÌ„ce wisâ—y moche warke consented therto vpon condition that the duke shulde put hym selfe vtterly to abyde the ordynaunce of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and of his counsaile in euery mater that the kyng 〈◊〉 all suche as had befyed hym had ageynst hym And also with in a certayn day lymitted to auoyde out of his couÌ„trey the erle of Artoyse to make shorte al this the duke dyd sore ayenst his wyll ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde of Ingland toke the towne of Berwyke ageynst the Scottis Cap. xxvi YE haue harde here before recited of the truce bitwene Inglande and Scotland for the space of .iii. yere and so the space of â—â—ue yere they kept well the peace so that in CCC yere before there was nat so good peace kept Now beit kyng Edward of Ingland was enformed that the yong kyng Dauid of Scotland who had wedded his suster was seaâ—ed of the towne of Berwyke the whtche ought to apperteyn to the realme of Ingland for kyng Edward the first his graunfather had it in his possession peasably Also the kyng was e 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the realme of Scotlande shulde holde in chief of the Crowne of Inglande and how the yong kyng of scottis had nat done as thaÌ„ his homage Wherfore the kyng of Ingland sent his ambassad to the kyng of scottis desyryng hym to leue his handis of the towne of Berwyke for it parteyned to his heritage for kyngis of Inglande his predecessours haue ben in possession therof And also they somoned the kyng of Scottis to come to the kyng of Ingland to do his homage for the realme of Scotland Than the kyng of Scottis toke counsaile howe to answere thys mater And finally the kyng answerde the Engliâ—â— he ambassadours and sayd Syrs both I and all the nobles of my realme meruaile greatly of that ye haue requyred vs to do for we fynd nat auncientely that the realme of Scotlande shulde any thyng be bounde or be subgiet to the realme of Ingland nother by homage or any other wayes Nor the kyng of noble memorye our father wolde neuer do homage to the kyngê of Ingland for any warre that was made vnto hym by any of 〈◊〉 No more in like wyse I am in wyll to do And also kyng Robert our father conquered the towne of Berwyke by force of armes agaynst kyng Edwarde father to the kyng your maister that nowe is And so my father helde it all the dayes of his lyfe as his good heritage And so in lyke maner we thynke to do to the best of our power Howe be it lordes We require you to be meanes to the kyng your master whose suster we haue maryed that he wyll suffre vs peaseably to enioye our frauÌ„ches and ryghtis as his auncetours haue done here before And to lette vs enioye that our father hath woune and kept it peaseably all his lyfe dayes and desyre the kyng your maister that he wold nat beleue any euyll counsaile gyuen hym to yâ— contrary For if ther were any other prince that wolde do vs wrong he shuld aide succour and defende vs for the loue of his suster Whom We haue maryed Than these ambassadours answerd and said Syr we haue well vnderstand your answere we shall shewe it to the kyng our lorde in lyke maner as ye haue said and so toke theyr leaue and returned into Inglande to the kyng With the whiche answere the kyng of Ingland was nothyng content Than he somoned a parliament to be holden at WestmÌ„ where as all the nobles wyse men of the realme were assembled to determine what shuld be best to be done in this mater And in this meane tyme ser Robert erle of of Artoys came into Inglande dysguysed lyke a marchaunt and the kyng rereyued hym right ioyously and reteyned hym as one of his counsaile and to hym assigned the Erledom of Rychemount And whan the daye of the parliament aproched and that all the nobles of the lande were assembled about LondoÌ„ ThaÌ„ the kyng caused to be shewed the message and howe he had wrytten to the kyng of scottis and of the answere of the same
and set their archers before them and sayled to warde the towne They of Cagaunt sawe well this great shyppÌ„ aproche they knewe well they were englysshmen And araynged them on the dykes and on the sandes with their baners before them and they made .xvi. newe knyghtes They were a fyue thousande meÌ„ of warr good knyghtes and squiers ther was sir Guy of FlaÌ„ders a good and a sure knyght but he was a bastarde and he desyred all his coÌ„pany to do well their deuoyre And also ther was sir Dutres de Hauyn syr JohnÌ„ de Roodes sir Gyles de Lestriefe sir Symon and syr JohnÌ„ of BonquedeÌ„t who were there made knyghtes and Peter of Anglemonster with many other knyghtes and squiers expert men of armes Thenglysshmen were desyrous to assayle and the fleÌ„mynges to defende Thenglysshe atchers began to shout and cryed their cryes so that suche as kepte the passage were fayne perforce to recule backe At this first assaute there were dyuerse sore hurte and the englysshmen toke lande and came and fought hande to hande The fleÌ„mynges fought valyantly to defende the passage and theÌ„glysshmen assauted chyualrously The erle of Derby was that day a good knyght and at the first assaut he was so forwarde that he was stryken to the erth and than the lorde of Manny dyd hym great confort for by pur feat of armes he releued hym vp agayne and brought hym out of pyll and cryed Lancastre for the erle of Derby Than they approched on euery part and many were hurt but mo of the flemmynges than of the englysshmen for the archers shot so holly togyder that they dyd to the flemmynges moche damage Thus in the hauyn of Cagant ther was a sore batell for the fleÌ„mynges were good men of warre chosen out by the erle of Flaunders to defende that passage agaynst thenglysshemen And of Englande there was the erle of Derby sonne to the erle Henry of Lancastre with the wry necke therle of Suffolke syr Robert Cobham sir Lewes Byauchampe sir Wyllyam sonne to therle of Warwyke the lorde Bourcher syr Water MaÌ„ny and dyuers other There was a sore batayle and well foughten hande to hande but finally the fleÌ„mynges were put to the chase and were slayne mo than thre thousande what in yâ— hauyn stretes and houses Syr Guy the bastarde of FlauÌ„ders was taken and sir Dutres de Haluyn and sir JohnÌ„ de Rodes wer slayne and the two bretherne of Bonquedent and syr Gyles de Lestrief and mo than .xxvi. knyghtes and squyers the towne taken and pylled and all the goodê and prisoners put into the shippes and the towne brent And so thus the englysshemen retourned into Englande without any damage the kyng caused sir Guy bastarde of FlaÌ„ders to swere and to bynde hymselfe prisoner And in the same yere he became englysshe and dyd fayth homage to the kyng of Englande ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England made great alyaunces in the empyre Cap. xxxii AFter this dysconfeture at Cagaunt tidynges therof spredde abrode in the couÌ„trey And they of Flaunders sayd that without reason and agaynst their wylles therle of flaÌ„ders had layd there that garyson And Jaques Dartuell wolde nat at had ben otherwyse and in contynent he sent messangers to kynge Edwarde recommendyng hym to his grace withall his hert Counsellyng hym to come thyder and to passe the see certyfyenge hym how the flemmynges greatly desyred to se hym Thus the kyng of Englande made great purueyancê and whan the wynter was passed he toke the see well acompanyed with dukes erles and barownes and dyuers other knyghtes and aryued at the towne of Andewarpe as thaÌ„ pertayninge to the duke of Brabant Thyther came people from all partes to se hym and the great estate that he kept Than he sent to his cosyn the duke of Brabant to the duke of Guerles to yâ— marques of Jullers to the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt and to all such as he trusted to haue any conforte of Sayeng howe he wolde gladly speke with theym they came all to Andewarpe bytwene Whytsontyde and the feest of saynte JohnÌ„ And whan the kyng had well feasted thâ— he desyred to knowe their myndes whauÌ„e they wolde bâ—gynne that they had promysed requirynge them to dyspatche the mater breuely for that inteÌ„t he sayd he was come thyder and had all his men redy and howe it shulde be a great damage to hym to defarre the mater long These lordes had longe counsell among them and fynally they sayd Syr our commynge hyther as nowe was more to se you than for any thynge els we be nat as nowe purueyed to gyue you a full answere By your lycence we shall retourne to our people and come agayne to you at your pleasure and thauÌ„e gyue you so playne an answere that the mater shall nat rest in vs. Than they toke day to come agayn a thre wekes after the feest of saynt JohnÌ„ The kynge shewed theÌ„ what charges he was at with so longe abyding thynkinge whan he came thyther that they had ben full purueyd to haue made hym a playne answere sayng howe that he wolde nat returne in to England tyll he had a full answere So thus these lordes departed and the kynge taryed in the abbay of saynt Bernarde and some of the englysshe lordes taryed styll at Andewarpe to kepe the kynge company and some of the other rode about the countrey in great dyspence The duke of Brabant went to Louane and there taryed a long tyme and often tymes he sent to the frenche kyng desyring hym to haue no suspecyous to hym nat to byleue any yuell informacion made of hym for by his wyll he sayd he wold make none alyance nor couenant agaynst hym Sayrng also that the kynge of Englande was his cosyn germayne wherfore he might nat deny hym to come into his countrey The day caÌ„e that the kyng of Englande loked to haue an answere of these lordê and they excused them and sayd howe they were redy and their men So that the duke of Brabant wolde be redy for his part sayeng that he was nere than they And that assone as they might knowe that he were redy they wolde nat be behynde but be at the begynnyng of the mater assone as he Than the kyng dyd so moche that he spake agayne with the duke and shewed him the answere of the other lordes desyring him by amyte and lynage that no faut were founde in hym sayeng how he parceyued well that he was but cold in the mater and that without he wer quicker and dyd otherwyse he douted he shulde lese therby the ayde of all the other lordes of Amayne through his defaulte Than the duke sayd he wolde take counsayle in the matter and whan he had longe debated the mater he sayd howe he shulde be as redy as any other but firste he sayd he wolde speke agayne with the other lordes and he dyde sende for theÌ„ desyring them to come to hym wher as they pleased best
they rodde forthe brennynge and pyllynge the countrey a thre or foure leages a day and euer toke their logynge be tymes And a company of englysshmen and Almaygnes passed the ryuer of Somme by the abbey of â—ermans and wasted the countrey al about An other company wherof sit JohaÌ„n of Heynalt the lorde FaulquemoÌ„t and sir Arnold of Barquehen were chefe rode to Drigny saynt Benoyste a good towne But it was but easely closed incontynent it was taken by assaut and robbed and an abbey of ladyes vyolated and the towne brent Than they departed and rode towarde Guys and Rybemont and the kynge of Englande lodged at â—ehories and ther taryed a day and his men ranne abrode and dystroyed the countrey Than the kynge toke the way to the Flammengerie to come to Lesche in Thyerasse and the marshals and the bysshoppÌ„ of Lpncolne with a fyue hunderd speres passed the ryuer of Trysague and entred into Laonnoys towarde the lande of the lorde of Couâ—y and bret saynt Gouuen and the towne of Matle And on a nyght lodgedde in the valey besyde Laon and the nerte day they drewe agayne to their hoost for they knewe by some of their prisoners that the frenche kyng was come to saynt â—uyntines with a. C. thousand men and there to passe the ryuer of Somme So these lordes in their retournynge brent a good towne called Crecy and dyuerse other townes and hamelettes ther about ¶ Now let vs speke of ser JohnÌ„ of Heynalt and his company who were a fyue hundred speres he came to Guys and brent all the towne and bete downe the mylles And with in the fortresses was the lady Jane his owne doughter wyfe to therle of Bloys called Lewes she desyred her father to spare therytage of the erle his son in lawe But for all that sit JohnÌ„ of Henalt wolde nat spare his enterprise and so than he retourned agayne to the kyng who was lodged in thabbey of Sarnaques and euer his peple r 〈…〉 ouer the countrey And the lorde of Falquemont with a. C. speres came to Lonnion in Thyerasse a great towne and the men of the towne were fled into a great wood and had all their goodes with them And had fortifyed the wood with fellyng of tymbre about theÌ„ the Almayns rode thyder and there mette with them Sir arnolde of Baquehen and his company so ther they assayled them in the wood who defeÌ„dyd theÌ„ aswell as they might but finally they were coÌ„quered and put to flight And ther wer slayne and sore hurt mo than .xl. and lost all that they had thus the contrey was ouer ryden for they dyd what they lyst ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande the french kyng toke day of iourney to fight togyder Cap. xâ— THe kyng of Englande depted fro Sarnaques and went to Muttrell And ther loged a nyght the next day he went to the FlameÌ„gery made all his meÌ„ to loge nere about hym Wherof he had mo than .xl. thousande and there he was couÌ„selled to avyde kyng 〈…〉 lyp and to fyght with hym The french kyng depted fro saynt Duyntines and dayly men came to hym fro all partes so caÌ„e to UyroÌ„fosse There the kyng taryed sayd howe he wold nat go thens tyll he had fought with the kynge of Englande with his alyes seyng they were within two leages toguyther And whaÌ„ therle of Heynalt who was at Duâ—lnoy redy purueyed of men a warr knewe that yâ— frenche kyng was at Uyronfosse thynkyng there to gyue batayle to thenglysshmen He rode forthe tyll he caÌ„e to the french hoost with .v. C. speres and preseÌ„ted hymself to the kyng his vncle who made hym but small cher vycause he had ven with his aduersary before Cambray Howe ve it the erle excused hymselfe so sagely that the kynge and his counsayle were well coÌ„tent And it was ordayned by the marshals that is to say by the marshall Bertrame and by yâ— marshall of Try that the erle shulde be lodged next the englysshe hoost Thus these two kynges were lodged bytwene â—yroÌ„fosse and FlameÌ„gery in the playne feldes without any aduauntage I thynke ther was neuer sene before so goodly an assemble of noble men togyder as was there Whanne the kynge of England beyng in the chapell of Thyerasse knewe how that king Phâ—â—yppÌ„ was with in two leages than he called the lordes of his host togyder and demauÌ„ded of them what he shuld do his honour saued for he sayd that his enten cyon was to gyue batayle Than the lordes behelde eche other and they desyrâ—dde the duke of BrabaÌ„t to shewe first his entent The duke said that he was of the accorde that they shulde gyue batayle for otherwyse he sayd they coude nat depart sauyng their honours Wherfore he counsayled yâ— they shulde sende harauloes to the frenche kyng to demaunde a day of batayle Than an haraulde of the duke of Guerles who coude well the langage offrenche was enformed what he shulde say and so herode tyll he came into yâ— frenche hoost And than he drewe hym to kynge Philyppe and to his counsayle and sayd ser the kynge of Englande is in the felde and desyreth to haue batell power agaynst power The whiche thyng kyng Philyppe graunted and toke the day the friday nextafter and as thaÌ„ it was weduisday And so the haraude reâ—ourned well rewarded with good â—urred gownes gyuen hym by the french kyng and other lordes bycause of the tidynges that he brought So thus the iourney was agreed knowledge was made therof to all the lordes of bothe the hoostes and so euery man made hym redy to the matter The thursday in the mornyng there were two knyghtes of therâ—e of Heynaultes the lorde Sanguinelles and the lorde of Tupeney They mounted on their horses and they two all onely depted fro the frenche hoost and rode to a viewe yâ— englyssh hoost So they roâ—e coâ—â—yng the hoost and it fortuned that the lorde of Sanguynelles horse toke the bridell in the tethe in suche wyse that his maâ—â—ter coud nat rule hym And so why ther he wolde or nat the horse brought hym into thenglysshe hoost and there he fell in the handes of the 〈…〉 maynes who perceyued well that he was none of their company and set on hym and toke hym and his horse And so he was prisoner to a fyue orsixe gentylmen of 〈…〉 mayne a none they set hym to his raunsome And whan they vnderstode that he was a â—aynome theâ— demaunded of hym if he knewe ser Johâ— of Hepnalt and he answered yes and desyred them for the loue of god to bring hym to his presens for he knewe well that he wolde quyte hym his rauÌ„some Therof were the Almaygns ioyous and so brought hym to the lorde Beaumounde who incontynent dyde pledge hym out fro his maisters handes And the lorde of Sanguynelles retourned agayne to therle of Heyualt and he had his horse agayne delyuered hym at the request of the lorde
resyst you the people of Normandy haue nat ben vsed to the warr and all the knyghtes and squyers of the contrey ar nowe at the siege before Aguyllon with the duke And sir ther ye shall fynde great townes that be nat walled wherby yoâ— men shall haue suche wynning that they shal be the better therby .xx. yere after and sir ye may folowe with your army tyll ye come to Cane in Normandy Sir I requyre you byleue me in this voyage the kyng who was as than butâ—in the floure of his youth desyring nothyng somoche as to haut dedes of armes inclyned greatly to the sayeng of the lorde Harecourt whom he called cosyn than he coÌ„maunded the maryners to set their course to NormaÌ„dy And he toke into his shyp the token of thadmyrall therle of warwyke and sayd howe he wolde be admyrall for that vyage so sayled on before as gouernor of yâ— nauy they had wynde at wyll than yâ— kyng in the ysse of CoÌ„stantyne at a port called Hogue saynt wast Tydinges anone spredde â—â—rode howe thenglysshmen were a lande the to 〈◊〉 of Constantyne sent worde therof to Marystâ— kynge PhilyppÌ„ he had well harde before howe the kynge of Englande was on the see with a great army but he wyst nat what way he wolde drawe other into Normandy Bretayne or Gascoyne Assone as he knewe that the kyng of Englande was a lande in Normandy he sende his constable therle of Guyues and the erle of Tankernell who were but newely come to hym 〈◊〉 his sonne fro the siege at Aguyllon to yâ— towne of Cane coÌ„maundyng them to kepe that towne agaynst the englysshmen they sayd they wolde do their best they departed fro Parys with a good nombre of men of warre and dayly there came mo to them by the way And so came to the towne of Cane where they were receyued with great ioye of men of the towne and of the countrey there about that were drawen thyder for suretie these lordes toke hede for the prouisyon of the towne the which as than was nat walled The kyng thus was aryued at the port Hogue saynt wast nere to saynt Sauyour the vycouÌ„t the right herytage to the lorde Godfray of Harcourt who as than was ther with the kynge of Englande ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande rode in thre batayls through Normandy Cap. C .xxii. WHanÌ„e the kynge of Englande arryued in the â—oguâ—saynt wast the kynge yssued out of his shyppe and the 〈◊〉 foâ—â— that he sette on the grounde he fell so rudely that the blode brast but of his nose the knyghtes that were aboute hym toke hym vp and sayde sir for goddessake entre agayne into your shyppe and come nat a lande this day for this is but an yâ—ell signe for vs than the kyng answered quickely and sayd wherfore this is a good token for me for yâ— land desyreth to haue me Of the whiche auswere all his men were right ioyfull so that day nyght the kyng lodged on the sandes and in yâ— meane tyme dyscharged yâ— shyppes of their horsess and other bagages there the kyng made two marshals of his hoost the one the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and the other therle of warwyke the erle of Arundell constable And he ordayned that therle of Huntyngdon shulde kepe the â—â—eâ—e of shyppes with C. men of armes and .iiii. C. archers And also he ordayned thre batayls one to go on his right hande closyng to the see syde and the other on his lyfte hande and the kynge hymselfe in the myddes and euery night to lodge all in one felde Thus they sette forth as they were ordayned and they that went by the see toke all the shyppes that they founde in their wayes and so long they went forthe what by see what by lande that they came to a good port and to a good towne called Harâ—â—ewe the which incontynent was wonne for they within gaue by for feare of â—ethe howebeit for all that the towne was robbed and moche golde and syluer there founde and ryche iewels there was founde somoche rychesse that the boyes and vyllayns of the hoost sette nothyng by good furred gownes they made all the men of the towne to yssue out and to go into the shyppes bycause they wolde nat sustre them to be behynde them for feare of rebellyng agayne After the towne of Harâ—â—ewe was thus taken and robbed without brennyng than they spredde a brode in the countrey dyd what they lyst for there was nat to resyst them at laste they came to a great and a ryche towne called Cherbourgue the towne they wan and robbed it and brent parte therof but into the castell they coude nat come it was so stronge and well furnysshed with men of warre thanÌ„e they passed forthe and came to Mountbourgue and toke it robbed and brent it clene In this maner they brent many other townes in that countrey â—an so moch rychesse that it was maruell to rekyn it thanne they came to a great towne well closed called Quarâ—tyne where ther was also a strong castell and many soudyours within to kepe it thanÌ„e the lordes came out of their shyppes and feersly made assaut the burgesses of the towne were in great feare of their lyues wyues and chyldren they suffred thenglysshemen to entre into the towne agaynst the wyll of all the soud yours that were ther they putte all their goodes to thenglysshmens pleasures they thought that moost aduauntage Whan the son dyours within sawe that they went into the castell the englysshmen went into the towne and two dayes to guyder they made sore assautes so that whan they within se no socoure they yelded vp their lyues and goodes sauyed and so departed thenglysshmen had their pleasure of that good towne castell And whan they sawe they might nat mentayne to kepe it they set fyre therin and brent it and made the burgesses of yâ— towne to entre into their shyppes as they had done with theÌ„ of Harflewe Chyerburgue and Mountbourge and of other to wnes that they had wonne on the see syde all this was done by the batayle that went by the see syde and by theÌ„ on the see togyder Nowe let vs speke of the kinges batayle whan he had sent his first batayle a longe by the see syde as ye haue harde wherof one of his marshals therle of Warwyke was captayne and the lorde Cobham with hym than he made his other marshall to lede his hoost on his lyft hande for he knewe the yssues and entrees of Normandy better than any other dyd ther the lorde Godfray as marshall rode forthe with fyue hundred men of armes and rode of fro the kynges batayle as sire or seuyne leages in brennynge and exilyng the countrey the which was plentyfull of euery thynge the granges full of corne the houses full of all ryches riche burgesses cartes and charyottes horse swyne mottous and other beestes they toke what theÌ„ lyst and brought into the
kynges hoost but the soudyours made no count to the kynge nor to none of his offycers of the golde and syluer that they dyd gette they kept that to themselfe Thussir Godfray of Harecourt rode euery day of fro yâ— kynges hoost and for moost parte euery nyght resorted to the kynges felde The kyng toke his way to saynt Lowe in Constantyne but or he came ther he lodged by a ryuer abyding for his men that rode a long by the see syde and whan they were come they sette for the their caryage and therle of Warwyke therle of Suffolke sir Thomas Hollande and sir Raynolde CobhmÌ„ and their coÌ„pany rode out on the one syde and wasted and eriled the contrey as the lorde Hare court hadde done and the kynge euer rode bytwene these bataylles and euery nyght they logedde togyder ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kynge made to resyst the kyng of Englande Cap. C .xxiii. THus by theÌ„glysshmen was brent exyled robbed wasted and pylled the good plentyfull countrey of Normandy Thanne the frenche kyng sent for the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt who caÌ„e to hym with a great nombre also the kyng sende for other men of armes dukes erles barownes knyghtes and squyers and assembled togyder the grettest nombre of people that had bensene in France a hundred yere before he sent for men into so ferr countreys that it was longe or they came togyder wherof the kynge of Englande dyde what hym lyste in the meane season The french kyng harde well what he dyd and sware and sayd howe they shuld neuerretourne agayne vnfought withall and that suche hurtes and damages as they had done shulde be derely reuenged wherfore he had sent letters to his frendes in th empyre to suche as wer farthest of and also to the gentyll kyng of Behayne and to the lorde Charles his son who fro thens for the was called kynge of Almaygne he was made kynge by the ayde of his father and the frenche kyng and had taken on hym the armes of th empyre The frenche kyng desyred them to come to hym withall their powers to thyntent to fyght with the kynge of Englande who brent and wasted his countrey These princes and lordes made them redy with great nombre of men of armes of almaynes behaynoes and luxambroses and so came to the frenche kyng also kyng PhilyppÌ„ send to the duke of Lorayne who came to serue hym with CCC speares also ther came therle samynes in Samynoes therle of Salebrugâ— the erle of Flaunders the erle Wyllyam of Namure euery man with a fayre coÌ„pany â–ª ye haue harde here before of the order of thenglysshmen howe they went in thre batayls the marshalles on the right hande and on the lyft the kyng and the prince of Wales his sonne in the myddes They rode but small iourneys and euery day toke their lodgynges bytwene noone and thre of the clocke and founde the countrey so frutefull that they neded nat to make no ê“uisy on for their hoost but all onely for wyne and yet they founde reasonably sufficyent therof It was no marueyle though they of the countrey were afrayed for before that tyme they had neuer sene men of warre nor they wyst nat what warre or batayle ment they fledde away as ferr as they might here spekyng of thenglysshmen and left their houses well stuffed and graunges full of corne they wyst nat howe to saue and kepe it yâ— kynge of Englande and the prince had in their batayle a thre thousand men of armes and sixe thousande archers and a ten thousande men 〈◊〉 fote besyde them that rode with the marshals Thus as ye haue harde the kyng rodeforth wastynge and brennyng the countrey without brekyng of his order he left the cytie of Constance and went to a great towne called saynt Lowe a rych towne of drapery and many riche burgesses in that towne ther were dwellyng an .viii. or nynescore burgesses crafty men â–ª Whanne the kynge came ther he toke his lodgyng without for he wolde neuer lodge in the towne for feare of fyre but he sende his men before and anone yâ— towne was taken and clene robbed It was harde to thynke the great ryches that there was won in clothes specially clothe wolde ther haue ben solde good chepe yf ther had ben any byers thaÌ„ the kynge went towarde Cane the which was a greatter towne and fall of drapery and other marchauntdyse and riche burgesses noble ladyes and damosels and fayre churches and specially two great riche abbeys one of the Crynyte another of saynt Stephyn And on the one syde of the towne one of the fayrest castels of all Normandy and capitayne therin was Robert of Blargny with thre hundred genowayes and in the towne was therle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll with a good nombre of men of warr The king of England rode that day in good order and logedde all his batayls togyder that night a two leages fro Cane in a towne with a lytell hauyn called Naustreham and thyder caÌ„e also all his nauy of shyppes with therle of Huntyngdone who was gouernour of them The coÌ„stable and other lordes of France that nyght watched well the towne of Cane and in the mornyng armed them with all them of the towne Than the constable ordayned that none shulde yssue out but kepe their defences on the walles gate bridge and ryuer and left the subbarbes voyde bycause they were nat closedde for they thought they shulde haue ynough to do to defende the towne bycause it was nat closedde but with the ryuer they of the towne saybe howe they wolde yssue out for they were strong ynough to fyght with the kyng of Englande Whan the coÌ„llable sawe their good wyls he sayd in the name of god he it ye shall nat fyght without me Than they yssued out in good order and made good face to fyght and to defende theym and to putte their lyues in aduenture ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe thenglysshmen toke to towne Cap. C .xxiiii. THe same day thenglyssh men rose erly and apayrelled them redy to go to Cane the kyng harde noyse before the sonne rysing And than toke his horse and the prince his son with sir Godfray of Harcourt marshall and leader of the hoost whose counsayle the kyng moche folowed Than they drewe towarde Cane with their batels in good aray and so aproched the good towne of Cane WhauÌ„e they of the towne who were redy in the felde sawe these thre batayls commyng in good order with their baners and staÌ„deâ—des wauynge in the wynde and the archers the which they had nat ben accustomed to se they were sore afrayd and fledde away toward the towne without any order or good aray for all that the constable coulde do than the englysshmen pursued them egerly Whan the constable and the erle of of TaÌ„kernyll sawe that they toke a gate at the entry and saued theÌ„selfe and certayne with
more delyberacyon and to regarde well what way ye woll assayle theym for sir surely they woll abyde you Than the kynge coÌ„maunded that it shuld be so done than his .ii. marshals one rode before another behynde sayeng to euery baner tary and abyde here in the name of god and saynt Denys they that were formast taryed but they that were behynde wolde nat tary but rode forthe and sayd howe they wold in no wyse abyde tyll they were as ferr forward as yâ— formast And whan they before sawe them come on behynde than they rode forward agayne so that the kyng nor his marshals coude nat rule theÌ„ so they rode without order or good aray tyll they came in sight of their ennemyes And assone as the formast sawe them they reculed than abacke â—out good aray wherof they behynde had maruell and were a basshed and thought that the formast company had ben fightynge than they might haue had leaser rome to haue gone forwarde if they had lyst Some went forthe and some abode styll the coÌ„mons of whom all the wayes bytwene Abuyle and Cressy were full WhaÌ„ they sawe that they were â—ere to their ennemies they toke their swerdes and cryed downe with them let vs â—â—e them all ther was no man though he were present at the iourney that coude ymagen or shewe the trouth of the yuell order that was among the frenche partie and yet they were a meruelous great nombre That I write in this boke I lerned it specially of the engysshmen who well behelde their dealyng and also certayne knyghtes of sir Johan of Heynaultes who was alwayes about kyng Philyppe shewed me as they knewe ¶ Of the batayle of Cressy bytwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng Cap. C .xxx. THeÌ„glysshmen who were in thre batayls lyeng on the grounde to rest them assone as they saw the frenchmen aproche they rose vpon their fete fayre and easely without and hast and aranged their batayls The first which was the princes batell the archers there stode in maner of a herse and the men of armes in the botome of the batayle Th erle of NorthaÌ„pton therle of Arundell with the second batell were on a wyng in good order redy to confort the princes batayle if nede were The lordê and knyghtê of France caÌ„enat to the assemble togyder in good order for some caÌ„e before and some came after in such hast and yuell order that one of theÌ„ dyd trouble another Whan the french kyng sawe the englysshmen his blode chaunged and sayde to his marshals make the genowayes go on before and begynne the batayle in the name of god and saynt Denyse ther were of the genowayes trosbowes about a fiftene thousand but they were so wery of goyng a fote that day a six leages armed with their crosbowes that they sayde to their constables we be nat well ordred to fyght this day for we be nat in the case to do any great dede of armes we haue more nede of rest These wordes came to the erle of Alanson who sayd a man is well at ease to be charged with suche a sorte of rascalles to be faynt and fayle nowe at moost nede Also the same season there fell a great rayne and a clyps with a terryble thonder and before the rayne ther came fleyng ouer bothe batayls a great nombre of crowes for feare of the tempest coÌ„mynge Than anone the eyre beganne to waxe clere and the sonne to shyne fayre and bright the which was right in the frenchmens eyen and on the englysshmens backes Whan the genowayes were assembled toguyder and beganne to aproche they made a great leape and crye to abasshe thenglysshmen but they stode styll and styredde nat for all that thanÌ„e the genowayes agayne the seconde tyme made a nother leape and a fell crye and stepped forwarde a lytell and thenglysshmen remeued nat one foteâ— thirdly agayne they leapt and cryed and went forthe tyll they came within shotte thanÌ„e they shotte feersly with their crosbowes Than thenglysshe archers stept forthe one pase and lett fly their arowes so holly and so thycke that 〈…〉 semed snowe whan the genowayes felte the arowes persynge through heedes armes and brestes many of them cast downe their crosâ—owâ—s and dyde cutte their strynges and retourned dysconfited Whan the frenche kynge sawe them flye away he sayd slee these rascals for they shall lette and trouble vs without reason than ye shulde haue sene the men of armes dasshe in among them and kylled a great nombre of them And euer styll the englysshmen shot where as they sawe thyckest preace the sharpe arowes ranne into the men of armes and into their horses and many fell horse and men amoÌ„ge the genowayes and whan they were downe they coude nat relyue agayne the preace was so thycke that one ouerthrewe a nother And also amonge the englysshemen there were certayne â—ascalles that went a fote with great knyues and they went in among the men of armes and slewe and murdredde many as they lay on the grounde bothe erles barownes knyghtê and squyers wherof the kyng of Englande was after dyspleased for he had rather they had bene taken prisoners The valyant kyng of Behaygne called Charles of Luzenbourge sonne to the noble emperour Henry of Luzenbourge for all that he was nyghe blynde Whan he vnderstode the order of the batayle he sayde to them about hym where is the lorde Charles my son his men sayde sir we can nat tell we thynke he be fightynge than he sayde sirs ye are my men my companyons and frendes in this iourney I requyre you bring me so farre forwarde that I may stryke one stroke with my swerde they sayde they wolde do his commaundement and to the intent that they shulde nat lese hym in the prease they tyed all their raynes of their bridelles eche to other and sette the kynge before to acomplysshe his desyre and so thei went on their ennemyes the lorde Charles of Behaygne his sonne who wrote hymselfe kyng of Behaygne and bare the armes He came in good order to the batayle but whasie he sawe that the matter wente a wrie on their partie he departed I can nat tell you whiche waye the kynge his father was so farre forewarde that he strake a stroke with his swerde ye and mo than foure and fought valyantly And so dyde his company and they adueÌ„tured themselfe so forwarde that they were ther all slayne and the next day they were founde in the place about the kyng and all their horses tyed eche to other The erle of Alansone came to the batayle right ordynatly and fought with thenglysshmen and the erle of Flaunders also on his parte these two lordes with their coÌ„panyes coosted the englysshe archers and came to the princes batayle and there fought valyantly longe The frenche kynge wolde fayne haue come thyder whanne he sawe their baners but there was a great hedge of archers before hym The same day the frenche kynge hadde
of france â–ª and the doughter of sir Charles â—e Bloys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spaygne constable of France to be slayne Ca. C .liiii. IN the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lii. in the vygill of our lady in the myddes of august the lord Guy of Neell lorde of Oâ—femoÌ„t as than marshall of France in Bretayne was slayne in bataile the lorde of Briquebeke the Cathelayne of Beau wayes dyuers other nobles aswell of Bretayne as of other marches of France The .iiii. day of SepteÌ„bre shulde a fought in Parys the duke of Boâ—sme agayne the duke of Lancastre for certayne wordes that he shulde say of the duke of Boesme the which duke apealed hym in the court of FraÌ„ce These two dukes came into the felde all armed in a lystes made for yâ— sayd duke of Almayne chalenger and for the duke of Englande defender And though theÌ„glysshmen wer enemys to the french kyng and that thenglyssh duke came thyder vnder saue coÌ„duct to fight 〈◊〉 the defence of his honour yet the frenche kynge wold nat suffre them to fight for assone as they had made their othes in such case requysite and were on their horses redy with their speares in their handes Than the kyng toke on hym yâ— mater and dyd set them in acorde and gremeÌ„t the vi day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng pope Clement the vi dyed at Auygnon the .xi. yere of his poÌ„tiâ—icâ—te and the .xi. day of the same moneth about the hour of thre was chosen pope a cardynall of Lymosyn called by his tytle yâ— cardynall of Ostre but bycause he was bysshoppe of Cleremont he was called most coÌ„monly yâ— cardynall of Cleremont and whan he was chosen pope he was nâ— med InnoceÌ„t his owne proper name was Stephyn â—ubert yâ— yere of our lorde M .iii. C .liii. the .viii. day of January anone after yâ— brekynge of the day in the mornyng the kyng Charles of Nauer erle of Eureur caused to be slayne in the towne of the Egle in NormaÌ„dy in an hostre the lorde Charles of Spayne constable of FraÌ„ce in his bedde by certayne men of armes that he sent to do that dede and hymselfe abode with out the towne tyll they had done and retourned agayne to hym And as it was sayde with hym was the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer his brother the lorde Lovs of Harcourt the lorde Godfray of Hat court his vncle and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers aswell of Normandy as of Nauer Than the kynge of Nauer and his coÌ„pany went to the cyte of Deureur wherof he was erle and fortifyed the towne and with hym also ther was the lorde of Maule JohnÌ„ Maler lorde of Grauyll the lorde of â—â—morie of Mulent and dyuers other nobles of Normandy And thanÌ„e the kyng of Nauer went to the towne of Mant and he had sent dyuers letters into diuers gode townes of France howe that he had put to deth the constable for dyuers great trespaces by him coÌ„mytted and he sent the erle of Namure to the french kyng to Parys to excuse hym Than the kynge sende to Mant the cardynall of Bolayne the bysshoppe of Laon the duke of Burbon the erle of Uaudone other to treat with the kyng of Nauerr for though he had caused to dye the coÌ„stable of France yet he thought he shulde nat clene lese the fauour of the frenche kyng whose doughter he had maryed therfore he made request of pardon to the kyng It was thought in the realme of Fraunce that great warre shulde ense we bytwene these two kynges for the kyng of Nauer had made great assembles of men of warre in dyuers regions and fortifyed his townes castles finally there was agrement made bytwene these two kynges vpon certayne coÌ„dycions wherof part solo weth herafter That is to say the french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer .xxxviii. M. â—i tornois of lande aswell for certeyn rent that the kyng of Nauer had out yerely of the tresur in Pares as vpon other laÌ„des that the frenche kyng ought to assigne hym by certeyne treatâ— grauÌ„ted long before bytwene their predecesso's bycause of the countie of ChaÌ„payne And also for the maryage of the kynge of Nauer for maryeng of the kyngâ— doughter at which maryage he was promysed great landes that is to say .xii. M. â—i of land also the kyng of Nauer wolde haue the couÌ„tie of BeamoÌ„t le Roger the land of Bretuell in NormaÌ„dy Conches and Dorbec the vycouÌ„t of PoÌ„theu by the see the bayllage of CoÌ„stantyne the which thynges were agreed vnto by the french kyng Howbeit the couÌ„tie of Beamont the landes of Conches Bertuell Dorbec parteyned to the lorde Philyp duke of OrleaÌ„ce brother to the french kyng who gaue hym other laÌ„des in recoÌ„pence therof Also it was agreed that the lordes of Harcourt and all his other alyes shuld holde of him for all their landes whersoeuer they were in France if they lyst orels nat also it was agreed yâ— he shuld holde styll all the sayd landes besyde theÌ„ that he helde before in parie and if he lyst to kepe his es cheker two tymes in the yere as nobly as euer dyd any duke of NormaÌ„dy also the french kynge to ê‘don the deth of the coÌ„stable and all suche as were coÌ„sentyng therto and to ê“myse by his oth neuer to do any hurt or daÌ„mage to any ê‘son for that occasion And also the kyng of Nauerr to haue a great somÌ„e of money of yâ— french kyng and ar the kyng of Nauer wolde coÌ„e to Parys he wolde haue in hostage the erle of Aniowe seconde son to the kyng Than he came to Pares with a great noÌ„bre of men of armes and the. iiii day of march he came into the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre wher the kyng satte dyuers of the peres of the realme with him and his counsell ther was the cardynall of Bolayne ther the kyng of Nauer desyred the french kyng to ê‘don hym the deth of the coÌ„stable of France sayeng how he had gode cause so to do the which he offred ther to proue or els to be at the kynges pleasure And also he sayd and sware that he dyd it nat for no grudge to the kyng nor in dispyte of his offyce sayeng also howe ther was nothyng so greuous to him as to be in the dyspleasur with the kyng Than the lorde Jaques of Burbone as than constable by the kynges coÌ„maundement sette his handes on the kynge of Nauer and caused hym to go a backe out of the kyngâ— presâ—ns thaÌ„ quene Jane and quene Blanche suster to the kynge of Nauer the which Jane had ben wyfe to kyng Philyppe last deed came to the frenche kyng kneled downe and the lorde Reynold Detrey with them and he sayd my right redouted soueraygne lorde beholde here these two ladyes quenes Jane and Blanche Sir they vnderstande howe the kyng of Nauer is in your dyspleasur whereof they be sorie and requyre you
to the value of M. 〈◊〉 no farther And other men that haue nat .iiii. C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their goodâ— shal be rekenyd tyll they 〈◊〉 to .iiii. M. 〈◊〉 that is to say C. 〈◊〉 of mouables 〈◊〉 x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and after that rate to nay And if a noble man haue nat in reuenues but all onely C. 〈◊〉 and in mouables nat past M. 〈◊〉 or that a noble man hath nat in reuenues nat past 〈◊〉 C. 〈◊〉 nor in mouables past .iiii. M. and it 〈◊〉 part in mouables and part in reuenewes they must be estemyd togyder to the somÌ„e of M. 〈◊〉 for the noble men to .iiii. M. 〈◊〉 to other and nat aboue The saturday the fyft day of marche the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lvi. there rose a disceÌ„yon bytwene the coÌ„mons of the towne of Arras and the great men of the same and the coÌ„mons slewe yâ— same day mo than .xvii. of yâ— chefe ê‘sonages of the towne and on the monday after they slewe other four and banisshed dyuers that were nat as than in towne and so the coÌ„mons was as than chefe maisters in yâ— towne ¶ How the french kyng toke the kynge of Nauer and beheeded the erle of Harcourt other at Roan Ca. C .lvi. ALso the iuesday the .v. day of Aprill about the myddes of lent the frenche kyng deê‘ted before day fro Meneuell in harnes accoÌ„panyed with a. CC. speares amonge the which was therle of Aniowe his sonne and the duke of Orleance his brother the lorde John de Arthoyserle of Ewe yâ— lorde Charles his brother cosyn germayn to yâ— kyng the erle of Tankernyll sir Arnolde DaÌ„drehen than marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other to the nombre abouesayd The kyng and they caÌ„e streyght to the castell of Rowan by the posterne and came nat in the towne And there he founde in the hall at dyner with his sonne the dolphyne Charles the kyng of Nauerr and JohnÌ„ erle of Harcourt and the lordes of Preaux Grauyll Clere and dyuers other Ther the french kyng caused the kyng of Nauer to be taken therle of Harcourt the lordes of Preaux of Clere sir Loys and sir Wylliam of Harcourt bretherne to yâ— erle the lorde Frequent of Fryquant the lorde of Tournbeu the lorde Maubeu of Mamesners and two squyers Olyuer Doubles Johan Uaubatou and dyuers other The kynge put them in prison in dyuerse chambers within the same castell bycause that syth the newe recoÌ„syâ—â—acion made for the deth of the lorde Charles late constable of Fraunce the kyng of Nauerre had ymagined and treated dyuers thynges to the damage and dyshonour of the frenche kyng and of his realme And therle of Harcourt had spoken iniuryous wordes agaynst the kyng in the castell of Ruell where the assemble was to conclude for the ayde to be gyuen to the kynge in lettyng to his power the same ayd to be grauÌ„ted Than the frenche kyng dyned there and after toke his horse and rodde out into a telde behynde the castell called the felde of pardon and thyder in two cartê was brought therle of Harcourt the lorde Grauylle the lorde Maubeu and Olyuer Doubles and there all their heedê were stryken of and after all foure drawen to the gybette of Rowan and there hanged and their heedes sette on the gybette The same day and the next day the frenche kynge delyuered all the other out of prison except thre that is to say Charles kyng of Nauer who was caryed to Parys and put in prison in the castell of Loure and after into the chatelette And certayne of the frenche kynges counsell were apoynted to kepe him also Fryquet and Uaubatou were put into the same prison and therfore the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer helde in his handes dyuers castels pertayning to his brother the kyng of Nauerre in Normandy And for all that the frenche kynge sende to hym to delyuer the same castels yet the refused so to do and he and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt assembled togyder dyuers enemys of the french kynges and brought them into the contrey of Constantyne the which countre they helde and kept fro the frenche kyng The wednysday after Ester theyere of our lorde god a. M. CCC .lvi. sir Arnold DaÌ„drehen than marshall of France went to the towne of Arras and ther wysely wtout any besynesse of men of warr he toke mo than a hundred prisoners of them of the towne suche as had made the rebellyon ther and slayne dyuers of the chiefe burgesses of the towne And the next day he made .xx. of them to be beheeded and the other he kept styll in prison to knowe the kynges pleasure in that behalfe so by that meanes the towne was brought into trewe obeysance to the kyng In the moneth of June the duke of Lancastre came into CoÌ„stantyne and fyll in company with the lorde Philyp of Nauerr and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt they were in all about a foure thousande fyghtyng meÌ„ they rode to Lyseur to Orbec to PoÌ„theau and refresshed the castell there the which had ben besieged more than two monethes but the lorde Robert of Hotetot maister of the crosbowes in Fraunce who had layne there at sieg with dyuers nobles and other departed fro the siege whan the knewe of the commynge of the duke of Lancastre and left behynde theym for hast their engyns and artillary and they of the castell toke all Than the duke of LaÌ„castre and his company rode for the robbyng and pyllyng the townes and contrey as they passed toward Bretuell the which they newely refresshed and bycause that they knewe and founde the cyte and castell of Eureux to be newely yelded to the frenche kynge who had longe kept a siege there at And also they sawe howe the cytie was breÌ„t and the cathedrall churche robbed as well by the naueroyse who yelded vp the castell by composycyon as by the frenchemen that lay there at the siege They left it and than the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr went to Uernueyll in Perche and toke the towne and castell and robbed the towne and brent a great parte therof The frenche kyng who had made redy his assemble assoone as he herde tidynges of the duke of Lancastre he wente after hym with a great nombre of men of armes and fotemenne and folowed them to Conde in goynge streyght to the towne of Uernueyll thanne the duke and his company went towardes the towne of the Egle and the kynge folowed them tyll he came to Tuebufe a two leages fro the towne of the Egle. And thaÌ„ there it was shewed to the kyng howe he coulde folowe no farther for ther were suche forestes that his ennemyes myght take hym whan they lyste soo that the shulde do but lese his labour to go any farther after them than the kyng retourned with all his hoost and went to the castell of Thilyers the whiche was in the haÌ„des of nauaroes The kyng toke it and sette men of warr
came into the towne of Remorentyne wherin was moche of his people 〈◊〉 dyeng howe they myght get the castell Than the prince coÌ„maunded the lord sir JohnÌ„ Chandos to go and speke with theym of the castell than sir Johan went to the castell gate and made signe to speke with some person within They that kept the watche ther demauÌ„ded what was his name who dyd sende hym thyder he shewed them than sir Boucyquant and the hermyte of Chamount came to the barryers Whan sir Johan sawe theym he saluted them curtelly and sayde sirs I am sende hyder to you fro my lorde the prince who wyll be ryght courtesse vnto his ennemyes as me thynketh he sayeth that if ye wyll yelde vppÌ„ this fortresse to hym and yelde your selfe prisoners he wyll receyue you to mercy and kepe you good company of armes The lorde Boucyquant sayde we arnat in purpose to putte ourselfe in that case it were great folly syth we haue no nede so to do we thynke to defende our selfe So they departed and the prince lodged there and his men in the towne without at their ease the next day euery man was armed and vnder his baner and beganne to assayle the castell right feersly the archers were on the dykes and shotte so holly togyder that none durste scant apere at their defences Some swame ouer the dykes on bordes and other thyngê with hokes and pikes in their handes and myned at the walles and they within cast downe great stones and pottê with lyme there was slayne on the englysshe partie a squyer called Remond Derge du Lache he was of the coÌ„pany of the Captall of Beoffes This assaut dured all the day without rest at nyght the englysshmen drewe to their logynges and so past the nyght in the mornyng whan the sonne was rysen the marshals of the hoost sowned the truÌ„pettes Than all such as were ordayned to gyue the assaut were redy appayrelled at the whiche assaut the prince was personally and by reason of his presence greatly encouraged the englysshmen and nat ferre fro hym there was a squyer called Bernarde slayne with a stonne than the prince sware that he wolde nat depart then styll he had the castell and all them within at his pleasure Than the assaut enforced on euery part finally they sawe that by assautes they coulde nat wyn the castell wherfore they ordayned engins to caste in wylde fyre into the base court and so they dyde that all the base court was a fyre so that the fyre multiplyed in suche wyse that it toke into the couerynge of a great towre couered with rede And whaÌ„ they within sawe that they must other yelde to the wyll of the prince orels peryshe by fyre Than all thre lordes caÌ„e downe and yelded them to the prince and so the prince toke theÌ„ with hym as his prisoners and the castell was left voyde ¶ Of the great hoost that the frenche kyng brought to the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lix. AFter the takyng of the castell of Remorentyne and of them that were therin the prince than and his company rode as they dyde before distroyeng the countre aprochyng to Antowe to Tourayne The frenche kyng who was at Charterz departed and came to Bloyes and ther taryed two dayes and than to Amboyse and the neâ—t day to Loches and than he herde howe that the prince was at Towrayne and how that he was retournyng by Poyctou euer the englysshmen were costed by certayne expert knyghtê of FraÌ„ce who alway made report to the kyng what the englysshmen dyd Than the kynge came to the hay in Towrayne and his men had passed the ryuer of Loyre some at the bridge of Orleance and some at Mchun at Saulmure Bloyes and at Towrs and wher as they might They were in nombre a .xx. thousande men of armes besyde other ther were a .xxvi. dukes and erles and mo than sixscore baners and the foure sonnes of the kyng who were but yonge the duke Charles of Normandy the lorde Loyes the was fro thens forthe duke of Aniewe and the lorde Johan duke of Berry and the lorde Philyppe who was after duke of Burgoyne The same season pope InnoceÌ„t the sixt send the lorde Bertrand cardynall of Pyergourt the lorde Nycholas cardynall of the Egle into France to treat for a peace bytwene the frenche kyng and all his enemyes First bytwene hym and the kyng of Nauerr who was in prison and these cardynalles often tymes spake to the kyng for his delyuerance duryng the sege at Bretuell but they coude do nothyng in that behalfe Than the cardynall of Pyergourt went to Tours and ther he herde howe the frenche kynge hasted sore to fynde the englysshmen th 〈…〉 rodde to Poycters for he herde howe bothe 〈◊〉 hoostes drewe thyderward The frenche kyng herde howe the prince hasted greatly to retourne and the kyng feared that he shulde scape hym and so deê‘ted fro Hay in Tourayn and all his company and rode to Chauuygny wher he taryed that thursday in the towne and without along by the ryuer of Creuse and the next day the kyng passed the ryuer at the bridge ther weuyng that the englysshemen had ben before hym but they were nat Howe beit they pursued after and passed the bridge that day mo th 〈…〉 hrescore thousand horses and dyuers other passed at Chasteleraunt and euer as they passed they tooke they way to Poieters On the othersyde the prince wyst nat truely where the frenchmen were but they supposed that they were nat farre of for they coude nat fynde no more forage wherby they had gret faut in their hoost of vitayle and some of them repeÌ„ted that they had distroyed somoch as they had done before whan they were in Berry Aniowe and Torayne and in that they had made no better prouision The same friday thre great lordes of France the lorde of Craon the lorde Raoull of Coucy and therle of Joigny taryed all day in the towne of Chamygny and part of their companyes the saturday they passed the bridge and folowed the kyng who was than a thre leages before and tooke the waye amonge busshes without a wode syde to go to Poicters The same saturdaye the prince and his coÌ„pany dysloged fro a lytell vyllage therby and sent before hym certayne currours to se if they myght fynde any adueÌ„ture and to here where the freÌ„chmen were they were in nombre a threscore men of armes well horsed with them was the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Guystelles and by aduenture the englysshmen and frenchemen mette togyder by the forsayde wode syde The frenchmen knewe anone howe they were their ennemyes than in hast they dyd on their helmyttes and displayed their baners and came a great pase towardes theÌ„glysshmen they were in nombre a two hundred men of armes Whan the englysshmen sawe them that they were so great a nombre than they determined to slye and let the frenchmen chase them
it was ordayned that the bataylles of alwayns shulde abyde styll on horsebacke to confort the marshalles if nede were wherof the erle of Salesbruce the erle of Neydo and the erle of Nosco were capitayns kynge Johan of France was there armed and .xx. other in his apayrell and he dyd put the gyding of his eldest sonne to the lorde of saynt Uenant the lorde of Landas and the lorde Thybault of Bodenay and the lorde Reynolde of Quenoll called the archepreest was armed in the armoure of the yongerle of Alanson ¶ Howe the cardynall of Dyergourt treated to make agremeÌ„t bytwene the frenche kyng and the prince before the batell of Poycters Cap. C .lxi. WHan the frenche kyngê batayls was ordred and euery lorde vnder his banner among their owne men than it was coÌ„maunded that euery man shulde cutte their speres to a fyue fote long and euery man to put of their spurres Thus as they were redy to aproche the cardinall of Piergort came in great hast to the king he came the same mornynge from Poycters he kneled downe to the kyng and helde vp his handes and desyred hym for goddessake a lytell to absteyne settynge forwarde tyll he had spoken with hym than he sayde sir ye haue here all the floure of your realme agaynst a handfull of englysshmen as to regarde your company and sir if ye may haue them acorded to you without batayle it shal be more profitable and honourable to haue theym by that maner rather than to adueÌ„ture so noble chiualry as ye haue here present sir I requyre you in the name of god and humylyte yâ— I may ryde to the prince and shewe hym what danger ye haue hym in The kynge sayd it pleaseth me well but retourne agayne shortely the cardynall deê‘ted and dilygently he rode to the prince who was among his men a fote than the cardynall a lyghted and came to the prince who receyued hym curtessy Than the cardynall after his salutacyon made he sayde certaynly fayre son if you and your counsayle aduyse iustely the puyssaunce of the frenche kynge ye woll suffre me to treat to make a peace bytwene you I may the prince who was yong and lusty sayd sir the honour of me and of my people saued I wolde gladly fall to any reasonable way than the cardynall sayd sir ye say well and I shall acorde you and I can for it shulde be great pytie yf so many noble men and other as be here on bothe parties shulde come togyder by batayle Than the cardynall rode agayne to the kyng sayd sir ye nede nat to make any great haste to fyght with your ennemyes for they canne nat slye fro you though they wolde they be in suche a grouÌ„d wherfore sir I requyre you forbere for this day tyll to morowe the son rysinge The kynge was lothe to agree therto forsome of his counsayle wolde nat coÌ„sent to it but finally the cardynall the wed such reasons that the kyng acorded that respyt and in the same place there was pyght vp a 〈…〉 yon of reed sylke fresshe and rych and gaue leaue for that day euery man to drawe to their lodgynges except the constables and marshalleâ— batayls That sonday all the day the car 〈◊〉 〈…〉 yled in ridynge fro the one hoost to the other gladly to agree them but the frenche kynge wolde nat agree without he myght haue foure of the princy â—â—llest of the englysshmen at his pleasure and the prince and all the other to yelde themselfe simply howe beit ther were many great offers made The prince offred to rendre into the kynges handes all that euer he had wonne in that voyage townes and castels and to quyte all prisoners that he or any of his men had taken in that season And also to swere nat to be armed agaynst the frenche kyng in seuyn yere after but the kyng and his counsayle wold none therof the vttermast that he wold do was that the prince and a. C. of his knyghtes shulde yelde theym selfe into the kynges prison otherwyse he wolde nat the whiche the prince wolde 〈◊〉 wyse agre vnto In the meane season that the cardynall rode thus bytwene the hoostes in trust to do some good certayne knightê of FraÌ„ce and of Englande bothe rode forthe the same sonday bycause it was truse for that day to cost the hoostes and to beholde the dealyng of their enemyes so it fortuned that the lorde JohnÌ„ CaÌ„dos rode the same day coostyng the french host and in like maner the lorde of Cleremont one of the trenche marshalles had ryden for the and auiewed the state of the englysshe hoost and as these two knyghtes retourned towardes their hoostes they mette togyder eche of theym bare ouâ— maner of deuyee a blewe lady enbraudred 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 beame aboue on their apayrell Than the lorde Cleremont sayd Chandos howe long haue ye taken on yo u to bere my deuyce nay ye bere myâ—â— sayd Chandos for it is aswell myne as pours I deny that sayd Cleremont but and 〈◊〉 were nat for the truse this day bytwene vs I shulde make it good on you incontynent that ye haue no right to bere my deuyce I sir sayd CaÌ„dos ye shall fynde me to morowe redy to defend you and to proue by feate of armes that it is as well myne as yours than Cleremont sayd CaÌ„dos these be well the wordê of you englysshmen forye can deuyce nothyng of newe but all that yese is good and fayre So they departed with out any more doyng and eche of them returned to their hoost the cardynall of Pyergort coude in no wyse that sonday make any agrement bytwene the parties and whan it was nere nyght he returned to Poicters That night the frenchmen toke their ease they had prouision ynough and the englysshmen had great defaut they coude get no forage nor they coude nat depart these without danger of their ennemyes That sonday thenglysshmen made great dykes and hedges about their archers to be the more stronger and on the monday in the mornynge the prince and his company were redy apayrelled as they were before and about the sonne rysing in lyke maner were the frenchmen The same morning be tymes the cardynall came agayne to the frenche hoost and thought by his preachyng to pacify the parties but than the frenchmen sayd to hym retourne whyderye woll bringe hyder no mo wordes of treaty nor peace and ye loue yor selfe depart shortely Whan the cardynall sawe that he traueyled in vayne he toke leaue of the kyng and than he went to the prince and sayd sir do what ye canne their is no remedy but to a byde the batayle for I can fynde none acorde in the frenche kyng Than the prince sayd the same is our entent and all our people god helpe the right so the cardynall retourned to Poycters In his company there were certayne knyghtes and squyers men of armes who were more fauourable to the frenche kyng than to
one day And than rode so longe that 〈◊〉 to Champaigâ— and than he toke the way to Langers and as he wente he gadered men of warre togyder Thus yâ— burgonyons made froÌ„ter warr agaynst their enemyes and there was the archpreest the lorde of the castell Uylayne the lorde of Uergy yâ— lorde of Grancy the lorde of Sobournon the lorde of Rougemont and a ryche man named JohnÌ„ of Boloyn the lorde of Prises sir He◠〈◊〉 Uyen the lorde of the castell the bysshoppe of Langers and other who were right ioyous of the comynge of the duke their lorde Than they rode towarde their enemyes who were a xv hundred speares and they were drawen beyond the ryne and the burgonyons were entred beyond the countie of MouÌ„tbelyart and brent as they went IN the meane tyme the frenche kyng sent sir Morean of Fennes his coÌ„stable his two marshals sir Boucequant and sir MoÌ„toâ— of BraÌ„uyll and a great nombre of knyghtes squiers to go ley siege before Charite on the ryuer of Loyre and so they dyde nigh euery day they skirmysshed with theÌ„ within After yâ— the duke of Burgon the moost part of his coÌ„pany yâ— had ben with him in yâ— county of mouÌ„tbelyart were come to Parys The kynge se 〈…〉 the duke with mo than M. speres to the siege before Charite and than ther were at the sege a thre M. knyghtê and squyers who skirmysshed often tymes with theÌ„ of the garyson so that ther were hurt on bothe ê‘ties ther were made newe knightê and reysed baners at an yssuâ— that they of Charite made First sir Robert of Alenson son to the erle of AleÌ„son who dyed at Cressy sir Loys of Aucer son to therle of auâ—â—r deed brother to therle ther present Thus they of Charytie were sore oppressed gladly wolde haue reÌ„dred vp the fortresses by coÌ„posicion but the duke of Burgon wolde haue had theÌ„ at his pleasure he had taken fro theÌ„ the ryuer so that no purueyauÌ„ce coude come at theÌ„ IN the same season sir Loys of Nauer exyled all before hym in the marches of auuergne for he assembled people on euery syde to the entent to reyse the siege before Charytie and he had a two thousande fightynge men had sente in to Bretayne to sir Robert Canoll and to sir Gaultier Hewet sir Mathewe Gornay and other knightê and squyers there that they shulde come to serue hym in that iourney 〈◊〉 whervnto they were sore desyrous but they were all redy at yâ— sege before Alroy with therlâ— Mountfort whan sir Loys sawe yâ— he coudâ— â—at get them than he drewe to Chorbourge by the ordynaunce of yâ— kyng his brother And the same season to th entent yâ— sir Charles of Bloâ—s shulde haue mo men of warr with hym yâ— frenche kyng sent to the duke of But goyn that he shulâ—e reâ—eyue theÌ„ of Charytie their lyues saued coÌ„dyâ—â—onally that they shulde swere that in thre yeres after they shulde nat be armed on the kyng of Nauers parte So thus they of Charytie yelded themselfe vp their lyues saued but they â—aryed away no goodesse And so they departed all a foote â–ª and passed throughe the realme of Fraunce on the dukes saue conducte And so they yâ— were wont of olde tyme to dwell in Charyâ—e came thyder agayne to abyde there and the duke retourned to Parys THe frenche kynge acorded to his cosyn sir Charles of Bloys that he shulde haue out of his realme to the nombre of a thousande speares wrote to sir Bertram of Clesquy who was in Normandy that he shulde go into Bretayne to ayd his cosyn ser Charles of Blois agaynst sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort And of that tydynges sir Bertram was right â—oyouse for alwayes he toke the lorde Charles for his naturall lorde and so he departed out of NormaÌ„dy with suche people as he coude gette to go in to Bretayne sir Boucequant kept styll yâ— siege in Normandy in his stede and so long rode sir Bertram and his coÌ„pany that he came to NauÌ„tes in Bretayne and there he founde the lorde Charles of Bloys and the good lady his wyfe who receyued hym ryght swetely conde hym great thanke in that he was come thyder to socour and ayde hym And than they counselled togyder howe they shulde maynteyn forthe the warr for also there was the moost parte of all Bretayne in entensyon to ayde sir Charles of Bloyes whome they all reputed for the duke of Bretayne thinkynge to reyse the syege before Alroy and to fight with the lorde Mountfort Thyder came great baroney and knyghtes of Fraunce and of Normandy as the erle of Auâ—erre the erle of Joye the lorde of FraÌ„uyll the lorde of Prie yâ— begue of Uyllers and dyuers good knyghtes squyers and good men of armes Tâ—dynges came to the lorde Mountforte who lay at siege before Aulroy howe the lorde Charles of Bloys made a great assâ—ble of men of warr and howe that dyuers lordes of FrauÌ„ce were come to hym and dayly came newe besyde the conforte that he had of the lordes knyghtes and squyers of Bretayne Assone as the lorde Mountfort knewe these tidynges he sent worde therof in to the duchy of Acquitayne to the knyghtê and squyers that were ther of Englande and specially to sir JohnÌ„ Chandos desyring them hertely that in his great nede they wolde confort hym In trust that in Bretayne they shulde do many a dede of armes to yâ— whiche all knyghtes and squyers to auaunce theyr honours shulde entende And whan sir Johan Chandos sawe that the erle Mountforte desyred hym so effectuously than he asked lycence of the prince of Wales his lorde maister who answered and sayd he was content that he shulde go Sayeng it was no breche of the peace bytwene Englande and Fraunce for the frenchemen in lykewise toke parte with sir Charles of Bloys agaynst the erle of Mountforte and so to do they had good leaue of the frenche kyng Than sir Johan Chandos was ryght ioyouse and made his prouisyon and desyred dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Acquitayne to haue gone with hym howbeit ther were but a fewe that wold go with hym sauyng suche englysshemen as were there yet he had with hym a. CC. speares and as many archers and rode so longe through Poyctou and Xaynton that he entred in to Bretayne and came to the syege before Alroy and ther he founde the erle of MouÌ„forte who receyued hym right ioyously was gladde of his comynge and so was sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Robert Canoll other And thaÌ„ it semed generally to them that none yuell coude than come to them sythe they had sir Johan Chandos in theyr company and also dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Englande passed the see desyringe to auaunce their bodyes and to fyght with the freÌ„chmen and came to the siege before Alroy in the ayde of the erle of Mountforte who receyued them with great ioye And so they were what
kyng of Englande was defyed Than they drue toward Poictou and had sent secretly their coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t to the knightes squiers of Artoyse Heynalt Cambresis UermaÌ„dose Uyen and Picardy that they shuldê incoÌ„tynent come to theÌ„ and so they dyde to the nombre of sixscore speares came to Abuyle And they set vpon the gates for it was so determyned before and so the men of warre entred without doyng of any hurt to any of theÌ„ of the towne ThaÌ„ sir Hewe of Chastelon who was chefe leder of these men of warr went streyght wher as he thought to fynde the seneshall of Poictou ser Nicolas Louayng dyd somoche yâ— he fouÌ„de him toke him prisoner Also they toke a riche clerke a valyaÌ„t man tresourer of Poitou So that day the freÌ„chmen toke many a riche prisoner thenglisshmen lost all that they had in the towne of Abuyle And the same day the freÌ„chemen ran to saynt Ualery and entred therin and toke it and Crotay and also the towne of Derne on the see syde And anone after came the erle of saynt Poule to the bridge of saynt Remey on the ryuer of Somme whervnto ther were certayne englysshmen withdrawen The erle assayled them and there was a great scrymysshe and many noble dedes of armes done and atcheued And therle made knight ther Galetan his eldest sonne who dyde that day right nobly but thenglysshmen were ther so sore assayled that finally they were discoÌ„fyted slayne and takefie and the bridge and forteresse also And brefely to speke all the countre and couÌ„tie of Poictou was clene delyuered fro thenglysshmen so that none abode ther to do any hurte to the countre The tidynges came to the kyng of Englande to London howe they of Poyctou had forsaken hym and were become frenche Wherwith he was ryght sore displeased had many a harde ymaginacyon agaynst the hostagers of France that were styll with him at LoÌ„don Howe beit he thought it shulde be a great crueltie if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them yet he sent the burgesses of cyties good townes of Fraunce whome he had in hostage into dyuers townes and fortresses in Englande and kept theÌ„ more strayter and harder than they were kepte before And therle dolphyne of Auuergne was raunsomed at .xxx. thousande frankes and therle Porseen at .x. thousand fraÌ„kes and the lorde of Roy was kept styll in prison in great daunger for he was nat well beloued with the kyng of Englande nor with none of his courte Wherfore it behoued hym to endure moche sorowe trouble vntyll suche season as he was delyuered by great fortune aduenture as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent great nombre of men of armes in to the fronters of Scotlande and how the duke of Berry the duke of Aniou made their somoÌ„s to go agaynst the prince of wales Cap. CC .xlviii. WHan the kyng of Englande sawe that he was thus defyed by the frenche kyng and the couÌ„tie of Poictou lost the which had cost hym so moche the repayring of townes castels and houses for he had spent theron a hundred thousande frankes ouer and aboue the reuenewes therof sawe well howe he was lykely to haue warr on all parties Also it was shewed hym that the scottes were newly alyed with the freÌ„che kyng and were in purpose to make hym warre Wherof he was sore displeased for he douted more the warr of the scottes than of the freÌ„chmen for he knewe well the scottes loued hym nat bycause of the domages that he had done to theÌ„ in tyme past Than the kynge sentemen of warr to the fronters of Scotlande as to Berwyke Rokesborowe to Newcastell and into other places about the froÌ„ters Also he sent a great nauy to the see aboute Hampton Gernsey and the yle of Wyght for it was shewed hym howe the frenche kyng had apparelled a great nauy to go to the see and to come and lande in Englande so that he wyst nat on whiche part to take hede Thus thenglysshmen were than sore abasshed bycause of this sodayne warre ANd assoone as the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry knewe that the defyance was made the warr opyn they thought nat than to slepe but made their speciall somoÌ„s the one into Auuerne and the other into Tholous to assemble and to make warr into the principalyte The duke of Berry had redy at his coÌ„maundement all the barownes of Auuergne of the bysshoprike of Lyon and of the bysshop ryke of Mascon Also he had the lorde of Beauteu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Tornon sir Godfray of Boloyne sir Johan of Armynacke sir Johan of Uyllemure the lorde MoÌ„tague the lorde of Talenson sir Hugh Dolphyn the lorde of Rochfort and dyuers other And incoÌ„tynent all these drewe into Towrayn and into the marchesse of Berry and began to make sore warr in the good countrey of Poyctou but they founde it well garnysshed with men of warre bothe knightes and squyers so that they had ther no great aduauntage And in the marchesse of Towrayne in the french garysons and forteresses there was sir Loyes of saynt Julyan sir Wyllyam of Bordes Carnet breton These thre were companyons and great capitayns of men of warr and they dyd feates of armes agaynst thenglysshmen as ye shall here after ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke to the prince his soÌ„ne and howe they passed by Bretayne Capitulo CC .xlix. THe duke of Lancastre had by his enheritauÌ„ce in Champayn a castel betwene Troy and Chalons called Beauforte Wherof an englysshe squyer called Purceuaunt Damors was capitayne And whan this squier sawe that the warr was open bitwene the frenche kynge and the kyng of Englande Than he tourned hymselfe and became frenche sware from thens forth fayth and alligeance to the frenche kyng who greatly rewarded hym and left hym styll capitayne of the same castell accompanyed with another squier of Champayne called yuan So they .ii. were great companyons to gether and dyd after many feates to gether agaynst the englisshemen And also the chanoyn of Robersart who had always ben before a good frencheman al the renewyng of this warr he became englissh and dyd fayth and homage to the kyng of Englande who was ryght gladde of his seruice Thus the knyghtes and squiers turned theyr copies on both partes And the duke of Anion had so procured the companyoÌ„s of Gascoyn 〈◊〉 ser Perducas Dalbreth the lyttell Mechin the Bourg of Bertueil Aymon Dortingue Peter of Sauoy Raff Bray and Nandon of Pans that they became all freÌ„che wherof the englisshmen were sore displeased for theyr streÌ„gth dayly lassed And NaÌ„don of Bagerant the Bourg of Lespare the Burg Camus ser Robert Briquet Robert Thin JohnÌ„ Trenelle Gailard dela mote and Aymery of Rochecho art abode styll good Englysshe And these companyons englisshe and gascoyns and other of theyr accorde and
messangers returned to Bruges and shewed the erle their lorde howe they had spedde Wher of he was ryght ioyfull And it was nat longe after but that the mariage of the duke of Bourgoyn their erles doughter was driueÌ„ through and agreed And it was shewed me that for this mariage the erle of Flaunders had more than fyfty thousande frankes and the towne of Doway and Lisle delyuered in gage for money that the frenche kynge gaue with thys maryage to the erle of Flaunders Who toke possessyon of them and therin dyd putte his people And so these two townes were attributed to FlauÌ„ders by reason of gage as it was shewed me I can say no further And anone after this composicion they proceded to the mariage the whiche was done and confirmed in the towne of GauÌ„t and there was great feaste and solempnyte the day of the maryage and after Ther were many lordes barones and knyghtes and specially the gentyl lorde of Coucy who was sent thither by the frenche kynge euery man was greatly feasted with great iustes and tryumphes And after euery man wense Whom to his owne And whan the kynge of EnglaÌ„de sawe that the erle of Flaunders bycause of this sayde maryage was alyed into Fraunce he wyste â—at What to suppose Whether that the Erle of Flaunders wolde take parte agaynst hym with the duke of Bourgoyne his sonne in lawe who by succession shulde be his heyre after his disceace ornat Nor also he myste nat what rouâ—nauntes were 〈◊〉 bâ—twene the frenche kynge and the erle of Flaunders Wherfore the kynge of Englande was more harder to the Flemmynges than he was before bothe by lande and by see as they came in marchandise Wherof the freÌ„che kynge was nothynge displeased for he wolde gladly that the Warre hadde ben open bitwene the englisshemen and fleÌ„mynges Howe be it the wise men of Flaunders and bourgesses of good tow â—es had no wyl to the warre for the comynalte of Flaunders susteyned rather the opinion and quarell of the kynge of Englande to be better than the frenche kynges The kynge of Englande who sought for frendes in all parties as â—ede was for hym so to do seynge the great warres and rebellions that dayly rose agaynst hym than he vnderstode well that kyng Charles of Nauarr his cosyn who was in base Nor mandy wolde soone agree to his accord for he was behated with the frenche kynge bicause of certayn landes that he kept and claymed them as his enheritance the whiche the frenche kyng dâ—nâ—ed for the whiche theyr counsayles had ben often tymes to guether But they coulde neuer make agrement bitwene them and so the matâ—er hanged styll eche of them takyng good hede of other And the kynge of Nauarre fortifyed greatly his townes and castels in Constantine and in the countie of Deureur and in the good townes of Normandye and helde hymselfe at Châ—erburge and had men of warr in euery garison And with hym there was ser Eustace DaÌ„â—â—erâ—court who was gouernour of a towne beâ—oud the passage of saynt Clement in the close of Constantyne the whyche perteyned to the kynge of Nauarre for it was parcell of his heâ—â—age called the towne of Carentyn And this syr â—ustace was chief of the kynges counsaile and the kynge of Englande sent vnto hym for he was also hisman and knyght to the entent that he shulde knowe the kynge of Nauarres mvâ—de And this knyght dyd so moche that the kynge of Nauarre with a prâ—uy company entred into a shyppe called Lyâ— and came to the kynge of England who made hym great there and feast and so they were longe to gether and fynally concluded that as soone as the kynge of Nauarre were returned to Chierbourge he shulde sende and defye the frenche kynge and to put in al his castelles and fortresses englisshe men And whan all this was confyrmed the kynge of Nauarre departed and returned agayne into Normandy to the towne of Chierbourge and was brought thyther by certayne knyghtes of Englande who had but euyllfortune at theyr returnynge home ward for on the see they mette normans and pyrates Who fiersely assayled them and were farre stronger than the englisshmen So the normans conquered them and slewe them all they wolde nat take one to mercy of the whiche aduenture the kynge of Englande was right sore displeased howe be it he coude nat remedy it And anone after yâ— the kynge of Nauarre was returned to Chierbourge ser Eustace Dambreticourt who was sent for by the prince toke leaue of the kyng of Nauarr to go and serue the prince the whiche kynge gaue hym leaue sore agaynste hysmyll Howe be it ser Eustace shewed hym so many reasonable causes that at laste he departed and toke the see and arryued with all his company at saynt Malo and rode to Nauntes to passe there the ryuer of Loyre by the agrement of the duke of Bretayne Who as than stered nat on no partye And so syr Eustace trauayled so longe that he came in to Poictou and came to the towne of Angolesme to the prynce who receyued hym with great ioy thaÌ„ anone sente hym to syr JohnÌ„ Chandos to the Captal of Beuâ— who were at Montaban makyng there thyr fronter agaynste the frenche men And thyther syr Eustace was ryght well come to all the company ¶ Howe the constable of France and the constable of Heynaulte reysed all army of men of warre to assaile Arde and howe the fortresse of Reainuille was taken and the englysshemenne slayne Cap. C C .liiii. IN the same season the knyghtes of Pycardye assembled together to go and assaute Arde and sir Mores Fyennes Constable of France and sir JohnÌ„ Uertyn constable of Heynauâ—â— were capitaynes of that companye by the commaundement of the Frenche kynge and they assembled to guether in the towne of saynt â—mer and they were a thousand spearâ—s of knyghtes and squyers And so they went and mostred before the bastid of Arde the whiche was well furnysshed with englysshe men and so the frenche men sayde they Wolde laye sâ—ege therto And the englysshe men were no thyng abasshed but made them redy to defende theyr fortresse if nede were And on a daye all the frenchemen and heynowes assembled together in yâ— felde in good array and fresshe mauer it was a goodly syght to beholde the baners and standardes wauynge with the wynde and so they gaue assaute to the towne nat greatly to theyr profyt for there were diuerse of them sore hurt and wounded and conquered nothynge And as it was shewed me on the syft daye they beparted fro Arde Without doynge of any great hurte and so returned euery man home to his owne howse Thus brake vp that iâ—urney ¶ Howe lette vs speke of farther countreys as of the siege that was before â—iamuille in Quercy layde by the frenchemen who were a .xii. thousande fyghtyngemen with the companyons that were in theyr felawesâ—â—ppe and within two dayes iourney of them lay the duke of
Poictou And his obsequy was solemply done in the cytie of Poicters the prince beyng ther personally And anone after at the request of yâ— barons and knightes of Poicton sir JohnÌ„ Chandos who was as than constable of Aquitayne was made seneshall of Poictou And so he weÌ„t and say in the cyte of Poiters and he made of ten yssues and iourneys agaynst the freÌ„chmen and helde theÌ„ so shorte that they durst nat ryde but in great routes and coÌ„panies In the same season was delyuered out of prison the vycont of Rochchoart whome the prince had kepte in prisone bycause he was had in suspect to haue tourned frenche So that at the request of his frendes in Poictou suche as were than aboute the prince the prince delyuered him and gaue him agayne all his landes And assoone as the same vycount was delyuered out of prisone he went priuely to Parys to the frenche kynge tourned and became frenche and than retourned into his owne lande without any knolege that he had been at Parys Than he set Thybault du pont a breton in his forteresse and in contynent sent and defyed the prince of Wales and made him great warre ¶ Nowe lette vs somwhat speke of the duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyte of Roane to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre and howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tornehen Cap. CC .lxiii. WHan the duke of Lancastre was come to Calays as ye haue herde before and had well refresshed him his people ther. Than he thought nat to lye ther in ydelnesse but rather to do some dedes of armes in France And for that intent he departed fro Calays on a day with thre huÌ„dred speares and as many archers so passed besyde Guynes and rode so long tyll he passed the ryuer of Ostre ther spred abrode in the countre and toke their way towarde the abbey of Lynques and ther toke a great pray and ledde it to Calys And another day they toke another way and went towardes Boloyne dyde great domage to the playne countre and the same tyme therle Guy of saynt Poule and sir Galeran his sofie with a certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr lay in the cytie of Turwyn but they yssued nat out for all they herde that theÌ„glisshmen rode abrode in the couÌ„tre for they thought them selfe nat able to fight with them nor to kepe the felde agaynst theÌ„ A none tidynges came to the frenche kyng where as he lay at Roane and had made a great asseÌ„ble as ye haue herde before Howe the duke of Lancastre was come to Calais and howe dayly he and his men made rodes and yssues in to France Whan the frenche kyng herde that bothe he and his counsayle had newe ymaginacions and the same weke it was determyned that the duke of Burgoyne shulde haue taken the see to haue gone into England Than the kyng and his couÌ„sayle debated what was best to do in that case other to go and fight with thenglysshmen that were on that syde the see or els to kepe forthe their iorney into England And so ther it was fermely coÌ„cluded that euery man shulde dysloge and to make them redy to go towarde Calays with the duke of Burgoyne And so their first purpose was broken for they were determyned to go and fight with thenglysshemen on that syde the see wherof euery man was glad and aparelled theÌ„selfe And the duke of Burgone deê‘ted and all his coÌ„pany and toke his way to passe yâ— ryuer of Some at Abuyle dyde so moche by his iourneys that he came to Muttrell at Hedyn and at saynt Poule ther about the freÌ„ch men abode eche other Than it was shewed the duke of Lancastre how the freÌ„chmen aproched nere to him to fight wherof he was glad was yssued out of Calais for that intent toke his felde in the valey of Tornehen And he had nat ben ther long but that the gentyll knight ser Robert of Namur came thyder to serue him with a hundred speares well furnysshed of whose comyng the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and sayd to him A my fayre and dere vncle ye be right hartely welcome Sir it is shewed vs howe the duke of Burgoyne aprocheth sore to fight with vs. Sir ê™ he in goddes name so be it we wolde gladly se him Thus theÌ„glysshmeÌ„ were loged in the vale of Tornehen and fortefyed their campe with strong hedges and dayly ther came prouisyon to theÌ„ from Calais and their currors ran ouer the countie of Guyens for forage and other vitayls but lytell they gat there for all the playne countre was distroyed and lost before and euery thynge had in to fortresses Than came the duke of Burgoyne and his company and lodged on the hyll of Tornehen agaynst the englysshmen The frenchmen lodged them in good order toke a great space of grounde for as I herde say the duke of burgoyne had ther with him mo than foure thousande knightes Consydre than if the resydue were nat a great nombre Thus they were ech agaynst other a long space without any thyng doynge for though the duke of Burgoyne had that great noÌ„bre and sawe that ther was with hym of good men of warr seuyn agaynst one of the englisshmen yet for all that he wolde nat fight without leaue of the kyng his brother who was nat in mynde that he shuld fight And yet of trouthe yf the frenchmen had set forwarde to haue fought the englysshmen wolde nat haue refused them for they were redy euery daye to receyue them in good order Euery man fully determyned what they shulde do if they dyd yssue out but bycause they were so fewe in noÌ„bre and that they were in so stroÌ„g a place they thought nat to departe nysely oute of their aduantage And sundrie tymes dyuers on bothe parties wolde yssue and scrimysshe and somtyme wanne and somtyme lost as chaunce often falleth in suche aduentures In the same tyme Loyes the erle of Flaunders was greatly inclyned to the honoure and profyte of his sonne the duke of Burgoyne who lay the same season in a fayre house that he had newly buylded besyde Gaunt And often harde tidynges from the duke and he from hym by messaÌ„gers comynge and goynge and alwayes he counsayled the duke that he shulde in no wyse breke nor passe the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother nor of his counsayle ¶ Nowe let vs leue them thus and retourne to the busynesse of farther couÌ„treis where as knightes and squyers hadde ynough to do bycause the warres were more habundant there than in other places ¶ Howe sir Johan ChaÌ„dos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted and dystroyed the landes of the bycount of Rochchoart excepte the forteresses Cap. CC .lxiiii. IN the meane seasone while this iorney was thus made about TorneheÌ„ ther fell dyuers adueÌ„tures in poictou the whiche ought nat
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
he was nat lightly enclyned to make any great hast but sayde it wyll be harde for vs to com thyder tyme ynough and to here out this masse And anone after masse yâ— tables were couered redy to dyner and the seruauntê demauÌ„ded of him if he wolde go to dyuer And he sayde yes sythe it is redy Than he wente in to his hall and knightes and squyers brought hym water And as he was a wasshynge there came in to the hall the seconde squyer fro the erle of Penbroke and kneled downe and toke the rynge out of his purse and sayde Ryght dere sir the erle of Penbroke recommaundeth him to you by this token and desyreth you her tely to come and conforte hym and bring hym out of the daunger that he and his be in at Puyrenon Than sir Johan Chandos tooke the rynge and knewe it well and sayd to coÌ„ethyder be tymes it were harde if they be in that case as ye shewe me Lette vs go to dyner and so sat downe and all his coÌ„pany and eate the first course And as he was seruedde of the seconde course and was eatynge therof sodenly sir Johan Chandos who greatly had ymagined of that mater And at last cast vp his heed sayd to his company Sirs the erle of Penbroke is a noble man and of great lynage He is sonne to my naturall lorde the kynge of Englande for he hath wedded his doughter and in euery thyng he is companyon to therle of CaÌ„bridge He hath requyred me to come to hym in his besynesse and Jought to consente to his desyre and to socour and confort him if we may come be tymes Ther with he put the table fro him sayde Sirs I wyll ryde towarde Puyrenon wherof his people hadde great ioye and incoÌ„tynent apparelled theym and the trumpettes sowned And euery man mounted on their horses they that best might as soone as they herde that sir Johan Chandos wolde rydeto Puyre non to conforte the erle of Penbroke and his company who were besiege there Than euery knight squyer and man of armes went out in to the felde So they were mo than two hundred speares and alway they encreased Thus as they rode forthe toguyder tidynges came to the frenchemen who hadde contynually assawted the forteresse from the mornynge tyll it was highe noone by their spyes who sayd to theym Sirs aduyse you well for sir Johan Chandos is deê‘ted fro Poicters with mo thaÌ„ CC. speares and is comynge hyderwarde in great hast hath gret desyre to fynde you here And whan sir Loyes of SaÌ„xere and sir JohnÌ„ of Uyen sir JohnÌ„ of Bulle and the other capitayns herd those tidyngê the wisest among theÌ„ said Sirs our people 〈◊〉 sore wery and traueyled with assautyng of thenglysshmen bothe yâ—ster day this day Therfore I thynke it were better that fayre and easely we returned in saue garde with such wynninges and prisoners as we haue gote rather than to abyde the aduenture of the comyng of sir Johan Chandos and his company who are all fresshe and lusty for I feare we may lose more than we shall wyn the whiche counsayle was well beleued for it behoued nat them long to tary Than their truÌ„pettes so wned the retrayt than all their company drewe fro the assaut assembled togyder and trussed vp their harnesse and cariage and so retourned and toke the way to Poizay The erle of Penbroke and his company knewe anone therby howe the frenchmen had knowledge of the comyng of sir Johan Chandos Than the erle sayde Sirs lette vs all yssue out and ryde toward Poicters to mete with my dere frende sir Johan Chandos Than they lepte a horsebacke suche as had any horses and some a fote and two and two on a horse and so they yssued out of the castell and rode towarde Poycters And they had nat rydden aleage but that they encountred sir Johan Chandos and his company and there was a ioyfull metynge and sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sayde that he was sore displeased that he came nat or the frenchmen were departed And so they rode togyder talkynge the space of thre leages and thanÌ„e they toke leaue eche of other Sir Johan Chandos retourned to Poitters and the erle of Penbroke to mortaygne fro whens he firste departed And the marshalles of Fraunce and their company returned to Potzay and there departed their â—otie And than euery maÌ„ went to their owne garison and ledde with them their prisonerss and raunsomed theym courtesly in lyke maner as was acustomed bytwene the englysshmen and frenchmen ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the assemble before Tornehen and speke of the deth of the moost gentyll quene moostly detail and moost courtesse that euer was quene in her vdayes the whiche was the fayre lady Philyp of Heynault quene of Englande and Irelande ¶ Howe quene Philyp of Englande trepassed out of this mortall lyfe and of the thre gyftes that she desyred of the kynge her husbande or she dyed Cap. CC .lxvii. IN the meane seasone whyle the noble men of FraÌ„ce were thus assembled before Tornehen of whome yâ— duke of Burgon was chefe and souerayne and yâ— duke of Lancastre with theÌ„glisshmen on the other parte There fell in England a heuy case and a comon howbeit it was right pyteouse for the kyng his chyldren all his realme For the good quene of Englande that so many good dedes had done in her tyme and so many knightê socoured and ladyes and damosels coÌ„forted and had so largely depted of her goodes to her people and naturally loued alwayes the nacyon of Heynaulte the countrey wher as she was borne She fell sicke in the castell of Wyndsore the whiche sickenesse contynewed on her so longe that there was no remedye but dethe And the good lady whanne she knewe and parceyued that there was with her no remedy but dethe she desyred to speke with the kynge her husbande And whan he was before her she put out of her bedde her right hanâ—e and toke the kynge by his right hande who was right sorowfull at his hert Than she said Sir we haue in peace ioye and great prosperyte vsed all oure tyme toguyer Sir nowe I pray you at our departyng that ye wyll grauÌ„t me thre desyres The kynge tyght sorowfully wepyng sayd Madame desyre what ye wyll I graunt it SIr sayde she I requyre you firste of all that all maner of people suche as I haue dault with all in their marchaundyse on this syde thesee or beyond that it may please you to pay euery thynge that I owe to theym or to any other And secondly sir all suche ordynauÌ„ce and promyses as I haue made to the churches as well of this countrey as beyonde the see wher as I haue hadde my deuocyon that it maye please you to accomplysshe and to full fyll the same Thirdely sir I requyre you that it may please you to take none other sepulture whan soeuer it shall please god to call you out of this
fete And in the mornyng they came to a frenche fortresse where they were receyued ioyfully with theym of the forteresse to whome sir Raymon recounted all his aduenture wherof they all thanked god IT was of trouthe that the next mornyng whaÌ„ it was knowen how they were gone men a horsebacke folowed after but it was to late Thus sir Raymon scaped and retourned into Lymosyn and shewed to all his frendes howe the englysshe squyer had shewed to hym great curtesy And soeuer after thenglysshman was greatly honoured and cherysshed among them And sir Raymon wolde haue delyuered to hym the one halfe of his herytage accordynge as he had promysed to him before but the englisshe squyer wolde in no wyse take so moche And so he toke all onely but. C C. â—t of yerely reuenewes sayenge it was sufficyent for hym to maynteyne ther with his astate ¶ Howe the prince of wales lefte the duchy of Acquitayne in the kepyng of the duke of Lancastre and howe four breton knightes toke the castell of Mount Paon Cap. C C .lxxxvii. THe same season in the cyte of Burdeaux dyed the eldest sonÌ„e of the prince and princesse wherof they were right sorie as reasone was Than the prince was counsayled yâ— he shulde retourne in to Englande into his owne countre to th entent the rather therby to recouer his helth this counsayle was gyuen hym by his phisycions surgyons that knewe his disease The prince agreed well therto and sayd he was well content so to do and thervpon made his prouision And as I vnderstode the erle of CaÌ„bridge his brother and the erle Johan of Penbroke were ordayned to retourne with him to kepe him coÌ„pany And whan the prince shulde departe out of Acquitayne and that his shippes were redy in the tyuer of Garon and in the hauen of Burdeaur The prince and pricesse and their yong sonne Richarde beyng ther Than he made a speciall somons at Burdeaux of all barownes and knightes of Gascoyne and Poictou and in all other places where as he was lorde And they vnder his obeysaunce whan they were all come toguyder in a chambre before the prince Than he shewed to them how he had ben their lorde and had kepte them in peace as moche as lay in his power and had maynteyned them in great prosperyte puysance agaynst all their enemyes Shewyng them that to recouer his helthe wherof he had gret nede he was in purpose to retourne in to Englande Desyring theÌ„ to beleue serue and obey his brother the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as they had done hymselfe Trustynge they shulde fynde hym a good lorde curtesse requyringe theÌ„ to couÌ„sell assyst hym in all his busynesse The barones of Acqtayne Gascoyne Poictou and of Xainton promysed and sware on their faythe 's that there shulde neuer defaute be founde in any of theÌ„ And so there they dyde fealtie homage to the duke and promysed him their loues seruyce and obeysance that they sware to vpholde and kepe in the presence of the prince and so kyst his mouthe And after this order taken yâ— prince taryed nat long in the cytie of Burdeux but entred into his shyppe and the pricesse and their chyldren the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke with theÌ„ And with him there was a fyue hundred fightynge men besyde archers So long they sayled without danger or domage that they aryued at Nampton Ther they toke lande and refresshed them two dayes than they tooke their horses and the prince in a lytter and so came to wyndsore wher the kynge was who receyued swetely his chyldreÌ„ â–ª and so ther he was enformed by theÌ„ of al the state of Guyen And whan the prince had ben with the king as long as it pleased them than the prince tooke his leaue and went to his owne house of Camestades ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of the prince and shewe somwhat of the besynesse of Acquitayne ANone after that the prince was departed fro Burdeux the duke of Lancastre made the obsequy of his cosyn Edwarde sofie to the prince his brother the whiche was nobly done in the cytie of Burdeux And therat were all the barons of Gascoyne and Poictou such as had sworne obeysance to him In the meane season of this obsequy and that all these lordes were at Burdeux ther yssued out of the fortetesse of Pyergourt a two hundred speares bretons the whiche were sente thyder by the duke of Aniowe Of the whiche company ther were four knightes capitayns right hardy and valyant knightes called sir Wyllyam of LoÌ„uall sir Alayne of Aussay sir Loyes of Mally and the lorde Darcy These lordes rode with their companyes to a stronge castell called Mount paon perteyning to a knight And whan these bretons were coÌ„ethyder and had ronne to the barryers they made semblant to assayle the castell Than the capitayn within called sir Wyllyam of Mount paon who shewed himselfe to haue rather a freÌ„che hert than an englysshe He tourned and yelded vp the place and receyued the bretons in to his castell who sayd they wolde kepe that place agaynst all the worlde than they newe repayred and fortifyed it These tydynges anone was knowen at Burdeux than the duke of Lancastre sayd to the lordes about hym sirs we do nat our beuoyre as we shulve do for the bretons are a brode and haue taken the fortresse of Mountpaon marchyng nere to them Of the whiche takynge the duke and all the lordes about hym had great shame 〈◊〉 than they ordayned all to go thyder And so departed fro Burdeaur on a wedntsday and with yâ— duke of Lancastre was the lorde of Pons the lorde of Parteney sir Loys Harcourt sir guys sharde Dangle sir Percyuall of Culoyue sir Godfray DargeÌ„ton sir Jaques of Surgeres sir Maubrune of Linyers sir WyllmÌ„ of Montendre sir Hugh of Uinoy the lorde of Crupenacke and dyuers other barons and knightes of Poictou and Xaynton And of gascon there was the captall of Befz the lorde of Pomyers the lorde of Chamount the lorde of Mountserant the lorde of Langueron the souldyche of Lestrade sir Bernard Dalbret the lorde of getonde sir Amery of Charse and dyuers other And of Englande ther was sir ThomÌ„s Phelton sir ThomÌ„s Percy the lorde Rose sir Mychell de la Poule the lorde Wyloughhy ser Wyllyam BeauchaÌ„pe sir Richarde Pontchardon sir Bandras of Franuyll sir DaÌ„goses and dyuers other They were aseuyn hundred speares and fyue huÌ„dred archers And so they rode right ordinatly towarde Mountpaon and so came thyder And whan sir Wylliam of MouÌ„t paon knewe of the comyng thyder of the duke of Lancastre and of his coÌ„pany and sawe how he was by them besieged He thought him selfe than in no surety for he knewe well that yf he were takenne by force heshulde nat escape fro dethe thinkynge surely he shulde nat be taken to mercy bycause of the forfet that he had done in gyueng vp the place before
Englande wherof kyng Henry was ryght sore displeased and called all his counsayle toguyder Than was it counsayled hym that he shulde sende great messangers to the frenche kynge to treate with hym to whiche counsayle the kynge agreed And sente wyse and sufficyent personages into Fraunce And so they departed and dyde so moche by their iourneys that they came to the cytie of Parys wher they fouÌ„de the kyng who receyued them with great ioye and feest And so bytwene the kyng these counsaylours of kyng Henry who hadde procuracyons sealed to treate and to procede in all causes in the name of their lorde in any plyament treaty counsayle secrete or otherwise to take effect Finally the same season ther were a corded ordayned and confyrmed alyaunces and confederacions right great and large and sworne soâ—eÌ„ply on bothe parties to holde fermly nat to breke nor to do agaynst it by no maner of way but that those two kyngê to abyde fermly in an vnyte of peace loue alyaÌ„ce and there the frenche kyng sware by the worde of a kyng that he wolde ayde and helpe the kyngs of Castell in all his busynesse and to make no maner of peace nor acorde with the kyng of Englande but that he shulde be comprised in the same To this treaty sir Bertram of Clesquy helped greatly for he loued enterely the kynge Henry After these thynges confyrmed and agreed the embassadours departed and retourned into Spaygne and founde their lorde at Lyon in Spaygne who was right ioyouse of their comynge home and that they had so well sped And by reason of this alyaunce kyng HeÌ„ry thought hymselfe better assured and conforted than he was before ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Englande and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour in Poitou Ca. C C lxxxxvi NOwe let vs retourne to the duke of Lancastre who was in the cyte of Burdeux so about the feest of saynt Mychaell he thought to re tourne in to Englande the better to enforme the kynge his father of the besynesse of Acquitayne And so a lytell before his depture he ordayned therfore and assembled in the cytie of Burdeux all the barownes and knightes of Guyen such as were englysshe And than he shewed them how he was purposed to retourne in to Englande for certayne maters for the profyte of theym all and of the countre of Acquitayne and that the next somer after he wolde come thyder agayne yf the kynge his father were so pleased These wordes pleased them all Than the duke ordayned the lorde Captall of Beufez and the lorde of Musydent with the lorde Lespare to be gouernours of all the countre of Gascoyne that was englysshe And in Poytou he ordayned to be gouernours sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of Parteney and in Xaynton sir Loyes Dargentou and sir Wyllyam of MouÌ„tendre left all â—is seneschals and offycers as they were before And it was ordayned that there shulde go with the duke into Englande certayne persons of Gascoyne Xaynton and Poictou to shewe to the kyng of England the state and besynesse of Aquitayne As sir Guyssharde Dangle the lorde of Pynan and sir Aymery of Tarse and to abyue for theym the duke taryed a certayne space and whan they were all redy apparelled they entred in to their shyppes in the hauyn of Burdeux So the duke departed with a great company of men of armes and archers he had a threscore vessels with his company and purueyauÌ„ce and ledde with hym his wyfe and her suster And they spedde so well on the see had so good wynde that they arryued at Hampton in England and there yssued out of their shyppes and entred into the towne And ther rested them the space of two dayes and than departed and rode to wyndsore where the kynge receyued the duke his sonne and the ladyes damosels and knyghtes strangers with great feest and specially he was gladde to se ser Guysshard Dangle ¶ The same season dyed the gentyll knyght sir Gaultier of Manny in the cytie of London wherof all the barones of Englande were right sorie for the trouthe and good couÌ„sayle that they had alwayes sene and herde in him He was buryed with great solempnyte in the monastery of the charterhouse besyde London and at the day of his obsequy there was the kyng and all his chyldren and the prelates banrons and knightes of Englande And so all his landes bothe in Englande and beyonde the see fell to the erle Johan of Penbroke who hadde to wyfe the lady Anne his doughter and heyre So the erle of Penbroke sent to entre in to the lande that was fallen to him in Heynault by ii of his knightes who dyde so well their deuorâ— with the duke Aubert who as than helde the erldome of Heynalt in rule that they atteyned their purpose ALl that wynter ther were dyuers counsayls in Englande among the lordê for the state of the realme and howe they shulde meÌ„tayne the warr the next somer folowynge And so were of enteÌ„t to make two viages the one in to Guyen and the other into France by Calys way and the kyng sought for frendes in all parties aswell in Almayne as in the marches of the empyre wher as he gate dyuers knightes and squyers of his acorde also he made a marueylous great apparell for his hoost that the lyke had nat ben often sene before The freÌ„che kyng had knowlege of their secretes and what they were in purpose to do whervpon he toke counsayle and made prouisyon and fortifyed his cyties townes and castels in Pycardy and sette in euery place great garysons of men of warre to th entent to defende the countre fro all mysaduenture Whan that somer was come and that kyng Edwarde of England hadde holden his feest and solemnyte of saynt George at wyndsore as was his vsage yerely to do And that ser Guyssharde Dangle was entred into the same fraternyte with the kyng and his chyldren and other barons of Englande the whiche were called in the fraternyte knightê of the blue garter THan the kyng went to LoÌ„don to his palays of westmynster and there he had a great couÌ„sayle for the orderyng of the realme And bycause that the duke of Lancastre shulde that season passe in to Fraunce by the playnes of Pycardy the erle of Cambridge with him The kyng at the desyre of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle and of them of Poyton Ordayned that the erle of Penbroke shulde go in to Poictou to vysyte that countre and to make warre agaynst the frenchmen on that syde For the gascoyns poicteuyns had requyred the kyng by their letters and by the mouthe of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle that if he wolde nat send any of his sonnes that he wolde sende the erle of Penbroke whoÌ„e they greatly loued and desyred to haue for they knewe him for a good knight and a hardy and so
house as prisoners And this yuan had great desyre to se them to knowe what they were and so he went forthe in to the hall and as he went thyder he encountred with the erle of Penbroke whome he knewe ryght well yet he had nat often sene him before ThaÌ„ he sayd to him as in reproch a erle of PeÌ„broke are ye come in to this countre to do homage to me for suche landes as ye holde in the principalyte of Wales wherof I am rightfull heyre the whiche your kynge hath taken fro me by yuell counsayle and aduyse The erle of Penbroke was abasshed whan he sawe that he was a prisoner and in a strange land and knowyng nat the man that so spake to hym in his language And so answered shortely and sayd What are you that gyue me this langage I am ê™ he yuan sonne to prince Aymon of Wales whome your kyng of Englande put to dethe wrongfully and hath disheryted me But whan I may by the helpe of my right dere lorde the frenche kyng I shall shape therfore a remedy And I wyll ye knowe that if I may fynde you in any place conuenyent that I may fyght with you I shall do it and she we you the right yâ— ye haue done to me and also to the erle of Herforde to Edward SpeÌ„ser For by your fathers with other counsaylours my lorde my father was be trayed wherof I ought to be displeased and to amende it whan I maye Than stepte forthe a knight of the erles called sir Thomas of sait 〈…〉 to speke and sayd yuan 〈…〉 and maynteyne that there is any 〈…〉 or hath ben in my lorde or that he oweth or shulde owe any homage to you or any 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 cast downe your gage in that quarell and ye shall fynde hun that shall take it vp Thanyuan answered and sayd ye are a prisoner I can haue none honour to apele you for ye haue nat the rule of yourselfe for ye are vnder the rule of them that haue taken you but whan ye be quyte than I shall speke with you more of the mater for it shall nat rest thus And so with tho words certayne knightê of Spaygne came bytwene them and so departed them a sondre And so wtin a whyle after the sayd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 capIteÌ„s ledde for the their prisoners toward the cytie of Burgê in Spayn to yelde them to kyng Henry who as than was there a byding And whan kyng Henry knewe of their comyng and that they aproched nere to the cytie He sent his eldest sonne called Johan who was called as than the chylde of Castell with great nombre of knightê and squyers to mete with these englysshmen to do theym honoure for the king knewe tight well what aparteyned to noblenesse And whaÌ„ they were come to him he dyde them moche honour bothe with wordê and dedes And than anone after the kyng sent them into dyuers ê‘tes of his realme to be kept HOwe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Poitou the which was nat lytell and let vs speke of the gascoyns and englysshe knightes who on saynt JohnÌ„s day at nyght came to the towne of Rochell as ye haue herd before they weresore displeased in that they caÌ„e nat the day before to haue bene at the batayle to haue â—ought with the spanyerdes So thaÌ„ they toke counsayle what thyng was best for them to do for they had great dout of theÌ„ of Rochell Than they ordayned sir Johan Deureux to be seneshall of Rochell with thre huÌ„dred men of warr to kepe the towne for they thought that as longe as they were strong ynough in the towne they durst nat rebell This order was taken by the Captall of Beufz who was chefe gouernoure of that company and sir Thomas Percy sir Dangoses sir Richarde of Pontchardon the Souldyche sir Bereas de la Laâ—de and other with their companyes departed fro Rochell to the nombre of foure hundred speares toke 〈◊〉 way to Subyze for ther were certayne bre 〈…〉 helde churches and small forteresses and had fortifyed them But as soone as these lordes came thyder they draue them away and wanne their holdes and rydde clene those marchesse of them And the same season there kepte the feldes in the marchesse of Aniou Auuerne and Berrey the constable of Fraunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone the erle of AleÌ„son the Dolphyn of Auuergne ser Loys of SaÌ„xere the lorde Clysson the lorde de la Uale the vycount of Rohan and the lorde of Beaumanoyre with a great noÌ„bre of the barony of FraÌ„ce to the nombre of thre thousande speres And they rode so long tyll they assembled all togyder with the constable in Poyctou and so layd siege to a castell called Mountmorillon and with assaut wan it and slewe all that euer wer within and newe manned it with frenchmen And than they went to Chauigny staÌ„dynge by the ryuer of Cruse and beseged it and ther lay two dayes and on the thirde day the place was yelded vp they within taken to mercy Than they rode further and came to Luzat wher ther was a towne and a castell and so they also yelded them vp without abyding of any assaute Than they went to the cytie of Poicters lay one night without amonge the vynes wherof they of the cytie were sore abasshed and douted of a siege howe beit they hadde none as at that tyme. For the next mornyng the frenchmen departed and went to the castell of MoncouÌ„tour wherof JohnÌ„ Cresuell and Dauyd Holegraue were capitayns and had vnder them threscore hardy and valyant men of warre who greatly had constrayned the marches of Aniou and of Thourayne and other freÌ„che garysons wherfore the coÌ„stable sayd he wolde nat deê‘te thens tyll he had it at his pleasure ¶ Howe the constable of Fraunce besieged Mountcomptour and howe he departed thens to go to the duke of Berrey and of Limosyn to besege saynt Seuere Cap. CCC .ii. THe coÌ„stable of France with all the sayd lordes and knyghtes rode so long that thei caÌ„e to the castell of Montcountour a sixe leages fro Poycters And whan they were come thyder they layd siege therto and assayled it valyantly And bycause the dykes were so brode they caused tymbre wode to be cutte downe by the villayns of the countrey and to be brought thyder and cast in to the dikes to fyll it and to cast strawe erthe theron And so in four dayes they fylled so the dykes that they might with their ease go to the walles Than they made a sore assaut they within defended them selfe valyantly 〈◊〉 of the whiche they had great nede so to do for they were in great parell of takyng howe be it they were so valyant and so good meÌ„ of warr that they kepte theÌ„ selfe and their place with moche payne from any hurt that day And so the sirt day the coÌ„stable and bretons came agayne to the assaut with pauesses
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
and he newly repayred the castell and made the bridge newe agayne that was taken ¶ Howe the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande and the erle of Notyngham and the other englisshmen entred with great puyssaunce in to the realme of Scotlande Cap. CCC .xxiiii. AFter the wynning agayn of the castell of Berwyke the erles of Northumberland Notyngham whiche were two of the greatest men in al the englyssh hoost whaÌ„ they had assembled all their men togyder they determyned to ryde after their enemyes and if they coude fynde them to fyght with them And so early in a mornyng they departed toke the way towardes Rosebourge a long by the ryuer of Twyde And whan they had ryden togyder the space of two leages than they toke newe counsaile and so deuyded their company and sent one parte toward Mauros a great abbey of blacke moÌ„kes by the ryuer of Aude the whiche was the departure of bothe realmes to th enteÌ„t to se or knowe if they might fynde any scottes there And the other parte of their company rode towarde Morlane thynkynge yâ— by one of these two wayes they shulde here some tidynges of the scottes of the company that rode to Mauros was capitayne sir Thomas Mosegraue and with hym thre hundred speares as many archers And so thus they departed the one ridyng on the ryght hand and the other on the left hande and sir ThomÌ„s Mosegraue and his sonne rode so longe that they came to Mauros and there toke their lodgyng at a good hour to refreshe them selfe and their horses and to knowe iustly wher the scottes were become they sent forthe two squyers well horsed and suche as knewe the countre to se if they coulde here any tidyngê of theÌ„ These two squiers whan they were departed fro their maisters rode so longe that sodenly they were in a busshment of the scottes of whome sir Wyllyam Lyndsey was chefe was at aduenture to se if he coude here any tidynges of Berwike and howe his nephue Alysander Ramsay had spedde in the castell of Berwyke or to here some tidynges of thenglysshmen He had in his company a .xl. speares Assoone as these two squyers were entred within their busshement they were sodenly beset rounde about and so taken wherof the knight had great ioye and demauÌ„ded of them fro whens they came and so they were in teare to speke and loth to dyscouer the dedes of their maystres but it behoued theym to speke for the knyght sayd they shulde lease their heedes if they tolde him nat the trouth of euery thyng that he wolde demaunde of them And whan they sawe there was none other remedy they spake and shewed howe the castell of Berwyke was wonne agayne and all that were within slayne except AlysaÌ„der Ramsay And howe therle of Northumberlande and the erle of Notyngham were ryden a long by the ryuer of Twyde to fynde the scottes and howe sir ThomÌ„s Mosegraue his sonne sir JohnÌ„ Asheton and sir Richard Beton with thre huÌ„dred speares as many archers were lodged and taryed at the abbey of Mauros and also howe they were sent to knowe iustly where the scottes were By my faythe ê™ sir Wylliam of Lyndsay ye haue nowe founde vs howbeit ye shall tary with vs than they were delyuered to besauely kept fro startyng away And sir Wylliam of Lindsey called a man of armes to him and sayd Go your way and ryde to our hoost and shewe them all that ye haue harde of the englisshmen and I woll abyde here styll tyll it be nyght to se if I canne here any more tidynges And so this messanger rode forthe tyll he came to a great village beyond Morlan called HoÌ„dbray on the ryuer of Twyde among the mouÌ„tayns where there was fayre medowes and a good countre wherfore the scottes taryed ther In the euenyng thyder caÌ„e the squier founde there the erle Duglas the erle Morette therle of Surlant and sir Archambalt Duglas and the other scottes than the squyer was brought to these lordes to whome he shewed all the mater as ye haue herde before and whan the scottes vnderstode howe the castell of Berwike was conquered agayne they were sore dyspleased and sorowfull howe be it they were recomforted agayne whan they herde howe sir ThomÌ„s Mosgraue and his sonne and other knyghtes and squiers of England were lodged at Mauros than they determyned to go thyder and dislodge their enemys and to assay if they coude recouer any parte of their domage and so they mouÌ„ted and departed fro Hondbray and rode towarde Mauros on the right hande for they knewe well the countre And so they had come thyder before mydnight but that ther fell such a rayne and wynde the whiche strake them so in the faces that the proudest of theym was so beaten with rayne and wynde that they coâ—de scant syt on their horses and their pages what 〈◊〉 weâ—e 〈◊〉 â—at â—â—re their may â—â—ers speares but lette them fall and so brake euery man fro other and lost their waye Than the chiefe capitaynes rested priuely vnder a great wood syde and suche kâ—yghtes as were sage and wyse sayd howe they rode but folyshly for it was no good season at that tyme to ryde sayâ—ng howe they myght rather lese therby than wynâ—â— So they taryed and couered them and their horses vnder the trees tyll the day began to aâ—ere â–ª and suche as were were colde made fyers to warme them but or they coulde make any â—yre they endured moche payne for yâ— wod was grâ—ne and the grounde wete This rayne and wether endured tyll the sonne rose thaÌ„ the wether â—â—â—an to clere vp and the sonne shone â–ª and the â—arkes began to synge Than these capâ—tayns drewe to gyder to take counsayll what they shu 〈…〉 do for they had fayled of their enâ—â—nt as to coe to Maurose by nyght tyme than it was thought bâ—st that they shulde there refresh them seâ—â—â— and their horses and to sende out abrâ—â—â— thâ—â—â— foragers and so they dyd and they rode abrode in to villages there besyde and so brought to their companyes haye hotes for their horses and vitayle for their maysters The same mornynge the englisshmen that lay at Mauros sent out their foragers so that they and the â—â—ottysshe foragers encountred eche other but there the englisshmen hadde none aduauntage for ther were dyuers of them slayne and hurte 〈…〉 e of them lost so that tidynges 〈◊〉 oâ—â—ame to sir ThomÌ„s Mosegraue and to theÌ„ that were at Mauros wherby they knewe that the scottes were nat farre fro them Than they founed their trompettes and sadled their horses and armed them and so determyned to take the â—â—â—de and so they dyde And anone the scottê knewe therof by their foragers than they made halte to refresshe their horses and so armed them and sette them in good ordre of batayll 〈…〉 r couert a long by the wode syde they were a 〈◊〉 hundred speares and two thousande or other called
yomen with glayâ—es dagers and other wepyns of warre than sir Ar 〈…〉 Duglas and the erle Duglas sayd 〈◊〉 can be none otherwyse but yâ— we shall haue 〈◊〉 do for yâ— englisshmen rydeth this mornyng therfore let vs be redy and lette vs â—yght with them if we se tyme conuenyent and so they 〈◊〉 out a certayne men of armes to â—yscouer their enemyes and â—aryed theÌ„ self styll in their 〈◊〉 ¶ Howe sir Thomas Mosegraue the englisshmen were discomfytted by the scottes And of the deth of the frenche quene Cap. CCC .xxv. SIr Thomas Mosegraue and his sonne the englisshemen who desyred greatly to fynde the scottes departed fro Mauros and toke the waye towardes Morlane and left the ryuer of Twyde on their left haÌ„des went vp a mountayne called saynt Gylle and there were the scotyshe currours who ryght well aduysed the englisshmen and so returned to their company and shewed them all the dealynge of the englisshmen and howe to their estimacyon they were nat past thre baners and .x. penons of the whiche tydinges the scottes were ryght ioyfull sayd all with one wyll let vs go and ryde to them in the name of god saynt Gylle for they ar all ours than they cryed all one cry Duglas saynt Gylle And they had nat ryden the space of halfe a leage but they sawe their enemyes and the englisshmen them ThaÌ„ eche party sawe well how it behoued them to fyght And so the erle Duglas made his sonne knyght called sir James and made hym to reyse his baner and in lyke wyse so he dyde two sonnes of the kyng of scottes sir Robert and sir Dauyd and bothe reysed their baners and there was made a .xxx. knyghtes on the Scottysshe parte a knyght of Suede called sir George of Besmede who bare in his armes syluer a myll pyn gowles a border endented gowles Also sir Thomas Mosegraue made his sonne Thomas knyght dyuers other of his house in lyke wise so dyd the lorde Stafforde and the lord Gascope and so they ordred their archers and set them on the wynge and thenglisshmen cryed that day our lady of Arleton There beganne a ferse recounter and archers began to shote and men of armes began to styrre The scottes were so great a nombre that yâ— archers coulde nat take hede in euery place there was bytwene the ê‘ties many a goodly course of aâ—mes and many a man ouerthrowen to the erth dyuers taken and reskewed agayne at the begynnynge Sir Archambalt Duglas was a mighty knight and a â—ygge and sore feared of his enemyes whan it came to the aprochynge he lyght a foote and had in his handes a longe swerd wherof the blade was two els of length it was to heuy for any other man lyghtly to lyft vp fro the erthe but for him it was lyght ynough and he gaue therwith suche strokes that whome so euer he hytte full wente to the erthe so that there was nat the hardiest there of the englissh parte but that refused his strokes There was a sore batayle and well fought as longe as hiâ— endured but that was nat long for the scottes were thre agaynst one I say nat nay but that the englisshmen bare them selfe ryght valyantly howe beit fynally they were dyscomfytted and sir Thomas Mosegraue taken prisoner and his sonne also and dyuers other knightes and squyers so that the scottes had a sixe score of good prisoners and the chase endured to the ryuer of Twyde and dyuers were slayne After this discoÌ„fytur the scottes drewe into their owne countre and determyned to go to Eâ—enbourge for they knewe by their prisoners that the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande and therle of Notyngham were in the countrey by the ryuer of Twyde in the way towardes Roseburge and howe they were men ynowe to fyght with the power of Scotlande for a daye wherfore they thought they myght well brâ—ke vp their army and to drawe in to saue garde to kepe their prisoners they toke a better aduyse to drawe homward for if they had gone agayne to their â—lde lodgynge they had been in a great aduenture to haue ben beaten as I shall shewe you howe THe erle of Northumberlande and the erle of Notyngham and the baâ—ones of Englande whan they departed fro Berwyke sir Thomas Mosegraue departed fro them they had knowlege by their spyes that the scottes were lodged at HoÌ„dbray wherof they were ryght ioyouse and soo determyned to come on them in the nyght and sâ—rymysshe with them and so they came thyder the same night that they were departed in the mornynge but it rayned so sore that they coulde nat attayne to their entreprise and so lay in the woodes tyll â—he mornynge than they sent out their spyes to knowe where the scottes were become they brought worde agayne howe â—he scottes were departed and howe they coulde fynde none Thaâ— they drue towardes Mauros to here some tyâ—yngê of sir Thomas Mosegraue and sent a longe the ryuer currours to sâ— if they coulde here any tidynges of the scottes After the â—iscoâ—â—sâ—ture of the felde saint Gylle as ye haue harde before the currorrs met with some of their owne company sleynge as falt as they myght and so they shewed all that euer they knewe of the batayle and the currous retourned and had with them suche as they mette slyeng and so tolde all the certaynte of the batayle but they coude nat tell howe many were slayne nor howe many were taken Whan the englissh lordes herde these tydynges they were than more pensyue than before and good cause why They were dyspleased for two causes one bycause they hadde lost their men yâ— other bicause they coude nat fynde the scottes whom they desyred so sore to fyght withall so they wolde fayne haue folowed but they wyst nat what way the scottes were gone and nyght drewe on than they went to Mauros and lodged there and incontynent trewe worde caÌ„e to them of the batayle and howe sir ThomÌ„s Mosgraue and his sonÌ„e and sirscoremen of armes with them were taken prisoners and the scottes led them to EdeÌ„borowe Than thenglisshe lordes sawe well that it behoued them to bere this domage as for that present tyme bicause they coude nat amende it so they passed that nyght aswell as they myght in the mornynge they dysloged and the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande gaue leue to euery man to departe home he went into his owne couÌ„trey Thus brake vp that iourney and parte of the scottes went to Edenbourgâ— and therle Duglas and his sonÌ„e abode styll on the way to Alquest And great tidynges ran ouer all Scotlande of the iourney that their men had made and so knyghtes squiers toke their pleasure with their prisoners and raunsomed them curtesly as they lyst ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of Scotlande for this presente tyme and lette vs speke of other insydentes that fell in Fraunce ¶ The same tyme in the monethe of February the frenche
men of warre And in the same meane season â–ª sir Thomas Tryuet thought to assemble a certayne nombre of men of warre and to go to the towne of Alpharo in Spayne And so he dyde and departed in an euenynge fro Quasquam and fro the kynge of Nauer and had with hym but one huÌ„dred speres of chosen men of armes And so by the nexte mornyng they came within a lytell leage of the towne and there they made their busshement And sir Wylliam Sendrine was sent to rynne before the towne and Andrewe Andrac with theÌ„ a ten speares And so they caÌ„e to a lytell ryuer or broke yâ— which went streight to the towne and so passed it with great trouble Andrewe Andrac made their horses to leape ouer and so came to the barryers Than there began great noyse in the towne and sownyng of trumpettê The men of warr within the towne assembled togyder and opyned their gates and barryers and yssued all out and so began to scrimysshe and of the sayd ten speares ther were but two of them that was past the ryuer and so they retourned whan they sawe the people comyng to them warde and so made their horses agayne to leape ouer the broke Whan they of the towne sawe there were so fewe of their enemyes and knewe nothyng of the bushment they folowed fast after and so past the ryuer a lytell aboue wher as they knewe the passage and so chased the tenne speares to their busshment Than sir Thomas Tryuet and his company caÌ„e forthe cryeng their cryes and bare many of theÌ„ to the erthe To say trouthe yâ— spanyerdes coude nat longe endure and so retourned as well as they might but ther were but fewe that were saued but outher they were slayne or taken The fray was great in the towne and thenglysshmen beleued that at the first comynge to haue had the towne bycause there men were discoÌ„fyted but they fayled of their purpose for the women saued the towne For assone as their men were issued out were past the ryuer they closed their barryers and gates and mouÌ„ted vp to the walles and made semblant to defende them selfe And whan sir Thomas Triuet sawe the order and maner of theÌ„ he sayd beholde yonder yâ— good wyues of the towne what they haue done Let vs retourne agayne for we canne do nothyng there And so they returned and passed agayne the lytle broke and so went to Quesquam and ledde with theym their prisoners Of the whiche dede sir Thomas Tryuet had great thaÌ„ke laude and prayse of the kyng of Nauer ANd a fyftene dayes after that they had made this iourney before Alpharo the spanyerdê came in to the feldes with a twentie thousande horsmen and fotemen in great wyll to fight with the englysshmen And whan the kyng of Nauer herde therof he came to Tudela and sir Thomas Tryuet and his company with hym And than he sente for all them of the garysons of the realme of Nauer to coÌ„e to him they wolde nat disobey his commaundement for they desyred nothyng els And the spanyerdes taryed for nothyng but for the comynge of kyng Henry who as than was deê‘ted fâ—o Ceuyll with a great nombre and so came to saynt Dominykes and ther rested and lay in the felde Whan Johan of Castell knewe that the kynge his father was come than he went fro Alphare to saynt Dominykes to the king his father the entent of the spanyerdes was to haue goone to ley sege to Tudela and to haue closed in yâ— kynge of Nauer or to haue fought with hym Of all this the kyng of Nauer was well enformed and knewe well he was nat of puyssaunce to abyde batayle agaynst kynge Henry for he had a .xl. thousande men a horsebacke and a â—ote BItwene kynge Henry and the kynge of Nauer ther were certayne noble men of bothe realmes prelates and barons who ymagined the great parell and domage that might fall to bothe parties if any of them shulde â—â—ee other Than they entreated bytwene the ê‘ties to haue a respyte of warr bytwene them to haue the more leysar to entreat And so they toke great payne with goyng and comyng bytwen the parties or they coude bring about their entent for the englisshmen were a two thousande and were feirse agaynst the spanyerdes couÌ„sayled the kynge of Nauer to batayle On the other syde the spanyerdes were a great noÌ„bre wherfore they sette but lytell by thenglysshmen nor naueroyse therfore it was harde to bringe this treatie to a good effect They that had the busynesse therof toke moche payne and labour at last a respyte was taken bytwene them to endure sixe wekes to th eÌ„tent in the meane season to entreat for a full peace Their entent was to make yf they myght a maryage bytwene the chylde of Castell eldest sonne to kyng Henry and the doughter of the kyng of Nauer Wherby the peace shulde the surelyer coÌ„tynue to the whiche the kynge of Nauer was well agreed bycause his doughter shulde be so highly maryed ¶ And moreouer the prelates and barons of both parties thought also to mary the kyng of Nauers son to kyng Henryes doughter In somoche that this treatie toke effect so that kyng Henry shulde sende to the freÌ„che kynge desyringe him to suffre Charles of Nauer who was in his kepynge to come in to Nauer And so he dyde at his desyre the frenche kynge sente him so for the ê‘formance of this treatiâ— and mariage the kyng of Nauer shulde â—ay in pledge for the space of ten yere to kyng Henry the towne and castell of Lestoyll the cytie and castell of Tudela the towne and Castell de la garde And that kyng Henry shulde yelde and rendre to the englysshmen sir Perse Courtney who was prisoner and the lorde of Parre gascoyne All these thynges were done sealed confyrmed accorded and sworne to be kept stable and ferme for euer bytwene these two kynges and their realmes And whiche of them that euer shulde breke this peace by any maner of wayes shulde rynne in the sentence of the pope wHyle these treatyes were this in makyng the kynge of Nauer who was bounde to the englysshmen in the soÌ„me of .xx. thousande frankes to acquyte hym selfe agaynst them He sent the vycont of Chastelon in to Arragon to the kynge there to borowe of hym the sayd somme of money And he to haue in pledge therfore his good townes of Panpylone and Myrando the quenes towne Corell and saynt Johans towne Thus the englysshemen were payed and delyuered and so departed fro the kynge of Nauer and went to Burâ—eux and fro theâ—s in to Englande And yâ— maryage was made bytwene Charles of Nauer and kyng HeÌ„rys doughter called Jane a right fayre lady ¶ The same yere dyed kyng Henry of Castell and his son JohnÌ„ crowned kyng and so he was kynge by accorde of the prelates and barons of the realme of Spaygne of Castell of Cecyll of Galyce and
to their owne houses wherfore they lacked nothyng that was nedefull for them for they hadde vitayle and euery thynge there largely at a better price than they shuld haue had outher in Bruges or in Gaunt The erle of Flaunders who sawe well the there was in the towne a great nombre of knyghtes and squiers douted greatly of one poynt and that was lest by long sege they shulde be famysshed within wherfore he wolde gladly that ther had ben some honourable treaty for him for in dede the warre thus with his men greued him greatly it was neuer with his good wyll And also the lady hys mother Margarete countesse of Arthoyse was ryght sory to se it And blamed the erle therfore and toke moche payne to appease it This countesse lay in the cytie of Arras Than she wrote all the mater to the duke of Burgoyne to whome the herytage of FlauÌ„ders shulde fall after the dethe of therle by reason of the lady Margaret his wyfe The duke who was well informed of all the mater for euery daye he harde tidynges He went to Arras and his counsayle with hym as sir Guy de la Tremoyll sir JohnÌ„ of Uyen admyrall of FraÌ„ce sir Guy of Pountayllers and dyuers other The countesse of Artoyse was glad to se them and shewed the duke right sagely all the warr bytwene the erle of Flaunders her sonne and his countrey sayeng howe it greatly displeased her and ought to displease euery reasonable man And howe that a great nombre of honourable men were within the towne of Andwarpe in great ê‘ell desiryng therfore the duke for goddessake to fynde some remedy the duke answered and sayd He was bounde so to do and howe that he wolde do the beste of his power Than anone after the duke deê‘ted fro Arras and went to Tournay where he was receyued with great ioy for they of Turnay desyred greatly to haue peace bycause of their marchandise to and fro on the ryuer of Lescalt the whiche was as than closed fro them The duke of Burgoyne sent the abbot of saynt Martens to the hoost before Andwarpe to knowe if the capitayns of Gaunte wolde fall to any treaty The abbot brought worde a gayne to the duke of Burgoyn that for his loue they wolde be coÌ„tent And so the duke gaue salue conduct to them to the bridge of Roone and the flemynges in likewyse to him This treatie endured fro the mornynge tyll nyght for the duke came to the bridge of Rone to speke with the flemynges than the duke retourned to Tournay and the erle in his company who went in and out with hym This treatye endured .xv. dayes for it was harde to fynde meanes of peace bycause the flemynges wolde haue had Andwarpe to the entent to haue had it beaten downe but the duke and his counsayle wolde in no wyse consent therto The flemynges who were great fierse and orgulous and set nothyng by peace for they reputed Andwarpe and all tho within in a maner yelded Nor they coulde nat go out without their daunger And the duke of Burgoyne who sawe the flemynges so proude and so harde to fall to any treatie hadde great maruayle what they ment therby And on a day he gate a saue conduct for his marshall to go in to the towne to speke with the knyghtes there so the marshall of Burgoyne went to Andwarpe and founde there the company in good poynt howe beit they had great nede of some thyngê yet they spake valiantly and sayd Say for vs to the duke of Burgoyne that lette him make none euyll bargayn for feare of vs for thanked be god we are in good poynt and haue no feare of our enemyes This aunswere pleased greatlye the duke of Burgoyne who was styll at the bridge of Rone Howe be it for all that he lefte nat his pursute for peace To say trouthe they of Bruges and of Ipre with theÌ„ of FraÌ„ke were wery and sore anoyed for they sawe well the wynter aproched so they shewed their myndes in counsayle and sayd howe the duke of Burgoyne hadde taken great laboure and is come hyder to vs and hath offered vs that all thynges shulde be pardoned And the erle our lorde to returne to Gaunt and to abyde ther with vs and neuer to make semblant of any thyng past these thinges ought to enclyne vs to peace and truely we ought to knowe our lorde and nat to take fro him his herytage These wordes apeased moche them of Gaunte and accorded to their sayeng And on a daye the duke of Burgoyne gaue a dyuer to them of Gaunt of Bruges of Ipre and of Courtray and the same day it was concluded that the siege shuld be reysed and good peace to be in FlauÌ„ders bytwene the erle and his men And the erle to pardon euery thynge and nothynge to reserue without any excepcy on or dissymulacion the erle to come and dwell in Gaunt and within a yere they of Gaunt to make agayne the castell of Dandrehen the whiche the gauntoyse hadde brente as the noyse ranne And for the sure confyrmacyon of all these thynges Johan Prunaux shuld go to Courtray with the duke and there charters of the peas shuld be made and sealed and so on this clause the duke retourned to Tournay And Johan Prunaux and Johan Boulle abode styll in the hoost The next day the peace was cryed bytwene bothe partyes and so the siege brake vp and euery man went home too their owne howses and the erle gaue lycence to all his sowdyers to departe And thanked the strangers of the good seruyce yâ— they had done to him and so than he went to Lysle ther to finysshe vp the alyances that his brother of Burgoyne hadde made And some of the countreys ther about sayd that this was a peas with two vysages sayng howe they wolde rebell agayn shortely that the erle of his parte was agreed to the peace but to the entent to haue out of danger the noble knightes and squiers that were in Andwarpe in great parell IOhan Prunaux after the departynge fro the siege of Andwarpe he went to Tournay and ther the duke of Burgoyn mad him good there and there was made parfyt all the ordynauÌ„ce of the peace and the duke of Burgoyne and the erle of Flaunders sealed therto than Johan Prunaux returned to Gaunt and shewed howe he had spedde The duke of Burgoyne had so sore desyred them of Gaunt and shewed so swete wordes to them that they were coÌ„tent to kepe the peace ferme and stable bytwene them and And warpe For at the reysyng of the sege the gauntoyse wolde haue had two gates of the towne beaten downe and the walles bytwene bycause it shulde alwayes be open for them to entre atte their pleasure And whan the erle of Flaunders had ben a certayne space at Lysle and that the duke of Burgoyne was gone in to Fraunce Than he went to the towne of Bruges and there taryed a
longe season after shewed couertlye great displeasure to certayn burgesses of the towne but he made none other prouisyon among them his displeasure was bycause they hadde so soone forsaken him and turned to the seruyce of theÌ„ of Gaunt The burgesses excused them as trouthe was that it was nothyng in their faute but the faut was in them of the meane craftes who wolde nedes be alyed to them of Gaunt whan JohnÌ„ Lyon caÌ„e thyder So the erle passed his displeasure aswell as he myght howe be it he thought neuer the lesse ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of hym and of them of Flaunders and let vs retourne to the busynesses of Bretayne ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne returned out of Englande into Bretayne at the request of his men and of the wyll of the englisshe men for the maryage of their yonge kynge of Englande Cap. CCC .lv. YE haue herde here before how the duke of Bretayne was in Englande with kynge Richarde and his vncles who made hym right good chere his lande was in warre and in great trouble For the frenche kyng had sent thyder his coÌ„stable with a great nombre of men of armes who were about PoÌ„t Toyson and about Mount saynt Mychaell And made warre to the countre cyties good townes in Bretayne Wherfore all the countre greatlye desyred the presence of the duke their lorde and they had sent to hym dyuers messangers and letters but he durst nat trust all that tyll the prelates and barones of Bretayne and all good townes murmured therat and sayde We haue sent for our duke by letters dyuers tymes and alwayes he excuseth him selfe In the name of god quod some he hath good cause so to do for we sende for hym to simply It were well sytting that we sent to hym a knight or .ii. dyscrete and sage in whome he myght truste and they to shewe him playnly the state of this countre This purpose was well alowed holden and so two valyant knightes were chosen to go in to Englande as sir Geffray of Quaresmell and sir Eustace Housey And at the desyre and request of the prelatê and barons they aparelled them selfe to go in to Englande so toke shippyng at Cone and had wynde at wyll and arryued at Hampton And fro thens they rode tyll they caÌ„e to London wher they found the duke of Bretayne and the duchesse and sir Robert Canoll who receyued them with gret chere and ioye The knyghtes than shewed to the duke their lorde all the state and disposycion of his countre and howe his people desyreth to haue him coÌ„e home And delyuered him letters of credence fro the barons and prelates and good townes of Bretayne The duke beleued well these knyghtê and the letters also and had great ioye and said howe he wolde shewe the mater to the kyng and to his vncles and so he dyde And whan the kyng of Englande and his vncles were enformed of all these maters howe all the countre of Bretayne prelates barons and good townes Except Claquy Clisson Rohen Lauall and Rochefort had sente for their lorde the duke desyring hym to returne into his owne countre Than the kyng and his vncles sayde Sir it is best ye go in to youre owne countre syth ye be thus desyred mayntayne yourselfe amonge your noble men And sir we shall sende you men of warre and suche conforte that they shal be able to kepe your froÌ„ters agaynst your enemyes And leaue the duchesse your wyfe here behynd you with her mother and brethern and go you and make warr agaynst your ennemyes Of these wordes the duke was greatly reioysed and made hym redye ANd shortely after it was ordayned for his departynge at Hampton And so he toke leaue of the kynge and of his vncles of my ladye princesse and of the duchesse his wyfe And at his departyng made a great alyance with the kyng of Englande and sware to hym by his faythe that if he were shortely conforted by the englysshmen He wolde alwayes abyde with them and do the best of his power to tourne his countre englysshe And the kyng promysed him that he shulde euer fynde the englysshemen redy to helpe hym in what soeuer maner he wolde desyre And so he departed out of Englande and sir Robert Canoll with him and the two knyghtes that were come thyder for hym and one hundred men of armes two hundred archers and toke shippyng at Hampton And so sayled to the porte of Guerrande where they toke lande and so rode to Uennes where he was receyued with great ioye and all the countrey was gladde whan they knewe that he was come home The duke refresshed hym there a fyue dayes and thanne he went to Nauntes Thyder came to se hym barownes prelates knightes and squyers ladyes and damoselles offryng hym their seruyce and putte them selfe vnder his obeysance Complayning greatlye of the frenchmen and of the frenche coÌ„stable who lay about Reynes and dyde moche hurte in the countrey The duke apeased them and sayd my frendes I shall haue shortly comforte out of Englande for without ayde of Englande I can nat well defende my countrey agaynst the frenchmen for they are to bygge for vs seynge we be nat all one in our owne countrey And whan the ayde that the kynge of England shall sende vs be ones come if they haue done vs wronge we shall quyte them agayne Of these wordes were right ioyfull all tho that were of the duke of Bretayns parte ¶ The same season about saynt Andrues tyde ther dyed sir Charles of Boesme kyng of Almayne and emperour of Rome And whyle he was lyueng he dyde so moche what for golde and syluer and great alyances that he hadde That the electours of the emperour sware and sealed to hym that after his disceasse to make his sonne emperour And to ayde hym to kepe the siege before Ays and to abyde with him agaynst all men that wolde deny hym So that whan he was deed than Charles his sonne as emperoure wrote hym selfe kyng of Almayne of Boesme and kynge of the romayns THe same season ther was great couÌ„saile in Englande amonge the kynges vncles and the prelates and barons of the realme for to mary their yonge kyng Richarde of England And thenglysshmen wolde gladly haue had hym to ben maryed in Heynalt for loue of the good lady quene Philyp wyfe to kyng Edwarde the thirde Who was so good and so gracyous a lady for all the realme large and honorable who was come out of Heynaulte but as than the duke Aubert had no doughters to mary The duke of Lancastre wolde haue hadde the kyng his nephewe to haue hadde his eldest doughter my lady Blanche of LaÌ„castre to his wyfe But the realme wolde in no wyse consent therto for two reasons The first bycause the lady was his cosyn germayne the whiche was to nere of blode to mary toguyder The other cause was they wolde the kynge shulde marry
they shulde neuer haue peace but that it shulde cost them their lyues This dought and feare caused them to be of that opinyon and to kepe styll the warre agaynst the erle and the gentylmen of Flaunders also this feare gaue them courage to kepe warre and as their aduentures fell ye shall here after in the story THe erle of FlauÌ„ders beyng at Lâ—â—e harde dayly newes fro the them of Gaunt and howe they brent and beate downe gentylmens howses wherwith he was sore displeased and sayd howe he wolde take suche vengeance on them that he wolde bryng all Gaunt vnder flame of fyre and the rebelles within it Than the erle to be the more stronger agaynst them sent for all his barons of Flaunders and abandoned his countrey to them to resyte agaynste the whyte hattes and apoynted two gentylmen to be their captayns that is to say the Galoys of Mamynes and Peter Destreueles These two with their coÌ„panies bare with them the erles baner and so about a thre wekes they lay bytwene And warpe and Courtrey on the ryuer of Lys and dyde great domage to them of GauÌ„t And whan Rase of Harsell herde therof he yssued oute of Gaunte with all the whyte hattes and came to Douse and there he hadde thought to haue founde the erles company but the men of armes whan they knewe of the gauÌ„toyse comyng they withdrewe towarde Tourney and so taryed in the towne And the gauntoyse lay a great season about Orches Danne and Uorlam so that the marchantes durst nat go bytwene Doway and Tourney for feare of them And it was than sayd howe the gauÌ„toise wolde go and lay siege to Lyle and therle with in the towne They alyed them selfe with them of Bruges and Ipre and they had Grantmont and Courtray of their acorde But Brugê and Ipre varyed and were nat agreed with yâ— craftes for they sayde it shulde be a great folly for them to â—ay siege so farre of as Lysle and how that the erle might haue great alyaunce ayde of the frenche kyng as he hath had before these doutes and other stopped the good townes of FlauÌ„ders for makyng of any warre or layeng of any siege in that season And for th eÌ„tent that the erle shulde haue no helpe nor ayde of the freÌ„che kyng nor of the duke of Burgoyne his son They sent messangers and meke letters to the kyng desyring hym for goddes sake that he shulde gyue no counsayle nor ayde to therle of FlaÌ„ders to their domage or hurte For they wolde nothing but peace loue obeysance and seruice to their lorde Wherfore they sayde their lorde dyde great wrong so to traueyle and greue theÌ„ And all that euer they dyd was to sustayne the frauÌ„chesse and lyberties the whiche their lorde wolde take fro them in his crueltie The kyng som what enclyned to them without any semblant makyng In lykewise so dyd the duke of Aniou his brother for all that the erle of Flaunders was their cosyn yet he was nat greatly in their fauours bycause of the duke of Bretayne whome he kepte with hym in his countrey agaynst their wylles a longe season Wherfore they tooke no great hede to his busynesse No more dyde pope Clement for he sayd that god had sent therle of FlauÌ„ders that rodde and punysshment bycause he was his enemy helde with pope Urbane agaynst him THe same season the good knight and coÌ„stable of Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy was in Auuerne with a great noÌ„bre of men of armes And lay at sege before New castell of Raudone a thre leages fro the cytie of Pye in Auuergne and had closed in the castell nyne englysshemen and gascoyns enemyes to the realme of Fraunce Who were yssued out of Lymosyn where as were many forteresses The coÌ„stable gaue many sore assautes to the castell and sware that he wolde neuer departe thens tyll he had the castell at his pleasure But than a great sickenesse tooke hym and so lay in his bedde but for all that the siege brake nat vp for his men were more angrye than they were before Of this sickenesse sir Bertram dyed whiche was great domage to his frendes and to the realme of Fraunce and he was borne to the freers in Pye and ther he was one night and fro â—hens he was caryed to saynt Denyse in FrauÌ„ce and there he was layde in sepulture nere to the tombe of kynge Charles whiche the kynge had made for hym in his dayes and so he laye at the kynges fete And there his obsequy was done right honorably as though he hadde ben the kynges sonne And there was all the kyngê bretherne and notable persones of the realme of Fraunce Thus by the dethe of sir Bertram of Clesquy the office of the constable shyppe of Fraunce was voyde Than it was ordayned and aduysed who shulde be constable There were named dyuers great barons of Fraunce and specially the lorde Clysson and the lorde of Coucy The kyng wolde that the lorde Coucy shulde haue had the offyce and that he shulde be regent of all Picardy and the kyng gaue him all the lande of Mortayne the which was a fayre herytage lyeng bytwne Tourney and Ualencennes And sir James Uerchyne was put out therof who was constable of Heynalt He helde it by succession of his father who had ben lorde therof a great season before The lorde of Coucy was in great fauour with the frenche kyng and the kyng wolde haue hadde hym constable of Fraunce but the gentyll knight excused hym selfe by dyuers reasons and wolde nat take it on him and sayd Howe sir Olyuer Clysson was more worthy then he was to haue it for he was a worthy knyght hardye and beloued and knowen amonge the bretons Soo thus the mater abode a longe season than sir Bertrams men returned in to Fraunce for the castell yelded vp the same day that ser Bertram dyed and they of the garison went in to Lymosyn to the garyson of Uentadore Whan the freÌ„ che kyng sawe the coÌ„stables men he gaue them great gyftes ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of them shewe howe sir Thomas erle of Buckyngham yongest sonne of kyng Edwarde the thyrde made a great armye of men of armes archers and passed with his hoost throughe the realme of Fraunce and went in to Bretayne ¶ Of the erle of Buckyngham yongest sonne to kyng Edwarde the .iii. who passed with a great armye thorough the realme of Fraunce to go in to Bretayne to the duke there Cap. CCC .lx. VE haue herde here before howe that whan the duke of Bretayne departed out of Englande kyng Richard and his vncles had promysed hym to sende men of armes and archers to ayde hym The kyng kept his promyse but yuell fortune came therof for sir Johan Arundell was sent thyder with two hundred men of armes and they had suche fortune that they were nyghe all perysshed in the see by tempest Sir Hughe Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet were saued
they were right ioyfull and toke leaue of the erle of Buckyngham and of the lordes of EnglaÌ„de to go thyder and so thyder they wente and a certayne knyghtes and squyers in their company and ther iusted right valiauntly bothe parties and dyde their dedes of armes as it was ordayned Than sir Rainolde of Thouars and sir JohnÌ„ of Castell Morant and the bastarde of Clarens desyred the lorde of Uertayne and sir Johan Dambrety court and Edward Beauchampe to delyuer their chalenge And so these thre englysshe knightes were of good wyll to go and fight with them at the castell of Josselyne on the constables saueconduct Of the dedes of armes done before therle of Buckingham bytwene the Englysshemen and the frenchemen and the answeres made to the haraldes on their saueconductes Cap. CCC .lxxiii. WHanÌ„e the erle of Buekyngham was come to UaÌ„nes and vnderstode the frenchemens request he answered and sayde to the harauldes Sirs ye shall say to the constable that therle of Buckynghame sendeth hym worde howe he is as puyssaunt and able to gyue his saueconduct to the frenchemen as he is to gyue his to the Englysshemen Therfore suche as desyreth to do dedes of armes let them come to Uannes and I shall gyue them saue conducte to come and retourne and to bringe in their company suche as shall please them And whanÌ„e the constable herde this answere he ymagined in hym selfe howe that therle of Buckyngham sayd trouthe And howe it was but reason that he shulde se the dedes of armes done at Nauntes As well as he hadde sene the dedes of armes at the castell Josselyne Than the constable sayd The erle of Buckynghame speketh lyke a noble valyant knight and sonne to a kyng And I wyll it be as he saythe and for suche as wyll go thyder I shall sende to hym for his saueconducte for theym Than knightes and squyers made them redy to the nombre of .xxx. and a haralde came to Uannes for their saueconducte The whiche was gyuen and sealed by therle of Buckyngham Than there departed fro the castell Josselyne the thre knightes that shulde do the dedes of armes and their company and so caÌ„e to Uannes and lodged in the subbarbes And the Englysshe men made theym good chere The nexte day they apoynted to fyght and so they came in to a fayre playne place without the towne Than came thyder therle of Buckingham the erle of Suffolke and the erle of Deuonshyre and the other barownes of their coÌ„pany And brought theym forthe that shulde do the dedes of armes Firste the lorde of Uertaygne agaynste sir Raynolde of Thowars lorde of Pousances and sir Johan Dambrety court agaynst ser Trystram de Lauall and Edwarde Beauchampe agaynst the bastarde of Clarens There the englysshmen toke the one syde and the frenche men the other And they that shulde iust were a fote armed at all peces with bassenettes and vysures and good speres with heedes of Burdeaux redy to fight ¶ Here after foloweth their feates of armes FFirst the lorde of Pousances in Poictou and the lorde of Uertaygne in Heynaulte Two barownes of great prise and hardynesse came eche agaynst other a fote holdyng their speares in their handes sparyng nothynge eche other The lorde of Uertaynge was stryken but nat hurte and he strake the lorde of Pousances in suche wise that he pearsed the mayle on his brest and all that was theron so that the blode folowed And it was great marueyle that he had nat been worse hurt thanÌ„e he was And so they strake out their thre strokê and finysshed their armes without any more domage And than went and rested theym and behelde the other Than came sir Johan Dambreticourt of Hey nalt agaynst sir Trystram de Laualle of Poictowe and they dyde their armes right valyantly without any domage and so left Than came Edwarde Beauchampe and Clarens of Sauoy the bastarde who was a squyer ryght hardy and stronge and bygger in all his membres thanÌ„e the Englysshe man was So they came eche agaynst other and mette with great wyll and strake eche other on the brest in suche wyse that Edwarde Beauchampe was ouerthrowen backewarde Wherof the Englysshemen were sore displeased And whanÌ„e he was vp agayne he toke his Speare and came agayne agaynst Clarens and so mette agayne And there Edwarde BeauchaÌ„pe was agayne ouerthrowen to the erthe wherwith theÌ„glysshe men were more sorer displeased and sayd how that Edwarde was to weake to medyll with the Frenche squyer the deuyll was on hym to iuste agaynst hym So than they were departed and shewed howe they shulde do no more And whan Clarens sawe the maner desyringe to perfourme his armes sayde Lordes ye do me wronge And sythe ye wyll that Edwarde shall do no more than sette some other to me in his stede that I may performe myne entprise The erle of Buckynghame demaunded what he sayd and it was shewed hym Than he sayd the frenche man spake valyauntly Than stept forthe an Englysshe squyer who was after a knight and was called Jenequyn Fetaceilles He came before the erle and kneled downe and desyred that he myght perfourme the batayle And therle acorded therto Than this Jenken Fetaceilles came forthe armed hym at all peces and toke his speare and the bastarde Clarens his and so mette eche at other and foyned and thrust so sore eche at other that the speares flewe all to peces ouer their heedes And at the seconde coupe they dyde in lykewise and at the thirde also So all their speares were broken so that all the lordes on bothe parties reputed this dede a goodly feate of armes Than they toke their swerdes the whiche were right byg and in sixe strokes they brake foure swerdes And thanÌ„e they wolde haue fought with axes but the erle wolde nat suffre theym And sayde he wolde nat se them fight at vttraunce Sayeng they had done ynough Than they drewe abacke and other came forthe As one Jeneken Clynton englysshe agaynst one Johan de Castell Morant frenche man who made them redy to do armes THis Jenken Clynton was a squier of honour with the erle of Buckynghame and ryght nere about hym Howe be it he was but sclender and small of body Therfore the erle was nat content that he shulde haue to do in armes with so bygge aman as Johan of the Castell Morant was How be it they were putte toguyder to assay and so they came right rudely toguyder But the englyssheman coude nat endure agaynst the Frenche man but with their foyninge the Englysshe man was ouerthrowen to the erthe Than the erle sayd howe they were nothynge euenly matched Thanne there came to Jenequyn Clynton certayne of the erles company and sayd Jenequyn ye are nat metely to acomplysshe out this feate of armes And the erle of Buckyngham is nat content of your enterprise and commaundeth you to go and rest you and so he departed And Johan of the Castell Moraunt seyng the maner sayde Sirs if
made with the erle so that he shuld besure of his lyfe Than he remeÌ„bred hym selfe of JohnÌ„ Lyon who was his maister and studyed by what meanes he wrought And he saw well that he coude nat do all thynge alone nor that he had nat the wytte and vnderstandyng to gouerne the hole towne of GauÌ„te Wherfore he thought he wolde nat haue the pryncypall charge but in all folisshe enterprises he thought couertly to haue the study of them Than he remembred hym selfe of a man the whiche was nat greatly taken hede of in the towne of GauÌ„t he was a wyse man but his wysdome was nat knowen nor he was nat taken hede of tyll the same day He was called Philip Dartuell sone to Jaques Dartuell who in his tyme .vii. yere togyder had the gouernaunce of all the countie of FlauÌ„ders And he harde Peter du boyse and JohnÌ„ Lion his maister and dyuerse other auncient men of Gaunte often tymes saye that the countrey of Flaunders was neuer more loued honored and feared than it was in the tyme of Jaques Dartuell the whiche endured yâ— space of .vii. yere And as than he hard dayly the gauÌ„ toyse say howe that whan Jaques Dartuell lyued theyr busynes was in good estate for than they sayd they might haue peace at their wyls the erle was glad whan he might ê‘don vs all Peter de Boyse remeÌ„bred well these wordes in hym selfe and sawe how Jaques Dartuel had a sonne called Philip a right couenable gracious man And the quene of Englande while the lay at GauÌ„t during the sege before Turney was his godmother and so for the loue of her he was named Philyp Than Peter de Boyse in an euenynge came to this Philip who was abydynge in his mothers house and lyued honestely on theyr rentes And Peter de boyse began to reason with hym and began to open the mater wherfore he was come to hym and sayd thus Philyp if ye wyll take good hede to my wordes and beleue my counsayle I wyll make you the greattest man in all the countie of FlauÌ„ders Howe can that be syr sayd Philip. I shall shewe you sayd Peter ye shall haue the gouernynge and mynistration of all them in yâ— towne of Gaunte for we be nowe in great necessyte to haue a souerayne capitayne of good name and of good renoume And so by this meanes your father Jaques Dartuell shall ryse agayne in this towne by the remembraunce of you for euery man saythe that syth his dayes the countrey of Flaunders hath nat ben so loued honored nor feared as it was while he lyued and I shall lyghtly set you in his stede if ye lyst your selfe And whan ye be in that auctorite than ye shall gouerne your selfe by my counsaile tyll ye haue ful vnderstandyng of euery case yâ— whiche ye shall soone lerne ThaÌ„ this Philip who was at mannes state and naturally desyred to be auaunced honored and to haue more thaÌ„ he had answered sayd Peter du boyse ye offre me a great thynge and I beleue you And if I were in the state that ye speke of I swere to you by my faythe that I shulde do nothynge without your couÌ„sayle Than Peter answerd and said Howe say you can ye beare your selfe high and be cruell amonge the comons and specially in suche thynges as we shall haue to do A man is nothynge worthe without he be feared doubted and some tyme renowmed with crueltie Thus must the fleÌ„mynges be gouerned AmaÌ„ must set no more by the lyfe of men nor haue no more pitie therof than of the lyues of swalowes or larkes the whiche be taken in season to eate By my fayth sayd Philip all this caÌ„ I do right well That is well sayd qd Peter And I shall make you so that ye shal be soueraygne aboue all other And so therwith he toke leaue of hym and departed The nyght passed the next daye came Than Peter du boyse came into a place Where as there were assembled moo than .iiii. M. of his secte and other to here some tydyng ê and to knowe howe they shulde be ordered and Who shulde be chief capitayne of Gaunte And there was present the lorde of Harzelles after Whom moche of the busynes Within Gaunte was ordred But of goynge outward he wold nat medle And so there amoÌ„ge them there was named dyuers persones of the towne of GauÌ„t and Peter de boyse stode styll and harde them well and than he spake openly and sayd Sirs I beleue well all this yâ— ye say ye speke of good affection and by great deliberation of corage that ye haue to the kepynge of the honour and profite of this towne And also suche persones as ye haue named be right able and haue well deserued to haue parte of yâ— gouernynge of the towne of GauÌ„te but ss I knowe one that if he wyll medle therwith I thynke ther shulde nat be a meter man therfore nor of a better name Than Peter was desired to shewe his name so he named hym and sayd Sirs it is Philip Dartuell who was cristened at saynt Peters in this towne of Gaunte by the noble quene of England called Philip. The same season that Jaques Dartuel was before Tournay with yâ— kynge of Englande and the duke of Brabant the duke of Guerles and therle of Heynault yâ— whiche Jaques Dartuell this Philips father gouerned the towne of GauÌ„te and the couÌ„trey of flaunders so well â–ª that it was neuer so well ruled syth as I haue hard say and do here dayly of the auncient men who had knowlege therof Who say the towne was neuer so well kepte syth as it was in his tyme for Flaunders was in a great iopardie to be lost by his wysdome he recouered it ser s knowe for truthe we ought better to loue the braunches and membres that cometh from so high a valiant man as he was than of any other And as soone as Peter du boyse had sayd those wordes Philip Dartuell entred so in to euery mans courage that they said all with one voyce Let vs haue hym we wyl haue none other go send for hym Nay nat so qd Peter du boyse let hym nat be sent fore it were better we went to hym we knowe nat as yet howe he wyll maynteyne hymselfe let hym first be examyned ¶ Of the ordynaunce of GauÌ„te And of the warre of Spaygne and of Por tyngale Cap. CCC .lxxx. ANd so with Peter du boyse wordes all they yâ— were ther and dyuerse other that folowed them came to the house where as Phylyp Dartuell was who knewe right well before theyr comynge yâ— mater There was the lorde of Harzell Peter du boyse Peter le mite and a .x. or .xii. of the chief aldermen of the craftes and there they shewed to Phylyp Dartuell howe the good towne of Gaunte was in great daunger withoute they myght haue a capitayne and a souerayne who both without and within might ordre al maner of
moneth of Auguste At whiche tyme the kyng helde a soleÌ„yne court at Westmynster and there were than a great noÌ„bre of nobles and lordes of Englande there was the erle of Northumberlande and the erle of Nottyngham and dyuers other lordes of the northe And the kyng made knightes the same day the yong erle of Penbroke and sir Robert Maubre sir Nycholas Twyforde sir Adam Francoys And after the feest the kyng was in purpose to ryde to Reedyng to Oxenforthe to Couentre to punysshe the yuell doers of the sayde rebellyon And so he dyde in lyke maner as he had done in Kent in Sussexe in Essexe in Bedforde and in Cambridge At this feest of oure lady at Westmynster after dyner there were great wordes bytwene the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Northumberlande The duke sayd to hym Henry Percy I beleued nat that ye hadde bene so great in Englande as to close the gates of any cytie towne or castell a gaynst the duke of Lancastre The erle humyled hym selfe in his spekyng and sayd Sir I deny nat that the knight dyde for I canne nat For by the strayt commaundement of the kynges grace here presente He straitly enioyned commaunded me that on myne honour and on my lyfe I shulde nat suffre any maner of person lorde or other to entre in to any cytie towne or castell in Northumberlande without he were heryter of the place Sir the kynge and the lordes of his counsayle can well excuse me For they knewe well ynoughe howe ye were in Scotlande wherfore they shulde haue reserued you What quod the duke say you that ther ought a reseruacyon to haue bene made for me who am vncle to the kyng and haue kept myne Herytage as well or better as any other hathe done next to the kyng And seyng howe I was gone for the busynesse of the realme in to Scotlande This excuse can nat excuse you but that ye haue done yuell and greatly agaynst myne honoure And haue gyuen therby ensample to bring me in suspect that I haue done or shulde do some treason in Scotlande Whan at my retournyng the kyngê townes be closed agaynst me and specially there as my prouisyon was Wherfore I say ye haue aquyted yor selfe right yuell And for the blame and sclaundre that ye haue brought me in to pourge me In the presens of the kyng here present I cast agaynst you here my gauge Reise it and yedare Than the kyng stepte forthe and sayd Fayre vncle of LaÌ„castre all that was done I auowe it I must excuse the Erle of Northumberlande and speke for hym For on payne of his lyfe we commauÌ„ded hym that he shulde kepe close all the townes on the marchesse and ye knowe well howe our Realme was in great trouble and parell The faulte was in the clerke that wrote the letters and the neglygence of oure counsayle For of trouthe we shulde haue reserued you wherfore I wyll and also desyre you to lay a parte this yuell wyll that ye haue to the Erle And I take the charge on me and discharge the erle in that behalfe Than kneled downe before the Duke the erle of Arundell the erle of Salisbury the erle of Suffolke the erle of Stafforde and the Erle of Dymester and sayde to hym Sir ye here howe amyably and truely the kynge spekethe Wherfore sir ye ought to condiscende to his pleasure Well quod the duke who was enflamed with yre I shall holde my peace And so mused a lytell and made the lordes to ryse and thanked them and sayd Fayre lordê there is none amonge you if ye were in lyke case as I am but I am sure ye wolde be sore displeased But as it pleaseth the kyng to haue it it is reason that I be content ther with So there the peace was made bytwene the duke and the erle by meanes of the kynge and the other lordes And the seconde day the kyng toke his iourney as is sayd before and a fyue hundred speares and as many archers folowed and euer costed the kynge in this vyage The kyng dyde great iustyce on them that had rebelled agaynst him HOwe lette vs leaue to speke of the kyng of Englande and speke of the erle of CaÌ„bridge his vncle shewe howe he dyde in Portyngale VE haue well herdhere before how therle of Cambridge lay in the hauyn of Plummouthe with a fyue hundred speares and as many archers abydinge for the wynde to sayle into Portyngale So longe he lay there that at last wynde and wether came and so disancred and departed towarde Lysbone where they thought to arryue And the first day they costed Englande and Cornewayle and the .ii. day also And the thyrde daye they entred in to the highe see of Spaygne and there they had harde fortune for there rose suche a teÌ„pest that they and all their shyppes were in great parell and harde adueÌ„ture of dethe And specially the shyppes wherin were the gascoyns As sir Johan of Newcastell the Souldicke of Lestrade and the lorde de la Barde and a fourtie knightes and squyers They lost the syght of the erle of Cambridge flete The erle and sir Olyuete Beauchampe marshall of the hoost and ser Mathewe Gourney constable and the Chanoyne Robersarde and the other passed this tempest in great daunger And so longe they sayled by the wynde and starres that they arryued at the cytie of Lysbone These tidynges came anone to the kynge of Portyngale who taryed and loked euer for the comynge of these englisshmen Than the kynge sende of his knightes to mete theym and so they were honourably receyued And the kyng Dampferant came out of his castell and mette with therle of Cambridge and receyued hym and all his with great honoure And so brought theÌ„ in to his castell and called for wyne and spyce And there was yonge Johan of Cambridge sonne to the erle Of whom the kynge of Portyngale made great ioye and sayde Beholde here my sonne for he shall haue my doughter they were bothe proper goodlye and all of one age These children had gret ioye eche of other and helde eche other by the hande In the meane season whyle the kyng of Portyngale made cher to the erle and to the other straungers all their companye were well lodged as they came oute of their shyppes for the Cytie of Lysbone was great and well furnysshed with euery thynge for it was well prouyded for agaynst the comyng of the englysshmenne So these lordes were mery and well at their ease Howe be it they were ryght sorie for their company that they thought were lost on the see in the tempest Or els driuen into the daÌ„ger of the moores in Granade the whiche yf it were so they thought them as good as lost so for them they made great complayntes and to say trouthe they were well worthy to be coÌ„playned for they were so sore tossed with the teÌ„pest that there were neuer men in greater
was good to entre on theym lytell and lytell For in lykewyse they shulde do with the other good townes in Fraunce Seynge that Parys dyde thus begynne Than the lorde of Coucy retourned to Parys and brought peace fro the kyng to the Parisyence so that they wolde kepe the promyse that they hadde made the which they sayde they wolde do And so a receyuer was apoynted to receyue the florence euery weke so that the money shulde nat go out of Parys for none other entent but to pay men of warr whaÌ„ nede requyred And that the money shulde nat be enployed to the kyngê vse norprofyte nor to none of his vncles Thus the mater contynued a certayne space and the Parisyence in peace but the kynge wolde nat come in Parys wher of the parisyence were sore displeased IN lykewise they of Rohane rebelled the common people rose and slewe the Cathelayne ther and all suche as had sette the imposycions aydes and gabelles on them And whan the kyng and his vncles herd therof they were right sore dyspleasedde For they doughted greatlye that other Cyties and townes wolde do in lyke case Than the kynge was couÌ„sayled that he shulde go to Rohan so he dyde and apeased the coÌ„mons there and ê‘doned them the dethe of his Chatelyne and of all that they had done And also they ordayned a receyuour to whome they payed euery weke a certayne somme of florens and so therby they were in peace So thus ther began great yuel in Fraunce and all toke fotynge and ensample of the gauntoyse for why as than all the commonties throughout all the worlde sayd howe they of Gaunt were good people and valyant lye had sustayned their fraunchises Wherfore they sayde they ought to be beloued praysed and honoured IT is to be knowen that the duke of Aniowe had a great and an high entent and ymaginacion to go to the realme of Napoles For he wrote hym selfe kynge of Puyle of Calabre and of Cicyle For pope Clement had gyuen hym that herytage by vertue of the letters pateÌ„tes that the quene of Napoles had gyuen hym The duke of Aniowe who was sage and ymaginatyfe and of highe courage and enterprise He sawe well that in tyme to come accordyng to the state that he had begon the whiche he was lothe to make lesse He thought therby to be no lytell lorde in Fraunce Whan so noble and highe herytages were fallen to hym as .ii. kyngdoms Napoles and Cicyle and thre ducheris as Puyle Calabre and Prouence for by reason of these couÌ„treis wherof he reputed hym selfe lorde and kyng He thought he shuld attayne to great rychesse and so therfore he set all his entent night and day howe he might ê‘fourme that viage And he knewe it wolde nat be without great conforte of golde and syluer and great company of men of warre to resyst agaynst all those that wolde let his viage So the duke of Aniowe for this occasyon gadered toguyder as moche rychesse as he coulde and kept hym in loue with them of Parys asmoche as he might for he knewe well that within Parys there was rychesse great habuÌ„daunce and also he sende to the Erle of Sauoye in whome he had great affyaunce Desyringe hym nat to fayle hym at this busynesse promysynge that as soone as he caÌ„e in to Sauoy he wolde gyue wages for a hole yere for a thousande speares of that countrey The erle of Sauoy had gret ioye of those tidynges for he greatly loued dedes of armes And he answered to the messangers howe he wolde gladly serue the duke by the sayde couynaunt Wherof the duke of Aniowe was gladde for he loued greatlye the coÌ„pany of the erle of Sauoy Besyde yâ— the duke of Aniowe retayned men of armes to the nombre of nyne thousande Than he made preparacyon for hym selfe and for his company at Parys of all maner of thynges As tentes pauylyons and all other ordynaunce as it shulde ê‘tayne for a kynge to do whan he is in purpose to go in to a farre countrey ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of hym for a season and returne to the erle of Cambridge and to his company beynge as than in Portyngale with the kynge there ¶ Howe the englysshmen rode with out any coÌ„maundement of the kyng of Portyngale And howe the castell of Sygheire in portyngale was taken Cap. CCC lxxxix THe erle of Cambridge and his company refreshed theym a longe space at Lysbone with the kyng of Portyngale And the englysshemen and gascoyns aduysed well the countrey by cause they had neuer bene there before And as I vnderstode there was a maryage accorded bytwene the doughter of the kyng of Portyngale who was of the age of tenne yeres and the erle of Cambridge sonne of the same age He was called Johan and the Lady named Beatryce At the weddynge of these two chyldrene there was made great feaste amonge the lordes and prelates of the realme and as younge as they were they were layde toguyder in one bedde So this maryage thus ended the whiche endured the space of eight dayes Than yâ— kynge of Portyngale and his counsayle ordayned yâ— the men of warr that were as than at Lysbon shulde deê‘te in to other places and kepe the froÌ„ters So therle of Cambridge and his coÌ„pany were ordayned to go lye in another towne called Estremour And the englysshmen and gascons shulde lye in another countre called Besy ouse and yonge Johan of Cambridge shulde abyde with the kynge and his wyfe Whan the Chanone Robersarde and the other englysshe knightê and gascons toke their leaue of yâ— kyng to departe to go to their garisons than yâ— kyng sayd to them Sirs I coÌ„maunde you ryde nat out agaynst our enemyes without my leaue knowledge for if ye do I wyll nat he content They answered howe they wolde nat ryde tyll they had his lycence and so thus they departed and so rode to yâ— towne of Besyous a .ii. dayes iourney fro Lysbone and asmoche fro Ceuyll wher as the kyng of Spayne lay Who knewe ryght well of the comynge of the erle of Cambridge and his company And sent worde therof in to Fraunce to suche as he thought wolde serue him And whan they knewe therof sawe that warre was likely to be in Spaygne they were gladde therof And dyuers suche as desyred to be auaunsed by the warre made them redy and toke their way in to Spayne THe Chanoyne Robersarde who lay in garyson at Besyouse with his company englysshe and gascoyns On a tyme he sayd to his company Sirs me thynke we lye here thus long styll nothyng to our honour We haue done as yet nothyng agaynst our enemyes wherfore they sette the lesse store by vs. Therfore and ye wyll it is my couÌ„saile that we sende to the kynge of Portyngale desyringe hym to gyue vs leaue to ride to do som what against his enemyes and they all answered and sayde We are content Than sir Johan
come thyder the daye of the batayle or the next day after or the saturday after or euer that Peter de Boyse came thyder they wolde haue suffred them to haue entred in to the towne with out any resystence to haue done what they had lyste but the frenche men toke no hede therto They thought right well to be lordes therof at their pleasure seynge that Philyppe Dartuell was deed they thought surely that the people of Gaunte wolde haue yelded them to the kynges mercy Howbeit they dyde nat so for they alone made greatter warre than euer they dyd before As ye shall herafter in this hystorie ON the friday the kyng disloged fro Rosbeque bycause of the eyre of the deed bodyes And he was counsayled to go to Courtray to refresshe hym there The Hase and dyuers other knightes squyers suche as knewe the countrey lepte on their horses and galowped streyght to Courtray and entred in to the towne for there was made no defence agaynst them The burgesses and their wyues and all other men women and chyldren entred in to cellars and into the churches to flye fro the doth so that it was pytie to se it Suche as entred first in to Courtray had great profyte by pyllage And so than after there entred the frenche men and bretons and euery man toke vp their lodgynge as they came And the kynge entred the firste day of Decembre Than there was a newe persecucyon made in the towne on the flemynges suche as were hydden about For as they were founde out they were slayne for ther was no man taken to mercy The frenche men and they of that towne hated eche other mortal lye bycause of a batayle that was ones fought before Courtray where as sir Robert Arthors and a great parte of the â—â—oure of FrauÌ„ce were slayne It was shewed the kynge howe yâ— there was in Courtray in the churche of oure Lady a chapell wherin were fyue hundred gylte spurres parteyninge of olde tyme to the lordes and knyghtes of Fraunce suche as had bene slayne at the sayde batayle of Courtray The whiche was in the yere of oure lorde god a thousande thre hundred and two And they of Courtray ones a yere made therof a great triumphe and solempnyte Wherfore the kyng sayd it shulde be derely bought and so it was after for at his departynge he sette the towne a fyre to the entent that it shulde be knowen euer after howe that the frenche kynge had bene there And anone after that they kynge thus come to Courtray there came thyder a fyftie speares fro the garyson of And warpe with sir Danyell of helwyn to se the kynge who made theÌ„ ryght good chere and so dyde all the lordes And whanne they had bene there a day than they retourned to And warpe to their company ¶ Howe they of Bruges yelde them selfe vnder the obeysaÌ„ce of the french king and howe they of Gaunt were reconforted by Peter de Boyse Cap. CCCC .xxiiii. THe bretons and they of the voward shewed well by their demeanoure that they hadde great desyre to go to Bruges to pylle to robbe the towne The erle of FlauÌ„ders who loued ryght well the towne of Bruges wolde nat by his wyll that the towne shulde be clene distroyed and also he was enformed howe they of Bruges were disconforted and greatly abasshed He had pytie on theym and sayde to his sonne the Duke of Burgoyne Sir if they of Bruges wolde come to aske mercy for goddessake lette them nat be refused For if the towne be ouer ronne with these bretons it shall neuer be recouered agayne but lost for euer the duke agreed well therto Thus whyle the kyng lay at Courtrey they of Bruges lyued in great feare and wyst nat what to do outher to avoyde the towne or els to abyde the aduenture And so at last they determyned to sende two freres to the kyng to Courtrey to obtayne a saueconduct for twelfe of the best of their towne to coÌ„e and speke with the kynge and his counsayle These two freres came to Curtrey and spake with the kyng and his counsayle and with the erle of Flaunders who molefyed the mater as moche as he might The kyng graunted for these twelfe burgesses this saueconduct to go and come to speke with hym So thus these freres retourned to Bruges And so twelfe of their burgesses departed and went to Courtrey to the kynge and to his vncles They kneled downe on their knees before hym and sayd Sir we requyre yor grace to take and accepte vs as your owne and to do with all the men of the towne at your pleasure But sir for goddessake haue pytie of vs. Let nat the towne be distroyed nor loste For sir yf it be distroyed many good men are vtterly vn done for euer And sir in that we haue ben contrarie to oure naturall lorde it was by the puissaunce of Philyppe Dartuell and of the gauÌ„toyse For and that hadde nat bene the towne of Bruges hadde benefull trewe to their lorde The kynge entended well to their wordes by the meanes of the erle of Flaunders who was there present Who kneledde downe before the kynge and desyredde to haue mercy for theym Than it was shewed theym that to apease the bretons and the menne of warre lyenge in the feldes bytwene Courounte and Bruges that it muste behoue theym to paye some certayne some of money and so there was comunyng on that mater and it was demaunded of them to pay two huÌ„dred thousande frankes So at last it was determyned that they shulde pay sixe score thousande frankê thre score thousaÌ„de in hande and the resydue at Candelmas next after and so therby to lyue in rest and peace and clerly to become liegmen to the french kyng and to owe to hym faythe homage and obeysaunce Thus the good towne of Bruges abode in peace and nat robed nor pylled wherwith yâ— bretons were ryght sore displeased for they had thought to haue had great profyte therby so that some of them sayd whan they sawe that the peace was made and lykely to haue no more warre This warre of Flaunders is no thyng profytable for vs for we haue lytle aduauntage therby let vs returne in to our couÌ„trey but let vs go through Haynalt for duke Aubert who hath the gouernynge there came nat to ayde nor to helpe his cosyn therle of FlauÌ„ders but hath dissymuled with hym wherfore it is good that we go and vyset hym for he hathe a good countrey and a fat we shall â—ynd none that wyll let vs the way and so let vs recouer our domagê and our wages yuell payed So there were all of one accorde to the nombre of .xii. hundred speares what of bretons burgonyons sauosyns and of other countreis O what ieopardy the good countre of Heynalt was in but the knowledge therof came to the gentyll erle of Bâ—oyes who was there as one of the great lordes among other and one of the
opinyons They of GauÌ„t sayd howe it was no trust on the promyse of the erle For surely they sayd howe he wolde begyle them if he might So all thynges consydred the englysshmen answered to the bysshop of Liege howe that he myght departe whan it pleased hym for as to his requestes they wolde in no wyse agre therto sayeng howe they wolde neuer departe fro the siege tyll they had the towne of Ipre at their coÌ„mauÌ„dement So whan the bysshop of Liege sawe that the coulde do no more in the mater he toke his leaue and retourned to Lysle and shewed the erle his answere Whan the erle sawe that it wolde be none other wyse he was more peÌ„syue than he was before parceyued clerely that with out the puyssaunce of Fraunce reysed the siege he was lykely to lese the good towne of Ipre Than he wrote all the matter and answeres to his sonne in lawe the duke of Burgoyne who lay at Compayne And the bysshoppe of Liege departed fro the Erle and went to Doway to Ualencennes and so to his countre tHe duke of Burgoyne sawe well how the maâ—â—ers of Flaunders dyde ryght yuell and were lykely to do without the kynge putte to his hande and purueyed for some remedy He dyde so moche that a great counsayle was somoned to be holden at Compayne with the great princes and lordes of the Realme of Fraunce So thyder came euery man that was sende for and thyder came personally the duke of Bretayne And ther it was agreed by the kynges counsayle the Duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone and the duke of Burgoyne Howe the kynge shulde go agayne in to FlauÌ„ders as puissantly as whan he went to Rosebeque to the entent to reyse the siege at 〈◊〉 â–ª and to fight with thenglysshmen if they wolde abyde hym All these thyngê agreed and accorded the frenche kynge sende his coÌ„maundement throughe out all his realme that euery man shuld be redy in their best apparell for the warre and to be the fyftene daye of August at Arras â–ª and there about The kynge sende also to them of farre countreis as to the erle of Armynake and of Sauoy and to the duke Frederyke of Bauyers This duke was of hyghe Almaygne and was sonne to one of the dukes bretherne and greatly he desyred ones to bere armes â—or them of Fraunce and to se the estate of FrauÌ„ce for he loued all honour Also he was enfourmed that all the honoures of the worlde was in Fraunce And bycause this duke was farre of therfore he was sende for first He prepared hym selfe redy and sayde howe he wolde passe throughe Heynalt to se his vncle his cosyn the erle of Bloys other In the meane season that these lordes aparelled themselfe yâ— sege endured styll before â—pre and dyuers sautes scrimysshes made and dyuers hurt of bothe ê‘â—ies But the capitayne of Ipre sir Peter de la sieple toke so good hede yâ— he had no domage THis siege thus endurynge the Erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle was enformed howe the mynster of the towne of Emenyn was sore in decay And howe that if thenglysshmen came thyder they shulde lightly wynne it for it was nat kept Wherfore the erle was couÌ„sayled to sende and to repayre it Than the erle called sir Johan de Moulyne and sayd Sir Johan take men out of this towne and cros bowes and go to Emenyn and repayre agayne the mynster And kepe and defende it fro the englysshmen for if they shulde haue it they wold yuell trouble the countrey all about â–ª the knight answered he was content and so prepared himselfe And the next day departed and with hym a yonge knyght a bastarde sonne of the Erles called sir Johan Sansterre and they were in nombre about a threscore speares and threscore archers Thus they departed fro the towne of Lysle and rode towarde the towne of Emenyn and so came thyder and founde no body there but suche as were there at their pleasur Than they caused the mynster to be newly repayred and sette men a warke theron The same daye there rode forthe fro the siege of Ipre a two huÌ„dred speares Englysshe and Gascoyns who knewe by the forangers yâ— they mette that ther were men of armes and cros bowes in the towne of Emenyn and repayringe and fortifyeng the churche Than the Englysshmen rode thyder and as soone as they came before the mynster they a lyghted a fote and beganne to crye their cryes WhanÌ„e sir Johan of Moulyn and the bastarde of Flaunders sawe their maner that it behoued them to fight they putte theym selfe in order and caused their Crosbowes to shote wherwith dyuers englysshmeÌ„ were hurt howe be it incoÌ„tynent the Englysshmen entred in amonge them There was of so fewe men a sore scrimysshe many slayne and hurt howe be it finally the englysshmen were so many that the flemynges coulde nat endure theym but so they were disconfyted and the two knyghtes taken yet right valyantly they had defended theÌ„ selfe There were but a fewe that retourned to Lysle for nigh they were all taken and slayne Thus it fortuned of the aduenture of Emenyn wherwith the erle of Flaunders was right sore displeased but he coude nat amende it The englysshmen brought their prisoners to the siege of Ipre and within a whyle after they put theÌ„ to their raunsome ¶ Howe thenglysshmen and flemynges of Gaunt made dyuers assautes before Ipre howe the freÌ„che kyng departed fro Compayne and wente towarde Ipre to reise the siege there Cap. CCCC .xxxvi. THus often tymes falleth the adueÌ„tures of dedes of armes somtyme to wyn somtyme to lese the aduentures therof are ryght marueylous as they knowe rightwell that folowe it This styll coÌ„tynued the siege before Ipre and it was thenteÌ„cyon of the bysshop of Norwiche of the englysshmen of Peter de Boyse and of the gauÌ„toyse to wyn Ipre by assaut or otherwyse And accordyng to their enteÌ„tes often tymes they assauted and scrimysshed with them of the towne And amonge all their assautes there was one speciall great assaute whiche endured all a day tyll it was nere night And there was done many a proper dede of armes â–ª as well by them without as by theÌ„ within There was made the same day foure knightes within the towne as sir Johan de la syeple cosyn to the capitayne sir Fraunces Bell sir George Bell and sir Johan Bell was the fourth They were good knyghtes and dyde acquyte them selfe right well the same day There was slayne with a gon a proper squyer of EnglaÌ„de called Lewes Lynne This was a sore assaute and many hurt on bothe ê‘ties as suche as aduentured them selfe to sore The archers of Englande who stoode on the one syde of the dyke shotte vp arowes so thicke that almoost there was none within the towne durst loke out ouer the walles nor scant stande at their defeÌ„ce they of Ipre gadered bp the same day two tonne full of artyllary
she went agayne to the wall and came to the maÌ„ that watched there and shewed hym as she dyde before and declared all yâ— she had sene and herde and counsayled hym to go to the gate to sehowe it was kept For surely 〈◊〉 she shortly ye shall here of the gauÌ„toyse I wyll go my way I dare no legarabyde I haue shewed you all that I haue sene herde do nowe as ye lyst for I wyll come no more this nyght And so the good poore womandeê‘ted and the man remembred her wordes and wente to the gate where he founde the watchmen playenge at dyse and sayd to them Sirs haue ye surelye closed your gates and barryers there was a woman caÌ„e right nowe to me and shewed me thus and thus as ye haue herde before They answered and sayd all is safe ynoughe In an yuell tyme of the night that woman is come hyder to trouble vs. It is kene and calues are broken lose and she weneth the noyse be gauÌ„toyse I warrant you they haue no lyste to coÌ„e hyder In the meane season whyle they were thus talkynge Fraunces Atreman and his company were come and entred the dykes wherin there was no water And there they brake downe a certayne of the pales before the wall and so rered vp their ladders and entred in to the towne and went streight to the market place without so wnynge of any noyse tyll they came thyder there they founde a knight called sir JohnÌ„ Florence of Hulle who was lyeutenant vnder the capitayne of the towne And he kepte there the standynge watche with a .xxx. men in harnesse with hym And as soone as the gauntoise were entred in to the place they cryed Gaunt Gaunt and strake at the watche and the sayde knyght was slayne and all his coÌ„pany Thus the towne of And warpe was taken Howe they of And warpe were put out of the towne none abode there but gauntoyse And howe Amergot Marsell toke the castell of Marquell in Auuerne and howe it was gyuen vp by coÌ„posycion for fyue thousande frankes to the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne Cap. C C C C .xl. SUche as were a slepe in theyr beddes in Ande warpe were sore abasshed whan they herd that cry and saw their towne taken and coude nat remedy it For the gauÌ„toyse brake vp their houses byforce slewe them without any defence makyng they were taken so sodenly wherfore there was no recouery therfore euery man saued him selfe yâ— might best The men fledde out of their houses all naked lept ouer the walles and left all behynde them and waded throughe the dykes and waters about the towne The ryche men bare nothyng away with theÌ„ for they were happy that might saue theÌ„ selfe a lyue Ther was the same night a great nombre slayne in the towne and drowned in the dykes and waters Thus it for tuned of this aduenture And in the moruynge whan the gauntoyse sawe howe they were lordes of the towne than they put all women and chyldren out of the towne naked in their shertê and smockes or in the worst tayment they had and so they went to Tourney suche as were escaped some went to Mount to Achacondent to Ualencennes and to Tourney Tidynges came to many places howe And warpe was taken wherof they of Gaunt were greatly reioysed and sayd howe Fraunces Atreman had achyued a great and an highe enterprise whiche ought to tourne to his great valur and prayse Thus Fraunces Atreman abode capitayne of And warpe and wanne there great riches and great prouisyon which came well to poynt for the towne of Gaunt as whete otes and wyne the whiche they of the towne had gadered togyder out of Fraunce Flaunders and Turney But all that was of Heynalte was saued they toke nothyng therof but that they payed for In yâ— same season ther fell nere suche a lyke adueÌ„ture in Auuergne where as englysshmen helde dyuers castels marchyng on the lande of the erle Dolphyn and of the bysshop of saynt Fleure of Cleremont And bycause they that were there in garyson knewe well howe all the countre was voyde of men of warre and howe that the lordes and knightes therof or at leest moost parte of them were with the kyng in his voyage in Flaunders Therfore they thought they wolde assay to steale and to scale some towne or fortresse And so it happed that Amargot Marsell capitayne of Aloyse a right strong castell within a myle of saynt Fleure toke a .xxx. of his company and rode couertly towarde the lande of therle Dolphyn And his entent was to assay to take by stelthe yâ— castell of Marquell wherby the erle Dolphyn beareth his armes so he came thyder throughe the wodes and taryed in a lytell woode nere to the castell tyll the sonne went downe and that all the beestes and men of the castell were entred in in the meane season that the capitayne called Grandon Buyssell satte at supper The Englysshmen redy apparelled to do their enâ—prise dressed vp their ladders and entred into the castell at their ease They of the castell were walkyng beneth in the courte and whan they sawe their enemyes on the walles they cryed treason treason whan the capitayne herde that he thought there was no remedy but to saue him selfe by a preuy way that he knewe whiche went out of his chambre in to the great towre whiche was cheife defeÌ„ce of all the castell He drewe thyder and toke the keyes with hym and closed him selfe in the towre whyle that Amergotte entended to other thynges And whan they sawe that the capitayne was scaped in to the towre whiche was to strong to be wonne by them Than they sayd they hadde done nothyng and repented theÌ„ that they were entred for they were enclosed within the castell and coude nat get out agayne at the gate than Amergotte went to the towre to speke with the capitayne and sayd to hym Grandon delyuer me the keyes of the gate of the castell and I promyse the we shall departe hens without doyng of any more hurt No ê™ Grandon but ye wyll lede away my catell wherin I haue great trust Gyue me thy haÌ„de quod Amergot and I shall swere to the by my faythe that thou shalt haue no domage Than the folysshe capitayne putte out his hande at a lytell wyndowe to th entent that he shulde swere to hym And as soone as Amergotte had his hande in his he drewe it to hym and streyned hym sore and drewe out his dagger and sware that without he wolde delyuer all the keyes to him he wolde nayle fast his hande to the gate Whan Grandon sawe hymselfe in that case he was sore abasshed and nat withoute a cause For he sawe well that Amergot wolde nayle fast his haÌ„de to the gate without he delyuered the keyes and so he delyuered them with the other hande for they were nere hym Nowe quod Amergotte to his company haue I natte well disceyued this foole
and in Haynalt to serue for yâ— voyage into ScotlaÌ„de And in Arthoyse at Lysle at Doway and at Turney There was moche bysquet made and other prouysion a longe the see syde for Harflewe to Sluse whiche was the princypall hauen where they thought to take shippynge ¶ Howe the lady of Brabant caused to be called a counsayle wherat there was the duke of Burgoyn the duke Aubert and she in the cytie of Cambray to treat for the mariage of their chyldren Cap. CCCC .xlix. THe duches of BrabaÌ„t beyng a wydow for yâ— duke Wyncelent of Boesme was deed for whose deth she had greate sorowe at her â–ª harte lay at Brusels and it greatly displeased her yâ— trowble that she sawe in Flaunders gladly she wolde haue made a peace and she might for she vnderstode that the gauntoyse dayly fortifyed them selfe by reason of the englisshmen who promysed them great comforte Also she sawe well her nefewe yâ— duke of Burgoyne who shulde be by right enherytoure of Flaunders and one of the greattest enherytours of the worlde as thanÌ„e likely to be was sore troubled by the gauÌ„toyse Also she sawe well that the duke Aubert chefe of Haynault and the duches his wyfe had fayre chyldren to gyder two sonnes and doughters as thaÌ„ vnmaryed Also she knewe that the duke of LaÌ„castre was in treaty of maryage for Philyppe his doughter had by the lady Blaunche his first wyfe and the eldest sonne of duke Aubert who shuld be right enherytour to the erledome of Haynault of Holande and of zelande And so the sayd lady douted that if there were alyaunce made bytwene Englande and Haynaulte that the frenche men wolde haue indygnacion therat and so ther by the ioly countre of Haynalt outher couertly or openly suche as shulde passe out of Fraunce in to Flaunders comynge or goyng shulde be sore troubled and greued and the rather bycause that duke Aubert by the meanes of the holaÌ„ders and zelanders suche as be marchyng on the see syde dyd comforte dayly yâ— gauntoyse in dyuers maners wherof the duke of Burgoyne his counsayle were well infourmed therof wherfore he loued duke Auberte neuer the better and yet he was therof nothyng gylty for as for the holanders and zelanders the warre of FlauÌ„ders touched theÌ„ no thynge they wolde nat therfore defende their marchaundyses to rynne The sayd good lady consideryng all these thynges and parels that myght ense we she aduysed to bringe these two dukes togyder yâ— duke of Burgoyne and the duke Aubert and yâ— she wolde be the meane to treate bytwene them Also she though to entreat the duke of Burgoyne that the gauntoyse myght coÌ„e to mercy So this lady on this aduyse and ymaginacyon wolde nat let it slepe but set clerkes and messaÌ„gers a warke and she dyd somoche bytwene these two dukes yâ— there was a day assygned to mete at Cambray they and their couÌ„sayls howbeit bothe dukê knewe nat the full entent why this lady caused yâ— counsayle To this counsayle acordyng as they had promysed in the moneth of January about the xii day there came to the cytie of Cambray the duke of Burgoyne the duke Aubert and their counsayls and the duches of Brabant who opened to theÌ„ all the mater why they were there assembled First she shewed to yâ— duke of Burgoyne howe he was a great lorde and lykely to be and howe he had fayre chyldren howe that he shuld be happy to bestowe theÌ„ well and nobly and to the moost auauntage for him and his countrey saynge howe as than in her opynion she knewe no place so metely for them as the couÌ„trey of Haynalt Holande and zelande to bringe their couÌ„treys to a perfyte peace and to gyue feare and doute to their enemyes For fayre nephewe ê™ she I knowe for trouthe that the duke of Lancastre is right puyssant in England and dothe that he can that his doughter were maryed to WyllimÌ„ of Heynalt your soÌ„ne and heyre And sir I had rather se the profyt of you and of your chyldren than of the englysshe men Fayre aunt quod the duke I thanke you I beleue you well I am content and ye canne bringe it a boute to let my doughter Margarete be maryed to the heyre of Haynalt Than the lady went fro one parte to the other to treat for this maryage The duke Aubert to whome these tydinges were newe answered right curtesly and sayd howe he hadde there as than no counsayle suche as he wolde haue What counsayle wolde ye haue quod the duches or what want you to do well and to bringe your countrey in peace I lacke my wyfe ê™ the duke and without her I wyll do nothyng in this mater for she hathe as moche parte of my chyldren as I. Also fayre aunt â–ª it is metely that the nobles of the countrey be enfourmed therof well ê™ the duches I pray god all be for the best And than she thought at their departinge to desyre them to mete agayne in the same place in Lent tyme and to bringe their wyues and their counsayls with them This lady dyde all this so secretly that fewe folkes knewe wherfore the couÌ„sayle was Thus the two dukes departed fro Cambray The duke of Burgoyne went to the cytie of Arras where as the lady his wyfe was and the duke Aubert returned in to HolaÌ„de where as the lady his wyfe was And the Duches of Brabant retourned in to her countrey and euer secretly she wrote and sent to eyther party and tooke great payne to bringe agayne these lordes and their wyues in to the cytie of Cambray for greatly she desyred this mariage to be confyrmed for to bringe in vnite and concorde Flaunders Brabant and Haynalt to gyder SO moche dyd this good lady yâ— she and the sayd dukes their wyues and counsayls came agayne to Cambray and ther was done great honoure for eche of them enforsed them selfe to do honoure eche to other There was the duches Margarete of Burgoyn and the duches Margaret of Heynault who helde sore in this treaty saynge yâ— if her sonne shulde mary Margarete of Burgoyne she wolde also that her doughter shuld mary JohnÌ„ of Burgoyne and so to make a crosse maryagâ— wherby shulde be yâ— more coniunction of loue And so two of the chyldren of Burgoyne shulde be maryed in to one howse The duke of Burgoyne thought it was ynough to mary his doughter and excused Johan his sonne saynge howe hâ— was to yonge of age to be maryed for the dukâ— of Burgoyne had ymaginacion to mary Jo 〈…〉 his sonne with Katheryne of Fraunce suster 〈…〉 his nephewe the french kyng So thus on 〈…〉 poynt the treaty was lyke to haue fayled for the duches of Bauiers sayd howe there shulde be made no maryage of any of her chyldren with out they were both maryed Alwayes she helde this purpose ther coude no man breke her therof The duches of Brabant hadde great payne to go fro the one to the other and
to bringe the treaty toguyder So moche she dyd alegynge and she wynge so good reasons specially to the duke and duches of Burgoyn that finally they went through and concluded that yâ— sonne and doughter of the duke of Burgoyne shulde be maryed to the sonne and doughter of the duke Aubert of Bauiers And yâ— let of the mater fyue dayes before was for a mater that the duke of Burgoyns couÌ„sayle feared for they vnderstod that duke Aubert had nat bene in trewe possession of Heynalt but in possibylite therof for as than lyued erle Willyam of Haynault his brother and lay sore sycke at Ouesnoy the whiche erle myght recouer and ouerlyue duke Aubert his brother and if he so dyd they thought clerely and feared greatly that his other bretherne shulde haue the gouernynge of Haynault and the chyldren of duke Aubert to be put clene out For this dought they made a delay in this maryage the space of fyue dayes tyll at last it was clerely knowen that duke Aubert hadde no mo bretherne but the Erle of Haynault so that he coulde nat put the herytage fro duke Aubertes chyldren WhanÌ„e these thynges were knowen there was thanÌ„e no lenger delay but these maryages were sworne couenaunted that WillymÌ„ of Haynalt shulde haue in maryage Margaret of Burgoyne And Johan of Burgoyne to haue to his wyfe Margarete of Haynault and that all these shulde retourne to Cambray â—o parforme the solempnisacion of these maryages at the vtas of Ester than next after In the â—ere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred four â—ore and fyue ¶ Hâ—we the frenche kynge the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Heynalt made their â—rouisyon to be at CaÌ„bray And of â—â—nessage of the duke of Lancastre 〈…〉 it to the erle of Haynalt and of the 〈…〉 yages of the chyldren of Haynalt a 〈…〉 Burgoyne â—p CCCC .l. THus euery man departed fro Cambray the duke of Burgoyne returned in to Fraunce to the king and the duches his wyfe returned to Arras the duke Aubert and the duches his wyfe retourned to the towne of Ouesnoy in Haynalt And the lady of Brabant in to her countrey Than warkmen were sette awarke to make redy lodgynges in the cytie of Cambray and men were sent thyder to make prouisyon so great and so costly that it was marueyle to consydre This feast was cryed publysshed abrode to be holden at Cambray the weke after the vtas of Easter Whan the frenche kyng was enfourmed of this besynes he sayd he wolde be at the maryages of his cosyns And so he seÌ„t to CaÌ„bray the stewardes of his howse to make prouisyon for him acordyng The bysshopes palays was taken vp for the duke of Burgoyne and his prouysion made there howbeit they were fayne to delyuer it vp for yâ— kyng Than carpenters and masons were set a warke in the palays to make it after astate royall whiche warke as yet apereth for before this feast it was nat in remembrauÌ„ce of man nor harde of two hundred yere before so great a feast and solempnyte as was than aê‘elled For the lordes to make theÌ„ fresshe and gorgious to exalte their estates spared no more money than it had fallen fro the clowdes and euery man helped other Tidynges of these mariages came to Englande the duke of Lancastre who alwayes hoped that Willyam of Haynalt shulde haue had to his wyfe his doughter at leest he was borne so in hande â–ª he was right pensyue and sore troubled with those newes And whanÌ„e he had well ymagined to knowe the trouthe therof he sent certayne persons of his howse to GauÌ„t to speke wiâ—h duke Auberte And whanÌ„e these messangers came to Gaunt there they fouÌ„de sir JohnÌ„ Bourchier and the aldermen of Gaunt Peter du Boyse and Fraunses Atreman who made them right good chere And so ther they taryed two dayes and fro thence they went to Mons in Heynalt and so to Quesnoy and there they came to the duke and he and the duches and his children receyued them goodly for the honour of the duke of Lancastre and made them good chere And in lykewise so dyd the lorde of Gouuighen Than the mayster of the byenge of the wolles of Englande spake first after he hadde de lyuered his letters of credence recoÌ„maunded the duke of Lancastre to the duke Auberte his cosyn And than he spake of other thynges as he was charged to do And amonge other thynges he demaunded of duke Auberte as I was enfourmed if it were his entent to perceyuer in the maryage with yâ— chyldren of the duke of Burgoyne With those wordes the duke a lytell chaunged colour and sayd ye sir truely by my faythe wherfore do you demaunde Sir 〈◊〉 he I demaunde it bycause the duke of Lancastre hathe alwayes hoped vntyll this tyme that my lady Philyp his doughter shuld haue had my lorde Willyam your sonne ThanÌ„e the duke sayd coÌ„panyon say to my cosyn yâ— whan soeuer he mary his chyldren I shall nat marueyle nor be dismayed therat â–ª no more he hath to do to take any care for the maryenge of any of my children nor whether I wyll mary them or nat nor whan nor to whome This was the answere yâ— thenglisshmen had of duke Aubert So thus they toke theie leaue departed and went the same nyght to Ualencennes and the next day to Gaunt Of them I can tell no more but I thynke they retourned in to Englande WHan Easter came as than acounted a thousande thre hundred fourscore and fyue yeres of our lorde the freÌ„che king the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke Aubert the duches his wyfe the duches of Brabant the duches of Burgoyne sir Willyam and sir JohnÌ„ of Namure came to Cambray The kynge went to yâ— palys that was his lodgynge euery man drewe to their lodgynges ye may well beleue and knowe that where the frenche kyng was and where as there was many noble princes great ladyes there was great and noble chiualry The king entred the monday at none and all lordê and ladyes met him without the towne and so he was conueyed with trompettes and great plenty of mynstrels And so brought to the palys The same monday in the presence and before all the great lordes was renewed the couenauntes of maryages and WillmÌ„ Dorset shulde haue the countye of Ostrenant the lady Margaret his wyfe was endowed with the lande of Acque in Brabant And yâ— duke of Burgoyn gaue his doughter a hundred thousande frankes Thus they made their porcyons The tuysday at the hour of Masse they were wedded in the cathedrale churche of our lady of Cambray with great solempnyte The bysshoppe of Cambray dyd the obseruaunce who was called Johan Borne of Brucels At the dyner ther was shewed moche noblenes The kyng caused the two lordes and the two ladyes newly maryed to syt at his table and other lordê serued There sate at dyner the constable of Fraunce the marshall of FrauÌ„ce sir
to be marueyled howe prouisyon myght be had to suffyce suche an hoost Howe be it somtyme they lacked and somtyme they had great habundaunce tHe erle Guy of Bloyse beynge at Beaumont in Heynault though it were so that he was nat in good helthe for the longe malady that he was in ymagyned in him self that it shulde nat be honorable for him to lye styll and so many great lordes beynge in the felde and also he was sent for he was one of the chiefe apoynted to the reregarde Therfore he thought it were better for hym to go forthe putte hym selfe at the pleasure of god than to abyde behynde and that men shulde suppose in him any cowardnes This geÌ„tyll knight went forthe but he coude in no wyse endure to ryde therfore he was caryed in a horselytter and so toke leaue of the lady his wyfe and of Loys his sonne Dyuers of his couÌ„sell were agaynst his voyage bycause the season was very hote for a sicke man But euery man that herde spekyng therof reputed in hym a great valyantnesse with hym departed out of Heynault the lorde of Sanzest the lorde of Hauselles sir Gerard of Warryers sir Thomas of Dystre the lorde of Doustrenent sir Johan of Guysenell who was made knight the same vyage and dyuers other So thus this erle passed by Chambrey and so caÌ„e to Arras And the more he rode and traueyled the better he had his helthâ— his owne men were before with the kyng And whaÌ„ they herde howe their lorde was comynge they caÌ„e and mette hym And so than he was to the nombre of foure hundred speares and prouisyon euer folowed after hym out of Heynaulte great plentie ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the kynge tHe frenche kyng so spedde in his iourney that he came to saynt Omers and there rested and refresshed hym his vowarde The coÌ„stable and the marshals went towarde Mount Cassell that the Englyssmen kepte They assayled the towne and wanne it with assaute and all that were within slayne Suche as scaped wente to Bergues where as sir Hughe Caurell was with hym thre thousande englysshmen but the bysshoppe of Norwiche was gone to Grauelynge the soner to be at Calays if nede were All the countrey about Cassell was brent and pylled by theÌ„glysshmen and the frenche kyng deê‘ted fro saynt Omers and lay at an abbey called Raynombergues ther rested all that friday The saturday in the mornyng the vowarde the constable the marshals the lorde of Coucy and a great nombre of good men of armes went to the castell of Trughen where ther were a thre huÌ„dred men of armes that kepte it all that season And there the frenchmen made a great and a sharpe assaut the englysshmen that were within defended theÌ„ selfe marueylously How be it by pure dedes of armes the Castell was conquered and all that were within slayne for the coÌ„stable wolde take none to mercy And in the base court ther was fouÌ„de the fayrest white horse that might be sene the whiche was presented to the constable and he sende him incoÌ„tynent to the kyng The horse pleased so the kyng in suche wyse that he rode theron the sonday all day Than came therle of Bloys in to the hoost he was of the reregarde as he was the yere before at the batayle of Rosebeque Th erle of Ewe therle of Harcourt the lorde of Chatellon and the lorde Fere all these in his coÌ„pany And styll aproched men of warr on all sydes The season was clere and fayre or els there wolde haue ben moche a do ther was suche a nombre of men and horses ¶ Howe theÌ„glisshmen after the sege of Ipre were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues and howe they departed thens went to Burborke whan they sawe the kyngê puissaÌ„ce Cap. CCCC .xxxviii. IN the towne of Bergues whiche was closed with nothing but with pales and small dikes TheÌ„glisshmen were gone thider saue the bysshop of Norwich who was at Graueling sore abasshed and repeÌ„ted hym that he had made that vyage for he sawe well he was likely to forsake his coÌ„questes with great blame And also in that he had beforesayd and vaunted howe the kynge came to reyse the siege before Ipre he wolde abyde fight with hym all his puissaÌ„ce which wordê were spred abrode thrughout all the real me of FraÌ„ce and than he saw well how he was fayne sodenly to deê‘te fro the sege for his puissance was nat able to resyst agaynst the frenche kyngê puyssaÌ„ce which he thought shulde turne to his great blame And also theÌ„glysshmen beynge in Calys sayd howe they had right yuell enployed the popes money to say the trouthe the duke of LaÌ„castre beyng in Englande who had by the bysshopes iourney lost his vyage in to Portyngale was nothyng sorie that the mater went as it dyde For whan sir WyllmÌ„ Wynsore sent to theÌ„ as they lay at the sege offred theÌ„ newe ayde and coÌ„fort the bysshop sir ThomÌ„s Tryuet sir WyllmÌ„ helmon answered said howe they had men ynowe wold haue no mo to fight with the freÌ„che kyng all the might of FrauÌ„ce But sir Hugh Caurell who had sene more of suche maters than all thother spake alwayes to the coÌ„trarie For he sayd to the bysshop and to thother whan thoffre was made theÌ„ out of Englande for more ayde What wyll ye do sirs ye wyll trust to moche in your owne puyssaunce Why shulde we refuce the confort of our coÌ„pany whan it is offred to vs and the realme of Englande wolde we had it paraduenture a day maye fall that we shall repent it But his wordes coulde nat be herde but euer they sayd they had men ynowe So thus the mater went so that at length they lost more than they wan wHan sir Hughe Caurell was withdrawen to Bergues he founde ther with the Englysshe archers mo than foure thousande Than sir Hughe sayd Let vs kepe this towne it is stroÌ„g ynough and we are people ynowe to kepe it I thynke within fyue or sixe dayes we shall haue confort out of EnglaÌ„de for they of Englande knowe by this tyme what case we be in And euery man sayde they were coÌ„tent Than they ordred the towne and their company and sette euery man to his defence to kepe the walles and the gates they caused all the women and chyldren to drawe in to a churche and nat to dparte thens The french kynge beyng at Raynombergues vnderstode howe the englysshemen were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues Than he toke couÌ„sayle and it was determyned to go thyder and that the constable and marshall shulde go first and lye in a wynge on the farthersyde of the towne And than the kyng the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbone their companyes shulde folowe And than the erle of Bloyes and the erle of Ewe and the reregarde shulde go on another wynge of the towne and so close
the Englysshmen rounde about This purpose was holden The kynge departed fro Raynombergues and all his people ordred in the felde It was great beautie to beholde shynynge agaynst the sonne to ba 〈…〉 s penons clere bassnettes and so great nombre of people that the eye of man coude nat nombre theÌ„ their speares semed a great thicke wode Thus they rode in four batayls towarde Bergues and about the hour of thre an heraude of Englande entred in to the towne he had passed through the frenche army by sufferaunce He came to sir Hughe Caurell and sir Hughe demaunded of hym a high that euery maÌ„ herde hym heraude fro whens comyst thou Sir quod the heraude I come fro the frenche hoost wher I haue sene the moost fayrest syght of men of armes the greattest noÌ„bre that euer I sawe I trowe ther is no kynge can assemble so many to guyder agayne These goodly men of armes quod sir Hughe what nombre doest thou call them of ser quod he they are well .xxvi. thousande men of armes the most goodlyest men and best armed that can be deuised Ah quod sir Hugh Caurell who was sore displeased with those wordes yâ— art well made to forge a gretlye I knowe well thou lyest falsely For I haue often sene the asseÌ„blies of Fraunce but they were neuer yet fouÌ„de togider .xxvi. thousaÌ„d nor yet scant sixe M. of good men of armes Therwith the watchman of the towne so wned his trumpet for the kyngê vowarde was comyng to passe by the towne walles Than sir Hughe sayd to suche knightes squyers as were about hym let vs go se these xxvi thousande meÌ„ of armes they are comyng I here by oure watchman So than they went to the walles and leaned out and behelde the kynges vowarde passynge forby the towne in the whiche warde there were .xv. C. speares The coÌ„stable and the marshals the maister of the crosbowes the lorde Coucy after them the duke of Bretayne therle of FlauÌ„ders and therle ofâ—aâ—â— Poule and with them about a .xv. C. speares Than sir Hugh Caurell wenyng to haue sene the hole army of FrauÌ„ce sayd beholde if I said true or uat yonder ye may se the .xxvi. M. men of armes if they be thre M. they be .x. M. Let vs go to dyner for as yet I haue nat sene no noÌ„bre that shuld cause vs to leaue the towne this heraude wolde abasshe vs well if we wolde beleue him the heraude was a shamed but yet he sayd sir ye haue sene as yet no more but the vowarde The kyng and his vncles are as yet behynde all their puyssaunce And behynde theÌ„ is the reregarde wher as there is mo than two thousande speares and sir all this shall yese with in this four houres if ye wyll tary to se it Sir Hugh Caurell made no force at his wordê but went to his lodgynge and sayd I haue sene all togyder so sat downe to his dyner 〈…〉 and as he sat the watche began again to blowe as sore as he coude Than sir Hugh rose fro the table and went to the walles to se what is was Ther he sawe comyng the kyng his vncles duke Fre deryke the duke of Lorayne therle of Sauoy the dolphyn of Auuergne the erle of Marche there coÌ„panyes In this gret batayle ther was well a .xvi. M. speares than sir Hugh Caurell thought himselfe desceyued sayd the heralde sayd truely I was in the wrong to blame him let vs go hens lepe vpon our horses let vs saue our bodies and our goodes it is nat good here to abyde I neuer sawe so moche before of the state of Fraunce I neuer sawe so many men togyder before as I se yonder in the vowarde myddell warde yet I am sure ther is a reregarde behynde Than he deê‘ted fro the walles and went to his logyng and so they trussed all their baggages mouÌ„ted on their horses wtout makyng of any noyse and opyned the gate towarde Burbourke so deê‘ted and ledde with theÌ„ all their pyllage but if the freÌ„chmen had taken good hede they might haue ben before theÌ„ but they knewe it nat of a long tyme they were first nere at Burborke sir Hugh Caurell right sore dyspleased tourned his horse taryed tyll his coÌ„pany were coÌ„e togyder than he sayd to sir ThomÌ„s Tryuet and to other yâ— were preseÌ„t Sirs by my faythe we haue made this season a shamefull iourney there issued out of Englande neuer a more vnhappye armye ye haue wrought at your pleasur and haue beleued the bysshoppe of Norwiche who thought to haue flyen or he had wynges Nowe we may se the honourable ende that we must abyde All this viage my wordes might nat be beleued what soeuer I sayd yonder nowe we may se Burburâ— if any of you wyll go thyder ye may but as for me I wyll go to Grauelynge and so to Calais for I se well we be nat men suffycient to fyght with the armye of Fraunce Some of the Englysshe knightes who knewe right well that he sayd trouthe answered and sayde Sir a goddesse name we wyll go to Bourbourke and abyde there suche aduenture as god wyll sende vs. And so sir Hughe Caurell departed fro theÌ„ and they entred into Burbourcke THe frenche kynge was anone certifyed that thenglysshmen were departed our of Bergues and gone to Bourborke and lefte Bergues clene voyde Than the gates of the towne were sette opyn and the kynge entred all suche as wolde The first that entred fouÌ„de great pyllage whiche the Englysshmen coude nat cary away The ladyes of the towne were saued sent to saynt Omers but the men were nere hande all slayne And so the towne of Bergues was set a fyre and the kyng departed bycause of the fyre and went and lodged in a vyllage therby This was on a friday and the lordes lodged abrode in the feldes as well as they might they were happy the season was so fayr and drie for if it had bene colde and were they shulde full yuell agone any farther to gette any forage It was marueyle howe the forage was gette for so many horse for there were mo than thre hundred thousande It was great wonder howe such an hoost myght be vitayled but the saturday whan they came before Bourborke they determyned to close in all the englisshmen and to assayle the towne in trust to wyn it specially the bretons had great desyre to assayle the towne for the great pyllage that they trusted to fynde therin ¶ Howe the freÌ„che kyng withall his hoost came to Burborke and of the order of the englysshmen within the towne howe Fraunces Atreman wan And warpe Cap. iiii C .xxxix. ON the saturday in the mornyng it was right faire and clere the host prepared them selfe to coÌ„e before burbourcke The vowarde the duke of Bretayne the erle of Flaunders therle of sait Poule the constable of Fraunce and thre thousande