shewed outwardly Thus sir Peter of Craon perceyuered styll in his opynyon and deuysed in his imagynacion by the entysyng of the dyuell who neuer slepeth but waketh and enbraseth their hartes to do yuell that enclyneth to his exortacion Thus the dyuell dayly layde the mater before this knyghtes eyen or he put the mater to execusyon but if he had iustly ymagyned the doutes and parelles and myscheuousnesse that myght fall by his yuell dede reasone and wyse atemperaunce shulde haue caused hym to haue done otherwyse But it is often tymes said that the great desyre that a man hath to haue the execusyon of that thynge or it be fallen often tymes quencheth reason and wysdome therfore often tymes vyces are maysters and vertues vyolate and corrupted and for bycause that specially this syr Peter of Craon had so great affection to the dystructyon of the constable therfore he lyghtly enclyned to the temptacion to do outrage and folly and thought that if he myght slee the constable and returne agayne safely in to Bretayne that no man wolde seke hym there if they dyd he trusted that the duke wolde excuse hym and that if the worste fell that the Frenche kynge came thyder with a great puyssaunce than in a nyght to entre in to a shyppe and so to go to Burdeaux to Bay on or in to Englande and there he thought well he shulde nat be pursewed for he knewe well that the englysshe men hated the constable bycause of the crueltyes that he had doone and consented to be done sythe he was tourned frenche howe be it before that he had done many notable seruyces to the englysshe men as it hath ben rehersed here before in this hystory SIr Peter of Craon for to accoÌ„plyssh his desyre had longe studyed in his mynde howe to brynge his purpose to passe and kepte his purpose close and secrete I knowe nat if he shewed it to the duke of Bretayne or nat some thought â—es bycause after the dede done by hym and his company he toke the next way he coude in to Bretayne and tooke for his sauegarde the duke of Bretaygne and also before the dede done he solde his castelles and herytage that he had in Aniou to the duke of Bretaygne and renyed his homage to the frenche kynge and sayd howe he wolde go ouer the see Of all these maters I passe breuely but I shall declare the dede for I syr Iohan Froysart auctour of this hystory whan this vnhappy dede was doone by syr Peter of Craon agaynste syr Olyuer of Clysson I was the same tyme at Paris wherfore I ought to be well enfourmed of the mater acordyng to the enquery that I made therin to knowe the trouthe The same tyme this syr Peter had in the towne of Parys a fayre house standynge in the churche yarde of saynt Iohans as dyuers other lordes had in the cytie for their pleasure In this house there was a keper syr Peter of Craon had sent of his seruauntes to Parys and they prouyded largely in the house with wyne corne flesshe salte and other prouysyons Also he had writen to the keper that he shulde bye certayne armure as cotes of stele gauntletes stoles and other harnesse for .xl men and that doone to sende hym worde therof to thentente that he wolde sende for them and secretly all this do be done The keper who thought none yuell and to obey his maysters coÌ„maundement bought all this marchauÌ„dyse And all this season he was in a castell of his owne in Aniou called Sable and he sent one weke thre or four seruauntes to his house in Parys and so wekely tyll he had there a .xl. and shewed them nothynge for what cause he sent them thyder but he charged them to kepe them selfe close in his howse in any wyse and what so euer they lacked the keper of his house shulde prouyde for it and on a daye I shall shewe you the cause why I sende you thyder before ye shall haue good wages They dyd as he commaunded them and came priuely to Parys and entred in to the house by nyght and in the mornynges for as than the gates of Parys nyght and daye stode open There assembled in that house so many togyther that they were a .xl. companyons hardy men and outragyous Howe be it there were some that if they hadde knowen wherfore they came thyderê they wolde nat haue come there yet they kepte them selfe secrete Than at the feest of Pentecost syr Peter of Craon came to Paris secretly entred into his howse dysguysed lyke a seruaunt Than he called for the porter that kepte the gate and sayd I coÌ„maunde the on payne of thy lyfe let no man woman nor chylde entre in to this house nor none to go out without my coÌ„maundement The porter obeyed as it was reason and so dyd the keper and he coÌ„maunded the kepers wyfe her chyldren to kepe her chambre and nat to issue out therof wherin he dyd wysely for if the woman and chyldren had gone abrode in the streates the comynge thyther of syr Peter Craon had been knowe for chyldren and women naturally are harde to kepe counsayle of that thynge a man wolde haue kepte secrete Thus syr Peter and his company were secretly in his howse tyll the day of the holy sacramente and euery day syr Peter had a brode his spyes that brought him worde of the state of syr Olyuer Clysson and tyll that daye he coulde fynde no tyme to execute his enterprise wherwith he was sore displeased in hym selfe The said day the frenche kynge kepte a feest with open courte with all the lordes that were there Also the quene and the duches of Thourayne were there in great ioy and solace The same day after dyner the yonge lusty knyghtes were armed and iusted valyauntly in the presence of the kynge and of the quene and other ladyes and damosels and contynued tyll it was nere nyght and by the iudgement of the ladyes and harauldes the price was gyuen to syr Gillyam of Flaunders erle of Namure And the kynge made all the lordes and ladyes a great supper and after supper daunced tyll it was one of the clock after mydnyght than euery man departed to their lodgynges some to one place some to another without feare or doute of any thyng Syr Olyuer of Clisson who as than was constable of Fraunce departed fro the kynges place last of all other and had taken his leaue of the kynge and than went through the duke of Thourayns chambre and sayde to hym Syr wyll ye tary here all nyght or els go to your lodgyng of Poullayne This Poullayn was the dukes treasourer and dwelte a lytell besyde the sygne of the Lyon of syluer Than the duke sayde constable I can nat tell as yet whether I do tary here or els go thyder go ye your waye to your lodgynge for it is tyme. Than syr Olyuer toke his leaue of the duke and sayd syr god sende you
the kyng and oftentymes talked togider and men of warre before behynde in great nombre and all suche as were of the kynges courte rode toguyder in a company That night they laye about Oxenforde The duke of Lancastre ledde kyng Richarde by no castelles nor good townes for feare of styring of the people but alwayes kepte the feldes Than the duke gaue lycence to a great nombre of his people to departe and sayd Sirs ye maye departe for we haue that we desyre the kynge can nat flye nor scape fro vs we our owne company shall bring hym to London and putte hym in sauegarde in the towre he and all his are my prisoners I may bringe them whider I wyll Therfore sirs go your wayes home tyll ye here other newes They dyde as the duke coÌ„maunded theÌ„ who toke the way to Wyndsore and came thyder and moost parte of the LoÌ„doners retourned to London other to their owne places the duke of LaÌ„castre deê‘ted fro wynsore wolde nat ride by Colbroke but toke the way by Shene so caÌ„e to dyner to Chersay the king had desyred the duke that he shulde nat bringe hym London waye nor through the cytie and therfore they tooke that waye As soone as they had the kynge thus in their handes they sente notable ê‘sones to the yong quene who was at Ledes in Kent And they caÌ„e to the lady Coucy who was seconde persone there next to the quene and sayd to her Madame make you redy for ye must deê‘te hens and at your departyng make no semblant of displeasure before the quene but saye howe your husbande hath sent for you for your doughter also This that we saye loke that you do accomplysshe on payne of your lyfe nor axe ye no questyons no further And ye shal be conueyed to Douer and there haue a shyppe that shall bring you to Boloyne the lady who douted those wordê for she knewe well Englysshemen were cruell and hasty said sirs as god wyll I am redy to do as ye wyll haue me Anone she made her redy and horses were prouyded for her and for her coÌ„pany So all Frenche men and women departed and they were conueyed to Douer at the next tyde they toke shippyng and had good wynde and so arryued at Boloyne ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the state of quene Isabell of englande and howe she had all newe ê‘sones apoynted to wayte vpon her and howe kyng Richarde was sette in the towre of London Capi. CC.xlii AS for the state of the quene was so tourned and broken for there was lefte nouther man womon nor chylde of the nacion of FraÌ„ce nor yet of Englande suche as were in any fauour with the kyng Her house was newly furnisshed with ladyes and damoselles and other offycers and seruauntes They were charged all that in no wyse they shuld nat speke of the kynge nat one to another Thus the duke of LaÌ„castre departed fro Cherisay and rode to Shene and fro thens in the nyght tyme they conueyed the kyng to the towre of London and suche other knightes and squyers as the kyng wolde The nexte mornyng whan the Londoners knewe that the kynge was in the towre they were gretly reioysed but there was great murmuring among theÌ„ bycause the kyng was conueyed thyder so secretely They were angry that the duke had nat brought hym throughe London openly nat to haue done him honor but shame they hated hym so sore Beholde the opinyon of coÌ„mon people whaÌ„ they be vp agaynst their prince or lorde and specially in Englande amonge them there is no remedy for they are the peryloust people of the worlde and most outragyoust if they be vp and specially the Londoners and in dede they be riche and of a great nombre There was well in LoÌ„don a. xxiiii thousaÌ„de men in harnesse complete and a.xxx. thousande archers and they were hardy hygh of corage the more blode they sawe shedde the lesse they were abasshed ¶ Nowe lette vs somwhat speke of the erle of Rutlande constable of Englande sonne to the duke of yorke who was taryed at Bristowe and the lorde SpeÌ„ser with hym who had his suster to wyfe Whan they knewe that the castell of Flynte was gyuen vp and the kynge taken and brought to London thanÌ„e they thought surely the matters wente nat well for the kynge Therfore they thought no lengar to tary there and gaue leaue to al their men of warre to departe and the erle of Rutlande and the lorde Spenser rode toguyder with their owne seruauntes to Hull in the marchesse of Wales a fayre maÌ„ner of the lorde Spensers there they taryed tyll they herde other tidynges And the duke of yorke laye styll in his castell medled with nothynge of the busynesse of Englande no more he dyde before he toke euer the tyme aworthe as it came howbeit he was sore displeased in his mynde to se suche difference within the realme and bytwene his nephues and blode ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to speke of kynge Richarde WHan the duke of Lancastre had set his cosyn kyng Richard in the towre of London and certayne of his couÌ„saylours and had sette sure kepynge on theÌ„ The fyrst thyng than that the duke he sent for the erle of Warwyke who was banysshed and coÌ„maunded to lye in the ysle of Wyght and discharged hym clene therof secondly the duke of Lancastre sent to therle of Northumberlande and to the lorde Percy his sonne that they shulde come to hym and so they dyde After he enquered and sought out to haue the foure companyons that had strangled his vncle the duke of Gloucestre in the castell of Calais They were so well sought out that they were all taken They were sette in prisone aparte in LoÌ„don than the duke of Lancastre and his couÌ„sayle toke aduyse what shulde be done with kyng Richarde beyng in the towre of LoÌ„don where as kyng Iohan of Fraunce was kept whyle kynge Edwarde wente in to the Realme of FrauÌ„ce Than it was thought that king Rycharde shuld be put fro all his royalte and ioy that he hath lyued in for they sayd the newes of his takynge shulde sprede abrode in to all realmes crystened He had been kynge .xxii. yere and as than they determined to kepe him in prisone Than they regarded what case the realme stode in and dyd put all his dedes in artycles to the nombre of .xxviii. Than the duke of Lancastre and his counsayle went to the towre of London and entred in to the chambre where kynge Rycharde was and without any reuerence makynge to hym there was openly redde all the said artycles to the whiche the kynge made none aunswere for he sawe well all was true that was layde to his charge sauynge he sayd all that I haue doone passed by my counsayle Than he was demaunded what they were that had gyuen couÌ„sayle and by whome he was most ruled he named them in trust therby to haue ben delyuered himselfe in
at Bayon greatly dyscomfyted in that he coulde get no maner of ayde Cap. C .xxvi. ¶ Howe the duke of Berrey sente letters to the duke of Lancastre to Bayon and howe the duke sente the copye of the same letters in to Foyze and in to Nauerre to the entent to haue them publysshed in Spayne and howe the duke of Bretaygne demaunded counsayle of his men in all his busynesse Capi. C .xxvii. ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne delyuered vp the thre castelles of syr Olyuer of Clyssons and howe he receyued ioyously the lorde of Coucy and his company ambassadours fro the frenche kynge and howe the duke of Lancastre made great chere to syr Helyon of Lignacke seneschall of Xaynton abmassadoure fro the duke of Berrey Cap. C .xxviii. ¶ Nowe the kynge of Castyle sente his ambassadours to the duke of Lancastre to treate for a maryage to be hadde bytwene his sonne and the dukes doughter and howe at the request of the duke of Berrey a truse was made by the duke of Lancastre in the countreys of Tholousyn and Rouergne Cap. C .xxix. ¶ Howe the Dukes of Berrey and of Burgoyne departed to go to Bloyes and howe the duke of Bretayne came thyder and howe the dukes dyd so moche that they had hym to Parys in maner agaynst his wyll Capi. C .xxx. ¶ Howe Lewes kynge of Cycyle entred in to Parys in estate royall and howe the duke of Bretayne entred on the nyght of saint Johan the Baptyst the yere of grace a thousande thre hundred fourscore and seuyn and of a dede of armes done before the kynge at Moutereau fault yon bytwene a knyght of Englande called syr Thomas Harpyngham and a frenche knyght named syr Johan de Barres Capi. C .xxxi. ¶ Howe the duke of Bretaygne entred in to Parys and came to the castell of Loure to the frenche kynge Cap. C .xxxii. ¶ Howe the erle of Arundell beynge on the see more than a moneth came to the hauen of Maraunt a lytell fro Rochell and howe he sent a messanger to Perot le Bernoys that he and other capytayns shulde kepe the feldes Capi. C .xxxiii. ¶ Howe they of Marroys and Rochelloys were sore afrayde of the Englysshe men that were a lande and howe they of Rochell made ask rymysshe with theym and howe after the englysshe men had pylled the countrey about Maraunt they drewe agayne to the see with their pyllage whiche was great Capi. C .xxxiiii. ¶ Howe Perot le Bernoys and his companyons resorted agayne to their holdes with great pyllage and howe the duke of Guerles coulde haue no ayde of the Englysshe men to reyse the siege before Graue and howe the brabansois made a brige ouer the ryuer of meuse the whiche they of Guerles dyd breake bryn and dystroy as ye shall here after Capi. C .xxxv. ¶ Howe the Brabansoys passed the ryuer through the towne of Rauesten ouer the bridge there and so entred into Guerles Than the duke departed fro Nymay with thre hundred speares and came agaynst them and dyscomfyted them bytwene Rauesten and the towne of Graue Cap C .xxxvi. ¶ Howe the duke of Guerles after he had discomfyted the brabansoys he went agayne to Nymay and howe tydynges came to the frenche kynge and howe the kynge sent ambassadours to the kynge of Almayne Capi. C .xxxvii. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge gaue leaue to the duke of Bretaygne to retourne in to his countrey and howe the couÌ„trey of Brabant wolde nat consent to the kynges passage nor his army and howe the ambassadours of Fraunce spedde Capi. C .xxxviii. ¶ Howe the erle of Bloys sent to the frenche kinge two hundred speares and howe the duke of Lorayne and the lorde Henry of Bare came to the kynge and howe the dukes of Julyers and of Guerles knewe that the frenche kynge came on them Capi. C .xxxix. ¶ Howe syr Hellyon of Lygnacke made his reporte to the duke of Berrey and howe the lordes of Scotlande assembled toguyder in the cytie of Berdane and determyned to reyse vp an armye to entre into Englande and of an englyssh squyer who was taken by the scottes who knewe the secretes of bothe realmes Englande and Scotlande Capi. C .xl. ¶ Howe kyng Richarde yelded hym selfe to the erle of Derby to go to London Cap. Fo. CCC .xi. ¶ Howe the erle Duglas wan the penon of sir Henry Percy at the barryers vpon Newe castell vpon Tyne and howe the scottes brent the castell of Pondlen and howe syr Henry Percy and syr Rafe his brother tooke aduyse to folowe the scottes to conquere agayne the penon that was lost at the skrymysshe Capi. C .xli. ¶ Of the state of quene Isabell of Englande and howe she had all newe ê‘sones apoynted to wayte vpon her and howe kynge Richarde was sette in the towre of London Capi. CC .xlii. ¶ Howe sir Henry Percy and his brother with a good nombre of men of armes and archers went after the scottes to wyn agayne his penon that the erle Duglas had won before Newcastell vpoÌ„tyne and howe they assayled the scottes before MouÌ„tberke in their lodgynges Cap. C .xlii. ¶ Howe the erle James Duglas by his valyantnesse encoraged his men who were reculed and in a maner disconfited and in his so doynge he was wounded to dethe Capi. C .xliii. ¶ Howe in this bataile sir Rafe Percy was sore hurte and taken prisoner by a scottiss he knyght Cap. C .xliiii. ¶ Howe the scottes wanne the batayle agayust the Englysshe men besyde Ottebridge and there was taken prisoners sir HeÌ„ry and sir Rafe Percy howe an Englisshe squier wolde nat yelde hym no more wolde a scottysshe squyer and so were slayne bothe and howe the bysshoppe of Durham and his coÌ„pany were disconfyted amonge them selfe Capi. C .xiv. ¶ Howe sir Mathewe Reedman deparred fro the batayle to saue hym selfe and howe sir James Lymsey was taken prisoner by the bysshoppe of Durham and howe after the batayle scurrers were sent forthe to discouer the countrey Cap. C .xlvi. ¶ Howe the scottes departed caryed with them the erle Duglas deed and buryed hym in the abbey of Nimayes and howe sir Archambault Duglas and his company departed fro before Carlyle and retourned in to Scotlande Cap. C .xlvii. ¶ Howe the duke of Jullyers came and excused hym selfe of the defyaunce that his son the duke of Guerles had made to the Frenche kyng and so became his subiette and of dyuers reates of armes done bitwene the freÌ„che men and the almaygnes before Rencongne Cap. C .xlviii. ¶ Howe the duke of Julyers and the archebysshop of Coloygne departed fro the Frenche kyng and wente to Nimaye to the duke of Guerles and howe by their meanes he was reconsyled and brought to peace with the Frenche kynge and with the duchesse of Brabant Cap. C .xlix. ¶ Howe the erle of Arundell and the knyghtes of Englande beyng on the see by fortune of the wynde came to the palyce besyde Rochell whose beynge there was signifyed to sir Loyes of
delyuered the castell of Douer to the frenche men And they enformed the people that he caused the frenchmen to come in to FlauÌ„ders and to Sluse whiche was nothyng so And also in the dispyte of the kyng they haue shaÌ„fully slayne sir Robert Triuylien so they wyll do other if they maye atteygne to their ententes Wherfore I saye that it were better for the kyng to vse rygour and puyssauÌ„ce than gentylnesse Euery man knoweth thorough the realme that he is kyng and howe that at Westmynster the noble kyng Edwarde made euery man to be sworne bothe lordes prelates and all the good Townes that after his dyscease they shulde take the kynge here for their soueraygne lorde and the same othe made his thre vncles And it semeth to many as men dare speke that they holde him nat in the state and fourme of a kynge for he may nat do with his owne what he lyst they driue hym to his pensyon and the quene also whiche is a herde thyng for a kyng a quene It shulde seme they wolde shewe that they had no wytte to rule themselfe and that their couÌ„saylours be traytours I saye these thynges are nat to be suffred As for me I hadde rather dye than longe to lyue in this dauÌ„ger or peryll or to se the kynge to be ledde as his vncles wolde haue hym The kynge thanne sayd Surely it pleaseth nat vs. and I saye ye haue counsayled me as honourably as maye be for the honour of vs and our Realme AT this counsayle at Bristo we it was ordayned that the duke of Irelande shulde be soueraygne of all the kynges men of warre suche as he coude get to go to LoÌ„don to knowe the perfyte ententes of the londoners Trustynge that if he myght ones speke with them to â—ourne them to his acorde by reason of suche proftes as he wolde make them in the kynges name And so within a shorte space after the duke of Irelande with a fyftene thousand men deê‘ted fro Bristowe and rode to the cytie of Oxenforde there aboute he lodged and all his people and had baners displayed of the kynges armes and none other to shewe that all he dyde was in the kynges tytell and quarell tydingê came to the kynges vncles that the duke of Irelande aproched towardes LoÌ„don with a .xv. thousande men with the kynges baners displayed And on a daye all the lordes were at counsayle at Westmynstâ—r and had with theÌ„ the chefe of LoÌ„don suche as they trusted best and there they shewed them how the duke of IrelaÌ„de was comyng agaynst them with an armye royall The londoners who were enclyned to their partie sayde sirs let theÌ„ come in the name of god yf the duke of Irelande demauÌ„de of vs batayle he shall haue it incoÌ„tynent we will close no gate we haue for xv M. men nat and they were .xx. The dukes were right ioyfull with that answere incoÌ„tynent they sent out knyghtes squyers and messangers to assemble men of warre togyder fro dyuers ê‘ties suche as were sent for obeyed for so they had sworne and promysed before Men came fro the bysihaprike of CauÌ„terbury Norwiche and out of the couÌ„ties of Arundell and Sussex and of Salisbury and Southampton and out of all the countreis therabout London And so great nombre of people came to LoÌ„don and knewe nat what they shulde do ¶ Howe the duke of Irlande sente thre knyghtes to London to knowe some tydynges And howe the kynges vncles they of London went in to the feldes to fyght with the duke of Irelande and his affinyte Cap. xcviii NOwe let vs soÌ„what speke of the duke of Irelande of his couÌ„sell being at Oxford with a .xv. M. men howbeit the most parte of them were come thyder by constraynt rather than of good corage Than the duke of Irlande aduised to knowe thenteÌ„tes of theÌ„ of LoÌ„don to sende sir Nicholas BraÌ„ble sir Peter Golofer and sir Michaell de la Pole to the towre of London to go thyder by water and to set the kynges baners in the hyght of the towre to se what the londoners wolde do These thre knyghtes at the duke of Irlandes request deê‘ted fro OxeÌ„forde the next day they passed the TeÌ„mes at the bridge of Stanes rode to dyner to Shene the kynges place and there taryed tyll it was late fro thens rode to another house of the kyngê called Kenyngton and there they lefte their horses toke botes went downe the water with the tyde passed LoÌ„don bridge so came to the towre was nat knowen for no man was ware of their comynge And there they frouÌ„de redy the capitayne of the towre whom the kynge had sette there before and by hym these knyghtes knewe moche of the dealyng of them of LoÌ„don and of the kynges vncles And the capitayne shewed them howe they were come thyder to lodge in great dauÌ„ger Why so ê™ they We be the kynges seruauÌ„tes and we may well lodge in his house Nat so quod the capitayne All this cytie the counsaile wolde gladly be vnder the obeysauÌ„ce of the kyng so that he wolde be ruled by his vncles by none other And this that I shewe you is of good wyll for I am bouÌ„de to shew you and to couÌ„saile you to the best of my power but I am in dout to morowe whan day cometh that it be knowen in London that seruauntes of the kynges become hyther ye shall se this towre besieged bothe by lande water by the londoners nat to deê‘te hens tyll they se and knowe who is lodged within it And if ye be founde here ye shal be incontynent presented to the kynges vncles And than ye may well ymagin what ende ye shall come to I thynke they be so sore displeased agaynst the kynges couÌ„sayle and agaynst the duke of IrelaÌ„de that ye be taken ye shall nat escape with your lyues study well vpon these wordes for I assure you they be true ¶ Than these thre knightes who had wende to haue done marueyls were fore abasshed there determyned to tary all night as secrete as they coulde for feare of spyeng And the capitayne promysed to kepe them sure for that nyght and so kept the keyes with hym And in the mornynge these kynghtes had dyuers ymaginacions counsayles to se howe they shulde deale And all thynges coÌ„sydred they durst nat abyde the aduenture to be knowen there they feared greatly to be there beseged And or day came whan the fludde was come they tooke a barge and passed the bridge and went to Kenyngton And whan it was daye they toke their horses and rode to Wyndsore and there taryed all that nyght and the nexte day they rode to OxeÌ„forde and there founde the duke of Irlande his men to whom they shewed all these tidynges howe they durst nat tary at the towre of LoÌ„don the duke was pensyfe of those tidynges wyst
and certayne ouer throwen on bothe partyes But to say the trouth the frenchmen were better expert men of armes than the auenturers and that semed well for there were none of the aduenturers that returned agayne without it were the varlettes who fledde and saued them selfe whyle other dyd fyght There were .xxii. taken and syxtene slayne on the place and the capitayne taken prisoner and thus they departed ¶ Howe syr Iohan Boesme launceled these prisoners to Moūte Ferant and howe they of the countrey were glad whan they herde of this enterprise and howe Generot his company were sette to raunsome and delyuered by the money that Perot of Bitrne lente hym Cap. C.xviii IN rydyng ledynge these prysoners Boesme lauce aduysed and remembred hymselfe howe that a moneth before he had ben in the towne of Mount ferante in Auuergne sportyng amonge the ladyes and damosels there and howe they hadde desyred hym at a tyme sayeng Fayre brother Boesme launce ye ryde often tymes abrode in to the feldes may it nat so fortune that at somtyme ye myght rencounter your enemyes I shall shewe you why quod one of the damosels such one as was in great fauoure with Boesme launce Syr quod she I wolde fayne se an englysshman asquyer of this countrey called Gurdines hathe shewed me often tymes howe the englysshmen are experte men of armes the whiche semeth ryght well to betrewe for they ryde often tymes abrode and do many propre deades of armes and taketh dyuerse of our castels and kepeth them At whiche tyme this gētleman Boesme launce answered her and sayd Dame if euer it be my fortune to take any ye shall se hym Syr I thanke you quod the damosell Thus after the foresayde enterprise whan this promyse came in to his mynd he forsoke than the way to Cleremonte whiche was nat farre of and tourned to the way to Mountferant nat farre thence Of his comyng to Mountferant and of the iourney that he had atchyued agaynst the aduenturers who sore troubled the countrey all the people of Moūtferant were right ioyfull and made hym good chere Than he toke his lodgynge and vnarmed hym the ladyes and damosels came to make hym chere and receyued him ryght swetly he was a sage knyght Than he thanked them and sayde to her that had desyred hym before to se some englysse man Dame I wyll acquyte me to you I made you promyse nat past a moneth a go that if it myght be my fortune to take any englysshe man to shewe hym to you and as this day god hath gyuen me the grace to mete with some that be ryght valyant for in armes they haue gyuen vs ynoughe to do howe be it we hadde the victory They be no englysshe men naturally borne they be gascoyns and make warre for the englysshmen they be of Byerne and hyghe Gascoyne ye shall se them at good leyser for the loue of you I haue brought them to this towne and he◠they shall remayne tyll their raūsomes be payed The ladyes and damoselles laughed at him and tourned the mater to a great sporte and sayd to hym Sir all we thanke you And so there he taryed a thre dayes amonge them he kept good company with his prisoners and put them to raunsome for he sawe well they were but poore companyons aduenturers and he thought it were better to hange them drowne them or raunsome them rather thanne to suffre so many of them to abyde styll in the towne And so whan he departed thence he sayd to Geronet Syr ye shall abyde here with a certayne for all the reste of your company and the other shall departe and go seche your raunsome And that ye shall paye I shall apoynte them that shall receyue it and whanne the money is payed ye shall departe Therfore remembre well nowe what I do for you if any of ours herafter hap to be in lyke case do in lykewyse Syr quod Geronet I am bounde so to do and so we be all Thus Boesme launce departed and retourned agayne to the syege of Vandachor And a twelue of the prysoners taryed styll in Mounteferante and the other departed and went to Galuset to Perot of Bernois to haue of hym .xxii. hundred frankes They that taryed styll at Moūtferant lay and made good there and no great watche layde on them but they went vp and downe in the towne at their plesure and so were there a fyftene dayes and in that season they lerned moche of the state of the towne the whiche cost after a hūdred thousande frankes WHan the capytayne of Galuset was infourmed of the aduenture of Gere not of Mandurant how that he and his company were ouer throwen by sir Iohan Boesme launce he made lytell therof and said to theym that came to hym for the money for their raūsomes Syrs ye are come for money for their delyueraunce howe saye ye it is nat so yes truely sir quod they we trust they shall nat be alwayes in this losse they haue no gages well sirs quod he as for me I nother care for their pledges nor yet for their losses they shall haue nothynge of me I made them nat to go for the they rode at their owne aduēture therfore ye may shewe them let aduenture delyuer them Thynke you that I wyll enploye my money after that sorte nay surely I canne haue alwayes cōpanyons ynowe to ryde more sagely than they dyd As forme I wyll quyte out no man without he be taken in my company This was the fynall answere that they coulde gette for Geronet Than they sayde amonge themselfe it were best that two or thre of vs retourne agayne to Geronet and shewe him all the case So thre of them retourned to Mountferante and as they rode they passed by Cleremoūt and sawe well the walles were nat of no great heyght Than they sayd one to another this towne is prignable if we come hyder on a nyght we maye gette it there is no great watche kepte We muste one tyme bargayne and another tyme bye we can nat both bargayne and bye all in one daye Thus they rode forthe and rode to Mountferante and there founde Geronet and his companyons and there shewed him all the answere that they had of Perot of Bernoys wherof they were a basshed for they wyste nat howe nor where to gette their raunsome Thus all a daye and a nyght they were in great dyspleasure the next daye Geronet sayde to them that had brought those newes Syrs I requyre you retourne agayne to our capytayne and shewe hym fro me that I haue to my power whyle I was with hym serued him truely and wyll do yet if it be his pleasure And shewe hym if I tourne and become Frenche to delyuer my selfe he shall wyn but lytell therby And if I do it god knoweth it shall be full sore agaynst my wyll and I shall forbeare it as longe as I canne And shewe hym that if he wyll nowe delyuer
of bowgery and howe the kynge had sayde howe he shulde be brynte and hanged wherof moche people were right ioyouse for he was sore hated the two knyghtes that were come thyder fro the duke of Berrey were greatly abasshed and wyst nat what to suppose Than syr Peter Mesquyn sayde to the lorde of Nantonelet Syr I feare me Betysache is betrayed peraduenture some persone hath ben with hym secretly in the prisone and hathe borne hym in hande that if he holde that horryble erroure that the churche than shall chalenge hym and so be sente to Auignon to the pope and therby be delyuered Ah fole that he is he is dysceyued for the kyng sayeth he wyll haue hym bothe brente and hanged Lette vs go to the prisone to hym and reforme hym and bringe hym to a nother state for he is farre out of the waye and yuell counsayled They wente strayte to the prisone and desyred the gayler that they might speke with Betysache The gayler excused hymselfe and sayde Syrs ye muste pardone me for I am straytely charged to suffer no manne to speke with hym and also here be four sargeauntes of armes sente by the kynge to kepe hym and we dare nat breke the kinges coÌ„maundement Than the two knyghtes sawe well howe they labored in vayne and howe there was no remedy by all lykelyhode but that Betysache shulde dye than they retourned to their lodgynge and rekened and payed and toke their horses and returned to their lorde the duke of Berrey and shewed hym all the case THe coÌ„clusion of Betysach was suche that the nexte daye 〈◊〉 tenne of the clocke he was taken out of prysone and brought to the bysshoppes palays and there were redy the iudges and offycers spyrituall and the bayly of Besyers brought forthe the prisoner and sayde Beholde syrs here is Betisache whome I delyuer to you for an herytyke and a synnet in boâ—gery and if he had nat ben a clerke he had been iudged or this acordynge to his desertes Than the offycyall demauÌ„ded of Betysach if it were with hym acordynge as he was acused and to confesse the frouth there openly before all the people And Betysache who thought to haue said well and to haue scaped by reason of his confessyon he aunswered and sayde that all was trewe He was demaunded this thre tymes and at euery tyme he confessed it to be trewe before all the people Thus ye maye knowe whether he was dysceyued or nat for iâ— he had made no suche confessyon he had been delyuered for the duke of Berrey had fully auowed all his dedes the whiche he had doone at his commaundemente in the countrey of Langue doc But it was to be supposed that fortune played her tourne with hym for whanne he thought to haue been moste assuredest on the heyght of fortunes whele he was tourned vp so downe fro her whele as she hathe doone a hundred thousande mo sythe the worlde began Than Betysach was delyuered agayne by the spirytuall iudge to the bayly of Besyers who vnder the kinge ruled the temperalte the whiche Betysache without delaye was brought to a place before the palays He was so hasted forwarde that he had no leysure to aunswere nor to saye nay For whan he sawe a fyre redy prepared in the place and sawe that he was in the handes of the hangman he was sore abasshed and sawe well than that he was dysceyued and betrayed Than he cryed out a loude requirynge to be herde but than was no hede taken to his sayenge but the hangeman sayde It is ordeyned that ye shall dye for your yuell warkes hathe brought you to an yuell ende He was hasted forwarde to his dethe and the fyre made redy there was also reysed a payre of galowes and therto tyed a chayne of yron and at the ende therof a coler of yron the whiche was put aboute his necke and than the chaine drawen vp a hye and tyed rounde aboute the galowes Than he cryed and sayde Duke of Berrey they cause me to dye without reason they do me wronge As sone as he was tyed to the galows there was setre rounde aboute drye segge rede and â—agoâ—â—es and fyre put therto and incontynente the faggortes were a fyre Thus Betysache was hanged and brente and the frenche kyng out of his chaumbre myght well se hym if he wolde To this poore ende came Betysache and so the people were reuenged of hym And for to saye the trouthe he had doone many extorcions and domages to the people whyle he had the gouernynge of the countrey of Languedoc ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Howe the frenche kynge beynge at Tholouse sente for the erle of Foiz who came thyder and dyd homage to the kynge for the conntie of Foiz Cap. C.lxiiii AFter this cruell iustyce the french kyng taryed nat longe after at Besiers but departed and toke the way to Carcassone and always sythe his departure fro Auygnon his marshall syr Loys of Xancere rode in his company The kynge rode so longe by his iourneys that he vysited the countreys and kepte nat the right hyghe wayes He was at Cabestan at Narbone at Lymons at Mounte Royall and at Fongaur and than he retourned to Carcassone and there taryed foure dayes Than he rode and passed Vyle Franca Auygnollet and Mongistarte and so came to Tholouse and the burgesses there who greatly desyred to se the kynge receyued hym ioyfully and mette the kyng without the towne all in a lyuery and so with greate solempnyte he was brought to the castell of Thoulouse They of the cytie gaue the kinge many fayre presentes wherwith the kynge was greatly reioysed Whan the kynge had been there thre dayes than he was counsayled to sende for the erle of Foiz who was come out of Byerne in to the countie of Foiz and was in the towne of Nasiers four leages fro Thoulouse for he knew of the kinges state and ordynauÌ„ce The marshall of FrauÌ„ce and the lorde de la Ryuer were apoynted to go for the erle of Foize They departed on a wednysday and laye at a cytie in Tholousyn called Iordayn and the next day they came to Nasyers The erle of Foiz who knewe well of their comynge receyued theym nobly for the loue of the Kynge and also he knewe the lordes well he had sene them before Syr Loys of Xancere had the wordes and said Syr my lorde of Foiz the kynge our soueraygne lorde hath sente vs to you coÌ„maundyng you to come to se hym at Thoulouse or els he wyll traueyle so farre that he wyll come and se you in your owne countrey for he greatly desyreth to se you The erle of Foyze aunswered and sayd Syr Loys I wolde nat the kynge had so great traueyle to me it is more mete I haue it for hym wherfore if it please you ye shall shewe hym that I shall be at Tholouse within foure dayes That is well sayde syr quod they we shall returne and shewe him these tydynges fro you So be it
Wherfore I may well saye that fortune hath played her pagiaunt with hym as she hath done with many mo and shall do This Aymergot in all his trybulaciâ—s remeÌ„bred hym selfe howe he had a cosyn germayne in Auuergne a squyer named Tourne myne and determyned to go to hym and to shewe hym all his trouble and to take counsayle of him as he deuysed so he dyd He and his page all onely came to the castell where Tourne myne was thynkyng to haue ben there in suretie bicause of lynage but it proued contrary for this squyer was nat in the duke of Berryes grace nor fauor Whan he sawe his cosyn Aymergot in his house he aduysed to take hym prisoner to aduertyse the duke of Berey that if he wolde forgyue hym his displeasure yuell wyll he wolde send hym Aymergot mercell to do with hym his pleasure And as he had deuysed so he dyde for whan Aymergot was within his cosyns Castell and brought to a chaÌ„bre than he layde by his swerde and chaunged his aparyll than he demauÌ„ded of the seruauntes and sayd Where is my cosyn Tourne myne as yet I haue nat sene hym Sir quod they he is in his chambre please it you to come and se hym with ryght a good wyll quod Aymergotte and the seruauntes knewe ryght well their maysters pleasure Whan Aymergot had chaunged his aparell and doone of a Cote of defence that he was woâ—t vsualy to weare and layde awaye his swerde Than he sayd Sirs lette vs go I wolde se my cosyn Tourne myne it is long sithe I sawe hym they brought him streight to Tourne myne and whan he came to hym Aymergot dyde salute hym as he that thought none yuell Than Tourne myne aunswered and saide Howe is it Aymergotte â–ª Who sente for you to come hyder ye wolde dishonour me wherfore I take arest you as my prisoner otherwyse I shulde nat acquyte my selfe truely to the crowne of FrauÌ„ce nor to my lorde the duke of Berrey for ye are a false traytour ye haue broken the truce wherto ye must answere And for your cause my lorde of Berrey hateth me deedly But nowe I shall make my peace by you for I shall delyuer you to hym outher quycke or deed with the whiche wordes Aymergotte was sore abaâ—shed and saide Howe so sir I am youre cosyn Is this for certaynte ye shewe me or do you speke it to aâ—saye me I am come hyder on the great trust that I haue in you to shewe you my businesse you to make me such cruell chere and to gyue me so harde word I haue great marueyle that of I can nat tell quod Tourne myne whaâ— ye wyll say but this that I haue said I shall fulfyll and so layde hades on hym And his seruauntes knowynge their maisters pleasure toke Aymergot without any deâ—â—â—e makyng for he was without weapen or armâ—râ— and also enclosed in the castell For any wordes that he coulde saye there he was taken yrons putte vpon his legges and layde in a towre and sure kepars about hym WHan this was done he caused the castell gate to be shytte and toke the keyes hym selfe And commaunded all his seruauntes on payne of their lyues none of them to be so hardy to go to the gate without he sent them thyder His comaandement was vpholde Than he wrote letts at his pleasure dyrected to the duke of Berrey Certifyeng hym howe he hadde Aymergot Marcell in prisone and that â—â—he he wolde ê‘done hym his yuell wyll he wolde delyuer Aymergot in to his hanoes Whan this letter was written and sealed he commaunded one of his seruauntes suche as he trusted to go in to Fraunce to the duke of Berrey to delyuer hym his letter and to recoÌ„mende hym lowly to hym and nat to retourne with out an answere The varlet toke the letter and mouÌ„ted on a good horse and so deê‘ted rode so longe that he came to Parys where the duke of Berey was and there delyuered to hym his maisters letter The duke toke the letter and reed it and smyled there at sayd to suche knyghtes as were about hym sâ—rs wyll ye here newe tidynges Aymergot marcell is taken prisoner his owne cosyn germayne Tourne myne hath taken hym the knightes answered and sayd sir it is good tidynges for the countrey of Auuergne of Lymosyn for they haue had of hym a longe season an yuell neyghbour He hath done so moche yuell that if it please you he were worthy to peyse the gybet he ought to haue none other raunsome nor pardon I can nat saye ê™ the duke what the kyng and his counsayle wyll saye therto I wyll speke with them therin It was nat longe after but that the duke of Berrey toke a barge on the ryuer of Seyne and so came to the castell of Lour where the kyng and his couÌ„saile was he shewed there these newes he caused the letter that Turne myne had sent hym to be reed of the whiche tidynges euery man was ioyfull and the lordes saide it is well sene that suche maner of robbers and pillers can neuer coÌ„e to a good ende Than the duke of Berey was desyred to sende for hym by the seneschall of Auuergne and to be brought to Paris to be put in the castell of saynt Antonies Furthermore it was ordayned that Tourne myne for the good seruice he hadde done to the crowne of FrauÌ„ce that all displeasures shulde be clene for gyuen hym and thervpon letters patentes were made sent to hym by his seruaunt wherof he was well content and trusted on those letters Than with in a shorte space after the seneschall of Auergne by a coÌ„mission fro the duke of Berrey came to the castell of Tourne myne there Aymergot Marcell was delyuered to hym wherof Aymergotte was sore abasshed whan he sawe hym selfe in the coÌ„pany of his enemies Wherto shulde I make loÌ„ge processe the seneshall caried hym with men of armes a long through the countrey and passed the ryuers of Seyne and Marewe by the bridge of Charenton and so fro thens to the castell of saynt Antonies There the Vicount Darchy was charged with hym who as thanÌ„e was capitayne of that castell He kepte hym nat long but that he was delyuered to the prouost of the Chatelet of Parys And trewe it was Aymergot offred for his raunsome threscore thousande frankes but it wolde nat be taken He was answered the kyng was riche ynough After that he was sente to the Chatelette he was nat long kepte there but that he was iuged to dye shamefully lyke a traytour to the Crowne of Fraunce And soo on a daye he was caryed in a chariot to a place called the Halles and there sette on the pyllary Than all his trespasses were reed before hym and by hym was sir Wylliam of Trune who spake moche to hym It was thought that it was to knowe the state of certayne capitayns in Auuergne and whether they were consentyng to his dedes or nat The
baye that the sarazyns were commyng to skrymysshe with them wherby euer they aparelled them selfe to resyst them The genouoys called the dogge our ladies dogge The same season that the sarazyns stode styll in a traunce and the ladyes before them this dogge was nâ—t ydell but he made gret brute and ranne bayeng fyrst to the stande watche the lorde of Coucy and sir Henry Dantoigne kept the watche that night Whan euery man herde this dogge make suche brute they rose and armed them redy for they knew well that the sarazyns dyd aproche to awake them and trewe it was that the vyrgyn Mary and her company was before them to defende the crysten men fro all parelles so that they toke that nyght no maner of domage for the sarazyns durst nat aproche but retourned to their lodgynges And after that the crysten men toke better hede to their watche THe sarazyns knyghtes and squyers suche as were in the towne of Aufryke and specially suche as had sene these ladyes were so abasshed that they wyste nat what to thynke and the crysten knightes and squyers that lay at the siege studyed day and nyght howe they myght wyn the towne and they within studyed agayne howe to defende their towne The season was hote and drye for the sonne was in his moste strength as in the moneth of August and the marches of Aufryke are ryght hoote by reason of the sande and also they be nerer to the sonne than we be And the wynes that the crysten men had came fro Pulle and Calabre and they be hote and drye farre fro the nature of the french wynes wherby many fell in to hoote feuers And to consydre acordynge to reason I can nat tell howe the frenche men and other of lowe countreys coulde endure the payne of the hote and grose ayre that they founde there without refresshynge of good swete and fresshe water whiche they lacked there yet they made fountaynes and welles in the sande whiche dyde theym great pleasure for there they foundâ— fressh water how be it often tymes the water was sore chafed by reason of the heate And also often tymes they had great defaute of vytaylles and some season they had ynough comynge fro Cicyll and fro other isles adioynynge Suche as werehole comforted them that were dysseased and suche as had vytayles departed with theym that lacked other wyse they coulde nat haue endured they dalte eche with other lyke bretherne and frendes The lorde of Coucy specyally had the chyefe resorte of gentlemen he coulde behaue hym selfe swetely amonge them moche better than the duke of Burbone for the duke was some what of an high corage proude and presumptuous nor spake nat so swetely nor so humbly to knyghtes squyers and straungers as the lorde of Coucy dyd Moste comenly the duke of Burbone wolde sytte all daye without his tente with his legges acrosse and who so euer wold speke with hym it behoued him to haue a procurer and to make great reuerence He consydred nat the state of poore men so well as the lorde coucy dyd wherfore he was more in the grace and loue of the people thanne the duke of Burbon was And as it was shewed â—e by dyuers knyghtes and squyers straungers that in their opynyons if the lorde Coucy had ben soueraygne capytayne alone they had sped otherwyse than they dyd for by reason of the pride of the duke of Burbon many feates and enterprises were lefte vndone It was the opynyon of many that he kepte hym selfe sure ynough fro takynge THis siege enduringe before the towne of Aufryke whiche contynewed a .lx. dayes and one there was many skrymysshes made on bothe parties â—abrode and at the barryers of the towne It was nedefull for them within to make good defeÌ„ce for against them was the floure of chyualry and squyry The knyghtes aduenturers sayd one to another If we maye get this towne with assaute or otherwyse than we may refresshe our selfes in it all the wynter and at somer some great armye of crysten men wyll come byther for ther by we and they shall haue a goodly entre into the realmes of Barbary Aufryke and Thunes than other dyd say wolde to god it were so for thanne suche as shulde be lodged here shulde lye honorably for dayly they shulde be redy to do dedes of armes They that were within the towne doubted greatly the mater wherfore they tooke great payne to defende them selfes The great heate and brinnynge of the sonne dyd put the crysten men to great payne and traueyle for whan they were in harnesse by reason of the heate it brente them within their armure Marueyle it was that any skaped the dethe by reason of the heate for about the myddes of August the ayre was sore corrupted Besyde that there fell another marueylous incydente whiche if it had longe endured they had ben all deed without stroke So it was that by reason of the great heate and corrupcyon of the ayre there fell amonge them suche a sorte of great flyes that they couered all the hoost for no man wyste howe to defende hym selfe and euery daye a weke togyder they encreased wherof euery man was abasshed howe be it by the grace of god and the vyrgyn Mary to whome euery man auowed them selfe on a day dyd sende a remedy There fell suche an hayle and lyghtenyng fro heuen that it slewe all the sayde flyes And by reason of this hayle the ayre was brought in to a good temperatenesse wherby the knyghtes and squyers were in a better astate than they were before WHo so euer had been in the case that these crysten men were in at that tyme it must haue behoued them to take euery thynge in gree they coulde nat haue had euery thynge with wysshynge nor at their demaunde Whan any fell sicke it behoued them to be well kepte or els they shulde haue dyed but they were come thyder with so good wylles and affection that they purposed honourably to accomplysshe their voyage whiche mynde greatly supported theÌ„ to endure payne and traueyle All thynges that was mete for their complexions they wanted for nothynge came to them out of the realme of Fraunce tydynges nor other nor in Fraunce they knewe no more of them somtyme there came to the army fro the cytie of Barcelone in the realme of Aragon in a galey prouysion wherin was mo orenges and pomegarnettes than any other thynge These frutes yet refresshed greatly the appetytes of the crysten men but whan so euer any galey came to them it retourned nat agayne what for doute of the encouÌ„tryng of the sarazyns on the see as for to abyde there to se the conclusyon of the siege The yonge kynge of Cicyll often tymes sente to the hoost vytaylles for he was the nerte crysten prince adioynynge If the sarazyns had ben of that strength to haue stopped the passage of the see fro them and to haue kepte fro them suche vytayls and prouysions as came to the
kynge a poore man bare heeded bare legged and bare footed and on his body a poore whyte cote he semed rather to be a foole than wyse and boldely sodaynly he toke the brydell of the kynges horse in his handes and stopped the horse and sayd Syr kyng tyde no further forward for thou arte betrayed Those wordes entred into the kynges heed wherby he was worse dysposed in his helthe than he was before so that his herte his blode was moued Than the kinges seruauntes strake so the poore man that he lette the kynges horse go and made no more of his wordes than of a fooles spekyng whiche was foly as dyuers men sayde for at the leste they shulde haue better examyned the man and to haue sene if he had ben a naturall foole or no and to haue knowen fro whence he came but they dyde nat so but lefte hym behynde he was neuer sene after to any mannes knowledge but suche as were nere to the Kynge herde hym speke these wordes The kynge passed forthe and aboute twelue of the clocke the kynge passed out of the forest and came in to a great playne all sandy the sonne also was in his heyght shone bright whose rayes were marueylously hote wherby the horses were sore chafed and all suche persons as were armed were sore oppressed with heat The knyghtes rode togyther by companyes some here and some there and the kynge rode somwhat a parte bycause of the duste and the duke of Berrey and the Duke of Burgoyne rode on his lefte hande talkynge togyther an acre brede of lande of fro the kynge Other lordes as the erle of Marche sir Iaques of Burbone syr Charles de la Brethe syr Phylyppe Darthoys sir Henry and sir Phylip of Bare syr Peter of Nauer and other knyghtes rode by companyes the duke of Burbon the lorde Coucy syr Charles Dangers the baron Dyuiry dyuers other rode on before the kynge and nat in his company and they deuised and talked togyther and toke no hede of that fell sodaynly on the chefe personage of the company whiche was on the kynges owne persone therfore the workes of god are marueylous and his scourges are cruell and are to be douted of all creatures There hath been sene in the olde testament and also in the newe many fygures and examples therof We rede howe Nabugodonosor kynge of Assyryens who reygned a season in suche tryumphant glory that there was none lyke hym and sodaynly in his greatest force and glory the souerayne kynge out lorde god kynge of Heuen and of erthe fourmer and ordeyner of all thynges a parelled this sayd kynge in suche wyse that he lost his wytte and reygne and was seuen yers in that estate and lyued by acornes and mast that fell fro the Okes and other wylde appels and frutes and hadde tast but as a bore or a swyne and after he had endured this penauÌ„ce god restored hym agayne to his memory and wytte And than he sayde to Danyell the prophet that there was none other god but the god of Israell Nowe the father the sonne and the holy goost thre persones in one god hath ben is and euer shall be as puissaunt to shewe his warkes as euer he was wherfore no man shulde marueyle of any thyng that he dothe Nowe to the purpose why I speke all these wordes A great influence fro heuen fell the sayd daye vpon the frenche kynge and as dyuers sayd it was his owne faute for acordynge to the dysposicyon of his body and the state that he was in and the warnyng that his physicyons dyd gyue hym he shulde nat haue rydden in suche a hoote day at that houre but rather in the mornynge and in the euenynge in the fresshe ayre wherfore it was a shame to them that were nere aboute hym to suffre or to couÌ„sayle hym to do as he dyd Thus as the frenche kynge rode vpon a fayre playne in the heate of the Sonne whiche was as than of a marueylous heyght and the kynge had on a â—acâ—e couered with blacke veluet whiche sore chafed hym and on his heed a syngle bonet of scarlet and a chapelet of great perles whiche the quene had gyuen hym at his departure and he had a page that rode behynde him beatynge on his heed a chapewe of Montaban bright and clere shynynge agaynst the sonne and behynde that page rode a nother bearing the kynges speare paynted redde and frynged with sylke with a sharpe heed of stele the lord de la Ryuer had brought a dosyn of them with hym fro Tholouse and that was one of them he had gyuen the hole dosyn to the king and the kynge had gyuen thre of theym to his brother the duke of Orlyaunce and thre to the duke of Burbon And as they rode thus forth the page that bare the speare whether it were by neclygence or that he fell a slepe he lette the speare fall on the other pages heed that rode before hym and the heed of the speare made a great classhe on the bright chapewe of stele The kynge who rode but a fore them with the noyse sodaynly started and his herte trymbled and in to his imagynacion ranne the inpressyon of the wordes of the man that stopped his horse in the forest of Mans and it ran in to his thought that his enemyes ranne after hym to slee and distroy him and with that abusyon he fell out of his wytte by feblenesse of his heed dasshed his spores to his horse and drewe out he sworde and tourned to his pages hauynge no knowledge of any man wenynge in hymselfe to be in a batayle inclosed with his enemyes and lyfte vp his sworde to stryke he cared nat where and cryed and sayd On on vpon these traytours Whan the pages sawe the kynge so inflamed with Ire they tooke good hede to themselfe as it was tyme. They thought the kynge had ben dyspleased bycause the speare fell downe thanne they stepte away fro the kynge The duke of Orleaunce was nat as thanÌ„e farre of fro the kynge The kynge came to hym with his naked sworde in his hande The kynge was as than in suche a fransey and his herte so feble that he nother knewe brother nor vncle Whan the duke of Orlyaunce sawe the kynge commynge on hym with his sworde naked in his haâ—de â—he was abasshed and wolde nat abyde hym he wyste nat what he mente he dasshed his spurres to his horse and rode awaye and the kynge after hym The duke of Burgoyne who rode a lytell waye of fro the kynge whan he herde the russhyng of the horses and herde the pages crye he regarded that waye and sawe howe the kynge with his naked sworde chased his brother the duke of Orlyaunce he was sore abasshed sayd Out harowe what myschife is this the kynge is nat in his ryght mynde god helpe hym Flye away nephewe flye away for the kynge wolde slee you The duke of Orlyance was nat well assured
the erle of Derby his sonne and also the duke of yorke and his sonne Iohan erle of Rutlande The kyng loued the erle of Rutlande beyonde measure who dissymuled the dethe of his vncle the duke of Gloucestre shewed howe he wolde gladly se a good peace bytwene the parties said howe he knew well that his vncle dyde wronge oftentymes agaynst the kynge The londoners in lykewyse consydred the great myschiefe that myght fall in Englande by the discencyon bytwene the kynges vncles the kyng and their alyaunces Also they consydred syth the myschefe was fallen of the duke of Gloucestres dethe that there was no recouery therin they knewe well it was bycause the duke of Gloucestre had been to lauesse of his tonge and wolde haue styrred the realme to haue broken the trewce bytwene Englande and Fraunce Wherfore suche as were wyse men in the cytie dissymuled the mater and thought it was no tyme to a mende it as than they feared the puyssaūce of Fraunce and lesynge of their marchaundyse Than beganne to treate and went as a meane bytwene the king and the duke of Lancastre who was in many imagynacions for the dethe of his brother troubled him sore Also he sawe howe his nephue kynge Rycharde was alyed by mariage with the frenche kyng Also the duke of Lancastre had .ii. of his doughters out of the lande one quene of Spayne a nother quene of Portugale by whome he thought he shulde haue great ayde if he made warre agaynst his nephue kynge Rycharde All thynges consydred the duke chaunged his courage at the desyre of the londoners and of other prelates of Englande who were meane bytwene the kyng and hym and by their meanes the kynge was agreed with the duke and peace made with that the kinge promysed fro thens forwarde to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre and to do nothyng but by his counsayle and aduyse whiche promesse the kynge nothynge fulfylled but was counsayled by yonge and wylde coūsayle whiche was to his hurte and great dōmage as ye shall here after in this hystory THus the kyng of Englande had peace with his vncles bycause of the dethe of the duke of Gloucestre Than he beganne to reygne more fiersly than he dyd before The kynge went and lay in Essex where as the duke of Gloucestre had the chiefe rule whiche ought to haue pertaygned to Affcen his sonne and heyre but the kynge toke all for the ordynaunce in Englande was the kynge to haue the warde of all herytours chyldren orphelyns vnder the age of .xxi. yeres and than they to haue their herytages Thus the kinge tooke the wardeshyppe of his cosyn the duke of Gloucestres herytour and the kynge toke the possession profyte of all the dukes lande and kepte the chylde with hym And the duchesse of Gloucestre and her two doughters were with the quene The duke of Gloucestr◠by enherytaunce was constable of Englande the kynge toke that offyce fro the right heyre and gaue it to his cosyn the erle of Rutlande The kynge than kept greate state than euer he dyd nor there had nat ben no kynge before in Englande that spente so moche yerely by a hundred thousande nobles as he dyd In lyke wyse the kynge had with hym the heyre of the erle of Arundell who was beheeded at London And bycause a knyght that was belongyng to the duke of Gloucestre called Cerbe spake at a tyme certayne wordes agaynst the kynge and his counsayle he was taken and beheeded Syr Iohan of Quynghay was in great parell but whan he sawe that the maters went so dyuersely as they dyd he dyssymuled as moch as he might and departed fro the duchesse of Gloucestres house and wente and dwelt in other places ¶ In those dayes there was none so great in Englande that durst speake agaynst any thynge that the kyng dyd or wolde do He had counsayle mete for his appetyte who exhorted hym to do what he lyst The kynge kept styll in his wages ten thousande archers night and day that wayted on him for he reputed himselfe nat parfytely sure of his vncles nor of the lygnage of Arundell ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Of the great assemble that was made in the cytie of Reyns as well by the emperour as of the realme of Fraūce on the state of holy churche Cap. CC.xxvii THe same seasone there was a great assēble of gret lordes in the cytie of Reynes what of lordes of the empyre and of Fraunce to the entent to bring the churche to a peace and reste for the frenche kynge dyd so moche that at his request his cosyn the kynge of Almayne came to the cytie of Reynes with his counsayle and bycause they wolde nat haue it brewted that they assembled there all onely for the mater by twent the popes the one at Rome and the other at Auygnon they made it to be noysed that they came thyder to treate for a maryage of the sonne of the marques of Blācquebourge with the doughter of the duke of Orlyaunce This Marques was brother to the kynge of Almayne The frenche kyng lay at the archebysshoppes palayes and there was with hym the dukes of Orlyaūce Berrey and Burbon therle of saynt Powle and dyuers other hygh barones and prelates of Fraunce And whan the kinge of Almayne entred in to the cytie all the lordes and prelates and kynge Charles of Nauer who was in lykewyse there went to mete with hym and receyued hym honourably Fyrste they brought hym to our lady churche and after in to the abbey of saynt Remy there the kynge of Almayne laye and his lordes aboute hym And it was ordeyned by the frenche kinge that what so euer the kynge of Almayne spent shulde be at the frenche kynges cost The almayns had euery day delyuered theym ten tonne of herynge for it was in Lent tyme and eyght hundred carpes besyde other fysshes whiche was a great charge WHan the kyng of Almayne came first to the frenche kynge all the lordes went for hym to saynt Remy and so brought him to the kynges palays Whan these two kynges mette they made great honoure eche to other and great reuerence and specyally the frenche kynge for almayns of nature are rude and grose manered without it be to take their profyte therto they be experte and redy ynough All the lordes of Fraunce and of Almayne toke acquayntaunce eche with other with louyng wordes and countinaunce and the frenche kynge made the kynge of Almayne and his company a great dyner at one table there sate fyrst the patryarke of Iherusalem than the king of Almayne the frenche kynge and the kynge of Nauer there sate no mo at that table At the other tables sate the lordes and prelates of Almayne No lorde of Fraūce sate that day but sarued To the kynges borde the meate was brought by the dukes of Berrey of Burbone the erle of saynt Powle and by other great lordes of Fraūce The duke of Orlyaūce set euery man
day the erle of Derby and the erle Marshall communed togyder of dyuers maters at last amonge other they spake of the state of the kynge and of his counsayle suche as he had about hym and beleued them so that at the last the erle of Derby spake certayne wordes whiche he thought for the best wenynge that they shulde neuer haue ben called to rehersall whiche wordes were nouther vylenous nor outragyous for he sayde thus Saint Mary fayre cosyn what thynketh the kynge oure cosyn to do wyll he driue out of Englande all the noble men within a whyle there shal be none left it semeth clerely that he wylleth nat the augmentacyon of his realme The erle marshall gaue none aunswere but dissimuled the mater and toke it that he spake agaynst the kynge and thought in hymselfe that the Erle of Derby was ryght lykely to make great trouble in Englande bycause he was so great with the londoners and the dyuell was redy to styre his brayne and that thynge that shall fall can nat be eschewed SO he thought to shewe this mater to the kynge whan noble mē shulde be presente and on a day to please the kynge he sayde Ryght dere syr I am of youre lygnage and ame your lyege man and marshall of Englande Wherfore sir I am bounde to you by myne Alliegeaunce and othe sworne my handes in yours that I shulde be in no place hearynge any thynge contrarye to your mageste royall and shulde kepe it secrete I ought to be reputed as a false traytour whiche I wyll nat be for I wyll trewly acquyte me agaynst you and all the worlde The kynge loked on hym and demaunded and sayd Why say you these wordes we wyll know it My right redouted souerayne lorde quod the erle Marshall I saye it bycause I canne nat suffre any thynge that shulde be preiudyciall or agaynst your grace syr cause the erle of Derby to come before you and than I shall shewe you more Than the erle of Derby was sente for and the kynge cōmaunded the erle Marshall to stande vp for he was on his knee whyle he spake to the Kynge And whan the erle of Derby was before the kyng who thought none yuell than the erle Marshall sayde Syr erle of Derby I say to you ye haue thought yuell and spoken otherwyse than ye ought to do agaynste your naturall lorde the kynge of Englande whan ye sayde that he was nat worthy to holde lande or realme seynge without lawe or iustyce without counsayle of any of his noble men he distourbeth his Realme and without tytell or good reason putteth out of his realme and dystroyeth them who ought to ayde and susteyne him wherfore here I cast my gage and wyll proue with my body agaynst yours that ye are an yuell false traytour The erle of Derby was sore abasshed with those wordes and stepte backe a lytell and stode styll a season without demaundynge of his Father or of any other what aunswere he shulde make Whan he had studyed a lytell he stept forthe with his cappe in his hande and came before the kynge and the erle Marshall and sayd Erle Marshall I saye thou arte an yuell and a false traytour and that I shall proue my body agaynst thyne and in that quarell here is my gauge Th erle Marshall whan he herde howe he was apealed shewed howe he desyred the batayle With that the erle of Derby aunswered and sayde I sette your wordes at the kynges pleasure and other lordes that be here and I tourne your wordes to a mocke and myne to be true Than eche of these erles drewe to their company and lygnage so that the manner of takynge of wyne and spyces was lette passe for the kyng shewed hym selfe to be right sore displeased and so entred in to his chambre and left his two vncles without and all their chyldren and the erles of Salysbury and Huntyngdon his bretherne Than anone after the kynge sent for his vncles and entred in to his chambre Thanne the kynge demaunded of them what was best to do in this mater Syr quod they cause your constable to come before you and than we shall shewe you our opynyons Than the erle of Rutlande who was constable was sente for and whan he was come than he was commaunded to go to the erle of Derby and to the erle Marshall and to take suretye of theym that they go nat out of the realme of Englande without the kynges lycence The constable dyd as he was cōmaunded and than retourned agayne to the kinges chambre YE maye well knowe this matter greatly troubled the courte and many lordes and knyghtes were sore dyspleased of that aduenture and secretly they greatly blamed the erle Marshall but he made as though he had ser nothyng by the mater his hert was so proude presumptuous Thus the lordes departed for that day The duke of Lācastre what so euer coūtynaunce he made he was sore displeased with these wordes and he thought the kynge shulde nat haue taken the mater as he dyd but shulde rather haue tourned it to nothynge and so thought the moste parte of all the lordes of Englande The erle of Derby went and lay at London and helde his estate at his owne lodgynge and there were pledges for him the duke of Lancastre his father the duke of yorke the Erle of Northumberlande and dyuers other lordes And the erle Marshall was sente to the towre of London and there helde his estate These two lordes made prouysyon for that was necessary for them for their batayle The erle of Derby sent his messangers in to Lombardy to the duke of Myllayne syr Galeas for to haue armure at his pleasure The duke agreed to the erles desyre and caused the knight that the erle had sent thyder whose name was Fraunces to se all the dukes armorye And whan the knyght had chosen suche as he lyked than the duke furthermore for loue of the erle of Derby he sent four of the best armorers that were in Lombardy to the erle in to Englande with the knight to the entent that they shulde arme and make armure acordynge to the erles entente The erle Marshall on his parte sent in to Almayn and in to other places to prouyde him for that iourney The charge of these two lordes was greate but the erle of Derby was at moost charge The erle Marshall whan he beganne that busynesse he thought to haue had more ayde of the kynge than he had for suche as were nere aboute the kynge sayd to him Syr ye haue nothyng to do to medle bytwene these two lordes dyssymule you the mater and let them deale they wyll do well ynough Sir ye knowe well the erle of Derby is well beloued in the realme and specyally with the Londoners and if they se that ye shulde take parte with the erle Marshall ye were lyke to lose their loue therby for euer The kynge vnderstode well their wordes and knew well it was trewe he
the prince holdynge the sworde of the churche and on the other syde the Constable with the sworde of iustyce and a lytell aboue the marshall with the ceptour and at that kynges borde sate two archbysshops and .xvii. bysshoppes And in the myddes of the dyner there came in a knight who was called Dinereth all armed vpon a good horse rychely aparelled and had a knyght before hym bearyng his speare and his sworde by his syde and his dagger The knyght toke the kyng a lybell the whiche was red Therin was conteyned that there were outher knight squyer or any other geÌ„tylman that wold say that kyng Henry was nat right full kyng he was there redy to fyght with him in that quarell before the kynge or where as it shulde please hym to apoynte that byll was cryed by an haraulde in syxe places of the hall and in the towne There was none that wolde chalenge hym Whan the kynge had dyned he toke wyne spyces in the hall and than went in to his chambre Than euery man departed and went to their lodginges thus the day passed of kynge Henryes coronacyon with great ioy and feest whiche endured all the next day The erle of Salysbury was nat at this soleÌ„pnyte for he was in sure prison and the kinges couÌ„sayle and dyuers other noble men and the londoners wolde that his heed shulde haue ben stryken of openly in chepe for said he had well deserued it for bearynge of letters and credeÌ„ce fro Rycharde of Burdeaux to the frenche kyng and there to reporte openly that kyng Henry was a false traytoure whiche faute they sayd ought nat to be ê‘doned Kyng Henry was more gentyll than so for he had some pytie on hym for therle excused hym and sayd that he dyd was by the kynges coÌ„maundement by the settyng on of the four knyghtes that were beheeded Kinge Henry beleued well the erles wordes but his couÌ„sayle wolde nat beleue it but said and so dyd the londoners that he shulde dye bycause he had deserued deth Thus the erle of Salysbury was in prison in great daunger of his lyfe And syr Iohan Holande erle of Huntyngdon capytayne of Calais was well enfourmed of the hole mater and howe his brother kyng Rychard was taken and in prisone in the towre of London and had resygned his crowne and all howe Henry of Lancastre was kinge of Englande This erle of Huntyngdon what so euer dyspleasure he had for the trouble of his brother yet wysely he consydred the tyme and aduentures and sawe well that he was nat able to with stande all the power and puyssaunce of the realme Also the countesse his wyfe who was cosyn germayne to kynge Henry sayd Syr it must behoue you to passe your displeasure pacyently wysely and do nat that thynge wherby ye shall haue doÌ„mage for the kyng may do you moche good and ye se that all the realme enclyneth to hym if ye shewe any dyspleasure to hym warde ye are but lost wherfore syr I requyre you and I couÌ„sayle you to dyssimule the matter for as well kynge Henry nowe is your brother as kyng Richarde was therfore syr stycke and leane to him and ye shall fynde hym your good louer for there was neuer a rycher kynge in Englande than he is he may do to you to your chyldren great good The erle herde well the wordes of his wyfe and beleued her and enclyned hym to kynge Henry and offred hym humble obeysaunce and promysed hym faythe and trouthe The kyng receyued hym and had great ioy therof and he dyd so moche with meanes of his freÌ„des that therle of Salysbury was taken to grace and his excusacyons accepted and was clene pardoned ¶ How newes of the taking of kyng Rycharde was knowen in Fraunce by the coÌ„myng thyder of the lady of Coucy and howe the frenche kynge was dyspleased Cap. CC.xlvi WHan the lady of Coucy was aryued at Bouloyne she hasted her to go to Parys Great murmurynge there was in Fraunce of the sodayne incidentes that were fall in EnglaÌ„de they knewe somwhat by marchauÌ„tes of Bruges but whan the lady of Coucy aryued than the trouth was knowen She went firste to her husbandes house as it was reason Anon the frenche kynge herde worde howe the lady of Coucy was come to Parys Than the kynge sent for the lorde of Coucy who had ben all nyght with his wyfe Whan he was come the kynge demauÌ„ded of the state of kynge Rycharde of Englande and of the quene his doughter The lorde durst nat hyde the trouth fro hym but shewed hym playnely euery thynge as his wyfe had shewed hym whiche newes were sore dyspleasaunt to the frenche kynge for he knewe well the englysshmen were sore harde men to apease and so with dyspleasure the frenche kynge retourned agayne in to his olde sicknes of fransey wherof the nobles of that realme were sore displeased but they coude nat amende it Than the duke of Burgoyn said I thought neuer otherwyse for it was a maryage without good reasone the whiche I sayd playnly ynough whan the mater was fyrst spokeÌ„ of but as than I coulde nat be herde for I knewe well the londoners neuer loued parfytely kynge Rycharde All this myschefe is engendred by the duke of Gloucestre it is tyme nowe to take hede what the englisshmen wyll do sythe they haue taken their kyng and put him in prison by all lykelyhode they wyll put hym to dethe for they neuer loued him bycause be loued no warre but peace they wyll crowne to their kynge the duke of Lancastre he shall so bynde hym selfe to them that whether he wyll or nat he shall do all that they wyll sayd moreouer nowe shall be sene what they of Burdeaux wyll do for there he was borne and was well be loued with them and also with them of Bayon of Dax and in all the lymytes of Burdeloys it were good that that constable of FrauÌ„ce sir Loys of Sanxere were signyfyed of this mater and that he drewe hym to that fronters there with him syr Raynolde of Barroys of Barreys and other barones and prelates and to treate with them and my brother the duke of Berrey to go in to Poictou to drawe to the fronters of Xaintes of Blaues and of mirebell wherby if they of Burdeaux wyll any thynge entende to our treaties that they may be receyued for nowe shall we haue them or neuer As he deuysed it was ordeyned the whiche was a substanciall deuyce for whan they of Burdeaux of Bayon and of Dax vnderstode that their kynge Rycharde was taken and sette in the towre of London and duke Henry of Lancastre crowned kyng they had gret marueyle therof and in the begynnyng wolde nat beleue it but lytle lytle they knewe the trouth therof Than the sayd thre townes were closed and no man suffred to issue out nor to entre in they were sore troubled and sorowfull and specyally the cytie of Burdeaux
for kynge Rycharde was norysshed amonge them therfore they loued hym and whyle he was kynge if any of Burdeloys came to hym they were well receyued and alwayes the kinge was redy to fulfyll their desyres wherfore they sayd whan they knewe the trouth Ah Richarde gentle kyng ye were as noble a man as euer reigned in any realme this trouble that londoners haue caused for they coulde neuer loue you specyall sythe ye were alyed by maryage with the frenche kyng this myschiefe is so great that we can nat suffre it They haue holden you kynge this .xxii. yere and nowe to condempe you to the dethe for sythe ye be in prison haue crowned the duke of Lancastre they wyll surely put you to deth So they of Burdeloys made great lamentacyons in so moche that the seneschall of Burdeaux a ryght valyaunt knyght of Englande wrote letters therin conteynynge the wordes and lamentacyons of them of the cytie of Burdeaulx of Bayon and of Dax Also he wrote howe they were nere at the poynte to yelde vp their townes to the frenche kyng He sent this lettre by a trusty seruauÌ„t of his by the see who had good wynde and aryued at Cornewayle in EnglaÌ„de and than he rode so longe that he came to London there he fouÌ„de kynge Henry and delyuered his letters whiche were dyrected to the kynge and to the londoners They were opened and reed and the kynge and the londoners tooke counsayle vpon that mater They of London aunswered lyke theym that were nothyng abasshed of that tydynges but sayde as for these townes wyll neuer tourne frenche for they can nat lyue in their daunger nor they canne nat suffre the extorcion and pollinge of the frenchmen for vnder vs they lyue franke and free and if the frenche men shulde be lordes ouer them they shulde be taxed and tayled retayled two or thre tymes in a yere the whiche they are nat nowe acustomed vnto whiche shulde be a harde thyng nowe for them to begynne Also these thre cyties are closed in rouÌ„de about with great lordes who are good englysshe and longe haue been as the lorde Pyuiers the lorde Musydent the lorde Duras the lorde Landuras the lorde Copane the lorde Rosem the lorde Logeren and dyuers other barones and knyghtes by whome they shulde haue warre at their handes for they shulde nat issue out of their cities but they shulde be taken For all the seneschalles wrytynge we haue no doute that they shulde become frenche howe be it good it is to sende thyder some valyaunt wyse man that is beloued amonge theym some suche as hath gouerned there or this and that is the lorde Thomas Percy Thus as it was deuysed it was acomplysshed he was desyred to go thyder and to take hede of that couÌ„trey He fulfylled the kynges coÌ„maundement and made hym redy to departe it was about Christmasse at whiche tyme the wyndes be sore and ieoperdous he toke shyppynge in Cornewayle He had with him two hundred men of armes and four hundred archers And with hym was his nephue Hugh Hastynges Thomas Colleuyll Gyllyam Lysle Iohan Graily bastarde sonne to the Captall of Beufz Guillyam Traicton Iohan Danbreticourt and diuers other and also the bysshop of London and mayster Rycharde Doall They taryed tyll it was mydde Marche or they toke the see and or they came to Burdeaux the duke of Burbon was come to the cytie of Dagen to treate with theym of Burdeloys and he dyd so moche by his fayre wordes and good assuraunce that the counsayles of Burdeaux of Bayon and of Dax were sent to the cytie of Dagen The duke receyued them frendly and gaue them fayre wordes and many promyses and shewed them that if they wolde turne frenche and be vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kynge what so euer they wolde demaunde shulde be graunted them and sealed perpetually to endure Many thynges they promysed and sware to seale and to kepe for euer They aunswered whan they were retourned agayne in to their cyties they wolde shewe all this to the people and so take counsayle and than gyue answere Thus they departed fro Dagen and fro the duke of Burbon and retourned to their townes and shewed all this to the people but all tourned to nothynge for the comynaltyes of the sayde cyties consydred the busynesse and knewe well howe the realme of Fraunce was vexed and troubled with tayles and fowages and shamfull exaccions all to get money than they sayd if the frenche men gouerne ouer vs they wyll bringe vs to the same vsage yet it is better for vs to be englysshe for they kepe vs franke and free If the londoners haue deposed kynge Rycharde crowned kinge Henry what is that to vs we haue and shall haue alwayes a kynge and we vnderstande that the bysshop of London and syr Thomas Percy shortely wyll be here they shall enfourme vs of the trouthe we haue also more marchaundyse of woll wyne and clothe with the Englysshe men than with the frenchmen let vs be ware we make no treatie wherby we shulde repent vs after Thus the treatie with the frenche men was broken and lefte of Than anone after the bysshop of London and the lorde Percy with their charge of men of warre aryued at Burdeaux wherof moche people were greatly reioysed and some displeased suche as had rather haue been frenche than englysshe All these englysshe lordes were lodged togyther in the abbey of saint Andrewe and whan they sawe their tyme they shewed to the people the state of Englande and the cause why they were sent thyder and they dyd so moche that euery thynge was apeased bothe there and in all other places For harde it was to haue caused them to haue tourned frenche THan it was determyned by the counsayle of Fraunce sithe the kyng was in sycknesse by reason of the displeasure that he toke for the deposyng of his sonne in lawe kynge Rycharde that they shulde sende some notable wyse personage in to Englande to knowe the state of the quene to do this message was apoynted syr Charles de la Brethe and Charles of Hangers who as they were coÌ„maunded departed fro Parys and came to Boloygne and there taryed for they had sent an haraulde to kynge Henry for without assurauÌ„ce they durst nat go for all the truce that was bytwene bothe realmes Kynge Henry who thought hym selfe moche bounde to the Frenche kynge for the chere that he hadde in Fraunce toke counsayle and concluded and so the haraulde was answered that it was the kynges pleasure that they and their company shulde come in to Englande and to come the streyght way to the kyng and nat to ryde out of the way without lycence The haraulde retourned to Boloyne and shewed what he had done wherwith they were content and so shypped their horses and toke the see and aryued at Douer where they founde redy a knyght of the kynges howse â—oho receyued theym they had sene hym before with kyng