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

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

manner finished When they came thither the Duke stoutly dissembling his purpose and himselfe leading the Constable from place to place as it had bene to doe him the more honour at last brought him to a certaine tower of farre more sumptuous and costly building then the rest desiring him to view it well and if he espied any fault that he would frankely tell him his opinion The Constable entred in alone and mounting vp the first story the dores were presently closed beneath and certaine armed men rushing suddainly forth laide hands vppon him and bound him in fetters The hangman was likewise ready by the Dukes appointment to haue taken away his life Neuerthelesse at the humble entreaty and teares of a certaine noble man that came in his company the Duke hardly relenting delayed his execution commanding him to be kept streitly in yrons But within fewe houres after anger boyling in his brest admitting no other thought but reuenge his wrath not like others being any whit asswaged but rather more vehemently encreased by respit and consideration he againe commanded that his head should be stricken of But what labour and care what perill and difficulty he againe sustained by whose meanes the Constable had hitherto beene saued how many how sorrowfull how effectuall matters he alleadged before he could moue the Dukes most obdurate minde to any sense or feeling of compassion none can conceiue but hee which knoweth that the Duke long since had resolued vppon nothing more certainly then by one meanes or other to bring the Constable to destruction none but he which knoweth that the Duke for many yeres together had with incredible desire hunted for this opportunity none but he which considereth that it was a most vnnaturall outragious kinde of anger which vpon time to muse thinke of it was not quenched but enflamed and could be satisfied with nothing but the bloud and slaughter of a man which was brought in danger by deceipt and vnder the pretence of friendship Therefore that the Constable was saued from the Dukes deadly intent next to the prouidence of the euerliuing God he was onely to thanke this man for his deliuerance who immediately made intercession for him and neuer rested till by extreame importutunity he had extorted from the Duke the assurance of his friends life and safety So at length the Duke was cōtented to set the Constable at liberty vppon condition that he should pay him an hundreth thousand crownes before he departed and deliuer three castles into his hands to remaine to him and his heires for euer Wherof assoone as the Duke had taken possession he dismissed his prisoner who within two dayes after came to Paris made greuous complaint to the King of the great iniurie and violence he had suffered The king gaue him comfort and hope of redresse but the Kings vnckles vppon relation of the circumstances were so farre from pittying his mischaunce that they rather seemed angry and offended because when he had all things in a readinesse for his iourney he neglected his affaires and the opportunity of the season to followe matters of pleasure and idle disporte giuing rash credyt to such a one as both he himselfe hated and who he knew well enough had long since sought aduantage of his life The Admirall and the rest of the Lords which were ready to take shipping in Normandy vppon vnderstanding of these occurrents dismissed their forces So it came to passe that this expedition against England which by the generall consent and good liking of the whole kingdome had beene most certainly resolued and concluded vppon was by these occasions that yee haue heard vtterly ouerthrowne and disappointed At the same time also the young Duke of Gelders proclaymed warres against the French King and sent him his defiance for the king of England for so doing had giuen him a pension of foure thousand frankes The chiefe motiues that stirred the Duke of Britaine to this fact before mentioned were first the mortall hatred he bare to the Constable and secondly that he might thereby reconcile himselfe to the King of England whose displeasure he had mightily procured by entring in league with the French King Most part of the noblemen of Fraunce perswaded the King in the Constables behalfe that he should not suffer such a deed to escape vnpunished Herevpon messengers were sent to the Duke to let him vnderstand that both the King and his vncles and the whole counsell of state were highly offended with him because through his violent apprehension and detayning of the Constable he had frustrated the kings purpose of inuading his enemies Wherefore their will and pleasure was that he should make full restitution both of the mony and castles which he had wrongfully taken and concerning his disappointment of the voyage that he should come in person to Paris there to render an account of his doings The duke when he had receiued this message after some deliberation of the matter made answere to this effect that he not only nothing repented him of what he had done to the Cōstable but was also exceeding sory that he did no more and that it greeued him at the heart as often as he remēbred it that euer he suffered him to go away aliue As for the castles seeing he had them in his possession he would by no meanes restore them againe nor neuer depart with them vnles the King put him out by force The mony was all bestowed amongst those that helpt him to defend his country against the Cōstable thē whome he had not a more mortall enemy in the world For interrupring the iourney into England he had neuer any such thought in his mind it was a priuate case between the Constable and him and whatsoeuer was done proceeded of no other intent but only desire of reuenge Yee haue heard how at such time as inuasion was feared in England great summes of money were leuied for the maintenance of war to defend the Realme Now when the French men altering their purpose returned without performance of their enterprise many gaue out speeches that it was vniustly done of the kings officers to keepe still the mony the daunger being auoyded without any charge or expences This muttering being stilled for a while vppon occasion of a new subsidy demaunded for payment of the souldiers wages which had byn placed in garrisons was againe renued more boldly then before The commons tooke the matter very haynously and framed grieuous accusations against certaine persons through whose dishonesty and vnfaithfulnes they said the whole treasure of the kingdome and the goods of the subiects were wastfully consumed The King was led altogether by a few of the meaner sort men of base quality and ignorant disposition But especially the Duke of Ireland had him in a manner at command and possest him in such sort as it seemed he had enchaunted the young kings affections For whatsoeuer he sayd was done and there was nothing so

his people the Archbishop of Canterbury by generall consent of the State was addressed to the Erle of Derby to bring him againe into England vpon most assured hope and expectation of the Crowne The Bishop vndertooke and perfourmed this charge so secretly that none knew of his going saue those that were interessed in the action and when he came into Fraunce not any man there could coniecture the true cause of his comming The Earle of Derby politikely dissembling the matter requested leaue of the French King to goe into Britaine to visite the Duke with whome he made no long tarriance but tooke shipping and within few dayes after arriued in England By reason of the Archbishops presence and authoritie hee found no interruption in his passage but trauelled along towards London And when they approched neare the citty they sent a messenger before to giue notice of their comming At which tidings the Cittizens sodainely surprised with ioy came flocking out of the gates in great companies to welcome the Earle from thencefoorth couenaunting to receiue him for King of England Soone after a certaine number well appointed were sent foorth against king Richard to apprehend him and bring him to London Many of the Kings followers when they vnderstood of the Londoners comming soone changed their seruice and chose them new Masters At first the King made some shew of resistance but seeing his people forsake him by counsell of his friends hee retired into the castle of Flint When the Earle drewnigh accompanied with some two hundreth men and the rest of his army following after he approched the Castle gate and sent word to the king how he required to speake with him wherevpon himselfe onely and twelue more were admitted entraunce As soone as hee sawe the King without yeelding him any reuerence Sir saide he you must this day prepare towardes London for so the people are fully purposed What should hee doe in this distresse Being destitute of succour and beholding his enemies forces before his face to escape the fury of the people he yeelded him selfe to the Earles mercie As they carried him towardes London he requested one thing very earnestly which was that hee might not be led through the Citty His request was graunted but the people much offended As soone as he came thither he was conueyed to prison New officers and seruants were placed about the Queene and other Ladies and Gentlewomen appointed to attend her all the French being dismissed and sent home into their countrey The Earle hauing brought his matters to this passe the first thing hee did hee recalled the Earle of Warwicke and certaine others that were banished And shortly after hee caused to be beheaded foure of the chiefe that had bin about King Richard by whose counsell hee confessed himselfe to haue been principally ruled in those matters which were obiected against him They were drawne to their execution vnder the prospect of his windowe of purpose that he might see them The Lords that accompanied him in prison bewailed their miserable estates and the King himselfe with the consideration of his heauie misfortune burst foorth into aboundaunce of teares and with bitter sighes cursed the day and houre that euer hee was borne to come to such an end as now entred into his cogitation He was perswaded by his partners in misery that to appease his aduersary and to purchase the assuraunce of his owne safety and such as were about him hee should renounce his royall state and dignity Herevpon he required to haue communication with the Earle to whome when hee had declared his mind after the acceptance of his offer the Erle fell into a bitter reproofe of his former life making a large repetition of his offences and besides vpbrayded him with bastardy for many reported that he was begotten by a Priest Within few dayes after King Richard in open assembly of the Lordes at the Tower of London with all ceremonies and solemnities incident to such occasions resigned the Crowne and Scepter with all his right and interest in the kingdome to Henry of Lancaster reducing himselfe into a priuate estate without assurance of his life after he had raigned two and twenty yeares This alteration of the State in England so troubled the French King that hee fell againe into his olde disease But the Counsaile of Fraunce sent certaine Ambassadors to visite the Queene his daughter and to vnderstand in what state shee remained The Duke of Burbon was likewise sent into the country of Burdeloys which seigniory since King Richard to whome the people in those partes were wonderfully affected was fallen into this calamity the French men went about to recouer againe to themselues But when the chiefe of the Citties had propounded the matter to the Commons they could not preuaile For the people feared much to be oppressed againe with the often taxes and ●allages which they had endured of olde t●me vnder the French men Certaine great Lords of England had secretly conspired against Henry their new King but their practise being discouered they were all put to death The French King raising a puissant army determined to haue inuaded England But it hapned about the same time that King Richard ended his life at London My Authour reporteth that he could not learne certainly by what means he came to his death but that Henry the late crowned king was incessantly called vpon by the people to dispatch him out of the way because otherwise the realme should neuer want matter of trouble and dissention Neuerthelesse he addeth further that the King in regarde hee had giuen him a faithfull promise of his life would not condiscend to their requests Now when the matters betweene Fraunce and England seemed thus to tend toward a sorrow full issue by mediation of good men a truce was obtained and confirmed for sixe and twenty yeares The French men were the rather inclined to peace by reason of their Kings infirmitie Mention hath beene made of the earle Marshall of England banished by king Richard vpon occasion of his quarrell with the Earle of Derby As soone as he vnderstoode that Henry of Lancaster had obtained the Cr●wn●e and that King Richard was dead hee conceiued so great griefe and displeasure therevppon that incontinently he fell sicke and died at Venice Moreouer Pope Benedict because that after so many advertisements he would not incline to the will of the Princes was depriued of his honor and Pontificall dignitie Her name was Isabell 1326. Robert of Artoys commeth into England and the occasion of his cōming Cambray besieged King Edward taketh vppon him the title of Fraunce Tournay besieged A truce taken for twelue moneths Prolonged for twelue moneths more The occasion of the warres in Britaine Charles of Bloys Durham take sacked by the Scottish 1342. The gallant carriage and warlike behauiour of the Lady Mountfort Vannes wone by the English Recouered againe by the French The death of Robert of Artoys 1343. A truce

their towne Wherevnto they condiscended but vppon certaine conditions which were these 1. That it should be lawfull for the men of Rochell vtterly to race their Castle out of which they had often received so great displeasure and to lay it levell with the ground 2 That the French men should solemnely promise neverto erecte any castle there againe 3 And that Rochell from thenceforth should perpetually remaine a member of the crowne of Fraunce and never be alyenated to any other Lord by any possible meanes that might be devised according as times and states should happen to alter afterward When the King who was made acquainted with these proceedings by the Lords had confirmed and ratifyed these covenants Rochell became subiect again to the French and the revolting of this towne gave occasion to many other of their neighbours to doe the like The French kings captaines holding it discretion to follow their fortune vsed such industry that in short space they recovered all the territorie of Poytow and the country adioyning not without some helpe and furtherance from the Britons who were exceedingly inclined to the French King though their Lord wholly favoured the King of England as by whose meanes he had obtayned his Dukedome It happened not long after that the Englishmen immediately vppon their comming into Britaine burnt vp seaven great shippes of the King of Spaines as they lay there in harbour Herevppon suspicion arose that this matter was done by the Duke of Britaines consent and direction whereof the French king being advertised by certaine Lords of Britaine sent the Constable to make warres vppon the Duke and to conquer his country as one who had forseited his estate by entring into a league with the English men against him of whome he had received the investiture of his Dukedome and to whome as the custome is he had sworne homage and fealtie The Duke of Britaine in this extremitie distrusting his owne subiects fled into England And the Constable by the helpe of the Britons themselves brought much of the country in subiection David King of Scotland deceassed without issue and by right of succession the crowne descended to Robert It is said before that King Edward after his sonne the Duke of Lancaster was come with his wife into England had determined to send him ouer againe to make warres in Picardy But the matter was delayed For this yeere was the first time of his arrivall at Calice accompanied with the Duke of Britaine and thirteene thousand soldiers They raunged through a great part of Picardy putting all to fire and sword but they abstayned from besieging of townes for the French king had long before sufficiently strengthned them with garrisons And as they marched forward making havocke of all things the French army still followed without intermission notwithstanding they never came to ioyne battell but by intercession of the Popes legates a truce was taken and a time appointed for another meeting at Bruges in Flaunders there to treate of waightyer matters Before this truce was proclaymed the Duke of Britaine by the Englishmens ayd had recovered diverse places and was like to have gotten more had not the newes of this truce beene a stay to his proceedings Therfore discharging his army and leaving good garrisons in the places recovered he returned into England About the calends of November the ambassadors of both Kings repayred to Bruges that there by mediation of the Popes Legates they might treate of a marriage betweene Richard sonne to the Prince of Wales and Marie the French Kings daughter The matter was diversely debated but could not bee brought to any perfect conclusion Pope Gregorie taking offence thereat departed from Avinion and went to Rome About this time Prince Edward the King of Englands eldest sonne a most worthy and valiant gentleman ended his life at London After whose death king Edward assembling the rest of his sons and the nobilitie of his realme declared publikelie vnto them his purpose that Richard the sonne of his sonne deceassed should succeed in the inheritance of the kingdome And because he had long since imparted asmuch both to the noble men and the residue of his sonnes before he made his last voyage into Fraunce it was no hard matter to perswade them all to approve his determination and to confirme the same by oath Within a while after the King himselfe also departed this life not without great sorrowe of as many as knewe him for he was a Prince so renowmed that even the French King himselfe when he heard of his death gave this report that he thought him worthy to be numbred amongst the wisest of princes After his deceasse succeeded Richard his grand sonne according to his owne appointment in his life time and was crowned king of England the eleuenth yeere of his age Anno Dom. 1377. The Duke of Lancaster was chosen protectour and tooke vpon him the government of the realme during the kings minority who in the meane while was trayned vp vnder the instruction of a certaine noble man appoynted to that charge by generall election It is declared before how the French King the better to maintain his warres against England had made a league with the King of Navarre but it fell out afterward that two gentlemen of the house of Nauarre attending vppon the king of Navarres sonnes in the French court were had in suspition of giving poyson to the King Which fact when they had publickly confessed before the people they were put to execution for the same Immediately herevpon the French King sent an army into the sea coast of Normandy belonging to the King of Nauarre vnder the conduct of the Constable who easily subdued all that part of the country Besides this the King of Spaine the French kings new confederate made warre also vpon the King of Nauarre who beeing driuen to this distresse required ayd of Richard King of England of whome he accordingly obtayned it The Duke of Britaine remayning still in England made importunate suite to the young King from time to time for ayd but the king gaue alwaies a dea●e ●are to his request For the Duke of Lancaster aspiring to get that seigniory to himselfe assembled a power and sayled over into Britaine where he layd siege to certaine places but the French army wherof the Constable was generall compelled him to depart The second Booke IN the former booke is declared how the French men recouered a great parte of Aquitaine from the English There were many still notwithstanding in those places which stood stoutly for the King of England The Duke of Aniow therefore comming thither with an army subdued in a mannner all that euer remayned The Gascoignes had lately before sent into England for succour but by reason there was trouble and insuirection budding vp within the realme their sending was to none effect For the Duke of Lancaster who had all the authoritie in his hands was

other necessaries In their returne homeward they earnestly besought the Dutches of Braband for the Duke was then at Lutzemburgh to be a meanes to the Earle of Flaunders that at leastwise he wold be fo farre pleased as to suffer the matters betweene them to be debated by indifferent persons at some time place appointed The Earle condiscended and a meeting was had at Tornay Thither resorted the commissioners of diuerse neighbour states to compound the strife if it might be possible For the Gauntoys came Philip● of Arteuile But after much expectation when it seemed the Earle would neither come himselfe nor send any other to treate in his behalfe the parties assembled wrote letters admonishing and earnestly entreating him that he would not neglect this good opportunity now whilst his aduersaries were so tractable to deale with and so desirous of agreement Whereunto the Earle made answere that he had not leysure to be present there himselfe but to gratify those honourable persons that had trauelled so farre in the matter he would send some in few daies after which should fully acquaint them with his resolution the effect whereof vpon relation of his messengers was much to this purpose That he would not come to composition with the Gauntoys vppon any other termes then that all of them generally betweene fifteene and threescore yeeres of age presenting themselues without the cittie vppon the open plaine without any manner of weapon bare headed and bare footed with halters about their necks should first craue pardon of him for their offences afterward submit themselues to his mercie to determine of them and their liues at his pleasure Other answere then this notwithstanding all the intercession of his friends none could be obtayned and so the assembly brake vp Phillip returning to Gaunt the next day discoursed the successe of his treaty to the people Then might ye haue seene the lamentable state of a citty reduced to extreame miserie desperation In which generall calamitie Philip put them in choise of three courses to be taken eyther to accept the conditions profered or to shut themselues vp in their churches and there praying to God for pardon of their sinnes abide patiently the end of their liues or else some fiue thousand of them to issue out of the towne and fight with their enemy After deliberation this last tooke place for indeede there was no other remedy but either to try their fortunes forthwith by the sword or else to perish miserably for hunger The Earle had his men of warre about him the same time at Bruges to the number of forty thousand For knowing that his enemies were now brought to such distresse he was resolued by all meanes to make an honourable conclusion of this warre and therefore when he heard tydings of the Gauntoys approach ●e disposed his forces to receiue them The Gauntoyes though they were fewe in number yet being hartened by perswasions and chiefly for that they left a poore forlorne afflicted and most miserable citty behinde them wherein their wiues their children and whatsoeuer else was deere to them remayned the safety or destruction of all which depended wholly vppon the successe of that one dayes seruice came to the field with a bold courage desperate resolution The men of Bruges who before were exceedingly forward and desirous to fight in so much that the Earle was in a manner constrayned by their importunity to giue battell that day against his owne minde and purpose assoone as the armies ioyned being strooken with a suddaine feare vppon what occasion I knowe not except because the sunne was in their faces brake their aray and ranne headlong out of the battell The Earle himselfe also when he could by no meanes restrayne them was forced to fly and his battell of horsemen with him The Earle outryding the rest of his company recouered the towne of Bruges and would haue closed the gates against the entrance of his enemies but it was in vaine for they pursued so fast after him as he fled that they entred the cittie a little before night And euen then the Earle not altogether past hope gathered the town●●●●en together made head against the enemie But he was brought to such extremity that somewhat before midnight the Gauntoyes hauing ouerrunne all the Citty and he being vtterly destirute and forsaken of his people was faine to conuey himselfe by stealth sometime into one lane and sometime into another and at length entring into the cottage of a poore woman who had scarce so much in all her house as to hide him with much adoe saued his life Behold here the misery and straunge mutability of mans estate After this victory the men of Bruges were cruelly entreated by the enemy and amongst other things that pleased the conquerour some fiue hundreth of the wealthyest of their cittie were carryed prisoners to Gaunt The Earle still doubtfull of his life after he had lurked there a while in great secrecy fled to Lisle one while on foote and other whiles on a mares back without any saddle in most wearysome way and most tedious weather This successe of the Gauntoys greatly reioyced the people of Paris of Roan of Liege of Braband and all the citties thereabout not only in regard of the example but because they also wished ill to the earle of Flaunders whom they generally noted of pride Phillip was highly honoured in all places where he became and in all things vsed such excesse as euer in a Prince might haue beene counted superfluity All the townes generally submitted themselues to the victorious people of Gaunt Only the men of Arde being summoned to yeild when they had valiantly refused euen in despight of their enemies were besieged by Phillip with a strong power leuyed from all parts of Flannders The Gauntoyes in the meane time made many rodes into the country rissing and destroying diuerse gentle mens houses And amongst the rest a certaine castle of the Earles where they found the holy Funt wherein the Earle was christened with his cradle and such other things which were all made a prey to the barbarous fury and outrage of the soldier The Earle being thus vtterly ouerthrowne brought vnder foote considered how there was no other hope of recouery now remayning but one which was to moue the French king to commiseration of his estate To this therefore he addressed himselfe and for better obtaynment of his purpose employed the friendly endeauour of his sonne in law the vncle of him at whose hands he required succour The young king easily induced by his perswasions vndertooke this warre with great alacrity When Phillip of Arteuill vnderstood that by the Duke of Burgoines intercession the Earles suite was preferred in Fraunce he addressed letters forthwith in the name of the people to the French king beseeching him that he would be a meanes to make reconciliation betweene the Earle his country He wrote not this