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A68635 The pastyme of people The cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond breuely co[m]pylyd [and] empryntyd in chepesyde at the sygne of the mearemayd next to pollys gate. Cum priuilegio. Rastell, John, d. 1536. 1530 (1530) STC 20724; ESTC S111873 150,895 127

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And than the Soudyars i●sued out at preuey Posternes and sodaynly set vpon the Frenchemen slewe many of them to the nombre of CCC men of armes and moo and toke many prisoners and than after the kynge returned into Englande and brought this Godfrey and many other of the most noblest ●en of them that were taken prisoners with hym into Englande And in the ende of this yere dyed Philyppe de Valoys kynge of Fraunce and kynge Iohn̄ succeded hym ¶ In the .xxv. yere a noble man of Spayne whome the Frenche kynge fauoured came with a great nauey into the Englysshe stremes and dyd great hurt wherfore kyng Edwarde gathered his Nauey and met them in the see vpon the cost of wynchelsey betwene whome there was a great fyght and moche people slayne vpon bothe partes but in the ende kynge Edwarde had y e victorye and toke .xxii. of theyr shyppes and many other prisoners Also in the ●xxv yere the kynge stablysshed his coyne of golde and syluer and ordayned that .iiii. sterlynge pens shulde make a grote and .v. grotes shulde make an ounce and .xii. ounce shulde make a pounde troy a noble of golde shulde go for halfe a marke and .xl. pens for halfe a noble and .xx. d for a farthynge of golde and .xii. of those farthynges of golde dyd way an ounce ¶ About the .xxvi. yere of this kynge the castell of Guynes was yelden to the Englysshemen in Caleys the same yere syr Guy de Meale marshall of Fraūce gaue battell to the Englysshemen in Bryttayn but the Frenche men lost all and syr Guy and dyuers other lordes of Fraūce were slayne there and dyuers taken prisoners ¶ Charles ¶ Charles called the sage son of Charles was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CCC.lxiiii he recouered the contrey of Poetowe and Rochell and many holdes agaynst the Englysshemen whiche they before had wonne ¶ In the .xxix. yere prince Edwarde the kinges eldyst sonne entred Gascoyne with a great ho●● and spoyled the contrey in the same yere king Edwarde landed at Caleys with a great armye and after went into Fraunce But anone tythynges came to hym that the Scottes had wonne the towne of Berwyke had layde sege to the castell wherfore kynge Edwarde returned shortely and went to Berwyke and wanne the towne agayne punysshed so the kynge of Scottes that at the last he caused hym to submytte hym selfe as prisoner and rec●yued his power tytle of the crowne of Scotlāde into kynge Edwardes handes wherfore he returned with the kyng of Scottes into London but the Frenchemen say y t kynge Edwarde returned out of Fraunce for feare of the Frenche kynge whiche was cōmynge from Amyas with a great power to haue fought with kynge Edwarde ¶ Also about this season that is to say in the .xxx. yere of kyng Edwarde whyle that kynge Edwarde was occupyed at Berwyke prince Edwarde had taken many ryche prisoners and pyllages in Gascoyne and came to Burdeux without any battell and the duke of Lācaster with the eyde of Philyppe brother to the kynge of Nauerne made warre in the contrey of Constantyne ¶ Than kynge Iohn̄ of Fraunce came with a great power towarde the duke but he myght nat wynne vnto hym for the passages were so fortefyed therfore he made towarde prince Edwarde and wanne dyuers castels by the way ¶ This prince Edwarde was than at a place called Leyre to whome there came a great armye of the nobles of Fraunce gaue to hym a sharpe battell but prince Edwarde had the victorye and slewe many of his enemyes and toke many prisoners and sent them to Burdeux and went hymselfe towarde Towres And in this meane whyle the duke of Lancaster came from the castell of Lyseux whiche he had repayred returned to Bryttayn and spoyled brent and toke many holdes by the way And than kynge Iohn̄ holdynge his way came to the citye of Towres to fortefye it and prince Edwarde toke his wey towarde Poyters in whiche way he mette an hoost of Frenchemen and fought with them and put them to flyght and slewe C. of them and toke .lx. prisoners and sent .iiii. or .v. of the noble men of them vnto Burdeux after that loged hym selfe in a place nyghe Poyters And after that the Frenche kynge came with his hoost and lodged hym selfe nyghe vnto Poyters so that y e vawewardes of bothe hoostes lay within halfe a myle of other And than in the mornynge the duke of Athens hauynge the rule of the Frenche kynges vawewarde set vpon y e Englysshe hoost which had so fensed them selfe with woode and trees that the Frenche speres myght nat wynne to them for the Englisshemen bete them so with arowes that they turned ouer bothe hors and man And in the same season the duke of Normandye kynge Iohn̄s son whiche was leder of a nother hoost assayled them vpon a nother parte but these .iii. battels dyd lytell hurte to the Englysshemen for they slewe so many by shotte of Arowes that these .iii. hoostes were discomfyt Than kynge Iohn̄ seynge this comforted his people and he hym selfe with a fresshe company set vpon them agayne but the Englysshemen kept them so to gether fought so sore that the Frenchemen gaue backe whome the Englysshemen than fersly folowed and slewe of them without pyte where there was slayne the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Athens syr Iohan Cleremount marshall of Fraūce with many lordes baronettes knyghtꝭ men of armes to the nombre of .xvii. C. .iii. M. of other meane persons And there was taken prisoners Iohn̄ kynge of Fraūce Philyppe his .iiii. sonne the erle of Poeteowe the erle of Ewe the erle of Languyle the erle of Tankeruyle the Archebysshoppe of Sens the erles of Dampmatyne Vandosme of Salysbruche and of Moyson and many other great lordes Baronettes and knyghtes and men of name to the nomb●e of .xvi. C. And after this fylde thus wonne the prince returned with his prisoners to Burdeux and sone after that the prince with his prisoners toke shyppynge and aryued in Englande and brought them thorowe the citye of London into westmyster where kynge Edwarde syttynge in his estate in westmyster hall receyued them with honour After y t there was a solempne Iustyce in Smythfylde where than were present y e kynge of Englande the Frenche kynge the kyng of Scottꝭ with many other noble estates wherof the most parte of the straungers were prisoners ¶ Also in the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwarde syr Robert Knolles with other of his retenew with ayde of the kynges men of Nauerne warred in Brettayne and toke many castels and holdes many prisoners toke great sōmes of money for sauyng of townes raunsomes of prisoners ¶ Also in the .xxxiiii. yere kynge Edwarde with the prince his son and the duke of Lancaster sayled ouer vnto Caleys and so went to the contrey of Champayne to whome dyuers lordes of the duchye of