ê‘te of Scotlande whyle the siege was before Tourney Cap. lv ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kyng made to reyse the siege before Turney ca. lvi ¶ Howe they of the garyson of Bouhayne distrussed certayne soudyers of Mortaygne before the towne of Conde Cap. lvii ¶ Of the iourney that sir Wylliam Baylleule and sir Walflart de la Croyse made at the bridge of Cresyn Cap. lviii ¶ Howe the erle of Heynault assayled the fortreile of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers maners Cap. lix ¶ Howe the erle of Heynalte toke the towne of saynt Amande duryng the siege before Tourney Cap. lr ¶ Of the takyng of sir Charles of Momorency and of dyuers other frenchmen at the brige of Cresyn Cap. lxi ¶ Howe the flemynges were before saynt Omers duryng the siege of Turney Cap. lxii ¶ Howe the siege before Turney was broken vp by reason of a truse Cap. lxiii ¶ Of the warres of Bretaygne and howe the duke ther dyed without heyre wherby the discencyon fell Cap. lxiiii ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Brest Cap. lxv ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the cyte of Reynes Cap. lxvi ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Hanybout Cap. lxvii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort dyde homage to the king of EnglaÌ„d for the duchy of breten ca. lxviii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to the ê‘lyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretaygne was iudged to sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxx ¶ Of the lordes of FrauÌ„ce that entred in to Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxxi ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was taken at NauÌ„tes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de the thirde tyme made warre on the scottes Cap. lxxiii ¶ Howe king Dauyd of Scotlande caÌ„e with a great host to Newcastell vpoÌ„tyne ca. lxxiiii ¶ Howe the scottes distroyed the cyte of Dyrham Cap. lxxv ¶ Howe the scottes besieged a castell of therle of Salysburies Cap. lxxvi ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de was in amours of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxvii ¶ Howe therle of Salisbury therle Moret were delyuered out of prison cap. lxxviii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes with dyuers lordes of Fraunce toke the cytie of Reynes in Bretayne Cap. lxxix ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes besieged the couÌ„tesse of Mountfort in Hanybout ca. lxxx ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny brought the englysshmen in to Bretayne Cap. lxxxi ¶ Howe the tastell of Conquest was wonne two tymes Cap. lxxxii ¶ Howe sir Loyes of Spaygne toke the townes of Dynant and of Gerande cap. lxxxiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny discoÌ„fyted sir Loyes of Spayne Cap. lxxxiiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny tooke the castell of Gony in the forest Cap. lxxxv ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloies toke the towne of Carahes cap. lxxxvi ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Butler sir Hubert of Fresnoy were rescued fro dethe Cap. lxxxvii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloys toke the towne of Jugon with the castell Cap. lxxxviii ¶ Of the feest and iustes that the kyng of Englande made at London for the loue of the couÌ„tesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix ¶ Howe the kyng of England sent sir Robert of Artoyse in to Bretayue Cap. lxxxx ¶ Of the batayle of Gernsay by twenesir Robert of Arthois and sir Loyes of Spaygne on the see Cap. lxxxxi ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthois toke the cite of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthoise dyed where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande caÌ„e in to Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii ¶ Howe the lorde Clisson sir Henry of Leon were taken prisoners before UaÌ„nes ca. lxxxxv ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi ¶ What lordes of frauÌ„ce the duke of Norman by brought into Bretayne against the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost loged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii ¶ Howe the frenche kynge beheeded the lorde Clysson and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix ¶ Of the order of saynt George that king Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of Wyndsore Cap. c. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande delyuered out of prison sir Henry of Leon. Cap. c .i. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent the erle of Derby to make warre in Gascoyne Cap. c .ii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered the forteresse of Bergerath Cap. c .iii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered dyuers townes and forteresses in hye Gascoyne Cap. c .iiii. ¶ Howe therle of Quenfort was taken in Gascoyne and delyuered agayne by exchaunge Cap. c .v. ¶ Howe the erle of Layle lieutenant to the frenche kyng in Gascoyne layde siege before Auberoche Cap. c .vi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby toke before Auberoche the erle of Layle and dyuers other erles and vycountes to the nombre of .ix. Ca. c .vii. ¶ Of the townes that therle of Derby wan in Gascoyne goynge towarde the Ryoll Cap. c .viii. ¶ Howe therle of Derby layde siege to the Ryoll and howe the towne was yelded to hym Cap. c .ix. ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny founde in the Ryoll his fathers sepulture Cap. c .x. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the castell of the Ryoll Cap. c .xi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby tooke the towne of Mauleon and after the towne of Franche in Gascoyne Cap. c .xii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. c .xiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfrey of Harcourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. c .xiiii. ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. c .xv. ¶ Of the dethe of WillmÌ„ erle of Heynalt who dyed in Frise and many with him Cap. c .xvi. ¶ Howe sir Johan of Heynault became frenche Cap. c .xvii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of NormaÌ„dy brought into Gascoyne agaynst the erle of Derby Cap. c .xviii. ¶ Howe JohnÌ„ Norwich scaped fro Angolem whan the towne was yelden freÌ„che Cap. c .xix. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Aguyllon with a hundred M. men Cap. c .xx. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande went ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllon Cap. c .xxi. ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de rode in thre batayls thorowe Normandy Cap. c .xxii. ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche king made to resyst the kynge of Englande Cap. c .xxiii. ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe the Englysshmen toke the towne Cap. c .xxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harcort fought with them of Ampens before Parys Cap. c .xxv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng folowed the kyng of Englande in Beauuonoyse Cap. c .xxvi. ¶ Howe the bataile of Blanche take was foughten bytwene the kyng of Englande and sir Godmar du Fay. Cap. c .xxvii. ¶ Of the order of the englysshmen at Cressey
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ„ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌ„e these two execucyoÌ„s he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest ê‘sons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deê‘ted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌ„e to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ„ they rode forth so long that they caÌ„e to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌ„e to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌ„don and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌ„maunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌ„mynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ„ of London And so the freÌ„chmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌ„bled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ„ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ— realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌ„ce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ„ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌ„pany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ— lorde MaÌ„ny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌ„pany were about a thousand horse and yâ— kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌ„e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌ„d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌ„des bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
same season on a day certayne of the coÌ„pany of syr Peter Audeleys rode forth and entred into a towne called Ronay and robbed it clene and as the curate was at masse there entred into the churche an englisshe squier and toke the Chalays fro the aulter wherin the prest shulde haue consecrated and dyd caste out the wyne and bycause the preest spake to hym he strake hym with his gauntlet that the bludde felle vpon the aulter Than they departed and went into the feldes and this squier had with hym the patent and corporal and sodaynly his horse beganne to tourne and so to take on that none durste approche nere hym and horse and man fell to the erthe and eche of them strangled other and sodaynly were tourned into pouder Than the other companions made a vowe neuer after to violate any churche In the same season they of the garison of Mauconsell wanted prouysion and so solde theyr fortresse to them of Noyon and to them of the countrey there about for .xii. M. motons of golde and so to departe with all theyr goodes And so they went into other fortresses as to Craell Cleremount Hereell Uelly Pierpount Roussey and to Sissome The whiche fortresses had ben long in the handes of Naueroys and after the peace bitwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer they were englysse And whan they of Noyon had MaucoÌ„sel they rasshed it to the erthe Also JohnÌ„ Segure solde the fortresse of Nogent to the bysshop of Troyes for a certayne some of florens wherof he had wrytynge vnder the bysshops seale and so he came into the cite of Troye and alyghted at the bysshop lodgynge who sayd to hym ser JohnÌ„ ye shall abyde here with me a thre or foure dayes and than ye shall haue your money and he who was come thether vnder the assuraunce of the bysshop agreed therto Than the comons of the cite beganne to saye Howe dothe our bysshop tryfle and mocke vs sythe he kepeth aboute hym the greattest brybour and robber in all Fraunce and wolde that we shulde gyue hym oure money Than there rose a great noÌ„bre of the same opynyon and sente to kepe theyr gates that he shulde nat skape theym and there came in harneys a syxe thousande of one sorte to slee hym in the bysshops lodgynge Whan the bysshop sawe that he sayde to them Fayre frendes he is come hyther vnder my saue conducte and ye knowe the treatye and bargayne betwene hym and me by your accorde hit were great shame and vntrueth vnder this assurance to do hym any villanye But what so euer he sayd they entred into his halle by force and so into his chaÌ„bre and sought so naro welye that at laste they founde hym and there slewe hym and hewed hym all to peces ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande Cap. CC .i. IT is longe sythe I spake of the kynge of Englande but I had nonÌ„ occasion to speke of hym tyll nowe for as long as the treuce endured there was no warâ— made bitwene them but assoone as yâ— truce was exspired the fyrste day of May the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the garysons englisshe and naueroyse made warr in the title of the kynge of Englande Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of Nauer and the duke of Normandy The lorde Arnolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande for he was nat quytte prisoner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters In the same season the kyng of Englande and the prince his sonne The Frenche â—ynge and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon mette at London and so they foure allonely to guether in counsayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a lettre to be sent into Fraunce to the duke of Normandy The Erle and syr Arnolde passed the see and arryued at Boloyn and so went to Parys And there they founde the Duke and the kynge of Nauer and ther shewed them the letters Than the duke demaunded counsaile of the kynge of Nauer who dyd counsayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce and counsayles of the good townes shulde be assembled the whiche thynge was done And than it semed to the kyng of Nauer and to the Duke and to his bretherne and to all the counsayle of the Realme that the sayde treatye was to greuous to be borne Wherfore they answered all with one voyce to the sayde two fordes that the letter that they had brought and theâ—â—ect therin was so preiudyciall to them am â–ª to the realme that they yet wolde endure greatter myschiefe than they had done rather than to mynisshe in such wyse the realme of France They wolde also rather suffre their kyng to lye styll in EnglaÌ„de And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his apoyntmeÌ„t he sayd a sonne Charles ye be couÌ„sayled by the kyng of Nauerre who deceyueth you woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be And whaÌ„ the kyng of EnglaÌ„d knewe their report he sayd well or wynter be past I shall entre into the realme of France so puysantly 〈◊〉 shall abyde there so long tyll I haue an ende of this warre or els peace at my pleasure and to myne honour and than he made the grettest aparayle that euer he made The same season aboute the myddes of August the lorde JohaÌ„n of Craon archbysshop of Reynes and they of the cytie of Parys and of the couÌ„tre ther about with a certayne knightes and squiers of the countie of â—ethell and Laon went and layed siege to the castell of â—oucy and ther lay a fyue wekes And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes saued and to go whyder they lyst And of this they had letters patentes sealed by the archebysshop by the erle Porcyen and the erle of Brayne but for all that whan they departed the coÌ„mons that were there rose agaynst them and slewe the most part for all the lordes who had moche payne to saue the captayne Hanekyn Francoyse Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and castell ¶ Howe sir Eustace Danbretycourâ— was delyuerd out of prison by great raunsome Cap. CC .ii. THus after the wynninge of the castell of Roucy sir Peter Awdeley dyed in his bedde within yâ— castell of Beauforde wherof suche companyons as wer vnder him were right sorowfull Than the englysshmen and almaygnes there thought they coude do no better syth they made warr for the kyng of Englande as to make to their capitayne sir Eustace Dambreticourt who was as thanÌ„e hole of his hurtes but styll as prisonere Than they sende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant and to sir Henry â—ueâ—ellart for to putte to raunsome the lorde sir Eustace so than he was put to his fynanse to pay .xxii. thousande frankes of France And the companyons of the englysshe garysons in Champaigne payed the sayd raunsome and so he was delyuered and had agayne his
to great dyspleasure and therfore sir if we go hastely on him or he beware parauenture we shall fynde hym and his company in that case and so dispurâ—eyed that we shal haue hym at aduauntage and so we shall discoÌ„fyte hym I dout nat The counsayle of ser Bertram of Clesquy was well herd and taken and so kyng Henry in an euenyng departed fro the hoost with a certayne of the best knyghtes and fightyng men that he coude chose out in all his hoost And left the resydue of his company in the kepyng and gouernyng of his brother therle of Anxell And so rode forthe he had seuynspyes euer comynge and goynge who euer brought hym worde what his brother Dampeter dyde and all his hoost And kyng Dampeter knewe nothynge howe his brother came so hastely towarde hym wherfore he and his coÌ„pany rode the more at large wtout any good order And so in a mornyng kyng Henry and his people met and encountred his brother kyng Dampeter who had lyen that night in a castell therby called Nantueyle and was there well receyued had good â—here And was departed thens the same mornyng wenyng full lytell to haue ben fought with all as that day and so sodenly on hym with baners displayed there came his brother kyng HeÌ„ry and his brother Sanxes and sir Bertram of Clesquy by whome the kynge and all his host was greatly ruled And also with them ther was the begue of Uillaynes the lorde of Roquebertyn the vycouÌ„t of Rodaix and their coÌ„panyes they were a sixe thousand fightyng men and they rode all close togyder and so ran and encountred their enemyes cryenge Castell for kynge Henry and our lady of Clesquy and so they discoÌ„fyted and put a backe the first brunt Ther were many slayne and cast to the erthe ther were none taken to raunsome yâ— whiche was apoynted so to be by sir Bertram of Clesquy bycause of the great noÌ„bre of sarazyns that was ther. And whan kyng DaÌ„peter who was in the myddes of yâ— prease among his owne people herde howe his men were assayled put abacke by his brother the bastard HeÌ„ry and by the frenchmen he had great maruell therof sawe well howe he was betrayed visceyued and in aduentur to lese all for his men were soresparcled abrode Howbeit like a gode hardy knight and of good coÌ„forte rested on the felde and caused his banerr to be vnrolled to drawe togyder his people And sente worde to them that were behyâ—de to hast them forwarde bycause he was fightynge with his enemyes wherby euery man auauÌ„ced forward to the baner So ther was a maueylous great a ferse batayle and many a man slayne of kyng DaÌ„peters parte for kyng Henry and sir Bertram of Clesquy sought their enemyes with so coragyous and ferse wyll that none coulde endure agaynst them Howe beit that was nat lightly done for kyng Dampeterand his coÌ„pany wer sixe agaynst one but they were taken so sodenly that they were discoÌ„fyted in suche wyse that it was marueyle to beholde TThis batayle of the spanyardes one agaynst another and of these two kynges and their alyes was nere to Nantueyle the whiche was that day right ferse cruell Ther were many good knightes of kynge Henryes parte as sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Geffray Rycons sir Arnolde Lymosyn sir Gawen of Baylleule the begue of Uillaynes Alayne of saynt Poule Alyot of Calays and dyuers other And also of the realme of Aragon ther was the vycount of Roquebertyn the vycouÌ„t of Rodaix and dyuers other good knightê and squiers whome I can nat all name And there they dyde many noble dedes of armes the whiche was nedefull to theym so to do for they founde ferse and stronge people agaynst them As sarazyus iewes portyngales the iewes fledde and turned their backes and fought no stroke but they of Granade and of Belmaryn fought fersely with their bowes and archegayes and dyd that day many a noble dede of armes And kyng Dampeter was a hardy knight fought valyantly with a great axe and gaue therwith many a great stroke so that none durst aproch nere to hym And the baner of kyng Henry his brother mette and recouÌ„tred agaynst his eche of them cryenge their cryes Than the batayle of kyng Dampeter began to opyn than Domferant of Castres who was chefe counsay lour about kynge Dampeter sawe and perceyued well howe his people began to lese and to be disconfyted sayd to the kyng Sir saue yor selfe and withdrawe you in to the castell of Nauntueyle sir if ye be ther ye be in sauegarde â–ª for if ye be taken with your enemyes ye are but deed without mercy The kyng Dampeter beleued his counsayle and deê‘ted assoone as he might and went to warde Nantueyle and so came thider in suche tyme that he founde the gatê opyn and so he entred all onely with .xii. ê‘sons And in the meane season the other of his company fought styll in the feldes as they were sparcled abrode here and ther. The sarazyns defended them selfe as well as they might for they knewe nat the countrey therfore to flye they thought was for them none auayle Than tidyngê cam to kyng Henry and to sir Bertram of Clesquy howe that kyng Dampeter was fledde withdrawen into the castell of Nantueyle and how that the begue of Uillaynes had pursued hym thyder and in to his castell there was but one passage before the whiche passage the Begue of Uiyllaynes had pyght his standerd Of the whiche tidynges king Henry and sir Bertram of Clesquy was right ioyouse and so drewe to that parte in sleyng and beatyng downe their ennemyes lyke beestes so that they were wery of kyllyng This chase endured more than .iii. houres so that day ther was moo than .xiiii. thousand slayne and sore hurt Ther were but fewe that were saued except suche as knewe yâ— palsages of the countre This batayle was besyde Nantueyle in Spayne the .xiii. day of yâ— moneth of August The yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred threscore and eight ¶ Howe kyng Dampeter was taken and put to dethe and so kyng Henry was agayne kyng of Castell and of the tenour of certayne letters touchiÌ„ge the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande and of the counsayle that was gyuen to kyng Charles of FraÌ„ce to make warre to the kyng of Englande Cap. CC .xlii. AFter this disconfyture and that kynge Henry had obteyned the victory than they layed sege rounde about the castell of NaÌ„tueyle wher in was kyng DaÌ„peter Than kynge HeÌ„ry sent for the resydue of his company to Tollet wher as they lay at siege Of the which tidynges therle of Auxell and therle of SaÌ„res were right ioyfull This castell of Nantueyle was right stronge able to haue hold agaynst them all a long space if it had ben purueyed of vitayle and other thynges necessary but ther was nat in the castell scant to serue four dayes wherof kyng DaÌ„peter
forwarde to be good and trewe to the englysshe parte and to putte in to their handes all suche forteresses as he helde in Normandy And to do this message he coÌ„maunded a clerke to go in whom â—he had great trust called mayster â—aschall And sayde to hym maister Paschall go your wayes in to Englande and do so moche that ye may bring me good tidynges for fro heâ—s forthe I wyll be alyed with the englysshemen This clerke dyde as he was commanded and made hym redy and toke shyppyng and sayled so long that he arryued in Cornwall and than rode for the tyll he caÌ„e to Shene besyde London where the kyng of Englande was and so he spake with the kynge and recoÌ„maunded the kynge of Nauerr his mayster to hym And so there the kynge made hym good there and there was present the erle of Salisbury and sir Symond Burle who toke on him to speke and to gyue him his aunswere for that tyme and sayd Sir on suche a day the kyng wyll be at LoÌ„don and than send for all his couÌ„sayle at whiche tyme ye shall be herde And so at the day assigned mayster Paschall shewed to the kyng and to his counsayle theffect of his message and spake so sagely that he was well herde And he was answered by the counsayle that the kynge of Nauers offre ought nat to be refused howe be it to make so great alyance as the kynge of Nauer desyreth it behoueth than that he come hyder into Englande in his owne proper person to th entent that he may be herde speke hym selfe wherby the mater shulde take the better effect And so with that answere mayster Paschall departed and returned in to Nauer and shewed the kyng all that he had done and how it behoued hym to go in to Englande him selfe and to se the yong kyng of Englande and to speke him selfe with hym his couÌ„saile than the kyng of Nauer answered and sayd I am coÌ„tent to go theder Than he made redy for him a shyp called the Lyne the whiche wolde go on the see withall maner of wyndes without parell and so the kyng of Nauer toke this ship and entred in to the see with a preuy company how be it he had with hym sir Marten Carr mayster Paschall and sayled so longe that he arryued in Englande ¶ Of the alyences that the kynge of Nauer made with the kynge of Englande and howe the frenche kynge had men of warre in dyuers places Cap. CCC .xxix. ALytell before his deê‘tyng the frenche kynge had the kyng of Nauer in great hate and knewe couertly by some of the king of Nauers house all the secremesse bytwene hym and the kyng of Englande and howe that kyng Henry of Castell had defyed him and made warre agaynst him The kyng of Nauer left at his deê‘tynge behynde him the vycont of Chastellon the lorde of Lestrade father to Uyen and the Bascle great nombre of men of warr aswell of his couÌ„tre as of the countie of Foiz to kepe the froÌ„ters agaynst the spanyerdes ¶ And whan he was in the see he hadde wynde at wyll and arryued in Cornwall and so rode to Wynsore Where as kynge Richarde and his counsayle were who receyued hym with great ioye for they thought the better to spede of his lande in Normandy specially of the castell of Chierbourâ— wherof thenglysshmen desyred greatly to be lordes The kyng of Nauer shewed sagelye to the kyng of Englande the cause of his coÌ„mynge and he was well herde and so well conforted that he was content I shall shewe you howe this treatie went bytwene these two kynges One thyng there was the kynge of Nauer shulde fro thens for the alwayes be true englysshe and shulde neuer make peace with the realme of Fraunce nor with the kynge of Castell without the knowledge and consent of the kyng of Englande And if the kyng of Englande or any of his men by their puyssance coude gette any townes or castelles that the kynge of Nauer ought to haue in Normandy agaynst the frenchmen that the same townes or castels shulde abyde for euer to be englysshe the souerayntie euer reserued to the kynge of Nauerr The whiche thynge the englysshmen praysed moche bycause they thought by that meanes they shulde haue asayre entre into FrauÌ„ce thorough Normandy And the kyng of England shulde sende the same tyme a thousand speares and two thousande archers by the ryuer of Gyronde to Burdeur or to Bayone and the men of armes to entre in to Nauerr and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Castell And nat to departe fro the kyng of Nauer or out of his realme tyll he hadde made an ende of his warre with the spanyerdes And the men of warre so ones entred in to Nauer the kynge of Nauer than to pay them their wages and to stuffe theÌ„ sufficiently acordyng after the same rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre Dyuers treaties and alyaâ—nces were there made and ordayned and also written sealed and sworne to be kept on bothe partes And there were named suche as shulde go in to Normandy and suche as shulde go in to Nauer And bycause that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge were nat at this treatie it was ordayned that this treatie shulde be sent to them sealed to then tent that they shulde make hast to entre into Normandy The duke of Bretayne was present at this treatie RIng Charles of FraÌ„ce who was right sage and subtell and soo he well shewed hymselfe as longe as he lyued He was well enfourmed of the armye of Englande yet he knewe no certeÌ„tie but by suspecte whyder they wolde drawe in to Normandy or els into Bretayne And for dout therof he helde many men of armes in Bretayne wherof the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycount of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre the lorde of Rochfort were capitayns And had besieged Breest by bastydes and none otherwyse wherefore they might vitayle Brest whan they lyst And in the rowne was capitayne a valyant squyeâ— of Englande called James Clerke And bycause the frenche kyng knewe well that the kynge of Nauerr was alyed with Englande and thought surely that or his returne he wolde entre in to some treatie with his aduersary yâ— kyn of Englande And douted of this armye thus on the see lest they shuld take lande in NormaÌ„dy and entre into the castelles parteyninge to the kyng of Nauer Therfore he sent hastely to the lorde Coucy and to the lorde de la Ryuerr that they shulde as shortely as they coulde get by fayrnesse or by foulnesse suche castelles as were belongynge to the kynge of Nauer and specially suche as were nere to the seesyde Ne knewe well that Chyerbourge wolde nat caselye be wonne how be it by lande they coude nat â—euitayle it nor refresshe it with men out of the basse marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And so for the
HEre begynneth the first volum of sir Johan Froyssart of the cronycles of Englande Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynynge TraÌ„slated out of frenche into our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of oure moost highe redouted souerayne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce highe defender if the christen faythe c. Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno Eternum floreÌ„s regia sceptra feret ¶ The preface of Johan Bourchier knyght lorde Berners translatour of this present cronycle WHat condygne graces and thankes ought men to gyue to the writers of historyes Who with their great labours haue done so moche profyte to the humayne lyfe They shewe open manifest and declare to the reder by example of olde antyquite what we shulde enquere desyre and folowe And also what we shulde eschewe auoyde and vtterly flye For whan we beynge vnexpert of chauÌ„ces se beholde and rede the auncyent actes gestes and dedes Home and with what labours dauÌ„gers and paryls they were gested and done They right greatly admonest ensigne and teche vs howe we maye lede forthe our lyues And farther he that hath the perfyte knowledge of others ioye welthe and higher prosperite and also trouble sorowe and great aduersyte hath the xpert doctryne of all parylles And albeit that mortall folke are marueylously separated bothe by lande water and right woÌ„derously sytuate yet are they and their actes done ê‘aduenture by the space of a thousande yere coÌ„pact togyder by thistographier as it were the dedes of one selfe cyte and in one maÌ„nes lyfe Wherfore I say that historie may well be called a diuyne prouydence For as the celestyall bodyes aboue complecte all and at euery tyme the vniuersall worlde the creatures therin coÌ„teyned and all their dedes semblably so dothe history Is it nat a right noble thynge for vs by the fautes and errours of other to amede and erect our lyfe in to better We shuld nat seke and acquyre that other dyd but what thyng was most best most laudable and worthely done we shulde putte before our eyes to folowe Be nat the sage counsayles of two or thre olde fathers in a cyte towne or couÌ„tre whom long age hath made wyse dyscrete and prudent farre more praysed lauded and derely loued than of the yongemenne Howe moche more than ought stories to be coÌ„mended praysed and loued In whom is encluded so many sage counsayls great reasons hygh wisedoms of so innumerable ê‘sons of sondry nacyons and of euery age and that in so long space as four or fyue hundred yere The most profytable thyng in this worlde for the instytucion of the humayne lyfe is hystorie Dues the contynuall redyng therof maketh yonge men equall in prudence to olde men and to olde fathers stryken in age it mynystreth experyence of thynges More it yeldeth priuate persons worthy of dignyte rule and gouernaunce It compelleth themperours hygh rulers and gouernours to do noble dedê to th ende they may optayne immortall glory It exciteth moueth and stereth the strong hardy warriours for the great laude that they haue after they ben deed promptly to go in hande with great and harde parels in defence of their countre And it prohibyteth reprouable persons to do mischeuous dedes for feare of infamy shame So thus through the monumentes of writynge whiche is the testymony vnto vertue many men haue ben moued Some to byldecytes some to deuyse and establisshe lawes tight profitable necessarie and behouefull for the humayne lyfe Some other to fynde newe artes craftes and sciences very requisyte to the vse of maÌ„kynde But aboue all thynges wherby mans welthe ryseth speciall laude and cause ought to be gyuen to historie It is the keper of suche thinges as haue ben vertuously done and the wytnesse of yuell dedes And by the benefite of hystorie all noble highe and vertuous actes be immortall What moued the strong and ferse Hercules to enterprise in his lyfe so many great incoÌ„perable labours and pyls Certaynly noughtels but yâ— for his merytê immortalyte mought be gyuen to hym of all folke In seÌ„blable wyse dyd his imytator noble duke These us many other innumerable worthy prices and famouse men whose vertues ben redemed sro oblyuion shyne by historie And where as other monumentes in processe of tyme by varyable chaunces are confused and lost The vertue of history dyffused and spredde throughe the vuyuersall worlde hathe to her custos kepat it that is to say tyme whiche coÌ„sumeth the other writynges And albeit that those menne are right worthy of great laude and prayse who by their writynges shewe and lede vs the waye to vertue yet neuerthelesse the poems lawes and other artes that they fouÌ„de deuysed and writ ben mixed with some domage And soÌ„tyme for the trueth they ensigne a man to lye But onelye hystorie truely with wordes representyng the actes gestes and dedes done complecteth all profyte It moueth stereth and compelleth to honestie detesteth erketh aborteth vices It extolleth enhaunceth and lyfteth vp suche as ben noble and vertuous depresseth poystereth and thrusteth downe such as ben wicked yuell and reprouable What knowlege shulde we haue of auncyent thynges past and historie were nat Whiche is the testymony therof the lyght of trouthe the maystres of the lyfe humayne the presydent of remembrauÌ„ce and the messanger of antiquyte Why moued and stered Phaleryus the kynge Ptholome oft and dilygently to rede bokes Forsothe for none other cause but that those thynges are founde writen in bokes that the freÌ„des dare nat shewe to the price Moche more I wolde fayne write of the incomparable profyte of hystorie but I feare me that I shulde to sore tourment the reder of this my preface And also I doute nat but that the great vtilyte therof is better knowen than I coulde declare wherfore I shall breuely come to apoynt Thus whan I aduertysed and remembred the many folde comodyties of hystorie howe benefyciall it is to mortall folke and eke howe laudable and merytoryous a dede it is to write hystories fixed my mynde to do some thyng therin And euer whaÌ„ this ymaginacyon came to me I volued tourned and redde many volumes and bokes conteyning famouse histories And amonge all other I redde dilygently the four volumes or bokes of sir Johan Froyssart of the countrey of Heynaulte written in the Frenche tonge whiche I iudged comodyous necessarie and profytable to be hadde in Englysshe sithe they treat of the fomous actes done in our parties That is to say in Englande FrauÌ„ce Spaygne Portyngale ScotlaÌ„de Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioyning and specially they redounde to the honoure of Englysshemen What pleasure shall it be to the noble geÌ„tylmen of Englande to se beholde rede the highe enterprises famous actes and glorious dedes done and atchyued by their valyant auÌ„ceytours Forsothe and god this hath moued me at the highe coÌ„maundement of my moost redouted
souerayne lorde kynge Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce and highe defender of the christen faythe c. Under his gracyous supportacyon to do my deuoyre to translate out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge the sayd volumes of sir Johan Froyssart Whiche cronycle begynneth at the raygne of the moost noble and valyant kynge Edwarde the thyrde The yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred and sixtene And contynucth to the begynning of the reigne of king Henry the fourth The yere of our lorde god a thousande and foure hundred The space by twene is threscore and fourtene yeres Requyrynge all the reders and herers therof to take this my rude translacion in gre And in that I haue nat folowed myne authour worde by worde yet I trust I haue ensewed the true reporte of the sentence of the mater And as for the true namyng of all maner of personages Countreis cyties townes ryuers or teldes Where as I coude nat name them properly nor aptely in Englysshe I haue written them acordynge as I founde them in frenche And thoughe I haue nat gyuen euery lorde knyght or squyer his true addycion yet I trust I haue natswarued fro the true senteÌ„ce of the mater And there as I haue named the dystaunce bytwene places by myles and leages they must be vnderstande acordyng to the custome of the couÌ„treis where as they be named for in some place they be lengar than in some other In Englande a leage or myle is well knowen in FrauÌ„ce a leage is two myles and in some place thre And in other couÌ„treis more or lesse euery nacion hath sondrie customes And if any faute be in this my rude translacyon I remyt the correctyon therof to theÌ„ that discretely shall fynde any reasonable deraute And in their so doynge I shall pray god to sende theÌ„ the blysse of heuen Amen Thus endeth the preface of sir JohnÌ„ Bourchier knight lorde berners traÌ„slatour of this present cronycle And herafter foloweth the table with all the chapiters as they stande in the boke in order from one to four huÌ„dred fyftie and one Whiche be in nombre C C C C. and li. chapiters ¶ Here after foloweth the table of this present volume FIrst the auctours ê“loge Ca. i. ¶ Of them that were moost valyant knightes to be made mencion of in this boke Cap. ii ¶ Of some of the prevecessours of kyng Edwarde of Englande Cap. iii. ¶ Of some of the prrentes of this good kyng Edwarde the thyrbe Cap. iiii ¶ The first occasyon of the warre bytwene the the kynges of Englande of FrauÌ„ce Cap. v. ¶ Howe therle Thomas of Lancastre .xxii. other great lordes and knyghtes of Englande werebeheeded Cap. vi ¶ Howe the quene of Englande went and coÌ„playned her to the kyng of FrauÌ„ce her brother on sir Hewe Spensar Cap. vii ¶ Howe sir Hewe Spensar purchased that the quene Isabell of Englande was putte out of Fraunce Cap. viii ¶ Howe quene Isabell deê‘ted out of Fraunce and entred in to the empyre Cap. ix ¶ Howe quene Isabell areyued in Englande with sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt in her coÌ„pany Ca. x. ¶ Howe the quene of Englande besieged kynge Edwarde the seconde her housbande in the towne of Bristowe Cap. xi ¶ Howe sir Hewe SpeÌ„sar thelder and therle of Arundell were iudged to bethe Cap. xii ¶ Howe sir Hewe Spensar was putte to his iudgement Cap. xiii ¶ Of the coronacyon of kynge Edwarde the thirde Cap. xiiii ¶ Howe kyng Robert de Breur of ScotlaÌ„de defyed kyng Edwarde of Englande Cap. xv ¶ Of the disceÌ„cion that sell bytwene tharchers of Englande them of Heynalt Cap. xvi ¶ Of the maner of the scottes and howe they make their warre Cap. xvii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande made his first iourney agaynst the scottes Cap. xviii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde was maryed to the lady Philyppe of Heynalt Cap. xix ¶ Howe kyng Robert of scotlaÌ„de dyed ca. xx ¶ Howe Philyppe of Ualloyes was crowned kynge in Fraunce Cap. xxi Of the batayle of Cassell in FlaÌ„ders ca. xxii ¶ Howe therle of Kent and therle Mortymer in Englande were put to dethe Cap. xxiii ¶ Of the homage that kyng Edwarde of Englande made to the frenche kyng for the duchy of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ¶ Howe sir Roberte of Arthoyse was chased out of the realme of Fraunce Cap. xxv ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde tooke the towne of Berwyke agaynst the scottes Cap. xxvi ¶ Howe king Philyp of Fraunce and dyuers other kynges toke on them the crosey to the holy lande Cap. xxvii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande was counsayled to make warre agaynst the frenche kynge Cap. xxviii ¶ Howe Jaques Dartuell gouerned the countie of Flaunders Cap. xxix ¶ Howe certayne nobles of FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of CagaÌ„t agaynst theÌ„glysshmen Cap. xxx ¶ Of the batayle of Cagant by twene the Englysshmen and flemynges Cap. xxxi ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande made great alyaunces in th empyre Cap. xxxii ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande made alyauÌ„ce with kyng Philyp of FraÌ„ce Ca. xxxiii ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde was made vycar generall of th eÌ„pyre of Almayne Cap. xxxiiii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde all his alyes dede defy the frenche kyng Cap. xxxv ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny after the defyaunces declared made the first iourney into Fraunce Cap. xxxvi ¶ Howe after the defyaunces the frenchemen entred in to Englande Cap. xxxvii ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde besieged the cytie of Cambrey Cap. xxxviii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde made sir Henry of Flaunders knight Cap. xxxix ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande and the freÌ„che kynge toke day to fight Cap. xl ¶ Howe these two kynges ordayned their batayls at Uyronfosse Cap. xli ¶ Howe the sayd two kynges departed without batayle Cap. xlii ¶ Howe king Edwarde of Englande toke on him to beare the armes of Fraunce the â—â—me to be called kyng therof Cap. xliii ¶ Howe the frenchmen brent in the lanbes of sir Johan of Heynalt Cap. xliiii ¶ Howe therle of Heynalt toke and distroyed Aubenton and Thyerache Cap. xlv ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a iourney in to Flaunders Cap. xlvi ¶ Of the iourney that duke JohnÌ„ of NormaÌ„dy made in to Heynalt Cap. xlvii ¶ Howe they of Doway made a iourney in to Ostrenant and howe the erle of Heynalt was in Englande Cap. xlviii ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Thyne the bysshoppe Cap. xlix ¶ Of the batayle on the see before Srluse in Flaunders bytwene the kynge of Englande the frenchmen Cap. l. ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cycile dyde all that he might to pacify the kynges of Englande Fraunce Cap. li. ¶ Of the couÌ„sayle that the kyng of England his alyes helde at the towne of Uyllenort ca. lii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande layde siege to the cytie of Iourney Cap. liii ¶ Howe the erle of Heynalt distroyed the townes of Seclyn and Dorchies Cap. liiii ¶ Howe the scottes wan agayne a great
kynge Charles dyed about Ester in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. And within a short space after the quene was delyuerd of a doughter Than all the peres of Fraunce asseÌ„bled a counsell togyder at Parys as shortly as they might conueniently and there they gaue the realme by coÌ„men acorde to sir Phylippe of Ualoys and put clene out the quene Isabell of Englande and kynge Edwarde her sonne for she was suster germayne to king Charles last deed but the opynion of the nobles of Fraunce was and sayed and maynteyned that the realme of Fraunce was of so great nobles that it ought nat by successyon to fall into a womans hande And so thus they crowned kyng of France PhilyppÌ„ Ualoys at Raygnes on Trinyte sonday next after And anone after he somoned all his barownes and men of warâ— And went withall his power to the towne of Cassell and layd â—â—eg therto in makyng warâ— agaynst the â—â—emmynges who rebelledde agaynst their owne lorde And namely they of Bruges of Ippre and of Franke for they wolde nat obey therle of FlauÌ„ders But they had chased hym out of his owne countrey so that he might nat abyde in no partie therof but onely in Gaunt and scantly ther. These fleÌ„mynges were a .xvi. thousande and had a capytayne called Colen â—aÌ„nequyn a hardy man and a couragious And they had made their grayson at Cassell at yâ— wages of dyuerse townes in Flaunders To th entent to kepe the fronters there about but ye shall here howe the flemmynges were dysconfeted and all by their owne outrage ¶ Of the batell of Cassell in FlauÌ„ders Cap. xxii ANd on a day they of the garyson of Cassell departed out To th entent to haue dysconfyted the kyng and all his hoost And they came priuely without any noyse in thre batels well ordred Wherof the first batayle toke the way to the kynges tentes and it was a fayre grace that the kynge had natben taken for he was at souper and all his company and thought nothyng of them And the other batayle toke the streyght way to the tentes of the kynge of Behaygne and in maner they founde hym in lyke case And the thirde batayle went to the tentes of therle of Heynault and in likrwyse had nere take hym These hoostes caÌ„e so peasably to the tentes that with moch payne they of thoost coude arme them Wherby all the lordes and their people had ben slayne and the more grace of god had nat ben but in maner by myracle of god these lordes dysconfyted all .iii. batayls eche batayle by it selfe all in one hour In such wyse that of â—vi thousande flemmynges ther ascaped neuer a person captayns and all were slayne And the kyng lordes of FraÌ„ce knewe nat one of an other nor what they hadde done tyll all was finyss edd and atchyued For they lay in thre sondrie parties one fro an other but as for the fleÌ„mynges there was nat one left a lyue but all lay deed on hepes one vpon an other in the sayed thre sondrie places And this was done on saynt Bartylmewes day the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. Than the french men entred into the towne of Cassell and set vp the baners of FrauÌ„ce and the towne yelded theÌ„ to the kyng And also the towne Pyepigne and of Ipre all they of the Castlayne of Bergues and than the receyued therle Loys their lorde and sware to hym faythe and loyaltie foreuer Than after the kynge and his people departed and went to Parys and he was moche honoured and praysed for this enterprise and ayd that he had done to his cosyn Lois erle of FlauÌ„ders And thus the kyng was in great prosperite and euery day encresed his ryall estat for as it was sayd ther was neuer kyng in FrauÌ„ce that helde like estat as dyd this kyng Philyp of Ualoys ¶ Howe the erle of kent and the erle Mortymer in Englande were put to deth Cap. xxiii THis yong kyng Edwarde of Englande was gouerned a great space as ye haue harde before by the couÌ„sell of the quene his mother and of Edmonde of Wodstoke erle of KeÌ„t his vncle and by sir Roger Mortymer erle of March. And at the last enuy began to growe bytwene therle of Kent and therle MortymÌ„ In so moch that this erle MortimÌ„ enformed so the yong kyng by the coÌ„sentyng of tholde quene Isabell his mother beryng the kyng in hande that therle of Kent wolde haue enpoysoned hym To th entent to be kynge hymselfe as he that was nexte heyre apparaunt to the crowne for the kynges yonger brother who was called JohnÌ„ a Gaunt was newly deed And than the kyng who gaue lyght credence to theym causedde his vncle the erle of Kent to be taken and openly to be beheeded without any maner of excuse to be harde Wherwith many of yâ— nobles of the realme wer sore troubled and bare a gruge in their hertes towarde the erle Mortymer and accordyng to thenglysshe cronycle Th erle suffred dethe atte Wynchester the tenth day of Octobre yâ— thirde yere of the kynges raygne and lyeth buryed at the friers in Winchestre But as myne auctour sayeth within a whyle after as it was reported quene Isabell the kyngâ— mother was with chylde and that by therle Mortymer Wherof the kyng was enfourmed how the sayd MortymÌ„ had caused him to put to deth therle of Kent his vncle without good reason or cause for all the realme reputed hym for a noble man Thanne by the kynges commaundement this erle Mortymer was takenÌ„e and brought to London And there byfore the great lordes and nobles of the realme was recyted by open declaratyon all the dedes of the sayd Mortymer Than the kynge demaunded of his counsell what shuld be done with hym and all the lordes by commen assent gaue iudgement And sayed syr he hath deserued to dye the sa 〈…〉 ethe that sir Hewe Spenser dyed And after this iudgement there was no delacyon of sufferaunce nor mercy But incoÌ„tynent he was drawen throughout London and than set on a scaffolde and his membres cut from hym and cast into a fyre and his hert also bycause he had ymagined treason And thanne quartered and his quarters sent to foure of the best cyties of the realme and his heed remayned styll in London And within a lytle space after the kyng commaunded by thaduyce of his counsell that the quene his mother shulde be kept close in a castell And so it was doÌ„e and she had with her ladyes and damosels knyghtes and squiers to serue her acordyng to her estat And certayne laÌ„des assigned to her to meÌ„tayne ther with her noble estat all dayes of her lyfe But in no wyse she shulde nat deê‘t out of the castell wtout it were tose suche sportes as was somtyme shewed byfore the castell gate for her recreatyon Thus this lady ledde forth her lyfe ther mekely and ones or twyse a yere the kyng her son wolde coÌ„e and se
was darke to thyntent to make them within the more abasshed they made great fiers so that the brightnesse therof gaue lyght into the cytie Wherby they within had wende that their houses had ben a fyre and cryed treason many were a bedde to rest them of their trayuell the day before and so rose sodenly and ran towardes the lyght without order or gode aray and without counsell of their captayns euery man within armed them Thus whyle they were in this trouble therle of Quenefort and sir Water of Manny with the thyrde batell came to the walles wher as there was no defence made and with their ladders mounted vp and entred into the towne the freÌ„chmen toke no hede of them they were so ocupyed in other places tyll they sawe their ennemis in the stretes Than euery maÌ„ fledde away to saue themselfe the captayns had no leaser to go into the castell but were fayne to take their horses yssued out at a postern happy was he that might get out to saue hymselfe all that euer were sene by thenglysshmen were taken or slayne and the towne ouer ron and robbed and the countesse and sir Robert Dartoyes entred into that towne with great ioy ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys dyed and where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii THus as I haue shewed you the cyte of Uannes was taken and a fyue dayes after the countesse of Mountfort sir Gualtier of Manny sir yues of Tribiquedy and dyuerse other knyghtê of englande and of Bretayne returned to Hanybout and therle of Salysbury therle of Pennefort therle of Suffolke therle of Cornwall departed fro Uannes fro sir Robert Dartoyes with thre thousandemen of armes and thre M. archers and went and layed siege to the cytie of Renes And sir Charles de Bloyes was departed thens but foure dayes before and was gone to Nantes but he had left in the cytie many lordes knyghtes and squyers And styll sir Loys of Spayne was on the see and kept so the fronters agaynst Englande that none coude go bytwene Englande and Bretayne without great danger They had done that yere to Englande great damage for the takyng thus of Uannes by thenglysshmen the countrey was sore abasshedde for they thought that there hadde been suche capitaynes that had ben able to haue detended de it agaynst all the worlde they knewe well the towne was stronge and well prouyded or men of warre and artyllary for this mysadnenture sir Henry of Leon and the lorde Clysson were sore a basshedde for their ennemyes spake shame agaynst theym These two knyghtes were so sore dyspleased with the mater that they gette togyder a company of knyghtes and soudyours so that at a day apoynted they met before the cytie of Uannes mothan .xii. thousande of one and other thyder came the lorde Robert of Beaumanoyre marshall of Bretayn they layd sege to the cite on all sydes and than assayled it fersly Whan 〈◊〉 Robert Dartoys sawe howe he was besieged in the cytie he was nat neglygent to kepe his defence and they without were fierse by cause they wolde nat that they that laye at siege at Renes shulde nat trouble theym They made so feerse assaute and gaue theym within so moche a do that they wan the barryers and after the gates and so cutted into the cytie by force The englysshmen were put to the chase and dyuerse hurte and slayne and specially sir Robert Dartoyes was sore hurte and scapedde hardely vntaken he departed at a posterne and the lorde Stafforde with hym the lorde Spencer was taken by sir Henry of Leon but he was so sore hurte that he dyed the thyrde day after Thus the frenchemen wanne agayne the cytie of Uannes sir Robert Darteyes taryed a season in Hanybout sore hurte and at laste he was counsayled to go into Englande to seke helpe for his hurtes but he was so 〈◊〉 handled on the see that his soores rankeled and at laste landed and was brought to London and within a shorte space after he dyed of the same hurtes and was buryed in London in the church of saynt Poule the kynge dyd as nobly his obsequy as though it had ben for his owne proper cosyne germayne therle of Derby his dethe was greatly be moned in Englande and the kyng of Englande sware that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had reuenged his dethe And sayde howe he wolde go hym selfe into Bretayne and bringe the countrey in suche case that it shulde nat be recouered agayne in fortie yere after Incontynent he sent out letters throughout his realme that euery noble man and other shulde come to hym within a moneth after And prepared a great nauy of shyppes and at the ende of the moneth he toke the see and toke landyng in Bretayne nat farre fro Uannes there as sir Robert Dartoyes ariyued he was thre dayes a landyng of all his prouisyon the .iiii. day he went towarde Uannes And all this season therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ„broke were lyeng at siege before Renes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came into Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii AFter the kyng of Englande had ben a lande a certayne space he went and layed siege to UaÌ„nes And with in the towne ther was sir O lyuer of Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon the lorde of Turmyne sir Geffray of Malestrayet and sir Guy of Lohearc they supposed well before that the kyng of Englande wolde come into Bretayne wherfore they had prouyded the towne and castell with all thyngs necessary The kyng made a great assaut that endured halfe a day but lytell good they dyd the cyte was so well defeÌ„ded WhanÌ„e the countesse of Mountfort knewe that the kyng of Englande was come she departed fro Hanybout accompanyed with sir Gaultier of Manny and dyuers other knyghtes squyers and came before UaÌ„nes to se the kyng and the lordes of thoost and a foure dayes after she retourned agayne to Hanyboute with all her owne company ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Charles of Bloyes who was in Nauntes and assone as he knewe that the kyng of England was aryued in Bretayne he sent worde therof to the frenche kyng his vncle desyring him of socour Whan the king of England sawe this cyte so strong and hard reported howe the countrey ther about was so poore and so sore wasted yâ— they wyst nat wher to get any forage nother for maÌ„ nor beest ThaÌ„ he ordayned to deuyde his nombre first therle of Arundell the lorde Stafforde sir water of Manny sir yues of Tribyquedy and sir Rychard of Rochfort with .vi. C. men of armes vi M. archers to kepe styll the siege before UaÌ„nes to ryde and distroy the contrey all about And the kyng went to Renes wher he was ioy fully receyued with them that lay at siege there before and had done a long season And whan the kyng had ben ther a fyue dayes he vnderstode that sir Charles du Bloyes was at Nantes and
made there a great assemble of men of warre ThanÌ„e the kynge departed fro Renes and left them â—â—yll ther that were ther before to contynue their siege Than the kyng caÌ„e before Nauntes and besieged it as farre as he might but he coude nat lay rounde about the cite was so great the marshall of the hoost rode abrode and distroyed great part of the countrey The kyng ordayned his batellon a lytell mouÌ„tayne without the towne and thereâ—â—ryed fro the mornyng tyll is was noone wenyng that sir Charles of Bloys wolde haue yssued out to haue gyuen hym batayle and whan they sawe it wolde nat be they brewe to their lodgyngs the fore ryders ranne to the baryers and skirmysshed and brent the subbarbes Thus the kyng lay before Nauntes and sir Charles within who wrote to the frenche kyng the state of thenglysshmen The frenche kyng had commaunded his sonne the duke of Normandy to gyue ayde to ser Charles of Bloyes the which duke was as than coÌ„e to Angyers and there made his asseÌ„ble of men of warr The kyng of Englande made dyuers assautes to Nantes but euer he lost of his men and wanne nothyng and whan he sawe that by assautes he coude do nothyng and that 〈◊〉 Charles wolde nat yssue out into the felde to fyght with hym than he ordayned therle of â—uenforte sir Henry vycont of BeaumoÌ„t the lorde â—erâ—y the lorde Rose the lorde Mombray the lorde Dalawarre the lorde Raynolde Cobham and the lorde sir JohnÌ„ Lysse with sixe hundred men of armes and two hundred archers to kepe styll the siege ther and to ryde and distroy the countrey all about And than the kynge went and layed sege to the towne of Dynant wherof sir Peter Portbeuâ—e was captayne the kyng made there fierse assautes and they within defended themselfe valyantly Thus the kyng of England all at one season had sieges lyeng to thre cites and a good towne in Bretaygne ¶ Howe sir Henry of Leon the lorde Clysson were taken prisoners before Uannes Cap. lxxxxv WHyle the kyng of England was thus in Bretayne wastynge and distroyeng the contrey suche as he hadlyeng at sege before UaÌ„nes gaue dyuers 〈◊〉 and specially at one of the gats And on a day ther was a great assaut and many feates of armes done on bothe parties they within set opyn the gate and came to the baryers bycause they sawe the erle of Warwykes baner and therle of ArnÌ„dels the lorde Staffordes and sir Water of Mannes aduenturyng themself teopdously as they thought Wherfore the lorde Clysson sir Henry of Leon and other aduentured themselfe couragyously ther was a sore skirmysshe finally the englysshmen were put backe than the knyghts of Bretayne openyd the barryes and aduentured themselfe and left sir knyghtes with a gode nombre to kepe the towne and they yssued out after thenglysshmen and thenglysshmen reculed wysely and euer fought as they sawe their auantage Thenglysshmen multiplyed in suche wyse that at last the freÌ„chmen and bretons wer fayne to recule backe agayne to their towne nat in so good order as they came forthe than thenglysshmen folowed theÌ„ agayne and many were slayne and hurt They of the towne sawe their men recule agayne and chased than they closed their barryers in so yuell a tyme that the lorde Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon were closed with out and ther they were bothe taken prisoners And on the other syde the lorde Stafforde was gone in so farre that he was closed in bytwene the gate and the baryes and ther he was taken prisoner and dyuerse that were with hym taken and slayne Thus thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynges and the bretons into the cytie of Uannes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi THus as ye haue harde these knyghtes were taken on bothe parties there was no mo suche assautes after Nowe let vs speke of the king of Englande who lay at sege before Dynant whan he had layne ther a four dayes he gate a great noÌ„bre of bottes and barges and made his archers to entre into theym and to rowe to the pales wherewith the towne was closedde it had none other walles The archers shot so feersly that non durst shewe at their defence than was ther certayne other with ares so that whyle the archers dyd shote they hewed downe the pales and so entred byforce ThaÌ„ they of the towne fledde to the market place but they kept but a small order for they that entred by the pales came to that gate and dyd opyn it than euery man entred and the capitayne sir Pyers Portbeufe taken and the towne ouer ron and robbed theÌ„glysshmen wan moche richesse in that towne for it was a great towne of marchandyse Whan the kyng had taken his pleasure ther as long as it had pleased hym he left the towne voyde and went to Uannes and lodged there ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to sir Loys of Spayne and to sir Charles Germaur and ser Othes Dornes who was as than admyrall on the see with .viii. galeys xiii barkes and .xxx. other shyppes with genowayes spanyardes They kept the coost bytwene England and Bretayne and dyd moche damage to them that came to refresshe the hoost before Uannes and at a tyme they set on the kynge of Englandes nauy lyeng at Aucerre in a lytell hauyn besyde Uannes so that they slewe a great part of them that kepte the shyppes and had done moch more damage yf thenglysshmen lyeng at the siege had nat ron thyder in all hast and yet asmoche hast as they made sir Loys of Spayne toke away iiii shippes laded with prouisyon drowned thre and all that was in them Than the kyng was counselled to drawe part of his nauy to Brest hauen and the other part to Hanybout the which was done and styll endured the siege before Uannes and Renes ¶ what lordes of France the duke of Normandy brought into Bretayne agaynst the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii HOwe let vs retourne to the iourney that the duke of Normandy made the same season in Bretayne to ayde and confort his cosyn syt Charles de Bloyes The duke knewe well howe the kyng of Englande had sore damaged the contrey of Bretayn and had besieged thre cytes and taken the towne of Dynant Than the duke departed fro the cytie of Angyers with mo than .iiii. M. men of armes and. rxx M. of other he toke they heygh way to Nauntes by the gyding of the two marshals of Fraunce the lorde of Momorency and the lorde of saynt Uenant And after them rode the duke and therle of Alanson his vncle therle of Bloys his cosyn the duke of Burbone was ther therle of Ponthyeu therle of Bolayne the erle of Uandome therle of DaÌ„martyne the lorde of Craon the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Suly the lorde of Frenes the lorde of Roy so many lordes knightes squyers of NormaÌ„dy Dauuergne Berry Lymosen Dumayn Poicton and
Xaynton that it were to long to reherse theÌ„ all and dayly they encreased Tidynges came to the lordes that lay at siege before Nantes that the duke of Normandy was commynge thyder with .xl. M. men of warr IncoÌ„tynent thei sent worde therof to the kyng of England than the kyng studyed a lytell and thought to breke vp his siege before Uannes and also his siege before Renes and all togyder to drawe to Nauntes But than his counsell sayd to hym sir ye be here in a good sure ground and nere to your nauy and sende for them that lyeth at siege before Nantes to come to you and let the siege ly styll before Renes for they be nat so ferr of but they shal be euer redy to come to you yf nede be the kynge agreed to this counsell and so sent for theÌ„ before Nauntes and they came to hym to UaÌ„nes The duke of Normandy came to Nantes wher sir Charles de Bloys was the lordes loged in the cytie and their men abrode in the coÌ„trey for they coude nat all lodge in the cytie nor in the subbarbes ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost lodged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii WHyle yâ— duke of NormaÌ„dy was at Nauntes the lordes of Englande that lay at siege before Renes On a day made a great and a feerse assaut for they had made many instrumentes to as saut with all this assaut enduredde a hole day but they wan nothynge but lost byuers of their men within the cytie was the lorde Dancenysi the lorde of Pont ser JohnÌ„ of Malatrayt yuan Charnell Bertram Grasquyne squyer they defended theÌ„ selfe so well with the bysshoppe of the cytie that they toke no damage howe be it thenglysshmen lay ther styll and ouer ran and wasted the contrey all about Than the duke of Normandy departed with all his host and drue towarde Uannes the soner to fynde his ennemies for he was enformed howe they of Uannes were in moost ieopardy and in peryll of lesyng than the two marshals went forthe and sir Geffray of Charney and therle of Guynes constable of Fraunce made the areregarde So thus the frenchmen came to Uannes on thother syde agaynst ther as the kyng of Englande say they lay a longe by a fayre medowe syde and made a great dyke about their host The marshals and fore ryders often tymes skirmysshed toguyder on bothe parties than the kynge of Englande sende for therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ„ broke and the other that lay ar siege at Renes to come to hym and so they dyd Thenglysshemen and the bretous of that partie were well to the nombre of .ii. M. and .v. C. men of armes vi M. archers and .iiii. M. of other meÌ„ a fote the frenchmen were foure tymes as many well a ê‘elled The kyng of England had so fortifyed his hoost that the frenchmen coude take no aduauntage of hym and he made no mo assautes to the towne bycause of sparyng of his meÌ„ and artyllary thus these two hoostes lay one agaynst an other a longe season tyll it was well on warde in wynter Than pope Clement the sixt sende the cardynall of Penester and the cardynall of Cleremount to entreat for a peace and they rode often tymes bytwene the parties but they coude bring them to no peace In the mean season ther were many skirmysshes and men taken slayne and ouerthrowen on bothe pties thenglysshmen durst nat go a foragyng but in great coÌ„panyes for they were euer in great danger by reason of busshmentes that were layd for them Also sir Loyes of Spayne kept so the see coost that with moche danger any thyng came to thenglysshe hoost the frenchmen thought to kepe the kynge ther inmaner as be sieged Also the frenchmen endured moche payne with wete and colde for day and night it rayned on them wherby they lost many of their horses and were fayne to dyslodge and lye in the playne feldes they had somoche water in their lodgynges At last these cardynals dyd somoch that there was a truse agreed for thre yere the kyng of Englande and the duke of Normandy sware to vpholde the same without brekyng as the custome is in suche lyke cases ¶ Howe the french kynge caused the heedes to be stryken of of the lorde Clysson and dyuerse other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix THus this great assembly brake vppÌ„ and the siege raysed at Uannes the duke of Normandy went to Nantes and had with hym the two cardynals And the kyng of EnglaÌ„de went to Hanybout to the countesse of Mountfort ther was an exchaunge made bytwene the baron of Stafford and the lorde Clysson Whan the kyng had tary ed at Hanybout as long as it pleased him than he left ther therle of Penbroke sir Wyllyam of Caducall and other and thanÌ„e retourned into Englande aboute Christmas And the duke of Normandy retourned into Fraunce and gaue leaue to euery man to depart and anone after yâ— lord Clysson was taken vpon suspecyous of treason and was putte into the chatelet of Parys wherof many had great marueyle lordes and knyghtes spake eche to other therof and sayde what mater is that is layd agaynst the lorde Clysson ther was none coude tell but some ymagined that it was false enuy bycause the kynge of England bare more fauour to delyuer hym 〈◊〉 exchang rather than sir Henry of Leon who was styll in prison bycause the kyng shewed hym yâ— auantage his enemyes suspected in hym ê‘auen ture that was nat true vpon the which suspect he was be heeded at Paris without mercy or excuse he was gretly be moned Anone after ther were dyuers knyghtes were accused in semblable case as the lorde of Maletrayt and his son the lorde of Uangor sir Thybault of Morilon and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne to the noÌ„bre of .x. knyghtes and squyers and they lost all their heedes at Parys And anone after as it was sayd ther was put to dethe by famyne .iiii. knyghtes of Normandy sir Wyllyam Baron sir Henry of Maletrayt the lorde of Rochtesson and sir Rycharde of Persy wherby after there fell moche trouble in Bretayne and in NormaÌ„dy The lorde of Clysson had a sonne called as his father was Olyuer he went to the countesse of Mountfort and to her sonne who was of his age and also without father for he dyed as ye haue hard before in the castell of Lour in Paris ¶ Of the order of saynt George that kyng Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of wyndsore Cap. C. IN this season the king of England toke pleasure to newe reedefy the Castell of wyndsore the whiche was begonne by kynge Arthure And ther firste beganne the table rounde wherby sprange the fame of so many noble knightes through out all the worlde Than kyng Edwarde deter myned to make an order and a brotherhode of a certayne nombre of knyghtes and to be called knyghtes of the blewe
garter and a feest to be kept yerely at wynsore on saynt Georges day And to begynne this order the kynge assembled togyder erles lordes and knyghtes of his realme and shewed them his inteÌ„cyon And they all â—oyously agreed to his pleasur bycause thei sawe it was a thyng moche honourable wher by great amyte and loue shulde growe and encrease than was ther chosen out a certayne noÌ„bre of the moost valyantest men of the realme And they sware and sayled to mentayne the ordr naunces suche as were deuysed and the kyng made a chapell in the castell of wynsore of saynt George and stablysshed certayne chanous ther to serue god and enduyd them with fayre rent Than the kyng sende to publysshe this feest by his heraldes into Fraunce Scotlande â–ª Burgone Heynault Flaunders Brabant and into th eÌ„pyre of Almayne gyueng to euery knight and squyer that wolde come to the sayd feest xv dayes of saule conduct before the feest And after the whiche feest to begynne at wyndsore on saynt George day nexte after in the yere of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 and the quene to be ther acâ—panyed with 〈◊〉 C. ladyes and damosels all of noble lynage â–ª and aparelled acordingly ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande delyuerd out of prison sir Henry of Leon. Cap. C. 〈◊〉 WHyle the kynge made this preparacion at wyndsore for this sayd feest tidynges came to hym howe the lorde Clysson and dyuers other lordes had lost their heedes in FrauÌ„ce wher with the kyng was sore dyspleased In so moch that he was in purpose to haue serued sir Henry of Leon in lyke case whom he had in prisonne but his cosyn the erle of Derby shewed to hym before his counsayle suche reasons to asswage his yre and to refrayne his cou rage Sayeng sir though that kyng Philyppe in his hast hath done so foule a dede as to put to dethe such valyant knyghtes â–ª yet sir for all that blemysshe nat your noblenesse and sir to say the trouth your prisoner ought to bere no blame for his dede but sir put hym to a resouable raunsoÌ„e Than the kynge sent for the knyght prisoner to come to his presence and than sayd to hym a sir Henry sir Henry myne aduersary Philyppe of Ualoyes hath shewed his feleny right cruell to put to dethe suche knyghtes wherwith I am sore dyspleased and it is thought to vs that he hath done it in dyspite of vs. And if I wolde regarde his malyce I shulde serue you in lyke maner for ye haue done me more dyspleasure and to myne in Bretayne than any other person but I woll suffre it and let hym do his worst for to my power I woll kepe myne honour and I am content ye shall come to a lyght ransome for the loue of my cosyn of Derby who hathe desyred me for you so that ye woll do that I shall shewe you The knyght answered and sayd sir I shal do all that ye shall coÌ„maunde me than sayd the kyng I knowe well ye be one of the richest knyghtes in Bretaygne and yf I wolde sore cease you ye shulde pay me .xxx. or .xl. M. â—â—utes but ye shall go to myne aduersary PhilyppÌ„ of Ualoyes and shewe hym on my behalfe that syth he hath so shamefully putte to dethe so valyant knyghtes in the dispyte of me I say and woll make it good he hath broken the truse taken by twene me and hym wherfore also I renownce it on my parte and defye hym fro this day forewarde And so that ye woll do this message yoâ— raunsome shal be but .x. M. scutes the which ye shall pay and sende to Bruges within .xv. dayes after ye he past the see and moreouer ye shall say to all knyghtes and squyers of those partes that for all this they leaue nat to coÌ„e to our feest at wyndsore for we wolde gladly se theym and they shall haue sure and saue coÌ„duct to retourne â—v dayes after the feest Sir sayd the knyght to the beste of my power I shall accomplysshe your message and god rewarde your grace for the courtessy ye shewe me and also I humbly thanke my lorde of Derby of his goodwyll And so sir Henry of Leon departed fro the kyng and went to Hampton and ther toke the see to thyntent to arryue at Harâ—â—ewe but a storme toke hym on the see which endured systene dayes and lost his horse whiche were caste into the see and sir Henry of Leon was so sore troubled that he had neuer helth after howe be it at laste he toke lande at Crotoy And so he and all his coÌ„pany went a fote to Abuyle and ther they get horses but sir Henry was so sicke that he was fayne to go in a lytter and so came to Parys to kynge PhilyppÌ„ and dyd his message fro poynt to poynt and he lyued nat long after but dyed as he went into his countrey in the cytie of Angyers god assoyle his soule ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent therle of Derby to make warre into Gascoyne Cap. C .ii. THe day of saynt George approched that this gret feest shuld be at Wynsore ther was a noble company of erles barownes ladyes and damoselles knyghtes and squyers great tryumphe iustynge and tournayes the which endured fyftene dayes and thyder came many knyghtê of dyuerse contreis as of Flanders Heynalt and Brabant but out of France ther came none This feest duryng dyuerse newse came to the kynge out of dyuers contreis thyder came knyghtes of Gascoyne as the lorde of Lesâ—are the lorde of Chaumount the lorde of Musydent â–ª sende fro the other lordes of the countrey suche as were englysshe as the lorde de Labreth the lorde of Punyeâ—s the lorde of Mountferant the lorde of Duâ—as the lorde of Carton the lorde of Grayly and dyuerse other and also ther were sent messangers fro the cytte of Bayon and fro Bourdeaux These messangers were well feested with the kynge and with his counsayle and they shewed hym howe that his countrey of Gascoyne and his good cytie of Bourdeaux were but febly conforted wherfore they desyred hym to sende thyder suche a captayne and suche men of warr that they might resyste agaynst the frenchemen who were in a great army and kept the feldes Than the kyng ordayned his cosyn the erle of Derby to go thyder he to be as chiefe captayne and with hym to go therle of Penbroke therle of Quenforde the baron of Stafforde sir Gaultier of Manny the lorde Franque de la Hall the lyeure de Brabant sir Hewe Hastynges sir Stephyn de Tombey the lorde of Manny sir Rychard Haydon the lorde Normant of Fynefroyde 〈◊〉 Robert of Lerny sir JohnÌ„ Norwyche sir Rycharde Rocklefe sir Robert of Quenton and dyuers other they were a fyue hundred knyghtes and squyers and two thousande archers the king sayd to his cosyn therle of Derby take with you golde and syluer ynough ye shall â—at lacke and depart largely therof with your men of warr
they lost the cuÌ„tre was expled and distroyed by reason of these men of warre On a day these englysshmen weÌ„t and layde siege to a good towne called Rochedaren and often tymes they made aâ—â—autes but the towne was so well defended that thenglysshmen wanne nothyng captayne within the towne was Tassartde Guynes they within yâ— towne were thre partes ratherenglysshe than frenche And so they tooke the capytayne and sayde they wolde stee hym without he wolde yelos hymselfe englysshe to them thanne hesayde he wolde do as they wolde haue hym and so thervpon they let hym go and than he tâ—ryed with the englysshmen and tourned to the countes of Mountfordes parte And so he was styll capytayne of the towne and left certayne soudyers to kepe the towne and castell whan sir Charles du Bloyes herde therof he sware that the mater shulde natte longe beso Thatic he sende for menne all aboute Bretaygne and Normandy â–ª and assembled in the cytie of Nauntes sixtene hundred menne of armes and twelfe thousande a fote ther were with hym a four hundred knyghtes and .xxiiii. baners So he caÌ„e and layde siege to Rochdaren lately before wonne by the englysshmen and had great engyns that caste day and nyght the which sore coÌ„strayned them within Than they of the towne sende messangers to the countesse of Mountforde that acordynge to her promyse to sende theym some ayde and conforte than the countesse sende all about to assemble men toguyder â–ª and shortely she had a thousande menne of armes and eyght thousande a fote â–ª and she made capytayns of theym the forsayd thre knyghtes who sayd they wolde neuer retourne tyll they had reysed the seige before Rochdaren or els to dye in yâ— quarell And so they sette forthe and came nere to the hoost of sir Charles of Bloyes and lodged by a ryuer syde that night to thyntent to fight the next day and whan euery man was at rest sir Thomas Dangorne and sir Johan Artwell caused halfe their coÌ„pany to be armed and depted fro them hoost about mydnight and sodenly entred into the lorde Charles hoost on yâ— one syde â–ª and beate downe and slewe moche people and they taryed so longe that all the hoost was moued and euery man redy so that they coulde nat retourne agayne without batayle There they were enclosed and fought withall sharpely so that they might nat bere the frenchmens dedes but ther they were taken and sir Thomas Dangorne sore hurt but sir Johan Artwell saued hymselfe aswell as he might by the ryuer and retourned to his company and shewed them his adueÌ„ture thanne they were determyned to haue retourned agayne to Hanybout ¶ Of the batayle of Rochedaren and howe sir Charles de Bloys was there taken by thenglysshmen Cap. C .xliii. THe same seson that the englysshemen were thus in counsayle and had determyned to haue departed there came to them a knyght from the countesse of Mountforte called Garnyer lorde of Cadudall with a huÌ„dred men of armes And assone as he was come and knewe all their demenour hâ— sayde nay sirs lette vs nat thus tourne agayne leape on your horses and suche as haue non lette them come a fote Lette vs nowe go loke on our ennemyes for nowe they thynke them selfe sure I warant we shall dysconfet theÌ„ Than the horsemen rode forthe and the fotemen folowed and aboute the sonne rysinge they dasshed into the lorde Charles hoâ—st and euery manne ther was a slepe and aâ— rest for they thought to haue no more a do at that tyme. Thenglysshmen and bretous bete downe tentes and pauilyons and slewe people downe right for they were sodenly taken ther was moch people slayne and sir Charles of Bloyes and all the lordes of Bretayne and NormaÌ„dy that were there with hym were taken prisoners Thus the siege of Rochdaren was reysed and the lorde Charles was brought to Hanyboute â–ª but suche fortresses as were of his partie helde styll for his wyfe who called her selfe duchesse of Bretaygne toke the warre in hande ¶ Howe the frenche kyng assembled a great hoost to rayse the kyng of England fro the siege be fore Calys Ca. C .xliiii. KInge Philyppe who knewe well howe his men were sore constrayned in Calays â–ª commaunded euery manne to be with hym at the feest of Pentecost in the cyte of Amyense or ther about ther was non durst say nay The kyng kept there a great feest thyder came duke Odes of Burgoyne and the duke of Normandy his eldyst sonne the duke of Orlyaâ—se his yongest sonne the duke of Burbon therle of Foâ—tz the lorde Loyes of Sauâ—y sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt the erle of Armynake the erle of Forestes therle of Ualentenoys and dyuers other erles barons and knyghtes Whan they were all at Amyense they toke counsayle yâ— frenche kyng wolde gladly that the passages of Flaunders myght haue ben opyned to hym for than he thought he might sende part of his men to Grauelyng and by that way to refresshe the towne of Calys and on that syde to fyght easely with thenglysshmen He sende great messangers into Flanders to treat for that mater but the kynge of Englande had there suche frendes that they wolde neuer acorde to that curtesy than the frenche kyng said howe he wolde go thyder on the syde towarde Burgoyne The kynge of Englande sawe well howe he coude nat gâ—t Calays bâ—t by famyne than he made a stronge castell and a hygh to close vp the passage by the see and this castell was set bytwene the towne and the see and was well fortyfied with springalles bombardes bowes and other artillary And in this castell were threscore men of armes and two hundred archers they kept the hauyn in suche wyse that nothyng coude come in nor out it was thought that therby they within shulde the soner be famysshed In that season the kynge of Englande so exhorted them of Flaunders that there yssued out of Flaunders a hundred thousande and went and layde â—iege to the towne of Ayre â–ª and brent the conâ—rey all about as Mâ—nyuell la gorge Estelles le Uentre and a marche called la Loe and to the gates of saynt Omer and Turwyne Than the kyng went to the towne of Arras and sette many men of warr to the garysons of Arthoys and specially he sent his constable sir Charles of Sâ—aygne to saynt Omers for the erle of Ewe and of Guynes who was constable of Fraunce was prisoner in Englande as it hath ben shewed before The flemmynges dyd the freÌ„chmen great trouble or they departed and whan the fleÌ„mynges were returned than the french kyng and his company deê‘ted fro Arras and went to Hedyn his host with the caryage held well in length a thre lâ—agê of that contrey and ther he taryed a day the next day to Blangy Ther he rested to take aduyse what way to go forthe than he was counsayled to go through the contrey called la Belme and that way he toke and with hym a. CC.
therle mouÌ„tfort answered howe he wolde take counsell and aduyce in the mater and gaue them day of answere And in the meane season these thre lordê went and lay at the cytie of Reyns Than the erle Mountforte sent into Englande the lorde Latymer to shewe to the kyng of England the treaty of the frenchmen desyringe hym to haue his couÌ„sell in that behalfe And the kyng of Englande whan he was enfourmed of the mater sayd howe that he wolde counsell therle MouÌ„tfort to haue peace so that alwayes he might be duke of Bretayne and somwhat to recoÌ„pence the lady callynge her selfe duchesse with some honest thynge assignynge her some certayne rent yerely to be payd out of some place wher she myght be sure to haue it without daunger Than the lorde Latimer brought worde agayne to therle of the kynges answere and so after his letters reed and his answere herde the erle of Mountfort and his counsell sent for the frenche messangers to come to his hoost and theyr answere was made them right courtesly And it was sayd to theym howe the erle Mountfort wolde in no wyse departe nor forsake his chalenge of the duchy of Bretayne but that he wolde abyde duke of Bretayne and so to be called But wher as the freÌ„che kyng wolde haue hym to opyn peasably his cyties townes castels and to make faithe and homage to him and all other ryghtes as the dukes of Bretayne haue done in tyme paste He is content so to do and gladly to knowlege the frenche kyng for his naturall lorde and to do to hym homage and seruyce in the presens of the peres of FrauÌ„ce And also to gyue ayde and helpe and to reconforte his cosyn the wyfe of therle Charles trepassed and to helpe to delyuer his cosyns her sonnes out of prison in Englande This answere pleased right well these lordes of FrauÌ„ce than they toke day and tyme this mater to coÌ„clude or nat Than incontynent they sent to the duke of Aniou who was as than at Angiers to whome the frenche kyng had gyuen full power and auctoryte to conclude this treaty or els to leaue it at his pleasur And whan the duke of Aniousaw the effect of this mater he toke counsell a longe space but finally he was counsayled to accepte the treaty and the two knightes that were sent to him retorued agayne with his answere writen and sealed And than these lordes of Fraunce departed fro Reyns and went to the siege before Campacorentyne and ther finally the peace was made agreed and sealed by therle MouÌ„tfort and he abode as duke of Bretayne condycionally that if he had no chyldren of his body laufully begoten than the duchy to retourne to the chyldren of the lorde Charles of Blois and the lady wyfe to the lorde Charles of Bloys disceassed shulde be countesse of Poynteure the whiche lande was of yerely rent about .xx. M. frankes And also the lorde Mountfort shulde come in to Fraunce whan soeuer the kyng sent for hym to do his homage and to holde the duchy of Bretayne of hym And for the confyrmacion herof there were charters and instrumentes publyke made and sealed on bothe parties Thus therle of Mountfort entred into the duchy of Bretayne and abode as duke therof a certayne space of tyme tyll other tidynges of warr came as ye shall herafter in this history ANd also by the ordynaunce of the same peace the frenche kyng restored agayn 〈◊〉 the lorde of Chsson his lande yâ— whiche was taken fro hym by kyng Philyp somtyme kyng So thus the lorde of Clysson aquaynted hym so with the frenche kynge that he dyde what he wolde and wtout him nothyng was done So thus the couÌ„tte of Bretayne was right ioyous whan they sawe that they were in rest peace and the duke toke faythe and homage of the cy â–ª ties good to wnes and castels and of all prelates and other gentylmen And within a space after the duke maryed the doughter of the princes of Wales â–ª the whiche she had before by the lorde Thomas Hollande and this maryage was made in the good rytie of Nauntes right nobly Also it fortuned yâ— same wynter yâ— queue Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer quene BlaÌ„che her sustre dyd somoch yâ— a peace was made bytwene yâ— french kyng the king of Nauer by yâ— ayde wysoome of the lorde captall of Beufz who dyde all that he might to conclude yâ— peace and therby he was aquyted out of prison And the frenche kyng shewed hym in dede great sygne of loue and gaue hym yâ— fayre castell of De nemoux with all the appurtenaunces the whiche was well worthe of yerely reuenewes thre thousande frankes and so the Captall became liegeman to the frenche kyng of whose homage yâ— kyng was right toyouse for he loued well the seruyce of suche a knyght as yâ— captall was in his tyme. But yâ— seruyce endured no longe season for whan he came into the principalyte to the prince who was enformed of the case as it stode Greatly he blamed hym and sayd how that he coude nat acquyte hym selfe trewely to serue two lordes and that he was to couetous to take lande in Fraunce wher he was nother be loued nor honoured And whan the Captall sawe hymselfe in that case and home he was taken and reputed by the prince his naturall lorde he was sore a shamed and excused hymselfe sayeng sir I am nat so sore bounde to the frenche kyng but that I may soone for do agayne all that I haue done or ê“mysed And so he sent a seruaunt of his to the kyng and renounced al that the kynge had gyuen hym and he taryed styll hym selfe with the prince for he was aquyted of his prison by the composycion of yâ— peace taken bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauer And the frenche kyng had by coÌ„posicyon the townes of Maunt and Meulecke the kyng rendred hym therfore other castels in Normandy In this season deê‘ted out of frauÌ„ce the lorde Loys of Nauer and went into LoÌ„bar dy to mary the quene of Naples but at his departyng he had of the frenche kynge for certayne castels that he delyuered vp in Normandy the somme of threscore thousande frankes And the same lorde Loys after he had wedded the quene of Naples lyued no longe tyme god forgyue hym all his fautes for he was a right good knight and a courtesse IN this season yet was ther styll in FrauÌ„ce great nombre of the companyons the whiche as than wyst nat what to do seyng the warres of Bretayne were ended These coÌ„panyons pursued euer after dedes of armes and takynge of pyllages at their aduauntages fro the whiche they coude nat nor wolde absteyne and all their chefe recours was in Fraunce for they called the realme of Fraunce their chambre They durst do no hurte in Acquitayne for the lande wold nat suffre them and also to say trouthe moost parte of the capitayns were
of France We renounce by these presentes do renounce all graces other processe of dede agaynst our sayd brother his heyres successours of the realme of France subgettê therof And promyse swere haue sworne by the body of Jesu cryst for vs our successours the we shulde nat do nor suffre to be done by dede or worde any thyng ayenst this renuÌ„ciacioÌ„ nor agaynst any thyng coÌ„teyned in the forsayd artycles And if we do or suffre to be done to the coÌ„trary by any maner of way the whiche god for beve We wyll than that we be reputed for false forsworne and to ryn into suche blame disfainy as a kinge sacred ought to do in suche case And clerely we renouÌ„ce all dispeÌ„sacions absolucions of the pope if any be obteyned we wyll they stande for nought to be of no valure and that they ayd vs nat in no maner of case And the more fermlyer to vpholde all the sayd artycles we put vs our heyres successours to the iurisdyction correction of the church of Rome and wyll consent that our holy father the pope conferme all the sayd treaty to ordayne monycions generall coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes agaynst vs our heyres successours agaynst our subgettê comoÌ„s vniuersiteis collegê or any other singuler ê‘sons what soeuer they be in gyueng of senteÌ„ce generall of cursyng suspeÌ„dyng interdityng to ryn on vs or on any of theÌ„ asson as we or they do or ateÌ„pt to the coÌ„trary of the said trety or ocupyeÌ„g to waê castels or fortresses or any other thing doyng ratifyeng or gyueng couÌ„sell coÌ„fort fauour or ayde priuely or openly agaynst any of the sayd artycles And also we haue caused our dere eldest sonne Edwarde prince of Wales to swere the same And also our yonger soÌ„nes Lyonell erle of Ulster JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont and Edmond of Langley our right dere cosyn Phylyp of Nauar and the dukes of LaÌ„castre and of Bretayne and therles of Stafford Salisbury And the lorde of MaÌ„ny the caprall of befz the lorde MoÌ„tford James Audley Roger Beauchampt JohnÌ„ Chandos Rafe Ferres Edward Spens ThomÌ„s WyllmÌ„ Phelton Eu state DaÌ„bretycourt FraÌ„ke de Hall JohnÌ„ MoÌ„bray Bartylmewe Bromes Henry Percy dyuers other And also we shall cause to swere assone as we can coÌ„ueniently all our other chyldren and the moost ê‘te of the great prelatê erles barons other nobles of our realme of England In witnesse herof we haue put our seale to these presentê gyuen at our towne of Calais the yere of our lorde M. CCC and threscore The .xxiiii. day of Octobre ¶ Among other writynges that had ben grauÌ„ted aswell at Bertigny besyde Charters as at Calays whan kynge Johan was ther. This sayd charter was one of theÌ„ and was well reed and examyned by kyng Charles in the preseÌ„ce of the chefe of his couÌ„sell Than the prelates and barons of France sayd to the kyng Sir the kynge of England the prince his son haue nat fulfylled the sayd peace but haue taken townes castels and do kepe theÌ„ to the great domage of this your realme and rauÌ„someth pylleth the people so that the paymeÌ„t of the redeÌ„cion is yet in ê‘tie vnpayed Therfore sir you your subgettes haue good ryght iust cause to brek the peace to make warr agaynst theÌ„glyshmen to take fro theÌ„ Bretayn the which they haue on this syde the water Also some of his counsayle shewed him secretly by great delyberacion sayeng sir hardely take on you this warre forye haue cause so to do For sir assone as ye ones begyn the warr ye shall se fynde that they of the duchy of Acqquitayn shall turne to you aswell prelates barons erles knightê squiers as the burgesses of good townes ye may se sir howe the prince wolde ê“cede in reysing of this fowage but he can nat bring it to his purpose so ther by he is in hatred withall ê‘sons for they of Poictou Xaynton Querry Lymosyn Rouerne and of Rochell are of suche nature that they can in no wyse loue theÌ„glyshmen nor theÌ„glyshmen theÌ„ they are so proude presuÌ„tuous nor neuer dyd And also besyde that the officers of the price dothe suche extorcioÌ„s on the people of XaintoÌ„ Poitou Rochell for they take all in abaÌ„don and reyseth somoch of theÌ„ in the tytell of the price so that ther is none that is sure to haue any thing of his owne And also the geÌ„tylmen of the countre can attayne to no offyce nor prefermeÌ„t for the englyshmen and seruantê to the prince hath all Thus the french kyng was moued couÌ„sayled to moue warr and naÌ„ely by the duke of Aniou who lay at Tholous desyred gretly the warr as he that leued nothing theÌ„glishmen bycause of suche displeasures as they had done hym in tyme past And also the gascons sayd often tymes to the kyng Dere sir we are bounde to haue our resorte to your court therfore we huÌ„bly requyre you that ye wyll do right lawe And as ye are the most rightfull price of the worlde do vs right on the great grefes extorcions that the price of Wales his people doth wolde do to vs. sir if ye refuce to do vs ryght we shall thaÌ„ purchace for our selfe some remedy in some other place and shall yelde put our selfe vnder the iurisdyction of suche a lorde as shall cause vs to haue reason and so therby than shall you lese your seignory ouer vs. And the french kynge who was â—othe to lese theÌ„ â–ª thinkyng it might be a great hurt and preiudice to him to his realme answered theÌ„ right curtesly sayd Sirs for faute of lawe nor of good counsayle â–ª ye shall nat nede to resorte to any court but all onely to mynde Howbeit in all suche besynesse it behoueth to worke and folowe good couÌ„sell aduyce Thus the kyng draue them of nigh the space of a yere and kept them styll with hym at Parys and payed for all their eâ—pences and gaue them great gyftes and iowelles And alwayes raused to besecretly enquered amonge them if the peace were broken bytwene hym Englande whyder they wolde maynteyne his quarell or nat and they answered that if the warr were ones open the frenche kyng shulde nat nede to care for that part for they sayd they were stronge ynough to kepe warr with the price and all his puyssance Also the kynge sent to theÌ„ of Abuyle to knowe yf they wolde tourne take his parte and become frenche And they answered that they desyred nothynge in all the worlde so moche as to be french they hated so deedly the â—â—glysshmen Thus the french kyng gate hym â—râ—des on all ê‘tes or els he durst nat haue done yâ— he dyde In the same season was borne Charies the kynges eldest son in the yere of our lord 〈◊〉 CCC lâ—viii wherof the realme of France was ioyfull a lytell before was borne
Englande wherof kyng Henry was ryght sore displeased and called all his counsayle toguyder Than was it counsayled hym that he shulde sende great messangers to the frenche kynge to treate with hym to whiche counsayle the kynge agreed And sente wyse and sufficyent personages into Fraunce And so they departed and dyde so moche by their iourneys that they came to the cytie of Parys wher they fouÌ„de the kyng who receyued them with great ioye and feest And so bytwene the kyng these counsaylours of kyng Henry who hadde procuracyons sealed to treate and to procede in all causes in the name of their lorde in any plyament treaty counsayle secrete or otherwise to take effect Finally the same season ther were a corded ordayned and confyrmed alyaunces and confederacions right great and large and sworne soâ—eÌ„ply on bothe parties to holde fermly nat to breke nor to do agaynst it by no maner of way but that those two kyngê to abyde fermly in an vnyte of peace loue alyaÌ„ce and there the frenche kyng sware by the worde of a kyng that he wolde ayde and helpe the kyngs of Castell in all his busynesse and to make no maner of peace nor acorde with the kyng of Englande but that he shulde be comprised in the same To this treaty sir Bertram of Clesquy helped greatly for he loued enterely the kynge Henry After these thynges confyrmed and agreed the embassadours departed and retourned into Spaygne and founde their lorde at Lyon in Spaygne who was right ioyouse of their comynge home and that they had so well sped And by reason of this alyaunce kyng HeÌ„ry thought hymselfe better assured and conforted than he was before ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Englande and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour in Poitou Ca. C C lxxxxvi NOwe let vs retourne to the duke of Lancastre who was in the cyte of Burdeux so about the feest of saynt Mychaell he thought to re tourne in to Englande the better to enforme the kynge his father of the besynesse of Acquitayne And so a lytell before his depture he ordayned therfore and assembled in the cytie of Burdeux all the barownes and knightes of Guyen such as were englysshe And than he shewed them how he was purposed to retourne in to Englande for certayne maters for the profyte of theym all and of the countre of Acquitayne and that the next somer after he wolde come thyder agayne yf the kynge his father were so pleased These wordes pleased them all Than the duke ordayned the lorde Captall of Beufez and the lorde of Musydent with the lorde Lespare to be gouernours of all the countre of Gascoyne that was englysshe And in Poytou he ordayned to be gouernours sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of Parteney and in Xaynton sir Loyes Dargentou and sir Wyllyam of MouÌ„tendre left all â—is seneschals and offycers as they were before And it was ordayned that there shulde go with the duke into Englande certayne persons of Gascoyne Xaynton and Poictou to shewe to the kyng of England the state and besynesse of Aquitayne As sir Guyssharde Dangle the lorde of Pynan and sir Aymery of Tarse and to abyue for theym the duke taryed a certayne space and whan they were all redy apparelled they entred in to their shyppes in the hauyn of Burdeux So the duke departed with a great company of men of armes and archers he had a threscore vessels with his company and purueyauÌ„ce and ledde with hym his wyfe and her suster And they spedde so well on the see had so good wynde that they arryued at Hampton in England and there yssued out of their shyppes and entred into the towne And ther rested them the space of two dayes and than departed and rode to wyndsore where the kynge receyued the duke his sonne and the ladyes damosels and knyghtes strangers with great feest and specially he was gladde to se ser Guysshard Dangle ¶ The same season dyed the gentyll knyght sir Gaultier of Manny in the cytie of London wherof all the barones of Englande were right sorie for the trouthe and good couÌ„sayle that they had alwayes sene and herde in him He was buryed with great solempnyte in the monastery of the charterhouse besyde London and at the day of his obsequy there was the kyng and all his chyldren and the prelates banrons and knightes of Englande And so all his landes bothe in Englande and beyonde the see fell to the erle Johan of Penbroke who hadde to wyfe the lady Anne his doughter and heyre So the erle of Penbroke sent to entre in to the lande that was fallen to him in Heynault by ii of his knightes who dyde so well their deuorâ— with the duke Aubert who as than helde the erldome of Heynalt in rule that they atteyned their purpose ALl that wynter ther were dyuers counsayls in Englande among the lordê for the state of the realme and howe they shulde meÌ„tayne the warr the next somer folowynge And so were of enteÌ„t to make two viages the one in to Guyen and the other into France by Calys way and the kyng sought for frendes in all parties aswell in Almayne as in the marches of the empyre wher as he gate dyuers knightes and squyers of his acorde also he made a marueylous great apparell for his hoost that the lyke had nat ben often sene before The freÌ„che kyng had knowlege of their secretes and what they were in purpose to do whervpon he toke counsayle and made prouisyon and fortifyed his cyties townes and castels in Pycardy and sette in euery place great garysons of men of warre to th entent to defende the countre fro all mysaduenture Whan that somer was come and that kyng Edwarde of England hadde holden his feest and solemnyte of saynt George at wyndsore as was his vsage yerely to do And that ser Guyssharde Dangle was entred into the same fraternyte with the kyng and his chyldren and other barons of Englande the whiche were called in the fraternyte knightê of the blue garter THan the kyng went to LoÌ„don to his palays of westmynster and there he had a great couÌ„sayle for the orderyng of the realme And bycause that the duke of Lancastre shulde that season passe in to Fraunce by the playnes of Pycardy the erle of Cambridge with him The kyng at the desyre of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle and of them of Poyton Ordayned that the erle of Penbroke shulde go in to Poictou to vysyte that countre and to make warre agaynst the frenchmen on that syde For the gascoyns poicteuyns had requyred the kyng by their letters and by the mouthe of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle that if he wolde nat send any of his sonnes that he wolde sende the erle of Penbroke whoÌ„e they greatly loued and desyred to haue for they knewe him for a good knight and a hardy and so
the kyng of Englande sayd to the erle of PeÌ„broke before all his barons and knyghtes that were ther assembled in counsayle JohnÌ„ fayre sofie I ordayne you to go in to Poictou in the company of sir Guyssharde Dangle And ther ye shall be souerayne and gouernour of all the men of warre that ye fynde there wherof there be great pleÌ„tie as I am surely enformed and also of all theym that gothe with you The erle kneled downe before the kyng and sayd Sir I thanke your grace of the highe honoure that ye putte me to sir I shall gladly be there to do you seruice as one of your leest marshals So thus brake vp the counsayle and the kynge retourned to wyndsore and had sir Guyssharde Dangle with hym and spake to hym often tymes of the besynesse of Poicton and of Guyen and sir Guyssharde sayd to him Sir assoone as my lorde the erle of Penbroke be ones arryued there we shall make good warre for we shall be to the nombre of foure or fyue hundred speares all obeyng to you so they may be well payed their wages Than the kyng answered Sir Guysshard care you nothyng for hanyng of golde or syluer whan ye come there to make warr withall for I haue ynoughe And I am well content to enploy it on that marchandyse sythe it toucheth me and my realme ¶ Howe the erle of Penbroke departed out of Englande to go into Poyctou and howe the spanyerdes fought with him in the hauyn of Rochell Cap. C C lxxxxvii THus with suche wordes the kynge past the tyme often with sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle whoÌ„ he loued and trusted as reason was So the season caÌ„e that therle of PeÌ„broke shulde departe and so tooke his leaue of the kyng and all his company And ser Others of Grauntson was ordayned to go with hym he had no great company with hym but certayne knyghtes by the enformacyon of sir Guissharde Dangle But he had with him suche certayne somme of money to pay the wagê of thre thousande men of warre And soo they made spede tyll they came to Hampton there taryed .xv. dayes abydinge wynde than had they wynde at wyll and so entred ito their shippes and deê‘ted fxo the hauyn in the name of god and saynt George toke their course towarde Poitou Kyng Charles of Frauce who knewe the most ê‘te of all the couÌ„sell in England I caÌ„ nat tell howe nor by whoÌ„e But he knewe well how sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle was gone into England to th eÌ„tent to get of the kyng a good capitayne for the couÌ„tre of Poytou also he knew howe therle of Penbroke shulde go thyder and all his charge The frenche kyng was well aduysed therof and secretly sent an army of men of warre by the see of spanyerdes at his desyre bycause his owne men were gone to kyng HeÌ„ry of Castell bycause of the confederacyon and alyaunce that was bytwene them The spanyerves were fourtie gret shyppes and .xiii. barkes well purueyed and decked as these spaynysshe shyppes be And soueraynes and patrones of that flete were four valyaut capitayns Ambrose de Boucquenegre Cabesse de Uacadent Ferrant de Pyon and Radygo de la Rochell These spanyerdes had lyen a great space at ancre in thesce abydinge the retournyng of the poicteuyns and comyng of therle of PeÌ„broke For they knewe well howe their enteÌ„tes were to come to Poitou therfore they lay at ancre before the towne of Rochell And so it happed that the day before the vigyll of saynt Johan Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M .iii. hundred .lxxii. The erle of Penbroke and his coÌ„pany shulde arryue in the hauyn of Rochell but there they founde the foresayde spaignyerdes to lette them of their arryuyng who were gladde of theyr comynge And whanne the englysshemen and poicteuyns sawe the spaignyerdes ther and parceyued howe they must nedes fight with them they conforted themselfe howbeit they were nat agally matched nother of men nor of shyppes Howe be it they armed them and putte them selfe in good order their archers before them redy to fight And thaÌ„ the spaynisshe shyppes who were well prouyded with a great nombre of men of warre and brigantes with arbalasters and goÌ„nes and with great barres of yron and plomettes of leed to cast downe Anone they began to aproche makyng great noyse the great shyppes of Spaygne toke the wynd to fetche their tourne on the englysshe shyppes Whome they but lytell feaced and so came with a full sayle on them So thus at the beginnyng ther was great cry and noyse of the one and other and the englisshmen bare them selfe right well And there the erle of Pebroke made certayne of his squyers knightes to honour Ther was a great batayle and a harve the englysshmen hadde ynough to do for the spanyerdes that were in the great shyppes hadde great barres of yron and great stones and dyde cast them downe to perse the englysshe shyppes hurte therwith many a man right yuell And amonge the knyghtes of Englande Poictou great noblenesse of knight hode and prowes was shewed The erle of PeÌ„broke fought and receyued his enemyes ryght fersly dyde that day many a noble feat of armes with his owne handes and in lyke maner so dyde sir Othes GrauÌ„tson sir Guissharde daÌ„gle the lorde of Pynan and all other knightê ¶ Howe they of Rochell towne wolde nat socour the erle of Penbroke howe the seueschall of Rochell the lorde of Tanyboton and other came to socour hym Cap. CC lxxxxviii ANd as I haue herde reported by theym that were there at the same batayle that the englysshmen and poyctenyns that were there desyred greatly to coÌ„quer laude prayse in armes For there were neuer men that dyde more valyantly for they 〈◊〉 but a fewe people in regarde to the 〈…〉 des and also farr lasse nombre of shyppes and lesse of quantyte Therfore it myght well be marueyled howe they endured so long but the noble knightode that was in them reconforted them and helde theÌ„ in their strength For if they hadde ben lyke in shyppes the spanyerdes hadde taken but lytell aduauntage of them They helde them selfe so close toguyder that none durst abyde their strokes withoute they were well armed and pauessed but the castyng downe of plommes of leed great stones and barres of yron hurte and troubled theym marueylously sore And hurt and wounded dyuers knightes and squyers The people of the towne of Rochell sawe well this batayle but they neuer auaunsed them to come to helpe the erle of Penbroke and his company who so valyantly there fought with their ennemyes but dyde lette theÌ„ alone Thus in this batayle and stryfe they endured tyll it was night and than they departed eche fro other and cast their ancres but this first day the englysshmen lost .ii. barges laded with their ê“uisyon and all that were within putte to dethe The same night sir Johan of Hardan who as
ther was the Captall of Beufz ser Beras de la Launde sir Peter of Landuras sir Soudyc and sir Bertram de Franke. And of englysshmen ther was sir Thomas Percy sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir WyllmÌ„ Ferryton sir Dangoses sir Baudwyn of FraÌ„uyll sir Water Hewet sir Johan Deureur Whan these lordes and their coÌ„pany who were to the nombre of sire hundred men of armes were coÌ„e to Rochell they of the towne made them good chere outwarde bycause they durst do none otherwyse Than they were enformed by sir Jaques Surgeres of the batayle of the spanyerdes on the see and shewed theym howe he was him selfe at the same batayle taken and raunsomed Of these tidynges were the barones and knightes ryght sorie and displeased and reputed theym selfe right vnfortunat that they had nat ben ther and complayned greatly the losse of the erle of PeÌ„broke and of sir Richard DaÌ„gle So thus they taryed at Rochell I can nat say howe longe to take counsayle and aduyse howe they shulde do and maynteyne forthe the warr ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue a lytell whyle to speke of them and lette vs speke of sir yuan of Wales howe he dyde the same season ¶ Howe â—ir yuan of wales discoÌ„fited thenglisshmen in the yle of Gernsay and howe the frenche kyng sent into Spayne for men of warrÌ„ to lay sege to Rochell Cap. CCC THis yuaÌ„ of Wales was son to a prince of Wales whom kynge Edwarde had put to dethe I caÌ„ nat say for what cause And so gaue the principalyte to his sonÌ„e made hym prince of Wales So this yuan came into Fraunce complayned to kyng Charles of Fraunce of the iniuryes that the kynge of Englande had done to hym as in slayeng of his father takyng away of his he rytage So the frenche kyng retayned him aduaunsed him greatly and made him gouernour of certayn men of warr And so the same somer the kyng delyuered him four thousande fightyng men and sent him to the see and toke shippyng at Harflewe and so sayled forthe towarde Englande so came to they le of Gern â–ª say agaynst NormaÌ„dy wherof Aymon Rosse a squyer of honour with the kyng of England was capitayne And whan he knewe yâ— the frenchmen were aryued in the yle and yuan of Wales with them he was nothynge content And so made his somons through the yle the which is nat great in quantyte and so he assembled what of his owne and of them of the yle to the nombre of .viii. hundred And so came to a certayne place and ther fought with the sayd yuan where there was a sore batayle and endured along space Howe beit finally the englysshmen were disconfyted and flayne in the same place mo than four huÌ„dred And so this Aymon fled away or els he had ben deed or taken so he saued him selfe with moche payne and entred into a lytell castell a two leages thens called Cornette the whiche the same Aymon had well fortifyed before Than after this disconfytur the sayd yuan drewe togyder his men and hadde knowledge howe that Aymon was entred into the castell of Cornette Than he drewe thyder and layd siege therto and made dyuers assautes but the castell was strong well purueyed with good artyllary so that it was nat easy to be wonne Duryng this siege before Cornette the aduentur fell on the see of the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and sir Guyssharde Dangle and their company before Rochell as ye haue herde before Of the whiche tidynges whan the french kyng herde therof he was right ioy ouse and entended thereby the rather to pursue the warre in Poictou For than he thought that yf the englysshmen began ones a lytell to declyne that lightly the cyties townes wolde gyue vp and rendre theÌ„selfe to him Than the frenche kynge desermyned that in to Poyctou Xaynton and Rochelloyse he wolde sende for that season his constable thyder with certayne men of armes and to make hote warr in those countrees bothe by lande and by see sayenge that the englysshmen ther as than had no capttayne nor chefe ruler Than the frenche kynge sent his letters to the sayd yuaÌ„ who lay at sege before the castell of Cornet in the yle of Gernsay Of the whiche siege the kyng was well enformed and howe the castellby lykelyhod was in preignable Therfore the kyng commauÌ„ded hym after the sight of his letters to deê‘te and breke vp his siege And to entre into a shyppe the whiche the kyng sent hym for the same purpose and so to sayle into Spayne to kyng Henry to gette of hym barkes and galeys and his admyrall and men of warre to come and to lay siege by the see to the towne of Rochell Whan the sayd yuan sawe the kynges message and coÌ„mauÌ„dement he obeyed therto and so brake vp the siege and gaue leaue to his company to departe and delyuered them shyppes to bring theÌ„ to Harflewe And himselfe entred into a great shyppe and toke his course towarde Spayne Thus befell of the siege before Cornette in the yle of Gernsay ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande was sore displeased of the takyng of therle of Penbroke and how sir Bertram of Clesquy toke the castell of Mount morillon Cap. CCC .i. THe kyng of England was sore displeased whaÌ„ he herde how the army that he had sent in to Poictou was ouerthrowen by the spanyerdes on the see and so wer all suche as loued hym how be it they coude nat amâ—de it for that tyme. thaÌ„ the sages of therealme thought surely that the countre of Poictou and of Xaynton was likely to be lost by reason of the sayd mysse happe this they shewed to the kyng and to the duke of Lancastre So they were long in counsayle on the mater and so determyned as than that the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men of armes shulde go thyder But what sâ—â—uer 〈◊〉 sâ—yle or aduyse was taken ther was nothyng done for there came other busynesses in hande out of Bretayne that letted that iourney wher of the kyng repented him after whan he coude nat remedy it So it was that the spanyerdes who had taken the erle of Penbroke as ye haue herd before they taryed a certayne space on the see bycause the wynde was contrary to theÌ„ Howbeit at last they arryued at the porte saynt Andrewe in Galyce and so entred into the towne about noone And so brought all their prisoners in to the Castell all bounde in cheanes of yron acordyng to their custome for other courtesy they can nat shewe They are like vnto the almaynes THe same day yuan of Wales was arryued with his shyppe in the same porte so toke lande and entred in to the same house wher as Domferant of Pyon and Cabesse of Wakadent had brought the erle of Penbroke and his knightes And so it was shewed yuan as he was in his chambre howe the englysshemen were in the same
Guy de la Tremoyle sir Willyma de Namure serued and so dyd dyuers other great lordes of FrauÌ„ce In fyue huÌ„dred yere before there was nat sene suche a solempnite in Cambray And after dyner knyghtes and squiers were armed to iust And so they iusted in the markette place .xl. knightes of the one syde The yonge kyng Charles iusted with a knight of Heynalt called sir Nycholas Espinot So these iustes were nobly contynued and a yonge knyght of Haynalt had the price called sir Johan of Desternne besyde Beawmont in Haynalt This knyght iusted greatly to the pleasure of the lordes ladyes He had for his prise a gyrdell set with precyous stones gyuen hym by yâ— duches of Burgoyne from her owne wast the admyrall of Fraunce sir Guy de la Tremoyle dyd preseÌ„t it to him Thus in great reuell they contynued all that weke and on yâ— friday after dyner the kyng toke leaue of the lordes ladyes and they of him and so departed fro Cambray And also the dukes duchesses deê‘ted and the duches of Burgoyn brought margaret of Haynalt her doughter to Arras and yâ— lady of Haynalt brought yâ— lady Margarete of Burgoyne to Quesnoy Thus passed forthe this besynes ¶ Howe the duke of Berrey ensured his doughter to the sonÌ„e of therle of Bloyse and howe therle of Matche and the duke of Burbon made their somons to entre in to Lymosin Cap. CCCC .li. THe saÌ„e season there was trety of maryage bytwene Loys of Bloys son to therle Guy of â—oyâ— and yâ— lady Mary dought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Johan of Berry And so th 〈…〉 rle of Bloys well acoÌ„panyed with lordes and ad 〈…〉 s brought his doughter to Bergues in 〈◊〉 where the duke and duches were redy 〈…〉 de for them who tyght nobly receyued 〈◊〉 and all their company And there was 〈…〉 rmed the assurance of that maryage an 〈…〉 〈…〉 chebysshop of Bergues ensured them 〈…〉 der in the preseÌ„ce of many lordes and lad 〈…〉 howbeit they were natte wedded as than 〈…〉 ey were bothe very yonge So ther was great feest reuelyng and daunsyng and so at last therle and the countesse retourned to their countre their sonne with them And the lady abode styll with the duches her mother in Barrey in a fayre castell besyde Bergues called Mehune on the ryuer of yure The same season the duke of Berry went in to Auuergne and LaÌ„guedocke and so to Auignon to se pope Clement And it was ordayned that the duke of Burbone and therle of Marche with two thousande men of armes shulde go in to Lymosyn to delyuer that countre fro all the englysshmen and theues that robbed and pylled the couÌ„tre For in Poictou and in Xaynton they had as than certayne fortresses whiche dyde moche domage to the couÌ„tre wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey â–ª who was in mynde to remedy it and he had desyred the duke of Burbone his cosyn that in any wyse whan he were come into Limosyn and Xaynton that he shulde coÌ„quere the garyson of Bertuell for that was the forteresse that dyde moost hurt in that countre And the duke of Burbone promysed hym so to do And he hadde made his somons at Molins in Burbonoyse to be there the first daye of June and so thyder drewe at that tyme all maner of men of warre The duke of Burbone had with hym a gentyll squyer called Johan bone lauÌ„ce He was mayster and capitayne of his men of warre Certaynly the squyer was well worthy to haue suche a charge and the erle of Marche who shulde be in coÌ„pany with the duke of Burbone made his somons at the cytie of Toures tHe same season there came to Scluse in Flaunders all suche men of warre as were apoynted to passe the see into Scotlande with sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce he shulde haue with hym a thousande speares knightes and squiers And I beleue well they were all there for they had great desyre to go In so moche that some that were nat desyred aduaunsed them selfe to go in that voyage with the admyrall All their shyppyng was redy apparelled at Scluse and they caryed with them harnesse for .xii. hundred men of armes They had taken that harnesse out of the castell of Beauty besyde Parys The harnesse was parteyning to the parisyens the whiche they were caused to bring to the sayd castell in the tyme of their rebellion In the admyrals company there were a great nombre of good men of warr And their entensyon was to delyuer the sayd harnesse to the knyghtes men of Scotlande bycause sir Geffray de Charney had enformed the kynges counsayle howe the men in Scotlande were but easely harnessed I shall name vnto you parte of theÌ„ of Fraunce that wente in to Scotlande the same season â–ª First sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the erle of graunt pre the lordes of Uerdnay of saynt Crouse and of Mountbury sir Geffray of Charney sir Wyllyam of Uyen sir Jaques of Uyen the lorde despaigny sir Gerard of Burbone the lorde of Hetz sir Floromonde of Quissy the lorde of Marny sir Ualerant of Rayneuall the lorde of Beausaige the lorde of Uaynbrayne the lorde of Rynoll baron dury the lorde of Coucy sir Percyuall Daneuall yâ— lorde Ferrers the lorde of Fountaygnes sir Braquet of Braquemont the lorde of Graunt court the lorde of Landon breton sir Guy la ê‘son sir WyllmÌ„ de Couroux sir Johan de Hangyers sir Henry de Uyncelyn cosyn to yâ— great maister of Pruce diuers other good knightê whiche I can nat all name so that they were to the noÌ„bre of a thousande speares knightes and squyers besyde cros bowes and other varlettê They had gode wynde and a fayre season on yâ— see the wether was fayre it was in the moneth of May. That tyme yâ— truse bytwene EnglaÌ„de and FrauÌ„ce was expyred and bitwene the gauÌ„toyse and flemynges lykewise for as it semed than euery parte desyred warre knyghtes and squiers desyred greatly to go in the voyage to Scotlande for they thought by the ayde of the scottê to haue a fayre iourney agaynst their enemyes in EnglaÌ„de Thenglysshmen who were enfourmed of their comynge loked for theym euery day Thus endeth the first volume of sir Johan Froissart of the cronycles of EnglaÌ„de Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynyng Translated out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of our moost highe redouted soueraygne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce and hygh defender of the christen faithe c. Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Richarde Pynson printer to the kynges noble grace And ended the .xxviii. day of January the yere of our lorde M. D .xxiii. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto
and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. c .xxviii. ¶ Of thorder of the frēchmen at Cressey and howe they regarded the maner of the englysshmen Cap. c .xxix. ¶ Of the bataile of Cressey bytwene the king of Englande and the frēche kyng Cap. c .xxx. ¶ Howe the next day after the batayle the Englysshmen disconfyted agayne dyuers frenchmen Cap. c .xxxi. ¶ Howe after the batayle of Cressey the deed men were nombred by the Englysshmen Cap. c .xxxii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande layde siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. c .xxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy brake vp his siege before Aguyllon Cap. c .xxxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Galtier of Manny rode thorowe Fraunce by saue conducte to Calays Cap. c .xxxv. ¶ Howe therle of Derby the same season toke in Doictou dyuers townes and castels and also the cytie of Poicters Cap. c .xxxvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes duryng the siege before Calys cāe in to Englande with a great hoost Cap. c .xxxvii. ¶ Of the batayle of Newe castell vpon Tyne by swette the quene of Englande and the kyng of scottes Cap. c .xxxviii. ¶ Howe Johan Coplande toke the kynge of scottes prisoner and what profyt he gate therby Cap. c .xxxix. ¶ Howe the younge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. c .xl. ¶ Howe ser Robert of Namure dyd homage to the kyng of Englāde before Calys Cap. c. xlt ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan the Roche Daryen howe sir Charles of Bloys layde siege therto Cap. c .xlii. ¶ Of the batayle of Roche Daryen and howe sir Charles of Bloys was there taken by the englysshmen Cap. c .xliii. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge assembled a great hoost to reyse the kyng of Englande fro the siege before Calys Cap. c .xliiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande made the passages a boute Caleys to be well kept that the frenche kynge shulde nat a proche to reyse his siege there Cap. c .xlv. ¶ Howe the towne of Calys was yelded vp to the kyng of Englande Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande repeopled the towne of Calys with englisshmen Ca. c .xlvii. ¶ Of the dealynge of a brigant of Languedoc called Bacon Cap. c .xlviii. ¶ Of another page called Crocart cap. c .xlix. ¶ Howe sir Amery of Pauy a lombarde solde the towne of Calys wherof he was capitayne to the lorde Geffrey Charney of Frāce cap. c .l. ¶ Of the batayle at Calys bytwene the kyng of Englande vnder the baner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and sir Geffray of Cherney and the frenchemen Cap. c .li. ¶ Of a chaplet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to sir Eustace of Rybamont Cap. c .lii. ¶ Of the dethe of kyng Philyp of Fraūce of the coronacyon of his son Johan Cap. c .liii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spayne constable of Fraunce to be slayne Cap. c .liiii. ¶ Of the imposicyon and gabell ordeyned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warre Cap. c .lv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng toke the kyng of Nauer and beheeded the erle of Harcourt other at Roan Cap. c .lvi. ¶ Of the assemble that the frenche kyng made to fyght with the prince of Wales who rode a brode in Berry Cap. c .lvii. ¶ Howe the prince of Wales toke the castell of Remorentyn Cap. c .lviii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the french kyng brought to the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lix. ¶ Of the ordre of the frenchmen before the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lx. ¶ Howe the cardynall of Piergourt treated to haue made a gremen bytwene the french kyng and the prince before the batayle of Poycters Cap c .lxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Poicters bytwene the price of Wales and the frenche kyng Cap. c .lxii. ¶ Of two frenchmen that fled fro the batayle of Poicters and of two englysshmen that folowed them Cap. c .lxiii. ¶ Howe kyng Johan of Fraunce was taken prisoner at the batayle of Poiters cap. c .lxiiii. ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audley after the batayle of Poiters ca. c .lxv. ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan greatly at the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the lord James Audeley gaue to his foure squiers the fyue C. marke of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym Ca. c .lxvii. ¶ Howe the prince made a supper to the french kyng the same day of the batayle Cap. c .lxviii. ¶ Howe the prince returned to Burdeaux after the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lxix. ¶ Howe the thre estates of Fraunce assembled to gyder at Parys after the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .lxx. ¶ Howe the thre estates sent men of warre agaynst the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt Cap. c .lxxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Constances bytwene the lorde Godfrey of Hercourt and the lorde Loys of Rauenall Cap. c .lxxii. ¶ Howe the prince conueyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeaux in to Englande Cap. c .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. c .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre leyde siege to Reynes Cap. c .lxxv. ¶ Howe a knyght of the coūtie of Eureux called sir Willyam of Granuyle wan the cyte and castell of Eureux the whiche the frenche kyng had won before fro the kyng of Nauer Cap. c .lxxvi. ¶ Of the companyons wherof the Archeprest was chiefe howe he was honoured in Auignon Cap. c .lxxvii. ¶ Of a nother sorte of cōpanyons wherof Ruffyn a walsheman was chiefe capitayne Cap. c .lxxviii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys slewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre Cap. c .lxxix. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer came out of prisone Cap. c .lxxx. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer preched solēpnelye at Parys Cap. c .lxxxi. ¶ Of the begynning of the cysing of the commens called the Jaquery in Beauosyn Cap. c .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys caused walles to be made about the cyte of Parys Cap. c .lxxxiii. ¶ Of the batayleat Meaulx in Bry wher the companyons of the Jaquery were disconfyted by the erle of Foyz and the Captall of Beufz Cap. c .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe Parys was besieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. c .lxxxv. ¶ Of the parisyens that were slayne at saynt Clude by the Englysshmen that had ben soudyers in Parys Cap. c .lxxxvi. ¶ Of the dethe of the prouost of the marchantes of Parys Cap. c .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer besyed the realme of Fraunce the frenche kynge beyng prisoner in Englande Cap. c .lxxxviii. ¶ Of the naueroise that the picardes besieged in the castell of Moncounsell Cap. c .lxxxix. ¶ How certayne burgesses of Amyens wolde haue delyuered the cytie to the naueroyse and of the great famyne that was than in y◠realme of Fraunce Cap. c lrxxx ¶ Of the naueroise that were beseged in saynt Ualery by the pycardes and
howe he toke the castell of saynt yriell Cap. iiC .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the prince of Walles toke the cytie of Lymoges and howe foure companyons dyd marueyls in armes Cap. cc .lxxxiii. ¶ Howe the cytie of Lymoges was brent and distroyed and the bysshop deliuered fro dethe and howe sir Bertram of Clesquy was made constable of Fraunce Cap. cc .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy and the lorde of Clysson discoÌ„syted at the bridge of Bolayne certayne of sir Robert Canols company Cap. cc .lxxxv. ¶ Howe pope Urbane dyed and howe Gregory was chosen howe sir Raymon of Marnell was taken of theÌ„glysshmen Ca. cc .lxxxvi. ¶ Howe the Prince lefte the duchy of Acquitayne in the kepynge of the duke of Lancaster and howe four breton knightes toke the castell of Mount Paon Cap. cc .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the sayd foure knyghtes bretons defended them selfe valiauntly agaynst the duke of Lancastre and howe fynally the duke toke them all four to rauÌ„some Cap. cc .lxxxviii. ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castre gaue lycence to all his people to deê‘te and returned hym selfe to Burdeux And howe therle of Pons turned frenche and howe the seneshall of Poytou asseÌ„bled togyder a company Cap. cc .lxxxix. ¶ Howe the seneshall of Poictou toke MouÌ„tcontour and howe ser Bertram of Clesquy toke dyuers townes and castels in Rouuergue and howe he besieged the cite of Duses Cap. cc .xc. ¶ Howe they of Duses yelded them vp to sir Bertram and howe sir Robert Canoll was in the kyng of Englandes displeasure and howe at the request of the lordes his peace was made agayne Cap. cc lxxxxi ¶ Howe therle of Herforde dyuers englysshmen discomfyted in Bretayne on the see dyuers slemynges the assayled them Ca. ii C lxxxxii ¶ How the kyng of EnglaÌ„d sent a great nauy to the see agaynst the slemynges and howe the peace was made bytwene theÌ„ Cap. cc lxxxxiii ¶ Howe the kyng of Mayllorgues was in displeasure with kyng Henry of Spayne and after went and made warre to the kyng of Arragon Cap. ii C lxxxxiiii ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre wedded the eldest doughter of kyng Dampeter of Spayne And howe the confederacions were made bytwene the french kyng the kyng of Spayne Cap. ii C lxxxxv ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to EnglaÌ„de and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour of Poictou Cap. cc lxxxxvi ¶ Howe the erle of Penbroke departed out of Englande to go in to Poyctou and howe the spaynierdes fought with hym in the hauen of Rochell Cap. cc lxxxxvii ¶ Howe they of Rochell towne wolde nat rescue therle of Penbroke and howe the seneshall of Rochell and the lorde of Tanyboton other came to socour the erle Cap. cc lxxxxviii ¶ Howe therle of Penbroke was taken prisoner by the spanierdes and howe they departed fro the hauen of Rochell withall their prisoners and the same day the Captall of Beufz came in to Rochell Cap. cc lxxxxix ¶ Howe sir yuan of Wales discoÌ„fyted the Englysshmen in the yle of Gerusay and howe the frenche kynge sent in to Spaygne for men of warre to ley siege to Rochell Cap. ccc ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande was sore displeased for the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and howe sir Bertram of Clesquy toke the castell of Mountmorillan Cap. ccc .i. ¶ Howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce besieged mouÌ„t counter and howe he departed thens to go to the duke of Berrey in to Lymosyn to besiege saynt Seuere Cap. ccc .ii. ¶ Howe they of saynt Seuere endurynge a great assaut yelded theym vp to sir Bertram and howe the cyte of Potters tourned frenche Cap. ccc .iii. ¶ Howe the frenche men tooke the Captall of Beufz before Subyse in batayle howe they of Rochell tourned frenche Cap. ccc .iiii. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of FrauÌ„ce toke dyuers castels in Rochell howe the kynge of Englande toke the see to come to reyse the siege at Thouars Cap. ccc .v. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy leyde siege to the castell of Syreth and howe thenglysshemen were disconfyted and howe the countreis of Poictou Xaynton and Rochell were clene delyuered out of the englysshmens handes Cap. ccc .vi. ¶ Of the siege of Bercerell of the dethe of the kyng of Scottes and of the peace bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Nauer howe the duke of Bretayne sledde in to Englande howe the constable of Fraunce conquered his duchy Cap. ccc .vii. ¶ Howe ther were a certayne ordayned in englande to kepe the countre and howe therle of Salisbury sir WyllmÌ„ Neuell and Philyppe Courtney with dyuers other men of armes entred in to the see and landed in Bretaygne howe the constable of FrauÌ„ce went thyder and the duke of Bretaygne wente in to Englande Cap. ccc .viii. ¶ Howe the frenche men lay at siege at foure sondrie places atones and howe that Roche-sur yone yelded them selfe and became frenche and howe the englysshmen came before Brest Cap. ccc .ix. ¶ Howe dyuers englisshmen were slayne and disconfyted by the lorde of Subyse before RybamoÌ„t and howe the garysons of Soissonois disconfyted thenglysshmen Cap. ccc .x. ¶ Howe the hostages that were layd by them of Dyriuall were beheeded and howe sir Robert Canoll beheeded agayne all suche prisoners as he had and also of the duke of Lancasters iourney Cap. ccc .xi. ¶ Howe the lorde of Brime we his chyldren were taken by the englysshmen all their company and howe they of the garyson of Peron were chased in to their towne hastely Cap. ccc .lxii. ¶ Howe the englisshmen brint and wasted the countre of Champayne and of then countrynges that they had in their way and of the prisoners that they toke Cap. ccc .lxiii. ¶ Howe the englisshmen came before Croyes and of the bastydes that the duke of Burgoyne made without Troyes to resyst the englysshe men Cap. ccc .lxiiii. ¶ Howe the englysshmen to de and pylled the countrey of Gastenoyse of Beause and howe a frenche squier right valyant requyred an englysshe squier to iust with him Cap. ccc .lxv. ¶ Of the Justes bytwene Gawen Mychaell fraucoys and Joachyn Cathore angloys and of the wordes that kynge Charles of Fraunce sayd on his dethe bedde Cap. ccc .lxvi. ¶ Of the lorde of Mauuoysen who was taken prisoner by the englisshmen and of the lorde of Hangest who scaped and of the dethe of kyng Charles of Fraunce the fifte of that name Cap. ccc .lxvii. ¶ Howe the englysshmen arryued in Breten and howe the duke excused himselfe of his longe taryenge fro them Cap. ccc .lxviii. ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne the englysshmen besieged Nauntes and of the coronacyon of kyng Charles the sixt of that name and of the sery 〈…〉 st he done before Nauntes Ca. ccc .lxix. ¶ Of the lettes that the duke of Bretayne had so that he might nat come to the sege
and set their archers before them and sayled to warde the towne They of Cagaunt sawe well this great shyppÌ„ aproche they knewe well they were englysshmen And araynged them on the dykes and on the sandes with their baners before them and they made .xvi. newe knyghtes They were a fyue thousande meÌ„ of warr good knyghtes and squiers ther was sir Guy of FlaÌ„ders a good and a sure knyght but he was a bastarde and he desyred all his coÌ„pany to do well their deuoyre And also ther was sir Dutres de Hauyn syr JohnÌ„ de Roodes sir Gyles de Lestriefe sir Symon and syr JohnÌ„ of BonquedeÌ„t who were there made knyghtes and Peter of Anglemonster with many other knyghtes and squiers expert men of armes Thenglysshmen were desyrous to assayle and the fleÌ„mynges to defende Thenglysshe atchers began to shout and cryed their cryes so that suche as kepte the passage were fayne perforce to recule backe At this first assaute there were dyuerse sore hurte and the englysshmen toke lande and came and fought hande to hande The fleÌ„mynges fought valyantly to defende the passage and theÌ„glysshmen assauted chyualrously The erle of Derby was that day a good knyght and at the first assaut he was so forwarde that he was stryken to the erth and than the lorde of Manny dyd hym great confort for by pur feat of armes he releued hym vp agayne and brought hym out of pyll and cryed Lancastre for the erle of Derby Than they approched on euery part and many were hurt but mo of the flemmynges than of the englysshmen for the archers shot so holly togyder that they dyd to the flemmynges moche damage Thus in the hauyn of Cagant ther was a sore batell for the fleÌ„mynges were good men of warre chosen out by the erle of Flaunders to defende that passage agaynst thenglysshemen And of Englande there was the erle of Derby sonne to the erle Henry of Lancastre with the wry necke therle of Suffolke syr Robert Cobham sir Lewes Byauchampe sir Wyllyam sonne to therle of Warwyke the lorde Bourcher syr Water MaÌ„ny and dyuers other There was a sore batayle and well foughten hande to hande but finally the fleÌ„mynges were put to the chase and were slayne mo than thre thousande what in yâ— hauyn stretes and houses Syr Guy the bastarde of FlauÌ„ders was taken and sir Dutres de Haluyn and sir JohnÌ„ de Rodes wer slayne and the two bretherne of Bonquedent and syr Gyles de Lestrief and mo than .xxvi. knyghtes and squyers the towne taken and pylled and all the goodê and prisoners put into the shippes and the towne brent And so thus the englysshemen retourned into Englande without any damage the kyng caused sir Guy bastarde of FlaÌ„ders to swere and to bynde hymselfe prisoner And in the same yere he became englysshe and dyd fayth homage to the kyng of Englande ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England made great alyaunces in the empyre Cap. xxxii AFter this dysconfeture at Cagaunt tidynges therof spredde abrode in the couÌ„trey And they of Flaunders sayd that without reason and agaynst their wylles therle of flaÌ„ders had layd there that garyson And Jaques Dartuell wolde nat at had ben otherwyse and in contynent he sent messangers to kynge Edwarde recommendyng hym to his grace withall his hert Counsellyng hym to come thyder and to passe the see certyfyenge hym how the flemmynges greatly desyred to se hym Thus the kyng of Englande made great purueyancê and whan the wynter was passed he toke the see well acompanyed with dukes erles and barownes and dyuers other knyghtes and aryued at the towne of Andewarpe as thaÌ„ pertayninge to the duke of Brabant Thyther came people from all partes to se hym and the great estate that he kept Than he sent to his cosyn the duke of Brabant to the duke of Guerles to yâ— marques of Jullers to the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt and to all such as he trusted to haue any conforte of Sayeng howe he wolde gladly speke with theym they came all to Andewarpe bytwene Whytsontyde and the feest of saynte JohnÌ„ And whan the kyng had well feasted thâ— he desyred to knowe their myndes whauÌ„e they wolde bâ—gynne that they had promysed requirynge them to dyspatche the mater breuely for that inteÌ„t he sayd he was come thyder and had all his men redy and howe it shulde be a great damage to hym to defarre the mater long These lordes had longe counsell among them and fynally they sayd Syr our commynge hyther as nowe was more to se you than for any thynge els we be nat as nowe purueyed to gyue you a full answere By your lycence we shall retourne to our people and come agayne to you at your pleasure and thauÌ„e gyue you so playne an answere that the mater shall nat rest in vs. Than they toke day to come agayn a thre wekes after the feest of saynt JohnÌ„ The kynge shewed theÌ„ what charges he was at with so longe abyding thynkinge whan he came thyther that they had ben full purueyd to haue made hym a playne answere sayng howe that he wolde nat returne in to England tyll he had a full answere So thus these lordes departed and the kynge taryed in the abbay of saynt Bernarde and some of the englysshe lordes taryed styll at Andewarpe to kepe the kynge company and some of the other rode about the countrey in great dyspence The duke of Brabant went to Louane and there taryed a long tyme and often tymes he sent to the frenche kyng desyring hym to haue no suspecyous to hym nat to byleue any yuell informacion made of hym for by his wyll he sayd he wold make none alyance nor couenant agaynst hym Sayrng also that the kynge of Englande was his cosyn germayne wherfore he might nat deny hym to come into his countrey The day caÌ„e that the kyng of Englande loked to haue an answere of these lordê and they excused them and sayd howe they were redy and their men So that the duke of Brabant wolde be redy for his part sayeng that he was nere than they And that assone as they might knowe that he were redy they wolde nat be behynde but be at the begynnyng of the mater assone as he Than the kyng dyd so moche that he spake agayne with the duke and shewed him the answere of the other lordes desyring him by amyte and lynage that no faut were founde in hym sayeng how he parceyued well that he was but cold in the mater and that without he wer quicker and dyd otherwyse he douted he shulde lese therby the ayde of all the other lordes of Amayne through his defaulte Than the duke sayd he wolde take counsayle in the matter and whan he had longe debated the mater he sayd howe he shulde be as redy as any other but firste he sayd he wolde speke agayne with the other lordes and he dyde sende for theÌ„ desyring them to come to hym wher as they pleased best
a brige ouer this ryuer wherby he his myght passe ouer I pray you bring me agayne an answere and I shall tary here tyll ye retourne Than the lord of MaubussoÌ„ strake his horse with the spurres and rode to the kyngê tent where as the duke of Normandy and many other lordê were ther he shewed his message he had a short answere for he was coÌ„maunded to tell hym that sent him thyder that in the same case as they had helde the erle in likewyse so they wold coÌ„tynue Sayng how they wold make hym to sell his lande and that he shuld haue warr on euery syde whan we lyst we woll entre into Heynalt so farr that we woll bren all his eoÌ„trey This answer the lorde of Maubusson reported to the lorde BeamoÌ„d who thanked hym of his labour so retourned to therle whom he found playng at chesse with therle of Namur and assone as therle sawe his vncle he a rose and harde the answere that the frenche kynge had sent hym wherwith the erle was dysplesed and sayd well I trust it shall nat be as he purposeth ¶ Of the batell on the see before Sluse in FlauÌ„ders bytwene the kynge of England and the frenchmen Ca. l. NO we let vs leaue somwhat to speke of therle of Henalt and of the duke of Normandy and speke of the kyng of England Who was on the see to the intent to arryue in Flaunders and so into Heynalt to make warr agaynst the freÌ„chmen This was on mydsomer euyn in the yer of our lorde M. C C C .xl. all thenglyssh flete was departed out of the ryuer of Tames and toke the way to Sluse And the same tyme bytwene Blanqueberque and Sluse on the see was sir Newe Kyryell sir Peter Bahuchet and Barbnoyr and mo than sirscore great vessels besyde other and they wer of normayns bydaulr genowes and pycardes about the noÌ„bre of .xl. M. Ther they were layd by the french kyng to defend the kyng of Englandes passage The kyng of England and his came saylyng tyll he caÌ„e before Sluse and whan he sawe so great a nombre of shippes that their mastes semed to be lyke a gret wood he demauÌ„ded of the maister of his shyp what peple he thought they were he answered and sayd sir I thynke they be normayns layd here by the frenche kyng and hath done gret dyspleasur in Englande brent your towne of Hampton and taken your great shyppe the Christofer a ê™ the kyng I haue long desyred to fyght with the freÌ„chmen and nowe shall I fyght with some of theÌ„ by the grace of god and saynt George for truly they haue done me so many dysplesurs that I shall be reuenged I may Than the king set all his shyppes in order the grettest befor well furnysshed with archers euer bytwene two shyppes of archers he had one shyppÌ„ with men of armes than he made an other batell to ly a lofe with archers to confort euer theÌ„ that were moost wery yf nede were And ther were a great nombre of countesses ladyes knyghtê wyues other damosels that were goyng to se the quene at Gaunt these ladyes the kyng caused to be well kept with thre hundred men of armes and .v. C. archers ¶ Whan the kyng and his marshals had ordered his batayls he brewe vp the seales and canâ— with a quarter wynde to haue the vauntage of the sonne And so at last they tourned a lytell to get the wynde at wyll and whan the normayns sawe them recule backe they had maruell why they dyde so And some sayd they thynke them selfe nat mete to medyll with vs wherfore they woll go backe they sawe well howe the kyng of England was ther personally by reason of his baners Than they dyd appareyle their flete in order for they wer sage and good men of warr on the see and dyd set the Christofer the which they had won the yer before to be formast with many trumpettes and instrumentes and so set on their ennemies Ther began a sore batell on bothe partes archers and crosbowes began to shore and men of armes aproched and fought bande to hande and the better to come togyder they had great hokes graperss of prou to cast out of one shyppe into an other And so tyed theÌ„ fast togyder ther were many dedess of armes done takyng and rescuyng agayne And at last the great Christofer was first won by theÌ„glysshmen and all that were within it taken or slayne Than ther was great noyse and cry and thenglysshmen aproched and fortifyed the Christofer with archers and made hym to passe on byfore to fyght with the genoweyss This batayle was right fierse and terryble for the batayls on the see at more dangerous and fierser than the batayls by lande For on the see ther iss no reculyng nor sseyng ther is no remedy but to fight and to abyde fortune and euery man to shewe his prowes Of a trouthe sir Newe Kyriell and sir Bahuchet and Bathe Noyer were ryght good and expert men of warre This batayle endured fro the mornyng tyll it was noone theÌ„glysshmen endured moche payne for their ennemies were foure agaynst one and all good men oâ— the see ther the king of England was a noble knight of his ownehandê he was in the stouer of his yongh In like wyse so was the erle of Derby PeÌ„broke Herforde HuÌ„tyngdon Northampton and Glocetter sir Raynolde Cobham sir Rycharde Stafforde the lorde Percy sir water of Manny sir Henry of Flaunders sir JohnÌ„ Beauchamp the lorde Felton the lorde Brasseton sir Chandos the lorde Dalawarre the lorde of Multon sir Robert Dartoys called erle of Rychmont and dyuerse other lordes and knyghtess who bare themselfe so valy antly with some socours that they had of Brugê and of the countrey there about that they obtayned the vyctorie So that the freÌ„chmen normaynss and other were dysconsetted slayne and drowned there was nat one that scaped but all were slayne WhanÌ„e this vyctorie was atchyued the kyng all that nyght abode in his shyppe before Sluse with great noyse of truÌ„pettes and other instrumentes Thyder came to se the kynge dyuers of Flaunders suche as had herde of the kynges coÌ„myng and than the kyng demaunded of the burgesses of Bruges howe Jaques Dartuell dyd They answered that he was gone to yâ— erle of Heynalt agaynst the duke of NormaÌ„dy with .lx. M. ssemynges And on the next day yâ— which was mydsomer day the kyng and all his toke lande and the kyng on fote went a pylgrimage to our lady of ArdeÌ„bourge and ther herd masse and dyned and thanÌ„e toke his horse and rode to Gaunt where the quene receyued hym with great ioye and all his caryage caâ—e after lytell and lytell Than the kyng wrote to therle of Heynault and to theym within the castell of Thyne certyfieng them of his arryuall And whan therle knewe therof that he had dysconfyted the army on the see he dylloged and gaue
leaue to all the souldyours to depart And toke with hym to Ualencennes all the great lordes and ther feasted them honourably and specially the duke of Brabant and Jaques Dartuell And ther Jaques Dartuell openly in the market place in the presence of all the lordes and of all such as wold here hym declared what right the kyng of Englande had to the crowne of FraÌ„ce and also what puyssaunce the thre countreis were of Flaunders Heynault and Brabant surely ioyned in one alyance And he dyde so by his great wysdome and plesaunt wordes that all people that harde hym praysed hym moche and sayd howe he had nobly spoken by great experyeÌ„ee And thus he was greatly praysed it was sayd that he was well worthy to gouerne yâ— countie of Flaunders Than the lordes departed and promysed to mete agayne within .viii. dayes at Gaunt to se the kyng of England and so they dyd And the kyng feasted them honorably and so dyd the quene who was as than nuly purifyed of a sonne called JohnÌ„ who was after duke of Lancastre by his wyfe doughter to duke Henry of LaÌ„castre Than ther was a couÌ„sell set to be at Uyllenort and a day lymitted ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cicyll dyd all that he might to pacyfie the kyngê of Fraunce and Englande Cap. â—i WHan the french king harde howe his army on the see was dyscoufyted he dylloged and drewe to Arras gaue leaue to his men to depart tyll he harde other tidynges And sent sir Godmar du Fay to Tourney to se that there lacked nothyng he feared more the itemynges than any other And sent the lord of Beautewe to Mortayn to kepe the fronters agaynst Heynalt and he sent many meÌ„ of warr to saynt Omers to Ayre and to saynt â—enaunt and purueyed suffyciently for all the forteresses frontyng on Flanders In this season ther raygned a kyng in Cicyll called Robert who was reputed to be a great astronomyer and alwayes he warned the frenche kyng and his counsell that in no wyse he shulde fight agaynst the king of Englande for he sayd it was gyuen the king of Englande to be right fortunate in all his dedes This kyng Robert wold gladly haue sene these two kynges at a good acorde for he loued somoch the crowne of Fraunce yâ— he was right sorte to se the desolacyon cherof This kynge of Cicyll was at Auygnone with pope Clement with the colledge ther and declared to them the peryls yâ— were likely to fall in the realme of FraÌ„ce by the warr byt wene the sayd two kyngê de syring them that they wold helpe to fynde some meanes to apease them Wher vnto yâ— pope and the cardynals answered howe they wolde gladly intende therto so that the two kynges wolde heâ—e them ¶ Of the counsayle that the kynge of Englande and his alyes helde at Uyllenort Cap. lii AT this counsayle holden at Uyllenort were these lordes as foloweth The kyng of England yâ— duke of Brabant therle of Henalt ser John his vncle yâ— duke of Guerles therle of Jullers the marques of Faulquehoure the marques of Musse therle of Mons sir Robert Dartoys the lorde of Falquemont sir Wyllyam of Dunort therle of Namur Jaques Dartuell and many other great lordes of euery good towne of Flanders a thre or .iiii. personages in maner of a counsayle Ther was a grement made bytwene the thre contreis FlaÌ„ders BrabaÌ„t and Heynalt that fro thens forth eche of them shulde ayde and confort other in all cases And ther they made assuraÌ„ce ech to other that if any of them had to do with any countrey thother two shulde gyue ayde And her after if any of them shulde be at dyscorde one with an other the thyrde shulde set agremeÌ„t bytwene theÌ„ And if he were nat able so to do than the mater shulde be put vnto the kynge of Englande in whose handes this mater was sworne and promysed and he to agre them And inconfyrmacion of loue and amyte they ordayned a lawe to ryn throughout those .iii. contres the which was called the lawe of the companyons or alyes and ther it was determyned that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shulde remoue about Maudelentyde after and ley siege to Turney and ther to mete all yâ— sayd lordes and thers with the powers of all yâ— good to wnes And than euery man departed to their owne houses to aparell them in that behalfe ¶ Howe the kyng of England hesieged the cyte of Tourney with great puysance Cap. liii THe frenche kyng after the departure of these lordes fro the counsell of Uyllenort he knewe yâ— most part of their determynacion Than he seÌ„t to Tourney the chefe men of warr of all FrauÌ„ce as therle of Ewe the yong erle of Guynes his sonne constable of Fraunce therle of Foytz and his bretherne therle Amery of Narbon sir Aymer of Poyters sir Geffray of Charney sir Gararde of Mountfaucon the two marshals sir Robert Bertrand and sir Mathue de Troy the lorde of Caieur the senesshall of Poyctou the lord of Chastelayn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas and these had with them valyant knyghtes and squyers They came to Tourney and founde there sir Godmar du Fay who was ther before Than they toke regarde to the prouisyon of the towne as well to the vytels as to thartyllerie and forti ficatyon and they causen to be brought out of the contrey there about where otes and other prouysion ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to yâ— kyng of Englande whan the tyme aproched that he and his alyes shuld mete before Tourney and that the corne beganne to rype he departed fro Gaunt with .vii. erles of his contrey .viii. prelates xxviii baronettes ii C. knyghtesê foure thousande men of armes and. 〈◊〉 M. archers besyde fotemen All his hoost passed through yâ— towne of Andwarpe and so passed the â—â—uer of â—escalt and lodged before Tourney at the gate called saynt Martyne the way to â—arde Lysle and Doway Than anone after came the duke of Brabant with mo than xâ— M. men knyghtes squyers and coÌ„mons and he lodged at the brige of Aryes by the ryuer of Lescalt bytwene thabbey of saynt Nycholas and the gate UaleÌ„ tenoys Next to hym came therle of Heynaultê with a gooly company of his contrey with many of Holande and zelande and he was loged bytwene the kyuge and the duke of Brabaunt Than came Jaques Dartuell with mo thaÌ„ lâ— thousande slemmynges besyde them of â—pre Dropingne Cassell Bergues and they were sent on the other syde as ye shall here after Jaques Dartuell lodged at the gate saynt Fountayne yâ— duke of Guerles therse of Jullers the marques of BlaÌ„queboure yâ— marques of musse therle of Mons therle of Sauynes the lord of Falquemount sir Arnolde of Baquechew and all the Almayns were lodged on the other syde towarde Heynalt Thus the cytie of Tourney was cnuyroned rounbe about and euery hoost myght resort eche to other so that none coulde yssue out without spyeug ¶ Howe
and go agayne to the siege of Tourney And so they dyd and they of Ualencens retourned to their towne ¶ Howe therle of Heynault toke the towne of saynt Amande duryng the siege before Tourney Cap. lx A Thre dayes after that therle of Heynault was retourned fro Mortaygne he desyred certayne companyons to go to saynt Amande for he had dyuers complayntes how yâ— soudyers of saynt Amand had burnt thabbey of Hanon â–ª and had nere brent Uycoigne had done many dispytê to the fronters of Heynalt So therle departed fro the sige with a .iii. M. men and came before saynt Amand on the syde towarde Mortayne The towne was nat closed but with pales and captayne ther was a knyght of LaÌ„guedoke the seneshall of Cracassone who had sayd to yâ— moÌ„kes of thabbey ther and to them of the towne yâ— it was nat able to holde agaynst an hoost how be it he sayd rather than he wolde deê‘t he wold kepe it to the best of his power but that he sayd was in the maner of counsell howbeit his wordes was nat byleued But long before the iuels of the abbey were caryed to Mortaygne for the more suretie and thyder went the abbot and all his moÌ„kes for they were no men of warr And they of UalenceÌ„nes came at therles coÌ„maundement with a .xii. thousande men and all yâ— crosbo wes kept the gate to warde the bridge of Lesharpe they began a ferse assaut and many sore hurt on bothe parties This assaut endured all the day they of Ualencens coude get nothynge ther they within scorned and mocked theÌ„ and sayd sirs go your way and drink your good ale And agaynst night they of Ualencennes withbre we right wery and had gret marueyle that they coude here no tidynges of therle their lord and therfore they dysloged and drewe towarde their towne the next mornyng be tymes therle departed fro Turney came to saynt Amand on the syde towarde Mortayne and incoÌ„tyneÌ„t they made assaute feers and cruell and wan at the first the bayles and came to the gate to war de Mortaygne And ther therle and his vncle made a great assaut and eche of them had such a stroke on the heed with stones that their basenettes were clouen and their heedes sore astonyed At last one sayd to therle sir this way we shall neuer entre the way is strayet and strongly kept But sir make great raÌ„mes of wood like pyles and let vs ronne with them agaynst the abbey walles and we shall peerse it through in dyuers places and if we get thabbey the towne is ours Than therle coÌ„maunded so to be done and anone gret peaces of tymber wer gote and made sharpe before and to euery pece twentie or .xxx. persons ronnyng ther with agaynst the wall so that they brake the wall in dyuers places and valyantly entred ther and passed a lytell ryuer that ranne within And ther was redy the seneshall of Carcassone his baner before hym the which was goules a sheffe syluerthre cheuorns in the sheffe bordred syluer indented And he and his coÌ„pany defended valyantly the heynowes as long as they might but their defence coude nat auayle for the heynowes wer somany And in their entryng into thabbey ther was a monke called danne Frossart who dyde maruels for he kylled and hurt at the hole ther as he stode an xâ—iii so that none durst entre in at that place but finally he was fayne to depart for he sawe howe the henous entred into the abbey in dyuers places And soo the monke saued hymselfe aswell as he might and went to Mortayne Whan therle and his coÌ„pany wer entred into thabbey he coÌ„maunded that all shulde be put to the swerde they had so sore dyspleased hym and done suche hurt in his contrey The towne anone was full of men of armes and they with in chased and sought for fro strete to strete in euery house so that fewe scaped but all wer slayne The seneshall was slayne vnder his standarde and a .ii. C. men rounde about hym agaynst night therle retourned to Turney the next day they of Ualencens caÌ„e a gayne to saynt Amand and brent clene the towne and thabbey minster and all and brake all the belles the which were goodly Another day therle agayne deê‘ted fro the siege with vi C. men of armes and went and brent Orchies LaÌ„das and the Chell and than passed by Hanon the ryuer of Lesharpe went into France to a great abbey and aryche called Marchienes wherof sir Amye of Uernaulx was captayne with hym certayne crosbowes of Doway ther therle made assaut for yâ— captayne had well fortifyed the firste gate with great depe dykes and the frenchmen monkes ther defended theÌ„selfe right nobly the heynous at last gate them botes and barges and therby entred into thabbey but there was a knyght of Almayne drowned a coÌ„panyon of the lorde Falquemont called sir Bacho de la Wyer Th erle his vncle and the seneshall dyd at the gate so valyantly that the gate was wone and sir Amye and his coÌ„pany slayne or taken And ther were taken dyuers monkes and thabbey robbed and brent and the towne also than therle retourned to the siege before Tourney ¶ Of the takyng of Charles MoÌ„morency and dyuers other frenchemen at the bridge of Cressyn Cap. lxi THis siege before Tourney was long and great and the kyng of England supposed euer to wyn it for he knewe well ther were moche people within and but scant of vytayle Wherefore he thought to famyssh them and some sayde they founde fomme courtesy in theym of Brabaunt in sufferynge vytayles to passe through their hoost into the cyte and they of Brussels and Louane wer sore wery with taryeng ther so long they desyred the marshall of thost that they might haue leaue to retourne into BrabaÌ„t The marshall sayd he was well coÌ„tent but than they must leue all their harnes be hynde them with the which answere they were so a shamed that they neuer spake therof more ¶ Nowe I shall shewe you of a iourney that the almayns made at the same bridge of Cressyne wher as sir Robert Bayllule dysconfited the heynowes as the lorde of RauderoÌ„deÌ„ce sir JohnÌ„ his son JohnÌ„ Raudebourg esquyer ser Arnold of Baquehen sir Raynolde Descouuenort sir Rorrant Dasto sir Bastyen de Bastes Can drelyer his brother sir Strauren de Leurne dyuerse other of the duchy of Jullers of guerles All these rode forthe on a day and also they had with them certayne bachellers of Heynalt as sir Floren of Beauryon sir Latas de la Hey marshall of thoost sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt ser Oulphart of Guystels sir Robert Gleuues of therldome of Loz and dyuers other they wer a thre C. they came to the bridge of Cressyn passed without danger Than they toke counsell what they shulde do it was thought moste for their honour to go and a wake the french host Ther
in a ly tell chapell standyng in the feldes called Esplotyn at the day apoynted these persons mette the good lady with them Of the frenche partie ther was Charles kyng of Behayneâ— Charles erle Dalanson brother to the frenche kyng and the bysshoppÌ„ of Liege therle of Flanders and therle of Armynack Of theÌ„glysshe partie there was the duke of BrabaÌ„t the bysshop of Licolne the duke of Guerles the duke of Jullers and ser JohnÌ„ of Heynalt And whan they were all met they made ech to other gret salutacyons good ther and than entred into their treaty all that day they comuned on dyuers ways of acorde alwayes the good lady of Ualoys was amoÌ„g theÌ„ desyringe effectuously all the parties that they wolde do their labour to make a peace howbeit the first day passed wtout any thing doyng and so they retourned promysed to mete agayne the next day the whiche day they came togyther agayne in the same place and so fell agayne into their treaty And so fell vnto certayne poyntes agreable but it was as thanne so late that they coude nat put it in writynge as that day and to make an ende and to make perfyght the mater if they might The thirde day they met agayne and so finally acorded on a truse to endure for a yere bytwene all parties and all ther men And also bytwene theÌ„ that were in Scotlande and all suche as made warr in Gascoyne Poycton and in SaÌ„ton And this treuse to begyn the .xl. day next ensuyng and within that space euery partie to gyue knowlege to his men wtout mall engyn and if suche coÌ„panyes woll nat kepe the peace let theÌ„ be at their chose But as for FraÌ„ce Pycardy Burgoyne Bretayne and NormaÌ„dy to be bounde to this peace without any excepcyon and this peace to begyn incontynent by twene the hostes of the two kynges Also it was determyned that bothe parties in eche of their names shulde sende foure or fyue personages as their embassodours and to mete at Arras the pope in likwyse to sende thyder foure and ther to make a full confirmacyon without any meane Also by this truse euery partie to enioy and possede all and euery thyng that they were as than in possessyon of This truse incoÌ„tynent was cryed in bothe hoostes wherof the brabances were right gladde for they were sore wery with so long lyeng at the siege So that the nexte day assone as it was day lyght ye shulde haue sene tentes taken downe charyotes charged people remoue so thycke that a man wold haue thought to haue sene a newe worlde Thus the good towne of Tourney was safe without any great damage howe beit they within endured gret payne their vytaylsbegan to fayle for as it was sayd they had as than scant to serue theÌ„ a thre or foure dayes at the moost The brabances departed quickely for they had grete desyre therto the kyng of Englande departed sore agaynst his mynde if he might haue done other wyse but in manerhe was fayne to folowe the wylles of the other lordes and to byleue their counsayls And the frenche kynge coude abyde no lengar there as he lay for the yuell ayre and the wether hote So the frenchmen had the honour of that iourney bycause they had rescued Tourney and caused their ennemies to deê‘te The kyng of Englande and the lordes on his ê‘tie sayd how they had the honour by reason that they had taryed so long within the realme and besieged one of the good townes therof and also had wasted and burnt in the frenche contrey and that the frenche kynge had nat rescued it in tyme and hour as he ought to haue done by gyuyng of batayle and finally agreed to a truse their ennemies beyng styll at the siege and brennyng his contrey Thus these lordes departed fro the siege of Tourney and euery man drewe to his owne The kynge of Englande came to Gaunt to the quene his wyfe and shortly after passed the see and all his except suche as shulde be at the parlyament at Arras Cherle of Heynalt retourned to his contrey and helde a noble feest at Mons in Heynault and a great iustes In the which Gararde of Uerchyn seneshall of Heynault dyd iust and was so sore hurt that he dyed of the stroke he had a sonne called JohaÌ„n who was after a good knyght and a hardy but he was but a whyle in good helthe The french kyng gaue leaue to euery man to departe and went hymselfe to Lyle and thyder came they of Tourney And the kyng receyued them ioyously and dyd shewe them gret grace he gaue theÌ„ frely their franches the which they had lost longe before wherw t they were ioyouse forsir Godmer du Fay and dyuers other knyghtê had ben long gouernours ther than they made newe ê“ uost and iurates acordynge to their auncyent vsages than the kyng departed fro Lysle to go to Parys Nowe than came the season that the counsayle shulde be at Arras and for pope Clement thyder came in legacyon the cardynall of Napuls and the cardynall of Cleremont who came to Parys wher as the kyng made theym mochehonour and so came to Arras for the freÌ„che kyng ther was therle of Alanson the duke of Burbon therle of Flaunders therle of Bloys the archebysshoppe of Senes the bysshop of Beawayes and the bysshoppe of Aucerre for the kyng of England ther was the bysshop of Lyncolne the bysshoppe of Durame therle of Warwyke sir Robert Dartoyse sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt and sir Henry of Flanders at the whiche treaty ther were many maters put forthe so contynued a .xv. dayes agreed of no poynt of effect for thenglysshmen demaunded and the frenchmen wolde nothyng gyue but all onely to rendre the couÌ„tie of Poycton the which was gyuen with quene Isabell in maryage with the kyng of Englande So this parlyament brake vp and nothyng done but the truse to be relonged two yeres lengar that was all that the cardynals coude get Than euery man departed and the two cardynals went through Heynault at the desyre of therle who feested theÌ„ nobly ¶ Nowe speketh the hystorie of the warres of Bretayne and howe the duke dyed without heyre wherby the dyscencion fell Cap. lxiiii WHan that this sayde trewse was agreed and sayled before the cyte of Turney euery lord and all maner of people dysloged euery man drue into his owne contrey The duke of Bretayne who had ben ther with yâ— french kyng as well furnysshed as any other prince that was ther deê‘ted hom warde and in his way a sickenes toke hym so that he dyed At whiche tyme he had no chylde nor had neuer noue by the duchies nor had no trust to haue he had a brother by the father side called erle of MouÌ„tfort who was as than lyueyng he had to his wyfe suster to therle Loyes of FlauÌ„ders This sayd duke had an other brother bothe by father
Henry de Leon so that by sir Henris meanes the bysshoppe agreed with therle and toke hym as his lorde vnto suche season as somme other shulde come and shewe more ryght to the duchy of Bretaygne ¶ Howe the eele Mountfort dyd homage to the kyng of England for the duchy of Bretayne Cap. lxviii THus therle MouÌ„tfort conquered the countrey and made hymselfe to be called duke of Bretayne Than he went to a port on the see syde called Gâ—eâ—o thasie he sent his people abrode to kepe yâ— townes and fortresses that he had won Than he toke the see with a certayne with him and so arryued in Cornwall in Englande at a port called Chepse than he enquered where the kynge was and it was shewed hym howe the he was at wyndsore Than he rode thyderwarde came to Wyndsore wher he was receyued with gret ioye and feest bothe of the kyng of the quene and of all the lordes than he shewed the kynge and his counsayle howe he was in possession of the duchy of Bretayne fallen to hym by succession by yâ— deth of his brother last duke of Breten But he feared lest that sir Charles of Bloyes the frenche kynge wolde put hym out therof by puyssance wherfore he sayd he was come thyder to relyue and to holde the duchy of the kyng of Englande by fealtie and homage for euer so that he wolde defende hym agaynst the frenche kynge and all other that shulâ—e put hym to any trouble for the mater The kynge of Englande ymagined that his warre agaynste the frenche kyng shulde be well fortifyed by that meanes howe that he coude nat haue no more profitable way for hym to entre into France than by Bretayne remembring howe the almayns and brabances had done lytell or nothyng for hym but caused hym to spende moche money Wherfore â—â—yously he condyscending to therle Mountfortes desyre and there toke homage by the handê of therle callyng hym selfe duke of Bretaygne And ther the kyng of Englande in the presence of suche lordes as were ther bothe of Bretayne and of Englande promysed that he wold ayde defende and kepe hym as his liege man agaynst euery man frenche kyng and other This homage and promyses were writen and sealed and euery â—tie had his part belyuerd besyde yâ— the kynge and yâ— quene gaue to therle and to his company many great gyftes in such wyse that they reputed hym for a noble kyng and worthy to raygne in gret prosperyte Than therle toke his leaue and departed and toke agayne thesee and arryued at yâ— forsayd port of Gredo in base Bretayne and so came to Nauntes to his wyfe who sayde howe he had wrought by good and byscrete counsayle ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to be at the plyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix WHan sir Charles of Bloys who helde hymselfe rightfull inherytour to Bretaygne by reason of his wyfe harde howe the erle of Mountfort conquered beforce the countrey the whiche by reason ought to be his Than he came to Parys to complayne to kyng Philyppe his vncle whervpon the kyng counselled with the nobles of the realme what he might do in that matter and it was counsaylled hym yâ— therle MouÌ„tfort shuld be by sufficyent messaÌ„gers somoned to apere at Parys ther to here what answere he wolde make So these messaÌ„gers were sent forthe and they founde therle at Nauntes makyng good chere and he made to them great feest and finally he answered howe he wolde obey the kynges coÌ„maundement And than made hym redy and departed fro Nantes and so came to Paris with a .iiii. C. horse with hym and the next day he and all his mounted on their horses and rode to the kynges palayse Ther the kynge and his .xii. peres with other great lordes of Fraunce taryed his commyng and the lorde Charles of Blois with thâ— Than therle entred into the kynges chambre he was well regarded and saluted of euery person thaÌ„ he enclyned hymselfe to the kyng and sayd sir I am come hyther at your coÌ„maundement and pleasure Than the kyng sayd erle of Mountfort for your so doyng I can you good thanke howbeit I haue marueyle howe that ye durste vndertake on you the duchy of Bretayne wherin ye haue no right for there is another neâ—eâ— than ye be and ye wolde dysinheryt hym and to mentayne your quarell ye haue ben with myne aduersary the kynge of Englande and as it is shewed me ye haue done hym homage for the saine Than therâ—e sayd sir byleue it nat for surely ye at but yuell enformed in that behalf but ser as for the right that ye speke of sauyng your dyspleasur ye do me ther 〈…〉 wrong for ser I knowe none so nere to my brother that is departed as I â–ª if it were iuged or playnly declared by right that theâ— were a nother nerer than I I wolde â—at be rebell nor a shamed to leaue it Well sir ê™ the kyng ye say well but I coÌ„maund you in all that ye holde of me that ye deê‘t nat out of this cytie of Parys this .xv. dayes by the which tyme the .xii. peres and lordes of my realme shall iudge this mater and thaÌ„ye shall knowe what right ye haue and if ye do otherwyse ye shall displease me Than therle sayd ser all shal be at yoâ— pleasure thanÌ„e he went fro the court to his lodgyng to dyner whan he came to his lodgynge he entred into his chambre and theâ— satte and ymagined many doutes finally with a small company he mounted on his horse and retourned agayne into Bretayne or the kynge or any other wyst wher he was becoÌ„e Some thought he had ben but a lytell sicke in his lodgyng and whan he came to Nauntes he shewed the countesse what he had done and than by her counsel herode to all the townes and forteresses that he had wonne and stablysshed in them good captayns and soudyers a horsbacke and a fote and dyd gyue them good wages ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretayne was iuged to sir Charles of Bloyes Can. lxx IT is to be thought that the frenche kynge was sore dyspleased whan he knewe that the erle of Mountforte was so departed How beit he taryed tyll the .xv. day that the lordes shulde gyue their iudgemeÌ„t on the duchy of Bretayne whan the day came they iudged it clerely to ser Charles of Bloys wyfe who was doughter to the brother germayne of the duke last deed by yâ— father syde whom they iudged to haue more right than the erle Mountforte who came by another father who was neuer duke of Bretayne In other reason theâ— was they sayde though that therle of MouÌ„tfort had any right he had forfeted it two wayes The one bycause he had relyued the duchy of a nother lorde than of the frenche kynge of whom he ought to holde it The other reason was bycause he had broken the kynges coÌ„maundement and disobeyed
of trumpettes and canayrs wherof the frenche hoost had great marueyle and armed theÌ„ and ran to the towne to assaut it and they within redy to defende ther began a feerse assaut endured tyll noone but the frenchmen lost more than they within At noone thassaut ceased than they toke counsell that sir Charles du Bloys shulde go fro that sege and gyue assaut to the castell of Alroy the which kyng Arthure made and with hym shulde go the duke of Burbone therle of Bloys the marshall of France sir Robert Bertrande and that sir Henry de Leon and part of the geneuoys and the lorde Loys of Spayne and the vycont of Rohayne withall the spanyer des shulde abyde styll before Hanybout for they sawe well they coulde haue no profet to assayle Hanybout any more But they sent for xii great engyns to Renes to thyntent to cast into the towne and castell day night So they deuyded their host the one styll before Hanybout the other with sir Charles of Bloys before Aulroy they within Alroy were well fortifyed and were a two C. companyons able for to mayntayne the warre And sir Henry of Penfort and sir Olyuer his brother were chyefe capitaynes ther a foure leages fro that castell was the good towne of Uannes parteyning to the countesse and capitayne ther was sir Gelfray of Malatrayt nat farre thens also was the good towne of Guyngnape the cathelayne of Dyuant was captayne ther he was at Hanybout with the couÌ„tesse and had lefte in the towne of Dynant his wyfe and his chyldren and had lefte ther capytayne in his stede Raynolde his son Bytwene these two townes stode a stronge castell parteynyng to sir Charles du Bloys 〈◊〉 was well kept with soudyours burgonyons Captayne there was sir Gerarde of Maulayne and with hym an other knyght called Pyer Portbeufe they wasted all the contrey about them and coÌ„strayned sore the sayd two townes for ther coude no ther marchandyse nor prouisyon entre into any of theÌ„ but in great danger On a day they wold ryde towarde UaÌ„nes and an other day towarde Guyngnape and on a day sir Raynolde of Dynant layed a busshment and the same day 〈◊〉 Gerarde of Maulayne rode forthe and had taken a .xv. marchantes and all their goodes and was driuyng of them towardes their castell called Rochprion and so fell in the busshment and ther sir Raynolde of Dynant toke sir Gerarde prisoner and a .xxv. of his company and rescued the marchantes and ledde forthe their prisoners to Dynant wherof sir Raynolde was moche praysed and well worthy ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the countesse of MouÌ„t for t who was besieged in Hanybout by sir Loys of Spayne who kept the siege ther and he had so broken and brused the walles of the towne with his engins So that they within began to be a basshed and on a day the bysshop of Leon spake with sir Henry of Leon his nephue by whoÌ„ as it was sayd that therle MouÌ„tfort was taken So longe they spake togyder that they agreed yâ— the bysshop shulde do what he coude to cause the coÌ„pany within to agre to yelde vp the town and castell to sir Charles de Bloys and 〈◊〉 Henry de Leon on thother syde shuld purchase pece fortheÌ„ all of sir Charles de Bloyes and to lese nothyng of their goodes Thus the bysshop entred agayne into the towne the countes incoÌ„tynent douted of some yuell purchase than she desyred the lordes and knightes that were ther that for the loue of god they shulde be in no dout for she sayd she was in suretie that they shuld haue socours within thre dayes howbeit the bysshope spake somoch and shewed so many reasons to the lordes that they were in a great trouble all that night The next mornyng they brewe to couÌ„sell agayne so that they wer nere of acorde to haue gyuen vp the towne sir HeÌ„ry was coÌ„e nere to the towne to haue taken possession therof than the countesse loked downe along the see out at a wyndo in the castell began to smyle for great ioy that she had to se the socours commyng 〈◊〉 which she had so long desyred Than she 〈◊〉 out a loude and sayd twyse I se the socurs of Englande coÌ„myng than they of the towne â—an to the walles and sawe a great nomâ—â— of 〈◊〉 pes great and small fresshly decked coÌ„myng towarde Hanybout they thought well it was the socours of England who had ben on the see .lx. dayes by reason of contrary wyndes ¶ Howe sir Water of Manny brought thenglysshmen into Bretayne Cap. lxxxi WHan the seneshall of Guyngnape Perse of Tribyquedy sir Galeran of Landreman and the other knyghtê sawe these socours coÌ„myng thaÌ„ they sayd to the bysshoppe sir ye may well leaue your treaty for they sayd they were nat coÌ„ tent as than to folowe his counsayle Than the bysshoppe sayd sirs than our company shall de part for I wyll go to hym that hath moost right as me semeth Than he departed fro Hanibout and defyed the couÌ„tesse and all her ayders and so went to sir Henry de Leon and shewed hym howe the mater went than sir Henry was sore dyspleased and caused incontynent to rere vp the grettest ingens that they had nere to the cattell and coÌ„maunded that they shuld nat sease to last day and nyght Than he deê‘ted thens and brought the bysshoppe to sir Loys of Spayne who receyued hym with great ioye and so dyd sir Charles of Bloys than the countesse dressed vp halles and chambers to lodge the lordes of Englande that were coÌ„myng and dyd sende agaynst them right nobly And whan they wer a lande she came to them with great reuerence and feested them the beest she might and thanked theÌ„ right humbly and caused all the knyghtes and other to lodge at their ease in the castell and in the towne And the nexte day she made them a great feest at dyner all night the nexte day also the ingens neuer ceased to cast and after dyner sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny who was chefe of that company demaunded of the state of the towne of the hoost without And sayd I haue a great desyre to yssue out and to breke downe this great ingen that standeth so nere vs if any â—oll folowe me Than Perse of Tribyquidy sayde howe he wolde nat fayle hym at this his first begynning and so sayd the lorde of LaÌ„dre man than they armed them and so they yssued out priuely at a certayne gate with theÌ„ a .iii. hundred archers who shotte so holly togyder yâ— they that kept the ingen fledde awaye and the men of armes came after the archers and slewe dyuerse of them that fledde and bete downe the great engyn and brake it all to peaces ThanÌ„e they ranne in amonge the tentes and logynges and set fyre in dyuerse places and slewe hurt dyuers tyll the hoost began to styrre than they withdrue fayre and easely and they
certayne englysshmen and other lyeng there hurt he sette on them and toke them prisoners and ledde them to Fauet hurt as they were and some sledde to sir Water of Manny and shewed hym the case than he ceased the assaut And he and all his company in great hasse folowed them that ledde the prisoners to Fauet but he coude nat ouertake them so that Regny and his prisoners were entred into the castell Than thenglysshmen as sore trayueled as they were made ther a gret assaut but nothyng coude they wynne they were so well defended and also it was late They lay ther all night to the entent to assyle yâ— castell agayne in the mornig Gerarde of Maulyn knewe all this he toke his horse in the night and rode all alone to Dynant and was ther a lytell before day Than he shewed all the case to the lorde Pyers Portbeuse capitayne of Dynaunt and assone as it was day he assembled all the burgesses of the towne in yâ— common hall and ther Gerarde of Maulyne she wed theym the mater in suche wyse that they were all content to go forth and so armed them and went towardes Fauet with a sixe thousand men of one and other Sir Gaultier of Manny knewe therof by a spye thanÌ„e they couusayled togyder and coÌ„sydred that it were great daÌ„ger for them if they of Dynant shulde come on theÌ„ on the onesyde sir Charles of Blois his coÌ„pany on thother syde so they might be enclosed ThaÌ„ they agreed to leaue their coÌ„panyons in prisone tyll another tyme that they might amende it and as they retourned towarde Hanybout they came to a castell called Gony lafo rest the which was yelded vp to sir Charles of Bloyes a fyftene dayes before Than sir Gaultier sayde howe he wolde go no farther as sore trayueled as he was tyll he had made assaute to that castell to se the demeanynge of theÌ„ with in Ther they made a fierse assaut they within quickely defended theym selfe sir Gaultier encouraged his company and was euer one of theformast in somoche that the archersshotte so quyckely and so close togyder that ther was none durst appere at their defence Sir Gaultier dyd somoche that parte of the dyke was fylled with busshes and wood so that they came to the walles with pyckaxes and other instrumentes and anone made a great hole through the wall And ther they entred perforce and slewe all they founde within and lodged ther yâ— night and they next day they went to Hanybout ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes toke the towne of Carahes Cap. lxxxvi WHan the couÌ„tesse knewe of their coÌ„mynge she came and mette them and kyssed made them great chere and caused al the noble men to dyne with her in the castell Nowe in this season sir Charles of Bloys had wonne Uannes and lay at sege at Carahes the couÌ„tes of MoÌ„tfort and sir Gaultier of Manny sent certayne messangers to the kyng of Englande signyfieng hym howe sir Charles of Bloys and the lordes of France had conquered Uannes Renes and dyuers other good townes and castelles in Bretaygne and was lickely to wynne all with out he were shortly resysted These messangers arryued in Cornewall and rode to Wyndesore to the kyng ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of sir Charles of Bloys who had so sore constrayned with assautes and ingens the towne of Carahes that they yelded theym selfe vp to sir Charles and he receyued them to mercy and they sware to hym homage and fealtie toke hym for their lorde And ther he made newe officers taryed ther a fyftene dayes thaÌ„ they determyned to go and lry siege to Hanybout yet they knewe well the towne was well fortifyed with sufficyent prouisyon And so thyder they went and layed there siege and the fourth day after thyder came sir Loys of Spayne who had layen in the towne of Renes a sixe wekes in helyng of suche hurtes as he had He was well receyued there for he was a knyght moche honoured and welbeloued among them The frenche company dayly encreased for ther were dyuers lordes knyghtes of France were goyng into Spayne warde for suche warres as was bytwene the kynge of Spayne and the kyng of Granado sarasyne And as these knyghts passed through Poyctou and harde of these warres in Bretayne drewe that way sir Charles of Bloyes had rayred vp agaynst Hanybout a fyftene or sixtene great engyns the whiche caste into the towne many a great stone But they within set nat moch therby for they were well defended there agaynste them and somtyme they wolde come to the walles and wype them in derysion sayeng go and seke vp your company whiche resteth in the feldes of Camperle wherof sir Loys of Spayne and the genowayes had great dyspite ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Butler and sir Hubert of Fresnoy were rescued fro deth before Hanybout Cap. lxxxvii ON a day sir Loyes of Spayne came to the tent of sir Charles du Bloyes and desyred of hym a gyft for all the seruyce that euer he had done in the presence of dyuerse lordes of France And sir Charles graunted hym bycause he knewe hymselfe somoche bounde to hym sir ê™ he I requyre you cause the two knyghtes that be in prison in Fauet to be brought hyther that is to say sir JohnÌ„ Butler and sir Hubert Fresnoy and to gyue them to me to do with them at my pleasure Sir this is the gyft that I desyre of you they haue chased dysconfetted and hurt me slayne my nephue Alphons I can nat tell how otherwyse to be reuenged of them but I shall stryke of their heedes before the towne in the syght of their companyons Of these wordes ser Charles was a basshed and sayd certenly with right a goodwyll I woll gyue you the prisoners syth ye haue desyred them But surely it shulde be a shamefull dede to put so to dethe suche two valyant knyghts as they be and it shal be an occasyon to our ennemyes to deale in likewyse with any of ours if they fall in lyke case we knowe nat what shall daylie fall the chances of warre be dyuers Wherfore dere cosyn I requyre you to be better aduysed than sir Loyes sayd sir if ye kepe nat promyse with me knowe ye for trouth that I shall depart out of your company shall neuer serue nor loue you agayne whyle I lyue Whan sir Charles sawe none other bote he sent to Fauet for the two knyghts and in a morning they were brought to sir Charles of Bloys tent but for all that he coulde desyre he coude nat turne sir Loyes of Spayne fro his purpose but sayd playnly that they shulde be beheeded anone after dyner he was so sore dyspleased with them All these wordes that was bytwene sir Charles and sir Loyes for thoccasion of these two knightes anone was come to the knowlege of sir Water of Manny by certayne spyes that shewed the myschefe that these two knyghtes were in
Rochfort and newely refresshed the towne and castell with meÌ„ of warr and â—uisyon In this meane season certayne noble men of Bretayne spake for a truse for a certayn space bytwene sir Charles of Bloyes and the countesse of Mountfort the which was agreed by all their ayders and assisters also the kynge of Englande sent for the countesse to come into Englande and assone as this trewse was confirmed the couÌ„tesse toke see and passed into Englande ¶ Of the feest and iustynge made at London by the kyng of England for the loue of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix LE haue well harde here before howe the kynge of Englande had great warres in dyuers countreis and had men of warre in garysons to his gret cost and charge as in Picardy NormaÌ„dy Gascoyne Xaynton Poycton Bretayne and Scotlande ye haue harde also before how the kyng was stryken in loue with the countesse of Salisbury loue quickened hym day and night her fresshe beautie godely demeanour was euer in his remeÌ„brance though therle of Salisbury was one of the priuyest of his counsell and one of them that had done hym best seruyce So it fell that for the loue of this lady and for the great desyre that the king had to se her he caused a great feest to be cryed and a iustyng to be holden in the cyti of LoÌ„don in the myddes of August the which cry was also made in Flaunders in Heynault in BrabaÌ„t and in Fraunce gyueng all coÌ„mers out of euery contrey safe coÌ„duct to come and go and had gyuen in coÌ„maundement through his owne realme that all lordes knyghtes squyers ladyes and domosels shuld be ther without any excuse and coÌ„maunded expresly the erle of Salisbury that the lady his wyfe shulde be ther to bring with her all ladyes and damosels of that countrey Th erle graunted the kyng as he that thought none yuell the gode lady durst nat say nay howbeit she came sore agaynst her wyll for she thought well ynough wherfore it was but she durst nat dyscouer the mater to her husband she thought she wolde deale so to bringe the kynge fro his opynion This was a noble feest there was the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt and 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ of Heynalt his vncle and a great nombre of lordes and knyghtes of hyghe lynage there was great daunsynge and iustynge the space of .xv. dayes the lorde JohnÌ„ eldyst son to the vycount Beaumonde in England was slayne in the iustes All ladyes and damoselles were fresshely besene accordyng to their degrees except Alys countesse of Salisbury for she went as simply as she myght to the intent that the kyng shulde nat sette his regarde on her for she was fully determyned to do no maner of thynge that shulde tourne to her dyshonour nor to her husbandes At this feest was sir Henry with the wrye necke erle of Lancaltre and sir Henry his sonne erle of Derby sir Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmount the erle of Northampton and of Glocetter the erle of Warwyke the erle of Salisbury the erle of Penneforde the erle of Hereford the erle of Arundell the erle of Cornewall the erle of â—uenforde the erle of Suffolke the baron of Stafforde and dyuers other lordes knightes of Englande And at all these nobles departed the kyng receyued letters fro dyuers lordes of sundrie contreis as out of Goscoyne Bayon Flaunders fro Jaques Dartuell and out of Scotlande fro the lorde Rose and the lorde Persy and fro sir Edward Baylleull captayne of Berwyke who sygnifyed the kynge that the scottes helde but simply the trewse concludedd the yere before for they newely assembled togyder moch people for what entent they coude nattell Also the captayne in Poycton Xanton Rochell and Burdeloyes wrote to the kyng howe the frenchmen made great preparacions for the warre for the peace made at Arras was nere expyred wherfore it was tyme for the kyng to take counsayle and aduyse and so he aunswered the messangers fro poynt to poynt ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent sir Robert Dartoys into Bretayne Cap. lxxxx AMong all other thynges the kynge of Englande wolde socoure the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who was with the quene Thanne the kyng desyred his cosyn sir Robert Dartoyes to take a certayne nombre of men of warre and archers and to go with the couÌ„tesse into Bretayne And so he dyde and they departed and toke shypping at Hampton and were on the see a great season bycause of coÌ„trary wyndes They departed about Ester at this great counsell at London the kyng was aduysed to sende to Scotlande for the parfour maunce of a trewse to endure for two or thre yeres Consydring that the kyng had somoche besynesse in other places the kynge of Englande was lothe therto for he wolde haue made suche warr into Scotland that they shulde haue ben fayne to haue desyred peace howbeit his counsayle shewed hym suche reasons that he agreed therto Among other thynges his counsell sayd that it was great wysdome whan a prince hath warre in dyuers placâ— at one tyme to agre with one by truse another to pacify with fayre wordes and on the thyrde to make warre Thanne was there a bysshoppe sende on that legacyon and so he went forthe and in processe retourned agayne and brought relacyon howe the the king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge Than the kyng of Englande sayde openly that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had so arayed the realme of Scotlande that it shulde neuer be recouered than he 〈◊〉 maunded that euery man shulde be with hym at Berwyke by Eester except suche as were apoynted to go into Bretayn The feest of Ester came and the kynge helde a great court at Berwyke for the chiefe of the lordes and knyghts of England were ther and there taryed the space of thre wyckes In the meane season certayne good men laboured bytwene the parties to haue a trewse and so there a truse was agreed to endure for two yere and confyrmed by the french kyng Than euery man departed and the kyng went to Wyndsore than he sende the lorde Thomas Hollande and the lorde JohnÌ„ 〈…〉 Bayon with two hundred men of armes and-four hundred archers to kepe the fronters ther. ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Robert Dartoyes that yere fell so hye that it was nere to then 〈…〉 g of May in the myddes of the whiche moneth the trewse bytwene the lorde Charles of Bloys and the countesse of Mountfort shulde expyre Sir Charles of Bloyes was well 〈…〉 fyed of the purchase that the countesse of Mou 〈…〉 had made in Englande and of the confort that the kynge had promysed her for the whiche intent the lorde Loyes of Spayne sir Charles Germaux and sir Othes Dornes were layd on the see about Gernzay with a thre thousande genowayes and a thousande men of armmes and .xxxii. great shyppes ¶ Of the batell of Gernzay bytwene sir Robert Dartoys and sir Loys of
Spayne on the see Cap. lxxxxi SIr Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmont and with hym therle of Pennefort the erle of Salisbury therle of Suffolke therle of Quenfort the baron of Stafford the lorde Spenser the lord Bourchier and dyuers other knyghtes of Englande and their coÌ„panyes were with the countesse of Mountfort on the see And at last came before the yle of Gernzay than they ê‘â—eyued the great flete of the genowayes wherof sir Loys of Spaygne was chiefe captayne Than their marynars sayd sirs arme you quickely for yonder be genowayes and spaniardes that woll set on you than thenglysshmen sowned their trumpettes and reared vp their baners and standerdes with their armes and deuyses with the baner of saynt George And sette their shippes in order with their archers before and as the wynd serued them they sayled forth they were a xlvi vessels great and small but sir Loys of Spaygne had .ix. greatter than any of the other and thre galyes And in the thre galyes were the thre chiefe captaynes as sir Loyes of Spayne sir Charles and sir Othes and whan they aproched nere togyder the genowayes beganne to shote with their crosbowes and the archers of Englande agaynst theym there was sore shotynge bytwene them and many hurte on bothe parties And whanÌ„e the lordes knyghtes and squyers came nere togyder there was a sore batayle the countesse that day was worth a man she had the harte of a lyon and had in her hande a sharpe glayue wherwith she fought feersly The spanyardes and genowayes that were in the great vessels they cast downe great barres of yron and peaces of tymbre that which troubled sore thenglysshe archers this batayle beganne about the tyme of euynsonge and the nyght departed them for it was very darke so that one coude scant knowe an other Than they withdrewe eche fro other and cast ankers and abode styll in their harnes for they thought to fight agayne in the mornynge but about mydnight ther rose suche a tempest so horryble as though all the worlde shulde haue endedd There was none so hardy but wold gladly haue ben a land the shyppes dasshed so togyder that they went all wolde haue ryuen in peaces The lordes of Englande demaunded counsayle of their maryners what was best to do they aunswered to take lande assone as they might for the tempest was so great that if they toke the see they were in daunger of drownyng Than they drewe vp their ankers and bare but a quarter sayle and drewe fro that place the genowayes on the other syde drewe vppÌ„ their ankers and toke the depe of the see for their vesselles were greatter than thenglysshe shyppes they might better abyde the brunt of the see for if the great vessels had coÌ„e nere the lande they were lickely to haue ben broken And as they deê‘ted they toke foure englysshe shyppes laded with vytell and tayled them to their shyppes the storme was so hedeouse that in lasse than a day they were driuen a hundred leages fro the place wher they were be fore and the englysshe shyppes toke a lytell hauen nat ferre fro the cytie of Uannes wherof they were ryght gladde ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys toke the cytie of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii THus by this tourment of the see brake and departed the batell on the see bytwne sir Robert Dartoyes and sir Loyes of Spayne No man coude tell to whome to gyue the honour for they departed agaynst bothe their wylles thenglysshmen toke lande nat farre of fro Uannes and brought all their horse and harnes a lande thaÌ„ they deuysed to sende their nany to Hanybout and to go theymselfe and ley siege to Uannes therin were captayns sir Henry of Leon Olyuer of Clysson and with them the lorde of Turmyne and the lord of Loheac Whan they sawe thenglysshmen come to besiege them they toke good hede to their defences bothe to the castell and to the walles and gates and at euery gate they set a knyght with .x. men of armes and .xx. crosbowes ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Loyes of Spayns and his company they were sore tourmented on thesee and in great daunger all that nyght and the nexte day tyll noone and loste two of their shyppes menne and all ThanÌ„e the thirde day about prime the see apeased than they demaunded of the maryners what parte of lande was nexte they aunswered the realme of Nauarre and that the wynde hadde driuen theym out of Bretayne more than sirscore leages thaÌ„ there they cast anker and above the fludde and whan the tyde came they had good wynde to retourne to Rochell So they costed Bayon but they wolde nat come nere it and they met foure shippes of Bayon coÌ„myng fro Flaunders they sette on them and toke theym shortly and flewe all that were in them than they sayled towardes Rochell and in a fewe dayes they arryued at Gueâ—rande Ther they toke lande and hard ther howe sir Robert Dartoyes lay at siege be fore Uannes Than they sent to the lorde Charles of Bloyes to knowe his pleasure what they shuld do sir Robert Dartoys lay at siege with a thousande men of armes and thre thousande archers and wasted all the countrey about and brent to Dynant and to Gony la Forest so that none durst abyde in the playne countrey there were many assautes and skirmysshes at the barryers of Uannes The countesse of Mountfort was styll with sir Robert Dartoys at the siege also sir Gaultier of Manny who was in Hanybout delyuered the kepynge of the towne to sir Wyllyam Caducall and to sir Gerard of Rochfort and toke with hym sir yues of Tribyquedy and a. C. men of armes and. CC. archers and deê‘ted fro Hanybout and went to the siege before Uannes Than inconâ—ynent there was made a great assaut in thre places all at ones the archers shotte so thycke that they within scante durst apere at ther defence this assaut endured a hole day and many hurt on bothe parties agaynst night thenglysshmen withdrue to their lodgyngê And they within in likewyse sore wery of trayuell and they vnarmed theÌ„ but they of the hoost without dyd nat so for they kept on styll their harnes except their heed peces and so dranke and refresshed them And than by the aduyse of sir Robert Dartoyes they ordayned agayne thre batayls and two of them to assaute at the gates and thethirde batayle to kepe theÌ„selfe priue tyll the other two batayls had assayled long So that all the strength of the towne shulde be ther by all lickelyhoâ—e to defend thaÌ„ it was ordayned that this thyrde batayle shuld sette on the moost feblest place of all the towne with ladders ropes and hokes of yron to caste on the walles And as they deâ—ysedde so it was done sir Robert Dartoys with the first batell came and made assaut in the night at one of the gates and therle of Salisbury with the seconde batell at an other gate bycause it
vp and became vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande the captayne sir Hewe Bastefoll became seruant to the erle with other that were within vpon certayne wages that they hadde Thenglysshmen that had lyeâ— longe before the Ryoll more than nyne wekes had made in the meane space two belfâ—oys of great tymbre with .iii. stages euery belfroy oâ— fouâ— great whelys and the sydes towardes the towne were couered with cure boly to defende them fro fyre and fro shotte And into euery stage ther were â—oynted C. archers by strength of men these two belfroyes were brought to the walles of the towne for they had so fylled the dykes that they myght well be brought iust to the walles The archers in these stages shotte so holly togâ—der that none durst apere at their defence without they were well pauysshed and bytwene these two belfroys ther were a. CC. men with pycaxes to myne the walles and so they brake through the walles ThauÌ„e the burgesses of the towne came to one of the gates to speke with some lorde of the hoost whan the erle of Derby knewe therof he sent to them sir Gaultier of Manny and the baron of Stafforde and whan they caÌ„e ther they founde that they of the towne wolde yelâ—e them their lyues and goodes saued Sir Agoâ—s de Bans who was captayne within knewe that the people of the towne wolde yelde vp he went into the castell with his coÌ„pany of soudyers and whyle they of the towne were entretyâ—g he conueyed out of the â—owne gret quantyte of wyne other prouisyon and than closed the castell gates sayd howe he wolde nat yelde vp so soâ—e The foresayd two lordes retourned to therle of Derby shewyng hym howe they of the towne wolde yelde themself and the towne their lyues and goodes saued thauÌ„e therle sende to knowe howe the captayne wolde do with the castell aâ—â— it was brought worde agayne to hym howe he wolde nat yelde Than therle â—â—udyeâ— a lytell â–ª sayde well go take them of the towne to mercy for by the towne we shall haue the castell thauÌ„e these lordes went agayne to them of the towne and receyued them to mercy so that they shulde go out into the felde and delyuer therle of Derby the kayes of the towne sayenge sir fro heusforth we knowlege our selfe subgettes and obey saunt to the king of Englande And so they dyd and sware that they shulde gyue no comforte to them of the castell but to greue them to the best of their powers than therle coÌ„maunded that no man shulde do any hurt to the towne of Ryoll nor to none of them within Than therle entred into the towne and laydsiege rounde about the castell as nere as he might and rered vp all his engyns the which caste nyght and day agaynst the walles but they dyde lytell hurt the walles were so stronge of harde stone it was sayd that of olde tyme it had ben wrought by the handes of the sarasyns who made ther warkes so strongely that ther is none such nowe a bayes WhaÌ„ the erle sawe that he coulde do no good with his engyns he caused theym to cease than he called to hym his myners to thyntent that they shuld make a myne vnder all the walles the whiche was nat sone made ¶ Howe sir water of Manny founde in the towne of the Ryoll the sepulcre of his father Ca. C .x. WHyle this siege endured and that the myners were a worke the lorde Gaultier of Manny remembred how 〈◊〉 his fader was stayne goynge a pylgrimage to sait James And howe he harde in his youth howe he shulde be buryed in the Ryoll or there about thauÌ„e he made it to be enquered in the towne ys there were any manne coude shewe hym his fathers tombe he shulde haue a hundred crownes for his labour And there was an aged man came to sir Gaultier and sayd sir I thynke I caâ—â—e brynge you nere to the place wher your father was buryed thanne the lorde of Manny sayde if your wordes be trewe I shall kepe couenaunt and more ¶ Nowe ye shall here the maner howe the lorde Gaultiers father was slayne it was trewe that somtyme ther was a bysshoppe in Cambresis a Goscoyne borne of the house of Myrpoyse And so it fortuned that in his dayes ther was at a tyme a great tournayeng before Cambrey wher as there were .v. C. knyghtê on both parties and ther was a knyght gascoyne â—ourneyed with the lorde of Manny father to sir Gaultier this knyght of Gascoyne was so sore hurt and beaten that he had neuer helth after but dyed this knyght was of kynne to the sayde by sthoâ—â—e Wherfore the lorde of Manny was in his 〈◊〉 and of all his lynage a two or thre yere after certayne good men laboured to make peace bytwene theÌ„ and so they dyd And for a mendes the lorde of Manny was bounde to go a pylgrimage to saynt James and so he went thyder warde and as he came foreby the towne of Ryoll the same season therle Charles of Ualoyes brother to kynge Philyppe lay at siege before the Ryoll the whiche as than was englysshe and dyuers other townes and cyties than pertayning to the kynge of Englande father to the kynge that layed siege to Tourney So that the lorde of Manny after the retournyng of his pylgrimage he came to se therle of Uaâ—oys who was ther as kyng and as the lorde of Many went at night to his lodgyng he was watched by the way by certayne of theÌ„ of the lynage of hym that the lorde of MaÌ„ny had made his pylgrimage for And so wtout therles lodgyng he was slayne and murdred and no man knewe who dyd it howe be it they of that lynage were helde suspect in the mater but they were so stronge and made suche excuses that the mater past for ther was none that wold pursue the lorde of Mannes quarell Than therle of Ualoyes caused hym to be buryed in a lytell chapell in the felde the which as than was without the towne of Ryoll and whan therle of Ualoyes had wonne the towne than the walles were made more larger so that the chapell was within the towne Thus was sir Gaulter of MaÌ„nes fader slayne and this olde man remeÌ„bred all this mater for he was present whan he was buryed ThanÌ„e sir Gaultier of Manny went with this gode aged man to the place wher as his father was buryed and ther they founde a lytell tombe of marble ouer hym the which his seruauntes layd on hym after he was buryed ThanÌ„e the olde man sayd sir surely vnder this tombe lyeth your father than the lorde of Manny redde the scripture on the tombe the whiche was in latyn and ther he founde that the olde man had sayd trouth and gaue hym his rewarde And wtin two dayes after he made the tombe to be raysed and the bones of his father to be taken vp and put in a â—ofer and after dyd sende
more delyberacyon and to regarde well what way ye woll assayle theym for sir surely they woll abyde you Than the kynge coÌ„maunded that it shuld be so done than his .ii. marshals one rode before another behynde sayeng to euery baner tary and abyde here in the name of god and saynt Denys they that were formast taryed but they that were behynde wolde nat tary but rode forthe and sayd howe they wold in no wyse abyde tyll they were as ferr forward as yâ— formast And whan they before sawe them come on behynde than they rode forward agayne so that the kyng nor his marshals coude nat rule theÌ„ so they rode without order or good aray tyll they came in sight of their ennemyes And assone as the formast sawe them they reculed than abacke â—out good aray wherof they behynde had maruell and were a basshed and thought that the formast company had ben fightynge than they might haue had leaser rome to haue gone forwarde if they had lyst Some went forthe and some abode styll the coÌ„mons of whom all the wayes bytwene Abuyle and Cressy were full WhaÌ„ they sawe that they were â—ere to their ennemies they toke their swerdes and cryed downe with them let vs â—â—e them all ther was no man though he were present at the iourney that coude ymagen or shewe the trouth of the yuell order that was among the frenche partie and yet they were a meruelous great nombre That I write in this boke I lerned it specially of the engysshmen who well behelde their dealyng and also certayne knyghtes of sir Johan of Heynaultes who was alwayes about kyng Philyppe shewed me as they knewe ¶ Of the batayle of Cressy bytwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng Cap. C .xxx. THeÌ„glysshmen who were in thre batayls lyeng on the grounde to rest them assone as they saw the frenchmen aproche they rose vpon their fete fayre and easely without and hast and aranged their batayls The first which was the princes batell the archers there stode in maner of a herse and the men of armes in the botome of the batayle Th erle of NorthaÌ„pton therle of Arundell with the second batell were on a wyng in good order redy to confort the princes batayle if nede were The lordê and knyghtê of France caÌ„enat to the assemble togyder in good order for some caÌ„e before and some came after in such hast and yuell order that one of theÌ„ dyd trouble another Whan the french kyng sawe the englysshmen his blode chaunged and sayde to his marshals make the genowayes go on before and begynne the batayle in the name of god and saynt Denyse ther were of the genowayes trosbowes about a fiftene thousand but they were so wery of goyng a fote that day a six leages armed with their crosbowes that they sayde to their constables we be nat well ordred to fyght this day for we be nat in the case to do any great dede of armes we haue more nede of rest These wordes came to the erle of Alanson who sayd a man is well at ease to be charged with suche a sorte of rascalles to be faynt and fayle nowe at moost nede Also the same season there fell a great rayne and a clyps with a terryble thonder and before the rayne ther came fleyng ouer bothe batayls a great nombre of crowes for feare of the tempest coÌ„mynge Than anone the eyre beganne to waxe clere and the sonne to shyne fayre and bright the which was right in the frenchmens eyen and on the englysshmens backes Whan the genowayes were assembled toguyder and beganne to aproche they made a great leape and crye to abasshe thenglysshmen but they stode styll and styredde nat for all that thanÌ„e the genowayes agayne the seconde tyme made a nother leape and a fell crye and stepped forwarde a lytell and thenglysshmen remeued nat one foteâ— thirdly agayne they leapt and cryed and went forthe tyll they came within shotte thanÌ„e they shotte feersly with their crosbowes Than thenglysshe archers stept forthe one pase and lett fly their arowes so holly and so thycke that 〈…〉 semed snowe whan the genowayes felte the arowes persynge through heedes armes and brestes many of them cast downe their crosâ—owâ—s and dyde cutte their strynges and retourned dysconfited Whan the frenche kynge sawe them flye away he sayd slee these rascals for they shall lette and trouble vs without reason than ye shulde haue sene the men of armes dasshe in among them and kylled a great nombre of them And euer styll the englysshmen shot where as they sawe thyckest preace the sharpe arowes ranne into the men of armes and into their horses and many fell horse and men amoÌ„ge the genowayes and whan they were downe they coude nat relyue agayne the preace was so thycke that one ouerthrewe a nother And also amonge the englysshemen there were certayne â—ascalles that went a fote with great knyues and they went in among the men of armes and slewe and murdredde many as they lay on the grounde bothe erles barownes knyghtê and squyers wherof the kyng of Englande was after dyspleased for he had rather they had bene taken prisoners The valyant kyng of Behaygne called Charles of Luzenbourge sonne to the noble emperour Henry of Luzenbourge for all that he was nyghe blynde Whan he vnderstode the order of the batayle he sayde to them about hym where is the lorde Charles my son his men sayde sir we can nat tell we thynke he be fightynge than he sayde sirs ye are my men my companyons and frendes in this iourney I requyre you bring me so farre forwarde that I may stryke one stroke with my swerde they sayde they wolde do his commaundement and to the intent that they shulde nat lese hym in the prease they tyed all their raynes of their bridelles eche to other and sette the kynge before to acomplysshe his desyre and so thei went on their ennemyes the lorde Charles of Behaygne his sonne who wrote hymselfe kyng of Behaygne and bare the armes He came in good order to the batayle but whasie he sawe that the matter wente a wrie on their partie he departed I can nat tell you whiche waye the kynge his father was so farre forewarde that he strake a stroke with his swerde ye and mo than foure and fought valyantly And so dyde his company and they adueÌ„tured themselfe so forwarde that they were ther all slayne and the next day they were founde in the place about the kyng and all their horses tyed eche to other The erle of Alansone came to the batayle right ordynatly and fought with thenglysshmen and the erle of Flaunders also on his parte these two lordes with their coÌ„panyes coosted the englysshe archers and came to the princes batayle and there fought valyantly longe The frenche kynge wolde fayne haue come thyder whanne he sawe their baners but there was a great hedge of archers before hym The same day the frenche kynge hadde
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌ„in that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny said a noble kyng for goddessake refrayne your courage ye haue the name of souerayn nobles therfore nowe do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome nor to gyue cause to some to speke of you villany euery man woll say it is a great cruelty to put to deth suche honest persons who by their owne wylles putte themselfe into your grace to saue their coÌ„pany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌ„maunded to sende for yâ— hangman and sayd they of Calys hath caused many of my meÌ„ to be slayne wherfore these shalt dye in likewyse Than the quene beynge great with chylde kneled downe sore wepyng sayd a geÌ„tyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌ„bly requyre you in yâ— honour of the son of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me that ye woll take mercy of these sixe burgesses The kyng be helde yâ— quene stode styll in a study a space and thaÌ„ sayd a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in soÌ„e other place ye make suche request to me yâ— I can nat â—eny you wherfore I gyue them to you to do your pleasure with theym than the quene caused theÌ„ to be brought into her chambre and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their leser And than she gaue ech of them sire nobles and made theÌ„ to be brought out of thoost in sauegard set at their lyberte ¶ Howe the kyng of England repeopled the towne of Calys with englysshmen Cap. C .xlvii. THus the strong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of august the kyng of EnglaÌ„d called to hym sir Gaultier of Manny and his two marshals therle of Warwyke and therle of Stafforde and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and castell of Calys go and take possessyon there and putte in prison all the knyghtes that be there all other soudyours that came thyder symply to wynne their lyueng cause theym to auoyde the towne And also all other men women and chyldren for I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure englysshmen So these thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke possessyon of Calys and dyd put in prison sir JohnÌ„ de Uien sir JohnÌ„ of Surrey sir JohnÌ„ of Belborne and other than they made all the soudyers to bring all their harnesse into a place apoynted layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys thanne they made all maner of people to voyde kept there no mo persons but a preest and two other auncyent personages suche as knewe the customes lawes and ordynaunces of the towne and to signe out the herytagê howe they were deuyded than they prepared the castell to lodge the kyng and quene and prepared other houses for the kynges company Than the kyng mounted on his horse and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours nakquayres and hormyes and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a bedd of a fayre lady named Margarete The kynge gaue to sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny dyuers fayre houses within the towne and to therle Stafforde to the lorde of Bethene to sit Bartylmewe of Bomes and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne the kynges mynde was whan he caÌ„e into Englande to sende out of London a .xxxvi. good burgesses to Calys to dwell there and to do somoche that the towne myght be peopled with pure englysshmen the which entent the kynge fulfylled Than the newe towne and bastyd that was made without the towne was pulled downe and the castell that stode on the hauyn rasshed downe and the great tymbre and stones brought into the towne than the kynge ordayned men to kepe the gates walles and barryers and ameÌ„ded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ„ de Uien and his coÌ„pany were sent into Englande and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raunsome me thynke it was great pyte of the burgesses and other men of the towne of Calys women and chyldren whasie they were fayne to forsake their houses herytages and goodes and to bere away nothyng and they had no restorement of the frenche kyng for whose sake they lost all the moost part of them went to saynt Omers The cardynall Guy de Boloyne who was come into FraÌ„ce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his cosyn in the cytie of Amyense he purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce their contres herytages to endure two yeres To this truse all ê‘ties were agreed but Bretayne was clerely excepte for the two ladyes made styll warre one agaynst the other Than the kyng of Englande and the quene retourned into Englande and the kyng made captayne of Calys sir Amery of Pauy a lumbarde borne whom the kyng had greatly auaunced than the kynge sende fro LoÌ„don .xxxvi. burgesses to Calays who were ryche and sage and their wyues and chyldren and dayly encreased the nombre for the kynge graunted there suche lyberties and franchysses that men were gladde to go and dwell there the same tyme was brought to LoÌ„don sir Charles de Bloyes who called hymselfe duke of Breten he was putte in Cortoyse prison in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette but he had nat ben there longe but at the request of the quene of Englande sir Charles her cosyn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth and rode all about London at his pleasure but he might natly past one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene Also the same tyme ther was prisoner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guynes a right gentyll knyght and his dealynge was suche that he was welcome wher soeuer he came and with the kyng and quene lordes ladyes and damosels ¶ Of the dealynge of a brâ—gant of Languedocke called Bacon Cap. C .xlviii. ALl this yere these two kynges helde well the trewse taken bytwene them but sir WyllmÌ„ Duglas and the scottes beyng in the forest of Gedeours made warre dayly on the englysshmen Also suche as were in Gascoyne Poyctou and Xayntone aswell frenche as englysshe kept nothyng the trewse taken bytwene the two kynges but conquered often tymes townes and castels one vpon the other byforce by purchase or by stelth nyght day and often tymes ther fell bytwene theÌ„ many fayre aueÌ„tures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
gode a noÌ„bre of men with hym and dayly might haue mo whanÌ„e he lyst And he delyuered to the lorde Edwarde of Renâ—y .xx. thousande crownes to pay the lumbarde and sir Geffray houed styll in the feldes priuely with his baner before hym His entent was to entre into the towne by the gate orels nat the lumbarde had lette downe the bridge of the posterne and suffred the hundred men of armes to entre peasably and sir Edwarde delyuered at the postern .xx. thousand crownes in a bagge to the lumbarde who sayde I trust here be all for I haue no leaser now to tell them for it wyll be anone day Than he cast the bagge with crownes into a coter and sayde to the frenchemen coÌ„e on sirs ye shall entre into the dongyon than shall you be sure to be lordes of the castell they went thyder and he drewe apart the barre and the gate opyned Within this towre was the king of England with two hundred speares who yssued out with their swerdes ares in their handes cryeng Manny MaÌ„ny to the rescue what weneth the frenchmen with so fewe men to wyn the castell of Calays than the frenchmen sawe well that defence coude nat auayle theym than they yelded theÌ„selfe prisoners so that ther were but a fewe hurt than they were put into yâ— same towre in prison And thengly sshmen yssued out of the castell into the towne mounted on their horses for they had all the frenche prisoners horses than tharchers rode to Bolayne gate wher sir Geffray was with his banner before hym of goules thre skuchens of syluer he had great desyre to be the first shulde entre into the towne he sayd to the knyghtes that were about him with out this lumbarde opyn the gate shortely we ar lyke to dye here for colde In the name of god ser sayd Pepy de Werre lumbardes ar malycious people and subtyll he is nowe lokynge on your crownes to se if they be all good or nat and to reken if he haue his hole somme or no. There with the kynge of Englande and the prince his sonne was redy at the gate vnder the bauer of ser Gaultier of Manny with dyuers other baners as the erle Stafforde the erle of Suffolke the lorde JohnÌ„ Montagu brother to therle of Salysbury the lorde Beachame the lorde Beâ—â—le and the lorde Dalawarre all these were lordes and had baners there were no mo in that iourney Than the great gate was set open and they all yssued out whanÌ„e the frenchmen sawe them yssue and herde them cry Manny to the rescue they knewe well they were betrayed than ser Geffray sayd to his company sirs if we slye we are clene lost yet wer we better to fight with a gode hert in truste the iourney shall be ours The englysshmen herd these wordes sayd by saynt George ye say trewely shame haue he that slyeth the frenchmen a lighted a fote and put their horses fro them and ordred themself in batayle Whan the kyng sawe that he stode styll sayd let vs order our selfe to fight for our ennemyes woll abyde vs the kyng sende part of his company to Newland bridge for he herde say ther were a great nombre of frenchmen Than thyder went a sixe baners thre hundred archers and there they founde the lorde Monau of Frenes and the lorde of Creques kepyng the bridge and bytwene the bridge and Calays ther were many crosbowes of saynt Omers and Ayre so there was a sore fray and slayne and drowned mo than sixe hundred frenchmen for they were soone discomfytted and chased into the water This was erly in the mornyng but in coÌ„tynent it was day the frenchmen kept their grounde a whyle and many feates of armes there done on bothe partes but the englysshmen euer encreased by commyng out of Calays and the frenchmen abated Than the freÌ„chmen sawe well they coulde nat longe kepe the bridge than suche as had their horses by them mounted and shewed their horses heles and thenglysshmen after theÌ„ in chase there was many a man ouerthrowen they that were well horsed saued themselfe as the lorde Frenes the lorde Creques the lorde of SeÌ„py the lorde of Louchinleych and the lorde of Namure many were taken by their owne outrage that might haue bensaued if they had lyst WhanÌ„e it was fayre day that euery man myght knowe other than some of the french knyghtes and squyers asseÌ„bled togyder agayne and turned and fought feersly with the englysshmen so that ther were some of the frenchmen that toke good prisoners wherby they had bothe honour and profet ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the kyng who was ther vnknowen of his ennemyes vnder the banner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and was a fote among his men to seke his enemyes who stode close togyder with their speares a .v. fore long At the first meatyng there was a sore rencountre and the kyng light on the lorde Eustace of Rybemount who was a stronge and a hardy knight there was a long fyght bytwene hym and the king that it was ioy to beholde theÌ„ at last they were put a sondre for a great company of bothe parties came the same way fought there feersly togyder The frenchmen dyd ther right valyantly but specially the lorde Eustace of Ribamont who strake the kyng the same day two tymes on his knees but finally the kynge hymself toke him prisoner and so he yelded his swerde to the kyng and sayd sir knyght I yelde me as your prisoner he knewe nat as than that it was the kyng And so the iourney was for the kyng of England and all that were ther with ser Geffray slayne or taken ther was slayne ser HeÌ„ry of Boys and sir Pepyn de la warre and sir Geffray taken Thê° this iourney was achyued by Calis the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lviii. the last day of DeceÌ„bre towarde the next mornyng Of a chapelet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to sir Eustace of Rybemont Cap. C .lii. WHan this batayle was done the kyng returned agayne to the castell of Calays caused all the prisoners to be brought thyder Than the freÌ„chmen knewe well that the kynge had ben there personally hy 〈…〉 vnder the baner of sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny the kynge sayd he wolde gyue them all that â—â—ght a supper in the castell of Calys the hour of supper caÌ„e and tables couerd And the kyng and his knyghtes were ther redy euery man in newe aâ—arell and the frenchmen also were ther and made good chere thoughe they were prisoners The kyng satte downe and the lordes and knyghâ—â—s about hym right honorably yâ— prince lordes and knyghtes of Englande serued the kynge at the first messe and at the seconde they satte downe at an other table they were all well serued and at great leaser ThanÌ„e whan supper was done and the tables take away the kynge taryed styll in the hall with his knyghtes with the frenchmen and he
the kynges hoost and all the caryages bytwene both hoostes the whiche order these straÌ„gers lyked maruelusly well ¶ Whan these straÌ„gers had well regarded this company and had reuerently saluted the prince and such lordes as were with hym and the prince louyngly receyued theÌ„ as he that coude ryght well do it Than they toke leaue of hym shewed hym their nede desyringe that he wolde regarde their necessytie and he gladly promysed theÌ„ so to do So they rode on tyll they came to Calays and the seconde day after the kyng sent them their answere by thre sufficient knyghtes and they shewed theym playnly that the kynge had nat brought with hym treasur sufficient to pay all that they desyred and to performe the enterprice that he hath taken in hande but if they wolde go forthe with hym and to take suche fortune as falleth other good or yuell If good fortune and wynnyng fall they to haue their part so that they demaunde no wages nor for losse of horse nor spence nor damage that they maye happÌ„ to haue for they said the kyng had broght men ynough out of his relame to furnysshe his enterprice This answere pleasedd nat greatly these lordes nor their coÌ„pany who had sore traueyled and spended their goodes and had layed their horses and harnes to pledge and solbe for necessytie Howbeit they coude haue nothynge els but that the kyng delyuerd theÌ„ a certayn somme of money to bring them home into their countrey Howe beit some of those lordes went agayne to the kyng to serue hym at aduenture they thought it shame to retourne agayne without any thyng doyng I shall deuyse to you soÌ„what the order that the kyng of Englande toke or he departed out of England the which is nat a thyng shortly to passe ouer for ther neuer departed out of Englande before suche an army nor so well ordred ¶ Or the kyng departed out of his realme he made all the lordes of France suche as were prisoners to be put into dyuers plaâ—es and stronge castelles in the realme to be the more surer of theÌ„ and the frenche kyng was set in the towre of LoÌ„don and his yonge sonne with hym and moche of his pleasure and sport restrayned for he was than straytlyer kept than he was before Than euery man was commaunded to go to Douer where as shyppes were redy to passe ouer so euery man drewe thyder none abode at home bytwene the age of twentie and threscore So that nere hande all lordes knyghtes and squyers went to Douer except suche as the kyng had apoynted to kepe the realme castels marches hauyns of the same whan all were assembled at Douer Than the kynge toke his musters and there sayde playnly that his entencyon was to passe ouer into the realme of France and nat to retourne agayn tyll he had made an ende of his warre or els a sufficyent peace to his great honour and profet or els to dye in the payne And therfore he sayd if there were any that were nat well wylling to go ouer to returne agayn backe euery man sayd they were gladde to serue hym And so they all entred into their shyppes in the name of god and saynt George and they arryued at Calays two dayes before the feest of Alsayntes the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. ¶ How the kyng of England departed fro Calais and of the order of his host in ridyng through Picardy so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. CC .vii. WHan the kyng and the prince his son were arryued at Calys and also thre other of his sonnes that is to say lorde Lyonell erle of Ulster the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Rychmont and the lorde Edmonde yongest of the foure and all their people that they hadde dyscharged out of their shyppes all their horses and other prouysion and had taryed ther foure dayes Than euery man was coÌ„maunded to make redy to depart sayeng howe he wolde ryde after his cosyn the duke of Lancastre Than the kyng in a mornyng departed fro Calays with all his company and caryages in the best order that euer any army yssued oute of any towne It was sayd he had a sixe thousand charyettes and cartes brought out of England well furnysshed than he ordred his bataylles so richely besene that it was ioye to beholde them and than his coÌ„stable the erle de la Marche had fyue hundred knyghtes armed and a thousand archers before his batayle Than the kyngê batayle with thre thousande men of armes and .v. thousande archers in good order ridyng after the constables batayle and next after the kyngê batayle came all the caryage the which contayned two leagê in length mo than fyue thousand charyettes and cartes caryeng prouisyon for yâ— hoost withall thynges of householde which had nat besene before caryed with men of warre as handmylles ouyns to bake in and suche other thynges necessary Than next after them came the princes batayle and of his bretherne wherin were a two thousande speares nobly horsed richely besene in order redy to fyght they rode nat past a four leages a day And in this maner they were encountred with the duke of Lancastre and the strange lordes bytwene Calys and the abbey of Lykes in a fayre playn In the kynges hoost ther were a fyue hundred varlettes with matockes and axes to make euyn the wayes for the caryage to passe ¶ Nowe shall I name vnto you certayne of the lordes and knyghtes of Englande that passed the see with their kynge and before in the company of the duke of Lancastre the kynges cosyn germayn First his iiii sonnes the prince Edward sir Lyonell sir JohaÌ„ne and sir Edmonde Than sir Henry duke of Lancastre sir JohnÌ„ erle de la Marche coÌ„stable of Englande the erle of warwyke the erle of Suffolke marshall of Englande the erle of Herforde and Northampton the erle of Salysbury therle of Stafforde the erle of Oxenford the bysshop of Lyncolne the bysshoppe of Dyrham the lorde Percy the lorde Neuell the lorde Spenser the lorde Rose the lorde Manny the lorde Renolde Cobham the lorde Monbray the lorde Dalawarâ— the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Rycharde Penbruge the lorde of Manne the lorde Wylloughby the lorde Feltone the lorde Basset the lorde Crabalton the lorde SyluaÌ„â—yer sir James Awdeley sir Bartylmewe de Brunes 〈◊〉 lorde of Salyche sir Stephyn Gonsanton sir Hewe Hastynges sir JohaÌ„n Lysle sir Nowell Lormych and dyuers other whom I can nat name They rode through Arthoyes and passed by the cytie of Arras and toke the same way that the duke of Lancastre had paste before they coude fynde nothynge to lyue by in the playne countrey for all that there was lefte was put into the fortresses And also the couÌ„tre had ben long poore and sore wasted and it was a dere season in the realme of France and great famyne ranne generally through all the contre for the yerth had nat ben laboured of thre yer before for if
euer they be perteynynge to the realme of Fraunce or to our sayd brother his subiectes alies and adherentes or any other what so euer they be doynge agaynst the sayd peace â–ª and nat leaue or ceace so to do and wyll nat rendre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after that they be requyred so to do by any of our officers sergeauntes or publike persones that than by that dede allonlye without any other processe or condempnacion that they be all reputed for banysshed meÌ„ out of our realme and our power and also oute of the realme and landes of oure sayde brother and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs and into our demayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and coÌ„maund expressely that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agaynst vs accordynge to the custome done in cryme of high treason withoute gyuynge in that case any grace or remyssion sufferance or pardon And in like wyse to be done of our subiectê in whatsoeuer estate they be that in our realme 〈…〉 syde the lee or on the other side take occupye or holde fortresse whatsoeuer it be ayenst the wyll of them that they shuld perteyne vnto or brenneth or raunsometh townes or persones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warrÌ„ within our power or on our subiectes Than we commaunde and expressely enioyne all our seneschals bailiffes prouostes chatelaynes or other our officers in eschewynge of our hygh displeasure and on peyne of losynge of their offices that they publysshe or cause to be publisshed these presentes in certayne notable places within theyr rules and that this commaundement ones sen harde none after to be so hardy to abyde in any fortresse ê‘teynyng to the realm of France beyng out of the ordinance of treatie of the sayd peace on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs to our sayd brother the FreÌ„che kynge and that they see all these sayd thynges to be kept and to do entierly fro poynt to poynt we woll that euery man knowe that if they be negligent and fayle thus to do beside the foresayde payne we shall cause them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes or negligence shal be greued or damaged and beside that we shal punysshe them in suche maner that it shal be ensamble to all other In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made these our letters pateÌ„tes yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lx. ¶ How after the peas made the king of England the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne And of the warres of Britayne And of the hostages that were delyuered to the englysshemen or the frenche kyng was deliuered out of theyr handes Ca. CC .xiii. AFter all these letters and coÌ„myssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌ„sayle of both parties so that bothe kynges were content Than they fell in communycacion of the lord Charles of Bloys and of the lord JohnÌ„ of Mountford for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn for eche of them clamed great right to haue in that heritage but for all theyr coiÌ„cacioÌ„ how they might bring them to peace coÌ„corde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ„ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his 〈◊〉 had no great affectyon to make that peace For they supposed the in tyme to come the men of warr the were on theyr parte and shulde auoyde out of suche fortressess and garisons as they hewe at the tyme had helde in the realme of France muste depart into some other place therfore the kyng of England and his counsaile thaught it more erpedient profitable that these men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage shuld drawe into the duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey rather than they shulde retourne agayne into Englande and robbe and pille there So this imaginacion made shortly the englysshemen to breke of fro the coÌ„municacion of the article of Britayne the whiche was euill done and a great synne that they dyd nomore in that mater than they dyd For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the aduice of both their counsailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by reason of that treatye and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children who lay as prisoners in England And also perauenture had lyued longer than he dyd And bycause the nothyng was done than in that mater the warres were neuer so great in the duchie of NormaÌ„dy before the peace made bitwene both kyngê as it was after as ye shall here recorded in this historye by suche barous and knyghtes of the couÌ„trey of Britayne who vphelde and susteyned some the our parte and some the other And than duke Henry of Lancastre who was a right valiant a sage ymagined knyght greatly loued the erle of MouÌ„â—ford and his aduauÌ„cement sayd to kyng JohnÌ„ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and before the moost parte of both theyr counsailes Syr as yet the truce that was taken before Raines bitwene the lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired But hath day to endure vnto the first day of Maye next comyng by the whiche season the kyng of England here present by the aduice of his couÌ„saile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ„ of MouÌ„tforde with other certayne of his counsayle into Fraunce to you and they shall haue full aurtorite and power to comyn and to determyne all suche ryght as the sayde lorde JohnÌ„ ought to haue by the successioÌ„ of his father in the duchie of Britayne So thus by you and your counsaile by ours to guether some good way shal be taken bytwene them and for the more 〈◊〉 I thynke it were good that the trewâ—e were relonged vnto the fest of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist nere folowynge And as the duke of Lancastre had deuysed so was it done and concludedde And than the lordes spake of other maters Rynge JohnÌ„ of France who had great desyre to retourne into Fraunce as it was reason shewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the signes of loue that he might do and also to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wyse so dyd the kynge of England to hym for the confirmacion of more loue These two kynges who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the somme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues that is to say eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes And also bicause that the lande of saynt Sauiour the UicouÌ„t in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
theÌ„ they agreed to depart go with hym into Lobardy so they might be assoyled a pena ct culpa all this was agreed acomblysshed and the floreÌ„s payed And than they rendred vp the towne saynt Espyrite and lefte the marche of Auygnon passed forthe with the marques wherof kyng JohnÌ„ of France all the realme were right toyouse whan they sawe howe they were delyuered of these yuell people howbeit there were many that retorned to Burgoyn And sir Seguyne of Batefoyle departed nat out of the garyl on of Ence for he wold nat leaue it for no maner of 〈◊〉 nor promyse but the realme of France was in ferr better rest peace than it was before So whan the moost parte of the companyous were thus passed forthe with the marques into the lande of PyemoÌ„t Ther the marques dyde well his deuoyre agaynst the lordes of Myllayne conquered dyuers townes castes fortresses and countrees agaynst them and had dyuers encountrynges skyrmisshes with them to his honour profyte So that 〈◊〉 in a yere by yâ— helpe of these 〈◊〉 he had the better hande and in part had all his entent agaynst the two lords of Myllayne of sir Galeas sir Bernabe who after raygned in greâ— prosperite SO it fortuned that sir Seguyn of Batefoyle who was all that season in the garyson of Ence on they ryuer of Soâ—â—ie toke by scalyng a good cyte in Auuergne called Bâ—od and therin he taryed more than a yere and fortifyed it in suche wyse that he douted nothyng and ouer ran the couÌ„tre to Cler 〈…〉 to Tyâ—lacke to Puy to Case dieu to MouÌ„tferant 〈◊〉 Ryon to Nonnet to Ussoyre and to â—udalle and the lande of the countie Dalphyn the lorde wherof was the same tyme in hostage in Englande and in these countrees he and his company dyde moche yuell And whan he had sore enpouerysshed the countre ther about than by treaty he deê‘ted and toke with hym great pyllage and treasure and so went to Gascoyne fro wheÌ„s he came first Of this sir Seguyn I can write no more but that as Iherde recouÌ„ted he dyed maruelusly god forgyue hym all his trespaces AMEN ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Lancastre and of the occasyon of the warre bytwene the frenche kyngâ— and the kyng of Nauer and howe the prince of wales came into Acquitayne and of the ordre that was taken in Englande Cap. CC. xvâ— IN this season deâ—ted out of the worlde in Englade the gentyll duke of Lancastre called Henry wherâ—â— the kynge and all the 〈◊〉 nes knightes and squyers were ryght sorowfull but they coude nat remedy it And behynde him he left two doughters the lady Mahaâ—lt and the lady Blanche and therle of Heynault 〈◊〉 wylliam sonne to the lorde Loyes of Banyer 〈◊〉 to the lady Margarete of Heynalt maryed the yonger suster and the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont sonne to the kynge of Englande had maryed the other suster and was duke of Lancastre by right of his wyfe The lorde James of Burbone abode styll pursuynge the treaty bytwene the lorde JohnÌ„ of Mountfor 〈…〉 lorde Charles of Bloys for the right 〈…〉 chy of Bretayne acordyng to the treaty 〈◊〉 at Calais as ye haue herd before And for 〈◊〉 of concludyng therof great warres and 〈◊〉 felt after in the countre of Bretayne as ye shall here in this hystorie THe same season the frenche kyngâ— was in purpose to go to Auygnone to 〈◊〉 the pope and cardynals and to go through the 〈◊〉 â—hy of Burgoyn the whiche was newly fallen to hym So the kyng made redy for that iourney and departed fro Parys about the se 〈…〉 saynt JohnÌ„ the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxii. And left Charles his eldest sonne duke of Normandy regent gouernour of his realme and the kyng had with hym his welbeloued cosyn the lorde JohnÌ„ of Artoyse the erle of Tankernyll therle Dampmartyn Boucequant marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other And so long rode by his small iourneys and with great dyspence taryeng in euery 〈◊〉 ne and cytie as he rode through Bourgoyn so that about the feest of saynt Michaell he came to the newe towne â—out Auyguon And there his lodgyng was prepared for him and for his coÌ„pany and there he was gretly â—â—â—lled by the pope by all the hole coledge and visyted eche other often tymes So thus the kynge taryed ther all the season of wynter and about christmas pope Innocent departed out of this lyfe And than there was a great dyscorde bytwene the cardynals for chosynge of a newe pope for 〈◊〉 of them wolde haue had the dignyte spe 〈…〉 ly the cardynall of Boulayâ—â— and the cardynall of 〈…〉 ourt who were two of yâ— grettell of the colledge and so by their discencyon they were longe in dyscorde And all the other 〈…〉 nalles finally dyde putte all the 〈◊〉 of the mater vnto the two foresayd cardynalles who whan they sawe that they coude nat haue theymselfe the papal 〈…〉 ThauÌ„e they concluded bytwene them that none of the other shulde haue it And than they dyde choâ—â— and electe the abbot of saynt Uyctor of Marâ—ell to be pope who was a good deuout and a holy man and of vertuous lyueng and a gret clerke and had greatly traueyled for the churche of Lombardy and other places And anoâ— after his creacion yâ— frenche kyng vnderstode that the lorde Piâ—r of Luzenon kyng of Cypre and of Hyerusalem shulde come to 〈◊〉 tosâ— the pope and howe yâ— he was past the s 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the freÌ„che kyng sayd he wolde tary ther tyll his comynge for he had great desyre to se hym for the great goodnesse that he had herde reported of hym and of the warre that he had made agaynst the sarazyns For the kynge of Cypre had newly taken the strong cyte of Salate agaynst the enemyes of god and slayne all that euer were within none except IN the same season and wynter ther was a great counsell in Englande on the orderyng of the realme and specially on the kinges chyldren for it was coÌ„sydred howe that the prince of wales held a great and a noble estate as he might well do for he was â–ª a valyant man puissant and riche and had great herytage in Acqâ—â—tayne wher was habundaunce of all welth and prosperite Than the king was counselled that he shulde send the prince his son into those pattes for he had lande sufficyeÌ„t in that duchy to maynteyne withall his dignyte and estate And also all the barones and knightê of acquitayne wolde gladly haue hym among them of the whiche they had made request to the kynge for all that sir John ChaÌ„dos was to theÌ„ ryght courtelse and amyable yet they had rather haue had their owne naturall soueraygne lorde The prince lightly agreed to that ordynauÌ„ce prepared for hym selfe for the good lady his wyfe acordyng to their estates and whan euery thyng was redy they toke leaue of
hym and helde him company tyll he came to Bruges ¶ Nowe let vs speke of therle MouÌ„tfort how he dyd in Bretayne Cap. CC .xxviii. THe erle of Mountfort as ye haue herde before lay styll at yâ— sege before Alroy and said howe he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had it at his pleasure And they with in yâ— castell were nat at their case for they had lost their capitayne Henry of FeÌ„tenycle for he was abydden in the felde and the chefe of their company wherfore they were but a fewe within and socour came none to theÌ„ fro no parte therfore they toke counsell amonge them and determyned to yelde vp the castell their lyues and good saued Than they entreted with therle and with his counsell and the erle who had many thynges to take hede of bycause he knewe nat howe all the countre wolde de demeaned Therfore he toke them to mercy and suffred them peasably to departe and toke the possessyon of the forteresse and sette men 〈◊〉 of his And than rode farther and all his 〈◊〉 the whiche dayly encreased for menne of warr and archers resorted dayly to hym and also dyuers knightes and squyers of bretayne torned to his part and specially the breton bre 〈…〉 tes Than he taryed thre dayes before the towne of Jougowe and made two great assautes wherin dyuers were sore hurt bothe of theym within and without And whan they of Jougowe sawe howe they were assayled that no socoure was comynge to them warde 〈…〉 han they detmyned nat to be haryed nor vndone but toke therle Mountfort for their lord and opened the gates and sware to become his men foreuer Than the erle remoued all the offuers in the towne and sette in newe and than rode before the towne of Dynan and there he layed siege the whiche endured long into wynter for the towne was well garnysshed with vitayls and with good men of warre And also the duke of Amou erhorted them to kepe it like good men of warre and promysed to conforte them the whiche caused them to abyde and suffre many a great assaut but whan they sawe yâ— there purueyaunces began to mynisshe that no socoure apered to them Than they entreated for a pease with the erle Mountforte who gladly entended therto for he desyred nothing-els but that they shulde knolege hym for their lorde and so they dyde And so he entred in to the towne of Dynan with great solempnyte they all dyde to hym homage and fealtie ThaÌ„ he rode forthe with all his army tyll he came before the cytie of Campecorentyne and besieged it rounde about and brought thyder great engens fro UaÌ„nes fro Dynan and sayd he wolde nat deê‘te thens tyll he had it at his pleasur Thenglysshmen bretons as sir JohnÌ„ Chandos other who had taken at the batayle of Alroy dyuers prisoners wolde put none to raunsome bycause they shulde nat asseÌ„ble to gyder a gayne to make a newe felde agaynst theÌ„ Therfore they sent theÌ„ into Poâ—toâ— Xaynton Burdeaur Rochell to be kept there as prisoners And so â—â—the the meane season the bretons and englysshmen in one part and other conquered all the countre of Bretayne ¶ How the peace was made that the erle of Mountfort shulde abyde duke of Bretayne and howe the frenche kynge rendred to Clysson his lande of the maryage of the duke of NormaÌ„dy and howe the captall of Beuâ— became liege man to the frenche kynge and afterwarde renounced hym agayne Cap. CC .xxix. IN the meane seasone that the erle of Mountforte lay at siege before Campecorentyne and that it was sore beten and oppressed by his engyns and assautes His men ran ouer the countre and left nothyng vntaken without it were to hote to colde or to heuy Of these aduentures the frenche kynge was well enformed and had theron dyuers counsayls purposes ymagynacions howe he myght do with the besynesse of Bretayne for they were in a harde ê‘te and coude nat well remedy it without styrringe of all his realme and to make warr agayne with thenglysshmen for Bretayne Wherin he had counsell in no wyse so to do for by great delyberacion of counsell it was sayd to him Sir ye haue helde the opinyon of the lord Charles of Bloyes your cosyn and in lykewise so dyde the kyng your father and kynge Philyp your graundfather who gaue hym in maryage the duchy of Bretayne wherby many great yuels and inconuenyentes hath fallen sythe in Bretayne and in the countreis about And sir so it is that the lorde Charles of Bloys your cosyn in kepynge and defendynge his ryght in Bretayne is now deed and slayne and ther is non on his syde that the right of the warre or of his chalenge can releue for his two sonnes JohnÌ„ and Guy who be next heyres ar in Englande in prisone And sirye here dayly howe the erle Mountfort coÌ„quereth and taketh townes and castels and reputeth them as his owne true herytage Sir thus ye may lese your ryght and homage that ye ought to haue of Bretayne the whiche is a ryght noble thyng to your realme Wherfore ye ought greatly to doute the losse of the same for if therle Mountfort become liege man and holde the duchy of Bretayne of your brother the kynge of Englande as his father dyde of olde tyme ye canne nat haue it agayne without great warre great hatred bytwene you and the kyng of Englande wher as good peace is no we the whiche we wyll nat counsell you to breke Therfore sir we thynke all thynges coÌ„sydred and ymagined that it were good for you to send certayne messangers to haue a treaty bytwene you and therle Mountforte to knowe howe he wyll maynteyne and agree to any peace bytwene hym and the countre the lady who calleth herselfe duchesse And sir as your messangers feleth hym dysposed in this mater than acordyng therto ye may take further aduyse at the vttermost it were better that he abode styll duke of Bretayne so that he wyll holde of you and do to you all rightê that a subget ought to do to his lorde rather than the mater shulde be in great parell of lesyng of all to the whiche wordes the kynge gladly enclyned vnto Than it was ordayned that the lorde Johan of Craon archbysshop the lorde of Craon his cosyn and sir Boucequant shulde go on that voyage to Campacorentyne to treat with the erle Mountfort with his counsell on the state of peace as ye haue herde So thus these thre lordes deê‘ted well instructed of that they shulde do and so longe they rode tyll they came to the sege of the englysshmen and bretons before Campacorentyne and so they named them to be messangers fro the frenche kyng Th erle of Mountfort sir Johan Chandos and they of his couÌ„sell receyued them right ioyously than these lordes of FrauÌ„ce shewed right sagely the occasyon of their comyng thider and why they weresent And at the first entreaty
haue kepte the right way thorowe the straytes and perylous passage so thus the prince deê‘ted fro thens ther as he was loged and he and his coÌ„pany passed through a place named Sarris the whiche was right perylous to passe for it was narowe and an yuâ—li way Ther were many sore troubled for lacke of vitayle for they founde but lytell in that passage tyll they came to Saueter SAueter is a good town and is in a gode countre a plentyfull as to the marches ther about This towne is at the vtter bandes of Nauer and on the entrynge into Spayne This towne helde with king Henry So than the princis host spred abrode that countre â–ª the companyons auaunced themselse to assayle the towne of Saueter and to take it byforce and to robbe and pyll it Wher vnto they had great oâ—syre â–ª by cause of the great riches that they knew was within the towne the whiche they of yâ— couÌ„â—re had brought th 〈…〉 der on trust of the strength of the towne but they of the towne thought nat â—o abyde yâ— parell for they knewe well they couâ—e nat long endure nor resyst agaynst so great an hoost Therfore they came oute and rendred them selfe to kynge Dampeter and cryed hym mercy and presented to hym the keys of the towne The kynge Dampeter by counsayle of the 〈…〉 ce toke theÌ„ to mercy or els he wolde nat haue done iâ— for by his wyll he wold haue distroyed them all howe beit they were all receyued to 〈…〉 And the prince kynge Dampeter and the kyng of Mallorques with the duke of LaÌ„castre entred in to the towne and therle of Armynake and all other lodged therabout in vyllages ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue the prince there and somwhat speke of his men that were at the towne of Nauaret THe forsayd knightes that were ther greatly desyred to auaunce their bodyes for they were a fyue dayes â—ourney fro their owne hoost wher as they departed fro theÌ„ first And often tymes they yssued out of Nauaret rode to yâ— marchesse of their enemyes to lerne what their enemyes entented And this kyng Henry was lodged in the felde and all his hoost desyryng greatly to here â—idynges of the prince marueylyng gretly that his haraud retourned nat And often tymes his men rodenere to Nauaret to lerne and to here some tidynges of thenglysshmen and the erle â—ancell brother to the kyng Dame Henry was certaynly enfourmed that ther were men of warr in garryson in the towne of Nauaret wherfore he thought to go and se them more nerer But first on a day the knightes of Englande rode out of Nauaretet in an eâ—enâ—ynge so farforthe that they came to kyng HeÌ„ryes lodgynge and made ther a great 〈…〉 mysshe and marueylousâ—y awoke the host and slewe and tooke dyuers and specially the knight that kept the wache was taken without recouery and so retourned agayne to Nauarâ—et without any domage And the nexte day they sent to the prince aâ— haraude who was as than at Saueter signifyeng hym what they hadde done and sene and what puyssaunce his ennemyes were of and wher they were lodged For they knewe all this well by the informacyon of suche prisoners as they had taken Of these tidynges the prince was right ioyouse in that his knightes had so well borne them selfe on the fronter of his enemyes â—yng Hâ—ty who was right sore displeased that theÌ„glysshmen that lay at Nauaret had thus escryed his hoost sayd howehe wolde aproche nerer to his enemies so auauÌ„ced forwarde And whan sir Thomas Pheltoâ— and his company at Naueret knewe that kynge Henry was passed the water and drewe for warde to fynde the prince Than they determyned to departe fro Nauaret and to take the feldes to knowe more certayntie of the spanyardê and so they dyde and sente worde to the prince howe that kynge Henry aproched fast and be semyng desyring greatly to fynde hym and his men And the prince who was as than at Saueter wher he vnderstode yâ— kyng Henry was passed the water and tooke his way to come to fight with him he was right ioyouse and sayd a highe yâ— euery man herde hym By my â—aythe this bastarde Henry is a valyant knight and a â—ardy for it is signe of great promeâ— that he â—eketh thus for vs and sythe he dothe so and we 〈◊〉 lykewise him by all reason we ought to mete and fight togyder Therfore it were good that we departed fro hens and go forwarde and to get Uyctoria or our enemyes come there 〈◊〉 so the next mornynge they departed â—ro Sâ—â—â—ter First the prince and all his â—atayle and he dyde so moche that he came before 〈…〉 ther he founde sir Thomas Phelton and yâ— for sayd knyghtes to whome he made great chere and demaunded them of dyuers thynges And as they were deuysing togyder their currours came and reported that they had sâ—ue the currors of their enemyes wherfore they knewe for certayne that kynge Henry and his hoâ—â—â— was nat farr of by reason of the demeany age that they had sene among the spanyardes Whan yâ— prince vnderstode these tiâ—ynges he causes his truÌ„pettes to sowne and cryed alarum through out all the hoost And whan euery man herde that than they drewe to their order and array and ranged them in batayleredy to fight for euery man knewe or he departed fro Saueteâ—r what he shulde do and what order to take the which they dyde incontynent Ther might haue been sene great noblenesse and baners and penons beaten with armes waâ—yâ—g in yâ— wynde What shulde I say more it was great noblenesse to beholde the vawarde was so well ranged that it was marueyle to behold Wherof the duke of Lancastre was chiefe and with hym sir Johan Chandos constable of Acquitayne with a gret coÌ„pany and in those batayls there were made dyuers newe knightes The duke of Lácaltre in the vaward made newe knightê as sir Rafe Camoys sir Water Lomyche sir ThomÌ„s Damery sir JohnÌ„ Grandon and other to the nombre of .xii. And sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos made dyuers englysshe squyers knightê as Corton Clysson prior â–ª WyllmÌ„ of Fâ—rmeton Amery of Roch châ—art Gyrad de la Motte and Robert Briquet The prince made first knight Dampeter king of Spayne sir Thomas Holand sonne to his wyfe the princesse sir Hugh sir Philyppe and sir Denyse Courtnay sir JohnÌ„â—onnet ser Nicholas Bonde and dyuers other And in lykewise so dyd dyuers other lordes in their batels ther were made that day CCC newe knight â–ª or 〈◊〉 and all that day they were â—â—yll redy 〈…〉 ged in the batell to abyde for their enemies but they came no faâ—â—er forward that day but ther as the currours had sene them For kyng HeÌ„ry taryed for socours that shulde coÌ„e to him out of Aragon and specially for sir Bertram of Clesquy who was comig to hi with a .iiii. M. fightyng men for without theÌ„ he thought he wolde nat fight wherof the prince was
he knewe well he shulde encountre his enemys So there were none yâ— went before the marshals batayls but suche currours as were apoynted so thus the lordes of bothe hostes knewe by the report of their currours that they shulde shortely mete So they went forward an hostyng pase eche toward other whan the son was risyng vp it was a great beauty to beholde the batayls and the armurs shinynge agaynst the son So thus they went forward tyll they aproched nere togyder than the prince and his coÌ„pany went ouer a lytell hyll in the disceÌ„dyng therof they ê‘ceyued clerely their enemyes comyng towarde theÌ„ And whan they were all disceÌ„ded down this mouÌ„tayne than euery man drue to their batayls kept theÌ„ styll and so rested theÌ„ and euery man dressed and aparelled hymselfe redy to fight Than sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos brought his baner rolled vp togyder to the prince sayd Sir beholde here is my baner I requyre you dysplay it abrode and gyue me leaue this day to rayse it for sir I thanke god and you I haue lande and herytage suffycient to maynteyne it withall Than the prince and kynge Dampeter tooke the baner bytwene their handes and spred it abrode the which was of syluer a sharpe pyle goules and delyuered it to him and sayd sir Johan beholde here your baner god sende you ioye and honoure therof Than sir Johan Chandos bare his baner to his owne coÌ„pany and sayd Sirs behold here my baner yours kepe it as your owne And they toke it were right toyfull therof and sayd that by the pleasure of god and saynt George they wolde kepe and defende it to the best of their powers And so the baner abode in the handes of a good englysshe squyer called WyllmÌ„ Alery who bare it that day and aquaynted himself right nobly Than anon after thenglysshmen and gascoins a lighted of their horses and euery man drewe vnder their owne baner and standerd in array of barayle redy to fight it was great ioye to se and consyder the baners and penons and the noble armery that was ther. Than the bataylles began a lytell to auaunce and than the prince of Wales opened his eyen and regarded towarde heuen and ioyned his handes togyder and sayd Uary god Jesu Christ who hath formed and created me coÌ„sent by your benygne grace that I may haue this day victory of myne enemyes as that I do is in a ryghtfull quarell to sustayne and to ayde this kynge chased out of his owne herytage the whiche gyueth me courage to auaunce my selfe to restablysshe hym a gayne into his realme And than he layed his right hande on kyng Dampeter who was by hym and sayd Sir kynge ye shall knowe this day if euer ye shall haue any part of the realme of Castell or nat Therfore auaunce baners in the name of god and saynt George with those wordes the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos aproched and the duke sayde to sir Wylliam Beauchamp Sir Wylliam beholde yonder our enemyes this day ye shall se me a good knyght or els to dye in the quarell And therwith they aproched their enemyes first the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos batayle assembled with the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy and of the marshall sir Arnold Dandrehen who were a foure thousande men of armes So at the first brunt ther was a sore encountre with speares and sheldes and they were a certayne space or any of them coude get within other ther was many a dede of armes done and many a man reuersed and cast to the erthe that neuer after was relyued And whan these two first barayls were thus assembled the other batayls wolde nat longe tary behynde but aproched and assembled togyder quickely And so the prince and his batayle came on the erle of Anxes batayle and with the prince was kyng Dampeter of Castell and sir Marten dela Care who represented the kynge of Nauer And at the first metynge that the prince mette with the erle of Anxes batayle therle and his brother fledde away without order or good array and wyst nat why and a two thousand speres with hym So this seconde batayle was opened and anone disconfyted for the captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson and their company came on them a fote and slewe and hurt many of theÌ„ Than the princes batayle with kyng Dampeter came and ioyned with the batayle of kynge Henry wher as there were threscore thousande men a fote and a horsebacke There the batayle began to be fierse and cruell on all partes for the spanyardes and castillyans had slynges wher with they cast stones in such wise that ther with they claue and brake many a bassenet and helme and hurt many a man and ouerthrue them to the erthe and the archers of Englande shotte fiersly and hurtespanyardes greuously and brought them to great mischefe The one parte cryed Castell for kynge Henry and the other parte saynt George guyen And the first batayle as the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos and the two marshals sir Guyss harde Dangle and sir Stephyne Consenton fought with sir Bertram of Clesquy with the other knightes of FrauÌ„ce and of Aragon ther was done many a dede of armes so it was harde for any of them to open others batayle dyuers of theÌ„ helde their speares in both their handes foyning and presing eche at other and some fought with shorte swerdes and daggers Thus at the beginnynge the frenchmen and they of Aragon fought valiantly so that the good knightê of Englande endured moche payne That daye sir Johan Chandos was a good knight and dyde vnder his baner many a noble feate of armes he aduentured himselfe so farre that he was closed in amonge his enemyes and so sore ouerpressed that he was felled downe to the erthe and on hym there fell a great and a bygge man of Castell called Martyne Ferrant who was gretly renomed of hardynesse amonge the spanyardes and hedyde his entent to haue slayne sir Johan Chandos who lay vnder hym in great danger Than sir Johan Chandos remembred of a knyfe that he had in his bosome and drewe it out and strake this Martyne so in the backe and in the sydes that he wounded him to dethe as he lay on him Than sir Johan Chandos tourned hym ouer and rose quickely on his fete and his men were there aboute hym who had with moche payne broken the prease to come to hym wher as they sawe hym felled THe saturday in the mornynge bytwene Nauer and Nauaret was the batayle right fell and cruell and many a man brought to great myschefe Ther was done many a noble dede of armes by the prince and by the duke of LaÌ„castre his brother and by sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle the captall of Befz the lorde of Clisson the lorde of Raix sir Hugh Caurell sir Mathue Gourney sir Loys Harcourt the lorde of Pons the lorde of Partney And of
get it Than the kynge answered and sayd cosyn we wyll holde kepe and accomplysshe to our power that we haue sworne and sealed vnto But sir as for this present tyme we haue no money wherfore we wyll drawe vs to the marchesse of Ciuyle and ther we wyll so procure for money that we wyll satisfy euery party and sir ye shall abyde styll here in the vale of Olyfes the whiche is a plentyfull countre and sir we shall returne agayne to you in as short tyme as we coÌ„uenyeÌ„tly can or may and at the farthest by whitsontyd This answere was right pleasant to the prince and to his couÌ„sayle and shortly after the kynge Dampeter departed fro the prince and rode towarde Ciuyle to th entent to get money to pay his men of warr as he had promysed the prince went and loged in the vale of Olyfe and all his lordes and people spred abrode in the countre to get vitayls more plentyfull for theÌ„ and for their horses Ther thus they soiourned to a small profyte to the countre for the companyons coude nat absteyne them selfe fro robbyng and pillynge of the countre ¶ Of the honour that was gyuen to the prince for the vyctorie of Spayne and howe kyng Henry came into fraÌ„ce to make warre on the princes land and of the answere that kyng DaÌ„peter sent to the prince howe the prince departed out of Spayne and came into Fraunce Cap. CC .xxxix. TIdinges spred abrode through France Englande Almayne other countre is howe yâ— prince of Wales and his puyssance had in batell disconfyted kynge Henry taken slayne and drowned of his men the day of the batayle mo than C. thousande men wherby the prince was gretly renomed And his chiualry and highe entprice moche praysed in all places that herde therof specially in th empyre of Almayne and in the realme of Englande For the almayns flemynges and englysshmen sayde that the prince of Wales was chefe floure of all chiualry howe that suche a prince was well worthy to gouern all the worlde sythe by his prowes he had achyued suche thre highe entprices as he had done First the batayle of Cressy in Poictou the setonde ten yere after at Poycters and the .iii. nowe in Spayne before Nauaret So in Englande in the cytie of London the bourgesses there made great solemnyte and tryumphe for that vyctorie as they aunciently were wont to do for kynges whan they had ouercome their enemyes And in the realme of Fraunce there were made lamentable sorowes for the losse of the good knightes of the realme of Fraunce the whiche were slayne at that iourney And specially there was made sorowe for sir Bertram of Clesquy and for sir Arnolde Dandrehenne who were taken prisoners And dyuers other who were kept right courtesly and some of theÌ„ put to fynance and raunsome but nat sir Bertram of Clesquy so soone For sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who hadde the rule of hym wolde nat delyuer him And also sir BertraÌ„ made no great sute therfore ¶ Nowe let vs somwhat speke of kyng Henry what he dyde whan he departed fro the batayle And than let vs retourne agayne to the prince and to kyng Dampeter of Castell KInge Henry as it is sayd here after saued hym selfe as well as he myght and withdrewe fro his ennemyes And ledde his wyfe and his chyldren as soone as he might in to the cytie of Ualence in Aragon where as the kyng of Aragon was who was his godfather and frende and to hym recounted all his aduenture And anone after the sayd kyng HeÌ„ry was counsayled to passe further and to god to the duke of Aniou who as than was at MoÌ„tpellyer and to shewe vnto hym all his aduenture This aduyce was pleasaunt to the kynge of Arragon and consented well that he shulde go thyder bycause he was ennemy to the prince who was his nere neighbour So thus kinge Henry departed fro the kynge of Arragon and lefte in the cytie of Ualence his wyfe his chyldren and rode so longe that he paste Narbone the whiche was the firste cytie of the realme of Fraunce on that syde and after that Beseers and all that countrey And so came to Mountpellyer and there founde the duke of Aniowe who loued hym entierly and greatly hated the englysshmen though he made them as than no warre And the duke whan he was well enfourmed of kynge Henryes busynesse receyued hym ryght ioyously and recounforted hym as well as he might and so the kynge taryed there with hym a certayne space And than went to Auygnone to se pope Urbayne who was as than departynge to go to Rome And thanÌ„e kynge Henry retourned agayne to Mountpellyer to the duke of Aniou and had longe treaty toguyder And it was shewed me by them that thought theÌ„ selfe to knowe many thynges after it was right well sene appareÌ„t Howe that this kynge Henry dyde gette of the duke of Aniowe a castell nere to Tholous on the marchesse of the principalyte called Rockemor And there he assembled toguyder companyons and men of warr as bretons and such other as were nat passed ouer into Spaygne with the prince so that in the begynnyng there was a thre huÌ„dred men of warre These tidynges were anone brought to my lady princesse who as than was at Burdeux Howe that kynge Henry purchased hym ayde and socoure on all sydes to th entent to make warr to the principalyte and to the duchy of Guyen wher with she was greatly abasshed And bycause that he helde hymselfe in the realme of Fraunce She wrote letters and sent messangers to the frenche kynge desyringe hym nat to consente that the bastarde of Spaygne shulde make her any maner of warre seyng that her resorte was to the court of Fraunce Certifyeng him that moche yuell might ensue and many inconuenyentes fall therby Than the kynge condyscended lightly to the princesse request and hastely sent messangers to the bastard Henry who was in the castell of Rockemore on the fronters of MouÌ„taubon and was begynnynge to make warre to the countre of Acquitayne and to the princes lande Commaundynge hym incontynent to auoyde oute of his realme and to make no warre in the lande of his dere nephue the prince of Wales and of Acquitayne And bycause to gyue ensample to his subgettê that they shulde nat be so hardy to take any part with the bastarde Henry he caused the yonge erle of Auser to be putte in prison in the castell of Loure in Parys bycause he was soo great and conuersaunt with this kynge Henry the bastarde And as it was sayd he hadde promysed him to ayde him with a great nombre of men of armes but thus the frenche kynge caused him to breke his voyage and purpose So thus at the commaundement of the frenche kynge kyng Henry obeyed the whiche was good reasone but for all that yet he lefte nat his enterprice but so he departed fro Rockemore with a foure hundred bretons and to hym
and of Gascoyne but in any wyse he wolde that the companyons shulde take their way by some other passage and nat through Naurr Than the prince and his lordes whan they sawe that the way through Nauarr was more mete and necessary for theÌ„ than through Aragon thought nat to refuse the kynge of Nauars offre but so thanked hym greatly Thus the prince passed through the realme of Naurr and the kynge and sir Martyn de la Karr conueyed him tyll they came to the passage of Rounseualx and so from thens they passed by their iourneyes tyll they came to the cytie of Bayone wher he was receyued with great ioye And there the prince refresshed hym four dayes and than departed and rode to Burdeaulx Where he was also receyued with great solemnyte and my lady the princesse mette hym with her yonge sonne Edward who as than was of the age of thre yerê Than deê‘ted the lordes and men of warre one from another and the lordes of Gascoyne went home to their owne houses and the companyons came also into the pricipalyte abyding for their wages The prince was moche bouÌ„de to them and promysed to pay them to his power as soone as he had money though kyng Dampeter kepte nat his promyse with hym yet he said they shulde nat beare the losse therof sythe they had so well serued hym And kynge Henry the bastarde who was in the garyson of BaÌ„nyers in Bygoure Than he departed thens with suche men of warre as he had and wente into Aragon to the kynge ther who loued hym entierly and ioyously receyued him And ther taryed all the wynter and there made a newe alyaunce bytwene hym and the kynge of Aragon and promysed to make warr agaynst kynge DaÌ„peter and the bretons that were in their company As sir Arnolde Lymosyne sir Geffray Rycouns and sir yon 's de Lankaneâ— rode to the passages of Spaygne and made warr for kynge Henry ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the delyueraunce of sir Bertram of Clesquy AFter that the prince of wales was returned into Acquitayne and his brother the duke of Lancastre into Englande euery lorde into his owne Sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was styll prisoner with the prince and with sir Johan Chandos and coude nat come to his raun some nor fynaunce the whiche was sore displesaunt to kyng Henry if he might haue mended it And so it fortuned after as I was enformed that on a day the prince called to hym sir Bertram of Clesquy and demaunded of hym how he dyde he answered and sayd Sir it was neuer better with me It is reason that it shulde so be for I am in prison with the moost renowmed knight of the worlde â–ª With whome is that sayd the prince Sir ê™ he that is with sir Johan Chandos And sir it is sayd in the realme of FrauÌ„ce and in other places that ye feare me so moche that ye dare nat let me out of prison the whiche to me is full great honour The price who vnderstode well the wordes of sir Bertram of Clesquy and parceyued well howe his owne counsayle wolde in no wyse that he shuld delyuer him vnto the tyme that kyng Dampeter had payed hym all suche soÌ„mes as he was bounde to do Than he said to sir Bertram sir than ye thinke that we kepe you for feare of yoâ— chiualry Nay thynke it nat for I swere by sait George it is nat so therfore pay for your raunsome a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes and ye shall be delyuered Sir Bertram who desyred gretly to be delyuered and herde on what poynt he might depart toke the prince with that worde and sayd Sir in the name of god so be it I wyll pay no lasse And whaÌ„ the prince herde him say so he wolde than gladly haue repeÌ„ted hym selfe and also some of his counsayle came to him and sayd Sir ye haue nat done well so lightly to put him to his raunsome And so they wolde gladly haue caused the prince to haue reuoked that couenaunt but the prince who was a true and a noble knight sayd Sythe that we haue agreed therto we wyll nat breke our promyse It shulde be to vs a great rebuke shame and reproche if we shulde nat put hym to raunsome seyng yâ— he is content to pay suche a great somÌ„e as a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes So after this acorde sir Bertram of Clesquy was right besy and studyed dayly howe to get this somÌ„e for his rauÌ„some And dyde so moche with the ayde of the frenche kynge and of his frendes and of the duke of Aniou who loued him entierly that he payed in lesse than a moneth a hundred thousande frankes And so he departed and went to serue the duke of Aniou with two thousande fightyng men in Prouens where as the duke lay at siege before the towne of Tarraston the whiche helde of the kyng of Naples IN the same season there was a maryage concluded by twene the lorde Lyon duke of Clarence and erle of Ulseter sonÌ„e to the kynge of Englande And the doughter to the lorde Galyanche lorde of Myllan the whiche yonge lady was nere to therle of Sauoy and doughter to the lady Blanch his suster And thus the duke of ClareÌ„ce acoÌ„panyed with noble knightê squyers of England caÌ„e into FraÌ„ce wher as the king the duke of Burgon the duke of Burbone the lorde of Coucy receyued hym with great ioye in Parys And so he passed through the realme of France came into Sauoy wher as the gentyll erle receyued him right honorably at Chambrey and there he was thre dayes greatly feested with ladyes and damosels and than he deê‘ted and therle of Sauoy brought him to Myllan and ther the duke wedded his nece doughter to the lorde of Myllan the monday next after the feest of the holy Trinyte the yere of our lorde a thousande CCC .lxviii. ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce Cap. CC .xl. YE haue well herde here before recounted the maner of the vyage that the prince of Wales had made into Spayne and howe he deê‘ted thens nat well coÌ„tent with the kyng Dampeter and howe he returned into Acquitayne So that whan he was thus returned all maner of men of warr folowed him bycause they thought nat to abyde behynde in Spayne bycause kyng Dampeter payed nat theÌ„ their wages as he had promysed And thus whan they were all returned the price had nat paymeÌ„t for them so redy as he wolde haue had for his vyage into Spayne had so sore mynisshed and wasted his richesse that it was marueyle to thynke theron And so soiourned these companyons vpon the countre of Acquitayne who coude nat absteyn theÌ„selfe fro robbyng of the couÌ„tre for they were well .vi. M. fightyng men And at the last the prince desyred theÌ„ to departe his realme for the countre was nat able to susteyn theÌ„ no leÌ„ger The capitayns of these coÌ„panyons were all englysshmen and gascoÌ„s As sir Robert Briquet Johan
But if they coulde haue kept the towne agaynst theÌ„â—yll it had ben night they had ben greatly conforted For the constable of Fraunce had sente thyber Thybalt of Pount with two hundred men to haue refresshed yâ— towne how beit they came to late The towne was taken with assaute and robbed and a great nombre of men and women slayne and so there abode styll the englysshmen to harken after other newes ¶ Howe the frenchmen toke the Captall of Beufz before Soubise in batayle and howe they of Rochell tourned frenche Cap. CCC .iiii. THis whyle thenglisshmen were in Nyorth and durst nat well deê‘te a sondre there caÌ„e before Rochell yuan of Wales in the coÌ„pany of the admyrall of king HeÌ„ry of Spayn called DaÌ„pradigo de Roux and with hym .xl. great shippes 〈◊〉 .viii. galys full of men of warr and so they layd them selfe before the towne in maner of a stege so yâ— none coude yssue nor entre without daunger Than they within Rochell seyng theÌ„self nat well assured fell in treaty priuely with yuan of Wales and with the admyrall of Spayne and so agreed that they within nor they Woute shulde nat trouble nor vexe eche other but styll the spanyerdes and frenchmen lay before the towne at ancre had their spies abrode in the countre of Poitou and Xayn ton to knowe and se what was done in euery place The capitayne of the castell of Rochell was called Philippe Mansell The constable of FrauÌ„ce who was at Poicters â–ª sent the lorde of Pouns and Thybault du Pont with a thre huÌ„dred speares to the castell of Soubise whiche was stronge and staÌ„dyng on the see syde open before the mouthe of Tharent as the see gyueth And Win the castell was the lady therof with no great coÌ„pany of men of warr howbeit she sent by a squier for socour to JohnÌ„ of Granuyll and to the captall of Beufz costable of Acqtayne who were at saynt JohnÌ„s DaÌ„gle and in contynent as soone as he had worde therof he sent for sir Henry Hay seneshall of Angoleme and for sir Wylliam lorde of Marnell nephue to sir Raymond of Marnell Johan Cresuell and for syr Thomas Percy who incontynent came to hym All this assemble and ordynauÌ„ce of the siege yuan of Wales was enformed therof there he lay at Rochell Than he toke four C. speares of the moost speciallest and surest men of warr of all his company and dyde put them in to thre barges so departed hym selfe and sir James of Mountâ—â—ye and Morellette his brother and lefte Radigo de Rouxe admyrall of Spayne there styll with the resydue of his company And so he rowed secretely towarde Soubise and arryued on the other syde right agaynste the lorde of Pouns who knewe nothynge of that busshement Nomore dyde the Captall who made his asseÌ„ble at saynt JohnÌ„s Dangle for if he had knowen therof he wolde haue taken with hym a gretter coÌ„pany than he dyde For he sent backe a great parte of his coÌ„pany â–ª left another parte within the towne of saynt Johans Dangle and so departed with two huÌ„dred speares and no mo And so rode so longe that about nyght tyme he came nere to the hoost of the frenchmen nere to the castell of Soubise Than he alighted besyde a lytell wode and rested a lytell their horses and them selfe And than mouÌ„ted agayne and displayed their baners penons and so sodenly dasshed in to the frenche hoost makyng their cryes ther was a sore scrimysshe and many a man slayne and sore hurt for the frenchmen were nat ware of theÌ„ so there was taken the lorde of Pons and Thybault of Pount and a .lx. of the best of their company the other put to slight thaÌ„ yuan of Wales came in with his rout who had passed the tharent with their barges and brought with theym great nombre of tortches fagottes and other ablementes for fyre For the night was very darke So he with four hundred speres of fresshe men and lusty dasshed in among theÌ„glysshmen gascons who thought that they had clene acheued all their enterprise and so were spred a brode and nat togyder aboute their pyllage and takynge hede of their prisoners and so by clene force they were beten downe and within a shorte space disconfyted There auauÌ„sed forthe a hardy squyer of UermaÌ„doyse called Peter Danyels and he aproched so nere to the captall of Beufz that he toke him prisoner by clene feat of armes whiche captall was as than the knyght other of Gascon or of Englande that the frenche kynge and the freÌ„chmen desired most to haue bycause he was ryght hardy and a good capitayne Also there was taken ser ThomÌ„s Percy by a preest of Wales called sir Dauy Also there was taken sir Henry Hay sir Mores Lyne dyuers other And sir Water Huetscaped with moche payne sir Petyton of Corton sir Wylliam Ferencon and Carmyll fled towarde the towne of Soubyse and hadde no socour but that the lady of Soubyse was at the barryers and caused the gate to be opened so they entred and dyuers other The next daye yuan of Wales brought all his barges shyppes before Soubise and gaue a feirse assaut and also so dyde the lorde of Pons and Thybalte of Pont who were before taken and rescued Howbeit they within yâ— towne defended them selfe right valiantly but the lady sawe well the towne was nat strong ynough to endure a long space agaynst them had no hope of any socour seyng that the captall was taken prisoner ThaÌ„ she called her knyghtes to counsell toke suche aduyse that â—he sent to treat with the frenchmen Which treaty toke such effect that all suche knightê as were within the towne might deê‘t at their pleasur Wout any domage to drawe to Niorth to Xaintes and to Lusygnen or whyder soeuer it pleased theÌ„ and the lady of Soubise to put her selfe vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng all her lande Thus deê‘ted thenglysshmen fro Soubyse were brought in sauegard whider as it pleased theÌ„ ThaÌ„ the freÌ„chmen toke possessyon of the towne fealtie of the lady and she sware fro thens forth to obey the french kyng all her land Than yuan of Wales ser James of MouÌ„tioy their coÌ„pany toke their shyppes and so brought the captall other prisoners into their great shippes that lay styll before Rochell and yâ— lorde of Pons the other bretons hasted them greatly to ryde with a great coÌ„pany suche as yâ— coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce had sent theÌ„ as the vycont of Rohan the lord of Clysson Torayne Beaumanoyre of Rochfort sir WyllmÌ„ of Bordê Olyuer of MaÌ„ny Reynalt of Limosyn Geffray Ricon yon of Lanconet Alayne of saynt Poule Carsuell dyuers other And they caÌ„e before the towne of s Johan Dangle made great assemblant to assaut it And they within the towne sawe howe the countre began fast to be lost that their chefe capiten was taken prisoner
the bretons the same season had wonne a brode in the countrey dyuers castels and small holdes and so entred in to them And the kyng of Castell weÌ„t to Colongne and sent hys constable to laye siege before Paupylone with .x. thousande spanyerdes in the whiche cytie the vicounte of Chastellon and the lorde of Lescute and the Bascle were with two hundred speares who greatly toke hede for the cytie And the kyng of Nauer who was newly reuirned out of Englande was at Tudela abydynge dayly for suche socours as shulde haue come to him thens as it was ordeyned for the kyng of Englande and his counsayll had ordeyned to haue come thyder the lorde Neuyll and sir Thomas de Termes and they were at Plommouthe there about with a thousande men of armes and two thousande archers to th entent to haue come to Burdeaulâ— how beit they coulde haue no passage at their desire but the great army of Englande with the duke of Lancastre toke landyng at saynt Malo in the Isâ—e the whiche was anone knowen Than departed for their houses the vicount of Bellyer sir Henry of Malatrayt and the lorde of Coâ—â—bre and so they came entred in to saynt Malo with two huÌ„dred men of armes wherof the capitayne Morsonae was greatly reioysed for els they had been in great daunger ¶ Of the issues iourneys that the englisshmen made in that season in dyuers places in Fraunce and also of the piteous dethe of yuan of wales Cap. CCC .xxxii. SIr Johan Arundell who was at Hampton with two hundred men of armes and four C. archers hard by his meÌ„ who had ben taken on the see in a shyppe of Normandy howe the duke of Lancastre and his army hadde so scoured the hauyns of Normandy that there were no frenchmen on yâ— see Than incoÌ„tynent he ordeyned four great shippes charged with prouisyon and so entred in to his shyppe and sayled tyll he came in to the hauen of Chierbourc where he was receyued with great ioy and at that tyme the castell was in the kepynge of the naueroyse but than they departed sauynge Peter Bascle who aboode styll he was capitayne there before and so taryed with the englysshmen Chierbourc was nat likely to be wonne without famyn for it is one of the strongest castelles in the worlde and hath dyuers fayre issues So sir Johan Arundell taryed there a fyue dayes and reuitayled the castell and than departed agayne to Hampton for there he was capitayne ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the siege of saynt Malo wHan the englysshmen entred fyrst into the Isle of saynt Malo they found there many vesselles of Rochell charged with good wyne the merchauntes had anone solde the wyne the shyppes burnt ThaÌ„ they layde siege to saynt Malo for they were men ynowe so to do and the englisshmen spred abrode in the countrey and dyde moche hurt aâ—â— they yâ— moost comonly kept the feldes was sir Robert of Courbes and sir Hughe Brone his nephe we who knewe right well the countre and the chanon Robersarte with them dayly they rode forthe somtyme they wanne and somtyme they lost So they wasted brent all the countrey about saynt Malo And the duke of Lancastre the erle of Cambridge his brother and their army hadde vitayle plenty for there came to them ynoughe out of Englande So before saynt Malo there were dyuers assautes marueylously well defended for ther were ryght good men of warre within wherfore they were nat easy to be conquered They of the hoost caused to be made dyuers mantels of assaute and they had a foure hundred gonnes layed rounde about the towne the whiche greatly constrayned them within Among dyuers assautes ther was one marueylous ferse the whiche endured a hole day therat were dyuers englysshmen slayne and sore hurt for they with in defended them selfe so valiantly â–ª yâ— they lost nat a man There was slayne a knyght of Englande called sir Peter Lescume for whose dethe the duke and his brother were right sore oâ—spleased ANd as ye haue herde here before yuan of Wales lay at siege before Mortayne in Poitou in four bastydes of the which towne the lorde of Lestrade was capitayne The fyrst bastyde where as parte of the siege lay as at the syde of a rock before the castell of Geron one the see â–ª the whiche basty de yuan hym selfe kept The seconde was bytwene the water and the castell lowe before a posterne so that none coude entre nor issue therat The third bastyde was on the other syde of the castell The fourth was in the church of saynt Legar halfe a leage â—â—o yâ— castell By these foure bastydes they with in Mortayne were sore constrayned bycause of the lenght of the siege for it endured a yere and a halfe So that they within had nothyng to lyue by norshowe on their fete nor confort nor soc oure apered none to them fro any parte â–ª wherfore they were sore abasshed This siege thus enduryng before Mortayne there issued out of the realme of Englande and out of the marches of Wales a squier a walshman called James Laube he was but a small geÌ„tylman that well shewed aâ—t for a very geÌ„tylman wyll neuer set his mynde on so euyll an entent some sayde or he departed out of Englande be was charged and enfourmed by some knyghtes of Englande to do the treason that he dyde For this ynan of Wales was gretly behated in Englande and in Gascon bycause of the captall of Beufz â–ª whome he toke and helped therto before Soubyse in Poictou For after he was taken the frenchmen wolde nat delyuer hym agayne by no meanes nother for raunsome nor for exchaunge yet the erle of saynt Poule was offered for him and golde and syluer but it wolde nat be taken And whan he sawe that for pure melancoly he dyed in yâ— temple at Parys wherof all his frendes had great displeasure This walsshe squier James Laube the same season arryued in Bretayne and dyd somoche that he came in to Poictou and euer as he went he named hym selfe to beseruaunt to yuan of Wales for he spake good frenche sayeng howe he was come out of Wales to speke with yuan and so he was anone beleued was conueyd by them of the countre to Mortaygne where the siege was Than he wente wisely to yuan and shewed hym in his owne langage how he was coÌ„e out of his countre to se hym and to do hym seruyce yuan who thought none yll â–ª lightly beleued him and gaue hym moche thankes for his comynge and sayd howe he wolde right gladlye haue his seruyce And than he demauÌ„ded of him tidynges of the countrey of Wales and he shewed him trewe tidynges and vntre we for he made him beleue howe all the countre of Wales wolde gladlye haue hym to be their lorde These wordes brought this James greatly in loue with yuan for euery man naturally desyreth to go in to their owne
men of warre And in the same meane season â–ª sir Thomas Tryuet thought to assemble a certayne nombre of men of warre and to go to the towne of Alpharo in Spayne And so he dyde and departed in an euenynge fro Quasquam and fro the kynge of Nauer and had with hym but one huÌ„dred speres of chosen men of armes And so by the nexte mornyng they came within a lytell leage of the towne and there they made their busshement And sir Wylliam Sendrine was sent to rynne before the towne and Andrewe Andrac with theÌ„ a ten speares And so they caÌ„e to a lytell ryuer or broke yâ— which went streight to the towne and so passed it with great trouble Andrewe Andrac made their horses to leape ouer and so came to the barryers Than there began great noyse in the towne and sownyng of trumpettê The men of warr within the towne assembled togyder and opyned their gates and barryers and yssued all out and so began to scrimysshe and of the sayd ten speares ther were but two of them that was past the ryuer and so they retourned whan they sawe the people comyng to them warde and so made their horses agayne to leape ouer the broke Whan they of the towne sawe there were so fewe of their enemyes and knewe nothyng of the bushment they folowed fast after and so past the ryuer a lytell aboue wher as they knewe the passage and so chased the tenne speares to their busshment Than sir Thomas Tryuet and his company caÌ„e forthe cryeng their cryes and bare many of theÌ„ to the erthe To say trouthe yâ— spanyerdes coude nat longe endure and so retourned as well as they might but ther were but fewe that were saued but outher they were slayne or taken The fray was great in the towne and thenglysshmen beleued that at the first comynge to haue had the towne bycause there men were discoÌ„fyted but they fayled of their purpose for the women saued the towne For assone as their men were issued out were past the ryuer they closed their barryers and gates and mouÌ„ted vp to the walles and made semblant to defende them selfe And whan sir Thomas Triuet sawe the order and maner of theÌ„ he sayd beholde yonder yâ— good wyues of the towne what they haue done Let vs retourne agayne for we canne do nothyng there And so they returned and passed agayne the lytle broke and so went to Quesquam and ledde with theym their prisoners Of the whiche dede sir Thomas Tryuet had great thaÌ„ke laude and prayse of the kyng of Nauer ANd a fyftene dayes after that they had made this iourney before Alpharo the spanyerdê came in to the feldes with a twentie thousande horsmen and fotemen in great wyll to fight with the englysshmen And whan the kyng of Nauer herde therof he came to Tudela and sir Thomas Tryuet and his company with hym And than he sente for all them of the garysons of the realme of Nauer to coÌ„e to him they wolde nat disobey his commaundement for they desyred nothyng els And the spanyerdes taryed for nothyng but for the comynge of kyng Henry who as than was deê‘ted fâ—o Ceuyll with a great nombre and so came to saynt Dominykes and ther rested and lay in the felde Whan Johan of Castell knewe that the kynge his father was come than he went fro Alphare to saynt Dominykes to the king his father the entent of the spanyerdes was to haue goone to ley sege to Tudela and to haue closed in yâ— kynge of Nauer or to haue fought with hym Of all this the kyng of Nauer was well enformed and knewe well he was nat of puyssaunce to abyde batayle agaynst kynge Henry for he had a .xl. thousande men a horsebacke and a â—ote BItwene kynge Henry and the kynge of Nauer ther were certayne noble men of bothe realmes prelates and barons who ymagined the great parell and domage that might fall to bothe parties if any of them shulde â—â—ee other Than they entreated bytwene the ê‘ties to haue a respyte of warr bytwene them to haue the more leysar to entreat And so they toke great payne with goyng and comyng bytwen the parties or they coude bring about their entent for the englisshmen were a two thousande and were feirse agaynst the spanyerdes couÌ„sayled the kynge of Nauer to batayle On the other syde the spanyerdes were a great noÌ„bre wherfore they sette but lytell by thenglysshmen nor naueroyse therfore it was harde to bringe this treatie to a good effect They that had the busynesse therof toke moche payne and labour at last a respyte was taken bytwene them to endure sixe wekes to th eÌ„tent in the meane season to entreat for a full peace Their entent was to make yf they myght a maryage bytwene the chylde of Castell eldest sonne to kyng Henry and the doughter of the kyng of Nauer Wherby the peace shulde the surelyer coÌ„tynue to the whiche the kynge of Nauer was well agreed bycause his doughter shulde be so highly maryed ¶ And moreouer the prelates and barons of both parties thought also to mary the kyng of Nauers son to kyng Henryes doughter In somoche that this treatie toke effect so that kyng Henry shulde sende to the freÌ„che kynge desyringe him to suffre Charles of Nauer who was in his kepynge to come in to Nauer And so he dyde at his desyre the frenche kynge sente him so for the ê‘formance of this treatiâ— and mariage the kyng of Nauer shulde â—ay in pledge for the space of ten yere to kyng Henry the towne and castell of Lestoyll the cytie and castell of Tudela the towne and Castell de la garde And that kyng Henry shulde yelde and rendre to the englysshmen sir Perse Courtney who was prisoner and the lorde of Parre gascoyne All these thynges were done sealed confyrmed accorded and sworne to be kept stable and ferme for euer bytwene these two kynges and their realmes And whiche of them that euer shulde breke this peace by any maner of wayes shulde rynne in the sentence of the pope wHyle these treatyes were this in makyng the kynge of Nauer who was bounde to the englysshmen in the soÌ„me of .xx. thousande frankes to acquyte hym selfe agaynst them He sent the vycont of Chastelon in to Arragon to the kynge there to borowe of hym the sayd somme of money And he to haue in pledge therfore his good townes of Panpylone and Myrando the quenes towne Corell and saynt Johans towne Thus the englysshemen were payed and delyuered and so departed fro the kynge of Nauer and went to Burâ—eux and fro theâ—s in to Englande And yâ— maryage was made bytwene Charles of Nauer and kyng HeÌ„rys doughter called Jane a right fayre lady ¶ The same yere dyed kyng Henry of Castell and his son JohnÌ„ crowned kyng and so he was kynge by accorde of the prelates and barons of the realme of Spaygne of Castell of Cecyll of Galyce and
longe season after shewed couertlye great displeasure to certayn burgesses of the towne but he made none other prouisyon among them his displeasure was bycause they hadde so soone forsaken him and turned to the seruyce of theÌ„ of Gaunt The burgesses excused them as trouthe was that it was nothyng in their faute but the faut was in them of the meane craftes who wolde nedes be alyed to them of Gaunt whan JohnÌ„ Lyon caÌ„e thyder So the erle passed his displeasure aswell as he myght howe be it he thought neuer the lesse ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of hym and of them of Flaunders and let vs retourne to the busynesses of Bretayne ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne returned out of Englande into Bretayne at the request of his men and of the wyll of the englisshe men for the maryage of their yonge kynge of Englande Cap. CCC .lv. YE haue herde here before how the duke of Bretayne was in Englande with kynge Richarde and his vncles who made hym right good chere his lande was in warre and in great trouble For the frenche kyng had sent thyder his coÌ„stable with a great nombre of men of armes who were about PoÌ„t Toyson and about Mount saynt Mychaell And made warre to the countre cyties good townes in Bretayne Wherfore all the countre greatlye desyred the presence of the duke their lorde and they had sent to hym dyuers messangers and letters but he durst nat trust all that tyll the prelates and barones of Bretayne and all good townes murmured therat and sayde We haue sent for our duke by letters dyuers tymes and alwayes he excuseth him selfe In the name of god quod some he hath good cause so to do for we sende for hym to simply It were well sytting that we sent to hym a knight or .ii. dyscrete and sage in whome he myght truste and they to shewe him playnly the state of this countre This purpose was well alowed holden and so two valyant knightes were chosen to go in to Englande as sir Geffray of Quaresmell and sir Eustace Housey And at the desyre and request of the prelatê and barons they aparelled them selfe to go in to Englande so toke shippyng at Cone and had wynde at wyll and arryued at Hampton And fro thens they rode tyll they caÌ„e to London wher they found the duke of Bretayne and the duchesse and sir Robert Canoll who receyued them with gret chere and ioye The knyghtes than shewed to the duke their lorde all the state and disposycion of his countre and howe his people desyreth to haue him coÌ„e home And delyuered him letters of credence fro the barons and prelates and good townes of Bretayne The duke beleued well these knyghtê and the letters also and had great ioye and said howe he wolde shewe the mater to the kyng and to his vncles and so he dyde And whan the kyng of Englande and his vncles were enformed of all these maters howe all the countre of Bretayne prelates barons and good townes Except Claquy Clisson Rohen Lauall and Rochefort had sente for their lorde the duke desyring hym to returne into his owne countre Than the kyng and his vncles sayde Sir it is best ye go in to youre owne countre syth ye be thus desyred mayntayne yourselfe amonge your noble men And sir we shall sende you men of warre and suche conforte that they shal be able to kepe your froÌ„ters agaynst your enemyes And leaue the duchesse your wyfe here behynd you with her mother and brethern and go you and make warr agaynst your ennemyes Of these wordes the duke was greatly reioysed and made hym redye ANd shortely after it was ordayned for his departynge at Hampton And so he toke leaue of the kynge and of his vncles of my ladye princesse and of the duchesse his wyfe And at his departyng made a great alyance with the kyng of Englande and sware to hym by his faythe that if he were shortely conforted by the englysshmen He wolde alwayes abyde with them and do the best of his power to tourne his countre englysshe And the kyng promysed him that he shulde euer fynde the englysshemen redy to helpe hym in what soeuer maner he wolde desyre And so he departed out of Englande and sir Robert Canoll with him and the two knyghtes that were come thyder for hym and one hundred men of armes two hundred archers and toke shippyng at Hampton And so sayled to the porte of Guerrande where they toke lande and so rode to Uennes where he was receyued with great ioye and all the countrey was gladde whan they knewe that he was come home The duke refresshed hym there a fyue dayes and thanne he went to Nauntes Thyder came to se hym barownes prelates knightes and squyers ladyes and damoselles offryng hym their seruyce and putte them selfe vnder his obeysance Complayning greatlye of the frenchmen and of the frenche coÌ„stable who lay about Reynes and dyde moche hurte in the countrey The duke apeased them and sayd my frendes I shall haue shortly comforte out of Englande for without ayde of Englande I can nat well defende my countrey agaynst the frenchmen for they are to bygge for vs seynge we be nat all one in our owne countrey And whan the ayde that the kynge of England shall sende vs be ones come if they haue done vs wronge we shall quyte them agayne Of these wordes were right ioyfull all tho that were of the duke of Bretayns parte ¶ The same season about saynt Andrues tyde ther dyed sir Charles of Boesme kyng of Almayne and emperour of Rome And whyle he was lyueng he dyde so moche what for golde and syluer and great alyances that he hadde That the electours of the emperour sware and sealed to hym that after his disceasse to make his sonne emperour And to ayde hym to kepe the siege before Ays and to abyde with him agaynst all men that wolde deny hym So that whan he was deed than Charles his sonne as emperoure wrote hym selfe kyng of Almayne of Boesme and kynge of the romayns THe same season ther was great couÌ„saile in Englande amonge the kynges vncles and the prelates and barons of the realme for to mary their yonge kyng Richarde of England And thenglysshmen wolde gladly haue had hym to ben maryed in Heynalt for loue of the good lady quene Philyp wyfe to kyng Edwarde the thirde Who was so good and so gracyous a lady for all the realme large and honorable who was come out of Heynaulte but as than the duke Aubert had no doughters to mary The duke of Lancastre wolde haue hadde the kyng his nephewe to haue hadde his eldest doughter my lady Blanche of LaÌ„castre to his wyfe But the realme wolde in no wyse consent therto for two reasons The first bycause the lady was his cosyn germayne the whiche was to nere of blode to mary toguyder The other cause was they wolde the kynge shulde marry
there aboute there were these lordes The duke of Burbone the erle of Bare the lorde Coucy the erle Ducke and the duke aâ— Lorayne and so moche people that they were aboue the nombre of sixe thousande men of armes who sayde amonge them selfe Howe they wolde whyder the kynge wolde or nat fight with the englysshemen or they were past the tyuer of Sartie the whiche departeth Mayne and Anâ—owe ¶ The same season a sickenesse toke the frenche kynge wherby hym selfe and all suche as loued hym were greatlye discomforted for they sawe in hym no remedy but that shortly he shulde dye He knewe it well hym selfe howe he coude nat lyue longe for so sayde all his phisycions and surgyons I shall shewe you why IT was of trouthe as the common brunte ranne that the kynge of Nauetr whan the frenche kyng was but duke of Normandy and lay there he wolde haue poysoned him so that the kyng receyued the poyson and was in the case that all the heare of his body went of and all the nayles of his handes and fete and than all his body became as drie as a staffe so that he was without remedy The emperoure of Rome his vncle whan he herde speakynge of his malady he sent hym a conyng phisycion the greattest mayster reputed in that arte that was as than in all the worlde Whan this mayster was come in to Fraunce to the kynge who as than was but duke of Normandy and had ones knowlege of his disease he said he knewe well that he was poysoned and was in greate parell of dethe And so he dyde there one of the greattest cures that hath been herde of for he kylled the venym within hym or the best parte therof and made his heer and nayles to growe agayne and made hym hole and brought him agayne to his strength This venym euer yssued out of hym lytell and lytell at his arme by a lytell pype and whan this mayster departed out of Fraunce he gaue the kynge a receyte to vse as long as he lyued and he sayd to the kynge and to theÌ„ that were about him Loke whan this yssue by this pype drieth vp than surely ye shall dye But ye shall haue a fyftene dayes respyte after ye fall sicke or euer ye dye to remembre your soule So the kynge remembred well his wordes bare this pype .xxii. dayes whiche thynge often tymes abasshed hym And suche phisycions as he had moost trust in they of ten tymes reioysed hym and sayd Sir by the good medycins that ye haue we shall make you to lyue long in great ioye wherin he had great trust Besyde this the kyng had other diseases right greuous and specially in his tethe wherof he hadde marueylous payne And the kynge knewe well by these maladyes that he shulde nat lyue longe At his later dayes the thynge that moost conforted hym was that god hadde sent hym thre fayre chyldren two sonnes and our doughter Charles Lewes and Katheryne WHan this issue in his arme began to drie vp the doutes of his dethe began to aproche Than he prouyed therfore for like a noble prudent and sage prince as he was euer in all his warkes He sent for his thre bretherne the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgone and the duke of Burbone and he let his seconde brother the duke of Aniowe alone and sent nat for hym bycause he knewe well he was so sore gyuen to couyâ—ousnesse Than the king sayde to the other thre My fayre bretherne by the ordynauÌ„ce of nature I fele well and knowe howe I shall nat lyue long Wherfore I recommaunde in to your kepyng my sonne Charles and loke that ye vse youre selfe to him as good vncles shulde do to their nephewe and than ye acquyte your selfe to hym trewely and crowne hym kynge as soone as ye can after my dethe Counsayle hym alwayes well and trewely for in you lyeth all my trust The chylde is yonge and lyght of spiryte therfore it is great nede that he be well counsayled and gouerned And teche him or cause him to be taught all the pointes and states ryall the which he ought to kepe and mary hym in so high a place that the realm maye fare the better therby Longe a gone I herde a mayster of astronomy say and affirme that in his youthe he shulde haue moche a do and shulde escape fro many daungerous parelles Wherfore I haue had dyuers ymagmacyons howe it might be without it growe by reason of FlauÌ„ders for thanked be god as for the busynesse of this our realme of Fraunce standethe in right good poynte The duke of Bretayne is a craftie and a subtell man and hath hadde alwayes his herte rather englysshe than frenche Wherfore it wyll be requysite that ye kepe the noble men and good townes of Bretayne in loue and amyte wherby yeshall breke parte of his enteÌ„t I prayse greatly the bretons for alwayes they haue serued me and helpte to kepe my realme fro myne ennemyes And I wyll ye make the lorde Clysson coÌ„stable for all thynges consydred I se no man so mete as he for that offyce Seke for some maryage for my sonne Charles in Almaygne to the entent that our alyaunce might be the stronger ye well vnderstande how our aduersary the kyng of Englande wyll mary there to haue the more alyaunce The poore people of our realme ar sore oppressed and tourmented by him his Therfore putte them away as shortely as ye can for they are thynges though I haue sustayned theÌ„ that greueth me ryght sore and lyeth heuy in my courage But the great alyance that we haue in the good townes of Bretayne hath caused me to forbere fightynge with them so longe as we haue done THe kynge spake dyuers other wordes the whiche I canne nat resyte At this rehersall was the duke of Aniowe absent The kyng douted hym bycause he was so couytous but thoughe the kynge dyde absent hym at the houre of his dethe and putte hym farre of fro the busynesses of the realme of Fraunce yet the duke of Aniowe thought to medyll neuer the lesse for all his absence for he had alwayes messangers comynge and goynge bytwene Paris and Anger 's who euer reported to hym the certayntie of the kynge his brother And also the duke had some secrete persons alwayes about the kynge by whome he knewe euery thynge for the same day that the kynge dyed he was in Paris and nere to the kynges chambre and so thought to prepare for himselfe as ye shall her after But nowe we wyll pursue on our mater as touchyng the englysshmen goyng in to Bretaygne ¶ Of the lorde of Mauuoyson who was taken prisoner by the englisshemen and of the lorde of HaÌ„gest who skaped of the dethe of kyng Charles of Fraunce the fifte of that name Cap CCC .lxvii. WHan the erle of Buckyngham yongest sonne to kyng Edward the thirde departed fro the forest of Marcheaunoy they rode towardes Uandon and to the
people abidynge in Gaunte Wherfore they said they gaue al theyr voyces to hym and dyd chose hym to be theyr soueraygne capitayne for the good renome of his name and for the loue of his good father they were better cōtent with hym than with any other Wherfore they desyred hym affectuously that he wold take on hym the charge and they sware vnto hym fayth and trouth as to theyr lorde promysyng how euery body within the towne shuld be vnder his obey saūce Philip vnderstode well all theyr wordes requestis and than right sagely he answered and sayd Sirs ye require me of a great thyng and I thynke ye remēbre nat well howe the case standeth whan ye wolde that I shuld haue the gouernynge of the towne of Gaūte ye say how the loue y◠your p̄decessors had to my father draweth you to this prpose but for al y◠suice y◠my father dyd yet at the last he was slayne among you and so if I shuld take on me y◠gouernyng as ye speke of than at last to be slayne than I shulde haue but a small rewarde Philip quod Peter du boyse y◠is past can nat be recouered worke by counsayle and ye shall alweys be so well coūsayled that euery mā shall prayse you Than sayd Philip I wold be loth to do other wyse There he was taken vp amonge them brought in to the Market place and there they made to hym assuraūce both mayres aldermē and maisters of euery crafte in Gaunte Thus Philip was made chief capitayne in al Gaūte thus at the begynnyng he was in great grace for he spake swetely to euery man that had any thynge to do with hym and delt ▪ so wysely that euery man loued hym for parte of the reuēnues that perteyned to the erle of Flaūders in Gaūt as his heritage he caused them to distributed to the lorde of Harzels bicause of gentylnes and the more honestely to mainteyne his estate For all that euer he had in Flaunders without the towne of Gaunte he had loste it clerely ¶ Nowe let vs leaue a lytell to speke of the busynes of Flaunders and let vs somwhat speke of Englande and of Portyngale ye haue harde well before howe that after that kyng Henry of Castile was drsseased and his eldest sone John̄ crowned kynge and his wyfe crowned quene who was doughter to Peter of Aragon Than the warre beganne betwene the kynge Fernando of Portyngale the kynge of Castile for certayne occasions betwene them and specially for the dealynge of y◠〈◊〉 ladyes Constance and Isabel doughters to the kynge Dampeter The fyrst maryed to the duke of Lancastre and the seconde to the Erle of Cambridge And the kynge of Portyngale sayd howe that the kyng of Castile had wrōgfully withoute cause disherited his two cosyns of Castile and that it was nat to be suffred that suche two so noble ladyes shulde be dysheryted fro theyr heritages for the matier myght rōne so longe that it shulde be forgoten Wherby the ladyes shulde neuer recouer theyr ryght The whiche thynge he sayd he wolde nat suffr◠▪ Seynge that he was one of theyr nexte kynsmen and as wel for the loue of god as for to kepe the reason of Justice to the whiche he sayde euery noble man ought to entend inclyne And so he defied y◠kyng John̄ of Castile who was crowned kynge of Spaigne Galise Castile and Cyuyll And so thus the kynge of Portyngale made hym warre on these sayde articles Kynge John̄ defended hym ryght valiantly agaynst hym and he ▪ sent to his frōters in to garison great nombre of men of armes to resist agaynst his enemyes so that at the begynnynge he lost no thynge He had right sage and good knyghtes of Fraūce with hym who comsorted hym greatly in his warris and gaue hym good counsaile as the Begue of Uilames and ser Peter his sōne sir John̄ of Bergettes ser William of Lignac ser Water Puissac y◠lorde of Taride ser John̄ and ser Tristram of Roy and dyuerse other that were gone thyther after the erle of Buckingham had ben in Britayne for y◠frēche kynge had great aliaunce and confederacions with the kynge of Castile Wherfore the kynge of Portingale aduysed to sende certayne messangers into England to the kynge and to his vncles to th entent to haue ayd of hym in suche wyse that he myght be able to maynteyne hys Warre agaynst the spaignardes Than he called to hym a wyse and valiant knyght a great lord called John̄ Ferrande and to hym he shewed all his entēt and sayd John̄ ye shall beare me these letters of credence in to Englande I can nat sende a better messanger than you nor none that knoweth so well the besynes of Frāce as ye do ye shall recommende me to the kynge with these letters and shewe hym howe I susteyne my cosyns ī theyr right of Spaigne Galice Cyuill Wherfore say that I require hym to sende to me his vncle the duke of Lancastre and his wyfe and a certayn nōbre of men of armes archers And whā they be come we trust than to make good warre what with them and with our owne puissaūce so that we trust to recouer our heritages Sir said y◠knyght at yo◠pleasur I shall fulfyll your message And nat lōge after he entred into shyp to do his voyage and so departed fro the hauyn the citie of Lissebone And so longe sayled that he arryued at Plommoth the same day the same houre and same tyde that therle of Buckyngham arryued and certayne of his vessels as they returned fro Britayne The englisshemē had so sore fortune on y◠see that they lost .iii. of theyr shippes charged with men prouision and all his flete was sprede abrode by a great storme of wynd they arryued in great perill in .iii. hauyns of Englande Of the comynge of this knyght oute of Portingale therle of Buckyngham was right ioyfull and made hym ryght good chere and demaunded of hym tydynges and he shewed hym dyuerse thynges both of Portyngale of Spaygne And so after they rode together tyll they came to the good citie of Lōdon where the kynge of Englande was ¶ Whan therle of Buckynghā was come to Londū they of y◠cite made hym good chere and than he went to the kynge who was at Westm̄ and his .ii. vncles with hym the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cakridge and the knyght of Portingale was in his company And whan the kynge and the lordes had knowlege of hym they made great semblant of ioy and greatly honored hym He presēted his letters to the kynge Who red them in the presence of his vncles The kynge as thā dyd no thynge but by the counsayle of his vncles for he was but yonge Than the knyght was exammed bicause he brought letters of credence and demaunded the cause of his comyng out of Portingale into Englande And he answerd sagely and shewed them all the
great nombre made no semblant to breke their busshement but helde them selfe styll and close for they beleued that the englisshmen had nere hande their great batayle therfore they durst nat assayle them So thus they departed eche fro other without any more doynge The spaynierdes retourned the same night to Esteryes and the Chanoyne Robersarde to Uesyouse And there he shewed his company howe they had sene the spagynierdes bytwene Concrelet and Huence and sayd If we had bene all toguyder we wolde haue fought with theÌ„ and so they were sorie that they had nat bene all toguyder And whan these tidynges came to the knowledge of the kyng of Portingale he made semblant that he was dyspleased bycause they rode forthe without his coÌ„maundement or ordinaunce Thus the englysshmen and gascoyns lay styll in their garysons all that wynter without any thynge doyng worthy to be made meÌ„cyon of the whiche greatly anoyed theÌ„ There lyeng styll was nat by their wylles ¶ In this meane tyme Johan kyng of Castyle sende to the frenche kynge and to his vncles for socour Shewyng them howe the erle of Cambridge was arryued in Portyngale And how the voice ranne through the realmes of Castyle and Portyngale Howe that the kyng of Englande the duke of Lancastre and his brother puissantlye acompanyed shulde come in to Portyngale to the erle of Cambridges ayde in the next somer Wherfore he desyred the frenche kynge accordynge to suche alyaunces and confederacions as the realme of FrauÌ„ce the realme of Spaygne hath toguyder and by reason of good loue and amyte That they wolde sende some men of warre to hym the next somer to the entent to resyst his enemyes Than the french kyng and his counsayle consented well therto For they sawe well howe the kyng of Spayne desyred nothyng but reason Than it was ordayned in Fraunce to gyue all maner of men of warre lycence to go thyder And the kyng delyuered theÌ„ their first prest money So sir Olyuer of Clesquy brother to sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of Fraunce was ordayned to take his voyage in the begynnyng of the springyng tyme. And so dyde knightê and squyers of Bretayne of Fraunce of Beause of Picardy of Aniowe of Berrey of Bloyse and of Mayne And so they passed by companyes to haue the more ease and their passage was opyn throughe the realme of Aragon and they founde euery thyng redy and their wages payed but they payed nat for euery thyng they toke whan they were abrode in the countrey whiche was great hurte to the poore commons yE haue herde here before howe kyng Richarde of Englande the space of a yere hadde ben in treatie with kynge Charles of Almayne Who wrote hym selfe the tytell of the kyng of Rhomayns to haue his suster the lady Anne in maryage And howe sir Symon Burle had sore traueyled in that mater And howe the duke of Tasson in Almayne had ben in Englande for to confyrme that maryage And the mater was so coÌ„cluded that the kynge of Rhomayns sende his suster in to Englande and the duke of Tasson with her And a great company of knightes ladyes and damosels in royall astate as it aê‘teyned to suche a lady And so she came first in to Brabante to the towne of Bruesels And there the duches of Brabant receyued her and all her company in goodly maner The duke of Brabant was her vncle for she was doughter to themê‘our Charles And so thus the lady Anne of Behayne helde her at Brusels with her vncle and aunte more than the space of a moneth She durste nat go thens I shall tell you why ¶ It was shewed her that ther was on the see a .xii. vessels of nor mayns bytwene Caleys and Hollande they robbed and pilled on the see they cared nat who And so they kepte he boundes of the see about Flaunders and zelande abyding the comynge of this yonge lady For the french kyng wolde gladly haue broken that maryage for he greatlye douted the alyaunce bytwene Englande Almayne Howe be it alwayes it is sayd that it is nat honorable to take ladyes in warre In coloryng the warr bitwene lordes to make their warr the fayrer The prince of Wales father to kyng Richarde of Englande It was sayd he consented to the takyng of the lady of Burbone mother to the french quene She was taken by the prices seruauÌ„tes in the castell of Belperch and so brought in to Guyen and raunsomed Wherfore the freÌ„chmen thought if they myght take the kyng of Englandes wyfe in reueÌ„gyng therof they shulde do no wronge So for feare and doute therof this lady lay styll at Brusels the space of a moneth Than the duke of Brabant sende his counsayle into Fraunce as the lorde of RousselaÌ„s and the lorde of Bousqueher to shewe the kynge his vncles they were nephewes to the duke of Brabant as chyldren of his suster These lordes of Brabant spedde so well with the frenche kyng and his couÌ„sayle that they had a sure saue conduct for the lady to passe outher by lande or by see Wheder it pleased her throughe the realme of Fraunce or by the froÌ„ters therof to Calais And the normains that were on the see were countermaunded agayne And so the frenche kyng and his vncles wrote to the Duke of Brabant that they dyde this for his sake all onely and for none other This pleased moche the duke of Brabant the duchesse and all suche as wolde passe the see So than they departed fro Brusels and the lady toke her leaue of the duke her vncle and of the duchesse her aunt And of the ladyes and damosels of the countrey suche as had helde her company And so the duke sende with her a huÌ„dred speares to conuey her to Gaunte and there she rested her a day And there the gauntoyse dyde her gret honour and fro thens she went to Bruges there the erle of Flaunders receyued her ryght honourably there she rested her a thre dayes And than she rode forth came to Grauelyng where as was redy the erle of Salysbury and the erle of Dymester with a fyue huÌ„dred speres and as many archers and so they brought her to Calays And the brabansies retourned as soone as they had delyuered her to the barones of Englande THis yonge lady taryed nat longe at Calayes but that she had wynde at wyll and so than she entred in to her shyppe on a friday in the mornynge and all her company and horses in other shyppes And the same day she aryued at Douer and ther she rested her two dayes the thirde day she rode to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there she founde the erle of BuckynghaÌ„ who receyued her honourably and so long this lady rode forthe that she came to London where as she was honourably receyued of the burgesses ladyes damosels of the countrey and cytie And so the kyng of Englande wedded her in the chapell of his palays of Westmynster
the .xx. day of Christmas at which there was great feast tryuÌ„phe holden And euer syth she deê‘ted first out of Almayne the gentle and noble knight sir Robert of Namur left her nat tyll she was maryed to the kyng of Englande Wherof he hadde great thanke bothe of the kyng of Englande and of the kyng of Almayne And so the kyng of England after his maryage brought the quene his wyfe to the castell of Wyndsore and there kept a great house And so there they were ioyously togyder And my lady princes the kynges mother abode styll with the quene And also the same tyme there was in the court with the quene the duches of Bretayne suster to kyng Rycharde for Lois her husband duke of Bretayne coude nat haue her delyuered out of EnglaÌ„de for the kyng of Englande nor his counsayle wolde in no wyse coÌ„sent to sende her in to Bretayne bycause her husbande the duke was become french For the lordes and knightes in England sayd the same tyme. That the duke of Bretayne acquyted hymselfe fasly to the erle of Buckyngham and to our men nowe at this last vyage yâ— they made in FraÌ„ce And for all he hath sent for his wyfe yet wyll nat we sende her to hym but wyll rather send thyder his .ii. enemies JohnÌ„ and Guy of Bretayne Who were chyldrene to saynt Charles of Breten who hath more right to the herytage of Bretayne than he hath for he is duke but by reason of our puyssaunce ayde and be semyng he coÌ„sydreth but yuell the goodnes yâ— we haue done to hym wherfore we must in lykewise shewe hym the vylany that he doth to vs. Trewe it was these two lordê JohnÌ„ and Guy of Bretayne children to saynt Charles of Bloyse were prisoners in Englande and kept in a stronge castell in the kepynge of sir Peter Dambreticourt And they were desyred in curtes maner by the kyng of Englande his counsayle that they shulde holde Bretayne by fayth and homage of the kynge of Englande And if they wolde thus do than the kyng of England promysed to recouer their right in Bretayne and JohnÌ„ to haue to his wife the lady Phylippe of Lancastre wydowe But they answered in no wyse they wolde do so nor for sake to be freÌ„che to dye in prison So thus the materhanged And after the kynge of Englande knewe ones fermly their myndes they were no more desyred therto ¶ Howe the french kyng could haue no money of the receyuour of Parys And howe the duke of Aniowe passed in to Italye of his noble chyualry Cap. CCC xCi LE haue herd here before howe the parysiens were a greed with the kyng to pay a certayne soÌ„me of florens euery weke This some of floreyns was payed to a certayne receyuour apoynted by them but the kyng had it nat nor it weÌ„t nat out of Parys And so it happed that the kynge had besynes with money to pay his men of warre suche as he sent in to Castell wherto he was bouÌ„de by the aliaunces that was made before And so the kyng sent to Parys to his receyuour that he shulde prepare for hym a hundred thousande frankes for he sayd he wold comforte and ayde kyng JohnÌ„ of Castell The receyuour answered the kyngê letters and message right graciously and sayd howe he had money mough howe beit he myght delyuer none without the hole consent of the towne of Parys These wordes pleased nothyng the kyng but he sayde he wolde puruey right well for remedy whanne he myght and so he dyd And so for his entente as at that tyme he purueyed hym of other money by the helpe of his good townes in Pycardy Thus there was a great disceÌ„cion bytwene the kyng and them of Parys and so the kyng wolde nat come to Parys but he abode at Mieulx at Senles or at Compayne there a bout wherof they of Parys were sore displeased And the greatest sure tie and meane that they hadde was the duke of Aniou who wrote hym selfe kynge of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem and had taken on hym the armes therof This duke most comonly lay at Parys and there he gate moche good to helpe hym to his viage He gate toguyder so great a soÌ„me of money that it was sayd that he had at Roquemore besyde Auignon two myllions of florens He entreated so them of Parys by his fayre langage and by that he had the soueraynte aboue all his bretherne bycause he was eldest that he had of them the soÌ„me of a hundred thousande frankes But the kyng coude gette none of them nor his vncles of Berrey nor of Burgoyne and whan the duke of Aniou had made his prouision in the springyng tyme of the yere he toke his iourney so passed the realme and came to Auignon wher as he was greatly feasted with the pope and with the cardynals and thyder came to hym the barones and rulers of the good townes of Prouence receyued hym for their lorde and dyd hym homage feaulte and dyd put them selfe in to his obeysance and thyder came to him the gentle erle of Sauoy his cosyn with certayne lordes and knightes who were also well receyued of the pope and cardynals And there the duke of Aniou delyuered to the erle of Sauoy a great soÌ„me of money for theÌ„ of Sauoy who were a great nombre So than the duke and therle toke leaue of the pope and departed and toke the way to the dolphyn of Uien and so in euery good towne they had good chere And so their men of warre went on before and at last they entred into Lombardy the whiche passage was redy open And so the duke entred in to Lombardy in euery towne had great feast and chere and specially at Myllayne There they were honored beyonde measure of sir Galeas and sir Barnabo and they had of them great riches and iuels that it were marueyle to recounte it And in euery place the duke of Aniowe helde astate lyke a kynge and euer as he went he made money floreyns and whyte money to pay his menne of warre And whan they came in to Coustane and aprochyd Rome than they kept them selfe nerer togyder than they dyde before For the romayns who knewe right well of their comyng were greatly fortifyed agaynst them and the romayns had a capitayn an englisshman called sir JohnÌ„ Haâ—onde who hadde longe lyued amonge the romayns and knewe all the fronters and hadde many so wdyours in the felde atte the wages of the romayns as almayns and other nacyons in the quarell of pope Urban who was at Rome He was nothynge afrayde of the comynge of the duke of Aniowe and whan any spake to hym and shewed hym howe the duke of Aniou with the erle of Sauoy in his company was comyng to Rome warde by lykelyhode to put hym downe fro his siege apostolyke bycause they were all clementyns He wolde than aunswere and saye Christe protege nos Christ helpe
vs. this was all the fray that he had and all the aunswere that he wolde make THus the men of warre and the duke of Aniou callynge hym selfe kyng of Napoles of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem Duke of Puylle and of Calabre And the Erle of Sauoy and his company costed Italy and Coustane and the marches of Denconnye and the lande of Patrimone and entred nat Rome for the duke of Aniowe wolde make noo warre to Rome nor to the romayns for he thought to do the viage that he enterprised or he departed out of FrauÌ„ce and in euery place where as he went he kept the state of a kynge and euery man praysed hym And all men of warre lyked well his paymeÌ„t The same tyme in the cytie of Napoles there was his enemye sir Charles de la Payx who in lyke wyse wrote hym selfe kyng of Napoles of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem Duke of Puyll and of Calabre He claymed to be kyng by rightfull enherytauÌ„ce without any heyre in lawfull maryage after the kynge of Napoles was deed This Charles helde the gyft that the quene had made to the pope but in vayne and so shewed after his opinyon by two reasoÌ„s the one was he sustayned and sayd and the neapolitans ayded hym in sustaynynge of the same and the cesilyens in lykewise they sayd howe the quene of Napoles coude nat gyue away another mannes herytage and though her gyft hadde bene good and so alowed in the court of Rome yet she dyd nat well for she helde with pope Urbane and nat with ClemeÌ„t these were the questions and the debates that sir Charles de la Payx layde for him selfe and in the begynnyng he wrought wysely For he sore fortifyed and furnysshed the castell of Leufe the whiche is the moost strongest castell of the worlde for it is set by enchauÌ„tment in the see and it is nat passyble to be wone but by nygromancy or by the art of the deuyll he vitailed it for thre or four yere had with hym a certayne men of warre and so kept that place for he knewe well they of Napoles wold nat forsake him though he lost Puyll Calabre for .ii. or thre yere he thought to recouer it agayne as lyghtly for he ymagyned in his mynd that the duke of Aniou wolde entertayne suche a nombre of men of warre as he hadde brought with hym the whiche shulde nat long lye in his puyssaunce so to do outher for faulte of vytayle or for money Wherby he thought they shulde be constrayned to departe within a two or thre yere And than he ymagined that whan they were wery and out of good rule than he wolde fyght with them at his aduauntage These thoughtes and ymagynacions hadd Charles de la Payx wherof he sawe some take effect or the terme passed that he presired For truly there was no prince christned without it were the frenche kyng or the kynge of Englande that coude kepe four yere to gyder suche a nombre of men of warr out of their owne countreys as the duke of Aniou had with hym He brought ouer the mountaynes a .xxx. thousande fyghtinge men and to begyn suche an enterprise behoueth in the beginnynge wysely to consyder and ymagin wHan the duke of Aniou and his company entred in to Puylland in to Calabre the countrey incontynent tourned to them For the people shewed howe they desyred no other thyng nor to haue none other lorde but the duke of Aniou And so thus with in a shorte tyme all the lordes cyties and townes in that couÌ„trey were vnder his obeysance Suche as had ben in those couÌ„treyes the whiche is one of the greatest marches of the world sayde and affyrmed howe that for bycause of the great plenty welthe that haboundeth in those parties the people are all ydell and wyll do no laboure And whan these men of warre were in this countrey the whiche they founde so replenysshed with all welth wherof they were right glade And than the duke of Aniou the erle of Sauoy the erle of Uandon all the chyualry of Fraunce of Bretayn and of Sauoy passed forthe and came in to the marches of Napoles They of Napoles for all the feare that they had of these men of warre they wolde neuer close gate of their towne but kept theÌ„ styll open for they thought well that the duke of Aniou shulde neuer enâ— in to their towne with their displeasure for if he were within the towne with all the people that he had they thought he shulde but lese hym selfe and all his and they lyst for their houses were nat easy to be wonne for they had plankes and boordes to take away whan they lyst and vnderneth is the see so that none dare enterprise there too fyght Than there was an enchaunter a connynge man in nygromancy in the marches of Napoles and so he came to the duke of Aniou and sayd Sir if ye wyll I shall rendre to you the castell of Leufe and all tho that be within at your pleasure howe may that be ê™ the duke Sir quod he I shall shewe you I shall by enchauÌ„tment make the ayre so thycke that they within shall thinke that there is a great bridge on the see for ten men to go a front And whan they within the castell se this bridge they wyll be so afrayde that they shall yelde them to your mercy for they wyll thanne dout if they be assayled that they shulde be taken perforce The duke had great marueyle of his wordes and called to hym the erle of Uandon and the erle of Genesue sir JohnÌ„ and sir Peter of Benill sir Moris of Maum other and shewed theym what this enchauntour had said wherfore they had great marueyle Than the duke sayd Fayre mayster on this bridge the ye speke of may our people assuredly go theron to the castell to assayle it Sir quod the enchauntour I dare nat assure you that for if any that passeth on the bridge make the signe of the crosse on hym all shall go to noughte and they that be on the bridge shall fall in to the see Than the duke began to laugh and a certayne of yong knyghtes that were there present sayd sir For godsake let the mayster assay his connyng we shall leue makyng of any signe of the crosse on vs as for that tyme and a more redyer way can we nat gette our enemyes Well ê™ the duke I shall take aduise in this mater Th erle of Sauoy was nat there present but he came to the duke sone after ¶ Howe the erle of Sauoye caused this enchauÌ„ters heed to bestryken of And howe the Chanone Robersarde and his company toke dyuers castels in Spayne Cap. CCC xCii. WHan the erle of Sauoy was come in to the tent of the duke of Aniowe the maister enchauntour was as thanne departed Than the duke shewed hym all the wordes of the maister and what he offred the erle bethought him a litle and than sayd
nobles of Fraunce at the bataile of Rosebeque And the knightes of Englandespake and sayd to eche other Ah saynt Mary howe the frenchmen are nowe mouÌ„ted in pride by the ouerthro wyng of a sort of rude villayns Wolde to god Philyp Dartuell had had of our men a .ii. M. speares sixe M. archers Ther had nat than scaped one frenchmen but outher slayne or taken but and god wyll this glorie shall nat long endure theÌ„ Nowe we haue a fayre aduauÌ„tage to entre in to FlauÌ„ders for the countre is nowe coÌ„quered for the french kyng we trust to conquere it agayne for the kynge of Englande It sheweth well at this tyme that the erle of FlauÌ„ders is greatly subget to the frenche kyng and that he wyll please hym in all poyntê whan our marchantes dwellyng in Bruges haue dwelt ther beyonde this .xxx. yere be nowe banysshed chased out of FlauÌ„ders the tyme hath be sene they durst nat haue done it but nowe they dare do none otherwyse for feare of the frenchemen We trust it shall nat abyde longe in this poynt This was the langage among thenglysshmen through the realme of EnglaÌ„de therfore it was to be supposed the this was done but by enuy iN this season he that wrote hym selfe pope Urbane the sixt came by the see fro Rome to GeÌ„nes where as he was well receyued and reuerently of the genoways and there he kept his resydens ye knowe well howe all England was obeysaÌ„t to hym aswell the churche as the people bycause the french king was Clementyne and all Fraunce This Urbane on whome the englysshemen and dyuers other countreis beleued He beyng at Gennes aduysed howe he might anoy the french kyng and so he thought to sende in to Englande for socoure I shall shewe you by what maner He sent his Bulles to the archebysshoppes and bysshoppes of Englande makyng mencyon how he assoyled from payne from synne all suche as wolde ayde to distroy the Clementyns For he knewe well howe Clement his aduersarye had done in lykewise in the realme of Fraunce and dothe dayly And they called the vrbanystê in their faythe and beleue to be but dogges so this Urbane sawe well that the Clementynes wolde condeÌ„pne and distroy hym if they might And he sawe well he coude nat more greue the frenchmen than by the englysshmen But first he sawe well he must fynde the meanes to gather toguyder great ryches For he knewe well the nobles of Englande for all his absolucyons wolde nat ryde forthe in warre without money For menne of warre lyue nat by pardons nor they set nat moche therby but in the artycle of dethe ThanÌ„e he determyned besyde these Bulles to sende in to Englande to the prelates that they shulde ordayne a full Dysme on the churches The noble men and men of warre therof to be payed their wages without greuynge of any parte of the kynges treasur or of the comontie of the realme The whiche thynge the Pope thought the barons and knightes of England gladly wolde herken vnto Than he caused to be writen and engrossed Bulles as well to the kynge and his vncles as to the prelates of Englande of playne absolucyon from payne â–ª and synne And besyde that he graunted to the kyng and to his vncles a playne Dysme to be taken and leuyed throughe out all Englande so that sir Henry Spensar bysshoppe of Norwyche shulde be chiefe capitayne of all the men of warr bycause the goodes came fro the churche therfore the pope wolde that one of the churche shulde be chefe gouernoure And to the entent that the churches and comons of the realme shulde the better beleue the mater And besyde that bycause he knewe the realme of Spaygne contrarie to his opinyon and som what alyed with the freÌ„che kyng He aduysed that with parte of the same golde and syluer that shulde be gadered in the realme of Englande That the duke of Lancastre who reputed hym selfe kyng of Castell by the right of his wyfe that he in lykewise shulde make another army in to Castell And also yf the duke of Lancastre take on hym the sayd viage than the pope said he wolde graunt to the kynge of Portyngale who made newe warre with kyng Johan of Castell for kyng Fraunces was deed a playne dysme throughe out all Portingale Thus pope Urbane ordeyned all his busynesse and sent a .xxx. Bulles in to Englande the whiche were receyued with great ioye Than the prelates in their iurysdictions began to preche this voiage in maner of a crosey wherby the people of Englande who light lye beleued gaue therto great faythe beleued verilye that they coulde nat go to paradyse yf they dyed that yere without they gaue soÌ„ what in pure almes towarde this warre At LoÌ„don and in the dyoses there was gathered a tonne full of golde and syluer And accordynge to the popes Bulles he that moost gaue moost pardon obteyned And whosoeuer dyed in that season and gaue his goodes to these ê‘dones was clene assoyled from payne and from synne and accordynge to the tenour of the Bulles happy was he that dyed in that seasone for to haue so noble absolucyon Thus they gathered money all the wynter and lent season what by the pardons and by the dysmes That as it was sayd it drewe to the somme of .xxv. hundred thousande frankes ¶ Howe the bysshop of Norwiche the englysshe men yssued out of Englande to ron and to make warre agaynst all those that helde with pope Clement Cap. CCCC .xxix. WHan the kynge of Englande his vncles and couÌ„sayle vnderstode what money was gadered they were right ioyouse sayd Howe they had money ynoughe to make warre agaynst two realmes that was to saye agaynst Fraunce and Spayne To go into Spayne in the name of the pope and of the prelates of Englande with the duke of Lancastre was ordayned the bysshoppe of London called Thomas brother to therle of Deuonshyre to be chefe capitayn and with him two M. speares and four thousande archers they to haue halfe of the money thus gadered But it was ordayned that they shuld nat so soone departe out of Englande as the bysshop of Norwiche bycause that army shulde aryue at Calys and so to entre in to Fraunce they wyst nat what shulde fall therby nor whider the frenche kyng wolde reyse any puyssaÌ„ce to fyght with theÌ„ or nat Also ther was another poynt contrary to the duke of Lancastre yet he had great ioye of that vyage For generally all the comontie of Englande more enclyned to be with the bysshop of Norwiche than to go with the duke of LaÌ„castre for a long season the duke was nat in the grace of the people And also they thought the realme of Fraunce to be nerer iourney than into Spayne And also some sayd that the duke of LaÌ„castre for couytousnes of thesyluer and golde that was gadered of the churche and of the pardons wherof he shulde haue his parte
that he dyde enclyne rather therto for the profyte than for any deuocyon But they said howe the bisshop of Norwiche represented the pope and was by hym instytuted Wherby the greattest part of Englande gaue to hym great faythe and the kyng also And so there was ordayned at the wages of the churche to go with this bysshoppe Henry Spensar dyuers good knightes and squyers of Englande and of Gascoyne As the lorde Beaumont sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllm̄ Helmon sir Johan Ferres sir Hugh Spensar cosyn to the bysshoppe sonne to his brother sir Wyllyam Fermeton sir Mathewe Reedman capytayne of Berwike all these were of Englande And of gascoyns there was the lorde of Newcastell and sir John̄ his brother Raymon marsen Guyllonette de Pauxe Garyot Uyghier Johan de Cachytan and dyuers other and all counted they were a fyue hundred speares and fyftene hundred of other men And a great nōbre of preestes bycause the mater touched the churche and moued by the pope THese men of warr prouyded themselfe for the mater and passage was delyuered them at Douer and at Sandwyche And this was about Ester and so they passed ouer lytell and lytell as they lyst this voiage was in the maner of a Croysey Thus they passed the see or the bysshoppe and other capitayns were fully redy For the bysshop and sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wyllm̄ Helmon were with the kynge and his counsayle there they sware solempnely in the kynges presens to bringe truely to an ende their voyage Nor to fight against no man nor countrey that belde with pope Urbayne but to fight make warre agaynst them that were of the opinyon of Clemēt Thus they sware and than y◠kyng by the aduyse of his counsayle sayd to them sir bysshoppe and all ye whan ye come to Calais I wyll ye soiourne there in that fronter y◠space of a moneth and in that terme ▪ I shall refresshe you with newe men of warr of armes and archers And I shall sende you a good marshall a valyant man sir Wyllyam Beauchampe for I haue sende for hym he is in the Marche of Scotland wher as he kepeth fronter agaynst the scottes for the trewse bytwene the Scottes and vs falleth nowe at saint Johans tyde and after his retourne ye shall haue hym in youre cōpany without any fayle Therfore I wolde ye shulde tarye for hym for he shall be to you ryght necessarie bothe for his wysedome and good counsayle The bysshoppe and his company promysed the kynge so to do And thus they departed fro the kynge and toke the see at Douer and arryued at Calayes the .xxiii. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred fourscore and thre tHe same season there was capitayne at Calais sir Johan Deluarnes who receyued the bysshoppe and his company with great ioye And so they landed lytell and lytell all their horses and baggage and so lodged in Calays and there about in bastylles that they made dayly And so there they taryed tyll the fourthe day of May abidyng for their marshall sir Wylliam Beauchampe who came nat of all that tyme. Whan the bysshoppe of Norwiche who was yonge and couragious and desyrous to be in armes for he neuer bare armure before but in Lumbardy with his brother Thus as he was at Calays sawe how he was capitayne of so many men of armes he sayde one day to his company Sirs why do we soiourne hereso long and tary for sir Wyllyam Beauchāpe who cometh nat The kyng nor his vncles I trowe thynke lytell of vs. Let vs do some dedes of armes sythe we be ordayned so to do Lette vs enploy the money of the churche truely whyle that we lyue let vs conquere somewhat of our enemyes That is well sayd sir quod all those that herde him speke let vs warne all oure company that we wyll ryde forthe within this thre dayes And let vs take aduyse whiche way we shall drawe we can nat issue out of the gates but we entre in to the landes of oure enemyes for it is frenche all aboute on euery parte we were as good to go towardes Flaunders as to Boloyne For Flaunders is a lande of conquest conquered by the puyssaunce of the frenche kyng We can nat bestowe our tyme more honourably all thynges consydred than to conquere it agayne And also the erle of Flaunders hath done of late a great dispyte to men of our countre for without any tytell of reason he hath banysshed and chased thē out of Bruges and out of all Flaūders It passeth nat two yere sythe that he wolde haue ben lothe to haue done so but as nowe he is fayne to obey to the pleasure of the frēche kyng wherfore quod the bysshop if I may be beleued the first iourney y◠we shall make shal be into Flaūders Sir quod sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wylliam Helmone ye shall be well beleued Lette vs ryde into that partie within this thre dayes for it is of the lande of our enemys To this counsayle they all agreed and gaue war nynge eche to other ¶ Howe the englysshe men toke the towne and mynster of Grauelynge and howe the erle of Flaunders sent to speke with thē Cap. CCCC .xxx. AT all this agremēt was nat sir Hugh Caurell for he was gone to se a cosin of his the Capitayne of Guynes called sir Johan Droithton and so he was there all day and retourned agayne the nexte day Than the bysshoppe sent for hym to the castell for the knightes had sayd to the bysshoppe howe they wolde haue the aduyse of sir Hughe Caurell or they dyde any thynge bycause be had moost sene vsed the warre than the bysshop sayd to hym as ye haue herde before and commaunded hym to say his aduyse Than sir Hughe answered hym and sayde sir ye knowe well on what condycion we be departed out of Englande Our enterprise toucheth no thynge the warre bytwene the kynges ▪ but all onely agaynst the Clemētyns for we be soudyers of pope Urbane Who hath clene assoyled vs from all synne and payne if we do oure power to distroy the Clementyns If we go in to Flaunders thoughe the countrey hath bene conquered by the frenche kyng and the duke of Burgoyne yet for all that we shulde do amysse For as I vnderstande the Erle of Flaunders and all the flemynges be as good Urbanystes as we be Also sir we haue nat men ynowe to entre in to Flaunders for they are all redy and vsed in the warre and they are a great nombre of people They haue done nothyng els but lyned in warre this thre or foure yere and also it is a stronge countrey to entre in to Also the flēmynges haue done vs no trespasse But sir yf we shall ryde lette vs ryde in to Fraunce there be our enemyes in two maners The kyng our lordes warr is nowe opyn And also the frenchmen are
speares passed forby the walles of the towne and taryed on the othersyde ryght agaynst the kynges host wher was the moost goodlyst men of armes that coude be ymagined Th entent of the lordes was to assayle the towne there were baners penons wauyng wiâ—h the wynd and euery lorde with his men vnder his owne baner The lordes of FrauÌ„ce shewed ther gret honoure and richesse There was the lorde of Coucy in great estate he hadde coursers trapped and barded with the auÌ„cyent armes of coucy and with other suche as he bare thanÌ„e And hym selfe on a goodly courser ridynge in and out settynge his men in array euery man that sawe hym praysed him for his goodly behauo â— So ther eue 〈…〉 shewed their estate there was made the 〈…〉 day mo than four hundred knightê and thâ— heraldes nombred the knightes that were there to a nyne M. there were in noÌ„bre a .xxiiii. M. men of armes knightes squyers ¶ Thenglysshmen that were in the towne of Burboure sawe the frenche kynges puissaÌ„ce they hoped well to haue an assaut of the which they were right well coÌ„forted But in that they sawe theÌ„ selfe enclosed in the towne which was closed but with palis they were nat therof well assured Howebeit lyke men of good coÌ„fort and great corage they ordred their people about the towne The lorde Beaumont who was an erle in Englande called HeÌ„ry with a. C. men of armes thre C. archers kept one warde sir Wyllyam Helmon with as many men kept another sir JohnÌ„ of Newcastell with the gascoÌ„s kept another the lorde Ferres of Englande kept another ward with .xl. men of armes as many archers so that thus the towne was set with meÌ„ rounde about sir Mathue Reedman ser wyllmÌ„ Fermton sir Nicholas tracton with two C. men of armes and as many archers kept the place before the mynster Also they ordayned a certayne nombre of men to take hede for fyre and to quenche it if nede were without disordringe of any of their wardes for thenglisshmen douted the fyre bycause the towne was than moost parte all the houses couered with strawe thus in this estate were the englysshmen ¶ Nowe shall I shewe you of an highe enterprese that 〈◊〉 rauÌ„ces Atreman dyde the same proper friday at night â–ª that the frenche kynge passed by Bergues and howhe wanne the towne of And warpe fRaunces Atreman Peter de Boyse Peter de Myrt and the capitayns of Gaunte whan they retourned fro the siege fro Ipre and came to Gaunte They studyed night and daye howe they might do any domage to their enemyes Than Fraunces Atreman vnderstode â–ª howe the capitayne of Ande warpe sir Gylbert of Lienghien was nat Wtin the towne â–ª nor no menne of warre but howe they were all with the kyng in his army for theerle of FlauÌ„ders had sende for them Wherfore Fraunces thought well that the towne of Andewarpe was but easly kept and howe the dikes to warde the medowes agayust theym were as than drie For the water had bene let out for the fysshe that was therin so that one might easely go with a drie fote to the walles of the towne by ladders to entre in to the towne The spyes of Gaunt had brought this worde to FrauÌ„ces Atreman They of And warpe were as than in no feare of them of Gaunt but in a maner had forgoten them whan Fraunces Atreman was iustely enformed howe it was he came to Peter de Boyse and sayd Peter thus in this case is the towne of And warpe at this tyme I wyll aduenture to gette it to scale it by night ther was neuer tyme so good as is nowe for the capitayne ther of and the men of warre are nowe with the frenche kynge in the fronters of saynt Omers and they are in feare of no body Peter so one agreed to his purpose and said If ye may come to your entent there was neuer man dyde suche a dede to haue prayse I can nat tell quod Fraunces what wyll happe my courage is good For my herte gyueth me that we shall haue this same night And warpe Than FrauÌ„ces chase out a foure hundred men in whom he had best truste and so departed fro Gaunte in the euenyng and toke the way to warde Andewarpe This was in the moneth of SepteÌ„bre whan nightes be of a resonable length and the wether fayre and clere And so about mydnight they came to the medowes of Ande warpe and had scalynge ladders redy with them And as they passed by the maresse there was a woman of the towne gaderynge grasse for her kene â–ª she bydde her selfe whan she herde noyse of men comyng that way She herde them well speke knewe well howe they were gauÌ„toyse comyng towarde the towne to scale it she sawe well the ladders This woman was sore abasshed at last sayd to her selfe I wyll go to And warpe shewe all that I haue herde and sene to yâ— wache menne of the towne And so leyd downe all her baggage and toke a preuy way that she knewe and stale to the towne or the gauntoyse caÌ„e ther and than she called and at last one that went on the walles fro gate to gate herde her and sayd What art thou I am quod she a poore woman I say to you â–ª herby is a certayne noÌ„bre of gauÌ„toyse I haue sene them they bringe with them ladders to steale this towne if they can Nowe I haue gyuen you warnyng I wyll retourne agayne for if they mete with me I am but deed Thus the poore woman departed and the man was abasshed and thought to abyde styll to se if yâ— woman sayd trouthe or nat The gauÌ„toyse who right priuely dyde their enterprise made no noyse nor had no trumpette but the noyse of their langage Than Fraunces Atreman sent foure of his company on before and sayde Go your way secretely Wtout any wordes or cough hynge to the towne walles and harken aboue and beneth if ye can parceyue any thynge And so they dyde and Fraunces and his companye abode styll in the marisshe and stode styll nere where as the woman was She sawe theÌ„ well and herde what they sayde but they sawe nat her These forsayd four men went to the dykes and behelde the walles and sawe nor herde nothyng Lo ye mayse what yuell aduenture fell to them within for if they had fortuned to haue had but a caÌ„dell lyght that the gauÌ„toyse might haue sene it they durst nat haue come ther. For than they wolde haue thought that there hadde ben good watche made THese four men returned agayne to FraÌ„ces Atreman and sayde Sir we canse nor here no maner of thynge I thynke well 〈◊〉 FrauÌ„ces I trowe the watche hath made theyr tourne and are nowe gone to their rest Let vs go this hyghe way towarde the gate and than entre lowe downe in to the dykes The poore woman where as she lay priuely herde all these wordê Than