archers before them there was a sore and a harde batayle but they of Laon returned to their cytie and dyd no good and the other frenchmen abode and fought longe Howe beit the iourney was nat for them there the erle of Roucy was sore hurt and takyn prisoner also ther was taken the lorde Gerarde of Canency and the lorde of MoÌ„tegny dyuers other menne of armes Thus the erle of Roucy was twyse takefie in lasse space than a yere the lorde Eustace Dambretycourt in the same season helde in Champayne a seuyn hundred fightyng men he wanne great rychesse ther in rauÌ„somyng of men in Uendages in to w 〈…〉 〈◊〉 les and sauccoâ—â—cles He helde vnder hym 〈◊〉 twelfe fortresses he was as than a lully louer â—abper amours and after he maryed the lady Isabell of Jullyers somtyme boughter to therle of Jullyers This lady also loued the lorde 〈…〉 ace for the gret noblenes of armes yâ— she had herd reported of hym and she send often tymes to hym coursers hackeneys with letters of loue wherby the sayde sir Eustace was the more harâ—y in all his dedes of armes so that euery man â—an greatly that was vnder hym ¶ Of the thre quenes the naueroise that were besiged by the duke of Normandy in Melune Cap. C lxxxxvii AFter the yeldyng vp of saint â—alery as ye haue herde before the duke of Normandy assembled togyder a thre thousande speares and departed fro Parys wente and layed siege before Melune on the ryuer of Sayne yâ— which was kept by the naueroyse Within the same towne there were thre quenes the first quene Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer soÌ„tyme wyfe to kyng Charles of France The seconde quene Blanch somtyme wyfe to kynge Philyppe of Fraunce and suster to the kynge of Nauerr The thâ—râ—e the quene of Nauer suster to the duke of Norman dy the which duke was nat at the siege hymself but he sende thyder the lorde Morell of FyeÌ„nes constable of Fraunce the erle of saynt Poule the lorde Arnold DaÌ„drehen marshall of France the lorde Arnold of Coucy the bysthop of Troy the lorde Broquart of Fenastrages Peter du Bare Philyppe of Armoyes and other to the nombre of thre thousande speares who bes 〈…〉 Melune rounde aboute And they brought fro Parys many engyns and springalles the whiche night and day dyd cast into the sortres and also they made dyuers sore assautes The naueroyse within were sore abasshed and specially the thre quenes who wolde glably that yâ— siege had been reysed they cared nat hoâ—â—e But the captayns the lorde JohnÌ„ Pypes and yâ— lorde JohaÌ„n Carbenauxe sayd to them sayre ladyes bismay you nat for one of these dayesyeâ—hall se the siegereysed For the kyng of Nauerre hath sende vs worde who is at Uernon and also sir Philyp of Nauer his brother howe they haue reysed a certayne company of men of warre at Maunt and at Meleux to reyse this siege And also all the men of warre of all the garysons naueroyse woll come with them ou the other part the duke of Normandy who knewe that the naueroyse were about to reyse the siege rerayned soudyours on all parties and euer dyd send theÌ„ to the siege of Melune Than ther were certen good people yâ— besyed them selfe to haue a peace bytwene the kynge of Nauerr and the duke of Normandy and as than was styll in Fraunce the cardynall of Piergourt and the cardynall of Angell and they with other dyd somoche that a day was taken of trewse to be holden at Uernon And thyder came the duke of Normandy and his counsayle and the kyng of Nauer and the lorde Philyppe his brother and their counsaylles there a peace was made and the king of Nauer sware to be good frenche and in the same peace were coÌ„prised a thre hundred knightes and squyers to whom the duke ê‘ doned his yuell wyll yet the duke excepted certayne other to whom he wold gyue no ê‘ don To this peace the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde in nowyse agre but sayd to the kyng his brother ho we he was enchauÌ„ted dyd sore agaynst the kyng of Englande to whom he was a lyed The which kyng had alwayes ayded and conforted hym so the lorde Philyppe departed fro his brother all onely with four persons and rode in hast to saynt Sauyour le Uycont the which was a garyson englysshe And capitayne there vnder the kyng of Englande was sir Thomas Agorne of Englande who receyued the lorde Philyp ioyfully and sayde howe he had aquyted hymselfe trewely to the kyng of Englande ¶ Howe the broquart of Fenestrages and other frenchmen ordayned their bataylles agaynst the lorde Eustace Dambretycourt englysshe in Champaigne Cap. C lxxxxviii BI the treaty of this peace the kynge of Nauer had certaine townes and castels in Normandy in peace the which before were in debate and specially Mant Meulencke Also ther was a peace made bytwene the duke of NormaÌ„dy and the yong erle of Harcourt a great part by the meanes of the lorde Loyes of Harecourt who was of the dukes couÌ„sayle and of his house And the duke gaue to the same erle in mary age yâ— doughter of the duke of Burbone suster to the duches of Normandy Thus the siege brake vp before Melune and the towne abode freÌ„che yet for all this peace the realme of France was inuaded a great warre made therin asmoche as was before or more for as than the truse bytwene Englande and Fraunce was expyred So suche men of warre as before had made warre in the iytell of the kyng of Nauer in Fraunce in Normandy in Burgone in Picardy in Champaigne in Brey and in Beaufe Than they made agayne as great warre in the tytell of the kyng of Englande for all the peace ther was no fortresse that wolde tourne frenche for the companyons and men of warr hadde lerned so well to robbe and pyll the countrey and to raunsome the people that they coude nat leaue for of two thousand that had a ten or twelfe horses of their owne if they wolde haue made no more warre in a shorte tyme shulde haue been fayne to haue gone a fote After the breakynge vp of the siege at Melune the duke of Normandy desyred the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages who was of the nacyon of Lorayne and had with hym in wagê a fyue hundred coÌ„panyons that he wolde helpe to driue out of Champaygne the englysshmen suche as made dayly warre in that countre He agreed therto with a certayne somme of florens that he shuld â–ª haue for hym and his men Than there assembled togyder men of warr of ChaÌ„paigne of Burgoyne the bysshoppe of Troy therle of Uadumont the erle of Jouy the lorde JohaÌ„n Chalon and the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages they were a two thousande speares and .xv. C. of other And so they caÌ„e to the stroÌ„g castell of Hans in Champaigne the whiche the englysshmen had kepte a yere and a halfe they
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
and achyued by yâ— warres of FraÌ„ce and Ingland shuld notably be inregisterd and put in perpetuall memory wherby the prewe and hardy may haue ensample to in courage them in theyr well doyng I syr JohnÌ„ Froissart wyll treat and recorde an hystory of great louage and preyse But or I begyn I require the sauyour of all the worlde who of nothyng created al thynges that he wyll gyue me suche grace and vnderstandyng that I may coÌ„tinue and ê‘ euer in suche wyse that who so this proces redeth or hereth may take pastauÌ„ce pleasure and ensample It is sayd of trouth that al buyldynges are masoned and wroughte of dyuerse stones and all great tyuers are gurged assembled of diuers surges and sprynges of water In lyke wyse all sciences are extraught and coÌ„piled of diuerse clerkes of that one wryteth another parauenture is ignorant But by the famous wrytyng of auncient auctours all thyngis ben knowen in one place or other Than to attaygne to the mater that I haue entreprised I wyll begyn Fyrst by the grace of god and of the blessed virgyn ourlady saynt Mary from whom all comfort consolation procedeth and wyll take my foundation out of the true cronicles somtyme coÌ„pyled by the right reuerend discrete and sage maister JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon in saint LaÌ„bartis of Liege who with good herte and due diligence dyd his true deuoure in wrytyng this noble cronicle and dyd contynue it all his lyf dayes in folowyng the trouth as nere as he myght to his great charge coste in sekyng to haue the perfight knowledge therof He was also in his lyf dayes Welbeloued of the secret counsayle with the lorde sir JohnÌ„ of Haynaulte who is often remembred as reason requyreth here after in this boke For of many fayre and noble auentures he was chief causer And by whose meanes the sayd ser JohnÌ„ la Bele myght well knowe and here of many dyuers noble dedes The whiche here after shal be declared Trouth it is that I who haue entreprised this boke to ordeyne for pleasure and pastaunce to the whiche alwayes I haue ben inclyned and for that intent I haue folowed and frequented the company of dyuerse noble and great lordes as well in Fraunce Juglande and Scotland as in diuerse other countries and haue had knowledge by them And alwayes to my power iustly haue inquired for the trouth of the dedis of warre and auentures that haue fallen and specially syth the great batell of Poyters where as the noble kynge JohnÌ„ of France was takyn prisoner as before that tyme I was but of a yonge age or vnderstandyng Ho we be it I toke on me assoone as I came from scole to wryte and recite the sayd boke and bare the same compyled into Ingland and presented the volume therof to my lady Philypp of Heynaulte noble quene of Ingland who right amyably receyued it to my great profite auauÌ„cemeÌ„t And it may be so that the same boke is nat as yet eramyned nor corrected so iustely as suche a case requyreth For featis of armes derely bought achyued the honour therof ought to be gyuen truly deuided to them that by promes and hard trauayle haue deserued it Therfore to acquyte me in that bihalf and in folowyng the trouth as nere as I can I JohnÌ„ Froissart haue entreprysed this hystory on the forsaid ordynauÌ„ce and true fundacion at the instauÌ„ce and request of a dere lord of myn ser Robert of Namure knyght lord of Bewfort To whom entierly I owe loue and obeysyunce and god graunt me to do that thyng that may be to his pleasure Amen ¶ here spekethe the auctour of suche as were most valiant knyghtis to be made mencion of in this boke ¶ ap .ii. ALl noble hertis to encorage and to shewe them ensample and mater of honour I ser JohnÌ„ Froissart begynne to speke after the true report relation of my master JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon of saynt Lambertis of Liege afâ—ermyng thus howe that many noble ê‘sons haue oft tymes spoke of the warres of France and of Ingland and ê‘auenture knewe nat iuslely the trouth therof nor the true occasions of the fyrst mouyngis of suche warres nor howe the warre at length contynued But now I trust ye shall here reported the true fouÌ„dation of the cause and to th entent that I wyll nat forget myuysshe or abrydge the hystory â—any thyng for defaute of laÌ„gage but rather I wyll multiply and encrease it as ner as I can folowynge the trouth from poynt to poynt in spekyng and the wyng all the aueÌ„tures sith the natiuite of the noble kyng Edward the .iii. Who reigned kyng of England and achyued many perilous auentures and dyuers great batelles addressed and other featis of armes of great proWes syth the yere of oure Lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. that this noble kyng was crowned in Ingland for generally suche as were with hym in his batels and happy fortunate auentures or with his peple in his absence ought ryght well to be takyn and reputed for valiant and worthy of renowne and though there were great plenty of sondrye parsonages that ought to be praysed and reputed as soueraignes yet among other and pryncipally ought to be renowmed the noble propre ê‘sone of the forsaid gentyll kyng Also the prynce of Walys his son the duke of Lancastre ser Reignold lorde Cobham syr Gualtier of Manny of Heynaulte knyght syr JohnÌ„ Chandos syr Fulque of Harle and dyuers other of whom is made mencion hereafter in this present boke bicause of theyr valyant prowes for in all batels that they were in most coÌ„monly they had euer the renowne both by land and by se accordyng to the trouth They in all theyr dedis were so valyant that they ought to be reputed as soueraignes in all chyualry yet for all that suche other as were in theyr companye ought nat to be of the lesse value or lesse set by Also in FrauÌ„ce in yâ— tyme there were fouÌ„de many good knyghtis stronge and well expert in featis of armes For the realme of Fraunce was nat so discomfited but that alwayes ther were people sufficient to fyght withall and the kyng Philyppe of Uaioyes was a ryght hardy and a valiant knyght And also kyng JohnÌ„ his soÌ„ne Charles the kyng of Behaigne the erle of AlaÌ„son the erle of Foyz syr Saâ—â—tre syr Arnold Dangle the lordes of Beamon the father and the sonne and dyuerse other the whiche I caÌ„ nat theyr names of whom hereafter ryght well shall be made mencion in tyme and place coÌ„uenient to say the trouth and to maynteigne the same all suche as in cruel batels haue ben seen abydyng to the discomfeture sufficiently doyng theyr deuour may wel be reputed for valyant and hardy what soeuer was theyr aduenture ¶ Here the mater speketh of some of the predecessours of kyng Edwarde of Ingland Cap. iii. FIrst the better to entre into the mater of this honorable
in saue garde on euery mannes cariage his owne cognisauÌ„ce or armes Wherby euery maÌ„ myght knowe his owne And the lordes and genty lmeÌ„ were gladde Whan they had thus founde their cariages Thus they abonde two dayes in the cite of Durham and the oste rounde about for they coulde nat all lodge within the cite there theyr horses Were newe shoode And than they toke theyr Way to the cite of yorke and so with in .iii. dayes they came thither and ther yâ— kyng fouÌ„de the quene his mother who receyued hym with great ioye And so dyd all other ladyes damozelles burgesses and câ—â—mons of the Citie The kyng gaue lycence to all maner of people euery man to drawe home â—arde to theyr owne countreys And the kyng thanked greatly the Erles barones and knyghtê of theyr good couÌ„saile and and that they had done to hym in hys ioâ—ney And he retayned styll with hym ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and all his company Who Were greatly feasted by yâ— quene and all other ladyes Than the knyghtis and other strauÌ„gers of hys company made a byll of their horses and suche other stuffe as they had lost in that iourney and delyuered it to the kyngis counsaile euery man by itselfe and in truste of the kyngis promyse ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont bouÌ„de hymselfe to all his company that they shulde be content for euery thyng coÌ„prised in theyr owne bils within a shortspace For the kyng nor his counsaile coulde nar so soone recouer golde or syluer to content their desyres but he delyuered them sufficient by reason to pay all their small charges and to bryng them home withal into theyr owne countreis And anon after within yâ— same yere they were payd for euery thyng they could desyre Than they of Heynnaulte bought lytle â—agges to ryde at theyr case theyr lackettê and pagis and all their harneys and baggages by water in .ii. shippes that was deliuered to them the whiche shyppes with theyr 〈◊〉 arryued at Sluce in Flaundders and syr JohnÌ„ of Heynnaulte and his companye toke theyr leue of the kyng of the olde quene of the erle of Kent of yâ— erle of Lancastre and of all the other barones who greatly dyd honour theym And the kyng caused .xii. knightis and. C â–ª C. men of armes to coÌ„pany them for doubt of the archers of InglaÌ„d of Whome they were nat well assured for they muste needis passe through the busshopryke of LincolnÌ„ Thus departed siâ— JohnÌ„ of heynaulte and his rowte in the conduct of these knyghtis and rode so long iÌ„ theyr iourney that they came to Douer and ther entred into the see ishippis and vessels that they founde redy ther apparayled for them Than the â—adlist he knyghtis veparted fro thens and retourned to their owne houses and the henous arriued at Wysant and ther they soiourned .ii. bayes in makyng redy theyr horses and harneys And in yâ— mean tyme ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault and some of his company rode a pylgrimage to our lady of Bollayn and after they returned into Heynaulte and depted eche fro other to their owne howses countres ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte rode to therle his brother who was at Ualenciennes who receyued hym ioyously for greatly he loued hym To Whom he recounted all his tydyng is that ye haue hard here before ¶ Howe kyng Edward was maryed to my lady Philyp of Heynaulte Cap. xix HIt was nat long after but that the kyng and yâ— quene his mother therle of Kent his vncle therle of Lancastre sir Roger Mortymer and all the barones of Inglande and by the aduyce of the kyngis counsaile they sent a busshop and .ii. knyghtis banerettis with .ii. notable clerkê to ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault pray enghym to be a mean that theyr lord yâ— yong kyng of Ingland myght haue in mariage one of the ericâ— â–ª boughts of Heynault his brother named Phylyp For the kyng all the nobles of the realme had rather haue her than any other lady for the loue of hym ser JohnÌ„ of heynault lord Beamont feasted honored greatly these ambassadours brough them to UalencieÌ„nes to therle his brother who honorably receued them made them suche chere that it were ouer long here to reherse And whan they had shewed the content of theyr message Th erle said Sirs I thaÌ„ke greatly yâ— kyng your prince the quene his mother all other lordes of Ingland syth they haue sent suche sufficient ê‘sonages as ye be to do me suche honor as to treat for the mariage to the whiche request I am well agreed if our holy father the pope wyll coÌ„sent therto With yâ— whiche answer these ambassadours were right well coÌ„teÌ„t ThaÌ„ they sent .ii. knyghtê .ii. clerkê incoÌ„tinent to the pope to Auygnon to purchase a dispeÌ„sation for this mariage to be had for without yâ— popes licere they might nat marie for the linage of FraÌ„ce they were so nere of kyn as at yâ— .iii. degree for the .ii. mothers were cosyn Jermayns issued of ii brethernÌ„ whan these ambasadors were coÌ„e to the pope their requestê consideratioÌ„s well hard our holy father the pope with all the hole colledge consentyd to this mariage and so feasted them And than they departed and came agayne to Ualenciennes with their buls Than this mariage was concluded and affirmed on bothe parties Than was there deuysed and purueied for theyr apparaile and for all thyngê honorable that belonged to suche a lady who shuld be quene of Inglande and there this princesse was maryed by a sufficient procuration brought fro the kyng of Inglande and after al feast is and triumphes done Than thys yonge quene entred into the see at Wysant and arryued with all her coÌ„pany at Douer And JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont her vncle dyd coÌ„duct her to the cite of London where there was made great feast and many nobles of Ingland and the quene was crowned And there was also great iustes tourneys daunsyng carolyng and great feastis euery day The whiche enduced the space of .iii. weekis The englisshe cronicle saith this mariage and coronation of the quene was done at Yorke with moche honour the sunday in the euyn of the coÌ„uersion of saynt Paule in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxvii. In the whiche cronicle is shewyd many other thynges of the rulynge of the realme and of the deth of kyng Edwarde of Carnaruan and dyuerse other debates that were within yâ— realme as in the same Cronicle more playnly hit appereth the whiche the auctor of this boke speketh no worde of bâ—cause â—auenture he knew it nat for it was hard for a straÌ„ger to knowe all thyngis but accordyng to his wrytyng This yong quene Philyp aboode styll in Inglande with a â—â—â—all company of any â—sones of her owne couÌ„treâ— sauyng one who was named wandelet of Manny who aboode styll with the quene and was her karuer after dyd so many great prowesses in dyuerse places
caÌ„e peple fro all ê“ties to sehym And than euery man shewed hym the damages the dystrueti on that kyng Edward and thenglysshmen had done in Scotlande than he sayd well I shal be well reuenged orels lose all my realme and my lyfe in the payne ThanÌ„e he sent messangers to all partes ferr and nere desyring euery man to helpe hym in his busynesse at his sendyng thyder came therle of Orkeney a great prince and a puyssaunt he had maryed the kynges suster he brought a great nombre of men a warr with hym and dyuers other lordes and knyghtes of Souegne of Melbegne and of Denmarche some for loue and some for wages so that whan they were all togyder they were a .lx. M. men a fote and on hackenayes a .iii. M. armed after their maner WhanÌ„e they were all redy they remoued to go into England to do ther asmoche hurt as they might for yâ— truse was as than expyred or els to fight with the kynge of Englande who had caused them to suffre moch dysease The scottes departed fro saynt Johannes towne and went to Donfremelyn and the next day ther they passed a lytell arme of yâ— see than they went with great dyligence and passed by Edenborowe and after by Rousburge the whiche was as than englysshe but they made none assaut ther bycause they wolde haue none of their coÌ„pany hurt nor to wast none of their artillary They thought to do a greatter dede or they retourned into Scotlande so after they passed nat ferre of fro Berwyke and went by without any assaut gyueng And so entred into the contrey of Northumberlande and came to the ryuer of Tyne brennyng all the coÌ„trey rouÌ„de about them and at last came to Newecastell vpon Tyne and ther he lay and all his people about the towne that night And in the mornig a certayne nombre of geÌ„tylmen that were in the towne yssued out to the nombre of C C. speres to make a skry in the scottysshe hoost they dasshed into yâ— scottyssh host right on therle of Morets tentes who bare in his armour syluer thre oreylles goules ther they toke hym in his bed and slewe many or thoost was moued and wan great pyllage Than they returned into yâ— towne boldely with great ioye and delyuerd therle Moret as prisoner to the captayne of the castell the lorde JohnÌ„ Neuell Whan the scottes were vp they armed them and ranlyke madde men to the barryers of the towne and made a great assaut the whiche endured longe but lytell it awayled them and they lost ther many men for ther were many good men of war within who defended theÌ„self so wysely that the scottes were fayne at last to withdrawe a backe to their losse ¶ Howe kynge Dauyd of Scotlande distroyed the cytie of Dyrrame Cap. lxxv WHan that king Dauyd and his counsayle sawe that his taryeng about Newcastell was daungerous and that he coude wynne therby nother profet nor honour than he departed and entred into the contrey of the bysshoprike of Dyrram and ther brent and wasted all byfore them And so came to the cyte of Dyrram layed siege rounde about it and made many great assautes lyke madde men by cause they had lost therle of Morette and they knewe well that ther was moche richesse in the cytie for all the contrey ther about was fledde thyder The scottê made ingens and instrumeÌ„tes to come to the walles to make the feercer assant and whan the scottes were gone fro New castell thanÌ„e sir JohnÌ„ Neuyll captayne there mounted on a good horse and toke away farre of fro the scottes and dyd somoche that within fyue dayes he came to Chyrtsay wher as kyng Edwarde lay as than ther he shewed the king tidynges of the scottes Than the kynge sende forth messangers into euery part coÌ„mauÌ„dyng euery man bytwene the age of .lx. and .xv. all excuses layd a part to drawe Northwarde and to mete hym in that contrey to ayde and defende his contrey that the scottes distroyed than lordes knyghtes squyers and all other drewe towarde the northe The kyng deê‘ted hymself hastely taryed for no man and euery man folowed aswell as they might in the meane season the scottes assauted the cytie of Dyrrame with ingens and other instrumentes so feersly that they within coude nat defende themself but that the cytie was wonne byforce and robbed and clene brent and all maner of people put to deth without mercy men women and chyldren monkes preestes and chanons so that ther abode a lyue no maner a person house nor church but it was distroyed the whiche was great pytie so to dystroy christen blode And the churches of godde wherin that god was honoured and serued ¶ Howe the scottes besieged a castell of therle of Salysburies Cap. lxxvi THan king Dauyd was couÌ„selled to drawe a backe a long by the ryuer of Tyne to drawe toward Carlyle as he went thyderward he loged that nyght besyde a castel of therle of Salysburies the whiche was well kept with men a warr captayne therof was sir WyllmÌ„ Montagu son to therle of Salysburis suster The next day the scottes dysloged to go towarde Carlyle they had moch cary age with them of such pyllage as they had won at DyraÌ„ Whan ser WyllmÌ„ Montagu sawe how the scottê passed by without restyng thaÌ„ he with .xl. with him yssued out a horsbacke and folowed couertly the hynder trayne of the scottes who had horses so charged with baggage that they might scaÌ„t go any gret pace And he ouertoke them at thêtryng into a wood set on them and ther slewe and hurt of the scottz mo than CC. and toke mo than sixscore horses charged with pyllage and soled theÌ„ toward the castell The cry and brunt of the flight came to the heryng of sir Wyllyam Duglas who had the charge of the reregarde and as than he was past the wood whan he sawe the scottes came fleyng ouer the dales and mouÌ„tayns he had great maruell and than he and all his coÌ„pany ran forth and rested nat tyll they caÌ„e to the fote of the castell and mounted the hyll in hast But or he came to the bayls theÌ„gly sshmen were entred and had closed the barryers put their pray in saftie than the scottes began to assayle feersly and they within defeÌ„ded theÌ„ ther these two WyllmÌ„s dyd what they might eche to greue other This assaut endured so long that all thoost came thyder kyng all whan the kyng and his counsell sawe how his men were slayne lyeng in the felde and the assaylantes sore hurt without wynning of any thyng than he coÌ„mauÌ„ded to cease thassaut and to lodge Than euery man began to seke for his logyng and to gader togyder the deed men and to dresse theym that were hurt The next day the kyng of scottes coÌ„maunded that euery man shulde be redy to assayle they within were redy to defende ther was a sore assautand a perylous ther might a
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
and the lorde Cogham were departed fro the prince as ye haue herde before than the prince demaunded of the knyghtes that were aboute hym for the lorde Audeley yf any knewe any thyng of hym Some knyghtes that were ther answere and sayd sir he is sore hurt and lyeth in a lytter her besyde by my faith sayde the prince of his hurtes I am rightsorie go and knowe yf he may be brought hyder or els I woll go and se hym there as he is ThanÌ„e two knyghtes came to the lorde Awdeley and sayde sir the prince desyreth greatly to se you outher ye must go to hym or els he woll come to you a sir sayde the knyght I thanke the prince whan he thynketh on so poore a knyght as I am than he called eyght of his seruantes and caused theym to bere hym in his lytter to the place were as the prince was Than the prince tooke hym in his armes and kyst hym and made hym great chere and sayd sir James I ought gretly to honour you for by your valyaunce ye haue this day achyued the grace and renome of vs all and ye ar reputed for the moost valyant of all other A sir sayde the knyght ye say as it pleaseth yeu I wolde it were so and if I haue this day any thynge auaunced my selfe to serue you and to acomplysshe the vowe that I made it ought nat to be reputed to me any prowes sir James sayde the prince I and all ours take you in this iourney for the best doar in armes and to thyntent to furnysshe you the better to pursue yâ— warres I retayne you for euer to be my knight with fyue hundred markes of yerely reuenewes the which I shall assigne you on myne herytage in Englande Sir sayde the knynght god graunt me to deserue the great goodnesse that ye shewe me and so he toke his leaue of the prince for he was right feble and so his seruauntes brought hym to his lodging and assone as he was gone the erle of Warwyke and the lorde Combham retourned to the prince and presented to hym the frenche kyng The prince made lowly reuerence to the kynge and caused wyne and spyces to be brought forthe and hymselfe serued the kynge in signe of great loue ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan gretly at the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lxvi. THus this batayle was dysconfyted as ye haue herd the which was in the feldê of Malpertnesse a two leages fro Poyters the .xxii. day of septeÌ„bre the yere of our lorde â–ª M. CCC .lvii. it began in the mornyng and endyd at noon but as than all the englysshmen wer nat retourned fro yâ— chase therfore the princes banner stode on a busshe to drawe all his men togyder but it was by night or all came fro the chase And as it was reported there was slayne all the floure of Fraunce and there was taken with the kyng the lorde Philyppe his sonne a seuyntene erles besyde baroner knyghtes and squyers and slayne a fyue or sixe thousande of one and other Whan euery man was come fro the chase they had twyse as many prisoners as they were in nombre in all than it was counsayled among them bycause of the great charge and dout to kepe so many that they shulde put many of them to raunsome incoÌ„tynent in the felde and so they dyd And the prisoners founde the englysshemen and gascoyns right courtesse ther were many that day putte to raunsome and lette go all onely on their promyse of faythe and trauth to retourne agayne bytwene that and Christmas to Burbeux with their raunsomes Than that nyght they lay in the felde besyde where as the batayle had been some vnarmed theym but nat all and vnarmed all their prisoners and euery man made good there to his prisoner for that day who soeuer toke any prisoner he was clere his and myght quyte or raunsome hym at his pleasure All suche as were there with the prince were all made ryche with honour and goodes as well by ransomyng of prisoners as by wynnynge of golde syluer plate tewelles that was there founde There was no man that dyd set any thyng by riche harnesse wherof there was great plentie for the freÌ„chmen came thyder richely besene wenynge to haue had the iourney for them ¶ Howe the lorde James Audley gaue to his foure squyers the .v. C. markes of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym Cap. C .lxvii. WHan sir James Awdeley was brought to his logynge than he send for sir Peter Audeley his brother and for the lorde Bartylmewe of brunes the lorde Stephane of Gousenton the lorde of Wylly and the lorde Ralfe Ferres All these were of his lynage and than he called before them his foure squiers that had serued hym that day well and trewly than he sayd to the sayd lordes sirs it hath pleased my lorde the prince to gyue me fyue hundred markes of reuenewes by yere in herytage for the whiche gyft I haue done hym but small seruyce with my body Sirs beholde here these foure squyers who hath alwayes serued me truely and specially this day that honour that I haue is by their valyantnesse wherfore I woll rewarde them I gyue and resigne into their handes the gyft that my lorde the prince hath gyuen me of fyue huÌ„dred markes of yerly reuenewes to them and to their heyres foreuer in lyke maner as it was gyuen me I clerely disheryte me therof and inheryte them without any rebell or condycion The lordes and other that were ther euery man beheld other and sayde among them selfe it commeth of a great noblenes to gyue this gyft they answered hym with one voyce sir be it as godde wyll we shall bere wytnesse in this behalfe wher soeuer we become ThanÌ„e they departed fro hym and some of them went to the prince who the same nyght wolde make a supper to the frenche kynge and to the other prisoners for they had than ynough to do it withall of that the frenchemen brought with them for the englysshmen wanted vitayle before for some in thre dayes hadde no bredde before ¶ Howe the prince made a supper to the french kyng the same day of the batayle Cap. C .lxviii. THe same day of the batayle at night the prince made a supper in his lodgynge to the frenche kyng and to the moost parte of the great lordes that were prisoners the prince made the kynge and his son the lorde James of Burbone the lorde JohnÌ„ Darthoys the erle of Tankernyll therle of Stampes therle Dampmartyne the erle of Grauyll and the lorde of Pertenay to syt all at one borde and other lordes knyghtes and squiers at other tables And alwayes the prince serued before the king as humbly as he coude and wolde nat syt at the kyngê borde for any desyre that the kynge coulde make but he sayd he was nat suffycient to syt at the table with so great a prince as the kyng was but than he sayd to the kyng sir for
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
a sir JohnÌ„ Chandos this good aduenture that is thus fallen to me is by the great wytte and prowes that is in you the whiche I knowe well and so do all those that be here Sir I pray you drinke with me and toke hym a flagon with wyne wherof he had dronke and refresshed hym before and moreouer sayd sir besyde god I ought to canne you the moost thanke of any creature lyuyng and therwith ther came to them sir Olyuer of Clysson forchased enstamed for he had long pursued his enemyes so he had moche payne to retourne agayne with his people and brought with hym many a prisonere Than he came to therle of Mountfort and a lyghted fro his horse and refresshed hym and in the same meane season there came to theÌ„ two knightes and two haraldes who had serched among the deed bodyes to se if ser Charles of Bloys were deed or nat Than they sayd all openly â–ª sir make good chere for we haue sene your aduersary ser Charles deed therwith the erle of Mountfort arose and sayde that he wolde go and se hym for he had as good wyll to se hym deed as a lyue and thyder he went and the knyghtes that were about hym And whan he was come to the place where as he lay a syde couered vnder a shelde he caused hym to be vncouered and than regarded hym ryght piteously studyed a certayne space and sayd a sir Charles fayre cosyn howe that by your opinyon many a great myschiefe hath fallen in Bretayn as god helpe me it sore dyspleaseth me to fynde you thus howe beit it can be none otherwyse and therwith he began to wepe Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos drewe hym a backe and sayd sir departe hens and thanke god of the fayre aduentur that is fallen to you for without the dethe of this man ye coude nat come to the herytage of Bretayne ThaÌ„ therle ordayned that sir Charles of Bloys shulde be borne to Guyngant and so he was incoÌ„tynent with great reuerence and there buryed honorably as it apertayned for he was a good true and a valyant knight and his body after sanctifyed by the grace of god called saynt Charles and canonised by pope Urban the .v. for he dyde yet dothe many fayre myracles dayly ¶ Of the truce that was gyuen to bury the deed after the hatayle of Alroy and how dyuers castels yelded vp to therle MouÌ„tfort and howe he be seged CaÌ„pantoreÌ„tyne Cap. CC .xxvii. AFter that all the deed bodyes were dispoyled and that thenglysshmen were retourned fro the chase ThaÌ„ they drewe them to their lodgynges and vnarmed theÌ„ and toke their ease and toke hede to their prisoners and caused theym that were wounded to be well serued and serched And on the Monday in the mornynge the erle MouÌ„tfort made it to be knowen to them of the cytie of Reynes and to the townes ther about that he wolde gyue truce for thre dayes to the cuteÌ„t that they might gather togyder the deed bodyes and bury them in holy places the whiche ordynaunce was well taken and accepted And so the erle Mountfort lay styll at siege before Alroy and sayd he wold nat depart thens tyll he had wonne it So the tidynges spredde abrode into dyuers countrees howe sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort by the counsell and ayde of the englysshmen had won the felde agaynst sir Charles of Bloys and disconfyted and put to dethe and taken all the cheualry of Bretayne such as were agaynst hym Sir Johan Chandos had great renome for all maner of people lordes knightes and squyers suche as had ben in the felde sayd that by his wytte and high prowes thenglysshmen and bretons had won the felde and of these tidynges were all the frendes and ayders of sir Charles of Bloyes right sorowfull and sore dyspleased the whiche was good reason And specially the frenche kyng for this disconfyture touched hym gretly bycause that dyuers knightê of his realme were ther slayne and taken as sir Bertram of Clesquy whome he greatly loued and the erle of Aucer the erle of Joigny all the barones of Bretayne none except Than the frenche kyng sent Loyes the duke of Aniou to the marches of Bretayne for to recoÌ„fort the countre yâ— which was desolate disconforted for the loue of their lorde Charles of Bloyes whome they had lost And also to reconforte the countesse of Bretayne wyfe to the sayd lorde Charles who was so sore disconforted for yâ— dethe of her husbande that it was pyte to beholde her the whiche the duke of Aniou was bouÌ„de to do for he had maried her doughter So he promysed with faythfull entent to gyue vnto all the good cyties castels in Bretayne and to all the remnant of the countre of Bretayne his good counsell confort and ayde in all cases Wherby the good lady whome he called mother and all the countrey had a certayne space gret trust vnto suche season as the frenche kyng to ereche we all parels put other prouisyon as ye shall herafter Also these tidynges came to the kyng of Englande for the erle of MouÌ„tfort had writen to hym therof the. v â–ª day after the batayle was ended before Alroy â–ª The letters were brought to the kynge of Enlande to Douer by a parseuant of armes who had ben in the batayle And the kyng inconsynent made hym an haralde called him Wynd sore â–ª as I was enformed by the same haraulde and dyuers other And the cause why the kynge of Englande was as than at Douer I shal shewe you here after IT was of trouthe that ther was a treaty thre yere before bytwene the lord EdmoÌ„de erle of Cambrige one of the kynges sonnes and the doughter of therle Loys of FlauÌ„ders to the which maryage therle of FlauÌ„ders was as than newly agreed vnto so that pope Urban the fyft wolde dispence with them for they were nere of lynage And the duke of LaÌ„castre and the lorde Edmonde his brother with many knightes and squyers had ben in FlauÌ„ders with the erle and were receyued right honorably in signe of great peace and loue And so the erle of Flaunders was come to Calais and passed the see and came to Douer where the kyng and parte of his counsell were redy to receyue hym and so they were ther. Whan the forsayd purseuant came to the kyng and brought hym tidynges of the batayle of Alroy of the whiche the kyng and all that were ther were right ioyouse and in lykewise so was the erle of Flaunders for the loue and honour and auauncemeÌ„t of his cosyn germayne the erle of Mountfort Thus the kyng of England and therle of flauÌ„ders were at Douer the space of thre dayes in feestes and great sportes and whan they had well sported theÌ„ and done that they assembled for Than the erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and departed and as I vnderstande the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Edmonde passed the see agayne with
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
reason for a valyant man and a good knyght acquitynge hym selfe nobly among lordes princes ought greatly to be recommended for that day he toke no hede for takyng of any prisoner with his owne haÌ„des but alwayes fought and went forwarde but there was taken by his coÌ„pany vnder his baner dyuers good knightes and squyers of Aragon and of FrauÌ„ce And specially sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnolde Dandrehen sir Begue of Uillaynes and mo than threscore prisoners So thus finally the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy was disconfyted and all that were therin taken and slayneâ— as well they of FrauÌ„ce as of Aragon Ther was slayne the Begue of Uillyers and taken the lorde Antoyâ—ge of Heynault the lorde Bresuell sir Gawen of Bayllieull sir Johan of Bergenettes sir Alemant of saynt UenaÌ„t and dyuers other Than drewe toguyder these baners the baner of the duke of Lancastre of sir Johan Chandos and of the two marshalles and the penon of saynt George And went all toguyder on the batayle of kyng Henry and cryed with a hygh voyce saynt George guyen Than the spanyardes and their coÌ„pany were sore puta backe the Captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson fought valyantly and also sir Eustace Dambreticort sir Hughe Caurell sir Souldyche sir Johan Dureux and other acquyted theÌ„ selfe that day right nobly The prince shewed hymselfe lyke a noble knight and fought valyantly with his enemyes On the othersyde kyng Henry acquited hymselfe right valiaÌ„tly and recouered and tourned agayn his people that day thre tymes for after that the erle of Anxell and a thre thousande horsmen with hym were departed fro the felde the other began than greatly to be discoÌ„fyted and were euer redy to flye after their coÌ„pany but than euer kynge Henry was before theym and sayde Fayre lordes what do youâ— wherfore wyll ye thus forsake and betraye me sythe ye haue made me kynge and set the crowne on my heed and putte the herytage of Castell into my handes Retourne helpe to kepe and defende me and abyde with me for by the grace of god or it be night all shal be ours So that these wordes or suche lyke encoraged his people in suche wyse that it made theym to abyde lengar in the felde for they durst nat flye for shame whan they sawe their kynge their lorde so valiantly fight and speke so amyably So that there dyed mo than a thousande and fyue hundred persons that might well haue saued themselfe and haue taken the tyme to their aduantage and the loue that they had to their lorde and kynge hadde nat been WHan the batayle of the marshalles were passed throughe their ennemyes and had disconfyted the grettest nombre of theÌ„ so that the spanyardes coude nat susteyn nor defende them any lengar but began to flye away in great feare without any good array or order toward the cyte of Nauaret and so passeâ— by the great ryuer So that for any wordes yâ— kyng Henry coude say they wolde nat retorne and whan the kyng sawe the myschefe and disconfyture of his people and that he sawe no recouery Than he called for his horse and mounted theron and put hymselfe among them that fledde but he toke nat the way to Nauaret for feare of enclosynge but than toke another way â—schewyng all paryls for he knewe well that if he were taken he shulde dye wtout mercy ThaÌ„ the englysshmen and gascons lept a horsebake and began to chase the spanyardes who sledde away sore disconfyted to the great ryuer And at the entre of the bridge of Nauaret ther was a hydeous shedynge of blode and many a man slayne and drowned for dyuers lepte into the water the whiche was depe and hydeous they thought they had as lyue to be drowned as slayne And in this chase amonge other ther were two valyant knightes of Spayne beryng on them the abyte of relygion The one called the great priour of saynt James and the other the great maister of Calatrane They and their coÌ„pany to saue themselfe entred in to Nauaret and they were so nere chased at their backe by englysshmen and gascoyns that they wan the bridge so that ther was a great slaughter And thenglysshmen entred into the cytie after their enemyes who were entred into a strong house of stone Howbeit incontynent it was won byforce and the knightê taken and many of their men slayne and all the cyte ouerron and pylled the whiche was greatly to thenglysshmens profyte Also they wanne kyng Henries lodgynge wherin they founde gret richesse of vessell and iowelles of golde and syluer for the kyng was come thyder with great noblenesse so yâ— whan they were disconfyted they had no layser for to retourne thyder agayne to saue that they had left there So this was a hydeous and a terryble discoÌ„fyture and specially on the ryuer syde ther was many a man slayne And it was sayd as I herde after reported of some of them that were ther present that one might haue sene the water that ran by Nauaret to be of the coloure of reed with the blode of men and horse that were ther slayne This batayle was bytwene Nauer and Nauaret in Spayne The yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde Jesu Christ a thousande thre hundred threscore and sixe the thirde day of Aprill the whiche was on a saturday AFter the disconfyture of the batell of Nauaret whiche was done by noone The prince caused his baner to be reysed vp a highe vpon a busshe on a lytell hyll to the entent to drawe his people thyder and so thyder drue all those that came fro the chase Thyder came the duke of LaÌ„castre sir Johan Chandos the lorde Clysson the Captall of Beufz the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret and dyuers other barones And had reysed vp on high their baners to drawe their people thyder and euer as they came they raynged them in the felde Also ther was Loyes kynge of Mallorques his baner before hym whervnto his company drue and a lytell there besyde was sir Marten de la Karr with the baner of his lorde the kynge of Nauer With dyuers other erles and barons the whiche was a goodly thinge to regard and beholde Than came thyder kynge Dampeter right sore chafed comynge from the chase on a great blacke courser his baner beten with the armes of Castell before hym And assoone as he sawe the princes baner he alyghted wente thyder And whan the prince sawe hym comynge he went and mette hym and dyde him great honour There the kyng Dampeter wolde haue kneled downe to haue thaÌ„ked the prince but the prince made great haste to take hym by the hande and wolde nat suffre him to knele ThaÌ„ the kynge sayd Dere and fayre cosyn I ought to gyue you many thaÌ„kes and prayses for this 〈◊〉 iourney that I haue attayned this day by your meanes Than the prince sayde Sir yelde thankes to god and gyue him all the prays for
Treuell Robert Ceny sir Gaylarde Uyger the Bourge of Bertuell the Bourge Camus the Bourge of Lespare Nandon of Bergerant Bernard de la Sale and many other whiche wolde nat displease the prince But yssued out of the principalyte as shortely as they might and entred into the realme of FrauÌ„ce the whiche they called their chambre and passed the ryuer of Loyre and so came in to Champayne and in to the bysshopriche of Raynes and alwayes their nombre encreased And to adueÌ„ture them selfe they serched all aboute the realme of Fraunce and dyde many yuell trybulacions and vilayne dedes wherof the complayntes came dayly to the frenche kynge and to his counsayle Howe beit they coude fynde no remedy for they durst nat fight with them and the people all about marueyled greatly that the prince of Wales wolde sende theym thyder to make warre Than the frenche kynge sente for the lorde Clysson and made him great capitayne agaynst those yuell companyons bycause he was a good knyght and a hardy and the kynge had hym in great loue and fauoure And in the same season there was a maryage made bytwene the lorde Dalbret and the lady Isabell of Bourbone of the whiche the prince was nothynge gladde for he had rather that the lorde Dalbret had ben maryed in some other place For the whiche cause the price spake great wordes agaynst hym but the greattest of his counsayle aswell knightes as squyers excused hym all that they might Sayeng to the prince howe that euery man wyll be gladde to auauÌ„ce himselfe as nere as he can and that a gode knight ought nat to be blamed though he purchase his owne honour and profyte so that he leaue nat therby to serue his price or maister in that he is bounde to do So by these wordes or suche semblable the price was somwhat apeased howe be it what so euer semblant he made he was nat very well content for he thought verily that the same maryage shulde be cause of with drawynge of loue fro hym and fro theym that toke his parte the whiche was of trouthe as ye shall here afterwarde in this hystorie ¶ Howe the barons of gascone complayned to the freÌ„che kyng of the price of wales and how kyng Henry retourned into Spayne and of the alyaunces that kynge Dampeter made and of the couÌ„sayle that sir Bertram of Clesquy gaue to kyng Henry and howe kynge Dampeter was disconfyted Cap. CC .xli. IN the same season that these companyons turmented thus the realme of FrauÌ„ce the prince was counsayled by some of his couusayle to reyase a fowage through out all Acquitayne and specially the bysshoppe of Bades for the state of the price and princesse was so great that in all christendome was none lyke So to this counsayle for reysinge of this fowage were called all the noble barownes of Gascoyne of Poyctou of XayntoÌ„ and of dyuers other cyties and good townes in Acquitayne And at Nyorte where this parlyament was holden there it was shewed specially and generally by the bysshoppe of Bades chauncellour of Acquitayne in the presens of the prince howe and in what maner this fowage shulde be reysed Declarin ge howe the prince was nat in mynde that it shulde endure any lengar than fyue yeres to ronne throughout his countrey And that the reysing therof was for thyntent to pay suche money as he ought by reason of his iourney into Spayne To the whiche ordynaunce were well agreed the poyctous and they of Xaynton Lymosyn Rouergne and of Rochell On the condycion that the prince wolde kepe the cours of his coyne stable .vii. yere but dyuers of other marchesse of Gascoyne refused this purpose As the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret his neuewe the erle of Gomynges the Uycount of Carmayne the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet and dyuers other great barownes Sayenge howe that in tyme past whan they obeyed to the frenche kynge they were nat than greued nor oppressed with any subsydes or inposicyons and no more they sayde they wolde as than as long as they coude defende it Sayeng howe their landes and segnyories were fre and excepte fro all dettes and that the prince haddesworne so to kepe and maynteyne them Howe be it to departe peasably fro this parlyament they aunswered that they wolde take better aduyse and so retourne agayne bothe prelates bysshoppes abbottes barownes and knyghtes And the prince nor his couÌ„sayle coude haue as than none other answere Thus they departed from the towne of Nyort but it was commaunded theym by the prince that they shulde returne agayne thyder at a day assigned THus the barownes and lordes of Gascoyne retourned into their countrees agreed fermely toguyder that they wolde nat retourne agayne to the prince nor suffre the fowage to rynne in the landes thauÌ„e they made warre agaynst the prince therfore Thus the countrey beganne to rebell agaynst the prince and the lorde of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Gomegynes the erle of Pyncornet and dyuers other prelates barownes knyghtes and squyers of Gascoyne went into FrauÌ„ce and made great complayntes in the frenche kynges chambre The kyng and his peres beynge present of the greffes that the prince of Wales wolde do to them sayeng howe their â—e sorte ought to be to the frenche kynge and to drawe to him as to their souerayne lorde And the kynge who wolde nat breke the peace bytwene hym and the kynge of Englande began to dyssemble and sayd Sirs surely the inrysdictyon of our herytage and of the crowne of Fraunce we wyll alwayes kepe and augment but we haue sworne to dyuerse artycles in the peace of the whiche I remembre nat all Therfore we shall visyte and beholde the tenoure of the letters and in as moche as we may do we shall ayde you and shall be gladde to agre you with the prince our dere nephue for parauenture he is nat well counsayled to put you or yoâ— subgettes fro their fredoms and fraunchesses So with the answere that the kynge made theÌ„ at that tyme they were content and soo abode styll at Parys with the kyng in purpose nat to retourne agayne into their owne countrees with the whiche the prince was nothynge well content but alwayes he styll perseuered in the purpose of reysinge of this fowage Sir Johan Chandos who was one of the greattest of his counsayle was contrary to this opinyon and wolde gladly that the prince wolde haue left it but whan he sawe that the prince wolde nat leue his purpose to thyntent that he wolde bere no blame nor reproche in the mater He tooke his leaue of the price and made his excuse to go in to Normandy to visyte the lande of saynt Sauyoure the Uycount wherof he was lorde for he had nat been there in thre yeres before The prince gaue hym leaue and so he departed out of Poyctou and went to Constantyne and taryed in the towne of saynt Sauyour more
assaute occasyon and were disconfyted Than Johan Peteâ—son was sent to prisone and alâ— the other into â—yuers places of the realme ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent a great nauy to the lee agaynst the flemynges how the peace was made bytwene them Cap. CC lxxxxiii AFter this disconfyture thus on the flemyngê before the Bay in Bretayne The kyng of Englande sent men of warr to the see agaynst the flemynges commaundyng them to make sharpe warre agaynst all the flemynges and to kepe all passages so that nothyng shulde coÌ„e thyder without danger And whan they of Brugê of Ipre and of Gaunt herde therof than they drewe to counsayle and all thynges consydred and ymagined They thought it nat profitable for them to haue the yuell wyll of Englande there nere neyghboure for the susteynynge or aydinge of the erle their lorde Therfore the good townes sent suffycient men into Englande to treat for a peace with the kyng and his counsayle Who spedde so well or their retourne that they dyde bring peace to the countre of Flanders and to the flemynges on certayne artycles sealed of bothe ê‘ties So they abode than in good state rest and peace ¶ Nowe lette vs a lytell speke of the realme of Mayllorques ¶ Howe the kynge of Mayllorques was in displeasure with kyng HeÌ„ry of Spayne and than weÌ„t and made warre to the kynge of Arragon Cap. CC lxxxxiiii YE haue herd rehersed here before howe that kyng James of Mayllorques was takenne in the vale of Olyffes in Castell whan kynge Henry conquered agayne Spaâ—gne and so he was as prisoner with the sayd kyng Henry Whan the quene of Naples his wyfe and the Marques his suster had knoledge of his takyng they were sore displeased therwith and so prouyded for remedy therfore I shall shewe you by what maner They sente certayne valyant men to entreat with kyng HeÌ„ry for his rausome and they dyde so moch that he was set to his raunsome for the somme of a hundred thousande frankes the which these .ii. ladyes payed so curtesly that kyng HeÌ„ry was well content And assone as the kyng of Mayllorques was departed he retourned into Naples and taryed nat there but dyde so moche that he had golde and syluer and many freÌ„des in dyuers partes and than toke his way to the entent to make warre on the kyng of Arragon his aduersary whome he coude nat loue for he had slayne his father and kept away his herytage And so the kyng caÌ„e to Auygnon to pope Gregory the .xi. ther he taryed a moneth and there made his complayntes in suche wyse that the pope agreed to his desyre yâ— he shulde make warre agaynst the kyng of Arragon to the entent to recouer his herytage Than the kynge prouyded for men of warre all about where he coude get them and bought them derely bothe englysshe gascoyns almaygnes bretons and certayne of the coÌ„panyons wherof sir Gasyen of the castell sir JohnÌ„ Malestroyt Syluester Budes and Jaques of Bray were capitayns They were about .xii. hundred fightyng men and so went forthe and entred into Nauer and there taryed a season by the consent of the kyng of Nauer And so than entred into Aragon began warre agaynst the kyng of Aragon and ouer ran the countre and toke lytell fortresses and sore traueyled the playne countre and rauÌ„somed men and toke prisoners So that the kynge of Aragon who douted greatly that warre sent men of warr to the fronters of whome the erle of RoqÌ„bertyn and therle of Roddes were capitayns And whyle this warre thus began cruell and fell kynge James of Mayllorques fell sicke agayne in yâ— vale of Sorey of the whiche sickenesse he dyed And so therby the arago â—eses had peace and rest for a great season after and the companyons that had made warre departed and retourned into Fraunce thyder as they thought to haue some aduantage and profyte Now let vs speke of the duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre wedded theldest doughter of kyng Dampeter of Spayne and howe the confederacions were made bitwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Spaygne Cap. CC lxxxxv THe duke Johan of LaÌ„castre who was in the cytie of Burdeux on Garon and with hym dyuers barones knightes and squyers of Acqitayne for as than fortune stode metely well on the englysshe parte Howe beit dyuers barons of Pâ—â—â—tou and of Limosyn were tourned to the freÌ„che partie and they made often yssues and sâ—ry mysshes agaynst their enemyes This duke of Lancastre was a wydower without a wife for the good lady Blanche of Lancastre and Derby was disceassed Than the barones of Gascoyne consydred that kynge Dampeter of Castell had two doughters by his first wyfe who was suster to the kyng of Portyngale who were as than in the cytie of Gascoyne Thyder they were brought by the see to be kept by certayne knightes fro the parties of Cyuell for doute of kyng Henry Assone as they knewe the dethe of their father the two ladyes were dysconsolate and in great trouble that it was great pite for they were trewe herytoursto Castell by ryght successyon of kyng DaÌ„peter their father The whiche mater sir Guyssharde Dangle shewed to the duke sayng thus Sir and it like you ye are to mary and we knewe wher is a great maryage for you wherby you and your heyre shal be kyng of Castell And also it is great almesse to confort maydens in their bistresse and specially doughters to a kyng beyng in yâ— case that they be in sir we your faythfull seruantes wolde couÌ„sayle you to take theldest to your wyfe for we can nat tell wher ye shulde be so well maryed agayne nor where that so moche prosyte shulde come to you therby UHese wordê and other entred so into the dukes hert and so well pleased hym yâ— he was well content to send for the two ladyes theldest called CoÌ„stance and the other Isabell And so he sent four knightes for them and ther spedde soâ— in their iourney that they brought with them the sayd ladies And whan the duke knewe of their comyng he rode out of Burdeaur to mete with them And a lytell fro Burdeaur in a vyllage called Rochsort he maryed yâ— eldest called Constance At the whiche daye of maryage ther was a great feest and great noÌ„bre of lordes and ladyes and thanne the duke brought his wyfe to Burdeux And than there was agayne great feest and ioy made and the good lady and her suster were greatly feested ther by the ladyes and damosels of Burdeux and gyuen to them great gyftes and fayre presentes for the loue of the duke UHe tidynges came in to castell to kynge Henry and to the barons of that realm who were alyed by fay the and homage to him howe that his nese had maryed with the duke of Lancastre And also it was enformed them that the yonger shulde be wedded to the erle of Cambridge whan the duke were retourned in to
nyght they withdrue theÌ„ to their logynges And in the mornynge yâ— two bretherne of the frenche kynges and the constable of Fraunce demaunded of the knightes of Poictou within Thouars to delyuer the town acording to their promyse and othes in that be halfe They answered and sayd howe yâ— shortely they wolde come to Poicters and put themselfe and all their landes vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng whiche answere was sufficyent to the lordes of France and so departed fro Thouras and the dukes gaue lyc 〈…〉 to the moost parte of their companyons THe lorde Clysson departed with a gret nombre of men of warre apoynted him by the constable And so went to Mortayne on the see the whiche was as than englysshe and capitayne therof was a squyer of England called James Clere and he had with hym a threscore coÌ„panyons And whan the lorde Clysson was come before Mortayne he made a feirse assaute at the whiche he was hym selfe Howe be it with that assaute he wanne nothyng and sâ— at night he drewe to his lodgyng Than the capitayne within seynge him selfe sore oppressed he sent priuely to the lordz of Gascoyn and of Englande beyng at Nyorth shewyng theÌ„ that if they wolde com thyder by night he wolde receyue theÌ„ into his fortresse wherby they might lightly passe through the lodgynges of the lorde Clysson who had with him but two huÌ„dredmen And so secretely these lordes departed fro Nyorthe with fyue hundred speares and rode by nyght tyll they came to Mortayne for they habbe great besyre to atrape the lorde Clysson howbeit a spye who departed with theÌ„ fro Nyorthe knewe all their ententes And so he came hastely to the lorde Clysson and fouÌ„de himsyttynge at supper and sayd Sir your enemyes are departed fro Nyorthe to the nombre of .v. hundred and are commynge on you Thanne the lorde Clysson put the table fro hym and armed him in hast and mouÌ„ted on his horse and all his company And so departed and all his sodaynly and left behynde them a great parte of their caryages and rode so longe that they came to Poicters And the englysshmen who sayled of their ententes retourned agayne to Nyorthe right sore displeased And anone after they departed fro Nyorthe and left in garyson there sir Dangoses and Cresuell and sir Johan He wet retourned in to Englande and all the other went to Burdeur in their returnyng they brent the lorde of Partneys laÌ„des Thus all Poictou was coÌ„quered except these fortresses as Nyorth Elyseth Mortymer â–ª Mortayne â–ª Lysignen Castell Accart la roche Suryone Gausar the toure of Larbre Merris and other Which fortresses made dyuers yssues and assautes on their neighbours soÌ„tyme chasyng somtyme rechased agayne ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy beseged the castell of Syreth and how the englysshmen were disconfyted howe all the countrey of Poictou of Xaynton and of Rochell were clene delyuered out of theÌ„glysshmens handes Cap. CCC .vi. THe duke of Bretayne who was pesably iÌ„ his owne countre was sore displeased of the domage of the englishmen For it was sayd that yâ— kynge of Englande and his puyssaunce had made hym as he was and that he had had nothynge and the kynge of Englande had nat ben For he alwayes made warr for hym and lende him syluer and golde and also he had his doughter in maryage For the duke wolde gladly that his countre shulde rather holde of the kyng of Englandes parte than of Fraunce Howe beit the moost parte of the lordes knightes and squyers of Bretayne were in their hertes good frenche And specially the lorde Clysson and de la Uale and the vycount of Rohan who as than were the chefe rulers in all Bretayne and these lordes sayd to the duke Sir assone as we can parceyue that ye take any parte with the kyng of Englande agayne the frenche kyng our souerayne lorde we wyll all forsake you leaue the countrey of Bretayne Howe be it the duke coude nat hyde the corage of his hert but sayd Sirs ye do great wronge to the kynge of Englande and spake great wordes to certayne of the lordes of Bretayne The french kyng who had drawen to his loue the hertê of them of Bretayne except sir Robert Canoll Desyred theÌ„ that if they sawe any defence made by their duke that they wolde gyue him knowledge therof to the entent to fynde remedy therfore The duke parceyued well how that his men hadde him insuspect and layed great a wayt on him Than he douted leest they shulde sende hym to Parys wherfore he sent to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shewyng him what case he was in desyring him to sende hym men of warr to defende him if nede were And the kynge of Englande sent hym the lorde Neuyll with foure hundred men of armes and as many archers who arryued at saynt Mathewes defyne poterne And ther helde them in the to â—â—ne without doyng of any maner of domage to the couÌ„tre but payed truely for that they toke And so there they were all the wynter the duke wolde neuer put them in to any fortresse yâ— he had And whan the knightes of Bretayne sawe these englysshmen come in to the countre to the ayde and confort of the duke they toke it in great in dignacion and closed their fortresses shewed moche yuell wyll towardes the duke Thus the matters abode in great varyaunce all that wynter ANd assone as wynter was past sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of France departed fro Poicters with .xiiii. hundred fyghtyng men And so went and layd sege to yâ— towne and castell of Syreth and with hym there were of breton knyghtes sir Alayne of Beaumont JohnÌ„ of Beaumanoyre Arnolde Limosyn Geffray Ricoynan of Lanconet Geffray of Konyell and dyuers other knightê and squyers And so they layed siege to Syreth and closed them selfe about with pales to th entent nat to be troubled in the nyght Often certayne of them aproched to the fortresse and scrimysshed with theÌ„ within who defended them selfe right valyantly So it fell this siege enduryng that sir Robert Mycon and sir Nicotyn the scotte who were keê‘s of the fortresse sent knowledge of their estate to sir Johan Ubrues and to sir Dangoses capitayns of Nyorthe And they in contynent sent to them of the garyson of Lusygnen and Dangosey and so they assembled at Nyorthe And than departed to the nombre of sixe hundred and seuyn speares of good men of warr besyde other folowers And so long they rode that they came to Syreth for it was but four leages fro Nyorthe And whan they were come to Syreth than they rested them a space of tyme to apparell them selfe But it had bene better for them to haue sette on the lodgynges of the constable for anone he had worde of their comyng and howe they were araynged in the felde Hobeit the constable was nat greatly afrayed but made all his men to be armed and to drawe toguyder and than he sayde Nowe fayre
for my selfe and all myne that we shall make you no warr so that ye wyll make no warre to vs. And sir whaÌ„ my husbande is come out of prison I beleue well he wyll drawe in to EnglaÌ„de than I shall send hym worde of this coÌ„posicion than sir I am sure he wyll sende me his mynde and than I shall answere you The duke answered sayd dame I agre me well to your desyre on this condicion that you nor none of your fortresses prouyde for no men of warre vitayls nor artyllary otherwise than they be at this present tyme and so thus they were agreed Than the lady retourned to her castell caused the siege to be reysed for she shewed letters fro the duke of Berrey coÌ„tayning the same purpose Than they deê‘ted the constable went before Mortymer the lady wherof yelded herselfe and put her and her landes vnder the obeysance of the frenche kynge and also yelded vp the castell of Dyenne whiche partayned to her Thus was all Poictou Xainton and Rochell quyte delyuered fro the englysshmen And whan the constable had set garysons and good sure kepyng in euery place and sawe no rebellyon in those marches vnto the ryuer of Gyronde than he returned in to Fraunce also so dyde the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyn and of Burbone and the moost parte of the barons of FrauÌ„ce suche as had ben in these sayd coÌ„questes The kyng greatly feested them at their retournynge but all was but iapes whan sir Bertram came to Parys to the kyng for the kyng coude nat hono r him to moche So thus the coÌ„stable abode with the kyng at Parys in ioye and myrthe ¶ Of the seige of Bercerell of the dethe of the kyng of scottes of the peace bitwene the freÌ„ch king and the kyng of Nauar. And howe the duke of Bretayne fledde in to Englande and howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce conquered his duchy Cap. CCC .vii. THe same season the lordes of Clisson of Lauall of Uangour of Tournemen of Rieux and of Rochfort the vicount of Rohane sir Charles of Dignen bannerette of Bretayne the marshall of Blarouille the lordes of Hambeâ— of Ruille of FouÌ„teuyll of Granuyll of Farnyll of Denneuall of Cleres banerettes of NormaÌ„dy And of other people great plenty of bretayne and of NormaÌ„dy and so they went and layde siege to the stronge castell of Bercerell and greatly they constrayned it by assautes within ther were two capitayns englysshmen sir Johan Aparte sir Johan Cornwall and with them certayne companyons that valiantly defended theym selfe At this siege there was done many a noble feate of armes many issues many sautes and many a scrymysshe And a lytell ther beside ther were at sege before saint Sauyour the vicount sir Thomas Trybles sir Johan de Bourge sir Philippe Pecharde and the thre bretherne of Maluriers So that or the seige were layde before them those two garysons ouerran all the countre of base Normandy so that no thyng was abrode but all in the forteresses Also they raunsomed and toke prisoners in the bysshopriche of Bayeux and Deureux and the kyng of Nauer was consenâ—yng therto for he conforted theÌ„ dyuers tymes bothe with meÌ„ and vitayle suche as wer in his garisons in the countie of Deureux for he was nat acorded with the frenche kyng so that the garysons of Chierbourg of Gouerell of Couches of Bretuell of Deureux and diuers other vnder the obeysanuce of the kyng of Nauerr had greatly enpouered and wasted the couÌ„tre of NormaÌ„dy But in the sametyme there was so good meanes made bytwene the two kynges and specially by the labour of the erle of Sale bruses who had taken moche payne bytwene theÌ„ and also the bysshop of Deureux and they dyde so moche that they brought theÌ„ to acorde And so the two kynges mette togyder right amyable at the castell of Uernon on the ryuer of Sayne And there were sworne dyuers great lordes of FrauÌ„ce to kepe peace loue vnite and coÌ„federacyon togyder for euer And so the kyng of Nauer went with the frenche kyng in to the realme of Fraunce and there the kynge dyde hym moche honour and reuerence and all his And than ther the kyng of Nauer put all his landes of Normandy into the handes and gouernynge of the frenche kyng and lest his two sonnes Charles and Peter with the kyng their vncle Than he departed went backe agayne in to Nauerre Thus this peace endured foue yeres howbeit after ther fell agayne bytwene them great discorde as ye shall herafter in the hystorie if ye wyll loke therfore Howe beit I thynke ther wyll none ende be made therof in this present boke ¶ The .viii. day of May the yere of our lorde a. M. thre C .lxxiii. there passed out of this lyfe in the towne of Edenborowe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande and was buryed in the abbay of DoÌ„freâ—â—lyn besyde kyng Robert de Bruse his father He dyed without sonne or doughter laufully begoten of his body But ther was kyng after him by right successyon a nephue of his named Roberts who was seneshall of Scotlande a goodly knyght and he had a sonne ¶ Howe there were a certayn ordeyned in Englande to kepe the countre and howe the erle of Salisbury william Neuyll and Phillyp Courtnay with dyuers other men of armes enterd in to the see and landed in Bretayne howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce went thyder the duke of Bretayne went in to Englande Cap. ccc .viii. THe same seson it was ordeyned in Englande to the entent to kepe the couÌ„tre that the erle of Salisbury Willyam Neuyll and sir Phylippe Courtnay shuld take the see with a certayne nombre of men of warr For it was sayd howe that yuan of Wales was comynge by the see with sixe thousande men to lande and brenne in the countrey The lordes of Englande hadde .xl. great shyppes besyde barges and two thousande menne of armes besyde archers Thus they departed fro Cornewayle and there toke the see and toke their way towarde Bretayne And so came to saynt Malo the Isle and there brent in the hauen before the towne a seuen great spaynisshe shyppes wherof all the countre had maruayle and sayd howe they thought surelye that the duke of Bretayne hadde caused them so to do So in all townes castelles and cyties they had the duke in great suspect and than kepte more strayter their forteresses than they dyde before The secretnesse of the dukes mynde was dyscouered for certayne knightes of Bretayne shewed dyuers wordes yâ— shulde be spoken by the duke In so moche that the frâ— the kyng ordeyned his coÌ„stable to make a iourney into Bretayne coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hym to take in to his possession townes cytes castels and for tresses to sease all rebelles bothe their goodê and bodyes The constable deê‘ted fro Parys and went to Angiers there made his somoÌ„s And thyder came the duke of Burbon the erle of Alenson the erle of Perche therle
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
towarde EnglaÌ„de and aryued at HaÌ„pton and ther toke lande And ther they knewe that sir JohnÌ„ AruÌ„dell capiten of HaÌ„pton was gone to Chierborc to refresh the garison ther. Thus brake vp theÌ„glishe army and euery man drue to his owne house some repassed the see and went into their owne countreis Than the comons of Englande began to murmure agaynst the noble men sayeng howe they hadde done all that season but lytell good and specially bycause saynt Malos was so escaped wherfore the erle of Arundell hadde but lytell grace nor loue ¶ Howe sir Olyuer of Clesquy was taken by them of Chierbourge Cap. CCC .xxxvii. ANone after the departure of the englysshmen fro saynt Malo and that the freÌ„chemen had refresshed newlye the towne and the castell Than the constable of FrauÌ„ce and the bretons determyned to go and lay siege to Chierbourc â–ª wherof sir Johan Harâ—ston was capitayn had with hym dyuers knightes bothe englysshe and naueroyse And the hole host of FrauÌ„ce went nat thyder for there departed the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbone the erle de la Marche the Dolphyn of Auuergne and all the great lordes and sent their meÌ„ in to their countreis And dyuers of them went to Rohan to se the kynge who receyued theym right ioyously and a thre hundred speares of bretons and normayns wente to Ualonges a thre leages fro Chierbourge and there made their bastydê And they knewe well that sir Johan AruÌ„dell had newly refresshed Chierbourc and they supposed that he was as thaÌ„ bytwene Chierbourge and UaloÌ„ges On that syde ther were highe wodes and forestes that endured to the cyte of CoÌ„stances so they of Chierbourg might yssue out and ryde aboute the countrey whan they lyst for they had in this wode away so sore hedged on bothe sydes that whan they were ryding there coude none aproche to them this Chierbourge is one of the stroÌ„gest castels of the worlde They that were in the garyson of UaloÌ„ges were right sore displeased in that they coude do no domage to the englysshmen that so haryed the couÌ„tre Than sir Olyuer of Clesquy brother to sir Bertram came fro Catyminy and rode throughe yâ— wode and aduysed Chierbourg right nere to th entent to se if ther might be any siege layde therto Howe be it he thought at leest if he might gette the towne the whiche stode higher than the castell he shulde do a great enterprice For than he thought he might so fortify the towne that none shulde yssue out of the castell but to their great domage Sir Olyuer perseuered styll in this purpose and toke with hym a fyftene speares and guydes suche as coude surely bring hym throughe the wodes And so in a mornynge he departed fro Ualonges and came through the woodes tyll he was agaynst Chierbourg And the same day and tyme sir Johan Arundell was come in to the towne out of the castell and a squyer of Nauer called Johan Coq with hym to the entent to shewe him the towne And ther he herd tidynges howe the frenchmen were come thyder to aduyse the place Sir ê™ Johan Coq I haue herde howe sir Olyuer of Clesquy brother to sir Bertram hath past the wodes and hath aduysed this towne Sir for god sake let vs pursue hym Sir I warrant to bringe you suche away that he shall nat escape vs but that he shall fall in our handes and so they shall be coÌ„quered lytell and lytell By my faythe quod sir Johan Arundell I am content And so they armed them secretly and toke with them a two hundred speares and so entred in to the wodes wher as the frenchmen rode the same day and knewe nothyng eche of other And whan sir Olyuer had well aduysed the towne the whiche he sawe was right stronge and in a place impossyble to be besieged Than he withdrue and toke the way towarde UaloÌ„ges the same way he came And he hadde nat rydden the space of two leages but that sir Johan Arundell Johan Coq came streyght on them they were so well gyded and cryed on theÌ„ our lady of Arundell Whan sir Olyuer herde that crye sawe them redy to mete hym he wysshed him selfe agayne in Ualonges ThanÌ„e he mounted on a good courser thynking to saue him selfe by â—â—eynge for he sawe well there was no tyme nor place to sight for his aduantage So his men entred in to the thycke of the woode some here some there they wyst nat whyder but a fewe of them kept togyder Johan Coq lyke a valyant man of armes folowed in the chase after sir Olyuer so nere that finally he toke hym prisoner and a ten or .xii. other were ther taken and the resydue saued them selfe in the woodes and so gate to Ualonges whan they might And ther shewed sir Wylliam of Bordes and his company howe they had spedde by reason of a busshement and howe sir Olyuer of Clesquy was taken wherof all they that were ther were soore displeased howbeit they coude nat amende it Than sir Olyuer was ledde in to the castell of Chierbourg and he was shewed howe he shulde pay for his raunsome .x. thousande frankes These tidynges were anone knowen bothe in Englande and in Fraunce and so the mater abode styll long in the same estate SIr Olyuer of Clesquy was prisoner a longe season in Chierbourge in the kepyng of Johan Coq of Nauer who toke him yet sir Johan of Arundell had the profyte And afterwarde sir Olyuer made fynance for hymselfe and for all those that were taken with him but it was a long space first And whan the garison of Chierbourg â–ª was well refresshed than sir Johan Arundell departed and went agayn to â–ª Hampton wherof he was capitayne Ther abode styll in Chierdourg with sir JohnÌ„ Harlston capitayne there dyuers knyghtes of Englande as sir JohnÌ„ Coplande sir JohnÌ„ Bulle sir ThomÌ„s Bygorne dyuers other knightes squyers And they and other toke so good hede to the fortresse that it toke no domage ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of Chierbourc tyll tyme come therto agayne and let vs speke of sir Johan Neuyll seneshall of Burdeaulx and of his company sir Thomas Tryuet and other and howe they perseuered ¶ How the chylde of Castell and the spanyerdes lay at siege before Panpilone and of suche castelles as the englysshmen conquered out of the frenchmens handes Ca. CCC .xxxviii. THe lorde Neuyll beynge at Burdeur was well entourmed howe the chylde of Castell with a great nombre of spanyerdes had layde siege to the good towne of PaÌ„pylone and the vycont of Chastellon the lorde of Lescute Raymon of Ramesen and dyuers other were within and they coude here no certayne troynges of the kyng of Nauer wherof they hadde marueyle but they supposed shortely to here fro hym The couÌ„tremen of Burdeaur and ther about desyred the lorde Neuyll nat to departe out of the countre nor to suffre none of his
Hugh of Uynon and dyuers other knightes and squyers hauyng gret desyre to fight with their ennemyes And these capitayns knewe by their spyes that Helyot of Playsac was abrode was comynge to apere before Rochell to gette ther some pray Than all these lordes and knyghtes went out of Rochell in the euenyng well armed and on horsebacke and so toke the feldes And at their deê‘tyng they ordayned that in the next mornyng they shulde put out in to the feldes all their catell at adueÌ„ture and it was done as they deuysad And in the next mornyng Helyot of Playsac and his coÌ„pany came before Rochell to the barryers and some of their company gadered togyder all the catell they coude fynde made them to be driuen by them of the countre before them And they hadde nat driuen this catell the space of a leage but that the frenchmen a .ii. C. speares came sodaynly on them on a wyng of whome the englisshmen were nat ware and so came in at the speares poyntes amonge theÌ„ so at their first metynge ther were many cast to the erthe Than Helyot of Playsac sayde a fote a fote euery man Let vs nat natflye and let our horses go if the day be ours we shall haue horses ynowe and if it be agaynst vs we shall haue but a small losse of our horses Ther Helyot and his coÌ„pany a lighted a fote and put theÌ„self in good order In likewise so dyd the freÌ„chmen for they feared the sleyng of their horses Ther was a sore batayle and longe endured for they fought hand to hand ther was done many feates of armes many a one taken and rescued agayne Finally the poicteuyns xayntons had the vytorie their enemyes discoÌ„fyted nighe all slayne or taken but a fewe that scaped and the pray of catell agayne rescued and Helyote of Playsac taken prisoner and led to Rochell Anone after this adueÌ„ture these lordes of FraÌ„ce wente to the castell of Boutuyll whiche was anone taken for it was easy ynough to wynne for ther was none within to make any defence Thus was the castell of Botuyll frenche wher of all the countre had great ioye and Helyot of Plaisac was prisoner a long space after ¶ Howe the frenche kynges messanger was let of his vyage in to ScotlaÌ„de and of the debate that began bytwene the frenche king and therle of Flaunders Cap. CCC .xliii. IN the same season retourned in to Englande sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllyam Helman with dyuers other knightes and squyers suche as had ben in Spaine to ayde the kyng of Nauers warr And so they caÌ„e to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de who as than was at Chertsay and his two vncles the duke of Lancastre and therle of Cambridge with him And these knightes were ioyfully receyued of the kyng and these lordê and ther they were desyred to shewe some tidynges fro those parties And so they shewed all yâ— they knewe bothe of Spayne and of Nauer and of the peace made bytwene the two kyngê of spayne and Nauer And howe the kynge of Nauer had maryed Charles his eldest sonne to kyng HeÌ„ryes doughter and so fro poynt to poynt as the treatie was bytwene theÌ„ The duke of Lancastre and therle of Cambridge were right peÌ„syfe of those wordes for they thought named them selfe to be heyres of Spayne by ryght of their wyues Than they demauÌ„ded howe long it was syth kyng Henry the bastarde dyed and whider the spanyerdes had crowned JohnÌ„ his sonÌ„e or no. The knightes answered and sayd 〈◊〉 at the dethe of kyng Henry nor at the coconaâ—yon of Johan his sonne we were nat present for by that tyme we were come backe in to Nauer But sir here is an haraude was there preseÌ„t ye may knowe euery thyng by him and it please you Thau the heralde was called forthe and demaunded by the duke of Lancastre how the mater was He answered and sayde Sir at your request I shall she we you In the meane season whyle these noble meÌ„ were at PaÌ„pylone abyding the acomplysshment of the treatie the whiche was made by their goode wylles and leaues I taryed behynde styll with the kynge of Naâ—er wher as I had good chere bothe of hym and of his men And so I went with hym fro Paâ—pylone to saynt Domynikes agaynst whose comyng kynge Henry issued out of the towne with a goodly coÌ„pany and met vs with great signe of loue peace And ther the kyng of Nauer was gretly honoured by hym and all his and gaue him the same night an honest supper and after supper tidynges was brought to them howe that a great wylde Boore was lodged in the laundes therby And so it was ordayned that the next mornyng they shulde go and hunt the same Boore so they dyde at whiche huntyng ther was bothe kyngê and a great coÌ„pany the boore taken and against night they returned agayne with great loue to saynt Domynikes And the next day kyng Henry departed and went to Peter Ferando for a day that he had there agaynst his men and there he fell sicke and so dyed And the kyng of Nauer was comyng to warde hym to se hym there and by the way he herde worde of his dethe wherof he was right sorie and so retourned agayne and than I toke leaue of hym and wente in to Castell to knowe some tidynges ther. This kyng Henry dyed on Whitsonday And anone after the .xxv. day of July the day of saynt James and saynt Christofer Johan of Castell his eldest sonne was crowned king in the cathedrall churche in the cytie of Burgus At the whiche coronacion were all the barons and prelates of Spaygne of Galyce of Cordowayne and of â—euyll And all they sware there on the holy eâ—aâ—gelystê to take and mentayne hym for their kyng And there was made the same day two huÌ„dred and tenne newe knyghtes and many a great gyft gyuen The next mornynge with a great company of noble men he went to an abbey of ladyes withoute Burgus called â—urches And ther he herde masse and dyned and after dyner ther was great iustyng and the vycont of RoqÌ„bertyn of Arragon had the price than he returned agayne to Burgus And this feest endured .xv. dayes Than the duke of LaÌ„castre enquered if the kyng of Portingale was desyred to be ther ornat Sir ê™ the heraud he was desyred but for all that he was nat there nor wolde nat come thyder And as it was said he answered the messanger that came to hym howe he wolde nat go to the coronacyon of the sonÌ„e of a bastarde By my faithe ê™ the duke of Lancastre he was rightwell counsayled to say these wordes I can hym great thanke therfore I trust the mater shall nat longe abyde in that case For my brother and I wyll demauÌ„de that herytage wherof he calleth hym selfe kynge vs nowe And so they lefte talkynge and called for drinke ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of this mater and retourne to
this yonge erle of saynt Poule abode longe prisoner in Englande or he was delyuered It was of trouthe the kyng offred hym oft tymes in exchaÌ„ge for the captall of Buâ—z whyle he lyued but the frenche kyng nor the couÌ„sell of FrauÌ„ce wolde in no wyse here therof wherof yâ— kyng of Englande had great disdayne Thus the â—ater coÌ„tynued a long space and the yong erle styll prisoner in Englande in the fayre castell of Wynsore and he had so curtesse a kepar that he might go and sport him a haukyng bytwene Wynsore and WestmÌ„ he was beleued on his faythe The same season the princesse mother to kyng Richarde lay at Wynsore and her doughter with her my lady Maude the fayrest lady in all EnglaÌ„de therle of saynt Poule and this yong lady were in true amours togyder eche of other somtyme they met togyder at daunsynge and carollyng tyll at last it was spyed And than the lady discouered to her mother howe she loued faithfully the yong erle of saynt Poule Than there was a mary age spoken of bytwene therle of saynt Poule the lady Maude of Holande and so therle was set to his rauÌ„some to pay sixscore M. fraÌ„kes so that whan he had maryed the lady Maude than to be rebated threscore thousande and the other threscore thousande to pay And whan this couynant of maryage was made bitwene therle and the lady the kyng of Englande suffred the erle to repasse the see to fetche his raunsome on his onely promyse to retourne agayne within a yere after So the erle came in to Fraunce to se his frendes yâ— kyng therle of Flaunders the duke of Brabant and his cosyns in Fraunce In the same yere there was made an harde informacyon agaynst the erle of saynt Poule for it was layed to his charge that he shulde delyuer to thenglysshmen the strong castell of Bohaygne and so the frenche kyng caused him to be rested and kept in suretie and so the kynge shewed howe therle of saynt Poule wolde haue made an yuell treatie for hym and for the realme and the erle in no wyse coude be excused And also for the same cause there was kepte in prison in the castell of Mons in Heynaulte the lorde Chanon of Robersarte the lorde of Uertayne sir James Dusarte and Gerarde Dabyes but at length all that mater came to none effecte for there coulde nothynge be proued agaynst them and so they were delyuered than the yong erle retourned agayne in to Englande to acquyte him of his promyse and so wedded the lady and dyde so moche that he payed his threscore thousande frankes and so passed agayne the see But he entred nat in to FrauÌ„ce bycause the kyng loued him nat And so he and the couÌ„tesse his wyfe went and lay at the castell of Han on the ryuer of Ewre The whiche castell the lorde of Morâ—ane who hadde wedded his suster lent hym to lye in And there he laye as longe as kynge Charles of Fraunce lyued for the erle coude neuer gette his loue ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of this mater and retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce THe same season all Bretayne was kept close what agaynst the frenche kynge agaynst the duke Howe beit some of the good townes of Bretayn helde them selfe close in the dukes name and many had great marueyle yâ— they toke hym for their lorde And also dyuers knightes and squyers of Bretayne were of the same acorde And also ther was alyed to them the couÌ„tesse of Ponthyeute mother to the chyldren of Bretayne But sir Bertram of Clesqui constable of FrauÌ„ce the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycont of Rohan and the lorde of Rochfort They helde the countre in warre with the puyssance that came dayly to theÌ„ oute of FrauÌ„ce for at Pontorson at saynt Malo they le and there about lay a great nombre of men of armes of Fraunce of Normandy of Auuergne and of Burgoyne who dyde moche hurt in the couÌ„tre The duke of Bretayne who was in Englande had knowledge of euery thynge and howe the duke of Aniou was at Anger 's dayly distroyed his countre Also he had knowlege howe the good townes kept theÌ„ selfe close in his name and certayne knyghtes and squyers of the same parte wherof he conde them good thanke yet nat that withstaÌ„dyng he durst nat well trust in them to ieoparde to retourne in to Bretayne on the trust of his men for alwayes he douted of treason Also the kyng of Englande nor the duke of Lancastre wolde nat counsayle him to retourne Of the rencounters that were made in NormaÌ„dy and howe Geffray Tetenoyre and Amergot Marcell their coÌ„panyes toke dyuers castelles in Auuergne Cap. CCC .xlv. IN Normandy and in Burgoyne ther were in garyson sir Wylliam of Burdes who was chefe capiten ther and in his company the lytell seneschall of Ewe sir Wylliam Marsell sir BraqÌ„ of Braquemont the lorde of Torcy sir Percyuall Danyuall the begue of Dury sir LauÌ„celot of Lorrys and dyuers other knyght and squiers of the frenche partie And night day they ymagined howe they myght do domage to them of Chierbourg wherof sir JohnÌ„ Harlston was capitayne and they of the garyson of Chierbourg issued out oft tymes whan it pleased theÌ„ for whan they lyst they might ryde out in couerte and no man preuy to their issuynge out bycause of the great wodes that were nere to theÌ„ wherin they had made suche a way that they might ryde in to Normandy at their pleasure without danger of any frenchemen And so it fortuned in the same season that the french menne rode abrode and they of Chierbourge in lykewise none of them knowynge of other and so by aduenture they mette eche other at a place called Pastoy in the â—ode Than like valyant knightes desyringe to fight eche with other a lighted a fote all except sir Launcelotte of Lorrys who sat styll on his horse his speare in his hande and his shelde about his necke ther demaunded a course of iustyng for his ladyes sake Ther were ther that rightwell vnderstode him for ther were knightes and squiers of the englysshe parte in amours aswell as he was And as I vnderstode sir Johan Coplande a right hardy knight went to hym and so they ran togyder and rudely encouÌ„tred eche other But thenglysshe knight gaue sir LauÌ„celot suche a stroke on his shelde that the speare pearsed throughout his body and so was wouÌ„ded to dethe the which was great domage for he was a hardy knight yong and ioly ryght amorous and his dethe was sore complayned bothe ther and els where Than the englisshemen and frenchemen encountred togyder and fought hande to haÌ„de Ther were good knightes on the frenche parte as sir Wylliam of Burdes the lytell seneshall of Ewe sir WillmÌ„ Marsell sir Braque of Braquemont and dyuers other who fought ryght valyantly And also the englyshmen ther fought that day valiantly sir Johan Harlston sir Philypart
baylye answered sayd What nedeth all these wordes for a maryner Say quod the baylye who had to name Roger Dauterne to them of Gaunt that thoughe he were a richer man ten tymes than he is he shall neuer go out of prison without my lorde the erle commaunde it I haue puyssance to arest but I haue no powere to delyuer The wordes of this Roger Dauterne were reported to them of GauÌ„t wherwith they were sore displeased and sayd howe he had answered right proudely By these answeres and insydentes as well for the pyoners of Bruges who wolde haue dygged agaynst the herytage and profyte of Gaunt And for suche other semblable dedes wherby the fraunchesses of GauÌ„te shulde haue bene hurte There began to ryn throughe the towne and abrode in the countrey these vnhappy rybaudes called the whyte hattes to the entent to be the more feared and renomed For it behoueth in a lynage that there be some folysshe and outragyous to maynteyne and sustayne the peasable THe tidynges of this maryner burgesse of Gaunt beyng in the erles prison at Erclo whome the baylyâ— wolde nat delyuer spredde abrode in the towne of Graunte And dyuers folkes beganne to murmure and to saye howe it was nat to be suffred For in syttynge styll and beynge to softe in maynteyninge of their fraunchesse they might lese all the whiche hath ben so noble Johan Lyon who entended alwayes but to one thynge and that was to sette in trouble the towne of Gaunt agaynst the erle their lorde In suche wyse that he shulde nat apease it agayne but with moch sorowe and great dommage wherfore he was nothynge displeased of these aduentures but he wolde alwayes that for one of them there had fallen threttie He put forthe his wordes and couertlye dyde so we them throughe the towne Sayeng howe that whan soeuer offyces be bought in a towne the iurysdictyons and priuyleges canne nat be well kepte For the erle receyueth nowe yerely thre or four thousande frankes beyonde the olde vsage or customes wherby the marchauntes and maryners greatly complayneth theym and leaueth to resorte to the towne of Gaunt bothe they of Ualencennes of Doway of Lyle of Bethayne and of Tourney And this maye be a thynge wherby the towne may be lost for lytell and lytell daylye the frauÌ„chesses be takenne away and auncyent priuyleges and yet there is no manne dare speke agaynst it GIlbert Mahewe and the ruler of the meane craftê who was of Gylbertes ê‘te herde with their owne eares dayly suche wordes knew well howe they dyde ryse by Johan Lyon but they durst nat remedy it for Johan Lyon hadde sowed throughout the towne the whyte hattes and gyuen them to suche coÌ„panyons hardy and outragyous in such wyse that none durst assayle them And also Johan Lyon wente neuer alone â–ª for whan soeuer that he went out of his house he had euer with hym a two or thre hundred whyte hattes about him nor he neuer wente abrode in the towne without it hadde bene for a great cause â–ª for he was greatlye desyred to haue his counsayle on the insydentes that fell within Gaunt and without conseruynge the fraunchesse of the towne and lyberties therof And whan he was in couÌ„sayle than he wold shewe a generall word to yâ— people He spake in soo fayre rethorike by so great craft that suche as herde hym were gretlye reioysed of his langage And wolde say all with one voyce that all was true that he sayd By great prudence Johan Lyon sayd to yâ— people Sirs I say nat that we shulde hurt or my nysshe any parte of my lorde the erles enherytaÌ„ce for though we wolde we cannaâ— For reason iustyce wolde nat suffre vs. Nor that we shulde seke any crafte or incydent wherby we shulde be in his displeasur or indygnacion for we ought alwayes to be in loue and fauoure with our prince and lorde and my lorde therle of FlauÌ„ders is our good lorde and a right hye prince feared and renomed and alwayes hath kepte vs in peace and prosperyte The whiche thynges we ought to knowe and to suffre the more largely More bouÌ„de we are therto than if he had traueyled vs or displeased vs or made warre or hared vs and to haue put to his payne to haue our goodes But howe soeuer it be at this present tyme he is yuell couÌ„sayled or enformed agaynst vs and agaynst the fraunchesses of the good towne of Gaunte In that they of Bruges be more in his fauoure than we It apereth well by the pioners of Bruges that he beyng there they came to take away our herytage and to take away the ryuer wherby oure towne of Gaunt shulde be distroyed And also he wolde haue made a castell at Donse agaynst vs to bring vs in danger and to make vs weaker And I knowe well howe they in Bruges had promysed hym in tyme paste tenne or .xii. thousande frankes yerely to haue to theym the easment of the ryuer of Lys. Therfore I counsayle lette this good towne of Gaunt sende to the erle some sadde and discrete personages to shewe hym boldely all these maters as well touchynge the burgesse of Gaunt in prisone in Erclo the whiche his baylye wyll nat delyuer as all other maters wherwith the good towne of Gaunte is nat content And also these matters herde than lette it be shewed hym also that he nor his counsayle thynke that we be so dull or deed but yâ— if nede be we may if we lyst make resystence there agaynst And so his aunswere ones herde Than the good towne of Gaunte maye take aduyse to punysshe the trespasse on them that shall be founde culpable agaynst theÌ„ And whanne Johan Lyon hadde shewed all these wordes to the people in the market place euery man sayd he saythe well And than went home to their owne howses At these woordes thus spoken by JohnÌ„ Lyon Gylbert Mahewe was nat presente for he douted the whyte hattes but his brother Stenuart was there alwayes â–ª he prophesyed of tyme to come whan he was retourned to his brother he sayd I haue alwayes sayde and say yet agayne howe yâ— JohnÌ„ Lyon shall distroy vs all Cursed be the hour yâ— ye had nat let me alone for I had slayne him he shulde neuer haue ouercoÌ„e vs nor coÌ„e soo lyghtly vp And nowe it is nat in our puyssance nor we dare nat anoy nor greue hym He is as nowe more greatter in the towne than the erle Gylbert answered and sayde Holde thy pease fole for whan I wyll with the erles puyssance all the whyte hattes shall be cast downe And suche there be that bereth them nowe that here after shall haue no nede of any hatte SO than there were charged certayne burgesses to go ambassade to the erle of the saddest men of the towne Gylbert Mahewe was one of them that was chosen to go and that caused Johan Lyon to the entent that if they spake any thynge contrary to the
withoute the realme to haue therby more alyaunce Than was there spekyng of the doughter of the kynge of Boesme and Almayne and emperour of Rome And to that aduyse euery man was agreed Than to go in to Almayne to treate for this mariage was seÌ„t a right sage and a valyant knight who had ben the kynges mayster and was nere of counsayle alwayes with the prince of Wales the kynges father called sir Symonde Burle And so was ordayned for hym all thynges necessarie for his iourney and than he departed and arryued at Calayes and so to Grauellyng and than to Bruselles and there he founde duke Uyncelant of Brabant and duke Aubert the erle of Bloyes and the erle of saynt Poule sir Wylliam MaÌ„lye And a great noÌ„bre of knightes of Heynalt of Brabant and of other places For ther was a great feest and iustynge kepte therfore there were all these lordê asseÌ„bled The duke of Brabant and the duchesse for the kyng of Englandes sake receyued the knyght ryght honourably And whan they knewe the cause wherfore he went in to Almayne they were right gladde therof and sayde That it shulde be a goodlye maryage bytwene the kynge of Englande and their nephue And at the knyghtes departyng they sent letters by hym to the kyng of Almayne shewynge hym howe they hadde great desyre and affectyon that this maryage shulde take a good effecte Than the knyght departed fro Bruselles and went to Louuayne and so to go to Colayne ¶ Howe the englysshmen that were sent in to Bretayne were tourmented on the see and howe the gauÌ„toise desyred to haue the erle of Flaunders their lorde to coÌ„e dwell in their towne of Gaunt Cap. CCC .lvi. THe same season it was ordayned in Englande by the kyng and his counsaile that two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers shulde goo in to Bretayne And the chyefe capitayne of that iourney shulde be sir Johan AruÌ„dell and with hym shulde go sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Banystre sir Thomas Tryuet sir Water Pole sir Johan Bourchyer the lorde Ferres and the lorde Basset All these knyghtes drewe to Hampton and whan they hadde wynde they entred in to their shyppes and departed The first day the wynde was reasonable good for theÌ„ but agaynst night the wynde tourned contrary to theÌ„ and whyder they wolde or nat they were driuen on the cost of Cornwall The wynde was so sore and streynable that they coulde caste none ancre nor also they durst nat In the mornyng the wynde brought them in to the yrisshe see and by the rage of the tempest thre of their shyppes brast and wente to wrake wherin was sir Johan Arundell sir Thomas Banystre and sir Hughe Caurell a hundred men of armes Of the whiche hundred fourscore were drowned and sir Johan Arundell their capitayne was their perysshed whiche was great domage and sir Hugh Caurell was neuer in his lyfe before soo nyghe his dethe for all that euer was in his shyppe excepte hym selfe and seuyn maryners were all drowned For he and the seuyn maryners that were saued toke holde of tables mastes and the strength of the wynde brought them to the sandes Howebeit they hadde dronke waterr ynoughe wherof they were ryght sicke and yuell at ease Out of this daunger escaped sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Johan Bourchyer the lorde Ferres the lorde Basset and dyuers other but they were sore tourmented in gret parell And after that this tempest was ceased they retourned agayne to Hampton and went backe agayne to the kynge and his vncles and recounted all their aduentures wenyng to theÌ„ that sir Hughe Caurell had ben drowned with the other How be it that was nat so for he was gone sicke to London Thus brake vp that iorney wherby the duke of Bretayne coude haue no comforte of the englysshemen whiche was ryght contraryous to hym For all that season and the wynter folowyng the freÌ„chmen made hym right sore warre and the bretons As sir Olyuer Clysson and his company toke the towne of DynaÌ„t in Bretayne by reason of vessels and barges And so the towne was pylled and robbed and was kept agaynst the duke a long season after ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the busynesse of Flaunders WHan the peace was agreed bitwene the erle of Flaunders and them of Gaunt by the meanes of the duke of Burgoyne wherby he gat him selfe moche thanke in the countre The entent and pleasure of them of GauÌ„t was to haue their lorde therle of FlauÌ„ders to dwell with theÌ„ in Gaunt and there to kepe his householde The erle also was counsayled by the prouost of Hardebeque and of theÌ„ that were nexte about hym to do so wherby he shulde norisshe great loue bytwene hym and them of Gaunt The erle laye styll at Bruges and came nat to Gaunt wherof they had great marueyle and specially the good and rychmen of Gaunt and suche as were sage and wyse for they desyred nothyng but peace But the palyerdes white hattes and suche as desyred rather stryfe and debate they cared nothyng for the erles comynge For they knewe well that yf he came they shulde priuely be corrected at laste for the yuell dedes that they had done Nat withstandynge that they were in this doubte yet they that had the gouernyng of the lawe the couÌ„saylers and good men of the towne wolde for any thynge that he shulde come thyder and that they shuld go and requyre him so to do For they thought they had no ferme peace without the erle came thyder And so ther was ordayned .xxiiii. men to go to Bruges to shewe to the erle the great affection that they had to haue him and so they deê‘ted honorably as it aparteyned for them the shulde go for their lorde and it was sayd to theÌ„ by them of the towne Sirs retourne neuer agayne to Gaunt without ye bring therle with you for if ye do ye shall fynde the gates closed agaynst you Thus these burgesses of Gaunt rode forthe towarde Brugê and bytwene Bruges and Donsay they herde say howe the erle was comynge to Gauute warde wherof they were right ioyouse And they hadde nat ryden past a leage farther but that they mette the erle in the feldes Than the burgesses stode styll on bothe sydes of the waye and so the erle and all his company passed through them As he passed by the burgesses enclyned them selfe ryght lowe and humbly and made great reuereÌ„ce to the erle The erle rode through them without any great regardyng of them but a lytell putte his hande to his hat nor all they way he made to theym no semblant So the erle rode on the one syde and the gauÌ„toise on the other tyll they came to Donse and there they rested for the erle dyde dyne there And the gauntoyse wente to other lodgynges and dyned also ANd after dyner the gauntoyse in good array came to the erle kneled aldowne before him for therle sat And there they
mater as ye haue harde before And whan the lordes had Well vnderstande hym they answered Sayenge in the kynges name We thanke our cosyn the kynge of Portingale that he putteth hym selfe so foreward in our besynes in that he maketh warre agaynst our aduersary and that he requireth is reasonable Wherfore he shall hastely haue ayde and the kynge shall take aduise howe it shall be ordered And so as than there were no mo Wordes This knyght straunger for the loue of these tydynges that he had brought pleasaunt to the duke of Lancastre and to the erle of Cambridge he was feasted and dyned with the kynge and so taried the space of .xv. dayes tyll the vtas of saynt George Where as the kynge and his vncles were And thyther was comesyr Robert of Namure to se the kyng and to make his relef for that he helde of the kynge in Inglande Than was there the parliament and counsaile assigned to be at WestmÌ„ I shall tell you why as well for the besynes of Portingale the whiche was a newe mater as for other for the truce was expired the fyrst day of June and so there was a great counsaile of the prelates and barones of England howe they shuld ordre all these mats And so they were in mynd to send the duke of Lancastre into Portingale and some sayd it was a farre and a longe voyage to sende hym thyther And if he went they myght happe to repent it for they vnderstode that the scottes made great apparell to entre in to England And sothan it was determined in theyr couÌ„saile that the duke of Lancastre who knewe well the marches of Scotland and the dealyng of the scottis And it was thought that they wolde sooner fall at a treatie with hym rather than With any other great lorde of all England and howe that the scottes wolde do more for hym than for any other And how that the erle of Cambrydge with .v. C. speares and as many archers shulde goo in to Portingale And if that the duke of Lancastre coulde do somoche with the scottes with the honour of the realme that a truce might be had to endure .iii. yere than he myght well go into Portingale about the moneth of Auguste or Septembre if the kynge and his couÌ„sayle thought it best and so therby to enforce the Army of hys brother Also there was a nother poynt Wherfore the duke of Lancastre went nat out of Englande Bicause the kynge of Englande had sente certayne messaÌ„gers with the duke of Tasson and the Arche bysshoppÌ„ of Rauenne to the kynge of Almayne to haue his syster to wyfe orelles to knowe howe the mater shulde stande For ther had be longe treatye therof more than the space of a yere Of Englande there was the bysshop of saynt Dauys syr Symond Burle to haue a conclusion of this matier if they myght And so to this counsayle accorded the kynge and all the lordes And so the parliament brake vp on this poynt and there were named and wrytten the barones and knyghtes that shulde go in to Portyngale with the erle of Cambridge ¶ Howe the Erle of Cambrydge departed oute of Englande to goo in to Portyngale And howe the comons of Englande rebelled agaynst the noble men Cap. CCC .lxxxi. THe duke of Lancastre ordered his busynes and departed fro the kyng and fro his brethernÌ„ And at his goyng he sware to his brother the erle of Cambrydge that at his returnyng out of Scotlande he wolde ordre so his busynes that he wold hastely folowe hym into Portyngale if there were no great cause to lette Thus the duke of Lancastre departed toward Scotland but with his owne men And at the same laste parliameÌ„t holden at London it was ordeyned that ser HeÌ„ry Percy erle of NorthuÌ„berlaÌ„de shulde be wardeyn of all the lande of NorthuÌ„berland and of the bysshopriche of Duram and fro thens into Wales to the ryuer of seuerne And so he departed fro LoÌ„den to go to his charge that was a xv dayes after that the duke of Lancastre was departed Also thaÌ„ departed fro the kynge and fro therle of Buckyngham his brother the erle of Cambrydge to go towardes his voyage in to Portyngale And so made prouysion about Ploumoth and vstayled his shyppes and toke with hym his wyfe the lady Isabell his sone JohnÌ„ his entent was to bryng them into Portingale the whiche he accoÌ„plisshed And with the erle of Cambrydge were these lordes First the lord Mathue Gornay constable of the host the lorde Chanon Robsard the lorde JohnÌ„ of new castell the lord WyllmÌ„ BeauchaÌ„pe marshall of thost the Souldic of Lestrade the lord of Barrere the lorde Chalebore sir WillmÌ„ Helmon ser Thomassymon Mylles wyndesore sir JohnÌ„ of CaÌ„derut and diuers other to the nombre of v. C. men of armes and as many archers So these lordes and theyr men came to Ploumoth and lodged there about abyding for wynde lytle and lytell shypped all their stuffe but they toke with them no horses bicause the way was farre a sondre bytwene Englande Lucebone in Portingale and the Portingale knyght was alwayes styll in their coÌ„panye And so they taried ther .iii. wekes abydynge for wynde the which was contrary to them Ja the meane tyme the duke of Lancastre went toward Scotlande so came to the cyte of Berwike the next towne to Scotland of all England And whan he was ther he rested hym and sent an haralde of armes in to Scotland towarde the barons ther. shewyng them howe he was come thyder to speke with theÌ„ on the marches as the vsage had ben before And if they wolde come treat with him to send hym worde or elles he knewe ryght well what to do The harauld departed and rode to Edenbourg wher kyng Robert of Scotland therle Duglas the erle de la Marc the erle Morette and the other lordes of Scotland were assembled together For they hadde knowledge how the duke of Lancastre was comyng thyder to treat with them wherfore they were assembled in the chife towne of Scotland ioynyng to the fronters of England And ther the harauld dyd his message was well herde at length and he had aunswere that they were well content to here the duke speke And so the harauld brought a salueconduct for the duke his company to endure as longe as he were in the marches and comuned togyder Thus the harald retourned to Berwyke shewed howe hesped And so the duke depted fro Berwyke left all his ê“uision behynd hym in the towne and so went to Rosebourge and there lodgyd And the next day he went lodged at the abbey of Mamos on the ryuer yt was an abbey that departed England Scotland a sundre there the duke taryed and his coÌ„pany tyll the scottes were come to Monbanne .iii. lytle myle thens whan they were come thyder they sent worde to the duke Thus the treatie began bytwene the Scottes and Englysshmen the whiche endured a
at the gates the lorde of DaÌ„ghien and his company And whan they of the towne sawe that their towne was lost without recouery they fledde out at the gates wher as none of their enemyes were and so euery man saued hym selfe that myght There was great murdre of men women and chyldren for ther was none taken to mercy Ther were mo than v. C. men of the towne slayne and a great noÌ„bre of olde people men and women brent lyeng in their beddes whiche was great pytie For they sette fyre in the towne in mo than thre hundred places wherby the hole towne was brent churches and all nothynge left hole Thus GrauÌ„tmont was prosecuted and put to fyre and flame than the lorde Danghien retourned in to thost to the Erle of Flaunders who gaue hym great thanke for his dede and sayde Fayre sonne ye are a valyant man and shall be if god be pleased a good knight for yehaue a gode begining AFter the distructyon thus of the towne of Grauntmont on a sonday in the monethe of June whyle the siege lay stylle before Gaunt This lorde of DaÌ„ghien called Water wolde neuer lye in rest in his lodgyng but euery day sought for adueÌ„tures Some day with a great noÌ„bre and some daye with so fewe that he durst nat parceyuer in his enterprise So that nere euery day there was by hym or by the Hase of Flaunders done some aduenture And so it fortuned that on a tuesday in the mornyng the lorde Danghien was yssued out of his logyng and the lorde of Montigny in his company ser Mychell of Hamsede his cosyn the bastarde of Danghien his brother Julyen of Toyson Hutyn Donay and dyuers other They went to scrimisshe before Gaunt as they were wont to do aduentured theÌ„selfe so farre that they toke no good therby For they of Gaunt hadde layde a sore busshment before their towne mo than a huÌ„dred pykes And some sayd there was in this busshmeÌ„t suche as had fledde fro grauÌ„tmont whan it was wonne Their entente was set on nothyng els but howe they might trap the lorde DaÌ„ghien to be reuenged on hym for the domage yâ— he had done to them They thought euer that he was free and hardy and wolde aduenture him selfe largely And as they thought so it came to passe whiche was more pyte The lorde Danghien and his rout toke no hede tyll they were enclosed with the gauntoyse who escryed them to dethe Than the lorde DaÌ„ghyen demaunded counsayle of the lorde of MoÌ„tigny who was by hym Than sir Eustace MoÌ„tigny answered and sayd It is nowe to late to take couÌ„sayle let vs defeÌ„de our selfe sell our lyues derely or we dye there is none other remedy Than these knyghtê made the signe of the crosse before them and recoÌ„mended them selfe to god and to saynt George And so entred in amonge their enemies for they coude nat flye they wer so forwarde in the enbusshe And so there they dyde dedes of armes as well as they might but they coude nat longe endure for their enemyes were a hundred agaynst one And a great nombre of long pykes wherwith the gauÌ„toise gaue great strokes and peryllous as it well apered Ther was the lorde Danghien slayne and by hym his bastarde brother and Gyles of Toyson and dyuers other valyant knightê of Haynalte And the lorde of Montigny saynt Christophe and sir Michell of Hamsede sore hurte And he had ben slayne without doute and Hutyn Donay by force of armes hadde nat saued hym And yet he had moche payne to saue him Howe be it in the meane tyme that the gauÌ„tois were about to dysarme the knyghtes that they had slayne to the entent to beare them into the to wne of Gaunt For they knewe well they had slayne the lorde Danghien wherof they hadde great ioye In the meane tyme Hutyn Donay brought out of the prese and parell sir Mychell Hamsede ¶ Thus this iourney fortuned agaynst the lorde DaÌ„ghien It is nat to be douted but that the Erle of Flaunders had for his dethe great sorowe the whiche he well shewed bycause for the loue of him he brake vp his siege before Gaunte And night and day made great soro we for his dethe and sayd O Water Water my fayreson What aduenture is this thus to fall on you in your youthe I wyll that euery man knowe that they of Gaunte shall neuer haue peace with me tyll I haue so great amen des that it shall suffyce Than the erle sende to Gaunt to haue agayne the body of the lorde of Danghien the whiche the gauÌ„toyse wolde nat delyuer Than the erle sende them a thousande frankes to haue his body the whiche the gauntoyse dyde departe amonge themselfe And so the body of the lorde of DaÌ„ghien was brought in to the hoost and so was sente to Anghien the towne wherof he was lorde THus for the loue of the yong lorde of Danghien thesege brake vp before Gaunte And than the erle departed and wente to Bruges and gaue leaue to all his people to departe and sende a certayne to his fortresses in Flaunders As Gaures Andewarpe Teremonde and Curtray and all about in the fortresses nere to Gaunt And the erle sende to the legeoys shewynge them bycause the ycoÌ„forted Gaunt with vitayle and other prouisyon therfore he had broken vp his siege Desyringe theÌ„ no more to coÌ„fort theÌ„ with any vitayle They of Liege answered proudely that they wolde be aduysed what they wolde do Of them of â—ayn ton of Huy and of Dygnet therle coude haue none other answere How be it he sent to his cosyns the duke of BrabaÌ„t and the duke Aubert bayly of Heynalte of Holande and of zelande dyuers messangers right sage knyghtê they to shewe hym how the towne of GauÌ„t is styll in their erroure by the occasyon of the great confort that they of Gaunt hath by their people countreis In bringynge dayly to them fresshe vitayle desyring theÌ„ therfore to prouyde for a râ—medy These two lordê who wolde nat gladlye do anythyng to the displeasure of their cosyn the erle Excused them selfe honestly sayd howe they knewe nothynge therof before But fro thens forthe they wolde loke therto and set a good order This answere was suffycient to the Erle of Flaunders The duke Aubert who as than was in Holande wrote to his bayly in Heynalte sir Symone de la Layne and sende hym the copy of the erles letters and yâ— request that the erle had made to hym And besyde that he commaunded him that he shulde so deale in the countre of Heynalt that he here no more tidingê of displeasure towarde therle of FlaÌ„ders his cosyn For if he dyde he wolde nat be content The baylye obeyed as it was reason and dyde his commaundement throughe all Haynalte commaundynge them in no wyse to cary any vitayle or any maner of thynge to Gaunte If they dyde they shulde ronne greatly in the dukes displeasur A lyke crye
it coulde nat longe endure but the they must dye for famyne for all their garners were voyd and the people coulde gette no breed for no money And whan any breed was baken in the towne they were fayne to kepe it by stronge hande or els the comon people that dyed for hunger wolde haue taken it byforce It was great pyte to se and to here the poore people bothe men women and chyldren ye suche as were right notable fell in this dauÌ„ger And euery day encreased the complayntes wepynges and cryes made to Phylyp Dartuell their souerayne capitayne Who had of them great pytie and compassyon and made many good orders wherof he was greatly praysed For he caused the garners of the abbeys to be opened and of ryche men and sette a resonable price of the corne wherby the towne was greatly conforted some corne ther came to them by stelthe out of Holande and zelande and tonnes full of flower and bysket breed the whiche greatly conforted them for they hadde bene longe discomfyted before if they had nat bene comforted by these sayd couÌ„treys It was defeÌ„ded in all Brabant by the duke the on payne of dethe they shulde cary any thyng to Gaunt but if they of Gaunt wolde ieoparde to fetche any thaÌ„ they myght gyue them or sell to them at their pleasure And whan the tyme of lent came than were they in great dystresse for they had no lenton stuffe Than ther departed out of the towne a .xii. thousande of sowdyers and suche as had nothyng to lyue by but were ouercome with famyne And so they came to the towne of Brusels the towne closed their gates agaynst them for they feared them they knewe nat their thoughtes WhanÌ„e they were nere to Brusels they sende a certayne of their coÌ„pany vnarmed to the gate of the towne and there they desyred them of the towne for godsake to haue pytie of them as to suffer them to haue vitayle for their money Saynge howe they dyed for hunger And sware howe they thought none yuell too them nor to the couÌ„trey about The good men of Brusels had pytie on theÌ„ and brought them vytayle for their money so they passed their tyme about in the countrey the space of thre wekes but they coulde entre in to no good towne And so they came to Louayn who had pytie on them and dyde them moche good and refresshyng Their capitayne and leader was FrauÌ„ces Atreman he made the treaties for theÌ„ with the good townes And in this season while they of Gaunt lay in the marches of Louayne their capitayne spake with the maysters of the cytie of Lyege and they had compassyon on them and so had the bysshoppe of Liege sir Arnolde Darcle and promysed them to sende to the erle of Flaunders and to do so moche as to make their peace sayeng vnto theÌ„ A ye good men of Gaunt if the couÌ„trey of Lyege were as nere to you as Brabant is or Haynalte ye shuld be otherwyse comforted by vs than ye be by them to maynteyne your fraunches Howe beit we shall ayde you as moche as we maye We wyll that ye that be marchauntes and vse marchandyse may go and come through the couÌ„trey as it is reason to the soÌ„me of fyue or sire hundred cartes laded with corne so that the owners of the corne may be truly payed therfore they wyl suffer our marchaundyse to passe thorowe Brabant they and we are at a peace And though it be so that Brusels be closed we knowe it well it is more for feare than for any yuell wyll for they haue of you great coÌ„passyon but the duke of Brabant and the duches at the desyre of their cosyn the erle of Flaunders inclyneth rather to his parte than to yours as it is reason for all wayes great lordes wyll holde eche with other Of these offers and loue that the legeoyse offered to the gauntoyse they were therof greatly reioysed and thanked them hertlye and sayd howe of suche people frendes the gauntoyse had great nede FRaunces Atreman and the burgesses of Gaunt that were in the cyte of Liege toke leue of the maysters of Liege who ordayned certayne men to go with them in to the countrey to gette them chares and so in two dayes they had a sixe hundred charged with corne wherof they had moost nede And so they wente forthe with their caryage passed bytwene Louayn and Brusels And whanÌ„e Fraunces Atreman came to his company he shewed them the loue and courtesy the they of Liege had offred them and offereth yet to do and moreouer he sayde howe he wolde go to Brusels to speke with the duches of Brabant and to desyre her to fynde some meanes howe the good towne of Gaunt myght haue peace with the erle of Flaunders And so he sent vnto her to knowe her pleasure and she was contente that he shulde come and speke with her and so he went to Brusels The same tyme the duke of Brabant was at Lusenburge And so this FrauÌ„ces and thre with him entred in to Brusels and so came to the duches to her lodgyng at Coleberge The duches had parte of her counsayle about her Than Fraunces Atreman kneled downe before her sayd Ryght honorable and dere lady through your benygne grace may it please you to haue pyte and compassion of theÌ„ of Gaunt who can come to no mercy with the erle of Flaunders by no meanes right dere lady if by your meanes ye coude cause my lorde therle to discende to some reason and to haue pytie of these poore men of Gaunt ye shulde do herin a great almes dede and madame they of Liege wolde gladly help therto to the best of their powers Than the lady aunswered ryght humbly and sayd Howe that the discencyon bytwene her cosyn the erle and them of Gaunt displeased her right greatly and howe that longe or that tyme she wolde gladly there had bene a peace bytwene them if she could haue founde any meanes howe But also she sayd A ye sirs of Gaunt ye haue so oft tymes displeased hym haue holden so marueylous opynioÌ„s agaynst him which hath caused him to susteyne styll his displeasur agaynst you howbeit for goddessake and for pytie I shall enploy me herin to do the best I can I shall sende to him desyring that he wyll come to Tourney and there shall be my counsayle and do you somoche that ye may haue ther the counsayle of Haynalte and of Liege as ye say they wyll ye truely madame ê™ he so they haue promysed vs. well ê™ the duches and ye shall se that I shall do the best I can Madame quod they god rewarde you both bodely and gostly and so tooke their leaue and departed fro Brusels and so came to their company chariotes who taryed for theÌ„ And than they dyd so moch that they came to their towne of Gaunt WHan the tydinges came to GauÌ„t that their men were retourned and hadde
moche for our sakes that they went to him to Bruges there they founde hym who made theÌ„ great chere as they sayd and harde well their message but he answered theÌ„ sayd that for the honoure of their lordes and for the loue of his suster the lady of Brabant he sayd He wolde sende his couÌ„sayle to Tourney with in fyue or sixe dayes after so well instructed by him that they shulde playnly shewe the full of his entencyon and mynde Other aunswere coude they none haue and so they retourned a gayne to vs to Tourney and than the day assygned by therle there came fro hym to Tourney the lorde of Ranessels the lord of Goutris sir Johan Uillayns and the prouost of Harlequebec And ther they shewed graciously their lordes wyll and certayne arest of this warre howe the peace myght be had â–ª bytwene the erle and the towne of Gaunt Fyrst determynatly they sayd therle wyll yâ— euery man in the towne of Gaunt except prelates of churches and religions all that be aboue the age of .xv. yere â–ª and vnder the age of .lx. that they all in their shirtes bare heeded bare foted with haulters about their neckes auoyde the towne of Gaunt And so go a .xii. myle thens in to the playne of Burlesquans And there they shall mete the Erle of Flaunders acompanyed with suche as it shall please hym And so whaÌ„ he seyth vs in that case holdyng vp our handes and cryeng for mercy than he shall haue pytie and compassyon on vs if it please hym But sirs I can nat knowe by the relacion of any of his counsayle but that by shamefull punycion of iustyce there shall suffre dethe the moost parte of the people that shall appere there that day Nowe sirs coÌ„syder well if ye wyll come to peace by this meanes or nat Whan Philyp Dartuell had spoken these wordes it was great pytie to se men women and chyldren wepe and wryng their handê for loue of their fathers bretherne husbandes neyghbours And after this tourmeÌ„t and noyse Philyp Dartuell began agayne to speke and said Pease sirs pease and in contynent euery man was styll Than he began to speke and sayde A ye good people of Gaunt ye be her nowe assembled the moost parte ye haue harde what I haue sayde Sirs I se none other remedy but shorte counsayle for ye knowe well what necessyte we be in for lacke of vitayle I am sure there be .xxx. thousande in this towne that dyd eate no breed this â—v dayes passed sirs of thre thynges we must of necessyte do the one The fyrst is if ye wyll let vs enclose ourselfe in this towne and mure vp all our gates and thaÌ„ confesse vs clene to god and lette vs entre into the churches misters and so let vs dye for famyn repeÌ„tant of our synnes lyke martyrs and such people as noo man wyll haue mercy of yet in this a state god shall haue mercy of our soules and it shal be sayd in euery place where it shall be herde that we be deed valyauntly and lyke true people Or els secondly let vs all men women and chyldren go with halters about our neckes in our shyrtes crye mercy to my lorde the erle of Flaunders I thynke his herte wyll nat be so indurate as whan he seyth vs in that a state but that his hert wyll molefy and take mercy of his people and as for my selfe I wyll be the fyrst of all to a pease his displeasure I shall present my heed and be content to dye for them of Gaunt Or els thyrdly let vs chose out in this towne fyue or sixe thousande men of the moste able and best apoynted and let vs go hastely and assayle the erle at Bruges and fyght with hym and if we dye in this voiage At the least it shal be honourable and god shall haue pytie of vs. and all the world shall say that valiantly and truly we haue kept maynteyned our quarell And in this batayle if god wyll haue pytie of vs as aunciantly he put his puissance in to the handes of Nabugodonosor duke and mayster of his chyualry by whome the assyrience were discomfyted Than shall we be reputed the moost honorable people that hath raygned syth the dayes of the romayns Nowe sirs take good hede whiche of these thre weyes ye wyll take for one of theÌ„ must ye nedes take Than suche as were next hym and had harde hym best said A ser all we haue our trust in you to couÌ„sayle vs. and sir loke as ye couÌ„sayle vs so shall we folowe By my faythe ê™ Philyppe than I counsayle you let vs go with an army of men agaynst the erle we shall fynde hym at Bruge And as soone as he shall knowe of our comynge he wyll issue out to fyght with vs by the pride of them of Bruges and of such as be aboute hym who nyght and daye enfourmeth and styreth hym to fyght with vs. And if god wyll by his grace that we haue the victory and disconfyte our enemyes than shall we be recouered foreuer and the moost honoured people of the worlde and if we be disconfyted we shall dye honourably and god shall haue pyte of vs. and therby all the other people in Gaunt shall escape and the erle wyll haue marcy on them and therw t they all answerd with one vocye we wyll do thus we wyll do thus we wyll make none other ende Than Philyppe aunswered and sayd Sirs if it be your wylles to do thus than retourne home to your howses and make redy your harnesse for to morowe somtyme of the day I wyll that we departe out of Gaunt and go towarde Bruges for the abyding here is nothynge for vs profytable and within fyue dayes we shall knowe if we shall dye or lyue with honoure and I shall sende the constables of euery parysshe fro howse to howse to chose out the moost able and best apoynted men IN this a state euery man departed out of the market place and made theÌ„ redy and this wednysday they kept the towne so close that nother man nor woman entred nor issued out of the towne tyll the thursday in the mornyng that euery man was redy suche as shulde departe And they were to the nombre of .v. thousand men and nat past and they had with them two hundred chares of ordynaunce and artyllary and but .vii. cartes of vitayle fyue of bysket breed and two tonne of wyne for in all they hadde but two tonne and left no more behynd them in the towne This was a harde departynge and they that were lefte behynde were hardly bestadde It was pytie to beholde them that went forthe And they that abode behynde sayde to them sirs nowe at your departure ye knowe what ye leaue behynde you but neuer thynke to come hyder agayne without ye come with hono r for if it be otherwyse ye shall fynde here no thynge For as soone as we here
land and by water for they were lordes of all the countrey of FlauÌ„ders for alwayes for wynning of money the countreys of Flaunders Holande zelande and Brabant and also parte of Haynault by stelthe brought euer vitayles to their hoost This Philyp dartuell had euer his courage more englisshe than french and wolde gladly that he had ben alyed with yâ— kyng of Englande Wherby he thought that if the frenche kynge or duke of Burgoyne came on him with an army that he shulde be ayded by the englysshmen He had all redy in his hoost a. CC. archers of Englande the whiche were stolen out of yâ— garyson of Calys so toke wages ther of him and were wekely payed ¶ Of the messangers that Philyppe Dartuell sent in to Englande and also in to Fraunce and of the deth of sir Parducas Dalbret Cap. iiii C .vii. PHilyp Dartuell to the entent to coloure his dedes to knowe what was sayde of hym in FrauÌ„ce He determyned to write in the name of the hole countre of Flaunders to the freÌ„che kyng submytting them selfe requyring yâ— kyng to takâ— some busynes for theÌ„ as to bring theÌ„ agayne iâ— to parfyte loue with their lorde the erle of FlauÌ„ders So thus he wrote certayne letters to the kyage and to his counsayle and delyuered theÌ„ to a messanger Commaundyng hym to go to the kynge with the letters and so he dyde And rode so long that he came to saynt Lyse where he founde the kynge and his vncles to whome he delyuered his letters The kyng toke reed his letter in the presens of his vncles and of his counsayle Assoone as they were reed and well vnderstande they dyde nothynge but laughed therat And thanÌ„e it was ordayned to take the messanger and to set hym in prison bycause he was come to the presens of the kyng wtout any saue conduct so ther he remayned more than thre wekes Whan Philyppe Dartuell knewe it he had great indygnacion therat and caused to come before hym all the capitayns of the hoost and than he sayd to them Sirs ye may se what honour the frenche kynge dothe to vs sythe we haue written to hym so amyably and ther vpon he hath recayned our messenger and kepeth hym in prison Certainly this constrey neth vs sore to be alyed with the englisshmen for thynke nat the contrary but that the duke of Burgoyne who is all in Fraunce and leadeth the kyng there as he lyst hym selfe for the kyng is but a chylde thynke you that he wyll leaue this mater as it is nay surly â–ª ensample by our messanger whome he kepeth in prisone Wherfore we haue good cause to sende in to England as wel for the comon weale of FlauÌ„ders as for our suretye and to gyue dout and feare to our enemyes Therfore I wolde we shulde sende a ten or .xii. of the most notablest of our men wherby the knowledge therof might come in to FrauÌ„ce so that the kyng ther and his counsayle shulde thynke how we wyll alye our selfe with yâ— kyng of Englande their aduersary how beit I wyll nat that the same alyance be shortly made without we haue more nede thanne we haue as yet but I wolde our men shulde entre in to a communicacyon and so to doo we haue iust cause and to demaunde of the kyng of Englande the soÌ„me of two huÌ„dred thousande crownes which somme Jaques Dartuell my father and the countrey of FlauÌ„ders lent somtyme to the kyng of Englande whyle he was before Tourney at the siege to pay therwith his sowdyers and so I wolde our men shulde say to the kyng of Englande and to his vncles and to his counsayle howe that generally all the countye of Flaunders and the good townes therof suche as lent the sayd soÌ„me desyreth to haue agayn the sayd soÌ„me And so that done than to offre the kynge of England to enter into Flaunders and so into FrauÌ„ce if he lyst For surely I thynke it were bett for vs to ayde ourselfe with our owne than to haue helpe of straungers And I thynke we shall neuer attayne to it soner than nowe for yâ— kynge and realme of Englande I thynke wyll nat forsake the alyauÌ„ce of suche a couÌ„tre as flaÌ„ders is nowe For as nowe theÌ„glysshmen haue nat on yâ— see cost bytwene Burdeux Scluse Except Calys Chierburge and Brest where for to lande and entre in to Fraunce Therfore the countre of Flaunders shulde serue theÌ„ well at the poynt For Bretayne except Brest is closed agaynst them And the duke of Bretaygne hath sworne to be good french And if he be nat he wyll coÌ„e therto bycause of the loue of his cosyn germayne therle of Flaunders Than all they that herde Philyp speke answered sayd Philyp ye haue full well spoken we all wyll that it be thus done For whosoeuer wyll the coÌ„trary loueth nat the comon ê“fyte of FauÌ„ders Philyp Dartuell taryed nat long but that he wrote to Peter de Boyse to Peter de myrt who were capitayns of Brugê And also to theÌ„ of Ipre and Courtrey shewyng them his said purpose And all they thought it good so to be done So ther were chosen of the good townes of Flaunders one or two burgesses of euery towne and out of the towne of GauÌ„tsixe First there was chosen FrauÌ„ces Atreman Rase de Uerdell Loys de vaux sir JohnÌ„ stotler Martyn bondrell water iacob berner and a clerke who was chosen to be bysshop of GauÌ„t by pope Urbane For mayster JohnÌ„ dalbrest who had ben deane of our lady church in Turney he aduysed in his tyme that ther shulde be a bisshop in Gaunt And to posses haue the profytes yâ— the bysshop of Turney shulde haue had and so whan these .xii. burgesses were redy aparelled they toke their leaue and departed fro the siege before And warpe about the begynning of the moneth of July And dyde so moche that they came to Calais and the capitayne ther called sir Johan Dalbrenes receyued theÌ„ And whan he knewe that they wolde go into EnglaÌ„de he purueyed them of shyppes And so they taryed there but thre dayes toke their passage aryued at Douer and so went to LoÌ„don at which tyme the kyng ê‘te of his couÌ„sayle as ser JohhÌ„ moÌ„tagu ser Symon burle sir WillmÌ„ beachaÌ„p were at WestmÌ„ To enheryte ser Perducas dalbret of all the barony of Chaumont in gascone the which was as than in the kynges handê I shall shewe you by what maner king Edward of olde tyme had gyuen it to sir Johan Chandos and he helde it as long as he lyuâ—â— after his dethe it was gyuen to sc Thomas Felton And he was as than newly deed and so therby the landes fell agayne into the kynges handes the whiche lande might nat long be without a gouernour to kepe it For it ioyned to yâ— landes of the lorde Dalbret who as thanÌ„e was good frenche Than it was abuysed by the kyng of
Englandes counsayle that sir Perducas Dalbret who had well serued yâ— kynges of EnglaÌ„d bothe Edwarde Richarde and the prince and all the countre of Burdeloyse more than .xxx. yer wherfore it was thought he was well worthy to haue that lande and was well able to defende kepe it fro all men Sir Perducas dalbret whan he receyued this laÌ„des He sayd vnto the kyng in the presens of his couÌ„sayle and other noble men sir I take and receyue this herytage to me and to myne heyres on the condycion to serue you agaynst all men except the house of Dalbret fro whens I am come For agaynst them shall I neuer make warre if they suffre myne heritage to be in rest and peace the kyng answered and sayd he was content And so put hym in possessyon of the lande Nowe shall I shewe you what fell of this Parducas Dalbret Whan he was come in to Gascoyne and had taken possessyon of the landes and the seneshall of Burdeloyse had gyuen hym possessyon Than the lorde Dalbret had great ioy therof for he thought well than that his cosyn wolde make hym no warr And so yâ— landes of Dalbret and Chaumont abode in good loue rest And the lorde Dalbret held in great loue his cosyn for he hoped euer after his dyssease he wolde put hym in possessyon of the sayde landes of Chaumounte But this sir Parducas was nat so mynded for at last whan he lay on his deth bed and that he sawe he must nedes dye he called before him all his men and dyd seÌ„de for a yong squier of his a proper man of armes called Parduche and sayd to him I gyue the here in the presence of all my men all the landê of ChaumoÌ„t so thou be euer good englysshe and true faythfull to the kyng of Englande but I wyll that the house of Dalbert out of the whiche we become that thou make there agaynst no warre wtout they do some outrage to the. The squier answered sayd sir your coÌ„mauÌ„dement shal be done this Perduche of Albert was lorde of ChaumoÌ„t in gascone thus dyed sir ê‘ducas I can shewe no more of hym ¶ Howe the kyng of Englandes couÌ„sayle mocked the flemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. CCCC .viii. WHan these gauntoyse were come to London the kynge his counsayle was certifyed therof so he sent to them to knowe what they wold haue and so they came all in a company to the palays of Westmynster and there they founde redy the duke of Lancastre the erle of Buckyngham therle of Salisbury and the moost parte of the kynges counsayle Howe be it the kynge was nat present at their first comynge These men of Flaunders and of Gaunte enclyned them to the lordes of Englande and than the clerke that was chosen bysshop of GauÌ„t spake for them all and sayde My lordes we become hyder and sent fro the towne of Gaunt fro the hole countre of flaunders To haue counsayle confort and ayde of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de Upon certayne artycles and good reasons of the auÌ„cyent alyauÌ„ces bytwene Englande and FlauÌ„ders They desyre nowe to renewe yâ— same for it is nowe nedefull to the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„ders the which is as now without a lorde The good townes and the couÌ„tre hath as nowe but a gouernour the whiche is a man called Philyp Dartuell who recommaundeth hym principally to the kyng and to you all yâ— be of his counsayle he desyreth you to take in gre this offre that we shall make to you And that is whan soeuer it shall please yâ— kynge of Englande to arryue in Flaunders he shall fynde the countre opyn to receyue him And there to rest and refresshe hym as longe as it shall please hym And also he shall haue at his commaundement of the countre of flauÌ„ders a hundred thousande men armed redy to do hym seruyce Moreouer my lordes the couÌ„tre of Flaunders maketh one request and that is this To haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes that somtyme Jakes Dartuell and the good townes of FlauÌ„ders lent to king Edwarde of good memorie At the sege of turney and at the siege of Calais For it is the entencyon of the good townes of FlauÌ„ders that or this alyauÌ„ce passe any farther to be first repayed of this sayd som And that done than yâ— king of England all his may well say yâ— they the flemyngê are frendes togyder and yâ— they haue fre entre into Flaunders to go where as it shall please them And whan the lordes of Englande herde those wordes and request they began eche of theÌ„ to regarde other and some smyled Than the duke of LaÌ„castre sayd Fayre lordes of FlauÌ„ders your wordes and demaunde requyreth to haue couÌ„sayle Go your wayes to London to your logynges and the kyng shall take aduyse on your requestes and shall so answere you that ye ought to be contente The gauntoyse answered and sayd God graunt it and so they departed fro the counsayle and the lordes abode styll to guyder began to laughe amonge them selfe and sayd Haue ye nat sene these fleminges and herde their requestes that they make They demande to be conforted say howe they haue nede therof and yet for all that they demaunde to haue our money It is no resonable request that we shulde both ayde and pay So thus they reputed the flemynges right proude and presumptuous â–ª to demauÌ„de to haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes of so olde dette as they sayd of a .xl. yere paste There was neuer a better poynt for the frenche kyng if he wyll than to come into flauÌ„ders For if the flemynges had nat as than demaunded the foresayd somme of crownes but haue desyred the kyng of his confort and ayde The kyng wolde haue gone or sent into FlauÌ„ders so puissauntlye to haue bydden batayle with the ayde of the flemynges to any prince of the worlde But it wente otherwyse as ye shall herafter in the storie UIdynges came into Fraunce to the couÌ„sayle there Nowe that Philyp Dartwell whose courage was all englysshe and yâ— countre of Flaunders had sent in to Englande certayne of their men to make aly auÌ„ces with thenglysshmen And the voyce ran and the comon renome that the kyng of Englande with a great puissauÌ„ce shulde come in that season aryue in FlauÌ„ders â–ª and to lye in Gaunt these tidinges were lightly to be beleued howe that the flemynges wolde fortify them selfe â–ª in some maner awyse Than it was deuysed yâ— the messanger that was come fro Philyppe Dartuell whoÌ„e they helde in prison â–ª shulde be delyuered And to say the trouthe ther was no cause why to retayne hym so he was delyuered sent to thost before And warpe The same season they of Bruge â–ª had taken certayn burgesses of turney and kept theÌ„ in prison The flemynges she wed well howe they had as lyue haue warre with FrauÌ„ce as peace And whan they of Tourney sawe that
chiefe gouernours of the arere garde one of the kynges counsayle And anone whan he knewe that the bretons and burgonyons desyred nothyng but pyllage howe they maâ—asshed the good countre of Heynalte Than to fynde remedy therfore he aduaunced forthe and sayd Howe it was nat a thyng to be consented vnto that the good countre of Heynalt shulde be ouer ronne And so called to hym his cosyns the erle of Marche the erle of saynt Poule the lorde of Coucy the lorde Dangeen and dyuers other hauyng landes â—n the couÌ„tie of Heynault And heshewed them howe in no wyse they ought to consent that the good countre of Heynalt shulde be ouer ronne fro whens they be dyscended and haue therin fayre herytage Also he sayd sirs ye knowe well that the countre of Heynalt hath done no maner of trespasse For in all the warre bytwene the erle of Flaunders and his countre alwayes Heynalt bare no faute But hath serued the kyng in this voyage well and truely with the barones and knyghtes therof And also or the kyng came in to FlauÌ„ders the knightes and squyers of Heynalt serued truely the erle of Flaunders so that some of them were closed and beseged in Tere monde and Andwarpe and there aduentured bothe body and goodes So moche the erle of Bloys dyde and went fro one to another gat suche frendes that all the mater was broken so abode styll in peace Also the same erle dyd another thyng Ther was as than in FlauÌ„ders a knyght called the lorde of Esquymyn who for the loue of a kynsman of his called sir Danyell Buse who throughe his owne faute was slayne in the towne of Ualencennes And so to reuenge his quarell the sayde lorde sayde he wolde make warr and harry the towne of Ualencennes And he had goten suche frendes toguyder to do yuell as drewe to the nombre of â—yue hundred speares redy to go in to Heynalt to harry the towne of UaleÌ„cennes Affirmyng howe he had a good quarell so to do but whan the erle of Bloyes was enformed therof he defended the sayd knightê that he shulde nat be so hardy to entre in to Heynalt nor in to the countrey of his cosyn duke Aubert for if he dyde it shulde be derely bought So moche dyde the gentyll erle of Bloys that he stopped the sayde knightes enterprise and the mater put clerely in to his handes and to the lorde of Coucy and so thus the towne was in peace Suche seruice dyde the erle of Bloys in this army to them of Heynalt and to them of Ualencennes wherby he gatte greatloue and specially of the towne of Ualencennes ALl this season the lordes men of warr lay styll at Courtray and there about For they knewe nat what the kynge wolde do whyder he wolde go to Gaunte ornat For the frenchmen beleued that whan they of Bruges were yelded vp that they of Gaunte wolde do so in lykewise Seyng they had lost their capitayne and had receyued great domage losse of their men at the batayle of Rosebeque And of trouthâ— ones they of Gaunt were in mynde so to haue done For they were thre dayes they wyst nat what to do outher to departe leaue the towne or els to sende the kayes therof to the kynge and to yelde â–ª them to his mercy They were so abasshed that they wyst nat what to do Nor the lorde of Harsels who was there wyst nat howe to reconforte theym Whan Peter de Boyse entred in to the towne he founde the gates wyde opyn without any kepyng or defence wherof he had great marueyle And demaunded what it ment that they kept no better their towne And suche as were come to se hym answered and sayd A sir what shulde we do ye knowe well we haue lost oure good capitayne and men of our towne besyde strauÌ„gers to the nombre of nyne thousande This domage toucheth vs so nyghe that we haue no recouery A folysshe people quod Peter de Boyse ye are abasshed and wot nat well why for the warr as yet is nat at the ende For the towne of Gaunt was neuer so renomed as it shal be yet herafter if Philyp dartuell be deed it was by his owne outrage Close vp your gates and entende to your defences ye nede nat feare that the kynge wyll come hyder in this wynter tyme. And in the meane tyme or the newe season coÌ„e we shall be newe releued with our men out of Holande zelande Guerles Brabant and other places We shall haue men ynowe for our money FraÌ„coys Atreman who is in Englande shall retourne and he and I shall be your capitayns the warre was neuer so sore as we shall make it We are better nowe alone thaÌ„ whan we had all the helpe of FlauÌ„ders and we are nowe better expert than we were before Therfore lette vs entende nowe to prouyde for the warre and we shall do more thaÌ„ euer we dyde before thus with suche wordes Peter de boyse reconforted theÌ„ that were sore abasshed at his returnyng to Gaunt For and he had nat bene they had yelded themselfe symply to the frenche kynge Lo thus ye may se what counsayle and confort ther is in one man in tyme of nede And whan they of Gaunt sawe that fyue or sixe dayes were passed and that no man caÌ„e towardes their towne nor no lykelyhod of any siege Than they were greatly reconforted and more prouder than euer they were before ¶ Howe the treatie of alyaunce bytwene the englysshe men and the flemynges was broken And howe the french kyng deê‘ted out of FlauÌ„ders Cap. CCCC .xxv. YE haue herde before howe sir Willyam Fermeton was at Calys sent thyder by the kyng of Englande and by his counsayle and brought letters with hym to haue bene sealed by the good townes of Flaunders Makynge menâ—yon of great alyaunces to be taken bytwene thenglysshmen and the flemynges And at Calais with hym was styll Fraunces Atreman and sixe burgesses of Gaunt and whan tidynges came to them of the discoÌ„fyture at Rosebeque they were sore abasshed and the englisshe knight sawe well that he had no more to do to entre any farther in to Flaunders For he sawe well that the treatie was broken So he toke the letters vnsealed and retourne in to Englande agayne assoone as he might and so shewed the mater howe it was fallen Wherof the gentylmen of the countre were nat greatly displeased For they sayd and also say yet that if the comons of Flaunders had wonne the vyctorie and that the noble men of Fraunce had ben slayne The pride of the comons in euery countre wolde haue ben so great that all noble men shulde haue repented it The whiche was well sene but a lytell before in Englande wherfore of the losse of the flemynges there was but lytell thought taken And whan they of Flaunders suche as had ben in Englande with FrauÌ„ces Atreman knewe these tidyngê it was right greuous to theÌ„ And so departed