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<P>_HEre begynneth the fir&s;t volum of &s;ir Johan Froy&s;&s;art: of the cronycles of Englande / Fraunce / Spayne / Por|tyngale / Scotlande / Bretayne / Flau~+ders: and other places adioynynge. Tra~&s;lated out of frenche into our ma+ternall engly&s;&s;he tonge / by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners: At the co~maundement of oure moo&s;t highe redouted &s;ouerayne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce / &amp; highe defender if the chri&s;ten faythe. &amp;c.</P>
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<HEAD>Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno. Eternum flore~s regia sceptra feret</HEAD>
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<HEAD>&para; The preface of Johan Bour|chier knyght lorde Berners / tran&s;latour of this pre|&s;ent cronycle.</HEAD>
<P>_WHat condygne graces and thankes ought men to gyue to the writers of hi&s;to|ryes? Who with their great labours / haue done &s;o moche profyte to the humayne lyfe. They &s;hewe / open / manife&s;t and declare to the reder / by example of olde an|tyquite: what we &s;hulde enquere / de&s;yre / and folowe: And al&s;o / what we &s;hulde e&s;chewe / a|uoyde / and vtterly flye. For whan we (beynge vnexpert of chau~ces) &s;e / beholde / and rede the auncyent actes / ge&s;tes / and dedes: Home / and with what labours / dau~gers / and paryls they were ge&s;ted and done: They right greatly ad|mone&s;t / en&s;igne / and teche vs: howe we maye lede forthe our lyues. And farther / he that hath the perfyte knowledge of others ioye / welthe / and higher pro&s;perite: and al&s;o trouble / &s;orowe and great aduer&s;yte: hath the xpert doctryne of all parylles. And albeit / that mortall folke are marueylou&s;ly &s;eparated / bothe by lande &amp; wa|ter / and right wo~derou&s;ly &s;ytuate: yet are they and their actes (done &abper;aduenture by the &s;pace of a thou&s;ande yere) co~pact togyder / by thi&s;to|graphier: as it were the dedes of one &s;elfe cyte / and in one ma~nes lyfe. Wherfore I &s;ay that hi|&s;torie may well be called a diuyne prouydence: For as the cele&s;tyall bodyes aboue / complecte all and at euery tyme the vniuer&s;all worlde / the creatures therin co~teyned / and all their dedes: &s;emblably &s;o dothe hi&s;tory. Is it nat a right no+ble thynge for vs / by the fautes and errours of other / to amede and erect our lyfe in to better? We <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> nat &s;eke and acquyre that other dyd / but what thyng was mo&s;t be&s;t / mo&s;t laudable / and worthely done / we &s;hulde putte before our eyes to folowe. Be nat the &s;age coun&s;ayles of two or thre olde fathers in a cyte / towne / or cou~+tre: whom long age hath made wy&s;e / dy&s;crete / and prudent: farre more pray&s;ed / lauded / and derely loued: than of the yongemenne? Howe moche more than ought &s;tories to be co~men|ded / pray&s;ed / and loued? In whom is encluded &s;o many &s;age coun&s;ayls / great rea&s;ons / &amp; hygh wi&s;edoms: of &s;o innumerable &abper;&s;ons / of &s;ondry nacyons and of euery age: and that in &s;o long &s;pace / as four or fyue hundred yere. The mo&s;t profytable thyng in this worlde / for the in&s;tytu+cion of the humayne lyfe / is hy&s;torie. Dues the contynuall redyng therof / maketh yonge men equall in prudence to olde men: and to olde fa|thers &s;tryken in age / it myny&s;treth experyence of thynges. More / it yeldeth priuate per&s;ons worthy of dignyte / rule and gouernaunce. It compelleth themperours / hygh rulers and go|uernours / to do noble ded&abis;: to thende they may optayne immortall glory. It exciteth / moueth / and &s;tereth the &s;trong hardy warriours / for the great laude that they haue after they ben deed / promptly to go in hande with great and harde parels / in defence of their countre. And it pro|hibyteth reprouable per&s;ons to do mi&s;cheuous dedes / for feare of infamy &amp; &s;hame. So thus / through the monumentes of writynge / whiche is the te&s;tymony vnto vertue / many men haue ben moued: Some to byldecytes / &s;ome to de|uy&s;e and e&s;tabli&s;&s;he lawes tight profitable / ne|ce&s;&s;arie / and behouefull for the humayne lyfe: Some other to fynde newe artes / craftes / and &s;ciences / very requi&s;yte to the v&s;e of ma~kynde. But aboue all thynges / wherby mans welthe ry&s;eth / &s;peciall laude and cau&s;e ought to be gy|uen to hi&s;torie. It is the keper of &s;uche thinges as haue ben vertuou&s;ly done / and the wytne&s;&s;e of yuell dedes. And by the benefite of hy&s;torie: all noble / highe / and vertuous actes be immor|tall. What moued the &s;trong and fer&s;e Hercu|les to enterpri&s;e in his lyfe / &s;o many great inco~|perable labours and pyls? Certaynly nought+els / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for his meryt&abis; immortalyte mought be gyuen to hym of all folke. In &s;e~blable wy&s;e dyd his imytator noble duke The&s;e us / &amp; many other innumerable worthy prices and famou&s;e men / who&s;e vertues ben redemed &s;ro oblyuion &amp; &s;hyne by hi&s;torie. And where as other monu|mentes in proce&s;&s;e of tyme / by varyable chaun+ces / are confu&s;ed and lo&s;t. The vertue of hi&s;to|ry / dyffu&s;ed and &s;predde throughe the vuyuer|&s;all worlde / hathe to her cu&s;tos &amp; kepat it (that is to &s;ay tyme) whiche co~&s;umeth the other wri|tynges. And albeit that tho&s;e menne are right worthy of great laude and pray&s;e / who by their writynges &s;hewe and lede vs the waye to ver|tue: yet neuerthele&s;&s;e / the poems / lawes / and other artes that they fou~de / deuy&s;ed and writ / ben mixed with &s;ome domage. And &s;o~tyme for the trueth / they en&s;igne a man to lye. But one|lye
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hy&s;torie / truely with wordes / repre&s;entyng the actes / ge&s;tes / and dedes done: complecteth all profyte. It moueth / &s;tereth / and compelleth to hone&s;tie: dete&s;teth / erketh / &amp; aborteth vices. It extolleth / enhaunceth / and lyfteth vp / &s;uche as ben noble and vertuous: depre&s;&s;eth / poy&s;te|reth / and thru&s;teth downe / &s;uch as ben wicked / yuell / and reprouable. What knowlege &s;hulde we haue of auncyent thynges pa&s;t / and hi&s;torie were nat? Whiche is the te&s;tymony therof / the lyght of trouthe / the may&s;tres of the lyfe hu|mayne / the pre&s;ydent of remembrau~ce / and the me&s;&s;anger of antiquyte. Why moued and &s;te|red Phaleryus / the kynge Ptholome / oft and dilygently to rede bokes? For&s;othe for none o|ther cau&s;e / but that tho&s;e thynges are founde writen in bokes / that the fre~des dare nat &s;hewe to the price. Moche more I wolde fayne write of the incomparable profyte of hy&s;torie / but I feare me / that I &s;hulde to &s;ore tourment the re|der of this my preface. And al&s;o I doute nat / but that the great vtilyte therof is better kno|wen / than I coulde declare: wherfore I &s;hall breuely come to apoynt. Thus / whan I aduer+ty&s;ed and remembred the many folde comody|ties of hy&s;torie / howe benefyciall it is to mor|tall folke / and eke howe laudable and meryto|ryous a dede it is / to write hy&s;tories / fixed my mynde to do &s;ome thyng therin. And euer wha~ this ymaginacyon came to me / I volued / tour+ned / and redde many volumes and bokes / con+teyning famou&s;e hi&s;tories. And amonge all other / I redde dilygently the four volumes or bokes of &s;ir Johan Froy&s;&s;art of the countrey of Heynaulte / written in the Frenche tonge: whiche I iudged comodyous / nece&s;&s;arie / and profytable to be hadde in Engly&s;&s;he / &s;ithe they treat of the fomous actes done in our parties. That is to &s;ay: in Englande / Frau~ce / Spay|gne / Portyngale / Scotla~de / Bretayne / Flau~|ders / and other places adioyning: and &s;pecial+ly / they redounde to the honoure of Engly&s;&s;he|men. What plea&s;ure &s;hall it be to the noble ge~|tylmen of Englande / to &s;e / beholde / &amp; rede: the highe enterpri&s;es / famous actes / and glorious dedes / done and atchyued by their valyant au~|ceytours? For&s;othe and god: this hath moued me at the highe co~maundement of my moo&s;t re+douted &s;ouerayne lorde kynge Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce / and highe defender of the chri&s;ten faythe. &amp;c. Under his gracyous &s;upportacyon / to do my deuoyre to tran&s;late out of frenche in to our maternall en|gly&s;&s;he tonge / the &s;ayd volumes of &s;ir Johan Froy&s;&s;art. Whiche cronycle begynneth at the raygne of the moo&s;t noble and valyant kynge Edwarde the thyrde. The yere of our lorde / a thou&s;ande thre hundred and &s;ixtene: And con|tynucth to the begynning of the reigne of king Henry the fourth. The yere of our lorde god a thou&s;ande and foure hundred: The &s;pace by / twene / is thre&s;core and fourtene yeres. Requy|rynge all the reders and herers therof / to take this my rude tran&s;lacion in gre. And in that I haue nat folowed myne authour worde by wor+de: yet I tru&s;t I haue en&s;ewed the true reporte of the &s;entence of the mater. And as for the true namyng of all maner of per&s;onages / Coun|treis / cyties / townes / ryuers / or teldes: Where as I coude nat name them properly nor aptely in Engly&s;&s;he / I haue written them acordynge as I founde them in frenche. And thoughe I haue nat gyuen euery lorde / knyght / or &s;quyer his true addycion: yet I tru&s;t I haue nat&s;war+ued fro the true &s;ente~ce of the mater. And there as I haue named the dy&s;taunce bytwene pla|ces by myles and leages / they mu&s;t be vnder|&s;tande acordyng to the cu&s;tome of the cou~treis where as they be named / for in &s;ome place they be lengar than in &s;ome other. In Englande a leage or myle is well knowen / in Frau~ce a lea|ge is two myles / and in &s;ome place thre. And in other cou~treis more or le&s;&s;e / euery nacion hath &s;ondrie cu&s;tomes. And if any faute be in this my rude tran&s;lacyon / I remyt the correctyon therof to the~ that di&s;cretely &s;hall fynde any rea|&s;onable deraute. And in their &s;o do|ynge / I &s;hall pray god to &s;ende the~ the bly&s;&s;e of heuen.</P>
<CLOSER>A|men.</CLOSER>
<TRAILER>Thus endeth the preface of &s;ir John~ Bourchier knight lorde berners / tra~|&s;latour of this pre&s;ent cronycle. And herafter foloweth the table / with all the chapiters as they &s;tande in the bo+ke in order / from one to four hu~dred fyftie and one. Whiche be in nombre C C C C. and li. chapiters.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>&para; Here after foloweth the ta|ble of this pre&s;ent volume.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>_FIr&s;t the auctours &abpro;loge. Ca. i.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of them that were moo&s;t valy+ant knightes to be made mencion of in this boke. Cap. ii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of &s;ome of y^e prevece&s;&s;ours of kyng Edwarde of Englande. Cap. iii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of &s;ome of the prrentes of this good kyng Edwarde the thyrbe. Cap. iiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The fir&s;t occa&s;yon of y^e warre bytwene the the kynges of Englande &amp; of Frau~ce. Cap. v.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle Thomas of Lanca&s;tre &amp; .xxii. other great lordes and knyghtes of Englande werebeheeded. Cap. vi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the quene of Englande went and co~|playned her to the kyng of Frau~ce her brother / on &s;ir Hewe Spen&s;ar. Cap. vii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Hewe Spen&s;ar purcha&s;ed that the quene I&s;abell of Englande was putte out of Fraunce. Cap. viii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe quene I&s;abell de&abper;ted out of Fraunce and entred in to the empyre. Cap. ix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe quene I&s;abell areyued in Englande with &s;ir John~ of Heynalt in her co~pany. Ca. x.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the quene of Englande be&s;ieged kyn+ge Edwarde the &s;econde her hou&s;bande in the towne of Bri&s;towe. Cap. xi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Hewe Spe~&s;ar thelder and therle of Arundell were iudged to bethe. Cap. xii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Hewe Spen&s;ar was putte to his iudgement. Cap. xiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the coronacyon of kynge Edwarde the thirde. Cap. xiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kyng Robert de Breur of Scotla~de defyed kyng Edwarde of Englande. Cap. xv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the di&s;ce~cion that &s;ell bytwene tharchers of Englande &amp; them of Heynalt. Cap. xvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the maner of the &s;cottes and howe they make their warre. Cap. xvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande made his fir&s;t iourney agayn&s;t the &s;cottes. Cap. xviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kynge Edwarde was maryed to the lady Philyppe of Heynalt. Cap. xix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kyng Robert of &s;cotla~de dyed. ca. xx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe Philyppe of Ualloyes was crowned kynge in Fraunce. Cap. xxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Of the batayle of Ca&s;&s;ell in Fla~ders. ca. xxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Kent and therle Mortymer in Englande were put to dethe. Cap. xxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the homage that kyng Edwarde of En|glande made to the frenche kyng for the duchy of Guyen. Cap. xxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Roberte of Arthoy&s;e was cha&s;ed out of the realme of Fraunce. Cap. xxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kynge Edwarde tooke the towne of Berwyke agayn&s;t the &s;cottes. Cap. xxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe king Philyp of Fraunce and dyuers other kynges toke on them the cro&s;ey to the ho|ly lande. Cap. xxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande was coun&s;ayled to make warre agayn&s;t the frenche kynge. Cap. xxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe Jaques Dartuell gouerned y^e coun|tie of Flaunders. Cap. xxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe certayne nobles of Flau~ders kept the yle of Caga~t agayn&s;t the~gly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. xxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle of Cagant by twene the En|gly&s;&s;hmen and flemynges. Cap. xxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande made great alyaunces in thempyre. Cap. xxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande made a|lyau~ce with kyng Philyp of Fra~ce. Ca. xxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kyng Edwarde was made <ABBR>vycar</ABBR> ge+nerall of the~pyre of Almayne. Cap. xxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kynge Edwarde &amp; all his alyes dede defy the frenche kyng. Cap. xxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny after the de|fyaunces declared / made the fir&s;t iourney into Fraunce. Cap. xxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe after the defyaunces / the frenchemen entred in to Englande Cap. xxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kyng Edwarde be&s;ieged the cytie of Cambrey. Cap. xxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kynge Edwarde made &s;ir Henry of Flaunders knight. Cap. xxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande and the fre~che kynge toke day to fight. Cap. xl.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the&s;e two kynges ordayned their ba|tayls at Uyronfo&s;&s;e. Cap. xli.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the &s;ayd two kynges departed with|out batayle. Cap. xlii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe king Edwarde of Englande toke on him to beare the armes of Fraunce / &amp; the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">me to be called kyng therof. Cap. xliii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenchmen brent in the lanbes of &s;ir Johan of Heynalt. Cap. xliiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Heynalt toke and di&s;troyed Aubenton and Thyerache. Cap. xlv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Tourney made a iourney in to Flaunders. Cap. xlvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the iourney that duke John~ of Norma~+dy made in to Heynalt. Cap. xlvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Doway made a iourney in to O&s;trenant / and howe the erle of Heynalt was
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in Englande. Cap. xlviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Normandy layd &s;iege to Thyne the by&s;&s;hoppe. Cap. xlix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle on the &s;ee before Srlu&s;e in Flaunders / bytwene the kynge of Englande &amp; the frenchmen. Cap. l.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kynge Robert of Cycile dyde all that he might / to pacify the kynges of Englande &amp; Fraunce. Cap. li.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the cou~&s;ayle that the kyng of England &amp; his alyes helde at y^e towne of Uyllenort. ca. lii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande layde &s;iege to the cytie of Iourney. Cap. liii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Heynalt di&s;troyed the tow+nes of Seclyn and Dorchies. Cap. liiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the &s;cottes wan agayne a great &abper;te of Scotlande / whyle the &s;iege was before Tour|ney. Cap. lv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great a&s;&s;emble that the frenche kyng made to rey&s;e the &s;iege before Turney. ca. lvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of the gary&s;on of Bouhayne di|&s;tru&s;&s;ed certayne &s;oudyers of Mortaygne / be|fore the towne of Conde. Cap. lvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the iourney that &s;ir Wylliam Baylleule and &s;ir Walflart de la Croy&s;e made at the brid+ge of Cre&s;yn. Cap. lviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Heynault a&s;&s;ayled the for|treile of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers ma|ners. Cap. lix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Heynalte toke the towne of &s;aynt Amande / duryng the &s;iege before Tour|ney. Cap. lr.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the takyng of sir Charles of Momoren+cy / and of dyuers other frenchmen at the brige of Cre&s;yn. Cap. lxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the flemynges were before &s;aynt O|mers / duryng the &s;iege of Turney. Cap. lxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the &s;iege before Turney was broken vp / by rea&s;on of a tru&s;e Cap. lxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the warres of Bretaygne / and howe the duke <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyed without heyre / wherby the di&s;|cencyon fell. Cap. lxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and ca&s;tell of Bre&s;t. Cap. lxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the cyte of Reynes. Cap. lxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and ca&s;tell of Hanybout. Cap. lxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle Mou~tfort dyde homage to the king of Engla~d for y^e duchy of breten. ca. lxviii</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle Mou~tfort was &s;omoned to the &abper;lyament of Parys / at the reque&s;t of the lorde Charles of Bloyes. Cap. lxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duchy of Bretaygne was iudged to &s;ir Charles of Bloyes. Cap. lxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the lordes of Frau~ce y^t entred in to Bre|tayne with &s;ir Charles of Bloyes. Cap. lxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle Mou~tfort was taken at Nau~|tes and howe he dyed. Cap. lxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Engla~de the thirde tyme made warre on the &s;cottes. Cap. lxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe king Dauyd of Scotlande ca~e with a great ho&s;t to Newca&s;tell vpo~tyne. ca. lxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the &s;cottes di&s;troyed the cyte of Dyr|ham. Cap. lxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the &s;cottes be&s;ieged a ca&s;tell of therle of Saly&s;buries. Cap. lxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Engla~de was in amours of the counte&s;&s;e of Sali&s;bury. Cap. lxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Sali&s;bury &amp; therle Moret were delyuered out of pri&s;on. cap. lxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles of Bloyes with dyuers lordes of Fraunce / toke the cytie of Reynes in Bretayne. Cap. lxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles of Bloyes be&s;ieged the cou~te&s;&s;e of Mountfort in Hanybout. ca. lxxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny brought the engly&s;&s;hmen in to Bretayne. Cap. lxxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the ta&s;tell of Conque&s;t was wonne two tymes. Cap. lxxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Loyes of Spaygne toke the tow|nes of Dynant and of Gerande. cap. lxxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny di&s;co~fyted &s;ir Loyes of Spayne. Cap. lxxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny tooke the ca|&s;tell of Gony in the fore&s;t. Cap. lxxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles of Bloies toke the towne of Carahes. cap. lxxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir John~ Butler &amp; &s;ir Hubert of Fre&s;+noy were re&s;cued fro dethe. Cap. lxxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles of Bloys toke the towne of Jugon with the ca&s;tell. Cap. lxxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the fee&s;t and iu&s;tes that the kyng of En|glande made at London for the loue of the cou~+te&s;&s;e of Sali&s;bury.. Cap. lxxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of England &s;ent &s;ir Robert of Artoy&s;e in to Bretayue. Cap. lxxxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle of Gern&s;ay / by twene&s;ir Ro+bert of Arthois and &s;ir Loyes of Spaygne on the &s;ee. Cap. lxxxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert of Arthois toke the cite of Uannes in Bretayne. Cap. lxxxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert of Arthoi&s;e dyed / &amp; where he was buryed. Cap. lxxxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande ca~e in to Bre|tayne to make warre there. Cap. lxxxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lorde Cli&s;&s;on &amp; &s;ir Henry of Leon were taken pri&s;oners before Ua~nes. ca. lxxxxv</ITEM>
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&para; Howe the kyng of Englande toke y^e towne of Dynant. Cap. lxxxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; What lordes of frau~ce the duke of Norman by brought into Bretayne again&s;t the kyng of Englande. Cap. lxxxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoo&s;t agayn&s;t hoo&s;t loged before Uannes. Cap. lxxxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kynge beheeded the lorde Cly&s;&s;on and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy. Cap. lxxxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the order of &s;aynt George that king Ed|warde &s;tably&s;&s;hed in the ca&s;tell of Wynd&s;ore. Cap. c.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande delyuered out of pri&s;on &s;ir Henry of Leon. Cap. c .i.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande &s;ent the erle of Derby to make warre in Ga&s;coyne. Cap. c .ii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Derby conquered the for|tere&s;&s;e of Bergerath. Cap. c .iii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Derby conquered dyuers townes and fortere&s;&s;es in hye Ga&s;coyne. Cap. c .iiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Quenfort was taken in Ga+&s;coyne / and delyuered agayne by exchaunge. Cap. c .v.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Layle lieutenant to y^e fren|che kyng in Ga&s;coyne layde &s;iege before Aube+roche. Cap. c .vi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Derby toke before Aube|roche the erle of Layle and dyuers other erles and vycountes to the nombre of .ix. Ca. c .vii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the townes that therle of Derby wan in Ga&s;coyne goynge towarde the Ryoll. Cap. c .viii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Derby layde &s;iege to y^e Ry|oll / and howe the towne was yelded to hym. Cap. c .ix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny founde in the Ryoll his fathers &s;epulture. Cap. c .x.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Derby wanne the ca&s;tell of the Ryoll. Cap. c .xi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Derby tooke the towne of Mauleon / and after the towne of Franche in Ga&s;coyne. Cap. c .xii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angole&s;me. Cap. c .xiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Godfrey of Harcourt was bany&s;|&s;hed out of Fraunce. Cap. c .xiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt. Cap. c .xv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the dethe of Willm~ erle of Heynalt / who dyed in Fri&s;e and many with him. Cap. c .xvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Johan of Heynault became fren|che. Cap. c .xvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great hoo&s;t that the duke of Norma~|dy brought into Ga&s;coyne agayn&s;t the erle of Derby. Cap. c .xviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe John~ Norwich &s;caped fro Angolem whan the towne was yelden fre~che. Cap. c .xix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Normandy layd &s;iege to Aguyllon with a hundred. M. men. Cap. c .xx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande went ouer the &s;ee agayne to re&s;cue them in Aguyllon. Cap. c .xxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Engla~de rode in thre ba|tayls thorowe Normandy. Cap. c .xxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great a&s;&s;emble that the frenche king made to re&s;y&s;t the kynge of Englande. Cap. c .xxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle of Cane / and howe the En|gly&s;&s;hmen toke the towne. Cap. c .xxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Godfray of Harcort fought with them of Ampens before Parys. Cap. c .xxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kyng folowed the kyng of Englande in Beauuonoy&s;e. Cap. c .xxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the bataile of Blanche take was fou|ghten bytwene the kyng of Englande and &s;ir Godmar du Fay. Cap. c .xxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the order of the engly&s;&s;hmen at Cre&s;&s;ey / and howe they made thre batayls a fote. Cap. c .xxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of thorder of the fre~chmen at Cre&s;&s;ey / and howe they regarded the maner of the engly&s;&s;h|men. Cap. c .xxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the bataile of Cre&s;&s;ey / bytwene the king of Englande and the fre~che kyng. Cap. c .xxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the next day after the batayle / the En+gly&s;&s;hmen di&s;confyted agayne dyuers french|men. Cap. c .xxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe after the batayle of Cre&s;&s;ey / the deed men were nombred by the Engly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. c .xxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande layde &s;iege to Calys / and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne. Cap. c .xxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Normandy brake vp his &s;iege before Aguyllon. Cap. c .xxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Galtier of Manny rode thorowe Fraunce by &s;aue conducte to Calays. Cap. c .xxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Derby the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on toke in Doictou dyuers townes and ca&s;tels / and al+&s;o the cytie of Poicters. Cap. c .xxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of &s;cottes / duryng the &s;iege before Calys / ca~e in to Englande with a great hoo&s;t. Cap. c .xxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="5">
&para;Of the batayle of Newe ca&s;tell vpon Tyne / by &s;wette the quene of Englande and the kyng of &s;cottes. Cap. c .xxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe Johan Coplande toke the kynge of &s;cottes pri&s;oner / and what profyt he gate ther|by. Cap. c .xxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the younge erle of Flaunders en&s;ured the kynges doughter of Englande. Cap. c .xl.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &abser; Robert of Namure dyd homage to the kyng of Engla~de before Calys. Cap. c. xlt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen wan the Roche Da|ryen / &amp; howe &s;ir Charles of Bloys layde &s;iege therto. Cap. c .xlii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle of Roche Daryen / and howe &s;ir Charles of Bloys was there taken by y^e en|gly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. c .xliii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kynge a&s;&s;embled a great hoo&s;t to rey&s;e y^e kyng of Englande fro the &s;iege before Calys. Cap. c .xliiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande made the pa&s;|&s;ages a boute Caleys to be well kept / that the frenche kynge &s;hulde nat a proche to rey&s;e his &s;iege there. Cap. c .xlv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the towne of Calys was yelded vp to the kyng of Englande. Cap. c .xlvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande repeopled the towne of Calys with engli&s;&s;hmen. Ca. c .xlvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the dealynge of a brigant of Languedoc called Bacon. Cap. c .xlviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of another page called Crocart. cap. c .xlix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Amery of Pauy a lombarde &s;olde the towne of Calys wherof he was capitayne / to the lorde Geffrey Charney of Fra~ce. cap. c .l.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle at Calys bytwene the kyng of Englande / vnder the baner of &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny and &s;ir Geffray of Cherney and the frenchemen. Cap. c .li.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of a chaplet of perles that the kyng of En|glande gaue to &s;ir Eu&s;tace of Rybamont. Cap. c .lii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the dethe of kyng Philyp of Frau~ce / &amp; of the coronacyon of his &s;on Johan. Cap. c .liii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Nauer made &s;ir Charles of Spayne con&s;table of Fraunce to be &s;layne. Cap. c .liiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the impo&s;icyon and gabell ordeyned in Fraunce by the thre e&s;tates for the feates of the warre. Cap. c .lv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kyng toke y^e kyng of Na|uer / and beheeded the erle of Harcourt &amp; other at Roan. Cap. c .lvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the a&s;&s;emble that the frenche kyng made to fyght with the prince of Wales / who rode a brode in Berry. Cap. c .lvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the prince of Wales toke the ca&s;tell of Remorentyn. Cap. c .lviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of y^e great hoo&s;t y^t the french kyng brought to the batayle of Poicters. Cap. c .lix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the ordre of the frenchmen before the ba|tayle of Poicters. Cap. c .lx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the cardynall of Piergourt treated to haue made a gremen bytwene the french kyng and the prince / before the batayle of Poycters. Cap c .lxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle of Poicters bytwene y^e price of Wales and the frenche kyng. Cap. c .lxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of two frenchmen that fled fro the batayle of Poicters / and of two engly&s;&s;hmen that fo|lowed them. Cap. c .lxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe kyng Johan of Fraunce was taken pri&s;oner at the batayle of Poiters. cap. c .lxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audley after the batayle of Poiters. ca. c .lxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen wan greatly at the batayle of Poycters. Cap. c .xlvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> James Audeley gaue to his foure &s;quiers the fyue. C. marke of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym. Ca. c .lxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the prince made a &s;upper to the french kyng the &s;ame day of y^e batayle. Cap. c .lxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the prince returned to Burdeaux af|ter the batayle of Poicters. Cap. c .lxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the thre e&s;tates of Fraunce a&s;&s;embled to gyder at Parys after the batayle of Poyc|ters. Cap. c .lxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the thre e&s;tates &s;ent men of warre a|gayn&s;t the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt. Cap. c .lxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle of Con&s;tances bytwene the lorde Godfrey of Hercourt and the lorde Loys of Rauenall. Cap. c .lxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the prince conueyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeaux in to Englande. Cap. c .lxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe y^e kyng of &s;cottes was delyuered out of pri&s;on. Cap. c .lxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre leyde &s;iege to Reynes. Cap. c .lxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe a knyght of the cou~tie of Eureux cal|led &s;ir Willyam of Granuyle wan the cyte and ca&s;tell of Eureux / the whiche the frenche kyng had won before fro the kyng of Nauer. Cap. c .lxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the companyons wherof the Archepre&s;t was chiefe / &amp; howe he was honoured in Auig|non. Cap. c .lxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of a nother &s;orte of co~panyons wherof Ruf+fyn a wal&s;heman was chiefe capitayne. Cap. c .lxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="5">
&para; Howe the prouo&s;t of the marchantes of Pa|rys &s;lewe thre knyghtes in the regentes cham|bre. Cap. c .lxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> came out of pri|&s;one. Cap. c .lxxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of Nauer preched sole~pne|lye at Parys. Cap. c .lxxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the begynning of the cy&s;ing of the com|mens / called the Jaquery in Beauo&s;yn. Cap. c .lxxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the prouo&s;t of the marchantes of Pa|rys cau&s;ed walles to be made about the cyte of Parys. Cap. c .lxxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayleat Meaulx in Bry / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the companyons of the Jaquery were di&s;confyted by the erle of Foyz and the Captall of Beufz. Cap. c .lxxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe Parys was be&s;ieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce. Cap. c .lxxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the pari&s;yens that were &s;layne at &s;aynt Clude / by the Engly&s;&s;hmen that had ben &s;ou|dyers in Parys. Cap. c .lxxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the dethe of the prouo&s;t of the marchan|tes of Parys. Cap. c .lxxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Nauer be&s;yed the realme of Fraunce / the frenche kynge beyng pri&s;oner in Englande. Cap. c .lxxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the naueroi&s;e that the picardes be&s;ieged in the ca&s;tell of Moncoun&s;ell. Cap. c .lxxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; How certayne burge&s;&s;es of Amyens wolde haue delyuered the cytie to the naueroy&s;e / and of the great famyne that was than in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> realme of Fraunce Cap. c .lrxxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the naueroi&s;e that were be&s;eged in &s;aynt Ualery by the pycardes / and howe the realme of Frau~ce was full of naueroy&s;e. cap. c .lxxxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the naueroy&s;e that the Chanone Rober|&s;art di&s;confyted in Beauoy&s;e / nere to the tow|ne of Craule. Cap. c .lxxxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the naueroy&s;e that yelded vp &s;aynt Ua|lerys to the frenchmen / after they had ben long be&s;ieged. Cap. c .lxxxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Philyp of Nauer rey&s;ed vp a thre thou&s;ande naueroy&s;e / to haue rey&s;ed the &s;iege before &s;aynt Ualerys. Cap. c .lxxxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the Naueroy&s;e that &s;ir <ABBR>Peter</ABBR> Audeley brought on a night to haue takenne the cytie of Chalons. cap. c .lxxxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the Erle of Roucy was taken pri&s;o|ner the &s;econde tyme. Cap. c .lxxxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the thre quenes &amp; the nauery&s;e that were be&s;ieged by the duke of Norma~dy in Melune. Cap. c. lxxxx<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lorde Broquart of Fene&s;trages &amp; other frenchemen ordayned their bataylles a|gayn&s;t the lorde Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt &amp; the engly&s;&s;hmen in Cha~payne. Cap. c .lxxxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the batayle of Nogent bytwene the lorde Broquart of Fene&s;trages / of the nacyon of Lo+rayne on the fre~che partie. and &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da+bretycourt of the nacyon of Heynalt on the En+gly&s;&s;he partie. Cap. c .lxxxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the robbers and pyllers that kept for|tre&s;&s;es in Fraunce began to declyne by myra|cle. Cap. cc.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenchemen refu&s;ed the peace that the kyng had made in Englande. Cap. cc .i.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~bretycourt was dely|uered out of pri&s;on by great raun&s;ome. cap. cc .ii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Broquart of Fene&s;trages made hym&s;elfe to be payed of his wages of the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce. Cap. cc .iii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the iourney that &s;ir Robr~t Canoll made in Berry and Auuergne / and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countre that pur&s;ewed after hym. Cap. cc .iiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the almayns that abode the kyng of En|glande at Calys / to ryde with hym in to the re|alme of Fraunce / kyng Johan beyng &s;tyll pri|&s;oner in Englande. Cap. cc .v.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great ho&s;t that the kyng of Engla~de brought in to Frau~ce to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> there / kyn|ge Johan beyng pri&s;oner in Englande / and of the order of the Engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t. Cap. cc .viii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande departed fro Calys / and of the order of his hoo&s;t in ridynge thorowe Picardy / and &s;o to the cytie of Rey|nes. Cap. cc .vii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande be&s;ieged the cytie of Reynes / and of the ca&s;tell of Charigny taken by the Engly&s;&s;hemen. And of the warre that began agayne bytwene the duke of Nor|mandy and the kyng of Nauer. Cap. cc .viii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lorde of Roy di&s;confyted the lorde of Gomegynes / and howe the ca&s;tell of Comer+cy was taken by the engly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. cc. ix</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande as he wente / wa&s;ted and di&s;troyed the countrey / and howe he came to Aguyllon and there taryed. and of the great proui&s;yon that came after his hoo&s;t. Cap. cc .x.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande put the realme of Fraunce in to great trybulacion / and of the prophecyes of the frere of Auygnon / and of the
<PB REF="6">
&para; Howe &s;ir Robert Canoll &amp; &s;ir Johan Chan+dos departed fro Do~me without wynnyng of it and w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> and toke Gauaches and Rochema|dor / and dyuers other townes that were tour|ned frenche. Cap. cc .lviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke toke by great aduy&s;e the gaiy&s;on of Bourdell. Cap. cc .lix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert Canoll &s;ir Johan Chan|dos / and &s;ir Thomas Phelton ordered their people and retourned to the prince. Ca. cc .lx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;he companyons tooke the ca&s;tell of Bell perche / &amp; therin the duke of Bur+bons mother / and al&s;o they toke the &s;tronge ca|&s;tell of &s;aynt Seuere in Berry. Cap. cc .lxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the ca&s;tell of Roche &s;ur yone was yel|den vp to the engli&s;&s;hmen / and howe the capy|teyne therof was beheeded by the commaunde|ment of the duke of Aniou. Cap. cc. lxii</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Burgoyne de&abper;ted fro the cyye of Roen / to thentent to fight with the duke of Lanca&s;tre. &amp; howe they lodged eche agayn&s;t other at Tournehen. Cap. cc .lxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir John~ Chandos brought the coun+tre of Aniou in great trybulacion / and howe he wa&s;ted &amp; di&s;troyed the landes of the vycou~t of Roch choart / except the fortre&s;&s;es. Ca. cc .lxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Loys of Sanxere came on therle of Penbroke and &s;lewe dyuers of his men and be&s;ieged the erle in an how&s;e. Cap. ii. C .lxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir John~ Chandos ca~e to the &s;ocoure and re&s;cue of therle of Penbroke. Cap. cc .lxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe quene Philyppe of Englande pa&s;&s;ed out of this mortall lyfe / and of y^e thre reque&s;tes that &s;he de&s;yred of the kyng her <ABBR>hu&s;band</ABBR> or &s;he departed. Cap. cc .lxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Burgoyne de&abper;ted fro the duke of Lanca&s;tre without batayle / &amp; howe the duke of La~ca&s;tre went to Calys. Ca. cc .lviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe y^e countrey of Uermandoy&s;e and the cou~tie of &s;aynt Poule were wa&s;ted / &amp; &s;ir Hugh of Cha&s;tellone taken. Cap. cc .lxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Johan Chandos was &s;layne in a batayle / and finally the frenchmen di&s;comfyted in the &s;ame batayle. Cap. cc .lxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lorde of Coucy &amp; the lorde of Po|myers wolde nat entre in to the warre / nother on the one parte nor on the other / and howe the lorde of Maleuale and the lorde of Marnayle tourned frenche. Cap. cc .lxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The copy of the letters &s;ent fro the kynge of <ABBR>England</ABBR> in to Acquitayne / and howe Cha&s;te+lerant was taken / and Bell perche be&s;ieged by the frenchmen. Cap. cc .lxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke ledde a way fro the gary&s;on of Bell perche / the duke of Burbons mother / &amp; all tho that were within. Cap. cc .lxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Burbon gaue leaue to all his men to departe when he knewe that y^e lady his mother was ledde a way. Cap. cc .lxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Aniou came fro Tholou&s;e to Parys / and howe kynge Charles &s;ent hym with the duke of Berry his brother in to Aqui|tayne agayn&s;t y^e engli&s;&s;hmen. Cap. cc .lxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy de&abper;ted out of Spayne &amp; we~t to Tholous / where as the duke of Aniou receyued hym ioyou&s;ly. Ca. cc .lxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Mon&s;ac and of Mou~tpellyer yelded them to the duke of Aniowe / and of the duke of Berry who layde &s;iege before the cytie of Lymoges. Cap. cc .lxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe trew&s;e was made bytwene <ABBR>England</ABBR> and Scotlande / and howe &s;ir Robert Canoll brent and eryled the countrey of Picardy and Uermandoy&s;e. Cap. cc .lxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Noyon toke the engly&s;&s;hmen that had &s;et fyre in the by&s;&s;hops bridge / &amp; howe the frenche kyng &s;ent for &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;|quy. Cap. cc .lxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Lymoges yelded them to the duke of Berrey / and howe he brake vp his ar|my. Cap. cc .lxxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert Canoll entred in to the re|alme of Frau~ce with a great nombre of men of armes and came nere to the cytie of Parys. Cap. cc .lxxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy made great warre in the countie of Lymoges / and howe he toke the ca&s;tell of &s;aynt yriell. Cap. iiC .lxxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the prince of Walles toke the cytie of Lymoges / and howe foure companyons dyd marueyls in armes. Cap. cc .lxxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the cytie of Lymoges was brent and di&s;troyed / and the by&s;&s;hop deliuered fro dethe / and howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was made con&s;table of Fraunce. Cap. cc .lxxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy and the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on / di&s;co~&s;yted at the bridge of Bolayne certayne of &s;ir Robert Canols company. Cap. cc .lxxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe pope Urbane dyed / and howe Gre|gory was cho&s;en / &amp; howe &s;ir Raymon of Mar+nell was taken of the~gly&s;&s;hmen. Ca. cc .lxxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the Prince lefte the duchy of Acqui|tayne in the kepynge of the duke of Lanca&s;ter / and howe four breton knightes toke the ca&s;tell of Mount Paon. Cap. cc .lxxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="6">
&para; Howe the &s;ayd foure knyghtes bretons de|fended them &s;elfe valiauntly agayn&s;t the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and howe fynally the duke toke them all four to rau~&s;ome. Cap. cc .lxxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of La~ca&s;tre gaue lycence to all his people to de&abper;te / and returned hym &s;elfe to Burdeux. And howe therle of Pons turned frenche / and howe y^e &s;ene&s;hall of Poytou a&s;&s;e~|bled togyder a company. Cap. cc .lxxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the &s;ene&s;hall of Poictou toke Mou~t|contour / and howe &abser; Bertram of Cle&s;quy toke dyuers townes and ca&s;tels in Rouuergue / and howe he be&s;ieged the cite of Du&s;es. Cap. cc .xc.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Du&s;es yelded them vp to &s;ir Bertram / and howe &s;ir Robert Canoll was in the kyng of Englandes di&s;plea&s;ure / and howe at the reque&s;t of the lordes his peace was made agayne. Cap. cc .lxxxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Herforde &amp; dyuers engly&s;&s;h+men di&s;comfyted in Bretayne on y^e &s;ee / dyuers &s;lemynges y^e a&s;&s;ayled them. Ca. ii. C .lxxxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; How the kyng of Engla~d &s;ent a great nauy to the &s;ee agayn&s;t the &s;lemynges / and howe the peace was made bytwene the~. Cap. cc .lxxxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe y^e kyng of Mayllorgues was in di&s;|plea&s;ure with kyng Henry of Spayne / and af|ter went and made warre to the kyng of Arra|gon. Cap. ii. C .lxxxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre wedded the el|de&s;t doughter of kyng Dampeter of Spayne / And howe the confederacions were made by|twene the french kyng &amp; the kyng of Spayne. Cap. ii. C .lxxxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre ordayned go|uernours in Guyen / and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Engla~de. and howe the kyng of En|glande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be go+uernour of Poictou. Cap. cc .lxxxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Penbroke departed out of Englande to go in to Poyctou / and howe the &s;paynierdes fought with hym in the hauen of Rochell. Cap. cc .lxxxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Rochell towne wolde nat re&s;|cue therle of Penbroke / and howe the &s;ene&s;hall of Rochell and the lorde of Tanyboton &amp; other came to &s;ocour the erle. Cap. cc .lxxxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Penbroke was taken pri&s;o|ner by the &s;panierdes / and howe they departed fro y^e hauen of Rochell withall their pri&s;oners / and the &s;ame day the Captall of Beufz came in to Rochell. Cap. cc .lxxxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir yuan of Wales di&s;co~fyted the En|gly&s;&s;hmen in the yle of Geru&s;ay / and howe the frenche kynge &s;ent in to Spaygne for men of warre / to ley &s;iege to Rochell. Cap. ccc.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande was &s;ore di&s;|plea&s;ed for the takyng of the erle of Penbroke / and howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy toke the ca|&s;tell of Mountmorillan. Cap. ccc .i.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the co~&s;table of Frau~ce be&s;ieged mou~t counter / and howe he departed thens to go to the duke of Berrey in to Lymo&s;yn to be&s;iege &s;aynt Seuere. Cap. ccc .ii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of &s;aynt Seuere endurynge a great a&s;&s;aut / yelded theym vp to &s;ir Bertram / and howe the cyte of Potters tourned frenche. Cap. ccc .iii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche men tooke the Captall of Beufz before Suby&s;e in batayle / &amp; howe they of Rochell tourned frenche. Cap. ccc .iiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy con&s;table of Frau~ce toke dyuers ca&s;tels in Rochell / &amp; howe the kynge of Englande toke the &s;ee to come to rey&s;e the &s;iege at Thouars. Cap. ccc .v.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy leyde &s;iege to the ca&s;tell of Syreth / and howe thengly&s;&s;he+men were di&s;confyted: and howe the countreis of Poictou / Xaynton / and Rochell / were clene delyuered out of the engly&s;&s;hmens handes. Cap. ccc .vi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the &s;iege of Bercerell / of the dethe of the kyng of Scottes / and of the peace bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Nauer. &amp; howe the duke of Bretayne &s;ledde in to Englande / &amp; howe the con&s;table of Fraunce conquered his duchy. Cap. ccc .vii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a certayne ordayned in en+glande to kepe the countre / and howe therle of Sali&s;bury / &s;ir Wyllm~ Neuell / and Philyppe Courtney / with dyuers other men of armes entred in to the &s;ee and landed in Bretaygne / &amp; howe the con&s;table of Frau~ce went thyder and the duke of Bretaygne wente in to Englande. Cap. ccc .viii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche men lay at &s;iege at foure &s;ondrie places atones / and howe that Roche+&s;ur yone yelded them &s;elfe and became frenche / and howe the engly&s;&s;hmen came before Bre&s;t. Cap. ccc .ix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe dyuers engli&s;&s;hmen were &s;layne and di&s;confyted by the lorde of Suby&s;e before Ry|bamo~t / and howe the gary&s;ons of Soi&s;&s;onois di&s;confyted thengly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. ccc .x.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the ho&s;tages that were layd by them of Dyriuall were beheeded / and howe &s;ir Ro|bert Canoll beheeded agayne all &s;uche pri&s;o|ners as he had / and al&s;o of the duke of Lanca|&s;ters iourney. Cap. ccc .xi.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="7">
&para; Howe the lorde of Brime we &amp; his chyldren were taken by the engly&s;&s;hmen &amp; all their com|pany / and howe they of the gary&s;on of Peron were cha&s;ed in to their towne ha&s;tely. Cap. ccc .lxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engli&s;&s;hmen brint and wa&s;ted the countre of Champayne / and of then countryn|ges that they had in their way / and of the pri&s;o|ners that they toke. Cap. ccc .lxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engli&s;&s;hmen came before Croyes and of the ba&s;tydes that the duke of Burgoyne made without Troyes / to re&s;y&s;t the engly&s;&s;he men. Cap. ccc .lxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen to de and pylled the countrey of Ga&s;tenoy&s;e &amp; of Beau&s;e / and howe a frenche &s;quier right valyant requyred an en|gly&s;&s;he &s;quier to iu&s;t with him. Cap. ccc .lxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the Ju&s;tes bytwene Gawen Mychaell fraucoys / and Joachyn Cathore angloys / and of the wordes that kynge Charles of Fraunce &s;ayd on his dethe bedde. Cap. ccc .lxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the lorde of Mauuoy&s;en who was taken pri&s;oner by the engli&s;&s;hmen / and of the lorde of Hange&s;t who &s;caped / and of the dethe of kyng Charles of Fraunce the fifte of that name. Cap. ccc .lxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen arryued in Breten / and howe y^e duke excu&s;ed him&s;elfe of his longe taryenge fro them. Cap. ccc .lxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Bretayne &amp; the engly&s;&s;h|men be&s;ieged Nauntes / and of the coronacyon of kyng Charles y^e sixt of that name / and of the &s;ery<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;t he done before Nauntes. Ca. ccc .lxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the lettes that the duke of Bretayne had / &s;o y^t he might nat come to the &s;ege before Nau|tes / and of the &s;crimy&s;&s;he made there. Cap. ccc .lxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the &s;crumy&s;&s;he that the Barroys of Bar+res and Almery of Cly&s;&s;on made on chri&s;tmas cuyu / agayn&s;t thengli&s;&s;hmen beyng at Naun|tes. Cap. ccc .lxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen departed fro y^e &s;iege before Nauntes / and of the fayre excu&s;es that the duke of Bretayne made to the erle of Buc|kyngham. Cap. ccc .lxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the dedes of armes done before therle of Buckyngham / bytwene the engly&s;&s;hmen and frenchmen / and the au&s;were made to the herau|des on their &s;aueconductes. Cap. ccc .lxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Bretayne made his peace with the frenche kyng / and howe the engly&s;&s;h|men returned to their countreys. and of a dede of armes bytwene a frenche &s;quier and an en|gly&s;&s;he. Cap. ccc .lxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the warre began agayne bytwene the erle of Flau~ders and the flemynges / and howe they of Ipre were di&s;comfyted by abu&s;&s;heme~t. Cap. ccc .lxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Ipre and Courtrey turned to the erle of Flau~ders parte / and howe the towne of Gaunt was be&s;ieged. Cap. ccc. lxxvt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Flaunders rey&s;ed vp his &s;iege fro the towne of Gau~t / and of the batayle bytwene him &amp; the gauntoy&s;e. Cap. ccc .lxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the gauntoy&s;e were brent in the chur|che of Nieule / and howe the white hodes &s;lewe dyuers noble men of the erle of Flau~ders parte. Cap. ccc .lxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the whyte hodes and their capitayne was &s;layne / and howe Philyp Dartuell was cho&s;en capitayne of Gaunt. Cap. ccc .lxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the ordynaunce of Gaunt / &amp; of the warre of Spayne and of Portyngale. Cap. ccc .lxxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Cambridge departed out of Englande to go into Portyngale / and how the comons of Englande rebelled agayn&s;t the noble men. Cap. ccc .lxxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the yuell dedes that the&s;e comons of En|glande dyd to the kynges offycers / and howe they &s;ent a knyght to &s;peke with the kyng. Cap. ccc .lxxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the comons of Englande entred in to London / and of the great yuell that they dyd / and of the dethe of the by&s;&s;hop of Caunterbury and dyuers other. Cap. ccc .lxxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the nobles of Engla~de were in great parell to haue bene di&s;troyed / and howe the&s;e rebels were puny&s;&s;hed and &s;ent home to their owne hou&s;es. Cap. ccc .lxxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre kept hym&s;elfe &s;tyll in Scotlande for feare of this rebellyon / and howe y^e kyng puny&s;&s;hed of the&s;e treatours the chiefe may&s;ters. Cap. ccc .lxxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The yuell wyll that the duke of Lanca&s;tre conceyued in his courage / for the refu&s;e y^t was made him at Berwyke / &amp; howe there of Cam|bridge arryued in Portyngale. Ca. ccc .lxxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe two valya~t men of Gau~t were &s;layne by Peter de boy&s;e and by Philyppe Dartuell / and of the rebellyon at Parys again&s;t y^e french kyng. Cap. ccc .lxxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lorde of Coucy apea&s;ed the di&s;cen+cyon and rebellyon of the~ of Parys / and of the preparacyon that the duke of Aniou made to make him &s;elfe kynge of Naples. Cap. ccc .lxxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="7">
&para; Howe thengly&s;&s;hmen rode without any co~|maundement of the kyng of Por&s;yngale / and howe y^e ca&s;tel of Sigheyre in Portingale was taken. Cap. ccc. lxxxix</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the chanoyne Rober&s;arde &amp; his com|pany returned to their gary&s;on / and of the ma|ryage of the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> to the doughter of the kyng of Bomayns. Cap. ccc .lxxxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kyng coulde haue no mo|ney of the receyuoure of Paryg / and howe the duke of Aniowe pa&s;&s;ed in to Italy / and of his noble chyualry. Cap. ccc .xci.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Sauoy cau&s;ed the enchaun+ters heed to be &s;tryken of / and howe the Cha|noyne Rober&s;arde and his company toke dy|uers ca&s;tels in Spayne. Cap. ccc .xcii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great pyllage and proies done by the Chanoyue Rober&s;art &amp; his company / agayn&s;t the kyng of Ca&s;tyle / and of the di&s;cencyon that was amonge them. Cap. ccc .xciii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynges of Ca&s;tyle and of Portin+gale a&s;&s;embled their puy&s;&s;aun<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es / and howe the peace was made b&s;twene them agayn&s;t the wyll of the engly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. ccc .xciiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kyng of Spaygne was maryed agayne to the kynge of Portyngales dough|ter. Cap. ccc. xch.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great nece&s;&s;yte of vitaylles that they of Gaunt endured / and howe they were &s;ocou|red by them of Liege. Cap. ccc .xcvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The harde an&s;were that the erle of Flaun|ders made to them of Gaunt / and of the nom|bre of men of armes that were than at Parys in Fraunce. Cap. ccc. xchii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe that fyue thou&s;ande gau~toy&s;e y&s;&s;ued out of Gaunt to fyght with the Erle and with them of Bruges / after the an&s;were that Phy|lyppe Dartuell hadde &s;hewed them. Cap. ccc .xcviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the order of the Gauntoy&s;e / and howe they di&s;confyted the erle and them of Bruges / and by what meanes. Cap. ccc .xcix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the towne of Bruges was taken by the gauntoy&s;e / and howe the erle of Flau~ders &s;aued hym &s;elfe in apoore womans how&s;e in the towne of Bruges. Cap. cccc.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Gaunt &s;pared the marchaun|te&s;traungers / and howe the erle departed fro Bruges and wente to Ly&s;&s;e / and howe he was receyued there ioyou&s;&s;y. Cap. cccc .i.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great ryche&s;&s;e that the Gauntoy&s;e fou~de in Bruges / and howe all the townes in Flaunders yelded them to Gaunt except. And|warpe. Cap. cccc .ii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the erle of Flaunders was at Ly&s;te / and howe And warpe was be&s;ieged by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gaun+toy&s;e and &s;lemynges. Cap. cccc .iii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the gauntoy&s;e a&s;&s;ayled the towne of Andewarpe dyuers tymes / and howe they ran before Ly&s;&s;e / and in the countre aboute on the realme of Fraunce. Cap. cccc .iiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the reque&s;t that the duke of Burgoyne made to the frenche kynge / and why the kynge toke on hym to beare the fleyng Hart. Cap. cccc .v.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of a Dreme that fortuned to the kynge the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on whyle he lay at Ly&s;&s;e / by occa&s;yon of whiche dreme he ordayned the deuy&s;e of the &s;tyeng Hart. Cap. cccc .vi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the me&s;&s;angers that Philyppe Dartuell &s;ent in to Englande and al&s;o in to Frau~ce / and of the dethe of &s;ir Perducas Dalbreth. Cap. cccc .vii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the kynge of Englandes coun&s;ayle mocked y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;lemynges / and of the pri&s;oners that were exchaunged. Cap. cccc .viii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Letters &s;ende to Philyppe Dartuell fro the commy&s;&s;aries of the frenche kynge / and howe the me&s;&s;a~gers that bare the letters were taken and &s;et in pri&s;on. Cap. cccc .ix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the letters &s;ent to Iourney fro Philyp Dartuell / and howe the frenche kynge and his coun&s;ayle were enformed of the an&s;wers that the &s;lemynges had made to the commy&s;&s;aries. Cap. cccc .x.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe Philyppe Dartuell made the pa&s;&s;a|ges in Flaunders to be kept / and howe dyuers frenche knyghtes were lo&s;t in Flaunders with out remedy. Cap. cccc. xi</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Thordyna~ce that the frenche king made for to entre in to Flau~ders / after that the pa&s;&s;ages were &s;topped and broken. Cap. cccc .xii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenchmen coude nat pa&s;&s;e by the bridge of Comynes / &amp; howe they pa&s;&s;ed with|out knowlege of the &s;lemyng&abis;. Cap. cccc .xiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the fre~chmen that were pa&s;&s;ed the ry|uer of Ly&s;e / put them &s;elfe in batayle before the flemynges. Cap. cccc .xiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the fre~chmen that were pa&s;&s;ed the ry|uer of Ly&s;e / di&s;confyted the &s;lemynges &amp; &s;lewe many of them / and wan the pa&s;&s;age of Comy|nes. Cap. cccc .xv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kynge pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;e / and howe Philyppe Dartuell made his ordynaunce to re&s;y&s;t the kynge and his puy&s;|&s;aunce. Cap. cccc .xvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="8">
&para; Howe the towne of Ipre and dyuers other put them &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;aunce of the fren+che kyng / and of the order of the kynges hoo&s;t. Cap. cccc .xvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the Frenche kynge departed fro the mount of Ipre / and howe Philyppe Dartuell and the flemynges apparelled th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;elfe to fight. Cap. cccc .xviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of a marueyle that came to the flemynges in the night / and howe they ordayned their ba|tayle all in one co~pany. Cap. cccc .xix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the con&s;table and admyrall of Frau~|ce and the ba&s;tarde of Langres wente to &s;e the flemynges / and howe they fortifyed them&s;elfe Cap. cccc .xx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The maner of the batayle of Ro&s;ebeque / &amp; howe the flemynges were di&s;comfyted of the threfore &s;ayde knyghtes / who had auewed all their behauyng. Cap. cccc .xxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the flemynges were di&s;co~fyted at the batayle of Ro&s;ebeque. Cap cccc .xxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the body of Philyppe Dartuell was brought before the kyng and fo ha~ged vp / and howe the towne of Courtrey was brent. Cap. cccc .xxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Bruges yelded them&s;elfe vn|der the obey&s;aunce of the frenche kynge / and howe they of Gaunt were reco~forted by Peter de Boy&s;e. Cap. cccc .xxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the treatie of alyau~ce bytwene the en|gly&s;&s;h men and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> flemynges was broken / and howe the frenche kyng departed out of Flaun|ders. Cap. cccc .xxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kynge came to Parys / &amp; howe he cau&s;ed to be putte downe the chene&s;&s;e and harne&s;&s;e in the towne / and howe the pari|&s;yens were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aun&s;omed at his plea&s;ure. Cap. cccc .xxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe dyuers notable men of Parys were beheeded with mai&s;ter John~ Marettes at Pa+rys / and dyuers other townes in Frau~ce / and of the warre of the gau~toy&s;e that was newe be+gon agayne. Cap. cccc .xxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> alyaunce that was purcha&s;ed bytwene the Engly&s;&s;hmen and flemynges / and of the Bulles that pope Urbane &s;ent in to Englande to di&s;troy the clementyns. Cap. cccc .xxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwiche and the engly&s;&s;hmen y&s;&s;ued out of Englande to ronne and make warre agayn&s;te all tho&s;e that helde with pope Element. Cap. cccc .xxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen toke the towne and myn&s;ter of Grauelyng / &amp; howe therle of Flau~|ders &s;ent to &s;peke with the~. Cap. cccc .xxx.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The an&s;were that the by&s;&s;hop of Norwiche made to the knightes of Flaunders / and of the a&s;&s;emble that they of Ca&s;&s;ell &amp; the cou~tre about made agayn&s;t the~gly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. cccc .xxxi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the fleminges of the countre &amp; they of the lande of Ca&s;&s;ell were di&s;co~fyted by the En|gly&s;&s;hmen / and Do~kyrke taken / with dyuers other ca&s;tels in the cou~tre. Cap. cccc .xxxii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the~gly&s;&s;hmen co~quered all the cou~tre of Flau~ders fro Donkyrke to Sclu&s;e / &amp; howe they be&s;ieged the towne of Iyre. Cap. cccc .xxxiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe thengly&s;&s;hmen &s;ent for the~ of Gaunt / and howe they came to the &s;iege of Ipre / and of the lorde &s;aynt Leger &amp; his co~pany / who were di&s;co~fyted by the~gly&s;&s;hmen. and howe the by&s;|&s;hop of Liege came to the &s;iege of Ipre. Cap. cccc .xxxiiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Of the great co~maundeme~t of a&s;&s;emble that the frenche kyng made / to thentent to rey&s;e the &s;iege before Ipre. and of the~ that were di&s;co~fy|ted by thengly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. cccc .xxxv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the Engly&s;&s;hmen and they of Gaunt made dyuers a&s;&s;autes before Ipre / &amp; howe the frenche kyng depted fro Compayne and went towarde Ipre / to rey&s;e the &s;iege there. Cap. cccc .xxxvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke Frederyke of Bauyere ary|ued in the frenche kynges hoo&s;t / and howe the e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">le of Bloy&s;e and his men came to Arras / and howe the kynges vowarde toke Ca&s;&s;ell. Cap. cccc .xxxvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the engli&s;&s;hmen after y^e &s;iege of Ipre were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues / and howe they departed thens &amp; went to Bur|boucke / whan they &s;awe the kynges puy&s;&s;au~ce. Cap. cccc .xxxviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe y^e french kyng with all his hoo&s;t came to Burbourke / and of the ordre of the engli&s;&s;he+men within the towne / and howe Fraunces <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|freman wan <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ndewarpe. Cap. cccc .xxxix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe they of Andwarpe were put out of the towne / &amp; none abode there but gauntoy&s;e. And howe Amergot Marcell toke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Mar+quell in Auuerne: and how it was gyuen vp by compo&s;icyon for fyue thou&s;ande frankes / to the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne. Cap. cccc .xl.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the frenche kyng a&s;&s;ayled Burburke and how he ordayned that who&s;oeuer brought thyder a fagotte &s;hulde haue a blanke. Cap. cccc .xli.</ITEM>
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&para; Of the myracles that were done in y^e towne of Burburke / and howe &s;ir Thomas Tryuet and &s;ir wyll<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Helman engli&s;&s;hmen were put in pri&s;one for the domage of Fraunce. Cap. cccc .xlii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lordes of Englande and Fraunce a&s;&s;embled togyder to make a peace / whiche by the~ coude nat be done. And howe Loyes erle of Flaunders dyed and of his ob&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">quy. Cap. cccc .xliii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe therle of Northu~berlande / the erle of Notyngham / and the~gly&s;&s;hmen made a iour|ney in to Scotla~de. and of the amba&s;&s;adours of Fraunce that were &s;ent in to Scotlande / to notifye the tru&s;e that was taken bytwene En|glande and Fraunce. Cap. cccc .xliiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the barons &amp; knightes of Scotlande and they of Frau~ce / made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of Engla~de without the know|ledge of the kyng of &s;cottes / who was at Eden+borowe. Cap. cccc .xlv.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the trew&s;e taken bytwene Englande and Frau~ce / was publy&s;&s;hed in Englande and Scotlande. Cap. cccc .xlvi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lorde of De&s;toruay made his a&s;|&s;emble to wynne againe Andwarpe / and howe by his policy he wanne it. Cap. cccc .xlvii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the duke of Aniou dyed in a ca&s;tell be+&s;yde Naples / &amp; howe the quene of Cycile was cou~&s;ayled to go to the pope. Cap. cccc .xlviii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the lady of Brabant cau&s;ed to be cal|led a coun&s;ayle / wherat there was the duke of Burgoyne / the duke Aubert / &amp; &s;he / in the cytie of Cambray to treate for the maryage of their chyldren. Cap. cccc .xlix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe the french kyng &amp; the lordes of Frau~|ce and of Heynault made their prouy&s;ion to be at Cambray / and of the me&s;&s;age of the duke of Lanca&s;tre &s;ent to the erle of Heynalt / and of the maryage of the chyldren of Heynalt and Bur|goyne. Cap. cccc .l.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Howe y^e duke of Berry en&s;ured his dough|ter to the &s;onne of the erle of Bloys / and howe the erle of Marche and the duke of Burbone / made their &s;omons to entre in to Lymo&s;yn. Cap. cccc .li.</ITEM>
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<TRAILER>&para; Finis.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>&para;here begymeth the prologe of &s;yr John~ Froi&s;&s;art of the cronicles of fra~|ce / Inglande / and other places abioy|nynge. &para;he fir&s;t chaptre.</HEAD>
<P>_TO thentent that the ho|norable and noble au<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tures offeatis of armes / done and achyued by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> warres of Fra~+ce and <ABBR>Ingland.</ABBR> <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> nota+bly be inregi&s;terd and put in perpetuall memory. wherby the prewe and hardy / may haue en&s;ample to in courage them in theyr well doyng. I <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ Froi&s;&s;art / wyll treat and recorde an hy&s;tory of great louage and prey&s;e. But or I begyn / I re|quire the &s;auyour of all the worlde / who of no|thyng / created al thynges. that he wyll gyue me &s;uche grace and vnder&s;tandyng / that I may co~+tinue and &abper; euer in &s;uche wy&s;e / that who &s;o this proces redeth or hereth / may take pa&s;tau~ce ple|a&s;ure and en&s;ample. It is &s;ayd of trouth / that al buyldynges are ma&s;oned and wroughte of dy|uer&s;e &s;tones and all great tyuers / are gurged &amp; <ABBR>a&s;&s;embled</ABBR> of diuers &s;urges and &s;prynges of wa+ter. In lyke wy&s;e all &s;ciences are extraught and co~piled of diuer&s;e clerkes / of that one wryteth / a+nother parauenture is ignorant. But by the fa|mous wrytyng of auncient auctours / all thyn|gis ben knowen in one place or other. Than to attaygne to the mater that I haue entrepri&s;ed / I wyll begyn. Fyr&s;t by the grace of god and of the ble&s;&s;ed virgyn ourlady &s;aynt Mary: from whom all comfort &amp; con&s;olation procedeth. and wyll take my foundation out of y^e true cronicles &s;omtyme co~pyled by the right reuerend di&s;crete and &s;age mai&s;ter John~ la Bele &s;omtyme Cha|non in &s;aint La~bartis of Liege / who with good herte / and due diligence dyd his true deuoure / in wrytyng this noble cronicle / and dyd conty|nue it all his <ABBR>lyf</ABBR> dayes. in folowyng the trouth as nere as he myght / to his great charge &amp; co&s;te in &s;ekyng to haue the perfight knowledge ther|of. He was al&s;o in his <ABBR>lyf</ABBR> dayes Welbeloued / &amp; of the &s;ecret coun&s;ayle with the lorde sir John~ of Haynaulte / who is often remembred (as re|a&s;on requyreth) here after in this boke. For of many fayre and noble auentures / he was <ABBR>chief</ABBR> / cau&s;er. And by who&s;e meanes / y^e &s;ayd &abser; John~ la Bele myght well knowe and here of many dy|uers noble dedes. The whiche here after &s;halbe declared. Trouth it is that I / who haue entre|pri&s;ed this boke. to ordeyne for plea&s;ure and pa|&s;taunce / to the whiche alwayes I haue ben in|clyned / and for that intent / I haue folowed and frequented the company of dyuer&s;e noble / and great lordes. a&s; well in Fraunce Juglande and <ABBR>Scotland</ABBR> / as in diuer&s;e other countries / and haue had knowledge by them. And alwayes to my power iu&s;tly haue inquired for the trouth of the dedis of warre / and auentures that haue fal+len / and &s;pecially / &s;yth the great batell of Poy|ters: where as the noble kynge John~ of France was takyn pri&s;oner as before that tyme I was but of a yonge age or vnder&s;tandyng. Ho we be it I toke on me / a&s;&s;oone as I came from &s;cole to wryte and recite the &s;ayd boke and bare y^e &s;ame compyled into Ingland / and pre&s;ented the vo|lume therof to my lady Philypp of Heynaulte / noble quene of Ingland. who right amyably re+ceyued it to my great profite &amp; auau~ceme~t. And it may be &s;o / that the &s;ame boke is nat as yet er|amyned nor corrected / &s;o iu&s;tely as &s;uche a ca&s;e requyreth. For featis of armes derely bought &amp; achyued / the honour therof ought to be gyuen &amp; truly deuided to them that by promes and hard trauayle haue de&s;erued it. Therfore to acquyte me in that <ABBR>bihalf.</ABBR> and in folowyng the trouth as nere as I can. I / John~ Froi&s;&s;art haue entre+pry&s;ed this hy&s;tory / on y^e for&s;aid ordynau~ce and true fundacion / at the in&s;tau~ce and reque&s;t of a dere <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of myn &abser; Robert of Namure knyght <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Bewfort. To whom entierly I owe loue and obey&s;yunce / and god graunt me to do that thyng that may be to his plea&s;ure.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
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<DIV1 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para;here &s;pekethe the auctour of &s;uche as were mo&s;t valiant knyghtis to be made mencion of in this boke. &para;ap .ii.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl noble hertis to encorage and to &s;hewe them en&s;ample and ma|ter of honour. I &abser; John~ Froi&s;&s;art begynne to &s;peke after the true re|port &amp; relation of my ma&s;ter John~ la Bele &s;omtyme Chanon of &s;aynt Lambertis of Liege af<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ermyng thus / howe that many no|ble &abper;&s;ons haue oft tymes &s;poke of the warres of France and of Ingland. and &abper;auenture knewe nat iu&s;lely the trouth <ABBR>therof:</ABBR> nor the true occa|&s;ions of the fyr&s;t mouyngis of &s;uche warres: nor howe the warre at length contynued. But now I tru&s;t ye &s;hall here reported the true fou~dation of the cau&s;e and to thentent that I wyll nat for|get myuy&s;&s;he or abrydge y^e hy&s;tory <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">any thyng for defaute of la~gage / but rather I wyll multi|ply and encrea&s;e it / as <ABBR>ner</ABBR> as I can folowynge the trouth. from poynt to poynt. in &s;pekyng and
<PB REF="10">
the wyng all the aue~tures &s;ith the natiuite of the noble kyng <ABBR>Edward</ABBR> y^e .iii. Who reigned kyng of England / and achyued many perilous auen+tures and dyuers great batelles addre&s;&s;ed / and other featis of armes of great proWes / &s;yth the yere of oure Lorde god .M. CCC .xxvi. that this noble kyng was crowned in Ingland / for generally &s;uche as were with hym in his batels and happy fortunate auentures / or with his pe|ple in his ab&s;ence. ought ryght well to be takyn and reputed for valiant and worthy of renowne and though there were great plenty of &s;ondrye par&s;onages that ought to be pray&s;ed and repu|ted as &s;oueraignes / yet among other and pryn|cipally ought to be renowmed the noble propre &abper;&s;one of y^e for&s;aid gentyll kyng. Al&s;o the prynce of Walys his &s;on / the duke of Lanca&s;tre / &abser; <ABBR>Rei|gnold</ABBR> lorde Cobham / &s;yr Gualtier of Manny of Heynaulte knyght / &s;yr John~ Chandos / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Fulque of Harle / and dyuers other of whom is made mencion hereafter in this pre&s;ent boke bi|cau&s;e of theyr valyant prowes / for in all batels that they were in mo&s;t co~monly they had euer the renowne. both by land and by &s;e / accordyng to the trouth. They in all theyr dedis were &s;o valyant / that they ought to be reputed as &s;oue|raignes in all chyualry. yet for all that &s;uche o|ther as were in theyr companye ought nat to be of y^e le&s;&s;e value / or le&s;&s;e &s;et by. Al&s;o in Frau~ce in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme / there were fou~de many good knyghtis &s;tronge and well expert in featis of armes. For the realme of Fraunce was nat &s;o di&s;comfited / but that alwayes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were people &s;ufficient to fyght withall / and the kyng Philyppe of Ua|ioyes was a ryght hardy and a valiant knyght And al&s;o kyng John~ his &s;o~ne / Charles y^e kyng of Behaigne / the erle of Ala~&s;on / the erle of Foyz &s;yr Sa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tre / &s;yr Arnold Dangle / the lordes of Beamon / the father and the &s;onne / and dyuer&s;e other / y^e whiche I ca~ nat theyr names. of whom hereafter ryght well &s;hall be made mencion / in tyme and place co~uenient to &s;ay the trouth / and to maynteigne the &s;ame. all &s;uche as in cruel ba+tels haue ben &s;een abydyng to the di&s;comfeture &s;ufficiently doyng theyr deuour / may wel be re|puted for valyant and hardy what &s;oeuer was theyr aduenture.</P>
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<DIV1 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para; Here the mater &s;peketh of &s;ome of the predece&s;&s;ours of kyng Ed+warde of Ingland. Cap. iii.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t / the better to entre into the mater of this honorable and plea|&s;au~t hy&s;tory of the noble <ABBR>Edward</ABBR> kyng of Ingland. who was crow|ued at Londo~ the yere of our lorde god .M. CCC .xxvi. on Chri&s;tmas day / lyuy~g the kyng his father / and the quene his mother. It is certayne / that the opinyon of ingli&s;&s;hmen mo&s;t comonly was as than / and often tymes it was &s;een in Ingland after the tyme of kyng At thure / howe that betwene two valyant kynges of Ingland ther was mo&s;t como~ly one bitwene them / of le&s;&s;e &s;ufficiauncy / both of wytte and of prowes. and this was ryght well aparant by y^e &s;ame kyng Edward the thyrde. for his graund|father called the good kyng Edward the fyr&s;te was ryght valyant / &s;age / wy&s;e / and hardy auen+turous / and fortunate in al featis of warre. and had moche a do agayn&s;t the &s;cottis and conque+red them .iii. or .iiii. tymes. For the &s;cott&abis; coude neuer haue victory nor idure agayn&s;t hym / and after his di&s;&s;ea&s;e his &s;o~ne of his fir&s;t wyfe who was father to the &s;ayd good kyng Edward the thyrde was crowned kyng and called Edward the .ii. Who re&s;embled nothyng to his father in wyt nor in prowes. but gouerned and kept his realme ryght wyldly. and ruled hym &s;elfe by &s;y+ny&s;ter coun&s;ell of certayne par&s;ons / wherby at length he had no profytte norlaude as ye &s;hall here after. For anone after he was crowned Ro+bert Bru&s;e kyng of Scotlande / who had often before gyuen moche a do to the &s;ayd good kyng Edward the fyr&s;t / conquered agayne all Scot|land / and brent and wa&s;ted a great parte of the realme of England / a .iiii. or .v. dayes iourney Within the realme at two tymes / and di&s;comfy|ted the kyng and all the Barons of Ingland at a place in Scotland called E&s;taruelyn by batel arengyd / the day of &s;aynt John~ Bapty&s;t in the .vii. yere of y^e reigne of the &s;ame kyng Edward In the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xiiii. The cha&s;e of this di&s;co~feture endured .ii. dayes and two nyghtys. And the kyng of Ingland we~t w^t a &s;mall company to London. and on Mydlent|&s;onday in the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xvi. The &s;cottis wan agayne the cite of Berwyk by trea&s;on. but bicau&s;e this is no part of our mater I wyll leue &s;pekyng therof.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Here myn auctour maketh men|cion of the parent&abis; of this good kyng Edward the .iii. Cap. iiii.</HEAD>
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THis kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. bre+thern~ / the one called Mar&s;hall / who was ryght wyld &amp; diuers of condicions. the other called &s;ir Aymon erle of Cane right wy&s;e / a miable / ge~tle and welbeloued with alpeople. This kyng Ed+ward the .ii. was maried to I&s;abell y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> doughter of Philyp la Beaw kyng of Frau~ce / who Was one of the feyre&s;t ladyes of y^e worlde. The kyng had by her .ii. &s;o~nes &amp; .ii. doughters. The fyr&s;te &s;on was the noble &amp; hardy kyng Edward y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> .iii. of whom this hy&s;tory is begon. The .ii. was na+med John~ / &amp; dyed yong. The fir&s;t of y^e dough|ters was called I&s;abel maried to the yo~g kyng Dauid of &s;cotla~d / &s;on to kyng Robert de Bru&s;e maried in her te~der yongth by thaccord of both realmes of Ingland &amp; Scotland for to make <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> fight pear. The other doughter was maried to the erle Reynold / who after was called duke of Guerles / &amp; he had by her .ii. &s;o~nes / Reynold and Edward. who after reygned i~ great pui&s;&s;au~ce.</P>
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<DIV1 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Herafter begynneth the occa&s;io~ wher by the warr moued bitwene the kyn+gis of Frau~ce and Ingland. Cap. v.</HEAD>
<P>_NOw &s;heweth the hy&s;tory / that this Philyp la Beaw kyng of Frau~ce had .iii. &s;o~nes and a feyre doughter named I&s;abel maried into Ingland to kyng Edward the .ii. &amp; the&s;e .iii. &s;o~nes / thelde&s;t named Lewes who was kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> in his fathers daies &amp; was called kyng Lewys Hotin. The .ii. had to name Philyp the great or the long. and y^e .iii. was called Charles. and all .iii. were kyngis of Frau~ce after theyr fathers di&s;cea&s;e by ryght &s;uc+ce&s;&s;ion eche aff other without hauyng any i&s;&s;ue male of theyr bodies laufully begoten. So that after the deth of Charlis la&s;t kyng of the .iii. the xii. piers and all the baro~s of Frau~ce / wold nat gyue the realme to I&s;abell the &s;u&s;ter / who was quene of Ingla~d by cau&s;e they &s;ayd &amp; mayntey|ned &amp; yet do / that the realme of Frau~ce is &s;o no|ble that it ought nat to go to a woma~ / and &s;o co~|&s;eque~tly to I&s;abel nor to the kyng of Inglande her elde&s;t &s;onne / for they determyned the &s;onne of the woma~ to haue no ryght nor &s;ucce&s;&s;ion by his mother / &s;yn they declared y^e mother to haue no ryght / &s;o that by the&s;e rea&s;ons / the .xii. piers and baro~s of Frau~ce by theyr comon acord dyd gyue the realme of Frau~ce to the lord Philyp of Ualois Nephew &s;omtyme to Philyp la beawe kyng of Frau~ce / and &s;o put out the quene of In+gland and her &s;onne / who was as the next heire male as &s;o~ne to the &s;u&s;ter of Charles la&s;t kyng of Fraunce. Thus went the realme of Fraunce out of y^e ryght lynage as it &s;emed to many folk&abis; Wherby great Warres hath moued and fallen. and great di&s;tructio~s of people / and cou~tres in the realme of Frau~ce / &amp; other places: as ye may here after. This is the very right fou~dation of this hy&s;tory / to recount the great entrepri&s;es &amp; great featis of armes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> haue fortuned &amp; fallen &s;yth the tyme of the good Charlemaigne kyng of Fraunce <ABBR>ther</ABBR> neuer fell &s;o great aduentures.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the erle Thomas of Lanca&s;tre / and .xxii. other of the great lordis and knyghtis of Inglande / that were be|heeddyd. Cap. vi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe for&s;aid kyng Edward the .ii. father to y^e noble kyng Edward y^e .iii. on whom our mater is fou~ded. This &s;ayd kyng gouerned right diuer|&s;ly his realme by y^e exortacio~ of &abser; Hewe Spe~cer. who had ben nori&s;&s;hed with hym &s;yth the begynnyng of his yongth. The whiche &abser; Hewe had &s;o enticed the kyng / that his father &amp; he were y^e greatte&s;t mai&s;ters in all the realme. and by enuy thought to &s;urmou~t all other barons of Ingland. wher|by after the great di&s;co~feture that the &s;cott&abis; had made at E&s;termelyn. great murmoryng ther a|ro&s;e in Ingland bitwene<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">the noble baro~s and y^e kyng&abis; cou~&s;ell / &amp; namely ageyn&s;t &abser; Hewe Spe~|cer. They put on hym / that by his coun&s;ell they were di&s;comfeted / and that he was fauorable to the kyng of &s;cott&abis;. And on this poynt the haro~s had diuers tymes comunicatio~ to gether / to be adui&s;ed what they myght do. wherof Thomas erle of La~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">re / who was vncle to y^e kyng was chief. And anon whan &abser; Hewe Spencer had e|&s;pied this he purueyd for remedy. for he was &s;o great with the kyng / and &s;o nere hym / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was more beloued with the kyng than all the <ABBR>world</ABBR> after. So on a day he came to y^e kyng and &s;ayd &s;ir certayn lordes of your realme haue made ali+aunce to gether agayn&s;t you. &amp; without ye take hede therto by tymes / they purpo&s;e to put you out of your realme. And &s;o by his malicio&abus; me|anes he cau&s;ed that the kyng made all the &s;ayd lordes to be takyn / and theyr heedis to be &s;trike~ of without delay / and without knowlege or an|&s;were to any cau&s;e. Fyr&s;t of all &abser; Thomas erle of Lanca&s;tre / who was a noble and a wy&s;e holy knyght. &amp; hath done &s;yth many fayre myracles
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in Pomfret / wher he was beheedded / for y^e whi+che dede / the &s;ayd &s;ir Hewe Spencer achyued great hate in all the realme: and &s;pecially of the quene. and of the erle of Cane brother to y^e kyng And whan he parceyued the dy&s;plea&s;ure of the quene / by his &s;ubtile wytte / he &s;et great di&s;corde bitwene the kyng and the quene / &s;o that y^e kyng wold nat &s;e the quene / nor come in her company the whiche di&s;cord endured a long &s;pace. Than was it &s;hewed to the quene &s;ecretly / &amp; to the erle of Cane / that withoute they toke good hede to them &s;elfe they were lykely to be di&s;troyed / for &s;ir Hewe Spe~cer was about to purchace moch trouble to theym. Than the quene &s;ecretly dyd puruey to go in to Frau~ce / and toke her way as on pylgrymage / to &s;aynt Thomas of Cantur|bury and &s;o to Wynchel&s;ey. And in the nyght went into a &s;hyp that was redy for her and her yong &s;o~ne Edward with her &amp; the erle of Cane and &s;ir Roger Mortymer. And in a nother &s;hip they had put all theyr purueyau~ce &amp; had wynde at wyll / and the next mornyng they arryued in the hauyn of Bolayn.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the quene of Ingland went and complayned her to the kyng of Fraunce her brother of &s;yr Hewe Spencer. Cap. vii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan quene I&s;abell was arry|ued at Bolayn and her &s;onne with her &amp; the erle of Cane. The capy|tayns and abbot of y^e towne came agayn&s;t her / and ioyou&s;ly receued her and her company into the abbey. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;he aboode .ii. dayes. Than &s;he departed / and to de &s;o long by her iourneys that &s;he arryued at Paris. Tha~ kyng Charles her brother / who was enfourmed of her comyng &s;ent to mete <ABBR>her</ABBR> dyuers of the greatte&s;t lordes of his realme / as the lorde &s;yr Robert de Artoys / the lorde of Cru+cy / the lorde of Sully / the lorde of Roy / and dy|uers other / who honorably dyd receue her / and brought her in to the Cite of Paris to the kyng her brother. And whan the kyng &s;awe his &s;u&s;ter whom he had nat &s;ene long before. As &s;he &s;huld haue entred into his chambre / he mette her / and toke her in his armes / and ky&s;t her and &s;ayd ye be welcome feyre &s;u&s;ter with my feyre nephewe your &s;onne / and toke them by the handis / &amp; <ABBR>led</ABBR> them forth. The quene who had no great ioy at her harte. But that &s;he was &s;o nere to the kyng her brother / &s;he wold haue kneled downe .ii. or .iii. tymes at the feet of the kyng. But the kyng wold nat &s;uffre her but held her &s;tyl by the right hande / demaunding right &s;wetely of her a&s;tate and be&s;yne&s;&s;e. And &s;he an&s;wered hym ryght &s;a|gely / and lamentably recounted to hym all the felonyes and iniuries done to her by <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Hewe Spencer / And requyred hym of his ayde and co~fort. Whan the noble kyng Charles of Frau~|ce had harde his &s;u&s;ters lamentation. Who we|pyngly had &s;hewed hym all her nede and be&s;y|ne&s;&s;e / he &s;ayd to her. Fayre &s;u&s;ter appea&s;e <ABBR>your</ABBR> &s;elfe / for by the faith I owe to god and to &s;aynt Denyce / I &s;hall right well puruey for you &s;ome remedy. The quene than kneled downed whe|ther the kyng wold or nat and &s;ayd. My ryght dere lord and fayre brother. I pray god reward you. The kyng than toke her in his armes and led her into an other chambre / the whiche was apparayled for her / and for the yong Edwarde her &s;o~ne / and &s;o departed fro her / and cau&s;ed at his co&s;tis and chargis all thyng is to be delyue|red that was behouefull for her and for her &s;o~ne After it was nat long / but that for this occa&s;ion Charles kyng of Fraunce a&s;&s;embled together many great lordes and barons of the realme of Fraunce to haue theyr cou~&s;ell and good adui&s;e howe they &s;huld ordeyne for the nede &amp; be&s;ynes of his &s;u&s;ter quene of Ingland. Than it was cou~&s;ailed to the kyng that he &s;huld let the quene his &s;u&s;ter to purchas for her &s;elfe frendis where as &s;he wold in the realme of Fraunce / or in any other place / and hym &s;elfe to fayne &amp; be nat kno|wen therof. For they &s;ayd to moue warre with the kyng of Ingland and to bryng his owne re+alme into hatred / it were nothyng apertenaunt nor profitable to hym / nor to his realme. But they co~cluded / that conueniently he mgiht ayde her with golde and &s;yluer / for that is the metall wherby loue is attaygned both of ge~tylemen &amp; of pore &s;ouldiours. And to this coun&s;ell and ad|uyce accorded the kynge. And cau&s;ed this to be &s;hewed to the quene priuely by &s;ir Robert Dar|toys. who as than was one of the greatte&s;te lor|dis of all Fraunce.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe that &s;yr Hewe Spencer pur+cha&s;ed / that the quene I&s;abell was bany&s;&s;hed out of Fraunce. Cap. .viii.</HEAD>
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_NOwe let vs &s;peke &s;ome|what of &s;ir Hewe Spencer. whan he &s;awe that he hadde drawen the kyng of Ingla~d &s;o moche to his wyll / that he coud de&s;ire nothyng of hym but it was graunted / he cau+&s;ed many noble men and other to be put to deth without iu&s;tice or lawe / bicau&s;e he held them &s;u+&s;pect to be ageyn&s;t hym. and by his pride he dyd &s;o many marueylles / that the barous that were left alyue in the land coude nat beare nor &s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">e it any lenger / but they be&s;ought and requyred eche other among them &s;elfe to be of a pea&s;able accorde. And cau&s;ed it &s;ecretly to be knowen to the quene theyr lady. Who hadde ben as then at Parys the &s;pace of .iii. yere / Certifiyng her by wryttyng / that if &s;he coulde <ABBR>fynd</ABBR> the meanes to haue any companye of men of armes / if it were but to the nombre of a .M. and to bryng her &s;on and heyre with her into Inglande. That than they wolde all drawe to her and abeye her and her &s;onne Edward / as they were bounde to do of duety. The&s;e letters thus &s;ent &s;ecretly to her out of Ingland &s;he &s;hewed them to kyng Char+les her brother / Who an&s;wered her / and &s;ayde Fayre &s;u&s;ter god be your ayde / <ABBR>your</ABBR> be&s;yue&s;&s;e &s;hall auayle moche the better. Take of my men and &s;ubiectis to the nombre / that your frendes haue wrytten you for / and I con&s;ent wel to this voyage. I &s;hall cau&s;e to be delyuered vnto you golde and &s;yluer as moche as &s;hall &s;u&s;fyce you. And in this mater the quene had done &s;o moche What with her prayer / gyftes / and promy&s;&s;es / that many great lordis and yong knyght / were of her accorde / as to bryng her With great &s;tren+gth agayne into Inglande. Than the quene as &s;ecretly as &s;he coulde / &s;he ordeyned for her voy|age / and made her puruey aunce. But &s;he coude nat do it &s;o &s;ecretly / but &s;ir Hewe Spencer had knowledge therof. Than he thought to wynne and withdrawe the kyng of Fraunce fro her by great gyftes. and &s;o &s;ent &s;ecret me&s;&s;angers into Fraunce with great plentye of golde and &s;yluer and ryche Jewelles / and &s;pecially to the kyng. and his priue coun&s;ell / and dyd &s;o moche that in &s;horte &s;pace / the kyng of Frau~ce and all his pry|ue coun&s;elle were as colde to helpe the quene in her voyage / as they had before great de&s;yre / to dohit. And the kynge brake all that voyage / and defended euery par&s;one in his Realme / on payne of bany&s;&s;hyng the &s;ame / that none <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be &s;o hardy to go with the quene to brynge her agayne into Ingland. And yet the &s;ayd &abser; Hew Spencer aduy&s;ed hym of more malyce and be|thought hym howe he myght gette agayne the quene into Inglande / to be vnder the kyngis daunger and his. Than he cau&s;ed the kyng to wrytte to the holy father the pope effectuou&s;ly / de&s;yryng hym / that he wolde &s;ende and wrytte to the kyng of Fraunce / that he &s;hulde &s;ende the quene his wyfe agayne into Inglande / For he Wyll acquyte hym&s;elfe to god and the Worlde / and that it was nat his faute / that &s;he departed fro hym / for he Wolde nothyng to her but all lo|ue and good faith &s;uche as he ought to holde in mariage. Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> Were lyke letters wrytten to the cardynals dyuy&s;ed by many &s;ubtile way|es / the whiche all maye nat be wrytten here.</P>
<P>Al&s;o he &s;ent golde and &s;yluer great plenty to dy+uer&s;e cardynalles and prelates / &s;uche as Were moo&s;t nere&s;te and &s;ecrette&s;t with the pope / and ryght &s;age and able amba&s;&s;adours were &s;ente on this me&s;&s;age / and they ladde the pope in &s;u|che wy&s;e by theyr gyftes / and &s;ubtyle Wayes / that he wrote to the kynge of Fraunce / that on peyne of cur&s;yng / he &s;hulde &s;ende his &s;u&s;ter I&s;a+bell into Ingland to the kyng her hou&s;bande. The&s;e letters were brought to the kyng of Fra~|ce by the bu&s;&s;hopp of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ainctes / whom the pope &s;ent in that legation. And whan the kyng had redde the letters / he cau&s;ed them to be <ABBR>&s;hewed</ABBR> to the quene his &s;u&s;ter / Whom he had nat &s;een of long &s;pace before commaundyng her ha&s;tely to auoyde his realme / orels he wolde cau&s;e her to auoyde with &s;hame.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe that quene I&s;abell depar|ted fro Fraunce / and entred in to the Empyre. Cap. ix.</HEAD>
<P>WHan the quene hard thys ti|dyngis / &s;he knewe nat What to &s;ay / nor What aduyce to take. for as than the barons of the realme of Frau~ce were withdrawen fro~ her by the co~maundement of the kyng of Frau~|ce and &s;o &s;he had no comfort nor &s;uccoure / but all onely of her dere co&s;yn / &abser; Robert de Artoys for he &s;ecretly dyd coun&s;aile and comfort her as moche as he myght / for other Wy&s;e he dur&s;t nat for the kyng hadde defended hym. But he knew well that the quene was cha&s;ed out of <ABBR>Ingland</ABBR> and al&s;o out of Fraunce for euyll Wyll / and by
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enuy whiche greued hym greatly. Thus was &s;yr Robert de Artoyes at the quenes commaun dement / but he dur&s;te nat &s;peke nor be knowen therof. For he had hard the kyng &s;ay and &s;were That Who &s;o euer &s;pake to hym / for the quene his &s;u&s;ter &s;hulde lee&s;e his landis and be bany&s;|&s;hed the realme. And he knewe &s;ecretly howe y^e kyng was in mynde and will to make his &s;u&s;ter to be taken and <ABBR>Edward</ABBR> her &s;onne and the erle of Cane / and &s;yr Roger Mortymer / and to put theym all in the handis of the kyng / and of &s;yr Newe Spencer. Wherfore he came on a nyght and declared all this to the quene and aduy&s;ed her of the parell that &s;he was in. Than y^e quene was greatly aba&s;&s;hed / and required hym all we pyng of his good coun&s;aile. Than he &s;ayd ma+dame / I coun&s;aile you that ye depart and go in to the empire / where as ther be many great lor|des / who may ryght well ayde you / and &s;pecial+ly the erle Guillyam of Heynault / and &s;yr John of Heynaulte his brother. The&s;e two are great lordes and wi&s;e men / true / drad / and redoubted of their ennemies. Than the quene cau&s;ed to be made redy all her purueyaunce. and payd for e|uery thyng as &s;ecretly as &s;he myght / and &s;o &s;he and her &s;onne / the erle of Cane / and all her com+pany departed from Paris / and rode to warde Heynaulte / and &s;o long &s;he rode that &s;he came to Cambre&s;ys. And whan &s;he knewe &s;he was in the Empyre. She was better a&s;&s;ured than &s;he was before. and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed through Cambre&s;ys and entred into O&s;trenaunt in Heynaulte and lodged at Ambreticourt in a knights hou&s;e who was called &s;yr Dambrycourte / Who receyued her ryght ioyously in the be&s;t maner to his po|wer / In &s;o moche that afterwarde the quene of Inglande and her &s;onne hadde with them into Ingland for euer / the knyght and his wyfe and all his children / and auaunced them in dyuers maners.</P>
<P>THe comyng thus of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene of Ingla~de and of her &s;onne and heyre into the cou~|trey of Heynaulte was anon well knowen in the how&s;e of y^e good erle of Heynault / who as than was at Ualenciennes. And &s;yr John~ of Hey|nault was certified of the tyme whan the quene arryued at the place of &s;yr Dambrecourte. The whiche &s;yr John~ was brother to the &s;ayde Erle Guillam. And as he that was yong &amp; lu&s;ty de&s;i+ryng all honoure / mounted on his hor&s;e / and de+parted with a &s;mall company fro Uale~ciennes and came the &s;ame nyght to Ambreticourt / and dyd to the quene all honour and reuerence that he coulde deuy&s;e. The quene / who was ryght &s;orowfull / beganne to declare (complaynyng to hym ryght pyteou&s;ly) her dolours / Wherof the &s;ayd &s;yr John~ had great pitie / &s;o that the water da&s;hte in his yen / and &s;ayd certaynly fayre lady beholde me here your owne knyght / who &s;hall nat fayle you to dye in the quarell / I &s;hall do y^e be&s;t of my power to conducte you and my lorde your &s;onne. and helpe to brynge you into <ABBR>your</ABBR> a&s;tatis in Inglande by the grace of god / and With the helpe of your frendis in that parties / and I and &s;uche other as I can de&s;yre &s;hall put our lyues and goodes in adue~ture for your &s;ake and &s;hall gette men of warre &s;ufficient if god be plea&s;ed without the dau~ger of the kyng of Fra~|ce your brother. Than the quene wold haue kne+led downe for great ioye that &s;he had / and for y^e good wyll he offred her. But this noble knyght toke her vppe quyckly in his armes and &s;ayde / By the grace of god the noble quene of Ingla~d &s;hall nat knele to me. But ma dame recomforte your&s;elfe and all your company / for I &s;hall ke|pe you faithfull promy&s;e / and ye &s;hall go &s;e the erle my brother and the counte&s;&s;e his wyfe / and all theyr fayre chyldren / Who &s;hall receyue you with great ioye. For &s;o I harde theym reporte they wold do. Than the quene&s;ayd. &s;yr I fynde in you more loue and comforte / than in all the worlde. And for this that ye &s;ay and affirme me I tha~ke you a thou&s;ande tymes. and yf ye wyll do this ye haue promi&s;ed / in all courte&s;y and ho+noure / I and my &s;onne &s;hall be to you for euer bounde / and wyll put all the realme of <ABBR>Ingla~d</ABBR> in your abandon. For it is right that it &s;o <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be. And after the&s;e wordes. whan they were this accorded. Syr John~ of Heynaulte toke leue of the quene for that uyght / &amp; went to Douaing / &amp; laye in the abbeye. And in the mornynge after ma&s;&s;e / he lepte on his hor&s;e and came agayn to the quene / Who receyued hym with great Joye by that tyme &s;he had dynedde / and was redy to mounte on her hor&s;e to departe with hym / and &s;o the quene departed from the ca&s;tell of Dam|brety courte / and toke leue of the knyght / and of the lady / and thanked them for theyr good there that they hadde made her / and &s;ayd that &s;he tru+&s;ted oones to &s;e the tyme / that &s;he or her &s;onne &s;hulde well remembre theyr courte&s;ye.</P>
<P>Thus departed the quene in the company of y^e &s;ayd &s;yr John~ lorde Beamont. who ryght ioy|ou&s;ly dyd conducte her to Ualencyenues / and agayn&s;t her came many of the Burge&s;&s;es of the towne / and receyued her right humbly. Thus was &s;he brought before the Erle Guyllaume of Heynaulte / Who receyued her with great ioye / and in lyke wy&s;e &s;o dyd the cou~te&s;&s;e his wyfe / &amp; fea&s;ted her ryght nobly. And as than this Erle
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hadde foure layre doughters / Margaret Phi+lypp / Jane / and I&s;abell. Amonge whome the yong Edwarde &s;ette mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> hi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> loue and com|pany on Phylypp. And al&s;o the yong lady in al honour was more conuer&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">nt with hym than any of her &s;u&s;ters. Thus the quene I&s;abell a|bode at Ualencyennes by y^e &s;pace of .viii. daies with the good Erle / and with the cou~te&s;&s;e Jane be Ualoys. In the meane tyme the quene apa|railed for her needis and be&s;yne&s;&s;e / and the &s;aid &s;yr John~ wrote letters ryght effectuou&s;ly vnto knyghtis and &s;uche companyans as he tru&s;ted be&s;t in all Heynaulte / in Brabant / and in Be|haigne / and prayed them for all amyties / that was bitwene theym / that they wolde god <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> hym in this entrepri&s;e in to Inglande / and &s;o there were great plentye what of one countrey and other that were content to go with hym. for his loue. But this &s;ayd &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte was greatly reproued and coun&s;ailed the con|trarye / bothe of the Erle his brother / and of the chief of the coun&s;aile of the countrey / bycau&s;e it &s;emed to theym / that the entrepri&s;e was ryght hygh and parillou&s;e / &s;eynge the great di&s;cordis and great hates that as than was bytwene the barones of Inglande amonge them &s;elfe. And al&s;o con&s;yderyng / that the&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">hemen mo&s;t commonly haue euer great enuy at &s;traungers. Therfore they doubted / that the &s;ayd &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte / and his company &s;hulde nat re|tourne agayne with honour. But howe&s;o euer they blamed or cou~&s;ailed hym / the ge~tle knyght wolde neuer chaunge his purpo&s;e / but layd he hadde but one dethe to dye / the whiche was in the wyll of god. And al&s;o &s;ayd / that all knyght&abis; ought to ayd to theyr powers all ladyes and da mozels cha&s;ed out of theyr owne countreys be|yng without coun&s;aile or comfort.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe that the quene I&s;abell arry|ued in Inglande with &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte in her com|pany. Cap. x.</HEAD>
<P>_THys was &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte moued in his cou+rage &amp; made his a&s;&s;embly / &amp; prayed y^e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to he redy at hale<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> at Bre|das / and the Hollanders to be at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uchryghte / at a daye lymytted. Than the quene of Juglande tooke leue of the erle of Heynault / and of the cou~te&s;&s;e, and thanked theym greatly of their honour / &s;e|a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t / and good chere: that they hadde made her / ky&s;&s;ynge theym at her departynge. Thus this lady departed and her&s;onne &amp; all her company with &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte / Who With great peyne gatte leue of his brother. Sayng to hym My lorde and brother I am yong / and thynke that god hath pourueyed for me this entrepry&s;e for myn aduanceme~t. I beleue and thynke ve|rely / that wro~gfully and &s;ynfully this lady hath been cha&s;ed out of Inglande / and al&s;o her &s;o~ne. hit is almes and glory to god and to the worlde to comforte and helpe them / that be comfort<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and &s;pecyally &s;o hyghe / and &s;o noble a lady as this is. Who is doughter to a kyng and desceu|dyd of a royall kyng. We be of her bloodde and &s;he of oures. I hadde rather renounce and for|&s;ake all that I haue / and go &s;erue god ouer the &s;ee. and neuer to retourne into this countrey ra+ther than this good lady &s;hulde haue departed from vs Withowte comforte and helpe. Ther|fore dere brother / &s;uffre me to go with yo^r good Wyll. wherin ye &s;hall do nobly / and I &s;hall hu~|bly thanke you <ABBR>therof.</ABBR> and the better therby I &s;hall accomply&s;&s;he all the voyage. And Whan the good Erle of Heynaulte / hadde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> harde his brother / and parceued the great de&s;yre that he hadde to his entrepry&s;e / and &s;awe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> hy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> myght tourne hym and his heyres to great ho|noure here after. Sayd to hym. My fayre bro|ther / god forbyd that your good purpo&s;e &s;hulde be broken or lerte. Therfore in the name of god I gyue you leue and ky&s;te hym / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ynge hym by the hande / in&s;ygne of great loue.</P>
<P>Thus he departed / and roode the &s;ame nyghte to Mounce in Heynnaulte With the Quene of Inglande. What &s;hulde I make long proce&s;&s;e / They dyd &s;o moche by theyre Journeys / that they came to Durdryght in Holande / <ABBR>Wher</ABBR> as <ABBR>theyr</ABBR> &s;pecyall a&s;&s;embly was made. And there they purueyed for &s;hyppys great and &s;mall &s;u|che as they coulde get / and &s;hypped their hor&s;es and harneys and purueyaunce / and &s;o com<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> ded them &s;elfe into the kepyng of god and toke theyr pa&s;&s;age by &s;ee. In that co~pany there were of knyghtis and lordis. Fyr&s;t &s;yr John~ of Hey|naulte lord Beamond / &s;yr Henry Da<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">to<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g / &s;yr Michell de Ligne / the lorde of Go~meg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / &s;yr Parceualde Semeries / &abser; Robert de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;yr Saures de Bou&s;&s;oit / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> y^e lord of Pocelles / y^e lord Uillers y^e lord of heyn The lorde of Sars / the lorde of Boy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / the lorde of Da~bretycourte / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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and &s;yr Oulpharte of Gu&s;telle and diuers other knyghtis and &s;quyers / all in great de&s;yre to &s;er+ue theyr mai&s;ter / and whan they were all depar+ted fro the hauyn of Durdryght it was a fayre flete as for the quantite and well ordred / the &s;e|a&s;on was fayre and clere and ryght temperate and at theyr departynge With the fyr&s;teflodde they came before the Dignes of Holande and the next day they drewe vppe theyr &s;ayles / and toke theyr waye in co&s;tynge zelande / and theyr ententis were to haue taken <ABBR>land</ABBR> at Dongport but they coulde nat / for a tempe&s;te toke them in the &s;ee / that put them &s;o farre out of theyr cour&s;e that they wi&s;t nat of two dayes <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> of the whiche god dyd them great grace For if they had takyn lande at the porte where as they had thought they had ben all lo&s;te / for they had fallen in the hand is of theyre ennemyes. Who knew well of theyr commyng. and aboode them there to haue putte theym all to dethe. So hit was that about the ende of two dayes / the tem|pe&s;t &s;ea&s;ed and the maryners parceyued lande in Inglande and drewe to that parte right ioy|ou&s;ly / and there toke lande on the &s;andes With|oute any ryght hauyn orporte at Harwiche as the Ingly&s;&s;he cronicle &s;ayth / the .xxiiii. daye of Septembre / the yere of our lorde .M. CCC. .xxvi. And &s;o aboode on the &s;andes thre dayes with lytle puruey aunce of vitaylle and vn&s;hyp|ped theyr hor&s;es and harneys nor they wi&s;t nat in what parte of Inglande they were in: other in the power of theyr frendis / or in the power of theyr ennemies. On the .iiii. day they toke forth theyr way in the aduenture of god / and of &s;aynt George / as &s;uche people as hadde &s;uffred great di&s;ea&s;e of colde by nyght and hunger and great feare / Whereof they were nat as than clene ryd. And &s;o they rode forth by hylles and dales on y^e done &s;yde and on the other / tyll at the la&s;te they founde vyllages / and a great abbeye of blacke monkes the whiche is called &s;aint Hamo~ / wher as they .iii. dayes refre&s;&s;hed them&s;elfe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the quene of Inglande be&s;e|ged the kyng her hu&s;bande in the towne of Bri&s;to we Cap. xi.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd than this <ABBR>tidyng</ABBR> &s;pred about y^e realme &s;o moche that at y^e la&s;t it came to the knowledge of y^e lordes. by whom the quene was called agayn into <ABBR>Ingland.</ABBR> and they apparailed them in all ha&s;t to come to <ABBR>Ed|ward</ABBR> her&s;on / whom they wold haue to theyr &s;o+ueraigne lorde. And the fyr&s;te that came &amp; gaue them moo&s;t comforte was Henry Erle of Lan|ca&s;tre With the wrye necke / called Torte colle / who was brother to Thomas erle of Lanca&s;tre beheeddyd / as ye haue harde here before. who was a good knyght / &amp; greatly reco~mended / as ye &s;hall here after in this hy&s;torye. Thys Erle Henry came to the quene with great companye of men of Warre. and after hym came from one parte and other / erles / barones / knyghtys / and &s;quiers with &s;o moche people that they thought them clene out of parelles. and alwayes encrea|&s;ed theyr power as they went forewarde. Than they toke coun&s;ell among them that they &s;hulde ryde &s;treyght to the towne of Bry&s;towe / Where as the kyng was and with hym the Spencers. The whiche was a good towne and a &s;tronge / and Well clo&s;ed / &s;tandyng on a good port of the &s;ee and a &s;tronge ca&s;tell / the &s;ee bettyng rounde about it. And therin was the kyng and &abser; Hewe Spencer the elder who was about .xC. of age and &s;yr Hewe Spencer his &s;onne / who was chieffe gouernour of the kyng / and coun&s;ayled hym in all his euyll dedis. Al&s;o there was the Erle of Arundell / who had wedded the dough|ter of &s;yr Hewe Spe~cer / and diuer&s;e other kny|ghtis and &s;quiers repayryng about the kyng is courte. Than the quene and all her companye / lordes of Heynaulte / erles and barons / and all other ingli&s;&s;hemen toke the right way to y^e &s;aid towne of Bri&s;towe / and in euery towne where as they entred / they were receyued with great fea&s;t &amp; honour / and alwayes theyr people encre+a&s;ed / and &s;o longe they rodeby theyr iourneys that they arryued at Bry&s;towe. and be&s;ygedde the towne rounde about as nere as they myght and the kyng and &s;yr Hewe Spencer the yon|ger helde theym in the ca&s;telle / and the olde &s;yre Hewe Spencer and the erle of Arundell / helde them in the towne. And whan the people of the towne &s;awe the greate power that the Quene was of. For all moo&s;t all Inglande was of her accorde / and parceued what parell and daun|ger euydentely they were in. They toke coun|&s;ell amonge theym&s;elfe / and determyned / that they wolde yelde vppe the towne to the quene / So that theyre lyues and gooddys myghte be &s;auyd. And &s;oo they &s;ende / to treate with the quene and her coun&s;ell in this mattyer. But the
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quene nor her coun&s;elle Wolde nat agree therto without &s;he myght do w^t &s;yr Hewe Spencer &amp; with the erle of Arundell what it plea&s;ed her.</P>
<P>Whan the people of the towne &s;awe they coulde haue no peace otherwi&s;e / nor &s;aue the towne nor theyr gooddes nor theyr lyues / in that di&s;tre&s;&s;e they accorded to the quene / and opened the ga|tes / &s;o that the quene and &abser; John~ of Heynaulte and all her barous / knyghtis / and &s;quyers en|tred into the towne / and toke theyr lodgyngys within as many as myght &amp; the re&s;ide we with|out. Than &s;ir Hewe Spencer and the Erle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rundel were taken &amp; brought before the quene to do her plea&s;ure with them. Than there was brought to the quene her owne chyldren / John~ her&s;onne / and her two doughters / the whiche were fou~d ther in y^e kepyng of y^e &s;ayd &s;yr Hewe Spencer / Wherof the quene had great ioye / for &s;he had nat &s;eue theym longe before. Than the kyng myght haue great &s;orowe / and &s;ir Hewe Spencer the yonger / who were fa&s;t inclo&s;ed in the &s;tronge ca&s;tell / and the moo&s;t part of all the realme turned to the quenes parte / and to Ed|ward her elde&s;t &s;onne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe y^t &s;yr Hewe Spe~cer and the erle of Arundell were iudged to dethe Cap. xii.</HEAD>
<P>WHan the quene and her barons and all her company were <ABBR>lodged</ABBR> at theyr ea&s;e. Than they be&s;eged the ca&s;tell as nere as they myght. The quene cau&s;ed &s;yr Hewe Spe~+cer the elder and therle of Aru~dell to be brought forth before Edward her &s;onne / and all the ba|rons that were there pre&s;ent. And &s;ayde howe that &s;he and her &s;onne &s;hulbe take ryght &amp; lawe on them accordyng to theyr de&s;ertis. Than <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Hewe Spencer &s;ayd. Ma dame god be to you a good iudge and gyue you good iudgement / and if we can nat haue it in this world / I praye god we maye haue hit in another. Than &s;tepte forth &s;yr Thomas Wage a good knyght / and mar&s;hall of the ho&s;te. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> openly he recou~|ted they dedis in wrytynge. And than tourned hym to another auncient knyght / to the entent that he &s;huld bryng hym on that ca&s;e fanty. and to declare what &s;huld be done with &s;uche par|&s;ones / and what Judgement they &s;hulde haue for &s;uche cau&s;es. Than the &s;ayd knyght coun|&s;ailed with other barons and knyghtis / and &s;o reported theyr opynions / the Whiche was / how they had well de&s;erued deth / for dyuers horry|ble dedis / the whiche they haue commy&s;ed. for all the tre&s;pas reher&s;ed before to iu&s;tifie to be of trouth / Wherfore they haue de&s;erued for the dy|uer&s;yties of theyr tre&s;paces to haue iudgement in .iii. dyuers maners. Fyr&s;t to be drawen / and after to be heedded / and than to be hanged on the Jebet. This in lyke wy&s;e as they were iub|ged &s;o it was done &amp; executed before the ca&s;tell of Bry&s;towe / in the &s;yght of the kyng and of &s;yr Hewe Spencer the yonger. This iudgement was doone in the yere of our lorde .M. CCC. .xxvi. on &s;aynt Denys day in October. And af|ter this execution / the kyng and the yong Spe~+cer &s;eyng theym &s;elfe thus be&s;eged in this <ABBR>my&s;|chief</ABBR> / and knewe no comfort that myght come to them / in a mornyng betymes they two with a &s;malle company entred into a lytle ve&s;&s;ell be|hynde the ca&s;tell / thynkyng to haue fledde to the countrey of Walys. But they were .xi. dayes in the &s;hyppe and enforced it to &s;aile as moche as they myghte. But what &s;o euer they dydde the wynde was euery daye &s;o contrary to them by the wyll of god / that euery daye oones or twy&s;e they were euer brought agayn within a quart|ter of a myle to the &s;ame ca&s;tell.</P>
<P>At the la&s;t it fortuned &s;yr Henry <ABBR>Beamond</ABBR> &s;on to the vicount Beamond in Ingland entred in to a Barge and certayne company with hym / and &s;pyed this ve&s;&s;ell / and rowed after hym &s;o long that the &s;hyp wherin the kyng was coulde nat flee fa&s;t before them / but fynally they were ouer takyn / and &s;o brought agayn to the towne of Bri&s;tow / and delyuered to the quene and her &s;on as pri&s;oners. Thus it befel of this high and hardy entrepry&s;e of &s;yr John~ of Heynault / and his companye. For whan they departed and en+tred into theyr &s;hyppes at Durdright they were but .iii. C. me~ of armes. And thus by theyr help and the lordes in Inglande / the quene I&s;abell conquered agayne all her a&s;tate and dignyte / And put vnto execucion all her ennemyes wher of all the moo&s;t parte of the realme were right Joyou&s;e / withoute it were a fewe par&s;ones &s;u|che as were fauourable to &s;yr Hewe Spencer / and of his parte. And whan the kyng &amp; &s;ir Hew Spencer mere brought to Bri&s;towe by the &s;aid &s;ir Henry <ABBR>Beamond</ABBR> The kyng was than &s;ent by the cou~&s;ell of all the barons &amp; knyghtis to the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Barkeley / and put vnder good kepyng &amp; hone&s;t / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were ordeined people of a&s;tate aboute hym / &s;uche as knewe ryght Well what they ought to doo / but they were &s;traytly
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commaunded that they &s;hulde in no wy&s;e &s;uffre hym to pa&s;&s;e out of y^e ca&s;tell. And &abser; Hewe Spe~+cer was deliuerd to &abser; Thomas wage mar&s;hall of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ho&s;t. And after y^t the quene departed and al her ho&s;t to ward London whiche was the <ABBR>chief</ABBR> cite of Ingland. &amp; &s;o ryd forth on theyr iourneis and &abser; Thomas Wage cau&s;ed &abser; Hewe Spe~cer to be fa&s;t bou~d on y^e be&s;t &amp; leuie&s;t hor&s; of al y^e ho&s;t and cau&s;ed hym to were on a tabarte / &s;uche as traytours and theues Were wont to were. And thus he was led in &s;corue / after the quenes rout through out all the townes as they pa&s;&s;ed with trumpes and canayres / to do hym the greatter di&s;pyte / tyll at the la&s;te they came to the Cite of <ABBR>Herford</ABBR> / wher as the quene was honorably re|ceyued with great &s;olempnyte / &amp; all her co~pany and ther &s;he kept the fea&s;t of all &s;ayntis w^t great royalte / for the loue of her &s;on and &s;trau~gers y^t were ther.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;yr Hewe Spencer was put to his iudgement. Cap. xiii.</HEAD>
<P>WHan this fea&s;t was done: than &s;yr Hewe Spencer who was no|thyng beloued was brought forth before the quene and all the lordes and knyght&abis; / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> before hym in wrytyng was reher&s;ed all his dedis / ageyn&s;t the whiche he wold gyue no maner of an&s;were. And &s;o he was than iudged by playn &s;entence. Fyr&s;t to be drawen on an hyrdell with trumpes and trumpettis through all the cite of <ABBR>Herford</ABBR> and after / to be brought into the market place / where as all the people were a&s;&s;embled / &amp; there to be tyed on hygh vpon a ladder that euery ma~ myght &s;e hym / and in the &s;ame place ther to be made a great fier / and ther his pryuy membres cut from hym / bycau&s;e they reputed hym as an herety<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / and &s;o demed / and &s;o to be brent in the fyre before his face. And than his hart to be dra|wen out of his body &amp; ca&s;t into the fyre / bycau&s;e he was a fal&s;e traytour of hart / &amp; y^t by hys tray|tours cou~&s;ell &amp; extorcio~ y^t kyng had &s;hamed his realme / and brought it to great my&s;chief. for he had cau&s;ed to be behedded the greatte&s;t lordes of his realme. by whom y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> realme ought to haue ben &s;u&s;teyned and defended. And he had &s;o en|duced the kyng / that he wolde nat &s;e the quene his wyfe nor Edwarde his elde&s;t &s;on and cau|&s;ed hym to chare them out of the realme for fere of theyr lyues. And than his heed to be &s;tryken of and &s;ent to Lo~don. And accordyng to his iud+gement / he was executed. Than the quene and all her lordes toke theyr way toward London / and dyd &s;o moche by theyr iourneys / that they arryued at the Cite of London / and they of the cite with great company mette them / and dyd to the quene and to her &s;onne great reuerence / and to al theyr company as they thought it be&s;t be&s;towed. And whan they had ben thus recey|ued and fea&s;ted the &s;pace of .xv. dayes / the kny|ghtis &s;trau~gers / and namely &s;yr John~ of Hey|naulte had great de&s;yre to retourne agayn into theyr owne countres / for they thought they had well done theyr deuour / and achyued greatho|nour / and &s;o toke theyr leue of the quene / and of the lordes of the realme and the quene and the lordes requyred them to tary longer a lytle &s;pa|ce to &s;e what &s;huld be done with the kyng / who was in pry&s;on / but the &s;traungers had &s;o great de&s;yre to retourne into theyr owne countreys / that to praye theym the contrarye auayled nat. And whan the quene and her cou~&s;ell &s;aw that. They yet de&s;yred &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte to ta|ry tyll it was pa&s;t Chri&s;tmas / and to retaygne with hym &s;uche of his company as plea&s;ed hym be&s;t. The gentle knyght <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat leue to par|fourme his &s;eruice / but courte&s;ly graunted the quene to tary as long as it plea&s;ed her. and cau|&s;ed to tary &s;uche of his company as he <ABBR>coud</ABBR> get that was but a fewe for the remnaunt <ABBR>wold</ABBR> in no wy&s;e tary / Wherof he was di&s;plea&s;ed. Whan the quene and her coun&s;ell &s;awe that they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat abyde for no prayers / than they made them great chere and fea&s;tis. And the quene made to be gyuen to them plenty of golde and &s;yluer for theyr co&s;tis and &s;eruicis / and dyd gyue great Jewelles to eche of them accordyng to theyr de+grees / &s;o as they all helde them &s;elfe ryght well content. And ouer that they had &s;yluer for theyr hor&s;es &s;uche as they wolde leue behynde theym at theyre owne e&s;tymation without any grud|gyng. And thus &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte aboode &s;tyll with a &s;malle company among the engli&s;|&s;hemen / who always dydde hym as moche ho|noure as they coude ymagyn and to all his com+pany. And in lyke wy&s;e &s;o dyd the ladyes and damozelles of the countre. For there were great plentye of counte&s;&s;es / and great ladyes gentle pucels who were come thither to acompany the quene. For it &s;emed well to them that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> knyght &abser; John~ of Heynaulte had well de&s;erued y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> chere and fea&s;t that they made hym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The coronacion of kyng Edwarth the thyrde. Cap. xiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter that the mo&s;t part of the com|pany of Heynault were departed / and &abser; John~ Heynaulte lorde of <ABBR>Beamond</ABBR> taryed. The quene gaue leue to her people to be parte / &s;auynge a certayne noble knyghtis the whiche &s;he kept &s;tyl about her and her &s;o~ne. To coun&s;ell them / and commaunded all them that departed to be at London the next Chri&s;tmas / For as than &s;he was determyned to kepe open court / and all they promy&s;ed her &s;o to do. And whan Chri&s;tmas was come / &s;he helde a great court. And thyther came dukes / erles / harous / knyghtis and all the nobles of the realme with prelates and burge&s;&s;es of good townes / and at this a&s;&s;emble it was abuysed y^e the realme coud nat long endure without a h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and a chief lord Than they put in wrytynge all the dediss of the kyng who was in pri&s;on / and all that he hadde done by euyll coun&s;ell / and all his v&s;agess / and euyll behauyngis / and how euyll he had gouer+ned his realme / the whiche wass <ABBR><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">edd</ABBR> openly in playn audience to thentent that the noble &s;agis of the realme might take therof good aduyce / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to fall at acorde how the realme &s;huld be gouer|ned from then&s;forth. and whan all the ca&s;ess and dedis that the kyng had done &amp; co~&s;ented to and all his behauyng and v&s;agis were red / and wel vnde&s;t and. The harone and knyghtis and al y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cou~&s;els of the realme / drew them aparte to cou~|&s;ell / and the mo&s;t part of them accorded / and na+mely the great lordes and nobles with the bur|ge&s;&s;es of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good townes accordyng as they had hard &s;ay / and knew them &s;elfe the mo&s;t parte of his dedis. Wherfore they co~cluded that &s;uche a man was nat worthy to be a kyng nor to bere a crowne roy all / nor to haue the name of a kyng. But they all accorded that Edward his elde&s;te &s;on who was ther pre&s;ent / &amp; was ryghful heyre &s;huld be crowned kyng in &s;tede of his father / &s;o that he wold take good coun&s;ell &s;age and true about hym / &s;o that the realme from then&s;forth myght be better gouerned than it was before / &amp; that the olde kyng his father &s;huld be well and hone&s;tly kept as long as he lyued accordyng to his a&s;tate. and thus as it was agreed by all the nobles / &s;o it was accomply&s;&s;hed / and than was crowned with a crowne roy all at the palaice of We&s;tm~ be&s;ide London the yong kyng <ABBR>Edward</ABBR> the .iii. who in his bayes after was rightfortu|nate &amp; happy in armes. This coronacion wass in the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xxvi. on chri|&s;tymas day / and as than the yong kyng was a|bout the age of xvi. and they held the fe&s;t tyl the co~uercion of &s;ayut Paule folo wyng / and in the mean tyme greatly was fe&s;ted &s;ir John~ of Hey+naulte and all the princis and nobles of his cou~|tre. and was gyuen to hym and to his company many ryche Jewels. And &s;o he and his compa|ny in great fea&s;t and &s;olas both with lordis and ladyes taried tyll the .xii. day. And than &abser; John~ of Heynault hard tydyngis / how <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the kyng of Bayghan / and the erle of Heynault his brother and other great plenty of lordis of Frau~ce / had ordeyned to be at Conde at a great fea&s;t &amp; tur|ney that was there cryed. Than wold &s;ir John~ of Heynaulte no longer abyde for no prayer / &s;o great de&s;ire he had to be at the &s;aid tourney and to &s;e the erle his brother and other lordis of hys countrey / and &s;pecially the ryght noble kyng in larges the gentyll Charles kyng of Bayghan / wha~ y^e yong kyng Edward &amp; the quene his mo|ther and the baro~s &s;aw y^t he wold no longer ta|ry / and that theyr reque&s;t coude nat auaile / they gaue hym leue &s;ore agayn&s;t theyr wyls / and the kyng by the cou~&s;ell of the quene his mother dyd gyue hym .CCCC. markis &s;te<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lyng is of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> heritable to hold of hym in fee to be payed eue|ry yere in the towne of Bruges. And al&s;o dyd gyue to Philyp of Cha&s;taulre his chief e&s;quyer &amp; his &s;oueraigne coun&s;ellour .C. marke of rent yerely to be payed at the &s;ayd place / and al&s;o de+lyuered hym moche money to pay therwith the co&s;tis of hym and of his company tyl he come <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to his owne countre. and cau&s;ed hym to be con|ducted with many noble knyghtis to Douer / &amp; ther delyuered hym all his pa&s;&s;age free. And to the ladyes that were come into Ingland with the quene and namely to the counte&s;&s;e of Gar|re~nes / who was &s;u&s;ter to the erle of hare / and to dyuer&s;e other ladyes and damozels / ther were gyuen many feyre and ryche iewels at theyr de|partyng. And whan &abser; John~ of Heynaulte was departed fro y^e yong kyng Edward and all his company / and <ABBR>wer</ABBR> come to Douer. they entred encontyne~t into theyr &s;hippes to pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee to the entent to come be tymes to the &s;ayd tourney and ther we~t with hym .xv. yong lu&s;ty knyght&abis; of Ingland to go to this tourney with hym and to acqueynt them with the &s;traunge lordis and knyght&abis; that &s;huld be ther / and they had great honour of all the company that turneyd at that tyme at Conde.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe that kyng Robert de Breux of Scotland defyed kyng Ed|ward. Cap. xv.</HEAD>
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_AFter that &s;yr John of Hey+nault was departed fro kyng Edward / he and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene his mother gouerned the realme by the coun&s;elle of the Erle of Kent vncle to the kyng / And by the coun&s;ell of &s;yr Roger Mortymer who had great la~des in Ingland / to the &s;u~me of. vu. C .li. of rent yerely: And they both were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ani&s;&s;hed and cha&s;ed out of Ingla~d with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> quene as ye haue hard before. Al&s;o they v&s;ed moche after y^e cou~&s;ell of &abser; Thomas wage and by the aduy&s;e of other / who were reputed for the mo&s;t &s;age&s;t of the realme. How be it ther were &s;ome <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> enuy therat / the whiche neuer dyed in <ABBR>Ingland</ABBR> / and al&s;o it reigneth and wyl reigne in dyuers other countres. Thus pa&s;&s;ed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">orth the wynter and the lent &s;ea&s;on tyll Ea&s;ter / and than the kyng and the quene and all the re|alme was in good peace all this &s;ea&s;on. Than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o it fortuned / that kyng Robert of Scotland / who had ben rygh hardy &amp; had &s;uffered moche trauaile agayn&s;t Ingli&s;&s;hmen / and ofte~ tymes he had ben cha&s;ed and di&s;com<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eted / in the tyme of kyng Edward the fyr&s;t / grau~dfather to this yong kyng Edward the .iii. he was as than be|come very olde &amp; auncient and &s;icke (as it was &s;ayd) of the great euyll and malady. Whan he knewe thadu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tures that was fallen in Ingland howe that the olde kyng Edwarde the .ii. Was taken and depo&s;ed downe fro his regalley and his crowne and certayne of his cou~&s;ellours be|hedded and put to di&s;truction / as ye haue hard here before. Than he bethought hy y^t he wolde defye the yonge kyng Edward the .iii. bicau&s;e he was yong / and that the barons of the realme were nat all of one accorde as it was &s;aid. ther|fore he the better to &s;pede in his purpo&s;e to con|quere part of Ingland. And &s;o about Ea&s;ter in the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xxvii. he &s;ent his defyau~ce to the yong kyng Edward the .iii. &amp; to all the realme. &s;endyng them Worde / howe that he wolde entre into the realme of Ingland and brenne before hym / as he had done before tyme / at &s;uche &s;e&s;on as the di&s;comfeture was at the ca&s;tell of E&s;termelin: where as the Ingli&s;&s;h+men receyued great da~mage. Whan the kyng of Ingland and his coun&s;ell perceyued that they were defyed / they cau&s;ed it to be knowe~ ouer all the realme: and commau~ded that all the nobles and all other &s;huld be redy appareled euery ma~ after his e&s;tate: and that they &s;hulde be by A&s;cen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">on day next after at the towne of yorke / &s;tan|dyng northward. The kyng &s;ent moche people before to kepe the fronters agayn&s;t Scotland / And &s;ent a great amba&s;&s;ade to <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> John~ of Hey+nault praying hym right effectuou&s;ly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he wold helpe to &s;ocour and to kepe company with hym in his voiage agayn&s;t the Scottis / and that he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> he with hym at the A&s;ce~cion day nexte af|ter / at yorke / with &s;uche company as he myght gette of men of warre / in tho&s;e parties. Whan &abser; John~ of Heynaulte lorde of Beamonde hard y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyngis de&s;yre / he &s;ent &s;treyght his letters &amp; his me&s;&s;engers in euery place / where as he thought to recouer / or attaigne to haue any company of men of warre. Inflaunders / in Heynaulte / in Brabant / and in other places de&s;yryng them y^t in theyr be&s;t apparell for the warre: they wolde mete hym at Wy&s;ant for to go ouer the &s;ee with hym into Ingland. And all &s;uche as he &s;ent vn|to / came to hym with a glad chere: and dyuer&s;e other that hard therof in tru&s;t to attaigne to as moche honour as they had that were with hym in Ingland before at the other voiage. So that by that tyme y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ayd lorde <ABBR>Beamond</ABBR> was come to Wy&s;ant / ther was redy &s;hyppes / for hym and his company brought out of Ingland. And &s;o they toke &s;hyppyng and pa&s;&s;ed ouer the &s;ee / and arryued at Douer / &amp; &s;o than &s;ea&s;ed nat to ryde tyll they came within .iii. dayes of Pentheco&s;te to the towne of yorke / wher as the kyng and the quene his mother / and all his lordis were with great ho&s;t taryeng the comynge <ABBR>of&s;ir</ABBR> John~ of Heynaulte / and had &s;ent many before of theyr men of armes / archers and comen people of the good townes and villag&abis; / and as people re&s;or|ted / they were cau&s;ed to be loged .ii. or .iii. leges of alabout in the countre. And on a day thyther came <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> John~ of Heynaulte and his company / who were ryght welcome &amp; well receyued / both of the kyng / of the quene his mother / and of all other baro~s / and to them was delyuered the &s;ub barbes of the cite / to lodge in. And to <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> John~ of Heynaulte was delyuered an abbey of whyte monkes for hym and his how&s;old. Ther came with hym out of Heynaulte / y^e lorde of Angiew who was called <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Gualtier / &amp; &s;ir Henry lorde Dantoing / and the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Saignoles / and &s;it Fa&s;tres de Rae / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Robert de Batlleul / and &s;ir Guilliam de Bailleul his brother / and the lorde of Hauereth cha&s;teleyne of Mons / &abser; <ABBR>Allard</ABBR> de Bry&s;nell / &abser; Mychell de Ligne / &abser; John~ de Me~ tigni the yonger and his brother / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Saw&s;e de Bou&s;&s;at / the lorde of Go~megines / &s;yr Percyual de Seuernes / the lorde of Byaurien / and the lorde of Floien. Al&s;o of the countre of Flau~ders Ther was &abser; Hector of Uilais / &s;ir de Ro|des / &abser; Um&s;lart de Gui&s;tell / the lorde of Traces &s;ir Guy&s;&s;uyn de la Muele / and dyuer&s;e came
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thither of the countrey of Brahant / as the lorde of Dufle &s;yr Tyrry of Uaucourt / &s;yr Ra&s;&s;e de Gres / &s;yr John~ de Ca&s;&s;ebegne / &s;yr John~ Py|le&s;tre / &s;yr Guyllaum de Courterelless. The .iii. bretherne de Harlebeque / &s;yr Gualtier de hault bergue / and dyuers other. And of Behaignons <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;yr John~ de Libeaur / and &s;ir Henry his brother / &s;ir Henry de la Chapell / &s;yr Hewe de Hay / &s;yr John~ de Limies / &s;yr Lambert de Dres / and &s;ir Guilbert de Hers. And out of Ca~|bre&s;is and Artoys / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were come certayn kny+ght&abis; of theyr owne good wylles to auau~ce theyr bodyes / &s;o that &s;ir John~ of Heynaulte had well in his company .v. C. men of armes well appa|railed / and richely mounted. And after the fea&s;t of Pentheco&s;t came thyther / &s;yr Guyllaume de Juliers / who was after duke of Juliers after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> di&s;&s;ea&s;e of his father / and &s;ir Henry Tyrry of Branberque / who was after erle of Los / and with them a ryghtfayre row<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / and all to kepe companye with the gentle knyght &s;ir John~ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The di&s;cencion that was bitwene the archers of Inglande and themof Heynaulte. Cap. xvi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe gentle kyng of Ingla~d the better to fe&s;t the&s;e &s;trau~ge lordes and all their company helde a great courte on Try|nite &s;onday in y^e friers / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he &amp; the queue his mother were lodged / kepynge theyr hou&s;e eche of them apart. All this fea&s;t the kyng hadde well .v. C. knyghtis / and .xv. were newe made. And the quene had well in her courte .lx. ladyes and damozelles / who were there redy to make fea&s;t and chere to &s;ir John~ of Heynaulte and to his companye. There myght haue been &s;een great nobles / ple~ty of all maner of &s;trau~ge vitaile. There were ladyes and damozelless fre &s;hly apparayled redy to haue daunced / if they myght haue leue. But incontynent after dyuer there began a great fraye bitwene &s;ome of the gromes and pages of the &s;trau~gers / and of the archers of Inglande / who were lodged among them in the &s;aid &s;ubbarbis / and anon all the ar|chers a&s;&s;e~bled them to gether with their bowes &amp; droue the &s;traungers home to theyr lodgyng&abis; and the mo&s;t part of the knyghtis and mai&s;ters of them were as then in the kyng is courte / but as &s;oone as they harde tydyng&abis; of the fray eche of them drewe to theyr owne lodgyng in great ha&s;t &s;uche as myght entre / and &s;uche as coulde nat get in / were in great parell. For the archers who were to the nombre of .iii. M. &s;hotte fa&s;te theyr arowes / nat &s;paryng mai&s;ters nor varlet|tis. And it was thought and &s;uppo&s;ed that this &s;raye was begonne / by &s;ome of the frendis of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Spencers / &amp; of the erle of Arundels / who were put to deth before / by the a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de and coun&s;ell of &s;ir John~ of Heynaulte as ye haue harde before / as than parauenture thought to be &s;om what reue|ged / and to &s;et di&s;corde in the hoo&s;t. And &s;o the Ingly&s;&s;hemen / that were ho&s;tes to the&s;e &s;trau~|gers &s;hoot fa&s;t their doores / and wyndowes / &amp; wolde nat &s;uffre theym to entre in to theyr lod|gyngis. howbeit &s;ome gate in on the backe &s;yde and quickly armed them / but they dur&s;t nat i&s;|&s;ue out into the &s;trete for feare of the arowes. Than the &s;trau~gers brake out on the backe &s;ide and brake downe pales and hedges of gardens and drewe them into a certeyne playne place / &amp; aboode their company / tyll at the la&s;t they were a .C. and aboue of men of armes / and as many vnharne&s;t / &s;uche as coulde nat get to theyr lod|gyug&abis;. And whan they were a&s;&s;e~bled to gether they ha&s;ted them to go and &s;uccoure theyr com|paignyons / who defended theyr lodgyngis in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great &s;trete. And as they went forth they pa&s;|&s;ed by y^e lodgyng of the lorde Denghyen / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there were great gatis both before &amp; <ABBR>behynd</ABBR> openyng into the great &s;trete / and the archers of Ingland &s;hot fer&s;ly at the how&s;e / &amp; ther were many of the Henaus hurte / &amp; the good knyght of Au&s;tre de Rue / and &s;yr John~ Parceuall de Meries / and &s;yr San&s;e de Bou&s;&s;ac / the&s;e .iii. coulde nat entre in to theyr lodgyngis to arme them. but they dyd as valiantly as though they had ben armed. They had great leuers in their handis / the whiche they founde in a carpenters yarde. With the whiche they gaue &s;uche &s;trokis that men bur&s;t nat aproche to them. They .iii. bette downe that day / with &s;uche few company as they had mo than .lx. For they were great &amp; myghty knyght&abis;. Fynally the archers that were at the fraye were di&s;comfetted and put to cha&s;e and there was deed in the place well to the nom+bre of .CCC. And it was &s;aid they were all of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bu&s;&s;hopprike of Lyncoln~. Itrowe god dyd ne|uer gyue more grace and fortune to any people. than he dyd as than / to this gentle knyght / &s;yr John~ of Heynaulte and to his companye. For the&s;e Ingh&s;&s;he archers intended to none other thyng / but to murder and to robbe them / for all that they were come to &s;erue the kyng in his be|&s;yne&s;&s;e. The&s;e &s;trau~gers were neuer in &s;o great parell / all the &s;ea&s;on that they lay / northey were <GAP DESC="missing">
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euery man had takyn his place to lodge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> al nyght. Than the lordes drewe them aparte / to take coun&s;aile howe they myght fyght with the &s;cottis. con&s;ideryng the countrey that they were in / for as farre as they coulde vnder&s;tande. the &s;cottis went euer <ABBR>foreward</ABBR> all about burnyng / and wa&s;tyng the countrey and parceyued well howe they coulde nat in any wy&s;e / feyght with them among the&s;e mountaignes without great parell or daunger / and they &s;awe well al&s;o they coulde nat ouertake them. But it was thought that the &s;cottis mu&s;t n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">dis pa&s;&s;e agayne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> riuer of Tyne home warde. Therfore it was determi+ned by great aduyce and coun&s;aile / that all the o&s;te &s;hulde remoue at mydnyght / and to make ha&s;te in the mornyng to the entent to &s;toppe the pa&s;&s;age of the ryuer from the Scottis / wherby they &s;hulde be aduy&s;ed by force / eyther to fyght with them / orels to abyde &s;tyll in Inglande to theyr great daunger and lo&s;&s;e. And to this con|clu&s;ion / all the o&s;te was accorded and &s;o &s;upped and lodged as well as they myght that nyght / &amp; euery man was warned to be redy at the fyr&s;t &s;oundyng of the trumpette. And at the &s;ecunde bla&s;te euery man to arme hym without delaye / and at the .iii. euery man quyckely to mou~te on theyr hor&s;es / and to drawe vnder their owne &s;ta~+dard &amp; baner / and euery man to take with hym but one lo&s;te of breede / and to tru&s;te it behynde hym on his hor&s;e. It was al&s;o determined / that they &s;hulde leaue behynde theym all theyr loo&s;e harneys and all maner of cariagis and puruey+aunces / for they thought &s;urely to feyght with the &s;cottis the next daye / what &s;o euer daunger they were in thynkyng to ieo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de eyther to wyn or to lee&s;e all. And thus it was ordeyned and &s;o it was acco~ply&s;&s;hed / for about mydnyght euery man was redy apparailed / fewe had &s;lepte but lytle / and yet they had &s;ore traualed the daye be+fore. Is great ha&s;te as they made or they were well raunged in batell / the day began to appere Than they auau~ced forward in al ha&s;t through mou~taignes valeys / and rokkes / and through many euyll pa&s;&s;ages / without any playn coun|trey. And on the hye&s;t of the&s;e hylles / and on the playn of the&s;e valeys / there were meruaylou&s;e great mar&s;hes and daungerous pa&s;&s;ages / that it was great meruaile that moche people hadde nat ben lo&s;t / for they roode euer &s;tyll forward / &amp; neuer taried one for another / for who &s;o euer fel <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> any of the&s;e mar&s;hes with moche peyne <ABBR>could</ABBR> gette any ayde to helpe theym out agayne. So that in dyuer&s;e places there were many lo&s;t and &s;pecially hor&s;e and cariag&abis; and often tymes in the day there was cryed alarum / for it was &s;aid euer that the formo&s;t company of their o&s;te <ABBR>wer</ABBR> fyghtyng with their ennemies. &s;o that the hyn|der mo&s;t went it had ben true / wherfore they ha+&s;ted theym ouer rokkis and &s;tones and moun|taygnes with helme and &s;held redy apparailed to fyght / with &s;pere and &s;werde redy in hand w^t out tariyng for father / brother / or companyon. And whan they had thus ron forth often tymes in the day the &s;pace of halfe a myle to gyther to|warde the crye wenyng it had been theyr enne|myes. They were deceyued / for the crye euer a|ro&s;e by the rey&s;yng of hartis hyndis / and other &s;auage bea&s;tis that were &s;een by them in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fore+warde / after the whiche bea&s;tis they made &s;uche &s;howtyng and criyng / that they that came after went they had ben a fyghtyng with theyr enne|mies. Thus rode forth all that daye / the yonge kyng of Inglande by mou~taignes and <ABBR>destis</ABBR> / without fyndyng any hygh way / towne / or vil|lage. And wha~ it was ageyn&s;t nyght they came to the ryuer of Tyne / to the &s;ame place / Where as the &s;cottis hadde pa&s;&s;ed ouer in to Inglande Wenyng to them / that they mu&s;te nedis repa&s;&s;e agayne the &s;ame waye. Than the kyng of In|glande / and his o&s;te pa&s;&s;ed ouer the &s;ame riuer with &s;uche gydis as he had&punc; with moche peyne &amp; trauaile / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pa&s;&s;age was full of great &s;tones And whan they Were ouer / they lodged theym that nyght by the ryuer &s;yde / and by that tyme the Son was goon to re&s;te / and there was but fewe among them that had other axe or hoke / or any in&s;trument to cutte downe any woodde to make their lodgyng is withall / and there Were many that had lo&s;te there owne company / and wi&s;t nat where they were. Some of the footeme~ were farre behynde / &amp; wy&s;t nat well what way to take / but &s;uche as knewe be&s;te the countrey &s;ayd playnly they hadde rydden the &s;ame daye .xxiiii. engly&s;&s;he myles / for they roode as fa&s;te as they might without any re&s;t / but at &s;uche pa&s;+&s;ages / as they coulde nat che&s;e / all this nyght they laye by this ryuer &s;yde / &s;tyll in theyr har|neys / holdynge theyr hor&s;es by theyr raynes in theyr handts / for they wy&s;t nat wherunto to tye them. Thus theyr hor&s;es dyd eate no meate of all that nyght nor day before. They had nother ootes nor forage for them. Nor the people of the o&s;te had no &s;u&s;tenau~ce of all that day nor nyght but euery man his loffe that he hadde caryed be hynde hym / the whiche was &s;ore wette with the &s;wette of the hor&s;es / nor they dranke none other drynke but the water of the ryuer / Withowte it were &s;ome of the lordis / that had caryed botels w^t them / nor they had no fyer nor lyght / for they had nothyng to make lyght withall without it
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were &s;ome of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes that had torches brought with them. In this great trouble &amp; dau~ger they pa&s;&s;ed all that nyght / their armour &s;till on their backis / their hor&s;es redy &s;adled. And whan the day began to appere&punc; the whiche was greatly de sired of all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hole o&s;te / they tru&s;ted than to <ABBR>&s;ynd</ABBR> &s;ome redre&s;&s;e for them &s;elfe / and for their hor&s;es orels to fyght with theyr ennemies / the whiche they greatly de&s;yred / to thentene to be deliuered out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great trauaile and peyne that they had endured / and all that day it rayned so fa&s;te that the ryuer and pa&s;&s;age was waxen great / and ry+&s;en &s;o high y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> or it were noone <ABBR>ther</ABBR> myght none pa&s;&s;e the pa&s;&s;ages agayn. Wherfore they could nat &s;e~de to know where as they were / nor where to haue any forage or lytter for theyr hor&s;es / nor brede nor drynke for their owne &s;u&s;tinau~cis but &s;o all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nyght they were fayne to fa&s;t / nor theyr hor&s;es had nothyng but leues of trees &amp; herbes<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they cut downe bowes of trees w^t theyr &s;werd&abis; to tye withall their hor&s;es / &amp; to make them&s;elfe lodges. And about noone &s;ome poore folk&abis; of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countrey were founde / and they &s;aid howe they were as than .xiiii. myle from Newca&s;tell vpon Tyne / and .xi. myle fro~ Carlyle. and that there was no towne nerer to them / wheri they might fynde any thyng to do theym ea&s;e withall. And whan this was &s;hewed to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng / &amp; to the lord&abis; of his cou~&s;ell / incontinent were &s;ent thither hor|&s;es and &s;ompters to fetche thens &s;ome p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ueya~ce and there was a crye in the kyngis name made in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Newca&s;tell / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> who &s;o euer wolde bryng brede or wyne or any other vitaile &s;hulde be payd therfore incontinent at a good price / &amp; that they &s;hulde be conducted to the o&s;te in &s;aue garde / for it was publi&s;&s;hed openly that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng nor his o&s;te wolde nat departe from the place y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they were in / tyll they had &s;ome tydyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> where their ennemies were become. And the next day by noone &s;uche as had ben&s;ent for vitaile retur|ned agayne to the o&s;te with &s;uche purueyau~cis as they coulde gette / &amp; that was nat ouer moche and with them came other folkis of the cou~trey with lytle nagges charged with brede euyll ba|kyn in panyers / and &s;malle pere wyne in barels and other vitaile to &s;el in the o&s;te / wherby great part of the o&s;te were well refre&s;&s;hed &amp; ea&s;ed. and thus they co~tinued day by day the &s;pace of .viii. dayes abidyng eueryday y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> retournyng agayn of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;cott<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / who knew no more where y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> engli&s;&s;h o&s;telay. tha~ they knewe where they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> / &s;o eche of them were ignora~t of other. Thus .iii. dayes and .iii. nyghtis / they were in maner withowte brede / wyne / candel or lyght / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oder / or forage / or any maner of purueyau~ce / othe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for hor&s;e or m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and after the &s;pace of .iiii. dayes a lotte of brede was &s;olde for .vi. <ABBR>d.</ABBR> the whiche was worthe but <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i. <ABBR>d.</ABBR> And a gallon of wyne for .vi. grootis that was worth but .vi. <ABBR>d.</ABBR> And yet for all that / there was &s;uche rage of famin / that eche toke vitailes out of others handis. wherby there ro&s;e diuers batels and &s;tryffes bitwene &s;ondry companyo~s and yet be&s;ide all the&s;e mi&s;chieffis it neuer &s;ea|&s;ed to rayne all the hoole weeke. Wherby theyre &s;addels / pannels / and countre&s;yngles were all rottyn and broke~ / and mo&s;t part at their hor&s;es hurt on their back&abis; / nor they had nat wherwith to &s;hoo them / that were vn&s;hodde / nor they had nothyng to couer them &s;elfe withall fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> rayne and colde / but grene bu&s;&s;hes / and their armour Nor they had no thyng to make fyre withal but grene bowes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche wolde nat burne bicau|of the rayne. In this great mi&s;chief / they were all the weeke / without heryng of any worde of the &s;cottis. vpon tru&s;t they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> repa&s;&s;e agayn into theyr owne countreis the &s;ame way or uere ther about / Wherby great noy&s;e and murmour began to ry&s;e in the o&s;te / for &s;ome &s;aid and layd it to others charge / that by theyr coun&s;aile the kyng and all they were brought in to that dau~|ger / and that they had done it to betraye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng and all his oo&s;te. Wherfore it was ordeyned by the kyng &amp; by his coun&s;aile / that the nexte mor|nyng they &s;hulde remoue the oo&s;te / and repa&s;&s;e agayne the ryuer / about .vii. myle thens / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they myght pa&s;&s;e more at their ea&s;e. Than was it cried through out the o&s;te / that euery ma~ &s;hulde be redy apparailed to remoue / the nexte day by tymes. Al&s;o there was a crye made / that who &s;o euer coulde bryng to the kyng certayne knowledge where the &s;cott&abis; were / he y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brought fyr&s;t tydyng is therof <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> haue for his labour a .C .li. lande to hym / and to his heires for euer / and to be made a knyght of the kyngis hande. Whan this crye was made in the o&s;te diuers en+gli&s;&s;he knyghtis and &s;quiers to the nombre of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">xv. or .xvi. for couety&s;e of wynnyng of this pro+my&s;e. they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer in great parell / and rode forth throughe the mountaignes / and de|parted eche one from other takyng their adue~|ture. The next mornyng the o&s;te di&s;lodged and rode fayre and ea&s;ely all the daye for they were but euyll apparailed / and dyd &s;o moche y^t they repa&s;&s;ed agayn the ryuer with moche payn and trauaile / for the water was depe / bicau&s;e of the rayn that had fallen / wherfore many dyd &s;wym and &s;ome were drowned. And whan they were alouer / than they lodged the o&s;te / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde &s;ome forage / medowes &amp; feldis about a lytle village / the whiche the &s;cott<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had bre~t wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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they pa&s;t that way / and the nerte daye they de|parted frothens and pa&s;te ouer hyls and dales all day tyll it was noone / and than they founde &s;ome villages brent by the &s;cottis / and there a|bout was &s;ome champyon countrey with corne and medowes / and &s;o that nyght the o&s;t lodged <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Agayn the .iii. day they rode forth &s;o that the mo&s;t parte of the o&s;te wi&s;t nat whiche way / for they knewe nat the countrey / nor they coulde here no tydyng is of the &s;cottis. And agayn the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. day they rode forth ilyke maner / tyl it was about the houre of. iii and there came a &s;quyer fa&s;t tydyng toward the kyng / &amp; &s;aid. And it like your grace I haue brought you parfit tydyng&abis; of the &s;cott&abis; your ennemies. &s;urely they be with|in .iii. myle of you / lodged on a great mou~taine abidyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> for you / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they haue ben all this .viii. dayes / nor they knewe no more tidyn|gis of you / than ye dyd of them &abser; this y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I &s;hew you is of trouth for I aproched &s;o nere to them that I was takyn pri&s;oner &amp; brought before y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes of their o&s;te / and there I &s;hewed them ty+dyngis of you / and how that ye &s;eke for them to then<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ent to haue batell. &amp; the lordis dyd quyt me my rau~&s;om &amp; pri&s;on / whan I had &s;hewed them howe your grace had promi&s;ed a .C .li. &s;terlyng of rent to hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brought fyr&s;t tydyng is of them to you and they made me to promi&s;e y^t I &s;huld nat re&s;t / tyll I had &s;hewed you thys tydyngys for they &s;ayde they had as great de&s;yre to fyght with you as ye had with theym / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hall ye fynde them without faulte / and as &s;oone as the kyng had harde this tidynges he a&s;&s;embled all his oo&s;te in. fayre medowe to pa&s;ture theyr hor&s;es / &amp; be&s;idis <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was lytle abbey y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche was all brent called in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dayes of kyng <ABBR>Arthur</ABBR> le Blanche land. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the kyng confe&s;&s;ed hym and euery man made hym redy. The kyng cau+&s;ed many ma&s;&s;es to be &s;ong / to how&s;ell all &s;uche as had deuotion therto. And incontyuent he a&s;|&s;igned a .C .li. &s;terlyng of rent to the &s;quier that had brought hym tidyng is of the &s;cottis / accor|dyng to his pmy&s;e / and made hym knyght his owne handis before all the o&s;te. And whan they had well re&s;ted them / and takyn repa&s;te. Than the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">compet &s;ounded to hor&s;e / &amp; euery man mou~+ted / and the baners and &s;tanders folowed thys new made knyght / euery batell by it&s;elfe i~ good order through mou~taignes and dales raynged as well as they myght euer redy apparailed to fyght / and they roode / and made &s;uche ha&s;t that about noone they were &s;o nere the &s;cottys / that eche of theym myghte clerely &s;e other. And as &s;oone as the Scottis &s;awe theym / they I&s;&s;ued owte of theyre lodges a foote / and ordeyned .iii. great batelles / in the auaylynge of the hyll. and at the foote of thys mountaygne / there ranne a great ryuer full of great rockes and &s;tones / &s;o that none myght pa&s;&s;e ouer / withowte greate daunger or ieopardye / and though the engli&s;&s;h+men hadde pa&s;&s;ed ouer the ryuer. yet was there no place nor rowme / bytwene the hylle and the ryuer / to &s;ette the batayle in good order. The Scottis hadde, &s;tably&s;&s;hed their two fyr&s;te ba|telles / at the two corners of the mountaigne ioy+nyng to the rockes / So that none myght well mounte vpon the hyll to a&s;&s;ayle theym / But the &s;cottis were euer redy to beate with &s;tones the a&s;&s;aylantis if they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer. And whan the lordes of Inglande &s;awe the behauyng and the maner of the &s;cottis. they made all their peo|ple to a lyght a foote. and to put of theyr &s;purris and araynged .iii. great batelles / as they hadde done before / and there were made many newe knyghtis. And whan theyr batelles were &s;ette in good order. Than &s;ome of the lordes of In|glande brought theyr yong kyng a hor&s;e backe before all the batelles of the o&s;te to the entent to gyue therby the more courage to all his people The whiche kyng in full goodly maner prayed and requyred theym ryght graciou&s;ly that eue|ry man wolde peyne theym to do theyr be&s;te to &s;aue his honour and common weale of his re|alme. And it was co~mau~ded vpo~ peyne of deth / that none &s;hulde go before the mar&s;ha's baners nor breke theyr arraye / without they were com+maunded. And than the kyng co~maunded / that they &s;hulde aduaunce towarde their ennemyes fayre and ea&s;ely / and &s;o they dyd / and euery ba+tell went forth in good array and order a great &s;pace of grou~de to the di&s;cendyng of the moun+taygne / where as the &s;cottis were. And this the engli&s;&s;he o&s;te dyd to thentent to &s;e if their enne|mies wolde breke their felde or nat. &amp; to &s;e what they wolde do / but they could nat parceyue that they were about to remoue i~ any wi&s;e / they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o nere to guyther that they myght knowe eche others armes. Than the o&s;te &s;tode &s;tyll to take other coun&s;ell. And &s;ome of the o&s;te mounted on good hor&s;es and rode forth to &s;krymy&s;&s;he with theym / and to beholde the pa&s;&s;age of the ryuer / and to &s;e the countynaunce of theyre ennemyes more nerer. And there were harauldis of armes &s;ent to the Scottis. gyuyng them knowledge if that they wolde come and pa&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer to fight with them in the playn felde / they wolde drawe backe fro the ryuer / and gyue theym &s;ufficient place to araynge theyr batelles / eyther the &s;ame day orels the next / as they wold cho&s;e them &s;elfe orels to lette them do lyke wy&s;e / and they wolde
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come ouer to them. And whan the &s;cottis is harde this they toke coun&s;ell among theym&s;elfe. and anon they an&s;werd the harauld&abis; how they mold do nother the ouenor the other / and &s;ayd &s;yrs / yo^r kyng and his lordis&s;e well how we be here in this realme / and haue br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nt &amp; wa&s;ted y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> coun|trey as we haue pa&s;&s;ed through / and if they he di&s;plea&s;ed ther with lette them amend it whan they wyll / for here we wyll abyde / as long as it &s;hall plea&s;e vs. And as &s;oone as the kyng of In+gland hard that an&s;were / hit was incontynent cryed / that all the o&s;te &s;huld lodge there y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nyght without reculyug backe / And &s;o the o&s;te lodged there that nyght with moche peyne on the <ABBR>hard</ABBR> ground and &s;tones / alwayes &s;tyll armed. They had no &s;tak&abis; nor roddis to tye withall their hor|&s;es / nor forage / nor hu&s;&s;he to make withall any tyre / And whan they were thus lodged. Than the &s;cottis cau&s;ed &s;ome of theyre people to kepe &s;tyll the felde / where as they had ordeyned their batelles / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> remnant went to their lodgyng&abis; and they made &s;uche fyers that it was merueile to beholde. And bitwene the day and the nyght they made amerueilus great brute / w^t blowyng of hornes all at ones / that it &s;emed proprely that all the deuelles of hell had ben there. Thus the&s;e two o&s;tis were lodged that nyght. The whiche was &s;aynte Peters nyght / in the begynnyng of Augu&s;te. The yere of oure lorde .M. CCC .xxvii. And the nexte mornynge / the lordes of Inglande harde Ma&s;&s;e / and rayngen agayne theyre batelles / as they hadde done the daye be|fore. And the Scottis in lyke my&s;e ordred ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batelles. Thus both the ottis &s;toode &s;tyll in ba|tell / tyll it was noone. The Scottis made ne|uer &s;emblaunt to come to the Engly&s;&s;he o&s;te to fyght with theym / nor in lyke wy&s;e the engli&s;&s;he men to them / For they coulde nat aproche to g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|ther withowte great dammage. There were dyuer&s;e compaignyons a hor&s;e backe / that pa&s;|&s;ed the Ryuer / and &s;ome a foote / to &s;krymy&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e with the Scottis. And in like wy&s;e &s;ome of the Scott&abis; brake oute / and &s;krymy&s;&s;hed with them So that there were dyuer&s;e on bothe partyes &s;layne / wounded / and takyn pry&s;oners. And after that noone was pa&s;te / The lordes of Ju|glande commaunded euery man / to drawe to theyr lodgyng. For they &s;awe well the Scottis wolde nat fyght with theym / and in like maner thus they dyd .iii. dayes to gyther / and the &s;cot|tis in lyke ca&s;e kepte &s;tyll theyr mountaygnes / Howe be it there was &s;krymy&s;&s;hynge on bothe partyes / and dyuer&s;e &s;layne / and pry&s;oners ta|kyn. And euery nyght the Scottis made great fyres &amp; great brute with &s;howttyng &amp; blowyng of hornes. The entencion of the englyl&s;he men was / to holde the &s;cottis there / in mauer as be|&s;eged. For they coulde nat fyghte with theym / there as they were / Thynkyng to haue famy&s;|&s;hed theym. And the engly&s;&s;he men knewe well by &s;uche pry&s;oners as they hadde takyn / that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Scottis hadde nother bredde / wyne / nor&s;alte / nor other purueyaunce / &s;aue of bea&s;tis they had great plentye / the whyche they hadde takyn in the countrey / and myght eate at their plea&s;ure without bredde / whiche was an euyll dyette / for they lacked oten meale to make cakes with|all / as is &s;ayde before / the whyche dyet &s;ome of the engli&s;&s;he men v&s;ed whan they haddenede / &s;pecially borderers / whan they make rodes in|to Scotlande. And in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mornyng the .iiii. day the engly&s;&s;h men loked on the mou~taigne <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the Scottis were and they coulde &s;e no crea+ture / for the &s;cottis were depted at mydnyght. Than was there &s;ent men a hor&s;e backe and a|foote ouer the ryuer to knowe where they were become. And about noone they founde theym lodged on another mountaigne more &s;tronger than the other was / by the &s;ame ryuer &s;yde / and where there was a great wodde on the one &s;yde to goo and come &s;ecretly whan they ly&s;t. Than incontynent the engly&s;&s;he o&s;te <ABBR>di&s;lodged</ABBR> / and brewe to that parte in batelled in good order &amp; lo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed theym on another hyll ageyn&s;t the &s;cot|tis / and raynged theyr batelles / and made &s;em|blant to haue come to them. Than the Scottis i&s;&s;ued out of their lodges and &s;et theyr batels a|long y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer&s;yde ageyn&s;t them / but they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> neuer come toward the engli&s;&s;he o&s;te / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> en|gli&s;&s;hmen could nat go to them wout they <ABBR>wold</ABBR>
haue ben &s;layn or take at auau~tage. Thus they lodged eche <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">cu&s;t other y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pace of .xviii. daies and often tymes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Ingla~d &s;ent to them his harauldis of armes offeryng them / that yt they wolde &s;ome and fyght with hym he wolde gyue them place &s;ufficient on the playn grou~de to pytche theyr felde / Or elles lette theym gyue hym rowme and place / and he a&s;&s;ured theym / that he wolde come ouer the ryuer and fyght w^t theym but the &s;cottis wolde neuer agree them to. Thus both the oo&s;tis &s;uffered moche payne and trauayle / the &s;pace that they laye &s;o nere to gyther / and the fyr&s;t nyght that the engli&s;&s;he o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> was thus lodged on the &s;ecund mou~taigne / the lorde willyam Duglas toke with hym aboute CC. men of armes / &amp; pa&s;t the ryuer farre of fro the o&s;te / &s;o that he was nat parceyued / and &s;ode~+ly he brake into the engly&s;&s;he oo&s;te about myd|nyght criyng Duglas Duglas ye &s;hall all dpe theues of Juglande / And he &s;lewe or he sea&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">
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CCC. men / &s;ome in their beddis / &amp; &s;ome &s;kant redy / and he &s;trake his hor&s;e with the &s;purres / &amp; came to the kyngis owne tent / alwayes criyng Duglas / and &s;trake a &s;undre .ii. or .iii. cordis of the kyng&abis; tent &amp; &s;o departed / &amp; in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> retret he lo&s;t &s;ome of his men. Than he returned agayn to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;cott&abis; / &s;o that they was no more done / but euery nyght the engli&s;&s;he o&s;te made good &amp; &s;ure wat|che / for they doubted makyng of &s;kryes / &amp; euer the mo&s;t part of the o&s;te laye in their harneys. &amp; euery day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;krymy&s;&s;hes made / &amp; men &s;layne on both parties / and in conclu&s;ion y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> la&s;t daye of .xxiiii. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;cotti&s;&s;he knyght ta|ky<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / who ageyn&s;t his wyll &s;hewed to the lordes of Ingland / what &s;tate and condition the &s;cott&abis; were in / he was &s;o &s;ore examyned / that for feare of his lyfe he &s;hewed howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes of Scotla~d were accorded among them &s;elfe / that the &s;ame nyght euery man &s;huld be redy armed. and to fo+lowe the baners of the lorde Wyllyam Duglas and euery ma~ to kepe hym &s;ecrete / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> knyght could nat &s;hewe them what they entended to do Than the lordis of Ingland drewe them to cou~+&s;aile and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was thought amo~g them / that the &s;cottis myght in the nyght tyme come &amp; a&s;|&s;aile their o&s;te on both &s;ydes to aduenture them+&s;elfe other to lyue or dye / for they coulde endure no longer the famyne that was among theym. Than the engly&s;&s;he lordes ordeyned .iii. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">at batels / and &s;o &s;tode in .iii. parties without their lodgyngis / and made great fyers / therby to &s;e the better / &amp; cau&s;ed all their pages to kepe theyr lodgyngis and hor&s;es. Thus they &s;tode &s;tyll all y^t nyght armed euery man vnder his owne &s;ta~|dard and baner and in the brekyng of the daye <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ii. trompettis of Scotland mette with the en|gli&s;&s;he &s;cout watche / who toke the trompettis &amp; brought them before the kyng of Ingland &amp; his con&s;aile / and than they &s;aid openly. Sirs what do ye watche here / ye le&s;e but your tyme / for on the ieopardye of our heedis. the &s;cottis are gone and departed before mydnyght / and they are at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> le&s;t by this tyme .iii. or .iiii. myle on theyr way and they left vs .ii. behynd to thentent that We &s;hulde &s;hewe this to you. Than the engli&s;&s;he lordes &s;aid / that it were but a foly to folowe the &s;cottis. For they &s;awe Well they coulde nat ouer take theym / yet for doubte of di&s;ceyuyng / they kept &s;tyll the two trompettis pryuely / and cau|&s;ed their batailes to &s;tande &s;tyll araynged / tyll it Was nere prime. &para; And whan they &s;awe for trouth that the &s;cottis were departed. Than e|uery man had leaue to retraye to their lodgyng and the lordes toke coun&s;aile to determyn what &s;hulde be be&s;t to do. And in the meane tyme dy|uer&s;e of the ingli&s;&s;he o&s;te mounted on their hor|&s;es / and pa&s;&s;ed ouer the ryuer / and came to the mountaigne / where as the &s;cottis had ben / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde mo than .v. C. great be&s;tis re|dy &s;layne / bicau&s;e the &s;cottis coulde nat dryue them before theyr oo&s;te / and bicau&s;e that the en|gli&s;&s;he men &s;hulde haue but &s;mall profit of them Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they <ABBR>found.</ABBR> CCC. caudrons made of be&s;t&abis; &s;kynnes / with the heare &s;tyll on them &s;tray+ned on &s;takes ouer the fyre full of water and full offle&s;&s;he to be &s;odden and mo than a .M. &s;pytt&abis; full of fle&s;&s;he to be ro&s;ted. And mo than .x. M. olde &s;hoos made of rawe lether / with the heare &s;tyll on them / the whiche the &s;cottis had left be|hynd them. Also there they founde .v. poore en|gly&s;&s;hemen pri&s;oners bounde fa&s;te to certayne trees / and &s;ome of their legges broken / tha~ they were lo&s;ed &amp; let go. &amp; than they returned agayn and by that tyme al the o&s;te was di&s;lodged / and it was ordeyned by the kyng and by the aduyce of his coun&s;aile that the hole o&s;te &s;hulde folowe the mar&s;hals baners / and drawe homeward in to Ingland / and &s;o they dyd / and at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> la&s;t came into a fayre medow / where as they <ABBR>fou~d</ABBR> forage &s;ufficient for their hor&s;es and cariagis. wherof they had great nede / for they were nigh &s;o feble that it &s;hulde haue ben great peyne for them / to haue goon any forther. The engli&s;&s;he cronicle &s;ayth / that the &s;cottis had ben fought with all / and &s;yr Roger Mortymer a lorde of Inglande had nat betraied the kyng / for he toke mede and money of the &s;cottis / to thentent they myght de|parte pryuely by nyght vnfoughte with all / as hit maye be &s;een more playnely in the engli&s;&s;he Cronycle / and diuers other maters / the whiche I pa&s;&s;e ouer at this tyme / and folowe myn au|ctour. And &s;o than the nexte day the o&s;te di&s;lod|ged agayne and went forth / and abowte noone they came to a great abbey / two myle fro the ci|te of Durham / and there the kyng lodged / and the o&s;te there about in the feldis / Where as they founde forage &s;ufficient / for theym &s;elfe and for theyr hor&s;es / and the nexte day the o&s;te lay there &s;tyll / and the kyng went to the cite of Durham to &s;e the churche / and there he offered. And i~ this cite euery man founde their owne cariagis the Whyche they hadde lefte .xxxii. dayes before in a wodde at mydnyght / whan they folowed the &s;cottis &s;yr&s;t / as it hath ben&s;hewed before / for the burge&s;&s;es and people of Durham / had founde and broughte theym into theyr towne at theyre owne co&s;tis and chargis. And all the&s;e cariag&abis; were &s;ette in voyde granges and barnes in &s;a|ue garde / &amp; on euery mannes cariage his owne cogni&s;au~ce or armes. Wherby euery ma~ myght
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knowe his owne. And the lordes and genty lme~ were gladde / Whan they had thus founde their cariages. Thus they abonde two dayes in the cite of Durham and the o&s;te rounde about. for they coulde nat all lodge within the cite. &amp; there theyr hor&s;es Were newe &s;hoode. And than they toke theyr Way to the cite of yorke / and &s;o with in .iii. dayes they came thither / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng fou~de the quene his mother. who receyued hym with great ioye. And &s;o dyd all other ladyes da+mozelles / burge&s;&s;es / and c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">mons of the Citie. The kyng gaue lycence to all maner of people / euery man to drawe home <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arde to theyr owne countreys. And the kyng thanked greatly the Erles / barones and knyght&abis; of theyr good cou~+&s;aile and <ABBR>and</ABBR> that they had done to hym in hys io<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ney. And he retayned &s;tyll with hym &abser; John~ of Heynaulte and all his company / Who Were greatly fea&s;ted by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene and all other ladyes Than the knyghtis and other &s;trau~gers of hys company made a byll of their hor&s;es / and &s;uche other &s;tuffe as they had lo&s;t in that iourney / and delyuered it to the kyngis coun&s;aile euery man by it&s;elfe / and in tru&s;te of the kyngis promy&s;e. &abser; John~ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont bou~de hym+&s;elfe to all his company / that they &s;hulde be con|tent for euery thyng co~prised in theyr owne bils within a &s;hort&s;pace. For the kyng nor his coun|&s;aile coulde nar &s;o &s;oone recouer golde or &s;yluer to content their de&s;yres / but he delyuered them &s;ufficient by rea&s;on to pay all their &s;mall char|ges / and to bryng them home withal into theyr owne countreis. And anon after within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame yere they were payd for euery thyng they <ABBR>could</ABBR> de&s;yre. Than they of Heynnaulte bought lytle <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">agges to ryde at theyr ca&s;e / theyr lackett&abis; and pagis / and all their harneys and baggages by water in .ii. &s;hippes that was deliuered to them the whiche &s;hyppes with theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> arryued at Sluce in Flaundders / and &s;yr John~ of Heyn|naulte and his companye toke theyr leue of the kyng / of the olde quene / of the erle of Kent / of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Lanca&s;tre / and of all the other barones / who greatly dyd honour theym. And the kyng cau&s;ed .xii. knightis / and. C&punc;C. men of armes to co~pany them for doubt of the archers of Ingla~d of Whome they were nat well a&s;&s;ured / for they mu&s;te needis pa&s;&s;e through the bu&s;&s;hopryke of Lincoln~. Thus departed &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> John~ of heynaulte and his rowte / in the conduct of the&s;e knyghtis and rode &s;o long i~ theyr iourney. that they came to Douer / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> entred into the &s;ee i&s;hippis and ve&s;&s;els that they founde redy <ABBR>ther</ABBR> apparay+led for them. Than the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">adli&s;t he knyghtis ve|parted fro thens / and retourned to their owne hou&s;es / and the henous arriued at Wy&s;ant and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;oiourned .ii. bayes / in makyng redy theyr hor&s;es and harneys. And in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mean tyme &abser; John~ of Heynault / and &s;ome 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 how&s;es / &amp; countres &abser; John~ of Heynaulte rode to therle his brother who was at Ualenciennes / who receyued hym ioyou&s;ly / for greatly he loued hym. To Whom he recounted all his tydyng is that ye haue hard here before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kyng Edward was mary|ed to my lady Philyp of Hey|naulte. Cap. xix.</HEAD>
<P>_HIt was nat long after / but that the kyng / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene his mother / therle of Kent his vn|cle / therle of Lanca&s;tre / &s;ir Ro|ger Mortymer / and all the ba|rones of Inglande / and by the aduyce of the kyngis coun&s;aile / they &s;ent a bu&s;|&s;hop / and .ii. knyghtis banerettis / with .ii. nota+ble clerk&abis; / to &abser; John~ of Heynault pray enghym to be a mean that theyr <ABBR>lord</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yong kyng of In+gland myght haue in mariage one of the eric<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc; boughts of Heynault his brother named Phy|lyp. For the kyng &amp; all the nobles of the realme had rather haue her than any other lady for the loue of hym. &abser; John~ of heynault lord Beamont fea&s;ted &amp; honored greatly the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours / &amp; brough them to Ualencie~nes to therle his bro|ther. who honorably receued them. &amp; made them &s;uche chere / y^t it were ouer long here to reherse. And whan they had &s;hewed the content of theyr me&s;&s;age. Therle &s;aid. Sirs I tha~ke greatly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng your prince / &amp; the quene his mother / &amp; all other lordes of Ingland / &s;yth they haue &s;ent &s;u|che &s;ufficient &abper;&s;onages as ye be / to do me &s;uche honor as to treat for the mariage. to the whiche reque&s;t / I am well agreed. if our holy father the pope wyll co~&s;ent therto. With y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche <ABBR>answer</ABBR> the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours were right well co~te~t. Tha~ they &s;ent .ii. knyght&abis; &amp; .ii. clerk&abis; inco~tinent to the pope to Auygnon / to purcha&s;e a di&s;pe~&s;ation for this mariage to be had / for without y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> popes li|cere they might nat marie / for y^e linage of Fra~ce they were &s;o nere of kyn / as at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> .iii. degree: for the .ii. mothers were co&s;yn Jermayns i&s;&s;ued of ii. brethern~. &amp; whan the&s;e amba&s;adors were co~e to the pope / &amp; their reque&s;t&abis; &amp; con&s;ideratio~s well hard / our holy father the pope / with all the hole
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colledge con&s;entyd to this mariage / and &s;o fea|&s;ted them. And than they departed and came a|gayne to Ualenciennes with their buls. Than this mariage was concluded and affirmed on bothe parties. Than was there deuy&s;ed / and purueied for theyr apparaile / and for all thyng&abis; honorable / that belonged to &s;uche a lady / who &s;huld be quene of Inglande / and there this prin|ce&s;&s;e was maryed / by a &s;ufficient procuration brought fro the kyng of Inglande / and after al fea&s;t is and triumphes done. Than thys yonge quene entred into the &s;ee at Wy&s;ant and arry|ued with all her co~pany at Douer. And &amp; John~ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont her vncle dyd co~|duct her to the cite of London / where there was made great fea&s;t and many nobles of Ingland and the quene was crowned. And there was al|&s;o great iu&s;tes / tourneys daun&s;yng / carolyng / and great fea&s;tis euery day. The whiche endu|ced the &s;pace of .iii. week+is. The engli&s;&s;he cro|nicle &s;aith / this mariage / and coronation of the quene was done at Yorke / with moche honour. the &s;unday in the euyn of the co~uer&s;ion of &s;aynt Paule / in y^e yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xxvii. In the whiche cronicle is &s;hewyd / many other thynges of the rulynge of the realme / and of the deth of kyng Edwarde of Carnaruan / and dy|uer&s;e other debates that were within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> realme as in the &s;ame Cronicle more playnly hit appe|reth / the whiche the auctor of this boke &s;peketh no worde of / b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">cau&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">auenture he knew it nat. for it was hard for a &s;tra~ger to knowe all thyn|gis / but accordyng to his wrytyng / This yong quene Philyp aboode &s;tyll in Inglande with a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">all company of any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ones of her owne cou~|tre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &s;auyng one who was named wandelet of Manny / who aboode &s;tyll with the quene and was her karuer / &amp; after dyd &s;o many great pro|we&s;&s;es in dyuer&s;e places / that it were harde to make mencion of them all.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kyng Robert of Scotland dyed. Cap. xx.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd whan that the &s;cottis were de+parted by nyght from the mountaigne where as the kyng of Ingland hadde be&s;eged theym / as ye haue harde here before.</P>
<P>They went .xxii. Myle throughe that &s;auage countrey without re&s;tyng / and pa&s;&s;ed the riuer of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yne / right nere to Carlyle. And y^e next day they went into theyr owne lande / and &s;o depar|ted euery man to his owne man&s;ion&punc; and within a space af<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> there was a peace purcha&s;ed bitwene the kyngis of Ingland and Scotland / and as the engly&s;&s;he cronicle &s;ayth / it was done by the &s;peciall coun&s;ell of the olde quene / and &abser; Roger Mortymer for by theyr meanes / there was a p|lyament holden at North hampton at y^e whiche the kyng being within age / grau~ted to the &s;cot|tis to relea&s;e all the feaulties and homages that they ought to haue done to the Crowne of In|glande by his Charter en&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aled. And al&s;o there was delyuered to the &s;cottis an endenture / the whiche was called the Ragmon / wherin was co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">teyned all the homages and feaulties that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of &s;cottis / and all the prelatis erles and ba+rones of Scotlande ought to haue done to the crowne of Inglande / &s;ealed with all their &s;ealis with all other rightis / that &s;ondry barones and knyghtis ought to haue hadde in the realme of Scotlan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. And al&s;o they delyuered to them a|gayn the blacke cro&s;&s;e of Scotland&punc; the whiche the good kyng Edwarde conquered / &amp; brought it out of the abbey of Scoue / the whiche was a precious relique / and all rightis and entere&s;&s;es that euery baron had in Scotlande / was than clene forgyuen / and many other thyngis were done at that parlyament / to the great hurt / and preiudice of the realme of Ingland / and in ma|ner ageyn&s;t the wyls of all the nobles of the re|alme &s;aue onely of I&s;abell the olde quene &amp; the bu&s;&s;hop of Ely / and the lord mortymer. They ruled the realme in &s;uche wy&s;e / that euery man was my&s;content. So y^t the erle Henry of Lan|ca&s;tre / and &s;yr Thomas Brotherton erle mar|&s;hall / and &s;yr Edmund of Wod&s;tocke the kyng&abis; vncles / and dyuer&s;e other lordes and co~mons / were agreed to gether to amende the&s;e faultes / if they myght. And in that meane tyme y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene I&s;abell &amp; &s;yr Roger Mortym~ / cau&s;ed a nother parliament to be holden at Saly&s;bury / at the whiche parliament / &amp; Roger Mortymer was made erle of Marche / ageyn&s;t all y^e baro~s wyls of Ingla~d / in preiudice of y^e kyng &amp; his realme and &s;ir John~ of Eltham y^e kyngis brother was made erle of Cornewal. To the whiche <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">liame~t there Henry of La~ca&s;tre wold <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at come. wher|fore the kynge was broughte in beleue / that he wold haue di&s;troyed his par&s;on / for the whiche they a&s;&s;embled a great ho&s;te / and went to <ABBR>ward</ABBR> Bedforde / Where as the Erle Henry was with his companye. Than the Erle Mar&s;hall / and therle of Kent the kyngis brother made a peace bitwene the kyng &amp; y^e erle of La~ca&s;tre on who&s;e part was &amp; Henry lorde Beamont / &s;yr Fowke Fitzwayn / &amp; Thomas Rocellin. &abser; Willia~ Tru&s;+&s;ell / Syr Thomas Wyther / and abowte a .C. knyghtis who were all exyled out of Inglande by the coun&s;aile of quene I&s;abell / and the Erle
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Mortym~ / for he was &s;o couetous y^t he thought to haue the mo&s;t part of all their landis into his owne handis / as it is more playnly &s;hewen in y^e ingli&s;&s;he cronicle&punc; the whiche I pa&s;&s;e ouer and folowe myn auctour. The forsaid peace whiche was purcha&s;ed bitwene Ingland and Scotla~d was to endure .iii. yere. And in the meane tyme it fortuned that kyng Robert of Scotland was right &s;ore aged / &amp; feble&punc; for he was greatly char|ged with the great &s;ickenes / &s;o that ther was no way with hym but deth. And whan he felte that his ende drew nere / he &s;ent for &s;uche barones &amp; lordis of his realme as he tru&s;ted best. &amp; &s;hewed them / how there was no remedy with hym / but he mu&s;t nedis leue this transetory lyfe. Co~mau~+dyng them on the faith and trouth y^t they owed hym / truly to kepe the realme / and ayde y^e yong prince Dauid his &s;onne / and that whan he <ABBR>wer</ABBR> of age / they &s;hulde obey hym and crowne hym kyng / and to mary hym i~ &s;uche a place as was co~uenient for his a&s;tate. Than he called to hym the gentle knyght &s;ir William Duglas / &amp; &s;ayde before all the lordes. Sir William my dere fre~d ye knowe well that I haue had moche a do my dayes to vphold and susteyne the ryght of this realme and wha~ I had mo&s;t a do / I made a &s;o|lemne vow / the whiche as yet I haue nat accom+ply&s;&s;hed / wherof I am right sory. The whiche was / if I myght acheue and make an ende of al my warres / &s;o that I myght ones haue brought this realme in re&s;t and peace / than I promy&s;ed in my mynd to haue gone / and warred on Chri|&s;tis ennemies / aduer&s;aries to our holy chri&s;ten faith. To this purpo&s;e myn hart hath euer eate~ ded / but our lorde wolde nat co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ent therto / for I haue had &s;o muche a do in my dayes / &amp; nowe in my la&s;t entrepri&s;e I haue takyn &s;uche a mala+dy that I can nat e&s;cape. And &s;yth it is &s;o y^t my body can nat go nor acheue / y^t my hart desireth I Wyll &s;ende the hart in&s;tede of the body to ac|complyh&s;&s;myn auowe / and bycau&s;e I knowe nat in all my realme no knyght more valyaunt than ye be / nor of body &s;o Well furny&s;&s;hed to ac|co~ply&s;&s;hemyn avowe in &s;tede of my &s;elfe. Ther+fore I re&abqui;re you myn owne dere a&s;peciall fre~de that ye wyll take on you this voiage for the loue of me / and to acquite my &s;oule agayn&s;t my <ABBR>lord</ABBR> god. For I tru&s;t &s;o moche in your noblenes and trouth / that and ye wyll take on you / I doubte nat / but that ye &s;hall achyue it / and than &s;hall I dye in more ea&s;e and quiete. &s;o that it be done in &s;uche maner as I &s;hall declare vnto you. I woll y^t as &s;oone as I am trepa&s;&s;ed out of this worlde that ye take my harte owte of my body / and en|bawme it / and take of my trea&s;oure / as ye &s;hall thynke &s;ufficient for that entrepri&s;e / both for yo^r &s;elfe / and &s;uche company as ye wyll take With you / and pre&s;ent my hart to the holy S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">pulchre Where as our lorde laye. Seyng my body can nat come there / And take with you &s;uche com|pany and purueyaunce. as &s;halbe aparteyuyng to your a&s;tate. And where &s;o euer ye come let it be knowen / howe ye cary with you the harte of kyng Robert of Scotland / at his in&s;tau~ce and de&s;ire / to be p~&s;ented to the holy &s;epulchre. Tha~ all the lordes that harde the&s;e wordes / wept for pitie. And whan this knyght &s;yr William Du|glas myght &s;peke for wepyng / he &s;ayd. I gentle &amp; noble kyng / a .C. tymes I thanke your grace of the great honour that ye do to me. Sith of &s;o noble and great trea&s;ure / ye gyue me in charge And &s;yr I &s;hall do with a glad harte / all that ye haue co~mau~ded me / to the be&s;t of my true power howe be it I am nat worthy nor &s;ufficient to a|chyue &s;uche a noble entrepri&s;e. Than the kyng &s;ayd a ge~tle knyght / I tha~ke you &s;o that ye wyl promy&s;e to do it. Syr &s;ayd the knyght / I &s;hall do it vndoubtedly / by the faythe that I owe to god and to the ordre of knyghthodde. Than I thanke you &s;ayd the kyng / for nowe &s;hall I dy<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> in more ea&s;e of my mynde / &s;ith that I knowe / y^t the mo&s;t worthy and &s;ufficient knyght of my re+alme &s;hall achyue for me / the whiche I coulde neuer atteyne vnto. And thus &s;oone after thys noble Robert de Bru&s;e kyng of Scotland / t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">|pa&s;&s;ed out of this vncertayne worlde / and hys hart taken out of his body / and enbaumed / and honorably he was entred in the abbey of Don|fremlyn / in the yere of our lord god .M. CCC .xxvii. the .vii. day of the moneth of Nouembre And whan the &s;pryngyng tyme began. Than &abser; William Duglas purueied hym of that whiche aparteyned for his entrepri&s;e / and toke his &s;hip at the port of Morais in Scotlande / and &s;ailed into Flanders to Shluce / to here tydyng&abis; / and to knowe if there were any noble man / in that cou~trey / that wolde go to Jeru&s;alem to the~tent to haue more co~pany / and he lay &s;tyll at Sluce / y^e &s;pace of .xii. daies or he departed / but he wold neuer come alande / but kept &s;tyll his &s;hyp / and kept alwaies his port and behauour with great Tryumphe / with trumpettis and clarions / as though he had ben kyng of &s;cott&abis; hym &s;elfe / and in his companye there was a knyght baneret / &amp; .vii. other knyghtis of the realme of Scotland and .xxvi. yong &s;quiers &amp; gentylme~ to s&aber;ue hym&punc; and all his ve&s;&s;ell was of golde and &s;iluer / pott&abis; ba&s;ons / ewers / Dy&s;&s;hes / flagons / barels cup|pes / and all other thyngis. And all &s;uche as wolde come and &s;e hym / they were Well &s;erued&punc;
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with two maner of wynes / and dyuer&s;e maner of &s;pices / all maner of people accordyng to their degres. And whan he had thus taryed there the &s;pace of .xii. dayes. he hard reported y^t Alphons kyng of Spaigne made warre ageyn&s;t a &s;ara|zyn kyng of Granade. Tha~ he thought to draw to that partie / thynkyng &s;uerely he could nat be+&s;towe his tyme more nobly / tha~ to warre ayen&s;t goddis ennemies / and that entrepri&s;e done. tha~ he thought to go forth to Jeru&s;ale~ / &amp; to acheue that he was charged with. And &s;o he departed. &amp; toke the &s;e to ward Spaigne / and arryued at y^e port of Ualen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the great. Than he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;treight to the kyng of Spaigne / who helde his ho&s;te a|geyn&s;t the kyng of Granade &s;arazyn / and they were nere to gether on the fronters of his lande and within a while after that this knyght <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Willia~ Duglas was come to y^e kyng of Spai|gne On a day the kyng i&s;&s;ued out into the felde to aproche nere to his ennemies. And y^e kyng of Granade i&s;&s;ued out in like wy&s;e on his part / &s;o that eche kyng myght &s;e other w^t al their baners di&s;played. Than they arenged their batels eche ageyn&s;t other. Than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> William Duglas drewe out on the one &s;yde with all his company / to the entent to &s;hewe his prowes the better.</P>
<P>And whan he &s;aw the&s;e batels thus ranged on both parties / and &s;awe that y^e bataile of y^e kyng of Spaigne began &s;omewhat to aduaunce to|warde their ennemies / he thought than verelye that they &s;hulde &s;oone a&s;&s;e~ble to gether to fyght at hande &s;trokes / and than he thought rather to be with the forme&s;t / than with the hyndemoo&s;t / and &s;trake his hor&s;e with the &s;purres / and al his company al&s;o / and da&s;hte into the batelle of the kyng of Granade / criynge Duglas Duglas. Wenyng to hym / the kyng of Spaigne and his ho&s;t had folowed but they dyd nat / Wherfore he was di&s;ceyued / for the Spaigny&s;&s; he ho&s;t &s;tode &s;tyll. And &s;o this gentle knyght was enclo&s;ed / &amp; all his company with the &s;arazyns / where as he dyd meruelles in armes / but fynally he coulde nat endure / &s;o that he and all his company were &s;layne. The whiche was great da~mage that y^e &s;paynyardis wolde nat re&s;cue them.</P>
<P>&para; Al&s;o in this &s;ea&s;on there were certayn lordes that treated for peace bitwene Ingla~d &amp; Scot|lande. So that at the la&s;t there was a mariage made / and &s;olempni&s;ed bitwene the yong kyng of Scotland / and dame Johan of the towre &s;u|&s;ter to kyng Edward of Ingland / at Berwyke as the ingli&s;&s;he cronicle &s;aith on Mary Maud ly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">day. The yere of our lord .M .iii. C .xxviii. agayn&s;t the a&s;&s;ente of many of the nobles of the realme. But quene I&s;abell the kyng is mother and the erle Mortymer made that mariage. at y^e whiche (as myn auctor &s;aith) there was great fea&s;t made on bothe parties.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe Phylypp~ of Ualoys was crowned kyng of Fraunce. Cap. xxi.</HEAD>
<P>_Kyng Charles of Fraunce &s;o~ne to the fayre kyng Phylyp was .iii. tymes maried / and yet dyed with|out i&s;&s;ue male. The fir&s;t of his wy|ues was one of the mo&s;t fayre&s;t la|dyes in all the world / &amp; &s;he was doughter to the erle of Artoys. Howe be it &s;he kept but euyll the &s;acrame~t of matrimony / but brake her wedloke Wherfore &s;he was kept a long &s;pace in pry&s;on / in the ca&s;tell Gaylarde / before that her hu&s;band was made kyng. And whan the realme of Fra~|ce was fallen to hym / he was crowned by the a&s;+&s;ent of the .xii. dow&s;epiers of Fraunce / and tha~ bicau&s;e they wold nat that the realme of Fra~ce &s;hulde belong without an heyre male / they ad|uy&s;ed by their coun&s;ell / that the kyng &s;hulde be remaryed agayne and &s;o he was to the dough|ter of the Emperour Henry of Lucenbourg &s;u|&s;ter to the gentle kyng of Bayhaigne / Wherby the fir&s;t mariage of the kyng was fordoone by|twene hym and his wyfe that was in pri&s;on by the lice~ce and declaracyon of y^e pope / that was than / and by his .ii. wyfe / who was ryght hum|ble / and a noble wy&s;e lady. the kyng had a &s;o~ne / who dyed in his yong age / and the quene al&s;o / at I&s;&s;odnii in Berrey. And they both dyed &s;u&s;|peciou&s;ly. Wherfore dyuers par&s;ones were put to blame after priuely. And after this the &s;ame kyng Charles was maried agayn the .iii. tyme to the doughter of his vncle / y^e lorde Loyes erle of Dewreux / and &s;he was &s;u&s;ter to the kyng of Nauerre / and was named quene Johan. And &s;o in tyme and &s;pace this lady was with childe / and in the meane tyme / the kyng Charles her hu&s;band fell &s;ycke / and lay downe on his dethe bedde. And whan he &s;awe there Was no waye with hym but deth / he deui&s;ed that if it fortuned the quene to be delyuered of a &s;onne. Than he wolde that the lorde Phylyp of Ualoys &s;hulde be his gouernour / and regent of all hys realme tyll his &s;onne come to &s;uche age as he myght be crowned kyng. and if it fortune y^e quene to haue a doughter / than he wold that all the .xii. piers of Fraunce &s;hulde take aduy&s;e and coun&s;ell for the forther ordering of the realme / and that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> gyue the realme / and regally to hym that
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had moo&s;t ryght therto. And &s;o within a whyle after y^e kynge Charles dyed about E&s;ter / in the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xxviii. And with|in a &s;hort &s;pace after the quene was delyuerd of a doughter. Than all the peres of Fraunce a&s;&s;e~+bled a coun&s;ell togyder at Parys as &s;hortly as they might conueniently / and there they gaue y^e realme by co~men acorde to &s;ir Phylippe of Ua|loys: and put clene out the quene I&s;abell of En+glande / and kynge Edwarde her &s;onne / for &s;he was &s;u&s;ter germayne to king Charles la&s;t deed but the opynion of the nobles of Fraunce was / and &s;ayed and maynteyned: that the realme of Fraunce was of &s;o great nobles / that it ought nat by &s;ucce&s;&s;yon to fall into a womans hande. And &s;o thus they crowned kyng of France Phi+lypp~ Ualoys at Raygnes / on Trinyte &s;onday next after. And anone after he &s;omoned all his barownes and men of war<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. And went withall his power to the towne of Ca&s;&s;ell and layd <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">eg therto / in makyng war<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> agayn&s;t the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">emmyn|ges / who rebelledde agayn&s;t their owne lorde. And namely they of Bruges / of Ippre / and of Franke: for they wolde nat obey therle of Flau~|ders. But they had cha&s;ed hym out of his owne countrey / &s;o that he might nat abyde in no par|tie therof / but onely in Gaunt / and &s;cantly <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> The&s;e fle~mynges were a .xvi. thou&s;ande / and had a capytayne called Colen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a~nequyn a har+dy man and a couragious. And they had made their gray&s;on at Ca&s;&s;ell / at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wages of dyuer&s;e townes in Flaunders. To thentent to kepe the fronters there about / but ye &s;hall here howe the flemmynges were dy&s;confeted / and all by their owne outrage.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batell of Ca&s;&s;ell in Flau~|ders. Cap. xxii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd on a day / they of the gary&s;on of Ca&s;&s;ell departed out. To thentent to haue dy|&s;confyted y^e kyng and all his hoo&s;t. And they came priuely without any noy&s;e in thre ba+tels well ordred. Wherof the fir&s;t batayle toke the way to the kynges tentes / and it was a fayre grace that the kynge had nat+ben taken / for he was at &s;ouper and all his com+pany / and thought nothyng of them. And the o|ther batayle toke the &s;treyght way to the tentes of the kynge of Behaygne / and in maner they founde hym in lyke ca&s;e. And the thirde batayle went to the tentes of therle of Heynault / and in likrwy&s;e had nere take hym. The&s;e hoo&s;tes ca~e &s;o pea&s;ably to the tentes / that with moch payne they of thoo&s;t coude arme them. Wherby all the lordes and their people had ben &s;layne / and the more grace of god had nat ben / but in maner by myracle of god / the&s;e lordes dy&s;confyted all .iii. batayls / eche batayle by it &s;elfe all in one hour. In &s;uch wy&s;e that of. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">vi. thou&s;ande flemmyn|ges <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a&s;caped neuer a per&s;on / captayns and all were &s;layne. And the kyng &amp; lordes of Fra~ce knewe nat one of an other / nor what they hadde done tyll all was finy&s;&s; / <ABBR>edd</ABBR> and atchyued. For they lay in thre &s;ondrie parties one fro an other but as for the fle~mynges there was nat one left a lyue / but all lay deed on hepes one vpon an o|ther in the &s;ayed thre &s;ondrie places. And this was done on &s;aynt Bartylmewes day / the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xxviii. Than the french men entred into the towne of Ca&s;&s;ell and &s;et vp the baners of Frau~ce / and the towne yelded the~ to the kyng. And al&s;o the towne Pyepigne / and of Ipre / &amp; all they of the Ca&s;tlayne of Bergues / and than the receyued therle Loys their lorde / and &s;ware to hym faythe and loyaltie foreuer. Than after the kynge and his people departed and went to Parys / and he was moche honou|red and pray&s;ed for this enterpri&s;e and ayd that he had done to his co&s;yn Lois erle of Flau~ders. And thus the kyng was in great pro&s;perite and euery day encre&s;ed his ryall e&s;tat / for as it was &s;ayd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was neuer kyng in Frau~ce that helde like e&s;tat / as dyd this kyng Philyp of Ualoys.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of kent and the erle Mortymer in Englande were put to deth. Cap. xxiii.</HEAD>
<P>THis yong kyng Edwarde of Englande was gouerned a great &s;pace as ye haue harde before / by the cou~&s;ell of the quene his mo|ther / and of Edmonde of Wod&s;toke erle of Ke~t his vncle / and by &s;ir Roger Mortymer erle of March. And at y^e la&s;t enuy began to growe by|twene therle of Kent and therle Mortym~. In &s;o moch y^t this erle Mortim~ enformed &s;o the yong kyng / by the co~&s;entyng of tholde quene I&s;abell his mother / beryng y^e kyng in hande that therle of Kent wolde haue enpoy&s;oned hym. To then|tent to be kynge hym&s;elfe / as he that was nexte heyre apparaunt to the crowne / for the kynges yonger brother who was called John~ a Gaunt was newly deed. And than the kyng who gaue lyght credence to theym / cau&s;edde his vncle the erle of Kent to be taken and openly to be behee|ded without any maner of excu&s;e to be harde,
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Wherwith many of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nobles of the realme <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ore troubled / and bare a gruge in their hertes towarde the erle Mortymer / and accordyng to thengly&s;&s;he cronycle. Therle &s;uffred dethe atte Wynche&s;ter / the tenth day of Octobre: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thirde yere of the kynges raygne / and lyeth buryed at the friers in Winche&s;tre. But as myne auctour &s;ayeth: within a whyle after as it was reported quene Isabell the kyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mother was w^t chylde / and that by therle Mortymer. Wherof y^e kyng was enfourmed: &amp; how the &s;ayd Mortym~ had cau&s;ed him to put to deth therle of Kent his vn|cle / without good rea&s;on or cau&s;e: for all the re|alme reputed hym for a noble man. Thanne by the kynges commaundement / this erle Morty|mer was taken~e and brought to London. And there byfore the great lordes and nobles of the realme was recyted by open declaratyon: all y^e dedes of the &s;ayd Mortymer. Than the kynge demaunded of his coun&s;ell what &s;huld be done with hym / and all the lordes by commen a&s;&s;ent gaue iudgement. And &s;ayed &s;yr: he hath de&s;er|ued to dye the &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ethe that &s;ir Hewe Spen|&s;er dyed. And after this iudgement: there was no delacyon of &s;ufferaunce nor mercy. But in|co~tynent he was drawen throughout London / and than &s;et on a &s;caffolde and his membres cut from hym / and ca&s;t into a fyre and his hert al&s;o: bycau&s;e he had ymagined trea&s;on. And thanne quartered: and his quarters &s;ent to foure of the be&s;t cyties of the realme / and his heed remay|ned &s;tyll in London. And within a lytle &s;pace af+ter the kyng commaunded by thaduyce of his coun&s;ell / y^t the quene his mother &s;hulde be kept clo&s;e in a ca&s;tell. And &s;o it was do~e: and &s;he had with her ladyes and damo&s;els / knyghtes and &s;quiers / to &s;erue her acordyng to her e&s;tat. And certayne la~des a&s;&s;igned to her / to me~tayne ther with her noble e&s;tat all dayes of her lyfe. But in no wy&s;e &s;he &s;hulde nat de&abper;t out of the ca&s;tell w^t|out it were to&s;e &s;uche &s;portes as was &s;omtyme &s;hewed byfore the ca&s;tell gate / for her recreaty|on. Thus this lady ledde forth her lyfe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> me+kely / and ones or twy&s;e a yere the kyng her &s;on / wolde co~e and &s;e her. Thengly&s;&s;he cronycle &s;he+weth dyuer&s;e other con&s;yderations / why therle Mortym~ &s;uffred deth the which was on &s;aynt Andrewes euyn. In the yere of our lorde a thou+&s;ande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I pa&s;&s;e ouer and folowe myne authoure.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande / dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen. Cap. xxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd after that the king had do~e the&s;e two execucyo~s: he toke newe coun&s;elours of the moo&s;t noble&s;t &amp; &s;age&s;t &abper;&s;ons of his realme. And &s;o it was about a yere after: y^t Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France / &amp; that all the ba|rones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him / except the yong king of England / who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen: nor al&s;o he was nat &s;omo|ned therto. Than y^e king of France by thadui&s;e of all his coun&s;ell: &s;ent ouer into Englande / the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beau&s;alt / and two no table clerkes mai&s;ters of the parlyament of Pa+rys: named mai&s;ter Peter of Orlyaunce / and mai&s;ter Peter of Ma&s;ieres. The&s;e .iiii. de&abper;ted fro Paris / and dyd &s;omoch by their iourneis y^t they ca~e to Wy&s;ant / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they toke &s;ee &amp; ary+ued at Douer. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed a day to abyde the vn&s;hypping of their hor&s;es and bagages: &amp; tha~ they rode forth &s;o long that they ca~e to Wyn+&s;ore. Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay. And than the&s;e foure cau&s;ed to be knowen to the kynge the occa&s;yon of their com|myng. The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his co&s;yn: cau&s;ed them to co~e to his pre&s;ence / and receyued them houourably and than they publy&s;&s;hed their me&s;&s;age. And y^e kyng an&s;wered them how that the nobles of his realme / nor his coun&s;ell was nat as than about hym: but de&s;yred them to drawe to Lo~don / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;hulde be an&s;wered: in &s;uch wy&s;e that of rea&s;on they &s;hulde be content. And &s;o they dy+ned in the kynges chambre and after departed / and lay the &s;ame nyght at Colbroke / and y^t next day at London. It was nat long after: but that the kynge came to his palace of We&s;tmyn&s;ter. And all his coun&s;ell was co~maunded to be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> at a certayne day lymited / and whan they were all a&s;&s;embled. Than the frenche emba&s;&s;adours were &s;ent for: and there they declared thocca&s;y|on of their co~mynge / and delyuered letters fro their mai&s;ter. Thanne the kynge went a parte with his coun&s;ell to take aduy&s;e what was be&s;t for hym to do. Thanne was it aduy&s;ed by his coun&s;ell / that they &s;hulde be an&s;wered by thor|dynaunce and &s;tyle of his predece&s;&s;ours / by the by&s;&s;hopp~ of London. And &s;o the fre~chmen <ABBR>wer</ABBR> called into the coun&s;ell chambre: than the by&s;|&s;hop of London &s;ayd. Lordes that be here a&s;&s;e~|bled for the kyng of Fraunce / the kyng is grace
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my &s;oueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes / and redde the tenour of your letters. Syrs we &s;ay vnto you that we woll coun&s;ell the kyng our &s;oueraygne lorde here pre&s;ent: that he go into Fraunce / to &s;e the kynge your mai&s;ter his dere co&s;yn. Who right amyably hath &s;ent for hym / and as touchyng his faith anohomage / he &s;hall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght. And &s;yrs ye may &s;hewe y^e kyng yo^r mai&s;ter / that within &s;hort &s;pace the kyng of En|glande our mai&s;ter &s;hall arryue in France: and do all that rea&s;on &s;hall requyre. Tha~ the&s;e me&s;|&s;angers were fea&s;ted / and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles / and they toke their leaue and dyd &s;omoche / that at la&s;t they came to Parys / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they found kyng Phylyppe / to whome they recounted all their newes. Wherof the king was right ioyou&s;e and &s;pecially to &s;e the kyng of Englande his co&s;yn / for he hadde neuer &s;ene hym before. And whan the&s;e tidynges were &s;predde abrode in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> realm of Fraunce. Than dukes / erles / and other lor|des aparelled them in their be&s;t maner: and the kyng of Frau~ce wrot his letters to kyng Char|les of Behaygne his co&s;yn: and to the kynge of Nauarre. Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England &s;huld be with hym / de&s;yringe them to be with hym at the &s;ame day / and &s;o they came thyder with gret array. Than was it coun&s;elled the kynge of Fraunce / that he &s;hulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas / and there to make prouy&s;ion for his commyng. There was chambers halles ho&s;te ries / and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company. And al|&s;o for the duke of Burgoyne / the duke of Bur|bon / the duke of Lurren: and &s;yr John~ of Ar|toyes. There was purueyaunce for a thou&s;an|de hor&s;e / and for &s;ixe hundred hor&s;e that &s;hulde come with the kyng of Englande. The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce. And &s;o he aparelled for hym and his company well and &s;ufficiently / and there departed out of Englande / in his co~|pany two by&s;&s;hoppes / be&s;yde the by&s;&s;hoppe of London / and foure erles. The lorde Henry erle of Derby his co&s;yngermayne / &s;onne to &abser; Tho+mas erle of Lanca&s;tre with the wrie necke / the erle of Sali&s; bury therle of Warwyke / and the erle of Hereforde / and. vt. barownes. The lorde Raynolde Cobham / the lorde Thomas Wage mar&s;hall of Englande / the lorde Per&s;y / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Ma~ny / and the lorde Mowbray. And mo than .xl. other knyghtes / &s;o that the kyng and his co~|pany were about a thou&s;and hor&s;e / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng was two dayes in pa&s;&s;ing bytwene Douer and Wy&s;ant. Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne / and there taryed one day. This was about the myddes of Augu&s;t / the yere of our lorde god a thou&s;ande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce / howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne. Than the kynge of Fraunce &s;ent his con&s;table with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande / who as thanne was at Mon&s;ternell by the &s;ee&s;yde / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was gret tokens of loue and good chere / made on bothe parties. Than~e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt / and in his company the con&s;table of Fraunce. And he rodde &s;o long that they came to the cytie of Amyas / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as kyng Phylippe / and the kynge of Behaygne. The kynge of Mayllorgues / and the kynge of Na|uarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande / with many other dukes / erles / and great barownes. For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce / redy to fea&s;t and make chere to the kynge of Englande, and to be there pea|&s;ably to bere wytne&s;&s;e of the kynge of Englan|des homage. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued. and thus the&s;e kynges and o|ther princes taryed at Amyas the &s;pace of .xv. dayes / and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuy&s;ed / but as <ABBR>farr</ABBR> as I coude knowe / kyng Edwarde of Engla~d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde / and nat puttyng his ha~des by|twene the kynge of Fraunce handes / nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym. Nor the kynge of Englande wolde nat procede any farther in doyng any more / concernyng his ho|mage. But rather he was detmyned to returne agayne into Englande / and there was redde o|penly the priuyleges of auncyent tyme graun|ted / the which was declared in what maner the kynge &s;hulde do his homage and howe and in what wy&s;e he &s;hulde do &s;eruyce to the kynge of Fraunce. Than the kynge of Fraunce &s;ayd co|&s;yn / we woll nat di&s;ceyue you / this that ye haue done plea&s;eth vs rightwell / as for this pre&s;ent tyme. Tyll &s;uch tyme as ye be returned agayne into your realme / and that ye haue &s;ene vnder the &s;eales of your predece&s;&s;oures / howe and in what wy&s;e ye &s;hulde do. And &s;o thus the kynge of Englande tooke his leaue and departed fro the kynge of Fraunce ryght amyably. And of all other princes that was there / and retourned agayne into Englande / and laboured &s;o longe that he came to Wynde&s;or. Where his quene re|ceyued <ABBR>d</ABBR> hym right ioyou&s;ly. And demaunded
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tidynges of kynge Phylippe her vncle / and of her linage of Frau~ce. The kyng &s;hewed her all that he knewe and of the gret chere and honour that he had there / and &s;ayd in his mynde there was no realme coude be compared to y^e realme of Fraunce. And than within a &s;pace after the kyng of Fraunce &s;ent into Englande of his &s;pe+cyall coun&s;ell: the by&s;&s;hoppe of Chartres / and the by&s;&s;hoppe of Beannays / the lorde Loys of Cleremont / the duke of Burbon / therle of Har|court / and therle of Tankermylle: with dyuers other knyghtes and clerkes to y^e coun&s;ell of En+glande / the which was than holden at London for the parfourmaunce of the kyng of Englan|des homage: as ye haue harde before. And al&s;o the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> and his coun&s;ell had well ouer&s;ene the maner and fourme / how his aun|cyent predece&s;&s;ours had done their homage for the duchy of Acquitayne. There were many as than in Englande y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> murmured and &s;ayd: how the kyng their lorde was nerer by true &s;ucce&s;&s;i|on of herytage to the crowne of Fraunce / than Phylippe of Ualoys: who was as than kyng of Fraunce. Now be it the kyng and his cou~&s;ell wolde nat knowe it / nor &s;peke therof as at that tyme: thus was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> great a&s;&s;emble and moch a do how this homage &s;hulde be parfourmed. The&s;e emba&s;&s;adours taryed &s;tyll in <ABBR>England</ABBR> all that wynter / tyll it was the moneth of May folowyng / or they had aun&s;were dyffinatyue: how be it finally the kynge of Englande by the aduyce of his coun&s;ell / and on the &s;yght of his priuyleges where vnto they gaue great fayth: was determyned to write letters in the maner of patentes &s;ealed with his great &s;eale / knowle gyng therin the homage that he ought to do to the kyng of Fraunce. The tenour and report of the which letters patentes foloweth.</P>
<P>EDward by the grace of god: kyng of En+gland / lorde of Ireland / and duke of Ac|quitayne. To them y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the&s;e pre&s;ent letters &s;hall &s;e or here / &s;end gretyng. We wold it be knowen that as we made homage at Amyas / to y^e right excellent prince our right dere co&s;yn Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce: and there it was requyred by hym that we &s;huld knowledge the &s;ayd homage and to make it to hym expre&s;ly / promy&s;inge to bere hym fayth and trouth y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which we dyd nat as than / by cau&s;e we were nat enfourmed of the trouth. We made hym homage by generall wor+des: in &s;ayeng how we entred into his homage in lyke maner as our predece&s;&s;ours. Dukes of Guyen in tymes pa&s;t had entred into thomage of the kyng of Frau~ce for that tyme beyng. And &s;yth that tyme we haue ben well enfourmed of the trouth. Therfore we knowlege by the&s;e pre|&s;entes: that &s;uch homage as we haue made in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cyte of Amyas to the kyng of Fraunce in gene|rall wordes / was and ought to be vnder&s;tande this worde lyege man: and that to hym we owe to bere faith and trouth / as duke of Acquitayne and pere of Fraunce / erle of Poyters &amp; of Mut+terell. And to thentent in tyme co~mynge y^t there &s;hulde neuer be dy&s;corde. For this cau&s;e we pro|my&s;e for vs and our &s;ucce&s;&s;ours duk<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Acqui|tayne / that this homage be made in this maner folowyng. The kyng of Englande duke of Ac|quitayne / holdeth his handes bytwene the han|des of the kyng of Frau~ce. And he that &s;hall ad|dre&s;&s;e the&s;e wordes to the kynge of Englande duke of Acquitayne / &s;hall &s;peke for the kyng of Fraunce in this maner. ye&s;hall become lyege man to the kynge my lorde here pre&s;ent as duke of Guyen and pere of Fraunce. And to hym pro+my&s;e to bere faythe and trouthe &s;ay ye: and the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen and his &s;uc|ce&s;&s;ours &s;ayth ye. And than the kyng of Frau~ce receyueth the kyng of Englande duke of Guy|en / to this &s;ayd homage as lyege man w^t faythe and trouth &s;poken by mouth: &s;auyng his ryght and all other. And furthermore whan the &s;ayd kyng entreth in homage to the kyng of Frau~ce for therldome of Poyters and of Muttrell / he &s;hall put his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of Fraunce for the &s;ayd erldome. And he that &s;hall &s;peke for the kynge of Fraunce / &s;hall addre&s;&s;e his wordes to the kynge and erle: and &s;ay thus. ye &s;hall become liege man to the kyng of Frau~ce my lorde here pre&s;ent / as erle of Poy+ters and Muttrell. And to hym &abpro;my&s;e to bere fayth &amp; trouth / &s;ay ye. And the kyng erle of Poy+ters / &s;ayth ye. Than the kyng of Frau~ce recey|ueth the kyng and erle to this &s;ayd homage by his fayth / and by his mouth &s;auyng his ryght and all other. And after this maner it &s;halbe done / and renewed as often as homage &s;hulde be done. And of that we &s;hall delyuer and our &s;ucce&s;&s;ours dukes of Guyen: after the&s;e &s;ayd ho+mages / made letters patentes &s;ealed with our great &s;eale. If the kynge of Frau~ce requyre it / and be&s;yde that we promy&s;e in good faythe to holde and to kepe effectuou&s;ly the peace / and co~+corde made bytwene the kynges of Frau~ce and the kynges of Englande dukes of Guyen. &amp;c. The&s;e letters the lordes of Fraunce brought to the kyng their lorde / and the kyng cau&s;ed them to be kept in his chauncery.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lorde syr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ubert of Ar|toy&s;e was cha&s;ed out of the realme of Fraunce. Cap. xxv.</HEAD>
<P>_THe man in the world that mo&s;t ayded kyng Philyppe to attayne to the Crowne of Fraunce. was syr Robert er|le of Artoy&s;e. Who was done of the mo&s;t &s;agelt / and great te&s;te lordes in Fraunce / and of hygh lynage extraughte / fro the blodde roy|all and hadde to his wyfe &s;uller iermayn to the &s;ayd kyng Phylyp / &amp; allwayes was his <ABBR>chief</ABBR> / and &s;peciall compaignyon / and louer in all hys a&s;tatis. And the &s;pace of .iii. yere / all that was done in the realme of Fraunce / was done by his aduyce / and withoute hym nothyng was done. And after it fortuned / that this kyng Philyppe tooke a meruailou&s;e great hi&s; plea&s;ure and ha|tred ageyn&s;t this noble man &s;yr Robert of Ar|toy&s;e / for a plee / that was m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed before hym / <ABBR>Wherof</ABBR> the Erle of Artoy&s;e was cau&s;e / For he wolde haue wonne his entent by the vertue of a letter that he layd forth / the whiche was nat true as it was &s;ayde. Wherfore the kyng was in &s;u|che di&s;plea&s;ure / that yf hadde takyn hym in his ire &s;urely it hadde co&s;te hym his lyfe With|out remedye. So this &s;yr Robert was fayne to boyde the realme of Fraunce / and went to Na|mure to the Erle John~ <ABBR>his</ABBR> Nephewe. Than the kyng toke the Erles wyfe / and her two &s;on|nes / who were his owne nephewes John~e and Charles / and dyd put them in pri&s;on and were kept &s;traytly / and y^e kyng &s;ware that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> neuer come out of pri&s;on / as long as they lyued The kyng is mynde wolde nat be turned by no maner of meanes. Than the kyng in his furye &s;ente ha&s;tely to the bu&s;&s;hopp Laoul of Liege<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> de&s;ired hym at his in&s;tau~ce that he wolde befye and make warre / agayn&s;t the erle of Namure. without he wolde put out of his countrey <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Ro|berte erle of Artoy&s;e. &para; And this bu&s;&s;hoppe / Who greatly loued the kynge of Fraunce / and but lytle loued his neyghbours dyda<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng de&s;ired hym. Than the erle of Namure &s;ore a|geyn&s;t his wyll / cau&s;ed the erle of Artoy&s;e to a|uoyde his lande. Than this erle <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Robert went to the duke of Brabant his co&s;yn / who right ioy+ou&s;ly receyued hym and dyd hym great co~forte And as &s;oone as the kyng of Frau~ce knew that he &s;ent worde to y^e duke / that if he wold &s;u&s;teyue maynteyn or &s;u&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">re the erle of Artoy&s;e in his co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+trey / he &s;hulde haue no greatter ennemy than he wold be to hym / and that he wolde make warre ageyn&s;t hym / and al his to the be&s;t of his power with all the realme of Fraunce. Than the duke &s;ent the erle of Artoy&s;e pryuely to Arge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tuel to then tent to &s;e what the kyng <ABBR>wold</ABBR> do forther in the ca&s;e. And anon the kyng knew it / for he had &s;pyes / in euery corner. The kyng had great di|&s;pyte / that the duke &s;huld &s;o dele with hym / and within a brief &s;pace after / the kyng pourcha&s;ed &s;o by rea&s;on of his golde &amp; &s;yluer / that the kyng of Behaigne / who was co&s;in iermayn to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Brabant / and the bu&s;&s;hop of Liege / the arche by&s;&s;hop of Coleyn / the duke of Guerles / y^e mat|ques of Julyers / the erle of Bare / y^e lord of Los the lorde Fawkmount / and diuers other lordes were alied to guyther al ayen&s;t the duke of Bra|bant / and defyed hym / and entred with a great o&s;te in to his countrey by E&s;bayng and &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to Hanut / &amp; brent twy&s;e ouer the cou~trey where as it plea&s;ed them. And the kyng of Frau~ce &s;ent with them therle of Ewe his Con&s;table / with a great o&s;te of men of armes. Than the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|lia~ of Heynaulte &s;ent his wy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> kyng and his brother <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> John~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">de Be|amont / into Fraunce / to t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> peace / &amp; &s;uf|ferau~ce of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> bitwene the kyng and the duke of Brabant. And at la&s;t the kyng of Fra~ce wi&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y moche warke con&s;ented therto / vpon condition that the duke &s;hulde put hym &s;elfe vtterly to a|byde the ordynaunce of the kyng of Frau~ce and of his coun&s;aile / in euery mater that the kyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> all &s;uche as had befyed hym had ageyn&s;t hym / And al&s;o w^t in a certayn day lymitted to auoyde out of his cou~trey the erle of Artoy&s;e / &amp; to make &s;horte / al this the duke dyd &s;ore ayen&s;t his wyll.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kyng Edwarde of Ingland toke the towne of Berwyke ageyn&s;t the Scottis. Cap. xxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue harde here before reci+ted of the truce bitwene Inglande and Scotland / for the &s;pace of .iii. yere / and &s;o the &s;pace of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ue yere / they kept well the peace / &s;o that in CCC. yere before there was nat &s;o good peace kept. Now beit kyng Edward of Ingland was enformed / that the yong kyng Dauid of Scot+land / who had wedded his &s;u&s;ter was sea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed of the towne of Berwyke / the whtche ought to ap|perteyn to the realme of Ingland. for kyng Ed+ward the fir&s;t his graunfather had it in his po&s;+&s;e&s;&s;ion pea&s;ably. Al&s;o y^e kyng was e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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the realme of Scotlande &s;hulde holde in <ABBR>chief</ABBR> of the Crowne of Inglande / and how the yong kyng of &s;cottis had nat done as tha~ his homage Wherfore the kyng of Ingland &s;ent his amba&s;|&s;ad to the kyng of &s;cottis / de&s;yryng hym to leue his handis of the towne of Berwyke / for it par|teyned to his heritage / for kyngis of Inglande his predece&s;&s;ours haue ben in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion therof And al&s;o they &s;omoned the kyng of Scottis to come to the kyng of Ingland to do his homage for the realme of Scotland. Than the kyng of Scottis toke coun&s;aile / howe to an&s;were thys mater. And finally the kyng an&s;werde the En|gli<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> he amba&s;&s;adours / and &s;ayd. Syrs both I and all the nobles of my realme meruaile great+ly of that ye haue requyred vs to do / for we fynd nat auncientely / that the realme of Scotlande &s;hulde any thyng be bounde or be &s;ubgiet to the realme of Ingland / nother by homage / or any other wayes. Nor the kyng of noble memorye our father wolde neuer do homage to the kyng&abis; of Ingland / for any warre that was made vn|to hym / by any of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. No more in like wy&s;e I am in wyll to do. And al&s;o kyng Robert our fa|ther conquered the towne of Berwyke / by force of armes / agayn&s;t kyng Edwarde father to the kyng your mai&s;ter that nowe is. And &s;o my fa|ther helde it all the dayes of his lyfe as his good heritage. And &s;o in lyke maner we thynke to do to the be&s;t of our power. Howe be it lordes We require you to be meanes to the kyng your ma|&s;ter who&s;e &s;u&s;ter we haue maryed / that he wyll &s;uffre vs pea&s;eably to enioye our frau~ches and ryghtis / as his auncetours haue done here be|fore. And to lette vs enioye that our father hath woune / and kept it pea&s;eably all his lyfe dayes and de&s;yre the kyng your mai&s;ter / that he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat beleue any euyll coun&s;aile / gyuen hym to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> contrary. For if <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were any other prince that wolde do vs wrong / he &s;huld aide / &s;uccour / and defende vs / for the loue of his &s;u&s;ter Whom We haue maryed. Than the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours an|&s;werd and &s;aid. Syr we haue well <ABBR>vnder&s;tand</ABBR> your an&s;were / we &s;hall &s;hewe it to the kyng our lorde / in lyke maner as ye haue &s;aid. and &s;o toke theyr leaue / and returned into Inglande to the kyng. With the whiche an&s;were the kyng of In+gland was nothyng content. Than he &s;omo|ned a parliament to be holden at We&s;tm~. where as all the nobles &amp; wy&s;e men of the realme were a&s;&s;embled to determine what &s;huld be be&s;t to be done in this mater. And in this meane tyme &abser; Robert erle of of Artoys came into Inglande / dy&s;guy&s;ed lyke a marchaunt / and the kyng re|reyued hym right ioyou&s;ly / and reteyned hym / as one of his coun&s;aile. and to hym a&s;&s;igned the Erledom of Rychemount. And whan the daye of the parliament aproched / and that all the no|bles of the lande were a&s;&s;embled about Londo~. Tha~ the kyng cau&s;ed to be &s;hewed the me&s;&s;age and howe he had wrytten to the kyng of &s;cottis. and of the an&s;were of the &s;ame kyng. Wherfore the kyng de&s;yred all the nobles of his realme / y^t they wolde gyue hym &s;uche coun&s;aile as &s;hulde a&abper;teyne to the &s;auyng of his honour and ryght. And whan they were all a&s;&s;embled in coun&s;aile they thought y^t the kyng myght no lenger <ABBR>bear</ABBR> by his honour the iniuryes and wronges / that the kyng of Scott&abis; dyd hym dayly / and &s;o they reported their adui&s;e to the kyng exortyng hym to prouyde for his force and &s;trength of men of warre / to atteyne therby the towne of Berwike And to entre into the realme of <ABBR>Scotland</ABBR> in &s;u+che wy&s;e / that he &s;hulde con&s;trayne the kyng of Scottis to be ioyfull / to come &amp; do his homage to hym. And &s;o all the nobles and co~mons of the realme of Ingland &s;ayd they wold gladly and willyngly go with hym in that iourney. And of theyr good wyls the kyng tha~ked them greatly &amp; de&s;ired them to be redy a&abper;ailed at a daye a&s;&s;i|gned &amp; to a&s;&s;e~ble to gyther at New ca&s;tell vpon Tyne. And than euery man went home and p~|pared for that iourney. Than the kyng &s;ent a|gayn other amba&s;&s;adours to the kyng of &s;cott&abis; his brother in lawe / &s;ufficiently to &s;o~mon hym / and if he wolde nat be other wy&s;e aduy&s;ed / than the kyng gaue them full auctorite to defie hym. And &s;o the day of the a&s;&s;embly of the kyng&abis; o&s;te aproched / at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche day the kyng of Ingla~de and all his o&s;t aryued at New ca&s;tell vpo~ Tyne and there taried .iii. dayes for the re&s;idue of his o&s;te that was comyng after. And on the fourth day / he departed with al his o&s;te toward Scot+land / and pa&s;&s;ed through the landes of the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Per&s;y / and of the lorde Neuell / Who were two great lordes in Northumberland. and marched on the &s;cottis. And in like wy&s;e &s;o dyd the lorde Ro&s;&s;e / and the lorde Ligy / and the lorde Mom+bray. Than the kynge and all his o&s;te drew to|ward the cite of Berwyke. For y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Scot+land made no other an&s;were to the&s;e .ii. me&s;&s;en|gers / but as he dyd to the fyr&s;t. wherfore he was ope~ly defied / and &s;omoned. And &s;o the kyng of Ingland and his o&s;te entred into <ABBR>Scotla~d</ABBR> / for he was cou~&s;ailed / that he &s;huld nat tary at &s;iege at Berwike / but to ryde forth / and to burne the Countrey as his graund father dyd / and &s;o he dyd. In whiche iourney he wa&s;ted &amp; di&s;troyed all the playn countrey of Scotland / and exiled diuer&s;e townes that were clo&s;ed with dyk&abis; and
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with pales / &amp; toke the &s;trong cattell of Enyag|burth and &s;ette therin a g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ecund <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> in <ABBR>Scotla~d</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> lyn / and ran ouer all the countrey there abowte to Scone / &amp; di&s;troyed the good towne of Douf fremlyn but they dyd no euyll to the abbey / for the kyng of Ingland co~maunded that no hurte &s;huld be done therto / and &s;o the kyng co~quered all the countrey to Dondieu and to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oubreten a &s;trong ca&s;tell &s;ta~dyng on the marches ayen&s;t the wylde &s;cottis / where as the kyng of Scott&abis; and the quene his wyfe were withdrawen vn|to for &s;uretie. For there were no &s;cottis y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wolde appere afore the engli&s;&s;he men for they were all drawen into the forelf of Ged worth / the whiche <ABBR>wer</ABBR> inhabitable / and &s;pecially for them y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> knew nat the countrey / wherin all the &s;cottis <ABBR>wer</ABBR> and all theyr gooddis. And &s;o they &s;et but a lytle by all the re~uant. And it was no maruaile thoughe they were thus dryuen / for the kyng their lorde was but .xv. yere of age / and the erle of Morrey was but yong / and the nephew of Willyam Du+glas that was &s;layne in Spayn was al&s;o of the &s;ame age. So as at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme / the realme of Scot+land was di&s;purueyed of good capiteyns. And whan the kyng of Ingland had ronouer all the playne countrey of Scotlande / and taried <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the &s;pace of .vi. monethes / and &s;awe that none <ABBR>wold</ABBR> come agayn&s;t hym. Than he garny&s;&s;hed diuers ca&s;tels that he had wonne / and thought by them to make warre to all the other. Than he withdrew fayre and ea&s;ely toward Berwike And in his returnyng he wan the ca&s;tell of Al|ue&s;t parteynyng to the heritage of the erle Du|glas / it was a .v. leagis fro Ede~burge / and ther in the kyng &s;et good capitayus / and than rode &s;mall iourneis tyll he came to Berwike the whi+che is at the entre of Scotlande / and there the kyng layd rounde about his &s;iege / and &s;ayd he wolde neuer depart thens / tyll he had wonne it orels the kyng of Scottis to come / and to rey&s;e his &s;iege parforee. And within the towne there were good men of warre &s;et there by the kyng of Scottis. Before this cite <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many a&s;+&s;aultis and &s;ore &s;krymy&s;&s;hes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ygh euery daye / for they of the cite wolde nat yelde them vp &s;ym+ply / for alwaies they thought to be re&s;eued / how be it there was no <ABBR>&s;uccour</ABBR> appered. The &s;cott&abis; on mornyng is and nyghtis made many &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ryes to trouble the o&s;te / but lytle hurte they dyd / for the engly&s;&s;he o&s;te was &s;o well kept / that the &s;cot+tis coulde nat entre / but to theyr dammage / and often tymes lo&s;te of theyr men. &para; And whan they of Berwike &s;awe that no comfort nor ayde came to them fro any part / &amp; that theyr vitayles began to fayle / &amp; howe they were enclo&s;ed both by water and by lande. Than they began to fall in a treate with the kyng of Ingland / and de&s;i|red a truee to indure a moneth. and if within the moneth / kyng Dauid theyr lorde / or &s;ome other for hym come nat by force to rey&s;e the &s;iege / tha~ they to rendre vp the cite / their lyues and good|dis &s;aued / and that the &s;oudiers within myght &s;afly go into theyr countrey without any dam|mage. This treaty was nat lightly grau~ted for the kyng of Ingland wolde haue had them yel|ded &s;ymply / to haue had his plea&s;ure of &s;ome of them / bicau&s;e they had hold &s;o lo~g ayen&s;t hym. But finally he was content by the coun&s;aile of his lord&abis;. And al&s;o &abser; Robert of Artoys dyd put therto his payne who had ben all that iourneye with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng / &amp; had &s;hewed hym alwayes / home he was uert enheriter to the crowne of Fraun<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> he wolde gladly that the kyng &s;huld haue made warre into Frau~ce / &amp; a left the warres of Scot+land. So his wordes &amp; others inclined greatly the kyng to co~di&s;cend to the treaty of Berwike. So this truee and treaty<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">s grau~ted. Than they within the cite &s;ent worde to their kyng / in what ca&s;e they &s;tode / but for all that they coulde fynde no remedy to rey&s;e the &s;iege. So the cite was delyuered vp at thende of the moneth / and al&s;o the ca&s;tell / and the Mar&s;hals of the o&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion for the kyng of Ingland / and the bur+ge&s;&s;es of the cite came and dyd theyr feaute and homage to the kyng / and &s;ware to hold of hym. Than after the kyng entred with great &s;olem|puite / and taryed there .xii. dayes / and made a capitayn ther / called &s;yr Edward Bailleul / and whan the kyng departed he lefte with the &s;ayde knyght certayne yong knyghtis and &s;quiers to helpe to kepe the landis / that he had conquered of the &s;cottis / and the fronters therof. Than the kyng and his people returned to London / and euery man in to theyre owne countres / and the kyng went to Wynde&s;ore / and &abser; Robert of Ar|toys w^t hym / who neuer cea&s;&s;ed daye nor nyght in &s;hewyng the kyng what ryght he had to the crowne of Fraunce / &amp; the kyng harkened glad|ly to his wordis. Thus in this &s;ea&s;on the kyng of Ingland wanne the mo&s;t parte of the realme of Scotland / who had many expert knyght&abis; a|bout hym / among other was &s;ir Wylliam Mo~|tague / and &s;yr walter of Manny. They were hardy knyghtis / and dyd many dedis of armes ageyn&s;t the &s;cottis. And the better to haue <ABBR>their</ABBR> entre into Scotland / they fortified the ba&s;fyde of Ro&s;ebourge / and made it a &s;trong ca&s;tel / and &abser; Wylliam Montague dyd &s;o well in all his en|trepri&s;es / that the kyng made hymerle erle of Sa <GAP DESC="missing">
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Surely &s;ayd therle I cannat deuy&s;e a more pu+i&s;&s;ant prince to ayde hym / than the duke of Bra+bant who is his co&s;yn germayne. And al&s;o the by&s;&s; hoppe of Liege / the duke of Guerles / who hath his &s;u&s;ter to his wyfe. The archby&s;&s;hop of Colayne / the marques of Jullers / &s;yr Arnolde de Baquehen / and the lorde of Faulquemount. The&s;e lordes be thei that may make moo&s;t men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in&s;hort &s;pace of any that I knowe / they arre good men of warre / they may well make <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">X. thou&s;ande men of war<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;o they haue wages therafter. They arre people that wolde gladly wynne aduauntage / yf it were &s;o that the kyng my &s;onne your mai&s;ter might gette the&s;e lordes to be on his part. And &s;o to come into the&s;e par|ties / he might well go ouer the water of Dy&s;&s;e / and &s;eke out kyng Phylippe to fyght with hym with this an&s;were the&s;e emba&s;&s;adours retour|ned into England to the kyng / and reported all that they had done. Wherof the kyng had great ioy and was well co~forted. The&s;e tidyng&abis; came into Fraunce and multiplyed lytle and lytle / &s;o that kyng Phylippes enterpri&s;e of y^e &s;ayd croy|&s;ey beganne to a&s;&s;wage and ware colde / and he cou~termau~ded his offycers to &s;ea&s;e of / makyng of any farther pui&s;ion tyll he knewe more what kyng Edward wolde do. Than kyng Edward ordayned .x. banerettes / and .xl. other knyghtes and &s;ent them ouer the &s;ee to Ualence~nes. And the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lyncolne with theym / to then|tent to treat with the lordes of thempyre / &s;uche as therle of Heynalt had named. Whanne they were come to Ualencennes eche of them kept a great e&s;tate and port / and &s;pared nothynge / no more than yf the kynge of Englande had bene there in proper per&s;one / wherby they dyd gette great reuo wine and pray&s;e. They had with the~ yonge bachelars / who had eche of them one of their eyen clo&s;ed<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> with a peace of &s;ylke / it was &s;ayd how they had made a vowe among the la|dyes of their contrey that they wolde nat&s;e but w^t one eye tyll they had done &s;ome dedes of ar|mes in Frau~ce. How beit they woldnat be kno|wen therof. And whan thei had ben well fee&s;ted at Ualence~nes / than the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lyncolne and part of his co~pany went to the duke of Bra+bant who fea&s;ted them greatly / and agreed and promy&s;ed to &s;u&s;ayne y^e kyng of Englande and all his co~pany in his contrey. So that he might go and come armed and vnarmed at his plea|&s;ure / and to gyue him the be&s;t coun&s;ell he coude. And al&s;o yf the kynge of Englande wolde defy the frenche kyng that he wolde do the &s;ame / and entre into the countrey of Fraunce with men of warre / &s;o that their wages might be borne / to the nombre of a thou&s;ande me~ of armes. Thus than the lordes retourned agayne to Ualencen|nes / and dyd &s;omoch by me&s;&s;angers and by &abpro;|my&s;e of golde and &s;yluer: that the duke of Guer+les who was the kynges brother in lawe / and y^e marques of Jullers / the archeby&s;&s;hoppe of Co|layne / and Waleran his brother. And the lorde of Faulquemount came to Ualence~nes to &s;peke with the&s;e lordes of Englande byfore the erle of Haynalt / and the lorde John his brother. And by the meanes of a great &s;omme of Flore~s that eche of them &s;hulde haue for them&s;elfe and for their men. They made pmy&s;e to defy y^t frenche kyng / and to go with the kyng of England wha~ it plea&s;ed hym / with a certayne men of warre. Promy&s;ing al&s;o: to gette other lordes to take their part for wages / &s;uch as be beyonde the ry|uer of Ryne: and be able to bringe good nom|bres of men of warre. Than the lordes of Al|mayne toke their leaue and retourned into <ABBR>ther</ABBR> owne contreis: and thengly&s;&s;hmen taryed &s;tyll with therle of Heynalt / and &s;ent certayne me&s;|&s;angers to the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lyege / and wolde gladly haue hadde hym on their partie. But he wolde neuer be agayn&s;t the french kyng / for he was become his man and entred into his feaul|tie. Kyng Charles of Behaygne was nat de&s;y|red: for they knewe well he was &s;o fermely ioy|ned with the frenche kyng / by rea&s;on of the ma|ryage of John~ duke of Normandy / who had to wyfe the kyng&abis; doughter. Wherby they knewe well he wold do nothyng agayn&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~ch kyng.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;How that Jaques Dartuell go|uerned all Flaunders. Cap. xxix.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on there was great dy&s;corde bytwene the erle of Flau~ders and the fle~|mynges: for they wolde nat obey him / nor he dur&s;t nat a byde in Flaunders: but in gret parell. And in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Gaunt there was a man a maker of hony / cal+led Jaques Dartuell. He was entred into &s;uch fortune and grace of the people / that all thynge was done that he dydde: he might commaunde what he wolde through all Flaunders / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was non though he were neuer &s;o great y^t dur&s;t di&s;obey his commaundement. He had alwayes
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goyng with hym vp and downe in Gaunt .lx. or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">our&s; kore varlettes armed / and amonge them there were thre or foure that knewe y^e &s;ecretues of his mynde. So that if he mette a &abper;&s;one that he hated or had hym in &s;u&s;pectyon incontynent he was &s;layne. For he had commaunded his &s;e|cret varlettes that whanne &s;oeuer he mette any per&s;one and made &s;uche a&s;ygae to theym / that inco~tynent they &s;hulde &s;lee hym what&s;oeuer he were: without any wordes or re&s;ouynge. And by y^t meanes he made many to be &s;layne / wher|by he was &s;o doughted that none dur&s;t &s;peke a|gayn&s;t any thynge that he wolde haue done: &s;o that euery man was gladde to make hym good chere. And the&s;e varlet&abis; whan thei had brought hym home to his hou&s;e / than they &s;hulde go to dyner where they ly&s;t: and after dyner returne agayne into the &s;trete before his lodgyng / and there abyde tyll he come out / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> wayt on hym tyll &s;ouper tyme. The&s;e &s;ouldyours had eche of them foure grotes flemmy&s;&s;he by the day / and were truely payd wekely. Thus he had in eue|ry towne &s;ouldyers and &s;eruauntess at his wa|ges redy to do his commaundement / and to e|&s;py if <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were any per&s;on that wolde rebell a|gayn&s;t his mynde / and to enfourme hym ther|of. And a&s;&s;one as he knewe any &s;uche: he wolde neuer cea&s;e tyll they were bany&s;&s;hed or &s;layne / without re&s;pyte. All &s;uch great men: as knygh|tes / &s;quires / or burge&s;es of good townes: as he thought fauourable to therle in any maner / he bany&s;&s;hed them out of Flaunders. And wolde leuey the moyte of their landes to his owne v&s;e / and thother halfe to their wyuess and chyldren / &s;uch as were bany&s;&s;hed: of whome there were a great no~bre abode at&s;aynt Diners. To &s;peke properly: there was neuer in Flaunders nor in none other contrey prince / duke / nor other: that ruled a countrey &s;o pe&s;ably / &s;o long as this Ja|ques Dartuell dyd rule Flaunderss. He leuyed the rentes / wynages / and rightes: that pertay+ned to therle through out all Flanderss / and spe~+ded all at his plea&s;ure without any acompt ma|kyng. And wha~he wold &s;ay y^e he lacked money they byleued hym / and &s;o it behoued them to do for none dur&s;t &s;ay agayn&s;t hym. Whan he wold borowe any thynge of any burge&s;&s;e: there was none dur&s;t &s;ay hym nay. The&s;e engly&s;&s;h emba&s;+&s;adours kept an honourable e&s;tate at the towne of Ualencennes. They thought it &s;hulde be a|great comforte to the kynge their lorde yf they might gette the flymmynges to take their part. Than they toke coun&s;ell of therle in that mater and he an&s;wered / that truely it &s;hulde be one of the grette&s;t aydes that they coude haue. But he &s;ayd he thought their labour in y^t behalfe coude nat preuayle: without they gette fir&s;t the good|wyll of Jaques Dartuell. Than they &s;aid they wolde a&s;&s;ay what they coude do: &amp; &s;o thervpon they departed fro Ualenceunes and went into Flaunders / and departed into thre or foure co~|panies. Some went to Bruges / &s;ome to Ipre and &s;ome to Gau~t. And they all kept &s;uch port &amp; made &s;o large dy&s;pe~ce: that it &s;emed that &s;yluer and golde fell out of their ha~des and made ma+ny great promy&s;es and offers to them that they &s;pake to for that mater. And the by&s;&s;hopp~ with a certayne with hym we~t to Gaunt / and he dyd &s;omuch / what with fayre word&abis; and otherwy&s;e that he gate thacorde of Jaques Dartuell. And dyd gette great grace in the towne and &s;pecial+ly of an olde knyght that dwelt in Gauut / who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> right well beloued: called the lorde of Courci&s;yen a knight baneret / and was reputed for a hardy knight / &amp; had alwayes &s;erued true|ly his lordes. This knyght dyd moche honour to thengly&s;&s;hemen: as a valyant knyght ought to do to all &s;tra~gers. Of this he was accu&s;ed to the french kyng: who incontynent &s;ent a &s;trayt commaundement to therle of Flaunders / that he &s;hulde &s;end for this &s;ayd knyght: and a&s;&s;one as he had hym to &s;trike of his hed. Therle who dur&s;t nat breke the kynges co~manndeme~t dyd &s;omoch that this knyght came to hym at his &s;en+dyng as he that thought non yuell: and inconty+ne~t he was taken &amp; his heed &s;tryken of. Wherof many folkes were &s;orie and were &s;ore dy&s;ple&s;ed with therle: for he was welbeloued with the lor+des of the contrey. The&s;e engly&s;&s;he lordes dyd &s;omoche that Jaques Dartuell dyuer&s;e tymes had togyder the coun&s;elles of the good townes to &s;peke of the be&s;ynes that the&s;e lordes of En|glande de&s;yred: and of the frau~chy&s;es and amy|ties that they offred them in the kyng of Engla~+des byhalfe. So often they &s;pake of this mater that fynally they agreed / that the kynge of En|glande myght come and go into Flaunders at his plea&s;ure. Howe beit they &s;ayd they were &s;o &s;ore bouude to the french kyng that they myght nat entre into the realme of Fraunce to make a|ny warre / without they &s;hulde forfayt a great &s;omme of florens: and &s;o they de&s;yred that they wold be co~tent with this an&s;were as at y^t tyme. Thengly&s;&s;he lordes retourned agayne to Ua|lencennes with great ioy: often tymes they &s;ent worde to y^e kyng of Englande how they &s;pedde and euer he &s;ent theym golde and &s;yluer to ber<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> their charges / and to gyue to the lordes of Al|maygne
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who de&s;yred nothyng els. In this &s;ea|&s;on the noble erle of Heynalt dyed the .vi. day of June / the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xxxvii. and was buryed at the friers in Ualencennes. The by&s;&s;hoppe of Ca~bray&s;ang the ma&s;&s;e / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many dukes / erles / and barownes / for he was welbeloued / and honoured of all people in his lyfe dayes. After his dy&s;cea&s;e: y^e lorde Wyl|lyam his &s;onne entred into the counteis of Hey|nalt / Hollande / and zelande. Who had to wyfe the dougther of duke John~ of Braba~t / and had to name Jahane. She was endowed with the lande of Bynche / the which was a right fayre heritage and a profitable. And the lady Jahan her mother went to Fontnels on Le&s;cault / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> v&s;ed the re&s;ydue of her lyfe in great deuoti+on in thabbey <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and dyd many good dedes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How certayne nobles of Flau~ders kept the yle of Cagaunt agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;hemen. Cap. xxx.</HEAD>
<P>_OF all the&s;e ordynaunces and confortes that the kyng of England had get on that &s;yde the &s;ee Kyng Phylipp~ of Fraunce was well enfor|med of all the mater / &amp; wol|de gladly haue had the flem+myng&abis; on his part. But Jaques Dartuell had &s;o &s;urmounted all maner of people in Flau~ders that none dur&s;t &s;ay agayn&s;t his opynion / nor y^e erle hym &s;elfe dur&s;t nat well abyde in the coun|trey. For he had &s;ent the counte&s;&s;e his wyfe and Loys his &s;onne into Fraunce for dout of the fle~+mynges. In this &s;ea&s;on / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were in the yle of Cagant / certayne knyghtes and &s;quyers of Fla~+ders in gary&s;on. As &s;ir Dutres de Haluyn / &s;yr John~ de Radays / and the &s;onnes of Le&s;triefe. They kept that pa&s;&s;age agayn&s;t the~gly&s;&s;hmen and made couert warre / wherof thengly&s;&s;he lor+des beyng in Heynalt were well enformed / and how that if they went that way homewarde in|to England / they &s;hulde be met withall to their dy&s;plea&s;ure. Wherfore they were nat well a&s;&s;u|red / howbeit they rode and went about y^e coun|trey at their plea&s;ure. All was by the confort of Jaques Dartuell / for he &s;upported and honou|red them as moche as he might. And after the&s;e lordes went to Doudrech in Holande / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they toke &s;hypping to e&s;chue the pa&s;&s;age of Ca+gaunt. <ABBR>Wher</ABBR> as the gari&s;on was layd for them by the commaundement of the frenche kyng / &s;o the&s;e engli&s;&s;he lordes ca~e agayne into England as priuely as they coude. And came to the kyng who was right ioyou&s;e of their commyng / and whan he harde of the gary&s;on of Cagaunt. He &s;ayd he wolde prouyde for them &s;hortly / and a|none after he ordayned therie of Derby / &abser; Wa|ter Manny / and dyuer&s;e other knyghtes &amp; &s;qui+ers with fyue hundred men of armes / and two thou&s;ande archers / and they toke &s;hippyng at London in the ryuer of Tames. The fir&s;t tyde they went to Graue&s;ende: the next day to Mar+gate / and at the thyrde tyde they toke the &s;ee / &amp; &s;ayled into Flau~ders. So they aparelled them &s;elfe / and came nere to Cagaunt.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batell of Cagau~t bytwene thengly&s;&s;hmen and the french|men. Cap. xxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan thengly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe the towne of Cagaunt before the~ / they made the~ redy and had wynd and tyde to &s;erue them. And &s;o in the name of god and &s;aint George they approched and blewe vp their trumpettes and &s;et their archers before them / and &s;ayled to warde the towne. They of Cagaunt &s;awe well this great &s;hypp~ aproche / they knewe well they were engly&s;&s;hmen. And araynged them on the dykes and on the &s;andes / with their baners be|fore them / and they made .xvi. newe knyghtes. They were a fyue thou&s;ande me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> good knyghtes and &s;quiers / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Guy of Fla~+ders a good and a &s;ure knyght / but he was a ba+&s;tarde and he de&s;yred all his co~pany to do well their deuoyre. And al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Dutres de Hauyn / &s;yr John~ de Roodes / &s;ir Gyles de Le|&s;triefe / &s;ir Symon and &s;yr John~ of Bonquede~t who were there made knyghtes / and Peter of Anglemon&s;ter with many other knyghtes and &s;quiers expert men of armes. Thengly&s;&s;hmen were de&s;yrous to a&s;&s;ayle / and the fle~mynges to defende. Thengly&s;&s;he atchers began to &s;hout / 
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and cryed their cryes / &s;o that &s;uche as kepte the pa&s;&s;age were fayne perforce to recule backe. At this fir&s;t a&s;&s;aute there were dyuer&s;e &s;ore hurte / and the engly&s;&s;hmen toke lande and came and fought hande to hande. The fle~mynges fought valyantly to defende the pa&s;&s;age / and the~gly&s;&s;h+men a&s;&s;auted chyualrou&s;ly. The erle of Derby was that day a good knyght: and at the fir&s;t a&s;|&s;aut he was &s;o forwarde that he was &s;tryken to the erth / and than the lorde of Manny dyd hym great confort / for by pur feat of armes he rele|ued hym vp agayne and brought hym out of p|yll / and cryed Lanca&s;tre for the erle of Derby. Than they approched on euery part and many were hurt: but mo of y^e flemmynges than of the engly&s;&s;hmen / for the archers &s;hot &s;o holly togy|der that they dyd to the flemmynges moche da|mage. Thus in the hauyn of Cagant <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore batell / for the fle~mynges were good men of warre cho&s;en out by the erle of Flaunders / to defende that pa&s;&s;age agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;hemen. And of Englande there was the erle of Derby &s;onne to the erle Henry of Lanca&s;tre with y^e wry necke / therle of Suffolke: &s;yr Robert Cobham &s;ir Lewes Byauchampe / &s;ir Wyllyam &s;onne to therle of Warwyke: the lorde Bourcher / &s;yr Wa+ter Ma~ny / and dyuers other. There was a &s;ore batayle and well foughten hande to hande: but finally the fle~mynges were put to the cha&s;e and were &s;layne mo than thre thou&s;ande / what in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hauyn / &s;tretes / and hou&s;es. Syr Guy the ba|&s;tarde of Flau~ders was taken / and &s;ir Dutres de Haluyn and &s;ir John~ de Rodes <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;layne / and the two bretherne of Bonquedent / and &s;yr Gyles de Le&s;trief: and mo than .xxvi. knyghtes and &s;quyers &amp; the towne taken and pylled and all the good&abis; and pri&s;oners put into the &s;hippes and the towne brent. And &s;o thus the engly&s;&s;he|men retourned into Englande without any da+mage: the kyng cau&s;ed &s;ir Guy ba&s;tarde of Fla~+ders to &s;were and to bynde hym&s;elfe pri&s;oner. And in the &s;ame yere he became engly&s;&s;he and dyd fayth &amp; homage to the kyng of Englande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How kyng Edwarde of England made great alyaunces in the empyre. Cap. xxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this dy&s;confeture at Cagaunt: tidynges ther|of &s;predde abrode in the cou~|trey. And they of Flaunders &s;ayd: y^t without rea&s;on and a+gayn&s;t their wylles therle of fla~ders had layd there y^t ga|ry&s;on. And Jaques Dartuell wolde nat at had ben otherwy&s;e and in contynent he &s;ent me&s;&s;an+gers to kynge Edwarde: recommendyng hym to his grace withall his hert. Coun&s;ellyng hym to come thyder and to pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee / certyfyenge hym how the flemmynges greatly de&s;yred to &s;e hym. Thus the kyng of Englande made great purueyanc&abis;: and whan the wynter was pa&s;&s;ed / he toke the &s;ee well acompanyed with dukes / er+les / and barownes and dyuers other knyghtes: and aryued at the towne of Andewarpe / as tha~ pertayninge to the duke of Brabant. Thyther came people from all partes to &s;e hym / and the great e&s;tate that he kept. Than he &s;ent to his co+&s;yn the duke of Brabant / &amp; to the duke of Guer|les: to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marques of Jullers / to the lorde John~ of Heynalt and to all &s;uch as he tru&s;ted to haue any conforte of. Sayeng howe he wolde gladly &s;peke with theym: they came all to Andewarpe bytwene Whyt&s;ontyde / and the fee&s;t of &s;aynte John~ And whan the kyng had well fea&s;ted th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he de&s;yred to knowe their myndes whau~e they wolde b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gynne that they had promy&s;ed: requi|rynge them to dy&s;patche the mater breuely / for that inte~t he &s;ayd he was come thyder / and had all his men redy: and howe it &s;hulde be a great damage to hym to defarre y^e mater long. The&s;e lordes had longe coun&s;ell among them / and fy|nally they &s;ayd. Syr our commynge hyther as nowe: was more to &s;e you than for any thynge els: we be nat as nowe purueyed to gyue you a full an&s;were. By your lycence we &s;hall retourne to our people / and come agayne to you at your plea&s;ure: and thau~e gyue you &s;o playne an an|&s;were that the mater &s;hall nat re&s;t in vs. Than they toke day to come agayn a thre wekes after the fee&s;t of &s;aynt John~. The kynge &s;hewed the~ what charges he was at with &s;o longe abyding thynkinge whan he came thyther that they had ben full purueyd to haue made hym a playne an+&s;were: &s;ayng howe that he wolde nat returne in to England tyll he had a full an&s;were. So thus the&s;e lordes departed / and the kynge taryed in the abbay of &s;aynt Bernarde / and &s;ome of the engly&s;&s;he lordes taryed &s;tyll at Andewarpe: to kepe the kynge company / and &s;ome of the other rode about the countrey in great dy&s;pence. The
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duke of Brabant went to Louane and there ta|ryed a long tyme / and often tymes he &s;ent to the frenche kyng / de&s;yring hym to haue no &s;u&s;pecy|ous to hym &amp; nat to byleue any yuell informaci|on made of hym: for by his wyll he &s;ayd he wold make none alyance nor couenant agayn&s;t hym. Sayrng al&s;o that the kynge of Englande was his co&s;yn germayne / wherfore he might nat de+ny hym to come into his countrey. The day ca~e that the kyng of Englande loked to haue an an|&s;were of the&s;e lord&abis; / and they excu&s;ed them and &s;ayd howe they were redy and their men. So that the duke of Brabant wolde be redy for his part / &s;ayeng y^t he was nere than they. And that a&s;&s;one as they might knowe that he were redy / they wolde nat be behynde but be at the begyn|nyng of the mater a&s;&s;one as he. Than the kyng dyd &s;o moche that he &s;pake agayne with y^e duke and &s;hewed him the an&s;were of the other lordes de&s;yring him by amyte and lynage that no faut were founde in hym / &s;ayeng how he parceyued well that he was but cold in the mater / and that without he <ABBR>wer</ABBR> quicker and dyd otherwy&s;e / he douted he &s;hulde le&s;e therby the ayde of all the other lordes of Amayne / through his defaulte. Than the duke &s;ayd he wolde take coun&s;ayle in the matter / and whan he had longe debated the mater he &s;ayd howe he &s;hulde be as redy as any other / but fir&s;te he &s;ayd he wolde &s;peke agayne with the other lordes: and he dyde &s;ende for the~ de&s;yring them to come to hym <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they ple+a&s;ed be&s;t. Than y^t day was apoynted about the myddes of Augu&s;t / &amp; this coun&s;ell to be at Hale bycau&s;e of the yong erle of Heynalt who &s;hulde al&s;o be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and with hym &s;ir John~ of Heynalt his vncle. Whan~e the&s;e lordes were all come to this parlyament at Hale / they had longe coun|&s;ayle togyder / finally they &s;ayd to the kyng of Englande. Syr we&s;e no cau&s;e why we &s;hulde make defyance to the frenche kyng all thynges con&s;ydred / without ye can gette thagrement of themperour: and that he wolde commaunde vs to do &s;o in his name. The emperour may well thus do / for of long tyme pa&s;t there was a coue|nant &s;worne and &s;ealed that no kyng of Frau~ce ought to take any thyng parteyning to the~pyre and this kynge Philyppe hath taken the ca&s;tell of Creuecure in Cambrey&s;is / and the ca&s;tell of Alues in Pailleull: and the cytie of Cambray. wherfore themperour hath good cau&s;e to defye hym by vs. Therfore &s;ir: if ye can get his acord our honour &s;halbe the more / &amp; the kyng &s;ayd he wolde folo we their coun&s;ayle. Than it was or|dayned / that the Marques of Jullers &s;hulde go to themperour: and certayne knyghtes and clerkes of the kynges / and &s;ome of the coun&s;ell of the duke of Gwerles. But the duke of Bra|bant wold &s;ende none fro hym / but he lende the ca&s;tell of Louayne to the kynge of Englande to lye in. And the Marques and his co~pany fou~de the emperour at Florebetche / and &s;hewed hym the cau&s;e of their commyng. And the lady Mar+garete of Heynault dydde all her payne to fur|ther forthe the matter / whom &s;ir Lewes of Ba|nyer than emperour had wedded. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the Marques of Jullers was made an erle / and y^e duke of Guelders who byfore was an erle was than made a duke. And themperour gaue com|my&s;&s;ion to foure knyght&abis; and to two doctours of his coun&s;ell / to make kyng Edwarde of En|glande his bycarre generall throughout all the empyre. And therof the&s;e &s;ayd lordes hadde in|&s;trumentes publyke: confyrmed and &s;ealed &s;uf|fyciently by the emperour.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande made alyaunce with kyng Phy+lypp~ of Frau~ce. Ca. xxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on the yonge kyng Dauyd of Scotlande who had lo&s;t the be&s;t part of his lande / and coulde natte recouer it out of the holde of the~gly&s;&s;hmend / eparted pri|uely with a &s;mall company / and the quene his wyfe with hym and toke &s;hip+pyng and arryued at Bolayne / and &s;o rodde to Pares to kyng Philyppe who gretly dyd fea&s;t hym. And offred hym of his ca&s;tels to abyde in / and of his goodes to dy&s;pende: on the condyci|on that he &s;hulde make no peace with the kynge of Englande without his coun&s;ell and agreme~t for kyng Philyppe knewe well howe the kynge of Englande apparelled greatly to make hym warre. So thus the kyng / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> retayned kyng Dauyd &amp; the quene a long &s;ea&s;on / and they had all that they neded at his co&s;te &amp; charge: for out of Scotlande came but lytell &s;ub&s;ta~ce to mayn|tayne withall their e&s;tates. And the french king &s;ent certayne me&s;&s;angers into Scotla~de to the lordes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;uch as kept <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the~gli&s;&s;h men / offryng them great ayde and confort: &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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they wolde take no peace nor tru<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e with y^e kyng of Englande / without it were by his agrement or by thaccorde of their owne kyng: who had in likewy&s;e promy&s;ed and &s;worne. Than the lord&abis; of Scotlande cou~&s;elled togyder / and ioyou&s;ly they accorded to his reque&s;t / and &s;o &s;ealed and &s;ware with the kyng their lorde. Thus this aly+ance was made bytwene Scotlande and Fran+ce / the which endured a long &s;ea&s;on after / and y^e frenche kyng &s;ent men of warre into Scotland to kepe <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;hmen. As &abser; Ar|nolde Dandregien who was alter mar&s;chall of Fraunce / and the lorde of Garencieres: and dy|uer&s;e other knyghtes and &s;quyers. The frenche kyng thought y^t the &s;cottes &s;hulue gyue &s;omoch a do to the realme of England / y^t the~gly&s;&s;hmen &s;hulde nat come ouer the &s;ee to anoy hym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;How kyng Edwarde of England was made bycare generall of the~pyre of Almaygne. Cap. xxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kyng of England and the other lordes to hym alyed <ABBR>wer</ABBR> departed fro the parlyament of Hale. The kyng we~t to Louan and made redy the ca&s;tell for his a byding / and &s;ent for the quene to come thyder if it plea&s;ed her: for he &s;ent her worde he wolde nat come thens of an hole yere. And &s;ent home cer|tayne of his knyghtes to kepe his lande fro the &s;cottes. And the other lord&abis; and knyghtes that were there &s;tyll with the kynge / rode aboute the realme of Flanders and Henalt / makyng grete dy&s;pence gyueng great rewardes and iuels to the lordes / ladyes / and damo&s;elles of the coun|trey to get their good wylles. They dyd &s;omo|che that they were greatly pray&s;ed and &s;pecially of the common people / bycau&s;e of the port and &s;tate that they kept. And than about the fee&s;t of all &s;ayntes / the marques of Jullers and his co~|pany &s;ent worde to the kyng how they had &s;ped: And the kyng &s;ent to hym that he &s;hulde be with hym about the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Martyne / and al&s;o he&s;ent to the duke of Braba~t to knowe his myn+de / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he wolde the plyament &s;hulde beholde and he an&s;wered at Arques in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countie of Loz nere to his countrey. And than the kyng &s;ent to all other of his alyes / that they &s;hulde be there: and &s;o the hall of the towne was apparelled and hanged / as though it had ben the kynges cham+ber. And there the kyng &s;atte crowned w^t golde / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. fote hygher than any other: and there op<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nly was redde the letters of the~perour / by the which the kyng was made bycare generall and liefre|naunt for the emperour / and had power gyue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hym to make lawes and to myni&s;tre Ju&s;tyce to euery per&s;on in thempours name: and to make money of golde and &s;yluer. The emperour al&s;o there commaunded by his letters / that all per|&s;ons of his empyre: and all other his &s;ubgiettes &s;hulde obey to the kyng of England his vycare as to hym&s;elfe / and to do hym homage. And in contynent <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was clayme and an&s;were made bytwene parties as before the emperour / and right and iudgement gyuen. Al&s;o there was re|nued a iudgement and a &s;tatute affermed / that had been made before in the emperours courte / and that was this. That who &s;oeuer wolde any hurt to other / &s;huld make his defyance threday+es byfore his dede: and he that dyde otherwy&s;e &s;hulde be reputed as an euyll doet / and for a by lans dede. And whan all this was done the lor|des departed / and toke day that they &s;hulde all appere before Cambray thre wekes after y^e fee&s;t of &s;aynte John~ / the whiche towne was become frenche: thus they all departed / and euery man went to his owne. And kynge Edwarde as by|care of thempyre / went than to Louayne to the quene: who was newely come thyder out of En+glande with great noblene&s;&s;e / and well acco~pa|nyed with ladyes and damo&s;els of Englande. So there the kynge and the quene kepte their hou&s;e ryght honorably all that wynter: and cau+sed money / golde / and &s;yluer: to be made at An+dewarpe great plentie. yet for all this the duke of Brabant lefte nat / but with great dyligence &s;ent often me&s;&s;angers to kyng Philyppe / as the lorde Loys of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rauehen his chefe coun&s;ellour / with dyuers other euer to excu&s;e hym: for y^e whi+che cau&s;e this knight was often tymes &s;ent / and at the la&s;te abode &s;tyll in the frenche court with the kyng: to thentent alwayes to excu&s;e hym a|gayn&s;t all informacions that myght be made of hym. The which knyght dyd all his detroyre in that behalfe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe kynge Edwarde and all his alyes dyd defye the frenche kyng. Cap. xxxv.</HEAD>
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_THus the wynter pa&s;&s;ed and &s;omer came / and y^e fee&s;t of &s;aynt John~ of Bapty&s;t a|proched. And the lord&abis; of en|glande and of Almayne apa relled them&s;elfe to aco~ply&s;&s;h their enterpri&s;e: and the fren+che kyng wrought a&s;moch as he coude to the co~|trary / for he knewe moch of their intent&abis;. Kyng Edwarde made all his proui&s;yon in Englande and all his men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to be redy to pa&s;&s;e y^e &s;ee inco~tynent after the fee&s;t of &s;aynt John~ / and &s;o they dyde. Than the kynge went to Uyllenort / and there made his co~pany to be lodged as ma|ny as myght in the towne / and the other with|out a long on the ryuer&s;yde / in tentes and pauy+lyons. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed fro Maudelyn tyde / tyll our lady day in Septembre / abyding we|kely for the lord&abis; of thempyre. And &s;pecially for the duke of Brabant / on who&s;e co~mynge all the other abode. And whan the kyng of Englande &s;awe howe they came nat / he &s;ent great me&s;&s;an|gers to eche of them: &s;ommonyng them to come as they had promy&s;ed / and to mete with hym at Machlyn on &s;aynt Gyles day / &amp; than to &s;hewe hym why they had taryed &s;o long. Thus kynge Edwarde lay at Uyllenort / and kepte dayly at his co&s;t and charge well to the nombre of .xvi. hundred men of armes / all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e fro thother &s;yde of the &s;ee: and .x. M. archers be&s;yde all other &abpro; uy&s;ious. The which was a matueylous great charge / be&s;yde the great rewardes that he had gyuen to the lordes / and be&s;yde the great army|es that he had on the &s;ee. The frenche kynge on his part / had &s;et Genowayes / normayns / Bre|tons / Pycardes / and &s;panyardes to be redy on the &s;ee: to entre into England a&s;&s;one as y^e <ABBR>warr</ABBR> were opened. The&s;e lordes of Almayne / at the kyng of Englande &s;omons came to Machlyn / and with moche be&s;yne&s;&s;e: finally they acorded that the kyng of Englande might well &s;ette for|warde within .xv. dayes after: and to thentent that their <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;huld be y^e more laudable. Thei agreed to &s;end their defyanc&abis; to the french kyng fir&s;t the kyng of England / the duke of Guerles the marques of Jullers / &s;ir Robert Dartoy&s;e / &s;ir John~ of Heynalt / the marques of Mu&s;&s;e / y^e marques of Blanquebourc: the lorde of Faul|quemont / &s;ir Arnold of Baquchen / the archby&s; &s;hop of Colayne / &s;ir Galeas his brother: and al other lordes of thempyre. The&s;e defyanc&abis; were written and &s;ealed by all the lordes / except the duke of Braba~t / who &s;ayd he wold do his dede by hym&s;elfe / at tyme conuenyent. To bere the&s;e defyances into Fraunce: was charged the by&s;|&s;hop of Lyncolne / who bare the~ to Parys. And dyd his me&s;&s;age in &s;uche maner y^t he coude nat be reproched nor blamed: and &s;o he had a &s;afe co~+duct to retourne agayne to his kyng / who was as than at Machlyne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;How &s;ir water of Manny after the defyances declared / made the fir&s;t iourney into Fra~ce. Ca. xxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the fir&s;te weke that the frenche kyng was thus defyed: &s;ir water Manny a&s;&s;one as he knewe it / he gate to hym a .xl. &s;peres and rode through Brabant nyght and day tyll he came into Heynalt / and entred into the wode of Blaton. As than nat knowig what he &s;hulde do: but he had &s;hewed to &s;ome of them that were moo&s;t priuye&s;t aboute hym. Howe he had promy&s;ed before ladyes and damo&s;elles or he came out of Englande / that he wolde be the fir&s;t that &s;hulde entre into Fraunce / and to gete other towne or ca&s;tell / and to do &s;ome dedes of armes. And than his ente~t was to ryde to Mor+taigne and to gete it if he might: the which par+tayned than~e to the realme of Fraunce. And &s;oo rode and pa&s;&s;ed the wode of Blaton / and came in a mornynge before the &s;onne ri&s;yng to Mor|taygne and by aduenture he founde the wycket of the gate opynne. Than he alyghtedde with his company and entred in / and dyd &s;ette cer|tayne of his company to kepe the gate. And &s;o went into the hygh &s;trete with his penon before hym / and came to the great towre: but the gate and wycket was fa&s;t clo&s;ed. And whan y^e watch of the ca&s;tell harde the brunt / and &s;awe them he blewe his horne &amp; cryed trea&s;on trea&s;on. Than euery man a woke and made them redy / &amp; kept them &s;elfe &s;tyll within the ca&s;tell: than &s;ir water of Manny went backe agayne and dyd &s;et fyre in the &s;trete ioyninge to the ca&s;tell / &s;o that there were a thre&s;core hou&s;es brent / and y^e people &s;ore a frayed: for they wende all to haue been taken. Than &s;ir water and his company rode backe / &s;treight to Conde: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Hayne. Than they rode the way to Ualencen|nes / and coo&s;ted on the ryght hande and came to Deuayne and &s;o went to the abbay: and &s;oo pa&s;&s;ed forth towarde Bouhaigne. And dyd &s;o|moche
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that the captayne dyd let them pa&s;&s;e tho|rough by the ryuer. Than thei came to a&s;trong ca&s;tell parteyning to the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Cambray called the ca&s;tell of Thyne / y^e which &s;ode~ly they toke / and the captayne and his wyfe win. And the lorde Manny made a good gary&s;on: and &s;et therm a brother of his called &s;ir Gyles Ma~|ny / who afterwarde dyd moche trouble to the cy+tie of Ca~bray: for the ca&s;tell was within a leage of the towne. Than &s;ir Water Manny retour|ned into Brabant / to the kynge his &s;oueraygne lorde: whom he founde at Machlyne / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hewed hym all that he had done.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;How that after the &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> defyances made / the frenchmen entred in to England. Cap. xxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_AS &s;one as kynge Phy|lyppe knewe that he was ve|fyed of the kyng of England and of his alyes: he reteyned men of warre on euery &s;yde. And &s;ent the lord Galoys de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a Bau&s;yne a good knyght of Sauoy into the cyte of Cambray / and made hym captayne <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> and with hym &s;ir Thybalt de Marneyle / and the lorde of Roy. So that they were / what of Sauoy and of Frau~ce a .ii. hundred &s;peres. And kynge Philyppe &s;ent and &s;ea&s;ed into his handes the countie of Pontyeu / the which the kyng of Englande had before by rea&s;on of his mother. And al&s;o he &s;e~t to dyuers lordes of thempyre: as to therle of Heynalt his neue we / to the duke of Lorrayne / therle of <ABBR>Bar</ABBR> the by&s;&s;hop of Metz / the by&s;&s;hop of Liege: de&s;y ryng them that they wolde make no yuell pur|cha&s;e agayn&s;t hym or his realme. The moo&s;t part of the&s;e lordes an&s;wered / howe they wolde do nothyng that &s;huld be agayn&s;t hym / and the erle of Heynalt wrote vnto hym right courte&s;&s;y how that he wolde be redy alwayes to ayd hym and his realme agayn&s;t all men. But &s;eyng the kyng of England maketh his warre / as bycare and lyeutenaunt of thempyre. Wherfore he &s;aid he might nat refu&s;e to hym his cou~trey nor his confort: bycau&s;e he helde part of his countrey of thempour and a&s;&s;one as &s;ir Her<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Nuyriell / &s;ir Peter Bahuchet / and Barbe Noyre: who lay and kept the &s;treightes bytwene England and Fraunce with a great nauy / knewe y^e the warre was opyn. They came on a &s;onday in the fore noone to the hauyu of Hampton / whyle the peo+ple were at ma&s;&s;e: and the Normayns / Pycar|des / and &s;panyerdes entred into the towne / and robbed and pylled the towne / and &s;lewe dyuers and defowled maydens / and enforced wyues: and charged their ve&s;&s;els with y^e pyllage. And &s;o entred agayne into their &s;hyppes / and whan the tyde came they dy&s;ancred &amp; &s;ayled to Nor|mandy and came to Depe. And there departed and deuyded their boty and pyllages.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;How kyng Edwarde be&s;ieged the cyte of Cambray. Cap. xxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kyng of England depar+ted fro Machelyne &amp; went to Bru&s;+&s;els / and all his people pa&s;t on by y^e towne. Than came to the kynge a .xx. M. Almaynes / and the kynge &s;ent and demau~ded of the duke of Braba~t what was his enten&s;y on to go to Cambray / or els to leaue it. The duke an&s;wered and &s;ayed: that as &s;one as he knewe that he had be&s;ieged Ca~bray / he wolde come thyder with .xii. hundred &s;peres of good men of warre. Than the kyng went to Nyuell and there lay one nyght / and the nexte day to Mons in Heynalt. And there he founde the yong erle of Heynalt / who receyued him ioy+ou&s;ly / and euer &s;ir Robert of Dartoy&s;e was a|bout the kyng as one of his priue coun&s;ell / and a .xvi. or .xx. other great lordes and knightes of Englande the which were euer about the kyng for his honoure and e&s;tate / and to coun&s;ell hym in all his dedes. Al&s;o with hym was y^e by&s;&s;hop of Lyncolne / who was greatly renomed in this iourney / both in wy&s;dome and i~ prowes. Thus thengly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed forth and lodged abrode in the countrey / and founde prouy&s;ion ynough before them for their money / howbeit &s;ome <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ay+ed truly and &s;ome nat. And whan the kyng had taryed two dayes at Mons in Heynalt: than~e he went to Ualencennes &amp; he and .xii. with hym entred into the towne / and no mo per&s;ons. And thyder was come therle of Heynalt and &abser; John~ his vncle / and the lorde of Faguyuelles / y^e lorde of Uerchyn / the lorde of Haureth: and dyuers other / who were about therle their lorde. And y^e kyng and therle went hand in hande to y^e great hall which was redy aparelled to receyue them.
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And as they went vp the &s;teares of the hall / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lyncolne / who was there pre&s;ent &s;pake out a loude and &s;ayd: Wyllyam by&s;&s;hopp~ of Cambray / I admony&s;&s;he you as procurer to the kyng of England vycare of the~pyre of Ro~e / that ye opyn the gates of the cyte of Cambray / &amp; if ye do nat ye &s;hall forfayt your landes: and we woll entre byforce. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was none that an&s;we+red to that mater: for the by&s;&s;hop was nat there pre&s;ent. Than the by&s;&s;hop of Lyncolne &s;ayd a|gayne: erle of Heynault we admony&s;&s;he you in the name of thempour / that ye come and &s;erue y^e kyng of England his vycare: before the cyte of Cambray with &s;uche nombre as ye ought to do. Therle who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pre&s;e~t: &s;ayd with a right good wyll I am redy. So thus they entred in|to the hall / &amp; therle ledde y^e kyng into his cha~bre and anon the &s;up&abper; was redy. And y^e next day the king de&abper;ted and went to A&s;pre and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed .ii. dayes / and &s;uffred all his men to pa&s;&s;e forth And &s;o than went to Ca~bray and loged at Wys and be&s;ieged the cyte of Cambray rou~de about and dayly his power encrea&s;ed. Thyder came the yong erle of Heynalt in great atray / and &s;yr John his vncle / and they lodged nere to y^e kyng and the duke of Guerles and his company / the marques of Mu&s;&s;e / therle of Mons / the erle of Sauynes: the lorde of Falquemo~t / &s;ir Arnolde of Bouquehen: withall thother lordes of them|pyre / &s;uche as were alyed with the kyng of En|glande. And the &s;ixt day after the &s;iege layd / thy+der ca~e the duke of Brabant with a .ix. hundred &s;peres be&s;yde other / &amp; he lodged toward O&s;tre|nan on the ryuer of Le&s;caut / and made a bridge ouer the water / to thentent to go fro y^e one hoo&s;t to the other. And a&s;&s;one as he was come / he &s;ent to defye the frenche kyng: who was at Compy|engne. Wherof Loys of Traneheu who had al|wayes before excu&s;ed / the duke was &s;o confu&s;ed that he wold no more returne agayne into Bra|bant / but dyed for &s;orowe in Frau~ce. This &s;ege durynge / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many &s;kirmy&s;&s;hes: and &s;ir John of Heynalt and the lorde of Falquemont rod euer lightly togyder / and brent and wa&s;ted &s;ore the countrey of Cambre&s;ys. And on a day the&s;e lordes with the nombre of .v. C. &s;peres / &amp; a M. of other men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / came to the ca&s;tell of Doi&s;y in Cambre&s;ys / pertayning to the lord of Coucy / and made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a great a&s;&s;aut. But they within dyd defende them &s;o valyantly / that thei had no damage / and &s;o the &s;ayd lordes retour|ned to their lodgynges. Therle of Heynalt and his company on a &s;aturday came to the gate to|warde &s;aynt Quyntines / and made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a gret a&s;&s;aut <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was John~ Chandos: who was tha~ but a &s;quier / of who&s;e prowes this boke &s;peketh moch / he ca&s;t hym&s;elfe bytwene the barrers and the gate and fought valyantly with a &s;quyer of Uermandoys called Johanne of &s;aynt Dager / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was goodly feat&abis; of armes done bytwene them. And &s;o the heynows co~quered by force the baylles: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was entred therle of Heynalt and his mar&s;hals / &s;ir Gararde of Uerchyne / &abser; Henry Dantoyng and other: who aduentured them valyantly to aduaunce their honour &amp; at an other gate called y^e gate Robert / was y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord Beamonde / and the lorde of Falquemont / the lorde Danghyen / &s;ir Wyllyam of Manny / and their companys / made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a&s;ore and a harde a&s;&s;aut. But they of Cambray / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;oudyers &s;et there by the french kyng / defended them&s;elfe and the cyte &s;o valyantly / that tha&s;&s;auters wan nothyng: but &s;o retourned right wery and well beaten to their logynges. The yong erle of Na+mure ca~e thyder to &s;erue y^e yong erle of Heynalt by de&s;yre / and he &s;ayd he wolde be on their part as long as they were in the~pyre. But a&s;&s;one as they entred into the realme of Fraunce / he &s;ayd he wolde for&s;ake them &amp; go and &s;erue the french kyng / who had retayned hym. And in likewy&s;e &s;o was thentent of therle of Heynalt / for he had co~maunded all his men on payne of dethe / that none of them &s;hulde do any thyng within the re+alme of Frau~ce. In this &s;ea&s;on whyle y^e kyng of England lay at &s;iege byfore Cambray with .xl. M. men of armes / and greatly con&s;trayned the~ by a&s;&s;autes. Kyng Philyp made his &s;omons at Peron in Uarma~doys / &amp; the kyng of England coun&s;elled with &s;ir Robert Dartoys in whome he had great affyance / demau~dyng of hym why+ther it were better for hym to entre into y^e realm of Fraunce / and to encounter his aduer&s;ary: or els to abyde &s;tyll byfore Ca~bray tyll he had won it biforce. The lord&abis; of England and &s;uch other of his cou~&s;ell / &s;awe well how the cyte was &s;tro~g and well furny&s;&s;hed of men a <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and vytels and artylary / and that it &s;huld be long to abyde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> tyll they had wonne the cytie. Wherof they were in no certe~tie / and al&s;o they &s;awe well how that wynter aproched nere &amp; as yet had done no maner of entpri&s;e / but lay at gret erpe~ce. Than they coun&s;elled the kynge to &s;et forwarde into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> realme / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they might fynde more plentie of forage. This coun&s;ell was taken and all the lordes ordayned to dy&s;lodge / and tru&s;&s;ed tent&abis; and pauylions and all maner of harnes / &amp; &s;o de+parted and rode towarde mnu~t &s;aynt Martyn the which was at thentre of Frau~ce. Thus they
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rode in good oroce / euery lorde amo~g his owne men: mar&s;hals of thengly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t were therle of Northa~pton &amp; Glocetter and therle of Suf|folke: and con&s;table of Englande was therle of Warwyke / and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the ryuer of Le&s;cault / at their ea&s;e. And whan therle of Hey+nalt had aco~panyed the kyng vnto the deptyng out of the~pyre / and that he &s;huld pa&s;&s;e the ryuer and entre into the realme of Fraunce. Than he toke leaue of the kyng / and &s;ayd howe he wolde ryde no farther with hym at that tyme / for kyng Philypp~ his vncle had &s;ent for hym / &amp; he wolde nat haue his yuell wyll but that he wold go and &s;erue hym in Fraunce / as he had &s;erued y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of England in thempyre. So thus therle of He+nalt and therle of Namure and their co~panyes rode backe to Que&s;noy. And therle of Heynalt gaue the moo&s;t part of his company leaue to be part / de&s;yringe them to be redy whan he &s;ende for them / for he &s;ayd that &s;hortly after he wolde go to kyng Philyppe his vncle.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;How kyng Edward made &s;ir Hen+ry of Flaunders knyght. Cap. xxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_AS&s;one as kyng Edward had pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Le&s;|caute / and was entred into y^e realme of Fraunce / he called to hym &s;ir Henry of Fla~ders who was as tha~ a yong &s;qui+er / and there he made hym knyght. And gaue hym yerely. CC. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. &s;terlyng &s;ufficiently a&s;&s;igned hym in England. Than y^e kyng went and lodged in thabbey of mou~t &s;aint Martyn / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed two dayes &amp; his peo|ple abrode in the contrey / &amp; the duke of Braba~t was lodged in thabbey of Uancellez. Whan the french kyng beyng at Co~piengne harde the&s;e ty+dynges / than he enformed his &s;omones &amp; &s;ent y^e erle of Ewe and of Gynes his co~&s;table / to &s;aynt Quyntines to kepe the towne and fro~ters <ABBR>ther</ABBR> agayn&s;t his ennemies / and &s;ent y^e lorde of Cou|cy into his owne contrey / and the lorde of Hen i to his: and &s;ent many men of armes to Guy&s;e &amp; to Rybemont to Behayne / &amp; the fortre&s;&s;es ioy|nyng to thentre of the realme. And &s;o went hym+&s;elfe to wards Peron / in y^e meane &s;ea&s;on y^t kyng Edward lay at thabbey of mou~t &s;aynt Martyn his men ran abrode in the contrey to Bapau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">me and nere to Peron &amp; to &s;aynt Quyntines / they founde the contrey pie~tyfull / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had ben no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of a long &s;ea&s;on / and &s;o it fortuned that &abser; Henry of Flauders to auance his body / &amp; to eu|crea&s;e his honour on a day with other knyghts. Wherof &s;ir John~ of Heynalt was chefe: &amp; with hym the lorde of Faulquemo~t / the lorde of Ber|gues the lorde of Uaudre&s;en / the lorde of Lens and dyuers other to the no~bre of .v. C. And they auy&s;ed a towne therby called Ho~necourt / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> in moch peple <ABBR>wer</ABBR> gadered on tru&s;t of y^e fortre&s;+&s;es. And therin they had co~ueyed all their good&abis; and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had ben &abser; Arnolde of Baquehen &amp; &s;yr Wyllm~ of Dunor and their co~pany: but they at tayned nothyng <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was at this Ho~ny|court / an abbot of great wy&s;dome &amp; hardynes / and he cau&s;ed to be made without the towne a barrers ouerthwart the &s;trete lyke a grate / nat pa&s;t half a fote wyde euery grate. And he made great pui&s;yons of &s;tones &amp; quicke lyme / &amp; men redy to defende the place. And the&s;e lord&abis; whan they came thyder they lighted a fote / &amp; entred to the barrers with their gleuys in their handes / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut: &amp; they within valya~tly defended the~&s;elfe. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was thabbot hym&s;elfe who receyued &amp; gaue many great &s;trokes / there was a fer&s;e a&s;&s;aut: they win ca&s;t downe &s;tones / peces of tymbre / potts full of chalke / &amp; dyd mo|che hurt to tha&s;&s;aylers. and &abser; Henry of Fla~ders who helde his glayue in his handes &amp; gaue ther with great &s;trokes / at the la&s;t thabbot toke the gleue in his hand&abis; &amp; drewe it &s;o to hym / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> at la&s;t he &s;et hands on &abser; Henres arme: &amp; drewe it &s;o &s;ore that he pulled out his arme at the barrers to the &s;hulder / &amp; heldehym at a great auauntage: for &amp; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> barrers had ben <ABBR>wyd</ABBR> ynough he had drawen hym through: but &abser; Henry wolde nat let his we+pen go for &s;auyng of his honour. Than thother knyghts &s;trake at thabbot to re&s;cue their felowe &s;o this wra&s;tlyng endured a longe &s;pace: but fy|nally the knyght was re&s;cued / but his gleaue a|bode with thabbot. And on a day whan I wrot this boke as I pa&s;t by / I was &s;hewed the gleue by the monkes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / y^t kept it for a <ABBR>trea&s;ur.</ABBR> So this &s;ayd day: Ho~nycourt was &s;ore a&s;&s;aylled y^e which indured tyll it was nyght / &amp; dyuer&s;e <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;layne and &s;ore hurt. Syr Joha~n of Heynault lo&s;t there a kynght of Hollande / called &s;ir Her|ment. Whan the flemyng&abis; / heynowes / engly&s;&s;h men / and almaygnes: &s;ame the fier&s;e wylles of them within / and &s;awe howe they coulde gette nothynge there: withdrewe them &s;elfe agayn&s;t nyght. And y^e next day on the mornyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng
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depted fro mount &s;aynt Martyn / co~mau~dynge that no per&s;on &s;hulde do any hurt to the abbey / the which co~maundeme~t was kept. And &s;o than they entred into Hermandoys and toke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day their lodgyng be tymes on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mount &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ui tyne in good order of batayle. And they of &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyntines myght well &s;e them / how be it they had no de&s;yre to y&s;&s;ue out of their towne. The fore ryders came rynnynge to the barrers &s;kyr|my&s;&s;hyng / and the hoo&s;t taryed &s;tyll on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mou~t iyll the next day. Than the lordes toke coun&s;ell what way they &s;hulde drawe / and by thaduyce of the duke of Brabant they toke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> way to Thy+era&s;&s;e / for that way their proui&s;yon came dayly to the~. And were determyned that if kyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hy lyppe dyd folowe the~ as they &s;uppo&s;ed he wolde do / that than they wolde abyde hym in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> playne felde / and gyue hym batayle. Thus they went forthe in thre great batayls: the mar&s;halles and the Almaygnes had the fir&s;t / the kynge of En|glande in the myddle warde / &amp; the duke of Bra+bant in the rerewarde. Thus they rodde forthe brennynge and pyllynge the countrey a thre or foure leages a day / and euer toke their logynge be tymes. And a company of engly&s;&s;hmen and Almaygnes pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Somme by the abbey of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ermans / and wa&s;ted the countrey al about. An other company wherof &s;it Joha~n of Heynalt / the lorde Faulquemo~t and &s;ir Arnold of Barquehen were chefe / rode to Drigny &s;aynt Benoy&s;te a good towne. But it was but ea&s;ely clo&s;ed / incontynent it was taken by a&s;&s;aut and robbed / and an abbey of ladyes vyolated / and the towne brent. Than they departed and rode towarde Guys and Rybemont / and the kynge of Englande lodged at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ehories / and ther ta|ryed a day / and his men ranne abrode and dy|&s;troyed the countrey. Than the kynge toke the way to the Flammengerie to come to Le&s;che in Thyera&s;&s;e / and the mar&s;hals and the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Lpncolne with a fyue hunderd &s;peres pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Try&s;ague and entred into Laon|noys / towarde the lande of the lorde of Cou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y / and bret &s;aynt Gouuen and the towne of Mat|le. And on a nyght lodgedde in the valey be&s;yde Laon / and the nerte day they drewe agayne to their hoo&s;t: for they knewe by &s;ome of their pri|&s;oners / that the frenche kyng was come to &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyntines with a. C. thou&s;and men / and there to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Somme. So the&s;e lordes in their retournynge brent a good towne called Crecy: and dyuer&s;e other townes and hamelet|tes ther about. &para; Now let vs &s;peke of &abser; John~ of Heynalt and his company / who were a fyue hundred &s;peres he came to Guys and brent all the towne and bete downe the mylles. And w^t in the fortre&s;&s;es was the lady Jane his owne dou|ghter wyfe to therle of Bloys called Lewes / &s;he de&s;yred her father to &s;pare therytage of the erle his &s;on in lawe. But for all that &s;it John~ of He|nalt wolde nat &s;pare his enterpri&s;e: and &s;o than he retourned agayne to the kyng / who was lod|ged in thabbey of Sarnaques / and euer his pe+ple r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> ouer the countrey. And the lorde of Fal|quemont with a. C. &s;peres came to Lonnion in Thyera&s;&s;e a great towne / and the men of the towne were fled into a great wood / and had all their goodes with them. And had fortifyed the wood with fellyng of tymbre about the~ / the Al|mayns rode thyder and there mette with them. Sir arnolde of Baquehen and his company / &amp; &s;o ther they a&s;&s;ayled them in the wood / who de|fe~dyd the~ a&s;well as they might: but finally they were co~quered and put to flight. And ther wer &s;layne and &s;ore hurt mo than .xl. and lo&s;t all that they had: thus the contrey was ouer ryden / for they dyd what they ly&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande / &amp; the french kyng toke day of iourney to fight togyder. Cap. x<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kyng of Englande depted fro Sarnaques and went to Muttrell. And ther loged a nyght / &amp; the next day he went to the Flame~gery / &amp; made all his me~ to loge nere about hym. Wherof he had mo than .xl. thou&s;ande / and there he was cou~&s;el|led to avyde kyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">lyp / and to fyght w^t hym The french kyng depted fro &s;aynt Duyntines / and dayly men came to hym fro all partes / &amp; &s;o ca~e to Uyro~fo&s;&s;e. There the kyng taryed &amp; &s;ayd howe he wold nat go thens tyll he had fought w^t the kynge of Englande &amp; with his alyes / &s;eyng they were within two leages toguyther. And wha~ therle of Heynalt who was at Du<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lnoy re|dy purueyed of men a warr / knewe that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fren|che kyng was at Uyronfo&s;&s;e / thynkyng there to gyue batayle to thengly&s;&s;hmen. He rode forthe tyll he ca~e to the french hoo&s;t with .v. C. &s;peres. and pre&s;e~ted hym&s;elf to the kyng his vncle / who made hym but &s;mall cher / vycau&s;e he had ven w^t his aduer&s;ary before Cambray. Howe ve it the erle excu&s;ed hym&s;elfe &s;o &s;agely / that the kynge and his coun&s;ayle were well co~tent. And it was
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ordayned by the mar&s;hals / that is to &s;ay by the mar&s;hall Bertrame / and by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mar&s;hall of Try that the erle &s;hulde be lodged next the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t. Thus the&s;e two kynges were lodged by|twene <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yro~fo&s;&s;e and Flame~gery / in the playne feldes without any aduauntage. I thynke ther was neuer &s;ene before &s;o goodly an a&s;&s;emble of noble men togyder / as was there. Whanne the kynge of England beyng in the chapell of Thy+era&s;&s;e / knewe how that king Ph<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ypp~ was w^t in two leages / than he called the lordes of his host togyder / and demau~ded of them what he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o: his honour &s;aued / for he &s;ayd that his enten cyon was to gyue batayle. Than the lordes be|helde eche other / and they de&s;yr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">dde the duke of Braba~t to &s;hewe fir&s;t his entent. The duke &s;aid that he was of the accorde that they &s;hulde gyue batayle / for otherwy&s;e he &s;ayd they coude nat de+part / &s;auyng their honours. Wherfore he coun|&s;ayled y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;hulde &s;ende harauloes to the fren+che kyng / to demaunde a day of batayle. Than an haraulde of the duke of Guerles / who coude well the langage offrenche was enformed what he &s;hulde &s;ay: and &s;o herode tyll he came into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche hoo&s;t. And than he drewe hym to kynge Philyppe and to his coun&s;ayle: and &s;ayd &abser; the kynge of Englande is in the felde / and de&s;yreth to haue batell / power agayn&s;t power. The whi+che thyng kyng Philyppe graunted / and toke the day / the friday nextafter: and as tha~ it was wedui&s;day. And &s;o the haraude re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ourned well rewarded w^t good <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">urred gownes gyuen hym by the french kyng and other lordes / bycau&s;e of the tidynges that he brought. So thus the iour+ney was agreed / &amp; knowledge was made ther|of: to all the lordes of bothe the hoo&s;tes / and &s;o euery man made hym redy to the matter. The thur&s;day in the mornyng there were two knygh+tes of ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e of Heynaultes / the lorde Sangui|nelles / and the lorde of Tupeney. They moun|ted on their hor&s;es / and they two all onely dep|ted fro the frenche hoo&s;t / and rode to a viewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> engly&s;&s;h hoo&s;t. So they ro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yng the hoo&s;t and it fortuned that the lorde of Sanguynelles hor&s;e toke the bridell in the tethe in &s;uche wy&s;e: that his ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ter coud nat rule hym. And &s;o why ther he wolde or nat / the hor&s;e brought hym in|to thengly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t: and there he fell in the han+des of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">maynes / who perceyued well that he was none of their company: and &s;et on hym and toke hym and his hor&s;e. And &s;o he was pri|&s;oner to a fyue or&s;ixe gentylmen of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">mayne: &amp; a none they &s;et hym to his raun&s;ome. And whan they vnder&s;tode that he was a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aynome / the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> demaunded of hym if he knewe &abser; Joh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Hep|nalt / and he an&s;wered yes: and de&s;yred them for the loue of god to bring hym to his pre&s;ens / for he knewe well that he wolde quyte hym his rau~+&s;ome. Therof were the Almaygns ioyous / and &s;o brought hym to the lorde Beaumounde / who incontynent dyde pledge hym out fro his mai|&s;ters handes. And the lorde of Sanguynelles retourned agayne to therle of Heyualt / and he had his hor&s;e agayne delyuered hym at the re|que&s;t of the lorde Beamond. Thus pa&s;&s;ed that day / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">one other thynge done that ought to be remembred.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; how the&s;e kynges ordayned their batayls at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yronfo&s;&s;e. Cap. x<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the friday came in the mor+nyng / both hoo&s;tes aparelled the~ &s;elfe redy / and euery lorde harde ma&s;&s;e among their owne co~pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y|es / and dyuers wer &s;hr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uen. Fir&s;t we woll &s;peke of thorder of thengly&s;&s;hmen who drewe the~ forwarde into the feld<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and made. iii&punc; batels a fote / and dyd put all their hor&s;es and ba+gages into a lytell wood behynde them / and for tefyed it. The fir&s;t batell ledde the duke of Guer+les / the marques of Nu&s;&s;e / the marques of Bla+quebour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">: &s;ir John~ of Heynalt / therle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o~s / therle of Sauynes / the lorde of Faulquemont / &s;it Guyllam du Fort / &s;ir Arnolde of Baquche<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and the almayns: and amonge them&punc; was&punc; xxii&punc; banners / and .lx. penons in the hale / and .viii. M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">men. The &s;econde batayle had the duke of Brabant / and the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey. Fir&s;t the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e / the lorde Ber+gues / the lorde of Bredangh / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aucelare / the lorde of Borguynall the lorde of Sto~neuort / the lorde of wyten / the lorde of Elka / the lorde of Ca&s;&s;ebegne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Duffle: &abser; Thyrre of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">alcourt / &abser; Ra&s;&s;e of the Grez / &abser; John~ of Ca&s;&s;ebegne / &abser; John~ Filyfe / &abser; Gyles of Coterebe / &abser; water of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">otebergue / the thre bretherne of Harlebecque / &abser; Henry of Flaiu~+ders: and dyuer&s;e other barownes &amp; knyght&abis; of flanders who were all vnder y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> baner: as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Hallayne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ir Hector <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yllains / &s;it John~ of Rodes / &abser; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;tart of Gup&s;tell / &abser; wyllin~ of Strat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &abser; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> de la mule: &amp; many other. The duke of Braba~t had a .xxiiii. baners / and .lxxx. penons / &amp; in all a vii. M. men. The .iii. bataile &amp; the grette&s;t ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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the kyng of Englande / and with hym his co&s;yn therle of Derby: the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Lyncolne / the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Durame / therle of Saly&s;bury / the erle of Northamton and of Glocetter: therle of Suffolke / &s;ir Robert Dartoy&s;e as than called erle of Rychmont: the lorde Raynolde Cobhm~ / the lorde Per&s;y / the lorde Roo&s;e / the lord Montbray: &s;ir Lewes and &s;ir John~ Beauchampe / y^e lorde <ABBR>Dalawarr</ABBR> / the lorde of Laucome / y^e lorde Ba&s;&s;et the lorde fitz water / &s;ir Water Manny &s;ir Newe Ha&s;tyngs / &s;ir John~ Lyle: and dyuers other that I can nat name / among other was &abser; John~ Chandos / of whom moche honour is &s;po+ken in this boke. The kyng had w^t hym .xxviii. baners / and .lxxxx. penons / and in his batayle a vi. M. men of armes and .vi. M. archers. And he had &s;et an other batell as in a wyng: wherof therle of Warwyke / therle of Penbroke / y^e lorde Barkley / the lorde Multon: and dyuer&s;e other were as cheyfe / &amp; they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> on hor&s;backe. Thus whan~e euery lorde was vnder his banner / as it was co~maunded by the mar&s;hals: the kynge of England mounted on a palfray / aco~panyed all onely with &s;ir Robert Dartoy&s;e / &s;ir Raynolde Cobham / and &abser; Water of Manny: and rode a long before all his batels / and right &s;wetely de|&s;yred all his lordes and other. That they wolde that day ayde to defende his honoure / &amp; they all &abpro;my&s;ed hym &s;o to do. Than he returned to his owne batell &amp; &s;et euery thing in good order / and co~mau~ded that non &s;huld go before y^e mar&s;hals baner&abis;. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the lordes of Fraunce what they dyd. They were .xi. &s;core ba+ners .iiii. kynges .vi. dukes .xxvi. erles / and mo than .iiii. M. knyghtes: and of the co~mons of Fraunce mo than .lx. M. The kyngs that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with kyng Philyppe of Ualoys / was the kyng of Behayne / the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / &amp; king Dauyd of Scotland: the duke of Normandy / the duke of Bretayne / the duke of Burbon / the duke of Lorrayne / and the duke of Athenes. Of erles: therle of Alan&s;on brother to the kyng / the erle of Flaunders / therle of Heynalt / the erle of Bloys / therle of Bare / therle of Fore&s;tes / therle of Foyz / therle of Armynacke / the erle Dophyn of Auuergne / therle of Lo~guyle / therle of Sta~|pes / therle of Uando&s;me / therle of Harrecourt / therle of &s;aynt Pol / therle of Guynes / therle of Bowlougne / therle of Rou&s;&s;y / therle of Damp+martyn / therle of Ualentynois / therle of Aucer therle of Sancerre / therle of Genue / the erle of Dreux and of Ga&s;congne / and of Languedoc. So many erles and vycuntes that it were long to reher&s;e: it was a great beauty to beholde the baners and &s;tanderdes wauyng in the wynde / and hor&s;es barded: and knyghtes and &s;quyers richely armed. The frechemen ordayned thre great batayls / in eche of them fyftene thou&s;and men of armes. and .xx. M. men a fote.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the&s;e two kynges departed fro Uironfo&s;&s;e / without ba|tayle. Cap. xlii.</HEAD>
<P>_IT might well be mar+ueyledde: howe &s;o goodly a &s;ight of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;o nere togyder &s;hulde depart with+out batayle. But the french men were nat all of one acor+de / they were of dyuers opy|nyons. Some &s;ayed it were a great &s;hame and they fought nat &s;eyng their ennemys &s;o nere the~ in their owne countre / raynged in the felde. and al&s;o had promy&s;ed to fyght with the~: and &s;ome other &s;ayd it &s;hulde be a great folly to fyght / for it was harde to knowe euery mannes mynde / &amp; ieo&abper;dy of trea&s;on. For they &s;ayd if fortune were co~trary to their kyng as to le&s;e the &s;elde / he than &s;huld put all his hole realme in a ieopardy to be lo&s;t. And though he dyd dy&s;confet his ennemes yet for all that he &s;huld be neuer the nerer of the realme of Englande: nor of &s;uch landes partey+nyng to any of tho&s;e lordes that be with hym a|lyed. Thus in &s;triuyng of dyuers opynions / y^e day pa&s;t tyll it was pa&s;t noone: and than &s;oden+ly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;tarted an Hare among the frenchmen / and &s;uche as &s;awe her cryed and made gret bru~t wherby &s;uche as were behynde thought they be+fore had ben fightynge. And &s;o put on their hel|mes / and toke their &s;peres in their handes / and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were made dyuers newe knyghtes / and &s;pecially therle of Heynalt made .xiiii. who <ABBR>wer</ABBR> euer after called knyghts of the hare. Thus that batell &s;tode &s;tyll all that friday / and be&s;yde this &s;tryfe bytwene the coun&s;ellours of France / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was brought in letters to the hoo&s;t of reco~men|dacion to the frenche kyng and to his coun&s;ell. Fro kyng Robert of Cicyle / the which kyng as it was &s;ayd was a great a&s;tronomyer: and full of great &s;cience. He had often tymes &s;ought his bok&abis; on the&s;tate of the kyngs of England and of fra~ce: &amp; he founde by his a&s;trology / &amp; by the~flu|ens of y^e heue~s / y^t if the french kyng euer fought with kyng Edwarde of england / he &s;huld be di|&s;co~fited. wherfore he lyke a king of gret wy&s;do~e
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and as he that douted the peryll of the frenche kyng his co&s;yn &s;ent often tymes letters to king Philyppe and to his coun&s;ayle: that in no wy&s;e he &s;hulde make any batayle agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s; men / where as kyng Edwarde was per&s;onally pre&s;ent. So that what for dout and for &s;uch wri+tyng fro the kyng of Cecyle dyuers of the great lordes of Fraunce were &s;ore a ba&s;&s;hed: and al&s;o kynge Philyppe was enfourmed therof. He we beit yet he had great wyll to gyue batayle: but he was &s;o coun&s;elled to the co~trary / that the day pa&s;&s;ed without batell and euery man withdrue to their lodgynges. And whan the erle of Hey|nalt &s;ame that they &s;hulde nat fight he departed withall his hole company / and went backe the &s;ame nyght to Que&s;noy. And the kyng of En|glande / the duke of Brabant: and all the other lordes retourned and tru&s;&s;ed all their bagagis / and went the &s;ame nyght to Daue&s;nes in Hey|nalt. And the next day they toke leaue eche of o|ther: and the Almayns / and brabances depar|ted / and the kynge went into Brabant with the duke his co&s;yn. The &s;ame friday that the batell &s;hulde haue ben the french kynge whan he came to his lodgyng he was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / bycau&s;e he departed without batayle. But they of his coun&s;ayle: &s;ayd howe right nobly he had borne hym&s;elfe / for he had halyantly pur&s;ued his en|nemies / and had done &s;omoche that he had put the~ out of his realme: and how that the kyng of Englande <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> make many &s;uch vyages or he conquered the realme of Frau~ce. The next day kyng Philypp~ gaue lyce~ce to all maner of men to dept / and he thanked right courte&s;ly the gret lordes of their ayde &amp; &s;ocour. Thus ended this great iourney and euery ma~ went to their owne The frenche kynge went to &s;aynt Omers / and &s;ent men of warre to his gary&s;ons: and &s;pecial|ly to Tourney / to Ly&s;&s;e / and to Doway: and to the other townes marchyng on the~pyre. He &s;ent to Tourney: &s;yr Godmart Dufay / and made hym captayne there / and regent of that cou~trey <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about. And he &s;ent &s;yr Edwarde of Beau|gewe to Mortayne: and whan he had ordred &abper;t of his be&s;ynes / than he drewe towarde Parys.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How kyng Edwarde toke on hym to bere the armes of Fraunce / and the name to be called kyng therof. Ca. xliii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan that kynge Edwards was departed fro the flamengery and came into Braba~t / and went &s;treight to Bru&s;&s;els. The duke of Guerles / the duke of Jullers / the marques of Blanqueboure / the erle of Mons / &s;yr John~ of Haynalt / the lorde of Faulquemo~t / and all the lordes of thempyre &s;uche as had ben at that iournay: brought hym thyder to take ad+uyce &amp; coun&s;ell what &s;hulde be done more in the mater that they had be gone. And to haue expe|dycion in the cau&s;e: they ordayned a parlyame~t to beholden at y^e towne of Bru&s;&s;els / and thyder to come was de&s;yred Jaques Dartuell of Gau~t who came thyder with a great company / and al the coun&s;els of the good townes of Flaunders. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the king of England was &s;ore de&s;yred of all his alyes of thempyre / that he &s;hulde requyre the~ of Flanders to ayde &amp; to mentayne his <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and to defy the french kyng: and to go with him <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he wolde haue them. And in their &s;o do+yng: he to promy&s;e the~ to recouer the I&s;le Do|way / &amp; Bethayne. This reque&s;t was well hard of the &s;lemynges / and therupon they de&s;yred to take coun&s;ell among them&s;elfe: and &s;o they toke cou~&s;ell at good lea&s;er / and than they &s;ayd to the kyng. Syr or this tyme ye haue made to vs re|que&s;t in this behalfe: &s;yr if we myght well doo this &s;auyng your honour / and to &s;aue our&s;elfe / we wolde gladly do this. But &s;yr we be bounde by faith and othe: and on the &s;omme of two my: lyons of floreyns in the Popes chaumbre / that we may make nor moue no warre agayn&s;t the kynge of Fraunce. Who &s;oeuer it be: on payne to le&s;e the &s;ayd &s;omme / and be&s;yde that to ryn in the &s;ente~ce of cur&s;yng. But &s;yr if ye wyll take on you the armes of Frau~ce / &amp; quarter them with the armes of Englande &amp; call your&s;elfe kyng of Fraunce / as ye ought to be of ryght. Than we woll take you for rightfull kyng of Frau~ce / &amp; de mau~de of you quyta~ce of out bondes: &amp; &s;o ye to gyue vs &abper;don therof as king of Fra~ce. By this meanes we &s;halbe a&s;&s;ured &amp; dy&s;pe~&s;ed w^t all / &amp; &s;o tha~ we wyll go with you whyder &s;oeuer ye wyll haue vs. Than the kyng toke cou~&s;ell for he tho|ught it was a &s;ore mat to take on hym y^e armes of France &amp; the name / and as tha~ had co~quered nothing therof / nor coud nat tell what &s;huld fall therof / nor whyder he &s;huld co~quere it or nat: &amp; on thother &s;yde loth he was to refu&s;e the confort and ayde of the &s;temynges / who myght do hym more ayde tha~ any other. So y^e kyng toke coun+&s;ell of the lords of the~pyre / &amp; of the lorde Robert Dartoy&s;e / &amp; with other of his &s;pecyall frendes / 
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&s;o that finally the good and the yuell wayed. He an&s;wered to the flemmynges / that if they wolde &s;were &amp; &s;eale to this accorde / and to promy&s;e to mentayne his warre: howe he wolde do all this with a good wyll / and promy&s;ed to gette them agayne Lyle / Do way / &amp; Bethayn: and all they an&s;wered howe they were content. Than there was a day a&s;&s;igned to mete at Gaunt / at which day the kynge was there / and the moo&s;t part of the &s;ayd lordes and all the coun&s;ayls generally in Flau~ders. And &s;o than: all this &s;ayd maters were reher&s;ed / &s;worne / and &s;ealed: and the king quartred the armes of Frau~ce with Englande / And from then&s; forthe toke on hym the name of the kynge of Fraunce / and &s;o contynued tyll he lefte it agayne by compo&s;icyo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / as ye &s;hall here after in this boke. And &s;o at this coun&s;ayle they determyned that the next &s;omer after / they wold make great warre into Fraunce: promy&s;ing to be&s;iege the cytie of Tourney. Wherof the flem|myng&abis; were ioyfull / for thei thought to be &s;tro~g ynough to gete it / and that ones goten / they be leued &s;hortly after to wynne agayne Ly&s;&s;e / Do way / and Bethayne: with thappurtenau~ces <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|tayning or holden of therle of Flau~ders. Thus euery man departed and went home: the kynge of Englande went to And warpe / and the quene abode &s;tyll at Gaunt / and was often tymes vy|&s;ited by Jaques Dartuell: and by other lordes ladyes / and damo&s;els of Gaunt. The kyng left in Flaunders / therle of Saly&s;bury / and therle of Suffolke. They went to Ipre and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> kept a great gary&s;on / and made &s;ore warre agayn&s;t them of Ly&s;&s;e / and there about. And whan the kynges &s;hyppes were redy he toke the &s;ee / and &s;o &s;ayled into Englande / and came to London about the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Andrewe / where he was honourably receyued. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he had co~playn tes made hym of the dy&s;truction of Hampton / and he &s;ayd that he tru&s;ted / or a yere lenger that it &s;hulde be well reuenged.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the frenchmen brent in the la~+des of &s;yr John~ of Heynault. Cap. xliiii.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe lette vs &s;peke of kyng Philyppe / who great+ly fortifyed his nauy that he hadde on the &s;ee. Wherof &s;yr Kiry Bahuchet and Barbe Noyre were captayns. And thei had vnder them a great retynu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Genowayes / normayns / bretons / &amp; pycardes: they dyd that wynter great damage to the realme of Englande: &s;omtyme they came to Douer / &s;andwyche / Wynchel&s;e / Ha&s;tynges / and Rye: and dyd moche &s;orowe to thengly&s;&s;he men / for they were a great nombre as a .xl. M. men. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was none that coude y&s;&s;ue out of en glande: but they were robbed / taken / or &s;layne / &s;o they wan great pyllage / &amp; &s;pecially they wan a great &s;hyppe called the Chri&s;tofer / laden with wolles as &s;he was goyng into Flaunders. The which &s;hyppe had coo&s;t the kynge of Englande moch money / and all they that were taken with in the &s;hyppe were &s;layne and drowned. Of the which conque&s;t the frenchmen were ryght ioye|ou&s;e. The frenche kyng than &s;ent and wrote to the lorde of Beamont / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Breme / to the Uidame of Chalon / the lorde John~ de la Boue the lorde John~ and Gararde of Loyre / that they &s;hulde make an army and to ryde into the <ABBR>land</ABBR> of &s;yr John~ of Heynalt / &amp; to burne and dy&s;troy there a&s;moche as they might. They obeyd and gathered togyder to the nombre of .v. C. &s;peres and &s;o in a mornynge they came before the tow|ne of Simay / &amp; gathered to gyder there a gret pray / for they of the countrey thought that the frenchmen wolde nat a co~e &s;o farre / nor to haue pa&s;&s;ed the wode of Thyrach. So the fre~chmen burnt the &s;ubarbes of Simay / and dyuer&s;e o|ther vyllages there about nygh all the lande of Simay except the fortre&s;&s;es / than they went to Aube~ton in Thyerach / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> deuyded their boty. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the &s;oudyours of Ca~|bray came to a lytell &s;trong hou&s;e without Ca~|bray called Relenques / pertayning to &s;yr John~ of Haynalt. And a ba&s;tarde &s;onne of his kept y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hou&s;e with a .xv. &s;oudyours with hym / &s;o they were a&s;&s;ayled a hole day togyder / and y^e dykes <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o fro&s;en that a man might well come to the walles. And &s;o they within tru&s;&s;ed all that they had / and about mydnight departed and &s;et fyre them&s;elfe on the hou&s;e: the next day whan they of Cambray came thyder agayne / &amp; &s;awehowe it was brent they dyd bete downe all that &s;tode / And the capitayne of the hou&s;e and his compa|ny went to Ualencennes. ye haue well harde by
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fore / howe &s;ir Gualter of Manny toke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Thyne: and &s;et therm a brother of his called Gyles of Manny / he made many skirmy&s;&s;hes with them of Ca~bray / and dyd them moch trou+ble. And &s;o it hapened on a day that he went fro his gary&s;on with a &s;ix&s;core men of armes / and came to the barrers of Cambray / and the brunt was &s;o great that many armed them within the cyte / and came to y^e gate <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the skirmy&s;&s;h was. <ABBR>Wher</ABBR> as &s;ir Gyles had put backe them of Cambray / than they y&s;&s;ued out: and among the cambre&s;es <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a yong &s;quyer a ga&s;coyne / called Wyllyam Marchant: who went out into the felde well hor&s;ed / his &s;helde about his necke and his &s;pere in his hande. And whan &abser; Gyles of Ma~ny &s;awe hym he rode f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ly to hym: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &abser; Gyles was &s;tryke~ through all his harnes to y^e hert / &s;o that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pere went clene through his body &amp; &s;o he fell to the erth. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y+ers &s;kirmy&s;&s;he &amp; many &s;tryken downe on bothe partes / but finally they of Cambray obtayned the place and drewe a way their ennemies / and toke with them &s;ir Gyles of Manny hurt as he was / and &s;o brought hym to Cambray w^t great toye. Than incontynent they dy&s;armed hym / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> dyd gette &s;urgions to dre&s;&s;e his wound: for they wold gladly that he might e&s;caped: but he dyed the next day after. Than thei d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">myned to &s;end his body to his two bretherne John~ and Tyr|rey / who were in the gary&s;on at Bouhayne in O&s;trenant: for though that the countrey of Hei+nalt at that tyme was in no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / yet all the fro~ ters to warde Frau~ce were euer in good awayt So than they ordayned a hor&s;e lytter right ho|norably and put his body therin / and cau&s;ed .ii. freres to conuey it to his bretherne / who recey|ued hym with great &s;orowe. And they bare hym to the freres at Ualencennes / and there he was buryed: and after that the two bretherne of Ma~+ny came to the ca&s;tell of Thynel and made &s;ore warre agayn&s;t them of Cambray incounter|uengyng the dethe of their brother.</P>
<P>&para; In this &s;ea&s;on: captayne of Turney &amp; Tur|ney&s;es / was &s;ir Godmarde Fay &amp; of the fortre&s;|&s;es there about / and the lorde of Beauye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was within Mortayn on the ryuer of Le&s;caute / and the &s;tuarde of Carca&s;&s;onne was in the towne of &s;aynt Amande: &abser; Amery of Poyters in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ouay the lorde Galoisde la Baulme / and the lorde of Uyllars / the mar&s;hall of My<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">s / and the lorde of Marneyl in the cyte of Cambray. And the&s;e knyghtes / &s;quyers / and &s;oudyers of Fran+ce de&s;yred none other thyng: but y^e they myght entre into Heynault / and to robbe and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yll the countrey. Al&s;o the by&s;&s;hoppe of Cambray who was at Parys with the kyng / co~playned howe the heynowes had done hym domage / bre~t and ouer ron his contrey more than any other men. And than the kyng gaue lycence to the &s;oudiers of Ca~bre&s;ys to make a rode into Heynalt: th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> they of the gary&s;ous made a iourney / and were to the nombre of .vi. C. men of armes. And on a &s;aturday in the mornyng they departed fro Ca~|bray: and al&s;o they of la Male May&s;on / rode forth the &s;ame day and mette togyder and went to the towne of A&s;pre / y^e which was a good tow+ne and a great without the walles. The peo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were in no dout for they knewe of no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> towardes the~: &s;o the frenchmen entred &amp; founde men and women in their hou&s;es / and toke them and robbed the towne at there <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> And tha &s;ette fyre in the towne: and brent it &s;o clene that nothynge remayned but the walles: within the towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a priory of blacke monk&abis; with great byldinges be&s;yde the church / which helde of &s;aynt Wa&s;t of Arras. The frenchmen al&s;o robbed the place / and brent it to the yerth / and with all their pyllage they retourned to Ca~bray The&s;e tidynges anone came to the knowledge of therle of Heynault / who was a bedde and a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">epe in his lodgyng: called the &s;ale / and &s;oden|ly he ro&s;e and armed hym and called vp all &s;uch knyghtes as were about hym / but they were lo|ged &s;o abrode / that they were nat &s;o &s;onne redy as therle was / who without taryeng for any &abper;|&s;on came into the market place of Ualence~nes / and cau&s;ed the belles to be &s;ouned alaram / than euery man a ro&s;e and armed them and folowed therle their lord / who was ryden out of y^e towne in great ha&s;t and toke the way towarde A&s;pre: and by that tyme he had ryden aleage / tidyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> came to hym howe the frenchmen were depted. Than he rode to thabbey of Fountnels / where as the lady his mother was: and &s;he had moche a do to repay&s;e hym of his dy&s;plea&s;ure: for he &s;ayd playnly that the dy&s;truction of A&s;pre shuld derely be reuenged in the realme of Fraunce. The good lady his mother: dyd a&s;moche as &s;he coude to &s;wage his yre / and to excu&s;e the kynge of that dede. So wha~ therle had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a cer|tayne &s;pace / he toke leaue of her and retourned to Ualence~nes: and inco~tynent wrote letters to the prelates and knyght&abis; of his contrey to haue their aduyce and coun&s;ayle in that behalfe. And whan &s;ir John~ of Heynalt knewe her of / he toke his hor&s;e and came to therle his nephue: and as &s;one as the erle &s;awe hym / he &s;ayd a fayre vncle your ab&s;ence hath &s;ette the frenchmen in a pride
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A &s;ir &abquod; he with your trouble and anoyance / I am &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed: howe beit in a maner I am glad therof. Nowe ye be well rewarded for the &s;eruyce and loue that ye haue borne to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french|men Nowe it behoueth you to make a iourney into Fraunce agayn&s;t the frenchmen a vncle &abquod; therle / loke into what quart ye thynke be&s;t and it &s;halbe &s;hortly done. So thus the day of par|lyame~t a&s;&s;igned at Mons came and thyder re|&s;oried all the coun&s;ayle of the countrey: and al&s;o of Nolande and zelande / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were di<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iers opy|nyons. Some wolde that certayne &s;ufficyent &abper; &s;ons &s;hulde be &s;ent to the french kyng / to knowe if he were co~&s;entyng to the hurt done in Henalt / or by what tytle he &s;hulde make warre into the erles lande without any defiaunce. And &s;ome o|ther wold that therle &s;hulde be reuenged in lyke maner as the frenchmen had begon / how beit fi+nally all rea&s;ons debated: it was thought that therle coude do no otherwy&s;e but to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> into Fraunce. And it was ordayned that therle &s;hulde make his defyaunce to the frenche kyng / and than to entre byforce into the realme of Fra~+ce: &amp; to bere the&s;e defya~ces was ordayned / thab+bot Thybalt of &s;aynt Cri&s;pyne. So tha~ the let|ters of defyance were written &amp; &s;ealed by therle / &amp; by all y^e nobles of the co~trey. Than therle tha~+ked all his lordes / and other of their good con|fort / and of their promy&s;e to ayde to reue~ge him agayn&s;t the frenchmen. Thabbot of &s;aynt Cri+&s;pyne came into Fraunce / and brought the&s;e de fyances to kyng Philypp~ / who made light ther+of: and &s;ayd how his nephue was but an outra|ous folc / &amp; howe that he was a marcha~t to haue his co~trey bre~t. Thabbot returned to therle &amp; to his coun&s;ayle / &amp; &s;hewed howe he had &s;ped. And than therle prepared for men of warre in his co~+trey / and in Brabant / and in Flanders: &s;o that he had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> great nombre togyder. And &s;o &s;et for|warde / towarde the lande of Symay: for therl+les intent was to go and brenne the landes of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Bremus / and al&s;o Aubenton / and Thy+erache.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Heynault toke and di&s;troyed Aubenton / and Thyerach. Ca. xlv.</HEAD>
<P>_THey of Aubenton dou+ted greatly therle of Heynalt &amp; &s;ir John~ his vncle. And &s;o they &s;ent for &s;ome ayde to the great bayly of Uerma~doys / and he &s;ent to the~ the vydam of Chalons / the lorde Beau|mont / the lorde de la Bone / the lorde of Lore: &amp; dyuers other to the nombre of. CCC. men of ar+mes. And &s;o they repayred y^e towne in certayne places / and determyned to abyde the heynowes and to defende the towne: the which was a gret towne and full of drapery. The heynowes cam on a friday and lodged nere to Aubenton / &amp; ad|uy&s;ed the towne / to &s;e on what quarter it were moo&s;t be&s;t to be taken: and in the mornyng they aproched in thre wardes their baners before the~ right ordynatly: and al&s;o their cro&s;bowes. The erle of Heynalt ledde the fir&s;t batayle and with hym great nombre of the knyghtes and &s;quiers of his countrey. His vncle &s;ir John of Heynalt had the &s;econde batayle / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he had plenty of men a <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> The thyrde had the lorde Faul|quemont with a good no~bre of almaynes. And &s;o thus euery lorde was vnder his owne baner / and there began~e a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut: and the bowes began to &s;hote both within and without / wher|by dyuers were &s;ore hurt. Therle and his com|pany came to the gate / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great a&s;&s;aut and a &s;ore &s;kirmy&s;&s;he: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the Uydame of Ca|lons dyd marueyles / &amp; he made at the gate thre of his &s;onnes knyghtes. But finally therle and his company co~quered the baylies / and byforce made their ennemies to withdrawe into y^t gate And al&s;o at the gate towarde Symay was &s;ir John~ de la Bone / and &s;ir John~ Beamo~t / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was al&s;o a cruell a&s;&s;aut: they within <ABBR>wer</ABBR> fayne to withdrawe in at their gates and to leaue the barrers / and the heynowes wan it / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brige al&s;o. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut: for &s;uche as were fledde and entred within / went vp on the gate and ca&s;t downe barres of yron / &s;tones / pott&abis; full of quycke lyme: wherby many were &s;ore hurt / a &s;quyer of Henalt receyued &s;uche a &s;troke with a &s;tone on his targe that it was clouyn clene a &s;on+der with the &s;troke / and his arme broken &s;o that it was long after or he was hole. The &s;aturday in the mornyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great a&s;&s;aut / &amp; they within dyd their deuer to defende them&s;elfe: but finally the towne was wonne byforce / and their pales and defences broken. And fir&s;t entred in|to the towne: &s;ir John~ of Heynalt with his ba|ner / with great cryeng and &s;howtyng. Than y^u Uydame of Chalons withdrewe hym and his
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company into the place before the myn&s;ter / and there made &s;emblant to defende hym&s;elfe as lo~g as he myght endure. But the lorde of Bremus departed without order for he knewe well that &s;ir John~ of Heynalt was lore dy&s;plea&s;ed with him &s;o that he thought if he had ben taken / y^t no rau~&s;ome &s;hulde haue &s;aued his lyfe. And whan &s;ir John~ of Heynalt knewe that he was depar|ted: that had done &s;omoche dy&s;plea&s;ure in his lande of Symay / he pur&s;ued after hym. But the lorde of Bremus &s;ledde falt / and founde the gate of his towne opyn / and &s;o entred in: and &abser; Johanne of Heynault pur&s;ued hym iu&s;te to the gate with his &s;werde in his hande. But whan~e he &s;awe that he was e&s;caped / he retourned aga|yne to Aubenton: and his men mette certayne of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Bremus men as they folowed their mai+&s;ter / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were &s;tayne without mercy. The erle and his company &s;ought &s;ore with the~ that were by the myn&s;ter / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the Uydam of Chalons dyd marueyls in armes / and &s;o dyd two of his &s;onnes: but finally they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> all &s;tayn there &s;caped none / but &s;uche as fledde with the lorde of Bremus / but all were &s;layne or taken: and a .ii. M. men of the towne and all the town robbed / and pylled: and all the goodes &s;ent to Symay / and the towne brent. And after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> but|nyng of Aubenton / the heynowes we~t to Mau|ber Fountaynes: and incontynent they wan it / and robbed and brent the towne. And al&s;o the towne of Daube<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ueyll / and Segny the great &amp; Segny the lytell / and all the hamelettes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a|bout the which were mo than .xl. Than the erle went to Mouns / and gaue leaue to his men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to depart / and thanked them in &s;uch wy&s;e that they were all well content. Than anone af|ter therle went to make a&s;ure alyance with the kyng of England / to be the more &s;tro~ger in his warre agayn&s;t the fre~chmen. But fir&s;t he made his vncle &s;ir John~ of Heynalt chefe mai&s;ter and gouernour of Holande &amp; zelande: and &s;ir John~ lay &s;tyll at Mons and prouyded for the contrey and &s;ent to Ualence~nes to confort and ayde the~: the lorde Autoyng / the lorde of Uerguy / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord of Gomegynes / and &s;ir Henry of Hu&s;pharyce: and the &s;tewarde of Heynault / with a hundred &s;peares / to the towne of Landrechyes. And to Bouhayne thre brethern almayns / called Cour+tars: and to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;caudyme<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &s;ir Gararde Sa&s;&s;es gynes / and into the towne of Daue&s;nes / y^e lord of Faulquemount. And thus he dyde into euery fortre&s;&s;e on the fronters of Fraunce.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Tourney made a Courney into Flaunders. Cap. xlvi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the frenche kyng knewe howe the heynowes had brent the contrey of Thyerache / taken and &s;tayne his knyghtes / and di&s;troy|ed the good towne of Aubenton. Than he commaunded the duke of Normandy his &s;onne / y^t he &s;hulde make a iourney into Hey+nalt / and bring the countrey into that ca&s;e that it &s;huld neuer bere couerd agayne. Al&s;o y^e kyng ordayned therle of Layll Ga&s;tone / who was as than with the kyng at Parys / y^t he &s;hulde make a voyage into Ga&s;coyne as his lyeutenant / and to make warre to Burdeux / and to Bordeloys: and to all the fortre&s;&s;es that helde of the kyng of Englande. And al&s;o the frenche kynge enforced his great nauy that he had on the &s;ee / and com|maunded them to kepe the bondes of Flanders and nat to &s;uffre the kyng of Englande to pa&s;&s;e ouer the &s;ee into Flanders on payne of their ly|ues. And whan y^e frenche kyng vnder&s;tode that the flemynges had made homage to the kynge of Englande / he &s;ent vnto them a prelate vnder the colour of the pope. Shewyng them that y&s; they wolde retourne and knowledge them&s;elfe to holde of hym / and of the crowne of Fraunce: and to for&s;ake the kyng of Englande / who had enchaunted them. Than he &s;ayd he wolde &abper;don them of all their tre&s;paces / and wolde quyte the~ of the gret so~me of money / that they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> bound vnto hym by oblygacion of olde tyme: and al&s;o to gyue the~ many fayre franchy&s;es. And y^e &s;lem+mynges an&s;wered / howe they thought the~&s;elfe right well a&s;&s;oyled and quyted in any thynge y^t they were bou~de to the kyng of Fraunce. Than the frenche kyng complayned to pope Clement the .vi. whervpon the pope dyd ca&s;t &s;uche a &s;en|tence of cur&s;yng / that no pree&s;t dur&s;t &s;yng or &s;ay <ABBR>ther</ABBR> any diuyne &s;eruyce. Wherof the &s;lemmyn|ges &s;ent a great co~playnt vnto the kyng of En|glande: who to apea&s;e them / &s;ent them worde y^t whan he came ouer the &s;ee / he wolde bring pree|&s;tes out of his contrey to &s;yng ma&s;&s;es / whyther the pope wolde or nat: for he &s;ayd he had priuy|lege &s;o to do. And &s;o by that meanes the fle~myn|ges were &s;omwhat apea&s;ed. And whan the fren+che kyng &s;awe that he coude nat tourne the sle~|mynges fro their opynion / than he co~maunded them of the gary&s;ons of Tourney / Ly&s;le / and
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; and other to make warre on the flem|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and to ouer ronne the contrey. And &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ohn~ du Roy / and &abser; Mathue de Trye mar+&s;hall of Fraunce: and &s;ir Godmar du Fay / and dyuers other lordes made an army of. M. men of armes and. CCC. cro&s;bowes: what of Tur+ney / Lylle / and Doway. And &s;o in an euenyng ther departed fro Turney / and by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was day in the mornyng &punc; they were before Courtray / by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yme the &s;on was vp they had gathered to|gyther all the catall <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about: and &s;ome of the~ ran to the gat&abis; / and &s;lewe and hurt dyuers that they founde without. And than~e they retourned without any domage and droue before them al their prayes &s;o that wha~ they came to Turney / they had mo tha~ .x. M. &s;hepe / &amp; as many &s;wyne beates / and kyen: wherof the flemynges were &s;ore troubled. Than Jaques Dartuell &s;ware y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it &s;hulde be derely reuenged / and inco~tynent he co~maunded the good townes of Flanders that their men a <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;hulde be w^t hym before Tur|ney at a day a&s;&s;igned / and he wrote to therle of Saly&s;bury and to therle of Suffolke who <ABBR>wer</ABBR> at Ipre / that they &s;hulde be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame. And &s;o agayn&s;t the day lymitted / he we~t out of Gau~t and came to a place bytwene And warpe &amp; Tur+ney called le Pount de Sere: and there he lod|ged and taryed for therles of England and for them of Franke &amp; of Bruges. The &s;ayd two er+les thought for their honour that the enterpri&s;e &s;hulde nat be delayed by them: and &s;o &s;ent to Ja+ques Dartuell / promy&s;ing hym nat to fayle / to be at the day apoynted. And &s;o on a day they de|parted from Ipre with a .l. &s;peares / and a fortie cro&s;bowes&punc; and went towarde the place where as Jaques Dartuell abode for the~ and as they pa&s;&s;ed by the towne of Lyle they were &abper;ceyued. And they of the towne y&s;&s;ued out with a .xv. C. men a fote and a hor&s;backe / and went in .iii. par+tes / to thentent that therles &s;huld nat &s;cape the~. So the&s;e two erles rode forth by the gyding of &s;ir U<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">art de la Crox &punc; who had kept lo~g warr~ agayn&s;t them of Lyle / and he knewe all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> way|es of the contrey: &amp; as than was at Ipre. And &s;o he came forthe with the&s;e erles to be their gyde / and he had well gyded them: &amp; they of Lyle had nuely made a great dyke <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there was ne+uer none before / and whan &s;ir Uauflart hadde brought them thyder &amp; &s;awe howe the way was nuely &s;topped: he &s;ayd to therles of Englande / &s;irs I &s;e well we can nat pa&s;&s;e without the dan|ger of them of Ly&s;le: wherfore I coun&s;ell let vs turne agayne and take &s;ome other way. Than the lordes &s;ayde nay &s;ir Uauflart: it &s;hall neuer be &s;ayd that we woll go out of our way for feare of them of Ly&s;le. Therfore ryde on byfore / we haue promy&s;ed Jaques Dartuell to be w^t hym this day: and &s;o thengly&s;&s;hmen rode forth with out feare. Than &s;ir Uauflart &s;ayd &s;irs ye haue taken me in this vyage to be your gyde / and I haue ben with you all this wynter i~ Ipre / wher+of I am moch bou~de to you. But if they of Lyle y&s;&s;ue out vpon vs / haue no tru&s;t that I wyll a|byde them / for I wyll &s;aue my &s;elfe a&s;&s;one as I can / for if I <ABBR>wer</ABBR> taken it &s;hulde co&s;t me my lyfe the which I loue better tha~ your co~pany. Than the lordes dyd laugh at hym and &s;ayd well / and yf it be &s;o we holde you well excu&s;ed: and as he ymagined &s;o it be fell &punc; for or they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> ware they were in danger of the frenche bu&s;&s;hement / who cryed &s;toppe &s;irs / for ye &s;hall nat pa&s;&s;e this way without our lycence: and &s;o began to &s;hote and to ronne on the engly&s;&s;hmen. And a&s;&s;one as &s;yr Uauflart &s;awe the maner he had no ly&s;t to ryde any farther: but retourned a&s;&s;one as he myght and gate hym&s;elfe out of the preace. And the. i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. erles fell in the handes of their ennemies / lyke fy&s;&s;hes in a nette for they were clo&s;ed rounde a|bout in a narowe &s;trayet pa&s;&s;age among hedg&abis; bu&s;&s;hes / and dykes: &s;o that they coude &s;cape no maner of way / forwarde nor backewarde. So whan they &s;awe that they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o hardly be&s;tad they a lyghted a fote and defended them&s;elfe as well as they might / and dyd hurt dyuers of the~ of Ly&s;le. But finally their defence coude nat a|uayle them / for euer newe fre&s;&s;he men of warre came on them. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> taken byforce and with them a yong &s;quyer of Lymo&s;yne / ne|phue to pope Clement called Remon / who after that he was yelded pri&s;oner / was &s;layne for co|uety&s;e of his fayre harnes: and fre&s;&s;he apareyle. The&s;e two erles were set in pri&s;on in the hall of Ly&s;le / and after &s;ent to the frenche kynge: who promy&s;ed to them of Ly&s;le a great rewarde for the good &s;eruyce that they had done hym. And whan~e Jaques Dartuell / who was at Pont de Ferre knewe tho&s;e tidyng&abis; he was &s;ore dy&s;plea+&s;ed / and &s;o &s;ea&s;ed his enterpri&s;e for that tyme / and retourned agayne to Gaunt.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the iourney that duke John~ of Normandy made into Heynault. Cap. .xlvii.</HEAD>
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_DUke John~ of Norma~|dy eldy&s;t &s;onne to the french kyng / made his a&s;&s;emble to be at &s;aynt Quyntines. And with hym was the duke of A+thenes therle of Flaunders / the erle of <ABBR>Aucerr</ABBR> / the erle of Ewe / and con&s;table of Fraunce therle of Por|cyen / therle of Rou&s;&s;y / therle of Bre&s;ne / therle of de grau~t Pre / the lorde Couey / the lorde Craon and dyuers other nobles of Normandy / and of the lowe marches. And whan they were all a&s;|&s;embled anone after Ea&s;ter / the yere of our lor|de. M. CCC .xl. The con&s;tables and the two mar&s;hals: nombred their company to be a .vi. thou&s;and men of armes / and .viii. M. of other folowynge the hoo&s;t. And &s;o they went forthe in to the feldes / and went towarde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Ca~|bre &abser; and pa&s;&s;ed by Bohayn / and rode tyll they pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ayd ca&s;tell in Cambre <ABBR>s.</ABBR> And lodged in the towne of Montays on the ryuer of Sels and &s;ir Rycharde of Uerchyne &s;tewarde of He|nalt / knewe by his &s;pyes: how the duke of Nor+mandy was at Moutays. Than he de&s;yred cer+tayne knightes and &s;quyers / &s;uche as <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nere about hym: to go with hym thyder as he wolde bringe them / and they graunted hym &s;o to do. And &s;o departed fro his hou&s;e at Uerchyn / and with hym a. l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. &s;peares / and rode forthe fro the &s;onne &s;ettyng / tyll he came to a fore&s;t in the y&s;&s;u+yng out of Heynalt a lytell leage fro Montays / and by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme it was night: than he re&s;ted hym in a felde / and &s;ayde to his company. Howe he wolde go &amp; a wake the duke at Montays / wher+of they were right ioyou&s;e. And &s;ayd howe they wolde aduenture with hym to lyue and dye: he thanked them &amp; with hym there was &abser; Jaques de Sart &s;ir He~ry of Phaly&s;e / &s;ir Olpharte du Guy&s;telles / &s;ir John~ du Cha&s;tellet / and &s;ir Ber+trande. And of &s;quyers there <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">s: Gyles and Thyerty of Sommayne / Baudwyn of Beau+fort / Colebrier of Brule Moreau of Le&s;cuyer / Sawdart de Stramen / Joha~n of Rober&s;at / Bridoull de Thyaulx and dyuer&s;e other: they rode priuely and came to Mo~tays / and entred into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne. The fre~chmen had made no wat|che / and &s;o the &s;tewarde and all his company a|lyghted before a fayre great lodgyng / wenyng to theym that the duke had lodged <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / but he was in an other hou&s;e. But they were loged .ii. great lordes of Normandy: the lorde of Bayl|leull / and the lorde of Beaulte / and they were quickely a&s;&s;ayled and the gate broken <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pynne. Whan they hard the cry of Heynalt they were a ba&s;&s;hed / &amp; defe~ded the~&s;elfe a&s; well as they might and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the lorde of Baylleull was &s;layne / and the lorde of Beautie taken: &amp; was fayne to pro|my&s;e the &s;ene&s;hall on his fayth &amp; trouth to yelde hym&s;elfe pri&s;oner / w^t in thre dayes after at Uale~+cens. Than the frenchmen began to <ABBR>&s;tirr</ABBR> in the towne / and came out of their logynges &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> fiers &amp; lighted vp torches and candels / &amp; eche of the~ ray&s;ed vp other: and a woke the duke who ro&s;e and armed hym in ha&s;t / &amp; di&s;played his ba|ner before his logyng / &amp; euery man drue thyder Than the heynoues withdrue a backe &s;agely to their hor&s;es / &amp; mounted: &amp; whan they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> all to gyder they had a x. or .xii. good pri&s;oners / and &s;o returned without any damage / for they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nat pur&s;ued it was &s;o darke. And &s;o they came by that it was day to Que&s;noy / &amp; there they re|&s;ted them / and than rode to Ualencens. In the mornyng the duke co~maunded to dy&s;loge / and to entre into Heynalt and to bren the contrey w^t out mercy. So the fore ryders went forthe a .ii. C. &s;peares / and captayns of the~ were: &s;ir Thy|balt of Marncyle / the Galoys of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Baume / the lorde of Myrpois / the lorde of Rayuenall / the lorde of Sempy / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde John~ of Landas / the lorde of Hange&s;t / &amp; the lorde of Tramels: and after them rode the two mar&s;hals with fyue. C. &s;peres. And than the duke with other lord&abis; and knyghtes / &amp; &s;o the fore ryders burnt Fore&s;t ber|tran / Bertynguinell / E&s;carmayne / Ue~degres <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wod / Ue~degres on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;andes / vpon y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer of Cynell. And the next day they went forwarde / &amp; brent O&s;melnall / Uyllers / Go~megynes / Mar|chepoys Pe&s;tell<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Aufroy / Pyepreux / Fre&s;noy Obeys the good towne of Ba~noy: &amp; all the co~|trey to the ryuer of Ho~mell. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame &s;econd day / the mar&s;hals company made a gret a&s;&s;aut and &s;kirmy&s;&s;he at the ca&s;tell of Uerchy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&punc; but they wan nothyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was &s;o well defended Than they went &amp; lodged by the ryuer of Selz bytwene Au&s;ey and San&s;oy / and &s;ir Ualeron lorde of Falquemont was captayne of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Maubenge / and with hym a. C. &s;peares of almayns and heynowes. And whan~e he knewe that the frenchmen rode and brent the contrey / and &s;awe howe the poore peple wept: he armed hym and his company / and left the towne in the kepyng of the lorde of Beau Reuoyr / &amp; the lord Montigny: and he &s;ayd he wolde gladly fynde the frenchmen. And &s;o he rode all that day coo|&s;tyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fore&s;t of Moriuall / and agayn&s;t nyght he harde howe the duke of Normandy was lo|ged by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer of Sels / than he &s;ayd he wolde go and a wake them. And &s;o he rode forthe / and
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about mydnight he pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer by a gyde / and whan he was ouer he made hym &amp; his com|pany redy / and &s;o rode fayre and ea&s;ely tyll he came to the dukes logyng: and whan they were nere they &s;purred their hor&s;es and da&s;&s;hed into thoo&s;t / and cryed Falquemont: and cut downe tentes &amp; pauilyons / and &s;lewe dyuers men and dyd great hurt. Than the hoo&s;t began to &s;terre and armed them / and drewe to that part where as the noy&s;e was: and the lorde of Falquemont whan he &s;awe it was tyme he drue a backe / &amp; of the fre~chmen <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne / the lorde of Py|quegny / &amp; taken pri&s;oners: the vycont of Que&s;|nes and the Borgne of Rouuory / and &s;ore hurt &s;ir Antony of Condune. And whan y^e lorde Fal+quemont thought be&s;t / he departed and all his co~pany / and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Sels without damage for they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nat folowed: and &s;o by the &s;onne ri&s;yng they came to Que&s;noy / where as &s;ir Thyerrie of Uallecourt opyned to them the gate. The next day after this dede the duke of Norma~dy cau&s;ed his trumpettes to be blowen and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed the tyuer of Sels / and entred in|to Heynalt. And &s;uche as rode before / as y^e mar+&s;hall of Mitpoys / the lord of Noy&s;iers / the Ga+loys of the Baulme / and &s;ir Thybalt of Mar+neyle / and iiii. C. &s;peares be&s;yde the brigantes came before Que&s;noy to the bariers / and made &s;emblant to gyue a&s;&s;aut. But they within were &s;o well prouyded with good men of warre and artyllery / that they &s;hulde haue lo&s;t their payne how beit they made a lytell &s;kirmy&s;&s;h before the bayles. But at la&s;t they were fayne to w^tdrawe for they of Que&s;noy dy&s;charged certayne peces of artyllery and &s;hotte out great quarels / wher+of the fre~chmen were a frayd for &s;leyng of their hor&s;es. And &s;o withdrue backe / and in their go|yng they brent Uergyn the great / and Uergyn the lytell / Frelanes / Sa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">uers / Artes / Seme|ries / Artuell / Saryten / Turgies / E&s;tynen / Aulnoy: and dyuers other / &s;o y^t the &s;moke came to Ualence~nes. And than the frenchmen orday|ned their batels on the mou~t of Ca&s;ters nere to Ualence~nes: and certayne of them / as the lorde of Craon the lorde of Mauluryer / the lorde of Mathelon / the lorde of Dauoyr / and a two. C. &s;peares with them rode towarde Mayng / and came and a&s;&s;ayled a great to wre / parteyninge to John Uernyer of Uale~cens / and afterwarde it was &abper;teyning to John~ Neuell. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a great and a fier&s;e a&s;&s;aut / endurynge nygh all day: &s;o that of the frenchmen or they departed were &s;layne a .v. or .vi. but they within defe~ded them&s;elfe &s;o well y^t they toke no damage. Than &s;ome of the frenchmen went to Try / wenyng at their fir&s;t co~mynge to haue pa&s;t the water: but they of the to wne had broken the bridge / and de+fended the pa&s;&s;age: &s;o that the frenchmen coude neuer haue won it that way. Than~e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome among them that knewe the pa&s;&s;ages and the contrey / and &s;o they brought a two. C. men a fote and pa&s;&s;ed the plankes at Ponny: and as &s;one as they were ouer they came on the~ of Try who were but a &s;mall nombre / and coude nat en+dure agayn&s;t them: and &s;o they fledde and dy|uers were &s;layne and hurt. The &s;ame day the &s;e ne&s;hall of Heynalt was departed out of Ualen|cens / with a. C. men of armes to &s;ocour them of Trye: and a lytell fro &s;aynt wa&s;t they met with a .rrv. currours of the frenchmen / and the lorde Boucyqualt / who was after mar&s;hall of Fra~ce and the lorde of Surgeres / and &s;ir Wyllyam Bla~deau was their captayns / and they had pa&s;+&s;ed the bridge by Ualence~nes / called the bridge de la Tourell. And whan the &s;ene&s;hall of Hey|nalt &s;awe them / he ranne out at them and bare downe with his &s;peare the lorde Boucyquault / and toke hym pri&s;oner and &s;ent hym to Ualen|cens: the lorde of Surgeres &s;caped / but &abser; Wyl+lyam Blandeau was taken by &s;ir Henry Du&s;+phaly&s;e: and all the other <ABBR>wer</ABBR> taken and &s;layne but a fewe that &s;caped. And &s;o than the &s;ene&s;hal went towarde Try: but he came to late / for the frenchemen had wonne it or he came / and were beatyng downe of the mylles / and of a lytell ca|&s;tell that was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / but whan the &s;ene&s;hall came they had no lea&s;er for they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> put a backe / &s;lay ne and put to flight / and cha&s;ed &s;o nere that ma|ny lept into the ryuer of Le&s;calt: &amp; &s;ome drow|ned. So thus the towne of Try was delyuerd and than the &s;ene&s;hall went and pa&s;&s;ed y^e ryuer of Le&s;calt at Deuayng: and than he and all his co~pany rode to his ca&s;tell of Uerchyn &amp; entred into it / to kepe &amp; defe~de it yf nede were. All this &s;ea&s;on the duke of Normandy was on the mou~t of Ca&s;ters nygh all day / thinkynge euer y^t they of Ualencennes wolde haue y&s;&s;ued out to haue fought with hym / and &s;o they wolde fayne haue done / and &s;ir Henry Dantoynge who had rule of the towne had nat ben: for he wolde &s;uffre no man to y&s;&s;ue out. And he was at the gate Cam|bre&s;en / and had moch a do to kepe the peple w^t in and y^e prouo&s;t of the towne with him / who with fayre wordes and great rea&s;ons a pea&s;ed the pe+ple. And whan y^e duke &s;awe that they wolde nat y&s;&s;ue out to gyue hym batayle: than he &s;ent to y^e duke of Athenes: and the mar&s;hals of Faunce / therle of Aucerre / &amp; the lorde of Cha&s;telon with
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a thre hundred &s;peares: to rynne to Ualencens. And &s;o they rode in good order / and came to the bayls on y^e &s;yde of Tourell / but they taryed nat there long they feared &s;o the &s;hot / for &s;leynge of their hor&s;es: howbeit y^e lorde of Cha&s;telon rode &s;o forwarde / that his hor&s;e fell vnder hym: &s;o y^t he was fayne to leape on another / than they re|tourned by the marches / &amp; brent and bete dow|ne the mylles on y^e tyuer of Uyncell: and &s;o ca~e by Chartreux / and than to their hoo&s;t agayne. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were &s;ome of the frenchmen that taryed behynde at Marlyto gette forage more at their ca&s;e: and &s;uch as kept a tow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> therby &abper;teyning to the heyres of Heynault / and &s;omtyme it was belongyng to &s;ir Robert de Namur: by y^t right of the lady I&s;abell his wyfe. Whan they parcey+ued the&s;e fre~chemen y^t were behynde their hoo&s;t and howe that thoo&s;t was farre of fro the~ / they y&s;&s;ued out &amp; &s;et on them / &amp; &s;lewe many and toke all their pyllage / &amp; entred agayn to their toure. All this &s;ea&s;on: yet the great batayle was &s;tyll on the mount of Ca&s;tres and whan the currers came in on euery &s;yde / than they toke coun&s;ayle what they &s;hulde do. The lordes &s;ayd how they were no nombre &s;uffycient to a&s;&s;aut &s;uch a tow|ne as Ualencennes / and finally they determy|ned to go to Cambray: and &s;o that nyght they went and lodged at Monyg / and at Fountnel|les: and made good watche / the next mornyng they departed / and ar they went brent Monyg and Fountnelles / and the abbay parteyning to the lady of Ualoys / &s;u&s;ter germayne to the fre~|che kyng. Wherof the duke was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed and cau&s;ed them to be hanged that beganne the fyre: and than at their departyng they brent the towne of Try and the ca&s;tell / and beate downe the mylles / and brent Prony / Romminy / Thy+aur / Mouceaulr: and all the playne contrey by twene Cambray and Ualencennes. And than~e the duke came to E&s;candure / to a ca&s;tell partey|nynge to the erle of Heynault: &s;tandyng &s;trong+ly on the ryuer of Le&s;cault / the whiche gary&s;on hadde greuyd &s;ore the towne of Cambray / and capytayne therof was &s;ir Gararde of Sa&s;&s;egy+nes. And whan the duke had ben before that ca|&s;tell a &s;ix dayes it was gyuen vp / wherof all the countrey hadde great marueyle / and had great &s;u&s;pect of trea&s;on to the captayne &s;ir Gararde / and to a &s;quyer of his called Robert Marme|aulr: and after they bothe dyed &s;hamefully at Mons in Heynalt. And they of Cambray bete downe the ca&s;tell / and bare all the &s;tones into their towne to make reparacyons withall.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Doway made a iour+nay into O&s;trenan / and howe therle of Heynalt was in England. Ca. xlviii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the dy&s;truction of E&s;candure: the duke of Nor+ma~dy went to Cambray and gaue leaue to &s;ome of his co~|pany to depart / and &s;ome he &s;ent to the gary&s;ons of Do|way and other. And the fir&s;t weke that they came to Doway they y&s;&s;ued out and they of Ly&s;te with theym: &s;o that they were a thre hundred &s;peares / and their capytaynes were: &s;ir Loyes of Sauoy / therle of Geneue / therle of Uyllars / the Galoys of the Baulme / the lorde of waurayne / the lorde of Ua&s;yers: and &s;o they went and brent the fayre contrey of O&s;trenan in Heynault: and le&s;t nothynge with out the fortere&s;&s;es / wherwith they of Bouhay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were &s;ore dy&s;ple&s;ed: for they &s;awe the fyers and &s;mokes / and coude nat remedy it. And &s;oo they &s;ent to them to Ualencennes / that if they wolde y&s;&s;ue out a &s;ixe hundred &s;peres in the night thei &s;huld do moche damage to the frenchmen / who were &s;predde abrode in the playne countrey / howe be it they of Ualencennes wolde natte go out of the towne. So the frenchmen had great pray / and brent the towne of Nyche / De&s;coux / Escaudan / Here / Monteny / Senayne Uer|layne / Uargny / Ambretycourt / Lourg / Salr / Ruette / Newfuylle / Lyeu &s;aynt Amande: and all the vyllages in that contrey / and wan great pyllage. And whan they of Doway were gone home than the &s;oudyers of Bohayne y&s;&s;ued out and brent the halfe of De&s;con whiche was fren|che / and all the vyllages parteyning to France iu&s;te to the gates of Doway: and the towne of De&s;querchyne. Thus as I haue deuy&s;ed / the gary&s;ons in tho&s;e countreis were prouyded for and dyuer&s;e &s;kirmy&s;&s;hes and feates of warre v&s;ed amonge theym: the &s;ame tyme there was certayne &s;oudyours of Almaygne &s;ette by the by&s;&s;hoppe of Cambray in the fortre&s;&s;e of Male May&s;on / a two leages fro the ca&s;tell Cambre|&s;ien: and marchynge on the other parte nere to La~dreches / wherof the lorde of Poytrell was ca+ptayne / for therle of Bloys though he <ABBR>wer</ABBR> lorde therof / yet he had rendred it to therle of Heynalt bycau&s;e he was as than frenche. So on a day y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Almayns of Male May&s;on / ca~e to y^e bayles of
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Landreches / and draue away a gret pray. And whan they of Landreches knewe therof / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord of Poytrels armed him &amp; all his company / and y&s;&s;ued out to re&s;cue the pray: the lorde of Poy|trels was forma&s;t hym&s;elfe / and layd his &s;pere in the re&s;t and cryed to the frenchmen / and &s;ayd &s;irs it is &s;hame to flye away. And there was a &s;quyer called Albert of Colayne / he turned and couched the &s;pere in the re&s;t / and came rennyng agayn&s;t the lorde of Poytrell / and gaue hym &s;u+che a &s;troke on the targe that the &s;pere flewe all to peaces: yet the &s;ayd &s;quyer &s;trake hym aga|yne &s;uche a &s;troke that the &s;pere entred through his harnes / &amp; into his body iu&s;t to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hert: &s;o that he fell f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o his hor&s;e deed. Than his co~panyons h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ous / as the lorde of Ban&s;iers / Garard de Ma&s;tyne and John~ of Ma&s;tyn / and other pur+&s;ued the fre~chmen / in &s;uche wy&s;e that they were taken and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayne the moo&s;t part / but fewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ca+ped / and their pray re&s;cued and &s;uche pri&s;oners as they had of Landreches. And &s;o retourned agayne with the lorde of Poytrels deed: after who&s;e dethe the lorde of Floron was long tyme captayne of Landreches / and of the ca&s;tell <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Thus &s;ome day rode forthe the frenchmen / and &s;ome day the heynous / and dyuers encountryn+ges was bytwene them. Thus the countrey of Heynault was in great trybulacion / for parte therof was brent: and the duke of Normandy was &s;tyll on the fronters &amp; no man knewe what he wolde do / and they coulde here no tidynges of therle of Heynalt. True it was he was in En+glande / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the kyng and the lordes made hym great there / and made great alyance with the kyng there. And &s;o departed out of Englan+de / and went to themperour Loys of Banyer: and &s;o the&s;e were the cau&s;es why y^e he taryed &s;o long out of his owne countrey. And al&s;o &s;ir Jo|hanne of Heynalt was gone into Brabant / and into Flaunders: and &s;hewed to the erle of Bra|bant / and to Jaques Dartuell the de&s;olacyon of the countrey of Heynalt: prayeng them in the name of all the heynowes / that they wold gyue th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;ome coun&s;ell and ayde. And they an&s;we|red / that they were &s;ure that therle wolde &s;hort|ly returne: at which tyme they &s;ayd / they wolde be redy to go with hym whyther as he wolde.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Normandy lay|ed &s;iege to Thyne Leue|&s;que. Cap. xlix.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the mean &s;ea&s;on that the duke of Normandy was at Cambray: the by&s;&s;hoppe and the burge&s;&s;es of the tow+ne / &s;hewed the duke how the heynowes had get by &s;telth / the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Thyne: de&s;yring hym for the co~mon profet of the coun|trey that he wolde fynde &s;ome remedy for y^e ga+ry&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyd moche hurt to their co~trey / than the duke called agayne toguyder men of warre out of Artoy&s;e / and Uermandoys. And &s;o de&abper;|ted from Cambray / and came before Thyne on the ryuer of Le&s;calt / in the fayre playne medow+es towarde O&s;trenan. The duke caryed with hym out of Cambray / and Doway: dyuer&s;e great engyns and &s;pecially .vi. and made them to be reared agayne the fortres: &s;o the&s;e engyns dyd ca&s;t night and day great &s;tones / the which bete downe the roffes of the chambers / halles / and towres: &s;o that they within / were fayne to kepe vautes / and &s;ellars. Thus they within &s;uf+fred great payne / and captayns within <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ir Rycharde Lymo&s;yn engly&s;&s;he / and two &s;quy|ers of Heynault bretherne to therle of <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> / Joha~ne and Thyerry. The&s;e thre that had the charge / &s;ayd often tyme to their company: &s;irs &s;urely one of the&s;e dayes / therle of Heynalt wyl come agayn&s;t the&s;e frenchmen and delyuer vs with honour / and ryd vs out of this paryll / and &s;hal can vs great thanke that we haue kept this fortres &s;o longe. The ingens without dyd ca&s;t in deed hor&s;es and bee&s;tes &s;tynki~g: wherby they within had great dy&s;tres thau~e with any other thynge / for the ayre was hote as in the myddes of &s;omer: the &s;tynke and ayre was &s;o abomyna|ble / that they con&s;ydred howe that finally they coude nat long endure. Than they toke aduy&s;e to de&s;yre a tru&s;e for .xv. dayes / and in that &s;pace to &s;ende and aduerty&s;e &abser; John~ of Heynalt / who was ruler of the contrey in therles ab&s;ence / and without that he dyde &s;ocour them in that &s;pace / to yelde vp the fortres to the duke. This treaty was put forth &amp; agreed vnto / than they w^t in &s;ent a &s;quyer called E&s;trelart de Sommayne / to &s;ir John~ of Heynalt: and at Mons in Heynalt the &s;quyer fou~de hym / who had nuely harde fro his nephue therle: howe that he was co~myng home warde into his countrey / and hadde been with
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themperour and made great alyance with hym and with the kyng of England: and with the o|ther lordes of thempyre. All this &s;ir John~ of He+nault &s;hewed to this &s;quyer / &s;endyng worde to them of Thyne that &s;hortly they &s;hulde be con|forted at the returne of his nephue therle. This <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">u&s;e duryng / the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">le of Heynalt returned home wherof all his peple <ABBR>wer</ABBR> gretly reioy&s;ed. Than the lorde Beamonde his vncle / &s;hewed hym all maters that was done &s;yth his departyng / and howe that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Norma~dy had fayne on the fronters / and brent and dy&s;troyed a great part of his contrey. Therle an&s;wered howe it &s;hulde be well amended: &s;ayng howe the realme of Fra~+ce was great ynough to make &s;ati&s;faction of all forfeturs by them done / and determyned brefe|lye to go and ayde his men at Thyne / who had &s;o honorably defended their fortre&s;&s;es. Than y^e erle &s;ent for men into Almayne / into Flanders / and in his owne contrey: and &s;o came to Ualen cennes / and daylie his nombre encrea&s;ed. And departed thens in great aray: with caryag<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / ten+tes and pauilyons: &amp; went and lodged at Na~s on y^e playne a long by y^e ryuer of Le&s;calt. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were lordes of Heynalt: &s;ir John~ of Heynalt / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ghyn / the lord of Uerchyn / the &s;ene|&s;hall of Heynalt / the lorde Dantoyng / the lorde of Barb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;on / the lorde of Lens / &s;ir Wyllyam of Baylleull / the lorde of Hauereth / chatelayne of Mons / the lorde of Montegny / the lord of Bar+bays / &s;ir Thyrrie of Ualecourt mar&s;hall of He+nalt / the lorde of Dalmed and of Gomegynes / the lorde of Bri&s;uell / the lorde of Roy&s;ine / the lorde of Tra&s;egmes / the lorde de Lalayne / the lorde of Ma&s;tyne / the lorde of Sars / the lorde Uargny / the lorde of Beaury<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u: and dyuer&s;e other who were all <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to &s;erue therle their lor|de. Al&s;o thyder came therle of <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> with .ii. hundred &s;peares: and after ca~e the duke of Bra+bant with .vi. hu~dred &s;peres / the duke of Guer|les / therle of Mons / the lorde of Falquemont / &s;ir Arnolde Baquechen: and dyuer&s;e other lor|des and men a warre of Almaygne / and Whyt|phall. And &s;o all the&s;e loged along by the ryuer of Le&s;cault / agayn&s;t the frenche hoo&s;t / and plen+tie of vytails came to them out of Heynalt. And whafie the&s;e lordes were thus lodged bytwene Nauns / and Illoys. The duke of Normandy who was on the other part with a goodly nom|bre of men a <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / he &s;ende worde to his father howe that therls hoo&s;t dayly encrea&s;ed. Than the frenche kynge bevnge at Peron / ray&s;ed vp mo men of warre / and &s;ende to his &s;onne a .xii. hundred &s;peares. And &s;o hym&s;elfe came to his &s;onnes hoo&s;t lyke a &s;oudyour / for he myght <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> come with an army vpon themperour / without he&s;hulde breke his othe as he dyde. So y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Normandy was named to be cheife of that army: but he dyd nothyng but by the coun&s;ayle of the kyng his father. Whan they w^tin Thyne &s;awe therle of Heynalt of &s;uche puy&s;&s;ance / they were right ioyeous: and the fourth day after y^t the erle was come thyder / they of Ualence<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> came thyder in great a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ay: and John~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Boy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;ey prouo&s;t of the towne was their capytayne. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;kirmy&s;&s;h made agayn&s;t the frenchemen / and dyuers hurt on bothe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and in the meane &s;ea&s;on / they within the fortres had bottes and barges redy / and &s;o pa&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the ryuer of Le&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ault / and were brought to the erle of Heyualt: who ioyou&s;ly and honourably receyued them. In this tyme that the&s;e two ho|&s;tes were lodged on the ryuer of Le&s;cault / the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">chmen towarde Fraunce: and the heynow|es towarde their owne contreis. Their forages rode forthe but they met nat / bycau&s;e the ryuer was euer bytwene them: but the fre~chmen went and brent the co~trey of O&s;trenan / that was nat brent before: and the heynowes in likewy&s;e the contrey of Cambre&s;es. Al&s;o to the ayde of therle of Heynault / at the de&s;yre of Jaques <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> came thyther a. l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. thou&s;ande <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">mmynges wel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> armed. Than therle of Heynalt &s;ent to the duke of Normandy by his haraltes&punc; that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> might be batell bytwene them: and howe that it &s;hulde be a great &s;hame &s;o many men of warre a&s;&s;em|bled togyder / and no batayle. The duke an&s;we+red howe he wolde take aduy&s;e and coun&s;ell in that mater / the which coun&s;ell was &s;o long / that the haraldes departed without an&s;were. Than the third day after: therle &s;ent agayne to knowe the dukes intencyon / &amp; the duke an&s;wered how he was nat yet fully coun&s;elled to fight nor to a&s;+&s;igne a day of batayle. Sayng moreouer howe that therle was very ha&s;ty: whan the erle harde that he thought that it was but a delay / than he &s;ent for all the gret lordes of his hoo&s;t / &s;hewyng them what he had done / and what an&s;were the duke had made hym: de&s;yring th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to haue their coun&s;ell. Than euery man loked on other / &amp; no man wold &s;peke fir&s;t: at la&s;t the duke of Braba~t &s;pake for all (and &s;ayd) as to make a bridge and go ouer to &s;ight with the fre~chmen is nat myne opynion: for I knowe certaynly that &s;hortly the kyng of Englande wyll come ouer the&s;ee / &amp; lay &s;ege to Turney / and we all haue &s;worne to ayd and confort hym in all that we canne. Wherfore if we &s;hulde nowe fyght with the fre~chmen / and
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fortune to be agayne vs / that we happe to le&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde / he &s;hulde lo&s;e his vyage / and all the helpe that he &s;hulde haue of vs. And if we had the vy|ctorie he &s;hulde can vs no thanke / wherfore my intencyon is that without hym: who is chefe of this warre / that we fyght nat with the power of Fraunce. But whan we &s;halbe before Turney with hym and the frenche kynge agayn&s;t vs / I thynke it wyll be harde to depart without batell wherfore I wolde cou~&s;ell let vs depart / for here we lye at great coo&s;t and charge / for I am &s;ure within the&s;e .x. dayes we &s;hall here fro the kyng of Englande. To this aduyce the moo&s;t part of the lordes agreed / but therle of Heynalt de&s;yred them all in generall nat to depart &s;o &s;one: and &s;o they agreed to tary &s;o~ what lengar they of Bru&s;+&s;els wolde fayne haue ben gone / and they of Lo|uane. On a day therle called to hym &s;ir John~ of Heynalt his vncle / and &s;ayd fayre vncle I pray you ryde downe a long by the ryuer &s;yde / &amp; call ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r the ryuer to &s;peke with &s;ome per&s;one of the trenche hoo&s;t / and de&s;yre hym to &s;hewe the fren+che kyng fro me / that I wyll make a brydge o|uer the water: &s;o that I may haue thre dayes re+&s;pyte / and than I woll co~e ouer and gyue hym batell. Than the lorde Beamond rode downe a long by the ryuer of Le&s;calt and a .xiii. knygh|tes with hym / and his penon before hym: and at la&s;t he parceyued on the other &s;yde a knyght of Normandy / he knewe hym by his armes. Than he called to hym and &s;ayd / &s;ir Maubou&s;&s;on I pray you &s;peke with me. Than the knight &s;ayd &s;ir what wold you with me / I de&s;yre you quod the lorde Beamonde that ye wyll go to the fren|che kyng and to his coun&s;ayle / and &s;ay how the erle of Heynault hath &s;ende me hyther to take a tru&s;e all onely whyles y^t he might make a brige ouer this ryuer: wherby he &amp; his / myght pa&s;&s;e ouer. I pray you bring me agayne an an&s;were and I &s;hall tary here tyll ye retourne. Than the lord of Maubu&s;&s;o~ &s;trake his hor&s;e with y^e &s;pur|res and rode to the kyng&abis; tent / where as y^e duke of Normandy and many other lord&abis; were / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed his me&s;&s;age &amp; he had a &s;hort an&s;were for he was co~maunded to tell hym that &s;ent him thyder / that in y^e &s;ame ca&s;e as they had helde the erle / in likewy&s;e &s;o they wold co~tynue. Sayng how they wold make hym to &s;ell his lande / and that he &s;huld haue <ABBR>warr</ABBR> on euery &s;yde / &amp; whan we ly&s;t we woll entre into Heynalt / &s;o <ABBR>farr</ABBR> y^t we woll bren all his eo~trey. This <ABBR>an&s;wer</ABBR> the lorde of Maubu&s;&s;on / reported to the lorde Beamo~d: who thanked hym of his labour &amp; &s;o retourned to therle / whom he found playng at che&s;&s;e with therle of <ABBR>Namur.</ABBR> and a&s;&s;one as therle &s;awe his vncle / he a ro&s;e and harde the an&s;were that the frenche kynge had &s;ent hym / wherwith the erle was dy&s;ple&s;ed and &s;ayd well / I tru&s;t it &s;hall nat be as he purpo&s;eth.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batell on the &s;ee before Slu|&s;e in Flau~ders / bytwene the kynge of England and the frenchmen. Ca. l.</HEAD>
<P>_NO we let vs leaue &s;om+what to &s;peke of therle of He+nalt and of the duke of Nor+mandy: and &s;peke of y^e kyng of England. Who was on y^e &s;ee to the intent to arryue in Flaunders / and &s;o into Hey+nalt to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the fre~chmen. This was on myd&s;omer euyn / in the <ABBR>yer</ABBR> of our lorde M. C C C .xl. all thengly&s;&s;h flete was departed out of the ryuer of Tames / and toke the way to Slu&s;e. And the &s;ame tyme bytwene Blanque|berque and Slu&s;e on the &s;ee: was &s;ir Newe Ky+ryell &s;ir Peter Bahuchet / and Barbnoyr: and mo than &s;ir&s;core great ve&s;&s;els be&s;yde other / and they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> of normayns / bydaulr / genowes / and pycardes: about the no~bre of .xl. M. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they were layd by the french kyng / to defend y^e kyng of Englandes pa&s;&s;age. The kyng of England and his / came &s;aylyng tyll he ca~e before Slu&s;e: and whan he &s;awe &s;o great a nombre of &s;hippes y^t their ma&s;tes &s;emed to be lyke a gret wood / he demau~ded of the mai&s;ter of his &s;hyp what peple he thought they were: he an&s;wered and &s;ayd / &s;ir I thynke they be normayns layd here by y^e fren+che kyng / and hath done gret <ABBR>dy&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> in En+glande / brent your towne of Hampton / and ta|ken your great &s;hyppe the Chri&s;tofer: a &abquod; the kyng I haue long de&s;yred to fyght with the fre~|chmen: and nowe &s;hall I fyght with &s;ome of the~ by the grace of god and &s;aynt George / for truly they haue done me &s;o many dy&s;ple&s;urs y^t I &s;hall be reuenged &amp; I may. Than the king &s;et all his &s;hyppes in order / the grette&s;t <ABBR>befor</ABBR> well furny&s;|&s;hed with archers / &amp; euer bytwene two &s;hyppes of archers he had one &s;hypp~ w^t men of armes / &amp; than he made an other batell to ly a lofe with ar|chers to confort euer the~ that were moo&s;t wery / yf nede were. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a great nombre of counte&s;&s;es / ladyes / knyght&abis; wyues: &amp; other da|mo&s;els y^t were goyng to &s;e the quene at Gaunt: the&s;e ladyes y^e kyng cau&s;ed to be well kept with thre hundred men of armes / and .v. C. archers.
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&para; Whan the kyng and his mar&s;hals had orde|red his batayls / he brewe vp the &s;eales and can<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> with a quarter wynde / to haue the vauntage of the &s;onne. And &s;o at la&s;t they tourned a lytell to get the wynde at wyll: and whan the normayns &s;awe them recule backe / they had maruell why they dyde &s;o. And &s;ome &s;ayd / they thynke them &s;elfe nat mete to medyll with vs: wherfore they woll go backe / they &s;awe well howe the kyng of England was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> per&s;onally / by rea&s;on of his baners. Than they dyd appareyle their flete in order / for they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;age and good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> on the &s;ee: and dyd &s;et the Chri&s;tofer / the which they had won the <ABBR>yer</ABBR> before / to be forma&s;t with many trumpettes and in&s;trumentes: and &s;o &s;et on their ennemies. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> began a &s;ore batell on bothe partes: archers and cro&s;bowes began to &s;hore / and men of armes aproched and fought bande to hande / and the better to come togyder / they had great hokes / &amp; graperss of prou to ca&s;t out of one &s;hyppe into an other. And &s;o tyed the~ fa&s;t togyder / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many dedess of armes done takyng and re&s;cuyng agayne. And at la&s;t the great Chri&s;tofer was fir&s;t won by the~gly&s;&s;h+men / and all that were within it taken or &s;layne Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great noy&s;e and cry / and then|gly&s;&s;hmen aproched and fortifyed the Chri&s;to|fer with archers / and made hym to pa&s;&s;e on by|fore to fyght with the genoweyss. This batayle was right fier&s;e and terryble: for the batayls on the &s;ee at more dangerous and fier&s;er / than the batayls by lande. For on the &s;ee <ABBR>ther</ABBR> iss no recu|lyng nor &s;&s;eyng / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no remedy but to fight / and to abyde fortune: and euery man to &s;hewe his prowes. Of a trouthe &s;ir Newe Kyriell / and &s;ir Bahuchet / and Bathe Noyer / were ryght good and expert men of warre. This batayle en+dured fro the mornyng tyll it was noone / &amp; the~|gly&s;&s;hmen endured moche payne / for their enne+mies were foure agayn&s;t one / and all good men o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;ee. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the king of England was a no+ble knight of his ownehand&abis; he was in the &s;tou|er of his yongh. In like wy&s;e &s;o was the erle of Derby / Pe~broke / Herforde / Hu~tyngdon / Nor|thampton / and Glocetter: &s;ir Raynolde Cob|ham / &s;ir Rycharde Stafforde / the lorde Percy &s;ir water of Manny / &s;ir Henry of Flaunders / &s;ir John~ Beauchamp: the lorde Felton / y^e lorde Bra&s;&s;eton / &s;ir Chandos / the lorde Dalawarre / the lorde of Multon / &s;ir Robert Dartoys / cal|led erle of Rychmont: and dyuer&s;e other lordes and knyghtess / who bare them&s;elfe &s;o valy antly with &s;ome &s;ocours that they had of Brug&abis; / and of the countrey there about / that they obtayned the vyctorie. So that the fre~chmen / normaynss / and other were dy&s;con&s;etted / &s;layne / and drow|ned / there was nat one that &s;caped: but all were &s;layne. Whan~e this vyctorie was atchyued / the kyng all that nyght abode in his &s;hyppe before Slu&s;e / with great noy&s;e of tru~pettes and other in&s;trumentes. Thyder came to &s;e the kynge dy|uers of Flaunders / &s;uche as had herde of y^e kyn+ges co~myng: and than the kyng demaunded of the burge&s;&s;es of Bruges / howe Jaques Dartu+ell dyd. They an&s;wered / that he was gone to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Heynalt / agayn&s;t the duke of Norma~dy with .lx. M. &s;&s;emynges. And on the next day / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which was myd&s;omer day / the kyng and all his toke lande / and the kyng on fote went a pylgri|mage to our lady of Arde~bourge and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> herd ma&s;&s;e and dyned and than~e toke his hor&s;e and rode to Gaunt / where the quene receyued hym with great ioye: and all his caryage ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e after lytell and lytell. Than the kyng wrote to therle of Heynault / and to theym within the ca&s;tell of Thyne / certyfieng them of his arryuall. And whan therle knewe therof / &amp; that he had dy&s;con+fyted the army on the &s;ee: he dylloged and gaue leaue to all the &s;ouldyours to depart. And toke with hym to Ualencennes / all the great lordes and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fea&s;ted them honourably: and &s;pecial|ly the duke of Brabant / and Jaques Dartuell. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> Jaques Dartuell: openly in the mar|ket place in the pre&s;ence of all the lordes / and of all &s;uch as wold here hym: declared what right the kyng of Englande had to the crowne of Fra~+ce: and al&s;o what puy&s;&s;aunce the thre countreis were of / Flaunders / Heynault / and Brabant: &s;urely ioyned in one alyance. And he dyde &s;o by his great wy&s;dome / and ple&s;aunt wordes that all people that harde hym pray&s;ed hym moche: and &s;ayd howe he had nobly &s;poken / &amp; by great experye~ee. And thus he was greatly pray&s;ed / &amp; it was &s;ayd y^t he was well worthy to gouerne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countie of Flaunders. Than the lordes depar|ted / and promy&s;ed to mete agayne within .viii. dayes at Gaunt to &s;e the kyng of England / and &s;o they dyd. And the kyng fea&s;ted them honora|bly / and &s;o dyd the quene / who was as than nu|ly purifyed of a &s;onne called John~ / who was af+ter duke of Lanca&s;tre by his wyfe / doughter to duke Henry of La~ca&s;tre. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a cou~+&s;ell &s;et to be at Uyllenort / and a day lymitted.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kynge Robert of Cicyll dyd all that he might to pacyfie the kyng&abis; of Fraunce / and Englande. Cap. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the french king harde howe his army on the &s;ee was dy|&s;coufyted: he dylloged and drewe to Arras / &amp; gaue leaue to his men to depart tyll he harde other tidyn+ges. And &s;ent &s;ir Godmar du Fay to Tourney to &s;e that there lacked nothyng: he feared more the itemynges than any other. And &s;ent the lord of Beautewe / to Mortayn to kepe the fronters agayn&s;t Heynalt and he &s;ent many me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to &s;aynt Omers / to Ayre / and to &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">enaunt and purueyed &s;uffyciently for all the fortere&s;&s;es frontyng on Flanders. In this &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ray+gned a kyng in Cicyll called Robert / who was reputed to be a great a&s;tronomyer and alway|es he warned the frenche kyng and his coun&s;ell that in no wy&s;e he &s;hulde fight agayn&s;t the king of Englande: for he &s;ayd it was gyuen the king of Englande to be right fortunate in all his de|des. This kyng Robert wold gladly haue &s;ene the&s;e two kynges at a good acorde: for he loued &s;omoch the crowne of Fraunce / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was right &s;orte to &s;e the de&s;olacyon cherof. This kynge of Cicyll was at Auygnone with pope Clement / &amp; with the colledge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and declared to them the peryls y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were likely to fall in the realme of Fra~|ce: by the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> byt wene the &s;ayd two kyng&abis; / de &s;yring them that they wold helpe to fynde &s;ome meanes to apea&s;e them. <ABBR>Wher</ABBR> vnto y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope and the cardynals an&s;wered: howe they wolde glad+ly intende therto / &s;o that the two kynges wolde he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the coun&s;ayle that the kynge of Englande / and his alyes helde at Uyllenort. Cap. lii.</HEAD>
<P>_AT this coun&s;ayle holden at Uyllenort / were the&s;e lordes as fo+loweth. The kyng of England / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Brabant / therle of Henalt &abser; John his vncle / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Guer+les / therle of Jullers / the marques of Faulque|houre / the marques of Mu&s;&s;e / therle of Mons / &s;ir Robert Dartoys / the lorde of Falquemont / &s;ir Wyllyam of Dunort / therle of <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> / Ja+ques Dartuell and many other great lordes &amp; of euery good towne of Flanders a thre or .iiii. per&s;onages in maner of a coun&s;ayle. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a grement made bytwene the thre contreis: Fla~+ders / Braba~t / and Heynalt: that fro then&s; forth eche of them &s;hulde ayde and confort other in all ca&s;es. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they made a&s;&s;ura~ce ech to other that if any of them had to do with any countrey thother two &s;hulde gyue ayde. And her after if a+ny of them &s;hulde be at dy&s;corde one with an o|ther / the thyrde &s;hulde &s;et agreme~t bytwene the~. And if he were nat able &s;o to do / than the mater &s;hulde be put vnto the kynge of Englande / in who&s;e handes this mater was &s;worne and pro|my&s;ed / and he to agre them. And inconfyrmaci|on of loue and amyte: they ordayned a lawe to ryn throughout tho&s;e .iii. contres / y^e which was called the lawe of the companyons or alyes: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was determyned y^t the kyng of Engla~de &s;hulde remoue about Maudelentyde after / and ley &s;iege to Turney: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to mete all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ayd lordes and thers / with the powers of all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good to wnes. And than euery man departed to their owne hou&s;es / to aparell them in that behalfe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of England he&s;ie|ged the cyte of Tourney with great puy&s;ance. Cap. liii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe frenche kyng after the departure of the&s;e lordes fro the coun&s;ell of Uyllenort he knewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mo&s;t part of their determynacion. Than he &s;e~t to Tourney the chefe men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of all Frau~ce / as therle of Ewe / the yong erle of Guynes his &s;onne con|&s;table of Fraunce / therle of Foytz / and his bre|therne / therle Amery of Narbon / &s;ir Aymer of Poyters / &s;ir Geffray of Charney / &s;ir Gararde of Mountfaucon the two mar&s;hals / &s;ir Robert Bertrand / and &s;ir Mathue de Troy / the lorde of Caieur / the &s;ene&s;&s;hall of Poyctou / the lord of Cha&s;telayn / and &s;ir John~ of Landas: and the&s;e had with them valyant knyghtes and &s;quyers. They came to Tourney: and founde there &s;ir Godmar du Fay / who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> before. Than they toke regarde to the proui&s;yon of the towne a&s; well to the vytels / as to thartyllerie: and forti
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ficatyon / and they cau&s;en to be brought out of the contrey there about: where / otes / and other prouy&s;ion. &para; Nowe let vs retourne to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Englande: whan the tyme aproched that he and his alyes &s;huld mete before Tourney and that the corne beganne to rype: he departed fro Gaunt with .vii. erles of his contrey .viii. pre|lates xxviii. baronettes ii. C. knyghtes&abis; foure thou&s;ande men of armes / and. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. M. archers be&s;yde fotemen. All his hoo&s;t pa&s;&s;ed through y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Andwarpe / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">uer of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;calt and lodged before Tourney / at the gate called &s;aynt Martyne / the way to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arde Ly&s;le and Doway. Than anone after came the duke of Brabant with mo than. x<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. M. men / knygh+tes / &s;quyers / and co~mons: and he lodged at the brige of Aryes by the ryuer of Le&s;calt: bytwene thabbey of &s;aynt Nycholas / and the gate Uale~ tenoys. Next to hym came therle of Heynault&abis; with a gooly company of his contrey / with ma|ny of Holande / and zelande: and he was loged bytwene the kyuge and the duke of Brabaunt. Than came Jaques Dartuell with mo tha~. l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. thou&s;ande &s;lemmynges / be&s;yde them of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pre / Dropingne / Ca&s;&s;ell / Bergues: and they were &s;ent on the other &s;yde / as ye &s;hall here after. Ja|ques Dartuell lodged at the gate &s;aynt Foun|tayne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Guerles / ther&s;e of Jullers / the marques of Bla~queboure / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marques of mu&s;&s;e therle of Mons / therle of Sauynes / the lord of Falquemount / &s;ir Arnolde of Baquechew and all the Almayns were lodged on the other &s;yde towarde Heynalt. Thus the cytie of Tourney was cnuyroned rounbe about / and euery hoo&s;t myght re&s;ort eche to other: &s;o that none coulde y&s;&s;ue out without &s;pyeug.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Heynalt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">yed the townes of S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ne / and Dorchyes. Cap. liiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ige enduring they without <ABBR>wer</ABBR> well prouyded of vytels and at a metely pri ce for it came to them fro all partes. On a mornynge the erle of Heynalt with .v. hun+dred &s;peres / departed fro the hoo&s;t and pa&s;&s;ed by Ly&s;le / and brent the good towne of Seclyne and many vyllages there a|bout: and their currours ranne to the &s;ubarbes of Lens in Artoy&s;e. And after that the erle toke an other way / and rode to the towne of Durchi|es: the whiche was taken &amp; brent / for it was nar clo&s;ed: and al&s;o they burnt Landas / Ly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and dyuers other good townes there about / and o|uer ranne the countrey and gate great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yllage. And than retourned agayne to the hoo&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Turney: al&s;o the flemynges often tymes a&s;&s;ay led them of Tourney / and had made &s;hyppes / bel&s;roys / and in&s;trumentes of a&s;&s;aut: &s;o that e|uery day lightly there was &s;kirmy&s;&s;hyng &amp; dy|uer&s;e hurt / of one and other. The &s;temmynges toke moche payne to trouble them of Tourney&punc; among other a&s;&s;autes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was one endured at a day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many feates of armes done for all the lordes and knyghtes that were in Tour|nay were therat: for tha&s;&s;aut was made in &s;hyp+pes and ve&s;&s;els wrought for the &s;ame intent / to haue broken the baryers and the po&s;terne of the arche. But it was &s;o well defended / that the &s;le~+mynges wanne nothyng: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they lo&s;t a &s;hypp~ with a &s;ix&s;core men the which were drowned / &amp; at night they withdrue right &s;ore traueyled. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;o this &s;iege enduryng / the &s;oudyours of &s;ayut Amandey&s;&s;ued out and came to Hanon in Hey+nalt / and burnt the towne and vyolated the ab|bey / and dy&s;troyed the myn&s;ter / &amp; caryed away all that they might to &s;aynt Amande / and an o|ther tyme y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame frenche &s;oudyours pa&s;&s;ed the wood of &s;aynt Amande / and came to the abbey of Uycongue and made a great fyre at the gate to haue burnt it. Whan thabbot &s;awe what par|ell his hou&s;e was in / ha&s;tely he toke his hor&s;e &amp; rode out priuely through the wood and came to Ualencennes / de&s;yring the prouo&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to lend hym a certayne cro&s;bowes. And whan~e he had his de&s;yre / he brought the~ behynde Rames and &s;et them in the wood towarde the hyghe way to procelet. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;hotte agayn&s;t the geno|wayes and frenchmen / beyng before the gate of Uycongne: and whan they &s;awe and felt y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> qua+rels lyght among them commyng fro the wood they were a frayed / &amp; retourned as fa&s;t as they myght: and &s;o the abbey was &s;aued.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the &s;cottes wan agayne gret part of Scotlande / whyle the &s;iege was before Tour|ney. Cap. lv.</HEAD>
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_HOwe it is to be reme~|bred how &s;ir Wyllyam Du|glas &s;onne of Wyllm~ Du|glas brother: who dyed in Spayne. And therle of Pa+tris / therle of Surlant / &s;ir Robert of Her&s;&s;ey / &s;ir Sy|monde Fre&s;yell / and Aly&s;ander Ram&s;ey: they were captayns in &s;uche parte of Scotlande as was left vnwonne by thengly&s;&s;hmen. And they had co~tynued in the fore&s;t of Gode0urs y^e &s;pace of .vii. yere wynter &amp; &s;omer / and as they might they made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;hmen beyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in gary&s;on. Somtyme they had good ad|ue~ture / and &s;omtyme yuell: &amp; whyle the kyng of Englande was at &s;iege before Tourney. The french kyng &s;ent men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> into Scotlande and they arryued at &s;aynt Joha~ns towne / and they de&s;yred the &s;cottes in the french kyng&abis; na|me / that they wolde &s;et on and make &s;uch <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in the realme of England: that the kyng might be fayne to retourne home to re&s;cue his owne re+alme / and to leaue vp the &s;ige at Tourney / and the frenche kyng promy&s;ed the~ men and money to ayde them &s;o to do. And &s;o the &s;cottes depar|ted out of the fore&s;t of Gedeours and pa&s;&s;ed tho+rough Scotlande / and wanne agayne dyuer&s;e fortre&s;&s;es: and &s;o pa&s;t the towne of Berwyke &amp; the ryuer of Tyne / and entred into the contrey of Northumberlande / the which &s;omtyme was a realme. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they founde gret plentie of bee|&s;tes / and wa&s;ted and brent all the contrey to Du+rame: than they retourned by an other way dy|&s;troyeng the countrey. In this voyage they di|&s;troyed more than thre dayes iourney into the realme of Englande / and than~e retourned into Scotlande: and conquered agayne all the for|tre&s;&s;es that were holden by the engly&s;&s;hmen ex|cept the cyte of Berwyke and thre other ca&s;tels / the which dyd them great trouble. They were &s;o &s;tronge that it wolde haue ben harde to haue founde any &s;uche in any countrey: the one was Strumelyn / an other Ro&s;bourg / and the third the chyefe of all Scotlande Edenborowe. The whiche ca&s;tell &s;tandeth on a hygh rocke / that a man mu&s;t re&s;t ones or twy&s;e or he &s;o~e to the hy|e&s;t of the hyll: and captayne ther was &s;ir Water Lymo&s;en / who before had &s;o valiantly kept the ca&s;tell of Thyne agayn&s;t the frenchmen. So it was that &s;ir Wyllyam Duglas deuy&s;ed a feate and dy&s;couerd his intencyon to his co~panyons to therle Patris / to &s;ir Robert Fre&s;yell / and to Aly&s;ander Ram&s;ay: and all they agreed togy|der. Tha~ they toke a .ii. C. of the wylde &s;cottes and entred into the &s;ee: and made proui&s;yon of otes mele / coles / and wood: and &s;o pe&s;ably thei arryued at a port / nere to the ca&s;telll of Edenbo rowe. And in the night they armed theym / and toke a .x. or .xii. of their company &s;uche as they dyd tru&s;t be&s;t: and dyde di&s;gy&s;e theym in poore torne cotes / and hattes lyke poore men of the co~+trey. And charged a .xii. &s;mall hor&s;es with &s;ack&abis; &s;ome with otes / &s;ome with where mele / &amp; &s;ome with coles: and they dyde &s;et all their company in a bu&s;&s;hment / in an olde di&s;troyed abbey ther by / nere to the fote of the hyll. And whan y^e day began to apere / couertly armed as they were: they went vp the hyll with their marchandy&s;e. And whan they were in the mydde way: &abser; Wyl+lyam Duglas and &s;ir Symode Fre&s;yll di&s;gy|&s;ed as they were / went a lytell before and came to the porter (and &s;ayd) &s;ir in gret fere we haue brought hyther otes / and whetemele: and if ye haue any nede therof / we woll &s;ell it to you gode chepe. Mary &s;ayd the porter and we haue nede therof: but it is &s;o erly that I darre nat a wake the captayne / nor his &s;tuarde: but let them &s;o~e in and I &s;hall opyn the vtter gate. And &s;o they all entred into the gate of the bayles: &s;ir Wyllm~ Duglas &s;awe well how the porter had the keys in his handes of the great gate of the ca&s;tell.</P>
<P>Than whan the fir&s;te gate was opynned / as ye haue harde: their hor&s;es with caryages entred in: and the two that came la&s;t laden with coles / they made them to fall downe on the groun&s;yll of the gate / to thentent that the gate &s;hulde nat be clo&s;ed agayne. And than they toke the porter and &s;lewe hym &s;o pe&s;ably: that he <ABBR>neuerr</ABBR> &s;pake worde / than they toke the great keys and opyn|ned the ca&s;tell gate / than &s;ir Wyllyam Duglas blewe a horne and dyd ca&s;t away their torne co+tes / and layed all the other &s;ackes ouerthwarte the gate / to thyntent that it &s;hulde nat be &s;hytte agayne. And whan they of the bu&s;&s;hment harde the horne: in all ha&s;t they myght they mounted the hyll. Than the watchmen of the ca&s;tell with noy&s;e of the horne a woke / and &s;awe how the pe+ple <ABBR>wer</ABBR> co~myng all armed to the ca&s;tell warde. Than he blewe his horne and cryed trea&s;on tre+&s;on: &s;irs a ry&s;e and arme you &s;hortly for yonder be men of armes aprochynge to your fortre&s;&s;e: than euery man aro&s;e and armed them and ca~e to the gate: but &s;ir Wyllyam Duglas and his .xii. companyons defended &s;o the gate that they coude nat clo&s;e it. And &s;o by great valyantne&s;&s;e they kept thentre opyn / tyll their bu&s;&s;hment ca~e they within defended the ca&s;tell / a&s; well as they might and hurt dyuers of them without: but &abser;
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Wyllyam and the &s;cottes dyd &s;omoch that they conquered the fortre&s;&s;e / and all the engly&s;&s;men within &s;layne: excepte the captayne and &s;ire o|ther &s;quyers. So the &s;cott&abis; taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all that day / and made a knyght of the contrey captayn <ABBR>ther</ABBR> called Symo~de Ue&s;&s;ey / and with hym dyuers other of the contrey: the&s;e tidynges came to the kyng of Englande before Tourney.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great hoo&s;t that the frenche kyng a&s;&s;embled to ray&s;e the &s;iege before Tourney. Cap. lvi.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue harde before howe the kynge of Englande had be&s;ie|ged the cyte of Tourney / with mo than &s;ix&s;core thou&s;ande men of ar|mes with the flemmynge. And by|cau&s;e the vytayles within the cytie beganne to myni&s;&s;he: the frenche lordes within cau&s;ed to a uoyde out of the towne / all maner of poore peo|ple &s;uch as were nat furny&s;&s;hed to abyue the ad+uenture of the &s;iege. They were put out in the opynne day: and they pa&s;&s;ed through the duke of Braba~tes hoo&s;t / who &s;hewed their grefe / for he cau&s;ed them to be&s;afely brought to the fre~che hoo&s;t at Aras / where as the kyng lay. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he made a gret a&s;&s;emble of men of his owne co~|trey / and part out of the empyre. Thyder came to hym the kyng of Behaygne / the duke of Lo|raygne / therle of Bare / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Mets and of Coerdune / therle of Mountbelieu / &s;ir John~ of Chalon / the erle of Geuyne / the erle of Sauoy / &amp; the lorde Lewes of Sauoy his bro|ther. All the&s;e lordes came to &s;erue the frenche kynge with all their powers. Al&s;o thyder came the duke of Bretaygne / the duke of Burgoyne / the duke of Borbone / therle of Alan&s;on / therle of Flanders / therle Fore&s;tes / therle Arminacke therle of Bloyes / &s;ir Charles of Bloyes / therle of Harcourt / therle Da~martyn / the lorde Cou|cy: and dyuers other lordes and knightes. And after came the kyng of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> / with a goodly no~bre of men a warre out of the contrey in Fra~|ce / that he helde of the frenche kyng / and therby he ca~e to &s;erue hym. Al&s;o there was the kynge of &s;cott&abis; / with a certayne no~bre apoynted to hym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the &s;oudyers of the gary&s;on of Bohayne / dy&s;tru&s;&s;ed certayne &s;ou+dyers of Mortayne before the towne of Conde. Ca. lvii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan all the&s;e &s;ayde lordes were come to Aras to the frenche kyng / than he remeuyd and came to a lytell <ABBR>ryuerr</ABBR> a thre leages fro Turney the water was depe / and rounde about full of mary&s;&s;hes / &s;o that no man coude pa&s;&s;e but by a lytell way / &s;o narowe that two hor&s;es coude nat pa&s;&s;e a fronte. There the kyng lay and pa&s;&s;ed nat the ryuer: for he dur&s;t nat. The next day the hoo&s;tes lay &s;tyll / &s;ome of the lordes coun&s;ayled to make bridges to pa&s;&s;e ouer the water at their ea&s;e: than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> wey men &s;ent to aduy&s;e the pa&s;&s;age. And whan they had well aduy&s;ed euery thyng / they thought it was but a lo&s;t labour and &s;o they &s;hewed the kynge / howe that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no pa&s;&s;age but at the brige of Cre&s;&s;yn. Thus the mater abode in the &s;ame ca&s;e: the tidynges anone &s;pred abrode howe the french kyng was lodged bytwene the bridge of Cre&s;&s;yn and the bridge of Bonnes / to thentent to fight with his ennemies. So that all maner of people &s;uche as de&s;yred honoure / d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ue to the one part and to the other / as they owed their &s;er+uyce or fauoure <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were thre Almayns bre|therne in Bouhaygne: whan they harde howe the&s;e two kynges aproched nere togyder be like lyhode to fight / than two of the~ de&s;yred the. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. to abyde &s;tyll and kepe y^e fortres / and they &s;ayd they wolde go and &s;e what chere there was be|fore Tourney. So the&s;e two knyght<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">te<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> one of the~ was called &s;ir Courrat Da&s;tra / and the other &s;ir Courrat Lancenuch / and they rode tyll they came to E&s;campons be&s;yde Ualenc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s thinkyng to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Le&s;calt at Conde And bytwene Fre&s;nes / and E&s;campons / they harde a gret brunt of men and &s;awe howe &s;ome came fleyng to themwarde. The two bretherne had with the~ to the nombre of .xxv. &s;peares and they encountred the fir&s;t / and demau~ded what they ayled / &s;o to fle away. In the name of god &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they / the &s;oudyers of Mortayne ary&s;&s;ued out and they haue get a great pray / and are go|ynge therwith towarde their fortre&s;&s;e / and al&s;o haue taken dyuers pri&s;oners of this countrey. Tha~ the two bretherne &s;ayd / &s;irs can ye lede vs <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as they be: and they &s;ayde yes. And &s;o they went after the frenchmen by the gyding of tho&s;e poore men / and the fre~chmen were as than nere
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to our lady in the wood / and <ABBR>wer</ABBR> a &s;ix&s;core &s;ou+dyers / and draue before them. C. great bee&s;tes / and certayne pri&s;oners of the men of the co~trey. And their captayne was a knyght of Burgone called John~ de Frelays / &abper;teyninge to the lorde of Beauieuu: a&s;&s;one as the almayns &s;awe them they a&s;cryed them and ran in fier&s;ly among the~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore fight: the Burgonyon knyght dyd put hym&s;elfe to defence / and &s;ome of his co~|pany but nat all / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers that &s;ted But they were &s;o nere cha&s;ed / what with the al|mayns &punc; and with the men of the countrey / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;caped but a fewe other &s;layne or taken: &s;ir John~ de Frelays was taken / and all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pray re|&s;cued and rendred agayne to the men of the con+trey. And after that aduenture / the almayns ca~e before Tourney <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were welcome.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the iourney that &s;ir wyllm~ Ba|ylleull and &s;ir Ualflart de la Croy&s;e made at the bridge of Cre&s;|&s;yn. Cap. lviii.</HEAD>
<P>_A None after the frenche kyng was lodged thus at the bridge of Bou+ues / a company of heynous by the &s;ettyng on of &s;ir Wyllm~ Bayllule and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Uauflart de la croy&s;e who &s;ayd howe they knewe all the contrey / and that they wolde bring them into &s;uch a place on the frenche hoo&s;t / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;hulde haue &s;ome wyn+nynge. And &s;o on a mornyng they departed fro thoo&s;t about &s;ir&s;core co~panyons knyghtes and &s;quyers: and they rode towarde Dont de Cre&s;|&s;yn / and made the lorde Bayllule to be as chefe / and that to his baner euery man &s;hulde drawe. Nowe the &s;ame mornyng rode forthe certayne no~bre of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> legoys of the french party / wherof &abser; Robert de Baylleull brother to the fore&s;ayd &s;ir Wyllm~ Baylleull was chefe captayn. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were two bretherne on dyuers parties: the lye|gois had pa&s;&s;ed the bride of Cre&s;&s;yn / and were a foragyng for their hor&s;es / &amp; to &s;e if they coude fynde any aduenture profitable for them. The heynowes rode all that mornyng without fyn|dyng of any adue~ture / and they al&s;o pa&s;&s;ed the bridge: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;uch a my&s;t that a man coude nat &s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> length of a &s;pere before hym. And whan the heynous were all ouer: than they ordayned that &s;ir Wyllm~ Baylluell with his baner &s;huld abyde on the bridge / and &s;ir Uauflart / &s;ir Ra|flet de Monceaur / and &s;ir John~ de Uerchyne &s;hulde aduenture on farther. And &s;o they went &s;o <ABBR>farr</ABBR> that they da&s;&s;hed in to thoo&s;t of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge of Behayne and the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Liege / for they were lodged nere to the bridge / and the lorde of Rademache had made watche the &s;ame nyght / and it was at the poynt of his de&abper;tyng. So by|twene them <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore conflict / how beit fy+nally the heynous drue backe towarde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brige: and the liegoys / and luce~bourzins folowed the~ and &s;ir Wyllm~ Baylluell was coun&s;elled to re|pa&s;&s;e agayne the bridge with his baner / for thei had dyuers of their co~pany to repa&s;&s;e. So the heynous repa&s;&s;ed agayne a&s;well as they might and in their pa&s;&s;ynge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many dedes of armes done / in takynge and re&s;cuyng agayne. So it fortuned&punc; that &s;ir Uauflart coude nat re|pa&s;&s;e the brige / &amp; &s;o was fayne to &s;aue hym&s;elfe a&s;well as he might: he y&s;&s;ued out of the preace &amp; toke away that he knewe well / and &s;o entred in to the mar&s;hes among bu&s;&s;hes and rockes / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed. The other fought &s;tyll at the brige and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the liegoys ouercame &abser; Wyllm~ Bayl+leuls company. And therwith / &s;ir Robert Bayl+leull whan he harde that noy&s;e in that parte / he ca~e rynning thyder with his baner before hym / and whan the heynowes &s;awe the baner of mo|raynes / they byleued it had ben the baner of &s;ir Wyllm~ Bayllule and drue thyder / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was but a &s;mall dyffere~ce bytwene their baners / for the armes of morians be barres counterbarres two cheurons gowles: and in the cheuron of &abser; Robert Baylleull <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a lytell cro&s;&s;e golde which y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> heynous toke no hede of. Wherby they were di&s;confyted: and &s;layne John~ de Uergny &s;ir water du Pont de large &s;ir Wyllm~ of Pype~ poix / and dyuers other: and taken &s;ir John~ de Soyre / &s;ir Danyell de Bleze: &s;ir Race de Mo~|ceaur / &s;ir Loys Dampelen / and dyuers other: and &s;ir Wyllm~ de Baylleul &s;caped a&s;well as he might / but he lo&s;t moche of his co~pany &punc; &abser; Uau|flart de la Croy&s;e / who was in the mary&s;&s;he tru+&s;tyng to haue ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> tyll it had ben night / and &s;o to haue &s;caped / was &s;pyed by &s;ome that rode a longe by the mare&s;e. And they made &s;uche an out cry on hym / that he ca~e out and yelded hym &s;elfe pri&s;oner / they toke and brought hym to the hoo&s;t and delyuered hym to their mai&s;ter / who wolde gladly haue &s;aued hi~: for he knewe well he was in ieopardy of his lyfe. Anone tidynges of hym was brought to the french kyng / who in co~tynent dyd &s;end for hym: and the kyng imme+diatly &s;ent hym to Lyle / bycau&s;e he had done to the~ moche damage. And &s;o win the towne they dyd put him to deth / they wold in no wy&s;e haue pyte of hym nor put hym to any ran&s;ome.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Heynault a&s;&s;ayled the fortre&s;&s;e of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers maners. Cap. lix.</HEAD>
<P>_OF this dede that &s;ir Ro+bert Bayllieull had done: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kyng was ryght ioy+ou&s;e. And within a &s;ea&s;on af+ter / the erle of Heynault / &s;ir John~ his vncle / and the &s;ene &s;hall of Heynalt: with a .vi. hundred &s;peares / heynowes / and almayns / de|parted fro the &s;iege of Turney. And therle &s;ent to them of Ualence~s &punc; that they &s;hulde come and mete with hym before Mortayne: and to come bytwene Le&s;charpe / &amp; Le&s;cault to a&s;&s;ayle Mor+tayne: and they came thyder in great array and brought with them great engyus. The lorde of Beauieu who was captayne within Mortayn greatly douted a&s;&s;autyng / bycau&s;e the fortre&s;&s;e &s;tode nere to the ryuer / and nere to Heynault as on all parties: therfore he cau&s;ed .xii. C. pyles to be driuen in the ryuer / to thyntent that no pa&s;+&s;age &s;hulde be that way. Howbeit for all that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Heynault / and the heynous came thyder on the one &s;yde / and they of Ualencens on the other part And inco~tynent they made an a&s;&s;aut and aproched the barrers / but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;uche depe trenches that they coude nat co~e nere / than &s;ome aduy&s;ed to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Le&s;charpe / and &s;o to co~e on the &s;yde towarde &s;aynt Amand &amp; to make an a&s;&s;aut at the gate toward maulde And as they deuy&s;ed: a foure hundred pa&s;&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer / &s;o than Mortayne was clo&s;ed in thre &abper;|tes / the weky&s;t &s;yde was towarde Mauld / how+beit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;trength ynough. To that parte came the lorde Beauieu hym&s;elfe to defende it / for he feared none of the other &s;ydes / he had in his hande a great glaue / &s;harpe and well <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">elyd and aboue the blade <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;harpe hoke of &s;tele / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whan he gaue his &s;troke the hoke &s;hulde take holde. And loke on whome that it fa&s;tened he came to hym / or els fell in the water: by that meanes the &s;ame day he ca&s;t into the water mo than .xii. At that gate the a&s;&s;ant was fere&s;y&s;t / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Heynalt who was on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other&s;yde knewe nothyng of that a&s;&s;aut / he was araynged alo~ge the ryuer &s;yde of Le&s;cault / and deuy&s;ed howe they might get out of the riuer the pyles byforce or by &s;ubtyltie / for than they might come iu&s;t to the walles. They ordayned to make a &s;hypp / &amp; a gret engyn to drawe out the pyles eche one af|ter other / their carpenters were &s;et a warke and the engyn made in a &s;hyppe / and the &s;ame day they of Ualencens ray&s;ed on their &s;yde a great engyn and dyd ca&s;t in &s;tones &s;o that it fore trou+bled them within. Thus y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;t day pa&s;&s;ed and the night in a&s;&s;ayling and deuy&s;ing howe they might greue them in the fortre&s;&s;e / the nexte day they went to a&s;&s;aut on all partes / and the thirde day the &s;hypp~ was redy / and thengyn to drawe out y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pyles. And than dyd &s;et awarke to drawe them out / but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;o many and &s;uche la|bour in the doyng or they coude drawe out one / that they were wery of that craft: and the lordes wolde they had neuer begon it / and &s;o co~maun|ded to cea&s;e their warke. On y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other part with|in Mortayne / there was a connyng mai&s;ter in makyng of engyns / who &s;awe well howe then|gyn of Ualencens dyd greatly greue them / he ray&s;ed an engyn in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell / the which was nat very great but he trymmed it to a poynt. And he ca&s;t therwith but thre tymes / the fir&s;te &s;tone fell a .xii. fote fro thengyn without / the &s;econde fell nerer / and the thirde &s;tone hit &s;o euyn that it brake clene a &s;onder the &s;haft of thengyn with|out. Than the &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">dyers of Mortaygne made a great &s;hout: &s;o thus the heynous coude get no|thyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / than therle &s;ayd howe he wolde w^t|drawe and go agayne to the &s;iege of Tourney. And &s;o they dyd / and they of Ualencens retour+ned to their towne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Heynault toke the towne of &s;aynt Amande / duryng the &s;iege before Tourney. Cap. lx.</HEAD>
<P>_A Thre dayes after that therle of Heynault was re|tourned fro Mortaygne / he de&s;yred certayne company|ons to go to &s;aynt Amande / for he had dyuers complayn+tes how y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;oudyers of &s;aynt Amand had burnt thabbey of Hanon &punc; and had nere brent Uycoigne / &amp; had done many di&s;pyt&abis; to the fronters of Heynalt. So therle departed fro the &s;ige with a .iii. M. men and came before &s;aynt Amand / on the &s;yde towarde Mortayne. The towne was nat clo&s;ed but with pales / and captayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a knyght of La~guedoke the &s;ene&s;hall of Craca&s;&s;one / who had &s;ayd to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mo~|kes of thabbey <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and to them of the towne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was nat able to holde agayn&s;t an hoo&s;t: how be it he &s;ayd rather than he wolde de&abper;t he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> kepe it to the be&s;t of his power / but that he &s;ayd
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was in the maner of coun&s;ell howbeit his wor+des was nat byleued. But long before the iuels of the abbey were caryed to Mortaygne for the more &s;uretie / and thyder went the abbot and all his mo~kes / for they were no men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And they of Ualence~nes came at therles co~maunde|ment with a .xii. thou&s;ande men / and all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cro&s;|bo wes kept the gate to warde the bridge of Le|&s;harpe / they began a fer&s;e a&s;&s;aut and many &s;ore hurt on bothe parties. This a&s;&s;aut endured all the day: they of Ualencens coude get nothynge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / they within &s;corned and mocked the~: and &s;ayd &s;irs go your way and drink your good ale And agayn&s;t night they of Ualencennes with|bre we right wery / and had gret marueyle that they coude here no tidynges of therle their lord and therfore they dy&s;loged and drewe towarde their towne: the next mornyng be tymes / therle departed fro Turney / &amp; came to &s;aynt Amand on the &s;yde towarde Mortayne: and inco~tyne~t they made a&s;&s;aute feers and cruell / and wan at the fir&s;t the bayles / and came to the gate to war de Mortaygne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> therle and his vncle made a great a&s;&s;aut and eche of them had &s;uch a &s;troke on the heed with &s;tones / that their ba&s;e|nettes were clouen / and their heedes &s;ore a&s;to|nyed. At la&s;t one &s;ayd to therle: &s;ir this way we &s;hall neuer entre / the way is &s;trayet and &s;trong+ly kept. But &s;ir make great ra~mes of wood like pyles / and let vs ronne with them agayn&s;t the abbey walles / and we &s;hall peer&s;e it through in dyuers places / and if we get thabbey the towne is ours. Than therle co~maunded &s;o to be done: and anone gret peaces of tymber <ABBR>wer</ABBR> gote and made &s;harpe before: and to euery pece twentie or .xxx. per&s;ons / ronnyng ther with agayn&s;t the wall: &s;o that they brake the wall in dyuers pla|ces / and valyantly entred <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and pa&s;&s;ed a ly|tell ryuer that ranne within. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was re|dy the &s;ene&s;hall of Carca&s;&s;one his baner before hym: the which was goules a &s;heffe &s;yluerthre cheuorns in the &s;heffe bordred &s;yluer indented. And he and his co~pany defended valyantly the heynowes as long as they might: but their de|fence coude nat auayle for the heynowes <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o+many. And in their entryng into thabbey: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a monke called danne Fro&s;&s;art who dyde maruels / for he kylled and hurt at the hole <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as he &s;tode an. x<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iii. &s;o that none dur&s;t entre in at that place: but finally he was fayne to depart for he &s;awe howe the henous entred into the ab|bey in dyuers places. And &s;oo the monke &s;aued hym&s;elfe a&s;well as he might / and went to Mor+tayne. Whan therle and his co~pany <ABBR>wer</ABBR> entred into thabbey / he co~maunded y^t all &s;hulde be put to the &s;werde they had &s;o &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed hym / and done &s;uche hurt in his contrey. The towne anone was full of men of armes / and they with in cha&s;ed and &s;ought for / fro &s;trete to &s;trete &amp; in euery hou&s;e: &s;o y^t fewe &s;caped but all <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;layne The &s;ene&s;hall was &s;layne vnder his &s;tandarde and a .ii. C. men rounde about hym / &amp; agayn&s;t night therle retourned to Turney / the next day they of Ualencens ca~e a gayne to &s;aynt Amand and brent clene the towne / and thabbey min&s;ter and all / and brake all the belles the which were goodly. Another day therle agayne de&abper;ted fro the &s;iege with vi. C. men of armes / and went and brent Orchies / La~das / and the Chell: and than pa&s;&s;ed by Hanon the ryuer of Le&s;harpe / &amp; went into France to a great abbey and aryche called Marchienes / wherof &s;ir Amye of Uer|naulx was captayne / &amp; with hym certayne cro&s;|bowes of Doway: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> therle made a&s;&s;aut for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captayne had well fortifyed the fir&s;te gate with great depe dykes / and the frenchmen &amp; monkes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> defended the~&s;elfe right nobly / the heynous at la&s;t gate them botes and barges / and therby entred into thabbey: but there was a knyght of Almayne drowned a co~panyon of the lorde Fal+quemont called &s;ir Bacho de la Wyer. Therle &amp; his vncle and the &s;ene&s;hall dyd at the gate &s;o va+lyantly / that the gate was wone: and &s;ir Amye and his co~pany &s;layne or taken. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were taken dyuers monkes and thabbey robbed and brent and the towne al&s;o: than therle retourned to the &s;iege before Tourney.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the takyng of Charles Mo~mo|rency / and dyuers other frenchemen at the bridge of Cre&s;&s;yn. Cap. lxi.</HEAD>
<P>_THis &s;iege before Tourney was long and great: and the kyng of England &s;uppo&s;ed euer to wyn it / for he knewe well <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were mo|che people within and but &s;cant of vytayle. Wherefore he thought to famy&s;&s;h them and &s;ome &s;ayde they founde fomme courte&s;y in theym of Brabaunt / in &s;ufferynge vytayles to pa&s;&s;e through their hoo&s;t into the cyte: and they of Bru&s;&s;els and Louane <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ore wery with ta+ryeng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;o long / &amp; they de&s;yred the mar&s;hall of tho&s;t that they might haue leaue to retourne into Braba~t. The mar&s;hall &s;ayd he was well co~+tent: but than they mu&s;t leue all their harnes be hynde them / with the which an&s;were they were
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&s;o a &s;hamed that they neuer &s;pake therof more. &para; Nowe I &s;hall &s;hewe you of a iourney that y^e almayns made at the &s;ame bridge of Cre&s;&s;yne: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as &s;ir Robert Bayllule dy&s;confited y^e hey+nowes / as the lorde of Raudero~de~ce &amp; &s;ir John~ his &s;on / John~ Raudebourg e&s;quyer &abser; <ABBR>Arnold</ABBR> of Baquehen / &s;ir Raynolde De&s;couuenort / &s;ir Rorrant / Da&s;to / &s;ir Ba&s;tyen de Ba&s;tes / &amp; Can+ drelyer his brother / &s;ir Strauren de Leurne: &amp; dyuer&s;e other of the duchy of Jullers &amp; of guer|les. All the&s;e rode forthe on a day / and al&s;o they had with them certayne bachellers of Heynalt: as &s;ir Floren of Beauryon / &s;ir Latas de la Hey mar&s;hall of thoo&s;t / &s;ir John~ of Heynalt / &abser; Oul+phart of Guy&s;tels / &s;ir Robert Gleuues of therl+dome of Loz / and dyuers other: they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> a thre C. they came to the bridge of Cre&s;&s;yn / &amp; pa&s;&s;ed without danger. Than they toke coun&s;ell what they &s;hulde do / &amp; it was thought mo&s;te for their honour to go and a wake the french ho&s;t. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> it was ordayned that the lorde Rauderondence and his &s;on / &s;ir Henry of Keukren / &s;ir Tylman of Sau&s;ey &abser; Olphart of Guy&s;tels &abser; Lalema~t ba&s;tarde of Heynalt Robert of Gleuues / &amp; Ja+quelat of Tyaulx / &s;hulde ryde &amp; &s;odenly da&s;&s;he into the frenche ho&s;t. And the other knyghtes &amp; &s;quyers / to the nombre of thre. C. &s;hulde abyde &s;tyll at the brige to kepe y^e pa&s;&s;age. Thus the&s;e currours rode forthe to the no~bre of a .xl. &s;peres tyll they came to thoo&s;t: and &s;o da&s;&s;ht in and o|uerthrue tentes &amp; pauilyons / and &s;kirmy&s;&s;hed with the frenchmen. The &s;ame night two great barons of France had kept the wache that is to &s;ay the lorde of Mo~morency / &amp; the lorde of Sa+lieu: and whan they harde the noy&s;e / they came with their baners to y^t part. Than the almaynz retourned towarde the brige / and the fre~chmen after them feer&s;ly: and in the cha&s;e &s;ir Olphart of Guy&s;tels was taken / for he was purblynde: and al&s;o two bretherne Mondrope and Jaque+let Tyaulx they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o nere togyder that ech of them vnder&s;tode others language. And the fren|men &s;ayd to the almayns: &s;irs ye &s;hall nat &s;cape thus / than one &s;ayd to the lorde of Raudero~de~ce &s;ir take good hede for me thynke the frenchmen wyll be at the bridge or we / well &s;ayd he though they knowe one way / I knowe an other. Tha~ he tourned on the right hande: &amp; toke a way nat moche v&s;ed / the which brought hym and his co~|pany to y^e fore&s;ayd ryuer / the which was &s;o depe and enuyroned with mare&s;&s;hes / that they <ABBR>coud</ABBR> nat pa&s;&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / &s;o that they were fayne to repa&s;&s;e by the bridge / and the frenchemen euer rode a great galoppe towarde the bridge / and whau~e they came nere to the brige / and &s;awe that great bu&s;&s;hment <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / they &s;ayd among them&s;elfe / I trowe we cha&s;e foly&s;&s;hly / we might lightly le&s;e rather than wyn. Than dyuers of them retour+ned: and &s;pecially the lorde of &s;aynt Saulie<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> with his baner and his company / and the lorde Charles of Mo~morency with his baner rode e|uer forwarde and wold nat recule. And &s;o with great courage &s;ette on the almayns / at the fir&s;t brunt <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a feer&s;e encounter / and dyuer&s;e ouer throwen on bothe parties. Than ca~e in on thother &s;yde / thother almayns / and &s;o enclo&s;ed in the frenchmen: the lorde Renolde of Dy&s;cou+uenort knewe well the baner of the lorde Mom+morency / who was vnder his banner with his &s;werde in his hand fightyng on euery &s;yde / and &s;o came &s;odenly on his right hande / &amp; with his lyfthande he toke the bridell of the lorde Mom+morencies hor&s;e / and &s;purred forthe his owne hor&s;e / and &s;o drewe hym out of the batayle. And euer the lorde Mommorency &s;trake and gaue hym many great &s;trokes / which &s;ome he re|ceyued / and &s;ome he defended. But finally <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was taken pri&s;oner: &s;o the almayns dyde &s;o|moche that they obtayned the place / and toke a four&s;core pri&s;oners of gentylmen: than they re pa&s;&s;ed the bridge without any danger. And &s;o came agayne to the &s;iege before Tourney.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the fle~mynges were before &s;aynt Omers duryng the &s;iege. Cap. lxii.</HEAD>
<P>_NOw let vs &s;he we of au ad|uenture that tell to the fle~mynges: of the whiche company <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were captayns &s;ir Robert Dartoy&s;e / &amp; &s;ir Henry of Fla~ders / they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> in nombre a xl. M. what of the townes of Ippre / Propyngne / Me&s;&s;ynes / Ca&s;&s;ell and of the Ca+telayne of Bergus. All the&s;e fle~mynges lay in the vale of Ca&s;&s;ell in tentes &amp; pauylions to cou~|tergary&s;on the french gary&s;ons / that the french kynge had layed at &s;aynt Omers at <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> / at &s;aynt Uenaunt / and in other townes and forte+re&s;&s;es there aboute. And in &s;aynt Omers there was therle dolphyne of Auuergne / the lorde of kalengen / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Rocheforte / the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">+ner&s;e other knyghtes of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">+&s;yn. And <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> al&s;o many <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> out <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> 
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and brake downe dyuers hou&s;es / &amp; robbed the~. The fray anon was knowen in the towne / and the lordes within armed them and their co~pa|ny and y&s;&s;ued out at a nother gate / they were a vi. baners and a .ii. C. men of armes and a .vi. .C. fotemen / and they came by a &s;ecrete way on the flemmynges / who were be&s;y to robbe &amp; pyll the towne of Arkes nere to &s;aynt Omers / there they were &s;predde abrode without captayne or good order. Than the fre~chmen came on them in good order of batell their bauers di&s;played cryeng Cleremont / the dolphyne of Auuergne / wherwith the flemmynges were a ba&s;&s;hed and beatyn downe by hepes. And the cha&s;e of them endured .ii. leages / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne a .iiii. M. and .viii. C. and a .iiii. C. taken pri&s;oners and ledde to &s;aynt Omers / and &s;uche as fledde and &s;caped retourned to the hoo&s;t / and &s;hewed their companyons their aduenture. And at la&s;t tidynges therof came to their captayns &s;ir Ro|bert Dartoy&s;e / and &s;ir Henry of Fla~ders / who &s;ayd it was well enployed / for they went forthe without co~maundement or capitayne: and the &s;ame nyght or it was mydnight the flemynges lyeng in their tentes a &s;lepe &s;odenly generally among the~ all <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell &s;uche a feare in their her tes that they ro&s;e in great ha&s;te and with &s;uche payne y^t they thought nat to be dy&s;loged tyme ynough. They bete downe their owne tentes &amp; pauilyons and tru&s;&s;ed all their caryages / and &s;o fledde away nat abyding one for an other W^t|out kepyng of any right way. Wha~ the&s;e tidyn+ges came to their two captayns / they ro&s;e ha&s;te+ly and made gret fiers / and toke torches &amp; mou~+ted on their hor&s;es and &s;o came to the&s;e fle~myn|ges / and &s;ayd &s;irs what ayleth you / do you wa~t any thyng / why do you thus flye away / be you nat well a&s;&s;ured / retourne in the name of god / ye be to blame thus to flye and no ma~ cha&s;e you But for all their wordes / euery man fledde the ne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t way to their owne hou&s;es / and whan the&s;e lordes &s;awe none other remedy / they tru&s;&s;ed all their harnes in waganes / and retourned to the hoo&s;t before Tourney / and the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hewed the ad|uenture of the flemmynges: wherof euery man had marueyle / &s;ome &s;ayd they were ouercome with fanty&s;es.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the &s;iege before Tourney was broken vp by rea&s;on of a tru&s;e. Cap. lxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THis &s;iege endured a long &s;e+a&s;on: the &s;pace of a .xi. wekes thre dayes le&s;&s;e / and all that &s;ea&s;on the lady Jane of Ualoys &s;u&s;ter to the frenche king / and mother to therle of Heynalt traueyled gretly what on the one &abper;t and on thother to haue a re&s;pyte and a peace by twene the parties / &s;o that they might depart w^t+out batayle. And dyuers tymes &s;he kneled at y^e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ete of the frenche kyng in that behalfe: and al&s;o made great labour to the lordes of thempyre / &amp; &s;pecially to the duke of Brabant and to y^e duke of Jullers / who had her dought in maryage / &amp; al&s;o to &s;ir John~ of Heynalt. Somoch the good lady procured with the ayde &amp; coun&s;ell of Loys Daugymont / who was welbeloued with both &abper;ties: that it was graunted y^t eche partie <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> &s;ende foure &s;ufficyent per&s;ons to treat on &s;ome good way to acorde the parties / and a tru&s;e for thre dayes. The&s;e apoynters &s;huld mete in a ly tell chapell &s;tandyng in the feldes called E&s;plo|tyn / at the day apoynted the&s;e per&s;ons mette: &amp; the good lady with them. Of the frenche partie <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was Charles kyng of Behayne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Charles erle Dalan&s;on brother to the frenche kyng / and the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Liege / therle of Flanders / and therle of Armynack. Of the~gly&s;&s;he partie there was the duke of Braba~t / the by&s;&s;hop of Licolne the duke of Guerles / the duke of Jullers / and &abser; John~ of Heynalt. And whan they were all met: they made ech to other gret &s;alutacyons &amp; good <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and than entred into their treaty &amp; all that day they comuned on dyuers ways of acorde / &amp; alwayes y^e good lady of Ualoys was amo~g the~ de&s;yringe effectuou&s;ly all the parties / that they wolde do their labour to make a peace / howbeit the fir&s;t day pa&s;&s;ed w^tout any thing doyng. and &s;o they retourned &amp; promy&s;ed to mete agayne y^e next day: the whiche day they came togyther a|gayne in the &s;ame place / and &s;o fell agayne into their treaty. And &s;o fell vnto certayne poyntes agreable: but it was as thanne &s;o late that they coude nat put it in writynge as that day / and to make an ende: and to make perfyght the mater if they might. The thirde day they met agayne and &s;o finally acorded on a tru&s;e to endure for a yere bytwene all parties / and all <ABBR>ther</ABBR> men. And al&s;o bytwene the~ that were in Scotlande / and all &s;uche as made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in Ga&s;coyne / Poycton / and in Sa~ton. And this treu&s;e to begyn the .xl. day next en&s;uyng / and within that &s;pace euery partie to gyue knowlege to his men w^tout mall engyn / and if &s;uche co~panyes woll nat kepe the peace let the~ be at their cho&s;e. But as for Fra~ce / 
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Pycardy / Burgoyne / Bretayne / and Norma~+dy to be bounde to this peace without any exce|pcyon: and this peace to begyn incontynent by twene the ho&s;tes of the two kynges. Al&s;o it was determyned / that bothe parties in eche of their names &s;hulde &s;ende foure or fyue per&s;onages / as their emba&s;&s;odours and to mete at Arras / &amp; the pope in likwy&s;e to &s;ende thyder foure: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to make a full confirmacyon without any meane. Al&s;o by this tru&s;e euery partie to enioy and po&s;&s;ede all and euery thyng / that they were as than in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of. This tru&s;e inco~tynent was cryed in bothe hoo&s;tes / wherof the braban+ces were right gladde / for they were &s;ore wery with &s;o long lyeng at the &s;iege. So that y^e nexte day a&s;&s;one as it was day lyght: ye &s;hulde haue &s;ene tentes taken downe / charyotes charged / &amp; people remoue &s;o thycke / that a man wold haue thought to haue &s;ene a newe worlde. Thus the good towne of Tourney was &s;afe without any great damage: howe beit they within endured gret payne / their vytaylsbegan to fayle (for as it was &s;ayd) they had as than &s;cant to &s;erue the~ a thre or foure dayes at the moo&s;t. The braban|ces departed quickely / for they had grete de&s;yre therto: the kyng of Englande departed &s;ore a|gayn&s;t his mynde / if he might haue done other wy&s;e / but in manerhe was fayne to folowe the wylles of the other lordes / and to byleue their coun&s;ayls. And the frenche kynge coude abyde no lengar there as he lay for the yuell ayre / and the wether hote. So the frenchmen had the ho|nour of that iourney / bycau&s;e they had re&s;cued Tourney / and cau&s;ed their ennemies to de&abper;te. The kyng of Englande and the lordes on his &abper;+tie &s;ayd how they had y^e honour / by rea&s;on that they had taryed &s;o long within the realme / and be&s;ieged one of the good townes therof / and al|&s;o had wa&s;ted and burnt in the frenche contrey / and that the frenche kynge had nat re&s;cued it in tyme and hour as he ought to haue done by gy|uyng of batayle / and finally agreed to a tru&s;e / their ennemies beyng &s;tyll at the &s;iege and bren+nyng his contrey. Thus the&s;e lordes departed fro the &s;iege of Tourney / and euery man drewe to his owne. The kynge of Englande came to Gaunt to the quene his wyfe / and &s;hortly after pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee and all his / except &s;uche as &s;hulde be at the parlyament at Arras. Cherle of Hey|nalt retourned to his contrey / and helde a noble fee&s;t at Mons in Heynault / and a great iu&s;tes. In the which Gararde of Uerchyn &s;ene&s;hall of Heynault dyd iu&s;t and was &s;o &s;ore hurt / that he dyed of the &s;troke / he had a &s;onne called Joha~n who was after a good knyght and a hardy / but he was but a whyle in good helthe. The french kyng gaue leaue to euery man to departe / and went hym&s;elfe to Lyle / and thyder came they of Tourney. And the kyng receyued them ioyou|&s;ly and dyd &s;hewe them gret grace / he gaue the~ frely their franches y^e which they had lo&s;t longe before / wherw^t they were ioyou&s;e / for&s;ir God|mer du Fay and dyuers other knyght&abis; had ben long gouernours <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> than they made newe &abpro; uo&s;t / and iurates acordynge to their auncyent v&s;ages / than the kyng departed fro Ly&s;le to go to Parys. Nowe than came the &s;ea&s;on that the coun&s;ayle &s;hulde be at Arras / and for pope Cle|ment thyder came in legacyon / the cardynall of Napuls / and the cardynall of Cleremont: who came to Parys <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the kyng made theym mochehonour / and &s;o came to Arras: for the fre~|che kyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was therle of Alan&s;on / the duke of Burbon / therle of Flaunders / therle of Blo|ys / the archeby&s;&s;hoppe of Senes / the by&s;&s;hop of Beawayes / and the by&s;&s;hoppe of Aucerre / &amp; for the kyng of England / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the by&s;&s;hop of Lyncolne / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Durame / therle of Warwyke / &s;ir Robert Dartoy&s;e / &s;ir John~ of Heynalt / and &s;ir Henry of Flanders / at the whi+che treaty <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many maters put forthe / &amp; &s;o contynued a .xv. dayes &amp; agreed of no poynt of effect / for thengly&s;&s;hmen demaunded / and y^e frenchmen wolde nothyng gyue: but all onely to rendre the cou~tie of Poycton / the which was gyuen with quene I&s;abell in maryage with the kyng of Englande. So this parlyament brake vp and nothyng done / but the tru&s;e to be relon|ged two yeres lengar / that was all that the car|dynals coude get. Than euery man departed / and the two cardynals went through Heynault at the de&s;yre of therle / who fee&s;ted the~ nobly.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe &s;peketh the hy&s;torie of the warres of Bretayne / and howe the duke dyed without heyre / wherby the dy&s;cencion fell. Cap. lxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan that this &s;ayde trew&s;e was agreed and &s;ayled before the cyte of Turney / euery lord and all maner of people dy&s;loged &amp; euery man drue into his owne contrey. The duke of Bretayne / who had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french kyng / a&s; well furny&s;&s;hed
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as any other prince that was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / de&abper;ted hom warde: and in his way a &s;ickenes toke hym / &s;o that he dyed. At whiche tyme he had no chylde nor had neuer noue by the duchies / nor had no tru&s;t to haue / he had a brother by the father &s;ide called erle of Mou~tfort / who was as than lyue+yng: &amp; he had to his wyfe &s;u&s;ter to therle Loyes of Flau~ders. This &s;ayd duke had an other bro|ther bothe by father &amp; mother who was as than deed: and he had a doughter a lyue / and y^e duke her vncle had maryed her to the lord Charles of Bloyes / eldy&s;t &s;onne of therle Guy of Bloyes: that the &s;ame erle had by the &s;u&s;ter of kyng Phi+lypp~ of France. Who as than raygned and had promy&s;ed with her in maryage y^e duchy of Bre|tayne after his dy&s;cea&s;e / for he douted that the erle Mountfort wolde clayme the inherytance as next of blode / and yet he was nat his proper brother germayne. And the duke thought that the doughter of his brother germayne oughte by rea&s;on to be more nere to the Inherytaunce after his dycea&s;e / than therle Mou~tfort his bro+ther. And bycau&s;e he fered that after his dycea&s;e therle of Mountfort wolde take away y^e ryght fro his yongne&s;e: therfore he maryed her with the &s;ayd &s;ir Charles of Bloys / to thyntent that kyng Philyp vncle to her hou&s;bande &s;huld ayd to kepe her right agayn&s;t therle Mountfort / yf he medyll any thynge in y^e mater. A&s;&s;one as the erle Mou~tfort knewe that the duke his brother was deed / he went inco~tynent to Nauntes: the &s;ouerayne cytie of all Bretayne. And he dyd &s;o|moche to the burge&s;&s;es / and to the people of the contrey <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / y^t he was receyued as their chefe lord: as moo&s;t next of blode to his brother dy&s;cea&s;ed / and &s;o dyd to hym homage and feal|tie. Than he &amp; his wyfe / who had both the hert&abis; of a lyon: determyned with their coun&s;ell to call a court / and to kepe a &s;olempne fee&s;t at Naun|tes at a day lymitted / agayn&s;t y^e which day thei &s;ent for all the nobles and coun&s;ails of the good to wnes of Bretayne / to be there to do their ho|mage and fealte to hym / as to their &s;oueraygne lorde. In the meane &s;ea&s;on or this fee&s;t began: therle Mounfort with a great nombre of men a <ABBR>warr</ABBR> de&abper;ted fro Nauntes / and went to Lymo+gines: for he was enformed that the <ABBR>tre&s;ur</ABBR> that his father had gadered many a day before was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> kept &s;ecrete. Whan he came <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he entred into the cyte with gret tryumphe / and dyd hym moche honour: and was nobly receyued of the burge&s;&s;es / of the clergie / &amp; of the co~mons: and they all dyd hym fealtie / as to their &s;oueraygne lorde. And by &s;uch meanes as he founde: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gret <ABBR>trea&s;ur</ABBR> was delyuerd to him / and whan he had taryed there at his plea&s;ure / he de&abper;ted with all his <ABBR>trea&s;ur</ABBR> and came to Nauntes to the cou~tes his wyfe. And &s;o their they taryed in grete ioye tyll the day came of the fee&s;t / and made gret pro+uy&s;io~s again&s;t the &s;ame. And whan the day ca~e and no man apered for no co~maundement / ex|cept one knyght called &s;ir Henry du Leon / a no+ble and a puy&s;aunt man. So they kept the fee&s;t a thre dayes a&s; well as they might / with &s;uch as were <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Than it was determyned to retayne &s;oudyers a hor&s;backe and a fote / and &s;o to dy&s;|pende his gret tre&s;ure to attayne to his purpo&s;e of the duchy / and to con&s;trayne all rebels to co~e to mercy. So &s;oudyers <ABBR>wer</ABBR> retayned on all &s;y|des and largely payed / &s;o that they had a great no~bre a fote and a hor&s;backe: nobles and other of dyuer&s;e countreis.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe therle of Mountfort toke the towne and ca&s;tell of Bre&s;t. Cap. lxv.</HEAD>
<P>WHan therle of Mountfort / &s;awe howe he had peple ynough: than he was cou~+&s;ayled to go and conquere all the co~tre outher by loue or by force / and to subdue all his rebels. Than he y&s;&s;ued out of the cytie of Nau~|tes with a great hoo&s;t / and went to a &s;trong ca|&s;tell &s;tandynge on the &s;ee &s;yde called Bre&s;t: and captayne therin was &s;ir Garnyer of Cly&s;&s;on / a noble knyght and one of the grette&s;t barownes in Bretayne. Therle Mountfort or he came to Bre&s;t / he con&s;trayned &s;o all the countrey except the fortre&s;&s;es / y^t euery man folowed hym a hor&s;|backe or a fote / none dur&s;te do none otherwy&s;e, whan therle ca~e to the ca&s;tell of Bre&s;t he cau&s;ed &abser; He~ry de Leon to &s;ende to the captayn to &s;peke with hym / mouyng hym to obey to therle / as to the duke of Bretayne. The knight an&s;wered he wold do nothyng after that mocyon tyll he had otherwy&s;e in co~maundement / fro hym y^t ought to be lorde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> by right: and the next day therle dyd a&s;&s;aut the ca&s;tell. Within the ca&s;tell were a .iii. C. men of armes. and euery man was &s;et to his part of defence: and than the captayn toke a xl. good men of armes &amp; came to the barryers: &amp; &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut / and dyuers &s;ore hurt. But finally <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came &s;o many a&s;&s;ayla~tes / that the bayles were wonne byfore / and the defe~dan+tes fayne to retourne into the ca&s;tell / at a harde
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aduenture for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers &s;layne / but the captayne dyd &s;o valyantly that he brought his company into the chyefe gate. They that kepte the warde of the gate / whan they &s;awe that my|&s;chyefe / feared le&s;yng of the ca&s;tell: and &s;odenly they lette downe the portcoly&s;e / and clo&s;ed their owne capteyne and certayne with him without who right nobly defe~ded them&s;elfe. They were &s;ore hurt and in great daunger of deth / and the captayne wold neuer yelde hym&s;elfe: they with in ca&s;t out &s;tones / tymber / yron / and pott&abis; with quycke lyme: &s;o that the a&s;&s;aylantes were fayne to drawe backe / than they drue vp a lytell of the portcoly&s;e: and the captayne entred and his co~|pany &s;uch as <ABBR>wer</ABBR> left a lyue with him &s;ore wou~+ded. The next day therle cau&s;ed certayne inge~s to be ray&s;ed: and &s;ayde howe that he wolde nat depart thens / tyll he had the ca&s;tell at his plea|&s;ure. The thyrde day he vnder&s;tode: howe the captayne within was deed of &s;uch hurtes as he receyued before at entrynge into the ca&s;tell / and trewe it was. Than the duke Mountfort cau|&s;ed a great a&s;&s;aut to be made: and had certayne in&s;trumentes made of tymber / to ca&s;te ouer the dykes to come to the harde walles / they within defended them&s;elfe a&s;well as they myght tyll it was noone. Than the duke de&s;yred the~ to yelde and to take hym for their duke / and he wold fre|ly pardon them. Whervpon they toke coun&s;ell: and the duke cau&s;ed the a&s;&s;aut to cea&s;e / and fy|nally they yelded them / their lyues and goodes &s;aued: than therle of Mountfort entred into the ca&s;tell with certayne nombre / and receyued the feaultie of all the men of that Chatelayne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;ette to be captayne: a knyght whom he tru&s;ted moche / and than he retourned to his fel|de right ioyou&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe therle of Mountfort toke the cytie of Renes. Cap. lxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Mountfort was retourned to his felde / &amp; had &s;tably &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hed his captayns in the ca+&s;tell of Bre&s;t. Than~e he drewe to|warde the cite of Renes the which was nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> thens: &amp; euery where as he we~t he made euery man to do him homage and feaulte as to their ryght lorde / and dayly encrea&s;ed his hoo&s;t. So he came before Renes and pyght vp his tentes / and lodged his peple rounde aboute the cyte / and in the &s;ubbarbes. They w^tin made great &s;emblant of defence: capytaine <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Henry Pennefort / who was well beloued for his treweth and valyantne&s;&s;e / on a mornyng he y&s;&s;ned out with a two hu~dred men / and da&s;&s;hed into the hoo&s;t / and bete downe tentes and &s;lewe dyuers &s;uche of the ho&s;t as had kept watche the &s;ame night drue to the noy&s;e. Than they of the fortre&s;&s;e withdrewe and fledde agayne to their ca&s;tell: but they taryed &s;o longe / that dyuers of theym were taken and &s;layne. And &s;ir H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">y of Pe~fort was taken and brought to the erle / than the erle cau&s;ed hym to be brought before the cy|tie / and to be &s;hewed to the burge&s;&s;es / y^t if they wolde &s;aue his lyfe to yelde vp the towne / or els he &s;huld be hanged before the gates. Than they of Renes toke coun&s;ayle the whiche enduredde longe / for the commons had great pyte of their captayne / and he was welbelored among them Al&s;o they con&s;ydred howe they hadde but &s;mall &s;tore of vytayle / long to defende the &s;iege: wher+fore they &s;ayde they wolde haue peace. But the great burge&s;&s;es<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> who hadde ynough for theym+&s;elfe / wolde nat agre to yelde vp the towne. So that their dy&s;corde multiplyed &s;o farre / that the great burge&s;&s;es / who were all of one lynnage drewe a parte and &s;ayde: &s;irs all that woll take our parte drawe to vs. So that there drewe to|gyther of one affinyte and lynnage to the nom|bre of a two thou&s;ande. And whan the other co~|mons &s;awe that / they began to &s;terre and &s;ayde to the burge&s;&s;es many euyll and vylanous wor+des / and finally ran togyder and &s;lewe dyuers of them. Than whan the burge&s;&s;es &s;awe what my&s;chefe they were in they agreed to them / and &s;ayd they wolde do as they de&s;yred. Tha~ cea&s;ed the fray: and all the co~mons ranne and opyned the gates / and yelded the cytie to therle Moun|fort and dyde homage and feaultie to hym / and toke hym as their lorde: &amp; &s;o dyd &s;ir Henry Pe~|fort who was made of therles coun&s;ayle.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the erle Mountfort toke the towne and ca&s;tell of Hanybout. Cap. lxvii.</HEAD>
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_THus therle of Mou~t|fort entred ito Renes with great fee&s;t: and lodged his ho&s;t &s;tyll in the feldes / and made the peace agayne by twene the burge&s;&s;es &amp; the commons. Than he made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> baylyffes / prono&s;t / aldermen / &s;ergyantes / and other officers: and taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> thre dayes. Than he dy&s;lodged: and drue towarde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;tron ge&s;t ca&s;tell in all Bretayn called Hanybout &s;ta~+dynge on a port of the &s;ee / and the &s;ee rennynge rounde about in gret dykes. Whan &s;ir He~ry of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e~fort &s;awe how therle wolde go thyder: he fea+red his brother who was captayn <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / than he ca~e to therle in cou~&s;ell &amp; &s;ayd: &s;ir it hath plea&s;ed you to admyt me as one of your coun&s;aylours / and &s;ir I haue gyuen you my fayth and allegi|ance. I vnder&s;tande ye purpo&s;e to go to Hany|bout: &s;ir knowe for trouth the towne and the ca+&s;tell a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of &s;uche &s;trength / that they be nat ea&s;y to wynne: I thynke &s;urely ye may well le&s;e your tyme there a hole yere / or ye wynne it perforce. But &s;ir if it wyll plea&s;e you to byleue me / I &s;hal &s;hewe you the wayes howe to wynne it / whau~e force can nat helpe &s;ubtylte &amp; craft mu&s;t auayle If ye wyll delyuer me. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. hu~dred men of armes to be rueled as I woll haue the~: I &s;hall go with them halfe a leage before your hoo&s;t with y^e ba|ner of Bretayn before me. And my brother who is gouernour of the ca&s;tell and of the towne / as &s;one as he &s;hall &s;e the banner of Bretayne / and knowe that it is I / he woll opyn the gates and let me entre and all my company. And a&s;&s;one as I am within I &s;hall take hym as pri&s;oner / and take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the towne and gates: and I &s;hall rendre my brother into your handes to do pour plea&s;ure with hym / without he woll obey as I woll haue him. So that ye promy&s;e me by the fayth of your body that ye &s;hall do his &abper;&s;on no bodely hurt: the which reque&s;t therle promy+&s;ed &amp; &s;ayd. If ye bringe this about / I &s;hall loue you the better euer after. Than &s;ir Henry Pen|fort departed with his company apoynted / and agayn&s;t euenynge he came to Hanybout / and whan his brother Olyuer Pe~fort knewe of his co~myng / he opyned the gates and let hym entre wenynge he had ben come to haue ayded hym: and &s;o came and mette his brother in the &s;trete. A&s;&s;one as &s;ir Henry &s;awe hym / he aproched to hym and toke hym by the arme / and &s;ayd Oly|uer ye army pri&s;oner / howe &s;o &abquod; he. I haue put my tru&s;t in you / thynkyng that ye were come hy+therto ayde me to kepe this towne and ca&s;tell. Brother &abquod; &s;ir Henry the mater gothe nat &s;o / I take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of this towne for therle Mount+fort / who is nowe duke of Bretayne: to whome I haue made fealtie and homage / and the mo&s;t part of the contrey hath obeyed vnto hym. And &s;o &s;hall you do in likewy&s;e / and it <ABBR>wer</ABBR> better ye dyd it by loue than byforce: ye &s;hall de&s;erue the more thanke. Somoche Olyuer was &s;tyred by his brother that he agreed to hym: and &s;o therle entred and toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the towne and ca|&s;tell / and &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a gret gari&s;on. Than he went withall his ho&s;t to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ennes and made &s;uch trea+tie with them / that they yelded vp and dyd feal|tie and homage to hym / as to their &s;oueraygne lorde. And there he &s;tably&s;&s;hed all maner of offi+cers / and taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> thre dayes: and frothens he went and layd &s;iege to a &s;trong ca&s;tell called Roche Peron: captayne therin was &abser; Olyuer of Cly&s;&s;on co&s;yn germayne to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and therle lay <ABBR>ther</ABBR> at &s;iege .x. dayes / and coude fynde no wayes howe to gette the ca&s;tell it was &s;o &s;trong / and the captayne wolde in no wy&s;e a+gre to obey / nother for fayre wordes nor foule. So the erle left that &s;iege and departed for that tyme / and went &amp; layd &s;iege to an other ca&s;tell a .x. leages thens called Aultoy: and therin was captayne &s;ir Geffray Male&s;troyt / and in his co~+pany &s;ir Juon of Triguyde: therle a&s;&s;ayled the ca&s;tell two tymes / but he &s;awe well he might ra+ther lo&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / than wynne. Than he agreed to a tru&s;e for a day / at the in&s;tance of &s;ir Henry de Leon / who was euer &s;tyll about hym. Soo the treaty toke &s;uch effect that they were all frend&abis;: and the two knyght&abis; dyd homage to therle / and &s;o departed and left &s;tyll the &s;ame two knightes to be captayns <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and of the contrey there a|bout. Thanne he went to an other ca&s;tell called Goy la Fore&s;t: and he that was captayne there &s;awe howe therle had a great hoo&s;t / and howe the contrey was &s;ore yelded to hym / and &s;o by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> coun&s;ell of &s;ir Henry de L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">on with whome the captayne had ben in co~pany in Pruce / in Gra|nade: and in dyuers other &s;trange contreis / he acorded with therle and dyd hym homage: and therle left hym &s;tyll captayne <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Than therle went to Caraches / a good towne and a &s;tronge ca&s;tell: and therin <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a by&s;&s;hoppe / who was lorde therof. This prelate was vncle to &s;ir Henry de Leon / &s;o that by &s;ir Henris meanes / the by&s;&s;hoppe agreed with therle and toke hym as his lorde: vnto &s;uche &s;ea&s;on as &s;omme other &s;hulde come and &s;hewe more ryght to the duchy of Bretaygne</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the eele Mountfort dyd ho|mage to the kyng of England for the duchy of Bretayne. Cap. lxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus therle Mou~tfort conquered the countrey and made hym&s;elfe to be called duke of Bretayne. Than he went to a port on the &s;ee &s;yde called G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o: tha&s;ie he &s;ent his people abrode to kepe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> townes and fortre&s;&s;es that he had won. Than he toke the &s;ee with a certayne with him: and &s;o arryued in Cornwall in Englande at a port cal+led Chep&s;e: than he enquered where the kynge was / and it was &s;hewed hym howe y^e he was at wynd&s;ore. Than he rode thyderwarde &amp; came to Wynd&s;ore / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was receyued with gret ioye and fee&s;t / bothe of the kyng &amp; of the quene and of all the lordes: than he &s;hewed the kynge and his coun&s;ayle howe he was in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the duchy of Bretayne / fallen to hym by &s;ucce&s;&s;i+on by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> deth of his brother la&s;t duke of Breten. But he feared le&s;t that &s;ir Charles of Bloyes &amp; the frenche kynge wolde put hym out therof by puy&s;&s;ance / wherfore he &s;ayd he was come thy|der to relyue and to holde the duchy of the kyng of Englande by fealtie and homage for euer: &s;o that he wolde defende hym agayn&s;t the frenche kynge and all other that &s;hul<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e put hym to any trouble for the mater. The kynge of Englande ymagined that his warre agayn&s;te the frenche kyng &s;hulde be well fortifyed by that meanes / &amp; howe that he coude nat haue no more profitable way for hym to entre into France than by Bre|tayne: remembring howe the almayns and bra+bances had done lytell or nothyng for hym / but cau&s;ed hym to &s;pende moche money. Wherfore <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">you&s;ly he condy&s;cending to therle Mountfor+tes de&s;yre: and there toke homage by the hand&abis; of therle callyng hym &s;elfe duke of Bretaygne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng of Englande in the pre&s;ence of &s;uche lordes as were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / bothe of Bretayne and of Englande: promy&s;ed that he wold ayde / defende / and kepe hym as his liege man: aga|yn&s;t euery man / frenche kyng and other. This homage and promy&s;es were writen and &s;ealed / and euery <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tie had his part belyuerd: be&s;yde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the kynge and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene gaue to therle and to his company many great gyftes: in &s;uch wy&s;e that they reputed hym for a noble kyng / and worthy to raygne in gret pro&s;peryte. Than therle toke his leaue and departed and toke agayne the&s;ee and arryued at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for&s;ayd port of Gredo in ba&s;e Bretayne / and &s;o came to Nauntes to his wyfe who &s;ayde howe he had wrought by good and by&s;crete coun&s;ayle.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle Mou~tfort was &s;omo|ned to be at the plyament of Pa|rys at the reque&s;t of the lorde Charles of Bloyes. Cap. lxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan &s;ir Charles of Bloys who helde hym&s;elfe rightfull inhe+rytour to Bretaygne by rea&s;on of his wyfe: harde howe the erle of Mountfort conquered beforce the countrey / the whiche by rea&s;on ought to be his. Than he came to Parys to complayne to kyng Philyppe his vncle: whervpon the kyng coun|&s;elled w^t the nobles of the realme what he might do in that matter / and it was coun&s;aylled hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> therle Mou~tfort &s;huld be by &s;ufficyent me&s;&s;a~+gers &s;omoned to apere at Parys / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to here what an&s;were he wolde make. So the&s;e me&s;&s;a~+gers were &s;ent forthe: and they founde therle at Nauntes makyng good chere / and he made to them great fee&s;t / and finally he an&s;wered howe he wolde obey the kynges co~maundement. And than made hym redy and departed fro Nantes and &s;o came to Paris with a .iiii. C. hor&s;e with hym: and the next day he and all his / mounted on their hor&s;es and rode to the kynges palay&s;e. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the kynge and his .xii. peres with other great lordes of Fraunce taryed his commyng / and the lorde Charles of Blois with th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. Than therle entred into the kynges chambre: he was well regarded and &s;aluted of euery per&s;on / tha~ he enclyned hym&s;elfe to the kyng (and &s;ayd) &s;ir I am come hyther at your co~maundement and plea&s;ure. Than the kyng &s;ayd / erle of Mount|fort for your &s;o doyng I can you good thanke / howbeit I haue marueyle: howe that ye dur&s;te vndertake on you the duchy of Bretayne wher|in ye haue no right / for there is another ne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> than ye be / and ye wolde dy&s;inheryt hym: and to mentayne your quarell / ye haue ben w^t myne
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aduer&s;ary the kynge of Englande / and as it is &s;hewed me ye haue done hym homage for the &s;a+ine. Than ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e &s;ayd &s;ir byleue it nat: for &s;ure|ly ye at but yuell enformed in that behalf / but &abser; as for the right that ye &s;peke of &s;auyng your <ABBR>dy+&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> ye do me ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> wrong / for &abser; I knowe none &s;o nere to my brother / that is departed as I&punc; if it were iuged or playnly declared by right that the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were a nother nerer than I / I wolde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at be rebell nor a &s;hamed to leaue it. Well &s;ir &abquod; the kyng ye &s;ay well: but I co~maund you in all that ye holde of me / that ye de&abper;t nat out of this cytie of Parys this .xv. dayes / by the which ty|me the .xii. peres and lordes of my realme &s;hall iudge this mater / and tha~ye &s;hall knowe what right ye haue: and if ye do otherwy&s;e ye &s;hall di+&s;plea&s;e me. Than therle &s;ayd: &abser; all &s;halbe at yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> plea&s;ure / than~e he went fro the court to his lod|gyng to dyner / whan he came to his lodgynge he entred into his chambre / and the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;atte and ymagined many doutes: &amp; finally with a &s;mall company he mounted on his hor&s;e and retour|ned agayne into Bretayne / or the kynge or any other wy&s;t <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was beco~e. Some thought he had ben but a lytell &s;icke in his lodgyng: and whan he came to Nauntes he &s;hewed the coun|te&s;&s;e what he had done / and than by her coun&s;el herode to all the townes and fortere&s;&s;es that he had wonne: and &s;tably&s;&s;hed in them good cap|tayns and &s;oudyers a hor&s;backe and a fote / and dyd gyue them good wages.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duchy of Bretayne was iuged to &s;ir Charles of Bloyes. Can. lxx.</HEAD>
<P>_IT is to be thought that the frenche kynge was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed: whan he knewe that the erle of Mountforte was &s;o departed. How beit he taryed tyll y^e .xv. day that the lordes &s;hulde gyue their iudgeme~t on the duchy of Bretayne / whan the day came they iudged it clerely to &abser; Charles of Bloys wyfe: who was doughter to the brother germayne of the duke la&s;t deed by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> father &s;yde whom they iudged to haue more right than the erle Mountforte who came by another father / who was neuer duke of Bretayne. In other re|a&s;on the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was: they &s;ayde though that therle of Mou~tfort had any right / he had forfeted it two wayes. The one bycau&s;e he had relyued the du|chy of a nother lorde than of the frenche kynge / of whom he ought to holde it. The other rea&s;on was bycau&s;e he had broken the kynges co~maun+dement: and di&s;obeyed his a re&s;t and pri&s;on / as in goyng away without leaue. Whan this iud|gement was gyuen in playne audyence by all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes: thanne the kyng called to hym the lorde Charles of Bloys his nephue / and &s;ayde fayre nephue ye haue iudged to you a fayre herytage and a great. Therfore ha&s;t you and go and con+quere it agayn&s;t hym that kepyth it wrongful|ly / and de&s;yre all your frendes to ayde you: and I &s;hall nat fayle you for my part / I &s;hall lende you golde and &s;yluer ynough: and &s;hall com|maunde my &s;onne the duke of Normandy to go with you. Than &abser; Charles of Bloys inclyned hym to his vncle / thankyng hym right humbly: than he de&s;yred y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Norma~dy his co&s;yn / the erle of Alan&s;on his vncle / the duke of Bur|goyne / therle of Bloys his brother / the duke of Butbone / the lorde Loys of Spayne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Jaques of Burbon / therle of Ewe con&s;table of Fraunce / and therle of Guynes his &s;onne: the vycont of Rohayne / and all the other lord&abis; that were <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> And all they &s;ayde howe they wolde gladly go with hym / &amp; with their lorde the duke of Normandy. Than the&s;e lordes departed to make them redy / and to make &abpro;uy&s;ion agayn&s;t that iourney.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The lordes of Fraunce that entred into Bretayne with &s;ir Char|les of Bloys. Cap. lxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan all the&s;e lordes of Nor+mandy: the duke of Alan&s;on / the duke of Burgoyne / and all other &s;uche as &s;hulde go with &s;ir Char|du Bloys / to ayde hym to co~quere the duchy of Bretayne were redy. They depar+ted &s;ome fro Pares and &s;ome fro other places / and they a&s;&s;embled togyder at the cytie of An|gers: and fro thens they went to Ancennys / the which is thende of the realme on that &s;yde / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed a thre dayes: than they went forthe into the countrey of Bretayne / and whan they were in the feldes / they nombred their company
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to a fyne thou&s;ande men of armes be&s;yde the ge no wayes / the which were a thre thou&s;ande / and thre knyghtes of Gennes oyd lede the~. The one called &s;ir Othes de Rue / and thother &s;ir Char|les Germaulx: and be&s;yde that they had many ero&s;bowes / of whome &s;ir Galoys be la Baulme was captayne. Than all the&s;e went to a &s;trong ca&s;tell &s;tandynge on a hyghe mountayne called Cha&s;to~ceaulx <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was thentre of Bretayne / it was furny&s;&s;hed with men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> &amp; captayns <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were two knyghtes of Lorayne called &s;yr Gyles / and &s;ir Ualeryan. The lordes of Fra~ce toke coun&s;ell to be&s;iege this ca&s;tell: for they tho|ught if they &s;hulde leaue &s;uch a fortres behynde them / it &s;huld do them great damage. So they be&s;eged it rounde about / and made many a&s;&s;au+tes / &s;pecially the genowayes dydde what they might to attayne pray&s;e at the begynning: but they lo&s;t often tymes of their company / for they within defended them&s;elfe &s;o &s;agely that it was longe or they toke any damage. But finally the a&s;&s;aylant&abis; brought thyder &s;omoch tymbre / wod and fagottes / that they fylled therwith the dy|kes: &s;o that they might go <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;t to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> walles / they within ca&s;t out &s;tones / chalke / and brennynge fyre: howbeit they without came to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fote of the walles / &amp; had in&s;trumetes wherby they myght vnder couert myne the walles. Than they with in yelded vp the ca&s;tell / their lyues and goodes &s;aued: thafie the duke of Normanvy who was chiefe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / delyuered the ca&s;tell to &s;ir Charles of Bloys as his owne / who inco~tynent &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a good gary&s;on to kepe thentre: and to conduct &s;uche as came after theym. Than they went to|warde Nantes: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they harde how therle of Mountfort their ennemy was / the mar&s;hals and currours of their hoo&s;t / founde by the way as they went a good towne clo&s;ed with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ykes / the which they feer&s;ly a&s;&s;ayled: and in the town <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but fewe peple / and yuell armed. So that anone the towne was wo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / robbed / and the one half brent: and all the peple put to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;werde / this towne was called Carque&s;y: within a .iiii. or fyue leages to Nantes. The lordes lay <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about all that night / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> next mornyng they drue towarde Nantes and layed &s;iege rounde about it / and pygh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">p their tentes and pauilyons. Than the men of warre within the towne and the burge&s;&s;es armed the~ / and went to their de|fences as they were apoynted: &s;ome of the ho&s;t went to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> barrers to &s;kirmy&s;&s;h / and &s;ome of the &s;oudyers within &amp; yong buege&s;&s;es y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> out a+gayn&s;t them / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were byuees slayne &amp; hurt on bothe parties / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yuer&s;e &s;uche &s;kirmy&s;&s;hes. On a mornyng &s;ome of the &s;oudy|ers within the cytie y&s;&s;ued out at adue~ture / and they founde a .xv. cartes with vytell co~myng to thoo&s;t warde / and a .lx. per&s;ons to co~uey it: and they of the cytie were a .ii. C. They &s;et on them and anone dy&s;confyted them and &s;lewe dyuers and &s;ome fled away and &s;caped / and &s;hewed in thoo&s;t howe it was. Than &s;ome went to re&s;cue the pray: and ouer toke them nere to the barry|ers / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a great &s;kirmy&s;&s;he / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came &s;o many fro thoo&s;t that they within had moch a do: howbeit they toke the hor&s;es out of the cart&abis; and dyd driue them in at the gate / to thentent <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they without &s;hulde nat driue lightly away the caryages. Than other &s;oudyers of the cytie y&s;|&s;ued out to helpe their companyons: and al&s;o of the burge&s;&s;es to ayde their pare~tes / &s;o the fray multiplyed and dyuers were &s;layne &amp; &s;ore hurt on bothe parties: for alwayes people encrea&s;ed fro thoo&s;t / and &s;ome newe euer y&s;&s;ued out of the cytie. Than at la&s;t &s;ir Henry the captayne &s;awe that it was tyme to retreyt: for by his abydinge he &s;awe he might rather le&s;e than wyn / than he cau&s;ed them of the cytie to drawe a backe a&s;well as he myght / yet they were pur&s;ued &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ere that many were &s;layne and taken / mo than .ii. C. of the burge&s;&s;es of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne. wherof therle of Mo~t+fort blamed &s;ore &s;ir Henry de Leon / that he cau|&s;ed the retrayt &s;o &s;one: wherwith &s;ir He~ry was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed in his mynde. And after that he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">old no more co~e to therls cou~&s;ell &s;o aften as he dyd before: many had maruell why he dyd &s;o.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle Mountfort was ta|ken at Nauntes and howe he dyed. Cap. lxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_AS I hard reported <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne burge&s;&s;es of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cite &s;awe howe their goodes went to wa&s;t both without &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">in / &amp; had of their chyldren and frendes in pri&s;on &amp; dou|ted that wors &s;hulde come to them after: than they aduy&s;ed and &s;pake togy|der &s;ecretly / &s;o that finally they co~cluded to tre|at with the lordes of France. So y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they myght come to haue peace &amp; to haue their chyldren and fre~des clerely delyuerd out of pri&s;on. They ma|de this treatie &s;o &s;ecretly: that at la&s;te it was a|greed that they &s;hulde haue all the pro&s;ouers de|lyuerd
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/ and they to &s;et opyn one of y^e gates that the frenche lordes myght entre / to take the erle Mou~tfort in the ca&s;tell / without doyng of any maner of hurt to the cyte / or to thynhaby tantes or goodes therin. Some &s;ayed this was pur|cha&s;ed by the means and agrement of &s;ir Hen+ry de Leon / who had ben before one of the erles chiefe coun&s;aylours. Thus as it was deuy&s;ed / &s;o it was done in a mornyng: the frenche lordes entred and went &s;treyght to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell and brake opyn the gates / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> toke therle Mou~tfort pri&s;oner and ledde hym clene out of the cytie in|to their felde / without doyng of any more hurt in the cyte. This was the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xli. about the fee&s;t of all &s;aynt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. Tha~ the lordes of Fraunce entred into the cytie with great ioye: and all the burge&s;&s;es and other dyd fealtie and homage to the lorde Charles of Blo+ys as to their ryght &s;ouerayne lorde / and there they taryed a thre dayes in gret fee&s;t. Than &s;ir Charles of Bloys was cou~&s;elled to abyde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about the cytie of Nauntes tyll the next &s;omer / and &s;o he dyd: and &s;et captayns in &s;uche gary|&s;ons as he had won / than the other lordes went to Parys to the kyng / and delyuerd hym therle of Mountfort as pri&s;oner. The kynge &s;et hym in the ca&s;tell of Loure <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he was longe / I at la&s;t as I harde reported <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he dyed.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the counte&s;&s;e his wyfe / who had the courage of a man / and the hert of a lyon. She was in the cytie of Renes whanne her lorde was taken: and howe beit that &s;he had great &s;orowe at her hert / yet &s;he valyantly re|co~forted her frendes and &s;oudyers / and &s;hewed them a lytell &s;on that &s;he had called John~ / and &s;ayd a &s;irs be nat to &s;ore a ba&s;&s;hed of the erle my lorde whom we haue lo&s;t (he was but a man) &s;e here my lytell chylde who &s;halbe by the grace of god his re&s;torer / and he &s;hall do for you all &amp; I haue riches ynough ye &s;hall nat lacke: &amp; I tru&s;t I &s;hall purcha&s;e for &s;uche a capitayne / that ye &s;halbe all reconforted. Whan &s;he had thus con|forted her frendes and &s;oudyers in Renes / than &s;he we~t to all her other fortre&s;&s;es and good tow+nes / and ledde euer with her John~ her yonge &s;onne: and dyd to the~ as &s;he dyde at Renes and fortifyed all her gari&s;ons of euery thyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they wanted: and payed largely &amp; gaue frely where as &s;he thought it well enployed. Than &s;he we~t to Hanybout / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;he and her &s;onne tary|ed all that wynter / often tymes &s;he &s;ent to by&s;et her gary&s;ons / and payed euery man full well and truely their wages.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande / the thyrde tyme made warre on the &s;cotes. Cap. lxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue harde here before y^t the &s;iege beynge before Tourney / howe the lordes of <ABBR>Scotland</ABBR> had taken agayne dyuers townes and fortre&s;&s;es fro thengly&s;&s;hmen / &s;uch as they helde in Scotlande. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were no mo remayning in the~gly&s;&s;hmens handes but one|ly the ca&s;tell of E&s;turmelyne / the cytie of Ber|wyke / and Rou&s;burge. And the &s;cottes lay &s;tyll at &s;iege with certayne frenchmen with them &s;u|che as kyng Philyppe had &s;ent thyder to helpe the~ before E&s;turmelyne: and they within were &s;o &s;ore con&s;trayned y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;awe well they coude nat long endure. And whan the kynge of Eng|lande was retourned fro the &s;iege of Tourney and came into his owne realme / he was cou~&s;el|led to ryde towarde &s;cotlande and &s;o he dyd / he rode thyderwarde bytwene mighelmas and al &s;ayntes / co~maundyng euery ma~ to folowe hym to Berwyke / than euery man began to &s;tyrre: and to drawe thyder as they were co~maunded. The kyng at la&s;t came to yorke / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> tary|ed for his people: the lordes of Scotlande <ABBR>wer</ABBR> enfourmed of the co~myng of the kyng of Eng|lande / wherfore they made &s;orer a&s;&s;autes to the ca&s;tell of E&s;turmelyne / and co~&s;trayned &s;o them within / with engyns and canons that they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> fayne to yelde vp the ca&s;tell / &s;auyng their lyues and membres: but nothyng they &s;hulde cary a|way. The&s;e tidynges came to the kyng of Eng+lande where as he was / than~e he departed and drewe toward E&s;turmelyne and came to New|ca&s;tell vpon Tyne: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lodged and tary|ed more than a moneth abydinge prouy&s;ion for his ho&s;t / the which was put on the &s;ee bytwene &s;aynt Andrewes tyde and All &s;ayntes: but dy|uer&s;e of their &s;hyppes were pery&s;&s;hed / for they had &s;uche tempe&s;t on the &s;ee / that &s;mall prouy&s;i|on came thyder. Some were driuen into Hol|lande and into Fry&s;e / wherby the~gly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t had great defaute of vytayls and euery thynge was dere / and wynter at hande. So that they wy&s;t nat <ABBR>wher</ABBR> to haue forage: and in &s;cotlande the &s;cottes had put all their goodes into fortre&s;|&s;es / and the kyng of England had <ABBR>ther</ABBR> mo tha~ vi. M. hor&s;men / and .xl. M. fotemen. The lor|des of Scotland after their wynning of E&s;tur
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melyne they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rue into the fore&s;tes of Gedeours and they vnder&s;tode well howe the kyng of En+glande lay at Neweca&s;tell with a great nom|bre / to brenne and to exyle the realme of Scot|lande. Than they toke coun&s;ell what they &s;hul|de do: they thought them&s;elfe to &s;mall a compa+ny to mentayne the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;eyng howe they had co~tynued the warres more than .vii. yere / with|out heed or captayne. And yet as tha~ they coude parceyue no &s;ocoure fro their owne kyng: than they determyned to &s;ende to the kyng of Eng|lande a by&s;&s;hop and an abbot to de&s;yre a tru&s;e / the which me&s;&s;angers departed fro Scotland / and came to Neweca&s;tell <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they founde the kynge. The&s;e me&s;&s;angers &s;hewed to the kynge and to his coun&s;ayle the cau&s;e of their co~myng: &s;o than it was agreed a trew&s;e to endure foure monethes / on the condycion that they of Scot|lande &s;hulde &s;ende &s;ufficyent emba&s;&s;adours in|to France to kyng Dauyd: y^t without he wolde come within the moneth of May next folowing &s;o puy&s;&s;antly as to re&s;y&s;t and defe~de his realme els they clerely to yelde them&s;elfe engly&s;&s;he and neuer to take hym more for their kyng. So th&abus; the&s;e two prelates retourned agayne into Scot+lande / and incontynent they ordayned to &s;ende into Fraunce / &s;ir Robert <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er&s;ay / and &s;ir Sy|mon Fre&s;yll / and two other knyghtes to &s;hewe to their kynge their apoyntment. The kynge of Englande agreed the &s;one<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to this tru&s;e / by|cau&s;e his hoo&s;t lacked vytayll: &s;o he came backe agayne &amp; &s;ent euery man home. The &s;cotty&s;&s;he me&s;&s;angers went towarde Fraunce / and toke &s;hypping at Douer.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe kynge Dauyd who had ben a &s;euyne yere in France / and knewe well that his realme was &s;ore di&s;troyed. Thau~e he toke leaue of the frenche kyng: to go home into his owne contre to confort his people / &s;o he toke &s;hypping with his wyfe and &s;uche co~pany as he had at a port / and dyde put hym&s;elfe vnder the guyding of a maryner Rychard Flamont: and &s;o he aryued at a port of Moroy&s;e / or euer that any in Scot+lande knewe therof. Nor he knewe nothyng of the me&s;&s;angers that were gone into France to &s;peke with hym / nor they knewe nat of his re|tournyng home.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande came with a great hoo&s;t to New|ca&s;tell vpon Tyne. Ca. lxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan that yong kyng Dauyd of Scotlande / was come into his countrey: his men came about hym with great ioye and &s;olem puyte / and brought hym to the towne of &s;aynt John~s: thyder ca~e peple fro all &abpro;ties to &s;ehym. And than euery man &s;hewed hym the damages / &amp; the dy&s;trueti on that kyng Edward and thengly&s;&s;hmen had done in Scotlande: than he &s;ayd well I &s;halbe well reuenged / orels lo&s;e all my realme and my lyfe in the payne. Than~e he &s;ent me&s;&s;angers to all partes <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> and nere / de&s;yring euery man to helpe hym in his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e: at his &s;endyng thy|der came therle of Orkeney a great prince and a puy&s;&s;aunt / he had maryed the kynges &s;u&s;ter: he brought a great nombre of men a <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with hym / and dyuers other lordes and knyghtes of Souegne / of Melbegne / and of Denmarche: &s;ome for loue and &s;ome for wages / &s;o that whan they were all togyder / they were a .lx. M. men a fote / and on hackenayes a .iii. M. armed af|ter their maner. Whan~e they were all redy they remoued to go into <ABBR>England</ABBR> / to do <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a&s;mo|che hurt as they might: for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tru&s;e was as than expyred / or els to fight with the kynge of Eng|lande / who had cau&s;ed them to &s;uffre moch dy&s;|ea&s;e. The &s;cottes departed fro &s;aynt Johannes towne and went to Donfremelyn: and the next day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they pa&s;&s;ed a lytell arme of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ee / than they went with great dyligence and pa&s;&s;ed by Edenborowe / and after by Rou&s;burge the whi+che was as than engly&s;&s;he: but they made none a&s;&s;aut <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / bycau&s;e they wolde haue none of their co~pany hurt / nor to wa&s;t none of their ar|tillary. They thought to do a greatter dede or they retourned into Scotlande: &amp; &s;o after they pa&s;&s;ed nat ferre of fro Berwyke / and went by without any a&s;&s;aut gyueng. And &s;o entred into the contrey of Northumberlande: and came to the ryuer of Tyne brennyng all the co~trey rou~|de about them / and at la&s;t came to Neweca&s;tell vpon Tyne: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he lay and all his people about the towne that night. And in the mornig a certayne nombre of ge~tylmen that were in the towne y&s;&s;ued out / to the nombre of. C C. &s;peres to make a &s;kry in the &s;cotty&s;&s;he hoo&s;t: they da&s;|&s;hed into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;cotty&s;&s;h ho&s;t right on therle of Mo+rets tentes / who bare in his armour &s;yluer thre oreylles goules / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they toke hym in his bed: and &s;lewe many or thoo&s;t was moued and wan great pyllage. Than they returned into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne boldely with great ioye / and delyuerd therle Moret as pri&s;oner to the captayne of the ca&s;tell
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the lorde John~ Neuell. Whan the &s;cottes were vp / they armed them and ranlyke madde men to the barryers of the towne and made a great a&s;&s;aut / the whiche endured longe but lytell it a|wayled them / and they lo&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> many men: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many good men of war within / who defended the~self &s;o wy&s;ely / that the &s;cottes were fayne at la&s;t to withdrawe a backe to their lo&s;&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kynge Dauyd of Scotlande di&s;troyed the cytie of Dyr|rame. Cap. lxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan that king Dauyd and his coun&s;ayle: &s;awe that his tary|eng about Newca&s;tell was daun+gerous / and that he coude wynne therby nother profet nor honour: than he departed and entred into the contrey of the by&s;&s;hoprike of Dyrram / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> brent and wa&s;ted all byfore them. And &s;o came to the cyte of Dyrram / &amp; layed &s;iege rounde about it / and made many great a&s;&s;autes lyke madde men / by cause they had lo&s;t therle of Morette: and they knewe well that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was moche riche&s;&s;e in the cytie / for all the contrey <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about was fledde thyder. The &s;cott&abis; made ingens and in&s;trume~|tes to come to the walles to make the feercer a&s;|&s;ant: and whan the &s;cottes were gone fro New ca&s;tell / than~e &s;ir John~ Neuyll captayne there / mounted on a good hor&s;e and toke away farre of fro the &s;cottes: and dyd &s;omoche that within fyue dayes he came to Chyrt&s;ay / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as kyng Edwarde lay as than: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed the king tidynges of the &s;cottes. Than the kynge &s;ende forth me&s;&s;angers into euery part: co~mau~dyng euery man bytwene the age of .lx. and .xv. all ex+cu&s;es layd a part to drawe Northwarde and to mete hym in that contrey / to ayde and defende his contrey / that the &s;cottes di&s;troyed: than lor+des / knyghtes / &s;quyers: and all other drewe to|warde the northe. The kyng de&abper;ted hym&s;elf ha+&s;tely &amp; taryed for no man / and euery man folow+ed a&s;well as they might: in the meane &s;ea&s;on the &s;cottes a&s;&s;auted the cytie of Dyrrame / with in|gens and other in&s;trumentes: &s;o feer&s;ly y^t they within coude nat defende them&s;elf / but that the cytie was wonne byforce / and robbed and clene brent: and all maner of people put to deth with|out mercy / men women / and chyldren / monkes / pree&s;tes / and chanons: &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> abode a lyue no maner a per&s;on hou&s;e nor church / but it was di&s;troyed / the whiche was great pytie &s;o to dy|&s;troy chri&s;ten blode. And the churches of godde wherin that god was honoured and &s;erued.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the &s;cottes be&s;ieged a ca|&s;tell of therle of Saly&s;bu|ries. Cap. lxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_THan king Dauyd was cou~+&s;elled to drawe a backe a long by y^e ryuer of Tyne &amp; to drawe toward Carlyle &amp; as he went thyderward he loged that nyght be&s;yde a ca&s;tel of therle of Saly&s;buries / the whiche was well kept with men a <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> captayne therof was &s;ir Wyllm~ Montagu / &s;on to therle of Saly&s;buris &s;u&s;ter. The next day the &s;cottes dy&s;loged to go towarde Carlyle: they had moch cary age with them of &s;uch pyllage as they had won at Dyra~. Whan &abser; Wyllm~ Montagu &s;awe how the &s;cott&abis; pa&s;&s;ed by without re&s;tyng / tha~ he with .xl. with him y&s;&s;ued out a hor&s;backe / and folowed couert+ly the hynder trayne of the &s;cottes / who had hor+&s;es &s;o charged with baggage / y^t they might &s;ca~t go any gret pace. And he ouertoke them at th&ecirc;|tryng into a wood &amp; &s;et on them / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;lewe and hurt of the &s;cottz mo than. CC. and toke mo than &s;ix&s;core hor&s;es charged with pyllage / and &s;oled the~ toward the ca&s;tell. The cry and brunt of the flight came to the heryng of &s;ir Wyllyam Duglas / who had the charge of the reregarde / and as than he was pa&s;t y^e wood: whan he &s;awe the &s;cottes came fleyng ouer the dales and mou~+tayns he had great maruell / and than he and all his co~pany ran forth and re&s;ted nat tyll they ca~e to the fote of the ca&s;tell / and mounted the hyll in ha&s;t. But or he came to the bayls the~gly &s;&s;hmen were entred / and had clo&s;ed the barryers &amp; put their pray in &s;aftie: than the &s;cottes began to a&s;|&s;ayle feer&s;ly / and they within defe~ded the~: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the&s;e two Wyllm~s dyd what they might eche to greue other. This a&s;&s;aut endured &s;o long / that all thoo&s;t came thyder kyng &amp; all: whan y^e kyng and his coun&s;ell &s;awe how his men were &s;layne lyeng in the felde / and the a&s;&s;aylantes &s;ore hurt without wynning of any thyng / than he co~mau~+ded to cea&s;e tha&s;&s;aut and to lodge. Than euery man began to &s;eke for his logyng and to gader togyder the deed men / and to dre&s;&s;e theym that were hurt. The next day the kyng of &s;cottes co~|maunded that euery man &s;hulde be redy to a&s;|&s;ayle / &amp; they within were redy to defende: <ABBR>ther</ABBR>
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was a &s;ore a&s;&s;autand a perylous / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> might a ben &s;ene many noble dedes on both &abper;tes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was within pre&s;ent / the noble counte&s;&s;e of Sa|ly&s;bury / who was as than reputed for the mo&s;t &s;age&s;t and fayre&s;tlady of all England / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell parteyned to her hu&s;bande therle of Sali&s;bury who was taken pri&s;oner with the erle of Sut|tolke before Lyle in Flanders / as ye haue harde before / and was in pri&s;on as than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the chatelot of Parys. The kyng of Englande gaue y^e &s;ame ca&s;tell to the &s;ayd erle whan he maryed fir&s;t the &s;ayd lady / for the prowes and gode &s;eruyce that he had done before whan he was called but &s;ir Wyllm~ Montagu. This noble lady conforted them greatly within / for by the regarde of &s;uch a lady and by her &s;were co~forting / a man ought to be worthe two men at nede. This a&s;&s;aut du|red long and the &s;cottes lo&s;t many of their men / for they aduentured the~&s;elfe hardely / and cary|ed wood and tymbre to haue &s;ylled the dykes to thyntent to bring their engyns to y^e walles / but they within defe~ded them&s;elfe &s;o valyantly that the a&s;&s;aylantes were fayne to drawe a backe. Than the kyng co~maunded y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ingens to be wel kept that nyght / and the next day to enforce the a&s;&s;aut / than euery man drue to their lodging ex+cept tho&s;e that kept thyngens. Some wept the deth of their frendes / other conforted them that were hurt they of the ca&s;tell&s;a we well if kynge Dauyd co~tynued his &s;ege / how they &s;huld haue moche a do to defende them &amp; their ca&s;tell wher fore they toke coun&s;ell amonge them to &s;ende to kyng Edward / who lay at yorke as it was &s;he|wed them / by &s;uche pri&s;oners as they had taken of the &s;cottes. Than they loked among the~ who &s;hulde do y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> me&s;&s;age: but they coude fynde none that wolde leaue the ca&s;tell / and the pre&s;ence of the fayre lady to do y^t dede / &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was among them great &s;tryfe. Than whan the captayne &s;ir Wyllm~ Montague &s;awe that / he &s;ayd &s;irs I &s;e well the trueth and good wyll that ye bere to my lady of this hou&s;e / &s;o that for the loue of her and for you all / I &s;hall put my body in <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> to do this me&s;&s;age / for I haue &s;uche tru&s;t in you y^t ye &s;hall right well defende this ca&s;tell tyll I re|tourne agayne. And on thother &s;yde I haue &s;u|che tru&s;t in the king our &s;ouerayne lorde / that I &s;hall &s;hortly bring you &s;uche &s;ocours / that &s;hall cau&s;e you to be ioyfull / and than I tru&s;t y^e kyng &s;hall &s;o rewarde you / that ye &s;halbe content. Of the&s;e wordes the counte&s;&s;e &amp; all other <ABBR>wer</ABBR> right ioyefull / and whan the night came / the &s;ayd &s;ir Wyllm~ made hym redy as priuely as he might / and it happed &s;o well for hym / that it rayned all nyght / &s;o that the &s;cottes kept &s;tyll within the&s;e lodging&abis;. Thus at mydnight &s;ir Wyllm~ Mon+tagu pa&s;&s;ed through thoo&s;t &amp; was nat &s;ene / and &s;o rode forth tyll it was day / than he met .ii. &s;cot+tes halfe a leage fro tho&s;t / briuyng before them two oxen and a cowe towarde thoo&s;t &abser; Wyllm~ knewe well they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;cottes and &s;et on the~ / and wounded them bothe &amp; &s;lewe the catell / to thy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> tent y^t they of tho&s;t &s;huld haue none ea&s;e by the~ / than he &s;ayd to the two hurt &s;cott&abis;: go yo^r way|es and &s;ay to your kyng that Wyllm~ of Monta+gue hath thus pa&s;&s;ed through his hoo&s;t / and is goyng to fetche ayde of the kyng of Englande / and &s;o departed. Than the &s;ame mornynge the kyng of &s;cott&abis; made a fecr&s;e a&s;&s;aut but nothing coude he wyn / and euery day lightly they made a&s;&s;aut. Than his coun&s;ell &s;ame how he dyd but le&s;e his men / and y^t the kyng of England might well come thyder or the ca&s;tell were wo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> they by one acorde coun&s;elled their kyng to de|part / &s;ayeng how the abyding <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nor for his profet / nor yet for his honour. And &s;ayd &s;ir ye haue honourably achyued your enterpri&s;e / &amp; haue done great di&s;pyre to the engly&s;&s;&s;hmen: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> that ye haue ben in this contre a .xii. dayes / and taken &amp; di&s;troyed the cytie of Dyrrame. Wher|fore &s;ir all thynges co~&s;ydred it were good name that ye retourned / and take with you your pyl|lage that ye haue wonne: and an other tyme ye may returne agayne whan it plea&s;eth you. The kyng who wolde nat do agayn&s;t the opynyons of all his coun&s;ell / agreed to them &s;ore agayn&s;t his mynde: howbeit the next mornyng h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> byss<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ged and all his ho&s;t / and toke the way &s;treyght to the great fore&s;t of Gedeours / there to tary at their ca&s;e / and to knowe what the kyng of En|glande wolde do farther / other to god backe a|gayne: or els to entre into Scotlande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande was in amours with the counte&s;&s;e of Sali&s;bury. Ca. lxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame day y^t the &s;cottes departed fro the &s;ayd ca&s;tell kyng Edward came thyder with all his ho&s;t about noon and came to the &s;ame place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the &s;cott&abis; had &s;aged and was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed that he founde nat the &s;cottes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / for he ca~e thyder in &s;uch ha&s;t y^t his hor&s;e &amp; men <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ore traueled.
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Than he co~maunded to lodge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> that nyght / and &s;ayd howe he wolde go &s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell and the noble lady therin / for he had nat &s;eue her &s;ythe &s;he was maryed before: than euery ma~ toke his logyng as he ly&s;t. And a&s;&s;one as the kyng was vnarmed / he toke a .x. or .xii. knyghtes w^t hym / and went to the ca&s;tell to &s;alute the counte&s;&s;e of Sali&s;bury: and to &s;e the maner of the a&s;&s;autes of the &s;cottes / and the defence that was made a|gayn&s;t them. A&s;&s;one as the lady knewe of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn+ges co~myng &s;he &s;et opyn the gates and ca~e out &s;o richely be &s;ene / that euery man marueyled of her beauty: and coude nat cea&s;e to regarde her noblenes with her great beauty / and the gracy+ous wordes and countenaunce that &s;he made. Whan &s;he came to the kyng: &s;he knelyd downe to the yerth thankyng hym of his &s;ocours: and &s;o ledde hym into the ca&s;tell to make hym chere and honour / as &s;he that coude ryght well do it / euery man regarded her maruelu&s;ly. The king hym &s;elfe coude nat witholde his regardyng of her: for he thought that he neuer &s;awe before &s;o noble nor &s;o fayre a lady / he was &s;tryken there|with to the hert with a &s;parcle of fyne loue / that endured longe after: he thought no lady in the worlde &s;o worthy to be / beloued as &s;he. Thus they entred into the ca&s;tell hande in hande: the lady ledde hym fir&s;t into the hall / and after into the cha~bre nobly aparelled / the kyng regarded &s;o the lady that he was a ba&s;&s;hed. At la&s;t he we~t to a wyndo to re&s;t hym / and &s;o &s;ell in a gret &s;tu|dy: the lady went about to make chere to the lor+des and knyghtes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and co~maun ded to dre&s;&s;e the hall for dyner. Whan &s;he had al deuy&s;ed and co~maunded: than~e &s;he cameto the kyng with a mery chere / who was in a gret &s;tu dy (and &s;he &s;ayd) dere &amp; why do ye &s;tudy &s;o <ABBR>&s;or</ABBR> yo^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> grace nat dy&s;plea&s;ed / it aparteyneth nat to you &s;o to do / rather ye &s;hulde make good chere and be ioyfull: &s;eyng ye haue cha&s;ed away your enmies who dur&s;t nat abyde you / let other men &s;tudy for the remynant. Than the kyng &s;ayd: a dere lady knowe for trouthe / that &s;yth I entred into the ca&s;tell: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is a &s;tudy co~e to my mynde &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I can nat chu&s;e but to mu&s;e / nor I cannat tell what &s;hall fall therof: put it out of my herte I cannat. A &s;ir &abquod; the lady ye ought alwayes to make good chere to confort ther with yo^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> peple / god hath ayded you &s;o in yo^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be&s;ynes and hath gyuen you &s;o great graces / that ye be the mo&s;te douted and honoured priuce in all chri&s;te~dome and if the kyng of &s;cottes haue done you any dy &s;pyre or damage / ye may well amende it whan it &s;hall plea&s;e you: as ye haue done dyuer&s;e ty|mes or this. Sir leaue your mu&s;yng and come into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hall if it plea&s;e you yo^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dyner is all redy / a fayre lady &abquod; the kyng: other thynges lyeth at my hert that ye knowe nat of / but &s;urely y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;wete be hauyng / the perfyt wy&s;edom / the good grace noblenes / and exelle~nt beauty that I &s;e in you: hath &s;o &s;ore &s;urpri&s;ed my hert / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I can nat but loue you: and without your loue I am but d&eacute;ed Than the lady &s;ayde: a ryght noble prince / for godde&s;&s;ake mocke nor tempt me nat / I can nat byleue that it is true that ye &s;ay / nor that &s;o no|ble a prince as ye be wold thynke to dy&s;honour me / and my lorde my hu&s;bande: who is &s;o valy|ant a knight / and hath done your grace &s;o gode &s;eruyce / and as yet lyethe in pri&s;on for your qua+rell. Certe~ly &s;ir ye &s;hulde in this ca&s;e haue but a &s;mall pray&s;e: &amp; nothyng the better therby I had neuer as yet &s;uch a thoght in my hert nor I tru&s;t in god neuer &s;hall haue / for no man lyueng. If I had any &s;uche intencyon / your grace ought nat all onely to blame me: but al&s;o to puny&s;&s;he my body / ye and by true iu&s;tice to be di&s;me~bred Therwith the lady de&abper;ted fro the kyng &amp; went into the hall to ha&s;t the dyner: than &s;he returned agayne to the kyng and broght &s;ome of his kny+ghtes with her / and &s;ayd &s;ir: yf it plea&s;e you to come into the hall your knight&abis; abideth for you to wa&s;&s;he ye haue ben to long fa&s;tyng. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng went into the hall &amp; wa&s;&s;ht / and &s;at down amonge his lordes &amp; the lady al&s;o: the kyng ete but lytell he &s;at &s;tyll mu&s;yng / and as he dur&s;t he ca&s;t his eyen vpon the lady. Of his &s;adne&s;&s;e his knyght&abis; had maruell for he was nat acu&s;tomed &s;o to be: &s;ome thought it was bycau&s;e the &s;cott&abis; were &s;caped fro hym / all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day the kyng taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &amp; wy&s;t nat what to do. So~tyme he ymagi+ned y^t honour and trouth defe~ded him to &s;et his hert in &s;uch a ca&s;e to dy&s;honour &s;uch a lady: &amp; &s;o true a knyght as her hu&s;band was / who had al|wayes well &amp; truely &s;erued hym. On thother &abper;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> loue &s;o con&s;trayned hym / that the power therof &s;urmounted honour and trouth. Thus y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng debated in hym&s;elf all that day &amp; all that night: In the mornyng he a ro&s;e and dy&s;loged all his hoo&s;t / and drewe after the &s;cottes to cha&s;e them out of his realme. Than he toke leaue of the la|dy / &s;ayeng my dere lady to god I co~mende you tyll I returne agayne: requiryng you to aduy&s;e you otherwy&s;e than ye haue &s;ayd to me. Noble prince &abquod; the lady: god y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> father glorious be yo^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> co~duct / and put you out of all bylayne thought&abis; &s;ir I am &amp; euer &s;halbe redy to do your grace &s;er uyce to your honour and to myne / therwith the kyng de&abper;ted all aba&s;&s;hed. And &s;oo folowed the
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&s;cottes tyll he came to the cyte of Berwyke / and went &amp; lodged within. iiii leages of the forelt of Gedeo^rs / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> askyng Dauyd and all his co~|pany were entred: in tru&s;t of the great wylder|ne&s;&s;e. The kyng of England taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a .iii. dayes to &s;e if the &s;cottes wold y&s;&s;ue out to fight with hym / in the&s;e thre dayes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers &s;kirmy&s;&s;hes on bothe &abper;ties: and dyuers &s;layne taken / and &s;ore hurte amonge the &s;cottes. Sir Wyllyam Duglas was he that dyd moo&s;t trou+ble to thengly&s;&s;hemen / he bare azure / a comble &s;yluer / thre &s;tarres goules.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Saly&s;bury and therle Mo|ret / were delyuerd out of pri&s;on by exchaunge. Cap. lxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the&s;e &s;ayd thre dayes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were noble men on bothe parties / that treatid for a peace to be had bytwe+ne the&s;e two kynges: and their tre+atie toke &s;uche e&s;&s;ect / that a trew&s;e was agreed to endure two yere / &s;o that the fren+che kynge wolde therto agree. For the kyng of &s;cottes was &s;o &s;ore alyed to the frenche kyng / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he might take no peace without his co~&s;ent: and it &s;o be the frenche kyng wolde nat agree to the peace / than the tru&s;e to endure to the fir&s;t day of May folowyng. And it was agreed that therle of Morette &s;hulde be quyte for his pri&s;onment if the kyng of &s;cottes coude do &s;omoche to pur|cha&s;e with the frenche kyng / that therle of Sa|li&s;bury might in lyke maner be quyte out of pri+&s;on / the whiche thyng &s;hulde be done before the fee&s;t of &s;aynt John~ of Bapty&s;t next after. The kyng of Englande agreed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;oner to this tru&s;e / bycau&s;e he had warre in France / in Ga&s;coyne / in Poycton / in Xaynton / in Bretaygne / and in euery place he had men of warre at his wages: than the kyng of &s;cottes &s;ent great me&s;&s;angers to the french kyng to agre to this tru&s;e. The fre~+che kyng was co~tent: &s;eyng it was the de&s;yre of the kyng of &s;cott&abis; / tha~ therle of Sali&s;buey was &s;ent into Englande / and the kyng of England &s;ent inco~tynent therle Moret into Scotland.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles du Bloys with dyuers lordes of Fraunce toke the cy|tie of Kenes in Bretayne. Cap. lxxix.</HEAD>
<P>IT is to be knowen that whan the duke of Norma~dy the duke of Burgoyne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> du|ke of Ala~&s;on / the duke of Burbon / therle of Blo+ys / the con&s;table of Fraunce / therle of Guynes his &s;onne / &s;ir James de Burbone &s;ir Loyes of Spaygne / with other lordes and knyghtes of Fraunce. Whan they were departed out of Bre+tayne: and had conquered the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Cha&s;toneaux / &amp; the cyte of Nantes: and taken therle of Mou~tfort and delyuerd hym to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fren+che kyng / who had put hym in pri&s;on in the ca|&s;tell of Loure in Parys: and &abser; Charles of Blo+ys beyng in Nantes and the contrey obeyed to hym rounde about / abydinge the &s;omer &s;ea&s;on to make better <ABBR>warr</ABBR> than in wynter. Whan the &s;wete &s;ea&s;on of &s;omer approched: the lordes of Fraunce and dyuers other drue towarde Bre|tayne with a great hoo&s;t to ayde &s;ir Charles de Blois / to recouer y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> re&s;ydue of the duchy of Bre+tayne. They fou~de &amp; Charles of Bloys in Na~+tes than they determyned to lay &s;ege to Kenes The counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort had well preue~ted the mater: and had &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> for captayne &abser; Wyl|lyam of Cadudall breton / the lordes of France came thyder and dyd moche trouble with a&s;&s;au+tes / howbeit they within defended them&s;elfe &s;o valiantly / that their ennemyes lo&s;te more than they wanne. Whan the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort knewe that the lordes of Fraunce were come in to Bretaygne with &s;uche a puy&s;&s;ance / &s;he &s;ende &s;ir Amery of Cly&s;&s;on into Englande / de&s;yring &s;ocour&s;e of the kyng: on the co~dycion that therle of Mountfort&abis; &s;on and heyre / &s;huld take to wyf one of the kynges doughters / and &s;hulde be cal+led duches of Bretayne. The king of England was as than at London makyng chere to therle of Sali&s;bury / who was newe come out of pri|&s;on: whan this &s;ir Amery of Cly&s;&s;on was come to the kyng / and had made relacyon of his me&s;|&s;age. The kyng graunted his reque&s;t: and co~|maunded &s;ir Water of Manny to take w^t hym as many men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> as &s;ir Amery de&s;yred / &amp; &s;hortly to make them redy to go into Bretayne to ayde the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort / and to take with him a .iii. M. archers of the be&s;t. Thus &abser; Water / and &s;ir Amery toke the &s;ee: and with the~ went the two bretherne of Lyned all / &s;ir Loys &amp; &s;ir John~ the Haz of Brabant / &abser; Hubert of Fre|&s;noy / &abser; Aleyn Syrefound and dyuers other: &amp; a .vi. M. archers. But a great tempe&s;t toke the~ on the &s;ee and a contrary wynde / wherfore they abode on the &s;ee .xl. dayes: all this &s;ea&s;on the lor+des of France with &s;ir Charles de Bloys kepte &s;tyll the &s;ege before Renes / and &s;ore co~&s;trayned them within: &s;o that the burge&s;&s;es of the towne wold gladly haue take~ apoyntme~t / but their ca|ptayne &s;ir Wyllm~ of Cadudall wold in no wy&s;e
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agree therto. Whan the burge&s;&s;es and the com|mons of the towne had endured moche payne &amp; &s;awe no &s;ocours co~myng fro no &abper;tie / they wold haue yelded vp the towne but y^e captayne <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat: whan they &s;awe that finally they toke hym and put hym in pri&s;on. And made couenaunt w^t &s;ir Charles du Bloys to yelde vp the towne the next day on the condycion that all &s;uch as were of the countes part myght go their wayes why|ther they ly&s;t without danger or trouble / y^e lord Charles de Bloys dyd grau~t their de&s;yre. Th&abus; the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp: y^e yere of our lord. M .iii. C .xlii. in the begynning of May. Sir Wyllm~ of Nuadudall wolde nat tary <ABBR>ther</ABBR> but went &s;treyght to Hanybout to the counte&s;&s;e of Mou~tfort / who as than had hard no tidyngs of &s;ir Amery of Cly&s;&s;on nor of his company.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles du Bloys be&s;ie|ged the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort in Hanybout. Cap. lxxx.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp: y^e burge&s;&s;es made their homage &amp; fealtie to the lord Char+les of Bloys. Than he was coun|&s;elled to go and lay &s;iege to Hany boute <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the counte&s;&s;e was: &s;ayeng that therle beyng in pri&s;on / yf they myght gette the counte&s;&s;e and her &s;onne / it &s;hulde make an ende of all their warre. Than they went all to Hany bout: and layed &s;iege therto and to the ca&s;tell al+&s;o / as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> as they might by lande: with y^e cou~|te&s;&s;e in Hanybout / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the by&s;&s;hop of Le|on in Bretayne / al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir yues of Tri|biquedy / the lorde of Landreman / &s;ir Wyllm~ of Nuadudall / and y^e Chatelayne of Guyngnape the two bretherne of Nuyreth / &s;ir Henry and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Olyuer of Pe~nefort: and dyuers other. Whan the counte&s;&s;e and her company vnder&s;tode that the frenchmen were commyng to lay &s;iege to y^e towne of Hanybout: than it was commau~ded to &s;ounde the watche bell a la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and euery man to be armed and drawe to their defence. Whan &s;ir Charles and the frenchmen came nere to the towne: they commaunded to lodge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> that nyght / &s;ome of the yong lu&s;ty companyons ca~e &s;kirmy&s;&s;hyng to the barrers / and &s;ome of them within y&s;&s;ued out to theym: &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great affray / but the genowayes and fre~chmen lo&s;te more than they wanne. Whan night came on / euery man drewe to their lodgynge: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> next day the lordes toke coun&s;ayle to a&s;&s;ayle the bat+rers to &s;e the maner of them within: and &s;o the thyrde day they made a great a&s;&s;aute to the bat+rers / fro mornyng tyll it was noone. Than the a&s;&s;aylantes drewe a backe &s;ore beaten / and dy|uer&s;e &s;layne: whan the lordes of Fraunce &s;awe their men drawe a backe they were &s;ore dy&s;plea+&s;ed / and cau&s;ed the a&s;&s;aut to begynne agayne more fer&s;er than it was before / and they within defended the~&s;elfe valyantly. The counte&s;&s;e her &s;elfe ware harne&s;&s;e on her body: and rode on a great cour&s;er fro &s;trete to &s;trete / de&s;yringe her peple to make good defence: and &s;he cau&s;ed da|mo&s;elles and other women to cutte &s;horte their kyrtels / and to cary &s;tones &amp; pottes full of chalk to the walles / to be ca&s;t downe to their ennemy+es. This lady dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> an hardy enterpri&s;e / &s;he mou~ted vp to y^e heyght of a towre / to &s;e how the frenchmen were ordred W^tout. She &s;awe howe that all the lordes and all other people of thoo&s;t were all gone out of <ABBR>ther</ABBR> felde to tha&s;&s;aut: than &s;he toke agayne her cour&s;er armed as &s;he was / and cau&s;ed thre hundred men a hor&s;backe to be redy / and &s;he went with theym to another gate <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there was non a&s;&s;aut. She y&s;&s;ued out and her company / and da&s;&s;hed into the frenche lodgynges / and cutte downe tentes and &s;et fyre in their lodgynges / &s;he founde no defence <ABBR>ther</ABBR> but a certayne of varlettes and boyes / who ran away. Whan y^e lordes of France loked behynde them &amp; &s;awe their lodgynges a fyre / and harde the cry and noy&s;e <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> they retourned to y^e felde cryeng trea&s;on trea&s;on / &s;o that all tha&s;&s;aut was left. Whan the counte&s;&s;e &s;awe that / &s;he drewe to gyder her co~pany: and whan &s;he &s;awe &s;he coud nat entre agayne into the towne without great damage / &s;he toke an other way and went to the ca&s;tell of Bre&s;t / the whiche was nat <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> thens. Whan &s;ir Loys of Spayne / who was mar&s;hal of the ho&s;t was come to the felde / and &s;awe their lodgynges brennyng: and &s;awe the counte&s;&s;e &amp; her co~pany goynge away / he folowed after her with a great nombre: he cha&s;ed her &s;o nere / that he &s;lewe and hurte dyuer&s;e of theym that were behynde yuell hor&s;ed. But the counte&s;&s;e and the moo&s;t parte of her company rode &s;o well / that they came to Bre&s;te / and there they were recey|ued with great ioye. The next day the lordes of Fraunce / who hadde lo&s;t their tentes and their proui&s;yons: thanne tooke coun&s;ayle to lodge in bowers of trees more nerer to the towne / and
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they had great marueyle whan they knewe that the counte&s;&s;e her&s;elfe had done that enterpri&s;e. They of the towne wy&s;t nat <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the counte&s;&s;e was become / wherof they were in great trouble for it was fyue dayes or they harde any tidyn|ges. The counte&s;&s;e dyd &s;omoche at Bre&s;t: that &s;he gate togyder a .v. hundred &s;peres / and than about mydnight &s;he departed fro Bre&s;t / and by the &s;onne ry&s;ing &s;he came along by the one &s;yde of the hoo&s;t / and came to one of the gates of Ha|nybout the which was opyned for her: and ther in &s;he entred and allher co~pany with gret noy&s;e of trumpettes and canayrs / wherof the frenche hoo&s;t had great marueyle: and armed the~ and ran to the towne to a&s;&s;aut it / and they within re|dy to defende: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a feer&s;e a&s;&s;aut &amp; endu+red tyll noone / but the frenchmen lo&s;t more than they within. At noone tha&s;&s;aut cea&s;ed: than they toke coun&s;ell that &s;ir Charles du Bloys &s;hulde go fro that &s;ege and gyue a&s;&s;aut to the ca&s;tell of Alroy the which kyng Arthure made / and with hym &s;hulde go the duke of Burbone / therle of Bloys / the mar&s;hall of France / &s;ir Robert Ber+trande: and that &s;ir Henry de Leon and part of the geneuoys and the lorde Loys of Spayne / and the vycont of Rohayne withall the &s;panyer des / &s;hulde abyde &s;tyll before Hanybout: for they &s;awe well they coulde haue no profet to a&s;|&s;ayle Hanybout any more. But they &s;ent for. xii great engyns to Renes / to thyntent to ca&s;t into the towne and ca&s;tell day &amp; night. So they de|uyded their ho&s;t: the one &s;tyll before Hanybout the other with &s;ir Charles of Bloys before Aul+roy: they within Alroy were well fortifyed and were a two. C. companyons / able for to mayn|tayne the warre. And &s;ir Henry of Penfort and &s;ir Olyuer his brother were chyefe capitaynes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / a foure leages fro that ca&s;tell was y^e good towne of Uannes parteyning to the counte&s;&s;e / and capitayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Gelfray of Mala|trayt / nat farre thens al&s;o was the good towne of Guyngnape / the cathelayne of Dyuant was captayne <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> he was at Hanybout with y^e cou~+te&s;&s;e / and had lefte in the towne of Dynant his wyfe and his chyldren / and had lefte <ABBR>ther</ABBR> capy|tayne in his &s;tede Raynolde his &s;on. Bytwene the&s;e two townes &s;tode a &s;tronge ca&s;tell partey|nyng to &s;ir Charles du Bloys <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> was well kept with &s;oudyours burgonyons. Captayne there was &s;ir Gerarde of Maulayne / and with hym an other knyght called Pyer Portbeufe: they wa&s;ted all the contrey about them / and co~&s;tray|ned &s;ore the &s;ayd two townes / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> coude no ther marchandy&s;e nor proui&s;yon entre into any of the~ but in great danger. On a day they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> ryde towarde Ua~nes / and an other day towar|de Guyngnape: and on a day &s;ir Raynolde of Dynant layed a bu&s;&s;hment / and the &s;ame day <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Gerarde of Maulayne rode forthe and had ta|ken a .xv. marchantes and all their goodes / and was driuyng of them towardes their ca&s;tell cal+led Rochprion and &s;o fell in the bu&s;&s;hment: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;ir Raynolde of Dynant toke &s;ir Gerarde pri&s;oner and a .xxv. of his company / and re&s;cu|ed the marchantes and ledde forthe their pri&s;o|ners to Dynant / wherof &s;ir Raynolde was mo+che pray&s;ed and well worthy.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the counte&s;&s;e of Mou~t fort / who was be&s;ieged in Hanybout by &s;ir Lo+ys of Spayne / who kept the &s;iege <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> and he had &s;o broken and bru&s;ed the walles of y^e towne with his engins. So that they within began to be a ba&s;&s;hed / and on a day the by&s;&s;hop of Leon &s;pake w^t &s;ir Henry of Leon his nephue / by who~ as it was &s;ayd that therle Mou~tfort was taken So longe they &s;pake togyder that they agreed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the by&s;&s;hop &s;hulde do what he coude to cau&s;e the co~pany within to agre to yelde vp the town and ca&s;tell to &s;ir Charles de Bloys: and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Hen|ry de Leon on thother &s;yde &s;huld purcha&s;e pece forthe~ all / of &s;ir Charles de Bloyes: and to le&s;e nothyng of their goodes. Thus the by&s;&s;hop en+tred agayne into the towne: the countes inco~ty|nent douted of &s;ome yuell purcha&s;e / than &s;he de+syred the lordes and knightes y^t were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / that for the loue of god they &s;hulde be in no dout / for &s;he &s;ayd &s;he was in &s;uretie that they &s;huld haue &s;ocours within thre dayes: howbeit y^e by&s;&s;hope &s;pake &s;omoch and &s;hewed &s;o many rea&s;ons to y^e lordes / that they were in a great trouble all that night. The next mornyng they brewe to cou~&s;ell agayne: &s;o that they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nere of acorde to haue gyuen vp the towne / &amp; &s;ir He~ry was co~e nere to the towne to haue taken po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion therof: than the counte&s;&s;e loked downe along the &s;ee out at a wyndo in the ca&s;tell / &amp; began to &s;myle for great ioy that &s;he had to &s;e the &s;ocours commyng / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> which &s;he had &s;o long de&s;yred. Than &s;he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> out a loude and &s;ayd twy&s;e: I &s;e the &s;ocurs of Englande co~myng / than they of the towne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">an to the walles and &s;awe a great nom<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|pes great and &s;mall fre&s;&s;hly decked co~myng to|warde Hanybout / they thought well it was the &s;ocours of England / who had ben on the &s;ee .lx. dayes by rea&s;on of contrary wyndes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Water of Manny brought then|gly&s;&s;hmen into Bretayne. Cap. lxxxi.</HEAD>
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_WHan the &s;ene&s;hall of Guyn+gnape / &amp; Per&s;e of Tribyquedy &s;ir Galeran of Landreman and the other knyght&abis; &s;awe the&s;e &s;o|cours co~myng: tha~ they &s;ayd to the by&s;&s;hoppe / &s;ir ye may well leaue your treaty for they &s;ayd they were nat co~ tent as than to folowe his coun&s;ayle. Than the by&s;&s;hoppe &s;ayd &s;irs: than our company &s;hall de part for I wyll go to hym that hath moo&s;t right as me &s;emeth. Than he departed fro Hanibout and defyed the cou~te&s;&s;e and all her ayders and &s;o went to &s;ir Henry de Leon and &s;hewed hym howe the mater went: than &s;ir Henry was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / and cau&s;ed incontynent to rere vp the grette&s;t ingens that they had nere to the ca|ttell and co~maunded that they &s;huld nat &s;ea&s;e to la&s;t day and nyght. Than he de&abper;ted thens and brought the by&s;&s;hoppe to &s;ir Loys of Spayne / who receyued hym with great ioye / and &s;o dyd &s;ir Charles of Bloys: than the counte&s;&s;e dre&s;|&s;ed vp halles and chambers to lodge the lordes of Englande that were co~myng / and dyd &s;ende agayn&s;t them right nobly. And whan they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> a lande: &s;he came to them with great reuerence and fee&s;ted them the bee&s;t &s;he might / and than|ked the~ right humbly: and cau&s;ed all the knygh+tes and other to lodge at their ea&s;e in the ca&s;tell and in the towne. And the nexte day &s;he made them a great fee&s;t at dyner: all night &amp; the nexte day al&s;o the ingens neuer cea&s;ed to ca&s;t / and af|ter dyner &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~ny who was chefe of that company / demaunded of the &s;tate of the towne &amp; of the hoo&s;t without. And &s;ayd I haue a great de&s;yre to y&s;&s;ue out and to breke downe this great ingen that &s;tandeth &s;o nere vs / if any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oll folowe me. Than &amp; Per&s;e of Tribyquidy &s;ayde howe he wolde nat fayle hym / at this his fir&s;t begynning: and &s;o &s;ayd the lorde of La~dre man / than they armed them and &s;o they y&s;&s;ued out priuely at a certayne gate / &amp; with the~ a .iii. hundred archers / who &s;hotte &s;o holly togyder y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they that kept the ingen fledde awaye / and the men of armes came after the archers and &s;lewe dyuer&s;e of them that fledde and bete downe the great engyn / and brake it all to peaces. Than~e they ranne in amonge the tentes and logynges and &s;et fyre in dyuer&s;e places / and &s;lewe &amp; hurt dyuers tyll the hoo&s;t began to &s;tyrre: than they withdrue fayre and ea&s;ely / and they of the hoo&s;t ranne after the~ lyke madde men. Than &amp; Gaul+tier &s;ayd: let me neuer be beloued with my lady without I haue a cour&s;e with one of the&s;e folow+ers / and therwith tourned his &s;pere in the re&s;t: and in likewy&s;e &s;o dyd the two bretherne of L&punc;|dall and the haz of Brabant / &s;ir yues of Triby|quedy / &s;ir Galeran of Landreman and dyuer&s;e other companyons: they ran at the fir&s;t comers <ABBR>ther</ABBR> myght well a ben legges &s;ene tourned vp|warde: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a &s;ore medlynge / for they of the hoo&s;t alwayes encrea&s;ed. Wherfore in beho|ued thengly&s;&s;hmen to withdrawe towarde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fortre&s;&s;e: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> might well a ben &s;ene on bothe &abper;|ties many noble dedes takyng and re&s;cuyng / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> engly&s;&s;hmen drewe &s;agely to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dykes / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made a &s;tall tyll all their men <ABBR>wer</ABBR> in &s;auegard: and all the re&s;ydue of the towne y&s;&s;ued out to re+&s;cue their co~pany / and cau&s;ed them of the hoo&s;t to recule backe. So whan they of the ho&s;t &s;awe how they coude do no good they drewe to their lodgynges: and they of the fortre&s;&s;e in likewy&s;e to their lodgynges: than the counte&s;&s;e di&s;ce~dyd downe fro the ca&s;tell with a gladde chere / and came and ky&s;t &s;ir Gaultier of Manny / and his companyons one after an other two or thre ty|mes lyke a valyant lady.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the ca&s;tell of Conque&s;t was wonne two tymes. Cap. lxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe next day &s;ir Loys of Spayne called to coun|&s;ell the vycont of Rohayne the by&s;&s;hoppe of Leon / the lorde Henry of Leon / and the ma&s;ter of the geneuoys to know <ABBR>ther</ABBR> aduy&s;e what was be&s;t to do / they &s;awe well the towne of Ha|nybout was marueylou&s;ly &s;trong / and greatly &s;ocoured by meanes of tharchers of <ABBR>England:</ABBR> they thought their tyme but lo&s;t to abyde there / for they coude nat &s;e howe to wynne any thyng <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Than they all agreed to dy&s;lodge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nexte day and to go to the ca&s;tell of Alroy: where &s;ir Charles of Bloys lay at &s;iege / the next day be|tymes they pulled downe their lodgynges and drewe thyder as they were purpo&s;ed. And they of the towne made great cryeng and &s;howtyng after the~: and &s;ome y&s;&s;ued out to aduenture the~ &s;elfe / but they were &s;one put a backe agayne and lo&s;t &s;ome of their company or they coude entre a gayne into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne. Whan &s;ir Loys of Spay|ne ca~e to &s;ir Charles of Bloys / he &s;hewed hym
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the rea&s;on why he left the&s;ege before Hanybout than it was ordayned that &s;ir Loys of Spayne and his co~pany &s;hulde go and ley &s;iege to Dy|nant / the which was nat clo&s;ed but with pales / water / and mare&s;&s;e: and as &s;ir Loyes went to|warde Dynant he came by a ca&s;tell called Con+que&s;t. And captayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> for the counte&s;&s;e was a knyght of Norma~dy called &s;ir Mencon / and with hym dyuers &s;oudyers: &s;ir Loys came thy+der and gaue a great a&s;&s;aut / and they within de+fended them &s;o well / that tha&s;&s;aut endured tyll mydaight and in the morning it began agayn: tha&s;&s;aylantes per&s;ed &s;o nere that they came to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wall and made a great hole through / for the dy+kes were of no depne&s;&s;e. And &s;o byforce they en+tred and &s;lewe all them within the ca&s;tell / except the knyght whome they toke pri&s;oner: and &s;ta|bly&s;&s;hed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a newe Chatelayne and a .lx. &s;ou|dyers with hym / tha~ &s;ir Loys departed &amp; went and layed &s;eige to Dynaunt. The counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort had knowledge howe &s;ir Loyes of Spayne was a&s;&s;autyng of the ca&s;tell of Con|que&s;t / than &s;he &s;ayd to &s;ir Water of Manny and his company that if they might re&s;cue that ca|&s;tell / they &s;huld achyue great honour. They all agreed therto / and de&abper;ted the next morning fro Hanybout &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <ABBR>ther</ABBR> abode but fewe behynde in the towne / they rode &s;o falt y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> about noone they came to the ca&s;tell of Conque&s;t wherin was as than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche gary&s;on: for they had won it the day before. Whan &s;ir Water of Manny &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and howe that &s;ir Loyes of Spayne was gone he was &s;ory bycau&s;e he might nat fight w^t hym: and &s;ayd to his company / &s;irs I wyll nat de&abper;te hens tyll I&s;e what company is yander within the ca&s;tell / and to knowe howe it was wonne. Than he and all his made them redy to the a&s;|&s;aut / and the frenchmen and &s;panyardes &s;ame that / they defended theym &s;elfe a&s;well as they might: the archers helde them &s;o &s;hort that then gly&s;&s;hmen aproched to the walles &amp; they found the hole in the wall / wherby the cattell was won before: and by the &s;ame place they entred &amp; &s;lew all within / excepte .x. that were taken to mercy, than thengly&s;&s;hmen and bret<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ns drue agayne to Hanybout / they wolde &s;et no gary&s;on in Co~|que&s;t for they &s;awe well it was nat to he holden.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Loyes of Spayne toke the towne of Dynant and of Gerande. Cap. lxxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe let vs retourne to &amp; Loys of Spayne / who belieged the towne of Dy|nant in Bretayne / and than he cau&s;ed to be made lytell ve&s;&s;els to make a&s;&s;aut&abis; bo|the by water and by lande. And whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> burge&s;&s;es of the towne &s;awe howe they were in da~ger to le&s;e their lyues &amp; goodes / they yelded the~&s;elf agayne the wyll of their cap+ten &s;ir Raynalt Guyngnap / who~ they &s;lewe in the myddes of the market place: by cau&s;e he wol+de nat con&s;ent to them. And whan &s;ir Loyes of Spayne had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> two dayes and taken fe|altie of the burge&s;&s;es / and &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a newe capy+ten a &s;quyer called Gerard of Maulyne whom they founde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as pri&s;oner / and the lorde Py|ers Portbeufe with hym. Than they went to a great towne on the &s;ee &s;yde called Gerand / they layd &s;iege therto: and founde therby many ve&s;|&s;els and &s;hyppes laded with wyne that marcha~+tes had brought thyder fro Poycton &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ochell to &s;ell the marchantes anon had &s;olde their my nes but they were but yuell payed. Than &amp; Lo|ys cau&s;ed &s;ome of the &s;panyardes and geneun|ys to entre into the&s;e &s;hyppes: and the next day they a&s;&s;ayled the towne bothe by lande and by water / &s;o that they within coude nat defend the~ &s;elfe but that they were lightly wonne byforce / and the towne robbed and all the people put to the &s;werde without mercy: men / women / and chyldren: and fyue churches brent and vyolated Wherof &s;ir Loys was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed and cau+&s;ed .xxiiii. of them that dyd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de to be hanged for their labours. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was moche trea&s;oure won / &s;o that euery man had more than he coude bere away: for it was a riche towne of marchan dy&s;e. Whan this towne was won they wy&s;t nat whyder to go farther / than &s;ir Loys of Spayn and with hym &s;ir Othes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">orne / and certayne genowayes and &s;panyardes entred into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hyp+pes / to aduenture along by the &s;ee &s;yde to &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they might wynne any thyng <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> and the vy|cont of Rohayne / the hy&s;&s;hoppe of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en ry of Leon his nephue: and all the other retour+ned to choo&s;t to &s;ir Charles of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">loys / who lay &s;lyll before the ca&s;tell of A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lroy. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde many knyghtes and lordes of Fraunce who were newely come thyder: as &s;ir Loyes of Poycters / therle of Ualence / therle of Aucerre therle of Porcyen / therle of Joigny / the erle of Bolayne: and dyuer&s;e other that kyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> had &s;ent thyder / and &s;ome y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> canme of there owne good wylles to &s;erue &s;ir Charles of Bloys. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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than the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Alroy was nat wonne but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;uche famyn within / that .vii. day+es before they had eten all their hor&s;es: and the lorde Charles de Bloys wolde nat take them to mercy / without he might haue them &s;impley to do his <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> And whan they within &s;awe no other remedy: &s;ecretely in the night they y&s;&s;ued but and by the wyll of god went through thoo&s;t on the one &s;yde / yet &s;ome were &abper;ceyued &amp; &s;layne but &s;ir Henry of Pennefort and &s;ir Olyuer his brother &s;caped by a lytle wood that was therby and went &s;treyght to Hanybout to the cou~te&s;&s;e. So thus wan&s;ir Charles of Bloyes the ca&s;tell of Alroy / whan he had layne at &s;iege .x. wekes: than he newly fortifyed the place and &s;et therin newe captayns and men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Than he de|parted and went &amp; layed &s;iege to Ua~nes / wher|in &s;ir Geffray of Maletrayt was captayne / the next day certayne &s;oudyers of the counte&s;&s;es of Mountfort beyng in the towne of Ployremell / y&s;&s;ued out on the hope &s;omwhat to wynne: and came &s;odenly in the mornyng into the ho&s;t of &s;ir Charles de Bloys / but they aduentured them|&s;elfe &s;o <ABBR>farr</ABBR> that they were clo&s;ed in and lo&s;t ma+ny of their folkes / and thother fledde away and were cha&s;ed to the gates of Ployremell / the whi+che was nat <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> of fro Ua~nes. And whan they of the hoo&s;t were retourned fro the cha&s;e / incon|tynent they made a&s;&s;aut to Ua~nes / and byforce wanne they bayles / harde to the gate of the cyte <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;kirmy&s;&s;he and many hurt and &s;layne on bothe parties / the a&s;&s;aut endured tyll it was night: than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a tru&s;e taken to en|dure all the next day. The burge&s;&s;es y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> next day yelded vp the towne whyther y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captayne <ABBR>wold</ABBR> ornat who whan he &s;awe it wold be none other wy&s;e / departed out of the towne as &s;ecretly as he coude and went to Hanybout. So&s;ir Char|les of Bloys and the frenchmen entred into Ua~+nes and taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fyue dayes / than they went and layd &s;iege to an other cytie called Traiz.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir water of Manny dy&s;con|fited &s;ir Loyes of Spayne in the felde of Camperle. Cap. lxxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_NOw let vs returne to &s;ir Loyes of Spayne who whan he was at the porte of Guerand by the &s;ee&s;yde / he and his co~pany &s;ayled forth tyll they came into Bretayn bretonaunt / to a port called Camperle right nene to Quypercorentyn and to &s;aynt Mathue of Fyne Portern. Than they y&s;&s;ued out of the &s;hyppes and landed / and brent all the countrey about and gate moche ryche&s;&s;e: the whiche they conueyed into their &s;hyyppes / Whan &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny / and &s;ir Arnold of Cly&s;&s;on vnder&s;tode tho&s;e tidynges / they de|termyned to go thyder: and &s;hewed their myn|des to &s;ir Gyles of Tribyquedy / and to the Ca+thelayne of Guyngnape. The lorde of Landre|man / &s;ir Wyllm~ of Caducall / the two brethern of Penneforde / and to the other knyghtes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in Hanybout / and all they agreed to go with good wylles: than they toke their &s;hyp|pes / and toke with theym a thre thou&s;ande ar|chers / and &s;o &s;ayled forthe tyll they came to the port <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the &s;hyppes of &s;ir Loys of Spay|nes lay. Inco~tynent they toke theym and &s;lewe all that were within theym / and they founde in them &s;uche ryche&s;&s;e that they had maruell ther|of: than they toke lande and went forthe &amp; brent dyuers townes and hou&s;es before them / and de+parted them&s;elfe into thre batayls / to the intent the &s;oner to fynde their ennemys / and left a thre hundred archers to kepe their &s;hippes and that they had wonne. Than they &s;ette on their way in thre partes: the&s;e tidynges anone came to &s;ir Loyes of Spayne / than he drewe togyder all his company and withdrue backe towarde his &s;hyppes in great ha&s;t / and encountred one of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thre batayls / than~e he &s;awe well he mu&s;t nedes fyght: he &s;ette his men in order and made newe knyght&abis; / as his nephue called Alphons. Than &s;ir Loys &s;ette on fier&s;ly / and at the fir&s;t rencou~|ter many were ouerthrowen / and likely to haue ben dy&s;confyted / and the other two batels had nat come on: for by the cry and noy&s;e of the peo+ple of the contrey they drewe thyder. Than the batayle was more &s;eer&s;er / thengly&s;&s;he archers &s;hotte &s;o holly togyder that the geneuoyes and &s;panyardes <ABBR>wer</ABBR> dy&s;confited / and all &s;layne: for they of the co~trey fell in with &s;taues and &s;tones / &s;o that &abser; Loys had moche a do to &s;cape and dyd flee to the &s;hyppes / and of .vi. M. there &s;caped with hym but thre hu~dred / and his nephue was &s;layne. And whan he ca~e to the &s;hyppes he roud nat entre for the archers of England kept hym of: &s;o he was fayne with gret ieopardy to take a lytell &s;hypp~ called Lyque / &amp; &s;uche of his co~pany as he cou~de get to him / and &s;ayled away as fa&s;t as he might. Whan &s;ir Gaulter and his co~pany ca~e to the &s;hyppes / they entred into the be&s;t &s;hip they had / and folowed in the cha&s;e of &s;ir Loyes of Spayne: who euer fledde &s;o fa&s;t before them
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that they coude nat ouertake hym. Sir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyes at la&s;t toke port at Redon / and he and all his en+tred into the towne but he taryed nat there: for incontynent&punc; thengly &s;&s;hmen landed at the &s;ame place / &s;o that &s;ir Loyes and his company were fayne to get &s;uch hor&s;es as they might and rode thens to Renes / the which was nat ferre thens: and &s;uch as were yuell hor&s;ed were fayne to fall in the handes of their ennemyes / &s;o that &s;ir Lo|ys entred into Renes: and thengly&s;&s;hmen and bretons retourned to Redone / and there lay all nyght. The nexte day they toke agayne the &s;ee: to &s;ayle to Hanybout to the counte&s;&s;e of Mou~t|fort but they had a contrary wynde / &s;o that they were fayne to take lande a thre leages fro Dy|nant. Than they toke their way by lande / and wa&s;ted the countrey about Dynant / and tooke hor&s;es &s;uche as they coude get &s;ome without &s;a|dyls and &s;o ca~e to Rochprion. Than &s;ir Gaul|tier of Manny &s;ayd&s;irs: yf our company were nat &s;o &s;oretraueled I wolde gyue a&s;&s;aut to this ca&s;tell / the other knyghtes an&s;wered hym and &s;ayd / &s;ir &s;et on at your plea&s;ure for we &s;hall nat for &s;ake you to dye in the quarell / and &s;o they al went to the a&s;&s;aut. Than Gerarde of Maulyn who was captayne ther made good defence / &s;o that there was a perylou&s;e a&s;&s;aut. Sir Johan Butler / and &s;ir Mathewe of Fre&s;noy were &s;ore burte with many other.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny toke the ca&s;tell of Gonyin the fo|re&s;t. Cap. lxxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_THis Gerarv of Mau+lyn hadde a brother called Rengne of Maulyn who was captayne of a lytel for tre&s;&s;e therby called Fauet. And wha&s;ie he knewe that the~gly&s;&s;hmen and bretons were a&s;&s;ayling of his brother at Rochprion: to thentent to ayde his brother he y&s;&s;ued out &amp; toke with hym a .xl. co~panyons. And as he came thy+derwarde through afayre medowe by a wood &s;yde / he fou~de certayne engly&s;&s;hmen and other lyeng there hurt / he &s;ette on them and toke them pri&s;oners and ledde them to Fauet hurt as they were: and &s;ome &s;ledde to &s;ir Water of Manny and &s;hewed hym the ca&s;e / than he cea&s;ed the a&s;|&s;aut. And he and all his company in great ha&s;&s;e folowed them that ledde the pri&s;oners to Fauet but he coude nat ouertake them: &s;o that Regny and his pri&s;oners were entred into the ca&s;tell. Than thengly&s;&s;hmen as &s;ore trayueled as they were made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a gret a&s;&s;aut but nothyng cou|de they wynne / they were &s;o well defended: and al&s;o it was late. They lay <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all night / to the entent to a&s;&s;yle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell agayne in the mornig Gerarde of Maulyn knewe all this he toke his hor&s;e in the night and rode all alone to Dynant and was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a lytell before day. Than he &s;hew+ed all the ca&s;e to the lorde Pyers Portbeu&s;e ca|pitayne of Dynaunt / and a&s;&s;one as it was day he a&s;&s;embled all the burge&s;&s;es of the towne in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> common hall: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> Gerarde of Maulyne &s;he wed theym the mater in &s;uche wy&s;e that they were all content to go forth / and &s;o armed them and went towardes Fauet with a &s;ixe thou&s;and men of one and other. Sir Gaultier of Man|ny knewe therof by a &s;pye / than~e they couu&s;ay|led togyder and co~&s;ydred that it were great da~|ger for them if they of Dynant &s;hulde come on the~ on the one&s;yde / &amp; &s;ir Charles of Blois &amp; his co~pany on thother &s;yde: &s;o they might be enclo|&s;ed. Tha~ they agreed to leaue their co~panyons in pri&s;one tyll another tyme that they might a|mende it / and as they retourned towarde Ha|nybout / they came to a ca&s;tell called Gony lafo re&s;t: the which was yelded vp to &s;ir Charles of Bloyes a fyftene dayes before. Than &s;ir Gaul|tier &s;ayde howe he wolde go no farther as &s;ore trayueled as he was / tyll he had made a&s;&s;aute to that ca&s;tell / to &s;e the demeanynge of the~ with in. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they made a fier&s;e a&s;&s;aut &amp; they with|in quickely defended theym &s;elfe / &s;ir Gaultier encouraged his company and was euer one of theforma&s;t in &s;omoche that the archers&s;hotte &s;o quyckely and &s;o clo&s;e togyder / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none dur&s;t appere at their defence. Sir Gaul|tier dyd &s;omoche that parte of the dyke was fyl+led with bu&s;&s;hes and wood / &s;o that they came to the walles with pyckaxes and other in&s;trumen+tes / and anone made a great hole through the wall. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they entred perforce / and &s;lewe all they founde within and lodged <ABBR>ther</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> night and they next day they went to Hanybout.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles of Bloyes toke the towne of Carahes. Cap. lxxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the cou~te&s;&s;e knewe of their co~mynge &s;he came and mette them / and ky&s;&s;ed &amp; made them great chere: and cau&s;ed al the noble men to dyne with her in the ca&s;tell. Nowe in this &s;ea+&s;on &s;ir Charles of Bloys had wonne Uannes / and lay at &s;ege at Carahes: the cou~tes of Mo~t|fort and &s;ir Gaultier of Manny / &s;ent certayne me&s;&s;angers to the kyng of Englande / &s;ignyfi|eng hym howe &s;ir Charles of Bloys and the lor+des of France had conquered Uannes / Renes / and dyuers other good townes and ca&s;telles in Bretaygne / and was lickely to wynne all with out he were &s;hortly re&s;y&s;ted. The&s;e me&s;&s;angers arryued in Cornewall and rode to Wynde&s;ore to the kyng.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of &s;ir Charles of Blo|ys / who had &s;o &s;ore con&s;trayned with a&s;&s;autes and ingens the towne of Carahes / that they yelded theym &s;elfe vp to &s;ir Charles / and he re|ceyued them to mercy: and they &s;ware to hym homage and fealtie &amp; toke hym for their lorde. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he made newe officers / &amp; taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a fyftene dayes: tha~ they determyned to go and lry &s;iege to Hanybout / yet they knewe well the towne was well fortifyed with &s;ufficyent proui+&s;yon. And &s;o thyder they went and layed there &s;iege / and the fourth day after thyder came &s;ir Loys of Spayne / who had layen in the towne of Renes a &s;ixe wekes / in helyng of &s;uche hur|tes as he had. He was well receyued there / for he was a knyght moche honoured and welbelo+ued among them. The frenche company dayly encrea&s;ed / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers lordes &amp; knygh+tes of France were goyng into Spayne warde for &s;uche warres as was bytwene the kynge of Spayne / and the kyng of Granado &s;ara&s;yne. And as the&s;e knyghts pa&s;&s;ed through Poyctou and harde of the&s;e warres in Bretayne / drewe that way: &s;ir Charles of Bloyes had rayred vp agayn&s;t Hanybout a fyftene or &s;ixtene great en+gyns / the whiche ca&s;te into the towne many a great &s;tone. But they within &s;et nat moch ther|by / for they were well defended there agayn&s;te them: and &s;omtyme they wolde come to the wal+les and wype them in dery&s;ion / &s;ayeng go and &s;eke vp your company whiche re&s;teth in the fel|des of Camperle: wherof &s;ir Loys of Spayne and the genowayes had great dy&s;pite.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir John~ Butler and &s;ir Hu|bert of Fre&s;noy were re&s;cued fro deth before Hanybout. Cap. lxxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_ON a day &s;ir Loyes of Spayne came to the tent of &s;ir Charles du Bloyes / and de&s;yred of hym a gyft for all the &s;eruyce that euer he had done / in the pre&s;ence of dy|uer&s;e lordes of France. And &s;ir Charles graunted hym: bycau&s;e he knewe hym&s;elfe &s;omoche bounde to hym / &s;ir &abquod; he I re+quyre you cau&s;e the two knyghtes that be in pri+&s;on in Fauet to be brought hyther / that is to &s;ay &s;ir John~ Butler and &s;ir Hubert Fre&s;noy / and to gyue them to me to do with them at my plea|&s;ure. Sir this is the gyft that I de&s;yre of you: they haue cha&s;ed / dy&s;confetted / and hurt me: &amp; &s;layne my nephue Alphons / I can nat tell how otherwy&s;e to be reuenged of them / but I &s;hall &s;tryke of their heedes before the towne / in the &s;yght of their companyons. Of the&s;e wordes &abser; Charles was a ba&s;&s;hed: and &s;ayd certenly with right a goodwyll I woll gyue you y^e pri&s;oners / &s;yth ye haue de&s;yred them. But &s;urely it &s;hulde be a &s;hamefull dede to put &s;o to dethe &s;uche two valyant knyghts as they be: and it &s;halbe an oc|ca&s;yon to our ennemyes to deale in likewy&s;e w^t any of ours if they fall in lyke ca&s;e / &amp; we knowe nat what &s;hall daylie fall: the chances of warre be dyuers. Wherfore dere co&s;yn I requyre you to be better aduy&s;ed: than &s;ir Loyes &s;ayd / &s;ir if ye kepe nat promy&s;e w^t me / knowe ye for trouth that I &s;hall depart out of your company / &amp; &s;hall neuer &s;erue nor loue you agayne whyle I lyue. Whan &s;ir Charles &s;awe none other bote: he &s;ent to Fauet for the two knyghts / and in a morning they were brought to &s;ir Charles of Bloys tent but for all y^t he coulde de&s;yre / he coude nat turne &s;ir Loyes of Spayne fro his purpo&s;e: but &s;ayd playnly that they &s;hulde be beheeded anone af|ter dyner / he was &s;o &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed with them. All the&s;e wordes that was bytwene &s;ir Charles and &s;ir Loyes for thocca&s;ion of the&s;e two knigh+tes / anone was come to the knowlege of &s;ir Wa+ter of Manny by certayne &s;pyes that &s;hewed y^e
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my&s;chefe that the&s;e two knyghtes were in / than he called his company and toke coun&s;aile what was be&s;t to do / &s;ome thought one thynge / &s;ome thought an other: but they wy&s;t nat what reme+dy to &s;ynde. Than &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~ny &s;ayd / &s;irs it &s;huld be great honour for vs if we might delyuer out of daunger yonther two knyghtes and yf we put it in aduenture though we fayle therof / yet kynge Edwarde our may&s;ter woll canne vs moche thanke therfore / and &s;o woll all other noble men: that herafter &s;hall here of the ca&s;e. At lee&s;t it &s;halbe &s;ayd howe we dyd our de|uoyre &s;irs this is myne aduy&s;e if ye woll folow it / for me thynketh a man &s;hulde well adue~ture his body to &s;aue the lyues of two &s;uche valyant knyghtes. Myne aduy&s;e is that we deuyde our &s;elfe into two partes / the one part incontynent to y&s;&s;ue out at this gate and to a range them&s;elf on the dykes to &s;tyrre thoo&s;t and to &s;kirmy&s;&s;he / I thynke that all the hole hoo&s;t woll come ren|nyng thyder. And &s;ir Aymery ye &s;hall be capy|tayne of that company / and take with you a .vi. thou&s;and good archers / and &s;hre hundred men of armes: and I &s;hall take with me a hundred men of armes / and fyue hundred archers. And I wyll y&s;&s;ue out at the po&s;terne couertly / &amp; &s;hal da&s;&s;he into the hoo&s;t a monge the lodgynges be hynde / the whiche I thynke we &s;hall &s;ynde as good as voyde. I &s;hall haue &s;uche with me as &s;hall well bring me to the tent of &s;ir Charles du Bloyes / where as I thynke we &s;hall fynde the two knyghtes pri&s;oners: and I en&s;ure you / we &s;hall do our deuoyreto delyuer them. This de|uy&s;e plea&s;ed them all / and incontynent they ar|med them and about the houre of dyner &s;ir Ay|mery of Cly&s;&s;on y&s;&s;ued out with his company and &s;et opyn the chiefe gate towardes the hoo&s;t and &s;ome of them da&s;&s;hed &s;odaynly into thoo&s;t and cut downe tentes / and &s;lewe and hurte dy|uer&s;e: thoo&s;t was in a &s;odayne fray and in ha&s;t armed theym / and drewe towardes thengly&s;&s;h men and bretons. Who fayre and ea&s;ely reculed backe / there was a &s;ore &s;kirmy&s;&s;he and many a manne ouerthrowen on bothe parties / than &s;ir Aymery drewe his people a longe on the bykes within the barryers / and the archers redy on bothe &s;ydes the way to receyue their ennemys. The noy&s;e and crye was &s;o great that all y^e hole hoo&s;t drewe thyder / and left their tentes voyde &s;auynge a certayne varlettes. In the meane &s;ea+&s;on &s;ir Gaultier of Manny and his co~pany y&s;|&s;ued out at a po&s;terne priuely / and ca~e behynde the hoo&s;t and entred into the lodgynges of the frenche lordes / for there were none to re&s;y&s;t the~ all were at the &s;kirmy&s;&s;he. Than~e &s;ir Gaultier went &s;treyght to &s;ir Charles of Bloys tent / and founde there the two knyghtes pri&s;oners / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Hu+bert of Fre&s;noy / and &s;ir John~ Butteler: and made them inco~tynent to leape vpon two good hor&s;es that they brought thyder for the &s;ame in|tent / and retourned incontynent and entred a|gayne into Hanybout the &s;ame way thei y&s;&s;ued out / the counte&s;&s;e receyued them with gret ioy. All this &s;ea&s;on they fought &s;tyll at y^e gate / than tidynges came to the lordes of Fraunce howe the two knyghts pri&s;oners were re&s;cued: whan &s;ir Loyes of Spayne knewe therof he thought hym &s;elfe dy&s;ceyued / and he demaunded which way they were gone that made that re&s;cue / and it was &s;hewed hym howe they were entred into Hanybout. Than~e &s;ir Loyes departed fro the a&s;&s;aut and went to his lodgynge right &s;ore dy|&s;plea&s;ed / than all other lefte the a&s;&s;ant: in there trayet there were two knyghtes that aduentu|red them &s;elfe &s;o forwarde that they were taken by the frenchmen the lorde Landreman and the Chathelayne of Guyngnape / wherof &s;ir Char|les of Bloyes hadde great ioye / and they were brought to his tent and there they were &s;o pre|ched to that they tourned to &s;ir Charles parte / and dyd homage and feaultie to hym. The .iii. day after all the lordes a&s;&s;embledde in the lorde Charles tent to take coun&s;ayle / for they &s;awe well that Hanybout was &s;o &s;trong and &s;o well fortifyed with men of warre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that they thought they &s;hulde wynne but lytell there. And al&s;o the countrey was &s;o wa&s;ted that they wy&s;t nat why ther to go to forage &amp; al&s;o wynter was at hande wherfore they all agreed to depart. Than they coun&s;ayled &s;ir Charles of Bloyes that he &s;huld &s;ende newe proui&s;yons to all cyties / townes / &amp; fortre&s;&s;es / &s;uche as he had wonne: and noble ca+pitayns with good &s;oudyours to defende their places fro their ennemyes. And al&s;o if any man wolde treat for a trew&s;e to Whyt&s;ontyde / that it &s;hulde nat be refu&s;ed.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles of Bloyes toke the towne of Jugon and the ca|&s;tell. Cap. lxxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_TO this coun&s;ell euery man agreed / for it was thau~e bytwene &s;aynt Reymy and All &s;ayntes / the yere of ourelorde god. M. CCC .xlii. Than euery man departed / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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Charles of Bloys went to Carahes withall the lordes of his partie: and he retayned certayne of the lordes &s;tyll with hym / to coun&s;ayle hym in all his be&s;yne&s;&s;e. And whyle he lay there on a day / a burges and a riche marchant of Jugon was taken by the mar&s;hall &s;ir Robert of Bean|noys / and he was brought to the lorde Charles This burge&s;&s;e had all the rule in the towne of Jugon vnder the counte&s;&s;e / &amp; al&s;o he was wel|beloued in the towne. This burges was put in feare of his lyfe / he de&s;yred to be let pa&s;&s;e for his ran&s;ome: how be it he was &s;o handled one way+es and other / that he fell in a bargayn to betray the towne of Jugone and to leaue opyn a cer|tayne gate / for he was &s;o well be tru&s;ted in the tawne that he kept the kayes whan he was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> This to acomply&s;&s;he / he layed his &s;onne in ho|&s;tage: and &s;ir Charles promy&s;ed to gyue hym fyue hundred pounde of yerely rent / the day of poyntment came and the gate was lefte opyn at n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ght and &s;ir Charles and his company entred into the towne with great puy&s;&s;aunce / the wat|che of the ca&s;tell dyd perceyue them: and he be|gan to cry a larum trea&s;on trea&s;on. They of the towne began to &s;tyre and whan they &s;awe that the towne was lo&s;te / they fledde to the ca&s;tell by heapes / and the burge&s;&s;e that had done the trea+&s;on fled with the~ for a countena~ce. And whan it was day &s;ir Charles &amp; his company entred into the hou&s;es to lodge and toke what they wolde / and whan~e he &s;awe the ca&s;tell &s;o &s;tronge and &s;o full of men / he &s;ayd he wold nat go thens tyll he had it at his plea&s;ure. Sir Gerard of Rochfort captayne of the ca&s;tell perceyued the burge&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had betrayed them / he toke and hanged hym o|uer the walles: and whan they con&s;ydred howe &s;ir Charles had made a vowe nat to de&abper;t thens tyll he had the ca&s;tell / and that their prouy&s;ion wolde nat &s;erue them .x. dayes / they agreed to yelde them: their goodes that was left and their lyues &s;aued / the which was grau~ted them. And &s;o they made fealtie and homage to &s;ir Charles of Bloyes / and he &s;tably&s;&s;hed captayne there y^e &s;ayd &s;ir Gerard of Rochfort and newely refre&s;|&s;hed the towne and ca&s;tell with me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ui&s;yon. In this meane &s;ea&s;on certayne noble men of Bretayne &s;pake for a tru&s;e for a certayn &s;pace / bytwene &s;ir Charles of Bloyes and the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort / the which was agreed by all their ayders and a&s;&s;i&s;ters: al&s;o the kynge of Englande &s;ent for the counte&s;&s;e to come into Englande / and a&s;&s;one as this trew&s;e was con|firmed the cou~te&s;&s;e toke &s;ee and pa&s;&s;ed into En|glande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the fee&s;t and iu&s;tynge made at London by the kyng of England for the loue of the counte&s;&s;e of Sa|li&s;bury. Cap. lxxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_LE haue well harde here be|fore: howe the kynge of Englande had great warres in dyuers coun|treis / and had men of warre in ga|ry&s;ons to his gret co&s;t and charge: as in Picardy / Norma~dy / Ga&s;coyne / Xaynton Poycton / Bretayne / and Scotlande. ye haue harde al&s;o before / how the kyng was &s;tryken in loue with the counte&s;&s;e of Sali&s;bury / loue quic+kened hym day and night: her fre&s;&s;he beautie &amp; godely demeanour was euer in his reme~brance though therle of Sali&s;bury was one of the pri|uye&s;t of his coun&s;ell / and one of them that had done hym be&s;t &s;eruyce. So it fell that for y^e loue of this lady / and for the great de&s;yre that y^e king had to &s;e her: he cau&s;ed a great fee&s;t to be cryed and a iu&s;tyng to be holden in the cyti of Lo~don in the myddes of Augu&s;t / the which cry was al|&s;o made in Flaunders / in Heynault / in Braba~t and in Fraunce: gyueng all co~mers out of eue|ry contrey &s;afe co~duct to come and go / and had gyuen in co~maundement through his owne re|alme that all lordes / knyghtes / &s;quyers / ladyes and domo&s;els &s;huld be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> without any excu&s;e and co~maunded expre&s;ly the erle of Sali&s;bury that the lady his wyfe &s;hulde be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / &amp; to bring with her all ladyes and damo&s;els of that coun|trey. Therle graunted the kyng as he that tho|ught none yuell the gode lady dur&s;t nat &s;ay nay howbeit &s;he came &s;ore agayn&s;t her wyll / for &s;he thought well ynough wherfore it was: but &s;he dur&s;t nat dy&s;couer the mater to her hu&s;band &s;he thought &s;he wolde deale &s;o to bringe the kynge fro his opynion. This was a noble fee&s;t: there was the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> John~ of Heynalt his vncle / and a great nombre of lor+des and knyghtes of hyghe lynage / there was great daun&s;ynge and iu&s;tynge the &s;pace of .xv. dayes / the lorde John~ eldy&s;t &s;on to the vycount Beaumonde in England was &s;layne in the iu|&s;tes. All ladyes and damo&s;elles were fre&s;&s;hely be&s;ene accordyng to their degrees / except Alys counte&s;&s;e of Sali&s;bury / for &s;he went as &s;imply as &s;he myght: to the intent that the kyng &s;hulde nat &s;ette his regarde on her for &s;he was fully de+termyned to do no maner of thynge that &s;hulde tourne to her dy&s;honour nor to her hu&s;bandes. At this fee&s;t was &s;ir Henry with the wrye necke
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erle of Lancaltre / and &s;ir Henry his &s;onne erle of Derby / &s;ir Robert Dartoyes erle of Rych|mount / the erle of Northampton and of Glocet+ter / the erle of Warwyke / the erle of Sali&s;bury the erle of Penneforde / the erle of Hereford / the erle of Arundell / the erle of Cornewall / the erle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uenforde / the erle of Suffolke / the baron of Stafforde: and dyuers other lordes &amp; knigh+tes of Englande. And at all the&s;e nobles depar+ted / the kyng receyued letters fro dyuers lordes of &s;undrie contreis: as out of Go&s;coyne / Bay|on / Flaunders fro Jaques Dartuell / and out of Scotlande fro the lorde Ro&s;e and the lorde Per&s;y / and fro &s;ir Edward Baylleull captayne of Berwyke / who &s;ygnifyed the kynge that the &s;cottes helde but &s;imply the trew&s;e <ABBR>concludedd</ABBR> the yere before / for they newely a&s;&s;embled togy|der moch people for what entent they coude nat+tell. Al&s;o the captayne in Poycton / Xanton / Ro+chell / and Burdeloyes: wrote to the kyng howe the frenchmen made great preparacions for the warre for the peace made at Arras was nere ex+pyred wherfore it was tyme for the kyng to take coun&s;ayle and aduy&s;e: and &s;o he aun&s;wered the me&s;&s;angers fro poynt to poynt.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande &s;ent &s;ir Robert Dartoys into Bre|tayne. Cap. lxxxx.</HEAD>
<P>_AMong all other thyn|ges the kynge of Englande wolde &s;ocoure the counte&s;&s;e of Mou~tfort / who was with the quene. Thanne the kyng de&s;yred his co&s;yn &s;ir Robert Dartoyes to take a certayne nombre of men of warre and archers and to go with the cou~te&s;&s;e into Bretayne. And &s;o he dyde and they departed and toke &s;hypping at Ham|pton / and were on the &s;ee a great &s;ea&s;on bycau&s;e of co~trary wyndes. They departed about E&s;ter at this great coun&s;ell at London the kyng was aduy&s;ed to &s;ende to Scotlande for the parfour maunce of a trew&s;e to endure for two or thre ye|res. Con&s;ydring that the kyng had &s;omoche be|&s;yne&s;&s;e in other places / the kynge of Englande was lothe therto / for he wolde haue made &s;uche <ABBR>warr</ABBR> into Scotland that they &s;hulde haue ben fayne to haue de&s;yred peace / howbeit his coun|&s;ayle &s;hewed hym &s;uche rea&s;ons that he agreed therto. Among other thynges his coun&s;ell &s;ayd that it was great wy&s;dome whan a prince hath warre in dyuers plac<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / at one tyme to agre with one by tru&s;e / another to pacify with fayre wor|des / and on the thyrde to make warre. Thanne was there a by&s;&s;hoppe &s;ende on that legacyon / and &s;o he went forthe and in proce&s;&s;e retourned agayne and brought relacyon / howe y^e the king of &s;cottes wolde agre to no trewe&s;e without the agrement of the frenche kynge. Than the kyng of Englande &s;ayde openly / that he wolde neuer re&s;t tyll he had &s;o arayed the realme of Scotlan+de that it &s;hulde neuer be recouered: than he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|maunded that euery man &s;hulde be with hym at Berwyke by Ee&s;ter / except &s;uche as were a|poynted to go into Bretayn. The fee&s;t of E&s;ter came / and the kynge helde a great court at Ber+wyke / for the chiefe of the lordes and knyghts of England were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and there taryed the &s;pace of thre wyckes. In the meane &s;ea&s;on certayne good men laboured bytwene y^e parties to haue a trew&s;e: and &s;o there a tru&s;e was agreed to en|dure for two yere / and confyrmed by the french kyng. Than euery man departed and the kyng went to Wynd&s;ore: than he &s;ende the lorde Tho+mas Hollande / and the lorde John~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> Bayon with two hundred men of armes / and|four hundred archers to kepe the fronters <ABBR>ther.</ABBR></P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of &s;ir Robert Dartoyes / that yere fell &s;o hye that it was nere to then<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">g of May / in the myddes of the whiche moneth the trew&s;e bytwene the lorde Charles of Bloys and the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort &s;hulde expyre. Sir Charles of Bloyes was well <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">fyed of the purcha&s;e that the counte&s;&s;e of Mou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> had made in Englande / and of the confort that the kynge had promy&s;ed her / for the whiche in+tent the lorde Loyes of Spayne / &s;ir Charles Germaux / and &s;ir Othes Dornes were layd on the &s;ee about Gernzay with a thre thou&s;ande ge+nowayes / and a thou&s;ande men of armmes / and .xxxii. great &s;hyppes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batell of Gernzay bytwene &s;ir Robert Dartoys and &s;ir Loys of Spayne on the &s;ee. Cap. lxxxxi.</HEAD>
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_SIr Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmont / and with hym therle of Pennefort / y^e erle of Sali&s;bury / therle of Suffolke / therle of Quen|fort / the baron of Stafford the lorde Spen&s;er / the lord Bourchier: and dyuers other knyghtes of En|glande and their co~panyes / were with the coun+te&s;&s;e of Mountfort on the &s;ee. And at la&s;t came before the yle of Gernzay: than they &abper;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eyued y^e great flete of the genowayes / wherof &s;ir Loys of Spaygne was chiefe captayne. Than their marynars &s;ayd &s;irs arme you quickely / for yon+der be genowayes and &s;paniardes that woll &s;et on you: than thengly&s;&s;hmen &s;owned their trum+pettes and reared vp their baners and &s;tander|des with their armes and deuy&s;es / with the ba|ner of &s;aynt George. And &s;ette their &s;hippes in order with their archers before / and as y^e wynd &s;erued them they &s;ayled forth / they were a xlvi ve&s;&s;els great and &s;mall: but &s;ir Loys of Spay+gne had .ix. greatter than any of the other / and thre galyes. And in the thre galyes were y^e thre chiefe captaynes: as &s;ir Loyes of Spayne &s;ir Charles / and &s;ir Othes / and whan they apro|ched nere togyder / the genowayes beganne to &s;hote with their cro&s;bowes / and the archers of Englande agayn&s;t theym: there was &s;ore &s;ho|tynge bytwene them and many hurte on bothe parties. And whan~e the lordes / knyghtes / and &s;quyers came nere togyder there was a &s;ore ba+tayle: the counte&s;&s;e that day was worth a man / &s;he had the harte of a lyon and had in her hande a &s;harpe glayue / wherwith &s;he fought feer&s;ly. The &s;panyardes and genowayes that were in the great ve&s;&s;els / they ca&s;t downe great barres of yron and peaces of tymbre y^t which troubled &s;ore thengly&s;&s;he archers: this batayle beganne about the tyme of euyn&s;onge and the nyght de|parted them for it was very darke / &s;o that one coude &s;cant knowe an other. Than they with|drewe eche fro other and ca&s;t ankers and abode &s;tyll in their harnes for they thought to fight a|gayne in the mornynge / but about mydnight <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ro&s;e &s;uche a tempe&s;t &s;o horryble as though all the worlde &s;hulde haue <ABBR>endedd.</ABBR> There was none &s;o hardy but wold gladly haue ben a land the &s;hyppes da&s;&s;hed &s;o togyder / that they went all wolde haue ryuen in peaces. The lordes of Englande demaunded coun&s;ayle of their ma|ryners what was be&s;t to do / they aun&s;wered to take lande a&s;&s;one as they might / for the tempe&s;t was &s;o great that if they toke the &s;ee / they were in daunger of drownyng. Than they drewe vp their ankers / and bare but a quarter &s;ayle / and drewe fro that place: the genowayes on the o|ther &s;yde drewe vpp~ their ankers and toke the depe of the &s;ee for their ve&s;&s;elles were greatter than thengly&s;&s;he &s;hyppes / they might better a|byde the brunt of the &s;ee / for if the great ve&s;&s;els had co~e nere the lande they were lickely to haue ben broken. And as they de&abper;ted they toke foure engly&s;&s;he &s;hyppes laded with vytell and tayled them to their &s;hyppes / the &s;torme was &s;o hede|ou&s;e that in la&s;&s;e than a day they were driuen a hundred leages fro the place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were be fore / and the engly&s;&s;he &s;hyppes toke a lytell ha|uen nat ferre fro the cytie of Uannes / wherof they were ryght gladde.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert Dartoys toke the cytie of Uannes in Bretayne. Cap. lxxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus by this tourment of y^e &s;ee brake and departed the batell on the &s;ee / bytwne &s;ir Robert Dartoyes / and &s;ir Loyes of Spayne. No man coude tell to whome to gyue the honour / for they de+parted agayn&s;t bothe their wylles: thengly&s;&s;h+men toke lande nat farre of fro Uannes / and brought all their hor&s;e and harnes a lande / tha~ they deuy&s;ed to &s;ende their nany to Hanybout / and to go theym&s;elfe and ley &s;iege to Uannes / therin were captayns &s;ir Henry of Leon &amp; Oly+uer of Cly&s;&s;on / and with them the lorde of Tur+myne / and the lord of Loheac. Whan they &s;awe thengly&s;&s;hmen come to be&s;iege them / they toke good hede to their defences bothe to the ca&s;tell / and to the walles and gates: and at euery gate they &s;et a knyght with .x. men of armes and .xx. cro&s;bowes.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of &s;ir Loyes of Spayns and his company: they were &s;ore tourmented on the&s;ee and in great daunger all that nyght / and the nexte day tyll noone: and lo&s;te two of their &s;hyppes menne and all. Than~e the thirde day about prime the &s;ee apea&s;ed: than they de|maunded of the maryners what parte of lande was nexte / they aun&s;wered the realme of Na|uarre: and that the wynde hadde driuen theym
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out of Bretayne more than &s;ir&s;core leages / tha~ there they ca&s;t anker and above the fludde: and whan the tyde came they had good wynde to re+tourne to Rochell. So they co&s;ted Bayon / but they wolde nat come nere it / and they met foure &s;hippes of Bayon co~myng fro Flaunders / they &s;ette on them and toke theym &s;hortly / and flewe all that were in them: than they &s;ayled towar|des Rochell / and in a fewe dayes they arryued at Gue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rande. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they toke lande / and hard <ABBR>ther</ABBR> howe &s;ir Robert Dartoyes lay at &s;iege be fore Uannes. Than they &s;ent to the lorde Char+les of Bloyes to knowe his plea&s;ure what they &s;huld do / &s;ir Robert Dartoys lay at &s;iege with a thou&s;ande men of armes / and thre thou&s;ande archers and wa&s;ted all the countrey about / and brent to Dynant and to Gony la Fore&s;t / &s;o that none dur&s;t abyde in the playne countrey: there were many a&s;&s;autes and &s;kirmy&s;&s;hes at the bar+ryers of Uannes. The counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort was &s;tyll with &s;ir Robert Dartoys at the &s;iege al&s;o &s;ir Gaultier of Manny who was in Hany+bout delyuered the kepynge of the towne to &s;ir Wyllyam Caducall and to &s;ir Gerard of Roch+fort: and toke with hym &s;ir yues of Tribyque|dy / and a. C. men of armes / and. CC. archers: and de&abper;ted fro Hanybout and went to the &s;iege before Uannes. Than incon<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynent there was made a great a&s;&s;aut in thre places all at ones: y^e archers &s;hotte &s;o thycke that they within &s;cante dur&s;t apere at <ABBR>ther</ABBR> defence / this a&s;&s;aut endured a hole day and many hurt on bothe parties / a|gayn&s;t night thengly&s;&s;hmen withdrue to their lodgyng&abis;. And they within in likewy&s;e &s;ore we|ry of trayuell: and they vnarmed the~ / but they of the hoo&s;t without dyd nat &s;o for they kept on &s;tyll their harnes except their heed peces / and &s;o dranke and refre&s;&s;hed them. And than by the ad+uy&s;e of &s;ir Robert Dartoyes / they ordayned a|gayne thre batayls: and two of them to a&s;&s;aute at the gates / and thethirde batayle to kepe the~|&s;elfe priue tyll the other two batayls had a&s;&s;ay|led long. So that all the &s;trength of the towne &s;hulde be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> by all lickelyho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e to defend / tha~ it was ordayned that this thyrde batayle &s;huld &s;ette on the moo&s;t feble&s;t place of all the towne with ladders / ropes / and hokes of yron to ca&s;te on the walles. And as they de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;edde &s;o it was done / &s;ir Robert Dartoys with the fir&s;t batell came and made a&s;&s;aut in the night at one of the gates / and therle of Sali&s;bury with y^e &s;econde batell at an other gate / &amp; bycau&s;e it was darke to thyntent to make them within the more aba&s;+&s;hed / they made great fiers: &s;o that the bright|ne&s;&s;e therof gaue lyght into the cytie. Wherby they within had wende y^t their hou&s;es had ben a fyre and cryed trea&s;on / many were a bedde to re&s;t them of their trayuell the day before and &s;o ro&s;e &s;odenly and ran towardes the lyght with|out order or gode aray / and without coun&s;ell of their captayns: euery man within armed them Thus whyle they were in this trouble therle of Quenefort / and &s;ir Water of Manny with the thyrde batell came to the walles <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there was no defence made / and with their ladders mounted vp and entred into y^e towne / the fre~ch|men toke no hede of them they were &s;o ocupyed in other places / tyll they &s;awe their ennemis in the &s;tretes. Than euery ma~ fledde away to &s;aue them&s;elfe: the captayns had no lea&s;er to go into the ca&s;tell but were fayne to take their hor&s;es &amp; y&s;&s;ued out at a po&s;tern / happy was he y^t might get out to &s;aue hym&s;elfe: all that euer were &s;ene by thengly&s;&s;hmen were taken or &s;layne / and the towne ouer ron and robbed: and the counte&s;&s;e and &s;ir Robert Dartoyes entred into y^t towne with great ioy.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert Dartoys dyed / and where he was buryed. Cap. lxxxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus as I haue &s;hewed you the cyte of Uannes was taken / and a fyue dayes af|ter the counte&s;&s;e of Mount|fort &s;ir Gualtier of Manny &s;ir yues of Tribiquedy: and dyuer&s;e other knyght&abis; of en|glande and of Bretayne returned to Hanybout and therle of Saly&s;bury / therle of Pennefort / therle of Suffolke / therle of Cornwall / depar|ted fro Uannes: fro &s;ir Robert Dartoyes with thre thou&s;andemen of armes / and thre. M. ar|chers / and went and layed &s;iege to the cytie of Renes. And &s;ir Charles de Bloyes was depar+ted thens but foure dayes before / and was gone to Nantes: but he had left in the cytie many lor|des / knyghtes / and &s;quyers. And &s;tyll &s;ir Loys of Spayne was on the &s;ee / and kept &s;o the fron+ters agayn&s;t Englande / that none coude go by+twene Englande and Bretayne / without great danger. They had done that yere to Englande great damage / for the takyng thus of Uannes by thengly&s;&s;hmen the countrey was &s;ore aba&s;|&s;hedde / for they thought that there hadde been &s;uche capitaynes that had ben able to haue de|tended
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de it agayn&s;t all the worlde / they knewe well the towne was &s;tronge and well prouyded or men of warre and artyllary / for this my&s;ad|nenture &s;ir Henry of Leon / and the lorde Cly&s;|&s;on were &s;ore a ba&s;&s;hedde / for their ennemyes &s;pake &s;hame agayn&s;t theym. The&s;e two knygh+tes were &s;o &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed with the mater / that they gette togyder a company of knyghtes and &s;oudyours: &s;o that at a day apoynted they met before the cytie of Uannes / mothan .xii. thou|&s;ande of one and other: thyder came the lorde Robert of Beaumanoyre mar&s;hall of Bretayn they layd &s;ege to y^e cite on all &s;ydes / and than a&s;|&s;ayled it fer&s;ly. Whan <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Robert Dartoys &s;awe howe he was be&s;ieged in the cytie / he was nat neglygent to kepe his defence / and they with|out were fier&s;e by cau&s;e they wolde nat that they that laye at &s;iege at Renes / &s;hulde nat trouble theym. They made &s;o feer&s;e a&s;&s;aute and gaue theym within &s;o moche a do / that they wan the barryers and after the gates / and &s;o cutted in|to the cytie by force. The engly&s;&s;hmen were put to the cha&s;e / and dyuer&s;e hurte and &s;layne: and &s;pecially &s;ir Robert Dartoyes was &s;ore hurte / and &s;capedde hardely vntaken / he departed at a po&s;terne / and the lorde Stafforde with hym / the lorde Spencer was taken by &s;ir Henry of Leon / but he was &s;o &s;ore hurte that he dyed the thyrde day after. Thus the frenchemen wanne agayne the cytie of Uannes / &amp; &s;ir Robert Dar|teyes taryed a &s;ea&s;on in Hanybout &s;ore hurte / and at la&s;te he was coun&s;ayled to go into Eng|lande to &s;eke helpe for his hurtes: but he was &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> handled on the &s;ee that his &s;oores rankeled and at la&s;te landed and was brought to Lon|don and within a &s;horte &s;pace after he dyed of the &s;ame hurtes / and was buryed in London in the church of &s;aynt Poule: the kynge dyd as nobly his ob&s;equy as though it had ben for his owne proper co&s;yne germayne therle of Derby his dethe was greatly be moned in Englande / and the kyng of Englande &s;ware that he wolde neuer re&s;t tyll he had reuenged his dethe. And &s;ayde howe he wolde go hym &s;elfe into Bretay|ne / and bringe the countrey in &s;uche ca&s;e that it &s;hulde nat be recouered agayne in fortie yere after. Incontynent he &s;ent out letters through|out his realme: that euery noble man and other &s;hulde come to hym within a moneth after. And prepared a great nauy of &s;hyppes / and at the ende of the moneth he toke the &s;ee / and toke lan+dyng in Bretayne nat farre fro Uannes / there as &s;ir Robert Dartoyes ariyued / he was thre dayes a landyng of all his proui&s;yon: the .iiii. day he went towarde Uannes. And all this &s;ea+&s;on therle of Sali&s;bury and therle of Pe~broke were lyeng at &s;iege before Renes.</P>
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<DIV1 N="94" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para;Howe the kyng of Englande came into Bretayne to make warre there. Cap. lxxxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the kyng of Eng|lande had ben a lande a cer|tayne &s;pace / he went and lay+ed &s;iege to Ua~nes. And with in the towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir O lyuer of Cly&s;&s;on / and &s;ir He~+ry of Leon / the lorde of Tur+myne / &s;ir Geffray of Male&s;trayet and &s;ir Guy of Lohearc: they &s;uppo&s;ed well before that the kyng of Englande wolde come into Bretayne wherfore they had prouyded the towne and ca|&s;tell with all thyngs nece&s;&s;ary. The kyng made a great a&s;&s;aut that endured halfe a day but ly|tell good they dyd the cyte was &s;o well defe~ded. Whan~e the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort knewe that the kyng of Englande was come / &s;he departed fro Hanybout accompanyed with &s;ir Gaultier of Manny: and dyuers other knyghtes &amp; &s;quy+ers / and came before Ua~nes to &s;e the kyng and the lordes of thoo&s;t / and a foure dayes after &s;he retourned agayne to Hanyboute with all her owne company.</P>
<P>&para;Nowe let vs &s;peke of &s;ir Charles of Bloyes who was in Nauntes / and a&s;&s;one as he knewe that the kyng of England was aryued in Bre|tayne / he &s;ent worde therof to the frenche kyng his vncle de&s;yring him of &s;ocour. Whan y^e king of England &s;awe this cyte &s;o &s;trong: and hard reported howe the countrey <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about was &s;o poore and &s;o &s;ore wa&s;ted / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they wy&s;t nat <ABBR>wher</ABBR> to get any forage / nother for ma~ nor bee&s;t. Tha~ he ordayned to deuyde his nombre: fir&s;t therle of Arundell / the lorde Stafforde / &s;ir water of Manny / &s;ir yues of Tribyquedy: and &s;ir Ry|chard of Rochfort with .vi. C. men of armes / &amp; vi. M. archers to kepe &s;tyll the &s;iege before Ua~+nes / &amp; to ryde and di&s;troy the contrey all about And the kyng went to Renes / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was ioy fully receyued with them that lay at &s;iege there before / and had done a long &s;ea&s;on. And whan the kyng had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a fyue dayes / he vnder|&s;tode that &s;ir Charles du Bloyes was at Nan|tes / and made there a great a&s;&s;emble of men of warre. Than~e the kynge departed fro Renes / 
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and left them <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> before to contynue their &s;iege. Than the kyng ca~e before Nauntes and be&s;ieged it as farre as he might / but he coude nat lay rounde about / the cite was &s;o great: the mar&s;hall of the hoo&s;t rode abrode and di&s;troyed great part of the countrey. The kyng ordayned his batellon a lytell mou~tayne without the towne / and there<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ryed fro y^e mor|nyng tyll is was noone / wenyng that &s;ir Char+les of Bloys wolde haue y&s;&s;ued out to haue gy+uen hym batayle: and whan they &s;awe it wolde nat be they brewe to their lodgyngs / the fore ry|ders ranne to the baryers and &s;kirmy&s;&s;hed and brent the &s;ubbarbes. Thus the kyng lay before Nauntes / and &s;ir Charles within: who wrote to the frenche kyng the &s;tate of thengly&s;&s;hmen. The frenche kyng had commaunded his &s;onne the duke of Normandy / to gyue ayde to &abser; Char+les of Bloyes: the which duke was as than co~e to Angyers / and there made his a&s;&s;e~ble of men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> The kyng of Englande made dyuers a&s;&s;autes to Nantes / but euer he lo&s;t of his men and wanne nothyng: and whan he &s;awe that by a&s;&s;autes he coude do nothyng / and that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Char+les wolde nat y&s;&s;ue out into the felde to fyght w^t hym: than he ordayned therle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uenforte / &s;ir Henry vycont of Beaumo~t / the lorde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y / y^e lorde Ro&s;e / the lorde Mombray / the lorde Da|lawarre / the lorde Raynolde Cobham: and the lorde &s;ir John~ Ly&s;&s;e / with &s;ixe hundred men of armes / and two hundred archers to kepe &s;tyll y^e &s;iege <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> and to ryde and di&s;troy the countrey all about. And than the kynge went and layed &s;ege to the towne of Dynant / wherof &s;ir Peter Portbeu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e was captayne: the kyng made there fier&s;e a&s;&s;autes / and they within defended them+&s;elfe valyantly. Thus the kyng of England all at one &s;ea&s;on had &s;ieges lyeng to thre cites / and a good towne in Bretaygne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe &s;ir Henry of Leon the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / were taken pri&s;oners be+fore Uannes. Cap. lxxxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_WHyle the kyng of England was thus in Bretayne / wa&s;tynge and di&s;troyeng the contrey: &s;uche as he hadlyeng at &s;ege before Ua~+nes gaue dyuers <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and &s;pe|cially at one of the gats. And on a day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great a&s;&s;aut: and many feates of armes done on bothe parties / they within &s;et opyn the gate and came to the baryers / bycau&s;e they &s;awe the erle of Warwykes baner / and therle of Arn~dels the lorde Staffordes / and &s;ir Water of Man|nes / aduenturyng them&s;elf teopdou&s;ly as they thought. Wherfore the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / &s;ir Henry of Leon: and other aduentured them&s;elfe coura+gyou&s;ly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;kirmy&s;&s;he / finally the engly&s;&s;hmen were put backe / than the knyghts of Bretayne openyd the barryes and aduentu|red them&s;elfe / and left &s;ir knyghtes with a gode nombre to kepe the towne / and they y&s;&s;ued out after thengly&s;&s;hmen: and thengly&s;&s;hmen recu|led wy&s;ely and euer fought as they &s;awe their a+uantage. Thengly&s;&s;hmen multiplyed in &s;uche wy&s;e / that at la&s;t the fre~chmen and bretons <ABBR>wer</ABBR> fayne to recule backe agayne to their towne / nat in &s;o good order as they came forthe: than then|gly&s;&s;hmen folowed the~ agayne and many were &s;layne and hurt. They of the towne &s;awe their men recule agayne and cha&s;ed / than they clo&s;ed their barryers in &s;o yuell a tyme / that the lorde Cly&s;&s;on and &s;ir He~ry of Leon were clo&s;ed with out: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were bothe taken pri&s;oners. And on the other &s;yde the lorde Stafforde was gone in &s;o farre / that he was clo&s;ed in bytwene the gate and the baryes / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was taken pri&s;oner / and dyuer&s;e that were with hym ta|ken and &s;layne. Thus thengly&s;&s;hmen drewe to their lodgynges / and the bretons into the cytie of Uannes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant. Cap. lxxxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_THus as ye haue harde the&s;e knyghtes were taken on bothe parties / there was no mo &s;uche a&s;&s;autes after. Nowe let vs &s;peke of y^e king of Englande: who lay at &s;e|ge before Dynant / whan he had layne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a four dayes: he gate a great no~+bre of bottes and barges / and made his archers to entre into theym / and to rowe to the pales: wherewith the towne was clo&s;edde it had none
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other walles. The archers &s;hot &s;o feer&s;ly y^t non dur&s;t &s;hewe at their defence / than was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> cer|tayne other with ares &s;o that whyle the archers dyd &s;hote they hewed downe the pales: and &s;o entred byforce. Tha~ they of the towne fledde to the market place but they kept but a &s;mall order for they that entred by the pales came to y^t gate and dyd opyn it: than euery man entred and y^e capitayne &s;ir Pyers Portbeufe taken / and the towne ouer ron and robbed: the~gly&s;&s;hmen wan moche riche&s;&s;e in that towne / for it was a great towne of marchandy&s;e. Whan the kyng had ta|ken his plea&s;ure <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / as long as it had plea&s;ed hym: he left the towne voyde and went to Uan|nes and lodged there.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs retourne to &s;ir Loys of Spay|ne / and to &s;ir Charles Germaur and &abser; Othes Dornes / who was as than admyrall on the &s;ee: with .viii. galeys / xiii. barkes / and .xxx. other &s;hyppes with genowayes &amp; &s;panyardes. They kept the coo&s;t bytwene England and Bretayne and dyd moche damage to them that came to re+fre&s;&s;he the hoo&s;t before Uannes: and at a tyme they &s;et on the kynge of Englandes nauy lyeng at Aucerre / in a lytell hauyn be&s;yde Uannes: &s;o that they &s;lewe a great part of them that kepte the &s;hyppes / and had done moch more damage yf thengly&s;&s;hmen lyeng at the &s;iege had nat ron thyder in all ha&s;t: and yet a&s;moche ha&s;t as they made / &s;ir Loys of Spayne toke away iiii. &s;hip+pes laded with proui&s;yon / &amp; drowned thre and all that was in them. Than the kyng was coun+selled to drawe part of his nauy to Bre&s;t hauen and the other part to Hanybout the which was done / and &s;tyll endured the &s;iege before Uan|nes / and Renes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; what lordes of France the duke of Normandy brought into Bre+tayne / agayn&s;t the kyng of Englande. Cap. .lxxxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_HOwe let vs retourne to the iourney that the duke of Norman+dy made the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on in Bre|tayne / to ayde and confort his co|&s;yn &s;yt Charles de Bloyes. The duke knewe well: howe the kyng of Englande had &s;ore damaged the contrey of Bretayn / and had be&s;ieged thre cytes / and taken the towne of Dynant. Than the duke departed fro the cytie of Angyers: with mo than .iiii. M. men of ar|mes / and. rxx M. of other: he toke they heygh way to Nauntes by the gyding of the two mar|&s;hals of Fraunce / the lorde of Momorency and the lorde of &s;aynt Uenant. And after them rode the duke and therle of Alan&s;on his vncle / therle of Bloys his co&s;yn / the duke of Burbone was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> therle of Ponthyeu / therle of Bolayne / y^e erle of Uandome / therle of Da~martyne / y^e lorde of Craon / the lorde of Coucy / the lorde of Suly the lorde of Frenes / the lorde of Roy: &amp; &s;o many lordes knightes &amp; &s;quyers of Norma~dy / Dau|uergne / Berry / Lymo&s;en / Dumayn / Poicton / and Xaynton / that it were to long to reher&s;e the~ all: and dayly they encrea&s;ed. Tidynges came to the lordes that lay at &s;iege before Nantes: y^t the duke of Normandy was commynge thyder with .xl. M. men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Inco~tynent thei &s;ent worde therof to the kyng of England / than the kyng &s;tudyed a lytell and thought to breke vp his &s;iege before Uannes / and al&s;o his &s;iege be|fore Renes: and all togyder to drawe to Naun+tes. But than his coun&s;ell &s;ayd to hym &s;ir ye be here in a good &s;ure ground and nere to your na+uy: and &s;ende for them that lyeth at &s;iege before Nantes to come to you and let the &s;iege ly &s;tyll before Renes: for they be nat &s;o <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> of but they &s;halbe euer redy to come to you yf nede be: the kynge agreed to this coun&s;ell and &s;o &s;ent for the~ before Nauntes and they came to hym to Ua~|nes. The duke of Normandy came to Nantes <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;ir Charles de Bloys was / the lordes lo|ged in the cytie / and their men abrode in the co~|trey: for they coude nat all lodge in the cytie nor in the &s;ubbarbes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoo&s;t a|gayn&s;t hoo&s;t lodged before Uannes. Cap. lxxxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHyle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Norma~dy was at Nauntes / the lordes of En|glande that lay at &s;iege before Renes. On a day made a great and a feer&s;e a&s;&s;aut / for they had made many in&s;trumentes to a&s; &s;aut with all: this a&s;&s;aut enduredde a hole day / 
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but they wan nothynge but lo&s;t byuers of their men: within the cytie was the lorde Dancenysi the lorde of Pont &abser; John~ of Malatrayt yuan Charnell / &amp; Bertram Gra&s;quyne &s;quyer: they defended the~ &s;elfe &s;o well with the by&s;&s;hoppe of the cytie that they toke no damage / howe be it thengly&s;&s;hmen lay <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;tyll / and ouer ran and wa&s;ted the contrey all about. Than the duke of Normandy departed with all his ho&s;t and drue towarde Uannes the &s;oner to fynde his ennemi+es / for he was enformed howe they of Uannes were in moo&s;t ieopardy and in peryll of le&s;yng: than the two mar&s;hals went forthe and &s;ir Gef|fray of Charney / and therle of Guynes con&s;ta|ble of Fraunce made the areregarde. So thus the frenchmen came to Uannes on thother &s;yde agayn&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as the kyng of Englande &s;ay / they lay a longe by a fayre medowe &s;yde and made a great dyke about their ho&s;t. The mar&s;hals and fore ryders often tymes &s;kirmy&s;&s;hed toguyder on bothe parties / than the kynge of Englande &s;ende for therle of Sali&s;bury / and therle of Pe~ broke / and the other that lay ar &s;iege at Renes to come to hym / and &s;o they dyd. Thengly&s;&s;he|men and the bretous of that partie were well to the nombre of .ii. M. and .v. C. men of armes / &amp; vi. M. archers / and .iiii. M. of other me~ a fote: the frenchmen were foure tymes as many well a &abper;elled. The kyng of England had &s;o fortifyed his hoo&s;t / that the frenchmen coude take no ad|uauntage of hym / and he made no mo a&s;&s;autes to the towne / bycau&s;e of &s;paryng of his me~ and artyllary: thus the&s;e two hoo&s;tes lay one aga|yn&s;t an other a longe &s;ea&s;on / tyll it was well on warde in wynter. Than pope Clement the &s;ixt &s;ende the cardynall of Pene&s;ter / and the cardy|nall of Cleremount to entreat for a peace: and they rode often tymes bytwene the parties but they coude bring them to no peace. In the mean &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many &s;kirmy&s;&s;hes: and men taken / &s;layne / and ouerthrowen on bothe pties thengly&s;&s;hmen dur&s;t nat go a foragyng / but in great co~panyes / for they were euer in great dan+ger by rea&s;on of bu&s;&s;hmentes that were layd for them. Al&s;o &s;ir Loyes of Spayne kept &s;o the &s;ee coo&s;t / that with moche danger any thyng came to thengly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / the frenchmen thought to kepe the kynge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> inmaner as be &s;ieged. Al&s;o the frenchmen endured moche payne with wete and colde for day and night it rayned on them / wherby they lo&s;t many of their hor&s;es and were fayne to dy&s;lodge and lye in the playne feldes they had &s;omoche water in their lodgynges. At la&s;t the&s;e cardynals dyd &s;omoch that there was a tru&s;e agreed for thre yere / the kyng of Englan+de / and the duke of Normandy &s;ware to vphol|de the &s;ame without brekyng / as the cu&s;tome is in &s;uche lyke ca&s;es.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the french kynge cau&s;ed the heedes to be &s;tryken of / of the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and dyuer&s;e other lor|des of Bretayne and of Nor+mandy. Cap. lxxxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_THus this great a&s;&s;em|bly brake vpp~ / and the &s;iege ray&s;ed at Uannes: the duke of Normandy went to Nan+tes and had with hym y^e two cardynals. And the kyng of Engla~de went to Hanybout to the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was an ex|chaunge made bytwene the baron of Stafford and the lorde Cly&s;&s;on. Whan the kyng had tary ed at Hanybout as long as it plea&s;ed him / than he left <ABBR>ther</ABBR> therle of Penbroke / &s;ir Wyllyam of Caducall and other: and than~e retourned into Englande aboute Chri&s;tmas. And the duke of Normandy retourned into Fraunce and gaue leaue to euery man to depart / and anone after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord Cly&s;&s;on was taken vpon &s;u&s;pecyous of tre+ason and was putte into the chatelet of Parys / wherof many had great marueyle: lordes and knyghtes &s;pake eche to other therof / and &s;ayde what mater is y^t is layd agayn&s;t the lorde Cly&s;|&s;on / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none coude tell: but &s;ome ymagi|ned that it was fal&s;e enuy / bycau&s;e the kynge of England bare more fauour to delyuer hym <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ex+chang rather than &s;ir Henry of Leon who was &s;tyll in pri&s;on / bycau&s;e the kyng &s;hewed hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> auantage his enemyes &s;u&s;pected in hym &abper;auen ture that was nat true: vpon the which &s;u&s;pect he was be heeded at Paris without mercy or ex+cu&s;e / he was gretly be moned. Anone after <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers knyghtes were accu&s;ed in &s;embla|ble ca&s;e: as the lorde of Maletrayt and his &s;on / the lorde of Uangor / &s;ir Thybault of Morilon and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne to the no~|bre of .x. knyghtes and &s;quyers / and they lo&s;t all their heedes at Parys. And anone after as it was &s;ayd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was put to dethe by famyne .iiii. knyghtes of Normandy / &s;ir Wyllyam Baron / &s;ir Henry of Maletrayt / y^e lorde of Rochte&s;&s;on
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and &s;ir Rycharde of Per&s;y / wherby after there fell moche trouble in Bretayne / and in Norma~+dy. The lorde of Cly&s;&s;on had a &s;onne called as his father was Olyuer he went to the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort and to her &s;onne who was of his age: and al&s;o without father / for he dyed as ye haue hard before in y^e ca&s;tell of Lour in Paris.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the order of &s;aynt George that kyng Edwarde &s;tably&s;&s;hed in the ca|&s;tell of wynd&s;ore. Cap. C.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on the king of England toke plea&s;ure to newe reedefy the Ca&s;tell of wynd&s;ore / the whiche was begonne by kynge Arthure. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fir&s;te beganne the table rounde / wherby &s;pran|ge the fame of &s;o many noble knightes through out all the worlde. Than kyng Edwarde deter myned to make an order and a brotherhode of a certayne nombre of knyghtes / and to be called knyghtes of the blewe garter: and a fee&s;t to be kept yerely at wyn&s;ore on &s;aynt Georges day. And to begynne this order the kynge a&s;&s;embled togyder erles / lordes / and knyghtes of his re|alme: and &s;hewed them his inte~cyon. And they all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyou&s;ly agreed to his <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> / bycau&s;e thei &s;awe it was a thyng moche honourable &amp; wher by great amyte and loue &s;hulde growe and en|crea&s;e than was ther cho&s;en out a certayne no~|bre of the moo&s;t valyante&s;t men of the realme. And they &s;ware and &s;ayled to mentayne the or|dr naunces &s;uche as were deuy&s;ed: and y^e kyng made a chapell in the ca&s;tell of wyn&s;ore of &s;aynt George and &s;tably&s;&s;hed certayne chanous ther to &s;erue god and enduyd them with fayre rent. Than the kyng &s;ende to publy&s;&s;he this fee&s;t by his heraldes into Fraunce Scotlande&punc; Bur|gone Heynault Flaunders / Brabant and in|to the~pyre of Almayne: gyueng to euery knight and &s;quyer that wolde come to the &s;ayd fee&s;t xv. dayes of &s;aule conduct before the fee&s;t. And af|ter the whiche fee&s;t to begynne at wynd&s;ore on &s;aynt George day nexte after / in the yere of our lorde. M. CCC. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. and the quene to be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ac<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">panyed with. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. C. ladyes and damo&s;els all of noble lynage&punc; and aparelled acordingly.</P>
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<DIV1 N="101" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande dely|uerd out of pri&s;on &s;ir Henry of Leon. Cap. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">.</HEAD>
<P>_WHyle the kynge made this preparacion at wynd&s;ore for this &s;ayd fee&s;t / tidynges came to hym howe y^e lorde Cly&s;&s;on and dyuers other lordes had lo&s;t their heedes in Frau~ce / wher with the kyng was &s;ore dy&s;ple|ased. In &s;o moch that he was in purpo&s;e to haue &s;erued &s;ir Henry of Leon in lyke ca&s;e whom he had in pri&s;onne but his co&s;yn the erle of Derby &s;hewed to hym before his coun&s;ayle &s;uche rea|&s;ons to a&s;&s;wage his yre and to refrayne his cou rage. Sayeng &s;ir though that kyng Philyppe in his ha&s;t hath done &s;o foule a dede as to put to dethe &s;uch valyant knyghtes&punc; yet &s;ir for all that blemy&s;&s;he nat your noblene&s;&s;e / and &s;ir to &s;ay the trouth your pri&s;oner ought to bere no blame for his dede / but &s;ir put hym to a re&s;ouable raunso~e Than the kynge &s;ent for the knyght pri&s;oner to come to his pre&s;ence / and than &s;ayd to hym a &s;ir Henry: &s;ir Henry / myne aduer&s;ary Philyppe of Ualoyes hath &s;hewed his feleny right cruell / to put to dethe &s;uche knyghtes / wherwith I am &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / and it is thought to vs that he hath done it in dy&s;pite of vs. And if I wolde re|garde his malyce I &s;hulde &s;erue you in lyke ma+ner / for ye haue done me more dy&s;plea&s;ure / and to myne in Bretayne than any other per&s;on: but I woll &s;uffre it and let hym do his wor&s;t / for to my power I woll kepe myne honour / and I am content ye &s;hall come to a lyght ran&s;ome for the loue of my co&s;yn of Derby / who hathe de&s;yred me for you / &s;o that ye woll do that I &s;hall &s;hewe you. The knyght an&s;wered and &s;ayd / &s;ir I &s;hal do all that ye &s;hall co~maunde me: than &s;ayd the kyng I knowe well ye be one of the riche&s;t kny|ghtes in Bretaygne / and yf I wolde &s;ore cea&s;e you ye &s;hulde pay me .xxx. or .xl. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">utes / but ye &s;hall go to myne aduer&s;ary Philypp~ of Ua|loyes: and &s;hewe hym on my behalfe / that &s;yth he hath &s;o &s;hamefully putte to dethe &s;o valyant knyghtes in the di&s;pyte of me / I &s;ay and woll make it good he hath broken the tru&s;e / taken by twene me and hym: wherfore al&s;o I renownce it on my parte and defye hym fro this day fore|warde. And &s;o that ye woll do this me&s;&s;age yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> raun&s;ome &s;halbe but .x. M. &s;cutes / the which ye &s;hall pay and &s;ende to Bruges within .xv. day|es
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after ye he pa&s;t the &s;ee / and moreouer ye &s;hall &s;ay to all knyghtes and &s;quyers of tho&s;e partes that for all this they leaue nat to co~e to our fee&s;t at wynd&s;ore / for we wolde gladly &s;e theym and they &s;hall haue &s;ure and &s;aue co~duct to retourne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">v. dayes after the fee&s;t. Sir &s;ayd the knyght to the be&s;te of my power I &s;hall accomply&s;&s;he your me&s;&s;age / and god rewarde your grace for the courte&s;&s;y ye &s;hewe me / and al&s;o I humbly thanke my lorde of Derby of his goodwyll. And &s;o &s;ir Henry of Leon departed fro y^e kyng and went to Hampton / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> toke the &s;ee / to thyntent to arryue at Har<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ewe: but a &s;torme toke hym on the &s;ee which endured &s;ystene day|es / and lo&s;t his hor&s;e whiche were ca&s;te into the &s;ee: and &s;ir Henry of Leon was &s;o &s;ore troubled that he had neuer helth after / howe be it at la&s;te he toke lande at Crotoy. And &s;o he and all his co~pany went a fote to Abuyle and ther they get hor&s;es / but &s;ir Henry was &s;o &s;icke that he was fayne to go in a lytter: and &s;o came to Parys to kynge Philypp~ and dyd his me&s;&s;age fro poynt to poynt / and he lyued nat long after / but dyed as he went into his countrey: in the cytie of An|gyers god a&s;&s;oyle his &s;oule.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande &s;ent therle of Derby to make warre into Ga&s;coyne. Cap. C .ii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe day of &s;aynt Ge|orge approched that this gret fee&s;t &s;huld be at Wyn|&s;ore / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a noble com+pany of erles / barownes / ladyes / and damo&s;elles / knyghtes / and &s;quyers: &amp; great tryumphe / iu&s;tynge / and tournayes / the which endured fyftene dayes: and thyder came many knyght&abis; of dyuer&s;e contreis / as of Flan|ders / Heynalt / and Brabant / but out of Fran|ce <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came none. This fee&s;t duryng / dyuer&s;e new&s;e came to the kynge out of dyuers contreis thyder came knyghtes of Ga&s;coyne: as y^e lorde of Le&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">are / the lorde of Chaumount / the lorde of Mu&s;ydent&punc; &s;ende fro the other lordes of the countrey &s;uche as were engly&s;&s;he: as the lorde de / Labreth / the lorde of Punye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / the lorde of Mountferant / the lorde of Du<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">as / the lorde of Carton / the lorde of Grayly and dyuer&s;e other: and al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ent me&s;&s;angers fro the cytte of Bayon / and fro Bourdeaux. The&s;e me&s;&s;an|gers were well fee&s;ted with the kynge and with his coun&s;ayle / and they &s;hewed hym howe that his countrey of Ga&s;coyne / and his good cytie of Bourdeaux were but febly conforted / wher|fore they de&s;yred hym to &s;ende thyder &s;uche a ca+ptayne and &s;uche men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / that they might re&s;y&s;te agayn&s;t the frenchemen / who were in a great army and kept the feldes. Than the kyng ordayned his co&s;yn the erle of Derby to go thy|der &amp; he to be as chiefe captayne / and with hym to go therle of Penbroke / therle of Quenforde / the baron of Stafforde / &s;ir Gaultier of Man|ny / the lorde Franque de la Hall / the lyeure de Brabant / &s;ir Hewe Ha&s;tynges / &s;ir Stephyn de Tombey / the lorde of Manny / &s;ir Rychard Haydon / the lorde Normant of Fynefroyde / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Robert of Lerny / &s;ir John~ Norwyche / &s;ir Ry|charde Rocklefe / &s;ir Robert of Quenton / and dyuers other / they were a fyue hundred knygh|tes and &s;quyers / and two thou&s;ande archers: the king &s;ayd to his co&s;yn therle of Derby / take with you golde and &s;yluer ynough / ye &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at lacke: and depart largely therof with your men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / wherby ye &s;hall gette their loue and fa+uoure. Than the kynge ordayned &s;ir Thomas Daugorne into Bretaygne / to the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort to helpe to kepe her countrey for all the peace that was taken / for he douted that the frenche kyng wolde make warre bycau&s;e of the me&s;&s;age that he &s;ent hym by &s;ir Henry of Leon. And with hym he &s;ent a hundred men of armes / and two hundred archers: also the kyng orday|ned therle of Sali&s;bury / and therle Dulne&s;tre into the northe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ties with a hundred men of ar|mes / and &s;ixe hundred archers for the &s;cott&abis; had rebelled agayne to hym / and had brent in Corn wall / and ronne to Bri&s;towe / and be&s;ieged the towne of Dulne&s;tre. Thus the kynge &s;ent his men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> into dyuers places / and delyuerd the captayns golde and &s;yluer &s;ufficyent to pay their wages &amp; to retayne &s;oudyers / and &s;o euery company departed as they were ordayned.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe fir&s;t lette vs &s;peke of therle of Derby for he had the grette&s;t charge / he toke &s;hypping at Hampton / and &s;ayled tyll he aryued at Bay|on a good towne and a &s;tronge cytie / the which had long been engly&s;&s;he. They landed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the &s;ixt day of June / in y^e yere of our lorde. M .iii. C .xliiii. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were well receyued and tary+ed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a &s;euyn dayes / and the eyght day depar+ted and went to Burdeaux / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were re|ceyued with &s;olempne proce&s;&s;yon. And the erle
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of Derby was lodged in thabbay of &s;aynt An|drewe and whan the erle of Laylle the frenche kynges lyeutenant in tho&s;e parties vnder&s;tode of the commyng of thengly&s;&s;hmen: he &s;ende for therle of Comyges / the erle of Pyergourt / the erle of Carman / the vycount of Uyllemure / the erle of Ualentenoyes / therle of Myrande / the erle of Duras / the lorde of Maryde / the lorde Delabard / the lorde of Pycornet / the vycont of Cha&s;tellone / the lorde of Newca&s;tell / the lorde of Le&s;tyne / the abbot of &s;aynt Syluer: and all other lordes &s;uche as helde of the french partie. And whan they were all togyder / than~e he de|maunded coun&s;ayle on the commyng of therle of Derby / they an&s;wered howe they thought them&s;elfe &s;trong ynough to kepe the pa&s;&s;age at Bergerate ouer the ryuer of Garon: the which &s;ayeng plea&s;ed well therle of Layll who as than was in Ga&s;coyne as kyng vnder y^e french kyng and had kept that contrey as long as the warre had endured / and had taken dyuers townes &amp; ca&s;tels fro thengly&s;&s;hmen / than the&s;e lordes &s;ent for men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> fro all parties &amp; went and kept the &s;ubbarbes of Bergerate / the whiche were great and inclo&s;ed with the ryuer of Garon.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the erle of Derby con|quered Bergerathe. Cap. C .iii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan therle of Derby had ben at Burdeuxa .xv. dayes / he vnder&s;tode howe the&s;e lordes &amp; knyghtes of Ga&s;coyne were at Bergerath. In a mornynge he drewe thyderward / and he cau|&s;ed &s;ir Gaultier of Manny and &s;ir Franque de Hall to go before / who were mar&s;halles of his hoo&s;t: that mornynge they rode thre leages to a ca&s;tell that was engly&s;&s;he called Mounteroly|er but a lytell leage fro Bergerath / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they ta+ryed all that day and that night. The next mor|nynge their currours ranne to the varryers of Bergerath / and at their retourne they reported to &s;ir Gaultier of Manny howe they had &s;ene parte of the demeanour of the frenchemen / the which they thoght to be but &s;ymple. That mor|nynge thengly&s;&s;hmen dyned be tymes: and as they &s;atte at dyner &s;ir Gaultier of Manny be|helde therle of Derby and &s;ayde / &s;ir yf we were good men of armes we &s;hulde drinke this eue|nynge with the frenche lordes beyng in Berge|rath &abquod; therle and for me it &s;hall nat be let: wha~ euery man harde that they &s;ayde let vs go arme vs / for we &s;hall ryde incontynent to Bergerath <ABBR>|ther</ABBR> was no more to do / but &s;hortly euery man was armed and a hor&s;ebacke. Whan the erle of Derby &s;awe his co~pany &s;o well wylled he was right ioyeou&s;e / and &s;ayde lette vs ryde to our ennemies in the name of god and &s;aynt George &s;o they rode forthe with their baners di&s;played in all the heate of they day / tyll they came to the vaylles of Bergerath / the whiche were nat ea&s;y to wynne: for part of the ryuer of Garon went about it. Whan the frenchmen &s;awe thengly&s;&s;h+men come to a&s;&s;ayle them / they &s;ayde amonge the~&s;elfe howe they &s;hulde &s;one be driuen backe / they y&s;&s;ued out in good order. They had many of the villayns of the contrey yll armed / the en|gly&s;&s;hmen approched and the archers began to &s;hote fier&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y: and whanne tho&s;e fotemen felt the arowes lyght among theym / and &s;awe the ba|ners and &s;tanderdes waue with the wynde the which they had nat bene acu&s;tomed to &s;e before. Than thei reculed backe among their owne me~ of armes / than thengly&s;&s;hmen of armes apro|ched and da&s;&s;hed in amo~g their enmys &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lewe and bete downe on euery part for the frenchmen of armes coulde nother aproche forwarde nor backewarde for their owne fotemen / who recu|led without order and dyd &s;toppe the~ their way <ABBR>|ther</ABBR> were many &s;layne and &s;ore hurt the~gly&s;&s;he archers were on bothe &s;ydes the way and &s;hotte &s;o holly togyder / that none dur&s;te approche nor y&s;&s;ue through theym. So the frenchmen were put a backe into the &s;ubarbes of Bergerath / but it was to &s;uche a my&s;chefe for them that the fir&s;t bridge and baylles were wonne by clene force: for thengly&s;&s;hmen entred with them / and there on the pauement many knyghtes were &s;layne and &s;ore hurte / and dyuers pri&s;oners taken of them that aduentuted theym&s;elfe to defende the pa&s;&s;age: and the lorde of Mirpoy&s;e was &s;layne vnder &s;ir Gaultier of Mannes baner who was the fir&s;t that entred. Whan therle of Layll &s;awe that the engly&s;&s;hmen had wonne the &s;ubbarbes and &s;layne his men without mercy / he than re|culed backe into the towne and pa&s;&s;ed the brige with great trouble and danger / before y^t bridge <ABBR>|ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore&s;kirmy&s;&s;he / the lordes &amp; knygh|tes fought hande to hande: the lorde of Manny auaunced hym&s;elfe &s;o ferre among his ennemy|es / that he was in great daunger. Thengly&s;&s;h|men toke <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the vycount of Bou&s;quetyne / the
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lorde of Newca&s;tell / the lorde of Cha&s;tellon / the lorde de Le&s;cu / all other of the frenchmen entred into the towne / and clo&s;ed theirgates and lette downe their portcoly&s;e. And than wente to the walles to their defences / this a&s;&s;aut &amp; &s;kirmy&s;&s;h endured tyll the euenyng: than thengly&s;&s;hmen withdrue right &s;ore wery and entred into y^e &s;ub|barbes / the which they had wonne: where they founde wyne and v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tayle &s;ufficye~t for their hole hoo&s;t for two monethes. The next mornyng the erle of Derby cau&s;ed his trumpettes to be &s;ow|ned / and &s;et his people in order of batayle and aproched the towne and made a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut / the which endured tyll noone: lytell dyd thengly&s;&s;h men at that a&s;&s;aut for they within defended the~|&s;elfe valyantly / at noone the engly&s;&s;hmen with drewe / for they &s;awe well they dyd but le&s;e their payne. Than the lordes went to coun&s;ayle and determyned to a&s;&s;aut the towne by water / for it was clo&s;ed but with pales / than therle of Der|by &s;ende to the nauy at Burdeaux for &s;hyppes / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was brought fro Burdeaux to Berge+rath .lx. &s;hyppes and barkes. The next day in y^e euenynge they ordred their batayls and in the next mornyng by the &s;on ry&s;inge the nauy was redy to a&s;&s;aut by water / the baron of Stafford was captayne: thengly&s;&s;hmen and archers ad|uentured theym &s;elfe valyantly / and came to a great barryer before the pales / the which anone was ca&s;t downe to the yerth: thanne they of the towne came to therle de Laylle / and to the other lordes and knyghtes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and &s;ayde &s;irs take hede what ye woll do: we be in a great iedpardy to be all lo&s;t. If this towne be lo&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oe le&s;e all that we haue and our lyues al&s;o: yet hit were better that we yelded our&s;elfe to the erle of Derby than to haue more damage. The erle of Laylle &s;ayd / go we to the place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as nedeth moo&s;t defence / for we wyll nat as yet yelde vpp~ the towne: &s;o they wente to defende the pales. The archers that were in the barkes &s;hot &s;o hol+ly togyder / that none bur&s;t apere at their defen|ce without they were &s;layne or &s;ore hurte: there were within a two hundred genowayes cro&s;|bowes / and nere were pauy&s;&s;hed agayn&s;te the &s;hotte / they helde the engly&s;&s;he archers well a|warke all the day / and many hurt on bothe par|ties: finally the engly&s;&s;hmen dyd &s;omoche that they brake downe a great pane of y^e pales / than they within reculed backe / and de&s;yred a treaty and a t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ew<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e the which was graunted to <ABBR>endur</ABBR> all that day &amp; the nextnyght / &s;o that they &s;hulde nat fortify in the meane &s;ea&s;on. So eyther par|tie drewe to their lodgynges: this nyght the lor+des within the towne were in great coun&s;ayle / and finally about mydnight they tru&s;&s;ed bagge and baggage / and departed out of the towne of Bergerath / and toke the waye to the towne of Ryoll / the which was nat ferre fro thens. The next mornynge the engly&s;&s;hmen agayne entred into their barkes and came to the &s;ame place where they had broken the pales / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde certayne of the towne who de&s;yred the~ that they wolde pray the erle of Derby to take them to mercy / &s;auyng their lyues and goodes and fro then&s;forthe they wolde be obey&s;aunt to the kynge of Englande. The erle of Quenefort and therle of Penbroke &s;ayde they wolde &s;peke gladly for theym: and &s;o they came to the erle of Derby and &s;hewed hym thyntent of them of the towne. The erle of Derby &s;ayde / he that mercy de&s;yreth mercy ought to haue / bydde theym o|pyn their gates / and &s;he we them they &s;halbe a&s;|&s;ured of me and all myne. The&s;e two lord&abis; went agayne to them of the towne / and &s;hewed them the erle of Derbyes intent: than they a&s;&s;embled all the people toguyder and &s;owned their belles and opyned their gates / and y&s;&s;ued out menne and women in proce&s;&s;yon: and humbly mette the erle of Derby / and &s;o brought hym into the chiefe churche / and there &s;ware faythe and ho|mage to the erle / in the name of the kyng of En|glande / by vertue of a procutacyon that the erle hadde.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the erle of Derby conquered dyuer&s;e townes and fortre&s;&s;es in hyghe Ga&s;coyne. Cap. C .iiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame day that therle of Laylle was come to Ry|oll fro Bergerate / he and his company deuy&s;ed to depart them&s;elfe / &s;ome into one for|tre&s;&s;e and &s;o~e into an other: and to kepe fronter warre. And the &s;ene&s;hall of Tholouz / the erle of Uyl|lemure were &s;ent to Auberoche / &s;ir Bertrame de Pre&s;&s;e to Pellagrewe / the lorde Phylippe of Dyone to Mount agret / the lorde of Mount|brandone / to Mauldurane / Arnolde of Dyone to Mountgy&s;e / Robert of Malmore to Beau|mount
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in Laylloes &s;ir Charles of Poyters to P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nnes in Agynoes. Thus the&s;e knyght&abis; <ABBR>wer</ABBR> deuyded fro gary&s;on to gary&s;on / and the erle of Laylletaryed in the Ryoll / and newe repayred the fortre&s;&s;e. And whau~e the erle of Derby had ta<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yed in Bergerath two dayes / he demau~ded of the &s;ene&s;hal of Burdeaur what way was be&s;t for hym to take / for he &s;ayde he wolde natte lye &s;tyll: the &s;ene&s;hall aun&s;wered howe he thought it be&s;t to drawe to Pyergourt / and into hyghe Almaygne. Than the erle of Derby prepayred to departe / and left captayne in Bergerathe &s;ir John~ dela Sante. And as the~gly&s;&s;hmen went forwarde they came to a ca&s;tell called Lango: wherof the veigneur of Tholouz was captayn there thengly&s;&s;hmen taryed and gaue a&s;&s;aut to the ca&s;tell / bycau&s;e they &s;ayde they wolde narte leaue &s;uche a ca&s;tell behynde theym / but at that a&s;&s;aut the engly&s;&s;hmen wanne but lytell. The nexte day the a&s;&s;auters brought fagottes / tym|ber / and other thynges: and fylled &s;o the d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">kes that they might go to the walles. Than &s;ir Fra~+que de Hall coun&s;ayled them within to yelde: for he &s;ayd they might abyde &s;o long y^t it &s;hulde be to late. They within de&s;yred re&s;pyte to gyue an an&s;were / the which was agreed: and whan they had coun&s;ayled the parties greed / &s;o they de&abper;ted with their lyues / but they bare a way no thynge &amp; went to Mou&s;acke. Therle of Derby made capitayne at Lango a &s;quyer called Ay|mone Lyone / and with hym .xxx. archers: than therle rode to a towne called le Lacke / and they of the towne met hym on the way and brought hym the kayes / and dyd homage to the kyng of Englande. Than therle went forthe / and came to Mandurant / the whiche he wanne with a&s;|&s;aut: whan he had &s;ette rulers there / he went to the ca&s;tell of Mountgy&s;e and toke it al&s;o by a&s;|&s;aut / and the captayne he &s;ende as pri&s;onere to Burdeaux / than he rode to Punache the which al&s;o he wanne / and al&s;o the ca&s;tell de la Lewe: and there he taryed thre dayes / the fourth daye he went to For&s;athe and wanne it lightly / and al&s;o the towre of Pondayre: than~e he came to a great to wne called Beaumount in Laylloyes / parceyninge to the inherytaunce of the erle of Laylle: thre dayes the erle of Derby lay there and made great a&s;&s;autes / the place was well for tifyed with men of warre and artillery: how be it finally it was wonne / and many of them with in &s;layne. Than therle of Derby &s;et there newe captayns and men of warre / and fro then&s;e he went to the chiefe to wne parteyninge to the erle of Laylle: wherof the lorde Philyppe of Dy|one / and Arnolde of Dyone were capitayns. The engly&s;&s;hmen approched to the barryers / and the archers &s;hotte &s;o quickely: &s;o that they of the towne dur&s;te nat appere at their defence. So the fir&s;te day they baylles harde to the gate of the towne was wonne / and in the euenynge the a&s;&s;aut &s;eaced and euery man drewe to their lodgynges. The next mornynge the a&s;&s;aut be|gan agayne in dyuers places / &s;o that they with in wy&s;t nat well what to do: than~e they de&s;yred to haue a peace / than an haraulde was &s;ende to them and a day re&s;pyte to treat in the meane &s;e|a&s;on: than~e the erle of Derby hym &s;elfe went to the barryers to &s;peke with theym of the towne / and with hym was the baron of Stafforde and the lorde of Manny. Therle wolde they &s;hulde haue yelded them&s;elfe &s;imply / but they &s;o agre|ed that the towne &s;huld be vnder the obey&s;ance of the kyng of Englande: and that they &s;hulde &s;ende twelfe of their burge&s;&s;es into the cytie of Burdeaur for ho&s;tage. And the lordes and kni|ghtes of Fraunce departed vnder &s;aue conduct and went to the Ryoll.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe therle of Quenfort was ta|ken in Ga&s;coyne / and delyuerd agayne by exchaung. Cap. C .v.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this conque&s;t the erle of Derby went to Bonu all / and there made a great a&s;&s;aute and many hurte on bothe parties: finally it was taken~e and newe refre&s;&s;hed with captaynes and men of warre. Than therle pa&s;&s;ed farther into the cou~|tie of Pyergourt / and pa&s;&s;ed by Bordall with|out any a&s;&s;aute: and laboured &s;o longe that at la&s;te he came before Pyergourt. Therle of that countrey was in the towne / and the lorde Ro|ger of Quenfort his vncle / and the lorde of Du|ras with a &s;ix&s;core knyghtes and &s;quyers of the countrey. The erle of Derby aduy&s;ed howe he myght be&s;t a&s;&s;ayle the towne to his aduaunta|ge / for he &s;ame well it was &s;tronge: &s;oo that all thynges con&s;ydred it was thought nat be&s;te to enploy his people there in that ieopardy. And
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&s;o went and lodged a two leages then&s;e by a ly|tell ryuer / to the intent to a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;telle of Pelagrue / about mydnight y&s;&s;ued out of Py|ergourt a two hundred &s;peares / and are it was day they came into the lodgynges of thengly&s;&s;h men and &s;lewe and hurte many: and came into the erle of Quenfortes tent and founde hym ar|mynge / and he was &s;o &s;harpely a&s;&s;ayled that he was taken pri&s;oner and thre other of his hou&s;e. Than the ga&s;coyns went backe or the ho&s;t were more &s;tyred / and drewe agayne to their towne as it was nedefull for theym: they founde their gates opyn / for they were hotely pur&s;ued and driuen home into their barryers. Than the ga|&s;cons a lyghted / and defended their barryers and fought hande to hande: &s;o that they lo&s;t no|thyng. Than thengly&s;&s;hmen retourned to their hoo&s;t: and the erle of Derby went to Pelagrue and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ixe dayes and made many great a&s;&s;autes / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the delyuerance made of the erle of Quenfort and his company by exchang / for the vycount of Bonquentyne / the vycount of Cha&s;tellone / the lorde of Le&s;cue / and of the lorde of Newca&s;tell: on the condycion that the landes of Pyergourt &s;hulde abyde thre yeres in re&s;t and peace / but the lordes and knyghtes of the countrey might well arme them&s;elfe with out any forfette / but nothyng to be robbed and brent <ABBR>within</ABBR> the countrey durynge that &s;pace. Thus thengly&s;&s;hmen departed fro before Pe|lagrue / for that pertayned to the countie of Py|ergourt / than the erle of Derby went to Aube|roche a fayre ca&s;tell and a &s;tronge / pertayninge to the by&s;&s;hoppe of Tholouz. Thengly&s;&s;hmen lodged theym&s;elfe there about / as thoughe they were mynded to abyde there a longe &s;pace: and dyde &s;ende them worde within to yelde the~&s;elfe for if they were taken byforce / they were all but deed without mercy: they within hadde great dout of their lyues and they &s;awe no &s;ocour co~|mynge fro no partie: than they yelded them&s;elfe and became &s;ubgettes to the kyng of England. Than the erle of Derby drewe towarde Bur|deaux / and left in gary&s;on in Aube coche &s;ir Fra~+que de la Halle / and &s;ir Alayne of Fynefroyde and &s;ir John~ of Lynedall. Than~e in his way he came to a good towne called Lyburne / twelfe leages fro Burdeaux and layde &s;iege about it / and &s;ayde howe he wolde nat depart then&s;e tyll he had it. They within tooke coun&s;ayle / &s;o that all thynges con&s;ydred: the good and yuell they yelded them to therle of Derby and dyd homa|ge / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> therle taryed a thre dayes: and left the erle of Penbroke / the lorde Stafforde / &s;ir Stephyn of Courey / and &s;ir Aly&s;ander Hau|&s;ayle &s;tyll in Lyborne: than therle of Derby&punc;the erle of Quenfort / &s;ir Gaultier of Manny / and other rode &s;treyght to Bourdeaux.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe therle of Layle layde &s;iege before Auberoche. Cap. C .vi.</HEAD>
<P>_AT the retournynge of therle of Derby to Bourde|aux: he was ioyefully recey|ued and mette with proce&s;&s;y|on / and offeredde hym euery thyng in the towne at his ple+a&s;ure: there he taryed &amp; &s;por|ted hym with the burge&s;&s;es / ladyes / and damo|&s;els of the towne. &para;Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the erle of Laylle who was at the Ryoll: whan~e he vnder&s;tode that the erle of Derby was at Bur|deaux and lay &s;tyll / and no lickelyhode that he wolde &s;tyrre any farther that &s;ea&s;on. Than he wrote to the erle of Pyergourt / of Carmaynye / of Couynes / and of Breuniquele: and to all the other lordes of Ga&s;coyne of the frenche partie / that they &s;hulde a&s;&s;emble their men / and come and mete hym before Auberoche / for his mynde was to ley &s;iege therto: they all obeyed hym for he was as kynge in tho&s;e parties of Ga&s;coyne. The lordes and knyghtes within Auberoche was nat ware of any &s;iege tyll it was layd roun+de about them / &s;o that none coude y&s;&s;ue out nor entre without parceyuinge. The frenchemen brought with them four great engyns fro Tho+louz / the whiche dyd ca&s;te day and night / they made no other a&s;&s;aut: &s;o within &s;ixe dayes they had broken the roffes of the towres and cham|bers / that they within dur&s;te nat abyde but in lowe vautes: the intent of them of the ho&s;t was to &s;lee them all within / or els to haue them yelde &s;imply. Therle of Derby had knowledge <ABBR>howe</ABBR> the &s;iege lay before Auberoch / but he knewe nat that his company <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed as they were. Whan &s;ir Franque de Hall / &s;ir Aleyne de Fyneforde / and &s;ir John~ of Lyndall / who were thus be&s;ieged within Auberoche / &s;awe the~&s;elfe thus hardly be&s;tadde: they demaunded among their varlets if their were any for a good rewar de wolde bere a letter to therle of Derby to Bur deux / one varlet &s;tepped forth and &s;ayd he wold
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gladly bere it nat for the aduantage of his re|warde / but rather to helpe to delyuer them out of daunger. In the nyght the varlette toke the letter &s;ealed with their &s;eales / and thanne went downe the dykes and &s;o pa&s;t through the hoo&s;t / there was none other remedy: he was met with the fir&s;te watche and pa&s;t by them for he &s;pake good ga&s;coyne and named a lorde of the hoo&s;t and &s;ayd he parteyned to hym / but than agayn he was taken among the tentes / and &s;o brought into the herte of the hoo&s;t / he was &s;herched and the letter founde on hym: and &s;oo he was kepte &s;aue tyll the mornynge that the lordes were a&s;|&s;embled togyder. Than the letter was brought to therle of Layle: they had great ioye whanne they perceyued that they within were &s;o &s;ore co~|&s;trayned that they coude nat long endure than they toke the varlet and hanged the letter about his necke and dyd put hym into an engyn / and dyde ca&s;t hym into the towne. The varlette fell downe deed / wherwith they within were &s;ore troubled / the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on therle of Pyergourt / and his vncle &s;ir Charles of Poyters and the vycount of Carmany / and the lorde of Duras were a hor&s;backe / and pa&s;&s;ed by the walles of the towne as nere as they might: and cryed to them within and &s;ayd in mockery: &s;irs demau~|de of your me&s;&s;anger where he founde therle of Derby &s;yth he went out but this nyght / and is retourned agayne &s;o &s;hortly. Than &s;ir Fra~que de Hall &s;ayde &s;irs though we be here in clo&s;ed / we &s;hall y&s;&s;ue out whan it &s;hall plea&s;e god and the erle of Derby: as wolde to god he knewe in what ca&s;e we be in / for and he knewe it there is none of you that dur&s;te kepe the felde / and if ye wolde &s;ende hym worde therof / one of vs &s;hall yelde hym&s;elfe pri&s;oner to you to be raun&s;omed as a gentylman ought to be / the frenchmen an|&s;wered nay nay &s;irs / the mater &s;hall nat go &s;o. The erle of Derby &s;hall knowe it well ynough / whan with our engyns we haue beaten downe the ca&s;tell to the yerthe / and that ye haue yelded vp &s;imply for &s;auyng of your lyues. Certaynly quod &s;ir Franque we &s;hall nat yelde our felfe &s;o we woll rather dye here within: &s;o the fre~chmen retourned agayne to their hoo&s;t and the thre en+gly&s;&s;he knyghtes were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;to|nes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fell in the towne gaue &s;o &s;ore &s;trokes that it &s;emed lyke thondre falled fro heuyn.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Derby toke before Auberoch therle of Layle and dyuers other erles and vycountes / to the no~|bre of .ix. Cap. C .vii.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl the mater of taking of this me&s;&s;a~ger with the let+ter and nece&s;&s;ytie of the~ with in Auberoch was &s;hewed to the erle of Derby / by a &s;pye that had been in the frenche hoo&s;t. Than therle of Der|by &s;ent to the erle of Penbroke beyng at Berge+rath to mete with hym at a certayne place / al&s;o he &s;ende for the lorde Stafforde and to &s;ir Ste+phyn Tombey beyng at Lyborne / and the erle hym&s;elfe with &s;ir Gaultier of Manny / and his company rode towardes Auberoche: and rode &s;o &s;ecretely with &s;uche guydes as knewe the co~|trey / that therle came to Lyborne and there ta|ryed a day abydinge the erle of Penbroke: and whan he &s;awe that he came nat he went forth for the great de&s;yre that he had to ayde them in Au|beroch. Thus therle of Derby / therle of Quen|forde&punc; &s;ir Gaultier of Manny / &s;ir Rychard Ha+&s;tynges / &s;ir Stephyn Tombey / the lorde Fe|ryers and the other y&s;&s;ued out of Lyborne: and rode all the night and in the mornyng they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> within two lytell leages of Auberoche. They entred into a woode / and lyghted fro their hor|&s;es and tyed their hor&s;es to pa&s;ture / abydinge for the erle of Penbroke: and there taryed tyll it was noone. They wy&s;te nat well than what to do / bycau&s;e they were but thre hundred &s;peres / and &s;ixe hundred archers: and the frenchmen be+fore Auberoch were a .x. or .xii. thou&s;ande men: yet they thought it a great &s;hame to le&s;e their co~+panyons in Auberoche / finally &s;ir Gaultier of Manny &s;ayde: &s;irs lette vs leape on our hor&s;es and let vs coo&s;t vnder the couert of this woode tyll we be on the &s;ame &s;yde that ioyneth to their hoo&s;t / and whan we be nere put y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;purres to the hor&s;es and crye our cryes / we &s;hall entre whyle they be at &s;upper: and vnware of vs ye &s;hall&s;e them be &s;o dy&s;confited that they &s;hall kepe none aray. All the lordes and knightes agreed to his &s;ayeng: than euery man toke his hor&s;e and or|dayned all their pages and baggage to abyde &s;tyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as they were: &s;o they rode &s;tyll a long by the wode / and came to a lytell ryuer in a vale nere to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french ho&s;t. Than they di&s;played their baners and prnons / and da&s;&s;hed their &s;purr&abis; to their hor&s;es and ca~e in a fronte into the frenche hoo&s;t among the ga&s;coyns / who were nothyng
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ware of that bu&s;&s;hment. They were goynge to &s;upper and &s;ome redy &s;ette at their meate: then|gly&s;&s;hmen cryed a Derby a Derby / and ouer|threwe tentes and pauylions and &s;lewe &amp; hurte many: the frenchmen wy&s;t nat what to do they were &s;o ha&s;ted / whan they ca~e into the felde and a&s;&s;embled togyder. They founde the engly&s;&s;he archers <ABBR>ther</ABBR> redy to receyue theym / who &s;hotte &s;o feer&s;ly that they &s;lewe man &amp; hor&s;e / and hurt many: therle of Layll was taken pri&s;oner in his owne tent and &s;ore hurte / and the erle of Pyer|gourt and &s;ir Roger his vncle in their tentes / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne the lorde of Duras / &s;ir Aymer of Poyeters / and therle of Ualentenoys his bro+ther was taken / euery man &s;ledde that myght be&s;t: but therle of Conynes / the vycount of Car mayne &amp; of Uillemny / and of Bru~quell / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde de la Borde &amp; of Taryde<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and other that were loged on the other&s;yde of the ca&s;tell dreme backe / and wente into the feldes with their ba|ners. Thengly&s;&s;hmen who had ouercome all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other ba&s;&s;hed in feer&s;ly among them <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many a proper feat of armes done / many taken and re&s;cued agayne: whan they within the ca|&s;tell harde that noy&s;e without / and &s;awe then|gly&s;&s;e baners and penons. In contynent they armed them and y&s;&s;ued out / and ru&s;&s;hed into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thycke&s;t of the preace / they gretly refre&s;&s;hed the engly&s;&s;hmen that had fought <ABBR>ther</ABBR> before: wher to &s;hulde I make long proce&s;&s;e / and tho of therle of Laylles partie were nygh all taken or &s;layne yf the night had nat come on / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had but fewe &s;capedde: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were taken that day what erles and vycountes to the nombre of .ix. and of lor|des / knyghtes / and &s;quyers taken / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no engly&s;&s;hman of armes / but that had .ii. or .iii. pri&s;oners. Thisbatell was on &s;aynt La|rans nyght / the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .xl. and foure: thengly&s;&s;hmen delt lyke good co~pa|nyons with their pri&s;oners / and &s;uffred many to depart on their othe and promy&s;e to retourne agayne at a certayne day to Bergerath / or to Burdeaux. Than the engly&s;&s;hmen entred into Auberoche / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the erle of Derby gaue a &s;upper to the moo&s;t part of the erles and vycou~|tes pri&s;oners / and to many of the knyghtes and &s;quyers: the~gly&s;&s;hmen gaue lande to god / in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that a thou&s;ande of them had ouercome .x. M. of their ennemyes / and had re&s;cued the towne of Auberoche / and &s;aued their co~panyons that were within: who by all lickely hod &s;hulde haue ben taken within .ii. dayes after. The next day anone vpon &s;onne ry&s;ing / thyder came therle of Penbroke with his company a thre hundren spe res / and a foure thou&s;ande archers. Thatie he &s;ayd to therle of Derby certaynly co&s;yn ye haue done me great vncourte&s;y to fight with our en|nemyes without me: &s;eyng that ye &s;ent for me / ye might haue ben &s;ure I wolde nat fayle to co~e fayr co&s;yn &abquod; therle of Derby / we de&s;yred gretly to haue had you with vs / we taryed all day tyll it was <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> pa&s;t no one. And whan we &s;awe that ye came nat we dur&s;t nat abyde no lenger / for if our ennemyes had knowen of our co~myng they had ben in a great aduantage ouer vs / &amp; nowe we haue the aduantage of them I pray you be content and helpe to gyde vs to Burdeaux. So they taryed all that day and the nexte nyght in Auberoche: and the next day be tymes they de|parted and left captayne in Auberoche a knight of Ga&s;coyne called Aly&s;ander of Chamont / this they rode to Burdeaux and ledde&punc; with them the moo&s;t part of their pri&s;oners.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the townes that therle of Der|by wanne in Ga&s;coyne goyng to|warde the Ryoll. Cap. Cviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THey of Burdeux wy&s;t nat what ioye to make: nor how to receyue therle of Der+by and &s;ir Gaultier of Man ny / for the takyng of the erle of Laylle and mo than two hundred knyght&abis; with hym. So thus pa&s;&s;ed that wynter without any more doynge in Ga&s;coyne that ought to be reme~bred and whan it was pa&s;t Ee&s;ter / in the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .xlv. In the myddes of May&punc; therle of Derby who had layne all that wynter at Burdeaux / made a great a&s;&s;emble of men of armes and archers / to the entent to go and lay &s;iege to the Ryoll / the fir&s;t day fro Burdeux he rode to Bergerath <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he founde therle of Pe~+broke / who had in like wy&s;e made his a&s;&s;embly: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they taryed thre dayes / and than departed and nombred their company and founde howe they were. M. men of armes / and two. M. ar|chers: than they rode &s;o longe tyll they came to &s;aynt Ba&s;yll and layd &s;iege therto. They with|in con&s;ydred howe the greatte&s;t men and moo&s;t part of Ga&s;coyne were pri&s;oners / &amp; &s;awe howe they &s;hulde haue no &s;ocoure fro no parte: &s;o all thynges con&s;ydred they yelded them&s;elfe / &amp; dyd
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homage to the kyng of England. Than therle pa&s;&s;ed forthe and toke they way to Aguyllone: and in his way he founde the ca&s;tell of Roche|myllone / the whiche was well furny&s;&s;hed with &s;oudyers and artyllary / howbeit therle of Der|by co~maunded to gyue a&s;&s;aut and &s;o the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was a fer&s;e a&s;&s;aut. They within ca&s;t out great bar|res of yron and pott&abis; with lyme / wherwith they hurt dyuers engly&s;&s;hmen &s;uche as aduentured them&s;elfe to farr: whan therle &s;awe his m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hurt and coude do nothyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he withdrue the a&s;&s;aut. The next day he made the vyllayns of the coun+trey to bring thyder fagottes / bu&s;&s;hes / donge / &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rawe / and erth / and fylled part of the dykes: &s;o that they might go to the walles: and &s;o they made. CCC. archers redy / and. CC. men of the countrey to go before them with pauy&s;&s;hes / and hauyng great pycares of yron: and whyle they dyd vndermyne the wall the archers &s;huld &s;hote / and &s;o they dyde that none within dur&s;te apere at their defence. This a&s;&s;aut endured the mo&s;te part of the day / &s;o that finally the myners made a great hole through the wall: &s;o that ten men myght entre a front. Thanne they within were &s;ore a ba&s;&s;hed / &s;ome fledde into the church and &s;omme &s;tale away by a priue gate: &s;o this towne and ca&s;tell was taken / robbed / and the moo&s;t parte &s;layne / except &s;uche as were fledde into the church &punc; the which therle of Derby cau|&s;ed to be &s;aued / for they yelded them&s;elf &s;imply. Thau therle &s;ette there newe captayns two en|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;quyers / Rycharde Wylle and Robert <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">: than therle went to Mount&s;egure and lay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege therto / and taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a fyftene day <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / captayne within was &s;ir Hewe Ba&s;tefoll / &amp; euery day there was a&s;&s;aut and great engyns were brought thyder <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ro Burdeaux / &amp; fro Ber|gerath: &s;o that the &s;tones <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they ca&s;t brake dow+ne walles / roffes / and hou&s;es. Therle of Derby &s;ende to them of the towne / &s;hewyng them that if they were taken byforce they &s;hulde all dye: &amp; if they wolde come vnder they obey&s;ance of the kynge of Englande he wolde pardon them all / and take them for his frendes. They of the tow+ne wolde gladly haue yelded theym / and went and &s;pake with their captayne in maner of cou~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yle to &s;e what he wolde &s;ay: and he an&s;wered theym and &s;ayd &s;irs kepe your defence / we ar a|ble to kepe this towne this halfe yere if nede be. They departed fro hym in &s;emyng well co~tent but at nyght they toke and putte hym in pri&s;on &s;ayeng howe he &s;huld neuer go out therof with|out &s;o be he wold agre to make their peace with therle of Derby / and whan that he had &s;worne that he wolde do his deuoyre: they let hym out of pri&s;on / and &s;o he went to the barryers of the towne and made token to &s;peke with the erle of Derby / &s;ir Gaultier of Manny was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pre|&s;ent and he went &amp; &s;pake with him. The knight &s;ayd &s;ir Gaultier of Manny / ye ought natte to haue marueyle though we clo&s;e our gates aga|yn&s;t you &punc; for we haue &s;worne feaultie to the fren+che kyng: and I &s;e well that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no per&s;one in his behalfe that wyll &s;toppe you of your way / but me thynke ye are lyke to go farther. But &s;ir for my &s;elfe and for the menne of the towne I de+&s;yre you that we may abyde in co~po&s;icyon / that ye make vs no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> nor we to you the &s;pace of a moneth: and duryng that terme if the frenche kyng or the duke of Normandy come into this contrey &s;o &s;trong as to fyght with you / than we to be quyte of our couenaunt: and if they come nat or one of them / than we &s;hall put vs vnder <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> obe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ance of the kyng of England. Sir Gaulti+er of Manny went to therle of Derby to knowe his plea&s;ure in that behalfe / therle was content &s;o that they within &s;huld make no fortifycation in that &s;ea&s;on: and al&s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if any of the~gly&s;&s;hmen <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lacked any vitayls / that they might haue it of them for their money. To this they were co~+tent / and &s;ent&punc; xii. burge&s;&s;es of the towne to Bur+deaux in ho&s;tage: than thengly&s;&s;hmen were re|fre&s;&s;hed with proui&s;yon of the towne / but none of them entred. Than they pa&s;&s;ed forth and wa+&s;ted and exyled the contrey / the which was ple|&s;ant and frutefull / and came to a ca&s;tell called &amp; guyllon / and the captayne therof came to therle and yelded vp the ca&s;tell / their lyues and good<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;aued. Wherof they of the contrey had gret mar+ueyle / for it was named one of the &s;tronge&s;t ca|&s;tels of the worlde / &amp; wha~ the captayne that had yelded vp the ca&s;tell &s;o &s;oone came to Tholoum / the which was .xvii. leages then&s;e / they of that towne toke hym and layd trea&s;on to his charge and hanged hym vp. The &s;ayd ca&s;tell &s;tode by|twene two great ryuers able to bere &s;hyppes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Derby newe repeyred y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell and made captayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;ir Joh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Gombray: tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e the erle went to an other ca&s;tell called Segart / the whiche he toke by a&s;&s;aut / and all the &s;oudyours within &s;layne / and fro then&s;e he went to the tow+ne of le Ryoll.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Derby layd &s;iege to the Ryoll / and howe that the towne was yelded to hym. Cap. C .ix.</HEAD>
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_THus the erle of Derby <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> before the Ryoll and lay+ed &s;iege therto on all &s;ydes / &amp; made ba&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es in the feldes and on the waye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / &s;o that no proui&s;yon coulde entre into the towne / a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">he euery day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a&s;&s;aut: the &s;iege <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ured a longe &s;pace. And whan the moneth was e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yred that they of Segur &s;hulde gyue vp their towne / the erle &s;ent thyder and they of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">owne gaue vp and became vnder the obey&s;aunce of the kynge of Englande / the captayne &s;ir Hewe Ba&s;tefoll became &s;eruant to the erle / with other that were within / vpon certayne wages that they hadde. Thengly&s;&s;hmen that had lye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> longe before the Ryoll more than nyne wekes / had made in the meane &s;pace two belf<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oys of great tymbre with .iii. &s;tages / euery belfroy o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great whelys and the &s;ydes towardes the towne were coue|red with cure boly to defende them fro fyre and fro &s;hotte. And into euery &s;tage <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyn+ted. C. archers / by &s;trength of men the&s;e two bel+froyes were brought to the walles of the towne / for they had &s;o fylled the dykes that they myght well be brought iu&s;t to the walles. The archers in the&s;e &s;tages &s;hotte &s;o holly tog<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">der that none dur&s;t apere at their defence without they were well pauy&s;&s;hed / and bytwene the&s;e two belfro|ys <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a. CC. men with pycaxes to myne the walles / and &s;o they brake through the wal|les. Thau~e the burge&s;&s;es of the towne came to one of the gates to &s;peke with &s;ome lorde of the hoo&s;t / whan the erle of Derby knewe therof he &s;ent to them &s;ir Gaultier of Manny and the ba|ron of Stafforde: and whan they ca~e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde that they of the towne wolde yel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e them their lyues and goodes &s;aued. Sir Ago<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s de Bans who was captayne within knewe that y^e people of the towne wolde yelde vp / he went in|to the ca&s;tell with his co~pany of &s;oudyers / and whyle they of the towne were entrety<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g / he con+ueyed out of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">owne gret quantyte of wyne &amp; other proui&s;yon / and than clo&s;ed the ca&s;tell ga|tes: &amp; &s;ayd howe he wolde nat yelde vp &s;o &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e. The fore&s;ayd two lordes retourned to therle of Derby / &s;hewyng hym howe they of the towne wolde yelde them&s;elf and the towne their lyues and goodes &s;aued: thau~e therle &s;ende to knowe howe the captayne wolde do with y^e ca&s;tell / a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> it was brought worde agayne to hym howe he wolde nat yelde. Than therle <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">udye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> a lytell&punc; &s;ayde well go take them of the towne to mercy / for by the towne we &s;hall haue the ca&s;tell / thau~e the&s;e lordes went agayne to them of the towne and receyued them to mercy / &s;o that they &s;hulde go out into the felde and delyuer therle of Der|by the kayes of the towne / &s;ayenge &s;ir fro heu&s;|forth we knowlege our &s;elfe &s;ubgettes and obey &s;aunt to the king of Englande. And &s;o they dyd and &s;ware that they &s;hulde gyue no comforte to them of the ca&s;tell / but to greue them to the be&s;t of their powers: than therle co~maunded that no man &s;hulde do any hurt to the towne of Ryoll / nor to none of them within. Than therle entred into the towne and layd&s;iege rounde about the ca&s;tell as nere as he might / and rered vp all his engyns the which ca&s;te nyght and day agayn&s;t the walles / but they dyde lytell hurt the walles were &s;o &s;tronge of harde &s;tone: it was &s;ayd that of olde tyme it had ben wrought by the handes of the &s;ara&s;yns who made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> warkes &s;o &s;tron+gely that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is none &s;uch nowe a bayes. Wha~ the erle &s;awe that he coulde do no good with his engyns he cau&s;ed theym to cea&s;e / than he called to hym his myners: to thyntent that they &s;huld make a myne vnder all the walles / the whiche was nat &s;one made.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir water of Manny founde in the towne of the Ryoll the &s;e|pulcre of his father. Ca. C .x.</HEAD>
<P>_WHyle this &s;iege endured / and that y^e myners were a wor|ke: the lorde Gaultier of Man|ny remembred how <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> his fader was &s;tayne goynge a pylgri|mage to &s;ait James. And howe he harde in his youth / howe he &s;hulde be bury|ed in the Ryoll or there about: thau~e he made it to be enquered in the towne y&s; there were any manne coude &s;hewe hym his fathers tombe / he &s;hulde haue a hundred crownes for his labour. And there was an aged man came to &s;ir Gaul|tier and &s;ayd / &s;ir I thynke I ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e brynge you nere to the place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> your father was buryed: thanne the lorde of Manny &s;ayde if your wor|des be trewe I &s;hall kepe couenaunt and more. &para; Nowe ye &s;hall here the maner howe the lorde Gaultiers father was &s;layne: it was trewe that &s;omtyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a by&s;&s;hoppe in Cambre&s;is / a Go&s;coyne borne / of the hou&s;e of Myrpoy&s;e. And &s;o it fortuned that in his dayes / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was at a tyme a great tournayeng before Cambrey:
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<ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there were .v. C. knyght&abis; on both par|ties: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a knyght ga&s;coyne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ourney|ed with the lorde of Manny father to &s;ir Gaulti+er / &amp; this knyght of Ga&s;coyne was &s;o &s;ore hurt and beaten that he had neuer helth after but dy+ed: this knyght was of kynne to the &s;ayde by &s;|tho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e. Wherfore the lorde of Manny was in his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and of all his lynage / a two or thre yere after certayne good men laboured to make peace bytwene the~ / and &s;o they dyd. And for a mendes the lorde of Manny was bounde to go a pylgrimage to &s;aynt James and &s;o he went thyder warde: and as he came foreby the towne of Ryoll / the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on therle Charles of Ualoyes brother to kynge Philyppe / lay at &s;iege before the Ryoll / the whiche as than was engly&s;&s;he: and dyuers other townes and cyties than pertayning to the kynge of Englande fa|ther to the kynge that layed &s;iege to Tourney. So that the lorde of Manny after the retour|nyng of his pylgrimage: he came to &s;e therle of Ua<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oys who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as kyng and as y^e lorde of Many went at night to his lodgyng / he was watched by the way by certayne of the~ of the ly|nage of hym y^t the lorde of Ma~ny had made his pylgrimage for. And &s;o w^tout therles lodgyng he was &s;layne and murdred and no man knewe who dyd it / howe be it they of that lynage were helde &s;u&s;pect in y^e mater but they were &s;o &s;tron|ge and made &s;uche excu&s;es that the mater pa&s;t / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none that wold pur&s;ue the lorde of Mannes quarell. Than therle of Ualoyes cau+&s;ed hym to be buryed in a lytell chapell in the fel+de / the which as than was without the towne of Ryoll: and whan therle of Ualoyes had wonne the towne / than the walles were made more lar+ger / &s;o that the chapell was within the towne. Thus was &s;ir Gaulter of Ma~nes fader &s;layne and this olde man reme~bred all this mater / for he was pre&s;ent whan he was buryed. Than~e &s;ir Gaultier of Manny went with this gode aged man to the place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as his father was bury|ed and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde a lytell tombe of mar|ble ouer hym / the which his &s;eruauntes layd on hym after he was buryed. Than~e the olde man &s;ayd: &s;ir &s;urely vnder this tombe lyeth your fa|ther than the lorde of Manny redde the &s;crip|ture on the tombe the whiche was in latyn / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he founde y^t the olde man had &s;ayd trouth: and gaue hym his rewarde. And w^tin two day|es after he made the tombe to be ray&s;ed and the bones of his father to be taken vp and put in a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ofer: and after dyd &s;ende them to Ualence~nes in the county of Heynalt. And in the freres <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made theym to be buryed agayne honourably / and dyde there his ob&s;equy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yght goodly / the which is yet kept yerely.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the erle of Derby wanne the ca&s;tell of the Ryoll. Cap. C .xi.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe let vs retourne to the &s;iege about the ca&s;tell of the Ryoll / the which had endured .xi. wekes / &s;o long wrought the mynours that at la&s;t they came vnder the ba&s;e court / but vnder the do~+geon they coude nat gette for it &s;tode on a harde rocke. Than &s;ir Ag<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">us des Bans their capten / &s;ayd to his company: &s;irs we be vndermy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">d &s;o that we ar in great daunger / than they were all &s;ore a &s;rayed / and &s;ayd &s;ir ye ar in a great dan|ger and we al&s;o / without ye fynde &s;ome remedy year our chefe and we wyll obey you trucly / we haue kept this hou&s;e right honourably alonge &s;ea&s;on. And though we nowe make a compo&s;y|cion we can nat be blamed / a&s;&s;ay if ye canne get graunt of therle of Derby to let vs depart / our lyues and goodes &s;aued: and we to delyuer to hym this ca&s;tell. Than &s;ir Agous dy&s;cendedde downe fro the hygh to wre / and dyd put out his heed at a lytell wyndo &punc; &amp; made a token to &s;peke with &s;ome of the ho&s;t: than he was demaunded what he wolde haue / he &s;ayd he wolde fayne &s;pe+ke with therle of Derby or with y^e lorde of Ma~|ny. Whan therle knewe therof he &s;ayd to y^e lorde of Manny and the lorde Stafforde / lette vs go to the fortre&s;&s;e and knowe what the capten woll &s;ay. Than they rode togyder / and whan &s;ir A|gous &s;awe theym he toke of his cappe and &s;alu|ted them eche after other / and &s;ayde lordes it is of trouth that the frenche kyng &s;ende me to this towne / to defende and to kepe it and the ca&s;tell to my power. And ye knowe right well howe I haue aquyt my &s;elfe in that behalfe / &amp; yet wolde if I might: but alwayes a man may nat abyde in one place / &s;ir yf it woll plea&s;e you I and all my company wolde depart our lyues and goo|des &s;aued / and we &s;hall yelde vnto you the for|tre&s;&s;e. Than therle of Derby &s;ayde / &s;ir Agous ye &s;hall nat go &s;o away: we knowe ryght well we haue &s;o &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed you that we may haue you whan we ly&s;t / for your fortre&s;&s;e &s;ta~deth but
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vpon &s;tayes: yelde you &s;imply and we wyll re|ceyue you / &s;ir Agons &s;ayde: &s;ir yf we dyde &s;o I thynke in you &s;omoch honour and gentylnes <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> ye wold deale but courtelly with vs / as ye wold the frenche kynge &s;hulde deale with any of your knyghtes / for godde&s;&s;ake &s;ir blemy&s;&s;h nat your noblene&s;&s;e for a poore &s;ort of &s;oudyours that be here within / who hath won with moche payne and paryll their poore lyueng: whome I haue brought hyther out of the prouynce of Sauoy / and out of Daulphyne / &s;ir knowe for trouthe y^t yf the le&s;t of vs &s;hulde nat come to mercy a&s; well as the be&s;t / we woll rather &s;ell our lyues in &s;uche wy&s;e that all the worlde &s;hulde &s;peke of vs / &s;ir we de&s;yre you to bere vs &s;ome co~pany of armes and we &s;hall pray for you. Than therle and the other two lordes went a parte and &s;pake togy|der / they &s;pake long togyder of dyuers thynges finally they regarded the trouthe of &s;ir Agons / and con&s;ydred howe he was a &s;tranger: and al|&s;o they &s;awe that they coude nat vndermyne the dongeon / they agreed to receyue them to mercy Than the erle &s;ayde to &s;ir Agons: &s;ir we wolde gladly to all &s;traungers bere good company of armes: I am content that ye and all your com|pany depart with your lyues &s;aued / &s;o that you bere away nothynge but your armoure. So be it quod &s;ir Agons / than he went to his compa|ny and &s;hewed them how he had &s;pedde. Than they dyd on their harne&s;&s;e and toke their hor&s;es wherof they hadde no mo but &s;ixe / &s;ome bought hor&s;es of thengly&s;&s;hmen / the whiche they payed for truely. Thus &s;ir Agons de Bans departed fro the Ryoll and yelded vp the ca&s;tell to the en|gly&s;&s;hemen / and &s;ir Agons and his company wente to Tholous.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;How therle of Derby toke the tow+ne of Mauleon / and after the towne of Franch in Ga&s;coyne. Cap. C .xii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Derby had taken his plea&s;ure at Ryoll: than he went forth and le&s;t an engly&s;&s;h knyght at Ryoll to repayre and a mende that was broken / &amp; he rode to Mountpe&s;ance and made a&s;&s;aut there / and within there were but men of the countrey that were gone thyder with their goodes / in tru&s;t of the &s;trength of the place: and &s;o they defended theym&s;elfe as longe as they might / but finally the ca&s;tell was wone with a&s;&s;aut and by &s;calyn|ge / but there were many of thengly&s;&s;he archers &s;layne / and au engly&s;&s;he gentylman &s;layne cal|led Rycharde of Pennenort / he bare the lorde Staffordes baner. Therle of Derby gaue the &s;ame ca&s;tell to a &s;quyer of his called Thomas of Lanca&s;tre: and left with hym in gary&s;on .xx. archers / than therle went to the towne of Mau+leon and made a&s;&s;aut / but he wanne it nat &s;o / at nyght there about they lodged: the nexte day a knyght of Ga&s;cone called &s;ir Aly&s;ander of Cha+mont &s;ayd to therle / &s;ir make as though ye wol|de dy&s;lodge and go to &s;ome other part / and leue a &s;mall &s;ort of your people &s;tyll before the towne and they within woll y&s;&s;ue out I knowe theym &s;o well and let them cha&s;e your men that be be|hynde: and let vs lye vnder the olyues in a bu&s;|&s;hement / and whan they be pa&s;t vs lette part of vs folowe them and &s;ome retourne toward&abis; the towne. Therle of Derby was co~tent with that coun&s;ayle / and he cau&s;ed to abyde behynde the erle of Quenforde with a hundred with hym all onely / well enformed what they &s;hulde do: than all the other tru&s;&s;ed bagge and baggage / and departed and went halfe a leage / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> layd &s;ir Gaultier of Manny with a great bu&s;&s;hme~t in a vale amonge olyues and vynes: and therle rode on forth / whan they of Mauleon &s;awe the erle departe and &s;ome &s;tyll abydinge behynde / they &s;ayde among them&s;elfe let vs go y&s;&s;ue out and go and fyght with our ennemyes that ar a|bydinge behynde their mai&s;ter / we &s;hall &s;oone dy&s;confet them / the whiche &s;hall be a great ho|noure and profette to vs / they all agreed to that opynion and armed them quickely and y&s;&s;ued out who myght fir&s;t / they were a four hundred: Whan therle of Quenfort and his co~pany &s;awe them y&s;&s;ue they reculed backe / and the frenche|men folowed after in gret ha&s;t / and &s;o <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> they pur&s;ued them that they pa&s;t the bu&s;&s;hme~t / than &s;ir Gaultier of Mannyes company y&s;&s;ued out of their bu&s;&s;hme~t and cryed Manny / and part of them da&s;&s;hed in after the frenchmen / and ano+ther part toke the way &s;treyght to y^e towne / they founde the baylles and gates opyn / and it was nyght: wherfore they within wende it had ben their owne co~pany that y&s;&s;ued out before. Tha~ thengly&s;&s;hmen toke the gate and the brige and incontynent were lordes of the towne: for &s;uche of the towne as were y&s;&s;ued out / were inclo&s;ed bothe before and behynde / &s;o that they were all taken and &s;layne: and &s;uche as were in y^e towne dyde yelde them to therle of Derby / who recey|ued
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them to mercy / and of his gentylnes re&s;py|ted the towne fro brennyng and robbynge. And dyde gyue that hole &s;eignorie to &s;ir Aly&s;aunder of Chamount / by who&s;e aduyce the towne was wont and &s;ir Aly&s;aunder made a brother of his captayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> called Antony of Chamont / and therle left with hym certayne archers and other with pauy&s;&s;hes: than therle departed and came to Wyelfra~che in Agenoys / the which was won by a&s;&s;aut and the ca&s;tell al&s;o: and he lefte there for captayne a &s;quyer of his called Thom~s Coq~ Thus therle rode all about the contrey and no man re&s;y&s;ted hym / and conquered townes and ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / and his men wanne ryches meruayle to e&s;teme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angole&s;me. Cap. C .xiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Derby had this towne at his plea&s;ure / tha&s;ie herode to Myremo~t drawyng to|wardes Burdeux: for all this iour+ney his currours neuer aproched to port &s;aynt Mary. Therle was thre dayes be+fore Myremont and on the fourth day they yel|ded / therle gaue it to a &s;quier of his called John~ Bri&s;towe / and after his men wan a lytell towne clo&s;ed / &s;tandyng on the ryuer of Gerone called Thomynes / and after the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Da+ma&s;&s;ene / the whiche they well garny&s;&s;hed with men of armes and archers. Than they came be+fore the cytie of Angole&s;me and layd &s;iege ther|to / and therle &s;ayde he wolde nat depart then&s;e tyll he had it at his plea&s;ure: than~e they within made apoyntment with the erle to &s;ende .xxiiii. of their chiefe burge&s;&s;es to Burdeur in ho&s;tage for the re&s;pyte of a peace for a moneth / and if w^t in that &s;pace the frenche kynge do &s;ende a &s;uffy|cie~nt per&s;one to kepe the felde agayn&s;t therle of Derby: than they to haue agayne their ho&s;tag&abis; and to be quyte of their bonde / and yf nat than they to put theym vnder the obey&s;aunce of the kynge of Englande. This done: tha&s;ie the erle rode to Blames and layed &s;iege therto / within were two captayns of Poycton / &s;ir Guy&s;&s;hart Dangle and &s;ir Wyllyam~ de Rochchouart: and they &s;ayde they wolde yelde to no manne. And whyle this &s;iege endured &s;ome of the engly&s;&s;he|men rode to Mortayne in Poycton / where as &s;ir Boucyquant was captayne / and made there a great a&s;&s;aut but it auayled nat: but dyuers of them were hurt &amp; &s;layne / and &s;o departed thens and went to Myrebell and to Alney. And after came agayne to the &s;iege of Blames: euery day there was &s;ome feate of armes done / the terme of the moneth erpyred that they of Angole&s;me &s;hulde yelde. The erle of Derby &s;ent thyder his two mar&s;hals / to whome they of the cyte &s;ware homage and fealtie in the behalfe of the kyng of Englande: and &s;o they were in peace and had a gayne re&s;tored their ho&s;tages. And the erle &s;ent thyder at their de&s;yers John~ of Norwyche to be their captayne / &s;tyll the &s;iege endured before Bla&s;mes / &s;o that thengly&s;&s;hmen were halfe we|ry / for wynter approched and there they coulde wynne nothynge: than they determyned to go to Bourdeaux tyll another &s;ea&s;on / and &s;o they dyllodged &amp; went ouer Gerande and &s;o to Bur+deaux / and than de&abper;ted his people into dyuers gary&s;ons to kepe fronter warre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Godfray Harecourt was bany&s;&s;hed out of Fraunce. Cap. C .xiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on &s;ir God|fray of Harecourt fell in the indygnation of the frenche kynge / who was a great ba|ron in Normandy and bro|ther to therle of Harecourt / lorde of &s;aynt Sauyour the vycount / and dyuers other townes in Norma~|dy. And it was &s;ayde all was but for enuy: for a lytell before he was as great with the kyng and with the duke of Norma~dy as he wolde de&s;yre but he was as than openly bany&s;&s;hed the realm of Fraunce / and yf the kynge coulde haue gette hym in his yre / he wolde haue &s;erued hym as he dyd &s;ir Olyuer of Cly&s;&s;one / who was beheeded the yere before at Parys. This &abser; Godfray had &s;ome frendes who gaue hym warnyng &s;ecretly howe the kyng was dy&s;plea&s;ed with hym: than he auoyded the realme a&s;&s;one as he myght and went into Brabant to the duke there who was his co&s;yn / who receyued him ioyfully. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed alonge &s;pace and lyued of &s;uche reue|newes
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as he had in Brabant for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ut of Fraunce he coude gette nothynge. The kyng had &s;eaced all his landes there of Con&s;tantyne / and tooke the profet therof hym&s;elfe: the duke of Brabant coude in no wy&s;e gette agayne this knyght into the kynges fauoure / for nothynge that he coude do. This dy&s;plea&s;ure co&s;t greatly the realme of Fraunce after: and &s;pecially the contrey of Nor+mandy / for the tokens therof remayned a hyn|dred yere after / as ye &s;hall here in this hy&s;torie.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the dethe of Jaques Dar|tuell of Gaunt. Cap. C .xv.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on raygned in Flaunders in great pro|&s;peryte and puy&s;aunce Ja|ques Dartuell of gau~t / who was as great with the kyng of Englande as he wolde de+&s;yre: and he had promy&s;ed y^e kyng to make hym lorde and herytour of Flau~|ders / and to endewe his &s;onne the prince of Wa|les therwith. And to make the count<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e of Flau~|ders a duke dome: for the which cau&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> fee&s;t &s;aynt John~ Babty&s;t / they yere of our lor|de god. M. CCC .xlvi. the kynge of Englande was come to Slu&s;e with many lordes &amp; knygh+tes / and had brought thyder with hym y^e yonge prince his &s;onne / on the tru&s;t of the promy&s;e of Jaques Dartuell. The kyng withall his nauy lay in the hauyn of Slu&s;e and there he kept his hou&s;e / and thyder came to vy&s;ette hym his fren+des of Flaunders: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were great coun&s;aylles bytwene the kyng and Jaques Dartuell on the one &abper;tie / and the coun&s;ayls of the good townes of Flaunders on the other partie. So that they of the countrey were nat of the agrement with the kyng / nor with Jaques Dartuell: who pre|ched to theym that they &s;hulde di&s;heryte the erle Loyes their owne naturall lorde / and al&s;o his yong &s;onne Loyes / and to enheryte the &s;onne of the kynge of Englande / the which thynge they &s;ayd &s;uerly they wolde neuer agre vnto. And &s;o the la&s;te day of their coun&s;ayll / the whiche was kept in the hauyn of Slu&s;e in the kynges great &s;hyppe called the Katheryne / there they gaue a fynall an&s;were by common acorde: and &s;ayde &s;ir / ye haue de&s;yred vs to a thynge that is great and weyghtie / the which herafter may &s;ore tou|che the countrey of Flaunders and our heyres: trewely we knowe nat at this day no per&s;one in the worlde that we loue the preferment of &s;o mo+che as we do yours: but &s;ir this thynge we can+nat do alone / without that all the co~mynaltie of Flaunders acorde to the &s;ame &s;ir we &s;hall goo home and euery man &s;peke with his co~pany ge|nerally in euery towne / and as the moo&s;t parte agre we &s;halbe co~tent: and within a moneth we &s;hall be here with you agayne / and than~e gyue you a full an&s;were / &s;o that ye &s;halbe co~tent. The kyng nor Jaques Dartuell coude as than haue none other an&s;were / they wolde fayne haue had a &s;hort day but it wolde nat be. So thus de&abper;ted that coun&s;ayle &amp; euery man went home to their owne townes / Jaques Dartuell taryed a lytell &s;ea&s;on with the kyng / and &s;tyll he promy&s;ed the kyng to bring them to his entent: but he was di+&s;ceyued / for a&s;&s;one as he came to Gau~t he went no more out agayne: for &s;uche of Gaunt as had ben at Slu&s;e at the coun&s;ayle there / whan they were retourned to Gaunt or Jaques Dartuell was come into the towne / great and &s;mall they a&s;&s;embled in the market place: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was openly &s;hewed what reque&s;t the kynge of Eng|lande had made to them by the &s;ettyng on of Ja+ques Dartuell: than euery man began to mur|mure agayn&s;t Jaques / for that reque&s;t plea&s;ed them nothynge / and &s;ayde that by the grace of god there &s;hulde no &s;uche vntrouthe be founde in them / as willingly to di&s;heryte their naturall lorde and his y&s;&s;ue / to enheryte a &s;tranger. And &s;o they all departed fro the market place nat co~|tent with Jaques Dartuell. &para; Nowe beholde and &s;e what fortune fell / if he had ben as welco~e to Gaunt as he was to Bruges and Ipre / they wolde agreed to his opinyon as they dyde: but he tru&s;ted &s;omoche in his pro&s;peryte and great|ne&s;&s;e / that he thought &s;oone to reduce the~ to his plea&s;ure. Whan he retourned he ca~e into Gaunt about noone: they of the towne knewe of his co~|myng / and many were a&s;&s;embled toguyder in the &s;trete where as he &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e / and wha&s;ie they &s;awe hym they began to murmure and be|gan to ron togyder thre heedes in one hood and &s;ayde / beholde yonder great mai&s;ter who woll order all Flaunders after his plea&s;ure / the whi|che is nat to be &s;uffred. Al&s;o their were wordes &s;owen through all y^e towne howe Jaques Dar|tuell had .ix. yere a&s;&s;embled all the reuenewes of Flaunders without any count gyuen: and ther|by hath kept his e&s;tate. And al&s;o &s;end great ry|che&s;&s;e out of the countrey into Englande &s;ecret|ly:
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the&s;e wordes &s;et them of Gaunt on fyre / and as he rode through the &s;trete he parceyued that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ome newe mater agayn&s;t hym / for he &s;awe &s;uche as were wonte to make reuerence to hym: as he came by he &s;awe theym tourne their backes towarde hym / and entre into their hou|&s;es. Than he began to doute: and a&s;&s;one as he was a lyghted in his lodgyng he clo&s;ed fa&s;t his gates / doores / and wyndo&s;e. This was &s;kante done&punc; but all the &s;trete was full of men / and &s;pe|cially of them of the &s;mall craftes: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they a&s;|&s;ayled his hou&s;e bothe behynde and before / and the hou&s;e broken vp: he and his within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hou&s;e defended them&s;elfe a longe &s;pace and &s;lewe and hurt many without / but finally he coude nat en+dure&punc; for thre part&abis; of the men of the towne were at that a&s;&s;aut. Whan Jaques &s;awe that he was &s;o &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed: he came to a wyndowe with gret humylite barcheeded / and &s;ayd with fayre langage: good people what ayleth you / why be you &s;o &s;ore troubled agayn&s;t me. In what ma|ner haue I dy&s;plea&s;ed you / &s;hewe me &amp; I &s;hall make you amendes at your plea&s;ures: than &s;u|che as harde hym an&s;wered all with one voyce / we woll haue acompt made of the great tre&s;ure of Flaunders / that ye haue &s;ende out of the way without any tytell of rea&s;on: than Jaques an|&s;wered mekely and &s;ayde / certaynely &s;irs of the tre&s;oure of Flaunders I neuer toke nothynge / withdrawe your &s;elfys pacie~tly into your hou|&s;es / and come agayne to morowe in the mornyn+ge / and I &s;hall make you &s;o good acompt that of rea&s;on ye &s;halbe content. Than~e all they an|&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd: nay we woll haue acompt made incontynent / ye &s;hall nat &s;cape vs &s;o: we knowe for trouthe that ye haue &s;ende great ryche&s;&s;e in|to Englande without our knowlege. Wherfore ye &s;hall dye: whan~e he harde that worde he ioy|ned his handes togyder and &s;ore wepyng &s;ayd / &s;irs &s;uche as I am ye haue made me: &amp; ye haue &s;worne to me or this / to defende me agayn&s;t all per&s;ons / and nowe ye wolde &s;lee me without re+a&s;on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye may do it and ye woll / for I am but one man among you all / for godde&s;&s;ake take better aduyce. And remembre the tyme pa&s;t: and con|&s;yder the great grac&abis; and curte&s;yes that I haue done to you ye wold nowe rendre to me a &s;mall rewarde for the great goodne&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I haue done to you / and to yo^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne in tyme pa&s;t: ye knowe ryght well marchanutdy&s;e was nighe lo&s;t in all this countrey / and by my meanes it is recoue|red: al&s;o I haue gouerned you in great peace &amp; re&s;t for in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme of my gouernyng ye haue had all thynges as ye wolde wy&s;&s;he / corne / ryche&s;&s;e and all other marchaundy&s;e. Than they all cry+ed with one voyce: come downe to vs and prech nat &s;o hyghe / and gyue vs acompt of the great trea&s;oure of Flaunders / that ye haue gouerned &s;o long without any acompt makynge / the whi+che parteyneth nat to an offycerto do: as to re|ceyue the good&abis; of his lorde or of a contrey with out acompt. Whan Jaques &s;awe that he coude nat apea&s;e theym: he drewe in his heed and clo|&s;ed his wyndowe / and &s;o thought to &s;teale oute on the backe&s;yde / into a churche that ioyned to his hou&s;e: but his hou&s;e was &s;o broken that .iiii. hundred &abper;&s;ons were entred into his hou&s;e: and finally there he was taken and &s;layne without mercy / and one Thom~s Denyce gaue hym his dethe &s;troke. Thus Jaques Dartuell endedde his dayes: who had ben a great mai&s;ter in Fla~|ders / poore men fir&s;t mounteth vp / and vnhap|py men &s;leeth them at the ende. The&s;e tidynges anone &s;predde abrode the countrey: &s;ome were &s;orie therof / and &s;ome were gladde.</P>
<P>IN this &s;ea&s;on therle Loyes of Flaunders was at Teremounde: and he was ryght ioyou&s;e whan he harde of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell his olde ennemy&punc; howbeit yet he dur&s;t nat tru&s;t them of Flaunders / nor go to Gaunt. Whan the kyng of Englande who lay all this &s;e+a&s;on at Slu&s;e: abyding the an&s;were of the fle~|mynges / harde howe they of Gaunt had &s;laynr Jaques Dartuell his great frende he was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed. Inco~tynent he departed fro Slu&s;e and entred into the &s;ee: &s;ore thretnyng the flem|mynges and the countrey of Flaunders / &amp; &s;ayd howe his dethe &s;hulde be well reuenged. Than the coun&s;ayls of the gode townes of Flaunders ymagined well howe the kyng of England wol+de be &s;oore dy&s;plea&s;ed with this dede: thau they determyned to go and excu&s;e them&s;elfe &s;pecially they of Bruges / Ipre / Courtra / Andewarpe / &amp; of Francke: they &s;ent into Englande to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng for a &s;alue co~duct / that they might come to their excu&s;e: the kynge who was as than &s;omwhat a|&s;waged of his dy&s;plea&s;ure grau~ted their de&s;yre than there ca~e into Englande men of e&s;tate out of the gode townes of Flanders except of Gau~t this was aboute the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Mychaell / &amp; the king beyng at We&s;tmyn&s;ter be&s;yde Lo~don. There they &s;o mekely excu&s;ed them of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell / and &s;ware &s;olemly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they knewe nothynge therof tyll it was done: if they had he was the man that they wolde haue defe~|ded to the be&s;t of their powers / and &s;ayde howe they were right &s;orie of his dethe / for he had go|uerned
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the contrey right wy&s;ely. And al&s;o they &s;ayde: that though they of Gaunt hadde done that dede / they &s;hulde make a &s;ufficyent amen|des / al&s;o &s;ayenge to the kynge and his coun&s;ell / that thoughe he be deed: yet the kynge was ne|uer the farther of fro the loue and fauoure of the~ of Flaunders / in all thynges except the inhery|taunce of Flaunders / the which in no wy&s;e they of Flaunders woll put a way fro the ryght hey|res. Sayeng al&s;o to the kynge: &s;ir ye haue fay|re y&s;&s;ue bothe &s;onnes and doughters / as for the prince of Wales your elde&s;t &s;onne / he canne nat fayle but to be a great prince without the inhe|rytaunce of Flaunders. Sir ye haue a yonge doughter: and we haue a yonge lorde / who is herytoure of Flaunders / we haue hym in oure kepynge: may it plea&s;e you to make a maryage bytwene them two. So euer after the county of Flaunders &s;hall be in the y&s;&s;ue of your chylde: the&s;e wordes and &s;uche other apea&s;ed the kyng / and finally was content with the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">emmynges / and they with hym: and &s;oo lytell and lytell the dethe of Jaques Dartuell was forgoten.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the dethe of wyllm~ erle of Hey|nault / who dyed in Free&s;e and many with hym. Cap. C .xvi.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt be+ynge at &s;iege before the tow|ne of Dautryche / and there hadde lyen a long &s;ea&s;on: he con&s;trayned theym &s;o &s;oore / what by a&s;&s;autes and other|wy&s;e / that finally he hadde his plea&s;ure of the~: and anone after in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on about y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fee&s;t of &s;aynt Remy. The &s;ame erle made a great a&s;|&s;emble of men of armes / knyghtes and &s;quyers of Heynault / Flaunders / Brabant / Hollande / Guerles / and Jullyers: the erle and his compa+ny departed fro Dordreche in Hollande / with a great nauy of &s;hyppes. And &s;o &s;ayled to war|des Free&s;e: for the erle of Heynault claymed to be lorde there / and yf the fre&s;ons had been men to haue brought to rea&s;on: therle in dede hadde there great ryght / but there he was &s;layne and a great nombre of knyghtes and &s;quyers with hym. Sir John~ of Heynault aryued nat there with his nephue / for he aryued at another pla|ce: and whan he harde of the deth of his nephue lyke a manne out of his mynde he wolde haue tought with the fre&s;ons: but his &s;eruantes and &s;pecially &s;ir Robert of Gluues / who as thanne was his &s;quyer / dyd putte hym into his &s;hyppe agayne / agayn&s;t his wyll. And &s;o he retourned agayne with a &s;mall co~pany / and came to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ou~t &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">it Gertrude in Hollande / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the lady his nece was / wyfe to the &s;ayd erle named Iahane elde&s;t doughter to the duke of Brabant: &amp; than &s;he went to the lande of Buyche / the which wass her endowrie. Thus y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countie of Heynall was voyde a certayne &s;pace: and &s;ir John~ of Hey|nalt dyd gouerne it vnto the tyme that Marga+ret of Heynault doughter to therle Aubertcame thyder and toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of that herytage: &amp; all lordes and other dyde to her feaultie and ho|mage. This lady Margaret was maryed to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Loyes of Bauyer emperour of Almayne and kynge of Romayns.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir John~ Heynalt became frenche. Cap. C .xvii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANone after the french kyng entreated &amp; cau&s;ed the erle of Bloys to entreat this lorde John~ of Heynalt to be+come frenche / promy&s;ing to gyue hym more reuenues in Fraunce than he had in En|glande / to he a&s;&s;igned <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he wolde hym&s;elfe deuyce. To this reque&s;t he dyd nat lightly agre for he had &s;pent all the floure of his youth in the &s;cruyce of the kyng of Englande: and was euer welbeloued with the kyng. Whan therle Loyes of Bloyes / who had maryed his doughter and had by her thre &s;onnes: Loyes / John~ / and Guy / &s;awe that he coude nat wynne hym by that mea+nes / he thought he wold a&s;&s;ay an other way / as to wyn the lorde of Saguynels / who was chefe co~pany on and grette&s;t of coun&s;ell with the lorde John~ of Heynault. And &s;o they bytwene the~ de|uy&s;ed to make hym byleue that they of Englan+de wolde nat pay hym his pencyon / wherwith &s;ir John~ of Heynault was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he renounced his &s;eruyce / and good wyll that he bare to the kynge of Englande. And whan the frenche kyng knowe therof incontynent he &s;ent &s;ufficyent me&s;&s;angers to hym / and &s;o retayned
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hym of his coun&s;ayle with certayne wages / and recompen&s;ed hym in Fraunce / with a&s;moche or more than he had in Englande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great hoo&s;t that the duke of Normandy brought into Ga&s;cone a|gayn&s;t therle of Derby. Cap. C .xviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe frenche kyng was well infourmed of the co~que+&s;tes that the erle of Derby had made in the countrey of Ga&s;cone / thanne he made a great &s;ommons: that all no|ble and nat noble able for the feare of warre &s;hulde be at Orlyaunce / and at Bourges and there about / at a certayne day ly|mytted by rea&s;on of this co~maundement came to Parys duke Odes of Burgoyne his &s;onne: and therle of Arthoys and of Colayne: they ca~e to the kynge with a thou&s;ande &s;peares. Than~e came the duke of Burbone / and therle of Pon|thyeu his brother / with a great nombre of men of armes / thyder al&s;o came the erle of Ewe and of Guynes co~&s;table of Fraunce with a great co~|pany: al&s;o therle of Tankernyll / the dolphyne of Auuerne / therle of Fore&s;tes / therle of Dam|pmartyne / therle of Uandone / the lorde of Cou+cy / the lorde of Craon / the lorde of Sully / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Bewuayes / the lorde of Frennes / the lorde of Beauiewe&punc; the lorde John~ of Cha|alon / the lorde of Roy and dyuer&s;e other: they all a&s;&s;embled in the cytie of Orlyaunce / they of that part of Loyre: and they of Poycton / of Xa|ynton / of Rochell of Caour&s;yn / and Lymo&s;yn they met in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marches of Tholouz. So all thes pa&s;&s;ed forthe towarde Roueryng: and they fou~|de moche more company a&s;&s;embled in the cytie of Rodes / and in the marches of Auuerne / and Prouence. So at la&s;t they all came to the cite of Tholouz / and there about: for they coude nat be all lodged in the cytie / for they were in nombre mo than a hundred thou&s;and. This was in the yere of our lorde god. M. CCC .xlv. anone af|ter the fee&s;t of Chri&s;tmas the duke of Norman|dy / who was chefe of that hoo&s;t / rode forth with his two mar&s;hals before hym / the lorde of Mo|more~cy / and the lorde &s;aynt Uenant. Fir&s;t they went to the ca&s;tell of Myremont / the which the engly&s;&s;hmen had wonne before: and captayne w^tin was one John~ Bri&s;towe / there they made a&s;&s;aut within were a hundred engly&s;&s;hme~. And with the frenchmen was &s;ir Loyes of Spayne with genowayes cro&s;bowes / who &s;paredde no &s;hotte: &s;o that they within the ca&s;tell coulde nat defende them &s;elfe / but that the ca&s;tell was won and they all take and &s;layne with the captayne: than the mar&s;hals &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> newe men / than they pa&s;&s;ed forthe and came to vyle Franche in Age|noyes. There all the hoo&s;t layd &s;iege and a&s;&s;ay led the towne / at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ea&s;on the captayne &s;ir Tho+mas Corque was nat there / he was at Burde|aux with therle of Derby who had &s;ent for hym Howbeit they within defended them&s;elfe valy|antly: but finally they were taken perforce / and the towne robbed and brent / and &s;layne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mo&s;te part of the &s;oudyers: than the hoo&s;t drewe to the cytie of Angole&s;me and layd &s;iege there / capy|tayne within was a &s;quyer called John~ Nor|mell. Whan therle of Derby harde of this gret hoo&s;t / and howe they had wonne agayne Myr mount / and Uyle Franche: and brent y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne and left the ca&s;tell voyde / than he &s;ent four kny|ghtes with thre&s;core men of armes / and thre hu~+dred archers to Uyle Franche to entre into the ca&s;tell / and to clo&s;e the gates agayne of the tow|ne / and promy&s;ed theym that if the frenchmen came thyder agayne to a&s;&s;ayle theym / he wolde &s;ocoure the~ what &s;oeuer fell therof. And &s;o the&s;e four knyghtes: that is to &s;ay &s;ir Stephyn Co~|bey / &s;ir Rycharde Heldone / &s;ir Raffe Ha&s;tyn|ges / and &s;ir Normant of Fynfroyde / went thy|der and newely fortifyed the towne and ca&s;tell: Than therle of Derby de&s;yred the erle of Pen|broke / &s;ir Gaultier of Manny / &s;ir Franque de Hall / &s;ir Thomas Coque / &s;ir John~ de la Tou|che / &s;ir Rycharde of Beauayes / &s;ir Philyp Re|ckeleue / &s;ir Robert Neuyll / &s;ir Thomas Bri|&s;et / and dyuer&s;e other knyghtes and &s;quyers to go all to Aguyllon / and to kepe that fortres / for he wolde be&s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed if that &s;hulde be lo&s;t they departed and were a .xl. knyght&abis; and &s;quy+ers / &amp; thre hundred men of armes with archers. And &s;o they entred into the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of A|guyllon: and there they founde a &s;ix&s;core &s;oudy ours all redy / that therle of Derby had left <ABBR>ther</ABBR> before: than they made proui&s;yon for all thyn|ges nece&s;&s;arie. And as the&s;e fore&s;ayd four kny|ghtes came towarde Uyle Fra~che: they founde in their way great plentie of beafes / mottons / &amp; corne: the which they toke with them into their towne / and they repayred agayn the ca&s;tell and mended the walles and gates of the towne: &s;o that they were at la&s;t a fyftene hu~dred men able
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to make defence / and had vytayle &s;ufficyent for &s;ixe monethes. The duke of Norma~dy who had long lyen at &s;ieg before Angole&s;me: &s;awe howe he coude nat wynne the towne by a&s;&s;aut / for eue+ry day he lo&s;t of his men: than he co~maunded to make no more a&s;&s;autes / but to remeue nerer to the towne. On a day the &s;ene&s;hall of Beaucayre came to the duke and &s;ayd: &s;ir I knowe well all the marche&s;&s;e of this countrey / if it wyll plea&s;e yout to lette me haue a &s;ixe hundred men of ar|mes / and I &s;hall go abrode into the contre and gette vytayle for your hoo&s;t / for within a whyle we &s;hall lacke. The duke was content: the next day the &s;ene&s;hall toke with hym certayne knigh+tes / &s;quyers / and lordes / that were co~tent to go vnder hym. Fir&s;t the duke of Burbou / therle of Ponthieu his brother / the erle of Tankernyll / therle of Fore&s;tes / the dolphyn of Auuerne / the lorde of Pons / the lorde of Partuey / the lorde of Coucy / the lorde Daubigny / the lorde Dau|&s;emont / the lorde of Beauiewe / &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / &s;ir Sayntre / and dyuer&s;e other to a .ix. C. &s;peares. They toke their hor&s;e in the eue|nyng and rode all nyghttyll the brekyng of the day in the mornyng: and &s;o came to a gret tow|ne that was but newly wonne by the~gly&s;&s;hmen called Athenys / and there a&s;py came to the &s;ene &s;hall and &s;ayd: &s;ir <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is in the towne a &s;ix&s;core men of armes / ga&s;cons / and engly&s;&s;he / and .iii. hundred archers: who woll defende the towne if ye gyue a&s;&s;aut / but I &s;awe this mornyng a ii. C. great bee&s;tes putte out of the towne into the medowes / ioyninge to the towne. Than the &s;e|ne&s;hall &s;ayd: &s;irs I thynke it be&s;t let all our co~|pany abyde &s;tyll here in this valey / and I woll go with .lx. with me and fecthe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> catayle hythee and I thynke thengly&s;&s;hmen woll y&s;&s;ue incon|tyne~t to re&s;cue the pray / than &s;hall ye mete with them. So this was done: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ene&s;hall with thre|&s;core well hor&s;ed rode by wayes couert about y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne by gidyng of the &s;pye / tyll at la&s;t they ca~e into the fayre medowes / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the catayle pa&s;tu+red. Tha~ they draue all the bee&s;t&abis; togyder a lon+ge by the towne by another way / than they ca~e thyder. They of the ca&s;tell &amp; on the walles &s;awe them: and began to blowe and to &s;tyrre in the towne / and a waked &s;ome out of their beddes / for it was erely in the mornynge: and than they drewe togyder &amp; mounted on their hor&s;es / and y&s;&s;ued out he that myght fir&s;te / &s;o that there a|bode in the towne none but a certayne vylayns / thengly&s;&s;hmen ha&s;ted them &s;ore after the fre~ch|men / and cryed &s;irs ye &s;hall nat go thus away. Than the fre~chmen came on them: &s;o that with in a lytell &s;pace they were ouercome / and the ca+ptayne &s;ir Stephyn Le&s;ey was taken pri&s;oner and &s;ome other with hym / and all the other &s;lay+ne. And than the frenchemen rode ha&s;tely to the towne / the which they wanne with a&s;&s;aut / for it was without kepynge: the fir&s;t batayle that en|tred was the duke of Burbons / than they &s;ette there newe captayns. And &s;o depted with their pray and pri&s;oners: and &s;o came the next day to the hoo&s;t before Angole&s;me / the &s;ene&s;hall of Be aucayre achyued great honoure by that dede / howbeit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were gretter lordes with hym tha~ hym&s;elfe / but he was captayne as at that tyme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe John~ Nor wyche &s;caped fro Angole&s;me wha~ the towne was yel|ded to the frenchmen. Cap. C .xix.</HEAD>
<P>_THus the&s;e lordes of Fra~|ce helde a great &s;ea&s;on &s;ege before Angoleme / and they ranne ouer all the countrey that thengly&s;&s;hmen hadde wonne before / and dyd mo+che trouble / and toke many pri&s;oners and great prayes / the which they bro|ught to their hoo&s;t / the two bretherne of Bur|bon achyued great laude and pray&s;e / for alway+es they went forth with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> forma&s;t. Whan John~ Norwiche &s;awe that the duke wolde nat depart thens tyll he had the towne at his plea&s;ure: and parceyued howe their vitayls began to wa&s;t / &amp; that the erle of Derby made no maner to re&s;cue theym. And al&s;o he &s;awe well howe they of the towne enelyued greatly to the frenche party for they wolde haue tourned frenche or that tyme if they had dur&s;t: therfore he doubted of trea&s;on. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">herfore he thought to &s;aue hym&s;elf and his co~+pany: on the euyn of the Purifycation of our la+dy / all alone he went to the walles of the cyte W^t|out &s;he wyng to any man what he wolde do / he made a token with his hatte to them of the ho&s;t. they that &s;awe the &s;igne came thyder &amp; demaun+ded what he wolde &punc; he &s;ayde he wolde gladly &s;peke with the duke of Normandy / or with one of his mar&s;hals. Inco~tynent this was &s;hewed to the duke: who went thyder &amp; certayne knygh+tes with hym: a&s;&s;one as the captayne &s;awe the duke / he toke of his cap &amp; &s;aluted the duke / and the duke &s;aluted hym and &s;ayde / John~ howe is it with you: woll you yelde your &s;elfe / &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he
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I am nat &s;o yet determyned / but &s;ir I wold de|&s;yre you in the honoure of our lady / who&s;e day &s;halbe to morowe / that ye wolde graunt a tru&s;e to endure all onely but to morowe: &s;o that you nor we none to greue other / but to be in peace y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day. The duke &s;ayde I am content and &s;o they departed / the nere day which was Candelmas day&punc; John~ Norwiche and his company armed them and tru&s;&s;ed all that they had to bere away Than they opyned their gate and y&s;&s;ued oute: than they of the hoo&s;t began to &s;tyrre / than the captayne rode on before to them and &s;ayd: &s;irs / beware do no hurt to none of vs&punc; for we woll do none: we haue tru&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for this day all onely agre|ed by the duke your caiptayne. If ye knowe it nat go and demaunde of hym: for by rea&s;on of this trew&s;e we may ryde this day whyther we woll. The duke was demanded what was his plea&s;ure in that mater: the duke an&s;wered and &s;ayde let them depart whyder they woll a god|de&s;name / for we can nat let them for I woll kepe that I haue promy&s;ed. Thus John~ Norwych departed and all his company / and pa&s;&s;ed the french hoo&s;t without any damage and went to Aguyllon. And whan the knightes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> knewe howe he had &s;aued hym&s;elfe and his company / they &s;ayde he had begyled his ennemyes&punc; by a good &s;ubtyltie. The next day after they of the cy+tie of Angole&s;me went to coun&s;ayle / and deter|myned to yelde vp the towne to the duke / they &s;ent to hym into the hoo&s;t certayne me&s;&s;angers who at la&s;t &s;pedde &s;o well that the duke toke the~ to mercy / and pardoned them all his yuell wyll and &s;o entred into the cytie and into the ca&s;tell / and toke homage of the cytizens: and made ca|ptayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> Antony Uyllers and &s;et a hundred &s;oudyers with hym / than the duke went to the ca&s;tell of Dama&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ne where he helde &s;iege .xv. dayes and euery day a&s;&s;aut: finally it was won and all that were within &s;layn. The duke gaue that ca&s;tell and the landes therto&punc; to a &s;quyer of Beau&s;&s;e called the Bourge of Mulle / than the duke came to Thomyus on the ryuer of Garon and there lay at &s;iege a certayne &s;pace / at la&s;te they within yelded vp / their goodes and lyues &s;aued: and to be &s;auely conducted to Burdeaur So the &s;trangers departed / but they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne came vnder the obey&s;aunce of the duke: the duke taryed aboute the ryuer of Garon / tyll it was pa&s;t E&s;ter. And than he went to port &s;aynt Mary on the &s;ame ryuer / and there were a two hundred engly&s;&s;hmen / that kept the towne and the pa&s;&s;age and was well forti&s;yed: but it was taken with a&s;&s;aut and all they within / than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;et newe captayns and men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and newe repayred the towne / and thanne the duke went to Aguyllone.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Normandy layd &s;iege to Aguyllon with a hundred thou&s;ande men. Cap. C .xx.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duke of Norma~dy and the&s;e lordes of Fraunce / dyd &s;omoche that they came to the ca&s;tell of Aguyllone: there they layde their &s;iege a+boute the fayre medowes / a+long by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer able to bere &s;hyppes euery lorde amonge his owne compa|ny&punc; and euery con&s;table by hym &s;elfe as it was ordayned by the mar&s;hals. This &s;ege endured tyll the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Remy: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were well. C. thou&s;ande men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> a hor&s;e backe and a fote / they made lightly euery day two or thre a&s;&s;aut&abis; / and moo&s;t co~menly fro the mornyng tyll it was nere nyght without cea&s;ynge: for euer there ca~e newe a&s;&s;auters that wolde nat &s;uffre them with in to re&s;t / the lordes of Fraunce &s;awe well they coude nat well come to the fro~ters without they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer / the which was large and depe Than the duke co~maunded that a bridge &s;huld be made what&s;oeuer it co&s;te: to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer there were &s;ette a warke / mo than thre hundred workemen / who dyde worke day and nyght. Whan the knyght&abis; within &s;awe this brige more than halfe made ouer the ryuer they decked thre &s;hyppes and entred into theym a certayne. And &s;o ca~e on the workemen / and cha&s;ed them away with their defenders: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they brake all to peaces that had ben longe a makynge. Whan~e the frenche lordes &s;awe that: than they apayrel|led other &s;hyppes to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t their &s;hyp|pes: and than the workemen beganne agayne to worke on the bridge / on tru&s;t of their defen|ders. And whan they had worked halfe a day &amp; more: &s;ir Gaultier of Manny and his compa|ny entred into a &s;hyppe and came on the worke|men / and made them to leaue warke &amp; to recule backe: and brake agayn all that they had made. This be&s;yne&s;&s;e was nygh euery day / but at la&s;t the frenchmen kept &s;o well their workemen that the bridge was made perforce. And thanne the lordes and all their army pa&s;&s;ed ouer in maner of bataylle: and they a&s;&s;awtedde the ca&s;tell a
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hole day togyder without cea&s;yng / but nothyn|ge they wanne. And at nyght they retourned to their lodgynges: and they within amended all that was broken / for they had with them worke men ynoughe. The next day the frenchmen de|uyded their a&s;&s;auters into foure partes: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;t to begynne in the mornyng and to contynue tyll nyne / the &s;econde tyll noon / they thyrde to euyn &s;ong tyme: and the fourth tyll night. After that maner they a&s;&s;ayled the ca&s;tell &s;ire dayes togy|der / howe be it they within were nat &s;o &s;ore tra|ueyled / but alwayes they defended them&s;elfe &s;o valyantly that they without wanne nothynge / but onely the bridge without the ca&s;tell. Than~e the frenchmen toke other coun&s;ayle / they &s;ende to Tholouz for eyght great engyns / and they made there foure gretter: and they made all. xii to ca&s;t day and nyght agayn&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell / but they within were &s;o well &abper;auy&s;&s;hed that neuer a &s;ton of their engyns dyde they many hurt. It brake &s;omwhat the coueryng of &s;ome hou&s;es / they w^t|in had al&s;o great engyns / the which brake dow+ne all the engyns without / for in a &s;horte &s;pace they brake all to pecys &s;ixe of the greatte&s;t of the~ without. Duryng this &s;iege often tymes &abser; Wa+ter of Manny y&s;&s;ued out with a hundred or &s;ire &s;core co~panyons: and went on that &s;yde the ry|uer a foragynge / and retourned agayne with great prayes / in the &s;yght of them without. On a day the lorde Charles of Momore~cy mar&s;hall of the ho&s;t rode forthe with a fyue hundred with hym / and whan~e he retourned he draue before hym a great nombre of bee&s;tes / that he had get togyder in the countrey to refre&s;&s;he thoo&s;t with vytayle. And by aduenture he encountred with &s;ir Gaultier of Manny: there was bytwene the~ a great fight / and many ouerthrowen / hurte / &amp; &s;layne: the frenchemen were fyue agayn&s;t one / tidynges therof came vnto Aguyllon / than eue+ry man that myght y&s;&s;ued out. Therle of Pen|broke fir&s;t of all and his company: and whan he came he founde &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~ny a fote en+clo&s;ed with his ennemyes / and dyde meruayls in armes. In contynent he was re&s;cued and re|mounted agayne / and in the meane &s;ea&s;on &s;ome of the frenchemen cha&s;ed their bee&s;tes quyckely into the hoo&s;t / or els they had lo&s;t them / for they that y&s;&s;ued out of Aguyllon &s;et &s;o feer&s;ly on the frenchmen / that they putte theym to the &s;lyght: and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen pri&s;oners. And &s;ir Charles of Momore~cy had moche warke to &s;ca+pe: than thengly&s;&s;hmen retourned into Aguyl|lon. Thus euery day almoo&s;t there were &s;uche rencounters be&s;yde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> a&s;&s;autes: on a day all the hole hoo&s;t armed them / and the duke commaun+ded that they of Tholouz / of Carca&s;&s;one / of Be|aucayre / &s;hulde make a&s;&s;aut fro the mornynge tyll noone: and they of Remergue / Caours / &amp; Agenoys / fro noone tyll night. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke pro+my&s;ed who &s;oeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate / &s;hulde haue in rewarde a hundred crown&abis; al&s;o the duke the better to mentayne this a&s;&s;aut he cau&s;ed to come on the ryuer dyuer&s;e &s;hyppes and ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ges / &s;ome entred into them to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer: and &s;ome went by the bridge. At the la&s;t &s;ome of theym toke a lytell ve&s;&s;ell and went vn|der the brige: and dyde ca&s;t great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge / and than drewe it to them &s;o &s;ore that they brake the chenes of yron y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> helde the bridge / and &s;o pulled downe the bridge par|force. Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge &s;o ha&s;tely that one ouerthrewe an other: for euery man de&s;yred to wyn the hundred crownes: they within ca&s;t downe barres of yron / peces of tym|bre / pottes of lyme / and hote water: &s;o that ma|ny were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the wa+ter / and into the dykes / and many &s;layne &amp; &s;ore hurt. Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce: but it co&s;t more than it was worthe / for they cou+de nat for all that wyn the gate: than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late / than~e they within y&s;&s;ued out &punc; and newe made agayne their drawe bridge: &s;tronger than~e euer it was before. The next day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to the duke two connyng men mai&s;ters in carpentre / and &s;ayde &s;ir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen / we &s;hall make foure &s;caffoldes as hygh or hyer than~e the walles. The duke co~maunded that it &s;hulde be done: and to get carpenters in the co~|trey and to gyue them good wag&abis; / &s;o the&s;e four &s;cafoldes <ABBR>wer</ABBR> made in four &s;hyppes but it was long fir&s;t / and co&s;t moch or they were finy&s;&s;hed than &s;uch a &s;hulde a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;tell in the~ were apoynted and entred. And whan they were pa&s;|&s;ed halfe the ryuer / they within the ca&s;tell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t the&s;e &s;cafoldes: the&s;e four marty+nettes dyd ca&s;t out &s;o great &s;tones / and &s;o often fell on the &s;cafoldes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in a &s;hort &s;pace they were all to broken &s;o that they that were within them coulde nat be pauy&s;&s;hed by theym: &s;o that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne / and or they were agayne at lande / one of the &s;cafold&abis; drow|ned in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> water / &amp; the moo&s;t part of the~ that were Win it / the which was great damage: for therin were good knyghtes / de&s;yringe their bodyes to auau~ce. Whan the duke &s;awe that he coude nat
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come to his entent by that meanes he cau&s;ed the other thre &s;cafoldes to re&s;t. Than he coude&s;e no way howe he might gette the ca&s;tell / and he had promy&s;ed nat to departe then&s;e tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd &s;ende for hym. Than he &s;ende the con&s;table of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to y^e kyng and there they &s;hewed hym the &s;tate of the &s;iege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke &s;hulde lye there &s;tyll tyll he had won them by famyn: &s;yth he coude nat haue the~ by a&s;&s;aut.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the &s;ee agayne to re&s;cue them in Aguyllone. Cap. C .xxi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his me~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> con&s;trayned in the ca&s;tell of Aguyllon: than he thought to go ouer the &s;ee <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to Ga&s;coyne with a great<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> my / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he made his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;yon and &s;ent for men all about his real<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> in other places <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he thought to &s;pe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> money. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the lord<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of Harecourt came into Englande / who was bany&s;&s;hed out of Frau~ce: he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym / and had fayre land&abis; a&s;&s;igned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree. Than the kynge cau|&s;ed a great nauy of &s;hyppes to be redy in the ha+uyn of Hampton / and cau&s;ed all maner of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to drawe thyder / about y^e fee&s;t of &s;aynt John Bapty&s;t / the yere of our lorde god. M. C C C .xiv. the kynge de&abper;ted fro the quene / and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his co|&s;yn. And he &s;tably&s;&s;hed the lorde Per&s;y and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archeby&s;&s;hoppe of yorke / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lyncolne / and the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Durham: for he neuer voyded his realme / but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were. Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde: than he entred into his &s;hyppe and the prince of wales with hym / and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt: and all o|ther lordes erles barownes / and knyght&abis; with all their co~panyes: they were in nombre a foure thou&s;ande men of armes / and ten thou&s;ande ar|chers / be&s;yde Iry&s;&s;hmen and wal&s;&s;hmen that folowed the ho&s;t a fote. &para; Nowe I &s;hall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney. Fir&s;t Edward his elde&s;t &s;onne prince of wales / who as than~e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about: the erles of Herforde / Northamptone / Arundell / Cornewall / warwyke / Hu~tyngdon / Suffolke and Oxenforth. And of barons: the lorde Mor+tymer / who was after erle of Marche: the lor|des: John~ / Loyes / and Roger of Beaucha~pe / and the lorde Reynold Cobham. Of lordes: the lorde of Mombray / Ro&s;e / Lucy / Felton / Bra|&s;tone / Myllon / Labey / Maule / Ba&s;&s;et / Bar|lett / and wylloughby: with dyuers other lord&abis;. And of bachelars: there was John~ Chandoys Fytzwaren / Peter and James Audelay / Ro|ger of Uertuall / Bartylmewe of Bries / &amp; Ry|charde of Penbruges / with dyuers other that I can nat name: fewe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were of &s;ta~gers / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the erle Hauyou / &s;ir Olphas of Guy&s;tels / and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne: and many other that I can nat name. Th&abus; they &s;ay|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">rth that day in the name of god: they were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">warde on their way towarde Ga&s;cone / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> on the thirde day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ro&s;e a co~trary wynde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> them on the marches of Cornewall / &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> lay at ancre .vi. dayes. In that &s;pace <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> had other coun&s;ell by the meanes of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Godfray Harcourt / he coun&s;elled the kyng nat to go into Ga&s;coyne / but rather to &s;et a lande in Normandy: and &s;ayde to the kyng / &s;ir the cou~|tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous coun|treis of the worlde. Sir on ieo&abper;dy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> my heed if ye woll lande <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is none tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall re|&s;y&s;t you / the people of Normandy haue nat ben v&s;ed to the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and all the knyghtes and &s;quy+ers of the contrey ar nowe at the siege before A|guyllon with the duke. And &s;ir <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ye &s;hall fyn+de great townes that be nat walled / wherby yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> men &s;hall haue &s;uche wynning that they &s;halbe the better therby .xx. yere after: and &s;ir ye may folowe with your army tyll ye come to Cane in Normandy. Sir I requyre you byleue me in this voyage: the kyng who was as than but<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">in the floure of his youth / de&s;yring nothyng &s;omo+che as to haut dedes of armes / inclyned greatly to the &s;ayeng of the lorde Harecourt / whom he called co&s;yn: than he co~maunded the maryners to &s;et their cour&s;e to Norma~dy. And he toke in|to his &s;hyp y^e token of thadmyrall therle of war|wyke: and &s;ayd howe he wolde be admyrall for that vyage / &amp; &s;o &s;ayled on before as gouernor of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nauy / &amp; they had wynde at wyll: than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng
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in the y&s;&s;e of Co~&s;tantyne at a port called Hogue &s;aynt wa&s;t. Tydinges anone &s;predde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">rode howe thengly&s;&s;hmen were a lande: the to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of Con&s;tantyne &s;ent worde therof to Maryst<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge Philypp~ / he had well harde before howe the kynge of Englande was on the &s;ee with a great army but he wy&s;t nat what way he wolde drawe other into Normandy / Bretayne / or Ga+&s;coyne. A&s;&s;one as he knewe that the kyng of En+glande was a lande in Normandy / he &s;ende his con&s;table therle of Guyues and the erle of Tan+kernell / who were but newely come to hym <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> his &s;onne / fro the &s;iege at Aguyllon to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Cane, co~maundyng them to kepe that towne agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen / they &s;ayd they wolde do their be&s;t: they departed fro Parys with a good nombre of men of warre / and dayly there came mo to them by the way. And &s;o came to the towne of Cane / where they were receyued with great ioye of men of the towne and of the coun|trey there about / that were drawen thyder for &s;uretie: the&s;e lordes toke hede for the proui&s;yon of the towne the which as than was nat walled The kyng thus was aryued at the port Hogue &s;aynt wa&s;t / nere to &s;aynt Sauyour the vycou~t the right herytage to the lorde Godfray of Har|court / who as than was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with the kynge of Englande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande rode in thre batayls through Nor|mandy. Cap. C .xxii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan~e the kynge of Eng|lande arryued in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ogu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;a|ynt wa&s;t / the kynge y&s;&s;ued out of his &s;hyppe and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> that he &s;ette on the grounde / he fell &s;o rudely that y^e blode bra&s;t but of his no&s;e: the knyghtes that were aboute hym toke hym vp and &s;ayde / &s;ir for godde&s;&s;ake entre agayne into your &s;hyppe and come nat a lande this day: for this is but an y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ell &s;igne for vs / than the kyng an&s;wered quickely and &s;ayd wherfore / this is a good token for me for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> land de&s;yreth to haue me. Of the whiche au&s;were all his men were right ioyfull: &s;o that day &amp; nyght the kyng lodged on the &s;andes / and in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> meane tyme dy&s;charged y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hyppes of their hor&s;ess and other bagages / there the kyng made two mar|&s;hals of his hoo&s;t / the one the lorde Godfray of Harecourt: and the other therle of warwyke / &amp; the erle of Arundell con&s;table. And he ordayned that therle of Huntyngdon &s;hulde kepe the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e of &s;hyppes with. C. men of armes / and .iiii. C. archers. And al&s;o he ordayned thre batayls, one to go on his right hande clo&s;yng to the &s;ee &s;yde / and the other on his lyfte hande: and the kynge hym&s;elfe in the myddes / and euery night to lod|ge all in one felde. Thus they &s;ette forth as they were ordayned and they y^t went by the &s;ee toke all the &s;hyppes that they founde in their wayes and &s;o long they went forthe what by &s;ee &amp; what by lande / that they came to a good port / and to a good towne called Har<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ewe / the which incon+tynent was wonne / for they within gaue by for feare of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ethe: howebeit for all that the towne was robbed / and moche golde and &s;yluer there founde and ryche iewels / there was founde &s;o|moche ryche&s;&s;e that the boyes and vyllayns of the hoo&s;t &s;ette nothyng by good furred gownes they made all the men of the towne to y&s;&s;ue out and to go into the &s;hyppes / bycau&s;e they wolde nat &s;u&s;tre them to be behynde them / for feare of rebellyng agayne. After the towne of Har<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ewe was thus taken and robbed without brennyng / than they &s;predde a brode in the countrey / &amp; dyd what they ly&s;t: for there was nat to re&s;y&s;t them / at la&s;te they came to a great and a ryche towne called Cherbourgue / the towne they wan and robbed it and brent parte therof: but into the ca+&s;tell they coude nat come it was &s;o &s;tronge and well furny&s;&s;hed with men of warre: than~e they pa&s;&s;ed forthe and came to Mountbourgue and toke it &amp; robbed and brent it clene. In this ma|ner they brent many other townes in that coun|trey &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">an &s;o moch ryche&s;&s;e that it was maruell to rekyn it: thanne they came to a great towne well clo&s;ed called Quar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tyne / where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was al&s;o a &s;trong ca&s;tell and many &s;oudyours with|in to kepe it / than~e the lordes came out of their &s;hyppes and feer&s;ly made a&s;&s;aut: the burge&s;&s;es of the towne were in great feare of their lyues / wyues and chyldren: they &s;uffred thengly&s;&s;he|men to entre into the towne agayn&s;t the wyll of all the &s;oud yours that were <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> they putte all their goodes to thengly&s;&s;hmens plea&s;ures they thought that moo&s;t aduauntage. Whan the &s;on dyours within &s;awe that they went into the ca|&s;tell / the engly&s;&s;hmen went into the towne and two dayes to guyder they made &s;ore a&s;&s;autes: &s;o that whan they within &s;e no &s;ocoure / they yel+ded vp their lyues and goodes &s;auyed: and &s;o
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departed / thengly&s;&s;hmen had their plea&s;ure of that good towne &amp; ca&s;tell. And whan they &s;awe they might nat mentayne to kepe it / they &s;et fyre therin and brent it: and made the burge&s;&s;es of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne to entre into their &s;hyppes as they had done with the~ of Harflewe Chyerburgue / and Mountbourge / and of other to wnes that they had wonne on the &s;ee &s;yde: all this was done by the batayle that went by the &s;ee &s;yde / and by the~ on the &s;ee togyder. Nowe let vs &s;peke of the kin+ges batayle: whan he had &s;ent his fir&s;t batayle a longe by the &s;ee &s;yde as ye haue harde, wherof one of his mar&s;hals therle of Warwyke was ca+ptayne and the lorde Cobham with hym: than he made his other mar&s;hall to lede his hoo&s;t on his lyft hande / for he knewe the y&s;&s;ues and entre+es of Normandy better than any other dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the lorde Godfray as mar&s;hall rode forthe with fyue hundred men of armes / and rode of fro the kynges batayle as &s;ire or &s;euyne leages: in bren+nynge and exilyng the countrey / the which was plentyfull of euery thynge: the granges full of corne / the hou&s;es full of all ryches / riche burge&s;|&s;es / cartes and charyottes / hor&s;e / &s;wyne / mot|tous / and other bee&s;tes: they toke what the~ ly&s;t and brought into the kynges hoo&s;t / but the &s;ou|dyours made no count to the kynge nor to none of his offycers / of the golde and &s;yluer that they dyd gette / they kept that to them&s;elfe. Thus&s;ir Godfray of Harecourt rode euery day of fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynges hoo&s;t / and for moo&s;t parte euery nyght re&s;orted to the kynges felde. The kyng toke his way to &s;aynt Lowe in Con&s;tantyne / but or he came <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he lodged by a ryuer abyding for his men that rode a long by the &s;ee &s;yde / and whan they were come they &s;ette for the their caryage / and therle of Warwyke / therle of Suffolke / &s;ir Thomas Hollande / and &s;ir Raynolde Cobhm~ and their co~pany rode out on the one &s;yde / and wa&s;ted and eriled the contrey as the lorde Hare court hadde done: and the kynge euer rode by|twene the&s;e bataylles / and euery nyght they lo|gedde togyder.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the great a&s;&s;emble that the fren+che kynge made to re&s;y&s;t the kyng of Englande. Cap. C .xxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus by the~gly&s;&s;hmen was brent / exyled / robbed / wa&s;ted and pylled / the good plentyfull countrey of Nor|mandy. Thanne the frenche kyng &s;ent for the lorde John~ of Heynalt / who ca~e to hym with a great nombre: al&s;o the kyng &s;ende for o|ther men of armes / dukes / erles / barownes / knyghtes / and &s;quyers: and a&s;&s;embled togyder the grette&s;t nombre of people that had ben&s;ene in France a hundred yere before he &s;ent for men into &s;o <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> countreys that it was longe or they came togyder: wherof the kynge of Englande dyde what hym ly&s;te in the meane &s;ea&s;on. The french kyng harde well what he dyd: and &s;ware and &s;ayd howe they &s;huld neuerretourne agay|ne vnfought withall: and that &s;uche hurtes and damages as they had done &s;hulde be derely re|uenged / wherfore he had &s;ent letters to his fren|des in thempyre to &s;uche as <ABBR>wer</ABBR> farthe&s;t of: and al&s;o to the gentyll kyng of Behayne / and to the lorde Charles his &s;on / who fro then&s; for the was called kynge of Almaygne he was made kynge by the ayde of his father / and the frenche kyng: and had taken on hym the armes of thempyre. The frenche kyng de&s;yred them to come to hym withall their powers / to thyntent to fyght with the kynge of Englande / who brent and wa&s;ted his countrey. The&s;e princes and lordes made them redy with great nombre of men of armes / of almaynes / behaynoes / and luxambro&s;es / and &s;o came to the frenche kyng: al&s;o kyng Philypp~ &s;end to the duke of Lorayne / who came to &s;erue hym with. CCC. &s;peares: al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came therle &s;amynes in Samynoes / therle of Salebrug<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / the erle of Flaunders / the erle Wyllyam of Na|mure / euery man with a fayre co~pany&punc; ye haue harde here before of the order of thengly&s;&s;hmen howe they went in thre batayls: the mar&s;halles on the right hande and on the lyft / the kyng and the prince of Wales his &s;onne in the myddes. They rode but &s;mall iourneys: and euery day toke their lodgynges bytwene noone and thre of the clocke / and founde the countrey &s;o frute|full that they neded nat to make no &abpro;ui&s;y on for their hoo&s;t but all onely for wyne: and yet they founde rea&s;onably &s;ufficyent therof. It was no marueyle though they of the countrey were a|frayed: for before that tyme they had neuer &s;ene men of warre / nor they wy&s;t nat what warre or batayle ment: they fledde away as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> as they might here &s;pekyng of thengly&s;&s;hmen / and left their hou&s;es well &s;tuffed / and graunges full of
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corne / they wy&s;t nat howe to &s;aue and kepe it: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge of Englande and the prince had in their batayle a thre thou&s;and men of armes / and &s;ixe thou&s;ande archers / and a ten thou&s;ande men <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> fote / be&s;yde them that rode with the mar&s;hals. Thus as ye haue harde the kyng rodeforth wa+&s;tynge and brennyng the countrey without bre|kyng of his order: he left the cytie of Con&s;tance and went to a great towne called &s;aynt Lowe / a rych towne of drapery / and many riche burge&s;|&s;es in that towne / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dwellyng an .viii. or nyne&s;core burge&s;&s;es crafty men&punc; Whanne the kynge came <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he toke his lodgyng without: for he wolde neuer lodge in the towne for feare of fyre / but he &s;ende his men before and anone y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne was taken and clene robbed. It was har+de to thynke y^e great ryches that there was won in clothes &s;pecially: clothe wolde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> haue ben &s;olde good chepe yf <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had ben any byers / tha~ the kynge went towarde Cane / the which was a greatter towne and fall of drapery / and other marchauntdy&s;e: and riche burge&s;&s;es / noble la|dyes and damo&s;els / and fayre churches / and &s;pe+cially two great &amp; riche abbeys / one of the Cry|nyte / another of &s;aynt Stephyn. And on y^e one &s;yde of the towne one of the fayre&s;t ca&s;tels of all Normandy / and capitayne therin was Robert of Blargny with thre hundred genowayes / and in the towne was therle of Ewe and of Guynes con&s;table of Fraunce / and therle of Tankernyll with a good nombre of men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> The king of England rode that day in good order and lo|gedde all his batayls togyder that night / a two leages fro Cane / in a towne with a lytell hauyn called Nau&s;treham: and thyder ca~e al&s;o all his nauy of &s;hyppes / with therle of Huntyngdone / who was gouernour of them. The co~&s;table and other lordes of France that nyght watched well the towne of Cane / and in the mornyng armed them with all them of the towne. Than the con|&s;table ordayned that none &s;hulde y&s;&s;ue out / but kepe their defences on the walles / gate / bridge / and ryuer / and left the &s;ubbarbes voyde: bycau+se they were nat clo&s;edde / for they thought they &s;hulde haue ynough to do to defende the towne bycau&s;e it was nat clo&s;edde but with the ryuer / they of the towne &s;aybe howe they wolde y&s;&s;ue out / for they were &s;trong ynough to fyght with the kyng of Englande. Whan the co~llable &s;awe their good wyls: he &s;ayd in the name of god he it / ye &s;hall nat fyght without me. Than they y&s;|&s;ued out in good order: and made good face to fyght and to defende theym / and to putte their lyues in aduenture.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the batayle of Cane / and howe thengly&s;&s;hmen toke to towne Cap. C .xxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame day thengly&s;&s;h men ro&s;e erly and apayrelled them redy to go to Cane: the kyng harde noy&s;e before the &s;onne ry&s;ing. And than toke his hor&s;e / and the prince his &s;on / with &s;ir Godfray of Har+court mar&s;hall and leader of the hoo&s;t / who&s;e coun&s;ayle the kyng moche folowed. Than they drewe towarde Cane with their batels in good aray / and &s;o aproched the good towne of Cane. Whau~e they of the towne / who were redy in the felde &s;awe the&s;e thre batayls commyng in good order / with their baners and &s;ta~de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">des wauyn|ge in the wynde: and the archers the which they had nat ben accu&s;tomed to &s;e / they were &s;ore a|frayd / and fledde away toward the towne with+out any order or good aray / for all that the con|&s;table coulde do: than the engly&s;&s;hmen pur&s;ued them egerly. Whan the con&s;table and the erle of of Ta~kernyll &s;awe that / they toke a gate at the entry and &s;aued the~&s;elfe and certayne with the~: for the engly&s;&s;hmen were entred into the towne &s;ome of the knyghtes and &s;quyers of Fraunce / &s;uche as knewe the way to the ca&s;tell went thy|der / and the captayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> receyued them all for the ca&s;tell was large. The~gly&s;&s;hmen in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cha&s;e+lle we many for they toke non to mercy: than the con&s;table and the erle of Tankernyll beynge in the lytell towre at the bridge fote / loked a longe the &s;trete &amp; &s;awe their men <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ayne without mer|cy / they douted to fall in their <ABBR>hand.</ABBR> At la&s;t they &s;awe an engly&s;&s;he knyght with one eye called <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Thom~s Holand and afyue or &s;ixe other knygh+tes with hym / they knewe the~ / for they had &s;ene them before in Pruce / in Grenade / and in other vyages: than they called to &s;ir Thomas &amp; sayd howe they wold yelde the~&s;elfe pri&s;oners. Than &s;ir Thomas came thyder with his co~pany and mounted vp into the gate / and there founde the &s;ayd lordes with .xxv. knyghts with them / who yelded theym to &s;ir Thomas and he toke the~for his pri&s;oners and left company to kepe theym / and than mou~ted agayne on his hor&s;e and rode into the &s;treates / and &s;aued many lyues / of la|vyes / damo&s;els / and cloy&s;terers fro defoylyng / for the &s;oudyers were without mercy. It fell &s;o well the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on for thengly&s;&s;hmen: that the
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">er whiche was able to bere &s;hyppes at that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">e was &s;o lowe that men went in and out be|&s;yde the bridge they of the towne were entred into their hou&s;es: and ca&s;t downe into the &s;trete &s;tones tymbre and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ron: and &s;lewe and hurte mo than fyue hundred engly&s;&s;hmen / wherwith the ky<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ge was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed. At night whan he hard therof / he co~maunded that the next day all &s;hulde be putte to the &s;werde and the towne brent but than &s;ir Godfray of Harecourt &s;ayd: dere &s;ir for godde&s;&s;ake a&s;&s; wage &s;omwhat your courage / and let it &s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">fice you that ye haue done ye haue yet a great voyage to do orye come be|fore Calys / whyderye purpo&s;e to go: and &s;ir in this towne there is moche people who wyll de|fende their hou&s;es / and it woll co&s;t many of yo^r men their lyues or ye haue all at yo^r wyll wher|by paraue~ture ye &s;hall nat kepe your purpo&s;e to Calys / the which &s;hulde redowne to your rech. Sir &s;aue your people for ye &s;hall haue nede of them or this moneth pa&s;&s;e: for I thynke verely your aduer&s;ary kyng Philypp~ woll mete with you to fight / and ye &s;hall fynde many &s;trayt pa&s;+&s;ages and rencou~ters. Wherfore your men and ye had mo &s;hall &s;tande you in gode &s;tede: and &s;ir without any further &s;leynge ye &s;hall be lorde of this towne / men and women woll putte all that they haue to your <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> Than the kyng &s;ayd &s;ir Godfray you ar our mar&s;hall&punc; ordayne eue|ry thyng as ye woll: than &s;ir Godfray with his baner rode fro &s;trete to &s;trete and co~mau~ded in the kynges name / non to be &s;o hardy to put fyre in any hou&s;e / to &s;lee any per&s;one / nor to vyolate any woman. Whan they of the towne hard that crye / they receyued the engly&s;&s;hmen into their hou&s;es and made theym good chere: and &s;ome opyned their coffers and badde them take what them ly&s;t / &s;o they might be a&s;&s;ured of ther lyues howe be it <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were done in the towne many y|uell dedes murdrers and roberyes. Thus the engly&s;&s;hmen were lordes of the towne thre day+es ano wanne great riche&s;&s;e / the which they &s;ent by ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ke&s;&s;e and barges to &s;aynt Sauyoure / by the ryuer of Au&s;tr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hen a two leag&abis; theus: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as all their nauy lay / than the kyng &s;ende therle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">unty<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gdon with two hundred men of ar|mes / and foure hundred archers with his nauy and pri&s;oners: and riche&s;&s;e that they had gotte / backe agayne into Englande. And the kynge bought of &s;ir Thomas Hallande&punc; the con&s;table of Fraunce / and therle of Tankernyll: and pay+ed for them twentie thou&s;ande nobles.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe &s;ir Godfray of Harecourte fought with the~ of Amyens be+fore Parys. Cap. C .xxv.</HEAD>
<P>_THus the kyng of Eng|land ordred his be&s;yne&s;&s;e be|ynge in the towne of Cane / and &s;ende into England his nauy of &s;hyppes charged <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> clothes / iewelles / ve&s;&s;els of golde &amp; &s;yluer / and of other ryche&s;&s;e: and of pri&s;oners mo than .lx. knightes and thre hundred burge&s;&s;es. Than he departed fro the towne of Cane / and rode in the &s;ame or|der as he dyde before: brennynge and exilynge the countrey / and toke the way to Ewreus and &s;o pa&s;t by it. And fro thens they rode to a great towne called Louyets / it was the chiefe towne of all Normandy of drapery / riches and full of marchandy&s;e: the~gly&s;&s;hmen &s;oone entred ther|in for as than it was nat clo&s;ed / it was ouer ron &s;poyled / and robbed without mercy / there was won great riche&s;&s;e. Thau~e they entred into the countrey of Ewreus / and brent and pylled all y^e countrey / except the good townes clo&s;ed and ca+&s;tels&punc; to the which the kynge made none a&s;&s;aut / bycau&s;e of the &s;paryng of his people and his ar+tillery. On the ryuer of Sane nere to Rone: there was the exle of Harecourt / brother to &s;ir Godfray of Harecourt / but he was on the fren|che partie / and therle of Dr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ux with hym: with a good nombre of men of warre: but thengly&s;&s;h+men left Roon and went to Gy&s;ors / where was a &s;trong ca&s;tell / they brent the towne / and than they brent Uernon / and all the countrey about Roon / and Pont de Lache / and came to Nau~|tes / and to Meulence / and wa&s;ted all the coun|trey about: and pa&s;&s;ed by the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Robeboyes / and in euery place a long the ryuer of Sane / they founde the briges broken. At la&s;t they came to Poy&s;&s;ey and founde the brige bro+ken but the arches and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oy&s;tes lay in the ryuer / the kyng lay there a .v. dayes. In the mean &s;ea|&s;on the brige was made to pa&s;&s;e the hoo&s;t W^tout paryll: thengly&s;&s;he mar&s;hals ranne a brode iu&s;t to Parys / and brent &s;aynt Germayne in Lay / and Mountioy / and &s;aynt Clowde / and pety Bolayne by Parys / and the quenes Bourge: they of Parys were nat well a&s;&s;ured of theym &s;elfe / for it was nat as than clo&s;ed. Than kyng Philyppe remoued to &s;aynt Deny&s;e / and or he went cau&s;ed all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pente&s;&s;ys in Parys to be pul|led
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downe / and at &s;aynt Deuy&s;e were redy c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / the kynge of Behayne / the lorde John~ of Hey|nalt&punc; the duke of Lorayne / therle of Flaunder<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / therle of Bloyes / and many other great lordes and knyghtes: redy to &s;erue the frenche kynge. Whan the people of Parys &s;awe their kyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e|part / they came to hym and kn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lyd downe and &s;ayd: a &s;ir and noble kyng what woll ye do leue thus this noble cytie of Parys / the kynge &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> my good people doute ye nat / the engly&s;&s;hmen woll aproche you no nerer than they be / why &s;o &s;ir &abquod; they / they be within the&s;e two leages: and a&s;&s;one as they knowe of your departynge / they woll come and a&s;&s;ayle vs / and we b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">at able to defende them: &s;ir tary here &s;tyll and helpe to de|fende your gode cite of Parys. Speke no more &abquod; the kynge: for I woll go to &s;aynt Deny&s;e to my men of warre / for I woll encountre the en|gly&s;&s;hmen / and fight again&s;t them what &s;oeuer fall therof / they kyng of Englande was at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u|i&s;&s;oy / and lay in the no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ery there / and kept <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the fee&s;t of our lady in Augu&s;t / and &s;atte in h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> robes of &s;carlet furred with army<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s: and after that fee&s;t he went forth in order as they were he fore. The lorde Godfray of Harecourt rode out on the one &s;yde with fyue hu~dred men of arme<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and .xiii. hundred archers: and by adue~ture he encou~tred a great nombre of burge&s;&s;es of Amy+en&s;e a hor&s;ebacke / who were ryding by the kyu|ges co~maundement to Parys / they were quy|ckely a&s;&s;ayled / and they defended them&s;elfe va|lyantly: for they were a great nombre and well armed / there were foure knyghtes of Amyen&s;e their captayns. This &s;kirmy&s;&s;he dur<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> longe: at the fir&s;t metyng many were ouerthrowen on bothe partes / but finally the burge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">es were ta|ken and nye all &s;layne / and thengly&s;&s;hmen to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> all their caryages and harnes. They were well &s;tuffed: for they were goyng to the french kyng well apoynted / bycau&s;e they had nat &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ne hym a great &s;ea&s;on before: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde a. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ii. hundred / than the kynge of Englande en|tred into the contrey of Beauuo&s;y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rennynge and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yling the playne countrey: and lodged at a fayre abbey and a ryche called &s;ayu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Me&s;&s;ene nere to Beaways / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the king taryed a night and in the mornyng depted. And whan he was on his way he loked behynde him: and &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e the abbey a fyre / he cau&s;ed incontynent .xx. of them to be hanged that &s;et the fyre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / for he had co~|maunded before on payne of dethe / none to v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|late any church / nor to bren any abbey: than the kyng pa&s;t by the cite of Beaways / without any a&s;&s;aut gyueng: for bycau&s;e he wolde nat trou|ble his peple / nor walt his artillery. And &s;o t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> day he toke his logyng bety<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> a lytell <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> called Nully: the two mar&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> came &s;o nere to Beaways / that they made a&s;&s;aut and &s;kirmy&s;h at the barryers in thre places&punc; the whiche a&s;&s;aut e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ured a long &s;pace: but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne within was &s;o well defended by the meanes of the by&s;&s;hopp~ / who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> within / that finally thengly&s;&s;he|men departed and brent clene harde to the gat&abis; / all the &s;ubbarbes. And than at night they came into the kynges felde / the next day the kyng de|pted brennyng and wa&s;tyng all before hym &amp; at night lodged in a good vyllage called Gran<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u|iller the next day the kyng pa&s;t by Argies / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none to defende the ca&s;tell / wherfore it was &s;one taken and brent. Than they went forth dy|&s;troyeng the countrey all about and &s;o came to the ca&s;tell of Poys where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a good tow+ne &amp; two ca&s;tels: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no body in them but two fayre damo&s;els doughters to y^e lorde of Po+ys they were &s;oue taken / and had ben vyolated and two engly&s;&s;he knyght&abis; had nat ben / &s;ir Jo|han &para; ha~dos and &s;ir Ba&s;&s;et: they defended the~ and brought them to the kyng / who for his ho|nour made them gode chere and demaunded <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> them whyther they wolde fayne&s;t go / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> to Corbe: and the kynge cau&s;ed them <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ught thyder without paryll / that nyght y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng lodged in the towne of Poys: they of the towne and of the ca&s;tels &s;pake that nyght with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mar|&s;hals of thoo&s;t / to &s;aue them and their towne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> brennyng / and they to pay a certayne &s;omme of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">orey<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / the nexte day a&s;&s;oue as the hoo&s;t was departed. This was graunted them&punc; and in the mornyng the kyng departed with all his hoo&s;t / except a certayne that were left there to receyue the money that they of the towne had promy&s;ed to pay. Whan they of the towne &s;awe thoo&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e|part and but a fewe left behynd / than they &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they wolde pay neuer a peny / and &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e out and &s;et on thengly&s;&s;hmen / who defended them|&s;elfe a&s;well as they might: and &s;ende after tho&s;t for &s;ocoure. Whan &s;ir Reynolde Coh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">am / and &s;ir Thomas Hollande / who had the rule of the reregarde harde therof / they retourned and cry|ed trea&s;on trea&s;on: and &s;o came agayne to Po|ys warde / and founde their companyons &s;tyll fightyng with them of the towne. Than anoue they of the towne were nigh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all &s;layne and the towne brent / and the two ca&s;tels beaten downe. Than they retourned to the kynges hoo&s;t / who was as than at Araynes and there <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">odged / and had commau~ded all maner of men on payne of dethe / to do no hurte to no towne of Ar&s;yn / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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there the kyng was mynded to lye a day or two to take aduy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e howe he myght pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Some for it was nece&s;&s;arie for hym to pa&s;&s;e the ry<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er / as ye&s;hall here after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the french kyng folowed the kyng of Englande in Beauuoy|&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oys. Cap. C .xxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe lette vs &s;peke of kyng Philyppe who was at &s;aynt Deny&s;e / and his peo|ple aboute hym / and day<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y encrea&s;ed. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ha&s;ie on a day he departed and rode &s;o lon+ge that he came to Copp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g|ny du <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uy&s;e / a thre leages fro Amyen&s;e&punc; &amp; there he taryed. The kyng of Englande beyng at A|raynes wy&s;t nat where for to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Some / the which was large and depe / and all briges were broken and the pa&s;&s;ages well kept: than at the kynges co~mau~dement his two mar|&s;hals with. M. men of armes / and two. M. ar|thers went a long y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer to fynde &s;ome pa&s;&s;ag / and pa&s;&s;ed by Long pre / &amp; came to the bridge of Atheny / the which was well kept with a gret no~ bre of knyghtes &amp; &s;quyers / and men of the coun+trey: the engly&s;&s;hmen a lyghted a fote / and a&s;|&s;ayled the frenchmen from the mornynge tyll it was noone: but the bridge was &s;o well fortify|ed and defended / that the engly&s;&s;hmen depar|ted without wynning of any thynge: than they went to a great to wne called Fountayns on the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">uer of Somme / the which was clene robbe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and brent for it was nat clo&s;ed. Tha~ they went to another towne called Longe in Ponthieu / they coulde nat wynne the bridge it was &s;o well kept and defended / than they de&abper;ted and went to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yqueny / and founde the towne / the bridge / and the ca&s;tell &s;o well fortifyed&punc; that it was na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lykely to pa&s;&s;e there / the frenche kyng hadde &s;o well defended the pa&s;&s;ages: to thentent that the kyng of Englande &s;hulde nat pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Somme to fight with hym at his aduauntage or els to famy&s;&s;he hym there. Whan~e the&s;e two mar&s;hals had a&s;&s;ayed in all places to fynde pa&s;+&s;age / and coude fynde none: they retourned a|gayne to the king and &s;hewed howe they coude fynde no pa&s;&s;age in no place / the &s;ame night the frenche kynge came to Amyen&s;e / with mo than a hundred. M. men. The kynge of Englande was right pen&s;yfe / and the next morning harde ma&s;&s;e before the &s;onne ry&s;inge / and than dy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">o|ged: and euery man folowed the mar&s;hals ba|ners / and &s;o rode in the countrey of Uimewe / aprochynge to the good towne of Abuyle / and fou~de a towne therby whervnto was come mo|che people of the countrey / in tru&s;t of a lytell de|fence that was there / but thengly&s;&s;hmen anone wanne it / and all they that were within &s;layne and many taken / of the towne and of the coun|trey. The kynge toke his lodgynge in a great ho&s;pytall that was there / the &s;ame day the fren|che kynge departed fro Amyen&s;e / and came to Araynes about noone / and the~gly&s;&s;hmen were departed then&s;e in the mornyng / the frenchmen founde there great proui&s;yon that the engly&s;&s;h|men had left behynde them / bycau&s;e they depar+ted in ha&s;t: there they founde fle&s;&s;he redy on the broches / brede and pa&s;tyes in the ouyns / wyne in tonnes and barelles / and the tabuls redy lay+ed. There the frenche kyng lodged and taryed for his lordes / that nyght the kyng of England was lodged at Oy&s;ement: at nyght whan~e the two mar&s;halles were retourned / who had that day ouer ronne the countrey to the gates of Ab+uyle / and to &s;aynt Ualery / &amp; made a great&s;kir|my&s;&s;he there. Than the kynge a&s;&s;embled togy|der his coun&s;ayle / and made to be brought be|fore hym certayne pri&s;oners / of the countrey of Ponthieu / and of Uymen: the kyng right cur|te&s;ly demaunded of theym / if <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were any a|mong them that knewe any pa&s;&s;age byneth Ab+uyle / that he and his hoo&s;t might pa&s;&s;e ouer the ryuer of Somme: yf he wolde&s;hewe hym ther|of he &s;hulde be quyte of his raun&s;ome / and .xx. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">his company for his loue: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a varle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ed Gobyn a Grace / who &s;tept forthe &amp; &s;ayde to the kyng: &s;ir I promy&s;e you on the ieopardy of my heed I &s;hall bringe you to &s;uche a place / where as ye and all your hoo&s;t &s;hall pa&s;&s;e the ry+uer of Some without paryll / there be certayne places in the pa&s;&s;age that ye &s;hall pa&s;&s;e .xii. men a front two tymes bytwene day and nyght / ye &s;hall nat go in the water to the knees / but whan the fludde cometh the ryuer than waxeth &s;o gret <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> no man can pa&s;&s;e / but whan the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">udde is gon the whiche is two tymes bytwene day &amp; nyght / than the ryuer is &s;o lowe that it may be pa&s;&s;ed without danger / bothe a hor&s;ebacke and a fote. The pa&s;&s;age is harde in the botom with whyte &s;tones / &s;o that all your caryage may go &s;urely: therfore y^e pa&s;&s;age is called Blanch taque / and ye make redy to de&abper;te be tymes / ye may be <ABBR>ther</ABBR>
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by the &s;onne ry&s;inge / the kynge &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> if this be trewe that ye &s;ay I quytethe thy raun&s;ome and all thy company / and moreouer &s;hall g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ue the a hundred nobles / than the kynge commaunded euery man to be re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y at the &s;ounde of the trum|pette to departe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batayle of Blanch <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">que by twene the kyng of Englande and &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Godmar du Fay. Cap. C .xxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kyng of Englande &s;lepte nat moche that nyght / for atte mydnight he a ro&s;e &amp; &s;o wne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> his trumpette: tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> incontynent they made redy caryages and all thynges. And atte the brekynge of the day they departed fro the towne of Oy&s;ement / and rode after the guydinge of Go<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yn a Grace &s;o that they came by the &s;onne ry&s;ing to Blanch Taque / but as than the flu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de was vpp~ &s;o that they might nat pa&s;&s;e: &s;o the kynge taryed there tyll it was prime / than the ebbe came. The fren+che kyng had his currours in the countrey who brought hym worde of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">emeanoure of the engly&s;&s;hmen / than he thought to clo&s;e the kyng of Englande bytwene Abuyle and the ryuer of Some / &amp; &s;o to fyght with hym at his plea&s;ure. And whan he was at Amye~&s;e: he had ordayned a great barowne of Normandy / called &s;ir God mardu Fay to go and kepe the pa&s;&s;age of Bla~|che Taque / where the engly&s;&s;hmen mu&s;t pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> or els in none other place: he had with hym. M. men of armes / and &s;ixe thou&s;and a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ote with the genowayes / &s;oo they went by &s;aynt Rey<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y|er in Ponthieu / and fro thens to Crotay / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the pa&s;&s;age lay. And al&s;o he had with hym a great nombre of men of the countrey / and al&s;o a great nombre of theym of Mutterell / &s;o that they were a twelfe thou&s;and men / one and other whan the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t was come thyder / &s;ir Godmardu Fay araunged all his company to defende the pa&s;&s;age / the kyng of England lette nat for all that / but whan~e the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ludde was gone he co~maunded his mar&s;hals to entre into y^e wa|ter in the name of god and &s;aynt George: than they that were hardy and coragyous entre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> on bothe parties / and many a man reuer&s;ed / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome of the fre~chmen of Arthoyes and Py+cardy / that were as gladde to iu&s;te in the water / as on the drie lande. The frenchemen defended &s;o well the pa&s;&s;age at the y&s;&s;uing out of the wa|ter / that they had moche to do: the genowayes dyde them great trouble with their c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">owes / on thother &s;yde the archers of Englande &s;hotte &s;o holly togyder / that he frenchmen were fayne to gyue place to the engly&s;&s;hmen. There was a &s;ore batayle and many a noble feate of armes done on both &s;ydes / finally thengly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;|&s;ed ouer / and a&s;&s;embled togyder in the felde: the kynge and the prince pa&s;&s;ed and all the lordes / than the frenchmen kept none array but depar|ted he that myght be&s;t. Whan &s;ir Godmar &s;awe that dy&s;con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">itu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e: he fledde and &s;aued hym&s;elfe &s;ome <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">edde to Abuyle / and &s;ome to &s;aynt Ray|gnyer / they that were there a fote coude nat <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ce &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne a great nombre of them of Abuyle / Muttrell / Arras / and of &s;aynt Ray|gnier / the cha&s;e endured more than a great leag And as yet all the engly&s;&s;hmen were nat pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer / and certayne currours of the kyng of Behayne / &amp; of &s;ir John~ of Heynault&abis; / came on the~ that were behynd / and toke certayn hor&s;es &amp; caryages / and &s;lewe dyuers or they coude take the pa&s;&s;age. The french kyng the &s;ame mornyn+ge was departed fro Araynes / tru&s;tyng to haue founde thengly&s;&s;hmen bytwene hym and the ry+uer of Some / but whan he harde howe that &s;ir Godmar du Fay and his company were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ysco~|fyted / he taryed in the felde and demaunded of his mar&s;hals what was be&s;t to do / they &s;ayd &s;ir ye can nat pa&s;&s;e the ryuer but at the brige of Ab|uyll / for the &s;ludde is come in at Blanche taque than he retourned and lodged at Abuyle. The kyng of Englande whan he was pa&s;t the ryuer he thanked god: and &s;o rode forthe in lyke ma|ner as he dyde before: than he called Gobyn a Grace and dyd quyte hym his ran&s;ome and all his company and gaue hym a hundred nobles and a good hor&s;e. And &s;o the kynge rode forthe fayre and ea&s;ely / and thought to haue lodged in a great town called Norell / but whan he knewe that the towne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ertayned to the cou~te&s;&s;e of Da~|merle / &s;u&s;ter to y^e lorde Robert of Arthoys: the kyng a&s;&s;ured the towne and countrey a&s;moche as pertayned to her and &s;o went forthe: and his mar&s;halles rode to Crotay on the &s;ee&s;yde / and brent the towne and founde in the hauyn many &s;hippes and bark&abis; charged with wynes of Po~|thieu pertayning to the marchauntes of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayn|ton / and of Rochell: they brought the be&s;t ther|of to y^e kynges ho&s;t. Than one of the mar&s;hals <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e to the gates of Abuyle / &amp; fro thens to &s;aynt
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Reygnier / and after to the towne of Rue&s;aynt E&s;peryte. This was on a friday: and bothe ba+tayls of the mar&s;hals retourned to the kynges hoo&s;t about noone / and &s;o lodged all toguyder nere to Cre&s;&s;y in Pouthieu: the kynge of En|glande was well enfourmed / howe the frenche kyng folowed after hym to fight. Than he &s;aid to his co~pany: lette vs take here &s;ome plotte of grou~de for we wyll go no farther tylle we haue &s;ene our ennemyes / I haue good cau&s;e here to abyde them / for I am on the ryght herytage of the quene my mother / the which lande was gy|uen a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">her maryage. I woll chalenge it of myne aduer&s;ary Philyppe of Ualoys: and bycau&s;e that he had nat the eyght part in nombre of men as the frenche kyng had / therfore he commaun|ded his mar&s;hals to cho&s;e a plotte of grounde &s;om what for his aduauntage: and &s;o they dyde and thyder the kynge and his hoo&s;t went / than he &s;ende his currours to Abuyle to &s;e if the fren+che kyng drewe that day into the felde or natte. They went forthe and retourned agayne: and &s;ayde howe they coude &s;e none aparence of his commyng / than euery man toke their lodgyng for that day / and to be redy in the mornynge at the &s;ound of the tru~pet in the &s;ame place. Thus friday the frenche kynge taryed &s;tyll in Abuyle abyding for his co~pany / and &s;ende his two mar+&s;hals to ryde out to &s;e the dealyng of thengly&s;&s;h+men / and at nyght they retourned &amp; &s;ayde howe the engly&s;&s;hmen were lodged in the feldes &punc; that nyght the frenche kyng made a &s;upper to all the chefe lordes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with hym / and after &s;upper / the kyng de&s;yred them to be frendes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">h to other: the kyng loked for the erle of Sauoy / who &s;hulde come to hym with a thou&s;ande &s;pea+res / for he had receyued wages for a thre mone|thes of them at Troy in Campaigne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the order of the engly&s;&s;hmen at Cre&s;&s;y / and howe they made thre batayls a fote. Cap. C .xxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_ON the friday as I &s;ayd before: the kyng of Englan|de lay in y^e feldes / for the con+trey was ple~tyfull of wynes and other vytayle / &amp; if nede had ben they had proui&s;yon folowyng in cart&abis; and other caryages. That night the kyng made a &s;upper to all his chefe lordes of his hoo&s;t / &amp; made them gode chere / and whan they were all departed to take their re&s;t. Than the kynge entred into his oratorie: and kneled downe before y^e auter pray+eng god deuoutly / that if he fought the next day that he might achyue the iourney to his honour than aboute mydnight he layde hym downe to re&s;t / and in the mornynge he ro&s;e be tymes and harde ma&s;&s;e &punc; and the prince his &s;onne with hym and the mo&s;te part of his compa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> were confe&s;|&s;ed and hou&s;eled. And after the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">a&s;&s;e &s;ayde: he commau~ded euery man to be armed &amp; to drawe to the felde / to the &s;ame place before apoynted: than the kyng cau&s;ed a parke to be made by the wode&s;yde / behynde his hoo&s;t: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;et all cartes and caryages / and within the parke were all their hor&s;es for euery man was a fote: And into this parke there was but one entre / than he ordayned thre batayls. In the fir&s;t was the yonge prince of Wales / with hym the erle of Warwyke and Canforde / the lorde Godfray of Harecourt / &s;ir Reynolde Cobham / &s;ir Thom~s Holande / y^e lorde Stafforde / the lorde of Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|uy / the lorde Dalaware / &s;ir John~ Chandos / &s;ir Bartylmewe de Bomes / &s;ir Robert Neuyll / y^e lorde Thomas Clyfforde / the lorde Bourchier / the lorde de la Tumyer / &amp; dyuers other knygh|tes and &s;quyers that I can nat name: they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> an .viii. hundred men of armes / and two thou|&s;ande archers / and a thou&s;ande of other with y^e wal&s;&s;hmen: euery lorde drue to the felde apoyn|ted / vnder his owne baner and penone. In the &s;econd batayle was therle of Northampton / the erle of A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">dell / the lorde Ro&s;&s;e / the lorde Lygo / the lorde Wylough by / the lord Ba&s;&s;et / the lorde of &s;aynt Aubyne / &s;ir Loyes Tueton / the lorde of Myleton / the lorde de la Sell / and dyuers o|ther about an eight hundred men of armes / and twelfhundred archers. The thirde batayle had the kyng: he had &s;euyn hundred men of armes / and two thou&s;ande archers: than the kyng lept on a hobby with a whyte rodde in his hand / one of his mar&s;hals on the one hande / and the other on the other hand: he rode fro reuke to reuke de+&s;yringe euery man to take hede that day to his right and honour. He &s;pake it &s;o &s;wetely &amp; with &s;o good cou~tenance and mery chere / that all &s;u|che as were dy&s;confited toke courage in the &s;ay+eng and heryng of him. And whan he had thus vi&s;yted all his batayls / it was than nyne of the day: than he cau&s;ed euery man to eate &amp; drinke a lytell / and &s;o they dyde at their lea&s;er. And af|terwarde they ordred agayne their bataylles / than euery man lay downe on the yerth and by
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hym his &s;alet and bowe / to be the more <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whan their ennemyes &s;hulde come.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Thorder of the frenchmen at Cre&s;|&s;y / and howe they behelde the demea+nour of thengly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. C .xxix.</HEAD>
<P>_THis &s;aturday the fren|che kynge ro&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tymes and hard ma&s;&s;e in Abuyle / in his lodgyng in the abbey of &s;a|ynt Peter: and he departed after the &s;ome ry&s;ing. whan he was out of the towne two leages aproc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng towarde his ennemys / &s;ome of his lordes &s;ayd to hym: Sir it were good y^t ye ordred yo^r batayls / and let all your fote men pa&s;&s;e &s;om what on before / that they be nat trou|bled with the hor&s;emen. Than y^e kyng &s;ent .iiii. knyght&abis; / the Moyne Ba&s;tell the lorde of Noy|ers / the lorde of Beauie we / and the lorde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">am begny to ryde to a viewe thengly&s;&s;he ho&s;te: and &s;o they rode &s;o nere that they might well &s;e part of their dealyng. Thengly&s;&s;hmen sawe the well and knewe well howe they were come thyder to a vieu them / they let them alone: and made no countena<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">warde the~ and let them retourne as they came. And whan the frenche kyng &s;awe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">oure knyghtes retourne agayne / he tary|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="4 letters">ll they came to hym: and &s;ayd &s;irs what ti|dynges / the&s;e four knyghtes eche of them loked on other / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none wolde &s;peke before his co~panyon: finally the kyng &s;ayd to Moyne who pertayned to the kyng of Behaygne / and had done in his dayes &s;omoch that he was repu+ted for one of the valyante&s;t knight&abis; of the worl|de / &s;ir &s;peke you. Than he &s;ayd: &s;ir I &s;hall &s;pe|ke&s;yth it plea&s;eth you vnder y^e correction of my felawes / &s;ir we haue ryden &amp; &s;ene the behauyng of your ennemyes / knowe ye for trouth they are re&s;ted in thre batayls / abidyng for you: Sir I woll coun&s;ell you as for my part &s;auynge your dy&s;plea&s;ure / that you and all your co~pany re&s;t here and lodg for this nyght / for or they that be behynde of your <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o~pany become hyther / and or your batayls be&s;et in gode order it wyll be very late / and your people be wery and out of array: and ye &s;hall fynde your ennemis fre&s;&s;he and re|dy to receyue you / erly in the mornynge ye may order your bataylles at more lea&s;er and aduy&s;e your ennemis at more delyberacyon / and to re|garde well what way ye woll a&s;&s;ayle theym: for &s;ir &s;urely they woll abyde you. Than the kynge co~maunded that it &s;huld be &s;o done / than his .ii. mar&s;hals one rode before another behynde / &s;ay+eng to euery baner / tary and abyde here in the name of god and &s;aynt Denys / they that were forma&s;t taryed / but they that were behynde wol+de nat tary but rode forthe / and &s;ayd howe they wold in no wy&s;e abyde tyll they were as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> for+ward as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> forma&s;t. And whan they before &s;awe them come on behynde / than they rode forward agayne &s;o that the kyng nor his mar&s;hals coude nat rule the~ / &s;o they rode without order or good aray tyll they came in &s;ight of their ennemyes. And a&s;&s;one as the forma&s;t &s;awe them / they recu+led than abacke <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">out good aray: wherof they behynde had maruell and were a ba&s;&s;hed / and thought that the forma&s;t company had ben figh+tynge / than they might haue had lea&s;er &amp; rome to haue gone forwarde if they had ly&s;t. Some went forthe and &s;ome abode &s;tyll: the co~mons of whom all the wayes bytwene Abuyle and Cre&s;+&s;y were full. Wha~ they &s;awe that they were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ere to their ennemies / they toke their &s;werdes and cryed downe with them let vs <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e them all / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no man though he were pre&s;ent at the iour+ney that coude ymagen or &s;hewe y^e trouth of the yuell order that was among the frenche partie / and yet they were a meruelous great nombre. That I write in this boke I lerned it &s;pecially of the engy&s;&s;hmen / who well behelde their dea|lyng: and al&s;o certayne knyghtes of &s;ir Johan of Heynaultes / who was alwayes about kyng Philyppe &s;hewed me as they knewe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the batayle of Cre&s;&s;y bytwene the kyng of England and the fren|che kyng. Cap. C .xxx.</HEAD>
<P>_THe~gly&s;&s;hmen who were in thre batayls lyeng on the grounde to re&s;t them / a&s;&s;one as they &s;aw the frenchmen aproche: they ro&s;e vpon their fete fayre and ea&s;ely without and ha&s;t / and aranged their batayls. The fir&s;t which was the princes batell: the archers there &s;tode in maner of a her&s;e / and the men of armes in the botome of the batayle. Therle of Northa~+pton &amp; therle of Arundell with the &s;econd batell were on a wyng in good order / redy to confort the princes batayle if nede were. The lord&abis; and knyght&abis; of France ca~enat to the a&s;&s;emble togy|der
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in good order / for &s;ome ca~e before and &s;ome came after in &s;uch ha&s;t and yuell order / y^t one of the~ dyd trouble another. Whan the french kyng &s;awe the engly&s;&s;hmen his blode chaunged and &s;ayde to his mar&s;hals make the genowayes go on before and begynne the batayle in the name of god and &s;aynt Deny&s;e: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were of the geno+wayes tro&s;bowes about a fiftene thou&s;and but they were &s;o wery of goyng a fote that day a &s;ix leages armed with their cro&s;bowes / that they &s;ayde to their con&s;tables we be nat well ordred to fyght this day for we be nat in the ca&s;e to do any great dede of armes / we haue more nede of re&s;t. The&s;e wordes came to the erle of Alan&s;on who &s;ayd a man is well at ea&s;e to be charged w^t &s;uche a &s;orte of ra&s;calles / to be faynt and fayle nowe at moo&s;t nede. Al&s;o the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there fell a great rayne and a clyps with a terryble thonder / and before the rayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came fleyng ouer bothe batayls a great nombre of crowes / for feare of the tempe&s;t co~mynge. Than anone the eyre beganne to waxe clere / and the &s;onne to &s;hyne fayre and bright: the which was right in the frenchmens eyen / and on the engly&s;&s;hmens backes. Whan the genowayes were a&s;&s;embled toguyder and beganne to aproche / they made a great leape and crye to aba&s;&s;he thengly&s;&s;hmen / but they &s;tode &s;tyll and &s;tyredde nat for all that / than~e the genowayes agayne the &s;econde tyme made a nother leape and a fell crye / and &s;tepped forwarde a lytell / and thengly&s;&s;hmen remeued nat one fote<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thirdly agayne they leapt and cry|ed and went forthe tyll they came within &s;hotte: than~e they &s;hotte feer&s;ly with their cro&s;bowes. Than thengly&s;&s;he archers &s;tept forthe one pa&s;e and lett fly their arowes &s;o holly and &s;o thycke that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;emed &s;nowe / whan the genowayes felte the arowes per&s;ynge through heedes / armes / and bre&s;tes: many of them ca&s;t downe their cro+s<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s and dyde cutte their &s;trynges / and re|tourned dy&s;confited. Whan the frenche kynge &s;awe them flye away: he &s;ayd &s;lee the&s;e ra&s;cals for they &s;hall lette and trouble vs without rea|&s;on than ye &s;hulde haue &s;ene the men of armes da&s;&s;he in among them / and kylled a great nom|bre of them. And euer &s;tyll the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;hot where as they &s;awe thycke&s;t preace: the &s;harpe arowes ranne into the men of armes / and into their hor&s;es: and many fell hor&s;e and men amo~+ge the genowayes: and whan they were downe they coude nat relyue agayne the preace was &s;o thycke / that one ouerthrewe a nother. And al&s;o amonge the engly&s;&s;hemen there were certayne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;calles that went a fote / with great knyues: and they went in among the men of armes / and &s;lewe and murdredde many as they lay on the grounde: bothe erles / barownes / knyght&abis; / and &s;quyers: wherof the kyng of Englande was af|ter dy&s;plea&s;ed / for he had rather they had bene taken pri&s;oners. The valyant kyng of Behay|gne called Charles of Luzenbourge / &s;onne to the noble emperour Henry of Luzenbourge / for all that he was nyghe blynde. Whan he vnder|&s;tode the order of the batayle / he &s;ayde to them about hym / where is the lorde Charles my &s;on: his men &s;ayde &s;ir we can nat tell / we thynke he be fightynge / than he &s;ayde &s;irs ye are my men / my companyons / and frendes in this iourney. I requyre you bring me &s;o farre forwarde / that I may &s;tryke one &s;troke with my &s;werde / they &s;ayde they wolde do his commaundement: and to the intent that they &s;hulde nat le&s;e hym in the prea&s;e / they tyed all their raynes of their bridel|les eche to other and &s;ette the kynge before to a|comply&s;&s;he his de&s;yre / and &s;o thei went on their ennemyes: the lorde Charles of Behaygne his &s;onne / who wrote hym&s;elfe kyng of Behaygne and bare the armes. He came in good order to the batayle: but wha&s;ie he &s;awe that the matter wente a wrie on their partie / he departed I can nat tell you whiche waye: the kynge his father was &s;o farre forewarde / that he &s;trake a &s;troke with his &s;werde / ye and mo than foure: and fo|ught valyantly. And &s;o dyde his company / and they adue~tured them&s;elfe &s;o forwarde / that they were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all &s;layne / and the next day they were founde in the place about the kyng / and all their hor&s;es tyed eche to other. The erle of Alan&s;one came to the batayle right ordynatly and fought with thengly&s;&s;hmen / and the erle of Flaunders al&s;o on his parte / the&s;e two lordes with their co~|panyes coo&s;ted the engly&s;&s;he archers and came to the princes batayle and there fought valyant+ly longe. The frenche kynge wolde fayne haue come thyder whanne he &s;awe their baners / but there was a great hedge of archers before hym. The &s;ame day the frenche kynge hadde gyuen a great blacke cour&s;er to &s;ir Johan of Heynault and he made the lorde Johan of Fu&s;&s;els to ryde on hym and to bere his banerre / the &s;ame hor&s;e tooke the bridell in the tethe / and brought hym through all the currours of the~gly&s;&s;hmen / and as he wolde haue retourned agayne he fell in a great dyke and was &s;ore hurt / and had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> deed &amp; his page had nat ben / who folowed hym through all the batayls / and &s;awe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> his mai+&s;ter lay in the dyke / and had none other lette but for his hor&s;e / for thengly&s;&s;hmen wolde nat y&s;&s;ue
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out of their batayle for takyng of any pri&s;oner / than~e the page a lyghted and relyued his mai|&s;ter / than he went nat backe agayn y^e &s;ame way that they came: there was to many in his way. This batayle bytwene Broy / and Crelly this &s;aturday was ryght cruell and fell / and many a feat of armes done that came nat to my knowle+ge: in the night dyuer&s;e knyghtes and &s;quyers lo&s;t their mai&s;ters / and &s;omtyme came on then|gly&s;&s;hmen / who receyued theym in &s;uche wy&s;e / that they were euer nighe &s;layne / for there was none taken to mercy nor to raun&s;ome&punc; for &s;o the engly&s;&s;hmen were determyned in the mornyng the day of the batayle certayne frenchemen and almaygnes / perforce opyned the archers of the princes batayle / and came and fought with the men of armeshande to hande. Than the &s;econ|de batayle of thengly&s;&s;hmen came to &s;ocour the princes batayle the whiche was tyme / for they had as than moche a do / and they with y^e prince &s;ent a me&s;&s;anger to the kynge who was on a ly|tell wyndmyll hyll: than the knyght &s;ayd to the kyng / sir therle of Warwyke / and therle of Ca~|fort / &s;ir Reynolde Cobham / and other &s;uche as be about the prince your &s;onne ar feerlly fought with all and are&s;ore handled: wherfore they de &s;yre you that you and your batayle wolle come and ayde them / for if the frenchmen encrea&s;e as they dout they woll / your &s;onne and they &s;hall haue moche a do. Than the kynge &s;ayde is my &s;onne deed or hurt / or on the yerthe felled: no &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the knyght but he is hardely matched / wher|fore he hathe nede of your ayde. Well &s;ayde the kyng retourne to hym and to them that &s;ent you hyther / and &s;ay to them that they &s;ende no more to me for any aduenture that falleth / as long as my &s;onne is a lyue: and al&s;o &s;ay to the~ that they &s;uffre hym this day to wynne his &s;purres / for if god be plea&s;ed I woll this iourney be his / and the honoure therof: and to them that be aboute hym. Than the knyght retourned agayn to the~ and &s;hewed the kynges wordes / the which gret+ly encouraged them: and repoyned in that they had &s;ende to the kynge as they dyd. Sir God|fray of Harecourt wolde gladly that the erle of Harecourt his brother myght haue bene &s;aued / for he hard &s;ay by the~ that &s;awe his baner howe that he was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in the felde on the frenche par|tie / but &s;ir Godfray coude nat come to hym be|tymes / for he was &s;layne or he coude co~e at hym and &s;o was al&s;o the erle of Almare his nephue. In another place the erle of Alen&s;on and therle of Flaunders fought valyantly / euery lorde vn|der his owne baner / but finally they coude nat re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t the puy&s;&s;aunce of the engly&s;&s;he|men: and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were al&s;o &s;layne &amp; dyuers other knyght&abis; and &s;quyers. Al&s;o therle Lewes of Bloyes nephue to the frenche kyng / and the duke of Lorayne fought vnder their baners / but at la&s;t they were clo&s;ed in among a co~pany of engly&s;&s;hmen and wal&s;&s;hemen / &amp; there were &s;layne for all their prowes. Al&s;o there was &s;lay|ne the erle of Au&s;&s;er / therle of &s;aynt Poule and many other / in the euenynge the frenche kynge who had lefte about hym no mo than a thre&s;core &abper;so<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s one and other / wherof &s;ir John~ of Hey|nalt was one / who had remounted ones the Kyn+ge for his hor&s;e was &s;layne with an arowe / tha~ he &s;ayde to the kynge &s;ir departe hen&s;e for it is tyme / le&s;e nat your &s;elfe wylfully: if ye haue lo&s;&s;e at this tyme ye &s;hall recouer it agayne a nother &s;ea&s;on. And &s;oo he toke the kynges hor&s;e by the bridell and ledde hym away in a maner per&s;or|ce / than the kyng rode tyll he came to the ca&s;tell of Broy / the gate was clo&s;ed bycau&s;e it was by that tyme darke. Than the kynge called the ca|ptayne / who came to the walles and &s;ayd: who is that calleth there this tyme of nyght / than the kynge &s;ayde opyn your gate quickely / for this is the fortune of Fraunce. The captayne knewe than it was the kyng / and opyned the gate and let downe the bridge: than the kyng entred and he had with hym but fyue barownes / &s;ir Johan of Heynault / &s;ir Charles of Momorency / the lorde of Beauiewe / the lorde Dabegny / and the lorde of Mountfort: the kynge wolde nat tary there but dra~ke and departed then&s;e about myd nyght / and &s;o rode by &s;uche guydes as knewe the countrey tyll he came in the mornynge to A|myen&s;e and there he re&s;ted. This &s;aturday the engly&s;&s;hemen neuer departed fro their batayls for cha&s;ynge of any man / but kept &s;tyll their fel|de and euer defended them&s;elfe agayn&s;t all &s;uch as came to a&s;&s;ayle them: this batayle ended a|boute euyn&s;onge tyme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the next day after the batell the engly&s;&s;hmen di&s;confyted dyuer&s;e frenchemen. Cap. C .xxxi.</HEAD>
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_ON this &s;aturday whan the nyght was co~e: and that the~gly&s;&s;hmen hard no more noy&s;e of the fre~chemen / than they reputed the~&s;elfe to haue the vyctorie / and the french|men to be dy&s;confited / &s;lay|ne / and fledde away. Than they made great fy+ers and lyghted vp torche&s;&s;e and candelles / by|cau&s;e it was very darke / than the kyng auayled downe fro the lytell hyll where as he &s;tode / and of all that day tyll than his helme came neuer of on his heed. Than he went withall his batayle to his &s;onne the prince: and enbra&s;ed hym in his armes and ky&s;t hym and &s;ayde fayre &s;onne god gyue you good &abper;&s;euerance / year my good &s;on thus ye haue aquyted you nobly: ye ar worthy to kepe a realme / the prince inclyned him&s;elfe to the yerthe honouryng the kyng his father / this night they thanked god for their good aduen|ture / and made no boo&s;t therof / for the kynge wolde that no manne &s;hulde be proude or make boo&s;t / but euery man humbly to thanke god. On the &s;onday in the mornyng there was &s;uche a my&s;t / that a man myght nat &s;e the bredethe of an acre of lande fro hym / than there departed fro the hoo&s;t by the commau~dement of the kyng and mar&s;halles fyue hundred &s;peares / and two thou&s;and archers: to &s;e if they might &s;e any fren+chemen gathered agayne togyder in any place / the &s;ame mornyng out of Abuyle &amp; &s;aynt Reyn|gnyer in Ponthieu / the commons of Rone and of Beauioys y&s;&s;ued out of their townes natte knowyng of the dy&s;co~fiture the day before they met with the~gly&s;&s;hmen / wenyng they had bene fre~chmen. And whan the~gly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe them they &s;ette on them fre&s;&s;hly / and there was a &s;ore batayle / but at la&s;t the frenchemen fledde and kept none array / their were &s;layne in the way|es and in hedges and bu&s;&s;hes: mo than~e &s;euyn thou&s;ande. And if the day had ben clere: there had neuer a one&s;caped / anone after a nother co~+pany of frenchmen were mette by the engly&s;&s;h|men. The archeby&s;&s;hopp~ of Rone / and y^e great priour of Fraunce: who al&s;o knewe nothynge of the dy&s;confiture the day before for they harde that the frenche kynge &s;hulde a fought the &s;ame &s;onday: and they were goynge thyderwarde. Whan~e they mette with the engly&s;&s;hmen there was a great batayle / for they were a great nom+bre / but they coude nat endure agayn&s;t the en|gly&s;&s;hmen / for they were nyghe all &s;layne / fewe &s;caped / the two lordes were &s;layne. This mor|nyng thengly&s;&s;hmen mette with dyuer&s;e french men / that had lo&s;te their way on the &s;aturday / and had layen all nyght in the feldes / and wy&s;t nat where the kyng was nor the captayns / they were all &s;layne as many as were met with / and it was &s;hewed me: that of the co~mons and men a fote / of the cyties and good townes of France <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne foure tymes as many as were &s;layne the &s;aturday in the great batayle.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the next day after the batayle of Cre&s;&s;ey / they that were deed were no~bred by the~gly&s;&s;hmen. Ca. Cxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;onday as the kyng of Englande came fro ma&s;&s;e &s;uche as had ben &s;ente forthe retourned and &s;hewed the kyng what they had &s;ene and done: and &s;ayde &s;ir we thinke &s;urely <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is now no more aparence of any of our ennemyes / than y^e kyng &s;ende to &s;erche howe many were &s;layne / &amp; what they were. Sir Reynolde Cobham / &amp; &s;ir Richard Stafforde with thre haraldes went to &s;erche the felde and contrey: they vi&s;yted all the~ that were &s;layne and rode all day in the feldes / and retourned agayne to the hoo&s;t as the kyng was goynge to &s;upper. They made iu&s;t report of that they had &s;ene / and &s;ayde howe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were xi. great princes deed / four&s;core baners .xii. C. knyghtes / and mo than .xxx. thou&s;ande other. The~gly&s;&s;hmen kept &s;tyll their felde all y^t nyght on the monday in the mornyng the kyng prepa|red to depart / the kyng cau&s;ed the deed bodyes of the great lordes to be taken vp and conueyed to Mutterell / and there buryed in holy grou~de and made a crye in the countrey to graunt tru&s;e for thre dayes / to thyntent that they of the coun|trey might &s;erche the felde of Cre&s;&s;y / to bury the deed bodyes. Than the kynge went forthe and came before the towne of Muttrell by the &s;ee / &amp; his mar&s;hals ranne to warde Hedyn: and brent Ua~bam and Seram / but they dyd nothyng to the ca&s;tell it was &s;o &s;trong and &s;o well kept / they lodged that night on the ryuer of Hedyn towar+des Blangy. The next day they rode towarde Bolayne / and came to the towne of Uny&s;ame: there the kyng and the prince lodged / and 
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taryed there a day to refre&s;&s;he his men / and on the Wedny&s;day the kyng came before the &s;tron|ge towne of Calys.</P>
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<HEAD>&pound; Howe the kyng of Englande layd &s;iege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the tow|ne. Cap. C .xxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the towne of Calys <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was captayne a knyght of Burgone called &s;ir John~ de Uieu / and with hym was &s;ir Andrewe Dandrehen / &s;ir John~ de Sury / &s;ir Barbon de Belborne / &s;ir Godfray de lament / &s;ir Pepyn de Urmue and dyuers other knyghtes and &s;quyers. Whan the kyng of Eng+land was come before Calys / he layd his &s;iege and ordayned ba&s;tides bytwene the towne and the ryuer / he made carpenters to make hou&s;es and lodgynges of great tymbre / and &s;et the hou+&s;es lyke &s;tretes / and couerd them with rede and brome. So that it was lyke a lytell towne: and there was euery thynge to&s;ell / and a markette place to be kept euery tue&s;day and &s;aturday &punc; for fle&s;&s;he and fy&s;&s;h / mercery ware / hou&s;es for cloth for bredde / wyne and all other thyng&abis; nece&s;&s;arie &s;uch as ca~e out of England &punc; or out of Flanders / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they might bye what they ly&s;t. The~gly&s;&s;h|men ran often tymes into the countrey of Guy|nes / and into Triuynois / &amp; to the gates of &s;aynt Omers / and &s;omtyme to Boleyn: they brought into their hoo&s;t great prayes. The kyng wolde nat a&s;&s;ayle the towne of Calys: for he thought it but a lo&s;t labour / he &s;pared his peple &amp; his artil|lery / and &s;ayd howe he wolde famy&s;&s;h the~ in the towne with long &s;iege / without the french kyng co~e and rey&s;e his &s;iege &abper;force. Whan the capten of Calys &s;awe the maner &amp; thorder of the~gly&s;&s;h+men: than he con&s;trayned all poore &amp; meane pe|ple to y&s;&s;ue out of the towne. And on a wedny&s;|day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> y&s;&s;ued out of men women / &amp; chyldren / mo than .xvii. C. and as they pa&s;&s;ed through y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hoo&s;t they were demaunded why they de&abper;ted / &amp; they an&s;wered and &s;ayde bycau&s;e they had no|thyng to lyue on. Than the kyng dyd them that grace that he &s;uffred them to pa&s;&s;e through his ho&s;t without danger / and gaue them mete and drinke to dyner and euery p&s;on .ii. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;lerlyng in almes / for the which dyners many of them pray|ed for the kynges pro&s;peryte.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Norma~dy brake vp his &s;iege before Aguyllou. Cap. C .xxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duke of Norman|dy beyng at &s;ege before the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Aguyllou: &s;o it was that about y^e myd+des of Augu&s;te he made a great a&s;&s;aut to the ca&s;tell &s;o that y^e mo&s;t part of his ho&s;t were at the a&s;&s;aut / thyder was come newely the lorde Philyp of Burgone erle of Arthoys / and of Bolone / &amp; co&s;yn germayn to the duke of Nor+ma~dy / he was as than a yo~g lu&s;ty knyght. And a&s;&s;one as the &s;kirmy&s;&s;h was begon / he toke his hor&s;e with the &s;purres &amp; came on the &s;kirmy&s;&s;he warde / &amp; the hor&s;e toke the bytte in his teth / and bare away his mai&s;ter and &s;tumbled in a dyke / and fell hor&s;e &amp; man: the knyght was &s;o bro&s;ed with the fall that he had neuer helthe after / but dyed of the &s;ame hurt. Than anone after y^e fren+che kyng &s;ent for his &s;onne the duke of Norma~|dy co~maundynge hym in any wy&s;e to breke vp his &s;iege before Aguyllou / and to retourne into Fraunce / to defende his herytage fro the~gly&s;&s;h+men. And thervpon the duke toke coun&s;ayle of the lordes that were there with hym / what was be&s;t to do: for he hadde promy&s;ed nat to depart thens tyll he had wone the ca&s;tell / but the lordes coun&s;ayled hym &s;ythe the kynge his father had &s;ende for hym / to depart. Than the next day be tymes: the frenchemen tru&s;&s;ed bagge and bag|gage in great ha&s;t and departed towarde Fran+ce: than they that were within the fortre&s;&s;e y&s;|&s;ued out with the penon of the lorde Gaultiers of Manny before them: they da&s;&s;hed in amon|ge the hynder company of the frenchemen / and flewe and toke dyuer&s;e of theym to the nombre of thre&s;core and brought them into their fortres and by tho&s;e pri&s;oners they knewe of the iour|ney that the kynge of Englande had made that &s;ea&s;on into Fraunce / and howe that he lay at &s;i|ege before Calys. Or the french kyng departed fro Amyen&s;e to Parys warde / after the batayle of Cre&s;&s;y / he was &s;o &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;edde with &s;ir Godmar du fay / bycau&s;e the kynge &s;ayd he dyd nat his deuer truely in kepyng of the pa&s;&s;age of Bla~ch taque / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the~gly&s;&s;hme~ pa&s;&s;ed ouer the ryuer of Some. &s;o y^t if the french king coud a gette hym in y^e hete / it wold haue co&s;t hym his heed / &amp; dyuers of the kyng&abis; coun&s;ell wolde y^t he &s;huld a dyed &amp; &s;ayd he was a treto<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp; cau&s;er of y^e
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great lo&s;&s;e that the kynge had at Cre&s;&s;y / but &s;ir John~ of Heynault excu&s;ed hym / and refrayned the kynges yuell wyll: for he &s;ayd / howe coulde it lye in his power to re&s;y&s;t the hole puy&s;ance of thengly &s;&s;hmen / whan all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> floure of the realme of Fraunce togyder coude nat re&s;y&s;t them. Tha~ anone after came to the kynge and to the quene the duke of Normandy who was well receyued with them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny rode through all Fraunce by &s;aue con|duct to Calys. Cap. C .xxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_IT was natlong after but that &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~+ny fell in co~munycation with a knyght of Normandy who was his pri&s;oner / &amp; demau~|ded of hym what money he wolde pay for his raun&s;ome / the knyght an&s;wered and &s;ayd he wolde gladly pay thre. M. crownes / well &abquod; the lorde Gaul|tyer: I knowe well ye be kynne to the duke of Normandy and welbeloued with hym that I am &s;ure. And if I wolde &s;ore oppre&s;&s;e you I am &s;ure ye wolde gladly pay .x. thou&s;and crownes / but I &s;hall deale otherwy&s;e with you / I woll tru&s;t you on your faythe and promy&s;e. ye &s;hall go to the duke your lorde / and by your meanes gette a &s;aue conduct for me and .xx. other of my co~pany to ryde through Fraunce to Calys / pay+eng curte&s;ly for all your expen&s;es. And if ye can get this of the duke or of the kyng / I &s;hall clere|ly quyte you your ran&s;ome with moche thanke: for I greatly de&s;yre to &s;e the kynge my mai&s;ter / nor I wyll lye but one nyght in a place tyll I co~e there. And if ye can nat do this / retourne agayn hyder within a moneth / and yelde your &s;elf &s;tyll as my pri&s;oner: the knyght was content and &s;o went to Parys to the duke his lorde / and he ob|tayned this pa&s;port for &s;ir Gaultier of Manny and. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r. hor&s;e with hym all onely this knyght re+turned to Aguyllon and brought it to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Gaul|tier / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he quyted the knyght Norman of his raun&s;ome. Than anone after &s;ir Gaultier toke his way and .xx. hor&s;e with hym: &amp; &s;o rode through Auuergne / and whan he taryed in any place he &s;hewed his letter and &s;o was lette pa&s;&s;e but whan he came to Orleaunce for all his letter he was a re&s;ted and brought to Parys / &amp; there put in pri&s;on in the Chatelet. Whan the duke of Normandy knewe therof / he went to the kynge his father and &s;hewed him howe &s;ir Gaultier of Manny had his &s;aue conduct / wherfore he re|quyred the kynge a&s;moche as he might to dely|uer hym / or els it &s;hulde be &s;ayd howe he had be trayed hym: the kyng an&s;wered and &s;ayd howe he &s;hulde be put to dethe / for he reputed hym for his great ennemy. Than &s;ayd the duke: &s;ir if ye do &s;o &s;urely I &s;hall neuer bere armour agayn&s;t the kynge of Englande / nor all &s;uche as I may let: and at his departyng he &s;ayd that he wolde neuer entre agayn into the kynges ho&s;t. Thus the mater &s;tode a certayne tyme: there was a knyght of Heynalt called &s;ir Man&s;art de Sue / he purcha&s;ed all that he myght to helpe &s;ir Wa|ter of Manny / and went often in and out to the duke of Norma~dy / finally the kyng was &s;o cou~+&s;elled that he was delyuerd out of pri&s;on and all his co&s;tes payed. And the kynge &s;ende for hym to his lodgyng of Ne&s;le in Parys and there he dyned with the kynge / and the kynge pre&s;ented hym great gyftes and iewels / to the value of a thou&s;ande floreyns: &s;ir Gaultier of Manny re|ceyued them on a condycion / that whan he cam to Cales that if the kyng of Englande his mai|&s;ter were plea&s;ed that he &s;hulde take them / than he was content to kepe them / or els to &s;ende the~ agayne to the frenche kyng / who &s;ayd he &s;pake lyke a noble man. Than~e he toke his leaue and departed and rode &s;o long by his iourneys that he came into Heynalt / and taryed at Ualencen+nes thre dayes: and &s;o fro thens he went to Ca|les and was welcome to the kynge / but whan y^e kyng harde that &s;ir Gaultier of Manny had re+ceyued gyftes of the frenche kynge: he &s;ayde to hym &s;ir Gaultier / ye haue hytherto truely &s;er|ued vs and &s;hall do as we tru&s;t. Sende agayn to kyng Philyppe the gyftes that he gaue you / ye haue no cau&s;e to kepe theym / we thanke god we haue ynough for vs &amp; for you: we be in good purpo&s;e to do moche good for you acordyng to the good &s;eruyce that ye haue done. Thanne &s;ir Gaultier toke all tho&s;e iewels and delyuerd the~ to a co&s;yn of his called Man&s;ac / and &s;ayd ryde into Fraunce to the kynge there / and reco~mend me vnto hym / and &s;ay howe I thanke hym. M. tymes for the gyft that he gaue me / but &s;hewe hym howe it is nat the plea&s;ure of the kyng my mai&s;ter that I &s;hulde kepe the~ / therfore I &s;ende them agayne to hym. This knyght rode to Pa+rys and &s;hewed all this to the kyng who wolde nat receyue agayne the iewelles / but dyde gyue
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them to the &s;ame knyght &s;ir Man&s;ac / who tha|ked the kyng and was nat in wyll to &s;ay nay.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Derby the &s;ame &s;e|&s;on toke in Poycton dyuers tow|nes and ca&s;tels / and al&s;o the cyte of Poycters. Cap. C .xxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_LE haue harde here before / howe the erle of Derby was in the cytie of Burduex / duryng the &s;ea|&s;on of the &s;iege before Aguyllone. And a&s;&s;one as he knewe that y^e du|ke of Normandy had broken vp his &s;iege / than he &s;ende into Ga&s;coyne for all his knightes and &s;quyers that helde of the engly&s;&s;he partie: than came to Burdeaux the lorde Dalbret / the lorde de Lan&s;pere / y^e lorde of Ro&s;am / the lorde of Mu+&s;ydent / the lorde of Punyers / the lorde of Tor|ton / the lorde of Bouq~ton / &s;ir Amery of Tra&s;t / and dyuers other: &s;o that therle had a .xii. hun|dred men of armes / two thou&s;and archers / and thre thou&s;ande fotemen. They pa&s;&s;ed theryuer of Garon bytwene Burdeaux and Blay: than they toke the way to zaynton and came to My|rabell / and wan the towne with a&s;&s;aut and the ca&s;tell al&s;o: and &s;ette therin newe captayne and &s;oudyours. Than they rode to Alnoy and wan the ca&s;tell and the towne / and after they wanne Surgeres / and Benon: but the ca&s;tell of Ma|rant a thre leages fro Rochell they coulde nat gette / than they went to Mortayn on y^e &s;ee &s;yde in Poyctou and toke it perforce / and made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a gary&s;on for the~. Than thei rode to Lu&s;ignen / they brent the towne but the ca&s;tell wolde nat be wonne / than they went to Taylbourge / &amp; wan the brige / towne / and ca&s;tell: and &s;tewe all that were within / bycau&s;e a knyght of theyrs was &s;layne in tha&s;&s;autyng. The countrey was &s;o a|frayed that euery man fledde into &s;tronge hol|des and townes and for&s;oke their owne hou&s;es they made none other aparance of defence: but all knyght&abis; and &s;quyers kept them &s;tyll in their fortre&s;&s;es / and made no &s;emblant to fyght with thengly&s;&s;hmen. Than at la&s;t the erle of Derby came and layd &s;iege to &s;aynt John~ Dangle and made there a gret a&s;&s;aut / within the towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were no men of warre tyll agayn&s;t night whan tha&s;&s;aut &s;ea&s;ed. Sir Wyllyam Ryonmayre of the towne / and the moo&s;t part of the burge&s;&s;es &s;ende to therle of Derby to haue a &s;aue conduct for &s;ixe of their burge&s;&s;es to come into the hoo&s;t to treat with therle the &s;ame night / or els y^e next day / the which was graunted: and the next mor+nynge the&s;e burge&s;&s;es came to therles tent / and there concluded to become good engly&s;&s;hmen / as long as the kyng of Englande or &s;ome other for hym wolde kepe and defende them fro y^e fren+chmen. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> therle refre&s;&s;hed hym in that tow+ne thre dayes and toke homage of the burge&s;&s;es there: than the erle went to the &s;tronge towne of Nyort / wherin was captayne the lorde Guy&s;|&s;harde Dangle / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> therle made thre a&s;&s;autes but nothyng coude he wynne / than he departed thens and went to to Burge &s;aynt Maxymen / the which was wonne perforce and all that were within &s;layne. After they went to Mo~&s;trell boy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / wherin <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a two hu~dred money ma+kers that forged there money for the fre~chkyng they &s;ayde they wolde nat yelde vp but defende the towne / but there was made &s;uche a feer&s;e a&s;|&s;aut that it was won / and all they within &s;layne Therle newe fortifyed y^e ca&s;tell and made there a gary&s;on / than the erle came before the cytie of Poycters / the whiche was great and large: the erle be&s;ieged it on the one &s;yde for he had nat no~+bre &s;ufficyent to lay rounde about. Incontyne~t they made a&s;&s;aut &amp; they of they cytie / who were a great nombre of meane people nat very mete for the warre / they defended them&s;elfe &s;o well at that tyme that they toke but lytell damage / the a&s;&s;aut cea&s;ed and euery man went to his logyn|ge. The next day certayne knyghtes of the ho&s;t toke their hor&s;es and rode about the towne / and returned and made report to therle of that they had &s;ene / than they determyned the nexte day to a&s;&s;aut the cytie in thre places: and the greatte&s;t nombre to a&s;&s;aut <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as was the weke&s;t place of the cytie / and thus it was done. And as than in the towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no knight y^t knewe what ment any feate of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / nor the people were nat erpert in dedes of armes to knowe howe to de|fende a&s;&s;autes / &s;o in the weky&s;t place thengly&s;&s;h+men entred. Whan they within &s;awe the towne wonne they fledde away out at other gates but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne a .vii. hundred for all were put to y^e &s;werde men / women / and chyldren / and the cytie ouerron and robbed: the whiche was full of great riche&s;&s;e / a&s;well of thynhabytauntes as of them of the countrey that were come thyder for &s;urety / dyuers churches were there di&s;troy|ed and many yuelldedes done and mo had ben doue and therle had nat ben / for he co~maunded
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on payne of dethe no man to breune no churche / nor hou&s;e / for he &s;ayde he wolde tary there a ten or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">dayes / &s;o that therby part of the yuell de|des were&s;ea&s;ed / but for all that there was robe+ryes ynough. Therle lay <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a .xii. dayes and lengar myght haue done if it had plea&s;ed hym / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none to re&s;y&s;t hym: all the contrey trymbled for feare of hym. Than therle depar|ted fro Poycters and left it voyde / for it was to great to be kept / at their departyng they had &s;o moche ryche&s;&s;e that they wy&s;t natte what to do therwith / they &s;ette by nothynge but golde and &s;yluer / and fethers for men of warre. Thanne they retourned by &s;mall iourneys to &s;aynt Jo|han Dangle / there therle re&s;ted hym a certayne &s;pace / and thengly&s;&s;hmen gaue many good iu|els to the ladyes and damo&s;els of y^e towne / and &s;o dyd therle hym&s;elf and made euery day gret dyners / &s;uppers / and bankettes / &amp; made great reuell and &s;port among them: he achyued &s;uche grace among them there / that they &s;ayd he was the moo&s;t noble prince that euer rode on hor&s;e|backe. Than he toke his leaue of the~ / and made the mayre and y^e burge&s;&s;es to renewe their othe and to kepe the towne as the ryght herytage of the kyng of Englande / than the erle retourned by &s;uche fortre&s;&s;es as he had wonne / tyll he ca~e to therytie of Bourdeaux: than he gaue leaue euery man to depart / and thanked them of their good &s;eruyce.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the kyng of Scottes duryng the &s;iege before Calys came into En|gland with a gret ho&s;t. Ca. C .xxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_IT is longe nowe &s;yth we &s;pake of kyng Dauyd of Scotlande / howe be it tyll nowe there was none occa&s;i+on why / for the trew&s;e that was takenue was well and trewly kept. So that whan the kynge of Englande had be &s;ieged Calays and lay there / than the Scottes determyned to make warre into Englande / and to be reuen|ged of &s;uch hurtes as they had taken before / for they &s;ayde than / howe that the realme of Eng|lande was voyde of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / for they were as they &s;ayd with the kyng of Englande before Calys / and &s;ome in Bretaygne / Poyctou / and Ga&s;coyne: the frenche kyng dyd what he coude to &s;tyrre the &s;cottes to that warre / to the entent that the kynge of Englande &s;hulde breke vp his &s;iege / and retourne to defende his owne realme The kynge of Scottes made his &s;ommons to be at &s;aynt John~s towne / on the ryuer of Tay in Scotlande: thyder came erles / barownes / and prelates of Scotlande: and there agreed that in all ha&s;te po&s;&s;yble / they &s;hulde entre into Englande / to come in that iourney was de&s;y|red Johan of the out Iles / who gouerned the wylde &s;cottes: for to hym they obeyed and to no man els. He came with a thre thou&s;ande of the moo&s;t outragyou&s;t people in all that countrey. Whan all the &s;cottes were a&s;&s;embled / they were of one and other / a fyftie thou&s;ande fightynge menne: they coude nat make their a&s;&s;emble &s;oo &s;ecrete / but that the quene of Englande / who was as thanne in the marche&s;&s;e of the Northe about yorke / knewe all their dealynge. Than~e &s;he &s;ent all about for menne / and lay her&s;elfe at yorke: than all men of warre and archers came to Newca&s;tell with the quene. In the meane &s;e|a&s;on the kyng of &s;cottes departed fro &s;aynt Jo|hannes towne / and wente to Done Fremelyne the fir&s;te day / the nexte day they pa&s;&s;ed a lytell arme of the &s;ee and &s;o came to E&s;de~rmelyne / and than to Ede~brough. Than they nombred their company / and they were a thre thou&s;ande men of armes knyghtes and &s;quyers / and a thretie thou&s;ande of other on hackenayes: thanne they came to Rou&s;bourg the fir&s;t fortre&s;&s;e engly&s;&s;he on that parte / captayne there was &s;ir Wyllyam Montague / the &s;cottes pa&s;&s;ed by without any a&s;&s;aut makynge / and &s;o went forthe brennynge and di&s;troyenge the countrey of Northumber|lande / and their currours ranne to yorke and brent as moche as was without the walles and retourned agayne to their ho&s;t / within a dayes iourney of Newca&s;tell vpon Tyne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batayle of New ca&s;tell vpon Tyne / bytwene the quene of En|gland and the kyng of &s;cot|tes. Cap. C .xxxviii.</HEAD>
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_THe quene of England who de&s;yred to defende her contrey came to Newca&s;tell vpon Tyne / and there tary|ed for her me~ who came day|ly fro all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tes. Whan the &s;cot+tes knewe that the engly&s;&s;he men a&s;&s;embled at Newca&s;tell they drue thyder|warde / and their currours came rennynge be|fore the towne: and at their retournynge they brent certayne &s;mall hamelettes there about / &s;o that the &s;moke therof ca~e into the towne of New+ca&s;tell: &s;ome of the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde a y&s;&s;ued out to haue fought with them that made the fy|ers / but the captayns wolde nat &s;ulfre theym to y&s;&s;ue out. The next day y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of &s;cottes with a .xl. thou&s;ande men one and other / came and lo+dged within thre lytell engly&s;&s;he myle of New|ca&s;tell in the lande of the lorde Neuyll / and the kyng &s;ent to them within the towne that if they wolde y&s;&s;ue out into the felde / he wolde fyght with theym gladly. The lordes and prelates of England / &s;ayd they were content to aduenture their lyues with the ryghtand herytage of the kynge of Englande their mai&s;ter: than they all y&s;&s;ued out of the towne / and were in nombre a twelfe hundred men of armes / thre thou&s;and ar+chers / and &s;euyne thou&s;ande of other with the wal&s;&s;hmen. Than the &s;cottes came and lodged agayn&s;t theym / nere togyder: than euery man was &s;ette in order of batayle / than the quene ca~e among her men: and there was ordayned four batayls / one to ayde another. The fir&s;te had in gouernaunce the by&s;&s;hoppe of Dyrham / and the lorde Percy: the &s;econde the archby&s;&s;hoppe of yorke / and the lorde Neuyll: the thyrde the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lyncolne / and the lorde Mo~bray The fourth the lorde Edwarde de Baylleule ca+ptayne of Berwyke / the archby&s;&s;hopp of Can|terbury / and the lorde Ro&s;e / euery batayle had lyke no~bre after their quantyte: the quene went fro batayle to batayle de&s;yring them to do their deuoyre to defende the honoure of her lorde the kyng of Englande / and in the name of god eue|ry man to be of good hert and courage promy|&s;yng them that to her power &s;he wolde reme~bre theym a&s;well or better / as thoughe her lorde the kyng were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> per&s;onally. Than the quene de+parted fro them reco~mendyng them to god and to &s;aynt George / than anone after the bataylles of the &s;cottes began to &s;et forwarde / and in lyke wy&s;e &s;o dyd the~gly&s;&s;hmen / than the archers be|gan to &s;hote on bothe parties: but the &s;hot of the &s;cottes endured but a &s;hort&s;pace: but y^e archers of Englande &s;hot &s;o feer&s;ly / &s;o that whan the ba+tayls aproched there was a harde batell. They began at nyne and endured tyll noone / the &s;cot|tes had great ares &s;harpe and harde / and gaue with them many great &s;trokes / howbeit finally thengly&s;&s;hmen obtayned the place and vyctorie but they lo&s;t many of their me. There were &s;lay+ne of the &s;cottes / therle of Sys / therle of O&s;tre / the erle Patrys / therle of Surlant / therle Da|&s;tredare / therle of Mare / therle John~ Duglas and the lorde Aly&s;aunder Ram&s;ey who bare the kynges baner: and dyuers other knyghtes and &s;quyers. And there the kynge was taken / who fought valiantly and was &s;ore hurt: a &s;quyer of Northumberland toke hym called John~ Cop|lande / and a&s;&s;one as he had taken the kynge he went with hym out of the felde with .viii. of his &s;eruaunces with hym and &s;oo rode all that day tyll he was a fyftene leages fro the place of y^e ba+tayle / and at nyght he ca~e to a ca&s;tell called Or|yulus. And than he &s;ayde he wolde nat delyuer the kyng of &s;cottes to no man nor woman lyue|yng / but all onely to the kynge of Englande his lorde: the &s;ame day there was al&s;o taken in the felde the erle Morette / the erle of Marche / the lorde Wyllyam Duglas / y^e lorde Robert Ue&s;y / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Dadudame / the by&s;&s;hoppe of &s;aynt Andrewes / and dyuers other knyghtes &amp; barownes. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne of one and o|ther a .xv. thou&s;ande / and the other &s;aued them+&s;elf a&s; well as they might: this batell was be&s;yde Newca&s;tell / the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .xlvi. the &s;aturday next after &s;ayur Mychaell.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How John~ Copland had the kyng of Scottes pri&s;oner / and what profet he gatte therby. Cap. C .xxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the quene of Englande beyng at Newca&s;tell / vnder&s;tode howe the iourney was for her and her men: &s;he than rode to the place where the batayle hade ben / than~e it was &s;hewed her howe the kyng of &s;cott&abis; was taken by a &s;quyer called John~ Coplande / and he hadde caryed away the kyng no man knewe whyder. Than the quene wrote to the &s;quyer co~+maundyng hym to bring his pri&s;oner the kyng of &s;cottes / and howe he had nat well done to de|part with hym without leaue: all that day then|gly&s;&s;hmen
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taryed &s;tyll in y^e &s;ame place / and the quene with them: and the next day they retour|ned to New ca&s;tell. Whan the quenes letter was brought to Johan Coplande: he an&s;wered and &s;ayd that as for the kyng of &s;cottes his pri&s;oner he wolde nat delyuer hym to no ma~ nor woman lyueng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his &s;ouer ayne lorde. As for the kynge of &s;cottes he &s;ayd he &s;huld be &s;auely kept / &s;o that he wolde gyue acompte for hym / thanne the quene &s;ende letters to the kyng to Calays wherby the kyng was enfourmed of the &s;tate of his realme / than the kyng &s;ende inco~tynent to Johan Coplande / that he &s;hulde come ouer the &s;ee to hym to the &s;i|ege before Calays. Than the &s;ame Johan dyd putte his pri&s;oner in &s;aue kepynge in a &s;tronge ca&s;tell / and &s;o rode through England tyll he ca~e to Douer / and there toke the &s;ee and arryued be+fore Calays. Whan the kyng of Englande &s;awe the &s;quyer he toke hym by the hande and &s;ayd / a welcome my &s;quyer / that by your valyantne&s;&s;e hath taken myne aduer&s;ary the kyng of Scot|tes / the &s;quyer kneled downe and &s;ayde: &s;ir yf god by his grace haue &s;uffred me to take y^e king of &s;cottes by true conque&s;t of armes / &s;ir I thyn+ke no man ought to haue any enuy there at / for a&s;well god may &s;ende by his grace &s;uche a for|tune to fall to a poore &s;quyer / as to a great lorde and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> I requyre your grace be nat my&s;content with me / though I dyde nat delyuer the kynge of Scottes at the co~maundement of the quene / Sir I holde of you as myne othe is to you / and nat to her but in all good maner: the kyng &s;ayd Johan the good &s;eruyce that ye haue done and your valyantne&s;&s;e is &s;omoche worthe / that hit mu&s;t counteruayle your tre&s;pa&s;&s;e / and be taken for your excu&s;e / and &s;hame haue they that bere you any yuell wyll therfore. ye &s;hall retourne a|gayne home to your hou&s;e / and tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e my plea|&s;ure is that ye delyuer your pri&s;oner to y^e quene my wyfe: and in a rewarde I a&s;&s;igne you nere to your hou&s;e where as ye thynke be&s;t your&s;elfe tyue hundred pounde &s;terlyng of yerely rent / to you &amp; to your heyres for euer: and here I make you &s;quyer for my body. Than~e the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Eng|lande &amp; whan he came home to his owne hou&s;e he a&s;&s;embled to guyder his frendes and kynne / and &s;o they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke / and there fro the kyng his lorde / he pre&s;ented the kyng of Scot|tes to y^e quene and excu&s;ed hym &s;o largely / that the quene and her coun&s;ell were content. Than the quene made good proui&s;yon for the cytie of yorke the ca&s;tell of Ro&s;bourg / the cyte of Dyr|ham / the towne of Newca&s;tell vpon Tyne / and in all other gary&s;ons on the marche&s;&s;e of Scot+lande / and left in tho&s;e marche&s;&s;e the lorde Per+cy / and the lorde Neuyll / as gouernoure there: thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London. Than &s;he &s;ette the kynge of Scottes in the &s;trong towre of London / and therle Mo+rette / and all other pri&s;oners: and &s;ette good ke+pyng ouer them. Than &s;he went to Douer and there tooke the &s;ee / and had &s;o good wynde that in a &s;horte &s;pace &s;he arryued before Calays thre dayes before the fee&s;t of Al&s;ayntes / for who&s;e co~+myng the kyng made a great fee&s;t and dyner to all the lordes &amp; ladyes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / the quene brought many ladyes and damo&s;elles with her a&s;well to acompany her / as to &s;e their hu&s;ban|des / fathers / bretherne / and other frendes that lay at &s;iege there before Calays / and had done a longe &s;pace.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders en&s;ured the kynges doughter of Englande. Cap. C .xl.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;iege before Calais enduredde longe / and many thynges fell in the meane &s;ea+&s;on / the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte. The frenche kynge had &s;ette men of warre in euery fortre&s;&s;e in tho&s;e marche&s;&s;e in the countie of Guynes / of At thoyes / of Boloyne / and aboute Calays / and had a great nombre of genowayes / normayns / and other on the &s;ee: &s;o that whan any of th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> gly&s;&s;hmen wolde goo a forragynge other a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> or hor&s;ebacke / they founde many tymes harde aduentures / and often there was &s;kirmy&s;&s;hing about the gates and dykes of the towne / and of|ten tymes &s;ome &s;layne and hurte on bothe par|ties / &s;ome day y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> one part lo&s;t and &s;ome day the other. The kynge of Englande cau&s;ed engyns to be made to oppre&s;&s;e theym within the towne / but they within made other agayne to re&s;i&s;t the &s;o that they toke lytell hurt by them / but nothyn|ge coude come into the towne but by &s;telth / and that was by the meanes of two maryners / one called Maraunt / and the other Me&s;tryell / and
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they dwelt in Abuyle / by theym two they of Ca|lays were often tymes reconforted and fre&s;&s;hed by &s;telth and often tymes they were in great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|yll / cha&s;ed and nere taken: but alwayes they &s;ca+ped and made many engly&s;&s;hemen to be drow|ned. All that wynter the kyng lay <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yll at the &s;i|ege / and thought and ymagined euer to kepe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> commentie of Flaunders in frend&s;hyppe / for he thought by their meanes the &s;oner to c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e to his entent / he &s;ende often tymes to them with fayre promy&s;es: &s;ayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and Do|way with all their appurtenaunces. So by oc|ca&s;yon of &s;ache promy&s;es / whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cre&s;&s;ey and Calays / they went and layd &s;iege to Bethwyn / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> captayne was &s;ir Dedeart de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">onty who was bany&s;&s;hed out of Fraunce. They helde a great &s;iege before that towne / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ore con&s;trayned them by a&s;&s;aut / but within were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">our knyghtes captayns &s;et there by y^e frenche kyng to kepe the towne / that is to &s;ay &s;ir G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;ray of Charney &s;ir Ew&s;tace of Rybamount / &s;ir Ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">dwy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Ne|kyn / and &s;ir John~ of Landas: they defended y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne in &s;uche wy&s;e / that the flemmynges wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nothyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / but &s;o departed and retourned a+gayne into Flaunders / but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at &s;iege before Calys he &s;ent &s;tyll me&s;&s;a~gers to them of Flanders and made them great promy&s;es to kepe their amyte with hym / and to oppre&s;&s;e the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opy+nyon. The kyng of Englande wolde gladly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the erle Loyes of Flaunders / who was as than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">t f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">fte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e yere of age / &s;hulde haue in mar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">age his doughter I&s;abell: &s;omoche dyd the kyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the fle~mynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde / for he thought by that mariage the fle~mynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym / and the fle~mynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;t the frenchmen: they thought it more nece&s;&s;a+ry and profytable for them / the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge / but the yong erle who had ben euer nory&s;&s;hed amo~|ge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and &s;ayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that &s;le<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e his father. Al&s;o du|ke Johan of Brabant purcha&s;ed greatly that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Flaunders &s;hulde haue his doughter in maryage / promy&s;ing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe / that he wolde cau&s;e hym to en|ioy the hole erldome of Flanders / other by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ay|re meanes or otherwy&s;e. Al&s;o the duke &s;ayde to the frenche kyng / &s;ir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I &s;hall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges &s;hall take your part and for &s;ake the kyng of Englande / by the whiche pro|my&s;e the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage. Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyng&abis; gode wyll: than he &s;ent certayne me&s;&s;a~gers into Fla~|ders to the burge&s;&s;es of the good townes / and &s;hewed them &s;o fayre rea&s;ons / that the coun&s;ay|les of the good townes &s;ent to the erle their natu+rall lorde / certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders &amp; v&s;e their coun&s;ayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes / and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iury&s;dictyons of Fla~+ders / a&s;moche as euer any erle hadde. The erle toke coun&s;ayle and went into Flaunders: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was receyued with great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oye / and gyuen to hym many great pre&s;entes. A&s;&s; one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he &s;ende into Flaun+ders the erle of Northampton / therle of Arun|dell / and the lorde Cob<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">am / they dyde &s;omoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders / that they had rather that their lorde therle &s;hul|de take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes dou|ghter / than the doughter of the duke of Brab<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t / And &s;o to do they affectuou&s;ly de&s;yred their lor|de &amp; &s;hewed hym many fayre rea&s;ons / to drawe hym to that way: &s;o that the burge&s;&s;es that <ABBR>wer</ABBR> on the duke of Brabantes partie dur&s;te nat &s;ay the contrary / but than the erle in nowy&s;e wolde concent therto / but euer he &s;ayde he wolde natte wedde her who&s;e father had &s;layne his / though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Eng|lande. Whan~e the flemmynges &s;awe that: they &s;ayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell coun&s;ayled / and al&s;o &s;ayd howe they wol|de do no good to hym / &s;yth he wolde nat belyue their coun&s;ayls: than they toke and putte hym in Cortoy&s;e pri&s;on and &s;ayd howe he &s;hulde ne|uer depart without he wolde folowe and byleue their coun&s;ayls. Al&s;o they &s;ayd that the erle his father belyued and loued to moche the frenche|men / for if he wolde a byleued the~ he &s;huld haue ben the greatte&s;t lorde in all chri&s;tendome / and recouered agayne Ly&s;le / Doway / and Beth|wyn / &amp; yet alyue. Thus the mater abode a cer|tayne &s;pace: the kynge of Englande lay &s;tyll at the &s;iege before Calays / and kept a great court that Chri&s;tmas. And about the begynnynge of lent after: came thyder out of Ga&s;coyne the erle of Derby / the erle of Penbroke / the erle of Can forte / and dyuers other knyghtes and &s;quyers / that had pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee with the erle. Thus the erle of Flaunders was long in danger amonge
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the &s;temynges in Cortoy&s;e pri&s;on / and it great|ly anoyed hym. Than at la&s;t he &s;ayde he wolde byleue their cou~&s;ayle: for he knewe well he &s;ayd that he &s;hulde haue more profet there / than in a+ny other contrey. The&s;e wordes reioy&s;ed great+ly the flemynges: than they toke hym out of pri+&s;on / &amp; &s;uffred hym to go a haukyng to the ryuer the which &s;port the erle loued well &punc; but euer <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was good watche layde on hym / that he &s;hulde nat &s;teale away fro theym: and they were char|ged on their lyues to take good hede to hym. And al&s;o they were &s;uche as were fauourable to the kyng of Engla~d: they watched hym &s;o nere that he coude nat py&s;&s;e without their knowledge This endured &s;o longe that at la&s;t the erle &s;ayd that he wolde gladly haue to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the flemmynges &s;ende worde therof to the kynge and to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene and poynted a day that they &s;huld come to Ber+gus in the abbey / and to bringe their doughter with theym / and they wolde bring thyder their lorde the erle of Flanders: and there to co~clude vp the maryage. The kyng and the quene were gladde therof: and &s;ayde that the flemmynges were good men / &s;o to Bergus bytwene New|port and Grauelynge / came the moo&s;t &s;adde&s;t men of the gode townes in Flaunders / and bro|ught with the~ the erle their lorde in great e&s;tate. The kyng of Englande and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> redy: the erle curte&s;ly inclyned to the kyng and to the quene / the kyng toke the erle by the ryght hande right &s;wetely and ledde hym forthe: &s;ay|eng as for the dethe of the erle your father / as god helpe me: the day of the batayle of Cre&s;&s;ey nor the nexte day after I neuer herde worde of hym that he&s;hulde be there / the yong erle by &s;e~|blant made as thoughe he had ben content with the kynges excu&s;e / than they fyll in communyca+cyon of the maryage / there were certayne arty|cles agreed vnto by the kyng of Englande / and the erle Loyes of Flaunders: and great amyti|es <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;wor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e bytwene them to be holden. And there the erle fyaunced I&s;abell the kyng of Englandes doughter: and promy&s;ed to wedde her &punc; &s;o that iourney brake of and a newe day to be apoynted at more lea&s;er / the flemmynges re|tourned into Flaunders with their lorde / and the kynge of Englande with the quene went a|gayne to the &s;iege of Calays. Thus the mater &s;tode a certayne tyme: and the kynge and the quene prepayred greatly agayne the maryage for iewelles and other thynges to gyue away / a+cordyng to their behauyours. The erle of Flan+ders dayly pa&s;t the tyme at the ryuer and made &s;emblant that this maryage plea&s;ed him great|ly: &s;o the flemmynges thought that they were than &s;ure ynough of hym / &s;o that there was nat &s;o great watch made on hym as was before / but they knewe nat well the co~dycion of their lorde / for what &s;oeuer cou~tenance he made out warde / his inwarde courage was all frenche. So on a day he went forthe with his hawkes / the &s;ame weke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the maryage &s;hulde haue ben finy&s;&s;hed / his fauconer ca&s;t of a faukon to an hearon / and therle ca&s;t of a nother: &s;o the&s;e two faukons cha+&s;ed the hearon / and the erle rode after as to fo|lowe his faucon. And whan he was a gode way of and had the aduantage of the feldes: he da&s;|&s;hed his &s;purres to his hor&s;e / and galoped forth in &s;uche wy&s;e that his kepars lo&s;t hym / &s;tyll he galoped forthright / tyll he came into Arthoyes and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was in &s;uretie. And &s;o than he rode into Fraunce to kyng Philyp and &s;hewed hym all his aduenture: the kynge and the frenchmen &s;ayd howe he had dalt wy&s;ely / the engly&s;&s;hmen on the other&s;yde &s;aid howe he had betrayed and di&s;ceyued them &punc; but for all that the kyng left nat to kepe the flemmynges in amyte: for he knewe well the erle had done this dede nat by their cou~+&s;ell / for they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed therwith. And the excu&s;e that they made: the kyng &s;oone byle|ued it in that behalfe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert of Namure dyde ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">age to the kyng of England before Calays. Cap. C .xli.</HEAD>
<P>_WHyle the kynge lay at &s;iege before Calays / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to &s;e the kynge and the quene dyuers lord&abis; and knightes of Flanders &punc; of Bra+bant / of Heynault / and of Almay|gne: and there departed none agayne / but that had great gyftes gyuen them. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was newely come into the countie of Na|mure and of Liege dut of the holy lande &s;ir Ro|bert of Namure: and the lorde of Le&s;pentyne hadde made hym knyght at the holy &s;epulcre. This &s;ir Robert was as than a yong lu&s;ty kni|ght: and was nat de&s;yred of any of bothe kyn|ges / than he came of his owne good mynde well aco~panyed and richely / to the &s;iege before Ca|layes: and there pre&s;ented hym&s;elfe to the kyng
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of Englande / who ioyfully receyued hym / and &s;o dyde the quene and all the other lordes: he en+tred greatly into the kynges fauour &punc; bycau&s;e he bare the name of &s;ir Robert de Arthoys his vu|cle. Thus &s;ir Robert became the kynges liege man / the kynge gaue hym thre hundred pounde &s;terlynge by yere out of his cofers / to be payde at Bruges: there he taryed with the kynge be|fore Calays tyll the towne was wonne / as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe thengly&s;&s;hmen wanne the Rochdaren / and howe &s;ir Charles de Bloyes layed &s;iege therto. Ca. C .xlii.</HEAD>
<P>_IT is longe nowe &s;yth we &s;pake of &s;ir Charles de Bloyes / as than the duke of Bretaygne / and of the coun|te&s;&s;e of Mountforde: but it was bycau&s;e of the tru&s;e that was takenne at Uannes / the whiche was well kept. For durynge the trew&s;e eyther partie kept pea&s;ably that they had in po&s;+&s;e&s;&s;yon: and a&s;&s;one as the trew&s;e was expyred / they made agayne feer&s;e <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> There was co~e into Bretaygne fro the kynge of Englande &s;ir Thomas Dangorne / and &s;ir Johan Harewell / they came thyder fro the &s;iege of Calays with a hundred men of armes / and foure hundred ar|chers. They taryed with the countes of Mou~t forde at Hanybout / and with them &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of the ca&s;tell bretone bretonant: thengly&s;&s;hmen and bretons of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> part made often tymes iour|neys agayn&s;t &s;ir Charles de Bloyes men &s;om|tyme they wanne and &s;omtyme they lo&s;t the cu~|tre was expled and di&s;troyed by rea&s;on of the&s;e men of warre. On a day the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen we~t and layde &s;iege to a good towne called Roche|daren and often tymes they made a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">autes / but the towne was &s;o well defended that thengly&s;&s;h+men wanne nothyng / captayne within the tow+ne was Ta&s;&s;artde Guynes / they within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow+ne were thre partes / ratherengly&s;&s;he than fren|che. And &s;o they tooke the capytayne and &s;ayde they wolde &s;tee hym: without he wolde yelos hym&s;elfe engly&s;&s;he to them / thanne he&s;ayde he wolde do as they wolde haue hym / and &s;o ther|vpon they let hym go: and than he t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ryed with the engly&s;&s;hmen and tourned to the countes of Mountfordes parte. And &s;o he was &s;tyll capy|tayne of the towne: and left certayne &s;oudyers to kepe the towne and ca&s;tell / whan &s;ir Charles du Bloyes herde therof / he &s;ware that the ma|ter &s;hulde natte longe be&s;o. Thatic he &s;ende for menne all aboute Bretaygne / and Normandy&punc; and a&s;&s;embled in the cytie of Nauntes &s;ixtene hundred menne of armes / and twelfe thou&s;ande a fote: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were with hym a four hundred kny|ghtes and .xxiiii. baners. So he ca~e and layde &s;iege to Rochdaren: lately before wonne by the engly&s;&s;hmen / and had great engyns that ca&s;te day and nyght / the which &s;ore co~&s;trayned them within. Than they of the towne &s;ende me&s;&s;an|gers to the counte&s;&s;e of Mountforde / that acor|dynge to her promy&s;e to &s;ende theym &s;ome ayde and conforte / than the counte&s;&s;e &s;ende all about to a&s;&s;emble men toguyder &punc; and &s;hortely &s;he had a thou&s;ande menne of armes / and eyght thou|&s;ande a fote &punc; and &s;he made capytayns of theym the for&s;ayd thre knyghtes / who &s;ayd they wolde neuer retourne tyll they had rey&s;ed the &s;eige be+fore Rochdaren / or els to dye in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quarell. And &s;o they &s;ette forthe and came nere to the hoo&s;t of &s;ir Charles of Bloyes / and lodged by a ryuer &s;yde that night / to thyntent to fight the next day and whan euery man was at re&s;t: &s;ir Thomas Dangorne / and &s;ir Johan Artwell cau&s;ed halfe their co~pany to be armed / and depted fro them hoo&s;t about mydnight / and &s;odenly entred into the lorde Charles hoo&s;t on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> one &s;yde &punc; and beate downe and &s;lewe moche people / and they tary|ed &s;o longe that all the hoo&s;t was moued and e|uery man redy / &s;o that they coulde nat retourne agayne without batayle. There they were en|clo&s;ed and fought withall &s;harpely / &s;o that they might nat bere the frenchmens dedes / but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were taken / and &s;ir Thomas Dangorne &s;ore hurt / but &s;ir Johan Artwell &s;aued hym&s;elfe a&s;well as he might by the ryuer / and retourned to his company and &s;hewed them his adue~ture thanne they were determyned to haue retour|ned agayne to Hanybout.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batayle of Rochedaren and howe &s;ir Charles de Bloys was there taken by thengly&s;&s;h|men. Cap. C .xliii.</HEAD>
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_THe &s;ame &s;e&s;on that the engly&s;&s;hemen were thus in coun&s;ayle / and had determy+ned to haue departed: there came to them a knyght from the counte&s;&s;e of Mountforte called Garnyer lorde of Ca|dudall with a hu~dred men of armes. And a&s;&s;one as he was come and knewe all their demenour: h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ayde nay &s;irs lette vs nat thus tourne agay|ne / leape on your hor&s;es and &s;uche as haue non lette them come a fote. Lette vs nowe go loke on our ennemyes: for nowe they thynke them &s;elfe &s;ure I warant we &s;hall dy&s;confet the~. Than the hor&s;emen rode forthe and the fotemen folowed / and aboute the &s;onne ry&s;inge they da&s;&s;hed into the lorde Charles ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t / and euery manne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;lepe and a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> re&s;t / for they thought to haue no more a do at that tyme. Thengly&s;&s;hmen and bretous bete downe tentes and pauilyons / and &s;lewe people downe right / for they were &s;oden|ly taken / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was moch people &s;layne: and &s;ir Charles of Bloyes / and all the lordes of Bre|tayne and Norma~dy that were there with hym were taken pri&s;oners. Thus the &s;iege of Roch|daren was rey&s;ed / and the lorde Charles was brought to Hanyboute &punc; but &s;uche fortre&s;&s;es as were of his partie helde &s;tyll / for his wyfe who called her &s;elfe duche&s;&s;e of Bretaygne / toke the warre in hande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenche kyng a&s;&s;embled a great hoo&s;t to ray&s;e the kyng of England fro the &s;iege be fore Calys. Ca. C .xliiii.</HEAD>
<P>_KInge Philyppe who knewe well howe his men were &s;ore con&s;trayned in Calays &punc; com+maunded euery manne to be with hym at the fee&s;t of Pen|teco&s;t / in the cyte of Amyen&s;e or <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was non dur&s;t &s;ay nay. The kyng kept there a great fee&s;t thyder came duke Odes of Burgoyne / and the duke of Normandy his eldy&s;t &s;onne / &amp; the duke of Orlya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e his yonge&s;t &s;onne: the duke of Bur+bon / therle of Fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tz / the lorde Loyes of Sau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y &s;ir John~ of Heynalt / the erle of Armynake / the erle of Fore&s;tes / therle of Ualentenoys / and dy|uers other erles / barons / and knyghtes. Whan they were all at Amyen&s;e they toke coun&s;ayle / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kyng wolde gladly that the pa&s;&s;ages of Flaunders myght haue ben opyned to hym: for than he thought he might &s;ende part of his men to Grauelyng / and by that way to refre&s;&s;he the towne of Calys / and on that &s;yde to fyght ea&s;e|ly with thengly&s;&s;hmen. He &s;ende great me&s;&s;an|gers into Flanders to treat for that mater / but the kynge of Englande had there &s;uche frendes that they wolde neuer acorde to y^t curte&s;y / than the frenche kyng &s;aid howe he wolde go thyder on the &s;yde towarde Burgoyne. The kynge of Englande &s;awe well howe he coude nat g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t Ca+lays b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t by famyne / than he made a &s;tronge ca|&s;tell and a hygh to clo&s;e vp the pa&s;&s;age by the &s;ee and this ca&s;tell was &s;et bytwene the towne and the &s;ee / and was well fortyfied with &s;pringalles bombardes / bowes / and other artillary. And in this ca&s;tell were thre&s;core men of armes / and two hundred archers they kept the hauyn in &s;u|che wy&s;e that nothyng coude come in nor out / it was thought that therby they within &s;hulde the &s;oner be famy&s;&s;hed. In that &s;ea&s;on the kynge of Englande &s;o exhorted them of Flaunders that there y&s;&s;ued out of Flaunders a hundred thou|&s;ande / and went and layde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iege to the towne of Ayre &punc; and brent the con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rey all about / as M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ny+uell la gorge / E&s;telles le Uentre / and a marche called la Loe: and to the gates of &s;aynt Omer / and Turwyne. Than the kyng went to the tow+ne of Arras / and &s;ette many men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to the gary&s;ons of Arthoys / and &s;pecially he &s;ent his con&s;table &s;ir Charles of S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aygne to &s;aynt O|mers / for the erle of Ewe and of Guynes / who was con&s;table of Fraunce was pri&s;oner in En|glande as it hath ben &s;hewed before. The flem|mynges dyd the fre~chmen great trouble or they departed: and whan the fle~mynges were retur|ned than the french kyng and his company de&abper;+ted fro Arras and went to Hedyn / his ho&s;t with y^e caryage held well in length a thre l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ag&abis; of that contrey and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed a day / &amp; the next day to Blangy. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> he re&s;ted to take aduy&s;e what way to go forthe: than he was coun&s;ayled to go through the contrey called la Belme / and y^t way he toke and with hym a. CC. M. one and other and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed by the countie of Franqueberg / &amp; &s;o came &s;treyght to the hyll of Sangattes / by|twene Calys and Wy&s;&s;ant. They came thyder in goodly order with baners di&s;played / that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">it was great beautie to beholde their puy&s;&s;aut ar|ray / they of Calys whan they &s;awe them lodge it &s;emed to them a newe &s;iege.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of England ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e the pa&s;&s;ages about Calay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to be well kept / that the frenche kyng &s;hulde nat aproche to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ey&s;e his &s;iege. Cap. C. xl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HEAD>
<P>_VE &s;hall here what the kynge of Englande dyd &amp; cau&s;ed to be done whan~e he &s;awe and knewe that the french kyng came with &s;o great an hoo&s;t to ray&s;e the &s;iege / the whiche had co&s;te hym &s;omoche good and payne of his body / and lo&s;t many of his me~: and knewe well howe he had &s;o con&s;trayned the towne / that hit coulde nat longe endure for defaute of vitayls / it greued hym &s;ore than to depart. Than he ad|uy&s;ed well howe the frenchmen coud<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nat apro|che nother to his hoo&s;t nor to the towne / but in two places / other by the downes by the &s;ee &s;yde / or elles aboue by the hygheway / and there was many dykes / rockes / and mare&s;&s;hes / and but one way to pa&s;&s;e ouer a bridge called Newlan|de bridge. Than~e the kynge made all his na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y to drawe a long by the co&s;t of the downes euery &s;hyp well garny&s;&s;hed with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o~bardes / cro&s; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ow|es / archers / &s;pringalles / and other artyllary: wherby the frenche hoo&s;t myght <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at pa&s;&s;e that way. And the kynge cau&s;ed the erle of D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">y to go and kepe Newlande bridge with a great no~+bre of men of armes and archers / &s;o that the fre~|chemen coude natte pa&s;&s;e no way without they wolde haue gone through the mar&s;hes / the whi+che was vnpo&s;&s;yble. On the other&s;yde towarde Calys / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a hyghe towre kept with. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. archers / and they kept the pa&s;&s;age of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> downes fro the fre~chmen / the which was well fortifyed with great and double <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ykes. Whan the french men were thus lodged on the mount of San|gate: the commons of Turney who were a fyf|tene hundred came to that towre / and they with|in &s;hotte at them / but they pa&s;&s;ed the dykes and came to the fote of the wall with pykes and ho|kes / there was a fore a&s;&s;aute and many of them of Tourney &s;ore hurte / but at la&s;te they wanne the towre / and all tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were within &s;layne / and the towre beaten downe. The french kyng &s;ent his mar&s;hals to aduy&s;e what way he myght a|proche to fyght with the engly&s;&s;hem<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / &s;o they went forthe and whan they had aduy&s;ed the pa&s;+&s;ages and &s;traytes / they retourned to the kyng and &s;ayd / howe in nowy&s;e he coude come to the engly&s;&s;hmen / without he wolde le&s;e his people. So the mater re&s;ted all that day and nyght af|ter / the nexte day after ma&s;&s;e the frenche kynge &s;ende to the kynge of Englande / the lorde Gof|fray of Charney / the lorde Ew&s;tace of Ryba|mount / Guy of Nele / and the lorde of Bea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ewe and as they rodde that &s;tronge way / they &s;awe well it was harde to pa&s;&s;e that way. They pray+sed moche the order that the erle of Derby kepte there at the bridge of Newlande / by the which<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they pa&s;&s;ed / than they rode tyll they came to the kynge / who was well acompanyed with nobl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> men aboute hym than~e they fou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e lyghted and came to the kynge / and dyde their reuerence to hym / than the lorde Ew&s;tace of Rybamont <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ir the kynge my mai&s;ter &s;endeth you worde by vs that he is come to the mount of Sangate to vs batayle with you but he canne fynde no way to come to you. Therfore &s;ir he wol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e that y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hulde apoynt certayne of your coun&s;ayle / and in lykewi&s;e of his / and they bytwene theym to aduy&s;e a place for the batayle. The kyng of En+glande was redy aduy&s;ed to an&s;were and &s;ayd &s;irs I haue well vnder&s;tande that ye de&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">re m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> on the behalfe of myne aduer&s;ary / who kepe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> wrongfully fro me myne herytage: wher<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ore I am &s;or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e. Say vnto hym fro me if ye ly&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> I am here and &s;o haue bene nyghe an ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and all this he knewe right well / he might <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> come hyther &s;oner if he had wolde / but he hath &s;uffred me to abyde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ere &s;o long the which <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ben gretly to my co&s;te and charge / I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">we co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|de do &s;omoche if I wolde to be &s;one lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a+lays / wherfore I am natte determynedd<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to fo|lowe his deuy&s;e and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;e / nor to depart <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> whiche I am at the poynt to wynne / and that I haue &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ore de&s;yred and derely bought &punc; wher|fore if he nor his men canne pa&s;&s;e this way / lett<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> theym &s;eke &s;ome other pa&s;&s;age if they thynk<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to come hyther. Than~e the&s;e lordes departe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> were conueyed tyll they were pa&s;te Newlande bridge &punc; than they &s;hewed the frenche kynge the kynge of Englan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es aun&s;were. In the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ea&s;on whyle the frenche kynge &s;tudyed ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ight with the kyng of Englande / the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> into his hoo&s;t two cardynalles from pope Cl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|ment in legacion / who toke great pay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> bytwene the&s;e hoo&s;tes / and they procuredde &s;o moche that the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was graunted a certayne tre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|tie of acorde / and a re&s;pyte bytwene the two kyn+ges / and their men beynge there at &s;iege and in the felde all onely. 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apoynted on eyther partie to coun&s;ell togyder / and to treat for a peace for the fre~che kyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the duke of Burgoyne / &amp; the duke of Bur|bone / &s;ir Loyes of Sauoy / and &s;ir John~ Hey|nalt. And for thengly&s;&s;he partie: therle of Der|by the erle of Northamton the lorde Reynolde Cobham / and the lorde Gaultyer of Manny. and the two cardynalles were meanes bytwene the parties. The&s;e lordes mette thre dayes and many deuy&s;es put forthe / but none toke effect: and in the meane &s;ea&s;on the kyng of Englande alwayes fortifyed his ho&s;t and felde and made dykes on the downes / that the frenchmen &s;huld nat &s;odenly come on the~. The&s;e thre dayes pa&s;|&s;ed without any agrement than the two cardy|nalles returned to &s;aynt Dmers / and whan the frenche kynge &s;awe that he coude do nothynge / the next day he dy&s;loged be tymes and toke his waye to Amyens / and gaue euery man leaue to depart. Whan~e they within Calays &s;awe their kynge depart they made great &s;orowe: &s;ome of the engly&s;&s;hmen folowed the tayle of the french men: and wanne &s;omers cartes / and caryages / hor&s;e / wyne and other thynges: and toke pri&s;o|ners / whom they brought into the hoo&s;t before Calays.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the towne of Calys was gy+uen vp to the kyng of England. Cap. C .xlvi.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter that the frenche kyng was thus departed fro Sangate they within Ca|lays &s;awe well howe their &s;o coure fayled the~ / for the whi|che they were in gret &s;orowe Than they de&s;yred &s;omoche their captayn &s;ir John~ of Uyen / that he went to the walles of the towne / and made a &s;ygne to &s;peke with &s;ome per&s;on of the hoo&s;t. Whan the kyng harde therof / he &s;ende thyder &s;ir Gaultier of Many / and &s;ir Ba&s;&s;et: than &s;ir John~ of Uy|en &s;ayd to them: &s;irs ye be right valy ant knygh+tes in dedes of armes / and ye knowe well howe the kynge my mai&s;ter hath &s;ende me and other to this towne / and commaunded vs to kepe it to his behofe: in &s;uche wy&s;e that we take no bla|me nor to hym no dammage / and we haue done all that lyeth in oure power. Nowe our &s;ocours hath fayled vs / and we be &s;o &s;ore &s;trayned that we haue nat to lyue withall / but that we mu&s;te all dye / or els e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rage for famyn: without the no+ble and gentyll kyng of yours woll take mercy on vs / the which to do we requyre you to de&s;yre hym to haue pyte on vs / and to let vs go and de|part as we be / and lette hym take the towne and ca&s;tell and all the goodes that be therin / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whi|che is great habundaunce. Than &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny &s;ayde / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> we knowe &s;omwhat of the entencyon of the kynge our mai&s;ter for he hath &s;hewed it vnto vs / &s;urely knowe for trouth it is nat his mynde that ye nor they within the tow|ne &s;hulde departe &s;o / for it is his wyll that ye all &s;hulde put your &s;elfes into his pure wyll to ran|&s;ome all &s;uche as plea&s;eth hym / and to putte to dethe &s;uche as he ly&s;te / for they of Calays hath done hym &s;uche co~traryes and di&s;pyghtes / and hathe cau&s;ed hym to dy&s;pende &s;oo moche good / and lo&s;te many of his menne: that he is &s;ore gre+ued agayn&s;t them / than the captayne&s;ayde / &s;ir this is to harde a mater to vs / we arhere with|in a &s;mall &s;orte of knyghtes and &s;quyers / who hath trewely &s;erued the kynge our mai&s;ter / as well as ye &s;erue yo^rs. In lyk<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;e and we haue endured moche payne and vnea&s;e / but we &s;hall yet endure a&s;moche payne as euer knyght<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dyd rather thaune to con&s;ent that the wor&s;t ladde in the towne &s;hulde haue any more yuell / than the grette&s;t of vs all. Therfore &s;ir we pray you that of your humylite / yet that ye woll go and &s;peke to the kynge of Englande: and de&s;yre hym to haue pytie of vs / for we tru&s;te in hym &s;omoche gentylne&s;&s;e / that by the gace of god his purpo&s;e &s;hall chaung. Sir Gaultier of Manny and &s;ir Ba&s;&s;et retourned to the kynge / and declared to hym all that hadde ben &s;ayde: the kynge &s;ayde he wolde none otherwy&s;e / but that they &s;hulde yelde theym vp &s;ymply to his plea&s;ure / than &s;ir Gaultyer&s;ayde &s;ir &s;auyng your dy&s;plea&s;ure in this: ye may be in the wronge / for ye &s;hall gyue by this an yuell en&s;ample / if ye &s;ende any of vs your &s;eruauntes into any fortre&s;&s;e we woll nat be very gladde to go / if ye putte any of theym in the towne to dethe after they be yelded / for in lyke wi&s;e they woll deale with vs / if the ca&s;e fell lyke: the whiche wordes dyuer&s;e other lordes that were there pre&s;ent &s;u&s;tayned and mayntey+ned. Than the kynge &s;ayde / &s;irs I woll nat be alone agayn&s;t you all / therfore &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny ye &s;hall goo and &s;ay to the capytayne / that all the grace that he &s;hall fynde nowe in me is / that they lette &s;ixe of the chiefe burge&s;&s;es of
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the towne come out bare he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed / bare foted and bare legged / and in their &s;hertess with haulters about their neckess / with the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of the towne and ca&s;tell in their handes / an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lette they in &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e yelde them&s;elfe purely to my wyll / and the re&s;y|dewe I wyll take to mercy. Than &s;ir Gaultyer retourned and founde &s;ir John~ of Uyen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yll on the wall / abydinge for an an&s;were: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hanne &s;ir Gaultier &s;hewed hym all the grace that he coul|de gette of the kynge / well <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ir Johan: &s;ir I re+quyre you tary here a certayne &s;pacetyll I go in to the towne and &s;hewe this to the commons of the towne / who &s;ent me hyder. Than &s;ir John~ went vnto the market place and &s;o wned the co~|mon bell / than incontynent men and women a&s;|&s;embled there / than the captayne mane reporte of all that he had done / and &s;ayde &s;irs it wyll be none otherwy&s;e therfore nowe take aduy&s;e and make a &s;horte aun&s;were. Thanne all the people beganne to wepe and to make &s;uch &s;orowe that there was nat &s;o hard a hert if they had &s;ene the~ / but that wolde haue had great pytie of theym: the captayne hym &s;elfe wepte pyt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">y. At la&s;t the moo&s;t riche burge&s;&s;e of all the towne called Ew&s;tace of &s;aynt Peters / ro&s;e vp and &s;ayde o|penly. Sirs great and &s;mall / great my&s;chiefe it &s;hulde be to &s;uffre to dye &s;uche people as be in this towne / other by famyn or otherwy&s;e: whan there is a meane to &s;aue theym / I thynke he or they &s;hulde haue great merytte of our lorde god that myght kepe theym fro &s;uche my&s;chie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e: as for my parte I haue &s;o good tru&s;te in our lorde god that if I dye in the quarell to &s;aue the re&s;t|dewe that god wolde pardone me. Wherfore to &s;aue them I wyll be the fir&s;t to putte my lyfe in teopardy: Whan he had thus &s;ayde euery man wor&s;hypped hym / and dyuers kneled downe at his fete with &s;ore wepyng and &s;ore &s;ighes. Tha~ another hone&s;t burge&s;&s;e ro&s;e and &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e I wyll kepe company with my go&s;&s;yppe Ew&s;face / he was called John~ Dayre / than ro&s;e vp Jaques of Wy&s;&s;ant / who was riche in goodes and hery+tage: he &s;ayd al&s;o that he wolde holde company with his two co&s;yns in likwy&s;e / &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yd Peter of Wy&s;&s;ant his brother / and than~e ro&s;e two other they &s;ayde they wolde do the &s;ame: thanne they went and aparelled them as the kyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be&s;yred. Than the captayne went with them to the gate / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great lameutacyon made of men / wo+men / and chyldren at their departyng: than the gate was opyned and he y&s;&s;ued out with the. vt burge&s;&s;es and clo&s;ed the gate agayne / &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they were bytwene the gate and the barriers. Than he &s;ayd to &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~ny: &s;ir I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> here to you as captayne of Calays / by the hole con&s;ent of all the peple of the towne the&s;e &s;ix bu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ge&s;&s;es / and I &s;were to you truely that they be &amp; were to day moo&s;t honourable / riche / and mo&s;t notable burge&s;&s;es of all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Calys wher+fore ge~tyll knyght I requyre you / pray the kyng to haue mercy on theym that they dye nat / &abquod; &s;ir Gaultier I can nat &s;ay what the kyng wyll do / but I &s;hall do for them the be&s;t I can: than~e the barryers were opyned the &s;ixe burge&s;&s;es went towardes the kyng and the captayne entred a|gayne into the towne. Whan &s;ir Gaultier pre&s;e~|ted the&s;e burge&s;&s;es to the kyng they kneled dow+ne and helde vp their handes and &s;ayd: gentyll kyng beholde here we &s;ixe who were burge&s;&s;es of Calays and great marchantes / we haue bro|ught to you the kayes of the towne and of the ca+&s;tell / and we &s;ubmyt oure &s;elfe clerely into your wyll and plea&s;ure / to &s;aue the re&s;ydue of the peo+ple of Calays / who haue &s;uffred great payne. Sir we be&s;cche your grace to haue mercy and pytie on vs through your hygh nobles: than all the erles &amp; barownes / and other that were ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wept for pytie. The kyng loked felly on theym / for greatly he hated the people of Calys: for the gre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> damages and dy&s;plea&s;ures they had done hym on the &s;ee before. Than he co~mau~ded their heedes to be &s;tryken of / than euery man requy|red the kyng for mercy / but he wolde here no ma~+in that behalfe: than &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~ny &s;aid a noble kyng for godde&s;&s;ake refrayne your cou+rage / ye haue the name of &s;ouerayn nobles ther+fore nowe do nat a thyng that &s;hulde blemy&s;&s;he your renome / nor to gyue cau&s;e to &s;ome to &s;peke of you villany / euery man woll &s;ay it is a great cruelty to put to deth &s;uche hone&s;t per&s;ons / who by their owne wylles putte them&s;elfe into your grace to &s;aue their co~pany. Than the kyng wry+ed away fro hym and co~maunded to &s;ende for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hangman / and &s;ayd they of Calys hath cau&s;ed many of my me~ to be slayne / wherfore the&s;e &s;halt dye in likewy&s;e. Than the quene beynge great with chylde / kneled downe &amp; &s;ore wepyng &s;ayd: a ge~tyll &s;ir &s;yth I pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee in great parell I haue de&s;pred nothyng of you / therfore nowe I hu~bly requyre you in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> honour of the &s;on of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me / y^t ye woll take mercy of the&s;e &s;ixe burge&s;&s;es. The kyng be helde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene &amp; &s;tode &s;tyll in a &s;tudy a &s;pace and tha~ &s;ayd / a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in &s;o~e other place / ye make &s;uche reque&s;t to me y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I can nat <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eny you: wherfore I gyue them to you to do your plea&s;ure with theym / than the quene cau&s;ed the~ to be brought into her chambre / and
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made y^e halters to be taken fro their neckes and cau&s;ed them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their le&s;er. And than &s;he gaue ech of them &s;ire nobles and made the~ to be brought out of thoo&s;t in &s;auegard / &amp; &s;et at their lyberte.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the kyng of England repeo|pled the towne of Calys with en|gly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. C .xlvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus the &s;trong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god. M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of augu&s;t / the kyng of Engla~d called to hym &s;ir Gaultier of Manny and his two mar&s;hals / therle of War|wyke and therle of Stafforde and &s;ayd to the~. Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and ca|&s;tell of Calys / go and take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon there and putte in pri&s;on all the knyghtes that be there / &amp; all other &s;oudyours that came thyder &s;ymply to wynne their lyueng / cau&s;e theym to auoyde the towne. And al&s;o all other men / women and chyl+dren / for I wolde repeople agayne the towne w^t pure engly&s;&s;hmen. So the&s;e thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of Calys / and dyd put in pri&s;on &s;ir John~ de Uien &s;ir John~ of Surrey / &s;ir John~ of Belborne and other: than they made all the &s;oudyers to bring all their harne&s;&s;e into a place apoynted / &amp; layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys / thanne they made all maner of people to voyde &amp; kept there no mo per&s;ons but a pree&s;t / and two other aun|cyent per&s;onages / &s;uche as knewe the cu&s;tomes lawes / and ordynaunces of the towne / and to &s;igne out the herytag&abis; howe they were deuyded than they prepared the ca&s;tell to lodge the kyng and quene / and prepared other hou&s;es for y^e kyn+ges company. Than the kyng mounted on his hor&s;e and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours / nakquayres / and hormyes / and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a <ABBR>bedd</ABBR> of a fayre lady named Margarete. The kynge gaue to &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~ny dyuers fayre hou+&s;es within the towne / and to therle Stafforde / to the lorde of Bethene / to &s;it Bartylmewe of Bomes / and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne / the kynges mynde was whan he ca~e into Englande to &s;ende out of London a .xxxvi. good burge&s;&s;es to Calys to dwell there / and to do &s;omoche that the towne myght be peopled w^t pure engly&s;&s;hmen / the which entent the kynge fulfylled. Than y^e newe towne and ba&s;tyd that was made without the towne was pulled dow|ne / and the ca&s;tell that &s;tode on the hauyn ra&s;|&s;hed downe / and the great tymbre and &s;tones brought into the towne / than the kynge orday|ned men to kepe y^e gates / walles / and barryers / and ame~ded all thynges within the towne / and &s;ir John~ de Uien and his co~pany were &s;ent in|to Englande / and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raun&s;ome: me thynke it was great pyte of the burge&s;&s;es and other men of the towne of Calys / &amp; women / and chyldren / whasie they were fayne to for&s;ake their hou&s;es / herytages / and goodes / and to bere away no|thyng: and they had no re&s;torement of the fren|che kyng for who&s;e &s;ake they lo&s;t all: the moo&s;t part of them went to &s;aynt Omers. The cardy|nall Guy de Boloyne / who was come into Fra~|ce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his co&s;yn in the cytie of Amyen&s;e / he purcha&s;ed &s;omoche that a tru&s;e was taken bytwene y^e kyn|ges of Englande and of Fraunce / their contres &amp; herytages to endure two yeres. To this tru&s;e all &abper;ties were agreed / but Bretayne was clere|ly excepte / for the two ladyes made &s;tyll warre one agayn&s;t the other. Than the kyng of Eng|lande and the quene retourned into Englande / and the kyng made captayne of Calys &s;ir Ame+ry of Pauy a lumbarde borne / whom the kyng had greatly auaunced / than the kynge &s;ende fro Lo~don .xxxvi. burge&s;&s;es to Calays / who were ryche and &s;age / and their wyues and chyldren. and dayly encrea&s;ed the nombre / for the kynge graunted there &s;uche lyberties and franchy&s;&s;es that men were gladde to go and dwell there / the &s;ame tyme was brought to Lo~don &s;ir Charles de Bloyes who called hym&s;elfe duke of Breten / he was putte in Cortoy&s;e pri&s;on in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette / but he had nat ben there longe but at the reque&s;t of the quene of Englande / &s;ir Char|les her co&s;yn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth / and rode all about London at his plea&s;ure / but he might natly pa&s;t one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene. Al&s;o the &s;ame tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was pri&s;oner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guy|nes / a right gentyll knyght: and his dealynge was &s;uche that he was welcome <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;oeuer he came / and with the kyng and quene / lordes la|dyes / and damo&s;els.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the dealynge of a br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gant of Languedocke / called Ba|con. Cap. C .xlviii.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl this yere the&s;e two kynges helde well the trew&s;e taken bytwene them: but &s;ir Wyllm~ Duglas and the &s;cot+tes beyng in the fore&s;t of Ge|deours / made warre dayly on the engly&s;&s;hmen. Al&s;o &s;u|che as were in Ga&s;coyne / Poyctou / and Xayn|tone: a&s;well frenche as engly&s;&s;he kept nothyng the trew&s;e taken bytwene the two kynges / but conquered often tymes townes and ca&s;tels one vpon the other byforce / by purcha&s;e / or by &s;telth nyght &amp; day: and often tymes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell bytwene the~ many fayre aue~tures / &s;omtyme to the french+men / and &s;omtyme to thengly&s;&s;hmen / &amp; alway|es the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of tow+nes and ca&s;tels. And &s;ome therby came riche: &s;o that they were made capitayns of other brigan+tes / there were &s;ome well worthe .xl. thou&s;ande crownes / often tymes they wold &s;py <ABBR>wher</ABBR> was a good towne a dayes iourney or two fro them / than they wolde a&s;&s;emble .xx. or .xxx. of them to|gyder: and go by couert wayes day and nyght / and &s;o entre into the towne vnknowen in y^e mor+nynge / and &s;ette fyre on &s;ome hou&s;e. Than they of the towne wolde thynke that it was done by &s;ome men of warre / and &s;o flye away out of the towne: and thanne the&s;e brigantes wolde breke vp cofers and hou&s;es / and robbe and take what they ly&s;te: and &s;lye away whan they had done. Among other there was a brigant in Langue|docke: he &s;pyed the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Couborne in Lymo&s;yn / he rode in the nyght with .xxx. co~|panyons and toke the ca&s;tell by &s;tell he / and the lorde of the &s;ame ca&s;tell pri&s;oner: who was cal|led Coubourne / and putte hym in pri&s;on in his owne ca&s;tell. And there kept hym &s;o longe: that at la&s;t they raun&s;omed hym at .xxiiii. thou&s;ande crownes / and they kept &s;tyll y^e ca&s;tell and made &s;ore <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in the contrey. And after by fayre pro|my&s;es the frenche kyng bought hym and his ca+&s;tell: and gaue hym. x<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. thou&s;and crownes / and made hym v&s;&s;her of armes about him: and this Brigant Bacon was euer well hor&s;ed / ap<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|led / and armed lyke an erle. And &s;o he contynu|ed as longe as he lyued.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of another page called Croquart. Cap. C .xlix.</HEAD>
<P>_IN lyke ca&s;e there were brigantes in Bretayne / who made warre and wanne tow+nes and ca&s;telles / and lyued by robery &amp; helde of no man: for that they wanne thei kept to the~&s;elfe / and &s;olde to them of the countrey townes and ca&s;tels derely. And among other there was one as a may&s;ter called Croquart / who was before but a poore page at+tendyng on the lorde Dercle in Holland. Whan this Croquart began to waxe a man: his lorde gaue hym leaue to depart and go to the warres into Bretayne / and there he fyll in &s;eruyce with a man of armes and bare hym&s;elfe well / and at a&s;kirmy&s;&s;he his mai&s;ter was taken and &s;layne / thanne bycau&s;e of his prowes his felowes dyde chu&s;e hym capitayne in &s;tede of their may&s;ter. And than he dyd gette &s;omoche by wynnyng of townes and ca&s;telles / that he was e&s;temed to be worthe .xl. thou&s;and crownes be&s;yde his hor&s;e: wherof he had a .xx. or .xxx. good cour&s;ers / and double hor&s;e: and he had the brute to be one of the moo&s;t expert men of armes in all that coun|tre. And he was cho&s;en in a batayle to be one of the .xxx. of the engly&s;&s;he partie: and he wan <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the price of all other / the fre~che kyng made hym offers and promy&s;e that if he wolde beco~e fren|che to make hym a knyght / and to mary him ry+chely / and to gyue hym two thou&s;ande pounde of reuenewes yerely: but he wolde in nowy&s;e co~+&s;e~t therto. And it fortuned hym on a day to ryde a yonge hor&s;e / the which he had bought for thre hundred crownes: and he spu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">red hym &s;oo &s;ore that the hor&s;e ranne away with hym / and in rom+nyng fell in a dyke &amp; brake his may&s;ters necke / thus ended Croquart.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Amery of Pauy lumbar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;olde the towne of Calys / wher|of he was captayne / to the lorde Geffray Char|ney of Fraunce. Cap. C .l.</HEAD>
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_ALl this &s;ea&s;on in the tow+ne of &s;aynt Omers / was the lorde Geffray of Charney: &amp; kept the fronters <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / v&s;ing euery thynge touchynge the warre / as kyng. Than he be thought him howe that lum|bardes naturally be coueton&s;e: wherfore he tho+ught to a&s;&s;ay to gette the towne of Calys / wher of Amery of Pauy lumbarde was capitayne / &amp; by rea&s;one of the trew&s;e they of &s;aynte Omers myght go to Calys / and they of Calys to &s;aynt Omers: &s;o that dayly that re&s;orted toguyder to do their marcha~dy&s;es. Than &s;ir Geffray &s;ecret+ly fyll in treaty with &s;ir Amery of Pauy: &s;o that he promy&s;ed to delyuer into the fre~chmens han|des the towne and ca&s;tell of Calys for .xx. thou|&s;ande crownes. This was nat done &s;o &s;ecretely but that the kyng of Englande had knowledge therof: than the kyng &s;end for Amery de Pauy to come into England to We&s;tmyn&s;ter to &s;peke with hym / and &s;o he came ouer: for he thought that the kyng had nat had knowledge of that ma+ter / he thought he had done it &s;o &s;ecretly. Whan the kyng &s;awe hym he toke hym apart (&amp; &s;ayd) thou knowe&s;t well I haue gyuen the in kepyng the thynge in this worlde y^t I loue be&s;t next my wyfe &amp; chyldren / that is to &s;ay the towne and ca|&s;tell of Calys / and thou ha&s;t &s;olde it to the fre~ch|men / wherfore thou ha&s;te well de&s;erued to dye. Than the lumbard kneled downe (and &s;ayd) a noble kyng I cry you mercy / it is trewe that ye &s;ay / but &s;ir the bargayne may well be broken for as yet I haue receyued neuer a peny: the kyrge had loued well the lumbard (and &s;ayd) Amery / I woll that thou go forwarde on thy bargayne and the day that thou apoynte&s;t to delyuer the towne let me haue knowledge therof before / and on this condycion I forgyue the thy tre&s;pas / &s;o thervpon the lumbard retourned agayne to Ca+lays and kept this mater &s;ecrete. Than &s;ir Gef|fray of Charney thought well to haue Calays: and a&s;&s;embled a certayne nombre &s;ecretly / a .v. hundred &s;peares: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but a fewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> knewe what he purpo&s;ed. I thynke he neuer made the frenche kyng of knowledge therof: for if he had I trowe the kyng wolde nat a con&s;ented therto / bycau&s;e of the tru&s;e. This lumbard had apoyn+ted to delyuer y^e ca&s;tell the fir&s;t nyght of y^e newe yere: the lumbarde &s;ende worde therof by a bro|ther of his to the kyng of Englande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batayle at Calays bytwene the kyng of Englande / vnder the ba|ner of &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny / and &s;ir Geffray of Charney and the frenche|men. Cap. C .li.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kyng of England knewe the certayne day apoynted he departed out of England with thre. C. men of armes / and .vi. C. archers: &amp; toke &s;hyppyng at Do|uer / and in the euenynge arryued at Calays / &s;o &s;ecretely that no man knewe therof / and went and layde his men in bu&s;&s;hmentes in the cham|bers and towres within the ca&s;tell. Than~e the kyng &s;ayde to &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny: I woll that ye be chiefe of this enterprice / for I and my &s;onne the prince woll fyght vnder your baner. The lorde Geffray of Charney: the la&s;t day of Decembre at nyght departed fro Arras and all his company / and came nere to Calis about the hour of mydnight / and than taryed there aby|dynge for his company / and &s;ende two &s;quyers to the po&s;terne gate of the ca&s;tell of Calys. And there they founde &s;ir Amery redy: than they de|maunded of hym if it were tyme that the lorde Geffray &s;hulde come: and the lumbarde &s;ayde yes. Than they retourned to their mai&s;ter and &s;hewed hym as the lumbard &s;ayd / than he made his men pa&s;&s;e Newlande bridge in good order of batayle: than he &s;ende .xii. knyghtes with a hundred men of armes / to go and take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;i|on of the ca&s;tell of Calays / for he thought well if he myght haue the ca&s;tell / he &s;hulde &s;oone gette the towne: &s;eyng he had &s;o gode a no~bre of men with hym / and dayly might haue mo whan~e he ly&s;t. And he delyuered to the lorde Edwarde of Ren<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y .xx. thou&s;ande crownes to pay the lum|barde / and &s;ir Geffray houed &s;tyll in the feldes priuely with his baner before hym. His entent was to entre into the towne by y^e gate orels nat / the lumbarde had lette downe the bridge of the po&s;terne and &s;uffred the hundred men of armes to entre pea&s;ably: and &s;ir Edwarde delyuered at the po&s;tern .xx. thou&s;and crownes in a bagge to the lumbarde / who &s;ayde I tru&s;t here be all: for I haue no lea&s;er now to tell them / for it wyll be anone day. Than he ca&s;t y^e bagge with crow+nes into a coter: and &s;ayde to the frenchemen / co~e on &s;irs ye &s;hall entre into the dongyon / than &s;hall you be &s;ure to be lordes of the ca&s;tell / they went thyder and he drewe apart the barre: and
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the gate opyned. Within this towre was y^e king of England with two hundred &s;peares: who y&s;|&s;ued out with their &s;werdes &amp; ares in their han|des / cryeng Manny Ma~ny to the re&s;cue / what weneth the frenchmen with &s;o fewe men to wyn the ca&s;tell of Calays: than the frenchmen &s;awe well that defence coude nat auayle theym / than they yelded the~&s;elfe pri&s;oners / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but a fewe hurt: than they were put into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame towre in pri&s;on. And thengly &s;&s;hmen y&s;&s;ued out of the ca&s;tell into the towne &amp; mounted on their hor&s;es / for they had all the frenche pri&s;oners hor+&s;es / than tharchers rode to Bolayne gate <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;ir Geffray was with his banner before hym / of goules / thre &s;kuchens of &s;yluer / he had great de+&s;yre to be the fir&s;t &s;hulde entre into the towne / he &s;ayd to the knyghtes that were about him / with out this lumbarde opyn the gate &s;hortely we ar lyke to dye here for colde. In the name of god &abser; &s;ayd Pepy de Werre: lumbardes ar malycious people and &s;ubtyll / he is nowe lokynge on your crownes to &s;e if they be all good or nat / and to reken if he haue his hole &s;omme or no. There / with the kynge of Englande and the prince his &s;onne was redy at the gate vnder the bauer of &abser; Gaultier of Manny: with dyuers other baners as the erle Stafforde / the erle of Suffolke / the lorde John~ Montagu brother to therle of Sa|ly&s;bury / the lorde Beachame / the lorde Be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">le / and the lorde Dalawarre: all the&s;e were lordes and had baners / there were no mo in that iour|ney. Than the great gate was &s;et open and they all y&s;&s;ued out: whan~e the frenchmen &s;awe them y&s;&s;ue and herde them cry Manny to the re&s;cue / they knewe well they were betrayed / than &abser; Gef+fray &s;ayd to his company (&s;irs if we &s;lye) we are clene lo&s;t / yet <ABBR>wer</ABBR> we better to fight with a gode hert in tru&s;te the iourney &s;hall be ours. The en|gly&s;&s;hmen herd the&s;e wordes (&amp; &s;ayd) by &s;aynt George ye &s;ay trewely: &s;hame haue he that &s;ly|eth / the frenchmen a lighted a fote and put their hor&s;es fro them / and ordred them&s;elf in batayle. Whan the kyng &s;awe that he &s;tode &s;tyll (&amp; &s;ayd) let vs order our &s;elfe to fight: for our ennemyes woll abyde vs / the kyng &s;ende part of his com|pany to Newland bridge / for he herde &s;ay <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a great nombre of frenchmen. Than thy|der went a &s;ixe baners / &amp; thre hundred archers: and there they founde the lorde Monau of Fre|nes / and the lorde of Creques kepyng y^e bridge and bytwene the bridge and Calays <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many cro&s;bowes of &s;aynt Omers and Ayre: &s;o there was a &s;ore fray / and &s;layne and drowned mo than &s;ixe hundred frenchmen / for they were &s;oone di&s;comfytted and cha&s;ed into the water. This was erly in the mornyng but in co~tynent it was day: the frenchmen kept their grounde a whyle and many feates of armes there done on bothe partes / but the engly&s;&s;hmen euer encrea|&s;ed by commyng out of Calays / and the french|men abated. Than the fre~chmen &s;awe well they coulde nat longe kepe the bridge: than &s;uche as had their hor&s;es by them mounted and &s;hewed their hor&s;es heles / and thengly&s;&s;hmen after the~ in cha&s;e: there was many a man ouerthrowen / they that were well hor&s;ed &s;aued them&s;elfe / as y^e lorde Frenes / y^e lorde Creques / the lorde of Se~+py / the lorde of Louchinleych / and the lorde of Namure / many were taken by their owne out|rage that might haue ben&s;aued if they had ly&s;t / Whan~e it was fayre day that euery man myght knowe other: than &s;ome of the french knyghtes and &s;quyers a&s;&s;e~bled togyder agayne / and tur|ned and fought feer&s;ly with the engly&s;&s;hmen / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome of the frenchmen that toke good pri&s;oners / wherby they had bothe honour and profet. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the kyng / who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> vnknowen of his ennemyes / vn|der the banner of &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny / and was a fote among his men to &s;eke his enemyes / who &s;tode clo&s;e togyder with their &s;peares a .v. fore long. At the fir&s;t meatyng there was a &s;ore rencountre: and the kyng light on the lorde Eu|&s;tace of Rybemount / who was a &s;tronge and a hardy knight: there was a long fyght bytwene hym and the king that it was ioy to beholde the~ at la&s;t they were put a &s;ondre / for a great compa+ny of bothe parties came the &s;ame way &amp; fought there feer&s;ly togyder. The frenchmen dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> right valyantly / but &s;pecially the lorde Eu&s;tace of Ribamont who &s;trake the kyng the &s;ame day two tymes on his knees / but finally the kynge hym&s;elf toke him pri&s;oner / and &s;o he yelded his &s;werde to y^e kyng (and &s;ayd) &s;ir knyght I yelde me as your pri&s;oner: he knewe nat as than that it was the kyng. And &s;o the iourney was for the kyng of England: and all that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with &abser; Geffray &s;layne or taken / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne &abser; He~|ry of Boys / and &s;ir Pepyn de la warre / and &s;ir Geffray taken. Th&abus; this iourney was achyued by Calis / y^e yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lviii. y^e la&s;t day of Dece~bre towarde the next mornyng.</P>
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<HEAD>Of a chapelet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to &s;ir Eu&s;tace of Rybemont. Cap. C .lii.</HEAD>
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_WHan this batayle was done the kyng returned aga+yne to the ca&s;tell of Calays &amp; cau&s;ed all the pri&s;oners to be brought thyder. Than y^e fre~|chmen knewe well y^t the kyn|ge had ben there per&s;onally hy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> vnder the baner of &s;ir Gaultier of Ma~+ny: the kynge &s;ayd he wolde gyue them all that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ght a &s;upper in the ca&s;tell of Calys / the hour of &s;upper ca~e and tables couerd. And the kyng and his knyghtes were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> redy euery man in newe a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arell / and the frenchmen al&s;o were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and made good chere thoughe they were pri&s;o|ners. The kyng &s;atte downe and the lordes and knygh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">s about hym right honorably / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince lordes and knyghtes / of Englande &s;erued the kynge at the fir&s;t me&s;&s;e: and at the &s;econde they &s;atte downe at an other table they were all well &s;erued and at great lea&s;er. Than~e whan &s;upper was done and the tables take away: the kynge taryed &s;tyll in the hall with his knyghtes &amp; with the frenchmen and he was bare heeded &s;auyng a chapelet of fyne perles y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he ware on his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eed. Than the kynge went fro one to another of the frenchmen: and whan he came to &s;ir Geffray of Charney / a lytell he changed his countenance &amp; loked on hym (and &s;ayd) &s;ir Geffray by rea&s;on I &s;hulde loue you butte a lytell / wha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye wolde &s;teale by night fro me that thynge which I haue &s;o der<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ly bought and hath co&s;t me &s;omoch gode I am right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyou&s;e and gladde that I haue ta|ken you with the proffe. ye wolde haue a better markette than I haue had: whan ye thought to haue Calys for .xx. thou&s;ande crownes but god hath holpen me / and ye haue fayled of your pur+po&s;e: and therwith the kyng went fro hym and he gaue neuer a worde to an&s;were. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn+ge ca~e to &s;ir Eu&s;tace of Rybamont and ioyou&s;|ly to hym he &s;ayd: &s;ir Eu&s;tace ye are the knyght in the worlde that I haue &s;ene moo&s;t valyant a&s;+&s;ayle his ennemyes and defende hym&s;elf / nor I neuer founde knyght y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euer gaue me &s;omoche a do body to body as ye haue done this day wher+fore I gyue you the price aboue all the knightes of my court by right &s;ente~ce: than the kyng toke the chapelet y^t was vpon his heed / beyng bothe fayre goodly / and tyche (and &s;ayd) &s;ir Eu&s;tace I gyue you this chapelet for the be&s;t doar in at|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es in this journey pa&s;t of eyther party: and I de&s;yre you to bere it this yere for the loue of me. I knowe well ye be fre&s;&s;he and amorou&s;e: and often tymes be among ladyes and damo&s;elles / &s;ay <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;oeuer ye come that I dyd gyue it you and I quyte you your pri&s;on and ran&s;ome / and ye &s;hall depart tomorowe if it plea&s;e you. The &s;ame yere a thou&s;ande thre hundred .xlix. kynge Philyppe of Fraunce wedded his &s;econde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yfe the wedni&s;day / the .xxix. day of January: dame Blanche doughter to kynge Philyppe of Na|uerre (who dyed in Spayne) &s;he was of y^e age of eyghtene yere or there about. Al&s;o the nyne|tene day of February next after in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> begynning of lent: the duke of Normandy the kyng&abis; elde&s;t &s;onne wedded his &s;econde wyfe at &s;aynt Gene|ue&s;e / nere to &s;aynt Germayne in Lay Jane cou~|te&s;&s;e of Bolayne / &s;omtyme wyfe to y^e lorde Phy+lyppe &s;onne to the duke Eudos of Burgoyne: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which lorde Philyppe dyed before Aguyllone a thre yere before that. She was doughter of the erle Wyllyam of Bolayne / and of the doughter of L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yes erle of Eureur: this lady helde in her handes the duchy of Burgoyne / and the coun|te&s;&s;e of Arthoyes / Bolayne / Auuergne / and dy|uer&s;e other landes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the dethe of kynge Philyppe of France / and of the coronacyon of his &s;onne John~. Cap. C .liii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the yere of our lorde god. M. CCC .l. at the be|ginyng of Augu&s;t / &s;ir Raoll of Caours &amp; dyuer&s;e other knyght&abis; and &s;quyers to the nombre of &s;ix&s;core men of ar+mes / fought before a ca&s;tell called Auleon: within a capitayne of the kynge of Englandes in Bretayne called &s;ir Thomas Da~gorne. And the &s;ame &s;ir Thom~s <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ayn and to the nombre of a. C. men of armes with hym: the &s;ame yere the .xxii. day of Augu&s;t king Philypp~ dyed at Nogeunt / and was caryed to our ladyes church in Parys. And the thur&s;day after he was buryed at &s;aynt Deny&s;e on the lyft hande of the hygh auter / and his bowelles were buryed at the Jacopyns in Parys / and his hert at Bourfontayne in Ualoys. The .xxvi. day of Septembre next en&s;uynge on a &s;onday was &s;a|cred and crowned at Reyns kynge John~ elde&s;t &s;on to kyng Philyp: and the &s;ame day the quene al&s;o was crowned: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the king made cer|tayne knyghtes his elde&s;t &s;on dolphyn of Uyen &amp; Loys his &s;econde &s;on erle of Alan&s;on / the erle of Sta~pes / the lorde Joh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Arthoys / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke
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Philypp~ of Orlyaunce brother to the kyng / the duke of Burgoyne &s;on to the quene by her <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> hu&s;bande / the lorde Philyp of Burgoyn / therle Da~martyn / and dyuers other. And the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o~day after the kyng departed and went to Parys by Laon / Soy&s;&s;ons / and Se<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lys / and the kynge and quene entred into Parys in great tryu~phe the .xvii. day of Octobre / and there kept a great fee&s;t the hole weke / and the kyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aryed <ABBR>thet</ABBR> at Neele and at his palys / tyll it was &s;aynt Mar|tyns tyde: and there made ordynaunce for his &abper;+lyament. The tue&s;day the .xvi. day of Noue~bre Raffe erle of Ewe and of Guynes con&s;table of France / who was newly come out of pri&s;on in England was taken in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng&abis; hou&s;e at Neele in Parys / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the kyng was / by the prouo&s;t of Parys at the kynges co~maundeme~t / and in the &s;a~e hou&s;e he was put in pri&s;on tyll the thur&s;day after / &amp; about the hour of matyns the &s;ame day he was beheeded in pri&s;on / in the pre&s;ence of the duke of Burbon / the erle Armynake / the erle of Monford / the lorde John~ of Bolayne / therle of Renell / and dyuers other knyghtes who were there pre&s;ent by the co~maundement of the kyng who was at his palays. This co~&s;table was be|heeded for high trea&s;ons: the which he co~fe&s;&s;ed to the duke of Athenes / and to dyuers other: he was buryed in y^e augu&s;ty<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s in Parys without the walles of the church by the apoyntment of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng / for honour of the frendes of the &s;ayd con|&s;table. In the moneth of January <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">olowynge Charles of Spayne to whom the kyng had gy+uen the countie of Angolen / was than made co~|&s;table of France. The fir&s;t day of Aprill next af|ter / the lorde Guy of Neell mar&s;hall of Fraunce fought in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayntou with dyuers engly&s;&s;hmen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ga&s;coyns / and the &s;ayde mar&s;hall and his men were there dy&s;confited &amp; the mar&s;hall taken pri|&s;oner / and the lorde Wy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> his brother / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Arnolde Dandrehen &amp; dyuers other. On good friday the .x. day of Aprill / the yere of our lorde M. CCC .li. was pre&s;ented a reed hatte to Gy+les Rygalt of Rou&s;&s;y / who was abbot of &s;aynt Denyce / and was made cardynall in the palais of Parys / in the pre&s;ence of the kyng by the by&s;+&s;hoppe of Laon &amp; Parys / by authorite of a bull fro the pope / the which hadde na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be acu&s;tomed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> before. In &s;epre~bre after the frenchmen re|couered the towne of &s;aynt John~ Dangle / the which the~gly&s;&s;hmen had kept <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yue yere / it was delyuerd vp by the~gly&s;&s;hmen / bycau&s;e they had nothyng to lyue by / wout any ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of batayle in the moneth of Octobre was publy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">hed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fra+ternyte of the noble hou&s;e of &s;aynt Ouen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to Paris / &amp; all &s;uche as were bretherne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> bare a &s;tarre on his bonet and on his mantell before. This yere was the grette&s;t darth that any man than lyueng coude reme~bre throughout all fran+ce / for a ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii .li. pari&s;ie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc; and a &s;eptier of otes at .lx. s. of parys / for a bu&s;&s;hell of pees .viii. s. &amp; other gre|nes there after. In the &s;ame moneth of Octobre the &s;ame day that the fraternyte of &s;aynt Owen was celebrate / thengly&s;&s;hmen toke the towne of Guynes for all the tru&s;e: the &s;ame <ABBR>yer</ABBR> <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a maryage made bytwene the con&s;table of fran+ce&punc; and the doughter of &s;ir Charles <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Bloys.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Nauer made &s;ir Charles of Spaygne con&s;table of France to be &s;layne. Ca. C .liiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lii. in the vygill of our lady in the myddes of augu&s;t / the lord Guy of Ne+ell lorde of O<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">femo~t as than mar&s;hall of France / in Bre|tayne was &s;layne in bataile the lorde of Briquebeke / the Cathelayne of Be|au wayes / &amp; dyuers other nobles / a&s;well of Bre+tayne as of other marches of France. The .iiii. day of Septe~bre &s;hulde a fought in Parys the duke of Bo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;me / agayne the duke of Lanca&s;tre for certayne wordes that he &s;hulde &s;ay of y^e duke of Boe&s;me / the which duke apealed hym in the court of Fra~ce. The&s;e two dukes came into the felde all armed in a ly&s;tes made for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ayd duke of Almayne chalenger / and for the duke of Eng+lande defender. And though the~gly&s;&s;hmen <ABBR>wer</ABBR> enemys to the french kyng / and that thengly&s;&s;h duke came thyder vnder &s;aue co~duct to fight <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the defence of his honour / yet the frenche kynge wold nat &s;uffre them to fight: for a&s;&s;one as they had made their othes in &s;uch ca&s;e requy&s;ite and were on their hor&s;es redy with their &s;peares in their handes. Than the kyng toke on hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ma+ter / and dyd &s;et them in acorde and greme~t: the vi. day of Dece~bre folowyng pope Clement the vi. dyed at Auygnon / the .xi. yere of his po~ti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ic<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+te / and the .xi. day of the &s;ame moneth about the hour of thre was cho&s;en pope / a cardynall of Ly+mo&s;yn / called by his tytle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cardynall of O&s;tre / but bycau&s;e he was by&s;&s;hoppe of Cleremont he was called mo&s;t co~monly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cardynall of Clere|mont / and whan he was cho&s;en pope he was n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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med Innoce~t / his owne proper name was Ste+phyn <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ubert / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yere of our lorde. M .iii. C .liii. the .viii. day of January / anone after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brekyn+ge of the day in the mornyng / the kyng Charles of Nauer erle of Eureur cau&s;ed to be &s;layne in the towne of the Egle in Norma~dy in an ho&s;tre / the lorde Charles of Spayne con&s;table of Fra~|ce in his bedde / by certayne men of armes that he &s;ent to do that dede and hym&s;elfe abode with out the towne tyll they had done and retourned agayne to hym. And as it was &s;ayde with hym was the lorde Philypp~ of Nauer his brother / &amp; the lorde Lovs of Harcourt / the lorde Godfray of Hat court his vncle and dyuers other knygh+tes and &s;quyers a&s;well of Normandy as of Na+uer. Than the kynge of Nauer and his co~pany went to the cyte of Deureur wherof he was erle and fortifyed the towne / and with hym al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the lorde of Maule / John~ Maler lorde of Grauyll / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">morie / of Mulent / and dyuers other nobles of Normandy. And than~e the kyng of Nauer went to the towne of Mant and he had &s;ent dyuers letters into diuers gode townes of France: howe that he had put to deth the con&s;table for dyuers great tre&s;paces by him co~mytted / and he &s;ent the erle of Namure to the french kyng to Parys to excu&s;e hym. Than the kynge &s;ende to Mant the cardynall of Bolayne the by&s;&s;hoppe of Laon / the duke of Burbon / the erle of Uaudone &amp; other / to treat with the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / for though he had cau&s;ed to dye the co~&s;table of France / yet he thought he &s;hulde nat clene le&s;e the fauour of the frenche kyng / who&s;e doughter he had maryed: therfore he made re|que&s;t of pardon to the kyng. It was thought in the realme of Fraunce that great warre &s;hulde en&s;e we bytwene the&s;e two kynges / for the kyng of Nauer had made great a&s;&s;embles of men of warre in dyuers regions / and fortifyed his tow+nes &amp; ca&s;tles: finally there was agrement made bytwene the&s;e two kynges vpon certayne co~dy|cions wherof part &s;olo weth herafter. That is to &s;ay: the french kyng &s;hall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer .xxxviii. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i. tornois of lande / a&s;well for certeyn rent that the kyng of Nauer had out yerely of the <ABBR>tre&s;ur</ABBR> in Pares as vpon other la~|des that the frenche kyng ought to a&s;&s;igne hym by certeyne treat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> grau~ted long before bytwene their predece&s;&s;o's / bycau&s;e of the countie of Cha~+payne. And al&s;o for the maryage of the kynge of Nauer: for maryeng of the kyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> doughter / at which maryage he was promy&s;ed great landes / that is to &s;ay .xii. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i. of land: al&s;o the kyng of Nauer wolde haue the cou~tie of Beamo~t le Ro+ger / the land of Bretuell in Norma~dy / Conches and Dorbec / the vycou~t of Po~theu by the &s;ee / &amp; the bayllage of Co~&s;tantyne: the which thynges were agreed vnto by the french kyng. Howbeit the cou~tie of Beamont / &amp; the landes of Conches Bertuell / &amp; Dorbec: parteyned to the lorde Phi+lyp duke of Orlea~ce brother to the french kyng / who gaue hym other la~des in reco~pence therof. Al&s;o it was agreed that the lordes of Harcourt and all his other alyes &s;huld holde of him for all their landes wher&s;oeuer they were in France if they ly&s;t orels nat: al&s;o it was agreed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &s;huld holde &s;tyll all the &s;ayd landes be&s;yde the~ that he helde before in parie / and if he ly&s;t to kepe his e&s; cheker two tymes in the yere / as nobly as euer dyd any duke of Norma~dy: al&s;o the french kyn|ge to &abper;don the deth of the co~&s;table / and all &s;uche as were co~&s;entyng therto: and to &abpro;my&s;e by his oth neuer to do any hurt or da~mage to any &abper;&s;on for that occa&s;ion. And al&s;o the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> to haue a great &s;om~e of money of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french kyng and ar the kyng of Nauer wolde co~e to Parys: he wolde haue in ho&s;tage the erle of Aniowe / &s;e|conde &s;on to the kyng. Than he came to Pares with a great no~bre of men of armes: and the. iiii day of march / he came into the &abper;lyament cha~bre <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the kyng &s;atte &amp; dyuers of the peres of the realme with him and his coun&s;ell: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the cardynall of Bolayne / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng of Nauer de&s;yred the french kyng to &abper;don hym the deth of the co~&s;table of France / &s;ayeng how he had gode cau&s;e &s;o to do / the which he offred <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to proue or els to be at the kynges plea&s;ure. And al&s;o he &s;ayd and &s;ware that he dyd it nat for no grudge to the kyng / nor in di&s;pyte of his offyce: &s;ayeng al&s;o howe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nothyng &s;o greuous to him as to be in the <ABBR>dy&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> with the kyng. Than the lorde Jaques of Burbone as than con&s;table by the kynges co~maundement / &s;ette his handes on the kynge of Nauer / and cau&s;ed hym to go a backe out of the kyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pre&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ns: tha~ quene Jane and quene Blanche / &s;u&s;ter to the kynge of Na|uer / the which Jane had ben wyfe to kyng Phi+lyppe la&s;t deed: came to the frenche kyng &amp; kne|led downe / and the lorde Reynold Detrey with them (and he &s;ayd) my right redouted &s;oueray|gne lorde: beholde here the&s;e two ladyes &amp; que|nes Jane and Blanche. Sir they vnder&s;tande howe the kyng of Nauer is in your <ABBR>dy&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> / whereof they be &s;orie: and requyre you to for|gyue hym your yuell wyll / and by the grace of god he &s;hall &s;o bere hym&s;elfe frohens forwarde / that you and all the people of France &s;halbe ple|a&s;ed with hym / than the con&s;table and the mar|&s;halles
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went agayne for the king of Nauer / and &s;o brought hym into the kynges pre&s;ence / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;tode bytwene the two quenes. Than y^e cardynall &s;ayd &s;ir kyng of Nauer: the kyng my mai&s;ter is nat well co~tent with you for the dede that ye haue done / it nede nat to be reher&s;ed / for ye haue publy&s;&s;hed it your&s;elfe by youre owne writyng / &s;o that euery man doth knowe it ye ar &s;o bounde to the kyng that ye ought nat thus to haue done. ye be of his blode &s;o nere as euery man knoweth that ye ought to holde of hym / &amp; al&s;o ye haue wedded his doughter / where fore your tre&s;pa&s;&s;e is the greatter: Howe beit at the in&s;taunce and loue of the&s;e ladyes the quenes / who hath effectuou&s;ly requyred for you: and al+&s;o the kyng thynketh that ye dyde it w^tout great aduy&s;ement / and by &s;mall coun&s;ayle / therfore y^e kyng pardoneth you with good hert and wyll. Than the two quenes and the kynge of Nauer kneled downe and thanked the kynge / than the cardynall &s;ayd agayne: let euery man fro hen&s;|forthe beware though he be of the kynges lyna|ge to do any &s;uche lyke dede / for &s;urely though he be the kynges &s;onne / if he do any &s;uche to the lee&s;t offycer parteyning to the kyng / he &s;hall a|byde the iu&s;tyce of the realme in that ca&s;e: than the court brake vp / and &s;o euery man departed. The .xxi. day of Marche / a knyght baneret of the lowe marche&s;&s;e called &s;ir Reynolde of Pre|&s;igny lorde of Maraunt be&s;yde Rochell / was drawen and hanged on the gybette / by iudge|ment of the parlyament / and by the kynges cou~+&s;ayle / the yere of our lorde god. M. CCC .liiii. in the moneth of Augu&s;t. The erle of Harcourt and &s;ir Loyes his brother / coun&s;ayled with the frenche kyng&punc; and as it was &s;ayde / they &s;hewed the kyng all the mater of the dethe of the con&s;ta|ble / and in Septe~bre the cardynall of Bolayne went to Auygnon / &s;ome &s;ayd the kyng was dy&s;+plea&s;ed with hym. Howe be it the &s;pace of a yere that he had ben in France he was as preuy with the kynge as any other. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there went out of the realme of France / the lorde Ro|bert de Lorris cha~berlayne with the kyng / and if the kyng had takyn hym in his yre / &s;ome tho|ught it &s;hulde haue co&s;t hym his lyfe: bycau&s;e it was noy&s;ed that he had &s;hewed to the kynge of Nauerre certayne &s;ecretes of the frenche kyng: in like wy&s;e as the lordes of Harecourt had &s;he|wed the kyng of Nauers &s;ecretes to the frenche kyng. In the moneth of Nouembre the kyng of Nauer went out of Normandy without know|ledge of the french kyng / and &s;ported hym in dy+uers places tyll he came to Auygnon &punc; and in the &s;ame moneth the archeby&s;&s;hop of Rowan chan|celer of Fraunce / the duke of Burbone / and dy|uers other engly&s;&s;he lordes wente to Auygnon to the pope to treat for a peace bytwene the kyn|ges of England and of France. And al&s;o y^e &s;ame moneth the frenche kyng went into Normandy to Cane / and toke in his handes all the landes of the kynge of Nauers / and &s;et in his offycers in euery towne and ca&s;tell / except &s;ixe: that is to &s;ay Eareur / Pontheu / Chirburge / Gaurey / Au+ranges / and Mortaygne / the&s;e wolde nat yelde vp / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were naueroys within theym (that an&s;wered and &s;ayd) they wolde nat delyuer vp their townes &amp; ca&s;tels: but all onely to the kyng of Nauer their lorde: who had &s;ette them there. In the moneth of January by &s;aue conduct ca~e the lorde Robert de Lorris to the frenche kyng: and was a .xv. dayes at Parys or he coude &s;pe|ke with the kyng / and whan he had &s;poken with hym yet he was nat recon&s;yled at the full / but re+turned agayne into Auygnon by the ordynance of the kynges coun&s;ell / to be as one of them that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> for the treaty bytwene Englande and France. In the ende of February tidynges ca~e howe trew&s;e was taken bytwene the &s;ayde two kynges to endure to the fee&s;t&punc; of &s;aynt John~ Ba+pty&s;t: and in the mean tyme the pope to do what he myght to make a further peace. And therfore he &s;ende me&s;&s;angers to bothe kynges / that they &s;hulde &s;ende further authorite by their emba&s;&s;a+dours / to conclude on an other maner of peace. The &s;ame moneth the frenche kyng made newe money of fyne golde: called florence of y^e lambe / for in the pyell there was grauyn a lambe .lii. of theym went to a marke weyght / and after they were made the kynge made .xlviii. to goo for a marke weyght and the cour&s;e of all other flore~s was prohibyted. The &s;ame moneth &s;ir Gra~chet be Lore came to Parys to &s;peke with the kynge as me&s;&s;anger fro the kyng of Nauer: and he re|tourned agayne in February / &amp; bare with hym a letter of &s;aue co~duct to the kyng of Nauer / the &s;ame yere about lent came dyuers engly&s;&s;hmen nere to y^e towne of Naunt&abis; in Bretayne / and en+tred into the ca&s;tell by &s;calyng a .lii. but &s;ir Guy of Rochfort who was captayn &amp; was as than in the towne / he dyd &s;omoche with a&s;&s;aut that the &s;ame nyght he wanne the ca&s;tell agayne / and all thengly&s;&s;hmen taken and &s;layne. At Ea&s;ter the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lv. kyng Johan of France &s;ent into Norma~dy his elde&s;t &s;on Char|les dolphyn of Uienoys to be his lieutena~t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and there he taryed all that &s;omer / and the men of the contre grau~ted hym .iii. M. me~ of armes
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tor thre mouethes. Al&s;o in the moneth of augu&s;t the kyng of Nauer / came out of Nauer to the ca+&s;tell of Chierburge in Con&s;tantyne / and with hym a .x. M. men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> one and other. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were dyuers treates co~muned of / bytwene the kyng of Nauer and the frenche kyng / but &s;uche as were in the ca&s;tell of Eurur and Pontheau / robbed &amp; pylled the countre all about. And &s;ome of them came to the ca&s;tell of Couches / the whi|che was as than in the french handes / and wan it and newe fortifyed it / many thynges dyde the nauereys agayn&s;t the frenchmen / finally the .ii. kynges were agreed. Than the kyng of Nauer went to the ca&s;tell of Uernell to the dolphyne / &amp; he brought the kyng of Nauer to Parys / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> xxiiii. day of Septe~bre the kyng of Nauer and the dolphyn came to the frenche kyng to the ca|&s;tell of Lour. Than the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> made his reuerence and excu&s;ed hym&s;elfe honorably / in that he departed out of the realme of France / and al&s;o he &s;ayd it was &s;hewed hym how y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn|ge &s;hulde nat be well content with hym. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kynge de&s;yred hym to &s;hewe what they were that had made that report / than he an&s;we|red that &s;yth the deth of the co~&s;table / he had don nothyng agayn&s;t the french kyng / but as a true man ought to haue done. Howe beit he de&s;yred the french kyng to pardon euery thyng / promy|&s;ynge to be true as he ought to be to his father &amp; chiefe lorde / than~e the duke of Athenes &s;ayde in kynges behalfe the kynge doth pardon hym all thynges with a good hert.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of an inpo&s;ycion and gabell orday+ned in Fraunce by the thre e&s;tates for the feates of the warres. Cap. C .lv.</HEAD>
<P>_AL&s;o in the yere of oure lorde. M. CCC .lv. in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mo+neth of Octobre: the prince of Wales elde&s;t &s;on to the kyng of England went into Ga&s;|coyne and went nere to Tho+louz and &s;o pa&s;te the ryuer of Garon &amp; went into Craca&s;&s;one and brent the bo+rowe but the cytie was well defended. And fro thens he went to Narbon bre~nyng and exilynge the contrey / and in the moneth of Nouembre he retourned to Burdeur with great pyllage and many pri&s;oners / for no man re&s;y&s;ted hym. And yet in the contrey was therle of Armynake lieu|tenant to the french kyng in Langnedocke / and al&s;o the lorde of Foitz / the lorde Janques of Bur+bon / the lorde of Pontheu / the co~&s;table of Fran|ce / and the lorde John~ of Cleremont mar&s;hall of Fraunce / and a farre gretter company than the prince had: the &s;ame yere in the ende of Octobre the kyng of England ca~e to Calys / and he rode with a great hoo&s;t to Hedyn / &amp; brake the parke <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and brent the hou&s;e within &amp; about the &abper;ke / but he entred nat into the town nor ca&s;tell. And the frenche kyng who had made his a&s;&s;emble at the cytie of Amyens / heryng of the kyng of En|glande rode towarde hym / but the kyng of En|gland was returnyng to Calys / and the french kyng folowed hym tyll he came to &s;aynt Omers And than he &s;end his mar&s;hall Dauthayne &amp; dy+uers other to the kyng of England / offeryng to fight body to body or power to pouer / what day &s;oeuer he wold apoynt: but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of England refu&s;ed that batayle / &amp; &s;o retourned agayn into England / and the frenche kyng to Parys. The &s;ame yere about the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Andrue: there was a&s;&s;embled at Pares by the kynges co~mau~|ment / the prelates of France / the barownes and the coun&s;ayls of the good townes. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the chanceler of France in the &abper;lyament chambre re+&s;yted the &s;tate of the warres of France / de&s;yring them thervpon to take aduyce what ayd might be gyuen to the kyng to mentayne &amp; defende the &s;ayd warres: and al&s;o he &s;ayde it is come to the kynges knowledge / howe that his &s;ubgettes ar &s;ore greued by rea&s;on of the mutacyon of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mo|neys. Therfore the kyng offereth to make gode money &amp; durable: &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they wolde graunt hym &s;ufficient ayde to me~tayne his warres / they an|&s;wered that is to &s;ay: the clergy by the mouth of the archby&s;&s;hop of Reyns / the nobles by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Athenes / and the good townes by the mouth of Stephyn Martell prouo&s;t of the marchant&abis; of Parys. All they &s;ayde they were redy to lyue and dye with the kynge: &amp; put their bodyes and goodes into his &s;eruyce / requyring to haue deli+beracyon to &s;peke togyder / the which was grau~+ted the~. The &s;ame yere the vigyll of the co~cepci|on of our lady: the kyng gaue the duchy of Nor+mandy to Charles dolphyn of Uienoys his el|de&s;t &s;on / and the next day he made his homage. After the delyberacyon taken by the thre e&s;tates they an&s;wered to the kyng in the &abper;lyament cha~|bre by the mouthes of the &s;ayde thre &abper;&s;ons howe they wolde fynde hym for one <ABBR>yer.</ABBR> xxx. M. men at their co&s;t&abis; &amp; charge / the fina~ce to pay the wag&abis; of &s;o many men of warre was e&s;temed to .l. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. pari&s;ien~ / &amp; the thre e&s;tat&abis; ordenid this &s;om~e to be leuyed of euery &abper;&s;on &amp; of euery e&s;tate me~ of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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nobles / and other euery man .viii. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of euery pounde: and that the gabell of &s;alt &s;hulde ron through the realme / but bycau&s;e they were nat in certayne of this inpo&s;icyon &punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">abell &s;huld &s;uffyce. Therfore it was ordayned that the thre &s;tates &s;hulde retourne agayne to Parys to &s;e &amp; knowe if this inpo&s;icyon w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lde &s;erue or no (the fir&s;t day of March) at the which day thyder a|gayne they came all: except certayne of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great townes of Picardy and Normandy / and &s;ome nobles of the &s;ame &s;uch as were at the inpo&s;ici|on makyng came thyder / &amp; they founde that the fir&s;t graunt wolde nat &s;uffyce to rey&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;ayde &s;ome. Wherfore they ordayned a newe &s;ub&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y: that is to &s;ay / that euery per&s;on of the blode roy+all or otherwy&s;e: clerke / lay / relygious / or rely|gions / except and nat except / hou&s;eholders / cu|rates of churches / hauyng rentes or reuenewes offices / or admny&s;tracyon / women / wydowes / chyldren maryed or natte maryed hauyng any thynge of their owne / or in any others kepynge none age or admyni&s;tracion. And all other of e|uery e&s;tate authorite / or priuylege: that they a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> tha~ v&s;ed or haue v&s;ed in tyme pa&s;t / if it be. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of reuenues or vnder / if it befor terme of ly&s;e in herytage / in plege / or by meanes of office / or pe~|cion duryng lyfe or at wyll &s;hall pay to hiss ayde &amp; &s;ub&s;idy of euery .iiii. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> .xl. &s;ouces. And of .x. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of reuenues or aboue .xx. &s;ouces / labourers and workemen lyueng by their labour / &s;hall pay .x. &s;ouces: &s;eruantes prenty&s;es lyueng by their &s;er+uyces takyng. C. s. by yere or more &s;hall in like+wy&s;e pay .x. s. taking the&s;e moneys after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> rate of Parys money in that countre / and at Cour|ney for the money currant in that partes. And if &s;eruantes haue nat by yere / but. C. ss. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">: they &s;hall pay nothing wourthey haue good&abis; af+ter the rate / than &s;hall they pay as other do. and al&s;o beggers / monkes / and cloy&s;tereus without offyce or admyni&s;tracyon / nor chyldren beynge in warde / vnder the age of .xv. yere hauyng no+thyng in their handes / nor noones hauynge no reuenewes aboue .x. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. &s;hall pay nothynge: nor al&s;o women maryed / becau&s;e their hu&s;bandes payeth: for the value of their hu&s;bandess &s;halbe rekened a&s;well for that they haue by their wifes as of their owne. And as for clerkess and men of the church / prelat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / abbottes / pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ours / chanons / curates / and other as is before&s;ayde: if they be worthe aboue. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. in reuenewes by yere in be|nefic<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of the church or patrimony / or y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> one with the other / to the &s;om~e of .v. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. they &s;hall pay iiii. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. for the fir&s;t. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. and for euery, C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. af|ter tyll ye come to the &s;om~e of .v. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> .xl. ss. nor they &s;hall pay nothyng for that they may spe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e aboue .v. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. nor for their moua<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> value of their benefyces &s;halbe e&s;temed after the rate of their dymes / whan that is pay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> out any excepcion or priuyledge. And as for no|ble men &amp; men of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good townes that may sp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|de aboue the &s;om~e of. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. in reuenewes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> pay tyll they come to the &s;om~e of .v. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. for e|uery. C .xl. s. be&s;yde .iiii. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;t. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">d the men of the gode townes in&s;emblable maner tyll they come to. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of reuenues: and as for the mouables of the noble men that haue na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of reuenewes / their mouables &s;halbe e&s;temed and rekenyd to the value of. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. &amp; no farther. And other men that haue nat .iiii. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of reue|newes: their good<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;halbe rekenyd tyll they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to .iiii. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. y^t is to &s;ay. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of mouables <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> x. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. of reuenues / and after that rate to nay. And if a noble man haue nat in reuenues but all one|ly. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. and in mouables nat pa&s;t. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. or that a noble man hath nat in reuenues nat pa&s;t. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. nor in mouables pa&s;t .iiii. M. and it <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> part in mouables and part in reuenewes / they mu&s;t be e&s;temyd togyder to the &s;om~e of. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. for the noble men: &amp; to .iiii. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. to other and nat aboue. The &s;aturday the fyft day of marche the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lvi. there ro&s;e a di&s;ce~yon / bytwene the co~mons of the towne of Arras and the great men of the &s;ame / and the co~+mons &s;lewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame day mo than .xvii. of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> chefe &abper;&s;onages of the towne / and on the monday af|ter they &s;lewe other four / and bani&s;&s;hed dyuers that were nat as than in towne / and &s;o the co~+mons was as than chefe mai&s;ters in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the french kyng toke the kyn+ge of Nauer / and beheeded the erle of Harcourt &amp; other at Roan. Ca. C .lvi.</HEAD>
<P>_AL&s;o the iue&s;day the .v. day of Aprill / about the myd+des of lent / the frenche kyng de&abper;ted before day fro Mene+uell in harnes acco~panyed w^t a. CC. &s;peares: amonge the which was therle of Aniowe his &s;onne / and the duke of Orleance his brother the lorde John de Arthoyserle of Ewe / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Charles his brother / co&s;yn germayn to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng the erle of Tankernyll / &s;ir Arnolde Da~drehen than mar&s;hall of Fraunce: and dyuers other to the nombre aboue&s;ayd. The kyng and they ca~e
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&s;treyght to the ca&s;tell of Rowan by the po&s;terne and came nat in the towne. And there he founde in the hall at dyner with his &s;onne the dolphyne Charles the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / and John~ erle of Harcourt / and the lordes of Preaux / Grauyll / Clere / and dyuers other. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the french kyng cau&s;ed the kyng of Nauer to be taken / therle of Harcourt the lordes of Preaux / of Clere / &s;ir Lo+ys and &s;ir Wylliam of Harcourt / bretherne to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle: the lorde Frequent of Fryquant / the lorde of Tournbeu / the lorde Maubeu of Mame&s;|ners and two &s;quyers Olyuer Doubles / &amp; Jo|han Uaubatou / and dyuers other. The kynge put them in pri&s;on in dyuer&s;e chambers within the &s;ame ca&s;tell: bycau&s;e that &s;yth the newe reco~|&s;y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">acion made for the deth of the lorde Charles late con&s;table of Fraunce / the kyng of Nauerre had ymagined and treated dyuers thynges / to the damage and dy&s;honour of the frenche kyng and of his realme. And therle of Harcourt had &s;poken iniuryous wordes agayn&s;t the kyng in the ca&s;tell of Ruell / where the a&s;&s;emble was to conclude for the ayde to be gyuen to the kynge: in lettyng to his power the &s;ame ayd to be grau~+ted. Than the frenche kyng dyned there: and af+ter toke his hor&s;e and rodde out into a telde be|hynde the ca&s;tell called the felde of pardon / and thyder in two cart&abis; was brought therle of Har|court / the lorde Grauylle / the lorde Maubeu / and Olyuer Doubles: and there all their heed&abis; were &s;tryken of / and after all foure drawen to y^e gybette of Rowan and there hanged / and their heedes &s;ette on the gybette. The &s;ame day and the next day the frenche kynge delyuered all the other out of pri&s;on: except thre / y^t is to &s;ay Char+les kyng of Nauer / who was caryed to Parys and put in pri&s;on in the ca&s;tell of Loure / and af|ter into the chatelette. And certayne of the fren|che kynges coun&s;ell were apoynted to kepe him al&s;o Fryquet and Uaubatou were put into the &s;ame pri&s;on / and therfore the lorde Philypp~ of Nauer helde in his handes dyuers ca&s;tels per|tayning to his brother the kyng of Nauerre in Normandy. And for all that the frenche kynge &s;ende to hym to delyuer the &s;ame ca&s;tels / yet the refu&s;ed &s;o to do: and he and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt a&s;&s;embled togyder dyuers enemys of the french kynges / and brought them into y^e contrey of Con&s;tantyne / the which countre they helde and kept fro the frenche kyng. The wed|ny&s;day after E&s;ter: theyere of our lorde god a. M. CCC .lvi. &s;ir Arnold Da~drehen than mar+&s;hall of France went to the towne of Arras / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> wy&s;ely w^tout any be&s;yne&s;&s;e of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> he toke mo than a hundred pri&s;oners of them of the towne &s;uche as had made the rebellyon <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and &s;layne dyuers of the chiefe burge&s;&s;es of the towne. And the next day he made .xx. of them to be beheeded: and y^e other he kept &s;tyll in pri&s;on to knowe the kynges plea&s;ure in that behalfe / &amp; &s;o by that meanes the towne was brought into trewe obey&s;ance to the kyng. In the moneth of June the duke of Lanca&s;tre came into Co~&s;tan|tyne and fyll in company with the lorde Philyp of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt they were in all about a foure thou&s;ande fygh|tyng me~: they rode to Ly&s;eur / to Orbec / to Po~|theau and refre&s;&s;hed the ca&s;tell there / the which had ben be&s;ieged more than two monethes: but the lorde Robert of Hotetot mai&s;ter of the cro&s;|bowes in Fraunce / who had layne there at &s;ieg with dyuers nobles and other / departed fro the &s;iege whan the knewe of the commynge of the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and left behynde theym for ha&s;t their engyns and artillary: and they of the ca&s;tell toke all. Than the duke of La~ca&s;tre and his company rode for the robbyng and pyllyng the townes and contrey: as they pa&s;&s;ed toward Bretuell the which they newely refre&s;&s;hed / and bycau&s;e that they knewe and founde y^e cyte and ca&s;tell of Eureux to be newely yelded to y^e fren|che kynge / who had longe kept a &s;iege there at. And al&s;o they &s;awe howe the cytie was bre~t and the cathedrall churche robbed: a&s; well by the na|ueroy&s;e / who yelded vp the ca&s;tell by compo&s;y|cyon / as by the frenchemen that lay there at the &s;iege. They left it: and than the duke of Lanca|&s;tre and the lorde Philyppe of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> went to Uernueyll in Perche / and toke the towne and ca&s;tell / and robbed the towne and brent a great parte therof. The frenche kyng who had made redy his a&s;&s;emble a&s;&s;oone as he herde tidynges of the duke of Lanca&s;tre / he wente after hym with a great nombre of men of armes and fote|menne / and folowed them to Conde in goynge &s;treyght to the towne of Uernueyll: thanne the duke and his company went towardes the tow|ne of the Egle / and the kynge folowed them tyll he came to Tuebufe / a two leages fro the towne of the Egle. And tha~ there it was &s;hewed to the kyng howe he coulde folowe no farther / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;uche fore&s;tes that his ennemyes myght take hym whan they ly&s;te / &s;oo that the &s;hulde do but le&s;e his labour to go any farther after them / than the kyng retourned with all his hoo&s;t / and went to the ca&s;tell of Thilyers / the whiche was in the ha~des of nauaroes. The kyng toke it and &s;ette men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> therin: than the kyng went to
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the ca&s;tell of Bretuell / wherin were men of the kyng of Nauers. There y^e kyng lay at &s;iege the &s;pace of two monethes: and than y^e ca&s;tell was gyuen vp / and they within went <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they ly&s;t with their goodes and lyues &s;aued.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the a&s;&s;emble that the frenche kyng made to fight with the prin+ce of wales / who rode in Ber|ry. Cap. C .lvii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the frenche kynge had made his iourney: and reconquered townes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ca&s;tel+les in ba&s;e Normandy / per|taynyug as than to the kyng of Nauerre whome he helde in pri&s;onne / and was gone backe to the cytie of Parys. It was nat long af+ter but that he herde howe the prince of Wales with a good nombre of men of warre / was ferre entred into the countrey aprochyng the gode <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o+trey of Berry. Than the kyng &s;ayd and &s;ware that he wolde ryde and fyght with hym where|&s;oeuer he founde hym: than the kyng made aga|yne a &s;pecyall a&s;&s;emble of all nobles and &s;uch as helde of hym his commaundement was that all maner of excu&s;es layde a parte his letters ones &s;ene that euery man on payne of his <ABBR>dy&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> &s;hulde drawe and mete with hym in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marches of Bloyes and Torayne / for the entent to &s;yght with thengly&s;&s;hmen. And the kyng to make the more ha&s;t: de&abper;ted fro Parys and rode to Char|tres to here the better of &s;uretie what thengly&s;&s;h men dyd. There he re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ted &amp; dayly men of warre re&s;orted thyder fro all partes: as of Aunergne / Berrey / Burgoyne / Lorayne Heynault / Uer|mandoy&s;e Picardy / Bretayne / and Norman|dy: and euer as they came they were &s;et forwar|de and made their mu&s;ters. And lodged in the countrey by the a&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gnement of the mar&s;halles / the lorde Johan of Cleremont and the lorde Ar+nolde Da~drehen: the kyng &s;ende al&s;o great pro+ui&s;yon to all his fortre&s;&s;es and gary&s;on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> in An|towe / Poyctou / Dumayne / &amp; Torayne: and in to all the fortre&s;&s;es <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he thought thengly&s;&s;h men &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e / to the entent to clo&s;e the pa&s;&s;a|ges from them / and to kepe the~ fro vitayl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> that they &s;hulde fynde no foragefor the~ nor their hor+ses. Howe beit for all that the prince and his co~|pany / who were to the nombre of two. M. men of armes and &s;ir. M. archers rode at their ea&s;e and had bitayls ynough / for they founde the co~+tre of Auuerne right plentyfull / but they wolde nat tary <ABBR>ther</ABBR> but went for the to make warre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> their enemyes: they brent and exyled the co~trey a&s;moch as they might. For whan they were en|tred into a towne and founde it well repleny&s;|&s;hed of all thyng&abis;: they taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a two or thre dayes to refre&s;&s;he them / whan they depted they wolde di&s;troy all the re&s;ydue &s;trike out the hee|des of the ve&s;&s;els of wyne / and bren where / bar|ly and otes / and all other thyng&abis;: to thyntent <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> their enemyes &s;hulde haue no ayde therof. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> than they rode forthe &amp; euer founde good co~tres and ple~tyfull: for in Berry / Torayne A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">owe / Poyctou / and Mayne is a very plentyfull con|tre for men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> thengly&s;&s;hmen rode for the in this maner tyll they came to the good cytie <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Burges. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they made a gret &s;kirmy&s;&s;h at one of the gates: capitayns within were / the lorde of Con&s;ant / &amp; the lorde Hutyn of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> who kept the cyte: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many feates of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|mes done / thengly&s;&s;hmen de&abper;ted without any more doyng / &amp; went to I&s;&s;oldon a &s;trong ca&s;tell the which was feer&s;ly a&s;&s;ayled and thyder ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> all the hole hoo&s;t howbeit they coud nat wy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">it. The ge~tylmen defended it valiantly: than they pa&s;&s;ed farther and toke their way to U<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">on / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> great towne and a good ca&s;tell but it was yuell clo&s;ed and the peple <ABBR>ther</ABBR> nat &s;ufficyent to make defence / therfore it was won perforce. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde wyne and other vitayls gret plenty and taryed there thre dayes co refre&s;&s;he all there ho&s;t / and thyder ca~e tidynges to the prince how the french kyng was at Charters with a gret a&s;|&s;emble of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all the tor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|nes and pa&s;&s;ag&abis; aboue the ryuer of Loyre were clo&s;ed and kept / that none coude pa&s;&s;e the ryue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Than the prince was coun&s;elled to returne and to pa&s;&s;e by Torayne and Poycton / and &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> way to Bourdeaux. Than the prince toke that way and retourned: whan they had done with the towne that they were in their plea&s;ure / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ken the ca&s;tell and &s;layne the mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t part that were within / than they rode towarde Remoren tyne. The french kyng had &s;end into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countrey thre great barownes to kepe the fronters there<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the lorde of Craon / the lorde Boucequant / and the hermyte of Chamont / who with thre. C. &s;pe|res rode into that contrey in co&s;tyng the~gly&s;&s;h|men / and had folowed the~ a &s;ixe dayes togyder<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and coude neuer fynde auantage to &s;et on them:
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for the~gly&s;&s;hmen rode euer&s;o wy&s;ely / that they coude nat entre on them on any &s;yde / to their ad+uauntage. On a day the frenchmen putte them|&s;elfe in a bu&s;&s;hement nere to Remorentyne / at a marueylous &s;trayte pa&s;&s;age / by the whiche the engly&s;&s;hmen mu&s;t nedes pa&s;&s;e: y^e &s;ame day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was departed fro the princes bataile by leaue of the mar&s;hals: y^e lorde Bartylmewe of Breches / the lorde of Mu&s;ydent ga&s;coyne / the lorde Pe|tyton Courton the lorde Dalawarre / the lorde Ba&s;&s;et the lorde Danyell pa&s;eler the lorde Ry|charde of Pontchardon / the lorde Nowell Lo|rynch the yong lorde Spencer Edwarde / and the lorde Dambretycourte: with two hundred menne of armes to ronne before Remorentyne. They pa&s;&s;ed foreby the frenchmens bu&s;&s;hment and was nat ware of them: a&s;&s;one as they were pa&s;&s;ed / the frenchmen brake out and came after them feer&s;ly / thengly&s;&s;hmen who were well for|warde herde the noy&s;e of the hor&s;es commynge after them / and parceyued how they were their ennemyes: they tourned and &s;tode &s;tyll and a|bode the fre~chmen: who came on the~ with great randon their &s;peares in their re&s;tes. And &s;o ca~e ronnyng to thengly&s;&s;hmen: who &s;tode &s;tyll and &s;uffre them to pa&s;&s;e / and there was nat of them pa&s;t a fyue or &s;ir ouerthrowen at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;t metyng than thengly&s;&s;hmen da&s;&s;hed forthe their hor&s;es after the frenchemen. There was a feer&s;e &s;kyr|my&s;&s;he and en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">red long: and many knightes and &s;quyers beaten downe on both partes / and dyuers taken and re&s;cued agayn / &s;o that a long &s;ea&s;on no man coulde tell who had the better / &s;o long they fought that the batayle of thengly&s;&s;he marthalles aproched. And whan the frenchmen &s;awe theym commyng a long by a woode &s;yde: they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ledde he that might be&s;t / &amp; toke their way|es to Remorentyne / and the engly&s;&s;hmen in the cha&s;e natte &s;paryng their hor&s;es. There was a harde batayle and many a man ouerthrowen: howe beit the one halfe of the frenchmen entred into the ca&s;tell / the thre lordes &s;aued theym&s;elfe and dyuer&s;e other knyghtes and &s;quyers that were well hor&s;ed. Howe beit the towne was ta|ken at their fyr&s;t commynge: for the frenchmen all entred into the ca&s;tell.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the prince of wales toke the ca&s;tell of Remorentyne. Cap. C .lviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe prince of wales her+de how his fore ryders were a fightyng: than he toke that way and came into the tow|ne of Remorentyne / wherin was moche of his people <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> dyeng howe they myght get the ca&s;tell. Than the prince co~maunded the lord &s;ir John~ Chandos to go and &s;peke with theym of the ca&s;tell / than &s;ir Johan went to the ca&s;tell gate / and made &s;igne to &s;peke with &s;ome per&s;on within. They that kept the watche <ABBR>ther</ABBR> demau~+ded what was his name / &amp; who dyd &s;ende hym thyder / he &s;hewed them: than &s;ir Boucyquant / and the hermyte of Chamount came to the bar|ryers. Whan &s;ir Johan &s;awe theym: he &s;aluted them curtelly and &s;ayde / &s;irs I am &s;ende hyder to you fro my lorde y^e prince / who wyll be ryght courte&s;&s;e vnto his ennemyes as me thynketh / he &s;ayeth that if ye wyll yelde vpp~ this fortre&s;&s;e to hym and yelde your &s;elfe pri&s;oners / he wyll re|ceyue you to mercy / and kepe you good compa|ny of armes. The lorde Boucyquant &s;ayde: we arnat in purpo&s;e to putte our&s;elfe in that ca&s;e / it were great folly &s;yth we haue no nede &s;o to do we thynke to defende our &s;elfe. So they depar|ted and the prince lodged there: and his men in the towne without at their ea&s;e / the next day eue+ry man was armed and vnder his baner / and be+ganne to a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;tell right feer&s;ly / the ar|chers were on the dykes and &s;hotte &s;o holly to|gyder / that none dur&s;te &s;cant apere at their de|fences. Some &s;wame ouer y^e dykes on bordes / and other thyng&abis; with hokes and pikes in their handes / and myned at y^e walles: and they with|in ca&s;t downe great &s;tones and pott&abis; with lyme / there was &s;layne on y^e engly&s;&s;he partie a &s;quyer called Remond Derge du Lache / he was of the co~pany of the Captall of Beoffes. This a&s;&s;aut dured all the day without re&s;t: at nyght the en|gly&s;&s;hmen drewe to their logynges and &s;o pa&s;t the nyght / in the mornyng whan the &s;onne was ry&s;en / the mar&s;hals of the hoo&s;t &s;owned the tru~|pettes. Than all &s;uch as were ordayned to gyue the a&s;&s;aut were redy appayrelled: at the whiche a&s;&s;aut the prince was per&s;onally / and by rea&s;on of his pre&s;ence greatly encouraged the engly&s;&s;h+men / and nat ferre fro hym there was a &s;quyer called Bernarde &s;layne with a &s;tonne / than the prince &s;ware that he wolde nat depart then styll he had the ca&s;tell and all them within at his plea+&s;ure. Than the a&s;&s;aut enforced on euery part: fi+nally they &s;awe that by a&s;&s;autes they coulde nat wyn the ca&s;tell / wherfore they ordayned engins
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to ca&s;te in wylde fyre into the ba&s;e court / and &s;o they dyde y^t all the ba&s;e court was a fyre / &s;o that the fyre multiplyed in &s;uche wy&s;e that it toke in|to the couerynge of a great towre couered with rede. And wha~ they within &s;awe that they mu&s;t other yelde to y^e wyll of the prince / orels pery&s;he by fyre. Than all thre lordes ca~e downe and yel+ded them to the prince: and &s;o the prince toke the~ with hym as his pri&s;oners / and the ca&s;tell was left voyde.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great hoo&s;t that the frenche kyng brought to the batayle of Poycters. Cap. C .lix.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the takyng of the ca&s;tell of Remorentyne / and of them that were therin: the prince than and his compa|ny rode as they dyde before / di&s;troyeng the countre apro+chyng to Antowe / &amp; to Tou+rayne. The frenche kyng who was at Charterz departed and came to Bloyes / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed two dayes: and than to Amboy&s;e / and the ne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t day to Loches: and than he herde howe that the prince was at Towrayne / and how that he was retournyng by Poyctou / euer the engly&s;&s;hmen were co&s;ted by certayne expert knyght&abis; of Fra~|ce / who alway made report to y^e kyng what the engly&s;&s;hmen dyd. Than the kynge came to the hay in Towrayne: and his men had pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Loyre / &s;ome at the bridge of Orleance / and &s;ome at Mchun / at Saulmure Bloyes and at Towrs / and <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they might. They were in nombre a .xx. thou&s;ande men of armes be&s;yde other / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a .xxvi. dukes and erles and mo than &s;ix&s;core baners / and the foure &s;on+nes of the kyng who were but yonge: the duke Charles of Normandy / the lorde Loyes y^e was fro then&s; forthe duke of Aniewe / and the lorde Johan duke of Berry / and the lorde Philyppe who / was after duke of Burgoyne. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on pope Innoce~t the &s;ixt &s;end the lorde Ber+trand cardynall of Pyergourt / &amp; the lorde Ny|cholas cardynall of the Egle into France / to tre+at for a peace bytwene the frenche kyng / and all his enemyes. Fir&s;t bytwene hym and the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> who was in pri&s;on: and the&s;e cardy|nalles often tymes &s;pake to the kyng for his de|lyuerance duryng the &s;ege at Bretuell / but they coude do nothyng in that behalfe. Than the car+dynall of Pyergourt went to Tours / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he herde howe the frenche kynge ha&s;ted &s;ore to fynde the engly&s;&s;hmen: th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> rodde to Poy|cters for he herde howe bothe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> hoo&s;tes drewe thyderward. The frenche kyng herde howe the prince ha&s;ted greatly to retourne / and the kyng feared that he &s;hulde &s;cape hym / and &s;o de&abper;ted fro Hay in Tourayn and all his company / and rode to Chauuygny / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he taryed that thur&s;+day in the towne / and without along by the ry|uer of Creu&s;e: and the next day the kyng pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer at the bridge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> weuyng that the en|gly&s;&s;hemen had ben before hym / but they were nat. Howe beit they pur&s;ued after and pa&s;&s;ed y^e bridge that day mo th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">hre&s;core thou&s;and hor+&s;es / and dyuers other pa&s;&s;ed at Cha&s;teleraunt / and euer as they pa&s;&s;ed they tooke they way to Poieters. On the other&s;yde the prince wy&s;t nat truely where the frenchmen were / but they &s;up|po&s;ed that they were nat farre of / for they coude nat fynde no more forage wherby they had gret faut in their hoo&s;t of vitayle: and &s;ome of them repe~ted that they had di&s;troyed &s;omoch as they had done before whan they were in Berry / An|iowe / and Torayne: and in that they had made no better proui&s;ion. The &s;ame friday thre great lordes of France / the lorde of Craon / the lorde Raoull of Coucy / and therle of Joigny taryed all day in the towne of Chamygny / and part of their companyes: the &s;aturday they pa&s;&s;ed the bridge and folowed the kyng / who was than a thre leages before / and tooke the waye amonge bu&s;&s;hes without a wode &s;yde to go to Poicters The &s;ame &s;aturdaye the prince and his co~pany dy&s;loged fro a lytell vyllage therby / and &s;ent be+fore hym certayne currours to &s;e if they myght fynde any adue~ture / and to here where the fre~ch+men were: they were in nombre a thre&s;core men of armes well hor&s;ed &amp; with them was the lorde Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt / and the lorde John~ of Guy&s;telles: and by aduenture the engly&s;&s;hmen and frenchemen mette togyder / by the for&s;ayde wode &s;yde. The frenchmen knewe anone howe they were their ennemyes / than in ha&s;t they dyd on their helmyttes / and di&s;played their baners / and came a great pa&s;e towardes the~gly&s;&s;hmen: they were in nombre a two hundred men of ar|mes. Whan the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe them / &amp; that they were &s;o great a nombre: than they determi+ned to &s;lye and let the frenchmen cha&s;e them / for they knewe well the prince with his hoo&s;t was nat farre behynde / than they tourned their hor|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es
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and toke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> corner of the wood: and the fre~ch|men after theym cryenge their cryes and made great noy&s;e. And as they cha&s;ed they came on y^e princes batayle or they were ware therof them|&s;elfe &punc; the prince taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to haue worde aga|yne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> them that he &s;end forthe the lorde Raoll of Coucy with his baner went &s;o farre forward that he was vnder the princes baner / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> batayle and the knyght fought valiantly. Howe beit he was there takenne: and the erle of Wyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y the vycou~t of Bruce / the lorde of Cha+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &punc; and all the other taken~e or &s;layne / but a fewe that &s;caped. And by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pri&s;oners the prince knewe howe the frenche kynge folowed hym in &s;uche wy&s;e that he coude nat e&s;chue the batayle: than he a&s;&s;embled togyder all his men and com+maunded that no man &s;hulde go before the mar+&s;hals baners. Thus the prince rode that &s;atur|day fro the mornyng tyll it was agayn&s;t night: &s;o that he came within two lytell leages of Poi|cters than the Captall de Buz / &s;ir Aymenon of Punyers / the lorde Bartylmewe of Brunes / &amp; the lorde Eu&s;tace Dambretycourt: all the&s;e the prince &s;ende forthe to &s;eyf they myght knowe what the frenchmen dyd. The&s;e knyghtes de&abper;|ted with two hu~dred men of armes well hor&s;ed / they rodde &s;o farre that they &s;awe the great ba|tayle of the kynges they &s;awe all the feldes coue+red with men of armes / the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen coud nat forbers / but &s;ette on the tayle of the frenche hoo&s;t and ca&s;t downe many to the yerth: &amp; toke dyuers pri&s;oners / &s;o that the hoo&s;t beganne to &s;tyrre and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">idynges therof came to the frenche kyng as he was entryng into the cytie of Poy|cters. Than he retourned agayne and made all his he o&s;t do the &s;ame: &s;o that &s;aturday it was very late or he was lodged in the felde &punc; the~gli&s;&s;h currours retourned agayne to the prince &amp; &s;he|wed hym all that they &s;awe and knewe and &s;aid howe the frenche hoo&s;t was a great nombre of people: well &s;ayde the prince in the name of god lette vs now &s;tudy howe we &s;hall fyght with the~ at our aduauntage / that night the engly&s;&s;hmen lodged in a &s;trong place among hedges / vynes and bu&s;&s;hes: and their hoo&s;t well watched / and &s;o was the frenche hoo&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the order of the frenchemen before the batayle of Poy|cters. Cap. C .lx.</HEAD>
<P>_ON the &s;onday in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mornyn|ge the frenche kynge / who hadde great de&s;yre to fight with the engly&s;&s;hmen herd his ma&s;&s;e in his pauilyon / and was hou&s;eled and his foure &s;o~nes with hym after ma&s;&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to hym the duke of Orleaunce / the duke of Burbon / therle of Pontheu / the lorde Jaques of Burbone / the duke of Athenes con&s;table of France the erle of Tankernyll the erle of Salebruce / the erle of Da~martyne / the erle of Uantador / and dyuers other great barownes of France / and of other neyghbours holdynge of Fraunce: as the lorde Cleremont / the lorde Arnolde Dandrehen mar+&s;hall of France / the lorde of &s;aynt Uenont / the lorde John~ of Landas / the lorde Eu&s;tace Riba+mont / the lorde Fyennes / the lorde Geffray of Chargny / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord Chatellon / the lorde of Suly / the lorde of Neell &s;ir Robert Duras / &amp; dyuers other: all the&s;e with the kyng went to coun&s;ell. Than finally hit was ordayned that all maner of men &s;hulde drawe into the felde / &amp; euery lorde to di&s;play his baner and to &s;et forth in the name of god and &s;aynt Denice / than trumpets blewe vp through the hoo&s;t / and euery man mounted on hor&s;ebacke and we~t into the felde / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they &s;awe the kynges baner waue with the wynde. There myght a been &s;ene great nobles of fayre harne&s;&s;e and riche armory of baners and peno~s for there was all the floure of France / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none dur&s;t abyde at home without he wolde be &s;hamed for euer / than it was ordayned by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ad|uyce of the con&s;table and mar&s;hals to be made thre batayls: and in ech warde .xvi. M. men of armes / all mu&s;tred and pa&s;t for men of armes. The fir&s;t batayle the duke of Orleaunce to go|uern with .xxxvi. baners / and twy&s;e as many pe+nons. The &s;econde the duke of Normandy and his two bretherne / the lorde Loys and the lorde John~. The thirde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng hym&s;elfe: and whyle that the&s;e batayls were &s;ettyng in aray / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng called to hym the lorde Eu&s;tace Rybamont / the lorde John~ of Landas / and the lorde Richarde of Beawyeu and &s;ayd to them: &s;irs ryde on be|fore to &s;e the dealyng of thengly&s;&s;hmen / and ad|uy&s;e well what nombre they be / and by what me+anes we may fight with theym / other a fote or a hor&s;ebacke. The&s;e thre knyghtes rode forth and the kynge was on a wyght cour&s;er / and &s;ayde a high to his men: &s;irs among you whan ye be at Parys / at Chartres / at Roan / or at Orleaunce: than ye do thret thengly&s;&s;hmen &punc; and de&s;yre to be
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in armes out agayn&s;t theym. Nowe ye become therto / I &s;hall nowe &s;hewe you the~: nowe &s;hewe forthe your yuell wyll that ye bere them / and re|ueng your dy&s;plea&s;urs and damages that they haue done you / for without dout we &s;hall fyght with them. Suche as herde him: &s;ayd &s;ir a god de&s;name &s;o be it / that wolde we &s;e gladly. Ther with the thre knightes retourned agayne to the kyng / who demaunded of them tidynges / than &s;ir Eu&s;tace of Rybamont an&s;wered for all (and &s;ayde) &s;ir we haue &s;ene the engly&s;&s;hmen by e&s;ty+macion they be two thou&s;ande men of armes / &amp; four thou&s;and archers / and a fyftene hu~dred of other / howebeit they be in a &s;tronge place. And as farre as we can Imagyne they ar in one ba|tayle: howbeit they be wy&s;ely ordred and a lon|ge the way they haue fortifyed &s;trongly the hed+ges and bu&s;&s;hes: one part of their archers are a long by the hedge / &s;o that none can go nor ryde that way / but mu&s;t pa&s;t by them. And that way mu&s;t ye go and ye purpo&s;e to fyght with them / in this hedge there is but one entre and one y&s;|&s;ue by likelyhode that four hor&s;emen may ryde a front / at thende of this hedge where as no ma~ can go nor ryde / there be men of armes a fote &amp; archers afore them in maner of a her&s;e / &s;o that they woll nat be lightely di&s;confyted. Well &s;ayd the kyng what woll ye than coun&s;ayle vs to do: &s;ir Eu&s;tace &s;ayde / &s;ir lette vs all be a lote except thre hundred men of armes well hor&s;ed of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be&s;t in your hoo&s;t and moo&s;t hardye&s;t / to the entent they &s;omwhat to breke and to opyn the archers. and thane your batayls to folowe on quickely a fote / &amp; &s;o to fight with their men of armes hand to hande. This is the be&s;t aduyce that I canne gyue you: if any other thynke any other waye better let hym &s;peke. The kyng &s;ayd thus &s;hall it be done: than the two mar&s;halles rode fro ba+tayle to batayle and cho&s;e out a thre. C. knygh|tes and &s;quyers of the moo&s;t expert men of ar|mes of all the hoo&s;t / euery man well armed and hor&s;ed. Al&s;o it was ordayned that the bataylles of alwayns &s;hulde abyde &s;tyll on hor&s;ebacke to confort the mar&s;halles if nede were: wherof the erle of Sale&s;bruce / the erle of Neydo and the erle of No&s;co were capitayns: kynge Johan of France was there armed and .xx. other in his a|payrell / and he dyd put the gyding of his elde&s;t &s;onne to the lorde of &s;aynt Uenant / the lorde of Landas / and the lorde Thybault of Bodenay: and the lorde Reynolde of Quenoll called the archepree&s;t was armed in the armoure of the yongerle of Alan&s;on.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the cardynall of Dyergourt treated to make agreme~t bytwene the frenche kyng and the prin|ce / before the batell of Poy|cters. Cap. C .lxi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the frenche kyng&abis; batayls was ordred and eue+ry lorde vnder his banner a|mong their owne men: than it was co~maunded that eue|ry man &s;hulde cutte their &s;pe+res to a fyue fote long / and e|uery man to put of their &s;purres. Thus as they were redy to aproche: the cardinall of Piergort came in great ha&s;t to the king / he came the &s;ame mornynge from Poycters: he kneled downe to the kyng and helde vp his handes / and de&s;yred hym for godde&s;&s;ake a lytell to ab&s;teyne &s;ettynge forwarde tyll he had &s;poken with hym (than he &s;ayde) &s;ir ye haue here all the floure of your re|alme agayn&s;t a handfull of engly&s;&s;hmen / as to regarde your company: and &s;ir if ye may haue them acorded to you without batayle / it &s;halbe more profitable and honourable to haue theym by that maner / rather than to adue~ture &s;o noble chiualry as ye haue here pre&s;ent: &s;ir I requyre you in the name of god and humylyte / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I may ryde to the prince and &s;hewe hym what danger ye haue hym in. The kynge &s;ayd it plea&s;eth me well: but retourne agayne &s;hortely / the cardy|nall de&abper;ted and dilygently he rode to the prince who was among his men a fote: than the cardy+nall a lyghted and came to the prince who recey+ued hym curte&s;&s;y. Than the cardynall after his &s;alutacyon made (he &s;ayde) certaynly fayre &s;on if you and your coun&s;ayle aduy&s;e iu&s;tely the pu+y&s;&s;aunce of the frenche kynge / ye woll &s;uffre me to treat to make a peace bytwene you &amp; I may: the prince who was yong and lu&s;ty &s;ayd / &s;ir the honour of me and of my people &s;aued / I wolde gladly fall to any rea&s;onable way: than the car|dynall &s;ayd (&s;ir ye &s;ay well) and I &s;hall acorde you and I can: for it &s;hulde be great pytie yf &s;o many noble men and other as be here on bothe parties &s;hulde come togyder by batayle. Than the cardynall rode agayne to the kyng (&amp; &s;ayd) &s;ir ye nede nat to make any great ha&s;te to fyght with your ennemyes: for they canne nat &s;lye fro you though they wolde they be in &s;uche a grou~d
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wherfore &s;ir I requyre you forbere for this day tyll to morowe the &s;on ry&s;inge. The kynge was lothe to agree therto for&s;ome of his coun&s;ayle wolde nat co~&s;ent to it / but finally the cardynall the wed &s;uch rea&s;ons that the kyng acorded that re&s;pyt: and in the &s;ame place there was pyght vp a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">yon of reed &s;ylke fre&s;&s;he and rych and gaue leaue for that day euery man to drawe to their lodgynges / except the con&s;tables and mar+&s;halle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batayls. That &s;onday all the day the car+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">yled in ridynge fro the one hoo&s;t to the other gladly to agree them: but the frenche kynge wolde nat agree without he myght haue foure of the princy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">lle&s;t of the engly&s;&s;hmen at his plea&s;ure / and the prince and all the other to yelde them&s;elfe &s;imply howe beit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were ma+ny great offers made. The prince offred to ren|dre into the kynges handes all that euer he had wonne in that voyage townes and ca&s;tels: and to quyte all pri&s;oners that he or any of his men had taken in that &s;ea&s;on. And al&s;o to &s;were nat to be armed agayn&s;t the frenche kyng in &s;euyn yere after / but the kyng and his coun&s;ayle wold none therof / the vtterma&s;t that he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> do was that the prince and a. C. of his knyghtes &s;hulde yelde theym &s;elfe into the kynges pri&s;on / other|wy&s;e he wolde nat: the whiche the prince wolde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> wy&s;e agre vnto. In the meane &s;ea&s;on that the cardynall rode thus bytwene the hoo&s;tes: in tru&s;t to do &s;ome good certayne knight&abis; of Fra~|ce and of Englande bothe / rode forthe the &s;ame &s;onday bycau&s;e it was tru&s;e for that day / to co&s;t the hoo&s;tes and to beholde the dealyng of their enemyes: &s;o it fortuned that the lorde John~ Ca~+dos rode the &s;ame day coo&s;tyng the french ho&s;t / and in like maner the lorde of Cleremont one of the trenche mar&s;halles had ryden for the and a|uiewed the &s;tate of the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / and as the&s;e two knyghtes retourned towardes their hoo&s;tes they mette togyder, eche of theym bare ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> maner of deuyee: a blewe lady enbraudred <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> beame aboue on their apayrell. Than the lorde Cleremont &s;ayd: Chandos howe long haue ye taken on yo^u to bere my deuyce / nay ye bere my<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;ayd Chandos / for it is a&s;well myne as pours: I deny that &s;ayd Cleremont but and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> were nat for the tru&s;e this day bytwene vs / I &s;hulde make it good on you incontynent that ye haue no right to bere my deuyce. I &s;ir &s;ayd Ca~|dos ye &s;hall fynde me to morowe redy to defend you: and to proue by feate of armes that it is as well myne as yours / than Cleremont &s;ayd Ca~|dos the&s;e be well the word&abis; of you engly&s;&s;hmen / forye can deuyce nothyng of newe / but all that ye&s;e is good and fayre. So they departed with out any more doyng and eche of them returned to their hoo&s;t: the cardynall of Pyergort coude in no wy&s;e that &s;onday make any agrement by|twene the parties / and whan it was nere nyght he returned to Poicters. That night the french+men toke their ea&s;e they had proui&s;ion ynough / and the engly&s;&s;hmen had great defaut: they cou+de get no forage nor they coude nat depart the&s;e without danger of their ennemyes. That &s;on|day thengly&s;&s;hmen made great dykes and hed|ges about their archers to be the more &s;tronger / and on the monday in the mornynge the prince and his company were redy apayrelled as they were before: and about the &s;onne ry&s;ing in lyke maner were the frenchmen. The &s;ame morning be tymes the cardynall came agayne to the fren+che hoo&s;t / and thought by his preachyng to pa|cify the parties / but than the frenchmen &s;ayd to hym retourne whyderye woll / bringe hyder no mo wordes of treaty nor peace (and ye loue yo^r &s;elfe depart &s;hortely) Whan the cardynall &s;awe that he traueyled in vayne: he toke leaue of the kyng and than he went to the prince (and &s;ayd) &s;ir do what ye canne their is no remedy but to a byde the batayle / for I can fynde none acorde in the frenche kyng. Than the prince &s;ayd: y^e &s;ame is our entent and all our people (god helpe the right) &s;o the cardynall retourned to Poycters. In his company there were certayne knyghtes and &s;quyers men of armes: who were more fa|uourable to the frenche kyng than to the prince / and whan they &s;awe that y^e parties &s;hulde fight they &s;tale fro their mai&s;ters and went to the fre~|che hoo&s;t and they made their captayne the Ca|telayne of Impa&s;tre / who was as tha~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with the cardynall who knewe nothynge therof tyll he was come to Poycters. The certentie of the order of the engly&s;&s;hmen was &s;hewed to the fre~|che kyng / except they had ordayned threhu~dred men a hor&s;ebacke and as many archers a hor&s;e+backe: to coo&s;t vnder couert of the mountayne / and to &s;trike into the batayle of the duke of Nor+mandy / who was vnder the mountayne a fote. This ordynaunce they had made of newe that the fre~chmen knewe nat of: the prince was with his batayle downe amonge the vynes / and had clo&s;ed in the weky&s;t parte with their caryages. No we wyll I name &s;ome of the princypall lor|des and knyghtes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with the prin|ce: the erle of Warwyke / therle of Suffolke / the erle of Sali&s;bury / therle of Stafford / the lorde John~ Chandos the lorde Richarde Stafford / the lorde Reynold Cobham / the lorde Spencer
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the lorde James Audeley / y^e lorde Peter his bro+ther / the lorde Bercley / the lorde Ba&s;&s;er / the lord waren / the lorde Dalawar / the lorde Maulyne the lorde Wylly / the lorde Bartylme we be Bru+nes / the lord of Felton / the lorde Rychard of Pe~+bruge / the lorde Stephyne of Con&s;tracyon / the lorde Bra&s;feton and other engly&s;&s;hmen. And of ga&s;con <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was y^e lorde of Prunes / the lorde of Buger / the Captall of Buz / the lorde Johan of Chamont / the lorde Dela&s;pare / the lorde of Ro+&s;en / the lorde of Con&s;eu the lorde of Montfera~t the lorde of Landuras / the lorde Soulech of Le+&s;trade / and other that I can nat name. And of Heynowers: the lorde Eu&s;tace Da~bretycourt / the lorde John~ of Guy&s;tels / and two other &s;tra~+gers / the lorde Dauyell Pha&s;ell / &amp; the lorde De+nyce of Moerbertre. All the princes company pa&s;t nat an .viii. M. men one and other / and y^e frenchmen were a .lx. M. fightyng men / wher|of <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were mo than thre thou&s;ande knightes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batell of Poycters bytwene the prince of wales and the fre~|che kyng. Cap. C .lxii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan~e the prince &s;ame that he &s;huld haue batell and that the cardynall was gone without any peace or trew&s;e makynge / and &s;awe that the frenche kyng dyd &s;ette but ly+tell &s;tore by him: he &s;aid than to his men. Now &s;irs though we be but a &s;mall company / as in regarde to the puy&s;&s;ance of our ennemyes: let vs nat be a ba&s;&s;hed therfore, for y^e vyctorie lyeth nat in the multitude of people but <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as god wyll &s;ende it / yf it fortune that the iourney be ours / we &s;halbe the moo&s;t honoured people of all the worlde: &amp; if we dye in our right quarell / I haue the kyng my father &amp; bretherne / and al&s;o ye haue good frendes &amp; kyn&s;men / the&s;e &s;hall reuenge vs. Therfore &s;irs for godde&s;&s;ake I requyre you do your deuoyers thin day: for if god be plea&s;ed &amp; &s;aynt George / this day ye &s;hall &s;e me a good knyght. The&s;e wordes and &s;uche other that the prince &s;pake conforted all his peo|ple / the lorde &s;ir John~ Chandos that day neuer went fro y^e prince / nor al&s;o the lorde James Au|deley of a great &s;ea&s;on / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> whan~e he &s;awe that they &s;hulde nedes fight (he &s;ayd to the prince) &abser; I haue &s;erued alwayes truely my lorde your fa+ther &amp; you al&s;o / and &s;hall do as long as I lyue / I &s;ay this bicau&s;e I made ones a vowe that the fir&s;t batayle that other the kynge your father or any of his chyldren &s;hulde be at: howe that I wolde be one of the fir&s;t &s;etters on / or els to dye in the payne. Therfore I requyre yo^r grace as in rewarde for any &s;eruyce that euer I dyde to the king yo^r father or to you that you woll gyue me &s;ycence to depart fro you / and to &s;ette my &s;el|fe there as I may acomply&s;&s;he my vowe. The prince acorded to his de&s;yre (and &s;ayde) &s;ir Ja|mes god gyue you this day that grace to be the be&s;t knyght of all other / and &s;o toke hym by the hande. Than the knyght departed fro the prin|ce and went to the forma&s;t front of all the batay|les all onely acompanyed with foure &s;quyers / who promy&s;ed nat to fayle hym: this lorde Ja|mes was a right &s;age and a valya~t knight / and by hym was moche of the hoo&s;t ordayned and gouerned the day before. Thus &s;ir James was in the front of the batayle / redy to fight with the batayle of the mar&s;halles of Fraunce: In lyke|wy&s;e the lorde Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt dyd his payne to be one of the forma&s;t to &s;ette on. Whan &s;ir James Audeley began t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">tte forwarde to his ennemyes: it fortuned to &s;ir Eu&s;tace Dam|bretycourt as ye &s;hall here after. ye haue herde before howe the almayns in the french ho&s;t were apoynted to be &s;tyll a hor&s;ebacke: &s;ir Eu&s;tace be+yng a hor&s;ebacke layed his <ABBR>&s;pear</ABBR> in the re&s;t and ran into the frenche batayle / and than a knyght of almaygne called the lorde Loyes of Coucoa|bras / who bare a &s;helde &s;yluer / fyue ro&s;&s;es gou|les: and &s;ir Eu&s;tace bare ermyns two hamedes of goules. Whan this almaygne &s;awe the lorde Eu&s;tace come fro his company he rode agayn&s;t hym: and they mette &s;o rudely that bothe knigh+tes fell to the yerth / the almayne was hurt in the &s;hulder / therfore he ro&s;e nat &s;o quickely as dyde &s;ir Eu&s;tace / who wha~ he was vp and had taken his breth / he came to the other knyght as he lay on the grounde / but than~e fyue other knyghtes of almayne came on hym all at ones &amp; bare hym to the yerth. And &s;o perforce there he was taken pri&s;oner and brought to the erle of No&s;co / who as than toke no hede of hym / and I can nat &s;ay whyther they &s;ware him pri&s;oner or no but they tyed hym to a chare and there lette hym &s;tande. Than the batayle began on all partes and y^e ba+tayls of the mar&s;hals of Fraunce aproched / and they &s;et forthe that were apoynted to breke y^e ray of the archers: they entred a hor&s;ebacke into the
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way / where the great hedges were on bothe &s;y|des &s;ette full of archers / a&s;&s;one as the men of ar|mes entred the archers began to &s;hote on bothe &s;ydes and dyd &s;lee and hurt hor&s;es and knygh|tes. So that the hor&s;es whan they felt y^e &s;harpe arowes they wolde in no wy&s;e go forward but brewe a backe and &s;tang and toke on &s;o feer&s;ly / that many of them fell on their mai&s;ters: &s;o that for p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ace they coude nat ry&s;e agayne. In &s;o mo+che that the mar&s;hals batayle coude neuer come at the prince: certayne knyghtes &amp; &s;quyers that were well hor&s;ed pa&s;&s;ed through tharchers / and thought to a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">he to y^e prince but they coude nat The lorde James Judeley with his four &s;quy|ers was in the front of that batell and there dyd maruels marmes / and by great prowes he ca~e and fought with &s;ir Arnolde Dandrehen vnder his owne baner / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they fought longe to|gyder / and &s;ir Arnolde was there &s;ore handled. The batayle of the mar&s;hals began to dy&s;order by rea&s;on of the &s;hot of the archers / w^t the ayde of the men of armes: who came in among them and &s;lewe of them / and dyd what they ly&s;t. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the lorde Arnold Da~drchen taken pri+&s;oner by other men than by &s;ir James Audeley / or by his four &s;quters for that day he neuer toke pri&s;oner / but alwayes fought and went on his enemyes. Al&s;o on the french partie the lorde Jo+han Cleremo~t fought vnder his owne baner as long as he coude endure / but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was beten <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">owne and coude nat be relyued nor ran&s;omed / but was &s;layne w^tout mercy: &s;ome &s;ayde it was bicau&s;e of the wordes that he had the day before to &s;it John~ Chandos. So within a &s;hort &s;pace the mar&s;hals batayls were di&s;confyted / for they fell our vpon another and coude nat go forth: &amp; the frenchmen that were behynde and coude nat get forwarde reculed backe / and came on the ba+tayle of the duke of Normandy / the which was great and thicke and were a fote / but anon they began to opyn behynde. For whan they knewe that the mar&s;hals batayle was dy&s;confited they toke their hor&s;es and de&abper;ted he that might be&s;t / al&s;o they &s;awe a rowt of engly&s;&s;hmen co~mynge downe a lytell mountayne a hor&s;ebacke and ma+ny archers with them / who brake in on the &s;yde of the dukes batayle. Trewe to &s;ay the archers dyd their company that day great aduauntage / for they &s;hotte &s;o thicke that the frenchmen wy&s;t nat on what &s;yde to take hede / and lytell and ly|tell the engly&s;&s;hmen wanne grounde on theym: and whan the men of armes of Englande &s;awe that the mar&s;hals batayle was dy&s;confited / and that the dukes batayle began~e to dy&s;order and opyn / they lept than on their hor&s;es the whiche they had redy by them. Than they a&s;&s;embled to gyder &amp; cryed &s;aynt George gyen: and the lorde Chandos &s;ayd to the prince / &s;ir take your hor&s;e and ryde forth this iourney is yo^rs: god is this day in your handes / gette vs to the french kyn|ges batayle / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lyeth all the &s;ore of the ma|ter. I thynke verily by his valyantne&s;&s;e he woll nat flye: I tru&s;t we &s;hall haue hym by the grace of god and &s;aynt George / &s;o he be well fought withall and &s;ir I herde you &s;ay that this day I &s;hulde &s;e you a good knyght. The prince &s;ayde lette vs go forthe / ye &s;hall nat &s;e me this day re|tourne backe / &amp; &s;ayd auau~ce baner in the name of god and of &s;aynt George: the knyght y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bare it dyde his commaundement / there was than a &s;ore batayle and a perylous and many a man o|uerthrowen / and he that was ones downe coud nat be relyued agayne w^tout great &s;ocoure and ayde. As the prince rode and entred in amonge his ennemyes: he &s;awe on his ryght hande in a lylell bu&s;&s;he lyeng deed / the lorde Robert of Du+ras and his baner by hym / and a ten or twelfe of his men about hym: than the prince &s;ayd to two of his &s;quyers &amp; to thre archers / &s;irs take the bo+dy of this knyght on a targe &amp; bere hym to Poy+cters / and pre&s;ent him fro me to the cardynall of Pyergourt / and &s;ay howe I &s;alute hym by y^e to+ken / and this was done. The prince was enfor|med that the cardynalles men were on the felde agayn&s;t hym / the which was nat pertayning to the right order of armes: for men of the churche that cometh and goeth for treaty of peace / ought nat by rea&s;on to <ABBR>ber</ABBR> harnes nor to fyght for ney+ther of the parties. They ought to be indyffe|rent / and bycau&s;e the&s;e men had done &s;o / the pri+ce was dy&s;plea&s;ed with the cardynall / and ther|fore he &s;ende vnto hym his nephue the lorde Ro+bert of Duras deed. And the Cathelayn of Am+po&s;tre was takenne: and the printe wolde haue had his heed &s;tryken of / bycau&s;e he was pertay+nynge to the cardynall / but than the lorde Can|dos &s;ayd / &s;ir &s;u&s;fre for a &s;ea&s;on entende to a gret+ter mater / and paraduenture the cardynall wyll make &s;uche excu&s;e that ye &s;halbe content. Than the prince and his company dre&s;&s;ed them on the batayle of the duke of Athenes co~&s;table of Fran+ce: there was many a manne &s;layne and ca&s;t to the yerth / as the frenchmen fought in company+es they cryed (mountioy &s;aynt Denyce) and y^e engly&s;&s;hmen &s;aynt George gyen. Anoue the pri+ce with his company met with the batayle of al|maygnes / wherof the erle of Sale&s;bruce / the erle No&s;co / and therle Neydo were capitayns:
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but in a &s;hort &s;pace they were put to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lyght. The archers &s;hotte &s;o holly togyder that none dur&s;t come in their dangers: they &s;lewe many a man that coulde nat come to no raun&s;ome / the&s;e thre erles was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;layne / and dyuers other knygh+tes and &s;quyers of their co~pany. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the lorde Dambretycourt re&s;cued by his owne men and &s;ette on hor&s;ebacke: and after he dyde that day many feates of armes &amp; toke gode pri|&s;oners. Whan the duke of No<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">yle &s;awe the prince aproche they thought to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the~ &s;elfe: and &s;o the duke and the kynges chrldren / the erle of Poycters / and the erle of Tourayne who were ryght yong by leued their gouerno^rs and &s;o departed fro the felde: and with them mo than eyght hundred &s;peares / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;take no &s;troke that day. Howe beit the lorde Guy&s;&s;hard Dan|gle / and the lorde John~ of Sayntre / who were with the erle of Poicters wolde nat &s;lye: but en|tred into the thycke&s;t prea&s;e of the batayle. The kynges thre &s;onnes toke the way to Chamigny and the lorde John~ of Landas / &amp; the lorde Thy bault of Woodney / who were &s;ette to a wayt on the duke of Norma~dy: whan they had brought the duke a long leage fro the batayle / than they tooke leaue of the duke and de&s;yred the lorde of &s;aynt Uenant / that he &s;hulde nat leaue the duke but to bring hym in &s;auegarde / wherby he &s;hul+de wyn more thanke of the kynge than to abyde &s;tyll in the felde. Than they met al&s;o the duke of Orleaunce and a great co~pany with hym / who were al&s;o departed fro the felde with clere han|des / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many good knyghtes and &s;quy|ers though that their mai&s;ters departed fro the felde / yet they hadde rather a dyed than to haue had any reproche. Than the kyng&abis; batayle ca~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> on the engly&s;&s;hmen / there was a &s;ore fyght and many a great &s;troke gyuen and receyued: the kyng and his yonge&s;t &s;onne mette with the ba|tayle of thengly&s;&s;he mar&s;halles / therle of War|wyke / and therle of Suffolke: and with theym of ga&s;cons the Captall of Buz / the lorde of Po|myers / the lorde Amery of Charre / the lorde of Mucydent / the lorde of La~guran / and the lorde de la Strade. To the frenche partie there came tyme ynough the lorde Johan of Landas / and the lorde of Woodney / they a lyghted a fote and wente into the kynges batayle. And a lytell be|&s;yde fought the duke of Athenes co~&s;table of fra~+ce / and a lytell aboue hym the duke of Burbone and many good knyghtes of Burbonoy&s;e and of Picardy with hym. And a lytell on the one &s;yde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were the poyteuyns / the lorde de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the lorde of Partney / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / the lorde of Montahoton / the lorde of Suggeres / the lorde Johan Sayntre / the lorde Guy&s;&s;har / de Dangle / the lorde Argenton / the lorde of Ly+myers / the lorde of Mountandre / and dyuer&s;e other. Al&s;o the Uycount of Rocheuatt / and the erle of Daunoy. And of Burgone the lorde Ja|mes of Beauye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / the lorde de la Ca&s;tell Uilayn and other. In another parte there was the erle of Uantadowre: and of Mounpen&s;er / the lor|de James of Burbone / the lorde Johan Dar|thoyes / and al&s;o the lorde James his brother / the lorde Arnolde of Cernolle called the Arche|pree&s;t armed for the yonge erle of Alan&s;onne. And of Auuergne there was / the lorde of Mar|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ell / the lorde de la Towre / the lorde of Chalen+ton / the lorde of Montague / the lorde of Roch|fort / the lorde de la Chayre / the lorde Dachone / And of Lymo&s;yn: there was the lorde Delmall the lorde of Norwell / the lorde of Pers Buff<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er And of Pycardie: there was the lorde Wylly|am of Nerle / the lorde Arnolde of Renewall / the lorde Geffray of &s;aynt Dygier / the lorde of Chamy / the lorde of Heley / the lorde of Moun|saunt / the lorde of Hangyes / and dyuers other. And al&s;o in the kynges batayle <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was therle Duglas of Scotla~d / who fought a &s;ea&s;on right valyantly: but whan he &s;awe the dy&s;confyture / he departed and &s;aued hym&s;elfe / for in no wy&s;e he wolde be takenne of the engly&s;&s;hmen / he had rather ben there &s;layne. On the engly&s;&s;he parte the lorde James Awdeley / with the ayde of his foure &s;quyers / fought alwayes in the chyefe of the batayle: he was &s;oore hurte in the body and in the vy&s;age / as longe as his breth &s;erued hym he fought. At la&s;te at the ende of the batayle his foure &s;quyers tooke and brought hym oute of the felde and layed hym vnder a hedge &s;yde for to refre&s;&s;he hym. And they vnarmed hym and bounde vp his woundes a&s;well as they coulde. On the frenche partie kynge Johan was that day a full right good knyght: if the fourth part of his menne hadde done their deuoyers a&s;well as he dydde / the iourney hadde bene his / by all lykelyhode. Howe be it they were all &s;layne and takenne that were there: excepte a fewe that &s;a|ued them&s;elfe that were with the kynge. There was &s;layne: the duke Peter of Burbon / the lor|de Guy&s;&s;harde of Beauieu the lorde of La~das / and the duke of Athenes con&s;table of Fraunce / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Chalons in Champayne / the lorde Wyllm~ of Neell / the lorde Gu&s;tace of Ry|bamont / the lorde de la Towre / the lorde Wyl|lyam of Montagu / &s;ir Guyuenton of Cha~bley / &abser; Ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> de la hou&s;e / and many other as they
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fought by companyes: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were taken pri+&s;oners: the lorde of Wodney / the lorde of Pom|pador: and the archpree&s;t &s;ore hurte / the erle of Uandos the erle of Mons / the erle of Genuyll the erle of Uandone / &s;ir Loyes of Melwall / the lorde Pyers Buffyer / and the lorde of Sene|rachet <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were at that brunt &s;layne and taken mo than two hundred knyghtes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of two frenchmen that fledde fro the batayle of Poicters / and two engly&s;&s;hmen that folowed them. Cap. C .lxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AMong the batayls / re+counterynges / cha&s;es / and pur&s;uetes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were made that day in the felde: It fortuned &s;o to &s;ir Edwarde of Roucy / that whan he departed fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde: bycau&s;e he &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> feld was lo&s;t without recouery / he thought nat to a|byde the danger of the engly&s;&s;hmen. Wherfore he <ABBR>fledd</ABBR> all alone and was gone out of the felde a leage / and an engly&s;&s;he knyght pur&s;ued hym and euer cryed to hym (and &s;ayde) retourne a|gayne &s;ir knyght: it is a &s;ha~e to flye away thus. Than the knight tourned &amp; thengly&s;&s;he knight thought to haue &s;triken hym with his &s;peare in the targe but he fayled / for &s;ir Edwarde &s;war|ued a &s;yde fro the &s;troke / but he fayled nat the en+gly&s;&s;he knyght / for he &s;trake hym &s;uche a &s;troke on the helme with his &s;werde that he was a&s;to|nyed / and fell fro his hor&s;e to the yerth and lay &s;tyll. Than &s;ir Edward a lighted &amp; came to him or he coude ry&s;e (&amp; &s;ayd) yeld you re&s;cue or no re+&s;eue: or els I &s;hall &s;lee you / the engly&s;&s;hman yel+ded and went with hym &amp; afterwarde was rau~|&s;omed. Al&s;o it fortuned that an other &s;quyer of Picardy called Johan de Helenes was fledde fro the batayle and mette with his page / who de+lyuerd hym a newe fre&s;&s;he hor&s;e wheron he rode away alone: The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was in the felde the lorde Bercle of Englande a yong lu&s;ty knyght / who the &s;ame day had reryd his baner: and he all aloue pur&s;ued the &s;ayd Johan of He|lenes / and whan~e he had folowed the &s;pace of a leage / the &s;ayde John~ tourned agayne and lay|ed his &s;werde in the re&s;t in &s;tede of a&s;peare / and &s;o came ro~nyng to warde the lorde Bercle / who lyft vs his &s;werde to haue &s;tryken y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;quyer / but whan he &s;ame the &s;troke come he tourned fro it / &s;o that the engly&s;&s;hman lo&s;t his &s;troke: and Jo|han &s;trake hym as he pa&s;t on the arme / that the lorde Berclees &s;werde fell into the felde. Whan he &s;awe his &s;werde downe / he lyghted &s;o daynly of his hor&s;e / &amp; came to the place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> his &s;werd lay: &amp; as he &s;touped downe to take vp his &s;werd the frenche &s;quyer dyd pycke his &s;werde at hym and by happe &s;trake hym through both the thy&punc; es / &s;o that the knyght fell to the yerth and coude nat helpe hym&s;elfe / and Johan a lyghted of his hor&s;e and toke the knyghtes &s;werde that lay on the grounde / and came to hym and demaunded if he wolde yelde hym or nat. The knyght than demaunded his name: &s;ir &s;ayde he I hyght Jo+han of Helenes / but what is your name: certen|ly &s;ayde the knyght my name is Thomas and am lorde of Bercle / a fayre ca&s;tell on the ryuer of Seuern in the marches of Wales. Well &s;ir &abquod; the &s;quyer than ye &s;hall be my pri&s;onere: and I &s;hall bring you in &s;auegarde / and I &s;hall &s;e that you &s;hall be healed of your hurt. Well &s;ayde the knyght I am content to be your pri&s;oner / for ye haue by lawe of armes wonne me: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he <ABBR>&s;war</ABBR> to be his pri&s;oner / re&s;cue or no re&s;cue. Than the &s;quyer drewe forthe the &s;werde out of the knigh+tes thyes: and the wounde was opyn / thafie he wrapped and bounde the wounde and &s;et hym on his hor&s;e / and &s;o brought hym fayre and ea&s;e+ly to Chaterlerant and there taryed more than fyftene dayes for his &s;ake / and dyde gette hym remedy for his hurt. And wha~ he was &s;omwhat amended: than he gate hym a lytter and &s;o bro|ught hym at his ea&s;e to his hou&s;e in Picardy: there he was more than a yere tyll he was perfet+ly hole: and whan he departed he payed for his raun&s;ome &s;ire thou&s;ande nobuls / &amp; &s;o this &s;quy+er was made a knyght by rea&s;on of the profette that he had of the lorde Bercley.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kyng John~ was taken pri&s;o+ner at the batayle of Poy|cters. Cap. C .lxiiii.</HEAD>
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_OFten tymes the aduen+tures of amours and of ear are more fortunate and ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> uelous / than any man canne thynke or wy&s;&s;he: truly this batayle the which was nere to Poycters / in the feldes of Beaumont and Malpertnes: was right great and peryllous / and many dedes of armes there was done / the which all came nat to knowlege. The fyghters on bothe parties endured moche payne: kyng John~ with his owne handes hyd that day maruels in armes / he had an axe in his ha~des wherwith he defended hym&s;elfe &amp; fought in the brekynge of the prea&s;e / nere to the kynge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken the erle of Tankernyll / &s;ir Ja|ques of Burbon erle of Ponthieu / and the lorde Johan of Arthoyes erle of Ewe. And a lytell a|boue that vnder the baner of the Captall of bu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was taken &s;ir Charles of Arthoys / and dyuers other knyghtes and &s;quyers: the cha&s;e endured to the gates of Poiters / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many &s;layne and beaten downe hor&s;e &amp; man / for they of Poy+ters clo&s;ed their gates and wolde &s;u&s;&s;re noue to entre. wherfore in the &s;tretebefore the gate was horrible murdre / men hurt &amp; beaten downe / the frenchemen yelded them&s;elfe as farre of as they might know an engly&s;&s;hma~: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were byuers <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gly&s;&s;he archers y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had .iiii. v. or. vi pri&s;oners / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Pous a gret baron of Poiton was ther &s;layne / and many other knyghtes and &s;quyers. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken therle of Rochuart / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Da~naueme~t / the lorde of Pertney: &amp; of Xayn+ton the lorde of Montendre &amp; the lorde John~ of Sayntre / but he was &s;o &s;ore hurt that he had ne+uer helth after: he was repured for one of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be&s;t knight&abis; in France. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was left for deed a+mong other deed men: the lorde Rychard Dan+gle / who fought y^t day by the kyng right valya~t ly / &amp; &s;o dyd the lorde of Charny on whom was great prea&s;e bycau&s;e he bare y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ouerayne baner of the kyng&abis; / his owne bauer was al&s;o in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde the which was of goules / thre &s;cochyns &s;yluer. So many engly&s;&s;hmen &amp; ga&s;cons came to that part y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> perforce they opyned the kynges batell: &s;o that the frenchmen were &s;o mengled amonge their ennemyes / that &s;omtyme there was fyue men vpon one ge~tylman: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord of Po~padour / &amp; the lorde Bartylmewe de Bru|nes: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne &s;ir Ge&s;tray of Char|ny with the kynges baner in his handes. Al&s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Reynold Cobhm~ &s;lewe therle of Da~mar+tyn: than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great prea&s;e to take y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn|ge &amp; &s;uch as knewe hym cryed &abser; yelde you or els ye ar but deed. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a knyght of &s;aynt O+mers retayned in wages with the kyng of En|gland called &abser; Denyce Morbecke / who had &s;er+ued the engly&s;&s;hmen .v. yere before / bycau&s;e in his youth he had forfayted the realme of France for a murdre y^t he dyd at &s;aynt Omers. It hap|penyd &s;o well for hym: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was next to the kyn|ge whan they were about to take hym / he &s;tepte forthe into the prea&s;e / and by &s;trength of his bo+dy and armes / he came to the frenche kyng and &s;ayd in gode frenche (&s;ir yelde you) the kyng be helde the knyght &amp; &s;ayde to whom &s;hall I yelde me. Where is my co&s;yn the prince of Wales: yf I myght &s;e hym I wolde &s;peke with hym / De|nyce au&s;wered (and &s;ayd) &s;ir he is nat here / but yelde you to me and I &s;hall bringe you to hym: who be you &abquod; the kynge: &s;ir &abquod;he I am Denyce of Morbecke a knyght of Arthops / but I &s;erue the kyng of Englande bycau&s;e I am bany&s;&s;hed the realme of Fraunce / and I haue forfaytedde all that I had there. Than the kynge gaue hym his ryght gauntlet (&s;ayeng I yelde me to you) there was a great prea&s;e about the kynge: fore|uery man entor&s;ed hym to &s;ay I haue taken him &s;o that the kyng coude nat go forward with his yonge &s;onne the lorde Philyppe with hym / by|cau&s;e of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prea&s;e. The price of Wales who was coragious &amp; cruell as a lyon toke that day great plea&s;ure to fight and to cha&s;e his ennemyes / the lorde John~ Chandos who was with hym / of all that day neuer left hym nor neuer toke hede of ta+kynge of any pri&s;oner. Than at the ende of the batayle (he &s;ayde to the prince) &s;ir it were good that you re&s;ted <ABBR>her</ABBR> and &s;ette your baner a high in this bu&s;&s;he that your people may drawe hy|der / for they be &s;ore &s;predde a brode / nor I can&s;e no mo baners nor penons of the frenche partie: wherfore &s;ir re&s;t and refre&s;&s;he you / for ye be &s;ore chafed. Than the princes baner was &s;ette vpp~ a hygh ou a bu&s;&s;he: and trumpettes and clarions began to &s;owne / than the prince dyd of his ba&s;e|net: and the knyghtes for his body / and they of his chambre were redy aboute hym and a reed pauilyou pyght vpp~: and than drinke was bro|ught forthe to the prince / and for &s;uche lordes as were aboute hym / the which &s;tyll encrea&s;ed as they came fro the cha&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they taryed / &amp; their pri&s;oners with theym. And whan the two mar|&s;halles were come to the prince: he demaunded of them if they knewe any tidynges of the fren|che kyng (they an&s;wered and &s;ayde) &s;ir we here none of certenty / but we thike verily he is other deed or taken / for he is nat gone out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batels. Than the prince &s;ayd to therle of warwyke / &amp; to
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&s;ir Reynolde Cobham: &s;irs I requyre you god forthe and &s;e what ye can knowe / that at your re+tourne ye may &s;hewe me the trauth. The&s;e two lordes toke their hor&s;es and departed fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prin+ce: and rode vp a lytell hyll to loke about them / than they parceyued a flocke of men of armes co~mynge togyder right werely. There was the frenche kyng a fote in great parell for engly&s;&s;h|men and ga&s;coyns were his mai&s;ters / they had taken hym fro &abser; Denyce Morbecke &abper;fore / and &s;uche as were moo&s;t of force &s;ayd I haue taken hym: nay &abquod; another I haue taken hym / &s;o they &s;traue which &s;hulde haue him. Than the french kyng to e&s;chue that peryll &s;ayd: &s;irs &s;tryue nat lede me courte&s;ly / and my &s;onne to my co&s;yn the prince and &s;tryue nat for my takynge / for I am &s;o great a lorde to make you all riche: the kyng&abis; wordes &s;omwhat a pea&s;ed them / howe beit euer as they went they made ryot and brauled for the takyng of the kyng. Whan the two fore&s;ayd lor|des &s;awe and herde that noy&s;e and &s;tryfe amo~g them: they came to them and &s;ayd / &s;irs what is the mater that ye &s;tryue for / &s;irs &s;ayd one of the~ it is for the frenche kyng who is here taken pri|&s;oner: and there be mo than .x. knyghtes &amp; &s;quy+ers that chalengeth the takynge of hym and of his &s;onne: than~e the two lordes entred into the prea&s;e and cau&s;ed euery man to drawe a backe / and commaunded them in the princes name on peyne of their heedes to make no more noi&s;e nor to aproche the kyng no nerer without they were co~maunded. Than~e euery man gaue rowme to the lordes: and they a lyghted and dyd their re|uere~te to the kyng / and &s;o brought hym and his &s;on in peace and re&s;t to the prince of Wales.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audeley after the ba|tell of Poycters. Ca. C .lxv.</HEAD>
<P>_AS&s;one as therle of War wyke / 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 <ABBR>ther</ABBR> an&s;were (and &s;ayd) &s;ir he is &s;ore hurt and lyeth in a lytter <ABBR>her</ABBR> be&s;yde: by my faith &s;ayde the prince of his hurtes I am right&s;orie / go and knowe yf he may be brought hyder / or els I woll go and &s;e hym there as he is. Than~e two knyghtes came to the lorde Awdeley (and &s;ayde) &s;ir the prince de&s;yreth greatly to &s;e you: outher ye mu&s;t go to hym or els he woll come to you / a &s;ir &s;ayde the knyght. I thanke the prince / whan he thynketh on &s;o poore a knyght as I am than he called eyght of his &s;eruantes / and cau|&s;ed theym to bere hym in his lytter to the place were as the prince was. Than the prince tooke hym in his armes and ky&s;t hym and made hym great chere (and &s;ayd) &s;ir James I ought gret+ly to honour you: for by your valyaunce ye haue this day achyued y^e grace and renome of vs all / and ye ar reputed for the moo&s;t valyant of all o|ther. A &s;ir &s;ayde the knyght ye &s;ay as it plea&s;eth yeu: I wolde it were &s;o / and if I haue this day any thynge auaunced my &s;elfe to &s;erue you / and to acomply&s;&s;he the vowe that I made / it ought nat to be reputed to me any prowes: &s;ir James &s;ayde the prince I and all ours take you in this iourney for the be&s;t doar in armes / and to thyn|tent to furny&s;&s;he you the better to pur&s;ue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> war|res I retayne you for euer to be my knight with fyue hundred markes of yerely reuenewes / the which I &s;hall a&s;&s;igne you on myne herytage in Englande. Sir &s;ayde the knynght god graunt me to de&s;erue the great goodne&s;&s;e that ye &s;hewe me: and &s;o he toke his leaue of the prince for he was right feble / and &s;o his &s;eruauntes brought hym to his lodging / and a&s;&s;one as he was gone the erle of Warwyke / and the lorde Combham retourned to y^e prince and pre&s;ented to hym the frenche kyng. The prince made lowly reueren|ce to the kynge: and cau&s;ed wyne and &s;pyces to be brought forthe / and hym&s;elfe &s;erued the kyn|ge in &s;igne of great loue.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen wan gret|ly at the batayle of Poycters. Cap. C .lxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_THus this batayle was dy&s;confyted as ye haue herd the which was in the feld&abis; of Malpertne&s;&s;e a two leages fro Poyters / the .xxii. day of &s;epte~bre the yere of our lorde &punc; M. CCC .lvii. it began in the mornyng and endyd at noon / but as than all
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the engly&s;&s;hmen <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nat retourned fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cha&s;e therfore the princes banner &s;tode on a bu&s;&s;he to drawe all his men togyder / but it was by night or all came fro the cha&s;e. And as it was reported there was &s;layne all the floure of Fraunce / and there was taken with the kyng &amp; the lorde Phi|lyppe his &s;onne a &s;euyntene erles / be&s;yde baro|ner / knyghtes / and &s;quyers: and &s;layne a fyue or &s;ixe thou&s;ande of one and other. Whan euery man was come fro the cha&s;e / they had twy&s;e as many pri&s;oners as they were in nombre in all: than it was coun&s;ayled among them bycau&s;e of the great charge and dout to kepe &s;o many that they &s;hulde put many of them to raun&s;ome inco~+tynent in the felde / and &s;o they dyd. And the pri|&s;oners founde the engly&s;&s;hemen and ga&s;coyns right courte&s;&s;e: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many that day putte to raun&s;ome and lette go / all onely on their pro|my&s;e of faythe and trauth / to retourne agayne bytwene that and Chri&s;tmas to Burbeux with their raun&s;omes. Than that nyght they lay in the felde be&s;yde where as the batayle had been: &s;ome vnarmed theym but nat all and vnarmed all their pri&s;oners / and euery man made good there to his pri&s;oner / for y^t day who &s;oeuer toke any pri&s;oner he was clere his / and myght quyte or raun&s;ome hym at his plea&s;ure. All &s;uche as were there with the prince were all made ryche with honour and goodes / a&s; well by ran&s;omyng of pri&s;oners as by wynnynge of golde / &s;yluer / plate / tewelles / that was there founde. There was no man that dyd &s;et any thyng by riche har+ne&s;&s;e wherof there was great plentie / for the fre~+chmen came thyder richely be&s;ene / wenynge to haue had the iourney for them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lorde James Audley ga|ue to his foure &s;quyers the .v. C. mar|kes of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym. Cap. C .lxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan &s;ir James Awde|ley was brought to his logyn+ge / than he &s;end for &s;ir Peter Audeley his brother / and for the lorde Bartylmewe of bru+nes / the lorde Stephane of Gou&s;enton / the lorde of Wyl|ly / and the lorde Ralfe Ferres. All the&s;e were of his lynage: and than he called before them his foure &s;quiers that had &s;erued hym that day well and trewly: than he &s;ayd to the &s;ayd lordes / &s;irs it hath plea&s;ed 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 &s;mall &s;eruyce with my body. Sirs beholde here the&s;e foure &s;quyers / who hath alwayes &s;er+ued me truely (and &s;pecially this day) that ho|nour that I haue is by their valyantne&s;&s;e / wher+fore I woll rewarde them: I gyue and re&s;igne into their handes the gyft that my lorde y^e prin|ce hath gyuen me of fyue hu~dred markes of <ABBR>yer+ly</ABBR> reuenewes to them and to their heyres fore|uer / in lyke maner as it was gyuen me: I clere+ly di&s;heryte me therof and inheryte them with|out any rebell or condycion. The lordes and o|ther that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> euery man beheld other and &s;ayde among them &s;elfe / it commeth of a great noblenes to gyue this gyft. they an&s;wered hym with one voyce &s;ir be it as godde wyll / we &s;hall bere wytne&s;&s;e in this behalfe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;oeuer we be+come. Than~e they departed fro hym and &s;ome of them went to the prince who the &s;ame nyght wolde make a &s;upper to the frenche kynge / and to the other pri&s;oners: for they had than ynough to do it withall of that the frenchemen brought with them for the engly&s;&s;hmen wanted vitayle before: for &s;ome in thre dayes hadde no bredde before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the prince made a &s;upper to the french kyng the &s;ame day of the batayle. Cap. C .lxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame day of the ba|tayle at night the prince ma|de a &s;upper in his lodgynge to the frenche kyng and to y^e moo&s;t parte of the great lor|des that were pri&s;oners: the prince made the kynge and his &s;on / the lorde James of Burbone / the lorde John~ Darthoys / the erle of Tankernyll / therle of Stampes / therle Dampmartyne / the erle of Grauyll / and the lorde of Pertenay to &s;yt all at one borde: and other lordes / knyghtes / and &s;qui+ers at other tables. And alwayes the prince &s;er|ued before the king as humbly as he coude / and wolde nat &s;yt at the kyng&abis; borde / for any de&s;yre that the kynge coulde make: but he &s;ayd he was nat &s;uffycient to &s;yt at the table with &s;o great a
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prince as the kyng was / but than he &s;ayd to the kyng: &s;ir for godde&s;&s;ake make non yuell nor he|uy there, though god this day dyde nat con&s;ent to folowe your wyll / for &s;ir &s;urely the kynge my father &s;hall bere you a&s;moche honour and amy|te as he may do / and &s;hall acorde with you &s;o re+a&s;onably that ye &s;hall euer be frendes to guyder after. And &s;ir me thynke ye ought to reioy&s;e tho+ugh the iourney be nat as ye wolde haue had it / for this day ye haue wonne the hygh renome of prowes / and haue pa&s;t this day in valyantne&s;&s;e all other of your partie. Sir I &s;ay natte this to mocke you: for all that be on our partte y^e &s;awe euery mannes dedes ar playnly acorded by true &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> to gyue you the price and chapelette.</P>
<P>Therwith the frenchemen began to murmure and &s;ayde among the~&s;elfe: howe the prince had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> nobly / and that by all e&s;timacion he &s;hul+de proue a noble man if god &s;ende hym lyfe / and to perceyuer in &s;uche good fortune.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;howe the prince retourned to Bur+deux after the batayle of Poy|cters. Cap. C .lxix.</HEAD>
<P>_Whan &s;upper was done euery man wente to his lod|gyng with their pri&s;oners: y^e &s;ame nyght they putte many to raun&s;ome and belyued the~ on their faythes &amp; trauthes &amp; raun&s;omed them but ea&s;ely / for they &s;ayd ther wolde &s;ette no knyghtes raun+&s;ome &s;o hygh / but that he myght pay at his ea&s;e and maynteyne &s;tyll his degree. The nerte day whan they had herde ma&s;&s;e and taken &s;ome re|pa&s;t / and that euery thyng was tru&s;&s;ed and re|dy: than they toke their hor&s;es and rode to war|des Poycters. The &s;ame nyght <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was come to Poycters the lorde of Roy with a hu~dred &s;pe+res he was nat at the batayle / but he mette the duke of Norma~dy nere to Chauuigny / and the duke &s;ende hym to Poycters to kepe the towne / tyll they herde other tidynges. Whan the lorde of Roy knewe that thengly&s;&s;hmen were &s;o nere commynge to the cytie: he cau&s;ed euery man to be armed and euery man to go to his defence / to the walles / towres / and gates: and the~gly&s;&s;h+men pa&s;&s;e by without any aprochynge / for they were &s;o laded with golde / &s;yluer / and pri&s;oners, that in their retournynge they a&s;&s;auted no for|tres. They thought it a gret dede if they might bringe the frenche kynge with their other pri&s;o|ners and ryches that they had won in &s;auegard to Burdeaux: they rode but &s;mall iourneys by|cau&s;e of their pri&s;oners and great caryag&abis; that they had they rode in a day no more but four or fyue leages / and loged euer betymes: and rode clo&s;e togyder in good aray &s;auyng the mar&s;hal+les batayls / who rode euer before with fyne. C. men of armes to opyn the pa&s;&s;ages as y^e prince &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e / but they founde no encounterers / for all the countre was &s;o frayed that euery man drue to the fortre&s;&s;es. As the prince rode it was &s;hewed hym howe the lorde Audeley had gyuen to his four &s;quyers the gyft of the fyue hundred markes / that he hadde gyuen vnto hym. Than the prince &s;end for hym: and he was brought in his lytter to the prince / who receyued hym cur|te&s;ly (and &s;ayde) &s;ir James we haue knoledge that the reuenewes that we gaue you / a&s;&s;one as ye came to your lodgyng / you gaue the &s;ame to foure &s;quyers: we wolde knowe why ye dyd &s;o / and whyder y^e gyft was agreable to you or nat. Sir &s;ayd the knyght it is of trauth I haue gy|uen it to the~: and I &s;hall &s;he we you why I dyde &s;o / the&s;e foure &s;quyers that be here pre&s;ent haue alonge &s;ea&s;on &s;erued me well and truely in ma|ny great be&s;yne&s;&s;es / and &s;ir at this la&s;t batayle they &s;erued me in &s;uche wy&s;e / that and they had neuer done nothynge els / I was bounde to re|warde theym: and before the &s;ame day they had neuer nothing of me in rewarde. Sir I am but a man alone: but by the ayde and confort of the~ I toke on me to acomply&s;&s;he my vowe long be / fore made: I had ben deed in the batayle &amp; they had nat ben. wherfore &s;ir whan I con&s;ydred the loue that they bare vnto me / I had nat ben cur|te&s;&s;e if I wolde nat a rewarded them: I thanke god I haue had and &s;hall haue ynough as long as I lyue / I wyll neuer be a ba&s;&s;hed for lacke of good. Sir if I haue done this without yo^r plea+&s;ure I requyre you to pardon me: for &s;ir both I and my &s;quyers &s;hall &s;erue you as well as euer we dyd. Than the prince &s;ayd: &s;ir James for a nything that ye haue done I can nat blame you but can you gode thanke therfore / and for the va+lyantnes of the&s;e &s;quyers whom ye prey&s;e &s;o mo+che / I acorde to them your gyft: and I woll ren+der agayne to you .vi. C. markes in lyke maner as ye had the other. Thus the prince &amp; hsi com|pany: dyd &s;omoche that they pa&s;t through Poy+ctou / and Xaynton without damage / and came
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to Blay / and there pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Geron / &amp; aryued in the good cytie of Burdeux. It canne nat be recorded the gret fee&s;t and cherr that they of the cytie / with the clergy made to the prince / and howe honourably they were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> receyued. The prince brought the french kyng into the ab+bey of &s;aynt Andrewes / and there they lodged bothe / the kyng in one part / and the princeliu y^e other. The prince bought of the lordes / knygh / tes / and &s;quyers of Ga&s;cone / the moo&s;t parte of the erles of the realme of Fraunce &s;uche as <ABBR>wer</ABBR> pri&s;oners and payed redy money for the. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was dyuers que&s;tyons and chalenges made by twene the knyghtes and &s;quyers of Ga&s;coyne / for takyng of the frenche kyng / Howe beit De|nyce Morbecke by ryght of armes and by true tokens that he &s;hewed / chalenged hym for his pri&s;oner. Another &s;quper of Ga&s;con called Ber+narde of Troutes / &s;ayde howe he had ryght to hym: there was moche a do and many wordes before the prince / and other lord&abis; that were there and by cau&s;e the&s;e two chalenged eche other to fight in that quarell. The prince cau&s;ed the ma|ter to re&s;t tyll they came in Englande / and that no declaracyon &s;hulde be made but afore y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn|ge of Englande his father: but bycau&s;e the fren+che kyng hym&s;elfe ayded to &s;u&s;tayne the chale~g of Denyce Morbecke / for he enclyned more to hym than to any other. The prince therfore pri|uely cau&s;ed to be delyuerd to the &s;ayd &abser; Denyce .ii. M. nobuls / to mayntene withall his e&s;tate. Anone after the prince came to Burdeux / y^e car|dynall of Piergort came thyder / who was &s;end fro the pope in legacyon as it was &s;ayd / he was there more than~e .xv. dayes or the prince wolde &s;peke with hym / bycau&s;e of the Chatclayne of Campo&s;t and his men / who were agayn&s;t hym in the batayle of Poicters. The prince belyued that the cardynall &s;end them thyder: but the car+dynall dyd &s;omoch by the meanes of the lorde of Chamont / the lorde of Monferant / and the Ca+ptall of Buz / who were his co&s;yus. They &s;hew|ed &s;o good rea&s;ons to the prince / that he was co~+tent to here him &s;peke. And whan he was before the prince he excu&s;ed hym&s;elfe &s;o &s;agely / that the prince and his coun&s;ayle helde him excu&s;ed / and &s;o he fell agayne into the princes loue / and rede|med out his men by re&s;onable raun&s;oms. and y^e Cathelayne was &s;ette to his ran&s;ome of .x. M. frankes / the which he payed after. Than the car+dynall began to treat on the delyuerance of the frenche kyng / but I pa&s;&s;e it brefely bycau&s;e no|thyng was done. Thus the prince / the ga&s;cons and engly&s;&s;hmen taryed &s;tyllat Burdeux <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yll it was lent in great myrth and reuell / and &s;pende foly&s;&s;hely the golde and &s;yluer y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they had won. In Englande al&s;o there was great ioye whan~e they harde tidynges of the batayle of Poycters of the dy&s;confityng of the fre~chmen / and takyng of the kyng: great &s;olemnytes were made in a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> churches / and great fyers / and wakes through+out all Englande. The knyghtes and &s;quyers &s;uche as were come home fro that iourney were moche made of and pray&s;ed more than other.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the thre e&s;tates of France a&s;|&s;embled togyder at Parys / after the batayle of Poycters. Cap. C .lxx.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;e&s;on that the batayle of Poicters was / the duke of Lanca&s;tre was in y^e cou~tie of Eureux / and on the marches of Co~&s;tantyne and with hym the lorde Philyp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Nauer / &amp; the lorde God&punc; &s;ray of Harcort. They made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in Norman+dy: &amp; had done all that &s;ea&s;on in the tytell of the kyng of Nauer / whom the french kyng helde in pri&s;on. The&s;e lordes dyd all that they might to haue ben at the iourney of Poyters with y^e prin+ce but they coude nat: for all the pa&s;&s;ages on the ryuer of Loyre were &s;o well kept / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they myght nat pa&s;&s;e. But whan they herd howe the prince had taken the french kyng at the batayle of Po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ters they were gladde / and brake vp their iour|ney: bycau&s;e the duke of Lanca&s;tre / &amp; &s;ir Phy+lyppe of Nauer wolde go into Englande / and &s;o they dyd and they &s;ende &s;ir Godfray of Har+cort to &s;aynt Sauyoursle vycont / to kepe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fronter warre. Nowe let vs &s;peke of the frenche kynges thre&s;onnes: Charles / Loys / and John~ who were returned fro the be&s;ynes at Poyters they were right yong of age and of coun&s;ell. In the~ was but &s;mall recouery: nor <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none of the~ that wolde take on hym the gouerna~ce of the realme of France. Al&s;o the lordes knyghtes &amp; &s;quyers &s;uch as fledde fro the batayle / were &s;o hated &amp; blamed of the co~mons of y^e realme <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;cant they dur&s;t abyde in any good towne. Th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all the prelates of holy church beyng in France / by&s;&s;hoppes / abbottes / and all other noble lord&abis; and knyght&abis;: and the &abpro;uo&s;t of the marcha~tes y^e burge&s;&s;es of Paris / &amp; the cou~&s;els of other gode townes. They all a&s;&s;embled at Parys: &amp; there
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they wolde ordayne howe the realme &s;hulde be gouerned tyll the kynge were delyuered out of pri&s;on. Al&s;o they wold knowe fardet more what was become of the great trea&s;ure / that had ben leuyed in the realme: by deames / maltotes / &s;ub+&s;idyes forgyng of moneys / and in all other ex|torcyons / wherby the people hath ben ouerlayd and troubled: and the &s;oudyours yuell payed / and the realme yuell kept and defendedde. But of all this there were none that coulde gyue ac|compt: than they agreed that the prelates &s;huld cho&s;e out twelfe per&s;ones amonge theym / who &s;hulde haue power by theym and by all the cler|gy: to ordayne and to aduy&s;e all thynges coue|nable to be done. And the lordes and knyghtes to chu&s;e other twelfe among them / of their mo&s;t &s;age&s;t and dy&s;crete per&s;ones / to determyne all cau&s;es: And the burge&s;&s;es to cho&s;e other twelfe for the commons. The whiche &s;ire and thyrtie per&s;ons &s;hulde often tymes mete at Parys / and they to common and to ordayne for all cau&s;es of the realme: and euery matter to be brought to theym: and to the&s;e thre e&s;tates all other prela|tes / lordes / and co~mons &s;hulde obey. So the&s;e per&s;ones were cho&s;en out: but in the begynnin|ge there were dyuer&s;e in this clectyon / that the duke of Norma~dy was nat content withall / nor his coun&s;ayle. &para; Fir&s;te the&s;e thre e&s;tates de|fended euermore forgynge of money / al&s;o they requyred the duke of Normandy / that he wolde a re&s;t the chaunceler of the kynge his father / the lorde Robert of Lorreys / and the lorde Robert of Bucy / and dyuers other mai&s;ters of the cou~|tes / and other coun&s;aylours of the kynges: to the entent that they might make a trewe acount of that they had taken and leuyed in the realme and by their coun&s;aylles. Whan the&s;e mai&s;ters and coun&s;aylours herde of this mater / they de|parted out of the realme into other countreis / to abyde there tyll they herde other tidynges.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the thre e&s;tates &s;ende men of warre agayn&s;t the lorde God+fray of Harecourt. Cap. C .lxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe&s;e thre e&s;tat&abis; orday|ned and &s;tably&s;&s;hed in their names receyuers of all male totes / deames / &s;ub&s;idyes / &amp; other rightes pertayning to the kyng / and to the realme. And they made newe money to be forged of fyne golde called moutons: al&s;o they wolde gladly that the kynge of Nauer had ben delyuerd out of pri&s;on / where as he was at the ca&s;tell of Creuecure in Cambre&s;is. It was thought by dyuers of the thre e&s;tates: that the realme of Fraunce &s;hulde be the more &s;tronger and the better defe~ded / if he wolde be true to the realme for they &s;awe well there were than~e but fewe nobles to maynteyne the realme: for they were nyghe all taken~e and &s;layne at the batayle of Poycters. Than~e they requyred the duke of Normandy to delyuer hym out of pri&s;onne / for they &s;ayd howe they thought he had great wron+ge to be kepte in pri&s;one / for they wy&s;t nat why. The duke an&s;wered (and &s;ayde) howe he dur&s;t nat take on hym his delyueraunce: for the kyng his father putte hym in pri&s;one he coude nat tell for what cau&s;e. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there came ti|dynges to the duke / and to the thre e&s;tates / that the lorde Godfray of Harecout made fore <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in Normandy / and ouer ranne the countre two or thre tymes in a weke / &s;omtyme to the &s;ubbar|bes of Cane / of &s;aynt Lowe / Eureux / and Con|&s;tances. Than the duke and the thre e&s;tates: or|dayned a company of men of armes of thre hun+dred &s;peares / and fyue hundredde of other: and made four capitayns / the lorde of Rauenall / the lorde of Kenny / the lorde of Ryuell / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Friamyll. The&s;e men of warre departed fro Parys and went to Rowan: and there they a&s;|&s;embled on all partes / there were dyuers knygh+tes of Arthoys and of Uermandoys / as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Kenckey / the lorde Loyes of Hanefkell / the lorde Edward of Rou&s;y / the lorde John~ Fenes the lorde Ingram of Hedyn: and dyuers other. And al&s;o of Normandy <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many expert men of armes: and the&s;e lordes rode to Co~&s;tan|ces / and there made their gary&s;on.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batayle of Con&s;tances by|twene the lorde Godfray of Har+court / and the lorde Loyes of Rauenall. Cap. C .lxxii.</HEAD>
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_WHan the lord Godfray of Harco^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t / who was a right harby knyght a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> a couragi+ous: knewe that the frenche men were come to the cyte of Con&s;ta~ces. He assembled to+gyder as many men of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> as he coude gette / archers and other (and sayd) howe he wolde ryde and loke o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the frenchmen. And &s;o departed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> saynt Sauyour le <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he had about a &s;euyn hu~dred men on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and other the &s;ame day the frenchmen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> forth, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> before them their curr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / who brought them worde agayne that they had sene the naue+roy&s;e. Al&s;o &s;ir Godfray had sende <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> who had al&s;o well a viewed the frenchmen / and &s;awe their baners and penons and what nom|bre they were. And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and &s;he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> it to &s;ir Godfray (who &s;ayd) &s;yth we &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> we woll fight with theym. Than he &s;ette his ar|chers before / and &s;ette his company in good or|der. And whan &s;ir Loys of Rauenalt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> demeanour: he cau&s;ed his company in a lyght a fote / and to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aues them with their targes aga|yn&s;t the archers: and commaunded that none &s;hulde go forwarde without he commaunded. The archers began to aproch and tho&s;e feer&s;ly the fre~chmen who were well armed and pauy&s;|&s;hed &s;uffred their &s;hotte / it dyd theym no great hurt. So the frenchemen &s;tode &s;tyll / tyll the ar|chers had &s;pent all their arowes: than they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> away their bowes / and re&s;orted backe to their men of armes / who were a ranged a longe by a hedg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">: and &s;ir Godfray with his ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er before them. Than the frenche archers began to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and gathered vp the arrowes that had ben &s;ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> at them before: and al&s;o their men of armes be|gan feer&s;ly to aproche / there was a fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e fyght. Whan they mette hande to hande: and &s;ir God|frayes fotemen kept none aray / but were &s;oone di&s;co~fyteo. Than &s;ir Godfray &s;agely with<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rue hym&s;elfe downe into a wyng clo&s;ed with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> whan the fre~chmen &s;awe that: they all a lyghted a fote / and deuy&s;ed which way they might <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they went all about to fynde away: and &s;ir God+fray was redy euer to defende. They were ma|ny hurt and &s;layne of the frenchmen or they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> de entre at their plea&s;ure: finally they entred / &amp; than there was a &s;ore fyght and many a man o|uerthrowen. And &s;ir Godfrayes men kepte <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> good aray / nor dyd nat as they had promy&s;ed: moo&s;t part of theym <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de: whan &s;ir Godfray &s;awe that he &s;ayd to him&s;elf howe he had rathe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> there <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">than to he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aken by the fre~chmen than he toke his are in his handes and &s;et <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> one legge before thother to &s;tande the more &s;ure+ly / for his one legge was a lytell croked: but he was &s;trong in the armes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> he fought valy|antly and long: non bur&s;t well abyde his &s;tro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> than two frenchmen mounted on their hor&s;es <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ranne bothe with their &s;peares a tones at hym / and &s;o bare hym to the yerth: than other y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were a fote <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ame with their &s;w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rdes and &s;trake hym into the body vnder his harneys. So that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e was &s;layne: and all &s;uche as were with hya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were nygh all &s;layne and taken / and &s;uch as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ped retourned to &s;aynt Sauyour the Uycount. This was about the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Martyne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> wynter: the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lvi.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the prince conucyed the fren+che kyng fro Burdeux into En|glande. Cap. C .lxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the beth of this knight &s;ir Godfray of Harcourt: the fre~ch+men retourned to Co~&s;tances with their pri&s;oners and pyliage. And anone after they went into France to the duke of Normandy / who as than was cal+led regent of France / and to the thre e&s;tates wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> receyued them right honourably. So fro then&s; forth &s;aynt Sauyour le vycont was engly&s;th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and all the lordes pertayning to &s;ir Godfray of Harcourt / for he had &s;olde it to the kyng of En|gland after his dy&s;cea&s;e / and di&s;hery<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Loys of Harcort his nephue: by cau&s;e he wolde nat take his par<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. I&s;&s;one as the kyng of Engla~|de herde tidynges of the dethe of the lorde God|fray of Harcort he was &s;orie therof. Tha~ he &s;ent inco~tynent men of armes knyghtes / &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyers / &amp; archers mo than. CCC. by &s;ee: to go and take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon for hym of &s;aynt Sauyour le Uyco~t the which was worth .xxc. M. frankes by yere: and made captayne of tho&s;e land&abis; the lorde Jo|han Lyle. The thre e&s;tates all that &s;ea&s;on &s;tudy+ed ou the ordinance of the realme of France and it was all gouerned by them: the &s;ame wynter y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince of Wales and &s;uche of Englande as were with hym at Burdeux / ordayned for &s;hyppes to conuey the frenche kyng and his &s;onne: and all other pri&s;oners into Englande. And whan the tyme of his departed aproched: than he co~mau~|ded the lorde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">albert the lorde of Mu&s;ydent / the lorde de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> a&s;pare the lorde of Punyers / and the lorde of Ro&s;en to kepe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> contre there tyll his
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retourne agayne. Than he toke the &s;ee and cer|tayne lordes of Ga&s;coyne with hym: the frenche kyng was in a ve&s;&s;ell by hym &s;elf to be the more at his ea&s;e / acompanyed with two hu~dred men of armes and two thou&s;and archers for it was &s;hewed the prince that the thre e&s;tates by whom the realme of France was gouerned / had layed in Normandy and Crotoy two great armyes: to the entent to mete with hym / and to gette the frenche kynge out of his handes if they myght: but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were no &s;uche that apered. And yet thei were on the &s;ee .xi. dayes &amp; on the .xii. day they aryued at Sandwych: than they y&s;&s;ued out of their &s;hyppe and lay there all that night and ta|ryed there two dayes to refre&s;&s;he them: and on the thirde day they rode to Canterbury. Whan the kyng of Englande knewe of their co~mynge / he comaunded the~ of London to prepare theym and their cyte to receyue &s;uche a man as the fre~ / che kyng was. Than they of London arrayed them&s;elfe by co~panyes: and the chiefe mai&s;ters clothyng dyfferent fro the other at &s;aynt Tho|mas of Caunterbury the frenche kyng and the prince made their offerynges / and there taryed a day and than rode to <ABBR>Roche&s;ter</ABBR> / and taryed there that day and the nexte day to Dartforde: and the fourth day to London / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were honourably receyued and &s;o they were in euery good towne as they pa&s;&s;ed. The frenche kynge rode through London on a whyte cour&s;er well aparelled: and the prince on a lytell blacke hob|bey by hym. Thus he was conueyed a long the cyte tyll he came to the Sauoy the which hou&s;e pertayned to the herytage of the duke of Lanca+&s;tre: there the french kyng kept his hou&s;e a long &s;ea&s;on / and thyder came to &s;e hym the kyng and the quene often tymes / and made hym gret fee&s;t and chere. Anone after by the commaundement of pope Innocent the &s;irt there came into En|glande the lorde Taylleran cardynall of Pyer|gort / and the lorde Nycholas cardynall of Dar+gell. They treated for a peace bytwene the two kynges but they coude bring nothyng to effect: but at la&s;t by good meanes they &abpro;cured a tru&s;e bytwene the two kynges and all their a&s;&s;y&s;ters to endure tyll the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Johan the Bap|ty&s;t / in the yere of our lorde god. M. CCC .lix. And out of this tru&s;e was excepted y^e lorde Phi+lyppe of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> and his alyes the counte&s;&s;e of Mountfort / and the duchy of Bretayne. Anone after the french kyng was remoued fro the Sa+uoy to the ca&s;tell of wynd&s;ore and all his hou&s;e holde: and went a huntyng and a haukyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about it his <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> and the lorde Philypp his &s;on with hym: and all the other pri&s;oners abode &s;tyll at London / and went to &s;e the kyng at their plea&s;ure / and were receyued all onely on their faythes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Scottes was delyuered out of pri&s;on. Cap. C .lxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue herde here before howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was taken &amp; was pri&s;oner in En|glande more than .ix. yere. And a|none after the tru&s;e was concluded bytwene Englande and Fraunce: the two fore|&s;ayd cardynals with the by&s;&s;hoppe of &s;aynt An|drewes in Scotlande / fell in treaty for the dely|uerance of the kyng of Scott&abis;. The treaty was in &s;uche maner / that the kyng of Scotes &s;hulde neuer after arme hym&s;elfe agayn&s;t the kyng of Englande in his realme / nor coun&s;ayle nor con|&s;ent to any of his &s;ubgetes to arme them / nor to greue nor make warre agayn&s;t England. And al&s;o the kyng of Scottes after his retourne in|to his realme / &s;hulde put to all his payne and di+lygence that his men &s;hulde agre / that y^e realme of Scotland &s;huld holde in fee / and do homage to the kyng of England. And if the realme wol|de nat agree thereto: yet the kynge of Scottes to &s;were &s;olemply to kepe good peace with the kyng of Englande: and to bynde hym&s;elfe and his realme to pay within .x. yere after fyue hun+dred thou&s;ande nobuls: and at the &s;omonyng of the kyng of England / to &s;ende gode pleges and ho&s;tages: as the erle of Duglas / therle of Mo|rette / the erle of Mare / the erle of Surlant / the erle of Fye the baron of Uer&s;ey / and &s;ir Wylly|am of Caumoy&s;e. And all the&s;e to abyde in En|glande as pri&s;oners and ho&s;tagers for the kyng their lorde: vnto the tyme that the &s;ayd payme~t of money be full content and payed. Of this or|dynaunce and bondes / there were made in&s;tru|mentes / publykes / and letters patentes &s;ayled by bothe kynges. And than the kyng of Scott&abis; de&abper;ted and went into his realme / and his wyfe quene I&s;abell &s;u&s;ter to the kynge of Englande with hym: and he was honourably receyued in his realme and he went and lay at &s;aynt Joh&s;is towne on the ryuer of Try / tyll his ca&s;tell of E|denborough was newe prepared.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;ter layed &s;iege to Reynes. Cap. C .lxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_ABoute the myddes of May / in the yere of our lorde god. M. CCC .lvii. the du|ke of Laca&s;tre made in Bre|ten a great army of engly&s;&s;h+men &amp; of bretons / in the ayde of the counte&s;&s;e of Moutfort and or ner yonge &s;onne: they were in nombre a thou&s;ande men of armes well aparelled / and .v. hundred of other with archers. And they depar+ted on a day fro Hanybout: and went forthe bre~+nyng and exilyng the contrey of Bretayne / and &s;o came before the good cyte of Reynes / and lay+ed &s;iege therto and made many a&s;&s;autes and ly+tell good dyde: for within was the Uycount of Rowan / the lorde dela wall / &s;ir Charles of Di+gnen and dyuers other. And al&s;o there was a yong bachelar called Bertraude of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">le&s;quyne / who duryng the &s;iege fought with an engly&s;&s;h / man / called &s;ir Nycholas Dagorne: and that batayle was taken~e thre cour&s;es with a speare / thre &s;trokes with an are / and thre with a dag|ger. And eche of the&s;e knyghtes bare them&s;elfe &s;o valyantly / that they departed fro the felde w^t|out any damage / and they were well regarded bothe of theym within / and they without. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the lorde Charles de Bloyes was in the countrey and pur&s;ewed &s;ore the regent of Fraunce de&s;yring hym to &s;ende men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to rey&s;e the &s;iege at Reynes / but the regent had &s;u|che bu&s;ynes with the maters of the realme / that he dydde nothynge in that cau&s;e. So the &s;iege lay &s;tyll before Reynes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How a knyght of the county of Eu+reu&s;e called &s;ir wyllyam of Granuyll wan the cytie and ca&s;tell of Eureux / the which as than was french: for the frenche kyng had won it fro the Na|aeroys / as ye haue herde before. Capitulo. C. lxxvi</HEAD>
<P>_A knight named the lorde of Gran|uyll / &abper;tayning to the kyng of Na|uer bothe by fayth and othe: gret|ly it di&s;plea&s;ed hym the pre&s;e~tme~t of the kyng of Nauerre / and al&s;o it was right dy&s;ple&s;ant to &s;ome of the burge&s;&s;es of Eureur / but they coude nat amende it: bycau+&s;e the ca&s;tell was their enemy. This lorde dwelt a two leages fro the cyte: and o&s;ten tymes he re+&s;orted to the cite to a burges hou&s;e / that in tyme before euer loued well the kyng of Nauer. Wha~ this lorde came to this burge&s;&s;e hou&s;e he wolde eate &amp; drinke with hym: and &s;peke and co~men of many maters / &amp; &s;pecially of the kyng of Nauer and of his takyng / wherwith they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nothing co~tent. And on a tyme this lorde &s;ayd to the bur+ges if ye woll agre with me I&s;hal on a day wyn agayne this cyte / bourge / &amp; ca&s;tell / to the behofe of the kyng of Nauer / howe may that be &s;ayd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> burges / for the captayn of the ca&s;tell is &s;o gode a fre~chman that he woll neuer agre therto / &amp; with out the ca&s;tell ye can do nothynge / for the ca&s;tell ouer mai&s;treth the cytie. Well &abquod; the lorde Wyl|lyam I&s;hall &s;he we you: fir&s;t it behoueth that ye gette of your acorde thre or foure other burge&s;|&s;es / and prouyde redy in your hou&s;es certayne men well armed / and I&s;hall warra~t you on my peryll that ye &s;hall entre into the ca&s;tell without <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">anger by a&s;ubtyltie that I wyll co~pa&s;e. This burge&s;&s;e dyde &s;omoche in a briefe tyme: that he dyd gette a hundred burge&s;&s;es of his opinyon: This lorde of Granuyll came in and out into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cyte at his plea&s;ure without any &s;u&s;pectyon / for he was neuer in harnes with &s;ir Philyp of Na|uerre in no iourney that he made: bycau&s;e his lande lay nere to the cytie of Eureur. And al&s;o the frenche kyng whan he wan the cytie he cau|&s;ed all the landes there aboute to be bounde to hym / els he wolde haue taken them to his owne v&s;e. So the freuche kyng had the countrey / but the hertes of the people were &s;tyll naueroy&s;e: al|&s;o if kyng John~ had ben in Fraunce as he was in Englande he dur&s;t nat haue done as he dyd / but he thought y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> maters of France were in&s;ore trouble: and al&s;o &abper;ceyued howe the thre e&s;tates <ABBR>wer</ABBR> well mynded to the delyuera~ce of the kyng of Nauer. And whan he &s;aw all his mater redy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> well forward / &amp; that the burge&s;&s;es of his opy|nyon were well aduy&s;ed what they &s;hulde do / he armed hym&s;elfe with &s;ecrete armour &amp; dyd on a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">opp aboue &amp; a cloke aboue that and vnder his arme he bare a &s;hort batell axe &amp; with hym went a varlet who was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">riuy to his mynd. And &s;o he came walkyng before the ca&s;tell gate as he had often tymes done before: he walked vp &amp; dow|ne &s;o often / that at la&s;t the capitayne came dow|ne and opyned the wycket as he was wont to do and &s;tode and loked about hym. And whan &s;ir Wyllyam&s;ame hym: he went by lytell and lytell
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to hym and &s;aluted hym courte&s;ly / the captayne &s;tode &s;tyll and &s;aluted hym agayne. And whan they came nere togyder / they began to &s;peke of dyuer&s;e maters: and &s;ir Wyllyam demaunded of hym if he had herde any newe tidynges oute of Fraunce. The capitayne who was de&s;yrous to here newes &s;ayd: &s;ir I here none I pray you if ye haue herde any lette me here &s;ome parte of them / with a right good wyll &abquod; the lorde Wyl|lyam. Sir it is &s;ayd in Fraunce that the kynge of Denmarke / and the kyng of Irelande ar aly+ed togyder: and hath &s;worne to go forthe togy|der / and nat to retourne agayne into their coun+treys tyll they haue di&s;troyed all England / and haue brought agayne the frenche kynge to Pa|rys / for they ar on the &s;ee mo than a. C. M. men And the engly&s;&s;hmen be in &s;uche dout of them / that they wot nat what to do / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is an olde &s;ayeng among theym that the danes &s;hulde dy|&s;troy theym. The capitayne demaunded howe he knewe tho&s;e tidynges: &s;ir &s;ayde he / a knyght of Flaunders dyd write this to me for certayne / and he &s;ent me with y^e letter the goodlye&s;t che&s;&s;e+men that euer I &s;awe. He found out that mocke bycau&s;e he knewe well that the capitayne loued well the game of the che&s;&s;e: than the capitayne &s;ayde / &s;ir I pray you lette me &s;e theym / I &s;hall &s;ende for them &s;ayd &s;ir Wyllyam / on the condy|cion that you woll play a game with me for the wyne. And than he &s;ayde to his varlette: go thy way and fetche me the che&s;&s;emen / and bring the~ hyther to the gate: the varlet departed / and the capitayne and &s;ir Wyllyam entred into the fir&s;t gate / than the capitayne clo&s;ed the wycket after them with a bolt and locked it nat. Thanne &s;ir Wyllyam &s;ayde opyn the &s;econde gate / ye may well ynough without any danger / the captayne opyned the wycket and dyd &s;uffre &s;ir Wyllyam to entre to &s;e the ca&s;tell and he entred with hym. The varlet than went &s;treyght to the burge&s;&s;es who had men redy in harnes i~ their hou&s;es: and he cau&s;ed them to come harde to the ca&s;tell gate and than he &s;owned a lytell horne as it was de|uy&s;ed before that he &s;hulde do. Whan~e the lorde Wyllyam herde the horne he &s;ayde to the capy|tayne lette vs go out of the &s;econde gate for my varlet is commynge: than &s;ir Wyllyam pa&s;&s;ed the wycket and &s;tode &s;tyll without / and the ca|pitayne that wolde a pa&s;&s;ed out after hym / &s;ette out his fore and &s;touped downe and put out his heed. Than the lorde Wylliam toke the are that he had vnder his arme: and &s;trake the captayne &s;in he a &s;troke that he claue his heed / and &s;o fyll downe deed on the ground&s;yll: than~e the lorde Wyllyam went to the fir&s;t gate and opyned hit. Whan~e the watche man of the ca&s;tell herde the horne he had great marueyle: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a co~|mau~dement gyuen in the towne / that on payne of dethe none &s;hulde &s;owne any horne / than he loked and &s;awe men in harnes come ronnynge towardes the ca&s;tell gate / than he cryed trea&s;on trea&s;on. Than they within y^e ca&s;tell came to the gate and were &s;ore a ba&s;&s;hed whan they &s;awe it opyn / &amp; the capitayne deed ouerth wart the gate and the lorde Willyam with his axe in his han|des to defende the entre: Than inco~tynent <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came &s;uche as were apoynted to ayde the lorde Wyllyam and entred in at the fir&s;t gate / and &s;o after to the &s;econde gate and droue backe y^e &s;ou|dyers / and dyuers were taken and &s;layne: and &s;o entred into the ca&s;tell. Thus by this manere was the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Eureux won agayne: and than incontynent the cytie yelded vp / &amp; put out all the frenchmen / and than they &s;end for the lorde Philyp of Nauer / who was as than newe+ly come out of Englande / &amp; thyder he came and made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> his &s;auerayne gary&s;on to make <ABBR>war</ABBR> agayn&s;t the good countrey of Normandy / and with hym was &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ir James Phy&s;en / &s;ir Fryquet of Friquant / the Ba&s;cle of Marnell / the lorde Jouell / &s;ir Fondrigas and other / who dyd after moche my&s;chiefe in Fran|ce as ye &s;hall here herafter.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the co~panions wherof the arch+pree&s;t was chiefe / and howe he was honoured in Auygnon. Ca. C .lxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a knyght called &s;ir Ar|nolde Canoll / &amp; mo&s;t como~ly named archpree&s;t / he a&s;&s;em|bled togyder a great compa+ny of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of dyuers contrees / &s;uche as lacked wa+ges in other places. After the takyng of the fre~|che kynge they wy&s;te nat where than to wynne any thyng in Fraunce: &s;o fir&s;t they went towar+des Prouence / and toke byforce many &s;tronge townes and ca&s;telles / and robbed all the coun|trey to Auygnone. And they had none other ca|pitayne but this knight the archpree&s;t: the pope Innocent the &s;ixt / and the cardynalles beyng at
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Auygnon had of that company great dout / and kept there men day and nyght in harne&s;&s;e: and made good watche. Whan this archepree&s;t and his co~pany had robbed all the countre: the pope and the clergy fell in treaty with the~ / and &s;o on a &s;ure apoyntment they came to Auygnone / and they were as honourably receyued / as thoughe there had ben a kynges &s;onne. And often tymes this knyght dyned with the pope and with the cardynals / and they had pardon of all their &s;yn+nes / and at their departyng they had in rewar|de .xl. thou&s;ande crownes for hym and his com|pany. So &s;ome of his company departed: but &s;tyll the archpree&s;t kept his company togyder.</P>
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<HEAD>Of an other &s;ort of co~panyons wher|of Ru&s;&s;yn a wal&s;&s;hman was ca+pitayne. Cap. C .lxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_AL&s;o in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there ro&s;e an other company of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of all contre|ys gathered togyder: &amp; they kept bytwene y^e ryuer of Lo|yr and the ryuer of Sayne. Wherfore none dur&s;te go nor ryde bytwene Parys and Orleaunce / nor by|twene Parys and Moutarg&abis; euery man &s;ledde to Parys: and the poore men of the countre fled to Orleance. The&s;e companyons made among them a captayne called Ruffyn / they made hym knight: and by meanes of robbery and py&s;&s;age he was marueylous riche / &s;ome day they wolde ryde nere to Parys / another day to Orlyaunce: another tyme to Chartres. There was no tow|ne nor fortre&s;&s;e: &s;auynge &s;uche as were &s;tronge and well kept / but was by the~ robbed and ouer|ron: as &s;aynt Arnolde / Gallardon / Broumalx / Aloes / E&s;tampes / Cha&s;tres / Montleher / Plou+nyers / Inga&s;tynoes / Mylly / Larchant / Cha|&s;tellon / Montarges / I&s;y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">es and dyuers other great townes / that it were marueyll to reher&s;e them. They rode in and out about in the contre by .xx. by .xxx. and by .xl. and they founde no let: Al&s;o in Normandy by the &s;ee &s;yde there was a gretter company of robbers engly&s;&s;he and Na+ueroys: and &s;ir Robert Canoll was chefe of the~ and by &s;uche meanes he wanne townes ca&s;tels and fortre&s;&s;es: without any re&s;y&s;tence. This &abser; Robert Canoll had longe v&s;ed lyke maner / he was well worthe a hundred thou&s;and cr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">wnes / and kepte euer with hym many &s;oudyers at his wages: they pylled and robbed &s;o well / that ma+ny were gladde to folowe hym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the prouo&s;t of the marchan|tes of Parys &s;lewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre. Cap. C .lxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on that the thre e&s;tates thus ruled: there ro&s;e in dyuers countrees cer+tayne manere of people cal|lyng them&s;elfe companyons and they made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to eue|ry man. The noble men of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> realme of France and the prelates of holy chur|che began to waxe wery of the rule and ordyna~|ce of the thre e&s;tates: and &s;o gaue vp their rule / and &s;uffred the prouo&s;t of the marchantes to me dyll with &s;ome of the burge&s;&s;es of Parys / by|cau&s;e they medled farther than~e they were plea|&s;ed withall. So on a day the regent of Fraunce was in the palays of Parys / with many noble+men and prelates with hym. The prouo&s;t than a&s;&s;embled a great nombre of commons of Pa|rys / &s;uche as were of his opynion / and all they ware hattes of one colour: to thnetent to be kno|wen. The prouo&s;t came to the palays with his men about hym / and entred into the dukes cha~|bre: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> egerly he de&s;yred hym that he wol+de take on hym the medlyng of the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of the realme of France: that the realme the which pertayned to hym by enherytance might be bet|ter kept / and that &s;uche companyons as goeth a+bout the realme wa&s;tyng / robbyng / and pyllin|ge the &s;ame: myght be &s;ubdued. The duke an|&s;wered howe he wolde gladly entende therto yf he had wherwith: and &s;aid they that receyue the profet and the rightes pertayning to the realme ought to do it yf it be done or nat I report me. So they multiplyed &s;uche wordes bytwene the~ that thre of the greatte&s;t of the dukes coun&s;ayle were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;layne &s;o nere hym / that his clothes were all blody with their blode / and he him&s;elfe in great peryll: but there was &s;ette one of their hattes on his heed / and he was fayne there to &abper;|don
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the deth of his thre knyghtes two of armes and the thyrd of the lawe: the one called y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Robert of Cleremont a ryght noble man / ano|ther the lorde of Co~flans / and the knyght of the lawe / the lorde Symonde of Bucy.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Nauer came out of pri&s;on. Cap. C .lxxx.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this for&s;ayd auen ture certayne knyghtes as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde John~ of Pequigny / &amp; other vnder the comfort of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prouo&s;t of Parys / and of o|ther coun&s;aylours of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good townes ca~e to the &s;tronge ca|&s;tell of Alleres in Paylleull in Picardy / where the kyng of Nauer was in pri&s;on / vnder the ke|pynge of the lorde Try&s;tram du Boy&s;e. They brought to theym that kept the ca&s;tell &s;uche to|kens / that they had the king of Nauer delyuerd into their ha~des: for the captayn was nat as tha~ there. And they brought hym with great ioye into the cytie of Amyen&s;e where he was well re|ceyued / and lyghted at a chanons hou&s;e who lo+ued hym entierly / called Guy Kyrrecke. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng taryed there a fyftene dayes: tyll he had &s;o prouyded for hym&s;elfe / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was a&s;&s;ured of the duke of Normandy than regent of France / for the prouo&s;t of the marchantes of Parys hadde gette hym his peace of the duke / and of them of Parys. And than the kyng of Nauer was bro|ught to Parys by the lorde John~ of Pequigny and by other burge&s;&s;es of Amyen&s;e / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as e|uery man was gladde to &s;e hym: and the duke made hym great fee&s;t and chere / for it behaued hym &s;o to do. For the prouo&s;t and his &s;ect exhor|ted hym therto: therfore the duke di&s;&s;embled for the <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> of the prouo&s;t / and other of Parys / </P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Nauerre pre+ched &s;olemply in Parys. Cap. C .lxxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kynge of Na|uer had bene a certayne tyme in Parys: on a day he a&s;&s;em|bled togyder prelates / knigh+tes / and clerkes of the vnyuer+&s;ite. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed open+ly among them in latyn / in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pre&s;ence of the duke of Norma~dy: his co~playnt and greffes / and vyolence done to hym wrong|fully / without right or rea&s;on. And &s;ayde howe there was none that ought to dout in hym: but that he wolde lyue and dye in the defence of the realme of Fraunce and the crowne therof / as he was bounde to do: for he was extraught of fa|ther and mother of the right lygne of Fraunce. And &s;ayde if he wolde chalenge the realme and crowne of Fraunce: he coulde &s;hewe by ryght / howe he was more nerer therto than the kynge of Englande. His &s;ermon and langage was &s;o plea&s;ant that he was greatly pray&s;ed: and &s;o ly|tell and lytell he entred into the fauour of them of Parys &s;o y^t he was better beloued there than the regent / the duke of Norma~dy: and al&s;o with dyuers other cites in the realme of France. But what &s;oeuer &s;emblant the prouo&s;t &amp; they of Pa|rys made to the kyng of Nauer / for all that the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde neuer tru&s;t the~ nor wolde nat come to Parys: for he alwayes &s;ayd that in a comynalte <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was neuer no cer+tentie / but finally &s;hame / rebuke / &amp; dy&s;honour.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the beginnyng of the ry&s;ing of the commons / called Jaquere in Beauuo&s;yn. Cap. C .lxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANone after the delyue|raunce of the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a meruelou&s;e try|bulacion in the realme of Fra~+ce / as in Beauuo&s;yn / in Bry / on the ryuer of Marne / in Le+amoys / and about Seo&s;&s;ons: for certayne peo|ple of the common vyllages without any heed or ruler / a&s;&s;embled togyder in Beauuo&s;yn. In the beginnyng they pa&s;t nat a hundred in nom|bre: they &s;ayd howe the noble men of the realme of Fraunce / knyghtes and &s;quyers &s;hamed the realme / and that it &s;hulde be a great welth to dy+&s;troy them all / and eche of them &s;ayd it was true
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and &s;aid all with one voyce / &s;hame haue he that dothe nat his power to di&s;troy all the ge~tylmen of the realme. Thus they gathered togyder w^t|out any other coun&s;ayle &amp; without any armure<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;auyng with &s;taues and knyues / and &s;o went to the hou&s;e of a knyght dwellyng therby / &amp; brake vp his hou&s;e and &s;lewe the knyght and the lady and all his chyldren great and &s;mall / and brent his hou&s;e. And than they went to another ca&s;tel and toke the knight therof and bounde hym fall to a &s;take: and than vyolated his wyfe and his doughter before his face / and than &s;lewe the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|dy and his doughter / and all his other chyldren And than &s;lewe the knyght by great tourment / and brent &amp; beate downe the ca&s;tell: and &s;o they dyd to dyuers other ca&s;telles and good hou&s;es: and they multiplyed &s;o that they were a &s;ix thou+&s;and / and euer as they went forwarde they encre+a&s;ed / for &s;uche lyke as they were / fell euer to the~. So that euery gentylman fledde fro them and tooke their wyues and chyldren with them / and fledde .x. or .xx. leages of to be in &s;uretie / and left their hou&s;es voyde and their goodes therin. The&s;e my&s;cheuous peple thus a&s;&s;embled with|out capitayne or armoure: robbed / brent / and &s;lewe all gentylmen that they coude lay handes on: and forced and rauy&s;&s;hed ladyes and damo+&s;els / and dyd &s;uche &s;hamefull dedes that no hu|mayne creature ought to thynke on any &s;uche. And he that dyd moo&s;t my&s;chiefe was mo&s;t pre|a&s;ed with theym and greatte&s;t mai&s;ter: I dare nat write the horryble dedes that they dyd to la|dyes and damo&s;elles. Amonge other they &s;lewe a knight and after dyd put hym on a broche and ro&s;ted hym at the fyre: in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;yght of the lady his wyfe and his chyldren / and after y^t the lady had ben enforced and raui&s;&s;hed with a .x. or .xii. thei made her perforce to eate of her hu&s;band / and af+ter made her to dy an yuell deth and all her chyl+dren. They made among them a kynge / one of Cleremont in Beauuo&s;yn: they cho&s;e hym that was moo&s;t vngracyou&s;t of all other / and they called hym kyng Jaques Goodman: &amp; &s;o ther|by they were called companyons of the Jaque|ry. They di&s;troyed and brent in the countrey of Beauuo&s;yn / about Corby / Amyen&s;e / and Mo~t dydier / mo than thre&s;core good hou&s;es &amp; &s;trong ca&s;telles. In lyke maner the&s;e vnhappy people were in Bry and Arthoyes: &s;o that all the lady|es / knyghtes / and &s;quyers of that contrey were fayne to flye away: to Meaulx in Bry / a&s;well the duches of Normandy and the duches of Or+lyaunce: as dyuers other ladyes and damo&s;els / orels they had ben vyolated and after murdred. Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a certayne of the &s;ame vngracy|ous peple bytwene Parys and Noyon / and by+twene Parys and Soy&s;&s;ons: and all about in the lande of Coucy / in the countie of Ualoys / by+twene Brieche and Loan: Noyon and Soy&s;|&s;ons. There were brent and di&s;troyed mo than a hundred ca&s;telles and good hou&s;es / of knygh|tes and &s;quyers in that countrey.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the prouo&s;t of the marchan|tes of Parys / cau&s;ed walles to be made about the cytie of Pa|rys. Cap. C .lxxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the gentylmen of Beauuo&s;yn / of Corboys / of Uerma~doys / and of other la~+des where as the&s;e / my&s;che|uous peple were conuer&s;ant: &s;awe the woodne&s;&s;e amonge them / they &s;ent for &s;ocours to their tre~des into Flanders / to Brabant / to Hey|nault / and to Behayne: &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came fro all par|ties. And &s;o all the&s;e gentylmen &s;trangers with them of the countrey a&s;&s;embled togyder: &amp; dyde &s;ette on the&s;e people <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they might fynde the~ and &s;lewe and hanged them vpon trees by hea|pes. The kynge of Nauer on a day &s;lewe of the~ mo than thre thou&s;ande: be&s;yde Cleremount in Beauuo&s;yn. It was tyme to take them vp: for and they hadde ben all togyder a&s;&s;embled / they were mo than a hundred thou&s;ande: and whan they were demaunded why they dyd &s;o yuell de+des / they wolde an&s;were and &s;ay they coude nat tell: but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they dyd as they &s;awe other do / thyn|kyng therby to haue di&s;troyed all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nobles and ge~tylmen of the worlde. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the duke of Normandy departed fro Parys / and was in dout of the kynge of Nauer: and of the prouo&s;t of the marchauntes and of his &s;ect: for they were all of one acorde. He rode to the brige of Charenton on the ryuer of Marne / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he made a great &s;ommons of gentylmen &amp; than defyed the prouo&s;t of the marcha~tes and all his ayders. Than the prouo&s;t was in dout of hym that he wolde in the nyght tyme come and ouer|ron the cytie of Parys / the which as than was nat clo&s;ed. Than he &s;ette workemen a worke as many as he coude gette: and made great dykes
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all about Parys / and began walles and gates: he had the &s;pace of one hole yere / a thre hundred workmen contynually workyng. It was a gret dede to furnv&s;&s;he an arme / and to clo&s;e with de|fence &s;uche a cytie as Parys: &s;urely it was the be&s;t dede that euer any prouo&s;t dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / for els it had ben after dyuers tymes ouer ron and rob had by by dyners occa&s;yons.</P>
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<DIV1 N="184" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para; Of the batayle at Meaulx in Bry / where the companyons of the Jaque+ry were di&s;confyted by therle of Fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> and the captall of B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">z. Ca. Clxxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e vngracious people raygned there came out of Pruce / the erle of Foyz and the Captall of B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">z his co&s;yn. And i~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> way they herde as they &s;hul|de haue entred into Fraunce of the great my&s;chefe that fell among the noble men by the&s;e vnhappy people. And in the cytie of Meaulx was the duches of Normandy / and the duches of Orleaunce / and a thre hundred o|ther ladyes and damo&s;els: and the duke of Or|leance al&s;o. Than the two &s;ayd knyghtes agre|ed to go and &s;e the&s;e ladyes and to confort them to their powers: howe be it the Captall was en|gly&s;&s;he but as than it was tru&s;e bytwene y^e two kynges: they had in their company a thre&s;core &s;peares. And whan they were come to Meaulx in Bry they were welcome to the ladyes and da+mo&s;els <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> and whan tho&s;e of the Jaquery vn+der&s;tode that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was at Meaulx &s;uche a nom+bre of ladyes / yong damo&s;elles and noble chyl|dren. Than they a&s;&s;embled togyder: and with them they of Ualoys and &s;o came to Meaulx: and al&s;o certayne of Parys y^t herd therof went to them / &s;o that they were in all a nyne thou&s;and and dayly mo re&s;orted to them. So they came to the gates of the towne of Meaulx / and the pe+ple of the towne opyned the gates / and &s;uffred them to entre / &s;o that all the &s;treates were full of theym to the market place / where as the&s;e noble ladyes were lodged in a &s;tronge place / clo&s;ed a|bout with the ryuer of Marne: there came &s;uch a nombre agayn&s;t them that y^e ladyes were &s;ore afrayed. Than the&s;e two knightes and their co~+pany came to the gate of the markette place and y&s;&s;ued out and &s;ette on tho&s;e bilayns: who were but yuell armed. Therle of Foyz baner and the duke of Orleance / and the Captals penon: and whan the&s;e bilayns &s;aw the&s;e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> well aparelled y&s;&s;ued out to defende the place the for ma&s;t of them began to recule backe / and the gen+tylmen pur&s;ued them with their &s;peares &amp; &s;wer+des. And whan thei felde the great &s;trokes they reculed all a tones / and fell for ha&s;t ech on other than all the noble men y&s;&s;ued out of the baryers and anone wan the place / and entred in among their ennemyes and beate them downe by hea|pes / and &s;lewe them lyke bee&s;tes / and cha&s;ed the~ all out of the towne / and &s;lewe &s;o many that thei were wery / and made many of them by heapes to flye into the ryuer. Briefely: y^t day they &s;lewe of them mo than &s;euyn thou&s;and and none had &s;caped if they wolde a folowed the cha&s;e any far+ther. And whan the&s;e men of armes retourned a gayne to the towne: they &s;ette fyre there on / and brende it clene / and all the bilayns of the towne that they coude clo&s;e therin: bycau&s;e they tooke part with the Jaquery. After this di&s;con&s;yture thus done at Meaulx: they neuer a&s;&s;embled a / gayne togyder after / for the yong Ingram lord of Coucy had about hym certayne men of warr~ and they euer &s;lewe theym as they myght mete with theym without any mercy.</P>
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<DIV1 N="185" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para; Howe Parys was be&s;ieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce. Cap. C .lxxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_A None after this aduen+ture / the duke of Normandy a&s;&s;embled all the noble men togyder that he coude gette / a&s; well of the realme as of the empyre for his wages. So that he had a thre thou&s;ande &s;peares / and &s;o went and layed &s;iege to Parys / towarde &s;aynt Antoyne / a long by the ryuer of Sayne / &amp; was lodged hym&s;elfe at &s;aynt More and his men <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / and euery day they ran &s;kirmy&s;&s;hing to the walles of Parys. And &s;om tyme the duke lay at Chare~ton / and another &s;e|a&s;on at &s;aynt More / &s;o that nothyng ca~e to Pa|rys:
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on that &s;yde nother by lande nor by water / for the duke cau&s;ed bothe the ryuers of Sayne / and Marne to be &s;urely kept: and brende all the villages about Parys &s;uche as were nat clo&s;ed the better therby to cha&s;tyce theym of Parys. And if Parys had nat than ben fortifyed with walles and dykes: it had bene di&s;troyed / none dur&s;t go into Parys nor go out for feare of the dukes men / who rode on bothe &s;ybe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> the ryuer of Sayne at his plea&s;ure / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were none to re+&s;y&s;t them. The prouo&s;t kept &s;tyll in loue y^e kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> and toke of hym coun&s;ayle: and the commons day and nyght dyd worke on the de|fence of the cytie / and kept a great no~bre of men of warre / naueroy&s;e and engly&s;&s;he archers: and other companyons. There was in the cytie cer|tayne well dy&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons: as John~ Mayl|lart / and Symonde his brother / and dyuer&s;e of their lynage that were &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed of the duke of Norma~dyes yuell wyll: but the prouo&s;t had &s;o drawen to his opynion all maner of men that none dur&s;t &s;ay contrary to hym / without he were &s;layne without mercy. The kyng of Na|uer &s;eyng the varyaunce bytwene them of Pa|rys / and the duke of Normandy: thought and &s;uppo&s;ed that the maner coude nat long endure in that &s;tate. And he had no great tru&s;t to the co~|montie of Parys: and &s;o he departed then&s;e as curte&s;ly as he myght and went to &s;aynt Denyce and there he kepte with hym a good nombre of &s;oudyers / at the wages of them of Parys. The duke thus lay a &s;ixe wekes at Charenton / and y^e kyng of Nauerre at &s;aynt Denyce / they pylled and eate vp the countre on euery &s;yde: bytwene the&s;e parties entreated for a peace / the archby&s;|&s;hoppe of Senus / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Au&s;&s;er / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Beaumoys / the lorde of Momo|rency / the lorde of Fyenes / and the lorde of &s;aynt Uenant. And &s;o often they went bytwene the &abper;|ties / and &s;o &s;agely demeaned their bu&s;yne&s;&s;e: y^t the kyng of Nauerre with his owne good wyll without con&s;treynt / went to Charenton to the duke of Norma~dy and excu&s;ed hym&s;elfe of that he was had in &s;u&s;pecte. Fir&s;t of the dethe of the two knightes / and of mai&s;ter Symonde Bucy and of the di&s;pyte that the prouo&s;t had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">one to hym in the paleys of Parys. And they he &s;ware that it was vnknowen to him: and there promy+&s;ed the duke to &s;tycke with hym in good &amp; yuell / and there peace was made bytwene them. And the kynge of Nauer&s;ayde howe he wolde cau&s;e them of Parys / to make amendes for that they had done. The duke was content that the com|mons of Parys &s;hulde haue peace / &s;oo that he myght haue the prouo&s;t and .xii. other burge&s;|&s;es / &s;uche as he wolde cho&s;e within Parys / to correct theym at his plea&s;ure. All the&s;e thynges agreed: the kynge of Nauer retourned to &s;aynt Denyce / and the duke went to Meaulx in Bry / and gaue leaue to all his men of warre to dept. Certayne burge&s;&s;es of Parys: &s;uche as hadde holpen to make the &s;ayd treaty / de&s;yred y^e duke to come to Parys / &s;ayeng howe they &s;hulde do hym all the honoure they myght. The duke an|&s;wered (and &s;ayd) he wolde kepe y^e peace made and that he had &s;worne vnto / without any bre|kyng of his part: but to entre into Parys &s;ure|ly (he &s;ayd) he wolde neuer / tyll he had &s;aty&s;fa|cryon of theym that had dy&s;plea&s;ed hym. The prouo&s;t of the marchantes and his &s;ect: often ty+mes vi&s;yted the kyng of Nauerre at &s;aynt De|nyce / and &s;hewed hym howe they were in the in dygnacion of y^e duke of Normandy for his &s;ake bycau&s;e they delyuered hym out of pri&s;on / and brought hym to Parys. Therfore they &s;ayd to hym: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ir for godde&s;&s;ake haue no great tru&s;te in the duke nor in his coun&s;ayle. The kynge &s;ayd certaynly frendes ye &s;hall haue none yuell: but my part &s;halbe therin / &amp; &s;eyng ye haue as nowe the gouernaunce of Parys / I wolde coun&s;ayle you to prouyde your &s;elfe of golde and &s;yluer / &s;o that if ye haue nede / by that ye may euer helpe your &s;elfe. And hardely &s;ende it hyder to &s;aynt Denyce on the tru&s;t of me / and I &s;hall kepe hit well / and &s;hall alwayes entertayne men of warr~ &s;ecretly / that if ye haue nede &s;hall make warre a gayn&s;t your ennemyes. So thus after this the prouo&s;t two tymes a weke &s;ende euer to &s;aynte Denyce two &s;omers charged with floreyns to the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / who receyned the money with gladde chere.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the pari&s;yens that were &s;layne at &s;aynt Clude by the~gly&s;&s;hmen that had be&s;odyers in Paris. Ca. Clxxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl this &s;ea&s;on there were in Parys a great nombre of men of warre engly&s;&s;he and naueroy&s;e retayned in wag&abis; by the prouo&s;t / and by the co~|mons of the cytie to ayde the~ agayn&s;t the duke of Norma~+dy / who bare them&s;elfe right well the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> du|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng
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but whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> peace was made bytwene the pari&s;yens and the duke. Certayne of the&s;e &s;ou|dyours departed fro Parys: and &s;ome abode there &s;tyll / &s;uche as departed went to the kynge of Nauer / who receyued them into wages / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> abode &s;tyll in Parys a thre hundred / they &s;por|ted them and &s;pende merely their money. On a day a &s;tryfe fell bytwene theym and they of Pa|rys: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne of theym a thre&s;core / wherof the prouo&s;t blamed greatly them of the cytie. Howe beit to apea&s;e the co~mons: he toke mo than a hundred and fyftie / and put theym in pri&s;on in thre gates: and &s;ayd to the commons / howe they &s;hulde all be &s;layne / and corrected a|cordyng to their tre&s;paces: wherby the co~mons were apea&s;ed. But whan nyght came / the pro|uo&s;t cau&s;ed them to be delyuered out of pri&s;on: and put them out of the towne at their lybertie. And &s;o they went to &s;aynt Denyce to the kynge of Nauer: and he receyued and retayned theym all. In the next mornynge whan they of Parys knewe the delyueraunce of the engly&s;&s;hmen out of pri&s;on / they were greatly dy&s;plea&s;ed with the prouo&s;t: but he lyke a wy&s;e man dy&s;&s;embled the mater&punc; tyll it was forgoten. The&s;e engly&s;&s;he &amp; naueroy&s;e &s;oudyers: whan they were toguyder at &s;aynt Denyce / they were mo than thre hu~dred they determyned to be reuenged of them of Pa|rys / for the di&s;pyte done to them. Than they de|fyed theym of Parys: and made eger warre a|gayn&s;t theym / and to &s;lee all maner of people of Parys that y&s;&s;ued out / &s;o that they dur&s;t nat go out of their gates. Than they of the cytie de&s;y|red the prouo&s;t that he wolde cau&s;e parte of the commons to be armed / and to y&s;&s;ue out into the feldes to fyght with the engly&s;&s;hmen. The pro|uo&s;t agreed therto (and &s;ayd) howe he wolde go with them hym&s;elfe: &s;o on a day he cau&s;ed to be armed a .xii. hundred / and &s;o y&s;&s;ued out / &amp; than they herde howe the engly&s;&s;hmen that made the~ warre were about &s;aynt Clude. Than they de|parted them into two companyes: to the entent that their ennemyes &s;hulde nat &s;cape them / and poynted to mete togyder at a certayne place / be|&s;yde &s;aynt Clude. So they went by two wayes the one partie went all day about Mount Mar+ter / and coude nat fynde their enemyes / and the prouo&s;t who had the le&s;&s;e part / about noone re|turned and entred into Parys at the gate &s;aynt Martyne / and had done nothynge. The other company who knewe nat of the prouo&s;tes retur+nyng taryed &s;tyll in the feldes tyll it was to war+des night. Than~e they retourned homewarde without array or good order: for they thought than to haue no trouble / and &s;o they went wery|ly by heapes / &s;ome bare his &s;alette in his hande / &s;ome on his backe / &s;ome drewe their &s;werdes af+ter them naked / and &s;ome in the &s;hethes. They toke their way to entre into Parys by the gate &s;aynt Honoure / and &s;odenly as they went / they founde thengly&s;&s;hmen in a lowe way / they were a foure hundred well apoynted. Whan they &s;aw the frenchmen they &s;ette on them / and at the fir&s;t metyng they beate downe mo than two hu~dred than the fre~chmen fledde and were beate downe lyke bee&s;tes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were &s;layne in that cha&s;e mo than &s;ixe hundred / and they were pur&s;ued to the barryers of Parys: of this aduenture the pro|uo&s;t was greatly blamed of the commons / they &s;ayd howe he had betrayed them. The next day in the mornynge: the frendes of them that were &s;layne y&s;&s;ued out of Parys to &s;eke the deed bo|dyes to bury them / and the engly&s;&s;hmen hadde made abu&s;&s;hment / and there agayne they &s;lewe &amp; hurt mo than &s;ix&s;core. Thus in this my&s;chiefe and trouble were they of Parys / they wy&s;t nat of whom to beware / they were night and day in great feare: al&s;o the kyng of Nauerre began to waxe colde in aydinge of the~ / bycau&s;e of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> peace that he had &s;worne to the duke of Normandy. And al&s;o for the outrage that they of Paris had done to thengly&s;&s;he &s;oudyers / wherfore he well con&s;ented that they &s;hulde be cha&s;ty&s;ed: al&s;o the duke of Normandy dyd &s;uffre it / bycau&s;e the &abpro; uo&s;t of the marchantes had y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gouernyng of the cytie. The prouo&s;t and his &s;ect were natte all in &s;uretie: for the co~mons &s;pake &s;hamefully of the~ as they were enfourmed.</P>
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<DIV1 N="187" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para; Of the dethe of the prouo&s;t of the marchauntes of Parys. Cap. C .lxxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe prouo&s;t and his &s;ect had among them&s;elf dyuers coun&s;aylles &s;ecretly to know howe they &s;hulde mayntene the~&s;elfe / for they coude fynde by no meanes any mercy in the duke of Normandy / for he &s;ende worde generally to all the commens of Parys / that he wolde kepe with them no lenger peace / without he had delyuerd into his handes
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twelfe of Parys / &s;uche as he wolde cho&s;e / to do with them his plea&s;ure. The which thyng gret|ly aba&s;&s;hed the prouo&s;t and his company: final|ly they &s;awe well that it were better for them to &s;aue their lyues / goodes / and frendes: <ABBR>ratherr</ABBR> than to be di&s;troyed. And that it were better for theym to &s;lee / than~e to be &s;layne: than &s;ecreatly they treated with thengly&s;&s;hmen / &s;uch as made warre agayn&s;t Parys. And they agreed by|twene theym: that the prouo&s;t and his &s;ect &s;hul|de be at the gate &s;aynt Honoure / and at the gate &s;aynt Anthoyne at the houre of mydnight: and to lette in the engly&s;&s;hmen and naueroy&s;e / pro|uyded redy to <ABBR>ouerr</ABBR> ronne the cytie: and to dy|&s;troy and robbe it clene. Ercept &s;uche hou&s;es as hadde certayne &s;ignes lymyted among theym / and in all other hou&s;es without &s;uche tokens to &s;lee menne / womenne / and chyldren. The &s;ame nyght that this &s;hulde haue been done: god en|&s;pyred certayne burge&s;&s;es of the cytie / &s;uche as alwayes were of the dukes partie: as Johanne Mayllart / and Symonde his brother / and dy+uers other. Who by dyuyne in&s;pyracion: as hit ought to be &s;uppo&s;edde / were enfourmed that Parys &s;hulde be that nyght di&s;troyed. They incontynent armed theym and &s;hewed the ma|ter in other places / to haue more ayde: and a ly|tell before mydnight they came to the gate &s;aint Anthoyne / and there they founde the prouo&s;t of the marchauntes with the kayes of the gates in his handes. Thanne John~ Mayllart &s;ayde to the prouo&s;te / callynge hym by his name Ste|phyne what do you here at this houre: the pro|uo&s;t an&s;wered (and &s;ayd) Joha~ne what wolde ye / I am here to take hede to the towne: wher|of I haue the gouernynge / by god &s;ayde John~ ye &s;hall natte go &s;o. ye are nat here at this houre for any good: and that may be &s;ene by the kay|es of the gates that ye haue in your handes / I thynke it be to betray the towne. Quod the pro|uo&s;t Johanne ye lye fal&s;ely. Nay &s;ayd Joha~n / Stephyn thou lye&s;t fal&s;ely lyke a treatour / and therwith &s;trake at hym / and &s;ayd to his compa|ny &s;lee the treatours. Than~e euery man &s;trake at theym: the prouo&s;t wolde a fledde / but John~ Mayllart gaue him with an are on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> heed that he fyll downe to the yerthe / and yet he was his go&s;&s;yppe / and lefte nat tyll he was &s;layne / and &s;ixe of theym that were there with hym: and the other taken and putte in pri&s;on. Than~e people began to &s;tyre in the &s;tretes: and John~ Mayl|lart and they of his acorde went to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gate &s;aynt Honoure / and there they founde certayne of the prouo&s;tes &s;ecte / and there they layde trea&s;on to the~: but their excu&s;es auayled nothyng. There were dyuers taken and &s;end into dyuers places to pri&s;on / and &s;uche as wolde nat be taken were &s;layn without mercy. The &s;ame night they we~t and toke dyuers in their beddes / &s;uche as were culpable of the trea&s;on: by the confe&s;&s;yon of &s;u|che as were taken. The next day John~ Mayl|lart a&s;&s;embled the moo&s;t parte of the commons in the markette hall and there he mounted on a &s;tage: and <ABBR>&s;hewedd</ABBR> generally the cau&s;e why he hadde &s;layne the prouo&s;te of the marchauntes. And <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> by the cou~&s;ayle of all the wy&s;men / all &s;uche as were of the &s;ect of the prouo&s;t were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|ged to the dethe / and &s;o they were executed by dyuers tourmentes of dethe. Thus done John~ Mayllart / who was than~e greatly in the grace of the commons of Parys and other of his ad|herentes / &s;ende Symonde Mayllart / and two mai&s;ters of the parlyament &s;ir Joha~n Alphons and mai&s;ter John~ Pa&s;torell to the duke of Nor+mandy / beyng at Charenton. They &s;hewed the duke all the mater: and de&s;yred hym to come to Parys to ayde and to coun&s;ayle them of the cy|tie / fro then&s; forthe: &s;ayeng that all his aduer&s;a|ryes were deed. The duke &s;ayde with ryght <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> good wyll: and &s;o he came to Parys / and with hym &s;ir Arnolde Dandrehen / the lorde of Roy / and other knyghtes / and he lodged at Lour.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the kyng of Nauer defied the realme of France / the kyng beyng pri+&s;oner in England. Cap. C .lxxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kynge of <ABBR>Na|uerr</ABBR> knewe the trauth of the dethe of the prouo&s;t his great fre~de / and of other of his &s;ect he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed: bicau+&s;e the prouo&s;t had ben euer to hym right fauorable. And by cau&s;e the brunt went y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was chiefe heed of the &abpro;uo&s;tes trea&s;on: &s;o all thynges con&s;ydred / &amp; by the cou~&s;ell of the lorde Philyp of Nauer his bro+ther / who was ther W^t hym at &s;aint Denice / they detmyned to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to the realm of Fra~ce. Than incontynent he &s;ende his defyance to the duke of Norma~dy / to the pari&s;yence / and to the hole body of the realme of Fraunce. And than he de&abper;ted fro &s;aynt Denyce / and his men ouer|ranne
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the towne at his departynge and robbed it / and al&s;o Melynne on the ryuer of Sayne / where as quene Blanche his &s;u&s;tre was / &s;om|tyme wyfe to kyng Philyppe. The which lady receyued hym ioyfully: and dyde putte all that the had to his plea&s;ure / and the kyng of Nauer made of that towne and ca&s;tell his principall ga+ry&s;on / and retayned men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> almaygnes / braban&s;es / Heynowers / behaignenoyes / and fro euery place where he might gette the~. Men were gladde to &s;erue hym / for he payed largely: he hadde ynough wherwith of &s;uche money as he had gette by the ayde of the prouo&s;t of y^e mar+chantes of them of Parys / and of other townes there about. The lorde Philyyppe of Nauerre went to Maunt / and to Meule~ce on the ryuer of Sayne / and there he made his gary&s;ons / e|uery day the kyng of Nauers company encrea|&s;ed. Thus the kyng of Nauerre and his men be+ganne to make warre to the realme of Fraunce / and &s;pecially to the noble cytie of Parys. They were mai&s;ters of the ryuers of Sayne / Marne and Doy&s;&s;e: the&s;e naueroy&s;e multiplyed in &s;u|che wy&s;e / that they toke perforce the &s;trong tow+ne of Craell / wherby they were mai&s;ters of the ryuer of Doy&s;&s;e: and al&s;o they wanne the &s;tron+ge ca&s;tell of Hereell / a thre leages fro Amyen&s;e / and after the wanne Maucoun&s;ell. The&s;e thre fortre&s;&s;es dyde after great dy&s;turbaunce to the realme of France: there were a fyftene hundred that ouer ranne all the countre without any re|&s;y&s;tence. And anone after they wanne the ca&s;tell of &s;aynt Ualery / where they made a &s;trong ga|ry&s;on: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they made &s;ir Wyllyam of Bo~|nemare and John~ of Segures capitayns with fyue hundred men / and they ouer ran the coun|trey to Depe to Abbeuyle / and to the portes of Crotoy of Roy / and of Mutterell. Whan~e the naueroy&s;e harde of a ca&s;tell or towne / though it were right &s;tronge / they made no doutes to get it. Often tymes they wold ryde in a night thyr|tie leages / and come into a countrey <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they had no doute. Thus they &s;tale and wan ca&s;tels and fortre&s;&s;es in the realme of Fraunce: &amp; &s;om|tyme toke knyghtes and ladyes in their beddes and &s;ome raun&s;omed / and fro &s;ome toke all that they had: and than putte them out of their owne hou&s;es. They made capitayne of the towne of Craell the lorde Fondregas of Nauer / he gaue and graunted &s;aueco~ductes to them that wolde pa&s;&s;e to Parys / to Noyon / or fro Noyon to Co~+paygne / or fro thens to Soy&s;&s;ons: or to Laon / and to other places. The&s;e &s;aueconductes were well worthe to hym whyle he lay at Craell / a hu~+dred thou&s;ande frankes / and at the ca&s;tell of He+reell lay the lorde John~ of Piquegny pycarde / who was a good naueroy&s;e: his men con&s;tray|ned &s;ore them of Mou~tdedyer / of Arras / of Pe|ronne / and of Amyen&s;e: and all the countrey of Picardy a long the ryuer of Some. In the ca|&s;tell of Maucon&s;ell <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were thre hundred men of warre / and rabenoyes of Durychars / Fran|quelyn and Hannekyn were chiefe capitayns. They ouer ranne the countrey aboute Noyon: all the great townes of the countrey that were nat clo&s;ed about Noyon / <ABBR>wer</ABBR> rau~&s;omed to pay euery weke a certayne &s;omme of floreyns: and al&s;o the abbeyes were fayne to do y^e &s;ame / or els they had been brende and di&s;troyed: they were &s;o cruell on their ennemys. So by the&s;e maner of people the landes were voyde and nat labou|red / wherby a great darthe ro&s;e in the realme of Fraunce.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the naueroy&s;e that the Pycard&abis; be&s;ieged in the ca&s;tell of Mau|coun&s;ell. Cap. C .lxxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the duke of Nor|ma~dy beyng at Parys knew howe the&s;e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> exy|led the countre in the tytell of the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / and y^t dayly they encrea&s;ed. He &s;ent than~e to all the good townes in Picardy &amp; of Uerma~doy&s;e: de&s;yring euery man acordyng as they might beare / to &s;end cer|tayne nombre of men a warre a fote and a hor&s;e backe to re&s;y&s;t the naueroi&s;e / who wa&s;ted the re+alme of France: wherof he had the chiefe gouer+naunce. The cytes and good townes were glad &s;o to do: and taxed them&s;elfe as they might bere the wages of certayne men of armes / a fote and a hor&s;ebacke / with archers and cro&s;bowes. And fir&s;t they went towarde the cyte of Noyon / and went &s;treyght before the gary&s;on of Mauco~&s;ell / for they toke it for the weake&s;t gary&s;on nauero|&s;e / and that moo&s;t dyd hurt to them of Noyon / and of the good countre of Uerma~doy&s;e. Of all the&s;e frenchmen was captayne the by&s;&s;hopp~ of Noyon / &amp; with hym the lorde Raoll of Cou&s;y / &amp; the lord of Rauenall / the lord of Chaney / y^e lorde of Roy / &abser; Mathue of Roy his brother / &amp; diuers
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other knyghtes and &s;quyers of Picar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y and of Uermandoy&s;e / and &s;o they be&s;ieged Mauco~|&s;ell and made dyuers a&s;&s;autes / and &s;ore co~&s;tray+ned them within. Who &s;awe well how they cou|de nat long defende their fortres without &s;ome ayde: wherfore they &s;end worde of their danger to the lorde John~ of Piquegny / who was at He+reell: to whom all other of their fortre&s;&s;es obey|ed. Who whan he knewe therof: made gret ha&s;t to go and conforte his frendes at Maucon&s;ell / he&s;end &s;ecretly to them of Craell / that they &s;hul+de be redy in the &s;eldes at an houre and place a|poynted for the &s;ame: euery man drewe to that place. And whan they were togyder: they were in nombre a thou&s;ande &s;peares / and than~e they rode by night as they were gyded / and came in a mornynge to Maucoun&s;ell. The &s;ame mor|nyng there was &s;uche a my&s;t: that a man coude nat &s;e the bredyth of an acre fro hym / and than~e &s;odenly they da&s;&s;hed into the frenche hoo&s;t who was natte warre of theym / but &s;lept and hadde but a &s;mall watche: for they thought they m&s;elfe well a&s;&s;ured. The naueroy&s;e beganne to make their cryes: and began~e to &s;lee and beat downe tentes and pauylious / and made a great &s;kir|my&s;&s;he: &s;o that the frenchmen hadde no lea&s;ure to arme theym / but &s;o fledde towardes Noyon / the whiche was next to them: and the naueroy|&s;e folowed in the cha&s;e. There were many &s;lay|ne and ouerthrowen / bytwene Noyon and Or|cans abbey / and bytwene Noyon and the by&s;|&s;hoppes bridge and there about. The deed men lay on the grounde by heapes / and in the way|es / and amonge hedges and bu&s;&s;bes: the cha&s;e endured to the gates af Noyon. And the cytie was in great daunger to haue been lo&s;t: for &s;u|che as were there of bothe parties / &s;ayde that if the naueroy&s;e had ly&s;t / they might haue entred into the towne: for they within were &s;o a fray|ed / that they forgate to clo&s;e their gates towar|des Comptegne. And the by&s;&s;hoppe of Noyon was takenne at the barryers: and there &s;ware to be trewe pri&s;oner / or els he hadde ben &s;layne. And the &s;ame day there was takenne the lorde Raoull of Cou&s;ey / the lorde Raoll of Rauenall / the lorde of Chaunny and his two &s;onnes / the Bourge of Rowmorey / the lorde of Turte / the lorde of Uendyenll / the lorde Anthony of Cou|dune / and a hundred knyght&abis; and &s;quyers: and &s;layne mo thanne fyftene hundred. And &s;pecial+ly of them of the cytie of Tourney: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was of theym a great nombre there / &s;ome &s;ayd of &s;e|uyn hundred that came then&s;e / there retourned but a fewe: but outher they were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ayne or ta|ken. For they within Maucoun&s;ell al&s;o y&s;&s;ued out / who ayeded well to that di&s;confyture / the which was the yere of our lorde god a thou&s;and thre hundred fyftie and eyght: the wedny&s;day nexte after the fee&s;t of our lady in the myddes of the moneth of Augu&s;t. The naueroi&s;e ledde the moo&s;t parte of their pri&s;oners to Craell / bycau|&s;e it was a gode towne and a &s;tronge: they wan at that iourney great ryche&s;&s;e and good pri&s;o|ners / whom they rau~&s;omed. And al&s;o they raun+&s;omed the burge&s;&s;es of Tourney / and of other good townes: &s;ome for money / &s;ome for &s;tuffe &s;uche as they neded: as &s;peare heedes / glaynes / axes / &s;werdes / cotes / doublettes / ho&s;es / and all &s;uche other thynges. And the knyght&abis; and &s;quy+ers were raun&s;omed for golde and &s;yluer / or for good hor&s;es: and of a poore ge~tylman that had nothynge to pay / they tooke their &s;eruyce for a quarter of a yere or a halfe / or thre quarters / as they coulde agree: as for wynes and vitaylles they hadde ynough. The playne countrey dely|uered theyn &s;ufficyent: there came nothynge to the good townes but by &s;telth / or els by &s;auee co~+ducte / the which they &s;olde dere. And in all there &s;aue conductes they euer excepted thre thynges / hattes of Bieuer / eu&s;trydge fethers / and &s;pere heedes. They of Maucon&s;ell vyolated y^e mo&s;te parte of the good abbey of Orcans / wherwith the capitayne of Maucoun&s;ell was &s;ore di&s;plea+&s;edde: the naueroy&s;e &s;predde abrode in dyuer&s;e places / on bothe &s;ydes of the ryuers of O<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s; / &amp; Some. There were two men of armes: Raby goy&s;e of Dury / and Robyn le Scote: they toke by &s;calynge the good towne of Barley / where they made a gary&s;on well fortifyed: they hadde in wages vnder theym foure hundred &s;oudyers and were payed monethly. Thus they of Ber|ley / of Maucoun&s;ell / of Craell / and of Heree<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> ranne ouer the countre where they ly&s;t: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were none that with&s;tode theym. The knygh|tes of the countrey hadde ynough to do / to k<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e their fortre&s;&s;es and hou&s;es. So the&s;e nauer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|&s;e and engly&s;&s;hmen went and dydde what they ly&s;t: &s;omtyme they rode in harneys / and &s;om|tyme vnarmed and &s;ported theym fro fortre&s;&s;e to fortre&s;&s;e / as though all the countrey had ben in gode re&s;t and peace. The yong lorde of Cou|cy / cau&s;ed his ca&s;tels to be well kept / he was as &s;ouerayne of all that countrey. The Cha|noyne of Rober&s;art dyd more trou|ble to the naueroy&s;e than any any other / for often ty|mes he dy&s;tru&s;|&s;ed &s;omme of theym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe certayne burge&s;&s;es of Amy|ens wolde a delyuerd the cytie to the naueroy&s;e / and of the great famyne that was than in Fraunce. Cap. C .lxxxx.</HEAD>
<P>_SO it was that the lorde Johanne of Piquegny / who was on the kynge of Nauers parte / and chiefe of his coun|&s;ayle: and by who&s;e ayde he was delyuered out of pri&s;one. This knyght lay and kept the gary&s;on of Hereell thre leages fro Amyen&s;e / he dyde &s;omoche by his &s;ubtyltie / wytte / and fayre language: with certayne burge&s;&s;es of Amyens of the greatte&s;t of the cyte / that they &s;hulde haue &s;ufferedde the naueroy&s;e to entre into the cytie. And the&s;e burge&s;&s;es traytours to the cytie: had &s;ecretely in their chambers and loftes / certayne naueroy&s;e that &s;hulde haue ayeded to haue dy|&s;troyed the cytie. And in an euenynge the lorde Johanne of Piquegny / the lorde Wyllyam of Granuyll / the lorde Fryquette of Fryquaunt / the lorde Lynne of Bela&s;toy / and the lorde Fon+degray: and with theym a &s;euyn hundred fygh|tynge men came to the gate of Amyen&s;e to war|des Hereell / on tru&s;t of their frendes within the cytie / and they founde the gate opynne as hit was promy&s;ed. Thanne &s;uche as were hydde within the cyte / in chambers and cellers y&s;&s;ued oute and cryed <ABBR>Nauerr:</ABBR> than~e they of the cytie awooke and ro&s;e and cryed trea&s;on / and drewe to the gate where the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e was / bytwene the boro we and the cytie. And &s;uche as ca~e fir&s;t kepte the gate: &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers &s;layne and &s;ore hurte on bothe parties / and yf the na|ueroy&s;e hadde made great ha&s;te to haue entred a&s;&s;oone as they came / they had wonne the cytie: but they taryed at the borowe and dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> feat cowardely. The &s;ame night god <ABBR>en&s;pyredd</ABBR> the lorde Morell Fyennes con&s;table of Fraunce / and the erle of &s;aynt Poule / who were at Cor|by with a great nombre of menne of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> they y&s;&s;ued out and rode in &s;o great ha&s;te / that they came to the cyte by that tyme the naueroy&s;e had wonne the borowe and dyd their payne to wyn the cytie: whiche they hadde done / and the com|mynge of the&s;e two &s;ayde lordes had nat been. Who a&s;&s;oone as they were entred into the cytie by another gate: drue &s;treyght to the gate wher as the medlyng was / &amp; di&s;played their baners: and ordred theym&s;elfe in the &s;trete / and y&s;&s;ued natte out of the gate / for they &s;awe well the bo|rowe was but lo&s;te without recouery. The&s;e &s;o+coures encouraged greatly theym of the cytie / and lyghted vppe many torche&s;&s;e and other fy|ers. Whan the lorde of Piquegny and his com|pany vnder&s;tode that the&s;e other lordes were come to the &s;ocour of the cytie: thanne they tho|ught they might le&s;e more thanne wynne: ther|fore he recreated all his menne as &s;oberly as he might. And &s;o all the naueroy&s;e reculed backe and &s;o wnedde the retreat / but they ouer ranne all the borowe and brende it: wherin their were well thre thou&s;ande hou&s;es and good lodgyn|ges / and pary&s;&s;he churches and other: and all were brende nothynge &s;auyd. Thus the naue|roy&s;e retourned with great ryche&s;&s;e / that they gatte in the borowe of Amyen&s;e and many gode pri&s;oners / and &s;o went to their gary&s;o~s. Whan they were all gone: the con&s;table of France and the erle of &s;aynt Poule / &s;ende their companyes to all the gates of the cytie / commaundynge the kepars on payne of dethe / to &s;uffre no manne to y&s;&s;ue out of the towne: and &s;o they dydde. In the mornyng be tymes the&s;e &s;ayd to lordes with certayne of the burge&s;&s;es / who knewe well all the maner of the cytie / went to certayne burge&s;|&s;es hou&s;es / &s;uche as they hadde in &s;u&s;pect of tre|a&s;onne. And &s;o tooke a &s;euyntene: who were in|contynent beheeded openly in the market place / and &s;pecially the abbotte of Gars / who had con+&s;ented to this trea&s;on: and hadde lodgedde the moo&s;t parte of the naueroy&s;e within his hou&s;e. In lyke ca&s;e anone after there was putte to deth in the good cytie of Laone / &s;ixe of the greatte&s;t burge&s;&s;es of that cytie: and if the by&s;&s;hopp~ ther hadde bene taken he hadde dyed / for he was ac|cu&s;ed of trea&s;onne. And he coude neuer after excu&s;e hym&s;elfe: and &s;o &s;ecretely departed / for he had frendes that hadde <ABBR>&s;hewedd</ABBR> hym all the mater. And &s;treyght he wente to the kynge of Nauerre to Melyne on they ryuer of Sayne / who receyued hym ioyfully. Suche fortune&s;&s;e fyll in tho&s;e dayes within the realme of France / wherfore euery lorde / and knyght / and kepars of townes and ca&s;telles kept euer good watche. And in dede the kynge of Nauerre hadde ma|ny frendes abrode in the realme: and yf that he hadde nat bene parceyued be tymes / he hadde done many yuell and my&s;cheuous dedes in the realme: and yet he dyd ynough. All this &s;ea&s;on
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the ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e of Normandy and his bretherne lay at Parys. There were no marchantes that dur&s;te y&s;&s;ue oute to ryde on their bu&s;yne&s;&s;e / yf there dyd / anone they were ouerthorwen which way &s;oeuer they toke / for the realme was &s;o full of na+ueroy&s;e / that they were mai&s;ters of the playne countrey and of the ryuers: and of dyuers cyti|es and good townes / wherby their fyll &s;o dere a &s;ea&s;on in Fraunce / that a barell of heryng was &s;olde for .xxx. crownes of golde: &amp; all other thyn+ges after the rate. The poore peple dyed for hu~|ger: and this &s;ea&s;on dured more than four yere &punc; and &s;pecially in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good townes of France: there was no &s;alte to get but at the handes of the duke of Normandyes offycers: and they &s;olde it atte their plea&s;ure / to gather therby money to pay y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;oudyours wages.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the naueroy&s;e that were be&s;ie|ged in &s;aynt Ualery by pycardes / and howe the realme was full of naueroy&s;e. Cap. C .lxxxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe con&s;table of France and the yonge erle of &s;aynte Poule dyd gette them moche thanke and pray&s;e in the con|trey of Picardy / for &s;ocoring of the good cytie of Amyen&s;e / and all the knyght&abis; and &s;quy+ers of Picardy fyll into their company: &amp; there they all toguyder agreed to goo and ley &s;iege to &s;aynt Ualery. The co~&s;table &s;ende for men to all the good townes &amp; cyties of Picardy: as Tour+ney / Arras / Ly&s;le / Doway / Bethyne / &s;aynt O|mers / &s;aynt Quyntyne / Peron / Amyens / Cor|by / and Abuyle: eche of theym &s;ende a certayne nombre of men to the co~&s;table. And many other knyghtes and &s;quyers drewe thyder / and &s;peci|ally out of Heynalt: bycau&s;e of &s;uche herytages as they helde in Fraunce / the lorde Dandrehen &s;end thyder the yong &s;ene&s;hall of Heynault / the lorde John of Uerthyne / and &s;ir Hewe Da~toy|gne his co&s;ynne / and dyuers other. And &s;o they came and layde &s;iege before &s;aynt Ualery / they were a two thou&s;ande knyghtes and &s;quyers / and there were a twelfe thou&s;ande of commons &s;ende thyder from the gode townes / at their co&s;t and charge: &s;pecially they of Abuyle were &s;ore charged / for they hadde the moo&s;t part of their prouy&s;ion fro then&s;e. This &s;iege endured a lon+ge &s;ea&s;on / and there were many great a&s;&s;autes and &s;kirmy&s;&s;hes: dayly there was euer &s;o~what done of newe. The yonge knyghtes and &s;quy|ers of the hoo&s;t often went forthe to aduenture theym&s;elfe / and often tymes they founde wher|with / for &s;ir Wyllyam Bonnemare and Johan Segure and their company / who were within the towne / wolde come to the barryers of their fortere&s;&s;e and &s;kirmy&s;&s;he with theym without. So that they were hurt and &s;layne of bothe par+ties / they within were a thre hundred company+ons &punc; be&s;yde them of the towne: whom they cau|&s;ed to ayde theym whyder they wolde oriat / for feare of their lyues. They of the hoo&s;t cau&s;ed to be brought thyder dyuers engyns for Abbeuyll and Amyen&s;e / and cau&s;ed theym to ca&s;te great &s;tones / the whiche greatly troubled them with|in. And they within hadde great plentie of ar|tyllary: as Canons / Springalles / and other / wherwith they troubled greatly them without. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on whyle the &s;iege lay thus atte &s;aynt Uallery / and that the kynge of Nauerre warred on all parties of the realme of Fraunce. There arryued at Cherbourge the Captall of Bu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> co&s;yn to the kyng of Nauerre / who hadde retayned hym with two hundred &s;peares in wa+ges. A&s;&s;one as he was come into Normandy / he rode to Maunt: and there he founde the lord Philyppe of Nauer / and there taryed certayne dayes. Than &s;ecretely he departed withall his company and rode in a nyght by the countrey of Uulge&s;yne and Beauuoy&s;yne / and &s;o came to Cleremount / a great towne nat clo&s;ed / and a &s;tronge ca&s;tell / and in the mornyng the Captall &s;caledde the fortere&s;&s;e. Howebeit to regarde hit the fortre&s;&s;e was inpregnable / yet he wanne hit by &s;calynge with helpe of the archers. And fir&s;t there entred raumpynge vpp~ lyke a catte Ber|narde de la Salle / who in his tyme hadde &s;ca|led dyuers fortere&s;&s;es. Than the Capytall and his company kept that for their gary&s;on a long tyme after: who traueyled greatly after the con+trey of Uulge&s;yn and Beauuo&s;yn / by the ayde of the naueroy&s;e in other fortre&s;&s;es there about as Craell / Hereell / and Maucon&s;ell: all the con+trey abrode was theirs / none dur&s;te mete with theym. Thus in euery parte was the realme of Fraunce warredde in the tytell of the kynge of
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Nauer and there were taken many &s;tronge ca|&s;telles in Bry / in Behaygne / in Ualoyes / in the by&s;&s;hopriche of Noyon / of &s;aynt Lyz / of Soy&s;|&s;ons of Laon / wherof dyuers knyghtes &amp; &s;quy+ers of dyuers countreis were capitayns / aboute Pouns on the ryuer of Sayne. And about Pro+uyns / Troy / Au&s;&s;er / and Tonnerre: there was &s;uche warre / y^t none dur&s;t y&s;&s;ue out of any gode towne or fortre&s;&s;e bytwene Chalous and Troy in the ca&s;tell of Beaufort: the whiche was of the enherytance of the duke of Lanca&s;tre. Capteyn there was &s;ir Peter Audeley / who ouer ran all the contrey <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about: al&s;o at Pons on the ry|uer of Sayne / and &s;omtyme at Noge~t was the lorde Eu&s;tace Dambretycourt hanuer &punc; with .v. hundred with hym / who pylled all the countrey there about: and in Campaygne was Albre&s;t a &s;quyer of Almaygne. The&s;e thre captayns kept in Champayne and on the ryuer of Marne / mo than .lx. ca&s;telles and &s;trong hou&s;es: and whan~ they ly&s;t to y&s;&s;ue into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde they were mo than two thou&s;ande fightyng men. They had all the contre vnder their &s;ubiectyon / and robbed and raun&s;omed all they contre: they had robbed and brende the gode towne of Amery / of Sparney / the good towne of Uertuz / and all the gode tow+nes a longe the ryuer of Marne / to the ca&s;tell of Thyerie / and all about the cyte of Reynes / and had takenne the good towne of Ronay / and the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Hans in Champaigne: and all aboute to &s;aynt Antonys in Partoys. And far|thermore in the countre of Burgoyne &amp; of Par|toys / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lay Thebault of Cha~fore / and John~ Chanfore / who al&s;o in the tytell of the kynge of Nauer had taken in the by&s;&s;hopriche of Laun|gers a &s;trong ca&s;tell called Mount&s;angon / and therin lay in gary&s;on foure hundred &s;oudyers. And they ouer ran the countre / to the by&s;&s;hoppe ryche of Uerdone: and towarde the countre of Soy&s;&s;ons / and bytwene Laon &amp; Raynes there were another &s;ort / and their &s;ouerayne gary&s;on was at Uelly: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> there were a &s;ixe hundred. And capitayne of them was Rabygoys of Du|ry engly&s;&s;he&punc; who retayned with hym all maner of people &s;uch as wolde &s;erue hym / he payed the~ &s;o truely fro terme to terme / that they were glad to &s;erue hym. He had with hym another compa+nyon at his wages called Robynle Stotte: he went and wan in the fee&s;t of chri&s;tmas the &s;tron+ge ca&s;tell of Roucy / and all the proui&s;yon therin and robbed the towne: and made of the towne &amp; ca&s;tell a gary&s;on / the which afterward dyd mo|che hurt to the countre there about. And he rau~|&s;omed the erle / his wyfe / and his chyldren <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> at .xii. thou&s;ande floreyns of golde / of the print of the mutton / and he kept the towne and ca&s;tell all the wynter. And the &s;omer after: which was the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lix. And whatie therle of Roucy had payed his ran&s;ome he went to Laone / and where hym ly&s;te. In this &s;ea&s;on there was no labourynge of the yerth / wherby great darth was after in the realme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the naueroy&s;e that the chanoyn of Rober&s;art di&s;confyted in Lannoys nere to the towne of Craull. Cap. C .lxxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on as I was enfourmed: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fyll to the lorde Chanoyn of Ro|ber&s;art a fayre adue~ture. It &s;o fortuned on a day: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Pynon a baneret of Uer|mandoyes rode with a thre|&s;core with hym / fro one frenche fortre&s;&s;e to a no+ther. And the &s;ame day it hapenyd: that certayn of the gary&s;on of Uylly / and of the gary&s;on of Roucy rode forth at adue~ture &s;omwhat to wyn / but their capitayns were nat with them. They were a thre hundred companyons togyder / and nere to the towne of Craull / they &s;awe where y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Pynon rode vnder his &s;ta~derd in good order / and was in the way towardes Craull. A+none they perceyued that they were frenchmen: and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Pynon &s;awe well howe they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> naueroy&s;e / and &s;awe howe he coude natte&s;cape without batayle. Than they coo&s;ted towardes Craull: but the naueroy&s;e had cutte their way / and whan they &s;awe that they fledde to &s;aue the~+&s;elfe a&s; well as they might. The naueroy&s;e folo|wed fa&s;t after cryeng &s;aint George Nauer: they were better hor&s;ed than the frenchemen / &s;o that they ouertoke them within halfe a leage ridyn|ge. Than the lorde of Pynon perceyued a great pytte large and depe / clo&s;ed about with a &s;tron|ge hedge: and but one lytell &s;treyt place to entre into it. Whan he &s;awe the aduauntage therof: &amp; that he coude flye no farther / he &s;ayd to his com+pany / &s;irs a fote quickely: it is better for vs to a|byde here the aduenture that god w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ll &s;ende vs and to defende our&s;elfe / rather than to be &s;layne or taken fleyng: than he alyghted and all his.
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whan the naueroy&s;e &s;aw that: they in likewy&s;e a lyghted a fote / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;quyer with the lor|de of Pynon that &s;ayd to his varlet / leape vpon my cour&s;er and &s;pare hym nat: and ryde to the gari&s;on of Pyer pount / and de&s;yre the Chanon of Rober&s;art to come in all ha&s;t to re&s;cue vs (the varlet &s;ayde) though I fynde hym there: howe is it po&s;&s;yble that he &s;hulde come hyder in tyme for he is hen&s;e fyue leages / well &s;ayde the &s;quyet yet do thy deuoyre. Than the verlet rode forthe and lefte his mai&s;ter feer&s;ly a&s;&s;ayled with the&s;e pyllers of Uelly / and Roucy: the lorde of Py|non and his co~pany defended them&s;elf by great vertue / and kept them in the aduauntage of the pytte / fro the mornyng tyll it was non / without any dy&s;confeture. &para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the varlet / who rode in greatha&s;t to Pyer pount in La~noyes: and there dyd his me&s;&s;age to the Ca|noyne of Rober&s;art / who an&s;wered y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he wolde do his deuoyre to ryde to the &s;ame place / where the lorde of Pynon was fightyng: for he &s;ayde he knewe the place well. Than~e he &s;owned his trumpet: and he and his company mounted on their hor&s;es to the nombre of &s;ix&s;core / and al&s;o he &s;ende a varlet of his to Laon / the which was nat farre then&s;e to the captayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / to enforme hym of the mater. Howebeithe wolde nat tary for them of Laon / but rode forthe a gret galopp tyll he founde the lorde of Pynon and his co~pa|ny &s;ore traueyled with the naueroy&s;e: &s;o that he coude nat long haue endured without re&s;cewe. Incontynent the Chanoyne of Robar&s;ert layd his &s;peare in the re&s;t and da&s;&s;hed in among the naueroy&s;e / and he ouerthrewe thre at the fir&s;t co~+myng: and his men who were fre&s;&s;he and lu&s;ty / anone put abacke the naueroy&s;e / who were we|ry fightyng all the day. The Chanoyne of Ro|ber&s;art gaue &s;uche &s;trokes with his axe / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none dur&s;t abyde hym: So there were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ayne in that place of the&s;e pyllers mothan a hundred and .l. and &s;uche as &s;caped fro then&s;e were mette with|all by them of Laon / who were commynge thy|der to the &s;ame re&s;cue. And there a great part of the naueroy&s;e were &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayne: &s;o that of thre hun|dred / there &s;caped but fyftene per&s;ons: for they were other &s;layne or taken.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the naueroy&s;e that yelded vp &s;a+ynt Uallery to the frenchmen / af|ter they had ben longe besie|ged. Cap. C .lxxxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THis as I haue &s;hewed here before: the lordes of Py+cardy / Arthoyes / Ponthieu / and Bolonoyes: lay a great &s;ea&s;on at &s;iege before &s;aynte Ualery / and made many a&s;|&s;autes with engyns &amp; other in&s;trumentes of warre. And amonge other ad|uentures it fell &s;o / that the lorde of Bauceen py|carde went vpon the&s;e aprochyng the ca&s;tell the better to aduy&s;e it / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was &s;triken with a &s;pring all and &s;layne. They within had great plenty of artyllary: &s;o that they without coulde make none a&s;&s;aut without great damage. The &s;iege endured fro the begynning of Augu&s;t / tyll it was lent: the lordes w^tout thought to famy&s;&s;h them within / &s;eyng they coulde nat get them by a&s;&s;aut. All the &s;traytes and pa&s;&s;ages were well watched / &s;o that nothyng coude come to theym within: nother by water nor by lande. The pro|uy&s;ion within began &s;ore to myni&s;&s;he / and they dur&s;t nat y&s;&s;ue out to go a foragynge: and al&s;o they coude nother &s;e nor here of any &s;ocour / than they coun&s;ayled togyder and detmyned to treat with the con&s;table / and the erle of &s;aynt Poule: that they might depart and yelde vp the fortres / their lyues and <ABBR>good</ABBR> &s;aued / and to go whyder they ly&s;t. This treaty was agreed: &s;auyng they &s;hulde depart without any harneys / the whiche the erle of &s;aynt Powle was lothe vnto / for he wolde haue had them &s;ymply. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on was co~myng to &s;aynt Ualerys warde the lorde Philyppe of Nauer to haue rey&s;ed the &s;iege: at the lee&s;t he wolde haue done his power therto. And they of &s;aynt Uallery hadde nat gyuen vp their fortre&s;&s;e &s;o &s;oone / wherwith the lorde Phi+lyppe was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / but he coudenatte a mende it as than.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lorde Philypp~ of Nauer rey&s;ed vp a thre thou&s;ande naueroy&s;e to haue rey&s;ed the &s;iege before &s;aynte Uallery. Cap. C .lxxxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe french lordes were &s;tyll in the felde araynged on the poynt of their departyng / tru&s;&s;yng vp te~|tes and pauylions / and dy&s;toging And than &s;odenly they herde tidyn+ges howe the lorde Philypp~ of Nauer / who go
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uerned all the landes vnder the kyng of Nauer his brother: and &s;pecially the landes of the cou~|tie of Eureur / and to hym obeyed all maner of men of warre / &s;uche as made warre into the re|alme of France. The lorde John~ of Piquegny had enfourmed hym howe they of &s;aynt Uale|ly were lykely to gyue vp their fortre&s;&s;e. Than the lorde Philypp~ toke courage to go and rey&s;e the liege there: and &s;ecretly he gathered togyder about Maunt and Meulence / a thre thou&s;ande men one and other and with hym was the yong erle of Harecourt / the lorde of Granuyll / &s;ir Ro+bert Canoll &s;ir John~ Piquegny / and dyuer&s;e other knyghtes and &s;quiers. And all the&s;e were come within thre leages of &s;aynt Uallery / the &s;ame tyme that it was gyuen vp: they knewe y^e trauth therof by &s;ir Wylliam Bo~nemare &amp; Jo|han Segure: whom they met in the way. And whan the frenchmen that had taken the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;i+on of &s;aynt Ualery vnder&s;tod&eacute; the commynge of the lorde Philyppe of Nauer: than they drue into the felde and toke coun&s;ayle to gyder / the co~+&s;table of Fraunce / the erle of &s;aynt Poule / the lorde of Cha&s;tellon / the lorde of Poyx / the lorde of Beau&s;ault / the lorde of Helley / the lorde of Cre&s;tkes / the lorde Edwarde of Rency / the lor|de Baudwyn Denekyn / and dyuers other lord&abis; and knyghtes that were there. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they agre+ed to go and to fight with their ennemyes / than was it commau~ded by the con&s;table that euery man in array / &s;hulde marche towarde their en|nemyes: than euery man rode in gode order thi+derwarde / but whan the naueroy&s;e vnder&s;tode that the frenchmen were commyng on the~ / with mo than .xxx. thou&s;and. They were nat than in purpo&s;e to abyde them: but &s;o pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Some a&s;&s;one as they might / and entred in / to the ca&s;tell of Long in Ponthieu / hor&s;e &amp; har|neys / and all that they had. They were &s;cant en+tred / but that the frenchmen came thyder / who folowed them: this was about the hour of euyn &s;ong / and &s;tyll their nombre encrea&s;ed. The co~|mons came after of the good to wnes of Picar|dy: they coulde nat come thyder &s;o &s;oone as the men of armes dyd: than the frenche lordes de|termyned to lodge there all that nyght / and to a byde for their me~ that came after / &amp; the next day to make a&s;&s;aute: and &s;o lodged there. The na|ueroy&s;e who were within with a &s;mall prouy&s;i|on / aboute the houre of mydnight they y&s;&s;ued out at a backe po&s;terne without any noy&s;e / and toke the way to Uermandoy&s;e / and were gone a two leages or the fre~chmen knewe therof / than they armed them and folowed the naueroy&s;e by the trake of their hor&s;es. Thus the naueroy&s;e rode before and the frenchmen after / at la&s;te the naueroy&s;e ca~e to Thorigny alytell vyllage &s;ta~|dyng on a hyll / where they might &s;e all the coun+trey aboute: and it &s;tode a &s;yde / halfe bytwene &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyntyns / and Peron in Uermandoy&s;e there the naueroi&s;e re&s;ted to refre&s;&s;he them and their hor&s;es. And if they &s;huld nedes fight / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they had a great aduantage to abyde their ene|myes: they had nat long re&s;ted there / but all the countre by neth was couered with the fre~chmen they were mo than .xxx. thou&s;and. Whan the na+ueroy&s;e &s;a we them / they made the~ redy to fight with theym: and y&s;&s;ued out of their lodgynges and made thre batayls. The lorde Robert Ca|noll had the fir&s;t / the &s;econde the lorde Philypp~ of Nauer / the thirde therle of Harecort. And in euery batayle a &s;euyn hundred: and euery man dyd cutte their &s;peares to a fyue fote longe / and in the hangyng of the hyll they cau&s;ed their var+lettes to &s;ette all their &s;purres in the erth y^e row|els vp warde: to the entent that their ennemyes &s;hulde nat ea&s;ely aproche nere theym / and there the lorde Philyppe of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> made the yonge erle of Harcourt knyght / and the yong lorde of Granuyll. The frenchmen re&s;ted before the na|ueroy&s;e and lyghted a fote / &s;ome wolde inconty+nent haue gone and fought with the~ / and &s;ome &s;ayd our men be&s;ore traueyled and many be be|hynde. It were good that we taryed for theym / and lette vs lodge here this night / anone it woll be late: to morowe we may fight with the~ more ordinately. Thus the frenchemen lodged there that night and &s;et their caryage rounde aboute theym: and whan the naueroy&s;e &s;a we that they &s;hulde natte be fought withall that night / in the euenyng they went into the vyllage of Thorin|gny / and made great fyers &amp; &s;mokes / to make their ennemyes byleue y^t they wolde lodge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all that night: but a&s;&s;one as it was darke night they had their hor&s;es redy / and were detmyned what they wolde do / and whan it was darke pri+uely they departed &amp; went to y^e ryuer of Some: and pa&s;&s;ed by a gyde at a lytell vyllage nere to Bethencourt. And than they rode towarde the woode of Bohaygne and coo&s;ted the &s;ame / and rode that night more than~e &s;euyn leages: &s;ome that were yuell hor&s;ed were farre behynde / and they of the gary&s;on of Bouhayne toke them pri+&s;oners. Al&s;o the vyllayns of the countrey &s;lewe &s;ome of the~ / &s;uch as coude nat folowe their mai+&s;ters &amp; had lo&s;t their way: the frenchmen knewe nat of their departing tyll it was nere day light and &s;o in ha&s;t they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Some at
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the bridge of &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uintyne / and went towar+des Lyceuce to aproche to the naueroy&s;e. So+eche of them made ha&s;te to warde &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyn|tyus / and came thyder by that it was day light: for it was then&s;e but two leages. Forma&s;t was the con&s;table / and the erle of &s;aynt Poule: the watchmen on the gates of &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uityne / wha~ they herde that noy&s;e without / and knewe that their ennemyes were natre farre lodged then&s;e. Than they were nat well a&s;&s;ured of them&s;elfe: but their bridge was vp / than they demaunded &s;irs what be ye that aproch &s;o nere vs this tyme of nyght. The con&s;table an&s;wered (and &s;ayde) we be &s;uche and &s;uche: that wolde pa&s;&s;e by this towne to gette afore the naueroy&s;e / who ar&s;tol|len out of Thorigny and arre fledde before vs / wherfore opyn your gates we commaunde you in the name of the kyng. The watchmen &s;ayde &s;irs: the kayes be within the towne with the iu|rates / and &s;o than two of the watchmen went in+to the towne to them that kept the kayes &amp; &s;hew+ed them the mater. And they an&s;wered that ther &s;huld no gate be opyned without the con&s;ent of the hole towne / and or the myndes of them were knowen the &s;onne was vp. Than there came to the gate &s;uche as &s;hulde gyue an&s;were for all the hole towne: they went vppe to the walles of the gate and put out their heedes and &s;ayd to the co~+&s;table / and to the erle of &s;aynt Poule. Sirs we de&s;yre you haue vs excu&s;ed for this tyme: it is the mynde of all the co~mons of this towne / that fyue or &s;ixe of you &s;hall entre yf it plea&s;e you / to do you honour and plea&s;ure: but the re&s;ydue to go <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they ly&s;t. Than the&s;e lordes were dy&s;|plea&s;ed: and gaue great and di&s;pytfull wordes / but for all that they of &s;aynt Nuyatyns wolde nat opyn their gates. Than the&s;e french lordes thought it auayled nat to pur&s;ue the naueroy&s;e any farther: than they all departed by lycence of the con&s;table. And the erle of &s;aynt Poule went to his ca&s;tell of Bohaygne: &s;oo&s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed that none dur&s;t &s;peke to hym.</P>
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<DIV1 N="195" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para; Of the naueroy&s;e that &s;ir Peter Au+deley brought on a nyght to haue taken the cytie of Chalons. Cap. C .lxxxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_THus departed this iur+ney bytwene the frenchemen and the naueroy&s;e: the lorde Philyppe of Nauer and his company / rode the &s;ame day to Wylly &amp; pa&s;&s;ed by a guy / de the ryuer of Oy&s;e: than~e they refre&s;&s;hed them. Whan they &s;awe they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> out of all &abper;els / and at their plea&s;ure: they rode into Norma~dy and rode fro fortre&s;&s;e to fortreg for they were mai&s;ters of the ryuers / and playn countrey. And &s;o entred agayne into Con&s;tan|tyne / and made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> as they did before in Nor+mandy: al&s;o the kyng of Nauer was at Melyn on the ryuer of Sayne with a great nombre of men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> So it fyll that &s;ir Peter Audeley capitayne of Beaufort / bytwene Troy and Ca+lons ca&s;t his aduyce / that if he myght pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Marue a lytell aboue y^e towne of Cha|lons / and &s;o come to thabbey of &s;aynt Peter / he &s;hulde lightly entre into the towne. So he tary+ed on that purpo&s;e tyll the ryuer of Marne was Iowe: than he a&s;&s;embled toguyder &s;ecretly cer|tayne companyons / for their were of his part a fyue or &s;ire fortre&s;&s;e aboute hym. So he was a foure hundred &s;ightyng men: and departed fro Beaufort at mydnight and brought them to the pa&s;&s;age ouer the ryuer of Marne / he had men of the countrey that brought hym thyder / there they lighted a fote and delyuerd their hor&s;es to their varlettes and &s;o went ouer the water: whi+che was as than but Iowe. And whan they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> all ouer / they went fayre &amp; ea&s;ely toward the ab+bey of &s;aynt Pet: y^e watchmen <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were abrode in the towne &s;uch as were next to the abbey / the which was without the towne: herde clerely the redoundyng of the naueroy&s;e / for as they went their harneys <ABBR>clateredd</ABBR> and made &s;ome noy&s;e. So that &s;uche as herde that noy&s;e had maruell what it ment: for &s;omtyme y^e noy&s;e &s;eaced / that was whan the naueroy&s;e &s;tode &s;tyll and re&s;ted. And whan they went forth agayne the noy&s;e be+gan / the wynde was on that &s;yde: than &s;ome of the watchmen&s;ayd / by likelyhode <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be&s;ome theuys engly&s;&s;he and nauero&s;e ar commyng to &s;teale this towne. Let vs a&s;cry them and wake the men of the cytie be tymes / and &s;ome went to+wardes the abbey to &s;e what it was / they coude nat &s;o &s;one do it / but that &s;ir Peter Audeley and his co~pany were in the abbey court: for the wal|les therof pa&s;t nat foure fote of hyght. Inconty+nent they went out at the abbey gate and entred into a great &s;trete: they of the cytie were &s;ore a frayed / for they cryed in euery part trea&s;on trea
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&s;on alarum. Than the men of the cytie armed them and a&s;&s;embled togyder and came toward then enemyes and dyuers of them were &s;layne at the fir&s;t commyng. It fell &s;o yuell for the tow+ne of Chalons / that Peter of Chalons who had ben capitayne there the &s;pace of a hole yere and a hundred &s;peares with hym was newly depar|ted then&s;e bycau&s;e he was nat payed of his wa|ges at his plea&s;ure. They of the cytie, who <ABBR>wer</ABBR> a great nombre of commons ro&s;e on euery &s;yde and feer&s;ly putte them&s;elfe in defence / the which was nedefull for them to do. Nowbeit they lo&s;te many men / for the naueroy&s;e wan the fir&s;t to w|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e to the bridge ouer Marne: and beyonde the bridge they of the cytie a&s;&s;embled togyder / and defended the fir&s;t bridge / there was a &s;ore fray. Certayne engly&s;&s;he archers pa&s;&s;ed ouer the gy+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">es of the bridge / and &s;hotte &s;o feer&s;ly that none dur&s;t come within their &s;hotte: this &s;kirmy&s;&s;he endured tyll it was noone / and &s;ome &s;ayde that the cytie had ben woune / and &s;ir Does of Grau+cy had nat been / who had knoledge the day be|fore of the ryding for the of the naueroy&s;e of Be+aufort: And &s;o he fearedd the cytie of Chalous / wherefore he de&s;yred dyuers knyghtes and &s;qui+ers to go with hym for he knewe well in the cy|tie of Chalons / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no ge~tylman of name So he rode day and nyght / and with hym &s;ir Philypp~ of Jancourt / the lorde Au<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eau of Be|aupre / the lorde John Guermyllon / and diuers other / to the nombre of thre&s;core &s;peres. A&s;&s;one as they came to Chalons / they drue &s;treyght to the bridge / which they of the towne defended a / gayu&s;t the naueroy&s;e: who dyd all their payne to wynne the towne. Than the lorde of Grancy di&s;played his banner and with great de&s;yre a|proched to the naueroy&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the erle of Roucy was taken agayne the &s;econde tyme. Cap. C .lxxxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_OF the commyng of the lorde of Grancy they of Cha+lons were gretly reioy&s;ed / &amp; good cau&s;e why: for and his confort and ayd had nat ben they had ben harde be&s;tade. Wha~ &s;ir Peter Audeley and his men &s;awe the&s;e burgonyons they withdrue them the &s;ame way they came / and they founde at the ryuer &s;yde their barlettes with their hor|&s;es. Than~e they mounted and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Marne without any lette / and &s;o retoured w^t a &s;mall conque&s;t to Beaufort: of their deptyng they of Chalons were right gladde / and than / ked god therof / and the lorde of Grancy of the courte&s;ly that he had &s;hewed them / and gaue to hym and his company fyue hundred frankes / &amp; de&s;yred &s;ir John~ Sars who was there pre&s;ent and their neyghbour to abyde there with them / to coun&s;ayle and defend them. He agreed ther+to with certayne wages that he &s;hulde haue for hym&s;elfe and his company / and &s;o he newly for tifyed the cytic <ABBR>wher</ABBR> it neded / at the charges of theym of the towne. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on they of the gary&s;ons of Uelly and Roucy mette by a|poyntment togyder / and went and tooke by a&s;|&s;aut the towne of Sy&s;&s;ome / &amp; there they made a gary&s;on of all maner of people / and made ca|pitayne there Hanekyn Francoys / alewdefe|lowe of Colayne on the ryuer of Ryne. He was cruell in all his dedes / for he had no mercy of the~ that he he ouer came. He brent the countre there about: and &s;lewe men / women / and chyldren / if they were nat raun&s;omed at his plea&s;ure. So it fyll that therle of Roucy / who bare &s;ore at his hert the lo&s;&s;e of his towne and ca&s;tell of Roucy / the which the naueroi&s;e had taken fro hym. On a &s;ea&s;on he &s;o de&s;yred the knyghtes and &s;quiers about hym / that he had a hundred &s;peares with fortie men a hor&s;ebacke out of the cyte of Laon: with hym was the erle of Porcien / the lorde Ro+bert of Canency / the lorde of Montegny in O|&s;trenant and other. They rode towarde Sy&s;|&s;ome: and in their way they founde the naueroi+&s;e of the &s;ame gary&s;on / brennyng of a byllage. Incontynent they &s;ette on theym: whan Hane|kyn and his company &s;awe that / they lighted a foote / and &s;ette their archers before them / there was a &s;ore and a harde batayle: but they of La|on 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 &s;ore hurt and takyn pri|&s;oner / al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken the lorde Gerarde of Canency / and the lorde of Mo~tegny / &amp; dyuers other menne of armes. Thus the erle of Roucy was twy&s;e takefie in la&s;&s;e &s;pace than a yere: the lorde Eu&s;tace Dambretycourt in the &s;ame &s;ea|&s;on helde in Champayne a &s;euyn hundred figh|tyng men: he wanne great ryche&s;&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in rau~+&s;omyng of men in Uendages / in to w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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les / and &s;aucco<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">cles. He helde vnder hym <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> twelfe fortre&s;&s;es: he was as than a lully louer <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">abper;+amours / and after he maryed the lady I&s;abell of Jullyers / &s;omtyme boughter to therle of Jul+lyers. This lady al&s;o loued the lorde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ace / for the gret noblenes of armes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he had herd re+ported of hym: and &s;he &s;end often tymes to hym cour&s;ers &amp; hackeneys with letters of loue / wher+by the &s;ayde &s;ir Eu&s;tace was the more har<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y in all his dedes of armes / &s;o that euery man <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">an greatly that was vnder hym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the thre quenes / &amp; the naueroi&s;e that were be&s;iged by the duke of Nor+mandy in Melune. Cap. C .lxxxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the yeldyng vp of &s;aint <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">alery as ye haue her|de before: the duke of Nor|mandy a&s;&s;embled togyder a thre thou&s;ande &s;peares / and departed fro Parys &amp; wente and layed &s;iege before Me|lune on the ryuer of Sayne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which was kept by the naueroy&s;e. Within the &s;ame towne there were thre quenes: the fir&s;t quene Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer / &s;o~tyme wyfe to kyng Char+les of France. The &s;econde quene Blanch / &s;om+tyme wyfe to kynge Philyppe of Fraunce / and &s;u&s;ter to the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr.</ABBR> The th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e the quene of Nauer / &s;u&s;ter to the duke of Norman / dy: the which duke was nat at the &s;iege hym&s;elf but he &s;ende thyder the lorde Morell of Fye~nes con&s;table of Fraunce / the erle of &s;aynt Poule / the lorde Arnold Da~drehen mar&s;hall of France the lorde Arnold of Coucy / the by&s;thop of Troy the lorde Broquart of Fena&s;trages / Peter du Bare / Philyppe of Armoyes and other / to the nombre of thre thou&s;ande &s;peares: who be&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> Melune rounde aboute. And they brought fro Parys many engyns and &s;pringalles / the whi|che night and day dyd ca&s;t into the &s;ortres: and al&s;o they made dyuers &s;ore a&s;&s;autes. The naue+roy&s;e within were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / and &s;pecially the thre quenes: who wolde glably that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege had been rey&s;ed / they cared nat ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e. But the captayns: the lorde John~ Pypes / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Joha~n Carbenauxe &s;ayd to them / &s;ayre ladyes bi&s;may you nat / for one of the&s;e dayesye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hall &s;e the &s;iegerey&s;ed. For the kyng of Nauerre hath &s;ende vs worde who is at Uernon / and al&s;o &s;ir Philyp of Nauer his brother: howe they haue rey&s;ed a certayne company of men of warre at Maunt and at Meleux to rey&s;e this &s;iege. And al&s;o all the men of warre of all the gary&s;ons na|ueroy&s;e woll come with them / ou the other part the duke of Normandy who knewe that the na|ueroy&s;e were about to rey&s;e the &s;iege: rerayned &s;oudyours on all parties / and euer dyd &s;end the~ to the &s;iege of Melune. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certen good people y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be&s;yed them &s;elfe to haue a peace bytwene the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / and the duke of Normandy: and as than was &s;tyll in Fraunce the cardynall of Piergourt and the cardynall of Angell / and they with other dyd &s;omoche that a day was taken of trew&s;e / to be holden at Uer|non. And thyder came the duke of Normandy and his coun&s;ayle: and the kyng of Nauer and the lorde Philyppe his brother and their coun|&s;aylles / &amp; there a peace was made / and the king of Nauer &s;ware to be good frenche / and in the &s;ame peace were co~pri&s;ed a thre hundred knigh|tes and &s;quyers / to whom the duke &abper; doned his yuell wyll: yet the duke excepted certayne other to whom he wold gyue no &abper; don. To this peace the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde in nowy&s;e agre: but &s;ayd to the kyng his brother ho we he was enchau~ted / &amp; dyd &s;ore agayn&s;t the kyng of Englande / to whom he was a lyed. The which kyng had alwayes ayded and conforted hym / &amp; &s;o the lorde Philyppe departed fro his brother / all onely with four per&s;ons / and rode in ha&s;t to &s;aynt Sauyour le Uycont / the which was a ga+ry&s;on engly&s;&s;he. And capitayne there vnder the kyng of Englande was &s;ir Thomas Agorne of Englande / who receyued the lorde Philyp ioy+fully / and &s;ayde howe he had aquyted hym&s;elfe trewely to the kyng of Englande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the broquart of Fene&s;trages and other frenchmen ordayned their bataylles / agayn&s;t the lorde Eu+&s;tace Dambretycourt en|gly&s;&s;he in Champa+igne. Cap. C .lxxxxviii.</HEAD>
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_BI the treaty of this pe|ace the kynge of Nauer had certaine townes and ca&s;tels in Normandy in peace / the which before were in debate and &s;pecially Mant &amp; Meu+lencke. Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a pea|ce made bytwene the duke of Norma~dy and the yong erle of Harcourt / a great part by the mea|nes of the lorde Loyes of Harecourt / who was of the dukes cou~&s;ayle and of his hou&s;e. And the duke gaue to the &s;ame erle in mary age y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dough+ter of the duke of Burbone / &s;u&s;ter to the duches of Normandy. Thus the &s;iege brake vp before Melune and the towne abode fre~che: yet for all this peace / the realme of France was inuaded / a great warre made therin / a&s;moche as was be+fore or more: for as than the tru&s;e bytwene En|glande and Fraunce was expyred. So &s;uche men of warre / as before had made warre in the iytell of the kyng of Nauer in Fraunce in Nor+mandy / in Burgone / in Picardy / in Champai+gne / in Brey / and in Beaufe. Than they made agayne as great warre in the tytell of the kyng of Englande: for all the peace / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no for|tre&s;&s;e that wolde tourne frenche / for the compa|nyons and men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> hadde lerned &s;o well to robbe and pyll the countrey / and to raun&s;ome the people that they coude nat leaue: for of two thou&s;and that had a ten or twelfe hor&s;es of their owne / if they wolde haue made no more warre / in a &s;horte tyme &s;hulde haue been fayne to haue gone a fote. After the breakynge vp of the &s;iege at Melune: the duke of Normandy de&s;yred the lorde Broquart of Fene&s;trages who was of the nacyon of Lorayne / and had with hym in wag&abis; a fyue hundred co~panyons / that he wolde helpe to driue out of Champaygne the engly&s;&s;hmen / &s;uche as made dayly warre in that countre. He agreed therto with a certayne &s;omme of florens that he &s;huld&punc; haue for hym and his men. Than there a&s;&s;embled togyder men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> of Cha~|paigne / of Burgoyne / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Troy / therle of Uadumont / the erle of Jouy / the lorde Joha~n Chalon / and the lorde Broquart of Fe|ne&s;trages / they were a two thou&s;ande &s;peares / and .xv. C. of other. And &s;o they ca~e to the &s;tro~g ca&s;tell of Hans in Champaigne / the whiche the engly&s;&s;hmen had kepte a yere and a halfe / they toke it at the third a&s;&s;aut / and there were &s;layne a .lxxx. engly&s;&s;hemen / none were take to mercy. Than the frenchmen went to the cytie of Troy and whan they were well refre&s;&s;hed / there y&s;&s;u|ed out a twelfe hundred &s;peares / and nyne hun|dred of other / and tode towarde Nogent on the ryuer of Sayne. The lorde Dambrety courte / who vnder&s;tode of their ryding abrode / a&s;&s;em|bled of the gary&s;ons vnder his rule a four hun|dred &s;peares / and a two hundred archers: and with them departed fro Pons. He rode clene ar+med except his heed peace / and rode on a hacke|ney / and a great cour&s;er was ledde by hym: he had nat ryden farre / but that he herde tidynges of the frenchmen / and in likewy&s;e the fre~chmen herde of them. But if the lorde Eu&s;tace had kno+wen / that the frenchmen had ben &s;o great a nom+bre: he wolde a de&s;yred the lorde Peter Audeley and Albreth to haue ayded him / they might well a made a four hu~dred men. Than the lorde Eu|&s;tace gathered togyder his men without y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne of Nogent / and toke the hight of a lytell hyll amonge the vynes: and &s;ette his archers before hym. And whan the frenchemen came nere and &s;awe theym: they ordayned thre bataylles. The fir&s;t gouerned the by&s;&s;hoppe of Troy / and the lorde Broquart of Fene&s;trages: and the &s;econd the lorde John~ of Chalon / and the erle of Jouy: and the thirde the erle of Januyll. Than &s;ir Eu+&s;tace amonge his men &s;ayde: &s;its lette vs fyght with a good courage / this iourney &s;halbe ours than &s;hall we be lordes of all Champaigne / the which &s;omtyme was an erldome. I may do the kyng of England &s;uche &s;eruyce whom I repute to be kyng of France / that he woll gyue me this erldome. Than he called to hym certayne yong &s;quyers: as the couragyous Manny his co&s;yn / Joha~n of Parys / Martyne of Spaygne / and other / and there he made theym knyghtes / and made all his men to lyght a fote and to cut their &s;peares a fyue fote long: and &s;ette his penon be|fore hym / the whiche was of ermyns / two ha|meddes goules.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the batayle of Nogent bytwen the lorde Broquart of Fene&s;trages of the nacyon of Lorayne / of the frenche partie. And &s;ir Eu&s;tace Dambreti&punc; court of the nacyon of Heynalt / of the engly&s;&s;he partie. Cap. C. lxxx xix.</HEAD>
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_WHan &abser; Broquart of Fene&s;tra+ges (who was hardy &amp; cou|ragiou&s;e) &s;aw y^t <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Eu&s;tace wolde nat remoue his batel he &s;ayd lette vs &s;ette on them what &s;oeuer fall / and &s;o ad|uaunced his bataile / and &s;yr Eu&s;tace receyued &s;o the fir&s;t bataile / that he o|uerthrew of his ennemies mo than .lx. and had nere hande clene di&s;comfitted the &s;ame bataile / but than the .ii. fre&s;&s;he bataile aproched whiche greatly ayded &amp; co~forted the fyr&s;t. Tha~ y^e third bataile came on a wynge / and comforted the o|ther .ii. batailes. The frenche men were .iii. a|gayn&s;t one. Sir Eu&s;tace with his glayue ouer threwe a .iiii. of the herdie&s;t of his ennemyes. Whan &abser; Broquart &s;awe his prowes / he &s;trake at hym ouer other mennes heedes / and &s;trake / hym in the vi&s;er / and &s;trake out with the &s;troke thre of his tethe / but for all that he letted nat to fight. The engli&s;&s;hemen had the vauntage of the hyll / and helde them &s;elfe &s;o cloo&s;e together that none coude entre into them / the frencheme~ were a hor&s;backe / and the engli&s;&s;hemen a fote / and a littel be&s;yde were the engly&s;&s;he archers a part by them&s;elfe / and &s;hot quyckely at y^e fre~|chemen. The frenchemen turned about the en|gli&s;&s;heme~ / and as they turned / they dyd y^e &s;ame Than the frenche fortemen came into the felde a ix. C. of them / who had paue&s;&s;es / a therby they brake y^e array of the archers / for their &s;hot coud nat hurt them / they were &s;o &s;ure pa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;&s;ed. Tha~ the archers were &s;ore beten / and the &s;econde ba|taile of y^e frencheme~ came on them a hor&s;e backe and &s;lewe many of them / and than they went on them that kept the engly&s;&s;he hor&s;es / and &s;lewe and wanne them all / but fewe that &s;caped. In the meane &s;ea&s;on the other two batailes fought with the engli&s;&s;hemen on the one &s;yde / and the fotemen on the other &s;ide / So that finally they brake theyr array / and <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Eu&s;tace &s;tandderde was beaten downe / and all to torne / and many men &s;layne and taken. Syr Eu&s;tace fell in the ha~des of a knyght / called &s;yr Henry Quenelart and he had great payne to &s;aue his ly&s;e / for the comons of Troye wolde haue &s;layne hym / for the great dedes of armes / that he had done in the countrey of Champaygne. There was al|&s;o taken &s;yr Johan of Parys / the lorde Mar|tine of Spaygne / and diuer&s;e other knyghtes and &s;quyers. And &s;uche as &s;aued them &s;elfe / en|tred into the fortre&s;&s;e of Nogent / The whiche were but a fewe / for they were nere all &s;layne or taken / and the coragious Manny was left for deed in the felde amonge the deed men. But af|ter this di&s;comfytture / and that all the frenche+men were departed / he beynge &s;ore hurte and nere deed lyfte vp a litel his heed and &s;awe no|thynge aboute hym / but deed men lyeng on the grounde rounde aboute hym: than he ro&s;e as welle as he myght and &s;atte downe / and &s;awe well howe he was nat farre from the fortre&s;&s;e of Nogent / the whiche was engli&s;&s;he / than he dyd &s;o moche &s;ometyme crepyng / and &s;omtyme re|&s;tynge / that he came to the foote of the towre of Nogent. Than he made token to them within &s;hewynge howe he was one of theyr company|ons / than certayn came downe y^e towre to hym and bare hym into the Fortere&s;&s;e / and dre&s;&s;ed his woundes. And therehe gouerned hym &s;elfe &s;o well / that he was heeled. This bataile was in the yere of our lorde a. M. CCC .lix. In the vigill of &s;aynt John~ Bapti&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the&s;e robbors &amp; pyllers that kept the&s;e fortre&s;&s;es in Fraunce began to declyne by myra|cle. Cap. CC.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this dy&s;comfetture of Nogent on y^e riuer of Seyn the lordes and men of armes of Fraunce went to Troye with their boty and co~que&s;t / but they brought theder non~ of theyr pri&s;oners. They &s;e~t them to other frenche gary&s;ons: for the como~s of Troye wolde haue &s;layne them. Whan &s;uche as Were &s;tyll in the gary&s;on of Pouns vnder|&s;tode howe that theyr capitayne the lorde Eu|&s;tace was taken / and all his company &s;layne &amp; taken / they tru&s;&s;ed all that they had as &s;hortly as they myght and departed / bicau&s;e they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> but a fewe. In lyke wy&s;e &s;o dyd they of Torey of E&s;ponay / of Arcy / of Mary / of Pleu&s;y / and of all other fortre&s;&s;es that were vnder the obey|&s;aunce of the lorde Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt. And they left them voyde / for doubte they had of the bi&s;&s;hop of Troye / And of the lorde Bro|quarte of Fene&s;trages. but &s;yr Peter Aubeley lefte nat his gary&s;on of Beauforte. Nor John~ of Segure Nogente. Nor Albret the gary&s;on of Gey / on the ryuer of Seyne. In the &s;ame
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&s;ea&s;on dyed &s;trangely in the ca&s;tell of Herreell a .iii. leages from Amien&s;e the lorde Johan of Piquygny (as it was &s;aid) he was &s;tra~gled by his chamberlayn. And in lyke maner dyed <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Lucz of Beku&s;ey / who was of his coun&s;aile.</P>
<P>In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on on a day / certayne of the co~|pany of &s;yr Peter Audeleys rode forth / and en|tred into a towne called Ronay / and robbed it clene: and as the curate was at ma&s;&s;e there en|tred into the churche an engli&s;&s;he &s;quier and to+ke the Chalays fro the aulter / wherin the pre&s;t &s;hulde haue con&s;ecrated / and dyd ca&s;te out the wyne / and bycau&s;e the pree&s;t &s;pake to hym / he &s;trake hym with his gauntlet / that the bludde felle vpon the aulter. Than they departed and went into the feldes: and this &s;quier had with hym the patent and corporal / and &s;odaynly his hor&s;e beganne to tourne and &s;o to take on that none dur&s;te approche nere hym / and hor&s;e and man fell to the erthe / and eche of them &s;trangled other / and &s;odaynly were tourned into pouder Than the other companions made a vowe ne|uer aft&aber; to violate any churche. In the &s;ame &s;ea|&s;on they of the gari&s;on of Maucon&s;ell wanted prouy&s;ion / and &s;o &s;olde theyr fortre&s;&s;e to them of Noyon / and to them of the countrey there a|bout / for .xii. M. motons of golde / and &s;o to de|parte with all theyr goodes. And &s;o they went into other fortre&s;&s;es / as to Craell / Cleremount Hereell / Uelly / Pierpount / Rou&s;&s;ey / and to Si&s;&s;ome. The whiche fortre&s;&s;es had ben long in the handes of Naueroys / and after the peace bitwene the duke of Normandy / and the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / they were engly&s;&s;e. And whan they of Noyon had Mauco~&s;el / they ra&s;&s;hed it to the erthe. Al&s;o John~ Segure &s;olde the fortre&s;&s;e of Nogent to the by&s;&s;hop of Troyes for a cer|tayne &s;ome of florens / wherof he had wrytynge vnder the by&s;&s;hops &s;eale / and &s;o he came into y^e cite of Troye / and alyghted at the by&s;&s;hop lod|gynge who &s;ayd to hym / &abser; John~ ye &s;hall abyde here with me a thre or foure dayes / and than ye &s;hall haue your money. and he / who was come thether vnder the a&s;&s;uraunce of the by&s;&s;hop / a|greed therto. Than the comons of the cite be|ganne to &s;aye / Howe dothe our by&s;&s;hop tryfle and mocke vs / &s;ythe he kepeth aboute hym the greatte&s;t brybour and robber in all Fraunce / and wolde that we &s;hulde gyue hym oure mo|ney. Than there ro&s;e a great no~bre of the &s;ame opynyon / and &s;ente to kepe theyr gates / that he &s;hulde nat &s;kape theym / and there came in har|neys a &s;yxe thou&s;ande of one &s;orte to &s;lee hym in the by&s;&s;hops lodgynge. Whan the by&s;&s;hop &s;awe that / he &s;ayde to them / Fayre frendes he is come hyther vnder my &s;aue conducte and ye knowe the treatye and bargayne betwene hym and me by your accorde / hit were great &s;hame and vntrueth (vnder this a&s;&s;urance) to do hym any villanye. But what &s;o euer he &s;ayd they en|tred into his halle by force / and &s;o into his cha~|bre / and &s;ought &s;o naro welye that at la&s;te they founde hym / and there &s;lewe hym / and hewed hym all to peces.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenchemen refu&s;ed the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande, Cap. CC .i.</HEAD>
<P>_IT is longe &s;ythe I &s;pake of the kynge of Englande / but I had non~ occa&s;ion to &s;peke of hym tyll nowe. for as long as the treuce endured / there was no war<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> made bitwene them / but a&s;&s;oone as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> truce was ex&s;pired / the fyr&s;te day of May / the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the gary&s;ons engli&s;&s;he and naueroy&s;e made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in the title of the kynge of Englande. Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of <ABBR>Na|uer</ABBR> and the duke of Normandy. The lorde Ar+nolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande / for he was nat quytte pri&s;oner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the kyng of Englande and the prince his &s;onne The Frenche <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynge / and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon / mette at London / and &s;o they foure allonely to guether in coun&s;ayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a let+tre to be &s;ent into Fraunce to the duke of Nor|mandy. The Erle and &s;yr Arnolde pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee and arryued at Boloyn / and &s;o went to Pa|rys / And there they founde the Duke / and the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hewed them the let+ters. Than the duke demaunded coun&s;aile of the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / who dyd coun&s;ayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce / and coun&s;ayles of the good townes &s;hulde be a&s;&s;em+bled / the whiche thynge was done. And than it &s;emed to the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / and to the Duke / and to his bretherne / and to all the coun&s;ayle of the Realme / that the &s;ayde treatye was to gre|uous to be borne. Wherfore they an&s;wered all
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with one voyce to the &s;ayde two fordes / that the letter that they had brought and the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ect therin / was &s;o preiudyciall to them am&punc; to the realme / that they yet wolde endure greatter my&s;chiefe than they had done: rather than to myni&s;&s;he in &s;uch wy&s;e the realme of France. They wolde al+&s;o rather &s;uffre their kyng to lye &s;tyll in Engla~|de. And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his a|poyntme~t (he &s;ayd) a &s;onne Charles: ye be cou~|&s;ayled by the kyng of Nauerre / who deceyueth you / &amp; woll deceyue &s;uche .xl. as ye be. And wha~ the kyng of Engla~d knewe their report he &s;ayd well: or wynter be pa&s;t I &s;hall entre into the re|alme of France &s;o puy&s;antly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;hall abyde there &s;o long tyll I haue an ende of this warre / or els peace at my plea&s;ure / and to myne honour: and than he made the grette&s;t aparayle that euer he made. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on aboute the myddes of Augu&s;t the lorde Joha~n of Craon archby&s;&s;hop of Reynes: and they of the cytie of Parys / and of the cou~tre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about: with a certayne knigh+tes and &s;quiers of the countie of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ethell and La+on / went and layed &s;iege to the ca&s;tell of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oucy and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lay a fyue wekes. And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes &s;aued: and to go whyder they ly&s;t. And of this they had let|ters patentes &s;ealed by the archeby&s;&s;hop / by the erle Porcyen / and the erle of Brayne: but for all that whan they departed the co~mons that were there ro&s;e agayn&s;t them and &s;lewe the mo&s;t part for all the lordes / who had moche payne to &s;aue the captayne Hanekyn Francoy&s;e. Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and ca&s;tell.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Eu&s;tace Danbretycour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was delyuerd out of pri&s;on by great raun&s;ome. Cap. CC .ii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus after the wynnin+ge of the ca&s;tell of Roucy / &s;ir Peter Awdeley dyed in his bedde within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Be+auforde: wherof &s;uche com|panyons as <ABBR>wer</ABBR> vnder him were right &s;orowfull. Than the engly&s;&s;hmen and almaygnes there / thought they coude do no better &s;yth they made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> for the kyng of Englande / as to make to their capi+tayne &s;ir Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt / who was as than~e hole of his hurtes: but &s;tyll as pri&s;onere. Than they &s;ende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant / and to &s;ir Henry <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ellart / for to putte to raun&s;ome the lorde &s;ir Eu&s;tace / &s;o than he was put to his fynan&s;e to pay .xxii. thou+&s;ande frankes of France. And the companyons of the engly&s;&s;he gary&s;ons in Champaigne pay+ed the &s;ayd raun&s;ome: and &s;o he was delyuered and had agayne his cour&s;er and his hackeney / that he lo&s;t at the batayle of Nogent / the which hor&s;es the lady I&s;abell of Jullyers counte&s;&s;e of Kent in Englande had &s;ende hym. Whan the&s;e co~panyons had the lorde Eu&s;tace among them / they made hym their &s;ouerayne / and euery man drewe to him. And than they entred into the cou~+tie of Rethell where they had neuer been before / and there by &s;telth they wanne the good towne of Athyen on the ryuer of E&s;ue: and there they founde mo than a hundred peces of wyne. Ther they made their &s;oueraygne gary&s;on / and ouer ranne all the countrey about Reynes / and &s;poy+led E&s;pernoy / Damp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ary / Trayone / and the good towne of Uertus: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the engly&s;&s;hmen had great profette. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they made another gary&s;on / the which ouer ranne all the countrey about the ryuer of Marne to the Fertyll Myl|lon. And they of Athyen ranne dayly to Me&s;e|rees on the ryuer of Meu&s;e / to Douchery / and to Chenpoulux.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Broquart of Fene&s;trages made hym&s;elfe to be payed by for|ce of his wages / of the duke of Norma~dy regent of France. Ca. C C iii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the lorde Broquart of Fene&s;tra+ges / who had been in the du|kes ayde agayn&s;t the~gly&s;&s;he+me~ and naueroy&s;e: and had holpen to put them out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fortre&s;&s;es in Champaygne / but he was but yuell payed of his wages. Ther was owynge to hym and to his a thyrtie thou|&s;ande frankes. He &s;ende certayne me&s;&s;angers to Parys to the duke / who gaue none an&s;were to his plea&s;ure / for they retourned<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> without a|ny money or promy&s;e. Than this knyght &s;ende
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his defyance to the duke and to all the realme of Fraunce: and entred into a good towne called Bare on the ryuer of Sayne / wherin <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <ABBR>wer</ABBR> a nyne hundred hou&s;es / his men robbed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne: but they coude nat gette the ca&s;tell it was &s;o well kept. They toke with thyem their pyllage and pri&s;oners / and brende &s;o the towne that all was di&s;troyed: than they went to Co~&s;tans and there made their cheife gary&s;on / and they dyde after to the countre of Champaigne / more yuell and vylayne dedes / than euer dyd the engly&s;&s;he+men or naueroy&s;e. And whanne he and his men had thus ouer ronne the countre / the duke agre+ed with hym and he had all that he de&s;yred and more. And than he departed and went into Lo|rayne fro whens as he came: and &s;o lefte the re|alme of Fraunce and the countrey of Champai+ne in peace whan he had done yuels ynowe. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the yere of our lorde god a. M. CCC. li<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. Sir Robert Canoll made a iourney with thre thou&s;ande one and other: and wente out of the marche&s;&s;e of Bretaygne / and rode a|long the ryuer of Loyre and entred into Berry brennyng and exylyng the countre. And it was &s;ayd he had taken on hym to pa&s;&s;e through Au|uergne / to go &s;e the pope and cardynalles at A|uygnone / and to haue &s;ome of their floring a&s;|well as the archpree&s;t had done.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the iourney that &s;ir Robert Ca|noll made in Berry and Auuergne / and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countrey that pur&s;ued hym. Cap. CC .iiii.</HEAD>
<P>_SUche lordes and knigh|tes of Auuergne with their co~|panyes / as were in purpo&s;e to encountre &s;ir Robert Canoell came within a dayes iourney of hym with a thre thou&s;ande &s;peares. Sir Robert had ry|den in Berry brenning and exilyng the countre and as than he was entred into Auuergne / and to re&s;y&s;t hym / the lordes and knyghtes were a&s;|&s;embled. They of Auuerne and Lymo&s;en: and with them therle of Fore&s;tes / who had with him a .iiii. C. &s;peares. Thus they rode after &s;ir Ro|bert Canoll and his men / &s;uch as he had broght with hym out of Loritaygne / callyng them&s;elfe engly&s;&s;hmen. Whan the&s;e lord<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were thus with|in a dayes iourney of their ennemyes / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lodged that nyght. And the next day they came and lodged on a mountayne nere to thengly&s;&s;h+men / &amp; they were lodged on a nother lytell hyll / &s;o that eche of theym might &s;e others fyers that they made. Than the next mornyng the french / men auaunced farther / &amp; about noone they ca~e to a mountayne right agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;o that there was no more bytwene them / but a lytell medowe of a .xii. acres of lande. Inconty|nent the engly&s;&s;hemen made redy their batayle to fight: and &s;ette their archers in the hangyng of the hyll before them / than the frenchmen or|dayned two batayles / in euery batayle a .v. M. men. The fir&s;t ledde the dolphyne of Auuergne erle of Cleremont / called Berault and there he was made knyght / and rearyd his baner quarte+red with Auuergne &amp; Merquell. And with him was the lorde Robert Daulphyn his vncle / the lorde Montagu / the lorde of Talencon / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Cochfort / the lorde of Serygnacke / the lorde Godfray of Boloyne and dyuers other knight&abis; and &s;quyers: of Lymo&s;yn / of Quercy / of Auuer+gne / and of Rouergue. In the &s;econde batayle was the erle of Fore&s;tes / the lorde John~ of Bo|loyn erle of Auuergne / the lorde Darchyer and his &s;onnes / the lorde Dachon / the lorde Du<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es / &s;ir Renalt of Fore&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brother to therle / and ma|ny other knyghtes and &s;quyers: hauyng great de&s;yre to fyght with their enemyes / by &s;emyng. On the other &s;yde &s;ir Robert Canoll and his co~+pany &s;hewed howe he <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> al&s;o great de&s;yre to haue batayle. Thus bothe ho&s;tes &s;tode &s;tyll tyll it was nere night eche before other / without go|ynge out of their &s;traytes: &s;aue certayne yonge knyghtes and &s;quyers to get pri&s;e in armes / di|&s;cended downe on both parties by the lycence of their mar&s;hals / &amp; came downe into the medowe and there iu&s;ted one with another: and he that wanne his felowe had hym <ABBR>pri&s;onerr.</ABBR> Thus at night eche partie drewe to their lodgynges and made good watche: than the french lordes went to coun&s;ayle / &amp; they ordayned that at the hour of mydnight they &s;hulde dy&s;cend downe fro their mou~tayne / on the &s;yde fro their enemyes ward. And to go a two leages / and &s;o to come to the o|ther&s;yde of the mountayne / where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> enemys were: on the which &s;yde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hyll was ea&s;y inough to mount / and thought to co~e &s;o erly thyder that the~gli&s;hmen &s;huld nat be redy armed. this was nat &s;o &s;ecretly &s;poken / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thengly&s;&s;hmen had knoledge therof by an engli&s;&s;he pri&s;oner y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;tale
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away fro the frenche hoo&s;t / and came to &s;ir Ro|bert Canoll and &s;hewed him all the mater. Tha~ &s;ir Robert wente to coun&s;ayle with &s;uche as he tru&s;ted be&s;t: &s;o that they thought all thynges co~+&s;ydred that it was nat be&s;t to abyde the puy&s;an|ce of the frenchmen / than they tru&s;&s;ed and de&abper;|ted by guydes of men of the countrey / &s;uche as they had there for pri&s;oners. At the hour of myd+night the frenchmen putte themin array of ba|tayle and rode for the as they before had orday|ned: and by that tyme it was day they came to the mou~tayne <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they thoght to haue founde the engly&s;&s;hmen. And whan they knewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they were departed / they cau&s;ed certayne of their me~ to mount vp to the mou~tayne to &s;e if they coude knowe any thynge of theym / they retourned a|gayne and reported howe they had &s;ene theym pa&s;&s;e by &s;uche away as they named / and howe that they were goynge to Lymoges in Lymo|&s;yn. Whan the lordes of France herde that / they brake vpp~ their iourney and de&abper;ted euery man to his owne. And anone after was the mariage made of the lorde Berault Daulphyne of Au|uergne / and the doughter of the erle of Fore&s;tes that he had by the duke of Burbons &s;u&s;ter.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the almaygnes that abode the kyng of Englande at Calays to ryde with hym into the realme of France / kynge Joha~n beynge &s;tyll pri&s;oner in Englande. Cap. CC .v.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl this &s;ea&s;on the kyn|ge of Englande made great proui&s;yon to come into Fra~|ce: &s;uche as had nat been &s;ene the lyke before. Certayne lor+des and knyghtes of the em|pyre / &s;uche as had &s;erued the kyng before / prouyded the &s;ame <ABBR>yer</ABBR> greatly for hor&s;e and harneys / and other thynges nece&s;&s;a|ry for their degrees. And a&s;&s;oone as they might they came by Flaunders to Calays / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a bode for the kynges co~myng: &s;o it was that the kyng of Englande came nat &s;o &s;oone to Calays as it was &s;ayde he &s;hulde haue done / wherfore moche people re&s;orted thyder / &s;o that they wy&s;t nat <ABBR>wher</ABBR> to lodge nor to haue &s;tablyng for their hor&s;es. Al&s;o bredde / wyne / hay / and otes: and o|ther &abpro;ui&s;yons were very dere and &s;cant / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none to gette for golde nor &s;yluer: and euer it was &s;aid the kyng co~meth the next weke. Thus taryed there the lordes of Almaygne / of Behayne / of Brabant / of Flanders / and of Hey+nault: fro the begynnyng of Augu&s;t / to the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Luke / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many that <ABBR>wer</ABBR> fayne to &s;ell the be&s;te part of their iewelles. And if the kyng had been there than / lodgyng wolde haue ben &s;trayter: the towne was &s;o full. And al+&s;o it was dout of the&s;e lordes / who had &s;pende all that they had / that they wolde nat depart fro Calays / tyll they were contented agayne of all their expe~&s;es. The kyng &s;ende nat for the fourth part of them / many of them were come of their owne good wylles / tru&s;tynge to haue &s;ome ad|uauntage: and &s;ome thought to robbe and pyll in the realme of France. Than the kyng of En|glande &s;ende ouer before the duke of Lanca&s;tre with foure hundred &s;peares / and two thou&s;and archers. And whan~e the duke came to Calays: the&s;e lordes &s;traungers made great ioye of hym and demau~ded tidynges of the kyng and of his commynge. The duke excu&s;ed the kynge of his taryeng &s;o longe (and &s;ayde) howe that all his proui&s;yon was natte fully redy: and &s;ayd fayre lord<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / the taryeng here is no profyte. I woll go ryde for the into Fraunce / and to &s;e what I can fynde <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> wherfore &s;irs I requyre you to ryde for the with me / and I&s;hall delyuer you a cer|tayne &s;omme of money to pay withall your co|&s;tes in your lodgynges / that ye haue &s;pent here in this towne of Calays / and ye &s;hall haue pro|ui&s;ion of vitayle to cary on your &s;omers. The&s;e lordes thought great &s;hame to refu&s;e the dukes offre / &amp; &s;o graunted hym: than euery man newe &s;hodde their hor&s;es and tru&s;&s;ed and de&abper;ted no|bly fro Calays with the duke and went to &s;aynt Omers / they were a two thou&s;ande &s;peares he / &s;yde the archers / and other fotemen. They pa&s;|&s;ed for by &s;aynt Omers without any a&s;&s;aut and &s;o rode to Bethwyne and pa&s;&s;ed by / and came to Mount &s;aynt Eloy a good abbey and a riche a two leages fro Arras: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed a four dayes to refre&s;&s;he theym and their hor&s;es / for they founde in that abbey well wherwith. And whan they had robbed and wa&s;ted the countrey there about / they rode to Cambrey &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made a great a&s;&s;aut. And there was &s;layne a baneret of Englande and dyuers other / for they within defended them&s;elfe valyantly / by the ayde &amp; con|forte of the erle of &s;aynt Poule / and the lorde of
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Lamenall and other / who with a two hundred &s;peares / came into the towne at a backe gate. And whan thengly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe that they coude gette nothyng there: they departed and folow|ed the ryuer of So~e with great &s;car&s;nes of bred and wyne. And &s;o came to a towne called Che|re&s;y where they founde plentie of bredde and wyne: and there they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer for that bridge was nat broken and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they taryed Al+halowen day and all nyght. The &s;ame day ty|dynges came to the duke howe the kyng was a|ryued at Calays: commaundynge hym incon|tynent to drawe towardes hym and all his com+pany. Than he retourned towarde Calays / w^t hym was al&s;o &s;ir Henry of Flaunders with two hundred &s;peares: and of Brabant there was &s;ir Henry of Beautre&s;en lorde of Bergues / and the lorde Gerarde de la Herde / the lorde Fra~que de Halle. O<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Heynault / the lorde Gaultyer of Ma~+ny / and the lorde John~ of Gomegynes. And of Behayne / &s;ir Gaultyer de la Haultpon / &s;ir Rey+nolde de Boulaunt / the lorde Godfray of Hard+namont / and the lord John~ his &s;onne / the lorde of Duras / Thyrey of Ferram / the lorde Ru&s;e of Junepe / the lorde Gyles Sorles / the lorde John~ of Bermont / the lorde Reynolde of Ber|g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hes and dyuers other. The Almaygnes and mercenaryes of &s;trange countreis / I canne nat name at this pre&s;ent tyme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great ho&s;t that the kynge of England brought into France to ma|ke warre there / kyng John~ beyng pri+&s;oner in England: and of the order of the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t. Cap. CC .vi.</HEAD>
<P>_AS the duke of La~ca&s;tre and the&s;e lordes retourned to+wardes Calys / they mette in their way a foure leages fro Calays &s;o gret multytude of people / that all the countrey was couered therwith / &s;o ry|chely armed and be&s;ene / that it was great ioye to beholde the fre&s;&s;he &s;hinyng armours: baners w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ynge in the wynde / their co~panyes in good order ridyng a &s;oft pa&s;e. Whan the duke &amp; the&s;e lordes mette the kyng: he fee&s;ted them and than+ked them of their &s;eruyce / than the&s;e almayns / mercenaryes / brabances / behannoyes / all togy+der &s;hewed vnto the kyng: howe they had &s;pent all their goodes / hor&s;es / and harnes &s;olde. So that lytell or nothyng was left theym to do hym &s;eruyce: for the which entent they were co~e / nor how they had nat wherwith to go home agayn vnto their countreis if they &s;huld depart: wher+fore they de&s;yred his noblenes to take &s;ome re|garde to them. The kyng an&s;wered (and &s;ayd) howe he was nat as than redy to gyue theym a playne aun&s;were: but &s;ayde &s;irs I thynke ye be+fore traueyled / wherfore go your wayes and re+fre&s;&s;he you a two or thre dayes in Calays / and this nyght and to morowe I &s;hall take coun&s;ell and &s;ende vnto you &s;uche an an&s;were: that of re+a&s;on ye &s;halbe content. Than the&s;e &s;trangers de+parted fro the kynge and fro the duke and rode towarde Calays: and they had nat ryden halfe a leage farther / but they met a great multytude of caryages. And after that the prince of Wales nobly and richely be&s;ene and all his company / wherof <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;uche a nombre that all the cou~+trey was couered with them / and he rode a &s;oft pa&s;e redy raynged in batayle / as though they &s;hulde incontynent haue fought. Thus he rode euer a leage or two after the kynges hoo&s;t: and all the caryages bytwene both hoo&s;tes / the whi|che order the&s;e &s;tra~gers lyked maruelu&s;ly well.</P>
<P>&para; Whan the&s;e &s;tra~gers had well regarded this company: and had reuerently &s;aluted the prince and &s;uch lordes as were with hym / and the prin+ce louyngly receyued the~ as he that coude ryght well do it. Than they toke leaue of hym &amp; &s;hew|ed hym their nede / de&s;yringe that he wolde re|garde their nece&s;&s;ytie: and he gladly promy&s;ed the~ &s;o to do. So they rode on tyll they came to Calays / and the &s;econde day after the kyng &s;ent them their an&s;were by thre &s;ufficient knyghtes / and they &s;hewed theym playnly that the kynge had nat brought with hym <ABBR>trea&s;ur</ABBR> &s;ufficient to pay all that they de&s;yred / and to performe the en+terprice that he hath taken in hande: but if they wolde go forthe with hym / and to take &s;uche for+tune as falleth other good or yuell. If good for|tune and wynnyng fall: they to haue their part / &s;o that they demaunde no wages: nor for lo&s;&s;e of hor&s;e nor &s;pence / nor damage that they maye happ~ to haue / for they &s;aid the kyng had broght men ynough out of his relame to furny&s;&s;he his enterprice. This an&s;were plea&s;edd nat greatly the&s;e lordes nor their co~pany / who had &s;ore tra|ueyled
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and &s;pended their goodes / and had lay|ed their hor&s;es and harnes to pledge / and &s;olbe for nece&s;&s;ytie. Howbeit they coude haue nothyn+ge els / but that the kyng delyuerd the~ a certayn &s;omme of money to bring them home into their countrey. Howe beit &s;ome of tho&s;e lordes went agayne to the kyng to &s;erue hym at aduenture: they thought it &s;hame to retourne agayne with+out any thyng doyng. I &s;hall deuy&s;e to you &s;o~|what the order that the kyng of Englande toke or he departed out of England / the which is nat a thyng &s;hortly to pa&s;&s;e ouer: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> neuer de|parted out of Englande before &s;uche an army / nor &s;o well ordred.</P>
<P>&para; Or the kyng departed out of his realme: he made all the lordes of France &s;uche as were pri+&s;oners to be put into dyuers pla<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es and &s;tronge ca&s;telles in the realme to be the more &s;urer of the~ and the frenche kyng was &s;et in the towre of Lo~+don and his yonge &s;onne with hym / and moche of his plea&s;ure and &s;port re&s;trayned: for he was than &s;traytlyer kept than he was before. Than euery man was commaunded to go to Douer / where as &s;hyppes were redy to pa&s;&s;e ouer / &s;o e|uery man drewe thyder none abode at home / by+twene the age of twentie and thre&s;core. So that nere hande all lordes / knyghtes / and &s;quyers went to Douer: except &s;uche as the kyng had a|poynted to kepe the realme / ca&s;tels / marches / &amp; hauyns of the &s;ame: whan all were a&s;&s;embled at Douer. Than the kynge toke his mu&s;ters: and there &s;ayde playnly that his entencyon was to pa&s;&s;e ouer into the realme of France / and nat to retourne agayn tyll he had made an ende of his warre / or els a &s;ufficyent peace to his great ho|nour and profet / or els to dye in the payne. And therfore he &s;ayd if there were any that were nat well wylling to go ouer to returne agayn backe euery man &s;ayd they were gladde to &s;erue hym. And &s;o they all entred into their &s;hyppes in the name of god and &s;aynt George: and they arry|ued at Calays two dayes before the fee&s;t of Al|&s;ayntes / the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lix.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the kyng of England depar|ted fro Calais / and of the order of his ho&s;t / in ridyng through Picardy / &amp; &s;o to the cytie of Reynes. Cap. CC .vii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kyng and the prince his &s;on were arryued at Calys / and al&s;o thre other of his &s;onnes / that is to &s;ay lorde Lyonell erle of Ul&s;ter / the lorde John~ erle of Rych|mont and y^e lorde Edmonde yonge&s;t of the foure and all their people / &amp; that they hadde dy&s;charged out of their &s;hyppes all their hor&s;es and other prouy&s;ion / and had tary|ed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> foure dayes. Than euery man was co~|maunded to make redy to depart: &s;ayeng howe he wolde ryde after his co&s;yn the duke of Lanca+&s;tre. Than the kyng in a mornyng departed fro Calays with all his company and caryages / in the be&s;t order that euer any army y&s;&s;ued oute of any towne. It was &s;ayd he had a &s;ixe thou&s;and charyettes and cartes brought out of <ABBR>England</ABBR> well furny&s;&s;hed: than he ordred his bataylles &s;o richely be&s;ene that it was ioye to beholde them / and than his co~&s;table the erle de la Marche had fyue hundred knyghtes armed / and a thou&s;and archers before his batayle. Than the kyng&abis; ba|tayle with thre thou&s;ande men of armes / and .v. thou&s;ande archers in good order: ridyng after the con&s;tables batayle / and next after the kyng&abis; batayle came all the caryage / the which contay|ned two leag&abis; in length / mo than fyue thou&s;and charyettes and cartes / caryeng proui&s;yon for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hoo&s;t withall thynges of hou&s;eholde / which had nat be&s;ene before caryed with men of warre / as handmylles / ouyns to bake in / and &s;uche other thynges nece&s;&s;ary. Than next after them came the princes batayle / and of his bretherne / wher|in were a two thou&s;ande &s;peares nobly hor&s;ed &amp; richely be&s;ene in order redy to fyght: they rode nat pa&s;t a four leages a day. And in this maner they were encountred with the duke of Lanca|&s;tre and the &s;trange lordes / bytwene Calys and the abbey of Lykes in a fayre playn. In the kyn+ges hoo&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a fyue hundred varlettes w^t matockes and axes to make euyn the wayes for the caryage to pa&s;&s;e. &para; Nowe &s;hall I name vn+to you certayne of the lordes and knyghtes of Englande that pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee with their kynge: and before in the company of the duke of Lan|ca&s;tre / the kynges co&s;yn germayn. Fir&s;t his. iiii &s;onnes: the prince Edward / &s;ir Lyonell / &s;ir Jo|ha~ne / and &s;ir Edmonde. Than &s;ir Henry duke of Lanca&s;tre / &s;ir John~ erle de la Marche co~&s;ta|ble of Englande / the erle of warwyke / the erle of Suffolke mar&s;hall of Englande / the erle of Herforde and Northampton / the erle of Saly&s;+bury / therle of Stafforde / the erle of Oxenford / 
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the by&s;&s;hop of Lyncolne / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Dyr|ham the lorde Percy / the lorde Neuell / the lorde Spen&s;er / the lorde Ro&s;e / the lorde Manny / the lorde Renolde Cobham y^e lorde Monbray / the lorde Dalawar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the lorde John~ Chandos / &s;ir Rycharde Penbruge / the lorde of Manne / the lorde Wylloughby / the lorde Feltone / the lorde Ba&s;&s;et the lorde Crabalton / the lorde Sylua~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yer / &s;ir James Awdeley / &s;ir Bartylmewe de Brunes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> lorde of Salyche &s;ir Stephyn Gon+&s;anton / &s;ir Hewe Ha&s;tynges / &s;ir Joha~n Ly&s;le / &s;ir Nowell Lormych and dyuers other / whom I can nat name. They rode through Arthoyes and pa&s;&s;ed by the cytie of Arras / and toke the &s;ame way that the duke of Lanca&s;tre had pa&s;te before / they coude fynde nothynge to lyue by in the playne countrey: for all that there was lefte was put into the fortre&s;&s;es. And al&s;o the cou~tre had ben long poore and &s;ore wa&s;ted: and it was a dere &s;ea&s;on in the realme of France / and great famyne ranne generally through all the contre / for the yerth had nat ben laboured of thre <ABBR>yer</ABBR> be+fore: for if otes and whete had nat come to them out of Heynault and Cambre&s;is: the people in Arthoyes / Uerma~doys / and in the by&s;&s;hoprike of Laone and Reynes had dyed for hu~ger. And the kyng of Englande or he departed out of his owne realme / herde of the great famyne in that countre. He and all his lordes brought prouy&s;i|on with them: except otes and &s;trawe / wherfore they made as good &s;hyft for their hor&s;es as they might. Al&s;o the &s;ea&s;on was &s;ore reyning &amp; weyt the which dyd them great trouble and their hor+&s;es al&s;o: for moo&s;t part day and night it reyned without cea&s;e / &s;o that wyne that yere was lytell worth.</P>
<P>THe kyng of England rode by &s;mall iour+neys tyll he aproched Balpau&s;mes / and I &s;hall &s;hewe you of an adue~ture that fyll to &s;ir Galahault of Rybamont / a right hardy and an expert knyght of Picardy. ye &s;hall knowe that all the townes / cyties / ca&s;telles / and pa&s;&s;ages / which way the kyng went were &s;urely kept: for euery towne in Picardy tooke in &s;oudyours at their wages for their &s;uretie. The erle of &s;aynt Poule with two hundred &s;peares was in the cy+tie of Arras / the con&s;table of Fraunce was at A+myen&s;e the lorde of Mon&s;alt at Corby / &s;ir Ed|warde of Rancy / and &s;ir Ingram of Hedyn at Balpau&s;mes / &s;ir Baudwyn Dannekyns mai|&s;ter of the cro&s;bowes at &s;aynt Nuyntines. And thus in euery towne and cytie: for they knewe playnly that the kyng of Englande wolde come and ley &s;iege to Reynes / &s;o it was that they of Peron in Uermandoys / the whiche was in the kyng of Englandes way / had no capitayne nor ruler of their towne: and the engly&s;&s;hmen apro|ched dayly / wherfore they were nat well at their ea&s;e. This towne &s;tandeth on the ryuer of So~e and thengly&s;&s;hmen lightly euer folowed the ry|uers: at la&s;t they of Peron remembred them of &s;ir Galahaut of Rybamont / who was nat recey+ued as capitayne into any towne / and as they were enfourmed he was as than at Tourney. Than they &s;ende courte&s;&s;e letters to hym: de&s;y|ryng that he wolde helpe to kepe their towne of Perone with &s;uche company as he coude gette / and promy&s;ed to gyue him for his owne per&s;on euery day twentie fra~kes / and for euery knight vnder hym ten / &amp; for euery &s;peare with thre hor|&s;es one franke a day. Sir Galahaut who de&s;y|red to exercy&s;e the feat of armes / and &s;awe howe he was de&s;yred of the~ of Peron his neyghburs / he lightly agreed to them. And &s;ende the~ worde howe he wolde be with them the &s;econde day af|ter: he prepared hym and gette &s;uche company as he coude / and &s;o departed fro Tourney with a thyrtie with hym / and alwayes his nombre en+crea&s;ed. And he &s;ende to &s;ir Roger of Coloyne to mete with hym at a certayne place apoynted: and this &s;ir Roger came thyder with a twentie with hym. So that at la&s;t this &abser; Galahaut had a fyftie &s;peares / and lodged one night a &abpro;chyn|ge to Peron warde within two leages of then|gly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / in a lytell vyllage in the feldes the whiche was all boyde: for all the people of the countrey were fledde into the fortere&s;&s;es. The next mornyng they defmyned to entre into Pe|ron / for they were nat farre thens: and whan it was after &s;upper about the hour of mydnight / and that they had &s;ette their watche and iange|led one to another of dyuers maters / than &abser; Ga+lahault &s;ayde we &s;halbe to morowe betymes at Peron / but yet or we entre I &s;hall coun&s;ell that we ryde to the fro~ter of our enemyes / for I thin+ke there be &s;ome among theym that to auaunce them&s;elfe / or to &s;eke for &s;ome forage woll come abrode in the mornyng / we may fortune to mete with &s;uche that &s;hall pay for our &s;cotte. To this agreed all his company and kept it &s;ecrete: and at the brekyng of the day they were redy &amp; their hor&s;es &s;adled / and &s;o rode forthe in good order / and went out of the way to Peron / and coo&s;ted the wodes to &s;e if they coude fynde any <ABBR>adue~tur</ABBR> And &s;o came to a vyllage where the people had fortyfied the church: there &s;ir Galahaut a ligh|ted for he knewe well there was bredde / wyne / &amp;
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other vitaylles / and they within offered hym to take what he wolde. And whyle they were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;ir Galahalt called to him two &s;quyers / wherof Bridoll of Tallone was one: and he &s;ayd to the~ &s;irs go and ryde forth into the foldes and dy&s;co|uer the countre euery way / and loke if ye &s;e any thynge / and come hyder agayne we woll abyde you here. The&s;e two &s;quyers well hor&s;ed rode forthe into the feldes / and went to a wood halfe a leage then&s;e: the &s;ame mornynge was ryden forthe &s;ir Renault of Boulant an almaygne / of the company of the duke of La~ca&s;ters and was returnyng agayne. And &s;o he came to the &s;ame place where the two &s;quyers were / they wende they had ben &s;ome men of armes of the countre that had been <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in a bu&s;&s;hement: at la&s;t they &s;pyed well howe they were almaygnes. Than~e the two &s;quyers &s;pake toguyder (and &s;ayd) we mu&s;t fayne vs to be of their partie: than &s;ir Re|nault of Boulant &s;pake to them / and demau~ded what they were in the language of Almaygne / Bridoll an&s;wered who coude well &s;peke that la~+gage (and &s;ayd) &s;ir we be &abper;tayning to &s;ir Bar|tylmewe de Bonnes. Why <ABBR>wher</ABBR> is &s;ir Bartyl|mewe &s;ayd &s;ir Renolde / &s;ir &s;ayd they he is in ya~+der vyllage: and why dothe he tary there &s;ayde the knyght / &s;ir &s;ayde they for vs. He&s;ende vs a|brode to &s;e if we coude fynde any forage abrode in the countre / by my fayth &s;ayd the knyght <ABBR>her</ABBR> is none: for I haue ryden all this mornyng and canne fynde nothyng / wherfore go ryde to hym and bydde hym come away / and let vs ryde to|gyder toward &s;aynt Quyntines / to &s;e if we can fynde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> any better market or any good adue~+ture. Sir &s;ayd the &s;quyer who be you that wol|de haue hym in your co~pany: they call me &abquod; the knyght Renolde of Boulande &s;ay &s;o to &s;ir Bar+tylmewe. Than the two &s;quiers returned to the vyllage: a&s;&s;one as &s;ir Galahault &s;awe them / he demaunded what tidynges (haue ye any thing &s;one) yes &s;ir &abquod; they we haue &s;ene ynough. Sir in yander wood is &s;ir Renold of Boulant with xxx. w^t hym: and he hath ryden all this morning he de&s;yreth &s;ore to haue you in his company to ryde togyder towarde&s;aynt Quyntines / what &abquod; &s;ir Galahaut what &s;ay you. Sir Renolde of Boulant is a knight of Almayne / and reteyned with the kyng of Englande: all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ir we knowe well &s;ayde the &s;quyers / and howe departed you than fro hym &s;ayde &s;ir Galahaut / I &s;hall &s;hewe you &s;ayd &s;ir Bridoll: than he &s;hewed hym all y^e wordes that had ben bytwene them. And whan &s;ir Galahaut herde that he &s;tudyed a lytell: and than demaunded coun&s;ayle of &s;ir Ronger of Co+layne and of &s;uche other knightes as were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> what was be&s;t than to do. They an&s;wered and &s;ayde: &s;ir ye de&s;yre euer to fynde <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> / and &s;yth they fall in your handes take theym / for al|wayes by right of armes a man ought to greue his ennemy. To this coun&s;ayle lightly agreed &s;ir Galahault / who was de&s;yrous to fynde his enemyes: he lept on his cour&s;er and dyd on his ba&s;enet with a vy&s;er / bycau&s;e he wolde natte be knowen / and &s;o dyd all his co~pany. Than they y&s;&s;ued out of the vyllage and toke the feldes / de+termyned what they wolde do / and &s;o rode on y^e right hande to warde the wode / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;ir Rey|nold taryed for them: and they were a. lx<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. men of armes / and &s;ir Renolde had nat pa&s;t a. x<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">. &amp; whan &s;ir Renolde &s;awe theym he di&s;played his bauer before hym / and came &s;oftely ridynge to|warde them wenyng to hym that they had been engly&s;&s;hmen. Whan~e he aproched he lyft vp his vy&s;er and &s;aluted &s;ir Galahaut in the name of &abser;
Bartylmewe de Bonnes. Sir Galahaut helde hym&s;elfe &s;tyll &s;ecrete and an&s;wered but fayntly / and &s;ayd lette vs ryde forth: and &s;o rode on and his men on the one &s;yde / and the almaygnes on the other. Whan &s;ir Reynolde of Boulant &s;awe their maner / and howe &s;ir Galahaut rode &s;om|tyme by hym and &s;pake no worde: tha~ he began to &s;u&s;pecte. And he had nat ryden &s;o the &s;pace of a quart of an houre / but he &s;tode &s;tyll vnder his baner among his men (&amp; &s;ayd) &s;ir I haue dout what knyght ye be / I thynke ye be nat &s;ir Bar|tylmewe de Bonnes for I knowe hym well and I &s;e well that it is nat you. I woll ye tell me yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> name or I ryde any farther in your company. Therwith &s;ir Galahaut lyft vp his vy&s;er &amp; rode towardes the knyght to haue taken hym by the raygne of his bridell / and cryed our lady of Ry|bamont: than &s;ir Roger of Coloyne &s;ayde Co|loyne to the re&s;cue. Whan &s;ir Renold of Boula~t &s;awe what ca&s;e he was in / he was nat greatly a|frayed: but drewe out his &s;werde: and as &abser; Ga+lahaut wolde haue taken hym by the bridell / &s;ir Reynolde put his &s;werde clene throught hym / &amp; drue agayne his &s;werd out of hym and toke his hor&s;e with y^e &s;purres / and left &s;ir Galahaut &s;ore hurt. And whan &s;ir Galahaltes men &s;awe their mai&s;ter in that ca&s;e they were &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / &amp; &s;ette on &s;ir Renaldes men: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many ca&s;t to the yerth / but a&s;&s;oone as &s;ir Renolde had gy|uen &s;ir Galahaut that &s;troke / he &s;trake his hor&s;e with the &s;purres and toke the feldes. Than cer|tayne of Galahaultes &s;quyers cha&s;ed hym / and whan he &s;awe that they folowed him &s;o <ABBR>ner</ABBR> that he mu&s;t other tourne agayne or els be&s;hamed.
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Lyke a hardy knight he tourned and abode the torma&s;t: and gaue hym &s;uche a &s;troke / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had no more ly&s;t to folowe him. And thus as he rode on he &s;erued thre of them that folowed hym / and wou~ded them &s;ore: if a good are had ben in his handes at euery &s;troke he had &s;tayne a man. He dyd &s;o moche that he was out of the daunger of the frenchmen and &s;aued hym&s;elfe without any hurt: the which his enemyes reputed for a gret prowes / and &s;o dyd all other y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> herde therof / but his men were <ABBR>ner</ABBR> &s;layne or taken / but fewe that were &s;aued. And &s;ir Galahault was caryed fro then&s;e &s;ore hurt to Perone: of that hurte he was neuer after perfetly hole / for he was a knyght of &s;uche courage that for all his hurt he wolde nat &s;pare hym&s;elfe / wherfore he lyued nat longe af|ter. Nowe lette vs retourne to the kyng of En|glande and &s;he we howe he layed his &s;iege to the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of Reynes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande be&s;ie|ged the cite of Reynes / and of the ca|&s;tell of Chargny taken by thengly&s;&s;h+men. And of the warre that began a|gayne bytwene the duke of Norma~|dy and the kyng of Nauer. Cap. C C .viii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe engly&s;&s;hmen dyde &s;omoche that they pa&s;&s;ed At+thoyes / where they founde a poore contrey: and &s;o entred into Cambre&s;is where they founde a better market / for there was nothyng put into the fortre&s;&s;es bycau&s;e they thought the~&s;elfe well a&s;&s;ured of the kyng of Englande and his co~pa|ny / bycau&s;e they helde of thempyre: but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Englande thought nat &s;o. The kyng went &amp; lodged at Beauuoyes in Cambre&s;is: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he abode a foure dayes to refre&s;&s;he them &amp; their hor&s;es and ouer ranne the moo&s;t part of Ca~bre+&s;is the by&s;&s;hopp~ Pyer of Cambray and the cou~+&s;aylles of the lordes of the countrey &amp; good tow|nes by &s;aue conduct: &s;end certayne me&s;&s;angers so the kyng of Englande to knowe by what ty|tell he made warre to them. They were an&s;we|red it was bycau&s;e in tyme pa&s;te they had made alyance and conforted the frenchmen / and mayn+tened them in their townes and fortere&s;&s;es: and in maner made warre as their enemyes. Wher|fore the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;ayd they might well by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> rea&s;on make warre agayne to them. Other an|&s;were coude they haue non: wherfore they of Ca~+bre&s;ys were fayne to bere their damages a&s;well as they might. Thus the kyng of England pa&s;+&s;ed through Cambre&s;is and &s;o went into Thie|rache / his men ranne ouer the countrey on both &s;ydes / and toke forage <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they might gette it On a day &s;ir Bartylme we de Bonnes ranne be+fore &s;aynt Quintyne / and by adue~ture he mette with the capitayne therof called &s;ir Baudewyn Danekyn. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a great fray bytwene the~ and many ouerthrowen on bothe partes: final|ly the engly&s;&s;hmen obtayned the vyctorie / and &s;ir Baudwyn taken pri&s;oner by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Bartylmew of Bonnes. Than thengly&s;&s;hmen retourned to the kyng / who was lodged at the abbey of Fen|ney / where they had vitaylles ynought for them and for their hor&s;es. And than rode forthe with|out any lette tyll they came into the marches of Reynes: the kynge tooke his lodgynge at &s;aynt Wall beyonde Reynes / and the prynce of Wa|les at &s;aynt Thierry. Than the duke of Lanca|&s;tre and other erles / barownes / and knyghtes / were lodged in other vyllages aboute Reynes: they had nat all their ca&s;e / for they were there in the hert of wynter: about &s;aynt Andrewes tyde with great wyndes and rayne / and their hor&s;es yuell lodged and entreated / for all the countrey a two or thre yere before the yerth had nat benla boured. Wherfore there was no forage to gette abrode / vnder .x. or .xii. leages of / wherby there were many frayes / &s;omtyme the~gli&s;&s;hmen wan and &s;omtyme lo&s;t. In the good cytie of Reynes at that tyme was capitayne &s;ir John~ of Craon archby&s;&s;hoppe of the &s;ame place / and the erle of Porcyen / and &s;ir He we of Porcyen his brother / the lorde de la Bonne / the lorde of Canency / the lorde of Annore / the lorde of Lore / and dyuer&s;e other lordes / knyghtes / and &s;quyers of the mar+ches of Reyns. They defended the cytie &s;o well that it tooke no damage the &s;iege duryng: they cytie was &s;tronge and well kept. The kynge of England al&s;o wolde nat &s;uffre any a&s;&s;aut to be made: bycau&s;e he wolde nat traueyle nor hurte his people. The kynge abode there at this &s;iege fro the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Andre we to the beginnyng of lent: they of the ho&s;t rode often tymes abrode to fynde &s;ome adue~ture / &s;ome into the cou~tie of Rethell / to Warke / to May&s;ey / to Douchery / &amp; Moy&s;on: and wolde lodge out of the ho&s;t a thre
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or foure dayes and robhe and pylle the cou&s;rey without any re&s;i&s;tence / &amp; than agayne repaire to the oo&s;t. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;tace <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> breticourt toke the good towne of Acherey / on the ryuer of E&s;ne / and therin founde great ple~|tye of victailles / and &s;pecially of wyne he fou~de ther a. in. M. ve&s;&s;els / wherof he &s;end great part to the kynge and to the prince / who gaue hym great thauke therfore. And duryng this &s;iege as the knyghtes &s;ought for aduentures / it for|tuned that &s;yr John~ Chanoos &s;yr James Au|deley / and the lorde of Mucident / &s;ir Richarde of Pountchardon / and their companyes / rode &s;o nere to Chalons in Champaigne / that they came to Chargny en Dormoy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / a ryght faire ca&s;tell / they well auewed it / they made there a&s;|&s;aute / for they couetted greatly to haue it. In the ca&s;tell were two good knightes one named &s;yr John~ Chapel / who bare in his armes <ABBR>gold</ABBR> an ancre Sable. There was a &s;ore a&s;&s;aute. At this a&s;&s;aute the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Mucident aduentured hym &s;elfe &s;o forewarde / that he was &s;tryken on the heed with a &s;tone in &s;uche wy&s;e / that there he dyed amonge his men / of who&s;e dethe the o|ther knightes were &s;o &s;ore vi&s;plea&s;ed / that they &s;ware nat to departe then&s;e / tyll they had that Ca&s;tell at theyr plea&s;ure / Wherby the a&s;&s;awte encrea&s;&s;ed. There were many &s;ea&s;es of armes done / for the ga&s;coyns were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed for the dethe of theyr Mai&s;ter and Capitayne the lorde of Mucident. They entred into the dy|kes Without feare and came to the walles / and mou~ted vp with theyr targes ouer theyr hedes and in the mean tyme the archars &s;hotte &s;o ho|ly to guyther / that none appered without he was in great parell. The Ca&s;tell was &s;o &s;ore a&s;&s;ayled / that at la&s;te it was taken and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> With lo&s;&s;e and hurte of many <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. Than the two Capytaynes Were taken / and certayne other &s;quyers / and all the re&s;ide <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;layne with oute mercy / and ra&s;ed downe &amp; brent as muche as they myght of the ca&s;tell / bycau&s;e they wolde nat kepe it. And than retourned to theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and &s;hewed the kynge what they had be done. Duryng the &s;iege before Reinnes / there began agayne a great grudge and euyll wyll betwene the kynge of Nauer / and the duke of Norman|dye: the rea&s;on or cau&s;e why I can nat tell / but &s;o it was that the kynge of Nauer departed &s;o|daynly from Parys / and went to Maunte on the Ryuer of Seyne / and than de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ied the duke of Normandy and his bretherne. And they had great meruayle by what tytle he than renewed agayne his Warre. And &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> or &s;hadowe of that warre / a &s;quyer of Bruceis called <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> O&s;tra&s;te toke the &s;tronge callell of Robeboyls on the ryuer of Seyne / a leage from Maunte / and made there a gary&s;o~ / the whiche after dy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> moche hurte to them of Parys and therabout. Al&s;o in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the lorde of Gommegi|nes / who was gone into Engla~de to the quene / Whan the kyng &s;ent the &s;trau~gers to Calayes / repa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee agayn / and came into Heynalt and in hys companye certayne knyghtes and &s;quyers of Ga&s;coyn and of <ABBR>England</ABBR> / theyr en|tentes were to go to the Kynge of Englande &s;o the &s;iege before Reines. Than the yonge lorde of Gommegines de&s;yrynge to haue auaunce|ment a&s;&s;embled certayne men of Warre to gue|ther a .iii. C. oone and other. And &s;o departed from Maubuge and &s;o came to Ue&s;nes in hay+naulte / and pa&s;&s;ed forthe to Atrelon.</P>
<P>The &s;ame tyme the lorde of Ray laye in gray|&s;on at Ray in Thiera&s;e with a good nombre of knyghtes and &s;quiers with hym / and he knewe by &s;uche &s;pyeng as he had made / that the lorde of Gommegines had a&s;&s;embled certayne me<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of warre to guether to go to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege at Reinnes to the ayde of the kynge of Englande / And he knewe well that he mu&s;t pa&s;&s;e through Thier|ra&s;&s;e. And as &s;oone as he knewe the certaynte of his &s;ettynge forewarde he &s;ente worde ther|of to certayne companyons thereaboute of the Frenche partye / and &s;pecyally to the lorde Ro|bert Chanoyne of Rober&s;art / who as than go|uerned the yong erle of Coucis landes and lay at the ca&s;tell of Merle. Whan the Chanoyne knewe therof he was nat colde to &s;ette forward but incontinent went to the lorde of Roy With a &s;ourty &s;peares. So ther the lorde of Roy was made chie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Capytayne of that iourney / as hit was good rea&s;on / for he Was a great lorde of Pycardye / and a Well renowmed man of ar|mes / and Well knowen in many places. So they went forthe to the nombre of thre hundred men of armes / and laye in a bu&s;&s;hement where as they knewe the lorde of Gommegines &s;huld pa&s;&s;e / who entred into Thiera&s;&s;e / and toke the way to Reinnes nat doubtyng of any encoun|tryng. And &s;o in a mornynge he came to a vyl|lage called Haberguy / there he thought to re&s;t a littell to refre&s;&s; he hym and his company / and &s;o alyghted and entred into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> village and were about to &s;table theyr hor&s;es. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on the lorde of Gommegynes / Who Was yong and lu&s;ty / and ryght de&s;irous of dedes of armes / &s;ayde howe he wolde tyde out of the vil+lage to &s;e yf he coulde fyne any better forage&punc;
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Than he toke with hym a certayne / and Cri&s;to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> More a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">quyer bare his penon / and &s;o de|parted from <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">abergey. The frenchemen that &s;ay in the bu&s;&s;hement were but a lyttell out of this village / thynkyng to haue entred into the towne in the nyght / to haue &s;ette on theyr enne|myes / for they knew well where they were / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">meg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es fel in their ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">s. Whan the frenchemen &s;awe hym comynge with &s;o pre+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y a company / they had meruayle at the fyr&s;te what he was / and they &s;ent out afore them two currers / and they brought worde agayne / they were theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nnemyes. Whan they harde that they brake out of theyr bu&s;&s;hement / and cryed Roy in the name of the lorde of Roy. The <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Roy came on before / with his bane<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> before hym di&s;pla<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed / and with hym the lorde Flamo~t of Roy his co&s;yn / and &s;yr Loys of Rober&s;art / and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hanoyn of Rober&s;art his brother / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">&s;tram of Bo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ne roy / and other. Whan the lorde of G&ouml;megines &s;awe what ca&s;e he was in like an hardy knyght abode his ennemies and wolde nat flee. At the fyr&s;t brount the lorde of G&ouml;megines was ouerthrowen / and coude nat ce<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ouer vp agayne / and &s;o there finally he was taken / and two &s;quyers of Ga&s;coyne with hym who had fought right val<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">auntly. Al&s;o Cri&s;to|ferde <ABBR>Mur</ABBR> was taken / who bare his penon.</P>
<P>So all that were there were &s;layne or taken / ex|cepte theyr varlettes / that &s;caped by ronnynge awaye / they were well hor&s;ed / &amp; al&s;o they were nat cha&s;ed.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lorde of Roy dy&s;comfet|ted the lord of Go~megines: and how the ca&s;tell of Commercy was taken by the engli&s;&s;hemen. Cap. CC .ix.</HEAD>
<P>_WWhan the knyghtes and &s;quyers that had taken the lorde of Go~me|gines / and &s;uche as had i&s;&s;ued out of the village with hym. Than they toke theyr horses with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;po|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">s / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">anne into the village c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yenge Roy in the name of the lorde of Roy / wherof they with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the towne <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / whan they &s;aw theyr ennemyes &s;o nere them. The mo&s;t parte <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> them were vnarmed and &s;pred abrode in the village / &s;o that they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oude nat drawe together But there the frenchemen toke theym in theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. The cha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ne Rober&s;art had ma|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> pri&s;onners bycause he was knowen by his baner. Some there were that fledde into a lit|tell &s;tronge how&s;e enuyroned with water &s;tan|dynge at the townes ende. And &s;ome of theym &s;ayd / howe it was be&s;t for them to kepe it / affir|mynge howe the hou&s;e was &s;trenge ynough to kepe tyl they might <ABBR>&s;end</ABBR> worde what ca&s;e they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> in to the kynge of Englande / beyng at the &s;iege of Reinnes / nat doubtynge / but that he woll than incontinent &s;ende them &s;ome ayde.</P>
<P>Than &s;ome other &s;ayd / that &s;o doynge was no &s;uerte for theym / &s;eynge howe theyr ennemyes were rounde about them. Thus they were in &s;tryfe among them &s;elfe what they myght do.</P>
<P>In the mean &s;pace theder came the lorde of roy and &s;ayd to them / &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rs yelde vp your &s;elfe / for and we a&s;&s;aile you / ye are all but deed / for inco~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynent we &s;hall take you per force. So that by tho&s;e workes and other / the moo&s;t hardye&s;t of them were aba&s;&s;hed: and &s;o they yelded theym+&s;elfe pry&s;oners / theyr lyues &s;aued allouly / they were all &s;ent as pri&s;oners to the ca&s;tell of Coucy and to other frenche gary&s;ons. This aduen|ture fell in the yere of <ABBR>our</ABBR> lorde. M. CCC: lix. Wherof the kyng of Englande (whan he knew it) was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but he coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Nowe let vs returne to the &s;iege of Re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nnes / and &s;peke of an aduenture y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fell to &s;yr Bertilmewe of Brennes / who had be|&s;ieged the towne and ca&s;tell of Comercy &amp; with+in was Capitayne a knyght of Champaygne called &s;yr Henry Denoyr.</P>
<P>THe &s;iege durynge before Reyns the lor|des of the o&s;t were lodged abrode in the cou~trey to lie the more at theyr ea&s;e / and to kepe the wayes that no prouy&s;ion &s;hulde entre into the citie. And amonge other &s;yr Bertilmewe de Bonnes with his Company of &s;peares and archers were lodged nere to Comercy a &s;trong ca&s;tell / parteynynge to the ar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">heby&s;&s;hoppe of Reynes. The whiche by&s;&s;hop had made there a &s;tronge gary&s;on / &s;o that this ca&s;tell doubted none a&s;&s;aute / for ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was a &s;quare tou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e thick walled / and fen&s;ably fourni&s;&s;hed for the warre Syr Bartilmewe de Bonnes layde &s;iege ther+to / and &s;awe well howe he coulde nat wynne it by a&s;&s;aute / he &s;et a warke a certayne numbre of miners &amp; gaue them good wages / they bega~ to werk night &amp; day / &amp; dyd &s;o moche that they my|ned farre vnder the great towre / and as they went they &s;ette vp proppes / &s;o that they within knewe nothyng therof. And whan the myners had made an ende / &s;o that the towre was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to fall wha~ they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;t &punc; they came to &abser; Bar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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and &s;ayd. Syr we haue &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 words"> that the great towte &s;hall fall / whan it plea&s;eth you. Well quo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the knyght ye haue well done / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o no more tyll I commaun<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e you. Than he toke Johsi de Guyltell with hym / and went to ca&s;tell / and made&s;igne that he wold &s;peke with &s;ome of them within. Than syr Henry Denoyr capitayne there came+to the bat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">mentes of the y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> walles / &amp; demaunded what he wolde haue. I woll (&s;ayd &s;yr Bartilmewe) that ye ye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> york and all yours / orels ye are all deed without re|medy. Howe &s;o quod &s;yr Henry / and began to &s;myle / we are prouyded of all thynges / and ye wolde haue vs to yelde &s;ymply / the whiche We woll nat do. Well quod for Bartilmewe / and ye knewe what ca&s;e ye &s;tande in / ye wolde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">conti|nent yelde vp withoute any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> wordes. Why quod &s;yr Henry / what ca&s;e be we in? <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> out quod the engly&s;&s;he knyght / and I &s;hall &s;hewe you / and ye &s;hall haue a&s;&s;urance to entre agayn if ye ly&s;te. Than &s;yr Henry and .iiii. with hy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> i&s;&s;ued out and came to &s;yr Bar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / and to Johsi <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Guyltelles / and they brought hym to the myne / and there shewed hym how the great toure &s;tode but on &s;tages of tymbre. Whan the knyght &s;awe the parell that he was in and hys company / he &s;ayd. Syr it is <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and this that ye haue done to me is of your great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> We yelde vs to your plea&s;ure. There &s;yr Bar|tilme we toke them as his pri&s;oners / and made euery ma~ to come out of the castell / and al theyr goodes / and than he &s;et <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yer into the myne and brent the &s;tages / and than the toure claue a &s;ou|der and fell to the erthe. Lo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;yr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|mewe to &abser; Henry / beholde nowe yf I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> truth or nat. Syr it is true&s;ayd &abser; Hery / we are your pri&s;oners at your plea&s;ure / and thanke you of your courte&s;ye / for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> other than vs in this ca&s;e we &s;hulde nat haue been &s;o delte with all. Thus they of the garison of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> ta|ken pri&s;oners / and the ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tell <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
<P>THe kynge of Englande la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e at the &s;iege of Reinnes more than .vii. weekes / but he made none a&s;&s;aute. for he knew well he &s;huld but haue lo&s;t his payne. And whan he ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> there &s;o longe that he was wer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and that hys men coulde fynde no more forage abrode / and lo&s;t their hor&s;es / and beganne to la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ke <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> They on a bay departed in good <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e the waye to Chalo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s in Champaygne / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> by Chalons <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;o went to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">nged at Mery on the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> all his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> the whiche is called .viii. leages. And while the kynge laye at Mery his Coun&s;table / with the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">awarde went to &s;aynt Florentyne / Where &s;y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Edwarde of Rency was capitayne. Ther was a great a&s;&s;aute / but no good they dyd. Than the kynge came thither / and lodged ther about the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yuer of Mouson. And than they departed and came to Tonnerre / and toke the towne by a&s;&s;aute / but nat y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell. In the whiche towne the engly&s;&s;hemen founde beyonde. in. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of myne / the whiche was nece&s;&s;ary for the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. And within the Ca&s;tell was the lorde Fyennes Con&s;table of Fraunce / with a great nombre of men of warre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande as he went wa&s;ted and di&s;troyed the coun|trey: and howe he came to Aguillo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">: and there taried. And of the great pro+uysyon that came after his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;t. The CC. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. Chapitre.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kynge of Englande and his oo&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;ted at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the &s;pace of .v. dayes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of y^t good wynes they fou~de there / and ofte~ tymes a&s;&s;ay|led y^e ca&s;tell / but therin were goode men of armes / as &s;yr Baudwyn <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">neken mai&s;te<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of the cro&s;bowes whan the kynge had well refre&s;&s;hed his oo&s;t in Tonuer / he departed / &amp; pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ar|mencon / and lefte the waye to Au&s;&s;etre on the ryght hande / and toke the waye to Noyers / to the entent to entre into Borgoyn / and to be the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all the lente tyme. So they pa&s;&s;ed by Noyers without any a&s;&s;aute / for he had the lorde therof pri&s;one<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euer &s;yth the bata<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">le of Poicters. And &s;o the kynge went to a towne called Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t roy|all / and &s;o from then&s;e to Aguillon on the riuer of Selettes / for a &s;quier of his called / John A|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en&s;on / who bare in his armes azute / a&s;ko<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;yluer: had wonne the towne of Flauigny nat farre theu&s;e / and had founde therin great pro|uy&s;ion of all maner of victaylles to &s;erue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> oo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> the &s;pace of a moneth the whiche came Welle to pa&s;&s;e / for the kynge laye at Aguillon fro All he Wednysday tyll after mydle~t: and alwayes his ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">hals and currou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s ouer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">anne the cou~trey wa&s;tynge and e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ilynge it / and often tymes re|fre&s;&s;hed the oo&s;t with newe proui&s;ion.</P>
<P>The kynge of Englande and the great men of
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his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> had euer with theym in their cariages <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">emes / pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">lions / mylles / ouyns / and forges / to syeth and to bake and to forge &s;hoos for hor&s;es and for other thynges nece&s;&s;ary / they had with them a. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. cartes / euery carte at le&s;t with. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. good hor&s;es brought out of Englande. Al|&s;o they brought in the&s;e Cartes certayne botes made of lether &s;ubtilly wrought and &s;ufficient|ly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uery one of them to receyue .iii. men to row in water or riuers: and to fy&s;&s;he in them at their plea&s;ure in the whiche dyd the great lorde moche plea&s;ure in the lent &s;ea&s;on. Al&s;o the kynge had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">koners a hor&s;backe with haukes / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ple of houndes / and as many greyhou~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">. So that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ere euery daye eyther he hunted or hauked at the ryuer / as it plea&s;ed hym. And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">rs other of the great lordes had hundes &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> as well as the kyng: and euer as the o&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / they went in thre datailes / and euery <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ayle had his vawarde / and euery oo&s;t lod|ged by them&s;elfe / eche a leage from other. And th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge kept the thirde bataile / whiche Was mo&s;t greatte&s;t. That maner they kepte fro the tyme they remoued from Calais tyll they came before the good towne of Charters.</P>
<P>THe kynge of Englande who laye at A|guillon / had great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ui&s;ion for his oo&s;t / by the meanes of John~ Alen&s;on who he <ABBR>found</ABBR> at F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">auig<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y. Whyle the kynge lay at Aguillon / th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yonge duke of Burgoyne (by the coun&s;ayle and reque&s;t of al the countrey) &s;ent to the kyng of Englande certayne me&s;&s;angers / lordes / and knyghtes / to treate for a re&s;pite: nat to burne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he countrey / nor ouer ronne it. The&s;e were the lordes that went to treate for this mater / Fyr&s;t the lorde &abser; A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ceaulme of Sallins great chau~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> of Burgoyn / &abser; Jaques of Uie~ne / &abser; John~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ye &abser; Hugh of Uie~ne / &abser; William of Tho|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">&s;e / and &abser; John~ of Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tmartin. The&s;e lor|des fou~de the kyng of Englande &s;o treatable / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ther was a compo&s;icion made betwene y^e kyng of Englande / and the countrey of Bourgoyn / the kynge made them a&s;&s;uraunce for hym and all his / nat to ouer ren that countrey / the &s;pace o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc; iii. yeres / and he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o haue redy the &s;omme of ii. M. frankes. Whan this treaty was agreed &amp; &s;ealed the kynge di&s;lodged and al his oo&s;t / and t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ke the right waye to Paris / and lodged on y^e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">er of Dyonne at Leon / be&s;yde Uo&s;elay / and his peple laye alonge the ryuer &s;yde welnere to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> at thentre of the cou~tie of Neuers / &amp; the engli&s;&s;hemen entred into Ga&s;tenoys. The kyng &s;ped hym &s;o by his iourneis y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he came be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Paris &amp; lay .ii. leag&abis; the~s at Burg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">le royne.</P>
<P>THus the kynge rode about the countrey di&s;troyeng all before hym: and al&s;o the gary&s;ons made warre for hym in Beauuoi&s;y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in Pycardy / in France / in Brye / in Cha~paigne &amp; de&s;troyed nere all the countrey. Al&s;o the kyng of Nauer / who was in the marches of Norma~|dy made al&s;o &s;ore warre. Thus y^e noble realme of France was &s;ore greued on all &s;ides. And &s;pe+cially &s;yr Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt / who laye at Chemy on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> riuer of E&s;ne who had a great ga|ri&s;on of &s;oudiers / wa&s;ted raun&s;ommed &amp; pilled the countrey / and ouer ranne the countie of Re|thel to Douchery / to Me&s;ieres / to Chene Po|u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lleux to S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tenay in the countie of Bay / they rode and lay in the countrey where they ly&s;t .ii. or .iii. nyght&abis; together without any let or trou|ble / &amp; whan they ly&s;t retourned agayne to their fortre&s;&s;e of Chemy. True it was that the lordes and knyghtes of the countrey thereabout were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed with that fortre&s;&s;e / and a&s;&s;igned many dayes amonge them &s;elfe to mete / and to go and lay &s;iege to Chemy: howe be it they ne|uer dyd nothyng. The&s;e companyons whoy|magined nyght and day howe they might geat and &s;teale townes &amp; fortre&s;&s;es &punc; on a nyght they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ame to a &s;trong towne &amp; a good ca&s;tell in La|onnoy&s;e nere to Montague / this fortre&s;&s;e was called Pierpont &s;tandyng in a mare&s;&s;e / y^e &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there were within the towne great no~bre of men of the cou~trey / that had brought thither theyr goodes on tru&s;t of the &s;tre~gth of the place Whan they of Chemy came thither / the watche within was a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / they &s;pared nat the dange|ro&abus; mare&s;&s;es / but went through them and came to the walles / and &s;o entred into the towne and wa~ne it without defence / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">obded it at their plea&s;ure. They found <ABBR>ther</ABBR> more riches than e|uer they founde before in any towne. And wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was day they brent y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne / and returned to Che<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">y / well furny&s;&s;hed with great pyllage.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the kyng of England put the realme of Fra~ce into great tribulacio~: and the &abpro;phicies of the frere of Auy|gnon: and of thengli&s;&s;he bu&s;&s;hement layd for them of Paris. Cap. C C .xi.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on a frere minor full of great clergie was in the cite of A|uigno~ / called frere John~ of Roche tayllade / the whiche frere pope In+nocent the .vi. held in pri&s;on in the ca&s;tell of Baignoux for &s;hewyng of many mer|uailes
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after to come / principally he &s;hewen ma|ny thynges to fall on the prelates of the churche for the great &s;uper<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">uitie and pryde / that Was as than v&s;ed amonge theym. And al&s;o he &s;pake many thynges to fall of the realme of Fraunce and of the great lordes of Chri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ome for the oppre&s;&s;ions that they dyd to the pore como~ peo|ple. This frere &s;ayd he wolde proue all his &s;ay|ynges by the auctorite of the Ap<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">lippis / and by other bokes of holy &s;ayntes / and prophettes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche <ABBR>wer</ABBR> opened to hym by the grace of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> holy goo&s;te he &s;hewed many thynges harde to beleue: and many thynges fell after as he &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. He &s;ayd them nat as a prophette / but he &s;hewed them by auctorite of auncie~t &s;criptures / and by the grace of the holy goo&s;t / who gaue hym v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|der&s;ta~dynge to declare the auncient proph<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">cie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and to &s;hewe to all cri&s;ten people the yeres and tyme Whan &s;uche thynges &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">all / he made dyuer&s;e bookes founded on great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ciences and clergie / wherof one was made the yere of <ABBR>our</ABBR> lorde. M. CCC .xlvi. Wherin were written &s;u|che meruailes / that it were hard <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o beleue them howe be it many thynges accordyng therto <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ell after. And whan he was demau~ded of the war|res of France / he &s;ayd that all that had ben &s;een was nat lyke that &s;hulde be &s;een after. For he &s;ayde that the warres in Fraunce &s;hulde nat be ended tyll the realme were vtterly wa&s;ted and exyled in euery parte. The whiche &s;ayeng was well &s;een after / for the noble realme of Fraunce was &s;ore wa&s;ted and exyled: and &s;pecially in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> terme that the &s;ayd frere ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ette: The whiche was in the yeres of <ABBR>our</ABBR> lorde. M. CCC. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> .lvii. lviii. and .lix. He &s;ayde in tho&s;e yeres the pryncis and gentylmen of the realme <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> for feare &s;hewe them &s;elfe agayn&s;t the people <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> lowe e&s;tate / a&s;&s;embled of all cou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> without heed or Capitayne / and they &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> as they ly&s;te in the realme of Fraunce / the whiche <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> after as ye haue herde / howe the companyons a&s;&s;embled theym to guether / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">son of theyr robbery and pyllage wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">d riche and be|came great capitaynes.</P>
<P>NOWe lette vs retourne to the kynge of Englande / Who laye at Bourge the Royne a two lyttell leages <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ro Parys / and all his oo&s;te towardes Mou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">hery / the kynge &s;ente his herauldes to Paris to the duke of Normandy / who laye there with great com|panye of men of warre / to demaunde batayle / but the duke wolde nat agree therto. The me&s;|&s;angers returned without any thynge <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. And whan the kynge &s;awe / that he &s;hulde hau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> no batayle / he was &s;ore <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;plea&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. Than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Gaulter of Manny de&s;yred the kynge that he myght make a &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rymy&s;he at the Bayles of Pa+rys: the kynge agreed therto / and named &s;uche as &s;hulde go with hym / and the kyng made cer|tayne newe knyghtes: as the lorde Fitz Wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er / the lorde of Siluacier / &s;yr Bala&s;tre / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> William Torceaux / &s;yr Thomas Spencer / &s;yr Johan Neuell / &s;yr Richarde Do&s;tenay / and other. Al|&s;o the kynge wolde haue made knyght Colla<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> Dambreticourte &s;onne to &s;yr Nicholas / Who was &s;quier for the kynges body: but the &s;qu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe / he &s;ayde he coulde nat fynde his Ba&s;&s;enette. The lorde of Manny dyd his enterpri&s;e &punc; and brought the&s;e new knyghtes to &s;krymy&s;he at the Barriers of Parys. There was a &s;ore &s;krymy&s;he: for within the cite there were mane good knyghtes and &s;quiers / Who wolde gladly haue i&s;&s;ued out / if y^e duke of Nor+mandy wold agreed therto / howe be it they de|fended theyr gate and barryers in &s;uche Wy&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that they toke litell <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ammage. This &s;krymy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> endured from the mornynge tyll noone / diuers were hurte on both partyes. Than the lorde of Manny withdrewe to his lodgynge / and there taryed all that daye and the nexte nyght folow|ynge. And the next daye after the kyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|ged and toke the waye towarde Moutlehe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&punc; Certayne knyghtes of Englande and of Ga<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|coyne at theyr di&s;lodgyng determined to ly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in a bu&s;&s;hment: for they thought <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;o ma|ny gentylme~ in Parys / that &s;ome of them wold aduenture to i&s;&s;ue oute. And &s;o a two hundred of cho&s;en men of armes ga&s;coyns and engli&s;&s;he layed them &s;elfe in a bu&s;&s;heme~t in a voyd hou&s;e a .iii. leages fro Parys. There was the captall of Buz &punc; &s;er Edmonde of Pomiers / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Courton ga&s;coyns. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were engli&s;&s;he the lorde Neuell / the lorde Mombray / and &s;yr Richarde of Pounchardon: the&s;e .vi. knyghtes were chie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> capitaynes of this imbu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hement. Whan the frenchemen in Parys &s;awe the dy&s;|lodgynge of the engly&s;&s;he oo&s;t / certayne yonge knyghtes drewe to guether and &s;ayd: It Were good that we i&s;&s;ued out of this cite &s;ecretly and folowe the engli&s;&s;he oo&s;t / perauenture we may happe &s;omwhat to wynne. Anone there agreed to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> purpo&s;e / &s;yr Ra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> of Coucy / &s;ir Rau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Remenall / the lorde of Mont&s;ault / the lorde of Helay / the chatelayne of Beauuoys the Begue of Uillaines / the lorde of Beau&s;iers / the lorde of Ulbari<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &punc; <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Gauwen of Ualouell / &s;ir Fla|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ant of Roy / &s;yr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">elles of Cauilly / &s;yr Peter
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of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">armoi&s;es / &amp; Peter of Sauoi&s;e / and about <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">peares in theyr co~pany. They i&s;&s;ued out well hor&s;ed / and well wylled to do &s;ome dede of armes / they rode the way to Bourge le Royne and pa&s;&s;ed by and rode &s;o forwarde / that they pa&s;&s;ed by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> engli&s;&s;e bu&s;&s;heme~t. And whan they were pa&s;&s;ed / the engly&s;&s;he men and ga&s;coynes brake out and &s;ette on them / cryeng theyr cryes The trenchemen returned / and had great mer|uaile what it was and incontinent they knewe howe it was theyr ennemies. Than they &s;tode &s;tyll / and &s;et them &s;elfe in ordre of batayle / and couched their &s;peares agayn&s;t the engli&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns / at the fir&s;t metynge there was a &s;ore iu&s;t&abis; / and diuer&s;e ca&s;t to the erthe on bothe parties / for they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> all well hor&s;ed. Tha~ they drew out theyr &s;werdes / and entred eche amo~g other / gyuyng great &s;trokes. There was done many a propre feat of armes. This fight endu|red a great &s;pace / &s;o that none coulde tell Who &s;hulde haue the victory. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall of Buz proued hym &s;elfe a good knyght / and dyd with his handes noble dedes of armes. Finally the engli&s;&s;hemen and ga&s;coyns bare them &s;elfe &s;o well that the victorie abode on theyr part they were as many and half as many agayne as the frenche men were. On the frenche &abper;tie the lord of Ca~premy was a good knyght / for he fought valiauntly vnder his baner / and he that bare it was &s;layne / and the lorde taken pri&s;oner. The other fre~che knyghtes and &s;quiers (&s;eing theyr euyll aduenture) retourned towarde Parys / and fought euer as they fled / for they were &s;ore pour&s;ewed. The chace endured tyll they pa&s;te Bourg le Royne / &amp; there were taken a .ix. kny|ghtes and &s;quiers. And if the engly&s;&s;heme~ and ga&s;coyns (who pur&s;ewed them / had nat doub|ted the i&s;&s;uynge out of them of Paris / all the o|ther had ben take~ or &s;layne: but whan they had done theyr feat they retourned to Mou~tlehery where the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> was and brought thither with them theyr pri&s;oners / and raun&s;o|med them courte&s;ly the &s;ame nyght / and &s;uffred them to go whither they ly&s;te / and tru&s;ted them on theyr faithes.</P>
<P>THe entencion of the kynge of Englande was to entre into the good countrey of B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">au<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e and &s;o to drawe alonge the Ryuere of Loyre / and &s;o all y^t &s;omer to abyde in Britayne tyll after Augu&s;t. And than at the vyntage to re+tourne agayne into France / and to lay &s;iege to Parys for he wolde nat retourne agayne into Englande bicau&s;e he &s;ayd or he departed out of Englande that he wolde nat retourne agayne / tyll he had Fraunce at his plea&s;ure / and he lefte his men in gari&s;ons to make warre in France. in Champayn / in poicton / in Ponthieu / in Ui|meu / in Uulge&s;yn and in Normandy / and in al the realme of Fraunce / and in the good townes &amp; cites &s;uche as toke his parte with theyr owne good wylles. All this &s;ea&s;on the duke of Nor|mandye was at Parys and his two bretherne / and the duke of orle aun&s;e theyr vncle / and their coun&s;ailes. They ymagined well the courage of the kyng of Englande / and howe that he and his me~brought the realme of Fra~ce into great pouerte: and &s;awe well howe the realme coulde nat longe endure in that ca&s;e / for the rentes of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes and of the churches were nygh lo&s;t in e|uery parte. As than there was a &s;age and a di|&s;crete per&s;one Chauncellour of Fraunce / called &s;yr William of Montague by&s;&s;hop of Tyrwin by who&s;e cou~&s;aile moche of Fra~ce was ruled / &amp; good cau&s;e why: For<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">euer his coun&s;ayle was good and true / and with hym there were .ii. o|ther clerkes of great prudence / the Abbotte of Clugny / and the mai&s;ter of the friers prechers / called &s;yr Symon of Langres a mai&s;ter in di|uinite. The&s;e two clerkes at the de&s;yre of the duke of Normandy / and of the hole coun&s;aile of Fraunce departed from Paris with certayn articles of peace / and &s;yr Hewe of Geneue lorde of Autun in their company. And they went to the kynge of Englande / Who rode in Beau&s;&s;e towarde Galardon. The&s;e two clerkes and .ii. knyghtes &s;pake with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng / and began to fall in treatye for a peace to be had of hym and hys alies. To the whiche treatye the prince of Wa+les / the duke of La~ca&s;tre / and the erle of Mar|che were called. This treatie was nat as than concluded / for it was longe a dryuynge / and all+wayes the kyng went forward. The&s;e emba&s;&s;a+dours <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat &s;o leaue the kyng: but &s;tyl&s;ued and folowed on theyr pourpo&s;e: For they &s;awe howe the frenche kynge was in &s;o poure e&s;tate / that the realme was lykely to be in a great ieo|pardye if the warre contynued a &s;omer longer And on the other &s;yde the kynge of Englande requyred &s;o great thynges and &s;o preiudiciall to the realme of Fraunce / that the lordes wolde nat agree therto for theyr honours / So that al theyr treatie (the whiche endured a .xvii. dayes &s;tyll folowynge the kynge) they &s;ent euer theyr proces dayely to the duke of Normandy to the citie of Parys / euer de&s;yrynge to haue agayne an&s;were what they &s;hulde do farther / the why|che &abpro;ce&s;&s;e were &s;ecretly and &s;ufficiently examy|ned in the regentes chambre at Parys / and an|&s;were
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was &s;ent agayne by wryttynge to them / what they &s;hulde do / and what they &s;hulde of|fre. And &s;o the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours were often ty|mes with the kynge / as he went forewarde to|warde the cite of Charters / as in other placess. and great offers they made to come to a conclu+&s;ion of the warre / and to haue a peace / To the whiche offers the kynge of England was <ABBR>hard</ABBR> harted to agree vnto: for his enten&s;ion was to be kynge of Fraunce / and to dye in that e&s;tate. For if the duke of Lanca&s;tre his co&s;yn had nat coun&s;ayled hym to haue peace / he wolde nat a|greed thervnto: but he &s;ayd to the kynge: Syr this Warre that ye make in the realme of Fra~ce is ryght maruaylous / and ryght fauourable for you / <ABBR>your</ABBR> men wynne great ryches / and ye le&s;e <ABBR>your</ABBR> tyme / all thyngess con&s;yderedde / or ye come to <ABBR>your</ABBR> entente / ye maye happe to make Warre all the dayes of <ABBR>your</ABBR> lyfe. <ABBR>Syr</ABBR> I wold coun&s;ayle you (&s;yth ye may leaue the Warre to <ABBR>your</ABBR> honoure and profytte) accepte the offers that ben made vnto you: for <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> you myght le&s;e more in a daye / than we haue wonne in twenty yere. Suche fayre and &s;ubtyle wordes that the duke of Lanca&s;tre &s;ayde in good entencion and for welthe of the kynge and all his &s;ubiectes co~|uerted the kynge by the grace of the holy goo&s;t / Who was <ABBR>chief</ABBR> warker in that ca&s;e: For on a daye as the kynge Was before Charterss there fell a ca&s;e that greatly hu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">led the kyngess cou|rage / for whyle the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours were trea|tynge for this peace / and had none agreable an+&s;were / there fell &s;odaynly &s;uche a tempe&s;t of tho~+der / lyghtnyng / rayne / and hayle / in the kyngess oo&s;t / that i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;emed / that the worlde &s;hulde haue ended / there fell from heuyn &s;uche great &s;toness that it &s;lewe men and hor&s;es: &s;o that the moo&s;te hardye&s;t were aba&s;&s;hed. Than the kyng of En+glande behelde the churche of our lady of Char+ters / and auowed deuoutly to our lady to agre to the peace / and as it was &s;ayd / he was as than confe&s;&s;ed / and lodged in avillage nere to Char+ters called Bretigny: and there were made cer|tayne compo&s;icions of peace vpon certayne ar|ticles after ordeyned<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and the more &s;yrmely to be concluded by the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours / and by the kynge of Englande and his coun&s;ayle / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was ordeyned by good delyberacion and aduyce a letter called the charter of the peace / <ABBR>Wherof</ABBR> the effecte fo|weth.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;The fourme and tenor of the letter on the peas made before Charters bi+twene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce. Cap. CC .xii.</HEAD>
<P>_EDward by the grace of god kynge of Englande / <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Irelande / and of Aquitaine To all / to Whom the&s;e pre|&s;ent letters &s;hall come / We &s;ende gretyng / howe by the di&s;cencio~s / debates / &s;triffess moued or hereafter to be moued bytwene vs &amp; our ryght dere brother the Frenche kynge cer|tayne commy&s;&s;yoners and procurers of ours / and of <ABBR>our</ABBR> dere &s;onne prince of Wales / hauyng &s;ufficient power and auctorite for vs / &amp; for hym and for <ABBR>our</ABBR> hole realme on the one parte: And certayne other commy&s;&s;yoners and procurers of our dere brother the frenche kyng / and of our right dere nephewe Charles duke of Norman|dy / and dolphyn of Uienne / elde&s;t &s;onne to <ABBR>our</ABBR> &s;ayd brother of Fraunce / hauynge power and auctorite for his father for his part / and al&s;o for hym &s;elfe / that they be a&s;&s;embled at Bretigny / nere to Charters: at whiche place it is agreed &amp; accorded by the &s;ayd commy&s;&s;yoners and pro|curers of eyther party / vpon all di&s;cencions / de+bates / warres / and di&s;cordes: The whiche trea+tes by our procurers and our &s;onnes for vs and for hym / and al&s;o the procurers of our &s;ayd bro|ther / and of our &s;ayd nephew / for his father and for hym &s;wereth by the holy euangely&s;t&abis; to hold kepe / and accomply&s;&s;he this treatie / by the whi|the accorde amonge other thynges our brother of Fraunce and his &s;ayd &s;onne are bounde and promy&s;eth to delyuer / &amp; to leaue to vs / our hei|res and &s;ucce&s;&s;ours for euer: the counties / cites townes / ca&s;tels / fortre&s;&s;es / landes / Iles / rentes reuennues / and other thynges as foloweth be|&s;yde that we haue and holde all redy in Guyen and in Sa&s;coyne / to po&s;&s;ede perpetually by vs and by our heires and &s;ucce&s;&s;ours all that is in demayne / and all that is in fee / by the tyme and maner hereafter declared / that is to &s;ay / the ca|&s;tell and countie of Poicters / and al the landes and countrey of Poictow / with the fee of Tho|wars / and the landes of Bellville / the cite and ca&s;tell of xayntis / and all the landes and counte of xaynton on both &s;ydes the ryuer of Charente with the towne and fortere&s;&s;e of Rochelle / and theyr appurtenaunces / the citie and Ca&s;tell of Agene / and the countrey of Agenoy&s;e / the citie
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towne and Ca&s;tell of Pierregourte / and all the countrey therto belongynge / the cite and ca&s;tell of Lymoges / and the landes and cou~trey of Ly+mo&s;yn / the cite and ca&s;tell of Caours / the ca&s;tell and countrey of Tarbe / the la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">des cou~trey and countie of Bigore / The countie countrey and la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de of Gowre the citie and ca&s;tell of Angole|&s;me / and all the countrey therto perteynynge / the citie towne and ca&s;tell of Rodaix &punc; the cou~tie and cou~trey of Rouergne. And if there be in the duchye of Guyne any lordes / as the erle of Foiz the erle of Armmake / the Erle of Li&s;le / the Ui|count of Carmaine the erle of Pierregourt &punc; the Uicount of Lymoges / or other / holdynge any la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">des within the fore&s;ayde bondes / they &s;hall do homage to vs and all other &s;eruicis due and accu&s;tomed for their landes and places in ma|ner and fourme as they haue done in tyme pa&s;t as we or any other kynges of Englande aunci|ently haue had: and al&s;o the Uicount of Mut|trel on the &s;ee as he dyd in tyme pa&s;t / and as we or other kynges of Englande haue had: and in the landes of Muttrell if there haue ben any de+bate for partage of landes / our brother of Fra~|ce / promy&s;eth to make a declaracion thero<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to vs as &s;hortly as he canne after his comynge in+to Fraunce: And al&s;o the countie of Poictow <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nterly &s;aue and excepted / if any thynge be ali|ened awaye by the kynges of Engla~de in tyme pa&s;t wherby the &s;ayde countie and purtenaun|ces haue ben holden by other per&s;ones than by the frenche kynges / our &s;aid brother nor his &s;uc+ce&s;&s;ours &s;hall nat be bou~de to rendre them to vs But if the &s;ayde alienacions haue ben done by the frenche kynges / for the tyme beynge with+out any meane &punc; and our &s;ayd brother nowe ha|uynge them agayne i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion / he &s;hall leaue them entierly to vs / excepte that if y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Fre~|che kynges had theym by exchaunge for <ABBR>other</ABBR> landes: But if the kynges of Englande for the tyme beynge haue alyened or tran&s;ported any thynge to any other per&s;onnes than to the fren|che kynges / and perauenture yet nowe become to the handes of <ABBR>our</ABBR> &s;ayde brother / he &s;hall nat be bounde to rend<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> them to vs. And al&s;o to ren+dre to vs all &s;uche thynges as ought to do any homage to vs &amp; to our &s;ucce&s;&s;ours / and if they ought to do none to vs nor our &s;ucce&s;&s;ours &punc; tha~ he &s;hall delyuer to vs a tenour of that he ought to do within a yere after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &s;hall be departed from Calais. Al&s;o the ca&s;tell and towne of Ca|lais: the ca&s;tell towne and &s;eignorie of Merle / The townes ca&s;telles and &s;eignories of San|gates / Coulougne / Baynes / Wales / and Oye / With the landes / Woddes / mare&s;thes / ryuers / rentes / reue~nues / &s;eignories / auou&s;ons of chur+ches / and all other appurtenaunces and places lyenge bitwene the boundes and bournes folo|wynge: that is to &s;ay / from Calais to the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> before grauelyng / &amp; al&s;o fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> riuer that falleth into the great lake of Guiens vnto Fretin: and fro then&s;e alonge the valey about the mou~tayn of Karlenly enclo&s;ynge the mountayne / and &s;o to the &s;ee / with Sangatis / and all the apurte|nauncis / the ca&s;tell and the towne / with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hole countie of Guynes: With all the townes &punc; ca&s;tels fortre&s;&s;es / la~des / places / homages / men / &s;eigno|ries / woddes / fore&s;tes / and all right<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to them be+longynge / as entierly as the towne of Calais / or Merle / and of other places before named / as well to vs as they haue obeyed to our &s;ayd bro|ther or to the erle of Guynes for the tyme beyng and all other thynges co~pri&s;ed in this pre&s;ent article of Merle and of Calais we to hold them in demayn / excepte the Heritages perteynynge to the churches / the whiche &s;hall &s;tyll remayne hooly to the &s;ame churches / Where&s;o euer they be / and al&s;o excepte the heritages of other peo|ple of Merle / and of Calais / vnder the value of C .li. of lande by yere of the money there curra~t And vnder that heritage to haue it &s;tyll / but the habitacio~s / and heritages beynge in the towne of Calais / and their apurtenaunces &s;hal abide &s;tyll to the inhabitantes: In the la~des / townes or countie of Guynes all theyr demaynes &s;hall &s;tyll remayne to them / except that hath ben &s;aid before of the fore&s;ayd boundes and bormes In the article of Calais: and all Iles addre&s;&s;ynge to the la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">des / cou~ties / and places before named with all other Iles the whiche We helde in the tyme of the &s;ayd treatye. And it hath be~ agreed that our&s;ayd brother and his elde&s;t &s;on &s;hulde renounce all maner of &s;oueraynte / re&s;orte / and rightes &punc; that he &s;hulde haue of any of theym / or for them / and that we &s;hall holde them as hys neyghbour / without any re&s;orte or &s;oueraynte to our &s;ayd brother / or to the realme of France / and all the right / that oure &s;ayde brother hath in the fore&s;ayde thynges / he yeldeth and tran&s;|porteth them to vs perpetually. And al&s;o hit is agreed that &s;emblably we and our &s;ayde &s;on expre&s;&s;ely renounce all thynges / that oughte nat to be delyuered to vs by this &s;ayde treatye / and &s;pecially of the name &amp; right to the crowne of Fraunce / and to the realme / and homage and &s;eueraynte and demayne of the duchye of Nor|mandy / of the countie of Thouraine / and of th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cou~ties of Aniou / and of Mayn / the &s;ouer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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and homage of the duchie of Britaigne / except the right of the erle of Mou~tfort that he ought or myght haue in the duchye and countrey of Britaygne / the whiche we re&s;erue / and by ex|pre&s;&s;e wordes putte clene out of this our treaty Sauynge that we and our &s;ayd brother whan we come to Calais &s;hal ordre that mater by the aduy&s;e of <ABBR>our</ABBR> coun&s;aylles there to be deputed that we &s;hal &s;ette a peace and concorde bitwene the erle Mountforte / and our Cou&s;yn the lorde Charles of Bloys / who challengeth &amp; demaun|deth the right of the heritage of Britaigne / and we renounce all other demau~des that we make or may make what &s;o euer they be / except &s;uche for&s;ayd thynges as ought to abyde to vs / and ought to be delyuered to vs and to <ABBR>our</ABBR> heires by this treatie. And that we tran&s;port and &s;e&s;e all the right that we myght haue in any of the&s;e thynges that oughte nat to be delyuered to vs by this treatie. On the whiche thynges after viuer&s;e altercacions had on the &s;ame / and &s;pe|cially bicau&s;e that the &s;ayde renounciacion tra~|&s;portes / &s;e&s;&s;ynge / and leauynge of all the &s;ayde thynges &s;hulde be <ABBR>accomply&s;&s;hed</ABBR> as &s;oone as our &s;aid brother hath delyuered to vs or to <ABBR>our</ABBR> deputies the cite and ca&s;tell of Poicters / and al the lande and countrey of Poictou / with the fee of Thouars / and the fayre towne citie &amp; ca&s;tell of Agene / and all the lande and countrey of A|genoy&s;e / the citie and ca&s;tell of Piergourt / and all the lande and countrey of Pierrigins / The cite and ca&s;tell of Caours / and all the lande of Cour&s;in / the citie &amp; ca&s;tell of Rodais / and all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lande and countrey of Rouergne / the citie and ca&s;tell of xaintes / and all the lande therto belo~g+ynge / the citie and ca&s;tell of Lymoges / and that we or any other kynges of <ABBR>England</ABBR> auncient|ly helde in the towne of Monterell vpon the &s;ee with thappurtenau~ces. Al&s;o the cou~tie of Pon|theu hole entierly / &s;aue and excepte the tenoure of the article co~teyned in the &s;ayd treatie / where it maketh mencion of the &s;ayde countie. Item the ca&s;tell and towne of Calais / and the ca&s;tell towne and &s;eignorie of Sangates / Colougue / Baines / Wales / and Oye / With the landes / ry|uers / mare&s;&s;hes Woddes / rentes / &s;eignories / and other thynges conteyned in the article ther of makyng mencion. Al&s;o the ca&s;tell and towne and hole entierly the countie of Guynes / With all the landes / Ca&s;telles / townes / fortere&s;&s;es / places / menne / homages / &s;eignories / woddes / fore&s;tes / and other ryghtes / accordynge to the <ABBR>tenour</ABBR> of the article thero<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> makynge mency|on more playnly in the &s;ayde treatye / and with the Iles that We holde all redy / that is to &s;aye in the tyme of thys &s;ayd treatye and peace / we and <ABBR>our</ABBR> brother the frenche kynge haue promy+&s;ed by faythe and oothe eche to other / the &s;ame treatye and peace to holde / kepe / and accompli&s;+&s;he / and nat to do the contrarye / and are <ABBR>bound</ABBR> both we and <ABBR>our</ABBR> &s;ayde brother and <ABBR>our</ABBR> elde&s;te &s;onnes by obligacion / and promy&s;e by faythe and othe / the one parte to the other / except cer|tayne renounciacyons the one to the other ac|cordynge to the <ABBR>tenour</ABBR> and fourme of the &s;ayd article and peace / Whero<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the tenour and for|me foloweth.</P>
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<P>_ALso hit is agreed that the frenche kynge and his elde&s;t &s;onne the re|gent for them and for theyr heires for euer / and as &s;oone as they may without any male engin or at the lee&s;t by the fe&s;t of &s;aynt Michaell next comyng &s;hall rendre and delyuer to the &s;ayde kynge of Englande / his heyres / and &s;ucce&s;&s;ours / and to tran&s;port to them the honours / regalities / obei|&s;aunce / homages / liegeaunces / men / fees / &s;erui|ces / reconi&s;au~ces / othes / rightes / feaulties / and imperiall iuri&s;dictions / hyghe or lowe / re&s;or|tes / &s;aue gardes / &s;eignories / and &s;ouerainties / that apperteyneth / or maye apperteyne in any maner of wi&s;e to the kynges and to the crowne of Fraunce / or to any other per&s;one bicau&s;e of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge or of the crowne of Fraunce / Where &s;o e|uer it be in cities / townes / ca&s;tels / landes / Iles countreys / and places before named / or in any of them / or theyr appurtenaunces / and appen|daunces what &s;o euer they be / other duke / erle / vicount archeby&s;&s;hop / or other prelates of ho|ly churche / baronnes / nobles and other / or kyn|ges or &s;ucce&s;&s;ours to the crowne of Fraunce no+thynge to them re&s;erued / &s;o that they nor none of theyr heyres nor &s;ucce&s;&s;ours / or any frenche kynges or other by rea&s;on of the kynge or of the crowne of Fraunce make any challenge or de|mau~de in tyme to come of the kyng of Engla~de his heires or &s;ucce&s;&s;ours / or of any of his men / or &s;ubiectes before &s;ayd / bicau&s;e of the &s;ayd con|treys or places &s;o that all the forenamed &abper;&s;ons theyr heires and &s;ucce&s;&s;ours / and all other per|&s;ones / cities counties / landes / countreys / Iles ca&s;telles / and places before named / and altheyr appurtenaunces / and appendau~ces &s;hall holde of the kynge of England perpetually / pea&s;ably and frely / and to haue ouer them &s;eignorie / &s;o|uerainte / obey&s;aunce / liegeaunce / and <ABBR>&s;ubiects</ABBR> as the predece&s;&s;ours of the frenche kynge haue had in tyme pa&s;te / and that the kynges of E<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|gl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">
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&amp; theyr heires and &s;ucce&s;&s;ours &s;hall haue and holde pea&s;ably all the fore named cou~treys in theyr fraunche&s;e and lyberties perpetuall as lorde and &s;oueraygne liege and as <ABBR>neighbour</ABBR> to the frenche kyng and to the realme of Fra~ce / Without any knowledgynge of any &s;ouerayn|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aunce / homage re&s;orte / or &s;ubiection. and without doynge in tyme to come any ma|ner of &s;eruice or reconi&s;aunce to the kynge / or to the Crowne of Fraunce / for any of the&s;e cities counties / ca&s;telles / countres landes / Iles / pla|ces and per&s;onnes before named / or for any of them. Al&s;o it is accorded that the frenche kyng and his elde&s;te &s;onne &s;hall renounce expre&s;&s;ely the &s;ayd re&s;ortes and &s;oueraynties / and all the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yght that they haue or myght haue in all the&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hynges &s;uche as by this pre&s;ent treatye ought to apperteyne and be delyuered to the kynge of Englande. And &s;emblably the kynge of En|glande and his elde&s;t &s;onne renou~&s;eth all thyn|ges / &s;uche as by this pre&s;ent treatie ought nat to be delyuered to hym / and renoun&s;eth al other demaundes of the realme of Fraunce / and &s;pe|cially to the name / right and armes / and chal|lenge to the crowne and realme of France / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the homage / &s;ouerainte / and demayne of the duchie of Normandy &amp; of the duchie of Thou|rayne and of the counties of Aniou &punc; and Mayn and of the &s;oueraynte and homage of the cou~tie and countrey of Flanders / and of all other de|maundes that the kynge of Englande made at the tyme of the &s;ayde chalenge / or may make in tyme to come to the &s;ayd realme of Fraunce by any maner of cau&s;e what &s;oeuer it be / except all that by thys treatye &s;hulde be delyuered to the kynge of Englande and to his heires / and they to tran&s;port ce&s;&s;e and leaue eche kyng to other perpetually al the right that they ought to haue in all the&s;e &s;ayd thynges / the whiche by this pre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> treatie ought to be deliuered to eche of them &amp; the tyme / place and whan the &s;aid renouncia|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s &s;hulde be done: and bicau&s;e that our &s;ayd brother of France / and his elde&s;t &s;on / to holde &amp; to accomply&s;&s;he the articles of the &s;ayde peace / haue expre&s;&s;ely renoun&s;ed the re&s;ortes and &s;o|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ties compri&s;ed in the &s;ayd articles / and all the right that they ought to haue / or myght haue in all the &s;ayd thynges that our &s;ayd bro|ther hath delyuered and left to vs / and all other thynges that from hen&s;forth &s;hall abyde and &abper;|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eyne to vs by rea&s;on of the &s;ayde treatye and peace. Al&s;o we in lyke wy&s;e expre&s;&s;ely renou~ce all &s;uche thynges as ought nat to be delyuered <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o vs by the &s;ayde treatye / or to <ABBR>our</ABBR> heires. And al&s;o all demaundes that we make or may make of our &s;ayde brother of Fraunce / and &s;pecially to the name and ryght of the crowne of Frau~ce and of the realme / and to the homage / &s;ouerain+tie / and demayne of the duchie of Normandy / and to the cou~ties of Aniou and Main / and of Thourayn / and of the homage and &s;ouerainte of the countie of Flanders / and all other demau~+des that we make or may make of our &s;ayd bro+ther for what &s;o euer cau&s;e it be / alwayes except all that by this pre&s;ent treatie ought to abyde to vs and to our heyres. And we &s;hall tran&s;porte / &s;e&s;&s;e and leaue to hym and he to vs / and &s;o eche to other in the be&s;t maner and as &s;hortly as We canne all &s;uche ryght that eche of vs oughte / or maye haue in euery thynge / the whiche by thys treatie and peace ought to abyde and remayne and to be delyuered to eche of vs. Re&s;erued to the churches and to the menne of the churche all that to them perteyneth or may apperteine / and all that is occupied and witholde from them by the occa&s;ion of the Warres / &s;hall be agayne to them recompen&s;ed / re&s;tored / rendred / and dely|uered. And al&s;o all the townes fortere&s;&s;es / and all habitacions with the dwellers in them &s;hall remayne and abyde in theyr liberties and fran|che&s;es as they dyd before or they came into our handes and &s;eignory / and that to be confermed to them by <ABBR>our</ABBR> &s;ayde brother of Fraunce / yf he be required &s;o to do: and that we do nat the co~|trarye in any of the fore&s;ayde thynges or &s;ubie|ctions. And as to vs and to all thynges to vs and to <ABBR>our</ABBR> heyres and &s;ucce&s;&s;ours to be at the Jury&s;diction and coh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rcyon of the Churche of Rome. And We wyll and con&s;ent / that <ABBR>our</ABBR> ho|ly father the pope &s;hall conferme all the&s;e &s;ayde thynges in gyuynge monycions and generall commaundementes on the accomply&s;&s;hement of theym / agayn&s;te vs / <ABBR>our</ABBR> heyres / and &s;ucce&s;|&s;ours: And agayn&s;te <ABBR>our</ABBR> &s;ubiectes / comons / colleges / vniuer&s;ities / or <ABBR>&s;yngular</ABBR> per&s;onnes / What &s;omeuer they be: And to gyue generall &s;entences of cur&s;ynge / and &s;u&s;pencion of enter|dytynge to renne vpon vs or vpon theym that doth the contrarye. And that it ren<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e vpon vs / and on them as &s;oone as we or any of theym do or attempte (in occupyenge / towne / ca&s;tell / citie / or fortere&s;&s;e / or any thynge doynge ratyfienge or con&s;entynge: In gyuynge coun&s;ayle / com|fort / <ABBR>fauour</ABBR> / or aide / priuely or openly) agayn&s;t the &s;ayde peace. And of the Whiche &s;entences of cur&s;e nat to be a&s;&s;oyledde / vnto the tyme full &s;ati&s;faction be made to all them that haue had or &s;u&s;teyne any dammage in that <ABBR>behalf&punc;</ABBR></P>
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And more ouer we woll and co~&s;ent that our ho|ly father the pope / to the entent that thys &s;ayde peace &s;hulde be the fyrmelier kepte and holde<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> perpetually / that if any paction<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eracy|ons / aliaunces / and couenauntes / howe &s;o euer they be named if they be any thyng preiu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">icy|all agayn&s;t the &s;aid peace by any maner of way at this pre&s;ent tyme / or here after to be made / &s;uppo&s;ed that they be ferme and delyuered of certayne peynes or by othes confyrmed by <ABBR>our</ABBR> holy father the pope / or by any other / that they be cancelled &amp; &s;tande for nought / or any thynge contrary to the comon weale / or vnprofitable to the peace / and to all Chri&s;tente / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;plea&s;a~t to god / and all prome&s;&s;es and othes in &s;uche ca|&s;es &s;halbe &s;hewed and di&s;cu&s;&s;ed by our holy fa|ther the pope. &s;o that none be b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">de to holde or kepe any &s;uche promy&s;es / or othes / aliau~ces or couenau~tes: to thentent that in tyme to come &s;uche &s;emblable ca&s;es &s;hulde nat be done. And if any attempt to do the co~trary / that it be voy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and of none effecte. And as for vs we &s;hall pu|ny&s;&s; he all &s;uche / as violaters and brekers of the peace by theyr bodyes and gooddes / as the cas &s;hall requyre / accordynge to rea&s;on. And if we procure or &s;uffre to be done the co~trary / as god forbyd: than we wol that we be reputed for fals and vntrewe: and that we ren in &s;uche e&s;tate of blame and defame / as a kynge &s;acred <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ght to ren in &s;uche a ca&s;e: and we &s;were on the body of our lorde Je&s;u Chri&s;t all the &s;ayde thynges to holde and kepe / and accomply&s;&s;he / and nat to do the contrary nother by vs nor by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">one other in no maner of ca&s;e: and to the entent that the&s;e &s;ayd bondes &s;hulde be fulfylled / We <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynde vs / our heires / and all the goodes of vs and of our heires to our &s;ayd brother of France / and to his heires. And al&s;o we &s;were on the holy euange|li&s;t by vs corporally touched / that we &s;hall per|fourme / holde / and accompli&s;&s;he in the for&s;ayd ca&s;es all the &s;ayd thynges by vs promy&s;ed and accorded. And we woll that in like ca&s;e our bro|ther or his deputies in place / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> terme / and in ma+ner (as before is made mencion) pre&s;ent to vs his letters co~pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ed therin to the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">rt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;trength of our &s;ayd letters / that we haue pro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;ed and delyuered / as is &s;ayd before. Alwayes &s;aued &amp; re&s;erued by vs / our heires and &s;ucce&s;&s;ours that the &s;ayd letters before e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">corpored be of none ef|fecte / nor be to vs any maner of preiudice or da|mage vntyll the &s;ea&s;on that our &s;ayde brother and nephewe haue made / fente / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">elyuered the fore&s;ayde renoncia<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ions accordynge to the maner before <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eui&s;ed / and tyll that be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">one our letters nat to be agayn&s;te vs / our heires / or &s;uc|ce&s;&s;ours in any maner of wy&s;e / but in the fore|&s;ayd ca&s;e. In witne&s;&s;e of whiche / we haue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> our &s;cale to the pre&s;ent letters.</P>
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<P>ANd whan this letter chartre called the letter of renunciacion / a&s; well of the one kynge as of the other was engro&s;ed / wrytten / &amp; &s;ealed: than it was red openly in the coun&s;ayle chambre / beyng pre&s;ent both kynges and theyr coun&s;ayles / the whiche &s;emed to eche of them to be ryght good and well ordeyned. and there a|gayne both kynges &s;ware and their elde&s;t &s;on|nes on the euangeli&s;t is corporally by them tou|ched / and on the body of Je&s;u Chri&s;t con&s;ecra|ted / to kepe and to acco~pli&s;&s;he / and nat to broke any of the for&s;ayd thynges. And yet farther by the adui&s;e and regarde of the frenche kyng and of his coun&s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e / and at the ende of their parlia|me~t / the kyng of Englande was requyred that he wolde gyue and &s;ende a generall commi&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> to all them that for the tyme held vnder&s;hadow of the warre / townes / ca&s;tels / and fortre&s;&s;es in the realme of Fraunce / werby they myght haue &s;uche commaundement to auoyde and departe And the kyng of Englande (wo as than wolde nothyng but welth and good peace to be nory&s;|&s;hed bitwene hym and the frenche kyng his bro+ther / as he had &s;worne and promy&s;ed) lyghtly agreed to this&punc; reque&s;te / for it &s;emed but rea&s;on&punc; And than the kyng of Englande commaunded his coun&s;aile / that &s;uche a commi&s;&s;ion &s;huld be made after the be&s;t maner that myght be accor|dynge to the entent of the frenche kynge and of his coun&s;ayle. And than they of the &s;peciall co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;ayle of bothe kynges dr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">we theym to guether / and there was wrytten and engro&s;ed by the ad|uy&s;e of bothe coun&s;ayles a certayn commi&s;&s;ion wherof the tenor &punc; foloweth.</P>
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<P>_EDwarde by the grace of god kyng of Englande / lorde of Ireland and of Aquitayne / To all oure Capy|taynes / kepers of townes / and of ca&s;telles adherauntes / and alies &punc; beynge in the parties of Fraunce a&s;well in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|cardy / Borgoyn / Aniou / Berrey / Normandy / Britaigu~ Auuerne / Cha~paigu~ / Mayn / Thou+rayne / as in all the bondes and lymitacion<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of the demayne and tenure of Fraunce / We <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> gretynge / as peace and accorde hath ben made bytwene vs and <ABBR>our</ABBR> brother of Fraunce / <ABBR>our</ABBR>
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alies and adherentes / compri&s;ynge all the de|bates and di&s;cordes / that hath ben bitwene vs in tyme pa&s;t or may be / and haue &s;worne on the body of Je&s;u Chri&s;t: and al&s;o our elde&s;t &s;onne and our other children / and other of our <ABBR>blodd</ABBR> with outers prelates / barons / and knyghtes / &amp; the moo&s;t notable of the realme of Englande. And in like wy&s;e hath &s;worne our &s;ayd brother and our &s;ayd nephewe the duke of Normandy and our other nephewes his &s;aid children / and dyuers barones knyghtes / and prelates of the &s;ayd realme of Fraunce to kepe the peace. And though hit &s;o fortune or fall hereafter / that any men of warre of our realme / or of our &s;ubiectes enforce them to do or to take on them any thyng contrary to the &s;ayd peace / in takynge or with|holdynge / fortre&s;&s;es / townes / cites / or ca&s;telles / or takynge of pyllage or pri&s;oners or re&s;tynge of any per&s;one / their goodes / or marchandy&s;es / or any other thynge doyng agayn&s;t the peace / the whiche to vs &s;hulde be right di&s;plea&s;aunt / and we may nat / nor wyll &s;uffre it to pa&s;&s;e vn|der the &s;hadow of di&s;&s;imulacion / in any maner of wy&s;e / we woll with all our power (in all the&s;e &s;aid thynges) fynde remedy. Therfore we woll de&s;ire and ordeyne / by the deliberacion of&punc; <ABBR>our</ABBR> coun&s;aile that none of our &s;ubiectes (what&s;om+euer e&s;tate or co~dicion they be of) do or enforce them to do any thynge contrary to the &s;ayd pe|ace / Indoynge of any pillage / takyng or with|holdynge any fortre&s;&s;es / pri&s;oners / or gooddes (what &s;o euer they be) perteynynge to the real|me of Fraunce: or to our &s;ayd brother his &s;ub|iectes / alies / and adherentes / or any other what &s;o euer they be doynge agayn&s;t the &s;ayd peace&punc; and nat leaue or ceace &s;o to do / and wyll nat ren+dre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after / that they be requyred &s;o to do / by any of our officers / &s;ergeauntes / or publike per&s;ones: that than by that dede allonlye with|out any other proce&s;&s;e or condempnacion / that they be all reputed for bany&s;&s;hed me~ out of <ABBR>our</ABBR> realme and our power: and al&s;o oute of the re|alme and landes of oure &s;ayde brother / and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs / and into our de|mayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and co~maund expre&s;&s;ely / that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agayn&s;t vs / accordynge to the cu&s;tome done in cryme of high trea&s;on withoute gyuynge in y^t case any grace or remy&s;&s;ion &s;ufferance or par|don. And in like wy&s;e to be done of our &s;ubiect&abis; in what&s;oeuer e&s;tate they be / that in our realme <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;yde the lee / or on the other &s;ide / take oc|cupye or holde fortre&s;&s;e what&s;oeuer it be ayen&s;t the wyll of them / that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> perteyne vnto or brenneth or raun&s;ometh townes or per&s;ones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warr~ within our power / or on our &s;ubiectes. Than we commaunde / and expre&s;&s;ely enioyne all <ABBR>our</ABBR> &s;ene&s;chals / bailiffes / prouo&s;tes / chatelaynes / or other our officers (in e&s;chewynge of our hygh di&s;plea&s;ure / and on peyne of lo&s;ynge of their of|fices) that they publy&s;&s;he or cau&s;e to be publi&s;|&s;hed the&s;e pre&s;entes in certayne notable places within theyr rules / and that this commaunde|ment ones &s;en &amp; harde / none after to be &s;o hardy to abyde in any fortre&s;&s;e &abper;teynyng to the realm of France / &amp; beyng out of the ordinance of trea|tie of the &s;ayd peace / on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs / &amp; to our &s;ayd brother the Fre~che kynge / and that they &s;ee all the&s;e &s;ayd 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 / be&s;ide the fore|&s;ayde payne / we &s;hall cau&s;e them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes / or negligence &s;halbe greued or damaged. and be|&s;ide that we &s;hal puny&s;&s;he them in &s;uche maner that it &s;halbe en&s;amble to all other. In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made the&s;e our letters pate~tes.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>yeuyn at Calais <DATE>the .xxiiii. day of Octobre / the yere of our lorde. M .iii. C .lx.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>&para;How after the peas made the king of England &amp; the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne. And of the war+res of Britayne. And of the ho&s;tages that were delyuered to the engly&s;&s;he+men or the frenche kyng was deliue|red out of theyr handes. Ca. CC .xiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter all the&s;e letters and co~+my&s;&s;yons were made / deuy|&s;ed / deliuered / and well ordei+ned / by the aduyce of the cou~|&s;ayle of both parties / &s;o that bothe kynges were content. Than they fell in communy|cacion of the lord Charles of Bloys / and of the lord John~ of Mountford / for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn / for eche of them clamed great right to haue in y^t heritage. but for all theyr coi~cacio~ how they might bring them to peace &amp; co~corde / yet finally ther was no+thyng done i~ y^t mat&aber; / for as I was infurmed aff
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the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> nor his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> had no great affectyon to make that peace: For they &s;uppo&s;ed y^e in tyme to come the men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> y^e were on theyr parte / and &s;hulde auoyde out of &s;uche fortre&s;&s;ess and gari&s;ons as they hewe at y^e tyme &amp; had helde in the realme of France mu&s;te depart into &s;ome other place: therfore the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> and his coun&s;aile thaught it more erpedient &amp; profitable / that the&s;e men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage / <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> drawe in+to y^e duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey / rather than they &s;hulde re|tourne agayne into Englande / and robbe and pille there. So this imaginacion made &s;hortly the engly&s;&s;hemen to breke of fro the co~munica|cion of the article of Britayne / the whiche was euill done and a great &s;ynne / that they dyd no+more in that mater than they dyd. For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the ad|uice of both their coun&s;ailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties / and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by rea&s;on of that treatye / and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children / who lay as pri&s;oners in <ABBR>England</ABBR> And al&s;o (perauenture) had lyued longer than he dyd. And bycau&s;e y^e nothyng was done than in that mater / the warres were neuer &s;o great in the duchie of Norma~dy before y^e peace made bitwene both kyng&abis; / as it was after: as ye &s;hall here recorded in this hi&s;torye / by &s;uche barous and knyghtes of the cou~trey of Britayne / who vphelde and &s;u&s;teyned / &s;ome the our parte / and &s;ome the other. And than duke Henry of Lan|ca&s;tre / who was a right valiant &amp; a &s;age yma|gined knyght / &amp; greatly loued y^e erle of Mou~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|ford and his aduau~cement / &s;ayd to kyng John~ of France / in the pre&s;ens of the kyng of Engla~d and before the moo&s;t parte of both theyr coun|&s;ailes: Syr as yet the truce that was taken be|fore Raines / bitwene y^e lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired / But hath day to endure vnto the fir&s;t day of Maye next comyng / by the whiche &s;ea&s;on the kyng of England here pre&s;ent (by the aduice of his cou~|&s;aile / and con&s;ent of the prince his &s;onne) &s;hall &s;ende the yonge duke the lorde John~ of Mou~t|forde / with other certayne of his coun&s;ayle into Fraunce to you: and they &s;hall haue full aurto|rite and power to comyn / and to determyne all &s;uche ryght / as the &s;ayde lorde John~ ought to haue by the &s;ucce&s;&s;io~ of his father / in the duchie of Britayne. So thus by you and <ABBR>your</ABBR> coun|&s;aile &amp; by ours to guether &s;ome good way &s;hal be taken bytwene them: and for the more <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> I thynke it were good / that the trew<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e were re|longed vnto the fe&s;t of &s;aynt John~ Bapti&s;t nere folowynge. And as the duke of Lanca&s;tre had deuy&s;ed / &s;o was it done and concludedde. And than the lordes &s;pake of other maters.</P>
<P>Rynge John~ of France (who had great de+&s;yre to retourne into Fraunce / as it was rea&s;on) &s;hewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the &s;ignes of loue that he might do. and al&s;o to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wy&s;e &s;o dyd the kynge of <ABBR>England</ABBR> to hym / for the confirmacion of more loue.</P>
<P>The&s;e two kynges / who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother / gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the &s;omme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues: that is to &s;ay eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes. And al&s;o bicau&s;e that the lande of &s;aynt Sauiour y^e Uicou~t in Con&s;tantyne / the profite of the whi|che came yerely into Englande by the gyft and &s;ale of the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt made to the kynge of Englande: as it hath ben &s;hewed here before. The whiche lande was nat com|pri&s;ed in the ordinaunce of the &s;ayd treatye and peace: Therfore who &s;o euer &s;hulde holde that lande / &s;hulde become &s;ubiecte and do homage therfore to the fre~che kyng. Therfore the kyng of Englande gaue that lande to &s;yr John~ Cha~|dos: who had done often tymes acceptable &s;er|uyce to hym and to his children: and at the re|que&s;t of the kyng of Engla~de / the frenche kyng by good delyberacion with good courage and loue co~fyrmed and &s;ealed to the gyfte of &abser; John~ Chandos / he to po&s;&s;ede and to haue the &s;ame landes / as his true heritage for euer / the whiche was a fayre lande and a profytable / for ones a yere it was well worthe .xvi. hundred frankes. And be&s;yde all this yet were there diuer&s;e other letters of alyaunces made / of the whiche I can+nat make mencion of all: for the &s;pace of fyftene dayes orthere aboute / whyle the&s;e two kynges theyr &s;onnes / and coun&s;ailours were at Calais there was dayly commonynge / and newe ordi|naunces deuy&s;ed and confermed to ratifye the peace nat hyndrynge nor brekynge the fyr&s;t let|ters / for they were euer made berynge one date to be of y^e more &s;urete / of the whiche I haue &s;en the copy of the rege&s;tres in the Chaunceryes of both kynges.</P>
<P>&para;And whan the&s;e thynges were &s;o well made deui&s;ed and ordeyned / that they coude nat be a|mended nor corrected / &s;o that it was thought
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by rea&s;on of the great alyaunces and boundes wherin the &s;aid kynges and theyr childre~ were bode / and had &s;o &s;worne to kepe the peace / that it was nat likely to haue ben broken: howe be it the peace helde nat longe / as ye &s;hall here after in this boke. So that whan the ho&s;tages for y^e redemption of the frenche kynge / were comen to Calys / and that the kynge of Englande had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">worn~ to kepe them pea&s;ably in his realme and that the .vi. M. frankes were payd to the kyng of Englandes deputies. Than the kyng of En+glande made a &s;upper to the frenche kynge in the ca&s;tell of Calais right wel ordered and the kynges children and the duke of Lanca&s;tre in the moo&s;t greatte&s;t lordes and barons of En|glande &s;erued the kynges bare heeded / and af|ter &s;upper fynally the&s;e two kynges toke leaue eche of other ryght gracyou&s;ly and amyably / &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o the frenche kynge returned to his lodgyng And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> next mornyng / y^e whiche was in the vi|gill of &s;aynt Symonde and Jude the Frenche kynge departed out of Calais and all &s;uche as thulde departe with hym. And the kynge went <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> fote a pilgrimage to our lady of Boloyn / and the prince of Walys / and his two bretherne in his company / the lorde Lyonelle and the lorde Aymo~. And &s;o they went a fote to dyner to Bo|loyn / where they were re&s;ceyued with great ioy And there was the duke of Normandy redy ta+ryenge for them / and &s;o all the&s;e lordes went on fote into the churche of our lady / and dyd their offerynges right deuoutly / and than returned into the abbay there / the whiche was apparel|led for the kynge / and to receyue the lordes of Englande. And &s;o there they were all that day and the nexte nyght after retourned agayne to Calats to the kynge theyr father / and &s;o fynal|ly they all to guether pa&s;&s;ed the&s;ee / and the ho|&s;tages of Fraunce with them / the whiche was in the vigill of all Sayntes. In the yere of our lorde. M. C C C .lx.</P>
<P>IT is rea&s;on that I name to you the noble+men of the realme of Frau~ce / that entred into Englande in ho&s;tage for the frenche kyng First the lorde Philip duke of Orliaunce &s;ome+tyme &s;onne to kynge Philip of France / and al|&s;o his two nephewes / the duke of Aniou and y^e duke of Berry / al&s;o the duke of Bourbon / the Erle of Alan&s;on / the lorde John~ of Stampes Guy of Bloys for that countie / Loys of Bloys his brother / the erle of &s;aynt Poule / the erle of Harecourt / the erle Daulphyn of Auuergne / &abser; Ingram lorde of Coucy / &abser; John~ of Ligny erle of Porccen the erle of Bre&s;me / the lord of Mo~|morency / the lorde of Roy / the lorde of Preault the lorde of Stouteuill / the lorde of Clerettes / the lorde of &s;aynt Wenant / the lorde of the toure of Aunergne and diuers other / y^e whiche I can+nat name. Al&s;o of the good cite of Parys / of Roen / of Reinnes / of Burges in Berry / and of Towrs in Tourayn / of Lyons on the riuer of Roan / of Seins in Bourgoyn / of Orleance / of Troye in Champaigne / of Amiens / of Beau|uoys of Arras / of Tournay / of Caen in Nor|mandy / of &s;aint Omers / of Ly&s;le / of Dowaye / &amp; of euery cite .ii. or the burge&s;&s;es / and &s;o thus fynally they pa&s;&s;ed all the &s;ee / and came to the good cite of London. And the kyng of Engla~de commaunded and enioyned all his officers on great paynes / that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be to the&s;e lordes and to theyr company curtoy&s;e and fauorable / and to kepe and defende theym and theyr com|pany from all euill rule: the whiche commaun|dement was well kept and vpholde in al poyn|tes. And &s;o the&s;e lordes and other ho&s;tagers &s;ported them withoute perill or daunger all a|bout in the cite at their plea&s;ure / and the great lordes went a huntynge and haukyng at theyr plea&s;ure / and rode about the countrey / and dy|&s;ited the ladies and damu&s;els without any co~|trollynge / they founde the kyng of England &s;o curtoy&s;e and amiable. Nowe let vs &s;omwhat &s;peke of the Frenche kynge / Who was come to to Boloyn and departed fro Calais / as ye haue harde here before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the commy&s;&s;yoners that were ordeyned on bothe parties to auoyde the gari&s;o~s in the realme of France: &amp; of the companions that a&s;&s;embled to+gether in the realme: and of the great euils that they dyd. Cap. C C .xiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe frenche kynge taried nat longe at Boloyn / but depar|ted after the fee&s;t of all saint&abis; and went to Montrell / and to Hedyn / and &s;o to the good cite of Amiens / and there ta|ryed tyll it was nere Chri&s;t|mas: than he departed and went to Parys and there he was &s;olemnly and reuerently receyued of all the clergye of Parys / and &s;o conueyed to his palys / and there he alyghted and his &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> Philip / and al other lordes that were ther with hym / and there was for them a noble dyner ap|parelled.
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I can neuer &s;hewe or deui&s;e howe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the frenche kynge wass receyued at his retourne into his realme of all maner of people For his pre&s;ence was greatly de&s;yred amonge them: and they gaue hym many fayre and riche gyftes / and to vi&s;ite hym thither came prelates and baroness of all his realme / and they felted / and made great chere to hym / asshit wass theyr duite to do / and the kynge receyued them right &s;wetely.</P>
<P>ANone ofter that kyng John~ wass retur|ned into Fraunce / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee &s;u|che per&s;ones as were commytted by the kynge of Englande to take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the landes countreys / counties / ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">wykes / cites to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">telles and fortere&s;&s;ess / that &s;hulde be delyue|red by rea&s;on of the teeatie &amp; peace before made howe be it y^e was nat &s;o &s;oone done / for diuer&s;e lordes in Languedor wolde nat at the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e o|beye to yelde them &s;elfe to holde of the kynge of Englande / for all that the frenche kynge hadde quyted them of theyr faith &amp; homage that they &s;hulde haue done to hym / for it &s;emed right co~n trarte to them to obey to the engl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">hemen / and &s;pecially they of farre macches / as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of Marche / the erle of Piergourt / the erle of Go|megines the vicount of Chaltellon / the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ount of Carmaing / the lorde of Pyncorne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and dy|uer&s;e other / and they maruailed greatly of the re&s;ort and alligeance that the frenche kyng had quyted them of / &amp; wold haue them to do it to the engli&s;&s;he+men: And &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e of them &s;ayd that the kyng ought nat &s;o to acquite them / nor by right myght &s;o do: for they &s;ayd ther were i~ Ga&s;coy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> olde auncient charters and priuileges graun|ted by great Charlemayne / who was kynge of Fraunce / that he myght nat put their re&s;ort &amp; a|liegeaunce into any other court / but allonely in his. And therfore the&s;e lordes at the fir&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">lde nat obey to that pointme~t / but the frenche kyng who wolde hold and accomply <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">he that he had &s;worne and &s;ealed vnto / &s;ent thither to them the lorde James of Bourbon his dere <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;yn / Who apea&s;ed the moo&s;t parte of the &s;ayd lordes and &s;o they became liege menne to the kynge of <ABBR>En|gland</ABBR> / as the erle of Arminacke the lorde Dal|bret / and many other / Who at the de&s;yre of the frenche kynge / and of the lorde of Bourbon hiss co&s;yn obeyed to the Engly&s;&s;hemen full &s;ore a|gayn&s;te theyr Wylless. And al&s;o on the &s;ee &s;yde in Poictou and Rochelss / and in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aynton / thyss compo&s;icion was right di&s;plea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> to the lor|des and knyght&abis; / and good towness of that con~|trey / Whan they &s;awe that it <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> theym to become engli&s;&s;he / and &s;pecially they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Rochell / wolde nat agree therto / and &s;o excu|&s;ed them &s;elfe often tymes / and &s;o contynued a hole yere / that they wolde nat &s;uffre the engli&s;|&s;hemen to entre into the towne. And it is mer|uaile to reher&s;e the amiable and &s;wete word<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> that they wrote to the frenche kynge / In de&s;y|rynge hym for goddess &s;ake / that he wolde nat acquyte them of the faith that they owe to hym / nor to put them out of his demayne into the ha|des of &s;traungers / &s;ayeng how they had rather to be taxed yerely to the halfe of theyr sub&s;tanc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> than to be vnder the handes of the engli&s;&s;hmen The frenche kynge / Who &s;awe well their good wyls and trouth that they bare to hym by theyr often excu&s;acionss / had of them great p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be it he &s;ent and wrote affectuou&s;ly to theym to the entent that they &s;hulde fulfyll his de&s;ire &s;he|wynge them / that elles the peace &s;hulde be bro|ken i~ their defaute: the whiche &s;hulde be a great preiudice to the realme of France. &s;o that wha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they of Rochell &s;awe no other remedye / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ydered the di&s;tre&s;&s;e that they were in and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">u&s;acionss nor de&s;ire coude nat be accep+ted. Than they obeyed full &s;ore again&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> theyr wylles. And the hone&s;t men of the towne &s;ayde We &s;hall obeye the Engly&s;&s;hemen from hen&s;e forth but our hartes &s;hall nat remoue from the frenche parte. Thus the kyng of England had the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion and &s;e&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nynge of the duchie of A|quitayne / &amp; of the countie of Ponthieu / of Guy|nes / and of all the landes that he ought to hau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> on that &s;yde of the &s;ee / that is to &s;ay in the real|me of Fraunce / gyuen hym by the ordinance of the <ABBR>&s;ayd</ABBR> treatye. And &s;o the &s;ame yere &abser; John~ Chandos pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee as reget and lieutena~t to the kynge of Englande / and toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of all the &s;ayd lades with y^e faithess &amp; homagess of all the Erles / vicountess / baroness / knyghtess / and &s;quyers towness and fortere&s;&s;es / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">et <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> euery place con&s;tabless / capitayness / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and officers by hiss ordinaunce / and laye hym &s;elfe at Nyort / and there he helde a great e&s;tate and noble for he had well wherwith / for y^e kyng of Englande / Who entierly loued hym Wolde that he &s;hulde &s;o do for he was well worthy for he was a good knyght curte&s;&s;e and benynge a|myable / liberall / preu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &s;age / and trewe in all cau&s;es / and valiauntly had mayntayned hym &s;elfe among all lordes / ladies / and dammu&s;el|less / Nor there was neuer knyght in his tyme better beloued nor pray&s;ed of euery creature.</P>
<P>ANd in the meane &s;ea&s;on that the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of the kynge of Englande were takynge of the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions of the for&s;aid landes accordyng to the treatye and peace. There were certayne other deputies &s;tably&s;&s;hed by the kynge of En+glande in the bondes and limitations of Fra~ce With certayne per&s;ones commytted by the fre~|che kynge to cau&s;e all maner of men of warre to auoyde and departe oute of the holdes and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s that they helde by the co~maundement o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the kyng of Englande / and they were &s;trait|ly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> on peyne of theyr lyues and good|des and to be reputed as ennemies to the kyng of Englande that they &s;hulde leaue and <ABBR>dely|uer</ABBR> vp all &s;uche fortere&s;&s;es as they helde / that &s;hulde perteyue to the frenche kynge. So there were &s;ome knyghtes and &s;qu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ers / &s;uche as o|wed a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">geaunce to the kynge of Englande / o|b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed the kynges commaundement / and ren|d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rcau&s;ed to be rendred) the fortre&s;&s;es that they helde. But there were &s;ome that wolde nat obeye / &s;ayeng howe they made warre in the tit|le of the kynge of Nauarre. Al&s;o there were ma+ny &s;trangers / that were great capitaynes / and great pyllers / that Wolde nat departe / as Al|mayns / Brabances / Flemmynges / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aynows / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / man&s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / fra~co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / who were but pore by rea&s;on of the warres / wherfore they thought to recouer them &s;elfe / with makynge of Warre in the realme of Fraunce. The whiche people per&s;euered &s;tyll in theyr euyll doynge: and &s;o they dyd after moche euyll in the Realme / a|gayn&s;te all them that they were in di&s;plea&s;ure with. And Whan the capitaynes were thus de+parted in courte&s;&s;e maner out of the&s;e fortre&s;&s;es that they helde / and that they were in the felde / than they gaue leaue to theyr men of warre to departe / Who had lerned &s;o to pylle and robbe / that they thought to retourne into theyr owne countreys was nat to them profitable: and per+auenture they dur&s;te nat / bicau&s;e of &s;uche vyl|layne dedes / that they were accu&s;ed of there. So that they gathered them &s;elfe to guyther / and made amonge them &s;el<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e newe capitaynes and toke by election the wor&s;te and moo&s;t vn|happy per&s;onne of theym all: and &s;o rode forthe one fro an other / and mette to guether agayne fyr&s;te in Champaygne / and in Bourgoyn / and there a&s;&s;embled by great companyes the Whi|che were called the late commers / bicau&s;e they hadde as than but lyttell pylled in the Realme of France. And &s;odainly they went and toke by &s;trengthe the fortere&s;&s;e of Genuille / and great gooddes therin the whiche were brought thy|ther by theym of the countrey / on tru&s;te of the &s;tronge place. And whan the&s;e co~panions had thus <ABBR>found</ABBR> in this place &s;uche great riches / the whiche was e&s;tymed to be to the value of a hu~|dred thou&s;ande frankes. They deuyded hit a|monge them as longe as it wolde la&s;te: and &s;o kepte &s;tyll the ca&s;tell a certayne &s;pace of tyme / &amp; ouer ranne and wa&s;ted the countrey of Cham|paigne / and the bu&s;&s;hopryches of Uerdun / and of Langers. And whan they had well pylled that countrey than they pa&s;&s;ed further / but fir&s;t they &s;olde the ca&s;tell of Genuill to theym of the countrey for .xx. M. frankes. And than they en|tred into Bourgoyne / and there re&s;ted and re|fre&s;&s;hed them / and taried for mo of theyr com|pany: and there dyd moche euill / and many vil+layne dedes: for they had of theyr accorde cer|tayne knyghtes and &s;quyers of the &s;ame coun|trey / who ladde and guyded them to theyr euyl doynges. And there they taryed a longe &s;pace aboute Be&s;ancon / Digon / and Beaulne / and robbed all that countrey / For there were none that reencou~tred them. And they toke the good towne of Guiercy in Beauuoys / and robbed and pylled it. And they taried a &s;ea&s;on aboute Uuergi / bicau&s;e the cou~trey was plentyfull / and alwayes theyr nombre encrea&s;ed / for all &s;uche as departed oute of the fortere&s;&s;es / and had ly|cence of theyr capitaynes to go whither they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they drewe all to that parte: &s;o they were that lent to guether a .xvi. <ABBR>thou&s;and</ABBR> fyghtyngmen. And whan they &s;awe them &s;elfe to be of &s;o great a nombre: than they &s;tably&s;&s;hed amonge them certayne capitaynes / to whom they &s;huld obey in all thynges. I &s;hall &s;hewe you the names of &s;ome of the greatte&s;t mai&s;ters amonge theym. Fyr&s;te a knyght of Ga&s;coyne called <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Segu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n of Battefoill he had in his company two thou|&s;ande fyghtyng men: al&s;o there was Callebert Callabaton / Guy of Pine&s;piote / the litel Me|chin / Batailler / Ha~nequin francois / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Bourge of E&s;pace / Nandon de Baquerant / the Bourg of Bourc / the Bretuel / the Nucharge / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Scot / Arbretoury / the almayne Bourdonnell / Ber|narde of the Salle / Robert Briquet / Carnelle Aymemon of Drtige / Gar&s;iotte of the Ca&s;tell / Gironnet of Paux / Lortingo of the Salle and dyuer&s;e other. And &s;o aboute the myddes of lente the&s;e companyons aduy&s;ed them &s;elfe to drawe to warde Auignon / and to go &s;e the pope and the cardynals. and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed through the countrey of Ma&s;con / and addre&s;&s;ed theym+&s;elfe to go into the countie of Fore&s;tes that ple~|tyfulle countrey / and towarde Lyon on the <ABBR>ri|uer</ABBR> of Ro&s;ne.</P>
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<P>_ANd Whan the frenche kyng <ABBR>herd</ABBR> of the&s;e tidynges / howe the&s;e com|panions daily multiplied / wa&s;ted &amp; exyled his realme: he was ther|with ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed: for it was &s;hewed hym by aduy&s;e of coun&s;ayle / that the&s;e companions myght &s;o &s;ore encrea&s;e and multiply that they myght do more euyll and vi+layn dedes in the realme of Fraunce / than euer was done (while the warre endured) by the en+gli&s;&s;hemen. Therfore the kynge was coun&s;ay|led / that he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> &s;end an army of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to fyght with them. Than the kyng wrote &s;pe|cially to his co&s;yn the lorde James of Bourb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> who as than was in the towne of <ABBR>Montpellier</ABBR> and had put newely &s;ir John~ Cha~dos in po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion for the kynge of Englande / of dyuer&s;e landes cities / townes / ca&s;tels / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">rtre&s;&s;esly|teynynge to the duchie of Acquita<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> is be|fore &s;ayde. So the kynge by his &s;ayd wrytyng de&s;ired his co&s;yn of Bourbon to be chief<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> capt|tayne to encountre / and to fyght with the&s;e com+panions / and to take men of warre with hym / in &s;uche no~bre that he myght be &s;tro~ge ynough to fyght with them. And as &s;oone as the lorde of Bourbon herde the&s;e tidynges / incontinent he went to the citie of Agenoi&s;e without any re+&s;tynge by the way / and &s;ent out letrers and me&s;+&s;angers into euery parte / de&s;irynge and com|mau~dyng in the frenche kynges name all kny|ghtes and &s;quiers to come to hym / apparelled for the warre and euery man obeyed his com|maundement. And whan they were a&s;&s;embled they drewe toward Lyo~s on the riuer of Ro&s;ne willynge to fyght with the&s;e euill people. This lorde James of Bourbon / was well beloued through all the realme of Fraunce / and euery man gladly obeyed hym &s;o that knyghtes and &s;quiers of all parties / as of Auuergne / of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y|mo&s;yn / of Proue~ce / of Sauoy / and of the Dol|phynne of Uien / and of other parties folowed hym: and al&s;o diuers knyghtes and &s;quiers of the duchie of Bourgoyn. The whiche the yong duke of Bourgoyn &s;ent thither: and &s;o al the&s;e men of armes drewe on forwarde / and pa&s;&s;ed Lyons / and the countie of Ma&s;con / and came into the cou~tie of Fore&s;tes / where the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Ja|mes of Bourbons &s;y&s;ter was lady by the right of her children: for the erle of Fore&s;tes (her hu&s;|bande) was newely deed. Therfore &s;he gouer|ned the countrey / and &s;o &s;ir Reynalt of Fore&s;t&abis; / brother to the &s;ayd erle / receyued the lorde Ja|mes of Bourbon and his company ryght ioy|ou&s;ly / and fealted them as well as he myghty&punc; al&s;o there were his two nephewes who pre&s;en|ted them &s;elfe to ryde with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> in armes / to be|&s;ende their countrey / for the companions were drawyng to that parte: they were as tha~ about Cha&s;lon / and about Thourain. And wha~ they vnder&s;tode that the fre~che men gadered to ge|ther to fyght with them: Than the capitaynes drewe to guether to take coun&s;ayle / howe they &s;hulde maynteyne them&s;elfe. Than they nom|bred theyr company / and <ABBR>found</ABBR> how they were a .xvi. M. fyghtyng men of one and other / and &s;ayd amonge them &s;elfe / let vs go agayn&s;t the&s;e frenche men / who de&s;yre to fynde vs / and let vs fyght with them at our aduauntage if we may orels nat / &amp; if that fortune be with vs we &s;hall be all riche for a great &s;ea&s;on / as well by the rea+&s;on of good pri&s;oners as other goodes, and al|so we &s;halbe &s;o redoubted where&s;o euer we go / that none &s;halbe &s;o hardy to encountre vs / and if we le&s;e / we &s;hall le&s;e but our Wages. And to this pourpo&s;e they agreed all. Than they di&s;|lodged and went vp the mountaynes / to entre into the countie of Fore&s;tes / and to come to the riuer of Loyre / and &s;o they founde in their way a good towne called Charlien / in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of Ma&s;con: and they made a f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er&s;e a&s;&s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to / the wiche endured a hole day / but they coude wynne no thynge there / it was &s;o well defended by gentylmen of the countrey &s;uche as were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> in / orels it had ben taken. And than they depar+ted then&s;e and &s;pred abrode in the countrey per+teynyng to the lorde of Beauteu / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> great dammage: and than they entred into the by&s;&s;hopriche of Lyons. And as they went euer they toke &s;mall hold&abis; by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> way &amp; lodged <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> them &amp; euer they dyd moche trouble whe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they came and on a daye they toke a ca&s;tell &amp; the lo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lady within it / the whiche ca&s;tell was called Brunay a thre leages from Lyons / and ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they lodged and re&s;ted them / and there had per+fect knowlege howe the frenche men were dra|wen into the feldes / &amp; apparelled them to fyght with them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lorde James of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and his company were di&s;com<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> by the companyo~s: and howe the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|pe made to be cried a cro&s;&s;e after the&s;e companyons had taken the Brydge &s;aynt E&s;peryte: and of the an&s;were that they made. Cap. CC .xv.</HEAD>
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_THe men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> thus a&s;&s;em+bled with the lorde of Bour+bon beyng at Ly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / vnder|&s;tode that the route of the co~+panyous aproched fa&s;te <ABBR>to|ward</ABBR> them / and had wo~ne the towne &amp; ca&s;tell of Bru|nay and dyuer&s;e other holdes: and howe they &s;ore wa&s;ted and eriled the countrey. The&s;e ty|dynges greatly di&s;plea&s;ed the lorde of Bour|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> bicau&s;e he had the gouernynge of the erle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;tes landes &amp; of his &s;o~nes his nephewes Than they went into the felde / and &s;awe well howe they were a great nombre of men of ar|mes knyghtes and &s;quiers: and &s;o they &s;ent out theyr courrours to know what theyr ennemies dyd / and where they were / &amp; where they &s;hulde be founde. Nowe &s;hall I &s;hewe you the great malice of the&s;e companyons / who were lodged on a mou~tayne / and there they had &s;uche a pla|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> that they coude nat be di&s;eryed nor auewed and &s;pecially the <ABBR>chief</ABBR> of them / who were be&s;te harney&s;ed: for the re&s;idewe (who were wor&s;te harney&s;ed) arenged alonge on the hylle &s;yde / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">red the frenche currours to aproche nere to them and to retourne agayne withoute / any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">mage to the lorde James of Bourbon / the erle Duzes / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Raynalt of Fore&s;tes / and to the other frenche company / to whom they reported as they had &s;een / and &s;ayd: Syrs we haue &s;een yonder company your ennemies / and to <ABBR>our</ABBR> powers wel aduy&s;ed them. and all thynges &s;en and co~&s;ydered to our e&s;timacion they pa&s;&s;e nat a. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> M. per&s;ones / and meruailou&s;ly euil harney&s;ed. And whan the lorde of Bourbon herd that report he &s;ayd to the archepre&s;t: Sir ye haue tolde me or this / that they were to the nombre of. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. M. fyghtyng men / and now ye here <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> contrary. Sir quod he I thought them neuer vnder y^e &s;ayd &s;ome and if they be nat god be thanked / it is the better for vs / therfore nowe take hede what ye wyl do. In the name of god quod the lorde of Bourbon / we wyll go &amp; fight with them / and there he ordered his batayles / and &s;et them in good araye redy to fyght for he myght &s;e his ennemies before hym / and there he made certayn newe knyghtes fir&s;t his owne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">de&s;t &s;onne Peter / and he ray&s;ed his Baner / and al&s;o his nephewe the yonge erle of Fore&s;t&abis; the lorde of Tournon / the lorde of Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">er &amp; the lorde Gro&s;lee of Daulph<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e / and there were al&s;o the lorde Loys &s;ir Robert of Beau|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ewes of Chaalon / &s;yr Hewe of Uien / the erle <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and dyuer&s;e other good knygh+tes and &s;quiers / all de&s;yrynge to auaunce their honours and to ouerthrowe the&s;e companyo~s that thus pylled the countrey without any title of rea&s;on / and there it was ordeyned that the ar+chepre&s;t / and &s;ir Reynolde of Carnoll &s;huld go+uerne the fir&s;t bataile / for he was a good and an expert knyght and he had in that bataile .xvi. hundred fyghtynge men. The&s;e routes of com|panyons that were on the mou~tayne &s;aw right well the orderynge of the frenche men / but they coude nat &s;o well &s;e them nor theyr gydyng / nor aproche well to them / but to theyr great daun|ger or damage / for the&s;e companyons hadde in this mountayne a thou&s;ande cart lode of great &s;tones / whiche was greatly to their aduau~tage and profitte / the&s;e frenche men that &s;o &s;ore de&s;i|red to fyght with their ennemies / howe &s;o euer they dyd they coude nat come to them the nexte waye / therfore they were dreuen of nece&s;&s;ite to co&s;t aboute the mountayne / where there enne|mies were. And whan they came on that &s;yde / than they who had great proui&s;ion of &s;tones be+gan to ca&s;te &s;o &s;ore downe the hyll on them that dyd aproche that they bette downe / hurte and maymed a great no~bre in &s;uche wy&s;e that they myght nor dur&s;te nat pa&s;&s;e nor aproche any ne|rer to theym. And &s;o that fyr&s;t bataylle was &s;o &s;ore beaten and defoyled / that of all daye after they dyd but litell ayde. Than to theyr &s;uccour approched the other bataylles / with &s;ir James of Bourbon his &s;onne / and his nephewes with theyr baners / &amp; a great nombre of good men of warre / and all went to be lo&s;te / the whiche was great damage &amp; pite / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they hadnat wrought by better aduice and coun&s;ayle than they dyd. The archepre&s;te and dyuer&s;e other knyghtes / that were there had &s;ayde before / that it hadde been be&s;te to haue &s;uffered theyr ennemyes to haue di&s;lodged oute of the holde that they were in and than to haue fought with them at more ca&s;e / but they coulde nat be herde. &para; Thus as the lorde James of Bourbon / and the other lordes with theyr Baners and Penons before them approched and co&s;tedde the &s;ayde moun|tayne. The wor&s;te armed of the company|ous ca&s;te &s;tyll contynewally &s;tones at theym / In &s;uche wy&s;e that the hardye&s;t of them was dryuen abacke. And thus as they helde them in that e&s;tate a great &s;pace / The great fre&s;&s;he bataylle of the&s;e companyons founde awaye / and came aboute the mountayne well raynged and hadde cutre theyr &s;peares of &s;yxe foote of lengthe and &s;o came <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ryenge with one voyce / and brake in amonge the frenche men. So at
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the fir&s;te metyng they ouerthrewe many to the erthe / there were &s;ore &s;trokes on bothe partess: and the&s;e companyons fought &s;o arde~tly that it was marueyle / and cau&s;ed the frenchemen to recule backe. And there the archpree&s;t lyke a good knight fought valyantly / but he was ta+ken pri&s;oner by force of armes and &s;ore hurte / and dyuers other knightes and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">uyers of his company. Wherto &s;hulde I make lengar re|her&s;all of this mater: in effecte the frenchmen had the wor&s;e. And the lorde James of Bour|bone was &s;oore hurte and &s;ir Peter his &s;onne / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne the yong erle of Fore&s;tes / and taken &s;ir Reynolde of Fore&s;tes his vncle / therle Duzes / &s;ir Robert of Beauieu / &abser; Loys of Chalon / and mo than a hundred knyghtess: and with moche payne the lorde of Bourbone and his &s;onne Peter / were borne in to the cytie of Lyons. This batayle was about the yere of our lorde god: a thou&s;ande / thre hundred thre|&s;core and one / the friday after Ea&s;ter day.</P>
<P>&para; Greatly were they of the countre aba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">hed / whan they herde that their people were dy&s;con+fyted / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none &s;o hardy nor &s;o &s;tron+ge a ca&s;tell but trymbled for feare. For the wi&s;e and di&s;crete men &s;uppo&s;ed and ymagined that great my&s;chefe &s;hulde multiply therby / with|out god put to &s;om remedy. and they of Lyons were gretly aba&s;&s;hed / wha~ they knewe that the companyons had the vyctorie / howe beit they receyued &s;wetely all them that retourned &amp; &s;ca|ped fro the batayle / and were &s;ore dy&s;ple&s;ed for the hurtes of the lorde of Bourbon / and of &s;ir Peter his &s;onne. And they of the towne ladyes and damo&s;elles right goodly dyde vi&s;yte hym / but this lorde James of Bourbon dyed a thre dayes after the felde / and &s;ir Peter his &s;onne ly+ued nat longe after: and they were &s;ore be way led of euery creature. And for the dethe of thiss lorde of Bourbon the frenche kyng was ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed but he coude nat amende it / &s;o it behoued hym to pa&s;&s;e ouer his &s;orowe as well as he might.</P>
<P>NOw lette vs &s;peke of the&s;e companyons who par&s;euered &s;tyll in their yuell <ABBR>deds</ABBR> / as people reioy&s;ed and co~forted of their dedes as well for wynnynge of that iourney / as for the raun&s;omyng of many good pri&s;oners. So thus the&s;e co~panyons ledde their tyme at the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> plea&s;ure in that countrey / for there were none that came agayn&s;t theym / for incontynent af|ter the di&s;co~fyture of Brunay / they entred and &s;predde abrode in the countie of Fore&s;tes / and pylled and wa&s;ted all the countre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> except y^e fore&s;&s;ess. and bycau&s;e they were &s;o great a com|pany almoo&s;t nothynge helde agayn&s;t theym. And &s;o they deuyded the~ into two partes / and &s;ir Seguyn of Batefoyle had the le&s;&s;e parte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> howe beit he had in his company a thre thou&s;a~|de fightyng men / and he went and lay at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> a myle fro Lyons / and fortefyed the place mar+uelou&s;ly. and &s;o his company were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about in the marche&s;&s;e / the whiche was one of y^e plen+tyfull countrees of the worlde the whiche they ouer ranne / and raun&s;omed the people at their plea&s;ure: that is to &s;ay all the countres on this &s;yde / and beyond the ryuer of Some / the cou~|tie of Ma&s;con / the archeby&s;&s;hoprike of Lyons and the lande of the lorde of Beauieu / &amp; all the countrey to Marcylly to Nonnes / and to the countie of Neuers. The other parte of the &s;a|me company: as Nandos of Beaugeraunt / E&s;pyot Carnell / Robert Briquet / Ortyngo / Bernarde of the Salle / Lamyt / the Bourge Camas / the Bourge of Bretuell / the Bourge of Le&s;pare / and dyuers other of one &s;orte and affinyte: drewe them towarde Auygnone and &s;ayd howe they wolde &s;e the pope and cardy|nalles and to haue &s;ome of their money / orels to hare and to pyll the countre. And &s;o they ta|ryed here and there abydynge for the rau~&s;ome of &s;uche pri&s;oners as they had taken / and al&s;o to &s;e if the truce helde bytwene Frau~ce and En+glande. And as they went towarde Auygnon / they toke by the way townes and fortre&s;&s;es / &s;o that none helde agayn&s;t them / for all the coun|tre was afrayed. And al&s;o in that countre they had v&s;ed no warre: &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;uche as were in the&s;e &s;mall holdes wy&s;t nat howe to defende the~&s;elfe fro &s;uche men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> and the&s;e companyons herde howe there was at the bridge &s;aynt E&s;|peryte a &s;euyn leages fro Auygnon great trea+&s;ure and riche&s;&s;e of the countre a&s;&s;embled <ABBR>ther</ABBR> togyder / on tru&s;t of the &s;tronge fortre&s;&s;e: and &s;o the companyons aduy&s;ed among them that if they might wynne that holde it &s;huld be gret+ly to their aduauntage and profyte / for thanne they thought to be may&s;ters of Roane / and of theym in Auygnon. And on this purpo&s;e they &s;tubyed tyll at la&s;t they had ca&s;te their aduyce as I haue herd reported in this maner. G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yot d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Pyn / and y^e lytell Methyn rode with their company in one nyght a fyftene leages / and in the mornynge at the brekynge of the day / they came to the towne of the bridge &s;aynt Spyryt and &s;odenly toke it and all that were within / y^e whiche was great pyte: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;lewe ma+ny an hone&s;t per&s;on / and defoyled many a da|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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and wan &s;uche tyche&s;&s;e that it coude <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / and great puruyaunces to lyue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> And &s;o by that meanes they might r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nne at their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;e without dau~ger / one <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">&s;on in to the realme of Frau~ce / and another tyme into the empyre. So there a&s;&s;embled to|gyder all the companyons and euery day ran to the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es of Auygnon wher of the pope and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> were in great affray and drede. &amp; to the&s;e companyons made there a &s;oueraygne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> amonge them who was euer moo&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">omonly enemy to god and to the worlde.</P>
<P>BE&s;yde these there were in Frau~ce great nombre of  pyliers and robbers / what of engly&s;&s;hmen ga&s;coyns and almaygnes / who &s;ayd they mu&s;t nedes lyue. And they helde &s;tyll certayne gary&s;ons and fortre&s;&s;es / for all that the kyng of Englandes deputies had co~mau~|ded them to auoyde and to departe. How be it they wolde nat all obey wherwith the frenche kynge was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed and all his coun&s;ell but whan the&s;e companyons in dyuers places herde howe the&s;e other companyons had ouer throwen the lorde of Bourbon and a two thou+&s;ande knyghtes and &s;quyers and taken many a good pri&s;oner. And al&s;o had taken in y^e tow|ne &s;aynt E<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pyrite &s;o great ryche&s;&s;e that it was a thyuge mcomparable: and thynkynge howe they were lykely to wynne Auygnon / or els to putte to mercy the pope and cardynalles and all the coutre of Prouynce. Tha~ they thought all to departe and to go thyder / for couety&s;e to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> more / and to do more yuell dedes. So that was the cau&s;e that dyuers of them left vp their fortre&s;&s;es and wente to their co~panyous / in hope to gette more <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yllage. And whan that p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and the colledge of Ro+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ered by the&s;e cur&s;ed p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">opl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were greatly aba&s;&s;hed. And than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> agayn&s;t the&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> chri&s;ten people who dyde their payne to di&s;troy chr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ndom<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> as other bandes had done before w^t|out tytell of any rea&s;on / for they wa&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed all the countrey without any cau&s;e / and robbed with|out spa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng all that euer they coude gette and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyled women olde and yong without pytie and &s;lewe men women &amp; chyl|dren without mercy doyng to them no trespa|ce. And &s;uche as dyde moo&s;t &s;hamefully&s;t ded&abis; were reputed with them moo&s;t valyaunt. So than the pope and the cardynalles preached o|penly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> and a&s;&s;oyled (a pena <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t cul <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> all tho&s;e that wolde take on them this croy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. And that wolde abandon their bodyes wil lyngly to di&s;troy the&s;e yuell peple and their co~+panyons / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was cho&s;en among the car|dynals &s;ir Peter of Mon&s;tier cardynall of Ar+ras called D&s;te to be chefe capitayne of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> croy|&s;ey. And mcontynent he departed out of Auy|gnon and wente and taryed at Carpentra&s;e a &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyn myle fro Auygnon and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he retayned all maner of &s;oudyers &s;uche as wold &s;aue their &s;oules matteynyng to the&s;e &s;ayd perdous / but they &s;hulde haue none other wages / wherfore that tourney brake for euery man de&abper;ted&punc; &s;ome into Lombardy / &s;ome to their owne cou~trees / and &s;ome went to the &s;ayd yuell company: &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dayly they encrea&s;ed. So thus they haryed the pope / the cardynals / &amp; the marchauntes about Auygnon and dyd moche yuell tyll it was <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> into the &s;omer &s;ea&s;on. In the yere of our lorde god a thou&s;ande thre hudred thre&s;core and one.</P>
<P>THan the pope and the cardynals aduy|&s;ed them of a noble gentyll knyght and a good warryoure the marques of Mounfer|rant who kept <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and had done a long &s;pa|ce agayn&s;t the lordes of Myllayne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope &s;ent forhym. And &s;o he came to Auygnon and was honorably receyued of the pope and cardynals and &s;o atreaty was made with hym by rea&s;on of a &s;omme of money that he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> haue / to the entent that he &s;hulde get out of that ceuntre the &s;ayd yuell co~panyons / and to retayne the~ with him in his warres of Lombardy. So than the marques treated with the captayns of the com+panyons / and by rea&s;on of thre&s;core thou&s;and florens that they &s;hulde haue among them / and great wages that y^e marques &s;hulde gyue the~ / they agreed to depart &amp; go with hym into Lo|bardy / &s;o they might be a&s;&s;oyled (a pena ct cul|pa) all this was agreed / acombly&s;&s;hed / and the flore~s payed. And than they rendred vp y^e tow+ne &s;aynt E&s;pyrite and lefte the marche of Auy|gnon &amp; pa&s;&s;ed forthe with the marques / wher|of kyng John~ of France &amp; all the realme were right toyou&s;e / whan they &s;awe howe they were delyuered of the&s;e yuell people / howbeit there were many that retorned to Burgoyn. And &s;ir Seguyne of Batefoyle departed nat out of y^e garyl on of Ence / for he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat leaue it for no maner of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> nor promy&s;e, but the realme of France was in <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> better re&s;t &amp; peace than it was before. So whan the moo&s;t parte of the companyous were thus pa&s;&s;ed forthe with the marques into the lande of Pyemo~t. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the marques dyde well his deuoyre agayn&s;t y^e lor|des of Myllayne: &amp; conquered dyuers townes ca&s;tes / fortre&s;&s;es and countrees agayn&s;t them
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and had dyuers encountrynges &amp; skyrmi&s;&s;hes with them to his honour &amp; profyte. So that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> in a yere by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> helpe of the&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he had the better hande / and in part had all his entent agayn&s;t the two lords of Myllayne of &s;ir Ga+leas. &amp; &s;ir Bernabe / who after raygned in gre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pro&s;perite.</P>
<P>SO it fortuned that &s;ir Seguyn of Bate|foyle / who was all that &s;ea&s;on in the ga|ry&s;on of Ence on they ryuer of So<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ie / toke by &s;calyng a good cyte in Auuergne called B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">od and therin he taryed more than a yere and for|tifyed it in &s;uche wy&s;e that he douted nothyng / and ouer ran the cou~tre to Cler<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> to Ty<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|lacke / to Puy / to Ca&s;e dieu / to Mou~tferant <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Ryon / to Nonnet / to U&s;&s;oyre and to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">udalle / and the lande of the countie Dalphyn the lor|de wherof was the &s;ame tyme in ho&s;tage in En+glande: and in the&s;e countrees he and his com+pany dyde moche yuell. And whan he had &s;ore enpouery&s;&s;hed the countre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about than by treaty he de&abper;ted and toke with hym great pyl|lage and trea&s;ure / and &s;o went to Ga&s;coyne fro whe~s he came fir&s;t. Of this &s;ir Seguyn I can write no more / but that as Iherde recou~ted he dyed maruelu&s;ly / god forgyue hym all his tre|&s;paces. AMEN.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the dethe of the duke of Lanca|&s;tre / and of the occa&s;yon of the warre bytwene the frenche kyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and the kyng of Nauer: and howe the prince of wales came into Acquitayne / and of the ordre that was taken in Eng|lande. Cap. CC. xv<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ted out of the worlde in Engla+de the gentyll duke of Lan|ca&s;tre called Henry wher<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> the kynge and all the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|nes / knightes / and squyers were ryght &s;orowfull: but they coude nat remedy it. And behynde him he left two doughters / the lady Maha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lt and the lady Blanche: and therle of Heynault <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> wylliam &s;onne to the lorde Loyes of Banyer <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to the lady Margarete of Heynalt maryed the yonger &s;u&s;ter / and the lorde John~ erle of Rich|mont &s;onne to the kynge of Englande had ma+ryed the other &s;u&s;ter / and was duke of Lanca|&s;tre by right of his wyfe. The lorde James of Burbone abode &s;tyll pur&s;uynge the treaty by|twene the lorde John~ of Mountfor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> lorde Charles of Bloys for the right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> chy of Bretayne / acordyng to the treaty <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> at Calais as ye haue herd before. And for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of concludyng therof: great warres and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> felt after in the countre of Bretayne / as ye &s;hall here in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the frenche kyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was in purpo&s;e to go to Auygnone to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the pope and cardynals / and to go through the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hy of Burgoyn the whiche was newly fallen to hym. So the kyng made redy for that iour|ney: and departed fro Parys about the &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;aynt John~ the Bapty&s;t in the yere of our lor|de. M. CCC .lxii. And left Charles his elde&s;t &s;onne duke of Normandy regent &amp; gouernour of his realme: and the kyng had with hym his welbeloued co&s;yn the lorde John~ of Artoy&s;e / &amp; the erle of Tankernyll. / therle Dampmartyn / Boucequant mar&s;hall of Fraunce and dyuers other. And &s;o long rode by his &s;mall iourneys and with great dy&s;pence taryeng in euery <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|ne and cytie as he rode through Bourgoyn / &s;o that about the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Michaell he came to the newe towne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">out Auyguon. And there his lodgyng was prepared for him and for his co~pany and there he was gretly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">lled by the pope &amp; by all the hole coledge / and vi&s;yted eche other often tymes. So thus the kynge taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all the &s;ea&s;on of wynter and about chri&s;t|mas pope Innocent departed out of this lyfe. And than there was a great dy&s;corde bytwene the cardynals for cho&s;ynge of a newe pope / for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of them wolde haue had the dignyte / &s;pe|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ly the cardynall of Boulay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> and the car|dynall of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ourt who were two of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gret|tell of the colledge: and &s;o by their di&s;cencyon they were longe in dy&s;corde. And all the other <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">nalles finally dyde putte all the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of the mater vnto the two fore&s;ayd car|dynalles / who whan they &s;awe that they cou|de nat haue theym&s;elfe the papal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">. Thau~e they concluded bytwene them that none of the other &s;hulde haue it. And than they dyde cho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> and electe the abbot of &s;aynt Uyctor of Mar|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ell to be pope / who was a good deuout and a holy man and of vertuous lyueng: and a gret clerke / and had greatly traueyled for the chur|che of Lombardy and other places. And ano<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> after his creacion / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kyng vnder&s;tode that the lorde Pi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r of Luzenon kyng of Cypre and of Hyeru&s;alem / &s;hulde come to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the pope / and howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was pa&s;t the &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the fre~che kyng &s;ayd he wolde tary <ABBR>ther</ABBR> tyll his comynge / for he had great de&s;yre to &s;e hym for the great goodne&s;&s;e that he had herde reported of hym: and of the warre that he had made agayn&s;t the &s;arazyns. For the kynge of Cypre had newly taken the &s;trong cyte of Sa+late agayn&s;t the enemyes of god / and &s;layne all that euer were within none except.</P>
<P>IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on and wynter <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great coun&s;ell in Englande on the orde+ryng of the realme and &s;pecially on the kinges chyldren / for it was co~&s;ydred howe y^t the prince of wales <ABBR>held</ABBR> a great and a noble e&s;tate as he might well do: for he was&punc; a valyant man pui&s;|&s;ant and riche / and had great herytage in Ac|q<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tayne <ABBR>wher</ABBR> was habundaunce of all welth and pro&s;perite. Than the king was coun&s;elled that he &s;hulde &s;end the prince his &s;on into tho&s;e pattes / for he had lande &s;ufficye~t in that duchy to maynteyne withall his dignyte and e&s;tate. And al&s;o all the barones and knight&abis; of acqui|tayne wolde gladly haue hym among them / of the whiche they had made reque&s;t to the kynge for all that &s;ir John Cha~dos was to the~ ryght courtel&s;e and amyable. yet they had rather ha+ue had their owne naturall &s;oueraygne lorde. The prince lightly agreed to that ordynau~ce &amp; prepared for hym &s;elfe &amp; for the good lady his wyfe acordyng to their e&s;tates / and whan eue|ry thyng was redy they toke leaue of the kyng and of the quene and of their bretherne / and de+parted out of England and aryued at Rochell In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on departed out of this world the kyng of Englandes mother Isabell of frau~+re / doughter to kynge Philyp le Beau / &s;o~tyme frenche kyng. And &s;he was buryed at the fre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r mynors in London right nobly and reuere~tly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> beyng all the prelates and barones of En+glande &amp; the lordes of Fraunce / &s;uche as were their in ho&s;tage: and this was or y^e prince and princes de&abper;ted out of England. And after this ob&s;equy done they departed and aryued at Ro+chell <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were receyued with great ioy / and there tayed the &s;pace of four dayes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kynges of Fraunce and of Cypre: toke on them the croy&s;ey a|gayn&s;t the mfydeles: and of the gret purchace for that entent that the kyn+ge of Cypre made with many kyng&abis; and princes in dyuers places of chri|&s;tendome. Cap. CC .xvii.</HEAD>
<P>_AS &s;oone as &s;ir Johan Chandos / who had alonge &s;ea&s;on gouerned the duchye of Acquitayne: herde howe the prince was comyng thy|der. Than he departed fro Nyort &amp; came with a good|ly company of knyghtes and &s;quyers to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow+ne of Rochell / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was well receyued with the prince and princes. And &s;o the prince with great honoure and ioye was brought into the cytie of Poycters: and thyder came to &s;e hym with great ioye / the barownes and knyghtes of Poy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tou &amp; of Xaynton. and there they dyde to hym feaultie and homage / as they ought to do. And than he wente to Burdeaux and there taryed a long &s;ea&s;on and the princes with him / and thyder came to &s;e hym the erles / vycou~tes / barownes / and knyghtes of Ga&s;coyne: &amp; there they were receyued right ioyou&s;ly. And y^e prin+ce acquyted hym &s;elfe &s;o nobly amonge theym / that euery man was well content. And the erle of Foyz came thyder to &s;e the prince / who had great chere and fea&s;t: And there was a peace made bytwene hym and the erle of Armynake / the whiche a long &s;pace before made <ABBR>werr</ABBR> eche on other. And than anone after &s;ir John~ Chan+dos was made con&s;table of all the countrey of Guyene / and &s;ir Guychart Dangle was made mar&s;hall. So thus the prince made &s;uche kni|ghtes of his hou&s;e as he loued be&s;t great offy|cers throughout the duchy of Acquitayne&punc; and tylled all con&s;table&s;hyppes &amp; bayl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">wykes with engly&s;&s;he knyghtes / who kept after great and puy&s;&s;aunt a&s;tates: parauenture greatter than they of the countrey wolde they had done / but the matters wente nat at their ordynaunces.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of the prince of wales and Acquitayne and of the princes / and &s;peke of kynge Johan of Fraunce / who was as than at the newe towne without Auygnon.</P>
<P>ABout the tyme of candelma&s;&s;e the yere of our lorde / a thou&s;ande thre hundred <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. Kyng Peter of Cypre came to Auygnon / of who&s;e comynge the hole courte was greatly reioy&s;ed and dyuers cardynalles went to mete hym / and brought hym to the paleys to y^e pope Urbayne / who ryght ioyou&s;ly receyued hym. And al&s;o &s;o dyde the frenche kynge / who was
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there pre&s;ent. And whan they ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|ther a certayne tyme / and taken wyne and spi|ces / the two kynges departed fro the pope / and eche of them went to theyr owne lodgyng. And y^e &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was a wage of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">atell before the frenche kyng / bitwene two noble and expert knyghtes / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Aymon of Pommters / and <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Fouques of Archiac. and wha~ they had fought &s;ufficiently / than the frenche kynge treated for a peace / and accorded them to gether. And &s;o all the lente &s;ea&s;on / the&s;e two kynges <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aryed there about Auignon / and often tymes they vi&s;ited the pope / who receyued them right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;ly.</P>
<P>ANd often tymes whan the kynge of <ABBR>Ci|per</ABBR> was with the pope (the freche kyng beyng pre&s;ent and the cardinalles) he declared to them / howe that for all Chri&s;tedome it <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be a noble and a worthy thyng to open the pa&s;|&s;age ouer the &s;ee / and to go agayn&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> enemyes of the Chri&s;ten fayth. The whiche wordes the frenche kynge gladly herde / and pourpo&s;ed in hym &s;elfe (if he myght lyue .iii. yere) to go thi|ther for two cau&s;es that moued hym therto / the fyr&s;te bicau&s;e his father kynge Philyp had a|uowed &s;o to do: and &s;econdly to the entent ther|by to drawe out of his realme all maner of men of warre / called companyous / who <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ylled and robbed his countrey withoute any title / and to &s;aue theyr &s;oules. This pourpo&s;e and entente the frenche kyng re&s;erued to hym &s;elfe without any worde &s;pekyng therof / vntyll good fryday that pope Urban hym &s;elfe preched in his cha|pell at Auignon / beynge pre&s;ent both kynges / and the hole College of cardinalles. After that holy predicacion / the whiche was right humble and moche deuoute. The fre~che kynge by great deuocion toke on hym the Croy&s;ey and &s;wet<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> requyred of the pope to accord and to con&s;yrme his voyage: and the pope lygh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ly agreed ther|to: and &s;o the kynge toke it / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oith hym &s;yr Calleran cardinall of Pierregourt / the erle of Artoi&s;e / the erle of Ewe / the erle Dampmartyn the erle of Tankeruille / &s;yr Arnolde Dandre|hen / the great priour of France / &s;yr Boucequa~t &amp; dyuer&s;e other knyghtes there pre&s;ent. And of this enterpri&s;e the kynge o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> was ryght ioyou&s;e: and thanked ryght hartely <ABBR>our</ABBR> lorde <ABBR>therof</ABBR> / and reputed hit for a great <ABBR>&s;yngular</ABBR> meryte.</P>
<P>THus as ye maye &s;e and here the frenche kynge and the &s;ayd / lordes toke on them <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o weare aboue all theyr garmentes the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ro&s;&s;e: and our holy father the pope <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> this voyage / and cau&s;ed it to be preched in dy|uer&s;e places. I &s;hall &s;he we you howe the kyng of <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> / who was come thither to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and moue this voyage / had great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to go and &s;e the Emperour and all the hyghe baroues of the Empyre / &amp; &s;o into Englande to &s;e the kyng there / and &s;o to all the other great lordes of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ome. And thus as he purpo&s;ed &s;o he dyd / as ye &s;hall here after in this hi&s;tory. <ABBR>Our</ABBR> holi|father the pope / and the frenche kynge offered and promy&s;ed hym theyr bodyes goodes / and &s;ub&s;tances / to furny&s;&s;he this voyage and gaue hym full power to publy&s;&s;he the grace and par|don of this holy voyage / therby to cau&s;e all lor|des and prynces the rather to enclyne to thys holy voyage. And &s;o this kynge was &s;o well beloued for the rea&s;ons that he &s;hewed / and for the fayre language that he vttered to the lordes of this voyage / that they had rather haue <ABBR>herd</ABBR> hym than any other predicacion. and &s;o on this poynt they re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed. Anone after ea&s;ter / the yere of <ABBR>our</ABBR> lorde. M. CCC .lxiii. the kynge of <ABBR>Cy|per</ABBR> departed fro Auignon / and &s;ayd he wolde go and &s;e the emperour / and lordes of the Em|pyre / and promy&s;ed to returne agayne by Bra|bant / Flaunders / and Haynault / and &s;o he toke leaue of the pope / and of the frenche kynge who in all ca&s;es acquyted them ryght well to <ABBR>ward</ABBR> hym / and gaue hym many fayre gy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t&abis; and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> wels / and pardons that y^e pope gaue to hym / &amp; to all his men. And anone after the departyn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of the kynge of <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> / the frenche kynge toke leaue of the pope / &amp; went to the towne of Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> pell<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">er / to vi&s;ite Languedor / where he had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> been of a longe &s;pace before.</P>
<P>_NO we let vs &s;peke of the kynge of Cy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and of the voiage <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he made He rode &s;o longe by his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ourne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne / and there he fou~de the / emperour of Almayne <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Charles of Be|haigne / who receyued hym graciou&s;ly and all the lordes of the Empyre that were there pre|&s;ent. And the kynge of <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> taryed there a thre wykes / and exhorted greatly theym of the Empyre to this holy voyage: and in euery pla|ce where he pa&s;&s;ed through Almayne the Em|perour payde for hys Co&s;tes. Than the kynge of <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> wente into the duchye of Jullyers / where the Duke made hym ryght great fea&s;t and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">here: and tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> from then&s;e he went in to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ante: where al&s;o the Duke and duche&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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receyued hym with great honour in the towne of Bruzels with diuers &s;uppers / Ju&s;tis / tour|nays / &amp; other pa&s;tymes of honor / as they coude ryght well do hit: and at his departynge they gaue hym great gyftes and ieowels. And than he went into Flanders to &s;e the erle Loys. who in like wy&s;e dyd greatly fea&s;t and honour hym and &s;pecially at Brug&abis;: and dyd &s;o moche that the kynge Was Well contente with hym: And there he taryed that &s;omer / alwayes exhortyng euery man to this holy voyage: <ABBR>Wherof</ABBR> dy|uer&s;e lordes had great ioy and de&s;ire to do it.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the frenche ho&s;tages that were in Englande: and of the purchas that the kynge of Ciper made for this croi+&s;ey. Cap. CC .xviii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on the kynge of Englande dyd grace to the iiii. frenche dukes that were there iho&s;tage: that is to &s;ay the Duke of Orleaunce / the duke of Aniou / the duke of Berrey / &amp; the duke of Bour+bon. The&s;e lordes were at Calais / and y^t kyng was content that they &s;hulde ryde aboute Ca|lais by the &s;pace of .iiii. dayes where they ly&s;te So that euer at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> .iiii. dayes ende they to come agayne to Calais by &s;onne &s;ettynge. And thys the kynge of Englande dyd for a good entente bicau&s;e they &s;hulde the rather (in France) pur|cha&s;e for theyr delyueraunce. The&s;e .iiii. lordes thus beyng in Calais / &s;ent me&s;&s;angers dyuers tymes to the frenche kynge / and to the duke of Normandy his elde&s;t &s;onne / de&s;yrynge them to entende to theyr delyueraunce / accordynge as they had promy&s;ed and &s;worne / whan they en|tred into Englande / &s;ayeng / els they wold take hede therto them &s;elfe / for they thought theym+&s;elf as no pri&s;oners: &amp; though that the&s;e lordes were right nere of lignage to the kynge / yet for all that theyr me&s;&s;angers were nat herde / nor <ABBR>delyuered</ABBR> to theyr plea&s;ure / Wherwith the&s;e lordes were right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;pecially the duke of Aniou who &s;ayd he wold right wel prouyde for a remedy. The frenche kynge and his coun&s;aile / and the duke of Normandy <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ore be&s;ied / what for the voyage of the Croy&s;ey that he had taken vpon hym: and for the war|res that the kynge of Nauarre made in the re|alme / who had &s;ent into Lombardy for certayn of the companyons to helpe hym in his warre. The&s;e were y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cau&s;es / that they toke no <ABBR>regard</ABBR> to the lordes that laye in ho&s;tage / that is to &s;ay to the fore&s;ayde .iiii. dukes / nor to delyuer their me&s;&s;angers / Whan they came into Fraunce. And whan the kyng of <ABBR>Ciper</ABBR> had vi&s;ited the&s;e lordes / and the&s;e &s;ayd countreys / he rode &s;o by his iourneys / that he came to Calais / where he founde .iii. of the&s;e &s;ayd dukes / the duke of Or|leaunce / the duke of Berrey / &amp; the duke of Bour+bon: the duke of Aniou was gone into Frau~ce / I can nat tell in what e&s;tate. The&s;e .iii. dukes as pri&s;oners receyued the kynge of <ABBR>Ciper</ABBR> into Calais right ioyou&s;ly / and the kynge acquy|ted hym to them right &s;wetely: and &s;o they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> there to guether .ii. dayes. Than the kynge of <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee / and arryued at Douer / &amp; there taried two dayes / and refre&s;&s;hed hym tyll all his cariage was vn&s;hypped. Than he rode by &s;malle iourneys at his ea&s;e / tyll he came to London / and there he was honorably receyued and fea&s;ted / of the lordes of Fraunce that were there / and al&s;o by them of <ABBR>England</ABBR> / who were &s;ent to mete with hym by the kynge of <ABBR>Engla~d</ABBR> as the erle of Herforde / &s;yr Gaulter of Manny / the lorde Spen&s;er / &s;yr Rawoll Feryes / &abser; Guy|&s;hart of Pe~nebruges / and &abser; Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lod+gyng in the cite of London. I can nat recou~t to you in a hole day the noble diners and &s;uppers chere and fea&s;tes that was made to hym by the kynge of Englande / and the pre&s;entes / gyftes / and ieowels that was gyuen hym / and to &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> trouthe / he was well worthy to hauehit / for he was come thither fro farre with great expen&s;e to exhorte the kynge to take on hym the redde cro&s;&s;e / and to helpe to open the pa&s;&s;age again&s;t goddes ennemies / but the kynge of Englande excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe graciou&s;ly / and right &s;agely.</P>
<P>SO than agayne the kynge of <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> re|pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee / and arryued at Boloyn &amp; herde in his waye howe that the frenche kynge and the duke of Normandy / the lorde Philyp his yonge&s;t &s;onne / and great parte of his coun+&s;ayle &s;hulde be at the good towne of Amyen&s;e / thither rode the kynge of <ABBR>Cyper</ABBR> / and there he founde the kynge / who was newly come thider and part of his coun&s;aile / and there he was no|bly receyued / and there recounted to them how he had &s;pedde in all his voiage / the whiche they were glad to here. And whan the kynge of <ABBR>Cy|per</ABBR> had ben there a certayn &s;pace of tyme: than he &s;ayde / he tought he hadde nat yet no thynge done tyll he hadde &s;een the Prynce of Wales / 
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&s;ay enge that by the grace of god he Wolde go and &s;ehym / and the lordes of Poictom and of Acquitayne. The frenche kynge accorded wel that he &s;hulde &s;o do / but he de&s;ired hym at his retourne / that he wolde come through Frau~ce. And the kyng of <ABBR>Ciper</ABBR> promy&s;ed &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o to. And thus he departed from Amience / and went to|warde Beaunoy&s;e / &amp; pa&s;&s;ed the riuer of Seyn and at la&s;t came to Poicters. At that tyme the prince was at Angole&s;me / where as he &s;hulde kepe a great fea&s;t / Ju&s;tis / and tournay / of .xl. knyghtes / and as many &s;quiers for the loue of the prince&s;&s;e / Who was brought to bedde of a faire &s;onne called Edwarde. And as &s;oone as the prince knewe of the co~mynge of the kyng of <ABBR>Ciper</ABBR> / he &s;ent to mete with hym / &abser; John~ Chau+dos / and a great nombre of other knyghtes &amp; &s;quiers of his hou&s;e / Who brought hym With great ioye and reuerence to the prince / who re|ceyued hym right honorably in all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs leaue a while to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of the kynge of <ABBR>Ciper</ABBR> / and returne to the fre~|che kynge / and recount to what entencion he &amp; his coun&s;atle were come to amience. I was as than enfourmed / and true hit was that kynge Joh&s;t of Fraunce was inpourpo&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to go into Englande / to &s;e kynge Edwarde his brother / &amp; y^e quene his &s;y&s;ter. And for that cau&s;e he had a&s;&s;embled there his coun&s;aile / as at that tyme. &amp; all they of his coun&s;aile coude nat make hym to vary fro that pourpo&s;e: and yet they coun|&s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed hym &s;ore to the contrarie. Diuers prela|tes and barones of Fraunce &s;ayd howe he toke on hym a great foly / as to put hym &s;elfe in the daunger of the Kynge of Englande: the kyng an&s;wered them and &s;ayd: Syrs I haue fou~de in the kynge of England my brother / and in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene / and their children / &s;o moche trouth and honour / that I can nat pray&s;e them to moche. Wherfore I doubte me nothynge of them / but that they wyll be to me ryght courte&s;&s;e and true frende in all ca&s;es. Al&s;o I wyll excu&s;e my &s;onne the duke of Aniou of his returnyng into Fra~ce To his wordes there were none that dur&s;t &s;ay the contrarie / &s;yth he was &s;o determined ihym <ABBR>&s;elf.</ABBR> Than the kyng ordeyned agayne his &s;on the duke of Norman dye to be regent and go|uernour of the realme of Fraunce vntyll his re+tourne agayne. And there he promy&s;ed to the lorde Philyp his yong &s;on / that at his returne agayne / he wolde make hym duke of Borgoyn and heriter of that duchie. And wha~ all his pur+ueyaunce was redy / accordynge to his entent and proui&s;ion at Bolloyn before hym / than he departed from Amience / and rode tyll he came to Hedyn / and there kept his Chri&s;tmas daye / and thither came to &s;e hym Loys erle of Flaun|ders / &amp; there the kyng taried a .ii. or .iii. dayes And on Innoce~tis day he departed fro Hedin.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kynge John~ of Fraunce re|turned into England where he dyed And how the duke of Normandy de+fended hym agayn&s;t the naueroy&s;e: and how Mante and Meulent were taken. And howe &s;yr Bremont de la <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">all was di&s;comfetted. Ca. CC .xix.</HEAD>
<P>_KIng John~ dyd &s;o moche by his iourneis / that he came to Boloyn / and lodged in the abbay / and taried there tyll he had wynde at wyll / and with hym was <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> John~ Ar|toy&s;e Erle of Ewe / the Erle Dampmartyn / the great priour of Fraunce <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Boucequant Mar&s;hall of Fraunce / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Tri|&s;tram of Maguelles / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Peter and <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ Uillers / &abser; John~ of Anuil / &abser; Nicholas Braque and diuers other knyghtes and &s;quiers. And whan theyr &s;hips were all charged &amp; y^t y^e mar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ners &s;aw they had good wind they gaue know+lege therof to the kyng / &amp; &s;o tha~ y^e kyng entred into his &s;hip aboute mydnyght and his people into other &s;hippes: and &s;o longe they &s;ayled / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they arriued in Englande at Douer / and that was the day before the vigill of the Epiphany Anoue tidynges came to the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> and to the quene / who were as than at Eltham a .vii. leages fro London / that the frenche kyng was come a lande at <ABBR>Douer.</ABBR> Than he &s;ente thither diuers knyghtes of his hou&s;e / as &abser; Bar+tilmewe of Brunes / &s;ir Alayne of Bouque&s;els / &s;ir Richarde of Pennebruge and dyuers other They departed fro the kynge and rode toward <ABBR>Douer</ABBR> / and founde there the frenche kynge / and there they made great honoure and chere to hym: and amonge other thynges they &s;ayd howe the kynge theyrlorde was right ioyous of his comynge / and the frenche kynge lyght|ly beleued theym. And the nexte day the kyng and all hys companie lepte on theyr hor&s;es and rode to Caunturburye and came thither to <ABBR>dy|ner</ABBR> / and in entrynge in to the churche of &s;aynt Thomas / the kyng dyd ryght great reuerence
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<P>NOwe let vs leaue to &s;peke of the frenche kyng / and returne to the kyng of <ABBR>Ciper</ABBR> Who came to Aguillon to the prince of Wales his co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;yn / who receyued hym right ioyou&s;ly / and in like wy&s;e &s;o dyd all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> barones / knyghtes and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ers of Poictou / and of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ainton / &s;uche <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> were about the prince / as the vicou~t of Tho+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> the yong lorde of Pouns / the lorde of Per|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ey / &s;yr Loys of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arcourt / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Guy&s;&s;harde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ngle: and of Englande &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r John~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">handos <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Thomas Felton / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Nowell Lorwiche / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Richarde of Pountchardon / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Symon Ba&s;|&s;ell / &s;ir Ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">d wyn of Franuill / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Daugori&s;es and diuers other / a&s;well of the &s;ame cou~t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ey as of Englande. The kyng of <ABBR>Ciper</ABBR> was well ho+nored and fea&s;ted of the prince / and of the prin|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;&s;e / and of the &s;ayde barones and knyghtes. And there he taried more than a monethe / and than &abser; John~ Chandos ledde hym a &s;portynge aboute in xainton and Poictow / and went and &s;awe the good towne of Rochell / where he had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ea&s;t and there. And whan he hadde vi&s;ited the countrey / than he retourned agayne to Ango|le&s;me / and was at the great fea&s;t that the prince helde at that tyme / where there were great plen tye of knyghtes and &s;quiets: and anone after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fea&s;t / the kyng of Ciper toke leaue of the prince and of the knyghtes of the countrey: but fyr&s;t he &s;hewed all theym principally wherfore he was come thither / and why he had taken on hym the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">edde cro&s;&s;e that he ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e / and how the pope had confermed it / and what dignite and priuilege perteyned to that voyage. and howe the frenche kyng by deuocion / and diuers other great lor|des had enterpri&s;ed / and &s;worne the &s;ame. Tha~ the prince and his knyghtes an&s;wered curte&s;ly and &s;ayd that truly it was a voiage for all ma|ner of men of honour to take hede of. And by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> plea&s;ure of god (if the pa&s;&s;age be ones open) he &s;hulde nat be alone / but he &s;hulde fynde them y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wolde be gladde to de&s;yre to auaunce their ho|nors. Of the&s;e wordes the kynge of Ciper was well content / and than departed: but <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> John~ Chandos helde hym company / tyll he was out of the principalite / and as I vnder&s;tode he re|tourned agayne into Fraunce to Parys / We|nynge to haue founde there the kynge / but he dyd nat / for the kynge was nat retourned oute of Engla~de / for he lay &s;ore &s;icke at his lodgyng at the Sauoy in London / and euery daye he enpayred wor&s;e and wor&s;e / the whiche greatly di&s;plea&s;ed the kynge of Englande / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene for all his phi&s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iens &s;ayde he was in great pa|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ell. And all this knewe right well the duke of Normandy / Who was at Parys / and had the gouernynge of all the Realme of Fraunce / for <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Boucequant Was come oute of Englande and hadde enfourmed the Duke howe it &s;tode with the kynge hys father. The kynge of Na|uarre al&s;o knewe the certaynte therof / and was no thynge &s;orye: For he hoped (that if the fren|che <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng dyed) that the Warre / the Whiche he made &s;hulde be the better for hym. And he wro|te to the Captall of Beu&s;m / Who Was as than
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with the erle of Foyes / de&s;yringe hym to come into Norma~dy to hym / &s;ayeng howe he wolde make hym &s;ouerayne capt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayne of all his rety|newe. And the captall departed fro the erle of Foyes and toke his way to the kyng of Nauer and as he went he de&s;yred certayne knightes &amp; &s;quyers to go with hym / howbeir that was but a fewe. So thus in the meane &s;ea&s;on while the captall was thus comyng to war<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e the kyng of Nauerre / kynge John~ of Fraunce dyed in his bedde in Englande at the Sauoy in the cytie of London. Wherof the kyng of Englande the quene and all their chyldren / &amp; many <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">o in En+glande were right &s;ory and heuy for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great ho+nour and loue that the kynge had to hym / euer &s;ythe the peace was made bytwe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e them. Tha~ the duke of Orleau~ce his brother / and the duke of Berry his &s;onne / who were ryght &s;orowfull for his dethe. &s;ent inco~tynent in great ha&s;t wor+de therof ouer the &s;ee to the duke of Norma~dy wherof the duke was right &s;ory a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> good rea|&s;on why. Howbeit he knowynge hym &s;elfe &s;uc|ce&s;&s;our of the herytage of Fraunce / and &s;eynge howe the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> dayly fortifyed ga|ry&s;ons agayn&s;t hym / he thought it was tyme to prouyde for good coun&s;ell and for remody <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> that behalfe. All the &s;ame &s;ea&s;onne there was a knyght in Bretayne that toke euer the frenche partie / called &s;yr Bertram <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Gue&s;cly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the re|nowme of hym was nat greatly knowen as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> that tyme &s;auyng among the knyghtes of Bre+tayne that were about hym / he was abydinge &s;tyll in Brerayne alwayes makynge warre for the lorde Charles of Bloys. And &s;o in that con~|tre this &s;yr Bertram was reputed for a valya~t knyght / and welbeloued with all men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &amp; was as than greatly in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Norma~des grace / for the grea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vertues y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> herd reported of hym. So that whanthe duke had herde of the dethe of his father &amp; dout<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">d greatly of the kynge of Nauerre: than he &s;ayd to &s;ir Bouce|quant. Sir with &s;uche men as ye haue I wyll that ye ryde in to Normandy and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ye &s;hall fynde &s;ir Bertram of Gue&s;c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yue. and loke that you and he togyder make an army agayn&s;t the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> and kepe &s;urely the ryuer of Seyne / &s;ir Boucequant &s;ayd it &s;hulde be done And &s;o he departed and toke with hym a good nombre of knyghtes and &s;quyers and toke his way to Normandy by &s;aynt Germayns / and &s;hewed them that were with him that he wolde go to the ca&s;tell of Rolebo&s;&s;e / wherin were cer|tayne of the companyons that dyde &s;o m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">che <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yll throughout the worlde.</P>
<P>ROlebo&s;&s;e was a &s;tronge ca&s;tell on the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y+uer of S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yne a leage fro Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / and as at that tyme it was full of the companyons who made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> a&s; well on the kyng of Nauer as on the frenche kyng / and they had a capy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> whome they obeyed / and he retayned them by certayne wages that he gaue them / he was cal|led Ua~tayre Au&s;tarde an expert man of arm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s and a bolde / and borne in the towne of Bru&s;els And he and his co~pany had robbed all the coun+tre about hym / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none that dur&s;t go fr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Parys and Maunt to Roane or to Ponthoi&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and a&s; well they bete downe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> naueroy&s;e as the frenchmen and &s;pecially they con&s;trayned <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ore them of Mau~t. Whan &s;ir Bo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">equant parted fro Parys / he fayned to take the way to Role|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;&s;e. howbeit he taryed at a certayne place for &s;ir Bertram of Gu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;cly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e &amp; his company / who was ryden before to the ca&s;tell of Deur<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had &s;poken with them within / but they wold<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> no wy&s;e open their gates to lette hym in / but fier&s;ly dyde ca&s;t &s;tones at hym. Whan he &s;awe that he departed and wente to the mar&s;hall &s;yr Boucequant / where he taryed for hym a lytel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fro Rolebo&s;&s;e. And whan they were met togy|der they were a fyue hu~dred men of armes and &s;o the&s;e two capitayns had great coun&s;ell togy+der to &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> howe they &s;hulde mayntene them&s;elfe / and &s;pecially to gette yf they myght the towne of Mau~t. Than they determyned that <ABBR>s;</ABBR> Bou|cequaunt and a hundred with hym &s;hulde ryde to Maunt in ha&s;t / as though they were &s;ore a|frayed. and &s;ay howe that they of the gary&s;one of Rolebo&s;&s;e dyde cha&s;e them / de&s;yringe them to open their gate and let them in for &s;aue gar|de of their lyues. And if they were lette in than to take &s;ea&s;on of the gates / &amp; than &s;ir Bertram with all his hole company &s;hulde come and en|tre in to the towne and do what they ly&s;t / and &s;o they thought without they coude get it by this maner they wy&s;t nat howe elles to gette it. S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> this coun&s;ell was determyned to be good and the lordes kept it &s;ecrete among them &s;elfe&punc; and &s;o thus &s;ir Boucequant d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ed with this &s;ayd company and rode towarde Maunte &punc; and &s;yr Bertram rode thyderwarde by another way and put the~&s;elfe in a bu&s;&s;hment nere to Mau~t / And whan &s;ir Bouceq<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uant aproched nere to Maunt &punc; than they &s;par<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">led a brode lyke men <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> were di&s;co~fyted and cha&s;ed. And &s;o the knyght &s;ir Boucequant came to Maunt &amp; but. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. with him the re&s;ydue came one after another. Than he called at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arryers and &s;ayd / a ye good peo+ple of Maunt open your gate and let vs entre / 
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">r fold weth the yuell murdr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rs &amp; the|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> Ro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eboy&s;e who cha&s;eth vs &amp; hath vtter|ly di&s;c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ted vs. They within &s;ayd &s;ir what be you / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> he I am &abser; Boucequa~t mar&s;hall to the duke of Normady &s;ent by hym to haue fo|ught with the~ of Rol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">boy&s;e / but the theues w^t|in haue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> me &s;o that it behoued me to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> whyder I wolde or nat: and here they wyll <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ake me &amp; all myne without ye wyll open your gate and let vs come in for&s;ocour. And they w^t in an&s;wered wenynge to them that his wordes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ad ben true &amp; &s;ayd &s;ir we knowe well y^t they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Roleboy&s;e be our enemyes &amp; yours al&s;o / for they care nat with whem they haue <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> but al&s;o on thother part the duke of Norma~dy ha|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> of the kyng of Nauer our lor|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> therfore we be in great dout le&s;t we &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">d by you who is mar&s;hall of Fra~ce. S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he by my &s;aytheye &s;hall haue no hurt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y me / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> am nat come into this countre but to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> them of Roleboys. And &s;o by the&s;e wor|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> they opened the gate &amp; &s;uffred &s;ir Bouce|quant to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &amp; alwayes lytell and lytell his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">wed: &s;o that bytwene the hynderma&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">quant&abis; men and the forma&s;t of &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">mes men they of Maunt had no lea&s;er <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ne their gates. for &s;ir Boucequant <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">n to a logyng and vnarmed him / ther <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to apea&s;e the~ of the towne / &amp; that they &s;huld na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> my&s;tru&s;t: but than &s;ir Bertram and his co~+pany came galoppyng and entred in to y^e tow|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">d &s;aynt Jues Cle&s;quy / to the dethe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">eroy&s;e. And &s;o enterd into the logyn|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> and pylled &amp; robbed all that euer they foun <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and coke pri&s;oners &amp; &s;lewe whom they ly&s;t. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">d the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on that they thus entred into <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / another company of bretons came to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ke but a leage thens and entred therm <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">lly: for they &s;ayd they were men of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">nt thyder by &s;ir Wyllyam of Gra~uyll <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> was at Maunt with as many mo as they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. They of Meul<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> thought their wordes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> bycau&s;e they came the way fro Maunt &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">we well they coulde come none other way / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;e the ryuer of Seyn but at the brige of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> therfore they beleued them and opened <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ryers. And than the&s;e bretons entred <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> the gate and cryed &s;aynt yues Ele&s;|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> people downe right who fledde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> them&s;elfe a&s;well as they myght / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;awe them &s;elfe &s;o di&s;ceyued and be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> hus was Maunt and Meulecke ta|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">t the duke of Normandy was right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and the kyng of Nauer right &s;ore di&s;|plea&s;ed whan he knewe therof. Tha~ the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> &s;et good capitayns in all his tow|nes and ca&s;tels / and toke it for a great doma|ge the lo&s;&s;e of Mau~t and Meulec for by them he had a fayre entre into Fraunce. and y^e &s;ame weke the captall of Beu&s;z arryued at Chyer|bourge with a foure hundred men of armes / and the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> made hym great fe&s;t and there / and &s;hewed hym in maner of a co~|playnt howe the duke of Normandy had cau|&s;ed the townes of Maunt and Meuleck to be &s;tollen fro hym. Than the Captall an&s;wered and &s;ayd / &s;ir and it plea&s;e god we &s;hall go for+warde / and I tru&s;t &s;hall &s;pede &s;o well that we &s;hall haue theym agayne and many mo. It is &s;ayd howe the duke of Normandy is goynge to Reynes to be crowned / we &s;hall go and do hym &s;ome noyaunce and domage. Thus of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> comynge of the Captall of Beu&s;z was y^t kyn|ge of Nauer ryght ioyou&s;e and &s;ayd y^t inco~ty|nent he wolde make a iourney in to Fraunce / than he &s;ende for men of warre in to all partes <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he coudymagen to haue any. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was in Normandy the Marne a knyght of Engla~de who or that tyme had ben with the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> in his warres. He was a ryght well expertman of armes &amp; was called &s;ir John~ Jonell / he had in his co~pany a thre hu~dred men of armes. The kyng of Na+uer &s;ent to hym / de&s;yringe that he wolde come and &s;erue hym with &s;uche nombre as he had. This knyght condy&s;cended to the kynges de|&s;yre and came to him and put hym into his &s;er+uyce. The duke of Normandy knewe ryght well howe the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> a&s;&s;embled an army / and howe the Captall &s;hulde be chiefe capitayne. Than he wrote to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy de&s;yring hym and his breto~s to kepe fronter <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with the kyng of Nauer / promy+&s;yng to &s;end hym people ynowe to fight aga|yn&s;t the power of the kyng of Nauer. And he ordayned that &s;ir Boucequa~t &s;hulde tary and kepe Mau~t and Meulec. And &s;o &s;ir Bertran: &amp; his company of bretons went towarde Uer+non. In a &s;horte &s;pace after the duke of Nor+mandy &s;end to hym a great nombre of men of warre: as therle of Aucer / the vycount Beau|mount the lorde Beauiewe / and dyuers other knyghtes &amp; &s;quyers. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was come in to Frau~ce to &s;erue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Nor+mandy out of Ga&s;cone the lorde Dalbret &amp; &s;ir Aymon of Punyers / &s;ir Peteton of Corton / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Soldyche of Le&s;trad &amp; dyuers other. wherof the duke of Norma~dy coude the~ great thank<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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de&s;yring the~ to ryde into Normandy agayn&s;t his ennemyes. The&s;e lordes obeyed the duke and rode all into Normandy / excepte the lorde Dalbret / who taryed &s;tyll with the duke: but his men rode forthe in that iourney. Al&s;o in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on on the fronters of Bretayne there was a breton knyght of the frenche partie cal|led Beamont of the Uale / and had in his com|pany a .xl. &s;peres all bretons / and they came be+fore Eureur / and within the towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a knyght called &s;ir Guy of Granuyll. Al&s;one as he herde the fray he armed him and all his &s;ou+dyers and mounted ontheir hor&s;es &amp; rode out into the felde / and by that tyme &s;ir Beamont had done his enterprice and was departynge: than &s;ir Guy of Grauyll a&s;ctyed him and &s;ayd Beaumount ye &s;hall nat thus departe. Fir&s;te ye mu&s;t &s;peke with them of Eureux / they &s;hall teche you to knowe them. Whan &s;ir Beamont herd that / he tourned his hor&s;e and layed his &s;peare in the re&s;t and came agayn&s;t &s;ir Guye. the two knyghtes mette rudely toguyder / &s;on that their &s;peares &s;heuered all to peaces / but they &s;atte &s;o &s;urely that none of them fell. And &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed forthe in their cour&s;e / &amp; at theyr retournynge they drewe out their &s;werd&abis; and therwith their co~panyes mette / at which tyme there were many borne to the yerthe on bothe partyes. There the br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tons acquyted theym &s;elfe valiantly / howbe it finally they coude nat obtayne the place: but were fayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to aby|de for people came &s;tyll out of the towne on the~ &s;o that they were all &s;layne and taken none &s;ca+ped. And there was taken &s;ir Beaumont dela Uale / by &s;ir Guy of Granuyll who ledde hym as his pri&s;oner into the ca&s;tell of Eureur / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;o were all the re&s;ydewe &s;uche as were taken. Thus it happed of this aduenture wherof &s;ir Guy was greatly pray&s;ed and beloued of the kyng of Nauer and of them of Eureux.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Here begynneth the feat&abis; of warre done <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the tyme of kyng Charles the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> wherof the beginnyng &s;peketh of the ob&s;equy of kyng John~. and how the yong kyng Charles was honora+bly crowned at Reynes / &amp; of the gret expe~&s;es that was done there. &amp; of the beginyng of the batell of Cocherell.</HEAD>
<P>_THus asye haue herde before / the kyng of Cypre retorned into Fra~|ce &amp; came to Parys to the duke of Norma~dy / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the dukes bretherne / the duke of Ani<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ou / &amp; the lorde Philyp who was after duke of Bur|gone. And all they taryed for the body of y^e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ge their father the whiche was comyng out of Englande &amp; the kyng of Cypreholpe them to co~playne the dethe of the kyng / &amp; was maruey lou&s;ly di&s;plea&s;ed therwith / bycau&s;e of the hyn|dringe of his vyage of the croy&s;e. and &s;o he cl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+thed hym &s;elfe with the ve&s;ture of doloure. So the day came thar the body of the frenche kyng aproched to Parys / the which body was broght thyder by therle of Artoy&s;e / therle Da~|marten / &amp; the great priour of Frau~ce / the duke of Norma~dy &amp; his bretherne. The kyng of Cy+pre &amp; the moo&s;t part of all the clergy of Parys went a fote &amp; met with the body beyonde &s;aynt Denyce in Frau~ce / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was &s;olemply buryed / and tharchby&s;&s;hop of Sence&s;ang the ma&s;&s;e. And after the &s;eruyce done &amp; the <ABBR>dyner</ABBR> the whiche was right noble: the lordes &amp; prela|tes returned to Parys / &amp; there they helde a par+lyament &amp; generall coun&s;ell to determyne how the realme &s;huld be ordred / for y^e realme might nat longe be without a kyng. And than it was coun&s;elled by thaduyce of the prelatis &amp; nobles of the realme that they &s;hulde drawe to the cite of Reyns &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to crowne the duke of Norma~+dy / who as yet was called none other wi&s;e. al&s;o he wrote to his vncle Uyncelant duke of Bra|bant &amp; of Luze~burge / and al&s;o to therle of Fla~|ders de&s;yring them to be at his coronacyon on Trinyte &s;onday next comyng. In the &s;ame &s;ca &s;on whyle the lordes made theyr puruey aunce for the kynges coronacyon. The frenchemen and naueroy&s;e aproched nere togyder in Nor|ma~dy / for into the cite of Eureux was come the Captall of Beuz who made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> his a&s;&s;emble of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &amp; of companyons &s;uche as he coude get. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of hym and of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / &amp; of a iourney of ba|tayle bytwene them. The tue&s;day before T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">+nyte &s;onday that the duke of Norma~ndy &s;hulde be crowned kynge / as he was in the cathedrall churche of Reyns. Whan the captall of Beu&s;z had made his a&s;&s;emble in the cite of Eureux of archers &amp; brigans. and left in the cytie a capy|ten called &s;ir Mychell Dorgery / &amp; &s;ent to Cou+ches the lorde Guy of Grauyll to kepe fronter <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Than he departed fro Eureur with all his men of armes &amp; archers / for he herde &s;ay
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ow the fre~chmen <ABBR>wer</ABBR> abrode / but he wy&s;t nat where they were&punc; than he toke the feldes &amp; had great de&s;yre to <ABBR><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynd</ABBR> th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">red his co~pany / &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">de y^t he was to the &s;ome of. v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">. C. &s;petes. iii C. archers <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. C. of other men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And with h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> were dyuers good knight&abis; &amp; &s;quiers and &s;pecially a baneret of the realme of Nauer called y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Sal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / an expert ma~ of armes. but he y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> helde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t &s;ome of men of armes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ers in all the co~pany was a knight of En+gland called &s;ir John~ Jo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ell / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was al&s;o y^e lorde Peter of Sauyle / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Will<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Grauyll / y^e lorde Bertra~ of Fra~ke / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Bla&s;&s;oll of marenell / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">uers other all in wyll to encou~ter &abser; Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy &amp; to fight with h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">. Tha~ they drue to Pa&s;&s;y &amp; to y^e b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ge of tharch / for they thoght <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the fre~chmen &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e y^e ryuer of Seyne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> if they ware nat pa&s;&s;ed all redy. &para; So it happed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the friday in the whyt&s;on w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cap+tall &amp; his co~pany rode out of a wode / &amp; by aue~|ture they met a haraude of armes called kynge Faucon: &amp; the &s;ame mornynge he was de&abper;ted fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~che hoo&s;t. a&s;&s;one as the captall &s;e hym he knewe hym well &amp; made him great <ABBR><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">her</ABBR> / for he was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yng to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of England. Tha~ he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">mau~ded of hym fro whens he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ame &amp; if he k<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">we any tidyng&abis; of the fre~chmen&punc; &s;ir &abquod; he in the name of god I knowe well <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they be. I depted fro them to day / they &s;eke you a&s;well as ye do them where be they &abquod; the captall beyond the b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ge of tharche or a this &s;yde. Sir &abquod; Fau|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">on they be pa&s;&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bridge at Uernon / &amp; as I beleue they a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nowe about Pa&s;&s;y. What no~bre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e they &abquod; the captall &amp; what cap<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tens haue the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I pray you &s;hewe me: &abser; &abquod; Fau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">on they ar well a. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. C. fightyng men. &amp; there is &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy who hath y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> grette&s;t co~pany of breto~s / al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is therle of Aucer / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vycount of Bea|mont y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Loys of Chalon / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Bea|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mai&s;ter of the cro&s; bowes / tharchpree&s;t the lorde Edward of Remy. &amp; of Ga&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">one <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is the co~pany of the lorde Dalbret &amp; the lorde A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">mon of Punyers / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Suldyche &amp; of L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;trad: &amp; whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall herd tho&s;e ga&s;cons named / he marueyled gretly &amp; blu&s;&s;ed for dy&s;|plea&s;ure &amp; &s;ayd / Faucon is this true ye &s;ay / y^t the&s;e lordes of Ga&s;cone ar <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / &amp; the lorde dal br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pany. &s;ir &abquod; the harald ye <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">out fayle / &amp; <ABBR>wher</ABBR> is y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Dalbret hi&s;elfe &abquod; the captall / &abser; &abquod; Faucon he is at Parys with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> rege~t duke of N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">dy who aparelleth hi&s;elfe to go to Rey|nes for it is &s;ayd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> on &s;onday next comyng he &s;hulde be crowned kyng. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall layd his hand on his own<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> heed &amp; &s;ayd in great <ABBR>di&s;|plea&s;ur</ABBR> by &s;aynt Antones cap / ga&s;con agayn&s;t ga&s;cone. &s;ir &abquod; Faucon here by taryeth for me a harald of tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">chpre&s;t &s;ent to &s;peke with you fro hym / and as I vnder&s;tand by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> harald tharch pree&s;t wolde &s;peke with you. Than the captall &s;ayd a Faucon &s;ay to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche haralde he nede nat to go any farther / let hym &s;hewe to tharch|pre&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I wyll nat &s;peke with hym. Than &abser; Jo+han Jonell &s;tept forthe &amp; &s;ayd / &s;ir why wyllye nat &s;peke with him <ABBR>&abper;auentur</ABBR> it is for our pro|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yte / than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall &s;ayd nay I warrant you it is nat for our &abpro;fyte / for tharchpre&s;t is &s;o great a brauler y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if he come to vs he wyll but <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">angle. and in y^e meane tyme ymagen our &s;trengthe &amp; auewe our no~bre / the whiche paraue~ture &s;hall torne more to our pre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">dyce than aduauntage / therfore I haue no ha&s;t to &s;peke with him: tha~ Faucon y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> harau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we~t to thother haraud <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he taryed vnder a hedge / &amp; excu&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall &s;o wy&s;ely that he was well content / and than he went to tharchpre&s;t &amp; &s;hewed hym all as Fau|con had &s;ayd. &para; Thus the fre~chmen and naue roy&s;e had knolege eche of other by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> report of the two harald&abis; &amp; aparelled the~&s;elf echeto mete other. and whan <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> captall had herd by Faucon what no~bre the fre~chmen were than inco~tyne~t he &s;ent certayne me&s;&s;a~gers to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cyte of Eu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to y^e capten <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / de&s;yringe hym to &s;ende out of the cite all maner of co~panyons &amp; other y^t were able for the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and y^t they &s;hulde mete with hym about Cocherell / for there he thought to fynde the frenchmen: for &s;urely he &s;ayd wher|&s;o euer they met he wolde fyght with the~. And whan the&s;e tidynges came to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> capten of Eu|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> named <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Leger Dorgery / than he co~mau~+ded euery man y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was able to ryde a hor&s;e / &s;hul+de go out of the cyte &amp; drawe to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Captall: &amp; &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> de&abper;ted out of the towne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">o than &s;ix&s;core / all yong men of the na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yon of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne. So y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wedny&s;day the Captall lodged by noone on a mou~tayne &amp; his co~pany about him: &amp; the fren|chmen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">de forwarde to fynde the~ tyll they ca~e to a ryuer called in y^t countre Iton / the which ran towarde Eureux: and it &s;pringeth nere to Couches &amp; there they lodged y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wedn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;day in a fayre medowe a longe by y^t ryuer&s;yde. &amp; &s;o the next mor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yug bothe partyes &s;ent out their c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> rous to &s;e if they coude here any tidynges eche of other / &amp; &s;o eche of the~ made report that they were within two leages togyder. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> na|ueroy&s;e rode as Faucon led the~ the &s;ame way he came fro the~ / and &s;o about noone they came into the way to Cocherell: &amp; there they &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenchmen before the~ in orde<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng of theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">els
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/ &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great no~bre of baner<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eno~s &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;emed to be double the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ombre y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they were in dede. Than the naueroy&s;e re&s;ted them without a lytell wode that was there: than the capitayns drue togyder &amp; ordred their batayls Fir&s;t they made thre batayls well and proply all a fote &amp; &s;ent all their caryages and pages in to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lytell wode: and they &s;et &s;ir John~ Jonell in+the fir&s;t batayle withall the men of armes &amp; ar|chers of Englande. The &s;econde batayle ledde the captall of Beu&s;m / and in his batayle were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> iiii. C. fightynge men one &amp; other. and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> hym was the lorde of Saulx of Nauer a yong lu&s;ty knight / the lorde Wyll<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> of Grauyll and &abser; Pe+ter of Sankeuyll. The third batell was ledde by thre knyghtes / y^t is to &s;ay the lorde of Ba&s;|cles of Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nell / the lorde Bertram of Franke and the lorde San&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yns / they were a .iiii. hu~dred. And whan they had ordeyned their ba+tayls / than they toke the vau~tage of a lytle hyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be&s;yde on their right hand bytwene them and the wode. And &s;o on the fronte of that hyll they aranged them &s;elfe before their enemyes / and they &s;ette the captals baner on a bu&s;&s;he of thornes and &s;et a .lx. men of armes about it to defende it fro their enemyes. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they dyde to thentent that yf they were &s;parkeled abrode they &s;hulde drawe to the &s;tandarde: and &s;o de|termyned nat to dy&s;cende downe fro the mou~|tayne for no maner of cau&s;e / but to let their ene+myes come to the~ / if they wolde fight with the~.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe by the pole&s;y and coun&s;ell of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy the nau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">oi|&s;e dy&s;ce~ded downe fro the mou~tayne to fight with the fre~chmen and how the captall was taken. Cap. CC .xxi.</HEAD>
<P>_THus as ye haue herbe the na|ueroy&s;e &amp; engly&s;&s;hmen were aren|ged on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mou~tayne whyle the fre~|chmen ordred their batayls / wher of they made thre and a rere gar|de. The fir&s;t had &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy with all his bretons / and he was ordeyned to re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the captals batayle. The &s;econde had therle of <ABBR>Aucerr</ABBR> / and with hym there was the vycount Beamond / and the lorde Baudwy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">enekyn mai&s;ter of the cro&s; bowes / &amp; with the~ were fre~|chmen / pycard&abis; / and normayns. as &s;ir Edwar+de of Rency / &s;ir Ingram of He<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yn / &s;ir Loys of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">enekerques / and dyuers other good kynght<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and &s;quyers. The thirde batayle had the arch|pree&s;t and the burgonyons / and with hym the lorde of Chalons / the lorde Beau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the lorde John~ of Uyen and dyuers other: and this ba|tayle was a&s;&s;igned to a&s;&s;emble agayn&s;t the b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+&s;cle of Marnell and his rout. And the batayl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche was the reregarde were all ga&s;coyns / wherof &s;ir Aymon of Pomyers / the lorde Sul dyche of<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e &s;trade / the lorde perducas Dalbreth and the lorde Peteton of Curton were &s;oueray g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e capitayns. Than the&s;e ga&s;coyne knightes aduy&s;ed well the behauynge of the captall and howe his &s;tandarde was &s;et on a bu&s;&s;he &amp; kept with a certayne nombre: than they &s;ayd y^t it be+houed them wha~ their batayls were a&s;&s;embled togyder / that they &s;hulde endeuoure the~&s;elfe to co~quere the captals &s;tanderde. &s;ayeng howe it they might get it their enemyes &s;hulde be &s;one di&s;co~fyted. al&s;o the&s;e ga&s;cons auy&s;ed the~ on a|nother ordynaunce / the which was to the~ that day right &abpro;fitable. The lordes of Frau~ce <ABBR>wer</ABBR> along &s;pace togyder in cou~&s;ell howe they &s;hul|de mayn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tene them&s;elfe / for they &s;awe well that their enemyes had a great auauntage. Than the ga&s;cons &s;pake a worde the which was well herde: they &s;aid &s;irs we knowe well that the ca+ptall is as worthy a knight as can be founde in any lande / for as long as he is able to fight / he &s;hall do vs great domage. let vs ordayne .xxx. a hor&s;backe of the be&s;t men of armes that be in our company / and let the .xxx. take hede to no|thyng but to addre&s;&s;e them&s;elfe to the captall / whyle we e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tend to co~quere his &s;tanderd: &amp; by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> might of their hor&s;es let them breke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;o that they may come to the captall / and than take hym &amp; cary hym out of the felde / for with / out that be done we &s;hal haue no ende of our ba+tayle / for if he may be taken by this meanes the iourney &s;halbe ours / his people wyll be &s;o &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed of his takyng. Than the knightes of Fraunce and of Bretayne acorded lyghtly to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">euyce and &s;ayd it was good coun&s;ell &amp; &s;o they wolde do. Than among the~ they cho&s;e out. xxx of the be&s;t men of armes among them / &amp; moun+ted on .xxx. of the be&s;t hor&s;es in all the co~pany / and they drewe them a &s;yde in the felde well de+termyned of that they &s;hulde do: and all the re|&s;ydue taryed in the felde a fote in good array. &para; Whan they of Frau~ce had well ordred their batayls &amp; that euery man knewe what he &s;huld do: than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a comonyng amo~g the~ what &s;hulde be their crye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day / and to what ban<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> they &s;hulde drawe to. And &s;o they were deter|myned to cry our lady of <ABBR>Aucerr</ABBR> / and to mak<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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their capitayne y^t day cherle of Aucerr / but the erle wolde in no wy&s;e agree therto to take that charge on hym: but excu&s;ed him&s;elfe right gra+ciou&s;ly &s;aying lord&abis; I thanke you of y^e honour that ye wolde put me to. but &s;urely as for me I wyll nat therof for I am ouer yong to haue &s;u|che a charge or honor: for this is y^e fir&s;t iorney y^t euer I was at therfore ye &s;hall take another. here be many good knight&abis; / as &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy tharchpre&s;t / the mai&s;ter of y^e cro&s;bo&s;e the lorde Loys of Chalon / the lorde Aymon of pomyers &amp; &s;ir Edwarde of Re~cy. The&s;e haue ben in many great iorneys &amp; they knowe howe to order &s;uche a mater better than I can / ther|fore I pray you holde me excu&s;ed. Than y^e kny+ghtes regarded eche other &amp; &s;ayd to hym / a no|ble erle of Aucer ye ar y^e grete&s;t among vs both of lande &amp; lynage / therfore of right ye ought to be our heed. Certenly &s;irs &abquod; he ye &s;ay as it ple+&s;eth you / but this day I &s;halbe as one of your copanyons &amp; &s;hall lyue &amp; dye &amp; byde myne aue~|ture with you / but as for y^e &s;oueraynte &s;urely I wyll none therof. than they beheld eche other &amp; aduy&s;ed whom they might make chefe capiten Than they were auy&s;ed y^t the be&s;t knight in all their co~pany &amp; he that had ben be&s;t proued was &s;it Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy: tha~ it was ordeyned by their comon acorde y^t their cry &s;hulde be y^t day our lady Cle&s;quy / &amp; that they &s;hulde all obey y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day to &s;ir Bertra~: all thing&abis; ordeyned &amp; &s;tably&s;+&s;hed &amp; euery lorde &amp; knight vnder his owne &s;ta~+derd or penon. Than they regarded their ene|myes / who were a hye on y^e hyll &amp; wolde nat de+parte fro <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;trength / for they thought it nat / the which gretly anoyed the fre~chmen bycau&s;e it was yuell mou~tyng of y^t hyll / &amp; al&s;o the &s;on~e was very hote / the bigge&s;t of the~ were faynt for they were fa&s;tyng / &amp; they had nother wyne nor vitayle with the~ that dyde the~ any good / w^tout it were certayne lordes y^t had lytell flagons of wyne the which were anon empty / nor they ma+de y^e mornyng no proui&s;ion for vitayle / for they had thought to haue fought with their enemys the &s;ame mornynge but they dyde nat / but they e&s;cryed as nere as they myght the naueroy&s;e &amp; engly&s;&s;hmen: &amp; &s;o y^e day was <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> gone or they coude be a&s;&s;embled togyder. And whan the lor+des of Frau~ce &s;awe the behauyng of the naue|roy&s;e than they drue the~ toguyder in maner of coun&s;ell to de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">myne whyder they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> go and fight with their enemyes or nat / &s;o they were of dyuers opinyons. &s;ome <ABBR>wold</ABBR> go fight w^t them &s;ayng it &s;hulde be gret blame to the~ to do other+wyse. Some y^t were &s;adde &amp; well a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;ed argu+ed y^e co~trary / and &s;ayd if we go &amp; fyght with the~ <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they be in the auau~tage it &s;halbe to our gret &abper;ell / for of .v. of vs they wyll haue .iii. &s;o finally they wolde nat agre to go to them for dangers y^t myght fall. And y^e naueroy&s;e aduy|&s;ed well their maner &amp; &s;ayd among the~&s;elfe / be|holde yonder our enemyes they wyll co~e anon to fight with vs / be&s;emyng they make the~ redy therto. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were certayne knight&abis; &amp; &s;quyers normayns pri&s;oners with y^e naueroy&s;e / &amp; they were let go on their faythes: &amp; they went priue|ly into the fre~che ho&s;t &amp; &s;ayd to the lordes <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> &s;irs auy&s;e you well for &amp; ye let this day pa&s;&s;e w^t out batell yo^r enemyes wyll be to morowe gret+ly reco~forted / for it is &s;ayd among the~ y^t the lor|de Loys of Nauer &s;hulde co~e to the~ with a .iiii. C. &s;peres. &s;o the&s;e word&abis; enclyned the~ gretly to fight with their enemyes how &s;oeuer they dyd / and &s;o made the~ redy to haue &s;et forwarde &amp; at that poynt they were a thre or four tymes / but euer y^e wy&s;emen helde the~ backe &amp; &s;ayd / &s;irs let vs abyde a lytell &s;pace &amp; &s;e what they wyll do / for their hert&abis; ar&s;o great &amp; pre&s;u~ptuous y^t they wolde as gladly fight with vs as we with the~. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many ouercome with hete of y^e &s;on~e / for it was tha~ about noon &amp; they had fa&s;ted all the day &amp; were armed &amp; &s;ore chafed / and &s;ayd a+mong the~ if we go vp this hyll to fight with the~ we ar all lykely to be lo&s;t / therfore let vs drawe as for this day to our logyng / &amp; to morowe let vs take other cou~&s;ell: thus they were in dyuers opinyons. whan the lordes &amp; knight of frau~ce &s;awe y^e gouernyng of the~gly&s;&s;hmen &amp; of the na+ueroy&s;e / &amp; howe y^t they wolde nat de&abper;te out of the holde y^t they were in &amp; that it was hye noon of the day / &amp; al&s;o had herde y^e wordes y^t the pri|&s;oners y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> came fro the~ had &s;ayd. and al&s;o &s;aw y^e mo&s;t &abper;te of their peple &s;ore traueyled with the hete of y^e &s;onne the which was to the~ right di&s;|ple&s;ant. Than by thaduyce of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy they toke other cou~&s;ell / for he &s;aid &s;irs we &s;e well y^t our enemyes de&s;yreth &s;ore to fight with vs / howbeit they wyll nat di&s;cende out of their holde w^tout it be by the meanes y^t I &s;hall &s;hewe you. Let vs make &s;emblant to w^torawe backe &amp; nat to fight as this day / &amp; al&s;o our peo+ple ar &s;ore traueyled with hete / and let vs &s;ende our varlettes / our caryage / and our &s;pare hor|&s;es ouer the bridge and water: and let vs with|drawe backe to our lodgyng. &amp; in our goynge backe lette vs be redy to tourne agayne if nede be / &amp; let vs &s;e what they wyll do if they be wyl|lyng to fight with vs they wyll dy&s;cend downe the hyll to cha&s;e vs: and if we &s;e that they do &s;o / 
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than let vs be redy to tourne agayne on theym / and than we &s;hall deale with them the more ea|&s;ely. This coun&s;ell was accepted of all the com+pany / than euery lorde drewe hym vnder his owne &s;tanderd / and than they cau&s;ed their tru~|pettes to &s;owne the retrayt. and commaunded all knightes / &s;quyers / and varlets to pa&s;&s;e the bridge &amp; to cary ouer all their caryages. So thus they pa&s;&s;ed ouer / and &s;ome men of armes pa&s;&s;ed after fayntly. whan &abser; John~ Jonell who was an expert knyght / and had great de&s;yre to fyght with the fre~chmen &s;awe the maner of the~ howe they drue backe: than he &s;ayd to the cap|tall &s;ir let vs go quickely after them / &s;e you nat howe they do flye away / a &s;aid the captall tru&s;t nat therto / they do it but for an yuell ente~t and to begyle vs. Than &s;ir John~ Jonell auau~ced hym&s;elfe for he had great de&s;yre to fight w^t his enemyes &s;ayng to his company &s;aynt George / who &s;oeuer loueth me let the~ folowe for I wyll go &amp; fight with our enemyes. And &s;o toke his &s;peare in his hande and wente forthe before all the batayls and dy&s;cended downe the hyll and &s;ome of his company / or the captall knewe ther+of. But whan he &s;awe y^t &s;ir John~ Jonell was gone to fyght without hym he toke it of great pre&s;u~pcyon and &s;ayd to the~ about hym / &s;irs let vs go downe the hyll quickely for &s;ir John~ Jo+nell &s;hall nat fight without me. Than the Cap+tall and his co~pany auaunced them downe the hyll / and whan the frenchmen &s;awe the~ di&s;cend fro y^e hyll and came into the playne feldes / they were ryght ioyou&s;e &amp; &s;ayd: lo nowe we may &s;e that we haue de&s;yred all this day. And &s;o &s;ode~|ly torned and cryed our lady Cle&s;quy and dre&s;|&s;ed their baners agayn&s;t y^e naueroy&s;e / &amp; &s;o a&s;&s;e~+bled togyder all a fote. and &abser; John~ Jonell who coragiou&s;ly a&s;&s;e~bled his baners agayn&s;t y^e ba|tayle of the bretons of whome &abser; Bertram was chefe capitayne dyde many a feat of armes / for he was a hardy knight. Thus the knight&abis; and &s;quiers &s;parcled abrode in the playne &amp; fought togyder with &s;uche wepyns as they had / and eche of them entred into others batayle and &s;o fought with great corage &amp; wyll: the engly&s;&s;h|men &amp; naueroy&s;e cryed &s;aynt George / &amp; the fre~+chemen our lady Cle&s;quy. There were many good knight&abis; on the frenche parte / as &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy / y^e yong erle of Aucer / the vy|cou~t Beamont / &abser; Baudwen Denekyn / &abser; Loys of Chalon / y^e yong lorde of Beauieu / &amp; &s;ir An|tony who y^t day rered his baner / &s;ir Antony of Dane&s;kerly / &abser; Edward of Re~cy / &abser; Ingram of Hedyn. &amp; al&s;o of ga&s;coyns / fir&s;t &abser; Aymon of po+myers / &abser; Perducas dalbreth / &abser; Suldych de le &s;trade / &abser; Peteton of Corton and dyuers other of that &s;orte. And the ga&s;coyns dre&s;&s;ed them a|gayn&s;t the captall and his company and they <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> agayn&s;t the~ / they had great de&s;yre to mete eche with other / there was a &s;ore batayle and many a noble feate of armes done and acheued / a ma~ ought nat to ly willyngly. It might be deman~+ded <ABBR>wher</ABBR> was tharchpree&s;t all this &s;ea&s;on who was a great capitayne / and had a great com|pany vnder his rule / bycau&s;e I make no men|cyon of hym. I &s;hall &s;hewe you the trouthe / as &s;oone as the archpree&s;t &s;awe the batayle begyn he gette hym &s;elfe out of the prea&s;e / but he &s;ayd to his company / and to hym that bare his &s;tan|derd. I charge you all as ye loue me or fere my <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> / that ye abyde thende of the batayle and do your deuours a&s;well as ye can~e. but as for me I wyll departe and nat retorne agayne / for I may nat as this day fight nor be armed a|gayn&s;t &s;ome knight that is in the felde agayn&s;t vs: and if any demaunde for me an&s;were them as I haue &s;hewed you before. So thus he de|parted and but one &s;quyre all onely with hym / and &s;o he repa&s;&s;ed the ryuer and lette the rem|nant deale. and &s;o the re&s;ydue of the felde my&s;t him nat / for they &s;awe his baner and company to thende of the batayle / wherfore they beleued &s;urely y^t he had ben there &abper;&s;onally. Nowe &s;hall I &s;hewe you of y^e bataile &amp; howe it was ended</P>
<P>AT the begynnyng of the batayle whan &s;ir Johan Jonell was come downe the hyll and his company with hym / and the Cap|tall al&s;o and his company tru&s;ting to haue had the vyctorie. Howe beit the ca&s;e tourned other|wy&s;e / and &s;awe that the fre~chmen torned them in good array and ordre / than they perceyued well howe they had ben to ha&s;ty to co~e fro their aduauntage. Howbeit lyke valyant knyghtes they ba&s;&s;hed nothynge / but thought to wynne the victory with their handes in playne felde. And &s;o a lytell they reculed backe and a&s;&s;e~bled togyder all their people / &amp; than they made way for their archers to come forthe on before who as than were behynde them. And whan the ar|chers were forwarde than they &s;hotte fier&s;ly to+gyder / but the frenchmen were &s;o well armed &amp; &s;o &s;trongely pauy&s;&s;ed / that they toke but lytell hurt / nor letted nat for all that to fyght. And &s;o entred in among thengly&s;&s;hmen &amp; naueroy&s;e / and they in lykewi&s;e among them: &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was bytwene them a cruell batayle / they toke by &s;trentgh of armes &amp; wre&s;tlyng: &s;peres / ares and other wepyns eche fro other / &amp; toke pri&s;o|ners
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on bothe partes. Thus they fought hand to hand &s;o valia~tly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was marueyle to be hol+de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o ye may well beleue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in this great preas and parell there were many ouerthrowen and &s;tay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were none y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pared other I &s;ay to you playnly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~chmen had no nede as tha~ to &s;lepe for they had in hande people hardy &amp; full of corage. Wherfore it behoued euery man to aquyte the~&s;elfe valyantly / &amp; to defende their bodyes &amp; kepe their countre &amp; to take their ad|uantage whan it came at the poynt / or els they had ben all di&s;confyted. Surely the bretons &amp; ga&s;cons dyd acquyte the~&s;elfe right well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day &amp; dyd many a noble feate of armes. Now &s;hall I &s;hew you of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> .xxx. y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were apoynted to &s;et on the captall who were right well hor&s;ed, they to+ke hede to nothyng els but to the executyng of the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> enterprice y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they had in charge: &s;o all to|gyder ca~e on the captall <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he was fygh|tyng with a great axe in his hande &amp; gaue ther+with &s;o great &s;trokes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none dur&s;t aproch nere hym / but the&s;e .xxx. by force of their hor&s;es bra|ke the pea&s;e &amp; came on the captall &amp; by clene for+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e they toke him. Than began the batayls &s;ore in euery place for the captals men cryed to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> re+&s;cue / how be it all their payne au<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yled them no|thing / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captal was caryed out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde at which tyme it was herd to tell who had y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bett.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe thengly&s;&s;hmen &amp; naueroy&s;e were di&s;+co~fyted at the batayle of Cocherell / and howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yong kyng of Frau~ce made his broder duke of Burgoyne / and of the ca&s;tels &amp; fortre&s;&s;es that were after wonne. Cap. CC .xxii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this great batayle where that thengly&s;&s;hmen and naueroy&s;e en+tended to folowe to re&s;cue the cap+tall whom they &s;aw caryed away before them: and of the frenche &abper;te &s;ir Aymon of Pomyers / &abser; Petyton of Corton / &s;ir Souldyche de la &s;trade / and the lorde Dal|bretes company: they entended with a coragy|ous wyll to dre&s;&s;e the~ towarde the captals &s;tan+derd that &s;tode on a bu&s;&s;he. There was than a &s;ore batayle / for the &s;tanderd was well defe~ded with good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and &s;pecially with &s;ir Ba&s;cle of marnell / &amp; &s;ir Geffray of Rou&s;elone&punc; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many re&s;cues &amp; many one hurt &amp; ca&s;t to the erthe. Nowe beit the naueroy&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were a|bout the &s;tanderd were ouerthrowen &amp; the Ba|&s;cle of Marnell &s;layne / &amp; &s;ir Geffray of Rou&s;e|lone taken pri&s;oner: &amp; &s;ir Aymon of Pomyers no man coude tell what became of him whider he were &s;layne or taken. And whan the captals &s;ta~derd was taken &amp; torne all to peaces / in the meane &s;ea&s;on the bretons / fre~chmen / pycardes / normayns / &amp; the burgonyons fought valia~tly the which &s;tode the~ well in hand to do / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> na|ueroy&s;e had cau&s;ed the~ &s;omwhat to recule&punc; and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was deed of the fre~che &abper;tie / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vy cou~t Bea+mont y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which was great domage / for he was a lu&s;ty yong knyght / &amp; was lykely to haue pued a noble man: &amp; his co~pany with great payne ca+ryed him out of the felde / as I herde recounted of the~ of bothe &abper;ties. It had nat ben&s;ene aforei &s;uche a batell with &s;uche a nombre to be &s;o well fought as this batayle was / for they were all a fote hand to hand: &amp; were medled togyder eche &abper;tie with other / &amp; fought with &s;uch wepyns as they had &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many a gret &s;troke gyuen with ares of &s;teell. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ore hurt &abser; Pe+tyton of corton &amp; &s;ir Suldich de la &s;trade / in &s;u+che wy&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they coude do no more good y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day. Sir John~ Jonell by whome the batell began / dyd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day many a feate of armes &amp; was hurt in dyuers plac&abis; of his body: &amp; finally he was take~ pri&s;oner by a &s;quyer of Briten of the co~pany of &abser; Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy &amp; was caryed out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pre|a&s;e. but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~che &abper;tie y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mai|&s;ter of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cro&s;bowes &amp; &s;ir Loys of Hennebreq~ &amp; dyuers other. &amp; of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> naueroy&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of &s;aul<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp; many of his men: &amp; the &s;ame day dyed pri&s;o|ner &abser; John~ Jonell / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken &abser; Wyllm~ of grauyll / &abser; Peter of Sankuyll / &abser; Geffray of rou&s;elon / &abser; Bertram of Fra~ke &amp; dyuers other but a fewe of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> naueroy&s;e &s;aued / they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nere all take~ or &s;layne in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> place. This batayle was in norma~dy nere to Cocherell on a tue&s;day / the xxiiii. day of May / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yere of our lorde. M .iii. C .lxiiii. &para;After this <ABBR>di&s;co~fytur</ABBR> and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all the deed were di&s;poyled &amp; euery man takyng hede to his pri&s;oners / &amp; dre&s;&s;yng of the~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were hurt / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the mo&s;t part of the fre~chmen were repa&s;+&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bridge &amp; drawyng to their lodgyng right &s;ore traueyled &amp; wery. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on &abser; Guy of Grauyll &s;on to &s;ir Wyllm~ of grauyll was de+parted y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame mornyng fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gary&s;on of Cou|ches with a .l. &s;peres / to thentent to haue come to the captall or y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batayle began / wherfore they made great ha&s;te &amp; came to the place where as the batayle had ben. Than the frenchmen that <ABBR>wer</ABBR> behynd cryed to their co~pany &s;ayng to to<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ne agayne &s;irs / behold here cometh mo of our ene+myes. And &s;ir Aymon and his company were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> redy / &amp; whan he &s;awe the naueroy&s;e he &s;et his &s;ta~derd a high on a bu&s;&s;he / to cau&s;e the fren+chmen to drawe thyder. and whan &abser; Guy herd
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them cry our lady Cle&s;quy / &amp; &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e nat the cap|tall nor none of his co~pany but &s;awe moche pe|ple lye deed on the grou~de / than he parceyued well that the naueroy&s;e had ben di&s;confyted / &amp; than he retorned the &s;ame way he came. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euenyng the frenchmen toke hede to their pri&s;o+ners. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was moche &s;pekyng &amp; enqui|ring for the archpree&s;t / whan it was knowen y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was nat at the batayle&punc; and his men excu&s;ed hym a&s; well as they coude: and the .xxx. y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> toke the captall neuer &s;ea&s;&s;ed tyll they had brought hym to the ca&s;tell of Uernon. And the next day the fre~chmen dy&s;loged and went to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">one / and there lefte parte of their pri&s;oners.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Df the coronacyon of kynge Charles the fyfte. Cap CC .xxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_ON trinyte &s;onday the yere of our lorde a. M. CCC .lxiiii. kyng Charles &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e &amp; heyre to kyng John was crowned &amp; &s;acted kynge in the great churche of our lady in Reyns / &amp; al&s;o the quene his wyfe / dought to duke Peter of Bur+bone by tharcheby&s;&s;hop of the &s;ame place. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was pre&s;ent kyng Peter of Cypre / the du+ke of Anion / the duke of Burgone / &s;ir Uynce+la~t of Behayne duke of Luzenburge &amp; of Bra|bant / the erles of Ewe &amp; of Da~pmactyn / of Ta+kernyll / &amp; of Ua~demont: with many prelates and other lord&abis; / and in the cite was great feelt&abis; and &s;olemnytees .v. dayes. Than the kyng de+parted and wente to Parys. It can nat be re+counted in a hole day the sole~nyties &amp; great f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+&s;tes that they of Parys made them. The lor|des retourned into their owne countrees &s;uche as had ben there at the kynges coronacyon.</P>
<P>AT the kynges comynge to Parys / his yonge&s;t brother was put in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the duchy of Burgone / &amp; &s;o departed fro Pa+rys with a great no~bre of men: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> went and to+ke lyuery / &s;ea&s;on / &amp; homage / of the barons kny+ghtes / cytes / ca&s;tels / &amp; good townes of the du|chy of Burgone. And whan he had vi&s;ited his coutre he retorned to Parys: &amp; the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on tharchpree&s;t ape&s;ed the kyng&abis; <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> by &s;u+che excu&s;acions as he layd for hym&s;elfe / in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was nat at the iourney of Cocherell / &s;hewynge how he might nat be armed agayn&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall / the which captall at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> reque&s;t of the lorde Dal|bret was let out of pri&s;on on his faithe &amp; trouth the which captal ayded gretly to excu&s;e arch pree&s;t to the kyng &amp; to other knight&abis; of Frau~ce &s;uche as &s;pake yuell of hym. Al&s;o he had as th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> newly ouerthrowen in Burgone be&s;yde Dy|uyn a .iiii. C. co~panyons &amp; pyllers of the coutre wher of Gyllot du Pyn / Talbert / tacylbordon / &amp; John~ the Chafour were capitayns. The &s;a|me &s;ea&s;on the kyng cau&s;ed to be beheded &abser; Pe+ter Sanguyll in the cytie of Rone / bycau&s;e he was become naueroy&s;e / &amp; &s;it Grauyll had ben in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame ca&s;e &amp; &s;ir Guy his &s;on had nat be who &s;ent worde to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if he put to dethe his fa|ther he wolde in lyke wi&s;e &s;erue &s;ir Beamon de la Uale a great lorde of Bretayne / who he had as pri&s;oner. wherfore his lynage &amp; kynred dyd &s;omoch by their &s;ute to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> there was an exchange made bytwene &s;ir Beamon &amp; &s;ir gra+uyll / and eche delyuerd for other. In this &s;ea|&s;on &abser; Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy gate agayne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Roleboy&s;e for .vi. M. fra~kes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he payd to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> capten therof named Ua&s;ter / who retorned a|gayne to Braba~t fro whens he came. yet there were dyuers co~panyons y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> helde &s;tyll &s;udry for tre&s;&s;es in Calr norma~dy / perch becau&s;e / &amp; in o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|her <ABBR>placs</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which dyd moch hurt &amp; trouble in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> realme of Frau~ce: &s;ome in the tytle of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> king of Nauer / &amp; &s;ome in their owne quarell to robbe the cou~tre without rea&s;on or true tytle. The fre~+che kyng &s;ent his brother y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burgone a|gayn&s;t the&s;e pyllers / &amp; &s;o the duke made his &s;o|mons in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cyte or Charters. Tha~ he drue into the felde &amp; with hym &abser; Bertram of Cle&s;quy &s;ir Boucequa~t / therle of <ABBR>Aucer</ABBR> / &s;ir Loys of Cha|lon / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Beauieu / &abser; Aymon of Punyers &s;ir Rauenall / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> begue of vyllayns / &abser; Nicholl of Lyne mai&s;ter of the cro&s;bowes / &abser; Edmarde of Ra~cy / &abser; Ingra~ of Hedyn: &amp; to the no~bre of .v. M. fightynge men. And whan they &s;awe they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o great a no~bre they deuyded in thre ptes wherof &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy with. M. wet toward Co~&s;ta~tyne throwe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marches of Cher|burge to kepe the fro~ters there y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the naueroy&s;e &s;huld do no hurt nor domage to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cou~tre of nor mandy: &amp; with hym was y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Auter / the erle of Joney / &s;ir Arnold Dandrehen / &amp; many knightes &amp; &s;quiers of Briten &amp; of Normandy. The &s;econde bataile had the lorde de la Ryuer and in his co~pany dyuers knyghtes &amp; &s;quyers of Frau~ce &amp; of Pycardy. And they were &s;ent <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to the erldome of Eureux: &amp; the duke hym&s;elfe with the grette&s;t company went and layd &s;ege to Marchranuyll / a &s;tronge ca&s;tell naueroy&s;e. and brought thyder many engyns fro the cyte of Charters / the whiche dyde ca&s;t day &amp; night and dyde them within moche trouble.</P>
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<HEAD><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Of the iourney that the duke of Burgone made agayn&s;t the gary&s;ons naueroy&s;e / and of the &s;ocour that the fre~che kynge &s;ent to &s;ir Charles of Bloys. Ca. CC .xxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the meane &s;ea&s;on that the&s;e me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> were thus in Beau&s;e and in Normandy makyng warre a|gayn&s;t the naueroy&s;e enemyes to the realme. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Loyes of Nauer who had the charge of the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> vn+der his brother y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng: and he had defyed the fre~che kyng bycau&s;e the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> touched the cha+lenge of his enherytance. And after the batell of Cocherell he had a&s;&s;embled togyder men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> where as he coude get them &amp; he dyde &s;o moche that by his meanes he gat certayne ca|pitayns of the co~panyons / &s;o that he was to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nombre of .xii. hundred &s;peres. And with hym was &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ir Robert Ceney / &s;ir Robert Briquet of Car&s;nell &amp; dayly he encrea+&s;ed / &amp; was loged bytwene the ryuer of Loyre &amp; the ryuer of Dallet. and &s;o ouerran a great &abper;te of the cou~tre of Burbonoy&s;e about Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lyns in Auuergne / &s;aynt Peter the myn&s;ter / &amp; &s;aynt Pur&s;ayn. and of &s;ir Loyes co~pany on a day a CCC. of whome &s;ir Bertram de la Sale / and Ortyngo were capitaynes: departed &amp; pa&s;&s;ed Loyre be&s;yde Marcilly the nonnes. And they rode &s;o long what night and day that they ary+ued at Charytie on the ryuer of Loyre a great towne and well clo&s;ed / and inco~tynent they &s;ea+led &amp; entred in to it / and taryed &s;tyll in a place where as they entred: for they feared le&s;t they of they towne had &s;et a bu&s;&s;hmen for the~. Ther+fore they dur&s;t entre no farther tyll it was fay|re day. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne caryed all their goodes into botes the whi|che were on the ryuer of Loyre / and them&s;elfe their wyues and their chyldren. And &s;orowed away towarde the cytie of Neuers the whiche was a fyue leages thens. And wha~ it was day the naueroy&s;e / engly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns: &s;u+che as had &s;caled the towne went forward into the towne &amp; founde all the hou&s;es voyde Tha~ they determyned to kepe the towne and to for+tify it / for they thought it &s;tode metely to ouer ron the countre on bothe &s;ydes of the ryuer of Loyre. Tha~ they &s;ent worde therof to &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Lois of Nauer / who was than in the marche of Au|uergne and he inco~tynent &s;ent to them &s;ir Ro|bert Briquet with a thre hundred &s;peares / and he pa&s;&s;ed through the countre without any re|&s;y&s;tence: and &s;o they entred by the bridge ouer Loyre into Charite. And whan they were met togyder they thought them &s;elfe &s;trong ynowe Than they began to make &s;ore warre into the realme of Fraunce.</P>
<P>NOwe lette vs &s;peke of the duke of Bur|goyn who lay at &s;iege before Marche|ra~uyll / and he oppre&s;&s;ed them within &s;o &s;ore y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they yelded vp the towne &s;auyng their lyues &amp; goodes / and &s;o departed. Than the duke &s;ent &s;ir Boucequant and &s;ir Johan of Uyen mar|&s;hall of Burgoyn to take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne: and made capitayne therof a &s;quyer of his called Guyllyam of Charters / and with hym a fourtie &s;oudyers. Than the duke went with his company before Canerolles and layd &s;ege ther to / for it &s;tode in a playne countre.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs &s;peke of &s;ir John~ de la Ry|uer / who lay at &s;yege before Acqueney nere to Pa&s;&s;y in the cou~tie of Eureux &amp; he had in his co~pany a .ii. M. for he was &s;o gret with the kyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he might &s;pende what him ly&s;t. w^tin the ca&s;tell of Aqueney were engly&s;&s;hmen / nor|mans / frenchmen / &amp; naueroy&s;e: who had bene <ABBR>ther</ABBR> euer &s;ythe the batayle of Cocherell &amp; defe~|ded it right valyantly / for they were well forti+fyed with artyllary &amp; vytels. Howbeit finally they were fayne to yelde vp the ca&s;tell their ly|ues &amp; goodes &s;aued. And &s;o they departed &amp; ca+ryed their goodes to Cherbourge &amp; there they taryed. Tha~ &s;ir John~ de la Ryuer garni&s;&s;hed the ca&s;tell with frenchmen / and than he wente towarde the cytie of Deureux / and with hym was &s;ir Hewe of the ca&s;tell / the lorde of Sa~ny &s;ir Mathewe of Roy / &s;ir Monfange / the lorde of Ely the lorde of Cre&s;ques / the lorde of Ca~py &s;ir Edwarde of Roucy / &s;ir Ingram of Hedyn and dyuers other knightes &amp; &s;quyers of Frau~|ce. And in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> meane &s;ea&s;on the duke of Burgon dyde &s;o moche to them of Canerolles / that they were fayne to yelde the~ to his plea&s;ure. And &s;o all the &s;oudyers &s;trau~gers were taken to mer|cy / but certayne pyllers of the nacyon of Frau~+ce that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taken were put to dethe. than there came to the Duke certayne burge&s;&s;es of Charters / and de&s;yred of the duke that he wol+de gyue them for their wages and rewarde for their engens the ca&s;tell of Canerolles / the whi+che had done the~ great hurt in tyme pa&s;t / &amp; the duke gaue it them to do what they wolde ther|with. Than they of Charters &s;ette men a war|ke and beate it clene downe to the erthe. Than the duke wente vnto a ca&s;tell called Drewe / in the playne countre of Beaus: and therin were
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certayne pyllers and the duke <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and all that were within slayne. Than the du|ke went to a ca&s;tell named Pru<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> be&s;iged it all about / and made many a&s;&s;aut or he wanne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> but finally they yelded them vp their lyues one+ly &s;aued / but as for goodes they bare away no+thyng: and all the frenchmen that were within were kept &s;tyll as pri&s;oners. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke to|ke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the ca&s;tell &amp; gaue it to a knight of Beau&s;&s;e called &s;ir Peter du Boyes / to then|tent that he &s;hulde fortify it &amp; kepe it &s;ufficyent+ly. Than the duke went and refre&s;&s;hed him in the cytie of Charters and a part of his hoo&s;t / and whan he had ben there a fyue dayes / than he went and be&s;eged the ca&s;tell of Conuay the whiche had done moche trouble to the countre there about: and the duke cau&s;ed sixe great en+gens to be rey&s;ed agayn&s;t it. In the meane &s;ea+&s;on whyle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke made the&s;e a&s;&s;antes in Nor+ma~dy / &s;ir Loys of Nauer ouerran y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lowe cou~+tre of Auuerne &amp; kept &s;tyll the feldes and &s;ore enpouery&s;&s;hed the countre and none duell en|countre with hym. And al&s;o they of the gary|&s;on of Char<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">te dyd about them what they ly&s;t al&s;o therle of Mounthelyert with his alyes of Almayne were entred into the duchy of Bur|goyn by Be&s;ancon and wa&s;ted all the countre whrefore y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~che kyng &s;ent to the duke of but gone y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &s;hulde breke vp his &s;ege before Co~|uay &amp; drawe to Parys and &s;o to go into Bur|gone. And whan the duke herd that he was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">+ry / for he had promy&s;ed nat to depart fro Con+uay tyll he had won it: but they of his cou~&s;ell &s;ayd / that &s;ythe the kynge had &s;ent for hym he myght well depart and breke no promy&s;e but they made therof no semblaunt to the~ of Con|uay. but the mar&s;hall enquired of them if they wolde yelde them vp &s;imply to the dukes plea+&s;ure / and they an&s;wered nay. Howebeit they &s;ayde they were content to yelde vp the ca&s;tell theyr lyues and goodes &s;aued / the whiche of / fre was accepted and they departed: and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> du|ke delyuered the ca&s;tell to a knyght of Beaus named Philyppe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arciers / and he newly for+tifyed it. Than the duke we~t to Charters and gaue charge of the moo&s;t parte of his compa|ny to the erle of Au&s;erre / to &s;ir Boucequant <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to &abser; Loys of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ancer. and the duke went to Pa+rys / and with hym &s;ir Loys of Alen&s;on / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for|de Beauiewe the lorde of Uyen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> all the bur|gonyons / and &s;o came to the kyng his brother to Uaur in the countie of Bry and there <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ta|ryed but one day. And than rode &s;o longe that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to Champaig<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and than he toke the way to Langers / and as he wente he gadered men of warre togyder. Thus y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bur|gonyons made fro~ter <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t their ene+myes / and there was the archpree&s;t / the lorde of the ca&s;tell Uylayne / the lorde of Uergy / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Grancy / the lorde of Sobournon / the lorde of Rougemont / and a ryche man named John~ of Boloyn / the lorde of Pri&s;es / &s;ir He<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Uyen / the lorde of the ca&s;tell / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Langers and other who were right ioyous of the comynge of the duke their lorde. Than they rode towarde their enemyes / who were a xv. hundred &s;peares / and they were drawen be+yond the ryne: and the burgonyons were en|tred beyond the countie of Mou~tbelyart / and brent as they went.</P>
<P>IN the meane tyme the frenche kyng &s;ent &s;ir Morean of Fennes his co~&s;table &amp; his two mar&s;hals &s;ir Boucequant and &s;ir Mo~to<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Bra~uyll and a great nombre of knyghtes &amp; &s;quiers to go &amp; ley &s;iege before Charite on the ryuer of Loyre and &s;o they dyde / &amp; nigh euery day they &s;kirmy&s;&s;hed with the~ within. After y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the duke of Burgon &amp; the moo&s;t part of his co~+pany y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had ben with him in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> county of mou~t|belyart were come to Parys. The kynge &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> the duke with mo than. M. &s;peres to the &s;iege before Charite. and than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were at the &s;ege a thre. M. knyght&abis; and &s;quyers who &s;kirmy&s;|&s;hed often tymes with the~ of the gary&s;on / &s;o y^t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were hurt on bothe &abper;ties. &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were ma+de newe knight&abis; and rey&s;ed baners at an y&s;&s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that they of Charite made. Fir&s;t &s;ir Robert of Alen&s;on / &s;on to the erle of Ale~&s;on who dyed at Cre&s;&s;y / &amp; &s;ir Loys of Aucer &s;on to therle of au+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">r deed &amp; brother to therle <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pre&s;ent. Thus they of Charytie were &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed &amp; gladly wolde haue re~dred vp the fortre&s;&s;es by co~posi|cion / but the duke of Burgon wolde haue had the~ at his plea&s;ure. he had taken fro the~ the ry|uer / &s;o that no purueyau~ce coude come at the~.</P>
<P>IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on &s;ir Loys of Nauer ex+yled all before hym in the marches of au+uergne for he a&s;&s;embled people on euery &s;yde / to the entent to rey&s;e the &s;iege before Charytie and he had a two thou&s;ande fightynge men / &amp; had &s;ente in to Bretayne to &s;ir Robert Canoll and to &s;ir Gaultier Hewet / &s;ir Mathewe Gor|nay: and other knight&abis; and &s;quyers there that they &s;hulde come to &s;erue hym in that iourney <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> whervnto they were &s;ore de&s;yrous: but they were all redy at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ege before Alroy with therl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mountfort. &amp; whan &s;ir Loys &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he coud<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at get them / than he drewe to Chorbourge by the ordynaunce of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng his brother. And the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on to thentent y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ir Charles of Blo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s &s;hulde haue mo men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with hym / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fren+che kyng &s;ent to the duke of But goyn y^t he &s;hul+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eyue the~ of Charytie their lyues &s;aued / co~+dy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">onally that they &s;hulde &s;were y^t in thre ye|res after they &s;hulde nat be armed on the kyng of Nauers parte. So thus they of Charytie yelded them&s;elfe vp their lyues &s;aued / but they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aryed away no goode&s;&s;e. And &s;o they depar|ted all a foote &punc; and pa&s;&s;ed throughe the realme of Fraunce on the dukes &s;aue conducte. And &s;o they y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were wont of olde tyme to dwell in Cha+ry<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e came thyder agayne to abyde there / and the duke retourned to Parys.</P>
<P>THe frenche kynge acorded to his co&s;yn &s;ir Charles of Bloys that he &s;hulde ha+ue out of his realme to the nombre of a thou&s;an+de &s;peares / &amp; wrote to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / who was in Normandy that he &s;hulde go into Bretayne to ayd his co&s;yn &abser; Charles of Blois agayn&s;t &s;ir John~ Mountfort. And of that ty|dynges &s;ir Bertram was right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyou&s;e / for al+wayes he toke the lorde Charles for his natu|rall lorde. and &s;o he departed out of Norma~dy with &s;uche people as he coude gette to go in to Bretayne / &amp; &s;ir Boucequant kept &s;tyll y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege in Normandy in his &s;tede. and &s;o long rode &s;ir Bertram and his co~pany that he came to Nau~+tes in Bretayne and there he founde the lorde Charles of Bloys and the good lady his wyfe who receyued hym ryght &s;wetely &amp; conde hym great thanke in that he was come thyder to &s;o|cour and ayde hym. And than they coun&s;elled togyder howe they &s;hulde maynteyn forthe the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / for al&s;o there was the moo&s;t parte of all Bretayne / in enten&s;yon to ayde &s;ir Charles of Bloyes whome they all reputed for the duke of Bretayne / thinkynge to rey&s;e the &s;yege before Alroy / and to fight with the lorde Mountfort. Thyder came great baroney and knyghtes of Fraunce and of Normandy: as the erle of Au|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">erre / the erle of Joye the lorde of Fra~uyll / the lorde of Prie / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> begue of Uyllers / and dyuers good knyghtes &s;quyers / and good men of ar|mes. T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">dynges came to the lorde Mountforte who lay at &s;iege before Aulroy / howe the lorde Charles of Bloys made a great a&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ble of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and howe that dyuers lordes of Frau~+ce were come to hym and dayly came newe be|&s;yde the conforte that he had of the lordes kny|ghtes and &s;quyers of Bretayne. A&s;&s;one as the lorde Mountfort knewe the&s;e tidynges he &s;ent worde therof in to the duchy of Acquitayne / to the knyght&abis; and &s;quyers that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> of En|glande and &s;pecially to &s;ir John~ Chandos / de|&s;yring them hertely that in his great nede they wolde confort hym. In tru&s;t that in Bretayne they &s;hulde do many a dede of armes / to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whi+che all knyghtes and &s;quyers to auaunce theyr honours &s;hulde entende. And whan &s;ir Johan Chandos &s;awe that the erle Mountforte de&s;y|red hym &s;o effectuou&s;ly: than he a&s;ked lycence of the prince of Wales his lorde &amp; mai&s;ter / who an&s;wered and &s;ayd he was content that he &s;hul+de go. Sayeng it was no breche of y^e peace by|twene Englande and Fraunce / for the frenche+men in lykewi&s;e toke parte with &s;ir Charles of Bloys agayn&s;t the erle of Mountforte / and &s;o to do they had good leaue of the frenche kyng. Than &s;ir Johan Chandos was ryght ioyou&s;e and made his proui&s;yon / and de&s;yred dyuers knyghtes and &s;quyers of Acquitayne to haue gone with hym / howbeit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but a fewe that wold go with hym &s;auyng &s;uche engly&s;&s;he+men as were there. yet he had with hym a. CC. &s;peares and as many archers / and rode &s;o lon|ge through Poyctou and Xaynton that he en|tred in to Bretayne / and came to the &s;yege be|fore Alroy / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he founde the erle of Mou~+forte / who receyued hym right ioyou&s;ly &amp; was gladde of his comynge / and &s;o was &s;ir Olyuer of Cly&s;&s;on / &s;ir Robert Canoll &amp; other. And tha~ it &s;emed generally to them that none yuell cou|de than come to them &s;ythe they had &s;ir Johan Chandos in theyr company / and al&s;o dyuers knyghtes and &s;quyers of Englande pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee / de&s;yringe to auaunce their bodyes and to fyght with the fre~chmen / and came to the &s;iege before Alroy in the ayde of the erle of Mount|forte who receyued them with great ioye. And &s;o they were what engly&s;&s;he and bretons to the nombre of &s;ixtene hundred fightyng men / and about eyght or nyne hundred archers.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs retourne to &s;ir Charles of Bloys who was in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ytie of Na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tes and made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> his &s;omons / and gadered togy+der me~ of warre in euery part <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he thought to get any / for he was well enformed howe the erle Mountfort was greatly reconforted with the engly&s;&s;hmen. Than he de&s;yred the barow|nes / knyghtes / and &s;quyers of Bretayne of &s;a|che as had done homage to him / that they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|de helpe or ayde hym to defende his herytage a+gayn&s;t his enemyes: there came of the barons
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of Bretayne to &s;erue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; the vy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yon / &s;ir Charles of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eur the lorde of Tor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">myne / the lord Dancennes / the lorde of Male&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yt / the lor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / the lorde of Dangore / the lord of Lohea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &punc; the lorde of Pont <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nd dyuers other y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I cannat name. The&s;e lord&abis; &amp; their men were loged in the cyte of Nauntes and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ylages <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / and whan they were a&s;&s;embled all togyder they were to the nombre of. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. hun|dred &s;peares with them of Fraunce. So the&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes coun&s;ciled the lorde Charles nat to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ary longe there / but to ryde towarde his enemyes. And at his departynge the good lady his wyfe &s;ayd to him in the pre&s;ens of &s;ir Be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> of Cle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+quy / and other lord&abis; and knightes of Bretey<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. Sir ye are goynge to defende myne herytage and yours / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> is myne is yours&punc; the whiche the lorde Mountfort taketh fro vs wrongfully and without cau&s;e / as god knowe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">. And all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes of Bretayne here pre&s;ent / knowe ryght well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I am right enheryter. Therfore &s;ir I re+quyre you hartely that ye make <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ner of or+dynaunce nor compo&s;ycion of agrement or pea+ce with therle Mountfort / but that the hole bo|dy of the duchy may remayne with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ha&s;band grau~ted her &s;o to do. And than he de|parted with all his company and toke <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> their lady / whome they reputed as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uche&s;&s;e. And &s;o they ro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e towarde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ynes and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> thy+der and there lodged / and there ta<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">d and re|fre&s;&s;hed them to here what their enemyes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and to aduy&s;e &s;ome &s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">fi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yent place to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yght <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> them / in ca&s;e that they might fyade / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> ad|uauntage. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">cacion amonge the knightes and &s;quyers of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">aunce and of Bretayn / &s;uche as were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> thyder to ayde &s;ir Charles of Bloys / who was full &s;were and courte&s;&s;e / and parauentur<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lde gladly haue co~dy&s;cended to a peace / and haue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|tent with a parte of the duchy of Bretayne / but in the name of god he was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> on by his wife and by the knightes about hym / that he might nat fall to no treaty of peace.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Charles of Bl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ys came agayn&s;t the erle Mountford mordy|naunce of ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayle: and howe &s;ir Jo|han Cha~dos came agayn&s;t hym: and howe many were in eche <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tayle. Cap. CC. xx<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HEAD>
<P>_BItwene <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and Alroy <ABBR>wher</ABBR> therle Mount+fortlay at &s;ige was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eages of that coutre. Tha+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">oyng&abis; came to therle mou~+fort howe the lorde Charles of Bloyes aproched nere to hym / and how that he had the goodlye&s;t men <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> armes and be&s;t a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed and apoynted that euer was &s;ene come out of Fraunce. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the which <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> dynges thengly&s;&s;hmen were right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ou&s;e / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they had great de&s;yre to fight with them / euery+man dre&s;&s;ed their harne&s;&s;e to a poynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|&s;hed their &s;peares / daggers / and ares: ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">+gens / helmes / ba&s;&s;ene<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tes / vy&s;ers / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and all maner of harnes / for they thoughe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> that &s;hortely it &s;hulde &s;tande they<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">. Than they capitayns drewe to<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">er. F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;ir Johan Chandos / by who&s;e coun&s;ayle &s;pe|cially they wolde be all ruled / and &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ambreticourt / &s;ir Robert Can<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lle / &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e Caurell / &s;ir Mathewe Gourney and other. Than the&s;e knightes coun&s;ayled therle Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|&s;orde that the nexte day they &s;hulde take the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|de / and thanne to take further aduy&s;e. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">it was &s;hewed to all the hoo&s;t that they &s;hulde the next day be redy apparelled and &s;ette in order of ba+tayle / as thought they &s;hulde fight <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">tynent. The nyght pa&s;&s;ed and the day came the which was on a &s;aturday / than the engly&s;&s;hemen and bretons y&s;&s;ued oute of their holdes / and came properly in good ordynaunce behyude the ca|&s;tell of Aulroy / and there toke a place of groun+de / and &s;ayde howe they wolde there abyde for their enemyes. And &s;o about the hour of prime &s;ir Charles of Bloyes and all his hoo&s;t came thyder / who were de&abper;ted the friday before fro Uannes. and than the &s;ame night lodged with|in thre lytell leages of Alroy. And &s;ir Charles of Bloys and his company were ordred in the be&s;t maner that coude be deuy&s;ed / and rode &s;o clo&s;e toguyder that yf one had ca&s;t any thynge among them / it wolde haue re&s;ted on their &s;pe|re poyntes / to &s;e them the~gly&s;&s;hmen toke great plea&s;ure. Thus the frenchemen re&s;ted in good array before their enemyes / and toke their fel|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e amonge the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;&s;hes / and it was commaun|ded by their mar&s;halles that none &s;hulde go for+ward without co~maundement. So they &s;tode &s;tyll in good aray euer redy to batayle / the whi+che was all their de&s;yre and wyll.</P>
<P>THan the lorde Charles of Bloys by the cou~&s;ell of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / who
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was a great capitayne &amp; gretly beloued with y^e barons of Breteyn: by his aduy&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was or|dayned thre batels &amp; a reregard. And as I vn|der&s;tande &s;ir Bertra~ had the leadyng of y^e fir&s;t with a great no~bre of knightes &amp; &s;quiers of bre+tayne. The &s;econde led therle of Aucer &amp; therle Jony with plenty of knightes &amp; &s;quiers of fra~|ce. The. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. had the lorde Charles of Bloyes &amp; in his co~pany great barons of Breteyn &punc; as the vycont of Rohan / the lorde of Leon the lorde of Nagor / &s;ir Charles of Dynan / the lorde Da~ce+nes / y^e lorde of Male&s;troyt &amp; dyuers other. and in the a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eregard was the lorde of Raix / the lor|de of Rieux / the lorde Tornemyne / the lorde of Pont. &amp; dyuers other barons knight&abis; and &s;qu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ers. &amp; in euery batayle was. M. of good figh|tyng men / and y^e lorde Charles of Bloys was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;y in de&s;yringe euery batell to do y^t day their true deuoyre / and tooke it on his &s;oule &amp; on his part of parady&s;e y^t they &s;hulde fight in a right|full quarell / promy&s;ing euery man acordynge to their de&s;ertes to be well rewarded.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the engly&s;&s;hmen &amp; bre|tons how they ordred their batayls. &s;ir Johan C handos who was princypall capitayue ouer them though therle of Mountfort were chiefe / for the kyng of Englande had writen &s;o to hym that he &s;hulde &s;pecially entend to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> his &s;onne therle of Mountfort who <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> ha+ue his doughter in maryage. And &s;o aboue all other knightes he was moo&s;t nere&s;t to therle of Mountfort / &amp; he had well ymagined and co~&s;y|dred the demeanour of the frenchmen / &amp; in his mynde pray&s;ed gretly their good ordre &amp; &s;ayd / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">pereth &s;urely that the flour of honour &amp; che|ual<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y is among yonder company be&s;yde great wyt and good ordre. And than &s;aid openly &s;irs it is tyme y^t we order out batayls / for our ene|myes hath gyuen vs en&s;ample. &amp; &s;uche as herd him &s;ayd &s;ir ye &s;ay trouthe: and ye be our may|&s;ter and chefe coun&s;ellour therfore order it acor+dyng to your plea&s;ure / for there is none y^t &s;hall coutrole you. And al&s;o ye knowe better how to order &s;uche a mater than all we do / and than he made thre batayls and a reregarde. The fir&s;te had &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ir Gaultier Huet / and &s;ir Richard Burlke. The &s;econde had &s;ir Oly|uer of Cly&s;&s;on / &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~breticourt / &amp; &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mathue Gorney. The thirde therle Mou~tfort and he hym &s;elfe to wayt on hym / &amp; in euery ba+tayle .v. C. men of armes / and .iiii. C. archers. And whan it ca~e to the ordring of the reregard than he called to hym &s;ir Hewe Caurell &amp; &s;ayd / &s;ir Hewe ye &s;hall kepe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> areregard with .v. C. with you / &amp; ye &s;hall kepe you on a wyng &amp; &s;tyre nat fro your place for no maner of cau&s;e / w^tout ye&s;e n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de. So that if any of our batayls breke ordi&s;aray by any aduenture: than if ye &s;e any &s;uche nede drawe thyder and confort them / and whan ye haue done kepe agayne your &s;tall and ye can / for this day ye can nat do better &s;eruyce And whan &s;ir Hewe Caurell had well herd &s;ir John~ Chandes he was greatly a &s;hamed &amp; di&s;+plea&s;ed and &s;ayd / &s;ir delyuer this areregard to &s;ome other than to me for I purpo&s;e nat to me|dell ther with / &amp; &s;ir I haue marueyle what ye &s;e in me that I &s;hulde nat be one of y^e fir&s;t to fight with our enemyes. Than &s;ir John~ Chandos right well auy&s;ed &s;ayd: &s;ir Hewe I &s;et you nat in this areregarde bycau&s;e ye be nat &s;o good a knyght as other of our co~pany that was neuer in my mynde / for I knowe truly that ye wolde gladly be one of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> forma&s;t and right able ye are &s;o to be / but I ordeyn you therto bycau&s;e ye be a &s;age knight &amp; well aduy&s;ed / and &abser; it mu&s;t be|houe that one of vs two mu&s;t do it / wherfore I hertely requyre you to do it. and &s;ir I promy&s;e you faithfully that and ye wyll do it / it &s;halbe a great aduau~tage for vs all / &amp; ye therby &s;hall at tayne great honour. And moreouer I promy&s;e you the fir&s;t reque&s;t after that euer ye de&s;yreme of I &s;hall grau~t it you / howbeit for all the wor|des y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ir John~ Chandos coude &s;peke &s;ir Hewe Caurell wolde nat agre therto / for he reputed it a grete &s;hame to him &s;o to do / and de&s;yred for godde&s;&s;ake holdyng vp his ha~des to put &s;ome other therto / for i~ effect his mynde was to fight with the forma&s;t. And with tho&s;e word&abis; &s;ir Jo+han Chandos almo&s;t wept / &amp; &s;ayd right &s;wete|ly. Sir Hewe it mu&s;t behoue other you to do it or els my &s;elfe / therfore con&s;yder whiche were better. Than &s;ir Hewe aduy&s;ed hym &s;elfe / and was with tho wordes halfe co~founded &amp; &s;ayd. Certe&s;&s;e &abser; I knowe well ye wyll nat de&s;yre me to any thyng that &s;hulde be to my di&s;honoure / and &s;y the it wyll be none otherwy&s;e I am con|tent to do it. And &s;o &s;ir Hewe Caurell toke on hym the charge of the reregard and drue out a part on a wyng and &s;et hym in good order.</P>
<P>Thus y^e &s;aturday the .viii. day of Octobre the <ABBR>yer</ABBR> of our lorde. M .iii. C .lxiiii. were the&s;e ba+tayls ordred eche before other in a fayre playne nere to A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lroy in Bretayne / the whiche was a goodly &s;ight to beholde. For there might haue ben &s;ene baners and penons wauyng with the wynde &amp; harne&s;&s;e richely aparelled / and &s;peci|ally the fre~chmen were &s;o properly dre&s;&s;ed that it was ioye to beholde the~. and thus as th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">red their batayls on bothe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ties. The lorde of Beamanoyre a great baron and a ryche of bre+tayne went bytwene the parties entretyng for a peace for he was glad to be&s;y hym &s;elfe ther|in / in exchewyng of the parels that was lykely to fall. He was &s;uffred to go and come bytwen the parties / bycau&s;e he was &s;worne pri&s;oner to thengly&s;&s;hmen / and might nat be armed. And that &s;aturday he went in and out often tymes tyll it was noone / and &s;o by his meanes he gat bytwene the parties a certayne re&s;pyte for that day and night / vntyll the next day &s;onne ri&s;yn+ge. And than euery man brewe to his logynge and toke their ea&s;e and refre&s;&s;hing of &s;uche as they had: and the &s;ame euenyng the capitayne of Alroy y&s;&s;ued out of his gary&s;on / bycau&s;e y^e tru&s;e al&s;o &s;tretched to them. and went pea&s;ably into the hoo&s;t of the lorde Charles of Bloyes / who receyued hym right ioyou&s;ly. The capi|tayne was called Henry of Hanternell a &s;quy|er and a good man of armes / and he had in his company a fortie &s;peres of good companyons well armed and hor&s;ed / &s;uche as had holpe him to kepe the fortre&s;&s;e. And whan the lorde Char+les &s;awe the capitayne / all &s;my lyng he enquy|red of hym the &s;tate of the ca&s;tell: and the &s;quy|er an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Sir tha~ked be god we haue yet proui&s;yon &s;ufficyent to kepe it two or thre monethes if nede were. Well Henry <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the lorde Charles to morowenexte ye &s;hall be well delyuerd other by agrement of peace / or els by playne batayle: &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the &s;quyer god gyue gra+ce. By my faythe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the lorde Charles I haue here in my co~pany a .xxv. C. men of armes wel aparelled / and as likely to acquyte them nobly as euer dyde any co~pany that came out of frau~+ce. Sir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the &s;quyer and that is a great aua<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tage / ye ought gretly to thanke god therfore / &amp; &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy and the&s;e other baro~s knightes and &s;quyers of Fraunce and of Bre|tayne / that thus courte&s;ly are co~e to &s;erue you. Thus the lorde Charles pa&s;&s;ed forthe y^t nyght with comunynge w^t one and other / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame nyght &s;ir John~ Chandos was &s;ore <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;yred by certayne engli&s;&s;hmen / that he &s;hulde nat co~&s;ent to any peace to be had bytwene therle Mount|fort and the lorde of Bloyes / for they &s;ayd they had &s;pende all that they had / and were poore. Therfore they wolde other recouer &s;omwhat a gayne by batayle or els to lo&s;e all togyder / &amp; &s;ir John~ Chandos promy&s;ed them to agree to no peace. &para; And whan~e the &s;onday came / in the mornyng euery man in the hoo&s;t apar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">le<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> him+&s;elfe. And in the hoo&s;t of &s;ir Charle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Bloys <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">es &s;ayd / &amp; hou&s;eled &s;uche as wolde / and in lykewi&s;e &s;o they dyd in therl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mou~tfortes ho&s;t. And a lytell before the &s;onne ry&s;ing / euery man drewe vnder their owne ba|tayls in good ordre as they dyd the day before. and than anone after the lorde of Beamanoyre came to entreat for the peace / for gladly he wol|de haue had the parties agreed: and &s;o he cam fir&s;t to warde &s;ir Johan Chandos / who y&s;&s;ued out of the batayle as &s;oone as he &s;awe hym co|mynge and met with hym. And whan the lorde of <ABBR>Beamanoyr</ABBR> &s;awe him he &s;aluted hym right humbly and &s;ayd. Sir Johan Chandos I re|quyre you for goddes &s;ake &s;et in acorde the&s;e. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> parties / for it &s;huld be great pyte y^t &s;o many no+ble men as be here &s;hulde fight to guyder in &s;u|&s;teyning of their quarels. Than &s;ir John~ Cha~+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">os &s;aid: &s;ir of Beamanoyre it wyll nat be / ther+fore I aduy&s;e you y^t ye ryde no farther for oure people are determyned that yf they can enclo&s;e you among them / they wyll &s;lee you. Therfore ye may &s;ay to the lorde Charles of Bloys / that howe &s;oeuer it be &s;ir John~ of Mountfort wyll haue batayle and for&s;aketh all treaty of peace<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for he &s;aith he wyll this day other be duke of bre+tayne or els dye in the place. And whan the lor|de of Beamanoyre vnder&s;tode &s;ir John~ Chan+dos he was angry in his mynde &amp; &s;ayd / a Cha~|dos Chandos that is nat thentent of my lorde &s;ir Charles of Bloys / and yet hath he as great wyll to fyght as your lorde hath: and &s;o hath all his people. And ther with he departed with+out any mo wordes / and retourned to the lorde Charles of Bloys &amp; to the other lordes of Bre|tayne who taryed for hym. Than &s;ir John~ cha~+dos retourned to the erle of Mountforte / who enquyred of hym howe the mater went &amp; what his aduer&s;ary &s;ayd. Sir he &s;endeth you wor|de by the lorde of Beaumanoyre fro whome I no we departed / that howe &s;oeuer it be he wyll fyght with you: and other this day be duke of Breteyn or els dye in the payne. This <ABBR>an&s;wer</ABBR> &s;ir Johan Chandos made / to thentent to gyue his lorde the better corage: and thus finally he &s;ayd. &s;ir take hede nowe what ye wyll do why|der wyll ye fight or nat. &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the erle in y^e name of god and &s;aynt George let vs than go to it / &amp; god helpe the right: cau&s;e our baners to auau~|ce &amp; &s;o they dyde. Than the lorde of Beauma|noyre whan he was retorned to the lorde Char+les he &s;ayd / &s;ir &s;ir / by my lorde &s;aynt yues I ha|ue herde the proude&s;t worde of &s;ir John~ Chan+dos y^t euer I herde. for he &s;ayd therle mou~tfort &s;hulde this day be duke of bretayne / &amp; &s;heweth
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playnly how ye haue no ryght therto / with the whiche worde &s;ir Charles chau~ged colour and &s;ayd: as for the right god knoweth it is myne / and &s;o affermed the other barons of Bretayne Than he cau&s;ed his baners to be auaunced in the name of god.</P>
<P>ANd &s;o a lytell before the hour of prime / the batayls aproched nere togyder / the whiche was a goodly &s;ight to beholde / as I ha+ue herde recorded of them that were there: and had &s;ene it. the fre~chmen were &s;o clo&s;e togyder that a man coude nat ca&s;t an appell among the~ but it &s;huld a fallen on a ba&s;&s;enet or on a helme euery man of armes bare his &s;pere right <ABBR>befor</ABBR> hym cut of fyue fote of length / and a &s;horte axe hangyng by his &s;yde. And &s;o they ca~e on fayre and ea&s;ely euery man in good array his baner before him and right well aduy&s;ed of that they had to do: and al&s;o the engli&s;&s;hmen were right properly apoynted / and &s;o a&s;&s;embled and met togyder. Fir&s;t the bretons and &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy encountred with the batayle of &s;ir Ro+bert Canolle and &s;ir Gaultier Hewet and &s;o the lordes of Bretayne on bothe &s;ydes &s;ette the baners of their lordes that claymed to be duke eche agayn&s;t other. And &s;o at the fir&s;t encoun|tre there was a &s;ore batayle: and truely the ar|chers &s;hot at the beginnyng right fier&s;ly. how|beit their &s;hotte dyde lytell hurt to the frenche|men / they were &s;o well armed and pauy&s;&s;hed. Than tharchers who were bygge men &amp; lyght ca&s;t away their bowes and entred in amonge the frenchmen that bare the axes / and at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;t metyng they pulled out of &s;ome of the frenche|mennes handes their axes / wherw^t they fought after ryght hardely. There was done many a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eat of armes / many a one taken and re&s;cued a gayne: &amp; he that was ones downe it was herde for hym to releue agayne without great helpe. The batayle wherin the lorde Charles was / dre&s;&s;ed theym &s;elfe &s;treyght agayn&s;t the lorde Mountfortes batayle: and with hym was the erle of Rohane&punc; the lorde of Lyon / &s;ir Charles of Dynan / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Quyntyne / the lorde Da~|cenes / and the lorde of Rochforde / euery lordes baner before hym. So there was a &s;ore fough|ten batayle / and the Mountfordes parte at the beginnynge was &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed. but than~e &s;ir Hugh Caurell who was in the wynge and had a great batayle of good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;awe his co~pany out of ordre / than he drewe thyder and &s;ette them agayne in ordre / the whiche dealyn|ge gretly aueyled them that day.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe &s;ir John~ Chandos di&s;confy+ted the bataile of therle of Aucer / and howe &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy was di&s;+confyted and taken. &amp; the lorde Char+les of Bloys &s;layne in the batell: and of the pytefull complaynt that therle Mountfort made for his dethe. Cap. C C .xxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_AL&s;o &s;ir Olyuer Cly&s;&s;on / &s;ir Eu|&s;tace Danbreticourt / &s;ir Richard Brulle / &s;ir Johan Bourchier / &s;ir Mathewe Gourney / and dyuers other knyghtes &amp; &s;quyers fought with the batayle of the erle of <ABBR>Aucerr</ABBR> / and the erle of Joignye: the whiche was a great ba|tayle and well furny&s;&s;hed with good menne of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was many a noble dede done / ma+ny taken and re&s;cued agayne: the frenchmen &amp; bretons on the one parte fought ryght valyant+ly with the axes that they helde in their handes and the lorde Charles of Bloyes proued hym|&s;elfe a merueylous good knyght. And al&s;o his aduer&s;ary therle of Mountfort was a valyant knight. and &s;ir John~ Cha~dos dyd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day many a noble feat / for he was in his dayes a right va+lyant knight hardy &amp; redouted of his enemyes &s;age in batayle / well aduy&s;ed / &amp; full of expery|ens. He coun&s;elled euer therle of Mountfort / &amp; alwayes toke hede to co~fort him &amp; his men / and &s;ayd &s;ir do thus &amp; thus: drawe to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;yde or to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;yde / and therle ruled hym&s;elfe alwayes by his coun&s;ell. And on the other part &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / the lorde of Tornmyne / the lorde Da+ua~gour / the lorde of Raix / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Loheat / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Bornay / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Male&s;troyt / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord of Pont / the lord of Prier: &amp; many other good knightes &amp; &s;quyers of Bretayne &amp; of Norman+dy y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with the lord Charles of Blois fought valiantly. And &s;o long they fought that all the batels a&s;&s;e~bled eche with other / except y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> reregard of the~gly&s;&s;men. wherof &abser; Hewe Cau+rell was chefe &amp; &s;oueraygne. He kept alwayes his batell in a wyng / &amp; toke hede to nothig but to redre&s;&s;e agayne his &abper;te if any thyng were a my&s;&s;e among any of the~. Among other knight&abis; &s;ir Olyuer of Cli&s;&s;on was well adui&s;ed / he did maruels with his body &amp; had a grete axe in his ha~des wherw^t he brake &amp; opened the pre&s;e / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none dur&s;t aproche nere to hym. He adue~tured him&s;elfe often tymes &s;o <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was in great danger / he had moche to do in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batell of therle
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of <ABBR>Iucerr</ABBR> / and of the erle of Joigny. Where he was &s;ore encou~tred / &s;o that with a &s;troke of an are he was &s;tryken on the vy&s;er of his ba&s;&s;enet &s;o that the poynt of the axe entred into his eyes wherby h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lo&s;t euer after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;yght with that eye / but for all that &s;troke yet he delt &s;tyll lyke a no|ble knyght. There was recouerynge of batay|les and baners that &s;omtyme were downe: by well fightynge were releued agayne on bothe partes. Amonge all other knyghtes &s;ir Johan Chandos was a good knyght / and valyantly fought with an are that he helde in his handes &s;o that he gaue &s;uche &s;trokes that none dur&s;t a|proche to hym: for he was a great and a mygh+ty knight / and well formed of all his membres. So he came &amp; fought agayn&s;t the batayle of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Aucers and of the frenchmen / and there was done many a noble dede / and by force of well fightyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batayle was broken &amp; brought to &s;uche my&s;chefe that brefely after it was di&s;co~+fyted: and all the baners and penons of that ba+tayle ouerthrowen to the erthe / &amp; the lordes put to flight in great danger and mi&s;chefe / for they were nat ayded nor co~forted fro no part: for eue+ry man had ynough to do to defende hym&s;elfe. To &s;ay the trouthe whan a di&s;co~&s;yture falleth / they that ar ouercome be di&s;co~fyted for a lytell / for if one fall <ABBR>ther</ABBR> falleth thre / and on .iii. x. and on .x. xxx. and if .x. &s;lye <ABBR>ther</ABBR> foloweth. C. Thus it fortuned in this batayle of Alroy: the lordes cryed their cryes wherby &s;ome y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> herde it were reco~forted by their men that drue to them / and &s;ome were nat herde / they were &s;o in the prea&s;e and &s;o <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> fro their men. Ho wheit finally the erle of <ABBR>Aucer</ABBR> by force of armes was &s;ore woun+ded / and taken vnder the &s;tanderd of &s;ir John~ Chandos and yelden <ABBR>pri&s;oner</ABBR> / and the erle of Joigny al&s;o / and the lorde of Prier a great ba|neret of Normandy.</P>
<P>&para;yet all this &s;ea&s;on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other batels fought &s;tyll valyantly / and the bretons helde a longe &s;pace in good ordre. howbeit to &s;peke truly in armes they kept nat their ordre &s;o well as thengly&s;&s;he+men &amp; bretons that were with therle Mou~tfort dyde / and gretly aueyled to them y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day the ba|tayle on the wyng that &s;ir Hewe Caurell ledde And &s;o whan the~gly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenchmen begyn to breke and opyn their batell they were greatly reconforted: and than &s;ome of the fren|chmen &s;uche as had their hor&s;es redy aperelled mounted on them &amp; <ABBR>&s;tedd</ABBR> away as fa&s;t as they myght. Than &s;ir John~ Chandos and a co~pa|ny with hym / dre&s;&s;ed the~&s;elfe agayn&s;t the batell of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / the whiche batayle had done marueyls in armes: but than it was opyned and many good knightes and &s;quters brought to great my&s;chefe. There was gyuen many a great &s;troke with their heuy ares / and many a ba&s;&s;enet clouen a &s;o~dre / &amp; many a man wounded to dethe: and to &s;ay the trouth &abser; Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy nor his co~pany coude no le~ger endure their enemyes. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken &s;ir Bertam of Cle&s;quy by a &s;quyer of Englande / vnder the &s;tanderd of &s;ir John~ Chandos: and the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on &s;ir Johan Chandos toke pri&s;o+ner a lorde of Bretayne called the lorde of Raix a right hardy knyght. And whan this batayle of bretons began thus to breke / all the other ba+tayls were clene di&s;co~fyted and lo&s;t their aray: &amp; euery man fledde away as fa&s;t as they might to &s;aue them &s;elfe. Except a certayne good kny+ghtes and &s;quyers of Bretayne / who wold nat leaue their lorde Charles of Bloys / but had ra+ther dye than to departe with reproche. And &s;o they drue about hym and fought right valtan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ly / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done many a noble dede of ar+mes. And &s;o the lorde Charles of Blois and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+che as were about him helde them&s;elfe togyder a certayne &s;pace / defe~dyng them&s;elfe right va|lyantly / howe beit finally they coude nat defen+de them &s;elfe &s;o / but that they were di&s;confyted and brought out of ordre by force of armes / for the moo&s;t parte of the engly&s;&s;hmen drewe to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> parte. There was the baner of the lorde Char|les of Bloyes di&s;confyted and ca&s;t to the erthe and he &s;layne that bare it: and the lorde Char|les was there &s;layne his face towarde his ene|myes / and a ba&s;tarde &s;onne of his called &s;ir Jo+han of Bloys / and dyuers other knightes and &s;quyers of Bretayne. And as I vnder&s;tode / it was &s;o ordayned in the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / that if they had the better in the bataile / and that if &s;ir Charles of Bloyes were founde in the place y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none &s;hulde take hym to raun&s;ome / but to &s;lee hym. And in &s;emblable wy&s;e the fre~chmen had ordayned for &s;ir John~ Mountfort / if they had atteyned the vyctorie: for as that day they were determyned to haue an ende of the warre. So whan it ca~e to the flight <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great &s;laugh+ter / and many a good knyght taken &amp; brought to my&s;chefe. There was the floure of cheualry at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme other taken~e or &s;layne / but a fewe of men of honour that &s;caped / &amp; &s;pecially of the ba+nerett&abis; of bretayne. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were &s;layne &abser; Char+les of Dynan / the lorde of Lyon y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Da~+cenes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Daua~gour / the lorde of Loheat / the lorde of Gargoll / the lorde of Male&s;troyt / the lorde of Pout: and dyuers other knyghtes
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and &s;quyers / the whiche I canne nat all name. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were taken the erle of Rohan / &abser; Guy of Lyon&punc; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Rochfort / the lorde of Raix the lorde of Ry<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">x / therle of To~noyre / &s;ir Hen+ry of Male&s;troyt / &s;ir Olyuer of Manny / the lorde of Ruyll / the lorde of Franuyll / the lorde of Raneuall and dyuers other of Normandy: and dyuers other good knyghtes and &s;quyers of Fraunce / with therle of <ABBR>Aucer</ABBR> and Joigny. Br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uely to &s;peke this di&s;confyture was great and mighty / &amp; moche good peple therin &s;layne as well in the f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ldes as in the cha&s;e / the whiche endured eyght great leages cuyn to Raynes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many aduentures the which came <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">acall to knowledge / &amp; many a one &s;layne and taken as it fortuned them to fall in the handes of them that were cruell or courte&s;&s;e. This ba|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">e was nere to Alroy in Bretayne / the yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande. CCC .lx. and foure.</P>
<P>AFter this great <ABBR>di&s;confytur</ABBR> as ye haue herde: the lordes of Englande and Bre+tayne retourned and lefte the cha&s;e to their peo+ple. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> drewe to the erle of Mountfort &s;ir John Chandos / &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ir Eu|&s;tace Dambretycourt / &s;ir Mathewe Gourney &s;ir Johan Bourchier / &s;ir Gaultier Hewet / &s;ir Hughe Caurelle / &s;ir Richarde Brulle / &s;ir Ry|charde Tancon and dyuers other / and &s;o came to a hedge &s;yde. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they vnarmed them for they &s;awe well the iourney was theyrs: and certayne of them &s;et their baners and &s;tander|des on the hedge / and the baner with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> armes of Bretayne on a bu&s;&s;he to drawe their people thyder. Than &s;ir Johan Chandos / &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ir Hugh Caurell / and other knightes drewe them to therle Mountfort / and &s;mylyng &s;ayde to hym. Sir laude god and make good chere / for ye haue this day conquered the hery|tage of Bretayne. Than the erle enclyned hym+&s;elfe ryght courte&s;ly and &s;ayd openly that eue|ry man myght here: a &s;ir John~ 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 &s;o do all tho&s;e that be here. Sir I pray you drinke with me: and toke hym a flagon with wyne / wherof he had dronke and refre&s;&s;hed hym before: and more|ouer &s;ayd / &s;ir be&s;yde god I ought to canne you the moo&s;t thanke of any creature lyuyng: and therwith <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to them &s;ir Olyuer of Cly&s;+&s;on forcha&s;ed &amp; en&s;tamed / for he had long pur|&s;ued his enemyes: &s;o he had moche payne to re+tourne agayne with his people / and brought with hym many a pri&s;onere. Than he came to therle of Mountfort and a lyghted fro his hor|&s;e and refre&s;&s;hed hym: and in the &s;ame meane &s;ea&s;on there came to the~ two knightes and two haraldes / who had &s;erched among the deed bo+dyes / to &s;e if &abser; Charles of Bloys were deed or nat. Than they &s;ayd all openly&punc; &s;ir make good chere for we haue &s;ene your aduer&s;ary &abser; Char|les deed: therwith the erle of Mountfort aro&s;e and &s;ayde that he wolde go and &s;e hym / for he had as good wyll to &s;e hym deed as a lyue: and thyder he went and the knyghtes that were a|bout hym. And whan he was come to the place where as he lay a &s;yde couered vnder a &s;helde / he cau&s;ed hym to be vncouered and than regar+ded hym ryght piteou&s;ly / &amp; &s;tudyed a certayne &s;pace and &s;ayd: a &s;ir Charles fayre co&s;yn howe that by your opinyon / many a great my&s;chiefe hath fallen in Bretayn / as god helpe me it &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;eth me to fynde you thus / howe beit it can be none otherwy&s;e / and therwith he began to wepe. Than &s;ir John~ Chandos drewe hym a backe and &s;ayd: &s;ir departe hens and thanke god of the fayre <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> that is fallen to you / for without the dethe of this man ye coude nat come to the herytage of Bretayne. Tha~ therle ordayned that &s;ir Charles of Bloys &s;hulde be borne to Guyngant / and &s;o he was inco~tynent with great reuerence: and there buryed hono|rably as it apertayned / for he was a good true and a valyant knight: and his body after &s;an|ctifyed by the grace of god &amp; called &s;aynt Char+les / and canoni&s;ed by pope Urban the .v. for he dyde &amp; yet dothe many fayre myracles dayly.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the truce that was gyuen to bu+ry the deed after the hatayle of Alroy and how dyuers ca&s;tels yelded vp to therle Mou~tfort: and howe he be &s;e|ged Ca~pantore~tyne. Cap. CC .xxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter that all the deed bodyes were di&s;poyled / and that thengly&s;&s;hmen were re+tourned fro the cha&s;e. Tha~ they drewe them to their lo|dgynges / and vnarmed the~ and toke their ea&s;e and toke hede to their pri&s;oners / and cau&s;ed theym that were wounded to be well &s;erued and &s;erched. And on the Monday in the mornynge the erle Mou~tfort made it to be knowen to them of the
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cytie of Reynes and to the townes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about that he wolde gyue truce for thre dayes / to the cute~t that they might gather togyder the deed bodyes and bury them in holy places / the whi|che ordynaunce was well taken and accepted. And &s;o the erle Mountfort lay &s;tyll at &s;iege be+fore Alroy / and &s;ayd he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat depart thens tyll he had wonne it. So the tidynges &s;predde abrode into dyuers countrees / howe &s;ir John~ Mountfort by the coun&s;ell and ayde of the en|gly&s;&s;hmen had won the felde agayn&s;t &s;ir Char+les of Bloys / and di&s;confyted and put to dethe and taken all the cheualry of Bretayne / &s;uch as were agayn&s;t hym. Sir Johan Chandos had great renome / for all maner of people: lordes / knightes / and &s;quyers &s;uche as had ben in the felde &s;ayd: that by his wytte and high prowes thengly&s;&s;hmen and bretons had won the felde. and of the&s;e tidynges were all the frendes and ayders of &s;ir Charles of Bloyes right &s;orow|full and &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / the whiche was good rea&s;on. And &s;pecially the frenche kyng for this di&s;confyture touched hym gretly / bycau&s;e that dyuers knight&abis; of his realme were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;layne and taken / as &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy whome he greatly loued / and the erle of <ABBR>Aucer</ABBR> / the erle of Joigny / &amp; all the barones of Bretayne none except. Than the frenche kyng &s;ent Loyes the duke of Aniou to the marches of Bretayne for to reco~fort the countre / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which was de&s;olate &amp; di&s;conforted for the loue of their lorde Charles of Bloyes / whome they had lo&s;t. And al&s;o to re+conforte the counte&s;&s;e of Bretayne wyfe to the &s;ayd lorde Charles / who was &s;o &s;ore di&s;confor+ted for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dethe of her hu&s;bande / that it was py|te to beholde her / the whiche the duke of Aniou was bou~de to do: for he had maried her dough+ter. So he promy&s;ed with faythfull entent / to gyue vnto all the good cyties &amp; ca&s;tels in Bre|tayne / and to all the remnant of the countre of Bretayne: his good coun&s;ell / confort / and ayde in all ca&s;es. Wherby the good lady whome he called mother / and all the countrey had a cer|tayne &s;pace gret tru&s;t / vnto &s;uche &s;ea&s;on as the frenche kyng to ereche we all parels / put other proui&s;yon as ye &s;hall herafter. Al&s;o the&s;e tidyn+ges came to the kyng of Englande / for the erle of Mou~tfort had writen to hym therof / the. v&punc; day after the batayle was ended before Alroy&punc; The letters were brought to the kynge of En|lande to Douer by a par&s;euant of armes / who had ben in the batayle. And the kyng incon&s;y|nent made hym an haralde &amp; called him Wynd &s;ore&punc; as I was enformed by the &s;ame haraulde and dyuers other. And the cau&s;e why the kyn|ge of Englande was as than at Douer / I &s;hal &s;hewe you here after.</P>
<P>IT was of trouthe that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a treaty thre yere before / bytwene the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Edmo~+de erle of Cambrige one of the kynges &s;onnes / and the doughter of therle Loys of Flau~ders: to the which maryage therle of Flau~ders was as than newly agreed vnto / &s;o that pope Ur|ban the fyft wolde di&s;pence with them / for they were nere of lynage. And the duke of La~ca&s;tre and the lorde Edmonde his brother / with ma|ny knightes and &s;quyers had ben in Flau~ders with the erle: and were receyued right honora+bly in &s;igne of great peace and loue. And &s;o the erle of Flaunders was come to Calais and pa&s;+&s;ed the &s;ee and came to Douer / where the kyng and parte of his coun&s;ell were redy to receyue hym / and &s;o they were <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Whan the for&s;ayd pur&s;euant came to the kyng and brought hym tidynges of the batayle of Alroy / of the whiche the kyng and all that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were right ioy+ou&s;e: and in lykewi&s;e &s;o was the erle of Flaun|ders / for the loue and honour and auaunceme~t of his co&s;yn germayne / the erle of Mountfort. Thus the kyng of England and therle of flau~+ders were at Douer the &s;pace of thre dayes in fee&s;tes and great &s;portes / and whan they had well &s;ported the~ and done that they a&s;&s;embled for. Than the erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and departed / and as I vnder&s;tande the duke of Lanca&s;tre and the lorde Edmonde pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee agayne with hym and helde him company tyll he came to Bruges.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of therle Mou~t+fort how he dyd in Bretayne. Cap. CC .xxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe erle of Mountfort as ye haue herde before / lay &s;tyll at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ege before Alroy: and &s;aid howe he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had it at his plea&s;ure. And they w^t in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell were nat at their ca&s;e / for they had lo&s;t their capitayne Henry of Fe~tenycle / for he was abydden in the felde and the chefe of their company / wherfore they were but a fewe within and &s;ocour came none to the~ fro no parte: therfore they toke coun&s;ell amon|ge them and determyned to yelde vp the ca&s;tell
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their lyues and <ABBR>good</ABBR> &s;aued. Than they entre|ted with therle and with his coun&s;ell: and the erle who had many thynges to take hede of / by+cau&s;e he knewe nat howe all the countre wolde de demeaned. Therfore he toke them to mercy and &s;uffred them pea&s;ably to departe / and toke the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the fortere&s;&s;e / and &s;ette men <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of his. And than rode farther and all his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the whiche dayly encrea&s;ed / for menne of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and archers re&s;orted dayly to hym: and al&s;o dyuers knightes and &s;quyers of bretayne torned to his part. and &s;pecially the breton bre|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">tes. Than he taryed thre dayes before the towne of Jougowe / and made two great a&s;&s;autes wherin dyuers were &s;ore hurt / bothe of theym within and without. And whan they of Jougowe &s;awe howe they were a&s;&s;ayled / &amp; that no &s;ocoure was comynge to them warde. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">han they detmyned nat to be haryed nor vn|done but toke therle Mountfort for their <ABBR>lord</ABBR> and opened the gates and &s;ware to become his men foreuer. Than the erle remoued all the of|fuers in the towne and &s;ette in newe / and than rode before the towne of Dynan / and there he layed &s;iege the whiche endured long into wyn+ter for the towne was well garny&s;&s;hed with vi+tayls / and with good men of warre. And al&s;o the duke of Amou erhorted them to kepe it like good men of warre / and promy&s;ed to conforte them the whiche cau&s;ed them to abyde and &s;uf+fre many a great a&s;&s;aut / but whan they &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> there purueyaunces began to myni&s;&s;he / &amp; that no &s;ocoure apered to them. Than they entrea|ted for a pea&s;e with the erle Mountforte / who gladly entended therto / for he de&s;yred nothing+els / but that they &s;hulde knolege hym for their lorde / and &s;o they dyde. And &s;o he entred in to the towne of Dynan with great &s;olempnyte / &amp; they all dyde to hym homage and fealtie. Tha~ he rode forthe with all his army tyll he came be+fore the cytie of Campecorentyne and be&s;ieged it rounde about and brought thyder great en|gens fro Ua~nes &amp; fro Dynan: and &s;ayd he wol+de nat de&abper;te thens tyll he had it at his <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> Thengly&s;&s;hmen &amp; bretons as &s;ir John~ Chan|dos &amp; other who had taken at the batayle of Al+roy dyuers pri&s;oners / wolde put none to raun+&s;ome / bycau&s;e they &s;hulde nat a&s;&s;e~ble to gyder a gayne to make a newe felde agayn&s;t the~. Ther+fore they &s;ent the~ into Po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">to<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / Xaynton / Bur|deaur / &amp; Rochell to be kept there as pri&s;oners. And &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">the the meane &s;ea&s;on the bretons and en|gly&s;&s;hmen in one part and other conquered all the countre of Bretayne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the peace was made that the erle of Mountfort &s;hulde abyde duke of Bretayne / and howe the frenche kynge rendred to Cly&s;&s;on his lande / &amp; of the maryage of the duke of Nor|ma~dy. and howe the captall of Beu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> became liege man to the frenche kyn+ge / and afterwarde renounced hym agayne. Cap. CC .xxix.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the meane &s;ea&s;one that the erle of Mountforte lay at &s;iege before Campe|corentyne / and that it was &s;ore beten and oppre&s;&s;ed by his engyns and a&s;&s;autes. His men ran ouer the coun+tre and left nothyng vntaken: without it were to hote / to colde / or to heuy. Of the&s;e aduentu|res the frenche kynge was well enformed / and had theron dyuers coun&s;ayls / purpo&s;es / &amp; yma+gynacions: howe he myght do with the be&s;y|ne&s;&s;e of Bretayne / for they were in a harde &abper;te and coude nat well remedy it without &s;tyrrin|ge of all his realme / and to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayne with thengly&s;&s;hmen for Bretayne. Wherin he had coun&s;ell in no wy&s;e &s;o to do / for by great de+lyberacion of coun&s;ell it was &s;ayd to him. Sir ye haue helde the opinyon of the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Charles of Bloyes your co&s;yn / and in lykewi&s;e &s;o dyde the kyng your father / and kynge Philyp your graundfather: who gaue hym in maryage the duchy of Bretayne / wherby many great yuels and inconuenyentes hath fallen &s;ythe in Bre|tayne / and in the countreis about. And &s;ir &s;o it is that the lorde Charles of Bloys your co&s;yn / in kepynge and defendynge his ryght in Bre|tayne is now deed and &s;layne. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is non on his &s;yde that the right of the warre / or of his chalenge can releue: for his two &s;onnes John~ and Guy who be next heyres / ar in Englande in pri&s;one. And &s;irye here dayly howe the erle Mountfort co~quereth and taketh townes and ca&s;tels / and reputeth them as his owne true he+rytage. Sir thus ye may le&s;e your ryght and homage that ye ought to haue of Bretayne / the whiche is a ryght noble thyng to your realme. Wherfore ye ought greatly to doute the lo&s;&s;e of the &s;ame / for if therle Mountfort become liege man and holde the duchy of Bretayne of your brother the kynge of Englande as his father
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dyde of olde tyme / ye canne nat haue it agayne without great warre &amp; great hatred / bytwene you and the kyng of Englande <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as good peace is no we / the whiche we wyll nat coun&s;ell you to breke. Therfore &s;ir we thynke all thyn|ges co~&s;ydred and ymagined / that it were good for you to &s;end certayne me&s;&s;angers to haue a treaty bytwene you and therle Mountforte to knowe howe he wyll maynteyne and agree to any peace bytwene hym and the countre / &amp; the lady who calleth her&s;elfe duche&s;&s;e. And &s;ir as your me&s;&s;angers feleth hym dy&s;po&s;ed in this mater / than acordyng therto ye may take fur|ther aduy&s;e: at y^e vttermo&s;t it were better that he abode &s;tyll duke of Bretayne &s;o that he wyll holde of you / and do to you all right&abis; that a &s;ub+get ought to do to his lorde / rather than the ma+ter &s;hulde be in great parell of le&s;yng of all: to the whiche wordes the kynge gladly enclyned vnto. Than it was ordayned that the lorde Jo+han of Craon archby&s;&s;hop / the lorde of Craon his co&s;yn / and &s;ir Boucequant &s;hulde go on y^t voyage to Campacorentyne / to treat with the erle Mountfort &amp; with his coun&s;ell / on y^e &s;tate of peace as ye haue herde. So thus the&s;e thre lordes de&abper;ted well in&s;tructed of that they &s;hul|de do / and &s;o longe they rode tyll they came to the &s;ege of the engly&s;&s;hmen and bretons before Campacorentyne / and &s;o they named them to be me&s;&s;angers fro the frenche kyng. Therle of Mountfort / &s;ir Johan Chandos / and they of his cou~&s;ell receyued them right ioyou&s;ly. than the&s;e lordes of Frau~ce &s;hewed right &s;agely the occa&s;yon of their comyng thider / and why they were&s;ent. And at the fir&s;t entreaty therle mou~t+fort an&s;wered howe he wolde take coun&s;ell and aduyce in the mater / and gaue them day of an|&s;were. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on the&s;e thre lord&abis; went and lay at the cytie of Reyns. Than the erle Mountforte &s;ent into Englande the lorde Latymer to &s;hewe to the kyng of England the treaty of the frenchmen / de&s;yringe hym to haue his cou~&s;ell in that behalfe. And the kyng of En+glande whan he was enfourmed of the mater / &s;ayd howe that he wolde coun&s;ell therle Mou~t+fort to haue peace / &s;o that alwayes he might be duke of Bretayne: and &s;omwhat to reco~pence the lady callynge her &s;elfe duche&s;&s;e / with &s;ome hone&s;t thynge. a&s;&s;ignynge her &s;ome certayne rent yerely to be payd out of &s;ome place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;he myght be &s;ure to haue it without daunger. Than the lorde Latimer brought worde agay+ne to therle of the kynges an&s;were / and &s;o after his letters reed and his an&s;were herde / the erle of Mountfort and his coun&s;ell &s;ent for the fren+che me&s;&s;angers to come to his hoo&s;t / and theyr an&s;were was made them right courte&s;ly. And it was &s;ayd to theym howe the erle Mountfort wolde in no wy&s;e departe nor for&s;ake his cha|lenge of the duchy of Bretayne / but that he wol+de abyde duke of Bretayne: and &s;o to be called. But <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the fre~che kyng wolde haue hym to opyn pea&s;ably his cyties / townes / &amp; ca&s;tels / and to make faithe and homage to him and all other ryghtes: as the dukes of Bretayne haue done in tyme pa&s;te. He is content &s;o to do / and gladly to knowlege the frenche kyng for his na+turall lorde / and to do to hym homage and ser|uyce in the pre&s;ens of the peres of Frau~ce. And al&s;o to gyue ayde and helpe / and to reconforte his co&s;yn the wyfe of therle Charles trepa&s;&s;ed / and to helpe to delyuer his co&s;yns her &s;onnes out of pri&s;on in Englande. This an&s;were plea+&s;ed right well the&s;e lordes of Frau~ce / than they toke day and tyme this mater to co~clude or nat Than incontynent they &s;ent to the duke of An|iou / who was as than at Angiers: to whome y^e frenche kyng had gyuen full power and aucto|ryte to conclude this treaty / or els to leaue it at his <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> And whan the duke of Aniou&s;aw the effect of this mater he toke coun&s;ell a longe &s;pace / but finally he was coun&s;ayled to accepte the treaty. and the two knightes that were &s;ent to him retorued agayne with his an&s;were wri|ten and &s;ealed. And than the&s;e lordes of Fraun+ce departed fro Reyns and went to the &s;iege be+fore Campacorentyne: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> finally y^e peace was made / agreed / and &s;ealed by therle Mou~t+fort / and he abode as duke of Bretayne condy|cionally 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 di+&s;cea&s;&s;ed / &s;hulde be counte&s;&s;e of Poynteure / the whiche lande was of yerely rent about .xx. M. frankes. And al&s;o the lorde Mountfort &s;hulde come in to Fraunce whan &s;oeuer the kyng &s;ent for hym to do his homage / and to holde the du+chy of Bretayne of hym. And for the confyrma+cion herof: there were charters and in&s;trumen+tes publyke made and &s;ealed on bothe parties. Thus therle of Mountfort entred into the du|chy of Bretayne / and abode as duke therof a certayne &s;pace of tyme / tyll other tidynges of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> came: as ye &s;hall herafter in this hi&s;tory.</P>
<P>ANd al&s;o by the ordynaunce of the &s;ame peace / the frenche kyng re&s;tored agayn
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the lorde of Ch&s;&s;on his lande / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche was taken fro hym by kyng Philyp &s;omtyme kyng So thus the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on aquaynted hym &s;o with the frenche kynge that he dyde what he wolde / and w^tout him nothyng was done. So thus the cou~tte of Bretayne was right ioyous whan they &s;awe that they were in re&s;t &amp; peace: and the duke toke faythe and homage of the cy&punc;|ties / good to wnes / and ca&s;tels / and of all prela+tes and other gentylmen. And within a &s;pace after the duke maryed the doughter of the prin+ces of Wales&punc; the whiche &s;he had before by the lorde Thomas Hollande and this maryage was made in the good rytie of Nauntes right nobly. Al&s;o it fortuned y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame wynter y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> queue Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer / &amp; quene Bla~|che her &s;u&s;tre, dyd &s;omoch y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> a peace was made bytwene y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french kyng &amp; the king of Nauer by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ayde &amp; wy&s;oome of the lorde captall of Beufz who dyde all that he might to conclude y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> peace and therby he was aquyted out of pri&s;on. And the frenche kyng &s;hewed hym in dede great &s;y|gne of loue / and gaue hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fayre ca&s;tell of De nemoux with all the appurtenaunces / the whi|che was well worthe of yerely reuenewes thre thou&s;ande frankes / and &s;o the Captall became liegeman to the frenche kyng / of who&s;e homa|ge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng was right toyou&s;e. for he loued well the &s;eruyce of &s;uche a knyght as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall was in his tyme. But y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;eruyce endured no longe &s;ea&s;on / for whan he came into the principalyte to the prince / who was enformed of the ca&s;e as it &s;tode. Greatly he blamed hym and &s;ayd how that he coude nat acquyte hym &s;elfe trewely to &s;erue two lordes / and that he was to couetous to take lande in Fraunce / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was nother be loued nor honoured. And whan the Captall &s;awe hym&s;elfe in that ca&s;e / and home he was ta+ken and reputed by the prince his naturall lor|de he was &s;ore a &s;hamed and excu&s;ed hym&s;elfe / &s;ayeng &s;ir I am nat &s;o &s;ore bounde to the fren|che kyng / but that I may &s;oone for do agayne all that I haue done or &abpro;my&s;ed. And &s;o he &s;ent a &s;eruaunt of his to the kyng and renounced al that the kynge had gyuen hym and he taryed &s;tyll hym &s;elfe with the prince / for he was aquy+ted of his pri&s;on by the compo&s;ycion of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> peace taken bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauer. And the frenche kyng had by co~po&s;i+cyon the townes of Maunt / and Meulecke: &amp; the kyng rendred hym therfore other ca&s;tels in Normandy. In this &s;ea&s;on de&abper;ted out of frau~+ce the lorde Loys of Nauer and went into Lo~|bar dy to mary the quene of Naples / but at his departyng he had of the frenche kynge for cer|tayne ca&s;tels that he delyuered vp in Norman+dy / the &s;omme of thre&s;core thou&s;ande frankes. And the &s;ame 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 courte&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>IN this &s;ea&s;on yet was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;tyll in Frau~|ce great nombre of the companyons / the whiche as than wy&s;t nat what to do / &s;eyng the warres of Bretayne were ended. The&s;e co~pa|nyons pur&s;ued euer after dedes of armes and takynge of pyllages at their aduauntages / fro the whiche they coude nat nor wolde ab&s;teyne / and all their chefe recours was in Fraunce / for they called the realme of Fraunce their cham|bre. They dur&s;t do no hurte in Acquitayne for the lande <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat &s;uffre them: and al&s;o to &s;ay trouthe moo&s;t parte of the capitayns were ga|&s;cons and engly&s;&s;hmen / vnder the obey&s;aunce of the kyng of Englande and of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince. &s;ome <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were of Bretayne but nat many / wherfore dyuers of the realme of Fraunce murmured a|gayn&s;t the kynge of Englande and the prince / and &s;ayd couertly / howe that they aquyted nat them&s;elfe well agayn&s;t the frenche kyng. &s;eyng they do nat their good wylles to put out of the realme tho&s;e yuell di&s;po&s;ed people. So y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wy&s;e and &s;age men of Fraunce con&s;ydred / that with+out they dyde put &s;ome remedy to driue theym out of the realme / eyther by batayle or by mea|nes of &s;ome money. Els at length they were ly+kely to di&s;troy the noble realme of Frau~ce and holy chri&s;tendome. &para; The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was in Hongry a kyng that wolde gladly ha|ue had them with hym / for he had great warre agayn&s;t the turke / who dyde hym great doma|ge. Than he wrote to pope Urbane the .v. who was as than at Auignon / certifyeng hym how he wolde gladly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the realme of Fraunce were delyuered of the nombre of companyons and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they were all with hym in his warres agayn&s;t the turke. And in lyke wi&s;e he wrote letters to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kynge and to the prince of Wales. and &s;o they entreated the &s;ayd companyons and of+fred them golde / and &s;yluer / and pa&s;&s;age: but they an&s;wered that they wolde nat that waye / &s;ayeng they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat go &s;o <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> for it was &s;hewed among them&s;elfe by &s;ome of their owne company that had ben before in Ho~+gry / howe that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;uche &s;traytes that yf they were fought with there they coulde neuer e&s;cape but to dye &s;hamefully / the whiche &s;o af|frayed
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them that they had no lu&s;t to go thyder. And whan the pope and the frenche kyng &s;awe that they wolde nat agre acordyng to their de|&s;yers / and al&s;o that they wolde nat auoyde out of the realme of Frau~ce / but dayly multiplyed. Than they be thought theym of another waye and meanes to cau&s;e them to auoyde.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a kyng in Ca+&s;+tell called Dame Peter / who was full of marueylous opinyo~s / and he was rude and rebell agayn&s;t the co~mau~dement&abis; of holy chur+che. And in mynde to &s;ubdue all his cri&s;ten ney+ghbours kinges and princes / and &s;pecially the king of Aragon called Peter / who was a gode true cri&s;ten prince / &amp; had as than taken fro him parte of his realme / thynking to haue all the re+menant. Al&s;o this kynge Dampeter of Ca&s;tell had thre ba&s;terd bretherne / the whiche kyng All+phons his fader had by a lady called the Ryche Drue. Thelde&s;t was called Henry / the &s;econde Dancylle / and the thyrde Sau&s;es. This king Dampeter hated them &s;o that he wolde nat &s;uf+fre them to come in his &s;yght / and often tymes if he might haue gotten the~ he wolde haue &s;try|ken of their heedes. Ho wbeit they were welbe|loued with the kynge their father / &amp; in his lyfe he gaue to Henry thelde&s;t the countie De&s;con|ges. But this kyng Dampeter his brother had taken it fro hym / and therfore they kepte dayly warre toguyder. This ba&s;tarde Henry was a right hardy and a valyant knight / and had ben long in Fraunce and pur&s;ued the warre there / and &s;erued the frenche kynge who loued hym right entierly. Kyng Dampeter as the comon brute ranne / had put to dethe the mother of the chyldren: wherwith they were right &s;ore di&s;ple+&s;ed and good cau&s;e why. Al&s;o be&s;yde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had put to dethe and exyled dyuers great lordes of the realme of Ca&s;tell / he was &s;o cruell &amp; &s;o with+out &s;hame / that all his menfeared / douted / and hated hym as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> as they dur&s;t&punc; al&s;o he cau&s;ed to dye a right good and a holy lady / the which he had to wyfe called the lady Blanche / dough+ter to duke Peter of Burbone / &s;u&s;ter germayn to the frenche quene and to the counte&s;&s;e of Sa+uoy / who&s;e dethe was ryght di&s;ple&s;aunt to all her lynage / the whiche was one of the noble&s;t lynages of the worlde. And be&s;yde all this ther ran a brute of hym among his owne men howe that he was amyably alyed with the kynge of Granade / and with the kyng of Tre&s;bell Ma|ryne / and the kyng of Tre&s;me&s;aries / who <ABBR>wer</ABBR> all goddes ennemyes and infydeles. Wherefore &s;ome of his owne men feared that he wolde do &s;ome hurt to his owne countre as in violatyng of goddes churches / for he began all redy to ta|ke fro theym their rentes and reuenewes / and helde &s;ome of the prelates in pri&s;on and co~&s;trey+ned them by tyranny wherof great complayn|tes came dayly to our holy father the pope / re|quyring him to fynde &s;ome remedy. To who&s;e complayntes the pope condy&s;cended and &s;ende incontynent me&s;&s;angers into Ca&s;tell to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn|ge Dampeter / co~maundyng hym that inconty+nent without any delay &abper;&s;onally to come to the court of Rome: to wa&s;&s; he / clens / &amp; purge hym of &s;uche vyllayne dedes as he was gyltye in. Ho wbeit this kyng Da~peter full of pride and pre&s;umtuou&s;ne&s;&s;e wolde nat obey nor co~e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> but delt &s;hamefully with the popes me&s;&s;a~gers / wherby he ran greatly in the indignacyon of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> churche / and &s;pecially of the heed of the church as of our holy father the pope. Thus this yuell kyng Dampeter per&s;euered &s;tyll in his ob&s;ty|nate&s;ynne. Than aduy&s;e and coun&s;ell was ta|ken by the pope and by the coledge what waye they might correct hym: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was deter+myned that he was nat worthy to bere y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> name of a kynge / nor to holde any realme. And there+in playne con&s;i&s;tory in Auygnon / in the cha~bre of exco~munycacion he was openly declared to be reputed as in infidell. Tha~ it was thought that he &s;hulde be con&s;trayned and corrected by helpe of the companyons / that were as than in the realme of Fraunce. Than the kyng of Ara|gon who hated the king of Ca&s;tell was &s;ent for and al&s;o Henry the ba&s;tarde of Spayne / to co~e to Auygnon to the pope. And whan they were come / the pope made Henry the ba&s;tarde legy|tyue and laufull to obtayne the realme of Ca|&s;tell / and Dampeter cur&s;ed and condemned by &s;entence of the pope. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng of Ara+gon &s;ayd howe he wolde open the pa&s;&s;age tho|rough his countre / and prouyde vitayls &amp; pur|ueyaunces for all maner of people and men of warre / that wolde pur&s;ue to go into Ca&s;tell to co~founde kyng Dampeter / and to put him out of his realme. Of this ordynaunce was y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fren+che kynge right ioyous / and dyde his payne to helpe to get out of pri&s;on &s;ir Bettram of Cle&s;|quy / who was pri&s;oner with &s;ir Johan Chan|dos / and payed for his rau~&s;ome a hu~dred. M. frankes: parte therof payed the frenche kynge and the pope / and Henry the ba&s;tard payed the re&s;ydu. And after his delyueraunce they fell in treaty with the co~panyons / and promy&s;ed the~ great profyte yf they wolde go into the realme
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o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Ca&s;tell. Wherto they lightly agreed for a cer+tayne &s;omme of money that they had to depart among them. And &s;o this iourney was &s;hewed to the prince of Wales and to the knightes and &s;quyers about hym: and &s;pecially to &s;ir Johan Chandos / who was de&s;yredde to be one of the the&s;e capitayns with &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy. Howbeit he excu&s;ed hym / &amp; &s;ayd he myght nat go thyder: yet the iourney was nat lette for all that. And dyuers knightes of the princis went thyder: as &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~breticourt / &s;ir Hewe Caurell / &s;ir Gaultier Hewet &s;ir Mathue Gor+ney / &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Dalbret / and dyuers other. And the chefe capitayne of this enterprice was made the lorde John~ of Burbon erle of Mar|che to counter wyne the dethe of his co&s;yne the quene of Spayne / and was in all thynges ru|led and coun&s;ayled by the aduy&s;e of &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy: for therle of Marche was as than a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oly yong lu&s;ty knight. And al&s;o the lorde An+tony of Beauieu went for the in that vyage and dyuers other good knyghtes: as &s;ir Arnolde Dandrehen mar&s;hall of Frau~ce / the Begue of Uyllayns / the lorde Dantoyng in Heynalt / the lorde of Bru&s;nell / &s;ir Johan Neuyll / &s;ir Guy|nyars of Baylheull / &s;ir Johan of Berguetes / the almayne of &s;aynt Uenant / &amp; dyuers other the whiche I can nat name. And &s;o all the&s;e lor+des and other auau~ced for the in the vyage and made their a&s;&s;emble in Languedocke / and at Mountpellyer / and therabout. And &s;o pa&s;&s;ed all to Narbone to go towarde Parpygnen / &amp; &s;o to entre on that &s;yde in to the realme of Ara|gone. The&s;e men of warre were to the nombre of .xxx. thou&s;ande and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were the chefe capi+tayns of the companyons: as &s;ir Robert Bri|quet / &s;ir Johan Caruell / Nandon of Berge|race / Lanny / the lytell Meclyne / the Bourge Camus / the Bourge de Le&s;pare Batyller E&s;|pyot / Aymemon Dortyng / Perote of Sauoy / and dyuers other all of accorde and of one aly|aunce / hauyng great de&s;yre to put kyng Da~pe+ter out of the realme of Ca&s;tell: &amp; to make king they therle of De&s;co~ges his brother Henry the ba&s;tarde. And whan the&s;e men of armes <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> entre into the realme of Aragon / to do their en+terprice y^e more priuely: they &s;ent to kyng Da~ / Peter to blynde hym by their me&s;&s;age / but he was all redy well enfourmed of their ententes / and howe they were comyng on hym into y^e re|alme of Ca&s;tell but he &s;et nothyng therby: but a&s;&s;embled his people to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t the~ / and to light with the~ at thentre of his realm. Their me&s;&s;age was de&s;yring hym to open the &s;trayt&abis; of his countre / and to gyue free pa&s;&s;age to the pylgrimes of god / who had enterpri&s;ed by gret deuocyon to go into the realme of Grenade / to reueng the dethe and pa&s;&s;yon of our lorde Je&s;u Chri&s;t / and to di&s;troy the infydeles / and to ex|alte the chri&s;ten faythe. The kynge Dampeter at the&s;e tidynges dyde nothyng but laugh and &s;ayd he wolde do nothynge at their de&s;yre / nor obey in any poynt to &s;uche a ra&s;call company. And whan the&s;e knightes and other men of ar|mes knewe the wyll and an&s;were of kyng Da~|peter / wherby they reputed hym right orgulus and pre&s;umptuous / and made all the ha&s;t they myght to auaunce to do hym all the hurte they coulde. So they all pa&s;&s;ed through the realme of Aragon where they founde the pa&s;&s;ages re|dy open for them and vitayle / and euery thyng redy apparelled and at a metely price. For the kyng of Aragon had great ioye of their comyn+ge / tru&s;tyng than by their meanes to conquers agayne fro the kyng of Ca&s;tell all his landes / that kyng Dampeter had before taken fro him byforce. And than the&s;e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> pa&s;&s;ed the gret ryuer that departeth Ca&s;tell and Aragon and &s;o they entred into the realme of Spayne. And whan they had conquered townes / cyties / and ca&s;tels / &s;treytes / portes / and pa&s;&s;ages / the whiche the kynge Dampeter had taken fro the kynge of Aragon. Than &s;ir Bertram and his company delyuered the~ to the kyng of Aragon on the co~dycion that alwayes fro then&s; forth he &s;hulde ayde and conforte Henry the ba&s;tarde a+gayn&s;t Dampeter. Tidynges came to y^e kyng of Ca&s;tell: how that the fre~chmen / bretons / en|gly&s;&s;hmen / normayns / pycardes / and burgo|nyons were entred in to his realme: and were as than pa&s;&s;ed the great ryuer / departyng Ca|&s;tell and Aragon. And howe they had wonne a+gayne all on that &s;yde the ryuer the whiche co&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> moche payne and trouble or he wan it fir&s;t Than he was right &s;ore dy&s;ple&s;ed &amp; &s;ayd / well all &s;hall nat go &s;o as they wene it &s;hall: than he made a &s;pecyall commaundement throughout all his realme / in gyueng knowledge to the~ that his letters and me&s;&s;a~gers were &s;ent vnto / that they &s;hulde without delay come to hym / to the entent to fight with the men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> that were entred into his realm of Ca&s;tell / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but a fewe that obeyed his commaundement. And whan he had thought to haue had a great a&s;&s;e~|ble of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> he was di&s;ceyued / for fewe or none came to hym: for his lordes &amp; knightes of Spayne for&s;oke and refu&s;ed him / and tour|ned to his brother y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ba&s;tard. Wherfore he was
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fayne to &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ye / or els he had ben taken he was &s;o &s;ore behated with his enemyes: and al&s;o / with his owne men / &s;o that none abode aboute hym / excepte one true knyght called Ferrant of Ca|&s;tres, he wolde neuer for&s;ake hym for none ad|uenture. And &s;o than Dampeter went to Sy|uyle the be&s;t cytie of Spaygne / and whan~e he was come thyder he was in no great &s;ewerty / wherfore he tru&s;&s;ed and put into cofers his trea+&s;ure / and toke a &s;hyppe with his wyfe and chyl+dren. And &s;o departed fro Cyuyle / and Ferra~t of Ca&s;ters his knight with hym: and he arry|ued lyke a knight di&s;confyted in Galyce called the Colo~gne where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;tronge ca&s;tell / and therin he his wyfe and his chyldren entred that is to &s;ay two yonge doughters: Con&s;tan|ce and I&s;abell. And of all his men and cou~&s;ayle he had none but Ferrant of Ca&s;tres.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Now lette vs &s;hewe of Henry the ba&s;tarde / howe he he perceyuered in his enterprice. Cap. C C .xxx.</HEAD>
<P>_THus as I haue &s;hewed before / this kynge Da~peter was &s;oore behated with his owne men / throughout all the realme of Ca&s;tell: bycau+&s;e of the marueylous cruell iu&s;tyce that he had done / &amp; by the occa&s;yon of the di&s;truccyon of the noble+men of his realme / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche he had put to deth and &s;layne with his handes. Wherfore a&s;&s;oone as they &s;awe his ba&s;tard brother entre into the realme with &s;o great puy&s;&s;au~ce / than they drue all to hym and receyued him to their lorde: and &s;o rode forthe with him. and they cau&s;ed cyte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s townes / borowes / and ca&s;tels to be opyned to hym / and euery man to do hym homage. And &s;o the &s;panyard&abis; all with one voyce cryed / lyue Henry / and dye Dampeter: who hath been to vs &s;o cruell and &s;o yuell. This the lordes ledde forthe Henry throughout all the realme of Ca|&s;tell / as the lorde Gommegaulx / the great may+&s;ter of Galle&s;trane / and the mai&s;ter of &s;aynt Ja+mes. So thus all maner of peple obeyd to him and crowned hym kyng in the cytie of E&s;tyra|ges / and all prelates / erles / barownes / &amp; knigh+tes made hym reuerence / as to their kyng. and &s;ware alwayes to maynteyne him as their kyn+ge / or els if nede requyred to dye in the quarell. So thus this kyng rode fro cytie to cytie / and fro to wne to to wne: and alwayes and in euery place he had reuerence done to hym lyke a kyn+ge. And than~e he gaue to the knightes &s;traun|gers / &s;uche as came with hym into the realme of Ca&s;tell great gyftes and riche iewels / &s;o lar|gely that euery man reputed him for a lyberall and an honourable lorde. And comonly the nor+mayns / frenchmen / and bretons &s;ayde that in hym was all lyberalite / and howe he was well worthy to lyue / and to reygne ouer a great re|alme: and &s;o he dyde a &s;ea&s;on right puy&s;&s;antly and in great pro&s;peryte. Thus the ba&s;tarde of Spayne came to the &s;eignory of the realme of Ca&s;tell / &amp; he made his two bretherne Dancyle / and Sances / eche of theym an erle with great reuenewes and profyte. Thus this He~ry was kyng of Ca&s;tell / of Galyce / of Cyuyll / of Tol|lette / and of Ly&s;&s;ebone / vnto &s;uche &s;ea&s;on as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> puy&s;&s;aunce of Wales and Acquitayne put him out therof. and &s;et agayne kynge Dampeter in+to the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon and &s;ignory of the for&s;ayd re|almes / as ye &s;hall here after in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>_WHan that this kynge Henry &s;awe hym&s;elfe in this e&s;tate / and that e|uery man obeyed hym and repu|ted hym for their kyng and lorde / and &s;awe nothynge lykely to the co~trary of his de&s;yre. Than he ymagined and ca&s;te his aduyce to exalte his name / and to en|ploy the nombre of &s;uche companyo~s / as were come to &s;erue hym out of the realme of Fraun|ce / to make a voyage on the kyng of Granade. wherof he &s;pake to dyuers knightes / who were well agreed therto. And alwayes this king He~+ry helde &s;tyll about hym the princes knightes: as &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~bretycourt / &s;ir Hugh Cau|rell and other. And &s;hewed theym great token and &s;igne of loue / in tru&s;t that they &s;hulde ayde and &s;erue hym in his voyage to Grenade / why+der he hoped to go. And anone after his corona+cyon / there departed fro hym the moo&s;t parte of the knightes of Fraunce / and he gaue them great gyftes at their departynge. And &s;o than retourned the erle of Marche / &s;ir Arnolde Da~+drehen / the lorde Beauieou and dyuers other / but &s;ir Bertram of Cly&s;quy taryed &s;tyll in Ca+&s;tell with the kynge / and &s;ir Olyuer of Man|ny / and the Bretons with certayne nombre of the companyons. And &s;o than &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was made co~&s;table of all the realme of
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ca&s;tell by the acorde of kyng Henry and all the lordes of the cou~tre. Nowe let vs &s;peke of kyng Dampeter howe he maynteyned hym&s;elfe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kynge Dampeter requyred the prince of wales to ayde hym aga|yn&s;t his brother. Cap. CC .xxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue Well herde how kyng Dampeter was driuen into the ca+&s;teil of Colo~gne on the &s;ee / &amp; with him his wyfe / his two doughters / and Domferrant of Ca&s;tres with hym all onely. So that in y^e meane &s;ea&s;on that his brother the ba&s;tarde by puy&s;&s;ance of the me of warre that he had gote out of Fraunce con|quered Ca&s;tell: and that all the countre yelded the~ to him as ye haue herd before. He was right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ore afrayed / and nat well a&s;&s;ured in the ca&s;tell of Colongne / for he douted greatly his brother the ba&s;tarde / for he knewe well that yf he had knowledge of his beyng there / he wolde come with puy&s;&s;aunce and be&s;ege hym: wherfore he thought he wolde nat abyde that parell. Ther|fore he departed in a nyght and toke a &s;hyppe / and his wyfe / his two doughters / and Dom|ferra~t of Ca&s;tres: and all the golde / &s;yluer / and &s;owelles that they had. but the wynde was to him &s;o contrary that he coude nat drawe fro the co&s;t: and &s;o was fayne to entre agayne into the fortre&s;&s;e of Colongne. Than the king Dampe+ter demaunded of Do~ferrant his knight howe he &s;hulde maynteyne hym &s;elfe / complayninge of fortune that was to hym &s;o contrary. Sir &abquod; the knight or ye de&abper;te fro hens / it were good y^e ye dyde &s;end to your co&s;yn the prince of Wales / to knowe yf he wolde receyue you or nat / and for pytic: &s;omwhat to tendre your nede and ne|ce&s;&s;yte / for dyuers wayes he is bounde therto. by rea&s;on of the great alyaunces that the kyng his father / and yours had toguyder. The prin|ce of Wales is &s;o noble / and &s;o gentyll of bloo|de and of courage / that whan he knoweth your trybulacion / I thynke verely he wyll take ther+of great compa&s;&s;yon. And if he wyll ayde to &s;et you agayne in your realme / there is none that can do it &s;o well in all the worlde: he is &s;o fered / redouted &punc; and beloned with all men of warre. And &s;ir ye are here in a good &s;tronge fortere&s;&s;e to kepe a &s;ea&s;on tyll ye here other tidynges out of Acquitayne. To this cou~&s;ayle acorded light+ly y^e kyng Da~peter. Tha~ he wrote letters right pyteous and amyable / and a knyght with two &s;quyers were de&s;yred to do this me&s;&s;age: and &s;o they toke on them that iourney and entred in+to the &s;ee / and &s;ayled &s;o long that they arryued at Bayon / the whiche cytie helde of the kyng of Englande. Than they demaunded tidynges of the prince / and it was &s;hewed them howe he was at Burdeaur. Than they toke their hor|&s;es and rode &s;o longe that they came to Burde aux / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> toke their lodgynge: and anone after they we~t to the abbey of &s;aynt Andrewes where the prince was. And there the&s;e me&s;&s;an|gers &s;hewed howe they were come out of Ca|&s;tell / and were &s;panyardes and me&s;&s;angers fro kyng Da~peter of Ca&s;tell. And whan the prince knewe therof / he &s;ayde he wolde &s;e theym: and knowe what they wolde haue. And &s;o they cam and kneled downe and &s;aluted hym acordynge to their v&s;age / and recommaunded the kynge their may&s;ter to hym / and delyuered their let|ters. The prince toke vp the me&s;&s;a~gers and re|ceyued their letters / and opyned and reed them at good ley&s;er: wherin he founde howe pyteou&s;+ly kynge Dampeter wrote / &s;ignifyeng to hym all his pouertie and my&s;chiefe. and howe that his brother the ba&s;tarde by pui&s;&s;aunce / and by the great amyties that he had purcha&s;ed. Fir&s;t of the pope / of the frenche kyng / and of y^e kyng of Aragon: and by the helpe of the co~panyons / had put hym out fro the herytage of the realme of Ca&s;tell. Wherfore he de&s;yred the prince for godde&s;&s;ake / and by the waye of pytie: that he wolde entend to prouyde for him &s;ome coun&s;ell and remedy / wherin he &s;hulde achyue grace of god and of all the worlde. For it is nat y^e ryght way of a true cry&s;ten kyng to di<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">herpt a right full heyre / and to enheryte by puy&s;&s;aunce of ty|ranny a ba&s;tard. And the prince who was a va+lyant knight and a &s;age clo&s;ed the letters in his handes / and &s;ayd to the me&s;&s;angers. Sirs ye be right welcome to me / fro my co&s;yn the kyng of Ca&s;tell: ye &s;hall tary a &s;pace here with vs / and are ye departe ye &s;hall haue an aun&s;were. Than the princes knightes who knewe ryght|well what they had to do / ledde to their logyn|ges the &s;payni&s;&s;he knight and the two &s;quyers and the prince who taryed &s;tyll in his chambre mu&s;ed greatly on tho&s;e tidynges. And thanne &s;ent for &s;ir John~ Chandos / and for &s;ir Thom~s Phelton / two of the chefe of his coun&s;ayle: for the one was the &s;ene&s;hall of Aquitayne / and the other con&s;table. And whan they were come to hym / than he &s;ayde to theym all &s;mylynge, &s;irs ye &s;hall here newe tidynges out of Spaygne. The kyng Dampeter our co&s;yn complayneth
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him greatly of the ba&s;tarde Henry his brother / who hath taken fro him his enheritau~ce / &amp; hath put hym out of his realme: as ye haue herde re+ported by theym that hath come fro thens / and he requyreth vs in&s;tantly of our confort &amp; ayde as it apereth here by his letters. And &s;o than y^e prince reed the letters worde by worde a two ty+mes / and the&s;e two knightes herde well all the mater. and whan he had reed y^e letters / than he &s;ayd to them: &s;irs ye two / &s;ir John~ and &abser; Tho+mas ye are the mo&s;t &s;peciall of my coun&s;ell / and in whome I haue mo&s;t tru&s;t &amp; a&s;&s;yaunce. wher+fore I de&s;yre you coun&s;ayle me what ye thynke were be&s;t to do. Than the&s;e two knight&abis; behel|de eche other without any worde &s;pekyng / tha~ the prince agayn &s;ayd. &s;irs &s;peke hardely what ye thinke in this mater / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the price was cou~&s;elled by tho&s;e two knight&abis; as I was enfor|med / that he &s;hulde &s;ende to the kyng Da~peter men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to Colo~gne <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was / acordin+ge to the tenor of the letters: and al&s;o by the re|port of the me&s;&s;angers. and y^e the men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;hulde bring him to the cyte of Burdeur / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> more playnly to knowe what he wolde &s;ay / and than acordyng as they &s;huld here his word&abis; / to take aduyce: and to gyue hym &s;uche cou~&s;ell as of rea&s;on &s;huld &s;uffyce him. This <ABBR>an&s;wer</ABBR> plea+&s;ed right well the prince: tha~ he de&s;yred to go to Colo~gne in that viage to bring in &s;auegard to hym the kyng Da~peter. Fir&s;t &s;ir Thom~s Fel|ton as &s;ouerayne and chefe of that army / &s;ir Ri+charde of Po~tchardon / &s;ir Neez Lornyche / &s;ir Symonde Burle / &s;ir Wyllm~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rou&s;ealx / and in that army <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hulde be .xii. &s;hyppes furni&s;+&s;hed with archers and men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> So the&s;e knight&abis; made their &abpro;ui&s;yon to go into Galice / and than the me&s;&s;angers depted fro Burdeux and rode with them to Bayon / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taried a thre or four dayes abyding for wynde and we+der. and the .v. day as they were de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tynge / the kyng Da~peter of ca&s;tell aryued at Bayon him+&s;elfe / for he was de&abper;ted fro Colongue in great ha&s;t &amp; dout / for he dur&s;t nat abyde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> any le<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ger / and brought but a fewe of his men W^t him / and &s;uche <ABBR>trea&s;ur</ABBR> as he had. So the tidynges of his comyng was great ioye to th&euml;gly&s;&s;hmen than &s;ir Thomas Phelton and his co~pany ca~e to hym and receyued hym right &s;wetely / &amp; &s;he|wed him how they were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> redy by y^e co~mau~|deme~t of y^e prince their lorde to haue co~e to him to Colo~gne &amp; to any other place to haue broght him to y^e prince. Of the whiche tidyng&abis; y^e kyng Da~peter was ryght ioyou&s;e / &amp; thanked gretly the prince and the knightes that were there.</P>
<P>&para; The comyng of the king Dampeter thus to Bayon / &s;ir Thom~s Phelton and the other kni+ghtes certifyed the price therof / of the which he was right ioyou&s;e. &amp; within a &s;hort &s;pace after / the&s;e knightes brought the kyng Da~peter to y^e cyte of Burdeux. And the prince who gretly de+&s;yred to &s;e his co&s;yn the kynge Da~peter / and to do hym the more honoure &amp; fee&s;t / y&s;&s;ued out of Burdeux aco~panyed with dyuers knight&abis; and &s;quiers / and went &amp; mette the kyng and dyd to hym great reuere~ce bothe in worde &amp; dede / the whiche he coude do right well / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no prince in his tyme y^e coulde &s;hewe more honour than he. And whan the prince had well fea&s;ted him / than they rode to Burdeux / &amp; the prince to+ke the kyng aboue him / in no wy&s;e he wolde do otherwi&s;e. And as they rode togyder the kyng Da~peter &s;hewed to the prince how his ba&s;tard brother had cha&s;ed him out of his realme of ca+&s;tell / and al&s;o he pituou&s;ly co~playned hym of y^e vntrouthe of his men / &s;hewyng howe they had all for&s;aken him / except one knyght the whiche was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with hym called Damferrant of Ca|&s;tres. The price right curte&s;ly &amp; &s;agely reco~for|ted him / de&s;yring him nat to be aba&s;&s;hed nor di+&s;conforted / for though he had as than lo&s;t all / he tru&s;ted it &s;hulde be in the puy&s;&s;ance of god to re+&s;tore hym agayne all his lo&s;&s;e / and moreouer to take vengeaunce of all his eneymes. Thus as they talked togyder / they rode &s;o longe y^e they came to Burdeux / and a lyghted at they abbey of &s;aynt Andrues / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the prince &amp; princes kept their hou&s;e / &amp; than the kyng was brought to a fayre chambre redy aparelled for hym. and whan he was cha~ged he went to the prince&s;&s;e &amp; to the ladyes / who receyued him right curte&s;ly as they coude right well do. I might ouer lon|ge make reporte to you of this mater / what of their chere / fee&s;tes / &amp; &s;portes: wherfore I pa&s;&s;e it ouer brefely. And &s;hall &s;hewe you how kyng Da~peter&s;ped with the prince his co&s;yn / whom he founde right amyable and curte&s;&s;e and well co~dy&s;cended to his de&s;yers: howbeit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome of his coun&s;ell &s;ayd vnto hym / as ye &s;hall here after. &para; Or that Dampeter came to Burdeaux / &s;ome wy&s;e and &s;age y maginatyue lordes / a&s;well of Ga&s;coyn as of England / who were of t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> princes cou~&s;ell / and had euer truly &s;erued hym &amp; gyuen hym good coun&s;ayle / and &s;o thought euer to do. They &s;ayd to the prince: Sir ye haue herde &s;ay dyuers tymes / he that to moche enbra&s;eth / holdeth the wekelyer. Hit is for a trouthe that ye are one of the prince&s;&s;e of the worlde: moo&s;t pray&s;ed / honoured / and
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redouted / and holdeth on this &s;yde the &s;ee great landes and &s;eignories thanked be god in good re&s;t and peace. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> is no kyng nere nor <ABBR>farr</ABBR> of / as at this pre&s;ent tyme y^t dare di&s;plea&s;e you ye are &s;o renomed of good chiualry / grace / and good fortune. ye ought therfore by rea&s;on to be co~tent w^t that ye haue / and &s;eke nat to get you a+ny enemyes. Sir we &s;ay nat this for non yuell we knowell the kynge Da~peter of Ca&s;tell who is now driuen out of his realme / is a ma~ of hye mynde / right cruell &amp; full of yuell condycions: for by hym hath ben done many yuell dedes in the realme of Ca&s;tell / and hath cau&s;ed many a valyant man to lo&s;e his heed: and brought cru+elly to an ende without any maner of rea&s;on. &amp; &s;o by his vilayne dedes and co~&s;ent he is now di+&s;ceyued &amp; put out of his realm / and al&s;o be&s;yde all this he is enemy to the churche / &amp; cur&s;ed by our holy father y^e pope: he is reputed and hath ben a great &s;ea&s;on like a tyrant / and without ty+tell of rea&s;on hath alwayes greued and made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with his neybours / the kyng of Aragon and the king of Nauer / and wolde haue di&s;he|tyted the~ by pui&s;&s;ance. And al&s;o as the brute ro~+neth throughout his realme / &amp; by his owne me~ howe he cau&s;ed to dye his wyfe your co&s;yn dou+ghter to the duke of Burbone. Wherfore &s;ir ye ought to thynke and con&s;ydre that all this y^t he nowe &s;uffereth / ar roddes &amp; &s;trokes of god &s;ent to cha&s;tyce him: and to gyue en&s;ample to all o|ther chri&s;ten king&abis; and princes to beware that they do nat as he hath done. With &s;uche word&abis; or &s;e~blable the prince was cou~&s;elled or kyng da~+peter arryued at Bayon: but to the&s;e word&abis; the prince an&s;wered thus. Sayeng lord&abis; I thynke and byleue certe~ly that ye coun&s;ell me truely to the be&s;t of your powers I knowe well and am well enfourmed of the lyfe &amp; &s;tate of this kyng Da~peter / and knowe well y^t without no~bre he hath done many yuell dedes: wherby nowe he is di&s;ceyued. But the cau&s;e pre&s;ent y^t moueth &amp; gyueth vs corage to be willyng to ayde him is as I &s;hall &s;hewe you. It is nat couenable that a ba&s;tard &s;hulde hold a realme in herytage and put out of his owne realme his brother ryght|full enheryter to the lande / the whiche thyng all kynges &amp; king&abis; &s;onnes &s;hulde in no wy&s;e &s;uffre nor co~&s;ent to / for it is a great preiudice agayn&s;t the &s;tate royall. &amp; al&s;o be&s;yde that the kyng my father and this kyng Da~peter hath a gret &s;ea|&s;on ben alyed togyder by great co~federacions / wherfore we are bou~de to ayde him / in cau&s;e y^t he requyre &amp; de&s;yre vs &s;o to do. Thus y^e prince was moued in his corage to ayde &amp; co~fort this kyng Da~peter in his trouble &amp; be&s;ynes. Thus he an&s;wered to his coun&s;ell and they coude nat remoue him cut of that purpo&s;e / for his mynde was euer more &amp; more fermely &s;et on y^t mater. And whan king Da~peter of Ca&s;tell was come to y^e prince to the cyte of Burdeux / he humyled hym &s;elfe right &s;wetely to the prince &amp; offred to him great giftes and profyte / in &s;ayeng that he wolde make Edwarde his elde&s;t &s;on~e kynge of Galyce / and y^t he wolde de&abper;te to hym &amp; to his men great good &amp; riche&s;&s;e / the which he had left behynde hym in the realme of Ca&s;tell / bycau&s;e he dur&s;t nat bring it with hym: but this ryches was in &s;o &s;ure kepynge y^t none knewe where it was but him&s;elfe to the which wordes y^e knigh+tes gaue good ente~t / for engly&s;&s;hmen &amp; ga&s;co~s naturally are couetou&s;e. Than the prince was coun&s;elled to a&s;&s;e~ble all the barons of the duchy of ac&abqui;tayne &amp; his &s;pecyall coun&s;ell / and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was at Burdeux a great coun&s;ayle. And there the kyng Da~peter &s;hewed openly how he wold meyntayne hym &s;elfe / &amp; howe he wolde &s;ati&s;fy euery man / yf the prince wolde take on hym to bring hym agayne into his countre. Tha~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were letters writen &amp; me&s;&s;angers &s;ent forthe / &amp; lordes and knyght&abis; &s;ent for all about / as therle of Armynake / therle of Comygines / the lorde Dalbret / the erle of Carmayne / the Captall of Beufz / the lorde of Cande / the vycount of Cha+&s;tyllon / the lorde of Le&s;cute / the lorde of Ro&s;em the lorde of Le&s;pare / the lorde of Chamont / the lorde of Mu&s;ydent / the lorde of Turtoni y^e lor|de of Pyncornet / and all the other barons and knightes of Ga&s;coyne / and of Uerne. And al&s;o therle of Foix was de&s;yred to come thyder / but he wolde nat: but excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe by cau&s;e he had a dy&s;ea&s;e in his legge and might nat ryde / but he &s;ent thyder his coun&s;ayle.</P>
<P>TO this parlyament thus holden in y^e cy+te of Burdeux came all the erles / vycou~+tes / barons / &amp; wy&s;e men of Aquitayne / of Xayn+ton / Poictou / Duercy / Lymo&s;yn / and of Ga&s;|coyn. And whan they were all come / they went to cou~&s;ell thre dayes / on the &s;tate and ordynau~|ce for this kyng Da~peter of Spayne who was alwayes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pre&s;ent in the coun&s;ayle with the prince his co&s;yn / rea&s;onyng alwayes to fortify his quarell &amp; be&s;yne&s;&s;e. Finally the prince was cou~&s;elled y^t he &s;hulde &s;end &s;uffycie~t me&s;&s;angers to the kyng his father into England to knowe his cou~&s;ell what he &s;hulde do in y^t ca&s;e. And his plea&s;ure and an&s;were ones knowen / than all y^e lord&abis; &s;ayd they wolde take cou~&s;ell togyder / &amp; &s;o make the price &s;uche an an&s;were that of rea&s;on
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he &s;hulde be well content. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were cho+&s;en and named four knightes of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> princes that &s;hulde go into Englande to the kyng / that is to &s;ay: &s;ir <ABBR>Dalawar</ABBR> / &s;ir Noell Lorni&s;&s;he / &s;ir Jo|han and &s;ir Hely of Pomyers. Thus than de&abper;+ted and brake vp this coun&s;ell / and euery man went home to their owne hou&s;es: &amp; kyng Dam peter taryed &s;tyll at Burdeux with the prince &amp; prince&s;&s;e who dyd him moche honour / &amp; made him great fee&s;t and chere. And than the for&s;aid four knyght&abis; depted who were apoynted to go into Englande / and they toke &s;hippyng &amp; &s;ped &s;o well in their iourney by the helpe of god and the wynde that they arryued at Hampton / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re&s;ted one day to refre&s;&s;he th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and to vn|&s;hip their hor&s;es and caryages. and the &s;econd day toke their hor&s;es and rode &s;o longe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they came to the cyte of London. &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they demau~+ded <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the king was / and it was &s;hewed the~ howe he was at Wyn&s;ore. And thyder they me~t and were right welcome &amp; well receyued bothe with the kyng and with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene / a&s;well bycau|&s;e they were pteyning to the prince their &s;onne / as al&s;o bycau&s;e they were lordes and knightes of great reco~mendacion. Than they delyuered their letters to the king / and the kyng opened &amp; reed them / &amp; whan he had a lytell &s;tudyed than he &s;ayd. Sirs ye &s;hall go to your logynges / &amp; I &s;hall &s;ende to you certayne lordes &amp; wy&s;e m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of my coun&s;elle / and they &s;hall an&s;were you w^t &s;horte expedicyon. This an&s;were plea&s;ed well the&s;e knightes / and the next day they retorned to London. and within a &s;horte &s;pace after the kyng came to We&s;tm~ and with hym the moo&s;t grette&s;t of his coun&s;ell: as his &s;on~e the duke of La~ca&s;tre / therle of Aru~dell / therle of Saly&s;bu+ry / therle of Ma~ny / &s;it Reynold Cobham / the erle Percy / the lorde Neuyll and dyuers other and prelates <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were the by&s;&s;hop of Wynche &s;tre / of Lyncolne / and of London. And &s;o they kept a great cou~&s;ell and a long vpon the Princ&abis; letters / and on his reque&s;t that he had made to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng his father: finally it &s;emed to the kyng and his coun&s;ell athyng due &amp; re&s;onable for the prince to take on him to bring agayne the king of Spaygne into his owne herytage: &amp; to this they all ope~ly agreed. And thervpon they wrot notable letters / dyrected fro the kyng and fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cou~&s;ell of England to the prince / &amp; to all the ba+rons of aqtayn. and &s;o with the&s;e letters y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;aid me&s;&s;angers depted agayne to the cyte of Bur|deux / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they founde the prince &amp; the kyn+ge Da~peter / to whome they delyuered letts fro the kyng of England. Than was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a newe day of coun&s;ell &s;et to be had in the cyte of Bur+deux / and thyder ca~e all &s;uche as were &s;ent for. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was reed openly in the coun&s;ell the kyng of Englandes letters / the which deuy&s;ed playnly: howe he wolde that the prince his &s;on in the name of god and &s;aynt George / &s;huld ta|ke on hym to &s;et agayn kyng Da~peter into his herytage / the which his ba&s;tarde brother wro~g+fully had taken fro hym without rea&s;on / &amp; fal&s;e+ly as it apereth / hath put him out therof. Al&s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynges letters made me~cyon howe he was mo|che bounde therto / bycau&s;e of certayne alyaun|ces of olde tyme made / bytwene him &amp; the king of Ca&s;tell his co&s;yn / as to ayde hym if case req|red / if he were therto de&s;yred. Wherfore he de&s;i|red by his letters all his frendes and &s;ubgettes that the prince his &s;on myght be ayded &amp; coun|&s;elled by them / a&s;well as though he were there pre&s;ent him &s;elfe. And whan the barones of Ac|quitayne herde reed the&s;e letters and co~maun|dementes of the kyng / and pceyued the kyng&abis; plea&s;ure and the princes their lorde. Tha~ they toyou&s;ly an&s;wered and &s;ayd: &s;ir we&s;hall glad|ly obey the kyng our &s;ouerayne lordes co~mau~|dement / it is rea&s;on that we obey you and hym and &s;o we wyll do / and &s;erue you in this vyage and kyng Da~peter in lykewi&s;e / but &s;ir we wol|de knowe who &s;hulde pay vs our wages: for it wyll be hard to get out men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> into a &s;tra~+ge countre. Than the prince behelde kyng Da~+peter &amp; &s;ayd: &s;ir kyng ye here what our people &s;ay an&s;were you the~ / for it behoueth you to an|&s;were / &s;eyng the maters be yours. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kin+ge Da~peter an&s;wered y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince and &s;ayd / right dere co&s;yn as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> as the golde &s;yluer &amp; <ABBR>trea&s;ur</ABBR> that I haue brought hyder which is nat y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> .xxx. part &s;omoch as I haue left behynd me / as long as that wyll endure I &s;hall gyue and part ther with to your people. Than the prince &s;ayd: &s;ir ye &s;ay well / and as for the remnant I &s;hal beco~e dettour to the~ / and pay the~ as the ca&s;e requireth the whiche I &s;hall lend you / &amp; all that we nede tyll we come in to ca&s;tell. Sir &abquod; the kyng Da~|peter ye do me great curte&s;y and grace / and in this coun&s;ayle there were dyuers &s;age men: as therle of Armynake / the lorde of Pomyers / &s;ir John~ Chandos / the Captall of Beufz and dy|uers other / who co~&s;ydred that the prince coude+nat well make this vyage without the acorde &amp; co~&s;ent of the kyng of Nauer / for they coude nat entre into &s;payne but through his cou~tre / &amp; tho+rowe the &s;trayt&abis; of Rayncenalt / the which pa&s;|&s;age they were nat in &s;urety to haue / bycau&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> king of Nauer &amp; Henry the ba&s;tard had newly
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made alyau~ce togyder. So thus <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was mo+che comunynge howe they might do to achyue their purpo&s;e: than was it determyned y^t there &s;hulde be another day a&s;&s;igned of a coun&s;ell to be kept at the cytie of Bayon / and that y^e prince &s;hulde &s;ende &s;uffycient emba&s;&s;adours to y^e kyn+ge of Nauer / de&s;yring hym to be at that coun|&s;ayle in Bayon. And &s;o on this determynacion euery man de&abper;ted fully co~cluded to be at Bay|on the day lymyted and prefixed. In y^e meane &s;ea&s;on the prince &s;ent &s;ir Johan Chandos and &s;ir Thomas Phelton to the kyng of Nauerre / who was as than~e in the cytie of Panpylone. The&s;e two &s;age and well languaged knightes dyde &s;o moche that they came to the kynge of Nauer / who made faythfull couenaunt by wor+de and by writyng &s;ealed to be at the &s;ayd par|lyament at Bayon / and theron the me&s;&s;angers retorned agayne to the prince and &s;hewed him the&s;e tidynges.</P>
<P>THe day a&s;&s;igned of this &abper;lyament <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to the cyte of Bayon: the kyng of Spayne Dampeter / the prince / the erle of Ar|mynacke / the lorde Dalbreth / and all the baro|nes of Ga&s;coyne / Poictou / Guercy / Rouerne / Xayntonge / and Lymo&s;yne. And thyder came per&s;onally the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer:</ABBR> and the prince and kyng Dampeter dyde hym great honour / bycau&s;e they thought the better to &s;pede with hym. So thus in the cytie of Bayon <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great coun&s;ell / the whiche endured .v. dayes and the prince and his coun&s;ayle had moche to do / or they coude bringe the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> to their de&s;yre / for he was a man nat ea&s;y to be woune if he &s;awe that me~ had any nede of hym How be it the great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ower of y^e prince brought him into that ca&s;e: that finally he &s;ware / promy+sed / and &s;ealed to kyng Dampeter: peace / loue and ferme alyaunce and confederacion. And in lyke maner kyng Da~peter dyde to hym / vpon certayne co~po&s;icyons that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ordeyned Of the whiche the prince of Wales was a mean bytwene them / and chefe deuy&s;our therof. The whiche was that the kyng Dampeter as kyng of all Ca&s;tell: gaue / &s;ealed / and acorded to the kyng of Nauer / and to his heyres for euer: all the lande of Groyng / as it lyeth on bothe &s;ydes the ryuer. And al&s;o all the lande and countre of <ABBR>Sauanter:</ABBR> with the towne / ca&s;tell / and all the appurtenau~ces. Al&s;o the towne of &s;aynt John~ de Prede port / and the marche&s;&s;e there about / the whiche la~des / townes / ca&s;tels &amp; &s;eignories he had taken fro him byforce. And al&s;o that the kyng of Nauer &s;hulde haue .xx. thou&s;ande fra~|kes for the opening of his countre / and to &s;uffre pa&s;&s;e pea&s;ably all maner of men of warre / and to myni&s;tre to them vitayls and purueyau~ces for their money. Of the whiche &s;om~e of florens the kyng Dampeter became dettour to y^e kyng of Nauer. And whan the barownes of Acquy|tayne knewe that this treaty was made and co~+fermed / than they de&s;yred to knowe who <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> pay them their wages. And the price who had great affection to warde this vyage / beca~e det|tour to them for their wages. and the king Da~+peter beca~e dettour to the prince. And whan all the&s;e thynges were ordayned and fully confer|med / and that euery ma~ knewe what he ought to do and what he &s;hulde haue: and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they had &s;oiourned <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the &s;pace of .xii. dayes. Than y^e kynge of Nauer departed home into his owne cou~tre / and all other lordes departed euery ma~ to his owne / and the prince went to Burdeaux and the kyng Da~peter taryed &s;tyll at Bayone. Than the prince &s;ent his haraldes into Spay+ne / to certayne knightes &amp; capitayns engly&s;&s;he+men and ga&s;coyns / fauourable and obey&s;aunt to hym / &s;ignifyenge them howe that it was his plea&s;ure y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;hulde take their leaues of Hen+ry the ba&s;tarde and come to hym / &s;ayeng howe he had nede of them / and was of thentent to em+ploy and ocupy the~ otherwi&s;e. And whan the&s;e haraldes had brought the&s;e letters into Ca&s;tell to the&s;e knightes fro the prince / and that they &abper; ceyued the princes plea&s;ure: tha~ they toke their leaue of kynge Henry a&s;&s;oone as they coude in curte&s;&s;e maner / without di&s;coueryng of the pri+ces entencyon. Than this ba&s;tarde kyng Hen|ry who was right lyberall / curte&s;&s;e / and hono|rable gaue them lycence with many great gyf|tes / and thanked them greatly of their &s;eruyce. So than de&abper;ted fro Spayne &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~|bretycourt / &s;ir Hewe Caurell / &s;ir Water Huet / &s;ir Mathue Gorney / &s;ir Johan Deureux and their company / and dyuers other knight&abis; and &s;quiers the whiche I can nat all name of y^e prin+ces hou&s;e: and they departed as &s;hortly as they might. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the companyons <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;pedde abrode in the cou~tre and knewe nothyn|ge what the&s;e &s;ayd knight&abis; dyde / howbeit wha~ they knewe it they gadered to gyder / as &s;ir Ro+bert Briquet / Johan Treuyll / &s;ir Rebours / &abser; Perducas Dalbreth / &s;ir Gar&s;es du cha&s;t / Na~|don of Bergerant / the Bourge of Le&s;pare / the bourg Camus / &amp; the bourg Bartuell. and this ba&s;tarde kynge Henry knewe nat y^t the prince was in mynde to bring agayne his brother da~|peter
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into Ca&s;tell &s;o &s;oone as the&s;e knight&abis; dyd for if he had knowen it / they &s;hulde nat haue de+parted &s;o &s;oone as they dyde: for he might well haue letted them if he had knowen it. So the&s;e knightes departed / and a&s;&s;oone as kyng Hen|ry knewe therof he made no great &s;emblant of it / but &s;ayd to &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy who was &s;tyll about hym. Sir Bertram beholde y^e prin+ce of Wales / it is &s;he wed vs that he wyll make vs <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and bring agayne that iewe who cal|leth hym &s;elfe kynge of Spaygne byforce into this our realme / &s;ir what &s;ay you therto. Sir Bertram an&s;wered and &s;ayd: &s;ir he is &s;o valy|ant a knight that if he take on hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> enterpri|ce he wyll do his power to acheue it yf he may. Therfore &s;ir I &s;ay to you / cau&s;e your pa&s;&s;ages and &s;trayt&abis; on all &s;ydes to be well kept: &s;o that none may pa&s;&s;e nor entre into your realme but by your lyce~ce. And &s;ir kepe yo^r people in loue / I knowe certaynly ye &s;hall haue in Frau~ce ma+ny knightes and great ayde / the whiche glad|ly wyll &s;erue you. Sirby your lycence I wyll retorne thyder / and in the meane tyme kepe yo^r people in loue / and I knowe well I &s;hall fynde in Fraunce many frendes. And &s;ir I &s;hall get you as many as I can. By my faythe &abquod; kynge Henry ye &s;ay well / and I &s;hall order all the re|menant acordyng to your wyll. and &s;o within a lytell &s;pace after &s;ir Bertram departed &amp; we~t into Aragon <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the kyng receyued hym ioy+ou&s;ly / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed a .xv. dayes / and tha~ departed and went to Mountpellyer and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> founde the duke of An<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ou / who al&s;o receyued hym ioyou&s;ly / as he whome he loued right en|tierly. And wha~ he had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a &s;ea&s;on he de|parted and went into Frau~ce to the kyng / who receyued hym with great ioye.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe that kyng Henry alyed him to the kyng of Aragon / and of the me~ that the prince &s;ent for / and howe the prince was coun&s;ayled to pur&s;ue his warre / &amp; of the lorde Dalbreth who di&s;co~fyted the &s;ene&s;hall of Tholous. Cap. CC .xxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHa~ the tydyng&abis; was &s;pred abrode in Spayne / in Aragon / &amp; in Fraunce that the prince of Wa+les wolde bring agayne kyng da~ peter in to the realme of Ca&s;tell. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many had therof great marueyle / and moche comunyng was therof. Some &s;aid that y^e prince toke on hym y^e enterprice for pride and pre&s;u~pcyon / and was in a maner angry of the honour y^e &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy had gotten him / in conqueryng of the realme of Ca&s;tell / in the name of kyng Henry who was by him ma|de kyng. Some other &s;ayd y^e pyte and rea&s;on moued the prince to be in wyll to ayde the king Dampeter. and to bring hym agayne into his herytage: for it is nat a thyng due nor re&s;ona|ble for a ba&s;tarde to kepe a realme / nor to haue the name of a king. Thus in dyuers plac&abis; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers knightes and &s;quyers of &s;ondrie opynions / howbeit incontynent kynge Henry wrote letters to the kyng of Aragon and &s;ende to hym great me&s;&s;angers / de&s;yringe hym that he &s;hulde in no wy&s;e acorde nor make no co~po&s;i+cion with the price / nor with none of his alyes: promy&s;ing him euer to be his good neighbour and frende. Than the kyng of Aragon who lo|ued hym entierly / and al&s;o often tymes he had founde kynge Dampeter ryght fell and cruell / &s;aid and made a full a&s;&s;uraunce that for to le&s;e a great parte of his realme / he wolde make no maner of agreme~t with the prince / nor accorde with kyng Da~peter. Promy&s;inge al&s;o to open his countrey / and to &s;uffre to pa&s;&s;e through all maner of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;uche as wolde go in to Spayne / or into any other place to his confort and ayde / and to lette theym to his power that wolde greue or trouble hym. This kyng of A|ragon kept well &amp; truely his &abpro;my&s;e y^t he made to this kyng Henry / for a&s;&s;one as he knewe the trouthe that kyng Dampeter was ayded by y^e prince / and that the co~panyons were drawyng to that partie. Inco~tynent he clo&s;ed all the pa&s;|&s;ages in Aragon and &s;traitly kept them / he &s;et men of warre on the mountayns to watche the pa&s;&s;ages and &s;traytes of Catholon / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none coude pa&s;&s;e but in great parell. Howbeit the co~+panyons founde another way / but they &s;uffred moche yuell and great traueyle or they coulde pa&s;&s;e and e&s;cape the dangers of Aragon / how|beit they came to the marche&s;&s;e of the countie of Foyz / and founde the cou~tre clo&s;ed agayn&s;t them: for therle wolde in no wy&s;e that &s;uche pe+ple &s;hulde entre into his countre. The&s;e tidyn|ges came to the prince to Burdeux who thoght and ymagined nyght and day howe with his honour he might furny&s;&s;he that vyage / and to fynde the meanes howe the &s;ayd companyons might come into Acquitayne / for he herde how the pa&s;&s;ages of Aragon were clo&s;ed / and howe they were at the entre of the countie of Foyz / in
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great payne and dy&s;ea&s;e. So the prince dow|ted that this kyng Henry and the kyng of Ara+gon wolde &s;o deale with the&s;e co~panyons / who were in nombre a .xii. thou&s;ande / that other for feare or for gyftes cau&s;e the~ to take their part a gayn&s;t hym. Tha&s;ie the prince determyned to &s;ende to them &s;ir John~ Chandos to treat with them and to retayne them and do hym &s;eruyce / and al&s;o to the erle of Foyz / de&s;yringe hym for loue and amyte to do no di&s;plea&s;ure to the&s;e co~|panyons / promy&s;ing hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> what &s;oeuer yuell or domage they do to hym or to any part of his countrey / that he wolde make amendes therof to the double. This me&s;&s;age to do for his lorde &s;ir Johan Chandos toke on him / and &s;o depar+ted fro the cyte of Burdeux and rode to the cyte of A&s;te in Ga&s;coyne. and rode &s;o longe that he came to therle of Foyz / and dyd &s;omoche with him that he was of his acorde and &s;uffred him to pa&s;&s;e throughout his countre pea&s;ably. and he founde the companyons in a countre called Ba&s;ell and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he treated with them and &s;ped &s;o well that they made all couenaunt with hym to &s;erue and ayde the prince in his viage / vpon a certayne &s;om~e of money that they &s;hulde ha|ue in pre&s;t / the which &s;ir John~ Chandos &s;ware and promy&s;ed them that they <ABBR>&s;hud</ABBR> haue. And than he came agayne to therle of Foyz / de&s;yrin+ge hym right &s;wetely y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the&s;e people who were reteyned w^t the prince might be &s;uffred to pa&s;&s;e by one of the &s;ydes of his countre. and the erle of Foyz who was right agreable to the prince / and in a maner was his &s;ubgette to plea&s;e hym was agreed / &s;o that they &s;hulde do no hurte to hym nor to his countre. Sir Johan Chandos made couenaunt with hym that they &s;hulde do no maner of domage / and than &s;ent a &s;quyer &amp; a haralde to the&s;e companyons with the treaty that was made bit wene him and therle of Foiz and than he retorned to the prince and recoun|ted to him howe he had &s;pedde. The price who byleued and loued hym right well was well co~+tent with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had done in his voyage. In this &s;ea&s;on the prince was in the lu&s;ty floure of his youthe / and he was neuer wety nor full &s;aty&s;|fyed of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;ythe the fir&s;t begynning that he bare armes: but euer entended to achyue hygh dedes of armes. And as to this enterprice and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">age into Spayne / and to &s;et agayne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng that was cha&s;ed out therof byforce of armes in+to his owne realme / honoure and pytie moued hym therto. and often tymes he &s;pake to &s;ir Jo+han Chandos &amp; to &s;ir Thomas Phelton / who were moo&s;t &s;peciall of his coun&s;ayle / demaun|dyng of the~ what they thought. The&s;e knight&abis; an&s;wered that they thought nothyng but well / and &s;ayd. Sir certaynly this, is a gretter enter price without compary&s;on / than it was to put out of his realme this kyng Dampeter / for he was hated of all his men. and euery man for / &s;oke hym whan he had thought they wolde ha|ue ayded him. Nowe is po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed at this pre&s;e~t tyme of all the realme the ba&s;tarde kynge / and entierly he hath the loue of all the nobles / prela+tes &punc; and all other in the realme / and they haue made hym kyng / and haue promy&s;ed to mayn+teyne hym in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> e&s;tate what &s;oeuer befall. Ther+for &s;ir it wyll be behouable for you / to haue in your company great foy&s;&s;on of men of armes and archers: for ye &s;hall fynde well with who~e to fight if ye come into Spayne. Sir I coun|&s;ayle you to breke the greatte&s;t parte of plate &amp; trea&s;ure wherof ye haue great plenty / &amp; make therof money to de&abper;te therof largely to the co~|panyons / &s;uche as wyll &s;erue you this voyage for the loue of you they are contente to go / but as for the loue of kynge Dampeter they wolde nat &s;erue him. and al&s;o &s;ir&s;end into Englande to the kyng your father / de&s;yring hym to ayde you with a hundred thou&s;ande frankes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whi|che the frenche kynge ought to &s;ende into En+glande in &s;hort &s;pace. Sir gather a&s;moche mo+ney as ye can / for it &s;hall greatly &s;tande you in hande &s;o to do / without taxyng or talagyng a|ny of your &s;ubgettes or countre: ye &s;hall y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bet|ter be &s;erued and be loued. To this coun&s;ayle and to dyuers other good and true coun&s;ayles gyuen to the prince by the&s;e knight&abis; he was con+tent ther with / and cau&s;ed two &abper;tes of his pla|te to be broken~e and to make money therof / to gyue therof largely to the &s;ayde companyons. and al&s;o he &s;ent into Englande to the kyng his father / for the for&s;ayd hundred thou&s;ande fran+kes. The kynge of Englande who parceyued well the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e and nede of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince his &s;on acorded lightly to his reque&s;t. And &s;ent letters to the frenche kyng to pay the &s;ayd &s;om~e to the bringer therof. and &s;end him aquytau~ce for the &s;ame &s;omme. So the&s;e hundred thou&s;ande fra~+kes were delyuered and brought to the prince / who departed it amonge all his men of warre.</P>
<P>ON a day the prince was in his chambre a &s;portynge in the cyte of Angole&s;me / and with hym dyuers other knightes of Ga&s;coyne / Poyctou / and of Englande. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he bour+ded with them and they with hym: and talked of this vyage into Spayne / in the meane &s;ea|&s;on
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that &s;ir Johan Chandos was for the co~pa|nyons. The prince tourned his heed to warde the lorde Dalbreth and &s;ayde to hym: &s;ir Dal|breth with what nombre of men of warre may ye well &s;erue me in this viage / &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he yf I de|&s;yre my fre~des I may well make you a thou&s;a~d &s;peares and my lande kept. A <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the prince that is a fayre thyng / and tourned hym to &s;ir Tho|mas Phelton and towarde other knyghtes of Englande / and &s;ayd to theym in engly&s;&s;he: by my faythe one ought well to loue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lande wher <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is &s;uche a baron that canne &s;erue his lorde with a thou&s;and &s;peares. Than he torned hym agayne to the lorde Dalbreth and &s;ayd / &s;ir I re+tayne them all to do me &s;eruyce this vyage / &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he in the name of god I am content. Of this retayning fell after great my&s;chiefe / as ye &s;hall here in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>NOwe lette vs retourne to the company|ons that were alyed and retayned with the prince. They &s;uffred moche yuell and trou+ble or they entred into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> principalyte of Catho|lon and Aragon / and were fayne to departe in+to thre companyes. The grette&s;t part went co|&s;tyng Foiz and Borne: the &s;econde Cathelone and Armynake: and the thyrde went by Ara|gon / by the acorde of therle Dalbreth / therle of Armynake / and therle of Foyz / and in that co~|pany were moo&s;t parte ga&s;coyns. And that co~|pany who were about a thre thou&s;and went de+uyded into dyuers companyes / a thre hundred or four hu~dred togyder / and drewe toward the by&s;&s;hopriche of Tholou&s;e and Mountanbon. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a knight of Fraunce &s;ene&s;hall of Tholous called Guy Dazay / who whan he knewe that the companyo~s aproched and rode a &s;ondre in companyes / and that all they togy|der pa&s;&s;ed nat the no~bre of thre thou&s;ande / and herde howe they were &s;ore wery with traueyle / and but yuell armed and hor&s;ed / and wor&s;e a|rayed. Than he &s;ayde that he wolde nat &s;uffre that any &s;uche people &s;hulde aproche Tholous nor the realme of Fraunce / wherfore he &s;ayd by the plea&s;ure of god he wolde go and fight with them. Than he &s;ent his mynde and purpo&s;e to the lorde Amorry erle of Narbon / the &s;ene&s;hall of Carca&s;&s;on / and to him of Beaucayre / and to all knightes / &s;quyers / and officers therabout: &s;endyng and requiryng them of ayde / to kepe and defende the fronters agayn&s;t the&s;e yuell co~+panyons. And all &s;uche as he &s;ent vnto obeyed and ha&s;ted to co~e to him a&s;&s;oone as they might into the cyte of Tholous. And whan they were come togyder they were in nombre a fyue hun+dred &s;peares / knightes and &s;quyers / and a four thou&s;ande of other men of the cou~tre. And they all toke the feldes towarde Montaubon a .vii. leages fro Tholous / they that came fir&s;t pa&s;|&s;ed forthe abyding for their company.</P>
<P>&para; Whan the erle of Narbone and &s;ir Guy Da+zay / who were &s;ouerayne leaders of the frenche army / were departed fro the cyte of Tholous / they went and lodged nere to Montanbon / the whiche as than was vnder the obey&s;aunce of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince / and therin was a captayne a knight na+med &s;ir Johan Comes. Than the&s;e lordes of Fraunce &s;ent their currours before Montau|bon to thentent to drawe out of the fortre&s;&s;e the companyons that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> within. And wha~ the capitayne knewe that the frenchemen were come thyder with an army he had great mar|ueyle &punc; bycau&s;e the lande parteyned to the price. Than he &s;pake with his company / and dyde &s;o moche that by a&s;&s;uraunce he &s;pake with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fren|che currours / and demau~ded who had &s;ent the~ thyder / and why they auaunced theym to ouer+ron the princes lande / the which was their ney+bour / and &s;eyng that the prince was frende to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge and realme of Fraunce. Sir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they we are nat commau~ded of our lordes to make you any an&s;were. But to content your mynde if ye wyll go or &s;end to them they wyll make you an an&s;were. Well &s;ir &s;ayd the capitayne / and than I de&s;yre you to go to them / and de&s;yre them to &s;ende me a &s;aue co~duct / wherby I may go and come to them / or els to &s;ende me worde playnly by what tytell they wyll make warre agayn&s;te me / for if I knewe the certayntie I wolde &s;end worde therof to my lorde the prince / who wyll &s;hortly prouyde for remedy. Sir&s;ayd they we &s;hall go and &s;hewe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">our de&s;yre. And &s;o they re+tourned and &s;hewed their lordes all tho&s;e wor|des / and than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;aue conduct gette in the name of &s;ir Johan Comes and brought to Montabon. Than he departed and fyue with hym / and went to the frenche lodgynges / and there founde the frenche lordes who were redy to receyue hym / and were redy aduy&s;ed how to an&s;were hym. He &s;aluted them / and they him a+gayn. Than he demau~ded for what cau&s;e they had &s;ent their currours with an army of men a <ABBR>warr</ABBR> before the fortre&s;&s;e of Mountaubon / the whiche parteyned to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince. They an&s;wered hym and &s;ayd: &s;ir we wyll inuade no &abper;&s;one nor make warre / but we wyll cha&s;e our ennemyes where &s;oeuer we knowe that they be. Sir &s;aid
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the knight who be they that be your enemyes / and wher be they. In the name of god &s;ayd the erle of Narbon: they are within Montaubon / and are robbers and pyllers of the countrey / &amp; &s;uche as hath &s;ore ouerron the realme of Frau~|ce. And to you &s;ir Johan if you were curte&s;&s;e to your neyghbours / ye wolde nat &s;uffre them to pyll and robbe the poore people without cau&s;e as they do for by &s;uche tytell and meanes ther moueth often tymes great hatred and di&s;corde bytwene lordes and princes. Therfore put the~ out of your fortere&s;&s;e / or els ye be no frende to the frenche kyng / nor to his realme. Lordes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the capitayne: it is of a trouthe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be men of warre within my gary&s;on &s;ente thyder fro my lorde y^e prince / and retayned to &s;erue hym / ther+fore I am nat in mynde to cau&s;e them to depart &s;o &s;odenly. If they haue done you any di&s;plea|&s;ure / yet I can nat &s;e that ye do them right / for they are men of warre / they mu&s;t lyue as they haue ben acu&s;tomed on the realme of Fraunce and on the princes lande. Than therle of Nar|bone and &s;ir Guy Dazay &s;ayd: yea they be men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;uche as can nat lyue / but by pyllage &amp; robbery: and haue vncurte&s;ly ouer ryden oure countrees / the whiche they &s;hall derely abye / if we may gette them in the felde / for they haue ta+ken / brent / pylled and done many an yuell dede <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n the bandes of Tholous. Wher of y^e greuous complayntes ar come to our heryng / and if we &s;hulde &s;uffre them thus to contynue / we &s;hulde he fal&s;e traytours to the kyng our &s;oueraygne lorde / who hath &s;et vs here to kepe and defende this his countre. Al&s;o &s;hewe them fro vs / &s;ythe we knowe where they be we &s;hall fynde the~: for they &s;hall make vs amendes / or els it &s;hall co&s;t vs more. Other an&s;were the capitayne of Mo~+taubon coude nat haue of them / but &s;o departed right yuell content with them in his mynde: &amp; &s;ayd for all their threttes he wold nat breke his entencyon. And &s;o retourned to his fortere&s;&s;e / and &s;hewed all the&s;e wordes to his company.</P>
<P>&para;Whan the&s;e companyons herde the&s;e tidyn|ges / they were than nat well a&s;&s;ured: for they were nat able to make party agayn&s;t the fre~che+men. So they helde them&s;elfe euer redy &amp; toke good wache: and &s;o it fortuned that a .v. dayes after the&s;e wordes / &s;ir Perducas Dalbreth w^t a great route of companyons &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e by Moutaubon / forther was their pa&s;&s;age to en+tre into the principalyte. Than he gaue know|lege therof to them of the towne: and whan &s;ir Robert Cem / and the other companyons who were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in the towne clo&s;ed and be &s;ieged by the frenchmen / knewe of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tidynges they were right gladde. Than they &s;ent worde &s;ecretly to &s;ir Perducas and to his company howe y^e fren+chemen had be &s;ieged them / and thretned them greatly: and al&s;o &s;ent them worde what capy|tayns they were and what nombre. And whan &s;ir Perducas herd that / he was nothing aba&s;|&s;hed: but drewe togyder his company and ca~e and entred into Montaubon / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were receyued with great ioye. Than they all togy|der deuy&s;ed howe they &s;hulde maynteyn them+&s;elfe / and agreed: that the next mornynge they &s;hulde be armed and y&s;&s;ue out of the towne / &amp; drawe them towarde the frenchmen, and to de|&s;yre them that they might pa&s;&s;e by them pea&s;a|bly / and if they wolde nat &s;uffre them to pa&s;&s;e: than to fight with them / and aduenture theym+&s;elfe to the be&s;t of their power. And as they had determyned &s;o they dyde / for in the mornynge they armed theym and &s;owned their trumpett&abis; and mounted on their hor&s;es: and than y&s;&s;ued out of Montaubon. The fre~chmen were redy raunged in the felde whan they harde the brute and noy&s;e before Montaubon / &s;o that the&s;e co~|panyons coude nat pa&s;&s;e but through the~. Tha~ &s;ir Perducas Dalbreth / and &s;ir Robert Cem rode out afore / and by a&s;&s;urau~ce went &amp; &s;pake with the frenche lordes / de&s;yring them to &s;uffre that they might pa&s;&s;e by them pea&s;ably / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~chmen &s;ayd howe they had no lu&s;t to comen with the~. Sayeng howe they &s;hulde nat pa&s;&s;e that way / without it were with the poyntes of their &s;peares and &s;werdes. and than the french+men cryed their cryes / and &s;ayde auaunce ba|ners toward yonder pyllers and robbers / who robbeth all the worlde / and lyueth on euery ma~ without cau&s;e or rea&s;on. And whan the compa|nyons &s;awe &s;urely howe it behoued theym to fight / or els to dye <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with &s;hame. Than they alyghted of their hor&s;es and rau~ged them &s;elfe a fore to abyde for their enemyes / who were fy|er&s;ly comynge towarde them: and in lykewi&s;e they a lyghted and came a fote. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they be|gan to &s;hote &amp; to cha&s;e eche other / and to gyue great &s;trokes / &s;o that there were many beaten downe on bothe parties. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore and fier&s;e batayle / well fought and many a feate of armes done and achyued / many a knight and &s;quyers layed a long on the erthe / how beit the frenchemen were two agayn&s;t one. Wherfore at the beginnynge they dyde driue the compa|nyons backe into the barrers of the towne: at whiche entryng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many a man &s;layne.
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And the companyons had ben in a harde ca&s;e &amp; the capitayne of the towne had nat ben: for he cau&s;ed to be armed all maner of people / and co~|mau~ded &s;traytly that euery man to his power &s;hulde ayde and helpe the companyons / who were retayned with the prince. Than they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne armed them and put them in array / and entred into y^e &s;kirmy&s;&s;he: the women of y^e tow|ne entred into the hou&s;es / and went vp into the batylmentes and &s;olers / and ca&s;t downe on the fre~chmen &s;tones and hote chalke / &s;o thycke that they had nioche a do to couer theym with their targes. And dyuers of them were &s;o &s;ore hurte that they were fayne to recule backe / wherby y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> companyons toke courage / who were a fore in great parell. Than they inuaded the fre~chmen fre&s;&s;hly agayne / at wiche tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;uche feates of armes done / pri&s;oners taken and re&s;|cued agayn / that lyke ca&s;e had nat ben&s;ene lon+ge tyme before. The companyons were but a fewe in regarde to the frenchmen / howbeit eue+ry man dyde his payne to do the be&s;t he coude: and &s;o biforce of armes they droue out of y^e tow+ne the frenchmen. And it fortuned that in y^e &s;a|me &s;ea&s;on whyle this batayle was thus fough|ten / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> another rout of the co~panyons who were ledde by the bourge of Bertuell / and Nandon of Bergerant / to the nombre of foure. C. they entred on the backe&s;yde into the towne of Mo~+taubon. They had ryden all night in gret ha&s;t to come to that batayle / for they had knowlege howe the frenchmen had be&s;ieged their compa+nyons of Montaubon. Than they entred into the fray / &s;o that the frenchmen were &s;ore a&s;&s;ay|led / by rea&s;on of y^e comyng of tho&s;e newe fre&s;&s;h people. This batayle endured fro .ix. of y^e bell tyll it was pa&s;t hye none / but finally the french|men were di&s;coufyted and put to the cha&s;e / for he was happy that coude get a hor&s;e and de&abper;te out of that iourney. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was takenen therle of Narbon / and &s;ir Guy Dayzay / therle Du|&s;es / the lorde of Montmorelon / the &s;ene&s;hall of Carca&s;&s;on / the Sene&s;hall of Beaucayre / and mo than a hundred knyghtes of Fraunce / and of Prouynce / &amp; of the marches ther about. and many a &s;quier and riche man of Tholous and of Mountpellyer. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had ben mo taken if they had ben cha&s;ed / howbeit the company|ous were but a fewe and yuell hor&s;ed / therfore they dur&s;t nat aduenture <ABBR>ouerfarr</ABBR> / and &s;o held the~ content with that they had done. This &s;kyz my&s;&s;he was at Mo~taubon the vigyll of our la|dy in Augu&s;t. the yere of our lorde god / a thou|&s;ande thre hundred thre&s;core and &s;ixe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the&s;e companyons let theyr pri&s;oners depart on their faithes / but the pope defended the~ to pay any rau~ &s;ome: and of the word&abis; that the king of Mallorques had to the prince / and of the departynge of the prince to go into Spayne. Cap. CC .xxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the dy&s;confyture and takyng of the &s;ayd pri&s;o+ners / the &s;aid Perducas bal+breth / &s;ir Robert Cem / &abser; Ro+han Comes / the Bourge of Bertuell / Nandon of Ber|gerant and their company parted their boty and all their wynning / wher of they had great plenty. And all &s;uche as had any pri&s;oners kept them &s;tyll to their owne pro+fyte other to raun&s;ome or to quyt them at their plea&s;ure. And they raun&s;omed their pri&s;oners right curte&s;ly euery man after his degre. The more courte&s;ly bycau&s;e this aduenture came to them&s;o fortunatly by valyantne&s;&s;e of dedes of armes. and &s;ucheas were let go on their faythe and promy&s;e had dayes lymitted to the~ to brin|ge their raun&s;oms to Burdeur / or to other pla+ces where as they were apoynted. So the pri|&s;oners de&abper;ted and went home in to their owne countrees / and the&s;e companyons went to the prince / who receyued them right ioyou&s;ly / and &s;ent them to loge and to abyde in the marche&s;&s;e of Ba&s;ell among the mountayns.</P>
<P>&para; I &s;hall &s;hewe you what befell of this mater / and of the erle of Narbon / the &s;ene&s;hall of Tho+lous and other / who were put to rau~&s;ome / and had promy&s;ed on their faythes to pay it. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / was at Rome pope Urban y^e fyfte / who entierly hated the&s;e maner of people of companyous and had long tyme before cur|&s;ed them / bycau&s;e of y^e vilayne dedes that they had done: &s;o that whan~e he was enfourmed of this &s;ayd iourney. And howe y^t therle of Nar|bone and other were ouerthrowen he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed therwith / and &s;uffred tyll he herde howe they were put to their raun&s;ome / and co~e home into their owne countrees / &amp; out of their enemyes handes. Than he &s;ent to eche of them and by expre&s;&s;e wordes defended theym in any wy&s;e to pay any raun&s;ome / and a&s;&s;oyled them of their promy&s;e. Thus the&s;e lordes and knigh+tes were quyted of their rau~&s;ome / &s;uche as had ben taken at Mountaubon / for they dur&s;t nat
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trepa&s;e the popes co~mau~deme~t / the which hap|ped well for the&s;e lordes / knightes / &amp; &s;quyers: but it fortuned yuell for the companyons / who abode and loked euer for their money / tru&s;ting to haue had it to arayed and aparelled the~ lyke men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And &s;o they made great prepara+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yon on tru&s;t therof / wherof they were di&s;cey|ued. So this ordynau~ce of the pope was right coutagyous to them and they complayned of|ten tymes therof to &s;ir Johan Chandos / who was co~&s;table of Acquitayne: and had the ouer &s;ight by right of armes in &s;uche maters. How|beit he di&s;&s;ymuled with the~ a&s;well as he might bycau&s;e he knewe well the pope had cur&s;ed the~ / and howe y^t all their dedes tourned to pyllyng and robbery. And as <ABBR>farr</ABBR> as euer I coude here they had neuer other remedy in that mater.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs &s;peke of the prince of Wales and aproche to his viage / &amp; &s;hewe howe be per&s;euered. Fir&s;t as it hath ben&s;hewed here before / he dyde &s;o moche that he had all the com+panyons of his acorde / who were to y^e nombre of. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ii. thou&s;ande fightyng men: and greatly it was to his co&s;t to retayne theym. And after he had them / he &s;u&s;teyned and bare their charges or they de&abper;ted out of the principalyte / fro the be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">nyng of Augu&s;t to the beginyng of Februa+ry and be&s;yde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the prince receyued &amp; retayned all maner of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> where &s;oeuer he cou|de get them. And al&s;o the for&s;ayd kyng Henry retayned men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in euery parte out of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ealme of Fraunce and other places / and they came to &s;erue hym / bycau&s;e of the alyaunces y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were bytwene the frenche kyng and hym. And al&s;o he had with him retayned &s;ome of the com+panyons bretons / &s;uche as were fauourable to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy: as &s;ir Bertramme of Budes / Alayne of &s;aynt Poule / Wyllyam of Bruex / and Alayne of Connet: all the&s;e were ca+pitayns of tho&s;e companyons. And the prince might haue had al&s;o with hym many &s;tra~gers+men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / as flemynges / almayns / and bra+bances: of he had ly&s;t. But he &s;ent home agayn many of the~ / for he had rather haue had of his owne &s;ubgettes of the principalyte than &s;tran|gers. Al&s;o there came to hym a great ayde out of Englande / for whan the kyng of Englande his father knewe that this viage went forward than he gaue lycens to one of his &s;onnes / duke Johan of Lanca&s;tre to go to the prince of Wa|les his brother / with a great nombre of men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> as four hu~dred men of armes / and four hundred archers. And whan the prince knewe of his brothers comynge / he was therof ryght ioyou&s;e. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on came to the prince to Burdeaur James kyng of Mallorques / &s;o he called hym&s;elfe / but he had in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon no+thynge of the realme. For the kyng of Aragon kept it fro hym byforce / and had &s;tayne in pri|&s;one the kynge of Mallorques in a cytie called Bar&s;elone. Therfore this yonge kyng James to reuenge the dethe of his father / and to reco|uer his herytage was fledde out of his owne re+alme to the prince: and he had maryed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene of Naples. The prince made hym great there and greatly conforted him / and whan the kyng had &s;hewed the prince all the rea&s;ons and occa|&s;yons of his comyng / and parceyued y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wronge that the kynge of Aragon had done to hym / as in kepyng fro hym his enherytaunce: and al&s;o &s;layne his father. Than the prince &s;ayd &abser; king I promy&s;e you faithfully / that after my return out of Spaygne I &s;hall entende to &s;ette you a|gayne into your herytage / outher by treaty or by force. This promy&s;e plea&s;ed greatly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> king and &s;o he taryed &s;tyll with the prince in Burde|aux / abydinge his departynge as other dyde. And the prince to do hym more honour / cau&s;ed to de delyuered to hym all that was for hym ne+ce&s;&s;ary / bycau&s;e he was a &s;tra~ger and of a <ABBR>farr</ABBR> countre: and had nat <ABBR>ther</ABBR> of his owne after his appetyte. And dayly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came great co~playn|tes to the prince of the companyons / howe they dyde moche hurt to men and women of the cou~+tre <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they lay / &s;o that the people of that mar+che&s;&s;e wolde gladly that y^e prince &s;huld auau~ce forthe in his viage / to y^e whiche the prince was right de&s;yrous. Howe be it he was coun&s;ayled that he &s;hulde &s;u&s;tre the fee&s;t of Chri&s;tmas fir&s;t to pa&s;&s;e / to thentent that they might haue wyn|ter at their backes. To the whiche coun&s;ayle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince inclyned / and &s;o~ what bycau&s;e y^e princes his wyfe was great with chylde / who toke mo|che thought for his departyng. wherfore y^e prin+ce wolde gladly &s;eher delyuered or he departed and &s;he on her part was gladder to haue him a byde. All this meane &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was gret pro|uy&s;ion made for this viage / bycau&s;e they &s;huld entre into a realme <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they &s;hulde fynde but &s;mall proui&s;yon. and whyle they thus &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">orned at Burdeaur / and that all the countre was full of men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> The prince kepte often tymes great coun&s;ayle / and among other thynges as I was enformed / the lorde Dalbreth was cou~|termaunded with his thou&s;ande &s;peares / and a letter was &s;cut to hym fro the prince / contey|nyng thus. Sir Dalbreth &s;ythe it is &s;o that we
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haue taken on vs by our volu~tary wyll this vy+age / the whiche we entend &s;hortely to procede. Con&s;ydring our great bu&s;yne&s;&s;e / charges and di&s;ea&s;es that we haue / a&s; well by &s;traungers &s;u+che as entred into our &s;eruyce as by great nom+bre of the companyons / the whiche nombre is &s;o great that we wyll nat leaue theym behynde vs for parels y^t may en&s;ue: and al&s;o to &s;e howe the lande may be kepte in myne ab&s;ence / for all may nat go / nor yet all abyde behynde. Ther|fore it is ordayned by vs and by our coun&s;ayle / that in this viage ye &s;hall &s;erue vs but with. it. hundred &s;peares / and di&s;charge you of the re&s;y+due and let them do what them ly&s;te. And thus god kepe you / fro Burdeux the .vii. day of De+cembre. The&s;e letters &s;ealed with the princes gret&s;eale were &s;ent to the lorde Dalbreth / who was in his owne countre right be&s;y to prepare him towarde this viage / for it was &s;ayd that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince &s;hulde departe &s;hortely. Whan he &s;awe the princes letters he opened the~ and reed them two tymes ouer / the better to vnder&s;tande the~ / for he had great marueyle of that he had fou~de written in the~: and was in his mynde maruey|lu&s;ly di&s;plea&s;ed (and &s;ayd) Howe is it that my+lorde the prince iapeth and mocketh thus with me / &s;ythe he wolde that I &s;hulde gyue leaue to departe .viii. hundred &s;peares knightes &amp; &s;qui+ers / whome by his co~maundement I haue re|tayned / and haue let them of their profyte dy|uers other wayes. And incontynent in that <ABBR>di&s;+plea&s;ur</ABBR> he called for his clerke / and cau&s;ed him to write a letter to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince in this maner. Dere &s;ir I am greatly marueyled of the letters ye ha+ue &s;ent me / and &s;ir I can nat well fynd nor take coun&s;ayle howe I oughtor can an&s;were you in that behalfe / for it tourneth to my great preiu|dyce and blame and to all my company / whom I haue by your owne ordynaunce and co~mau~|dement retayned. And they are all redy aparel|led to do you &s;eruyce. And I haue letted them of takynge their profyte in other places / where as they might haue had it. For &s;ome of theym were determyned to haue gone ouer the&s;ee in|to Spruce / to Co~&s;tantyne / and to Jeru&s;alem / as all knyghtes and &s;quyers dothe to auaunce them &s;elfe. Sir they haue great marueyle and are &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed that they &s;hulde thus be put out. and in lykewi&s;e I haue gret marueyle ther+of / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> what maner I haue de&s;erued it. Dere &s;ir plea&s;e it you to knowe / I can nat a&s;&s;ure you of any of them deuyded fro their co~pany / I am the le&s;t and wor&s;t of them all / if any departe I am in &s;urety they wyll alldepte. God kepe you in his &s;auegarde. Written. &amp;c. Whan the prince herde this an&s;were he toke it of great pre&s;ump|cyon / and &s;o dyd dyuers knightes of England that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> of his coun&s;ayle. Than the prin+ce &s;hoke his heed and &s;ayde in engly&s;&s;he / as I was enfourmed / for I was than in Burdeux. A&s;ayd the prince / the lorde Dalbreth is a great mai&s;ter in my countre: whan he wyll breke the ordyuaunce that is deuy&s;ed by my coun&s;ayle. By god it &s;hall nat go as he weneth lette him a byde and he wyll / for without his thou&s;and &s;pe+res I tru&s;t to god I &s;hall furny&s;&s;he my viage. Than certayne knightes of Englande y^t were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;aid / &s;ir ye knowe full lytell the myndes of the&s;e ga&s;coyns / nor howe proude they be / nor they loue vs but lytell / nor neuer dyde. Sir re|membre ye nat howe highly and greatly they bare the~&s;elfe agayn&s;t you in y^e cyte of Burdeux whan that kynge Johan of Fraunce was fyr&s;t brought thyder. They &s;aid than / and mayntey+ned playnly / that by them all onely ye atteyned to achyue that viage in takyng of y^e kyng. and that right well apered / for ye were in great trea+ty with them the &s;pace of four monethes or they wolde con&s;ent that the frenche kynge &s;hulde be caryed into Englande. Fir&s;t it behoued you to &s;ati&s;fy their myndes to kepe them in loue. And at tho&s;e wordes the prince helde his peace / how+beit his thought was neuerthele&s;&s;e. This was the fir&s;t occa&s;yon of the hatered that was after bytwene the prince &amp; the lorde Dalbreth. Thus the lorde Dalbreth was in great parell / for the prince was high and of great courage / and cru+ell in his herte: for he wolde other by ryght or wronge / that euery lorde vnder his co~maunde|ment &s;hulde holde of hym. But therle of Army|nake vncle to the &s;ayd lorde Dalbreth / whan he herde of this di&s;plea&s;ure / bytwene the prince &amp; the lorde Dalbreth his nephue. Than he came to Burdeux to the prince / and &s;ir Johan Chan+dos and &s;ir Thomas Phelton with hym / by who&s;e coun&s;ayle the prince was moche ordred. And &s;o by their good meanes / the princes di&s;|plea&s;ure was apea&s;ed: &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the lorde Dalbreth &s;hulde bringe no mo but two hundred &s;peares / with the whiche he was nothynge ioyou&s;e / nor yet his people / nor neuer after he loued &s;o enti|erly the prince as he dyd before. Howbeit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no remedy but to bere and pa&s;&s;e ouer his trouble a&s;well as he might.</P>
<P>UHus whyle the prince was makynge of his prouy&s;ion / and abyding the comyn+ge of his brother the duke of Lanca&s;tre. The
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prince&s;&s;e trancy&s;ed / and through the grace of god &s;he was delyuered of a fayre &s;onne on the day of the thre kynges of Colayne / the whiche was as that yere wente on a wedin&s;day: at the hour of thre or ther about. Wher of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince and all his people were ryght ioyou&s;e / and the fri|day after he was chri&s;tned at noone / in the chur the of &s;aynt Andrewe in the cyte of Burdeaux / The archby&s;&s;hoppe of the &s;ame place chri&s;tned him / and the by&s;&s;hop of Dagen in Dagenoys has the kyng of Mallorques were his godfa|thers: and this chylde had to name Rycharde / who was afterwarde kyng of Englande / as ye &s;hall here in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>THe &s;onday after the hour of prime de&abper;|ted fro Burdeux the prince / with great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yumphe and all other men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Howbe|it the moo&s;t part of his hoo&s;t were pa&s;&s;ed on be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / and lay about the cyte of A&s;t in Ga&s;coyn. And the prince the &s;ame &s;onday at night / came <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o the &s;ame cytie and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed a thre dayes: for than it was &s;hewed him that the duke of La~+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> his brother was comynge / and had pa&s;|&s;ed the &s;ee a fyue dayes before / and was arry|ued in Bretayne at &s;aynt Mathewes of Fyne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">: and &s;o was come to Nauntes where the duke of Bretayne gretly fee&s;ted him. Than the duke of Lanca&s;tre pa&s;&s;ed through Poiccou and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aynton and came to Blay / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;|&s;ed the ryuer of Gyronde and &s;o came to Bur|deux / and went to the abbey of &s;aynt Andrewe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the prince&s;&s;e lay / who ioyou&s;ly receyued hym: and &s;o dyde all other ladyes and damo|zeks that were <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Than the duke thought to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ary there no lenger / but toke his leaue of his &s;u&s;tre the prince&s;&s;e and departed withall his co~+pany / and rode &s;o long that he came to the cyte of Da&s;t <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he founde the prince his brother. They made great ioye eche of other for they lo+ued togyder entierly: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great tokens of loue &s;hewed bytwene them and their company. And anon after the duke of La~ca&s;tres comyng thyder came the erle of Foyz and made great re+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">erence and chere to the prince and to his bro|ther and offred him &s;elfe in all poyntes to be at their commaundeme~t. The prince who coulde well honour all lordes acordyng to their e&s;tat&abis; / honoured hym greatly and thanked him of his comyng thyder: and after the prince gaue hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> charge of his cou~tre in his ab&s;ence / de&s;yringe him to kepe it well tyll his retorne. Therle ioy|fully acorded to his de&s;yre: &amp; than toke leaue &amp; de&abper;ted home into his countre / &amp; the prince and the duke of Lanca&s;tre his brother &s;ported them in the cite of A&s;t / and all their people &s;predde a+brode in the countre about the entre of the pa&s;|&s;ages of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / for as than they were nat in certayne yf they &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e that waye or nat. yet the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> had promy&s;ed to open his pa&s;&s;ages / for wordes ran through the hoo&s;t that newly he was agreed with the kyng Hen|ry / wherof the prince and his coun&s;ayle hadde great marueyle / and the kyng Dampeter was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. And in this meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e wordes thus ranne / &s;ir Hugh Cau+rell and his people aproched to <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> and to|ke the cyte of Myrande and the towne of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> que+nes bridge: wherof all the countrey was &s;ore a frayed / the whiche tidynges came to the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr.</ABBR> And whan he parceyued that the&s;e companyons wolde entre into his land byforce he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed and wrote worde therof to the prince / and the prince let the mater pa&s;&s;e brefely: bycau&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Nauer as he thoght kept nat trewe promy&s;e with kyng Dampeter. Than the prince wrote to him that he &s;hulde ex+cu&s;e hym &s;elfe of the wordes that was layed on hym / for it was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> openly &s;ayde that he was clene tourned to kyng Henry. And whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kin+ge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> vnder&s;tode (y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tray&s;on was layed on hym) than he was more angry than he was before. Than he &s;ent a knight to the prince cal|led &abser; Marten Kar / he came to the cyte of A&s;t to excu&s;e the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer:</ABBR> and he demeaned hym &s;elfe &s;o wi&s;ely that the prince was apea&s;ed of his di&s;plea&s;ure: &s;o that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame knight &s;huld retourne into Nauer to the kyng his may&s;ter / cau&s;yng him to come to &s;aynt John~s de pie du port / and the prince to take coun&s;ayle if he &s;hul+de go and &s;peke with him / or els to &s;end&s;uffyci cut me&s;&s;angers to him. Thus this &s;ir Marten <ABBR>Karr</ABBR> departed fro the prince and retourned in+to <ABBR>Nauar</ABBR> to the kynge / and &s;hewed him howe he had &s;pedde / and in what condicyon he had founde the prince and his cou~&s;ayle: and al&s;o on what co~dycion he was departed fro the~. This knight dyde &s;omoche that he brought the kyng of Nauar to &s;aynt John~s / and than he went to the cyte of A&s;t to the prince. And whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince knewe that the kynge of <ABBR>Nauar</ABBR> was at &s;aynt Johans de pie du port: than he determyned to &s;ende to him the duke of Lanca&s;tre his brother and &s;ir Johan Chandos / and &s;o the&s;e two lor|des with a &s;mall company rode to the towne of &s;aynt John~s with this &s;ayd knight. And there the king of Nauar receyued the~ right ioyoully and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had longe coun&s;ayle togyder / finally
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it was acorded that the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> &s;hulde aproche <ABBR>nerer</ABBR> to the prince / to a certayne place called Pyerferade / and thyder the prince and kyng Dampeter &s;huld come to &s;peke with him and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to renewe all their couenauntes. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> eche of them to knowe what they &s;hulde ha+ue. all that the kyng of Nauer dyd before was to thentent to be the better a&s;&s;ured of their pro|my&s;es than he thought him &s;elfe he was / for he douted that if the co~panyons were entred into his cou~tre: and this treaty and acorde bytwene them nat &s;ealed. Than he feared he &s;hulde nat haue that he de&s;yred whan he wolde.</P>
<P>ON this treaty retourned the duke of La~|ca&s;tre and &s;ir John~ Chandos and recou~+ted to the prince / and to kynge Dampeter how they had &s;pedde / the whiche plea&s;ed them right well and &s;o kepte their day / and came to the pla+ce a&s;&s;igned: and al&s;o the kyng of <ABBR>Nauar</ABBR> and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> moo&s;t &s;peciall of his coun&s;ayle. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were the&s;e thre lordes / the kyng Dampeter / the prin|ce of Wales / and the duke of Lanca&s;tre on the one party / and the kyng of Nauer on the other partie long comunyng toguyder. And there it was deuy&s;ed &amp; acorded what euery man &s;hulde haue / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was renewed the treaty among them. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> knewe the certayntie what he &s;hulde haue of the realme of Ca&s;tell: and kyng Da~peter and he &s;ware good loue / peace / and confederacyon bytwene them: and de&abper;ted amyably a &s;ondre. And than their hoo&s;t might pa&s;&s;e whanit plea&s;ed them / for the pa&s;&s;ages and &s;traytes were openyd / and vitels aparelled through all the realme of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> for their money. Than the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> went to the cytie of Panpylone: and the prince &amp; his brother / and kyng Dampeter went to the cytie of A&s;t. And as than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers knyght&abis; and lordes of Poictou / of Bretayne / and of Ga+&s;coyne nat come to the princes hoo&s;t but taryed behynde. For as it hath ben &s;ayd before / it was nat fully knowen whyder the prince &s;hulde ha|ue pa&s;&s;age or nat / tyll thende of this treaty was concluded. And &s;pecially in Fraunce it was &s;up+po&s;ed that he &s;hulde nat pa&s;&s;e that way / but ra|ther that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> &s;hulde haue broken his viage / the whiche fell contrary. And whan the&s;e knightes and &s;quiers knewe the certayn|tie therof / and parceyued that the pa&s;&s;ag&abis; were opened. Than they auaunced them &s;elfe as fa&s;t as they might / for they knewe well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the prince wolde pa&s;&s;e &s;hortely and nat retourne agayne without batayle. Thyder came the lorde Cly&s;|&s;on with a fayre co~pany of men of armes: and at la&s;t ca~e with an yuell wyll the lorde Dalbreth with two hundred &s;peares / and all that vyage he kept co~pany with the Captall of Beufz / and all this mater and confederacions / knowledge therof was had in Fraunce / for alwayes there were me&s;&s;angers comyng and goynge / repor|tyng alway that they knewe or herd. And wha~ &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy who was with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Aniou knewe howe y^t the prince was pa&s;&s;ed and howe the pa&s;&s;ages of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> were opened to the~. Than he enfor&s;ed his &s;omons / &amp; thoght &s;urely the mater &s;huld nat be ended without ba+tayle. Than he toke his way towarde Aragon to come to king Henry as fa&s;t as he might / and all maner of people folowed him &s;uche as were commaunded: and dyuers other of the realme of Fraunce and other places / &s;uche as thought to auaunce them &s;elfe to gette honour.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the pa&s;&s;age of the price / &amp; howe he pa&s;&s;ed and all his compauy. Cap. CC .xxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_BItwene &s;aynt John~s de Pie du port and the cytie of Panpylone vnder y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mou~+tayns / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> are &s;traytes and perylous pa&s;&s;ages: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is a hu~dred places on the &s;a|me pa&s;&s;ages / that a hu~dred men may kepe a pa&s;&s;age agayn&s;t all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> worlde. Al&s;o it was at the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on very colde / for it was about the moneth of February whan they pa&s;&s;ed / but or they pa&s;&s;ed they toke wy&s;e coun|&s;ayle howe &amp; by what meanes they &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e for it was &s;hewed them playnly that they coude+nat pa&s;&s;e all atones. and <ABBR>therfor</ABBR> they ordeyned that they &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e in thre batayls thre &s;o~dry dayes: as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> monday / tue&s;day / and wedni&s;day / the mo~day the vowarde. wherof was captayne the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and in his company the con&s;table of Acquitayne &s;ir Johan Chandos / who had .xii. hundred penons of his armes / the felde &s;yluer a &s;harpe pyll goules / and with him was the two mar&s;hals of Acquitayne: as &abser; Ry+charde Dangle and &s;ir Stephyne Con&s;enton / and with the~ was the penone of &s;aynt George. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was al&s;o &s;ir Wyllyam Beachaump son~e to the erle of Warwyke / &s;ir Hewe Ha&s;tynges / and the lorde Neuyll who &s;erued &s;ir John~ Cha~+dos
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with .xxx. &s;peares in that vyage at his own charge / bycau&s;e of the takyng of the batayle of Aulroy. And al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the lorde Dalbreth &s;ir Gar&s;es of the Ca&s;tell / &s;ir Richarde of Can|ton / &s;ir Robert Cem / &s;ir Robert Briques / Jo|han Treuelle / Aymery of the Roche Chouart / Gayllart of the Moytre / Wylliam of Cleceton Uylleboyes the Butteler and panter. All the&s;e were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with their penons / vnder &s;ir Johan Chandos rule. They were to the nombre of .x. thou&s;ande hor&s;es / and all the&s;e pa&s;&s;ed the mon|day as is before &s;ayd.</P>
<P>THe tue&s;day pa&s;&s;ed the prince of Wales and kyng Dampeter and al&s;o the kyn|ge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / who was come agayne to y^e prin+ce to bere hym company / and to en&s;ygne him y^e redy pa&s;&s;age. And with the prince <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Loys of Harcourt / the vycont of Chatelerat y^e vycont of Roche choart / the lorde of Parteney / the lorde of Pynau / the lorde of Ta~neyboton &amp; all the poictenyns. Sir Thom~s Phelton gret lene&s;hall of Acquitayne / &s;ir Wyllyam his bro|ther / &s;ir Eu&s;tace Dambretycourt / the &s;ene&s;hall of Xaynton / the &s;ene&s;hall of Rochell / the &s;ene|&s;hall of Quercy / the &s;ene&s;hall of Lymo&s;yn / the &s;ene&s;hall of Agenoy&s;e / the &s;ene&s;hall of Bygor / &s;ir Richarde of Pontchardon / &s;ir Nowell Lor+nyche / &s;ir Dango&s;es / &s;ir Thomas Baly&s;ter / &s;ir Lowes of Mernall / &s;ir Edmonde of Mar|nell / the lorde Peter of Suffyer: and to the no~+bre of four thou&s;ande men of armes / and they were a ten thou&s;and hor&s;es. The &s;ame tue&s;day they had yuell pa&s;&s;age bycau&s;e of wynde and &s;nowe / howbeit they pa&s;&s;ed forthe and lodged in the countie of Panpylone. And the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> brought the prince and the kynge Da~|peter into the cytie of Pa~pylone to &s;upper / and made them great chere.</P>
<P>THe wedni&s;day pa&s;&s;ed the kyng James of Mallorques / and the erle of Army+nake / therle Dalbreth his nephue / &s;ir Bernard Dalbreth lorde of Gyronde / therle of Pyergort the Uycont of Carman / therle of Gomygues / the Captall of Beufz / the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on / the thre bretherne of Pomyars / &s;ir Johan / &s;ir He|ly / and &s;ir Edmonde / the lorde of Chamont / the lorde of Mu&s;edent / &s;ir Robert Canoll / the lor|de Le&s;pare / the lorde of Condon / the lorde of Ro&s;en / &s;ir Petyte of Courbon / &s;ir Aymery of Tar&s;e / the lorde de la Barde / &s;ir Bertram of Caude / the lorde of Pyncornet / &s;ir Thomas of Wy&s;tu&s;uble / &s;ir Perducas Dalbreth / y^e bourge of Beriuell / Nandon of Bergerant / Bernarde de la Salle / Hortygo Launt / and all the other of the companyons: and they were a ten thou|&s;ande hor&s;e / they had more ea&s;y pa&s;&s;age than~e tho&s;e that pa&s;&s;ed the day before. And &s;o all the hole hoo&s;t lodged in the countie of Panpylone abyding eche other / refre&s;&s;hynge them &amp; their hor&s;es. They lay &s;tyll thus about Panpylone the &s;pace of thre dayes / bycau&s;e they founde the cou~tre plentyfull: bothe in fle&s;&s;he / breed / wyne / and all other purueyau~ces / for them &amp; for their hor&s;es. Howbeit the&s;e companyons payed nat for euery thynge as was demaunded of the~ nor they coude nat ab&s;teyne fro robbynge and pyl|lyng that they coude get. So that about Pan|pylone and in the waye they dyde moche trou|ble and hurte / wherwith the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but he coulde nat as than amende it: but he repented hym often ty|mes that he had opened his pa&s;&s;ages to y^e prin|ce and to his company. For he parceyued well howe he hadde therby more hurt than profyte / howbeit the &s;ea&s;on was nat than for him to &s;ay all that he thought / for he &s;awe well and con&s;y|dered that he was nat as than~e may&s;ter of his owne countre. So he had dayly great co~playn tes made to hym of one and other of his coun|tre / wherwith his hert was &s;ore co~&s;trayned for di&s;plea&s;ure: but he coude nat remedy it. How|beit he cau&s;ed &s;ome of his coun&s;ayle / &s;uche as knewe well the&s;e companyons: and had ben in their company in Fraunce / in Normandy / and in dyuers other places / to de&s;yre the~ to ab&s;teyn them &s;elfe fro robbyng and pillynge the cou~tre as they dyde / to whome they promy&s;ed &s;o to do.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great &s;omons that king He~+ry made / and howe he &s;ent to the pri|ce to &s;omon him to fight and how &s;ir Olyuer of Manny toke the kynge of Nauer pri&s;oner. Cap. CC .xxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_KIng Henry of Spayn was well enformed of y^e prin+ces pa&s;&s;age / for he had his me&s;&s;angers and &s;pyes day|ly comyng and goyng / ther+fore he prouyded for men of armes and comons of y^e re|alme of Ca&s;tell / to the entent to re&s;y&s;t the prince
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and his brother Dampeter. And daylye he ta|ryed for the comynge of &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy with great &s;ocours out of Frau~ce. And he had &s;ent a &s;pecyall co~maundement through out all his realme / to all his &s;ubgett&abis; on payne of their lyues / good&abis; / and landes: that euery man acor|dynge to his e&s;tate outher a fote or a hor&s; backe to come to hym to ayde and defende his realme And this kyng Henry was welbeloued / and al+so all they of Ca&s;tell had before moche payne &amp; trouble to ayde to make hym kynge: therfore they obeyed to hym y^e rather. And &s;o dayly they re&s;orted to hym to &s;aynt Domynyke / to the no~|bre of thre&s;core thou&s;ande men a &s;ote and a hor&s; backe all redy to do his co~maundement &amp; plea|&s;ure / and to lyue and dye with hym if nede re|quyre. And whan this kynge Henry herde cer|tayne worde howe the prince withall his hoo&s;t was in the realme of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / and had pa&s;&s;ed y^e &s;traytes of Rou&s;enaulx. Than~e he knewe well <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no remedy but to fight with the prin|ce / of the whiche he made &s;emblant to be ryght ioyou&s;e: and &s;ayd openly on high. A the prince of Wales is a valyant knyght / and bycau&s;e he &s;hall knowe that this is my right / and that Ja|byde and loke to fight with hym / I wyll write to him parte of myne entent. Than he &s;ent for a clerke and he wrote a letter thus.</P>
<P>TO the right puy&s;&s;anut and honourable lorde prince of Wales and Acquitayne. It is gyuen vs to knowlege that you and your people are pa&s;&s;ed the portes and are drawynge hyderwarde. And howe that ye haue made ac|corde and alyaunce with our enemy / and that your entent is to make warre agayn&s;t vs. We haue therof great marueyle for we neuer forfey+ted to you / nor wolde nat do. Wherfore than ar ye come with &s;uche a great army thus on vs / to take fro vs &s;oo lytell an herytage as god hath gyuen vs. ye haue the grace and fortune in ar|mes more than any prince nowe lyueng / wher|fore we thynke ye glorify your&s;elfe in your pu|y&s;&s;aunce. And bycau&s;e we knewe the certaynte that ye &s;eke to gyue vs batayle / we wyll that ye knowe that <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;o euer ye entre into Ca&s;tell / ye &s;hall fynde vs before you to kepe and defend this our &s;eignery. Written. &amp;c. And whan this letter was &s;ealed he called to hym an haraulde / and &s;ayd. Go thy way as fa&s;t as thou may&s;t to the prince of wales / and bere him this lettre fro me. So the haraude departed and toke y^e way through <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> tyll he founde the prince / than he kneled downe and delyuered hym the letter fro kynge Henry. The prince reed the letter a two tymes the better to vnder&s;tande it. &amp; than he &s;ent for certayne of his coun&s;ayle and made the haraud to departe a lytell a &s;yde. Than the prince reed the letter to his coun&s;ayle / demaun+dynge theym abuyce in that mater / and in the meane &s;ea&s;on the prince &s;ayd to his coun&s;ayle. A I &s;e well this ba&s;tarde is a &s;tout knyght and full of great prowes / and &s;heweth great hardy+ne&s;&s;e this to write to vs. Thus the prince &amp; his coun&s;ayle were longe togyder / howbeit finally they agreed nat to write agayne by the haraud Tha~ it was &s;hewed to him how he mu&s;t abyde a &s;ea&s;on / for y^e prince at his plea&s;ure wold write agayne by hym and by none other / therfore he was commaunded to tary tyll he hadde his an|&s;were. Thus the haraude taryed there &s;tyll at his ea&s;e and plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame day that the haraude brought the&s;e letters / &s;ir Robert Phelton auau~|ced hym&s;elfe forthe / and demaunded of y^e prin|ce a gyft / than y^e prince enquyred of him what it was that he wolde de&s;yre. Sir &abquod; he I requyre you to gyue me lycence to departe out of your hoo&s;t and to ryde on before: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be dyuers kni+ghtes and &s;quyers of my company / de&s;yring to auaunce them&s;elfe. And &s;ir I promy&s;e you we &s;hall ryde &s;o forwarde / that we &s;hall knowe the behauyng of our enemyes / and what way they drawe and <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they lodge. The prince grau~|ted hym with ryght a good wyll his requea&s;t / wherof he thanked the prince. And &s;o departed out of the hoo&s;t as chefe capitayne of that enter price / and in his company was &s;ir Wyllm~ Fel+ton his brother / &s;ir Thomas Duforte / &s;ir Ro|bert Canoll / &s;ir Gayllarde Uiguyer / &s;ir Rafe Ha&s;tynges / &s;ir Dangou&s;es / and dyuers other knightes and &s;quyers. And they were a &s;euyn &s;core / and thre hu~dred archers all well hor&s;ed &amp; good men of armes. And al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &abser; Hew Stafforde / &s;ir Richarde Cauton / and &s;ir Sy|mo~ Burle / who ought nat to be forgote~. The&s;e men of armes rode through Nauer by &s;uche gy+des as they had / &amp; came to the ryuer of Marke the whiche is rude and depe / and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed and loged in a vyllage called Nauaret. There they helde them &s;elfe / the better to knowe &amp; here <ABBR>wher</ABBR> kynge Henry was. In the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e knightes thus lodged at Nauaret / and the prince in the marche&s;&s;e of Panpylone. The &s;ame tyme the kyng of Naner was taken pri&s;oner as he rode fro one towne to a nother / by the frenche partie by &s;ir Olyuer of Manny / wherof the prince &amp; all his part had great mar+ueyle. And &s;ome in the princis ho&s;t &s;uppo&s;ed it
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was done by a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ll by his owne meanes / by+cau&s;e he wolde co~uey the prince no further / nor go in his co~pany bycau&s;e he knewe nat howe y^e mater &s;hulde go bytwene kyng Henry &amp; kynge Dampeter / howe be it the quene his wyfe was therof &s;ore di&s;mayed &amp; di&s;conforted / and came and kneled on her knees before the prince / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayd. Dere &s;ir for godde&s;&s;ake haue mercy &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">d on the delyuerau~ce of the kyng my hu&s;ba~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / who is take~ fraudele~tly / &amp; as yet can nat be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">owen how. Therfore <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ir we de&s;yre you for y^e loue of god that we may haue him agayn. Tha~ the prince an&s;wered certaynly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayre lady &amp; co|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> his takynge to vs is right di&s;ple&s;ant: &amp; we tru&s;t to prouyde remedy for him &s;hortely. wher+fore we de&s;yre you to confort your &s;elfe / for this our <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">age ones achyued we &s;hall entende to no <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ther thing / but for his delyuerau~ce. Than y^e quene of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> retourned: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a no+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">le knight &s;ir Marten <ABBR><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ar</ABBR> / who vndertoke to guyde the prince through the realme of Nauer and dyd get him gydes for his people / for other+wy&s;e they coude nat haue kepte the right way / thorowe the &s;traytes and perylous pa&s;&s;age. &s;o thus the prince de&abper;ted fro thens <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as he was loged / and he and his co~pany pa&s;&s;ed through a place named Sarris / the whiche was right pe+rylous to pa&s;&s;e for it was narowe and an yu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">li way. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many &s;ore troubled for lacke of vitayle: for they founde but lytell in that pa&s;+&s;age tyll they came to <ABBR>Saueter.</ABBR></P>
<P><ABBR>SAueter</ABBR> is a good town / and is in a gode countre &amp; a plentyfull / as to the marches <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about. This towne is at the vtter bandes of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / and on the entrynge into Spayne. This towne helde with king Henry. So than the princis ho&s;t &s;pred abrode that countre &punc; &amp; the companyons auaunced them&s;el&s;e to a&s;&s;ayle the towne of <ABBR>Saueter</ABBR> / and to take it byforce / and to robbe and pyll it. Wher vnto they had great o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;yre&punc; by cau&s;e of the great riches y^t they knew was within the towne / the whiche they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cou~+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">re had brought th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">der / on tru&s;t of the &s;trength of the towne / but they of the towne thought nat <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o abyde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> parell / for they knewe well they cou|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e nat long endure / nor re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t &s;o great an hoo&s;t. Therfore they came oute and rendred them &s;elfe to kynge Dampeter and cryed hym mercy / and pre&s;ented to hym the keys of y^e tow|ne. The kynge Dampeter by coun&s;ayle of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ce toke the~ to mercy / or els he wolde nat ha|ue done i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / for by his wyll he wold haue di&s;troy+ed them all howe beit they were all receyued to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">. And the prince kynge Dampeter / and the kyng of Mallorques / with the duke of La~|ca&s;tre entred in to the towne: and therle of Ar|mynake and all other lodged therabout in vyl|lages. &para; Nowe lette vs leaue the prince there / and &s;omwhat &s;peke of his men that were at the towne of Nauaret.</P>
<P>THe for&s;ayd knightes y^t were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> great+ly de&s;yred to auaunce their bodyes / for they were a fyue dayes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ourney fro their owne hoo&s;t / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they departed fro the~ fir&s;t. And often tymes they y&s;&s;ued out of Nauaret &amp; rode to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marche&s;&s;e of their enemyes / to lerne what their enemyes entented. And this kyng Henry was lodged in the felde and all his hoo&s;t / de&s;y|ryng greatly to here <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">idynges of y^e prince / mar|ueylyng gretly that his haraud retourned nat. And often tymes his men rodenere to Naua|ret / to lerne and to here &s;ome tidynges of then|gly&s;&s;hmen / and the erle <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ancell brother to the kyng Dame Henry was certaynly enfourmed that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in garry&s;on in the towne of Nauaret / wherfore he thought to go and &s;e them more <ABBR>nerer.</ABBR> But fir&s;t on a day the knightes of Englande rode out of Nauaretet in an e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynge / &s;o farforthe that they came to kyng He~ryes lodgynge and made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">my&s;&s;he and marueylou&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y awoke the ho&s;t / and &s;lewe and tooke dyuers: and &s;pecially the knight that kept the wache was taken without recouery / and &s;o retourned agayne to Nauar|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">et without any domage. And y^e nexte day they &s;ent to the prince a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> haraude who was as than at <ABBR>Saueter</ABBR> / &s;ignifyeng hym what they hadde done and &s;ene / and what puy&s;&s;aunce his enne|myes were of / and <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were lodged. For they knewe all this well by the informacyon of &s;uche pri&s;oners as they had taken. Of the&s;e ti|dynges y^e prince was right ioyou&s;e / in that his knightes had &s;o well borne them &s;elfe on y^e fron+ter of his enemyes. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ty who was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / that the~gly&s;&s;hmen y^t lay at Na+uaret had thus e&s;cryed his hoo&s;t / &s;ayd howehe wolde aproche <ABBR>nerer</ABBR> to his enemies: &amp; &s;o auau~+ced forwarde. And whan &s;ir Thomas Phelto<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and his company at Naueret knewe that kyn+ge Henry was pa&s;&s;ed the water / and drewe for warde to fynde the prince. Than they determy+ned to departe fro Nauaret and to take the fel|des / to knowe more certayntie of the &s;panyard&abis; and &s;o they dyde / and &s;ente worde to the prince howe that kynge Henry aproched fa&s;t / and be &s;emyng de&s;yring greatly to fynde hym and his men. And the prince who was as than at <ABBR>Sa|ueter</ABBR> / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he vnder&s;tode y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng Henry was
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passed the water / and tooke his way to come to fight with him he was right ioyou&s;e / and &s;ayd a highe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euery man herde hym. By my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aythe this ba&s;tarde Henry is a valyant knight and a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ardy / for it is &s;igne of great prome<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e|keth thus for vs: and &s;ythe he dothe &s;o / and we <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> lykewi&s;e him by all rea&s;on we ought to mete and fight togyder. Therfore it were good that we departed fro hens and go forwarde / and to get Uyctoria or our enemyes come there. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;o the next mornynge they departed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ro <ABBR>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">|ter.</ABBR> First the prince and all his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">atayle / and he dyde &s;o moche that he came before <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he founde &s;ir Thomas Phelton and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for &s;ayd knyghtes to whome he made great chere / and demaunded them of dyuers thynges. And as they were deuy&s;ing togyder / their currours came and reported y^t they had &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ue the currors of their enemyes / wherfore they knewe for cer|tayne that kynge Henry and his ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> was nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> of by rea&s;on of the demeany age / that they had &s;ene among the &s;panyardes. Whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prin|ce vnder&s;tode the&s;e ti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynges / he cau&s;es his tru~+pettes to &s;owne / and cryed alarum through out all the hoo&s;t. And whan euery man herde that / than they drewe to their order and array / and ranged them in batayleredy to fight / for euery man knewe or he departed fro <ABBR>Sauete<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r</ABBR> what he &s;hulde do and what order to take / the which they dyde incontynent. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> might haue been &s;ene great noblene&s;&s;e / and baners and penons beaten with armes wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wynde. What &s;hulde I &s;ay more? it was great noblene&s;&s;e to beholde: the vawarde was &s;o well ranged that it was marueyle to behold. Wherof the duke of Lanca&s;tre was chiefe / and with hym &s;ir Johan Chandos con&s;table of Acquitayne with a gret co~pany / and in tho&s;e batayls there were made dyuers newe knightes. The duke of L&aacute;caltre in the vaward made newe knight&abis; / as &s;ir Rafe Camoys / &s;ir Water Lomyche / &s;ir Thom~s Da+mery / &s;ir John~ Grandon and other to the nom+bre of .xii. And &s;ir John~ Cha~dos made dyuers engly&s;&s;he &s;quyers knight&abis;: as Corton Cly&s;&s;on prior&punc; Wyllm~ of F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rmeton / Amery of Roch ch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+art / Gyrad de la Motte / and Robert Briquet. The prince made fir&s;t knight Dampeter king of Spayne / &s;ir Thomas Holand &s;onne to his wyfe the prince&s;&s;e / &s;ir Hugh / &s;ir Philyppe / and &s;ir Deny&s;e Courtnay / &s;ir John~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">onnet / &abser; Ni+cholas Bonde / and dyuers other. And in lyke|wi&s;e &s;o dyd dyuers other lordes in their batels / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were made that day. CCC. newe knight&punc; or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. and all that day they were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yll redy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">+ged in the batell to abyde for their enemies / but they came no fa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">er forward that day / but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as the currours had &s;ene them. For kyng He~ry taryed for &s;ocours that &s;hulde co~e to him out of Aragon / and &s;pecially for &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;|quy / who was comig to hi with a .iiii. M. figh+tyng men / for without the~ he thought he wolde nat fight / wherof the prince was right ioyou&s;e for his areregard wherin <ABBR>wer.</ABBR> vi. M. me~ was behynd him a .vii. leages of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countre / wherof the prince was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed in his hert y^t they taryed &s;o longe. Howe be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t if his enemyes had come on forward the &s;ame day / he was &s;ully <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e termyned to haue receyued &amp; &s;ought <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&punc;</P>
<P>ANd in the &s;ame euer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">g <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">o mar|&s;ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s &s;ir Dangle and &s;ir Steuyn Go&s;|&s;enton co~maunded euery man to dra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e to their logy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ge / and in the next mornyng to be redy at &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yng of the tru~pettes euery man in y^e &s;ame order as they had ben all that day. and &s;o euery man obeyed &s;auyng &s;ir Thomas Ph<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">on and &s;uche co~pany as he had before. The &s;ame euen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng they d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ted fro the prince &amp; rode <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">orwar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> a two leages nerer to their enemyes / to knowe what they dyd. And that euenyng therle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ll / brother to kynge Henry was with hym in his logyng / and talked togyder of dyuers <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of armes and adue~tures: and at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> he &s;ayd to his brother. Sir ye knowe well our <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> ar loged nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> fro vs / and yet <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> hath auewed the~. Sir I requyre you gyue m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> leaue that in the mornyng I may ryde toward them with a certayne no~bre &s;uche as hath grea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;yre &s;o to do. And &s;ir I promy&s;e you I &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yde &s;o nere them / that we wyll bringe you cer|tayne knowlege what they do. And this kynge Henry whan he &s;awe the de&s;yre of his brother <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> greed therto lightly. The &s;ame proper hour <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Bertram of Cle&s;quy came to their hoo&s;t with a iii. M. fightyng men of Fraunce &amp; of Aragon. wherof the kyng and all his co~pany were right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyou&s;e / and honorably receyued him &amp; his c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|pany. Ther&s;e of Anxell forgat nat his purpo&s;e but de&s;yred &s;uche to go as plea&s;ed hym / &amp; wold <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">adly haue de&s;yred &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / &amp; &s;ir Arnold Da~dr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hen / the Begue of U<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">llayns / and the vycont of Roche breten of Aragon <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> bycau&s;e they were &s;o lately come to the hoo&s;t he let the~ alone. and al&s;o the kyng Henry charged hym in no wy&s;e to &s;peke therof. So therle A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;ell let it pa&s;&s;e / and toke with hym other of Fra~+ce and of Aragon / &s;o that he was to the nombr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ire thou&s;ande hor&s;es well appayrelled / and with hym his brother Xan&s;es in his co~pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"></P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe certayne of the company of the duke of La~ca&s;tres were di&s;confy|ted / and of the coun&s;ayle that kynge Henry wolde nat byleue. And of the letters that the prince wrote to kyng Henry / &amp; of the coun&s;ell that &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy gaue to the an&s;wer of the &s;ame letters. Cap. C C .xxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd whan it was day in y^e next mornyng they mou~+ted on their hor&s;es / and de&abper;+ted fro the kynges hoo&s;t in good array and rode to war de the~gly&s;&s;he logynges / and about the &s;onne ry&s;ynge in a valley they met with part of &s;ir Hugh Caurel|les company with his harne&s;&s;e / for he had lod|ged that nyght a leage fro the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t. And a&s;&s;oone as the frenchmen and &s;panyardes &s;awe them they ran at them / and &s;hortely di&s;co~+tyted them / &s;o that the moo&s;t parte were &s;layne and the harne&s;&s;e won. But &s;ir Hugh hym &s;elfe who came &s;o~ what behynde / whan he &s;awe that he toke another way. Howbeit he was parcey|ned and cha&s;ed / &s;o that he was fayne to flye w^t his company in to the duke of Lanca&s;tres ho&s;t And the &s;panyardes who were a &s;ixe thou&s;and rode at the &s;ame brunt by one of the corners of the vawarde of the duke of Lanca&s;tres hoo&s;t. and cryed Ca&s;tell / and bete downe logynges &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ewe &amp; hurt moch people. Tha~ the ho&s;t began to &s;tyre and to arme them / and drewe to y^e du|kes lodgyng who was redy armed and his ba+ner before hym. And the engly&s;&s;hmen and ga|&s;coyns drue theym vnder their baners and pe|nons redy to fight. Than the duke went vp to a lytell mountayne / and to hym came &s;ir John~ Chandos and the two mar&s;hals / and dyuers other knightes and &s;quiers / puttyng them&s;elfe in order and array be&s;yde the duke. And anone after came the prince and king Dampeter / and euer as they ca~e they &s;et the~ &s;elfe in order of ba|tayle. Therle of Anxell and his brother hadde thought to haue had the &s;ame mountayne fir&s;t to auau~tage: but as I herde &s;ay they fayled of their purpo&s;e / but whan they &s;awe they coulde nat haue it / and that thengly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t was re|dy apparelled. Than they departed and a&s;&s;em+bled their company togyder / and &s;o rode forthe tru&s;tyng to fynde &s;ome other good aduenture / but or they departed they dyd dyuers feates of armes / for certayne engly&s;&s;he knyghtes &amp; ga&s;|coyns departed fro their array / and &s;trake in a+monge the &s;panyardes and bare dyuers to the erthe / but alwayes y^e great batell &s;tode &s;tyll on the mou~tayne lokyng euer whan they &s;huld ha+ue be fought with all. So thus in the returnyn+ge of the &s;panyardes &amp; aprochynge their owne ho&s;t they encou~tred &s;ir Thomas Phelton &amp; his brother / &s;ir Richarde Tancon. &s;ir Da~go&s;es / &s;ir Hugh Ha&s;tyng&abis; / &s;ir Gaylerd Uigor &amp; other to the no~bre of. C C. knighttes &amp; &s;quiers engly&s;&s;h and ga&s;cons / &amp; in a valey they met: &amp; the &s;pany+ardes cryed Ca&s;tell in y^e name of kyng Henry. Than the~gly&s;&s;he co~pany &s;eyng that great co~pa+ny of &s;panyard&abis; and how they coude nat e&s;cape fro the~: they conforted them &s;elfe a&s;well as they might &amp; kept the~ togyder in the felde / &amp; toke the aduau~tage of a lytell hyll. Than the &s;panyard&abis; came and re&s;ted the~&s;elfe before the~ / ymaginyn|ge by what meanes they might be&s;t fyght with the~. Than &s;ir Wyllm~ Phelton dyd a great feat of armes &amp; great outrage / for he di&s;ce~ded dow+ne the hyll with his &s;peare in the re&s;t prouynge his cour&s;er &amp; ran in among the &s;panyard&abis;: and &s;trake a knight &s;o rudely with his &s;peare that y^e &s;pere ran clene through his body / &amp; the knyght fell downe deed. Than this &s;ir Wyllm~ was en|clo&s;ed rounde about with his enemyes / &amp; there he fought as valiantly as any knight might do and dyd his enemyes great domage or he was &s;triken to y^e erthe: his brother &s;ir Thom~s Fel|ton &amp; the other knyght&abis; that were with hym on the mou~tayne &s;awe how he fought &amp; dyde mar|ueyls in armes / and &s;awe well what parell he was in / but they coude nat co~fort hym without le&s;yng of them&s;elfe. So they &s;tode &s;tyll in their array on the mountayne. And the &s;ayd knyght fought &s;tyll as long as he coude endure / but fi|nally <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne. Than the &s;panyard&abis; and frenchmen ymagined howe they might in+uade the~gly&s;&s;hmen on the mou~tayne. So that day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers feates of armes done &amp; a chyued / for &s;o~tyme parte of the~ wolde di&s;cende downe y^e mountayne and fyght with their ene|myes &amp; recule wi&s;ely backe agayne to it. Thus in this e&s;tate they were tyll it was hye noon / the prince wolde gladly haue co~forted the~ if he had knowen therof and delyuered them out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pa+rell but he was nat ware therof / therfore it beho+ued them to abyde their <ABBR>aduentur.</ABBR> Whan they had thus endured &s;crymi&s;&s; hyng a gret &s;ea&s;on: tha~ therle of Anxell / who was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they endured &s;o long / &s;ayd a hye to his co~pany. Lordes for &s;hame what do we here thus all day
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we ought or this tyme to haue deuoured them. Auaunce forwarde and let vs fyght with them with a fier&s;e wyll / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is nothyng wyll be gote without it be derely bought: with tho wordes the fre~chmen and &s;panyardes auaunced them forthe with a hardy courage / and came to them &s;o clo&s;e togyder that they coulde nat be broken. So than on the mountayne was done many a feat of armes. And the~gly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;cons defended them&s;elfe to their powers right valy|antly / but after the &s;panyardes were entred in among the~ they coude nat endure / finally they were all taken and co~quered byforce of armes. So that non e&s;caped but a certayne varlettes and pages that &s;aued them&s;elfe by their hor&s;es and at night they came to the princes ho&s;t / who that day was redy ranged on the hyll to &s;yght.</P>
<P>AFter the takyng of the&s;e &s;ayd knyghtes and &s;quyers / the erle of Auxell and Sa~+xes his brother and their company retorned to the hoo&s;t ryght ioyou&s;e: and at nyght came to the kynge Henry their brother. And there they made a pre&s;ent to the kynge of &s;uche pri&s;oners as they had taken / and recounted to the kynge &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / and &s;ir Arnolde Dan drchen and other howe they met / and how they dyde. And al&s;o how they had ouerthrowen &abper;te of &s;ir Hugh Caurels co~pany / and cha&s;ed hym into the duke of Lanca&s;tres ho&s;t / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyd great domage or the hoo&s;t were a&s;&s;embled / and howe that in their retournyng they mette with the&s;e knightes whome they had taken. Kynge Henry who hard well the&s;e wordes with great ioy and glory an&s;wered therle his brother / and &s;ayd. Fayre brother ye haue marueylu&s;ly well &s;pedde / wherof ye &s;halbe gretly rewarded: &amp; I tru&s;t &s;urely y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all thother &s;hall pa&s;&s;e y^e &s;ame way Than &s;ir Arnolde Da~drehen &s;ayd: &s;ir &s;auyng your grace I wyll nat &s;ay agayn&s;t you / but ra|ther amende it: but one thyng &s;ir I &s;ay y^t whan &s;oeuer ye &s;hall a&s;&s;emble with y^e prince in batell / ye &s;hall fynde the men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;uche as to ded&abis; of armes requyreth / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is the floure of all the chiualry of the worlde. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> &s;hall ye fynde &s;age and hardy coragious fightyng men / for to dye in the place they wyll nat flye one fote Sir it is nece&s;&s;ary that ye take good hede and coun+&s;ell in this mater. But &s;ir and ye wyll do by my coun&s;ayle ye &s;hall di&s;confyte them without any &s;troke &s;trikyng. As thus / if ye wyll kepe y^e &s;trai+tes and pa&s;&s;ages / &s;o that no proui&s;yon may co~e at them / ye &s;hall famy&s;&s;he them and &s;o di&s;co~fite them. For than they &s;halbe fayne to retourne in to their owne countre warde / without good or+der or array / and tha~ may you haue yo^r de&s;yre acomply&s;&s;hed. Than this kyng Henry an&s;we|red and &s;ayd: mar&s;hall by the &s;oule of my dere father I de&s;yre &s;o moche to &s;e the prince and to proue his puy&s;&s;au~ce and myne / that I wyll ne+uer depart hens without batayle. For I tha~ke god we haue men ynowe. Fir&s;t we haue &s;euyn thou&s;ande men of armes well hor&s;ed and bar|ded / &s;o that they feare no &s;hote of archers. And al&s;o we haue .xx. thou&s;ande of other mou~ted on genettes cap a pee / and of other we haue thre|&s;core thou&s;ande men of comons / with &s;peares / dartes / and paue&s;&s;es / the which may do a great feate. And they all haue &s;worne nat to fayle me to dye in the payne / wherfore &s;ir Arnolde I&s;e no cau&s;e to be aba&s;&s;hed / but let vs greatly be re conforted in the puy&s;&s;aunce of god and in oure me~. And &s;o with this talkyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were knigh+tes that brought to the kyng wyne and &s;pyces. So the kynge toke therof and gaue the lordes part about hym / and than euery man retorned into their logynges. Than the~gly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns pri&s;oners made their a&s;&s;urau~ce / and were deuyded one fro another. No we lette vs retorne to the prince and &s;peke &s;om what of his ordynaunce.</P>
<P>&para; The prince of Wales and the duke of La~ca|&s;tre were all the &s;ayd day on the mou~tayn / and at night they were enfourmed of their men that were thus taken &amp; &s;layne / wherwith they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but they coulde nat amende it. Than they drue to their logynge: and the next mornyng the prince toke coun&s;ell and determy+ned to de&abper;t fro thens and &s;o he dyd / and went &amp; loged before Uictoria / &amp; there &s;tode in batayle redy to fight / for it was enformed y^e prince how that kyng He~ry and his brother &amp; their co~pany were nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> thens / but they ca~e nat forward. The prince &amp; his co~pany had great lacke of vi|tayls and proui&s;yon for the~ &s;elfe &amp; for their hor|&s;es / for they were loged but in an yuell countre and a harde. And kyng Henry and his compa|ny lay in a good frutefull countre / in the princ&abis; hoo&s;t a lofe of breed was &s;olde for a floreyn / eue+ry man gladde &s;o to gyue &amp; more and they cou|de haue gote it. Al&s;o the tyme was foule &amp; trou+blous: of wynde / rayne / and &s;nowe. and in this daunger and di&s;ea&s;e they were &s;ixe dayes. And whan the prince &s;awe that the &s;panyardes cam nat forwarde to fight / and that they were there in gret di&s;tre&s;&s;e. Than they determyned to go and &s;eke for pa&s;&s;age at &s;ome other place / than~e they di&s;loged &amp; toke the way to Nauaret &amp; pa&s;|&s;ed through a cou~tre called y^e cou~tre of y^e Gard / 
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and whan they were pa&s;&s;ed than they came to a towne called Uienne. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the prince and the duke of Lanca&s;tre refre&s;&s;hed them: and therle of Armynacke and the other lordes / a two day+es. Than they went and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer that departeth Ca&s;tell and <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> at the bridge of Groynge / amonge the gardeyns vnder the oly+ues / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde a better cou~tre than they were in before: howe beit they had great defaute of vitayle. And whan that kyng Hen|ry knewe that the prince and his people were pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer at Groynge. Than he depar|ted fro &s;aynt Muchaulte <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he hadde longe layen / and went and lodged before Nauerette on the &s;ame <ABBR>ryuer.</ABBR> Whan the prince harde that kynge Henry was aproched / he was right ioy|ou&s;e and &s;ayd openly: by &s;aynt George this ba+&s;tarde &s;emeth to be a valyaunt knight / &s;ythe he de&s;yreth &s;o &s;ore to fynde vs I tru&s;t we &s;hall fyn+de eche other &s;hortely. Than~e the prince called to hym the duke of Lanca&s;tre his brother / and dyuers other of his coun&s;ayle: &amp; than he wrote an an&s;were to kyng Henry of the letter that he had &s;ent him before / y^e tenor wherof foloweth.</P>
<P>EDward by the grace of god prince of wa+les and Acquitayne: to the right honou|rable and renomed Henry erle of <ABBR>Chri&s;temar</ABBR> / who at this pre&s;ent tyme calleth him &s;elfe kyng of Ca&s;tell. Syth it is &s;o that ye haue &s;ent to vs your letters by your haraud / wherin were con|teyned dyuers artycles / makyng me~cyon how ye wolde gladly knowe why we take to our fre~+de and louer your enemy our co&s;yn / the kynge Da~peter: &amp; by what tytell we make you <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and are entred with an army royall into Ca|&s;tell. We an&s;were therto. Knowe ye for trouthe it is to &s;u&s;teyne the right / and to maynteyn rea+&s;on / as it aparteyneth to all kynges and princ&abis; &s;o to do. And al&s;o to entertayne the great alyau~+ces / that the kyng of England my dere father / &amp; kyng Dampeter haue had longe togyder / and bycau&s;e ye are renomed a ryght valya~t knyght we wolde gladly and we coude acorde you and hym roguyder / and we &s;hall do &s;omoche to our ce&s;yn Dampeter / that ye &s;hall haue a great &abper;te of the realme of Ca&s;tell / but as for the crowne and herytage ye mu&s;t renounce. Sir take cou~|&s;ayle in this ca&s;e: and as for our enteryng into Ca&s;tell we wyll entre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as we thynke be&s;t at dure owne plea&s;ure. Written at Groynge the .xxx. day of Marche.</P>
<P>&para; Whan this letter was written it was clo&s;ed and &s;ealed / and delyuered to the &s;ame haraude that brought y^e other / and had taryed for an an|&s;were more than thre wekes. Tha~he departed fro the pre&s;ence of the prince / and rode &s;o longe that he came to Naueret amonge the bu&s;&s;hes / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> kyng Henry was lodged and drue to the kynges logyng. And the moo&s;t part of y^e great lordes of the hoo&s;t came thyder to here what ti|dynges their heraude had brought. Than the haraud kneled downe and delyuered the kyng the lettre fro the prince. The kyng toke and o|pened it / and called to him &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;+quy / and dyuers other knightes of his cou~&s;ell. There the letter was reed and well con&s;ydred: than &s;ir Bettram &s;ayd to y^e kyng. Sir knowe for trouthe ye &s;hall haue batell &s;hortly I knowe &s;o well the prince / therfore &s;ir loke well on the mater. It is nece&s;&s;ary that ye take good hede to all your be&s;yne&s;&s;e and order your people and your batayls. Sir Bertra~ &abquod; the kynge be it in the name of god / the puy&s;&s;aunce of the prince I dout nothynge: for I haue thre thou&s;ande bar|ded hor&s;es / the whiche &s;hall be two wynges to our batayle / and I haue al&s;o &s;euyn. M. gene|tours / and well .xx. thou&s;ande men of armes of the be&s;t that can be fou~de in all Ca&s;tell / Galyce Portyngale / Cordowen / and Cyuyle / and .x. thou&s;ande good cro&s;bowes / and thre&s;core. M. of other men a fote: with dartes / &s;peares / laun+ces / and other abilymentes for the warre. And all the&s;e hath &s;worne nat to fayle me to dye in y^e payne: therfore &s;ir Bertram I tru&s;t to haue vy+ctory by the grace of god on whome is my tru&s;t and my right that I haue in the quarell. Ther+fore lord&abis; I de&s;yre you all to be of good corage.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the prince co~mau~ded his peo+ple to be redy to fight. and how kyng Henry ordayned his batayls / &amp; howe they fought fier&s;ly togyder: &amp; of the confort that kyng Henry dyde to his people. Cap. CC .xxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus as ye haue harde kyng Henry and &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy deui&s;ed togyder of dyuers maters / and lefte talkyng of the princes letter for it was kyng He~ries ente~+cion to haue batayle / &amp; &s;o en+tended to ordre his felde and people. Therle of Anxell and his brother &s;ir Sanxes / were gret+ly renomed in their hoo&s;t / for the iourney that
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they had made before / as ye haue herde. The prince the friday / the &s;econde day of Aprell<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">dil loged fro Groyng / and auaunced forwarde a|raynged in batayle redy to fight / for he knewe well that kyng Henry was nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> thens. And &s;o that day he auau~ced two leages / and at thre of the day he ca~e before Nauaret and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> toke his logyng. Than the prince &s;ent forthe his cur+rours to auiewe his ennemyes / and to knowe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were lodged: and than they depar|ted fro the hoo&s;t and rode &s;o forward that they &s;awe all their enemyes hoo&s;t / who were al&s;o lo+ged before Nauaret. So they brought report therof to the pri~ce / and in the euenyng the prin|ce cau&s;ed &s;ecretely to be &s;hewed through all the hoo&s;t / that at the fir&s;t &s;o wnyng of the trumpet|tes euery man to aparell hym&s;elfe / and at the &s;e+conde to be armed / &amp; at the thirde to lepe a hor&s; backe and to folowe y^e mar&s;hals baners / with the penon of &s;aynt George. And that none on payne of dethe auaunce before them / without he be commaunded &s;o to do.</P>
<P>IN lyke maner as the prince had done the &s;ame friday in&s;endyng out his currours So dyde kynge Henry on his parte to knowe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the prince was lodged / and whan he had true report therof / than the kyng called &abser; Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy / and toke coun&s;ayle and aduy+ce howe to per&s;euer. Than they cau&s;ed their pe+ple to &s;uppe / and after to go to re&s;t to be y^e more fre&s;&s;her / and at the hour of mydnight to be re|dy apparelled and to drawe to the felde / and to ordayne their bataylles: for he knewe well the next day he &s;huld haue batayle. So that night the &s;panyardes toke their ea&s;e and re&s;t / for they had well wherwith &s;o to do / as plenty of vytels and other thynges. And the engly&s;&s;hmen had great defaut / therfore they had great de&s;yre to fight / outher to wynne or to le&s;e all. After myd|night the trumpettes &s;ounded in kyng He~ryes hoo&s;t than euery man made hym redy: at the &s;e+conde bla&s;t they drewe out of their lodgynges / and ordred thre batayls. The fir&s;t had &s;ir Ber+tram of Cle&s;quy / lorde Robert of Ro&s;ebertyne and therle Dune erle of Aragon / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <ABBR>wer</ABBR> all the &s;trangers a&s;well of Fraunce as of other cou~trees / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were two barones of Heynalt the lorde Dautoyng / and &s;ir Alars lord of Bri|&s;uell. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was al&s;o the Begue of Uillayns / the begue of Uylliers / &s;ir John~ of Bergutes / &s;ir Gawen of Baylleull / the almayne of &s;aynt Uenant / who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made knight &amp; dyuers other / of Frau~ce / Aragron / and Prouens / and of the marche&s;&s;e ther about. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was well in that batayle four thou&s;ande knightes and &s;qui+ers well armed and dre&s;&s;ed after the v&s;age of Frau~ce. The &s;econde batayle had therle of Au|xell / and his brother therle of Saures: and in that batayle with the genetours <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were .xv. thou&s;and a fote and a hor&s; backe / and they drue them a lytell a backe on the lyft hande of y^e fir&s;t batayle. The third batayle and the grette&s;t of all / gouerned kyng Henry him&s;elfe: and in his company <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a &s;euyn thou&s;and hor&s;men and thre&s;core thou&s;ande a fote with the cro&s;bo|wes. So in all thre batayls he was a four&s;core and &s;ixe. M. a hor&s;ebacke and a fote. Tha~ kyn+ge Henry lepte on a &s;tronge mule after y^e v&s;age of the countrey / and rode fro batayle to batayle ryght &s;wetely / prayeng euery man that day to employ them&s;elfe to defende and kepe their ho|nour / and &s;o he &s;hewed him&s;elfe &s;o cherefully y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euery man was ioyfull to beholde hym. Than he went agayne to his owne batayle / and by y^t tyme it was day light. And than about y^e &s;on~e+ri&s;yng / he auaunced forthe towarde Nauaret to fynde his enemyes in good order of batayle redy to fight.</P>
<P>THe prince of Wales at the brekyng of y^e day was redy in y^e felde a ranged in ba|tayle / and auau~ced forwarde in good order / for he knewe well he &s;hulde encountre his enemys So there were none y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> went before y^e mar&s;hals batayls / but &s;uche currours as were apoynted &s;o thus the lordes of bothe ho&s;tes knewe by the report of their currours y^t they &s;hulde &s;hortely mete. So they went forward an ho&s;tyng pa&s;e eche toward other / &amp; whan the &s;on was ri&s;yng vp / it was a great beauty to beholde y^e batayls and the armurs &s;hinynge agayn&s;t the &s;on. So thus they went forward tyll they aproched nere togyder / than the prince and his co~pany went ouer a lytell hyll / &amp; in the di&s;ce~dyng therof they &abper;ceyued clerely their enemyes comyng towar|de the~. And whan they were all di&s;ce~ded down this mou~tayne than euery man drue to their ba+tayls &amp; kept the~ &s;tyll and &s;o re&s;ted the~ / and eue|ry man dre&s;&s;ed and aparelled hym&s;elfe redy to fight. Than &s;ir John~ Cha~dos brought his ba+ner rolled vp togyder to the prince &amp; &s;ayd. Sir beholde here is my baner / I requyre you dy&s;|play it abrode / and gyue me leaue this day to ray&s;e it / for &s;ir I thanke god and you / I haue lande and herytage &s;uffycient to maynteyne it withall. Than the prince and kynge Dampe|ter tooke the baner bytwene their handes and &s;pred it abrode / y^e which was of &s;yluer a &s;harpe pyle goules / and delyuered it to him and &s;ayd
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&s;ir Johan beholde here your baner / god &s;ende you ioye and honoure therof. Than &s;ir Johan Chandos bare his baner to his owne co~pany / and &s;ayd. Sirs behold here my baner &amp; yours kepe it as your owne. And they toke it &amp; were right toyfull therof / and &s;ayd that by the plea|&s;ure of god and &s;aynt George they wolde kepe and defende it to the be&s;t of their powers. And &s;o the baner abode in the handes of a good en|gly&s;&s;he &s;quyer / called Wyllm~ Alery: who bare it that day and aquaynted him&s;elf right nobly. Than anon after thengly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coins a lighted of their hor&s;es / and euery man drewe vnder their owne baner and &s;tanderd in array of barayle redy to fight / it was great ioye to &s;e and con&s;yder the baners and penons: and y^e no+ble armery that was <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Than the bataylles began a lytell to auaunce / and than the prince of Wales opened his eyen and regarded towar+de heuen / and ioyned his handes togyder and &s;ayd. Uary god Je&s;u Chri&s;t who hath formed and created me / co~&s;ent by your benygne grace that I may haue this day victory of myne ene|myes / as that I do is in a ryghtfull quarell / to &s;u&s;tayne and to ayde this kynge cha&s;ed out of his owne herytage the whiche gyueth me cou|rage to auaunce my &s;elfe to re&s;tably&s;&s;he hym a gayne into his realme. And than he layed his right hande on kyng Dampeter / who was by hym and &s;ayd. Sir kynge ye &s;hall knowe this day if euer ye &s;hall haue any part of the realme of Ca&s;tell or nat. Therfore auaunce baners in the name of god and &s;aynt George / with tho&s;e wordes the duke of Lanca&s;tre and &s;ir Johan Chandos aproched / and the duke &s;ayde to &s;ir Wylliam Beauchamp. Sir Wylliam beholde yonder our enemyes / this day ye &s;hall &s;e me a good knyght: or els to dye in the quarell. And therwith they aproched their enemyes / &amp; fir&s;t the duke of Lanca&s;tre and &s;ir Johan Chandos batayle a&s;&s;embled with the batayle of &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy / and of y^e mar&s;hall &s;ir Arnold Dandrehen / who were a foure thou&s;ande men of armes. So at the fir&s;t brunt <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore encountre with &s;peares and &s;heldes / and they were a certayne &s;pace or any of them coude get within other. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many a dede of armes done / and many a man reuer&s;ed and ca&s;t to the erthe / that neuer after was relyued. And whan the&s;e two fir&s;t barayls were thus a&s;&s;embled / y^e other batayls wolde nat longe tary behynde / but aproched and a&s;&s;embled togyder quickely. And &s;o the prince and his batayle / came on the erle of Anxes batayle: and with the prince was kyng Dampeter of Ca&s;tell and &s;ir Marten de+la Care / who repre&s;ented the kynge of Nauer. And at the fir&s;t metynge that the prince mette with the erle of Anxes batayle: therle and his brother fledde away without order or good ar+ray and wy&s;t nat why / and a two thou&s;and &s;pe|res with hym. So this &s;econde batayle was o|pened and anone di&s;confyted / for the captall of Beufz and the lorde Cly&s;&s;on and their compa|ny came on them a fote / and &s;lewe and hurt ma+ny of the~. Than the princes batayle with kyng Dampeter came and ioyned with the batayle of kynge Henry / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there were thre&s;core thou&s;ande men a fote and a hor&s;ebacke. There the batayle began to be fier&s;e and cruell on all partes / for the &s;panyardes and ca&s;tillyans had &s;lynges wher with they ca&s;t &s;tones in &s;uch wi&s;e that ther with they claue and brake many a ba&s;+&s;enet and helme / and hurt many a man and o|uerthrue them to the erthe: and the archers of Englande &s;hotte fier&s;ly and hurte&s;panyardes greuou&s;ly / and brought them to great mi&s;chefe The one parte cryed Ca&s;tell for kynge Henry / and the other parte &s;aynt George guyen. And the fir&s;t batayle / as the duke of Lanca&s;tre and &s;ir Johan Chandos / and the two mar&s;hals &s;ir Guy&s;&s; harde Dangle and &s;ir Stephyne Con|&s;enton / fought with &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy &amp; with the other knightes of Frau~ce and of Ara|gon: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done many a dede of armes. &s;o it was harde for any of them to open others ba+tayle / dyuers of the~ helde their &s;peares in both their handes foyning and pre&s;ing eche at other and &s;ome fought with &s;horte &s;werdes and dag+gers. Thus at the beginnynge the frenchmen and they of Aragon fought valiantly: &s;o that the good knight&abis; of Englande endured moche payne. That daye &s;ir Johan Chandos was a good knight / and dyde vnder his baner many a noble feate of armes: he aduentured him&s;elfe &s;o farre that he was clo&s;ed in amonge his ene|myes / and &s;o &s;ore ouerpre&s;&s;ed that he was fel|led downe to the erthe: and on hym there fell a great and a bygge man of Ca&s;tell called Mar+tyne Ferrant / who was gretly renomed of har+dyne&s;&s;e amonge the &s;panyardes / and hedyde his entent to haue &s;layne &s;ir Johan Chandos / who lay vnder hym in great danger. Than &s;ir Johan Chandos remembred of a knyfe that he had in his bo&s;ome / and drewe it out and &s;trake this Martyne &s;o in the backe and in the &s;ydes / that he wounded him to dethe as he lay on him Than &s;ir Johan Chandos tourned hym ouer and ro&s;e quickely on his fete and his men were
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there aboute hym / who had with moche payne broken the prea&s;e to come to hym <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they &s;awe hym felled.</P>
<P>THe &s;aturday in the mornynge bytwene <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> and Nauaret was the batayle right fell and cruell / and many a man brought to great my&s;chefe. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was done many a no|ble dede of armes by y^e prince / and by the duke of La~ca&s;tre his brother / and by &s;ir John~ Cha~|dos / &s;ir Guy&s;&s;hard Da~gle / the captall of Befz / the lorde of Cli&s;&s;on / the lorde of Raix / &s;ir Hugh Caurell / &s;ir Mathue Gourney / &s;ir Loys Har|court / the lorde of Pons / the lorde of Partney. And of ga&s;coyns fought valyantly: the erle of Armynake / the lorde Dalbret / the lorde of Po|myers and his brethern / the lorde of Mu&s;ede~t / the lorde of Ro&s;en / therle of Pyergourt / therle of Gomegynes / therle of Carmayne / the lorde of Condons / the lorde <ABBR>Parr</ABBR> / the lorde of Cha|mont / &s;ir Bertylmewe of Cande / the lorde of Pyncornet / &s;ir Bertram Dalbreth / the lorde of Garonde / &s;ir Aymery of Ta&s;t / the Souldiche of Strade / &s;ir Peteton of Corton / and dyuers other knightes and &s;quyers aquyted them&s;elfe right nobly in armes to their powers. And vn+der the penon of &s;aynt George and the baner of &s;ir Johan Chandos were all the companyons to the nombre of .xii. hundred pen&s;els / and they were right hardy and valyant knightes: as &s;ir Robert Ceney / &s;ir Perducas Dalbreth / Robr~t Briquet / &s;ir Gar&s;es of the Ca&s;tell / &s;ir Gaillard Uiger / Johan Cre&s;nell / Nandon of Bergera~t Aymon Dortyng / Perrot of Sauoy / y^e bourg Camus / the bourge Le&s;pyne / the bourge Ber|tuell / E&s;perry and dyuers other. On the fre~che partie &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / &s;ir Arnold Da~+drehen / Xances / &s;ir Gomes Garybz / and other knightes of Fraunce and of Arragone fought right nobly to their powers / howbeit they had none aduauntage: for the&s;e companyons were hardy and &s;trong knightes / and well v&s;ed and expert in armes. And al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were great plen+ty of knightes and &s;quiers of Englande vnder the baner of the duke of La~ca&s;tre and of &s;ir Jo+han Chandos. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was the lorde Wyllyam Beauchamp &s;onne to the erle of Warwyke / &s;ir Rafe Camoys / &s;ir Water Ur&s;ewyke / &s;ir Tho|mas Emery &s;ir John~ Grandon / &s;ir John~ Dy+per / &s;ir Johan du Pre / &s;ir Amery of Rochecho+art / &s;ir Gayllarde de la Motte and mo than .ii. hundred knightes / the whiche I can nat name. And to &s;peke truely the &s;ayd &s;ir Bertram Cle&s;|quy / and the mar&s;hall Dandrechen / the Begue of Uillaynes / the lorde Dantuell / the lorde of Bri&s;uell / &s;ir Gawen of Baylleull / &s;ir Johan of bergeretes / the begue of Uillers / y^e almayne of &s;aynt Uenant / and the good knightes and &s;qui+ers of Fraunce that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / acquyted them|&s;elfe nobly. For of trouthe if the &s;panyard&abis; had done their parte a&s; well as the frenchmen dyde / thengly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns &s;hulde haue had moche more to do: and haue &s;uffred more payn than they dyde. The faute was nat in kyng He~+ry that they dyde no better: for he had well ad|mony&s;&s;hed and de&s;yred the~ to haue done their deuoyre valiantly / and &s;o they had promy&s;ed him to haue done. The kynge bare hym &s;elfe ryght valiantly and dyde marueyls in armes: and with good courage co~forted his people / as whan they were flyenge and openyng / he came in among theym and &s;ayd. Lordes I am your kyng: ye haue made me kyng of Ca&s;tell &amp; haue &s;worne and promy&s;ed / that to dye ye wyll nat fayle me. For godde&s;&s;ake kepe your promy&s;e y^t ye haue &s;worne &amp; acquyte you agayn&s;t me / and I &s;hall acquyte me agayn&s;t you: for I &s;hall nat flye one fote as longe as I may &s;e you do your deuoyre. By the&s;e wordes and &s;uche other full of confort: kyng Henry brought his men togy|der agayne thre tymes the &s;ame day / and with his owne ha~des he fought valiantly: &s;o that he ought greatly to be honoured and renowmed. This was a marueylous dangerous batayle / and many a man &s;layne and &s;ore hurte: the co|mons of Spayne acordyng to y^e v&s;age of their countre with their &s;lynges they dyd ca&s;t &s;tones with great vyolence and dyde moche hurt / the whiche at the beginnynge troubled greatly the engly&s;&s;hmen. But whan their ca&s;t was pa&s;t: &amp; that they felt the &s;harpe arrowes lyght amonge the~ / they coude no lengar kepe their aray. with kynge Henry in his batayle / were many noble me~ of armes: a&s; well of Spayne as of Ly&s;bone of Aragon / and of Portyngale: who acquyted them right nobly. And gaue it nat vp &s;o lyght|ly for valiantly they fought / with &s;peares / ia|uelyns / archegayes / and &s;werdes. And on the wyng of kynge Henries batayle <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were cer|tayne well mou~ted / who always kept the batell in good order / for if the bataile opened or brake array in any &s;yde / than they were euer redy to helpe to bringe them agayne in to good order. So the&s;e engli&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;cons or they had the aduauntage they bought it derely / &amp; wan it by noble chiualry / and great prowes of armes. And for to &s;ay trouthe the prince hym &s;elfe was the chefe flour of chiualry of all the worlde and
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had with him as than right noble and valyant k<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ghtes and &s;quyers. And a lytell be&s;yde the princes batayle was the kynge of Mallorques and his company / fightynge and acquitynge them &s;elfe right valiantly. And al&s;o there was the lorde Martyn de la <ABBR>karr</ABBR> repre&s;entyng the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / who dyde right well his de|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyre / I can nat &s;peke of all them that dyd that day right nobly. But aboute the prince in his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tayle there were dyuers good knyghtes / as well of Englande as of Ga&s;coyne: as &s;ir Ry|charde Pount Chardon &s;ir Thomas <ABBR>Spen|&s;er</ABBR> / &s;ir Thomas Hollande &s;ir Nowell Lor|nyche / &s;ir Hugh and &s;ir Philyppe Courtnay / &s;ir Johan Comette / &s;ir Nycholas Bonde / &s;ir Thomas Comette and dyuers other: as the &s;e+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;hall of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayntonge / &s;ir Baudwyn of Fran|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yil / the &s;ene&s;hall of Burdeaux / of Rochell / of Poictou / of Angoleme / of Rouerne / of Lym<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and of Pyergourt: and &s;ir Loyes Mar|nell &s;ir Raymon Danduell / and dyuers other. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was none that fayned to fight valiantly and al&s;o they hadde good cau&s;e why: for there were of &s;paygniardes and of Ca&s;tyle mo than a hundred thou&s;ande men in harne&s;&s;e / &s;o that by rea&s;on of their great nombre / it was longe or they coude be ouercom. Kyng Da~peter was greatly chafed and moche de&s;yred to mete with the ba&s;tarde his brother / and &s;ayd: where is y^t hore&s;on that calleth hym&s;elfe kynge of Ca&s;tell. And the &s;ame kynge Henry fought ryght valy+antly where as he was / &amp; helde his people togy+der right marueylou&s;ly / and &s;ayde. Aye good people ye haue crowned me kyng / therfore hel|pe and ayde me / to kepe the herytage that you haue gyue me. So that by the&s;e wordes &amp; &s;uche other as he &s;pake that day / he cau&s;ed many to be right hardy and valyaunt / wherby they a|bode on the felde: &s;o that bycau&s;e of their hono^r they wolde nat flye fro the place.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy was di&s;confyted: he taken / and kyng Hen+ry &s;aued hym &s;elfe / and of the &s;pany|ardes that fledde / and of the nombre of the deed. And of the cyties that yel+ded them vp to kyng Dampeter: and of the aun&s;were that he made to the prince. Cap. CC .xxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe batayle that was be&s;t fought and lenge&s;t hel|de togyder was the compa|ny of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;|quy / for there were many no+ble me~ of armes who fought and helde toguyder to their powers: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done many a noble feat of armes. And on the engly&s;&s;he parte &s;pecially there was &s;ir Johan Chandos / who that day dyde lyke a noble knight / and gouerned &amp; cou~|&s;ayled that day the duke of Lanca&s;tre / in lyke maner as he dyde before the prince at the batell of Poycters / wherin he was greatly renomed and pray&s;ed / the whiche was good rea&s;on: for a valyant man and a good knyght acquitynge hym &s;elfe nobly among lordes &amp; princes ought greatly to be recommended / for that day he to|ke no hede for takyng of any pri&s;oner with his owne ha~des / but alwayes fought and went for+warde: but there was taken by his co~pany vn|der his baner dyuers good knightes and &s;quy+ers of Aragon and of Frau~ce. And &s;pecially &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / &s;ir Arnolde Dandrehen / &s;ir Begue of Uillaynes / and mo than thre&s;core pri&s;oners. So thus finally the batayle of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was di&s;confyted / and all that were therin taken and &s;layne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">: a&s; well they of Frau~ce as of Aragon. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was &s;layne the Begue of Uillyers / and taken the lorde Anto|y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ge of Heynault / the lorde Bre&s;uell / &s;ir Ga|wen of Bayllieull / &s;ir Johan of Bergenettes / &s;ir Alemant of &s;aynt Uena~t / and dyuers other. Than drewe toguyder the&s;e baners: the baner of the duke of Lanca&s;tre / of &s;ir Johan Chan|dos / and of the two mar&s;halles / and the penon of &s;aynt George. And went all toguyder on the batayle of kyng Henry / and cryed with a hygh voyce &s;aynt George guyen. Than the &s;panyar+des and their co~pany were &s;ore puta backe / y^e Captall of Beufz and the lorde Cly&s;&s;on fought valyantly: and al&s;o &s;ir Eu&s;tace Dambreticort / &s;ir Hughe Caurell / &s;ir Souldyche / &s;ir Johan Dureux / and other acquyted the~ &s;elfe that day right nobly. The prince &s;hewed hym&s;elfe lyke a noble knight / and fought valyantly with his enemyes. On the other&s;yde kyng Henry acqui+ted hym&s;elfe right valia~tly / and recouered and tourned agayn his people that day thre tymes / for after that the erle of Anxell and a thre thou|&s;ande hor&s;men with hym were departed fro the felde: the other began than greatly to be di&s;co~|fyted / and were euer redy to flye after their co~|pany / but than euer kynge Henry was before
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theym / and &s;ayde. Fayre lordes what do you<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wherfore wyll ye thus for&s;ake and betraye me / &s;ythe ye haue made me kynge and &s;et the crow|ne on my heed: and putte the herytage of Ca|&s;tell into my handes. Retourne &amp; helpe to kepe and defende me / and abyde with me: for by the grace of god or it be night all &s;halbe ours. So that the&s;e wordes or &s;uche lyke / encoraged his people in &s;uche wy&s;e / that it made theym to a|byde lengar in the felde / for they dur&s;t nat flye for &s;hame: whan they &s;awe their kynge &amp; their lorde &s;o valiantly fight / and &s;peke &s;o amyably. So that there dyed mo than a thou&s;ande and fyue hundred per&s;ons / that might well haue &s;a+ued them&s;elfe / and haue taken the tyme to their aduantage: and the loue that they had to their lorde and kynge hadde nat been.</P>
<P>_WHan the batayle of the mar&s;halles were pa&s;&s;ed throughe their enne|myes / and had di&s;confyted y^e gret+te&s;t nombre of the~: &s;o that the &s;pa|nyardes coude nat &s;u&s;teyn nor de+fende them any lengar / but began to flye away in great feare / without any good array or or|der toward the cyte of Nauaret / and &s;o pa&s;&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by the great ryuer. So that for any wordes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng Henry coude &s;ay they wolde nat retorne / and whan the kyng &s;awe the my&s;chefe and di&s;|confyture of his people / and that he &s;awe no re+couery. Than he called for his hor&s;e and moun+ted theron / and put hym&s;elfe among them that fledde: but he toke nat the way to Nauaret for feare of enclo&s;ynge / but than toke another way <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;chewyng all paryls: for he knewe well that if he were taken he &s;hulde dye w^tout mercy. Tha~ the engly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;cons lept a hor&s;ebake and began to cha&s;e the &s;panyardes / who &s;ledde away &s;ore di&s;confyted to the great ryuer. And at the entre of the bridge of Nauaret / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a hydeous &s;hedynge of blode and many a man &s;layne and drowned: for dyuers lepte into the water the whiche was depe and hydeous: they thought they had as lyue to be drowned as &s;lay+ne. And in this cha&s;e amonge other / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were two valyant knightes of Spayne / beryng on them the abyte of relygion. The one called the great priour of &s;aynt James / and the other the great mai&s;ter of Calatrane. They and their co~+pany to &s;aue them&s;elfe entred in to Nauaret / and they were &s;o nere cha&s;ed at their backe / by engly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns / that they wan the bridge / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great &s;laughter. And thengly&s;&s;hmen entred into the cytie after their enemyes / who were entred into a &s;trong hou&s;e of &s;tone. Howbeit incontynent it was won by|force: and the knight&abis; taken and many of their men &s;layne / and all the cyte ouerron and pylled the whiche was greatly to thengly&s;&s;hmens pro+fyte. Al&s;o they wanne kyng Henries lodgynge wherin they founde gret riche&s;&s;e of ve&s;&s;ell and iowelles of golde and &s;yluer / for the kyng was come thyder with great noblene&s;&s;e: &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whan they were di&s;confyted / they had no lay&s;er for to retourne thyder agayne / to &s;aue that they had left there. So this was a hydeous and a terry|ble di&s;co~fyture / and &s;pecially on the ryuer &s;yde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many a man &s;layne. And it was &s;ayd as I herde after reported of &s;ome of them that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pre&s;ent / that one might haue &s;ene the water that ran by Nauaret to be of the coloure of reed / with the blode of men and hor&s;e y^t were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;layne. This batayle was bytwene Na|uer and Nauaret in Spayne. The yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde Je&s;u Chri&s;t / a thou|&s;ande thre hundred thre&s;core and &s;ixe / the thirde day of Aprill / the whiche was on a &s;aturday.</P>
<P>_AFter the di&s;confyture of the batell of Nauaret / whiche was done by noone. The prince cau&s;ed his ba|ner to be rey&s;ed vp a highe vpon a bu&s;&s;he on a lytell hyll / to the entent to drawe his people thyder: and &s;o thyder drue all tho&s;e that came fro the cha&s;e. Thyder came the duke of La~ca&s;tre / &s;ir Johan Chandos / the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / the Captall of Beufz / the erle of Armynacke / the lorde Dalbret / and dyuers o|ther barones. And had rey&s;ed vp on high their baners to drawe their people thyder: and euer as they came they raynged them in the felde. Al+&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was Loyes kynge of Mallorques / his baner before hym whervnto his company drue and a lytell there be&s;yde was &s;ir Marten de la <ABBR>Karr</ABBR> / with the baner of his lorde the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer.</ABBR> With dyuers other erles and barons / the whiche was a goodly thinge to regard and beholde. Than came thyder kynge Dampeter right &s;ore chafed / comynge from the cha&s;e on a great blacke cour&s;er / his baner beten with the armes of Ca&s;tell before hym. And a&s;&s;oone as he &s;awe the princes baner / he alyghted &amp; wente thyder. And whan the prince &s;awe hym comyn|ge / he went and mette hym and dyde him great honour. There the kyng Dampeter wolde ha|ue kneled downe to haue tha~ked the prince / but the prince made great ha&s;te to take hym by the hande / and wolde nat &s;uffre him to knele. Tha~
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the kynge &s;ayd. Dere and fayre co&s;yn / I ought to gyue you many tha~kes and pray&s;es / for this <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> iourney that I haue attayned this day / by your meanes. Than the prince &s;ayde: Sir yelde thankes to god and gyue him all y^e prays for the vyctorie hath come by him all onely and nat by me. Than the lordes of the princes coun+&s;ayle drewe toguyder and comuned of dyuers <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ters. And &s;o long the prince was &s;tyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> all his people were retourned fro the cha&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">han he ordayned four knyghtes and four ha+rauldes to go &s;erche the feldes / to knowe what people were taken / and the nombre of the~ that were &s;layne: And al&s;o to knowe the trouthe of kyng Henry / whome they called ba&s;tarde whe+ther he were a lyue or deed. And than the prin|ce and his lordes went to the lodgynge of kyng Henry and of the &s;panyardes / where they were well and ea&s;ely lodged: for it was great &amp; lar|ge / and well repleny&s;&s;hed of all thynges nece&s;|&s;ary. So than they &s;ouped that nyght in great ioye: and after &s;ouper the knightes and harau+des that went to vi&s;yte the felde retourned / and there they reported y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne of their enemyes of men of armes / a fyue hundred and thre&s;core and of comons aboute a &s;euyn thou|&s;ande and fyue hundred / be&s;yde theym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were drowned: wherof the nombre was vnknowen. And of their owne company <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no more &s;layne but four knightes / wherof two were ga+&s;coyns / the thirde an almayne / and the fourthe an engly&s;&s;hman: and of other comons nat pa&s;t a .xl. but they &s;hewed howe they coude nat &s;yn|de kyng Henry / wherof kyng Dampeter was right &s;ory. So this &s;aturday at nyght they re|&s;ted them &s;elfe &amp; made good chere / for they had well wherwith / for there they founde plenty of wyne and other vitayls: and &s;o refre&s;&s;hed the~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all y^e &s;onday / the which was palme &s;o~day.</P>
<P>_THe &s;onday in the monynge whan the prince was vp and redy appa|relled. Than he y&s;&s;ued out of his pauyllion / and than came to hym the duke of Lanca&s;tre his brother the erle of Armynacke / the lorde Dalbret / &s;ir Johan Chandos / the Captall of Beufz the lor+de of Pomyers / &s;ir Gyrarde Dangle the kyng of Mallorques / and a great nombre of other knyghtes and &s;quyers. And than~e anone after came to the prince the kyng Da~peter / to who~e the prince made great honoure and reuerence. Than the kynge Dampeter &s;ayde. Dere and fayre co&s;yn <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> pray and requyre you y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye wyll delyuer to me the fal&s;e traytours of this cou~tre as my ba&s;tarde brother / Sanxes and &s;uche o|ther: and I &s;hall cau&s;e them to le&s;e their heedes for they haue well de&s;erued it.</P>
<P>THan the prince aduy&s;ed hym well / and &s;ayd. Sir kynge: I requyre you in the name of loue and lygnage / that ye wyll grau~t me a gyfte and a reque&s;t / &s;ayde. Good co|&s;yn all that I haue is yours: therfore I am con+tent what &s;oeuer ye de&s;yre to graunt it. Than the prince &s;ayd: Sir I requyre you to gyue &abper;|don to all your people in your realme / &s;uche as hath rebelled agayn&s;t you / by the whiche cour|te&s;&s;y / ye &s;hall abyde in the better re&s;t and peace in your realme. Except Wyllyam Garilz / for of hym I am content ye take your plea&s;ure. The kyng Dampeter acorded to his de&s;yre / though it were agayn&s;t his wyll: but he dur&s;t nat deny the prince / he was &s;oo moche bounden to hym / and &s;ayde. Fayre co&s;yn I graunt your reque&s;t with a good hert. Tha~ the pri&s;oners were &s;ent for: and the prince acorded them with the kyn|ge their lord / and cau&s;ed him to forgyue all his yuell wyll to his brother the erle of Sanxes / &amp; to all other: &s;o that they &s;hulde make couenant and &s;were fealtie / homage / and &s;eruice to hold of him truely for euer / and to become his men: and to knowledge him for their lorde and kyn|ge for euer. This courte&s;y with dyuers other dyde the prince to the kynge / the whiche after was but &s;mally rewarded / as ye &s;hall here af|ter in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>_ANd al&s;o the prince &s;hewed great curte&s;y to the barons of Spayne &s;uche as were pri&s;oners / for if kin+ge Dampeter had taken them in his di&s;plea&s;ure / they had all dyed without mercy. And than &s;ir Wyllyam Garylz was delyuered to the kyng / whome he hated &s;o &s;ore / that he wolde take no taun&s;ome for hym: but made his heed to be &s;triken of before his lo+gynge. Than kyng Dampeter mou~ted on his hor&s;e and the erle Sanxes his brother / and all tho&s;e that were become his men / and his mar|&s;halles &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / and &s;ir Ste|phyn Go&s;enton and a fyue hundred men of ar|mes: and they departed fro the princes hoo&s;t / and rode to Burgus. And &s;o came thyder the monday in the mornyng: and they of Burgus who were well infourmed how the iourney of Nauaret was atchyued / and howe that kynge
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Henry was di&s;co~fyted / they thought nat to ke|pe the towne agayn&s;t Dampeter / but dyuer&s;e of the riche&s;t of the towne / and of the moo&s;t no|table&s;t y&s;&s;ued out of the towne and pre&s;ented y^e kayes of the cyte to him / and receyued hym to their lorde. And &s;o brought him and all his me~ into y^e cyte of Burgus with great ioye and &s;o|lemnyte / &amp; all the &s;onday the prince abode &s;tyll in the logynges that they had won. And on the monday after euyn&s;ong / he di&s;loged and went and lodged at Berguet / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed tyll it was wedni&s;day: and than they went all to the cytie of Burgus. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the prince entred in to the towne with great reuere~ce and with him the duke of Lanca&s;tre / therle of Armynacke / &amp; dyuers other great lord&abis; and their people ma|de their logynges without the towne: for they coude nat all haue been lodged within at their ea&s;e. And whan the prince was a his lodgyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he gaue and re~dred iugementes of armes / and of all thynges therto aperteyninge &amp; there kept felde &amp; wage of batayle / wherfore it might well be &s;ayd that all Spayne was come y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day in his handes / and vnder his obey&s;aunce.</P>
<P>THe prince of Wales and kyng Dampe|ter helde their E&s;ter in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Bur+gus / and there taryed a thre wekes and more. And on E&s;ter day they of Sturges / of Tollet / of Ly&s;bone / of Cordowane / of Galyce / of Cy|uyle / and of all the other marches and lymita|cions of the realme of Ca&s;tell came thyder and made homage to kynge Dampeter: and were gladde to &s;e the prince and Damferant of Ca|&s;tres. &amp; &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great chere made bytwene them / and whan kynge Dampeter had taryed there the terme that I haue &s;hewed you &amp; more and &s;awe that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were no mo that rebelled a|gayn&s;t him / but euery man to hym obey&s;aunt. Than the prince &s;ayd to him: Sir kyng ye are nowe tha~ked be god pea&s;ably kyng of this yo^r owne realme without any rebellyon or let / and &s;ir I and my co~pany tary here at a great char|ge and expence. Therfore we requyre you to &abper;+uyde for money / to pay the wages to them that hath holpen to bring you agayne into your re|alme / and in fulfylling of your promy&s;e / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> vnto ye haue &s;worne &amp; &s;ealed. And &s;ir the &s;hort|lyer y^t ye do it / the gretter thanke we&s;hall gyue you &amp; the more &s;halbe yor profyte / for ye knowe well me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> mu&s;t be payed to lyue with all or els they wyll take it <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they may get it Than the kynge an&s;wered and &s;ayd: co&s;yn we wyll holde / kepe / and accomply&s;&s;he to our po|wer / that we haue &s;worne and &s;ealed vnto. But &s;ir as for this pre&s;ent tyme we haue no money / wherfore we wyll drawe vs to the marche&s;&s;e of Ciuyle: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> we wyll &s;o procure for money that we wyll &s;ati&s;fy euery party and &s;ir ye &s;hall abyde &s;tyll here in the vale of Olyfes / the whi|che is a plentyfull countre: and &s;ir we &s;hall re|turne agayne to you in as &s;hort tyme as we co~|uenye~tly can or may / and at y^e farthe&s;t by <ABBR>whit|&s;ontyd.</ABBR> This an&s;were was right plea&s;ant to y^e prince and to his cou~&s;ayle / and &s;hortly after the kynge Dampeter departed fro the prince / and rode towarde Ciuyle / to thentent to get money to pay his men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> as he had promy&s;ed. &amp; the prince went and loged in the vale of Olyfe / and all his lordes and people &s;pred abrode in y^e countre / to get vitayls more plentyfull / for the~ and for their hor&s;es. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> thus they &s;oiourned to a &s;mall profyte to the countre / for the compa|nyons coude nat ab&s;teyne them &s;elfe / fro rob|byng and pillynge of the countre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the honour that was gyuen to the prince for the vyctorie of Spayne and howe kyng Henry came into fra~+ce to make warre on the princes land and of the an&s;were that kyng Da~pe|ter &s;ent to the prince / &amp; howe the prin+ce departed out of Spayne and came into Fraunce. Cap. CC .xxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_TIdinges &s;pred abrode through France / Englande Almayne / &amp; other countre is howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince of Wales and his puy&s;&s;ance had in batell di&s;confyted kynge Henry / &amp; taken &s;layne / and drowned of his men the day of the batayle / mo than. C. thou&s;ande men: wherby the prince was gretly renomed. And his chiualry and highe entprice moche pray&s;ed in all places that herde therof / &amp; &s;pecially in thempyre of Almayne / and in the re+alme of Englande. For the almayns / flemyn|ges / and engly&s;&s;hmen &s;ayde: that the prince of Wales was chefe floure of all chiualry. &amp; howe that &s;uche a prince was well worthy to gouern all the worlde / &s;ythe by his prowes he had achy+ued &s;uche thre highe entprices as he had done. Fir&s;t the batayle of Cre&s;&s;y in Poictou: the &s;e|tonde
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/ ten yere after at Poycters: and the .iii. nowe in Spayne before Nauaret. So in En+glande in the cytie of London / the bourge&s;&s;es there made great &s;olemnyte and tryumphe for that vyctorie / as they aunciently were wont to do for kynges / whan they had ouercome their enemyes. And in the realme of Fraunce there were made lamentable &s;orowes / for the lo&s;&s;e of the good knightes of y^e realme of Fraunce / the whiche were &s;layne at that iourney. And &s;pe|cially there was made &s;orowe for &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / and for &s;ir Arnolde Dandrehenne / who were taken pri&s;oners: And dyuers other who were kept right courte&s;ly / and &s;ome of the~ put to fynance and raun&s;ome / but nat &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy &s;o &s;oone. For &s;ir Johan Cha~|dos who hadde the rule of hym / wolde nat de|lyuer him: And al&s;o &s;ir Bertra~ made no great &s;ute therfore.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe let vs &s;omwhat &s;peke of kyng Hen|ry / what he dyde whan he departed fro the ba|tayle. And than let vs retourne agayne to the prince and to kyng Dampeter of Ca&s;tell.</HEAD>
<P>_KInge Henry as it is &s;ayd here af|ter / &s;aued hym &s;elfe as well as he myght / and withdrewe fro his en|nemyes. And ledde his wyfe and his chyldren as &s;oone as he might in to the cytie of Ualence in Aragon / where as the kyng of Aragon was / who was his godfa|ther and frende: and to hym recounted all his aduenture. And anone after the &s;ayd kyng He~+ry was coun&s;ayled to pa&s;&s;e further / and to god to y^e duke of Aniou / who as than was at Mo~t|pellyer / and to &s;hewe vnto hym all his aduen|ture. This aduyce was plea&s;aunt to the kynge of Arragon / and con&s;ented well that he &s;hulde go thyder / bycau&s;e he was ennemy to the prin|ce / who was his nere neighbour. So thus kin+ge Henry departed fro the kynge of Arragon / and lefte in the cytie of Ualence his wyfe &amp; his chyldren / and rode &s;o longe that he pa&s;te Nar|bone / the whiche was the fir&s;te cytie of the re|alme of Fraunce on that &s;yde / and after that Be&s;eers and all that countrey. And &s;o came to Mountpellyer / and there founde the duke of Aniowe who loued hym entierly / and greatly hated the engly&s;&s;hmen: though he made them as than no warre. And the duke whan he was well enfourmed of kynge Henryes bu&s;yne&s;&s;e receyued hym ryght ioyou&s;ly / and recounfor|ted hym as well as he might: and &s;o the kynge taryed there with hym a certayne &s;pace. And than went to Auygnone to &s;e pope Urbayne / who was as than departynge to go to Rome. And than~e kynge Henry retourned agayne to Mountpellyer to the duke of Aniou / and had longe treaty toguyder. And it was &s;hewed me by them that thought the~ &s;elfe to knowe many thynges / &amp; after it was right well &s;ene appare~t Howe that this kynge Henry dyde gette of the duke of Aniowe a ca&s;tell nere to Tholous / on the marche&s;&s;e of the principalyte / called Rocke+mor. And there he a&s;&s;embled toguyder compa+nyons and men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / as bretons: and &s;uch other as were nat pa&s;&s;ed ouer into Spaygne with the prince: &s;o that in the begynnyng there was a thre hu~dred men of warre. The&s;e tidyn|ges were anone brought to my lady prince&s;&s;e / who as than was at Burdeux. Howe that kyn+ge Henry purcha&s;ed hym ayde and &s;ocoure on all &s;ydes / to thentent to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to the prin|cipalyte and to the duchy of Guyen / wher with &s;he was greatly aba&s;&s;hed. And bycau&s;e that he helde hym&s;elfe in the realme of Fraunce. She wrote letters and &s;ent me&s;&s;angers to the fren|che kynge / de&s;yringe hym nat to con&s;ente that the ba&s;tarde of Spaygne &s;hulde make her any maner of warre: &s;eyng that her re&s;orte was to the court of Fraunce. Certifyeng him that mo|che yuell might en&s;ue / and many inconuenyen+tes fall therby. Than the kynge condy&s;cended lightly to the prince&s;&s;e reque&s;t / and ha&s;tely &s;ent me&s;&s;angers to the ba&s;tard Henry / who was in the ca&s;tell of Rockemore on y^e fronters of Mou~+taubon / and was begynnynge to make warre to the countre of Acquitayne / and to the prin|ces lande. Commaundynge hym incontynent to auoyde oute of his realme / and to make no warre in the lande of his dere nephue the prin|ce of Wales and of Acquitayne. And bycau&s;e to gyue en&s;ample to his &s;ubgett&abis; / that they &s;hul+de nat be &s;o hardy to take any part with the ba+&s;tarde Henry / he cau&s;ed the yonge erle of <ABBR>Au|&s;er</ABBR> to be putte in pri&s;on / in the ca&s;tell of Loure in Parys: bycau&s;e he was &s;oo great and con|uer&s;aunt with this kynge Henry the ba&s;tarde. And as it was &s;ayd / he hadde promy&s;ed him to ayde him with a great nombre of men of armes but thus the frenche kynge cau&s;ed him to breke his voyage and purpo&s;e. So thus at the com|maundement of the frenche kynge / kyng Hen|ry obeyed / the whiche was good rea&s;one: but for all that yet he lefte nat his enterprice / but &s;o he departed fro Rockemore / with a foure hun|dred bretons / and to hym was alyed &s;uche bre|ton
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knightes and &s;quyers as foloweth. Fir&s;te &s;ir Arnolde of Lymo&s;yn / &s;ir Ge&s;fray Rycons / &s;ir Pouns of Lakonette / Sylue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">re Buddes / Alyot de Calays / Alayne de &s;aynt Poule: and the&s;emen of armes and bretons rode ouer the mountaynes / and entred into Bygoure in the principalyte / and there toke by &s;calynge a tow|ne called Bannyers. And than~e they fortifyed and repayred it well and &s;trongly / and than o|uer rode the princes lande / and dyd great hurt and domage therin. Than~e the prince&s;&s;e dyde &s;end for &s;ir James Audeley / who was abydin|ge behynde the prince in Acquitayne: as chiefe &s;oueraygne gouernoure to kepe the countrey. Howe be it this &s;ayd kynge Henry the ba&s;tard and the bretons dyde great hurte and domage in the countrey / for dayly their power entrea|&s;ed more and more.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe lette vs retourne to the prince of Wa+les and to his company who was in the vale of Olyfes and there aboute / abydnge the comyn|ge of kyng Dampeter of Ca&s;tell.</HEAD>
<P>_THus whan the prince hadde &s;oiourned in the vale of the Olyffes / vntyll the fea&s;t of &s;aynt Johan the Bapty&s;t in &s;omer / abydinge for the co~|myng of kynge Dampeter / who came nat nor coude nat here no certayne tidynges of hym / where with the prince was right &s;oore troubled: and called all his coun&s;ayle togyder / to knowe what was be&s;t to do in that behalfe. Than the prince was coun&s;ayled to &s;ende two or thre knyghtes to the kynge / to demaunde of hym why he kepte nat his day as he hadde a&s;&s;igned. And on this me&s;+&s;age was &s;ende / &s;ir Nowell Lornyche / &s;ir Ry|charde of Pontchardon / and &s;ir Thomas Ba+la&s;ter. And they rode &s;o long by their iourneis that they came to the cytie of Cyuyle / where as they founde kyng Dampeter / and by &s;emblant he right ioyou&s;ly receyued them. The&s;e knigh+tes dyd their me&s;&s;age as they hadde in charge by their lorde the prince. Than the kynge an|&s;wered them in excu&s;yng of him&s;elfe and &s;ayd. Sirs: certaynly it greatly di&s;plea&s;eth vs / that we cannat kepe the promy&s;e that we haue ma|de with oure co&s;yne the prince / the whiche we haue often tymes &s;hewed vnto our people here in the&s;e parties. But our people excu&s;eth them+&s;elfe / and &s;ay the how they canne make no &s;om~e of money / as longe as the companyons be in the countrey / for they haue thre or foure tymes robbed oure trea&s;ourers / who were commyn|ge to oure co&s;yne the prince / with oure money. Therfore we requyre you to &s;hewe our co&s;yne fro vs / that we requyre hym that he wyll with|drawe and putte out of this oure realme the&s;e yuell people of the companyons / and that he do leaue <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;ome of his owne knyghtes / to who~e in the name of hym we wyll paye and <ABBR>delyuer</ABBR> &s;uch &s;omes of money as he de&s;yreth of vs / and as we are bounde to paye hym. This was all the aun&s;were that the&s;e knyghtes coulde haue of hym at that tyme. And &s;o they departed and wente agayne to the price their lorde: and than recounted to hym and to his coun&s;ayle all that they hadde herde and &s;ene / with the whiche an+&s;were the prince was moche more dy&s;plea&s;ed / than he was before. For he &s;awe well how that kynge Dampeter fayled of his promy&s;e / and varyed fro rea&s;on. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the prin+ce thus abode in the vale of Olyffes / where as he hadde bene more than the &s;pace of four mo|nethes / nighe all the &s;omer. The kyng of Mal+lorques fell &s;icke &s;ore di&s;ea&s;ed / and lay &s;ycke in his bedde. Than there was putte to raun&s;ome &s;ir Arnolde Dandrenhen / the Begue of Uyl|laynes / and dyuers other knyghtes and &s;quy|ers of Fraunce and of Bretaygne / who were taken at Nauaret. And exchanged for &s;ir Tho+mas Pheltone / and for &s;ir Rycharde Centon / and for &s;ir Hughe Ha&s;tynges / and dyuers o|ther. But &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy abode &s;tyll as pri&s;onere with the prince / for the engly&s;&s;he|men coun&s;ayled the prince / and &s;ayde: that yf he delyuered &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / he wol|de make hym greatter warre than euer he had done before: with the helpynge of the ba&s;tarde Henry / who as than was in <ABBR>Bygour</ABBR> / and had taken~e the towne of Ba~nyers / and made great <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in that quarter. Therfore &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was nat delyuered at that tyme.</P>
<P>_WHan that the prince of Wales her|de the excu&s;acyons of kynge Da~|peter / than he was moche more di+&s;plea&s;ed than~e he was before / and demaunded coun&s;ayle in that be|halfe of his people / who de&s;yredde to retourne home / for they bare with full great trouble the heate / and the infectyue ayre of the countrey of Spaygne. And al&s;o the prince hym&s;elfe was nat verry well at ca&s;e / and therfore his people coun&s;ayled hym to retourne agayne. Sayeng
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howe kynge <ABBR>Damepeter</ABBR> hath greatly faylled hym to his blame and great di&s;honour. Than it was &s;hewed openly that euery man &s;hulde re+tourne. And whan the prince &s;hulde remoue / he &s;ent to y^e kyng of Mallorques / &s;ir Hugh Cort|nay and &s;ir Johan Chandos: &s;hewynge hym howe the prince wolde depart out of Spayne. de&s;iryng hym to take aduyce if he wolde de&abper;te or nat / for the prince wolde be lothe to leue hym behynde. Than the kyng of Mallorques &s;aid / &s;irs I thanke greatly the prince / but as at this pre&s;ent tyme I can nat ryde nor remoue tyll it plea&s;e god. Than the knightes &s;ayde: &s;ir wyll you that my lorde the prince &s;hall leue with you a certayne nombre of men to wayte and co~duct you / whan ye be able to ryde. Nay &s;urely &s;ir &abquod; the kyng it &s;hall nat nede / for I knowe nat how long it wyll be or I be able to ryde. And &s;o they departed and retourned to the prince / &s;he wyng him what they had done. Well &s;ayd the prince / as it plea&s;e god and hym &s;o be it. Than the pri|ce departed and all his company / and went to a cytie called Madigray / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he re&s;ted in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vale called Foyrie / bytwene Aragon &amp; Spay|ne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed a moneth: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne pa&s;&s;ages clo&s;ed agayn&s;t him in y^e mar+che&s;&s;e of Aragon. And it was &s;ayd in the hoo&s;t that the kynge of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> / who was newly re|tourned out of pri&s;on / was agreed with the ba|&s;tarde of Spayne / and with the kynge of Ara|gon to let the princes pa&s;&s;age: but yet he dyde nothyng as it apered after. Howe be it the prin+ce was in doute of hym / bycau&s;e he was in his owne countrey / and came nat to hym. In this meane &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ent to a certayn place / bytwene Aragon and Spayne / certayne per|&s;ons of bothe parties / and &s;o had great comu|nyng togyder dyuers dayes. Finally they &s;o a+greed that the kyng of Aragon <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> opyn his countre / and &s;uffre the princes people to retur|ne and pa&s;&s;e pea&s;ably without any lette of any of the cou~tre / payeng courte&s;ly for y^t they toke.</P>
<P>_THan came to the prince y^e kyng of Nauer and &s;ir Martyn de la Kar whan they &s;aw the mater go in &s;u|che wy&s;e bytwene the kynge of A|ragon and the prince / and they ma+de to the prince all the honoure that they coude deuy&s;e / and offred pa&s;&s;age for hym and for his dere brother the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and for dy+uers other knyghtes of Englande and of Ga|&s;coyne / but in any wy&s;e he wolde that the com|panyons &s;hulde take their way by &s;ome other pa&s;&s;age / and nat through <ABBR>Naurr.</ABBR> Than the prince and his lordes / whan they &s;awe that the way through <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> was more mete and ne|ce&s;&s;ary for the~ than through Aragon / thought nat to refu&s;e the kynge of Nauars offre / but &s;o thanked hym greatly. Thus the prince pa&s;&s;ed through the realme of <ABBR>Naurr</ABBR> / and the kynge and &s;ir Martyn de la <ABBR>Karr</ABBR> conueyed him / tyll they came to the pa&s;&s;age of Roun&s;eualx / and &s;o from thens they pa&s;&s;ed by their iourneyes tyll they came to the cytie of Bayone / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was receyued with great ioye. And there the prince refre&s;&s;hed hym four dayes / and than departed and rode to Burdeaulx. Where he was al&s;o re|ceyued with great &s;olemnyte: and my lady the prince&s;&s;e mette hym with her yonge &s;onne Ed|ward / who as than was of the age of thre yer&abis;. Than de&abper;ted the lordes and men of warre one from another / and the lordes of Ga&s;coyne went home to their owne hou&s;es / and the company|ons came al&s;o into the pricipalyte: abyding for their wages. The prince was moche bou~de to them / and promy&s;ed to pay them to his power / as &s;oone as he had money / though kyng Dam+peter kepte nat his promy&s;e with hym. yet he &s;aid they &s;hulde nat beare the lo&s;&s;e therof / &s;ythe they had &s;o well &s;erued hym. And kynge Hen|ry the ba&s;tarde who was in the gary&s;on of Ba~+nyers in Bygoure. Than he departed thens with &s;uche men of warre as he had / and wente into Aragon to the kynge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> who loued hym entierly / and ioyou&s;ly receyued him. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed all the wynter / and there made a newe alyaunce bytwene hym and the kynge of Ara|gon / and promy&s;ed to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t kyn+ge Da~peter / and the bretons that were in their company. As &s;ir Arnolde Lymo&s;yne / &s;ir Gef|fray Rycouns / and &s;ir yons de Lankane<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / rode to the pa&s;&s;ages of Spaygne / and made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> for kynge Henry.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the delyueraunce of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy.</HEAD>
<P>AFter that the prince of wales was retur+ned into Acquitayne / and his brother y^e duke of Lanca&s;tre into Englande / &amp; euery lor|de into his owne. Sir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy was &s;tyll pri&s;oner with the prince / and with &s;ir Jo|han Chandos / and coude nat come to his raun &s;ome nor fynaunce / the whiche was &s;ore di&s;ple|&s;aunt to kyng Henry / if he might haue mended it. And &s;o it fortuned after as I was enformed / that on a day the prince called to hym &s;ir Ber|tram
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of Cle&s;quy and demaunded of hym how he dyde / he an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Sir it was ne|uer better with me. It is rea&s;on that it &s;hulde &s;o be / for I am in pri&s;on with the moo&s;t renow+med knight of the worlde&punc; With whome is that &s;ayd the prince / Sir &abquod; he that is with &s;ir Jo|han Chandos. And &s;ir it is &s;ayd in the realme of Frau~ce and in other places / that ye feare me &s;o moche / that ye dare nat let me out of pri&s;on / the whiche to me is full great honour. The pri|ce who vnder&s;tode well the wordes of &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy / and parceyued well howe his owne coun&s;ayle wolde in no wy&s;e that he &s;huld delyuer him / vnto the tyme that kyng Dampe|ter had payed hym all &s;uche &s;o~mes / as he was bounde to do. Than he &s;aid to &s;ir Bertram / &s;ir than ye thinke that we kepe you for feare of yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> chiualry. Nay thynke it nat / for I &s;were by &s;ait George it is nat &s;o / therfore pay for your raun|&s;ome / a hundred thou&s;ande fra~kes / and ye &s;hall be delyuered. Sir Bertram who de&s;yred gret+ly to be delyuered / and herde on what poynt he might depart / toke the prince with that worde / and &s;ayd. Sir in y^e name of god &s;o be it I wyll pay no la&s;&s;e. And wha~ the prince herde him &s;ay &s;o / he wolde than gladly haue repe~ted hym &s;el|fe: and al&s;o &s;ome of his coun&s;ayle / came to him and &s;ayd. Sir ye haue nat done well &s;o lightly to put him to his raun&s;ome. And &s;o they wolde gladly haue cau&s;ed the prince to haue reuoked that couenaunt / but the prince who was a true and a noble knight &s;ayd. Sythe that we haue agreed therto / we wyll nat breke our promy&s;e. It &s;hulde be to vs a great rebuke / &s;hame and re+proche / if we &s;hulde nat put hym to raun&s;ome / &s;eyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he is content to pay &s;uche a great &s;om~e as a hundred thou&s;ande fra~kes. So after this acorde / &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was right be|&s;y and &s;tudyed dayly howe to get this &s;om~e for his rau~&s;ome. And dyde &s;o moche with the ayde of the frenche kynge and of his frendes / and of the duke of Aniou / who loued him entierly / y^t he payed in le&s;&s;e than a moneth a hundred thou+&s;ande frankes. And &s;o he departed and went to &s;erue the duke of Aniou / with two thou&s;ande fightyng men in Prouens / where as the duke lay at &s;iege before the towne of Tarra&s;ton / the whiche helde of the kyng of Naples.</P>
<P>IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was a maryage concluded by twene the lorde Lyon duke of Clarence and erle of Ul&s;eter / &s;on~e to the kyn+ge of Englande. And the doughter to the lorde Galyanche lorde of Myllan / the whiche yonge lady was nere to therle of Sauoy: and dough+ter to the lady Blanch his &s;u&s;ter. And thus the duke of Clare~ce aco~panyed with noble knight&abis; &amp; &s;quyers of England ca~e into Fra~ce: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the king / the duke of Burgon / the duke of Bur+bone / &amp; the lorde of Coucy / receyued hym with great ioye in Parys. And &s;o he pa&s;&s;ed through y^e realme of France &amp; came into Sauoy / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the gentyll erle receyued him right honora|bly at Chambrey / and there he was thre dayes greatly fee&s;ted with ladyes and damo&s;els / and than he de&abper;ted / and therle of Sauoy brought him to Myllan. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the duke wedded his nece / doughter to the lorde of Myllan / y^e mon|day next after the fee&s;t of the holy Trinyte: the yere of our lorde / a thou&s;ande. CCC .lxviii.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe let vs retourne to the bu&s;y|ne&s;&s;e of Fraunce. Cap. CC .xl.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue well herde here be|fore recounted / the maner of y^e vy|age that the prince of Wales had made into Spayne / and howe he de&abper;ted thens nat well co~tent with the kyng Dampeter / and howe he returned in+to Acquitayne. So that whan he was thus re+turned all maner of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> folowed him bycau&s;e they thought nat to abyde behynde in Spayne / bycau&s;e kyng Dampeter payed nat the~ their wages as he had promy&s;ed. And thus whan they were all returned / the price had nat payme~t for them / &s;o redy as he wolde haue had for his vyage into Spayne had &s;o &s;ore myni&s;|&s;hed and wa&s;ted his riche&s;&s;e / that it was mar|ueyle to thynke theron. And &s;o &s;oiourned the&s;e companyons vpon the countre of Acquitayne who coude nat ab&s;teyn the~&s;elfe fro robbyng of the cou~tre / for they were well .vi. M. fightyng men. And at the la&s;t the prince de&s;yred the~ to de+parte his realme / for the countre was nat able to &s;u&s;teyn the~ no le~ger. The capitayns of the&s;e co~panyons were all engly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;co~s. As &s;ir Robert Briquet / Johan Treuell / Ro|bert Ceny / &s;ir Gaylarde Uyger / the Bourge of Bertuell / the Bourge Camus / the Bourge of Le&s;pare / Nandon of Bergerant / Bernard de la Sale: and many other whiche wolde nat di&s;plea&s;e the prince. But y&s;&s;ued out of the prin+cipalyte as &s;hortely as they might / and entred into the realme of Frau~ce / the whiche they cal|led their chambre and pa&s;&s;ed y^e ryuer of Loyre / 
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and &s;o came in to Champayne and in to the by&s;+&s;hopriche of Raynes: and alwayes their nom|bre encrea&s;ed. And to adue~ture them &s;elfe / they &s;erched all aboute the realme of Fraunce / and dyde many yuell trybulacions and vilayne de|des: wherof the complayntes came dayly to the frenche kynge and to his coun&s;ayle. Howe beit they coude fynde no remedy / for they dur&s;t nat fight with them: and the people all about mar|ueyled greatly that the prince of Wales wolde &s;ende theym thyder to make warre. Than the frenche kynge &s;ente for the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and made him great capitayne agayn&s;t tho&s;e yuell companyons / bycau&s;e he was a good knyght and a hardy: and the kynge had hym in great loue and fauoure. And in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was a maryage made bytwene the lorde Dal|bret / and the lady I&s;abell of Bourbone / of the whiche the prince was nothynge gladde: for he had rather that the lorde Dalbret had ben ma|ryed in &s;ome other place. For the whiche cau&s;e the price &s;pake great wordes agayn&s;t hym / but the greatte&s;t of his coun&s;ayle / a&s;well knightes as &s;quyers / excu&s;ed hym all that they might. Sayeng to y^e prince howe that euery man wyll be gladde to auau~ce him&s;elfe as nere as he can. and that a gode knight ought nat to be blamed though he purcha&s;e his owne honour and pro|fyte / &s;o that he leaue nat therby to &s;erue his pri|ce or mai&s;ter / in that he is bounde to do. So by the&s;e wordes or &s;uche &s;emblable / the price was &s;omwhat apea&s;ed: howe be it what &s;o euer &s;em+blant he made he was nat very well content / for he thought verily that the &s;ame maryage &s;hul|de be cau&s;e of with drawynge of loue fro hym / and fro theym that toke his parte / the whiche was of trouthe / as ye &s;hall here afterwarde in this hy&s;torie.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the barons of ga&s;cone com|playned to the fre~che kyng of the pri|ce of wales / and how kyng Henry re+tourned into Spayne / and of the aly|aunces that kynge Dampeter made: and of the cou~&s;ayle that &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy gaue to kyng Henry / and howe kynge Dampeter was di&s;con|fyted. Cap. CC .xli.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on that the&s;e companyons turmen|ted thus the realme of Frau~+ce / the prince was coun&s;ay|led by &s;ome of his couu&s;ayle to reya&s;e a fowage through out all Acquitayne and &s;pe|cially the by&s;&s;hoppe of Bades / for the &s;tate of the price and prince&s;&s;e was &s;o great / that in all chri&s;tendome was none lyke. So to this coun|&s;ayle for rey&s;inge of this fowage / were called all the noble barownes of Ga&s;coyne / of Poyc|tou / of Xaynto~ / and of dyuers other cyties and good townes in Acquitayne. And at Nyorte where this parlyament was holden: there it was &s;hewed &s;pecially and generally by the by&s;|&s;hoppe of Bades chauncellour of Acquitayne / in the pre&s;ens of the prince: howe and in what maner this fowage &s;hulde be rey&s;ed. Declarin ge howe the prince was nat in mynde y^t it &s;hul|de endure any lengar than fyue yeres / to ronne throughout his countrey. And that the rey&s;ing therof / was for thyntent to pay &s;uche money as he ought by rea&s;on of his iourney into Spay|ne. To the whiche ordynaunce were well agre+ed the poyctous: and they of Xaynton / Lymo+&s;yn / Rouergne / and of Rochell. On the condy|cion that the prince wolde kepe the cours of his coyne &s;table .vii. yere / but dyuers of other mar|che&s;&s;e of Ga&s;coyne refu&s;ed this purpo&s;e. As y^e erle of Armynacke / the lorde Dalbret his ne|uewe / the erle of Gomynges / the Uycount of Carmayne / the lorde de la Barde / the lorde of Cande / the lorde of Pyncornet / and dyuers o|ther great barownes. Sayenge howe that in tyme pa&s;t whan they obeyed to the frenche kyn+ge / they were nat than greued nor oppre&s;&s;ed w^t any &s;ub&s;ydes or inpo&s;icyons / and no more they &s;ayde they wolde as than / as long as they cou|de defende it. Sayeng howe their landes and &s;egnyories were fre and excepte fro all dettes / and that the prince hadde&s;worne &s;o to kepe and maynteyne them. Howe be it to departe pea&s;a|bly fro this parlyament / they aun&s;wered that they wolde take better aduy&s;e / and &s;o retourne agayne bothe prelates / by&s;&s;hoppes / abbottes / barownes / and knyghtes. And the prince nor his cou~&s;ayle coude haue as than none other an+&s;were. Thus they departed from the towne of Nyort / but it was commaunded theym by the prince / that they &s;hulde returne agayne thyder at a day a&s;&s;igned.</P>
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THus the barownes and lordes of Ga&s;|coyne retourned into their countrees / &amp; agreed fermely toguyder / that they wolde nat retourne agayne to y^e prince / nor &s;uffre the fo|wage to rynne in the landes: thau~e they made warre agayn&s;t the prince therfore. Thus the countrey beganne to rebell agayn&s;t the prince / and the lorde of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret / the lorde of Gomegynes / the erle of Pyncornet and dyuers other prelates / barownes / knygh|tes / and &s;quyers of Ga&s;coyne went into Frau~|ce and made great complayntes in the frenche kynges chambre (The kyng and his peres be|ynge pre&s;ent) of the greffes that the prince of Wales wolde do to them &s;ayeng howe their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e &s;orte ought to be to the frenche kynge / and to drawe to him / as to their &s;ouerayne lorde. And the kynge who wolde nat breke the peace / by|twene hym and the kynge of Englande began to dy&s;&s;emble and &s;ayd. Sirs &s;urely the inry&s;|dictyon of our herytage / and of the crowne of Fraunce we wyll alwayes kepe and augment / but we haue &s;worne to dyuer&s;e artycles in the peace / of the whiche I remembre nat all. Ther+fore we &s;hall vi&s;yte and beholde the tenoure of the letters / and in as moche as we may do we &s;hall ayde you / and &s;hall be gladde to agre you with the prince our dere nephue / for parauen|ture he is nat well coun&s;ayled to put you or yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ubgettes fro their fredoms / and fraunche&s;&s;es. So with the an&s;were that the kynge made the~ at that tyme they were content / and &s;oo abode &s;tyll at Parys with the kyng / in purpo&s;e nat to retourne agayne into their owne countrees / w^t the whiche the prince was nothynge well con|tent: but alwayes he &s;tyll per&s;euered in y^e pur|po&s;e of rey&s;inge of this fowage. Sir Johan Chandos who was one of the greatte&s;t of his coun&s;ayle / was contrary to this opinyon / and wolde gladly that the prince wolde haue left it: but whan he &s;awe that y^e prince wolde nat leue his purpo&s;e / to thyntent that he wolde bere no blame nor reproche in the mater. He tooke his leaue of the price and made his excu&s;e to go in to Normandy to vi&s;yte the lande of &s;aynt Sa|uyoure the Uycount / wherof he was lorde / for he had nat been there in thre yeres before. The prince gaue hym leaue: and &s;o he departed out of Poyctou and went to Con&s;tantyne / and ta|ryed in the towne of &s;aynt Sauyour more tha~ halfe a yere. And alwayes the prince proceded on the rey&s;ynge of this fowage / the whiche yf he hadde brought about / &s;hulde haue been well worthe euery yere a .xii. hundred thou&s;and fra~+kes. Euery fyre to haue payed yerely a franke / the riche to haue borne out the poore.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe let vs retourne to kyng Henry / who was all this &s;ea&s;on in the realme of Arragon / and lette vs &s;hewe howe he per&s;euered after.</HEAD>
<P>_THe moo&s;t parte of the &s;tate of the prince &amp; of his be&s;yne&s;&s;e / was well knowen with the kynges there a|bout. As with kyng Peter of Ara|gon / &amp; with kyng Henry: for they layed great / wayte to knowe it. They vnder|&s;tode well howe the barownes of Ga&s;con were gone to Parys to the frenche kynge / and in a maner began to rebell agayn&s;t the prince / with the whiche they were nothyng di&s;plea&s;ed. And &s;pecially kynge Henry: for than he thought to attayne agayne to conquere the realme of Ca|&s;tell / the whiche he hadde lo&s;t by the meanes of the prince. And &s;o than kyng Henry toke leaue of the kynge of Arragon / and departed fro the towne of Ualence the great: and out of Arra|gon with hym <ABBR>ther</ABBR> went the Uycount of Ro|quebertyn / and the Uycount of Roodes / and they were thre thou&s;ande hor&s;emen / and &s;ixe thou&s;ande a fote / with a certayne genowayes that the hadde in wages. And &s;o they rode to|warde Spaygne tyll they came to the Cytie of Burgus / the whiche incontynent was opyned and rendered vp to kynge Henry. And they re|ceyued him as their lorde / and fro thens he we~t to the Uale Olyfe: for kynge Henry vnder&s;to|de that the kyng of Mallorques was &s;tyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> And whan they of the towne of Uale Olyfe vn+der&s;toode that they of Burgus had yelded vp their towne to kyng Henry / than they thought natte to kepe their towne agayn&s;t hym / and &s;o yelded them to him / and receyued him as their lorde. A&s;&s;one as the kyng was entred into the towne / he demaunded where the kyng of Mal+lorques was / y^e whiche was &s;hewed hym. Tha~ the kynge entred into the chambre <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he lay nat fully hole of his dy&s;ea&s;e: than~e the kynge went to hym / and &s;ayde. Sir kyng of Mallor|ques ye haue ben our enemy / and with a great army ye haue enuaded this our realme of Ca|&s;tell. Wherfore we &s;et our handes on you / ther|fore yelde your &s;elfe as our pri&s;oner or els ye ar but deed. And whan the kynge of Mallorques &s;awe hym &s;elfe in that ca&s;e / and that no defen|ce wolde helpe hym / he &s;ayde. Sir kynge true|ly I am but deed yf that it plea&s;e you / and &s;ir gladly I yelde me vnto you but to none other.
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Therfore &s;ir if your mynde be to put me into a+ny other mannes handes &s;hewe it me / for I had rather dye than to be put in to the handes of my v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ter enemy the kyng of Aragon. Sir &s;aid the kyng feare you nat I wyll do you but right: yf I dyde otherwy&s;e I were to blame. ye &s;hall be my pri&s;oner: outher to acquyte you / or to raun &s;ome you at my plea&s;ure. Thus was the kyng o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mallorques taken by ky<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g Henry and cau|&s;ed hym to be well kept <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and than he rode further to y^e cyte of Lyon in Spayne / the whi|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he incontynent was opened agayn&s;t hym.</P>
<P>&para; Whan the towne and cite of Lyon in Spay+gne was thus rendred to kynge Henry / all the countre and marche&s;&s;e of Galyce / tourned and yelded them to kynge Henry / and to hym came many great lordes and barownes / who before had done homage to kynge Da~peter / for what so euer &s;emblant they had made to hym before the prince / yet they loued hym nat. Bycau&s;e of olde tyme he had ben to them &s;o cruell / and they were euer in feare / that he wolde tourne to his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ueltie agayne. And kyng Henry was euer a|myable and meke to them promi&s;yng to do mo the for them: therfore they all drue to him. Sir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was nat as than in his co~+pany but he was comyng with a two thou&s;and fightyng men / and was de&abper;ted fro the duke of Amou who had achyued his <ABBR>war</ABBR> in Proue~s / &amp; broken vp his &s;ege before Tara&s;ton by co~po&s;i|cion I can nat &s;hewe how. and with &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers knightes &amp; &s;quy|e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s of Fraunce de&s;yring to exercy&s;e the feate of a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">mes. And &s;o they came towardes kyng Hen+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y / who as than had layd &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ge before Tollet.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">dynges came to kyng Da~peter howe the countre tourned to his ba&s;tarde bro+ther <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as he lay in the marche&s;&s;e of Cyuyll &amp; Portyngale / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was but &s;mally beloued. And whan he herde therof he was &s;ore di&s;plea|&s;ed agayn&s;t his brother / and agayn&s;t the~ of Ca+&s;tell &punc; bycau&s;e they for&s;oke him and &s;ware a gret othe&punc; that he wolde take on them &s;o cruell a ven+geaunce / that it &s;hulde be en&s;ample to all other Than he &s;ent out his commaundement / to &s;u|che as he tru&s;ted wolde ayd and &s;erue him / but he &s;ent to &s;ome &s;uche as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a~e nat to him / but tur|ned to kyng Henry / and &s;ent their homages to hym. And whan this kyng Da~peter &s;awe that his men began to fayle him. Than he began to dout and toke coun&s;ayle of Domferant of Ca|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tces who neuer fayled hym / and he gaue hym coun&s;ayle that he &s;hulde get a&s;moche people to gyder as he might / a&s;well out of Granade / as out of other places. And &s;o in all ha&s;t to ryde a|gayn&s;t his brother the ba&s;tarde / or he dyde con+quere any further in the countre. Than kynge Dampeter &s;ent inco~tynent to the kyng of Por|tyngale / who was his co&s;yn germayne: al&s;o he &s;ent to the kyng of Granade and of Bell Ma|ryn / and to the kyng of Trame&s;ames / &amp; made alyaunces with the~ thre: and they &s;ent hym mo than .xx. thou&s;ande &s;arazy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s to helpe hym in his <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> So thus kynge Dampeter dyde &s;o|moche that what of Chri&s;tenmen and of &s;ara|zyus / he had to the nombre of .xl. thou&s;and men in the marche&s;&s;e of Cyuyll. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle that kynge Henry lay at&s;iege / &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy came to him with .ii. M. fighting men / and he was receyued with great ioye / for all the ho&s;t was gretly reioy&s;ed of his comyng.</P>
<P>BIng Dampeter who had made his a&s;&s;e~|ble in the marche&s;&s;e of Cyuyll / and there about: de&s;yrynge greatly to fight with the ba|&s;tarde his brother. Departed fro Ciuyll &amp; toke his tourney towardes Tollet to rey&s;e the &s;iege <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / the whiche was fro him a .vii. dayes iour+ney. Tidynges came to kyng Henry how that his brother Dampeter aproched / and in his co~|pany mo than .xl. thou&s;ande men of one and o|ther. And thervpon he toke coun&s;ell / to the whi+che coun&s;ayle was called the knyghtes of Frau~+ce and of Aragone. And &s;pecially &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / by whome the kyng was moo&s;t ru+led / and his coun&s;ayle was that kynge Henry &s;hulde auaunce forthe to encountre his brother Da~peter: and in what co~dycion &s;o euer that he fou~de hym in / inco~tynent to &s;et on &amp; fyght with hym. Sayeng to the kyng. Sir I here &s;ay he cometh with a great puy&s;&s;aunce / and &s;ir yf he haue great lay&s;er in his comyng it may tourne you and vs all to great dy&s;plea&s;ure: and ther|fore &s;ir if we go ha&s;tely on him or he beware / pa+rauenture we &s;hall fynde hym and his compa|ny in that ca&s;e and &s;o di&s;pur<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eyed / that we &s;hal haue hym at aduauntage and &s;o we &s;hall di&s;co~+fyte hym / I dout nat. The coun&s;ayle of &abser; Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy was well herd and taken / and &s;o kyng Henry in an euenyng departed fro the hoo&s;t with a certayne of the be&s;t knyghtes and fightyng men that he coude cho&s;e out in all his hoo&s;t. And left the re&s;ydue of his company in y^e kepyng and gouernyng of his brother therle of Anxell. And &s;o rode forthe &amp; he had &s;euyn&s;pyes
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euer comynge and goynge / who euer brought hym worde what his brother Dampeter dyde / and all his hoo&s;t. And kyng Dampeter knewe nothynge howe his brother came &s;o ha&s;tely to|warde hym / wherfore he and his co~pany rode the more at large w^tout any good order. And &s;o in a mornyng kyng Henry and his people met and encountred his brother kyng Dampeter / who had lyen that night in a ca&s;tell therby cal|led Nantueyle / and was there well receyued &amp; had good <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">here. And was departed thens the &s;ame mornyng / wenyng full lytell to haue ben fought with all as that day: and &s;o &s;odenly on hym with baners di&s;played there came his bro+ther kyng He~ry / and his brother Sanxes and &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / by whome the kynge and all his ho&s;t was greatly ruled. And al&s;o w^t them <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the begue of Uillaynes / the lor|de of Roquebertyn / the vycou~t of Rodaix / and their co~panyes: they were a &s;ixe thou&s;and figh+tyng men / and they rode all clo&s;e togyder / and &s;o ran and encountred their enemyes: cryenge Ca&s;tell for kynge Henry and our lady of Cle&s;|quy / and &s;o they di&s;co~fyted and put a backe the fir&s;t brunt. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many &s;layne and ca&s;t to the erthe / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were none taken to raun&s;ome / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche was apoynted &s;o to be / by &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / bycau&s;e of the great no~bre of &s;ara|zyns that was <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> And whan kyng Da~peter who was in the myddes of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prea&s;e among his owne people / herde howe his men were a&s;&s;ay|led &amp; put abacke by his brother the ba&s;tard He~+ry and by the frenchmen / he had great maruell therof / &amp; &s;awe well howe he was betrayed &amp; vi&s;+ceyued / and in <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> to le&s;e all / for his men were &s;ore&s;parcled abrode Howbeit like a gode hardy knight and of good co~forte re&s;ted on the felde / and cau&s;ed his <ABBR>banerr</ABBR> to be vnrolled / to drawe togyder his people. And &s;ente worde to them that were behy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de to ha&s;t them forwarde bycau&s;e he was fightynge with his enemyes / wherby euery man auau~ced forward to the ba|ner. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a maueylous great &amp; a fer&s;e batayle / and many a man &s;layne of kyng Da~|peters parte / for kyng Henry and &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy &s;ought their enemyes with &s;o cora|gyous and fer&s;e wyll / that none coulde endure agayn&s;t them. Howe beit that was nat lightly done / for kyng Dampeterand his co~pany <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;ixe agayn&s;t one / but they were taken &s;o &s;oden|ly that they were di&s;co~fyted / in &s;uche wy&s;e that it was marueyle to beholde.</P>
<P>TThis batayle of the &s;panyardes one a|gayn&s;t another / and of the&s;e two kyn|ges and their alyes was nere to Nantueyle / the whiche was that day right fer&s;e &amp; cruell. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many good knightes of kynge Henryes parte: as &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / &s;ir Geffray Rycons / &s;ir Arnolde Lymo&s;yn / &s;ir Gawen of Baylleule / the begue of Uillaynes / Alayne of &s;aynt Poule / Alyot of Calays / and dyuers o|ther. And al&s;o of y^e realme of Aragon <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the vycount of Roquebertyn / the vycou~t of Ro+daix / and dyuers other good knight&abis; and &s;qui|ers whome I can nat all name. And there they dyde many noble dedes of armes / the whiche was nedefull to theym &s;o to do: for they founde fer&s;e and &s;tronge people agayn&s;t them. As &s;a|razyus / iewes / &amp; portyngales: the iewes fledde and turned their backes and fought no &s;troke / but they of Granade and of Belmaryn fought fer&s;ely with their bowes and archegayes / and dyd that day many a noble dede of armes. And kyng Dampeter was a hardy knight &amp; fought valyantly with a great axe / and gaue therwith many a great &s;troke / &s;o that none dur&s;t aproch nere to hym. And the baner of kyng Henry his brother mette and recou~tred agayn&s;t his / eche of them cryenge their cryes. Than the batayle of kyng Dampeter began to opyn: than Dom+ferant of Ca&s;tres / who was chefe coun&s;ay lour about kynge Dampeter: &s;awe and perceyued well howe his people began to le&s;e and to be di+&s;confyted: &s;ayd to the kyng. Sir / &s;aue yo^r &s;elfe and withdrawe you in to the ca&s;tell of Naunt|ueyle / &s;ir if ye be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ye be in &s;auegarde &punc; for if ye be taken with your enemyes ye are but deed without mercy. The kyng Dampeter beleued his coun&s;ayle and de&abper;ted a&s;&s;oone as he might and went to warde Nantueyle / and &s;o came thi+der in &s;uche tyme that he founde the gat&abis; opyn / and &s;o he entred all onely with .xii. &abper;&s;ons. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on the other of his company fought &s;tyll in the feldes / as they were &s;parcled abrode here and <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> The &s;arazyns defended them &s;elfe a&s; well as they might / for they knewe nat the countrey: therfore to flye they thought was for them none auayle. Than tidyng&abis; cam to kyng Henry and to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy howe that kyng Dampeter was fledde &amp; with|drawen into the ca&s;tell of Nantueyle / and how that the begue of Uillaynes had pur&s;ued hym thyder / and in to his ca&s;tell there was but one pa&s;&s;age / before the whiche pa&s;&s;age the Begue of Uiyllaynes had pyght his &s;tanderd. Of the whiche tidynges king Henry and &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was right ioyou&s;e: and &s;o drewe to that parte / in &s;leyng and beatyng downe their
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ennemyes lyke bee&s;tes / &s;o that they were wery of kyllyng. This cha&s;e endured more than .iii. houres: &s;o that day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was moo than .xiiii. thou&s;and &s;layne and &s;ore hurt. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were but fewe that were &s;aued / except &s;uche as knewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pal&s;ages of the countre. This batayle was be+&s;yde Nantueyle in Spayne / the .xiii. day of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> moneth of Augu&s;t. The yere of our lorde god / a thou&s;ande thre hundred / thre&s;core and eight.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe kyng Dampeter was taken and put to dethe / and &s;o kyng Henry was agayne kyng of Ca&s;tell / and of the tenour of certayne letters touchi~|ge the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande / and of the coun&s;ayle that was gyuen to kyng Charles of Fra~|ce / to make warre to the kyng of En|glande. Cap. CC .xlii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this di&s;confyture / and y^t kyn+ge Henry had obteyned the victo|ry / than they layed &s;ege rounde a|bout the ca&s;tell of Na~tueyle / wher in was kyng Da~peter. Than kyn+ge He~ry &s;ent for the re&s;ydue of his company to Tollet / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they lay at &s;iege. Of the which tidynges therle of Auxell and therle of Sa~res were right ioyfull. This ca&s;tell of Nantueyle was right &s;tronge &amp; able to haue hold agayn&s;t them all a long &s;pace / if it had ben purueyed of vitayle / and other thynges nece&s;&s;ary: but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nat in the ca&s;tell &s;cant to &s;erue four dayes / wherof kyng Da~peter and his company were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / for they were &s;o &s;traitly watched day and night / that a byrde <ABBR>coud</ABBR> nat come out of the ca&s;tell without &s;pyeng. Than kyng Da~|peter &s;eyng hym&s;elfe thus be &s;et rounde about with his enemyes / and knewe no way of peace or concorde / was in great ymaginacyon. So all peryls con&s;ydred / and for defaut of vitayle: he was coun&s;ayled to depart priuely at y^e hour of mydnight / and .xii. per&s;ons with hym: and &s;o to <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> on the grace of god / and gydes were apoynted to bring hym in &s;auegard. And &s;o aboute the tyme of mydnight next after / the kynge Dampeter and Domferant of Ca&s;ters / and .xii. other per&s;ons with them departed out of the ca&s;tell. The night was very darke / &amp; the begue of Uillayns kept watch without y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame night / and a. CCC. with hym. And as kynge Da~peter and his company y&s;&s;ued out of the ca+&s;tell / and went downe a hye way as priuely as they coude deuyce. the begue of Uillayns who was euer in dout le&s;t they &s;hulde &s;cape / the whi+che cau&s;ed hym to make the <ABBR>&s;urerr</ABBR> watche. He thought he <ABBR>herd</ABBR> men pa&s;&s;e downe the hye way and &s;ayd to them that were about hym. Sirs: kepe you &s;tyll all preuy / for me thinke I here fol+kes come in the way / we wyll go knowe what they be / and what they &s;eke here at this tyme of night &abper;auenture <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be &s;ome that are comyn+ge to reuitayle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell. Than the Begue &s;tept forthe with his dagger in his hande / and came to a man that was nere to kynge Da~peter / and &s;ayd: What art thou? and he ru&s;&s;hed forth with his hor&s;e fro hym / and pa&s;&s;ed by them. The be|gue &s;tept to kyng Dampeter who was next / &amp; &s;ayde: What art y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">? &s;hewe me thy name or thou art but deed / and toke hym by the bridell / for he thought he &s;hulde nat pa&s;&s;e fro hym as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other dyde. And whan kyng Dampeter &s;awe &s;uche a route of men of warre before hym / and that he coude nat &s;cape / &s;ayd. Sir begue of Uillayns I am kynge Dampeter of Ca&s;tell / I yelde me to you as a pri&s;oner / and put me &amp; my company the whiche ar but .xii. per&s;ons into your hand&abis; and plea&s;ure. And &s;ir I requyre you by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> waye of gentylne&s;&s;e to bring me into &s;ome &s;auegard / and I &s;hall pay to you &s;uch rau~&s;ome as ye wyll de&s;yre / for I thanke god I haue ynough wher / with / &s;o that I may &s;cape fro the handes of the bar&s;tarde my brother. Than the Begue as I was enformed an&s;wered / and &s;aid. Sir I &s;hall bring you and your company in to &s;auegarde / and your brother &s;hall knowe nothynge of you by me. So thus king Dampeter was brought to the Begues lodgyng / into the proper loging of &s;ir yone of Kaonet. And he had nat ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the &s;pace of an hour / whan that kynge Henry &amp; therle of Roquebertyn and a certayne with the~ came to the &s;ame logyng. And a&s;&s;oone as king Henry was entred in to the chambre / he &s;ayde. <ABBR>wher</ABBR> is that hore&s;on and iewe / that calleth him+&s;elfe kyng of Ca&s;tell. Than kynge Dampeter who was alryght hardy and a cruell knyght a|uaunced him&s;elfe / and &s;ayd. Nay thou art a ho+res &s;onne / and I am &s;onne to kyng Alphons / &amp; ther with he toke kyng He~ry his brother in his armes / and wre&s;tled &s;o with hym / that he ouer thrue hym on a benche / and &s;et his hand on his knyfe / &amp; had &s;layne hym without remedy / and the vycount of Roquebertyn had nat bene. He toke kyng Dampeter by the legge and turned hym vp &s;edowne / &s;o that kyng He~ry was than aboue / who drue out a longe knyfe / and &s;trake
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kyng Dampeter into the body. Ther with his men came in to helpe hym. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layn al&s;o by him a knight of England called &abser; Rafe Helme / who was &s;omtyme called y^e grene &s;qui+er / and an other &s;quyer called James Roulant bycau&s;e they made defence. But as for Domfe rant of Ca&s;ters and the other had none yuell / but remayned pri&s;oners to the Begue of Uyl|layns / and to &s;ir Lyon of Kaonet.</P>
<P>THus ended kyng Dampeter of Ca&s;tell who &s;omtyme reigned in great pro&s;pe|ryte. And after he was &s;layne he was lefte thre dayes aboue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erthe / the which me thynke was great pyte. Than the next day the lorde of Na~t+ueyle yelded hym to kynge Henry / and he toke hym to mercy / and all tho that wolde tourne to him. Than tidynges ran ouer all Ca&s;tell how kyng Da~peter was &s;layne / wherof his fre~des were &s;ory / and his enemyes ioyfull. But whan the kynge of Portyngale herde howe his co&s;yn kyng Da~peter was deed / he was right &s;orow|full: and &s;ware &amp; &s;ayde that his dethe &s;hulde be reuenged. And &s;o he &s;entinco~tynent his defya~|ce to kyng Henry &amp; made hym <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and kept the marche&s;&s;e of Ciuyll agayn&s;t him a certayn &s;ea&s;on / but for all that kyng Henry left nat his purpo&s;e in pur&s;uyng of his enterpri&s;e / but re|turned to Tollet / the which yelded vp &s;treight to hym / and all the countre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about. And at la&s;t the kyng of Porti~gale thought nat to kepe any lengar <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t kyng Henry: &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a peace made bytwene the~ / by the meanes of the prelates &amp; lordes of Spayne. Thus kin|ge Henry abode in peace kyng of Ca&s;tell and with hym &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / &s;ir Olyuer of Ma~ny / and other knightes &amp; &s;quyers of fra~+ce and of Bretayne. And kyng Henry dyd mo|che for the~ as he was bounde to do for without their helpe he had nat obtayned his purpo&s;e / &amp; &s;o he made &s;ir Bertram con&s;table of Spayne / and gaue hym the lande of Soyrie / the whiche was yerely worthe .xx. M. trankes / and to &s;ir Olyuer his nephue he gaue the lande of Crete the which was yerely worth .x. M. fra~kes: and al&s;o he gaue fayre land&abis; to dyuers other knigh+tes and &s;quiers. Than the kynge went and lay at Burgus with his wife and children. Of his pro&s;peryte and good adue~ture / gretly reioy&s;ed the frenche kyng / the duke of Aniou / &amp; al&s;o the kyng of Aragon. About the &s;ame tyme dyed / &s;ir Lyon of Englande duke of Clarence / who had pa&s;t the &s;ee as ye haue herde before / &amp; had / mari+ed the doughter of Galays lorde of Myllayne / but bycau&s;e he dyed &s;tra~gely / the lorde Edwar+de <ABBR>Spens</ABBR> his company on kept <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t hym a certayne &s;pace but finally he was enfor|med of the trouthe. &para; Nowe let vs retourne to the aduentures of the duchy of Acquitayne.</P>
<P>_YE haue herd here before howe the prince was determyned to rey&s;e a fowage in his lande / the which his people thought &s;hulde be to theyr gret charge / &amp; &s;pecially they of ga+&s;cone / for they of the lowe marches / as of Poy|tou / Xayton / &amp; Rochell acorded lightly therto / bycau&s;e they were nere to the princes abidyng / and al&s;o they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> euer / more obey&s;ant / ferme &amp; &s;table to the prince / than tho of the further cou~|trees. And to bring this mater to pa&s;&s;e / y^e prin|ce and his coun&s;ell had dyuers &abper;lyamentes / at Nyort / Angoleme / Poyters / at Burdeux / &amp; at Bergerat: but alwayes they of Angoleme me~|teyned &s;tyll / and &s;ayd they wolde pay nothyng / and they &s;ayd they wolde nat &s;uffre this fowa|ge to ryn in their cou~tre. Sayeng howe theyr re&s;ort hath ben alwayes in the cha~bre of the fre~|che kyng. Of the whiche re&s;orte the prince was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed &amp; argued agayn&s;t it / and &s;ayd: they ought to haue no re&s;orte <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / affirmynge howe the french kyng had quyted all re&s;ortes &amp; iuri&s;dyctions / whan he re~dred the land&abis; of the kyng of England his as it is well apare~t in the tenour of the charters of y^e peace. Wherin it ma+keth playne me~cion / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no article re+&s;erued for the fre~ch kyng in the peace. To y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> an+&s;wered agayne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ga&s;cons / &s;ayeng howe it was nat in the power of the frenche kyng to aquyte the~ fro their re&s;ort: for the prelates &amp; barons of cyties &amp; good townes of Ga&s;cone wolde neuer haue &s;uffred it / nor neuer wyll if it were to do a+gayn: though the realme of Frau~ce &s;huld euer abyde in <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Thus y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> princes &amp; lordes of ga|&s;coyne &s;u&s;teyned &s;tyll their opinyon &amp; abode at Parys with the frenche kyng: as therle of Ar|mynake / the lorde Dalbret / therle of Pyergo^rt the erle of Comygines / and dyuers other. And they dayly enformed the kyng / howe the prince by his great pride &amp; pre&s;umpcion / wolde trede them vnder: and rey&s;e vp newe thyng&abis; in their countreis / the whiche they &s;ayd they wolde ne|uer &s;uffre to be done / con&s;ydering that their re+&s;orte was to hym. Therfore they de&s;yred y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the prince &s;hulde be apelled in to the chambre of &abper;|lyament before the peres of Frau~ce: to <ABBR>an&s;wer</ABBR> <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to the grefes &amp; troubles that he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> do to them. The french kyng who wolde entertayne the&s;e lordes of Ga&s;cone y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> this requyred him of ayde &amp; confort / as their &s;ouerayne lorde. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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they &s;hulde drawe to none other court / for le&s;yn+ge of that &s;eignory co~di&s;cended to their reque&s;t agayn&s;t his wyll / by cau&s;e he &s;awe well it &s;huld turne to haue opyn <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / the which without a good tytell of rea&s;on he wolde be lothe to moue Al&s;o he &s;awe his realme &s;ore troubled with co~|panyons &amp; enemyes / and al&s;o his brother y^e du|ke of Berry was in ho&s;tage in <ABBR>England</ABBR> / ther|fore he toke great ley&s;er in this ca&s;e. In y^e &s;ame &s;ea&s;on came into Frau~ce the lorde Guy of Lig|ny erle of &s;. Poule without taking of any leaue of thengly&s;&s;hmen by great &s;ubtylte: the maner howe / were to longe here to reher&s;e / therfore I wyll pa&s;&s;e it ouer brefely. This erle hated &s;o the engly&s;&s;hmen y^t he coude &s;ay no good of them / &amp; he dyd a&s;moche as he might that the fre~ch kyn|ge &s;hulde co~di&s;cend to the reque&s;t of y^e ga&s;cons / for he knewe well if the prince were apeled to y^e court of &abper;lyament / it &s;hulde be a great occa&s;ion of mouyng of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And to the opynion of the erle of &s;. Poule was agreed dyuers prelates / er+les barons / &amp; knightes of the realme of Fra~ce: and they &s;ayd to the kyng / howe that the kyng of England had nat well kept the peace / wher|vnto he was &s;worne and had &s;ealed to / acordin+ge to the tenor of the treaty made at Bertiguin be&s;yde de Charters / &amp; after co~fermed at Calays. For they &s;ayd thengly&s;&s;hmen hath hated the re+alme of Frau~ce more / &s;yth the peace was made than they dyde before. And &s;ir this that we &s;ay ye &s;hall fynde of trouth / if ye cau&s;e the charters of the peace to be reed / to the which the kyng of England &amp; his &s;on are bounde by their faithe &amp; othe. Than the kynge to be better enformed of the trouthe and to kepe y^e rightes of his realme cau&s;ed to be brought into the cha~bre of coun&s;ell all the charters of the peace / &amp; made them to be reed ouer often tymes / the better to examyne y^e poyntes &amp; artycles co~pri&s;ed in the~. And amon|ge other <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was one &s;ubmy&s;&s;ion / wheron the kyng and his coun&s;ayle are&s;ted moo&s;t / bycau&s;e it &s;pake clerely and playnly of that they loked for / the tenour wherof here after foloweth.</P>
<P>EDward by the grace of god: kyng of en|gland / lorde of Irlande &amp; of Acquitayn. To all them that this pre&s;ent letters &s;eyth: We &s;end gretyng / knowe you all that in the finall &amp; la&s;t acorde and peace made / bytwene vs &amp; oure right dere brother the french kyng / are contey|ned two artycles / co~pri&s;yng y^e forme folowing. The fir&s;t is / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> it is &s;ayde that the fore&s;ayd kynges are bounde to cau&s;e to be co~fermed all the &s;ayd artycles co~pri&s;ed in the peace by the ho la father the pope / and &s;o to be delyuerd by &s;en|tence fro the court of Rome / touchyng the &abper;fe|ction &amp; acco~ply&s;&s;hment of this pre&s;ent treaty: &amp; &s;o to be delyuerd to the &abper;ties / at le&s;t within thre wekes / after the french kyng &s;hulde be aryued at Calys. Al&s;o to thentent that the&s;e artycles &amp; treaties pa&s;&s;ed / &s;hulde be the more ferme &amp; &s;ta|ble / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hulde be made certayne bondes &amp; de|lyuered as foloweth. That is to &s;ay: letters &s;ea+led with &s;eales of bothe kynges and their elde&s;t &s;onnes / &s;uche as &s;hulde be deuy&s;ed by the coun+&s;ayles of bothe kynges. And al&s;o the &s;ayd kyn|ges &amp; their children &s;hulde &s;were &amp; other of gret lynage to the no~bre of .xx. that they &s;hulde kepe and ayde to be kept / a&s;moche as in the~ lyeth / all the &s;ayd artycles acorded &amp; agreed: and to aco~|ply&s;&s;he the &s;ame / without fraude or male engin And al&s;o that bothe kynges &s;huld do the be&s;t of their powers / &amp; all their fre~des to bring all the rebels into obey&s;ance / acordyng to the forme of the truce. and al&s;o that bothe kyng&abis; &s;hulde &s;ub|myt the~&s;elfe &amp; their realmes / to the correction of the pope / to the~tent that he &s;hulde co~&s;treyne by cen&s;uries of the churche / who &s;o euer &s;hulde re|bell to fall to concorde &amp; peace. And be&s;yde that bothe kynges &amp; their heyres / by othe and a&s;&s;u|rance: &s;hulde renou~ce all graces &amp; pro&s;&s;es of a|ny dede done by the~ / and though by di&s;obey&s;an+ce / rebellyon / or puy&s;&s;ance of any of the &s;ubgett&abis; of the french kyng / wherby the kyng &s;hulde be let to accomply&s;&s;he all the &s;ayd artycles. yet the kyng of England nor his heyres for all y^t <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> make no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to the realme of Fra~ce / but both kynges togyder &s;hulde enforce the~&s;elfe to redu+ce the rebels to peace &amp; concorde. &amp; al&s;o though the &s;ubgett&abis; of the kyng of England wolde nat rendre the townes / ca&s;tels / or fortre&s;&s;es / which they helde in the realme of Fraunce / the whiche ought to be delyuerd by rea&s;on of the peace / or by any other iu&s;t cau&s;e / wherby the kyng of en|glande &s;hulde be let to aco~ply&s;&s;he that he ought to do by rea&s;on of this treaty. Than both kyn|ges togyder <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t &s;uch re+bels / to bring the~ to good obey&s;ance / &amp; to reco|uer &s;uche townes / ca&s;tels / &amp; fortre&s;&s;es / &amp; to de|lyuer the~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as they ought to be. And of this &s;hulde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be made as &abper;fyte &amp; as &s;ure bandes as coude be deuy&s;ed / a&s;well by the holy <ABBR>father</ABBR> the pope and the coledge of cardynalles / as by other. Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was another artycle in y^e &s;ame treaty / &s;ayeng thus: In token &amp; perfyte know|lege that we de&s;yre to haue &amp; to nori&s;&s;he &abper;petu|all peace &amp; loue / bytwene vs and our brother of France. We renounce &amp; by the&s;e pre&s;entes do re+nounce
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all graces &amp; other proce&s;&s;e of dede aga|yn&s;t our &s;ayd brother / his heyres &amp; &s;ucce&s;&s;ours of the realme of France / &amp; &s;ubgett&abis; therof. And promy&s;e &amp; &s;were / &amp; haue &s;worne by the body of Je&s;u cry&s;t / for vs &amp; our &s;ucce&s;&s;ours y^e we &s;hulde nat do nor &s;uffre to be done by dede or worde a+ny thyng ayen&s;t this renu~ciacio~ / nor agayn&s;t a+ny thyng co~teyned in the for&s;ayd artycles. And if we do or &s;uffre to be done to the co~trary by a|ny maner of way / the whiche god for beve. We wyll than y^t we be reputed for fal&s;e &amp; for&s;worne and to ryn into &s;uche blame &amp; di&s;fainy as a kin+ge &s;acred ought to do in &s;uche ca&s;e. And clerely we renou~ce all di&s;pe~&s;acions &amp; ab&s;olucions of y^e pope / &amp; if any be obteyned we wyll they &s;tande for nought / &amp; to be of no valure / and y^t they ayd vs nat in no maner of ca&s;e. And the more ferm|lyer to vpholde all the &s;ayd artycles: we put vs our heyres &amp; &s;ucce&s;&s;ours / to the iuri&s;dyction &amp; correction of y^e church of Rome. and wyll &amp; con+&s;ent y^t our holy father the pope conferme all the &s;ayd treaty &amp; to ordayne monycions &amp; generall co~mau~deme~tes agayn&s;t vs our heyres &amp; &s;ucce&s;+&s;ours / &amp; agayn&s;t our &s;ubgett&abis; / como~s / vniuer&s;i+teis / colleg&abis; / or any other &s;inguler &abper;&s;ons / what &s;oeuer they be in gyueng of &s;ente~ce generall / of cur&s;yng / &s;u&s;pe~dyng / &amp; interdityng to ryn on vs or on any of the~: a&s;&s;on as we or they do or ate~pt to the co~trary of y^e &s;aid trety / or ocupye~g to wa&abis; ca&s;tels / or fortre&s;&s;es: or any other thing doyng ratifyeng / or gyueng cou~&s;ell / co~fort / fauour / or ayde priuely or openly / agayn&s;t any of the &s;ayd artycles. And al&s;o we haue cau&s;ed our dere el|de&s;t &s;onne Edwarde prince of Wales / to &s;were the &s;ame. And al&s;o our yonger &s;o~nes: Lyonell erle of Ul&s;ter / John~ erle of Richmont / and Ed+mond of Langley: &amp; our right dere co&s;yn Phy+lyp of <ABBR>Nauar</ABBR> / and the dukes of La~ca&s;tre and of Bretayne: and therles of Stafford &amp; Sali&s;+bury. And y^e lorde of Ma~ny / the caprall of befz the lorde Mo~tford / James Audley / Roger Be+auchampt / John~ Chandos / Rafe Ferres / Ed|ward <ABBR>Spens</ABBR> / Thom~s &amp; Wyllm~ Phelton / Eu &s;tate Da~bretycourt / Fra~ke de Hall / John~ Mo~+bray / Bartylmewe Bromes / Henry Percy / &amp; dyuers other. And al&s;o we &s;hall cau&s;e to &s;were / a&s;&s;one as we can co~ueniently all our other chyl+dren / and the moo&s;t &abper;te of the great prelat&abis; / er|les / barons / &amp; other nobles of our realme of En+gland. In witne&s;&s;e herof we haue put our &s;eale to the&s;e pre&s;ent&abis; / gyuen at our towne of Calais the yere of our lorde. M. CCC. and thre&s;core. The .xxiiii. day of Octobre.</P>
<P>&para; Among other writynges that had ben grau~+ted / a&s;well at Bertigny be&s;yde Charters as at Calays: whan kynge Johan was <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> This &s;ayd charter was one of the~ / and was well reed and examyned by kyng Charles / in the pre&s;e~ce of the chefe of his cou~&s;ell. Than y^e prelates and barons of France &s;ayd to the kyng. Sir y^e kyn+ge of England &amp; the prince his &s;on / haue nat ful+fylled the &s;ayd peace / but haue taken townes &amp; ca&s;tels and do kepe the~: to the great domage of this your realme / and rau~&s;ometh &amp; pylleth the people &s;o that the payme~t of the rede~cion is yet in &abper;tie vnpayed. Therfore &s;ir / you &amp; your &s;ub|gettes haue good ryght &amp; iu&s;t cau&s;e to brek the peace / &amp; to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the~gly&s;hmen / &amp; to take fro the~ Bretayn / the which they haue on this &s;yde the water. Al&s;o &s;ome of his coun&s;ayle &s;hewed him &s;ecretly by great delyberacion &s;ay+eng &s;ir: hardely take on you this warre / forye haue cau&s;e &s;o to do. For &s;ir a&s;&s;one as ye ones be+gyn the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / ye &s;hall &s;e &amp; fynde y^t they of y^e du+chy of Acq&abqui;tayn &s;hall turne to you: a&s;well prela+tes / barons / erles / knight&abis; &amp; &s;quiers: as the bur+ge&s;&s;es of good townes. ye may &s;e &s;ir / howe the prince wolde &abpro;cede in rey&s;ing of this fowage / but he can nat bring it to his purpo&s;e: &amp; &s;o ther by he is in hatred withall &abper;&s;ons / for they of Po+ictou / Xaynton / Querry / Lymo&s;yn / Rouerne / and of Rochell / are of &s;uche nature / y^t they can in no wy&s;e loue the~gly&s;hmen / nor the~gly&s;hmen the~ / they are &s;o proude &amp; pre&s;u~tuous: nor neuer dyd. And al&s;o be&s;yde that / y^e officers of the pri|ce dothe &s;uche extorcio~s on the people of Xainto~ Poitou / &amp; Rochell: for they take all in aba~don / and rey&s;eth &s;omoch of the~ in the tytell of y^e price &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is none y^t is &s;ure to haue any thing of his owne. And al&s;o the ge~tylmen of the coun+tre can attayne to no offyce nor preferme~t / for y^e engly&s;hmen and &s;eruant&abis; to the prince hath all. Thus the french kyng was moued &amp; cou~&s;ayled to moue <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and na~ely by the duke of Aniou who lay at Tholous / de&s;yred gretly the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / as he that leued nothing the~gli&s;hmen / bycau&s;e of &s;uche di&s;plea&s;ures as they had done hym in tyme pa&s;t. And al&s;o the ga&s;cons &s;ayd often ty|mes to the kyng. Dere &s;ir we are bounde to ha+ue our re&s;orte to your court / therfore we hu~bly requyre you / y^t ye wyll do right &amp; lawe. And as ye are the mo&s;t rightfull price of the worlde / do vs right: on the great grefes &amp; extorcions y^t the price of Wales &amp; his people doth / &amp; wolde do to vs. &amp; &s;ir if ye refuce to do vs ryght / we &s;hall tha~ purchace for our &s;elfe &s;ome remedy / in &s;ome o|ther place: and &s;hall yelde &amp; put our &s;elfe vnder the iuri&s;dyction of &s;uche a lorde as &s;hall cau&s;e
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vs to haue rea&s;on: and &s;o therby than &s;hall you le&s;e your &s;eignory ouer vs. And the french kyn+ge who was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">othe to le&s;e the~&punc; thinkyng it might be a great hurt and preiudice to him &amp; to his re+alme / an&s;wered the~ right curte&s;ly &amp; &s;ayd. Sirs for faute of lawe nor of good coun&s;ayle&punc; ye &s;hall nat nede to re&s;orte to any court / but all onely to mynde. Howbeit in all &s;uche be&s;yne&s;&s;e / it beho|ueth to worke and folowe good cou~&s;ell &amp; aduy|ce. Thus the kyng draue them of / nigh y^e &s;pace of a yere / and kept them &s;tyll with hym at Pa|rys / and payed for all their e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pences / and gaue them great gyftes and iowelles. And alwayes rau&s;ed to be&s;ecretly enquered amonge them / if the peace were broken bytwene hym &amp; Englan+de / whyder they wolde maynteyne his quarell or nat / and they an&s;wered that if the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> were ones open / the frenche kyng &s;hulde nat nede to care for that part for they &s;ayd they were &s;tron+ge ynough to kepe <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with the price and all his puy&s;&s;ance. Al&s;o the kynge &s;ent to the~ of Ab|uyle / to knowe yf they wolde tourne &amp; take his parte and become frenche. And they an&s;wered that they de&s;yred nothynge in all the worlde &s;o moche / as to be french: they hated &s;o deedly the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">gly&s;&s;hmen. Thus the french kyng gate hym <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">des on all &abper;tes / or els he dur&s;t nat haue done y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he dyde. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on was borne Char+ies the kynges elde&s;t &s;on / in the yere of our lord <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. CCC. l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">viii. wherof the realme of France was ioyfull / &amp; a lytell before was borne Char|les Dalbret. Of the byrthe of the&s;e two / who were co&s;yn germayns / was all the realme ioye+full and &s;pecially the frenche kyng.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the french kynge &s;ent to &s;o|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">n the prince of wales by apell to a yere per&s;onally in the chambre of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eres of France at Parys / to an&s;were there agayn&s;t the barons of Ga&s;cone Cap. CC .xliii.</HEAD>
<P>_SO moche the french kyng was exhorted by them of his cou~|&s;ayle / and &s;o ofte requyred by the~ of Ga&s;coyne / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was apell made and formed / to be &s;ent in to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">quitayne to apele the prince of wales to the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lyament of Paris. And it was deuy&s;ed by the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret / the erle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ergo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rt therle of Comynges / the vycont of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">rmayne&punc; the lorde de la Barde / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ncornet and dyuers other / who were chiefe cau&s;ers of this mater. And this apele co~teyned howe for the great grefes / that the&s;e ga&s;cons co~+pleyned that the prince of wales &amp; Acquitayne wolde do to the~ and to their people. Therfore they made their re&s;ort to the frenche kyng / req|ryng that the prince might be apelled / &s;yth they had made the fre~ch kyng their iuge. And whan this apell was made and duely corrected by all the wy&s;e cou~&s;ell of France / than it was conclu|ded by the &s;ayd coun&s;ell / that it &s;hulde be &s;igni|fyed to the prince / and that he &s;hulde be apelled to apere in proper per&s;on at Parys / in the cha~|bre of the peres of France / to an&s;were to the co~|playntes made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> agayn&s;t hym. And to bere this apell was co~maunded a clerke well langa|ged to do &s;uche a be&s;yne&s;&s;e / &amp; a knyght w^t hym called Ca~ponell of Ca~ponall. And &s;o they and their co~pany de&abper;ted fro Parys / and toke theyr way towarde Poictou / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed through Berry / Tourayne / Poyctou / and Xaynton / &amp; came to Blay / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer. And &s;o came to Burdeux <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the prince &amp; prin|ce&s;&s;e was / and alwayes in euery place they &s;aid how they were me&s;&s;angers fro the french kyng wherfore they were y^e better welcome in to eue|ry place. Than they toke vp their logynge and taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all that night / and in the next mor|nyng at a co~uenyent hour / they went to the ab|bey of &s;aynt Andrewes <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the prince was lo+ged / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were well receyued. And whan the prince knewe of their comyng / he cau&s;ed the~ to co~e before him / and whan they came into his pre&s;ens they kneled downe / and made their re|uerence / and delyuered the prince letters of cre+dence. The prince toke &amp; reed the~ and &s;ayd / &s;irs ye be welcome / declare your me&s;&s;age y^t ye haue in charge to &s;hewe vs. Tha~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> clerke &s;aid: right dere &s;ir / here is a let<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that was delyuered to vs at Paris / by our lorde the french kyng / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whi|che letter we &abpro;my&s;ed by our faithes to publy&s;h openly in your pre&s;ens: for &s;ir they touche you. The prince than began to change colour / &amp; had great marueyle what it might be / and &s;o had o+ther knightes that were about him / howbeit he refrayned hym&s;elfe / &amp; &s;ayd. Say on &s;irs what ye wyll / good tidyng&abis; we wyll be glad to here. Than the clerke toke y^e writyng &amp; reed it <ABBR>word</ABBR> by word / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tenor of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which herafter foloweth.</P>
<P>CHarles by the grace of god french kyng / to our nephue the prince of wales &amp; Ac<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+tayne / &s;end gretyng. So it is that dyuers pre|lates / barons / knight&abis; / vnyuer&s;ites / comynal|tes / and colleges / of the marches &amp; lymitacyo~s of the cou~tre of Ga&s;cone. And the dwellers and
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habitantes in the bondes of our realme / be&s;yde dyuers other of the duchy of Acquitayne / are drawen and are co~e to our court / to haue ryght of certayne grefes &amp; troubles vnlaufull / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> you by feble coun&s;ell &amp; &s;ymple informacion / haue be~ in purpo&s;e to do to them / of the whiche we haue marueyle. Therfore to with&s;tande &amp; to remedy the &s;ame maters / we are &s;o co~ioyned to the~ that by our ryall mage&s;ty &amp; &s;egnory. We co~maunde you to come into our cyte of Paris in proper <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;on / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> you to &s;hew &amp; pre&s;ent before vs in our chambre of our peres / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to do right on the for&s;ayd complayntes &amp; grefes moued by you to do on your people / who claymeth to ha|ue their re&s;orte in to our court&punc; and that this be nat fayled / in as ha&s;ty wy&s;e as ye can / after the &s;ight or herynge of the&s;e letters. In wytnel&s;e wherof to the&s;e pre&s;entes we haue &s;et our &s;eale / gyuen at Parys / the .xxv. day of January.</P>
<P>&para; Whan the prince of Wales had reed this let|ter he had great marueyle / and &s;hoke his heed &amp; behelde fer&s;ely y^e frenchmen. And whan he had a lytell &s;tudyed / he an&s;wered in this maner. <ABBR>ss</ABBR> we wyll gladly go to Parys to our vncle / &s;ythe he hath &s;ent thus for vs / but I a&s;&s;ure you y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall be with ba&s;&s;enet on our heed / and. l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. M. men in our company. Than the two frenchmen kne+led downe / and &s;ayde. Dere &s;ir for godde&s;&s;ake take pacy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ce / and take nat this apell in &s;o great di&s;pyte / nor be nat di&s;plea&s;ed with vs. Sir we be me&s;&s;angers &s;ent by our lorde the french kyn+ge / to whome we mu&s;t nedes obey / as your &s;ub+gettes ought to obey you. Wherfore &s;ir it beho|ueth vs to do his co~maundement / and &s;ir what &s;oeuerye wyll gyue vs<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> charge to &s;ay / we &s;hall &s;he we it to the kyng our prince &amp; lorde. Nay <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the price / &s;irs I am nat di&s;plea&s;ed with you / but with the~ that &s;ent you hyder. And the kyngyo|mai&s;ter is nat well coun&s;elled / to co~poy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e hym &s;elfe with oure &s;ubgettes / or to make hym &s;elfe iudge / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he hath nothyng to do / nor no ma|ner of ryght. For it &s;halbe well &s;hewed / that at the rendring &amp; puttyng in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of y^e kyng my father into the duchy of Acquitayne / he qui+ted all maner of re&s;ortes. For all they that hath cau&s;ed this appele to be had agaynll me / hath none other re&s;ort of right / but into the court of England / before the kyng my dere father. And or it &s;halbe otherwy&s;e I en&s;ure you / it &s;hall co&s;t a hundred thou&s;ande mennes lyues. And ther|with the prince departed and went to an other chambre / and lefte the~ &s;tyll <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Than knigh|tes of Englande came to them and &s;ayd. Sirs <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e may depart whan yely&s;t to your logyng / ye haue right well aco~ply&s;&s;hed your me&s;&s;age / but loke for none other an&s;were than ye haue had. Than the knight and the clerke departed / and went to their lodgyng and &s;o dyned. And after dy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er they tru&s;&s;ed &amp; mounted a hor&s;backe &amp; de+parted fro Burdeur / and toke the way to Tho+lous warde / to thy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> to &s;hewe the duke of An iou how they had &s;pedde. The prince was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed with this apele / and &s;o were all the knightes about hym: and they coun&s;ayled the prince y^t the two french me&s;&s;a~gers &s;hulde haue be &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayne for their laboure / but the prince char|ged them the co~trary: howbeit he had agayn&s;t them many a &s;ore ymaginacyon. And whan it was &s;hewed hym howe they were de&abper;ted with|out any other lycence / &amp; y^t they were rydden to|warde Tholous. Tha~ he called to hym &abser; Tho+mas Phelton / and the &s;ene&s;hall of Rouergne / &s;ir Thomas of Pountchardone / &s;ir Thomas Percy / and his chauncellour the by&s;&s;hoppe of Bale. Than the prince demaunded of them / yf the frenche me&s;&s;angers had any &s;aue conducte of hym or nat / and they an&s;wered they knewe of none that they had. No hath &s;ayd the prince and &s;hoke his heed and &s;ayd. It is nat co~ueny|ent y^t they &s;hulde thus lightly de&abper;te out of our cou~tre &amp; to make their ta~geling&abis; to y^e duke of an <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ou / who loueth vs but a lytell<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / he wyll be glad y^t they haue thus &s;omoned vs i~ our owne hous. I trowe all thing&abis; co~&s;ydred they be rather me&s;|&s;a~gers of myne owne &s;ubgett&abis;: as therle of Ar|mynake / the lorde Dalbret / therle of Pyergo^rt &amp; therles of Comynges &amp; Carmayne / than of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~ch kyng&abis;. Therfore bycau&s;e of the great di&s;|pite y^t they haue done to vs / we wold they were ouer taken &amp; put in pri&s;on. Of the which all the princes cou~&s;ell was right ioyou&s;e &amp; &s;ayd / &abser; we fereye haue taryed to long fro this purpo&s;e. in co~tyne~t the &s;ene&s;hall of Dagenois was co~mau~+ded to take with him &abser; wyllm~ the mo~ke a right good knight of England / &amp; y^t they &s;hulde ryde after to &s;toppe y^e me&s;&s;a~gers / &amp; &s;o they de&abper;ted &amp; folowed &s;o long after the~ y^t at la&s;t they ouertok the~ in the lande of Dagenois. &amp; they are&s;ted the~ and made an other occa&s;yon than the prices co~|mau~deme~t / for in their are&s;tyng they &s;pake no worde of the prince: but &s;ayd howe their ho&s;t / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they lay la&s;t compleyned on the~ / for a hor&s;e y^t he &s;ayd they had changed. The knight and y^e clerke had great marueyle of that tidyn|ges and excu&s;ed the~&s;elfe / but their excu&s;e coude nat auayle. But &s;o they were brought in to the cytie of Dagen / and putte in pri&s;on. And they let &s;ome of their pages departe / and they went
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by the cytie of Tholous / and recorded to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> du|ke of Aniou all the hole mater / wherof he was nothyng di&s;plea&s;ed / for he thought well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ther|by <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> begyn <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &amp; hatred / and &s;o he prepa+red couertly therfore. These tidyng&abis; came to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french king &punc; for the pag&abis; went &amp; recou~ted all the hole mater to hym / as they had herde &amp; &s;ene. Of the whiche the kyng was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed &amp; toke it in great di&s;pyte&punc; and toke cou~&s;ayle &amp; aduy&s;e theron. And &s;pecially of the wordes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was &s;he|wed him that the price &s;hulde &s;ay &punc; whan he &s;aid that he wolde come &abper;&s;onally to his vncle to an|&s;were to the apell made agayn&s;t him / with his ba&s;&s;enet on his heed / &amp; .lx. M. men of warre in his co~pany &punc; agayn&s;t the which the french kyng made prouy&s;ion ryght &s;ubtelly &amp; wi&s;ely / for he thought well it was a weighty mater / to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the kyng of England &amp; his puy&s;+&s;ance. Seyng howe they had put his predece&s;|&s;ours in tyme pa&s;t to &s;omoche labour &amp; trauell Whefore he thought it a harde mater to begyn <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / but he was &s;o &s;ore requyred of the great lordes of Ga&s;con &amp; Guyen: and al&s;o it was &s;he+wed him what great extorcions &amp; domag&abis; then+gly&s;&s;hmen dyde dayly / and were likely to do in tyme to come. He grau~ted to the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with an yuell wyll / co~sydring the di&s;truction of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> poore people / that he thought &s;hulde en&s;ue therby.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Berry &amp; dyuers other that were in ho&s;tage in Engla~|de returned into Fra~ce. Ca. C Cxliiii.</HEAD>
<P>_SO agayn&s;t this fer&s;e a~&s;were of the prince / the fre~ch kynge and his coun&s;ell &abpro;uyded therfore pri+uely. And in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame &s;ea&s;on retur+ned into France out of England duke John~ of Berry. The kyng of Englande gaue him leaue for a hole yere &punc; but he bare him+&s;elfe &s;o wi&s;ely that he neuer retourned agayne / for he made &s;uche excu&s;acious &amp; other meanes / that the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was opyn / as ye &s;hall herafter&punc; al+&s;o lorde John~ Harcort was retourned into his owne cou~tre. The kyng of England gaue him leaue to de&abper;te / at the in&s;tance of &s;ir Loys Har|cort his vncle / who was of Poyctou: &amp; as than &abper;teyning to the price / who fell &s;icke / the whiche was happy for hym. For his &s;ickenes endured tyll the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was newly begon: &amp; &s;o therby he neuer returned agayne into Englande. &amp; Guy of Bloys / who was as than but a yong &s;quyer and brother to therle of Bloys / was fra~ke and fre delyuerd out of England / for whan he &abper;cey+ued that the french kyng / for who~e he lay in ho|&s;tage dyd nothyng for his delyuerance. Than he fell in a treaty with the lorde of Coucy / who had wedded the doughter of the king of Engla~+de / &amp; he had yerely a great reuenewe out of the kyng of England&abis; cofers / bycau&s;e of his wyfe. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;uch a treaty bytwene y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Englande &amp; his &s;on~e in lawe / and &s;it Guy of Bloys: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by the cou~&s;ell of bothe bretherne / lord John~ of Blois &amp; &s;ir Guy. &amp; by the agrement of the frenche kyng: they clerely re&s;igned into the kyng of England&abis; handes / therldome of Soy&s;+&s;ons / the which land the kyng of Engla~d gaue to his &s;on in lawe the lord Coucy / for the which he dyd quyte hym of .iiii. M. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i. of yerely reue|newes. Thus this couena~t was made &amp; engro+&s;ed / &amp; &s;ir Guy of Bloys delyuered. Al&s;o therle Peter of Alan&s;on had leue of the kyng of Eng. to returne into Fra~ce for a &s;pace / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he abod &s;o long &amp; founde &s;o many excu&s;acions y^t he ne|uer returned after i ho&s;tage / howbeit I beleue that finally he payed .xxx. M. fra~kes for his a|quytall. Al&s;o duke Loys of Burbone was hap+py / who lay al&s;o in ho&s;tage in England / for by &s;uche grace as the kynge of Engl. &s;hewed him / he was returned into France / &amp; whyle he was at Parys with the french kyng / the by&s;&s;hop of Wynche&s;tre di&s;ce&s;&s;ed / who was as than chau~|cellour of England. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a pree&s;t a+bout y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of England called &s;ir Wyllm~ Wy|can / who was &s;o great with the kynge &punc; that all thyng was done by him / &amp; without him nothin+ge done, and &s;o whan the by&s;&s;hoprike of Wyn|che&s;tre was voyd: Than the kyng of Engla~de by the de&s;yre of the &s;ayd pree&s;t / wrote to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burbone / that he wolde for his &s;ake make &s;u+che &s;ute to the holy <ABBR>father</ABBR> pope Urbane / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> his chapelayne might haue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by&s;&s;hoprike of Wyn|che&s;tre: promy&s;ing the duke in his &s;o doyng / to entreat hym right curte&s;ly for his pri&s;oume~t of ho&s;tage. Whan the duke of Burbone &s;awe the kyng of England&abis; me&s;&s;a~gers and his letter &punc; he was therof right ioyou&s;e: &amp; &s;hewed all the ma|ter to the french kyng. Than the kyng cou~&s;ay|led him to go to the pope for the &s;ame / and &s;o he dyde. And departed &amp; went to Auygnon to the pope / who was nat as than gone to Rome. &amp; &s;o the duke made his reque&s;t to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope / &amp; he grau~+ted him / and gaue him the by&s;&s;hoprike of Wyn+che&s;tre at his plea&s;ure / &amp; was content: &s;o that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Engla~d wold be fauorable to him in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> co~po&s;ycion for his delyuerance / that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fore&s;ayd Wy can &s;hulde haue the &s;ayd by&s;&s;hoprike. And
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than the duke of Burbone returned into Fra~ce and &s;o into Englande / &amp; there treated with the kyng &amp; his cou~&s;ell for his delyuera~ce / or he wol|de &s;hewe his bulles fro the pope. The kyng lo|ued &s;o well this pree&s;t that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burbone was delyuered quyte / &amp; payed .xx. M. frankes. And &s;o &s;ir Wyllm~ Wy can was bi&s;&s;hop of Wyn che&s;ter / &amp; chancellour of Englande. Thus the lordes were delvuered that were ho&s;tag&abis; in En+gland. &para; Now let vs returne to the warres of Ga&s;coyne / the whiche began bycau&s;e of the ap|pell that ye haue herde before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Piergourt &amp; vyco~t of Carmane / and the other barons of Ga&s;coyne di&s;co~fyted the &s;ene&s;hall of Rouergne. Cap. C C .xlv.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue herde how the price of Wa+les toke in great di&s;pyte his &s;omo+nyng that was made to him to ap|pere at Parys / &amp; was in full inte~|&s;yon acordyng as he had &s;ayd to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> me&s;&s;angers / to apere &abper;&s;onally in France with a great army the next &s;omer. And &s;ent inconty+nent to the~gly&s;&s;he capitayns &amp; ga&s;cons y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were of his acorde / &s;uche as were about the ryuer of Loyre / de&s;yring the~ nat to de&abper;te <ABBR>farr</ABBR> thens / for he &s;ayd he tru&s;ted &s;hortly to &s;et the~ a warke. Of the which tidyng&abis; the moo&s;t part of the co~pany+ons were right ioyou&s;e: but &s;o it was the prin|ce dayly impered of a &s;ickene&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had taken in Spayne / wherof his men were greatly dis|mayd / for he was in that ca&s;e he might nat ryde Of the which the frenche kyng was well enfor|med / &amp; had perfyte knowlege of all his di&s;ea&s;e / &s;o that the phicy&s;ions &amp; &s;urgions of France iu|ged his malady to be a drop&s;y &punc; &amp; vncurable. &s;o after that &s;ir Ca~ponell of Ca~ponall &amp; the clerke was taken &amp; a re&s;ted by &s;ir Wyllm~ the monke &amp; put in pri&s;on in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Dagen / as ye haue herde before. The erle of Comynges / therle of Piergort / the vycont of Carman &s;ir Bertrm of Taude / the lorde de la Barde / &amp; the lorde of Pyncornet / who were in <ABBR>ther</ABBR> owne countreis: toke in great di&s;pyte the takyng of the &s;aid me&s;+&s;angers / for in the name of the~ &amp; for their cau&s;e / they went on this me&s;&s;age / wherfore they tho|ught to counterueng it / &amp; to opyn the warre / &amp; &s;ayd &s;o great di&s;pyte is nat to be &s;uffred. Than they vnder&s;tode that &s;ir Thom~s Wake was ri+dyng to Roddes to fortefy his fortre&s;&s;e / &amp; &s;huld departe fro Dagenois with a .lx. &s;peares. And whan the&s;e &s;ayd lordes knewe therof they were right ioyou&s;e / &amp; layd in a bu&s;&s;hment a. C C C. &s;peares / to encou~tre &s;ir Thom~s Wake and his co~pany. Thus the &s;ayd &s;ene&s;hall rode with his lx. &s;peares / &amp;. C C. archers: and &s;odenly on the~ brake out this great enbu&s;&s;hment of ga&s;coyns / wherof thengly&s;&s;hmen were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / for they thought lytell of this bu&s;hment. How be it they defe~ded the~&s;elfe a&s; well as they might / but the fre~chmen fer&s;ely a&s;&s;ayled the~. And &s;o at the fir&s;t metyng there were many ca&s;t to the erthe / but finally the~gly&s;hmen coude endure no leger but were di&s;co~fyted &amp; &s;tedde / and than were ma+ny taken &amp; &s;layne / and &s;ir Thom~s &s;tedde or els he had ben taken. And &s;o &s;aued hym&s;elfe by the ayde of his hor&s;e / and entred into the ca&s;tell of Mo~taubon: and the ga&s;cons &amp; other returned into their cou~treis &amp; ledde with the~ their pri&s;o|ners &amp; co~que&s;tes. Tidyng&abis; anone was brought to the prince / who was at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme in Angoleme howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> his &s;ene&s;hall of Rouerne was di&s;confy+ted by therle of Pyergort / &amp; &s;uche other as had apeled hym to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> court of Parys / of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which he was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / &amp; &s;ayd that it &s;hulde be derely reue~ged on the~ &amp; on their landes / that had done him this outrage. Than incontynent the prince wrote to &s;ir John~ Cha~dos who was in Co~&s;tantyne at &s;. Sauyour le vycont / co~mau~+dyng hym inco~tynent after the &s;ight of his let|ters to co~e to hym w^tout any delay. And &s;ir Jo|han Cha~dos who wolde nat di&s;obey the prince ha&s;ted a&s; moch as he might to come to him / &amp; &s;o came to Angoleme to the prince / who receyued him with great ioye. Than the prince &s;ent hym with certayne men of armes &amp; archers to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ga|ry&s;on of Mo~tabon / to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the ga&s;cons &amp; fre~chmen / who dayly encrea&s;ed and ouer ran the princes lande. Than &s;ir Thomas Wake a&s;&s;one as he myght went to Roddes &amp; re+fre&s;&s;hed and fortifyed newly the cytie. And al|&s;o the towne and ca&s;tell of Myllan / in the mar+che&s;&s;e of &punc; Mountpellyer / and in euery place he &s;et archers and men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Sir John~ Cha~|dos beyng at Mo~taubon to kepe the marches &amp; fro~ters <ABBR>ther</ABBR> agayn&s;t the fre~chmen w^t &s;uch other barons &amp; knyght&abis; as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> price had &s;ent thy+der w^t hym: as the lorde captall of Beutz the two bre|therne of Pomyers / &s;ir John~ and &s;ir Hely / the Soldyche of Le&s;trade / the lorde of Partney / the lorde of Pons / &s;ir Loys of Harcourt &punc; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lord of Pyname / the lorde of Tanyboton / &s;ir Rich. of Pountchardon. The&s;e lordes and knightes made often y&s;&s;ues on therle of Armynakes co~|pany / and on the lorde Dalbret&abis; men / who kept
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the fronter <ABBR>ther</ABBR> agayn&s;t them with the ayde of therle of Pyergourt / therle Comynges / the vy+cou~t of Carmane / the vycont of Tharyde / the lorde de la Barde and dyuers other / all of aly|ance &amp; one affinyte. Thus &s;omtyme the one &abper;te wanne and &s;omtyme thother / as <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> fal|leth in feates of armes. All this &s;ea&s;on the duke of Anioy lay &s;tyll and &s;tyred nat for any thinge that he herde / for his brother the frenche kynge co~maunded hym in no wy&s;e to make any <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the prince / tyll he were commaunded otherwy&s;e by hym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How in this &s;ea&s;on the fre~ch kyng drewe to hym certayne capitayns of the co~panyons / and howe he &s;ent his defyance to the kynde of Englande. Cap. CC .xlvi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe frenche kyng all this &s;ea&s;on &s;e|cretly and &s;ubtelly had get to hym dyuers capitayns of the company+ons and other / and he &s;ent the~ into the marches of Berry &amp; Auergne. The kyng co~&s;ented that they &s;hulde lyue there vpon that cou~tre / co~maundyng the~ to make no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> tyll they were otherwy&s;e co~maunded / for the frenche kynge wolde nat be knowen of the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / for therby he thought he &s;hulde le&s;e y^e en|terprice that he tru&s;ted to haue in therldome of Poictou. For if the kyng of Englande had per+fetly knowen / that the french kyng wolde haue made hym <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / he wolde right well haue w^t|&s;tande the domage that he had after in Poitou for he wolde &s;o well a prouyded for y^e good tow+ne of Abuyle with engly&s;&s;hmen: and &s;o well ha+ue furny&s;&s;hed all other gary&s;ons in y^e &s;aid cou~|tre / that he wolde haue ben &s;tyll &s;ouerayne ouer the~. And the &s;ene&s;hall of the &s;ame countie was an engly&s;&s;hman / called &s;ir Nycolas Louayng / who was in good fauour with the kyng of En+glande / as he was worthy. For he was &s;o true: that to be drawen with wylde hor&s;es / he wolde neuer co~&s;ent to any &s;hame / cowardne&s;&s;e / or vil|lany. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on was &s;ent into Engla~|de / therle of Salebruee / and &s;ir Wyllm~ of Dor+man fro the frenche kyng / to &s;peke with y^e kyng of England &amp; his coun&s;ayle / &s;he wyng to them howe on their partie y^e peace dayly was but y|uell kept / a&s;well by rea&s;on of the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> that the co~panyons had made all this &s;ixe yere co~tynu|ally in the realm of France / as by dyuers other accydentes / wherof the frenche kyng was enfor+med: and nat well co~tent therwith. The kyng of Englande cau&s;ed the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours to ta+ry &s;tyll in England the &s;pace of two monethes / and in the &s;ame &s;pace they declared dyuers ar|tycles often tymes to the kyng / wherof y^e kyng was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / howbeit they &s;et lytell ther by / for they were charged by the french kyng &amp; his coun&s;ayle to &s;hewe it. And whan the french kyng had &s;ecrete and certayne knowlege howe they within Abuyle wolde become french / and that the warres were opyn in Ga&s;cone / &amp; howe all his people were redy aparelled / and in gode wyll to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the prince / &amp; to en|tre in to the principalyte. Howbeit he thought as than to haue no reproche / nor in tyme to co~e to be &s;ayd of hym / that he &s;huld &s;end his people into the kyng of Englande or princes lande / or to take townes / cyties / ca&s;tels / or fortre&s;&s;es w^t|out defya~ce: wherfore he was cou~&s;elled to &s;end to defy the kyng of England. And &s;o he dyd by his letters clo&s;ed / and a breton varlet bare the~. And whan he came to Douer / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he founde y^e erle of Salebruce / &amp; &s;ir Wyllm~ of Dorman / re+turnyng into Fra~ce / and had aco~ply&s;&s;hed their me&s;&s;age / to whome this varlet declared &abper;te of his me&s;&s;age / &amp; &s;o he was co~mau~ded to do. And whan they herde y^t / they de&abper;ted out of Englan+de as fa&s;t as they might &amp; pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee / &amp; were right ioyfull whan they were aryued at Bolen In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the prince had &s;ent to Rome to pope Urbane / &s;ir Guy&s;&s;hard Da~gle for dy|uers maters touchyng A&abqui;tayne. And he fou~de the pope right fauorable in all his &s;utes / &amp; &s;o re+turned agayne: and by the way he herde howe the ga&s;coyns &amp; frenchmen made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the prince / &amp; howe they ouerran the pricipalyte wherof he was &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed &amp; in feare how he might returne without da~ger. Howbeit he ca~e to the ge~tyll erle of Sauoy whom he founde in Pyemo~t in the towne of Pyneroll / for he made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t the marques of Saluces. The erle of Sauoy receyued him ioyou&s;ly &amp; all his company / &amp; kept him two dayes &amp; gaue to them great gyftes / &amp; &s;pecially to &s;ir Guy&s;&s;hard Dan+gle / for therle greatly honoured him bycau&s;e of his noble chinalry. And &s;o wha~ he was de&abper;ted &amp; aproched nerer to the bondes of Fraunce &amp; of Bolone / he herde euer tidyng&abis; wor&s;e &amp; wor&s;e to his purpo&s;e. So that he &s;aw well in y^t ca&s;e that he was in / he coude nat returne into Guyen / he was to well knowen. Therfore he gaue the go|uerna~ce of his co~pany to a knight called &abser; iohn~ I &s;ore / who had wedded his dought / he was a good fre~chman: borne in y^e marches of breten.
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So he toke on him the charge to conduct home his father in lawes company / and he went into the lande of the lorde of Beauieu / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he pa&s;+&s;ed the ryuer of Some. And there he acquyted hym &s;elfe &s;o with the lorde of Beauieu / that he brought hym and all his company to Ryon in Auuerne to the duke of Berry / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he of|ferd to be good fre~che as it was &s;ayd / &s;o that he myght be brought pea&s;ably to his owne hou&s;e into Bretayne. And his father in lawe &abser; Guy&s; &s;hard Dangle / di&s;gy&s;ed hym &s;elfe lyke a poore pree&s;t / yuell hor&s;ed and arrayed: and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed by Fraunce / the marche&s;&s;e of Burgoyne and of Auuerne. And dyde &s;omoche with great payne that he entred into the pricipalyte / and came to Angoleme to the price / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was right wel|come: and another knight that went with him to Rome / called &s;ir Wyllm~ of Cens / for feare. As he came homwarde he came to the abbey of Cluny in Burgone / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed more than fyue yeres after / and dur&s;t neuer go oute of the hou&s;e. And yet at la&s;t he yelded hym&s;efe french. Nowe let vs retourne to the breton y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brought the fre~che kyng&abis; defya~ce to y^e kyng of Engla~d.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the defyance was delyuered to the kyng of Englande / and howe the erle of &s;aynt Poule and the lorde of Cha&s;tellon / conquered therldome of Poictou. Cap. CC .xlvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THis fore&s;ayd varlet dyde &s;o moche that he came to Lon|don / and vnder&s;tode how y^e kyng and his cou~&s;ayle was at We&s;tm~ / holdynge there a great coun&s;ayle for the prin+ces warres / bytwene hym &amp; the barons and knightes of Ga&s;cone / to &s;e how it &s;hulde be maynteyned: and what men &s;hulde be &s;ent out of England to ayde hym. And than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to them other newe tidynges / y^e whi+che made the~ to haue other bu&s;yne&s;&s;e than they had before. For this frenche varlet dyd &s;omoch that he entred into the chambre <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the kyng and his coun&s;ayle was / and &s;ayd howe he was a varlet &s;ent by the french kyng / &amp; had brought letters to the kyng of Englande. And &s;o kneled downe to the kyng / and offred hym the letters. And the kynge who greatly de&s;yred to knowe what they ment: cau&s;ed them to be receyued o|pyned / and reed. &para; Than the kyng and all his con~&s;ayle had great maruell therof / whan they vnder&s;tode the defyance / and behelde well the &s;eale and &s;igue: and &s;awe clerely howe it was of authorite. Than they cau&s;ed the varlet to de+parte / &s;ayeng to hym howe he hadde right well done his me&s;&s;age. Wherfore he might departe whan he wolde / he &s;hulde haue no let / and &s;o he returned a&s;&s;one as he might. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;tyll in England ho&s;tagers / the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne / therle of Por&s;een / the lorde of Mallurer and dyuers other who <ABBR>wer</ABBR> in great heuynes of hert whan they herde tho&s;e tidynges / for they knewe nat what y^e kyng wol+de do with them. The kyng and his coun&s;ayle had great di&s;pyte that a varlet &s;hulde thus brin+ge his defya~ce / and &s;ayd howe it was nothyng a&abper;tenant that the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> bytwene two &s;uch gret princes / as the kyng of Englande and the fren+che king / &s;hulde be publy&s;&s;hed by a varlet. they thought it had ben more metely y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it &s;hulde ha|ue ben done by a prelat / or by &s;ome valya~t man baron or knyght: how beit they &s;awe there was no remedy. Than they cou~&s;ayled the kyng that incontynent he &s;hulde &s;ende a great army in to Poyctou / to kepe the fronters <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and &s;pecial+ly to y^e towne of Abuyle / y^e whiche was in great danger of le&s;yng. The kyng was content &s;o to do / and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was apoynted to go thyder / the lorde Percy / the lorde Neuyll / the lorde of Car+be&s;ton / and &s;ir Wyllm~ of Wyn&s;ore with. CCC men / and. M. archers. And in the mean &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e lordes made them redy / and were co~e to Douer to pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came other ti+dynges out of Poictou / y^e which were nothyng ioyfull. For a&s;&s;one as therle Guy of &s;. Poule / and &s;ir Guy of Cha&s;tellon / who were as than mai&s;ters of the cro&s;bowes of France / thought by all likelyhod / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the kyng of Englande was defyed. Than they drue toward Poictou / and had &s;ent &s;ecretly their co~mau~deme~t to y^e knigh|tes &amp; &s;quiers of Artoy&s;e / Heynalt / Cambre&s;is / Uerma~do&s;e / Uyen / and Picardy y^t they &s;huld&abis; inco~tynent come to the~ / and &s;o they dyde / to the nombre of &s;ix&s;core &s;peares: &amp; came to Abuyle. And they &s;et vpon the gates / for it was &s;o deter+myned before / and &s;o the men of warre entred without doyng of any hurt / to any of the~ of the towne. Tha~ &s;ir Hewe of Cha&s;telon / who was chefe leder of the&s;e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / went &s;treyght <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he thought to fynde y^e &s;ene&s;hall of Po+ictou &abser; Nicolas Louayng / &amp; dyd &s;omoche y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he fou~de him / &amp; toke him pri&s;oner. Al&s;o they toke a riche clerke &amp; a valya~t man <ABBR>tre&s;ourer</ABBR> of Poi|tou. So y^t day the fre~chmen toke many a riche pri&s;oner / &amp; thengli&s;&s;hmen lo&s;t all that they had
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in the towne of Abuyle. And y^e &s;ame day the fre~+chemen ran to &s;aynt Ualery / and entred therin and toke it and Crotay: and al&s;o the towne of Derne on the &s;ee &s;yde. And anone after came y^e erle of &s;aynt Poule to the bridge of &s;aynt Re|mey / on the ryuer of Somme / whervnto <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne engly&s;&s;hmen withdrawen. The erle a&s;&s;ayled them / and there was a great &s;cry|my&s;&s;he / and many noble dedes of armes done and atcheued. And therle made knight <ABBR>ther</ABBR> Ga+letan his elde&s;t &s;onne / who dyde that day right nobly / but thengly&s;&s;hmen were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;o &s;ore a&s;|&s;ayled / that finally they were di&s;co~fyted / &s;layne and takefie: and the bridge and fortere&s;&s;e al&s;o. And brefely to &s;peke / all the countre and cou~tie of Poictou was clene delyuered fro thengly&s;&s;h+men / &s;o that none abode <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to do any hurte to the countre. The tidynges came to the kyng of Englande to London howe they of Poyctou had for&s;aken hym / and were become frenche: Wherwith he was ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / &amp; had many a harde ymaginacyon agayn&s;t the ho&s;ta+gers of France / that were &s;tyll with him at Lo~|don. Howe beit he thought it &s;hulde be a great crueltie / if he &s;hulde bewreke his <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> on them. yet he &s;ent the burge&s;&s;es of cyties &amp; good townes of Fraunce / whome he had in ho&s;tage: into dyuers townes and fortre&s;&s;es in Englan|de / and kept the~ more &s;trayter and harder than they were kepte before. And therle dolphyne of Auuergne / was raun&s;omed at .xxx. thou&s;ande frankes / and therle Por&s;een at .x. thou&s;and fra~+kes / and the lorde of Roy was kept &s;tyll in pri|&s;on in great daunger / for he was nat well belo|ued with the kyng of Englande / nor with none of his courte. Wherfore it behoued hym to en|dure moche &s;orowe &amp; trouble / vntyll &s;uche &s;ea|&s;on as he was delyuered by great fortune &amp; ad|uenture: as ye &s;hall here after in this hy&s;torie.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande &s;ent great nombre of men of armes in to the fronters of Scotlande / and how the duke of Berry &amp; the duke of An|iou made their &s;omo~s / to go agayn&s;t the prince of wales. Cap. CC .xlviii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kyng of Englan|de &s;awe that he was thus defyed by the frenche kyng / and the cou~|tie of Poictou lo&s;t / the which had co&s;t hym &s;o moche the repayring of townes / ca&s;tels / and hou&s;es / for he had &s;pent theron / a hundred thou&s;ande frankes ouer and aboue the reuenewes therof: &amp; &s;awe well howe he was lykely to haue <ABBR>warr</ABBR> on all parties. Al|&s;o it was &s;hewed hym / y^t the &s;cottes were new|ly alyed with the fre~che kyng / and were in pur+po&s;e to make hym warre. Wherof he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / for he douted more the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of the &s;cottes than of the fre~chmen / for he knewe well the &s;cottes loued hym nat / bycau&s;e of the doma+ges that he had done to the~ in tyme pa&s;t. Than the kynge &s;entemen of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to the fronters of Scotlande: as to Berwyke / Roke&s;borowe / to Newca&s;tell / and into other places about y^e fro~|ters. Al&s;o he &s;ent a great nauy to the &s;ee aboute Hampton / Gern&s;ey / and the yle of Wyght / for it was &s;hewed hym howe the frenche kyng had apparelled a great nauy to go to the &s;ee / and to come and lande in Englande: &s;o y^t he wy&s;t nat on whiche part to take hede.. Thus thengly&s;&s;h+men were than &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / bycau&s;e of this &s;odayne warre.</P>
<P>ANd a&s;&s;oone as the duke of Aniou / and the duke of Berry knewe that the defy|ance was made &amp; the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> opyn / they thought nat than to &s;lepe / but made their &s;peciall &s;omo~s the one into Auuerne / and the other into Tho|lous / to a&s;&s;emble and to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> into y^e prin+cipalyte. The duke of Berry had redy at his co~maundement all the barownes of Auuergne of the by&s;&s;hoprike of Lyon / and of the by&s;&s;hop ryke of Ma&s;con. Al&s;o he had the lorde of Beau|teu / the lorde of Uyllers / the lorde of Tornon / &s;ir Godfray of Boloyne / &s;ir Johan of Army|nacke / &s;ir Johan of Uyllemure / the lorde Mo~|tague / the lorde of Talen&s;on / &s;ir Hugh Dol|phyn / the lorde of Rochfort / and dyuers other. And inco~tynent all the&s;e drewe into Towrayn and into the marche&s;&s;e of Berry: and began to make &s;ore <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in the good countrey of Poy|ctou / but they founde it well garny&s;&s;hed with men of warre / bothe knightes and &s;quyers: &s;o that they had <ABBR>ther</ABBR> no great aduauntage. And in the marche&s;&s;e of Towrayne in the french ga+ry&s;ons and fortere&s;&s;es / there was &s;ir Loyes of &s;aynt Julyan / &s;ir Wyllyam of Bordes / &amp; Car|net breton. The&s;e thre were companyons / and great capitayns of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and they dyd feates of armes agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;h|men: as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kynge of Englande &s;ent the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke to the prince his &s;o~ne / and howe they pa&s;&s;ed by Bretayne. Ca|pitulo. CC .xlix.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duke of Lanca&s;tre <ABBR>had</ABBR> by his enheritau~ce in Cham+payn a ca&s;tel betwene Troy and Chalons called Beau|forte / <ABBR>Wherof</ABBR> an engly&s;&s;he &s;quyer (called Purceuaunt Damors) was capitayne. And whan this &s;quier &s;awe that the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was open / bitwene the frenche kynge and the kyng of Englande: Than he tourned hym&s;elfe and became frenche / &amp; &s;ware from thens forth fayth and alligeance to the frenche kyng / who great|ly rewarded hym / and left hym &s;tyll capitayne of the &s;ame ca&s;tell / accompanyed with another &s;quier of Champayne called yuan. So they .ii. were great companyons to gether and dyd af|ter many feates to gether agayn&s;t the engli&s;&s;he+men. And al&s;o the chanoyn of Rober&s;art / who had always ben before a good frencheman / al the renewyng of this <ABBR>warr</ABBR> he became engli&s;&s;h and dyd fayth and homage to the kyng of En|glande / who was ryght gladde of his &s;eruice. Thus the knyghtes and &s;quiers turned theyr copies on both partes. And the duke of Anion had &s;o procured the companyo~s of Ga&s;coyn / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &abser; Perducas Dalbreth / the lyttell Mechin / the Bourg of Bertueil / Aymon Dortingue / Peter of Sauoy / <ABBR>Raff</ABBR> Bray / and Nandon of Pans that they became all fre~che / wherof the engli&s;&s;h+men were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / for theyr &s;tre~gth day|ly la&s;&s;ed. And Na~don of Bagerant / the Bourg of Le&s;pare / the Burg Camus / &abser; Robert Bri|quet / Robert Thin / John~ Trenelle / <ABBR>Gailard</ABBR> dela mote / and Aymery of Rochecho art abode &s;tyll good Engly&s;&s;he. And the&s;e companyons engli&s;&s;he and ga&s;coyns / and other of theyr ac|corde and affinite / abode in the by&s;&s;hopryke of Mans / and in ba&s;e Normandy / and had taken a towne called Uire / and di&s;troyed all the cou~|trey there about. Thus the companyons tur|ned &s;ome to the one parte and &s;ome to the other &s;o that they were all eyther engli&s;&s;he or frenche. Than the kynge of Englande was coun&s;ayled to &s;ende his &s;onne the erle of Cambrydge / and the erle of Penbroke into the duchie of Acqui|tayne to the prince / with a certayne nombre of men of warre / &amp; &s;o were named they that <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> go with them in that voyage / as the lorde of Tarbe&s;ton / &abser; Brian Stapleton / <ABBR>sir</ABBR> Thomas Bale&s;tre / &abser; John~ Truues / and dyuers other. They entred a&s;&s;oone as they myght into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ee / and were in all .iiii. C. men of armes / &amp; .iiii. C. archers. And &s;o they &s;ayled towarde Britayne and had wynde at wyll and arryued in the ha|uen of &s;aynt Malo in the I&s;le. And whan the duke of Bretayne (&abser; John~ Mountford) knew that they were arryued in his countrey / he was right ioyous / and &s;ent incontinent knyghtes to receyue them / as &abser; John~ of Laigingay / and &abser; John~ Augu&s;tin. Of the comynge of them / the erle of Cambridge &amp; the erle of Penbroke were right ioyous: For they knewe nat whether the lordes / knyghtes / &amp; good townes of Bretayne wold &s;uffre them to pa&s;&s;e through the cou~trey or nat. Than the&s;e &s;ayd lordes of <ABBR>England</ABBR> de|&s;yred the duke that they myght pa&s;&s;e. And the duke / who was fauorable to engli&s;&s;hemen and was loth to di&s;plea&s;e them / acorded to theyr re|que&s;t / that they &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e through the coun|trey payeng for that they &s;hulde take without riot or grudge. Than the erle of Cambridge / &amp; the erle of Penbroke / and theyr company drew to the companyons / that were at the ca&s;tell of Gontierland at the towne of Uire / and &s;o toke them forth with them / and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oire at the Bridge of Na~tes without doyng of any hurt to y^e cou~trey. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on sit Hugh Caurell with a great nombre of compa|nyons in the marches of Arragon / was newly come out of Spaigne / &amp; as &s;oone as he knewe that the frenchemen made warre to the prince / he with his company pa&s;&s;ed through Fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> and Arragon / and entred into Bigore / and &s;o came to the prince to the cite of Angole&s;me to whom the prince made great chere / and was gladde of hym / and kept hym &s;tyll there tyll the compani|ons were come out of Normandy / who hadde &s;olde theyr fortre&s;&s;es to come to hym. And as / &s;oone as they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> come to Angole&s;me y^e prince ordeyned &abser; Hugh Caurel to be theyr capitayn And &s;o he was than to the nombre of .ii. thou|&s;ande fightyngemen. Than the prince &s;ende them to the landes of the erle of Armynack and of the lorde Dalbreth to burne &amp; exile the coun|trey. And &s;o there they made great warre / and dyd moche great domage to the countrey.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Cambridge / and the erle of Penbroke arryued at An|gole&s;ine / &amp; howe the prince &s;ent the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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to ouerrenne the countye of Pier|gourt. Cap. CC .l.</HEAD>
<P>_THe erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke / who were arryued at &s;aynt Malo (as ye haue harde be|fore) and taried there tyll all theyr company were pa&s;t by the agrement of the duke of Bretayne. And whan they were well refre&s;&s;hed there / they had leaue to departe / and &s;o went to Nantes: &amp; there the duke receyued them right honorably / &amp; they taried with hym .iii. dayes / and refre&s;&s;hed them &amp; their people. The fourth day they pa&s;&s;ed ouer the great ryuer of Loyre at the bridge of Nantes / and rode &s;o longe by their io^rneis y^t they came to Angole&s;me / where they <ABBR>fou~d</ABBR> the prince &amp; the prince&s;&s;e. The prince was right ioyous of the comyng of his brother the erle of Cambridge / and of the erle of Pen|broke / and demaunded of them how the kynge his father / and the quene his mother / and his o+ther bretherne dyd. And whan they had taryed there a .iii. dayes / than the prince &s;ente them to make a iourney into the countie of Piergourt And &s;o the&s;e .ii. lord&abis; and theyr company made them redy &s;o to do and toke leaue of the prince and went forth in goodly array / they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> a .iii. M. fyghtyng men / by the helpe of dyuers kny|ghtes and &s;quters of Poictou Xainton Lymo &s;yn Quercy and Rouergue. And &s;o than the&s;e lordes entred into the cou~tie of Piergourt / and there they dyd many great domag&abis;. And whan they had burned and ouerran the mo&s;t parte of the cou~trey / they went &amp; layd &s;iege to a fortre&s;&s;e called Bourdeill / &amp; there were .ii. &s;quiers bre|therne capitaynes within called Erualdon and Bernardyn of Batefoll / and be&s;ide them in the countie there were diuers good capitaynes the whiche the erle of Piergourt had &s;ende thether to kepe the gari&s;ons and fortre&s;&s;es / the whiche were right well prouyded fore both with artil|larie / vitailes and other thynges nece&s;&s;arie to maynteyne and kepe their places a long &s;pace. And al&s;o they that were within were of good wyll &s;o to do. Thus durynge the &s;iege before Bourdeill there were many feat&abis; of armes don and many a &s;aute / many a reculyng / and many a &s;krymy&s;&s;he nere hande dayly / for the .ii. &s;qui|ers within were right hardy and prowde / and loued but lytell the engli&s;&s;he men. and came oft tymes to the barriers and &s;krymy&s;&s;hedde with them without: and &s;ome day wanne and &s;ome day lo&s;te / as the aduentures of warre often ty|mes falleth / nowe vp nowe downe. And on the other &s;yde in the marches of Aniou / and Tow|rayne there were a. M. fyghtynge men as well frenchemen as bretons / bourgonyons / pycar|des / normans / and angeuyns / and dyd aften ty+mes great domage in the princis lande / ouer whome were capitaynes &s;yr John~ de Belle / &s;ir Wylliam of Bourdes / &abser; Loys of &s;aynt Julian<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and Carnet the Breton. And agayn&s;te them there were men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in the fronters of Poi|ctou and Xainton / as dyuers knyghtes of the princis / and &s;pecially &s;ir Symon Burle and &abser; Dangou&s;e: how be it they had nat the .iiii. part of the men that the frenchemen had. for the fren|chemen were a thou&s;and fightyng men or mo / and the engli&s;&s;hemen pa&s;t nat a two or thre hu~|dred at the mo&s;t: for the prince had &s;ent a great nombre of his me~ into .iiii. armies / as to Mo~|taban a .v. hundred with &abser; John~ Cha~dos / and other co~panions in the landes of the erle of Ar|mynacke / and the lorde Dalbreth: And al&s;o a great company with &abser; Hugh Caurell: and the greatte&s;t company of all with his brother ther|le of Ca~bridge to the &s;iege of Bourdeil. Wher|fore there were but fewe agayn&s;t the fre~chemen in Poictou. Howe be it they acquited them&s;elfe right nobly / and dyd theyr <ABBR>deuour</ABBR> to kepe the fronters and gari&s;ons there / and neuer refu&s;ed to fight and to &s;krymy&s;&s;he with the fre~chemen / thoughe they were nothynge lyke in nombre. And &s;o it was / on a day the frenchemen had cer+tayne knowlege / that the engly&s;&s;hemen were a brode in the feldes / Wherof they were right ioy full. and &s;o layde them &s;elfe in a bu&s;&s;hement as the engli&s;&s;hemen &s;hulde returne / who were co~|myng fro an enterpri&s;e that they had done by|twene Mirebel and Lu&s;ignen. And &s;o at a bro+ken way the frenchemen came out on them / and were to the no~bre of .v. C. and &abser; John~ de Bueil and &abser; Wyllyam de Bourdes / &abser; Loys of &s;aynt Julian / and Carnet the Breto~ were capitayns of that company: there was a &s;ore fight and ma+ny a man reuer&s;ed to the erth / for the engli&s;&s;he|men right hardely fought / and valiantly defe~|ded them &s;elfe as long as they myght endure / &abser; Symon Burle and &abser; Angou&s;e proued y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day noble knyghtes: Howe be it finally it auayled them nothyng / for they were but a ha~dful of me~ as to regard the frenche partye. So they were di&s;comfitted / and per force cau&s;ed to flee / and &abser; Angou&s;e &s;aued hym &s;elfe a&s; well as he myght / &amp; entred into y^e ca&s;tell of Lu&s;ignen. and &abser; Symo~
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Burle was &s;o &s;ore pur&s;ewed / that he was taken pri&s;oner / and all his companye eyther taken or &s;layne / but a fewe that &s;kaped. And than the fre~+chemen returned into theyr gari&s;ons right ioy+ous of theyr aduenture / and in lyke wy&s;e was the frenche kynge whan he herd therof. and the prince right&s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;orowefull for the takynge of &abser; Symon Burle / whom he lo|ued entierly / and had good rea&s;on and cau&s;e &s;o to do / for he had euer ben a right noble and a co+ragious knyght / and had alwayes right valy|antly borne hym &s;elfe / in the &s;u&s;teynynge of the kynge of Englandes parte: &amp; &s;o had be~ al the o|ther companyons / that were &s;layne and taken at that &s;krymy&s;&s;he / wherof y^e prince and al they of his parte were right &s;orowfull / The whiche was no meruayle / for it is comonly &s;ayde that one is worthe a. C. and a. C. is nat worthe one / And truely &s;ometyme it fortuneth / that by one man a hole countrey is &s;aued by his wytte and prowes / and by a nother a hole countrey lo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">. Thus the fortune &amp; chaunces of the <ABBR>world</ABBR> ofte~ tymes falleth.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir John~ Cha~dos toke Tar|riers / and howe the erle of Piergourt and dyuers othe knyghtes be&s;ieged Riamulle in Quercy. Ca. CC .li.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter thys aduenture that thus fell bitwene Mire+bel and Lu&s;igne~ (as ye haue herd before) the engli&s;&s;heme~ and theyr companyons rode more wi&s;elier together. And nowe letvs &s;peke of &abser; John~ Chandos / and &abser; Guy&s;&s;hard Dangle / and their co~panies / who were at Mo~taban a .vii. leages from Tholou&s;e / and made many horrible en|terpry&s;es / and whan they &s;awe they had layne there a longe &s;pace / and thought they had nat enployed well their &s;ea&s;on / except in kepyng of the fro~ters. therfore they determined to go and lay &s;iege to Tarriers in Tholou&s;ayn / &amp; &s;o they prepared all thyng redy and departed fro Mo~+taban / and went to Tarriers and be&s;ieged it rounde about. And they perceyued well howe they coude nat geat it by noa&s;&s;aute / nor none o|ther wayes at their ea&s;e / without it were by my+nynge / than they &s;ette theyr mynours a warke / who atcheued theyr warke &s;o well / that on the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> day after they toke and entred into y^e towne and all they within &s;layne / and the towne rob|bed and &s;poyled. And in the &s;ame iourney they had thought to haue taken another towne a. iii leages from Tholou&s;e called Lauall: and had layde a bu&s;&s;hement there by in a Wodde. And than a .xl. of them couertly armed vnder the ha bytes of villaynes of the countrey were goyng to the towne / but they were di&s;ceyued by a vil|layne boye that was a foote in theyr company / he di&s;couered theyr enterpri&s;e / and &s;o they fay|led of their ente~t / and returned agayne to Mo~|taban. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was abrode in the feldes the erle of Piergourt / therle of Co+mynges / the erle of Li&s;le / the Uicount of Car|mayn / the Uicount of Brunikel / the Uicount of Lautre / &abser; Bertram of Tharide / the lorde de la Barde / the lorde of Pincornet / &abser; Perducas Dalbreth / the Bourge of Le&s;pare the Bourge of Bertueill / Ayemon Dortingue / Jaquet de Bray / Perrot of Sauoy / &amp; Arnolde of Pans / and they were to the nombre of .x. M. and they entred into Quercy / by the co~maundement of the duke of Aniou / who was as than in the cite of Tholou&s;e / and they brought that lande into great tribulacion / and brent and exyled the cou~+trey: and than they came to Riamulle in Quer+cy / and be&s;ieged the towne / but the &s;ene&s;chall of Quercy had well prouyded for the towne in all maner of thynges / and had therin many good engli&s;&s;he men / the whiche wold nat yelde vp y^e towne to dye <ABBR>therfor</ABBR> / how be it they of y^e towne wolde gladly haue gyuen it vp. Than the lor|des and knyghtes of France &s;ent for .iiii. great engins to the cite of Tholou&s;e / and whan they were come they were dre&s;&s;ed and rei&s;ed vp / and they ca&s;te nyght and day &s;tones &amp; great peces of <ABBR>tymber</ABBR> into y^e fortre&s;&s;e / and be&s;yde that they &s;et mynours a warke / who made theyr bo&s;te to wynne the towne breuely. And alwayes the en|gly&s;&s;hemen within lyke noble and valiant men comforted eche other and &s;et but lytell by theyr mynynge.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the archeby&s;&s;hopp~ of Tho|lou&s;e conuerted to the frenche kynge by his prayer and reque&s;t the citie of Caoure and dyuer&s;e other townes / and howe the duke of Guerles / and the duke of Julliers defied the french kynge. Cap. CC .lii.</HEAD>
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_IN the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e frenche knygh|tes were thus in Quercy / in the marches of Lymo&s;yn / &amp; Auuergne the duke of Bet|rey was in Auuergne with a great nombre of menne of warre as <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ of Armynac hys vncle / the lorde John~ of <ABBR>Uillemur</ABBR> / Roger of Beaufort / the lorde of Beauiew / the lorde of Uillers / the lorde of Sergnac / the lorde of Cale~con / &abser; Grif|fith of Mo~tague / and &s;ir Hugh Dolphin / with a great nombre of other good knyghtes &amp; &s;qui|ers / and &s;o they ouerran the marches of Rouer+gue / of Quercy / and of Lymo&s;yn / &amp; dyd great domage and enpouery&s;&s;hed greately the coun|trey for nothynge helde agayn&s;te them / and &s;o by the meanes of the duke of Berrey the arche|by&s;&s;hop departed out of Tholou&s;e / who Was a right good clerke and went to Caours / wher of his brother was by&s;&s;hopp~. and there he pre|ched and publy&s;&s;hed in &s;uche wi&s;e the frenche kyngis quarell / that by his meanes the citie of Caours turned frenche / and &s;ware faythe &amp; ho|mage from thence forthe to the frenche kynge. Than the &s;ayd archebi&s;&s;hop rode forth further and preched and declared the Frenche kynges right / title / and quarell in / &s;uche wi&s;e that al the countrey became frenche / he cau&s;ed to turne mo than .lx. townes / cities / ca&s;telles / and fortre&s;&s;es / by the helpe and ayde of the duke of Berreys company of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / as &s;yr John~ of Armi nake and other / who rode abrode in the cou~trey they cau&s;ed to turne frenche Sigac / Gaignac / capedonac / and diuers other good townes and &s;trong ca&s;telles. For he preched that the frenche kynge had &s;o great ryght and iu&s;te cau&s;e in his quarell / that the people that harde hym beleued hym. And al&s;o naturally y^e people were in their myndes rather frenche than engli&s;&s;he y^e whiche helped moche to the <ABBR>matter.</ABBR> In lyke maner as this archeby&s;&s;hop went aboute prechynge and &s;hewyng the right &amp; quarel of the frenche kyng in the bondes and lymitacions of Languedoc / there were in Pycardy dyuer&s;e other prelates and clerkes who well and &s;ufficie~tly dyd <ABBR>their</ABBR> deuours to &s;hewe and to preche the &s;ayd quarel of the frenche kynge to the comon people of cy|ties and good townes: and &s;pecially &s;ir Wyllia~ of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ormans preched the &s;ayd quarel fro cite to citie / and fro towne to towne / &s;o wy&s;ely and &s;o notably that all that harde hym lent them &s;elfe to his opinion / &s;o that the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of the real|me was by hym and by his wordes &s;o coloured that it was marnayle to &s;peke <ABBR>therof.</ABBR> And be|&s;yde that the frenche kyng hym &s;elfe was &s;o mo+ued with deuocion / that he cau&s;ed to be made contynual proce&s;&s;ions by the clergie / and hym &s;elfe and the quene wolde go bare foote requy|rynge and be&s;echynge god deuoutely to a&s;&s;i&s;t and mainteyne y^e right of the realme of France the whiche hath ben a &s;ea&s;on in great tribula|cion. And al&s;o the kynge cau&s;ed all his &s;ubie+ctes by the con&s;treynte of the prelates to do the &s;ame. In lyke maner dyd the kynge of Engla~d in his realme. There was a by&s;&s;hop that tyme at London / who made many prechynges and declaracions / &s;hewyng the people that the fre~|che kynge by great wronge hadde renewed the warre: And that he dyd was agayng&s;te ryght and good rea&s;on / and that he proued by diuers artycles and poyntes openely &s;hewed. to &s;aye trouth it was of nece&s;&s;ite / that both kyng&abis; / &s;yth they were determyned to make warre / to &s;hewe to their people the ordre and cau&s;e of their qua|relles / &s;o that they myght with the better wyls helpe and ayde theyr lordes / of the whiche they were all awakened both in the one realme and other. The kynge of Englande &s;ent into Bra|bant and Haynault to knowe if he myght geat any ayde there / and de&s;ired duke Aulbert / who had in rule and gouernance the countie of Hey+nault at that tyme / that he wolde open his cou~|trey to &s;uffre hym to go and come / and to abide there if nede were / and that waye to pa&s;&s;e into the realme of France with his army. The duke Aulbert at the reque&s;te of the kynge of Engla~d his vncle / and at the de&s;yre of y^e quene his au~te lyghtly condy&s;cended to theyr de&s;yres / by the ayde and good mocyon of Edwarde Duke of Guerles / who was of the kynge of Englandes parte. For he wedded the dukes doughter / and by the duke of Julyers his cou&s;yn germayne. The&s;e two at that tyme were in faythe and ho|mage bou~de to the kyng of Engla~de / by whom they were de&s;yred that they &s;hulde retaygne e|che of them the nombre of a thou&s;ande &s;peares at his co&s;te and charge / Wherfore the&s;e .ii. lor|des aduy&s;ed well that it &s;hulde be good for the kynge of Englande / to geatte alied to hym the duke Aulbert: Who was &s;ore tempted therto by them / and by great gyftes that the kynge of En+glande promy&s;ed hym by &s;uche knyghtes as he hadde &s;ente vnto hym. But Whan the lorde of Comynges (who was about the fre~che kynge) herde <ABBR>therof</ABBR> / he returned into Heynaulte / and by the coun&s;ayle of the lorde John~ Werthyn &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ne&s;chall of Heynaulte / by whom all the coun|trey
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was mo&s;te gouerned / and was a wy&s;e and a valiant knyght / and was good fre~che in hart he was &s;o well beloued with y^e duke &amp; duche&s;&s;e that he brake the purpo&s;e of the engli&s;&s;he me&s;&s;a~+gers / for by the helpe of therle of Bloys / and of &abser; John~ of Bloys his brother / the lorde Ligny / and of the lorde Barba~&s;on the duke and all his countrey abode as neuter / and <ABBR>held</ABBR> with none of both partes. And this an&s;were made Jane duche&s;&s;e of Brabant. Kynge Charles of Fra~ce who was &s;age / wy&s;e / and &s;ubtyle / had wrought about this treatie .iii. yere before / &amp; knewe well he had good frendes in Heynault &amp; Brabant / &amp; &s;pecially the mo&s;t parte of the cou~&s;ailours of y^e great lordes / and to colour / &amp; to make his <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;eme y^e fayrer / he copied out diuers letters tou|chyng the peace confirmed at Calays / and ther in he clo&s;ed the &s;ub&s;tan~ce of his dede / and what thynge the kynge of Englande and his childre~ were &s;worne to kepe. &amp; in what articles by their letters &s;ealed they were &s;ubmytted to make re|nu~ciacions / re&s;ityng &s;uche co~my&s;&s;ions as they ought to haue delyuered to theyr people / and al other articles and poynt&abis; that made any thyng for hym and his quarell condempnynge the en|gli&s;&s;hemens deades. The&s;e letters the kynge cau&s;ed to be publy&s;&s;hed in the courtes of great lordes / to the entent they &s;hulde be better enfor|med of his quarel. Inlyke wy&s;e oppo&s;it to this dede the kynge of <ABBR>England</ABBR> &s;hewed his quarel in Almaygne / and in other places / where as he thought to haue any ayde. The duke of Guer|les nephewe to the kynge of Englande / &s;onne to his &s;u&s;ter / and the duke of Juliers co&s;yn ger+mayne to his children / who were at that tyme good and true engly&s;&s;he / had great di&s;pight of the defiaunce that the frenche kynge had made to y^e kyng of Engla~de done by a varlet / in their myndes greately blamynge the frenche kynge and his coun&s;aile in his &s;o doyng. for they &s;ayd that warre bitwene &s;o great princis (as the fre~|che kynge and the kynge of Englande) ought to be publy&s;&s;hed and defied by notable &abper;&s;ones / as prelates by&s;&s;hops or abbottes / &s;ayeng howe the frenche men dyd it by great pre&s;umpcyon &amp; pryde. Wherfore they &s;ayd they wolde &s;end and defye the fre~che kyng notably / and &s;o they dyd / and dyuer&s;e other knyghtes of Almayne with them. and their ente~t&abis; was &s;hortly to entre into Fraunce / and there to do &s;uche dedes of armes / that the remembrau~ce therof &s;hulde be &s;een and knowen .xx. yere after. Howe be it they dyd no|thynge / for their purpo&s;e was broken by ano|ther way than they thought of / as ye &s;hall here after in this hi&s;torie.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the duke of Bourgoyn was maryed to the doughter of the erle of Flaunders. Cap. CC .liii.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue harde before howe y^e &s;pace of .v. yere to gether y^e kyng of Eng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. made moche purcha&s;e to haue the doughter of therle of Fla~+ders to haue ben maried to his &s;on Edmond erle of Cambridge. The deui&s;es and ordenances were to longe to reher&s;e. Wherfore I wyll pa&s;&s;e it ouer breuely. The kynge of <ABBR>En|gland</ABBR> coude by no maner geat pope Urban to con&s;ent to gyue them a di&s;pen&s;acion to mary / and the erle of Fraunders was &s;ued vnto fro o+ther partes / and &s;pecially by the frenche kyng / for his brother the duke of Bourgoyn. Wha~ he &s;awe that the maryage Wolde nat take in En|gland / and howe it was tyme for his doughter to be maryed / and that he had no mo children / and thought that the yo~ge duke of Bourgoyn was a mete mariage for her: Than he &s;ent cer|tayne me&s;&s;angers into England / to treate with the kyng for acquitaunce / and the me&s;&s;angers dyd &s;o well their <ABBR>deuour</ABBR> / that the kynge of En|glande (who thought none euyl) quited the er|le of Flaunders of all his couenauntes / as tou|chynge y^e mariage of his doughter. and &s;o the&s;e me&s;&s;angers returned to Bruges / and &s;hewed the erle their lorde howe they had &s;pedde / Wher of he was ryght ioyfull. And it was nat longe after but that the mariage of the duke of Bour|goyn &amp; their erles doughter was driue~ through and agreed. And it was &s;hewed me that for this mariage the erle of Flaunders had more than fyfty thou&s;ande frankes / and the towne of Do|way and Li&s;le delyuered in gage for money / y^t the frenche kynge gaue with thys maryage to the erle of Flaunders / Who toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of them / and therin dyd putte his people. And &s;o the&s;e two townes were attributed to Flau~ders by rea&s;on of gage / as it was &s;hewed me / I can &s;ay no further. And anone after this compo&s;i|cion they proceded to the mariage / the whiche was done and confirmed in the towne of Gau~t and there was great fea&s;te and &s;olempnyte the day of y^e maryage and after. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many lordes / barones / and knyghtes / and &s;pecially y^e gentyl lorde of Coucy / who was &s;ent thither by the frenche kynge / euery man was greatly fea|&s;ted with great iu&s;tes and tryumphes. And af|ter
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euery man wen&s;e Whom to his owne. And whan the kynge of Engla~de &s;awe that the erle of Flaunders / bycau&s;e of this &s;ayde maryage was alyed into Fraunce / he wy&s;te <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at What to &s;uppo&s;e / Whether that the Erle of Flaunders wolde take parte agayn&s;t hym with the duke of Bourgoyne his &s;onne in lawe / who by &s;ucce&s;&s;i|on &s;hulde be his heyre after his di&s;ceace ornat. Nor al&s;o he my&s;te nat what rou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nauntes were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">twene the frenche kynge and the erle of Flaunders. Wherfore the kynge of Englande was more harder to the Flemmynges than he was before / bothe by lande and by &s;ee / as they came in marchandi&s;e. Wherof the fre~che kynge was nothynge di&s;plea&s;ed. for he wolde gladly that the Warre hadde ben open bitwene the en|gli&s;&s;hemen and fle~mynges. Howe be it the wi&s;e men of Flaunders and bourge&s;&s;es of good tow <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es had no wyl to y^e warre: for the comynalte of Flaunders / &s;u&s;teyned rather the opinion and quarell of the kynge of Englande to be better / than the frenche kynges. The kynge of En|glande / who &s;ought for frendes in all parties / as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ede was for hym &s;o to do / &s;eynge the great warres and rebellions that dayly ro&s;e agayn&s;t hym. than he vnder&s;tode well that kyng Char|les of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> his co&s;yn / who was in ba&s;e Nor mandy / wolde &s;oone agree to his <ABBR>accord</ABBR> / for he was behated with the frenche kynge / bicau&s;e of certayn landes that he kept / and claymed them as his enheritance / the whiche the frenche kyng d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed: for the whiche theyr coun&s;ayles had ben often tymes to guether: But they coulde neuer make agrement bitwene them / and &s;o the mat|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er hanged &s;tyll / eche of them takyng good hede of other. And the kynge of Nauarre fortifyed greatly his townes and ca&s;tels in Con&s;tantine and in the countie of Deureur / and in the good townes of Normandye / and helde hym&s;elfe at Ch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">erburge and had men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in euery ga+ri&s;on. And with hym there was &abser; Eu&s;tace Da~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">er<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">court who was <ABBR>gouernour</ABBR> of a towne <ABBR>be|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oud</ABBR> the pa&s;&s;age of &s;aynt Clement / in the clo&s;e of Con&s;tantyne / the whyche perteyned to the kynge of Nauarre / for it was parcell of his he|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">age / called the towne of Carentyn. And this &s;yr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;tace was <ABBR>chief</ABBR> of the kynges coun&s;aile and the kynge of Englande &s;ent vnto hym (for he was al&s;o hisman and knyght) to the entent that he &s;hulde knowe the kynge of Nauarres mv<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de. And this knyght dyd &s;o moche that the kynge of Nauarre with a pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uy company en|tred into a &s;hyppe called Ly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and came to the kynge of England / who made hym great there and fea&s;t / and &s;o they were longe to gether / and fynally concluded / that as &s;oone as the kynge of Nauarre were returned to Chierbourge / he &s;hulde &s;ende and defye the frenche kynge / and to put in al his ca&s;telles and fortre&s;&s;es engli&s;&s;he men. And whan all this was confyrmed / the kynge of Nauarre departed / and returned a|gayne into Normandy / to the towne of Chier|bourge / and was brought thyther by certayne knyghtes of Englande / who had but euyllfor|tune at theyr returnynge home <ABBR>ward</ABBR> / for on the &s;ee they mette normans and pyrates / Who fi|er&s;ely a&s;&s;ayled them / and were farre &s;tronger than the engli&s;&s;hmen. So the normans con|quered them and &s;lewe them all / they wolde nat take one to mercy / of the whiche aduenture the kynge of Englande was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. howe be it he coude nat remedy it. And anone after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the kynge of Nauarre was returned to Chierbourge / &abser; Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt (who was &s;ent for by the prince) toke leaue of y^e kyng of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> to go and &s;erue the prince. the whi|che kynge gaue hym leaue / &s;ore agayn&s;te hys+myll. Howe be it &abser; Eu&s;tace &s;hewed hym &s;o ma|ny rea&s;onable cau&s;es / that at la&s;te he departed and toke the &s;ee / and arryued with all his com|pany at &s;aynt Malo / and rode to Nauntes / to pa&s;&s;e there the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Loyre by the agrement of the duke of Bretayne / Who as than &s;tered nat on no partye. And &s;o <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Eu&s;tace trauay|led &s;o longe / that he came in to Poictou / and came to the towne of Angole&s;me to the prynce / who receyued hym with great ioy / &amp; tha~ anone &s;ente hym to &s;yr John~ Chandos / &amp; to the Cap|tal of <ABBR>Beu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"></ABBR> / who were at Montaban makyng there <ABBR>thyr</ABBR> fronter agayn&s;te the frenche men / And thyther <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Eu&s;tace was ryght well come to all the company.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the con&s;table of France / and the con&s;table of Heynaulte rey&s;ed all army of men of warre to a&s;&s;aile Arde and howe the fortre&s;&s;e of Reainuille was taken and the engly&s;&s;hemenne &s;layne. Cap. C C .liiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the knyghtes of Pycardye a&s;|&s;embled together to go and a&s;&s;aute Arde / and <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Mo|res Fyennes Con&s;table of France / and <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> John~ Uer+tyn con&s;table of Heynau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">
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were capitaynes of that companye by the com|maundement of the Frenche kynge / and they a&s;&s;embled to guether in the towne of &s;aynt <ABBR><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|mer</ABBR> / and they were a thou&s;and &s;pear<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s of kny|ghtes and &s;quyers. And &s;o they went and mo|&s;tred before the ba&s;tid of Arde / the whiche was well furny&s;&s;hed with engly&s;&s;he men / and &s;o the frenche men &s;ayde they Wolde laye &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ege ther|to. And the engly&s;&s;he men were no thyng <ABBR>aba&s;|&s;hed</ABBR> / but made them redy to defende theyr for|tre&s;&s;e / if nede were. And on a daye / all the fren|chemen and heynowes a&s;&s;embled together in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde / in good array and fre&s;&s;he mauer. it was a goodly &s;yght to beholde the baners and &s;tan|dardes wauynge with the wynde / and &s;o they gaue a&s;&s;aute to the towne / nat greatly to <ABBR>theyr</ABBR> profyt / for there were diuer&s;e of them &s;ore hurt and wounded / and conquered nothynge. And as it was &s;hewed me / on the &s;yft daye they be|parted fro Arde Without doynge of any great hurte / and &s;o returned euery man home to his owne how&s;e. Thus brake vp that i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">urney.</P>
<P>&para; Howe lette vs &s;peke of farther countreys / as of the &s;iege / that was before <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iamuille in Quercy / layde by the frenchemen / who were a .xii. thou&s;ande fyghtyngemen / with the com|panyons that were in theyr felawe&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ppe / and within two dayes iourney of them lay the duke of Berreys companye / as <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ of Army|nake <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ Uillemure / the lorde of Beau|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ew / and other of Auuergne and Bourgoyne / and they were well a .iii. thou&s;and whiche were redy to come to the &s;iege if nede were to a&s;&s;y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">te the frenchemen. And <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ Chandos / the Captall of Beufz / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Guy&s;&s;hard Dangle / and other engly&s;&s;hemen that kept the fronter about Montaban / knewe well howe the frenchemen hadde layde &s;iege before Reainuille / and what nombre they Were of / So that they &s;awe Well they were nat able to fyght with themnor rey&s;e the &s;iege. For the erle of Cambridge and the Erle of Penbroke / Who laye at &s;iege before Bourd<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">lf / wolde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">no wy&s;e breke vppe <ABBR>their</ABBR> &s;iege. And &s;o the frenchemen before Reainuille &s;et they<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> myners awarke / and al&s;o they hadde engyns / that dyd ca&s;te daye and nyght. The myners cau&s;ed a great payne of the Walle <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o &s;alle / Wherby the towne Was taken / and all the engly&s;&s;hemen Within &s;layne without mer|cy / the Whiche Was great pitye: Forthere in was many a good <ABBR>&s;quyer.</ABBR> They of the nacion of the towne were taken tomercy / o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the cou|dicio<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that fro thence forth they &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e good <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> frenchemen. Than they ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> there newe capitaynes and officers to kepe the towne if nede were. Than the&s;e men of warre depar|ted and went abrode into the con~trey of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uer|cy and Rouergue / to refre&s;&s;he them / and to lye more at theyr ca&s;e. And the companyons went to the citie of Caours / and there about / and ca|pitaynes of them were Aymon of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rtingo Pe+cotte of Sauoye / the lyttell Mechin / Jaques Braye / Arnolde of Pans. And they ouerranne and di&s;troyed all the countrey. And the erle of Pierregourt / the erle of Li&s;le / the erle of Co|mynges / the U<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">count of Carmayn / and the o|ther lordes returned into theyrowne cou~treys / For <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Hugh Caurell / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Robert Brequet / Joh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i Tre&s;nelle / Lanut Nandon of Bergerat the Bourge Camus / the Bourge of Bretueil / the Bourge of Le&s;pare / and the nombre of com+panyons made great Warre / and burned and di&s;troyed the landes of the erle of Armynacke / and of the lorde Dalbreth. &para; In the &s;ame &s;ea|&s;on there was a &s;ene&s;chall in Rouergue a right valyaunt man and a good engly&s;&s;he knyght / called <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Thomas Witeualle / Who kepte the towne and Ca&s;telle of Millan a dayes iou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ney fro <ABBR>Montpellier</ABBR> / howe be it the countrey all a|boute hym was turned frenche / yet he kept his fortre&s;&s;e a yere and a halfe after. And al&s;o an o|ther fortre&s;&s;e in Bretayne called Wanclere / In the Whiche &s;pace he made many noble I&s;&s;ues / vnto the tyme that &s;yr Bertram of Cle&s;quy put hym oute / as ye &s;hall here after in thys hi&s;tory / And all Wayes &s;tyll / the &s;iege endured before Bourdeilf.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the &s;ene&s;chal of Poictou bu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ned and exyled the lande of the lorde of Chauuigny / and toke with a&s;aute the towne of Breu&s;e the which was newely before turned frenche. Capi|tulo. C C .lv.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the marches of po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|tou was &s;ir John~ of Bue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;yr Wyllyam of Bourdes &abser; Loys of &s;aynt Julyan Car+net Breto~ / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o than. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ii. hundred fightyng men / they imagined and &s;tudied night and day howe they myght geat by a&s;&s;aute / &s;ka|ynge / or other wy&s;e townes and fortre&s;&s;es in Poictou. And on a day they gatte by &s;lelth and
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by &s;kalynge the ca&s;tell called the Roche of Po|&s;ay at the entre of Poictou on y^e riuer of Creu&s;e a two leages fro Haye in Tourayn / and nere to Chatellerault on the &s;ame <ABBR>riuer</ABBR> / all the cou~|trey of Poictou was in great feare for the fren|chemen layde there a great gari&s;on and repay|red the ca&s;tell / and fortyfyed and furny&s;&s;hed it with artillarie &amp; victayles. And whan the&s;e ty|dynges came to the prince he was &s;ore di&s;plea|&s;ed but he coude nat <ABBR>amend</ABBR> it. Than he &s;ent to &abser; Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / &abser; Loys of Harecourte / the lorde of Parteney / the lorde of Pinane / and for diuer&s;e other beynge at Montaban with &abser; John~ Chandos / that they &s;hulde come to hym / for he was in purpo&s;e to &s;ende them into other places. And accordynge to the princis co~mau~d|ment they departed fro Montaban / and came to Angole&s;me to the prince / and incontinent he &s;ent them into Poicters to kepe the citie / and to make fronter there agayn&s;t the fre~chemen / and about the &s;ame tyme a great baron of Poictou the lorde of Chauuigny vicount of Breu&s;e for|&s;oke the engly&s;&s;he parte and became frenche / &amp; the towne al&s;o / and furny&s;&s;hed the towne With bretons and men of warre / and went hym&s;elfe in to Fraunce to the kynge. Of this aduenture the prince and all the barones of Poictou Were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and the vicount of Rochecoart was had in&s;u&s;pecte: for it was enfourmed the prince howe he wolde turne frenche. Wherfore the prince &s;ent for hym and &s;hewed hym his en|tent / and the vicount excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe as well as he myght: Howe be it he was commytted to pri&s;on / and &s;o abode a longe &s;pace in that daun|ger. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the great &s;ene&s;chall of Poictou (vnder the prince) was &abser; James Au|deley a right &s;age and a valiant knyght and he a&s;&s;embled to gether a great armye of barons &amp; knyghtes of Poictou / and with hym was <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> <ABBR>Guy&s;&s;hard</ABBR> Dangle / &abser; Loys of Harecourt / the lorde of Pons / the lorde of Parteney / the lorde of Pinane / &abser; Geffey Dargenton / &abser; Maubrun of L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ers the lorde of Tannaybouton / &abser; Wil|liam of Moutaudire and diuers other knigh|tes and &s;quiers of Poictou / they were a .xii. C. &s;peares. And al&s;o there was with hym &abser; Band wyn&s;ene&s;ch all of Xainton. The&s;e lordes made theyr a&s;&s;embly at Poicters / and &s;o departed in good arraye / and rode tyll they came into Ber+rey / than they began to burne and exile the cou~|trey / and dyd many great domages. and than they went ito Tourayn: but where &s;oeuer they went the cou~trey was &s;ore turme~ted &amp; brought into great tribulacion: they were &s;o &s;trong that they kepte &s;tyll the felde. and at la&s;t they entred into the lorde of Chauuignys countrey / Who was as than newly turned to the frenche parte. and &s;o they burned and di&s;troyed all that was before them / except the fortre&s;&s;es. And on a day they came before the towne of Breu&s;e and gaue therto a&s;&s;aute / the whiche endured a hole daye / but that day they wonne but lyttell. Than they withdrewe / and lodged them / and &s;ayde howe they wolde nat depart&s;o. for they thought well the towne was preignable. Than they ro&s;e at the &s;prynge of the day / and &s;owned their trom|pett&abis; to the a&s;&s;aute / and &s;o approched the towne euery lorde in good arraye vnder his owne ba|ner / the whiche was on a &s;aturday. This was a fiers a&s;&s;aute / for they within the towne defe~ded them &s;elfe as wel as they myght / they knew wel it &s;tode them in ieo&abper;dy of their lyues. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done that day many a noble feat of armes the engly&s;&s;he archers &s;hotte &s;o holly to gether / that none dur&s;t loke out at any loope to defe~de the towne / and &s;o finally by pure force y^e towne was wo~ne / and the gates ca&s;t downe / and euer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> man entred that wolde / and a .xvi. of the be&s;te y^t were within / Were taken and hanged in theyr harneis in di&s;pight of the vicou~t their mai&s;ter / who was &s;o fal&s;ely become fre~che / and y^e towne burned / and all the inhabitauntes within lo&s;te all that euer they had / and many &s;layne &amp; drow|ned. Than the engly&s;&s;hemen returned to Poi|cters to refre&s;&s;he them &s;elfe there.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How &s;yr Robert Canol was made mai&s;ter gouernour of the princis co~|panye / and howe &s;yr Perducas Dal|breth turned engli&s;&s;he. Cap. CC .lvi.</HEAD>
<P>_SIr Robert Canol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / who was as than in Bretayne / and had there a fayre heritage / and alwayes he had ben good engli&s;&s;he and loued and &s;erued the kynge of England and his &s;one / and had ben with them in dyuers iourneis. And whan he vnder&s;tode that the fre~|chemen made the Prince &s;o great warre / and Wolde dy&s;heryte hym of hys enherytaunce of Acquytayne / At the conquerynge <ABBR>wherof</ABBR> he hadde been before / was &s;ore <ABBR>dy&s;plea&s;ed</ABBR> ther|with in his mynde / and pourpo&s;ed to a&s;&s;emble to guether &s;uche people as he myght / and to go and &s;erue the prince at his owne co&s;te &amp; charge. As he ymagyned / &s;o he dyd / he gatte to <ABBR>gether</ABBR> of his frendes and other the nombre of .lx. men
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of armes / and as many archers / And than he prepared a foure &s;hyppes in an hauen of Bre|tayne called Kaouke. And whan all his prouy|&s;ion was redy / he departed from Deruall and drew to the porte and toke the &s;ee with his com|pany / and &s;ayled &s;o longe that they arryued at the Kaye of Rochell / and the bourge&s;&s;es of Ro|chel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> made hym good chere agayn&s;t theyr har|tes: Howe be it they dur&s;tedo none otherwy&s;e. And there he founde <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ Deureux capi|tayne of Rochel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vnder the prince / for the Se|ne&s;chall was with <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> John~ Chandos and <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Thomas Percy. There <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Roberte Canol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was wel receyued / and the capitayne kept hym good companye. And there he taryed .ii. dayes and than rode forthe tyll he came to Angole&s;me and the prince and prince&s;&s;e were right gladde of his comyng / and made hym &s;uche chere that the prince made hym <ABBR>may&s;ter</ABBR> and <ABBR>chyef</ABBR> &s;oue|raygne of all the knyghtes and &s;quyers of hys courte / bycau&s;e of his valoure and noble chy|ualrie / commaundynge all his courte to obbey hym as theyr &s;oueraygne / and they all an&s;werd that they were well content &s;o to do. And whan he hadde ben there the &s;pace of fyue dayes and euery man redy that &s;hulde go with hym. than he toke leaue of the prince / and departed fro An gole&s;me acompanyed with the princes knygh|tes / as <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Richarde of Pontchardon / &abser; Ste|phyn Go&s;enton / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Dagloiret / &s;yr Noel Lor|niche / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Wyllyam Torciel <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Hugh Ha&s;tin|ges / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> John~ Triuet / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Thomas <ABBR>Spen&s;er</ABBR> <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Tancon / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Thomas Bala&s;ter / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Nico|las Bonde / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> wyllyam the Monke / the &s;ene|&s;chall of Agenoys / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Baudwyn of Franuille and mo than thre &s;core knyght&abis;. So they were a .lx. men of armes / and fyue hundred archers / and as many brigantes / all hauyng good myu|des to fynde out the frenchemen / and to fyghte with them. Thus <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Robert Canol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and his companye rode forthe towarde Agen to come into Quercy / where the companyo~s were / and they rode &s;o longe that they came to the citie of Agen: and there they taryed a lytell &s;pace to re|fre&s;&s;he them &s;elf and to abyde theyr eunemies. And in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Robert Canoll had knowledge howe <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Perducas Dalbreth who was capitayne of a certayne nombre of compa|nyons / as a .iii. C. or there aboute / and that he was the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on in the countrey / and that by the purcha&s;e of the duke of Aniou he was tur+ned frenche. Than <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Robert Canoll &s;ent cer|tayne herauldes and me&s;&s;angers to hym / and gaue hym &s;alue conducte to come &amp; &s;peke with hym in the feldes / at a certayne place lymytted / and &s;o he came to hym / and <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Roberte made hym great chere / and &s;o lyttell and lyttell fell to+gether in talkynge / than <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Robert Canol &s;he|wed hym / howe it was greatly to his blame to turne hym &s;elfe frenche / and to for&s;ake to &s;erue the prince / who &s;o well hath honored and loued hym in tyme pa&s;te. Wherto &s;huld I make lo~ge proce&s;&s;e / <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Robert Canol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> preched &s;o moche to &abser; Perducas Dalbreth that he turned agayn and became engli&s;&s;he / he and all his company / and with hym there turned of the companyons ga&s;coynes mo than .v. C. <ABBR>Wherof</ABBR> the duke of Aniou was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and thought than the la&s;&s;e &s;urete in the &s;ayd <ABBR>&s;ir</ABBR> Perducas. The&s;e tydynges came to the citie of Caours to the co~|panio~s there. as Aymon Ortigo / the lytel Me|chin / Jaques Bray / Perot of Sauoy / Arnolde of Pans / who were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to kepe the gary&s;on of the whiche tidynges they were &s;ore troubled in their myndes / and con&s;idered and thought wel that there gari&s;on was to great and feble to be kepte agayn&s;te the puy&s;&s;aunce of the engli&s;&s;he men. And &s;o departed thence and gaue vp the towne to the by&s;&s;hop and bourge&s;&s;es of y^e &s;ame and they went to a priory there by called Dur|mel / the whiche they had fortified before and determ<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed to kepe it agayn&s;t theyr ennemyes. And as &s;oone as the engly&s;&s;he men knewe that they were <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> they came thither and be&s;ieged the place / and made many a&s;&s;aute but they wi|thin were &s;o well fortified with artillary and o|ther ablementes of warre / that they toke but li|tell hurt. And whan &abser; John~ Chandos &abser; Tho|mas Phelton / the captall of Beufz / &abser; John~ Po~+mers / &abser; Thomas Percy / &abser; Eu&s;tace Dambre|ticourt / &amp; the other <ABBR>knyght&abis;</ABBR> of the princis / who were at Montaban vnder&s;tode how &abser; Robert Canol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had be&s;ieged the fortre&s;&s;e of Durmell / tha~ they determined to go thether / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they thought to enploy well their &s;ea&s;on: and &s;o they departed fro Montaban mo than .iii. C. &s;pear&abis; and lefte .ii. C. behynde to kepe the gari&s;on / of whom were capitayns &abser; Aymery of Charters / the Souldiche of Le&s;trade / &abser; Bernarde Dal|breth / and the lorde of Geronde. So the aboue &s;ayd lordes rode &s;pedely to come to the &s;iege of Durmell. and as they rode they founde by the way a &s;tronge frenche towne called Mon&s;ac / y^e which was kept alonly by them of y^e towne / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> knewe nat they. and &s;o to adui&s;e y^e towne they &s;ente forthe theyr courrours / and they brought worde agayne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the towne was very &s;tro~ge / &s;o that without &s;iege or &s;aute it <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat be wo~ne
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Than they toke coun&s;ayle to gether to &s;e what was be&s;t for them to do and &s;o determined that it was nat be&s;te for them to let theyr enterpri&s;e. of guyng to Durmell / wherfore they pa&s;&s;ed by yerly in the mornynge. and they were nat gone a leage thence but they mette certayn men with foure &s;omers laden with vitayle / whom anone they toke and re&s;ted / and demau~ded fro whens they came / and whyther they wolde: they &s;ayd they were departed from Tholou&s;e to the en|tent to go to Mon&s;ac / And to brynge thyther theyr victayle. Than they were &s;traytlyer exa|myned of the &s;tate of the towne / and what peo|ple were within. And they who were afrayed to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> for feare of theyr lyues) &s;hewed howe the towne lacked victayle / for they had nat vitayle <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nough <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the twone to abyde a &s;iege the &s;pace <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e dayes and howe there was neuer a ge~|cylman of name nor man of Warre within the towne &s;aue all onely the dwellers within. Tha~ they drewe to coun&s;ayle agayne / and vtterlye determyned that they wolde go no farther tyll they hadde a&s;&s;ayed to geat the &s;ayde towne of Mon&s;ac. And &s;o returned agayne / and toke the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ictayle for them&s;elfe / and deliuered the hor&s;es agayn to the vitailers and badde them go and &s;eke for newe proui&s;yon. And than wente and layde &s;iege about Mon&s;ac and harbored them+&s;elfe / as though they wolde nat go thence in a moneth / and made &s;emblant to a&s;&s;aute y^e towne the next day / and layde &s;uche artyllarie as they had agayn&s;t the Walles. And whan they with|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> towne &s;awe that / they were afrayed / and knewe well they coude nat longe endure / by|cau&s;e of lacke of victayle. Than they beganne to treate with the engly&s;&s;he knyghtes / and fy|nally they knoweledged the prince of Wales to be theyr lorde / and to kepe and holde the towne of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ym for euer fro thence forth / without fraude or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">gyn / &s;o that they myght &s;ytte &s;tyll in re&s;t and nothynge of theyrs taken from them. Than &abser; John~ Chandos and his companye at the reque&s;te of them of the towne ordeyned for them a capitayne a knyght called &s;yr Roberte Mytton and twenty men of armes with hym and fourty archers at the co&s;tes and wages of them of the towne. Than they rode forthe tyll they came to Durmell where as &abser; Robert Ca|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and his companye laye at &s;iege / and there eche made to other great chere and fea&s;te and tokens of loue / and &s;o than they laye all at the &s;iege in good ordre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert Canol &amp; &s;ir John~ Chandos departed fro Durmell wi|thout wynnyng of it / and wente and layde &s;iege to the gary&s;on of Do~me Cap. CC .lvii.</HEAD>
<P>WHile this &s;iege thus endured before Durmelle / there were many &s;kry|my&s;&s;hes and dedes of armes done / for there Were many good knygh|tes and men of armes without / and within were good men of warre / well expierte and v&s;ed therin / orels they coude nat haue en|dured halfe &s;o long as they dyd. They that lay at &s;iege without had no great aduantage / For they were in wor&s;e ca&s;e than they within / for .ii. cau&s;es. The one / it rayned day and nyght / the whiche was euyl both for men and hor&s;es. The other was defaute of vitayles / &s;o that they wi&s;t nat what to eate / a loffe of breade was worthe .iii. olde grotes. and yet wor&s;e than that / &s;ome|tyme they coude geat none for money. Howe be it often tymes they hadde plentye of Wynes the Whyche dyd them great comforte. So in this ca&s;e they Were a fyue wekes. and finally whan they &s;awe they coude Wynne nothynge there / bycau&s;e the gary&s;on Was &s;o &s;tronge / and that they laye there in &s;o great Jeopardye and di&s;|ea&s;e: they determyned to departe thence / and &s;o they dydde / and drewe them to the Ca&s;tell and towne of Do~me / the Whyche &s;tode in a more plentyfull countrey / and &s;o be&s;ieged the gary|&s;on. And Within was Capitayne / lorde / and gouernour &s;yr Robert of Do~me / and with hym a co&s;yn of his called <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Peter Sanglette / and they had geat in to the fortre&s;&s;e all the victayle that was abrode in the countrey aboute them. And Whan the Engly&s;&s;hemen and Ga&s;coynes Who Were to the noumbre of fyftene houndred men of armes: and two thou&s;ande archers and brygauntes hadde thus layde &s;iege to the for|tre&s;&s;e / a&s;&s;auted the place couragiou&s;ly / and rei|&s;ed vp dyuer&s;e great engyns / &s;o that dayly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> Were &s;autes and &s;krymy&s;&s;hes / and many fea|tes of armes acheued. And Whan they hadde layen thus at &s;iege the &s;pace of fyftene dayes / and &s;awe they gatte nor conquered nothynge there. And that they laye there in great payne and trauayle. Than they toke adui&s;e and cou~|&s;aile &amp; concluded to &s;ende worde to Angole&s;me to the prince certifieng hym of theyr e&s;tate / and Chandos the heraulde was co~maunded to go on that me&s;&s;age / and &s;o he dyd &s;o moche that he
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come to the prince / who had tha~ about hym but a &s;mall company / for all his knyghtes &amp; &s;quy|ers were out one way or other in warre. Whan the heraulde came before the prince / he kneled downe / and reco~mended to hym all y^e knyghtes &amp; &s;quiers that he had left at &s;iege before Do~me and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;agely and di&s;cretly he declared to the prince the &s;tate and ordynau~ce of them at &s;iege / and al&s;o delyuered to the prince letters of cre|dence. And whan the prince had wel vnder&s;ta~d all the matter / he &s;ayd he wolde take aduy&s;e in the matter / and cau&s;ed y^e herauld to abyde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> v. dayes / and on y^e .vi. day he delyuered to hym letters &s;ealed vnder his owne &s;eale / and &s;ayd at his departyng / Chandos reco~maunde vs to al the company there. And &s;o departed and toke his way towarde Quercy. Nowe let vs &s;peke of them of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;te / howe they dyd in the mean &s;ea&s;on / that thys heraulde wente and came on theyr me&s;&s;age.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Robert Canol &amp; &s;ir John~ Chandos departed fro Do~me with|out any hurt doyng there / and went and toke Gauaches / Rochemandor / &amp; diuers other townes / the which wet newly turned frenche. Ca. CC .lviii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANone after that Cha~|dos the heraulde was depar+ted on his me&s;&s;age fro y^e o&s;te &abser; John~ Chandos and &abser; Ro+berte Canoll / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Thomas Phelto~ / y^e Captall of Beufz &abser; James Audeley / and the other knyghtes and &s;quiers went to coun&s;ayle and concluded to breke vp their &s;iege / for they perceyued well howe they coude geat nothyng there / and determined to go further into y^e cou~|trey / and to wynne townes and gari&s;ons &s;uche as were newly turned fre~che / by the exhortyng of the duke of Berrey. So thus the&s;e knyghtes di&s;lodged / and departed fro Do~me / &amp; went to Gauaches / the whiche incontinent yelded vp to them / and became engli&s;&s;he / and there they re|&s;ted them a .iii. dayes / and toke cou~&s;ayle / what they &s;huld do further. And whan they departed they went to a fortre&s;&s;e / the whiche the frenche companyons had newely taken / called Foins / but as &s;oone as they within the fortre&s;&s;e &s;awe the engli&s;&s;heme~ come to them with &s;uche a pui|&s;aunce / and that Gauaches was gyuen vp to them / they al&s;o yelded vp theyr fortre&s;&s;e / and be+came engli&s;&s;he / and &s;o &s;ware alwayes to conti|nue: but yet they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> for&s;worne / as ye &s;hal here after. Than the engli&s;&s;hemen pa&s;&s;ed forth / and came before Rochmador. the gari&s;on was but ea&s;ely fortified / and yet they with i thought nat to <ABBR>yeld</ABBR> vp the fortre&s;&s;e. So whan the engli&s;&s;he+men came to the towne / and wel adui&s;ed the <ABBR>ma+ner</ABBR> of them within / than they &s;et forth theyr ar|tyllarie / and gaue a&s;&s;aute in good ordre / &amp; ma|ny <ABBR>wer</ABBR> hurt with &s;hotte / both within and with+out / the whiche a&s;&s;aute endured a hole day / and at nyght the engli&s;&s;hemen withdrewe to theyr lodgynges / and were in mynde to a&s;&s;ayle it a|gayne the next day: but the &s;ame night they wi|thin toke cou~&s;aile together / and perceyued wel howe they were &s;orely a&s;&s;auted / and the moo&s;te wy&s;e&s;t of them &s;ayd / howe at length they coude nat endure / and if they were taken by force they &s;hulde all dye / and the towne brent and &s;poyled without mercy. So all thynges con&s;idered the good and the euyll: they fell in treatie to yelde them vp to the engli&s;&s;hemen. So they agreed that fro that daye forth they &s;hulde become en|gli&s;&s;he / and that to fulfyll they made &s;olempne othes / and be&s;ide that at theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> charge to &s;ende out of theyr town <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;te .xv. dayes to gether. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;omets <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> with vitay|les / and they to paye for the vitayle at a certayn price &s;et amonge them. And thus Rochmador abode &s;tyll in re&s;t. And than the engli&s;&s;hemen pa&s;&s;ed forth towarde Uille Franche in Tholo|&s;ain / wa&s;tynge and di&s;troyenge the countrey / puttyng the pore people into great mi&s;erie / con+querynge townes and ca&s;tels / that were newe|ly turned fre~che / &s;ome by force and &s;ome by trea+tye / and at la&s;t they came to Uille Franche / the whiche was well purueyed of all maner of vi|tayle &amp; artyllarie / for al the playne cou~trey was drawe~ thither. and there they be&s;ieged y^e towne So that within foure dayes they gaue many a great a&s;&s;aute / werby dyuers were hurte bothe within &amp; without. All thynges con&s;idered they within perceyued well they coude nat long en|dure / nor they knewe of no <ABBR>maner</ABBR> apparant re+skewe comyng to them warde. So than by co~|po&s;icion they became engli&s;&s;he / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> haue no domage. So thus Uile fra~che became engli&s;&s;he. wherof y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Aniou (who lay at Tholou&s;e) was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / wha~ he knewe therof / but he coude nat amende it as at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme. <ABBR>Sir</ABBR> John~ Chandos left there to be capitayne
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an engli&s;&s;he knyght called &s;ir Robert Roux &amp; &s;o pa&s;&s;ed forther di&s;troyeng the countrey.</P>
<P>Nowe let vs returne to the &s;iege of Bourdeill / and how the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke perceiuered in theyr warre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Cambrydge and the erle of Pe~broke toke by great ad|uy&s;e the gary&s;on of Bourdeill. Cap. C C .lix.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the meane &s;ea&s;on while y^t the barones and knightes of Englande made their iour|neys a&s;well in Rouergue &amp; Quercy / as in Agenoy&s;e. the &s;iege al that &s;ea&s;on endu+red &s;tyll before the gary&s;on of Bourdeill / the whiche was the &s;pace of a .xi. wekes. In the whiche &s;ea&s;on there were many <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">autes / &s;krymy&s;&s;hes / and feates of armes done and acheued nygh euery day. For mo&s;t como~ly daily they w^tin wold come with al theyr power to the barriers of theyr to wne without the gate and valiauntly &s;krymy&s;&s;he there with all com|mers. And bare them &s;elfe &s;o proprely that they were pray&s;ed of all the oo&s;te without. Thus in this e&s;tate they endured a great &s;ea&s;on / and by likelyhod longer had done if pryde and pre|&s;umpcion hadde nat been. For they were men <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">owe / and ryght hardy and well fourny&s;&s;hed with vitailes and artillary: and they of the o&s;te without beganne to ware werie / and &s;awe wel howe they laye there at theyr great coo&s;te and charge / and wanne but lytell. And &s;o on a day they toke theyr coun&s;ayle howe to maynteyne theyr &s;iege / and to aproche the towne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they co~cluded / that the next day in the mornyng they &s;hulde be all armed / and &s;o kepe them &s;elfe in their lodgynges &s;ecretly / and to &s;ende a cer|tayne nombre to &s;krymy&s;&s;he with them within for they thought welle / that they within wolde i&s;&s;ue out on them as they Were accu&s;tomed to do. And &s;o whan they had fought a while than to returne agayne / and to make &s;emblaunt as though they fledde / to the entent to drawe their ennemyes out of the fortre&s;&s;e. And than they ordeyned to haue a nombre of hor&s;emen redye to come in bitwene them and the towne to &s;top them whan they wolde returne. And &s;o on this appoyntment they concluded / &s;ayenge / that yf they had it nat by that meanes / they &s;hulde nat geat the towne ea&s;ely none other wayes. And &s;o in the nexte mornynge yerly / they cau&s;ed all theyr people to be armed / and &s;ente a. CC. to the towne to &s;krymy&s;&s;he. And whan the capi|taynes within / as Erualdon and Bernardya / &s;awe them come / they were ryght ioyous / and armed them and al theyr company. They were a .vii. &s;core yonge and lu&s;ty companyons / and &s;o opened theyr gate and came to their barriers and there encountred theyr ennemies right fy|er&s;ly. And &s;o at la&s;te the engly&s;&s;hemen reculed back for the nones. And whan they within &s;aw that / they i&s;&s;ued out with theyr &s;tandard&abis; / and &s;aid. Let vs auaunce after them / for &s;urely they are all oures. And &s;o they folowed after &s;o fier|&s;ly / and the fleers fledde &s;o fayntely / that &s;ome were ouerthrowen and taken pri&s;oners. and bi+cau&s;e they wolde haue all / they had but lytel. for it is an olde &s;ayenge / He that all coueteth / al le|&s;eth. So the&s;e companyo~s folowed &s;o farre fro theyr fortre&s;&s;e / that whan they Wolde haue re|turned / they coude nat. For than &abser; John~ Mo~|tague (who kept the bu&s;&s;hment with a .v. hun|dred fyghtyng men / and was made knight the &s;ame tyme by the erle of Cambridge) <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> he encou~tred his enemies. And wha~ they of Bour deill &s;awe that: than they knewe well that they had fooly&s;&s;hely aduentured them &s;elfe. How be it they drewe to gether lyke valiaunt men / and fought / and dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> feates of armes meruaile to <ABBR>record.</ABBR> and &s;o helde them &s;elfe vndi&s;comfit|ted the &s;pace of .ii. houres &s;tyll fyghtynge with theyr enemies / doynge &s;uche dedes of armes y^t the engly&s;&s;hemen toke great plea&s;au~ce at theyr valiant dedes. And &s;yr John~ Montague was that day a good knyght and a valiant. Final|ly they of Bourdeill were all di&s;comfited &s;layn or taken / &s;o that none &s;kaped / and the engli&s;&s;he pri&s;oners re&s;kewed agayn / and Erualdon and Bernardyn of Batefoll Capitaynes were ta|ken. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on while this &s;kry|my&s;&s;he was / the erle of Cambridge and therle of Penbroke were auau~ced to the barriers and conquered them / and the gate al&s;o. And &s;o the erle of Ca~bridge baner entred into the forttes. Thus y^e engli&s;&s;emen had the gari&s;on of Bour|deill / &amp; cau&s;ed all the men of the towne to &s;were fayth and trouth to kepe the towne for y^e prince. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they made a newe capitayne the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Mucydent &amp; his companye / and .lx. archers within. And than they brake vp theyr armye / &amp; concluded to go to Angole&s;me to the prince / to knowe his plea&s;ure what he wolde commaund them. Thus the &s;iege brake vp at Bourdeill and euery ma~ returned. Nowe let vs returne
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to the knyghtes of <ABBR>England</ABBR> and of Ga&s;coyne / that rode in Quercy / and let vs &s;peke of Chan|dos the herauld / &amp; of the newes that he brought fro the prince of Wales.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ir John~ Chandos / and &s;ir Thomas Phelton ordred their people and retourned to the prince. Cap. CC .lx.</HEAD>
<P>_THus as the&s;e for&s;ayd men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and their companyes rode in the marches of Rouergue &amp; Quercy / and turned to theyr parte townes and ca&s;tels / and brought the coun|trey into great tribulacion. Chandos the <ABBR>he|rauld</ABBR> came to them where as they were before a fortres in Quercy / and as &s;oone as they &s;awe y^e <ABBR>herauld</ABBR> come to them / they made hym great there / and demaunded of hym tydynges. And he an&s;wered &amp; &s;aid how the prince &s;aluted them al / and de&s;ired moche to &s;e them / &amp; &s;o velyucred to them the princis letters / and they toke &amp; red them / wherin they founde howe that the prince wold that &abser; John~ Chandos / &abser; Thomas Phel+ton / &amp; the captal of Beufz &s;huld returne to hym to y^e cyte of Angole&s;me / and that &abser; Robert Ca|noll and his men / with all the co~panyons &s;huld abide &s;tyll &amp; make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> as they dyd. And wha~ the&s;e lordes / who were <ABBR>chief</ABBR> of al the company vnder&s;tode the&s;e tidynges they beholde eche o|ther / and demau~ded ech of other what was be&s;t to do. Than they &s;ayd all with one voyce to <ABBR>sir</ABBR> Robert Canoll. &abser; ye &s;e &amp; vnder&s;tand howe <ABBR>our</ABBR> <ABBR>lord</ABBR> the prince hath &s;ent for vs / and hath ordey+ned that ye &s;huld abide &s;tyl here in this countre as chief gouerno^r of al his men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Sirs &s;ayd he my lorde the prince putteth me to more honor than I <ABBR>wold:</ABBR> but <ABBR>ss</ABBR> knowe for trouth w^t out you I wyll nat abide / for if you veyt I wyl departe. So they determined all to returne to the prince / to knowe his plea&s;ure &amp; entent more playnly. Thus brake vp this great vyage and io^rney. And at ther departyng they &s;ent &abser; Per|ducas Dalbret to the towne of Rochemador to kepe the fronter there agayn&s;t the frenchemen. And than they &s;ayd to all the other companio~s / &s;irs ye haue herde howe the prince hath &s;ent for vs / &amp; as yet we knowe nat y^e cau&s; why. Ther / fore we &s;hall &s;hew you what ye &s;hall do / ye &s;hall a&s;&s;emble you toguyder with your companyes and entre into the marche&s;&s;e of Lymo&s;yn &amp; Au+uergne / and make <ABBR>ther</ABBR> warre: for w^tout <ABBR>warr</ABBR> ye can nat lyue. And &s;irs we promy&s;e you faith+fully: that if ye wynne towne / fortere&s;&s;e / orca|&s;tell <ABBR>wher</ABBR> &s;oeuer it be: and yf it fortune that ye or any of you be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be&s;ieged / we wyll &s;o con|fort you / that we wyll rey&s;e the &s;iege. And wha~ they herde that promy&s;e / they &s;ayde. Sirs we &s;hall do the be&s;t that we can / on the tru&s;t of yo^r promy&s;e / for paraduenture we &s;hall haue nede therof. Thus they departed eche fto other / and &s;o brake vp that iourney: and the&s;e lordes we~t &s;treight to Angole&s;me to the prince / who made to the~ great chere. And a lytell before <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was come to the prince oute of the countie of Pyer|gourt: the erle of Cambridge / the erle of Pen|broke / &s;ir Johan Mountagu and other.</P>
<P>&para;Nowe let vs &s;peke of the engly&s;&s;he compa|nyons / who were departed fro &s;ir John~ Cha~|dos / and howe they perceyuered.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the engly&s;&s;he companyons toke the ca&s;tell of Bell perche / &amp; ther|in the duke of Burbons mother / and al&s;o they toke the &s;tro~ge ca&s;tell of &s;ai~t Seuere in Berry. Cap. CC .lxi.</HEAD>
<P>_AMong the&s;e &s;ayd com+panyo~s <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were thre &s;qui|ers / who were great capita|nes / hardy and well experte me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;pecially in &s;au|tyng and &s;calyng of townes and fortere&s;&s;es. The one na+med Ortygo / the &s;econde Bernarde de Wy&s;ke / and the thirde de la Sale. The&s;e thre thought nat to &s;yt ydell / but to do &s;ome dede wherby to be &s;poken of. Than they with their co~pany we~t into Lymo&s;yn / and &s;ene&s;hall and gouernoure <ABBR>ther</ABBR> vnder the prince was &s;ir Johan Deureux The&s;e thre for&s;ayd &s;quyers / toke their aduy&s;e to a&s;&s;ay to get &s;ome fortere&s;&s;e in Fraunce / and than they knewe well that Bell perche in Bur|bonoy&s;e was a &s;tronge ca&s;tell / and that therin dwelled the duke of Burbons mother / and mo+ther to the frenche quene. And they vnder&s;tode by their &s;pyes that the good lady was in the ca+&s;tell alone / without company or good watche: for they harde reported howe y^e con&s;table of the ca&s;tell wolde often tymes ryde out / and take ly tell hede to the &s;aue kepynge of the place. So
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the&s;e co~panyons / a certayne of the~ &s;uch as they dyde cho&s;e out &s;lept nat their purpo&s;e but rode in a day and a night / &amp; in the mornyng came to Bell perche / and &s;caled the ca&s;tell and toke it / &amp; the good lady within it. And than~e they &s;awe well howe the fortere&s;&s;e was good and &s;trong / and in a good plentyfull cou~tre: and &s;ayd how they tru&s;ted to kepe it agayn&s;t all men. And al|&s;o the &s;ame night they toke another / ca&s;tell cal|led &s;aynt Seuere / on the marche&s;&s;e of Lymo|&s;yn: and gaue it to &s;ir Johan Deureux. The&s;e tidynges was anone knowen in France / howe Bell perche was taken by thengly&s;&s;hmen / and the quenes mother within it. Wherof the fre~che kyng was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;o was y^e quene and the duke of Burbone: but they coulde nat amende it as at that tyme. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on &s;ir Loyes of Sanxere / a right valyant knight and a hardy: was cho&s;en and admytted to be one of y^e mar&s;hals of the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in France / how+beit as than lyued &s;ir Arnolde Dandrehen but he was &s;o aged and bru&s;ed in armes / and tra|uayle of tyme pa&s;&s;ed: y^t he coude nat well helpe him &s;elfe / nor coulde no lengar attende on that office. Howbeit he wolde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ere harne&s;&s;e at tyme of nede. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke &s;omwhat of the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Picardy / &amp; of a&s;&s;embly that was made at Tornehen.</P>
<P>THe frenche kyng all the &s;ea&s;on of &s;omer had made a great appayrell of &s;hyppes and ve&s;&s;els / in the porte of Hareluce to the en|tent to haue &s;ent an army into Englande / well furny&s;&s;hed with good men of armes / knightes and &s;quiers. Wherof &s;ir Philyppe his brother duke of Burbon was admytted as chefe gouer+nour / to thentent to haue di&s;troyed Englande. And the frenche kyng lay at the cyite of Roane the better to bring about his purpo&s;e. And eue|ry weke a two or thre tymes / he wolde go and &s;e his &s;hyppes: he had &s;o great mynde and affe+ction on them. And be&s;yde that his co~maunde|ment was &s;o &s;predde ouer all the realme / that a+bout Rone / Ueulgue&s;&s;yn / and Beaumo&s;yne / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came dayly men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> in &s;o great nom+bre / that it was marueyle to regard them. And dayly great prui&s;yon came to them / as yf they had ben in Ca&s;tyle or Portyngale. Howebeit the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / who was one of the chiefe&s;t of the kynges coun&s;ayle / acorded nat to this by age / but di&s;coun&s;ayled the kyng and all the no|bles of the realme / fro this iourney into Engla~+de. Sayeng / howe they were nat &s;o well accu|&s;tomed to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / as thengly&s;&s;hmen were. And alleged therto dyuers rea&s;ons / as he that knewe more the co~dicyons and nature of the en+gly&s;&s;hmen / and the &s;tate of Englande: than o|ther dyd. Natwith&s;ta~dyng he coude nat breke y^e kyng&abis; purpo&s;e / nor &s;ome of his cou~&s;ell: but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> this viage &s;hulde go forward. The king of En+gland and his &s;on the duke of La~ca&s;tre / and dy+uers of his coun&s;ell were well enformed of this army and viage / how the frenchmen wolde co~e and make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> on them in their owne cou~tre / wherof they were right ioyou&s;e. And had fur|ni&s;&s;hed the portes and pa&s;&s;ages on the &s;ee aga|yn&s;t Poictou &amp; Normandy / to receyue them if they came. And all y^e realme of Englande was fully determyned to fight with the~ / if they wol|de come into the realme. Than the kyng of En+gland was coun&s;ayled to &s;end his &s;on the duke of Lanca&s;tre with a certayne nombre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to Calais. And the kyng him&s;elfe named them that &s;hulde go with his &s;on thyder: as the erle of Sali&s;bury / therle of Warwyke / &s;ir Wa|ter of Manny / the lorde Ro&s;e / &s;ir Henry Percy the lorde Ba&s;&s;et / the lorde Wyllouby / the lorde Dalawar / the lorde de la Poule / &s;ir Thom~s of Grau~t&s;ome / &s;ir Aleyn Bourchier / &s;ir Richard Story and dyuers other: they were .v. C. men of armes / and .v. C. archers. And &s;o they ca~e to Douer / &amp; whan their &s;hyppes were redy / they pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee / &amp; arryued at the &s;trong towne of Calays: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> toke landyng &amp; were lodged in the towne. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the kyng of en+gland had writen &s;pecially / de&s;yring &s;ir Robr~t of <ABBR>Framur</ABBR> to &s;erue hym in his warres / with a certayne no~bre of men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And &s;ir Robert who had ben alwayes good engly&s;&s;he / an&s;we|red &amp; &s;aid: that he wolde be redy whan &s;oeuer it plea&s;ed the kyng of England to co~maund hym or a&s;&s;one as he knewe y^e the kyng or any of his children &s;hulde aryue at Calys / or in y^e felde to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> into Fra~ce. So a&s;&s;one as he herde that y^e duke of La~ca&s;tre was aryued at Calys / than he &s;omoned all his company / &amp; all &s;uch as he thought wolde &s;erue and ayde hym: and ap|parelled for his voyage as ha&s;tely as he coude. Now let vs retorne to y^e bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Poictou.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the ca&s;tell of Roche &s;ur yone was rendred to thengly&s;&s;hmen / and how the capitayn therof was put to dethe / by the co~maundement of the duke of Aniou. Cap. CC .lxii.</HEAD>
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_LE &s;hall knowe that after the dey|tyng of the barons &amp; knyghtes / of Guyen / and that Chandos the he|raud had brought them tidynges fro the prince / they went all by one accorde to the towne of Angoleme / where they founde the prince / who receyued them ioyounlly And a lytell before that / was retourned the erle of Cambridge and therle of Penbroke / after y^e conque&s;t of Burdeyll: as ye haue herde before. Thus the&s;e lordes made great fea&s;t and chere togyder / whan they mette: and than toke cou~|&s;ayle and aduy&s;e toguyder / what was be&s;t for them to do / to enploy forthe their &s;ea&s;on. Than they remembred / howe in the parties of Aniou there was a fayre ca&s;tell and a &s;tronge / partey|nyng to y^e duke of Aniou / called Roche &s;ur yon And &s;o they all determyned to go and ley &s;iege therto / and to wynne it if they might. They pre+pared for that iourney / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to them all the barons and knightes of Po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tou: &abser; Ja|mes Audeley / the lorde of Pouns / the lorde of Partney / &s;ir Loys of Harcourt &s;ir Guy&s;&s;hard Dangle / the lorde of Pynan / the lorde of Ta<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> boton / &s;ir Mabrion of Lymyers / the &s;ene&s;hall of Rochell / &s;ir Thom~s Percy: and whan they were all a&s;&s;embled togyder / they were mo than thre thou&s;and &s;peares. And they departed / and rode &s;o long y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they came to the ca&s;tell of Roche &s;ur yone / the whiche was &s;trong and well kept and well prouyded for defence / w^t men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / purueyance / and artyllary. And the capitayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;et by the duke of Aniou / was called &s;ir Jo+han Blo~deau: who had vnder him many good companions / at the co&s;t and charge of the duke of Aniou. Than the &s;ayd lord&abis; / layd &s;ege rou~de about the ca&s;tell in good order / and they made to be brought thyder fro the towne of Thoars / and fro the cytie of Poycters dyuers great eu|gins / and cau&s;ed them to be reared vp agayn&s;t the ca&s;tell / be&s;yde other gonnes and &s;pringals / that they had in their hoo&s;t. And they had vy|tayle ynough / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came plentie to them fro Poyctou / and fro the marche&s;&s;e adioynynge. And whan &s;ir Johan Bloudeau &s;awe howe he was be&s;iged / with &s;o many good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were nighe all the barons and knygh|tes of Acquitayne. And perceyued well howe there was no conforte nor ayde comyng towar+de hym fro no &abper;te: he began than to be afrayed / for he &s;awe well the lordes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> wold nat departe / tyll they had won the ca&s;tell / other byforce or otherwy&s;e. And in the erle of Cam|bridge company / and in &s;ir Johan Chandos / there were byuers knyghtes that were well ac|quaynted with the capitayne / &amp; had ben in his company in tyme pa&s;&s;ed. And they came to the barryers / and dyde &s;o moche on their promy&s;e and a&s;&s;urance / that they &s;pake with hym: and handeled him in &s;uche wy&s;e (for he was nat &s;ub+tell / howbeit he was a good knight) that he re~|dred vp the ca&s;tell: if he were nat re&s;cued with in the &s;pace of a moneth / and tha~ he to haue .vi. thou&s;ande frankes / for the purueyaunces with in y^e ca&s;tell. And &s;o by this treaty they without to abyde &s;tyll in &s;uertie / without makyng of a|ny <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of bothe parties / duryng the terme of the &s;ayd co~po&s;icyon: &amp; if they were nat re&s;cued within the &s;ame terme as afore&s;ayd / than they to rendre vp the ca&s;tell. This treaty thus con|cluded / the capitayne within &s;ignifyed the ma+ter to the duke of Aniou / and to the french kyn|ge / to the duke of Berry / and to all other lordes by whome he thought to be ayded / to thentent that he might the better be excu&s;ed fro blame: if any reproch after were layd to his charge / But for all his &s;endyng / &amp; that the ca&s;tell was fayre and &s;tronge / and right nece&s;&s;ary to be frenche / for the countrey of Aniou / and Tourayne. yet for all that: they had nother re&s;cue nor confort. So that a&s;&s;one as the moneth was pa&s;&s;ed and expyred / the engly&s;&s;he lordes de&s;yred the capy|tayne to kepe his promy&s;e: and al&s;o he had de|lyuered good pledges &s;o to do. Than the &s;ayd capitayne &s;ayd to his company. Sirs&s;yth the frenche kyng and the duke of Aniou / woll wyl|fully le&s;e this fortre&s;&s;e / we can nat kepe it alone without we be ayded. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he yelded vp the ca&s;tell: and thengly&s;&s;hmen toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon therof / and were right gladde therof / and they delyuered to the capitayne .vi. thou&s;ande fran|kes / for &s;uche proui&s;yons as were within the ca+&s;tell. And he and all his co~pany were &s;urely co~|neyed to the towne of Angyers. And a&s;&s;one as he was come thyder / he was are&s;ted by the go|uernour of the towne / and put in to the ca&s;tell in pri&s;on. And as I herd &s;ay / in a night he was put into a &s;acke / and ca&s;t into the ryuer &amp; drow+ned: by the &s;trayte co~mau~dement of the duke of Aniou / bycau&s;e he toke golde and &s;yluer / for y^e delyerance of the ca&s;tell / the whiche was able of it &s;elfe / to haue be kept y^e &s;pace of a yere / if nede had &s;o reqred. Thus the~gly&s;&s;hmen had in po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;yon / the ca&s;tell of Roche &s;ur yone in Aniou / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;et a great gari&s;on / and repeyred the ca&s;tell &s;ufficiently. And than they returned agayne to Angoleme to the prince / and &s;ome of the~ toke leaue &amp; departed to their owne hou&s;es / 
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and &s;ir James Audeley that valyant knight / &amp; &s;ene&s;hall as than of Poictou / went &amp; lay at Fo~t ney+the countie. And there he fell &s;icke of a &s;ore malady / &s;o y^t therby at length he dyed / wherof the prince &amp; prince&s;&s;e were right &s;oroufull / and in lykewi&s;e all the barons and knightes of Po+ictou. And his ob&s;equy was &s;olemply done in the cytie of Poicters / the prince beyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> per+&s;onally. And anone after at the reque&s;t of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ba+rons and knightes of Poicton &s;ir John~ Chan+dos / who was as than con&s;table of Aquitayne was made &s;ene&s;hall of Poictou. And &s;o he we~t and &s;ay in the cyte of Poiters / and he made of / ten y&s;&s;ues and iourneys agayn&s;t the fre~chmen and helde the~ &s;o &s;horte that they dur&s;t nat ryde but in great routes and co~panies. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on was delyuered out of pri&s;on / the vycont of Rochchoart / whome the prince had kepte in pri&s;one / bycau&s;e he was had in &s;u&s;pect to haue tourned frenche. So that at the reque&s;t of his frendes in Poictou / &s;uche as were than aboute the prince: the prince delyuered him / and gaue him agayne all his landes. And a&s;&s;oone as the &s;ame vycount was delyuered out of pri&s;one / he went priuely to Parys to the frenche kynge / &amp; tourned and became frenche / and than retour|ned into his owne lande / without any knolege that he had been at Parys. Than he &s;et Thy|bault du pont a breton in his fortere&s;&s;e: and in contynent &s;ent and defyed the prince of Wales / and made him great warre. &para; Nowe lette vs &s;omwhat &s;peke of the duke of La~ca&s;tre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Burgoyne de&abper;|ted fro the cyte of Roane / to thentent to fight with the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and howe they lodged eche agayn&s;t other at Tornehen. Cap. CC .lxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the duke of Lanca&s;tre was come to Calays / as ye haue herde before: and had well refre&s;|&s;hed him &amp; his people <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Than he thought nat to lye <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in ydel|ne&s;&s;e / but rather to do &s;ome dedes of armes in France. And for that intent he departed fro Ca+lays on a day with thre hu~dred &s;peares / and as many archers: &amp; &s;o pa&s;&s;ed be&s;yde Guynes / and rode &s;o long tyll he pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of O&s;tre / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;pred abrode in the countre / and toke their way towarde the abbey of Lynques and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> toke a great pray and ledde it to Calys. And a+nother day they toke <ABBR>another</ABBR> way and went to+wardes Boloyne / &amp; dyde great domage to the playne countre. and the &s;ame tyme therle Guy of &s;aynt Poule and &s;ir Galeran his &s;ofie / with a certayne no~bre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> lay in the cytie of Turwyn / but they y&s;&s;ued nat out for all they herde that the~gli&s;&s;hmen rode abrode in the cou~+tre / for they thought them &s;elfe nat able to fight with them / nor to kepe the felde agayn&s;t the~. A none tidynges came to the frenche kyng where as he lay at Roane / and had made a great a&s;&s;e~|ble / as ye haue herde before. Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre was come to Calais / and howe day+ly / he and his men made rodes and y&s;&s;ues in to France. Whan the frenche kyng herde y^t / bothe he and his coun&s;ayle had newe ymaginacions / and the &s;ame weke it was determyned that the duke of Burgoyne &s;hulde haue taken the &s;ee to haue gone into England. Than the kyng and his cou~&s;ayle debated / what was be&s;t to do in y^t ca&s;e: other to go and fight with thengly&s;&s;hmen that were on y^t &s;yde the &s;ee / or els to kepe forthe their iorney into England. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was fermely co~cluded: y^t euery man &s;hulde dy&s;loge and to make them redy to go towarde Calays with the duke of Burgoyne. And &s;o their fir&s;t purpo&s;e was broken / for they were determyned to go and fight with thengly&s;&s;hemen on y^t &s;yde the &s;ee / wherof euery man was glad and aparel+led the~&s;elfe. And the duke of Burgone de&abper;ted and all his co~pany / and toke his way to pa&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer of Some at Abuyle: &amp; dyde &s;o moche by his iourneys that he came to Muttrell / at He|dyn / and at &s;aynt Poule / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about the fre~ch men abode eche other. Than it was &s;hewed the duke of Lanca&s;tre / how the fre~chmen aproched nere to him to fight / wherof he was glad &amp; was y&s;&s;ued out of Calais for that intent / &amp; toke his felde in the valey of Tornehen. And he had nat ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> long / but that the gentyll knight &abser; Ro+bert of <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> came thyder to &s;erue him with a hundred &s;peares well furny&s;&s;hed / of who&s;e co+myng the duke of Lanca&s;tre was right ioyfull and &s;ayd to him. A my fayre and dere vncle: ye be right hartely welcome. Sir it is &s;hewed vs howe the duke of Burgoyne aprocheth &s;ore to fight with vs. Sir &abquod; he in goddes name &s;o be it we wolde gladly &s;e him. Thus the~gly&s;&s;hme~ were loged in the vale of Tornehen / and forte|fyed their campe with &s;trong hedges / and day+ly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came proui&s;yon to the~ from Calais / and their currors ran ouer the countie of Guyens
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for forage and other vitayls / but lytell they gat there: for all the playne countre was di&s;troyed and lo&s;t before / and euery thynge had in to for|tre&s;&s;es. Than came the duke of Burgoyne and his company / and lodged on the hyll of Torne+hen / agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen. The frenchmen lodged them in good order &amp; toke a great &s;pace of grounde / for as I herde &s;ay: the duke of bur+goyne had <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with him / mo than foure thou|&s;ande knightes. Con&s;ydre than / if the re&s;ydue were nat a great nombre. Thus they were ech agayn&s;t other a long &s;pace without any thyng doynge / for though the duke of Burgoyne had that great no~bre / and &s;awe that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was with hym of good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;euyn agayn&s;t one of the engli&s;&s;hmen: yet for all that he wolde nat fight without leaue of y^e kyng his brother / who was nat in mynde that he <ABBR>shuld</ABBR> fight. And yet of trouthe / yf the frenchmen had &s;et forwarde to haue fought / the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde nat ha|ue refu&s;ed them: for they were redy euery daye to receyue them in good order. Euery man ful+ly determyned what they &s;hulde do / if they dyd y&s;&s;ue out: but bycau&s;e they were &s;o fewe in no~|bre / and that they were in &s;o &s;tro~g a place / they thought nat to departe ny&s;ely oute of their ad|uantage. And &s;undrie tymes dyuers on bothe parties wolde y&s;&s;ue and &s;crimy&s;&s;he / and &s;om|tyme wanne and &s;omtyme lo&s;t / as chaunce of|ten falleth in &s;uche aduentures. In the &s;ame tyme Loyes the erle of Flaunders / was great|ly inclyned to the honoure and profyte / of his &s;onne the duke of Burgoyne / who lay the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on in a fayre hou&s;e / that he had newly buyl+ded be&s;yde Gaunt. And often harde tidynges from the duke and he from hym / by me&s;&s;a~gers comynge and goynge: and alwayes he coun|&s;ayled the duke / that he &s;hulde in no wy&s;e breke nor pa&s;&s;e the ordynaunce of the kynge his bro|ther / nor of his coun&s;ayle. &para; Nowe let vs leue them thus and retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of far|ther cou~treis / where as knightes and &s;quyers hadde ynough to do / bycau&s;e the warres were more habundant there / than in other places.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Johan Cha~dos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybu|lacion / and howe he wa&s;ted and dy|&s;troyed the landes of the bycount of Rochchoart / excepte the fortere&s;&s;es. Cap. CC .lxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the meane &s;ea&s;one while this iorney was thus made about Tornehe~ / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell dyuers adue~tures in po+ictou / the whiche ought nat to be forgotten. For &s;ir Jo|han Chandos who was &s;e|ne&s;hall <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> lyke a hardy and a valya~t knight euer de&s;yringe to fynde the frenchmen to fyght with them. He a&s;&s;embled togyder at Poicters a certayne nombre of men of armes: &s;ayenge howe he wolde ryde in to Aniou / and retourne agayne by Towrayne / and &s;e the frenchemen in the marche&s;&s;e and fronters there. The whi|che purpo&s;e he &s;ignifyed to therle of Penbroke who lay at Mortaygne in gary&s;on / with two hundred &s;peares. Of the whiche tidynges the erle was ioyfull / and was well content to haue rydden forthe / but &s;ome of the knightes of his coun&s;ayle brake his purpo&s;e / and &s;ayde. Sir: ye be as yet but yong / your noblene&s;&s;e is yet to come: and &s;ir / if you put your &s;elfe in to the co~|pany of &s;ir John~ Chandos / what&s;oeuer ye do he &s;hall haue the brute and voyce therof / for ye &s;hall be reputed but as his companyon. Ther|fore &s;ir / it is better for you &s;ythe ye be &s;o great a lorde as ye be / that ye do your enterpri&s;es by your &s;elfe a parte. And let &s;ir Johan Chandos do his by him &s;elfe / &s;ythe he is but a bacheler as to the regarde of your e&s;tate. So the&s;e wordes and other abated the erles desyre / &s;o that ther|by he had no more wyll to go forthe with &abser; Jo|han Chandos / and &s;o made an excu&s;e to hym. Howebeit &s;ir John~ Chandos wolde nat breke his purpo&s;e in goyng forth to do his enterprice but made his a&s;&s;emble at Poicters / and &s;o de&abper;+ted with thre hundred &s;peares of knyghtes and &s;quyers / and two hundred archers. With hym was &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Stephyn Go&s;en|ton / &s;ir Richarde Pountchardon / &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~bretycourt / &s;ir Richard Te~con / &abser; Thom~s <ABBR>Spens</ABBR> / &s;ir Nowell Lorny&s;&s;he / &s;ir Dango&s;es &s;ir Thomas Bala&s;tre / &s;ir Johan Tryuell / &s;ir Wyllm~ Mountendre / &s;ir Wyllm~ Manbrius of Lymers / &s;ir Geffray Darge~ton and dyuers <ABBR>o|ther.</ABBR> The&s;e men of armes and archers / rode forthe in good ordynaunce / and pa&s;&s;ed Poitou and entred into Aniou. Than they &s;ent forthe their currours before them / to bren and exyle y^e playne countrey. So they dyde many yuels in that good plentyfull countrey of Aniowe / and none came to fight with them / and taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the &s;pace of .xv. dayes / and &s;pecially in the plen+tyfull
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 co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">re called Londonoys. And than they cetourned agayne bytwene Aniou &amp; Tourayn a long by the ryuer of Creu&s;e. And &s;o entred in to the lande of the vycont of Roche choart / and brent and wa&s;ted the countre all about / for they left nothyng abrode without the fortre&s;&s;e. And &s;o came to the towne of Roch choart and a&s;&s;ay <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed it right valyantly: howbeit they wanne no+thyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / for the towne was well fortifyed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> good men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Thybault of pont / and He lyons of Talay were capitayns within y^e tow|ne &s;o than the~ngly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed forthe. Than &s;ir Johan Chandos had knowledge howe the mar&s;hall of Fra~ce / &s;ir Loyes of Sanxere with a great nombre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was at Hay in Tourayne. Tha~ he had great de&s;yre to go thy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &amp; &s;ent worde therof to therle of Pe~broke de &s;yringe him to go with hym to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Hay in Tou|rayne / and to mete with hym at Ca&s;teleraulte. And Chandos the heraude wente on this me&s;|&s;age / and he founde therle at Mortayne / who had redy a&s;&s;embled a certayne nombre / to then tent to make a iourney on his enemyes. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle made his excu&s;e by coun&s;ayle of his knigh+tes / &s;ayeng he might nat co~e to &s;ir John~ Chan+dos as at that tyme. Than the heraude retour|ned and fou~de his mai&s;ter at Ca&s;teleraut / and there &s;hewed hym his an&s;were fro therle of Pe~+broke. And whan &s;ir John~ Cha~dos herde that he was nat well content in his mynde / for he &abper;|ceyued well howe therle left that enterprice / by pre&s;umpcion and pride. Than he &s;ayde / well a goddes name &s;o be it. And &s;o than gaue leaue to the moo&s;t parte of his company to departe / and he went agayne to the cytie of Poicters.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Loyes of Sanxere ca~e on therle of Penbroke and &s;lewe diuers of his people / and be&s;ieged the erle in a hou&s;e. Cap. CC .lxv.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe let vs &s;hewe &s;o~ what of therle John~ of Pe~|broke / what he dyde a&s;&s;one as he knewe that &s;ir Johan Chandos was gone backe agayne to Poycters / &amp; had gyuen leue to his men to de+parte. Than the erle prepared to ryde forthe / &amp; with hym a thre hu~dred &s;peares engly&s;&s;he / and po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ctenyns / and &s;o departed fro Mortaygne. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were certayne knightes and &s;quyers of Poictou / &amp; of Xaynton / and &s;ome of England / who had ben with &s;ir Johan Chandos. Than they came to the erle of Penbroke &amp; went forth in his company. So they rode forthe and pa&s;|&s;ed through Poyctou / and toke the &s;ame waye that &s;ir Johan Chandos had taken before / and &s;o entred into Aniou / and brent and exyled the countre / and toke all that was lefte / and &s;o they taryed a certayne &s;pace in the countre of Lo~do noy&s;e. And than tooke their way into the lande of the vycont of Roche choart / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they dyde great domage and hurt. Than whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french|men / who were in the gary&s;ons in the marches of Tourayne / Aniou / and Poyctou / herde of the&s;e two iourneys / thus made in the countrey of Aniou. And herde howe that for pride therle of Pe~broke / who was but a yonge man / di&s;day+ned to go forthe in the co~pany of &s;ir John~ chan+dos. Than they determyned to encountre him if they might / thinkyng more ea&s;ely to di&s;con|fyte him than &s;ir Johan Chandos. Than they a&s;&s;embled togyder &s;ecretely a certayne nombre out of euery gary&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> aboute / &amp; they made their capitayne / &s;ir Loys of <ABBR>Sanxer</ABBR> mar&s;hall of France. And &s;o &s;ecretely in a night they went forthe by Roche Poizay in Poictou / the which was frenche / and in that company was &s;ir Ro|bert of Sanxere / co&s;yn to the mar&s;hall: &abser; Jo|han of Uyen / &s;ir Johan of Bulle / &s;ir Wyllyam of Bordes / &s;ir Loys of &s;aynt Julyan / and Car+net the breton: they were to the nombre of .vii. hundred. Than the erle of Penbroke had done his iourney / and was retournynge and entred agayne in to Poyctou / and had made an ende of the brennyng of the vycont of Roch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hoartes landes. And in his company was &s;ir Bauden of Fanuyll &s;ene&s;hall of Xaynton / &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Thomas <ABBR>Spen&s;er</ABBR> / &s;ir Dango&s;es / &s;ir Johan Ornych / &s;ir John~ Herpedan / &s;ir Ja+mes Surgeres / &s;ir Johan Cou&s;on &s;ir Tho|mas of &s;aynt Albyn / &s;ir Robert Twyforde / &s;ir Symon Au&s;agre / &s;ir John~ of Mortayne / &s;ir John~ Couchet / and dyuers other. Thus the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen and poyctenyns rode forthe with out di&s;may / and herde no maner of tidynges of any men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and &s;o with great pyllage &amp; praye entred agayne in to Poyctou. And on a day they came about hye noone to a village cal+led Puiernon / &amp; toke their lodgynge / wenyng to them to be in &s;urety: and there varlett&abis; we<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;ettyng vp of their hor&s;es and dre&s;&s;ing of their &s;upper. Than &s;odenly the fre~chmen who were
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well aduy&s;ed of that they &s;hulde do / came in to the towne their &s;peares in the ree&s;t / and cryed their cryes / our lady of Sanxere for the mar|&s;hall of Fraunce. And &s;o they beate downe on euery &s;yde the engly&s;&s;hmen in the &s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">etes / and in the hou&s;es / and &s;o the noy&s;e was &s;o gret that it rey&s;ed men vp in great affray / for they were &s;odenly taken. The noy&s;e came to therle of Pe~+broke / to &s;ir Thom~s Percy / &s;ir Thomas Fra~+uyll / and to the other knightes: howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french|men <ABBR>wer</ABBR> come and a&s;&s;ayled them. Than the&s;e lordes went out of their lodgynges and a&s;&s;em|bled their companyes togyder / but they coulde nat drawe all togyder / for the frenchmen were &s;o &s;tronge / that the engly&s;&s;hmen coulde nat en|dure them. So at the fir&s;t brunt / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were ta|ken and &s;layne mo than &s;ix&s;core: &s;o that the erle hadde no remedy but to withdrawe him a&s;&s;one as he might / in to a place of the templers clo&s;ed with &s;tone walles. And &s;o there the erle and &s;u|che as were with him entred into the place / and the re&s;ydue were taken and &s;layne / and moo&s;t parte of their harne&s;&s;e and hor&s;es were lo&s;te. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the erle of Penbroke lo&s;t all his bag|gage and riche&s;&s;e. And whan~e the frenchemen knewe that they were in that place / they were therof right ioyou&s;e. Sayeng amonge theym &s;elfe &punc; they can nat &s;cape vs / they are all oures. They &s;hall nowe derely abye the domag&abis; / that they haue done in Aniou and Towrayne. So the frenchmen drewe to the place in good order redy to a&s;&s;ayle it / for they &s;awe well that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pla|ce was p~ignable. Than they a&s;&s;ayled the place right fier&s;ly / and there was &s;hewed many <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> no+ble feate of armes. The frenchmen were good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and a&s;&s;ayled the place rounde a|bout right valyantly. The erle and thengly&s;&s;h|men payned them&s;elf as moche as they might to defende theym&s;elfe / as it &s;tode them well in hande. The frenchmen hadde certayne &s;calyn|ge ladders / and &s;ome of theym aduentured the~+selfe to mount vpon the walles / with paue&s;&s;es before theym / for feare of &s;hotte and ca&s;tyng of &s;tones / but whan they were vp they were fier&s;e lye receyued / with knightes and &s;quyers / with &s;peares and &s;werdes in their handes. And &s;oo fought with the frenchmen hand to hande / and cau&s;ed them to di&s;cende downe fa&s;ter than they came vp: &amp; &s;uche archers as were within &s;hotte &s;o fier&s;ly / that the frenchmen drue abacke. So this a&s;&s;aut endured tyll it was night / than the frenchmen right wery and &s;ore traueyled <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> retrayt and reculed backe / &s;ayeng that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hat day / tyll y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nexte mornyng that they purpo&s;ed to come agayn to tha&s;&s;aut. But all thynges co~&s;ydred / the french|men &s;ayde &s;urely they be all ours / they can nat long endure ayen&s;t vs / we &s;hall rather famy&s;he them. And &s;o they lodged them that night / and kept good watch before y^e place. ye may knowe for trouhe / therle of Penbroke and his co~pany were natte well at their ea&s;e / for they &s;awe well they were in great ieopardy. For they parcey|ned well howe the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> was nat &s;tronge y|nough to endure <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;o many good knightes / as were there <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the~. Al&s;o they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and artyllary / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> the place lon<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> they made no &s;embl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> thought to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and a night yf nede were. And whan it wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> night / than they de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|red a &s;quyer on who<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ey had great tru&s;t / to depart out at a backe p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">terne and &s;o to ryde to Poicters / and to &s;peke with &s;ir John~ Cha~dos / and to &s;hewe him what ca&s;e they were in. She wynge him al&s;o / howe that yf he ly&s;t / he might come tyme ynough to re&s;cue them: for they tru|&s;ted to defende the place / tyll the nexte day pa&s;t noone. The &s;quyer who &s;awe the great da~ger that they were in / &s;aid he wolde gladly do their me&s;&s;age. And al&s;o he &s;ayde / he knewe well <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> way thider. And &s;o about mydnight <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> by a backe po&s;terne &amp; toke the way to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> whiche as he thought &s;hulde haue ben the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">xt way. Howbeit for all his knowledge / he went all night out of the way / &s;o y^t it was faire day or he coude get in to the right waye. And in the mor|nynge the frenchmen armed the~ and &s;owned to tha&s;&s;aut / &s;ayeng how they wolde a&s;&s;aut y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> place in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cole of the mornyng / rather than in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> heate of the day. And the erle of Penbroke / who had &s;lept but lytell / for all the night he &amp; his co~pany were fortifyenge of the walles with &s;tones &amp; o|ther thynges / for they &s;awe well howe the fren|chemen ordeyned to a&s;&s;ayle them agayne. So within a while the frenchemen drewe to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> place &amp; in good ordre made a&s;&s;aute &amp; had &s;kalyng lad+ders &amp; &s;ome mou~ted vp y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> walles with paue&s;&s;es to <ABBR>defend</ABBR> their heedes. they thought a great ho+nour / who &s;oeuer coude mount fyr&s;t howe be it the~ngli&s;&s;hmen were nat idle / but redy to defe~d the~&s;elfe / or els they had ben taken / &amp; &s;o they defe~+ded the~ &s;elfe merueylou&s;ly and ca&s;t downe &s;to|nes on the paue&s;&s;es &amp; ba&s;&s;enett&abis; / and ouerthrue &s;lewe &amp; hurt dyuers / &amp; dyde &s;uche dedes of ar|mes y^t ye neuer herde of &s;o feble a place / &s;o well defe~ded with &s;o fewe people / agayn&s;t &s;o many good knightes &amp; &s;quyers as were <ABBR>ther&punc;</ABBR> &s;o this a&s;&s;aut endured fro mornyng tyll it was noone.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Johan Chandos came to the &s;ocour of the erle of Pen|broke. Ca. CC .lxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_BItwene the mornyng &amp; ix. of y^e day whan tha&s;&s;aut was mo&s;te fere&s;e&s;t / and that the frenchmen were &s;ore dy|&s;plea&s;ed / that the~gly&s;&s;hmen endured &s;o longe. Wherfore they &s;ent to the vyllag&abis; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / for pikes and matockes to breke downe and vndermyne the wall / whiche thyng the en|gly&s;&s;hmen douted moo&s;t. Than the erle of Pe~ broke called a &s;quyer to hym and &s;ayd. Frende take my <ABBR>cour&s;er</ABBR> and y&s;&s;ue out at the backe po|&s;terne / and we &s;hall make you waye / and ryde &s;treight to Poicters and &s;hewe &s;ir John~ Cha~|Dos the &s;tate and dangere that we be in / and re|comaunde me to him by this token and toke a Ryng fro his fynger and delyuered to him: and &s;ayd take &s;ir Johan Chandos this rynge / he knoweth it right well. The &s;quyer who tooke that enterprice / thought it &s;hulde be a great ho+nour to him / if he might acheue to &s;cape &amp; &s;peke with hym. Toke the rynge and mounted inco~|tynent on his cour&s;er / and departed by a preuy way while the &s;aute endured and toke the way to Poycters. In the meane &s;ea&s;on the a&s;&s;aute was terryble and feyr&s;e by the frenchmen / and the engly&s;&s;hmen defended them &s;elfe right va|lyantly with good courage / as it &s;tode theym well in hande &s;o to do.</P>
<P>_NOwe let vs &s;peke of the fir&s;t &s;quy|er that departed fro Puirenon at the hour of mydnight / and all the night he rode out of his way. and whan it was mornyng and fayre day / tha~ he knewe his way and &s;o rode toward Potters: and by that tyme his hor&s;e was wery Howheit he came thyder by nyne of the clocke / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> alyghted / before &s;ir Johan Chandos lodging / and entred and founde him at ma&s;&s;e. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nd &s;o came and kneled downe before him and dyde his me&s;&s;age / as he was co~maunded. And &s;ir Johan Chandos who was nat content / for the other day before / in that therle of Pe~broke wolde nat ryde with hym as ye haue herde be|fore. Wherfore he was nat lightly enclyned to make any great ha&s;t but &s;ayde it wyll be harde for vs to com thyder tyme ynough and to here out this ma&s;&s;e. And anone after ma&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tables were couered redy to dyner / and the &s;eruaunt&abis; demau~ded of him if he wolde go to dyuer. And he &s;ayde yes &s;ythe it is redy. Than he wente in to his hall / and knightes and &s;quyers brought hym water. And as he was a wa&s;&s;hynge / there came in to the hall the &s;econde <ABBR>&s;quyer</ABBR> / fro the erle of Penbroke: and kneled downe and toke the rynge out of his pur&s;e / and &s;ayde. Ryght dere &s;ir: the erle of Penbroke recommaundeth him to you by this token / and de&s;yreth you her tely to come and conforte hym / and bring hym out of the daunger that he and his be in at Pu|yrenon. Than &s;ir Johan Chandos tooke the rynge and knewe it well / and &s;ayd: to co~ethy|der be tymes it were harde / if they be in y^t ca&s;e as ye &s;hewe me. Lette vs go to <ABBR>dyner</ABBR> / and &s;o &s;at downe and all his co~pany / and eate the fir&s;t cour&s;e. And as he was &s;eruedde of the &s;econde cour&s;e and was eatynge therof / &s;odenly &s;ir Jo+han Chandos / who greatly had ymagined of that mater. And at la&s;t ca&s;t vp his heed / &amp; &s;ayd to his company. Sirs / the erle of Penbroke is a noble man / and of great lynage. He is &s;onne to my naturall lorde the kynge of Englande / for he hath wedded his doughter: and in euery thyng he is companyon to therle of Ca~bridge. He hath requyred me to come to hym in his be|&s;yne&s;&s;e / and Jought to con&s;ente to his de&s;yre / and to &s;ocour and confort him / if we may come be tymes. Ther with he put the table fro him / &amp; &s;ayde. Sirs / I wyll ryde towarde Puyrenon wherof his people hadde great ioye / and inco~|tynent apparelled theym / and the trumpettes &s;owned. And euery man mounted on their hor+&s;es they that be&s;t might / as &s;oone as they herde that &s;ir Johan Chandos wolde rydeto Puyre non / to conforte the erle of Penbroke and his company / who were be&s;iege there. Than eue|ry knight / &s;quyer / and man of armes / went out in to the felde. So they were mo than two hun+dred &s;peares and alway they encrea&s;ed. Thus as they rode forthe toguyder / tidynges came to the frenchemen / who hadde contynually a&s;|&s;awted the fortere&s;&s;e / from the mornynge tyll it was highe noone (by their &s;pyes) who &s;ayd to theym. Sirs / aduy&s;e you well: for &s;ir Johan Chandos is de&abper;ted fro Poicters / with mo tha~ CC. &s;peares / and is comynge hyderwarde in great ha&s;t / &amp; hath gret de&s;yre to fynde you here. And whan &s;ir Loyes of Sa~xere / and &s;ir John~ of Uyen / &s;ir John~ of Bulle / and the other capi|tayns herd tho&s;e tidyng&abis; / the wi&s;e&s;t among the~ &s;aid. Sirs our people <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ore wery and trauey+led with a&s;&s;autyng of thengly&s;&s;hmen bothe y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;ter day &amp; this day. Therfore I thynke it were
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better that fayre and ea&s;ely we returned in &s;aue garde / with &s;uch wynninges and pri&s;oners as we haue gote / rather than to abyde the aduen|ture of the comyng of &s;ir Johan Chandos and his company / who are all fre&s;&s;he and lu&s;ty / for I feare we may lo&s;e more than we &s;hall wyn / y^e whiche coun&s;ayle was well beleued / for it beho+ued nat them long to tary. Than their tru~pet|tes &s;o wned the retrayt / than all their company drewe fro the a&s;&s;aut / &amp; a&s;&s;embled togyder and tru&s;&s;ed vp their harne&s;&s;e and cariage / and &s;o re+tourned and toke the way to Poizay. The erle of Penbroke and his company / knewe anone therby / howe the frenchmen had knowledge of the comyng of &s;ir Johan Chandos. Than the erle &s;ayde. Sirs lette vs all y&s;&s;ue out and ryde toward Poicters / to mete with my dere frende &s;ir Johan Chandos. Than they lepte a hor&s;e|backe &s;uche as had any hor&s;es / and &s;ome a fote and two and two on a hor&s;e / and &s;o they y&s;&s;ued out of the ca&s;tell and rode towarde Poycters. And they had nat rydden aleage / but that they encountred &s;ir Johan Chandos and his com|pany / and there was a ioyfull metynge: and &s;ir John~ Chandos &s;ayde that he was &s;ore di&s;plea+sed / that he came nat or the frenchmen were de|parted. And &s;o they rode togyder talkynge the &s;pace of thre leages / and than~e they toke leaue eche of other. Sir Johan Chandos retourned to Poitters / and the erle of Penbroke to mor|taygne: fro whens he fir&s;te departed. And the mar&s;halles of Fraunce and their company re|turned to Potzay / and there departed their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o|tie. And than euery ma~ went to their owne ga|ri&s;on and ledde with them their pri&s;onerss / and raun&s;omed theym courte&s;ly / in lyke maner as was acu&s;tomed bytwene the engly&s;&s;hmen and frenchmen. &para; Nowe lette vs retourne to the a&s;&s;emble before Tornehen / and &s;peke of y^e deth of the moo&s;t gentyll quene / moo&s;tly detail / and moo&s;t courte&s;&s;e y^t euer was quene in her vdayes the whiche was the fayre lady Philyp of Hey|nault / quene of Englande and Irelande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe quene Philyp of Englande trepa&s;&s;ed out of this mortall lyfe / and of the thre gyftes that &s;he de&s;yred of the kynge her hu&s;bande or &s;he dyed. Cap. CC .lxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the meane &s;ea&s;one whyle the noble men of Fra~+ce were thus a&s;&s;embled be|fore Tornehen / of whome y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burgon was chefe and &s;ouerayne / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Lanca&s;tre with the~gli&s;&s;h+men on the other parte. There fell in England a heuy ca&s;e and a comon / howbeit it was right pyteou&s;e / for the kyng / his chyldren / &amp; all his re+alme. For the good quene of Englande / that &s;o many good dedes had done in her tyme / and &s;o many knight&abis; &s;ocoured / and ladyes and damo+&s;els co~forted: and had &s;o largely depted of her goodes to her people / and naturally loued al|wayes the nacyon of Heynaulte / the countrey <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as &s;he was borne. She fell &s;icke in the ca+&s;tell of Wynd&s;ore / the whiche &s;ickene&s;&s;e conty|newed on her &s;o longe / that there was no reme+dye but dethe. And the good lady whanne &s;he knewe and parceyued that there was with her no remedy but dethe / &s;he de&s;yred to &s;peke with the kynge her hu&s;bande. And whan he was be|fore her: &s;he put out of her bedde her right han+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e / and toke the kynge by his right hande / who was right &s;orowfull at his hert. Than &s;he &s;aid Sir we haue in peace / ioye / and great pro&s;pe|ryte / v&s;ed all oure tyme toguyer. Sir nowe I pray you at our departyng / that ye wyll grau~t me thre de&s;yres. The kynge tyght &s;orowfully wepyng / &s;ayd. Madame: de&s;yre what ye wyll I graunt it.</P>
<P>SIr &s;ayde &s;he / I requyre you fir&s;te of all: that all maner of people / &s;uche as I haue dault with all in their marchaundy&s;e / on this &s;yde the&s;ee or beyond / that it may plea&s;e you to pay euery thynge that I owe to theym / or to any o|ther. And &s;econdly &s;ir / all &s;uche ordynau~ce and promy&s;es as I haue made to the churches / as well of this countrey as beyonde the &s;ee / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as I haue hadde my deuocyon: that it maye plea&s;e you to accomply&s;&s;he and to full fyll the &s;ame. Thirdely &s;ir / I requyre you that it may plea&s;e you to take none other &s;epulture / whan &s;oeuer it &s;hall plea&s;e god to call you out of this tran&s;ytorie lyfe / but be&s;yde me in We&s;tmyn&s;ter The kynge all wepynge / &s;ayde. Madame: I graunt all your de&s;yre. Than the good lady and quene made on <ABBR>her</ABBR> the &s;igne of the cro&s;&s;e / and co~maunded the kyng her hu&s;bande to god and her yonge&s;t &s;ofie Thomas / who was there be&s;yde her. And anone after &s;he yelded vp the
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&s;piryte / the whiche I beleue &s;urely the holy an|gels receyued with great ioy vp to heuen / for in all her lyfe &s;he dyd neyther in thought nor dede thyng / wherby to le&s;e her &s;oule: as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> as any creature coulde knowe. Thus the good quene of Englande dyed: in the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lxix. in the vigyll of our lady in the myd+des of Augu&s;t / Of who&s;e dethe tidynges came to Tornehen / into the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t: wherof euery creature was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and ryght &s;o roufull: and &s;pecially her &s;on the duke of La~+ca&s;tre. Howbeit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no &s;orowe / but it beho|ueth at length to be borne and forgoten. Ther|fore thengly&s;&s;hmen left nat their order / but re|mayned a long &s;pace before the fre~chmen. So it was / that certayne knightes and &s;quyers of France that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and dayly &s;awe their e|nemyes before them. Concluded toguyder / the nexte mornynge to go and &s;erimy&s;&s;he with the engly&s;&s;hmen. And of the &s;ame acorde were mo than thre hu~dred knightes and &s;quyers of Uer mandois / Artois / and Corbois: &s;o eche of the~ gaue warnyng to other / without knowledge of any of their mar&s;hals. And &s;o y^e next mornyng by y^t it was day lyght / they were on hor&s;backe redy armed / and toguyder a&s;&s;embled. And &s;o they rode forthe without any noy&s;e makyng / &amp; rode about the hyll of Tornchen to take their aduantage / to come in at one of the corners of thengly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t. It whiche corner was loged &s;ir Robert of Namure and his company / &amp; the &s;ame nyght he had kepte the watche / and in the mornynge he was drawen to his tent / and was &s;et at the table to eate &s;ome meate / armed &s;aue his ba&s;&s;enet: and y^e lorde of Poicten with him. And therwith came the frenchmen on the &s;ame &s;yde / but as happe was: &s;uche as had kepte the watche were nat vnarmed / the which fortuned well for them. For anone they were redy to de|fende their ennemyes / and &s;o encountred with them and brake their way. Anone tidynges ca~e to &s;ir Robert of Namure / howe his men were fightyng with the frenchmen: therwith he put the table fro hym / and &s;ayd: let vs go and helpe our men. And incontynent he put his ba&s;&s;enet on his heed / and cau&s;ed one to take his baner / and di&s;played it. Than one &s;ayd to him. Sir: me thynke it were be&s;t that ye &s;ent to the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and fight nat without hym. He an&s;wered &s;hortly and &s;ayd. Send who &s;o wyll I wyll go the nexte way that I can to my men / and they that loue me / lette them folowe after. Therwith he went forth his glayue in his han|de / aprochyng his ennemyes: and the lorde of Poicten and &s;ir Henry of Sanxels with hym / and dyuers other knightes. And &s;o founde his men fightyng with the frenchmen / who were a great nombre: and lykely to haue done a great enterprice. But a&s;&s;oone as they &s;awe &s;ir Robr~t of Namures baner come / they drewe abacke to gyder: for they feared that all the hoo&s;t had be &s;tyrred / and &s;o in dyuers places it was. Under &s;ir Robertes baner / there was &s;layne a knyght of Uermandoi&s;e / called &s;ir Robert of Coloyne / the which was great domage: for he was right &s;wete and courte&s;&s;e / and a ryght good knight. The fre~chmen retourned agayne without any more doyng / for they feared rather to le&s;e than wyn. And &s;ir Robert thought nat to folowe af|ter foli&s;&s;hely / but a&s;&s;embled his men togyder / and &s;o went to his lodgyng / whan he &s;awe that the frenchmen were gone.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Burgoyne dep|ted fro the duke of La~ca&s;tre without batayle / and howe the duke of La~ca|&s;tre went to Calays. Ca. CC .lxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter thys aduenture: <ABBR>|ther</ABBR> was nothing done that ought to be remembred. It di&s;plea&s;ed moch&s;om of both parties / y^t they were &s;o long &s;o nere togyder and fought nat / for it was &s;ayde euery day among them / we &s;hall fight to more we / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche day ca~e neuer. For as it is &s;ayd before: the duke of Burgoyne wolde nat breke the or|dynaunce of the kynge his brother / who hadde &s;traytely commaunded him / that he &s;hulde gy|ue no batayle to thengly&s;&s;hmen: and euery day there was me&s;&s;angers bytwene them / comyng and goynge. The duke of Burgoyne / as I was than~e enfourmed / ymagyned and con&s;y|dered / howe that he lay there at great co&s;t and charge / and howe he coude lye no lengar there to his honour. For he hadde there a four thou|&s;ande knyghtes or mo / and &s;awe well that his enemyes were but a handfull of men / as to the nombre of his / and had nother fought with the~ nor &s;hulde nat. Wherfore he&s;ent of his knight&abis; to y^e kyng his brother / &s;hewyng him his mynde that other he wolde haue leue to fight / or els<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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departe. The kyng knewe well the duke de&s;y|red but rea&s;on / commaundyng him that on the &s;ight of his letters he &s;hulde dillodge and gyue leaue to all his men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to departe / and to come hym&s;elfe to Parys. Sayenge / howe he wolde go him&s;elfe in his owne propre &abper;&s;one to fight with the engly&s;&s;hmen. Whan the duke of Burgoyne herde tho&s;e tidynges / he gaue kno|ledge therof &s;ecretly to the greatte&s;t of his ho&s;t / &s;ayeng to the~. Sirs we mu&s;t di&s;loge / the kyng heth co~maunded it / and &s;o by the hour of myd|night all thyng was tru&s;&s;ed / &amp; euery man mou~+ted on their hor&s;es / and &s;et fyre on their logyn|ges. At whiche tyme &s;ir Henry of Sa~xels kept the watche / with &abser; Robert of Namures co~pa|ny (who &s;pyed a fyre) and than two or thre and &s;o mo. Than he &s;ayd to hym&s;elfe: a / I fere me the frenchmen wyll a wake vs this night / it &s;e|meth &s;o by their dealyng &amp; &s;aid to the~ that were there about hym. Let vs go and awake the lor|de Robert Namure / to the entent that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> french+men fynde vs nat a &s;lepe. Than this &s;ir Henry came to the lodgynge of the lorde <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> / and called his cha~berlayns and &s;ayd. Sirs / it is be houefull that ye a wake your lorde. And they went to his bedde &s;yde and awoke hym / &amp; &s;he|wed hym all the mater (who an&s;wered) Well: I &s;e we &s;hall &s;hortely here other tidynges. Call vp your folkes / and let euery man be quickely armed: And &s;o they dyde / and al&s;o he was &s;hort+ly armed. And whan his men were a&s;&s;embled togyder / he cau&s;ed one to take his baner &amp; went &s;treight to the duke of Lanca&s;tres tent / who as than was nere armed / for he had warnynge be+fore of the mater. And &s;o he was anon redy and his lordes lytell and lytell drewe anone aboute him / and euer as they came they raynged in ba+tayle fayre &amp; &s;oftely / without any noy&s;e or light And cau&s;ed all the archers to be redy raynged before theym / in &s;uche a place: where as they thought the frenchmen &s;hulde co~e / if they were in purpo&s;e to come and fight with theym. And whan they had &s;tand thus the &s;pace of two hou+ses / and &s;awe that none came to them / they had great marueyle. Than the duke demaunded of the lordes about him / what was be&s;t for hym to do? Some &s;ayd one thyng / &s;ome &s;ayd another euery man after his opinyon. Than the duke &s;ayd to &s;ir Water of Manny: &s;ir howe &s;ay you? Sir &s;ayd he / I can nat tell what I &s;hulde &s;ay. But &s;ir and ye &s;hulde do after myne opinyon / ye &s;hulde ordayne your men of armes and ar|chers in maner of batayle / and euer lytell and lytell to auau~ce forwarde. For &s;ir / anon it wyll be day lyght: than &s;hall you &s;e perfitely before you. The duke agreed to this coun&s;ayle / howe be it &s;ome other coun&s;ayled to the contrary: for in no wy&s;e they wolde haue the duke to remoue fro his felde. So in this &s;trife they were togy|der a certayne &s;pace / at la&s;t it was ordayned / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> certayne of &s;ir Robert of Namures company / and certayne of &s;ir Ualeran de Bromes com|pany &s;hulde mount a hor&s; backe / bycau&s;e they were mete and able for &s;uch an enterprice. And &s;o a .xxx. of the be&s;t hor&s;emen de&abper;ted and rode towarde the frenche ho&s;t. Than agayne &abser; Gal+tyer of Manny &s;ayd to the duke: &s;ir / neuer be|leue me without the frenchmen be fledde. Ther+fore mount on your hor&s;e and all your compa|ny / and folowe them quickely: and ye &s;hall ha|ue this day on them a fayre iourney. Than the duke &s;ayde: Sir / I haue hytherto alwayes fo|lowed the aduy&s;e of my coun&s;ayle / &amp; euer wyll <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o: but I can neuer beleue that &s;o many valy|ant men of armes / and noble knightes that be here of the frenche partie / wolde thus &s;hamful+ly depart. For parauenture / the fyers that they haue made / is to drawe vs to warde them: and &s;o to begyle vs. Anon our currours wyll come in / and they wyll bringe vs the perfyte know|ledge of euery thynge.</P>
<P>_ANd as they were thus talkynge / their currours came in / and &s;ayd to the purpo&s;e of &s;ir Gaultyer of Ma~ny: and &s;hewed all that they had &s;ene and founde. They &s;ayde howe they founde no body / but certayne poore vitaylers / &s;uche as folowed the ho&s;t. Than &s;ir Gaultier of Manny had great honoure of his opinyon before. Than the duke of Lanca&s;tre drewe to his lodgyng / and vnarmed him: and thought to haue gone and dyned in the frenche mens lodgynges (&s;auynge for the fyre &amp; &s;moke that they had made / wolde nat &s;uffre him) but at nyght he went thyder to &s;upper and lodged there all night / and toke their ea&s;e with &s;uch as they had. The next mornynge they di&s;lodged and retourned to Calays / and whan the duke of Burgoyne dy&s;loged / he went the &s;ame day to &s;aynt Omers / and there lay and all his ho&s;t. And than de&abper;ted euery man whyder they wol|de / whiche was a great payne after to bringe togyder agayne. &para; The &s;ame weke the erle of Penbroke beynge in Poyctou / and had great di&s;plea&s;ure that &s;ir Loys of Sanxere / &s;ir Jo|han of Uyen / &s;ir John~ of Bulle &amp; other had &s;o delt with him before at Puyernon as it hath b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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the wed before / than he thought to be reuenged if he might. And departed fro Mortayne with his company / with a two hundred &s;peares and &s;o came to Angole&s;me to the prince / who made him great there. The erle de&s;yred him / to lette him haue a certayne no~bre of men / and to haue leaue to make a iourney. Sayeng how he had great de&s;yre to reuenge him of the di&s;pites that the fre~chmen had done to him of late. The pri|ce who loued hym entierly grau~ted his de&s;yre. the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was newly come to the pri+ce fro the countie of Armynake &s;ir Hugh Cau|rell / and had brought with hym moo than fyue hu~dred men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of the companyons. The prince commaunded hym to go with the erle of Penbroke in that iourney: and al&s;o the erle de|&s;yred &s;ir Loys Harcourt / &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dan+gle &s;ir Percyuale of Coloyne the lorde of Po~s the lorde of Parteney / the lorde of Pynan / &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Thomas Pontchardon / and dyuers other knightes of the princ&abis; hou&s;e. who gladly grau~ted to go with hym. So wha~ they were all togyder / they were a fyue. C. &s;pe|res / thre hundred archers / and fyftene hundred of other men in maner of brigantes / with laun+ces and paue&s;&s;es / folowynge the hoo&s;t a fote. Thus therle of Penbroke de&abper;ted with his co~|pany / and rode&s;o long that he ra~e into Aniou: than he began to brenne / wa&s;t / and di&s;troy the countre. And &s;o pa&s;&s;ed through on the one &s;yde brennynge and winnynge of townes and &s;mall holdes / and raun&s;omed the playne countrey to Sauyour on Loyre. And lodged in the &s;ubbar+bes / and a&s;&s;ayled the towne / but they coude nat get it / for within was &s;ir Robert of Sanxere / who kepte and defended the towne / but all the cou~tre aboute was brent and di&s;troyed. Than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Hughe Caurell and his company came to a bridge on the ryuer of Loyre / called the bridge of See / and anone they that kept it were di&s;co~|fyted and the bridge wonne. And than they for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yed it in &s;uche wy&s;e / that they kept it long af|ter. And al&s;o in the &s;ame iourney the engly&s;&s;h|men toke and wanne an abbey on the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Loyre / called &s;aynt More. the whith they new+ly fortifyed in &s;uche wy&s;e / that they made ther|of a great gary&s;on / the whiche greatly doma|ged the countre / all the wynter &amp; &s;omer after.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was in Poyctou an abbey / and is yet called &s;aynt Saluyn / a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">euyn leages fro Poycters / in the whiche ab|bey there was a monke that gretly hated his &s;u+per your the abbot / &amp; that he &s;hewed well / for by+cau&s;e of the hatred y^t he had to him / he betrayed the abbot and all his coue~t. For by his meanes he delyuered the abbey and the towne to &s;ir Lo+ys of &s;aynt Julyan / and to Carnet the breton / who toke it in the frenche kynges name / and re+peyred it / and made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a good gary&s;one. Of the takyng of &s;aynt Saluyn / &s;ir Johan Chan+dos was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / bycau&s;e he was &s;ene / &s;hall of Poictou. And he thought to hym&s;elfe / that if he lyued long to get it agayne / howe&s;o|euer he dyde: and that they that hadde taken it &s;hulde repent it. &para; Nowe let vs a lytell &s;ea+&s;on leaue &s;pekyng of the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Poictou / and &s;peke of the duke of Lanca&s;tre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the countre of Uerma~doi&s;e and the countie of &s;aynt Poule were wa&s;ted / and &s;ir Hugh of Cha&s;tellone taken. Cap. CC .lxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the duke of La~ca|&s;tre was come agayne to Ca+lays after the departyng fro Tornehen / and that he &amp; his company had refre&s;&s;hed the~ there a thre dayes / thanne he thought agayn to ryde forth and make &s;ome iourney into France. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> two mar&s;hals / therle of Warwyke / and the lor|de Roger Beauchampt / commaunded euery man to drawe into the felde / wherof euery man was gladde / de&s;yringe to ryde in to Fraunce. Than they departed fro Calays in good ordre for euery man knewe what he &s;hulde do. So y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;t day they went fyue leages / &amp; the nexte day they came before &s;aynt Omers / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had a great &s;crimy&s;&s;he at the gate / but the~gly&s;&s;hmen re&s;ted nat <ABBR>ther</ABBR> greatly / but pa&s;&s;ed by and went and lodged on the morres of Her&s;ault. And on the thirde day they came to Turwyn / &amp; within the towne was therle Guy of &s;aynt Poule with a great no~bre of men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And thengli&s;&s;h|men pa&s;&s;ed by &amp; toke the way to Hedyn / and y^t day they loged on a lytell ryuer. And whan the erle of &s;aynt Poule &s;awe y^t thengly&s;&s;hmen we~t towarde his countre / he knewe well they went nat thyder for his profyte / for they hated hym moche. Than he departed in the night / and de|lyuered the cyte to the lorde of &s;aynt Pye / and to &s;ir Johan of Ray / and &s;o he rode tyll he cam to the towne of &s;aynt Poule. And in the nexte
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mornynge the engli&s;&s;he men came thyther / and made there a great &s;krymy&s;&s;he / &s;o that the com+mynge thyther of the erle of &s;aynt Poule was happy for them of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne / for by hym and his company the towne was kept and &s;aued / or els it had ben in a great adue~ture of le&s;yng. Thus the duke of Lanca&s;tre and his companye toke theyr plea&s;ure in the cou~tie of &s;aynt Poule / and burned and exiled all the playne countrey / and dyd there great domage / and he was before the ca&s;tell of Perides / where as the lady of Dow|aire was / and as the duke aduy&s;ed the ca&s;tel / he gauged y^e depne&s;&s;e of the dyche with a &s;peare / howe be it he a&s;&s;yed it nat / but made a good face &s;o to do / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed by / &amp; came to a fayre ca&s;tell called Lucheu / the whiche perteyned to the erle of &s;aynt Poule / and &s;o they burned the towne / and dyd nothynge to the ca&s;tell. Than they pa&s;&s;ed further / and came to &s;aynt Require The engli&s;&s;hemen rode on a day nat pa&s;t a .iii. or foure leages / but euer they burned the coun|trey as they went / and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Somme at the planche&s;&s;e vnder Abbeuille. And than they entred into the countrey of Ui|meu / in purpo&s;e to go to Harfle we on the ryuer of Seyne to burne the frenche Nauy. The erle of &s;aynt Poule / and &abser; Moreau of Fiennes con+&s;table of France with a great nombre folowed &amp; pur&s;ued in co&s;tynge the engly&s;&s;he hu&s;t / wher|fore y^e engli&s;&s;hemen dur&s;t nat ryde farre abrode out of the high waye / but euer kepte them&s;elfe clo&s;e to gether redy to fight with theyr enemies if nede were. And &s;o thus they rode through Ui+meu and the countie of Ewe / and entred into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> archeby &s;&s;hopryke of Roan / &amp; pa&s;&s;ed by Depe / and rode &s;o longe that they came to Harflewe / and there lodged. The erle of &s;aynt Poule was gote~ before them / and was entred into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne with .ii. C. &s;peares. So thus the engli&s;&s;hmen laye before Harflewe / but they a&s;&s;ayled it nat. The .iiii. daye after they di&s;lodged / and made theyr retourne through the lande of the lorde of Stouteuille / and &s;o burned vp the moo&s;t parte of all his countrey. and than they came through Francque&s;in / and drewe <ABBR>toward.</ABBR> Oy&s;emont to repa&s;&s;e the <ABBR>riuer</ABBR> of Somme at Blanchetache. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was in the towne of Ab|uille (as capitayne there) Hugh of Cha&s;tellon <ABBR>mai&s;ter</ABBR> of the cro&s;bowes in France / and whan he perceyued that the duke of Lanca&s;tre wolde repa&s;&s;e the <ABBR>riuer</ABBR> of &s;omme / he armed hym / and cau&s;ed a .x. or .xii. of his company in lyke wy&s;e to arme them / &amp; no mo. And &s;o mou~ted on their hor&s;es / &s;ayeng / howe he wolde go and &s;e the ke|pyng of the gate of Rowray / to thentent that if thengli&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed by / they &s;hulde nat &s;e but that it were well kepte. This was early in the mornyng / &amp; it was a great my&s;t. And the &s;ame tyme / Sir Nicholas Louuaing / who in tyme pa&s;te before had ben &s;ene&s;chall of Poictou / and the &s;ame yere before &abser; Hugh of Cha&s;tellon had taken hym pry&s;oner / and raun&s;omed hym at .x. M. fra~kes / the which &s;tacke &s;ore in his mynde / and had great de&s;yre in his entent to be reuen|ged / and to geat agayne that he had lo&s;te. The &s;ame mornynge he and .xx. with hym were de|parted fro the duke of La~ca&s;tres ho&s;t / he knewe right wel all the pa&s;&s;ages and &s;traytes there a|boute / for he had well v&s;ed them the &s;pace of .ii. or .iii. yeres to gether. And &s;o thought to putte hym &s;elfe at auenture in a bu&s;&s;hement bitwene Abbeuille and the ca&s;tell of Rouuray / &amp; &s;o pa&s;|&s;ed by a lyttell &s;treyght way through a mary&s;e / and re&s;ted hym in certayne olde wa&s;t &amp; broken how&s;es / a man wolde neuer haue thought that any company of engli&s;&s;hemen wolde haue lyen in a bu&s;&s;hement &s;o nere to the towne. So thus there / this &abser; Nicholas and his company kepte them &s;elfe preuy. And &s;o at la&s;t through y^e &s;ame waye came &abser; Hugh of Cha&s;tellon with x. with hym / all armed except his ba&s;&s;enet / the whiche his page bare after hym on a great cour&s;er / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed ouer the lyttell ryuer that was there / and thought to haue gone to haue &s;poken with the cro&s;bowes that kepte the gate / to knowe yf they had harde any thyng of the engli&s;&s;hemen. And whanne &s;ir Nicholas of Louuayng &s;awe hym / he knewe hym wel / he coude nat haue ben more ioyous if one had gyuen hym .xx. thou&s;a~d frankes. Than he came out of his bu&s;&s;hement and &s;ayd to his company / come on &s;yrs lu&s;tely / beholde yonder is he that I de&s;ire to haue / it is the mai&s;ter of the cro&s;bowes / I de&s;yre to haue hym aboue all creatures lyuynge. Than he &s;et the &s;pores to his hor&s;e &s;ydes / and cowched hys &s;peare in the re&s;te and came towarde &s;ir Hugh of Cha&s;tellon and &s;ayd yelde the Cha&s;tellon or thou arte but deed. Syr Hugh had great mer|uayle from whens tho&s;e men of warre came &s;o &s;odaynly vpon hym: for he had no lea&s;er to put on his ba&s;&s;enet / nor to mount on his cour&s;er. &amp; wha~ he &s;awe he was in &s;o hard a ca&s;e / he &s;ayd / to whom <ABBR>shuld.</ABBR> I yelde me / Sir Nicholas an|&s;wered / to Lauuainge. Than <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Hugh (to e|&s;chewe y^e perel of deth / for he &s;awe wel he coude nat flee) &s;ayde / I yelde me. Than he was take~ and &s;ir Nicholas &s;ayde come on and ryde with vs / behold yonder cometh the duke of La~ca&s;tre
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and his company / who wyll pa&s;&s;e here foreby. at the &s;ame brunt <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne a valya~t bur+gre&s;&s;e of Abuyle called Laurence Dancons / the which was great domage. Thus by great for|tune was &s;ir Hugh of Cha&s;tellon mai&s;ter at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme of the cro&s;bowes in france and capitayn of Abuyle / taken by &s;ir Nicholas of Louuayne of who&s;e takynge the duke of Lanca&s;tre was right ioyfull and &s;o were all the engly&s;&s;hmen. Sir Hugh of Cha&s;tellons frendes / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> men in the towne of Abuyle were right &s;orie for his takyng but they coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Than the engly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Some at blanchtache / and than drue towar+des the towne of Rue on the &s;ee &s;yde / and &s;o to Mon&s;trell: and dyde &s;omoche by their iorneys that they retourned agayne and ca~e to the tow|ne of Calays. And than the duke of Lanca&s;tre gaue all the &s;trangers leaue to de&abper;te / and &s;o de+&abper;ted fro hym &s;ir Robert of Namure / &s;ir Uale|ran of Borme / and the almayns. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Lanca&s;tre retourned agayne in to England thynkyng to make no more <ABBR>warr</ABBR> tyll the nexte &s;omer / for it was as tha~ about &s;aynt Martyns day in wynter / but or he de&abper;ted he &s;ayde to the &s;trangers / howe that whan he came agayne he wolde come moche more &s;tronger / than he dyd at that tyme. De&s;yring his co&s;yns / the duke of Guerles and the duke of Jullyers / to co~e and mere with him to go into France. &para; Nowe let vs leue to &s;peke of the be&s;yne&s;&s;e of Picardy / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nothyng done in tho&s;e &abper;ties of a gret &s;ea&s;on after. And let vs now &s;peke of the mater in Poitou / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as moo&s;t dedes of armes fell.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir John Cha~dos was &s;lay|ne in a batayle / and howe finally the fre~chmen were di&s;o~fyted &amp; taken in the &s;ame batayle. Cap. CC .lxx.</HEAD>
<P>_GReatly it greued &s;ir John~ Chan|dos the takyng of &s;aynt Saluyn / bycau&s;e it was vnder his rule / for he was &s;ene&s;hall of Poyctou. He &s;et all his mynde how he might re+couer it agayne / other byforce or by &s;telthe / he cared nat &s;o he might haue it. and for that ente~r dyuers night&abis; he made &s;u~drie bu&s;&s;hme~tes / but it aueyled nat. For &s;ir Loyes who kept it / toke euer &s;o good hede therto / that he defe~ded it fro all da~gers. For he knewe well the takyng ther|of greued &s;ore &s;ir Johan Chandos at the hert. So it fell / that the night before the fir&s;t day of January / &s;ir Johan Chandos beyng in Poy|cters / &s;ent to a&s;&s;emble togyder dyuers barons / knightes &amp; &s;quiers of Poitou. De&s;yring the~ to co~e to hym as priuely as they coude: for he cer|teyned the~ how he wolde ryde forthe / and they refu&s;ed nat his de&s;yre / for they loued him enty|erly / but &s;hortely a&s;&s;embled togyder in the cyte of Poicters. Thyder came &s;ir Guy&s;&s;hard Da~+gle / &s;ir Loyes Harcourt / the lorde of Pons / the lorde of Partney / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Pynan / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde ta|nyboton / &s;ir Geffray Dargenton / &s;ir Maubru+ny of Lyniers / &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Baud|wyn of Fe&s;uyll / &s;ir Richarde of Pontchardon and dyuers other. And whan they were all to|gyder a&s;&s;embled / they were thre hundred &s;pea|tes / and departed by night fro Poicters none knewe whyder they &s;hulde go: except certayne of the lordes / and they had redy with them &s;ca|lyng ladders / &amp; &s;o came to &s;aynt Saluyn. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a lighted / &amp; delyuered their hor&s;es to their varlettes whiche was about mydnight / and &s;o entred in to the dyke. yet they hadde nat their entente &s;o &s;hortely / for &s;odaynly they herde the watche horne blowe. I &s;hall tell you <ABBR>wherfor</ABBR> it blewe. The &s;ame nyght Carlonet was depar|ted fro the Roche of Poi&s;ay / with a .xl. &s;peares with hym. And was co~e the &s;ame tyme to &s;aynt Saluyn / to &s;peke with the capitayne &s;ir Loys of &s;aynt Julyan / to thentent to haue ryden to|gyder to Poictou / to &s;e if they coude gette any pray. And &s;o he called vp the watchman / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whi+che made hym to &s;ounde his horne. And &s;o the engly&s;&s;hmen / who were on the other&s;yde of the fortre&s;&s;e / herynge the watche blowe / and great noy&s;e in the place. Feared le&s;t they had ben &s;py+ed by &s;ome &s;pyes / for they knewe nothyng that the &s;ayd frenchemen were on the other &s;yde / to haue entred in to the place. Therfore they with drue backe agayne out of the dykes / and &s;ayd: let vs go hens for this night for we haue fayled of our purpo&s;e. And &s;o they remou~ted on their hor&s;es / and retourned hole togyder to Chauui+gny on the tyuer of Cru&s;e / a two leages thens. Than the poictenyns demaunded of &s;ir John~ Chandos / if he wolde co~maunde them any far|ther &s;eruyce / he an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Sirs / re|tourne home agayne whan it plea&s;e you / in the name of god: and as for this day / I wyll abyde &s;tyll here in this towne. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> departed the knightes of Poictou and &s;ome of England to the nombre of. CC. &s;peares. Than &s;ir Johan Cha~dos went into a hou&s;e / &amp; cau&s;ed to be made a good fyre / and there was &s;tyll with hym: &s;ir Thomas Percy and his company &s;cne&s;hall of
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Rochell / who &s;ayd to &s;ir John~ Chandos. Sir is it your entent to tary here all this day. ye tru+ly &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he / why demau~de you. Sir / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cau&s;e I de&s;yre you is / &s;yth ye wyll nat &s;tyre this day to gyue me leue / &amp; I wyll ryde &s;ome way w^t my co~+pany / to &s;e if I can fynde any adue~ture. Go yo|way &s;ir in the name of god <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ir Johan Chan|dos. And &s;o departed &s;ir Thomas Percy with a .xxx. &s;peares in his co~pany / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed the bridge at Chauuigny / and toke the longe way that ledde to Poicters. And &s;ir John~ Cha~dos abode &s;tyll behynde full of di&s;plea&s;ure / in that he had fayled of his purpo&s;e / and &s;o &s;tode in a kechyn warmyng him by the fyre. And his &s;er|uantes tangeled with hym / to the~tent to bring him out of his melancoly. His &s;eruant&abis; had pre+pared for hym a place to re&s;t hym / than he de|maunded if it were nere day. And ther w^t there ca~e a man in to the hou&s;e / and came before hym and &s;ayd. Sir / I haue brought you tidynges. What be they tell me? Sir &s;urely the fre~chmen be ryding abrode. Howe knowe&s;t thou that? &abser; &s;ayd he / I de&abper;ted fro &s;aynt Saluyn with them what waye be they ryden? Sir I can nat tell you the certentie: but &s;urely they toke the high way to Poiters. What fre~chmen be they? can&s;t thou tell me. Sir it is &s;ir Loys of &s;aynt July|an / and Carlonet the breton. Well <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ir Johan Chandos I care nat / I haue no ly&s;t this night to ryde for the: they may happe to be encou~tred thoughe I be nat <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> And &s;o he taryed there &s;tyll a certayne &s;pace in a gret &s;tudy / and at la&s;t whan he had well aduy&s;ed hym&s;elfe / he &s;ayde. What&s;oeuer I haue &s;ayd here before / I trowe it be good that I ryde for the / I mu&s;t retourne to Poicters and anone it wyll be day. That is true &abser; / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the knight&abis; about hym. Than he &s;aid make redy for I wyll ryde forthe / &amp; &s;o they dyd and mou~ted on their hor&s;es / and de&abper;ted &amp; toke the right way to Poicters co&s;tyng the ryuer / &amp; the fre~chmen y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame tyme were nat pa&s;t a leag before hym in the &s;ame way / thinkyng to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer at the bridge of Lu&s;ar. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the en|gly&s;&s;hmen had knowlege how they were in the trake of the fre~chmen / for the fre~chmens hor&s;es cryed &amp; brayed / bycau&s;e of the~gly&s;&s;he hor&s;es / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were before the~ with &s;ir Thomas Percy. And anone it was fayre light day / for in the begyn|nyng of January the mornyng&abis; be &s;oone light And whan the fre~chmen &amp; bretons were with|in a leage of the bridge / they &abper;reyued on the o|ther&s;yde of the bridge &s;ir Thom~s Percy &amp; his co~pany: and he lykewi&s;e &abper;reyued the fre~chmen and rode as fa&s;t as he might / to get the aduan|tage of the bride. And &s;ayd / beholde yonder fre~+chmen be a great nombre agayn&s;t vs / therfore let vs take the aua~tage of the bridge. And wha~ &s;ir Loys &amp; Carlonet / &s;awe the~gly&s;&s;hmen make &s;uche ha&s;t to gette the bridge / they dyde in lyke+wy&s;e. Howbeit the~gly&s;&s;hmen gate it fir&s;t / and lighted all a fote / &amp; &s;o raynged the~&s;elfe in good order to defende the bridge. The fre~chmen like+wy&s;e lighted a fote / and delyuered their hor&s;es to their pages / co~maundynge them to drawe a backe. And &s;o dyde put the~ &s;elfe in good order to go &amp; a&s;&s;ayle the~gly&s;&s;hmen / who kept the~&s;elfe clo&s;e togider / &amp; were nothyng afrayed: though they were but a handfull of men / as to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> regard of the fre~chmen. and thus as the fre~chmen &amp; bre+tous &s;tuyed &amp; ymagined / howe &amp; by what mea+nes to their aduantage / they might a&s;&s;ayle the engli&s;&s;hmen. Therwith <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came behynd the~ &s;ir Johan Chandos / his baner di&s;played / be|rynge therin &s;yluer a &s;harpe pyle goules. &amp; Ja|kes of Lery / a valyant man of armes dyd bere it / and he had with hym a .xl. &s;peares: he apro|ched fier&s;ly the fre~chmen. And whan he was a thre forlonges fro the bridge / the frenche pages who &s;awe them comynge were afrayed / and &s;o ran away with the hor&s;es / and left their mai&s;ts <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a fote. And whan &s;ir John~ Chandos was come nere to them / he &s;ayd: harke ye fre~chmen ye are but yuell men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> ye ryde at youre <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> and ea&s;e day and night / ye take &amp; wyn townes &amp; fotere&s;&s;es in Poyctou / wherof I am &s;ene&s;hall. ye raun&s;ome poore folke without my leaue / ye ryde all about clene armed: it &s;hulde &s;eme the cou~tre is all yours. But I en&s;ure you it is nat &s;o. ye &s;ir Loyes and Carlonet / year to great mai&s;ters. It is more than a yere &amp; a half that I haue &s;ette all myne entent to fynde or en+countre with you / and nowe I thanke god I &s;e you and &s;peke to you / no we &s;hall it be &s;ene who is &s;tronger other you or I. It hath ben &s;hewed me often tymes / that ye haue greatly de&s;yred to fynde me / nowe ye may &s;e me here. I am John~ Chandos aduy&s;e me well. your great feates of armes wherwith ye be renowmed / by goddes leaue no we &s;hall we proue it. Whyle &s;uche lan|gage was &s;poken / &s;ir John~ Chandos co~pany drewe toguyder / and &s;ir Loyes and Carloner kept them &s;elfe clo&s;e togyder / makyng &s;embla~t to be glad to be fought withall. And of all this mater &s;ir Thomas Percy / who was on the o|ther&s;yde of the bridge knewe nothynge / for the bridge was hyghe in the myddes / &s;o that none coude &s;e other. &para; Whyle &s;ir Johan Chandos rea&s;oned thus with the frenchmen / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a
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breton toke his glayue and coude for bere no le~+ger / but ca~e to an engly&s;&s;he &s;quyer / called Su|nekyn Dodall / &amp; &s;trake him &s;o in the bre&s;t y^t he ca&s;t hym downe fro his hor&s;e. Sir John~ Cha~+dos whan he herde y^e noy&s;e be&s;yde him / he tour+ned that way / &amp; &s;awe his &s;quyer lye on the erth and the fre~chmen layeng on him. Tha~ he was more chafed tha~ he was before / and &s;ayd to his company. Sirs / howe &s;uffre you this &s;quyer thus to be &s;layne: a fote / a fote. And &s;o he lepte a fote and all his company / and &s;o Sunekyn was re&s;cued and the batayle begone. Sir Jo|han Cha~dos / who was a right hardy and a co+ragyous knight / with his baner before him / &amp; his company about him with his cote of armes on hym / great and large beten with his armes of whyte &s;arcenet / with two pylies goules / one before and an other behynde / &s;o that he &s;emed to be a &s;ufficyent knyght / to do a great feate of armes / &amp; as one of the forma&s;t with his glayue in his hande / marched to his ennemyes. The &s;ame mornyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had fallen a great dewe / &s;o that the grounde was &s;om what moy&s;t / and &s;o in his goyng forwarde he &s;tode and fell downe at y^e ioyning with his enemyes. and as he was ary&s;ing / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> light a &s;troke on him / gyuen by a &s;quier called Jakes of &s;aynt Martyn with his glayue / the whiche &s;troke entred in to y^e fle&s;&s;he vnder his eye / bytwene y^e no&s;e and the forheed. Sir John~ Chandos &s;awe nat the &s;troke com|myng on that &s;yde / for he was blynde on y^e one eye. He lo&s;t y^e &s;ight therof a fyue yere before as he hunted after an hart / in the laundes of Bur|deaur. And al&s;o he had on no vy&s;er / the &s;troke was rude and entred into his brayne / the whi|che &s;troke greued him &s;o &s;ore / that he ouerthrue to the erthe / and tourned for payne two tymes vp &s;o downe / as he that was wou~ded to dethe. for after the &s;troke he neuer &s;pake worde. And whan his men &s;aw that my&s;fortune / they were right dolorou&s;e. Tha~ his vncle Edward Clif|forde &s;tepte and be&s;trode him / for the fre~chmen wolde fayne haue had him: and defended him &s;o valyantly / and gaue rounde about him &s;uch &s;tokes that none dur&s;t aproche nere to him. Al|so <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> John~ Chambo / and &s;ir Bertram of Ca&s;e &s;emed lyke men out of their mynd&abis; / whan they &s;aw their mai&s;ter lye on y^e erth. The bretons &amp; fre~chmen were gretly co~forted whan they &s;awe the capitayne of their enemyes on y^e erthe / thyn+king verily y^t he had his dethes wou~de. Than they auaunced them &s;elfe / and &s;ayd: ye engly&s;h+men yelde you / for ye are all ours. ye canne nat &s;cape vs. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the engly&s;hmen dyd marueyls in armers / a&s;well to defende them&s;elfe / as to re+ueng their mai&s;ter &s;ir John~ Chandos / whome they &s;awe lye in a harde ca&s;e: and a &s;quyer of &abser; John~ Chandos &s;pyed Jaques of &s;aynt Mar|tyn / who hadde gyuen his mai&s;ter his mortall &s;troke / and ran to hym fier&s;ly and &s;troke hym with &s;uche voylence / that his glayue pear&s;ed through bothe his thyes / howe be it for all that &s;troke he lefte nat &s;tyll to fight. If &s;ir Thomas Percy and his co~pany had knowen of this ad|uenture / who were on the other&s;yde of y^e brige / they &s;hulde well haue &s;ocoured hi: but bycau&s;e they knewe nothyng therof / nor herde no more of the frenchmen / wenyng to them they had ben gone backe. Therfore he and his company de|parted and toke the waye to Poycters / as they that knewe nothynge of that bu&s;yne&s;&s;e. Thus the engly&s;&s;hmen fought &s;tyll before the bridge of Lu&s;ac / and there was done many a feat of ar+mes: breuely the engly&s;&s;hmen coude endure no lenger agayn&s;t the fre~chmen / &s;o that the moo&s;t parte of them were di&s;confyted and taken / but alwayes Edwarde Clyfforde wolde nat depte fro his nephue there as he lay. So thus yf the frenchmen hadde ben &s;o happy / as to haue had their hor&s;es <ABBR>ther</ABBR> redy as they had nat / for their pages were ronne away fro them before / orels they might haue departed with moche honour and profite with many a gode pri&s;oner / and for lacke of them they lo&s;t all / wherfore they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;ayd among them &s;elfe. A / this is an yuell order for the iourney is ours / &amp; yet through faute of our pages we can nat de|parte. Seyng we be heuy armed and &s;ore tra|ueyled / &s;o that we ca~nat go a fote through this countre / the whiche is full of our enemyes / and contrary to vs. And we are a &s;ixe leages fro the next fortere&s;&s;e that we haue / and al&s;o dyuers of our co~pany be &s;ore hurt / and we may nat leaue theym behynde vs. Thus as they were in this ca&s;e and wy&s;t nat what to do / and had &s;ent two bretons vnarmed in to the feldes / to &s;e yf they might fynde any of their pages with their hor|&s;es. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> came on them &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dan|gle / &s;ir Loyes Harcourt / the lorde Parteney / the lorde Tanyboton / y^e lorde Dargenton / the lorde of Pynan / &s;ir Jaques of Surgyers and dyuers other engly&s;&s;hmen / to the no~bre of two hu~dred &s;peares / who rode about to &s;eke for the frenchmen / for it was &s;hewed them howe they were abrode. And &s;o they fell in the trake of the hor&s;es / and ca~e in great ha&s;t with baners and penons wauyng in the wynde. And a&s;&s;oone as the bretons and frenchmen &s;awe them comyng
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they knewe well they were their enemies. Tha~ they &s;ayd to the engly&s;&s;hmen / whome they had taken as pri&s;oners before. Sirs / beholde yon|der cometh a bande of your company to &s;ocour you / and we perceyue well that we can nat en|dure agayn&s;t the~ / and yebe out pri&s;oners. We wyll quyte you / &s;o that ye wyll kepe vs &amp; wyll become your pri&s;oners / for we had rather <ABBR>yeld</ABBR> vs to you / tha~ to them that cometh yonder / and they aun&s;wered as ye wyll / &s;o are <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">e content. Thus the engly&s;&s;hmen were lo&s;ed out of their pri&s;ons. Than the poictenyns / ga&s;coyns / &amp; en|gly&s;&s;hmen came on them their &s;peares in their re&s;tes / cryeng their cryes. Than the fre~chmen and bretons drewe a &s;yde / and &s;ayde to the~. &s;irs leaue do vs no hurt / we be all pri&s;oners a redy. The engly&s;&s;hmen affirmed the &s;ame / and &s;aid: they be our pri&s;oners. Carlonet was <ABBR>pri&s;oner</ABBR> with &s;ir Bertram of Ca&s;e / &amp; &s;ir Loyes of &s;aynt Julyan with &s;ir Johan Cambo / &s;o that there was none but that he had a mai&s;ter.</P>
<P>UHe barowns and knightes of Poicto<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> were &s;ore di&s;conforted / whan they &s;awe their &s;ene&s;chall &s;ir Johan Chandos lye on the erthe / and coude nat &s;peke: than they lamenta|bly complayned / and &s;ayd. A / &s;ir Johan Chan+dos: the floure of all chiualry / vnhappely was that glayue forged that thus hath wou~ded you and brought you in parell of dethe. They wept piteou&s;ly that were about hym / &amp; he herde and vnder&s;tode theym well / but he coulde &s;peke no worde. They wronge their handes &amp; tare their heeres / and made many a pytefull complaynt / and &s;pecially &s;uche as were of his owne hou&s;e. Than his &s;eruauntes vnarmed him and layde him on paue&s;&s;es / &amp; &s;o bare him &s;oftely to Mor|tymer the next fortere&s;&s;e to them. And the other barons and knyghtes retourned to Poycters / and ledde with them their pri&s;oners. And as I vnder&s;tode / the &s;ame Jaques Martyn y^t thus hurte &s;ir Johan Chandos / was &s;o lytell taken hede to of his hurtes / that he dyed at Poiters. And this noble knight &s;ir Johan Chandos / ly|ued nat after his hurte / pa&s;t a day and a nyght / but &s;o dyed: god haue mercy on his &s;oule / for in a hundred yere after / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nat a more cur|te&s;&s;e nor more fuller of noble vertues / &amp; good condycions amonge the engly&s;&s;hmen / than he was. And whan the prince and price&s;&s;e / the erle of Cambridge / the erle of Pe~broke / and other barowns and knightes of Englande / &s;uche as were in Guyen herd of his dethe / they were all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">orted / and &s;ayd: they had lo&s;t all on that &s;yde of the &s;ee. For his dethe his frendes / and al&s;o &s;ome of his enemyes / were right &s;oroufull The engly&s;&s;hmen loued him / bycau&s;e all noble ne&s;&s;e was founde in hym. The frenchmen ha|ted him / bycau&s;e they douted hym. yet I herde his dethe greatly complayned among right no+ble and valyant knightes of France. Sayeng that it was a great dommage of his dethe / for they &s;ayd better it had ben / that he had ben ta|ken a lyue. For if he had ben taken a lyue / they &s;ayd he was &s;o &s;age and &s;o ymaginatyue / that he wolde haue fou~de &s;ome maner of good mea|nes / wherby the peace might haue en&s;ued / by|twene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce / for he was &s;o welbeloued with the kyng of En|glande / that the kyng wolde beleue him / rather than any other in the worlde. Thus bothefren+che and engly&s;&s;he &s;pake of his dethe / and &s;peci|ally the engly&s;&s;hmen: for by hym Guyen was kept and recouered.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lorde of Coucy / and the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre / nother on the one part nor on the other. And howe the lorde of Maleuall &amp; the lorde of Marneyle tourned frenche. Cap. CC .lxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the dethe of &s;ir Jo+han Chandos / &s;ir Thomas Percy was made &s;ene&s;chall of Poictou. and &s;o it fell that the lande of &s;aynt Sauiour the vycount / fell in the kyn|ge of Englandes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">andes to gyue <ABBR>wher</ABBR> it <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> plea&s;e him. Than he g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e it to a knyght of his / called &s;ir Alayne Bour|chier / an experte man of armes. Of all that sit Johan Chandos had / whiche was in yerely to uenewes / to the &s;omme of four hundred thou|&s;ande frankes. The prince was his &s;ucce&s;&s;e&s;|&s;our and heyre / for he was neuer maryed nor had none heyres. And within a certayne &s;pace after &s;uche as hadde ben taken at the bridge of Lu&s;ac were put to their fynance and rau~some / and payed it: by the ayde and helpe of the fren|che kynge. And &s;o retourned agayne into their gary&s;ons / &s;ir Loyes of &s;aynt Julyan / Carlo|net the breton / and &s;ir Wyllyam of Bourdes. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome knyghtes of France / that were fore troubled in their mynd / bycau&s;e they &s;awe thus nightly and dayly / the
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warre multiply bytwene the&s;e two kynges / of France and Englande. And &s;pecially the lorde of Concy / for it touched him gretly: for he had fayre enherytance in Englande / a&s;well by hym &s;elfe as by his wyfe / who was doughter to the kynge of Englande. Whiche lande he mu&s;t re|nounce / if he wolde &s;erue the frenche kynge (of who&s;e blode he was) and of the &s;ame nacyon. So he determyned him &s;elfe to di&s;&s;emble with bothe kyng&abis; / &amp; &s;o to forget the tyme / he thought to departe out of the realme of France for a &s;ea+&s;on and go and &s;porte him in &s;ome otherplace. And &s;o ordered his departure &s;agely / and toke leaue of the frenche kyng / and with a &s;mall co~|pany departed and rode in to Sauoy / where he was honorably receyued / of the erle / barons and knightes of the countre. And whan he had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as long as it plea&s;ed hym / than he de|parted and pa&s;&s;ed forthe in to Lombardy / and came to the lordes of Myllayne: the lorde Ga|leas and the lorde Barnabo / where he was at the begynning to them right welcome. In lyke maner departed out of the duchy of Ac&agrave;tayne / &s;ir Aymon of Pomyers / a knight of the prices: &s;ayeng howe that as long as the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> dyde en+dure he wolde nat beare armes / nother on the one parte nor on the other. And &s;o this knyght went in to Cypre / and to the holy &s;epulcre and dyuers other pylgrimages. And al&s;o the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / there was newly come to Parys &s;ir Jo+han of Burbone / who helde parte of his lande of the prince. The frenche kynge wolde gladly haue had hym to renounce his homage to the prince / and to become frenche: but the erle in no wy&s;e wolde &s;o do. In lyke maner no more wol+de the lorde of Pyerbuffier / another baneret of Lymo&s;yn / who al&s;o was at Parys. But there were other two great barons of Lymo&s;yn / &s;ir Loyes of Maleuall / and &s;ir Raymon of Mar+neyle his nephue / who al&s;o y^e &s;ame &s;ea&s;on were at Parys they for&s;oke the prince and became fre~che. And after by their gary&s;ons made gret warre to the prince / wherof the kynge of En|glande and his coun&s;ayle were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed And al&s;o in that dyuers barones of Guyen be|came frenche without any con&s;traynt / but by their owne wylles. Than the kyng of Englan|de was coun&s;ayled / that he &s;hulde write couert letters &s;ealed with his &s;eale / and to be borne by two or thre of his knightes in to Poictou / and in to Acquitayne: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to publy&s;&s;he theym In cyties / ca&s;tels / and good townes. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on was delyuered out of prison in Dagen / &s;ir Camponell of Camponall in excha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ge / for another knight of the princes / who had ben ta|ken at a &s;crimy&s;&s;he before Pyergourt / called &abser; Thomas Bala&s;ter / but the clerke y^t was with the &s;aid knight / remayned &s;tyll in pri&s;on in Da+gen: and &s;ir Camponell returned in to Fra~ce. &para;Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the letters &s;ent in to Acquitayne / by the kyng of Englande: the te|nour wherof herafter foloweth.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;The copy of the letters / &s;ent by the kyng of Englande into Acquitayne. And howe Cha&s;teleraut was taken / and Bell perche be&s;ieged by the fren+chemen. Cap. CC .lxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_EDwarde by the grace of god / kyn+ge of England and lorde of Ire|lande and Acquitayne. To all the~ that this pre&s;ent writynge &s;hall &s;e or here reed / knowe you that we con&s;yderyng and regardyng the bu&s;yne&s;&s;es of our &s;ayd marches / and lymitacions of our &s;ei|gnorie of Acquitayne / &s;tretchynge fro heed to heed. We haue ben enformed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for certayn trou+bles / greffes / &amp; vexacyons / done or thought to bedone: by our right dere &s;on the prince of Wa+les / in the &s;ay de countreis. The whiche we are bounde to with&s;tande and remedy in all thyn|ges / touchynge the hates and yuell wylles / by|twene vs and our true frendes and &s;ubgettes. Therfore by the&s;e pre&s;entes: here we anou~ce / &amp; pronou~ce / certify &amp; ratify: that we by our good wyll / and by great delyberacyon of coun&s;ayle therto called. Woll that our dere &s;onne y^e prince of Wales / forbere and leaue all maner of accy|ons / done or to bedone. And to re&s;tore agayne to all &s;uche as hath ben greued or oppre&s;&s;ed by hym / or by any of his &s;ubgettes / or offycers in Acqtayne. All their co&s;tes / &s;pences domag&abis; / le+uyed or to be leuyed / in y^e name of y^e &s;ayd aydes or fo wages. And if any of our true &s;ubgettes &amp; frendes: a&s;well prelates as men of holy church vnyuer&s;iteis / collages / by&s;&s;hops / erles / vycon+tes / barons / knightes / comynalties / and men of cyties and good townes. Be tourned to kepe &amp; holde by fal&s;e informacion and &s;ymple aduy&s;e / the opinyon of our aduer&s;ary the french kyng. We pardon them their tre&s;pas / &s;o that after the &s;ight of the&s;e our letters / they retourne agayne to vs / or within a moneth after. And we de&s;yre all our true frendes / to kepe the~ &s;elfe &s;tyll in the &s;tate that they be nowe in / to &s;aue their faythes and homag&abis;: &s;o that they be nat reproched. the
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whiche thyng &s;hulde greatly di&s;plea&s;e vs / and lothe we wolde be to &s;e it. And if vpon our dere &s;on~e the prince or of any of his men / they make any laufull co~playnt / that they be in any thyng greued or oppre&s;&s;ed / or haue ben in tyme pa&s;t. We &s;hall cau&s;e them to haue amendes / in &s;uche wy&s;e that by rea&s;on &s;hall &s;uffice. And to the en|tent to nori&s;&s;he peace / loue / concorde / and vnite bytwene vs and all tho&s;e of the marches and ly mytacions afore&s;ayd. And bycau&s;e that euery man &s;hulde repute this our mynde and wyll to be of trouthe / we wyll that euery man take and haue the copy of the&s;e pre&s;entes / the whiche we haue &s;olemply &s;worne to kepe and maynteyne / and nat to breke them: on the precyous body of Je&s;u Chri&s;t. Pre&s;ent our right dere &s;onne / Jo|han duke of Lanca&s;tre / Wyllm~ erle of Saly&s;|bury / the erle of Warwyke / therle of Hertforde Gaultier of Manny / the lorde Percy / the lorde Neuyll / the lorde Bourchier / the lorde Staf|forde / <ABBR>Richard</ABBR> of Pe~broke / Roger Beaucha~p Guy Brian / the lorde of Me<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e / the lorde <ABBR>Da+lawar</ABBR> / Alayne Boncque&s;ell / &amp; Richard Stry knight&abis;. Gyuen at our palys at We&s;tm~ / y^e yere of our reigne .xliiii. the .v. day of Nouembre.</P>
<P>THe&s;e letters were brought fro the kyng of Englande into the principalyte &amp; du|chy of Acqtayne / and notifyed and publy&s;&s;hed all about. And the copyes &s;ent &s;ecretly into Pa+rys / to the vycont of Rochchoart / the lorde Ma leuall the lorde of Marneyle / &amp; to other &s;uche as were turned frenche. Nowbeit for all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the&s;e letters were thus &s;ent and publy&s;&s;hed / in all the countrey of Acqtayne / I herde nat that any for all that left to do as they ly&s;t. So that nat with &s;tandyng / dayly they turned to the frenche &abper;te. And &s;o it was / that a&s;&s;one as &s;ir Loys of &s;aynt Julyan was retourned in to the Roche of Poy &s;ay and &s;ir Wyllm~ of Bordes in to the gari&s;on of the Hay in Tourayn / and Carlon et to &s;aynt Saluyn. Than &s;ecretly they made forthe a ior+ney of me~ of armes and hardy co~panyons well mounted / and in a mornyng they came to Cha|&s;teleraut &amp; &s;caled the towne / and had nerehand taken &s;ir Loys of Harcourt / who lay in his bed a &s;lepe in his logyng in the towne. And &s;o with the &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ry / he was fayne to flye in his &s;herte bare|fote and barelegged / fro hou&s;e to hou&s;e / fro gar+den to garden / in great dout &amp; feare of takyng by the frenchmen / who had &s;caled and won the fortre&s;&s;e. And &s;o <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> he &s;ledde / that he ca~e and put him &s;elfe vnder the bridge of Cha&s;teleraut the whiche his men had fortifyed before. and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;aued him &s;elfe / and kept him &s;elfe there a long &s;pace. But thus the bretons and french|men were mai&s;ters of y^e towne / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made a good gari&s;on / and made Carlonet capitayn. And dayly the bretons and frenchmen went to the bridge / and fought and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with them that kepte it.</P>
<P>DUke Loyes of Burbon / who &s;awe well that the engly&s;&s;hmen and companyons were in his countre of Burbonoi&s;e. And howe that Drtygo / Bernard de Wy&s;t / and Bernard de la Sale / helde his ca&s;tell at Bell perche / and the good lady his mother w^tin: wherof he had great <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur.</ABBR> Than he aduy&s;ed hi to make a iourney and to go and lay &s;iege to Bell percly and nat to de&abper;te thens / tyll he had wonne it. Of the whiche enterprice / he de&s;yred the fre~che kyn+ge to gyue him leaue / whiche the kynge lightly agreed vnto: &s;ayeng howe he wolde helpe him to maynteyne his &s;iege. Thus he departed fro Parys / and made his a&s;&s;emble at Molyns in Auuerne / and at &s;aynt Porcyns: &s;o that he had a great nombre of men of warre. The lorde of Beauieu came to &s;erue hym with thre hundred &s;peares / and y^e lorde Uyllers &amp; Ro&s;ellon with a hundred &s;peares / and dyuers other barowns and knightes of Auuergne and Fore&s;tes / wher of he was lorde by right of his wyfe / doughter to the gentyll lorde Berault erle Dolphyn. So thus the duke went &amp; layd &s;iege to Bell perche / and made before it a great <ABBR>ba&s;tyd</ABBR> / for his m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n dayly to drawe in to vnder couert: and &s;o day|ly &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with the~ that were within. Al&s;o the duke had <ABBR>ther</ABBR> four great engins / the which ca&s;t night and day great &s;tones / &s;o that the too+pes of the towres &amp; hou&s;es were beaten downe and a great parte of the towres. Wherof the du|kes mother who was pri&s;oner within had gret feare. And &s;ent out me&s;&s;angers to the duke her &s;onne / de&s;yringe hym to cea&s;e his a&s;&s;antes / for thengins &s;ore feared and troubled her. But the duke of Burbone / who knewe well that her re|que&s;t and de&s;yre was done / by the meanes of his ennemyes. Aun&s;wered / that in no wy&s;e he wolde cea&s;e nor forbere what &s;oeuer fell. And whan they within &s;awe / howe they were &s;o &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed / and howe that the &s;trength of y^e fren|chemen daylye multiplyed. For to theym was newly come &s;ir Loyes of <ABBR>Sanrer</ABBR> / mar&s;hall of Fraunce / with great plenty of men of warre. Than they determyned to gyue knowledge of their poore e&s;tate to &s;ir Johan Deureux / &s;ene|&s;hall of Lymo&s;yn / who lay at Soubterayne a
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two lytell tourneys fro the~ / and to certifye him howe the lordes of Poictou and of Ga&s;coyne / whan they departed fro them at the iourney of Quercy promy&s;ed them on their faythes / that if they toke any fortre&s;&s;e in France / and after to be be&s;ieged: howe they &s;hulde be comforted. Thus inco~tynent they wrote letters / and &s;ecret+ly by night they &s;ent a varlet out of y^e fortere&s;&s;e to &s;ir John~ Deureur / and whan the me&s;&s;a~ger came to him / he remembred well the mater / by &s;uche tokens as he &s;hewed hym. And whan he had reed the letters / he &s;ayd: he wolde gladly ayde and helpe them / and the rather to &s;ped<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">: &s;ayd he wolde go him &s;elfe to Angole&s;me to the prince and to the lordes that be <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> tru&s;tyng &s;o to endu&s;e the~ that they of Bell perche &s;hulde be conforted / and delyuered out of parell. And &s;o he departed fro his fortre&s;&s;e / and rode &s;o lon|ge that he came to Angole&s;me / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he founde the prince / the erle of Cambridge / therle of Pe~|broke / &s;ir John~ Montagu / &s;ir Robert Canoll &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Thomas Phelton / &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / the Captal of Beufz and dyuers other. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> to them he &s;agely &s;hewed / howe the companyons were be&s;ieged in the ca|&s;tell of Bell perche / by the duke of Burbon / the erle of &s;aynt Poule / and other frenchmen. To the whiche wordes y^e lordes gaue good heryng and &s;ayd: howe gladly they wolde co~fort them / acordyng as they had promy&s;ed. Of this enter price were chefe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke. And incontynent the prince &s;ent out his co~maundement / that all his &s;ubget+tes after the &s;ight of his letts / &s;hulde in all ha&s;t drawe to the towne of Lymoges. So than thy+derwarde auaun&s;ed / knightes and &s;quyers / co~+panyons / and other men of armes / and &s;o cam thyder as they were commaunded. And whan they were a&s;&s;embled / they were mo than. xv C. &s;peares / &amp; thre thou&s;ande of other men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> And &s;o quickely they pa&s;&s;ed for the that they ca~e to Bell perche / and lay on the other&s;yde of the towne agayn&s;t the frenchmen / who lay &amp; kepte &s;tyll their ba&s;tyde / the whiche was as &s;tronge / and a&s;well fortified and a&s;well enuyroned as a towne. So that thengli&s;&s;he foragers wy&s;t nat whyder to re&s;orte for any forage / howbeit they had &s;ome vitayls brought fro Poyctou / whan they might conuey it. Than &s;ir Loys of San|xere mar&s;hall of France / &s;ignifyed the &s;tate of thengly&s;&s;hmen to Parys to y^e kyng / and to the knightes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and made writynges and &s;eadules to be &s;et vp on the pales / and in o|ther places &s;ayeng thus. Among you knightes and &s;quyers / de&s;yring to fynde dedes of armes we certifye you for trouthe / that the erle of Ca~|bridge and therle of Penbroke &amp; their co~pany / <ABBR>ar</ABBR> come before Bell perche / to thentent to rey&s;e the &s;iege <ABBR>ther</ABBR> layd by our men / who <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;o lon+ge hath endured payne. and we haue &s;o co~&s;trey+ned them within the fortere&s;&s;e / that of pure ne|ce&s;&s;yte they mu&s;t other yelde it vp / or els fyght with vs byforce of armes. Therfore come thy|der ha&s;tely / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hall ye fynde noble dedes of armes. And certaynly the~gly&s;&s;hmen lye but in &s;mall order / and <ABBR>ar</ABBR> in &s;uche a place that they might &s;oone haue great domage. Thus by ex|ortacion of the mar&s;hall / dyuers good knygh|tes of the realme of Fraunce / auaun&s;ed them to that part. Howe beit I knewe well that the go+uernour of Bloyes / Allart of Tou&s;tayne with a .l. &s;peares came thyder / &amp; &s;o dyd therle of Por+cyen / and &s;ir Hugh of Porcien his brother.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Ca~bridge and the erle of Penbroke / ledde a way fro the gary&s;on of Bell Perche / the duke of Burbons mother / and all tho&s;e that were within. Cap. CC .lxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>WHan the erle of Ca~bridge and the erle of Penbroke had ben thus before y^e fre~+chmen the &s;pace of .xv. dayes / and &s;aw howe they wolde nat y&s;&s;ue out of their ba&s;tyde to fight with the~. Than they toke cou~&s;ayle and aduy&s;e to &s;ende to them an heraulde / to knowe what they wolde do: and &s;o they &s;ent Chandos the heraude with the me&s;&s;age that he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> &s;ay to them / and &s;o he went to them and &s;aid. Sirs my lordes and may&s;ters hath &s;ent me to you / &amp; they wolde ye knowe by me / y^t they are all gret+ly marueyled: &s;ythe that ye haue perfyte know lede how they haue ben here the &s;pace of fyftene dayes before you / &amp; yet ye wolde nat y&s;&s;ue out of your &s;trayte to fight with the~. Therfore they &s;end you worde by me / that if ye wyll co~e out to|warde the~ / they wyll &s;uffre you to take a plot of grou~de to fight on with them. And than let the~ haue the vyctorie that god wyll &s;ende it vnto. Than the duke of Burbon &s;ayd: Cha~dos you &s;hall &s;ay to your mai&s;ters / y^t we wyll nat fight with the~ at their wylles / nor apoyntment. And I knowe well that they be yonder / but I wyll nat departe hens / nor breke vp my &s;iege. tyll I haue wonne the ca&s;tell of Bell Perche. Sir &abquod; the heraude / I &s;hall &s;hewe them your plea&s;ure. Than departed the heraud / &amp; retourned to his
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mai&s;ters / and &s;hewed them the an&s;were / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whi+che was nothyng plea&s;ant to them. Than they went to coun&s;ayle / and after they &s;ayd agayne to Chandos / go agayne to yonder lordes and &s;hewe them this wy&s;e / and &s;o declared to hym his me&s;&s;age. And than he went for the / &amp; whan he came to them / he &s;ayd. Lordes: my mai&s;ters and lordes &s;endeth you worde by me / that &s;ithe ye wyll nat fight. Surely they purpo&s;e the .iii. day hens / at the houre of .ix. or at noone to &s;ette a hor&s;ebacke the lady of Burbone / and to con|uey her awaye in the &s;yght of you / my lorde of Burbone her &s;onne. And &s;ir / than they bydde you re&s;cue her and if ye can. Well &abquod; the duke / to &s;e my lady my mother ledde away / &s;halbe to me right di&s;plea&s;ant. how beit we tru&s;t to haue her agayne whan we may. And &s;ir heraud &s;yth ye haue &s;ayde this mocheto vs / &s;ay agayne to your mai&s;ters / that if they wyll put into y^e felde afyftie of their company / we &s;hall put to them as many: and than take the vyctorie who may get it. Sir &abquod; the heraude / I &s;hall &s;hewe them all that ye haue &s;ayd. And therwith Cha~dos de+parted &amp; came agayne to therle of Cambridge and to the other lordes / &s;hewyng them the duke of Burbons an&s;were / and al&s;o his demaunde. Howe beit they thought nat &s;oo to do / but or|dayned to departe thens and to lede with them the lady of Burbon / and all they within the for tere&s;&s;e / who had ben &s;ore traueyled with the en|gens of the hoo&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Burbone gaue leaue to all his men / whan he knewe that the good lady his mother was ledde away. Cap. CC .lxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the day ca~e / that they had &s;et / in the mornyng they &s;owned all their tru~pet|tes. Than they armed them and all their company / and drewe in to the felde in good aray of batayle / a fote and a hor&s;ebacke redy to fight / their baners and &s;ta~|dardes before the~. And at the houre of .ix. their myn&s;trels blewe vp on highe. Than they voy|ded out of the ca&s;tell of Bell preche all maner of men and the lady of Burbone they mou~ted on a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">rey well dre&s;&s;ed for her / and her ladyes &amp; damo&s;elss with her. Than the engly&s;&s;hmen de|parted aboute noone / and on the lady awayted &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~breticourt / and &s;ir John~ Deu|reux. And &s;o drewe them in to the principalyte and the lady was pri&s;oner a certayne &s;pace af|ter: among the companyons in the Roche Ua~|cloyre in Limo&s;yn / but with her takyng the pri~+ce was neuer well content / for whan &s;oeuer the ca&s;e was &s;poken of / he &s;ayd y^t if any other men had taken her be&s;yde the co~panyons / he wolde incontynent haue cau&s;ed her to haue ben dely|uered without delay. And whan the company|ons that had her / were &s;poken vnto for her dely+uerance / they &s;ayd that what &s;oeuer bargayne they made / they wold haue for her their knight agayne &s;ir Symon Burle / who was <ABBR>pri&s;oner</ABBR> among the frenchmen.</P>
<P>IT is nat to be douted / but that the duke of Burbone was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed that the engly&s;&s;hmen ledde away his mother / but anon after &s;he was departed / he &s;ent to take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;i|on in the ca&s;tell of Bell perche as his owne / the whiche the engly&s;&s;hmen had lefte as than clene voyde. The duke repayred and newe fortefied the ca&s;tell / and made it &s;tro~ger than it was be|fore. Thus brake vp this great iourney and e|uery man went to his owne / the fre~chmen that had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with the duke of Burbone / went agayne to their owne gary&s;ons. And the duke retourned with his knightes and &s;quyers into France to the kyng / who made him great chere and was gladde of his comyng. And therle of Pe~broke and his company went to the towne of Mortaygne in Poictou / and the men of ar|mes and companyons retourned into Poytou and Xaynton / and &s;erched all about the cou~tre to get their lyueng&abis; / and dyd many villayne de+des / they coulde nat ab&s;teyne them &s;elfe fro do|yng of yuell. And anone after departed fro the prince &s;ir Robert Canoll / and went in to Bre|tayne to his ca&s;tell of Doruall / and he had nat ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;t a moneth / but that the king of En+glande &s;ent to hym / that incontynent without delay all excu&s;acions layd a &abper;te / he &s;huld pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee and came in to Englande to &s;peke with him / whiche co~mau~dement he wolde nat breke but aparelled him &s;elfe and toke the &s;ee / and ar|ryued in Cornwall at &s;aynt Myghels mount. And than rode &s;o longe that he came to wynd|&s;ore / where he founde the kyng / who had great ioye of his comyng / and &s;o had all the other ba+rons of the realme / by cau&s;e they thought they &s;hulde haue nede of hym / &amp; that he was a good capitayne and leader of men.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Aniou came fro Tholous to Parys / and howe kyng Charles &s;ent him to the duke of Ber+ry his brother into Acqtayne agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. CC .lxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on the duke of Aniou de&abper;ted fro Tholous / and rode in great array through the realm of France / and ca~e to the cyte of Pa|rys and there he founde the kyng his brother / the duke of Berry and the duke of Burgoyne his other bretherne / who receyued him ioyoully. And &s;o bytwene the&s;e foure bre|therne whyle they laye at Parys / they had dy|uers coun&s;ayls togyder / on the &s;tate and bu&s;y|ne&s;&s;e of the realme of France / to &s;e what warre they &s;hulde make / and howe to maynteyne the &s;ame the &s;omer folowynge. Than it was fully purpo&s;ed and ordayned / that they &s;hulde make two great armyes and iorneys into Acqtayne / wherof the duke of Aniou and his co~pany &s;hul|de gouerne the one / &amp; entre in to Guyen / by Ry+all &amp; Bergerath. And the duke of Berry &s;hulde gouerne the other army / and entre in by Lymo+ges and Quercy / and &s;o bothe armyes to mete before the towne of Angole&s;me: and to be&s;iege the prince within it. Al&s;o it was concluded by great delyberacion of cou~sell / to &s;end for &abser; Ber+tram of Cle&s;quy that valy a~t knight / who &s;o oft and valy antly hath fought / for the &s;auegard of the crowne of Fra~ce / &amp; to de&s;yre him to take on him to be co~&s;table of France. And whan y^e king &amp; his bretherne had fully determyned their cou~+&s;ell / &amp; had &s;ported the~ a &s;pace / tyll the begynnig of the moneth of May. Than the duke of An|iou toke leue of the~ all / thinking fir&s;t to returne into his owne countre / bycau&s;e he had the lon|ge&s;t iorney / he de&abper;ted fir&s;t. He was co~ueyed by the barons &amp; knight&abis; of Fra~ce / bycau&s;e he was welbeloued. So long the duke rode y^t he came to Mou~tpellyer / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed more than a mo+neth / &amp; than he went to Tholous / and there a&s;|&s;embled togyder men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> all about / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he might get the~. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many y^t kept the feldes / &amp; kept fronter agayn&s;t the~gly&s;hmen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n Rouergne &amp; Quercy / for the lytell Mechyn and Nandon of Pauns / Perot of Sauoy / the bourge Camus / Antony lenegre / Lamyt / Ja|mes of Bray. All the&s;e with a great no~bre were all this &s;ea&s;on in Caours / and had done moche hurt in the cou~tre. The duke of Berry al&s;o ca~e to Burges in berry &amp; made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a great a&s;&s;em+ble of knightes &amp; &s;quyers of France &amp; of Bur|goyne. Al&s;o the duke of Burbon went in to his cou~tre / &amp; a&s;&s;embled a great no~bre of knightes &amp; &s;quiers of the countie of <ABBR>Forest</ABBR> &amp; burbonoi&s;e. al&s;o &s;ir Peter of Alen&s;on his brother / prouyded him &s;elfe gretly for that <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on &s;ir Guy of Bloys was newly retourned out of Spruce / wher as he had be~ made knight and rey&s;ed his baner at a &s;crimy&s;he made aga|yn&s;t the enemies of god. So that a&s;&s;one as the gentyll knight was returned into Heynault / &amp; herde tidynges of this great iourney y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was to+warde / by his co&s;yns into the duchy of Acqui|tayne. He purueyed him &s;elfe greatly to go to y^t viage / &amp; &s;o dented out of Heynalt and wente to Parys / &amp; pre&s;ented hym &s;elfe to the kyng / who was glad to &s;e him / &amp; apoynted him to go with the duke of Berry / with a certayne no~bre of me~ of armes / knightes &amp; &s;quiers. And &s;o &abser; Guy of Bloys de&abper;ted fro Paris / &amp; rode to ward Orly+ance / to go into Berry. In lyke maner as y^e fre~+che kyng ordayned his armies / the king of En+gland al&s;o &s;et forth two great armyes. The du+ke of La~ca&s;tre was ordeyned with .iiii. C. men of armes &amp; as many archers / to go into the du|chy of Acqtayne / to co~fort &amp; ayde his bretherne for it was thought &s;urely / y^t in tho&s;e &abper;ties gret+te&s;t <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;hulde be made by the fre~che king. Al+so the kyng of England by thaduy&s;e of his cou~+&s;ell / made another army to go into Picardy / of the which &abser; Robr~t Canoll&s;huld be chefe gouer+nour: for it was thought he was a knight mete+ly to be y^e leder of men of armes / for he had long tyme v&s;ed the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &amp; &s;ene great experie~ce ther in. Therfore he was de&s;yred thus to do / by the kynge of Englande: who ioyou&s;ly condi&s;cen|ded therto. And &s;o toke on him that voyage / to go to Calays / and &s;o into France to fight with the frenchmen / if he might mete with the~ in the felde: of the whiche he thought to be &s;ure. And &s;o he prouided for his iourney / and all &s;uche as went with him. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on was delyue+red out of pri&s;on / the duke of Burbons mother in exchaunge for &s;ir Symon Burle: and &abser; Eu+&s;tace Dambreticourt dyde helpe moche in that treaty: wher of the duke of Burbone &amp; the fren|che quene thanked him greatly. All this &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had ben great treatyes: bytwene the fren|che kynge / and the kynge of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> / who lay at Chierbourge. And &s;o moche dyde they / that were treaters of the peace bytwene them / that they &s;hewed the frenche kyng / that it was than no tyme for hym to kepe warre with the kynge of Nauarre / for they &s;ayd he had ynough to do
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to kepe warre agayn&s;te the engli&s;&s;hemen / &s;ay|enge howe he were better to let &s;ome what go of his owne / rather than any greatter euyls <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> ry&s;e. For if the kynge of Nauarre &s;hulde &s;uffre the engly&s;&s;hemen to arryue and pa&s;&s;e through his fortre&s;&s;es of Cloux &amp; of Con&s;tantyne / they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> therby greatly greue the countre of Nor|mandy: whiche thynges they &s;ayd ought great+ly to be redoubted and con&s;ydered. So moche they enduced the kynge / that he agreed to the peace / and went to the towne of Roan / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the peace was confyrmed / And to the kynge of <ABBR>Nauarr ther</ABBR> went the archeby&s;&s;hop of Roan / the erle of Alen&s;on / the erle of Salebruche / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Wylliam of Dorma~s / and &abser; Robert of Lorrys / they fou~d the kyng of Nauar at Uernon / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was made great fea&s;t&abis; / and tha~ they brought y^e kyng of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> to Roan to the frenche kyng / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> agayne was confyrmed all the aliau~|ces &amp; confederacions / &s;worne &amp; put in writyng and vnder &s;eale / &amp; as I vnder&s;tode the kyng of <ABBR>Nauar</ABBR> in makyng of this peace &s;huld renou~ce all &abpro;my&s;&s;es of loue that had ben / bytwene hym and the kyng of England / and that after his re+turne agayne into <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> / he &s;hulde defye the kyng of Engla~d. and for the more &s;urete of loue to be holden and kept bitwene hym &amp; the fre~che kyng / the kyng of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> went with<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> y^t fre~che kyng fro Roan to Paris / &amp; there were agayne new fea&s;t&abis; and &s;ole~pnities. And whan they had inough &s;ported them / tha~ leaue was taken / and the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> departed amyably fro the fre~che kyng: and left behynde him his two &s;on|nes with the kyng their vncle. And than he we~t to Mou~tpellyer / &amp; &s;o in to the countie of <ABBR>Foi</ABBR> / &amp; after into his owne countre of <ABBR>Nauer.</ABBR> Nowe let vs retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Acqtayne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy de|&abper;ted out of Spayne &amp; went to Tho|lous / where as the duke of Aniou re|ceyued him ioyou&s;ly. Ca. CC .lxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_VE &s;hall knowe as it hath ben &s;ayd before / how the duke of Aniou had ben in France / and was agreed / y^t a&s;&s;one as he was returned in to la~+guedoc / he &s;hulde entre byforce in to Guyen / for he coude in no wy&s;e loue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince nor thengly&s;&s;men / nor neuer dyde. And before his departyng / the frenche kyng &s;ent letters w^t great me&s;&s;angers in to Ca&s;tell to kyng Henry. De&s;yring hym to &s;ende in to Fraunce &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy: al&s;o the kyng and the duke of Aniou wrote to &s;ir Bertra~ / that he &s;hulde <ABBR>fynd</ABBR> the meanes to come &s;hortely into Fraunce. So the&s;e me&s;&s;angers dyd their me&s;&s;age / and y^e kyn+ge of Spayne / thought nat to kepe him ayen&s;t the frenche kynges de&s;yre / and &s;o wolde make non excu&s;e. And &s;o &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy made him redy as &s;hortely as he coude / and toke leue of kyng Henry / and dyd &s;omoche that he came to <ABBR>Tholou</ABBR> / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the duke of Aniou was / and had <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a&s;&s;embled a great nombre of <ABBR>knight</ABBR> / &s;quyers / and men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and taryed for no|thynge: but the comynge of &s;ir Bertram. So that by his comyng the duke and all his / were greatly reioy&s;ed / and than they ordayned to de parte fro Tholous / and to entre into the prices lande. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on was come to Ha~pton in England the duke of La~ca&s;tre / with .iiii. C. men of armes / and as many archers / their &s;hip+pes &amp; ve&s;&s;els redy withall their purueyance: &amp; were in mynde to &s;ayle to Bourdeaux / &s;o they myght haue wynde. And with the duke / there was the lorde Ro&s;e / &s;ir Michell de la poule &s;ir Robert Rouxe / &s;ir Johan of &s;aynt Lowe / and &s;ir Wyllyam Beauchampe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Mon&s;ac &amp; of Mou~t|pellyer yelded the~ to the duke of An|iou. And of the duke of Berry / who lay at &s;iege before the cytie of Lymo|ges. Cap. CC .lxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THan the duke of Aniou de&abper;ted fro the cyte of <ABBR>Tholou</ABBR> / in great aray &amp; in good order: and with hi there was therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret / therle of Piergourt / the erle of Comynges / the vycont of Carmayne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Lyle / the vycont of Brune Kyell / the vy|cont of Narbon / the vycont of <ABBR>Talar</ABBR> / the lorde de la barde / the lorde of Pyncornet / &s;ir Bertra~ Tande / the &s;ene&s;halles of Tholous / Carca&s;|&s;one / &amp; of <ABBR>Beauchair</ABBR> and dyuers other. They were a .ii. M. &s;peares knightes and &s;quyers / &amp; vi. M. a fote with lau~ces and paue&s;&s;es. And &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was chefe capitayne of all that company / and &s;o tooke the way to Dage|noi&s;e. And by the way they founde in the feldes mo than a. M. of the co~panyons / who all that &s;ea&s;on had ben in Quercy / and as than were ry+dinge to warde Agen. The fir&s;t fortere&s;&s;e that they came to was Mon&s;acke / and the countre was in &s;uche feare / by rea&s;on of the commynge
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of the duke of Iniou with &s;uche a great no~bre / that dyuers townes and fortere&s;&s;es trymbled for feare / and were nat in wyll to holde warre a+gayn&s;t him. And &s;o a&s;&s;oone as they were come before Moy&s;ac / they yelded them and became frenche: and than they wente to Thounyns on the ryuer of Garon. And &s;o the frenchmen rode at their ea&s;e folowynge the ryuer / and &s;o came to the porte &s;aynt Mary / the which inco~tynent tourned frenche. And in euery place the french+men put in people and made gari&s;ons / &amp; bothe the towne and ca&s;tell of Thounyns yelded the~ vp and became french and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;et a newe capitayne / and .xx. &s;peares with hym. Than af+ter they toke they way to Mou~tpellyer / and to Iguyllon / brennyng and di&s;troyeng the coun|tre. And whan they were come to the good tow+ne of Mountpellyer / they within were &s;ore a|frayed of the duke of Aniou / and &s;o yelded the~ &s;elfe vp to the frenche kyng. Than they went to the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Aguyllon / and there they were four dayes / for within was &s;ir Gaultyer of Manny and his co~pany: and &s;o yelded hym &s;elfe and the ca&s;tell to the duke of Aniou / wher|of they of Bergerath had great marueyle / that they yelded the~ &s;elfe &s;o &s;oone. Capitayne with|in Bergerath was the captall of Beufz / and &s;ir Thomas Phelton / with a hundred &s;peares en|gly&s;&s;he and ga&s;coyns. And in lyke maner as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Aniowe and his company were entred in to the princes lande / in the countre of Agen and Tholou&s;en. Lyke wi&s;e the duke of Berry / the &s;ame tyme and his company rode in Lymo+&s;yn / with a .xii. hundred &s;peares a hor&s;ebacke / and a thre thou&s;ande a fote: conquerynge tow|nes and ca&s;tels / brennyng and exilyng the cou~+trey. And with hym was the duke of Burbon / the erle of Alen&s;on / sir Guy of Bloyes / &s;ir Ro|bert of Alen&s;on erle of Perche / &s;ir John~ Dar|mynake &s;ir Hugh Dolphyn &s;ir John~ of Uyl|lemore, the lorde of Beauieu the lorde of Uyl|lers / the lorde of Senar / &s;ir Geffray Mo~tagu / &s;ir Loyes of Malleuall / &s;ir Rayman of Mar|nell / &s;ir John~ of Boloyne / &s;ir Godfray his vn|cle / the vycont Duzes / the lorde of Sully / the lorde of Talenton / the lorde of Co~fant / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Dappecher / the lorde Dacon &s;ir John~ Dame|nue / ymbault of Pe&s;chyn &amp; dyuers other good barons / knightes and &s;quyers. The&s;e men of armes entred in to Lymo&s;yn / &amp; dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">uries / and &s;o came and layed &s;iege to Lymo+ges. Within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a fewe engly&s;h+men&abis; the whiche &s;ir Hugh Caurell had left ther+in gari&s;on / for he was &s;ene&s;halll in the countre.</P>
<P>THe prince of Wales who was in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne of Angoleme / was well enformed of tho&s;e two great armyes / a&s;well of the duke of Aniou / as of the duke of Berry: and howe they were entred with great &s;trength into his coun|tre / in two &abper;ties. And al&s;o it was &s;hewed hym how by all likelyhod / they wolde drawe towar+de Angoleme / and to be&s;iege him and the prin|ce&s;&s;e within the towne. The prince who was a valyant man and ymaginatyfe / an&s;wered and &s;ayd: howe his enemyes &s;hulde nat fynde hym clo&s;ed / nother within towne nor yet ca&s;tell / but &s;aid howe he wolde mete the~ in the playne felde Than he cau&s;ed letters to be written / and &s;ente forthe to all his true frendes and &s;ubgettes: in Poictou in Xaynton / in Rochell / in Rouergue in Quercy / in Gore / in Bygore / &amp; in Agenoi&s;e. De&s;yring and commaundyng them to come to hym in all ha&s;t / with as moche power of men of warre as they coude make: &amp; to mete with hym at the towne of Cougnac / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he hadde &s;ta+bly&s;&s;hed his a&s;&s;emble. And &s;o anone after he de+parted fro the good lady price&s;&s;e his wyfe / and had with hym Richarde his yonge &s;onne. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on that the prince made thus his a&s;&s;emble / the frenchmen rode on forthe / wa+&s;tyng and di&s;troyeng the cou~tre before them / &amp; &s;o came to Lynde a good towne / &s;tandyng on the Ryuer of Dordone / a leage fro Bergerath. And capitayne therof was &s;ir Thomas of Ba+tefoyle a knight of Ga&s;coyne / who was within the towne / &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to defende it. And &s;o the du|ke of Aniowe / the erle of Armynake / the lorde Dalbret / the erle of Pyergourt / the vy count of Carmayn / and all the other barons and knygh+tes came thyder: and &s;o layed &s;iege to the forte re&s;&s;e. Sayeng howe they wolde neuer depart thens / tyll they had the fortere&s;&s;e at their com|maundement. The towne was good &amp; &s;trong and well furny&s;&s;hed with artillary / for the cap|tall of Beufz and &s;ir Thom~s Phelton had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> nat pa&s;t a .xv. dayes before / and had &s;o re|fre&s;&s;hed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gary&s;on / that they thought well that they within might kepe well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fortre&s;&s;e yf they ly&s;t. Con&s;ydering the ayde and helpe that they might haue &s;hortely fro Bergerath / if nede re|quyred. Howbe it the people of the towne were &s;ore enclyned to become frenche / and had great de&s;yre to harken on the promy&s;&s;es that the du|ke of Aniou made vnto the~. So that finally the capitayn &s;ir Thom~s of Batefoyle / was fayne to agre to them. And al&s;o by a certayne &s;omme of money that he &s;hulde haue: and great &abpro;fyte yerely of the duke of Aniowe / and ther vpon to
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become good frenche / and &s;o it was ordayned that in a mornynge he &s;hulde let the frenchmen entre into the towne. This treaty and couena~t was nat &s;o clo&s;e kepte / but that it was knowen in Bergerath / the nyght before that the towne &s;hulde be delyuered in the mornynge. And the &s;ame tyme in to the towne of Bergerath there was come / the erle of Ca~bridge with two hun|dred &s;peares / and he was pre&s;ent whan reporte was made of tho&s;e tidynges. The Captall of Beufz / and &s;ir Thomas Phelton hadde great marueyle therof / and &s;ayd: how he wolde be at the delyuere of the towne. And &s;o after myd|night they departed fro Bergerath / and rode towarde Lynde / and at the brekyng of the day they came thyder / and cau&s;ed the gate to be op&punc;|ned &amp; &s;o rode through the towne / tyll they came to the other gate / where as the fre~chmen &s;hulde entre. At whiche tyme they were a entrynge / &amp; &s;ir Thomas Batefole redy to make them way to entre. Than the Captall of Befz &s;tept forthe his &s;werde in his hande and lighted a fote nere to the gate / and &s;ayd. A / &s;ir Thomas Batefole fal&s;e traytour: thou &s;halt dye fir&s;t / thou &s;halte neuer do tray&s;on more / and therwith &s;troke at hym with his &s;werde in &s;uche wy&s;e / that he fell downe deed to the erthe. Whan the frenchmen parceyued the Captall and his <ABBR>baner</ABBR> / and &s;ir Thom~s Phelton / they knewe well they fayled of their entent / wherfore they reculed togyder and turned their backes and fledde away. So the towne abode &s;tyll engly&s;&s;he / &amp; was in gret parell to haue ben robbed and brent by the en|gly&s;&s;hmen / and all the men within &s;layne: by|cau&s;e they con&s;ented to the tray&s;on. Howe be it they excu&s;ed them &s;elfe &amp; &s;ayd: howe they dyde nothyng / nor con&s;ented to do nothynge but for very feare / and pri~cipally for feare of their capi+tayne. So this pa&s;&s;ed ouer / and the&s;e two lor|des abode &s;tyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a long &s;ea&s;on / tyll the duke of Aniou and his co~pany departed thens / and toke another way. &para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the &s;tate and ordynaunce of Englande / and of the army that &s;ir Robert Canoll made in the re+alme of Fraunce.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How trew&s;e was made bytwene Englande and Scotlande / and how &s;ir Robert Canoll brent &amp; exyled the countre of Picardy and of Uerman|doi&s;e. Cap. CC .lxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_BEfore that &s;ir Robert Canoll and his co~pany par|ted out of Englande / there was a great treaty bytwene Englande and Scotlande / whiche treaty was &s;o wy&s;e|ly handled by &s;adde and di|&s;crete coun&s;ayle of bothe parties / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> a peace was grau~ted bytwene bothe kynges / their cou~+treis and liege people / to endure .ix. yere. So that the &s;cott&abis; myght at their plea&s;ure arme the~ and &s;erue and take wages other of engly&s;&s;he or frenche at their <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> / without brekyng of a|ny peace / wherby &s;ir Robert Canoll had in his co~pany a hundred &s;peares of the realme of &s;cot lande. Whan &s;ir Robert Canoll was redy and his co~pany he went to Douer and &s;o pa&s;t forth to Calays / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> arryued and toke lande / &amp; was well receyued of the capitayne &s;ir Nicho|las Stamborne. And whan he had ben well re+fre&s;&s;hed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / the &s;pace of &s;eayn dayes / and ta|ken there coun&s;ayle / to what parte they &s;hulde drawe. And &s;o in a mornynge they de&abper;ted and toke the felde / and were to the no~bre of .xv. hun+dred &s;peares / &amp; foure thou&s;ande archers. And he had with hym out of Englande / &s;ir Thom~s of Grant&s;on / &s;ir Alayne of Boureque&s;elles / &s;ir Gylbert Gyfford, the lorde of Saluatier / &abser; Jo+han Bourchier / &s;ir Wylliam Me&s;ucyle / &abser; Gef|fray Or&s;ell and dyuers other knightes &amp; valy|ant men of armes. and &s;o the fir&s;t day they we~t nere to Fiennes. Sir Moreau of Fie~nes / who was con&s;table of France was the &s;ame tyme in his owne ca&s;tell of Fiennes / with a great nom|bre of knight&abis; and &s;quyers / well purueyed and aduy&s;ed to receyue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> engly&s;&s;hmen. And in the mornyng the engly&s;&s;hmen came thyder / thyn|kyng to a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;tell / but anone they &s;awe howe they coude take none aduauntage there. And &s;o pa&s;&s;ed forthe through the cou~tie of guy|ens / and entred into the countie of Fauco~brige and brent all before them / and &s;o came to the ci|te of Turwyn. But they dyde nat a&s;&s;ayle it / for it was &s;o well prouyded for / that they thought they &s;hulde but lo&s;e their payne. And &s;o thanne they toke their way throught the cou~tre of Ter+renoy&s;e / to entre into Artoi&s;e / &amp; dayly they rod a four leages &amp; pa&s;t nat / bycau&s;e of their cary|age &amp; men a fote / and toke their lodgynge euer about noone / and lay about great vyllag&abis;. And &s;o at la&s;t they came to the cytie of Arras / &amp; they lodged in the towne of Mount &s;aynt Eloy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to Arras. And &s;o they brente and wa&s;ted all the
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countre as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> as they dur&s;t &s;tretche abrode. The frenche kyng had the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on &s;et gret gary&s;ons in all cyties / townes / ca&s;tels / fortre&s;|&s;es / bridges / and pa&s;&s;ages: to defende them a|gayn&s;t all a&s;&s;autes. And whan &s;ir Robert Ca|noll and his company had refre&s;&s;hed them two dayes in the mount &s;aynt Eloy / than they de&abper;|ted and went and pa&s;&s;ed by the cytie of Arras. Sir wyllm~ Me&s;uell and &s;ir Geffray Dur&s;ell mar&s;hals of the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / thought to go and &s;e them of Arras more nerer / and toke with them a two hundred &s;peares / and a foure hun|dred archers and departed out of the great ba|tayle / and auau~sed the~ &s;elfe to the &s;ubbarbes of the towne and &s;o came to the barryers / the whi+che they fou~de well furni&s;&s;hed with cro&s; bowes and men of armes. And within the towne was &s;ir Charles of Poicters with the lady of Ar|toi&s;e / but he made no &s;emblant to y&s;&s;ue out nor to fight with thengly&s;&s;hmen. And whan the en+gli&s;&s;hmen had taryed before the barryers a cer+tayne &s;pace / and &s;awe that non y&s;&s;ued agayn&s;t them. Than they drue agayne to their batayle but at their departyng they thought to make a knowledge that they had ben there / for they &s;et the &s;ubbarbes a fyre / to thente~t to haue drawen out of the towne the men of <ABBR>war</ABBR> / but they were in no mynde &s;o to do. And &s;o the fyre dyd moch hurt &amp; domage / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they brent a great mo|na&s;tery of freers prechers / cloy&s;ter and all. and &s;o thengly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed for+the and toke y^e way to Bapalmes / brennyng and wa&s;tyng the cou~+tre. And &s;o at la&s;t they came into Uermandoi&s;e and ca~e to Roy and brent the towne / and than pa&s;&s;ed forthe and went to Hem in Uerma~dois wherinto all the people were withdrawen / and all their goodes: and &s;o they dyde in lyke wi&s;e at &s;aynt Quintyns and at Peron. &s;o that then|gli&s;&s;hmen founde nothyng abrode / &s;aue y^e gra~|ges full of corne: for it was after Augu&s;t. So they rode forth fayre &amp; ea&s;ely a two or thre leag&abis; a day. And whan they came <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as any plen|tie of vitayle was than they taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a two or thre dayes / to refre&s;&s;he the~ and their hor&s;es. And &s;o on a day they came before a towne / the whiche was chefe of all that countre ther about and the mar&s;hals &s;pake with the capitayne by a&s;&s;urance / &amp; &s;ayd to him. Howe &s;ay you? what wyll ye gyue and we &s;hall re&s;pyte this countre / and &s;aue it fro brennyng and robbyng. &s;o they fell at a co~po&s;icyon that they of the playne cou~|tre &s;hulde gyue and pay to the~ a certayne &s;o~me of florens: and &s;o the countre was &s;aued. This &s;ir Robert Canoll gate in the &s;ame voyage / by the &s;ayde meanes at dyuers tymes / aboue the &s;omme of a hundred thou&s;ande frankes / wher|of afterwarde he was &s;hente / for he was accu|&s;ed to the kyng of Englande / y^t he had nat well done his deuoyre in y^t iourney / as ye &s;hall here after in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>THe lande of the lorde of Couey abode in peace / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nother man nor wo+man that had any hurt / the value of a penny / yf they &s;ayd they belonged to the lorde of Couey. And &s;o at la&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen came before the cyte of Noyon / the whiche was well furny&s;hed with men of warre. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the engly&s;&s;hmen ta|ryed and aproched as nere as they might / and aduy&s;ed to &s;e if any maner of a&s;&s;aut might pre|uayle them or nat / and there they &s;awe that the towne was well aparelled for defence. And &s;ir Robert Canoll was loged in the abbey of Dol+kans / and his people about him. And on a day he came before the cyte raynged in maner of ba+tayle / to &s;e yf they of the gary&s;on and comontie of the towne <ABBR>wold</ABBR> y&s;&s;ue out to fight or nat / but they had no wyll &s;o to do. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a &s;cotty&s;h knyght dyde there a goodly feate of armes / for he departed fro his company his &s;peare in his hande / mounted on a good hor&s;e his page be|hynde him / and &s;oo came before the barryers. This knyght was called &s;ir Johan A&s;&s;ucton / a hardy man and a couragious. whan he was before the barryers of Noyon / he lighted a fote and &s;ayd to his page / holde kepe my hor&s;e and departe nat hens / and &s;o went to the barryers. And within y^e barryers <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were good knigh|tes / as &s;ir Johan of Roy / &s;ir Launcelat of Lou+rys / and a .x. or .xii. other / who had great mar|ueyle what this &s;ayde knight wolde do. Than he &s;ayd to them. Sirs / I am come hyder to &s;e you: I &s;e well ye wyll nat y&s;&s;ue out of your bar+ryers / therfore I wyll entre and I can / &amp; wyll proue my knyghthode agayn&s;t yours / wyn me and ye can. And therwith he layed on rounde a+bout hym / and they at hym. And thus he alone fought agayn&s;t them more than an hour / &amp; dyd hurt two or thre of the~: &s;o that they of the towne on the walles and garettes / &s;tode &s;tyll and be|helde them / and had great plea&s;ure to regarde his valya~tne&s;&s;e and dyde him no hurt / the whi+che they might haue done / if they hadde ly&s;t to haue &s;hotte or ca&s;t &s;tones at hym. And al&s;o the frenche knightes charged them to let hym and them alone togyder. So long they fought that
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at la&s;t his page came nere to the barryers / and &s;pake in his langage / and &s;ayd. Sir co~e away / it is tyme for you to depart / for your company is departyng hens. The knight he <ABBR>cd</ABBR> him well and than gaue a two or thre &s;trokes about him and &s;o armed as he was / he lept out of the bar|ryers / and lepte vpon his hor&s;e without any hurt behynde his page: and &s;ayd to the french|men. Adue &s;irs I thanke you / &amp; &s;orode forthe to his owne company. The whiche dede was moche pray&s;ed of many folkes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Noyon toke the en|gli&s;&s;hmen that had &s;et fyre in the by&s;+&s;hops bridge / and howe the frenche kyng &s;ent for &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy. Cap. CC .lxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_SIr Robert Canoll or he dep|ted fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege of Noyon / his people brent the towne of by&s;+&s;hoppes bridge / on the ryuer of Dy&s;e / wheri <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were ma+ny fayre hou&s;es. The knigh|tes and &s;quyers that were w^t in the towne of Noyon / had great dy&s;plea&s;ure of the fyre. And &s;o they vuder&s;tove that &s;ir Ro|bert and his co~pany were departed: and a .lx. &s;peres of the~ went out of Noyon and ca~e to the fyre / and founde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;tyllparte of the~ that had &s;et the fyre in the towne / and dyuers other that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to pylle and robbe / and &s;o the moo&s;t parte of them were &s;layne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the french+men wonne mo than .xl. good hor&s;es / &amp; re&s;cued dyuers pri&s;oners / and &s;aued fro brennyng ma|ny fayre hou&s;es. And &s;o they returned agayne to Noyon / with mo than .xv. pri&s;oners / and &s;o &s;trake of all their heedes. &para; And the engly&s;&s;h|men rode forthe in good order to come to Lar|roy&s;e / &amp; to pa&s;&s;e at their ea&s;e the ryuer of Dy&s;e and the ryuer of Ewe / and they dyde no hurte in the countie of Soy&s;&s;ons / bycau&s;e it partey|ned to the lorde of Coucy. And trewe it was: they were coo&s;ted euer with certayne lordes of France: as the vycont of Meaulx / the lorde of Chauny / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Raoll of Coucy / the lorde wyl+lyam of Mehung / &s;onne to the erle of Tanker|nell and by their folkes. Wherby the engly&s;&s;h|men dur&s;t nat breke their order / but euer kepte them &s;elfe clo&s;e togyder. And al&s;o the fre~chmen wolde nat medyll with the~ / but euery night lod+ged within &s;tronge holdes and good townes: and the engly&s;&s;hmen abrode in the playne cou~|tre / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they founde plentie of vitayls and newe wynes / wherof they made great larges. And &s;o thus they rode through the countre / bre~+nyng and wa&s;tynge all before them / and at la&s;t pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Marne / and &s;o entred in to Champayne / and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Aube / &amp; tourned to the marches of Prouynce / and pa&s;|&s;ed dyuers tymes the ryuer of Saync / &amp; drewe towarde the cyte of Parys. For it had ben&s;he|wed the~ howe the fre~che kyng had made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a great a&s;&s;emble of men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> of whome the erle of &s;aynt Poule / and the lorde of Cly&s;&s;one <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be chefe gouernours / wherfore they tho|ught to drawe thider / wylling to fight with the~ for by &s;emyng the~ngli&s;&s;hmen de&s;yred nothyng els but batayle. And therfore the frenche kyn|ge wrotte to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / who as than was in Acquytayne with the duke of An|iou. Commaundyng and de&s;yring him on the &s;ight of his letters / that he &s;hulde drawe incon+tynent in to France / &s;hewyng him how he wol+de &s;et him a warke in other places. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on pope Urbane the fyft / came in to the cyte of Amou: he had ben before a foure yere togy|der at Rome / and there about. He came thyder in tru&s;t to make a peace bitwene the two kyng&abis; for the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was renewed agayne / the whiche was &s;ore di&s;ple&s;ant to the pope. Of who&s;e co|myng to Aniou / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cardynals in tho&s;e marches were greatly reioy&s;ed / for they thought to fare the better by him.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs &s;peke of the prince of Wales howe he parceyuered in his warres. ye haue herde here before recorded / howe the price of Wales had made his a&s;&s;emble at Congnac / to thentent to ryde agayn&s;t the duke of Aniou / who brent and wa&s;ted his cou~tre. and &s;o at his co~mau~dement thyder auau~&s;ed barons / knigh|tes and &s;quyers of Poictou of Xaynton / and of other landes that helde of the prince. The erle of Penbroke departed fro his gary&s;on and ca~e to the prince. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the duke of La~|ca&s;tre arryued at Burdeux / wherof the prince was right ioyou&s;e. And &s;o he taryed nat longe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> but de&abper;ted / for he vnder&s;tode that the pri|ce <ABBR>wold</ABBR> encou~tre his enemyes. And &s;o a dayes iourney fro Congnac / he encountred the erle of Penbroke / who was in lyke wi&s;e goyng to the prince. And &s;o they made great chere eche to o|ther whan they met / and &s;o rode to gyder to Co~+gnac. <ABBR>Wher</ABBR> they fou~de the prince / the prince&s;&s;e
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and the erle of Ca~bridge / who were right glad of their comyng. And dayly there came men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to th&ecirc; out of Poictou / Xaynton Rochell / Bygore Goute / Ga&s;coyne / and the marche&s;&s;e nert adioynyng vnder the obey&s;ance of the pri+ce. And on the frenche partie the duke of Aniou the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the er+les / vycontes / knightes / and &s;quyers / who had conquered: cyties / ca&s;tels / townes / and fortre&s;+&s;es in their comynge / mo than .xl. And were a|proched within fyue leages to Burdeux &amp; had wa&s;ted all the countrey. And about Bergerath and Lynde they vnder&s;tode well howe the pri|ce had made his a&s;&s;emble at Congnac. And al+&s;o howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre was arryued w^t a great no~bre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;peares and ar|chers. Than they drue to coun&s;ayle / to take ad+uy&s;e howe they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> perceyuer in their <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And &s;o newly to them was &s;ent &s;er Bertram of Cle&s;quy by the frenche kyng / who came fro the duke of Berry / kepyng &s;iege before the cytie of Lymoges / and had in &s;uche wy&s;e con&s;trayned them within / that they were at a poynt to yelde them / on certayne meanes and co~dicyons. And &s;o to this coun&s;ayle of the duke of Aniou and of the lordes about hym / &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was called as it was rea&s;on. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many rea&s;o~s alleged and layd / but finally all thing&abis; co~&s;ydred / they coun&s;ayled the duke of Aniou to breke vp his iourney for that tyme / and to &s;end all his people in to gary&s;ons / and to <ABBR>warr</ABBR> ga|ryable: &s;ayeng howe they had done &s;ufficye~tly for that tyme. Al&s;o it was nedefull to the lordes or Ga&s;cone / as the erle of Armynake / therle of Piergourt / the lorde Dalbret &amp; dyuers other / to drawe into their owne cou~treis to kepe &amp; de|fende them / and to make fronter <ABBR>warr</ABBR> for they knewe nat what was the prices entent: &s;ayeng that he had a&s;&s;embled toguyder &s;o great an ar|my. So by a comon acorde they departed eche fro other / and the duke of Aniou went to the cy+tie of Caours / and &s;predde abrode his people in the cou~tre / &amp; put in to gary&s;ons. The erle of Armynake / and the lorde Dalbre / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other retourned in to their countreis / and prouyded to furni&s;&s;he their townes and ca&s;tels / thynking &s;urely to haue warre / and made their people to be on a redyne&s;&s;e to kepe and defende their cou~+treis if nede were. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / who departed fro the duke of Aniou / and dyde &s;omoche that he came with his co~pany to the cyte of Lymoges / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the duke of Berrey / and the duke of Burbone / and other lordes of Fraunce were at &s;iege.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe they of Limoges yelded the~ to the duke of Berrey / and howe the &s;ame duke brake vp his army. Cap. C C .lxxx.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan &s;yr Bertram was come agayne to the &s;ege / the frenchmen were greatly re|ioy&s;ed of his comyng Than anone they pur&s;ued the trea+ty / that was begon bytwene the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lymoges and them of the cytie / and the duke of Aniowe. And &s;o finally the by&s;&s;hoppe and they of the cy|tie tourned them and became frenche. And the duke of Berrey &amp; the duke of Burbone / entred in to the cytie: and &s;ir Guy of Bloys and other lordes of France with great ioye / &amp; toke faythe and homage of them of the cytie / and &s;o refre&s;|&s;hed and re&s;ted them there a thre dayes. And &s;o determyned <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in coun&s;ayle to breke vp their army for that tyme / as the duke of Aniou had done / and to retourne in to their owne cou~treis to kepe and defende their townes and fortere&s;|&s;es / bicau&s;e of &s;ir Robr~t Canoll / who was &s;tyll abrode in the felde in Fraunce. Al&s;o they &s;ayd: howe they had right well &s;ped / in wynnyng of &s;uche a cytie as Lymoges. So this coun&s;ayle and aduy&s;e was nat broken: but thus the&s;e lor|des departed eche fro other / and &s;ir Bertram a+b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de &s;tyll in the parties of Lymo&s;yn with two hundred &s;peares / and kept the ca&s;tels of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Maleuall / the whiche were tourned frenche Whan the duke of Berrey departed fro Lymo|ges / he ordayned and &s;et in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame cytie / at the reque&s;t of the by&s;&s;hop &s;ir Johan of <ABBR>Wyllemur</ABBR> &s;ir Hugh de la Roche / and Roger Beauforde / with a hu~dred men of armes. and than he went in to Berrey / and the duke of Burbon into but bonoy&s;e. And other lordes of farther marches / went home into their owne countreis. Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the prince howe he &s;pedde.</P>
<P>&para;Whan tidynges was come to the prince that the cytie of Lymoges was tourned fre~che / and howe that the by&s;&s;hop who was his go&s;&s;yp / &amp; in whome he had before great tru&s;t and confy|dence / was chefe ayder to yelde vp the cyte and to become frenche. With the whiche the prince was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;et le&s;&s;e force in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> men of the churche: in whom before he hadde great tru&s;t. Tha~ he &s;ware by his fathers &s;oule / wher|by he was neuer for&s;worne: that he wolde gette
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it agayne / and that he wolde make y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> traytours derely abye their fal&s;ne&s;&s;e. Whan the moo&s;t &abper;te of his people were come / they were nombred to xit. hundred &s;peares / knightes and &s;quyers: a thou&s;ande archers and a thou&s;and men a fote. And &s;o he departed fro the towne of Co~gnac / &amp; with hym his two bretherne / the duke of Lan|ca&s;tre and the erle of Cambridge: &s;ir Thomas Phelton and the captall of Befz / abode &s;tyll at Bergerath to kepe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fronter agayn&s;t the fre~ch|men and companyons that were in the cou~tre. And with the prince al&s;o: was &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / &s;ir Loyes Harcourt / the lorde of Po~s the lorde of Parteney / the lorde of Pynau / the lorde of Tanyboton / &s;ir Percyuall of Coloyne &s;ir Godfray Darge~ton. Potenyns &amp; ga&s;cons: the lorde of Mountferant the lorde of Camont the lorde Lo~gueren / &s;ir Aymere of Thar&s;e / the lorde of Pomyers / the lorde of Mu&s;ydent / the lorde of Le&s;pare / the &s;ouldyche of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;trabe / the lorde of Gerond and dyuets other engli&s;&s; hme~&punc; as &s;ir Thomas Percy / the lorde Ro&s;e / the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Wyllm~ Beaucha~pe / &s;ir Mychell dela Poule / the lorde Stephan Go&s;enton / &s;ir Richarde of Pontchardon / &s;ir Baudwyn of Franuyll / &s;ir Symon Burle / &s;ir Dangou&s;e / &s;ir John~ Deu|reur / &s;ir Wyllm~ of Me&s;uyll and dyuers other / the which I can nat all name. And of heynou&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~brety court: and of the companyons / &s;ir Perducas Dalbret / Nandon of Bergerath. And thyder came le Bourge de La&s;pare / le Bourge de Bretuell / E&s;pyot / Ber|narde de Wy&s;t / and dyuers other. So all the&s;e men of warre went for the in good ordynaunce and toke the feldes / and all the cou~tte trymbled before them. The prince was &s;o dy&s;ea&s;ed that he coude nat ryde: but &s;o was caryed in a hor&s;e lytter / and he toke the way to Lymo&s;yn / to the entent to come to Lymoges. And at la&s;t thyder they came / and &s;o lodged rounde about the cy|tie: and there the prince &s;ware that he wolde ne+uer departe thens / tyll he hadde the cytie at his plea&s;ure. The by&s;&s;hoppe within and the bur|ge&s;&s;es con&s;ydered well: howe they had greatly tre&s;pa&s;&s;ed the prince / wherof than they repen|ted them. But than they coulde nat remedy it: for they were nat as than lordes nor may&s;ters of their owne cytie. Sir Johan <ABBR>Wyllemur</ABBR> &s;ir Hugh de la Roche / and Roger Beaufort / who were capitayns within the cytie / co~forted great+ly their people / and &s;ayd. Sirs: be nat afrayed we are &s;trong ynough to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t the pri|ces power / for by a&s;&s;aute he canne nat hurt nor greue vs / we are all well furny&s;&s;hed with artyl+lary. Whan the prince and his mar&s;halles had well ymagined and con&s;ydered / the puy&s;&s;ance and &s;trength of the cytie / and had knowledge of the nombre of men of warre within. Than they &s;ayd how by a&s;&s;aut they coulde neuer wyn it. Than the prince thought to a&s;&s;aye an other way. He had alwayes in his company a great nombre of myners / and &s;o he &s;ette them awarke to vndermyne. The knyghtes within parcey|ued well / howe they were vndermyned / and be+gan to make dykes and to countermyne / to the entent to breke their myne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe &s;ir Robert Canoll entred in to the realme of France / with a great nombre of men of armes / and came nere to Parys. Cap. C C .lxxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_SIr Robert Canoll (as it hath ben &s;ayd before) with a great nombre of men of armes / en|tred into the realme of Fran|ce: &amp; rode for the in &s;mall iour+neys with great expence tho|rowe the realme. But y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <ABBR>poor</ABBR> people of the playne countre payed derely ther+fore / for the engly&s;&s;hmen as they went and ca~e / they dyde great hurt: &amp; &s;hewed in maner howe they de&s;yred nothynge but batayle. And whan they had pa&s;&s;ed the cou~tres of Artoi&s;e / Uerma~ doy&s;e / the by&s;&s;hopriche of Laon / the archeby&s;|&s;hopriche of Raynes / and Champayne. Than they tourned to Bry / and &s;o came before the cy|tie of Parys / and there lodged a day and two nightes / the whiche tyme the fre~che kyng was there / and might well &s;e out of his lodgynge of &s;aynt Poule / the fyres and &s;mokes that were made about ga&s;tenoyes. &para; The &s;ame day / the con&s;table of France / &s;ir Moreau Fye~nes was within Parys. The erle of &s;aynt Poule therle of Tankeruyll / the erle of Salebruch / the vy|count of Meaulx / &s;ir Raoll of Coucy / the fene|&s;hall of Heynault / &s;ir Edwarde of Rauncy / &s;ir Anguerrant Douden / the lorde of Ca&s;tell Ju|lyan / &s;ir Johan of Uyan / the lorde de la Ryuer and dyuers other knightes / &s;quyers / and valy|ant men of Fraunce. But none of theym dyde y&s;&s;ue out that day / for the kynge wolde nat &s;uf|fre the~. For the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on / who was one of the moo&s;t pri~cypall of his coun&s;ayle / &amp; be&s;t b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">leued and herde / dyde put great doutes: and
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&s;ayd to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng. Sir &punc; ye haue no nede to enploy your people agayn&s;t yonder &s;ort of madde me~. Let the~ go / they can nat take from you your he|rytage / nor put you out of your realme by their &s;mokes. And at the gate &s;aynt James / and at the barryers / was the erle of &s;aynt Poule / the vycount of Roan / &s;ir Rafe Coucy / the lorde of Canyne / the lorde of Creques / &s;ir Edwarde of Rauncy&punc; &s;ir Anguerant Doudyn. And &s;o on a tue&s;day in the mornyng / the engli&s;&s;hmen di&s;&s;o+ged and had &s;ette fyre in the vyllages <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they had lodged / &s;o that the fyre might playnly be &s;ene to Parys. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a knyght in their company had made a vowe the day before / that he wolde ryde to the walles or gates of Parys / and &s;tryke at the barriers with his &s;peare. and for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> furny&s;&s;hyng of his vowe / he departed fro his company his &s;peare in his fy&s;t / his &s;helde a+bout his necke armed at all pece&s;&s;e / on a good hor&s;e / his &s;quyer on another behynde him with his ba&s;&s;enet. And wha~ he aproched nere to Pa+rys / he toke and dyde on his helme / and left his &s;quyer behynde hym: and da&s;&s;hed his &s;purres to his hor&s;e / and came galopynge to the barry|ers / the whiche as than were opyn. And the lor+des that were there / had wende he wolde haue entred into the towne / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was nat his myn|de. For whan he hadde &s;tryken at the barryers (as he had before auowed) he turned his reyne and drue backe agayne / and departed. Than the knightes of Fraunce that &s;awe hym depte / &s;ayd to him. Go your way / ye haue rightwell a quyted your &s;elfe. I can nat tell you what was this knyghtes name / nor of what countre: but the bla&s;ure of his armes / was goules / two fu&s;|&s;es / &s;able aborder &s;able. Howbeit in the &s;ubbar bes / he had a&s;ore encountre: for as he pa&s;&s;ed on the pauement / he founde before him a bocher / a bygge ma~ / who had well &s;ene this knight pa&s;&s;e by. And he helde in his handes a &s;harpe heuy axe with a long poynt; and as the knight retur+ned agayne / &amp; toke no heed. This bocher came on his &s;yde / and gaue the knight &s;uche a &s;troke bytwene the necke and the &s;hulders / that he re|uer&s;ed forwarde heedlynge to the necke of his hor&s;e / and yet he recouered agayne. And than the bocher &s;trake him agayne / &s;o that the axe en+tred in to his body. So y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for payne / the knight fell to the erthe: and his hor&s;e ranne away and came to the &s;quyer / who abode for his may&s;ter at the &s;tretes ende. And &s;o the &s;quyer toke the hor&s;e / and had great marueyle what was beco~e of his mai&s;ter / for he had well &s;ene him ryde to the barriers and &s;tryke therat with his glayue and retourne agayne. Thanne he rode a lytell forthe thyderwarde / and anone he &s;awe where his may&s;ter lay vpon the erthe bytwene foure men / layeng on him &s;trokes: as they wolde ha|ue &s;tryken on a &s;tethy. And tha~ the &s;quyer was &s;o affrayed / that he dur&s;t go no <ABBR>farther</ABBR> / for he &s;aw well he coude nat helpe his mai&s;ter. Ther fore he retourned as fa&s;t as he might. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the &s;ayd knight was &s;layne. And the knightes that were at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gate / cau&s;ed him to be buryed in holy grounde. And the &s;quyer retourned to the hoo&s;t / and &s;hewed all the adue~ture of his may|&s;ter / wherof they were all &s;orie and di&s;plea&s;ed. And the &s;ame night they loged / bytwene mou~t+le Hery and Parys / by a lytell ryuer / and lod|ged be tymes.</P>
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<HEAD>How &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy made great warre in the countie of Lymo|ges / and howe they toke the ca&s;tell of &s;aynt yriell. Cap. CC .lxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on that &s;ir Robert Canoll made thus his vyage: and that the pri|ce of Wales and his two bre+therne lay before the cyte of Lymoges. <ABBR>Sir</ABBR> Bertram of Cle&s;quy and his co~pany / the whiche were to the nombre of two hundred &s;peares. He rode by the one &s;yde of the countre of Lymoges / but he lay nat in the felde neuer a night for feare of the engly&s;&s;hmen. But euery night lay in a fortere&s;&s;e / &s;uche as were tourned frenche: parteyning to &s;ir Loyes of Maleuall and to &s;ir Raymon of Marneyle / and to other. Howebeit euery day they rode forthe and dyde great payne / to conquere townes and fortere&s;|&s;es. The prince was well aduerty&s;ed of this to|ney that &s;ir Bertram made / and dayly co~playn+tes came to him: howe beit in no wy&s;e he wolde breke vp his &s;iege. Than &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;|nuy entred into the vicou~te of Lymoges / a cou~+tre that was yelded / and dyde holde of the duke of Bretayne (the lorde Johan of Mountford) And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;ir Bertram beganne to make great warre in the name of the lady / wyfe to the lorde Charles of Bloyes / to whome the &s;ame enhe|rytaunce &s;omtyme belonged. There he made
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great warre for none came agayn&s;t him / for the duke of Bretayne thought full lytell y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ir&punc; Ber|tra~ wolde haue made any <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t hym. And &s;o &s;ir Bertram came before the towne of &s;aynt yriell / wherin there was neuer a gentyl|man to defende the towne. Wherfore they were &s;o afrayed / that they yelded them vp to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> obey|&s;aunce of the lady of Bretayne / in who&s;e name &s;ir Bertram made <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And &s;o of &s;aynt yriell the bretons made a great gari&s;on / wherby they wan dyuers other townes in Limo&s;yn. Nowe let vs retourne to the prince of Wales.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the price toke the cyte of Ly|moges / and howe four compa|nyons dyd marueyls in ar|mes. Ca. CC .lxxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_ABout the &s;pace of a mo+neth or more / was the prince of Wales before the cytie of Lymoges / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no ther a&s;&s;aute nor &s;crimy&s;&s;he: but dayly they myned. And they within knewe wel how they were myned / &amp; made a countermyne there agayn&s;t / to haue di&s;troyed the~gly&s;&s;he myners / but they fayled of their myne. &amp; whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> princis myners &s;awe how the cou~termyne again&s;t the~ fayled / they &s;ayde to the prince. Sir / whan &s;o|euer it &s;hall plea&s;e you: we &s;hall cau&s;e a part of the wall to fall in to the dykes / wherby ye &s;hall entre in to the cytie at your ea&s;e / without any daunger. Whiche wordes plea&s;ed greatly the prince / and &s;ayd. I woll that to morowe be ty|mes / ye&s;hewe forthe and execute your warke. Than the myners &s;et fyre in to their myne. and &s;o the next mornyng as the prince habbe orday|ned / there fell downe a great pane of the wall &amp; fylled the dykes / wherof the engly&s;&s;hmen were gladde / and were redy armed in the &s;elde to en|tre into the towne. The fote men myght well entre at their ca&s;e / and &s;o they dyde: and ranne to the gate / and beate / downe the fortifyeng and barryers. For their was no defe~ce agayn&s;t the~ it was downe &s;o &s;odaynly / that they of the tow+ne were nat ware therof. Than the prince / the duke of Lanca&s;tre / the erle of Cambridge / the erle of Penbroke / &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / and all the other with their companyes / entred into the cyte and all other fote me~ redy apelled to do yuell / and to pyll and robbe the cytie: and to &s;le men / women / and chyldren: for &s;o it was com|maunded them to do. It was great pytie to &s;e the men / women / and chyldren: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kneled dow|ne on their knees before the price for mercy / but he was &s;o enflamed with yre y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he toke no hede to theym / &s;o that none was herde / but all putte to dethe as they were mette withall / and &s;uche as were nothyng culpable. There was no pyte taken of the poore people / who wrought neuer no maner of trea&s;on. yet they bought it <ABBR>dererr</ABBR> than the great per&s;onages / &s;uche as had done the yuell and tre&s;pace. There was nat &s;o harde a hert within the cytie of Lymoges / and yf he had any remembraunce of god / but that wepte pyteou&s;ly for the great mi&s;chefe that they &s;awe before their eyen. For mo than thre thou&s;ande men / women / and chyldren were &s;layne and be heeded that day / god haue mercy on their &s;ou|les / for I trowe they were martyrs. And thus entrynge in to the cytie / a certayne company of engly&s;&s;hmen entred into the by&s;&s;hoppes palys and there they founde the by&s;&s;hop. And &s;o they brought him to the princ&abis; pre&s;ens / who <ABBR>beheld</ABBR> hym right fer&s;ly and felly. And the be&s;t worde that he coude haue of hym / was how he wolde haue his heed &s;tryken of / and &s;o he was hadde out of his &s;yght.</P>
<P>_NOwe lette vs &s;peke of the knygh|tes that were within the cytie: as &s;ir John~ of Wyllemure / &s;ir Hugh de la Roche / Roger Beaufort / &s;on to the erle of Baufort / capitayns of the cytie. Whan they &s;awe the trybulacion &amp; pe&s;tylence that ranne ouer them and their com|pany / they &s;ayd one to another / we are all deed without we defende our &s;elfe. Therfore lettevs &s;ell our lyues derely / as good knightes ought to do. Than &s;ir Johan of Wyllemure &s;ayde to Roger Beauforte. Roger / it behoueth y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye be made a knight. Than Roger aun&s;wered / and &s;ayd. &abser; / I am nat as yet worthy to be a knyght I tha~ke you &s;ir of your good wyll / &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no more &s;ayd. They had nat the lea&s;er to &s;peke long togyder / howbeit they a&s;&s;embled the~ togy+der in a place agayn&s;t an olde wall / &amp; there dy|&s;played their baners / &s;o they were to the no~bre of .lxxx. per&s;ons. thyder came y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Lanca &s;tre &punc; therle of Cambridge &amp; their companyes / &amp; &s;o lighted a fote / &s;o that the fre~chmen coude nat long endure agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;hmen / for anone they were &s;layne and taken. Howbeit the duke
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of Lanca&s;tre hym&s;elfe fought longe / hande to hande / agayn&s;t &s;ir John~ Wyllemure / who was a &s;trong knight and a hardy. And therle of Ca~+bridge fought agayn&s;t &s;ir Hughe de la Roche: and the erle of Pe~broke agayn&s;t Roger Beau|fort / who was as than but a &s;quyer. The&s;e thre fre~chmen dyde many feates of armes / their me~ were ocuped otherwy&s;e. The prince in his cha|ryote came by them and behelde them gladly &amp; apea&s;ed him&s;elfe in beholdyng of them. So lo~+ge they fought togyder / that the thre fre~chmen by one accorde beholdyng their &s;werdes / &s;ayd. Sirs: we be yours / ye haue co~quered vs. Do with vs accordynge to right of armes. Sir &abquod; the duke of Lanca&s;tre: we loke for nothyng els therfore we receyue you as our pri&s;oners. And thus the for&s;ayd thre frenchmen were taken / as it was enfourmed me.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the cytie of Lymoges was brent and di&s;troyed / and the by&s;&s;hop delyuered fro dethe / &amp; howe &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy was cho&s;en con&s;ta|ble. Cap. CC .lxxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus the cytie of Lymoges was pylled / robbed / &amp; clene brent: and brought to di&s;tru+ctyon. Than the~gly&s;&s;hmen departed with their co~que&s;t and pri&s;oners &amp; drue to Co~|gnac / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> my lady the pri~|ce&s;&s;e was. Than the pri~ce gaue leaue to all his men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to de&abper;te / and dyde no more y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ea|&s;on: for he felt hym &s;elfe nat well at ea&s;e. For al|wayes his &s;ickene&s;&s;e encrea&s;ed / wherof his bre+therne and people were &s;ore di&s;mayed. Nowe &s;hall I &s;hewe you of the by&s;&s;hop of Lymoges / who was in great paryll of le&s;yng of his heed. The duke of Lanca&s;tre de&s;yred of the prince to gyue him the by&s;&s;hop / to do w^t him at his plea|&s;ure. The prince was content / and cau&s;ed him to be delyuered to the duke. The by&s;&s;hope had fre~des / and they had newly enformed the pope / who was as than at Auygnon (of the by&s;&s;hop|pes takyng) the whiche fortuned well for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by&s;+&s;hoppe: for els he had ben deed. Than the pope by &s;wete wordes / entreated the duke of Lanca|&s;tre to delyuer to him the &s;ayd by&s;&s;hoppe. The duke <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat deny the pope but grau~ted him and &s;ent him to Auignon / wherof y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope was right gladde. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the ad|uentures of Fraunce.</P>
<P>THe frenche kynge was enformed of the di&s;tructyon and conque&s;t of the cytie of Lymoges. And how it was left clene boyde / as a towne of de&s;ert / wherwith he was &s;ore di&s;ple|&s;ed and toke it in great pa&s;&s;yon / the domage &amp; anoy of thenhabytantes of the &s;ame. Tha~ was it aduy&s;ed in Fraunce: by cou~&s;ell of the nobles prelates &amp; comons of all the realme / y^t it was of nece&s;&s;yte / that the fre~chmen &s;hulde haue a chefe and a gouernour / called y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> co~&s;table. For &abser; Mo reau of Fyennes wolde leaue and gyue vp his office / who was a right valyant man of his ha~|des / and a great enterpri&s;er of dedes of armes. So that all thyng co~&s;ydred and ymagined / by a comon acorde they cho&s;e &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s; quy / &s;o y^t he wolde take it on him: as the moo&s;t valyant knight / moo&s;t vertuous / and moo&s;t a|ble to execute that offyce / and moo&s;t fortunate / that they knewe as tha~ / that bare armes for the crowne of Fraunce. Than the kyng wrote and &s;ent certayne me&s;&s;angers to him / that he &s;hulde come and &s;peke with him at Parys. The me&s;|&s;angers fou~de him in the countie of Lymoges / where as he toke fortre&s;&s;es and ca&s;tels / &amp; made them to yelde to the lady of Bretayne / wyfe to &s;ir Charles of Bloys. And as than he had new+ly taken a towne called Brandon / and was ry|dyng towardes another. And whan the kyng&abis; me&s;&s;angers were come to him / he receyued the~ ioyou&s;ly and right &s;agely / as he that coulde do it right well. Than the me&s;&s;anger delyuered to him the kyng&abis; letter and dyd his me&s;&s;age. And whan &s;ir Bertram &s;awe the co~maundement of the kyng / he wolde make none excu&s;e: but co~clu+ded to go and knowe the kynges <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> And &s;o de&abper;ted a&s;&s;one as he myght / and &s;ent y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> moo&s;t parte of his men in to gary&s;ons &s;uche as he had co~quered / and he made &s;ouerayne and kepar of the~ &s;ir Olyuer of Ma~ny his nephue. Than he rode forthe &s;o long by his iourneys / that he ca~e to Parys / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he founde the kyng &amp; great no~+bre of lordes of his cou~&s;ayle / who receyued him right ioyou&s;ly / and dyde him great reuerence. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kynge &s;hewed him / howe he &amp; his cou~&s;ayle had cho&s;en him to be con&s;table of Fra~+ce. Than he excu&s;ed him &s;elfe right &s;agely / and &s;ayd. Sir I am nat worthy: I am but a poore knight / as in regarde of your other great <ABBR>lord</ABBR> &amp; valyant men in Fraunce / though it be &s;o that fortune hath a lytell auaun&s;ed me. Thanne the kynge &s;ayde. Sir it is for nothynge that ye ex|cu&s;e
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you. It behoueth you to take it / for it is &s;o ordayned &amp; determyned by all the coun&s;ayle of Fraunce / the whiche in no wy&s;e I wyll breke. Than &s;ir Bertram excu&s;ed him &s;elf agayne by another way / and &s;ayd. Right dere &s;ir and no|ble kynge / I may nat nor dare nat with&s;ay yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> noble plea&s;ure. Howe be it &s;ir / it is of trouthe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I am but a poore man / and to lowe of blode to come to the offyce of con&s;table of Fraunce / the whiche is &s;o great and &s;o noble an offyce. For it is conuenyent that he that wyll exercy&s;e and acquyte him &s;elfe well in that offyce / mu&s;t com+mau~de as well / and rather the great men than the &s;mall per&s;onages. And &s;ir beholde here my lordes your bretherne / your nephues / and your co&s;yns / who hath charge of many men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in your hoo&s;t and iourneys. Sir / howe dur&s;t I than be &s;o bolde as to commaunde them: cer+taynly &s;ir / enuy is &s;o great that I ought to fere it. Therfore &s;ir / I requyre your grace pardon me / and gyue this office to &s;ome other y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wolde gladlyer haue it tha~ I / and that may better exe+cute the office. Than the kynge an&s;wered / and &s;ayde. Sir Bertram / excu&s;e you nat by that way: for I haue nother brother / co&s;yn / nor ne|phue / erle nor barowne in my realme / but that &s;hall obey you. And yf any do the contrary / I &s;hall &s;o angre hym / that he &s;hall parceyue well my <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur.</ABBR> Therfore &s;ir / take ioyou&s;ly the office I requyre you. Sir Bertram &s;awe well that any excu&s;acyons that he coude make / &s;hul|de nat auayle. Than finally he accorded to the opinyon of the kynge / ryght &s;ore agayn&s;t his wyll. So than with great ioye &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was made con&s;table of Fraunce / and farther to his aduauncement / the kyng cau&s;ed hym to &s;ytte at his table / and &s;hewed all the to|kens of loue that he coulde deuy&s;e. And gaue hym with the offyce / dyuers gyftes and great landes and herytage: to him and to his heyres for euer. To this promocyon dyde helpe great|ly the duke of Aniou.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy / and the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on / di&s;confyted at the bridge of Bolayne / cer|tayne of &s;ir Robert Ca|nols company. Cap. CC .lxxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_ANone after that &s;ir Ber+tram was &s;tably&s;&s;hed co~&s;ta|ble of France / he &s;ayd to the kyng. Sir / and it lyke your grace I wyll go and ryde a|gayn&s;t &s;ir Robert Canolle / who is in the marches of An+iou and Mayne. Tho&s;e wordes plea&s;ed well the kyng / who &s;aid. Sir / take with you whom it &s;hall plea&s;e you / as ye thynke be&s;t / all &s;hall o|bey you. Than the con&s;table purueyed for that iourney / and gathered togyder men of armes / bretons and other. And &s;o de&abper;ted fro the kyng and rode towardes Mayne / and had with him in his co~pany the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and &s;o he cam to the cytie of Mans / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made his gary|&s;on / and the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on in another towne nere therto: and they were aboute the nombre of fyue hundred &s;peares. And &s;ir Robert Ca|noll and his company was &s;tyll in the countre / howe be it they were nat all of one opinyon / for there was an engly&s;&s;he knyght amonge them / called &s;ir Johan May&s;trude / who agreed nat to their myndes / for alwayes he coun&s;ayled a|gayn&s;t that iourney. Sayeng: howe they lo&s;t their tyme / and traueyled theym &s;elfe without conqueryng of any thyng. This knight hadde a great company with hym. Sir Robert Ca|noll and &s;ir Alayne Boucque&s;ell / were lodged nere to Mans. Sir Thomas of Grant&s;on / &abser; Gylbert Gifforde / &s;ir Geffray Our&s;ell / and &s;ir Wyllyam Me&s;uyll: all the&s;e with a great com|pany were behynde the other. And whan &abser; Ro+bert Canoll and &abser; Alayne Boucque&s;ell / knewe that the con&s;table of Fraunce / and the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on were come in to the countre / they were therof right ioyfull. And &abser; Robert Canoll &s;aid the&s;e tidynges be good for vs / let vs drawe to|gyder and take our aduantage. Surely &abser; Ber+tram of Cle&s;quy / for the noueltie of his newe offyce / is come to loke on vs. We haue rydden ouer a great part of the realme of France / and as yet we haue founde no maner of <ABBR>aduentur.</ABBR> Lette vs &s;ende our myndes and ententes to &s;ir Hugh Caurell / who is at &s;aynt Mors on <ABBR>Loir</ABBR> to &s;ir Robert Briquet / &amp; to &s;ir Bertram Ceyn and to other capitayns of the companyons / &s;u|che as are nere aboute vs: and de&s;yre theym to come to vs incontynent. I thynke they wyll be gladde to co~e. And yf that we may ouerthrowe this newe con&s;table / and the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on / who is &s;o great an enemy vnto vs. It &s;hall be to vs great honoure and profyte. Bytwene &s;ir
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Robert Canoll and &s;ir Alayne Boucq~&s;ell / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no maner of di&s;corde / but alwayes they fo+lowed one coun&s;ayle. Than incontynent they &s;ente letters and me&s;&s;angers &s;ecretely vnto &s;ir Hugh Caurell / to &s;ir Robert Briquet and to o|ther / de&s;yring them to come forthe / to thentent to fight with the frenchmen. In lyke wi&s;e they &s;ent to &s;ir Thom~s Grant&s;on / to &s;ir Gylbert gyf forde / and to &s;ir Geffray Dur&s;ell / and to other / to mete with them at a certayne place / in tru&s;t to fight with the frenchmen as they ryde.</P>
<P>ALl the&s;e knightes and capitayns appa|relled them&s;elfe to kepe this apoyntme~t and &s;o toke forth their iourney to come to their company / and they were to the nombre of two hundred &s;peares. Sir Robert Canoll &s;ent nat &s;o &s;ecretly to his companyons / but that &s;ir Ber+tram of Cle&s;quy had knowledge therof. And whan they were well enformed of their entent&abis; they armed them in the nyght &s;ea&s;on / and de&abper;|ted with their company out of their gary&s;on. The &s;ame proper night / &s;ir Thomas Grant|&s;on was departed out of his lodgynge with &s;ir Geffray Dur&s;ell / &s;ir Gylbert Gyfforde / &abser; Wyl|lyam de Me&s;uyll and other. And &s;o they came toward &s;ir Robtt Canoll / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they thoght to fynde him. Howbeit their way was &s;horted / for at a place called the pal&s;e of the Pount Uo|lant the frenchmen &amp; they met togyder &s;odenly. The fre~chmen were four hundred &s;peares / and the~gly&s;&s;hmen two hu~dred &s;peares. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a fer&s;e batayle and well fought / and it long en|dured: for a&s;&s;oone as they met they lighted all a fote / and came rudely eche again&s;t other / and &s;o fought with &s;peares and &s;werdes right valy+antly. Howbeit the place abode with the fre~ch|men / and they obteyned vyctorie agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen: &s;o that they were all &s;layne and taken / none e&s;caped&punc; except pages and boyes / and &s;uche as lept on their may&s;ters hor&s;es and &s;aued them &s;elfe. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was taken &s;ir Thomas Gra~t&s;on / &s;ir Gylbert Gyfford &s;ir Geffray Dr|&s;ell &s;ir Wyllin~ Me&s;uyll / &s;ir Philyp Courtney &s;ir Hugh <ABBR>Spens</ABBR> and dyuers other knightes: and they were all ledde as pri&s;oners to the cyte of Mans. The&s;e tidynges were anon brought to &s;ir Robert Canoll / to &s;ir Hugh Caurell&punc; and to &s;ir Robert Briquet / and their companyons: wherof they were &s;ore difplea&s;ed / and &s;o brake their enterprice bycau&s;e of that <ABBR>aduentur.</ABBR> And they of &s;aynt Mors on Loyre came nat forthe / but kept &s;tyll their logyng. And &s;ir Robert Ca+noll / and &s;ir Alayne Boucque&s;ell withdrue the~ backe / and brake vp that iourney and entred in to Bretayne. And &s;ir Robert went to his owne ca&s;tell of Doruall / &amp; gaue leaue to all his men of armes and archers to depart / and take their adua~tage <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they thought be&s;t. So they departed / and &s;ome went ouer agayne into <ABBR>En+gland.</ABBR> And &s;ir Alayne Boucq~&s;ell went to wyn+ter in the towne of &s;aynt Sauy our the vycont / whiche the kyng of Englande had gyuen him.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe pope Urbane dyed / &amp; howe Gregory was cho&s;en. And howe &s;ir Raymon of Marneyll was taken by the engly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. CC .lxxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this di&s;confyture thus at Pont Uolant / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as parte of the engly&s;&s;hmen were ouerthrowen / wherby their iourney was broken. Than &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;|quy / who in the noueltie of his offyce / as co~&s;table of France had done this dede / wherby he gate great renome and laude / and &s;o came agayne in to France / and the lord of Cly&s;&s;on with him. And led with him a great parte of the engly&s;&s;he pri&s;oners / and brought them to the cytie of Parys without daunger / &amp; there courte&s;ly raun&s;omed theym without con|&s;traynt / and dyde let them go on their faythes. They putte them nat in &s;tockes noryrons / nor yet in pri&s;on / as the&s;e almaygnes do their pri|&s;oners / to gette of them the greater raun&s;ome. Cur&s;ed be they / they are people without pytie or honour: therfore there is none that ought to take any mercy of them. The frenchmen kepte good company with their pri&s;oners / and raun+&s;omed them courte&s;ly / without any greuaunce to them.</P>
<P>&para; Of this <ABBR>di&s;co~fytur</ABBR> the prince of Wales was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and the duke of La~ca&s;tre and all their co~pany beyng at Congnac. After the reco~queryng of Lymoges / about the tyme of Chri&s;tmas / pope Urbane the fyft dyed at A|uygnon / who had ben a valyaunt clerke and a wy&s;e: and a good frenchman. Than the cardy nals entred into the Co~claue / and dyde cho&s;e a+monge them a newe pope / who was cardynall of Beauforde / and was called Gregory the .xi. of who&s;e creacyon &amp; deuyne prude~ce / the fre~che
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kynge was ryght ioyoule / bycau&s;e he &s;emed to be a good frenchman / at who&s;e creacyon there was with hym at Auygnon the duke of Aniou / who dyde great payne to cau&s;e him to be pope. &para; The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell to &s;ir Eu&s;tace Da~ bretycourt an harde aduenture / he rode in Ly|mo&s;yn / and in an euenynge he came to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of the lorde Pyer Buffyer / whome he reputed to haue ben his &s;peciall frende and louer / &amp; for a good engly&s;&s;hman. But he dyde put &s;ir Thy balt du pont / a man of armes a breton into his ca&s;tell / and cau&s;ed hym to take &s;ir Eu&s;tace pri|&s;oner / as he that tooke no hede of hym. And &s;o heledde him away with him as his pri&s;oner / &amp; afterwarde raun&s;omed hym at .xii. thou&s;ande frankes / wherof he payed four thou&s;ande: and his &s;onne Frances abode in ho&s;tage for the re|&s;ydue with the duke of Burbone / who repled|ged hym / and dyde moche payne for his delyue+rance / bycau&s;e that &s;ir Eu&s;tace before dyde his payne to delyuer the lady his mother / whome the co~panyons had taken at Bell perche. And &s;o after &s;ir Eu&s;tace delyuerance / he went &amp; lay at Carenten / beyonde the waches of &s;aynt Cle+ment in ba&s;e normandy / in a good towne / the whiche the kynge of <ABBR>Naucr</ABBR> had gyuen him / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he dyed: god haue his &s;oule / for as longe as he lyued he was a right valyant knight.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on &abser; Raymon of Maruell depted fro Parys / to go in to his owne countre / the which newly was retourned fren|che: and by the way he met an harde <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> for him. For he founde a great rout of engly&s;&s;h+men of &s;ir Hugh Caurelles / which were ledde by a knight of Poytou. He&s;ell &s;o in this knigh+tes handes that he coude nat &s;cape / &amp; &s;o he was taken <ABBR>pri&s;oner</ABBR> / and brought in to Poyctou to the &s;ayde knightes ca&s;tell: The takynge of &s;ir Raymon was anone knowen in Englande: &s;o that the kynge was enformed therof. Than the kyng wrote to the knight that had him / co~mau~+dyng him inco~tynent to &s;ende hym his enemy / and fal&s;e traytour &s;ir Raymon Marnell&punc; &s;ay|eng howe he wolde take &s;uche vengeance on hi~ that all other &s;hulde take en&s;ample by him / pro+my&s;ing the knight to gyue hym for the takyng of him .vi. M. frankes. The knygh&abis; was cal|led &s;ir Geffray Dargenton / who wolde nat di&s;+obey the kyng his mai&s;ters commauadement / but &s;aid he wolde fulfyll his <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> Sir Ray+mon of Marnell was enformed howe the king of Englande wolde haue him / and had &s;ent for hym: and howe his may&s;ter was determyned to &s;ende hym ouer in to Englande. And whan he knewe that / he was more aba&s;&s;hed than be|fore / and good cau&s;e why. Than in his pri&s;on he began to make the moo&s;t lame~table co~playn+tes that coulde be deuy&s;ed: in &s;o moche that he that kept hym / who was an engly&s;&s;hman / had great pyte on hym / and right &s;wetely reconfor+ted hym. Sir Raymon / who &s;awe no conforte in the danger that he was in: &s;eyng that be &s;hul+de be ledde into Englande to the kynge. Than he di&s;couered his &s;orowe to his <ABBR>kepar</ABBR> / and on a day &s;ayd to hym. My dere fre~de: if ye wolde delyuer me out of the daunger that I am in. I promy&s;e you on my faythe and trouthe / to de|parte with you the halfe of all my landes / and make you enheryter therto / and neuer to fayle you. The engly&s;&s;hman who was but a poore man / con&s;ydered howe &s;ir Raymon was in pa+rell of his lyfe / and howe he had promy&s;ed him great curte&s;&s;y. He had of hym great pytie and co~pa&s;&s;yon / and &s;ayd. Sir I &s;hall do my payne to &s;aue you. Than &abser; Raymon / who was right ioyfull of that an&s;were: &s;ware to him his faytl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to kepe his promy&s;e / and farthermore if he wol+de de&s;yre it. And than they deuy&s;ed howe they might accomply&s;&s;he their entences. And whan it was nyght (the engly&s;&s;hman) who bare the kayes of the ca&s;tell and of the towre / wherin &s;ir Raymon was pri&s;oner / and hadde they kay of the po&s;terne. He dyde &s;o moche that he let hym out in to the feldes. And &s;o toguyder they went in to a great woode / to the entente they &s;hulde nat be folowed. That night they &s;uffred as mo+che payne as coude be thought / for they went a &s;euyn leages a fote the &s;ame nyght / and it was harde fro&s;t / wherby they cutte their fete. And in the mornyng they came to a frenche fortre&s;&s;e where they were receyued ioyfully with theym of the fortere&s;&s;e / to whome &s;ir Raymon recoun+ted all his aduenture / wherof they all thanked god.</P>
<P>IT was of trouthe / that the next mornyng wha~ it was knowen how they were gone men a hor&s;ebacke folowed after: but it was to late. Thus &s;ir Raymon &s;caped and retourned into Lymo&s;yn / and &s;hewed to all his frendes / howe the engly&s;&s;he &s;quyer had &s;hewed to hym great curte&s;y. And &s;oeuer after thengly&s;&s;hman was greatly honoured and chery&s;&s;hed among them. And &s;ir Raymon wolde haue delyuered to hym the one halfe of his herytage / accordyn|ge as he had promy&s;ed to him before / but the en+gli&s;&s;he &s;quyer wolde in no wy&s;e take &s;o moche.
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And &s;o he toke all onely but. C C. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t. of yerely re+uenewes / &s;ayenge it was &s;ufficyent for hym / to maynteyne ther with his a&s;tate.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the prince of wales lefte the duchy of Acquitayne / in the kepyng of the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and howe four breton knightes / toke the ca&s;tell of Mount Paon. Cap. C C .lxxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on in the cyte of Burdeaux / dyed the elde&s;t &s;on~e of the prince and prince&s;&s;e / wherof they were right &s;orie as rea&s;one was. Than the prince was coun|&s;ayled / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &s;hulde retourne in to Englande into his owne countre / to then|tent the rather therby to recouer his helth: this coun&s;ayle was gyuen hym by his phi&s;ycions &amp; &s;urgyons / that knewe his di&s;ea&s;e. The prince agreed well therto / and &s;ayd: he was well con|tent &s;o to do / and thervpon made his proui&s;ion And as I vnder&s;tode / the erle of Ca~bridge his brother / and the erle Johan of Penbroke: were ordayned to retourne with him to kepe him co~+pany. And whan the prince &s;hulde departe out of Acquitayne / and that his &s;hippes were redy in the tyuer of Garon / and in the hauen of Bur+deaur. The prince and price&s;&s;e / and their yong &s;onne Richarde beyng <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> Than he made a &s;peciall &s;omons at Burdeaux / of all barownes and knightes / of Ga&s;coyne and Poictou: and in all other places where as he was lorde. And they vnder his obey&s;aunce / whan they were all come toguyder / in a chambre before the prince. Than he &s;hewed to them / how he had ben their lorde / and had kepte them in peace as moche as lay in his power / and had maynteyned them in great pro&s;peryte &amp; puy&s;ance / agayn&s;t all their enemyes. Shewyng them / that to recouer his helthe / wherof he had gret nede: he was in pur+po&s;e to retourne in to Englande. De&s;yring the~ to beleue / &s;erue / and obey his brother / the duke of Lanca&s;tre: in lyke maner as they had done hym&s;elfe. Tru&s;tynge they &s;hulde fynde hym a good lorde &amp; curte&s;&s;e / requyringe the~ to cou~&s;ell &amp; a&s;&s;y&s;t hym in all his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e. The barones of Acqtayne / Ga&s;coyne / Poictou / and of Xain|ton / promy&s;ed and &s;ware on their faythes / that there &s;hulde neuer defaute be founde in any of the~. And &s;o there they dyde fealtie &amp; homage to the duke / and promy&s;ed him their loues &s;eruy|ce / and obey&s;ance &amp; that they &s;ware to vpholde and kepe / in the pre&s;ence of the prince / and &s;o ky&s;t his mouthe. And after this order taken / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prince taryed nat long in the cytie of Burdeux / but entred into his &s;hyppe / and the price&s;&s;e and their chyldren / &amp; the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke with the~. And with him there was a fyue hundred fightynge men / be&s;yde ar|chers. So long they &s;ayled without danger or domage / that they aryued at Nampton. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they toke lande and refre&s;&s;hed them two dayes than they tooke their hor&s;es and the prince in a lytter / and &s;o came to wynd&s;ore <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the kyn|ge was / who receyued &s;wetely his chyldre~&punc; and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was enformed by the~ / of al the &s;tate of Guyen. And whan the prince had ben with the king as long as it plea&s;ed them / than the prince tooke his leaue and went to his owne hou&s;e of Came&s;tades. &para; Nowe let vs leaue to &s;peke of the prince / and &s;hewe &s;omwhat of the be&s;y|ne&s;&s;e of Acquitayne.</P>
<P>ANone after that the prince was depar|ted fro Burdeux / the duke of Lanca&s;tre made the ob&s;equy of his co&s;yn Edwarde / &s;ofie to the prince his brother / the whiche was nobly done in the cytie of Burdeux. And therat were all the barons of Ga&s;coyne / and Poictou / &s;uch as had &s;worne obey&s;ance to him. In the meane &s;ea&s;on of this ob&s;equy / and that all the&s;e lordes were at Burdeux / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> y&s;&s;ued out of the forte|te&s;&s;e of Pyergourt a two hundred &s;peares bre|tons / the whiche were &s;ente thyder by the duke of Aniowe. Of the whiche company <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were four knightes capitayns / right hardy and va|lyant knightes / called &s;ir Wyllyam of Lo~uall / &s;ir Alayne of Au&s;&s;ay / &s;ir Loyes of Mally / and the lorde Darcy. The&s;e lordes rode with their companyes to a &s;tronge ca&s;tell / called Mount paon / perteyning to a knight. And whan the&s;e bretons were co~ethyder / and had ronne to the barryers / they made &s;emblant to a&s;&s;ayle the ca+&s;tell. Than the capitayn within called &s;ir Wyl|lyam of Mount paon / who &s;hewed him&s;elfe to haue rather a fre~che hert than an engly&s;&s;he. He tourned and yelded vp the place / and receyued the bretons in to his ca&s;tell / who &s;ayd they wol|de kepe that place agayn&s;t all the worlde / than they newe repayred and fortifyed it. The&s;e ty|dynges anone was knowen at Burdeux: than the duke of Lanca&s;tre &s;ayd to the lordes about
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hym. &s;irs / we do nat our beuoyre as we &s;hulve do / for the bretons are a brode / and haue taken the fortre&s;&s;e of Mountpaon marchyng nere to them. Of the whiche takynge / the duke and all the lordes about hym had great &s;hame / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> than they ordayned all to go thyder. And &s;o depar|ted fro Burdeaur on a wednt&s;day / and with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Lanca&s;tre was the lorde of Pons / the lorde of Parteney / &s;ir Loys Harcourt &s;ir guy&s; &s;harde Dangle / &s;ir Percyuall of Culoyue / &s;ir Godfray Darge~ton / &s;ir Jaques of Surgeres &s;ir Maubrune of Linyers / &s;ir Wyllm~ of Mon+tendre / &s;ir Hugh of Uinoy / the lorde of Crupe|nacke / and dyuers other barons and knightes of Poictou / and Xaynton. And of ga&s;con there was the captall of Befz / the lorde of Pomyers the lorde of Chamount / the lorde of Mount&s;e|rant / the lorde of Langueron / the &s;ouldyche of Le&s;trade / &s;ir Bernard Dalbret / the lorde of ge+tonde / &s;ir Amery of Char&s;e and dyuers other And of Englande / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Thom~s Phel|ton &s;ir Thom~s Percy / the lorde Ro&s;e / &s;ir My+chell de la Poule / the lorde Wyloughhy / &abser; Wyl+lyam Beaucha~pe / &s;ir Richarde Pontchardon &s;ir Bandras of Franuyll / &s;ir Da~go&s;es and dy+uers other. They were a&s;euyn hundred &s;pea|res / and fyue hu~dred archers. And &s;o they rode right ordinatly towarde Mountpaon / and &s;o came thyder. And whan &s;ir Wylliam of Mou~t paon knewe of the comyng thyder of the duke of Lanca&s;tre and of his co~pany / and &s;awe how he was by them be&s;ieged. He thought him &s;elfe than in no &s;urety / for he knewe well that yf he were takenne by force / he&s;hulde nat e&s;cape fro dethe / thinkynge &s;urely he &s;hulde nat be taken to mercy / bycau&s;e of the forfet that he had done in gyueng vp the place before to the bretons. Than he dy&s;couered his entent to the for&s;ayde four knightes / and &s;ayd to them. Sirs / I wyll leaue this ca&s;tell to you / and I wyll depart and go to Pyergourt / and kepe that. And &s;o he de|parted and wente to Pyergourt / and lefte his owne ca&s;tell / in the kepyng of the fore&s;ayd four knyghtes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the&s;e four knightes bretons defended the~ &s;elfe valiantly / agayn&s;t the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and howe fy|nally the duke toke them all foure to rau~&s;ome. Ca. C C .lxxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the duke of La~ca|&s;tre and the barons &amp; knygh+tes were come to the ca&s;tell of Mountpaon / they layed &s;iege therto / &amp; made as gret proyi&s;yon for their lodgyn|ges and other nece&s;&s;aryes / as thoughe they &s;hulde haue taryed there the &s;pace of &s;euyn yere. And they lay nat ydell / for incontyuent they ap&abper;elled them&s;elfe to a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;tell / and cau&s;ed the villayns of the coun|tre to cutte downe great quantyte of wode and tymbre to ca&s;t into the dykes. And thus fyftene vayes togyder they dyd nothyng / but alwayes ca&s;t &s;tuffe in to the dykes / and on the wode and tymbre they layed ouer &s;trawe and erthe. And &s;o within that &s;pace they had fylled a great &abper;te of the dykes / &s;o that they might well co~e to the walles / to &s;crimy &s;he with them within / as they vyde nigh euery day / fyue or &s;ixe a&s;&s;aut&abis; / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there was many noble dedes done. For the foure breton knyghtes that were within / were right valyaut men of armes / and defended the~ &s;elfe right nobly / wherfore they ought greatly to be commended. For though the engli&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns came &s;o nere them / yet they were nat afrayed / nor lo&s;t no great thyng. And nere to this gary&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were other bretons in an other gary&s;on / called &s;aynt Maquayre / of who~ Johan of Male&s;troyt and Sylue&s;ter Budes were capitayns / who euery day herde &s;pekyng of the feates of armes / that were done before Mountpaon. And they had great de&s;yre to be there / and &s;ayd often tymes one to another. We knowe well our companyons are here by / who are right valyaunt / as we may here dayly by their ded&abis; / and euery day they haue fyue or. vi|vatayls / and yet we lye here &s;tyll &amp; do nothyng&punc; Certayuly we acquyte vs nat well. So thus they were in great de&s;yre to go and re&s;cue the~ if they might. And whan they had all &s;poken / &amp; con&s;ydred the peryll to leaue their owne forte / re&s;&s;e voyde / they wy&s;t nat well what to do. tha~ on a tyme / Sylue&s;ter Budes / &s;ayde to his fe|low. John~ / ye &s;hall other go or els wyll I / cho&s;e you whyder. Than Johan an&s;wered and &s;ayd Sylue&s;ter / ye &s;hall abyde here and I wyll go. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were at a longe &s;tryfe / whiche of them &s;hulde go. And &s;o at la&s;t they acorded and &s;ware / and made promy&s;e before all the compa+ny / that they &s;hulde drawe cuttes: and he that &s;hulde haue the longe&s;t &s;trawe <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> go forthe and the other abyde. So than they drewe / and
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the longe&s;t cutte fell to Sylue&s;ter Budes / than there was great laughyng among all the com|pany. This Sylue&s;ter toke it for no fable / but apparelled him &s;elfe and mounted on his hor&s;e and departed with .xii. men of armes with him and rode &s;o long / that at the euenyng he entred in to the towne and ca&s;tell of Mou~tpaon / wher of the knyghtes and companyons within had great ioye / and gaue great pray&s;e to Silue&s;ter Bud&abis;. As I haue &s;hewed you here before / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was euery day a&s;&s;autes at Mou~tpaon / &amp; right well the knight&abis; within aquyted them&s;elfe / and de&s;erued great honour. For vntyll y^e tyme that a great parte of their wall was ouerthrowen / they were neuer afrayed nor a ba&s;&s;hed. The en+gly&s;&s;hmen ordayned mantels and other in&s;tru+mentes of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / wherby to aproche nere to the walles / ouer the dykes that they had fylled. &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the brigant&abis; well paue&s;&s;ed / who had great pykes of yron / wherwith they vndermyned the walles / in &s;uche wy&s;e that a great pane of the wall fell downe / more than .xl. fote long. Than the lordes of the hoo&s;t / ordayned their batayls with their archers / who &s;hotte &s;o holy togyder / that non of the~ within dur&s;t ones apere abrode And whan &s;ir Wylliam of Lonuall / &s;ir Alayne of Hou&s;&s;ay / &s;ir Loyes of Maylley / and y^e lorde Darcy: &s;awe howe they were in the ca&s;e / nat a|ble to endure nor kepe the holde. Tha~ they &s;ent a heraulde out a hor&s;e backe to the duke of Lan+ca&s;tre to haue a treaty if it myght be. The he|raulde came to the duke / and &s;hewed hym the entent of his comyng. Than the duke by thad|uy&s;e of his cou~&s;ayle / gaue re&s;pyte to them with in / to &s;peke with hym and his coun&s;ayle. The heraulde retourned / and &s;hewed his may&s;ters howe he hadde &s;pedde. Than all four knightes went for the / and the duke &s;ent to them &s;ir Guy&s;+&s;harde Dangle / and &s;o on the dykes they &s;pake togyder. Than they demaunded vnder what maner the duke wolde receyue them. Than &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde / who hadde the charge / an&s;wered and &s;aid. Sirs: ye haue greatly di&s;plea&s;ed my lorde the duke / for ye haue kept here this ca&s;tell agayn&s;t him / more than .xi. wekes: wherby he hath lo&s;t dyuers of his men. Wherfore he wyll nat receyue you to grace nor mercy / without ye wyll yelde your &s;elf &s;imply. And al&s;o delyuer to him fir&s;t / &s;ir Wylliam of Mou~tpaon / y^t he may put him to deth as he hath de&s;erued / lyke a trea+tour. Tha~ &s;ir Loyes of Mailly: an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Sir Guy&s;&s;harde / as for &s;ir Wyllyam of Mountpaon / whome ye de&s;yre to haue delue+red / we &s;were vnto you truely / that we knowe nat as no we <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he is: for he was nat in this ca&s;tell &s;ythe ye layed &s;iege therto. And &s;ir / it is a harde thyng for vs to yelde our &s;elfe vp &s;ym|ply / as ye wolde haue vs to do / &s;ythe we be &s;ent hyder but as &s;oudiers / to gette our &s;elfe wages to lyue by. In lyke maner as ye &s;ende yours / &amp; &s;omtyme your &s;elfe gladde to take wag&abis;. Ther+fore &s;ir / or we make y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marcha~dy&s;e: we &s;hall &s;ell our &s;elfe &s;o derely / that it &s;hall be &s;poken of a hu~+dred yeres after our dethes. But &s;ir / we de&s;yre you to returne to the duke / and &s;hewe him that we de&s;yre hym to receyue vs courte&s;ly / on cer|tayne compo&s;ycion of raun&s;ome. In lyke ma|ner as he wolde that his me~ &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e dalt with all / yf they were fallen in &s;uche lyke <ABBR>daunger.</ABBR> Than aun&s;wered &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde / and &s;ayde. Sirs / I &s;hall do the be&s;t of my power. And &s;o retourned to the duke / and tooke with hym the Captall of Beufz / the lorde of Rou&s;ayne / the lorde of Mu&s;yden / to the entent the <ABBR>rather</ABBR> to &s;pede. And whan they were all come before the duke / they &s;hewed hym &s;o many fayre wordes / that he condy&s;cended to their reque&s;t. And &s;oo toke the four breton knightes / and Sylue&s;ter Budes and all their company to mercy / as pri+&s;oners. And &s;o he hadde agayne full po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the fortere&s;&s;e of Mountpaon / and toke feal|tie of them of the towne: and &s;ette <ABBR>ther</ABBR> two ga|&s;cone knightes to kepe it / and fourtie men of ar+mes / and as many archers. And newe repay|red and fortifyed the place / &amp; refre&s;&s;hed it with vitayle and artyllary.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre gaue lycence to all his people to departe / &amp; retourned him&s;elfe to Burdeux. and howe the lorde of Pons tourned fre~|che / and howe the &s;ene&s;chall of Poy|ctou a&s;&s;embled togyder a company. Cap. CC .lxxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the Conque&s;t of Mountpaon / and that the duke hadde &s;ette there capi|tayns / and well fortifyed the fortre&s;&s;e. Than he dy&s;loged and gaue lycence to euerye man to departe wheder they
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wolde: and &s;o they departed eche fro other and retourned into their owne countrees. And the duke went to the cytie of Burdeur / and the poi+ctenyns in to their cou~tre / and they of Ga&s;cone wente home to their owne townes and ca&s;tels. And the companyons &s;predde abrode all about the cou~tre / who dyde moche hurt and yuell / as well in the lande of their frendes / as on their en+nemyes. The whiche the duke &s;uffred / bycau&s;e he thought he &s;hulde haue nede of them agayn &s;hortely / for the warres as at that tyme / were more <ABBR>&s;orer</ABBR> without compary&s;on in Poyctou / than in any other countre. And there was kept a great gary&s;on in the ca&s;tell of Mountconto^r a foure leages fro Thouars / and &s;euyn leages fro Poicters. And &s;ir Peter of Guerfyll &amp; Jor|dayne of Colloyne were capitayns there / and &s;o they ranne dayly / outher before Thouars or els before Poicters / and dyde great hurt to the~ of the countre / that helde of the engly&s;&s;he part. Al&s;o in the ca&s;tell of Leraunt was capiten Car+lonet a breton / and with hym a &s;euyn hundred bretons / who dyde great domage to the coun|tre. And al&s;o they of the gary&s;on of the Roche of Pou&s;ay / and they of &s;aynt Saluyn / ranne dayly abrode in the countre / &s;o that the barons and knightes of Poictou / &s;uche as helde of the engly&s;&s;he parte / dur&s;t nat &s;tyrre abrode / with|out they rode by great companyes: for feare of the fre~chmen that were thus clo&s;ed in their cou~+trey.</P>
<P>ANone after the wynning of Mou~tpaon and that the lordes of Poictou were w^t / drawen in to their owne countrees ke<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng fro~+ter agayn&s;t the frenchmen. There was y^e &s;ame tyme &s;ecrete treaty: bytwene the lorde Loys of &s;aynt Julyan / the vycount of Rochchoart / and other frenchmen / by great gyftes comynge fro the frenche kynge. Who night and day trauey|led / to drawe them of Poictou to his acorde / &amp; &s;o moche they dyde / that the lorde of Pons tur|ned frenche / agayn&s;t the wyll of the good lady his wyfe: or the men of the towne of Pouns in Poictou. And &s;o the lady abode &s;tyll engly&s;&s;he and her hu&s;bande frenche. Of the which tidyn+ges the barons and knightes of Poictou / &s;uch as were engly&s;&s;he were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / for the lorde of Pouns was a great lorde. Whan the duke of Lanca&s;tre knewe therof / he was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed with the lorde of Pons: &amp; pray|&s;ed gretly his wyfe and the men of Pons / that wolde abyde &s;tyll engly&s;&s;he. and to ayde and to coun&s;ell the lady: the duke ordayned a knyght to go thyder right valyant and hardy / called &abser; Aymemo~s of Bours. Thus they ranne daylye before the towne / and &s;omtyme dyde nothynge and &s;omtyme were cha&s;ed awaye: and retour|ned with domage. So the engly&s;&s;hmen were troubled / and the lordes and knightes of Poi|ctou one agayn&s;t another / the &s;tronger ouerca~e the wekar. So there was nother ryght / lawe / nor rea&s;on miny&s;tred on any parte. And the for+tre&s;&s;es and ca&s;tels were intermedled one with|in an other / &s;ome engly&s;&s;he and &s;ome frenche / eche of them ronnynge on other / and pyllynge eche other without &s;paryng. Than certayne of the barons and knightes of Poyctou / &s;uche as were engly&s;&s;he: aduy&s;ed well howe they of the fortere&s;&s;e of Mountcontour traueyled theym more / than any other gary&s;on: wherfore they determyned to go thyder and be&s;iege the~. And &s;o they made a &s;omons of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to a&s;&s;e~|ble in the towne of Poyters / in the name of the &s;ene&s;chall of Poytou / &s;ir Thomas Percy. To whiche co~maundement all knightes and &s;quy|ers obeyed / and &s;o they were a fyue hu~dred &s;pe|res / and two thou&s;ande brigantes paue&s;&s;ed / w^t the archers / &s;uche as were <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> So that there were of Poictou: &s;ir / Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / &s;ir Loyes of Harcourt / the lorde of Parteney / the lorde of Pynan / the lorde of Tannyboton / the lorde of Cupenac / &abser; Percyuall of Coloyne / &s;ir Godfray Dangenton / &s;ir Hugh of Wynay / the lorde of Coyes / the lorde of Puy&s;&s;ances / &s;ir Ja+ques of Surgeres / &s;ir Maubrune of Linyers and dyuers other. And of engly&s;&s;hmen y^t were in Poictou: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were the lorde Baudwyn of Franuyll / &s;ir Dango&s;es / &s;ir Water Hewet / &s;ir Richarde Pontchardon and other. And whan they were all a&s;&s;embled at Poycters / and redy apparelled: they departed and toke the way to Mountcontour / well furny&s;&s;hed to lay there a &s;iege.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the &s;ene&s;hall of Poictou to|ke Mou~tcontour / and howe &s;ir Ber|tra~ of Cle&s;quy tooke dyuers townes and ca&s;tels in Rouuergne. and howe he be&s;ieged the cytie of Du&s;es. Cap. CC .lxxxx.</HEAD>
<P>_THe ca&s;tell of Mou~tcontour &s;tandeth on the marche&s;&s;e of An|iou and Poyctou / &amp; was maruey|lous &s;trong and fayre: but four lea
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> Thouars. And &s;o moche dyde the&s;e en|gly&s;&s;hmen and poite<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yns who were to y^e nom+bre of thre thou&s;ande fightynge men / that they came to the fortere&s;&s;e: and hadde brought with theym great engyns fro Thouars / and fro the cytie of Poicters. And anone they were rey&s;ed vp agayn&s;t the ca&s;tell / whiche dyde ca&s;t nyght and day in to the ca&s;tell. And be&s;yde that / day|lye there were a&s;&s;autes gyuen to theym within and &s;crimy&s;&s;hes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was done many noble feates of armes for with the&s;e poicteuyns <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne of the companyons / who wolde nat lye &s;tyll: as John~ Creuell / and Dauyd Hol+legraue. The&s;e two / with &s;ir Gaultyer Hewet were capitayns. Sir Peter Cre&s;&s;ell and Jor|dayne of Coloyne / who were within / bare the~+&s;elfe ryght valiantly: and dayly came to y^e bar|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / and fought with the engly&s;&s;hmen. And among the a&s;&s;autes that were there made / whi+che were many: the tenthe day that they were come thyder / they made &s;uche a&s;&s;aute / &amp; with &s;o good order / that by clene force the pear&s;ed y^e walles / and entred in and conquered the fren|chemen. And &s;o all were &s;layne that were with+in except Peter / and Jordayne / and a fyue or &s;ire men of armes / who were taken to mercy. After this aduenture and enterpri&s;e / &s;ir Tho|mas Percy / &s;ir Loyes Harcourt / and &s;ir Guy&s; &s;harde Dangle / by the acorde and coun&s;ayle of all the barons and knightes / gaue the &s;ame ca|&s;tell to &s;ir Gaultyer Hewet / and to John~ Cre&s;|well / and to Dauyd Hollegraue / and the com|panyons / who were a fyue hundred fightynge men / to thentent to kepe fronter <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t them of Aniou and Mayne. Than the&s;e lordes departed / &amp; euery man went home to his owne Thus the fortere&s;&s;e of Mountcontour and the fronter / abode in the kepynge of the&s;e fore&s;ayd knightes / who made there a &s;tronge gary&s;on &amp; well fortifyed it. And &s;o kept it a long &s;ea&s;on af+ter / and dyde moche trouble to the countre ther about / for dayly they ranne outher to Aniowe+or to Mayne.</P>
<P>_NOwe lette vs retourne to &s;peke of &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy con&s;table of Fraunce / who was with y^e kyn|ge at Paris euer&s;yth his comyng fro the bridge Uallant. Where he and the lorde Cly&s;&s;on had ouerthrowen the en|gly&s;&s;hmen (as ye haue herd before) and he had well herde howe the engly&s;&s;hmen in Poictou &amp; in Guyen kept the feldes. So that as &s;oone as candelma&s;&s;e was pa&s;t and that the &s;pringyng tyme began. Sir Bertram thought to rey&s;e &amp; gather an army / and to a&s;&s;eble lordes &amp; knigh|tes and to ryde to &s;ome other parte / in lyke ma|ner as the~gly&s;&s;hmen ryd in Poytou / in Quer|cy / and Rouuergue. For in the&s;e cou~trees <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were engly&s;&s;hmen that dyde ryght honorably / and had &s;o maynteyned them &s;elfe euer&s;yth the rene wyng of the warre. And al&s;o the company of &s;ir Johan Deureur / were newly come in to the countre of Limo&s;yn: and had taken in Au|uergne a ca&s;tell / cytie / and towne all toguyder / named Du&s;es / the whiche &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;+quy thought / ought nat to be &s;uffred. Than he &s;ayd he wolde drawe to that part / and &s;o by the kynges lycence / he a&s;&s;embled to guider a great nombre of men of armes / and &s;o departed fro Parys and alwayes his no~bre encrea&s;ed. And &s;o long this con&s;table rode that he ca~e into Au|uergne / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was with him y^e duke of Ber+rey / the duke of Burbone / the erle of Alen&s;on / the erle of Perche his brother / the erle of &s;aynt Poule / the Dolphyn of Auuergne / the erle of Uandon / the erle of Porceen / the lorde of Sul|ly / the lorde Montague / &s;ir Hughe Dolphyne / the lorde Beauieu / the lorde Rochforte / the lor|de of Talen&s;on / and a great nombre of barow|nes / knightes / and &s;quyers of the marche&s;&s;e of Fraunce. So long they rode that they came to the cytie of Du&s;es / and there they lodged and be&s;ieged the cytie / &amp; lay there a .xv. dayes. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were gyuen many great and fer&s;e a&s;&s;aut&abis; / how be it they coude nat gette the fortere&s;&s;e / for win <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were engly&s;&s;hmen that valyantly defe~ded their holde. So than the frenchmen departed and rode farther with the con&s;table / in to the p|ties of Rouuergue / and &s;ome of the chefe lord&abis; went to Auygnon to &s;e pope Gregory / and the duke of Aniou who was with him. And anone after this vi&s;ytacion / and that the&s;e lordes had &s;poken with the duke of Aniou: they departed fro Auygnon and drewe agayne to the con&s;ta|ble who was in Rouergue / and conquered tow+nes and ca&s;tels on thengly&s;&s;hmen. And &s;o they came before the towne of Lamulae / and layed &s;iege therto: the whiche &s;ir Thomas of Ueulq~ fare helde / and hadde kept it long / and al&s;o the Roche Uauclere. But y^e &s;ayd engly&s;&s;he knigh|tes by compo&s;ycion yelded the~ to &s;ir Bertram / and &s;o dyd dyuers other ca&s;tels / on the fronter of Limo&s;yn. And whan &s;ir Bertram hadde re|fre&s;&s;hed hym / he toke his way and his retourne towarde the cytie of Du&s;es in Auuergne / and &s;o came thyder and layd &s;iege therto. And thy|der they brought great engyns fro Ryon and
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Cleremont / and dre&s;&s;ed them vp before the for|tre&s;&s;e / and al&s;o apparelled all maner of in&s;tru|mentes for a&s;&s;autes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe they of Du&s;es yelded them vp to &s;ir Bertram / and howe &s;ir Ro|bert Canoll was in the di&s;plea&s;ure of the kyng of Englande / and howe at the reque&s;t of the lord&abis; his peace was made agayne. Cap. CC .lxxxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the engly&s;&s;hmen that were within the cytie of Du&s;es / &s;awe the order &amp; ma+ner of the con&s;table of Fran+ce / and al&s;o had perfyte kno|ledge howe that &s;ir Thom~s of Ueulquefare was depar|ted and hadde for&s;aken the fortere&s;&s;e in Rouer+gue. And al&s;o &s;awe well howe there was no co~+forte comyng to them fro no parte. Than they drewe to coun&s;ayle / and determyned to yelde them vp by treaty and none otherwy&s;e. And &s;o they made with the co~&s;table &s;o wy&s;e poyntmen+tes / that they de&abper;ted without danger or blame and hadde with them all that they wolde cary and al&s;o were conueyed in &s;auegarde to &s;aynte Symere in Lymo&s;yn. Thus &s;ir Bertra~ wan in this voyage dyuers places and countrees / that the engly&s;&s;hmen helde before / and than he retourned in to Fraunce.</P>
<P>yE haue herde here before / of the iour|ney y^t &s;ir Robert Canoll made in Fra~|ce / and howe he retourned to his owne ca&s;tell of Deruall in Bretayne. And it was of trouthe / that certayne engly&s;&s;hmen at their re|tournyng in to Englande / enformed &s;o the kyn+ge agayn&s;t hym / that the kynge and his coun|&s;ayle was nat well co~tent with him. But whan &s;ir Robert Canoll knewe therof / he &s;ende to ex+cu&s;e hym / two of his e&s;quyers. And they dyde &s;o well their deuoyre / that the kyng and his cou~+&s;ayle parceyued well / how they were yuell and fal&s;ely enformed of hym. And &s;o were well con+tent agayne with hym / through the helpe of &s;ir Alayne of Bouque&s;ell / and of other knightes a+bout the kyng / who helped to excu&s;e hym. Sir Johan Ourde bought it derely: for he was ta|ken and putte to execu&s;yon openly at London. The execu&s;yon of hym / was the excu&s;e of all y|uell wordes. And &s;o &s;ir Robert Canoll abode &s;tyll in the kynges grace and in the princes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the erle of Herford &amp; dyuers engly&s;&s;hmen di&s;co~fyted in Bretayne on the lee / dyuers flemynges that a&s;|&s;ayled them. Cap. CC .lxxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kyng of Englande &s;eyng howe the frenchemen made him <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / he gat him frendes <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he coude. and &s;o hadde to his accorde: the duke of Guerles his nephue and the duke of Jullyers / &amp; were agreed to a&s;&s;emble toguyder certayne no~+bre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and &s;o to entre into Fra~ce. And the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the kynge of Englande / &s;ent the erle of Herford and the knightes of his hou&s;holde in to Bretayne to &s;peke with y^e duke for certayne maters bytwene them / and y^e &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the flemyng&abis; and engly&s;&s;hmen were no frendes. And &s;o they mette togyder on the &s;ee but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the flemyng&abis; lo&s;t / &s;o that they were no+thynge content / for by aduenture they met eche other before a hauyn in Breten / called la Bay. And of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">emy&s;&s;he nauy was patron / Johan Peter&s;on / and of the engly&s;&s;hemen &s;ir Guy of Brian. And a&s;&s;oone as they mette they &s;et eche vpon other / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great batayle &amp; a &s;ore. And with the erle of Herforde / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Richard Stury / &s;ir Thomas Wy&s;que and other. And &s;o they fought togyder right valy|antly / &amp; how be it that the flemynges were more in no~bre and better purueyed for the mater (for they had taryed there a long &s;pace for the &s;ame purpo&s;e) yet for all that / they had but lytell ad|uantage. This batayle thus on the &s;ee / endu|red the &s;pace of thre houres / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done many a noble feate of armes / and many a man wounded and hurt with &s;hotte / for they hadde graped their &s;hyppes to guyder with hokes of yron / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> one coude nat flye fro another. How be it finally the vyctorie abode with thengly&s;&s;h+men / &amp; the flemynges di&s;confyted: and &s;ir Jo|han Peter&s;on their patron taken / and all the o|ther taken or &s;layne / &s;o that none e&s;caped. And the engly&s;&s;hmen turned backe agayne into En+glande with their conque&s;t and pri&s;oners / and &s;o brake vp their vyage for that tyme: and than &s;hewed the&s;e tidynges to the kyng of England who was right ioyou&s;e of that adueture / whan he knewe that the flemynges gaue the a&s;&s;aute &amp;
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occa&s;yon and were di&s;confyted. Than Johan Pete<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;on was &s;ent to pri&s;one / and al<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the other into <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yuers places of the realme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande &s;ent a great nauy to the lee agayn&s;t the fle+mynges / &amp; how the peace was made bytwene them. Cap. CC .lxxxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this di&s;confyture thus on the flemyng&abis; before the Bay in Bretayne. The kyng of Englande &s;ent men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to y^e &s;ee agayn&s;t the flemynges / commaundyng them to make &s;harpe warre agayn&s;t all the flemynges and to kepe all pa&s;|&s;ages: &s;o that nothyng &s;hulde co~e thyder with|out danger. And whan they of Brug&abis; / of Ipre / and of Gaunt herde therof / than they drewe to coun&s;ayle: and all thynges con&s;ydred and yma+gined. They thought it nat profitable for them to haue the yuell wyll of Englande / there nere neyghboure / for the &s;u&s;teynynge or aydinge of the erle their lorde. Therfore the good townes &s;ent &s;uffycient men into Englande to treat for a peace with the kyng and his coun&s;ayle. Who &s;pedde &s;o well or their retourne / that they dyde bring peace to the countre of Flanders / and to the flemynges: on certayne artycles &s;ealed of bothe &abper;ties. So they abode than in good &s;tate re&s;t and peace. &para; Nowe lette vs a lytell &s;peke of the realme of Mayllorques.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kynge of Mayllorques was in di&s;plea&s;ure with kyng He~ry of Spayne / and than we~t and made warre to the kynge of Arragon. Cap. CC .lxxxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue herd reher&s;ed here before: howe that kyng James of Mayllorques was takenne in the vale of Olyffes in Ca&s;tell / whan kynge Henry conquered agayne Spa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gne / and &s;o he was as pri&s;oner with the &s;ayd kyng Henry. Whan the quene of Naples his wyfe / and the Marques his &s;u&s;ter had kno+ledge of his takyng / they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed therwith: and &s;o prouyded for remedy therfore. I &s;hall &s;hewe you by what maner. They &s;ente certayne valyant men to entreat with kyng He~+ry for his rau&s;ome / and they dyde &s;o moch that he was &s;et to his raun&s;ome / for the &s;omme of a hundred thou&s;ande frankes / the which the&s;e .ii. ladyes payed &s;o curte&s;ly: that kyng He~ry was well content. And a&s;&s;one as the kyng of Mayl+lorques was departed he retourned into Na|ples / and taryed nat there: but dyde &s;o moche that he had golde and &s;yluer / and many fre~des in dyuers partes. and than toke his way to the entent to make warre on the kyng of Arragon his aduer&s;ary / whome he coude nat loue / for he had &s;layne his father / and kept away his hery|tage. And &s;o the kyng ca~e to Auygnon to pope Gregory the .xi. &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed a moneth / and there made his complayntes in &s;uche wy&s;e that the pope agreed to his de&s;yre y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &s;hulde make warre agayn&s;t the kyng of Arragon / to the en|tent to recouer his herytage. Than the kynge prouyded for men of warre all about where he coude get them / and bought them derely: bothe engly&s;&s;he / ga&s;coyns / almaygnes / bretons and certayne of the co~panyons / wherof &s;ir Ga&s;yen of the ca&s;tell / &s;ir John~ Male&s;troyt / Sylue&s;ter Budes / and Jaques of Bray were capitayns. They were about .xii. hundred fightyng men / and &s;o went forthe and entred into Nauer / and there taryed a &s;ea&s;on by the con&s;ent of the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer.</ABBR> And &s;o than entred into Aragon / &amp; began warre agayn&s;t the kyng of Aragon / and ouer ran the countre / and toke lytell fortre&s;&s;es / and &s;ore traueyled the playne countre / and rau~+&s;omed men and toke pri&s;oners. So that y^e kyn+ge of Aragon / who douted greatly that warre &s;ent men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to the fronters / of whome the erle of Roq~bertyn / and therle of Roddes were capitayns. And whyle this warre thus began cruell and fell / kynge James of Mayllorques fell &s;icke agayne in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vale of Sorey / of the whi+che &s;ickene&s;&s;e he dyed. And &s;o therby the arago <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;es had peace and re&s;t for a great &s;ea&s;on after and the companyons that had made warre / de+parted and retourned into Fraunce / thyder as they thought to haue &s;ome aduantage and pro|fyte. Now let vs &s;peke of the duke of La~ca&s;tre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre wed|ded thelde&s;t doughter of kyng Dam|peter of Spayne / and howe the con|federacions
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were made bitwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Spay+gne. Cap. CC .lxxxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duke Johan of La~+ca&s;tre / who was in the cytie of Burdeux on Garon / and with hym dyuers barones / knightes and &s;quyers of Ac+q^itayne: for as than fortune &s;tode metely well on the en|gly&s;&s;he parte. Howe beit dyuers barons of P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">tou and of Limo&s;yn / were tourned to the fre~|che partie / and they made often y&s;&s;ues and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ry my&s;&s;hes agayn&s;t their enemyes. This duke of Lanca&s;tre was a wydower without a wife / for the good lady Blanche of Lanca&s;tre and Der|by / was di&s;cea&s;&s;ed. Than the barones of Ga&s;|coyne / con&s;ydred that kynge Dampeter of Ca|&s;tell had two doughters by his fir&s;t wyfe / who was &s;u&s;ter to y^e kyng of Portyngale / who were as than in the cytie of Ga&s;coyne. Thyder they were brought by the &s;ee / to be kept by certayne knightes fro the parties of Cyuell / for doute of kyng Henry. A&s;&s;one as they knewe the dethe of their father / the two ladyes were dy&s;con&s;olate and in great trouble / that it was great pite: for they were trewe herytoursto Ca&s;tell / by ryght &s;ucce&s;&s;yon of kyng Da~peter their father. The whiche mater &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle &s;hewed to the duke / &s;ayng thus. Sir / and it like you ye are to mary: and we knewe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> is a great ma+ryage for you / wherby you and your heyre &s;hal be kyng of Ca&s;tell. And al&s;o it is great alme&s;&s;e to confort maydens in their bi&s;tre&s;&s;e / and &s;peci+ally doughters to a kyng / beyng in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;e that they be in. &s;ir: we your faythfull &s;eruantes / wol+de cou~&s;ayle you to take thelde&s;t to your wyfe / for we can nat tell <ABBR>wher</ABBR> ye &s;hulde be &s;o well ma+ryed agayne / nor where that &s;o moche pro&s;yte &s;hulde come to you therby.</P>
<P>UHe&s;e word&abis; and other entred &s;o into the dukes hert / and &s;o well plea&s;ed hym: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was well content to &s;end for the two ladyes / thelde&s;t called Co~&s;tance / and the other I&s;abell And &s;o he &s;ent four knightes for them / and ther &s;pedde &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in their iourney / that they brought with them the &s;ayd ladies. And whan the duke knewe of their comyng he rode out of Burde|aur to mete with them. And a lytell fro Burde+aur / in a vyllage called Roch&s;ort / he maryed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> elde&s;t called Con&s;tance. At the whiche daye of maryage <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great fee&s;t and great no~|bre of lordes and ladyes: and thanne the duke brought his wyfe to Burdeux. And than there was agayne great fee&s;t and ioy made / and the good lady and her &s;u&s;ter were greatly fee&s;ted <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / by the ladyes and damo&s;els of Burdeux / and gyuen to them great gyftes and fayre pre|&s;entes / for the loue of the duke.</P>
<P>UHe tidynges came in to ca&s;tell to kynge Henry / and to the barons of that realm who were alyed by fay the and homage to him / howe that his ne&s;e had maryed with the duke of Lanca&s;tre. And al&s;o it was enformed them / that the yonger &s;hulde be wedded to the erle of Cambridge / whan the duke were retourned in to Englande / wherof kyng Henry was ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and called all his coun&s;ayle to|guyder. Than was it coun&s;ayled hym / that he &s;hulde &s;ende great me&s;&s;angers to the frenche kynge to treate with hym / to whiche coun&s;ayle the kynge agreed. And &s;ente wy&s;e and &s;ufficy|ent per&s;onages into Fraunce. And &s;o they de|parted and dyde &s;o moche by their iourneys / that they came to the cytie of Parys <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they fou~de the kyng who receyued them with great ioye and fee&s;t. And &s;o bytwene the kyng &amp; the&s;e coun&s;aylours of kyng Henry / who hadde pro|curacyons &s;ealed / to treate and to procede in all cau&s;es in the name of their lorde: in any plya|ment / treaty / coun&s;ayle / &s;ecrete or otherwi&s;e to take effect. Finally the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a corded / ordayned / and confyrmed: alyaunces / and confederacions right great and large / and &s;worne &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e~ply on bothe parties / to holde ferm|ly &amp; nat to breke / nor to do agayn&s;t it by no ma|ner of way: but that tho&s;e two kyng&abis; to abyde fermly in an vnyte of peace / loue / &amp; alya~ce. and there the frenche kyng &s;ware by the worde of a kyng / that he wolde ayde and helpe the kyngs of Ca&s;tell in all his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e: and to make no maner of peace nor acorde with the kyng of En+glande / but that he &s;hulde be compri&s;ed in the &s;ame. To this treaty &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy helped greatly / for he loued enterely the kynge Henry. After the&s;e thynges confyrmed and a|greed: the emba&s;&s;adours departed and retour+ned into Spaygne / and founde their lorde at Lyon in Spaygne / who was right ioyou&s;e of their comynge home / and that they had &s;o well &s;ped. And by rea&s;on of this alyaunce / kyng He~+ry thought hym&s;elfe better a&s;&s;ured and conforted / than he was before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of La~ca&s;tre orday|ned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Englande / and howe the kyng of Englande or|dayned the erle of Penbroke to be go+uernour in Poitou. Ca. C C .lxxxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe let vs retourne to y^e duke of Lanca&s;tre who was in the cyte of Burdeux &amp; &s;o about the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Mychaell / he thought to re tourne in to Englande / the better to enforme the kynge his father of the be&s;yne&s;&s;e of Acquitayne. And &s;o a lytell before his depture / he ordayned ther|fore and a&s;&s;embled in the cytie of Burdeux / all the barownes and knightes of Guyen / &s;uch as were engly&s;&s;he. And than he &s;hewed them how he was purpo&s;ed to retourne in to Englande / for certayne maters for the profyte of theym all and of the countre of Acquitayne / and that the next &s;omer after he wolde come thyder agayne yf the kynge his father were &s;o plea&s;ed. The&s;e wordes plea&s;ed them all. Than the duke orday+ned the lorde Captall of Beufez / and the lorde of Mu&s;ydent / with the lorde Le&s;pare: to be go+uernours of all the countre of Ga&s;coyne / that was engly&s;&s;he. And in Poytou he ordayned to be gouernours: &s;ir Loyes Harcourt / the lorde of Parteney. and in Xaynton / &s;ir Loyes Dar|gentou and &s;ir Wyllyam of Mou~tendre / &amp; left all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">is &s;ene&s;chals and offycers as they were be|fore. And it was ordayned that there &s;hulde go with the duke into Englande certayne per&s;ons of Ga&s;coyne / Xaynton / and Poictou: to &s;hewe to the kyng of England the &s;tate and be&s;yne&s;&s;e of Aquitayne. As &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / the lorde of Pynan and &s;ir Aymery of Tar&s;e: and to abyue for theym / the duke taryed a certayne &s;pace and whan they were all redy apparelled they entred in to their &s;hyppes in the hauyn of Burdeux. So the duke departed with a great company of men of armes and archers / he had a thre&s;core ve&s;&s;els with his company and pur|ueyau~ce and ledde with hym his wyfe and her &s;u&s;ter. And they &s;pedde &s;o well on the &s;ee &amp; had &s;o good wynde / that they arryued at Hampton in England and there y&s;&s;ued out of their &s;hyp+pes and entred into the towne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re&s;ted them the &s;pace of two dayes and than departed and rode to wynd&s;ore / where the kynge recey|ued the duke his &s;onne / and the ladyes damo|&s;els / and knyghtes &s;trangers with great fee&s;t: and &s;pecially he was gladde to &s;e &abser; Guy&s;&s;hard Dangle. &para;The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on dyed the gentyll knyght &s;ir Gaultier of Manny in the cytie of London / wherof all the barones of Englande were right &s;orie / for the trouthe and good cou~|&s;ayle that they had alwayes &s;ene and herde in him. He was buryed with great &s;olempnyte in the mona&s;tery of the charterhou&s;e be&s;yde Lon|don / and at y^e day of his ob&s;equy / there was the kyng and all his chyldren: and the prelates ban+rons and knightes of Englande. And &s;o all his landes bothe in Englande and beyonde the &s;ee fell to the erle Johan of Penbroke / who hadde to wyfe the lady Anne his doughter and heyre. So the erle of Penbroke &s;ent to entre in to the lande that was fallen to him in Heynault by. ii of his knightes / who dyde &s;o well their deuor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> with the duke Aubert / who as than helde the erldome of Heynalt in rule / that they atteyned their purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>ALl that wynter <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers coun|&s;ayls in Englande among the lord&abis; / for the &s;tate of the realme / and howe they &s;hulde me~+tayne the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> the next &s;omer folowynge. And &s;o were of ente~t to make two viages / the one in to Guyen / and the other into France by Calys way / and the kyng &s;ought for frendes in all par+ties / a&s;well in Almayne as in y^e marches of the empyre / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he gate dyuers knightes and &s;quyers of his acorde: al&s;o he made a maruey|lous great apparell for his hoo&s;t / that the lyke had nat ben often &s;ene before. The fre~che kyng had knowlege of their &s;ecretes / and what they were in purpo&s;e to do / whervpon he toke coun|&s;ayle and made proui&s;yon: and fortifyed his cy+ties / townes / and ca&s;tels in Pycardy / and &s;ette in euery place great gary&s;ons of men of warre to thentent to defende the countre fro all my&s;ad+uenture. Whan that &s;omer was come / and that kyng Edwarde of England hadde holden his fee&s;t and &s;olemnyte of &s;aynt George at wynd|&s;ore / as was his v&s;age yerely to do. And that &abser; Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle was entred into the &s;ame fraternyte with the kyng and his chyldren / and other barons of Englande / the whiche were cal+led in the fraternyte / knight&abis; of the blue garter.</P>
<P>THan the kyng went to Lo~don to his pa|lays of we&s;tmyn&s;ter / and there he had a great cou~&s;ayle for the orderyng of the realme. And bycau&s;e that the duke of Lanca&s;tre &s;hulde that &s;ea&s;on pa&s;&s;e in to Fraunce / by the playnes
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of Pycardy / &amp; the erle of Cambridge with him The kyng at the de&s;yre of &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Da~|gle and of them of Poyton. Ordayned that the erle of Penbroke &s;hulde go in to Poictou to vy+&s;yte that countre / and to make warre agayn&s;t the frenchmen on that &s;yde. For the ga&s;coyns &amp; poicteuyns had requyred the kyng by their let|ters / and by the mouthe of &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Da~+gle / that if he wolde nat &s;end any of his &s;onnes that he wolde &s;ende the erle of Penbroke / who~e they greatly loued and de&s;yred to haue / for they knewe him for a good knight and a hardy. and &s;o the kyng of Englande &s;ayd to the erle of Pe~+broke before all his barons and knyghtes / that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a&s;&s;embled in coun&s;ayle. John~ fayre &s;ofie: I ordayne you to go in to Poictou / in the company of &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle. And ther ye &s;hall be &s;ouerayne and gouernour of all the men of warre that ye fynde there wherof there be great ple~tie (as I am &s;urely enformed) and al&s;o of all theym that gothe with you. The erle kneled downe before the kyng / and &s;ayd. Sir / I thanke your grace of the highe honoure that ye putte me to: &s;ir I &s;hall gladly be there to do you &s;eruice / as one of your lee&s;t mar&s;hals. So thus brake vp the coun&s;ayle and the kynge re|tourned to wynd&s;ore / and had &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle with hym / and &s;pake to hym often ty|mes of the be&s;yne&s;&s;e of Poicton and of Guyen and &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde &s;ayd to him. Sir a&s;&s;oone as my lorde the erle of Penbroke be ones arry|ued there / we &s;hall make good warre: for we &s;hall be to the nombre of foure or fyue hundred &s;peares / all obeyng to you. &s;o they may be well payed their wages. Than the kyng an&s;wered. Sir Guy&s;&s;hard / care you nothyng for hanyng of golde or &s;yluer whan ye come there / to make <ABBR>warr,</ABBR> withall / for I haue ynoughe. And I am well content to enploy it on that marchandy&s;e / &s;ythe it toucheth me and my realme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the erle of Penbroke depar|ted out of Englande to go into Poyctou / and howe the &s;pa|nyerdes fought with him in the hauyn of Rochell. Cap. C C .lxxxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus with &s;uche wordes the kynge pa&s;t the tyme often w^t &s;ir <ABBR>Guy&s;&s;hard</ABBR> Da~gle / who~ he loued and tru&s;ted as rea|&s;on was. So the &s;ea&s;on ca~e that therle of Pe~broke &s;hul|de departe / and &s;o tooke his leaue of the kyng / and all his company. And &abser; Others of Graunt&s;on was ordayned to go with hym / he had no great company with hym / but certayne knyghtes / by the enformacyon of &s;ir Gui&s;&s;harde Dangle. But he had with him &s;u|che certayne &s;omme of money / to pay the wag&abis; of thre thou&s;ande men of warre. And &s;oo they made &s;pede tyll they came to Hampton / &amp; there taryed .xv. dayes abydinge wynde / &amp; than had they wynde at wyll. and &s;o entred ito their &s;hip+pes and de&abper;ted fxo the hauyn in y^e name of god and &s;aynt George / &amp; toke their cour&s;e towarde Poitou. Kyng Charles of Frauce / who knewe the mo&s;t &abper;te of all the cou~&s;ell in England / I ca~ nat tell howe nor by who~e. But he knewe well how &s;ir Guy&s;&s;hard Da~gle was gone into En|gland / to the~tent to get of the kyng a good capi+tayne for the cou~tre of Poytou: &amp; al&s;o he knew howe therle of Penbroke &s;hulde go thyder and all his charge. The frenche kyng was well ad|uy&s;ed therof / and &s;ecretly &s;ent an army of men of warre by the &s;ee / of &s;panyerdes at his de&s;yre bycau&s;e his owne men were gone to kyng He~|ry of Ca&s;tell / bycau&s;e of the confederacyon and alyaunce / that was bytwene them. The &s;pany+erves were fourtie gret &s;hyppes / and .xiii. bar+kes well purueyed and decked / as the&s;e &s;pay|ny&s;&s;he &s;hyppes be. And &s;oueraynes and patro|nes of that flete / were four valyaut capitayns: Ambro&s;e de Boucquenegre / Cabe&s;&s;e de Uaca+dent / Ferrant de Pyon and Radygo de la Ro+chell. The&s;e &s;panyerdes had lyen a great &s;pa|ce at ancre in the&s;ce / abydinge the retournyng of the poicteuyns / and comyng of therle of Pe~|broke. For they knewe well howe their ente~tes were to come to Poitou / therfore they lay at an+cre before the towne of Rochell. And &s;o it hap|ped / that the day before the vigyll of &s;aynt Jo|han Bapty&s;t / the yere of our lorde god. M .iii. hundred .lxxii. The erle of Penbroke and his co~pany &s;hulde arryue in the hauyn of Rochell / but there they founde the fore&s;ayde &s;paignyer|des / to lette them of their arryuyng / who were gladde of theyr comynge. And whanne the en|gly&s;&s;hemen and poicteuyns &s;awe the &s;paigny|erdes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and parceyued howe they mu&s;t ne|des fight with them / they conforted them&s;elfe:
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howbeit they were nat agally matched / nother of men nor of &s;hyppes. Howe be it they armed them / and putte them &s;elfe in good order / their archers before them redy to fight. And tha~ the &s;payni&s;&s;he &s;hyppes / who were well prouyded with a great nombre of men of warre and bri|gantes / with arbala&s;ters and go~nes / and with great barres of yron / and plomettes of leed to ca&s;t downe. Anone they began to aproche / ma|kyng great noy&s;e: the great &s;hyppes of Spay+gne toke the <ABBR>wynd</ABBR> to fetche their tourne on the engly&s;&s;he &s;hyppes. Whome they but lytell fea|ced: and &s;o came with a full &s;ayle on them. So thus at the beginnyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great cry and noy&s;e of the one and other and the engli&s;&s;hmen bare them &s;elfe right well. And there the erle of Pebroke made certayne of his &s;quyers knigh|tes to: honour. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a great batayle and a harve the engly&s;&s;hmen hadde ynough to do / for the &s;panyerdes that were in the great &s;hyp|pes hadde great barres of yron and great &s;to|nes / and dyde ca&s;t them downe to per&s;e the en|gly&s;&s;he &s;hyppes / &amp; hurte therwith many a man right yuell. And amonge the knyghtes of En|glande &amp; Poictou / great noblene&s;&s;e of knight / hode and prowes was &s;hewed. The erle of Pe~+broke fought and receyued his enemyes ryght fer&s;ly / &amp; dyde that day many a noble feat of ar|mes with his owne handes / and in lyke maner &s;o dyde &s;ir Othes Grau~t&s;on / &s;ir Gui&s;&s;harde da~+gle / the lorde of Pynan / and all other knight&abis;.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Rochell towne wol+de nat &s;ocour the erle of Penbroke / &amp; howe the &s;eue&s;chall of Rochell / &amp; the lorde of Tanyboton and other / came to &s;ocour hym. Cap. CC .lxxxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd as I haue herde re+ported by theym that were there at y^e &s;ame batayle / that the engly&s;&s;hmen and poycte+nyns that were there / de&s;y|red greatly to <ABBR>co~quer</ABBR> laude &amp; pray&s;e in armes. For there were neuer men that dyde more valyantly / for they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> but a fewe people in regarde to the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">des and al&s;o <ABBR>farr</ABBR> la&s;&s;e nombre of &s;hyp+pes: and le&s;&s;e of quantyte. Therfore it myght well be marueyled howe they endured &s;o long / but the noble knightode that was in them / re|conforted them / and helde the~ in their &s;trength. For if they hadde ben lyke in &s;hyppes / the &s;pa|nyerdes hadde taken but lytell aduauntage of them. They helde them &s;elfe &s;o clo&s;e toguyder / that none dur&s;t abyde their &s;trokes / withoute they were well armed and paue&s;&s;ed / but the ca|&s;tyng downe of plommes of leed / great &s;tones / and barres of yron / hurte and troubled theym marueylou&s;ly &s;ore. And hurt and wounded dy+uers knightes and &s;quyers. The people of the towne of Rochell &s;awe well this batayle / but they neuer auaun&s;ed them to come to helpe the erle of Penbroke and his company / who &s;o va|lyantly there fought with their ennemyes / but dyde lette the~ alone. Thus in this batayle and &s;tryfe they endured tyll it was night / and than they departed eche fro other and ca&s;t their an|cres but this fir&s;t day the engly&s;&s;hmen lo&s;t .ii. barges / laded with their &abpro;ui&s;yon / and all that were within putte to dethe. The &s;ame night &s;ir Johan of Hardan: who as than was &s;ene&s;hall of Rochell made gret de&s;yres to the~ of the tow|ne. As to the mayre Johan Chaudron / and to other: that they &s;hulde arme them / and cau&s;e to be armed all the cominalte of the towne / &amp; to en+tre in to barges and &s;hyppes. And to go ayde and co~fort their company / who all the day had &s;o valiantly fought with their ennemyes. But they of the towne / who hadde no wyll to the ma+ter: excu&s;ed them &s;elfe / and &s;ayd: that they had ynough to do to kepe the towne. And how they were no menne for the see / nor wy&s;t nat howe to fight with the &s;panyerdes on the &s;ee / but yf the batayle were on the lande / they &s;ayd they wold than gladly go forthe. So the &s;ene&s;chall coude nat get them forthe / for nothynge that he coude do. The &s;ame tyme within y^e towne: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the lorde of Tanyboton / &s;ir Jaques of Surge res / &s;ir Maubrune of Linyers: who al&s;o de&s;y|red theym of the towne to go forthe. But whan they &s;awe that their reque&s;t coude nat auayle: they foure knightes went and armed them and all their co~pany / &s;uche as wolde go forthe with them / the whiche was but a &s;mall nombre. and &s;o they entred in to four barkes / and at the bre|kynge of the daye whan the fludde came / they wente to their company / who gaue them great thanke for their commynge. And &s;o there they &s;he wed vnto the erle of Penbroke / and vnto &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle. Howe they of the tow|ne of Rochell / wolde nat come forthe to helpe to ayde and &s;ocour hym and his company. Than
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the erle an&s;wered / and &s;ayd. Well / than it mu&s;t behoue vs to abyde the grace of god / and y^e ad|ue~ture of fortune. Tru&s;tyng ones to fynde the &s;ea&s;on to cau&s;e them of Rochell / to repent their vnkynde dealyng.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the erle of Penbroke was ta|ken pri&s;oner / and di&s;confyted by the &s;panierdes: and howe they departed fro the hauyn of Rochell with theyr pri&s;oners. And the &s;ame day the Ca|ptall of Beutz came in to Rochell. Cap. CC .lxxxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the day was come and that y^e fludde began / the &s;panyerdes wayed vp their ancres / makyng great noi&s;e with trumpettes / and &s;ette them &s;elfe in good order / as they dyde y^e day before. And furny&s;&s;hed their great &s;hyppes fulle of men of warre / and toke the aduauntage of the mynde to clo&s;e in the engly&s;&s;he &s;hyppes / who were no+thynge to the nombre of the &s;panyerdes. And &s;o the fore&s;ayd foure patrones of the &s;panyerd&abis; came before in good order. The engly&s;&s;hemen and poyctenyns / &s;awe well their order: and &s;o drewe all togyder / and &s;et their archers before them. Therwith came on the &s;panyerdes with full &s;ayle / and &s;o began a feir&s;e and a cruell ba|tayle. Than the &s;panyerdes ca&s;t great hookes of yron / and graped their &s;hyppes toguyder to the engly&s;&s;he &s;hyppes / &s;o that they coude nat be parte. With the erle of Penbroke and &s;ir Guy&s;|&s;harde Dangle / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were .xxii. knightes / who right valiantly fought with &s;uche weapens as they hadde. Thus fightyng they contynued a longe &s;pace / howe beit the &s;panyerdes hadde to great aduauntage of the engly&s;&s;hmen / for they were in great &s;hyppes / and ca&s;te downe great barres of yron and &s;tones / the whiche &s;ore tra|ueyled the engly&s;&s;hmen. Thus cryeng / &s;how|tynge / and fightynge eche with other: they en|dured tyll thre of the clocke. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were neuer men that endured more traueyle on the &s;ee / tha~ the engly&s;&s;hemen dyde there that day / for the moo&s;t parte of their men were &s;ore hurte / with the ca&s;tynge of barres of yron / &s;tones / and plo|mettes of leed. So that &s;ir Aymery of Thar&s;e y^e valyant knight of Ga&s;coyne was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;tayne and al&s;o &s;ir John~ Lantonne / who was knight for the body with the erle of Penbroke. To the erles &s;hyp / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were fa&s;tened four great &s;hyp|pes. Wherof Cabe&s;&s;e of Wakadent / and Dom ferant de Pyon were gouernours / and in them were many good fightyng men. And they dyd &s;o moche / that they entred into the erles &s;hyppe where was done many a feate of armes: &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> therle was taken and all that were in his &s;hyp / taken or &s;layne. Fir&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were takenne of his knightes / &s;ir Robert Bufforce / &s;ir Johan Cur+&s;one / and &s;ir Johan of Grimyers. And &s;layne there was: &s;ir Saymon Hou&s;&s;agre / &s;ir John~ Mortayne / and &s;ir Johan Couchette. &amp; there fought &s;tyll the poictenyns: as &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / the lorde of Pynan / the lorde of Ca|nyboton / and dyuers other knyghtes of their co~pany. And in another &s;hyppe was &s;ir Othes of Grau~t&s;on / Ambro&s;e of Boucquenegre / and Radygo of Rochell / and they were all takenne by the &s;panyerdes / &s;o that none &s;caped: but ou|ther they were taken or &s;layne. But whan they had taken the chefe may&s;ters / they left &s;layeng of &s;eruauntes / for their may&s;ters de&s;yred that they wolde forbere theym. Sayeng howe they wolde pay for them all.</P>
<P>ALl &s;uche as were in lyke danger / as the erle of Penbroke / and &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle were in: &s;hulde be fayne to take the ad+uenture that god wolde &s;ende the~. And be&s;yde the lo&s;&s;e of &s;o many good knyghtes and &s;quy|ers / as were takenne and &s;layne the &s;ame day. The kyng of Englande lo&s;t the greatte&s;t lo&s;&s;e for by the &s;ame di&s;confyture / he lo&s;t after all the hole cou~tre: as ye &s;hall herafter in this hi&s;tory. &para; And as it was &s;hewed me / thengly&s;&s;he &s;hyp wherin was all the trey&s;ure and riche&s;&s;e / wher with &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Da~gle <ABBR>shuld</ABBR> haue payed all &s;oudyers wages in Guyen / was pery&s;&s;hed and drowned: and all that was therin / &s;o that nothyng therof came to profyte. All that day the whiche was the vigyll of &s;aynt Johan the Bapty&s;t and that night / and the next daye tyll it was noone / the &s;panyerdes lay &s;tyll at ancre before Rochell / makyng great ioye. And it for tuned well to a knight of Poictou / called &abser; Ja+ques of Surgeres: for he &s;pake &s;o &s;wetely &amp; &s;o fayre to his may&s;ter / that he was quyt: with y^e payeng of thre. C. fra~kes. And &s;o he ca~e on &s;alt John~s day to dyner in to the towne of Rochell by him <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was knowen / how y^e iorney was &s;pedde / &amp; who were &s;layne &amp; who were taken. &amp;
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dyuers burge&s;&s;es of the towne / &s;hewed by &s;em|blant howe they were &s;orie &amp; di&s;plea&s;ed. How|beit they were in dede right ioyou&s;e / for they ne+uer naturally loued the engly&s;&s;hemen. And &s;o whan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oone was pa&s;t on &s;aynt Johans day / &amp; that the tyde came on. The&s;panyerdes wayed vp ancres and &s;pred their &s;eales / and &s;o <ABBR>depar|ted</ABBR> makyng great noy&s;e of trumpettes and o|ther myn&s;trel&s;ies. And they had long &s;tremers wauynge in the wynde beaten with the armes of Ca&s;tell / with other penous and &s;tanderdes: &s;o that it was great plea&s;ure to beholde them. Thus in this ca&s;e they departed and toke <ABBR>ther</ABBR> cour&s;e towardes Galyce / and the &s;ame daye of &s;aynt Johan / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to Rochell a great no~|bre of men of armes ga&s;coyns and engly&s;&s;he / who had nat as than herde of that aduenture: but they knewe well that the &s;panyerdes lay / &amp; had lyen a longe &s;pace before the hauyn of Ro|chell / and therfore they came thyder to conforte and a <ABBR>yd</ABBR> the towne. Of the which men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of ga&s;coyns / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the Captall of Beufz / &abser; Beras de la Launde / &s;ir Peter of Landuras / &s;ir Soudyc / and &s;ir Bertram de Franke. And of engly&s;&s;hmen / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Richarde of Pontchardon / &s;ir Wyllm~ Fer|ryton / &s;ir Dango&s;es / &s;ir Baudwyn of Fra~uyll &s;ir Water Hewet / &amp; &s;ir Johan Deureur. Whan the&s;e lordes and their co~pany / who were to the nombre of &s;ire hundred men of armes were co~e to Rochell / they of the towne made them good chere outwarde / bycau&s;e they dur&s;t do none o|therwy&s;e. Than they were enformed by &s;ir Ja+ques Surgeres / of the batayle of the &s;panyer|des on the &s;ee / and &s;hewed theym howe he was him &s;elfe at the &s;ame batayle / taken and raun&s;o+med. Of the&s;e tidynges were the barones and knightes ryght &s;orie and di&s;plea&s;ed / and repu|ted theym &s;elfe right vnfortunat / that they had nat ben <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> and complayned greatly the lo&s;&s;e of the erle of Pe~broke / and of &s;ir Richard Da~|gle. So thus they taryed at Rochell / I can nat &s;ay howe longe: to take coun&s;ayle and aduy&s;e / howe they &s;hulde do and maynteyne forthe the <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> &para; Nowe lette vs leaue a lytell whyle to &s;peke of them / and lette vs &s;peke of &s;ir yuan of Wales / howe he dyde the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ir yuan of wales di&s;co~fited thengli&s;&s;hmen in the yle of Gern&s;ay / and howe the frenche kyng &s;ent into Spayne for men of warr~ / to lay &s;ege to Rochell. Cap. CCC.</HEAD>
<P>_THis yua~ of Wales / was &s;on to a prince of Wales / whom kynge Edwarde had put to dethe: I ca~ nat &s;ay for what cau&s;e. And &s;o gaue the prin|cipalyte to his &s;on~e / &amp; made hym prince of Wales. So this yuan came into Fraunce &amp; complayned to kyng Charles of Fraunce / of the iniuryes that the kynge of Englande had done to hym / as in &s;layeng of his father: &amp; takyng away of his he rytage. So the frenche kyng retayned him / &amp; aduaun&s;ed him greatly / and made him gouer|nour of certayn men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And &s;o the &s;ame &s;omer / the kyng delyuered him four thou&s;ande fightyng men / and &s;ent him to the &s;ee / and toke &s;hippyng at Harflewe / and &s;o &s;ayled forthe to|warde Englande / &amp; &s;o came to theyle of Gern&punc; &s;ay agayn&s;t Norma~dy: wherof Aymon Ro&s;&s;e a &s;quyer of honour with the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> was capitayne. And whan he knewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the fren+chmen were aryued in the yle / and yuan of Wa+les with them: he was nothynge content. And &s;o made his &s;omons through the yle / the which is nat great in quantyte / and &s;o he a&s;&s;embled / what of his owne and of them of the yle / to the nombre of .viii. hundred. And &s;o came to a cer|tayne place / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fought with y^e &s;ayd yuan where there was a &s;ore batayle / and endured a+long &s;pace. Howe beit finally the engly&s;&s;hmen were di&s;confyted and flayne in the &s;ame place / mo than four hu~dred. And &s;o this Aymon fled away or els he had ben deed or taken: &s;o he &s;a|ued him &s;elfe with moche payne / and entred in+to a lytell ca&s;tell a two leages thens / called Cor+nette: the whiche the &s;ame Aymon had well for+tifyed before. Than after this <ABBR>di&s;confytur</ABBR> / the &s;ayd yuan drewe togyder his men / and hadde knowledge howe that Aymon was entred into the ca&s;tell of Cornette. Than he drewe thyder and layd &s;iege therto / and made dyuers a&s;&s;au|tes: but the ca&s;tell was &s;trong &amp; well purueyed with good artyllary: &s;o that it was nat ea&s;y to be wonne. Duryng this &s;iege before Cornette / the <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> fell on the &s;ee of the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and &s;ir Guy&s;&s;harde Dangle / and their company before Rochell (as ye haue herde before) Of the whiche tidynges / whan the french kyng herde therof he was right ioy ou&s;e / and <ABBR>entended</ABBR> thereby the <ABBR>rather</ABBR> to pur|&s;ue the warre in Poictou. For than he thought that yf the engly&s;&s;hmen began ones a lytell to declyne / that lightly the cyties &amp; townes wolde gyue vp / and rendre the~&s;elfe to him. Than the
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frenche kynge de&s;ermyned that in to Poyctou / Xaynton / and Rochelloy&s;e: he wolde &s;ende for that &s;ea&s;on his con&s;table thyder / with certayne men of armes / and to make hote <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in tho&s;e countrees / bothe by lande and by &s;ee: &s;ayenge that the engly&s;&s;hmen <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as than had no capt+tayne nor chefe <ABBR>ruler.</ABBR> Than the frenche kynge &s;ent his letters to the &s;ayd yua~ / who lay at &s;ege before the ca&s;tell of Cornet / in the yle of Gern|&s;ay. Of the whiche &s;iege the kyng was well en|formed / and howe the ca&s;tellby lykelyhod was in preignable. Therfore the kyng commau~ded hym after the &s;ight of his letters / to de&abper;te and breke vp his &s;iege. And to entre into a &s;hyppe / the whiche the kyng &s;ent hym for the &s;ame pur|po&s;e / and &s;o to &s;ayle into Spayne to kyng Hen+ry / to gette of hym barkes and galeys / and his admyrall and men of warre / to come and to lay &s;iege by the &s;ee / to the towne of Rochell. Whan the &s;ayd yuan &s;awe the kynges me&s;&s;age and co~+mau~dement / he obeyed therto / and &s;o brake vp the &s;iege and gaue leaue to his company to de|parte / and delyuered them &s;hyppes to bring the~ to Harflewe. And him&s;elfe entred into a great &s;hyppe and toke his cour&s;e towarde Spayne. Thus befell of the &s;iege before Cornette / in the yle of Gern&s;ay.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englande was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed of the takyng of therle of Penbroke / and how &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy toke the ca&s;tell of Mount morillon. Cap. CCC .i.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kyng of England was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed wha~ he herde how the army that he had &s;ent in to Poictou was ouerthrowen by the &s;pany|erdes on the &s;ee / and &s;o <ABBR>wer</ABBR> all &s;uche as loued hym / how be it they coude nat am<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de it for that tyme. tha~ the &s;ages of therealme thought &s;urely that the countre of Poictou and of Xaynton was likely to be lo&s;t / by rea&s;on of the &s;ayd my&s;&s;e happe: &amp; this they &s;hewed to the kyng and to the duke of Lanca&s;tre. So they were long in coun&s;ayle on the mater / and &s;o determyned as than: that the erle of Saly&s;bury with fyue hundred men of armes &s;hulde go thyder. But what &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">uer <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yle or aduy&s;e was taken / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nothyng done / for there came other bu&s;yne&s;&s;es in hande out of Bretayne / that letted that iourney / wher of the kyng repented him after / whan he coude nat remedy it. So it was / that the &s;panyerdes who had taken the erle of Penbroke (as ye ha|ue herd before) they taryed a certayne &s;pace on the &s;ee / bycau&s;e the wynde was contrary to the~ Howbeit at la&s;t they arryued at the porte &s;aynt Andrewe in Galyce / and &s;o entred into the tow+ne about noone. And &s;o brought all their pri&s;o|ners in to the Ca&s;tell / all bounde in cheanes of yron acordyng to their cu&s;tome / for other cour+te&s;y they can nat &s;hewe. They are like vnto the almaynes.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame day / yuan of Wales was arry|ued with his &s;hyppe in the &s;ame porte / &amp; &s;o toke lande and entred in to the &s;ame hou&s;e / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as Domferant of Pyon / and Cabe&s;&s;e of Wakadent had brought the erle of Penbroke and his knightes. And &s;o it was &s;hewed yuan as he was in his chambre / howe the engly&s;&s;he|men were in the &s;ame hou&s;e as pri&s;oners. And this yuan had great de&s;yre to &s;e them / to knowe what they were. and &s;o he went forthe in to the hall / and as he went thyder he encountred with the erle of Penbroke / whome he knewe ryght well / yet he had nat often &s;ene him before. Tha~ he &s;ayd to him as in reproch / a erle of Pe~broke / are ye come in to this countre to do homage to me / for &s;uche landes as ye holde in the principa+lyte of Wales / wherof I am rightfull heyre / the whiche your kynge hath taken fro me / by yuell coun&s;ayle and aduy&s;e. The erle of Penbroke was aba&s;&s;hed / whan he &s;awe that he was a pri|&s;oner and in a &s;trange <ABBR>land</ABBR> / and knowyng nat the man that &s;o &s;pake to hym in his language. And &s;o an&s;wered &s;hortely / and &s;ayd. What are you that gyue me this langage? I am &abquod; he / y|uan / &s;onne to prince Aymon of Wales / whome your kyng of Englande put to dethe wrongful+ly / and hath di&s;heryted me. But whan I may by the helpe of my right dere lorde the frenche kyng / I &s;hall &s;hape therfore a remedy. And I wyll ye knowe: that if I may fynde you in any place conuenyent / that I may fyght with you / I &s;hall do it. and &s;he we you the right y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye haue done to me: and al&s;o to the erle of Herforde / &amp; to Edward Spe~&s;er. For by your fathers with other coun&s;aylours / my lorde my father was be trayed / wherof I ought to be di&s;plea&s;ed / and to amende it whan I maye. Than &s;tepte forthe a knight of the erles / called &s;ir Thomas of &s;ait
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> to speke and &s;ayd. yuan / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and maynteyne that there is any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> or hath ben in my lorde / or that he o|weth or &s;hulde owe any homage to you / or any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. ca&s;t downe your gage in that quarell and ye &s;hall fynde hun that &s;hall take it vp. Thanyuan an&s;wered and &s;ayd. ye are a pri&s;oner. I can haue none honour to apele you for ye haue nat the rule of your&s;elfe: for ye are vnder the rule of them that haue taken you. but whan ye be quyte / than I &s;hall &s;peke with you more of the mater for it &s;hall nat re&s;t thus. And &s;o with tho words / certayne knight&abis; of Spay|gne came bytwene them: and &s;o departed them a &s;ondre. And &s;o w^tin a whyle after the &s;ayd. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> capIte~s ledde for the their pri&s;oners toward the cytie of Burg&abis; in Spayn / to yelde them to kyng Henry / who as than was there a byding. And whan kyng Henry knewe of their comyng and that they aproched nere to the cy|tie: He &s;ent his elde&s;t &s;onne called Johan / who was called as than / the chylde of Ca&s;tell with great nombre of knight&abis; and &s;quyers / to mete with the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen / to do theym honoure: for the king knewe tight well what aparteyned to noblene&s;&s;e. And wha~ they were come to him he dyde them moche honour / bothe with word&abis; and dedes. And than anone after the kyng &s;ent them into dyuers &abper;tes of his realme to be kept.</P>
<P>HOwe let vs retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Poitou / y^e which was nat lytell: and let vs &s;peke of the ga&s;coyns and engly&s;&s;he knigh|tes / who on &s;aynt John~s day at nyght came to the towne of Rochell (as ye haue herd before) &amp; they were&s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / in y^t they ca~e nat the day before to haue bene at the batayle / to haue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ought with the &s;panyerdes. So tha~ they toke coun&s;ayle what thyng was be&s;t for them to do / for they had great dout of the~ of Rochell. Than they ordayned &s;ir Johan Deureux to be &s;ene|&s;hall of Rochell with thre hu~dred men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to kepe y^e towne / for they thought that as longe as they were &s;trong ynough in the towne / they dur&s;t nat rebell. This order was taken by the Captall of Beufz / who was chefe gouernoure of that company: and &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Dango&s;es &s;ir Richarde of Pontchardon / the Souldyche / &s;ir Bereas de la La<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de and other with their companyes / departed fro Rochell / to the nombre of foure hundred &s;peares / &amp; toke <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> way to Subyze for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne bre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> helde churches and &s;mall fortere&s;&s;es / and had fortifyed them. But as &s;oone as the&s;e lordes came thyder they draue them away and wanne their holdes / and rydde clene tho&s;e mar+che&s;&s;e of them. And the &s;ame &s;eason there kepte the feldes in the marche&s;&s;e of Aniou / Auuerne / and Berrey / the con&s;table of Fraunce / the duke of Berrey / the duke of Burbone / the erle of Ale~+&s;on the Dolphyn of Auuergne / &abser; Loys of Sa~+xere / the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / the lorde de la Uale / the vycount of Rohan / and the lorde of Beauma|noyre / with a great no~bre of the barony of Fra~|ce / to the nombre of thre thou&s;ande &s;peres. And they rode &s;o long / tyll they a&s;&s;embled all togy|der with the con&s;table in Poyctou / and &s;o layd &s;iege to a ca&s;tell / called Mountmorillon: and with a&s;&s;aut wan it / and &s;lewe all that euer <ABBR>wer</ABBR> within / and newe manned it with frenchmen. And than they went to Chauigny / &s;ta~dynge by the ryuer of Cru&s;e and be&s;eged it / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lay two dayes / and on the thirde day the place was yelded vp &amp; they within taken to mercy. Than they rode further and came to Luzat / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> ther was a towne and a ca&s;tell: and &s;o they al&s;o yel|ded them vp / without abyding of any a&s;&s;aute. Than they went to the cytie of Poicters / &amp; lay one night without amonge the vynes / wherof they of the cytie were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed and douted of a &s;iege / howe beit they hadde none as at that tyme. For the next mornyng the frenchmen de|parted and went to the ca&s;tell of Moncou~tour / wherof John~ Cre&s;uell and Dauyd Holegraue were capitayns / and had vnder them thre&s;core hardy and valyant men of warre / who greatly had con&s;trayned the marches of Aniou and of Thourayne / and other fre~che gary&s;ons: wher|fore the co~&s;table &s;ayd he wolde nat de&abper;te thens / tyll he had it at his plea&s;ure.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the con&s;table of Fraunce be|&s;ieged Mountcomptour / and howe he departed thens to go to the duke of Berrey and of Limo&s;yn to be&s;ege &s;aynt Seuere. Cap. CCC .ii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe co~&s;table of France with all y^e &s;ayd lordes and knygh+tes rode &s;o long that thei ca~e to the ca&s;tell of Montcoun|tour / a &s;ixe leages fro Poy|cters. And whan they were come thyder they layd &s;iege therto / and a&s;&s;ayled it valyantly. And bycau&s;e
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the dykes were &s;o brode / they cau&s;ed tymbre &amp; wode to be cutte downe by the villayns of the countrey / and to be brought thyder and ca&s;t in to the dikes to fyll it and to ca&s;t &s;trawe &amp; erthe theron. And &s;o in four dayes they fylled &s;o the dykes that they might with their ea&s;e go to y^e walles. Than they made a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut / &amp; they within defended them &s;elfe valyantly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of the whiche they had great nede &s;o to do / for they were in great parell of takyng: howe be it they were &s;o valyant and &s;o good me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / that they kepte the~ &s;elfe and their place with moche payne / from any hurt that day. And &s;o the &s;irt day / the co~&s;table and bretons came agayne to the a&s;&s;aut: with paue&s;&s;es / pykes / and matock&abis; in their handes: and &s;o pear&s;ed the walles in dyuers places / &s;o that they within were&s;ore a ba&s;&s;hed. Howbeit they defe~ded the~ &s;elfe as va|lia~tly as euer men dyde. And John~ Cre&s;uell &amp; Dauyd Holegraue who were capitayns / yma+gyned &amp; con&s;ydred the parell that they were in and parceyued howe the con&s;table and his co~|pany were nat in mynde to de&abper;t / tyll they had wonne the ca&s;tell. And they &s;awe well / that yf they were taken by force / they &s;hulde all dye. &amp; al&s;o they parceyued howe there was no co~fort comynge to them fro any parte. Wherfore all thynges co~&s;ydred / they entred into a treaty to yelde vp them &s;elfe / their lyues and goodes &s;a+ued. And the con&s;table / who wolde no <ABBR>lengar</ABBR> greue his company / nor to &s;ore oppre&s;&s;e them of the ca&s;tell / bycau&s;e he &s;awe well they were valyant men of armes. He was contente they &s;hulde departe without any hurte of their bo|dyes / &s;o they toke no goodes with them except golde or &s;yluer / and &s;o they departed and were co~ueyed to Poicters. Thus the con&s;table had the ca&s;tell of Montcountour / and newe forti|fyed it: and &s;o taryed there a &s;pace to refre&s;&s;he him and his company / bycau&s;e he wy&s;t nat as than whyder to drawe / other to Poicters or to &s;ome other place. Whan they of the cyte of Poi+cters knewe howe the con&s;table &amp; bretons had wonne agayne the ca&s;tell of Montcountoure / than were they more aba&s;hed tha~ before. And &s;ent incontynent their me&s;&s;angers to &s;ir Tho|mas Percy / who was their &s;ene&s;hall: &amp; was ry+dynge in the co~pany of the Captall. And or &s;ir Thomas Percy knewe of tho&s;e tidynges / &s;ir Johan Deureur who was in the ca&s;tell of Ro+chell / was enformed howe the con&s;table of Fra~+ce hadde ben before Poicters and aduy&s;ed the place: wher&s;ore he thought verely they &s;hulde be be&s;ieged. And al&s;o he herde howe the &s;ene|&s;chall was nat there / wherfore he thought he wolde go and conforte them of Poicters. And &s;o departed fro Rochell with a fyftie &s;peares / and &s;ette a &s;quyer called Pbylpot Ma~&s;eyle to be capitayne there / tyll his retourne agayne. And &s;o rode to Poiters and entred in to the cy+tie / wherof they within thanked him greatly. Than the&s;e tidynges came to &s;ir Thom~s Per+cy / who was with the Captall from his men / in the cytie of Poicters. De&s;yringe him to co~e to them / for they feared of a &s;iege to be layed to them / and that he wolde bring with him as mo+che helpe and ayde as he coulde. Certifyenge hym howe the frenchmen were &s;tronge. Than &s;ir Thomas &s;hewed the&s;e tidynges to the Ca|ptall / to the entent to knowe what he wolde &s;ay therto. The Captall &s;ayde he wolde take ad|uy&s;e on that mater. And &s;o the adui&s;e taken / he was nat de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">myned to breke his owne iourney for that mater / but he gaue leaue to &abser; Thom~s Percy to departe fro hym / and &s;o he dyde / and rode to Poicters: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was receyued with great toye of them of the towne / for they great lye de&s;yred his pre&s;ens. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he founde &s;ir Johan Deureux / &amp; &s;o eche of them made great there of other. All this was &s;hewed to the con|&s;table / who was &s;tyll at Montcountoure / and howe that they of Poicters were newly refre&s;|&s;hed with men of warre.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on came to his knowlege / howe the duke of Berrey with a great nombre of men of warre: of Auuergne / Ber|rey / and of Burgoyne / and of the marche&s;&s;e of Lymo&s;yn. Was fully determyned to lay &s;eige to &s;aynt Seuere in Limo&s;yn / whiche partey|ned to &s;ir John~ Deureux. And capitayns ther|of vnder hym: were &s;ir Wyllyam Percy / Ry|charde Gylle / and Richarde Horne / with acer+tayne nombre of good men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And they hadde before ouerronne the countre of Auuer|gne and Limo&s;yn / and had done moche yuell: wherfore the duke of Berrey was determyned to drawe thyder. And &s;ent and de&s;yred the con+&s;table / that if he myght in any wy&s;e to come to hym / for the &s;ayd entent. The con&s;table / who was a wy&s;e and a &s;ubtell knight in all his ded&abis; con&s;ydred well / y^t to lay &s;iege to Poicters &s;hul|de lytell auayle him / &s;eyng the cyte newe refre&s;+&s;hed with men of warre / wherfore he &s;ayde he wolde drawe to the duke of Berrey. And &s;o de+parted fro Moncou~tour with all his ho&s;t / and ordred for the kepyng of that gary&s;on. And &s;o rode forthe tyll he came to the duke of Berrey / 
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who thaked him moche of his comyng / and all his copany. So they was a great hoo&s;t whan bothe hoo&s;tes were a&s;&s;embled togyder. And &s;o they toue toguyder tyll they came before &s;aynt Seuere they were well a four thou&s;ande men of armes / and &s;o belieged the gary&s;on and de|termyned nat to departe thens / tyll they hadde won it / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;o fetr&s;ly a&s;&s;ayled it. And &s;ir Wyllm~ Percy valiantly defended the fortre&s;&s;e. The&s;e twdynges came to the cycle of Poycters and to &s;ir John Deureur who was lorde of &s;aynt Se+uere. Howe the duke of Berrey / the doulphyn of Auuergne the co&s;table of Fraunce / the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and the vicount of Rohan / with foure thou&s;ande men of armes had be&s;ieged the for|tre&s;&s;e of &s;aynt <ABBR>Seuer</ABBR> in Limo&s;yn wherof &s;ir Johan Deureur was right pen&s;yue / and &s;ayd to &s;yr Thomas Percy / who was there pre&s;ent at the report makyng. Sir Thomas / ye are &s;e nelhall of this countrey, and haue great puy&s;|&s;aunce. Sir I requyre you helpe to &s;ocour my men / who are but lo&s;t if they haue no helpe. &s;it quod he gladde wold I be to synde remedy for them / &amp; for the loue of you / I wyll departe and go with you. and let vs go &s;peke with my lorde the caprall of Beufz who is nat farre hens / and let vs do our be&s;t to moue hym to go and helpe to rey&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege and to fight with the fre~chmen. Than they departed fro Poicters / and left the kepyng of the cytie with the mayre of the &s;ame / called Johan Reynalt / a good trewe and iu&s;te man. And &s;o long they rode toygder / that they founde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> captall in the feldes / ridyng towarde &s;aynt John Dangle. Than the&s;e two knyght<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hewed to hym / howe the frenchmen had taken Mountmorillon be&s;yde Poietres and al&s;o the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Montcountour / and were as than at &s;iege before &s;aynt Seuere / parteyning to &s;ir Johan Deureur. &amp; al&s;o they &s;hewed hym howe &s;ir Wyllm~ Percy was within the ca&s;tell / Gylle / and Richard Horne: who were no men to be lo&s;t. The Captall &s;tudyed a lytell at tho&s;e wordes / and than an&s;wered and &s;ayd. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> what thynke you be&s;t that I &s;hulde do? to the which cou~&s;ayle <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers knights called / and they all an&s;wered: and &s;ayd. Sir it hath ben a great &s;ea&s;on that we haue herde you &s;ay / that ye de&s;yre greatly to fight with the frenchmen. And &s;ir ye can nat better fynde the~ that nowe. Therfore &s;ir drawe thyder / and &s;ende out your co~maundement into Poictou / and Amou: we &s;halbe men ynowe to fight with them, with the good wyll we haue therto. By my faythe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the Captall I am co~tent / we &s;hall &s;hortely fight <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the~ / by the grace of god and &s;aynt George. In contyne~t the captall &s;ent letters to the barons / knightes and &s;quyers / of Poictou / &amp; of Xayn|ton: prayeng and &s;traitly co~maundynge the~ to come to hym / to a certayne place lymytted. All &s;uche as his co~maundeme~t came vnto / came to|warde the Captall in all ha&s;t they coude: there was the lorde of Partney / &s;ir Loys Harcourt / &s;ir Hugues of Uynou / &s;ir Perciuall of Colen / &s;ir Amery of Rochchoart / &s;ir Jaques of Sur|geres / &s;ir Geffray of Arge~ton / the lorde of Pu+i&s;&s;ance / the lorde of Ro&s;yllon / the lorde of Cam+penac / &s;ir John~ Dangle / &s;ir Wyllyam of Mo~|tender / and dyuers other. And whan they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> a&s;&s;embled togyder / they were a nyne hundred &s;peares / and tyue hundred archers.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of &s;aynt Seuere endu|tyng a great a&s;&s;aut / yelded them vp to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy: and how the cytie of Poicters tourned the~&s;elfe frenche. Cap. C C C .iii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe&s;e tidyndes came into the ho&s;te before &s;aynt <ABBR>Seuer</ABBR> to &s;ir Bertra~ of Cle&s;quy / and to the other lords there. Howe that thengli&s;&s;hmen &amp; poicteuyus aproched fa&s;t to them warde / to thentent to rey&s;e their &s;iege. Whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> con&s;table herd that / he co~maunded euery man to harne&s;&s;e: &amp; to go feir&s;ly to the a&s;&s;aut &s;o there was none that di&s;obeyed his commau~dement. Than they cam frenchmen and bretons before the fortere&s;&s;e / well armed and paue&s;&s;ed / and &s;o there began a great a&s;&s;aute: euery lorde vnder his owne baner. What &s;huld I &s;ay? it was gret beauty to beholde them / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were .xlix. ba|ners and a great nombre of penons. And there was the co~&s;table and &s;ir Loys of Sa~rere mat &s;hall greatly traueyling to encorage their men to tha&s;&s;aut. There aduau~&s;ed forthe knightes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;quiers of all nacions to encrea&s;e their honour and dyde marueyls marmes / for &s;ome pa&s;&s;ed clene through the dykes which were full of wa+ter / and &s;o ca~e to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> walles. And for all that they coulde do that were within / they wolde nat re|cule backe: but euer went forward. And on the dykes there was the duke of Berrey / the duke of Borbone / the erle of Alen&s;on / the dolphyn of Auuergne and the other great lordes in coura|gyng their people. &amp; bycau&s;e the&s;e great lordes behelde the~ / euery man auau~&s;ed hym &s;elfe more wyllingly / nat doutyng the parell of dethe. &s;it
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Willyam Percy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the two other &s;quyers of ho|nour capitayns of the fortre&s;&s;e / &s;awe well how they were fer&s;ly a&s;&s;ayled without any re&s;t and &s;o to contynue / it was nat po&s;&s;yble for them to kepe the places and al&s;o they &s;awe no conforte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mynge to theym warde for any parte / for they knewe none of their frendes nere to the~ by the &s;pace of .x. leages. And therfore they entred in|to a treaty with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> con&s;table in e&s;chewyng gret+ter domage. Howe be it &s;ir Bertram the co&s;|&s;table was well enformed / howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame nyght he &s;hulde here tydinges of thengly&s;&s;hmen: ther+fore he agreed the &s;oner with them of the ca&s;tell and &s;o receyued them &s;auynge their lyues / and entred into the fortre&s;&s;e with great ioy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> made great fee&s;t. Than he cau&s;ed all his company to drawe in to the felde / and to &s;ette them in ordre of batayle redy to fight / and &s;ayd to the~. Sirs auy&s;e you well / for our enemyes aprocheth fa&s;t I thynke yet or it be nyght / we &s;hall haue ba|tayle: therfore let euery man make hym redy. Howbeit the engly&s;&s;hmen made no great ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> whan they knewe that &s;aynte Seuere was ta|ken. &para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of them of Poi|cters and / howe they maynteyned them&s;elfe.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on it fell &s;o / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they of Poi|cters were in great di&s;cencyon among them&s;elfe: For thre partes of the towne wolde gladly haue tourned frenche. But John~ Rey|nalt mayre of the towne and parte of the come~|tie / wolde abyde &s;tyll engly&s;&s;he: howbeit y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ry|che&s;t burge&s;&s;es &amp; the me~ of the churche / wherof there were great ple~tie / wolde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in any wy&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> con&s;table of France &s;hulde be &s;ent for. &amp; &s;o they &s;ent &s;ecretly to hym: that he &s;hulde come ha&s;te|lye and take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the cytie / for they pro+my&s;ed him to open the gate agayn&s;t him. wher+fore the co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">able was right ioyou&s;e. And &s;he|wed the mater to the duke of Berrey / and to the duke of Burbone. And &s;o they agreed that the con&s;table &s;hulde depart fro thehoo&s;t: with thre hundred of the be&s;t hor&s;ed men of their compa|ny. And &s;o he departed and rode that say and night folowyng with lytell re&s;t / more then .xxx. leages / by a nother way than the engly&s;&s;hmen kepte. And &s;o in the mornyngethey arryued at Poitres / and there founde the gates open: and they redy there that &s;hulde receyue them. And if they hadde taryed lengar / but the &s;pace of a leage ridyng / they had come to late. For John Reynalt &amp; &s;uche of his part had &s;ent in all ha&s;t / for &s;ir John~ of Ubrues &amp; for &s;ir Johan Percy / who with a hundred &s;peares and a hubre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ar|chers were redy the within a leage of the cytie. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">f the takynge thus of the good cytie of Poi|cters were the knight<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and &s;quyers of Ga&s;cone of Poictou / &amp; of England &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed: &s;uche as were a&s;&s;embled toguyder <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in Poyctou / who were to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nombre of. viu. C. &s;peares / and four hu~dred archers. Than they drewe to cou~|&s;ayle / to determyne howe to be ruled: for they &s;awe well they were in greate parell / and wyll nat well in whome to put their tru&s;t. Than the barownes and knyghtes of Poycton &s;pake a worde / to conforte the engly&s;&s;hmen: and &s;ayd. Surely &s;irs / it greatly di&s;plea&s;eth vs / the be&s;y ne&s;&s;es of this countrey &amp; that we can nat ame~de it. But &s;irs / be you in &s;uertie / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> as longe as we can endure / and that there is any hou&s;e or for|tre&s;&s;e in Poycton that we may drawe in to / we &s;hall be true and faythfull to our naturall lorde the kyng of Englande: &amp; to you. Than the en|gly&s;&s; he knightis y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;ayd. Sirs / that is our &s;pecy all tru&s;t / and to dye in the quarell: ye &s;hall fynde vs euer true companyons. So thus in the felde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great cou~&s;ell among them (and &s;o all thynges con&s;ydred) it was de|termyned / that the poicteuyns &s;hulde drawe to gyder one way / and the engly&s;&s;hmen a <ABBR>nother</ABBR> way. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they depted right amiably eche fro other: that is to &s;ay / the lorde of Pertenay / the lorde of Thouars and of Ro&s;illy / &s;ir Ayme+ry of Rochchoart / John~ Dangle / Loyes Har|court / Percyuall of Coloyne capitayn of Tho+wars / Hughe Briane / Reynalte of Thouars / Wylliam of Ca~penac / Jaques of Surgeres / and other knightes / toke the way to Thouars And the engly&s;&s;hmen: that is to &s;ay / &s;ir Johan of Ubrues / &s;ir Richard of Pontchardon / Tho+mas Percy / Dango&s;es Geffray Dargenton / Mathewe Fonques / Thomas Gourney / Wa+ter Hewet / Johan Cre&s;uell and other: toke the way to Nyorth / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they thought to haue en+tred without any let. But whan they came thy+der / they founde the gates shyt / and the bridgs drawen: &amp; they of the towne &s;ayd to the~, howe &s;urely they &s;hulde nat entre there. Than they drewe togyder to coun&s;ayle / and determyned nat to &s;uffre that dealyng: and &s;o in good aray they a&s;&s;ayled the towne / and they within defe~|ded them. Howebeit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was within no gen|tylman that wy&s;t what the warrement / and &s;o they were conquered by the engly&s;&s;hmen. But if they coulde haue kept the towne agayn&s;t the~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yll it had ben night / they had ben greatly con|forted. For the con&s;table of Fraunce had &s;ente thyber Thybalt of Pount / with two hundred
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men to haue refre&s;&s;hed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne / how beit they came to late. The towne was taken with a&s;|&s;aute and robbed / and a great nombre of men and women &s;layne: and &s;o there abode &s;tyll the engly&s;&s;hmen / to harken after other newes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenchmen toke the Ca|ptall of Beufz before Soubi&s;e in ba|tayle / and howe they of Rochell tour+ned frenche. Cap. CCC .iiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THis whyle thengli&s;&s;hmen were in Nyorth / and dur&s;t nat well de&abper;te a &s;ondre / there ca~e before Rochell yuan of Wales / in the co~pany of y^e admyrall of king He~ry of Spayn called Da~pradigo de Roux / and with hym .xl. great &s;hippes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> .viii. galys full of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and &s;o they layd them &s;elfe before the towne in maner of a &s;tege / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none coude y&s;&s;ue nor en|tre without daunger. Than they within Ro|chell &s;eyng the~&s;elf nat well a&s;&s;ured / fell in trea|ty priuely with yuan of Wales and with the ad+myrall of Spayne / and &s;o agreed y^t they with|in nor they Woute / &s;hulde nat trouble nor vexe eche other. but &s;tyll the &s;panyerdes and french|men lay before the towne at ancre / &amp; had their &s;pies abrode in y^e countre of Poitou and Xayn ton / to knowe and &s;e what was done in euery place. The capitayne of the ca&s;tell of Rochell / was called Philippe Man&s;ell. The con&s;table of Frau~ce who was at Poicters &punc; &s;ent the lorde of Pouns and Thybault du Pont / with a thre hu~dred &s;peares to the ca&s;tell of Soubi&s;e / whi|che was &s;tronge and &s;ta~dyng on the &s;ee &s;yde o|pen before y^e mouthe of Tharent as the &s;ee gy|ueth. And Win the ca&s;tell was the lady therof / with no great co~pany of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / howbeit &s;he &s;ent by a &s;quier for &s;ocour to John~ of Gran+uyll and to the captall of Beufz co&s;table of Acq+tayne who were at &s;aynt John~s Da~gle. and in contynent as &s;oone as he had worde therof / he &s;ent for &s;ir Henry Hay &s;ene&s;hall of Angoleme / and for &s;ir Wylliam lorde of Marnell / nephue to &s;ir Raymond of Marnell / Johan Cre&s;uell / and for &s;yr Thomas Percy / who incontynent came to hym. All this a&s;&s;emble and ordynau~ce of y^e &s;iege / yuan of Wales was enformed therof there he lay at Rochell. Than he toke four. C. &s;peares of the moo&s;t &s;pecialle&s;t / and &s;ure&s;t men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of all his company and dyde put them in to thre barges. &amp; &s;o departed hym &s;elfe and &s;ir James of Mount<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ye / and Morellette his brother and lefte Radigo de Rouxe admyrall of Spayne there &s;tyll / with the re&s;ydue of his company. And &s;o he rowed &s;ecretely towarde Soubi&s;e / and arryued on the other &s;yde right agayn&s;te the lorde of Pouns / who knewe no|thynge of that bu&s;&s;hement. Nomore dyde the Captall who made his a&s;&s;e~ble at &s;aynt John~s Dangle / for if he had knowen therof / he wolde haue taken with hym a gretter co~pany than he dyde. For he &s;ent backe a great parte of his co~|pany&punc; &amp; left another parte within the towne of &s;aynt Johans Dangle / and &s;o departed with two hu~dred &s;peares and no mo. And &s;o rode &s;o longe / that about nyght tyme / he came nere to the hoo&s;t of the frenchmen / &amp; nere to the ca&s;tell of Soubi&s;e: Than he alighted be&s;yde a lytell wode / and re&s;ted a lytell their hor&s;es and them &s;elfe. And than mou~ted agayne and di&s;played their baners &amp; penons / and &s;o &s;odenly da&s;&s;hed in to y^e frenche hoo&s;t / makyng their cryes. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he / and many a man &s;layne and &s;ore hurt / for the frenchmen were nat ware of the~. &amp; &s;o there was taken the lorde of Pons and Thybault of Pount / and a .lx. of the be&s;t of their company / &amp; the other put to &s;light. tha~ yuan of Wales came in with his rout / who had pa&s;&s;ed the tharent with their barges / and bro|ught with theym great nombre of tortches / fa|gottes / and other ablementes for fyre: For the night was very darke. So he with four hun|dred &s;peres of fre&s;&s;he men and lu&s;ty / da&s;&s;hed in among the~gly&s;&s;hmen &amp; ga&s;cons / who thought that they had clene acheued all their enterpri&s;e and &s;o were &s;pred a brode and nat togyder / a|boute their pyllage / and takynge hede of their pri&s;oners and &s;o by clene force they were beten downe / and within a &s;horte &s;pace di&s;confyted. There auau~&s;ed forthe a hardy &s;quyer of Uer|ma~doy&s;e / called Peter Danyels: and he apro|ched &s;o nere to the captall of Beufz that he toke him pri&s;oner by clene feat of armes / whiche ca+ptall was as than the knyght / other of Ga&s;con or of Englande / that the frenche kynge and the fre~chmen de&s;ired mo&s;t to haue / bycau&s;e he was ryght hardy and a good capitayne. Al&s;o there was taken &abser; Thom~s Percy by a pree&s;t of Wa+les / called &s;ir Dauy / Al&s;o there was taken &s;ir Henry Hay / &s;ir Mores Lyne / &amp; dyuers other. And &s;ir Water Huet&s;caped with moche payne &s;ir Petyton of Corton / &s;ir Wylliam Ferencon and Carmyll / fled towarde the towne of Sou+by&s;e / and hadde no &s;ocour: but that the lady of Souby&s;e was at the barryers / and cau&s;ed the gate to be opened / &amp; &s;o they entred and dyuers
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other. The next daye yuan of Wales brought all his barges &amp; &s;hyppes before Soubi&s;e / and gaue a feir&s;e a&s;&s;aut / and al&s;o &s;o dyde the lorde of Pons and Thybalte of Pont / who were be+fore taken and re&s;cued. Howbeit they within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne defended them &s;elfe right valiantly / but the lady &s;awe well the towne was nat &s;trong y|nough to endure a long &s;pace agayn&s;t them / &amp; had no hope of any &s;ocour: &s;eyng that y^e captall was taken pri&s;oner. Tha~ &s;he called her knygh+tes to coun&s;ell &amp; toke &s;uche aduy&s;e / that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he &s;ent to treat with the frenchmen. Which treaty toke &s;uch effect / that all &s;uche knight&abis; as were with|in the towne might de&abper;t at their <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> Wout any domage / &amp; to drawe to Niorth / to Xaintes and to Lu&s;ygnen: or whyder &s;oeuer it plea&s;ed the~. and the lady of Soubi&s;e to put her &s;elfe vn+der the obey&s;ance of the frenche kyng / &amp; all her lande. Thus de&abper;ted thengly&s;&s;hmen fro Sou|by&s;e / &amp; were brought in &s;auegard whider as it plea&s;ed the~. Tha~ the fre~chmen toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the towne &amp; fealtie of the lady / and &s;he &s;ware fro then&s; forth / to obey the french kyng &amp; all her land. Than yuan of Wales &abser; James of Mou~t+ioy / &amp; their co~pany toke their &s;hyppes / and &s;o brought the captall &amp; other pri&s;oners into their great &s;hippes / y^t lay &s;tyll before Rochell. and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Pons &amp; the other bretons ha&s;ted them greatly to ryde with a great co~pany / &s;uche as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> co~&s;table of Frau~ce had &s;ent the~: as the vycont of Rohan / the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Cly&s;&s;on / Torayne / Be|aumanoyre / &amp; of Rochfort / &s;ir Wyllm~ of Bord&abis; Olyuer of Ma~ny / Reynalt of Limo&s;yn / Gef|fray Ricon / yon of Lanconet / Alayne of &s;aynt Poule / Carsuell &amp; dyuers other. And they ca~e before the towne of &s;. Johan Dangle / &amp; made great a&s;&s;emblant to a&s;&s;aut it. And they within the towne &s;awe howe the countre began fa&s;t to be lo&s;t / &amp; that their chefe capiten was taken pri+&s;oner and &s;awe no &s;ocour fro no &abper;te / yelded the~ vp and became french. Than the bretons rode to Augole&s;me / &amp; in lykewi&s;e they turned to the french &abper;tie / &amp; &s;o dyd after Talybourge. &amp; than they ca~e before Xayntes / where they lay before it two dayes for the capiten therof called Fere~+con / &s;ayd how he wolde nat yelde vp &s;o lightly and &s;o made good se~blaut of defe~ce. &amp; within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne was the by&s;&s;hop therof / who was good french: he turned &s;o the cytezins that they toke their capitayne / and &s;ayd they wolde &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e hym / without he wolde co~&s;ent to yelde vp the towne to be french / &amp; &s;o for feare he agreed to the~ / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &amp; all his might de&abper;t quyte &amp; clere. And &s;o he dyde / &amp; the frenchmen toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cyte &amp; the ca&s;tell of Xaintes. &amp; &s;ir Willm~ of Fere~con was co~ueyed to Burdeur. &para; Before Rochell lay &s;tyll at ancre yuan of Wales / in the co~pany of Da~pradigo the rour admyrall of Spayne / with .xl. great &s;hipp&abis;. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iii. barges / &amp; .viii. galys of Spayne. There was great treaty bytwene the~ of the towne &amp; the~ without / howbeit they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> in coude nat turne french as long as the ca&s;tell was engly&s;&s;he / &amp; in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of engly&s;&s;h|me~. wherfore they helde &s;tyll di&s;&s;imulyng with the~gly&s;hmen / tyll euer lytell &amp; lytell thengly&s;&s;h+men de&abper;ted. And &s;o the lorde Deureux had left the gary&s;on in the kepynge of a &s;quyer / called Philyp Man&s;ell / who had with hym aboute a hundred co~panyons one &amp; other. and a burges was mayre of the towne / called John~ Caudrer who on a day a&s;&s;embled togider&abper;te of the~ that were wyllinge to beco~e frenche rather than en|gly&s;&s;he / &amp; &s;ayd vnto the~. &s;irs / we &s;e dayly howe our neighbours turne frenche / &amp; I feare le&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hortly we &s;halbe &s;o enclo&s;ed / that we &s;hall nat knowe which way to &s;tyrre / nor to y&s;&s;ue out of this towne. Therfore it were good that be ty|mes we toke hede / how we might get y^e ca&s;tell / the which &s;o often tymes hath done vs trouble and <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> / and nowe it is but ea&s;ely kept. for Philyppe Man&s;ell is nat greatly ingeny|ous: I &s;hall &s;hewe hym / that I haue receyued a co~mau~dement fro the kyng of Englande / co~|teyning howe I &s;hulde cau&s;e all the men of the towne to be armed / and to co~e into a place that I &s;hall name / and &s;o to take the mu&s;ters and a vieu the nombre of them: and al&s;o of the~ of the ca&s;tell / and &s;o to write agayne the certe~tie ther|of to the kyng. And &s;o therby I &s;hall co~maund hym in the kynges name to come out of the ca|&s;tell / and to make his mu&s;ters / and I beleue he wyll do &s;o lightly. And than let vs be well pro|uyded of a bu&s;&s;hment / of two hundred men in harne&s;&s;e / lyeng amonge the olde walles with|out the ca&s;tell. So that whan they of the ca&s;tell be y&s;&s;ued out / than lette them &s;teppe forthe / by|twene them and the bridge / the whiche as than wyll be auayled downe. And than lette vs all be redy to furny&s;&s;he oure enterpri&s;e / and &s;o we &s;hall take them at our plea&s;ure. and therby we &s;hall haue bothe the~ and the ca&s;tell: and &s;o they were all agreed to this purpo&s;e. And than they &abper;&s;euered in this purpo&s;e &s;o longe / tyll y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mayre who was chefe of this enterpri&s;e on a day / de|&s;yred Philippe Man&s;ell to come to him to dy|ner and dyuers other great burge&s;&s;es / &s;uche as were of the engly&s;&s;he parte. And &s;o he made a great dyner / and talked of dyuers maters par
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taynynge to the kyng to Englande. And after dyuer the mayre brought for the a letter / &s;ealed with the kynges great &s;eale to cau&s;e Philippe Man&s;ell to beleue hym the better / who coulde nat rede / now be it he knewe well the &s;eale. And &s;o than the mayre redde the lettre as it plea&s;ed him / other wy&s;e than it was written. Than the mayre &s;ayd to Philippe. Sir ye&s;e &amp; here how the kyng our &s;ouerayne lorde hath commaun|ded me / and al&s;o that I &s;hulde co~maunde you in his name / that ye make to morowe your mu|&s;tres and in lyke wi&s;e &s;o &s;hall we do ours. And he who thought none yuell / &s;ayd he was co~tent &s;o to do / and &s;o departed. The &s;ame nyght or it was day / the mayre toke two hundred men &amp; put the~ in a bu&s;&s;hment nere to y^e ca&s;tell / among the olde walles that were <ABBR>ther:</ABBR> and in the mor|nyng the mayre cau&s;ed y^e watche bell to be &s;ow ned / and euery man in the towne to be armed. Philyppe Man&s;ell in lykewy&s;e / cau&s;ed all the~ within y^e ca&s;tell to be armed / wherof <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a. l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. &s;ufficient and able men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Than he y&s;&s;ued out of the ca&s;tell: and wha~ he was ones pa&s;t the bu&s;&s;hement / than they &s;tepte forthe by|twene y^e bridge and thengly&s;&s;hmen than the en+gly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe well how they were betrayed. Than they ranne at them of the bu&s;&s;hment / to haue goten agayne thentre in to the ca&s;tell / but the mayre came incontynent with all the comy|naltie of the towne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to the nombre .ii. M. men. So there the engli&s;&s;hmen were a&s;&s;ayled bothe before and behynd / and all taken: for they were fayne to yeloe them / &s;auyng their lyues. How|beit for all that / yet they of the towne had nat y^e ca&s;tell <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">or thengly&s;&s;hmen had lefte .xii. of their company &s;tyll within the ca&s;tell / who had dra|wen vp agayne the bridge. Tha~ the mayre ca~e to Philippe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> capitayne and to his compa|ny / and &s;ayde. Sirs / harken what I &s;ay vnto you. Without ye yelde vp inco~tynent the ca&s;tell all your heedes &s;hall be &s;tryken of at the bridge fote. The engly&s;&s;hmen an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd: they wolde do the be&s;t of their powers / to delyuer to the~ the ca&s;tell / and &s;o they went and &s;pake with them that were in y^e ca&s;tell. And &s;o they agreed to delyuer vp the ca&s;tell / on the condycion that all tho&s;e within the ca&s;tell / and al&s;o all &s;uche as were taken &s;hulde be put in to a &s;hyppe / and co~+ducted in &s;aue garde / by the mayre &amp; burge&s;&s;es of Rochell to the cytie of Burdeur. Thus they were agreed and &s;o they of Rochell had the ca|&s;tell. And a&s;&s;one as the duk&abis; of Berrey / of Bur bone / and of Burgoyne / the mar&s;hall of San|rere / the bycont of Rohan: the lordes of Sul|ly / of Pons / of Cly&s;&s;on / of Beaumanoyre / and dyuers other barons of Frau~ce: herde of the&s;e tidynges. They departed fro Berrey / and fro the marche&s;&s;e of L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">o&s;yn and Aniou: and de|termyned to drawe towarde Poicters / where the con&s;table of Fraunce was. And in their go+yng thyderward / the&s;e lordes toke by the way in Poictou a towne called &s;aynt Maxa~t / whi+che was yelded to them: a&s;&s;oone as euer they came thyder / and the ca&s;tell was taken with a&s;+&s;aut / and all they within &s;&s;ayne. And after that they tooke the ca&s;tell of Marle / and than~e the ca&s;tell of Dowaye / and dyuers other fortere&s;|&s;es that they founde in their waye. And whan they were come to Poiters / they &s;ent certayne me&s;&s;angers to treat with the burge&s;&s;es of Ro|chell: howe beit they of the towne wolde nat o|pen their gates to let in tho&s;e lordes / and &s;ayd they wolde nat yelde vp &s;o &s;one. howbeit they &s;ayd / that if it wolde plea&s;e y^e duke of Berrey &amp; the other lordes there / to &s;end the~ a &s;aue co~duct to co~e to Poiters w^tinsixe dayes: than they wol+de bring their hole mynd&abis; in that behalfe. The frenche me&s;&s;angers retourned to the&s;e lordes / and &s;hewed them the mynde of the~ of the town of Rochell. Than the co~duct was grau~ted the~ / and to Poycters went certayne of the burge&s;|&s;es of Rochell / and &s;ayd to the&s;e lordes of Fra~|ce: how they were well content / to be vnder the frenche kynge / &s;o that they myght ca&s;te downe their ca&s;tell to the erthe: and that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> beneuet ca&s;tell made there more. And on that condicy / on the towne of Rochell &amp; all rochellois / &s;hulde be for euer / vnder the re&s;ort and demayne of y^e frenche kyng / and neuer to be put away by ma+ryage or any maner of peace / that may happe to come to the realme of France / or by what &s;o euer co~dycion it be. And al&s;o they of the towne to haue a mynt / to forge money bothe whyte &amp; blacke: of the &s;ame forme and alay as is in Pa+rys. But the lordes of Frau~ce wolde nat agre to all this / tyll they knewe the frenche kynges pleasure in that behalfe. And &s;o the lord&abis; gaue &s;aue conduct to the~ of Rochell / to go the the kyn+ge to knowe his <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> And &s;o .xii. of the bur+ge&s;&s;es of the towne went to Parys to the kyng who accorded to their de&s;yre / and fee&s;ted them greatly / and gaue the~ great gyftes. And whan they were retourned to Rochell / they &s;hewed their charters &s;ealed by the kynge / and confyr|med in the cha~bre of the kyng &amp; of the peeres of Frau~ce. And &s;o inco~tynent was beaten &amp; ra&s;ed downe to the erthe the great ca&s;tell of Rochell. And than they &s;ent to y^e great lordes of Frau~ce
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at Poicters that they &s;hulde come to Rochell / and that they wolde &s;et open the gates to them And &s;o thyder came the con&s;table of Fraunce / and two hundred men of armes with hym / and there they were receyued with great ioye. &amp; to hym they dyde feaultie &amp; homage as to the fren+che kynge / for he had good procuracion fro the frenche kyng to receyue it / for the kynge hadde &s;tably&s;&s;hed hym in tho&s;e parties of P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ardye / repre&s;entyng his owne body.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Clesquy co~|&s;table of Frau~ce / toke dyuers ca&s;tels in Rochelloys. And howe the kynge of England toke the &s;ee to come and rei&s;e the &s;ege at Thouars. Cap. ccc .v.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the con&s;table of Fraunce / &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy had be four dayes in y^e towne of Rochell / and had &s;hewed the~ of the towne / how they &s;huld ordre the~&s;elfe for thens forwarde. Than he departed &amp; went to Poy|cters to the fore&s;ayd dukes and lordes. And &s;o with the~ he went into the felde to conquere cer|tayne fortre&s;&s;es on y^e marches of Rochell / and he was to y^e nombre of thre thou&s;and &s;peares. And &s;o they departed fro Poyctres / and went and be&s;teged the ca&s;tell of Benon / whiche was a fayre ca&s;tell and a &s;tronge / and &s;o they &s;ayde they wolde nat departe thens / tyll they had it at their plea&s;ure. And in this ca&s;tell there was a capitayn vnder the captall of Benon / a &s;quier of the countie of Foiz called Wyllm~ of Pons / and with hym a knyght of Napless / named &s;ir James. There y^e frenche lordes made dyuers a&s;&s;autes / &amp; they within defended the~selfe right valyauntly / and nat farre thers there was the fortre&s;&s;e of Surgeres / wherin there were cer|tayne engly&s;&s;hmen y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kept it vnderthe captall / &amp; &s;o in an euennyng they &s;ayd how they wolde go and a wake the frenche hoo&s;t. And &s;oo <ABBR>ther</ABBR> rode forthe a .xl. &s;peares / with &s;ome y^e they had &s;ent for fro Marant / and &s;o they came &s;ovenly into the con&s;tables lodgynge / and dyde hurte dyuers of his men: and &s;pecially they &s;&s;ewe a &s;quier of his. Than the hoo&s;t began to &s;tyrre &amp; to arme them as &s;oone as they myght / and the engly&s;&s;hmen who hadde done their enterpry&s;e without danger retourned agayne to their for tre&s;&s;e without any domage. Wherof y^e con&s;ta|ble was &s;o &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / that he &s;ware neuer to departe thens tyll he had taken the ca&s;tell of Benon / &amp; &s;layne all tho&s;e within it. And &s;o the &s;ame mornyng / he cau&s;ed all maner of men to arme the~ and to drawe for the all maner of a by|lementes of a&s;&s;aut. and gaue &s;uche an a&s;&s;aut. y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> long before was nat &s;ene &s;uche another / for tha~+men of armes and bretons entred into dykes / nat &s;parynge them &s;elfe. And &s;o came to y^e fote of the walles with paue&s;&s;es on their heed<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and myned the walles with pikes / that it was mar+ueyle to beholde them. And they dyde &s;omoche that they beate downe a great pane of y^e wall / wherby they entred without danger: &amp; &s;o the ca&s;tell was taken / and all they within &s;layne / as many as coulde be founde. Than after the &s;ayd con&s;table / cau&s;ed the &s;ame ca&s;tell to be a|gayn repayred / and &s;et therin a newe gary&s;on of frenchmen. Than he drewe to the ca&s;tell of Morant / and they within yelded them vp / &s;a|uynge their lyues and goodes. And than they went to Surgeres / which al&s;o yelded vp to y^e obey&s;ance of the frenche kyng / but the engly&s;h+men were de&abper;ted / for they dur&s;t nat abyde the comyng of the con&s;table. And &s;o than after the con&s;table went to the ca&s;tell of Fountnay the countie / whiche the wyfe of &s;ir John Harpen / dan kept / and &s;o they be&s;eged the towne and ca+&s;tell / and gaue therto dyuers a&s;&s;autes. Final|ly they within by compo&s;icyon departed with the lady as many as wolde / and &s;o were by the con&s;table co~ueyed to Thouars. So the fre~ch|men had the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the towne &amp; ca&s;tell of Fou~tuey / and refre&s;&s;hed it with newe people.</P>
<P>THan the con&s;table and lordes of Fra~ce went and layd &s;ege to Thouars / wher as the moo&s;t parte of the knightes of Poictou were. As the vycont of Thouars / the lordes of Pertney / Pou&s;anges / Cor&s;e and Crupenac / and &s;ir Loyes of Harcourt / Geffray Dargen|ton / James of Surgeres and Percyuall of Coloyne. And the&s;e frenche lordes had made at Poicters &amp; at Rochell dyuers engyns wher with they a&s;&s;ayled / and traueyled greatly the poicteuyns within Thouars. And &s;o all thyn+ges con&s;ydred / they entreated with the french|men to haue a peace for the~selfe &amp; for their la~d&abis; &s;yll the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Michaell next folowyng / whiche &s;hulde be in the yere of our lorde. M .iii. C .lxii. And in y^e meaue tyme / they to &s;ende to the kyng of England their lorde / to certifye hym of their e&s;tate and co~dycion / &s;o that if they were nat ayded by him or by one of his &s;onnes within the &s;ayd terme: than they to yelde them and their landes to the obey&s;ance of the french
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. This treaty was agreed vnto / and than the knightes of France retourned to Parys / &amp; thyder was brought the Captall of Beufz and put in pri&s;on vnder &s;ure kepyng / in a towre in the temple. And the kyng who was right glad of his takyng cau&s;ed to be delyuered to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;quy+er that toke hym .xii. thou&s;ande frankes. And &s;o the me&s;&s;angers that went fro the poicteuyns came into Englande and &s;hewed to the kyng / to the prince / and to their cou~&s;ayls: the &s;tate of Poictou / and of Xaynton. And whan the kyng &s;awe howe he lo&s;t with &s;o lytell warre / the cou~|treis and lades that had co&s;t hym &s;o moche the wynning / he was in a great &s;tudy a long &s;pace And than he &s;ayd / howe that &s;hortely he wolde go ouer the &s;ee hym&s;elfe with &s;uche a puy&s;&s;an|ce that he wolde abyde to gyue batayle / to the hole power of France. And &s;ayd how he wolde neuer retourne agayne in to Englande / tyll he had coquered agayne as moche as he had lo&s;t / or els to le&s;e all the re&s;ydue. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was agreat army redy charged to attend on the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and &s;hulde arryue at Calys. But than it was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">imyned by the king and his cou~&s;ayle / that they &s;hulde go into Poy+ctou and in to Xaynton towarde Rochell / for y^t was thought to be the next voyage / and moo&s;t nedefull. And the kynge made a great &s;omons throughout the realme of Englande / co~maun|dyng euery man to co~e in harnes to Ha~pton / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about at a day a&s;&s;igned: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to take the &s;ee. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none that dur&s;t nor wold di&s;obey his co~maundement / but euery man de+parted fro his owne countre / and drewe to the &s;ee &s;yde / where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was redy a foure hundred ve&s;&s;els / of one and other. And the lordes drewe to the kyng to We&s;tmyn&s;ter be&s;yde London. &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was ordayned bytwene the kynge &amp; the prince his &s;onne: that if the kyng of Englande dyed in this viage / or the prince: that than Ry+charde the &s;onne of the prince / who was borne at Burdeur / &s;hulde be kyng of Englande. So that whan all the lordes were come before the kyng / or they departed / the prince &s;hewed the~: that if it happed him to dye before the kyng his father than his &s;onne Richarde to be kynge of Englande / after the di&s;cea&s;e of his graundfa|ther. The prelates / lordes / knightes / and all y^e comynalte / loued &s;o well the prince / for the ma|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ay fayre iourneys that he had acheued / a&s; well in Englande as beyond the&s;ee / that they all a|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> therto ioyou&s;ly. The kynge fir&s;t / &amp; than all his &s;onnes / and after all the lordes of En|glande <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o the which the prince cau&s;ed the~ all to &s;were and &s;cale or he departed. All the&s;e thyn|ges done: the kyng / the prince / the duke of La~+ca&s;tre / therles of Ca~bridge / Sali&s;bury / War wyke / Arundell / Suffolke / and Stafforde / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde <ABBR>Spen&s;er</ABBR> who was newly come oute of Lombardy. The lordes of Percy / of Uyen / of Ro&s;e / of Dalawar / and all other barones and knyghtes of Englande / to the nombre of thre thou&s;ande men of armes / and .x. M. archers / who came all to Ha~pton <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they toke &s;hyp|pyng / with as great a flete / as euer any kyng went before out of Englande in any voyage. And &s;o they &s;ayled towarde Rochell / in co&s;tyn+ge Norma~dy and Bretayne / and had dyuers wyndes. And the frenche kynge made a great a&s;&s;emble of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in Poictou to holde his iourney at Thouars / at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day apoynted. So all the countre was full of men of warre: al&s;o the ga&s;cons &amp; the lorde Arche~balt of Gray+ly / vncle to the Captall of Beufz / at the de&s;yre of &abser; Thom~is Felton &s;ene&s;hall of Burdeux ca~e w^t thre. C. &s;peres. And in the &s;ame co~pany ther was the lordes of Duras / of Corton / of Mu&s;y+dent / of Ro&s;&s;en / of La~goren / &amp; of Landuras: &abser; Peter Corton &amp; &s;ir Wyllm~ Fereton engly&s;&s;he+men. All the&s;e de&abper;ted fro Burdeux &amp; came to Nyorth / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde &s;ir Water Huet &s;ir John~ Ubrues / &s;ir Thom~s Percy / Johan Cre&s;uell &amp; dyuers other / &s;o y^t whan they were all togyder / they were a .xii. C. fightyng men. and &s;ir Richarde of Pontchardon ca~e to them with other .xii. C. All this &s;ea&s;on the kynge of Englande &amp; his &s;onnes with their great army were on the &s;ee / &amp; coulde take no lande at Ro|chell nor <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / for the wynde and fortune was co~trary to the~. And in that ca&s;e they were the &s;pace of .ix. wekes / &s;o that the fee&s;t of My|helmas aproched / and y^t the kyng &amp; his cou~&s;ell &s;awe well how they coude nat co~e tyme ynow to kepe the day of re&s;cuyng of Thouars / wher of the kyng was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / &amp; &s;o gaue ly|ce~ce to all his people to de&abper;te wheder they ly&s;t Thus retourned this great nauy of England and had wynde at wyll at their returnynge / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> arryued at Burdeux .ii. C. fayles of mar+chauntes of Englande for wyne. And whan it was nere mighelmas / the barones of Englan+de and Ga&s;cone ca~e fro Niorth to go towarde Thouars / to mete with the kyng of England: and whan they &s;awe that the kynge came nat they hadde great marueyle. Than to acquyte the~&s;elfe / they &s;ent certayne me&s;&s;angers to Tho wars to the barons of Poictou / &s;uche as were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / which me&s;&s;a~gers &s;ayd. Right dere&s;irs / 
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we be &s;ent hyder to you fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes of Ga&s;cone and Englande / vnder they obey&s;aunce of the kynge of Englande. Sirs there be about Ny|orthe twelfe hundred fightyng men redy appa+relled to ayde and &s;erue you in all maners and &s;irs they de&s;yre to haue knowlege &s;ro you / why+der that in the ab&s;ence of the kyng of <ABBR>England</ABBR> and of his chyldren / they &s;hall ayde and confort you or nat. For &s;irs they are well co~tent in your company / to <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> their bodyes &amp; goodes. The barones of Poictou &s;ayd: howe they wol+de take coun&s;ayle and aduy&s;e in that ca&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / but &s;irs: we tha~ke greatly the barones of Ga&s;cone and Englade / who hath &s;ent you hyder: in that they be redy to &s;ocoure vs. Than the knightes of Poictou drewe togyder / and &s;o the fir&s;t day they greed nat / for the lorde of Parteney, who was one of the greatte&s;t of that company / wol|deth at they &s;hulde kepe their day / and receyue the &s;ayd ayde / repre&s;entynge the kynge of En|glande. And the other lordes were of the co~tra|ry opinyon: &s;ayeng howe they had &s;ealed and &s;worne / howe that if the kyng or one of his chyl+dren were nat there per&s;onally by the &s;ayd day / than they to yelde them vp to they obey&s;ance of the fre~che kyng. Wherfore the lorde of Partney went to his lodgyng nat well content / howe be it afterwarde he was &s;o enty&s;ed by the other / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he agreed to their mynd&abis;. And &s;o they &s;ent wor+de agayne by the &s;ayd me&s;&s;a~gers, that they tha~+ked them of their good wylles. Howe be it the kyng of Englande or one of his chyldren mu&s;t nedes be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / acordyng to the treaty that they had &s;worne and &s;ealed vnto. Wher with the ga|&s;coyns and engly&s;&s;hmen that were at Nyorthe were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but they coude nat amen|de it. And &s;o myghelmas day came / &amp; fro Poy cters <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to Thouars to holde their iour+ney &punc; the dukes of Berrey / of Burgoyne / and of Burbone / the con&s;table of France / the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on / the dycount of Rohane / the Dolphyn of Auuergne / &s;ir Loyes Saurere / the lorde of Sully / and other great lordes of France. And they were ten thou&s;ande &s;peares be&s;yde other. And &s;o before Thouars / the euyn and the daye of&s;aynt Mychaell they &s;tode in ordynaunce of batayle / and agayn&s;t nyght they withdrue the~ to their logynges. And in the mornynge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> two bretherne of the frenche kynges and the con&s;ta+ble of Fraunce / demaunded of the knightes of Poictou within Thouars to delyuer the town acording to their promy&s;e and othes in that be halfe. They an&s;wered / and &s;ayd: howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;horte+ly they wolde come to Poicters / and put them+&s;elfe and all their landes / vnder the obey&s;aunce of the frenche kyng / whiche an&s;were was &s;uffi|cyent to the lordes of France / and &s;o departed fro Thouras / and the dukes gaue lyc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> to the moo&s;t parte of their companyons.</P>
<P>THe lorde Cly&s;&s;on departed with a gret nombre of men of warre / apoynted him by the con&s;table. And &s;o went to Mortayne on the &s;ee / the whiche was as than engly&s;&s;he / and capitayne therof was a &s;quyer of England / cal+led James Clere: and he had with hym a thre|&s;core co~panyons. And whan the lorde Cly&s;&s;on was come before Mortayne / he made a feir&s;e a&s;&s;aute / at the whiche he was hym &s;elfe, Howe be it with that a&s;&s;aute he wanne nothyng / and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> at night he drewe to his lodgyng. Than the capitayne within &s;eynge him &s;elfe &s;ore oppre&s;|&s;ed / he &s;ent priuely to the lordz of Ga&s;coyn and of Englande beyng at Nyorth / &s;hewyng the~ y^t if they wolde com thyder by night he wolde re+ceyue the~ into his fortre&s;&s;e: wherby they might lightly pa&s;&s;e through the lodgynges of the lor|de Cly&s;&s;on / who had with him but two hu~dred+men. And &s;o &s;ecretely the&s;e lordes departed fro Nyorthe with fyue hundred &s;peares / and rode by nyght tyll they came to Mortayne / for they habbe great be&s;yre to atrape the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / howbeit a &s;pye / who departed with the~ fro Ny+orthe knewe all their ententes. And &s;o he came ha&s;tely to the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and fou~de him&s;yt+tynge at &s;upper: and &s;ayd. Sir your enemyes are departed fro Nyorthe to the nombre of .v. hundred / and are commynge on you. Thanne the lorde Cly&s;&s;on put the table fro hym and ar+med him in ha&s;t and mou~ted on his hor&s;e and all his company. And &s;o departed and all his &s;odaynly / and left behynde them a great parte of their caryages / and rode &s;o longe that they came to Poicters: And the engly&s;&s;hmen who &s;ayled of their ententes / retourned agayne to Nyorthe right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. And anone af|ter they departed fro Nyorthe and left in ga|ry&s;on there: &s;ir Dango&s;es and Cre&s;uell. and &s;ir Johan He wet retourned in to Englande / and all the other went to Burdeur / &amp; in their returnyng they brent the lorde of Partneys la~+des. Thus all Poictou was co~quered / except the&s;e fortre&s;&s;es: as Nyorth / Ely&s;eth / Morty|mer&punc; Mortayne &punc; Ly&s;ignen / Ca&s;tell / Accart / la roche Suryone / Gau&s;ar / the toure of Larbre Merris and other. Which fortre&s;&s;es made dy+uers y&s;&s;ues and a&s;&s;autes on their neighbours &s;o~tyme cha&s;yng &amp; &s;omtyme recha&s;ed agayne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy be|&s;eged the ca&s;tell of Syreth / and how the engly&s;&s;hmen were di&s;confyted / &amp; howe all the countrey of Poictou / of Xaynton / and of Rochell / were clene delyuered out of the~gly&s;&s;hmens han+des. Cap. CCC .vi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duke of Bretayne / who was pe&s;ably i~ his owne countre / was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed of the domage of the engli&s;h+men. For it was &s;ayd / that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge of Englande and his puy&s;&s;aunce had made hym as he was: and that he had / had nothynge / and the kynge of Englande had nat ben. For he al|wayes made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> for hym / and lende him &s;yl|uer and golde: and al&s;o he had his doughter in maryage. For the duke wolde gladly / that his countre &s;hulde rather holde of the kyng of En|glandes parte / than of Fraunce. Howe beit the moo&s;t parte of the lordes / knightes / and &s;quy|ers of Bretayne / were in their hertes good fren+che. And &s;pecially the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and de la Uale / and the vycount of Rohan / who as than were the chefe rulers in all Bretayne: and the&s;e lordes &s;ayd to the duke. Sir / a&s;&s;one as we can parceyue that ye take any parte with the kyng of Englande / agayne the frenche kyng our &s;o|uerayne lorde / we wyll all for&s;ake you / &amp; leaue the countrey of Bretayne. Howe be it the duke coude nat hyde the corage of his hert: but &s;ayd. Sirs ye do great wronge to the kynge of En|glande: and &s;pake great wordes to certayne of the lordes of Bretayne. The french kyng / who had drawen to his loue the hert&abis; of them of Bre+tayne: except &s;ir Robert Canoll. De&s;yred the~ / that if they &s;awe any defence made by their du|ke / that they wolde gyue him knowledge ther|of: to the entent to fynde remedy therfore. The duke parceyued well / how that his men hadde him in&s;u&s;pect / and layed great a wayt on him. Than he douted lee&s;t they &s;hulde &s;ende hym to Parys / wherfore he &s;ent to the kyng of Engla~|de / &s;hewyng him what ca&s;e he was in: de&s;yring him to &s;ende hym men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to defende him if nede were. And the kynge of Englande &s;ent hym the lorde Neuyll / with foure hundred men of armes / and as many archers / who arryued at &s;aynt Mathewes defyne poterne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> helde them in the to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ne without doyng of any maner of domage to the cou~tre / but payed true+ly for that they toke. And &s;o there they were all the wynter: the duke wolde neuer put them in to any fortre&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had. And whan the knigh+tes of Bretayne / &s;awe the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen come in to the countre / to the ayde and confort of the duke they toke it in great in dignacion / and clo+&s;ed their fortre&s;&s;es / &amp; &s;hewed moche yuell wyll towardes the duke. Thus the matters abode in great varyaunce all that wynter.</P>
<P>ANd a&s;&s;one as wynter was pa&s;t / &s;ir Ber+tram of Cle&s;quy con&s;table of France / de+parted fro Poicters with .xiiii. hundred fygh|tyng men. And &s;o went and layd &s;ege to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tow|ne and ca&s;tell of Syreth: and with hym there were of breton knyghtes / &s;ir Alayne of Beau|mont / John~ of Beaumanoyre / Arnolde Limo+&s;yn Geffray Ricoynan of Lanconet / Geffray of Konyell and dyuers other knight&abis; and &s;quy|ers. And &s;o they layed &s;iege to Syreth / and clo+&s;ed them &s;elfe about with pales / to thentent nat to be troubled in the nyght. Often certayne of them aproched to the fortre&s;&s;e and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with the~ within / who defended them &s;elfe right valyantly. So it fell this &s;iege enduryng / that &s;ir Robert Mycon / and &s;ir Nicotyn the &s;cotte / who were ke&abper;s of the fortre&s;&s;e / &s;ent knowledge of their e&s;tate to &s;ir Johan Ubrues / and to &s;ir Dango&s;es / capitayns of Nyorthe. And they in contynent &s;ent to them of the gary&s;on of Lu&s;y|gnen / and Dango&s;ey: and &s;o they a&s;&s;embled at Nyorthe. And than departed to the nombre of &s;ixe hundred and &s;euyn &s;peares / of good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / be&s;yde other folowers. And &s;o 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 re&s;ted them a &s;pace of tyme / to apparell them &s;elfe. But it had bene better for them to haue &s;ette on the lodgynges of the con&s;table / for anone he had worde of their comyng / and howe they were araynged in the felde. Hobeit the con&s;table was nat greatly a|frayed / but made all his men to be armed and to drawe toguyder / and than he &s;ayde. Nowe fayre &s;irs / howe &s;ay you? haue you any wyll to fight with your enemyes / for I beleue &s;urely it mu&s;t be houe vs to fyght. And they &s;ayd: &s;ir we thanke god / it &s;halbe welcome to vs. Than the con&s;table aduy&s;ed to &s;et a bu&s;&s;hment to watche them of the ca&s;tell / for he thought well they wol+de y&s;&s;ue out / and &s;o &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> two hu~dred for that entent. Thanne he cau&s;ed to be ca&s;t downe the moo&s;t parte of the pales that were about their
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hoo&s;t&abis; to thentent they &s;hulde nat lette hym nor his company whan he wolde y&s;&s;ue out. And &s;o ordayned two batayls / the one was gouerned by &s;ir Alayne of Beaumount / and the other by &s;ir Geffray of Carnuell / and commau~ded that none &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e before his baner without his commaundement / and that euery man &s;hulde kepe their lodgynge.</P>
<P>NOwe lette vs &s;peke of &s;ir Robert My|con and of &s;ir Robert le &s;cot / who were aboue in the ca&s;tell / &amp; &s;awe thengli&s;&s;hmen redy apparelled in the feldes. Than they &s;ayd / lette vs arme our &s;elfe and y&s;&s;ue out / we &s;hall &s;o one pa&s;&s;e throughe the&s;e bretons / &amp; a&s;&s;oone as our folkes knoweth that we be fightynge with the~ / they wyll come on / &amp; do great domage to them / or they &s;hall knowe of our i&s;&s;uyng out. And &s;o they armed the~ / to the nombre of .lx. and y&s;&s;ued out a hor&s;ebacke to &s;krymy&s;&s;he with the hoo&s;t / but they were encountred with the bu&s;&s;hement that was layd for them. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he / but the engly&s;&s;hmen were &s;o enclo|&s;ed / that they coude nother recule backe nor go forwarde: and &s;o they were all taken or &s;layne &s;o that none e&s;caped. The two capitayns were taken. And all this &s;ea&s;on the other engly&s;&s;he|men were on the felde / and the co~&s;table &s;tyll in his perclo&s;e / and i&s;&s;ued nat out: for they feared that the engli&s;&s;hmen had &s;ome great enbu&s;&s;he|ment in the wode behynde them. The engly&s;&s;h+men had brought thyder with them / a certayne nombre of poicteuyns &amp; bretons / robbers and pyllers to the nombre of two hundred / whome the engli&s;&s;hmen &s;ent on before the~ / to &s;crimy&s;he with the frenche ho&s;t. And as &s;oone as they ca~e before the con&s;tables batayle / they tourned the~ &s;elfe / and &s;ayd. howe they were good frenche / and wolde be on the con&s;tables parte / if it plea|&s;ed hym. The con&s;table &s;ayd he was content to haue them. Than he &s;ette them on a wynge on the one &s;yde / and lerned by them all the maner and dealynge of the engly&s;&s;hmen / and knewe by them howe they had no maner of bu&s;&s;hme~t behynde them.</P>
<P>&para; Whan the con&s;table of Fraunce vnder&s;tode that / he was more toyou&s;e than he was before. Than he drewe all his people toguyder / and cau&s;ed de his bannerre to auaunce forthe / and drewe to the wynge of his two bataylles / and went forthe a fote: ca&s;tynge downe their pales / cryenge ourlady Cle&s;quy. And whan the en|gly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe them y&s;&s;ue out of their holde / they raynged them &s;elfe a fote / and auaun&s;ed forwarde with great de&s;yre. And at their fyr&s;t metyng they encou~tred the co~&s;tables batayle / and fought there &s;o valiantly / that they pa&s;&s;ed through the batayle / and brought many a man to the erthe. But than the bretons had wy&s;ely ordred their two batayls / beyng on the wyng. And &s;o they came on all fre&s;&s;he and lu&s;ty / and ba&s;&s;hed in &s;o among thengly&s;&s;hmen / who were all wery / y^t they were &s;ore reculed backe. How|beit lyke valyant men and full of courage / they fought with axes and &s;wordes of Burdeaux / wherwith they gaue great &s;trokes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were good knyghtes on bothe partes / who nobly ad+uentured them &s;elfe to exaulte their honours. This batayle was as well fought / and as ma|ny proper dedes of armes done / in takyng and re&s;cuynge as had bene &s;ene of many a day be|fore in playne felde / without any aduauntage: for euery man dyde his be&s;t to his power. there was many a man &s;ore hurt and ca&s;t to the erthe with great my&s;chefe. howbeit finally all then|gli&s;&s;hmen were dico~fyted / &s;o that fewe &s;caped / but other they were taken or &s;layn. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were &s;layne. it. good &s;quyers / <ABBR>Richard</ABBR> of Me&s;uyll / and Wylliam Dursell: and James Ubille &s;ore hurte. And there was taken &s;ir John~ Ubrues / Aymery of Rochchoart / Dauyd Hollegraue / Rycharde Olyue / John~ Cre&s;uell / and dyuers other of Englande and Poytou. This bataile of Syreth / was in the yere of our lorde god / a M. thre hu~dred .lxxii. the .xxi. day of Marche.</P>
<P>&para; And than after the con&s;table returned &amp; his folkes in to their lodgynges / and toke hede to their hurte men and to their pri&s;oners: wher|of they had great plenty. And afterwarde the con&s;table &s;ent to &s;peke with them of the ca&s;tell / &s;ir Alayne of Beaumounte / who &s;hewed them that if they were taken by force / they &s;hulde all dye without mercy. Than they of the gary&s;on put the~ in to the con&s;tables mercy / who recey|ued them to grace / for he &s;uffred them to pa&s;&s;e quyte / and had &s;aue conducte to go to Burde|aux. Thus the frenche men had the ca&s;tell and the lande: which was put vnder the obey&s;au~ce of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kyng. Tha~ the bretons in a great heate came before Niorth / whiche was a good towne in Poictou / and had all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ea&s;on before euer &s;u&s;teyned the engly&s;&s;hmen / for they kepte euer a great gary&s;on. And as &s;oone as they of Niorth / knewe that the co~&s;table came to them warde / they went out again&s;t him / and pre&s;en+ted to hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kayes of the towne: &amp; &s;o brought hym in to their towne with great ioye / &amp; there
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the bretons refre&s;&s;hed them a four dayes. And than depted with great aray / they were a xiiii. hundred &s;peares / &amp; &s;o went before the fortere&s;&s;e of Lu&s;iguen / which was yelded vp to them by compo&s;icion &s;o that they of the gari&s;on within departed: their lyues &s;aued / and as moche as they coude cary before them of their owne: and &s;o had a &s;aue conducte / to conuey them to Bur+deux. Thus the fre~chmen had that ca&s;tell and all the &s;eignory / and all the men therof became &s;ubgettes to the french kyng. Tha~ the bretons rode before the ca&s;tell Alart / and the con&s;table &s;ent to the lady / wyfe to &s;ir Rycharde Dangle / who was there within to yelde vp the ca&s;tell / And &s;he de&s;yred to haue a&s;&s;urance y^e &s;he might go to Poicters to &s;peke with y^e duke of Berry: The con&s;table grau~ted her de&s;yre / and cau&s;ed her to be co~ueyed thyder / by one of his knygh|tes. And wha~ &s;he came before the duke &s;he kne|led downe / and the duke toke her vp / &amp; demau~|ded what was her reque&s;t. Sir &abquod; &s;he. I am re+quired by the con&s;table of Fraunce / y^t I <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> put me and my landes / vnder the obey&s;au~ce of the frenche kyng. And &s;ir / ye knowe well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> my <ABBR>lord</ABBR> and hu&s;bande lyeth yet pri&s;oner in Spay+ne: &amp; &s;ir his lande is in my gouernance I am a woman of &s;mall defence. And &s;ir / I can nat do with the heritage of my hu&s;ba~de at myne owne plea&s;ure / for peraduenture: if I &s;hulde do any thynge agayn&s;t his plea&s;ure / he wolde can me no thanke therfore / and &s;o &s;hulde I be blamed but &s;ir / to apea&s;e you &amp; to &s;et my lande in peace: I &s;hall co~pounde with you for my &s;elfe and all myne that we &s;hall make you no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;o that ye wyll make no warre to vs. And &s;ir / wha~ my hu&s;bande is come out of pri&s;on / I beleue well he wyll drawe in to Engla~de / than I &s;hall &s;end hym worde of this co~po&s;icion / &amp; than &s;ir I am &s;ure he wyll &s;ende me his mynde: and than I &s;hall an&s;were you. The duke an&s;wered / &amp; &s;ayd dame: I agre me well to your de&s;yre / on this condicion / that you nor none of your fortre&s;&s;es prouyde for no men of warre / vitayls / nor ar|tyllary / otherwi&s;e than they be at this pre&s;ent tyme: and &s;o thus they were agreed. Than the lady retourned to her ca&s;tell / &amp; cau&s;ed the &s;iege to be rey&s;ed / for &s;he &s;hewed letters fro the duke of Berrey / co~tayning the &s;ame purpo&s;e. Than they de&abper;ted / &amp; the con&s;table went before Mor|tymer the lady wherof yelded her&s;elfe and put her and her landes / vnder the obey&s;ance of the frenche kynge: and al&s;o yelded vp the ca&s;tell of Dyenne whiche partayned to her. Thus was all Poictou / Xainton / and Rochell quyte dely|uered fro the engly&s;&s;hmen. And whan the con|&s;table had &s;et gary&s;ons and good &s;ure kepyng in euery place / and &s;awe no rebellyon in tho&s;e marches vnto the ryuer of Gyronde / than he re+turned in to Fraunce: &amp; al&s;o / &s;o dyde the dukes of Berrey / of Burgoyn / and of Burbone / and the moo&s;t parte of the barons of Frau~ce: &s;uche as had ben in the&s;e &s;ayd co~que&s;tes. The kyng greatly fee&s;ted them at their retournynge / but all was but iapes / whan &s;ir Bertram came to Parys to the kyng / for the kyng coude nat ho|no^r him to moche. So thus the co~&s;table abode with the kyng at Parys in ioye and myrthe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the &s;eige of Bercerell / &amp; of the dethe of the kyng of &s;cottes / &amp; of the peace bitwene the fre~ch king and the kyng of Nauar. And howe the duke of Bretayne fledde in to Englande / and howe the co~&s;table of Frau~ce con|quered his duchy. Cap. CCC .vii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the lor|des of Cli&s;&s;on / of Lauall / of Uangour / of Tournemen / of Rieux / and of Rochfort / the vicount of Rohane / &s;ir Charles of Dignen banne|rette of Bretayne / the mar|&s;hall of Blarouille / the lordes of Hambe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / of Ruille / of Fou~teuyll / of Granuyll / of Farnyll / of Denneuall &amp; of Cleres / banerettes of Nor|ma~dy. And of other people great plenty of bre+tayne / and of Norma~dy / and &s;o they went and layde &s;iege to the &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Bercerell / and greatly they con&s;trayned it by a&s;&s;autes / within <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were two capitayns engly&s;&s;hmen &s;ir Johan Aparte &amp; &s;ir Johan Cornwall / and with them certayne companyons / y^t valiantly defended theym &s;elfe. At this &s;iege there was done many a noble feate of armes many i&s;&s;ues many &s;autes / and many a &s;crymy&s;&s;he. And a lytell <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be&s;ide <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were at &s;ege before &s;aint Sauyour the vicount / &s;ir Thomas Trybles / &s;ir Johan de Bourge / &s;ir Philippe Pecharde and the thre bretherne of Maluriers. So that or the &s;eige were layde before them / tho&s;e two gary&s;ons ouerran all the countre of ba&s;e Nor|mandy / &s;o that no thyng was abrode but all in the fortere&s;&s;es. Al&s;o they raun&s;omed and toke pri&s;oners in the by&s;&s;hopriche of Bayeux / and Deureux / and the kyng of Nauer was con&s;en+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng
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therto / for he conforted the~ dyuers tymes bothe with me~ and vitayle / &s;uche as <ABBR>wer</ABBR> in his gari&s;ons in the countie of Deureux / for he was nat acorded with the frenche kyng / &s;o that the gary&s;ons of Chierbourg / of Gouerell / of Cou|ches / of Bretuell / of Deureux / and diuers other vnder the obey&s;anuce of the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / had greatly enpouered and wa&s;ted the cou~tre of Norma~dy. But in the &s;ametyme there was &s;o good meanes made bytwene y^e two kynges / and &s;pecially by the labour of the erle of Sale bru&s;es / who had taken moche payne bytwene the~ / and al&s;o the by&s;&s;hop of Deureux. and they dyde &s;o moche / that they brought the~ to acorde And &s;o the two kynges mette togyder right a|myable at the ca&s;tell of Uernon on the ryuer of Sayne. And there were &s;worne dyuers great lordes of Frau~ce to kepe peace / loue / vnite / and co~federacyon togyder for euer. And &s;o y^e 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 &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / the kyng of Nauer put all his landes of Normandy / into the handes and go|uernynge of the frenche kyng / and le&s;t his two &s;onnes Charles and Peter / with y^e kyng their vncle. Than he departed &amp; went backe agayne in to Nauerre. Thus this peace endured foue yeres / howbeit after <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell agayne bytwene them great di&s;corde: as ye &s;hall herafter in the hy&s;torie / if ye wyll loke therfore. Howe beit I thynke <ABBR>ther</ABBR> wyll none ende be made therof in this pre&s;ent boke. &para; The .viii. day of May: the yere of our lorde a. M. thre. C .lxxiii. there pa&s;&s;ed out of this lyfe in the towne of Edenbo|rowe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande / and was bu+ryed in the abbay of Do~fre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">lyn / be&s;yde kyng Robert de Bru&s;e his father. He dyed without &s;onne or doughter / laufully begoten of his bo|dy. But <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was kyng after him by right &s;uc|ce&s;&s;yon a nephue of his / named Roberts who was &s;ene&s;hall of Scotlande a goodly knyght / and he had a &s;onne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe there were a certayn ordey|ned in Englande to kepe the countre / and howe the erle of Sali&s;bury / wil|liam Neuyll / and Phillyp Courtnay with dyuers other men of armes / en+terd in to the &s;ee: and landed in Bre|tayne. &amp; howe the co~&s;table of Frau~ce went thyder &amp; the duke of Bretayne went in to Englande. Cap. ccc .viii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;e&s;on it was ordey|ned in Englande / to the en|tent to kepe the cou~tre: that the erle of Sali&s;bury / Wil|lyam Neuyll / and &s;ir Phy|lippe Courtnay / &s;huld take the &s;ee with a certayne nom+bre of men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> For it was &s;ayd howe that yuan of Wales was comynge by the &s;ee / with &s;ixe thou&s;ande men / to lande and brenne in the countrey. The lordes of Englande hadde .xl. great &s;hyppes be&s;yde barges / and two thou|&s;ande menne of armes be&s;yde archers. Thus they departed fro Cornewayle and there toke the &s;ee / and toke their way towarde Bretayne. And &s;o came to &s;aynt Malo the I&s;le / and there brent in y^e hauen before the towne a &s;euen great &s;payni&s;&s;he &s;hyppes / wherof all the countre had maruayle / and &s;ayd: howe they thought &s;ure|lye / that the duke of Bretayne hadde cau&s;ed them &s;o to do. So in all townes ca&s;telles / and cyties / they had the duke in great &s;u&s;pect: and than kepte more &s;trayter their fortere&s;&s;es / than they dyde before. The &s;ecretne&s;&s;e of the dukes mynde was dy&s;couered / for certayne knightes of Bretayne / &s;hewed dyuers wordes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hulde be &s;poken by the duke. In &s;o moche that the fr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the kyng ordeyned his co~&s;table to make a iour|ney into Bretayne co~mau~dyng hym to take in to his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion / townes / cytes / ca&s;tels / and for tre&s;&s;es / &amp; to &s;ea&s;e all rebelles: bothe their good&abis; and bodyes. The con&s;table de&abper;ted fro Parys and went to Angiers / &amp; there made his &s;omo~s. And thyder came the duke of Burbon / the erle of Alen&s;on / the erle of Perche / therle of Porce|au / the dolphyn of Auuergne / the vicountes of Meaulx / and of Dau&s;nay / &s;ir Rafe of Coucy / Robert of &s;aynt Poule / Rafs Rauenall / Loys of San&s;ere mar&s;hall of Fraunce / and a great nombre of the barony and chyualry of Uerma~ doyes / Artoyes and Pycardy / be&s;yde the~ that came thyder of the marches of Aniou / Poitou / and Tourayn. And on the other patte the erle of Sali&s;bury and all his army / beyng at &s;aint Malo the I&s;le / knewe well of this frenche a&s;|&s;emble / and &s;awe well howe all the countrey of Bretayne was agayn&s;t the duke. And &s;o dep|ted fro thens with all hys&s;hyppes / and &s;ayled &s;o long that he came to Bre&s;t / whiche was one of the &s;tronge&s;t ca&s;telles in all the worlde / and whan the duke of Bretayne knewe of the con|&s;tables comynge / he dur&s;te tru&s;t no lengar in them of Uennes and Dignan / nor in them be|yng in any good towne in Bretayn. &amp; though<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if he were ones inclo&s;ed he &s;hulde be in great &abper;ll. And &s;o he went to the ca&s;tell of Alroy whi+che is bitwene Ue~nes and Renes / which helde of his parte / for he had made ruler there an en|gly&s;&s;he knight / called &s;ir Johan Augu&s;tyne.</P>
<P>The duke left his wyfe with him de&s;iring him to kepe her well / and the knyght promi&s;ed him &s;o to do. than the duke rode to &s;aynt Mathues of fyne potern / but y^e towne was clo&s;ed again&s;t hym / from thens the duke went to Kouke / and there toke&s;hyppynge: to thentent to arryue in Englande. So thus the con&s;table of Fraunce entred in to Bretayne / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came in his com|pany the lordes &amp; knightes of Bretayne / &s;uche as had ben at the &s;iege before Bercerell / &amp; they had left vp the &s;iege to the lord&abis; of Normandy. and whan the con&s;table was come before Rey|nes / they within who knew well he was come to cea&s;e in to his handes for the fre~che kyng / all the dukes landes / for the kynge and his coun|&s;ayle &s;ayd: howe the duke had forfayted all his landes / bycau&s;e he had &s;u&s;tayned the engly&s;&s;h|men his enemys / in his townes and ca&s;telles. And al&s;o that he him &s;elfe tooke parte with the kyng of Englande agayn&s;t the erowne of Fra~+ce / of whome he helde his duchy of Bretayne / by faythe and homage. Wherfore they of Rey|nes thought to make no warre / but pea&s;eably ceceyued the con&s;table / and knowledged hym for their lorde in the name of the frenche kyng. And whan the con&s;table had the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of Reynes / than he roode ha&s;tely to the towne of Dignan / the whiche yelded vp to be vnder the obey&s;aunce of the frenche kyng. Than the con|&s;table went before the cyte of Ue~nes / the which al&s;o yelded vp / than he went to Luzemont / the which was a&s;&s;ayled &amp; taken by force / &amp; all they w^tin &s;layne. than the co~&s;table we~t to Jugon the whiche put the~ &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;ance of the frenche kynge. In lyke wy&s;e dyde the ca&s;tell of Gouy and y^e fore&s;t / and the Roch <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yen / and the towne of Guigante / &s;aynt Mathewe of Fyne Poterne and &s;aynt Malo the I&s;le. than after the con&s;table went to Quipercorentyn / and it tourned al&s;o french / and after Campelly / and Credo / Galande / and dyuers other fortere&s;&s;es there about. Fyr&s;t the con&s;table ouerran Bre|ton bretouant / bycau&s;e always it enclyned ta|ther to the duke Johan of Mountfortes parte / than Breton gallet. And as ye haue herde here before / whan the duke went in to Englande / he &s;et &s;ir Robert Canoll to be gouernour of all y^e duchy / howbeit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but a fewe lord&abis; that obeyed to him. Neuertheles he furni&s;&s;hed wel his ca&s;tell of Dyriuall / and gaue the kepynge therof to a co&s;yn of his / called &s;ir Hughe Broit and &s;ir Robert went to Bre&s;t. Than the co~&s;ta|ble we~t to Hanybout / and capitayne therin vu|der the duke was a &s;quier of England / named Thomelyn Ubyche al&s;o therin was a knight &s;ent by &s;ir Robert Canoll / called &s;ir Thomas Priour and they were a four&s;core / what one &amp; other. And a&s;&s;one as the fre~chmen were come thyder they beganne to a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;tell / and brought with them thyder fro dyuers places / certayne engyns and great gonnes / wherwith they had won dyuers ca&s;telles and fortere&s;&s;es and &s;pecially the towne of Ca~pelly was taken / wherof James Ro&s;&s;e a &s;quire of Engla~de was capitayne / and he coude nat be taken to mercy / for he fell in the ha~des of &s;ir Olyuer of Cli&s;&s;on who &s;lewe him with a glayue and al&s;o he &s;lewe dyuers other with his hand&abis; for he had no pyte nor mercy of any engly&s;&s;hman / that fell in his daunger.</P>
<P>NOwelet vs retourn to the &s;iege of Ha|nibout. The con&s;table of Fraunce / who had cau&s;ed his engins to be reared vp agayn&s;t the towne and ca&s;tell / and went to the &s;aut and &s;ware y^t he wolde&s;uppe in the ca&s;tell: and they within defended them &s;elfe valyauntly. Than the co~&s;table &s;ayd / &s;irs: ye that be within / it is of certayne that we &s;hall co~quere you / for we wyll &s;uppe this night within the towne. Knowe for trouthe / y^t if any of you ca&s;t &s;tonne or quarell / wherby that the lee&s;t of our co~pany be hurt / I make myne auowe to god / ye &s;hall all le&s;e your lyues. Whiche wordes aba&s;&s;hed &s;o them of the towne / that they went into their hou&s;es and let the engly&s;&s;hmen alone / who defe~ded them&s;elfe ryght valyauntly / as longe as they myght en|dure. But the towne was &s;o great / that the en|gly&s;&s;hmen coulde nat take hede of euery place. So the frenchemen entred in to the towne and all the engli&s;&s;hmen &s;layne: except the two capi+tayns / who were taken. And bycau&s;e that they within the towne obeyed the con&s;tables com|mau~dement / he therfore co~maunded that none &s;huld be &s;o hardy to do any maner of domage.</P>
<P>&para; Whan the con&s;table of Frau~ce had thus con+quered the towne and &s;tronge ca&s;tell of Hany|bout he taryed <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> xv. dayes / than he went to the towne Kouke. And in y^e meane tyme therle of Sali&s;buty / &s;ir Wyllm~ Neuyll / &s;ir Bertram Stapleton / and &s;ir Wylliam Luzy / who <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> newe refre&s;&s;hed the fortere&s;&s;e of Bree&s;t / bothe with men of armes / archers / artyllery / and vi|tayle toke&s;hippyng: to thentent to defende the
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countre / for the fre~chmen were &s;tyll in the felde in Bretayne / and y^e &s;ayd engli&s;&s;hmen wy&s;t nat whyder the co~&s;table wolde brawe. but whan y^e co~&s;table ca~e before the towne of Kouke / whiche was a hauen towne / he wan it byforce of a&s;&s;aut and the engli&s;&s;hmen &s;layne that were wihin it / except the capitayne / named &s;ir John~ Langay who was taken to mercy. This towne y^e fre~ch+men newe repayred / than they drewe all to the towne of Bre&s;t / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the lorde Neuyll and &s;ir Robert Canoll were who had with them a. C. men of armes / &amp; as many archers. And &s;o y^e lor+des of Frau~ce &amp; of Bretayn be&s;eged the towne with a .vi. M. fyghting men / and as &s;oone as they had layd the&s;iege / they &s;ent &abser; Olyuer Ch&s;+&s;on in the name of the duke of Aniou with a cer+tayne no~bre with him / to go and lay &s;ege to the Roche &s;ur yon / which thengly&s;&s;hmen kept / &amp; &s;o the lorde Cly&s;&s;on be&s;ieged the towne rounde a+bout. &amp; reared vp dyuers engyns / whiche was brought him fro Angiers and Poiters / &amp; with the bretons there ca~e thyder dyuers noble men and ge~tylmen of Aniou &amp; of Poictou / and &s;o a&s;+&s;auted it / and &s;ayd. howe they wolde nat de&abper;te thens tyll they had it. And y^e &s;ame tyme y^e duke of Aniou / often tymes refre&s;&s;hed the~ that lay at the&s;ege / with vitayle &amp; other thyng&abis;. And &s;tyll the con&s;table lay at &s;ege before Bre&s;t / and with him the duke of Burbon / the erles of Alen&s;on / of Piergourt / of Dolphyn / of Auuergne / &amp; by+uers other lordes of Frau~ce: but they wanther but a lytell / for Bre&s;t was one of the &s;tro~ge&s;t ca+&s;tels in the worlde / and bicau&s;e that &s;ir Robert Canoll was capitayne / and was there within / the lordes of Fraunce determyned to &s;end and ley &s;iege to his ca&s;tell of Duriuall. &amp; &s;o thyder went dyuers lord&abis; of Bretayne and Tourayn with four hundred fightynge men.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenchmen laye at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">iege at four &s;undry places all a tones / and howe they of Roche &s;uryon / yelded them &s;elfe and became frenche: And howe the engly&s;&s;hmen came before Bre&s;t. Cap. CCC .ix.</HEAD>
<P>_THus the lordes of Frau~ce helde a / tones four &s;eges. One before Ber+cerell / another before Bre&s;t / the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. before Roch &s;ur yon / and the .iiii. before Duriuall: &amp; to eche of the&s;e was made many a great a&s;&s;aut. They within Roche &s;ur you / who were farthe&s;t of fro any co+pany or co~fort / made a compo&s;ycion with their enemys / that w^tout they were &s;ocoured within the &s;pace of a moneth / they &s;hulde de&abper;te &amp; put y^e ca&s;tell vnder the obey&s;ance of the french kyng. At whiche day / the lorde Cly&s;&s;on and the other knyghtes of his co~pany ca~e thyder / &amp; whan no re&s;cue ca~e to rey&s;e their &s;iege / the ca&s;tell yelded vp / and thengly&s;&s;hmen de&abper;ted / vnder the &s;aue conduct of the lorde of Pons / &amp; &s;o went to Bur+deur. Than the lorde Cly&s;&s;on &amp; the other went from thens to the &s;iege before Duryuall / and brought with the~ great engins. And al&s;o to the &s;ame&s;ege ca~e the con&s;table of Frau~ce / the duke of Burbon / therles of Alen&s;on &amp; of Perche / &amp; a great no~bre of the barony &amp; cheualry of Fra~ce. For they thought they dyde but lo&s;e their tyme with lyeng before Bre&s;t: howbeit they left &s;tyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a two. M. and they fortifyed the~ &s;elfe in a place to kepe the wayes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> non &s;hulde entre nor i&s;&s;ue out of Bre&s;t / to refre&s;&s;h the fortre&s;&s;e. And whan &s;ir Broes &amp; they within Duryuall / &s;awe the~ &s;elfe &s;o &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed / they douted greatly the takyng of their fortre&s;&s;e. Than they deuy|&s;ed a treaty to haue re&s;pyte for two monethes / &s;o that without they were re&s;cued by the duke of Bretayne / or by &s;ome other / able to kepe the felde / &amp; to rey&s;e the &s;iege within the &s;ayd &s;pace / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to yelde vp the fortere&s;&s;e to the duke of An|iou or to the con&s;table / &amp; if men of armes came fro y^e duke of Bretayne to coo&s;t the frenchmen / than they within to &s;itte &s;tyll in re&s;t and peace. This treaty was put for the and &s;hewed to the duke of Aniowe and he agreed / &s;o that they of Duryuall / durynge the &s;ayd terme / &s;hulde nat take into their fortre&s;&s;e no more ayde nor help. Than &s;ir Broes delyuered certayne ge~tylmen knyght&abis; and &s;quiers for ho&s;tag&abis; in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> behalfe / &amp; &s;o after this treaty and co~po&s;ycion / the co~&s;table rode to Nau~tes / and they of the cytie &s;hyt fa&s;t their gates agayn&s;t him / bycau&s;e he came with &s;uche a great army / and &s;o they &s;ent to hym to knowe his ente~cyon. The con&s;table / an&s;wered and &s;ayd: howe he was &s;ent thyder by y^e french kyng their <ABBR>lord</ABBR> / to take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion in his name of the duchy of Bretayn / and that &s;ir Johan of Mountforte / who calleth hym &s;elfe duke / hath forfayted it. Tha~ the burge&s;&s;es of Nau~tes de|maunded to take coun&s;ayle / &amp; than to <ABBR>an&s;wer.</ABBR> and wha~ they had long coun&s;ayled / they came forthe and &s;ayde. Sir: it is great meruayle to vs / that ye thus take the herytage of our lorde the duke for the frenche kyng / who commaun|ded
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vs to receyue hym as our duke and lorde / and to hym we haue &s;werne fealtie &amp; homage / and he hath &s;worne to vs to gouerne vs as his &s;ubgettes. Thus haue we taken hym / and we knowe no cau&s;e in him of fraude or &s;u&s;pection. Ifye c&oacute;e in to this towne by the vertue of &s;uche procuraryon as ye haue / we agre that ye &s;hall entre by condicyon. So that if it hap that the duke of Bretayne our lorde retourne in to this countre and wyll become frenche: than all pre+lates barones / gentylmen / &amp; the good townes of Breten / all we to knowlege him as our <ABBR>lord</ABBR> and tha~ we to be quyte without domage / nowe or any other tyme. and al&s;o ye to receyue no re~|tes nor reuenues of Bretayn / but let them &s;tyll remayne in our hand&abis;: vntyll &s;uche tyme / that we haue other tydinges: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche &s;halbe more agreable to vs than this. The con&s;table &s;ware to the~ to fulfyll all this / as procurer of the fre~ch kyng in that ca&s;e. Thus the co~&s;table entred in to the rytie of Nauntes / which was chiefe cytie of Bretayne / and all his company.</P>
<P>WHan &s;ir Robert Canoll / who was &s;o|uerayne of Bree&s;t / vnder&s;tode howe &s;ir Hugh Broes his co&s;yn / had made compo&s;ycion of the fortre&s;&s;e of Duryuall with the frenchmen: &amp; &s;awe well howe he coulde nat departe fro thens <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as he was / to go and co~+fort his ca&s;tell of Duriuall / w^tout &s;o be he wol|de make a co~po&s;ycion in lyke ca&s;e. Than he be+gan to treat with the fre~chmen / that were there before Bre&s;t / and they an&s;wered: that without the co~&s;table they coude do nothyng. Than two knightes &amp; two &s;quyers of Englande had &s;aue co~ducte / and went to the con&s;table be&s;yde Nau~+tes / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he lay by the ryuer of Loyre / with great copany of Frau~ce and of Bretayne. And &s;o this treaty toke &s;uche effect / y^t they of Bre&s;t had re&s;pite for .xl. dayes: &s;o that w^tin that &s;pace they &s;hulde be&s;o conforted with men of warte / able to fyght with the con&s;table / or els to yelde vp the fortere&s;&s;e. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on they of Bre&s;t / to abyde &s;tyll in the &s;ame ca&s;e as they were tha~ in / without reuitaylyng or enfor&s;yng any thyng of their fortre&s;&s;e. Than the me&s;&s;an|gers retourned agayne to &s;ir Robert Canoll / and he &s;ent &s;ufficyent men bothe knightes and &s;quiers to the con&s;table for ho&s;tage. Than the con&s;table put them in pri&s;on / and all they y^t had ben at the &s;iege before Bre&s;t departed: the con|&s;table gaue them lycence. And the frenche king &s;ent for them to fortifye the cyties / townes / ca|&s;tels / and fortre&s;&s;es in Picardy / for the duke of Lanca&s;tre was aryued at Calais with a great armye.</P>
<P>_WHan the erle of Sali&s;bury / who was on the &s;ee: and had all y^t &s;ea|&s;on kept the fronters of Bretayne &amp; Norma~dy / and al&s;o the kyng of Englande had newly reconforted them with a thou&s;ande men of armes and two thou&s;ande archers. Whan he vnder&s;tode the co~+po&s;ycion of them of Bre&s;t / he &s;ayd: that with goddes grace he wolde fight with the frenche|men / and he &s;ayled &s;o longe that he arryued at Bre&s;t. Than he toke lande and all his co~pany before Bre&s;t / and euery night went agayne to his &s;hyppes / and euery daye raynged in batell to fight with his enemyes if they brewe thider. The con&s;table / who had gyuen lycence to the moo&s;t parte of his co~pany / and helde &s;tyll two &s;ieges: one before Bercerell / and the other be|fore Duryuall: and thought full lytell that the erle of Sali&s;bury wolde haue come thyder / &s;o &s;trongly as he dyde. Than he departed fro the marches of Nauntes / whan the day of the de|lyueraunce of Bre&s;t dyde aproche: howe be it wha~ the day came he went nat thyder / for than he had knowledge howe the engli&s;&s;hmen were there with &s;uche a &s;trengthe / able to fyght with hym. therfore he thought to warke by great &amp; &s;adde aduy&s;e / and &s;o he dyd (for he taryed &s;tyll there he was / &amp; remoued nat) and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed a .vii. dayes or more. &amp; whan therle of Sali&s;|bury beyng before Bree&s;t / hadde taken a place of grounde for his auauntage / And &s;awe that the con&s;table of Fraunce nor the bretons came nat forwarde / he &s;ent thyder an haraude / who whan he came before the con&s;table / &s;ayd. Sir / the erle of Sali&s;bury &amp; the lordes of <ABBR>England</ABBR> &s;end you worde by me / who am an haraude of armes / how that before this tyme / ye haue layd &s;iege before the ca&s;tell and towne of Bre&s;t. &s;ir / my lordes and mai&s;ters vnder&s;tand / howe cer+tayne compo&s;ycions and treatyes were made / bitwene you and them of the towne / that if they were nat comforted by the daye lymytted / the whiche is nat nowe long vnto that they &s;hulde yeld vp the towne and ca&s;tell to you. Wherfore &s;ir. maye it plea&s;e you to knowe / they be come before Bree&s;t to kepe their day / and to defende their fortre&s;&s;e. Therfore &s;ir / they de&s;yre you to drawe forwarde / and ye &s;halbe fought withall without dout / and if ye wyll nat / than they de|&s;yre you to &s;ende them agayne &s;uche ho&s;tages as ye haue for that entent. Than the con&s;table
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&s;ayde / haraulde: ye bringe vs good tidynges / wherfore ye be welco~e. ye &s;hall &s;ay to your may+&s;ters: howe we haue greatter de&s;yre to &s;yght with the~ / than they haue to fight with vs / how beit they be nat in that place / where the treaty was made and agreed vnto. Therfore &s;aye to them / that lette theym drawe to that parte and place / and without fayle they &s;hall be &s;ought withall. Than the haraud retourned to Bre&s;t and dyde his me&s;&s;age / and than they &s;ent hym agayne to the con&s;table with another me&s;&s;age and whan he came there / he &s;ayd. Sir / I am co~e agayne to you fro my lordes and mai&s;ters / to whome I haue &s;hewed euery thynge / as ye co~maunded me to &s;ay / whan I was with you la&s;t. How be it &s;ir: nowe they &s;ay howe they be men of the &s;ee lately co~e thens / &amp; haue brought no hor&s;e with them. and &s;ir / they &s;ay they haue nat ben acu&s;tomed to go farre a fote / wherfore they &s;ende you worde that if ye wyll &s;ende the~ your hor&s;es / they wyll come to what place ye wyll apoynt them to fyght with you / &amp; to kepe their day. Fayre fared &abquod; the con&s;table: we are nat in mynde / to do to our enemys &s;omoche a|uantage / as to &s;end to the~ our hor&s;es: it &s;hulbe be reputed for a great outrage and if we were &s;o mynded to do / we wolde deman~de good ho|&s;tages and &s;ufficient / to an&s;were vs of our hor+&s;es agayne. Sir &abquod; the haraud / I haue no &s;u|che commau~dement to an&s;were to that mater / Howe beit &s;ir / they &s;ay that if ye wyll nat agre to this poynte: ye haue no lawfull cau&s;e to re|tayne &s;tyll the ho&s;tages that yehaue. <ABBR>Therfor</ABBR> &s;ir: and ye&s;end the~ / ye do as ye &s;hulde do. The co~&s;table &s;ayd he was nat abuy&s;ed &s;o to do. So retourned the haraude to the erle of Sali&s;bu|ry and his company / before Bre&s;t. And whan they vnder&s;tode that they &s;hulde nat be fought <ABBR>wall</ABBR> / nor their ho&s;tages delyucred / they were &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed. Howe be it they taryed there &s;tyll without remouyng / tyll the day was expy+red / and parceyued well how the con&s;table ca~e nat to fight with them. Than they entred in to Bre&s;t and newe reuitayled the towne / and re|fre&s;&s;hed greatly the fortre&s;&s;e. And on the other &abper;te whan the con&s;table &s;awe that the engly&s;&s;h|men ca~e nat forwarde to fyght with hym / than he de&abper;ted and toke the ho&s;tages with him. and &s;ayd: how they were his pri&s;oners (for he &s;aid) that the engly&s;&s;hmen and they of Bre&s;t / hadde nat kept truely their apoyntment / in re&s;cuyng of Bre&s;t / bycau&s;e the erle of Sali&s;bury hadde newly refre&s;&s;hed and vitayled y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fortre&s;&s;e. And &s;o than the erle of Sali&s;bury de&abper;ted fro Bre&s;t and entred agayne in to his &s;hippes / to kepe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marches and fronters / as he was commytted to do. And al&s;o &s;ir Robert Canoll whan he de|parted fro Bre&s;t he went &s;treight to his owne fortere&s;&s;e of Duryuall. And a&s;&s;oone as he was come in to the ca&s;tell (it was &s;hewed to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Aniou) and to the co~&s;table / beyng as than in Nauntes. They &s;uppo&s;ed than / as it fortuned after / for &s;ir Robert Canoll brake all the trea|tie and apoyntment before made / and renoun|&s;ed them all. And &s;end worde to the duke of An+iou and to the con&s;table / that he wolde kepe no &s;uch apoyntmeut / as his men had made in his ab&s;ence without his leaue: &s;ayeng they had no &s;uche authorite &s;o to do. Whan the duke herde that / he came &abper;&s;onally to the &s;ege of Duriuall.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe dyuers engly&s;&s;hmen were &s;layne and di&s;confited by the lorde of Souby&s;e before Ribamont / &amp; howe the gary&s;ons of Soi&s;&s;ons di&s;co~fyted the engly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. C C C .x.</HEAD>
<P>_AT Calais there aryued the duke of Lanca&s;tre and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Bretayne / and mo than thre thou&s;ande men of armes / and .x. thou&s;ande ar+chers engly&s;&s;hmen / whiche voyage had ben ordayning and imagenynge thre yere before. There was with theym: the erles of Warwyke / of Staf|forde and of Suffolke. The lorde Edwarde <ABBR>Spcu&s;ar</ABBR> / one of the greatte&s;t barones of En|glande / and con&s;table for that tyme of all the hoo&s;t: and the lordes of Wylloughby / of Pole / of Ba&s;&s;et / of Hubelles / of Holenton / &s;ir Henry Percy / Loys Clyfforde / Wylliam Beaucha~pe / Chanoyne Rober&s;art / <ABBR>Water</ABBR> Hewet / Hughe Carleton / Stephyn Go&s;enton / Rychard Po~t chardon / and dyuers other knyghtes and &s;quy+ers of England / who~e I can nat all name. The french kyng / who knewe right well the pa&s;&s;age of the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen: prouyded &s;ufficye~tly for the &s;ure kepyng of his townes / cyties / fortere&s;|&s;es / and ca&s;telles: in Picardy / in Artoys / and in Uermandoy&s;e. And hadde &s;et in them men of warre&abis; as bretons / burgonyons / pycardes / normayus / and dyuers other &s;oudyers of the empyre.
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Thus the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen departed fro Calais / after they had aparelled their caryages / wher|of they had great plenty: &s;o they rode forthe in thre batayls a&s;well ordred as coude be deui&s;ed Fir&s;t y^e batayle w^t the mar&s;hals / wherof the er|les of Warwyke and of Suffolke were chefe: and than the two dukes / of Lanca&s;tre &amp; of Bre+tayne and with them a noble co~pany. And the thyrde batayle led the con&s;table the lorde <ABBR>Spe~+&s;er</ABBR> / and all thre batayls marched forwarde / ke+pyng them&s;elfe clo&s;e togyder: alwayes in har|ne&s;&s;e redy to fight / if they founde with whome. And euery night they lay togider &amp; made gode wache / and went neuer pa&s;t thre leages a day. None went before the mar&s;hals baners with|out co~mau~dement / and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed by Mo|trell: wherof the lorde of Handboure was capi+tayne but they made <ABBR>ther</ABBR> none a&s;&s;aut / &amp; &s;o pa&s;t by &s;aynt Omer / &amp; after by Turwyn. The cur|rours brent the lande of therle of &s;aynt Poule / and than went nere to Arras. And the two du|kes lodged in the abbey of mount &s;aynt Eloy / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed two dayes. Than they depar+ted and co&s;ted Arras / but they a&s;&s;ayled it nat: for they knewe well they &s;hulde but le&s;e their la+bour. and &s;o they went to Bray on the ryuer of Some / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the two mar&s;hals made a great a&s;&s;aut before the gate. Within <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were in ga+ry&s;on good knightes &amp; &s;quyers of Picardy / of whome the vicont of Mealx was capitayne / &amp; &s;ir Rafe of Menac. The chanon of Rober&s;art that day &s;trake downe with his glayue thre to the erthe before the gate / where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he. Howbeit the fre~chmen kept &s;o well their fortere&s;&s;e that they lo&s;t nothynge / &amp; &s;o the engly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed by / coo&s;tynge the ryuer of Some / thynking to pa&s;&s;e ouer at Ham in Uer+mandois / &amp; at &s;aynt Quintynes.</P>
<P>THus went forthe thengly&s;&s;he ho&s;t / wher of the duke of Lanca&s;tre was chefe go|uernour / by the ordynau~ce of the kyng of En|gland his father. Than the lorde Bou&s;yers of Heynalte ca~e in to Frau~ce and he pa&s;&s;ed by the bridge of Ham: &amp; there they of the towne de&s;y|red him effectuou&s;ly y^t he wolde be reteyned w^t the~ / and to helpe to ayde the~ agayn&s;t thengly&s;h men / &amp; he agreed to them / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed a two dayes / tyll the engly&s;&s;hmen were all pa&s;t / who toke their way aboue to entre into verma~ doys / &amp; to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Some / at a &s;tray|ter pa&s;&s;age. And whan the lorde of Bou&s;yers knewe that thengly&s;&s;hmen were nygh all pa&s;t ouer / &amp; howe y^t they drue towarde &s;aynt Quin+tynes and Rybamont / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the lorde of Clyn (who&s;e doughter he had in mariage) was: the which lorde had <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fayre lande &amp; herytage. &amp; al&s;o he had hym &s;elf <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fayre lande by y^e right of his wyfe / and knewe well how the ca&s;tell of Rybamont was vnpurueyed of men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Than he toke leaue of them of Ham / and they greatly thanked him of his &s;eruice that he had done to them: &s;o he departed with &s;uche nom|bre as he had / whiche was no great no~bre. and he rode &s;o long that he came to &s;aynt Quinty|nes in great parell / for the countrey was full of engly&s;&s;hmen. He came in &s;uche danger / that he was no &s;oner entred / but that the engli&s;&s;he cur+rours cha&s;ed hym in at the gate. And the lorde of Bou&s;yers founde in the towne &s;ir Wylliam of Bourges / who was capitayne there / vnder the french kyng who receyued him ioyou&s;ly de+&s;yring hym to a byde there / to helpe to defende the towne. The lorde of Bou&s;iers excu&s;ed him &s;elfe / and &s;ayde: howe he hadde enterpri&s;ed to enter in to the towne of Rybamont / to kepe the towne and fortre&s;&s;e there / bycau&s;e it was with out capitayne / wherfore he de&s;yred &s;o &s;ore the &s;ayd &s;ir Wylliam / that he hadde of hym out of &s;aynte Quintynes .xii. cro&s; bowes / and &s;o de|parted / and he went nat farre pa&s;t / but that he &s;pyed a company of engly&s;&s;hmen / but he toke another lowe way be&s;ide the~ for he knewe well the countre. So the &s;ame day he rode in great parell towardes Rybamount / and as he rode he encou~tred a knight of Burgoyne / called &s;ir Johan of Bulle / who was goynge towardes &s;aynt Quitynes / but whan he had ones &s;poken with the lorde of Bou&s;yers / he retourned with hym to Rybamount / and &s;o they were about a .xl. &s;peares and .xx. cro&s;bowes. And thus they aproched Rybamont / &amp; &s;ent before one of their currours to enforme them of the towne of their comyng to helpe to ayde / and to defende their towne. And in y^e meane &s;ea&s;on they &s;awe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> there was comyng a company of engli&s;&s;hmen / to the nombre of four&s;core. Than the frenche|men &s;ayd / beholde: yo~der be our enemys / who are comynge fro their pyllage / let vs go before them. Than they da&s;&s;hed their &s;purres to their hor&s;e &s;ydes and galopped forthe as fa&s;t as they might / cryeng our lady of Rybamont. And &s;o came in amonge the engly&s;&s;hmen / and di&s;con|fyted and &s;lewe the moo&s;t parte of theym / for he was happy that myght e&s;cape. And whan the frenchemen / hadde thus ouerthrowen the engly&s;&s;hmen / they went to Rybamont / where they founde the lorde of Chyne / who was come
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thyder but a lytell before with .xl. &s;peares / and xxx. cro&s;bowes. And as they were before the ca+&s;tell / and their company in their lodgyng&abis; vn|armed / they herde the watchman of the ca&s;tell cryeng to harne&s;&s;e &s;irs / me~ of armes aprocheth your towne. Than they drewe togyder / and de+maunded of the watchman what no~bre by like lyhode they were of / he an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd: howe they were aboute the nombre of four&s;core men of armes. than the lorde Bou&s;yers / &s;ayd. &s;irs it behoueth vs to go out and fyght with them / for it &s;huld be a great blame to vs / to &s;ulfre the~ goby &s;o nere to our fortre&s;&s;e. The lord of Chin &s;ayd / a fayre &s;onne: ye &s;ay trouthe / cau&s;e oure hor&s;es to co~e out and di&s;play my baner. Than &s;ir John~ of Bulle &s;ayd / <ABBR>lordes</ABBR> ye &s;hall nat go without me. but my coun&s;ayleis y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we go wy&s;e lye / for parauenture they be but currours / whi+che the mar&s;halles of Englande / or the con&s;ta|ble hath &s;ent hyder / to cau&s;e vsto go out of our fortre&s;&s;e: our i&s;&s;uyng <ABBR>parauentur</ABBR> may tourne to folly. The lorde Bou&s;iers &s;ayd / if ye wyll be leue me / we &s;hall go out and fight with them / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> that brefely: happe what may befall / I wyll go out and fight with theym. And &s;o dyde on his helme and lepte on his hor&s;e and &s;o y&s;&s;ued out / and with hym a &s;ix&s;core / and the engly&s;&s;hmen were about four&s;core and they were of &abser; Hugh Caurelles company / but he was nat there hym+&s;elfe / he was &s;tyll with the duke of Lanca&s;tre. Howbeit there were &s;ixe knightes &amp; many &s;qui+ers / and they were come thyder to reue~ge their companye / that were ouerthrowen before. As &s;oone as the frenchemen were out of the gate / they founde incontynent the engli&s;&s;hmen / who couched their &s;peares and ranne in among the frenchmen / and the frenchmen opyned and let them pa&s;&s;e through them / &amp; &s;o they dyd: wher|by there ro&s;e &s;uche a du&s;t / that one coude nat &s;e nor knowe another. Than the frenchmen clo|&s;ed them &s;elfe agayne toguyder / and cryed our lady of Rybamont: there was many a man o|uerthrowen on bothe &abper;tes. The lorde of Chyn had a plummet of leed in his hande / wherwith he brake ba&s;&s;enetes / &s;uche as he attayned vnto for he was a bygge and a goodly knyght / and well formed of all his membres. At la&s;t he had &s;uche a &s;troke on the helme / that he had nere fal+len / and a &s;quyer had nat kept hym vp / whiche &s;troke greued hym after as longe as he lyued. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were dyuers engly&s;&s;hmen had gret mar+ueyle / in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;aw his penon&s;emblable to the armes / without difference of the lorde Coucy / and &s;ayd. Howe is it: that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Coucy hath &s;ent men hyder to be agayn&s;t vs / and he ought to be our frende. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a harde batell: howe be it finally the engly&s;&s;hmen were taken and &s;layne / but fewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;caped. The lorde Bou+&s;iers had pri&s;oners / two bretherne of Penne|nort / a knight and a &s;quyer. And &s;ir Johan of Bulle had other two pri&s;oners / than they went to Rybamont foreby the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / with+oute any &s;crimy&s;&s;he. And al&s;o they forbare to brenne in the lande of the lorde Coucy / or to do any domage there / who was as than in Lom|bardy / and medlyd nothyng with the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> of Fraunce. Than the engly&s;&s;hmen went and lo+ged in the valeys vnder Laon / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about Brueres and Cre&s;cy. And they dyd moche do+mage in the countre of Lonnoys / howbeit be|fore that tyme / the frenche kyng had cau&s;ed all the goodes in the playne countre to be had into the fortere&s;&s;es / townes / and ca&s;telles / whiche were &s;o well prouyded for / that the engli&s;&s;men coude haue none aduantage / to aproche to a&s;|&s;ayle any of them. And al&s;o the engly&s;&s;hemen were nat in mynde to enploy their &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / for they had rather that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kyng had &s;ente downe power of men to haue fought with them / but the frenche kyng alwayes com+maunded in no wy&s;e to gyue them batayle / but wolde that they &s;hulde be euer pur&s;ued / &amp; kept &s;horte. And euery night the frenchmen laye in fortre&s;&s;es / and in the day pur&s;ued thengly&s;&s;he ho&s;t / who went euer clo&s;e toguyder.</P>
<P>SO it happed that beyonde Soi&s;&s;ous in a mornyng / a &s;ix&s;core of thengly&s;&s;he &s;pe+res ran ouer the countre / &amp; came within the da~+ger of a bu&s;&s;hment of burgonyons &amp; fre~chmen wherof &s;ir John~ of Uyen / John~ Bulle / Wyl|lyam Bordes / Hugh Porcien / John~ of Coucy the vycont of Mealx / the lordes of Rauenall &amp; of Bone were capitens / &amp; dyuers other. They were a thre. C. &s;peares alwayes co&s;tyng to get aua~tage of the~gli&s;hmen. The &s;ame night they had lyen in the felde &amp; made their bu&s;hment in a lytell wode in Soi&s;&s;ons / and thengly&s;&s;hmen ca~e in the mornynge to &s;eke for pyllage / &amp; their ho&s;t was lodged behynde them: and whan the engly&s;&s;hmen were pa&s;t / the frenchmen ca~e out of their bu&s;&s;hment &amp; di&s;played their baners &amp; penons. And whan the~gli&s;&s;hmen &s;awe y^t great company &s;o nere them / they re&s;ted and toke ad+uy&s;e / and &s;ent to their hoo&s;t behynde the~ / whi|che was a longe leage fro them. And &s;ir Gaul|tyer / who was a great capitayne was nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> thens / and whan he herde therof / he lept vpon his hor&s;e in great ha&s;te / his &s;peare in his fy&s;te / 
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without <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">enet or <ABBR>vy&s;er:</ABBR> and &s;o rode thyder|warde without aduy&s;e or cou~&s;ayle / his men &s;o+lowed after as fa&s;t as they might / and &s;o i~ that fray he was &s;tryken through the necke / and &s;o he fell downe deed. The~gly&s;&s;hmen fought va|liantly / but finally they were &s;layne and taken fewe e&s;caped. There were taken of engly&s;&s;he knightes pri&s;oners: &s;ir John~ Radwyn / Tho|mas Faulque / Hughe Bromewell / Thomas <ABBR>Spen&s;er</ABBR> / Thomas Ebreton / Nycholl Ga&s;|coyne / John~ Candley / Philyppe of Cambrey / Hughe Harpe / Done Lyonet Dautryne / and &s;quyers Johan Galarde / Thomas Brudlay / Henry Mamefort / Guy Chuet / Wyllm~ Dau|try / John~ Menet / Antyque~ / Wylliam Gau&s;ull John~ of Fo~bret / Tomelyn Solerant / Wyllm~ Quiteuyn Robert Bouchell / Ro. daudley / Rafe Stanby / &amp; Thomas Arthus. Tyding&abis; came in to the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / howe their company were fightynge: than the mar&s;hals made ha&s;t to remoue the hoo&s;t to that parte / but he coude nat &s;o &s;oone auaunce / but that the <ABBR>mater</ABBR> was pa&s;t and done / and the burgonyons and fre~ch|men withdrawen withall their pri&s;oners / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the engly&s;&s;hmen wy&s;t nat where to &s;eke them. Thus it fell of the encountre (as I was enfor|med) whiche was nere to Douchy be&s;yde So|i&s;&s;ons: the .xx. day of February / the yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande thre. C. thre&s;core and .xiii.</P>
<P>&para; After the&s;e two iourneys of Rabymont and Douchy / there fell none aduenture to the duke of Lanca&s;tre in the realme of Frau~ce / that any mencyon ought to be made of. The engly&s;&s;he|men pa&s;&s;ed many a &s;trayte pa&s;&s;age / but alway they rode wi&s;ely and clo&s;e togyder. The fre~che kynges coun&s;ayle / &s;ayd to the kyng / Sir: lette them go on / for finally they can nat attayne to your heritage. They &s;hall wery them &s;elfe and all for nought / for often tymes whan a &s;torme or tempe&s;t ry&s;eth in a countre / at la&s;t it wa&s;teth away by it &s;elfe. In lykewi&s;e &s;o &s;hall it be &s;ene by the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the ho&s;tages that were layd by them of Duriuall were beheeded and howe &s;ir Robert Canolle behee|ded agayne / all &s;uche pri&s;oners as he had: And al&s;o of the duke of Lanca|&s;tres iourney. Cap. CCC .xi.</HEAD>
<P>_LE haue well herde here be|fore / howe &s;ir Robert Canoll was come to his ca&s;tell of Duryuall / y^e whiche he helde as his owne hery+tage / and brake the treaty y^t was made bytwene his men and the duke of Aniou wherfore the duke came thyder to the &s;iege / for the duke claymed it as his owne enherita. and he had with him a great company of lord&abis; and knightes: of Bretayne / of Poictou / and of the lowe marches. The french kyng wolde his co~|&s;table / y^e lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and other y^t were there &s;hulde returne in to Fa~rce / to ayde his brother the duke of Burgoyne to pur&s;ue the engly&s;&s;he men. He&s;ent often to them of the ca&s;tell of Du+ryuall to obey to him / and to let hym haue po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;yon of the ca&s;tell. And whan the daye was pa&s;t / that the ca&s;tell &s;hulde haue ben delyuerd / yet they lay &s;tyll at &s;iege and hadde great mar+ueyle what they within thought. They knewe well that &s;ir Robert Canoll was entred into the ca&s;tell / and had newe refre&s;&s;hed it. Than the&s;e dukes and lord&abis; &s;ent a haraude to &s;ir Ro|bert Canoll and to &s;ir Hughe Broes / who had made before the treatie with them. And whan the haraulde was come in to the fortere&s;&s;e / he &s;ayd. Sirs / my lordes hath &s;ente me hyder to you / to knowe the cau&s;e why ye do nat acquyte your ho&s;tages / and delyuer this ca&s;tell / as the couenant was: &amp; as ye &s;ir Hugh haue &s;worne. Than &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ayd. Haraude / &s;ay vnto your mai&s;ters: howe that my men coude make no compo&s;ycion / without me or myne a|grement. Returne to them and &s;hewe them &s;o. The haraude retourned / and recounted to his lordes all that &s;ir Robert Canoll had &s;aid. and &s;o they &s;ent hym agayne with a newe me&s;&s;age / and whan he was there / he &s;ayd. Sirs / my lor+des yet &s;endeth you worde by me / that the com+po&s;ycion was / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;hulde receyue in to their fortere&s;&s;e no per&s;on / tyll the day that was pre|fixed. And &s;ithe that tyme and before their day they haue receyued you / &s;ir Robert Canoll in|to their fortre&s;&s;e / which they ought nat to haue done. Therfore &s;ir / knowe for trouther y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> with+out ye yelde vp the ca&s;tell / your ho&s;tages &s;hall be beheeded. Sir Robert an&s;wered / by god ha+ralde / for all the many&s;&s;hing of your mai&s;ters I wyll nat &s;o le&s;e my ca&s;tell. And if &s;o be y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the duke cau&s;e my men to dye / I &s;hall &s;erue him in lyke ca&s;e / for I haue here within / bothe knigh|tes and &s;quyers pri&s;oners: &amp; though I myght haue for them / a hundred. M. frankes / I wyll &s;aue neuer a one of the~. And whan the haraude
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was departed / and hadde made his reporte. The duke of Aniou called forthe the hangman and made to be brought forthe the ho&s;tag&abis; two knightes and a&s;quier / and cau&s;ed their heedes to be &s;tryken of / nere to the ca&s;tell / &s;o that they within might &s;e it / and knowe it. Incontynent &s;ir Robert Canoll made a borde to be put out of a wyndowe of the hall / and brought thyder four pri&s;oners that he had / thre knightes and a &s;quyer / for whome he might haue hadde great rau~&s;ome. But he made their four heedes to be &s;tryken of / and dyde ca&s;t them downe into the dykes / the bodyes one way / and their heedes a nother way. Than they brake vp their &s;iege / &amp; all maner of men went into Frau~ce / and name+ly the duke of Aniou went to Parys to y^e kyng his brother. The con&s;table / the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and other rode toward the cyte of Troyes / for the engly&s;&s;hmen were in that marches / &amp; were pa&s;&s;ed y^e ryuer of Marne / and toke their waye towarde Anxere. The &s;ame tyme pope Grego+ry the .xi. had &s;ent into Frau~ce in legacyon / the archby&s;&s;hoppe of Rohan / and the by&s;&s;hoppe of Carpentras / for to treat for a peace yf it might be / bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande. The&s;e prelates had moche laboure to ryde in and out / bytwene the frenche kynge and his bretherne / and the duke of Lanca&s;tre: but alwayes the engly&s;&s;hmen rode forthe / tho|rough the countreis of Fore&s;tes / of Auuergne of Limo&s;yn / and the ryuer of Loyre / to Dor|done / and to Lothe. Thengly&s;&s;hmen were nat all at their ea&s;e in that iourney: nor in lykewi&s;e were nat the frenchmen / that folowed and co|&s;ted them. In the which pur&s;ute <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyed thre knightes of Heynault: &s;ir Fateres of Berlau|mount / Bridoll of Montague / and the begue of Uerlan: and al&s;o of the engly&s;&s;he part there dyed &s;ome. Solonge the dukes of Lanca&s;tre and of Bretayne rode forwarde / that they cam to Bergerath a four leages fro Burdeux. And alwayes the frenchmen had pur&s;ued them: the duke of Aniou and the co~&s;table rode aboue / to|warde Rouuergue / Roddes / and Tholou&s;e / &amp; were come to Pyergourt. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the two for &s;ayd prelates re&s;ted / and rode euer prechynge bytwene the parties: and layed many rea&s;ons to bring them to acorde / but both parties were &s;o harde that they wolde nat condi&s;cende to no peace / without a great adua~tage. and &s;o about chri&s;tmas / the duke of Lanca&s;tre came to Bur+deux / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> bothe dukes lay all that wynter and the lent folowynge / and &s;ome of his com|pany departed. Whan the iourney was pa&s;te: there retourned in to Englande the lorde Ba&s;|&s;et and his company / wherwith the kyng was nat content: but reproued hym / bycau&s;e he re|tourned and nat the duke his &s;onne.</P>
<P>THan anone after the fee&s;t of Ea&s;ter / the yere of our lorde god. a thou&s;ande thre hundred and .xiii. The duke of Aniou beynge at Pyergourt a&s;&s;embled a great army / &amp; with hym was the con&s;table of Fraunce / and y^e mo&s;t parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Bre|tayne / of Poictou / of Aniou / and of Tourayne Al&s;o there was of Ga&s;coyne / &s;ir Johan of Ar|mynake / the lordes: Dalbret / and Pyergourt The erles of Comynges / and of Narbone / the vycountes / of Carmayne / Uyllemure / and of Thalare / the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne / and the moo&s;t parte of the lordes of Auuergne and of Limo&s;yn / the vycount of Myndone / the lor|des de la Barde / and Pyergourt / and &s;ir Ro|bert de Charde. They were a .xv. thou&s;ande menne a foote: and al&s;o they had a great nom|bre of geneways &amp; cro&s; bowes / and tooke their way towardes highe Ga&s;coyne / and came be|fore &s;aynt Syluere: wherof an abbot was lor|de. Howe beit that there was a &s;tronge towne yet the abbot douted y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &s;hulde lo&s;e it by force Therfore he fell in a treaty with y^e duke of An|iou / for he thought nother hym &s;elfe nor his la~|de &s;hulde abyde the warre / nor be in the dukes indygnacion. Sayeng to him / how his town nor fortre&s;&s;e was but a &s;mall thynge / as in re|gard of the townes &amp; ca&s;tels in hygh Ga&s;cone / whyder he &s;uppo&s;ed y^e duke was goyng. Ther+fore he de&s;yred hym to leue him in re&s;t &amp; peace / by certayne compo&s;ycion / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he nor none of his men &s;hulde make any warre / &s;o that non were made to him: and al&s;o to do in lyke maner / as herytours and lordes of Ga&s;coyne dyde. The duke accorded to hym / and hadde ho&s;tages in that behalfe: and &s;ent them to be kepte in Py|ergourt. Than all the hoole hoo&s;t / wherof the duke of Anio we was chiefe: drewe towardes Mount Mar&s;en / and to the towne of Lourde in highe Ga&s;cone / wherof &s;ir Arnold de Uyre was capitayne. Than the fre~chmen layd &s;iege therto / and demaunded if they wolde yelde the~ vp to the duke of Aniowe. They of the towne were &s;oone agreed therto / but the knyght that kept it / &s;ayde: howe the erle of Foiz delyuered hym the place / wherfore he &s;ayde: he wolde de|lyuer it to none other per&s;on. Whan the con&s;ta|ble herde that / he cau&s;ed euery man to a&s;&s;aute the Ca&s;tell / in &s;uche wy&s;e / that it was wonne
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by force / and the capitayne &s;layne / and dyuers other: bo the men and women / and the towne ouerron and robbed and &s;o left it / and at their de&abper;tyng they left men therin. Than the french+men entred in to the lande of the ca&s;tell Bone / and ouerran it. And tha~ pa&s;&s;ed by the lande of the ca&s;tell Neufe whiche they a&s;&s;ayled / and &s;o went for the towarde Byenre / and came to the entre of the lande of the lorde of Le&s;cute &amp; rode &s;o forwarde / that they came to a good towne and to a good ca&s;tell called Sault / which held of y^e countie of Foiz and all his landes / &amp; arere fees in Ga&s;coyne. The prince of Wales before he went in to Spayne / was in mynde to haue made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t y^e countie of Foiz / bycau&s;e they wolde nat holde of hym. And al&s;o y^e duke of Aniou / who had co~quered the moo&s;t part of all Acquitayne &s;hewed hym&s;elfe as lorde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / &amp; wolde haue had it in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon. So he layd &s;iege before the towne of Sault in Ga&s;coyne / whiche was nat ea&s;y to wyn / and within there was capitayn &s;ir Wyllim~ of Pans. And whan the erle of Foiz / &s;awe howe the frenchmen con|quered his landes and arerefees / the which by rea&s;on he &s;huld other holde of the french kyng / orels of the kyng of Englande. He &s;ent for the vicount of the ca&s;tell Bone / and for the lordes of Mer&s;alte / of ca&s;tell Neufz / of Le&s;cute / &amp; for the abbot of &s;aynt Syluere. And whanne they were come to him / than he &s;ent for a &s;aue co~duct to go and &s;peke with the duke of Aniowe / who lay &s;tyll at &s;iege before Saulte: the duke accor|ded therto. Than he and the other lordes went to the hoo&s;t to the duke / and there agreed that they and their landes &s;hulde abyde in a re&s;pite of peace tyll y^e myddes of Augu&s;t / at the which tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hulde apere before y^e towne of Mo~|&s;ac by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day / certayne nombre of men of warre other of the french kynges parte / or of the kyng of Englandes part. And that party that coude kepe the felde / of him they wolde holde their la~+des in peace for euer. Whiche couenant to par|forme / therle of Foiz and the other lordes layd good ho&s;tages. Than the duke of Aniou went to Pyergourte with all his hole army / &amp; gaue lycence to no man to departe.</P>
<P>IN that &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was an exchange ma+de of certayne land&abis; for pri&s;oners in &s;pay+gne / whiche landes the kynge of Spayne had gyuen to the con&s;table of Frau~ce / and the lorde of Manny / for &s;uche &s;eruyce as they had done in Spayne. The co~&s;table gaue the lande of &s;a|ryen ca&s;tell in exchange for the erle of Pe~broke who was taken pri&s;oner before Rochell / and &abser; Olyuer of Ma~ny gaue his lande of Grece / for the lordes &s;ir Richarde Dangle / and Wyllim~ his nephue / and for Othes of Gra~t&s;one John~ de Gremeres / and Tanyboton. The &s;ame &s;ea+&s;on there began a treatie / bytwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lanca&s;tre at Pyergort by a&s;&s;urances towarde the duke of Aniou / for the duke of Lanca&s;tre helde him&s;elfe as kynge and regent of the~gly&s;&s;he marches. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a re&s;pyte of warre agreed / bytwene them and all their ayders / to endure tyll the la&s;t day of Augu&s;t. So y^t the&s;e two dukes &s;hulde be at the begynning of Septe~bre in the marches of Picardy: the duke of Aniou at &s;aynt Omers / and the duke of La~ca&s;tre at Calys. After this truce thus taken / the duke of La~ca&s;tre and the duke of Breten / therles of Warwyke / of Suf+folke / &amp; Stafforde: the lordes Spen&s;er / Wyl loughby / Chanoyne / Rober&s;art / Henry Per|cy / and the lorde of Mauue / and all other lord&abis; and knightes / the .viii. day of July de&abper;ted fro Burdeux / and returned into Englande. And whan the capitayns of Bercerell / &s;ir Johan of Pert and Johan of Cornwall had kept the for tre&s;&s;e the &s;pace of a yere agayn&s;t the fre~chmen / that lay there at &s;iege / and &s;awe no &s;ocoure nor ayde comyng to them warde / and that their vy+tayls began &s;ore to myni&s;&s;he. Than they toke aduy&s;e togyder / and de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">myned to make &s;ome compo&s;ycion: than they fell in treaty with the lordes of Hambuye / of Stonuyll / Blaynuyll / and Franuyll. The lordes of Normandy that lay there at &s;iege were right wery / and wolde gladly haue fallen into &s;ome treaty / howe beit fir&s;t they wolde knowe the kyng&abis; mynde / who acorded right well therto. So that if the duke of Bretayne were nat per&s;onally bitwene that tyme / and the fee&s;t of All&s;ayntes next comyng after / before y^e towne of Bercerell / in &s;uch wi&s;e able to rey&s;e the &s;iege / els they within to yelde them vp. For which compo&s;ycion <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were de lyuered ho&s;tages. therle of Penbroke was put to raun&s;ome of &s;ixe thou&s;ande frankes / &amp; lom|berdes in Bruges beca~e dettours therfore / and promy&s;ed payment therof / a&s;&s;oone as he were hole and in good poynt. So the erle rode vn|der the conduct of the con&s;table through Frau~+ce / &s;o that the feuer and &s;ickene&s;&s;e toke hym by y^e way / and &s;o in a hor&s;e lytter he was brought to the cyte of Arras / &amp; there his &s;ickene&s;&s;e toke hym &s;o &s;ore that he lay in his bedde / and final / lye dyed there: and &s;o the con&s;table lo&s;t his mo+ney. And therle of Penbroke left behynde hym
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a &s;onne of the age of two yere / and &s;ir Richarde Da~gle made his finau~ce / as I &s;hall &s;hewe you. ye haue herde here before / howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Roy was pri&s;oner in Engla~de who had no children but a doughter / who was his heyre. The fren|des of the &s;ayd lorde of Roy / fell in treaty with &s;ir Olyuer of Manny / a knyght of Bretayne / and nephue to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy: for the delyueraunce of the lorde of Roy / by this mea|nes / by exchaunge for one of his pri&s;oners. and he to haue to his wyfe the lorde of Roys dough+ter / who was of great lynage. Tha~ &s;ir Olyuer of Ma~ny, &s;ent to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Engla~de / to knowe what knyght he wolde gladlye&s;t haue delyue|ced for the lorde of Roye / the kyng enclynod to haue &s;ir Rychard Dangle&abis; and &s;o they were de+lyuered quyte eche for other. And the lord Ma~+ny wedded the doughter of the lorde of Royes / and the &s;ayde lorde of Roye / after maryed the doughter of the lorde of Wille and of Floren <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> in Heynalt. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other knyghtes: as &s;ir Ta|nyboton / &s;ir Othes of Grant&s;on and Johan of Gruners were put to their fynau~ce / and by the meanes of &s;ir Olyuer of Manny / they pa&s;&s;ed with ea&s;y and courte&s;&s;e rau~&s;ome.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe dyuers townes yelded vp to the french kyng in Ga&s;con / &amp; how &s;ir Hugh of Cha&s;tellon retourned fro pri&s;on / and howe the ca&s;tell of Berce+rell in Norma~dy yelded them vp fre~|che. Cap. CCC .xii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the myddes of Au|gu&s;t began to aproche / and that the iourney &s;hulde hold before Mon&s;ac. the duke of Anioue came thyder with a great no~bre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and &s;o came and lay before Mon&s;ac &s;ixe dayes / and thyder came no body to apere of the other parte / for the engly&s;&s;hmen thought that by rea&s;on of the treaty that was made / bitwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lanca&s;tre / that iourney &s;hulde haue ouer|pa&s;t / but the duke of Aniou and his coun&s;ayle was nat of that mynde. Than the duke &s;ent to the erle of Foiz / the vicount of Chatell Boine / to the lordes of Mar&s;en / of Chatell Neufe / of Le&s;cute / &amp; to the abbot of &s;aynt Syluere / that they &s;huld holde their couenau~t / or els the duke &s;ayd he wolde &s;le all the ho&s;tag&abis; that he had for that entent / and wolde entre in to their landes with &s;uche puy&s;&s;aunce / that he wolde compell them to cry for mercy. Than the&s;e lordes putte them &s;elfe &amp; their landes / vnder the obey&s;ance of the frenche kyng / and they of Mon&s;ac ope|ned their towne whiche was a fayre gari&s;on / &amp; went and pre&s;ented the keys to the duke of An|iou / and to hym dyde fealtie and homage. And &s;o the duke and his company entred / and there taryed .xviii. dayes. &amp; in the meane &s;ea&s;on <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oke coun&s;ayle to what parte they &s;hulde drawe / as &s;oone as the myddes of Augu&s;t &s;hulde be pa&s;t / and that the truce &s;hulde be expyred. and whan the daye was pa&s;t / the duke of Aniou went be|fore the Ryoll / and whan he had layen there at &s;iege thre dayes / than they of y^e Ryoll put them+&s;elfe vnder the obey&s;aunce of the frenche kyng. than they went before Langon whiche al&s;o yel+ded vp / and after &s;aynt Marquayre / Condo&s;e Ba&s;ylle / the towre of Prude~ce / Mauleon / and the towre of Drowe / and to the nombre of a .xl. townes and ca&s;tels tourned them &s;elfe frenche / in the &s;ame viage. the la&s;t that tourned frenche was Dauberoth / &amp; in euery place y^e duke layd newe gari&s;ons. And whan he had ordayned e|uery thyng accordyng to his plea&s;ure / than he retourned in to Fraunce / and the con&s;table in lykewi&s;e for the kyng &s;ent for them / and &s;o they gaue lycence to the moo&s;t parte of their compa+ny to departe / and the lordes of Cli&s;&s;on / of Be|aumauoyre / of Dauangourt / of Ray / &amp; of Ry|on / the vycontes of Rohan / and of Lauall and other / came to y^e &s;iege before Bercerell to holde their iourney at y^e day prefixed / for it was &s;ayd howe the duke of Bretayn / &s;ir Robert Canoll / and the lorde Spen&s;er / were comynge thyder to rey&s;e the &s;iege.</P>
<P>yE haue herd here before / how &s;ir Hugh of Cha&s;tellon ma&s;ter of the cro&s;bowes was taken before Abbeuile by &s;ir Ny|cholas of Louuayn / and caryed into England. he coude come to no rau~&s;ome / bycau&s;e they a|xed &s;o moche for his fynau~ce / howe be it a mar|chaunt of Flaunders auaun&s;ed hym&s;elfe / and dyde &s;omoche / that &s;ubtelly he gate hym out of Englande: the maner howe / is ouer long to be tolde / therfore I pa&s;&s;e it breuely. But whan he was come a gayne in to Fraunce / the kyng re|&s;tored agayne to him his office / as mai&s;ter of y^e cro&s;bowes / and &s;ent him to Abuyle to kepe the fronters there / &amp; with him a two hundred &s;pea|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es
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and all the countre there aboute obeyed to him / as &s;ir Johan of Bertheouyllers capitayn of Boloyn &s;ir Henry of the I&s;les capitayne of Dept. and all &s;uche as were in the gary&s;ons of Tyrwinnyn / &s;aynt Dmers / Lykos / Fiennes / and Mount roye. So it was that the lorde of Comynges capitayne of Arde / and &s;ir Johan of Ubrues a&s;&s;embled at Arde an .viii. hundred &s;peares / and erly in a mornyng they departed and ran towarde Boloyne / to &s;e if they coulde fynde any adue~ture. The &s;ame day the capiten of Boloyne with a .lx. &s;peares i&s;&s;ued out &amp; rode towarde Calais / in lykewi&s;e to fynde &s;ome ad|uenture. And at his returnynge he encountred with the &s;orde of Compynges and his company who had ryden to warde Boloyne. The capi|tayne of Boloyne &s;aued hym &s;elfe with moche payne / and lo&s;t a .xiiii. of his &s;peares / and after this cha&s;e / the lorde of Comynges retourned a+gayne. The &s;ame mornynge the mai&s;ter of the cro&s;bowes had made his mu&s;ters / &amp; had with hym a great nombre of them of Arthoys / and Uerma~doyes and there aboute / &s;o that he was to y^t nombre of thre hu~dred &s;peares. The &s;ame tyme the erle of &s;aynt Powle was newly come out of Picardy fro his lande of Lorayne / and was the &s;ame day rydynge to our lady of Bo|loyne in pilgrymage / &amp; herde by the way howe the mai&s;ter of the cro&s;bowes wolde in likewi&s;e tyde thyder / and &s;o met him and rode forthe to+gyder and came by Arde / and taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a cer+tayne &s;pace in y^e felde / and knewe nothyng that the~gly&s;&s;hmen were a brode in the felde / nor the engli&s;&s;hmen knewe nothyng of the~ / and whan the frenchmen had ben a certayne tyme before Arde and &s;awe no man i&s;&s;ue out / they returned to the abbey of Lyques. And as &s;oone as they were departed fro Arde an engli&s;&s;hman i&s;&s;ued out priuely / and rode &s;o longe by priuy wayes (for he knewe the countre) that at la&s;t he mette with the lorde Comynges returnyng to warde Arde / and than he tolde hym / howe the frenche+men had ben before Arde / and were departed: and by that tyme that the frenchmen were pa&s;t Tornehen / they were certifyed how thengli&s;&s;h+men were tydynge abrode / with the capitayne of Arde. Than they tourned and co&s;ted on the one &s;yde / and layd a bu&s;&s;hment of thre hu~dred &s;peares in a lytle wood be&s;yde Liques / wherof &s;ir Hugh Cha&s;tellon was chefe capitayn / and they ordayned y^t the yong erle of &s;aynt Poule / and a great nombre with him of knightes and &s;quiers &s;hulde tyde forthe. and nat <ABBR>far</ABBR> thens a+long by a great hedge / the lorde of Comynges and &s;ir Ubreues and their company / were re|&s;tyng the~ / and lighted a fote and were in good order. Than &s;ir Johan Harl&s;ton went forthe with a .xx. &s;peares to breke the frenche bu&s;&s;he|ment and was determyned to fly and to &s;uffre the fre~chmen to cha&s;e him / and &s;o he rode forthe in to the feldes. Than the yonge erle of &s;aynte Poule / who was a brode on the other &abper;te with a hundred &s;peares / &s;ayd to his company: let vs auance forthe yo~der be our enemyes. than they ba&s;&s;hed their &s;purres to their hor&s;es / and ran to them as fa&s;t as they might. &amp; than &s;ir John~ Harl&s;ton turned and cau&s;ed them to cha&s;e him along by the hedge / where the~gly&s;&s;hmen were redy rainged / &amp; the archers before the~. A&s;&s;oone as the frenchmen came there / the engly&s;&s;hmen receyued them with &s;peares and axes / and the archers began to &s;hote / and ouerthrewe men of armes &amp; beate downe hor&s;es. There was done many a feate of armes / but fynally the frenche+men were enclo&s;ed and ouerthrowen. the yong erle of &s;aynt Poule was takenne pri&s;oner / by a &s;quyer of the duchy of Guerles / and there was taken the lorde of Pouns &amp; of Clarry / &s;ir Wil|liam of Melle / Charles of Cha&s;tellon / Lionet Daraynes / Gauues of Uai&s;nell / Henry of the I&s;les and Johan his brother / the Cha&s;tellayn of Beauuoy&s;e / and dyuers other knightes and &s;quiers. And in contynent after this di&s;confy|ture / The lorde of Cha&s;tellon with his banner and thre hu~dred &s;peares came to the &s;ame hed|ges ende / but whan he &s;awe the di&s;confyture of his company / he drewe his company toguy|der and departed without any &s;trokes gyuen. Than thengly&s;&s;hmen and haynowes / led their pri&s;oners in to the towne of Arde. The &s;ame night / the lorde of Comynges bought therle of &s;aynt Poule / of the &s;quier that had taken hym pri&s;oner. and anon after he went with him into Englande and pre&s;ented him to the kyng / who thanked hym therfore / and hadde therby great profyte. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was come in to Fraunce / the duke of Aniou / and the con&s;table of Fraunce / and al&s;o the arche by&s;&s;hoppe of Ro+han / and the bi&s;&s;hoppe of Crapent as / who had ben long with the kyng at Parys. &s;o they pa&s;|&s;ed forthe to go to &s;aynte Dmers / to kepe their daye of apoyntement with the duke of Lanca|&s;tre / who was al&s;o come to Calys / and the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Bocnyer with hym / and after they wente to Bruges. And anone after the duke of Aniowe came to &s;aynt Dmers in great array / &amp; he &s;ent for to be there with hym / his co&s;yn &s;ir Guy of Bloys / who came thyder out of Haynalt. than
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there lay in the frontres of Fraunce and of Fla~+ders towarde Arde / and Croyes / and aboute Ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">llule in Flaunders / and about Ca&s;&s;ell and <ABBR>|ther</ABBR> about. The con&s;table of Fraunce / the lor|des of Cly&s;&s;on / and Lauall / and &s;ir Dlyuer of Manny with mo than .vi. hundred &s;peares to kepe the countre / that no let &s;hulde come by the erle of Flau~ders / for they had no great tru&s;t in him. nor al&s;o they wolde neuer come to Brug&abis; for nothyng that the entreatours coude vs.</P>
<P>yE haue herd here before howe they of Bercerell were be&s;ieged the &s;pace of a yere / and howe they had made a com|po&s;icion to yelde vp their fortres without they were re&s;kewed by the fea&s;t of All &s;ayntes / and whan the day began to aproche y^e french kyng &s;ente thyder a great nombre of men of warre. There were all the knightes of Bretayne and of Normandy: excepte &s;uche as were with the con&s;table. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were the mer&s;hals of Frau~ce / &s;ir Lewes of Sa~xere / &amp; &s;ir Mouton of Blan|uylle / the erle of Harecourt / and &s;ir James of Uien / the admyrall of Fraunce / the doulpoyu of Auuergne / &s;ir Johan of Bulle / and dyuerss other lordes. And all the&s;e helde their iourney and day before Bercerell / but none came thy|der to apere before them / and &s;o the forte re&s;&s;e was yelded vp / and euery man departed who wolde / and &s;o &s;ir John~ Apert and his men of Cornewall tooke the &s;ee / and retourned in to Englande / and the lordes of Frau~ce toke po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;yon of the fortere&s;&s;e of Bercerell / and newe repayred it: and refre&s;&s;hed it with men / artyl|lary / and other puruyances. And anone after by the co~mau~dment of the french king / all the&s;e men of warre / went and layd &s;iege before &s;aynt Saluyour the vicount in Co~&s;tantyne / whiche parteyned before to &s;ir Johan Chandos / and after his dethe / y^e kyng of Englande gaue it &s;ir Alayn of Boucque&s;ell / who as tha~ was in En|glande / and he hadde lefte a capitayne there / a &s;quier called Charenton / &amp; with him &s;ir Tho|mas Cornet / Johan de Bourge / and the thre bretherne of Maulurier / and with them there were a &s;ix&s;core men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> and &s;o &s;aynt Sa|uiour was be&s;ieged by &s;ee by &s;ir Johan of Ui|en admyrall of Frau~ce / and by lande by the o|ther lord&abis; of Bretayne and Normandy. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a great hoo&s;t / and they dre&s;&s;ed vp engyns agayn&s;t the towne whiche&s;ore traueyled them within the fortere&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs &s;peke of the lord&abis; that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> at Bruges / to entreat for a peace of the fre~che parte. The dukes of Anion / and of Bur+goyne / the erle of Salebruch / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Amiens &amp; the chiefe of Bayeux. And on the en|gli&s;&s;he parte: there was y^e duke of La~ca&s;tre the erle of Sali&s;bury / and the by&s;&s;hop of Lo~don. So at la&s;t / to thentent that none yuell nor trou+ble &s;hulde co~e to any of the&s;e lordes / nor to none of their men / that rode in &amp; out dayly bytwene the parties. Therfore they agreed on a truce to endure to the fyr&s;t day of May next after / in all the marches of Calais / and to the ryuer of Some / and other landes to be &s;tyll in warre. Than there was &s;ent in to Bretayne / the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and the lorde de Lauall with all their companyes to kepe the fronters there about.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Bretayne arry|ued in Bretayne: where he tooke dy|uers ca&s;tels and fortere&s;&s;es by force / and of the trewce that was made by+twene the french kyng and the kyng of Englande and their alyes. Cap. CCC .xiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHyle the&s;e lordes were en|treatyng for peace at Brug&abis;. The duke of Bretayn who was in En+glande (as ye haue herde here be|fore) &s;awe well howe his countre was in great trybulacion &amp; nighe all the coun|tre turned agayn&s;t hym. And as than the coun+te&s;&s;e his wyfe was in the ca&s;tell of Alroye / and him &s;elfe about y^e kyng of Engla~de / who right hertely loued him / and to hym &s;ayd. Fayre&s;on I knowe well howe for the loue of me / ye haue put in balance your landes / and are put out of your &s;eignory &amp; fayre herytage / but be ye in cer+tayne / that I &s;hall right well recouer it you a|gayne / for I woll make no peace with the fre~ch+men without ye be co~pr&s;&s;ed therin / and you to haue agayne your herytage. The duke hu~bly tha~ked hym. And &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the duke of Bretayne a&s;&s;embled toguyder at Ha~pton / thre M. archers. And they were all payed their wa+ges by the ordynance of the kyng of Englande for halfe a yere / &amp; with the~ two. M. men of ar|mes. And in y^t iorney there went / therles of Ca~+bridge and of Marche / the lorde Spen&s;er / &s;ir Thom~s Hola~de / Nicholas Camoire / Edwar+de Twyford / Richarde Pontchardon / Johan <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;&s;elle / Thomas Grant&s;on / Hugh Ha&s;tyng&abis; the lord&abis; of Ma~ue / &amp; of Pole / and diuers other knightes &amp; &s;quiers. the duke of Bretayne with
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all his company / arryued at &s;aynt Mathewes of tyne Potern in Bretayne. and &s;o toke lande and in contynent a&s;&s;ayled y^e ca&s;tell / which was without the towne. the ca&s;tell was nat greatly fortifyed nother with men nor artillery. and &s;o the engyl&s;&s;hmen toke it by force / and &s;lewe all them that were within: and whan they within the towne of &s;aynte Mathewes knewe therof / they opened their gates &amp; receyued in the duke as their lord. Than thengli&s;&s;hmen went to the towne of Polle de Lyon / whiche was &s;tronge and well clo&s;ed. There they made a great a&s;|&s;aute / and the archers beyng on the dykes &s;hot &s;o holy togyder / that fewe or none dur&s;t &s;hewe them &s;elfe at defence / &s;o the towne was wonne / ouerron and exyled. &amp; than they went to Brue de Uaulx / which was well fortifyed with men of armes &amp; other purueyaunces / for the lordes of Cly&s;&s;on and Beaumanoyre / the vycount of Rohan / and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne had been there but a lytell be fore / &amp; had refre&s;|&s;hed the fortre&s;&s;e with euery thing that neded. and &s;o the duke and the engli&s;&s;hmen layd &s;iege therto. And whan they of &s;aynt Sauyour the vicou~t vnder&s;tode / howe the duke of Bretayn and the&s;e lordes of Englande were arryued in Bretayne / they tru&s;ted that they wolde come thyder and rey&s;e the &s;iege about them / whiche they greatly de&s;yred / for they were greatly co~|&s;treyned by their engyns / which dyde ca&s;t day and nyght / &s;o that they wy&s;t nat where to kepe the~&s;elfe out of danger. Than they toke aduy&s;e to entreat with the fre~chmen to haue a tru&s;e to endure to E&s;ter: the yere of our lorde. M. thre hundred .lxxv. whiche was but .vi. wekes after &s;o that within that tyme they &s;hulde be fought withall orrey&s;ed fro the &s;ege / or els to yelde vp the fortere&s;&s;e their lyues and good&abis; &s;aued. this truce was taken but they lay &s;tyll at &s;iege / but they made no warre eche to other / duryng that &s;ea&s;on.</P>
<P>THe vicont of Rohan &amp; the lord&abis; of Cli&s;|&s;on and of Beaumanoyre / who laye in fronter agayn&s;t the duke of Bretayne and the~+gli&s;&s;hmen who lay at &s;ege before &s;aynt Bru de Uaulx / and they herde reported howe &s;ir John~ Deureux was nere to Campelly &amp; made great warre in the countre / and had newly repayred and fortifyed a lytell fortre&s;&s;e / wherin he was and made there his gary&s;on / and called it the Nouell fort / &s;o that they of Ca~pelly coulde nat i&s;&s;ue out of their towne without trouble. And &s;o they &s;ent worde therof to the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / who was at Lamballe than he and his compa|ny departed thens / and left men behynde them to kepe the towne / and rode &s;o longe that they came to the newe forters / and layd &s;eige therto whiche tidynges came to the duke of Bretayn / where as he was at &s;iege / before &s;aynt Brue de Uaulx / where as y^e duke had made a myne / the which had bene a makyng y^e &s;pace of .xv. dayes and at the &s;ame tyme they had lo&s;te their myne and labour. And whan the duke and the lordes of his hoo&s;t knewe that / they &s;ayd all thynges con&s;ydered: they thought they lo&s;te their tyme to abyde there any lenger. wherfore they &s;ayd it were better for them to go and ayde &s;ir John~ Deureux / for if we may fynde them in the felde that hath layde &s;iege to hym: we tru&s;t we &s;hall haue a fayre iourney. So than they di&s;loged and rode towarde the newe fortere&s;&s;e / whiche the lordes of Bretayne made to be a&s;&s;ayled / in &s;uch wy&s;e: that they were at the fote of the wall and feared nothynge that was ca&s;te downe on the~ for they were well paue&s;&s;hed. and al&s;o they within had but lytell &s;tuffe to ca&s;t downe / and therwith / in all ha&s;t there came one to the~: and &s;ayd. &s;irs get you hens / for yonder cometh the duke of Bretayne with the engly&s;&s;hmen / they be nat pa&s;t two leages hens. Than the tru~pet &s;owned the retrayte / than they drewe abacke and toke their hor&s;es and &s;o departed / &amp; went into Campelly whiche was nat <ABBR>far</ABBR> thens / and clo&s;ed their gates and lyfte vp their brydges. And by that tyme the duke of Bretayne was come thyder / with the barones of Englande in his company / and they had pa&s;t by y^e newe for|tre&s;&s;e and hadde &s;poken with &s;ir Johan Deu|reux / who tha~ked them of their comyng: for els he had ben &s;oone taken. And &s;o the duke layde &s;iege to the towne of Campelly / and &s;et forthe their archers and briga~tes well paue&s;&s;ed / and there they made a great a&s;&s;aut. The engly&s;&s;he+men fayned nat no more dyd they within / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers hurte on bothe partes. and euery day there was an a&s;&s;aute / or elles &s;krymy&s;&s;he. They within &s;awe well / howe they coulde nat long <ABBR>endur</ABBR> / nor they &s;awe no &s;ocours comyng al&s;o they &s;awe well y^t they coulde nat y&s;&s;ue out to departe / their fortre&s;&s;e was &s;o clo&s;ed on eue|ry &s;yde. And al&s;o they knewe well if they were taken byforce / they &s;hulde haue no mercy / and &s;pecially the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / thengly&s;&s;hmen ha|ted hym &s;o &s;ore. tha~ the lordes of Bretayn that were within began to entreat with the duke to yelde them &s;elfe vp / vpon a courtes raun&s;ome / but the duke wolde haue them &s;ymply. &s;o with
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moche payne at la&s;t they gat are&s;pyte for .viii. dayes / and duryng the &s;ame re&s;pyte it fell well for them within the fortere&s;&s;e / for two knygh|tes of England one &s;ir Nicholas Car&s;uell and &s;ir Water Dur&s;wyke / were &s;ent to the duke of Bretayne fro the duke of Lanca&s;tre / co~maun|dyng that by vertue of treatie of peace / as was made at Brug&abis;: bitwene the kyng of England and y^e frenche kyng / wherof they brought char+ters &s;ealed of the trewce. that without delay on the &s;ight of them / to leaue and make warre no more. So incontynent the truce was reed and publy&s;&s;hed through the hoo&s;t / and al&s;o &s;hewed to them that were within Ca~pelly / wherof they were right ioyfull. that is to &s;ay: the lorde Cli&s;+&s;on / the vicont of Rohan / the lorde of Beauma+noyre and y^e other / for the trewce came well for them: and thus brake vp the &s;iege of Ca~pelly. And y^e duke of Bretayn gaue leaue to all them that were with him to departe: except &s;uche as were dayly in his hou&s;e / and &s;o went to Alroy where his wyfe was. And than the erles of Ca~+bridge and of Marche / &s;ir Thomas Holande erle of Irelande / the lorde Spen&s;er / and the o|ther engly&s;&s;hmen retourned agayne in to En|glande. Whan the duke of Bretayn had ordred all his be&s;yne&s;&s;e by great <ABBR>lea&s;er</ABBR> / he refre&s;&s;hed the towne and ca&s;tell of Bree&s;t and Alroy / and than he retourned agayne in to Englande and his wyfe with hym.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame day that the trewce was made at Bruges to <ABBR>endur</ABBR> for a hole yere / by|twene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce / and all their alies. And the duke of Burgoyne for the one parte / and the duke of Lanca&s;tre for the other parte / &s;ware to come thyder agayn at the fee&s;t of Al&s;aynt&abis;. and that eche parte &s;hulde holde and enioye euery thyng that they had as than in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion / during the &s;aid terme. The engly&s;&s;hmen thought / that &s;aynt Sauiour the vicount &s;hulde be &s;aued / by rea&s;on of that trea|tie / but the frenchmen &s;ayd: that the fyr&s;t couy|nant &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e the la&s;t ordynance. So that whan the day aproched that they of&s;aynt Sa|uyoure &s;hulde other yelde vp / or els be re&s;cued by their frendes. The french kyng &s;ent thyder a great nombre of men of warre / as a .vi. thou|&s;ande &s;peares knightes and &s;quiers / be&s;yde o|ther people / but none came thyder to rey&s;e the &s;iege. and wha~ the day was expyred <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with in yelded them vp to the frenchlordes / full &s;ore agayn&s;t their wylles / for y^t fortere&s;&s;e was well &s;ittyng for the engly&s;&s;hmen / and the capitayne &s;ir Thomas Tynet and Johan de Bourc / and the thre bretherne of Malurier / and the other engli&s;&s;hmen went to Carentyn / &amp; &s;o toke &s;hyp+pynge and retourned into Englande. Than the con&s;table of Fraunce newe refre&s;&s;hed the fortere&s;&s;e of &s;aynt Saluyour the vicount / and &s;ette a breton knight capitayne therin / and vn|der&s;tode &s;o as than / that the frenche kynge had gyuen him that &s;eignorie.</P>
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<HEAD>Of the iorney that the lorde of Cou|cy made in Au&s;trych / and of the deth of the prince of wales / &amp; howe there coulde be founde no maner of treatie of peace bitwene the two kyng&abis;. and al&s;o of the dethe of the kynge of En|glande Edwarde the thyrde. Cap. CCC .xiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was come in to Frau~ce the lord of Coucy / who had ben longe in Lu~bardy with the erle of Uertue / &s;onne to &s;ir Galeas / makyng warre a|gain&s;t &s;ir Barnabo and his alies / bycau&s;e of pope Gregory the .xi. and for the holy colledge of Rome. The lorde of Coucy by &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of his mother / who was &s;u&s;ter to the duke of Au&s;tryche la&s;t di&s;&s;ea&s;ed / wherby he ought to be enheryter to the duchy / for the duke was deed without i&s;&s;ue / by waye of maryage. and they of Au&s;trich / had gyuen the duchy and lande to another / farther of by lynage than the lorde Coucy / wherof the lorde of Coucy hadde often tymes complayned to the emperour / the lorde Charles of Behayne. The~perour knewe well y^t the lorde Coucy had right therto / howe be it he might nat with his ea&s;e con&s;trayne the~ of Au&s;tryche / for they were &s;trong in his coun+tre / and many good men of warre. The lorde of Coucy had made warre there before / by the conforte of his aunt &s;u&s;ter to the duke / but ly|tell it auayled him. and whan he was thus co~e in to Fraunce the kyng made him great chere. Than he aduy&s;ed and &s;awe well / howe there was in Fraunce as than many men of warre / &s;atte as ydell. Wherfore he thought they coude nat be better ocupyed / than to helpe him to his right: durynge the trewce bytwene Fraunce
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and England. Than the lorde of Couey de&s;y|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">d the kyng to let him haue of the bretons &s;uch as ouer ronne the realme / to make warre with hym in Au&s;tryche. the kyng who wolde gladly that the companyons were out of hys realme / accorded to his de&s;yre. So the kynge lende or gaue him I can nat tell wheder / a .lx. thou&s;a~de frankes: to departe among the &s;ayd company|ons. So they rode forthe to warde Au&s;tryche about y^e fee&s;t of&s;aynt Michell they dyd moche yuell all the wayes as they w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t. Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers barons / knyghtes / &amp; &s;quiers of Frau~ce of Arthoys / of Uermandoys / of Haynaulte / and of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">rdy / as the vicountes of Meaul<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and Daunoy / &s;ir Ra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e of Co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">y the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arone of Roy / Peter of Bare / &amp; dyuers other: de&s;yring to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> their bodyes to get them honour.</P>
<P>_WHan the fea&s;t of Al&s;ayntes began to aproche / tha~ there came agayn to Bruges to entreate for peace / fro the frenche kynge. the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Sal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">bruce / the by&s;&s;hoppe of &amp; my<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ns / and the duke of An|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">we but he lay <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> at&s;aynt Omers. And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ro the kynge of Englande thyder came: the duke of Lanca&s;tre / the duke of Bretayne / the erle of Sal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;bury y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by&s;&s;hop of London. The towne of Bruges was well garny&s;&s;hed with dyuers a&s;tates / &amp; &s;pecially the duke of Burgoyn kept there a noble a&s;tate. And with the duke of Lan+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;tre / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &abser; Robert of <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> and kept him good company / as longe as the duke was in Flaunders. &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were the amba&s;&s;adours the archeby&s;&s;hop of Ro+han / and the by&s;&s;hoppe of Carpe~tras / who went &s;tyll and laboured by+twene bothe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ties / and layd forthe many good rea&s;ons / but none came to any effecte. The&s;e lordes were farre a &s;ondre in their treaties / for the frenche kynge demaunded to haue agayne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. hundred thou&s;ande frankes / the whiche were payed for the redempcion of kyng John~ / and to haue Cala<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s ray&s;ed &amp; beaten downe. to the whiche the kyng of Englande wolde neuer con&s;ent. &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> trewce was contynued to the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Johan Bapty&s;t next after: the yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande thre hundred .lxxvi. and &s;o the&s;e lordes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aryed &s;tyll at Bruges all that wynter / and in &s;omer they returned euery part to their owne cou~treis except the duke of Bre|tayne who taryed &s;tyll in Flaunders / with the erle Loys his co&s;yn who made him gode <ABBR>cher.</ABBR> &para; The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on on Trynite &s;onday: there pa&s;t out of this worlde the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">oure of chi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">alry of Englande / Edwarde prince of Wales &amp; of A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|tayne / at the kynges pala<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s of We&s;tmyn&s;ter be+&s;yde London. And &s;o he was enbawmed and put in leed / and kept tyll the fea&s;t of &s;aynt Mi|chaell next after / to be entred with the greatter &s;ole~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ytie whan the parliament &s;hulde be <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Kyng Charles of Fraunce bycau&s;e of lynage / dyd his ob&s;equy reuerently in the holy chapell of the paleys in Parys. And there were many of the prelates &amp; nobles of the realme of Frau~ce and &s;o than the truce was prolo~ged / to the fir&s;t day of Aprill next after. Now let vs &s;omwhat &s;peke of the lorde Coucy &amp; of the almayns.</P>
<P>WHan they of Au&s;triche &amp; the almayns / vnder&s;tode that the lorde of Coucy / was co~e with &s;uch a &s;trength to make warre. They cau&s;ed to be brent and di&s;troyed thre dayes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ourney in to the countre / along by the ryuer. And than they went in to the moun|tayns and places inhabytable / and &s;o wha~ the lorde of Cou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y had wende to haue founde vy|tayle for his hoo&s;t / he coude get none. Wherby he &s;uffred that wynter moche trouble and dy&s;|ea&s;e / for they wy&s;t nat whyder to go to forage / nor to gette vitayle for they<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nor their hor&s;es: &s;o that &s;ome dyed / for hu~ger / colde &amp; &s;ickne&s;&s;e. And therfore whan the &s;pringyng tyme began they returned agayne in to Fraunce / and went in to dyuers places to refre&s;&s;he them &s;elfe. And the frenche kyng &s;ent the moo&s;t parte of the co~|panyons in to Bretayne / and in to ba&s;e Nor|mandy to a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yde and re&s;t there / for he thought well he &s;hulde haue &s;o~what to do in &s;hort tyme after. And at the retournyng of the lorde Cou|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y in to Fraunce he began to be good frenche / bicau&s;e he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ounde the kyng &s;o amyable to con|di&s;cende to his de&s;yre. And al&s;o his coun&s;ayle &s;ayd / he ne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> nat to a voide out of his heritage vnder the &s;hadowe of the kyng of Englandes <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> for they &s;ayd he was frenche of name / of blode / of armes / &amp; extraction. He &s;ent his wyfe into Englande / and kept &s;tyll with him his el|de&s;t doughter / and left the yonger &s;tyll in En|glande / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as &s;he had been brought vp and nori&s;&s;hed&punc; Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kyng &s;ent the lorde Coucy to Bruges to them that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to en+treate for the peace / how be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t as than the great lordes were nat there / but all onely the duke of Bretayne / who was &s;tyll with his co&s;yn therle of Flaunders / but he bu&s;yed him &s;elfe but lytle in the treatie for the peace. And after the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Mychaell / whan the ob&s;equy of the prince was done and fyni&s;&s;hed / than the kyng
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of Englande made to be knowen to his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; The duke of La~ca&s;tre / the erle of Cambridge / and to the lorde Thom~s the yonge&s;t / and to all the barons / erles / prelat&abis; / and knightes of En|glande: howe that the yonge Richarde &s;hulde be kyng after his di&s;cea&s;e. And &s;o cau&s;ed them all to &s;were &s;olemly to maynteyne him / and on Chri&s;tmas day the kyng made hym to &s;ytte at his table / aboue all his owne chyldren in great e&s;tate / repre&s;entyng that he &s;hulde be ky<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> al|ter his di&s;cea&s;e. And there was &s;ent to Bruges for the kyng of Englandes parte: John~ lorde Cobham / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Herforde / and the mayre of London. And for the frenche partie / thyder came the erle of Salebruche / the lorde of Cha&s;tellon / and mai&s;ter Phylbert Le&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / and the two by&s;&s;hoppes emba&s;&s;ad^r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / alwayes went bytwene the parties treatynge for peace / and &s;pake of a mariage to be had / bytwene the yong prince of Englande and my lady Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y / doughter to the frenche kyng. And &s;o they de|parted / a&s;well they of Frau~ce as of Englande and &s;o made report to bothe kynges: and than about lent there was a &s;ecrete treatie <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / to be bytwene the two kyngesat Moutrell by the &s;ee. And &s;o were &s;ent by the kynge of En|glande to Calais / &s;ir Rycharde Dangle / Ry|charde Stan / Ge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ray <ABBR>Cha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">er&punc;</ABBR> And fro the frenche kyng was &s;ent / the lorde of Cou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y and of Riuyer / &s;ir Nycholas Braques / and Ny|cholas Bra&s;ier / and they along &s;ea&s;on treated on the &s;ayd mariage. And the frenchmen offe|red as I was enfourmed dyuers thyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / and they wolde haue agayne otherthynges / &s;uche as they named or els nothyng. Than the&s;e en|treatours went and made report to their lord&abis; / and &s;o the trewce was agayne relonged to the fyr&s;t day of Maye / and &s;o came agayne to Ca+lais / the erle of Sali&s;bury / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by&s;&s;hop of &s;aynt Dauyd chau~cellour of Englande and the by&s;|&s;hoppe of Herforde. And for the frenche kynge at Muttrell: there was the lorde of Coucy / &s;ir Wylliam of Dormans chau~cellour of Frau~ce / but they dur&s;t <ABBR>neuer</ABBR> tru&s;t to mete toguy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er in any place bytwene Mutterell and Cal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> / nor bytwene Mutterell &amp; Boleyn / nor in the fron|ters for any thyng that the two by&s;&s;hoppes em+ba&s;&s;adours coude do or&s;hewe. Thus the&s;e en|treatours abode in this a&s;tate / tyll the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> was expyred.</P>
<P>ANd whan the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was open / than &s;ir Hughe Caurell was &s;ent to be kepar of Calais. Whan pope Gregoriebeynge <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">non <ABBR>vnder&s;tod</ABBR> that no peace coude be had by+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">wene Frau~ce &amp; England / he was right &s;orou|&s;ull / and ordred his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e &s;hortly &amp; went to Rome. And whan the duke of Breten who had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> more than a yere with the erle of Flau~ders his co&s;yn / &s;awe that y^e <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was open. he toke leaue of therle and we~t to Grauelyng / and thy|der he came to therle of Sali&s;bury and &s;ir Ry|charde Dangle / and &s;o went with them to Ca|lais and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed the &s;pace of a moneth / and &s;o went in to Englande and came to Shene <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> foure leages fro London / a long by the Tem|mes &s;yde / where the kynge of Englande laye &s;ore &s;y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ke. And pa&s;t out of this worlde / the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> gyll of&s;aynt John~ Bapty&s;t: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande thre hundred .lxxvii.</P>
<P>THan was there great &s;orowe made in Englande / and incontynent all the pa&s;|&s;ages of the realme were &s;toppedde / that none &s;hulde y&s;&s;ue out of the realme. For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be &s;o &s;oone knowen in Fraunce / tyll they hadde&s;et the re|alme in &s;ome ordre. The &s;ame tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came in to Englande the erle of Sali&s;bury / and &s;ir Rycharde Dangle. So the body of kyng Ed|warde the thirde: with great proce&s;&s;yons / we|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynges / &amp; lamentacyons / his &s;onnes behynde hym / with all the nobles and prelates of En|glande: was brought a long the cytie of Lon|don with open vi&s;age to We&s;tmyn&s;ter / &amp; there he was buried be&s;yde the quene his wyfe. And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crow|ned at the palays of We&s;tmyn&s;ter with great &s;olem<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ytie / and by him &s;tode the dukes of La~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">llre and of Bretayne: the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July. The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes. Fir&s;t the lorde Nycholas his vncle / was made <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">olengy / the lorde Percy erle of Northum|berlande / &s;ir Thomas Dangle erle of Hun|tyngdon / the lorde Mombray erle of Notyng+ham. And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght &s;ir Rycharde Dan|gle / by the accorde of all the lande / to be in&s;tru|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ted in noble vertues / and the realme of En|glande / to be gouerned by the duke of Lanca|&s;tre. And as &s;oone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde / he &s;ayd: howe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yght<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">obly / and valiantly he hadde reyg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed: and well he ought to be putte newly in remem+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">raunce / amonge the nombre of the worthyes. Than he a&s;&s;embled a great nombre of the no|bles and prelat&abis; of his realme / and dyd his ob|&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">quy in y^e holy chapell in his palys at Paris.
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And anone after dyed y^e elde&s;t doughter of the frenche kyng / who was en&s;ured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault / elde&s;t &s;onne of duke Aubert.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the fre~che kyng &s;ent a great nauy to the &s;ee / &amp; howe dyuers tow|nes were brent in Englande: &amp; howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers ca&s;tels about Calys. Cap. CCC .xv.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the meane &s;ea&s;one whyle this &s;ayd trewce en|dured / the frenche kyng &abpro;|uyded greatly for &s;hyppes andgaleys. And the kynge of Spayne had &s;ent to him his admyrall &s;ir Ferraunt Sau&s;e. Who with &s;ir Johan de Uien admy|rall of Fraunce / whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye / a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde / in the vigill of &s;aynt Peter in July. &amp; there &s;lewe men and women / and all they founde. The&s;e tidynges came to London / than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to <ABBR>Douer</ABBR> / with a great nombre of men of warre. And the erle of Sa|li&s;bury &amp; the lorde Montagu / went to the mar+ches towarde Ha~pton. Than after the french army toke laude in the Ile of Ubyq~ / and brent therm dyuers to wnes / as Lame~d Dartmouth Plomouthe / Ple&s;ume / and dyuers other. and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique / they went agayne to y^e &s;ee and co&s;ted forewarde / &amp; came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Sali&s;bury / and the lorde Montague / who defended the pa&s;&s;age: howe+beit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the &s;ee agayne and co&s;ted towardes Ha~pton / and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande / but the engly&s;&s;hmen in the com|pany of the erle of Sali&s;bury rode &s;o dayly / a+longe the &s;ee co&s;t: that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande. Than y^e frenchmen came before Ha~pton / and there was redy &s;ir Johan Aru~dell / with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne / or elles it had ben taken. than the frenchmen departed and went towarde <ABBR>Douer</ABBR> / and toke lande on a day <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> a lytle abbay called Lians. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many men of the countre a&s;&s;embled / and they hadde made the priour of the place and &s;ir Thomas Cheyny &amp; Johan Fu&s;elle their chefe capitayns / who &s;et them &s;elfe in good array to defende the pa&s;&s;age / &s;o that the fre~chmen had but &s;mall aduauntage / for it co&s;te them moche people or they coulde take lande / how be it fy|nally by force of good fightyng they toke lan|de. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he / howe beit the engly&s;&s;hmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght / and two hundred &s;layne: and the two knightes and the priour taken pri&s;oners. than the frenche men entred agayne in to their &s;hip+pes / and lay &s;tyll all that night at ancre before the abbey. There the frenche men knewe fir&s;t of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their pri&s;onners / and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde / and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande: for rulynge of the realme. Than &s;ir Johan of Uyenne cau&s;ed a barke to departe / and &s;ent therin a knight / who aryued at Harflewe. And than the knight rode to Pa+rys / and there he founde the kynge / and there &s;hewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde. To whiche &s;ayeng the kyn+ge gaue credence. Than the frenchmen &amp; &s;pa|nyardes departed / and &s;ayled forthe and had wynde at wyll / and came with the &s;ame tyde a|bout threof the clocke to <ABBR>Douer.</ABBR> There was &s;ir Edmonde erle of Cambridge / and &s;ir Tho+mas his brother erle of Buckynghame / who were redy with a hundred thou&s;ande with ba|ners di&s;played / abydinge the frenchmen / who were a &s;ix&s;core &s;hippes and galyes. The fren|chemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat / but pa&s;&s;ed by and toke the depe &s;ee / for the &s;ee began to ebbe. Howe beit the engly&s;&s;hmen ta|ryed there &s;tyll all that day and the nextnight / and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came be|fore the hauen of Calays / and there entred.</P>
<P>yE haue herde here before: how &s;ir Jo+han captall of Beufz / was taken pri|&s;oner before Soubi&s;e / and kept in the towre of the te~ple of Parys. The kyng of En|gland and the prince whyle they lyued / wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was al|&s;o moche entreatie made for him at the cou~&s;ell at Bruges / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was offred for him in ex|change / the yong erle of &s;aynt Poule / &amp; thre or four other knyghtes / but the frenche kyng nor his cou~&s;ayle wolde nat co~&s;ent therto. Howbeit the french kyng made to be &s;hewed him by the priour / who had hym in kepyng: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if he wolde
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&s;were / neuer to beare armes agayn&s;t y^e crowne of Fraunce / that than he wolde condi&s;cende to his delyuerance. The Captall an&s;wered / that he wold neuer make that othe / to dye in pri&s;on. &s;o he abode in pri&s;on in &s;ure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye / for he toke his pri&s;onment but with lytell pacyence / and &s;o long he was there that at la&s;t he dyed in pri&s;on. The french kyng cau&s;ed hym to be entered ryght &s;olemply / and therat were dyuers barownes / knightes / and prelates of Frau~ce. Thus febly&s;&s;ed thengli&s;&s;h capitaynes / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame yere there dyed al&s;o the lorde <ABBR>Spen&s;ar</ABBR> a great baron in Englande / &amp; a good knight. And of hym &amp; of his wyfe / who was doughter to &s;ir Bartylmewe of Brunes / there abode a &s;onne and four doughters. And anone after the dethe of the &s;ayde Captall / the frenche quene was delyuered of a fayre dough+ter / named Mary: Of the whiche byrthe / the quene toke &s;uche a &s;ickne&s;&s;e y^e &s;he dyed. This quene / who was full of noble <ABBR>vtues:</ABBR> was dou|ghter to the gentyll duke of Burbone the lorde Peter / who dyed at the batayle of Poycters. Her ob&s;equy was done in the abbay of &s;aynte Deny&s;e / where &s;he was buryed with great &s;o|lempnyte / wherat <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nighe all y^e nobles and prelates of Fraunce: and namely they a|bout the marche&s;&s;e of Parys.</P>
<P>ALl this &s;ea&s;on / &s;ir Hughe Caurell capi|tayne of Calais / &s;ir John~ Harl&s;ton ca|pitayn of Guynes / the lorde of Gomegines ca+pitayne of Arde. Made many iourneys in to Picardy / euery weke thre or four: and often ty+mes ran before &s;aynt Omers and Arkes / Mo|ton Fye~nes and therabout / to Boloyne &amp; &s;om|tyme to Tyrwyn. And &s;pecially the gary&s;on of Arde dyde moche hurt in the countre / wher|of the complayntes came oftentymes to the he|rynge of the frenche kyng. Whervpon he toke cou~&s;ayle to knowe how he might be&s;t re&s;trayn them / and it was &s;hewed hym howe that y^e ga|ry&s;on of Arde was nat &s;o &s;tronge: but that it might ea&s;ely begoten. Than the kyng &s;ayd / to haue it we wyll &s;pare for no co&s;t. Than within a lytell &s;pace after / he made a &s;omo~s of men of warre &s;ecretely / no man wy&s;t whider he wolde &s;ende them. The chefe of them was the duke of Burgoyne his brother: he had a .xv. hundred &s;peares well furny&s;&s;hed / and &s;odenly they ca~e to the ba&s;tyde of Arde / and be&s;ieged it rounde about. And with the duke of Burgoyne: there was the erle of Guynes / the mar&s;hall of Blan|uyle / the lordes of Cly&s;&s;on &amp; of Lauall / of Rou+gemont / of the ryuer of Bregyde / of Frannyll / of Danuyll / of Dautoyng / of Raueuall / and of Ange&s;t / &s;ir James of Burbone / the &s;ene&s;hall of Heynalte / and dyuers other knightes and ba|rones. And they had engyns that ca&s;t nyght &amp; day / &s;tones of two hundred weight / and a&s;&s;ay+led it right feir&s;ly. The lorde Gomegynes lor|de of the fortere&s;&s;e / whan he &s;awe hym &s;elfe en|clo&s;ed with &s;o many noble men of warre / and they promy&s;ed him that if he were wonne with a&s;&s;aut / that he &amp; all tho&s;e with hym &s;hulde dye. And al&s;o he was nat well prouyded of artilla|ry longe to endure: and &s;o by the procurement of the lorde of Raneuall his co&s;yn germayn / he entred in to a treaty &amp; to yelde vp the gary&s;on / their lyues and good&abis; &s;aued. This treaty was long a makyng / howe beit at la&s;t the fortere&s;&s;e was gyuen vp / and &s;uche as wolde departed: &amp; were brought to Calais by &s;ir Gawen of bayl|lule: and &s;ir Wylliam of Bourdes was made capitayne of Ard<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. And after him was <ABBR>kepar</ABBR> there a long tyme the vicount of Meaulx / and thirdly after him was capitayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / the lord of Sampy. The &s;ame day that Arde was de|lyuered / the duke went and layd &s;iege to the ca+&s;tell of Arduyche. wherin were capitayns / the thre bretherne of Mauluryer. There the duke lay thre dayes / and made dyuers a&s;&s;autes: at la&s;t they within yelded vp the ca&s;tell / and they were brought to Calys by the mar&s;hall of Fra~+ce. Than the duke went and be&s;ieged Uaucli|nen / Whiche al&s;o yelded vp as the other dyde. And whan the duke had newe refre&s;&s;hed the&s;e places with vitayls and men / than he gaue ly|cence to euery man to departe: and &s;o we~t him+&s;elfe in to Fraunce to the kynge / and the other lordes bretons went into Bretayne. For tidyn+ges was brought them / that the duke of Bre|tayne was aryued at Bre&s;t with a great army and the lordes of Burgoyne and other places / retourned euery man to their owne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the warre began agayn / by+twene the fre~che kyng and the kyng of Nauerre: and howe the kynge of Nauer lo&s;t the cou~tie of Deureux / ex+cept Chierbourge / whiche was be&s;e+ged by the frenchmen. And of the ior+ney that the duke of Lanca&s;tre made in to Bretayne. Cap. CCC .xvi.</HEAD>
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_VE haue herde here before / of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pea+ce made at Uernon / bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of <ABBR>Na+uar:</ABBR> and howe the kynge of <ABBR>Na|uar</ABBR> left his two &s;onnes with their vncle the frenche kyng. After <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great &s;u&s;pect layde on a &s;quyer beyng in the frenche kynges court / attendyng on the two &s;onnes of the kyng of <ABBR>Nauarr.</ABBR> This &s;quyer was called James of Rue. And al&s;o on a clerke / a great mai&s;ter &amp; of the kyng of Nauars cou~&s;ayle / and a great gouernour in the countie of Deuxeux / called mai&s;ter Peter of Tartre. They were iu+ged to dethe / and &s;o cruelly they were executed at Parys / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hewed before all the peo|ple / howe they were in mynde to haue enpoy&s;o+ned the frenche kynge. Than the kyng reared vp a great army of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and made the co~&s;table chefe leader of them / and with him the lorde de la Ryuer / and dyuers barons &amp; knigh+tes. And &s;o they all went into Norma~dy to the fortre&s;&s;es and ca&s;tels of the kyng of Nauarre / whiche were fayre and noble / and well garny&s;+&s;hed. And &s;o they layd &s;iege to a fortere&s;&s;e cal|led Ponteau de mere / they had dyuers go~nes engyns / and ableme~tes for the &s;aut / whet with they troubled &s;ore the fortere&s;&s;e / and them that were within: howbeit they dyde defende them &s;elfe valiantly. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were dyuers &s;autes and &s;crimy&s;&s;hes a longe &s;pace durynge this &s;iege. The ca&s;tell was &s;ore bru&s;ed and they w^tin &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed / and de&s;yred oftentymes by the con|&s;table to gyue vp the fortere&s;&s;e / or elles yf they were taken by force / he promy&s;ed the~ that they &s;hulde all dye: cu&s;tomably &s;uche was the co~&s;ta+bles promy&s;e. The naueroy&s;e &s;awe how their vitayls began to myni&s;&s;he / &amp; knewe well howe the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> was <ABBR>farr</ABBR> fro them: &s;o they yelded vp the fortre&s;&s;e / and they were co~ueyed to Chierbourge / and had their good&abis; with the~ The fortre&s;&s;e was ra&s;ed and beaten downe to the erthe / whiche had co&s;t moche the makynge therof: al&s;o the walles of Po~teau de mere was beaten downe. Than the frenchmen went and be&s;ieged the fortre&s;&s;e of Mortayne / and there lay a great &s;ea&s;on: but they within &s;aw no ma+ner of ayde nor confort / comyng fro the kynge of <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> / nor al&s;o the other fortere&s;&s;es were nat able to make re&s;y&s;tence agayn&s;t the french+men: and &s;o they gaue vp as other dyd before. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the co~&s;table brought into the frenche kynges obey&s;aunce: all the townes / ca+&s;telles and fortre&s;&s;es / in all the countie of Deu+reur. And all the fortere&s;&s;es beaten downe to the erthe and the townes vnclo&s;ed / to thentent that there &s;hulde neuer after ry&s;e any warre vn+to the realme of Fraunce / by the meanes of a|ny ca&s;tell or towne / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> &s;hul|de haue in the countie of Deureux. Al&s;o the fre~+che kynge made the gabelles and &s;ub&s;ydies to rynne there / a&s;well as in any other parte of the realme of Fraunce.</P>
<P>AL&s;o the &s;ame tyme / the kyng of Spay|gne made his ba&s;tarde brother to entre in to <ABBR>Nauarr</ABBR> / with a great nombre of men of warre / who began to wynne the countre / and a&s;&s;ayled townes and fortre&s;&s;es: &s;o y^t the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> coude make no re&s;y&s;tence agayn&s;t them. Than he &s;ent worde therof to the yonge kyng Richarde of Englande / de&s;yring him of ayde agayn&s;t the frenche kynge / in the countie of Deureux. And he him &s;elfe to abyde &s;tyll in Nauar to kepe his fortre&s;&s;es <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / agayn&s;t the kyng of Spaygne. And &s;o kyng Richarde / by the aduy&s;e of his coun&s;ayle: &s;ent &s;ir Robert d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Roux with a nombre of men of armes and ar|chers to the &s;ee / and they toke lande at Chier|bourc. And thyder came all tho&s;e that had ben put out of the fortre&s;&s;es in the countie of Deu|reux by the frenche con&s;table. And whan they were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> all togyder / they were a great nom|bre of cho&s;en men: and &s;o they prouyded well for the fortre&s;&s;e / for they beleued to be be&s;eged. Whan the con&s;table and the lorde de la Ryuer with their co~pany / had won all in the cou~tie of Deureux / &s;o that nothyng was left aparant for the kyng of Nauer / but all was vnclo&s;ed &amp; vn|der the obey&s;ance of the french king. Tha~ they ca~e before Chierbourc / which was &s;trong and nobly fou~ded / fir&s;t by Julyus <ABBR>Ce&s;ar</ABBR> / whan he co~quered Englande: and there is a port of the &s;ee. The frenchmen layed &s;iege rounde about it: except on the &s;ee &s;yde / and &s;o they determy|ned nat to departe thens / tyll they had won it. Sir Robert de Roux and his co~pany within / made many i&s;&s;ues day &amp; night for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no ther day nor nyght / but that there was a &s;cri|my&s;&s;he. The frenchmen coude &s;eke for no dede of armes / but that they founde ynowe euer to an&s;were the~. So there were many &s;layne and taken / a&s;well on the one parte as on the other durynge the &s;iege / whiche la&s;ted all the remy|naunt of the &s;ommer. Thanne &s;ir Olyuere of Cle&s;quy / made on a day a bu&s;&s;hement / and &s;o began to &s;crimi&s;&s;he: And than the frenche men were driuen backe to the bu&s;&s;hment. Than &s;ir Olyuer of Cle&s;quy ca~e out of his enbu&s;&s;hment
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and all his / and ranne feirlly at thengly&s;&s;hmen and naueroyes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was an harde encou~tre on bothe parties / many a man borne to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erthe &s;layne / hurte / taken &amp; re&s;cued: fynally &s;ir Oly|uer of Cle&s;quy was taken pri&s;oner / by a&s;quier of Nauer called John~ Coq / and &s;o was put in+to Chierbourge. And &s;o the &s;crymy&s;&s;he ended / more to the domage of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenchmen than to the engli&s;&s;hmen / and &s;ir Olyuer was &s;ent in to En+glande / &amp; there abode as <ABBR>pri&s;oner</ABBR> a long &s;pace at London / and after he was put to his raun|&s;ome. Thus in great co&s;t &amp; charge / the frenche+men abode &s;tyll a great parte of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wynter with lytell conque&s;t / and &s;o they &s;awe well how they lo&s;t their tyme with lyeng <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> They thought well that Chierbourc was inprignable / for al|wayes they might be newe refre&s;&s;hed with vi|tayls and men by the &s;ee / wherfore the frenche|men di&s;lodged and layde counter gary&s;ons a|gayn&s;t Chierbource / as at Mountbourge / at Pount done Charentyn / &s;aynt Lou / and &s;aynt Saluiour the vicount / than euery man badde leaue to de&abper;te. This was in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande thre hundred .lxxviii.</P>
<P>yE haue well harde here before / howe the duke of Bretayne was departed out of Bretayn and had with hym his wyfe in to Englande / and &s;o he abode on &s;uche laude as he had in Englande / whiche was cal|led the countie of Richemont / and he laboured &s;ore to the yong kyng Richarde and to his cou~+&s;ayle to haue helpe and ayde to recouer his lan+de agayne / whiche was tourned frenche: but he coude nat be herde as than. The &s;ame &s;ea|&s;on the duke of Lanca&s;tre was enfourmed that if he wolde go in to Bretayne with a great ar|mye / there were dyuers fortere&s;&s;es and ca&s;tels that wolde yelde vp to him / and &s;pecially &s;aynt Malo the I&s;le a fayre fortre&s;&s;e and a hauen on the &s;ee. Than the duke of Lanca&s;tre rey&s;ed vp an army and went to Hampton / and &s;o toke the &s;ee with a great nombre of lordes and knight&abis; / men of warre and archers / and &s;o &s;ayled forthe tyll they came at &s;aynt Malos / and toke lande and di&s;charged their purueyance / and &s;o layd &s;iege aboute the towne of &s;aynt Malo. They within y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne were nothyng afrayd / for they were well prouyded of vitayls / of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and of cro&s; bowes / who valiantly defended the~ &s;elfe / &s;o there the duke lay a longe &s;pace. And whan the con&s;table of Fraunce / and the lorde Cli&s;&s;on knewe therof / they made a great &s;om|mons of men of warre / and ca~e towarde &s;aynt Malos to rey&s;e the &s;iege. A man wolde haue thought dyuers tymes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batayle &s;hulde haue been bytwene the parties. The engly&s;&s;hmen often tymes ordred them&s;elfe redy to gyue ba+tayle / but the con&s;table nor the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / wolde neuer aproche &s;o nere y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> batayle myght be bytwene the~. And &s;o whan the engli&s;&s;hmen had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a great &s;pace they &s;awe well they of the towne hadde no wyll to yelde them vp. Than the duke of Lanca&s;tre had coun&s;ayle to di&s;loge / &s;eyng they lo&s;t their tyme with lyeng there / and &s;o he toke agayne the &s;ee and retur|ned in to Englande / and gaue leaue to euery man to departe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the ca&s;tell of Alroy in Bre|tayne was yelded vp frenche / and of the frenche gary&s;on that was layd at Mountbourge / agayn&s;t the gary&s;on of Chierbourc. Cap. CCC .xvii.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl this tyme the ca&s;tel of Alroy was in the po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion of the duke of Bretayn who lay &s;tyll in Englande. The frenche kynge &s;ent dy|uers lordes of Fraunce and of Bretayne / with a great nombre to ley &s;iege to the ca&s;tell of Alroy / and they in Alroy knewe no &s;ocour comyng to the~ fro any parte / wherfore they fell in treatie / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if they were nat &s;ocoured by the duke of Bre|tayne or by the kyng of England by a certayn day lymytted / than they to yelde vp the place: whiche treaty was agreed. So the day came and the frenchmen kept their iourney &amp; none a pered / nother fro the duke of Bretayne nor fro the kyng of Englande. So the ca&s;tell was gy+uen vp &amp; put vnder the obey&s;au~ce of the fre~che kyng as the other ca&s;tels and good townes of Bretayne were. And &s;o they de&abper;ted fro Alroy &s;uche as were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">in for the duke of Bretayne.</P>
<P>&para; The yere of our lorde / a thou&s;ande thre hu~|dred .lxxviii. Anone after Ea&s;ter kyng Char|les of Fraunce / &s;awe well howe they of Chier|bourc made &s;ore warre in the countie of Con|&s;tantyne. he than ordeyned &s;ir Wyll<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> of Bor|des a valiant knight and a good capitayne to be <ABBR>keper</ABBR> and &s;ouerayne capityne of Con&s;tan|tyne / and of all the fortre&s;&s;es ther about Chier+bourc and &s;o the &s;ayd &s;ir Wyllim~ with a fayre company of men of armes and cro&s; bowes ge+nowayes / wente and laye at Mountbourge / 
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where he made counter gary&s;on agayn&s;t Chi|erbourc / for he de&s;ired nothyng &s;o moche / as to fight with the engly&s;&s;hmen in Chierbourc / co~|&s;ydering: howe he had with hym the floure of men of armes / with them of the gary&s;ons there about. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was &s;ent to be ca+pitayne at Chierbourc an engli&s;&s;he knight / cal+led &s;ir John~ Harl&s;ton / of whome I haue often &s;poken here before / he had ben a long &s;pace ca|pitayne of Guyens / he toke &s;hippyng at Ha~m|pton with .iii. hu~dred men of armes &amp; as many archers / and &s;o arryued at Chierbourc. &amp; with him was &s;ir Othes of Grant&s;on / &amp; of engli&s;&s;h|men <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were / &s;ir Johan Aubourge / &s;ir John~ Or&s;ell / and dyuers other knyghtes and &s;quy|ers / and a&s;&s;oone as they were arryued / they di|&s;charged all their hor&s;es and baggages / and ta+ryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> certayne dayes / and made them redy to ryde abrode in the cou~tre and to make <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Al&s;o &s;ir Wylliam Brodes of the frenche partie / imagyned nyght and day / howe he myght do any domage to the engly&s;&s;hmen. The &s;ame &s;ea+&s;on the&s;e two knightes layd many bu&s;&s;hemen|tis eche for other / but it aueyled nothyng: for it was nat their fortunes to mete / but &s;omtyme / &s;ome of their companyes met togyder / as they rode about &s;ekyng for aduentures / and as they mette often tymes they ouerthrewe eche other / &s;omtyme the frenchmen wanne / and &s;omtyme they lo&s;t.</P>
<P>SO long they rode forthe and layd wayte eche for other / that in a mornyng &s;ir Wyl+liam of Bordes and all his gary&s;on of Mont|bourge thought to ryde forthe towarde Chier|bourc / and to fyght with &s;ir Johan Harl&s;tone / yf he myght encounter with hym / or to drawe him in to the felde. and &s;o he rode forth withall his company and puy&s;&s;au~ce / a&s;well men of ar|mes and cro&s;bowes as me~ a fote. On the other parte &s;ir John~ Harl&s;ton / who knewe nothyng that the frenchmen <ABBR>wer</ABBR> abrode / had al&s;o great de&s;ire to ryde forthe the &s;ame mornyng / and &s;o &s;owned his trumpettes / and cau&s;ed all his co~|pany to be armed / a&s;well a hor&s;ebacke as a fote And &s;o went all out in to the feldes / and orday|ned them that &s;hulde byde in the fortere&s;&s;e / and &s;o rode forthe in great array / and ordayned &s;ir Or&s;ell to be capitayne of the fotemen / and than ordeyned his currours. in likewi&s;e &s;o had done &s;ir Wylliam of Bordes / and &s;o long bothe par|ties rode forthe / that at la&s;t their currours ca~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;o nere toguyder / that eche of the~ aduy&s;ed well other &amp; &s;o eche of them retourned to their owne hoo&s;t / and reported the certayntie of their ene|myes. Than the&s;e two capitaynes were right ioyou&s;e for than they had founde that they had longe &s;ought. And whan the&s;e two capitayne had herde the reporte of their courrours / they drue their companyes togyder / and di&s;played their baners and &s;tanderd&abis; / and aproched eche other. And as &s;oone as they were nere togyder within the &s;hotte of a bowe / than the fre~chmen a lighted / and in lykewi&s;e dyde the engly&s;&s;he|men / and the archers and cro&s; bowes began to &s;hote: and men of armes aproched with &s;pea|res in their handes / rainged and well clo&s;ed to gyder. Than they a&s;&s;embled togyder in all &abper;|tes / and began to foyne with &s;peares &amp; &s;tryke with axes and &s;wexdes. There was a &s;ore and a harde bataile and well fought: men of armes proued well there / their valya~ti&s;e and prowes. Sir Wylliam of Bordes was there armed at all pe&s;es / with an axe in his hande &s;trikyng on the right &s;yde and on the lyft / whome &s;oeuer he gaue a full &s;troke went to the erthe. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he dyd &s;uche dedes of armes with his owne body <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hat it ought to be pray&s;ed <ABBR>foreuer.</ABBR> On the other / &s;yde &s;ir Johan Harl&s;tone capitayne of Chier|bourc / fought valiantly with an axe in his ha~d a fote amonge other with the forma&s;t / he had ynough to do: for he was matched with a hard parte. There was many a valyant dede done that day / and many a man &s;layne and hurte. &amp; there &s;ir Johan Harl&s;ton was borne downe to the erthe / and in great adue~ture of his lyfe / but by force of armes he was re&s;cued. The batayle endured a long &s;pace and well fought and well contynued on bothe &abper;ties / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none that had any great aduauntage / for there were dy|uers &s;layne and hurte on bothe parties / but fy|nally the engly&s;&s;hmen fought &s;o long and with &s;o good hertes / that they obtayned the place / &amp; the frenchmen di&s;confyted / &s;layne / and taken / and but fewe noble men &s;ayed. For they were &s;o &s;ore fought withall / that they had no power to departe / thinkyng outher all to dye or els to va~que&s;&s;he their enemyes. There was taken &abser; Wylliam of Bordes by a &s;quyer of Heynault / called Wylliam de Beaulyau / a man of armes who had long lyen among the engly&s;&s;hmen at the gary&s;on in Calais / to whome the &s;ayde &s;ir Wylliam yelded him &s;elfe / right &s;oroufull that the iourney had nat ben his. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> thengli&s;&s;h|men brought the frenchmen to great my&s;chefe / and many were taken pri&s;oners at thende of y^e batayle / but it was great pytie of the~ that were deed. And whan thengly&s;&s;hmen had di&s;poyled
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the deed men. than &s;ir John~ Harl&s;ton and his co~pany departed fro the place / and leyde with them their pri&s;oners and &s;poyle: and &s;o went a+gayne to Chierbourc. ye may well knowe that the engli&s;&s;hmen made great toye / for thiss iour+ney y^e god had &s;ent them. &s;ir Wylliam of Bor|des des was greatly fee&s;ted / for his &abper;&s;on was well worthy to be made moche of. This di&s;comfy|ture was bytwene Mountbourge and Chier|bourc on &s;aynt Martyns day: the yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande threhundred .lxxir.</P>
<P>WHan the frenche kynge knewe that ty|dinges: howe the gari&s;on of Mount|bourge and his capitayne were taken and &s;layne / and howe that the countrey was in a great afray for y^t disco~fyture. The kyng who was &s;age and well abuy&s;ed in all his dedes / he purueyed incontynent for remedy / &amp; &s;ent with out delay to Mou~tbourge newe men of warre to kepe the fronters / fortre&s;&s;es / and countre / a|gayn&s;t the gary&s;on of Chierbourc. And cheife of tho&s;e men of warre was &s;ir Johan of Uyen / and &s;ir Hugh of Bremalles. &amp; &s;o they helde the marches agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;hmen / but after by the ordynance of the frenche kyng / they aban|doned and for&s;oke Mountbourge / and all the countre of Con&s;tantyne / whiche was a good|ly plentyfull countre: and cau&s;ed men / women / and chyldren to i&s;&s;ue out / and for&s;ake the coun+trey of Con&s;tantyne / and lefte vp fayre hou&s;es and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions / and all the people went out of the cou~tre of Con&s;tantyne. and than the french+men kepe fro~ter at Dune / at Care~ton / at &s;aynt Malo / and on all the marches ioyning to Con+&s;tantyne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the iorney that the duke of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|iou made agayn&s;t thengli&s;&s;hmen / in the countre of Burdeloy&s;e. Cap. CCC .xviii.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue well herde here be|fore howe the duke of Burgoyne made a viage into the marches of Picardy / the which was right ho|norable for him / &amp; profytable for y^t frenchmen. &amp; howe he ordeyned in Arthoi&s;e / in &s;uch ca&s;tels as were in his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion capytens and men of warre to kepe them / and &s;pecyally in the towne of Iper / he &s;tally&s;&s;hed to abyde there the vycounte of Meaulx and the lorde of &s;aynt Pee / and they newly fortifyed the towne how be it / it was &s;tronger ynough before. The frenche kynge who was ryght glad of tho&s;e ty|dingess and reputed y^t iourney right honoura|ble / he &s;ent incontynent his letters to &s;aynt O|mers / and co~maunded that the towne of Ayre &s;hulde be well garny&s;&s;hed / and well and large|ly prouyded of all nece&s;&s;aryes / and all thynge was done as he co~maunded. &s;o thus this iour|ney brake vp / howbeit the lorde of Cli&s;&s;on and the bretons brake nat their co~pany but a&s;&s;oone as they myght they drewe them to Bretayne / for tidynges was come to y^e lorde Cly&s;&s;on and to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bretons whyle they were before Ayre / how that Janequyn de Clere / a &s;quier of Englande and a good ma~ of armes was i&s;&s;ued out of En+glande and come in to Bretayne / and kept the ba&s;tydes before Bree&s;t. Wherfore the bretons drewe thyder as fa&s;t as they might / &amp; brought with theym &s;ir Jaques of Uertayne &s;ene&s;hall of Heynalt / and the duke of Burgoyne retour|ned in to Fraunce to the kyng his brother.</P>
<P>&para; The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was a great a&s;&s;em|bly of men of armes in the marches of Burde|uux / at the co~maundement of y^e duke of Aniou and of the con&s;table. And they had a iourney a+gayn&s;t the ga&s;coyns and engli&s;&s;hmen / wherof I &s;hall &s;peke more playnly / whan I &s;halbe bet+ter enfourmed therof / than I am as yet. The &s;ame tyme that the duke of Burgoyn made his armye in Picardy as it hath been &s;hewed be|fore. The duke of Aniou was in the good cytie of Tholou&s;e with the good lady his wyfe / and night and day he ymagined &s;ubtelly: howe he myght do &s;ome thyng contrary to thengly&s;&s;|men. for he &s;awe &amp; knewe well howe there were dyuers townes and ca&s;telles a longe the ryue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Dordone and in the fronters of Rouurgue / Tholo&s;en / and Duercy / that co~&s;treyned great+lye the countre / and traueyled moche the poore people vnder their obey&s;ance. Wherfore he ad+uy&s;ed to prouyde therfore &s;ome remedy / and &s;o determyned in his mynde to go and laye &s;iege to Bergerath / bycau&s;e it was the kaye of Ga|&s;coyne as on the fronter of Rouuergue / Duer|cy and Luno&s;yn. And bicau&s;e y^t he knewe that dyuers great barones of Ga&s;coyne were con|trary to him as the lorde of Duras / the lorde of Ro&s;en / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ucydent / y^t lorde of Lan|gurant / the lorde of Guernols / and of Carles / &s;ir Peter of Landuras and dyuers other. ther+fore he aduy&s;ed to make hym &s;elfe &s;tronge and puy&s;&s;ante / and made a great a&s;&s;emble to re&s;y&s;t
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agayn&s;t the &s;ayd lordes and to be &s;o &s;tronge to kepe the felde. Than he wrote to &s;ir Johan of Armynake / de&s;irynge hym nat to fayle at that b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ynes / &amp; in likewi&s;e he &s;ent to the lorde Dal|bret: and all o he &s;ent in to Fraunce for the con|&s;table &amp; mar&s;hall of Fraunce / &s;ir Loys of Sa~|xere. and be&s;ide all this the lorde of Coucy and dyuers other knight&abis; and &s;quiers in Picardy / in Britayne and in Normandy: de&s;ired great+ly and had great wyll to &s;erue him / &amp; to auau~ce their bodies by feates of armes to acheue to ho+nour and prai&s;e / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was come to him the con&s;table and mar&s;hall of Fraunce. The duke knewe well howe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great di&s;corde by+twene the co&s;yns &amp; frendes of the lorde of Po|inters ga&s;cons and &s;ir Thom~s Phelton great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;hall of Burdeux and Burdeloys / the rea|&s;on <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> cau&s;e why / I &s;hall &s;hewe you here after.</P>
<P>BEfore that tyme in the yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande thre hu~dred .lxxv. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done a cruell iu&s;tyce in the cytie of Burdeaux / done and compri&s;ed by &s;ir Thomas Phelton / lieutenant to the kyng of Englande in the mar+ches of Burdeur / on the lorde of Pomiers cal|led &s;ir Wyllm~ &amp; all by maner of trea&s;on / wher|of there was had great marueyle. In the cytie of Burdeur at the comaundement of the &s;ene|&s;hall was taken the lorde of Pomers &amp; a clerke of his coun&s;ayle and &s;ecretary / of the nacyon of Burdeau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / called Johan Coulone and it was proued on them as I was infourmed / how the lorde of Pomiers &s;hulde yelde him&s;elfe and all his ca&s;tels to the frenche parte / &s;o that he coude make non excu&s;e to &s;aue him fro deth / wherfore the lorde of Pomiers and his clerke were open+lye beheeded in the cytie of Burdeux / before all the people / wherof there was hadde great mer|ueyle. And they of his lynage toke that dede in great di&s;pyte / and thervpon departed fro Bur+deu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and fro Burdeloys the gentyll knight &s;ir Edmond of Pomiers / vncle to the for&s;aid lord of Pomiers and toke that dede in great &s;hame and &s;ware y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for the kyng of Engla~de he wolde neuer deare <ABBR>armur</ABBR> / &amp; &s;o he went ouer the &s;ee to the holy &s;epulchre / and to dyuers other pylgri|mages / and whan he retourned / he turned him+&s;elfe frenche and put him &s;elfe and all his land&abis; vnder the obey&s;ance of the frenche kynge. And incontynent defyed the lorde Le&s;pare ga&s;cone / and made to hym great warre / bycau&s;e he was at the for&s;ayd iudgement / and al&s;o for the &s;ame cau&s;e &amp; &s;u&s;pectyon / bycau&s;e the ca&s;tell of Fron|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was taken / and delyuered in to the frenche ha~des whiche was of the herytage of the lorde Pomiers before beheeded / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken for the &s;ame &s;u&s;pect of trea&s;on / &s;ir Johan of Ple&s;|&s;ac / &s;ir Peter of Landuras and &s;ir Bertram of Fraunce and were put in pri&s;on in Burdeaur / &amp; &s;o remayned y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pace of. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. monethes / howe+be it after they were delyuered by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> labour and purcha&s;e of their frendes / &amp; bycau&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> coude nothyng be proued agayn&s;t them. Thus they endured a longe &s;pace in great daunger / and in the &s;ame ca&s;e / wordes ran agayn&s;t &s;ir Gaylart Uyghier wherof was had great marueyle / for he was nat in the countrey / he was in Lombar+dy with the lorde of Coucy in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;eruyce of pope Gregorie / who helped to excu&s;e hym whan he herde of that reporte / and &s;o the knyght abode &s;tyll by his right. &s;o there enge~dred in Ga&s;con for &s;uche be&s;ynes great hatredes and couert en+uy / wherby fell after many great my&s;cheues.</P>
<P>WHan the duke of Aniowe &s;awe / that it was tyme for him to de&abper;te out of Tho+lou&s;e / and that the moo&s;t parte of his men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> were come to him and drawen in to the felde / &amp; &s;pecially the con&s;table of Fra~ce / in whome he had great tru&s;t and confydence. Than he departed fro Tholou&s;e / and toke the right way to Bergerath / and keper therof and capitayn was &abser; Parducas Dalbret / who was in a ca&s;tell a lytell leage fro Languedoc / called Mou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ux a ryght fayre ca&s;tell. &s;o longe trauey|led the duke of Anious hoo&s;t / that they aryued before Bergerath / &amp; &s;o lodged about it as nigh the ryuer as they might / for y^e ea&s;e of them &s;elfe and of their hor&s;es. there was with the duke of Aniou many noble men. fyr&s;t &s;ir Johan of Ar|mynake with a great rout / the co~&s;table of Frau~+ce with a great company / &s;ir Loys of <ABBR>Sanxer</ABBR> &s;ir John~ of Bulle / Peter of Bulle / yuan of Wa+les / &s;ir Mores Tri&s;iquidi / who &s;omtyme was on the engli&s;&s;he parte of Bretayne / but as than he was one of the french bretons / al&s;o &s;ir Alayn of Beaumont / &s;ir Alayn of Hou&s;ey / &s;ir Wylli|am and Peter of Mornay / &s;ir Johan of Uers / &s;ir Baudwyn Cremoux / Thybalte of Pount / Helyot of Calay / and dyuers other good men of warre. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> they made their lodgynges a|longe the fayre medowes / by the ryuer &s;yde of Dordon / which was great <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> to beholde. nere to the dukes lodgyng was the con&s;table of Fraunce lodged / often tymes the&s;e company|ons de&s;ired to auaunce their bodyes / and went and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed at the barryers / and &s;oo &s;ome were hurte and wounded / as aduenture falleth
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often tymes in &s;uche dedes of armes / The &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">i+day after the &s;iege was layd before Bergerath there came in to the dukes hoo&s;t / well acompa|nyed with men of armes and briga~tes / the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Dalbret and &s;ir Bertram his co&s;yn: they were receyued with great ioye for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hoo&s;t was gret|lye enfor&s;ed by the~. The .viii. day the duke an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the capitayns of the hoo&s;t were in coun&s;ayle to &s;e howe they myght greue them of Bergerath / there were dyuers wordes and deuy&s;es / &amp; they were long at one poynt / whiche was to a&s;&s;ayle the towne. than it was thought agayne that by their a&s;&s;autes / their people myght be &s;ore hurt and to lytell effect / and &s;o for that day the coun|&s;ayle brake vp / and determyned on no full con|clu&s;yon / &s;auyng to contynewe &s;tyll their &s;iege / for they loked dayly for mo men of warre com|mynge out of Fraunce / and &s;pecially the lorde of Coucy.</P>
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<HEAD>Of the &s;crymi&s;&s;hes done before Ber+gerath: &amp; howe the engli&s;&s;hmen / fre~|chemen / ga&s;coyns and other: feirlly recou~tred eche other. Ca. CCC .xix.</HEAD>
<P>_IT was &s;o that &s;ir Tho|mas Felton beyng at Bur|deaulx / and knowynge that his enemyes were w^tin .xii. myle of him / with &s;uch a pu|y&s;&s;aunce that he was nat a|ble to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t them / wherof he was nothyng ioyou&s;e. And all that &s;ea&s;on he knewe well / howe the duke of Aniou had made his &s;omons / and had &s;ente for all the &s;tates of Fraunce. Than he &s;ent worde therof into England to the kyng and to his cou~&s;ayle / but they that he &s;ent thyder dyde lytell good or nothyng in the matter. For the realme of En|glande was as than in great bariau~ce among them &s;elfe / one agayn&s;t an other / and &s;pecially the duke of Lanca&s;tre was nat in the fauoure of the comen people / wherby dyuers incydent parels fell after in England. the whiche &s;ea&s;on there de&abper;ted no men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> out of England / nother to go in to Ga&s;coyne / nor yet in to Bre|tayne. Wherof they that kepte tho&s;e fronters / vnder the yonge kynge of Englande / were no+thyng ioyou&s;e. Than &s;ir Thom~s Felton de&s;i|red the lorde Le&s;pare to go in to Englande the better to enfourme the kyng and his vncles of the &s;tate of Ga&s;coyn and therby to prouyde cou~+&s;ayle for them. And &s;o at the de&s;yre of &s;ir Tho|mas Felton / the lorde Le&s;pare entred in to the+&s;ee but there ro&s;e &s;uche a tempe&s;t agayn&s;t him that he was driuen in to Spayne / &amp; there was encountred by &s;hippes of Spayne / and hadde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a great bataile and &s;uche was his fortune that there he was taken pri&s;oner / &amp; ledde in to Spayne / and there remayned more tha~ a yere and a halfe / for he was &s;tyll behated with them of the lynage of the lorde Pomers. &s;ir Thom~s Felton / who was a right valyau~te man / wrote and &s;ent &s;pecially for the lord of Mu&s;ident / the lorde Duras / the lorde Ro&s;en / and for the lorde Langurant / who were foure of the chefe baro|nes and moo&s;t puy&s;&s;au~te in all Ga&s;coyn / of the engli&s;&s;he party / de&s;iryng them that for the ho|nour and herytage of the kynge of Englande / they wolde come and helpe to defende the coun+tre / and to co~e with all their puy&s;&s;ance to Bur|deaulx. So than all knyghtes / &s;uche as wolde truely acquyte the~ to their kyng and lorde and to his officers / were redy come to Burdeaulx. And whan they were all togyder / they were to the no~bre of .v. hundred &s;peares / and thus they were at Burdeaux and in Burdeloys / the &s;ea|&s;on whyle the duke of Aniou lay at &s;iege before Bergerath. than &s;ir Thomas Phelton &amp; tho&s;e foure barones of Ga&s;cone toke their coun&s;ayle &amp; aduy&s;e / &amp; determyned to ryde forthe agayn&s;t the frenchmen / and to entre in to &s;ome place to &s;e if they myght &s;pye any aduauntage / to con|quere any thyng agayn&s;t their enemyes. And &s;o they departed out of Burdeaux in one com|pany / mo than thre hundred &s;peares / and toke the way to Ryoll and &s;o came to a towne called yuret &amp; there lodged. Of this bu&s;&s;hme~t knewe nothyng the frenchmen wherby they had great domage. Thus helde &s;tyll the &s;iege before Ber+gerath <ABBR>wher</ABBR> many a &s;crimi&s;he was made / and many a &s;eate of armes acheued / bothe by them within and the~ without / how beit lytell wanne therby the frenchmen / for &s;ir Parducas Dal|bret who was capitayne / defended valiauntly the towne. Than they of the hoo&s;t without / to thentent to greue the &s;orer their enemyes / they &s;ent to Rioll for a great engyn called the truye. This engyn was &s;o made y^t it wolde ca&s;t great &s;tones / and a hu~dred men of armes myght well be within it / to aproche to a&s;&s;ayle the towne. &s;ir Peter de Bulle was ordeyned to fetche this en|gyn / and with him &s;ir John~ of Uers / &s;ir Baud+wen Cremoux / &s;ir Alayn Beaumont / the lord<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mount calay and the lorde of Gaures. And &s;o they departed fro the hoo&s;t about a thre hun|dred &s;peares and pa&s;&s;ed by a gyde the ryuer of Dordon and rode towarde Ryoll. And &s;o they came forby a place bitwene Bergerath and Ri+oll called yuret / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the engli&s;&s;hmen were mo than four hundred &s;peares / and knewe no|thyng of the comyng of the frenchmen. Tidyn|ges <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to the hoo&s;t to the con&s;table / that the en+gly&s;&s;hmen were ridynge abrode: but no man coude tell where they were. Than incontynent the con&s;table for doute of his men &s;ent out ano|ther company of men of armes / to be a counter|garde to the foragers that were gone before for the engyn. Of the whiche newe company there were capitayns &s;ir Peter of Mornay / yuan of Wales / Thybault of Pount / and Alyotte of Calay. In that company <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a two hun|dred men of armes well apoynted / &s;ir Peter of Bulle and his company who were gone for the engyn / dyde &s;o moche that they came to Ryoll / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> charged many chares with the engyn and &s;o returned agayne towardes the hoo&s;t by another waye (than as they came) and a more broder pa&s;&s;age bicau&s;e of their cariage. and &s;o are they came to yuret or nere thervnto within a leage they had a fayre adue~ture / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they mette with the other company of their owne fe+low&s;hy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / and whan they were all togyder they were a .vi. hundred &s;peares / than they rode at more ley&s;er / thynking them&s;elfe more in&s;uerty than they were before. than tydinges ca~e to &s;ir Thom~s Phelton and to y^e barons of Ga&s;coyn bryng at yuret / how the fre~chmen were abrode and were comynge fro Ryoll to pa&s;&s;e that way towardes Bergerath with a great engyn. Of the whiche tydinges they were ryght ioyou&s;e / and &s;ayd: how it was the thynge y^e they moo&s;t de&s;ired. Than they armed them and mounted on their hor&s;es and made them &s;elfe redy / and whan they were abrode in the felde / it was nat long after but that they &s;awe where the french+men were comynge in good ordre / and a great nombre. And a&s;&s;oone as eche of them knewe o|ther reputynge eche other enemyes / de&s;irynge to auance to fight in prouyng their hor&s;es / and couchyng their &s;peares and crieng their cryes / they encountred eche other. At the fyr&s;t me|tyng there was a goodly iu&s;tes / and noble de|des of armes acheued / and many a knight and &s;quier ouet throwen to the etthe / by clene force of armes / in &s;uch <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ylous poyntes many a hard aue~ture falleth. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> Helyot of Calay a right experte &s;quter and a good man of armes / was &s;triken fro his hor&s;e &amp; was &s;tryken in the throte with a tauelyn of Burdeaux / as &s;harpe as a ra+&s;ure / the whiche &s;troke cut a &s;onder the vaynes of his necke and &s;o he fell to the erthe / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyed whiche was great domage / for by that ad+uenture he ended his tyme and dayes. There was a knight of Berrey or of Lymo&s;yn / called &s;ir Wyllm~ of Lignac / an experte man of armes and a valyant / who dyde the &s;ame day many a valiant dede of armes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engli&s;&s;hmen were ouer throwen / and the greatte&s;t lordes of Ga&s;con taken / and howe Bergerath tourned and became frenche / and dy+uer&s;e other townes &amp; ca&s;tels in tho&s;e marches / by the army that the duke of Aniou made. Cap. CCC .xx.</HEAD>
<P>_THis &s;ayd encou~ter was well fought on bothe partes in a place called yuret / nere to y^e village. whan their &s;pe+res were broken / they drewe their &s;werd&abis; / wherwith they fought ryght valia~tly. there was doone many a noble feate of armes / many pri&s;oners taken and re&s;cued agayne / and there was &s;layne of the engly&s;&s;he partie / a knight of Ga&s;cone called the lorde of Gernos and of Ca|lais / and of the frenche parte there was &s;layne / Thybaulte du Pount. This batayle endured a longe &s;ea&s;on and well fought / for there were many valyant men / the which cau&s;ed the batell to endure the lenger but fynally the engly&s;&s;he|men nor y^e ga&s;cons coude nat obtayne the place The frenchmen conquered the victory by clene force of armes / and there &abser; Wylliam of Lignac with his owne handes toke pri&s;oner / &s;ir Tho|mas Phelton &s;ene&s;hall of Burdeux / there was al&s;o taken the lorde of Mucydent / the lorde of Duras / the lorde of Langurant / and the lorde Ro&s;en / and in y^e batayle there were but a fewe that &s;caped / outher engly&s;&s;he or ga&s;coyns / but they were taken or &s;layne. And &s;uche as &s;ledde toke the way towarde Burdeaux / and encoun|tred the &s;ene&s;hall of Landes / &s;ir Wylliam Hel|men the mayre of Burdeaux / and &s;ir Johan of Multon with a hu~dred &s;peares / who wers <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">+myng
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 to yuret / but whan they herde tyding&abis; of the lo&s;&s;e of the felde / they retourned agayne in all ha&s;t to Burdeaux.</P>
<P>AFter this batayle was clene done / and the pri&s;oners putte in &s;aue garde / than they retourned to Bergerath to the &s;iege. The duke of Aniou was greatly reioy&s;ed of tho&s;e ti+dynges / whan he harde howe his men hadde &s;ped / and howe the flour of all Ga&s;coyne of his enemyes were taken pri&s;oners and &s;pecially &s;ir Thomas Phelton / who had done hym before many a great di&s;plea&s;ure. He reputed this ad|uenture of more valure than .v. hundred thou|&s;ande frankes. &s;ir Peter of Bulle and his com|pany / at la&s;t retourned and came agayne to the hoo&s;t before Bergerath / and they were well re|ceyued and brought to y^e duke of Aniou / by the con&s;table / barons / and knyghtes / and by their fre~des: and they reputed this a noble and a pro+fytable iourney for them. The next mornynge the great engyn was rered vp agayn&s;t Berge|rath as nere as myght be / the whiche greatlye aba&s;&s;hed them of the towne. And &s;o they tooke coun&s;ayle toguyder and &s;pake with their capi|tayne / for they &s;awe well they coulde nat longe endure / nor they coulde parceyue no maner of &s;ocoure comyng to them warde. Con&s;ydering howe &s;ir Thom~s Phelton their &s;ene&s;hall was taken and all the chiualry of Ga&s;con / in whom they &s;huld haue had any tru&s;t. Sir Perducass &s;ayd to the~. &s;irs: we are &s;trong ynough to kepe the towne / and we haue vitayle and artillary &s;ufficyent / therfore let vs make none euyll mar+chandi&s;e. So the mater abode &s;tyll in that ca&s;e+tyll the next mornynge that they &s;owned in the hoo&s;t trumpettes to the a&s;&s;awte / and the con|&s;table of Frau~ce beyng in the felde / or he wolde a&s;&s;ayle the towne / in exchewynge of hurtynge of his men / &s;ent to &s;peke with them of Berge|rathe and made to be &s;hewed to them / howe he hadde all their capitayns pri&s;oners / by whom they &s;hulde haue any ayde or &s;ocour / and howe they were in the ca&s;e to become frenche / and to put them&s;elfe and their landes vnder the obey|&s;ance of the frenche kynge. And al&s;o he &s;hewed them / that if they were a&s;&s;ayled and taken by force / howe all the towne &s;hulde be putte to the fyre: and men / women / &amp; chyldren to y^e &s;werde / without any mercy. The&s;e wordes aba&s;&s;hed greatlye them of Bergerath / and they de&s;yred to take coun&s;ayle and &s;o they dyd / than the bur|ge&s;&s;es of the towne went to coun&s;ayle without callyng of their capitayne / and they agreed to become frenche / &s;oo they myght lyue pea&s;ably without hauynge any men of warre amonge them / the whiche was lightly agreed to them. and whan &s;ir Perducas Dalbret their capiten herde of that treatie / he mounted on his hor&s;e &amp; made his men to pa&s;&s;e ouer the bridge / and &s;o departed and went to the gary&s;on of Moneyn and Bergerah yelded vp to the frenche parte. And the con&s;table of Fraunce toke po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon therof / and &s;et therin a capitayne &amp; men of <ABBR>war</ABBR> to kepe it. Whan y^t Bergerath was thus tour|ned french / the duke of Aniou was coun&s;ayled to go forthe and to ley &s;iege to Cha&s;tellon on y^e ryuer of Dordone The tidynges therof &s;pred abrode in the felde / and euery man prepared to go thyder: as the duke / the con&s;table and all o|ther men of warre: except the mar&s;hall of Frau~+ce who abode behynde to abyde for the lorde of Coucy / who came the &s;ame night. and the mar+&s;hall rode to mete him with a great company &amp; receyued him right amyably / and &s;o taryed all that night in the &s;ame place / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the duke had ben the night before. The duke y^e &s;ame day came to a fayre medowe in his way to Cha&s;tel|lon / on the ryuer of Dordon. And with y^e lorde of Coucy <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Edmond of Pomyers / &s;ir Tri&s;tram of Roy / the lorde of Faignels / the lorde of Jumont / &s;ir John~ of Ro&s;ey / &s;ir Robr~t of Cleremont / and dyuers other knightes and &s;quyers. And in the mornynge they depted fro their lodgynge and rode in the company of the mar&s;hall of Fraunce / tyll they came to the duk&abis; hoo&s;t / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they were receyued with great ioy goyng towarde Cha&s;tellon / in a towne called &s;aynt Foy or the vowarde came to Cha&s;tello / and a&s;&s;ayled the towne of &s;aynt Foye right fe|er&s;ly. Within the towne there were no men of warre / and &s;o made but &s;mall defence &amp; wolde haue yelded them vp / and in their yelding they were all pylled and robbed. So the &s;iege was layd about Cha&s;tellon / &amp; endured a .xv. dayes there were many &s;crimy&s;&s;hes before the barry|ers / for within the towne were dyuers engli&s;&s;h+men and ga&s;coyns / &s;uche as fledde fro the dy&s;|confyture of yuret / who right valiantly defen|ded the towne. And &s;uche lordes of Ga&s;cone as were taken pri&s;oners before / were with y^e duke of Aniou in his hoo&s;t / and dyd a&s;moch as they might to cau&s;e the towne to yelde vp to y^e duke howe beit &s;ir Thomas Phelton dyde nothyng in the mater / bycau&s;e he was an engly&s;&s;hman. And al&s;o he that toke hym pri&s;oner &s;ir John~ of Liguac had as than put hym to his raun&s;ome / to pay .xxx. M. frankes / and whan the money
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<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> lorde of Duras / and the lorde of Ro+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> / after they were departed and were in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; they comuned togyder &punc; and &s;ayde. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">owe may we well &s;erue the duke of Aniowe and the frenchmen &punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">the we haue alwayes be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / therfore it were moche bett<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> our p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">my&s;e to the duke of An|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the kyng of Englande is our naturall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and hath done moche for vs. And &s;o they concluded to go to Burdeaur and to &s;hewe the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">and as &s;ir Wyllm~ <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">elman howe th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> wy&s;e abyde frenche. 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But &s;irs we &s;ay to you playnly that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> maky<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> of our promy&s;e &punc; alwayes in our hert<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we re&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ed our faythes to our naturall lorde the kynge of Englande. And therfore what &s;o|euer we haue &s;aid or done&punc; we wyll neuer beco~e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the whiche wordes the knyghtes of England were right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyou&s;e&punc; &s;ayeng that they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> them &s;elfe right val<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a~tly to their lorde and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. About a fyue dayes after / the duke <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> beyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">yll before Cha&s;tello<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / worde came to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">: how the lorde Duras &amp; the lorde Ro&s;en were turned agayne and beco~e engly&s;he of the whiche the duke the con&s;table and other <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">. Than y^e duke &s;ent for the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and for the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ang<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> the mater / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ded of them what they &s;ayd thervnto. The lo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+des who were right&s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / &s;ayd. Sir thought they breke their promi&s;es / we wyll<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at breke ours. For &s;ir &punc; that we haue promy&s;ed we wyll vpholde / for it can be no reproche to vs / to abyde vnder your obey&s;ance / &s;yth your men co~+quered vs by clene force of armes. Sirs &abquod; the duke I beleue you well: and If were by god / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whan I deptehens / the fir&s;t thyng that I wyll do / &s;halbe to ley &s;iege bef<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">re y^e to wne of Duras and next to y^e towne of Ro&s;en. Thus the duke of Aniowe abode &s;tyll before the towne of Cha+&s;tellon ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / with th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e two for &s;ayd lordes of Ga&s;coyne. This towne of Cha|&s;tellon parteyned to y^e herytage of the Captall of Be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> whome the frenche kyng had in pri|&s;on in Parys. the &s;iege thus enduryng before Tha&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">lon <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell a great famyn&punc; nother for golde nor &s;yluer coulde be gotte any thynge to lyue by / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the frenchmen were fayne to ryde a. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. or .xv. myles to gette any vitayle for the hoo&s;t / and often tymes they returned agayne in great parell / for there were dyuers ca&s;telles and fortere&s;&s;es engly&s;&s;he on the fronters / the whiche i&s;&s;ued out and made bu&s;&s;hmentes / and encountred them at &s;treyghtes / and pa&s;&s;ages. and whan they &s;awe they were &s;trong ynough for y^e frenche foragers / they wolde &s;et on them / and hurt / &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lee many of them / and take away their vitayls / wherfore the frenchmen dur&s;te not ryde but in great companyes. So long the &s;iege endured that they within were &s;o co~&s;tray <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">d / what with a&s;&s;awtes &amp; with engyns / that they were fayne to yelde them vp / their lyues and goodes &s;aued. and &s;o all the men of warre within de&abper;ted with bagge and baggage / and we~t to &s;aynt Macayre / <ABBR>wher ther</ABBR> was a good towne and a &s;tronge ca&s;tell. Whan Cha&s;tellon was yelded vp / the duke of Aniou toke po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion therof / &amp; faythe and homage of the dwel|lers within the towne / and there he &s;ette newe officers / and made capitayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a knyght of Thowrayn / called &s;ir James Mou~tmartyn. And whan the duke departed thens / he tooke his aduy&s;e whyder he &s;hulde drawe / than he was coun&s;ayled to goo to &s;aynt Maryne / but in his way there were dyuers lytell fortere&s;&s;es whiche the duke thought nat good to be left be hynde him / bi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aw&s;e of his foragers / &amp; &s;o fyr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> he layd&s;iege to Sauueter / and than tidynges came to the duke otherwy&s;e than he had harde before of the lorde Duras / and of the lorde Ro+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> it was &s;ayd howe &s;urely they were at Bur|deau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / but vnder what maner they could<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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as than knowe / whiche wordes spra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> in the hoo&s;t / and &s;o came to the herynge of the lorde Mucydent / and of the lorde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. Than they &s;pake to the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and &s;o &s;ir Peter of Bulle de&s;irynge the~ to helpe to ex|cu&s;e the &s;ayd lordes: &s;ayng how it was a great &s;ymplenes to beleue &s;o lyghtly &s;uch fleyng wor+des / and &s;o they promy&s;ed to do &punc; and &s;o &s;pake to the duke therof / and he an&s;wered and &s;ayd / he wolde be ryght glad to here &amp; knowe the con|trary of that he had harde before. This <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> was before Sauueterre / whiche helde but thre dayes / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> capitayne yelded vp the forter<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">e &s;auynge his lyfe and all his / and their goodes. and &s;o the duke pa&s;&s;ed forth and came to &s;aynt Ba&s;yll a good towne / whiche incontynent y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">l|ded vp / and put them &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;ance of the frenche kyng. And than the duke went to Mount&s;egure / and at the fyr&s;t he gaue a&s;&s;aut and my&s;t it: and &s;o lodged for that nyght. And the next mornyng they made them redy agayn to the a&s;&s;awte / wherof they within were aba&s;|&s;hed and went to coun&s;ayle / and finally conclu|ded to yelde vp the towne / their lyues and g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|des &s;aued / &amp; &s;o they were receyued. Than the duke rode farder / and came to a clo&s;ed towne bytwene &s;aynt Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayre and the Ryoll / called Amberoche. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the duke was four dayes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he could haue it / &amp; than by treaty it was gyue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vp. And tha~ the duke went to &s;aynt <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Aniou toke by force &s;aynt Macayre / and the towne of Duras by a&s;&s;aute / &amp; dyuers other fortere&s;&s;es agayn&s;t the engli&s;&s;hmen. Cap. CCC .xxi.</HEAD>
<P>_DAyly the dukes hoost multiplyed and encrea&s;ed / for men came to hym fro all partes / as knyghtes &amp; &s;qui+ers to auau~ce their bodyes. So the &s;iege was layne be+fore &s;aynt Macayre &amp; with+in were all &s;uche men of warre as were goone out of &s;uche fortre&s;&s;es as had ben yelden vp be+fore wherby the towne was y^e &s;tro~ger / &amp; the bet+ter defended / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was dyuers great a&s;&s;autes made / and many a fayre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">y&s;&s;he before the barryers. Than the duke and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> or+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayned the &s;iege endurynge / that certayne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> with their companyes &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 words"> in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. And &s;o the men <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> armes &s;prad abrode. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Frau~|ce with a great route / &s;ir Percyuall of M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="4 letters">ll norman / and Wylliam of Moncontoure with a great company&punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> men of armes were a brode in the feldes<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ayes / and toke dyuer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> townes and &s;mall holdes / &amp; brought the cou~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e all aboute / vnder the obey&s;ance of the frenche kyng. there were none that with&s;tode them for the countre was voyde / &amp; vnprouyded of men of warre of thengly&s;&s;he part / and they y^t &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">edde went to Burd<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ur. And than the&s;e men of war<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> returned agayne to y^e hoo&s;t / they of &s;aynt Ma|cayre knewe well / howe they coude nat long <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">+dure / and it was dayly &s;hewed the~ / that if they were taken by force they &s;hulde all dye without mercy / wherof they douted. And the comons &s;e+cretly treated with y^e frenchmen to yelde vp the towne their lyues and goodes &s;aued. The me~ of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> within parceyuing well their ententes douted greatly the comons / y^t they &s;huld make some yuell bargayne for them. Wherfore they brue the~ to the ca&s;tell / whiche was right &s;trong and able to be kept / &amp; therin they put all y^t they had / &amp; &s;ome pyllage of the towne: than they of the towne, yelded vp / &amp; put the~ &s;elfe vnder the o|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ey&s;ance of the frenche kyng. Tidynges ca~e to the duke whyle he lay at &s;iege before Mout&s;e|gu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e / how that y^e duches his wyfe was at Tho+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ou&s;e / &amp; was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> delyuered of a &s;onne / wherof the duke and all his hoo&s;t was right ioyou&s;e / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> were of the more hardynes / to atempt dedes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> armes. A&s;&s;one as &s;aynt Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayre was gyue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">p / the duke entred &amp; all his / and ea&s;ed and re|fre&s;&s;hed the~ / for in the towne was good loging and well furny&s;&s;hed. &amp; &s;o y^e ca&s;tell was h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ged and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">gy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ey&s;ed before it the which dyd <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ylous great &s;tones of yron / which great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">hed the~ within. And thus whyle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> at this &s;iege true tidynges ca~e to him of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Duras &amp; of the lorde Ro&s;en / brought by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> haraud&abis; / &amp; that was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ely how they were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">the become engly&s;&s;he agayne. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke &s;ayd / let vs make an end here &amp; than I wyll go and lay &s;iege before Duras / &amp; &s;o made a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ir&s;e a&s;&s;aut to the ca&s;tell / for he wolde nat <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">nd him. And they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell &s;awe how they were a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ailed on all &s;ydes and codde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> no <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">onfort / and &s;awe well how the duke nor the ca~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">able wolde nat de&abper;te thens tyll they had y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca|&s;tell at their wyll o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ther with fayrne&s;&s;e or fou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|ne&s;&s;e. So all thynge co~&s;ydred / they fell in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> yelded vp the ca&s;tell / their lyues &amp; goodes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; &amp; they were receyued &amp; coueyed to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> And &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Macayres towne &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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was become frenche / and therin the duke made newe capitayns / and than di&s;loged and toke y^e way towarde Duras / and &s;o long he rode that he came before Duras. And at the fir&s;te apro|chyng the duke ordayned to a&s;&s;ayle the towne / and euery man prepared for the &s;aut / &amp; the cro&s;+bowes before well paue&s;&s;ed. And &s;o they apro|ched to the towne / and &s;ome had ladders redy to mount / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a &s;ore and a cruell a&s;&s;aut and &s;uche as mounced / fought hande to hande with the~ within. This a&s;&s;aut endured a longe &s;pace / on the ladders <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were done many fea+tes of armes / as in fightynge hande to hande. This a&s;&s;aut endured the mo&s;t parte of the day than at la&s;t the trumpettes &s;owned the retreat / and &s;o euery man drewe to his logyng for that night. The &s;ame tyme there came to the hoo&s;t / &s;ir Alayne de la Haye / and &s;ir Alayne of &s;aynt Poule / and with them a great company of bre+tons / who had ryden towarde Lyburne / &amp; had a&s;&s;ayled an engly&s;&s;he gary&s;on / named Cadyl|lac / the whiche they had taken byforce / &amp; &s;layne all them within. In the mornynge / the duke of Aniou co~maunded euery man to go to the a&s;|&s;aut: de&s;yringe them to do their be&s;t / and by a haralude made to be cryed through the hoo&s;t / who &s;oeuer entred fir&s;t in to Duras / &s;hulde ha+ue in rewarde / fyue hu~dred frankes. For couy|tou&s;ne&s;&s;e of wynning of this rewarde / many a one auaunced and ico&abper;ded them&s;elfe / &s;o there were many ladders anone reared vp agayn&s;t the walles. There was a feir&s;e a&s;&s;aute / for the yong knightes and &s;quyers de&s;yring to auau~|ce their bodyes / adue~tured them &s;elfe right va+liantly. The lorde of Langurant was mou~ted vpon a ladder / his &s;werde in his hande one of the fir&s;t / and payned him &s;elfe moch to haue en+tred fir&s;t into the towne / nat for wynning of the fyue hundred fra~kes / but to exalt his name: for he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed with y^e lorde of Duras / bycau&s;e he was tourned &s;o lightly engly&s;&s;he a|gayne. The lorde Langurant dyde that daye marueyls in armes / &s;o that his owne men / and al&s;o &s;trangers had marueyle of his dedes. He auau~ced hym&s;elfe &s;o moche forwarde / that he put his lyfe in great ieopardy. For they within by clene force ra&s;ed the helme of his heed / and &s;o had ben deed withoute remedy and a &s;quyer of his hadde nat ben / who folowed him &s;o nere that he rouered hym with his targe. And the lorde and he togyder di&s;cended downe the lad|der lytell &amp; lytell / and in their dy&s;cendyng they receyued on y^e targe many a great &s;troke. they were greatly pray&s;ed of all that &s;awe them. Al|&s;o there was &s;ir Try&s;tram of Roy / and &s;ir Per+cyuall Daneuall on another ladder / a&s;&s;ayling and &s;autyng right valiantly. In lyke wi&s;e dyd &s;ir John~ Jumont and &s;ir John~ of Ro&s;ey / eche of them doyng marueyls in armes / and at ano+ther lope of the wall on a ladder / there was the lorde of Sereell / and fought hande to hande with his enemyes / &s;o that euery man that &s;awe hym &s;ayd / if there were any likely to entre in to the towne / he was &s;emyng to be the fir&s;t. The knight dyde nat aduenture hym &s;elfe all onely for the profyte / but rather to gette honour: but the fortunes of warre be ryght peryllous / and &s;o it happed to hym / for he was putte downe fe+er&s;ly with a glayue / &s;o that he fell downe to the botome of the dyke / and with the fall brake his necke / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he dyed. And in lyke ca&s;e dyed an other &s;quyer of Bretayne / who bare in his armes: goules / two cheurons chekard: golde / &s;yluer / and a&s;ure: of who&s;e dethe the con&s;table was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. Than the a&s;&s;aut began to be <ABBR>fier&s;ar</ABBR> on euery part / the lorde of Mucyde~t proued that day a good knyght / &amp; &s;hewed well by his dedes howe he was a true frenche man. So thus byforce the towne of Duras was co~|quered / and the fir&s;t that entred was &s;ir Try|&s;tram of Roy and &s;ir John~ of Ro&s;ey: than the men of warre within the towne fledde in to the ca&s;tell.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe yuan of wales layd &s;iege to Mortayne / and howe the &s;cott&abis; toke by &s;telthe the ca&s;tell of Berwyke: a|gayn&s;t the wyll of the kynge of En|glande. Cap. CCC .xxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus the towne of Du+ras was take~ and all &s;layne that were within / than the men of warre toke their lo|gyng / and vnarmed them &amp; toke their ea&s;e. the next mor+nyng the con&s;table of Frau~+ce mounted on his hor&s;e &amp; the mar&s;hall of Fra~|ce with him / and went and aduy&s;ed well the ca+&s;tell / and toke good hede on what &s;yde it were moo&s;t be&s;t to a&s;&s;ayle it. And all thynges con&s;y+dred / they &s;awe well the ca&s;tell was right &s;tron+ge and harde to wyn / without long &s;iege: and &s;o they returned and &s;hewed this to the duke of
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Aniou. It maketh no mater &abquod; the duke / for I haue &s;ayd and &s;worne that I wyll nat departe hens / tyll I haue the ca&s;tell at my wyll. Than the con&s;table an&s;wered. Sir / with godd&abis; gra|ce / ye&s;hall nat befor&s;worne. Than they reared vp all their engyns agayn&s;t the ca&s;tell / &amp; whan they within &s;awe the dealyng of the~ in the tow|ne and of the frenchmen / con&s;ydering howe the a&s;&s;autynge &s;hulde be right perylous for them. Than they thought to fall intreatie / and &s;o en+treated with the con&s;table to take them to mer|cy / their lyues and good&abis; &s;aued / and &s;o to yelde vp the ca&s;tell. The duke of Anio we toke coun|&s;ayle / and by the aduy&s;e of the con&s;table / who wolde nat by his wyll trauayle any more his people. The thirde day receyued the~ to mercy / and &s;o they departed and were brought thyder as they wolde be / and &s;o the con&s;table toke po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of the ca&s;tell / but as I was enfourmed: the duke of Aniou co~maunded / that the ca&s;tell &s;hulde be beten downe. and &s;o after y^e conque&s;t of the ca&s;tell and towne of Duras / the duke of Aniou ordayned to abyde there: &s;ir Johan of Jumont / &s;ir Tri&s;tram of Roye and &s;ir Johan of Ro&s;ey with a hundred &s;peares / to kepe there the fronters agayn&s;t Burdelois. and the duke thought to returne to Tholou&s;e / to &s;e the good lady his wife who was as tha~ newly churched of a fayre &s;onne. &amp; he thought at her churchyng to kepe a great fee&s;t at Tholou&s;e / and he ordey+ned in all &s;uche townes as he hadde conquered men of warre / and gary&s;ons to re&s;y&s;t pu&s;antly agayn&s;t his enemyes: and &s;ayd to yuan of Wa+les. Sir: ye&s;hall take in your charge / bretons poicteuyns / and angeuyns: and ye&s;hall go in to Poictou and ley &s;iege to Mortaigne / on the &s;ee whiche the lorde of Le&s;trade kepeth / &amp; come nat thens for no maner of commau~dement fro the kyng or fro any other / tyll&s;uch &s;ea&s;on as ye haue y^e full po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion therof / for it is a gary&s;on that hath done moch trouble to vs. &s;ir: &abquod; yuan to the be&s;te of my power / I &s;hall do your com|maundement. Than the duke ordayned and a+poynted all them that &s;hulde go with yuan in to Poyctou / and &s;o they departed fro the duke to the nombre of fyue hu~dred &s;peares and toke the way in to Xaynton / to goo towardes &s;aynt John~s Dangle. And the duke / the co~&s;table / the lorde of Coucy / the mar&s;hall of Frau~ce / and &s;ir Johan and &s;ir Peter of Bulle / returned backe to Tholou&s;e / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fou~de the duches newly puryfied / at which tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was made great fee&s;t and iu&s;tyng. than after the con&s;table and the lorde Coucy retourned into Fraunce / and the mar&s;hall of Sanxere went in to Auuergne to ayde the baro~s / &s;uch as made warre again&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen / who were in Limo&s;yn / in Au+uergne and on the frontres there. &para; Howe let vs &s;hewe howe yuan of Wales layed &s;iege the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on before Mortayne / and howe he co~+&s;trayned them within the gary&s;on.</P>
<P>_THis yuan of Wales was <ABBR>gladd</ABBR> to obey the commaundement of the duke of Aniou / for he knewe well what &s;oeuer the duke dyde / it was the plea&s;ure of the kyng. And al&s;o he knewe well that the kynge bare all the char|ges of his enterpri&s;es: and &s;o came in to Xayn|tes in Poitou / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> refre&s;&s;hed them in that plentyfull countrey. And in his company was the lorde of Pouns / the lorde of Thouars / the lorde of Umaroy&s;e / the lorde Jaques of Sur|geres / and great no~bre of knightes and &s;quy|ers of Poictou. And of the bretons &amp; normans / there were capitayns / &s;ir Mores of Try&s;iqdy &s;ir Alayne Hou&s;ey / &s;ir Alayne of &s;aynt Poule / &s;ir Percyuall Daneuall / Wylliam of Mount|comptor / and the lorde of Momorette his bro|ther. The&s;e men of warre departed whan they were redy / and went &amp; layed &s;iege before Mor|tayne / whiche was the fayre&s;t and &s;tronge&s;t ca+&s;tell &s;tandyng on the ryuer of Garon / and nere to the mouthe of the &s;ee. Thus yuan and his co~+pany layed &s;iege before Mortaigne / and made ba&s;tydes lytell and lytell / and prepared for all thynges nece&s;&s;arie / for they knewe well by a&s;|&s;aut they &s;hulde neuer wynne the ca&s;tell / nor by no way: &s;auyng by long &s;iege and by famyne. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> yuan ordayned four ba&s;tydes about the ca&s;tell / &s;o that none coude reuitayle the towne / nother by lande nor by &s;ee. And y^e yong knigh|tes and &s;quyers / de&s;iryng to auaunce their bo|dyes / went often tymes to the barryers of y^e ca|&s;tell and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with the~ within / and they with the~. And &s;o bytwene them <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done many a proper feate of armes. Within the ca|&s;tell there was a knight called the Souldiche / who was a ga&s;coyn a right valyant knight / &amp; a good man of armes / by who&s;e coun&s;aile they within were ruled / as moche as by their capi|tayns. Wyne and vitayls they had within &s;uf|ficyent / but of other &s;mall nece&s;&s;aries they had great &s;carcyte durynge the &s;iege. Kyng Char|les of Frau~ce though he helde hym&s;elfe at Pa|rys / and &s;ported him at his <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> without ar+myng of his owne &abper;&s;on. yet he kept <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in di+uers places agayn&s;t the~gli&s;&s;hmen his enemys
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and gatte hym alyaunces / as well within the realme / as in any other countrey aboute / more than any of his predece&s;&s;ours / of foure or fyue kynges had before. And greatly he helde them in loue / &s;uche as he thought to haue any ayde by. And bycau&s;e he &s;awe well kyng Richard of Englande was but yong &amp; the realme in trou|ble and di&s;corde. Therfore he &s;ent in to Scot|land dyuers tymes / bothe to kyng Robert and to kynge Dauyd his vncle / alwayes to enter|tayne them in loue. De&s;yring the~ euer to make good and &s;harpe <ABBR>warr</ABBR> on thengly&s;&s;hmen / and &s;o to traueyle them / that they &s;huld haue no pu+i&s;&s;aunce to pa&s;&s;e ouer the &s;ee. In &s;o moche / &s;o it happed that kynge Robert of Scotlande / the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on that kyng Edwarde y^e thirde was deed / and kyng Rycharde crowned: he a&s;&s;em|bled his cou~&s;ayle at Edenborowe in Scotla~de where as were the moo&s;t parte of all the baro|nes and knyghtes of Scotlande and of other / &s;uche as he thought &s;hulde do him &s;eruyce / &s;he|wyng them howe thengly&s;&s;hmen in tyme pa&s;t / hadde done them many great inconuenyences as in brennynge of their countreys / beatynge downe their ca&s;tles / &s;tayeng and raun&s;omyng their men / &s;ayeng al&s;o. Sirs: nowe is y^e tyme come that we may be well reuenged / for no we there is but a yonge kynge in Englande / for kyng Edwarde is deed / who was wonte to ha|ue &s;o good fortune. Than the barownes and yong knyghtes that were there / &s;uche as de&s;y|red to be reue~ged of the domage done to them by the~gly&s;&s;hmen / an&s;wered all with one voyce howe they were all redy apparelled to ryde in to Englande / and it were the &s;ame daye or the next / or whan it plea&s;ed hym. This aun&s;were plea&s;ed greatly the kyng of Scotes and than|ked them all / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng ordeyned four erles / to be as chefe capitayns of all the men of warre. And that was the erle Duglas / the erle Moret therle of Maure / and the erle of Sur|lant / &amp; the con&s;table of Scotlande &s;ir Archam+balt Duglas / and the mar&s;hall of the hoo&s;t / &s;ir Robert Uer&s;y. And &s;o they made their &s;omons to be at a certayne day at Morlane / and in the makynge of this a&s;&s;emble / there departed fro them a valiant&s;quier of Scotland called Aly|&s;ander Ram&s;ey / who thought to enter pri&s;e to acheue a great feate of armes / &amp; toke with him fortie well mounted / and rode &s;o long by night priuely that by the day in the morning he came to Berwyke whiche was engli&s;&s;he / &amp; capitayn of the towne was a &s;quyer of the erle of Nor|thumberlandes / named Johan By&s;et: and in the ca&s;tell was capitayne a valyant knight / cal+led &s;ir Robert Abenton. Whan the &s;cotes were come to Berwyke / they kept the~ &s;elfe priuy and &s;ente a &s;pye to the towne and to the ca&s;tell / to &s;e in what co~dicyon it was / the &s;pye entred dow|ne in to the dyk&abis; / where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no water nor none coude abyde there / for it was all a quycke boylyng &s;ande. And &s;o the &s;pye loked and har|kened all aboute / but he coulde nat here nor &s;e no creature / and &s;o he returned and &s;hewed all that to his mai&s;ter. Than Aly&s;ander Ram&s;ey auaun&s;ed for the / and brought all his company priuely into the dykes / and had with them lad|ders / and &s;o dre&s;&s;ed them vp to the walles. Aly+&s;ander was one of the fir&s;t y^e mounted vp with his &s;werde in his hande / and &s;o entred in to the ca&s;tell / and all his company folowed hym / for there was none that with&s;tode the~. And whan they were all within / than they went to y^e chefe towre / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the capitayne was a &s;lepe / and &s;o there &s;odenly with great axes they brake vp the dore. The capitayne &s;odenly awoke &amp; had &s;lept all night / and had made but &s;mall watche the which he derely bought. And &s;o opened his chambre dore / wenyng to him the noy&s;e had be made by &s;ome of his owne &s;oudiers that wold haue robbed or murdred hym in his bedde / by|cau&s;e he had di&s;plea&s;ed them the weke before / &amp; &s;o lept out of a wyndowe downe into the dykes in great feare / without order or good aduy&s;e / &s;o that with the fall he brake his necke and ther he dyed. The watchmen were halfe a &s;lepe and herde the noy&s;e and woke / and parceyued well howe the ca&s;tell was &s;caled and betrayed / and &s;o &s;owned in a trumpet trahey / trahey. Johan By&s;et capitayne of y^e towne / hearyng the voice of a trumpe armed him / and cau&s;ed all them of the towne to be armed / and &s;o drewe all before the ca&s;tell / and herde well the noy&s;e that the &s;cot+tes made within / but they coulde nat entre in / for the gate was &s;hytte and the bridge drawen. Than the capitayne Johan By&s;et remembred him of a great aduyce / and &s;ayd to them of the towne / that were aboute hym: Lette vs breke downe the &s;tayes of the brige on this &s;yde / and than they within can nat y&s;&s;ue w^tout our dan|ger. Inco~tynent with axes they beate downe y^e bridge &amp; &s;tayes therof towarde the towne. And than John~ By&s;et &s;ent a me&s;&s;anger to Anwyke a .xii. lytell myles thens to the lorde Percy / cer+tifyeng him of all y^e mater. de&s;yring him to co~e without delay with &s;ome great puy&s;&s;aunce / to re&s;cue agayne the ca&s;tell of Berwyke / &s;o taken by &s;telthe by the &s;cottes. And moreouer Johan
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By&s;ette &s;ayd to Thomelyn Fryant / who was the me&s;&s;anger / &s;he we to my lorde in what ca&s;e ye leaue vs / &amp; howe the &s;cottes are clo&s;ed with|in the ca&s;tell and canne nat y&s;&s;ue out / without they leape ouer the walles: and therfore de&s;yre hym to make the more ha&s;t. <ABBR>Aly&s;ander</ABBR> Ram|&s;ey and his company / who had thus &s;caled the ca&s;tell of Berwike / and thought they had done a great enterprice / and &s;o they had don in dede and Johan By&s;et had nat prouyded a&s;odayne remedy: for els they had ben al&s;o lordes of the towne. And &s;o they &s;lewe of theym within the ra&s;tell whome it plea&s;ed them and the re&s;ydne they toke pri&s;oners / and &s;hytte them vp fa&s;t in a towre. Than they &s;ayd: nowe let vs go dow|ne in to the towne for it is ours / and let vs take all the good therin &amp; the riche men of y^e towne / and bringe them all in to this ca&s;tell / and tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">+&s;ette fyre on the towne: for it is nat to be kepte by vs. And within thre or foure dayes we &s;hall haue re&s;cue out of Scotlande / &s;o that we &s;hall &s;aue all our pyllage / and at our departyng / let vs &s;ette fyre in the ca&s;tell / and &s;o pay our hoo&s;t. To which purpo&s;e they all agreed / for they de+&s;yred all to wynne &s;ome pyllage. And &s;o they toke eche of them a glayue in their ha~des / they founde ynowe in the ca&s;tell / and &s;o opened the gate and let downe the bridge. And whan the bridge was downe / the ropes y^e helde it brake a&s;ondre / for the re&s;tyng place of the brige was broken awaye towarde the towne. And whan Johan By&s;et &s;awe the maner of them / than he and all his company began to &s;houte and crye / and &s;ayd. A&s;irs / kepe you there: ye &s;hall nat de+parte thens without our leaue. and whan Aly|&s;ander Ram&s;ey &s;awe the maner of them with|out. Than he &s;awe and knewe well / howe they were aduy&s;ed of his beyng in the ca&s;tell / and &s;o clo&s;ed agayne the gate for feare of &s;hotte / and fortifyed the ca&s;tell / thinkynge to haue kept it / and dyd ca&s;t out in to the dykes all the deed me~ and putte vp in to a towre all their pri&s;oners. They thought the place was &s;tronge ynough to kepe long / or at lee&s;t tyll &s;ome re&s;cue myght come to them out of Scotland / for the barons and knightes of Scotlande were a&s;&s;emblyng togyder at Morlane and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / and al&s;o therle Duglas was departed fro Alque&s;t / and was come to Dombare.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the &s;quier &s;ent by Jo+han By&s;et to Anwyke / to the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande / &s;ignyfieng hym all this &s;ayd aduenture.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Northu~berlande wan agayne the ca&s;tell of Berwike / and howe he entred puy&s;&s;antly in to Scotlande. Cap. C C C .xxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_SO longe rode Thome|lyn Fryant that he ca~e to An|wyke early in the mornynge / and the lorde Percy / was as than in his bedde. Neuerthe+le&s;&s;e he dyde &s;o moche that he &s;pake with hym / for his bu&s;y+ne&s;&s;e had ha&s;t / and &s;ayd. Sir: the &s;cottes hath this mornyng taken by &s;telth the ca&s;tell of Ber+wyke. And &s;ir the capitayne of the towne hath &s;ente me hyder to you / to gyue you knowledge therof / &s;eyng ye be warden of all this countre. Whanne the erle herde tho&s;e tidynges he made ha&s;t as moche as he might / to conforte them of Berwike / and &s;ent out letters and me&s;&s;angers ouer all the cou~tre to knightes &s;quyers &amp; other to co~e to Berwike inco~tyne~t / to helpe and ayde hym agayn&s;t the &s;cottes / who hadde taken by &s;telth the ca&s;tell of Berwyke. Anone this was knowen through the cou~tre / and &s;o euery man departed fro their owne hou&s;es knightes / &s;qui+ers / archers / and cro&s;bowes. And to Anwyke came the lorde Neuyll / the lorde Lucy / y^e lorde of Blelles / y^e lorde of Gray&s;toke / the lorde &s;taf|forde / the capitayne of Newca&s;tell / and a right valyant knight called &s;ir Thom~s Mo&s;graue. And &s;o fir&s;t came to Berwyke the erle of Nor|thumberlande / and euery day people came thy+der to hym / &s;o that he was a tenne thou&s;ande+men / or there about. and than be&s;ieged the ca|&s;tell &s;o nere / that a byrde coulde nat come oute without knowledge. And than they began to myne vnder the ca&s;tell / the &s;oner to co~e to their ententes of the &s;cottes / and to wynne agayne the ca&s;tell. Than tidynges came to the barow|nes of Scotlande / howe the erle / barownes / knightes / and &s;quiers / of Northumberlande / habde be&s;ieged their company in the ca&s;tell of Berwike. And &s;o they were all determyned to go and rey&s;e vp the &s;iege / and to refre&s;&s;he and vitayle the ca&s;tell / and they all &s;ayd: howe Aly+&s;aunder Ram&s;eys enterprice / was valyauntly atempted. And &s;ir Archambault Duglas con|&s;table of Scotlande / &s;ayde. Aly&s;aunder is my co&s;yn: it cometh of a noble gentyll hert / to en|terpri&s;e &s;uche a feate / as for to wynne the ca&s;tell of Berwyke / and we ought all greatly to com|fort and helpe hym in his dede. And if we may
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the &s;iege, it &s;hall tourne to our great no|blene&s;&s;e wherfore lette vs go thyder. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they ordayned who &s;hulde go with hym &amp; who &s;hulde byde. And &s;o he toke with hym fyue hun+dred &s;peares of the be&s;t of all the hoo&s;t: and &s;o they rode for the towarde Berwyke. Tidyng&abis; came to the engly&s;&s;he lordes at Berwyke / how the &s;cottes were comynge to rey&s;e their &s;iege &amp; to reuitayle the ca&s;tell. Than they went to cou~|&s;ayle / and &s;o determyned to take a place and to abyde their enemyes and to fight with them / it was all their de&s;yre. and &s;o the lorde Percy cau+&s;ed all his company to be redy armed and apa|relled to fight / and to make their mu&s;ters. and &s;o they founde them &s;elfe to the nombre of thre thou&s;ande men of armes / and &s;euyn thou&s;ande archers. And whan the erle&s;awe that he had &s;o great a nombre he &s;ayd / lette vs kepe our place we are men ynough to fight with all the puy&s;|&s;aunce of Scotlande. And &s;o they abode in a fayre playne without Berwike / in two batails in good order. And they had nat been there the &s;pace of an houre / but that they &s;awe certayne currours of the &s;cottes well hor&s;ed / ridynge to aduy&s;e thengli&s;&s;he hoo&s;t. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were certayne knight&abis; and &s;quyers wolde gladly haue ryden to them to haue &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with them / but the lorde Percy wolde nat &s;uffre them: but &s;ayde let their hole bataile come / for if they wyll fight with vs they wyll aproche nerer to vs. So the engly&s;&s;hmen kept them &s;elfe &s;tyll clo&s;e togyder and the &s;cottes came &s;o nere them / that they ad+uy&s;ed well their two batayls / and the nombre of their people. And whan the&s;e currours had well aduy&s;ed the dealyng of the engly&s;&s;hmen / than they retourned to their mai&s;ters / and &s;he|wed them all that they had &s;ene / and &s;ayd. &s;irs / we haue ryden &s;o nere to the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / y^t we haue well aduy&s;ed all their behauyng / and &s;irs / we &s;ay vnto you: they be redy abidyng for you in two fayre batails in a fayre playne / and in euery batayle a .v. thou&s;and men. Therfore nowe take good aduy&s;e / we aproched them &s;o nere that they &abper;ceyued well howe we were cur+rours of Scotlande / but they wolde nat &s;tyrre nor &s;end out one man to rynne at vs. Whan &s;ir Archambalt Duglas and the knight&abis; of Scot+lande herde that tidynges they were pen&s;yue / and &s;ayd / we can nat &s;e that it &s;hulde be for our profyte to ryde as nowe agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;he|men for they are ten agayn&s;t one of vs &amp; all cho+&s;en men wherfore we may lo&s;e more than wyn / and of a foly&s;&s;he en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">price cometh no good / as it proueth nowe by Aly&s;ander Ram&s;ey / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was an vncle of Aly&s;anders / called &s;ir Wylly|am Lind&s;ey / who dyde great payne to confort his nephue. Sayeng / &s;irs: on the tru&s;t of you my nephue hath made this enterprice / and ta|ken the ca&s;tell of Berwike. It wyll tourne you all to great blame if ye le&s;e him thus / and <ABBR>par|aduentur</ABBR> herafter / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is none that wyll be &s;o ha&s;ty to inpart &s;uche another ca&s;e. They than an&s;wered and &s;ayd: they coude nat amende it / nor it was nat behouefull that &s;o many noble+men as was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / &s;hulde put them &s;elfe in adue~+ture to be lo&s;t / for the re&s;cuynge of one &s;quyer. And than they determyned to retourne agayn into their owne cou~tre / and lodge on the moun+tayns be&s;yde the ryuer of Twyde / and &s;o they withdrue thyder at good lay&s;er. And whan the erle of Northumberlande / and the erle of No|tyngham / and the other barones of Englande parceyued that the &s;cottes came nat forwarde / they &s;ent forthe their currours to knowe where they were beco~e / and they brought wordehow they were gone towarde Morlan / beyond the ca&s;tell of Ro&s; bourge. And than agayn&s;t night the engly&s;&s;hmen drewe agayne to their logyn|ges and made good watche that night / and in the morning euery man was redy aparelled to go and a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;tell / &amp; &s;o there was a fer&s;e a&s;&s;aute / whiche endured almoo&s;t all the day. ye neuer &s;e more hardyer men of &s;o fewe / than the &s;cottes were / nor that better defe~ded a place than they dyde. For the engly&s;&s;hmen had lad|ders / whiche they reared vp to the walles / and the engly&s;&s;hmen mou~ted vp on them with tar|ges before them / and &s;o came and fought with the &s;cottes hande to hande / and &s;ome of the~ ca&s;t downe into the dikes. And that thyng y^e moo&s;t troubled the &s;cottes was the archers / who &s;hot &s;o holy toguyder / that almoo&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none dur&s;t come to the defence of the wall. So long this a&s;&s;aut contynued / that at la&s;t the engly&s;&s;h+men entred in byforce / and there &s;lewe as ma|ny as they <ABBR>found</ABBR> / nat one of all them that were within that &s;caped / but all were &s;layne: except Aly&s;ander Ram&s;ay / who was taken pri&s;oner. Thus the ca&s;tell of Berwyke was delyuered fro the &s;cottes: and the erlemade Johan By&s;et capitayne there / and he newly repayred the ca&s;tell and made the bridge newe agayne that was taken.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Northu~berlande and the erle of Notyngham / and the other engli&s;&s;hmen entred with great puy&s;&s;aunce in to the realme of Scot|lande. Cap. CCC .xxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the wynning agayn of the ca&s;tell of Berwyke the erles of Northumberland &amp; Notyngham / whiche were two of the greate&s;t men in al the engly&s;&s;h hoo&s;t / wha~ they had a&s;&s;embled all their men togyder / they determyned to ryde after their e|nemyes / and if they coude fynde them to fyght with them. And &s;o early in a mornyng they de|parted / &amp; toke the way towardes Ro&s;ebourge / a long by the ryuer of Twyde. And whan they had ryden togyder y^e &s;pace of two leages / than they toke newe coun&s;aile / and &s;o deuyded their company / and &s;ent one parte toward Mauros a great abbey of blacke mo~kes / by the ryuer of Aude / the whiche was the departure of bothe realmes / to thente~t to &s;e or knowe if they might fynde any &s;cottes there. And the other parte of their company rode towarde Morlane / thyn|kynge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by one of the&s;e two wayes they &s;hulde here &s;ome tidynges of the &s;cottes. &amp; of the com|pany that rode to Mauros was capitayne / &s;ir Thomas Mo&s;egraue / and with hym thre hun+dred &s;peares / &amp; as many archers. And &s;o thus they departed / the one ridyng on y^e ryght hand and the other on the left hande / and &s;ir Thom~s Mo&s;egraue and his &s;onne rode &s;o longe / that they came to Mauros / and there toke their lod+gyng at a good hour / to refre&s;he them &s;elfe and their hor&s;es. and to knowe iu&s;tly <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the &s;cot+tes were become / they &s;ent forthe two &s;quyers well hor&s;ed / and &s;uche as knewe the countre / to &s;e if they coulde here any tidyng&abis; of the~. The&s;e two &s;quiers whan they were departed fro their mai&s;ters rode &s;o longe that &s;odenly they were in a bu&s;&s;hment of the &s;cottes / of whome &s;ir Wyl+lyam Lynd&s;ey was chefe / &amp; was at aduenture to &s;e if he coude here any tidynges of Berwike and howe his nephue Aly&s;ander Ram&s;ay had &s;pedde in y^e ca&s;tell of Berwyke / or to here &s;ome tidynges of thengly&s;&s;hmen. He had in his com+pany a .xl. &s;peares. A&s;&s;oone as the&s;e two &s;quy|ers were entred within their bu&s;&s;hement / they were &s;odenly be&s;et rounde about and &s;o taken / wherof the knight had great ioye / and demau~|ded of them fro whens they came / and &s;o they were in teare to &s;peke / and loth to dy&s;couer the dedes of their may&s;tres / but it behoued theym to &s;peke / for the knyght &s;ayd: they &s;hulde lea&s;e their heedes / if they tolde him nat the trouth of euery thyng / that he wolde demaunde of them. And whan they &s;awe there was none other re|medy they &s;pake / and &s;hewed howe the ca&s;tell of Berwyke was wonne agayne / and all that were within &s;layne / except Aly&s;a~der Ram&s;ay. And howe therle of Northumberlande and the erle of Notyngham / were ryden a long by the ryuer of Twyde to fynde the &s;cottes / and howe &s;ir Thom~s Mo&s;egraue &amp; his &s;onne / &s;ir John~ A&s;heton / and &s;ir Richard Beton / with thre hu~|dred &s;peares &amp; as many archers / were lodged and taryed at the abbey of Mauros / and al&s;o howe they were &s;ent to knowe iu&s;tly where the &s;cottes were. By my faythe &abquod; &s;ir Wylliam of Lynd&s;ay / ye haue nowe founde vs / howbeit ye &s;hall tary with vs / than they were delyuered to be&s;auely kept fro &s;tartyng away. And &s;ir Wyl|liam of Lind&s;ey called a man of armes to him / and &s;ayd. Go your way and ryde to our hoo&s;t / and &s;hewe them all that ye haue harde of the en+gli&s;&s;hmen / and I woll abyde here &s;tyll tyll it be nyght to &s;e if I canne here any more tidynges. And &s;o this me&s;&s;anger rode forthe / tyll he came to a great village beyond Morlan / called Ho~d+bray on the ryuer of Twyde / among the mou~|tayns / where there was fayre medowes and a good countre / wherfore the &s;cottes taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> In the euenyng thyder ca~e the &s;quier / &amp; founde there the erle Duglas / the erle Morette / therle of Surlant / and &s;ir Archambalt Duglas / and the other &s;cottes. than the &s;quyer was brought to the&s;e lordes / to whome he &s;hewed all the ma|ter (as ye haue herde before) and whan the &s;cot+tes vnder&s;tode howe y^e ca&s;tell of Berwike was conquered agayne they were &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;orowfull / howe be it they were recomfor|ted agayne / whan they herde howe &s;ir Thom~s Mo&s;graue and his &s;onne / and other knyghtes and &s;quiers of England were lodged at Mau|ros. than they determyned to go thyder and di|&s;lodge their enemys / and to a&s;&s;ay if they coude recouer any parte of their domage / and &s;o they mou~ted and departed fro Hondbray / and rode towarde Mauros on the right hande / for they knewe well the countre. And &s;o they had come thyder before mydnight / but that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell &s;uch a rayne and wynde / the whiche &s;trake them &s;o in the faces / that the proude&s;t of theym was &s;o beaten with rayne and wynde / that they co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de &s;cant &s;yt on their hor&s;es. and their pages what
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &amp; we<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">re their may <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ers &s;peares but lette them fall / and &s;o brake euery man fro other / and lo&s;t their waye. Than the chiefe capitaynes re&s;ted priuely vnder a great wood &s;yde / and &s;uche k<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yghtes as were &s;age and wy&s;e &s;ayd howe they rode but foly&s;hly / for it was no good &s;ea&s;on at that tyme to ryde / &s;ay+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ng: howe they myght rather le&s;e therby than wyn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">. So they taryed and couered them and their hor&s;es vnder the trees / tyll the day began to a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ere &punc; and &s;uche as were were &amp; colde / made fyers to warme them / but or they coulde make any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yre they endured moche payne / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wod was gr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ne and the grounde wete. This rayne and wether endured tyll the &s;onne ro&s;e / tha~ the wether <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">an to clere vp / and the &s;onne &s;hone &punc; and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arkes began to &s;ynge. Than the&s;e ca|p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tayns drewe to gyder to take coun&s;ayll what they &s;hu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> do / for they had fayled of their en|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">nt as to coe to Mauro&s;e by nyght tyme / than it was thought b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t y^t they &s;hulde there refre&s;h them &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> and their hor&s;es / and to &s;ende out a|br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters"> foragers / and &s;o they dyd. and they rode abrode in to villages there be&s;yde / and &s;o brought to their companyes haye &amp; hotes / for their hor&s;es / and vitayle for their may&s;ters. The &s;ame mornynge the engli&s;&s;hmen that lay at Mauros &s;ent out their foragers / &s;o that they and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">otty&s;&s;he foragers encountred eche o|ther / but there the engli&s;&s;hmen hadde none ad+uauntage for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers of them &s;layne and hurte <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">e of them lo&s;t. &s;o that tidynges <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ame to &s;ir Thom~s Mo&s;egraue and to the~ that were at Mauros / wherby they knewe that the &s;cottes were nat farre fro them. Than they founed their trompettes and &s;adled their hor&s;es / and armed them / and &s;o determyned to take the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">de / and &s;o they dyde. And anone the &s;cott&abis; knewe therof by their foragers than they made halte to refre&s;&s;he their hor&s;es / and &s;o ar|med them / and &s;ette them in good ordre of ba|tayll <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">r couert a long by y^e wode &s;yde. they were a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> hundred &s;peares / and two thou|&s;ande or other called yomen with glay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es / da|gers / and other wepyns of warre. than &s;ir Ar|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> Duglas / and the erle Duglas &s;ayd / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> can be none otherwy&s;e / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we &s;hall haue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> do for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> engli&s;&s;hmen rydeth this mornyng / therfore let vs be redy / and lette vs <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yght with them if we &s;e tyme conuenyent. and &s;o they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> out a certayne men of armes to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;couer their enemyes / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aryed the~ &s;elf &s;tyll in their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Thomas Mo&s;egraue &amp; the engli&s;&s;hmen were di&s;comfytted by the &s;cottes. And of the deth of the frenche quene. Cap. CCC .xxv.</HEAD>
<P>_SIr Thomas Mo&s;egraue and his &s;onne &amp; the engli&s;&s;he+men / who de&s;yred greatly to fynde y^e &s;cottes / departed fro Mauros / and toke the waye towardes Morlane / and left the ryuer of Twyde on their left ha~des / &amp; went vp a mountayne called &s;aynt Gylle / and there were the &s;coty&s;he currours / who ryght well ad+uy&s;ed the engli&s;&s;hmen / and &s;o returned to their company and &s;hewed them all the dealynge of the engli&s;&s;hmen / and howe to their e&s;timacyon they were nat pa&s;t thre baners / and .x. penons. of the whiche tydinges the &s;cottes were ryght ioyfull / &amp; &s;ayd all with one wyll: let vs go and ryde to them / in the name of god &amp; &s;aynt Gylle for they ar all ours / than they cryed all one cry Duglas &s;aynt Gylle. And they had nat ryden the &s;pace of halfe a leage / but they &s;awe their e|nemyes / and the engli&s;&s;hmen them. Tha~ eche party &s;awe well how it behoued them to fyght. And &s;o y^e erle Duglas made his &s;onne knyght / called &s;ir James / and made hym to rey&s;e his baner / and in lyke wy&s;e &s;o he dyde two &s;onnes of the kyng of &s;cottes / &s;ir Robert and &s;ir Da|uyd / and bothe rey&s;ed their baners. and there was made a .xxx. knyghtes on the Scotty&s;&s;he parte / &amp; a knyght of Suede / called &s;ir George of Be&s;mede / who bare in his armes <ABBR>&s;yluer</ABBR> / a myll pyn / gowles / a border endented gowles. Al&s;o &s;ir Thomas Mo&s;egraue made his &s;onne Thomas knyght / &amp; dyuers other of his hou&s;e in lyke wi&s;e &s;o dyd the lorde Stafforde and the lord Ga&s;cope / and &s;o they ordred their archers and &s;et them on the wynge / and thengli&s;&s;hmen cryed that day our lady of Arleton. There be|ganne a fer&s;e recounter / and archers began to &s;hote / and men of armes began to &s;tyrre. The &s;cottes were &s;o great a nombre / that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> archers coulde nat take hede in euery place / there was bytwene the &abper;ties many a goodly cour&s;e of a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|mes / and many a man ouerthrowen to the erth dyuers taken and re&s;kewed agayne at the be|gynnynge. Sir Archambalt Duglas was a mighty knight and a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ygge / and &s;ore feared of his enemyes / whan it came to the aprochynge he lyght a foote / and had in his handes a longe
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&s;werd / wherof the blade was two els of length it was to heuy for any other man lyghtly to lyft vp fro y^e erthe / but for him it was lyght ynough and he gaue therwith &s;uche &s;trokes / y^t whome &s;o euer he hytte full / wente to the erthe: &s;o that there was nat the hardie&s;t there / of the engli&s;&s;h parte / but that refu&s;ed his &s;trokes. There was a &s;ore batayle and well fought / as longe as hi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> endured / but that was nat long / for the &s;cottes were thre agayn&s;t one. I &s;ay nat nay: but that the engli&s;&s;hmen bare them &s;elfe ryght valyant+ly / howe beit fynally they were dy&s;comfytted / and &s;ir Thomas Mo&s;egraue taken pri&s;oner / and his &s;onne al&s;o: and dyuers other knightes and &s;quyers / &s;o that the &s;cottes had a &s;ixe &s;core of good pri&s;oners / and the cha&s;e endured to the ryuer of Twyde / and dyuers were &s;layne. Af|ter this <ABBR>di&s;co~fytur</ABBR> / the &s;cottes drewe into their owne countre / and determyned to go to E<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">en|bourge / for they knewe by their pri&s;oners that the erle of Northu~berlande / and therle of No|tyngham were in the countrey / by the ryuer of Twyde in the way towardes Ro&s;eburge / and howe they were men ynowe / to fyght with the power of Scotlande for a daye / wherfore they thought they myght well br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ke vp their army / and to drawe in to &s;aue garde to kepe their pri|&s;oners. they toke a better aduy&s;e to drawe hom+ward / for if they had gone agayne to their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lde lodgynge / they had been in a great aduenture to haue ben beaten / as I &s;hall &s;hewe you howe.</P>
<P>THe erle of Northumberlande / and the erle of Notyngham / and the ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ones of Englande / whan they departed fro Berwyke / &amp; &s;ir Thomas Mo&s;egraue departed fro them / they had knowlege by their &s;pyes / that the &s;cot+tes were lodged at Ho~dbray / wherof they were ryght ioyou&s;e / and &s;oo determyned to come on them in the nyght / and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rymy&s;&s;he with them. and &s;o they came thyder y^e &s;ame night that they were departed in the mornynge / but it rayned &s;o &s;ore that they coulde nat attayne to their en|trepri&s;e / and &s;o lay in the woodes tyll <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he mor|nynge / than they &s;ent out their &s;pyes to knowe where the &s;cottes were become / &amp; they brought worde agayne howe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he &s;cottes were departed and howe they coulde fynde none. Tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they drue towardes Mauros to here &s;ome ty<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yng&abis; of &s;ir Thomas Mo&s;egraue / and &s;ent a longe the ryuer currours to &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if they coulde here any tidynges of the &s;cottes. After the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ture of the felde &s;aint Gylle / as ye haue harde before the currorrs met with &s;ome of their owne com|pany &s;leynge as falt as they myght / and &s;o they &s;hewed all that euer they knewe of the batayle / and the currous retourned / and had with them &s;uche as they mette &s;lyeng / and &s;o tolde all the certaynte of the batayle / but they coude nat tell howe many were &s;layne / nor howe many were taken. Whan the engli&s;&s;h lordes herde the&s;e ty|dynges / they were than more pen&s;yue than be|fore / and good cau&s;e why. They were dy&s;plea|&s;ed for two cau&s;es: one bycau&s;e they hadde lo&s;t their men / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other bicau&s;e they coude nat fynde the &s;cottes / whom they de&s;yred &s;o &s;ore to fyght withall. &s;o they wolde fayne haue folowed but they wy&s;t nat what way the &s;cottes were gone / and nyght drewe on. than they went to Mau|ros and lodged there / and incontynent trewe worde ca~e to them of the batayle / and howe &s;ir Thom~s Mo&s;graue and his &s;on~e / and &s;ir&s;core+men of armes with them were taken pri&s;oners and the &s;cottes led them to Ede~borowe. Than thengli&s;&s;he lordes &s;awe well y^t it behoued them to bere this domage as for that pre&s;ent tyme / bi+cau&s;e they coude nat amende it / &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed that nyght a&s;well as they myght / &amp; in the mor|nynge they dy&s;loged / and the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande / gaue leue to euery man to departe home / &amp; he went into his owne cou~|trey. Thus brake vp that iourney / and parte of the &s;cottes went to Edenbourg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and therle Du+glas and his &s;on~e abode &s;tyll on the way to Al|que&s;t. And great tidynges ran ouer all Scot|lande / of the iourney that their men had made / and &s;o knyghtes &amp; &s;quiers toke their plea&s;ure with their pri&s;oners / and raun&s;omed them cur+te&s;ly as they ly&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of Scotlande for this pre&s;ente tyme / and lette vs &s;peke of o|ther in&s;ydentes that fell in Fraunce.</HEAD>
<P>&para; The &s;ame tyme in the monethe of February the frenche quene dyed / and as the p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;icyons &s;ayde through her owne faulte / for &s;he laye in chyld bed of a fayre lady named <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ateryne / who was after duches of Berrey / the qwene beyng in chyldbed was nat well at ea&s;e / and her phy&s;i+cions had defe~ded her in any wy&s;e that &s;he &s;hul+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&punc; nat enter in to no bayne / for they &s;ayd it was contrary to her di&s;&s;ea&s;e / and ryght perylus for her / All that nat with&s;tandyng &s;he wolde nedes be bayned / and &s;o &s;he was and &s;o fell &s;ycker and dyed. And &s;o kyng Charles of Fraunce was a wydower for he neuer maryed after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the warre began agayne bi+twene the naueroy&s;e and the frenche+men / and of the begynning of the ci&s;|me of holy churche. Ca. CCC .xxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the deth of the fre~che quene / dyed al&s;o the qwene of Nauer / &s;u&s;ter germayne to the frenche kyng. And af|ter the deth of this qwene of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / great murmuryng ro&s;e bytwene the &s;agemen &amp; cu&s;tomyers of the countie of Uire / whiche is in Normandy / the whiche by ryght &s;ucce&s;&s;yon of their mother &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">all to the kyng of Nauers children who were as than within age / and vn+der the rule and kepynge of their vncle / kynge Charles of Frau~ce. and kyng Charles of Na|uer was had in &s;uch &s;u&s;pect before tyme in that he had made / and con&s;ented and rey&s;ed &s;o ma|ny euilles and inco~uenyences in the realme of Fraunce / that he was nat worthy to holde any herytage in the realme of Fraunce / vnder the &s;hadowe of his children. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came out of Acquitayne y^e con&s;table of Frau~ce / who hadde ben all that &s;ea&s;on with the duke of Aniou. and brought with him in his company the lorde Mucydent of Ga&s;con / to &s;e the kyng / and to be acquaynted with him / and &s;o he dyd. Bytwene the kyng and the con&s;table <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was many &s;ecrete cou~&s;ayls / of the &s;tate of the realme of Fraunce and of Nauer / whiche was nat &s;o|denly knowen we &s;hall &s;hortly &s;peke of y^t ma|ter. But iu&s;tly to cronycle all matters that fell in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on in the worlde / I &s;hall &s;hewe you of the begynning of the pe&s;tylence and in|conuenyens / that began in the churche of god / wherby all chri&s;tendome was in great trouble and varyance: and therby many great mi&s;che|fes grewe and folowed.</P>
<P>yE haue harde here before / howe pope Gregorie the .xi. of that name / was in the cytie of Auygnon / &amp; whan he &s;awe that he coude finde no maner of peace to be had bitwene the kynges of Englande and Frau~ce / wherwith he was in great dy&s;plea&s;ure / for he had greatly trauelled there about / &amp; had made his cardynalles to do the &s;ame. Than he aduy+&s;ed him &s;elfe / and had a deuocion to go and re|uy&s;et Rome and the &s;ee apo&s;tolyke / the whiche &s;aynt Peter and &s;aynt Poule had edefyed. He had made before promy&s;e / that if euer he came to the degre to be pope / he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> neuer kepe his &s;ee / but there as &s;aynt Peter kepte his and or|dayned it. This pope was a man of feble com|plection and &s;ickly / and endured moche payne more than any other. And he thus beyng in A|uignon, was &s;o &s;ore lette with the be&s;yne&s;&s;es of Fraunce / and &s;o &s;ore traueyled with the kyng and his brethern / that with moch payne he had any ley&s;er to take hede any thyng to him &s;elfe / or to his churche. Than he &s;ayd to him &s;elfe / he wolde go farther of fro them to be at more re&s;t / and &s;o he cau&s;ed prouy&s;yon to be made on the ryuer of Gennes / and all the wayes as he &s;huld pa&s;&s;e / as it apertayned to &s;uche an highe a&s;tate as he was / and than he &s;ayd to his cardynals. Sirs: make you redy for I woll to Rome / of that mocyon his cardynalles were &s;ore aba&s;|&s;hed and di&s;plea&s;ed / for they loued nat the ro|mayns / and &s;o they wolde fayne haue tourned his purpo&s;e / but they coude nat. And whan the frenche kyng knewe therof, he was &s;ore di&s;plea+&s;ed / for he thought he hadde the pope <ABBR>nerer</ABBR> at hande there / than in any other place. than the kyng wrote inco~tynent to his brother the duke of Aniowe who was at Tholou&s;e / &s;ignyfieng him that after the &s;yght of his letters / he &s;hulde go to Auignon to the pope / and breke his voi|age to Rome if it were po&s;&s;yble. The duke dyd as the kyng commaunded him / and &s;o came to Auignon / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the cardynalles receyued him with great ioy / and &s;o was lodged in the popes palays the ofter therby to &s;peke with the pope ye may well knowe he &s;pake with the pope and &s;hewed him dyuers rea&s;ons to haue broke~ his purpo&s;e / but the pope wolde in noo wy&s;e con|&s;ent therto / nor take any hede of any be&s;ine&s;&s;es on this &s;yde the mou~tayns. But the pope gaue the duke full puy&s;&s;ance to do what he myght / re&s;eruyng certayne ca&s;es papall / the whiche he myght nat gyue to no man / nor put them out of his owne handes. Whan y^e duke &s;awe he coude nat come to his entent / for no rea&s;on nor fayre word&abis; that he coude &s;hewe / he toke leaue of the pope / and &s;ayd at his departyng. Holy father ye go into a good countre among &s;uche people where as ye be but lytle beloued / &amp; ye woll leue the fou~tayne of faithe and the realme / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as holy churche hath moo&s;t fayth and exellence of all the worlde / and &s;ir by your dede the churche may fall in gret trybulacion / for if ye dye there the which is right likely / and &s;o &s;ay the phi&s;y|cions. Than the romayns who be malycious and traytours &s;halbe lord&abis; and may&s;ters of all
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the cardynalles / and &s;hall make a pope at their owne wyll / howe beit for all the&s;e wordes and many other / the pope neuer re&s;ted tyll he was on his way / and &s;o came to Marcyll where as the galeys of Ge~nes were redy to receyue him / and the duke retourned agayne to Tholou&s;e. Pope Gregorie entred into the &s;ee at Marcyll with a great company / and had good wynde and &s;o tooke lande at Gennes / and there newe refre&s;&s;hed his galays / &amp; &s;o toke the &s;ee agayne and &s;ayled tyll he ca~e to Rome. The romayns were ryght ioyfull of his comynge / and all the chiefe of Rhome mounted on their hor&s;es / and &s;o brought him in to Rome with great tryum|phe / and lodged in &s;aynt Peters palys. and of|ten tymes he vy&s;ited a churche / called our lady the great / within Rome. Wherin he had great plea&s;ure / &amp; dyd make therin many co&s;tly war|kes. And within a whyle after his comynge to Rome he dyed / &amp; was buryed in y^e &s;ayd church and there his ob&s;equy was made as to a pope aparteyned.</P>
<P>ANon after the dethe of the pope Grego|ry the cardynalles drewe them in to the conclaue / in the palays of &s;aynt Peter. Anone after as they were entred to cho&s;e a pope / acor|dyng to their v&s;age / &s;uch one as &s;huld be good and profytable for holy churche / the romayns a&s;&s;embled the~ togyder in a great nombre / and came in to the bowrage of &s;aynt Peter. They were to the nombre of .xxx. thou&s;and what one and other / in the entent to do yuell / if the mater went nat accordynge to their appetytes. And they came oftentymes before the conclaue / and &s;ayd: harke. ye &s;ir cardynalles / delyuer you a|tones / and make a pope ye tary to longe / if ye make a romayne we woll natchaung him / but yf ye make any other / the romayne people and coun&s;ayles woll nat take hym for pope / and ye putte youre &s;elfe all / in aduenture to be &s;layne. The cardynals / who were as than in the dan|ger of the romayns / and herde well tho&s;e wor|des / they were nat at their ea&s;e / nor a&s;&s;ured of their lyues. and &s;o apea&s;ed them of their yre as well as they myght with fayre wordes / but &s;o|moche ro&s;e the felony of the romayns / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;uche as were next to y^e conclaue / to thentent to make the cardynalles a frayde / and to cau&s;e them to co~di&s;cende the rather to their opinyons / brake vp the dore of the conclaue / where as the car|dynalles were. than the cardynalles went &s;u|rely to haue been &s;layne / and &s;o &s;tedde away to &s;aue their lyues / &s;ome one waye and &s;ome a no+ther but the romayns were nat &s;o content / but toke them and put them togyder agayn / whe|ther they wolde or nat. The cardynalles than &s;eynge the~&s;elfe in the daunger of the romayns &amp; in great parell of their lyues / a greed among them &s;elfe / more &s;or to plea&s;e the people than for any deuocyon / howbeit by good electyon they cha&s;e an holy man a cardynall of the romayne nacion / whome pope Urbayne the fyfte hadde made cardynall / and he was called before the cardynall of &s;aynt Peter. This electyon plea|&s;ed greatly y^e romayns / and &s;o this good man had all the ryghtes that belonged to the papa|lyte / howe beit he lyued nat but thre dayes af|ter / and I &s;hall &s;hewe you why. The romayns who de&s;yred to haue a pope of their owne na|cion / were &s;o ioyfull of this newe pope / y^e they toke hym / who was a hundred yere of age and &s;ette him on a whyte mule and &s;o ledde him vp and downe through y^e cytie of Rome / exaltyng him / and &s;hewyng howe they had va~que&s;&s;hed the cardynals / &s;eyng they had a pope romayn accordyng to their owne ententes / in &s;omoche that the good holy man was &s;o &s;ore traueyled that he fell &s;ycke / and &s;o dyed the thyrde daye. and was buryed in the churche of &s;aynt Peter and there he lyethe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the orgulous wordes / that the romayns &s;ayde at the electyon of the newe pope agayne. And howe the warre renewed bytwene the french kyng and the kyng of Nauerre. Cap. CCC .xxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_OF the dethe of this pope the cardynalles were right &s;orowfull / for they &s;aw well howe the matter &s;hulde nat goo well to pa&s;&s;e. For they had thought if y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope had lyued / to haue di&s;&s;imuled a+monge the romayns for two or thre yeres / and at the la&s;te to haue brought the &s;ee apo&s;tolyke / in to &s;ome other place than at Rome / at Napo+les / or at Gennes / out of the daunger of the ro|mayns / but y^e dethe of the pope brake their pur+po&s;e. Than the cardynalles went agayne in to the conclaue in greater dau~ger than they were in before / for y^e romayns a&s;&s;embled them togy|der
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agayne before the conclaue / and made &s;em|blant to breke it vp and to &s;lee them all / if they dyde nat cho&s;e a pope / acordyng to their myn|des and cryed to the cardynalles &amp; &s;ayd. Sirs aduy&s;e yo we well / if ye delyuer vs a pope ro|mayne we be content / or els we woll make your herd&abis; reeder than your hattes be &s;uche wordes and mana&s;&s;hes aba&s;&s;hed greatly y^e cardynall / for they hadde rather a dyed confe&s;&s;ours then martyrs. Than to bryng them &s;elfe out of that daunger and parell / they made a pope / but he was none of the colledge of cardynals / he was archby&s;&s;hop of Bare a great clerke / who great+ly had traueyled for the welthe of holy churche. with his promocyon of papalyte / the romayns were a pea&s;ed / for the cardynall of Genne put out his heed out at a wyndowe of the conclaue / and &s;ayd on hygh to y^e people of Rome. Sirs: apea&s;e you / for you haue a pope romayne / and that is Bartylme we des Angles / archby&s;&s;hop of Bare. The people aun&s;wered all with one voyce: than we be content / the &s;ame archeby&s;|&s;hoppe was nat as than at Rome. I thynke he was in Napoles. Than he was incontynent &s;ent for / of the whiche tydynges he was ryght glad / and &s;o came to Rome / and at his comyng there was great fee&s;t made to hym. And &s;o he had all the ryghtes that parteyned to the papa|lyte / &amp; was called Urban the &s;irt of that name / the romayns had great ioy: his creacyon was &s;ignifyed to all the churches of chri&s;tentie. And al&s;o to emperours / kynges / dukes / and erles / and the cardynalles &s;ent worde to all their fren+des / that he was cho&s;en by good and trewe ele|ciyon howbeit &s;ome of them repented them af|ter / that they had &s;poken &s;o largely in the ma|ter. This pope renounced all graces gyuen be+fore al&s;o &s;o dyuers departed fro their countres and places / and went to Rome to haue grace. &para; Now let vs leaue &s;omwhat to &s;peke of this mater / and lette vp retourne to our princypall hi&s;tory of the be&s;yne&s;&s;es of Fraunce.</P>
<P>yE haue harde right well here before / howe the kyng of Nauer / who hadde to his wyfe the freuche kynges &s;u&s;ter / for the loue of the one &amp; of the other / it was &s;ayd and purpo&s;ed that the herytage of the chyldren of the kyng of Nauer / the whiche was fallen to them by the ryght of their mother / y^e the french kyng their vncle by the &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of his &s;u&s;ter ought to haue power therof in name of the chyl+dren &s;eyng the chyldren were in his kepynge / wherby all the lande that the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> helde in Normandy / &s;hulde be in y^e french kyn|ges hand / as long as his nephewes were with in age. Of all the&s;e maters the kyng of Nauer doughted greatly / for he knewe well the v&s;age and cu&s;tome of Frau~ce. Than he aduy&s;ed him of two thynges / the one was to &s;ende the by&s;|&s;hop of Panpilone and &s;ir Martyn <ABBR>Car</ABBR> / in to Fraunce to the kynge / De&s;yring hym hertely / that for good loue and fauoure to &s;end him his two &s;onnes / Charles and Peter. and if it plea|&s;ed him nat to &s;end hym bothe two / than at le&s;t to &s;ende him his &s;on~e Charles / bycau&s;e he was towardes a treaty for a maryage for him / with the doughter of y^e kyng of Ca&s;tell. The &s;econd thing was / nat with&s;tandyng that he &s;ent thus into Fraunce / yet&s;ecretly he &s;ent al&s;o in to Nor+mandy / to vi&s;yte and to refre&s;&s;he the ca&s;telles there / pertaynyng to hym: to thentent that the frenchmen &s;hulde nat take them in to their han+des / for he feared if they had them ones in theis po&s;&s;e&s;&s;io~s / he &s;hulde nat haue the~ agayn whan he wolde. And &s;o he &s;ent two valyaunt men of armes naueroy&s;e / in whom he had great tru&s;t the one called Peter Ba&s;ylle / and the other Fe+rando into Normandy / for y^e &s;ayd enten<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> The fyr&s;t me&s;&s;angers went into Frau~ce / as the by&s;|&s;hop of Panpylone / and &s;ir Marten <ABBR>Car</ABBR> / who &s;pake with the kyng at great ley&s;ar / right hum+bly reco~maundyng the kyng of Nauer to him de&s;yringe in his name / that he wolde &s;ende to hym his two &s;onnes. The kyng an&s;wered and &s;ayde. He wolde take aduy&s;e and coun&s;ayle in the mater. And &s;o after they were an&s;wered in the kynges name: the kyng beyng pre&s;ent and the two chyldren / al&s;o his nephewes / how that the kynge loued them right entierly. Wherfore they coulde nat be better in no place / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the kyng of Nauerre ought to be content rather to &s;uffre the~ to be in Fraunce with the kyng their vncle / than in any other place. And al&s;o y^e kyng wyll in no wy&s;e depart fro them / but kepe them aboute hym in their e&s;tate / as the chyldren of a kyng / and lyke his nephewes: other an&s;were y^e me&s;&s;angers coude nat haue. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the&s;e me&s;&s;angers were in Frau~ce / Pe+ter of Ba&s;ylle and Fera~do / arryued at Chyer|bourge with great proui&s;yon / the whiche they putte in dyuers places / in townes and ca&s;tels of the kyng of Nauers in Normandy. And &s;o they vi&s;yted in the kynge of Nauers name / all the countie of Eureux / and made newe officers and &s;ette in people at their plea&s;ures. and &s;o re+tourned agayne into Nauerre / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Panpylone and &s;ir Marten <ABBR>Carr</ABBR> / and &s;he|wed
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the kynge howe they had &s;pedde in Frau~|ce. The kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> was nat very gladde of that tidyges / whan he coulde nat haue his owne &s;onnes. And &s;o began a great hatered in his hert towarde the frenche kynge / the whiche he wolde gladly haue &s;hewed if he had might / but the puy&s;&s;ance of him &s;elfe was nat &s;o great to greue the realme of Fraunce / without helpe and ayde of &s;ome other realme. So he &s;uffred all the&s;e maters / tyll he had better cau&s;e to &s;pe|ke / and more di&s;plea&s;ure done to hym / than he hadde as than.</P>
<P>THe frenche kyng and his cou~&s;ayle were well enformed / that the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> had newe reuitayled his ca&s;tels and townes in Norma~dy / but they knewe nat for what entent The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on thengly&s;&s;hmen made a &s;ecret army on the &s;ee of two thou&s;and men of armes but they had no hor&s;e with them. Of the which army the duke of Lanca&s;tre and the erle of Ca~|bridge were chefe capitayns. This y^e normans reported &s;urely to the french kyng / and this ar+mye came on the co&s;tes of Norma~dy / but they coulde nat tell to what parte they wolde drawe vnto. Some in Fraunce thought that y^e kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> had cau&s;ed them to come in to Nor|mandy / to delyuer to them &s;uche ca&s;telles as he had there. Wherfore it was &s;ayde to the kynge. Sir go ha&s;tely / and be lorde of tho&s;e ca&s;tels be+fore: for ye may happe to tary to long / for if the engli&s;&s;hmen haue the~ / they may do moche hurt to the realme of Fraunce / for it &s;hall be one of the be&s;t entrees that they can haue / if they were lordes in Norma~dy / of the cyties / townes / and ca&s;tels / belongyng to the kyng of Nauer. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was taken in Fraunce / two &s;ecrataries of the kyng of Nauers / a clerke &amp; a &s;quyer. The cleke was called Peter of Tertre and the &s;quyer James of Rue / and they were brought to Parys to be examyned. And &s;omo|che it was knowen by theym of the &s;ecrettes of the realme of Nauerre / howe they were deter|myned to haue done domage to the kyng or els to haue poy&s;oned him. &s;o they were condemp|ned to dye / and execucyen was done at Parys beheeded and quartred. The&s;e tydynges mul|typlied &s;o on the kyng of Nauer / that y^e frenche kynge &s;ware y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he wolde neuer attende to none other thynge / tyll he had ryd Normandy / and taken in to his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion / for the behoffe of his nephewes / all the townes and ca&s;telles that the kyng of Nauer helde there. &s;o dayly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came &s;ore informacions to the frenche kyng agayn&s;t the kynge of Nauer. Al&s;o it was &s;ayde openly / that y^e duke of La~ca&s;tre &s;hulde gyue his dough+ter Kateryn to the kynge of Nauer / and &s;o by that meanes the kyng &s;hulde gyue to the duke of Lanca&s;tre all the hole countye of Deureur. The&s;e wordes were lightly beleued in Frau~ce for the kyng of Nauer was but lytell tru&s;ted a+mong them. So than the &s;ame tyme the french kynge came to Rohan / and there a&s;&s;embled a great army of men of warre / wherof the lorde Coucy / &amp; the lorde de la Ryuer were chefe capi+tayns / and they all met togyder before a towne called Ly&s;eur / a cytie in Normandy / partey|nynge to the kyng of Nauer. and the&s;e two lor|des had the two &s;onnes of the kyng of Nauer / Charles and Peter / to &s;hewe to the~ of the coun+trey / that the warre that they made was in the name of y^e two chyldren / for their herytage that was fallen to them by y^e ryght of their mother / And howe y^t the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> had no right to kepe them / but the moo&s;t parte of the men of armes / were &s;o ioyned in loue with the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / that they coude nat departe out of his &s;eruyce. And al&s;o the naueroy&s;e that were there a&s;&s;embled / &s;uche as the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> hadde &s;ent thyder / cau&s;ed his <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to be the more ea|&s;yer and fayre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenche kynge cea&s;ed all the lande of the kyng of Na|uers. Cap. CCC .xxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe frenche kyng &s;ent commy&s;&s;ioners to Mount|pellyer / to cea&s;e y^e lande and &s;eignorie in to his handes / the whiche the kyng of <ABBR>Na|uerr</ABBR> helde. And whan the&s;e co~my&s;&s;ioners: that is to &s;ay &s;ir Wylliam of Dormans and &s;ir Johan <ABBR>Mer+ger</ABBR> were come to Mountpellyer / they &s;ente for the moo&s;t noble&s;t &abper;&s;ons of the towne / and &s;he|wed them their co~my&s;&s;ions. They of Mount|pellyer obeyed / for they myght do none other|wi&s;e / for if they had nat obeyed / it had benyuell for them. For the duke of Anio we and the con|&s;table of Fraunce / were in the countrey with a great armye / and de&s;yred nothynge &s;o moche / as to haue had warre with them of Mountpel+lyer. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were taken pri&s;oners / two knyght&abis; of Normandy / who were before gouernours to the countre vnder the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer:</ABBR> and
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al&s;o &s;ir Guy of Grauell / &amp; &s;ir Lyger Derge&s;y / who taryed in pri&s;on a long tyme after. Thus the to wne of Mountpellyer / and all the baro|ny was become frenche.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs returne to the french army that was in Normandy / &amp; &s;he we howe the lorde Coucy / &amp; the lorde de la <ABBR>Ryuer</ABBR> &s;ped. they came before Eureur / and layd &s;iege ther|to / they of the gary&s;ons parteyning to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Naue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / clo&s;ed fa&s;t their gary&s;ons a gayn&s;t the frenchmen / for they were nat in mynde &s;oo &s;oone to yelde them vp. Whan the kyng of Na+uer vnder&s;tode that y^e frenchmen had taken the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of Mountpellyer and of all the cou~|tre: and y^t great nombre of men of armes were in the countre of Eureux / pillyng and beatyng downe his townes and ca&s;telles. He hadde dy+uers y magmacyons and coun&s;ayls with them that he tru&s;ted be&s;t / finally it was co~cluded by his coun&s;ayle / that he coulde haue no conforte without it were by the engly&s;&s;hmen / wherfore it was concluded / that he &s;hulde &s;ende a &s;ufficy+ent &abper;&s;onage with letters of cred&eacute;ce to the yong kyng of Englande and to his coun&s;ayle. De&s;y+rynge to be alyed with hym / &amp; he to &s;were fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day forwarde / to be good and trewe to the en|gly&s;&s;he parte: and to putte in to their handes / all &s;uche fortere&s;&s;es as he helde in Normandy. And to do this me&s;&s;age he co~maunded a clerke to go / in whom <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he had great tru&s;t: called may|&s;ter <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;chall. And &s;ayde to hym: mai&s;ter Pa|&s;chall / go your wayes in to Englande / and do &s;o moche that ye may bring me good tidynges / for fro he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s; forthe / I wyll be alyed with the en|gly&s;&s;hemen. This clerke dyde as he was com|manded / and made hym redy: and toke &s;hyp|pyng and &s;ayled &s;o long y^t he arryued in Corn|wall. and than rode for the tyll he ca~e to Shene be&s;yde London / where the kyng of Englande was: and &s;o he &s;pake with the kynge / and reco~|maunded the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> his may&s;ter to hym. And &s;o there the kynge made hym good there: and there was pre&s;ent the erle of Sali&s;|bury and &s;ir Symond Burle / who toke on him to &s;peke and to gyue him his aun&s;were for that tyme / and &s;ayd. Sir: on &s;uche a day the kyng wyll be at Lo~don / and than &s;end for all his cou~|&s;ayle / at whiche tyme ye &s;hall be herde. And &s;o at the day a&s;&s;igned / may&s;ter Pa&s;chall &s;hewed to the kyng and to his coun&s;ayle theffect of his me&s;&s;age / and &s;pake &s;o &s;agely that he was well herde. And he was an&s;wered by the coun&s;ayle / that the kynge of Nauers offre ought nat to be refu&s;ed: howe be it to make &s;o great alyance as the kynge of Nauer de&s;yreth / it behoueth than that he come hyder into Englande in his owne proper per&s;on to thentent that he may be herde &s;peke hym &s;elfe / wherby the mater &s;hulde take the better effect. And &s;o with that an&s;were may+&s;ter Pa&s;chall departed / and returned in to <ABBR>Na+uer</ABBR> / and &s;hewed the kyng all that he had done / and how it behoued hym to go in to Englande him &s;elfe / and to &s;e the yong kyng of Englande and to &s;peke him &s;elfe with hym &amp; his cou~&s;aile. than the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> an&s;wered and &s;ayd: I am co~tent to go theder. Than he made redy for him a &s;hyp / called the Lyne: the whiche wolde go on the &s;ee withall maner of wyndes without parell. and &s;o the kyng of Nauer toke this &s;hip and entred in to the &s;ee with a preuy company / how be it he had with hym &s;ir Marten <ABBR>Carr</ABBR> &amp; may&s;ter Pa&s;chall / and &s;ayled &s;o longe that he arryued in Englande.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the alyences that the kynge of Nauer made with the kynge of En|glande / and howe the frenche kynge had men of warre in dyuers places. Cap. CCC .xxix.</HEAD>
<P>_ALytell before his de&abper;|tyng / the frenche kynge had the kyng of Nauer in great hate / and knewe couertly by &s;ome of the king of Nauers hou&s;e / all the &s;ecreme&s;&s;e by|twene hym and the kyng of Englande: and howe that kyng Henry of Ca|&s;tell had defyed him / and made warre agayn&s;t him. The kyng of Nauer left at his de&abper;tynge behynde him / y^e vycont of Cha&s;tellon / the lorde of Le&s;trade father to Uyen / and the Ba&s;cle: &amp; great nombre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / a&s;well of his cou~+tre as of the countie of Foiz / to kepe the fro~ters agayn&s;t the &s;panyerdes. &para; And whan he was in the &s;ee he hadde wynde at wyll / and arryued in Cornwall / and &s;o rode to Wyn&s;ore / Where as kynge Richarde and his coun&s;ayle were / who receyued hym with great ioye / for they thought the better to &s;pede of his lande in Normandy: &amp; &s;pecially of the ca&s;tell of Chier|bour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / wherof thengly&s;&s;hmen de&s;yred greatly to be lordes. The kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> &s;hewed &s;age+lye to the kyng of Englande the cau&s;e of his co~|mynge
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/ and he was well herde and &s;o well con|forted / that he was content. I &s;hall &s;hewe you howe this treatie went bytwene the&s;e two kyn|ges. One thyng there was: the kynge of <ABBR>Na|uer</ABBR> &s;hulde fro then&s; for the alwayes be true en|gly&s;&s;he / and &s;hulde neuer make peace with the realme of Fraunce / nor with the kynge of Ca|&s;tell / without the knowledge and con&s;ent of the kyng of Englande. And if the kyng of Englan+de or any of his men by their puy&s;&s;ance / coude gette any townes or ca&s;telles that the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> ought to haue in Normandy agayn&s;t the frenchmen / that the &s;ame townes or ca&s;tels &s;hulde abyde for euer to be engly&s;&s;he / the &s;oue|rayntie euer re&s;erued to the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr.</ABBR> The whiche thynge the engly&s;&s;hmen pray&s;ed moche / bycau&s;e they thought by that meanes they &s;hulde haue a&s;ayre entre into Frau~ce tho|rough Normandy. And the kyng of England &s;hulde &s;ende the &s;ame tyme a thou&s;and &s;peares and two thou&s;ande archers by the ryuer of Gy+ronde to Burdeur / or to Bayone: and the men of armes to entre in to <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / and to make warre agayn&s;t the kyng of Ca&s;tell. And nat to departe fro the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> or out of his re+alme / tyll he hadde made an ende of his warre with the &s;panyerdes. And the men of warre &s;o ones entred in to <ABBR>Nauer:</ABBR> the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> than to pay them their wages / and to &s;tuffe the~ &s;ufficiently / acordyng: after the &s;ame rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre. Dyuers treaties and alya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nces were there made and ordayned: and al&s;o writ|ten / &s;ealed / and &s;worne to be kept / on bothe par+tes. And there were named &s;uche as &s;hulde go in to Normandy / and &s;uche as &s;hulde go in to Nauer. And bycau&s;e that the duke of La~ca&s;tre and the erle of Ca~bridge were nat at this trea|tie / it was ordayned that this treatie &s;hulde be &s;ent to them &s;ealed / to then tent that they &s;hulde make ha&s;t to entre into Normandy. The duke of Bretayne was pre&s;ent at this treatie.</P>
<P>_RIng Charles of Fra~ce / who was right &s;age and &s;ubtell: and &s;oo he well &s;hewed hym&s;elfe as longe as he lyued. He was well enfourmed of the armye of Englande / yet he knewe no certe~tie but by &s;u&s;pecte / whyder they wolde drawe in to Normandy or els into Bre|tayne. And for dout therof / he helde many men of armes in Bretayne / wherof the lorde Cly&s;|&s;on / the lorde de Lauall / the vycount of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre / &amp; the lorde of Roch+fort were capitayns. And had be&s;ieged Bree&s;t by ba&s;tydes / and none otherwy&s;e: wherefore they might vitayle Bre&s;t whan they ly&s;t. And in the rowne was capitayne / a valyant &s;quye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Englande / called James Clerke. And by|cau&s;e the frenche kyng knewe well that the kyn+ge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> was alyed with Englande / and thought &s;urely that or his returne / he wolde en+tre in to &s;ome treatie with his aduer&s;ary y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn of Englande. And douted of this armye thus on the &s;ee / le&s;t they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> take lande in Norma~+dy / and entre into the ca&s;telles parteyninge to the kyng of Nauer. Therfore he &s;ent ha&s;tely to the lorde Coucy and to the lorde de la <ABBR>Ryuerr</ABBR> / that they &s;hulde as &s;hortely as they coulde / get by fayrne&s;&s;e or by foulne&s;&s;e / &s;uche ca&s;telles as were belongynge to the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / and &s;pecially &s;uche as were nere to the &s;ee&s;yde. Ne knewe well that Chyerbourge wolde nat ca&s;e|lye be wonne / how be it by lande they coude nat <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">euitayle it nor refre&s;&s;he it with men / out of the ba&s;&s;e marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And &s;o for the bretons &s;ir Olyuer Cly&s;&s;on was capitayne / and for the normayns / &s;ir Diuoye and &s;ir Percyuall.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the &s;iege that the lorde Coucy / and the lorde de la Ryuer layd to Ca|rentyne: and of the ca&s;telles and tow+nes that the kynge of Nauerre lo&s;t in Normandy Cap. CCC .xxx.</HEAD>
<P>_THe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and the lorde de la <ABBR><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yuer</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;ieged Carentyne with great pu|y&s;&s;aunce / and they of Ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|tyne hadde as than no capi+tayne of name / nor had nat &s;ithe the deth of &s;ir Eu&s;tace Dambreticourt / who dyed <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> He had been capitayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> foure yere. So they hadde no conforte nor coun&s;ayle but of them &s;elfe / &amp; they &s;awe well agayn&s;t them a great nombre / and al+&s;o the admyrall of Fraunce &s;ir Johan of Uyen and the admyrall of Spaygne / and with them a great nombre of menne of warre before Chy|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rbourge. They knewe nothynge of the trea|tie of the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> / nor howe he hadde &s;pedde in Englande. And they were dayly a&s;|&s;ayled
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two wayes: the one by armyes / and the other way by wordes: for the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer / wolde gladly haue had the towne of Carentyne. And at la&s;t they dyde &s;o moche that they had it by treatie / &amp; &s;o it was gyuen vp to the obey&s;ance of the frenche kyng / the right re&s;erued of the true enhery toure / who was the kyng of Nauers &s;on~e. In all treaties the lordes of Fraunce acorded to re&s;erue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> chyl+des right / for they cared nat / &s;o they might ha|ue the townes and ca&s;tels in their po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon. Thus they had Carentyne / &amp; put therin newe men of warre: and than departed and went to the ca&s;tell of Molmeur and within thre dayes they had it by treatie. And than they wente to Couches and lay by the fayre ryuer of Dorne / whiche rynneth to Cane: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they taryed tyll they knewe the myndes of the~ of Couches / and &s;o they yelded vp by treatie. The lorde of Coucy / and the lorde de la ryuer / had alwayes with them the chylde of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / whiche helped moch their mater. euer whan any yelded vp to the french kyng or to his co~my&s;&s;ioners / it was euer in the treatie by condycion / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they might depart whan they ly&s;t / and whyder they wolde Suche as departed went no farther but to Eu+reur / wherof Done Ferant naueroy&s;e was ca|pitayne. &para; After the conque&s;t of Couches / they departed and we~t to Pa&s;t / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made a&s;&s;aut / and dyuers hurt on bothe parties: but the &s;ame day it was yelded vp / and &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell became frenche. And finally all that euer y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn+ge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> had in Normandy / excepte Eu|reux and Chyerbourge / was yelded vp and be+come french. And whan they had wonne all ca|&s;tels and &s;mall holdes / and that all the countre was vnder their obey&s;aunce. Than they went and layed &s;iege to Eureux: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be &amp; were wente to be of olde v&s;age / the moo&s;t &s;tronge&s;t naueroy&s;e in all Normany: and they of Deu|reur neuer loued perfitely none other lorde but the kyng of Nauer. So Eureux was be&s;ieged right pui&s;&s;antly and endured a long &s;ea&s;on for within was Feraudo capitayne / who dyde ma+ny a feate of armes with his owne handes.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the kynge of Nauerre was retourned in to his owne countre / and tru&s;ted &s;ome what to haue been ayded by the engly&s;&s;hmen / howe be it they dyde hym no profyte as apered. For the duke of Lanca&s;tre and the erle of Cambridge hadde the wynde a+gayn&s;t them to come in to Normandy. And al|&s;oo the armye that was made in Englande / of the foure thou&s;ande men of armes / and eyght thou&s;ande archers. A&s;&s;oone as they were come to Hampton they entred in to their &s;hyppes / be+fore the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Johan the Bapty&s;t / and &s;o departed: and they founde at Plommouthe the erle of Sali&s;bury and &s;ir Johan of Arun|dell / who &s;hulde haue gone in to Bretayne / to haue refre&s;&s;hed the~ of Bre&s;t and of Hanybout but they coulde haue no wynde before. And &s;o they entred in to the duke of Lanca&s;ters army / and toke lande in the yle of Wight / where they taryed a longe &s;pace / to here tidynges outher out of Bretayne or oute of Normandy. Than they herde tidynges / howe the army of Fraun|ce was one the &s;ee / wherfore they &s;ent &s;ir John~ of Arundell / with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers to Hampton / to e&s;|chewe all the parels that might fall by the &s;ee.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the men of warr~ that the duke of Aniou retayned agayn&s;t the~gli&s;&s;h+men / and of the &s;iege that the &s;pany|erdes helde before Bayone. Cap. CCC .xxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_BIcau&s;e of this / the fre~+che kyng thought to &abpro;uyde for remedy to re&s;y&s;t his ene+mies / for it was &s;hewed him by the normayns / that the engly&s;&s;hmen were on the &s;e with a great puy&s;&s;ance / but he coude nat tell whyder they wolde go. Than be &s;ent a &s;pecyall commau~dement through out his realme / that euery man knightes and &s;quy+ers &s;hulde be redy apparelled for the warre / to go and to come where he commaunded them. In lykewi&s;e the duke of Aniou had all that &s;ea+&s;on retayned men of warre on all &s;ydes / to the entent to haue layde &s;iege to Burdeux. And in his company was his brother the duke of Ber+rey and the Con&s;table of Fraunce: and all the flour of chiualry of Ga&s;cone / Auuergne / Poi|ctou / and Limo&s;yn. And the better to come to his entent / and to haue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> more nombre of men of warre by the con&s;ent of the kyng his brother he had gathered in Languedoc / to the &s;omme of two hu~dred. M. frankes. Howbeit he coude nat do his enterprice in that &s;ea&s;on / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng &s;ent for the duke of Berrey his brother / and for the con&s;table of Frau~ce / and for all other baro|nes / &s;uche as he thought &s;hulde do hym &s;eruyce
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For well he knewe / that the engly&s;&s;hmen were on the &s;ee / but he wy&s;t nat whyder they wolde drawe. And though this enterprice in Laquen doc were broken / yet the poore men that hadde payed great &s;ommes of money for that entent / had nat their money agayne.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Ca&s;tell with xx. thou&s;a~de &s;panyerdes and catelayns helde &s;iege before Bayone / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lay all the wynter. And many a feate of armes was there done / bothe by lande and by water / for Radig<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> de Rour and Dampe Ferrant of Ca&s;tell / Am|bro&s;e <ABBR>Bouchenoyr</ABBR> and Peter Ba&s;cle lay at an+cre before Bayone with two hundred ve&s;&s;els / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> dyde moche trouble to them of Bayone. Of the whiche towne there was capitayne / a valyant knight of Englande / called &s;ir Mathewe Gor+ney. His wytte and prowes / conforted them of the towne greatly / how be it &s;ome &s;ayd of them that were within / that the &s;panyerdes had had their entent at length / yf a dethe had nat fallen among them. For <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell &s;uche a mortalyte in the hoo&s;t / that of fyue <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyed thre. and kyng Henry of Ca&s;tell had there with hym a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ygr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ma~cer of Tollet / who &s;ayd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the ayre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;o enuenomed &amp; corrupted / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no re+medy / but that they were all in great danger &amp; parell of dethe. And bycau&s;e of that doubt / the kynge dy&s;lodged and brake vp y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege / but the &s;panyerdes &amp; the bretons the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on had wonne a brode in the countrey / dyuers ca&s;tels and &s;mall holdes / and &s;o entred in to them. And the kyng of Ca&s;tell we~t to Colongne / and &s;ent hys con&s;table to laye &s;iege before Paupylone / with .x. thou&s;ande &s;panyerdes / in the whiche cytie the vicounte of Cha&s;tellon / and the lorde of Le&s;cute and the Ba&s;cle / were with two hun|dred &s;peares / who greatly toke hede for the cy|tie. And the kyng of Nauer who was newly re+uirned out of Englande / was at Tudela aby|dynge dayly for &s;uche &s;ocours / as &s;hulde haue come to him thens / as it was ordeyned. for the kyng of Englande and his coun&s;ayll / had or|deyned to haue come thyder / the lorde Neuyll / and &s;ir Thomas de Termes / and they were at Plommouthe / &amp; there about with a thou&s;ande men of armes / and two thou&s;ande archers / to thentent to haue come to Burdeaul<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / how beit they coulde haue no pa&s;&s;age at their de&s;ire / but the great army of Englande / with the duke of Lanca&s;tre toke landyng at &s;aynt Malo in the I&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e / the whiche was anone knowen. Than de+parted for their hou&s;es / the vicount of Bellyer / &s;ir Henry of Malatrayt / and the lorde of Co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">+bre / and &s;o they came &amp; entred in to &s;aynt Ma|lo with two hu~dred men of armes / wherof the capitayne Mor&s;onae was greatly reioy&s;ed / for els they had been in great daunger.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the i&s;&s;ues &amp; iourneys that the engli&s;&s;hmen made in that &s;ea&s;on in dyuers places in Fraunce / and al&s;o of the piteous dethe of yuan of wales. Cap. CCC .xxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_SIr Johan Arundell / who was at Hampton with two hun|dred men of armes / and four. C. archers / hard by his me~ who had ben taken on the &s;ee in a &s;hyppe of Normandy / howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre and his army hadde &s;o &s;coured the hauyns of Nor|mandy / that there were no frenchmen on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ee. Than inco~tynent he ordeyned four great &s;hip|pes / charged with proui&s;yon / and &s;o entred in to his &s;hyppe / and &s;ayled tyll he came in to the hauen of Chierbourc / where he was receyued with great ioy / and at that tyme the ca&s;tell was in the kepynge of the naueroy&s;e / but than they departed &s;auynge Peter Ba&s;cle / who aboode &s;tyll. he was capitayne there before / and &s;o ta|ryed with the engly&s;&s;hmen. Chierbourc was nat likely to be wonne without famyn / for it is one of the &s;tronge&s;t ca&s;telles in the worlde and hath dyuers fayre i&s;&s;ues. So &s;ir Johan Arun+dell taryed there a fyue dayes / and reuitayled the ca&s;tell / and than departed agayne to Ham|pton / for there he was capitayne. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the &s;iege of &s;aynt Malo.</P>
<P>wHan the engly&s;&s;hmen entred fyr&s;t in+to the I&s;le of &s;aynt Malo / they <ABBR>found</ABBR> there many ve&s;&s;elles of Rochell / char|ged with good wyne / the merchauntes had a|none &s;olde the wyne &amp; the &s;hyppes burnt. Tha~ they layde &s;iege to &s;aynt Malo / for they were men ynowe &s;o to do / and the engli&s;&s;hmen &s;pred abrode in the countrey / and dyde moche hurt / a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> they y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> moo&s;t comonly kept the feldes was &s;ir Robert of Courbes / and &s;ir Hughe Brone his nephe we / who knewe right well the coun|tre and the chanon Rober&s;arte with them / day+ly they rode forthe &s;omtyme they wanne / and &s;omtyme they lo&s;t. So they wa&s;ted &amp; brent all
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the countrey about &s;aynt Malo. And the duke of Lanca&s;tre / &amp; the erle of Cambridge his bro|ther / and their army hadde vitayle plenty / for there came to them ynoughe out of Englande. So before &s;aynt Malo / there were dyuers a&s;|&s;autes / &amp; marueylou&s;ly well defended / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were ryght good men of warre within / wher|fore they were nat ea&s;y to be conquered. They of the hoo&s;t cau&s;ed to be made dyuers mantels of a&s;&s;aute / and they had a foure hundred gon|nes layed rounde about the towne / the whiche greatly con&s;trayned them within. Among dy|uers a&s;&s;autes / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was one marueylous fer&s;e the whiche endured a hole day / therat were dy|uers engly&s;&s;hmen &s;layne and &s;ore hurt for they with in defended them &s;elfe &s;o valiantly &punc; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they lo&s;t nat a man. There was &s;layne a knyght of Englande called &s;ir Peter Le&s;cume / for who&s;e dethe the duke and his brother / were right &s;ore o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;plea&s;ed.</P>
<P>ANd as ye haue herde here before: yuan of Wales / lay at &s;iege before Mortayne in Poitou / in four ba&s;tydes: of the which tow|ne the lorde of Le&s;trade was capitayne. The fyr&s;t ba&s;tyde where as parte of the &s;iege lay / as at the &s;yde of a rock / before the ca&s;tell of Geron one the &s;ee &punc; the whiche ba&s;ty de yuan hym &s;elfe kept. The &s;econde was bytwene the water and the ca&s;tell lowe before a po&s;terne / &s;o that none coude entre nor i&s;&s;ue therat. The third ba&s;tyde was on the other &s;yde of the ca&s;tell. The fourth was in the church of &s;aynt Legar / halfe a leage <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell. By the&s;e foure ba&s;tydes they with in Mortayne were &s;ore con&s;trayned / bycau&s;e of the lenght of the &s;iege / for it endured a yere and a halfe. So that they within had nothyng to lyue by nor&s;howe on their fete / nor confort nor &s;oc oure apered none to them fro any parte&punc; wherfore they were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed. This &s;iege thus enduryng before Mortayne / there i&s;&s;ued out of the realme of Englande / and out of the marches of Wales a &s;quier a wal&s;hman / called James Laube / he was but a &s;mall ge~tylman &amp; that well &s;hewed a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t / for a very ge~tylman wyll neuer &s;et his mynde on &s;o euyll an entent. &s;ome &s;ayde or he departed out of Englande / be was charged and enfourmed / by &s;ome knyghtes of Englande / to do the trea&s;on that he dyde. For this ynan of Wales was gretly behated in En|glande and in Ga&s;con / bycau&s;e of the captall of Beufz &punc; whome he toke and helped therto before Souby&s;e in Poictou. For after he was taken / the frenchmen wolde nat delyuer hym agayne by no meanes / nother for raun&s;ome nor for ex|chaunge / yet the erle of &s;aynt Poule was offe|red for him / and golde and &s;yluer / but it wolde nat be taken. And whan he &s;awe that / for pure melancoly he dyed in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> temple at Parys / wher+of all his frendes had great di&s;plea&s;ure. This wal&s;&s;he &s;quier James Laube / the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on arryued in Bretayne and dyd &s;omoche / that he came in to Poictou / and euer as he went he na|med hym &s;elfe to be&s;eruaunt to yuan of Wales for he &s;pake good frenche / &s;ayeng howe he was come out of Wales to &s;peke with yuan / and &s;o he was anone beleued / &amp; was conueyd by them of the countre to Mortaygne / where the &s;iege was. Than he wente wi&s;ely to yuan / and &s;he|wed hym in his owne langage how he was co~e out of his countre to &s;e hym / and to do hym &s;er+uyce. yuan who thought none yll &punc; lightly bele|ued him / and gaue hym moche thankes for his comynge / and &s;ayd: howe he wolde right glad+lye haue his &s;eruyce. And than he demau~ded of him tidynges of the countrey of Wales / and he &s;hewed him trewe tidynges / and vntre we for he made him beleue howe all the countre of Wa+les wolde gladlye haue hym to be their lorde. The&s;e wordes brought this James greatly in loue with yuan / for euery man naturally de&s;y|reth to go in to their owne cou~tres / and to here therof / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> yuan made him his chamberlayne. And this James euery day more and more / a|quaynted him &s;o with this yuan of Wales / that he had nat &s;o moche tru&s;t in no man / as he had in him. Somoch this yuan loued this James Laube that it was his di&s;tructyon / &amp; the more pytie / for he was a good and a valyant man of armes. And was &s;omtyme &s;onne to a prince of Wales / who kyng Edwarde of England cau|&s;ed to le&s;e his heed / the cau&s;e why I can nat tell. and &s;o kyng Edwarde cea&s;ed in to his handes / all the prouynce of Wales. And this yuan in his youthe came in to Fraunce / and &s;hewed all his trouble to kyng Philyppe / than beyng fre~|che kyng / who kept him &s;tyll about him as lo~g as he lyued / and was as one of the chyldren of his chambre with his neuewes of Alen&s;on and other. And in lykewi&s;e &s;o dyde kyng Johan / &amp; than he bare fir&s;t armes / and was at the batell of Poicters / how be it he was nat there taken: it had been better for hym / that he had ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;layne. and whan the peace was made bitwene the kynge of Englande and the frenche kynge / than this yuan wente in to Lombardy / &amp; there contynued in warre. And whan the warre be|gan agayne bytwene Englande and Fraunce / 
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than he returned agayne in to Fraunce / &amp; bare him &s;elfe &s;o well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he was greatly pray&s;ed / and welbeloued with the frenche kyng and with all the lordes. &para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of his ende the whiche I am lothe to do / &s;auynge to &s;hewe truely what fell in that tyme.</P>
<P>THis yuan of Wales hadde an v&s;age be|yng before Mortayne at the &s;iege / that gladly in the mornyng whan he was vp and re+dy / he wolde come before the ca&s;tell / and &s;ytte downe and kembe his heed a good long &s;pace / and &s;yt and beholde the ca&s;tell / and the coun|trey about / beynge out of doute or feare af any thynge / and lyghtly there went none with him but this James Laube / &amp; oftentymes he made him redy / and none but he / wherby at la&s;t came his endyng day. On a mornyng betymes wha~ the wether was fayre and clere / and the nyght had been &s;o hote that he coulde nat &s;lepe / howe+beit he ro&s;e / and dyd on him but a &s;yngle iacket and his &s;hyrte / and a mantell or a cloke aboue / and &s;o went thyder as he was wonte to go / and &s;ate hym downe / and this James Laube with hym / euery man beynge in their lodgynges a &s;lepe / for it was early in the morning / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was made but lytell watche / for they thought the~&s;elfe &s;ure of the ca&s;tell. And whan yuan was &s;ette on an olde &s;tocke of wode / he &s;ayd to Ja|mes / go to my lodgyng and fatche my combe / for I wyll refre&s;he me here a tytell &s;ea&s;on. &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he it &s;hall be done / and &s;o he wente and came a+gayne with the combe / and as he was comyng I trowe the deuyll entred in to hym / for be&s;yde the combe / he brought with hym a lytell Jaue|lyne of Spayne with a large heed of &s;tele / and with the &s;ame / &s;trake this yuan as he &s;ate clene through out the body / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he fell downe &s;tarke deed. and whan he hadde done / he left &s;tyll the dart in his body / and &s;o went his way / &amp; drewe vnder couert of the ca&s;tell / and &s;oo came to the barryers and was let in / for he made &s;ignes to enter / and &s;o he was brought before the Sou|dyc of Le&s;trade. Sir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he / I haue delyuered you of one of the greate&s;t enemyes that ye had / of whom is that quod the Sowdic? of yuan of Wales <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> James / and howe &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the Soudic? thus <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> James / &amp; &s;o &s;hewed him all the hole ma+ter: as ye haue herd before / fro poynt to poynt. And whan the Soudycherde that / he &s;haked his heed and behelde him right felly / and &s;aid. A than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ha&s;t murdred him: knowe for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">routhe all thynges con&s;ydred. Sauyng but that this dede is for our profyte / it &s;hulde co&s;t the thyne heed / but &s;ithe it is done it can nat be vndone a+gayne. howe beit / it is a great domage of that gentylman to be &s;o &s;layne / we &s;hall haue rather blame therby than pray&s;e.</P>
<P>THis was the ende of yuan or Owen of Wales wheder ye wyll all is one / &s;layne by great vnhap and trea&s;on / wherwith they of the hoo&s;t whan they knewe it / were ryght &s;orie and di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;o was euery man y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> herde therof / and &s;pecially kyng Charles of Frau~ce / who greatly complayned his dethe / howe beit he coulde nat amende it. And &s;o this yuan was buryed in the church of &s;aynt Leger / where as he hadde made a ba&s;tyde / halfe a leage fro the ca&s;tell of Mortayne. And all the gentylmen of the hoo&s;t were at his buryeng / the whiche was done ryght honourably. Howe beit for all that the &s;iege helde &s;tyll before Mortayne / for there were good knyghtes &amp; &s;quiers / bretons poicte+uyns / and frenchmen / who had geatter de&s;yre to conquere the ca&s;tell / than they hadde before. and thought neuer to departe thens / tyll they had wonne it / or elles rey&s;ed by puy&s;&s;ance / they wolde &s;o fayne haue ben reuenged of the dethe of yuan of Wales / and &s;o they lay &s;tyll without any &s;awte geuynge / for they knewe well they lacked vitayle within the ca&s;tell / &amp; none coulde come to them. &para; Nowe let vs leue to &s;peke of the &s;iege of Mortayne and returne to the &s;iege before &s;aynt Malo / and fyr&s;t to &s;peke of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege of Eureux / and howe they dyd that lay there.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they within Eureux yelded them &s;elfe frenche / &amp; of the two hoo|&s;tes a&s;&s;embled to gyder before &s;aynt Malo. Cap. CCC .xxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;iege beyng before Eureux / the lorde of Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer / who were &s;ouerayns of the hoo&s;t / herde often tymes ti|dynges fro the french kyng for he lay at Rohan / as nere to his men as he myght / for he thought to haue Eureux &s;hortly out of hande / outher byforce or by compo&s;icion / for he perceyued well how the engli&s;&s;hmen began to waxe &s;tro~g in Bretayne wherfore he wolde haue all his men of warre to drawe thyder / to rey&s;e the &s;iege before &s;aynt
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Malos / &amp; to fight with y^e engly&s;&s;hmen. The&s;e two lordes before Eureux / aquyted them &s;elfe ryght valyantly: for euery daye they made a&s;|&s;aute / and al&s;o &s;ente many treaties to the bur|ge&s;&s;es of the towne / &s;hewynge them howe they &s;uffred them &s;elfe to be greued without rea&s;on / and myny&s;&s;he their goode&s;&s;e / and &s;uffre their hou&s;es in the countrey / to be beaten downe and brent. For their naturall lorde was there with out with the~ (Charles of Nauer) to whom the herytage of the countye of Eureux was fallen / by rea&s;on of the dethe of the counte&s;&s;e his mo|ther. And coun&s;ayled them nat to holde the er|roure and opynyon of the foly&s;&s;he naueroy&s;e / and &s;uche other as Ferando is: who careth nat to lea&s;e them all. for be&s;yde their ryghtfull qua+rell / they &s;ayd they wolde neuer departe thens / tyll they had the ca&s;tell at their wyll: and if they had it by force / they &s;hulde haue no mercy / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne newe peopled with &s;trangers. Such offers / wordes / and mana&s;&s;hes were &s;hewed to them of Eureux / and euery day they were a&s;|&s;ayled. Than they within began to doute / for there apered to them no maner of comfort / tha~ they &s;ayde one to another / we &s;e well that the frenche kynge de&s;yreth nat the countre &amp; ca&s;tell of Eureux / for hym &s;elfe: but for his nephewe Charles of Nauerre. Than they fell in treatye with the lorde Coucy. Whan Ferando knewe that the burge&s;&s;es of the towne fell in treatye / he kept hym &s;elfe within the ca&s;tell / and wolde nat come out / nor be at none of their treatyes: finally they of the towne and cou~tre yelded vp / their lyues and goode&s;&s;e &s;aued / and receyued Charles of Nauerre for their lorde. And than they be&s;ieged Ferando within the ca&s;tell / than he began to entreate / &s;o that if they wolde &s;uf|fre him and his to depart without daunger / he wolde yelde vp y^e ca&s;tell. The lordes were con|tent. Than they departed out of the ca&s;tell and &s;o were brought to Chyerbourc. After the con|que&s;t of Eureux / all the capytayns of the hoo&s;t drewe to Rohan / where the kyng lay to here ti|dynges / for well he knewe that thengly&s;&s;hmen laye at &s;iege before &s;aynt Malos in Bretayne. The kyng receyued them ioyfully / and &s;pecy|ally the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer bycau&s;e they had &s;o well &s;pedde. The&s;e lordes abode &s;tyll in Normandy / and were &s;tyll retay+ned in wages.</P>
<P>THe french kyng / who all this &s;ea&s;on lay &s;tyll at Rohan / hadde &s;ure knowledge howe the engly&s;&s;hmen had pui&s;&s;antly be&s;ieged &s;aynt Malos: and howe they within were &s;ore con&s;trayned: &amp; euery day enpayred / he thought ve wolde be lothe to le&s;e his men / and the good towne of &s;aynt Malos / for if that had ben ones engli&s;&s;he / he thought Bretayn &s;ore weaked on that &s;yde. therfore to re&s;y&s;t the engli&s;&s;hmen the kyng had made a great a&s;&s;emble / for none dur&s;t di&s;obey his co~maundement / as to &s;ytte &s;tyll at home. And &s;o the kynge &s;ent his two bretherne thyder / the duke of Berrey and y^e duke of Bur|goyn / the erle of Alen&s;on / the erle de la Marche the Dolphyn / of Auuergne / therle of Guefe / &s;ir Johan of Bolayne / and many other great ba|rones and knyghtes of all countreys. Al&s;o the kyng co~maunded his con&s;table &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy / y^t he &s;hulde nat be behynde. The con|&s;table wolde nat dy&s;obey / but went forthe with a great company of men of armes / of Poictou / Aniou / and Towrayne. Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the two mar&s;hals of Fraunce / and y^t mar&s;hall of Bleu|nylle: al&s;o there was &s;ir Olyuer of Cli&s;&s;on / the lorde of Leon / and all the barons of Bretayne. They were a .x. thou&s;ande men of armes / and in y^e feldes mo than a hu~dred thou&s;ande hor&s;e / they lodged euer as nere to gyder as they coul|de / but bytwene the~ and the engli&s;&s;hmen there was a ryuer and an arme of the &s;ee. And often tymes whan the &s;ee was ebbed / &s;ome knyghtes and &s;quiers wolde go and do dyuers feates of armes with their enemyes in the playne ryuer. There was neuer &s;uche a&s;&s;emble made in Bre+tayne before / for if the frenchmen were puy&s;&s;a~t / in lyke wi&s;e &s;o were the engli&s;&s;hmen / and eche parte thought to fyght / for euery day they &s;he|wed them &s;elfe in the felde / with baners and pe+nons waueryng with the wynde / it was great plea&s;ure to behold the~. The frenchemen wolde come downe to the ryuer &s;yde / and make &s;em|blant to fyght / and wolde &s;ay / beholde yonder our enemyes / anon y^e &s;ee wyll ebbe / if they woll+come ouer we wyll &s;e them come fight / but it &s;e+mythe they haue no wyll therto / they feare the fortunes of batayle / we thynke their chiefe go|uernours wyll nat &s;uffre them to aduenture / to fyght with vs in playne batayle.</P>
<P>THis fa&s;ynge and mu&s;tryng was dayly bytwene them. So on a day the erle of Cambridge / &s;ware and &s;ayd: that if <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were any mo &s;uche a&s;&s;embles / that if they wolde nat come &amp; fyght / that he wolde go ouer and fyght with them / what &s;oeuer fell therof. Than on a day the vowarde with the con&s;table of Fraun|ce / who &s;awe well howe the engly&s;&s;hmen were
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hote and ha&s;ty / ordayned on a &s;ea&s;on all his ba|tayls on the &s;andes / as nere to the ryuer as they coulde / all a fote. The erle of Cambridge whan he &s;awe their maner &s;ayd / they that loue me fo|lowe me / for I wyll go and fyght with the~ / and &s;o da&s;&s;hed in to the water / the whyche as than was lowe / but the fludde was comynge / and &s;o came iu&s;t to the ryuer&s;yde with his baner. tha~ the engli&s;&s;hmen began to &s;hote agayn&s;t y^e fre~ch+men / and y^e con&s;table of Fraunce drewe abacke and all his people / and went back in to the felde who thought veryly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the engli&s;&s;hmen wolde a come ouer the water / they wolde gladly haue cau&s;ed them to haue done &s;o. The duke of Lan+ca&s;tre with a great batayle / was redy to haue folowed his brother if he had &s;ene there hadde bene nede / &amp; &s;ayd to Gerarde of Brees a &s;quier of Heynaulte / who was by hym. Gerarde: be|holde my brother / howe he aduentureth hym+&s;elfe / it &s;emeth howe he &s;heweth en&s;ample to y^e frenchemen / howe he wolde fayne fyght with the~ / but it &s;emeth they haue but &s;mall wyll ther|to. Thus they contynued and no deades of ar|mes done on nother party / the fludde began to ry&s;e. Than the engli&s;&s;hmen drewe a backe out of the ryuer / and went to their lodgynges / and the frenchmen in lyke wy&s;e to theirs.</P>
<P>IN &s;uche mu&s;ters and a&s;&s;embles / the &s;iege durynge: there was done dyuers feates of armes. The frenchmen kept well their fron|ter / &s;o that the engli&s;&s;hmen dur&s;t nat pa&s;&s;e the ryuer. And &s;oo it was / that dyuers tymes more hygher in the countre / certayne knyghtes and &s;quiers bretons / &s;uche as knewe well the coun|trey / rode a brode in certayne companyes / and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer by gydes / and often tymes en|countred with the engli&s;&s;he foragers / and &s;ome+tyme they fought / and &s;o~e ouer throwen: &s;ome+tyme they wan / and &s;ometyme lo&s;t / as aduen|tures of warre often tymes falleth. The &s;iege thus endurynge the lordes of Englande more dilygently to attayne to their purpo&s;e / they con+cluded to make a myne / and &s;o therby to entre in to &s;aynt Malos / for otherwy&s;e they thought they coulde nat get the towne / it was &s;o full of good men of warre / &amp; &s;o well furny&s;&s;hed with all ordynance and artyllery: the whiche helped the~ merueylu&s;ly well. Al&s;o thengli&s;&s;hmen nigh euery day / were fayne to be armed and to a&s;&s;e~|ble to gyder to abyde batayle / if the frenchmen wolde haue come forwarde / wherfore they had no ley&s;er to make any a&s;&s;awtes to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne / but with their gonnes / wherof they had great plen|ty: which troubled them &s;ore within the towne. So they aduy&s;ed the place to make their myne and &s;et mynours a warke. &para; Nowe lette vs a lytell &s;pace leaue &s;pekyng of this &s;iege / &amp; &s;peke of the &s;iege of Mortayne in Poictou.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen came and rey&s;ed the &s;iege before Mor|tayne. Cap. CCC .xxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue harde before: of the bethe of yuan of Wales / and howe he was &s;layne / and howe the bre|tons and poicteuyns / were &s;tyll at the &s;iege before Mortayne / and &s;ir James of Mountmore / &s;ir Percyuall Deyne|uall / Wylliam of Mountcountour / and &s;ir Ja|mes of Surgeres were capitaynes / and <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat leaue the &s;iege / for the dethe of yuan of Wa+les: who was their &s;ouerayne capitayne. they had great de&s;yre to reuenge his dethe on them of the fortere&s;&s;e. Al&s;o ye haue herde: howe &s;ir Thom~s Triuet / &s;ir Wyllm~ Scrope / &s;ir Tho|mas Berton / &s;ir Wylliam Sendrue / &amp; a great nombre of men of armes and archers / were or|dayned to go in to the marches of Burdeaux / for the re&s;kewe of them of Mortayne. And &s;ir Mathewe Gornay who was at Bayon / and was dayly occupyed therabout / in the marches agayn&s;t the ga&s;cons / and &s;uche as helde forte|re&s;&s;es there. The&s;e &s;ayd four knyghtes &amp; their companyes had layen at Plomouthe .vii. mo|nethes / and could haue no wynde to &s;erue them to go in to Ga&s;coyne / wherof they were ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but they coulde nat amende it. Al&s;o ye haue harde / howe the lorde Neuyll of Englande was ordeyned with a great nombre of men of armes and archers / to go and com|forte the kyng of Nauer agayn&s;t the &s;pany ar|des / for he was ordeyned to be &s;ene&s;hall of Bur+deux / &amp; &s;o he founde all the&s;e other men of warr~+&s;tyll at Plomouth / and eche of them were glad of other. &amp; anon after the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Neuels comyng they had wynde at wyll. Than they toke &s;hip|pynge and &s;ayled towardes Ga&s;coyne / and &s;o they were in one flete a &s;ixe &s;core ve&s;&s;elles and xl. barkes / there myght well be a thou&s;a~de men of armes / and two thou&s;ande archers / &amp; they hadde no let on the &s;ee but good wynde / and &s;o they entred in to the hauen of Burdeux / the e|uen of our Lady in Septembre: the <ABBR>yer</ABBR> of our &s;orde a thou&s;and thre hundred .lxxvii.
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Whan the bretons and poicteuyns / that laye at &s;iege before Mortaygne / &s;awe &s;uche a flete of &s;hippes pa&s;&s;e by / makynge great fea&s;t &amp; brunt / and &s;o w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynge of trompettes / they were ryght pen&s;yue / and they within the ca&s;tell ryght ioy|full: for they hoped well than to be &s;hortely re&s;|kewed / or elles their enemyes to haue batayle / for they thought &s;urely they were nat come thy+der for nought / but for to do &s;ome great feate of armes. Than &s;ir James of Mountmore and the capitaynes of the hoo&s;t drewe to guyder to coun&s;ayle / to determyne what was be&s;t for the~ to do. Than they repented the~ of the for&s;akyng of the treaty that was offred the~ before / for but a lytell before / the Soudic of Le&s;trade / offred to rendre vp y^e fortere&s;&s;e / &s;o they myght departe to Burdeur / their lyues and goodes &s;aued / but the frenchmen wolde nat therof. So than they &s;ent a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">aulde to the ca&s;tell &s;hewyng the~ howe they were content to receyue their treatie. The Soudic an&s;wered: howe they were than in no <ABBR>mynd</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o fall to no treatie / for their &s;ocour was come / wherfore they wolde frely departe or a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yde at their plea&s;ure: &s;o y^e &s;iege lay &s;tyll. The lorde Neuyll and his company came to Bur|dea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &amp; they were ioyfully receyued of &s;ir Wyl|liam <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">man sene&s;hall of Landes / &s;ir Johan of Multon mayre of the cytie / &amp; of the archby&s;|&s;hop there / and of the burge&s;&s;es / ladyes / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. The lorde Neuyll was lodged in the abbey of &s;aynt Andrewes / and &s;o was &s;ene|&s;hall of Burdeur. Than anone after he made an a&s;&s;emble of knyghtes and &s;quiers ga&s;cons / &s;uche as helde of the engli&s;&s;he parte / &s;o that he was a four thou&s;ande. And he ordeyned &s;hyp|pes and ve&s;&s;elles on the ryuer of Garon / and &s;o departed fro Burdeux to go and rey&s;e the &s;iege before Mortayne. Anone the&s;e tydynges were knowen in the frenche hoo&s;t / howe thengly&s;&s;h|men &amp; ga&s;cons were comyng downe the ryuer of Garon to rey&s;e their &s;iege / or elles to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yght with them. Than the capitayns drewe to coun+&s;ayle / &amp; all thynges con&s;idered / it was thought they were nat able to abyde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> puy&s;&s;ance / wher+fore it was determyned that they &s;hulde rather l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he tyme that they hadde &s;pent / than to put them&s;elfe in to a farder daunger &amp; parell. And &s;o &s;owned then di&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ogyng without any thyng doyng farder / and &s;o drewe in to Poictou: but all departed nat / for a certayne bretons &amp; wal&s;h+men that were parteynynge to yuan of Wales / &s;ayd: howe they were able to abyde all y^e <ABBR>world</ABBR> and to kepe the fortre&s;&s;e of &s;aynt Leger / and &s;o they entred into it / &amp; drue in all their artyllary.</P>
<P>THe knightes of Englande and Ga&s;con / who were comynge with full &s;ayles in barges / by the Ryuer of Garon: they re&s;ted at thentre before Mortayne / and &s;o toke lande ly|tell and lytell. And as they landed / they put the~+&s;elfe in order redy to a&s;&s;ayle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fortre&s;&s;e of &s;aynt Leger / wherin the bretons were. And &s;o at the fir&s;t comyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut / and whyle they were at the a&s;&s;aut / the lorde Neuyll &s;ent a haraude to Mortayn to the Soudic to knowe howe he dyde. The haraude dyde as he was co~+mau~ded / and brought worde agayne how they dyd rightwell: but that they had no &s;howes on their fete. The a&s;&s;aut before &s;aynt Legerendu+red well thre houres and wan nothing / but had dyuers of their men &s;ore hurt / and &s;o lodged the~ that night. And it was their myndes nat to de|part thens tyll they had wonne that holde / and were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed that the lord of Mo~tmore and the other french knightes had nat ben <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">in the fortre&s;&s;e of &s;aynt Leger / but they were wi&s;e+lye departed and left <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the bretons.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen recouered dyuers ca&s;telles on the frenchmen in Burdeloys. Cap. CCC .xxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd in the next mornyng the lorde Neuyll &amp; the knigh+tes of England ordayned to gyue a&s;&s;aut to &s;aynt <ABBR>Leger</ABBR> / and &s;o &s;owned their tru~pett&abis; to y^e a&s;&s;aute and aproched to the fortre&s;&s;e and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut The fortre&s;&s;e &s;tode &s;o on a rocke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none coude ea&s;ely aproche therto / and on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we|ke&s;t &s;yde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers great dykes / &s;o that none coude ea&s;ely aproche. The a&s;&s;aylers tra|ueyled &s;ore and wanne but lytell / but dyuers of their men were &s;ore hurt / &amp; &s;ome &s;layne. Than tha&s;&s;aut cea&s;ed / and it was thought be&s;t to fyll the dykes / to haue the more aduantage togyue a&s;&s;aut: &s;o with great payne the dykes were fyl+led. Than the bretons that were within &s;eyng that douted more than / than they dyde before: and good rea&s;on why / &amp; &s;o fell to entreat. The engly&s;&s;hmen who had great mynde of y^e kyng of Nauers bu&s;yne&s;&s;e: and al&s;o &punc; thought to de|lyuer certayne fortre&s;&s;es in Burdelois / holden by the frenche bretons / agreed to their treatie / and &s;o the holde of &s;aynt <ABBR>Leger</ABBR> was gyuen vp
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&s;o that they within departed whyder they ly&s;t / their lyues and goodes &s;aued. Thus &s;aynt Le+gers was engly&s;&s;he / and than the lordes wente to the ca&s;tell of Mortayne and founde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Sou|dic of Le&s;trade in the &s;ame ca&s;e / as the haraud had reported to the~ before. So than they were refre&s;&s;hed of euery thyng that they neded / and the ca&s;tell newe furny&s;&s;hed with me~. And than they retourned agayne to Burdeaux the &s;ame way they ca~e by water / by the ryuer of Garon.</P>
<P>wHan they were come agayne to Bur|deaux and refre&s;&s;hed / in the meane &s;ea+&s;on they had knowledge / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> a &s;ire leag&abis; thens / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a barone that helde a fortre&s;&s;e called &s;aynt Mauberen / in a cou~tre called Me+doc / who dyde moche hurt in the countre. Tha~+thengly&s;&s;he lordes charged all their proui&s;yon on the ryuer of Garone and all their artyllary / and than toke their hor&s;es aboute a thre hu~dred &s;peares / and &s;o came by lande to &s;aynt Maube+ren. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were of ga&s;coyns with the lorde Neuyll / &s;ir Axchambalt of Grayle / the lorde of Rou&s;y / the lorde of Duras / and y^e lorde of Ter|non. And whan the barones and their compa|nyes were come before &s;aynt Mauberen they toke their lodgynge / and incontynent gaue a&s;|&s;aut the whiche was feir&s;e and terryble / for the bretons within were good men of warre / and their capitayne was one called Huguelyn / by whom they were ruled. This fir&s;t a&s;&s;aut dyde the bretons but lytell hurt / than thengly&s;&s;hmen drewe to their lodgynge. The next mornynge they rey&s;ed vp their engyns to ca&s;t &s;tones / and to breke downe the toppes of the byldinges in the towre. The .iii. day they ordayned to gyue a&s;ore a&s;&s;aut / &s;ayeng how tho&s;e rybaud&abis; &s;hulde nat longe endure agayn&s;t them. There was a &s;ore and a feir&s;e a&s;&s;aut / and many a man &s;layne and hurt: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were neuer men that better defe~+ded them &s;elfe than the bretons dyde. Howe be it finally / &s;eyng no confort comyng fro no parte to them warde they fell in treatie / for they &s;awe well their ennemyes wolde nat departe thens / tyll they hadde them at their plea&s;ure / thoughe they &s;hulde lye longe there therfore. So y^e trea|tie toke &s;uche effect y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they gaue vp &s;aynt Mau+beren / and departed with their goodes with|out domage / and &s;o they went in to Poictou or whyder they ly&s;t. And whan the lorde Neuyll was lorde therof / he newly repayred the forte|re&s;&s;e and furny&s;&s;hed it with newe men and ar|tillary / and &s;ette therin ga&s;coyns to kepe it. A &s;quyer of Ga&s;coyne / called Peter of Bra&s;yas was capitayne there / and than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Neuyll returned to Burdeux. And dayly he herde how the &s;iege endured before Panpilone in Nauer the whiche was be&s;ieged by the chylde of Ca|&s;tell / but they herd no certayne tidynges of the kyng of Nauer / nor al&s;o the kynge of <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> herde no worde of them / the whiche greatly di&s;+plea&s;ed hym. &para; Nowe let vs retourne to the be&s;yne&s;&s;e in Bretayne and in Normandy / and &s;peke of the &s;iege of &s;aynt Malo.</P>
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<HEAD>Howe the myne made by thengli&s;&s;h+men agayn&s;t &s;aynt Malos was lo&s;t / and the &s;iege rey&s;ed. Cap. ccc .xxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_BEfore the towne of &s;aynt Malo <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;iege and many a &s;oore &s;aute gy|uen / for thengly&s;&s;hmen had well a four hundred go~nes / who &s;hot night and daye in+to the fortre&s;&s;e / and agayn&s;t it. And the capitayne within called Morfonas a valyant man of armes / &s;et all his mynde to y^e defence of the fortere&s;&s;e / and by the good coun|&s;ayle of &s;ir He~ry of Maletrait / of the lorde Co~|bore / and of the vycont of Bellere / dyd &s;o valy|antly that they toke all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme but lytell hurte. In the cou~tre as ye haue herde before: was all about the floure of Fraunce / a&s;well of great lor+des as other / they were to the nombre of .xvi. thou&s;ande men of armes / knyghtes and &s;quy|ers / and well a hundred thou&s;ande hor&s;es / and gladly they wolde haue fought with the~gli&s;&s;h|men. And in lykewi&s;e the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde gladly haue done the &s;ame / if any parte coulde haue founde any aduauntage / but that thynge whiche brake their purpo&s;e oftentymes / was a ryuer that was bytwene them / &s;o that wha~ the &s;tudde came <ABBR>ther</ABBR> coude none pa&s;&s;e ouer &s;o that none of them might co~e at other. And alwayes the myne went forward / and they within were in great dout. ye may well knowe that in &s;uche a&s;&s;embles it coude be non otherwy&s;e / but that the foragers of eyther &abper;tie &s;omtymes met in the felde / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were expert knyghtes and &s;quyers of bothe parties: and many a feat of ar+mes done / and &s;ome ouerthrowen. The&s;e my|ners wrought &s;ore day and night vnder y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erth to thentent to come in to the towne that way / &amp; to make a pane of the wall to fall / &s;o that their men might entre. Of this myne Morfonace &amp;
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they within douted gretly / for they knewe well by that they myght be lo&s;t / they cared for none other a&s;&s;aut but for that. For their towne was well furny&s;&s;hed with vitayls and artyllary / to kepe it for two yere yf nede were / but they had great thought how to breke this myne. &s;o long they thought theron and traueyled <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about that at la&s;t they came to their ententes / and by great aduenture / as many thynges falleth in warre. The erle Richarde of Arundell &s;hulde haue kept the watche one night / with a certayn with him of his owne men. And therle toke no great hede of that was his charge / &s;o that they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">in &s;aynt Malos knewe therof by their &s;pyes or other wy&s;e. And &s;o wha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ie they &s;awe it was tyme / on tru&s;t of the watche they departed &s;e|cretly out of the towne / the hoo&s;t beyng a &s;lepe. And &s;o they came without noy&s;e makynge to y^e place <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the myne was a makynge: &amp; the myners had nigh made an ende of their warke Than Morfonace and his co~pany beyng redy to do that he was come for at their ea&s;e &amp; with|out defence brake the myne / &s;o that &s;ome of the myners ca~e neuer out: for the myne fell downe on them. And whan they had done / they &s;ayde they wolde awake the watch that was next the towne / to thentent that the hoo&s;t &s;hulde knowe howe valiantly they had done. And &s;o they en|tred in to the one &s;yde of the felde cryeng their cryes / beatyng downe of tentes and lodgyng&abis; / and &s;leynge of men: &s;o that the hoo&s;t began to &s;tyrre. Than Morfonace and his co~pany with drewe them in to &s;aynt Malos / without hurte or danger. Than the hoo&s;t began to a&s;&s;emble / and y^e duke had great marueyle what it might be &punc; and demaunded what it was. Than it was &s;hewed him that in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> defaut of the watche their myne was lo&s;t the &s;ame tyme. Than the duke of Lanca&s;tre &s;ent for therle of Arundell / and he was &s;ore rebuked for this aduenture: but he ex+cu&s;ed him &s;elfe a&s;well as he might. Howbeit he was ther with &s;ore a&s;hamed / and hadde rather haue &s;pent a hundred thou&s;ande frankes / than it &s;hulde haue &s;o fortuned.</P>
<P>THys aduenture thus fallen / and their myne broken: than the lordes of y^e hoo&s;t drewe to coun&s;ayle / to knowe what were be&s;te for theym to do. Than they behelde eche other / and &s;awe well howe they had lo&s;t their &s;ea&s;on / the whiche was nat likely to be recouered a|gayne. And to begyn a newe myne they thoght they &s;huld neuer bring it to an ende / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme pa&s;&s;ed and wynter drue on. So they determy|ned all thynges co~&s;ydred for the be&s;t to dyll<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and to retourne in to England agayne. And it was than ordayned / that euery man &s;hulde dy&s;+lodge and go to &s;hyppe: their flete laye &s;tyll at ancre in the hauen of &s;aynt Malo. Anone eue|ry man was di&s;lodged and in to &s;hippe / and had wynde at wyll. And &s;o &s;ayled towarde Engla~|de and aryued at Ha~pton / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> toke lande And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they knewe that &s;ir John~ Aru~dell ca+piten of Ha~pton was gone to Chierborc / to re|fre&s;h y^e gari&s;on <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> Thus brake vp the~gli&s;he army and euery man drue to his owne hou&s;e &amp; &s;ome repa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee and went into their owne countreis. Than the comons of Englande be|gan to murmure agayn&s;t y^e noble men / &s;ayeng howe they hadde done all that &s;ea&s;on but lytell good / and &s;pecially bycau&s;e &s;aynt Malos was &s;o e&s;caped / wherfore the erle of Arundell hadde but lytell grace nor loue.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe &s;ir Olyuer of Cle&s;quy was taken by them of Chierbourge. Cap. CCC .xxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANone after the depar|ture of the engly&s;&s;hmen fro &s;aynt Malo / and that the fre~+chemen had refre&s;&s;hed new|lye the towne and the ca&s;tell. Than the con&s;table of Frau~+ce and the bretons / determy+ned to go and lay &s;iege to Chierbourc &punc; wherof &s;ir Johan Har<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ton was capitayn / &amp; had with hym dyuers knightes bothe engly&s;&s;he and na|ueroy&s;e. And the hole ho&s;t of Frau~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 Auuer|gne / and all the great lordes: and &s;ent their me~ in to their countreis. And dyuers of them went to Rohan to &s;e the kynge / who receyued theym right ioyou&s;ly: and a thre hundred &s;peares of bretons and normayns / wente to Ualonges a thre leages fro Chierbourge / and there made their ba&s;tyd&abis;. And they knewe well that &s;ir Jo+han Aru~dell had newly refre&s;&s;hed Chierbourc and they &s;uppo&s;ed that he was as tha~ bytwene Chierbourge and Ualo~ges. On that &s;yde ther were highe wodes and fore&s;tes / that endured to the cyte of Co~&s;tances / &s;o they of Chierbourg
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might y&s;&s;ue out and ryde aboute the countrey whan they ly&s;t / for they had in this wode away &s;o &s;ore hedged on bothe &s;ydes / that whan they were ryding there coude none aproche to them this Chierbourge is one of the &s;tro~ge&s;t ca&s;tels of the worlde. They that were in the gary&s;on of Ualo~ges / were right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / in that they coude do no domage to the engly&s;&s;hmen / that &s;o haryed the cou~tre. Than &s;ir <ABBR>Olyuer</ABBR> of Cle&s;quy brother to &s;ir Bertram came fro Caty+miny / and rode throughe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wode and aduy&s;ed Chierbourg right nere / to thentent to &s;e if <ABBR>ther</ABBR> might be any &s;iege layde therto. Howe be it he thought at lee&s;t if he might gette the towne / the whiche &s;tode higher than the ca&s;tell / he &s;hulde do a great enterprice. For than he thought he might &s;o fortify the towne / that none &s;hulde y&s;|&s;ue out of the ca&s;tell / but to their great domage Sir Olyuer per&s;euered &s;tyll in this purpo&s;e / and toke with hym a fyftene &s;peares and guy|des / &s;uche as coude &s;urely bring hym throughe the wodes. And &s;o in a mornynge he departed fro Ualonges and came through the woodes / tyll he was agayn&s;t Chierbourg. And y^e &s;ame day and tyme &s;ir Johan Arundell was come in to the towne out of the ca&s;tell / and a &s;quyer of Nauer called Johan Coq with hym / to the en|tent to &s;hewe him the towne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he herd tidynges howe the frenchmen were come thy|der to aduy&s;e the place. Sir &abquod; Johan Coq / I haue herde howe &s;ir Olyuer of Cle&s;quy / bro|ther to &s;ir Bertram / hath pa&s;t the wodes: and hath aduy&s;ed this towne. Sir / for god &s;ake let vs pur&s;ue hym. Sir I warrant to bringe you &s;uche away that he &s;hall nat e&s;cape vs / but that he &s;hall fall in our handes: and &s;o they &s;hall be co~quered lytell and lytell. By my faythe quod &s;ir Johan Arundell I am content. And &s;o they armed them &s;ecretly and toke with them a two hundred &s;peares / and &s;o entred in to the wodes <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the frenchmen rode the &s;ame day / and knewe nothyng eche of other. And whan &s;ir O+lyuer had well aduy&s;ed the towne / the whiche he &s;awe was right &s;tronge: and in a place im|po&s;&s;yble to be be&s;ieged. Than he withdrue and toke the way towarde Ualo~ges / the &s;ame way he came. And he hadde nat rydden the &s;pace of two leages / but that &s;ir Johan Arundell &amp; Jo|han Coq came &s;treyght on them / they were &s;o well gyded: and cryed on the~ our lady of Arun+dell. Whan &s;ir Olyuer herde that crye / &amp; &s;awe them redy to mete hym / he wy&s;&s;hed him &s;elfe a|gayne in Ualonges. Than~e he mounted on a good cour&s;er / thynking to &s;aue him &s;elfe by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e|ynge: for he &s;awe well there was no tyme nor place to &s;ight / for his aduantage. So his men entred in to the thycke of the woode / &s;ome here &s;ome there they wy&s;t nat whyder: but a fewe of them kept togyder. Johan Coq lyke a valyant man of armes / folowed in the cha&s;e after &s;ir O+lyuer &s;o nere / that finally he toke hym pri&s;oner / and a ten or .xii. other were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taken: and the re&s;ydue &s;aued them &s;elfe in the woodes / and &s;o gate to Ualonges whan they might. And ther &s;hewed &s;ir Wylliam of Bordes and his compa+ny / howe they had &s;pedde by rea&s;on of a bu&s;&s;he+ment / and howe &s;ir Olyuer of Cle&s;quy was ta|ken / wherof all they that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;oore di&s;plea&s;ed / howbeit they coude nat amende it. Than &s;ir Olyuer was ledde in to the ca&s;tell of Chierbourg / and he was &s;hewed howe he &s;hul|de pay for his raun&s;ome .x. thou&s;ande frankes. The&s;e tidynges were anone knowen bothe in Englande and in Fraunce / and &s;o the mater a|bode &s;tyll long in the &s;ame e&s;tate.</P>
<P>SIr <ABBR>Olyuer</ABBR> of Cle&s;quy was pri&s;oner a longe &s;ea&s;on in Chierbourge / in the ke|pyng of Johan Coq of Nauer / who toke him. yet &s;ir Johan of Arundell had the profyte. And afterwarde &s;ir Olyuer made fynance for hym+&s;elfe / and for all tho&s;e that were taken with him but it was a long &s;pace fir&s;t. And whan the ga|ri&s;on of Chierbourg&punc; was well refre&s;&s;hed / than &s;ir Johan Arundell departed and went agayn to&punc; Hampton / wherof he was capitayne. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> abode &s;tyll in Chierdourg with &s;ir John~ Harl+&s;ton capitayne there / dyuers knyghtes of En|glande: as &s;ir John~ Coplande / &s;ir John~ Bul|le / &s;ir Thom~s Bygorne / &amp; dyuers other knigh+tes &amp; &s;quyers. And they and other toke &s;o good hede to the fortre&s;&s;e that it toke no domage.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of Chierbourc tyll tyme come therto agayne / and let vs &s;peke of &s;ir Johan Neuyll &s;ene&s;hall of Burdeaulx / and of his company / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet and other / and howe they per&s;euered.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the chylde of Ca&s;tell and the &s;panyerdes lay at &s;iege before Panpi+lone / and of &s;uche ca&s;telles as the en|gly&s;&s;hmen conquered out of the fren+chmens handes. Ca. CCC .xxxviii.</HEAD>
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_THe lorde Neuyll beynge at Burdeur was well entour|med howe the chylde of Ca|&s;tell with a great nombre of &s;panyerdes had layde &s;iege to the good towne of Pa~py+lone / and the vycont of Cha+&s;tellon / the lorde of Le&s;cute / &amp; Raymon of Ra|me&s;en and dyuers other were within. and they coude here no certayne troynges of the kyng of Nauer wherof they hadde marueyle / but they &s;uppo&s;ed &s;hortely to here fro hym. The cou~tre+men of Burdeaur and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / de&s;yred the lorde Neuyll nat to departe out of the countre / nor to &s;uffre none of his men of warre to de&abper;te / as long as the frenchmen had any fortre&s;&s;es in the coutre. And &s;pecially they co~playned of the fortre&s;&s;e of Ber&s;at / the whiche they &s;ayde dyde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oche <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">we in the countrey. Than the lorde Neuyll demaunded what nombre of bretons they were within Ber&s;atte / and it was &s;hewed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> fyue hu~dred fightyng men. Than he cal|led to hym the &s;ene&s;hall of Landes and &s;ir Wyl+lyam Scrope / and &s;ayde: &s;irs take with you a two or thre hu~dred &s;peares &amp; as many archers / and go your way and loke on them of Ber&s;at / and do &s;omoche as to delyuer the countre of the~ and than we &s;hall attende to a greatter mater. The two knightes wolde nat di&s;obey / but &s;o toke two hu~dred &s;peares and as many archers and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Garon / and &s;o rode to|warde Ber&s;at. And y^e &s;ame &s;ea&s;on they of Ber|&s;at were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">te abrode rydinge / to the nombre of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> core&s;peares all a long the ryuer of Garon / to the~tent to &s;e if they might fynde any &s;hyppe. and their capitayne was one of Pyergourt cal+led &s;ir Bertram Raymon / a good man of ar|mes: and &s;o within a litell leage of Ber&s;at they encountred the engly&s;&s;hmen. And whan this &s;ir Bertram &s;awe that he mu&s;t nedes fight / he was affrayed: but ordred his men in good array / they were nere all ga&s;coyns. And &s;o the engly&s;&s;hmen came on them with their &s;peares couched and &s;purres to their hor&s;es. And at the fir&s;t comynge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers ouerthrowen of bothe parties &amp; many a feate of armes done Nowe b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">it finally the frenchmen coude nat en|dure thengly&s;&s;hmens dedes al&s;o they were mo <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> nombre and cho&s;en men. In &s;omoch that all they of the gary&s;on of Ber&s;at were &s;layne or ta+ken / but fewe that &s;caped. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was taken &s;ir Bertram Raymon / and &s;ir wyllm~ Hemon / and than they rode to Ber&s;at. And wha~ they of the gari&s;on &s;awe that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> men were taken and &s;layne they were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / and &s;o gaue vp the fortere&s;&s;e their lyues &s;aued. So thus Ber|&s;at became engli&s;&s;he and than they returned to Burdeur. &para; The &s;ame day was y^e night of Al+&s;ayntes / y^e yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lxxviii. that the~gly&s;&s;hmen entred in to Ber&s;at / and the &s;ame day the kyng of Nauer came to Burdeux or any man wy&s;t. And he was receyued ryght honorably and well lodged at his ea&s;e / and all his men. And than he was demau~ded of the ti|dyng&abis; in his cou~tre &amp; of the &s;panyerdes: and he an&s;wered plainly y^e the childe of Ca&s;tell had be+&s;ieged Pa~pylone with great puy&s;&s;ance / &s;o that they y^t were within the cyte were &s;ore con&s;tray|ned. Tha~ he de&s;yred the~ acordyng to y^e apoynt+ment made by the kyng of Englande / that they wolde helpe to confort his people / &amp; to rey&s;e the &s;iege. The knightes of Englande offred them+&s;elfe &amp; &s;aid / how they were in good mynde &s;o to do / &s;o y^e by their neglyge~ce the &s;iege &s;hulde nat be vnrey&s;ed / and &s;o ordayned therfore &amp; &s;aid to the kyng. &s;ir returne you into yo^r owne cou~tre / and make a &s;piall a&s;&s;e~bly of yo^r men / &amp; we &s;hall+be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> at a day apoynted &amp; let vs a&s;&s;emble to|gyder / and &s;o we &s;habe the &s;tronger. your men al&s;o knowe the countre better than ours do / He an&s;wered &amp; &s;aid. <ABBR>ss</ABBR> ye &s;ay well: &amp; thus it &s;halbe done. And &s;o the thirde daye after he departed and toke the way by the &s;ee &s;yde. For <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was about Bayon and Dare in Ga&s;cone / certayne fortre&s;&s;es holden by the bretons. So longe the kynge of Nauer rode y^t he came to the towne of &s;aynt Johans / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he abode. &para; In the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the kynge of Nauer made his vyage to Burdeux / &amp; taryed there &amp; retour+ned agayne. John~ of Ca&s;tell &s;on to the kyng of Spayne / and the co~&s;table of the realme of Ca|&s;tell / who were chefe of that <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / who was cal+led Dome Peter of Moriche. They helde the+&s;iege before Panpylone / with a great nombre vnder them. With them <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was therle Done Alphons / therle of Medyna / therle of Manos therle of Ribydie / Peter Ferant of Sale&s;que / and Peter Gou&s;art of Mode&s;que and dyuers other knightes and &s;quiers of Ca&s;tell. And the &s;panyerdes as they came towarde Panpylone they had taken and brent the towne of Lornich and the cytie of Uyen be&s;yde Groynge. There was neuer a lorde in <ABBR>Nauerr</ABBR> that dur&s;t apere before the~ / but euery man kept his owne holde. All this knewe rightwell y^e kyng of Nauer / for alwayes he had me&s;&s;angers comyng &amp; goyng but he coude nat remedy it w^tout y^e helpe of the~|gli&s;hmen. y^e lorde Neuyll who was at burdeur
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&s;ent thyder by the kynge of Englande and hi&s;&s; coun&s;ayle. He knewe rightwell the liage and a lya~ce that was made bytwene the kyng&abis; of En+glande and of Nauer / yet he faynted and was &s;lacke in the acomply&s;&s;hing therof. All this he thought in hym &s;elfe / and &s;o called to hym &s;ir Thomas Tryuet a right valyant knight / and &s;ayd: &s;ir Thom~s ye knowe well howe we were &s;ent hyder to take hede of the fro~ters of this cou~+tre / and to put out our enemyes. And al&s;o to co~+fort y^e kyng of Nauer / who hath ben here with vs / and hath &s;hewed vs the nede that he hath / ye were pre&s;ent whan I promy&s;ed him how we &s;hulde &s;erue him. wherfore it behoueth vs &s;o to do / or els we &s;halbe blamed. Wherfore dere &s;re~|de and louer / I ordayne you to be chefe gouer|nour of that warre / and that ye take a &s;ixe hun|dred &s;peres and a thou&s;ande archers and go in+to <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / and I wyll abyde here in the&s;e mar+che&s;&s;e bycau&s;e I am &s;ene&s;hall of Burdeux / and haue the charge therof co~mytted me by the kyn+ge of Englande. And therfore I wyll take hede of &s;uche aduentures as &s;hall fall / for as yet the cou~tre is nat all rydde of our enemyes. Sir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ir Thomas / ye do me more honour than I am worthy / I &s;hall gladly obey you as it is rea&s;on and &s;hall aquyte me in this vyage to the be&s;t of my power. Than the lorde Neuell &s;ayd / &s;ir I am well conforted by that ye arwylling to go.</P>
<P>wIthin a lytell &s;pace after / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet departed fro Burdeux &amp; toke the way to Dare in Ga&s;coyne / &amp; with him <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Wylliam Condone / &s;ir Tho|mas Berton / &s;ir John~ A&s;full / &s;ir Henry Paule &s;ir Wyllm~ Croquet &s;ir Loys Malyn / &s;ir Tho+mas Fourque / and &s;ir Robert Ha&s;ton all ga&s;|cons with a great nombre. Whan all the&s;e men of warre were come to the cytie of Dare / than they herde tidynges that the kyng of Nauerre was at &s;aynt John~s du Pye du port / and there made his &s;omons of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / wherof they were right gladde. In the cytie of Dare there was a capitayne an engly&s;&s;he knight called &s;ir Mathue Gorney vncle to &s;ir Thom~s Tryuet / who receyued his nephewe right ioyfully and all his company / and ayded to lodge theym at their ea&s;e. Thentent of &s;ir Thomas Tryuet was nat to haue re&s;ted / but to haue kept on his way to the kyng of <ABBR>Nauerr:</ABBR> but than &s;ir Ma|thewe &s;ayd. Fyre nephue / &s;ytheye be here with &s;uche a puy&s;&s;aunce / it behoueth you to delyuer this countre of a certayne bretons and frenche / men / who kepeth well a .xii. fortre&s;&s;es bytwene this and Bayone / for if ye leaue them behynde you / they wyll do vs this wynter moche trou|ble. and &s;ir if ye do this / the cou~tre wyll can you moche thanke / and &s;ir I de&s;yre you do it. Sir &abquod; &s;ir Thomas and I wyll do it. And than he &s;ette euery thyng in order / and &s;o came before a fortere&s;&s;e called Mountpyn / the whiche y^e bre|tons helde / and therin was a capitayn a &s;quier of the countie of Foyz / called Tayllerdon. As &s;oone as the&s;e men of armes were come thyder they made a &s;ore a&s;&s;aut / and &s;o the fortres was taken / and all that were within &s;layne excepte the capitayne / who was taken pri&s;oner: than the ca&s;tell was newe furny&s;&s;hed with newe me~. And after they went farther to an other ca&s;tell / called Careyllat / kept al&s;o by the frenche ga&s;|cons. And &s;o the&s;e men of warre gaue a&s;&s;aute therto / but they fayled at y^t a&s;&s;aut of winnynge of it / and &s;o di&s;lodged. And the next mornynge they made &s;o feir&s;e a&s;&s;aute y^e by force they wan it / and all &s;layne that were within / except the ca+pitayne / who was a breton bretonant and was called yuonet Apri&s;ydie / and he was delyuered to the engly&s;&s;hmen as pri&s;oner / and the ca&s;tell brent. And than they pa&s;&s;ed farther / and came before another fortre&s;&s;e called Be&s;enghen / and therin was capitayne a &s;quyer of Ga&s;coyne cal+led Roger of Morlac. The engly&s;&s;hmen were two dayes there or they had it / and that was by treatie &s;o that all that were within de&abper;ted with out domage / and went whyder they ly&s;t.</P>
<P>THan fro thens they went to Ta&s;&s;egnon a ca&s;tell &s;ta~dyng a thre leages fro Bay|oue / &amp; there layd &s;iege. And whan they of Bay|one herde howe the &s;iege was layde there / they were right ioyfull: and &s;o ca~e to the &s;iege a .v. hu~dred men of the towne with &s;peares and pa|ue&s;&s;es / and brought with them the greate&s;t en|gyn that was in Bayone. They of the fortre&s;&s;e had done &s;o moche trouble to them of Bayone / that they de&s;yred nothyng &s;o moche as their dy+&s;tructyon / but for all their &s;trength they coulde nat haue get it / and the aduy&s;e and helpe of the engly&s;&s;hmen had nat ben. They lay there .xv. dayes or they had it / &amp; yet whan they had it / it was by treaty: &s;o y^e all that were w^tin we~t their way without any domage / and <ABBR>wer</ABBR> brought in &s;auegard to Bregent / whiche helde of y^e french parte. Than they of Bayon bought the ca&s;tell for thre. M. frankes / and after beate it downe / and caryed all the &s;tones to Bayone / and there the&s;e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> were well receyued / and had euery thyng that they de&s;yred payeng therfore.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the &s;panyerdes departed fro the &s;iege of Pa~pylone / and howe the engly&s;&s;hmen arryued in Nauer: and howe they dyde. Cap. CCC .xxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kyng of Nauer be+yng at &s;aynt John~s towne / was right &s;ore trobled and dy&s;plea&s;ed in his mynde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the~gli&s;&s;hmen taryed &s;o lon|ge / for his countrey was in great &abper;ell. Surely the cyte of Panpylone had ben won by the &s;panyerdes if the wy&s;dome &amp; good kepyng of the vycont of Cha&s;tellon had nat ben / who was capyten <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with two. C. &s;peares ga&s;cons / but his wy&s;e or+der kept the~ fro parell. In the towne of Tedu|la in Nauer was capitayne &s;ir Perducas Dal+bret and in the cyte of Myranda / was capiten therle Pulloys / &amp; with hym &s;ir Roger his bro|ther. And in another &s;trong towne in <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / called Arkes was capitayne a knyght of Cate|loy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e / called &s;ir Raymon of Bageth. In tru&s;t of the&s;e capitayns the kyng of Nauer held him at &s;aynt John~s towne / but all the countre was wa&s;ted and ouerrynne with enemyes for none kepte the feldes / but the &s;panyerdes: and they knewe well that at length by long &s;iege the cy|te of Panpylone &s;hulde be wonne or yelded vp but they had no wyll therto / for the vycount of Cha&s;tellon / the lorde Le&s;cute / wyllm~ of Paur toke &s;o good hede / that they feared no danger. So at la&s;t the &s;panyerdes began to ware we|ry / for wynter drewe on about &s;aynt Andrewes tyde and their vitayle began to fayle and ware &s;cante. It had fayled &s;orer / and the vycount of Roquebertyn had nat ben / for he refre&s;&s;hed the~ with thre&s;core &s;omers laden with vitayls / elles their vitayls had fayled them by Alhalowtyde Than the kyng of Nauer &s;ent a knyght of his called &s;ir Peter of Ba&s;cle to the engly&s;&s;hmen / prayeng them to make ha&s;t for he thought they taryed ouer long / &s;eyng their promy&s;e and his nede togyder. The knight dyde &s;o moche y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he came in to the marche of Bayone / and founde the engli&s;&s;hmen before a ca&s;tell called Poula~t / there he dyde his me&s;&s;age. Than &s;ir Thomas Tryuet &s;ayd: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell that he lay at / ones won he wolde do nothyng tyll he came in to Nauer and &s;o badde the knyght on that promy&s;e to re|tourne. And than he departed / and the ca&s;tell within two dayes after was gyuen vp by trea|tie and they that were within departed / and the ca&s;tell newe refre&s;&s;hed with newe men. Than the countre was well in peace / howe be it there were &s;tyll lytell fortre&s;&s;es kept in churches and myn&s;ters / the whiche dyde hurt in the countre: but they had no great puy&s;&s;aunce. So the en|gly&s;&s;hmen wolde tary no lenger / but &s;ayd they wolde go in to Nauer and rey&s;e the &s;ege before Pa~pylone / or els fight with the &s;panyerdes.</P>
<P>SIr Thomas Tryuet and &s;ir Mathewe Gorney and all their men retourned to Dar / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed four dayes / and than de|parted &amp; toke the way to Nauer. But &s;ir Ma|thewe Gorney retourned to Bayone with his owne men to kepe the countre / and to conquere &s;ome &s;male fortere&s;&s;es that the bretons kept. &s;o long &s;ir Thom~s Tryuet iourneyd / that he ca~e to &s;aynt John~s du Py du port / where he fou~de the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / who receyued them right ioyou&s;ly. The knightes lodged in the towne &amp; the men of warre about in the countre. Before that tyme the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> had &s;omoned all maner of men to a&s;&s;emble at the cyte of Myra~|da. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was none that wolde re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t the kynges co~maundement / but &s;o euery man prepared him &s;elfe to go to Panpylone to fight with the &s;panyerdes. Tidynges came into the hoo&s;t / howe that thengly&s;&s;hmen with great pu+y&s;&s;ance were with the kyng of Nauer at &s;aynt John~s towne / to the nombre of .xx. thou&s;ande men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> Than the capitayns drewe togy+der to coun&s;aile / to &s;e what was be&s;t for them to do / outher to abyde the kynge of Nauer / orels to withdrawe backe. This cou~&s;ayle was long for &s;ome of the capitayns wolde that the~gli&s;&s;h|men &s;hulde be byden / and &s;ome other &s;ayd nay / bycau&s;e they were nat &s;trong ynough to abyde them that were fre&s;&s;hmen / for theym&s;elfe were &s;ore traueyled by rea&s;on of the long &s;iege. And &s;o finally they concluded to dy&s;lodge and eue|ry man to drawe to his owne countre / and the moo&s;t that enclyned them to de&abper;te was. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were &s;ome valyant knight&abis; v&s;ed marmes &s;aid that it was nat agayn&s;t their honour to de&abper;te / co~&s;ydring that kyng He~ry of Ca&s;tell beyng in his owne countre had &s;ent a .xv. dayes pa&s;t / for his &s;onne to breke vp the &s;iege. So thus y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pa|nyerdes dy&s;loged and departed / and &s;et fyre in their lodgynges: and &s;o drewe towardes Gro+yng and to &s;aynt Domynikes in Ca&s;tell. And whan they within Panpylone &s;awe them de&abper;t they were right ioyfull / for they had nat ben at all tymes at their ea&s;e.</P>
<P>&para; Tidynges came to the kynge of Nauer &amp; to
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thengly&s;&s;hmen / beyng at &s;aynt Johans towne howe the &s;panyerdes were all goone in to their owne countrees. &amp; by &s;emyng / they were therw^t right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / for gladly they wolo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ha|ue fought with the &s;paynyardes / &amp; &s;o they dy&s;|lodged and went towarde Panpilon / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde the vicount of Cha&s;tellon / the lorde Le&s;cute and other / who receyued them ioyful|ly. And whan they had refre&s;&s;hed them there a two or thre dayes / than they determyned to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e|parte and go and lye in gary&s;ons to be at more large / for the mountayns in Nauer arre ryght colde in wynter / bycau&s;e of the great &s;nowes. So tha~ it was ordayned that the engli&s;&s;hmen &s;hulde go and lye at Tudela / and the lorde Le|&s;cute at Pont de la Royne / and the erle of Pul|loys / and &s;ir Roger his brother to go to Corell and the lorde Cha&s;tellon to Mundon. Thus the&s;e men of warre departed / and the kynge of Nauer abode &s;tyll in Panpylone in his owne palys / and the gary&s;ons of Nauer were kepte in peace / without doynge of any thynge / for in the wynter they wolde nat ryde abrode: in lyke wy&s;e all the &s;panyardes departed / and kynge Henry went to Cyuell / and with him his wyfe and his chyldren. Sir Thomas Tryuet and his company beynge at Tudela / remembring howe he had done nothyng &s;ythe he came in to Nauer / and he had worde by his e&s;pyes howe the &s;panyardes were departed &amp; with drawen. Than he thought to ryde towarde Spaygne &s;o~ what to enploy his tyme / and to ve&s;erue his wages. And &s;o &s;ecretely he gathered togyder a certayne nombre of men of armes and archers and he &s;ent worde therof to the erle of Pulloys and to &s;ir Roger his brother / who came to him with two. C. &s;peares and thre hu~dred paue&s;&s;es They a&s;&s;embled togyder at Tudela / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they were a .vii. C. &s;peares / and .xii. C. archers / and as many of other brigantes. And &s;o they char|ged on &s;omers great plentie of vitayls / and de+&abper;ted &amp; loged on Chri&s;tmas euyn / in afayre me|dowe by a ryuer&s;yde / at the fote of the mou~tain called mou~t Cane / the whiche de&abper;ted thre real|mes Nauer / Ca&s;tell / and Aragone. and on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> o|ther &s;yde of the mou~tayn / was a countre called the vale of Sorie: the &s;ame day was a maruey+lous hote day / for that tyme of the yere.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen and naue|roy&s;e ran in to the realme of Spayne and of the pillage that they gat there Cap. CCC .xl.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd whan they hadde dyned they went to cou~&s;ayle / to knowe if they &s;hulde do any thyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day ornar / bicau&s;e it was Chri&s;tmas euyn / &s;e+yng they were entryng in to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lan+de of their enemyes. Than it was determyned that they &s;hulde ryde at night / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by the mor|nyng on Chri&s;tmas day / they might be redy to &s;cale y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cytie of vale de Sorie. This coun&s;ayle was kept / and euery man made him redy to the &s;ame entente: and it was ordayned / that there &s;hulde goo to do this enterprice / but thre hun|dred &s;peares: and the re&s;ydue with all the fote|men &s;hulde lye &s;tyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> as they lay / tyll y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mor|nyng / that they had worde howe their compa|ny had &s;pedde. Therle Pulloys with a. C. &s;pe|res / &amp; &s;ir Thomas Tryuet &amp; his co~pany / they had gydes to bring the~ thyder: and they &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yde in foure co~panyes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> more &s;ecretlyer to do their entprice / &amp; the more ea&s;ly to come to their entent&abis;. And &s;o about two houres within night they armed them and lept a hor&s;backe &amp; had no tru~pettes / but the capitayns and gydes knewe well <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they &s;hulde mete agayn. and &s;o they mounted the hyll &amp; were in a fayre playne / and &s;odenly <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell &s;uche an hayle and &s;nowe / that it was marueyle / for all the grounde was coue+red with &s;nowe: &amp; &s;o they rode tyll the morning or they coude fynde eche other. This vnhappy wether for the engli&s;&s;hmen / fell well for them in the cyte / who toke no hede of that bu&s;hment / for they were nat ware therof / for if thengli&s;&s;hme~s apoyntment had kept at their houre apoynted / they had nat fayled to haue wonne the towne. &para; Whan &s;ir Thom~s Tryuet &s;awe that he had fayled of his purpo&s;e / he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed in his mynde / and &s;o gathered togyder his co~pa|ny as well as he might. Than they tooke newe coun&s;ayle / and &s;o dranke and eate a lytell / and after dyner whiche was but &s;horte. Sir Ray|mon of Balgette naueroy&s;e / was cho&s;en with a fortie &s;peares to go and rynne before the towne to drawe oute &s;ome of the genyciens that were within. And &s;o the knight rode before the cytie and ca~e to the barryers / and there was a great &s;crimy&s;&s;he. For the genyciens / who were a two hundred y&s;&s;ued oute and began to &s;hote / and to ca&s;t at the men of armes / who euer lytell and ly+tell drewe backe / to bringe them farther of fro the towne. They had yuell handled tho&s;e men of armes / if their bu&s;&s;hme~t had nat drawen for+ward / but they ca~e feir&s;ly w^t their &s;peres &amp; &s;tra|ke in among the~ &amp; bete the~ downe: many were &s;layue &amp; driuen in to the towne agayne / to their
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great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">mage. Tha~ they clo&s;ed their barryers and gates and mounted to the walles / for they wende &s;urely to haue had a&s;&s;aut but the~gly&s;&s;h|men thought to retourne by day light. And &s;o they retourned agayne to their lodgyng / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they fou~de the re&s;t of their men / and &s;o lay there that night. And the next mornyng whiche was &s;aynt Stepbyns day / they drue to a towne cal|led Qua&s;quam in Normandy. And there they founde the kyng of Nauer who was come thy|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er on Chri&s;tmas day / but as the engly&s;&s;hmen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a~e to Qua&s;quam / the &s;ame day they brent cer|tayne vyllages / and &s;pecially they brent &amp; rob|bed a great vyllage / called Nygret.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the peace was made bytwe+ne the kyng of Spayne and the king of Nauer: and of the dethe of kynge Henry of Spayne / and of the corona+cyon of Johan his &s;onne. Cap. C C C .xli.</HEAD>
<P>_TIdynges came to kyng Hen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y of Ca&s;tell / who was at Cyuell in y^e hert of his re|alme: howe that the engli&s;&s;h+men had brent the towne of the Uale de &s;orie in makyng of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> for the kyng of Na+uer / wherof he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed: and &s;ware it &s;hulde be amended. Than he wrote letters to John~ of Ca&s;tell his &s;onne / that he &s;hulde make a &s;omons throughout his realme / and to a&s;&s;em+ble to guyder the noble men. Sayeng howe he wolde be &s;hortely in Spayne / to reuenge hym of the kyng of Nauer / for the exce&s;&s;e that he had done to hym. The chylde of Ca&s;tell wolde nat di&s;obey the co~maundement of the kyng his fa|ther / but &s;ent out his commaundement: and &s;o drewe to hym all maner of men of warre. And in the &s;ame meane &s;ea&s;on &punc; &s;ir Thomas Tryuet thought to a&s;&s;emble a certayne nombre of men of warre / and to go to the towne of Alpharo in Spayne. And &s;o he dyde / and departed in an euenynge fro Qua&s;quam and fro the kynge of Nauer / and had with hym but one hu~dred &s;pe|res of cho&s;en men of armes. And &s;o by the nexte mornyng they came within a lytell leage of the towne / and there they made their bu&s;&s;hement. And &s;ir Wylliam Sendrine was &s;ent to rynne before the towne and Andrewe Andrac: &amp; with the~ a ten &s;peares. And &s;o they ca~e to a lytell ry|uer or broke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which went &s;treight to the towne and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed it with great trouble / &amp; Andrewe Andrac made their hor&s;es to leape ouer / and &s;o came to the barryers. Than there began great noy&s;e in the towne / and &s;ownyng of trumpett&abis;. The men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> within the towne a&s;&s;embled togyder and opyned their gates and barryers and y&s;&s;ued all out and &s;o began to &s;crimy&s;&s;he / and of the &s;ayd ten &s;peares / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but two of them that was pa&s;t the ryuer / and &s;o they re|tourned whan they &s;awe the people comyng to them warde / and &s;o made their hor&s;es agayne to leape ouer the broke. Whan they of y^e towne &s;awe there were &s;o fewe of their enemyes / and knewe nothyng of the bu&s;hment: they folowed fa&s;t after / and &s;o pa&s;t the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> a lytell aboue / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as they knewe the pa&s;&s;age / and &s;o cha&s;ed the tenne &s;peares to their bu&s;&s;hment. Than &s;ir Thomas Tryuet and his company ca~e forthe cryeng their cryes / and bare many of the~ to the erthe. To &s;ay trouthe / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;panyerdes coude nat longe endure / and &s;o retourned as well as they might / but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but fewe that were &s;aued but outher they were &s;layne or taken. The fray was great in the towne / and thengly&s;&s;hmen be+leued / that at the fir&s;t comynge to haue had the towne / bycau&s;e there men were di&s;co~fyted / but they fayled of their purpo&s;e for y^e women &s;aued the towne. For a&s;&s;one as their men were i&s;&s;ued out &amp; were pa&s;t the ryuer / they clo&s;ed their bar|ryers and gates and mou~ted vp to the walles / and made &s;emblant to defende them &s;elfe. And whan &s;ir Thomas Triuet &s;awe the order and maner of the~ / he &s;ayd: beholde yonder y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good wyues of the towne what they haue done. Let vs retourne agayne / for we canne do nothyng there. And &s;o they returned and pa&s;&s;ed agayne the lytle broke / and &s;o went to Que&s;quam and ledde with theym their pri&s;oners. Of the whi|che dede &s;ir Thomas Tryuet had great tha~ke / laude / and pray&s;e of the kyng of Nauer.</P>
<P>ANd a fyftene dayes after that they had made this iourney before Alpharo / the &s;panyerd&abis; came in to the feldes with a twentie thou&s;ande hor&s;men and fotemen / in great wyll to fight with the engly&s;&s;hmen. And whan the kyng of Nauer herde therof / he came to Tude|la / and &s;ir Thomas Tryuet and his company with hym. And than he &s;ente for all them of the gary&s;ons of the realme of Nauer to co~e to him they wolde nat di&s;obey his commaundement / 
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for they de&s;yred nothyng els. And the &s;panyer|des taryed for nothyng / but for the comynge of kyng Henry / who as than was de&abper;ted f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o Ce|uyll with a great nombre / and &s;o came to &s;aynt Dominykes and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re&s;ted and lay in y^e felde. Whan Johan of Ca&s;tell knewe that the kynge his father was come / than he went fro Alphare to &s;aynt Dominykes to the king his father. the entent of the &s;panyerdes was to haue goone to ley &s;ege to Tudela / and to haue clo&s;ed in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn+ge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> / or to haue fought with hym. Of all this the kyng of Nauer was well enformed and knewe well he was nat of puy&s;&s;aunce to a|byde batayle agayn&s;t kynge Henry / for he had a .xl. thou&s;ande men a hor&s;ebacke and a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ote.</P>
<P>BItwene kynge Henry and the kynge of Nauer <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne noble men of bothe realmes / prelates and barons / who yma+gined the great parell and domage that might fall to bothe parties: if any of them &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ee other. Than they entreated bytwene the &abper;ties / to haue a re&s;pyte of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> bytwene them / to ha|ue the more ley&s;ar to entreat. And &s;o they toke great payne with goyng and comyng / bytwen the parties / or they coude bring about their en|tent: for the engli&s;&s;hmen were a two thou&s;ande and were feir&s;e agayn&s;t the &s;panyerdes / &amp; cou~|&s;ayled the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> to batayle. On the other &s;yde the &s;panyerdes were a great no~bre / wherfore they &s;ette but lytell by thengly&s;&s;hmen nor naueroy&s;e: therfore it was harde to bringe this treatie to a good effect. They that had the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e therof toke moche payne and labour / at la&s;t a re&s;pyte was taken bytwene them to en|dure &s;ixe wekes / to the~tent in the meane &s;ea&s;on to entreat for a full peace. Their entent was to make yf they myght / a maryage bytwene the chylde of Ca&s;tell / elde&s;t &s;onne to kyng Henry: and the doughter of the kyng of <ABBR>Nauer.</ABBR> Wher+by the peace &s;hulde the &s;urelyer co~tynue / to the whiche the kynge of Nauer was well agreed / bycau&s;e his doughter &s;hulde be &s;o highly ma|ryed. &para;And moreouer the prelates and ba|rons of both parties / thought al&s;o to mary the kyng of Nauers &s;on / to kyng Henryes dough+ter. In &s;omoche that this treatie toke effect: &s;o that kyng Henry &s;hulde &s;ende to the fre~che kyn+ge / de&s;yringe him to &s;uffre Charles of Nauer / who was in his kepynge to come in to <ABBR>Nauer.</ABBR> And &s;o he dyde / at his de&s;yre the frenche kynge &s;ente him. &amp; &s;o for the &abper;formance of this treati<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and mariage / the kyng of Nauer &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ay in pledge for the &s;pace of ten yere to kyng Henry / the towne and ca&s;tell of Le&s;toyll / the cytie and ca&s;tell of Tudela / the towne and Ca&s;tell de la garde. And that kyng Henry &s;hulde yelde and rendre to the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;ir Per&s;e Courtney / who was pri&s;oner / and the lorde of Parre ga&s;|coyne. All the&s;e thynges were done / &s;ealed / con+fyrmed / accorded and &s;worne: to be kept &s;table and ferme for euer / bytwene the&s;e two kynges and their realmes. And whiche of them y^t euer &s;hulde breke this peace by any maner of wayes &s;hulde rynne in the &s;entence of the pope.</P>
<P>wHyle the&s;e treatyes were this in ma|kyng / the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> who was bounde to the engly&s;&s;hmen / in y^e &s;o~me of .xx. thou&s;ande frankes: to acquyte hym &s;elfe agayn&s;t them. He &s;ent the vycont of Cha&s;telon in to Arragon to the kynge there / to borowe of hym the &s;ayd &s;omme of money. And he to haue in pledge therfore / his good townes of Panpy+lone / and Myrando / the quenes towne / Corell and &s;aynt Johans towne. Thus the engly&s;&s;he+men were payed and delyuered / and &s;o depar|ted fro the kynge of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> and went to Bur|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eux / and fro the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s in to Englande. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ma+ryage was made bytwene Charles of <ABBR>Nauer</ABBR> and kyng He~rys doughter called Jane / a right fayre lady. &para;The &s;ame yere dyed kyng Hen|ry of Ca&s;tell / and his &s;on John~ crowned kyng and &s;o he was kynge by accorde of the prelates and barons of the realme of Spaygne / of Ca|&s;tell / of Cecyll / of Galyce / and Candonne: and they all &s;ware to him faithe &amp; homage for euer. Than there began a warre bytwene the kynge of Portyngale and kyng Johan of Ca&s;tell / wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+che endured long / as ye &s;hall here after. Nowe lette vs retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;es of Fraunce.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the lorde of La~gurant was wounded to dethe / and howe the ca|pitayne of the gary&s;on of Boutuylle was di&s;co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">fyted / and the ca&s;tell yel|ded vp frenche. Cap. C C C .xlii.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue herde here before: howe the lorde of Mucydent was tourned frenche / and was a <ABBR>yer</ABBR> or more at Parys / tyll at la&s;t he was wery: for he had thought to haue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ounde the fre~che kyng otherwi&s;e to warde him
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thanne he was / wherfore he was angrye in his mynde / and &s;o repe~ted hym &s;elfe in that he was tourned fre~che. Sayeng howe it was for feare rather tha~ for any other thyng. And &s;o thought to &s;teale fro Parys &amp; to go to his owne cou~tre / to yelde him &s;elfe agayne engly&s;&s;he: for the &s;er|uyce of the kyng of Englande plea&s;ed him mo|che better than the &s;eruyce of the frenche kyng. And as he hadde aduy&s;ed &s;o he dyde / and gaue knowlege to all them that he knewe / except his owne &s;eruantes howe he was &s;icke: and kepte his lodgynge. And &s;o in an euenyng he lept on his hor&s;e vnknowen / and toke but thre per&s;ons with hym / and &s;o de&abper;ted fro Parys / and rode toward his owne coutre / and his men folowed after him lytell and lytell. And &s;o longe he rode that he came to Burdeux / and there he founde &s;ir Johan lorde Neuyll &s;ene&s;hall of Burdeux / to whome he &s;hewed all his aduenture / and &s;o became agayne engly&s;&s;he: and &s;ayde / howe he hadde rather be fal&s;e of his faythe to the french kyng / than to his naturall lorde y^e kyng of En|glande. Thus the lorde Mucydent abode en|gly&s;&s;he as long as he lyued / wherof the duke of Aniou was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;aid and &s;ware that if euer he coude get hym / he &s;hulde le&s;e his heed. Wherof the lorde Mucydent was well en+fourmed / and thought to kepe hym &s;elfe ryght well out of danger.</P>
<P>ALl this &s;ea&s;on the lorde of Langurante was &s;tyll frenche / who was an experte knight and dyde moche hurt and trouble / to &s;u+che landes as parteyned to &s;uch lordes as were beco~e engly&s;&s;he. As the lorde of Ro&s;en / the lord of Duras / and the lorde of Mucydent / wher|with the&s;e thre lordes were&s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed &amp; &s;o &s;et all their myndes howe they might &s;lee him / for he was vtterly their enemy. this lorde of La~+gurant rode forthe on a day with a .xl. &s;peares and came nere to an engly&s;&s;he fortere&s;&s;e / called Cadylhatte: of the herytage of the Captall of Beufz / and his bretherne ga&s;coyns. And &s;o the lorde Lagurant made there abu&s;&s;hment of his company / and &s;ayd. Sirs / tary you &s;tyll here: and I wyll go and ryde to yonder fortere&s;&s;e a|lone / &amp; &s;e if any wyll i&s;&s;ue out agayn&s;t vs. And &s;o he rode forthe and came to y^e barryers of the ca&s;tell / and &s;pake to the kepars / and demau~ded where was Bernard Courant their capitayne and &s;ayde: &s;hewe hym howe the lorde Langu|rantis here / and de&s;yreth to Ju&s;te with hym a cour&s;e: yf he be &s;o good a man / and &s;o valyant in armes as it is &s;ayde / he wyll nat refu&s;e it for his ladyes &s;ake. yf hedo / it &s;hall tourne hym to moche blame. For I &s;hall repute wher&s;oeuer I go / that for cowardne&s;&s;e / he hath refu&s;ed to ryn with me / one cour&s;e with a &s;pere. than a &s;quyer of Bernardes an&s;wered / and &s;ayd. Sir Lan|gurant / I haue well herde your wordes. Sir / and ye wyll &s;uffre a lytell / I &s;hall go and &s;peke with my mai&s;ter. Ifye wyll abyde / I warrant you / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;halbe no reproche in him of coward+ne&s;&s;e. I wyll tarye &abquod; the lorde of Langurant. Than the &s;quyer went / and founde his mai&s;ter in a chambre / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hewed him all the wor|des: as ye haue herde before. And whan Ber|nard herde that / his hert began to &s;well for pre: and &s;ayd. Gette me my harne&s;&s;e / and &s;adell my hor&s;e: he &s;hall nat go refu&s;ed. Than inconty|nent he was armed and mounted on his hor&s;e / and toke his targe and his &s;peare / and opyned the gate and the barryers / and i&s;&s;ued out in to the felde. And whan the lorde Langurant &s;awe him comyng he was reioy&s;ed / and couched his &s;peare lyke a good knyght / and &s;o dyde Ber|narde: and da&s;&s;hed to their hor&s;es. They were bothe well hor&s;ed / and they hytte &s;o euyn bothe that there &s;heldes fell in peces: and in the pa&s;|&s;yng by / Bernarde &s;holdred &s;ir Langurantes hor&s;e in &s;uche wy&s;e: that the lorde fell out of the &s;adell. And whan Bernard &s;awe hym on y^e erth he was ryght ioyfull / and tourned &s;hortely his hor&s;e to him. and as the lorde Langurant was ri&s;ynge vp / Bernarde who was a bygge and a valyant &s;quyer / toke hym by the ba&s;&s;enet with bothe his handes / and drewe it &s;o &s;ore to him / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he rey&s;ed it of his heed / and &s;o dyde ca&s;t his ba&s;+&s;enet vnder his hor&s;e fete. The lorde of Langu+rantes men beynge in the bu&s;&s;hement / &s;awe all this. And than they brake out / &amp; were comyng to re&s;cue their mai&s;ter and lorde / and Bernard who &s;awe the~ comynge / drewe out his dagger and &s;ayde to the lorde Langurant. Sir / yelde you my <ABBR>pri&s;oner:</ABBR> re&s;cue or no re&s;cue / or els ye are but deed. The lorde Langurant / who tru|&s;ted on the re&s;cue of his men &s;pake nat a worde agayne. And whan Bernarde &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / he was enflamed with feruentyre: and douted lee&s;t he &s;hulde le&s;e the more for y^e le&s;&s;e / and &s;o &s;trake the lorde Langurante on the heed / whiche was all bare: in &s;uche wy&s;e / that he brake the &s;koll in to the brayne. And than he da&s;&s;hed to his hor&s;e / &amp; entred in to the barryers / &amp; than a lyghted and made him redy to defe~de him &s;elfe ifnede were. And whan the lorde Langurant&abis; men were co~e to hym / and founde him wou~ded to dethe / they were right &s;oroufull: and &s;o toke &amp; caryed hym
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a&s;well as they might in to his owne ca&s;tell / but the next day after he dyed. Thus it befell that &s;ea&s;on of the lorde Langurant.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was a dede of ar|mes done in Rocheloys. For Helyot of Play&s;ac / a gentyll &s;quyer and a valyaunt man of armes / capitayne of Boutuyll / an engly&s;&s;he gary&s;on of &s;ix&s;core &s;peares engly&s;&s;he and ga&s;|coyns. Who pylled &s;ore the countre / and ranne nigh euery day before the towne of Rochell / or els before the towne of &s;aynt John~s Dangle / And they helde the&s;e two townes in &s;uche feare and doubte / that they dur&s;t nat i&s;&s;ue out but by &s;telth / wherof the knyghtes and the &s;quyers of the cou~tre were right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. &amp; thought one day to prouyde for remedy / or els to be &s;lay+ne or taken by their ennemyes in the felde. And &s;o on a day they a&s;&s;embled in the towne of Ro|chell / about two hundred &s;peares: for that was the towne that moo&s;t comenly Helyot of Play|&s;ac and his co~pany dyde moo&s;t hurt vnto. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were of Poyctou and of Xaynton / the lorde of Thowars / the lorde of Pui&s;&s;a~ce / &s;ir James of Surgeres / Percyuall of Coloygne / &s;ir Ray|nolde of Gomers / &s;ir Hugh of Uynon and dy|uers other knightes and &s;quyers / hauyng gret de&s;yre to fight with their ennemyes. And the&s;e capitayns knewe by their &s;pyes / that Helyot of Play&s;ac was abrode / &amp; was comynge to apere before Rochell / to gette <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;ome pray. Than all the&s;e lordes and knyghtes went out of Ro|chell in the euenyng / well armed and on hor&s;e|backe: and &s;o toke the feldes. And at their de&abper;|tyng / they ordayned that in the next mornyng / they &s;hulde put out in to the feldes all their ca|tell at adue~ture: and it was done as they deuy|&s;ad. And in the next mornyng Helyot of Play|&s;ac and his co~pany came before Rochell to the barryers / and &s;ome of their company gadered togyder all the catell they coude fynde: &amp; made them to be driuen by them of the countre before them. And they hadde nat driuen this catell the &s;pace of a leage / but that the frenchmen a .ii. C. &s;peares came &s;odaynly on them on a wyng / of whome the engli&s;&s;hmen were nat ware: and &s;o came in at the &s;peares poyntes amonge the~. &s;o at their fir&s;t metynge <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many ca&s;t to y^e erthe. Than Helyot of Play&s;ac &s;ayde / a fote a fote euery man. Let vs nat natflye / and let our hor&s;es go / if the day be ours we &s;hall haue hor|&s;es ynowe / and if it be agayn&s;t vs / we &s;hall ha|ue but a &s;mall lo&s;&s;e of our hor&s;es. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> Helyot and his co~pany a lighted a fote / and put the~&s;elf in good order. In likewi&s;e &s;o dyd the fre~chmen for they feared the &s;leyng of their hor&s;es. Ther was a &s;ore batayle and longe endured / for they fought hand to hand. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done many fea+tes of armes / many a one taken and re&s;cued a|gayne. Finally the poicteuyns &amp; xayntons had the vytorie / &amp; their enemyes disco~fyted &amp; nighe all &s;layne or taken / but a fewe that &s;caped. and the pray of catell agayne re&s;cued: and Helyote of Play&s;ac taken pri&s;oner and led to Rochell. Anone after this adue~ture the&s;e lordes of Fra~|ce wente to the ca&s;tell of Boutuyll / whiche was anone taken / for it was ea&s;y ynough to wynne for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none within to make any defence. Thus was the ca&s;tell of Botuyll frenche / wher of all the countre had great ioye: and Helyot of Plai&s;ac was pri&s;oner a long &s;pace after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenche kynges me&s;&s;an|ger was let of his vyage in to Scot|la~de: and of the debate that began by+twene the frenche king and therle of Flaunders. Cap. CCC .xliii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on re|tourned in to Englande / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet &amp; &s;ir Wyl+lyam Helman / with dyuers other knightes and &s;quyers &s;uche as had ben in Spaine to ayde the kyng of Nauers <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And &s;o they ca~e to the kyng of Engla~de / who as than was at Chert&s;ay and his two vn|cles / the duke of Lanca&s;tre and therle of Cam|bridge with him. And the&s;e knightes were ioy+fully receyued / of the kyng and the&s;e lord&abis;: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were de&s;yred to &s;hewe &s;ome tidynges fro tho&s;e parties. And &s;o they &s;hewed all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they knewe / bothe of Spayne and of Nauer / and of the peace made bytwene the two kyng&abis; / of &s;pay+ne and Nauer. And howe the kynge of Nauer had maryed Charles his elde&s;t &s;onne / to kyng He~ryes doughter: and &s;o fro poynt to poynt as the treatie was bytwene the~. The duke of Lan+ca&s;tre and therle of Cambridge were right pe~|&s;yfe of tho&s;e wordes / for they thought &amp; named them &s;elfe to be heyres of Spayne / by ryght of their wyues. Than they demau~ded howe long it was &s;yth kyng Henry the ba&s;tarde dyed / and whider the &s;panyerdes had crowned John~ his &s;on~e or no. The knightes answered / and sayd.
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">: at the dethe of kyng Henry / nor at the co+cona<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yon of Johan his &s;onne / we were nat pre|&s;ent / for by that tyme we were come backe in to Nauer. But &s;ir / here is an haraude was there pre&s;e~t / ye may knowe euery thyng by him / and it plea&s;e you. Thau y^e heralde was called forthe and demaunded by the duke of Lanca&s;tre how the mater was. He an&s;wered / and &s;ayde. Sir: at your reque&s;t I &s;hall &s;he we you. In y^e meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e noble me~ were at Pa~pylone abyding the acomply&s;&s;hment of the treatie / the whiche was made by their goode wylles and leaues. I taryed behynde &s;tyll with the kynge of Na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as I had good chere / bothe of hym and of his men. And &s;o I went with hym fro Pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pylone to &s;aynt Domynikes / agayn&s;t who&s;e comyng / kynge Henry i&s;&s;ued out of the towne with a goodly co~pany / and met vs with great &s;igne of loue &amp; peace. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng of Nauer was gretly honoured by hym and all his / and gaue him the &s;ame night an hone&s;t &s;up+per. and after &s;upper tidynges was brought to them / howe that a great wylde Boore was lod+ged in the laundes therby. And &s;o it was orday+ned / that the next mornyng they &s;hulde go and hunt the &s;ame Boore / &amp; &s;o they dyde. at whiche huntyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was bothe kyng&abis; / and a great co~+pany &amp; the boore taken. and again&s;t night they returned agayne with great loue to &s;aynt Do|mynikes. And the next day kyng Henry depar+ted and went to Peter Ferando / for a day that he had there agayn&s;t his men: and there he fell &s;icke and &s;o dyed. And the kyng of Nauer was comyng to warde hym / to &s;e hym there: and by the way he herde worde of his dethe / wherof he was right &s;orie / and &s;o retourned agayne. and than I toke leaue of hym and wente in to Ca|&s;tell / to knowe &s;ome tidynges <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> This kyng Henry dyed on Whit&s;onday. And anone after the .xxv. day of July / the day of &s;aynt James and &s;aynt Chri&s;tofer / Johan of Ca&s;tell his el|de&s;t &s;onne 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 <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">euyll. And all they &s;ware there on the holy e|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">gely&s;t&abis; / to take and mentayne hym for their kyng. And there was made the &s;ame day / two hu~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 ab|bey of ladyes withoute Burgus / called <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ur|ches. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he herde ma&s;&s;e and dyned / and after dyner <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great iu&s;tyng and the vy+cont of Roq~bertyn of Arragon had the price / &amp; than he returned agayne to Burgus. And this fee&s;t endured .xv. dayes. Than the duke of La~+ca&s;tre enquered if the kyng of Portingale was de&s;yred to be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ornat. Sir &abquod; the heraud / he was de&s;yred / but for all that he was nat there / nor wolde nat come thyder. And as it was &s;aid he an&s;wered the <ABBR>me&s;&s;anger</ABBR> that came to hym / howe he wolde nat go to the coronacyon of the &s;on~e of a ba&s;tarde. By my faithe &abquod; the duke of Lanca&s;tre / he was rightwell coun&s;ayled / to &s;ay the&s;e wordes I can hym great thanke therfore. I tru&s;t the mater &s;hall nat longe abyde in that ca&s;e. For my brother and I wyll demau~de that herytage / wherof he calleth hym &s;elfe kynge vs nowe. And &s;o they lefte talkynge and called for drinke. &para;Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of this mater / and retourne to the bu&s;ynes of Frau~ce.</P>
<P>KIng Charles of Frau~ce who as than rey+gned / was ryght &s;age and &s;ubtell / &amp; that was well &s;hewed as longe as he lyued. For tho that he kept hym &s;elfe preuy in his chambre / ta|kyng his plea&s;ure and &s;porte. yet he conquered agayne / that his predece&s;&s;ours had lo&s;t in the felde / armed with their &s;werdes in their ha~des wherfore he was greatly to be co~mended. And bicau&s;e he knewe well y^t kyng Robert of Scot+lande / and all the realme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had made <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and had mortall hate to the~gly&s;&s;hmen / for tho&s;e two realmes coude neuer loue togyder. Ther|fore to the entent to nori&s;&s;he more loue bytwene Fraunce and Scotlande. The frenche kynge thought to &s;end a knight and a &s;ecretary of his coun&s;ayle to kynge Robert of Scotlande / and to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;cottes / to &s;peke with the~ / and to aduy&s;e the countrey. And to knowe if he might make any good warre to Englande by Scotlande. For yuan of Wales in his lyfe tyme had enfourmed hym / that Scotland was the place in y^e worlde wherby Engla~de might be moo&s;t anoyed. And of this purpo&s;e the fre~che kyng had many yma+ginacio<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s. &s;o that at la&s;t he ordayned a knight a &s;age man called &s;ir Peter lorde of Bourne&s;ell / and &s;aid to him. Sir / ye &s;hall go &amp; do this me&s;|&s;age in to Scotlande / and reco~mende me to the kyng there / and to his barons. And &s;hewe h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> howe that we and our realme are redy to do the~ <ABBR>pleasur</ABBR> / and to haue a treatie with them as our frendes. So that therby in the &s;ea&s;on to come / we may &s;ende people thyder / wherby we maye haue entre in to England that way / in lyke ma+ner as our predece&s;&s;o^rs haue had in tyme pa&s;t. and in your goyng thyder and comyng home|warde
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/ I wyll ye kepe &s;uche e&s;tat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> as a me&s;&s;a|ger and co~mi&s;&s;ary of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ng &s;hulde do: on our co&s;t and charge. &s;ir &abquod; the knyght all &s;hall be as it plea&s;eth you / and &s;o he taryed nat long after / but wha~ he was redy departed fro Parys / and dyde &s;o moche by his iourneys / that he came to Sclu&s;e in Flau~ders / and there taryed &amp; abode for wynde and pa&s;&s;age a .xv. dayes / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wyn|de was co~trary for him. And in the meane &s;ea|&s;on he held a great e&s;tate / and well &s;tuffed with ve&s;&s;ell of golde and &s;yluer through out his hall as largely / as though he had bene a lytell duke or better. His myn&s;trels played before his &s;er|uyce dayly / and bare a&s; werde garni&s;&s;hed with golde and &s;yluer / and his men payed well for e+uery thynge. Of the great e&s;tate y^t this knight kepte in his hou&s;e and in the &s;tretes / dy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ers of the towne had great marueyle. The bayly of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne behelde it well / who was officer <ABBR>ther</ABBR> vn+der the erle of Flaunders / and coude kepe it no lenger &s;ecret / wherin he dyde yuell. For he &s;ent worde therof to the erle / who lay at Bruges / &amp; the duke of Bretayne his co&s;yn with him. And whan therle of Flaunders had &s;tudyed a lytell on the mater / and by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> helpe of the duke of Bre|tayne / ordayned that the knight &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e bro|ught to hym. The baylye retourned agayne to Slu&s;e / &amp; came vncurte&s;ly to the french knyght for he &s;et his hande on hym / and re&s;ted hym in the erle of Flau~ders name. Wherof the knight had gret marueyle / and &s;ayd to y^e bayly. What meaneth this? I am a me&s;&s;anger and comy&s;&s;a+ry of the frenche kyng. &s;ir &abquod; the bayly I beleue well. howbeit ye mu&s;t nedes go and &s;peke with therle of Flaunders / for he hath co~maunded me to bring you to hym. &s;o the knight coude make no &s;cu&s;e / but that he and his company were bro+ught to Bruges to therle. And whan he was in the erles chambre / therle and the duke &s;tode to|gyder / leanyng out of a wynd<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">we into the gar+den warde. Than the knyght kneled downe / &amp; &s;ayd. &s;ir / beholde here is your pri&s;oner. Of the whiche worde the erle was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;ayd in di&s;pyte and yre. what &s;aye&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> rybaude? that thou art my pri&s;oner / bycau&s;e I haue &s;ent to &s;peke with the. Thy mai&s;ters &s;eruant&abis; / may ryght well come and &s;peke with me. But thou ha&s;t nat well acquyted thy &s;elfe / &s;ythe thou ha&s;t ben &s;o long at Sclu&s;e / and knowynge me here &s;o nere to the: and yet nat to come ones to &s;e or to &s;peke with me. Thou hadde&s;t di&s;dayne &s;o to do. &s;ir &abquod; the knight &s;auynge your di&s;plea&s;ure. Than the duke of Bretayne toke the wordes / &amp; &s;ayd. Among you bourders and ia~glers / in the palys of Paris / and in the kynges chambre. ye <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ette by the realme as ye ly&s;t / and play with the kynge at your plea&s;ure and do well oryuell as ye wyll your&s;elfe. for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no price of y^e blode ryall / if ye among you haue ones brought hym in to any hate or <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> with the kyng / that can be herde after. But ones I tru&s;t there wyll be &s;o many of &s;uche people taken / that the gy|bettes wyll be full of them. The knight who &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+&s;tyll on his knees / was ryght &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed of tho&s;e wordes / for the hearyng of &s;uche wordes was right harde to him. Howbeit he &s;awe well it was better for hym to kepe his tonge than to &s;peke / and &s;o gaue no an&s;were to tho&s;e wordes And whan he &s;awe his tyme / he toke his leaue of therle and of the lordes / and departed out of their pre&s;ence. and &s;ome noble men that were a+bout the erle made hym way / and made hym to drinke: and than he returned agayne to Slu&s;e to his logyng. And I &s;hall &s;hewe you what f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ll after. Though all his purueyance were redy a+parelled / and that he had wynd at wyll to haue &s;ayled into Scotla~de / yet he dur&s;t nat put him+&s;elfe into the dangers of the &s;ee. For it was &s;he|wed him / how he was &s;pyed by the~gly&s;&s;hmen y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he lay at Sclu&s;e / &amp; howe that if he kept on his voiage / he was likely to be taken &amp; caryed into England. and bicau&s;e of tho&s;e doutes he brake his vyage and returned to Parys to the kyng. ye may well knowe / that the lorde of Burne|&s;ell tolde no le&s;&s;e to the frenche kyng / than was done to him by the erle of Flaunders. And al&s;o it was nedefull for him to tell all for his excu&s;e / for the kyng had marueyle of his retonrnyng. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there were dyuers knyght&abis; in the kynges chambre / and &s;pecially &s;ir John~ of Guy&s;tels of Heynalt / co&s;yn to therle of Fla<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n|bers / who had great di&s;plea&s;ure at the wordes of this knight / that he had of therle of Fla~ders. &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> finally he coude kepe his to~ge no le~ger / but &s;ayd. I can nat &s;uffre the&s;e word&abis; thus to be &s;po+ken of my dere lorde. And &s;ir knight / if ye wyll &s;ay that he dyde as ye &s;ay / to let you of your vy+age / in that quarell I appele you to the felde: &amp; here is my gage. The lorde of Bourne&s;ell was nothyng aba&s;&s;hed to an&s;were / but &s;ayd. &s;ir Jo+han I &s;ay thus / howe I was thus taken by the bayly of Slu&s;e / and brought before the erle of Flau~ders: and as ye haue herde he &s;ayd to me / and in lykewi&s;e &s;o dyde the duke of Bretayne. And if ye wyll &s;ay contrary / to this I wyll re|ceyue your gauge. I wyll &s;ay &s;o &abquod; the lorde of Guy&s;telles. With tho&s;e wordes the kynge was nat content / and &s;ayde. Let vs go hens / I wyll
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here no more of the&s;e wordes / and &s;o de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ted <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> went <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> to his cha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all onely with his cham|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> at the lorde of Bu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ll had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o well and frely &s;poken agayn&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wor+des of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> John~ of Guy&s;tels: and &s;ayd all &s;my|lyng. He hath holden fote well with him / I wol+de nat for xx. M. frankes but that he had done &s;o. And after it fortuned &s;o / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> this &s;ir Johan of Guy&s;tels who was cha~berlayn with the kyng / was &s;o yuell beloued in the courte / that he was wery therof: and thought nat to abyde the da~|gers. So he toke leaue of the kyng / and depar+ted fro the court / and went into Brabant to the duke Uy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">elant of Braba~t / who receyued him toyfully. The french kyng was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed with therle of Fla~ders / bicau&s;e it was thought by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yuers of the realme / y^t he had letted y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;ell of his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">age in to Scotland. and al<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o in that he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eloe &s;tyll about hym the duke of Bretayne his co&s;yn / who was greatly in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn+ges <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur.</ABBR> and &s;o they that were about the kyng p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rceyued well / howe the erle of Flaun|ders was nothyng in the kynges grace.</P>
<P>ANone after the kyng wrote &s;harpe letis to his co&s;yn the erle of Flau~ders / thret|nyng hym: bycau&s;e he &s;u&s;teyned with hym the duke of Bretayn / who~ he reputed to be his ene|my. The erle wrote agayne to the kyng / excu|&s;ing him&s;elfe a&s;well as he might: but it aueyled nothynge. For the kyng &s;ent him agayne more &s;harper letters / &s;hewyng him playnly / y^t with|out he wolde putte the duke of Bretayne out of his co~pany he wolde &s;urely di&s;plea&s;e him. wha~ therle of Flau~ders &s;awe that the kyng pur&s;ued his cau&s;e with &s;uche effect / than he toke aduy&s;e in hym &s;elfe / and thought he wolde &s;hewe the&s;e ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s &amp; thretnynges to his good townes / and &s;pecially to Gau~t / to knowe what they wol+de &s;ay to the mater. and &s;o he &s;ent to Bruges / to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pre / and Cortrey / and after departed / and the duke of Bretayne in his co~pany. and &s;o went to Gaunt and lodged at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> po&s;terne / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyfully receyued of the burge&s;&s;es / for they lo|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed well to haue him among them. And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">han the people of the good townes &s;uch as were &s;e~t for were come: therle a&s;&s;embled them togyder in a pleace / and there he made be &s;hewed to the~ by John~ de la Faucell his entency on / &amp; the let|t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">s reed that the fre~che kyng had &s;ent him two monethes before. And whan the&s;e letters were re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">: than the erle &s;pake and &s;ayd. All ye &s;irs of my good townes of Flau~ders / through y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> helpe of god I haue ben your lorde a longe &s;ea&s;on / &amp; I haue kepte and gouerned you in good peace to my power. Nor ye haue nat &s;ene in me<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> co~+trary / but that I haue entertayned you in gret pro&s;peryte / in lyke maner as a lorde ought to kepe his menne and &s;ubgettes. But it is to my great <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> and it ought to be to you that are my men / that the frenche kyng thus hateth me and wyll hate bycau&s;e I &s;u&s;tayne about me and in my company / the duke of Bretayne my co&s;yn germayne / who as nowe is nat welbelo|ued in Fraunce. Nor he dare nat well tru&s;t his men in his owne countre / bycau&s;e of fyue or &s;ix barons that loueth him nat. Wherfore the king wolde that I &s;hulde driue hym out of my coun+tre / the whiche &s;hulde be a &s;trong thyng to him. I &s;ay nat nay / but if I dyde confort my co&s;yn: outher with townes or ca&s;telles agayn&s;t the re+alme of Fraunce / than the kynge myght haue good cau&s;e to complayne him of me. But I do nat &s;o / nor am nat in wyll &s;o to do: and therfore I haue here a&s;&s;embled you togyder / &s;hewynge you the parels that may happe to fall. therfore I wolde knowe your myndes / whyder he &s;hall abyde &s;tyll with me or nat. They an&s;wered all with one voyce. Sir / let hym abyde &s;tyll / why &s;hulde he nat? And &s;ir / if there be any man ly|uyng that wyll make you warre / ye &s;hall fynde redy in your lande of Flau~ders .ii. C. M. men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to &s;erue you. Tho&s;e wordes greatly re+ioy&s;ed therle and &s;ayd. &s;irs I thanke you / and &s;o ended that parlyament / and therle was well co~tent with his men / and gaue euery man leaue to de&abper;te in peace. Than whan the erle &s;awe his tyme he retourned to Bruges / and the duke of Bretayne with him. Thus the&s;e maters ha~ged in a traunce. the erle was in great grace w^t his people / and the countre in peace and pro&s;perite the which abode nat &s;o long after. for it was in great trybulacion / as ye &s;hall here after in this hy&s;torie.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Bretayne de&abper;|ted out of Flau~ders / and howe therle of &s;aynt Poule was taken pri&s;oner / &amp; howe he was maryed in Englande: &amp; of the warres that fell than in Bre+tayne. Cap. CCC .xliiii.</HEAD>
<P>_YE may well knowe / howe the frenche kyng had knowlege of all this mater / &amp; howe the erle had an&s;wered. He loued hym nat one whyt the better / howe be it he mu&s;t
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let it pa&s;&s;e / for more he <ABBR>coud</ABBR> nat haue as at that tyme / and &s;ayd: howe therle of Flau~ders / was the moo&s;t proude&s;t prince that he knewe. And a man myght haue &s;ene well by the maner of the kyng / that the erle was the lorde that the kyng wolde moo&s;t gladly haue brought &s;omwhat to rea&s;on. Whan he &s;awe that he with&s;ayd him / &amp; that he was no more di&s;plea&s;ed tha~ he was. the erle of Flaunders for all the kynges writyng / &amp; that he was in his great <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> / bycau&s;e of kepyng about him the duke of Bretayne. yet y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nat with&s;tanding / he kept him &s;tyll as long as it plea&s;ed him to tary / &amp; made him kepe a good+lye e&s;tate. finally the duke of Bretayne had cou~+&s;ayle to drawe in to Englande / and &s;o he tooke leaue of therle his co&s;yn &amp; went to Grauellyng. and thyder came to him the erle of Sali&s;bury with fyue. C. &s;peares / and a thou&s;and archers / for dout of the fre~che gary&s;ons / and &s;o brought him to Calais / wherof &s;ir Hugh Caurell was capitayne / who receyued him right ioyou&s;ly. &amp; whan the duke had taryed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a fyue dayes he had wynde at wyll / and &s;o toke the &s;ee / and the erle of Sali&s;bury in his company. and &s;o ary|ued at Douer / and came to the yong kyng Ri|chard / who receyued him with great ioye. And &s;o dyde al&s;o the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and therles of Cambridge and of Buckynghame / and the great lordes of Englande.</P>
<P>ye haue herde before: how &s;ir Ualeran of Lu+&s;enburge / yong erle of &s;aynt Poule was taken pri&s;oner / bytwene Arde and Calays / &amp; was in Englande at the kyng&abis; plea&s;ure / for kyng Ed|warde in his lyfe tyme / bought hym of the lord of Gomegines for he was fir&s;t his pri&s;oner / by+cau&s;e he made the iourney whan he was taken / of a &s;quier a ma~ of armes of the cou~tre of guer|les. So this yonge erle of &s;aynt Poule / abode longe pri&s;oner in Englande or he was delyue|red. It was of trouthe the kyng offred hym oft tymes in excha~ge for the captall of Bu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">z whyle he lyued / but the frenche kyng nor the cou~&s;ell of Frau~ce wolde in no wy&s;e here therof / wherof y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Englande had great di&s;dayne. Thus the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ater co~tynued a long &s;pace / and the yong erle &s;tyll pri&s;oner in Englande / in the fayre ca|&s;tell of Wyn&s;ore. and he had &s;o curte&s;&s;e a kepar that he might go and &s;port him a haukyng / by|twene Wyn&s;ore and We&s;tm~: he was beleued on his faythe. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the prince&s;&s;e / mo|ther to kyng Richarde lay at Wyn&s;ore / and her doughter with her: my lady Maude: the fay|re&s;t lady in all Engla~de. therle of &s;aynt Poule and this yong lady were in true amours togy|der eche of other / &amp; &s;omtyme they met togyder at daun&s;ynge and carollyng / tyll at la&s;t it was &s;pyed. And than the lady di&s;couered to her mo+ther / howe &s;he loued faithfully the yong erle of &s;aynt Poule. Than there was a mary age &s;po|ken of / bytwene therle of &s;aynt Poule / &amp; the la|dy Maude of Holande. and &s;o therle was &s;et to his rau~&s;ome to pay &s;ix&s;core. M. fra~kes / &s;o that whan he had maryed the lady Maude / than to be rebated / thre&s;core thou&s;ande: and the other thre&s;core thou&s;ande to pay. And whan this co|uynant of maryage was made / bitwene therle and the lady: the kyng of Englande &s;uffred the erle to repa&s;&s;e the &s;ee to fetche his raun&s;ome / on his onely promy&s;e / to retourne agayne within a yere after. So the erle came in to Fraunce to &s;e his frendes: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng / therle of Flaunders / the duke of Brabant and his co&s;yns in Fraunce. In the &s;ame yere there was made an harde in|formacyon agayn&s;t the erle of &s;aynt Poule / for it was layed to his charge / that he &s;hulde dely|uer to thengly&s;&s;hmen the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Bo|haygne. and &s;o the frenche kyng cau&s;ed him to be re&s;ted / and kept in &s;uretie: and &s;o the kynge &s;hewed / howe therle of &s;aynt Poule wolde ha|ue made an yuell treatie for hym and for the re|alme / and the erle in no wy&s;e coude be excu&s;ed. And al&s;o for the &s;ame cau&s;e / there was kepte in pri&s;on in the ca&s;tell of Mons in Heynaulte / the lorde Chanon of Rober&s;arte / the lorde of Uer|tayne / &s;ir James Du&s;arte / and Gerarde Da|byes / but at length all that mater came to none effecte / for there coulde nothynge be proued a|gayn&s;t them / and &s;o they were delyuered. than the yong erle retourned agayne in to Englan|de / to acquyte him of his promy&s;e / and &s;o wed+ded the lady: and dyde &s;o moche / that he payed his thre&s;core thou&s;ande frankes / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed agayne the &s;ee. But he entred nat in to Frau~ce bycau&s;e the kyng loued him nat. And &s;o he and the cou~te&s;&s;e his wyfe went and lay at the ca&s;tell of Han on the ryuer of Ewre. The whiche ca|&s;tell the lorde of Mor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ane / who hadde wedded his &s;u&s;ter / 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.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of this mater and retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Fraunce.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on all Bretayne was kept clo&s;e / what agayn&s;t the frenche kynge &amp; agayn&s;t the duke. Howe beit &s;ome of the good townes of Bretayn helde them &s;elfe clo&s;e in the dukes name / and many had great marueyle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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they toke hym for their lorde. And al&s;o dyuers knightes and &s;quyers of Bretayne were of the &s;ame acorde. And al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was alyed to them the cou~te&s;&s;e of Ponthyeute / mother to the chyl|dren of Bretayne. But &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;qui con&s;table of Frau~ce / y^e lorde Cly&s;&s;on / the lorde de Lauall / the vycont of Rohan / and the lorde of Rochfort. They helde the countre in warre with the puy&s;&s;ance that came dayly to the~ oute of Frau~ce. for at Pontor&s;on at &s;aynt Malo the+yle and there about / lay a great nombre of men of armes of Fraunce / of Normandy / of Auuer+gne / and of Burgoyne: who dyde moche hurt in the cou~tre. The duke of Bretayne who was in Englande had knowledge of euery thynge / and howe the duke of Aniou was at Angers &amp; dayly di&s;troyed his countre. Al&s;o he had know+lege howe y^e good townes kept the~ &s;elfe clo&s;e in his name / and certayne knyghtes and &s;quyers of the &s;ame parte / wherof he conde them good thanke. yet nat that with&s;ta~dyng / he dur&s;t nat well tru&s;t in them / to ieoparde to retourne in to Bretayne on the tru&s;t of his men: for alwayes he douted of trea&s;on. Al&s;o the kyng of Englan|de nor the duke of Lanca&s;tre / wolde nat coun|&s;ayle him to retourne.</P>
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<HEAD>Of the rencounters that were made in Norma~dy / and howe Geffray Te+tenoyre and Amergot Marcell &amp; their co~panyes toke dyuers ca&s;telles in Au+uergne. Cap. CCC .xlv.</HEAD>
<P>_IN Normandy and in Burgoyne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were in ga+ry&s;on / &s;ir Wylliam of Bur|des / who was chefe capiten <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and in his company y^e lytell &s;ene&s;chall of Ewe / &s;ir Wylliam Mar&s;ell / &s;ir Braq~ of Braquemont / the lorde of Torcy / &s;ir Percy|uall Danyuall / the begue of Dury / &s;ir Lau~ce|lot of Lorrys / and dyuers other knyght and &s;quiers of the frenche partie. And night &amp; day they ymagined / howe they myght do domage to them of Chierbourg / wherof &s;ir John~ Harl+&s;ton was capitayne. and they of the gary&s;on of Chierbourg i&s;&s;ued out oft tymes whan it plea+&s;ed the~ for whan they ly&s;t they might ryde out in couerte / and no man preuy to their i&s;&s;uynge out / bycau&s;e of the great wodes that were nere to the~ / wherin they had made &s;uche a way that they might ryde in to Normandy at their plea+&s;ure / without danger of any frenchemen. And &s;o it fortuned in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / that the french menne rode abrode / and they of Chierbourge in lykewi&s;e / none of them knowynge of other. and &s;o by aduenture they mette eche other / at a place called Pa&s;toy in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ode. Than like va+lyant knightes / de&s;yringe to fight eche with o|ther a lighted a fote all / except &s;ir Launcelotte of Lorrys / who &s;at &s;tyll on his hor&s;e / his &s;peare in his hande / and his &s;helde about his necke / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> demaunded a cour&s;e of iu&s;tyng for his la|dyes &s;ake. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> that rightwell vn|der&s;tode him / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were knightes and &s;qui+ers of the engly&s;&s;he parte in amours / a&s;well as he was. And as I vnder&s;tode / &s;ir Johan Co|plande a right hardy knight went to hym / and &s;o they ran togyder / and rudely encou~tred eche other. But thengly&s;&s;he knight gaue &s;ir Lau~ce|lot &s;uche a &s;troke on his &s;helde / that the &s;peare pear&s;ed throughout his body / and &s;o was wou~+ded to dethe: the which was great domage / for he was a hardy knight yong and ioly / &amp; ryght amorous / and his dethe was &s;ore complayned bothe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and els where. Than the engli&s;&s;he|men and frenchemen encountred togyder / and fought hande to ha~de. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were good knigh+tes on the frenche parte / as &s;ir Wylliam of Bur+des / the lytell &s;ene&s;hall of Ewe / &s;ir Willm~ Mar+&s;ell / &s;ir Braque of Braquemont / and dyuers o|ther who fought ryght valyantly. And al&s;o the engly&s;hmen <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fought that day valiantly / &s;ir Johan Harl&s;ton / &s;ir Philypart Picourde / &s;ir John~ Burle / &s;ir John~ Coplande / and dyuers other. And &s;o finally by good fightyng the en|gli&s;&s;hmen had the vyctorie / &amp; all their enemyes knightes and &s;quyers taken and &s;layne / &s;peci|ally a &s;quyer of Heynalt called Wylliam of Be+auleu &amp; &s;ir Wyllm~ of Burdes were taken. So the pri&s;ouers were brought to Chierbourge / &amp; there they founde &s;ir Dlyuer of Cle&s;quy who was taken pri&s;oner. Thus it fell of this iorney as I was enformed. &para; Al&s;o in Auuergne and Limo&s;yn there fell dayly feates of armes / and marueylous enterprices. and &s;pecially of y^e ca|&s;tell of mount Ue~tadore in Auuergne / the whi|che was one of the &s;tronge&s;t ca&s;tels in all y^e cou~|tre / the whiche was betrayed and &s;olde to a bre+ton / the moo&s;t oruell knight of all other / called Geffray Tetenoyre / I &s;hall &s;hewe you howe it was. The erle of Tentadore and of Mount|pe&s;er was a right auncyent knyght and a good pea&s;able man / who ocupyed nomore the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / but kepte hym &s;tyll in his hou&s;e. This erle hadde a &s;quyer with hym / called Pouns
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de Boys / who had &s;erued hym longe: and had but a &s;male lyueng or profyte by his &s;eruyce. &amp; he &s;awe well / he &s;hulde haue but a lytell profyte by his may&s;ter. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ran in his thought an vngracyous deui&s;e / for he went and made a &s;ecrete treatie w^t this Geffray Tetenoyre / who was in Limo&s;yn / howe that he wolde <ABBR>delyuer</ABBR> hym the ca&s;tell of Uentadore / for .vi. M. fran|kes. But he made in his couenant / y^t they &s;hul|de do none yuell to his mai&s;ter therle of Uenta+dore / but to putte hym out of the ca&s;tell in cour|te&s;&s;e maner / and his good with hym. And &s;o it was done: for the bretons nor engli&s;&s;hmen that entred dyde no maner of hurt to the erle nor to none of his men / nor kept nothyng &s;auyng vi|tayle and artyllary / whereof <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great ple~+tie. And &s;o the erle / his wyfe / and his chyldren / went to Mountpe&s;er be&s;yde Agueper&s;e in Au+uergne. And Geffray Tetenoyre and his com|pany kept <ABBR>Ue~tador</ABBR> / wherby they dyde moche hurt in the countre. and &s;o toke dyuers &s;tronge ca&s;tels in Auuergne / in Rouergue / in Limo&s;in in Quercy / in Gynalda / in Bygore / &amp; in Age|noi&s;e. and with this Tetnoyre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were other capitayns / who dyde many other feates of ar|mes. as Amergot Marcell / a &s;quyer of Lymo+&s;yn of thengli&s;&s;he parte / who toke the &s;trong ca+&s;tell of Ca&s;uryell in Auuergne / in the by&s;&s;hop|ryke of Cleremont / and they ouerrant the coun|tre at their plea&s;ure. And of the &s;ame company <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were other capitayns of diuers ca&s;tels / as the Bourge Calart / the Bourge Angloys / the Bourge of Champayne / Raymonde de Fore ga&s;coyne / and Peter of Bearne in Bearnoys.</P>
<P>AMergot Marcell rode forthe on a &s;ea|&s;on / and .xiii. with hym at aduenture / &amp; toke y^e way to Aloys to warde &s;aynt Floure / the whiche was a fayre ca&s;tell in the by&s;&s;hoprike of Cleremont. They knewe well y^t the place was nat kept / but by the porter all onely. and whan they ca~e nere to y^e ca&s;tell / Amergot &s;awe where the porter &s;at on a blocke w^tout the gate. than a breton who coude &s;hote well with a cro&s; bowe / &s;ayd. &s;ir / wyll ye that I &s;lee the porter at y^e fir&s;t &s;hote. ye &abquod; Amergot I requyre the. the breton &s;hot a quarell and &s;trake the porter right in the heed / the porter whan he felte hym &s;elfe &s;tryken entred in to the gate / thinkyng to haue clo&s;ed it but he coude nat: for in thentryng he fell downe deed. than Amergot and his co~pany made ha&s;t to entre / and &s;o entred in at the wycket / &amp; there they founde the porter deed / &amp; this wyfe by hym right &s;ore afrayed / to whom they dyde no hurt / but they demaunded of her <ABBR>wher</ABBR> was the capi|tayne. and &s;he an&s;wered and &s;aid / how he was at Cleremo~t. Than they a&s;&s;ured her lyfe / &s;o &s;he wolde delyuer the~ the keys of the ca&s;tell / and of the may&s;ter towre / and &s;o &s;he dyde: &amp; than they put her out with a&s;moche &s;tuffe as &s;he coude ca+ry away with her. &amp; &s;o &s;he went to &s;aynt <ABBR>Flour</ABBR> a cytie but a leage thens / and they of the cytie were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed wha~ they knewe that Alois was engli&s;&s;he: and &s;o was all the cou~tre about. And anone after / Amergotte Marcell toke the &s;trong ca&s;tell of Balon / by &s;telth of &s;calyng. &amp; whan they were w^tin / the capitayne was a &s;lepe in the great towre / which towre was nat likely to be won by force / and by that towre the ca&s;tell might be won agayne. Than Amergot aduy|&s;ed him of a &s;ubteltie. He had in his handes the father and mother of the Capitayne / and &s;o he brought them before the towre / and made &s;em|blant to &s;tryke of their heed&abis; / without he wolde yelde vp the towre. The&s;e good folkes douted dethe / and &s;ayde to their &s;onne / who was in the towre. Sir haue pyte on vs / and they wept py|teou&s;ly. The &s;quier thought y^t his father &amp; mo|ther &s;huld neuer dye for his &s;ake / and &s;o yelded vp the towre: than they put hym out of the ca|&s;tell. Thus Balone was engly&s;&s;he / the whiche dyde after moche trouble to the countre. for all &s;uche as thought to do yuell re&s;orted thyder / or els to Cau&s;uryell / a two leages fro Lymoges / els to Carlat / to Aloys / to Uentadore / or in to &s;uche other places. and whan the&s;e gari&s;ons a&s;+&s;embled toguyder / they were to the nombre of &s;ixe hundred &s;peares: and &s;o ranne ouer all the cou~tre and into the cou~tie of the dolphyn of Au+uergue. It was of trouthe that the lorde of Cu+pyer was to them a great enemey / in lykewi&s;e &s;o was the lord of Forterell and the ba&s;tarde of Forterell his brother / and a &s;quyer of Burbo|noy&s;e / called Gordones. Who by clene feate of armes / on a day toke Amergot Marcell pri&s;o|ner / and raun&s;omed hym at .v. thou&s;ande fran+kes. Thus the dedes of armes fortuned in Ly|mo&s;yn / and in the countre there.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the ci&s;me that was made in the church / and the maner howe. and of the bretons who made warr~ to Ro~c: and of the quene of Naples who put all her landes into the popes handes. Cap. CCC .xlvi.</HEAD>
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_IT hath ben long &s;ithe I &s;pake of holy church / now I wyll retourne therto / the mater requyreth it. ye haue well herde here before / howe by the exortacyon of the ro|mayns. The cardynalles / who as than raygned / to apea&s;e the people of Rome / who were greatly moued agayn&s;t the~. Made a pope of the archby&s;&s;hoprike of Bare / called before Bartylmewe des Angles. Here|ceyued the papalyte / and was called Urbayne the &s;ire / and &s;o opyned grace as the v&s;age was Thentencyon of dyuers of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cardynals was / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whan they myght &s;e a better hour &amp; tyme / they wolde agayn returne to their election / bycau&s;e this pope was nat profytable for them / nor al&s;o to the church as they &s;aid / for he was a f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;he man and malincolyous. So that wha~ he &s;awe hym &s;elfe in pro&s;peryte and in puy&s;&s;ance of the papalyte / &amp; that dyuers kynges chri&s;tned were ioyned to him / and wrote to him / and dyde put them vnder his obey&s;aunce. Wherof he wared proude / and worked all on heed: and wolde ha+ue taken away fro y^e cardynals / dyuers of their rightes and olde cu&s;tomes / the whiche greatly di&s;plea&s;ed them. And &s;o &s;pake togyder / and y|magined howe he was nat well worthy to go|uerne the worlde. Wherfore they purpo&s;ed to tho&s;e another pope &s;age and di&s;crete / by whom the churche &s;hulde be well gouerned. To this purpo&s;e the cardynals putte to all their payne / and &s;pecially he y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was after cho&s;en to be pope. Thus all a &s;omer they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> in this purpo&s;e / for they that entended to make a newe pope / dur&s;t nat &s;hewe their myndes generally / bycau&s;e of the romayns. So that in the tyme of the vaca|cyon in the courte / dyuers cardynals departed fro Rome / and went about Rome to &s;port the~ / in dyuers places at their plea&s;ure. &amp; pope Ur|bane went to another cytie called Tyeulle / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> lay a long &s;ea&s;on. in this vacacion tyme whiche myght nat longe endure / for at Rome <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many clerkes of &s;u~drie places of the worlde / abydinge for graces / the whiche was promy&s;ed to dyuers of them. Than the cardy|nals all of one acorde a&s;&s;embled togyder: and their voyces re&s;ted on &s;ir Robert of Gene&s;ue / &s;omtyme &s;onne to the erle of Gene&s;ue. His fir&s;t promocyon was / he was by&s;&s;hoppe of Thero|uene / and after by&s;&s;hoppe of Cambrey: and he was called cardynall of Gene&s;ue. At this ele|ction were the mo&s;t parte of the cardynals / and was called Clement.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / there was in the mar|che&s;&s;e of Rome: a right valyant knight of Bretayne / called Sylue&s;ter Bude. And he had vnder hym a two thou&s;ande bretons / and in the yere before / he had right well borne hym+&s;elfe agayn&s;t the florentynes / vnder pope Gre|gorie / who had cur&s;ed them: bycau&s;e of the re|bellyon. And by the meanes of this Sylue&s;ter Bude / they were come to mercy. Than pope Clement and the cardynals of his parte / &s;ecret|ly &s;ent for him and his company. And &s;o he ca~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and entred in to the ca&s;tell Angle / the better to con&s;trayne the romayns. So pope Urbayne dur&s;t nat departe fro Tyeulle / nor &s;uche cardy+nals as were of his acorde for doute of the bre|tons / they were &s;o great a nombre: and all cho|&s;en men of warre. And whan the romayns &s;aw them &s;elfe in that danger / they &s;ent for other &s;ou+dyers: almayns / and lumbardes / and &s;o day|lye they &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with the bretons. Cleme~t opyned his graces to all clerk&abis; / &s;uche as wolde haue it. And &s;o he &s;ignifyed his name <ABBR>ouer</ABBR> all the worlde. And whan the frenche kynge / who as than raygned was certifyed therof: he had great marueyle / and &s;ent for his brother / &amp; for all the nobles and prelates of his realme. And for the rectour and mai&s;ter doctour of the vny|uer&s;yte of Parys / to knowe of them / to whiche electyon / outher the fir&s;t or the &s;econde / that he &s;hulde holde vnto. This mater was nat &s;horte+ly determyned / for dyuers clerkes varyed: but finally all the prelates of Fraunce enclyned to Cleme~t. And &s;o dyde the kynges bretherne and the moo&s;t &abper;te of the vnyuer&s;ite of Parys. And &s;o the kynge was enformed by all the great cler+kes of his realme / that he obeyed to pope Cle|ment / &amp; helde him for the true pope. and made a &s;pecyall commaundement through oute his re|alme / that euery manne &s;hulde take and repute Clement for pope. And that euery man &s;hulde obey him / as god on erthe. The king of Spay+gne was of the &s;ame opinyon / and &s;o was the erle of Sauoy / the duke of Myllayne / and the quene of Naples.</P>
<P>The beleuyng thus of the fre~che kyng vpon Clement / coloured greatlye his dedes / for the realme of Fraunce was reputed to be the chiefe fountayne of beleue of the chri&s;ten faythe / by|cau&s;e of the noble churches and prela&s;ies / that be therin. As than lyued Charles of Boe&s;me / kyng of Almaygne &amp; emperour of Rome / who was at Praigne in Behayne / and was aduerti+&s;ed of all the&s;e maters / wherof he had gret mar+ueyle. and though y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> his empyre of Almayne / ex+cept
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the by&s;&s;hoprike of Trect beleued in faithe / courage / and entencyon in pope Urbane / and wolde nat here &s;pekyng of any other. yet he fay+ned and di&s;&s;ymuled all his lyfe tyme / &amp; wolde an&s;were whan he was &s;poken to of that mater &s;o courte&s;ly / that all his barons and prelates of his realme were contente. Howe be it the chur|ches of the empyre obeyed pope Urbayne / but Scotlande helde of Clement. The erle Loyes of Flaunders was greatly agayn&s;t Clement / in the &abper;ties of Brabant / Heynalt / and in Lege / for he wolde euer abyde to be Urbany&s;t. Say+eng / howe they dyde the &s;ame pope great wron+ge. And this erle was &s;o beleued and renomed in tho&s;e parties / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was conuer&s;ant / that the churches and lordes helde of the &s;ame opy|nion. But they of Heynaulte and the churches there / and the lorde called Albert abode as neu+tre / and obeyed no more to one than to y^e other. Wherfore the by&s;&s;hoppe of Cambrey / that rey|gned at that tyme called John~ / lo&s;t in Heynalt all the reuenewes of his temporalties. And in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ent in+to Fraunce / in+to Heynalt / in to Flaunders / and in to Braba~t fro pope Clement. The cardynall of Poicters / a right wy&s;e / valyant / and a &s;age clerke / to en|&s;ygne and to preche to the people / for he was at the fir&s;t election. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed howe by con&s;traynt / they cha&s;e fir&s;t the archeby&s;&s;hop of Bare to be pope. The frenche kyng and his bre+therne and the prelates of Fraunce / mekely re|ceyued hym / and gladly entended to his bu&s;y|ne&s;&s;e &amp; wordes: for it &s;emed to the~ that he &s;pake all trouthe / &amp; &s;o gaue faythe to him. And whan he had ben a &s;ea&s;on in Fraunce / than he went in to Heynalt / where he was al&s;o ioyou&s;ly recey|ued. In lykewi&s;e &s;o he was in Brabant / bothe of the duke and of the duche&s;&s;e / but he dyd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> nothyng els. He thought in his retournyng to haue gone into Lege / but he toke other coun&s;ell and wente nat thyder / but retourned to Tour|ney / and thought to haue gone in to Flau~ders / to haue &s;poken with therle. But it was &s;hewed hym that he had nothyng to do <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / bycau&s;e y^e erle helde and wolde holde of Urbayne / and &s;o to lyue and dye. Than the cardynall departed fro Tourney and went to Ualencennes / and &s;o to Cambrey / and there he lay a longe &s;pace / in hope alwayes to here &s;ome good tidynges.</P>
<P>THus the chri&s;ten realmes were in vari|acyon / and the churches in great dy&s;fe|rence / bycau&s;e of the popes. Urbayne had the greatter partie / but to &s;peke of the moo&s;t profy+table reuenewes &amp; playne obey&s;ance / Clement had it. And &s;o Clement by con&s;ent of the cardy+nals / &s;ent to Auygnon to make redy the paleys there for hym / for his entent was to go thyder / a&s;&s;oone as he might. And &s;o he went to the cyte of Fou~des / and there opyned his graces. Thy|der drewe all maner of clerkes / &s;uche as wolde take grace: and he kept about in vyllages ma|ny &s;oudyers / who made great warre to Rome / and to the bourage of &s;aynt Peter / and trauey|led them day &amp; night with dyuers a&s;&s;autes and &s;crimy&s;&s;hes. And al&s;o they that were in the ca|&s;tell Angle without Rome / dyd moche trouble to the romayns. But they of Rome enfor&s;ed the~+&s;elfe &s;o with &s;oudyers / almayns / and with the puy&s;&s;ance of Rome / &s;o that they a&s;&s;embled to|guyder on a day / and co~quered the bourage of &s;aynt Peter. Than the bretons drewe them in to the ca&s;tell of Angle / howe be it they were &s;o handled by force of armes / that they gaue it vp / their lyues &s;aued. Tha~ the bretons de&abper;ted and drewe to Foundes / and there about in the coun+tre: and the romayns bete downe the ca&s;tel An+gle / &amp; brent the bourage of faynt Peter. Whan &s;ir Sylue&s;tre Bude / who was in the countre: herde howe his men hadde lo&s;t the bourage of &s;aynt Peter / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell Angle. He was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;tudyed howe to be reuen|ged of y^e romayns. It was &s;hewed him by his &s;pyes / howe on a day the romayns / and the no|ble&s;t men of the cytie of Rome / &s;hulde a&s;&s;emble togyder in coun&s;ayle in the Capitolle. A&s;&s;oone as he knewe that / he a&s;&s;embled toguyder a cer|tayne nombre / and rode forth by couert wayes &s;ecretly / and &s;o came to Rome in the euenynge / and entred in at the gate of Naples. Wha~ the&s;e bretons were within / they toke y^e &s;treyght way to the Capitoll / &amp; came thyder as the cou~&s;ell of Rome were i&s;&s;ued out of the cha~bre. Than the bretons couched their &s;peares / and ranne in a|mong them: and &s;lewe and bete downe a great nombre of the moo&s;t notable&s;t of the cite. Ther was &s;layne a &s;ixe baneretes / and a two hu~dred of other riche &abper;&s;ons / and a great nombre hurt. and whan the&s;e bretons hadde done their enter+pri&s;e / they withdrewe them agayn&s;t night / and than it began to be late &s;o y^t they were nat pur|&s;ued: what for they night &amp; for the &s;odayne fray that they were in. for they wy&s;t nat what to do / but to take hede of their frendes that were &s;ore hurte. So they pa&s;&s;ed that nyght in great dy|&s;tre&s;&s;e and &s;orowe of herte / and &s;oo buryed the deed / and dre&s;&s;edde the hurte. And in the mor|nyng / the romayns aduy&s;ed the~ &s;elfe of a great
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crueltie / for the poore clerk&abis; that were in Rome and were in no faute: they &s;lewe and hurt of the~ mo than thre hundred / and &s;pecially bretons y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fell in their handes / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no mercy. Thus went the maters in Rome by rea&s;on of the &s;tate of the popes / and dayly they bought it dere / &s;u|che as were without faute.</P>
<P>IN the meane &s;ea&s;on that Cleme~t and his cardynals lay thus at Foundes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene of Napoles came thyder to &s;e hym / for &s;he dyde put her &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;aunce of pope Cle|ment. This quene had ben longe in purpo&s;e to put the realme of Cecyll (wherof &s;he was lady / and the countie of Prouence / whiche depe~deth of the &s;ame realme) in to the ha~des of the pope / to do with them at his <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> / and to gyue the~ to &s;ome highe prince of the realme of Fraunce / beyng of &s;uche puy&s;&s;a~ce to kepe them / agayn&s;t &s;uche as &s;he hated deedly / who were di&s;cended out of the realme of Hu~gry. And whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> quene of Naples was come to Foundes / &s;he humbled her &s;elfe lowly to pope Clement and was co~fe&s;|&s;ed of hym / and di&s;couered to him all the &s;ecre|tes of her hert / and &s;ayd. Holy father: I holde dyuers noble herytages / as the realme of Na|ples / the realme of Cecyll / Puyll / Calabre / and the countie of Prouence. And it is of trouthe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng Loyes of Cecyll / duke of Puyll and Ca|labre my father: whyle he lyued / knowledged all the&s;e landes to holde of the churche / and on his dethe bedde he toke me by the hande / &amp; &s;ayd A fayre doughter / ye are enherytour of many a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">che countre / and I am &s;ure many great lord&abis; wyll &s;eke to haue you in maryage / bycau&s;e of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fayre herytage that ye haue. Therfore dough|ter I wolde ye &s;hulde v&s;e you after my cou~&s;ayle as to mary your&s;elfe to &s;o highe a prince / that may be puy&s;&s;ant to kepe &amp; maynteyne you and your herytage in re&s;t and peace. And if it &s;o for+tune that ye haue none heyres / than delyuer all your landes in to the handes of the pope / than beyng a lyue: for kyng Robert my father at the hour of his dethe / gaue me in lyke charge. ther+fore fayre dought / I charge you and di&s;charge me. And than I promy&s;ed him on my faithe in the pre&s;ence of all them that were in his cha~bre / that I &s;hulde acomply&s;&s;he his la&s;t de&s;yre. And holy father / &s;o it was that after his di&s;cea&s;e: by the con&s;ent of all the nobles of Cecyll and Na|ples. I was maryed to Andrewe of Hungry / brother to kyng Loyes of Hungry: by whome I hadde no y&s;&s;ue / for he dyed yonge at Ayes in Prouence. And after his di&s;cea&s;e / I was ma|ryed agayne to the prince of Tarent / who was called Charles / and by him I had a doughter. Than the kyng of Hungry / for the di&s;plea&s;ure that he hadde to Andrewe his brother my fir&s;t hu&s;bande / went and made warre agayn&s;t my hu&s;bande Charles of Tarent / and toke fro him Puyll and Calabre / &amp; toke him in batayle and ledde him to pri&s;on in to Hungry: and there he dyed. And yet after agayne by the acorde of the nobles of Cecyll / I maryed agayne kynge Ja|mes of Maiogres / and &s;ent in to Frau~ce for &s;ir Loys of Nauer to haue maryed my doughter / but he dyed by the way. Than it fell &s;o / that the kyng my hu&s;bande went to conquere his hery|tage of Maiogres / the whiche the kyng of Ar|ragon had taken fro him byforce / and had dy&s;|heryted him: and cau&s;ed his father to dye in pri+&s;on. And or he departed fro me / I &s;ayd to him. Sir: I am a lady and haue puy&s;&s;ance and ry|che&s;&s;e &s;ufficyent to maynteyne your e&s;tate acor+dynge to your de&s;yre / howe beit he preached &s;o moche to me / and &s;hewed me &s;o many fayre rea+&s;ons / de&s;yring to recouer his herytage / &s;o that I was fayne to con&s;ent to hym to take his plea+&s;ure. But at his departynge I de&s;yred hym to haue gone to kyng Charles of Fraunce / and to haue &s;hewed him his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e / and to haue or+dred hym&s;elfe by his coun&s;ayle. Howe be it he dyde nat &s;o / the which was his hurt / for he we~t to the prince of Wales / who promy&s;ed to haue ayded him. So he had greatter tru&s;t in the pri+ce of Wales than in the frenche kyng / to whom I was nere of lynage. and in the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle he was in his vyage / I wrote to the fren+che kyng and &s;ent great me&s;&s;angers to him / de+&s;yring him to &s;end me a noble man of his blode to mary my doughter / to the entent that myne herytag&abis; &s;hulde nat be without an heyre. The kyng &s;ent his co&s;yn &s;ir Robert of Artoy&s;e / who wedded my doughter: and in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vyage that the kyng my hu&s;bande made he dyed. And after a+gayne I maryed &s;ir Othe of Bro&s;wyche / and bycau&s;e &s;ir Charles de la Paixe / &s;awe that &s;ir Othe &s;hulde haue myne herytage as long as I lyued / he made vs warre. And toke vs in the ca+&s;tell of Locufe / whan the &s;ee was &s;o highe that we feared it wolde haue ouerflowen vs. at whi+che tyme we were &s;o afrayed / that we yelded vs all foure / to &s;ir Charles de la Paixe / our lyues &s;aued. And &s;o he helde vs in pri&s;one: my hu&s;|bande and I / my doughter and her hu&s;bande. And &s;o it happed / that my &s;onne and doughter dyed there: and after by treatie I and my hu&s;|bande were delyuered / &s;o that Puylle and Ca|labre
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might come to hym. And al&s;o he ente~deth to come to the heryrage of Naples / of Cecyll &amp; of Prouence / for he &s;eketh all about for alyance. and &s;o wyll take a way the ryght of the churche as &s;one as I am deed / if he may. Therfore ho|ly father / I wyll acquyte me agayn&s;t god and you / &amp; acquyte the &s;oules of my predece&s;&s;ours / and put in to your handes / all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> herytages that I ought to haue / of Cecyll / of Naples / Punyll Calabre / and Prouence / I gyue them to you / to do with them your plea&s;ure / to gyue them to whome &s;oeuer it plea&s;eth you / &s;uche as may ob+teygne them agayn&s;t our aduer&s;ary / &s;ir Char|les de la Paix. Pope Clement receyued ioyful+ly her wordes / and toke her gyft in great reue|rence / and &s;ayde. A my fayre doughter of Na|ples / we &s;hall &s;o ordeyn that yo^r herytage &s;hall haue &s;uch an heryter of your owne blode / noble and puy&s;&s;ant to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t them / that wyll do or offer you or the~ any wronge. Of all the&s;e wordes and gyftes / there were publyke in&s;tru|mentes / and autentyke made / to the entent that the mater &s;hulde abyde ferme &amp; &s;table / in tyme to come / and to be of more playne knowledge to all them that &s;hulde here therof after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe pope Clement wente to A|uygnon / &amp; of the gyftes that he gaue to the duke of Aniowe / and howe &s;ir Silue&s;ter Budde / and his company were beheded / and of the countre of Flaunders / and of their aduer&s;yte. Cap. CCC .xlvii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the quene of Na|ples / and &s;ir Othe of Brou&s;|wiche had done all thynges / wherfore they were come to Foundes to the pope / than they toke their leaue and de|parted and went to Naples Than it was nat longe after but that pope Cle+ment imagyned in hym &s;elf / that to abyde long about the parties of Rome / was nothyng pro|tytable for him / &amp; &s;awe well howe the romayns and pope Urbayne trauayled greatly to gette the loue of the neapolitans / and of &s;ir Charles de la Paix. therfore he douted le&s;t the pa&s;&s;ages and wayes &s;huld be clo&s;ed agayn&s;t him / &s;o that he &s;hulde nat get to Auygnon whan he wolde. and the princypall and &s;pecyall cau&s;e / that in|clyned hym to go to Auignon / was to thentent to gyue to the duke of Aniou / the ryghtes that the quene of Naples had gyuen vnto hym / of all the for&s;ayd &s;eignoris / wherof he had in&s;tru|mentes pa&s;t / and &s;ealed. So he ordayned &s;e|cretely / and &s;agely his be&s;yne&s;&s;e / and toke the+&s;ee / and his cardynals with him / in galies and ve&s;&s;els that were come out of Arragone. They hadde wynde and wether at wyll / and arryued withoute domage at Mer&s;eyll / wherof all the countre was ryght gladde. &amp; for thens he went to Auignon / and &s;ent worde of his comynge to the french kyng / and to his brethern / who were ryght gladde of his comyng. And the duke of Aniou who lay at the cytie of Tholou&s;e / went to &s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope. and at his comynge the pope gaue hym all the gyftes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the wene of Naples had gyuen hym. The duke of Aniou / who alweys de&s;yred high &s;eignories and great honours / re+ceyued the gyftes in great magnyficence. And &s;o had them to hym / and to his heyres for euer. and &s;ayd to the pope / that in as &s;horte tyme as he might / he wolde go &s;o &s;trong in to tho&s;e mar+ches / that he wolde be able to re&s;y&s;t them that wolde do any wronge to the quene of Naples. The duke taryed with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope a .xv. dayes / and than returned to Tholou&s;e to the duche&s;&s;e his wyfe / and pope Clement delyuered his men of warre to &s;ir Bernard de la Sale / &amp; to Floure|mont / to make warre agayn&s;t his enemyes.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / there was in the mar|ches of Thu&s;kayne in Italy / a valyant knight engly&s;&s;h / called &s;ir John~ Haconde who dyde &amp; had done many a noble feate of armes. he i&s;&s;ued out of the realme of Frau~ce / whan the peace was made bitwene y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> two kynges at Bre+tigny be&s;yde Charters / and in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tyme he was but a poore knyght / and than he thought to re|tourne agayne in to Englande in to his owne countre / he thought he coude wynne nothynge there. And whan he &s;awe that all men of warre &s;hulde auoyde the realme of Fraunce by the or|dynau~ce and treaty of peace / he made him &s;elfe capitayne of a certayne nombre of co~panyons called the late comers / and &s;o went in to Bur|goyne / and there he a&s;&s;embled a great nombre of &s;uche rutters / engli&s;&s;he / ga&s;cons / bretons al|mayns / and companyons of dyuers nacyons. And this Haconde was one of the cheyfe with Briquet and Carnell / by whome the batayle of Brumauxe was made / and helped to gette the Pount le Spiryte / with Bernard of Forges. and whan they had warred and haryed the cou~+trey agayn&s;t the pope and the cardynals / than
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ther were entreated / and went to the marques of Mou~tferrant / who as than kept warre with the lordes of Myllayne. and &s;o this Marques brought them all beyonde the mountaynes / af|ter he had delyuered to the~ .lx. thou&s;ande fran|kes / wherof Hacond had for his parte .x. thou|&s;ande for him and his company / and whan they had acheued the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with the Marques / dy|uers than returned in to Fraunce. for &s;ir Ber|tram of Cle&s;quy / the lorde de la Marche / and the lorde Beauiewe / the mar&s;hall of Fraunce / and &s;ir Andrewe Dandrehen / brought them in+to Spayne agayn&s;t kyng Dampeter / on kyng Henries parte / and &s;ir Johan Hacond &amp; his co~+pany abode &s;tyll in Italy. and pope Urbayne the fyfte as longe as he lyued / had hym in his warres of Myllayne / and in lyke wy&s;e &s;o had pepe Gregorie / who raygned after him. &amp; this &s;ame &s;ir Johan Hacond had for the lorde Cou+cy a fayre iourney agayn&s;t therle of Uertues / for it was &s;ayd for trouth / that the lorde Coucy had ben ouerthrowen by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Uertues and the lombardes / if this Haconde hadde nat ben / for he came to his ayde with fyue hundred / by|caw&s;e the lorde Coucy had wedded the kynge of Englandes doughter / &amp; for none other cau&s;e This &s;ir Johan Haconde was a knyght right hardy and of great experyence / and well reno|med in the marches of Italy / and dyd there ma+ny great feates of armes. Than the romayns and Urbayne / who called him &s;elfe pope / aduy+&s;ed in them &s;elfe / whan Clement was departed fro the marches of Rome / to &s;ende for him / and to make him may&s;ter &amp; gouernour of all their warre. So they &s;ent for him / and retayned him and all his company / and he acquyted him &s;elfe right valiantly / for on a daye / with the helpe of the romayns he di&s;confyted Sylue&s;ter Bude / and a great company of bretons / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they were all &s;layn or taken. &amp; Sylue&s;ter Bude brought pri&s;oner to Rome / and was in great daunger to le&s;e his heed. And to &s;ay the trouth / it had ben better for hym / to haue been beheeded the &s;ame day he was brought to Rome / than otherwy&s;e for the honoure of him and of his frendes. For afterwarde / pope Clement cau&s;ed hym to le&s;e his heed in the cytie of Ma&s;con / and another &s;quier of Breton with him called Wyllm~ Boy|leau / for they were had in &s;u&s;pect of trea&s;on / by+cau&s;e they were i&s;&s;ued out of the romayns pri|&s;on / and coulde nat be knowen by what treaty or meanes / and &s;o they came to Auygnon and there were taken. Of their takynge was culpa|ble the cardynall of Amyens / for he hated them &s;ythe they made warre in Rome for the pope / bycau&s;e in the feldes on a daye / they and their companyes toke the &s;ayd cardynalles &s;omers&abis; wherin they had a great qua~tyte of ve&s;&s;ell and plate of golde &amp; &s;yluer / and departed it among their companyes / who coulde nat be payed of their wages / wherfore the &s;ame cardynall toke the &s;ame deade in great di&s;plea&s;ure / and &s;o co|uertly accu&s;ed them of trea&s;on. So that whan they were come to Auygnon trea&s;on was layd to theym / howe they had fal&s;ly betrayed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pope and thervpon &s;ent to Ma&s;con / and there behee+ded bothe. Thus the maters went at that tyme in tho&s;e cou~treis / and &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / for the dethe of Sylue&s;ter Bude his co&s;yn / with pope Clement / and with the cardinals. &s;o that it he had lyued long after they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> well haue knowen that his d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">th had bene ryght &s;ore di&s;ple&s;ant to hym.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of the&s;e maters and let vs entre to &s;peke of the warres of Flau~|ders / the whiche began in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on. whi+che were harde and cruell / wherby moche peo|ple were &s;layne and exyled / &amp; the countre tour|ned in to &s;uche a ca&s;e. that it was &s;ayde: that in a hundred yere after / it &s;hulde nat be recouered agayne. And I &s;hall &s;hewe you by what meane and occa&s;yons / the vnhappy warres began.</P>
<P>Whan the tribulacyons began fir&s;t in Flau~|ders / the countre was &s;o welthy and &s;o riche / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was meruayle to here. and the men of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good townes kept &s;uche e&s;tate / that it was wonder to here tell therof. but the&s;e warres began fir&s;t by pride and enuy / that the good townes in Flau~|ders had one again&s;t another / as they of Gau~t agayn&s;t the~ of Bruges / and they of Bruges a|gayn&s;t the~ of Gaunt / and other townes one a|gayn&s;t another. but there was &s;uche re&s;ort that no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> coude ry&s;e among the~ / without therle of Flaunders their lorde dyd con&s;ent therto / for he was &s;o feared and beloued / that none dur&s;te di&s;plea&s;e him. Al&s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle who was ryght &s;age and &s;ubtell / kept vnder the warr~ and yuell wyll of his people / for he wolde in no wy&s;e &s;uffre no warre to ry&s;e among them and him. for well he thought in his ymaginacyons / that whan any differe~ce &s;hulde ry&s;e bytwene him and his peo|ple / he &s;hulde be the febler / and the le&s;&s;e &s;et by of his neighbours. Al&s;o he kept vnder the warre for another cau&s;e / howbeit at thende he was dri+uen to v&s;e it. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was / he con&s;ydred the gret di&s;tructyon that &s;hulde fall therby / bothe of bo|dies and goodes. For alwayes he had lyued in
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great pro&s;peryte and peace / and had as moche his plea&s;ure as any other chri&s;ten prince had / but this <ABBR>warr</ABBR> began for &s;o light a cau&s;e and in &s;ydent / that iu&s;tely to con&s;yder &amp; &s;peke. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">f good wytte and &s;age aduy&s;e had been in the lorde / he neded nat to haue hadde any maner of warre. What &s;hall they &s;aye / that redeth this or hereth it redde? But that it was the warke of the de|uyll. For ye knowe / or els ye haue herde &s;ay of the wy&s;e &s;ages: Howe the deuyll &s;ubtelly ti&s;eth night &amp; day to make warre / where as he &s;ey the peace. And &s;eketh lytell and lytell / how he may come to his vngracyous entent: and &s;o it fortu|ned in tho&s;e dayes in Fla~ders / as ye may clere|lye knowe and &s;e / by the treatie of the order / of the mater that foloweth.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the princypall rote and cau&s;e of the warre / bytwene the erle of Flau~|ders and the flemynges. And howe the whyte hattes were &s;et vp by Jo|han Lyon. Cap. CCC .xlviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on: whyle the duke Loys of Flau~ders was in his greatte&s;t pro&s;pe|ryte. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was in Gaunt a burge&s;&s;e (called Johan Ly|on) a &s;age man: cruell / har|dy / &s;ubtell / and a great enter+pri&s;er: and colde and pacient ynough in all his warkes. This John~ Lyon was great with the erle / as it apered / for the erle enty&s;ed him to &s;lee a man in Gau~t / with who~ehe was di&s;plea&s;ed. And at the erles co~maundement couertly / this Johan Lyon made a matter to him / and &s;o fell out with hym and &s;lewe hym / the whiche bur|ge&s;&s;e was &s;ore complayned&punc; and therfore John~ Lyon went &amp; dwelt at Doway / and was there a .iii. yere / and helde a great e&s;tate and porte / and all of therles co&s;t. and for this &s;laughter on a day / Johan Lyon lo&s;t all that euer he had in Gaunt / and was bany&s;&s;hed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne foure yere but after the erle of Flaunders dyd &s;o moch for him / that he made his peace / and &s;o to returne a gayne to the towne of Gaunt / &amp; to haue agayne as great fraunches as euer he had / wherof dy|uers in Gaunt and in Flaunders hadde great meruayle / and were ther with ryght &s;ore aba&s;|&s;hed / but for all that &s;o it was done. And be&s;yde that / to thentent that he &s;hulde recouer agayne his lo&s;&s;e / and to mayntayne his a&s;tate / the erle made him chefe ruler of all the &s;hyppes / mary|ners / and Nauy. This office was well worthe by yere a thou&s;and fra~kes / and yet to deale but trewely. Thus this Johan Lyon was &s;o great with the erle that there was none lyke him.</P>
<P>IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was anotherly|gnage in Gaunte / called the Mahewes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were of them &s;euyn bretherne / they were the chiefe of all the maryners. And amonge the&s;e &s;euyn bretherne / there was one of theym called Gylbert Mahewe: a ryght &s;age manne / moche more &s;ubtell than any of his bretherne. This Gylbert Mahue had great enuy couert|ly at this Johan Lyon / bycau&s;e he &s;awe him &s;o great with the erle / and &s;tudyed night and day howe he myght put him out of fauoure with the erle. Dyuers tymes he was in mynde to haue &s;layne him by his brethern / but he dur&s;t nat for for feare of the erle. So long he &s;tudyed and y|magined on this mater / that at la&s;te he founde the way. The chiefe cau&s;e that he hated him for was: as I &s;hall &s;hewe you / the better to come to the found acyon of this mater. Aunciently <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was in the towne of Dan a great mortall warr~ bytwene two maryners / &amp; their lynages. The one called Peter Guillon / and the other John~ Barde: Gilbert mahewe &amp; his bretherne were come of the one lynage / and this Johan Lyon of the other. So this couert hate was long no|ry&s;&s;hed bitwene the&s;e two paties / how beit they &s;pake and ete and dranke to gyder. and the ly|nage of Gylbart Mahewe / made more a do of the mater / than Johan Lyon dyd. In &s;o moche that Gylbert Mahewe without any &s;troke gy+uyng aduy&s;ed a &s;ubtell dede. The erle of Flau~|ders wolde &s;ome tyme lye at Gaunt / than this Gylbert Mahewe / came and aquaynted hym+&s;elfe with one of them that was nere aboute the erle / and on a day &s;ayd to him. Sir: if my <ABBR>lord</ABBR> therle wolde / he might haue euery yere a great profyte of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hyppes and nauy / wherof he hath nowe nothyng / whiche profyte the &s;traungers and the maryners &s;hulde paye / &s;o that Johan Lyon who is chiefe ruler there / wyll truely ac|quyte him &s;elfe. This ge~tylman &s;ayd he wolde &s;hewe this to the erle / and &s;o he dyde. The erle than / in lykewy&s;e as dyuers lordes are lyghtly enclyned naturally to harken to their profytte / and nat regardyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ende / what may fall ther|by / &s;o they may haue riches / for couytou&s;nes di+&s;ceyueth the~. he an&s;werd and &s;ayd. let Gylbert
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> come to me / and we wyll here what he wyll &s;ay. Than ca~e Gylbert and &s;pake with the erle / &s;hewynge him dyuers rea&s;ons re&s;ona|ble as the erle thought / and &s;o an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd. I thynke it were well done y^t it &s;hulde be thus. Than John~ Lyon was &s;ent for / who knewe no+thyng of this mater / and there in the pre&s;ence of Gylbert Mahewe / the erle &s;hewed him all the mater and &s;ayd: John~ if ye woll / we may haue great profyte in this mater. Johan Lyon / who was a true man. &s;awe well it was nat a thynge re&s;onable to be done howe be it he dur&s;t nat &s;ay the contrary / but &s;ayd. Sir: that thyng that ye demaunde / and that Gylbert Mahewe hathe brought forthe / I can nat do it alone / for it wyll be a <ABBR>hard</ABBR> mater to all the maryners. Johan &abquod; therle / if ye wyll acquyte you truely in this ma+ter / it wyll be done. &s;ir &abquod; he: I &s;hall do therin the be&s;t of by power / &amp; &s;oo they departed. Gyl|bert Mahewe / who intended to brynge out of fauoure this Johan Lyon with the erle / enten+ded to none other thyng / but to make hym le&s;e his offyce. Than he came to his &s;ixe bretherne and &s;ayd / &s;irs. it is tyme nowe that ye &s;ocoure and ayde me / and to mayntayne this mater as good trendes and brethern &s;hulde helpe eche o|ther / it is for you that I haue dryue~ about this mater / I &s;hall di&s;comfyt John~ Lyon without any &s;troke &s;trykyng / and &s;hall bryng him in as great di&s;plea&s;ure with the erle / as he is nowe great and in fauoure. What&s;oeuer I &s;ay in the ne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t parlyament / kepe youre owne openyons / for if the erle requyre you to do &s;uche a thynge debate you well the matter / but I wyll &s;ay &s;tyll and mayntayne / y^t it Johan Lyon wyll truely acquyte him &s;elfe / this ordyna~ce may be done. And I knowe &s;o moche / that my lorde the erle if the mater come nat to his entent / Johan Ly|on &s;hall lea&s;e his fauoure and offyce / and gyue the offyce to me. And whan I ones haue it than ye &s;hall agre therto / we are puy&s;&s;ant ynough in this towne to rule all the re&s;ydue / there is none wyll &s;ay agayn&s;t vs: and tha~ I &s;hall do &s;o that John~ Lyon &s;halbe ouerthrowen. thus we &s;hall be reuenged on him w^tout any &s;troke gyuyng / all his brethern accorded to him. So the parly+ament came / and all the maryners were redy. There Johan Lyon / and Gylbert Mahewe &s;hewed them the erles plea&s;ure on the newe &s;ta+tute that he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> rey&s;e on the nauy of Lys and Le&s;caulte / the whiche thynge &s;emed to them all ryght hard / and co~trary to their olde cu&s;tome. and the chiefe that &s;pake there agayn&s;te were Gylbert Mahewes bretherne / more than any o+ther. Than Johan Lyon who was chiefe ruler of them all. was ryght ioyou&s;e / for he wolde to his true power mayntayne them in their olde auncyent fraunche&s;&s;es and lyberties. And he went that all that they &s;ayde had bene for him / but it was contrary / for it was for an euyll en|tent towardes him. Johan Lyon reported to the erle the an&s;were of the maryners / and &s;ayd. &s;ir: it is a thynge can nat be well done / for great hurt may come therby. &s;ir: and it plea&s;e you let the mater re&s;t in the olde auncyent e&s;tate / and make no newe thyng amonge them. This an|&s;were plea&s;ed nothyng the erle / for he &s;awe that if the mater might be brought vp and rey&s;ed / it &s;hulde be well worth to him yerely a &s;euen thou+&s;ande florens / &s;o he helde his peace as at that tyme / but he thought the more. And &s;oo pur&s;e|wed by fayre word&abis; &amp; treaties the&s;e maryners / but alwayes Johan Lyon founde them ryght ob&s;tynate in the ca&s;e. Than Gylbert Mahewe came to the erle and to his coun&s;ayll / and &s;ayd: howe that John~ Lyon aquyted him but &s;lacke+ly in the mater / but and y^e erle wolde gyue him the offyce that Johan Lyon hathe / he wolde &s;o handell the maryners / y^t the erle of Flaunders &s;hulde heretably haue y^e &s;ayd profyte. The erle &s;awe nat clere / for couytu&s;nes of the good blyn|ded him / &amp; by his owne coun&s;ayll he put John~ Lyon out of the offyce / and gaue it to Gylbert Mahewe. Wha~ Gylbert Mahewe &s;awe howe he had the offyce / within a lytell &s;pace he turned all his &s;yxe bretherne to his purpo&s;e / &amp; &s;o made the erle to haue his entent and profyt / wherfore he was neuer the better beloued of y^e mo&s;t parte of the maryners. howebeit it behoued them to &s;uffer / for the &s;euen brethern were great and pu+y&s;&s;ant / with the ayde of the erle. Thus by this &s;ubtell meanes Gylbert Mahewe get him <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">elfe in fauoure with the erle / and he gaue many gyf+tes / and ioweles to them that were nere about the erle / wherby he had their loues. And al&s;o he gaue many great pre&s;entes to the erle / the whi|che blynded him / and &s;o by that meanes he gate his loue / and all the&s;e gyftes and pre&s;entes this Gylbert Mahewe rey&s;ed of y^e maryners / wher+of there were many that were nat well content / howbeit they dur&s;t &s;peke no worde to the con|trary.</P>
<P>IOhan Lyon by this meanes / and by the purcha&s;e of Gylbert Mahewe / was out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erls fauoure &amp; loue. and &s;o kept his how&s;e and lyued of his owne / and endured and &s;uffe|red paciently all that euer was done to him. for
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this Gylbert Mahewe / who as than was chefe ruler of all the &s;hippes / couertly euer hated this Johan Lyon / &amp; toke away the thirde or fourth &abper;te of the profyte that he &s;hulde haue had of his &s;hyppes. All this John~ Lyon &s;uffered &amp; &s;pake no worde / but &s;agely di&s;&s;ymuled &amp; toke in gre / all that euer was done to him / and &s;ayd. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> is tyme to be &s;tyll / &amp; tyme to &s;peke. This Gyl|bert Mahewe had one brother called Stenu|art a &s;ubtell man / who aduy&s;ed well the maner of Johan Lyon / and &s;ayd to his brethern in pro+phe&s;yeng as it came to pa&s;&s;e. Sirs this John~ Lyon &s;uffereth nowe / and hangeth downe his heed / he dothe it all for policy. but I feare me he wyll at length make vs lower / tha~ we be nowe highe. but I cou~&s;ayle one thyng / that whyle we be thus in the erles fauour / letre vs &s;lee hym. I &s;hall &s;oone &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e him / if I take the charge to do it: and &s;o we &s;hall be out of all parelles. his other bretherne wolde in no wy&s;e con&s;ent therto / and &s;ayd to him / that in no wy&s;e he &s;hulde do him a+ny hurt / &s;ayeng to him: howe a man ought nat to be &s;layne / without the &s;entence of a Judge. Thus the matter contynued a certayne &s;pace / tyll the deuyll who neuer &s;lepeth / awaked them of Bruges / to digge about the ryuer of Lys / to haue the ea&s;ment of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cour&s;e of the water / And the erle was well accorded to the~ / and &s;ent great nombre of pioners and men of armes to a&s;&s;y&s;te them. Before that in tyme pa&s;t they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> haue done the &s;ame / but they of Gaunt by puy&s;&s;ance brake their purpo&s;e. The&s;e tydynges came to Gaunt / howe they of Bruges were byggynge to turne the cour&s;e of the ryuer of Lys / y^e which &s;hulde greatly be to the preiudy&s;e of Gaunte. many folkes in the towne began to murmure / and &s;pecyally the maryners / for it touched the~ nere. wherfore they &s;ayd. they of Bruges <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> nat be &s;uffred &s;o to dygge / to haue the cour&s;e of theryuer to them / wherby their towne &s;hulde be di&s;troyed. And &s;ome &s;aid preuely / a god help nowe Johan Lyon / for if he <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> ben &s;tyll our gouernoure / it &s;hulde nat haue been thus. they of Bruges wolde nat haue been &s;o hardy to at|tempt &s;o farre agayn&s;t vs. Johan Lyon was well aduerty&s;ed of all the&s;e matters. Than he began a lytell to wake / and &s;ayd to him &s;elfe. I haue &s;lept a &s;ea&s;on / but it &s;hall apere / that for a &s;mall occa&s;yon I &s;hall wake / and &s;hall &s;et &s;uche a trymble bitwene this towne and the erle / that it &s;hall co&s;te perauenture a hundred thou&s;ande mennes lyues. The tidynges of the&s;e dyggers encrea&s;ed. So it was / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a woman that come fro her pilgrymage from our lady of Bo+layne (who was wery) and &s;ate downe in the market place / where as <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers men / and &s;ome of the~ demau~ded of her fro whens &s;he came / &s;he an&s;wered fro Bolayne. and I haue &s;ene by the way / y^e greate&s;t my&s;chefe that euer came to this towne of Gaunte. for there be mo than fyue hundred pioners / that night and day worketh before the ryuer of Lys / and if they be nat let / they wyll &s;hortly torne the cour&s;e of the water. This womans wordes was well harde and vnder&s;tande / in dyuers places of y^e towne. Than they of the towne began to mone &amp; &s;ayd, this dede ought nat to be &s;uffred / nor con&s;ented vnto. Than dyuers went to Johan Lyon / and demaunded coun&s;ayll of him / howe they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> v&s;e them &s;elfe in this mater. And whan Johan Lyon &s;awe him &s;elfe &s;ought on / by them whom he de&s;yred to haue their good wylles and loue / he was greatly reioy&s;ed / howe be it he made no &s;emblant of ioye. For he thought it was nat as than yet tyme / tyll the mater were better a cer|tayned / and &s;o he was &s;ore de&s;yred or he wolde &s;peke or declare his thought / and wha~ he &s;pake he &s;ayd. Sirs: if ye wyll aduenture to remedy this mater / it behoue that in this towne of Gaunte / ye renewe an olde auncyent cu&s;tome / that &s;omtime was v&s;ed in this towne / and that is / that ye brynge vp agayne the whyte hattes / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they maye haue a chiefe ruler / to whome they maye drawe / and by him be ruled. The&s;e wordes were gladly herde / and than they &s;ayd all with one voyce / we wyll haue it &s;o. lette vs rey&s;e vp the&s;e whyte hattes. Than there were made whyte hattes / and gyuen and delyuered / to &s;uch as loued better to haue warre tha~ peace for they had nothynge to le&s;e. And there they cha&s;e Johan Lyon to be cheife gouernoure of all the whyte hattes. The whiche offyce he toke on him ryght gladly / to the entent to be reuen|ged on his enemyes / and to bryng di&s;corde by|twene the townes of Bruges and Gaunt / and the erle their <ABBR>lord.</ABBR> And &s;o it was ordeyned / that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> go out agayn&s;t the dyggers of Bru+ges / with Johan Lyon their &s;ouerayne capy|tayne / and with hym two hundred with their companyes / of &s;uche as had rather haue hadde warre than peace. and wha~ Gylbert Mahewe and his brethern &s;awe the maner of the&s;e whyte hattes / they were nat very ioyfull therof. than Stenuart &s;ayde to his bretherne. I &s;ayde to you before / howe this Johan Lyon &s;hulde di|&s;comfytte vs at length / it had ben better that ye had beleued me before / and to haue lette me haue &s;layne him / rather than he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be in this
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">te that he is nowe in / and is likely to be in. and a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">s by the whyte hattes / that he hath bro|ught vp. Nay nay quod Gylbert / whan I ha|ue ones &s;poken with my lorde the erle: I war|rant you / they &s;hall be layde downe agayne. Lette them alone / to do their entpri&s;e agayn&s;t the pyoners of Bruges / for the profyte of this oure towne: for els to &s;ay the trouthe / the tow|ne were but lo&s;t.</P>
<P>IOhan Lyon and his company with the white hartes departed fro Gaunt / in wyll to &s;lee all the pyoners / and &s;uche other as kepte the~. The&s;e tidynges came to the pyoners howe the gauntoyes came on them with a great pu|i&s;&s;aunce / wherfore they douted to le&s;e all. And &s;o lafte their warke / and went backe agayne to Bruges / and were neuer after &s;o hardy to dyg there agayne. Whan John~ Lyon &amp; his compa+ny &s;awe nothyng to do: they retourned agayne to Gaunt. But for all that / Johan Lyon lafte nat his offyce / but that the whyte hattes went dayly vp and downe the towne / and John~ Ly|on kepte them &s;tyll in that e&s;tate. And to &s;ome he wolde &s;ay &s;ecretely. Holde you well content / eate and drinke and make mery and be nat a|frayed of any thyng that ye di&s;pende. Suche &s;hall paye in tyme to come for your &s;cotte / that wyll nat gyue you nowe one peny.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe by the exhortacion of John~ Lyon / the gau~toyes &s;ent certayne no+table burge&s;&s;es of the towne of Gau~+te to the erle of Flaunders / for the co~|&s;eruacyon of their priuyleg&abis; and olde fraunche&s;&s;es&punc; and of the de&s;yre therle made to laye downe the whyte hat|tes. Cap. CCC .xlix.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the &s;ame weke that Johan Lyon had been thus at Don&s;e / to haue met with the pioners of Bruges. ther came dyuers out of the frau~+che&s;&s;e of Gaunt / to co~playne to them / that hadde as than th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> rule of the lawe: and &s;ayd. Sirs / at Erclo be&s;yde vs the whiche is within the fraunche&s;&s;e of Gaunt. There is one of our burge&s;&s;es in the erles pri&s;on / and we haue de&s;yred therles bay|lye there to delyuer hym / but he hath playnely an&s;wered / that he wyll nat delyuer hym. The whiche is playnely agayn&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> priuylege of this towne of Gaunt. And &s;o therby lytell and lytell your priuyleges &s;hall be broken / the whiche in time pa&s;t / haue ben &s;o noble and &s;o highly pray &s;ed: and be&s;yde that / &s;o well kept and mayntey+ned / that none dur&s;t breke theym. And that the moo&s;t noble&s;t knight of Flaunders / helde hym &s;elfe well reputed / to be a burge&s;&s;e of Gaunte. Than they of the lawe aun&s;wered / and &s;ayde: howe they wolde write to the bayly / de&s;yringe hym / that the burge&s;&s;e may be delyuered. For trewely his offyce extendeth nat &s;o farre / as to kepe oure burge&s;&s;e in the erles pri&s;one. And &s;o they wrote to the bayly / forthe delyueraunce of the burge&s;&s;e / beynge in pri&s;one in Erclo. The baylye an&s;wered / &amp; &s;ayd. What nedeth all the&s;e wordes for a maryner? Say quod the baylye / who had to name Roger Dauterne: to them of Gaunt / that thoughe he were a <ABBR>richer</ABBR> man ten tymes than he is / he &s;hall neuer go out of pri&s;on without my lorde the erle commaunde it. I ha|ue puy&s;&s;ance to are&s;t / but I haue no powere to delyuer. The wordes of this Roger Dauterne were reported to them of Gau~t / wherwith they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;ayd: howe he had an+&s;wered right proudely. By the&s;e an&s;weres and in&s;ydentes as well for the pyoners of Bruges / who wolde haue dygged agayn&s;t the herytage and profyte of Gaunt. And for &s;uche other &s;em|blable dedes / wherby the fraunche&s;&s;es of Gau~+te &s;hulde haue bene hurte. There began to ryn throughe the towne and abrode in the countrey the&s;e vnhappy rybaudes / called the whyte hat|tes: to the entent to be the more feared and reno+med. For it behoueth in a lynage / that there be &s;ome foly&s;&s;he and outragyous / to maynteyne and &s;u&s;tayne the pea&s;able.</P>
<P>_THe tidynges of this maryner bur|ge&s;&s;e of Gaunt / beyng in the erles pri&s;on at Erclo / whome the bayly<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wolde nat delyuer / &s;predde abrode in the towne of Graunte. And dy|uers folkes beganne to murmure / and to &s;aye: howe it was nat to be &s;uffred. For in &s;yttynge &s;tyll and beynge to &s;ofte / in maynteyninge of their fraunche&s;&s;e / they might le&s;e all / the whi|che hath ben &s;o noble. Johan Lyon / who enten+ded alwayes but to one thynge: and that was / 
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to &s;ette in trouble the towne of Gaunt / agayn&s;t the erle their lorde. In &s;uche wy&s;e / that he &s;hul|de nat apea&s;e it agayne / but with moch &s;orowe and great dommage: wherfore he was nothyn+ge di&s;plea&s;ed of the&s;e aduentures / but he wolde alwayes / that for one of them there had fallen threttie. He put forthe his wordes / and couert|lye dyde &s;o we them throughe the towne. Say|eng howe: that whan &s;oeuer offyces be bought in a towne / the iury&s;dictyons and priuyleges canne nat be well kepte. For the erle receyueth nowe yerely thre or four thou&s;ande frankes / be+yonde the olde v&s;age or cu&s;tomes / wherby the marchauntes and maryners greatly complay+neth theym / and leaueth to re&s;orte to the towne of Gaunt. bothe they of Ualencennes / of Do|way / of Lyle / of Bethayne / and of Tourney. And this maye be a thynge / wherby the towne may be lo&s;t: for lytell and lytell daylye the frau~+che&s;&s;es be takenne away / and auncyent priuy|leges: and yet there is no manne dare &s;peke a|gayn&s;t it.</P>
<P>_GIlbert Mahewe and the <ABBR>ruler</ABBR> of the meane craft&abis; / who was of Gyl+bertes &abper;te / herde with their owne eares dayly &s;uche wordes / &amp; knew well / howe they dyde ry&s;e by Jo|han Lyon / but they dur&s;t nat remedy it: for Jo+han Lyon hadde &s;owed throughout the towne the whyte hattes / and gyuen them to &s;uche co~|panyons hardy and outragyous / in &s;uch wy&s;e that none dur&s;t a&s;&s;ayle them. And al&s;o Johan Lyon wente neuer alone&punc; for whan &s;oeuer that he went out of his hou&s;e / he had euer with hym a two or thre hundred whyte hattes about him / nor he neuer wente abrode in the towne / with|out it hadde bene for a great cau&s;e&punc; for he was greatlye de&s;yred to haue his coun&s;ayle / on the in&s;ydentes / that fell within Gaunt and with|out: con&s;eruynge the fraunche&s;&s;e of the towne and lyberties therof. And whan he was in cou~+&s;ayle / than he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> &s;hewe a generall <ABBR>word</ABBR> to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> people. He &s;pake in &s;oo fayre rethorike / &amp; by &s;o great craft: that &s;uche as herde hym / were gret+lye reioy&s;ed of his langage. And wolde &s;ay all with one voyce / that all was true that he &s;ayd. By great prudence Johan Lyon &s;ayd to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> peo+ple. Sirs / I &s;ay nat that we &s;hulde hurt or my ny&s;&s;he any parte of my lorde the erles enhery|ta~ce / for though we wolde we canna<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">: For rea|&s;on &amp; iu&s;tyce wolde nat &s;uffre vs. Nor that we &s;hulde &s;eke any crafte or incydent / wherby we &s;hulde be in his <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> or indygnacion. for we ought alwayes / to be in loue and fauoure with our prince and lorde. and my lorde therle of Flau~ders is our good lorde / and a right hye prince feared and renomed / and alwayes hath kepte vs in peace and pro&s;peryte. The whiche thynges we ought to knowe / and to &s;uffre the more largely. More bou~de we are therto / than if he had traueyled vs or di&s;plea&s;ed vs / or made warre or hared vs / and to haue put to his pay|ne to haue our goodes. But howe &s;oeuer it be / at this pre&s;ent tyme he is yuell cou~&s;ayled or en|formed agayn&s;t vs / and agayn&s;t the fraunche&s;+&s;es 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 hery|tage. and to take away the ryuer / wherby oure towne of Gaunt &s;hulde be di&s;troyed. And al&s;o he wolde haue made a ca&s;tell at Don&s;e agayn&s;t vs / to bring vs in danger / and to make vs <ABBR>wea+ker.</ABBR> And I knowe well: howe they in Bruges had promy&s;ed hym in tyme pa&s;te / tenne or .xii. thou&s;ande frankes yerely: to haue to theym the ea&s;ment of the ryuer of Lys. Therfore I coun|&s;ayle / lette this good towne of Gaunt: &s;ende to the erle &s;ome &s;adde and di&s;crete per&s;onages / to &s;hewe hym boldely all the&s;e maters / as well tou+chynge the burge&s;&s;e of Gaunt in pri&s;one in Er|clo / the whiche his baylye wyll nat delyuer: as all other maters / wherwith the good towne of Gaunte is nat content. And al&s;o the&s;e matters herde: than lette it be &s;hewed hym al&s;o. that he nor his coun&s;ayle / thynke that we be &s;o dull or deed (but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if nede be / we may if we ly&s;t) make re&s;y&s;tence there agayn&s;t. And &s;o his aun&s;were ones herde. Than the good towne of Gaunte maye take aduy&s;e / to puny&s;&s;he the tre&s;pa&s;&s;e on them that &s;hall be founde culpable agayn&s;t the~. And whanne Johan Lyon hadde &s;hewed all the&s;e wordes to the people / in the market place: euery man &s;ayd. he &s;aythe well. And than went home to their owne how&s;es. At the&s;e woordes thus &s;poken by John~ Lyon / Gylbert Mahewe was nat pre&s;ente / for he douted the whyte hat|tes: but his brother Stenuart was there al|wayes &punc; he prophe&s;yed of tyme to come. &amp; whan he was retourned to his brother / he &s;ayd. I ha|ue alwayes &s;ayde / and &s;ay yet agayne: howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> John~ Lyon &s;hall di&s;troy vs all. Cur&s;ed be the hour y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye had nat let me alone / for &amp; I had &s;lay+ne him / he &s;hulde neuer haue ouerco~e vs / nor co~e &s;oo lyghtly vp. And nowe it is nat in our puy&s;|&s;ance / nor we dare nat anoy nor greue hym. He
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is as nowe more greatter in the towne than the erle. Gylbert an&s;wered / and &s;ayde. Holde thy pea&s;e fole / for whan I wyll / with y^e erles puy&s;|&s;ance / all the whyte hattes &s;hall be ca&s;t downe. And &s;uche there be that bereth them nowe / that here after &s;hall haue no nede of any hatte.</P>
<P>_SO than there were charged certay+ne burge&s;&s;es / to go amba&s;&s;ade to the erle / of the &s;adde&s;t men of the towne. &amp; Gylbert Mahewe was one of them that was cho&s;en to go and that cau&s;ed Johan Lyon / to the entent that if they &s;pake any thynge contrary to the erles di&s;plea&s;ure / y^t the erle &s;hulde be di&s;plea&s;ed with him / as well as with any other. So they depar+ted and founde the erle at Male / and dyde &s;o+moche that fynally they accorded &s;o well / that the erle graunted them all their reque&s;tes / as touchyng their pri&s;oner at Erclo. And promy|&s;ynge to kepe and mayntayne the fraunche&s;&s;es of Gaunt without brekyng of any of them. and defended them of Bruges that they &s;hulde nat be &s;o hardy to dygge on the herytage of them of Gaunt. And the better to plea&s;e them of Gaunt he co~maunded them of Bruges to fyll agayne the dykes that they had made. and &s;o they amy ably departed fro the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rle &amp; returned to Gaunt / and recorded all that they had done with therle their lorde / and howe he woll mayntayne them in their fraunche&s;&s;es / without brekynge of any of them / howe beit he de&s;yred them by fayrne&s;&s;e to laye downe the whyte hattes. And with tho wordes the erles &s;eruauntes brought agayne the pri&s;oner fro Erclo / &amp; &s;o yelded him agayne as by the waye of re&s;tably&s;&s;hing / wherof they had great ioy. At this an&s;were makynge was Johan Lyon / and a .x. or .xii. of the mo&s;te nota|ble of his company / and whan they herde that the erle requyred / y^t the whyte hattes &s;hulde be layd downe / euery man <ABBR>held</ABBR> his peace. Than Johan Lyon &s;pake / and &s;ayd. All ye good peo+ple that be here pre&s;ent / ye know and haue &s;ene but late / howe y^e whyte hattes hath better kept your fraunche&s;&s;es / than outher reed or blacke hattes haue done or of any other colour. Be ye &s;ure: and &s;ay that I &s;ayd it / a&s;&s;oone as y^e whyte hattes be layde downe / by the ordynaunce that the erle wolde haue it &s;o / I wyll nat gyue for all your frau~che&s;&s;es after nat thre pens. The whi+che word&abis; blynded &s;o y^e people / that euery man departed thens / and the mo&s;t parte went home to their hou&s;es: &amp; &s;ayde. Let them alone / John~ Lyon &s;ay the trouthe: we haue nat &s;ene in hym but good and profitable for our towne. So the matter &s;tode &s;tyll in the &s;ame ca&s;e. And Johan Lyon was than in more feare of his lyfe than he was before / and imagined anone as it fell after for he thought that Gylbert Mahewe hadde wrought &s;ome mater agayn&s;te hym &amp; his com|pany / in his la&s;t voiage with the erle / bycau&s;e therle made &s;o amyable an an&s;were. Than he thought to fynde &s;ome remedy / and ordayned and made &s;ecretely capitayns of the whyte hat+tes / as Senteners and Muquateners / and to them &s;ayd. <ABBR>ss</ABBR> / &s;ay vnto your co~pany: that they be day and nyght purueyed redy / and a&s;&s;oone as they knowe or here any mouyng / lette them come to me / for it were better we &s;lewe than to be &s;layne / &s;ythe we haue begon &s;o farre. and as he ordayned &s;o it was done euery man redy.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the whyte hattes &s;lewe the bayly in the market place / and of the good&abis; and how&s;es of maryners that were di&s;troyed / and of the great brul+lynge that was than in Gaunt. Cap. CCC. .l.</HEAD>
<P>_IT was nat long after / but that the baily of Gaunt Roger Dauterne came too Gaunt with a two hundred hor&s;e / and ordayned to do as the erle and Gylbert Ma|hewe and his bretherne had deuy&s;ed. The bayly with two hu~dred men that be brought with hym / came downe a longe the &s;tretes with the erles baner in his hande. And whan he came in to the market place he re&s;ted / and &s;et the baner before him. Than anone drue to him Gylbert Mahewe and his brethern and the ruler of the meane craft&abis;. It was ordayned that his men of armes &s;hulde go to Johan Ly|ons hou&s;e / and to take him as chiefe ruler of the whyte hattes / and a .v. or &s;ire other of his com|pany / of the~ that were moo&s;t culpable / and they to haue ben brought to the ca&s;tell of Gau~t / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to haue had their heedes &s;tryken of. Jo|han Lyon who thought no le&s;&s;e / and was well aduy&s;ed of this dede / for he had &s;pyes and wat|che&s;&s;e in euery corner of the towne. He knewe well of the comynge of the bayly (&amp; knewe for
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certayne / and &s;o dyd all the whyte hattes) y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;ame iourney was &s;et for them. they all drewe togyder be tymes / and came to Johan Lyons how&s;e / who was redy in the &s;trete abydyng for them. So there came .x.. than .xx. and euer as they came they fell in aray in the &s;trete / &amp; whan they were a&s;&s;embled to the nombre of four hun|dred. Than John~ Lyon departed as fyr&s;e as a lyon / and &s;ayd. let vs go on the&s;e traytours that wyll betray y^e good towne of Gaunt. I thought well that all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;wete wordes that Gylbert Ma+hewe brought vs the la&s;t daye fro the erle / was but di&s;ceyte and di&s;tructyon for vs / but I &s;hall make them repent it. Than he and his compa|ny went a great pa&s;e / and alweys his nombre encrea&s;ed / for there were dyuers that fell to his company that hadde no whyte hattes / but they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ryed trea&s;on trea&s;on / &amp; came about by a &s;trayt lane in to the market place / where as the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayly was repre&s;entyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erles par&s;on. And a&s;&s;oone as Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne &s;awe Johan Lyon come in to the place / they fledde a way as fa&s;t as they myght / and &s;o dyd all other except &s;uche as y^e bayly brought with him. As &s;oone as John~ Lyon was come in to the place / the capytayne of the whyte hattes / with agreat company with hym / came to y^e bayly / and with out any worde&s;pekyng / they toke and ca&s;t him to the erthe / &amp; &s;lewe him there. And than the er|les baner was ca&s;t downe to the grounde / and torne all to peaces / &amp; they touched no man there but the bayly. And than they came all aboute John~ Lyon. And whan the erles men &s;awe the bayly deed / and the erles baner all to torne / they were greatly aba&s;&s;hed / and &s;o toke their hor&s;es and voyded out of the towne.</P>
<P>_YE maye well knowe: that Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne / who were enemyes to John~ Lyon <ABBR>wer</ABBR> nat well a&s;&s;ured of the~ &s;elfe in their owne hou&s;es / wherfore they depar+ted as fa&s;t as they myght / and voyded y^e towne one after a nother / and left behynde them wyf&abis; / chyldren / and herytages / and went a&s;&s;oone as they myght to the erle / and &s;hewed hym howe his bayly was &s;layne. Of the whiche tydynges therle was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed and gode cau&s;e why: for they had done hym great di&s;pyte / and &s;ayde and &s;ware. howe it &s;hulde be greatly recompe~|&s;ed or euer that he returned agayn in to Gaunt and that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> neuer haue peace with him in en&s;ample to all other townes. So Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne / abode &s;tyll with the erle. And Johan Lyon / and the whyte hat+tes per&s;euered &s;tyll in their outrage. Ro|ger Dauterne was thus &s;layne / and all other departed / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none apered before the whyte hattes to be reuenged. than Johan Lyon / who entented to ouer ryn the maryners / bicau&s;e he loued the~ nat &punc; &s;ayd. Sirs on a fore to the&s;e fal&s;e traytours the Mahewes / that wolde this day<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> di&s;troy the fraunche&s;&s;e of the towne of Gaunt. And &s;o they ran alonge the &s;tretes to their hou|&s;es / but they fou~de no body there / for they were departed. then they were &s;ought for in lodgyn+ges / &s;trete by &s;trete / and chambre by chambre. And whan Johan Lyon harde howe none of them coulde be founde / he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. Than he gaue all their good&abis; to his company and &s;o all their hou&s;es were pilled and robbed / &s;o that no thynge was left. as though they had ben fal&s;e traytours to y^e towne / and whan they had done / they returned in to their owne how|&s;es. And after that there was no <ABBR>officerr</ABBR> of the erles / nother within y^e towne nor without / that ones &s;ayd to them they had done euyll. and as at that tyme they dur&s;t nat / for the whyte hattes were &s;o multiplyed / that none dur&s;te di&s;plea&s;e them. they went in the &s;tretes by great compa|nyes / but there were none that wolde mete with the~. It was &s;ayd in dyuers places in the towne and without al&s;o / howe they had &s;ome &s;uppor|tacyon of &s;ome officers / and riche men in Gain the whiche was lykely to be &s;o / for who dur&s;t be+gyn &s;uche a ryot / as to enterpri&s;e to &s;le the erles bayly / holdynge the erles baner in his handes / doyng his office / without &s;ome <ABBR>bol&s;terer</ABBR> or co~|forter in their dede. And after that they multy|plyed / and were &s;o &s;trong in y^e towne that they cared for no maner of ayde / but of the~ &s;elf <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were none that dur&s;t di&s;plea&s;e them or with&s;ay any thyng that they wolde do. This bayly Ro|ger Dauterne was taken by y^e freers and &s;o bu+ryed in their churche.</P>
<P>_WHan this thynge was thus fortu|ned / dyuers good men / &s;age and ryche of the towne of Gaunt were right&s;ory / and began to &s;peke and murmure. And &s;ayd ech to other: howe they had done a great outrage / in &s;leyng thus therles bayly / in doyng of his offyce. And how of right their lorde therle mu&s;t nede be di&s;+plea&s;ed with the~ / and by all likelyhode neuer to haue re&s;t nor pea&s;e with him. &amp; howe that the&s;e vngracyous people had brought all the towne in parell to be dy&s;troyed / withoute god fynde
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&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">me remedy. Howe be it for all the&s;e wordes / there were none that dur&s;t fynde the meanes to correct or to amende the~ / that had done this out rage. Johan de la Faucell who as than was in Gau~t / a man right &s;age and greatly renomed / &s;awe howe the mater was gone &s;o farre. &amp; &s;awe howe outragiou&s;ly they had &s;layne the bayly / he thought the mater &s;hulde be yuell at length. And for the entent he &s;hulde nat be &s;u&s;pect with the erle nor with the towne: he departed fro the towne as priuely as he might / And wente to a fayre hou&s;e that he had without Gaunt / &amp; there abode / and fayned hym &s;elfe &s;icke: &s;o that none &s;pake with hym but his owne men. And dayly he herde tidynges out of Gaunt for he had left behynde hym the moo&s;t parte of his goodes / &amp; his wyfe and his chyldren / &s;tyll in the towne. Thus he di&s;&s;ymuled for a &s;ea&s;on.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe .xii. burge&s;&s;es of Gau~t were &s;ent to the erle of Flau~ders / and how in the meane &s;ea&s;on the white hattes pylled and brente / the fayre ca&s;tell of Andrehen. Cap. CCC .li.</HEAD>
<P>_THe gode men in Gau~t and riche and notable mar|chantes / who hadde within the towne their wyues / chyl+dren / and marchandy&s;e / and their heritages bothe with|in the towne and without / &amp; had to lyue by / right honourably without dan|gere. They were nat well at their ea&s;e in their hertes / to &s;e the be&s;yne&s;&s;e in Gaunt. they knewe well they hadde &s;ore forfayted agayn&s;t the erle their lorde / and thought well howe he wolde &abpro; dyde therin &s;ome remedy / and that they &s;hulde be fayne to make amendes of their tre&s;pa&s;&s;es / nowe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rels another tyme and they to put them &s;elfe in the erles mercy. Wherfore they thought it better to do it be tymes / rather than to late. Than they toke coun&s;ayle togyder / to &s;e howe they might v&s;e them &s;elfe / to the profyte and ho+noure bothe of them and of the towne. To this coun&s;ayle was called Johan Lyon / and the ca+pitayns of the whyte hattes / or elles they dur&s;t nat haue done it. There were many word&abis; and dyue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s purpo&s;es deuy&s;ed / finally they were all of one acorde that they of the coun&s;ayle &s;hulde cho&s;e .xii. notable per&s;ons / and &s;ende the~ to the erle requyringe hym of mercy: for the dethe of his bayly / whome they had &s;layne. And &s;o by that meanes if they might haue peace they wol+de be gladde: &s;o that all myght be compri&s;ed in the peace / and nothynge els demaunded of the erles parte. Than the&s;e burge&s;&s;es were cho&s;en that &s;hulde go on this viage / and alwayes Jo|han Lyon &s;ayd: it is good to be in fauour with our lorde and prince. Howbeit he wolde the co~|trary / and thought and &s;ayde to him &s;elfe / that the mater was nat yet there / as he wolde bring it vnto. So the&s;e burge&s;&s;es departed and we~t to Male be&s;yde Bruges to y^e erle: who at their fir&s;t comyng / made a cruell &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ell countenance agayn&s;t them of Gaunt. The&s;e .xii. burge&s;&s;es made a pytefull complaynt before the erle / and requyred hym / holdyng vp of all their handes / that he wolde haue mercy on theym. And excu|&s;ed them &s;elfe of the dethe of the bayly / both the~ of the lawe / and the notable per&s;ons of y^e towne and &s;ayd. Right dere &s;ir / acorde &s;o to vs: that we maye bringe peace with vs to the towne of Gaunt / the whiche loueth you &s;o well. And &s;ir / we promy&s;e you / that in tyme to come / this out rage &s;halbe &s;o greatly recompen&s;ed on the~ that hath done it / and cau&s;ed it to be done: &s;o that ye &s;hall be content. And that it &s;hall be to all other townes en&s;ample. The&s;e .xii. burge&s;&s;es made &s;o humble reque&s;tes / that the erle &s;omwhat re|frayned his yre / and by meanes of other y^t was made to hym: that he acorded and ordayned at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ycles of the peace. And therle pardoned all his yuell wyll that he had agayn&s;t them of Gaunt / by the amendes that &s;hulde be made: but than there came to them other newe tidynges / as I &s;hall &s;hewe you here after.</P>
<P>_IOhan Lyon who was at Gaunt / thought all co~trary to that he had &s;ayde in the cou~&s;ayle. Howe that it was good to be in fauoure with their lorde: he knewe in certaynte that he hadde &s;o moche tre&s;pa&s;&s;ed agayn&s;t the erle / that his peace &s;hulde neuer be made with him. And if he had any peace graunted him / he thought it &s;hulde be but di&s;&s;ymulacyon / &amp; that it &s;hulde co&s;t him his lyfe at la&s;te. So therfore he thought he hadde rather to be &s;hamed / than to be in parell and in aduenture of his lyfe eue|ry day. I &s;hall &s;hewe you what he dyde. Whyle the coun&s;ayle of the towne were with therle for peace / he a&s;&s;e~bled togyder all the whyte hattes
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and of all the craftes in Gaunte / &s;uche as were of his accorde / and &s;o came to his purpo&s;e by a &s;ubtell meanes / and tha~ &s;ayd to them all. Sirs ye know well / how we haue di&s;plea&s;ed our lor|de therle of Flaunders / and howe we haue &s;ent vnto hym / we knowe nat as yet what reporte they wyll bring outher peace or <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / for y^e erle is nat ea&s;y to be apea&s;ed. for he hath about him &s;uche as wyll rather &s;tyre hym to di&s;plea&s;ure / than to quyetne&s;&s;e / as Gylbert Mahewe &amp; his brethern. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is a hu~dred hyndrers of y^e peace / rather than one <ABBR>forderer</ABBR> therfore it were good that we toke good hede to our &s;elfe / if we haue warre / to knowe who &s;hall ayde vs / and howe we &s;hall get vs loue among you rulers / of &s;uche a crafte and &s;uche a craft. Cau&s;e to morowe to come in to y^e feldes as many men as ye can get / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> we &s;hall &s;e howe able euery ma~ is and howe they be furny&s;&s;hed / it is better to be aduy+&s;ed be tyme than to late / this &s;hall co&s;te vs no|thynge / and yet we &s;hall be the more feared and drad. they all an&s;wered / and &s;ayd: it is well de|uy&s;ed / &s;o let it be done. The next day they went out all at Bruges gate / &amp; &s;o went in to the feldes in a fayre playne without Gaunt / called Andre hen. Than Johan Lyon behelde them gladly: for they were a .x. thou&s;a~de / and all well armed than he &s;ayd beholde: here is a goodly compa|ny &punc; and whan he had ben there a certayne &s;pace and hadde gone all aboute them / than he &s;ayd. Sirs / I coun&s;ayle: let vs go to the erles place here by / &s;yth we be &s;o nere it / for it is &s;hewed me howe he maketh there great proui&s;yon / it may fortune to be great preiudice to oure towne of Gaunt. They all agreed therto / and &s;o came to Andrehen the whiche was as than without any great kepynge or defence / &s;o they entred and &s;ought all about the hou&s;e / and a none this vn|gracious company pylled and robbed it of all that euer they founde there. There was within it moche ryches / for the erle had made there his warderobe. Johan Lyon made &s;emblant / as thoughe he had bene &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / howe beit that was nat &s;o as it apered. for wha~ they were departed fro the ca&s;tell / and come agayne in to the felde they loked behynde the~ / and &s;awe all y^e place a fyre / and that the fyre was more than in xx. places in the ca&s;tell / &s;o that it was nat in the peoples puy&s;&s;ance to quenche it / nor al&s;o they had no great wyll to do it. Than Johan Lyon as though he had great mernayle (&s;ayd) howe cometh yonder fyre in my lordes how&s;e? And &s;ome an&s;wered / and &s;ayd. We can nat tell<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> but by aduenture. well <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he we can nat tha~ <ABBR>amend</ABBR> it / it is better that it be brent by aduenture / ra|ther than by vs. And al&s;o all thynges con&s;ide|red / it was a perylous neighbour to vs / for my lorde might <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a &s;et &s;uche a gary&s;on / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> might haue done vs great domage / if we &s;hulde haue <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with him. They all an&s;wered / and &s;ayd: ye &s;ay trouthe. And &s;o retourned in to y^e towne of Gaunt / and dyde no more that day / for they had done yuell inough and to moche: for it co&s;t after / mo than two hundred thou&s;ande mennes lyues. And it was one of the princypall thyng&abis; / wherwith the erle was moo&s;t di&s;plea&s;ed. And therfore Johan Lyon dyd it / bycau&s;e he wolde haue no peace / for he knewe well / what &s;oeuer treatie were made: he was likely to le&s;e his life This ca&s;tell of Andrehen / hadde co&s;t the erle of Flau~ders the bylding therof / two hu~dred thou+&s;ande frankes / and he loued it be&s;t / of all y^e hou+&s;es he had. The good men of Gaunt / who de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y+red to haue had peace: was of this aduenture right &s;orou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ull / howbeit they coude nat am<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de it / nor they dur&s;t make no wordes therof. For the whyte hattes &s;ayde: howe the ca&s;tell was brent by vnhappe / and none otherwy&s;e.</P>
<P>THe&s;e tidynges came to the erle of Flau~+ders / who was atte Male: and he that brought him worde / &s;ayd. &s;ir: knowe for trou|the / your fayre hou&s;e of Andrehen / the whiche hath co&s;t you &s;o moch / and that ye &s;o well loued is brent. Brent <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the erle: ye &s;urely &s;ir quod he. And howe &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the erle? Sir by vnhappe as it is &s;ayde. A <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the erle / that dede &s;hall neuer ha|ue peace in Flaunders / as long as Johan Ly|on lyueth. He hath couertly made it to be &s;ette a fyre / but it &s;hall be derely bought. Than he made the burge&s;&s;es of Gaunte to come before hym / and &s;ayde to them. A ye yuell and vnhap|py people / ye pray me with &s;werde in the ha~de. I haue grau~ted to you all yo^r reque&s;tes / as ye wyll your &s;elfe / and now your folkes haue bre~t my hou&s;e / the whiche I loued among all other. Thynke they nat / that they haue done me dy&s;|pyte ynoughe / in &s;leynge my bayly for doynge his offyce / and to teare there my <ABBR>baner</ABBR> and to treade it vnder their fete. Knowe for trouth / &s;a+uynge myne honoure / and that I haue gyuen you &s;aue conduct / I &s;hulde cau&s;e all your need&abis; to be &s;tryken of. Departe out of my pre&s;ence / &amp; &s;ay to yonder vnhappy people of Gaunte / that they &s;hall neuer haue peace nor treatie with me tyll I haue of theym whome I wyll / to &s;tryke of their heedes: and none &s;hall haue mercy the burge&s;&s;es / who were full&s;or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e of the&s;e tidyng&abis;:
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bycau&s;e they were natte culpable of that dede / they began to excu&s;e them. but there was none excu&s;e wolde &s;erue / for the erle was &s;o &s;ore di&s;|plea&s;ed that he wolde nat here them&s;peke / and &s;o made them to auoyde his pre&s;ence / and they toke their hor&s;es to returne to Gaunt / and &s;he|wed howe well they had &s;pedde / and had great peace and apoyntment / and this ca&s;tell had nat bene brent. And al&s;o they &s;hewed howe the erle gretly mana&s;&s;hed the~ and &s;end the~ worde: how they &s;hulde neuer haue peace with hym / tyll he had as many of the towne at his <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> / as he ly&s;t to haue. The good people of y^e towne &s;awe well: howe the mater went but yuell for them / and howe the whyte hattes had cau&s;ed all / but there was none &s;o hardy that dur&s;t &s;peke it.</P>
<P>&para; Therle of Flau~ders went fro Male to Lyle and all his hou&s;holde: and than he &s;ente for all his lordes and knyghtes of Flau~ders / &s;uche as helde of hym / to haue their coun&s;ayle. howe he myght do in all his be&s;yne&s;&s;es: and howe to be reuenged of them of Gaunte / who hadde done him &s;o many di&s;pyghtes. All the gentylmen of Flaunders &s;ware to hym to be good and true / as they ought to be to their lorde / without any meane / wherfore therle was greatly reioy&s;ed. Than he &s;ent men to all his ca&s;telles / to Tere|mont Rypemont / Aloes / Gaures Andwarpe / and all about he made great proui&s;ion.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the deth of Johan Lyon and of other capitaynes that the gauntoy&s;e made / &amp; of the good townes in Flau~|ders: that alyed them &s;elfe to Gaunt. Cap. C C C .lii.</HEAD>
<P>_IOhn~ Lyon was great+ly retoy&s;ed / wha~ he &s;aw that therle of Flaunders wolde take no peace with them of Gaunte / &s;eyng he coude co~e to no peace. And he hadde than put y^e towne of Gaunt &s;o forewarde in warre / y^e they mu&s;t nedes than whether they wolde or nat / contynue the warre than he &s;ayd openly. Sirs / ye may &s;e and vn|der&s;tande / howe our lorde the erle of Flau~ders prouydeth him &s;elfe agayn&s;t vs: and wyll haue no peace with vs. Therfore I cou~&s;ayle you for the be&s;t that or we be more greued or opre&s;&s;ed / let vs knowe what townes in Flaunders wyll take our parte. I dare an&s;were for theym of the towne of Grau~tmont / that they wyll nat be a|gayn&s;t vs / but take our parte. And in lykewy&s;e &s;o wyll they of Courtray / for they be within our fraunche&s;&s;e: and Courtraye is oure chambre. But beholde here the~ of Bruges / who be great and prowde / for by the~ all this mater was fyr&s;t moued. It is good y^e we go to them &s;o &s;trong / that other by fayrene&s;&s;e or by rygour: we may bring them to our acorde / they all &s;ayd: it were good it were &s;o. Than by proce&s;&s;e of tyme / all &s;uche as &s;hulde go in this iourney were made redy / and &s;o departed fro Gawnte aboute a .ix. or. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. thou&s;ande men / and had with them great caryages. And &s;o laye the fyr&s;t nyght at Don&s;e and the next mornyng they aproched Bruges / and &s;o came within a lytell leage therof. Than they araynged them&s;elfe in the feldes / and &s;et them &s;elfe in ordre of batayll / and their caryag&abis; behynde them. Than Johan Lyon ordayned / that a certayne of the rulers of dyuers craftes &s;hulde go to Bruges / &amp; to knowe their ente~tes. And &s;o they went to Bruges and founde the ga+tes fa&s;t &s;hytte and well kept / and there they &s;he|wed thentent / wherfore they were come thyder / the kepers &s;ayd they wolde go gladly / &amp; &s;hewe their myndes to y^e borough mai&s;ters and chefe rulers of their towne / and &s;o they dyd / than the rulers an&s;werd / go and &s;hewe theym howe we wyll go to cou~&s;ayle and take aduy&s;e in this ma+ter / &s;o they returned and &s;hewed their an&s;were / and whan Johan Lyon harde that aun&s;were / he &s;ayd / auaunce forewarde to Bruges / if we a byde tyll they take coun&s;ayll we &s;hall nat entre but with moche payne / it is better that we a&s;|&s;ayle them or they take coun&s;ayll / wherby they &s;hall be &s;ode~ly taken. This purpo&s;e was kept / and &s;o the gauntoy&s;e came to the barryers and dykes of Bruges. Johan Lyon with the for|ma&s;t mounted on a blacke <ABBR>cour&s;er</ABBR> / and incon|tynent he alyghted / &amp; toke an axe in his hande / and whan they y^e kept the barryers / who were nat &s;tronge inough to make defence / &s;awe the gauntoy&s;e aproche redy to gyue a&s;&s;aut. They went in to the &s;tretes of the towne / and in to the market place and cryed euer as they went. be holde here the gau~toy&s;e redy at the gate / go to youre defence / for they arreredy to the a&s;&s;aute. Than they of y^e towne who were a&s;&s;embled to gyder to haue gone to cou~&s;ayll / were ryght &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / and had no ley&s;ar to &s;peke to gyder / to ordayn for their be&s;yne&s;&s;e / and the mo&s;t part of the comynaltie / wolde that the gates &s;hulde haue ben opened / and it behoued &s;o to be / or els it had ben yuell with the ryche men. Than the
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borough may&s;ters &amp; rulers of the towne with other went to the gate / where as the gauntoys were redy apperelled to make a&s;&s;aut. The bo|rough may&s;ters and rulers of Bruges / who had the gouernynge of the towne for that day / opened the wycket to &s;peke with Johan Lyon / and &s;o opened y^e barryers and the gate to treat. And &s;o long they &s;pake togyder / that they were good frendes / &amp; &s;o entred in all toguyder. And Johan Lyon rode by the borough may&s;ter / the whiche became hym well. He was hardye and couragyous / and all his men clene armed folo|wed hym. It was a fayre &s;ight to &s;e them entre in good ordre / and &s;o came to the market place / and there he araynged his men in the &s;treres. And Johan Lyon helde in his hande a whyte warderere.</P>
<P>SO bytwene them of Gaunt and of Bru|ges <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was made an alyance &amp; &s;worn alwayes to be good frendes togyder. and that they of Gaunt myght &s;omou the~ and lede them whyder &s;o euer they wolde. And anone after y^e the gauntoy&s;e were arnynged about the mar|ket place. John~ Lyon and certayne capitayns with him / went vp in to the hall / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made a crye / for the good towne of Gaunt: co~maun|dynge / that euery man &s;hulde drawe to his lod+gyng fayre and ea&s;ely / and vnarme them with out noy&s;e or mouyng / on payne of their needes and that no man di&s;lodge other / normake no noy&s;e in their lodging / wherby any &s;trife <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> ry&s;e / on the &s;ame payne. and al&s;o that no man take any thynge fro another / without he paye therfore incontynent / on the &s;ayd payne. This crye ones made: than there was another crye made for the towne of Bruges / that euery man &s;hulde mekely and agreable / receyue the gaun|toy&s;e in to their hou&s;es and to myny&s;ter to the~ vytaylles / acordynge to the comen price of the towne / and that the pryce &s;hulde nat be rey&s;ed in no maner of thyng / nor no noy&s;e to be made or debate moued: &amp; all the&s;e thynges to be kept on payne of their heed&abis;. Than euery man went to their hou&s;es / and &s;oo thus ryght amyably they of Gaunt were with them of Bruges two dayes. And there they alyed and bounde them &s;elfe eche to other &s;urely. The&s;e oblygacyous were writen and &s;ealed: and on the thirde day / they of Gaunt departed and went to the towne of Dan / where the gates were &s;et open again&s;t their comyng. And there they were curte&s;ly re|ceyued / and taryed there two dayes. Than &s;o|denly a &s;ekne&s;&s;e toke John~ Lyon / wherwith he &s;welled / and the &s;ame nyght that y^e &s;yknes toke hym / he &s;upped with great reuyll / with the da|mo&s;els of the towne. Wherfore &s;ome &s;ayde: he was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> poy&s;oned / wherof I knowe nothyng nor I wyll nat &s;peke to far therin. but I knowe well / the next day that he fell &s;ycke / at nyght he was layed in a lytter and caried to Ardenburg he coude go no farther / but there dyed. wherof they of Gaunte were ryght &s;orie / and &s;ore di&s;|mayed.</P>
<P>OF the dethe of Johan Lyon / all his enemyes were ryght gladde / &amp; his fre~des &s;ory. and &s;o he was brought to Gaunt / and bycau&s;e of his dethe all the hoo&s;t returned. Whan the tidyng&abis; of his dethe came to Gaunt / all the people were right &s;ory / for he was well beloued: except of &s;uche as were of the erles parte. All the clergy came a|gayn&s;te him / &amp; &s;o brought him in to the towne with great &s;olempnyte / as though it had bene the erle of Flaunders. &amp; &s;o he was buryed right honorably in the churche of &s;aynt Nycholas / &amp; there his ob&s;equy was done. yet for all the deth of this Johan Lyon / the alyances and promy|&s;es made bytwene them of Gaunt / and of Bru+ges: brake nat / for there were good ho&s;tages in the towne / wherfore it helde. Of the dethe of this John~ Lyon / the erle was ryght glad / and &s;o was Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne / and the rulers of the meane craftes in Gaunt / and all &s;uche as were of the erles parte. Than the erle made &s;orer prouy&s;ion than he dyde be|fore in all his ca&s;telles and townes / and he &s;ent to the towne of Ipre / a great nombre of knigh+tes and &s;quiers / out of y^e lyberties of Ly&s;le and Doway / and &s;ayd. howe he wolde haue rea&s;on of Gaunt. And anone after the dethe of Johan Lyon / all they of Gaunte aduy&s;ed / howe they coulde nat be longe without capitayns. Than they ordayned of the aldarmen of the craftes / and of the Synkquateners of the portes: four of them / acordyng to their aduy&s;e / moo&s;t har|dy and cruell per&s;ons / of all other. Fyr&s;t they cha&s;e Johan Drunaur / Johan Boulle / Ra&s;e de Har&s;ell / &amp; Peter du Boys. And all the other people &s;ware to mayntayne and obey them / as their capitayns / on payne of their heedes / that dyde the contrary. and the capitayns &s;ware a|gayne to kepe and maynteyne the honour and fraunche&s;&s;es of the towne. The&s;e foure capy|tayns &s;tyrred them of Gaunt / to go to ypre and to Franke / to haue obey&s;ance of them / or els to &s;lee the~ all. So the&s;e capitayns and their peo|ple
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departed fro Gaunt / in good array. They were a .xii. thou&s;ande clene armed / and &s;o came to Courtrey. They of Courtay &s;uffred them to entre in to their towne without daunger / for it parteyned to the frau~ches of Gaunt / and there toke their ea&s;e two dayes. and y^e thirde day de|parted and went to Ipre / and toke with them two hu~dred men of armes / with the cro&s;bowes of Courtray / and &s;o toke the way to Touront. And whan they came there / they re&s;ted &amp; tooke coun&s;ayle / and aduy&s;ed to &s;end thyder a thre or foure thou&s;and of their men / and the capitayne of the whyte hattes with the~ to treat with them of Ipre / and the great batayle to folowe after to confort them / if nede requyred. As it was or+dayned &s;o it was done / and &s;o came to ypre and whan they of Iperre / and &s;pecyally they of the meane craftes knewe the comynge of them of Gaunt / they armed them / and toke the market place / and they were a fyue thou&s;a~de. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the ryche men of the towne had no puy&s;&s;ance. The knyghtes that were there in gary&s;on &s;et by the erle / went ordynatly to the gate of Tou|ront / where as the gauntoy&s;e were without / de+&s;irynge to haue fre entre. The knyghtes and &s;quires were redy raynged before the gate and &s;hewed good defence / nor in dede the gau~toy&s;e had neuer entred without great domage / but that the auncyent craftes of the towne agayn&s;t the knyghtes wyll / wolde that the gauntoy&s;e &s;hulde entre. The men of the towne went out of the market place / and &s;o came to the gate / the whiche the knyghtes kept / and &s;ayd. Sirs o|pen the gate: let our fre~des and neyghbours of Gaunt entre / we wyll they &s;hall entre in to our towne. The knightes an&s;wered / y^t they &s;hulde nat entre / and &s;aid: howe they were &s;tabli&s;&s;hed there by the erle of Flaunders to kepe the tow|ne the whiche they wolde do to the be&s;t of their powers. &s;ayng / howe it lay nat in the pui&s;&s;ance of Gaunt to entre there. In &s;omoche that wor|des multiplyed in &s;uche wi&s;e / bytwene the gen|tylmen and them of the towne / that at la&s;t they cryed. Sle and beate downe the~ / they &s;hall nat be may&s;ters of oure towne. There was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he and long endured in the &s;tretes / the knyghtes were nat of &s;ufficyent force to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;te them of the towne / &s;o that there were fyue knyghtes &s;layne / wherof two were &s;ir Ro+bert and &s;ir Thomas Hundrey / the which was great domage. And there was in great daun|ger &s;ir Henry Dautoynge / with moche payne &s;ome of the ryche men of the towne &s;aued hym / and dyuers other. but the gate was &s;ette open and the gauntoi&s;e entred / and were lordes and mai&s;ters of the towne / without domage of any hurt. And whan they had ben there two dayes / and taken &s;urety of the~ of the towne / who &s;ware in lyke maner and forme as they of Bruges / of Courtray / of Grantmont / and of Danne had done / and delyuered ho&s;tages for the &s;ame en|tent. Than they departed right courte&s;ly / and &s;o went agayne to Gaunt.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the gauntoy&s;e be&s;ieged the towne of And warpe / &amp; of the gret a&s;+&s;aut they made at Teremond where as the erle lay. Cap. CCC .liii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe erle of Flaunders / who lay at Lyle / <ABBR>vnder&s;tod</ABBR> howe they of Ipre were tur+ned to the gauntoy&s;e parte. and that by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> meanes of the~ of the meane craftes in the towne / he was &s;ore di&s;plea|&s;ed / a&s;well for the dethe of his knightes y^t were &s;layne in the towne / as for other cau&s;es / howe be it / he &s;ayd. Well: if we haue lo&s;t Ipre at this tyme / we &s;hall recouer it agayne a nother tyme to their my&s;chiefe. for I &s;hall &s;tryke of &s;o many of their heedes / that all other &s;hall beware ther+by / and be aba&s;&s;hed. The erle &s;pecyally enten|ded to prouyde for y^e towne of And warpe / both with proui&s;ion and good men of armes. For he &s;uppo&s;ed / that the gauntoy&s;e wolde come thy|der and lay &s;iege therto / for he thought it <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be to him a great domage / if they were lordes of that towne. For therby they &s;hulde haue the good ryuer of Le&s;cault / and the flete therofat their plea&s;ure. therfore therle se~t thyder a great nombre of knightes and &s;quiers / of Flaunders of Heynalt / and of Arthoy&s;e. And &s;o they were may&s;ters there / whyder they of y^t towne wolde or nat. The capitayns of Gaunt / who were re+turned fro Ipre in to their towne agayn / herde howe therle made great proui&s;ion for y^e towne of And warpe. Than they determyned to goo and lay &s;iege therto / and nat to departe thens / tyll they had it / and &s;layn all them within / and beaten downe the gates and walles therof. &s;o they made a co~maundement in Gaunt / that e|uery man &s;hulde be redy apparelled to go thy|der / as their capytayns wolde lede them. To
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whiche crye there was non wolde di&s;obey / and &s;o charged tentes / pauilyons / and other proui|&s;ions / and departed fro Gaunt / and came and loged before And warpe / in the fayre medowes a long by the ryuer of Le&s;calte. and thre dayes after / came they of Bruges and lodged on the &s;yde next their owne towne / and they brought with them great proui&s;yons. Than came they of Ipre in great array / and they of Propringe / of Me&s;&s;anes / and al&s;o of Grantmont. The fle+mynges there before And warpe / were in nom+bre / mo than a hundred thou&s;ande / and hadde made brydges of &s;hyppes nayled toguyder on the ryuer of Le&s;calte / to go one to another. The erle of Flaunders beynge at Ly&s;le / was in pur+pose to go to Teremont / for he hadde &s;ent in to Almayne / to Guerles / and in to Brabant / for a great nombre of knyght&abis; and &s;quiers / and &s;pe|cially to y^e duke of Mons his co&s;yn / who came to &s;erue him / with a great nombre of knyghtes and &s;quiers / and went in to Teremont / where he founde the erle of Flau~ders / who was come thyder by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fronters of Haynalt / and Brabant who were ryght ioyfull of his comynge.</P>
<P>THus the &s;iege contynewed before And|warpe with many great a&s;&s;autes made by the flemynges / and &s;crimy&s;&s;hes nyghe eue|ry daye / and manlye dedes of armes doone at the barryers / and men &s;layne and hurt. for the flemynges aduentured them &s;elfe often tymes foli&s;&s;hely. So that often tymes by their pride / they were &s;layne and hurte. Within the towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were an .viii. C. &s;peares of knyghtes and &s;quiers right valiant men. and al&s;o .vii. baro~s as the lorde of Guy&s;tels / the lorde Uillers / the lorde Hullut / the lorde Scornay&s;e. flemynges and heno wayes / the lorde Danghen / the lorde Dantoing / the lorde Bo&s;nell / y^e lorde of Taux / the lorde of Gomegines / and the thre bretherne &s;ir Johan / &s;ir Dannyell / and &s;ir Jo&s;&s;e / the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Stanburge / the lorde Carue / &s;ir Gerrarde of Marquelles / the lorde of Cohen / &s;ir Rafe Monteney / &s;ir Henry of Hamede / &s;ir Johan of Gres. And &s;o many knightes that they were a hundred &amp; fyue / and they made good watche / and hadde no tru&s;t on them of the towne / and cau&s;ed them to haue their wyfes and chyldren in to the myn&s;ters and churches / and the bur|ge&s;&s;es to kepe their owne hou&s;es / for feare of the gonnes and fyre / the which the flemynges ca&s;t often tymes in to y^e towne / to haue &s;et the towne a fyre / wherfore they within cau&s;ed the how&s;es to be couered with erthe / to the entent that the fyre &s;hulde do no hurte.</P>
<P>THis &s;iege thus beynge before Ande|warpe the flemynges and capitayns that were there / had knowledge howe their lorde the erle was at Teremonde / and the duke of Mons his co&s;yn with hym. than the gauntoy&s;e &s;ent a &s;ixe thou&s;and of their men to go thyder / and to gyue a&s;&s;aut to Teremonde / and Ra&s;e of Har&s;ell was their capitayne / and &s;o they came on a tue&s;daye at nyght / to a lytell village a leage fro Teremond by the ryuer of Ture / and there they lodged. The flemynges had ordayned a certayne nombre of &s;hyppes to come downe the ryuer / &amp; &s;o to a&s;&s;ayle it by wa|ter as well as by lande. And anone after myd|nyght they armed / and made the~ redy to fyght inco~tynent / whan they were ones come to Te|remonde. and &s;o thought to take the lordes in their bedd&abis; / and &s;o they went forthe. But &s;ome men of the countre that were aduerty&s;ed / howe the flemynges were goynge by night to Tere+mond / they went &amp; gaue warnyng to the wache+men of Teremonde. Saynge / &s;irs: take good hede / for certayne gauntoy&s;e lyeth this nyght nat farre hens / we can nat tell what they pur|po&s;e to doo. Than the kepars of the gate went and &s;hewed this to the knyght of the wach cal|led &s;ir Terrey of Bredero a holandre. whan he knewe therof he toke the better hede &amp; made the <ABBR>&s;urer</ABBR> watche / and gaue warnyng therof to the~ of the ca&s;tell / &amp; to euery hou&s;e in y^e towne / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the knightes were lodged. And at the poynt of the daye lyght / the flemynges came bothe by lande &amp; by water / and were reoy to the a&s;&s;aute. And whan they of the towne and ca&s;tell &s;awe them aproche / than they began to &s;ownde their trompettes to awake all their company / and &s;o there were the moo&s;t parte of all the knyghtes and &s;quiers redy armed. And the erle who lay and &s;lept in y^e ca&s;tell / whan he vnder&s;tode that the flemynges were come thyder to gyue hym a&s;&s;aut / he ro&s;e and armed him and i&s;&s;ued out of the ca&s;tell / with his baner before him. The &s;ame tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was with him / &s;ir Go&s;&s;uyn of Urle great bayly of Flau~ders / and the lorde of Gau / &s;ir Gerard of Ra&s;e~ghen / &s;ir Philyp of Mamy+nes and dyuers other / as &s;ir Philyp of Rungi burgonyon. all the&s;e lordes drewe vnder the ex+les baner / and went to the a&s;&s;aut / whiche was than begone ryght fer&s;e and cruell / for the fle|mynges had brought with them in their &s;hyp|pes / gonnes and cro&s;bowes / where with they &s;hote &s;o great quarelles / that who&s;oeuer they hyt he dyed of the &s;troke. But agayn&s;t the &s;hot
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of quarelles / they within had a great nombre of paue&s;&s;es. and al&s;o the erle had within many good cro&s;bowes the whiche dyde moche hurt amonge the flemynges. The duke of Mons was there with his baner before hym / and in his company there was the lorde of Bredero / &s;ir Jo&s;&s;e and &s;ir Terey de la ware / &s;ir Wyuant of Chuperoy&s;e and dyuers other / euery man doynge ryght well their deuoyre. And at a no|ther gate within / there was &s;ir Robert Dalle / &s;ir Johan Uillayne / and the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Wynd&s;cot with &s;ir Robert mar&s;hall. This was a &s;ore a&s;|&s;aute / bothe by lande and by water / the flemyn+ges had many hurte / and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were of bothe partes: howe beit moo&s;t of the flemynges. for they aduentured them &s;elfe &s;omtyme foli&s;&s;hly. This a&s;&s;aut endured without cea&s;e / fro y^e mor+nyng erly tyll it was none / and there was &s;layn a knyght of the erles parte / called &s;ir Hugh de Reny a burgonyon / which was great domage and &s;ore complayned / for by his hardyne&s;&s;e he was &s;layne. Without there was Ra&s;e of Har|&s;ell / who dyde beare hym &s;elfe right valiantly / with his wordes a&s;well as with his dedes / whi+che greatly encoraged the gauntoy&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the a&s;&s;autes made before And|warpe / &amp; of the peace that was made bytwene the flemynges / and therle of Fla~ders by the means of the duke of Burgoyne / by his great wyt and aduy&s;e. Cap. CCC .liiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THan at afternoon the a&s;&s;awte &s;ea&s;ed / for Ra&s;e of Har&s;ell &s;awe well / how they traueyled in vayne / &amp; howe y^e within Teremond there were many good and valy|antmen of armes / wherby he parceyued it was nat ea&s;y to get them / and al&s;o his men began to be wery. Than he &s;ow|ned the retrayte / and withdrewe a long the ry|uer fayre and ea&s;ly / and toke agayne their na|uy / and y^e next day went agayne to Andwarpe. The &s;iege lay long &s;tyll there / and the flemyn|ges that were there / were lordes of the feldes / and of the ryuer. &s;o that no proui&s;yon coude en+tre in to the towne / without great parell / of the &s;yde towarde Haynaulte. howe be it &s;omtyme vitaylers wolde aduenture them &s;elfe for wyn|nyng: whan the hoo&s;t was a &s;lepe / to put them &s;elfe within the bailes of Andwarpe / and &s;o had in to the towne. And amonge the a&s;&s;autes that were made / there was one that endured a hole day / and there were made dyuers newe knygh+tes within the towne / of Heynalt / of Flau~ders / and of Artoy&s;e. and &s;o the newe knyghtes came and fought with the gauntoy&s;e at the barry|ers. There was a good &s;crimy&s;&s;he and many a feate of armes doone / and dyuers flemynges &s;layne and hurte / but they made lytell therof / for lytell they feared the dethe / wherby they ad|uentured them &s;elfe the more largely. for whan they that were before were &s;layne &amp; hurte / they that folowed wolde pull them backe / and &s;ette them&s;elfe before &amp; &s;hewed hardy vi&s;age. Thus contynued that a&s;&s;aut / whiche endured tyll it was nere nyght. Than they of Andwarpe re|tourned in to their towne / and clo&s;ed their ga|tes and barryers / and than buryed them that were dedde / and dre&s;&s;ed bu&s;ely them that were hurte.</P>
<P>THe flemynges that lay thus at &s;iege be|fore Andwarpe / tru&s;ted by their &s;ege to co~quere the towne / and them that were within by famyne or a&s;&s;aut. for they knewe well their &s;iege lay &s;o rounde about / that nothynge coude come in to the towne / nother by lande nor wa|ter. and the longe lyeng there coulde nat greue them moche / bycau&s;e they were in their owne countrey / and nere to their owne hou&s;es / wher+fore they lacked nothyng that was nedefull for them / for they hadde vitayle / and euery thynge there largely / &amp; at a better price / than they &s;huld haue had outher in Bruges / or in Gaunt. The erle of Flaunders / who &s;awe well y^e there was in the towne a great nombre of knyghtes and &s;quiers / douted greatly of one poynt / and that was / le&s;t by long &s;ege they &s;hulde be famy&s;&s;hed within. wherfore he wolde gladly that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had ben &s;ome honourable treaty for him / for in dede the warre thus with his men / greued him great+ly / it was neuer with his good wyll. And al&s;o the lady hys mother Margarete / counte&s;&s;e of Arthoy&s;e / was ryght &s;ory to &s;e it. And blamed the erle therfore / and toke moche payne to ap|pea&s;e it. This counte&s;&s;e lay in the cytie of Ar|ras. Than &s;he wrote all the mater to the duke of Burgoyne / to whome the herytage of Flau~|ders &s;hulde fall after the dethe of therle / by rea|&s;on of the lady Margaret his wyfe. The duke
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who was well informed of all the mater / for eue+ry daye he harde tidynges. He went to Arras and his coun&s;ayle with hym / as &s;ir Guy de la Tremoyll / &s;ir John~ of Uyen admyrall of Fra~|ce / &s;ir Guy of Pountayllers / and dyuers other. The counte&s;&s;e of Artoy&s;e was glad to &s;e them / and &s;hewed the duke right &s;agely all the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / bytwene the erle of Flaunders her &s;onne / and his countrey. &s;ayeng / howe it greatly di&s;plea|&s;ed her / and ought to di&s;plea&s;e euery rea&s;ona|ble man. And howe that a great nombre of ho|nourable men were within the towne of And|warpe in great &abper;ell: de&s;iryng therfore the duke for godde&s;&s;ake to fynde &s;ome remedy. the duke an&s;wered / and &s;ayd: He was bounde &s;o to do / and howe that he wolde do the be&s;te of his po|wer. Than anone after the duke de&abper;ted fro Ar+ras / and went to Tournay / where he was re|ceyued with great ioy / for they of Turnay de&s;y+red greatly to haue peace / bycau&s;e of their mar+chandi&s;e to and fro / on the ryuer of Le&s;calt / the whiche was as than clo&s;ed fro them. The duke of Burgoyne &s;ent the abbot of &s;aynt Martens to the hoo&s;t before Andwarpe / to knowe if the capitayns of Gaunte wolde fall to any treaty. The abbot brought worde a gayne to the duke of Burgoyn / that for his loue they wolde be co~+tent. And &s;o y^e duke gaue &s;alue conduct to them to the bridge of Roone / and the flemynges in likewy&s;e to him. This treatie endured fro the mornynge tyll nyght / for the duke came to the bridge of Rone / to &s;peke with the flemynges. than the duke retourned to Tournay / and the erle in his company / who went in and out with hym. This treatye endured .xv. dayes / for it was harde to fynde meanes of peace / bycau&s;e the flemynges wolde haue had Andwarpe / to the entent to haue had it beaten downe / but the duke and his coun&s;ayle / wolde in no wy&s;e con|&s;ent therto. The flemynges / who were great / fier&s;e / and orgulous / and &s;et nothyng by peace / for they reputed Andwarpe and all tho within in a maner yelded / Nor they coulde nat go out without their daunger. And the duke of Bur|goyne / who &s;awe the flemynges &s;o proude and &s;o harde to fall to any treatie hadde great mar|uayle what they ment therby. And on a day he gate a &s;aue conduct for his mar&s;hall to go in to the towne / to &s;peke with the knyghtes there. &s;o the mar&s;hall of Burgoyne went to Andwarpe and founde there the company in good poynt. howe beit they had great nede of &s;ome thyng&abis; / yet they &s;pake valiantly / and &s;ayd. Say for vs to the duke of Burgoyne / that lette him make none euyll bargayn for feare of vs / for thanked be god we are in good poynt / and haue no feare of our enemyes. This aun&s;were plea&s;ed great|lye the duke of Burgoyne / who was &s;tyll at the bridge of Rone. Howe be it for all that / he lefte nat his pur&s;ute for peace. To &s;ay trouthe / they of Bruges and of Ipre with the~ of Fra~ke were wery / and &s;ore anoyed / for they &s;awe well the wynter aproched. &s;o they &s;hewed their myndes in coun&s;ayle / and &s;ayd: howe the duke of Bur|goyne hadde taken great laboure / and is come hyder to vs / and hath offered vs / that all thyn|ges &s;hulde be pardoned. And the erle our lorde to returne to Gaunt and to abyde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with vs and neuer to make &s;emblant of any thyng pa&s;t. the&s;e thinges ought to enclyne vs to peace / and truely we ought to knowe our lorde / and nat to take fro him his herytage. The&s;e wordes a|pea&s;ed moche them of Gaunte / and accorded to their &s;ayeng. And on a daye the duke of Bur|goyne gaue a dyuer to them of Gaunt / of Bru|ges / of Ipre / and of Courtray. and y^e &s;ame day it was concluded that the &s;iege <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be rey&s;ed and good peace to be in Flau~ders / bytwene the erle and his men. And the erle to pardon euery thynge / and nothynge to re&s;erue without any excepcy on or di&s;&s;ymulacion. &amp; the erle to come and dwell in Gaunt / and within a yere they of Gaunt / to make agayne the ca&s;tell of Dandre|hen / the whiche the gauntoy&s;e hadde brente: as the noy&s;e ranne. And for the &s;ure confyrmacy|on of all the&s;e thynges / Johan Prunaux <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> go to Courtray with the duke / and there char|ters of the peas <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be made and &s;ealed. and &s;o on this clau&s;e the duke retourned to Tour|nay. And Johan Prunaux / and Johan Boulle abode &s;tyll in the hoo&s;t. The next day the peace was cryed bytwene bothe partyes / and &s;o the &s;iege brake vp / and euery man went home too their owne how&s;es / and the erle gaue lycence to all his &s;owdyers to departe. And thanked the &s;trangers of the good &s;eruyce / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they had done to him. and &s;o than he went to Ly&s;le / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> to fi|ny&s;&s;he vp the alyances / that his brother of Bur+goyne hadde made. And &s;ome of the countreys <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about &s;ayd: that this was a peas with two vy&s;ages. &s;ayng howe they wolde rebell agayn &s;hortely / &amp; that the erle of his parte was agreed to the peace / but to the entent to haue out of danger the noble knightes and &s;quiers that were in And|warpe in great parell.</P>
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_IOhan Prunaux after the depar|tynge fro the &s;iege of Andwarpe / he went to Tournay / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the duke of Burgoyn <ABBR>mad</ABBR> him good there / and there was made parfyt all the ordynau~ce of the peace / and the duke of Burgoyne / and y^e erle of Flaunders &s;ealed ther+to. &amp; than Johan Prunaux returned to Gaunt and &s;hewed howe he had &s;pedde. The duke of Burgoyne had &s;o &s;ore de&s;yred them of Gaunt / and &s;hewed &s;o &s;wete wordes to them / that they were co~tent to kepe the peace ferme and &s;table / bytwene them and And warpe. For at the rey|&s;yng of the &s;ege / the gauntoy&s;e wolde haue had two gates of / the towne beaten downe / and the walles bytwene / bycau&s;e it &s;hulde alwayes be open for them / to entre atte their plea&s;ure. And whan the erle of Flaunders had ben a certayne &s;pace at Ly&s;le / and that the duke of Burgoyne was gone in to Fraunce. Than he went to the towne of Bruges and there taryed a longe &s;ea|&s;on after / &amp; &s;hewed couertlye great di&s;plea&s;ure to certayn burge&s;&s;es of the towne / but he made none other proui&s;yon among them. his di&s;plea+&s;ure was bycau&s;e they hadde &s;o &s;oone for&s;aken him / and turned to the &s;eruyce of the~ of Gaunt. The burge&s;&s;es excu&s;ed them / as trouthe was / that it was nothyng in their faute / but the faut was in them of the meane craftes / who wolde nedes be alyed to them of Gaunt / whan John~ Lyon ca~e thyder. So y^e erle pa&s;&s;ed his di&s;plea|&s;ure a&s;well as he myght / howe be it he thought neuer the le&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of hym and of them of Flaunders / and let vs retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;es of Bretayne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Bretayne retur+ned out of Englande into Bretayne at the reque&s;t of his men / and of the wyll of the engli&s;&s;he men for the ma+ryage of their yonge kynge of Eng|lande. Cap. CCC .lv.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue herde here before: how the duke of Bretayne was in Englande / with kynge Richarde and his vncles / who made hym right good chere / &amp; his lande was in warre and in great trouble. For the frenche kyng had &s;ent thyder his co~&s;table / with a great nombre of men of armes / who were about Po~t Toy&s;on / and about Mount &s;aynt Mychaell. And made warre to the countre / cyties / &amp; good townes in Bretayne. Wherfore all the countre greatlye de&s;yred the pre&s;ence of the duke their lorde / and they had &s;ent to hym dyuers me&s;&s;an+gers and letters / but he dur&s;t nat tru&s;t all that: tyll the prelates and barones of Bretayne / and all good townes murmured therat / and &s;ayde. We haue &s;ent for our duke by letters dyuers ty|mes / and alwayes he excu&s;eth him &s;elfe. In the name of god quod &s;ome / he hath good cau&s;e &s;o to do: for we &s;ende for hym to &s;imply. It were well &s;ytting / that we &s;ent to hym a knight or .ii. dy&s;crete and &s;age / in whome he myght tru&s;te: and they to &s;hewe him playnly / the &s;tate of this countre. This purpo&s;e was well alowed &amp; hol|den. and &s;o two valyant knightes were cho&s;en to go in to Englande / as &s;ir Geffray of Qua|re&s;mell and &s;ir Eu&s;tace Hou&s;ey. And at the de|&s;yre and reque&s;t of the prelat&abis; and barons / they aparelled them &s;elfe to go in to Englande. &amp; &s;o toke &s;hippyng at Cone / and had wynde at wyll and arryued at Hampton. And fro thens they rode tyll they ca~e to London / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they found the duke of Bretayne and the duche&s;&s;e / and &s;ir Robert Canoll / who receyued them with gret chere and ioye. The knyghtes than &s;hewed to the duke their lorde / all the &s;tate and di&s;po&s;y|cion of his countre: and howe his people de&s;y|reth to haue him co~e home. And delyuered him letters of credence / fro the barons and prelates and good townes of Bretayne. The duke bele+ued well the&s;e knyght&abis; and the letters al&s;o / and had great ioye: and &s;aid / howe he wolde &s;hewe the mater to the kyng and to his vncles / and &s;o he dyde. And whan the kyng of Englande and his vncles were enformed of all the&s;e maters / &amp; howe all the countre of Bretayne: prelates / ba|rons / and good townes. Except Claquy / Cli&s;|&s;on / Rohen / Lauall / and Rochefort / had &s;ente for their lorde y^e duke: de&s;yring hym to returne into his owne countre. Than the kyng and his vncles / &s;ayde. Sir: it is be&s;t ye go in to youre owne countre / &s;yth ye be thus de&s;yred: &amp; mayn+tayne your&s;elfe amonge your noble men. And &s;ir / we &s;hall &s;ende you men of warre and &s;uche conforte / that they &s;halbe able to kepe your fro~|ters agayn&s;t your enemyes. And leaue the du|che&s;&s;e your wyfe here behynd you / with her mo+ther and brethern / and go you and make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> agayn&s;t your ennemyes. Of the&s;e wordes the
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duke was greatly reioy&s;ed / and made hym re|dye.</P>
<P>_ANd &s;hortely after / it was orday|ned for his departynge at Hamp|ton. And &s;o he toke leaue of y^e kyn|ge and of his vncles / of my ladye prince&s;&s;e / and of the duche&s;&s;e his wyfe. And at his departyng / made a great aly|ance with the kyng of Englande / and &s;ware to hym by his faythe / that if he were &s;hortely con|forted by the engly&s;&s;hmen. He wolde alwayes abyde with them / and do the be&s;t of his power / to tourne his countre engly&s;&s;he. And the kyng promy&s;ed him / that he &s;hulde euer fynde the en+gly&s;&s;hemen redy to helpe hym / in what &s;oeuer maner he wolde de&s;yre. And &s;o he departed out of Englande and &s;ir Robert Canoll with him / and the two knyghtes that were come thyder for hym / and one hundred men of armes &amp; two hundred archers / and toke &s;hippyng at Hamp|ton. And &s;o &s;ayled to the porte of Guerrande / where they toke lande / and &s;o rode to Uennes / where he was receyued with great ioye: and all the countrey was gladde / whan they knewe that he was come home. The duke refre&s;&s;hed hym there a fyue dayes / and thanne he went to Nauntes. Thyder came to &s;e hym: barownes prelates / knightes and &s;quyers / ladyes and da+mo&s;elles: offryng hym their &s;eruyce / and putte them &s;elfe vnder his obey&s;ance. Complayning greatlye of the frenchmen / and of the frenche co~+&s;table who lay about Reynes / and dyde moche hurte in the countrey. The duke apea&s;ed them and &s;ayd: my frendes / I &s;hall haue &s;hortly com+forte out of Englande / for without ayde of En|glande / I can nat well defende my countrey a|gayn&s;t the frenchmen / for they are to bygge for vs / &s;eynge we be nat all one in our owne coun|trey. And whan the ayde that the kynge of En|gland &s;hall &s;ende vs / be ones come: if they haue done vs wronge / we &s;hall quyte them agayne. Of the&s;e wordes were right ioyfull / all tho that were of the duke of Bretayns parte.</P>
<P>&para; The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on about &s;aynt Andrues tyde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyed &s;ir Charles of Boe&s;me / kyng of Al|mayne and emperour of Rome. And whyle he was lyueng / he dyde &s;o moche: what for golde and <ABBR>&s;yluer</ABBR> / and great alyances that he hadde. That the electours of the emperour / &s;ware and &s;ealed to hym / that after his di&s;cea&s;&s;e / to make his &s;onne emperour. And to ayde hym / to kepe the &s;iege before Ays / and to abyde with him a|gayn&s;t all men / that wolde deny hym. So that whan he was deed / than Charles his &s;onne as emperoure: wrote hym &s;elfe kyng of Almayne / of Boe&s;me / and kynge of the romayns.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great cou~&s;aile in Englande / amonge the kynges vn|cles / and the prelates and barons of the realme for to mary their yonge kyng Richarde of En|gland. And thengly&s;&s;hmen wolde gladly haue had hym to ben maryed in Heynalt / for loue of the good lady quene Philyp / wyfe to kyng Ed+warde the thirde. Who was &s;o good and &s;o gra+cyous a lady / for all the realme large and hono+rable / who was come out of Heynaulte: but as than the duke Aubert / had no doughters to ma+ry. The duke of Lanca&s;tre / wolde haue hadde the kyng his nephewe / to haue hadde his elde&s;t doughter / my lady Blanche of La~ca&s;tre to his wyfe. But the realme wolde in no wy&s;e con&s;ent therto / for two rea&s;ons. The fir&s;t / bycau&s;e the lady was his co&s;yn germayne / the whiche was to nere of blode / to mary toguyder. The <ABBR>other</ABBR> cau&s;e was / they wolde the kynge &s;hulde marry withoute the realme / to haue therby more aly|aunce. Than was there &s;pekyng of the dough|ter of the kynge of Boe&s;me and Almayne / and emperour of Rome. And to that aduy&s;e euery man was agreed. Than to go in to Almayne / to treate for this mariage / was &s;e~t a right &s;age and a valyant knight / who had ben the kynges may&s;ter / and was nere of coun&s;ayle alwayes with the prince of Wales the kynges father / cal+led &s;ir Symonde Burle. And &s;o was orday|ned for hym / all thynges nece&s;&s;arie for his iour+ney and than he departed and arryued at Ca|layes. and &s;o to Grauellyng / and than to Bru|&s;elles: and there he founde duke Uyncelant of Brabant and duke Aubert / the erle of Bloyes and the erle of &s;aynt Poule / &s;ir Wylliam Ma~|lye. And a great no~bre of knightes of Heynalt / of Brabant / and of other places. For <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great fee&s;t and iu&s;tynge kepte: therfore there were all the&s;e lord&abis; asse~bled. The duke of Bra|bant and the duche&s;&s;e / for the kyng of Englan|des &s;ake / receyued the knyght ryght honoura|bly. And whan they knewe the cau&s;e / wherfore he went in to Almayne / they were right gladde therof: and &s;ayde. That it &s;hulde be a good|lye maryage / bytwene the kynge of Englande and their nephue. And at the knyghtes depar|tyng / they &s;ent letters by hym to the kyng of Al+mayne / &s;hewynge hym howe they hadde great de&s;yre and affectyon / that this maryage &s;hulde
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take a good effecte. Than the knyght depar|ted fro Bru&s;elles and went to Louuayne / and &s;o to go to Colayne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen that were &s;ent in to Bretayne / were tourmen|ted on the &s;ee: and howe the gau~toi&s;e de&s;yred to haue the erle of Flaunders their lorde / to co~e dwell in their tow|ne of Gaunt. Cap. CCC .lvi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on it was ordayned in Englande / by the kyng and his coun&s;aile: that two hundred men of ar+mes and foure hundred ar|chers &s;hulde goo in to Bre|tayne. And the chyefe capi|tayne of that iourney &s;hulde be &s;ir Johan Aru~+dell / and with hym &s;hulde go &s;ir Hugh Caurell &s;ir Thomas Bany&s;tre / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet / &s;ir Water Pole / &s;ir Johan Bourchyer / y^e lorde Ferres / and the lorde Ba&s;&s;et. All the&s;e knygh|tes drewe to Hampton / and whan they hadde wynde they entred in to their &s;hyppes / and de|parted. The fir&s;t day / the wynde was rea&s;ona|ble good for the~ / but agayn&s;t night / the wynde tourned contrary to the~ / and whyder they wol|de or nat / they were driuen on the co&s;t of Corn|wall. The wynde was &s;o &s;ore and &s;treynable / that they coulde ca&s;te none ancre: nor al&s;o they dur&s;t nat. In the mornyng the wynde brought them in to the yri&s;&s;he &s;ee: and by the rage of the tempe&s;t thre of their &s;hyppes bra&s;t and wente to wrake / wherin was &s;ir Johan Arundell / &s;ir Thomas Bany&s;tre / and &s;ir Hughe Caurell: &amp; a hundred men of armes. Of the whiche hun|dred / four&s;core were drowned: and &s;ir Johan Arundell their capitayne was their pery&s;&s;hed / whiche was great domage. and &s;ir Hugh Cau+rell was neuer in his lyfe before / &s;oo nyghe his dethe: for all that <ABBR>euer</ABBR> was in his &s;hyppe ex|cepte hym &s;elfe and &s;euyn maryners / were all drowned. For he and the &s;euyn maryners that were &s;aued / toke holde of tables &amp; ma&s;tes / and the &s;trength of the wynde / brought them to the &s;andes. Howebeit / they hadde dronke <ABBR>waterr</ABBR> ynoughe: wherof they were ryght &s;icke and y|uell at ea&s;e. Out of this daunger e&s;caped / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet and &s;ir Johan <ABBR>Bourchyer</ABBR> / the lorde Ferres / the lorde Ba&s;&s;et / and dyuers other: but they were &s;ore tourmented &amp; in gret parell. And after that this tempe&s;t was cea&s;ed they retourned agayne to Hampton / and went backe agayne to the kynge and his vncles / and recounted all their aduentures / wenyng to the~ that &s;ir Hughe Caurell had ben drowned with the other. How be it that was nat &s;o / for he was gone &s;icke to London. Thus brake vp that ior+ney / wherby the duke of Bretayne coude haue no comforte of the engly&s;&s;hemen / whiche was ryght contraryous to hym. For all that &s;ea&s;on and the wynter folowyng / the fre~chmen made hym right &s;ore warre: and the bretons. As &s;ir Olyuer Cly&s;&s;on and his company / toke y^e tow+ne of Dyna~t in Bretayne / by rea&s;on of ve&s;&s;els and barges. And &s;o the towne was pylled and robbed / and was kept agayn&s;t the duke a long &s;ea&s;on after. &para; Nowe lette vs retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Flaunders.</P>
<P>_WHan y^e peace was agreed bitwene the erle of Flaunders and them of Gaunt / by the meanes of the duke of Burgoyne / wherby he gat him &s;elfe moche thanke in the countre. The entent and plea&s;ure of them of Gau~t was / to haue their lorde therle of Flau~ders / to dwell with the~ in Gaunt / and there to kepe his hou&s;e|holde. The erle al&s;o was coun&s;ayled by y^e pro|uo&s;t of Hardebeque / and of the~ that were nexte about hym to do &s;o / wherby he &s;hulde nori&s;&s;he great loue / bytwene hym and them of Gaunt. The erle laye &s;tyll at Bruges and came nat to Gaunt / wherof they had great marueyle / and &s;pecially the good and rychmen of Gaunt / and &s;uche as were &s;age and wy&s;e: for they de&s;yred nothyng but peace. But the palyerdes &amp; white hattes / and &s;uche as de&s;yred rather &s;tryfe and debate / they cared nothyng for the erles comyn+ge. For they knewe well that yf he came / they &s;hulde priuely be corrected at la&s;te / for the yuell dedes that they had done. Nat with&s;tandynge that they were in this doubte / yet they that had the gouernyng of the lawe / the cou~&s;aylers and good men of the towne / wolde for any thynge / that he &s;hulde come thyder / and that they &s;huld go and requyre him &s;o to do. For they thought they had no ferme peace / without the erle came thyder. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was ordayned .xxiiii. men to go to Bruges: to &s;hewe to the erle the great affection that they had to haue him. and &s;o they de&abper;ted honorably / as it aparteyned for them y^e &s;hulde go for their lorde: and it was &s;ayd to the~
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by them of the towne. Sirs / retourne neuer a|gayne to Gaunt / without ye bring therle with you: for if ye do / ye &s;hall fynde the gates clo&s;ed agayn&s;t you. Thus the&s;e burge&s;&s;es of Gaunt rode forthe towarde Brug&abis; / and bytwene Bru+ges and Don&s;ay / they herde &s;ay: howe the erle was comynge to Gauute warde / wherof they were right ioyou&s;e. And they hadde nat ryden pa&s;t a leage farther / but that they mette the erle in the feldes. Than the burge&s;&s;es &s;tode &s;tyll on bothe &s;ydes of the waye / and &s;o the erle and all his company pa&s;&s;ed through them. As he pa&s;|&s;ed by / the burge&s;&s;es enclyned them &s;elfe ryght lowe and humbly / and made great reuere~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 &s;emblant. So the erle rode on the one &s;yde / and the gau~toi&s;e on the other / tyll they came to Don&s;e / and there they re&s;ted: for the erle dyde dyne there. And the gauntoy&s;e wente to other lodgynges and dyned al&s;o.</P>
<P>_ANd after dyner / the gauntoy&s;e in good array / came to the erle &amp; kne+led aldowne before him / for therle &s;at. And there they pre&s;e~ted ryght humbly / the affection and &s;eruyce of them of the towne of Gau~t. and &s;hewed hym howe by great loue they of Gaunt / who de&s;y|red &s;o moche to haue hym with them / hath &s;ent them to hym. And &s;ir / at our departynge / they &s;ayde to vs: that it were but a folly for vs to re|tourne agayne to Gaunt / without that we bro|ught you thyder with vs. The erle / who right well herde the&s;e wordes / helde his peace a cer|tayne &s;pace. And at la&s;t whan he &s;pake: he &s;ayd fayre and &s;oftely. Sirs / I beleue well it be as ye &s;aye: and that dyuers of Gaunt de&s;yreth to haue me among them / but I haue marueyle of that they remembre nat / nor wyll nat reme~bre of tyme pa&s;t / what they haue &s;hewed me. and I haue been to them &s;o courte&s;&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> meke and gen|tyll / in all their reque&s;tes. And I haue &s;uffred to be putte out of my countrey / my gentylmen / whan they haue complayned of the~ / to acquyte their lawe and iu&s;tyce. I haue al&s;o opyned dy|uers tymes my pri&s;ons / to delyuer oute their burge&s;&s;es / whan they haue de&s;yred it. I haue loued and honoured them / more than any other of my countre / and they haue done to me clene contrary. They haue &s;layne my baylye / and di+&s;troyed the hou&s;es of my men / bany&s;&s;hed and cha&s;ed away myne offycers / and brent y^e hou&s;e in the worlde that I loued be&s;te. Enforced my townes / and brought them to their ententes / &amp; &s;layne my knightes in the towne of Ipre. And haue done &s;o many tre&s; pa&s;&s;es agayn&s;t me and my &s;eignorie / that it is noyfull to me to recorde it. and I wolde I coude neuer thynke on it / but I do &amp; &s;hall do / whyder I wyll or nat. A ryght dere lorde / &s;ayd they of Gaunt / for goddes &s;ake neuer regarde it: ye haue all thynges &abper;doned. It is trouthe quod the erle. for all my wordes / in tyme to co~e I wyll ye &s;halbe neuer the wor&s;e. But I &s;hewe it vnto you &s;irs / for the great cru+elties and felonyes / that I haue fou~de in them of Gaunt. Than the erle apea&s;ed hym &s;elfe and ro&s;e vp on his fete and cau&s;ed them to ry&s;e / and &s;ayde to the lorde of Ruy&s;elyers / who was by hym: go gette &s;ome wyne. So they of Gaunt dranke and departed to their lodgynges / and taryed there all that night / for &s;o dyde the erle. And the next day all togyder / they rode to war+des Gaunt.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Flau~ders entred in to the towne of Gaunt / and of his departynge thens / withoute know|ledge of any of the towne. and howe the walles of Andwarpe were bea|ten downe / by the whyte hattes and their felowes. Cap. CCC .lvii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan they of Gaunt vn+der&s;tode that the erle was co+mynge / they were right ioy|full / and came and met hym / &s;ome a fote and &s;ome a hor&s;e backe. And they mekely en|clyned the~ &s;elf lowe / and dyd hym reuerence: and he pa&s;&s;ed forthe / withoute and worde &s;pekynge to any of them / and but a lytell enclyned his heed. And &s;o came to his lo|gynge / called the Po&s;terne / &amp; there dyned / and had many pre&s;entes gyuen him / by them of the towne. And there came to &s;e him they of y^e lawe of the towne / and humbly enclyned them&s;elfe to hym / as rea&s;on requyred: and the erle &s;ayd. Sirs / good peace requyreth nothyng but pea|ce. Wherfore I wolde / that the&s;e whyte hattes were layd downe / and amendes to be made for
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the dethe of my baylye for I am &s;ore requyred therin of all his lynage. Sir quod the men of lawe / it is ryght well our entent / that it &s;hulde &s;o be. And &s;ir / we requyre your grace with all humylyte / that it maye plea&s;e you to morowe nerte / to come in to an open place / and there to &s;hewe your entent to the people. And wha~ they &s;e you / they wyll be &s;o reioy&s;ed / that they wyll do euery thynge that ye &s;hall de&s;yre them / than the erle accorded to their reque&s;t. The &s;ame e|uenynge many folkes knewe in y^e towne howe the erle &s;hulde be the next mornyng by .viii. of the clocke in the market place / and there preche to the people. The good men were ryght ioy|full therof / but the foles and outragious peo|ple gaue no feare therof / and &s;ayd: howe they were preched inough / &amp; howe they knewe well what they had to do. Johan Prunaux Ra&s;e de Har&s;ell / Peter Boy&s;e / and Johan Boule ca|pitayns of the whyte hattes douted le&s;t all that mater &s;hulde be layd on their charge / and than they &s;pake togyder / and &s;ent for &s;uche of their company as were mo&s;t outragious / and wor&s;t of all other / and &s;ayd to them. Sirs / take hede this nyght and to morowe &amp; lette your armure be redy / and what &s;o euer be &s;ayde to you / put nat of your whyte hattes / and be all in the mar+ket place to morowe by .viii. of y^e bell / but make no &s;tyrring nor &s;tryfe / without it be begon on you / and &s;hewe all this to your companyes / or els &s;ende the~ worde therof. They &s;ayd it &s;hulde be done / and &s;o it was. In the morning at .viii. of the cloke they came in to the market place / nat all togyder / but in dyuers plumpes. The erle came to the market place a hor&s;ebacke / a co~+panyed with his knyghtes and &s;quyers / and them of the lawe of the towne / and by him was Johan Faucyll and a .xl. of the mo&s;t ryche&s;t of the towne. therle as he came a long the market place / he ca&s;t his eyes on the whyte hattes / and was in his mynde right &s;ore di&s;ple&s;ed with the~ and &s;o a lighted and all other. Than he moun|ted vp in to a wyndowe and leaned out therat / and a reed clothe before him: And there he be|gan to &s;peke ryght &s;agely / &s;he wynge them fro poynt to poynte: the loue and affectyon that he hath had to them or they di&s;plea&s;ed him. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed howe a prince and lorde ought to be beloued feared / &s;erued &amp; honoured of his men: and howe they had done the contrary. Al&s;o he &s;hewed / howe he hath kepte and defended them agayn&s;t all men: and howe he had kept them in peace / profyte / and pro&s;peryte / in the pa&s;&s;ages of the &s;ee / the whiche was clo&s;ed fro them. At his fir&s;t entrynge in to his lande / he &s;hewed the~ dyuers rea&s;onable poyntes / whiche the wy&s;e men vnder&s;tode and conceyued it clerely / how all that euer he &s;ayde was trouthe. Dyuers ga|ue good care to hym and &s;ome neuer a whytte / &s;uche as hadde rather haue warre than peace. And whan he hadde been there the &s;pace of one hour / and had &s;hewed them all this and more. Than finally he &s;ayde: howe he wolde be their good lorde / in lyke maner as he hadde been in tyme pa&s;t. And pardoned them of all the iniu|ryes / hates / and yuell wylles / that he hadde a|gayn&s;t them: and all that they hadde done. He wolde here no more therof / and to kepe them in their rightes and &s;eignories / as in tyme pa&s;te had ben v&s;ed. Howe be it he de&s;yred them / that they &s;hulde begyn no newe thyng nor cu&s;tome / and that the whyte hattes &s;hulde be layd dow|ne. At all the&s;e wordes that he &s;pake before / eue+ry man helde their peace / but whan he &s;pake of the whyte hattes / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;uche a murmuryn+ge and why &s;perynge / that it might well be par+ceyued / that it was for that cau&s;e. Than therle de&s;yred theym &s;wetely / euery man to drawe to their owne hou&s;es. And &s;oo euery man depar|ted out of the place / but the whyte hattes were the fir&s;t that came thyder / and the la&s;te that ta|ryed. And whan the erle pa&s;&s;ed by the~ they &s;my+led / and foli&s;&s;hely behelde hym / and they made no reuerence to hym / wherof the erle was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed in his mynde / and &s;ayd to his knigh tes / whan he came to his lodgynge. I trowe I &s;hall neuer come ea&s;ely to myne entent / again&s;t the&s;e whyte hattes / they are vnhappye people. My hert gyueth me / that y^e mater wyll nat re&s;t longe in the ca&s;e that it is nowe in. For as <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> as I canne parceyue / they are likely to do ma|ny yuell dedes: for though I &s;hulde le&s;e all / I canne nat &s;uffre theym in their pride and yuell doynges.</P>
<P>_THus therle of Flau~ders was there a foure or fyue dayes / and than de|&abper;ted / &s;o that he retourned no more thyder agayne. &amp; &s;o went to Ly&s;&s;e / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ordayned to lye all y^e wyn+ter. At his departyng fro Gaunt / he toke leaue of no man: but departed in di&s;plea&s;ure / wher|with dyuers of the towne were right yuell con|tent / and &s;ayde. Howe they &s;holde neuer haue any good of hym / nor he wolde neuer loue the~ / nor they him. And howe he was de&abper;ted fro the~ at that tyme / as he had done in tyme pa&s;t. And
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that Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne / had coun&s;ayled him &s;o to do. Seyng he was depar+ted &s;o &s;odaynlye fro Gaunt. Johan Prunaur / Ra&s;e Har&s;ell / Peter de Boy&s;e / Johan Boule / and the yuell capitayns / were ryght ioyou&s;e of his departyng: and &s;owed lewde word&abis; about in the towne. Sayeng / howe that or &s;omer co~e therle and his men wyll breke the peace. Wher|fore they &s;ayd: it were good that euery ma~ toke hede to hym &s;elfe / and that they prouyde for the towne / corne and other vitayls: as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;&s;he and &s;alte / and &s;uche other thynges. Sayeng howe they coulde &s;e no &s;uretie in the erle. So they of Gaunt made proui&s;ion of dyuers thynges that was nece&s;&s;arie for the~ and for the towne. Wher+of the erle was enfourmed / and had great mar|ueyle / wherfore they douted them &s;elfe in &s;uche wy&s;e. To &s;ay trouthe / all thynges co~&s;ydred: in that I &s;ay or haue &s;ayd before. It may be mar|ueyled: howe they of Gaunt di&s;&s;ymuled them &s;elfe / &s;o at the begynninge as they dyde. The riche / &s;age / and notable per&s;ons of the towne: can nat excu&s;e them &s;elfe of the&s;e dedes at the be+gynnyng. For whan Johan Lyon beganne to bring vp fir&s;t the white hattes / they might well haue cau&s;ed them to haue been layed downe / if they had ly&s;t. And haue &s;ent other maner of per+&s;ons agayn&s;t the pioners of Bruges / than they but they &s;uffred it / bycau&s;e they wolde nat me|dell / nor be in no bu&s;yne&s;&s;e nor prea&s;e. All this they dyde and con&s;ented to be done / the whiche after they derely bought / and &s;pecially &s;uche as were riche and wy&s;e. For afterward they were no more lordes of them &s;elfe / nor they dur&s;t nat &s;peke nor do nothynge / but as they of Gaunte wolde. For they &s;ayd: y^e nother for John~ Lyon nor for Gylbert Mahewe / nor for their warres or enuyes / they wolde neuer departe a &s;ondre. For what&s;oeuer warre <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were bytwene one or other / they wolde be euer all one: and <ABBR>euer+redy</ABBR> to defende the fraunche&s;&s;es of their towne the whiche was well &s;ene after: for they made warre / whiche endured &s;euyn yere. In the whi+che tyme there was neuer &s;tryfe amonge them in the towne. And that was the thynge that &s;u|&s;tayned and kept the~ moo&s;t of any thyng / bothe within and without. They were in &s;uche vnyte / that there was no dy&s;taunce amonge them: as ye &s;hall herafter in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>_IT was nat long after / that therle of Flaunders was departed fro Gaunt and returned to Lyle. but that &s;ir Olyuer Dauterne / co&s;yn germayne to <ABBR>Roger</ABBR> Dauterne / &s;layne before in Gaunt. Sent his defyance to the towne of Gaunt / for the dethe of his co&s;yn: and in lykewi&s;e &s;o dyde &s;ir Philyppe of Ma|mynes / and dyuers other. And after their defy+ances made: they fou~de a fourtie &s;hyppes / and the maryners to them parteyninge / of the bur|ge&s;&s;es of Gaunt / who were comyng on the ry|uer of Le&s;caulte / charged with corne. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they reuenged them of the dethe of their co&s;yn / on the&s;e &s;hyppes and maryners. For they all to hewed the maryners / and dyde putte out their eyen: and &s;o &s;ent theym to Gaunt / maymed as they were / whiche di&s;pyte / they of Gaunt toke for a great iniury. The lerned men of Gau~t / to whome the complayntes came / were right &s;ore di&s;ple&s;ed / and wy&s;t nat well what to &s;ay. Great murmuryng was in the towne / and the moo&s;t parte of the people of Gaunt / &s;ayd: howe therle of Flaunders had cau&s;ed all. &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dur&s;t no manne excu&s;e hym. And a&s;&s;oone as Johan Prunax herde the&s;e tidynges / who was as tha~ capitayn of the whyte hattes / w^tout any worde &s;pekyng to the~ of the lawe. I can nat &s;ay: why|der he &s;pake with y^e capitayns of other co~pany|ons or nat. I thynke rather ye tha~ nay. So he toke the mo&s;t parte of the whyte hattes / and dy+uers other folowers / redy inoughe to do yuell: and &s;o departed fro Gaunt and came &s;o daynly to And warpe. Whan he entred fir&s;t / there was no watche nor kepers / for they feared no man. And &s;o he and his company entred in at y^e gate to the nombre of fyue thou&s;ande and mo. And the next mornynge / he &s;ette warkemen a warke carpentars and ma&s;ons / &s;uche as were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re+dy with hym / to do his commaundement. And &s;o he cea&s;&s;ed nat / tyll he had beaten downe two of the gates / and y^e walles and towres bytwene them / and layde them vp &s;o downe / in the dy|kes towarde Gaunt.</P>
<P>_HOwe may they of Gaunt excu&s;e the~ &s;elfe that thus co~&s;ented to this dede<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> for they were at And warpe / beatyn|ge downe the&s;e walles &amp; gates more than a moneth. If they had &s;ent for the&s;e men to haue come backe agayne / whan they herde of it fir&s;t / than they might well haue been excu|&s;ed but they dyde nat &s;o. They wynked rather with their eyen / and &s;uffered it / tyll tidynges
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came to the erle / who lay at Ly&s;le / howe John~ Prunaur had by &s;telthe come in to Andwarpe and beten downe two of the gates with the wal+les and towres. Of whiche tydinges the erle was &s;ore di&s;ple&s;ed / and al&s;o he had good caw&s;e &s;o to be / and &s;ayd. A the&s;e vnhappy cur&s;ed peo|ple the deuyll I trowe is with them. I &s;hall ne+uer be in ioye as long as they of Gaunt haue a+ny pui&s;&s;ance. Than he &s;ent to Gaunt &s;ome of his coun&s;ayle / &s;hewynge the~ the great outrage that they hadde done / and howe they were no people to be beleued in makyng any peace. &s;e|yng y^t the peace / whiche the duke of Burgoyne had made to his great labour and payne / was nowe thus broken by them. The mayre and ler+ned men of Gaunt excu&s;ed them &s;elfe / and &s;ayd. that &s;auynge the erles di&s;plea&s;ure / they neuer thought to breke the peace / nor neuer had wyll therto. For though Johan Prunaur had done that outrage of him &s;elfe / the towne of Gaunt wyll in no wy&s;e auowe / &s;uffer / nor &s;u&s;tayne it. And &s;o playnely and truely excu&s;ed them &s;elfe / and &s;ayd moreouer. howe the erle had co~&s;ented therto / for they be i&s;&s;ued out of his hou&s;e / &s;uche as haue done this great outrage / &s;layne &amp; may med our burge&s;&s;es / the whiche is a great inco~|uenyence to the hole body of the towne. Howe &s;ay ye &s;irs / to this <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> they? Than therles comi&s;|&s;aryes replyed / and &s;ayd. &s;irs: than I &s;e well ye be reuenged. Nay nat &s;o &abquod; they of the towne / for though y^t Johan Prunaur haue done thus at Andwarpe / y^t it is done for any reuengyng. We &s;ay nat &s;o / for by the treaty of the peace / we maye proue and &s;hewe / if we ly&s;t. And that we take recorde of the duke of Burgoyne / that we myght haue done with Andwarpe / and haue brought it in to the &s;ame poynt / that it is nowe at. but at the de&s;yre of the duke of Burgoyne / we to ware and &s;uffred it vndone as at y^e tyme. Than the erles comy&s;&s;aries &s;ayde. It apereth well by your wordes / that ye haue cau&s;ed it to be done: and that ye canne nat excu&s;e your &s;elfe therin. Sithe that ye knewe that Johan Pru|nar was gone to Andwarpe / with an armye of men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> and by &s;telth vnder the &s;hadowe of peace / hath beaten downe the gates and wal+les therof. ye &s;hulde haue gone before the~ / and haue defe~ded them fro doyng of any &s;uche out|rage <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ll ye had &s;hewed your complayntes to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">. And of the hurtyng and mayminge of your burge&s;&s;es of Gaunt / ye &s;hulde therin ha|ue gone to y^e duke of Burgoyne / who made the peace / and haue &s;hewed him all your co~playnt. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> than ye had amended youre mater / but ye haue nat done thus. Nowe &s;ithe ye haue my lorde the erle of Flaunders thus di&s;plea&s;ed / ye &s;ende to excu&s;e your &s;elfe. ye de&s;yre peace with your &s;werdes in your ha~des: but I en&s;ure you one day he wyll take &s;o cruell ve~geance on you that all the worlde &s;hall &s;peke therof. So the er+les comy&s;&s;aries departed fro them of Gaunt / &amp; went by Cortray to Lyle / and &s;hewed to therle what they had done: and thexcu&s;acyons y^t they of Gaunt made for them &s;elfe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the gauntoy&s;e rendred And warpe / and of the hou&s;es of the no|ble men of Flaunders that they bete downe. And howe the warre began bitwene them &amp; the gauntoy&s;e right cruell / and without pytie. Cap. CCC .lviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe hearyng &s;pekynge of the treatynge of this pro|ce&s;&s;e / may well be maruey|led / for the marueylous ma+ter therin. Some gyueth y^e right of the warre / the whi|che was at that tyme / great and cruell in Flau~ders: to the~ of Gaunt. Say|eng / howe they had a good and a iu&s;t cau&s;e to make warre: but I can nat &s;e that / as yet. For I coude neuer &s;e nor vnder&s;tande / but that the erle loued euer peace rather than warre. Re&s;er+uyng alwayes / his highne&s;&s;e &amp; honour. Dyde he nat at their de&s;yre / delyuer their burges out of his pri&s;on of Erclo? and yet for all that they &s;lewe his bayly: and tha~ he agayne &abper;doned the~ that great outrage / to thentent to haue kept the~ in peace. And ouerthat agayne: on a day / they moued all the countrey of Flaunders agayn&s;t him / and &s;lewe in the towne of Ipre / fyue of his knightes. And went and a&s;&s;ayled and be&s;eged And warpe / and dyde their payne / to haue dy|&s;troyed it. and yet agayne they had of the erle peace: but for all that / they wolde make none a+mendes / for the dethe of Roger Dauterne / the whiche his lynage often tymes de&s;yred. Wher|fore they &s;omwhat reuenged the dethe of their co&s;yn / on a certayne maryners: by whome all this <ABBR>warr</ABBR> and my&s;chefe was begon. Was this yet any re&s;onable cau&s;e / why they &s;hulde beate downe the walles of Andwarpe? I thynke and
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&s;o dyd many other / that it was none occa&s;yon &s;o to do. They &s;ayd therle was rather in their dette than they in his / and that he &s;hulde make them amendes for that / that hadde ben done to their maryners <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">or euer they wolde delyuer a+gayne And warpe. The erle who was at Ly&s;le and his coun&s;ayll with him / was right &s;ore di&s;+plea&s;ed / in that they kept And warpe / and wy&s;t nat well howe to gette it agayne. and &s;o repen+ted him of the peace that he hadde gyuen to the gauntoy&s;e / and he wrote often tymes to them / co~maundynge them to delyuer vp And warpe / orels he wolde make them &s;o cruell warre / that it &s;hulde be euer had in remembrance. They of Gaunt / wolde in no wy&s;e auowe the dede / for if they had / they had broken the peace: finally cer|tayne good people of Gaunte / and ryche men / who wolde haue no thyng by their wylles: but peace: went &s;o bytwene in this mater. As John~ Faucyll / Gylbert Guy&s;e / &s;ir Symon Bet and dyuers other. that the .xii. day / they of Gaunt beynge in the towne of And warpe retourned a gayne to Gaunte / and delyuered the towne to the erles &s;eruau~tes. and to apea&s;e the erles <ABBR>di&s;|plea&s;ur</ABBR> / John~ Prunaur was bani&s;&s;hed Gau~t and all Flaunders / bycau&s;e by his aduyce the comons had taken And warpe / without know|ledge of the &s;ub&s;tance of the towne of Gaunt. And on the other parte / the erle bany&s;&s;hed out of all Flaunders: &s;ir Phylippe of Mamynes / &s;ir Olyuer Dautern / the Galoys of Manes / the ba&s;terde of Wrydrymines / and all tho that were cau&s;e of the mayminge of the maryners / burge&s;&s;es of Gaunt / without knowledge of the erle / and &s;o by the rea&s;on of the&s;e bani&s;&s;hynges / bothe partyes were apea&s;ed. So Johan Pru|naux for&s;oke the countrey of Flaunders / and went to Athe in Brabante / and there dwelled. and &s;ir Phylip of Mamynes went to Ualen|cennes in the cou~tie of Haynalt / but whan they of Gaunt knewe therof / they dyd &s;omoch to the prouo&s;t of Ualencennes / called John~ Patry&s;e who in fayre maner / cau&s;ed the &s;ayd knyght to departe thens. &amp; &s;o he departed with his good wyll and went to Warlam be&s;yde Do way / and there taryed tyll he harde other tydinges / and the other knyghtes and &s;quiers voyded Flau~|ders and went in to Brabant. And a&s;&s;oone as the erle had agayne po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of And warpe / he &s;ette warkmen a warke and newe repayred the towne better than euer it was before / bothe wall&abis; / gates / and dykes. The gau~toy&s;e knewe well howe the erle newe fortefyed And warpe / but they made no &s;emblaunce therof / bycaw&s;e they wolde no faulte &s;hulde be founde in them / as in brekynge of the peace. But the foles and outragyous people / &s;ayde amonge them &s;elfe. lette the erle alone in his warke / for though he make And warpe of&s;tele / yet it can nat endure agayn&s;t vs / if we ly&s;t. For all this peace thus in Flaunders / they of Gaunt were euer in &s;u&s;pect with the erle / and the erle with them / for dayly there was brought to the erle harde tidynges of them of Gaunt. And in lykewy&s;e to them of Gaunt of the erle. Johan de Faucyll went and dwelled at Nazareth / in a fayre hou&s;e that he had / a leage fro Gaunt: and &s;o hel ay there &s;tyl di&s;&s;ymulynge as moche as he myght / &amp; wolde nat be in coun&s;ayle with the~ of Gaunt / bycau&s;e he wolde nat be noted by the erle. And al&s;o he kept him fro the erle as moche as he myght / to kepe him &s;till in loue with the~ of Gaunt. Thus he &s;wamme bitwene two waues / makyng him &s;elfe newter / as nere as coulde. In the meane tyme whyle the erle repayred the towne of And warpe he procured &s;oo moche by his letters / to his co&s;yn the duke of Burgoyne / to &s;ende hym Johan Prunaur beyng at Athe / that &s;o he dyd / and &s;ent hym to the erle / and &s;o he was &s;ent to Ly&s;le and there beheeded / and than &s;ette one a whele lyke a traytour. Thus dyed John~ Pru+naur. Than y^e erle went to Ipre / and dyd there great Ju&s;tyce / and beheeded many yuell ruled people / &s;uche as had before been at the dethe of hys fyue knyghtes / there &s;layne / and had ope|ned y^e gates to them of Gaunt / and this he dyd to thentent that other &s;hulde take en&s;ample by them.</P>
<P>OF all the&s;e maters y^e gauntoy&s;e were well enfourmed / wherfore they douted more than they dyde before / and &s;pecyally the capy|tayns &s;uche as had bene forth in their iourneys and before And warpe. And they &s;ayd amonge them &s;elfe / certaynly if the erle may: he wyll de|&s;troy vs all he loueth vs well / for he wyll haue nothyng but our lyues. Hath he nat put to deth Johan Prunar? To &s;ay trouth / we dyd John~ Prunaur great wronge / whan we bany&s;&s;hed him fro vs. we are therfore culpable of his deth and to the &s;ame ende we &s;hall all co~e / if he may gette vs at his wyll / therfore lette vs take good hede of our&s;elfe. Than Peter de Boy&s;e &s;ayd. Sirs / yf ye wyll beleue me: there &s;hall nat a hou&s;e &s;tande vpright / of neuer a genytlmans in the countrey aboute Gaunt. for by rea&s;on of the gentlemens hou&s;es that be nowe &s;tandyng we maye be all di&s;troyed / if we take nat hede
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therto betymes / and prouyde for &s;ome remedy. That is trouthe &abquod; all the other let vs go forthe and bere them all downe. Than the capitayns Heter du Boy&s;e / Johan Boule / Ra&s;e de Har|&s;ell / Johan de Launoy and dyuers other with their companyes departed on a day fro Gau~t / and brent and beate downe all the gentylmens hou&s;es there aboute / and toke all that euer was in them / and departed it among them &s;elfe / and whan they had done / they retourned agayne to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. They founde neuer a man that wolde &s;ay &s;irs: ye haue done euyll. Whan the gentle|men knyghtes &amp; &s;quiers beynge at Ly&s;le with the erle and there about / harde tydinges howe their hou&s;es were brent and beten downe / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> goodes takenne awaye / they were ryght &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> di&s;plea&s;ed / and nat without a good cau&s;e. They &s;ayd to the erle&punc; &s;ir: this di&s;pyght mu&s;t be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and the pride of them of Gaunt beaten downe. Than the erle gaue leue and abando|ned to the knightes and &s;quiers to make warre agayn&s;te the gauntoy&s;e / and to counteruenge them of their domag&abis;. Than dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Flaunders alyed them &s;elfe to|g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">der / and de&s;yred their frendes of Heynalt to a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de to reuenge them of the gau~toy&s;e / and they made their capitayne the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e of Flaunders / the yonge&s;t &s;onne ba&s;tarde of the erles a ryght <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> knyght. this knyght with his compa|ny &s;omtyme lay at And warpe another tyme at Gaures / and &s;omtyme at Alos / and at Tere|mond / and scruny&s;&s;hed with the gau~toy&s;e day+ly and &s;otyme ran to the barryers of the towne of Gaunt. And beate downe the wyndmyls a|bout y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne / and dyd great di&s;pyght to them of Gaunt / and with them there was a knyght of Heynalt / called &s;ir James of Uerchyn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ene &s;hall of Heynalt. he dyd many feates of armes in that &s;ea&s;on aboute Gaunt / and aduentured hym &s;elfe often tymes ryght ieoperdou&s;ly. He fought two or thre tymes at the barryers / and wanne ba&s;&s;enetes and cro&s;bowes / and other a bylementes of warre. This knyght loued well the noble feate of armes / and had bene a valy|ant knyght if he hadde lyued long / but he dyed yonge in his bed in the ca&s;tell of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ubre be&s;yde Mortayne / whiche was great domage.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the noble men of Flau~ders made warre agayn&s;t the flemynges / and of the dethe of &s;ir Berteram of Cle&s;quy cou&s;table of Fraunce. Cap. CCC .lix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the gauntoy&s;e &s;awe them &s;elfe thus mocked and warred by the gentlemen of Flaunders / they were right angry therwith / &amp; thought to haue &s;ente to erle Aubert erle of Haynault / de&s;irynge him to haue founde the meanes / to haue cau&s;ed the&s;e gentylmen / to leaue their warre a gayn&s;t them &punc; but whan they had all thynges con&s;yde|red / they thought they &s;hulde le&s;e their payne / for they were &s;ure the erle Aubert / wolde do no thynge for them / nor they wolde nat dy&s;plea&s;e him / nor put a thynge to hym / that &s;hulde be to his di&s;plea&s;ure. For they might yuell lyue with out the fauoure of his countrey / for if Holand / zelande / and Haynault had ben clo&s;ed fro them they thought them &s;elfe but lo&s;t. Therfore they left that purpo&s;e and toke a nother coun&s;ayle / and y^t was / to &s;end to the knyghtes and &s;quiers of Haynalt / &s;uche as had herytages / rentes / or reuenues in Gaunt or in y^e precynct therof / that they &s;hulde come and &s;erue theym / or els to le&s;e their re~tes and reuenues there. and &s;o they &s;ent to them / but it auayled them but lytell / for they &s;et but lytell by their co~maundementes. Than they of Gaunt &s;ent to the lorde Dautoyng and to &s;ir Herne / who was an heryter in the towne of Gaunt / and con&s;table of the &s;ame / that they &s;hulde come and &s;erue them / or els to le&s;e &s;uche ryght as they had there. and bycau&s;e they came nat nor wolde come / they bete downe their hou+&s;es. The lorde Dautoyng &s;ent the~ worde howe he wolde come and &s;erue them at their co&s;t and charge to their di&s;truccyon / and y^t they &s;hulde haue no nother tru&s;t in him / but that he wolde be their ennemy / and holde nothynge of theym / but of the erle of Flau~ders his lorde / to whome he owed &s;eruyce and obey&s;a~ce. The lorde Dau+toyng helde well his promy&s;e / for he made mor+tall warre agayn&s;t them / and dyde them great domage / and made great proui&s;yon in his ca|&s;tell / whiche gary&s;on dyde moche traueyle to them of Gaunt. Also y^e lorde of Daughen / who was a yonge &s;quier called Gaultyer / he dyd al|&s;o great di&s;pyte to them of Gaunt. Thus con|tynued &s;tyll the warre / and the gauntoy&s;e dur&s;t nat i&s;&s;ue out of their towne / without they were in great companyes / and whan they founde a|ny of their enemyes they hadde no mercy / but hauyng the better &s;lewe all before them. Thus began the warre to be ryght cruell bytwene the erle of Flau~ders and the gauntoi&s;e / the whiche co&s;t after a hundred thou&s;ande mennes lyues / 
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twi&s;e tolde. it was great payne to fynde outher ende or peace / for the capitayns of Gau~t knewe well they had &s;o tre&s;pa&s;&s;ed agayn&s;t their lorde / the erle of Flaunders / and agayn&s;t the duke of Burgoyn / y^t for any treatie of peace &s;ealyng or &s;weryng what &s;oeuer it were. yet they thought they &s;hulde neuer haue peace / but that it &s;hulde co&s;t them their lyues. This dought and feare cau&s;ed them to be of that opinyon / and to kepe &s;tyll the warre agayn&s;t the erle and the gentyl|men of Flaunders. &amp; al&s;o this feare gaue them courage to kepe warre / and as their aduentu|res fell / ye &s;hall here after in the &s;tory.</P>
<P>_THe erle of Flau~ders beyng at L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e harde dayly newes fro the them of Gaunt / and howe they brent and beate downe gentylmens how&s;es / wherwith he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;ayd. howe he wolde take &s;uche vengeance on them / that he wolde bryng all Gaunt vnder flame of fyre / and the rebelles within it. Than the erle to be the more &s;tronger agayn&s;t them / &s;ent for all his barons of Flaunders / and aban|doned his countrey / to them to re&s;yte agayn&s;te the whyte hattes / and apoynted two gentyl|men to be their captayns / that is to &s;ay: the Ga+loys of Mamynes / and Peter De&s;treueles. The&s;e two with their co~panies bare with them the erles baner / and &s;o about a thre wekes they lay bytwene And warpe and Courtrey / on the ryuer of Lys / and dyde great domage to them of Gau~t. And whan Ra&s;e of Har&s;ell herde ther+of / he y&s;&s;ued oute of Gaunte with all the whyte hattes and came to Dou&s;e / and there he hadde thought to haue founde the erles company / but the men of armes / whan they knewe of the gau~+toy&s;e comyng / they withdrewe towarde Tour+ney / and &s;o taryed in the towne. And the gaun|toy&s;e lay a great &s;ea&s;on about Orches / Danne / and Uorlam / &s;o that the marchantes dur&s;t nat go bytwene Doway and Tourney for feare of them. And it was than &s;ayd: howe the gau~toi&s;e wolde go and lay &s;iege to Lyle / and therle with in the towne. They alyed them &s;elfe with them of Bruges and Ipre / and they had Grantmont and Courtray of their acorde. But Brug&abis; and Ipre varyed and were nat agreed with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> craf|tes / for they &s;ayde: it &s;hulde be a great folly for them / to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ay &s;iege &s;o farre of as Ly&s;le. and how that the erle might haue great alyaunce &amp; ayde of the frenche kyng / as he hath had before. the&s;e doutes and other / &s;topped the good townes of Flau~ders for makyng of any warre / or layeng of any &s;iege in that &s;ea&s;on. And for the~tent that the erle &s;hulde haue no helpe nor ayde of the fre~|che kyng / nor of the duke of Burgoyne / his &s;on. They &s;ent me&s;&s;angers and meke letters to the kyng / de&s;yring hym for goddes &s;ake / y^t he &s;hul|de gyue no coun&s;ayle nor ayde to therle of Fla~|ders / to their domage or hurte. For they wolde nothing but peace / loue / obey&s;ance / and &s;eruice to their lorde. Wherfore they &s;ayde / their lorde dyde great wrong / &s;o to traueyle and greue the~ And all that euer they dyd / was to &s;u&s;tayne the frau~che&s;&s;e and lyberties / the whiche their lorde wolde take fro them in his crueltie. The kyng &s;om what enclyned to them / without any &s;em|blant makyng. In lykewi&s;e &s;o dyd the duke of Aniou his brother for all that the erle of Flaun+ders was their co&s;yn. yet he was nat greatly in their fauours / bycau&s;e of the duke of Bretayne whome he kepte with hym in his countrey / a|gayn&s;t their wylles a longe &s;ea&s;on: Wherfore they tooke no great hede to his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e. No more dyde pope Clement / for he &s;ayd that god had &s;ent therle of Flau~ders that rodde and pu|ny&s;&s;hment / bycau&s;e he was his enemy / &amp; helde with pope Urbane agayn&s;t him.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the good knight and co~+&s;table of Fraunce / &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;|quy was in Auuerne with a great no~bre of men of armes. And lay at &s;ege before New ca&s;tell of Raudone / a thre leages fro the cytie of Pye in Auuergne / and had clo&s;ed in the ca&s;tell nyne en+gly&s;&s;hemen and ga&s;coyns / enemyes to the re|alme of Fraunce. Who were y&s;&s;ued out of Ly|mo&s;yn / where as were many fortere&s;&s;es. The co~&s;table gaue many &s;ore a&s;&s;autes to the ca&s;tell / and &s;ware: that he wolde neuer departe thens / tyll he had the ca&s;tell at his plea&s;ure. But than a great &s;ickene&s;&s;e tooke hym / and &s;o lay in his bedde: but for all that the &s;iege brake nat vp / for his men were more angrye than they were be|fore. Of this &s;ickene&s;&s;e &s;ir Bertram dyed / whi|che was great domage to his frendes and to y^e realme of Fraunce / and he was borne to the fre+ers in Pye / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was one night / and fro <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hens he was caryed to &s;aynt Deny&s;e in Frau~|ce / and there he was layde in &s;epulture / nere to the tombe of kynge Charles / whiche the kynge had made for hym in his dayes / and &s;o he laye at the kynges fete. And there his ob&s;equy was done right honorably / as though he hadde ben the kynges &s;onne. And there was all the kyng&abis; bretherne / and notable per&s;ones of the realme of Fraunce. Thus by the dethe of &s;ir Bertram
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of Cle&s;quy / the office of the con&s;table &s;hyppe of Fraunce was voyde. Than it was ordayned and aduy&s;ed / who &s;hulde be con&s;table. There were named dyuers great barons of Fraunce / and &s;pecially the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and the lorde of Coucy. The kyng wolde that the lorde Cou+cy &s;hulde haue had the offyce / and that he &s;hul|de be regent of all Picardy. and the kyng gaue him all the lande of Mortayne / the which was a fayre herytage / lyeng bytwne Tourney and Ualencennes. And &s;ir James Uerchyne was put out therof / who was con&s;table of Heynalt. He helde it by &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of his father / who had ben lorde therof / a great &s;ea&s;on before. The lor+de of Coucy was in great fauour with the fren+che kyng / and the kyng wolde haue hadde hym con&s;table of Fraunce but the gentyll knight ex+cu&s;ed hym &s;elfe by dyuers rea&s;ons / and wolde nat take it on him / and &s;ayd. Howe &s;ir Olyuer Cly&s;&s;on was more worthy then he was to haue it / for he was a worthy knyght / hardye and be|loued and knowen amonge the bretons. Soo thus the mater abode a longe &s;ea&s;on / than &s;ir Bertrams men returned in to Fraunce / for the ca&s;tell yelded vp the &s;ame day that &abser; Bertram dyed / and they of the gari&s;on went in to Lymo+&s;yn to the gary&s;on of Uentadore. Whan the fre~ che kyng &s;awe the co~&s;tables men / he gaue them great gyftes.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs leaue to &s;peke of them / &amp; &s;hewe howe &s;ir Thomas erle of Buckyngham yon|ge&s;t &s;onne of kyng Edwarde the thyrde / made a great armye of men of armes &amp; archers / and pa&s;&s;ed with his hoo&s;t throughe the realme of Fraunce / and went in to Bretayne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the erle of Buckyngham / yon|ge&s;t &s;onne to kyng Edwarde the .iii. who pa&s;&s;ed with a great armye tho|rough the realme of Fraunce / to go in to Bretayne to the duke there. Cap. CCC .lx.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue herde here before: howe that whan the duke of Bre|tayne departed out of Englande / kyng Richard and his vncles had promy&s;ed hym to &s;ende men of ar|mes and archers to ayde hym. The kyng kept his promy&s;e / but yuell fortune came therof: for &s;ir Johan Arundell was &s;ent thyder with two hundred men of armes / and they had &s;uche for|tune / that they were nyghe all pery&s;&s;hed in the &s;ee by tempe&s;t. Sir Hughe Caurell &amp; &s;ir Tho+mas Tryuet were &s;aued with gret payne / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was pery&s;&s;hed a foure&s;core archers and as ma+ny men of armes or mo. And &s;o by that fortune this army was broken for that tyme. The duke of Bretayne had great marueyle and all tho&s;e on his parte / that they coulde here no worde of them / they coulde nat con&s;yder nor ymagenne what lette they hadde. Fayne they wolde haue knowen / to the entent to haue hadde &s;ome com|forte / for they were &s;ore ouerpre&s;&s;ed by &s;ir Oly|uer of Cly&s;&s;on / &s;ir Guy de la Uall / &s;ir Olyuer of Cle&s;qui erle of Langueuylde / and the lorde Rochforte: and the frenchmen that lay aboute the fronters of Bretayne. Than the duke was coun&s;ayled to &s;ende &s;ufficient me&s;&s;angers in to Englande / to knowe the cau&s;e why they came nat / and to ha&s;t theym forther for they had nede of their helpe. The lorde of Beaumonoyre and &s;ir Eu&s;tace Hou&s;ay / were de&s;yred by the duke and by them of the cou~tre / to take on them that voyage in to Englande. They an&s;wered / how they were content to go. Than they had letters fro y^e duke of Bretayne / and fro them of the cou~+tre / and &s;o they de&abper;ted and toke &s;hyppinge and had wynde and wether at their <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> / and ar+ryued at Ha~pton. And than y&s;&s;ued out of their ve&s;&s;ell and toke hor&s;e &amp; rode to London. This was about Whyt&s;ontyde / the yere of our lorde god / a thou&s;ande thre hundred and four&s;core.</P>
<P>THe kynge of Englande was anone cer|tifyed of their comynge. So the kynge went to Wynd&s;ore: to kepe the fee&s;t of Penthe|co&s;t there / and with hym his vncles / and a gret nombre of barons and knightes of Englande. And thyder came the&s;e two fore&s;ayd knyghtes of Bretayne / and were honourably receyued of the kynge and of his vncles / and of all other / &amp; there they delyuered their letters to the kynge and to his vncles. They reed them / and knewe therby / howe the duke of Bretayne &amp; his coun|trey / de&s;yred them effectuou&s;ly of ayde and con+fort. There the&s;e two knight&abis; knewe of y^e dethe of &s;ir Johan Arundell / and the other that were pery&s;&s;hed in the &s;ee / goyng towarde Bretayne. and &s;o there the duke of Lanca&s;tre excu&s;ed the mater / and &s;ayd. Howe the kyng nor his coun|&s;ayle was in no faute / but the fortune of the &s;ee / agayn&s;t the whiche no man canne re&s;y&s;t / whan
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god wyll haue it &s;o. So the knyghtes helde the kyng excu&s;ed / and greatly complayned y^e dethe of tho&s;e knyghtes / &s;o pery&s;&s;hed in the &s;ee. The fee&s;t of Pe~theco&s;t pa&s;&s;ed / and than they helde a parlyament at We&s;tmyu&s;ter / and there was all the kynges coun&s;ayll. And in the &s;ame meane &s;ea&s;on there dyed at Lo~don / &s;ir Rychard Dan+gle erle of Hu~tyngdon / and was buryed in the frere Augu&s;tynes. The kyng cau&s;ed his ob&s;e|quy to be done right honourably / with a great nombre of prelates and barones of Englande / and the by&s;&s;hoppe of London &s;ange the ma&s;&s;e. Than anone after began the parlyament / and there it was ordayned y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ir Thomas of Wod|&s;tocke younge&s;t &s;onne to kynge Edwarde the thirde / and dyuers barones / knyghtes / &amp; &s;qui|ers with hym / &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee and lande at Calayes / and &s;oo to pa&s;&s;e by the grace of god throughe Fraunce / with thre thou&s;ande men of armes and as many archers / and &s;o to come in to Bretayne: lyke the &s;onne of a kyng.</P>
<P>&para; He toke on hym a great thynge as to pa&s;&s;e throughe the realme of Fraunce / the whiche is &s;o great and &s;oo noble / and wherin there is &s;o noble chyualry / and &s;o valyant men of armes. WHan the&s;e thynges were thus deter|myned and the voiage co~cluded and a+greed. Than the kyng of Englande &amp; his vncles &s;ent letters to the duke of Bretayne and to them of the countre / gyueng them know+ledge of their ententes / and of their coun&s;ayle and parlyament that they had concluded at Lo~+don. Howe that without faute / &s;ir Thomas of Wod&s;tocke erle of Buckingham yonge&s;t son~e to kynge Edwarde the thirde / &s;hulde &s;hortely pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee to come and &s;ocour the~. The kyng of Englande honoured greatly the&s;e knyghtes of Bretayne and gaue them great gyftes / and in likewy&s;e &s;o dyd his vncles / and &s;o they de|parted and returned in to Bretayne / and dely|uered their letters to the duke / and he opened and red them / and &s;awe what they contayned / and &s;o &s;hewed them to the lordes and knygh|tes of his countrey / who were well content with that aun&s;were. The kynge of Englande and his vncles forgate nat the voiage that was a|poynted / but &s;ent for all them that were cho&s;en and apoynted to go with the erle of Buckyng|ham / who were bothe barons / knyghtes / &s;qui|ers / and other / and they were payed for their wages at Douer for thre monethes / their wa|ges to begyn a&s;&s;one as they &s;hulde be arryued at Calayes / as well men of armes as archers. and their pa&s;&s;age was delyuered them franke and fre / and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed lytell and lytell and arryued at Calays / and it was a .xv. dayes or they were all pa&s;t. They of Boloyne &s;awe well howe men of armes &amp; archers were i&s;&s;ued out of Englande and landed at Calays / and gaue knowledge therof ouer all the countrey / and to all the frenche gary&s;ons / to the entent that they &s;hulde take hede euery man to his parte. So that whan the&s;e tydynges were knowen in bo|lonoy&s;e / and thorony&s;e / &amp; in the countie of Guy+nes / knyghtes / &amp; &s;quiers of the countrey drewe in+to the fortere&s;&s;es / and put therin all that they hadde for feare of le&s;ynge. And the capitayns of Boloyne / of Arde / of Monteire / of Spirlo que / of Tornehen / of Hornes / of Lyques / and of other ca&s;telles on the fronters there / enten|ded greatly to prouide for their places / for they thought / &s;eynge the engli&s;&s;hmen were come o|uer in &s;uche a nombre / y^t they &s;hulde haue &s;ome a&s;&s;autes gyuen to &s;ome of them. The tydinges of this pa&s;&s;age of y^e engli&s;&s;hmen was brought to kyng Charles beyng at Parys. Than in co~+tynent he &s;ent to y^e lorde Coucy to &s;aynt Quin|tynes that he &s;hulde prouyde formen of warre and to go in to Picardy / to comforte his cyties townes / ca&s;telles / &amp; forter&s;&s;es there. The lorde Coucy obeyed the kynges co~maundement / as it was rea&s;on / than he made a &s;omo~s of knigh|tes and &s;quiers of Picardy / Arthoy&s;e / and Uer+mandoy&s;e to mete at Peron in Uermandoy&s;e. The &s;ame tyme the lorde of &s;aynt Pye was ca|pytayne of Arde / and of Boloyne / &s;ir Johan Bouillers. This &s;ir Thomas of Wod&s;tocke erle of Buckynghame yonge&s;t &s;onne to kynge Edwarde the thirde: arryued at Calays thre dayes before Maudlyn tyde / in the moneth of July / the yere of our lorde god a <ABBR>thou&s;and</ABBR> thre hundred and four&s;core.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Buckyngham &amp; the engli&s;&s;hmen departed fro Calats to go in to Frau~ce / and of their order. Cap. CCC .lxi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Buckyng+hame was aryued at Calays / the companyons had great ioye / for they thought well nat to tary long there / but to go forth on their vo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">|age.
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The erle refre&s;&s;hed him two dayes at Ca|lays and on the thirde daye departed and toke the way to Marquegnes. It were rea&s;on that I &s;hewe you the names of the bauers and pen|&s;els that were there with the erle. Fir&s;t the erle of Buckyngham hym&s;elfe / therle Stafforde / who had wedded his nece / doughter to y^e lorde Couey and therle of Dyme&s;tre. The&s;e lordes rode with baners di&s;played / the lorde <ABBR>Spen|&s;ar</ABBR> con&s;table of the hoo&s;t / the lorde Fytz water marshall the lorde Ba&s;&s;ette the lorde Bourg|thyer / the lorde Ferres / the lorde Morlay / the lorde Par&s;y &s;ir Wyllyam Wyn&s;ore &s;ir Hughe &amp; aurell &s;ir Hugh Ha&s;tyng&abis; / and &s;ir Hughes. all the&s;e by one a&s;&s;ent rode with their &s;tander|des and penons: &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Tho|mas Tryuet / &s;ir Wyllyam Clynton / &s;ir yuon <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ir Hugh Torell / the lorde of Uar|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Eu&s;tare and &s;ir Johan Harbe&s;ton / &abser; Wyllyam Feruytone / the lorde of Briame / &s;ir Wyllyam Fabre / &s;ir Johan and &s;ir Nycholas <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> court &s;ir Johan Ma&s;e / &s;ir Thom~s Camoy&s;e / &s;ir Rafe &s;onne to the lorde Neuell / &abser; Henry ba&s;tarde Ferres / &s;ir Hughe Broe / &s;ir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Orsell / &s;ir Thomas We&s;t / the lorde of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> More / Dauyd Holograue / Hugh Lyn / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> ba&s;tarde Bernarde of Coderers and dyuers other. The&s;e me of warre rode in good <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and great array. The fir&s;t day they de&abper;|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Calais / &amp; went no farther than to Mar+quegues. And there re&s;ted and toke coun&s;ayle what way were be&s;t for the~ to take to furny&s;&s;he there voyage for there were dyuers in that cu~|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> that had neuer ben in Fraunce before / as the e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e hym&s;elfe and dyuers other great baro|nes and knightes. Therfore it was re&s;onable / that suche per&s;ons as hadde ben in Fraunce be+fore and knewe the countre / &s;hulde haue &s;uche rule and gouernynge / that it myght be to their honour. Threwe it was / that whan the engly&s;&s;h+men in tyme pa&s;t had ben in Fraunce / they had euer &s;uche ordynaunce amonge them / that the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ware euer to the kyng of Englande and to his coun&s;ayle two shynges. The one was: that they &s;hulde neuer di&s;clo&s;e their &s;ecre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> per&s;on lyueng but among them&s;elfe / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">der they entended to go. The &s;econde thyng was: they &s;ware and promy&s;ed to make no maner of treatie with their enemyes with|out the knowledge of the kyng or his cou&s;ayle.</P>
<P>wHan che&s;e barons / knightes / and &s;quy+ers and their company: had re&s;ted the~ at Marquegnes thre dayes / and that euery man of their company was come to them out of Calais / and that the capitayns were de|termyned what way to take. They de&abper;ted and went for the tyll they came before Arde / &amp; there re&s;ted them before the ba&s;tyde of Arde / to then|tent to &s;hewe them&s;elfe before the me~ of armes / that were within the fortere&s;&s;e. And there was made newe knightes by the erle of Buckynge|hanm; as therle of Dyme&s;tre / and al&s;o the lorde Morlay. and than tho&s;e two knight&abis; put for the their baners / and moreouer therle made knigh+tes: all &s;uche as foloweth. Fir&s;t the lorde Fytz|waters &s;onne &s;ir Roger Strange / &s;ir John~ I pre / &s;ir John~ Coll / &s;ir James Tytiell / &s;ir Tho+mas Ram&s;ton / &s;ir Johan Neuell / and &s;ir Tho+mas Ro&s;te: and than all the ho&s;t went and lod|ged at Ho&s;que. All the&s;e for&s;ayd newe knyght&abis; were made / bycau&s;e of the vowarde / the which went the &s;ame day to a &s;tronge hou&s;e stadynge on the ryuer &s;yde / called Folant. Within was a &s;quyer: owner of the hou&s;e / called Robert / he was a good man of armes: and hadde well fur+ny&s;&s;hed his hou&s;e with good men of armes the whiche he had gote therabout / to the nombre of xl. And they made good &s;emblant to defe~de the~+&s;elfe and their hou&s;e. The&s;e barons and knygh+tes in their newe knyghthod / enuyroned about the towre of Fola~t: and began fier&s;ly to a&s;&s;ayle them within / and they within valiantly defen|ded them&s;elfe. There was done many feates of armes and they within &s;horte &s;o holly and qui|ckely togyder / that they hurt dyuers a&s;&s;aylan|tes &s;uche as adue~tured them&s;elfe to moche for|warde, for they had within dyuers good cro&s;|bowes &s;ent thyder by the capitayne of &s;aynt O+mers / at the reque&s;t of the &s;quyer / for he feared before: that the engli&s;&s;hmen wolde pa&s;&s;e by his hou&s;e wherfore he thought to kepe it to the be&s;t of his power / and &s;o he dyde: for he bare hym+&s;elfe ryght valiantly. Than the erle of Dyme|&s;tre &s;pake a highe worde / as he &s;tode on the dy|kes / his <ABBR>baner</ABBR> before hym / the whiche worde greatly encouraged his people. Sayeng &s;irs: howe is it thus in oure newe knyghthode / that this peuy&s;&s;he douchou&s;e holdeth agayn&s;t vs &s;o longe? The &s;tronge places and fortre&s;&s;es that be in the realme of Fraunce &s;hall holde longe a+gayn&s;t vs / &s;ythe this &s;mall hou&s;e endureth &s;o longe. Sirs on a fore / lette vs &s;hewe our newe chiualry. They that herde the&s;e wordes noted it ryght well / and aduentured them &s;elfe more largely than they dyde before / and entred in to the dykes and &s;o came harde to the walles. and there the~gli&s;&s;h archers &s;hotte &s;o holly togyder / that &s;cant non dur&s;t apere at their defence, ther
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were dyuers &s;layne and hurt / and y^e ba&s;e court wonne and brent: and &s;o finallye they were all wonne. Howe be it / fir&s;t they defended the~&s;elfe tight valiantly / and neuer a man within / that was wounded to dethe. Thus the hou&s;e of Fo|lant was taken / and Robert Folant within ta|ken pri&s;oner by therle of Dyme&s;tre / and all the temnant taken pri&s;oners by his men. And all the hoo&s;t lodged on the ryuer of Hou&s;ke / aby|dynge for &s;ir Wyllyam Wynd&s;ore / who ledde the rerewarde / and was nat as than come / but he came the &s;ame night: and the nexte day they di&s;loged and rode to E&s;perleque and there lod+ged. The capitayne of &s;aynt Omers / &s;eynge the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;o nere to them / encrea&s;ed the watche of the towne / for that nyght they wat|ched <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o than two thou&s;ande men / to the entent that &s;aynt Omers &s;hulde nat be &s;odayuly won+by the engly&s;&s;hmen.</P>
<P>_THe next mornyng about &s;ire of the clocke the engli&s;&s;hmen di&s;lodged / and rode before &s;aint Omers. and whan they of the towne &s;awe then+gli&s;&s;hmen come / they armed them and ordayned them &s;elfe in the market place to go to the gates and walles by good dely<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">|cyon / for it was &s;hewedde theym / howe the en|gly&s;&s;hmen wolde a&s;&s;ayle them: but it was nat in their thought&abis;. For they knewe well the tow+ne was to &s;trong / and thought they &s;hulde lo&s;e there more than wynne. Howe be it she erle of Buckyngham / who had neuer ben in Fraunce before / thonght he wolde &s;e&s;aynt Omers / by|cau&s;e it &s;emed &s;o fayre a farre of: in walles / ga|tes / towres / and &s;teples. So he rested all his hoo&s;t on a mountayne halfe a leage fro the tow+ne araynged in good order / more than thre hou+res. And than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome yonge knightes and &s;quyers thought to proue theym&s;elfe / and rode to the barryers of the towne / and hesyred to iu&s;t with &s;ome of the knighted or &s;quyers in the towne / but they coulde haue none an&s;were / and &s;o they retourned agayne to the half. The &s;ame day that the erle ca~e before &s;aynt Omers he made agayne newe knightes. Fir&s;t &s;ir Rafe Neuell / &s;ir Bartylmewe Bourgehter / &s;ir Tho+mas Camoy&s;e / &s;ir Fouke Corbette / &s;ir Tho|mas Danglure &s;ir Rafe Perypars / &s;ir Aoyes of &s;aynt Albyne / and &s;ir Johan Paule. The&s;e newe knyghtes in their fir&s;t churalry to proue them&s;elfe / rode to the barryers of the towne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> de&s;yred iu&s;tes: but they wered / &amp; &s;o retourded agayne to their hoo&s;t. Whan the erle and his company / &s;awe that the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> of Frau~ce / &s;uche as were within <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> wolde nat y&s;&s;ue in to the feldes array <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> than they pa&s;&s;ed farther. And the same day <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and loged at E&s;quyles / bytwene &s;ay<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and Tyrwyn: and the nexte daye they rodeth warde Tyrwynne.</P>
<P>Whan they of the gary&s;ons in the county of Bolayne / Artoy&s;e / and Guynes: &s;awe the dea|lynge of the engly&s;&s;hmen / and howe they went alwayes forwarde without re&s;tyng. They &s;he+wed their wylles eche to others and determy|ned to pur&s;ue the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / thynkynge therby &s;omwhat to wynne. So they gathered togyder / and a&s;&s;embled vnder the &s;tanderde of the lorde of Fre&s;ures / and of the lorde of &s;aynt Pye. They were a two hu~dred &s;peares: &amp; than they coo&s;ted and pur&s;ued the engli&s;&s;hmen / but the engly&s;&s;hmen kept them&s;elfe euer &s;o clo&s;e to guyder without di&s;orderynge / that the frenche+men coude gette none aduantage. Howe be it &s;omtyme the frenchemen encountred with the engly&s;&s;he foragers and ouerthrue them<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> fore they dur&s;t nat go a foragynge but <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> companyes. Thus thengly&s;&s;hmen rode forthe and pa&s;te Tyrwynne without any thynge do|ynge: for the lorde of &s;aynt Pye / and the lorde of Tre&s;ures were <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> And the hoo&s;t lodged at Bethwyn / and there taryed a day / and I &s;hall &s;hewe you why.</P>
<P>ye haue herde here before: howe kynge Ry|charde of Englande / by thaduy&s;e of his vncles and of his cou&s;ayle. He had &s;ent in to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lmayne a knight of his (called &s;ir Symon Burle) to y^e kynge of romayns / to haue his &s;u&s;tre in mary|age. The knight had &s;o well &s;pedde / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the king of romayns a&s;&s;ented therto by the coun&s;ayle of all the great barons of his court. And the kyng of romayns &s;ent in to Englande with &s;ir Sy|mon Burle / the duke of Ca&s;&s;on to aduy&s;e the realme of Englande / to &s;e howe it &s;hulde plea&s;e his &s;u&s;ter / and to make an enue of the mater. for the cardynall of Rauene was all redye in En|glande / who helde with pope Urbane and con+uerted the engly&s;&s;hmen to the opinyon of Ur|bane / Haryed for the comyng of the &s;aid duke, who at the kyng of Englandes de&s;yre / and the duke of Brahantes: bothe he and all his com|pany had a&s;au<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">co~duct / to pa&s;&s;e through the re|alme of Frau~ce to come to Calays / and he ca~e by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and Bethwyn. And &s;o came and &s;awe therle of Buckyngham / who receyued him<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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norably / and the next daye they toke leaue eche of other. and &s;o the almayns came to Ayre and to &s;aynt Omers / and &s;o to Calays. And therle and his hoo&s;t went to Liques / and lodged that day at Bohayne. And alway the lorde of &s;aynt Pye and the lorde of Fre&s;ures pur&s;ued y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ho&s;t / and in the morning the ho&s;t di&s;loged and went towarde Bethwyn. In the towne there was a great gary&s;on of knightes and &s;quyers / &abper;tey|nyng to the lorde of Couty: as the lorde of Ha~|ge&s;t &s;ir Johan and &s;ir Try&s;tram of Roye / &s;ir G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ffray of Chargney / &s;ir Guy Harcourt / and dyuers other. The hoo&s;t pa&s;&s;ed by Bethwyn &amp; went to Douchers / &amp; at night the lorde of &s;aynt Pye and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Fre&s;ures entred into Beth|wyn. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the next day they went to Arras where they founde the lorde of Coucy / who receyued them ioyfully / and demaunded of theym what way the engly&s;&s;hmen toke. And they an&s;wered &amp; &s;aid: how they had lyen the &s;ame night at Do~+chers / and &s;hewed hym howe they rode wy&s;ely and clo&s;e togyder. Than the lorde Coucy &s;aid / than it &s;emeth well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they demaunde nothyng but batayle / the whiche they &s;hall haue if y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyn+ge our lorde wyll a gretherto / or they haue aco~+ply&s;&s;hed their viage. Therle of Buckyngham pa&s;&s;ed by Arras in good order of batayle / and went and lodged at Anette / and the next day at Myramount / and &s;o to Clery on the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Somme. Whan the lorde Coucy beyng at Ar+ras / vnder&s;tode howe they tooke that way / he &s;ent the lorde Hange&s;t to Bray / on the &s;ame ry|uer of Somme / and in his company .xxx. &s;pea+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">es knightes and &s;quyers. and to Peron he &s;e~t Jaques of Uerchyn &s;ene&s;hall of Heynault / the lorde of Haureth / &s;ir John~ of Roy and dyuers other. and went hym &s;elfe towarde &s;aynt Qui|tynes / and &s;ent the lorde of Clary and dyuers other in to Uerma~dor&s;e / For he wolde nat that by his neglygence / the countre &s;hulde haue ta|ken any domage.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lorde of Brymewe and his chyldren were takenne by the en|gly&s;&s;hmen and all their co~pany. And howe they of the gary&s;on of Perone were cha&s;ed into their towne ha&s;tely Cap. CCC .lxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame nyght that the engly&s;&s;hmen lodged at Cla+ry / certayne knightes amo~|ge the~: as &s;ir Thomas Tri+uet / &s;ir Wyllyam Clynton / and &s;ir yuon of Fytzwaren / by the mouynge of their lor+de Uarchyne / who knewe well the cou~tre / and they knewe well howe the lorde of Coucy was with a great nombre at Arras / thinkyng &s;ure|lye / that he wolde ryde the next mornynge to &s;e yf they coude mete with any of their engly&s;&s;he foragers / for they knewe well / his de&s;yre was to do dedes of armes: and as they thought &s;o it fortuned. So the engly&s;&s;hemen with a thretie &s;peares rode forthe &amp; folowed farre of fro their foragers at aduenture. The &s;ame day there de+parted fro the cytie of Arras / the lorde Coucy with a great co~pany / and toke his way towar|des &s;aynt Quyntines. and whan he was in the feldes / the lorde of Brimewe and his chyldren / departed fro the lorde Coucys company / with a thretie &s;peres: lyke men that de&s;yred to fynde aduentures. and &s;odaynly the frenche men and engli&s;&s;hmen mette eche with other / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no remedy but to fight. &s;o they cryed their cryes / and at their fir&s;t metyng there were ma|ny ouerthrowen / &s;layne / and hurt on bothe par+ties: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done many a feate of armes and than lyghted a fote and dyde valyantly / &s;o that for the &s;pace of one houre / none coulde tell who hadde the better. Howe be it finally the en+gly&s;&s;hmen had the vyctorie: and &s;ir Thomas Tryuet toke the lorde of Brimewe and his. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. &s;onnes / Johan and Loyes / and there were ta+ken a &s;ixtene men of armes / and thother &s;aued them &s;elfe. Than the engly&s;&s;hmen retourned a gayne to their hoo&s;t / and &s;o taryed aboute Pe|ron / for they had knowledge by their pri&s;oners howe the lorde of Coucy was at Perone with a thou&s;ande &s;peares / and coude nat tell wheder he wolde fight with the~ or nat. The &s;ame daye there wente out of the hoo&s;t with the foragers / the lorde of Uerchyne &amp; Ferchras his ba&s;tarde brother / and &s;ir yuon Fytzwaren and dyuers other / and rode to the mount &s;aynt Quyntyne and there laye in a bu&s;&s;hment. For they knewe well / that the &s;ene&s;hall of Heynalte was at Pe|ron with certayne men of armes / &amp; they knewe well he was &s;o yonge and lu&s;ty / that he wolde y&s;&s;ue out to &s;eke for &s;ome aduenture / and &s;o he dyd. The vowarde &s;ent. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. men of armes to ren before Perone: as Terrey of Soubezmayne / the ba&s;tarde of Uertayne / Hugelyn Caurell &amp;
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Hopkyn Haye / mounted on good hor&s;es. And &s;o they rode to the barryers of the towne / and within with the &s;ene&s;hall of Heynaulte were a fyftie &s;peares. And he cau&s;ed the barryers to be opined / and had thought to haue trapped tho&s;e fore ryders / and &s;o fell to cha&s;yng of them / and they fledde for the nones towarde their bu&s;&s;he|me~t. And whan they of the bu&s;&s;hment &s;awe the fre~chmen cha&s;e their company / they i&s;&s;ued out of their enbu&s;&s;hment / but it was a lytell to &s;one For whan the &s;ene&s;hall and his company &s;awe that great nombre agayn&s;t them / they retour|ned and fledde. And the engly&s;&s;hmen folowed after / as fa&s;t as their &s;purres wolde driue their hor&s;es / and the frenchmen founde the barryers opyn / as happe was for them. Howe be it they were &s;o nere folowed / that dyuers of them <ABBR>wer</ABBR> taken pri&s;oners / as &s;ir Richarde of Marquyl|les / &s;ir Loyes of Uerchyn / Honarde of Honar|dery / and vytall of &s;aynt Hyllary / and a tenne other men of armes: and the other &s;aued them &s;elfe. And whan the engly&s;&s;hmen knewe / howe that the &s;ene&s;hall / the lorde of Hauerathe / and the lorde of Clerey: and twentie other knygh|tes were &s;caped away / they were &s;orie / &amp; &s;ayde. if we had taken them / they &s;hulde well a payed fourtie thou&s;ande frankes. And &s;o they retour+ned to the hoo&s;t / and there was no more doone that day. The hoo&s;t taryed a thre dayes at Cle+ry and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about / and on the fourthe day / they departed and went to the abbey of Uancyll / a thre leages fro Cambrey / and the nexte day to|warde &s;aynt Quyntines. &para; The &s;ame day / a company of the duke of Burgoynes rode a|brode a .xxx. &s;peares / &amp; came fro Arras to &s;aynt Quyntines. And &s;ir Thomas Tryuette / &s;ir y|uon Fytzwarenne / and the lorde of Uertayne / and dyuers other engly&s;&s;hmen / beyuge before with their fore~gers / as they wolde haue taken their lodgynge / they encountred the burgony|ons / and &s;o fought togyder / but it endured nat longe / for anone the burgoyons were dy&s;ceue|red and fledde away / &s;auyng them &s;elfe as ma|ny as might. Howe be it &s;ir Johan Moruay a hode &s;tyll in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> place and his penon before hym / and fought valia~tly / but finally he was taken / and ten men of armes with hym. Than the en|gly&s;&s;hemen went to Fou&s;ons a two leages fro Amyens / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the vowarde lodged.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen brent and wa&s;ted the countre of Champayne / and of the encounterynges that they hadde in their way / and of the pri&s;o|ners that they toke. Cap. CCC .lxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe next mornyng wha~ therle of Buckyngham had herd ma&s;&s;e / he toke his way towarde &s;aynt Quintynes / in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> which towne there was a great nombre of menne of warre / but they y&s;&s;ued nat out. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were certayne currours that ran to the barriers but anon they de&abper;ted / bycau&s;e the hoo&s;t pa&s;&s;ed by without taryeng / and went to Origny &s;aynt Benet / and there lodged / and in the vyllages therabout. In the towne of Ori|gney was a fayre abbey of nonnes / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame tyme the abbe&s;&s;e there / was aunt to the lorde of Uertayne / who was in the vowarde. and &s;o at his de&s;yre / the abbey and towne was &s;aued fro brennyng / and therle lodged in the abbey. But the &s;ame euenyng and the next mornyng / there was great &s;crimy&s;&s;hing at Ryllemont nat <ABBR>ferr</ABBR> fro the hoo&s;t / and dyuers &s;layne &amp; hurt on both parties. The next mornyng the hoo&s;t di&s;loged fro Origny and went to Cre&s;&s;y / and than pa&s;|&s;ed at Uaux be&s;yde Laon / and lodged at Sy&s;+&s;one. and the next day they pa&s;&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer of A|igne at the bridge of Uayre / and &s;o we~t to Her+mouyll and to Hormi&s;&s;y a four leages fro Rey+nes / and founde nothyng in their way&punc; for eue|ry thyng was put into the good townes and in to fortre&s;&s;es. The french kyng had abandoned to his me~ of armes / all that euer they coude get abrode in the countre. So thengly&s;&s;hmen had gret nede / and &s;pecially of fle&s;&s;he: than they de+termyned to &s;ende to Reynes to treate with the to &s;ende vitayle to their ho&s;t / as a certayne qua~+tyte of bee&s;tes / brede / and wyne. They of Rey|nes an&s;wered / howe they wolde do nothyng at their de&s;yre / they badde the~ do as they ly&s;t. the engly&s;&s;hmen were &s;o &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed with that an&s;were / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> within a weke after / their currours brent beyonde .lx. vyllages in the marche&s;&s;e of Reyns. Al&s;o the~gly&s;&s;hmen had certayne know lege / howe they of Reyns had within their dy|kes a great no~bre of bee&s;tes. So the forwarde came thyder &amp; made their men to entre into the dykes and cha&s;ed out all tho&s;e bee&s;tes for none dur&s;t i&s;&s;ue out of the towne / nor make no de&s;e~ce for the archers were on the dykes and &s;hotte &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thicke / that non dur&s;t apere on the walles. So there the engly&s;&s;hmen had mo / than .xx. thou|&s;ande bee&s;t&abis; of one and other: and yet they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">
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agayne to them of the towne / &s;hewyng the~ how they wolde burne all their cornes without they wolde &s;ende out in to their ho&s;t &s;eme brede and wyne. They of Raynes douted that tidynges / and &s;o they &s;ent &s;ire chares laded with a&s;moch brede and wyne as they coude cary / and by that meanes their corne was &s;aued fro brennynge. So thengly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed by Reynes in good order of batayle / and went to Beaumount for they had pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer be&s;yde Reynes. And whan they di&s;loged fro Beaumount on the ry|uer of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yell / they rode fort<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Maren / and &s;o ca~e to Conde: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde the bridge broken. Howe be it y^e &s;tayes and po&s;tes &s;tode &s;tyll / &amp; there they founde plan+kes and tymbre / and &s;o made agayne the brige / and than pa&s;&s;ed ouer and lodged in the vylla|ges about Maren. and the next day they came to the towne of Uertues / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great &s;crimy&s;&s;he before the ca&s;tell / and dyuers &s;ore hurte. Therle lodged in the towne of Uertues and in the nyght the towne was brent / all &s;aue the abbey wherin the erle was lodged / elles it had been al&s;o brent. for they of the towne were withdrawen in to the ca&s;tell / and wolde gyue nothyng to &s;aue it. The next mornyng the ho&s;t di&s;loged and pa&s;&s;ed by the ca&s;tell of Moymer / whiche parteyned to the herytage of the lorde of Cha&s;tellon / the &s;crimy&s;&s;hers came to the bar+ryers / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed forthe and lodged at Pe|layng / aprochyng towarde the cytie of Troys / and the next day at Plancy on the ryuer of Au|be. Than they rode forthe / the lorde of New ca|&s;tell and Johan his brother / and Raymonde of &s;aynt Mar&s;yn ga&s;coyns / and other engly&s;&s;he|men about a .xl. &s;peares of one and other. But they fou~de none adue~ture a great whyle / wher with they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. At la&s;t they &s;aw comynge in the feldes a great company of men of armes ridyng towarde Troyes / which was the lorde of Hange&s;t and his company. Than the engly&s;&s;hemen and ga&s;coyns proched their hor&s;es with their &s;purres / and folowed after them. The lorde of Hange&s;t had well auewed them / and douted le&s;t they had been a greatter co~pany than they were in dede / and &s;ayd to his company. Sirs / lette vs ryde towarde Plan|cy and &s;aue our &s;elfe / for the engly&s;&s;hmen hath di&s;couered vs / and are nere to vs / lette vs &s;aue our &s;elfe in the ca&s;tell of Plancy. So they drue thyder. And the engly&s;&s;hmen fold wed fa&s;t af|ter. There was a man of armes of the lorde of Uertaygnes retynewe / an experte man of ar|mes / named Peter Berton well hor&s;ed. he layd his &s;peare in the re&s;t / and ranne after the lorde of Ha~ge&s;t / who fledde before him. So that his &s;peare poyat touched his backe behynde hym / thinkyng to haue &s;tryken him out of his &s;adell. Howe beit for all that / the lorde of Hange&s;t lo&s;t nother &s;adell nor &s;lyrroppe / and yet &s;tyll the o|ther man of armes helde &s;tyll rennyng y^e <ABBR>&s;pear</ABBR> poynt at his backe / and &s;o he came to Plancy. And at the entryng in to the ca&s;tell / the lorde of Hange&s;t &s;o daynly lepte fro his hor&s;e and en|tred a fote in to the dyke. Than they of the ca|&s;tell entended to &s;aue hym / and &s;o came to the barryer / and there was a great &s;crimy&s;&s;he / for they of the ca&s;tell &s;hotte &s;ore / for they had many good cro&s;bowes. There was done many a pro+per feate of armes / of the one part and of the o|ther. So with great payne the lorde of Han|ge&s;t was &s;aued / who right valiantly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ought at his fir&s;t entryng in to the ca&s;tell / and &s;tyll came thyder people of y^e vowarde. The lorde of Uer taygne / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet / &s;ir Hughe Cau|rell / and dyuers other came thyder / &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a&s;ore batayle / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne and ta+ken of the frenche parte about a .xxx. and y^e ba&s;e courte of the ca&s;tell brent / and the ca&s;tell a&s;&s;ay|led on all partes / y^e whiche was well defended / and the mylles aboute Plancy brent and beten downe. So than the hoo&s;t drewe agayne togy+der and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Aube / at the bridge at Angle and rode towardes Ualant / on the ry+uer of Sayne. So thus that daye the lorde of Hange&s;t was in great aduenture.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame day the lord&abis; of the vowarde / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet / &s;ir Hughe Cau|rell / the lorde of Uertayne / the ba&s;tarde his bro+ther / Peter Berton &amp; dyuers other / rode forthe and encountred &s;ir Johan of Roye / and a .xx. &s;peares parteyninge to the duke of Burgoyne rydinge to Troyes. The engly&s;&s;hmen &s;pyed theym and folowed after as fa&s;t as they coulde driue their hor&s;es. The frenchemen thought to &s;aue them &s;elfe / for they were nat men ynowe to abyde them / and &s;o the moo&s;t parte &s;aued them &s;elfe. And &s;ir Johan of Roy and dyuers other / put them &s;elfe within the barryers of Troyes / for as than they were open. And &s;o in the tour|nynge agayne of the engly&s;&s;hemen / they tooke four pri&s;oners who came to &s;horte to &s;aue them &s;elfe. Amo~g the whiche there was a &s;quyer of y^e duke of Burgoins (called Gyon) an expert ma~ of armes. his hor&s;e was right &s;ore chafed. So he re&s;ted in the felde / &amp; had at his backe a myre / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he fought right valia~tly / agayn&s;t two
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engly&s;&s;hemen / who &s;pake to hym in engly&s;&s;he / and badde him yelde him: but he wy&s;t nat what they &s;ayd. The ba&s;tarde of Uertayne / as he re+tourned fro the cha&s;e came to them / and &s;ayd to the &s;quyer in frenche / yelde the. And whan he vnder&s;tode him / he &s;aid agayne. what are you? a ge~tylman. The ba&s;tarde an&s;wered / and &s;ayd yetrewely. Well &abquod; he / than I yelde me to you. And &s;o toke him his gauntelet and his &s;werde. than the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde haue &s;layne hym / in the ba&s;tardes ha~des. Sayeng howe he was nat courte&s;&s;e / to take from hym their <ABBR>pri&s;oner</ABBR> / howe be it the ba&s;tarde was &s;tronger than they and &s;o &s;aued his pri&s;oner. Than at nyght que|&s;tyon was made therof before the mar&s;halles / and &s;o all thynges con&s;ydred / the ba&s;tarde kept &s;tyll the pri&s;oner / who raun&s;omed hym y^e &s;ame night / and tru&s;ted hym on his faythe / and &s;ent hym the nexte day to Troyes. Than the hoo&s;t lodged at Bala~de on the ryuer of Sayne / and ca~e to a village a leage fro Troyes / called Ber nare &s;aynt Symple / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the great lordes had a great coun&s;ayle togyder.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe thengli&s;&s;hmen came before Troyes / and of the ba&s;tydes that the duke of Burgoyne made withoute Troyes / to re&s;y&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. CCC .lxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the cyte of Troyes was the duke of Burgoyne and had made there his &s;o|mons / for he had enten&s;yon &amp; was in wyll to &s;yght with thengli&s;&s;hmen / bytwene the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Sayne and yone. And al&s;o the barons / knyghtes and &s;quyers of Fraunce / de&s;yred none other thyng. But Char+les the frenche kynge / wolde in no wy&s;e acorde therto / bycau&s;e of doute of fortune. For he re|membred moche the great lo&s;&s;es and domag&abis;: that the nobles of his realme had of tyme pa&s;t / by the vyctories of the engly&s;&s;hmen. Wherfore he wolde in no wy&s;e that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> &s;ight / with out it were to their great aduauntage. &para; The duke of Burgoyne was at Troyes / and with hym the duke of Burbone / the duke of Bare / the erle of Ewe / the lorde Coucy / &s;ir Johan of Uyen admyrall of the &s;ee / the lorde of Uyenne and of &s;aynt Croy&s;e / &s;ir James of Uyenne / &s;ir Water of Uyen / y^e lorde of Tremoyle / the lorde of Uergy / the lorde of Rengemont / the lorde of Hambey / the &s;ene&s;hall of Heynalte / the lorde of &s;aynt Pye / the barone of Habers / the lorde of Roy / the vycont Da&s;&s;ey / &s;ir Wyllyam ba&s;tarde of Langers / and mo than two thou&s;and knigh+tes and &s;quiers. And it was &s;hewed me / howe the lorde Tremoyle was &s;ent by the duke to the kyng to Parys / to get lycence to fight with the engly&s;&s;hmen: and he was nat returned y^e &s;ame day / that thengly&s;&s;hmen came before Troyes. The frenchmen within Troyes thought &s;ure|lye / that the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde nat pa&s;&s;e by / w^t out lokyng on the towne. Wherfore they made without the towne / a bowe &s;hotte of fro y^e gate: a ba&s;tyde of great tymbre / wherin myght well be a thou&s;ande men of armes. In the euenyng in the hoo&s;t / all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ayns went to cou~&s;ayle to determyne what they &s;hulde do the next day. Than it was concluded / that euery man with their baners and penones well armed / &s;hulde ryde before Troyes / and to abyde in the &s;elde. and to &s;ende to them of the towne / to demau~de batayle. So in the next mornynge they armed them / and &s;ette theym&s;elfe in thre batayls / and &s;o came in to a fayre playne before Troys / and there taryed. Than two harauldes / as Chan|dos and Aquitany / were &s;ente for to the erle of Buckyngham. And whan they were come the erle &s;ayd. Sirs / go your wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">s to Troyes / &amp; &s;hewe the lordes there: howe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> bey&s;&s;ued oute of Englande to do dedes of armes / and where as we might haue it / to demau~de therfore. And bycau&s;e we knowe well / howe a great parte of the &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oure dely&s;e / and of the chiualry of Frau~ce is within the towne. Therfore &s;hewe them / we become this way. and if they wyll any thynge / &s;ay to them / they &s;hall fynde vs in the felde / in the &s;ame forme and maner / as ye &s;hall leaue vs and in &s;uche wy&s;e / as they ought to fynde their enemyes. So the haraldes departed and rode towardes Troyes / thentre of the ba&s;tyde was opyned to them / but they coude nat gette to the gate of the towne. There y&s;&s;ued oute &s;o many men of armes and cro&s; bowes / &s;ettyng the~ &s;elfe in order of batayle: the harauldes had on their cotes of armes of therle of Buckynghams. the lordes demaunded of them what they wolde / &amp; they an&s;wered / and &s;ayd. howe they were &s;ente to &s;peke with the duke of Burgoyne.</P>
<P>IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / that the&s;e harauldes &s;hulde haue done their me&s;&s;age / the duke of Burgoyne and the lord&abis; with hym / were be
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&s;y to &s;ette their men in ordre of batayle. The en+gli&s;&s;hmen thought verely to haue had batayle / wherfore <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were made newe knyght&abis;. Fyr&s;t &s;ir Thomas Tryuet brought his baner rolled vp toguyder / to the erle of Buckyngham / and &s;ayd. Sir / if it plea&s;e you / I &s;hall this day di&s;|play my baner / for thanked be god / I haue re|uenues &s;ufficyent to mayntayne it withall. It plea&s;ethe me ryght well &abquod; the erle. Than the erle toke the baner / &amp; delyuered it to &s;ir Tho|mas Tryuet / and &s;ayde. &s;ir Thomas: I pray god gyue you grace to do nobly this day / and alwayes after. Than &s;ir Thomas toke the ba|ner and di&s;played it / and delyuered it to a &s;qui|er / whome he tru&s;ted well. And &s;oo went to the vowarde / for he was ordayned &s;o to do / by the capitayue the lorde Latymer / and by the mar|&s;hall the lorde Fitz water. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were made newe knyghtes: as &s;ir Peter Berton / &s;ir John~ and &s;ir Thomas Paulle / &s;ir John~ Syngule / &s;ir Thomas Dortyngnes / &s;ir John~ Ua&s;&s;ecoq &s;ir Thomas Bra&s;ey / &s;ir Johan Brauyne / &s;ir Henry Uernyer / &s;ir Johan Coleuyll / &s;ir Wyl|liam Eurart / &s;ir Nycholas Styngule / and &s;ir Hughe Lunyt. And all the&s;e went to the fyr&s;te batayle / bycaw&s;e to be at the fir&s;t &s;krimy&s;&s;he. Than the erle called forthe a gentyll &s;quyer of the countie of Sauoy / who had ben de&s;yred be fore to haue ben made knight / both before Arde &amp; &s;aynt Omers. This &s;quier was called Rafe of Gremers / &s;onne to the erle of Gremers. The erle of Buckyngham / &s;ayd to him. Sir / if god be plea&s;ed / I thynke we &s;hall haue this day ba+tayle / wherfore I wyll that ye be a knight. The &s;quier excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe / and &s;ayde. Sir god thanke you of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> noblenes that ye wolde put me vnto. But &s;ir: I wyll neuer be knyght / without I be made by the handes of my naturall lorde / the erle of Sauoy / in batayll: and &s;o he was ex+amyned noo farther. It was great plea&s;ure to be holde the Engli&s;&s;hmen in the felde and the frenchmen made their preparacyon in their ba+&s;tyde / for they thought well at the lee&s;t / to haue &s;ome &s;crymi&s;he. Thinkyng that &s;uche men as thengli&s;&s;hmen were <ABBR>wold</ABBR> neuer pa&s;&s;e by / with+out &s;o~e maner of face or &s;krimy&s;&s;he. The duke of Burgoyne was there without the towne ar|med at all peces / with an are in his hande / and &s;oo all knyghtes and &s;quiers pa&s;&s;ed by hym to the ba&s;tyde / &s;o that there was &s;o great prea&s;e / that no man coulde go forewarde / nor the ha|rauldes / coulde nother go forwarde nor backe+warde / wherby they coulde nat come to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke to do their me&s;&s;age as they were co~maunded.</P>
<P>BE&s;yde the erle of Buckynghams com|maundeme~t to the two harauldes / there were dyuers other / that &s;ayd to them. Sirs / ye &s;hall go forth and do your me&s;&s;age / and be&s;yde that: &s;ay to the duke of Burgoyne. Howe that the duke of Bretayne / and the countrey there / hath &s;ent to the kyng of Englande to haue com+forte and ayde / agayn&s;t a certayne barons and knyghtes of Bretayne / rebels to the duke / who wyll nat obey to their lorde: as the moo&s;t parte of the countrey dothe. But make warre in the countre / &amp; &s;hadowe them &s;elfe / vnder y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche kyng. And bycau&s;e the kyng of Englande wyll ayde the duke and the countrey / he hath nowe &s;pecially &s;ent one of his vncles / the erle of Bu|ckyngham / with a certayne nombre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / to go in to Bretayne / to confort the duke and the countre. Who arryued at Calays / and hath taken their way to pa&s;&s;e throughe the re|alme of Fraunce / &amp; &s;o they be forwarde in their iourney hyder / to the cytie of Troyes, where as they knewe well / there is a great nombre of lordes / &amp; &s;pecially the duke of Burgoyne / &s;onne to the french kyng di&s;&s;ea&s;ed / and brother to the kyng that nowe is. wherfore ye may &s;ay to him howe &s;ir Thomas erle of Buckyngham / &s;onne to the kyng of Englande di&s;&s;ea&s;ed / and vncle to the kyng that nowe is / de&s;ireth of him batayll. The harauldes or they went / they demaunded to haue hadde letters of credence / con&s;ernynge that mater. and they were an&s;wered: how they &s;hulde haue had letters the next day / but in the moruynge they had taken other coun&s;ayle / and &s;ayde. Howe they wolde &s;ende no letters / but badde them dept / and &s;ayd. Go your wayes / &amp; &s;ay as ye haue ben enformed / ye are credable y|nough / if they ly&s;t to beleue you. So the haral|des departed (as ye haue herde before) and the newe engly&s;&s;he knyghtes hadde begon the &s;cri+my&s;&s;he / &s;o that all was in trouble. And certayn knightes and other of Fraunce / &s;ayd to the ha|raudes. Sirs / what do you here? get you hens ye be here in great parell / for here be yuell peo|ple in this towne. Whiche doute / cau&s;ed the ha|raldes to retourne agayne / without any thyng doyng of their me&s;&s;age. &para; Nowe let vs &s;hewe what was done in this &s;crimy&s;&s;he.</P>
<P>FIr&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was an engli&s;&s;he &s;quyre borne in the by&s;&s;hoprike of Lyncoln~ / an expert man of armes / I can nat &s;e whyder he coude &s;e or nat: but he &s;purred his hor&s;e his <ABBR>spear</ABBR> in his hande / and his targe about his necke. his hor&s;e came ru&s;&s;hyng downe the way / and lepte clene
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ouer the barres of the barriers / and &s;o galoped to the gate / where as the duke of Burgoyn and the other lordes of Fraunce were / who repu|ted that dede for a great enterpri&s;e. The &s;quier thought to haue returned / but he coulde nat / for his hor&s;e was &s;tryken with &s;peares and heaten downe / &amp; the &s;quier &s;layne. wherwith the duke of Burgoyne was ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / that he had nat ben taken a lyue as pri&s;oner. Ther|with the great batayll of the erle of Buckyng|hams came on a foote / towarde the&s;e men of ar+mes in the ba&s;tyde / the which was made but of dores / wyndowes / and tables. And to &s;aye the trouth / it was nothyng to holde agayn&s;t &s;uche men of warre / as the engli&s;&s;hmen were / wher|fore it coulde nat longe endure. Whan the duke of Burgoyne &s;awe them comyng &s;o thicke and &s;o great a nombre / con&s;ideryng howe his nom+bre was nat &s;ufficyent agayn&s;t them. co~maun|ded euery man to entre in to the towne: except cro&s;bowes / and &s;o they entred in at the gate ly|tell and lytell / and whyle they entred / the geno|wayes cro&s; bowes &s;hot continually / and hurte dyuers of the engli&s;&s;hmen. There was a &s;ore &s;crymi&s;he / but anone the ba&s;tyde was conque|red / it coulde nat endure agayn&s;t engli&s;&s;hmen. So the frenchmen entred agayne in at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gate / &amp; as they entred: they &s;et the~&s;elfe in ordre in the &s;tretes. There was the duke of Lorayne / and the lorde Coucy / the duke of Burbon &amp; dyuers other bytwene the gate and the barryers / there was many a feate of armes done. &s;ome &s;layne / hurt / and taken. Whan the engli&s;&s;hmen &s;awe the frenchmen withdrawe backe / they in lyke|wy&s;e reculed backe / and &s;tode &s;tyll in ordre of bataile the &s;pace of two houres / and than retur+ned to their lodgyng / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> next day they went to Maylleroys the Uycount / nere to Sence in Burgoyne / and there the hoo&s;t taryed two dayes to refre&s;&s;he them / and to get vitayles in the countre / for they had no great plenty.</P>
<P>THus ye haue harde well: howe the en|gli&s;&s;hmen rode throughe the realme of Frau~ce to go in to Bretayne / and it was &s;ayd / and they al&s;o mayntayned / howe the duke of Bretayne and the countrey had &s;ent for them / and made no warre in the name of their lorde the kyng of Englande / but named them &s;elfe to be &s;owdyers of the duke of Bretaynes. Kyng Charles of Fraunce was well in fourmed of all the&s;e maters / and &s;agely and wy&s;ely he abuy|&s;ed the parels and in&s;yde~tes that might growe by this warre / and &s;awe well howe the countre of Bretayne with the ayde of the engly&s;&s;hmen were co~trary to hym / and therby he feared lee&s;t the fortune of the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;hulde be to him y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> more harder. And &s;pecially by rea&s;on of the duke of Bretayne / for by him the good townes of Bre|tayne &s;hulde be his enemyes / and be opyned to his enemyes / wherby he &s;hulde haue great pre+iudyce. Wherfore he &s;ent &s;wete letters and gra|cyous to them of Nauntes / the whiche was the key and chefe towne of all Bretayne. &s;hewynge the~ / howe the~gly&s;&s;hmen as they rydde through the realme do make their auaunt and afferme / howe they be &s;oudyers and &s;ent for by the~ / and by the other comons of Bretayne. And al&s;o &s;he wyng them / howe that if it be &s;o / that they wyll &s;o contynue / they do yuell and ronne in the ma|ledyction &amp; &s;entence of the holy father the pope. And in the forfeyture of two hu~dred thou&s;ande florens / the whiche he maye than laufully take of them / and whervnto they are bou~de by their writyng&abis; &s;ealed. and by the treaties made here tofore / wherof they haue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> copy / wherfore they ought nat to forget it. And al&s;o he &s;hewed them howe he hath ben alwayes their frende and lo|uer / and hath conforted and ayded the~ always in their bu&s;yne&s;&s;es / and coun&s;aylinge the~ / that they &s;hulde nat do &s;o farre / wherby they might take wronge. Sayeng: howe they had no &s;u|che tytell as to complayne of hym / or to entre in to &s;uche a warre / as to receyue his ennemyes. Wherfore he coun&s;ayled them to be well aduy|&s;ed / and if they haue ben yuell exorted and cou~|&s;ayled by feble coun&s;ayle / yet he wolde pardon it / &s;o that they opyn nat their towne to the en|gly&s;&s;hmen his enemyes. And in their &s;o doyng he promy&s;ed the~ to menteyne and kepe vp their fraunchy&s;&s;es and lyberties / and to renewe it yf nede requyred. Wha~ the&s;e offers thus made by the frenche kyng / was pre&s;ented to the~ of Nau~+tes / and well debated amonge them. Than the mo&s;t notable of the towne (&s;ayd) howe the kyn+ge had cau&s;e and right to &s;ay as he dyd / for &s;ure+lye they &s;ayde: howe they had &s;worne and wri|tynges &s;ealed / howe they &s;hulde neuer do none anoyaunce to the realme of Fraunce nor ayde nor a&s;&s;y&s;t none enemy to the kynge or to the re|alme. Wherfore they toke hede to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mater / and &s;ent &s;ecretly to the kynge / de&s;yring hym to take no thought for that mater / for they &s;ayd: then|gly&s;hmen &s;hulde nat be &s;u&s;tayned by them / nor entre in to their towne / to renne or to make any warre to the realme of Fraunce. Howbeit they de&s;yred the kynge / that if nede requyred / to be ayded and co~forted by &s;ome of his men / to who~
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they &s;ayde / they wolde open their towne / and to none other. Whan the frenche kynge herde this treatie he was right gladde therof / and be+leued well their wordes / for Nauntes had ben alwayes good frenche. And of all this knewe no thynge the duke of Bretayne / who was at Uennes / he beleued &s;urely that they of Naun|tes wolde haue ben trewe and &s;tedfa&s;t to hym / and to haue opened their towne to the engly&s;&s;h+men whan they came thyder. &para; Nowe let vs retourne to the engly&s;&s;hmen / who were lodged nere to Sence in Burgoyne / in the whiche cy|tie was the duke of Bare / the lorde Coucy / the lorde of &s;aynt Puye / the lorde of Fre&s;ures and their companyes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen rode and pylled the countre of ga&s;tenoy&s;e and of Beau&s;e. And howe a french &s;quy|er right valyaunt requyredde an en|gli&s;&s;he &s;quier to iu&s;t with hym. Cap. CCC .lxv.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Buckyng+ham and his hoo&s;t had well re&s;ted them at Maylleroyes the vicount. Than they toke coun&s;ayle to drawe in to Ga+&s;tenoyes. Than they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Dyone / &amp; theyr <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oreryders went to the faubories of Se~ce. and the next day they lodged at &s;aynt John~s of Ne+mour and therabout and than at Beau&s;e in ga+&s;tenoyes. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the hoo&s;t taryed thre dayes bycau&s;e of the good ple~tyfull countre that they founde there. Than they toke coun&s;ayle / why|der they &s;hulde holde and kepe the playne way of Beau&s;e / or els by the ryuer of Loyre. Than they determyned to take the way of Beau&s;e / &amp; to go towardes Tourey in Beau&s;e. In the ca|&s;tell of Tourey was the lorde of &s;aynt Pye / &s;ir Olyuer of Manny / &s;ir Guy of Baueux / and a great nombre of men of warre. And at yenuyll in Beau&s;e was the lorde of Uylames / the Bar|roy&s;e of barres and dyuers other / about .iii. C. &s;peares. So thus in all the ca&s;tels and fortre&s;|&s;es <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Beau&s;e / there were men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;et / to re &s;y&s;t agayn&s;t thengli&s;&s;hmen. The engly&s;&s;he vo+warde came and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with the~ of Tou|rey / and dyuers hurt on bothe partes. There the erle of Buckyngham and all his hoo&s;t was lodged about / and founde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> great plenty o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vitayls. At the &s;crimy&s;&s;he before Tourey / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;quyer of Beau&s;e auaun&s;ed him &s;elfe w^t|out any &s;ettyng on by any other per&s;on / &amp; came to the barryers &s;crimy&s;&s;hynge / and &s;ayd to the engly&s;&s;hmen. Sirs / is there any gentylman a+mong you / that for the loue of his lady wyll do any dede of armes. If there be any / here I am redy to i&s;&s;ue out armed at all peces a hor&s; backe to ren thre cour&s;es with a &s;peare / to &s;tryke thre &s;trokes with an axe / &amp; thre &s;trokes with a dag|ger. Nowe let vs &s;e if there be any amorous a|monge you. This &s;quyer was called Gawen Mychaell. This worde and reque&s;t was anon &s;predde among the engly&s;&s;hmen. Than an en|gly&s;&s;he &s;quyer / called Joachym Cathore: &s;tept forthe / and &s;ayd. I am here / redy to delyuer his reque&s;t: let hym come out of the ca&s;tell. Than the lorde Fitz water mar&s;hall of the hoo&s;t / came to the barryers / and &s;ayd to &s;ir Guy le Baueux Cau&s;e your &s;quyer to co~e forthe / he &s;hall fynde one wyll be <ABBR>gladd</ABBR> to delyuer him / and we &s;hall a&s;&s;ure hym in all thynges. Gawen Mychaell was right ioyou&s;e of tho&s;e wordes / and armed hym incontynent / and the lordes dyde helpe to arme hym / and &s;ette hym a hor&s; backe. So he y&s;&s;ued out of the ca&s;tell and thre with him / and the varlettes bare: thre &s;peares / thre axes / and thre daggers. He was greatly regarded by the engly&s;&s;hmen / for they beleued afore / that there was no frenche man that wolde fyght body for body. And in the &s;ame chalenge / they &s;hulde ha+ue thre &s;trokes with the &s;werde: &s;o he had al&s;o thre &s;werdes borne after hym.</P>
<P>THe erle of Buckingham was enformed of this chalenge / &amp; &s;ayd. Howe he wolde go and &s;e it hym &s;elfe. And &s;o he mou~ted on his hor&s;e / and the erle Stafforde and the erle Dy|me&s;tre with hym / and for this cau&s;e &s;ea&s;ed the a&s;&s;aut at Tourey&punc; the engly&s;&s;hmen drewe thy|der to &s;e the&s;e iu&s;tes: than the engly&s;&s;hman ca~e forthe armed at all peces mou~ted on a good hor+&s;e. Whan they were come in to the place / there &s;peares were delyuered them / and &s;o ran eche at other / and my&s;&s;ed by rea&s;on of &s;tryuinge of their hor&s;es. The &s;econde cour&s;e they met and ataynted. Than therle of Buckyngham &s;ayd / hola: cea&s;e for it is late. And than he &s;ayd to the con&s;table / cau&s;e the~ to cea&s;e / for they haue done ynough for this day. They &s;hall ende their en|terpri&s;e another &s;ea&s;on at more <ABBR>ley&s;ar</ABBR> / than we haue as nowe. and take good hede / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the french
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&s;quyer lacke nothyng / but lette hym be as well kept as oure owne &s;quyer. And &s;hewe or cau&s;e to be &s;hewed to the~ of the ca&s;tell / that they take no care for their &s;quyer / for he &s;hall go with vs to &abper;forme his enterpri&s;e / nat as a pri&s;oner / for if he &s;cape a lyue / he &s;hall returne agayne with out parell. The erles wordes were acomply&s;h|&s;hed / and it was &s;hewed to the &s;quier / by y^e mar+&s;hall / howe he &s;hulde ryde with them without any <ABBR>daunger</ABBR> / and whan the erle is content / ye &s;hall be delyuered. &s;ir quod the &s;quyer / as god wyll &s;o be it. And a haraude was &s;ent to the ca|&s;tell / to &s;hewe all the mater to them within.</P>
<P>&para; The next day they rode to ye~uyll in Beau&s;e alwayes beyng in hope to fyght with their ene|myes / for well they knewe / howe they were pur+&s;ued and co&s;ted on all parties by the frenchmen who were as great a nombre as they were / or greatter. And to &s;ay the trouthe / the frenche lor+des / knightes and &s;quiers / had great wyll and de&s;yre to fight with the engly&s;&s;hmen / and &s;ayd among them &s;elfe. Howe it was a great &s;hame to &s;uffre them &s;o longe vnfought withall. And whan they &s;pake to the kynge therof / he &s;ayd e|uer to them. Sirs / let the~ alone to kepe on their waye / they &s;hall at lengthe le&s;e them &s;elfe. So thus the engly&s;&s;hmen kept forthe their waye / to thentent to entre in to Bretayne. And as ye ha|ue harde / in yenuyll in Beau&s;e / there were mo than thre hundred &s;peres / and all the hoo&s;t pa&s;|&s;ed by before the barryers / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a lytell &s;cri+my&s;&s;he and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed forthe / for they lo&s;t their payne / and without yenuylle there was a fayre wyndmyll / the whiche was beaten downe. So the erle of Buckyngham came to yt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ruyll / and alighted at the hou&s;e of the te~plers / and the vo|uarde went to Puy&s;et. And they were aduerty|&s;ed / howe that there was a &s;tronge towre and a xl. companyons within. Thengly&s;&s;hmen went and a&s;&s;ayled it &punc; it &s;tode on the playne grounde with lytell defence. So there was a great a&s;|&s;aut / but it endured nat longe / for the engly&s;&s;he archers &s;hotte &s;o holly toguyder / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none dur&s;t apere at any defence: So the towre was taken / and all they within &s;layne or taken. And than thengly&s;&s;hmen &s;ette fyre in the towre and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed forthe / for they coulde fynde no good waters / whiche was a great my&s;chefe for them. Than they came to Ermoyne and loged <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and fro thens wente and lodged in the fo|re&s;t of Marcheaunoy.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the iu&s;t&abis; bytwene Gawen My+chaell fraun&s;ois / &amp; Joahym Cathore angloys: and of the word&abis; that kyng Charles of Fraunce &s;ayd on his deth bedde. Cap. CCC .lxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_WIthin the fore&s;t of Mar cheaunoye was an abbey of monkes Se&s;teau&s;e / wherin were noble hou&s;es and buyl|dynges of olde tyme. it was edified &amp; bylded / by a valya~t &amp; noble man therle of Bloys and he gaue thervnto reuene wes and rentes / but the warres had &s;ore myni&s;&s;hed their lyue|lode. There the erle of Buckynghame lodged and herde ma&s;&s;e on our lady day in Septem|bre. And there it was ordayned / that Gawen Mychaell &s;hulde furny&s;&s;he his chalenge / aga|yn&s;t Joachym Cathore the nexte day. the &s;ame day thengly&s;&s;hmen came towarde Marcheau noy / and within the towne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was capitayne the &s;ame tyme / a knyght of that countre / called &s;ir Wyllyam of &s;aynt Martyne / a ryght &s;age knyght and a valyant in armes. Whan the en|gly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe the maner of that ca&s;tell / they withdrewe to their lodgynges. The lorde Fitz water came before the ca&s;tell of Uerby / nat to gyue any a&s;&s;aute vnto it / but to &s;peke with the lorde therof at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> barryers / bycau&s;e they knewe eche other. They had ben toguyder before that tyme in Pruce. So the lorde Fitz water know|ledged hym &s;elfe to the lorde of Uerby / and de|&s;yred hym for olde acquayntance / to &s;ende him &s;ome of his wyne of his courte&s;y / and promy|&s;ed to &s;aue all his landes fro brennyng and wa|&s;tynge. The lorde of Uerby &s;ent hym wyne lar+gely / and thretie myches therwith / for the whi|che the lorde Fytz water gaue hym great than|kes / and kept well his promy&s;e. The next daye after our lady day / Gawen Mychaell and Jo|chyme Cathore armed theym and mounted on their hor&s;es / to performe their enterpri&s;e. So they met at the &s;peare poyntes rudely / the fre~ch &s;quyer iu&s;ted right ple&s;antly / the engly&s;&s;hman ranne to lowe / for he &s;trake the frenchman depe in to the thygh. Wherwith the erle of Bucking ham was ryght&s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;o were all thother lordes: &amp; &s;ayd / howe it was &s;hameful+ly ron. Than eche of them &s;trake thre &s;trokes with their &s;werdes / than therle &s;ayd howe they had done ynough (and &s;ayd) howe they &s;hulde
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<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">han Gawen Mychaell was vnarmed / and the erle &s;ent hym by an haraude a hundred fra~|kes and gaue hym leaue to depte home agayn to his owne company. Sendyng them worde / howe he had acquyted hym right valiantly. &s;o this Gawen Mychaell retourned agayne to y^e frenche lordes / and the engly&s;&s;hemen departed fro Marcheaunoy / and toke the way towarde Uandoue / but or they came there / they lodged in the fore&s;t of Coulonbers.</P>
<P>_YE haue herde before: howe the fre~|che kyng had &s;ent dyuers treaties and couenauntes / to certayne tow+nes in Bretayne: to the entent that they &s;hulde nat open their townes to the engly&s;&s;hmen. Shewyng the~ that if they dyde otherwy&s;e / they &s;hulde &s;oore tre&s;pa&s;&s;e a|gayn&s;t hym / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it &s;hulde be in&abper;donable. they of Naunces had &s;ent to the kyng &s;ecretely / that he &s;hulde be in no doute of them. Promy&s;inge / they wolde make no treatie / that &s;hulde be a|gayn&s;t the kynge their lorde / &s;o that yf the en|gly&s;&s;hmen dyde aproche their towne / than the kynge to &s;ende them &s;ome &s;ocoure / to the whi|che the frenche kyng was well agreed / and had charged his coun&s;ayle to take hede therto. Of all the&s;e treaties / &s;ir Johan de Bulle hadde the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e therof vnder the duke of Aniou who lay at Angers. The duke of Burgoyne was in the cytie of Mans and therabout / and in the ca+&s;telles and fortere&s;&s;es there aboute / there were the&s;e lordes. The duke of Burbone / the erle of Bare / the lorde Coucy / the erle Ducke / and the duke a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Lorayne / and &s;o moche people / that they were aboue the nombre of &s;ixe thou&s;ande men of armes / who &s;ayde amonge them &s;elfe. Howe they wolde whyder the kynge wolde or nat / fight with the engly&s;&s;hemen / or they were pa&s;t the tyuer of Sartie / the whiche departeth Mayne and An<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">owe. &para; The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on a &s;ickene&s;&s;e toke the frenche kynge wherby hym &s;elfe and all &s;uche as loued hym / were greatlye di&s;comforted: for they &s;awe in hym no remedy but that &s;hortly he &s;hulde dye. He knewe it well hym &s;elfe howe he coude nat lyue longe / for &s;o &s;ayde all his phi&s;ycions and &s;urgyons / I &s;hall &s;hewe you why.</P>
<P>IT was of trouthe as the common brunte ranne / that the kynge of <ABBR>Nauetr</ABBR> / whan the frenche kyng was but duke of Normandy and lay there / he wolde haue poy&s;oned him. &s;o that the kyng receyued the poy&s;on / and was in the ca&s;e / that all the heare of his body went of / and all the nayles of his handes and fete / and than all his body became as drie as a &s;taffe: &s;o that he was without remedy. The emperoure of Rome his vncle / whan he herde &s;peakynge of his malady / he &s;ent hym a conyng phi&s;ycion the greatte&s;t may&s;ter reputed in that arte / that was as than in all the worlde. Whan this may|&s;ter was come in to Fraunce to the kynge / who as than was but duke of Normandy / and had ones knowlege of his di&s;ea&s;e: he &s;aid he knewe well that he was poy&s;oned / and was in greate parell of dethe. And &s;o he dyde there / one of the greatte&s;t cures that hath been herde of / for he kylled the venym within hym / or the be&s;t parte therof. and made his heer and nayles to growe agayne / and made hym hole / and brought him agayne to his &s;trength. This venym euer y&s;|&s;ued out of hym lytell and lytell at his arme by a lytell pype. and whan this may&s;ter departed out of Fraunce / he gaue the kynge a receyte to v&s;e as long as he lyued / and he &s;ayd to the kyn|ge and to the~ that were about him. Loke whan this y&s;&s;ue by this pype drieth vp / than &s;urely ye &s;hall dye. But ye &s;hall haue a fyftene dayes re|&s;pyte after ye fall &s;icke or euer ye dye / to remem+bre your &s;oule. So the kynge remembred well his wordes / &amp; bare this pype .xxii. dayes / whi|che thynge often tymes aba&s;&s;hed hym. And &s;u|che phi&s;ycions as he had moo&s;t tru&s;t in / they of ten tymes reioy&s;ed hym / and &s;ayd. Sir / by the good medycins that ye haue we &s;hall make you to lyue long in great ioye / wherin he had great tru&s;t. Be&s;yde this / the kyng had other di&s;ea&s;es right greuous / and &s;pecially in his tethe / wher+of he hadde marueylous payne. And the kynge knewe well by the&s;e maladyes / y^t he &s;hulde nat lyue longe. At his later dayes / the thynge that moo&s;t conforted hym was / that god hadde &s;ent hym thre fayre chyldren / two &s;onnes and our doughter. Charles / Lewes / and Katheryne.</P>
<P>_WHan this i&s;&s;ue in his arme began to drie vp / the doutes of his dethe began to aproche. Than he pro|uyed therfore / for like a noble / pru+dent / and &s;age prince / as he was euer in all his warkes. He &s;ent for his thre bre|therne / the duke of Berrey / the duke of Bur|gone / and the duke of Burbone. and he let his &s;econde brother the duke of Aniowe alone / and &s;ent nat for hym / bycau&s;e he knewe well he was &s;o &s;ore gyuen to couy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ou&s;ne&s;&s;e. Than the king
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&s;ayde to the other thre. My fayre bretherne / by the ordynau~ce of nature I fele well and knowe howe I &s;hall nat lyue long. Wherfore I recom|maunde in to your kepyng my &s;onne Charles / and loke that ye v&s;e youre &s;elfe to him / as good vncles &s;hulde do to their nephewe / and than ye acquyte your &s;elfe to hym trewely / and crowne hym kynge as &s;oone as ye can after my dethe. Coun&s;ayle hym alwayes well and trewely / for in you lyeth all my tru&s;t. The chylde is yonge and lyght of &s;piryte / therfore it is great nede / that he be well coun&s;ayled and gouerned. And teche him or cau&s;e him to be taught / all the poin+tes and &s;tates ryall / the which he ought to kepe and mary hym in &s;o high a place that the realm maye fare the better therby. Longe a gone / I herde a may&s;ter of a&s;tronomy &s;ay and affirme that in his youthe he &s;hulde haue moche a do / and &s;hulde e&s;cape fro many daungerous parel+les. Wherfore I haue had dyuers ymagmacy|ons howe it might be / without it growe by rea+&s;on of Flau~ders / for thanked be god / as for the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of this our realme of Fraunce / &s;tan|dethe in right good poynte. The duke of Bre|tayne is a craftie and a &s;ubtell man / and hath hadde alwayes his herte rather engly&s;&s;he than frenche. Wherfore it wyll be requy&s;ite / that ye kepe the noble men and good townes of Bre|tayne in loue and amyte / wherby ye&s;hall breke parte of his ente~t. I pray&s;e greatly the bretons for alwayes they haue &s;erued me and helpte to kepe my realme fro myne ennemyes. And I wyll ye make the lorde Cly&s;&s;on co~&s;table / for all thynges con&s;ydred / I &s;e no man &s;o mete as he for that offyce. Seke for &s;ome maryage for my &s;onne Charles in Almaygne / to the entent that our alyaunce might be the &s;tronger. ye well vn+der&s;tande / how our aduer&s;ary the kyng of En|glande wyll mary there / to haue the more aly|aunce. The poore people of our realme / ar &s;ore oppre&s;&s;ed and tourmented by him &amp; his. Ther+fore putte them away as &s;hortely as ye can / for they are thynges though I haue &s;u&s;tayned the~ / that greueth me ryght &s;ore / and lyeth heuy in my courage. But the great alyance that we ha|ue in y^e good townes of Bretayne / hath cau&s;ed me to forbere fightynge with them / &s;o longe as we haue done.</P>
<P>THe kynge &s;pake dyuers other wordes / the whiche I canne nat re&s;yte. At this reher&s;all was the duke of Aniowe ab&s;ent. The kyng douted hym / bycau&s;e he was &s;o couytous but thoughe the kynge dyde ab&s;ent hym at the houre of his dethe / and putte hym farre of fro the bu&s;yne&s;&s;es of the realme of Fraunce. yet the duke of Aniowe thought to medyll <ABBR>neuer</ABBR> the le&s;&s;e for all his ab&s;ence / for he had alwayes me&s;+&s;angers comynge and goynge bytwene Paris and Angers / who euer reported to hym the cer+tayntie of the kynge his brother. And al&s;o the duke had &s;ome &s;ecrete per&s;ons alwayes about the kynge / by whome he knewe euery thynge. for the &s;ame day that the kynge dyed he was in Paris / and nere to the kynges chambre / and &s;o thought to prepare for him&s;elfe (as ye &s;hall <ABBR>her</ABBR> after) But nowe we wyll pur&s;ue on our mater as touchyng the engly&s;&s;hmen goyng in to Bre+taygne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the lorde of Mauuoy&s;on who was taken pri&s;oner by the engli&s;&s;he|men / and of the lorde of Ha~ge&s;t who &s;kaped / &amp; of the dethe of kyng Char|les of Fraunce the fifte of that name. Cap CCC .lxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Buc|kyngham yonge&s;t &s;onne to kyng <ABBR>Edward</ABBR> the thirde de+parted fro the fore&s;t of Mar+cheaunoy they rode towar|des Uandon / and to the fo|re&s;t of Colombiers. There rode to gyder &s;ir Thomas Triuet / and &s;ir wil+lyam Clynton / and with them a .xl. speres / and by aduenture they encountred on the way the lorde of Hange&s;t comyng fro Uandone / with a xxx. &s;peares. The engli&s;&s;hmen knewe inconty|nent that they were fre~chmen / and &s;o ran feir&s;ly at them. The frenchmen &s;awe they were ouer matched / and thought nat therfore to abyde the~ al&s;o they were nat farre of fro Uandone. So they rode thyderwarde as fa&s;t as they myght / and the engly&s;&s;hmen after / and there was ouer throwen with a &s;peare / &s;ir Robert of Hange&s;t / co&s;yn to the lorde of Ha~ge&s;t / and John~ of Mo~|decryes and &s;yxe other were taken~e pri&s;oners. The lorde of Hange&s;t came &s;o to the barryers / that they were opyn as his happe was / and &s;o entred in therat. And than toke his &s;peare / and tourned hym to defence right valiantly / but the engly&s;&s;hmen hadde a twelfe pri&s;oners.
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> The &s;ame day<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">de forthe &s;ir Robert Ca|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ll and his company / who encountred y^e lorde of Mauuoy&s;on / defendyng him &s;elfe right va|liantlye / Howe be it finally &s;ir Robert Canoll toke h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">m his owne handes. the &s;ame daye the hoo&s;t pa&s;&s;ed by Uandone and wente to Au&s;ey / and the next day to &s;aynt Cales and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re&s;ted two dayes / and than went to Pount Uolayne. Thus the engly&s;&s;hmen rode forthe and founde no man that &s;pake agayn&s;t them / &s;o all the cou~|trey was full of men of warre. There were a great nombre in the cytie of Mauns / and the duke of A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ou rode by Towres in Tourayne / by Bloyes and by Orlyaunce / and &s;o came to Parys. For he had knowledge howe his bro|ther the kynge laye in great ieopardy / and nat likely <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o &s;cape / wherfore he thought to be at his dyeng. His men of armes kepte &s;tyll their ga|ry&s;ons and pur&s;ued theng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;&s;hmen. The men of armes of Fraunce ordayned to trouble the engly&s;&s;hmen as moche as they might. Thyn|kynge to enclo&s;e them in the countrey / and &s;o to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">amy&s;&s;he them if they coude / and than to fyght with them at their aduantage / whyder the fren+che kynge wolde or nat. And they made on the pa&s;&s;age of the ryuer of Sartre / where as they thought the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e / great de+fence. and brought thyder great pyles of wode and dra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e them downe by force in to the ryuer / wherby no man coude pa&s;&s;e there. And al&s;o at the y&s;&s;uinge out of the ryuer / they made great and depe dykes / &s;o that no ma~ coude pa&s;&s;e out. The erle of Buckyngham and his co~pany de|parted fro Pount Uolayne / and came to the ry+uer of Sartre and there re&s;ted / for they coulde fynde no pa&s;&s;age / for the ryuer was great and depe and yuell to pa&s;&s;e / but at certayne places. The vowarde rode a longe the ryuer &amp; coulde fynde no pa&s;&s;age / but there as the pyles were driuen in the water. Than the lordes a lyghted and aduy&s;ed well the pa&s;&s;age / and &s;ayde. We mu&s;t ned<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s pa&s;&s;e this &s;ame waye / if we wyll go any farther. Therfore let vs go to it &punc; &amp; by force drawe out the&s;e pyles. Thanne ye &s;hulde haue &s;ene lordes knyghtes / and &s;quyers entre in to the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> at aduenture / and toke great payne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">r they coulde gette out the&s;e pyles. Howe be it finally they drewe them out / and &s;o opyned the pa&s;&s;age with great payne.</P>
<P>NOwe ye may co~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ydre / that if the french men had as than pur&s;ewed them / and knowen o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> their dede they might haue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">age. For the forma&s;t coude nat haue ben ayded with them that came after / bycau&s;e of the great mary&s;&s;es that they hadde pa&s;t / but &s;o moche dyde the engly&s;&s;he men that they pa&s;&s;ed ouer / and &s;o came to Noyen on the ryuer of Sartre. &para; The &s;ame day that the engli&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Sartre / Char+les the frenche kynge dyed in his hou&s;e of &s;aynt Poule in Parys. And as &s;oone as the duke of A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">io we his brother knewe that his eyen were clo&s;ed / he toke and &s;ea&s;ed all the kynges iewels the whiche were without nombre &punc; and dyde put them in to &s;aue kepynge to his behoue. Thyn|kyng how they came right well to pa&s;&s;e / to ayd hym in his warres that he thought to make / for he wrote hym &s;elfe kynge of Cycell / of Pulle / of Calabre / and of H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">eru&s;alem.</P>
<P>THe frenche kynge was caryed through the cytie of Parys with open vi&s;age di&s;+couered / his bretherne and his two &s;onnes be|hynde hym to the abbey of &s;aynt Deny&s;e. and there he was buryed right honourably / in lyke maner as he hadde ordayned in his lyfe tyme / and &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy his con&s;table laye at his fete. And though that kynge Charles in his lyfe tyme had well ordayned for the gouer|nyng of the realme / howe it &s;hulde haue ben or|dayned. yet the duke of Aniou folowed nothin|ge that ordynaunce. For he toke on hym incon|tynent the gouernynge and reygned aboue all his bretherne. Howe be it he wolde that Char|les his nephewe &s;hulde be kynge / but he wolde haue the gouernyng of the realme aboue all o|ther / bycau&s;e he was the elde&s;t. And there was none in Fraunce that dur&s;t &s;aye agayn&s;t hym. Thus the kynge dyed about Myghelmas. A|none after his di&s;cea&s;e / the lordes of Frau~ce ad+uy&s;ed that &s;one after Halowen tyde they wolde crowne the yonge kyng Charles at Reynes / to the which coronacy on the thre vncles to the kyn+ge were well agreed. That is to &s;aye / the duke of Aniowe / the duke of Berrey / and the duke of Burgoyne / &s;o that they myght haue the go|uernynge of the realme / tyll the kynge came to the age of one and twe~tie yeres. To this &s;ware all the nobles and prelates of Fraunce. Than knowledge of the coronacyon of this yong kin+ge was gyuen in to outwarde partes / as to the duke of Brabant / to duke Aubert of Bauyer &punc; and to the erle of Sauoy: to the erle of Bloyes to the duke of Guerles / to the duke of Julyers / to the erle of Armynake / and to the erle of Foim&punc;
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(The duke of Barle / the duke of Lorayne / the lorde of Coucy / and the erle Dolphyne of Au|uergne) were &s;tyll in the pur&s;ute of the engly&s;h me~ / wherfore they were nat &s;ent for to be at this coronacyon. The erle of Flaunders was de&s;y|red to co~e thyder / the day was a&s;&s;igned on Al|halowen day / the whiche was on a &s;ondaye / as it fell that yere. Of the dethe of the frenche kyn|ge were they of Gaunt ryght &s;orie / for he dyde the~ moche good in their warre / for he loued but lytell the erle of Flaunders. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of the engly&s;&s;hmen / and leaue the corona+cyon of the frenche kyng.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engli&s;&s;hmen arryued in Bretayne / and howe the duke excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe of his long taryenge fro them. Cap. CCC .lxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl this &s;ea&s;on the en|gly&s;&s;hmen knewe no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hynge of the parell that the frenche kyng was in / and were pa&s;|&s;ed the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Loyre / and were lodged at Nogen. and than departed and wente to Porle a two leages fro Sable / and all the po|wer of France / was as than in the cite of Ma~s and therabout / but they dyde nothynge but al|wayes coo&s;ted the engly&s;&s;hmen. Some &s;ayde they wolde fight with theym / but whan the ty|dynges came amonge theym / howe the frenche kyng was deed. Than their purpo&s;e was bro|ken / for dyuers of the lordes returned in to Fra~+ce to herken for tidynges. And &s;o the engly&s;&s;he men lay &s;tyll a thre or foure dayes / than they de+parted and went to &s;aint Peters of Auren / and fro thens to Argens. and the next day the hoo&s;t pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Mayenne / thorough a ma|rys with great payne / for they coulde nat pa&s;&s;e but two or thre a front the &s;pace of two leages&punc; If the frenchmen had knowen therof / and had a&s;&s;ayled the vowarde / the re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ewarde coude na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> haue gyuen them any mane<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of helpe. The en|gly&s;&s;hmen doubted moche that pa&s;&s;age / howe beit they pa&s;&s;ed it and came to Co&s;&s;e / and were there four dayes &punc; alwayes in hope to here &s;ome newes out of Bretaine. The duke of Bretayne was in Hanybout / in the marche&s;&s;e of Uannes and herde often tymes worde of the engly&s;&s;he|men / howe they aproched nere to Bretaygne. And he wy&s;t nat well as than / how to be demea+ned / for whan the dethe of the frenche kyng was &s;hewed to hym / he lette it &s;oone ouerpa&s;&s;e / for he loued hym but a lytell / and &s;ayd to them that were about hym. The rancoure and hate that I had to the realme of Fraunce / bycau&s;e of kyn+ge Charles nowe deed / is mini&s;&s;hed more than the one halfe. Such haue hated the father / that haue loued right well the &s;onne / and &s;ome haue made warre to the father / that after hath aye|ded the &s;onne. Howe be it I mu&s;t acquyte me trewely agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen / for they been come hyder at my reque&s;t / and haue pa&s;&s;ed tho+roughe the realme of Frau~ce. Therfore I mu&s;t kepe that I haue promy&s;ed to them. There is one harde poynt for me and for them / for I vn|der&s;tande that the good townes of Bretaygne are clo&s;ed fa&s;t / and wyll nat &s;uffre them to entre And thervpon the duke called his coun&s;ayle to hym / as the lorde of Mounbour&s;yer / &s;ir Ste|phyn Guyon / &s;ir Wylliam Tanneguy / &s;ir Eu|&s;tace Hou&s;&s;ey / &s;ir Geffray Caiemelle / and the Le&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ewe of Lyon / and &s;ayd to them. Sirs / ye &s;hall ryde and mete the erle of Buckynghame / who aprocheth nere to this our countre of Bre+taygne. I thynke ye &s;hall mete them nat farre hens / wherfore go and reco~maunde me to hym and &s;alute all the other lordes / and &s;ay vnto th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fro me / that &s;hortly I wyll be at Reyns to mete them there. Therfore lette them take that way / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> we &s;hall all togyder take aduy&s;e / how we &s;hall contynue forthe. And &s;hewe them how I fynde nat my countre in the &s;ame poynt that it was in / whan I &s;ent for them in to England &punc; wherwith I am ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;pe|cially with them of Nauntes / who rebell more than any other. So the&s;e knyghtes departed with their me&s;&s;age and rode towarde Nau~tes and in their company a fortie &s;peares. The en|gly&s;&s;hmen departed fro Co&s;&s;e / and entred into the fore&s;t of Grauell / and pa&s;&s;ed throughe and came to Uyter in Bretayne &punc; for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were better a&s;&s;ured than they were before / for thanne they knewe well they &s;huld no more be pur&s;ued by the frenchemen / and fro thens they wente to Chateau Briant and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re&s;ted / bycau&s;e of co+mynge of the dukes knightes thyder to them.</P>
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UHe erle of Buckyngham and the <ABBR>other</ABBR> lordes of Englande / receyued the &s;ayde knightes me&s;&s;angers / to the duke of Bretayne right honorably / and there they had toguyder great coun&s;ayls / and the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;ayde to them / howe they had great marueyle / that the duke of Bretayne nor the countrey were nat o|therwy&s;e aparelled. Than it apered to receyue them / &s;eyng they were come thyder at their re|que&s;t / and taken &s;uche payne / as to pa&s;&s;e tho|rought the realme of Fraunce. Than the lorde Mounbour&s;yer &s;pake for all the re&s;ydue / in ex|cu&s;ynge of the duke / and &s;ayde. My lordes / ye haue good cau&s;e &amp; rea&s;on to &s;aye as ye do. And as for the duke / he is in great wyll to kepe and to acomply&s;&s;he the ordynaunces and couenan|tes that he made with you / and you with hym / accordynge to his power / but he canne do acor+dynge to his wyll. And &s;pecially he canne nat rule them of Nau~tes / whiche is the kay of Bre+taygne / who are as nowe rebelles / and haue de+termyned to receyue into their towne menne of warre of the frenche partie. Wherof my lorde the duke is gretly marueyled / for they were the fir&s;t that alyed theym &s;elfe with the other good townes of Bretaygne / to haue taken his parte and yours. Al&s;o my lorde thynketh / they haue made a newe treatie and aliance with the newe yonge frenche kynge / who &s;hall be crowned at Halowmas next comyng. Wherfore &s;irs. My lorde de&s;yreth you to holde hym excu&s;ed. And moreouer / that ye wyll take the way towardes Reynes / &amp; thyder he wyll come to you / hauyng great de&s;yre to &s;e you / and of this he wyll natte fayle. The&s;e wordes greatly contented the erle of Buckyngham and the engly&s;&s;hmen / &amp; &s;ayd. howe the duke coulde &s;aye no better. Than the dukes me&s;&s;angers retourned agayne to Hani|bout / and &s;o to Uannes to the duke. And the en+gly&s;&s;hemen taryed at the ca&s;tell Briaunt foure dayes / and than departed and came to the &s;ub|barbes of Reyns but the gates of the cite were clo&s;ed / and wolde &s;uffre no man of armes to en+tre in to the cytie. But the erle of Buckingham the lorde Latymer / &s;ir Robert Canolle / and a &s;ixe other were lodged within the cytie / and the dukes cou~&s;ayle. and there they taryed a fyftene dayes abydinge for the duke of Bretayne who came nat / wherof they hadde great marueyle. Within the cytie of Reyns was the lorde Mon teraulewe the lorde of Mountforde in Bretay+gne / &s;ir Geffray of Quarmell / &s;ir Alaye de la Hou&s;&s;ey capitayne of Reynes / and &s;ir Eu&s;tace his brother: and dayly they excu&s;ed the duke of Bretayne. I canne nat &s;ay whyder they hadde good cau&s;e &s;o to do or nat but the engly&s;&s;hmen began nat to be well content / bycau&s;e the duke came nat. They of Nauntes kepte their cytie clo&s;e / for they were nat well a&s;&s;ured of the en|gly&s;&s;hmen that were lodged at Reynes / wher|fore they &s;ente to the duke of Aniowe / who had made all the treaties with them. &s;hewyng hym howe they were nat &s;tronge of the~&s;elfe to kepe and defende their cytie / if they &s;hulde haue any a&s;&s;aut / without he wolde &s;ende them &s;ome men of armes: de&s;yringe hym &s;o to do. To their re|que&s;t agreed the foure dukes that hadde the re|alme in gouernaunce / Aniowe / Berrey / Bur|goyne / and Burbone. And &s;o they &s;ent thyder mo than &s;ixe hundred &s;peares of good men of armes / men of e&s;tate and of gret valure. Thus they of Nauntes were well co~forted / and the&s;e men of armes entended to repayre the towne in all poyntes / and to bringe it into that ca&s;e / able to re&s;y&s;t any a&s;&s;aut gyuen therto.</P>
<P>_THe engli&s;&s;hmen beyng at Reynes and therabout / began to <ABBR>murmur</ABBR> and to grudge agayn&s;t the duke / bycau&s;e he came nat. And tha~ they determyned to &s;ende vnto hym / &amp; &s;ir Thomas Percy and &s;ir Thomas Tryuet was ordayned to go to the duke / and with the~ a fyue hundred &s;peares to conducte and dy&s;co|uer them / and as many archers. And &s;o they de+parted on a thur&s;daye / and the hoo&s;t on the &s;a|turday after. And than the erle of Buckynge|ham wente and lodged at &s;aynt Sulplyces in Bretaygne / and there taryed a thre dayes. and than he went to Ca~bore / and there taryed foure dayes. And the duke of Bretayne was as than departed fro Hanybout and was come to Uan+nes / and euery daye he knewe the demeanyng of thengly&s;&s;hmen by his owne menne / &s;uche as were with them. Than he determyned all thyn+ges con&s;ydred to &s;peke with them / for acordyn|ge to his honour / and to &s;uche alyaunces as he had made with them / he coude no lengar driue them of. And vnder&s;tode howe &s;ir Robert Ca|noll / &s;ir Thomas Percy / and &s;ir Thom~s Try+uet were comyng towarde hym. Than he toke the way to go to Reyns / and the &s;ame day that he departed fro Uannes / he met with the&s;e en|gli&s;&s;he knightes. Than they made great reioy+&s;ynge eche of other in the felde / and the duke de+maunded tidynges of therle of Buckyngham.
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The knihgtes an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd. howe they left hym at Reynes right marueylou&s;ly di&s;plea&s;ed bycau&s;e he herde no worde fro hym. The duke excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe / and &s;ayd: howe by his faithe he was no le&s;&s;e troubled than he was. than they rode all toguyder / and were welcome to Uan|nes / and than they had knowledge howe the en+gly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t was dy&s;lodged fro Cambre / and were comynge towardes Hayde and to Mau|&s;eyre they helde that waye. The next day therle of Buckyngham and the duke mette / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;hewed great loue bytwene them. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the duke right hone&s;tly excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe to therle &amp; to the~gli&s;&s;hmen / in that he had taryed &s;o long but he &s;ayde the cau&s;e was / bycau&s;e he founde nat his countre &s;o well di&s;po&s;ed / as he had tru|&s;ted they had been / wherfore he coude nat kepe his promy&s;e that he had made to the engly&s;&s;he+men / in the begynnyng of &s;omer. Than an&s;we+red the erle and &s;ayde. Fayre <ABBR>brother</ABBR> of Bre|tayne for all that / &amp; ye wyll we wyll nat abyde / but that we &s;hall correcte your rebels / for what with the ayde and puy&s;&s;ance that ye haue / and ours toguyder: and that day lye maye come to vs out of Englande. We &s;hall bringe vnder yo^r &s;ubgettes in &s;uche wy&s;e / that they &s;hall be hap|py / whan they may co~e to axe your mercy, with &s;uche wordes and other / they were long toguy+der talkynge: and than eche of theym drewe to their lodgynge / and the next daye they rode to|guyder. And it was determyned / that the erles coun&s;ayle &s;hulde go to Reynes with the duke / and ther to co~clude all their maters. The &s;ame night the duke of Bretayne and the erles coun|&s;ayle abode at the <ABBR>Mau&s;eyr</ABBR> / and the erle retur+ned to Hayde. and &s;o the next day the duke we~t to Reynes / and the lorde Latymer / &s;ir Robert Canoll / &s;ir Thomas Percy / &s;ir Thomas Try uet / and the erles coun&s;ayle in his company. &s;o they were thre dayes cou~&s;ayling their maters.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Bretayne &amp; the engly&s;&s;hmen be&s;eged Nauntes / and of the coronacyon of kyn+ge Charles the &s;ixt of that name / and of the &s;cri|my&s;&s;he done be|fore Naun|tes. Cap CCC .lxix.</HEAD>
<P>_AT the la&s;t coun&s;ayle it was acorded and &s;worne on the holy euangely&s;tes / that the duke of Bretayne <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> come and lay &s;iege to Nau~|tes / in the erle of Buckyng|hams company / within fyf|tene dayes / after the comynge of the engly&s;&s;he+men thyder. And y^t the duke of Bretayne &s;huld bringe and cau&s;e to be brought by the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Loyre / plentie of barges and barkes / the <ABBR>&s;orer</ABBR> therby to con&s;trayne them of Nau~tes. And the duke nor his men nat to departe fro the &s;iege / tyll the towne were wonne. All the thynges to conclude and to determyne / therle of Buckyng+ham was &s;ent for to Hayde / to be pre&s;ent at the confyrmynge of that treatie. So he came and lodged in the &s;ubbarbes of Reynes (as he had done before) So the erle and the lordes entred in to Reynes / and they dyned all with the duke And there the Duke &s;olempnely &s;ware by his faythe and by the holy euangely&s;tes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> come with all his power before Nauntes / and thervpon departed and went to Hanibout. and the engly&s;&s;hemen abode at Reynes / and there they were a fyftene dayes orderyng their bu&s;y|ne&s;&s;e. Of all the&s;e maters they of Naunt&abis; were well enfourmed / and howe they &s;hulde be be&s;e|ged. Wherfore they ordayned theym &s;elfe redy to receyne them. One of the greatte&s;t capytens within Nauntes / was &s;ir Johan of Baroyes of Barres / a ryght valyant &amp; an expert knight / and with hym <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the capitayne Cle&s;&s;on Johan of Ca&s;tell Moraunte / Morfonace / &s;ir Johan of Maletrayt / the lorde of Tournemyn and dyuers other / the floure of men of armes. They prouyded wy&s;ely for &s;uche thynges as they wanted / a&s;well for the ryuer as for the ga|tes and towres / on &s;uche parte as they thought the &s;iege &s;hulde be on.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue &s;pekyng of this <ABBR>mater</ABBR> and retourne to the coronacyon of the younge kynge Charles of Fraunce / who was the &s;ame tyme crowned at Reynes.</P>
<P>yE mu&s;t knowe / that nothyng was &s;pa+red touchyng noblene&s;&s;e / at the corona+cyon of the younge kynge Charles of Fraunce / who was crowned kyng on a &s;onday the .xii. yere of his age: the yere of oure lorde / a
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thou&s;ande thre hundred and four&s;core. At the &s;olempnyte of his coronacyon / were great no~|bre of great lordes. His foure vncles were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> we / Berrey / Burgoyne / and Burbone. And al&s;o his great vncles / Uyncelyn duke of Brabant / the duke of Bare / and y^e duke of Lo|rayne / the erle of Sauoy the erle de la marche / the erle of Ewe / &s;ir Wyllyam de Namure / but the erle of Flaunders / and the erle Johan of Bloyes ercu&s;ed them &s;elfe. there were many o|ther great lordes / whome I canne nat name. Thus the yonge kyng entred in to Reynes / the &s;aturday at euen&s;ongtyme / ryght well acompa+nyed with nobles and myn&s;trelles. and &s;pecial lye he had mo than .xxx. trumpettes before him and the kyng alighted before the churche of our lady of Reyns / his vncles and bretherne in his company. There were al&s;o his co&s;yns / yonge gentylmen of Nauer / of Labreth of Bare and of Harcourt. and a great nombre of yong &s;quy+ers / chyldren two great lordes of the realme of Fraunce. Whome the yonge kynge / the day of his coronacyon made them all knightes. The &s;aturday the kynge herde euen&s;ong in the chur+che of our lady / and as the v&s;age was: there he was the moo&s;t parte of the nyght / and all the newe knightes with him. And than the &s;onday A&s;halowen day / the churche was richely appa|relled / and there at the highe ma&s;&s;e &s;olempnely he was &s;acred and anoynted / by tharchby&s;&s;hop of Reynes / with the holy ampell / wherw^t &s;aynt Remy con&s;acred Clouis / the fir&s;t chri&s;ten kyn|ge that euer was in Fraunce. This oyntment was &s;ent downe by almighty god from heuyn by an holy angell. and euer&s;ythe the kynges of Fraunce hathe be con&s;acred therwith / and yet it apereth as it were nothyng touched / the whi+che is a right worthy and a noble thyng. before that: the kyng made all his yonge newe knigh|tes and than they went to the offyce of y^e ma&s;&s;e right &s;olempnely / and the archby&s;&s;hop of Rey|nes &s;ange the ma&s;&s;e. and there the yonge kynge was in habyte ryall in a chayre lypt vp on high apparelled with clothe of golde / and all y^e yong newe knyghtes on lower &s;caffoldes at his fete / couered with clothe of golde. There was the newe con&s;table of Frau~ce / &s;ir Olyuer of Cly&s;|&s;on / who was but late before cho&s;en to that of|fyce / who dyde right well his offyce / as it apar+teyned.</P>
<P>THe great lordes of Fraunce were there richely aparelled. The kynge &s;at in his mage&s;tie <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyall / with a right precyous &amp; ryche crowne on his heed. The church that day was &s;o full of noblene&s;&s;e / that a man might nat a re|moued his fete. And &s;o at this newe begynnin|ge of this yong kyng / to reioy&s;e therby the peo+ple of Fraunce: All maner of impo&s;ycions / ay|des / gabelles: fowages / &s;ub&s;ydies / and <ABBR>other</ABBR> thynges yuell taken / wherby the realme was hurt &amp; enpoueri&s;&s;hed / were vtterly layd downe and &s;ette a part: the whiche greatly plea&s;ed the people. After ma&s;&s;e they we~t to the palais / and bycau&s;e the hall was to lytell to receyue &s;uche a nombre of people. There was made in y^e court of the palais / a hyghe and a great &s;tage coue|red / where as the dyner was ordayned. &amp; there &s;atte the yonge kyng and his fyue vncles / Bra+bant&punc; Aniowe / Berrey / Burgoyne / and Bur|bone / at the &s;ame table a farre of fro the kynge. and the archby&s;hop of Reyns and other prelat&abis; &s;at on his ryght hande / &amp; great lord&abis; &s;erued the~ all. The lorde Coucy / the lorde Cli&s;&s;on / &abser; Guy de la Tremoyll admyrall of y^e &s;ee / and dyuers other / on great cour&s;ers trapped to the erthe in clothe of golde. Thus in all honour that daye contynued / and the next day / many of the great lordes toke leaue of the kyng &amp; his vncles / and &s;o retourned in to their owne countrees. The &s;ame day the kynge went and dyned / at the ab|bey of &s;aynt Therrey two leages fro Reynes / for they of the abbey &s;hulde gyue hym that <ABBR>dy|ner</ABBR> / and they of Reynes the day whan he is &s;a+cred. Thus ended the fee&s;t of the coronacyon of kynge Charles of Fraunce.</P>
<P>tHan the kynge went to Parys / where as he was greatly fee&s;ted at his entre. And after all this fee&s;t and &s;olempny|te / there was a great coun&s;ayle on the gouer|nynge of the realme. and there it was ordayned that the duke of Berrey &s;hulde haue the gouer|nyng of Languedocke / the duke of Burgoyne of all Picardy and Normandy / and the duke of Aniou to abyde about the kyng / and to haue the princypall gouernynge and myni&s;tracyon of the realme. Than the erle of &s;aynt Poule was repealed agayne / who had been out of the fauour and grace of the kyng Charles la&s;t di&s;|cea&s;ed. And the duke of Aniowe and the duke of Brabant made his peace at Reyns in who&s;e fauoure greatlye was the erle of &s;aynt Poule / and &s;o he departed fro Hanne on the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> of Hewre in the by&s;&s;hopriche of Leage / where as he hadde layne a longe &s;pace. Than he retour|ned in to Fraunce and his wyfe with hym / and &s;o brought <ABBR>her</ABBR> vnto the ca&s;tell of Bouhaygne.
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And &s;o put out all tho&s;e that ocupyed his land&abis; and toke them agayne to his owne profyte. &para; Nowe let vs a lytell leaue &s;pekynge of the&s;e &s;ayd maters / and retourne to the in&s;ydentes of Bretayne / and to the erle of Buckyngham.</P>
<P>ye knowe howe the couenau~tes and treaties were made / bytwene the duke of Bretayne and the erle of Buckyngham / as to be&s;ege Nau~tes Whan the duke of Bretayne was departed fro Reynes / the lorde of Mounbrou&s;yer / &s;ir Ste|phyn Guyon / the lorde Hou&s;&s;ey in his compa|ny / rode to Uannes and towarde Hanyboute. And the erle of Buckyngham and his compa|ny ordayned to go to the &s;ege at Nauntes / and &s;o departed fro Reynes and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> about where as they were lodged / and went the &s;ame day &amp; lodged at Ca&s;tell Briant / and the nexte day at Bayne / and the thirde day at Tyeull / and the fourthe lodgyng / they toke in the foubours of Nauntes. And the erle was lodged at the gate of Saluetout / and the lorde Latymer co~&s;table of the hoo&s;t / the lorde Fytzwater / and the lorde Ba&s;&s;et / were loged at the gate &s;aynt Nicholas on the ryuer&s;yde. and &s;ir Wyllm~ Wyn&s;ore and &s;ir Hughe Caurell / were lodged amonge their folkes ryght honourably / as nere to the erle as they might. Within the towne was a great no~|bre of knightes and &s;quyers / of Bretaygne / of Beau&s;e / of Aniou / and of Mayne / who enten|ded to defende the towne. So they had all the charge therof / in &s;o moche that they of the tow|ne had no bu&s;yne&s;&s;e therwith. And it was &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> on &s;aynt Martyns nyght / &s;ir Johan of Bar|roys of Barres / &s;tyred and moued &s;ome of his company within the towne / and &s;ayde. Sirs / we &s;e well our enemyes are nere vs / and as yet we haue nat waked them. Therfore I cou~&s;ayle that this night / we go and &s;crimy&s;&s;he with the~. Certaynly &s;ir &abquod; they / ye &s;peke nobly: &s;hewe vs what ye wyll haue vs to do / and we &s;hall do it. So they gadered toguyder the &s;ame euenyng to the nombre of &s;ix&s;core of choy&s;e men. Than they opyned the gate of &s;aynt Peter / where as the con&s;table / The lorde Ba&s;&s;ette and the lorde Fytwater were lodged. So the frenchmen &s;et good order at the gate / bycau&s;e of their retrayt Capitayns of that company was / the Barrois of Barres / Johan of the ca&s;tell Morant / and the capitayne of Cly&s;&s;on: and &s;o they came on the hoo&s;t as they were at &s;upper / &amp; had to their crye the barres. So they entred in to their lod+ginges / and beate downe and hurt many than anone the engly&s;&s;hemen were raynged before their lodgynges. And whan the fre~chmen &s;awe that / they retourned and kept theym toguyder ryght &s;agely / and &s;o retourned to their towne. Than the engly&s;&s;hmen came thyder and &s;cry|my&s;&s;hed / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was entryng and puttyng backe and beatynge on bothe parties / and &s;o the fren|chemen entred into their barryers. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were dyuers &s;layne and hurt on bothe &s;ydes / but the Barroyes of barres entred agayne the towne with lytell domage. And &s;o this &s;crimy&s;he was reputed to be well done on bothe parties.</P>
<P>_ANd on &s;aynte Martyns daye at nyght / the Barroyes of Barres &s;pake to his company / and &s;ayde. Sirs / I thinke it were well done y^t tomorowe early / we toke a &s;ixe or &s;euyn great barges / and two hundred men and two hundred cro&s;bowes / and let vs go by the ryuer and vi&s;yte our ennemyes. They take but lytell hede on that &s;yde. So they were all a+greed / and the &s;ame nyght the gote their co~pa|ny toguyder / &amp; &s;o by day they were entred their be&s;&s;elles / and &s;o rowed downe the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> / and toke lande be&s;yde the lodgynges. Sir Johan Harle&s;ton was lodged therby and had a great lodgyng / and at the brekyng of the day the fren+chemen were rounde about his lodgynge / and a&s;&s;ayled it. Anone &s;ir Johan Harl&s;ton and his company were armed and redy at their defe~ce right valiantly / and archers &s;hotte agayn&s;t the cro&s;bowes. There was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he and dyuers hurt / and &s;urely that lodgyng had ben taken &amp; conquered / and &s;ir Robert Canoll had nat ben / who was lodged nat farre thens. And &s;o he and all his company with his <ABBR>baner</ABBR> dy&s;|played / came priuely to that parte. And al&s;o &s;ir Wyllyam Wynd&s;ore hadde knowledge therof / and &s;o he and all his co~pany came thyder / and &s;tyll engly&s;&s;hmen drewe to them fro all partes. Than the frenchmen drewe backe to the ryuer warde to come to their ve&s;&s;elles / &s;o at their re|tourne in to their barges / there was a &s;ore &s;cry|my&s;&s;he / and &s;o valiantly they departed. The capitayns dyde great feates of armes / howe be it there were &s;ome of the fre~chmen taken / &s;layne and drowned / and &s;o they retourned in to Nauntes. In &s;o moche that all that herde of this enter|pri&s;e / reputed it of gret va+lure.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the lettes that the duke of Bre|tayne had / in that he might nat come to the lege before Na&s;ites / and of the &s;crimy&s;&s;hes made there. Ca. ccc .lxx.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the engly&s;&s;hmen parceyued howe they of Na~+tes woke them &s;o often. than they tooke coun&s;ayle to kepe better watche. and &s;o it fortu+ned on a night / the .vii. night after that the barroys of bar+res had made his &s;crimy&s;&s;he he y&s;&s;ued agayne in the night at the gate / where the erle of Buc|kyngham was lodged / and with him a two hu~+dred men of armes and a hundred cro&s;bowes. The &s;ame night the almayns kept the watche / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> capitayns were / &s;ir Algars &amp; &s;ir Tho+mas of Rodes. Than the Barroys da&s;&s;hed in to the watche and hym&s;elfe one of the fir&s;t / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he and &s;ore beaten. Than they that were lodged about the erle / ro&s;e and went to the &s;crimy&s;&s;he. Whan the frenchemen parceyued howe the prea&s;e began to encrea&s;e &amp; multyply / they withdrewe towardes the gate and scrimy&s;&s;hed euer as they we~t. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were dyuers hurt with &s;hotte on bothe parties / and &s;pecially &s;ir Thomas of Rodes / a knight of Al+mayne / was &s;hotte through y^e ba&s;&s;enet into the heed / of the whiche &s;troke he dyed within thre dayes after / whiche was great domage / for he was a valyant knight. So the frenchmen and bretons entred agayne in to Nauntes with ly|tell domage / and had taken &s;ixe pri&s;oners. So thus the mater &s;tode / and thengly&s;&s;hmen euer made good watche / for euery night they loked for none other thyng / but to be waked and rey|&s;ed fro their re&s;t.</P>
<P>THus therle of Buckyngham lay before Nauntes / abyding dayly for the duke of Bretayne who came nat / and to that he had promy&s;ed and &s;worne nothynge kepte: wherof the erle hadde marueyle what he ment / that he coude here no tidynges fro him. The erle had &s;ent to him dyuers me&s;&s;angers and letters / &s;he wyng hym / howe he dyde yuell his deuoure / in that he wolde nat kepe his promy&s;e that he had made and &s;worne to acomply&s;&s;he in the cytie of Reynes. But for all the letters that therle &s;ent / he hadde neuer none an&s;were agayne. The en|gly&s;&s;hmen &s;uppo&s;ed that the me&s;&s;angers were &s;layne by the waye bycau&s;e none retourned a|gayne / and truely they were in great parell / &amp; all other men. without &s;o be they had ben of the &s;ame countre or well aco~panyed / for the wayes bytwene Nauntes and Hanybout were &s;o &s;ore watched / that none coude &s;cape that way with|out takyng. So that it &s;hulde be knowen from whens they came and whyder they wolde / to y^e entent that no letters nor worde &s;hulde go by|twene the duke and the erle / yf any &s;uche were taken they were &s;layne. Al&s;o the foragers of the hoo&s;t dur&s;t nat ryde forthe but in great compa+nyes / for the knightes and &s;quyers of the &s;ame countre were a&s;&s;embled togyder / and wolde in no wyfe that their land&abis; &s;hulde be haryed or o|uerryden. So that &s;omtyme whan they fou~de a .xx. or .xxx. of the engly&s;&s;hmen toguyder a fo|ragynge / they wolde &s;ette on them and take all that they had fro them / and &s;ore beate and hurt them / w^tout hauyng of any remedy. Wherwith they of the hoo&s;t were right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but they wy&s;t nat of who~e to haue ame~des. To &s;ay the trouthe / the duke of Bretayne him&s;elfe dyd a&s;moche as he coude to bring y^e men of his cou~+tre to be agreed to go and ley &s;ege to Nauntes with hym / acordyng to the promy&s;e that he had made to therle of Buckyngham. But he coude nat bringe it about / for it was playnly &s;ayde to hym / howe that nother knight nor &s;quyer of the countre wolde go with hym / to helpe to di&s;troy their owne countre for the warre of the engli&s;&s;h+men / nor as long as the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;hulde a|byde in Bretayne / they wolde neuer arme the~ to take his parte. Than the duke demau~ded of them / why they dyde than con&s;ente to &s;ende for thengly&s;&s;hmen. They an&s;wered / howe it was more for to gyue feare to the frenchmen / y^e they &s;hulde nat le&s;e their auncyent v&s;ages: rather than for any other thynge. And in ca&s;e that the frenche kyng wyll nothyng with the~ but good / they wyll make hym no warre. Other an&s;were the duke coulde nat haue of them: on the other parte the lorde Cly&s;&s;on con&s;table of Fraunce / the lorde of Dynant / the lorde de Lauall / the vi+cont of Rohan / the lorde of Rochforde / and all the great lordes of Bretayne / had all toguyder clo&s;ed fa&s;t their townes / and cau&s;ed them to be well kept. And &s;ayd to the duke / and cau&s;ed to be &s;hewed hym by their me&s;&s;angers / howe he &s;hulde be well aduy&s;ed what he dyde. Sayeng howe he was but &s;imply cou~&s;ayled / to &s;ende for the engly&s;&s;hmen to make warre and to di&s;troy his owne countre. Promy&s;inge hym / howe he &s;hulde haue no conforte of any of the~. And that yf he went to Nauntes to lay &s;iege there / as he
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had promy&s;ed to the engli&s;&s;hmen to do / whiche he ought nat to haue done / they wolde di&s;troy his landes in all parties / and put hym to &s;uche trouble / that he &s;hulde nat knowe well what to do. But if &s;o be he wolde knowledge and putte hym &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;aunce of the frenche kyng / as he ought to do. Than they &s;ayde they wolde do their be&s;t to make his peace with the yonge kynge. Sayeng al&s;o / howe &s;ome haue had their corage agayn&s;t kyng Charles nowe deed / that wyll come and abyde in the loue of his &s;on. Of the moo&s;t highe&s;t lordes of all Bre|taygne the duke was thus &s;erued / in &s;o moche that the duke wy&s;t nat what to &s;ay / for he coude fynde no &s;ure a&s;tate in his people / wherfore it behoued hym to di&s;&s;e~ble. and alwayes the &s;ege lay &s;tyll before Nauntes.</P>
<P>ON our lady daye in aduent at nyght / the frenchmen went to coun&s;ayle / determy|nynge to awake the hoo&s;t the &s;ame nyght / by|cau&s;e they had &s;o longe lyen &s;tyll. So there y&s;|&s;ued oute of the towne a two hundred &s;peares / wherof &s;ir Almery of Cly&s;&s;on co&s;yn germayne to the lorde Cly&s;&s;on / and the lorde of Amboy&s;e were capitayns and gouernours. And &s;o they entred in to the hoo&s;t <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as &s;ir Wyllm~ Wyn|&s;ore was lodged / they i&s;&s;ued at the gate of Rich+bourge / and the &s;ame night &s;ir Hughe Caurell kepte the watche. The &s;ame tyme the lorde of Amboy&s;e was made knight / and &s;ir Almery of Cly&s;&s;on made hym knyght. Than men of ar|mes frenchmen and bretons ca~e in with a fier&s;e wyll / and at the fir&s;t comyng they wan the bar|res of the watche / whiche was kept by &s;ir Wyl|lyam of Gy&s;enton. There was a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;h and many a man ouerthrowen / &s;ir Willm~ wyn &s;ore and &s;ir Hughe Caurell beyng in their ten|tes heryng the noy&s;e armed them / and ca~e thy|der as y^e chiefe noy&s;e was / there bothe parties fought valiantly. The frenchmen and bretons entred agayne in at the po&s;terne Richebourge / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they i&s;&s;ued out w^tout any great domage. And they had taken a knyght pri&s;oner / and ten other me~ of armes / and of their men <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were but thre taken.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the &s;crimy&s;&s;he that the barrois of Barres and Almery of Cly&s;&s;one made on Chri&s;tma&s;&s;e euyn / agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen beyng at Nauntes. Cap CCC .lxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe monday before the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y|gyll of Chri&s;tmas / there y&s;|&s;ued out of Nauntes in the euenyng at the gate of Sa|uetout<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ir Barrois of Bar|res and the lorde of Solette with &s;ix&s;core men of armes. They came and da&s;&s;hed in to the erle of Buc|kynghams lodgynge / and the &s;ame nyght the erle of Dome&s;tre kept the wathe. There was a great &s;crimy&s;&s;he and many a ma~ ouerthrowen but the engly&s;&s;hmen were <ABBR>byggerr</ABBR> thanne the frenchmen / wherfore they were driuen backe in to their baryers / and in at the gate byforce. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne and taken of them about .xvi. and there was &s;layne an engly&s;&s;he knight / cal|led &s;ir Hughe Tytiell / he was &s;tryken through his ba&s;&s;enet / wherof he dyed. Than euery man drewe to their lodgynges / and no more done y^t nyght. Than all the frenchmen determyned a|gayne to make a &s;crimy&s;&s;he on chri&s;tmas night withall their power / and &s;o kept their en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pri&s;e &s;ecrete. Therle of Buckyngham and the other engly&s;&s;hmen were awaked often tymes by the bretons &amp; frenchmen beyng w^tin Nau~tes. and al&s;o the foragers in the feldes had great payne / in &s;erchyng for vitayle and forage for their hor|&s;es / and dur&s;t nat ryde out but in great compa|nyes. Therle and his company had great mar+ueyle of the duke of Bretayne who ca~e nat / nor herde no maner of ridynges fro him / wher with they were nat content for they fou~de euer wor&s;e and wor&s;e / and feble couynaunt kepte by hym / and wy&s;t nat to whome to complayne / nor who &s;hulde do them right. And &s;o they determyned that about Chri&s;tenmas to &s;ende agayne to the duke / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet / &s;ir Robert Canoll / and &s;ir Thomas Percy to Uannes or to Hany+bout / and they to &s;hewe to the duke fro the erle that he dothe yuell his deuoyre / that he hath nat acquyted him &s;elfe otherwy&s;e tha~ he hath done agayn&s;t them. Howbeit this apoyntment was broken / and they &s;ayd among them. all thyng&abis; con&s;ydered and ymagined / they thought they might nat <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ebly&s;&s;he their hoo&s;t nor &s;iege / nor y^t they coude nat go to the duke without they we~t all toguyder / for if they went a fyue or &s;ixe hun|dred &s;peres togyder / and happe to mete a thou|&s;ande / it &s;hulde be for them but an yuell matche and for that dout they wolde nat depart fro the hoo&s;t / but kept them &s;elfe toguyder.</P>
<P>ANd on Chri&s;tmas euyn at night y^e bar|rois of Barres / &s;ir Almary of Cly&s;&s;on / 
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">orde Damb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> / the lorde De&s;tolet / the cha+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> of Cly&s;&s;on John~ of Ca&s;telmorant / and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ns within Nau~tes / i&s;&s;ued at the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">te &s;ayut <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t / in gret de&s;yre to trouble their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; and had in their company a .vi. hun|dred men of armes. and whan they were with|out the gate in two partes the one toke the way by the &s;trete / and the other through the feldes / and let on the lodgynge of the lorde Latymer / and of the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Fitzwater who kept the watche the &s;ame nyght / and &s;ir Wylliam Renton. And at their fir&s;t comyng they wan the bayles of the watche / and droue them backe with great force to the con&s;tables lodgynge the lorde Latymer. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed before the lorde of Uertaynes lodgyng and there was a great &s;krymi&s;he and a great a&s;&s;aute / for the frenchmen had determy+ned to haue taken him / and &s;o he was in agreat dau~ger of takynge. So they of the watche had moche a do or any &s;ocour came to the~. Sir you Fitz waren the lorde of Uertayne / and &s;ir Ny|cholas Trayton / dyd there many a great feat of armes. Than the con&s;table and mar&s;hall en+for<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed them&s;elfe to come thider and &s;owned the trumpettes and &s;o armed them. Sir Wylliam <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> / and &s;ir Hugh Caurell harde y^e noy&s;e of the trompettes / and knewe that the <ABBR>voward</ABBR> had a &s;ory. Than they &s;owned trumpettes and made great baners and lyghtes / and di&s;played their baners / and came thyder with a hundred men of armes and as many archers. Al&s;o &s;ir Thomas Triuet / &s;ir Thomas Percy / and the lorde Ba&s;&s;et / euery man vnder his owne &s;tan|derd came to the &s;crymi&s;&s;he. y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame tyme they of the vowarde had great nede of ayde / for they were lykely to haue lo&s;te their lodgynges / but whan the&s;e lordes &amp; knightes were come / than the frenchmen reculed backe all to gyder right &s;agely &amp; &s;o drewe a backe towardes the towne &s;krimy&s;&s;hyng. There was done many a noble dede of armes and &s;ome of the frenche knygh|tes aduentured them &s;elfe to auaunce their re|nowme / and for their ladyes &s;ake / &s;oo that &s;ir Tri&s;tram de la <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aylle was taken pri&s;oner / by his foly&s;he ha&s;ty enterpri&s;e / by a &s;quire of Hay+nalte / called Thierry of Sommayne.</P>
<P>UHus contynued this &s;crymi&s;&s;he / and &s;o the moo&s;t parte of the frenchmen entred in to Nauntes / howe beit in &s;uche dedes of ar|mes euer &s;ome be &s;layne / hurt or taken. yet they retourned with no great domage / for they had as many pri&s;oners / as the engli&s;&s;hmen hadde of theirs / and &s;o went to their lodgynges. And whan the gate was cllo&s;ed / tha~ they cau&s;ed the&s;e hurte men to be dre&s;&s;ed / in likewy&s;e they of the hoo&s;t drewe to their lodgynges. yet they brake nat their watch / but rather made &s;tronger wat+che than they dyd before. on Cri&s;tmas day nor all the fee&s;tes after there was nothynge doone / howe beit the engly&s;&s;hmen euery nyght loked to be waked with &s;cryes / yet y^e thyng that mo&s;t touched the~ / was that they coude here no tydin ges of the duke of Bretayne / and their vitayls and forages were &s;oo &s;cant / that it was moche payne to gette any. Howe be it they within the towne <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> ynough / for it came to them by the tyuer of Loyre / oute of the good countreys of Poictou / Xaynton / and Rochell.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen departed fro the &s;eige of Nauntes / and of the fayre excu&s;es that the duke of Bre|tayne made to the erle of Buckyng|hame. Cap. CCC .lxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Bue|kyngham and the engly&s;&s;he men had bene longe at &s;iege before Nauntes / aboute the &s;pace of two monethes and foure dayes / they parceyued well y^t the duke of Bretayne kept nat his promy&s;e / as in comynge to them, tha~ they determyned to di&s;lodge fro thens and go to Uannes / and there to &s;peke with y^e duke / and to knowe all his entent. Than their di&s;lod+gynge was knowen in the hoo&s;t / and &s;o di&s;o|ged the next day after Neweres day / and rode forthe in ordre of batayle / in lyke maner as they dyd whan they pa&s;t through Fraunce / and the fir&s;t nyght after their departure they lodged at Niorch and there taryed thre dayes to refre&s;he them / and bycau&s;e the bridge was broken / they had moche trouble to make it agayne / to gette ouer their cariages. yet they made it / and the hoo&s;t pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Uolayne / and on a &s;a|turday they wente and loged at Loheacke and there taryed two dayes / &amp; &s;o fro thens to Gro&s;y and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed two dayes / &amp; the next day they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Au&s;t at the brydge of Bre|haigne / and there taryed in the fayre playne countre. The &s;ame day that they departed and
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pa&s;&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer / they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cytie of Uannes were enformed by them of the countrey / howe that the erle of Buckynghame and the engli&s;&s;hmen were coming to lodge in their towne: they wi&s;t nat what to do / whyder to &s;uffer them to entre their towne or nat. and &s;o they went to Hany|bout to the duke / but the &s;ame daye that they came towarde Hanybout / they mette the duke in the feldes within two leages of Uannes / co|myng thyder. and whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke &s;awe the men of Uannes comyng to him warde / he demaun|ded of them / what tydinges / and whyder they went? &s;ir &abquod; they: as for tydinges we can &s;hewe you ynowe. &s;ir / the erle of Buckynghame and the engli&s;&s;hmen are comynge yonder / and it is their entencyon / as we be enfourmed / to lodge in your good towne of Uannes. &s;ir / loke what it plea&s;e you to do / for without your co~maunde+ment we wyll do no thyng. &s;ir they haue made agayne the brydge at Brehaigne / the whiche was broken on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer of Au&s;t. Whan the duke harde of this he &s;tudyed a lytell / and &s;ayd: &s;irs / be nat a frayde / haue no dought / euery thynge &s;halbe well ynough / they are &s;uche men as wyll do you do hurte. I ame &s;ome what bounde to them by certayne treaties / the whiche I mu&s;t nedes vpholde and acquyte me trewely therin / I wyll go to Ua~nes / and to morowe I thynke they wyll come thyder / and I will go and mete with y^e erle my brother / and do to him as moche honoure as I canne do / for I am bounde &s;o to do / moreouer ye &s;hall do as I cou~&s;ayle you. ye &s;hall offre and pre&s;ent to hym the keyes of the towne / and &s;ay vnto him howe that you and all the towne are redy to receyue him / howe beit de+&s;yre him to be &s;worne / y^t within .xv. dayes that he be required to departe / that he wyll departe / and to yelde agayn to you y^e keyes of the towne this is the coun&s;ayle that I wyll gyue you. the burge&s;&s;es an&s;wered and &s;ayd / &s;ir: we &s;hall do as ye haue ordayned. and &s;oo they rode forthe with the duke to Uannes / and there the duke lodged that nyght / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> engli&s;&s;hmen the &s;ame nyght lodged at &s;aynt Johans / a lytell village two leages fro Uannes. The &s;ame nyght the erle of Buckynghame receyued letters fro the duke / who wrote to hym as his kynde brother / welcomyng him into the marches of Uannes. the next mornynge whan the erle hadde harde ma&s;&s;e / he toke his hor&s;e and all his co~pany and rode in good ordre towarde Uannes / the to|warde fyr&s;t / and the erle and his batayle after / and the rerewarde folowyng the erles batayle. Thus they met with the duke of Bretayn / who was y&s;&s;ued out of Uannes to mete with them the &s;pace of a great leage / and whan they mette they made eche to other great honoure and re|uerence. after this metynge whiche was right honourable / rydyng toguyder / the erle on the right hande / and the duke on the left. Than the erle began to &s;ay: &s;aynt Mary fayre brother of Bretayne / what a long &s;pace hath it bene / that we haue taryed before Nau~tes at the &s;iege <ABBR>ther</ABBR> abydynge for you / accordyng to the treaty and couenant made bytwene you and me in that be halfe / and yet ye came nat. By my faythe &abquod; the duke I coude do none otherwy&s;e / wherwith I en&s;ure you I was greatly di&s;plea&s;ed / howbeit I coulde nat amende it / for my men of this cou~|trey / for any thynge that I coulde &s;hewe vnto them / nor for any alyaunces at their reque&s;tes that I hadde made to you. yet for all that they wolde neuer go to the &s;iege to you before Nau~|tes / but kept them &s;elfe &s;tronge on the fronters. the lorde Cli&s;&s;on / the lorde Dynant the lorde Dornall / the vycount of Rohan / and the lorde Rochforde / to kepe thentreis and i&s;&s;ues of Bre+tayne / and all &s;uche as were ioyned with me as well knyghtes and prelates as burge&s;&s;es of the good townes / ar as nowe all rebell agayn&s;t me wherwith I ame greatly di&s;plea&s;ed / &s;ythe by their faulte ye fynde me vntrewe. Sir / I &s;hall &s;hewe you what ye &s;hall doo / it is nowe in the harde of wynter / and colde and an cuyll &s;ea&s;on to kepe an hoo&s;t to gyder. ye &s;hall come to Uan+nes and there abyde tyll it be Aprell or Maye and refre&s;he you / and I &s;hall ordayne other pla+ces for your company / and &s;o pa&s;&s;e the tyme a&s; well as ye may / and in &s;omer we&s;hall reuenge vs of all maters. the erle an&s;wered and &s;ayde / as god wyll &s;o be it / for he &s;awe well it wolde be none otherwy&s;e, &s;o the duke brought hym in to Uannes / and at the entrynge in to the towne the comen people came in to the erles pre&s;ence / and &s;ayd: &s;ir / bycau&s;e of the reuerence of your great &s;ignory and noble honoure / we wyll nat be agayn&s;t your entryng in to this towne / but &s;ir: to apea&s;e all the people of this towne / and for your &s;urety ye &s;hall &s;were vnto vs on the ho+ly euangely&s;t that within .xv. dayes after ye be required / to departe out of this towne: you and all yours / and that ye do nor &s;uffre to be done to vs any maner of domage or hurt. By my fayth &abquod; the erle of Buckynghame I ame content to &s;were to you to kepe and fulfyll all this / than all the other lordes &s;ware the &s;ame othe / for they were fayne &s;o to doo / or els to haue lyen in the feldes. Thus the erle of Buckynghame was
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lodged in the eytie of Uannes hym &s;elfe lay in the dukes hou&s;e / a plea&s;aunt and a fayre ca&s;tell handyng within the towne named the Motte. and all his company were lodged in the towne and in the &s;ubbarbes / and the duke of Bretayn and his company went to A&s;notte and there a bode / and &s;omtyme he came to Ua~nes to &s;e the erle and to comen with hym. The lorde Laty|mer / and the lorde Fytz water / &s;ir Thom~s Per+cy / &s;ir Thomas Triuet and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vowarde / were lodged about the towne of Hambout / but they <ABBR>neuer</ABBR> came within the gates / but laye in the &s;ubbarbes and in the feldes. Sir Robert Ca|noll / and the lorde Fitz waren and diuers other &s;hulde haue lodged in the towne / called Ouyn percorentyn. But they wolde neuer open their gates / wherfore they were fayne to lodge in the &s;ubbarbes and in the feldes. So thus they en|dured &amp; &s;uffered that &s;ea&s;on great di&s;&s;ea&s;e and pouerty for that was nat worth thre pens / was &s;olde to them for .xii. pence. yea? and wor&s;e / for &s;omtyme they coulde get nothynge for money. &s;o that their hor&s;es dyed for pouertie and colde for they wy&s;t nat whyder to go a foragyng / and whan they went they were in great parell / for their neighbours were their enemyes. The vi|count of Rohan had that tyme in the marches of Uannes two &s;tronge ca&s;telles / the one called Cayre and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> other Lyngui&s;&s;hant / and in the&s;e two ca&s;telles there was great gary&s;ons layde by the vycount / the whiche dyd moche trouble to the engli&s;&s;h foragers / with the helpe of other gary&s;ons / pertayning to the lorde of Cly&s;&s;on. as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Jo&s;&s;elyn / Montagu / and Mon|countour / all this &s;uffred the duke of Bretayne and &s;ayde / howe he coude nat amende it. The &s;ame tyme the con&s;table of Fraunce / &amp; the lorde Cli&s;&s;on made warre for the frenche kyng / and was in the countre with a great nombre of men of warre / wherfore the engly&s;&s;hmen dur&s;t nat departe one fro another. All thynges con&s;yde|red howe they were lodged in the feldes with|out defence / it was great marueyle they hadde no more hurt than they had / for they of Uannes coude nat lightly haue re&s;kewed them / that lay about Campernell / or Hanybout or Numper|corentyne. but to &s;ay the trouthe the duke went betwene them / and defended them to his power that they &s;hulde nat be di&s;troyed. And &s;ayde to his cou~&s;ayle / howe that he had but febly acquy+ted hym towarde the erle of Buckyngham / &s;e|yng &s;uche promy&s;e as he had made vnto him.</P>
<P>IN the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was at Parys with the kyng / foure great lordes &s;ent by the duke of Bretayn to purcha&s;e his peace. that is to &s;ay / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vicont of Rohan / &s;ir Charles lorde of Dynnant / &s;ir Guy lorde de Lawall / and &s;ir Guy lorde of Rocheforde. The&s;e foure lordes of Bretayne hadde enty&s;ed dyuers tymes the duke / &s;ayng thus. Sir / ye &s;hewe your &s;elfe to all the worlde / howe that your corage is all en|gli&s;&s;he. ye haue brought in to this countrey the engli&s;&s;hmen / who wyll take fro you your hery|tage / if they may get the vperhande. What pro+fyte or plea&s;ure haue you in them / to loue them as ye do? beholde how y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Nauer / who tru&s;ted &s;o moche in them / that he &s;uffred them to entre in to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne &amp; ca&s;tell of Chierbourge / and neuer &s;yth they wolde departe out of it / but kepeth it as their owne herytage. In lykewi&s;e if ye put the~ in any of your clo&s;ed townes / they wyll neuer depart agayne out of them / for day+ly they wyll be refre&s;&s;hed with newe men? be|holde howe they kepe &s;tyll Bre&s;t / and they be nat in mynde to delyuer it agayne to you / the whiche is your right herytage. &s;ir / let it &s;uffice you to be beloued with your owne men of this &s;ame countrey / who wyll neuer renounce the frenche kyng to &s;erue the kyng of Englande. &s;ir / if your wyfe be of Engla~de: wyll you for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cau&s;e leue your owne herytage / the which hath co&s;t you &s;o moche payne to gette / and alwayes abyde in <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> ye can do no more tha~ one man maye do / if youre countrey clo&s;e them &s;elfe a|gayn&s;t you. &s;ir leaue your coun&s;aylynge with them / for the frenche kyng / who loued you nat is deed. and there is nowe a yonge kyng fayre and good and of bolde &s;piryte / and &s;uche hath hated his father that nowe &s;erue him. Sir / we &s;hall make your peace with him / and &s;ette you at acorde / and &s;o ye &s;hall abyde lorde and duke of Bretayne / and be of great puy&s;&s;ance. and let the engli&s;&s;hmen returne home in to their owne countre. The&s;e wordes and &s;uche other the for &s;ayd barons / &s;hewed to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke dyuers tymes / &s;o that they had nyghe conquered him to their wylles. howe be it yet he fayned and di&s;&s;ymuled with the frenche kynge and his coun&s;ayle / and with the engly&s;&s;he men al&s;o / tyll he myght &s;e to what ende his warre &s;hulde come vnto. And of all the&s;e &s;ecrete treatyes / that the&s;e foure baro|nes of Bretayne had made at Parys with the kyng and his vncles / the erle of Buckyngham and the barones of Englande knewe nothyng tyll the conclu&s;yon was taken / but or they per|ceyued it / and or they departed out of Bretayn
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there was done in Nau~tes a dede of armes be|fore the erle of Buckynghame. Wherof I &s;hall make mencion / for it is a mater nat to be forgo|tone.</P>
<P>_SO it was y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / that Ga+wen Mychaell and Jaques Ca|thore / dyd their dede of armes be+fore therle of Buckyngham. there were dyuers lordes / knight&abis; / and &s;quyers / that ca~e thyder to &s;e it. Some of Fra~|ce came thyder fro March caunoy and Bloys. In &s;o moche that &s;ir Raynolde of Thowars / lorde of Pou&s;ances a barowne of Poyctowe. Spake wordes to the lorde of Uertaygne / and &s;ayd. That gladly he woldedo dedes of armes with hym: as thre cour&s;es with a &s;peare / and thre &s;trokes with an axe. And the lorde of Uer|taygne wolde nat refuce his reque&s;t / but accor|ded therto. And wolde incontynent haue dely|uered hym / what &s;oeuer profyte or domage he &s;hulde take therby / but the erle of Buckynge|ham wolde nat &s;uffre it. And commaunded the knight to do nothing / nor to &s;peke no more ther of. Howe be it the wordes of the enterpri&s;e of ar+mes abode &s;tyll in the purpo&s;e of the two knigh+tes. And lyke wordes ther was &s;poken the &s;ame day by a &s;quyer of Sauoy / called the ba&s;tarde Clarens / to Edwarde Beauchampe / &s;onne to &s;ir Roger / but all pa&s;&s;ed: as well the one as the other. In lykewi&s;e bytwene Galoys Daunoy / and &s;ir Wyllm~ Clynton. and bytwene &s;ir Hoy|an Dareyns / and &s;ir Wylliam Franke. Thus as the erle of Buckyngham was lodged in the &s;ubbarbes of Nauntes / and the knyghtes and &s;quyers of Fraunce within Nauntes. Than~e the lorde of Uertayne and the other of his &s;yde / requyred the~ that had apealed them in armes / that they wolde come and delyuer theym before Nauntes. The capitayns in Nau~tes were nat agreed &s;o to do. but excu&s;ed their men and &s;aid Howe they were within Nauntes as &s;oudiers / &s;ette and ordayned to kepe the towne. So the&s;e word&abis; pa&s;&s;ed ouer / tyll therle of Buckingham came to the towne of Hanybout: and to Cam|pelle and Quynpercore~tyne. but whan he was come to Are&s;tes. Than &s;ir Raynolde of Tho|wars lorde of Barroyes of Barres / &s;ir Hoyan Darreynes / and a great nombre of knyghtes and &s;quyers came to the ca&s;tell Jo&s;&s;elyne / a &s;e|uyn myles fro Uannes / where as the con&s;table of Fraunce was. And al&s;o the erle of Marche / and a great nombre of other knightes of Frau~|ce. Than the wordes were &s;hewed to the co~&s;ta|ble / of the enterpri&s;e of the dedes of armes / a|gayn&s;t the Engly&s;&s;hmen. The con&s;table herde well their wordes and &s;ayd. Sirs / &s;ende to the~ worde / howe I &s;hall gyue them &s;aueconducte / to come to do the&s;e dedes of armes. And fir&s;te Galoyes Daunoy and &s;ir Lyonell Darreynes &s;ende worde how they were redy to do their en|terpri&s;e of armes / as thre cour&s;es a hor&s;ebacke with a <ABBR>&s;pear.</ABBR> And whan &s;ir Wylliam Clynton and &s;ir Wylliam Fra~ke / vnder&s;tode howe they were de&s;yred and &s;ommoned to do the&s;e dedes of armes by the frenchmen / they were right ioy+full. and toke leaue of the erle of Buckyngham and of the lordes of Engla~de to go thyder. and &s;o thyder they wente / and a certayne knyghtes and &s;quyers in their company. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> iu&s;ted right valiauntly bothe parties / and dyde their dedes of armes / as it was ordayned. Than &s;ir Rainolde of Thouars and &s;ir John~ of Ca&s;tell Morant / and the ba&s;tarde of Clarens / de&s;yred the lorde of Uertayne and &s;ir Johan Dambre|ty court and Edward Beauchampe / to delyuer their chalenge. And &s;o the&s;e thre engly&s;&s;he kni|ghtes / were of good wyll to go and fight with them / at the ca&s;tell of Jo&s;&s;elyne / on the con&s;ta|bles &s;aueconduct.</P>
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<HEAD>Of the dedes of armes done before therle of Buckingham bytwene the Engly&s;&s;hemen and the frenchemen. and the an&s;weres made to the haral|des on their &s;aueconductes. Cap. CCC .lxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan~e the erle of Bue|kyngham was come to Ua~|nes / and vnder&s;tode the fren+chemens reque&s;t / he an&s;we|red and &s;ayde to the haraul|des. Sirs / ye &s;hall &s;ay to the con&s;table / that therle of Buc+kynghame &s;endeth hym worde / howe he is as puy&s;&s;aunt and able to gyue his &s;aueconduct to the frenchemen / as he is to gyue his to the En|gly&s;&s;hemen. Therfore &s;uche as de&s;yreth to do dedes of armes let them come to Uannes / and
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I &s;hall gyue them &s;aue conducte to come and re+tourne / and to bringe in their company / &s;uche as &s;hall plea&s;e them. And whan~e the con&s;table herde this an&s;were / he ymagined in hym &s;elfe / howe that therle of Buckyngham &s;ayd trouthe And howe it was but rea&s;on / that he &s;hulde &s;e the dedes of armes done at Nauntes. As well as he hadde &s;ene the dedes of armes / at the ca|&s;tell Jo&s;&s;elyne. Than the con&s;table &s;ayd. The erle of Buckynghame &s;peketh lyke a noble va|lyant knight / and &s;onne to a kyng. And I wyll it be as he &s;aythe. and for &s;uche as wyll go thy|der. I &s;hall &s;ende to hym for his &s;aueconducte for theym. Than knightes and &s;quyers made them redy / to the nombre of .xxx. and a haralde came to Uannes / for their &s;aueconducte. The whiche was gyuen and &s;ealed by therle of Buc+kyngham. Than there departed fro the ca&s;tell Jo&s;&s;elyne / the thre knightes that &s;hulde do the dedes of armes / and their company. and &s;o ca~e to Uannes / and lodged in the &s;ubbarbes. And the Engly&s;&s;he men made theym good chere. The nexte day they apoynted to fyght / and &s;o they came in to a fayre playne place without y^e towne. Than came thyder therle of Bucking|ham / the erle of Suffolke / and the erle of De|uon&s;hyre / and the other barownes of their co~|pany. And brought theym forthe / that &s;hulde do the dedes of armes. Fir&s;te the lorde of Uer|taygne agayn&s;te &s;ir Raynolde of Thowars / lorde of Pou&s;ances. and &s;ir Johan Dambrety court / agayn&s;t &abser; Try&s;tram de Lauall. and Ed+warde Beauchampe / agayn&s;t the ba&s;tarde of Clarens. There the engly&s;&s;hmen toke the one &s;yde / and the frenche men the <ABBR>other.</ABBR> And they that &s;hulde iu&s;t were a fote / armed at all peces with ba&s;&s;enettes and vy&s;ures / and good &s;peres with heedes of Burdeaux / redy to fight.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Here after foloweth their feates of armes.</HEAD>
<P>_FFir&s;t the lorde of Pou+&s;ances in Poictou / and the lorde of Uertaygne in Hey+naulte. Two barownes of great pri&s;e and hardyne&s;&s;e / came eche agayn&s;t <ABBR>other</ABBR> a fote / holdyng their &s;peares in their handes / &s;paryng nothynge eche other. The lorde of Uertaynge was &s;tryken but nat hurte / and he &s;trake the lorde of Pou&s;ances in &s;uche wi&s;e / that he pear&s;ed y^e mayle on his bre&s;t and all that was theron / &s;o that the blode folo|wed. And it was great marueyle / that he had nat been wor&s;e hurt than~e he was. And &s;o they &s;trake out their thre &s;trok&abis; / and finy&s;&s;hed their armes / without any more domage. And than went and re&s;ted theym / and behelde the other. Than came &s;ir Johan Dambreticourt of Hey nalt / agayn&s;t &s;ir Try&s;tram de Laualle of Po|ictowe / and they dyde their armes right valy|antly / without any domage / and &s;o left. Than came Edwarde Beauchampe and Clarens of Sauoy the ba&s;tarde / who was a &s;quyer ryght hardy and &s;tronge / and bygger in all his mem+bres / than~e the Engly&s;&s;he man was. So they came eche agayn&s;t other / and mette with great wyll. and &s;trake eche other on the bre&s;t / in &s;uche wy&s;e / that Edwarde Beauchampe was ouer|throwen backewarde. Wherof the Engly&s;&s;he|men were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. And whan~e he was vp agayne / he toke his Speare and came a|gayne agayn&s;t Clarens / and &s;o mette agayne. And there Edwarde Beaucha~pe was agayne ouerthrowen to the erthe / wherwith the~gly&s;&s;he men / were more &s;orer di&s;plea&s;ed and &s;ayd. how that Edwarde was to weake / to medyll with the Frenche &s;quyer / the deuyll was on hym to iu&s;te agayn&s;t hym. So than they were depar|ted / and &s;hewed howe they &s;hulde do no more. And whan Clarens &s;awe the maner / de&s;yringe to perfourme his armes &s;ayde. Lordes / ye do me wronge: And &s;ythe ye wyll that Edwarde &s;hall do no more / than &s;ette &s;ome other to me in his &s;tede / that I may performe myne entpri&s;e. The erle of Buckynghame demaunded what he &s;ayd / and it was &s;hewed hym. Than he &s;ayd the frenche man &s;pake valyauntly. Than &s;tept forthe an Engly&s;&s;he <ABBR>&s;quyer</ABBR> / who was after a knight. and was called Jenequyn Fetaceilles. He came before the erle and kneled downe / and de&s;yred that he myght perfourme the batayle. And therle acorded therto. Than this Jenken Fetaceilles came forthe / &amp; armed hym at all pe|ces and toke his &s;peare / and the ba&s;tarde Cla|rens his. and &s;o mette eche at other and foyned and thru&s;t &s;o &s;ore eche at other / that the &s;peares flewe all to peces ouer their heedes. And at the &s;econde coupe they dyde in lykewi&s;e / and at the thirde al&s;o. So all their &s;peares were broken / &s;o that all the lordes on bothe parties / reputed
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this dede / a goodly feate of armes. Than they toke their &s;werdes / the whiche were right byg. and in &s;ixe &s;trokes they brake foure &s;werdes. And than~e they wolde haue fought with axes / but the erle wolde nat &s;uffre theym. And &s;ayde he wolde nat &s;e them fight at vttraunce. Say|eng / they had done ynough. Than they drewe abacke and other came forthe. As one Jeneken Clynton engly&s;&s;he / agayn&s;t one Johan de Ca|&s;tell Morant frenche man / who made them re|dy to do armes.</P>
<P>_THis Jenken Clynton was a &s;qui|er of honour with the erle of Buc|kynghame / and ryght nere about hym. Howe be it he was but &s;clen|der and &s;mall of body. Therfore the erle was nat content / that he &s;hulde haue to do in armes / with &s;o bygge aman / as Johan of the Ca&s;tell Morant was. How be it they were putte toguyder to a&s;&s;ay / and &s;o they came right rudely toguyder. But the engly&s;&s;heman coude nat endure agayn&s;t the Frenche man / but with their foyninge / the Engly&s;&s;he man was ouer|throwen to the erthe. Than the erle &s;ayd. howe they were nothynge euenly matched. Thanne there came to Jenequyn Clynton / certayne of the erles company and &s;ayd. Jenequyn / ye are nat metely to acomply&s;&s;he out this feate of ar|mes. And the erle of Buckyngham is nat con|tent of your enterpri&s;e / and commaundeth you to go and re&s;t you / and &s;o he departed. And Jo+han of the Ca&s;tell Moraunt / &s;eyng the maner / &s;ayde. Sirs / if ye thynke that your &s;quyer be to lytell to deale with me / &s;ende another to me at your plea&s;ure / to the entent I may performe myne enterpri&s;e / or els it &s;hulde be to my villa|ny. And al&s;o I &s;hulde haue wronge / if I &s;hulde departe / withoute doynge of any dedes of ar|mes. Than the Con&s;table and the mar&s;hall of the hoo&s;t &s;ayde. ye &s;ay right well. and &s;o it was done. Than it was &s;ayd to all the knight&abis; there about. Sirs / is there any of you that wyll de|lyuer this knight / to the whiche aun&s;wered &s;ir Wylliam of Fermyton / and &s;ayd. &s;hewe vnto the knyght / howe he &s;hall nat de&abper;thens / with|out doyng of dedes of armes. If it plea&s;e him a lytell to re&s;t hym / he &s;hall anone be delyuered for I &s;hall arme me agayn&s;t hym. This an|&s;were plea&s;ed moche John~ of Ca&s;tell Morant and &s;o went and &s;atte downe to re&s;t hym. Anon the Engly&s;&s;he knyght was redy / and came in to the place.</P>
<P>_SO the two knight&abis; ca~e a fote eche agayn&s;t other rudely / with their &s;peares lowe couched / to &s;tryke eche other within the foure quar|ters. Johan of Ca&s;tell Moraunt &s;trake the engly&s;&s;he knight on the bre&s;t in &s;uche wy&s;e / that &abser; Wylliam Fermyton &s;tombled and bowed / for his fote a lytell fayled hym. He held his &s;peare lowe with bothe his handes / &amp; coude nat amende it. And &s;trake &s;ir Johan of the Ca+&s;tell Moraunt in the thighe / &s;o that the &s;peare wente clene throughe / that the heed was &s;ene a handfull, on the other&s;yde. And &s;ir Johan with the &s;troke reled / but he fell nat. Than~e the En|gly&s;&s;he knightes and &s;quyers were ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed and &s;ayd. How it was a foule &s;troke Sir Wylliam Fermyntone excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe / and &s;ayde. howe he was &s;orie of that adue~ture / and howe that if he had knowen that it &s;hulde haue ben &s;o / he wolde neuer haue begon it. &s;ay|enge / howe he coulde nat amende it / bycau&s;e of glau~&s;ynge of his fote / by con&s;traynt of y^e great &s;troke / that &s;ir John~ of the ca&s;tell Morant had gyuen hym. So thus the frenchmen departed and toke leaue of the erle and of the other <ABBR>lord.</ABBR> and toke with them in a lytter &s;ir John~ of Ca|&s;tell Moraunt / and brought him to the Ca&s;tell Jo&s;&s;elyne / and he was after in great paryll of dethe / by rea&s;on of his hurt. Thus ended the&s;e dedes of armes / and euery man drewe to their owne parte. The engli&s;&s;hmen to Uannes / and the frenchmen to ca&s;tell Jo&s;&s;elyn.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Bretaine made his peace with the frenche kyng / and howe the engly&s;&s;hmen retourned in to their countrey. and of a dede of ar|done / bytwene a frenche &s;quyer and an engli&s;&s;he. Cap. CCC .lxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter the&s;e dedes of ar+mes done / whyle the erle of Buckyngham lay at Uan|nes / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nothyng don that ought to be remembred and as it hath ben &s;ayd here before / the engli&s;&s;hmen laye at Uannes / at Hanyboute / at Camperle / and at Quynpercorentyne. And &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed the wynter / as well as they might. Dyuers of the~
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had great dommage / and were in ryght great daungers / and lacked vitayle / for theym &s;elfe and for their hor&s;es / for they coude fynde no fo|rage in the countre. And in that tyme of y^e yere / the graunges and barnes were all voyde / and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">odder &s;pente. The frenchemen theym &s;elfe had &s;ore wa&s;ted and di&s;troyed it / bycau&s;e their ennemyes &s;hulde haue no ea&s;e therby. In this daunger the Engly&s;&s;hemen were longe / for the frenchemen were in their gari&s;ons on the fron|ters / wherfore the engly&s;&s;hmen dur&s;t nat ryde. Some vitayle came to the engly&s;&s;hmen by the &s;ee frome Corne wall / frome Gerne&s;ay / and fro the y&s;le of Wight / the whiche &s;omwhat confor|ted theym &punc; or elles they and their hor&s;es hadde dyed for famyne and hunger. And all this &s;ea|&s;on / there was at Parys with the kyng / fro the duke of Bretaygne / the Uycount of Rohane / the lorde de Laualle / &s;ir Charles of Dynaunt / and &s;ir Guy of Rocheforde. and they dyde pur+chase the dukes peace / to the whiche he agreed. For he &s;awe well he coude nat kepe his promi&s;e to the Engly&s;&s;he men / without he wolde le&s;e all his countrey. The entent of the Erle of Buc|kyngham and his company / was to pa&s;&s;e ouer the wynter in the marche&s;&s;e of Uannes / a&s;well as they might. And in the begynnynge of So|mer / to retourne in to Frau~ce and make <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And they hadde &s;ende worde of their &s;tate and condycion to the kyng of Englande / and to the duke of Lanca&s;tre. And the kyng of Englande and his coun&s;ayle / thought the erle of Buckyn|ghams ente~cy on right good / and wrote to hym that they wolde he &s;hulde &s;o do. And &s;ende hym worde / howe the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on they wolde &s;ende ouer another armye of men of warre / to lande at Chyerbourge / to thente~t that bothe armyes &s;hulde mete toguyder. Wherby it was thought they &s;hulde do a great feate of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in Frau~ce. The Frenche kynge / his vncles and his coun|&s;ayle / ymagined well all tho&s;e poyntes. And al+&s;o / they were &s;omwhat enfourmed therof. And it was &s;ay de al&s;o among theym in &s;ecrete coun+&s;ayle / that if the duke of Bretaynge / and &s;ome of his townes / toke parte with the Engly&s;&s;he|men. the realme of Fraunce / &s;hulde than~e haue moche to do. And the&s;e foure barownes of Bre+taygne repre&s;entynge the duke / conceyued well all this bu&s;yne&s;&s;e / and layde forthe all the&s;e dou+tes / and &s;pecially / &s;hewed it to the duke of An|towe. Who hadde the &s;ouerayne gouernynge of the realme of Fraunce / at that tyme. And al|&s;o the duke of Aniowe was entending to make a voyage within two yere / or &s;horter tyme / In to Poule &amp; Calabre. And was lothe that his vy+age &s;hulde haue ben broken or lette. Therfore he enclyned lightely to the duke of Bretaignes peace / &s;o that he wolde become faythfull &amp; true / and do homage to the frenche kynge. And &s;o he was agreed and his peace made. And it was al+&s;o agreed / that he &s;hulde helpe the engli&s;&s;hmen with &s;hyppes / to returne into their cou~treis. Al+&s;o it was agreed / y^t all they of y^e gari&s;on of Chi|erbourge / that hadde ben in that viage to &s;erue the erle of Buckyngham / that if they wolde re|tourne by lande to their gari&s;on / they &s;hulde ha+ue good &s;aueconducte of the kyng &s;o to do. And to go throughe the realme of Fraunce without harne&s;&s;e / and certayne knyghtes and &s;quyers of Englande in their company / if they ly&s;t &s;o to do. And after the departynge of the Engly&s;&s;he+men out of Bretaynge. Than the duke to come in to Fraunce / to the kyng &amp; to his vncles / and to do faythe and homage to the Kynge / as the duke of Bretayne ought to do / to his naturall lorde the frenche kynge. All the&s;e maters were written and &s;ealed / and &s;uffyciently brought to the duke of Bretaygne / who as than was in the marche&s;&s;e of Uannes. And he accorded / to that his men hadde done / with right an yuell wyll / for he knewe well he coude nat do it / without y^e yuell wyll of the engly&s;&s;hmen.</P>
<P>_WHan the knowledge of this trea|tie ra~e to the erle of Buckyngham and to the Engly&s;&s;he men / howe that the duke of Bretaygne was agreed with the fre~che kyng. they were therwith greatly di&s;plea&s;ed / and were y|uell content with the duke. Sayeng / howe he hadde &s;ente for them to come in to Bretaygne. And neuer &s;ythe they came / he~ dyde neuer ac|quyte hym &s;elfe trewely agayn&s;t theym / as he ought to haue done. Wherfore they &s;ayd / there was no poynt of trouthe in hym. Anone after the duke of Bretaygne came to Uannes / to the Erle of Buckyngham / and there &s;hewed them &s;ecretely / howe his menne had made his peace with the frenche kynge. To the whiche he was fayne to agree / or elles to haue lo&s;t his countre. There were great wordes bytwene them / but the duke humyled hym &s;elfe / and excu&s;ed hym as moche as he myght / For he knewe well in a maner / that he was in the wronge. Howe be it / he was fayne for to do it / to the entente that the
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engly&s;&s;hmen &s;hulde departe oute of Bretayne. Than therle made to be cryed through the cyte of Uannes / that if any of his men dyde owe a|ny thynge in the towne / that they &s;hulde come forthe and they &s;hall be payed. And than therle rendred agayne the kayes of the towne / to the burge&s;&s;es therof / and tha~ked them of the plea|&s;ure that they had done to hym. And than they delyuered to the erle for his money: &s;hippes at Uannes / at Hanybout / at Camperle / &amp; where as they were lodged. And &s;o the erle of Buc|kyngham departed fro Uannes the .xi. day of Aprell / with all his baners di&s;played in order of batayle / and &s;o came to the hauyn. And thy|der ca~e the duke of Bretayne / &s;ir Alayne Hou|&s;ey / the lorde of Monbroi&s;er / &s;ir Stephyn Gy+on / &s;ir Wyllyam of Tribiquidy / &s;ir Geffray of Quare&s;mell / &amp; dyuers other of the dukes coun+&s;ayle. And they &s;ent to the erle in to his &s;hyppe / de&s;yringe hym to &s;peke with the duke / but the erle wolde nat come agayne to lande / but &s;ent to theym the lorde <ABBR>Latymer</ABBR> / and &s;ir Thomas Percy. The&s;e two came and &s;pake with the du+ke of Bretaygne / and they comuned toguyder the &s;pace of thre houres. And the engly&s;&s;hmen promy&s;ed at their departyng / that they wolde do &s;o moche / that the erle &s;hulde &s;peke with the~ another day: and &s;o retourued agayne to their &s;hyppe. and than &s;hewed the erle all that they had done with the duke. And anone after myd night the fludde came / and the maryners had wynde at wyll. Than they demaunded of the erle what he wolde do? and the erle / who wolde haue no more &s;peakynge with the duke / &s;ayde. Sirs / drawe vp your ankers and aueyle your &s;ayles / and lette vs go / the whiche was inco~ty|nent done. Thus departed the engli&s;&s;hmen fro the hauyn of Uannes / and &s;ayled towarde En+glande. And &s;o dyde all other engly&s;&s;hmen fro other hauyns. &s;o they all came toguyder on the &s;ee. &para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of &s;ome knightes and &s;quiers / that retourned to Chierbourg by lande / and recorde what aduentures fell to the~ by the waye.</P>
<P>_THe con&s;table of Fraunce / was as than in the ca&s;tell of Jo&s;&s;elyn / a &s;e+uyn myles fro Ua~nes / and he had gyuen &s;afeco~duct to dyuers knigh+tes engly&s;&s;he and nauero&s;&s;e: to go by lande to the gary&s;one of Chierbourge / the which knyghtes hadde &s;erued the erle of Buc|kynghame in his &s;ayde voyage. And amonge other there was &s;ir you of Fitz waren / &s;ir Wyl|lyam Clynton / and &s;ir Johan Burle. They de+parted fro Uannes / and toke their way by the ca&s;tell of Jo&s;&s;elyn / and there lodged in the tow+ne without the Ca&s;tell / thynkinge no more but to dyne there / and &s;o departe. And whan they were alyghted at their lodgyng / certayne com|panyons of the ca&s;tell / knyghtes and &s;quyers came to &s;e them: as men of warre often tymes wyll do / and &s;pecially engly&s;&s;hmen and french men. And amonge the frenchemen there was a &s;quyers a good man of armes / parteyninge to the lorde of Burbone erle of Marche / and one that he loued entierly / called Johan Boucmell: He had bene before that tyme in the gary&s;on of Boloyne with &s;ir Wylliam Bourdes / with the frenchmen / agayn&s;t the gary&s;on of Chierbour+ge / at whiche tyme there had bene dyuers wor|des &s;poken of dedes of armes to haue ben done bytwene hym and an engly&s;&s;he <ABBR>&s;quyer</ABBR> / called Nycholas Clyfforde. The whiche Nycholas was as than there pre&s;ent. And whan the fre~ch men were come to the engly&s;&s;hmens lodgyng / and had comuned toguyder / and behelde eche other. Than Johan Boucmell began to &s;peke and &s;ayde to Nycholas Clyfforde. Nycholas / dyuers tymes we haue wy&s;&s;hed and deuy&s;ed / to do dedes of armes toguyder / and nowe we haue fou~de eche other in place and tyme / where we may accomply&s;&s;he it. Nowe we be here be|fore the con&s;table of Fraunce / and other lordes that be here pre&s;ent. Therfore I requyre you / let vs nowe haue thre cour&s;es a fote with a &s;pe|are / eche of vs agayn&s;t other. Than Nicholas an&s;wered and &s;ayde. Johan / ye knowe ryght well / we be here nowe goynge on our waye / by the &s;aueconducte of my lorde youre Con&s;table. Therfore that ye requyre can nat nowe be done for I am nat the chiefe of this &s;aueconduct / for I am but vnder the&s;e other knightes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be here / for thoughe I wolde here abyde / they wyll nat do &s;o. Than the frenche &s;quyer an&s;wered. Ny|cholas / excu&s;e you nat by this meanes. let your co~pany departe if they ly&s;t / for I promy&s;e you by couenaunt / the armes ones doone bytwene you and me. I &s;hall bringe you in to the vales of Chierbourge without domage or &abper;ell / make ye no dout therof. Than Nycholas an&s;wered / and &s;ayd. I thynke well that ye wyll bringe me thyder / and I beleue it of a very trueth. But ye &s;e well / howe we go throughe the countre with|out any harne&s;&s;e / we haue none with vs. So y^t though I wolde arme me / I haue nat wher|with. Than an&s;wered Johan: excuse you nat
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by that I &s;hall &s;hewe you what ye &s;hall do. I haue harnes of dyuers &s;ortes at my co~maunde|ment / they &s;hall be brought in to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> place / where as we &s;hall do dedes of armes. Than beholde them well and cho&s;e whiche ye wyll / and I &s;hal arme me with the other. Whan Nicholas Clif|forde &s;awe him&s;elfe &s;o &s;ore apo&s;ed / he was &s;ham fa&s;t: by cau&s;e of the~ that were there pre&s;ent and her de the mater. &amp; he &s;awe well howe this John~ offered hym &s;o moche rea&s;on / that he coulde nat with his hone&s;tye refu&s;e hym. And moreouer Johan &s;ayde to hym. &s;ir / take what parte and what couenaunt ye wyll / and I &s;hall nat refu&s;e it rather thanne we &s;hulde nat do dedes of ar|mes. Tha~ Nicholas &s;ayd: howe he wolde take aduy&s;e / and &s;hewe him his mynde or he depar|ted. And if it be &s;o / that I may nat do it nowe / and that the lordes vnder whome Jame / wyll nat agre therto / I promy&s;e you / as &s;oone as I come to Chierbourg and you to Boloyne letre me knowe of your comyng thyder / and I &s;hall inco~tynent come to you / and delyuer your cha|lenge. Nay nay &abquod; John~ &s;eke no re&s;pite / I haue offered and yet do offer you / &s;o many thynges &s;o honourable / that in no wy&s;e ye can departe / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">auynge your honoure: without doyng dedes of armes with me / &s;ythe I requyre you of it. Than Nycholas with tho&s;e wordes was &s;orer di&s;plea&s;ed than he was before / for he &s;awe well (and trewe it was) y^e he layd &s;ore to his charge / ther with the frenchmen went to their ca&s;tel / and the engli&s;&s;hmen abode &s;tyll at their lodgynge / and &s;o dyned / and whan the frenchmen were in their ca&s;tell / there was no lytell &s;peakyng of the wordes that hadde ben bytwene Johan Bour|mell and Nycholas Clyfforde. In &s;oo moche that the wordes therof came to the hearyng of the co~&s;table / and he &s;tudyed a lytell therat. than the knyghtes and &s;quiers of the countrey de&s;y|red hym that he wolde put to his payne / y^t this dedes of armes myght be done / and the con&s;ta|ble (&s;ayd) he was content ther with. And whan they had dyned / the engly&s;&s;h knightes &s;uche as were there and wolde departe / they went to the ca&s;tell to &s;e y^e cou&s;table / and to &s;peke with him: bycau&s;e he &s;hulde &s;ende at the le&s;t .vii. knightes to conduct them through Bretayne and Nor|mandy to Chierbourge. and whan they were come to the ca&s;tell / the con&s;table receyued them &s;wetely / and than &s;ayd to the~. &s;irs / Ja re&s;t you all: &s;o that ye &s;hall nat departe this day. and to+morowe after ma&s;&s;e ye &s;hall &s;e dedes of armes done / bytwene our &s;quier and yours. and than ye &s;hall dyne with me / and after dyner / ye &s;hall departe with &s;uche guydes as &s;hall bryng you to Chierbourge. So they agreed to hym and dranke of his wyne / and than returned to their lodgynge.</P>
<P>THan the&s;e two &s;quters / Johan and Ny+cholas aduy&s;ed them well of y^e batayle / that they mu&s;t furny&s;he the next day / and &s;o in the next mornynge they bothe harde one ma&s;&s;e and were confe&s;&s;ed / and &s;o &s;lept on their hor&s;es and all the lordes of Fraunce on the one parte / and the engli&s;&s;hmen on the other parte / and &s;o came all to gyder to a fayre playne place with|out the ca&s;tell of Jo&s;&s;elyn / and there taryed. Johan Boucmell had made redy two harne&s;|&s;es fayre and good / accordyng as he promy&s;ed too the engly&s;&s;he &s;quier / and than (he &s;ayde to hym) Nycholas cho&s;e whiche ye wyll haue / but he wolde in noo wy&s;e cho&s;e / and gaue the fyr&s;t choy&s;e to the frenche &s;quier / and &s;o he tooke the one and armed hym therwith / and Nycholas dyd helpe to arme hym / &amp; &s;o dyd he in lyke wy&s;e agayne / and whan they were bothe two armed they toke good &s;peares all of one lenght / and &s;o eche of them tooke hys place and came a fayre pace a foote eche agayn&s;t other / and whan they &s;hulde aproche they couched downe their &s;pea|res. and at the fyr&s;t &s;troke Nicholas Clyfforde &s;trake Johan Boucmell one the bre&s;t / and the &s;troke dyd &s;lyde vp to the gorget of mayle / and the &s;peare heed dyd entre in to his throte / and dyd cutte a &s;onder the orgonall vayne / and the &s;pere brake and the tronchion &s;tacke &s;tyll in the &s;quiers necke / who was with that &s;troke wou~|ded to dethe. the engli&s;&s;he &s;quier pa&s;&s;ed for the and went and &s;ate downe in his chayre. Whan the lordes &s;awe that &s;troke / and &s;awe howe the tronchyon &s;tacke &s;tyll / they came to hym and toke of his ba&s;&s;enet / &amp; drewe out the tronchion / and as &s;one as it was out he turned about with out any worde &s;pekyng / and &s;o fell downe deed &s;odenly / &s;o that the engly&s;&s;he &s;quier coulde nat come to him tyme ynough / for he had certayne wordes to haue &s;tau~ched hym / that wolde haue holpen. but whan he &s;awe that he was deed / he was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed bycau&s;e of that aduenture / &s;eyng howe he &s;hulde &s;le &s;o valya~t a man of ar|mes. he that than had &s;ene the erle of Marche <ABBR>wold</ABBR> haue had pyte to &s;e what &s;orowe he made for his &s;quier / for he loued hym entierly. The co~&s;table reconforted him / and &s;ayd: in &s;uche de+des of armes let no man loke for no thynge els / though this yuell fortune be fallen on our &s;qui|er / the engly&s;&s;hman is nat to blame / for he can
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nat amende it. Than the collable &s;ayd to then|gli&s;&s;hmen / &s;irs: let vs go and byne it is tyme / &amp; &s;o the con&s;table agayn&s;t their good wylles had them with hym in to the ca&s;tell to dyner / for he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat breke his promy&s;e for the dethe of the &s;quier. The erle of Marche wept piteou&s;ly for his &s;quier / and Nicholas Clifforde went to his lodgyng and wolde nat dyne in y^e ca&s;tell / what for &s;orowe and for doute of the frenche &s;quiers frendes / but the con&s;table &s;ent &s;o for him / that it behoued hym to go to the ca&s;tell. And whan he was come / the con&s;table &s;ayd: certaynly Nicho+las / I beleue verely and &s;e well / how ye be &s;ory for the dethe of Johan Bourmell / but Jercu&s;e you for ye can nat ame~de it / for as god helpe me if I had bene in the &s;ame ca&s;e as ye were in: ye haue done nothyng but I wolde haue done the &s;ame / or more if I myght. for better it is a man to greue his enemy / tha~ his enemy <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> greue him / &s;uche be the aduentures of armes. &s;o they &s;ate downe at the table and dyned at their <ABBR>ley|&s;ar.</ABBR> And dyner done and the wyne drouke / the co~&s;table called to hym the lorde Barrois of bar+res / and &s;ayd to hym. Sir: make you redy / I wyll that ye &s;hall conduct the&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen to Chierbourg / and all they way open to the~ tow|nes and ca&s;tels / and myni&s;tre to them all thyn|ges nece&s;&s;ary. The knight an&s;wered and &s;aid. Sir / with ryght a good wyll it &s;hall be done. Than they toke their leaue of the co~&s;table and of the other knightes there pre&s;ent / and &s;o went to their lodgynge / and mou~ted on their hor&s;es and departed fro the ca&s;tell of Jo&s;&s;elyn / &amp; rode to Pontor&s;on and to mount &s;aynt Mychell / vn+der the conduct of the gentyll knight the Bar|rois of barres / who neuer left them tyll they ca~e to Chierbourge. Thus as ye haue herde / de&abper;|ted the erle of Buckynghams army / bothe by &s;ee and by lande. &para; Nowelet vs retourne to the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of Flaunders in that &s;ea&s;on / how they of Gaunt maynteyned them &s;elfe. And al|&s;o of the erle of Flaunders their lorde / howe he parceyuered agayn&s;t them / who made to them right &s;ore and cruell warre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the warre began agayne be twene the erle of Flaunders and the flemynges / and how they of Ipre were di&s;confyted by a bu&s;&s;he|ment. Cap. CCC .lxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_IT is of trouthe / that the erle of Flau~ders at this begynning / feared lytell the flemynges nor the gau~to is / for he thought well to bring the~ vnder by wi&s;edome and by armes / lytell and lytell. and &s;pecially &s;ithe that John~ Lyon and John~ Prunaux were deed. But the gaunto is had as than other great capitayns / in whom they had great affiaunce / and dyde all by their coun&s;ell. And Ra&s;e de Har&s;ell was capitayne of the cha|telayne of Gaunt / and Johan of Bannoy capi+tayne of Courtrey. and there were other capi|tayns / as Johan Bulle / Peter Boy&s;e / Arnolde the Clerke / and Peter of Nuyte. The &s;ame &s;ea+son there was a &s;tryne / bytwene the great men &amp; the comons / within the towne of Bruges / for the meane craftes wolde haue had euery thing at their plea&s;ure / and the great men wolde nat &s;uffre it / and &s;o they rebelled. And a tertayne weyuers and fullers were &s;layne / and the other apea&s;ed. Than the great men of Bruges &s;ente to the erle to Ly&s;le / de&s;yringe hym for goddes &s;ake to come to theym as their chiefe lorde / and to helpe to &s;ubdue the commons. The erle was gladde to here that tidynges / and &s;o departed Ly&s;le / and &s;ir Wyllyam of Namure in his co~|pany / and a great nombre of knight&abis; and &s;quy+ers of Flau~ders / and &s;o came to Bruges / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ceyued with great ioye. And at the er+les comyng / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were taken all the principals of them that had their hertes gauntoi&s;e / &amp; &s;uche as were &s;u&s;pecte. and &s;o were put in pri&s;on mo than fyue hu~dred / and lytell and lytell their hee des were &s;tryken of. And whan they of Franke vnder&s;tode that the erle was pea&s;ably in Bru|ges / they feared. and &s;o put them &s;elfe in to the erles mercy / and he receyued the~ and had great ioye / for dayly his power increa&s;ed. And al&s;o they of Franke alwayes haue taken more the erles parte / than all the re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ydue of Flaunders. The erle / &s;eyng that he had brought vnder his &s;ubiection them of Bruges and of Franke / and that he had vnder hym knyghtes and &s;quyers of the countre of Heynault and of Arthoy&s;e / he thought than lytell &amp; lytell to conquere agayne his countrey / and to puny&s;&s;he his rebels. And
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fir&s;t he ordayned and &s;ayd: he wolde go and &s;e them of Ipre / for he hated the~ greatly / bycau&s;e they opened their gates &s;o lightly to theym of Gaunt, and &s;ayd / how that they that had made that treaty / and to let in his enemyes to &s;lee his knightes &s;hulde repent it / if he might gette the ouer hande of them. Than he made his &s;omo~s through Franke and Bruges / &s;ayeng howe he wolde go to Ipre. tidynges came to Ipre that the erle their lorde ordayned hym&s;elfe / to come and a&s;&s;ayle the~. Than they toke coun&s;ayle and determyned to &s;ende worde therof to theym of Gaunt / to thentent that they &s;hulde &s;ende them &s;ome men to a&s;&s;y&s;t the towne of Ipre / for they were nat bygge ynough of them &s;elfe to kepe it without ayde of the gauntoy&s;e / who had &abpro;my+&s;ed and &s;worne to ayde them / whan&s;oeuer they had any nede. So they &s;ent couertly letters to Gaunt and to the capitayns / &amp; &s;ignifyed to the~ the &s;tate of the erle / and howe he thretned to co~e and a&s;&s;ayle them. Than they of Gaunt remem+bred well / howe they were bou~de by their fayth and promy&s;e / to ayde and confort them. Than they &s;et for the two capitayns / John~ Bulle and Arnolde Clerke / and they &s;ayd to them. Sirs / ye &s;hall take with you thre thou&s;ande of our me~ and go ha&s;tely to Ipre / to confort them as oure good frendes. Incontynent they departed fro Gaunte / and &s;o the&s;e thre thou&s;ande men came to Ipre / wherof they of the towne had great ioy Than the erle of Flaunders i&s;&s;ued out of Bru|ges with a great nombre of men and &s;o came to Tourande / and the nexte day to Pourpringue and there taryed thre dayes / tyll all his menne were come. And than he was aboute a twentie thou&s;ande men of warre.</P>
<P>THey of Gaunt who knewe right well all this mater / and how that the erle wolde go pui&s;&s;antly to Ipre. They determyned to a&s;+&s;emble their puy&s;aunce / and to go by Courtrey to Ipre / and &s;o all togyder to fight with therle. &s;ayeng: that if they myght one tyme ouercome him / he &s;hulde neuer be releued after. Than all the capitayns departed fro Gau~t / Ra&s;e de Har+&s;ell / Peter du Bou&s;e / and Peter le Nuyte / Jo|han de Launoy / and dyuers other: as Centeny+ers and Cinquantenyers. and whan they were in the felde they were a nyne thou&s;ande / and &s;o longe they reiourned that they came to Cour|trey / where as they were receyued with great ioye / for John~ de Launoy was capitayne there Therle of Flaunders beyng at Pourpringue and therabout / vnder &s;tode that they of Gaunt were comyng to Ipre / &amp; that they were at Co<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|trey on their way. Than the erle toke aduy&s;e &amp; helde all his company togyder. They of Gaut departed fro Courtrey &amp; wente to Rolers / and there re&s;ted. And &s;ent worde to theym of Ipre / howe they were come thyder / &s;he wyng the~ how that if they wolde y&s;&s;ue out of their towne with their power / and &s;uche as were &s;ent to them be|fore / how they &s;hulde be all togider men ynowe to fyght with the erle. Of the whiche tidynges they of Ipre were right ioyfull / and &s;o the next day they i&s;&s;ued out mo than .viii. thou&s;ande. &amp; Johan Bulle &amp; Arnolde Clerke were their go|uernours. Therle of Flau~ders and his power / who was in tho&s;e marche&s;&s;e / knewe howe they of Ipre were y&s;&s;ued out of their towne / to mete with them of Gaunt. I canne nat tell howe nor by what meanes / in &s;o moche that therle orday|ned at a pa&s;&s;age / by y^e which they of Ipre mu&s;t pa&s;&s;e / two great bu&s;&s;hmentes with his &s;on~e the Ha&s;e ba&s;tarde of Flaunders / and the lorde Da~+ghien / with dyuers other knight&abis; and &s;quyers of Flau~ders and of Heynalt / with them of Bru+ges and them of Franke / and in euery co~pany / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were .x. thou&s;ande men. Than whan they of Ipre and the gauntoi&s;e that were with them with Johan Bulle were in the feldes / and had nat iourneyed pa&s;t one myle / they founde two wayes / the one went to Rolers and the other to Tourande. Than they re&s;ted and toke aduy&s;e whiche way they &s;hulde take. Than Arnolde le Clerke &s;ayd. I coun&s;ayle / let vs go and &s;e oure felowes at Rolers. By my faythe &abquod; Johan de Bull / and I thynke it were better that we were lodged on the Mount dore. For be you &s;ure / I knowe &s;o well Peter de Boy&s;e &amp; Ra&s;e de Har|&s;ell / &s;ithe that they haue &s;ent for vs / &s;urely they wyll fyght with the erle. Wherfore I am &s;ure they wyll aproche as nere to hym as they can. Therfore I coun&s;ayle let vs go that way. So they determyned to take that waye / and whan they had gone a two myles / they were wery of goyng a fote / and or they were ware / they were bytwene the two bu&s;&s;hmentes. And whan they &s;awe that they cryed all / we be betrayed. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were neuermen y^t made la&s;&s;e defence than they dyde as than / for euery man dyd what he coude to &s;aue him &s;elfe. Some retourned to Ipre and &s;ome toke the feldes / &amp; fledde he that be&s;t might without array or order. And the erles men toke and &s;lewe them without mercy / howbeit John~ Bulle and Arnolde Clerke &s;aued the~ &s;elfe. they that fledde towardes Courtrey mette with the gauntoi&s;e / who were departed fro Rolers / and
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were in the way to Ro&s;ebeque. Whan Peter de Boy&s;e and the other &s;awe them that <ABBR>fledd</ABBR> / they demanded of them what they ayled / They an|&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd / they coude nat tell / for they &s;ayde they had nat the ley&s;er to knowe the mater but they &s;ayd they fledde lyke men betrayed. Than Peter de boy&s;e had dyuer&s;e Imaginations / o|ther to go forewarde / and to retourne agayne the fleers / &amp; to fyght with theyr ennemies / who cha&s;ed them: orelles to drawe to Courtray. All thynges con&s;ydered / they determyned to drawe backe for that tyme. The whiche they thought was for them (as than) moo&s;t profitable. So they drewe abacke in a batayle raynged i~ good ordre / and the &s;ame day returned to Courtray. And thither al&s;o drewe many of them that fled. So they lodged all within Co^rtray / and made the gates to be well kepte / to thentent that they &s;hulde nat be &s;odenly taken. And whan John~ Bulle and Arnolde Clerke were returned / and had rekened all theyr people / than they knewe well / that of them of Gaunte / &s;uche as had ben &s;ent to Iper before / they had lo&s;te in nombre a xii. C. &amp; as many of them of <ABBR>Iper.</ABBR> And if they of the bu&s;&s; hement had cha&s;ed them that fled to <ABBR>Iper</ABBR> and to Co^rtray / there had but a fewe &s;ka|ped / but all had ben deed or taken / but they cha|&s;ed nat farre. They toke hede to nothynge / but to &s;lee them that were within theyr bu&s;hement. the whiche &s;aued all the re&s;idue. They of <ABBR>Iper</ABBR> were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / whan they &s;awe theyr peo|ple returne beaten and di&s;co~fited / the &s;ame day that they were i&s;&s;ued out: and demau~ded howe it myght be. And dyuer&s;e an&s;wered / and &s;ayde howe John~ Bulle had betrayed them / and had brought them to be &s;hamfully &s;layne.</P>
<P>ye haue <ABBR>hard</ABBR> often tymes recorded howe it is a harde warke to apea&s;e a Commontie wha~ they be &s;tyrred. I &s;ay this bycau&s;e of them of Gaunte. Whan they were the &s;ame day dra|wen backe to Courtray. They that were di&s;co~|fytted knewe well that John~ Bulle was in the towne. Than mo than a <ABBR>thou&s;and</ABBR> drewe toge|ther &amp; &s;aid / let vs go on the fal&s;e traytour John~ Bulle / who hath betrayed vs. For by hym and by no~e other we toke that way that brought vs into the bu&s;hement of our ennemyes. For if we had beleued <ABBR>Arnold</ABBR> the Clerke / we had ben in &s;uretie / For he wolde haue brought vs to oure owne company / and John~ Bulle had nat ben / who hath &s;olde and betrayed vs / and brought vs where as we were betrayed and di&s;comfyt|ted. Loo / ye may &s;e howe the&s;e comons accu&s;ed hym of trea&s;on / and yet I thynke veryly they had no cau&s;e &s;o to do. For if it had ben as they &s;ayd / and that he had &s;olde and betrayed them to the erle / he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> neuer haue returned agayn to them / but rather haue bydden &s;tyll with the erle. Howe be it I can nat excu&s;e hym &s;o / but y^t it co&s;t hym his lyfe / and I &s;hall tell you howe. The gauntoy&s;e went and toke hym in his lod|gynge / and &s;o brought hym into the &s;treat / and there he was &s;triken an to peces / &s;o that euery man bare awaye a pece of hym. Thus ended John~ Bulle. The next day the Gauntoy&s;e de|parted fro Courtray and returned to Gaunte / and dyd &s;ende John~ de Lanuoy to the ca&s;tell of Gaures / a ca&s;tell of the erles / &s;tandynge by the ryuer of le&s;caulte / and there this John~ made a gary&s;on.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Iper and Courtray turned to the erle of Flaunders parte / and howe the towne of Gaunte was be&s;ieged. Cap. CCC .lxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe let vs &s;peke of the erle of Flau~ders and of his co~pany. Whan they had thus by theyr bu&s;hement o|uerthrowen the gau~toy&s;e &amp; &s;layne a .iii. M. of them or there aboute / what of them of Gau~te and of <ABBR>Iper.</ABBR> Than the erle determy|ned to drawe towarde the towne of <ABBR>Iper</ABBR> / and to laye &s;iege therto. And as he was coun&s;ayled &s;o it was done / and he drewe thither with all his people / a great no~bre of knyghtes and &s;quyers of Flau~ders / of Heynault / and of Artoys / who were come thyther to &s;erue the erle. And whan they of <ABBR>Iper</ABBR> vnder&s;tode that the erle came on them &s;o &s;tro~gely / they were all &s;ore afrayed / and the ryche men of the towne toke coun&s;ayle / and &s;ayd amonge them &s;elfe / howe they wolde open theyr gates / and go and mete the erle / and put them &s;elfe vnder his obey&s;aunce / and crye hym mercy. and to &s;hewe hym howe they were gau~|toy&s;e by force / by rea&s;on of the comontie / as ful|lers / weauers / and &s;uche other vnhappy people in the towne. And they thought that the Erle was &s;o pytefull / that he wolde haue mercy on them. And as they ordeyned / &s;o they dyd. And &s;o mo than .iii. C. in a company came out of the towne of <ABBR>Iper</ABBR> / and had the keyes of the gates with them / &amp; &s;o they fell downe on theyr knees before the Erle cryenge for mercy / and dyd put them &s;elfe and theyr towne at his <ABBR>pleasur.</ABBR> The
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erle had pit&eacute; on them and toke them to mercy / &amp; &s;o entred with all his puy&s;&s;au~ce in to the towne of <ABBR>Iper</ABBR> and there taried a .iii. wekes / and &s;ent home agayne them of Fra~ke &amp; of Bruges. And while therle lay in Iper he cau&s;ed to be beheed|ded mo than .vii. C. of fullers &amp; weauers and of &s;uche maner of people as had brought fyr&s;t into that towne John~ Leon and the gauntoy&s;e / and &s;layne &s;uche valyaunt men as the erle had &s;ette <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> For the whiche cau&s;e the erle was &s;ore di&s;+plea&s;ed / and to thente~t y^t they &s;huld no more re|bell / he &s;ent a .iii. C. of y^e mo&s;t notable&s;t of them into pri&s;on in Bruges. and &s;o tha~ toke his way to Courtray to brynge that towne to his obey|&s;au~ce. Whan they of Courtray vnder&s;tode that therle theyr lorde came to them &s;o &s;tro~gely / and howe that Iper was vnder his obey&s;au~ce / than they greatly doubted / for they &s;awe no comfort apparent fro them of Graunte. Wherfore they were adui&s;ed lyghty to <ABBR>yeld</ABBR> them to theyr <ABBR>lord</ABBR> / thynkynge it was better for them to <ABBR>hold</ABBR> with therle / to whom they ought to owe theyr fayth &amp; homage / rather than to the gauntoy&s;e. Than they ordeyned a .iii. C. of the be&s;t of the towne a foote to go into y^e feldes to therle / and the keyes of the towne with them. And whan therle came by / they all kneled downe and cryed for mercy. The erle had pitie of them / and receyued them to mercy / and entred into the towne ioyou&s;ly / and they al made to hym reuerence and honor. Than he toke a .ii. C. of the be&s;t of the towne of Courtray / and &s;ent them to Li&s;le &amp; to Daway in ho&s;tage / to then tent that that towne &s;huld no more rebelle. And whan the erle had ben there a .vi. dayes. than he went to Bruges / and there refre&s;&s;hed hym a .xv. dayes. Than he made a great &s;omons / to thente~t to lay &s;iege to Gau~te. For all the re&s;idue of Flau~ders was as than at his commandement. Than the erle departed fro Bruges / and &s;o came and layd &s;iege before Gau~te / and lodged at a place called the Briet. Thither came to the erle &abser; Robert of Namure to &s;erue the erle with a certayne nombre of men of warre / accordynge as the erle had wrytte~ vn+to hym. But <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> William of Namure was nat there / he was in Fraunce with the kynge / and with the duke of Borgoyn. This &s;iege began about the fea&s;t of the decollacion of &s;aynt John~ Bapti&s;t. And &abser; water Danhien was mar&s;hall of all the oo&s;t of Flau~ders. He was yonge and hardy / and feared no payne nor perill / what&s;o|euer fell. For all that the erle lay thus before the towne of Gau~te / yet he coude nat &s;o con&s;trayne them of the towne / but that they kept &s;tyll open iii. or .iiii. of theyr gates. &s;o y^t vitayles myght come in to them without any da&s;iger. For they of Bru&s;&s;els and of Brabant were right fauou|rable to them. And al&s;o they of Liege / to co~forte them in theyr opinion / &s;ent to them a me&s;&s;age / &s;ayenge thus, ye good people of Gaunte / we of Liege knowe well / howe ye be &s;oretrauayled / and haue moche a do with the erle your lorde / wherof we are &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. But &s;yrs knowe for treuth if we dyd marche nere you / as within iiii. or .v. leages / we &s;hulde gyue you &s;uche com+forte as men ought to do to theyr good neygh|bours and fre~des. but ye be farre of fro vs. and al&s;o the countrey of Brabant is betwene you &amp; vs. wherfore we mu&s;t forbeare. But thought it be &s;o that ye be as nowe be&s;ieged / yet be nat di&s;|comforted. For god knoweth / and &s;o doth all o|ther good townes / that ye be i~ the ryght of this warre. Wherfore all your bu&s;ynes &s;hall acheue the better. Thus they of Liege &s;ent to them of Gaunte to comforte them.</P>
<P>THerle of Flau~ders / who had thus be&s;ie|ged the towne of Gau~te on the &s;yde to|wardes Bruges / and towarde Courtray: but as toward Bru&s;&s;els therle coude nat come / nor lay his &s;iege / bicau&s;e of the great riuers / that is to &s;ay the ryuer of Ly&s;e / and y^e ryuer of le&s;cault. And I &s;aye vnto you / all thynges con&s;ydered / Gau~te is one of the mo&s;t &s;tronge&s;t townes of y^t worlde. For it behoueth mo tha~ .ii. C. M. men to be&s;iege it rounde / and to &s;toppe fro it all the ryuers and pa&s;&s;ages / and al&s;o that the o&s;tis lye nere together / for els they coude nat co~forte one another / bicau&s;e of the riuers. And al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is moche people in the towne of Gau~te / they were in tho&s;e dayes / men of defence / a .iiii. &s;core. M. me~able to beare harneis / bitwene .lx. yere &amp; .xv.</P>
<P>&para; And whan therle had layen at this &s;iege the &s;pace of a moneth / &amp; that his men / and the Haze his &s;one / &amp; his mar&s;hall had made many a&s;kry|my&s;&s;he with them of Gau~t / and &s;ome day wo~ne and &s;ome day lo&s;te / as the aduentures of warre falleth. Than therle was cou~&s;ayled on a day to &s;ende them of Bruges / of <ABBR>Iper</ABBR> / and of Pour|prynge to &s;krymy&s;&s;he with the gauntoy&s;e / at a place called y^e longe brydge / for it was thought y^t if they myght wynne that place / it &s;huld be a great aduau~tage and profitte for them / for tha~ they &s;hulde entre into the .iiii. craftes / and ther|by aproche nere to Gau~te. And &s;o there was or|deyned &s;yr Jo&s;&s;e Ualuin to be chief capitayne of that enterpri&s;e. And &s;o whan they were come to this pa&s;&s;age / they fou~de it nat di&s;garni&s;&s;hed but well prouyded for / with a great nombre of
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men of Gau~te. There was Peterdu voy&s;e / Pe+ter de Nuytee / and Ra&s;e de harzelles. There be+ganne a &s;ore &s;krymy&s;&s;he / there was &s;hotyng of gonnes and cro&s;bowes on both parties / wher|by dyuers were &s;layne and wou~ded. And right well the gauntoy&s;e dyd acquyte them &s;elfe / for they reculed theyr enemies / and wanne by force the gold&s;mythes baner of Bruges / and there it was ca&s;t downe in to the water. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were of the golde&s;mythes and other a great nombre &s;layne and hurte / and &s;pecially &abser; Jo&s;&s;e Ualuin was there&s;layne / Whiche was great vomage. And &s;o the other returned agayne without do|ynge any more. So the gauntoy&s;e bare them &s;elfe valiauntly.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Flaunders rey&s;ed vp his &s;iege fro the towne of Gau~te / and of the batayle betwene hym and the gauntoy&s;e. Cap. CCC .lxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_OUrynge this &s;iege be+fore Gau~te there were ma|ny &s;krymy&s;&s;hes before the towne / for the lorde Dang|hien &amp; y^e &s;ene&s;chall of Hey|nault and the Haze of Flan+ders whan they myght &s;py any maner of aduau~tage / they toke none to rau~+&s;ome. And &s;ome tyme they were &s;o put abacke / that they had no ley&s;er to loke behynde them. Than they of Gau~te drewe together to the no~|bre of .vi. M. and Ra&s;e of Harzelles / Arnolde Clerke &amp; John~ Launoy were capitaynes. And they departed out of Gau~te without any daun|ger of the o&s;te / and went to Alour a good clo&s;ed towne / and the erle had lyenge there in gari&s;on dyuer&s;e knyghtes. But incontynent as they knewe of the comynge of the gau~toy&s;e they fled out of the towne at the gate towarde Bru&s;&s;els / for els they had ben deed / for the towne inconti|nent was brent and &s;poyled by the gauntoy&s;e / wherin they conquered great pyllage. And fro thence they went to <ABBR>Teremo~d</ABBR> a &s;tronge towne yet by a&s;&s;aute they conquered it. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne &abser; Philip of Namure. And &s;o the gaun|toy&s;e were lordes of the towne / but nat of the ca+&s;tell: for the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Wynd&s;cot kept it valiantly. Than the Gauntoy&s;e went to Granmout / the whiche was newly turned to the erles parte by the treatie of the lorde Da~ghien. and I can nat tell whether it were by trea&s;on or nat but y^e gau~+toy&s;e entred by force / and many of them within &s;layne. And whan they had made this voyage / they retourned agayne to Gaunte with great praye and pyllage.</P>
<P>&para; Whan the erle of Flau~ders &s;awe that he lo&s;t his tyme / with lyeng at the &s;iege before Gau~te / and howe that he laye there at great co&s;te and charge / and great payn to hym &amp; to his people: for he &s;awe well that they within lefte nat for all hym to i&s;&s;ue out &amp; bren the cou~trey / and knewe well howe they had conquered Teremo~de and Granmont duryng the &s;iege. Therfore therle was cou~&s;ayled to departe thence / bicau&s;e wyn|ter approched. And &s;o he dyd / and &s;ent his peo|ple home to theyr owne hou&s;es to refre&s;&s;he the~. And he &s;ente the lorde Danghten and the lorde Montigny to And warp~ in gari&s;on / &amp; be&s;ide y^e men of armes he had a .ii. CC. good archers of Englande / wherof he made great counte. And the erle went than to Bruges. and they that lay in And warpe made dyuer&s;e &s;krymy&s;&s;hes with the gauntoy&s;e / for they i&s;&s;ued out nere hande e|uery day into the feldes / &s;o that none coude go to Gaunte to brynge thyther any vitayles or o|ther marchaundi&s;e / withoute they were &s;layne or taken. And whan it came to the monethe of Aprill and that wynter was pa&s;t / the erle than a&s;&s;embled agayne his people both fro Iper / fro Cortray / fro Pourprynge / fro Dan / fro Sluce and fro Franke / and &s;o he departed fro Bru|ges and went to Nieule / and there he taried a certayne &s;pace / and of all his men of armes he made capitayne the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> Danghien. So than the erle was to the nombre of .xx. M. and deter|myned to go to Gawres / where as John~ Lau|noy was. And whan he knewe the comynge of the erle he &s;ente worde therof to Gau~te to Ra&s;e de Harzelles for &s;ome ayde and comfort. Than Ra&s;e a&s;&s;e~bled together .vi. M. and i&s;&s;ued oute of Gaunte / and wente towarde Gawres / but there he <ABBR>fou~d</ABBR> nat John~ de Launoy / for he was at Douze on the other &s;yde of the ryuer and pyl+led the countrey there. and &s;o they drewe toge|ther / and rode forth all that daye / and met with them of And warpe and Douze goyng <ABBR>toward</ABBR> therle. And there the gau~toy&s;e dyd a&s;&s;ayle them and &s;lewe of them a .vi. C. but the lorde Dang|hiea was nat in that company / for he was gone to therle / who was in y^e feldes betwene Bruges &amp; Douze. And wha~ the&s;e tydynges came to the erle / and to the lorde Danghien / howe they of And warpe had receyued &s;uche domage / they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. Than it was ordeyned / y^t the lorde Danghien with .iiii. M. &s;hulde go to
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Gaures. thynking to fynde John~ Launoy ther but he was nat there / for he was drawen backe to Gaunte with all his pyllage and pri&s;oners / of the whiche <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no great quantite. And the next day after / Ra&s;e de Har&s;elles departed out of Gau~te / with .vi. M. and John~ Launoy with hym. And al&s;o the &s;ame day there i&s;&s;ued out of Gaunt Peter du boy&s;e with .vi. M. and Arnolde Clerke in his co~pany. and they went &amp; brent the &s;uburbes of Courtray / and than they retourned towarde Dou&s;e / to mete with theyr owne company / but they came to late. for whan Johan Launoy and Ra&s;e of Har&s;elles came to Nyeule. There they founde the erle and all his co~pany redy in the felde / abyding for non other thyng but for batayle. And &s;o therles hoo&s;t and the gauntoy&s;e founde eche other / without any knowledge in the mornynge. And whan Ra&s;e of Har&s;elles and John~ Launoy &s;awe that they mu&s;t nedes fight. than they &s;et their men in thre batayles / and in euery batayle two thou&s;ande men / of the moo&s;t hardye&s;t of Gaunt. And Pe|ter du Boy&s;e and Arnolde Clerke had as ma|ny with them / and they were abrode in the felde and knewe nothynge that their co~pany and the erle were &s;o nere togyder / nor that they &s;hulde fight as they dyd. For it was ordayned among them or they departed fro Gaunte / that if they founde therle with his hole pui&s;&s;au~ce / that they &s;hulde nat fyght with hym / without they were all toguyder. For they thought theym&s;elfe nat bygge ynoughe to encountre the erle / without they were all toguyder in one batayle. And to this they were &s;worne to vpholde. And to &s;aye trouthe / Ra&s;e of Har&s;els might haue let the ba|tayle / if he had ly&s;t. For if he wolde haue kepte him&s;elfe &s;tyll in the towne / and haue taryed tyll Peter du Boy&s;e hadde come to hym. The erle wolde nat haue a&s;&s;ayled theym in the towne &s;o &s;hortely. but a&s;&s; one as Ra&s;e de Har&s;els knewe that therle was there / inco~tinent by great pride he y&s;&s;ued out in to the felde and &s;ayd. Howe he wolde fight with his enemyes and haue the ho|noure hym&s;elfe / and nat to abyde for Peter du Boy&s;e and his company. He had &s;o great tru&s;t in his owne company / and &s;o good hope in the fortune of them of Gaunte / that he thought he coude lo&s;e nothyng. And well it &s;hewed y^e &s;ame day / the great wyll that he hadde to fight / as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
<P>O Reatly was therle of Flau~ders reioy&s;ed / whan he &s;awe that Ra&s;e of Har&s;els was i&s;&s;ued out of Nieule / and was abrode in y^e felde redy to fight. Than therle ordred his men / and he was about the nombre of .xx. thou&s;ande / &amp; he had a .xv. hundred &s;peares knightes and &s;quy|ers / of Flaunders / Heynalt / Brabant / and Ar|toy&s;e. Of Heynault there was the lorde Dan|ghien mar&s;hall of the hoo&s;t / and with hym the lorde Mo~tigny / and my lorde the ba&s;tarde Da~+ghien / Gyles Ry&s;ton / Johan Burlemont / and dyuers other. And of Flaunders <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the lorde of Guy&s;tels / &s;ir Guy of Guy&s;tels / y^e lorde Cornettes / the lorde Hulluc / the lorde of Hal|wyn / &s;ir Danyell of Halwyn / &s;ir Tyrrey Di&s;|quetan / &s;ir Johan Di&s;coubourcke / the lorde of Gentus / &s;ir Johan Uillayne / &s;ir Gerarde of Mortigiliet / and dyuers other. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were made a certayne of newe knightes. Before the yong &s;ene&s;hall of Heynalt dyed on his bedde at Aubyes / be&s;yde Mortayne. Therle made fyue batayls / and in euery batayle foure thou&s;ande men / euery man in great de&s;yre to ron on their enemyes. and that day the lorde of Lieurghien bare therles baner. Whan all the batayls were well ordred / the fyue batayls aproched agayn&s;t the thre batayles of the gauntoy&s;e. And at the fir&s;t &s;ettynge on / there aproched but thre of the erles batayles / for the other two were as wyn|ges / to comfort the bataylles if nede requyred. There the erle hym &s;elfe prayed all his co~pany to do well their deuoyre / and to take vengeance of the&s;e outragyous gauntoi&s;e / who had putte hym to &s;o moche payne. And al&s;o he &s;ayd to the~ of the good townes. Sirs / be ye all &s;ure / for if any of you flye away / ye were better here to be &s;layne / for without mercy it &s;hall coo&s;t you all your heedes. And &s;o therle &s;et them of Bruges in the fir&s;t batayle / they of Fra~ke in the &s;econde and they of Ipre and of Courtray in the thirde and they of Propigne / of Bergues / of Ca&s;&s;ell / and of Bourge in the fourthe batayle. And he retayned with hym &s;elfe / them of Lyle / of Do|way / and of Andwarpe. Thus they a&s;&s;embled their batayls / and ca~e eche agayn&s;t other. And of the gauntoy&s;e / Ra&s;e of Har&s;elles ledde the fir&s;t batayle / for he was the mo&s;t hardye&s;t / ther+fore he wolde be with the forma&s;t. To thentent to get honour if he coude / and &s;o he encountred agayn&s;t the batayle of them of Bruges / ledde by the lorde of Guy&s;tell &amp; his brotherne. &amp; there was a &s;ore encountre / and &s;o all the batayls a&s;|&s;embled toguyder. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were many ouerthro+wen on the one &abper;te and on thother / and the gau~+toy&s;e dyd many proper dedes of armes / but the erle had a farre greatter nombre / for they were thre agayn&s;t one. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a good a&s;&s;aut and
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long endured or it coude be knowe~ or &s;ene / who <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> haue the better. and whan all the batayls were ioyned togeder / they of Flaunders cryed lyon / deco~fortyng eche other. and thother cryed with an highe voyce / Gau~t gaunt. There was one tyme that the erles company were in adue~|ture to haue had the wor&s;e. And if they had lo&s;t their grounde / they had ben all &s;layne without remedy. For Peter de boy&s;e with .vi. M. with hym / were in the feldes / and might well &s;e y^e ba+tayle / but he coude nat come thyder / to comfort or ayde his company / bycau&s;e of the mari&s;&s;hes and waters that were bytwene them. But and therle had lo&s;t the felde and his men fledde / Pe+ter de boy&s;e &s;hulde haue met with them / &s;o that none &s;hulde haue &s;caped / erle nor other. But all &s;hulde outher haue ben &s;layne or taken / whiche &s;hulde haue ben great domage to Flaunders / &amp; by likelihod neuer to haue be~ recouered agayn.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the gau~toy&s;e were brent in the churche of Nieule. and howe the white hodes &s;lewe dyuers noble me~ of the erle of Flaunders parte. Cap. CCC .lxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_RA&s;e of Har&s;els &amp; John~ of Launoy had none auau~|tage in a&s;&s;aylinge the erles men. For the erle had there many a noble knight / &amp; ma+ny a goodman out of Bru|ges / Ipre / Courtray / And|warpe / Danne / Slu&s;e / and Franke. Al&s;o the erle was foure men agayn&s;t one / &s;o that whan all the erles batayls were a&s;&s;embled toguyder. there were &s;o many / that the gauntoy&s;e coulde nat endure them / but opyned &amp; reculed towar|des the towne of Nieule. A&s;&s;one as they brake their array / the erles men entred in among the~ / and &s;lewe them by heapes. Than the gau~toy&s;e reculed towardes the myn&s;ter of Nieule / whi|che was a &s;tronge holde. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a great &s;laughter at the entryng of the gauntoy&s;e in to the myn&s;ter. John~ de Launoy all aba&s;&s;hed and di&s;co~fyted / entred in to the myn&s;ter to &s;aue him &s;elfe / and went in to the &s;teple / and &s;uche of his co~pany as he coude get in with hym. and Ra&s;e de Har&s;els abode behynde him and reculed his company / and dyde great feate of armes at the dore. But finally he was &s;triken with a longe pyke through the body and &s;o &s;layne. &para; Thus ended Ra&s;e of Har&s;els / who had ben a great ca+pitayne in Gau~t agayn&s;t therle. And the gaun|toy&s;e loued hym greatly / bycau&s;e of his wy&s;e|dome and prowes / but for his valya~tne&s;&s;e this was his ende &amp; rewarde. Whan therle of Flau~|came to the myn&s;ter / and &s;awe howe the gaun|toy&s;e fledde in to the churche. Than he co~mau~|ded to &s;ette fyre on the myn&s;ter. His co~maunde+me~t was &s;hortely done / fyre / fagottes / &amp; &s;trawe were &s;et togyder rounde about the churche: the fyre anone mounted vp to the couerynge of the myn&s;ter. There dyed the Gauntoy&s;e in great payne / for they were brent quicke / and &s;uche as i&s;&s;ued out were &s;layne / and ca&s;t agayne in to y^e fyre. Johan Launoy who was in the &s;teple / &s;e|inge hym &s;elfe at the poynt to be brent / cryed to them without / raun&s;ome raun&s;ome. and offred his cote / whiche was full of florens to &s;aue his lyfe. But they without dyd but laughe &amp; &s;corne at hym / and &s;ayde to hym. Johan / come out at &s;ome windowe and &s;peke with vs / and we&s;hall receyue you. make a leape in lykewi&s;e as ye ha+ue made &s;ome of vs to leape w^tin this <ABBR>yer.</ABBR> yt be houeth you to make this leape. wha~ John~ Lau+noy &s;awe him &s;elfe in that poynt / and y^t he was without remedy / and that the fyre toke hym &s;o nere / y^t he &s;awe well he &s;hulde be brent. He tho|ught it were better for hym to be &s;layne than to be brent. and &s;o helept out at a wyndowe amo~g his enemyes / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was receyued on &s;pe|res and &s;werdes and cut all to peces / and ca&s;t a gayne into the fyre. thus ended John~ Launoy.</P>
<P>OF &s;ixe thou&s;ande men that Ra&s;e de Har|&s;els &amp; Johan de Launoy had out of Gau~t and about Gau~t / &amp; &s;uche as &s;erued the gau~toi&s;e for their wages. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;caped away alyue about thre hundred. all the re&s;ydue were &s;layne in the dykes / in thefelde / and in the towne: and brent in the myn&s;ter. And Peter de Boy&s;e / who had a great batayle in the felde coulde nat ayde the~ / for bytwene his batayle and Ra&s;e de Har&s;elles there was a great marys &amp; moche water / wher fore he coude nat come to them. Than he depar+ted fro the place there as he was and all his me~ / well raynged in good order of batayle &amp; &s;ayde. Lette vs go fayre and ea&s;ely towardes Gaunt. Ra&s;e of Har&s;elles and Johan of Launoy with their co~pany hath &s;pedde but yuell / they are di&s;+confyted / I can nat &s;ay what &s;hall fall of vs. yf we be folowed and a&s;&s;ayled by the Erles men. Let vs kepe vs togyder and let vs fight valya~t+ly / lyke theym that fight for our right. And all they that herde hym &s;aid / &s;o they wolde do. and &s;o than he departed and toke the way towarde
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Gaut in a fayre bataile well rainged &amp; in good order. Some of the~ that fledde fro the batayle retourued to Gaunt / and &s;hewed all the aduen+ture / howe Ra&s;e of Har&s;els and Johan of Lau+noy and their company were di&s;com&s;yted and &s;layne in the batayle of Nieule. Whan they of Gaunt herde tho&s;e tidynges / they were &s;ore a|frayed and &s;orou&s;ull for the dethe of Ra&s;e / for he was welbeloued. and they had a great tru&s;t in hym / for they had euer founde him a good ca+pitayne and a true. And bicau&s;e that Ra&s;e was a gentylman borne / and &s;onne to alorde and to a lady / and that he had &s;erued them trewely for their money / they loued and honoured him the more. Than they of the towne demaunded of them that were come thyder flyeng fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde / wher Peter de Boy&s;e was / durynge the felde? and they that had nat &s;ene hym / nor knewe nat where he was / an&s;wered and &s;ayd. We can nat tell you <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was / for we &s;awe hym nat. tha~ &s;ome of them of the towne of Gaunt / began to murmure agayn&s;t Peter de Boy&s;e and &s;ayde / howe he had yuell aquyted hym &s;elfe / in that he was nat at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde: &s;eyng that he had a &s;ixe. M. men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with him. And &s;o they of the tow|ne were determyned that as &s;oone as Peter du Boy&s;e &s;hulde returne / they wolde &s;lee him. and than agre with their lorde therle / and put them all in to his mercy. I beleue if they had doone thus / they had done wi&s;ely / and I thynke &s;ort+lye haue come to peace. But they dyde nat thus the whiche they derely bought after / and in like wy&s;e &s;o dyde all the countre of Flaunders. For yet to this day / euery thynge is nat as it ought to be in Flau~ders. Whan this bataile at Nieul was done / the Erle vnder&s;tode that Peter du Boy&s;e and a great batayle of Gauntoy&s;e were &s;tyll abrode in the feldes / and were goynge to Gaunt. Than the erle demaunded coun&s;ayle / whyder he &s;hulde go and fyght with the~ or nat. and his lordes and knyghtes aun&s;wered hym / howe he had done ynoughe for that daye. And howe that his men were wery / and had nede of re&s;t. But they coun&s;ayled to &s;ende a fyue or &s;ixe hundred men of armes to pur&s;ue them / and to &s;e what they dyde. Sayeng / howe paraue~ture they myght happe to fynde their enemyes lod|ged that night in &s;uche a place / that they wolde loke on them / at their di&s;lodgynge in the mor|nyng. The erle was content with this cou~&s;aile and &s;o it was done. Anone they were apoynted out that &s;hulde go in this co~pany / and the lorde Daughien was chefe capitayne. So they de&abper;+ted fro Nieuie and rode vnder couert / to &s;e the demeanour of the gauntoy&s;e. and at la&s;te they &s;awe the gauntoy&s;e <ABBR>wher</ABBR> they di&s;ce~ded downe a hyll / kepynge them &s;elfe clo&s;e and in good or|der. The lorde Danghien and his co~pany pur|&s;ued them a farre of / on the one &s;yde. And Pe|ter de Boy&s;e and the gau~toy&s;e &s;awe them well / but they made no &s;emblant. Than &s;ayd Peter de Boy&s;e to his company. Sirs / lette vs kepe on our way and breke none order. yf they come on vs / let vs receyue theym / but I thynke they wyll nat medyll with vs. Thus they rode tyll they came to Gaunt. Than the lorde Da~ghien retourned to the erle / and Peter de Boy&s;e &amp; his company entred in to Gaunt. Than Peter du Boy&s;e was &s;o receyued / that he was at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> poynt to haue bene &s;layne / bycau&s;e he had nat holpen Ra&s;e de Har&s;els / at the batayle of Nieule. Pe|ter de Boy&s;e excu&s;ed hym&s;elfe and &s;ayd / howe he had &s;ende to Ra&s;e / that in no wy&s;e he &s;hulde fight with the erle / without he were in his com+pany / bycau&s;e the erle had &s;o great a pui&s;&s;au~ce / but Ra&s;e dyde the clene contrary. And therfore though yuell become to hym / I can nat do ther|with. And &s;irs / knowe &s;urely: that I am as &s;o|rie and as moche di&s;plea&s;ed for his dethe / as a|ny man may be. For the towne of Gaunte hath lo&s;t of hym a right valyant man / and a &s;age ca|pitayne. Therfore it is conuenyent to &s;eke out for another di&s;crete / &s;age / and of good renome / or els let vs all put our &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;a~ce of the erle. And he &s;hall di&s;troye vs all / &amp; make vs to dye a villayne dethe. beholde nowe? cho&s;e what ye wyll do / outher perceyuer and co~tynue as we haue done / or els to put vs in to the erles mercy? And as than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were none that an&s;we+red hym / but as for the batayle of Nieule / and of the dethe of Ra&s;e de Har&s;elles / he was excu|&s;ed. And bycau&s;e they gaue hym none an&s;were to that he &s;ayde / he was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed in his mynde. And &s;pecially he was nat content with &s;ome of the burge&s;&s;es that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pre&s;ent / of the be&s;t and moo&s;t notable&s;t of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne. As &s;ir Guy&s;bert Grut / and &s;ir Symonde Brette. He made as than to them no &s;emblant / but he &s;he|wed well his di&s;plea&s;ure to the~ or the yere pa&s;t / as ye&s;hall here after.</P>
<P>wHan the lorde Da~ghien and the lorde Montigny / the Ha&s;e of Flaunders / and their routes were retourned from Nieule to the erle / and had &s;hewed him all that they had &s;ene. Than therle departed and went to Bruges / and &s;ent home his people of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good townes / and he &s;ende them of Franke with the
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lorde Da~ghien to And warpe. And whan they of Gaunte vnder&s;tode that the Erle was gone backe to Bruges / and that his people were de|parted fro hym. Than by the &s;tyrring and mo|uyng of Peter de Boy&s;e / they of Gaunt drewe togyder / for he &s;ayd to the~. Sirs / let vs go for|warde / let vs nat be this a colde to make <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> let vs &s;hewe our&s;elfe / lyke people to do an ent|pri&s;e. And &s;o there de&abper;ted out of Gau~t mo than fyftene. M. and &s;o came &s;trongly before Cour+tray / and layd &s;iege to the towne / whyle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fee&s;t and proce&s;&s;yon was at Bruges. The whiche was the yere of our lorde / a thou&s;ande thre hun+dred .lxxxi. There they were ten dayes and bre~t the &s;ubbarbes / and the countrey about. &amp; whan the erle herde therof / he &s;ente for all his gentyl|men and gari&s;ons / and for the co~mons of Ipre and Franke. and &s;o departed fro Bruges / and he was to the nombre of. xxb. thou&s;ande / and &s;o he toke the waye towardes Courtray to fyght with the gauntoy&s;e / and to rey&s;e the &s;iege. And whan Peter de Boy&s;e and the gau~toy&s;e / herde how the erle was comyng to them warde with &s;o great a no~bre / than they determyned no len|ger to kepe the &s;iege / but &s;o departed and went and lodged at Dou&s;e and at Nieule. Sayeng howe they wolde abyde the erle there / and &s;ent worde of their e&s;tate to Gaunt / and &s;ent for the rerebande / to the entent to be the &s;tronger / and to haue the more people. And &s;o there departed agayne fro Gaunte / to the nombre of .xv. thou|&s;ande / and &s;o came to their company to Nieull and to Dou&s;e / and there lodged all togyder in the feldes abydinge the erle. And whan the erle was come to Harlbecke be&s;yde Courtrey / than he vnder&s;tode that the gauntoy&s;e were depar|ted to wardes Gaunte / and were lodged about Nieule and Dou&s;e. Than the erle was cou~&s;ay+led nat to pur&s;ue them / and &s;o gaue leaue to his men to departe. and he &s;ent the lorde Da~ghien and heynowers / &amp; his ba&s;tarde &s;onne the Ha&s;e of Flau~ders to And warpe in gary&s;on. &amp; whan the gauntoy&s;e &s;awe that therle came nat on the~ / than they departed fro Nieule and fro Dou&s;e / and toke the highe way by And warpe to come to Gaunt. And the &s;ame daye that they pa&s;&s;ed / they &s;ente to And warpe a certayne nombre of their men / of whom Arnolde Clerke was capi|tayne / to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> barryers of the towne / to &s;crumy&s;&s;he with them within the towne. and the knightes and &s;quyers that were within / coulde nat ab|&s;teyne the~&s;elfe / but came and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with them. &s;o that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were hurt and &s;layne dyuers on bothe parties. and at la&s;t they departed and entred into Gau~t / euery ma~ to his owne hou&s;e. And thre dayes after / Arnolde Clerke was or|dayned to go to Gaures with a .xii. hundred of the whyte hobes / to lye in the ca&s;tell and ther a|bout / in maner as a countre gary&s;one agayn&s;t And warpe. And &s;o thyder went Arnold clerke with his co~pany / and he had nat ben <ABBR>ther</ABBR> long but he vnder&s;tode that certayne knyghtes and &s;quyers were i&s;&s;ued out of And warp to &s;eke ad+uentures. Than Arnolde Clerke departed fro Gaures / and with him a. xb. C. and &s;o layd the~ &s;elfe in a bu&s;&s;hment / to mete with them y^t were i&s;&s;ued that mornynge out of And warpe. wher|of there were dyuers gentylmen: as the lorde of Cornay&s;e / the lorde of Rem&s;eles / &s;ir Johan of Uyllayns / the lorde Danghien / the Galoys of Mamynes / the ba&s;tarde of Cornay&s;e / and the Blancharde of Calemey. And as the&s;e knight&abis; and &s;quyers were retournynge to And warpe / the bu&s;&s;hment brake out on the~. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers &s;layne / hurt / and ouerthrowen / for the gau~toy&s;e toke non to mercy. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> the&s;e knigh+tes and &s;quiers hor&s;es dyde them good &s;eruyce for they broched their &s;purres to their hor&s;es / &amp; &s;o retourned to And warpe. and at the barriers of the towne they a lighted / and put them &s;elfe to defence / abyding for their company and var lettes. yet they coude nat entre &s;o clene / but that there were &s;layne mo than thre &s;core. And than Arnolde clerke retourned and lodged the &s;ame night at an abbey therby / called Chem. And in the abbey they fou~de Peter De&s;tonehoyr &amp; the Galoys of mamynes / and a. C. of their copany with them. Than Arnolde Clerke a&s;&s;ayled the abbey / and with great payne the Galois of ma+mynes &s;aued hym &s;elfe / and departed out at a backe po&s;terne and entred in to a bote / and by night tyme went to And warp / and &s;hewed the lorde Danghien / the lorde Montigny / and &s;ir Danyell of Halwyn / and the other knightes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> How the &s;ame night Arnolde clerke and the whyte hodes were in thabbey of Chem and had &s;layne dyuers of their company. &amp; &s;aid howe he thought verily / that Peter De&s;tone|hoix was there &s;layne. &amp; &s;o he was in dede. For Arnolde clerke &amp; his co~pany made him to leape out at a wyndowe / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was receyued W^t glay+ues and &s;layne / whiche was great domage.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the white hoodes and their capitayn were &s;layne. and how Phy|lyppe Dartuell was cho&s;en capiteyn of Gaunt. Cap. CCC .lxxix.</HEAD>
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_WHan the knightes and &s;quyers y^t were within And+warpe / vnder&s;tode that Ar|nolde Clerke and the whyte hodes / to the nombre of .xii. hundred / were at the abbey of Chem / and had take~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyuers of their companyons. They were right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;o determyned to &s;ende the &s;ame night their &s;pyes / to &s;e where they myght fynde their enemyes in the next mornyng. And as they ordayned &s;o they dyde / and in the mor|nyng the &s;pyes brought report / howe the white hodes were determyned to abyde there all that day / wherwith the&s;e lordes and knightes were right ioyfull. Than they armed theym: as the lorde Da~ghien / the lorde of Mo~tigny / the lorde of Bre&s;uell / &s;ir Michaell de la Hamarde / and mo tha~ &s;ixe hu~dred knight&abis; and &s;quiers of Hey+nalt and as many of Flau~ders. and out of And warpe a thre hu~dred &s;peares / &amp; mo than a thou|&s;ande cro&s;bowes and other varlets. and whan they aproched nere to them / they &s;ent before &s;ir Olyuer of Chem / and a hundred &s;peares with hym to begyn the a&s;&s;aut. to the entent to drawe out of the abbey Arnolde Clerke / and to ocupy the tyme / whyle their fote men and cro&s;bowes were come to theym. Than &s;ir Danyell and &s;ir Peter of Di&s;quemake / &amp; the Ha&s;e of Flau~ders came before the abbey of Chem / and cryed flau~ ders with the lyon of the ba&s;tarde. The gaun|toy&s;e / who were nat ware of the bu&s;&s;hment by|cau&s;e it was &s;o early / nor they were nat fully re+dy. And are Arnolde Clerke coude bringe his men toguyder in good arraye: the lorde Dan|ghien / the lorde of Lens / the lorde of Bre&s;uell / the lorde of Cornayes / the lorde of Montigny. and their batayls entred behynde into the tow|ne / in cryeng Danghien. And &s;et on the gaun|toi&s;e and whyte hodes &s;o valiauntly / that they coulde nat endure but brake their order. So y^t there was &s;layne of the~ / what in the abbey and in the feldes .xi. hu~dred / and they were but .xii. hundred in all. And there was Arnolde Clerke &s;layne with two pikes as he was flyeng. and &s;o he was layd vp leanyng agayn&s;t a hedge. And after this <ABBR>di&s;confytur</ABBR> the lorde Danghien and the other knyghtes retourned to And warpe. &amp; &s;o this dede was reputed a great prowes. And whan therle of Flau~ders knewe the&s;e tidyng&abis; / he was greatly reioy&s;ed / &amp; &s;ayd to the lorde Da~+ghien. how he was his fayre good&s;on / &amp; &s;hulde proue a noble valiant man. To &s;ay the trouthe of the lorde of Danghien / in him was all the ho+nour of the countie ol Flaunders. and &s;o whyle therle lay at Bruges / he called him nat all one|lye his co&s;yn / but al&s;o his fayre &s;onne.</P>
<P>Whan it was knowen at Gaunte / that Ar|nolde Clerke was deed and his men di&s;co~fyted there were many than that were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / and &s;aid among them &s;elfe. Our be&s;yne&s;&s;e pro|ueth but yuell. Lytell and lytell / our capitayns and men are &s;layne. We thynke we haue done yuell to moue this <ABBR>warr</ABBR> thus again&s;t our own lorde / for he dothe miny&s;&s;he vs thus lytell and lytell. The yuell wyll and hatered that was by twene Gylbert Mahue and Johan Lyon / tur|neth to our great domage. I trowe we haue to longe &s;u&s;tayned the opinyons of Johan Lyon and Peter de Boi&s;e. They haue brought vs &s;o depe into this <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and into the hatered of the erle our lorde / that nowe we can nat nor knowe nat howe to fynde any remedy / to haue mercy and peace. yet it <ABBR>wer</ABBR> better that .xx. or .xxx. dyd repent it / than~e all the hole towne. Thus there were dyuers y^t &s;ayde eche to other priuely / they dur&s;t nat &s;peke it generally / for dout of the~ that were yuell. For they were all of one &s;ect / &amp; day|lye encrea&s;ed in pui&s;&s;aunce. And in the begyn|nynge they were but poore companyons with|out any &s;ub&s;tau~ce / but than they had golde and &s;yluer ynough. For whan they neded &amp; co~play|ned to their capitayns / they were well herde &amp; co~forted. For than anone &s;ome of the riche men of the towne &s;hulde be &s;ent for to them / &amp; whan they were come / for feare they dur&s;te nat refuce &s;o to do. Than the capitayns wolde &s;ay to the~. Sirs / it behoueth that the good towne of gau~t make &s;ome &s;hyft to pay our &s;oudyers / who ay|deth and helpeth to defende and to kepe our iu|ry&s;dictyons and fraunchie&s;e / and it behoueth that our companyons mu&s;te lyue. And &s;o they wolde a&s;ke of euery man as they ly&s;t them &s;elfe and none dur&s;t &s;aye nay. For and they hadde / incontynent they &s;hulde haue bene &s;layne / and borne in hande. howe they had bene traytours to the good towne of Gaunt / and loued nat the welthe / honoure / nor profyte therof. Thus the knaues and yuell dy&s;po&s;ed people / were may|&s;ters in the good towne of Gaunt. And &s;o con|tynued / as long as the warre was bytwene the~ and the erle of Flau~ders their lorde. And to &s;ay the verye trouthe / thoughe the ryche and noble men of the good towne of Gau~t / were thus bea+ten with &s;uche roddes / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ought none to be &s;o rie therof. Nor they coude nat excu&s;e them&s;elfe / but that by theyr owne fautes / they were cau&s;e
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of theyr owne trouble / rea&s;on proueth howe. for whan therle of Flau~ders &s;ende to the~ his baily / to haue done iu&s;tyce on certayne rebels / &amp; euyll di&s;po&s;ed people. They myght if they had ly&s;t / abydden by hym / and haue gyuen hym confort in doyng of iu&s;tice / the whiche they dyd nat. but it &s;emed / that they hadde leauer the mater had gone yuell as it dyd / rather than well. And had rather to haue <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with theyr owne lorde tha~ peace. For well they myght knowe / that if they had warre / that the yuell people &s;huld be lordes of the towne / and &s;hulde be theyr mai&s;ters / and nat to be put downe agayne whan they wolde. This proued well by John~ Faucell / who (to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> entent to di&s;&s;ymule the mater) departed out of the towne of Gaunte / and went and / dwelte in Heynaulte / wherby he thought to be pourged out of blame / for the warre bytwene therle and the towne / thynkynge to beare no blame of ney|ther party. Howe be it the matier was &s;o layde to his charge / that he dyed therby / whiche was great domage. for this John~ Faucell was in his tyme a right &s;age and a noble wy&s;e ma~ / but it is hard haltynge before lordes and theyr cou~|&s;ayles / for they &s;e clerely. This man coude well ayde and cou~&s;ayle other / but as touchyng hym &s;elfe / he coude nat take the be&s;t waye. I can nat &s;ay / whyder he were culpable or nat / of the arty+cles that he was examyned of at Lyle / by &abser; Sy+mon Rayn / but the knyghtes and yuell fortune turned all agayn&s;t hym / &s;o that he dyed. And in like wy&s;e &s;o is fallen of all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> capitaynes of Gau~t that &s;u&s;teyned the rebellion agayn&s;t theyr <ABBR>lord.</ABBR> Al&s;o it hath co&s;te &s;yth many a ma~s lyfe in Gau~t and parauenture many a one / that were in no defaulte.</P>
<P>&para; Whan Peter du Boy&s;e / &s;awe that the towne of Gau~re dayly enpaired and febled / as well in theyr capitayns as in theyr men. And &s;awe well howe the riche men began to waxe wery / and were in mynde to leaue the warre. Wherfore he doubted greatly / and imagined / and &s;ame well that by no meanes of the worlde / there coude a|ny peace be made with the erle &s;o that he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be&s;ure of his lyfe. Than he reme~bred hym &s;elfe of John~ Lyon / who was his mai&s;ter / and &s;tu|dyed by what meanes he wrought. And he &s;aw well that he coude nat do all thynge alone / nor that he had nat the wytte and vnder&s;tandyng / to gouerne the hole towne of Gau~te. Wherfore he thought he wolde nat haue the pryncypall charge / but in all foli&s;&s;he enterpri&s;es he thought couertly to haue the &s;tudy of them. Than he re|membred hym &s;elfe of a man / the whiche was nat greatly taken hede of / in the towne of Gau~t. he was a wy&s;e man / but his wy&s;dome was nat knowen / nor he was nat taken hede of / tyll the &s;ame day. He was called Philip Dartuell / &s;one to Jaques Dartuell / who in his tyme .vii. yere togyder had the gouernaunce of all the countie of Flau~ders. And he harde Peter du boy&s;e and John~ Lion his mai&s;ter / and dyuer&s;e other aun+cient men of Gaunte often tymes &s;aye / that the countrey of Flaunders was neuer more loued / honored / and feared / than it was in the tyme of Jaques Dartuell / the whiche endured y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pace of .vii. yere. And as than he hard dayly the gau~ toy&s;e &s;ay / howe that whan Jaques Dartuell ly+ued / theyr bu&s;ynes was in good e&s;tate / for than they &s;ayd / they might haue peace at their wyls / &amp; the erle was glad whan he might &abper;don vs all. Peter de Boy&s;e reme~bred well the&s;e wordes in hym &s;elfe / and &s;awe how Jaques Dartuel had a &s;onne called Philip / a right couenable &amp; gra|cious man. And the quene of Englande / while the lay at Gau~t / during the &s;ege before Turney was his godmother / and &s;o for the loue of her / he was named Philyp. Than Peter de Boy&s;e in an euenynge came to this Philip / who was abydynge in his mothers hou&s;e / and lyued ho|ne&s;tely on theyr rentes. And Peter de boy&s;e be|gan to rea&s;on with hym / and began to open the mater / wherfore he was come to hym / and &s;ayd thus. Philyp / if ye wyll take good hede to my wordes / and beleue my coun&s;ayle / I wyll make you the greatte&s;t man in all the countie of Flau~+ders. Howe can that be &s;yr &s;ayd Philip. I &s;hall &s;hewe you &s;ayd Peter. ye &s;hall haue the gouer|nynge and myni&s;tration of all them in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Gaunte. for we be nowe in great nece&s;&s;yte to haue a &s;ouerayne capitayne of good name and of good renoume. And &s;o by this meanes your father Jaques Dartuell / &s;hall ry&s;e agayne in this towne / by the remembraunce of you. for e|uery man &s;aythe / that &s;yth his dayes / the coun|trey of Flaunders hath nat ben &s;o loued / hono|red / nor feared / as it was while he lyued. and I &s;hall lyghtly &s;et you in his &s;tede / if ye ly&s;t <ABBR>your</ABBR> &s;elfe. And whan ye be in that auctorite / than ye &s;hall gouerne your &s;elfe by my coun&s;aile / tyll ye haue ful vnder&s;tandyng of euery ca&s;e / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche ye &s;hall &s;oone lerne. Tha~ this Philip / who was at mannes &s;tate / and naturally de&s;yred to be a|uaunced / honored / and to haue more tha~ he had / an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd. Peter du boy&s;e / ye offre me a great thynge / and I beleue you. And if I were in the &s;tate that ye &s;peke of / I &s;were to you by
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my faythe / that I &s;hulde do nothynge without your cou~&s;ayle. Than Peter an&s;werd and &s;aid. Howe &s;ay you / can ye beare your &s;elfe high and be cruell amonge the comons / and &s;pecially in &s;uche thynges as we &s;hall haue to do. A man is nothynge worthe without he be feared / doub|ted / and &s;ome tyme renowmed with crueltie. Thus mu&s;t the fle~mynges be gouerned. Ama~ mu&s;t &s;et no more by the lyfe of men / nor haue no more pitie therof than of the lyues of &s;walowes or larkes / the whiche be taken in &s;ea&s;on to eate. By my fayth &s;ayd Philip all this ca~ I do right well. That is well &s;ayd <ABBR>qd</ABBR> Peter. And I &s;hall make you &s;o / that ye &s;halbe &s;oueraygne aboue all other. And &s;o therwith he toke leaue of hym and departed. The nyght pa&s;&s;ed / the next daye came. Than Peter du boy&s;e came into a place / Where as there were a&s;&s;embled moo than .iiii. M. of his &s;ecte and other / to here &s;ome tydyng &abis; and to knowe howe they &s;hulde be ordered / and Who &s;hulde be chief capitayne of Gaunte. And there was pre&s;ent the lorde of Harzelles / after Whom moche of the bu&s;ynes Within Gaunte was ordred. But of goynge <ABBR>outward</ABBR> he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat medle. And &s;o there amo~ge them / there was named dyuers per&s;ones of the towne of Gau~t. and Peter de boy&s;e &s;tode &s;tyll and harde them well. and than he &s;pake openly and &s;ayd. Sirs I beleue well all this y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye &s;ay / ye &s;peke of good affection / and by great deliberation of corage / that ye haue to the kepynge of the honour and profite of this towne. And al&s;o &s;uche per&s;ones as ye haue named be right able / and haue well de&s;erued to haue parte of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gouernynge of the towne of Gau~te. but <ABBR>ss</ABBR> I knowe one that if he wyll medle therwith / I thynke <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hulde nat be a meter man therfore / nor of a better name. Than Peter was de&s;ired to &s;hewe his name / &amp; &s;o he named hym and &s;ayd. Sirs it is Philip Dartuell / who was cri&s;tened at &s;aynt Peters in this towne of Gaunte / by the noble quene of <ABBR>England</ABBR> called Philip. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on that Jaques Dartuel was before Tournay with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge of Englande and the duke of Brabant / the duke of Guerles / and therle of Heynault / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche Jaques Dartuell this Philips father gouerned the towne of Gau~te and the cou~trey of flaunders &s;o well&punc; that it was neuer &s;o well ruled &s;yth / as I haue hard &s;ay / and do here day+ly of the auncient men / who had knowlege ther+of / Who &s;ay the towne was neuer &s;o well kepte &s;yth as it was in his tyme / for Flaunders was in a great iopardie to be lo&s;t / &amp; by his wy&s;dome he recouered it. &abser; s knowe for truthe we ought better to loue the braunches and membres that cometh from &s;o high a valiant man as he was / than of any other. And as &s;oone as Peter du boy&s;e had &s;ayd tho&s;e wordes / Philip Dartuell entred &s;o in to euery mans courage / that they &s;aid all with one voyce. Let vs haue hym / we wyl haue none other / go &s;end for hym. Nay nat &s;o <ABBR>qd</ABBR> Peter du boy&s;e / let hym nat be &s;ent fore / it were better we went to hym / we knowe nat as yet howe he wyll maynteyne hym&s;elfe / let hym fir&s;t be examyned.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the ordynaunce of Gau~te. And of the warre of Spaygne and of Por tyngale. Cap. CCC .lxxx.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd &s;o with Peter du boy&s;e wordes / all they y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and dyuer&s;e other that folo|wed them came to the hou&s;e / where as Phylyp Dartuell was / who knewe right well before theyr comynge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ma|ter. There was the lorde of Harzell / Peter du boy&s;e / Peter le mite and a .x. or .xii. of the chief aldermen of the craftes / and there they &s;hewed to Phylyp Dartuell howe the good towne of Gaunte was in great daunger withoute they myght haue a capitayne and a &s;ouerayne / who both without and within might ordre al maner of people abidynge in Gaunte. Wherfore they &s;aid they gaue al theyr voyces to hym / and dyd cho&s;e hym to be theyr &s;oueraygne capitayne for the good renome of his name / and for the loue of his good father / they were better co~tent with hym than with any other. Wherfore they de&s;y|red hym affectuou&s;ly / that he wold take on hym the charge / and they &s;ware vnto hym fayth and trouth / as to theyr lorde / promy&s;yng how euery body within the towne &s;huld be vnder his obey &s;au~ce. Philip vnder&s;tode well all theyr wordes &amp; reque&s;tis / and than right &s;agely he an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Sirs ye require me of a great thyng and I thynke ye reme~bre nat well howe the ca&s;e &s;tandeth / whan ye wolde that I <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> haue the gouernynge of the towne of Gau~te / ye &s;ay how the loue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> your p~dece&s;&s;ors had to my father dra+weth you to this prpo&s;e / but for al y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <ABBR>suice</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> my father dyd / yet at the la&s;t he was &s;layne among you. and &s;o if I &s;huld take on me y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gouernyng as ye &s;peke of &amp; than at la&s;t to be &s;layne / than I &s;hulde haue but a &s;mall rewarde. Philip quod Peter du boy&s;e / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> is pa&s;t can nat be recouered / 
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worke by coun&s;ayle / and ye &s;hall alweys be &s;o well cou~&s;ayled / that euery ma~ &s;hall pray&s;e you. Than &s;ayd Philip I <ABBR>wold</ABBR> be loth to do other wy&s;e. There he was taken vp amonge them &amp; brought in to the Market place / and there they made to hym a&s;&s;urau~ce both mayres / alderme~ / and mai&s;ters of euery crafte in Gaunte. Thus Philip was made chief capitayne in al Gau~te / &amp; thus at the begynnyng he was in great grace / for he &s;pake &s;wetely to euery man that had any thynge to do with hym / and delt&punc; &s;o wy&s;ely that euery man loued hym / for parte of the reue~nues that perteyned to the erle of Flau~ders in Gau~t as his heritage / he cau&s;ed them to di&s;tributed to the lorde of Harzels bicau&s;e of gentylnes and the more hone&s;tely to mainteyne his e&s;tate. For all that euer he had in Flaunders / without the towne of Gaunte / he had lo&s;te it clerely.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs leaue a lytell to &s;peke of the bu|&s;ynes of Flaunders / and let vs &s;omwhat &s;peke of Englande and of Portyngale.</P>
<P>ye haue harde well before / howe that after that kyng Henry of Ca&s;tile was dr&s;&s;ea&s;ed and his elde&s;t &s;one John~ crowned kynge / and his wyfe crowned quene / who was doughter to Peter of Aragon. Than the warre beganne betwene the kynge Fernando of Portyngale / &amp; the kynge of Ca&s;tile for certayne occa&s;ions be|twene them / and &s;pecially for the dealynge of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">. ladyes Con&s;tance and I&s;abel / doughters to the kynge Dampeter / The fyr&s;t maryed to the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and the &s;econde to the Erle of Cambridge. And the kynge of Portyngale &s;ayd / howe that the kyng of Ca&s;tile had wro~g|fully withoute cau&s;e di&s;herited his two co&s;yns of Ca&s;tile. and that it was nat to be &s;uffred that &s;uche two &s;o noble ladyes &s;hulde be dy&s;heryted fro theyr heritages / for the matier myght ro~ne &s;o longe / that it &s;hulde be forgoten / Wherby the ladyes &s;hulde neuer recouer theyr ryght. The whiche thynge he &s;ayd he wolde nat &s;uffr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc; Se|ynge that he was one of theyr nexte kyn&s;men / and as wel for the loue of god / as for to kepe the rea&s;on of Ju&s;tice / to the whiche he &s;ayde euery noble man ought to entend &amp; inclyne. And &s;o he defied y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng John~ of Ca&s;tile / who was crowned kynge of Spaigne / Gali&s;e / Ca&s;tile / and Cyuyll. And &s;o thus the kynge of Portyn|gale made hym warre on the&s;e &s;ayde articles. Kynge John~ defended hym ryght valiantly a|gayn&s;t hym / and he&punc; &s;ent to his fro~ters in to ga|ri&s;on great nombre of men of armes to re&s;i&s;t a|gayn&s;t his enemyes / &s;o that at the begynnynge he lo&s;t no thynge. He had right &s;age and good knyghtes of Frau~ce with hym / who com&s;orted hym greatly in his warris and gaue hym good coun&s;aile / as the Begue of Uilames / and &abser; Pe+ter his &s;o~ne / <ABBR>sir</ABBR> John~ of Bergettes / &abser; William of Lignac / &abser; Water Pui&s;&s;ac / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Taride &abser; John~ and &abser; Tri&s;tram of Roy / and dyuer&s;e other that were gone thyther / after the erle of Buckingham had ben in Britayne / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fre~che kynge had great aliaunce and confederacions with the kynge of Ca&s;tile. Wherfore the kynge of Portingale aduy&s;ed to &s;ende certayne me&s;|&s;angers into <ABBR>England</ABBR> / to the kynge and to his vncles / to thentent to haue <ABBR>ayd</ABBR> of hym in &s;uche wy&s;e that he myght be able to maynteyne hys Warre agayn&s;t the &s;paignardes. Than he cal|led to hym a wy&s;e and valiant knyght &amp; a great lord / called John~ Ferrande / and to hym he &s;he|wed all his ente~t / and &s;ayd. John~ ye &s;hall beare me the&s;e letters of credence in to Englande / I can nat &s;ende a better me&s;&s;anger than you / nor none that knoweth &s;o well the be&s;ynes of Fra~ce as ye do. ye &s;hall recommende me to the kynge with the&s;e letters / and &s;hewe hym howe I &s;u&s;|teyne my co&s;yns i~ theyr right of Spaigne / Ga+lice / &amp; Cyuill. Wherfore &s;ay that I require hym to &s;ende to me his vncle the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and his wyfe / and a certayn no~bre of men of ar|mes &amp; archers. And wha~ they be come / we tru&s;t than to make good warre / what with them and with our owne pui&s;&s;au~ce / &s;o that we tru&s;t to re|couer our heritages. <ABBR>Sir</ABBR> &s;aid y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> knyght / at yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> I &s;hall fulfyll your me&s;&s;age. And nat lo~ge after he entred into &s;hyp to do his voyage and &s;o departed fro the hauyn &amp; the citie of Li&s;|&s;ebone. And &s;o longe &s;ayled that he arryued at Plommoth / the &s;ame day / the &s;ame houre / and &s;ame tyde that therle of Buckyngham arryued and certayne of his ve&s;&s;els / as they returned fro Britayne. The engli&s;&s;heme~ had &s;o &s;ore fortune on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ee / that they lo&s;t .iii. of theyr &s;hippes char|ged with men &amp; proui&s;ion / and all his flete was &s;prede abrode by a great &s;torme of <ABBR>wynd</ABBR> &amp; they arryued in great perill in .iii. hauyns of En|glande. Of the comynge of this knyght oute of Portingale therle of Buckyngham was right ioyfull and made hym ryght good chere / and demaunded of hym tydynges / and he &s;hewed hym dyuer&s;e thynges both of Portyngale &amp; of Spaygne. And &s;o after they rode together tyll they came to the good citie of Lo~don / where the kynge of Englande was. &para; Whan therle of Buckyngha~ was come to Londu~ / they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cite made hym good chere / and than he went to the
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kynge / who was at We&s;tm~ and his .ii. vncles with hym / the duke of Lanca&s;tre and the erle of Cakridge / and the knyght of Portingale was in his company. And whan the kynge and the lordes had knowlege of hym / they made great &s;emblant of ioy / and greatly honored hym. He pre&s;e~ted his letters to the kynge / Who red them in the pre&s;ence of his vncles. The kynge as tha~ dyd no thynge / but by the coun&s;ayle of his vn|cles / for he was but yonge. Than the knyght was exammed bicau&s;e he brought letters of cre+dence / and demaunded the cau&s;e of his comyng out of Portingale into Englande. And he an|&s;werd &s;agely / and &s;hewed them all the mater as ye haue harde before. And whan the lordes had Well vnder&s;tande hym / they an&s;wered / Say|enge in the kynges name. We thanke our co|&s;yn y^e kynge of Portingale that he putteth hym &s;elfe &s;o <ABBR>foreward</ABBR> in our be&s;ynes / in that he ma|keth warre agayn&s;t our aduer&s;ary / and that he requireth is rea&s;onable. Wherfore he &s;hall ha|&s;tely haue ayde / and the kynge &s;hall take adui&s;e howe it &s;hall be ordered. And &s;o as than there were no mo Wordes. This knyght &s;traunger for the loue of the&s;e tydynges y^t he had brought plea&s;aunt to the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and to the erle of Cambridge / he was fea&s;ted and dyned with the kynge / and &s;o taried the &s;pace of .xv. dayes / tyll the vtas of &s;aynt George / Where as y^e kynge and his vncles were. And thyther was come&s;yr Robert of Namure to &s;e the kyng and to make his relef for that he helde of the kynge in Inglande. Than was there the parliament and coun&s;aile a&s;&s;igned to be at We&s;tm~ / I &s;hall tell you why / as well for the be&s;ynes of Portin|gale the whiche was a newe mater / as for other for the truce was expired the fyr&s;t day of June / and &s;o there was a great coun&s;aile of the prela|tes and barones of <ABBR>England</ABBR> / howe they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> ordre all the&s;e mats. And &s;o they were in <ABBR>mynd</ABBR> to &s;end the duke of Lanca&s;tre into Portingale / and &s;ome &s;ayd / it was a farre and a longe voy|age to &s;ende hym thyther. And if he went / they myght happe to repent it / for they vnder&s;tode that the &s;cottes made great apparell to entre in to <ABBR>England.</ABBR> And &s;othan it was determined in theyr cou~&s;aile / that the duke of Lanca&s;tre / who knewe well the marches of <ABBR>Scotland</ABBR> and the dealyng of the &s;cottis. And it was thought that they wolde &s;ooner fall at a treatie with hym / rather than With any other great lorde of all <ABBR>England</ABBR> / and howe that the &s;cottes wolde do more for hym than for any other. And how that the erle of Cambrydge / with .v. C. &s;peares and as many archers &s;hulde goo in to Portingale. And if that the duke of Lanca&s;tre coulde do &s;o|moche with the &s;cottes with the honour of the realme that a truce might be had to endure .iii. yere than he myght well go into Portingale a|bout the moneth of Augu&s;te or Septembre / if the kynge and his cou~&s;ayle thought it be&s;t / and &s;o therby to enforce the Army of hys brother. Al&s;o there was a nother poynt / Wherfore the duke of Lanca&s;tre went nat out of Englande / Bicau&s;e the kynge of Englande had &s;ente cer|tayne me&s;&s;a~gers with the duke of Ta&s;&s;on and the Arche by&s;&s;hopp~ of Rauenne to the kynge of Almayne / to haue his &s;y&s;ter to wyfe / orelles to knowe howe the mater &s;hulde &s;tande. For <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had be longe treatye therof more than the &s;pace of a yere. Of Englande there was the by&s;&s;hop of &s;aynt Dauys / &amp; &s;yr Symond Burle to haue a conclu&s;ion of this matier if they myght. And &s;o to this coun&s;ayle accorded the kynge and all the lordes. And &s;o the parliament brake vp on this poynt / and there were named and wrytten the barones and knyghtes that &s;hulde go in to Portyngale with the erle of Cambridge.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the Erle of Cambrydge de|parted oute of Englande to goo in to Portyngale. And howe the comons of Englande rebelled agayn&s;t the no|ble men. Cap. CCC .lxxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duke of Lanca&s;tre orde|red his bu&s;ynes and depar|ted fro the kyng and fro his brethern~. And at his goyng he &s;ware to his brother the erle of Cambrydge / that at his returnyng out of Scot+lande he wolde ordre &s;o his bu&s;ynes y^t he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> ha&s;tely folowe hym into Portyngale / if there were no great cau&s;e to lette. Thus the duke of Lanca&s;tre departed <ABBR>toward</ABBR> <ABBR>Scotland</ABBR> / but w^t his owne men. And at the &s;ame la&s;te parliame~t holden at London / it was ordeyned that &abser; He~|ry Percy erle of Northu~berla~de &s;hulde be war|deyn of all the lande of <ABBR>Northu~berland</ABBR> / and of the by&s;&s;hopriche of Duram / and fro thens into Wales to the ryuer of &s;euerne. And &s;o he depar+ted fro Lo~den to go to his charge / &amp; that was a xv. dayes after that the duke of Lanca&s;tre was departed. Al&s;o tha~ departed fro the kynge and fro therle of Buckyngham his brother the erle
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of Cambrydge / to go towardes his voyage in to Portyngale. And &s;o made prouy&s;ion about Ploumoth and v&s;tayled his &s;hyppes / and toke with hym his wyfe the lady I&s;abell / &amp; his &s;one John~. his entent was to bryng them into Por+tingale / the whiche he acco~pli&s;&s;hed. And w^t the erle of Cambrydge were the&s;e lordes. Fir&s;t the lord Mathue Gornay con&s;table of the ho&s;t / the lorde Chanon Rob&s;ard / the lorde John~ of new ca&s;tell / the lord Wyllm~ Beaucha~pe mar&s;hall of tho&s;t / y^e Souldic of Le&s;trade the lord of Bar|rere / the lorde Chalebore / &s;ir Willm~ Helmon / &abser; Thomas&s;ymon / Mylles wynde&s;ore / &s;ir John~ of Ca~derut and diuers other / to the nombre of v. C. men of armes / and as many archers. So the&s;e lordes and theyr men came to Ploumoth and lodged there about / abyding for wynde. &amp; lytle and lytell &s;hypped all their &s;tuffe. but they toke with them no hor&s;es, bicau&s;e the way was farre a &s;ondre / bytwene Englande &amp; Lucebone in Portingale. and y^e Portingale knyght was alwayes &s;tyll in their co~panye. And &s;o they ta|ried ther .iii. wekes abydynge for wynde / the which was contrary to them. Ja the meane ty|me the duke of Lanca&s;tre went toward Scot|lande / &amp; &s;o came to the cyte of Berwike the next towne to Scotland of all England. And whan he was ther he re&s;ted hym / and &s;ent an haralde of armes in to Scotland / towarde the barons ther. &s;hewyng them / howe he was come thyder to &s;peke with the~ on the marches / as the v&s;age had ben before. And if they wolde come &amp; treat with him to &s;end hym worde / or elles he knewe ryght well what to do. The harauld departed and rode to Edenbourg / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> kyng Robert of Scotland / therle Duglas / y^e erle de la Marc / the erle Morette / and the other lordes of Scot+land were a&s;&s;embled together. For they hadde knowledge how the duke of Lanca&s;tre was co|myng thyder to treat with them. wherfore they were a&s;&s;embled in the chife towne of Scotland ioynyng to the fronters of England. And ther the harauld dyd his me&s;&s;age / &amp; was well herde at length / and he had aun&s;were that they were well content to here the duke &s;peke. And &s;o the harauld brought a &s;alueconduct for the duke &amp; his company / to endure as longe as he were in the marches / and comuned togyder. Thus the harald retourned to Berwyke / &amp; &s;hewed howe he&s;ped. And &s;o the duke depted fro Berwyke / &amp; left all his &abpro;ui&s;ion behynd hym in the towne / and &s;o went to Ro&s;ebourge and there lodgyd. And the next day he went &amp; lodged at the abbey of Mamos on the ryuer. yt was an abbey that departed England &amp; Scotland a &s;undre. there the duke taryed and his co~pany / tyll the &s;cottes were come to Monbanne .iii. lytle myle thens. &amp; whan they were come thyder / they &s;ent worde to the duke. Thus the treatie began bytwene y^e Scottes and Engly&s;&s;hmen / the whiche endu|red a .xv. dayes. In y^e meane &s;ea&s;on whyle this treate was / ther fell in England great my&s;chife and rebellion of mouyng of the comon people. by which dede / England was at a poynt to ha|ue ben lo&s;t without recouery. Ther was neuer realme nor countrey in &s;o great <ABBR>aduentur</ABBR> / as it was in that tyme. &amp; all bycau&s;e of the ea&s;e and ryches that the comon people were of / whiche moued them to this rebellion / as &s;omtyme they dyd in Fraunce / the which dyd moche hurt. for by &s;uche incidentes the realme of Fraunce hath ben greatly greued.</P>
<P>IT was a marueylous thing and of poore foundacion / that this my&s;chife began in Englande. And to gyue en&s;ample to all maner of people / I wyll &s;peke therof as it was don / as I was enfourmed / and of the incide~tes therof. Ther was an v&s;age in England / &amp; yet is in di|uer&s;e countreys / that the noble men hath great frau~ches ouer the comons / and kepeth them in &s;eruage. that is to &s;ay / their tenau~tes ought by cu&s;tome to laboure the lordes landes / to gather and bring home theyr cornes / &amp; &s;ome to thre&s;he and to fanne. and by <ABBR>suage</ABBR> to make theyr hey / and to heaw their wood and bring it home. all the&s;e thyng&abis; they ought to do by &s;eruage. And ther be mo of the&s;e people in Englande / than in any other realme. thus the noble men and pre|lates arre &s;erued by them / and &s;pecially in the countie of Bre~dpe&s;t / Su&s;&s;etter / and Bedford. The&s;e vnhappy people of the&s;e &s;ayd countreys began to &s;tyrre / bycau&s;e they &s;ayde they were kept in great &s;eruage. And in the begynning of the worlde / they &s;ayd <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were no bonde men. Wherfore they maynteyned y^t none ought to be bonde / without he dyd trea&s;on to his lorde: as Lucifer dyde to god. But they &s;ayd they coude haue no &s;uch batayle / for they were nother an|gelles nor &s;pirittes: but men fourmed to the &s;i|milytude of their lordes. &s;ayng / why &s;huld they than be kept &s;o vndre lyke be&s;t&abis;? the which they &s;ayd they wold no lengar &s;uffre / for they wolde be all one. and if they labored or dyd any thyng for theyr lordes / they wold haue wages <ABBR>therfor</ABBR> a&s;well as other. And of this imaginacion was a foli&s;&s;he pree&s;t in the cou~tie of Rent / called Jo|han Wall / for the which foly&s;&s;he wordes he had
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ben thre tymes in the by&s;&s;hop of Canterburies pri&s;on. For this pree&s;t v&s;ed often tymes on the &s;ondayes after ma&s;&s;e / whanne the people were goynge out of the myn&s;ter to go in to the cloy|&s;ter &amp; preche: and made the people to a&s;&s;emble a dout hym / and wolde &s;ay thus. Aye good peo|ple the maters gothe nat well to pa&s;&s;e in En|glande / nor &s;hall nat do tyll euery thyng be co~|mon. and that there be no villayns nor gentyl|men but that we may be all vnyed toguyder. &amp; that the lordes be no greatter mai&s;ters than we be. What haue we de&s;erued: or why &s;hulde we be kept thus in &s;eruage? We be all come fro one father and one mother / Adam and Eue. Wher|by can they &s;ay or &s;hewe / that they be gretter lor+des than we be? &s;auynge by that they cau&s;e vs to wyn and labour / for that they di&s;pende. they are clothed in Ueluet and chamlet furred with gri&s;e / and we be ve&s;tured with poreclothe. they haue their wynes / &s;pyces / and good breed: and we haue the drawyngout of the chaffe / &amp; drinke water. They dwell in &s;ayre hou&s;es / and we ha|ue the payne and traueyle / rayne and wynde in the feldes. And by that / that cometh of our la|bours, they kepe and maynteyne their e&s;tates. We be called their bondmen / and without we do redilye them &s;eruyce / we be beaten. And we haue no &s;euerayne to whom we may co~playne / nor that wyll here vs / nor do vs right. Lette vs go to the kyng / he is yonge: &amp; &s;hewe hym what &s;eruage we be in. and &s;hewe him howe we wyll haue it otherwy&s;e. or els we wyll prouyde vs of &s;ome remedy. And if we go togyder / all maner of people that be nowe in any bondage wyll fo|lowe vs / to thentent to be made fre. And whan the kyng &s;eyth vs / we &s;hall haue &s;ome remedy / outher by fayrne&s;&s;e or otherwy&s;e. Thus John~ Wall &s;ayd on &s;ondayes&punc; whan the people i&s;&s;ued out of the churches in the vyllages. Wherfore many of the meane people loued him / &amp; &s;uche as entended to no goodne&s;&s;e &s;ayde / howe he &s;ayd trouth. and &s;o they wolde murmure one with <ABBR>a+nother</ABBR> in the feldes and in the wayes / as they went togyder. Affermyng / howe Johan Wall &s;ayd trouthe. The archeby&s;&s;hoppe of Canter|bury / who was enformed of the &s;ayeng of this John~ Wall / cau&s;ed hym to be taken and put in pri&s;on / a two or thre monethes to cha&s;tice hym. Howbeit / it had ben moche better at the begyn|nyng / that he had ben co~dempned to perpetuall pri&s;on / or els to haue dyed. rather than to haue &s;uffred hym to haue ben agayne delyuered out of pri&s;one / but the by&s;&s;hop had con&s;cience to let hym dye. And whan this Johan Wall was out of pri&s;on he retourned agayn to his errour / as he dyde before. Of his wordes and dedes there were moche people in London enformed / &s;uche as had great enuy at them that were riche / and &s;uche as were noble. And than they beganne to &s;peke among them &amp; &s;ayd. Howe the realme of Englande was right euyll gouerned / and how that golde &amp; &s;yluer was taken fro the~ / by theym that were named noble men. So thus the&s;e vn|happy men of London began to rebell and a&s;&s;e~+bled the~ togyder / and &s;ent worde to the for&s;ayd countreys / that they &s;hulde come to London / and bring theyr people with them. Promi&s;yng them / howe they &s;hulde fynde London open to receyue them / and the comons of the cytie to be of the &s;ame acorde. &s;ayeng / how they wolde do &s;o moche to the kynge / that there &s;hulde nat be one bondman in all Englande.</P>
<P>THis promi&s;e moued &s;o them of Kent / of E&s;&s;ex / of Su&s;&s;ex / of Bedforde / and of of the countreis about / that they ro&s;e and came towardes London / to the nombre of. l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. thou|&s;ande. And they had a capitayne / called Water Tyler / and with him in company was Jaques Strawe and Johan Balle. The&s;e thre were chefe &s;oueraygne capitayns / but the heed of all was Water Tyler / and he was in dede a tyler of hou&s;es / an vngracious patron. Whan the&s;e vnhappy men began thus to &s;tyre / they of Lon+don / except &s;uche as were of theyr bande / were greatly afrayed. Than the mayre of London and the riche men of the cytie / toke coun&s;ayle to+gyder. And whan they &s;awe the people thus co+mynge on euery &s;yde / they cau&s;ed the gates of the cite to be clo&s;ed / and wolde &s;uffre no man to entre in to the cytie. But whan they hadde well imagyned / they aduy&s;ed nat &s;o to do. For they thought they &s;hulde therby / put their &s;ubbar|bes in great parell to be brent. And &s;o they ope|ned agayne the cytie / and there entred in at the gates / In &s;ome place a hundred / two hundred / bytwentie / and by .xxx. And &s;o whan they came to London they entred and lodged. And yet of trouthe / the thirde parte of the&s;e people / coude nat tell what to a&s;ke or demaunde / but folowed eche other lyke bee&s;tes / as y^e &s;hepherdes dyde of olde tyme. Sayeng / howe they wolde go con|quere the holy lande / and at la&s;t all came to no|thynge. In lykewi&s;e the&s;e villayns and poore people came to London a hundred myle of .lx. myle .l. myle .xl. myle / and .xx. myle of / and fro all cou~treis about London. but the moo&s;t part ca~e fro the countreis beforenamed / and as they
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came / they demaunded euer for the kyng. The gentylmen of the countreis knightes and &s;quy+ers began to doute / whan they &s;awe the people began to rebell / and though they were in dout / it was good rea&s;on. For a le&s;&s;e occa&s;yon / they might haue bene afrayed. So the gentylmen drewe toguyder a&s;well as they might. &para; The &s;ame daye that the&s;e vnhappy people of Kent were comynge to London / there retourned fro Canterbury the kynges mother princes of Wa+les / comynge from her pylgrimage. She was in great ieopardy to haue ben lo&s;t / for the&s;e peo+ple came to her chare and delt rudely with her. Wherof the good lady was in great doute / le&s;t they wolde haue done &s;ome vilany to her / or to her damo&s;els. Howe be it god kept her / and &s;he came in one day fro Caunterbury to London / for &s;he neuer dur&s;t tary by the waye. The &s;ame tyme kyng Richarde her &s;on was at the towre of London. There his mother founde hym / &amp; with hym there was the erle of Sali&s;bury / the archeby&s;&s;hoppe of Caunterbury / &s;ir Robert of Namure / the lorde of Gomegines / and dyuers other. Who were in dout of the&s;e people y^t thus gadered toguyder / and wy&s;t nat what they de|maunded. This rebellyon was well knowen in the kynges courte / or any of the&s;e people be|gan to &s;tyre out of their hou&s;es. But the kyng nor his cou~&s;ayle dyde prouyde no remedy ther|fore / whiche was great marueyle. And to then|tent that all lordes and good people / and &s;uche as wolde nothing but good / &s;hulde take en&s;am+ple to correct them that be yuell and rebellions. I &s;hall &s;hewe you playnlye / all the mater as it was.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The yuell dedes that the&s;e come~s of Englande dyde to the kynges offy+cers / and howe they &s;ent a knight to &s;peke with the king. Ca. C C C lxxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe monday before the fee&s;t of Corpus Chri&s;ty. the yere of our lorde god a thou+&s;ande thre hundred .lxxxvii. the&s;e people y&s;&s;ued oute of their hou&s;es / to come to Lo~|don to &s;peke with the kynge to be made fre / for they wolde haue had no bo~de man in Englande. and &s;o fir&s;t they ca~e to &s;aynt Thomas of Caunterbury. And there Johan Balle had thought to haue founde the by&s;&s;hop of Canterbury / but he was at London with the kyng. Whan Wat Tyler and Jacke Strawe entred in to Canterbury / all the comon people made great fee&s;t / for all the towne was of their a&s;&s;ent. And there they toke coun&s;ayle to go to London to the kyng / and to &s;ende &s;ome of their co~pany ouer the ryuer of Thames / in to E&s;&s;exe in to Su&s;&s;exe / and in to the counties of Staf|forde and Bedford / to &s;peke to the people / that they &s;hulde all come to the farder &s;yde of Lon|don / and therby to clo&s;e London rounde about &s;o that the kynge &s;hulde nat &s;toppe their pa&s;&s;a|ges / and that they &s;hulde all mete toguyder on Corpus chri&s;ty day. They that were at Caun|terbury entred into &s;aynt Thom~s churche and dyde there moche hurte / and robbed and brake vp the by&s;&s;hoppes chambre. And in robbynge and bearing out their pyllage they &s;ayd. A this chau~celler of Englande / hath had a good mar|ket to gette toguyder all this riche&s;&s;e. He &s;hall gyue vs nowe accompte of the reuenues of En+glande / and of the great profytes that he hath gathered &s;ythe the kynges coronacyon. Whan they had thys monday thus broken the abbey of &s;aynt Uyncent / they de&abper;ted in the mornyng and all the people of Canterbury with them: &amp; &s;o toke the way to Roche&s;ter / &amp; &s;ende their peo|ple to the vyllages about. And in their goynge they beate downe and robbed hou&s;es of aduo|cates / and procurers of the kynges courte / and of the archeby&s;&s;hoppe / and had mercy of none. And whan they were come to Roche&s;ter / they had there good chere / for the people of y^e towne taryed for them / for they were of the &s;ame &s;ec<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e. and than they went to the ca&s;tell <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and toke the knyght that had the rule therof / he was cal|led &s;ir Johan Moton: and they &s;ayde to hym. Sir / it behoueth you to go with vs / &amp; you &s;hall be our &s;ouerayne capitayne / and to do that we wyll haue you. The knight excu&s;ed hym&s;elfe hone&s;tly / and &s;hewed them dyuers con&s;ydera|cions &amp; excu&s;es / but all auayled hym nothyng / for they &s;ayde vnto hym. Sir Johan / if ye do nat as we wyll haue you / ye are but deed. The knyght &s;eyng the&s;e people in that fury / and re|dye to &s;lee hym. He than douted dethe &amp; agreed to the~ / and &s;o they toke hym with them agayn&s;t his inwarde wyll. And in lykewi&s;e dyd they of other countreis in Englande / as E&s;&s;exe / Su&s;|&s;exe / Stafforde / Bedforde / &amp; Warwyke / euyn to Lyncolne. For they brought the knight&abis; and gentylmen into &s;uche obey&s;ance / that they can|&s;ed
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them to go with them wheder they wolde or nat / as the lorde Molayne a great barone / &s;ir Stephyne of Hales / and &s;ir Thomas of Guy|&s;ighen and other.</P>
<P>NOwe beholde the great fortune. If they might haue come to their ententes / they wolde haue di&s;troyed all the noble men of En|glande. And therafter all other nacyons wolde haue folowed the &s;ame / and haue taken fote and en&s;ample by them / and by them of Gaunte and Flaunders / who rebelled agayn&s;t their lorde. The &s;ame yere / the pari&s;yens rebelled in lyke|wy&s;e / and founde out the mallettes of yron / of whom <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were mo than .xx. thou&s;ande / as ye &s;hall herafter in this hy&s;torie: but fir&s;t we wyll &s;peke of them of Englande.</P>
<P>_WHan the&s;e people thus lodged at Roche&s;ter de&abper;ted and pa&s;&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ry+uer and came to Bra~forde / alway kepynge &s;tyll their opynions / bea+tyng downe before the~ / and all a|bout / the places and hou&s;es of aduocates &amp; pro+curers / and &s;trikyng of the heedes of dyuers &abper;+&s;ons. and &s;o long they went forwarde / tyll they came within a foure myle of London / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lodged on a hyll / called Blacheth: and as they went they &s;ayd euer / they were the kynges men and the noble comons of Englande. and whan they of London knewe / that they were come &s;o nere to them. The mayre (as ye haue herde be|fore) clo&s;ed the gates / and kept &s;traitely all the pa&s;&s;ages. This order cau&s;ed the mayre / who was called Nicholas Walworthe: and dyuers other riche burge&s;&s;es of the cyte / who were nat of their &s;ect. But <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were in London of their vnhappy opinyons / mo than .xxx. thou&s;ande. Than the&s;e people thus beyng lodged on Blac+heth / determyned to &s;ende their knight to &s;peke with the kyng. And to &s;hewe hym howe all that they haue done or wyll do / is for hym &amp; his ho|nour. And howe the realme of Englande hath nat ben well gouerned a greet &s;pace / for the ho|noure of the realme / nor for the comon profyte / by his vncles and by the clergy. And &s;pecially by the archeby&s;&s;hop of Caunterbury his chau~|celler / wherof they wolde haue accompt. This knight dur&s;t do none otherwi&s;e / but &s;o came by the ryuer of Thames to the towre. The kynge and they that were with hym in the towre / de&s;y|rynge to here tidynges / &s;eyng this knyght co|myng / made him way and was brought before the kynge in to a chambre. And with the kynge was the prince&s;&s;e his mother and his two bre|therne / therle of Kent and the lorde John~ Hol|land / the erle of Sali&s;burye / the erle of War|wyke / the erle of Oxenforthe / the archeby&s;&s;hop of Caunterbury / the lorde of &s;aynt Johans / &abser; Robert of Namure / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Uertaigne / the lorde of Gomegynes / &s;ir Henry of Sau&s;elles / the mayre of London / and dyuers other nota|ble burge&s;&s;es. This knight &s;ir Johan Moton who was well knowen amonge the~ / for he was one of the kynges offycers. He kneled downe before the kynge and &s;ayd. My right redouted lorde / lette it nat di&s;plea&s;e your grace / the me&s;|&s;age that I mu&s;t nedes &s;hewe you. For dere &s;ir it is byforce and agayn&s;t my wyll. Sir John~ &s;ayd the kyng / &s;ay what ye wyll I holde you ex+cu&s;ed. Sir / the commons of this your realme hath &s;ente me to you / to de&s;yre you to come and &s;peke with them on Blacheth / for they de&s;yre to haue none but you. And &s;ir / ye nede nat to haue any dout of your per&s;one / for they wyll do you no hurte / for they holde and wyll holde you for their kynge. But &s;ir / they &s;ay they wyll &s;hewe you dyuers thynges / the whiche &s;hall be ryght nece&s;&s;arie for you to take hede of / whanne they &s;peke with you. Of the whiche thynges &s;ir / I haue no charge to &s;hewe you. But &s;ir / &amp; it may plea&s;e you to gyue me an <ABBR>an&s;wer</ABBR> &s;uche as may apea&s;e the~ / and that they may knowe for trouth that I haue &s;poken with you / for they haue my chyldren in ho&s;tage / tyll I retourne agayne to theym. And without I retourne agayne / they wyll &s;lee my chyldren incontynent. Tha&s;ie the kyng made hym an an&s;were and &s;ayd. Sir / ye &s;hall haue an an&s;were &s;hortely. Than the kyng toke coun&s;ayle what was be&s;t for hym to do. &amp; it was anone determyned / y^t the next mornyng the kynge &s;hulde go downe the ryuer by water and without fayle to &s;peke with the~. And whan &s;ir Johan Moton herde that an&s;were / he de&s;y+red nothynge els. And &s;o toke his leaue of the kyng and of the lordes / and retourned agayne in to his ve&s;&s;ell and pa&s;&s;ed the Thames &amp; went to Blackeheth / where he had left mo than thre|&s;core thou&s;ande men. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he an&s;wered the~ that the next mornynge they &s;hulde &s;ende &s;ome of their coun&s;ayle to the Thames / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng wolde come and &s;peke with them. This an&s;were greatlye plea&s;ed theym / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed that night a&s; well as they might. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fourthe part of them fa&s;ted for lacke of vitayle / for they had none. Wherwith they were &s;ore di&s;|plea&s;ed / whiche was good rea&s;on.</P>
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<P>_ALl this &s;ea&s;on therle of Buckyng|hame was in Wales / for there he had fayre herytages by rea&s;on of his wyfe / who was doughter to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Northu~berlande and Her|forde / but the voyce was all through London / howe he was amonge the&s;e people. And &s;ome &s;ayd certaynlye / howe they had &s;ene hym there amonge them. And all was / bycau&s;e there was one Thomas in their companye / a man of the countie of Cambridge / that was very lyke the erle. Al&s;o the lordes that lay at Plummouth to go in to Portyngale / were well infourmed of this rebellyon / and of the people that thus be|gan to ry&s;e. Wherfore they douted le&s;t their vy|age &s;hulde haue bene broken / or els they feared le&s;t the comons about Hampton / Wynche&s;tre / and Aru~dell / wolde haue come on them. Wher|fore they wayed vp their ancres and y&s;&s;ued out of the hauyn with great payne / for the wynde was &s;ore agayn&s;t them / and &s;o toke the&s;ee / and there ca&s;t ancre abyding for the wynde. and the duke of Lanca&s;tre / who was in the marches of Scotlande / bytwene Morlane and Ro&s;eburg entreatyng with the &s;cottes / where it was &s;he|wed hym of the rebellyon / Wherof he was in doute. For he knewe well he was but lytell be|loued with the comens of Englande. Howe be it for all tho&s;e tidynges / yet he dyde &s;agely de|means hym &s;elfe / as touchynge the treatie with the &s;cottes. The erle Duglas / therle of Moret / the erle of Surlant / and therle Thomas Uer &s;ay: and the &s;cotes that were there for the trea|tie. knewe right well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> rebelly on in Englande howe the comen people in euery parte began to rebell agayn&s;t the noble men. wherfore the &s;cot+tes thought that Englande was in great daun+ger to be lo&s;t. and therfore in their treaties they were the more &s;tyffer agayne the duke of Lan|ca&s;tre and his coun&s;ayle. &para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the commons of Englande / and howe they perceyuered.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the co~mons of Englande en|tred in to London / and of the great yuell that they dyde. and of the dethe of the by&s;&s;hoppe of Cau~terbury / and dyuers other. Cap. CCClxxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the mornyng on cor+pus chri&s;ty day kynge Ry|charde herde Ma&s;&s;e in the towre of Lo~don / and all his lordes. and than he toke his barge / with therle of Sali&s;+bury / therle of Warwyke / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle of Suffolke &amp; certayn knight&abis;. &amp; &s;o rowed downe a longe Thames to Redereth / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as was di&s;ce~ded downe the hyll a .x. M. men / to &s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng / and to &s;peke with him. And whan they &s;awe the kynges barge comyng / they beganne to &s;howt / and made &s;uche a crye: as though all the deuylles of hell had ben amonge them. and they had brought with them &s;ir Johan Moton to the entent that if the kynge had nat co~e / they wolde haue &s;tryken hym all to peces: &amp; &s;o they had promy&s;ed hym. And whan the kynge &amp; his lordes &s;awe the demeanour of the people. The be&s;t a&s;&s;ured of them were in drede. And &s;o the kynge was coun&s;ayled by his barownes nat to take any landynge there / but &s;o rowed vp and downe the ryuer. And the kyng demaunded of them what they wolde / and &s;ayd. howe he was come thyder to &s;peke with them. And they &s;aid all with one voyce. we wolde that ye &s;hulde co~e a lande / and than we &s;hall &s;hewe you what we lacke. Than the erle of Sali&s;bury aun&s;wered for the kyng and &s;ayd. Sirs / ye be nat in &s;uche order nor array / that the kynge ought to &s;peke with you. And &s;o with tho&s;e wordes no more &s;ayd. And than the kyng was coun&s;ayled to re+turne agayne to the towre of Lo~don: and &s;o he dyde. And whan the&s;e people &s;awe that / they were enflamed with yre / and retourned to the hyll / where the great bande was. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;he|wed the~ what an&s;were they had / and howe the kynge was retourned to the towre of London. Than they cryed all with one voyce. Let vs go to London / and &s;o they toke their way thyder. And in their goyng / they beate downe abbeyes and hou&s;es of aduocates / &amp; of men of the court and &s;o came in to the &s;ubbarbes of Lo~don / whi|che were great and fayre / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> bete downe dyuers fayre hou&s;es. And &s;pecially they brake vp the kynges pri&s;ones / as the Mar&s;hal&s;e and other / and delyuered out all the pri&s;oners that were within: and there they dyde moche hurt. And at the bridge fote they thret them of Lon|don / bycau&s;e the gates of the bridge were clo|&s;ed. Sayenge / howe they wolde brenne all the &s;ubarbes / and &s;o co~quere London byforce: and to &s;lee and brenne all the commons of the cytie.
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There were many within the cytie of their ac|corde / and &s;o they drewe toguyder / and &s;ayde. Why do we nat let the&s;e good people entre in to y^e cyte / they are our felowes: and that that they do is for vs. So therwith the gates were opy|ned / and than the&s;e people entred in to the cytie and went in to hou&s;es / and &s;atte downe to eate and drinke. They de&s;yred nothynge but it was incontynent brought to them / for euery manne was redy to make the~ good chere: and to gyue them meate and drinke to apea&s;e them. Than the capitayns: as John~ Ball / Jacke Strawe and Watte Tyler wente through out London / and a twentie thou&s;ande with them. and &s;o ca~e to the Sauoy / in the way to We&s;tmyn&s;ter / whi+che was a goodlye hou&s;e / and it &abper;teyned to the duke of Lanca&s;tre. and whan they entred / they &s;lewe the kepars therof / and robbed and pylled the hou&s;e. And wha~ they had &s;o done / than they &s;ette fyre on it / and clene di&s;troyed and brent it. and whan they had done that outrage / they left nat therwith / but went &s;treight to the fayre ho&s;|pytalle of the Rodes / called &s;aynt Johans. and there they brente hou&s;e / ho&s;pytall / myn&s;ter and all. Than they went fro &s;trete to &s;trete / &amp; &s;lewe all the flemmynges that they coulde fynde / in churche or in any other place / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none re|&s;pyted fro dethe. and they brake vp dyuers hou+&s;es of the lombardes and robbed theym / &amp; toke their goodes at their plea&s;ure: For there was none that dur&s;t &s;aye them nay. And they &s;lewe in the cytie a riche marchaunt / called Richarde Lyon: to whome before that tyme / Watte Ty|ler had done &s;eruyce in Frau~ce. And on a tyme this Rycharde Lyon had beaten hym whyle he was his varlet. the whiche Watte Tyler than remembred / and &s;o came to his hou&s;e &amp; &s;trake of his heed. and cau&s;ed it to be borne on a &s;pere poynt before him all about the cyte. Thus the&s;e vngracyous people demeaned them &s;elfe / lyke people enraged and wode. and &s;o that day they dyde moche &s;orowe in London.</P>
<P>ANd &s;o agayn&s;t night / they wente to lodge at &s;aynt Katherins / before the towre of London. Sayenge / howe they wolde neuer depart thens / tyll they hadde the kynge at their plea&s;ure. And tyll he had ac|corded to them / all that they wolde a&s;ke acom|ptes / of the chau~cellour of Englande. to knowe where all the good was become / that he had le|uyed through the realme. and without he made a good acompte to them therof / it &s;hulde nat be+fore his profyte. And &s;o whan they had done all the&s;e yuels to the &s;trau~gers all the day / at night they lodged before the towre.</P>
<P>YE may well knowe and beleue / that it was great pytie / for the <ABBR>daunger</ABBR> that the kyng / and &s;uche as were with him were in. For&s;ome tyme the&s;e vnhappy people &s;howTed and cryed &s;o loude / as thoughe all the deuylles of hell had bene among them. In this euennynge / the kynge was coun&s;ayled by his bretherne and lordes / and by &s;ir Nicholas wal|worthe mayre of London / and dyuers other no table and riche burge&s;&s;es. that in y^e night tyme they &s;hulde i&s;&s;ue out of the towre and entre into the cyte / and &s;o to &s;lee all the&s;e vnhappy people / whyle they were at their re&s;t and a &s;lepe. For it was thought that many of them were dronken / wherby they &s;hulde be &s;layne lyke flees. Al&s;o of twentie of them / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;cant one in harnes. And &s;urely the good men of Lo~don might well haue done this at their ea&s;e / for they had in their hou&s;es &s;ecretely / their frendes and &s;eruauntes redy in harne&s;&s;e. And al&s;o &s;ir Robert Canolle was in his lodgyng kepyng his trea&s;ure / with a &s;ix&s;core redy at his co~mau~deme~t / In likewi&s;e was &s;ir Perducas Dalbret / who was as than in London. In &s;o moche that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> myght well a&s;&s;embled toguyder / an eyght thou&s;ande men redy in harne&s;&s;e. Howe beit <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nothyng done / for the re&s;ydue of the commons of the cy|tie were &s;ore douted / lee&s;t they &s;hulde ry&s;e al&s;o. and the commons before were a thre&s;core thou|&s;ande or mo. Than the erle of Sali&s;bury and the wy&s;e men about the kynge &s;ayd. Sir / if ye can ape&s;e them with fayrne&s;&s;e / it were be&s;t and moo&s;t profytable / and to graunt theym euery thynge that they de&s;yre. For if we &s;hulde begyn a thynge / the whiche we coulde nat atcheue / we &s;hulde neuer recouer it agayne. But we &amp; oure heyres euer to be di&s;heyrited. So this cou~&s;aile was taken / &amp; the mayre countermaunded. And &s;o commaunded that he &s;hulde nat &s;tyrre. And he dyde as he was co~maunded / as rea&s;on was. And in the cytie with the mayre there were .xii. aldermen / wherof nyne of them helde with the kynge / and the other thre toke parte with the&s;e vngracyous people / as it was after well kno|wen / the whiche they full derely bought.</P>
<P>ANd on the friday in the mornynge / the people beyng at &s;aynt Katheryns / nere to the towre. Began to apparell them &s;elfe / and to crye and &s;houte / and &s;ayd. Without the kyng
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wolde co~e out and &s;peke with them / they wolde a&s;&s;ayle the towre / and take it byforce / and &s;lee all them that were within. Than the kyng dou+ted the&s;e wordes / and &s;o was coun&s;ailed that he &s;hulde i&s;&s;ue out to &s;peke with the~. And than the kynge &s;ende to them / that they &s;hulde all drawe to a fayre playne place / called Myleende / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the people of the cytie dyde &s;port them in the &s;omer &s;ea&s;on. And there the kyng to graunt the~ that they de&s;yred. And there it was cryed in the kyng&abis; name / that who &s;oeuer wolde &s;peke with the kyng / let hym go to the &s;ayd place / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hulde nat fayle to fynde the king. Than the people began to departe / &s;pecially the co~mons of the vyllages / and went to the &s;ame place / but all went nat thyder. for they were nat all of one condycion. For <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome that de&s;yred no+thynge but riche&s;&s;e / and the vtter di&s;truction of the noble men / and to haue Lo~don robbed and pylled. That was the princypall mater of their begynnynge / the whiche they well &s;hewed. For a&s;&s;oone as the towre gate opyned / and that the kynge was y&s;&s;ued out with his two bretherne / and the erle of Sali&s;bury / the erle of Warwike the erle of Oxenforthe / &s;ir Robert of Namure / the lorde of Bretaygne / the lorde Gomegynes / and dyuers other. Than Watte Tyler / Jacke Strawe / and Johan Ball / and mo than foure hu~dred entred into the towre / and brake vp cha~+bre after chambre / and at la&s;t founde the arche|by&s;&s;hoppe of Caunterbury / called Symon / a valyant man and a wy&s;e / and chefe chaunceller of Englande. and a lytell before / he hadde &s;ayd ma&s;&s;e before the kynge. The&s;e Glottons toke hym and &s;trake of his heed. and al&s;o they behe|ded the lorde of &s;aynt Johans / and a frere my|nour mai&s;ter in medicyn / &abper;teyning to the duke of Lanca&s;tre / they &s;lewe hym in di&s;pyte of his mai&s;ter. and a &s;ergeant at armes / called John~ Laige. And the&s;e four heedes were &s;et on foure logn &s;peares / and they made the~ to be borne be|fore the~ / through the &s;tretes of London. And at la&s;t &s;et the~ a highe on Lo~don bridge / as though they had ben traytours to the kyng / &amp; to the re|alme. Al&s;o the&s;e glottous entred in to the prices chambre and brake herhed / wherby &s;he was &s;o &s;ore afrayed / that &s;he &s;owned. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;he was taken vp and borne to the water&s;yde / and put in to a barge and couered / and &s;o conueyed to a place called the quenes Warderobe. And there &s;he was all that daye and night / lyke a woman halfe deed: tyll &s;he was conforted with y^e kyng her &s;onne / as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the nobles of England were in great paryll to haue ben dy|&s;troyed. &amp; howe the&s;e re|bels were puni&s;&s;hed and &s;ende home to theyr owne hou&s;es. Cap. CCC .lxxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kyng came to the &s;ayd place of Myleende without London / he put out of his company his two bre|therne / the erle of Kent &amp; &s;ir Johan Holande / and the lor+de of Gomegynes: for they dur&s;t nat apere before y^e people. And whan the kynge and his other lordes were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">he fou~de there a thre&s;core thou&s;ande men / of dyuers vyl|lages / and of &s;ondrie countreis in Englande. So the kynge entred in amonge them / &amp; &s;ayd to them &s;wetely. A ye good people / I am your kyng. What lacke ye? What wyll ye &s;ay? Than &s;uche as vnder&s;tode him &s;ayd. We wyll that ye make vs free for euer / our &s;elfe / our heyres / and our landes: and that we be called no more bo~de nor &s;o reputed. Sirs &s;ayd the king / I am well agreed therto. Withdrawe you home into your owne hou&s;es / and into &s;uche villages as ye ca~e fro / and leaue behynde you of euery vyllage .ii. or thre. and I &s;hall cau&s;e writynges to be made and &s;eale theym with my &s;eale / the whiche they &s;hall haue with them / conteyning euery thynge that ye demaunde. And to thentent that ye &s;hal be the better a&s;&s;ured / I &s;hall cau&s;e my baners to be delyuered in to euery Bayliwyke / &s;hyre / and countreis. The&s;e wordes apea&s;ed well the co~mon people / &s;uche as were &s;ymple and good playne men / that were come thyder and wy&s;te nat why. They &s;aid it was well &s;aid / we de&s;yre no better. Thus the&s;e people beganne to be a|pea&s;ed / and began to withdrawe them in to the cyte of Lo~don. And the kyng al&s;o &s;aid a worde the whiche greatly contented them. He &s;ayde: Sirs / amonge you good men of Kent. ye &s;hall haue one of my baners with you / &amp; ye of E&s;&s;exe another / &amp; ye of Su&s;&s;exe / of Bedforde / of Ca~|bridge / of Germeney / of Stafforde / &amp; of Lyn|eche of you one. And al&s;o I pardon euery thin|ge that ye haue done hyder to / &s;o that ye folowe my baners / and retourne home to your hou&s;es. They all an&s;wered how they wolde &s;o do. thus
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the&s;e people departed and went in to London. Than the kynge ordayned mo than .xxx. cler|kes the &s;ame fridaye to write with all dilyge~ce / letter patentes / and &s;ayled with the kyng&abis; &s;eale and delyuered them to the&s;e people. And whan they had receyued the writynge / they departed and retourned in to their owne countreis / but the great venym remayned &s;tyll behynde. For Watte Tyler / Jacke Strawe / and John~ ball &s;ayd / for all that the&s;e people were thus ape&s;ed. yet they wolde nat departe &s;o / and they had of their acorde / mo than .xxx. thou&s;ande. So they abode &s;tyll / and made no pre&s;e to haue the kyn|ges writyng nor &s;eale / for all their ente~tes was to putte the cytie to trouble / in &s;uche wy&s;e: as to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> all the riche and hone&s;t per&s;ons / &amp; to robbe and pylle their hou&s;es. They of London were in great feare of this / wherfore they kepte their hou&s;es preuily with their fre~des / and &s;uche &s;er|uauntes as they had / euery man accordynge to his puy&s;&s;aunce. And whan~e the&s;e &s;ayde people were this fridaye thus &s;omewhat apea&s;ed / and that they &s;hulde departe a&s;&s;oone as they hadde their writynges / euerye manne home in to his own<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countrey. Than kynge Rycharde came in to the Royall / where the quene his Mother was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ght &s;ore afrayed. So he co~forted her as well as he coulde / and taryed there with her all that night.</P>
<P>YEt I &s;hall &s;hewe you of an aduenture that fell by the&s;e vngracyous people / before the cyte of Norwiche / by a capi+tayne among them: called Guillyam Ly&s;tre of Stufforde.</P>
<P>_THe &s;ame daye of Corpus Chri&s;ty / that the&s;e people entred in to Lon|don and brent the duke of Lanca|&s;ters hou&s;e / called the Sauoye: &amp; the Ho&s;pytall of &s;aynt Johannes / and brake vp the kynges pri&s;ons. And dyd all this hurte (as ye haue herde before) The &s;ame tyme there a&s;&s;embled toguyder: they of Staf|forde / of Lynne / of Cambridge / of Bedforde / and of Germeney. And as they were comynge towardes London / they hadde a capitayne a|monge them / called Ly&s;tre. And as they came they re&s;ted them before Norwiche. and in their comynge / they cau&s;ed euerye man to ry&s;e with them / &s;o that they left no villayns behynde the~. The cau&s;e why they re&s;ted before Norwyche / I &s;hall &s;hewe you. There was a knight capi|tayne of the towne / called &s;ir Robert Sale. He was no gentylman borne / but he had the grace to be reputed &s;age / and valyant in armes. And for his valyauntne&s;&s;e / kynge Edwarde made hym knight. He was of his body / one of y^e big|ge&s;t knightes in all Englande.</P>
<P>Ly&s;ter and his company thought to ha|ue had this knyght with them / and to make hym their chife capitayne / to the entente to be the more feared and beloued. So they &s;ende to hym / that he &s;hulde co~e and &s;peke with the~ in the felde / or els they wolde brenne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne. The knight con&s;ydered / that it was bet+ter for hym to go &amp; &s;peke with the~ / rather than~e they &s;hulde do that outrage to the towne. than he mounted on his hor&s;e and y&s;&s;ued oute of the towne all alone / and &s;o came to &s;peke with the~. And whan they &s;awe hym / they made him gret chere and honoured hym moche. de&s;yring hym to a lyght of his hor&s;e and to &s;peke with theym / and &s;o he dyde / wherin he dyde great folly. For whan~e he was a lyghted / they came rounde a|bout hym / and began to &s;peke fayre to hym and &s;ayde. Sir Robert / ye are a knight and a man greatlye beloued in this countrey / and renow|med a valyaunt man. And thoughe ye be thus / yet we knowe you well: ye be no gentylmanne borne / but &s;onne to a villayne &s;uche as we be. Therfore co~e you with vs and be our mai&s;ter / and we &s;hall make you &s;o great a <ABBR>lord</ABBR> / that one quarter of Englande &s;halbe vnder your obey|&s;au~ce. Whan the knight herde them &s;peke thus it was greatlye contraryous to his mynde / for he thought neuer to make any &s;uche bargayne / and an&s;wered them with a felonous regarde. Flye away ye vngracyous people / fal&s;e and y|uell traytours that ye be. Wolde you y^t I <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> for&s;ake my naturall lorde / for &s;uche a company of knaues as ye be / to my di&s;honoure for euer. I had rather ye were all hanged as ye &s;hall be: for that &s;hall be your ende. And with tho&s;e wor+des he had thought to haue lepte agayne vpon his hor&s;e / but he fayled of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;tyrroppe: and the hor&s;e &s;terted away. Than they cryed all at him and &s;ayde / &s;lee hym without mercy. Whan he <ABBR>herd</ABBR> tho&s;e wordes / he let his hor&s;e go and drue out a good &s;werde / &amp; began to &s;crimy&s;&s;he with them / and made a great place about hym / that it was <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> to beholde him. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was non that dur&s;t aproche nere hym. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were &s;ome that aproched nere hym / but at euery &s;troke y^t he gaue / he cutte of outher legge heed / or arme. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was none &s;o hardye but that they feared hym. He dyde there &s;uche dedes of armes / that
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it was marueyle to <ABBR>regard</ABBR> / but there were mo than fourty <ABBR>thou&s;and</ABBR> of the&s;e vnhappy people. they &s;hotte and ca&s;te at hym / and he was vnar|med. To &s;ay trouthe / if he had bene of yron or &s;tele / yet he mu&s;te nedes haue ben &s;layne. But yet or he dyed he &s;lewe .xii. out of hande / be&s;yde theym that he hurte. Finally he was &s;tryken to the erthe / and they cutte of his armes and leg|ges / and than &s;trake his body all to peces.</P>
<P>This was the ende of &abser; Robert Salle / whiche was great dommage. For whiche dede <ABBR>after|ward</ABBR> all the knyghtes and &s;quyers of Engla~d were angry and &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed wha~ they <ABBR>hard</ABBR> therof. &para; Nowe let vs retourne to the kynge.</P>
<P>THe &s;aturday / the kynge departed fro the Warderobe in the Royall / &amp; went to We&s;tmyn&s;ter and harde ma&s;&s;e in the churche there / and all his lordes with hym. And be&s;yde the churche there was a lytle chapell with an image of our lady / whiche dyd great myracles / and in whom the kynges of Englande had euer great tru&s;te and confy|dence. The kynge made his ori&s;ons before this Image / and dyde there his offryng. And than he lepte on his hor&s;e and all his lordes / and &s;o the kynge rode towarde London. And whan he had ryden a lytle way on the lyft hande there was a way to pa&s;&s;e without London. &para; The &s;ame propre mornynge Watte Tyler / Jacke Strawe / and John~ Ball had a&s;&s;embled their company to comon to gether / in a place called Smythfelde / where as euery fryday there is a markette of hor&s;es. And there were together / all of affinite / mo than .xx. thou&s;ande / and yet there were many &s;tyll in the towne / drynkynge and makynge mery in the tauernes / and payed nothyng. For they were happy that made them be&s;te chere. And the&s;e people in Smythfelde / had with theym the kynges baners / the whiche were delyuered theym the daye before. And all the&s;e glottons were in <ABBR>mynd</ABBR> to ouerrenne and to robbe London the &s;ame daye / for theyr capi|taynes &s;ayde / howe they had done nothynge as yet. the&s;e lyberties that the kynge hath gyuen vs / is to vs but a &s;mall profitte. Therfore lette vs be all of one accorde / and lette vs ouerrenne this riche and puy&s;&s;aunt citie or they of E&s;&s;ex / of Su&s;&s;ex / of Cambrydge / of Bedforde of A|rundell / of Warwyke / of Reedynge / of Oxen|forde / of Guylforde / of Linne / of Stafforde / of Germeney / of Lyncolne / of yorke / and of Du|ram do come hyther / for all the&s;e wyll come hy|ther. Wallyor and Ly&s;ter wyll bringe them hy|ther. And if we be fyr&s;t lordes of London / and haue the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the ryches that is therin / We &s;hall nat repent vs. For if we leaue it / they that come after wyll haue it fro vs. To thys coun&s;ayle they all agreed. And therwith the kynge came the &s;ame waye vnware of theym. For he had thought to haue pa&s;&s;ed that waye withoute London / and with hym a .xl. hor&s;e. And whan he came before the abbaye of &s;aynt Bartilmeus / and behelde all the&s;e people. than the kynge re&s;ted and &s;ayde / howe he wolde go no farther / tyll he knewe what the&s;e people ay|led. &s;ayenge / if they were in any trouble howe he wold repea&s;e them agayne. The lordes that were with hym taried al&s;o / as rea&s;on was wha~ they &s;awe the kynge tarye. And whan Watte Tyler &s;awe the kynge tary / he &s;ayd to his peo|ple. Syrs / yonder is the kynge / I wyll go and &s;peke with hym / &s;tyre nat fro hence / without I make you a &s;igne. and whan I make you y^t &s;ygne / come on / and &s;lee all theym / excepte the kynge / but do the kynge no hurte / he is yonge we &s;hall do with hym as we ly&s;t / and &s;hall leade hym with vs all about Englande / and &s;o &s;hall we be lordes of all the royalme without doubt. And there was a dowblette maker of London / called John~ Tycle / and he hadde brought to the&s;e Glotons a .lx. doublettes / the whiche they ware. than he demaunded of the&s;e capitaynes who &s;hulde paye hym for his doublettes / he de|maunded .xxx. marke. Watte Tyler an&s;we|red hym and &s;ayd. Frende appea&s;e your&s;elfe / thou &s;halte be well payed or this day be ended / kepe the nere me / I &s;hall be thy credytour. And ther with he &s;purred his hor&s;e / and departed fro his co~pany / and came to the kynge / &s;o nere hym that his hor&s;e heed touched y^e crope of the kyng&abis; hor&s;e. and the fir&s;t worde that he &s;ayd was this / Syr kynge / &s;ee&s;t thou all yo~der people? ye tru|ly &s;ayd the kynge / Wherfore &s;aye&s;t thou? By|cau&s;e (&s;ayd he) they be all at my commaunde|ment / and haue &s;worne to me fayth and trouth to do all that I wyll haue theym. In a good tyme &s;ayd the kyng / I wyll well it be &s;o. Than Watte Tyler &s;ayde / as he that no thynge de|maunded but ryot. What beleue&s;t thou kynge that the&s;e people and as many mo as be in Lon+don at my co~mau~dement / that they wyll de&abper;te frome the thus / without hauynge thy letters. No &s;ayde the kyng / ye &s;hall haue theym / they be ordeyned for you / and &s;halbe delyuered eue|ry one eche after other. Wherfore good felowes withdrawe fayre &amp; ea&s;ely to your people &amp; cau&s;e them to de&abper;te out of Lo~don / for it is our entent
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that eche of you by villages and towne&s;hippes &s;hall haue letters patentes / as I haue promy|&s;ed you. With tho&s;e wordes Watte Tyler ca&s;te his eyen on a &s;quyer / that was there with the kynge / bearynge the kynges &s;werde. and Wat Tyler hated greatlye the &s;ame &s;quyer. for the &s;ame &s;quier had di&s;plea&s;ed hym before / for wor+des bytwene theym. What &s;ayde Tyler / arte thou there / gyue me thy dagger. Nay &s;ayde the &s;quier that wyll I nat do. Wherfore &s;hulde I gyue it the? The kynge behelde the &s;quyer / and &s;ayd gyue it hym / lette hym haue it. And &s;o the &s;quyer toke it hym &s;ore agayn&s;t his wyll. And whan this Watte Tyler had it / he began to play therwith / and tourned it in his hande: and &s;ayde agayne to the &s;quyer / gyue me al&s;o that &s;werde. Naye &s;ayde the &s;quyer it is the kynges &s;werde / thou arte nat worthy to haue it / for thou arte but a knaue. And if there were no moo here but thou and I / thou dur&s;te nat &s;peke tho&s;e wordes / for as moche golde in qua~|tite as all yonder abbaye. By my faythe &s;ayd Wat tyler / I &s;hall neuer eate meate tyll I haue thy heed. And with tho&s;e wordes the mayre of London came to the kynge with a .xii. hor&s;es well armed vnder theyr cootes / and &s;o he brake the prea&s;e / And &s;awe and harde howe Watte Tyler demeaned hym &s;elfe / and &s;ayde to hym. Ha thou knaue / howe arte thou &s;o hardy in the kynges pre&s;ence to &s;peke &s;uche wordes. It is to moche for the &s;o to do. Than the kynge began to chafe / and &s;ayd to the mayre. Sette handes on hym. And while the kynge &s;ayde &s;o / Tyler &s;ayd to the mayre / A godde&s;name / what haue I &s;ayde to di&s;plea&s;e the? yes truely quod the mayre / thou fal&s;e &s;tynkynge knaue / &s;halt thou &s;peke thus in the pre&s;ence of the kynge my na|turall lorde? I commytte neuer to lyue / with|out thou &s;halte derely abye it. And with tho&s;e wordes the mayre drewe oute his &s;werde and &s;trake Tyler / &s;o great a &s;troke on the heed / that he fell downe at the feete of his hor&s;e. And as &s;oone as he was fallen / they enuironed hym all aboute / wherby he was nat &s;ene of his co~pany. Than a &s;quyer of the kynges alyghted / called John~ Standy&s;&s;he / &amp; he drewe out his &s;worde and put it in to Watte Tylers belye / and &s;o he dyed. Than the vngracious people there a&s;|&s;embled perceyuynge theyr capytayne &s;layne / beganne to mourmure amonge them &s;elfe and &s;ayde. A / our capitayne is &s;layne / lette vs go and &s;lee them all. And therwith they araynged them &s;elfe on the place in maner of batayle / and theyr bowes before theym. Thus the kynge beganne a great outrage / howe be it all turned to the be&s;te. for as &s;oone as Tyler was on the erthe / the kynge departed from all his compa|ny / and all alone he rode to the&s;e people / and &s;ayde to his owne men. Syrs / none of you fo|lowe me / let me alone. And &s;o whan he came before the&s;e vngracious people / who put them &s;elfe in ordinaunce to reuenge theyr capitayne. Than the kynge &s;ayde to theym. Syrs / what ayleth you / ye &s;hall haue no capitayne but me. I am your kynge / be all in re&s;t and peace. And &s;o the moo&s;t parte of the people / that harde the kynge &s;peke / and &s;awe hym amo~ge them / were &s;hamefa&s;t / and beganne to waxe pea&s;able / and to departe. But &s;ome / &s;uche as were malicious and euyll / wolde nat departe / but made &s;em|blant as though they wolde do &s;omwhat. Tha~ the kynge returned to his owne company / and demau~ded of theym what was be&s;t to be done. Than he was cou~&s;ailed to drawe into the feld / for to flye awaye was no boote. Than &s;ayd the mayre / it is good that we do so. for I thynke &s;urely we &s;hall haue &s;hortely &s;ome comforte of them of London / and of &s;uche good men as be of our parte / who are pourueyed / and haue theyr fre~des and men redy armed in theyr hou|&s;es. And in this meane tyme voyce and bruyte ranne through London / howe the&s;e vnhappy people were lykely to &s;le the kynge &amp; the maire in Smythfelde. Through the whiche noy&s;e / all maner of good men of the kynges partye / i&s;&s;ued out of theyr hou&s;es and lodgynges / well armed / and &s;o came all to Smythfelde / and to the felde where the kynge was. And they were anone to the nombre of .vii. or .viii. thou&s;ande men well armed. And fyr&s;te thyther came <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Robert Canoll / and &abser; Perducas Dalbret well accompanyed / and dyuers of the aldermen of London / and with theym a .vi. hundred men in harneys. And a pu&s;ant man of the citie / who was the kynges draper / called Nicholas Me~|bre / and he brought with hym a great compa|ny. And euer as they came / they raynged them a foote in ordre of bataylle. And on the other parte the&s;e vnhappy people were redy rayn|ged / makynge &s;emblaunce to gyue batayle / and they had with theym dyuer&s;e of the kyn|ges baners. There the kynge made .iii. kny|ghtes. The one the mayre of London &s;ir Ny|cholas walworthe / <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Johan Standy&s;&s;he / and <ABBR>&s;yr</ABBR> Nycholas Braule. Than the lordes &s;ayde amonge theym &s;elfe / what &s;hall we do? we &s;e here our ennemyes / who wolde gladly &s;lee vs / if they myght haue the better hande of
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vs. Sir Robert Canoll coun&s;ayled to go and fight with them / and &s;lee them all. yet the kyng wolde nat co~&s;ent therto / but&s;ayd. Nay / I wyll nat &s;o. I wyll &s;ende to theym / commaundynge them to &s;ende me agayne my baners / and ther|by we &s;hall &s;e what they wyll do. How be it ou|ther by fayrne&s;&s;e or otherwi&s;e / I wyll haue the~. that is well &s;ayd &s;ir quod therle of Saly&s;bury. Than the&s;e newe knightes were &s;ent to them. And the&s;e knightes made token to them / nat to &s;hote at them. And whan they came &s;o nere the~ that their &s;peche might be herde / they &s;ayd. <ABBR>ss</ABBR> the kyng commaundeth you to &s;ende to him a|gayne his baners / and we thynke he wyll haue mercy of you. And incontinent they delyuered agayne the baners / and &s;ent them to the kyng. Al&s;o they were commau~ded on payne of their heedes / that all &s;uche as had letters of the king to bring them forthe / and to&s;ende them agayne to the kynge. And &s;o many of them delyuered their letters / but nat all. Than the kyng made them to be all to torne in their pre&s;ence. And as &s;oone as the kynges baners were delyuered a|gayne / the&s;e vnhappy people kept none array / but the moo&s;t parte of them dyde ca&s;te downe their bowes / and &s;o brake their array / &amp; retour+ned in to London. Sir Robert Canolle was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / in that he myght nat go to &s;lee them all. But the kyng wolde nat con&s;ent ther|to / but &s;ayd he wolde be reuenged of them well ynough / and &s;o he was after.</P>
<P>_THus the&s;e foly&s;&s;he people depar|ted / &s;ome one way and &s;ome a no|ther. And the kyng and his lordes and all his company / ryght ordy|nately entred in to London / with great ioye. And the fir&s;te iourney that the kyn|ge made / he wente to the lady prince&s;&s;e his <ABBR>mo|ther</ABBR> / who was in a Ca&s;tell in the Royall / cal|led the quenes wardrobe. And there &s;he hadde taryed two dayes and two nightes right &s;ore a ba&s;&s;hed (as &s;he had good rea&s;one) And whan &s;he &s;awe the kyng her &s;onne / &s;he was greatly re+ioy&s;ed / and &s;ayde. A fayre &s;onne / what payne and great &s;orowe / that I haue &s;uffred for you this day. Than the kynge an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Certaynly madame I knowe it well: but nowe reioy&s;e your &s;elfe and thanke god / for nowe it is tyme. I haue this day recouered myne hery|tage and the realme of Englande / the whiche I hadde nere lo&s;t. Thus the kyng taryed that day with his mother / and euery lorde went pea+&s;eably to their owne lodgynges. Than there was a crye made in euery &s;trete in the kynges name / that all maner of men / nat beyng of the cytie of London / and haue nat dwelt there the &s;pace of one yere / to departe. And if any &s;uche be founde there the &s;onday by the &s;onne ri&s;yng / y^t they &s;huld be taken as traytours to the kyng and to lo&s;e their heedes. This crye thus made / there was none that dur&s;te breke it. And &s;o all maner of people departed and &s;parcled abrode euery man to their owne places. Johan Balle and Jaques Strawe / were founde in an olde hou&s;e hydden / thinkyng to haue &s;tollen away / but they coulde nat. For they were accu&s;ed by their owne men. Of the takyng of them / the kyng and his lordes were gladde: and thanne &s;trake of their heedes / and watte Tylers al&s;o. and they were &s;er on Lo~don bridge / and the va+lyaunt mennes heedes taken downe / that they had &s;ette on the thur&s;day before. The&s;e tidyn|ges anone &s;predde abrode / &s;o that the people of the &s;trange countreis / whiche were comyng to wardes London / retourned backe agayne to their owne hou&s;es / and dur&s;t come no farther.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Lanca&s;tre kepte him &s;elfe &s;tyll in Scotlande / for feare of this rebellyon. And howe the kyn|ge puny&s;&s;hed of the&s;e traytours / the chefe mai&s;ters. Cap. CCC .lxxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe lette vs &s;peke / how the duke of Lanca&s;tre in the meane &s;ea&s;on of this rebellyon / was in the mar|che&s;&s;e of Scotlande / trea|tyng for a peace with therle Duglas / and the other lor|des of Scotlande. The Scottes knewe right well of this rebellyon in Englande / and in like+wi&s;e &s;o dyde the duke of Lanca&s;tre. Howe be it he neuer made any &s;emblant ther ofto the &s;cot|tes / but was as &s;ore in his treatie / as thoughe Englande had ben in good re&s;t and peace. So longe this treatie was debated amonge them / that at la&s;t a tru&s;e was taken to endure thre <ABBR>yer</ABBR> bytwene Englande and Scotland. and whan this tru&s;e was thus accorded / the lordes of eche parte made good chere eche to other. Than the
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erle Duglas &s;ayd to the duke of La~ca&s;tre. Sir we knowe right well of the rebellion of the co|mon people in England / and the parell that the realme of England is in by that incide~ce. Sir we repute &amp; take you for ryght &s;age &amp; a valiant man &s;ith ye haue co~tinued your treaty &s;o frely / as ye haue done / for ye wolde neuer make any &s;emblant therof. Sir / we &s;ay to you y^t we offre our&s;elfe yfye haue nede / to be redy to ayde you with .v. or .vi. C. &s;peres / and to do you &s;eruice. by my faith &s;ayd the duke. fayre lordes I tha~ke you / I woll nat refu&s;e your offre. howe be it I thynke veryly / that the kynge my lorde hath &s;o good coun&s;ayle / that the mater &s;hall right well come to pa&s;&s;e. how be it I de&s;yre you to haue a &s;alucconducte for me and myne to returne in to your cou~trey / if nede be / tyll the mater be apea|&s;ed. The erle Duglas and the erle Moret who had the kynges auctorite / grau~ted hym his de|&s;yre / and &s;o than thy departed. The &s;cottes re|turned to Edenbourge / and y^e duke &amp; his went to Berwyk. wenyng to the duke to haue entred in to the towne / for whan he pa&s;&s;ed that waye: ther he left all his proui&s;ion. but the capitane of the towne / called &abser; Mathue Redmayn / refu&s;ed to hym the entre / and clo&s;ed the gates agayn&s;t hym and his. &s;ayng howe he was &s;o comau~ded by the erle of Northumberlande / who as than was princypall and &s;oueraygne of all the mar|ches and frounters of Northumberlande. And whan the duke herde tho&s;e wordes he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed &amp; &s;ayd. how &s;o Mathue Redmayn. Is ther in Northu~berlande a gretter &s;oueray|gne than I am / that &s;hall lette me to pa&s;&s;e this way / and left all my proui&s;yon with you. what meaneth the&s;e tydyng&abis;? By my faith &abser; &s;ayd the knyght. This is true that I &s;ay / and by the co~|maundement of the kynge. Sir this that I do to you is ryght &s;ore agayn&s;t my wyll: how be it I mu&s;t nedes do it. Therfore &abser; for godde&s;&s;ake holde me excu&s;ed / for I am thus commaunded on payne of my lyfe / that ye &s;hall nat entre in to this towne / nor none of yours.</P>
<P>yE may well knowe that y^e duke of La~|ca&s;tre hadde great marueyle / and was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed with the&s;e wordes / but nat with the knyght all onely / but with theym that ordeyned that mater. &s;eyng that he hadde traueyled for the be&s;ynes of England / and than to haue hym in &s;uche &s;u&s;pecte. As to &s;toppe fro hym the fir&s;t to wne bytwene England &amp; Scot+lande. And &s;o imagyned greatly in hym&s;elfe / &amp; di&s;couered nat all that he thought in his coura+ge. &amp; &s;o he made no more prea&s;e on the knyght / and thought well the knyght wolde nat &s;o do without &s;ome expre&s;&s;e commaundeme~t. and &s;o brake out of that mater and &s;ayd. &abser; Red<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayn / haue you any knowlege of y^e tidyng&abis; i~ Engla~d. &abser; &s;ayd he I know none / but that the countrey is &s;ore meuyd. and the kyng our &s;oueraigne lorde hath written to all the lordes / knyghtes / and good townes of this contrey: to be all redy to come to him whan &s;oeuer he &s;endith for them. &amp; all co~&s;tables and kepars of cyties / townes / and ca&s;telles in Northu~berland. he hath &s;ent &s;trayt commaundement on payne of deth / to &s;uffer no man to entre in to any place vnder theyr rules / and to take good hede of theyr charge. And as for the comon people that rebelleth about Lon|don / I knowe no certayn worde of the~. but that the offycers of the by&s;&s;hopryche of Lincolne / of Cambridge / of Stafforde / of Bedford / and of Norwich / haue writen: how that y^e comon peo|ple vnder them haue great de&s;yre / that the ma|ter &s;huld go euyll. &amp; that ther &s;hulde be trouble in England. ya &s;ayd the duke / what here you of our countreys of Lanca&s;tre / Derby / and Lyn|&s;etur. here you of any rebellion <ABBR>ther?</ABBR> Sir &s;ayd the knyght I here no thynge y^t they pa&s;&s;e Lyn|colne. Than the duke mu&s;ed a lytle and de&abper;ted fro the knyght and toke his way to Ro&s;eburge / and there he was receyued of the con&s;table / for whan he pa&s;&s;ed he &s;et him ther. Then the duke of Lanca&s;tre was cou~&s;ayled / bycau&s;e he knewe nat &s;urely how y^e maters dyd in Englande / nor of whome he was beloued nor hatyd. That he &s;huld &s;end to the lordes of Scotland / de&s;yring them to &s;end a quantite of men of warre to con|uey hym in to Scotlande / with a &s;aueconduct. And &s;o thus he &s;ent to the erle Duglas / who lay as than at Alque&s;t. and whan the erle &s;awe his lettre he had great ioy / and made great <ABBR>cher</ABBR> to the me&s;&s;a~ger. And &s;ent worde therof to the erle Moret / and to therle de la Mare his brother / de&s;yring them incontinent without any delay / to mete with him at Morlane the thyrd day af|ter / with a certayne nombre well hor&s;ed &amp; apa|rellyd. A&s;&s;one as the&s;e lordes knewe this / they &s;ent for theyr men and frendes / and &s;o came to Morlan / and ther they fou~de the erle Duglas / and &s;o they rode all together / to the nombre of v. C. &s;peres / and came to the abbey of Mauros a .ix. lytle myle fro Ro&s;eburge. And on the way they met the duke / &amp; ther they made great chere eche to other. And &s;o longe they rode together tyll they came to the cite of Edenbourge / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the kynge of &s;cottes was. And for the moo&s;t
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parte euer the kynge lay there / for there was a good ca&s;tell / a bigge towne / and a fayre hauyn but as at that tyme the kyng was nat there. He was in the wylde &s;cotty&s;&s;he. There the duke of Lanca&s;tre was greatlye honoured of the Erle Duglas / and of the barownes of Scotlande. and the ca&s;tell was delyuered to the duke to lye in. And &s;o there he lay a &s;ea&s;on / tyll other tidyn+ges came to hym out of Engla~de / but that was nat &s;o &s;oone as he wolde. Than it was maruell to regarde the yuelles of the&s;e vnhappy people howe in malyce and hatered they &s;pake of this duke / without cau&s;e. The voyce and brute ran about in Englande / the tyme of this rebellyon / Howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the duke of La~ca&s;tre was a trayto^r to the kyng / and howe he was become &s;cotty&s;&s;he. but anone after it was founde fal&s;e and contra+ry. But the&s;e vngracyous people / to bringe the realme into trouble &s;owed abrode the&s;e word&abis;. and that they knowleged at y^e hour / whan they were executed to dethe. That is to &s;ay: Ly&s;ter / Watte Tyler / Jacke Strawe / Uaquyre / and Johan Balle. The&s;e fyue were throughout all the realme chiefe and &s;ouerayne capitayns / for in fyue part&abis; of the realme / they were mai&s;ters and gouernours. And &s;pecially they had in ha|tered the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and that they well &s;hewed. For at their fir&s;t entryng in to Lo~don / they brent his hou&s;e of the Sauoy / clene to the erthe. And be&s;yde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / they had &s;prede abrode in <ABBR>England</ABBR> by their fal&s;e wordes / howe the duke was of the &s;cotty&s;&s;he parte. and in dyuers plac&abis; they turned his armes vp &s;o downe lyke a tray+to^r the which was after derely bought / for they that dyde it / lo&s;t their heedes for their labour.</P>
<P>NOwe I &s;hall &s;hewe you the vengeaunce that the kyng of Englande toke of the&s;e vngracious people. In the meane &s;ea&s;on while the duke of Lanca&s;tre was in Scotlande.</P>
<P>wHan the&s;e people were repea&s;ed / and that Uaquyre was executed to dethe: and Ly&s;tre of Stafforde / Watte Ty|ler / Jacke Strawe / Johan Balle / and dyuers other at London. Than the kyng was cou~&s;ay|led to go vi&s;yte his realme / through euery &s;hire bayliwyke / and vyllage: to pourge &amp; puny&s;&s;he all the &s;ayd yuell doers. And to gete agayne all &s;uche letters as byforce / he had gyuen the~ in dy|uers places. and &s;o to bring agayne his realme in good order. Than the kyng &s;ent &s;ecretely for a certayne nombre of men of armes to come to him / at a day apoynted. and &s;o they dyde / to the nombre of a fyue hundred &s;peares and as ma|ny archers. and whan they were all come as the kyng had deuy&s;ed. The kyng departed fro Lo~+don with his hou&s;holdmen all onely / and toke the way in to Kent / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as fir&s;t the&s;e vngra|cyous people began te &s;tyrre. And the&s;e for&s;aid men of warre folowed after the kynge / and co|&s;ted hym: but they rode nat in his co~pany. The kyng entred in to Kent / and came to a vyllage called Comprimbre / and called the mayre and all the men of the towne before hym. And whan they were all come in to a fayre place / the kyng made to be &s;hewed them by one of his cou~&s;ayle howe they had erred agayn&s;t the kyng / &amp; howe they had nere tourned all Englande / to trybula+cyon and to lo&s;&s;e. And bycau&s;e that the kynge knewe well that this bu&s;yne&s;&s;e was begon / by &s;ome of them and nat by all. Wherfore it were better that &s;ome dyde beare the blame than all. Therfore he co~maunded them / that they &s;hulde &s;hewe what they were y^t were culpable / on pain to be for euer in the kynges indygnacion / and to be reputed as traytours agayn&s;t hym. And whan they that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a&s;&s;embled herde that reque&s;t / and &s;awe well that &s;uche as were culpa+ble &s;hulde excu&s;e all thother. Than they <ABBR>beheld</ABBR> eche other / and at la&s;t &s;ayd. Sir / beholde hym here / by whom this towne was fir&s;t moued. in contynent he was taken and hanged / &amp; &s;o there were ha~ged to the nombre of &s;euyn. and the let|ters that the kyng had gyuen the~ / were demau~|ded agayne. and &s;o they were delyuerd agayne and torne and broken before all the people / and it was &s;ayd to them all. Sirs / ye that be here a&s;+&s;embled: We co~maunde you in the kyng&abis; name on payne of dethe / euery man to go home to his owne hou&s;e pea&s;ably / and neuer to grudge nor ry&s;e agayn&s;t the kyng nor none of his offycers. and this tre&s;pace that ye haue done / the kynge dothe pardon you therof. Than they cryed all with one voyce: God thanke the kynges grace and all his coun&s;ayle.</P>
<P>IN lyke maner as the kyng dyde at Com|primbre: he dyd at Cau~terbury / at Sa~d+wyche / at Germeney / at Conculle / and in other places in Kent. In likewi&s;e he dyde in all other plac&abis; of his realme / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as any rebellyon had ben. And there were hanged and beheeded / mo than fyftene hundred. Than the kyng was cou~+&s;ayled to &s;ende for his vncle the duke of Lanca|&s;tre out of Scotlande. &s;o the kyng &s;ent for hym by a knyght of his hou&s;e / called &s;ir Nycholas Carnefell. The knight rode &s;o long that he ca~e to Edenbroughe / and there he founde the duke
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and his company / and delyuered his letters of credence fro the kynge. The duke obeyed as it was rea&s;on / and al&s;o gladly he wolde retourne in to Englande / to his owne herytage. And &s;o toke his way to come to Ro&s; bourge, and at his departyng he tha~ked the lordes of Scotlande / of the conforte that they had done to hym / as in &s;u&s;teyninge hym in their realme / as longe as it plea&s;ed hym. The erle Duglas / therle Moret / and other of Scotlande / brought him to the ab+bey of Mauro&s;e. Thus the duke came to Ro&s;e bourge / and to Newca&s;tell vpon Tyne / and &s;o to Dyrham and to yorke. and in euery place he founde / cyties and townes redy apparelled / as it was rea&s;on. &para; And the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there dyed in London a knight / called &s;ir Rycharde Dangle erle of Hu~tyngdon / and mai&s;ter to the kynge. He was reuerently buryed in the freres prechers in London. And on the day of his ob|&s;equy / there was the kynge / his two bretherne / the prince&s;&s;e his mother / and a great nombre of prelates / barownes / and ladyes of Englande: and there dyde hym great honour. And truely this getyll knight was well worthy to haue ho|noure / for in his tyme he had all noble vertues / that a knight ought to haue. he was mery / true amorous / &s;age / &s;ecrete / large / prewe / hardy / ad+uenturous / and chyualrous. Thus ended the gentyll knight &s;ir Rycharde Dangle.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The yuell wyll that the duke of La~ ca&s;tre conceyued in his courage / For the refuce that was made him at ber+wyke. And howe the erle of Ca~brige arryued in Portyngale. Cap. CCC .lxxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the duke of Lan|ca&s;tre was retourned out of Scotlande into Englande / and had &s;hewed to the coun|&s;ayle howe he hadde &s;pedde with the trew&s;e / that he had taken with the Scottes. He forgate nat than / howe &s;ir Mathue Reedmane capitayne of Berwyke / had clo&s;ed the gates a|gayn&s;t him / by the &s;trayte commaundement of the erle of Northumberlande. Than the duke enquered / if the kyng his nephue wolde auoqe that dede or nat / and &s;o it &s;emed to him / that the kynge dyde auowe it but faintly. So the duke helde his pea&s;e / and abode tyll the fee&s;t of oure lady in the myddes of the moneth of Augu&s;te. At whiche tyme the kyng helde a &s;ole~yne court at We&s;tmyn&s;ter / and there were than a great no~bre of nobles and lordes of Englande. there was the erle of Northumberlande and the erle of Nottyngham / and dyuers other lordes of y^e northe. And the kyng made knightes the &s;ame day / the yong erle of Penbroke and &s;ir Robert Maubre / &s;ir Nycholas Twyforde &amp; &s;ir Adam Francoys. And after the fee&s;t / the kyng was in purpo&s;e to ryde to Reedyng / to Oxenforthe / &amp; to Couentre: to puny&s;&s;he the yuell doers of the &s;ayde rebellyon. And &s;o he dyde / in lyke maner as he had done in Kent / in Su&s;&s;exe / in E&s;&s;exe / in Bedforde / and in Cambridge. At this fee&s;t of oure lady at We&s;tmyn&s;ter after dyner / there were great wordes bytwene the duke of Lan|ca&s;tre and the erle of Northumberlande. The duke &s;ayd to hym. Henry Percy / I beleued nat that ye hadde bene &s;o great in Englande / as to clo&s;e the gates of any cytie / towne / or ca&s;tell / a gayn&s;t the duke of Lanca&s;tre. The erle humy|led hym &s;elfe in his &s;pekyng / and &s;ayd. Sir / I deny nat that the knight dyde / for I canne nat. For by the &s;trayt commaundement of the kyn|ges grace here pre&s;ente. He &s;traitly enioyned &amp; commaunded me / that on myne honour and on my lyfe / I &s;hulde nat &s;uffre any maner of per|&s;on lorde or other: to entre in to any cytie / tow|ne / or ca&s;tell in Northumberlande / without he were heryter of the place. Sir / the kynge and the lordes of his coun&s;ayle can well excu&s;e me. For they knewe well ynoughe howe ye were in Scotlande / wherfore they &s;hulde haue re&s;er|ued you. What quod the duke / &s;ay you that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ought a re&s;eruacyon to haue bene made for me / who am vncle to the kyng. and haue kept myne Herytage / as well or better as any other hathe done / next to the kyng. And &s;eyng / howe I was gone for the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of the realme in to Scot+lande. This excu&s;e can nat excu&s;e you / but that ye haue done yuell / and greatly agayn&s;t myne honoure. And haue gyuen therby en&s;ample / to bring me in &s;u&s;pect that I haue done / or &s;hulde do &s;ome trea&s;on in Scotlande. Whan at my re+tournyng / the kyng&abis; townes be clo&s;ed agayn&s;t me: and &s;pecially there as my proui&s;yon was. Wherfore I &s;ay / ye haue aquyted yor &s;elfe right yuell. And for the blame and &s;claundre that ye haue brought me in / to pourge me. In the pre|&s;ens of y^e kyng here pre&s;ent / I ca&s;t agayn&s;t you
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here my gauge. Rei&s;e it and yedare. Than the kyng &s;tepte forthe and &s;ayd. Fayre vncle of La~+ca&s;tre / all that was done I auowe it. I mu&s;t ex+cu&s;e the Erle of Northumberlande / and &s;peke for hym. For on payne of his lyfe / we commau~|ded hym / that he &s;hulde kepe clo&s;e all y^e townes on the marche&s;&s;e. and ye knowe well / howe our Realme was in great trouble and parell. The faulte was in the clerke that wrote the letters / and the neglygence of oure coun&s;ayle. For of trouthe / we &s;hulde haue re&s;erued you. wherfore I wyll / and al&s;o de&s;yre you: to lay a parte this yuell wyll that ye haue to the Erle. And I take the charge on me / and di&s;charge the erle in that behalfe. Than kneled downe before the Duke: the erle of Arundell / the erle of Sali&s;bury / the erle of Suffolke / y^e erle of Stafforde / and the Erle of Dyme&s;ter / and &s;ayde to hym. Sir / ye here howe amyably and truely the kynge &s;pe|kethe. Wherfore &s;ir / ye ought to condi&s;cende to his plea&s;ure. Well quod the duke / who was en|flamed with yre: I &s;hall holde my peace. And &s;o mu&s;ed a lytell / and made the lordes to ry&s;e / and thanked them and &s;ayd. Fayre lord&abis; / there is none amonge you / if ye were in lyke ca&s;e as I am / but I am &s;ure / ye wolde be &s;ore di&s;plea|&s;ed. But as it plea&s;eth the kyng to haue it / it is rea&s;on that I be content ther with. So there y^e peace was made bytwene the duke and the erle by meanes of the kynge and the other lordes. And the &s;econde day the kyng toke his iourney (as is &s;ayd before) and a fyue hundred &s;peares and as many archers folowed / and euer co&s;ted the kynge in this vyage. The kyng dyde great iu&s;tyce on them that had rebelled agayn&s;t him.</P>
<P>HOwe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of the kyng of Englande / and &s;peke of the erle of Ca~+bridge his vncle / &amp; &s;hewe howe he dyde in Por+tyngale.</P>
<P>_VE haue well herdhere before / how therle of Cambridge lay in the ha+uyn of Plummouthe / with a fyue hundred &s;peares and as many ar|chers / abydinge for the wynde / to &s;ayle into Portyngale. So longe he lay there that at la&s;t wynde and wether came / and &s;o di&s;|ancred and departed towarde Ly&s;bone / where they thought to arryue. And the fir&s;t day / they co&s;ted Englande and Cornewayle. and the .ii. day al&s;o. And the thyrde daye they entred in to the highe &s;ee of Spaygne / and there they had harde fortune. for there ro&s;e &s;uche a te~pe&s;t / that they and all their &s;hyppes / were in great parell and harde adue~ture of dethe. And &s;pecially the &s;hyppes / wherin were the ga&s;coyns. As &s;ir Jo+han of Newca&s;tell / the Souldicke of Le&s;trade and the lorde de la Barde / and a fourtie knigh+tes and &s;quyers. They lo&s;t the &s;yght of the erle of Cambridge flete. The erle / and &s;ir Olyuete Beauchampe mar&s;hall of the hoo&s;t / and &abser; Ma+thewe Gourney con&s;table / and the Chanoyne Rober&s;arde and the other / pa&s;&s;ed this tempe&s;t in great daunger. And &s;o longe they &s;ayled by the wynde and &s;tarres / that they arryued at the cytie of Ly&s;bone. The&s;e tidynges came anone to the kynge of Portyngale / who taryed and lo+ked euer for the comynge of the&s;e engli&s;&s;hmen. Than the kynge &s;ende of his knightes to mete theym / and &s;o they were honourably receyued. And the kyng Dampferant came out of his ca|&s;tell / and mette with therle of Cambridge / and receyued hym and all his with great honoure. And &s;o brought the~ in to his ca&s;tell / and called for wyne and &s;pyce. And there was yonge Jo|han of Cambridge &s;onne to the erle: Of whom the kynge of Portyngale made great ioye and &s;ayde. Beholde here my &s;onne / for he &s;hall haue my doughter: they were bothe proper &amp; good|lye / and all of one age. The&s;e children had gret ioye eche of other / and helde eche other by the hande. In the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the kyng of Portyngale made <ABBR>cher</ABBR> to the erle and to the o|ther &s;traungers / all their companye were well lodged as they came oute of their &s;hyppes / for the Cytie of Ly&s;bone was great and well fur|ny&s;&s;hed with euery thynge / for it was well pro+uyded for / agayn&s;t the comyng of the engly&s;&s;h+menne. So the&s;e lordes were mery and well at their ea&s;e: Howe be it they were ryght &s;orie for their company / that they thought were lo&s;t on the &s;ee / in the tempe&s;t. Or els driuen into the da~+ger of the moores in Granade. the whiche yf it were &s;o / they thought them as good as lo&s;t / &amp; &s;o for them they made great complayntes. and to &s;ay trouthe / they were well worthy to be co~play+ned. for they were &s;o &s;ore to&s;&s;ed with the te~pe&s;t / that there were neuer men in greater daunger of dethe / and &s;caped. They pa&s;&s;ed the &s;traytes and the boundes of the realme Trame&s;uynes and Bell maryne. And they were oft tymes in great aduenture of takynge with the &s;arazins / and they all cou~ted them&s;elfe but lo&s;t and deed / and neuer had tru&s;t to co~e to lande. And in this great daunger they were .xl. dayes. &amp; than they had &s;uche a wynde that brought them / wheder they wolde or nat / agayne in to y^e &s;payni&s;&s;he &s;ee
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And whan the wynde fayled / than they ancred / and by aduenture they founde two great &s;hyp|pes / comyng (as they &s;ayd) fro Flau~ders / char+ged with marchaundy&s;e / and goynge to Ly&s;|bone. Than the Engly&s;&s;he &s;hyppe came to the~ / and purte out their &s;tanderdes. and whan they of Ly&s;bone / who were but marchauntes / &s;awe the armes of &s;aynt George / and in the &s;hyppe men of armes / they were halfe afrayed. But at la&s;te / whan they aproched and &s;awe who they were / they made theym great chere. And after the&s;e marchauntes dyde putte the&s;e knyghtes agayne in great parell (as ye &s;hall herafter)</P>
<P>THe&s;e knightes demau~ded of the&s;e mar|chau~tes what tidynges / they an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Howe that the kynge of Portyngale with the engly&s;&s;he men were in Spaigne / and had be&s;ieged the kynge of Ca&s;tyle in Ciuyll. Of the&s;e tidynges the knightes were right ioy+full / and &s;ayd. howe they wolde go thyder / for they were as than on the fronter of Ciuyll. And &s;o they departed: and the marchau~tes left with theym wyne / and other prouy&s;ion / to refre&s;&s;he them with all. Than the ga&s;coyns &s;ayde to the maryners. Sirs / bringe vs &s;treyght to Ciuyll for there our company lye at &s;iege. The mary|ners &s;ayde / in the name of god: and &s;o tourned thyderwardes / and &s;ayled &s;o longe / tyll they a|proched nere therto. Than the maryners / who were wy&s;e and &s;age / and wolde nat that theyr may&s;ters &s;hulde be lo&s;t neglygently. Cau&s;ed a ladde to mou~t vp to the toppe of the &s;hyp / to &s;e if he coude &s;py any maner of &s;iege layd to Ciuyll outher by water or by lande. and the ladde / who &s;awe euery thynge parfitelye / &s;ayde. Sure|lye there is no maner of &s;iege / nother by lande nor by water. Than the maryners &s;ayde to the lordes. Sirs / ye are nat well and truely enfor|med / for &s;urely <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no &s;iege / nother by lande nor by water about Ciuyll. For if there were a|ny / it &s;hulde apere in the hauyn. Therfore &s;irs / it is no goynge thyder / without ye wyll lo&s;e all. For the kynge of Ca&s;tyle is there / as in the cy|tie (wherin he wolde be) of any other in all his realme. So with great payne the&s;e maryners myght be beleued / and at la&s;te they were be le|ned. And &s;o &s;ayled a longe the &s;yde of Cyuyll: and entred in to the &s;ee of Portyngale / and at la&s;t arryued in the hauyn of Ly&s;bone. The&s;a~e houre and daye / there was done in the churche of &s;aynt Katherine a &s;olempne ob&s;equy / for the~ and all the engly&s;&s;he men: morenyng for them in blacke. But than ye may well knowe / there was ioye ynoughe / whan~e they arryued at the porte: and there was gret fee&s;t made. and the&s;e ga&s;coyns for ioye / forgate the payne and feare / that they had endured in the &s;ee.</P>
<P>'NOwe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of the bu&s;y|ne&s;&s;e of Portingale / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was as yet no dede of armes done there. and lette vs nowe &s;peke of the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e that was in Flaunders the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on.</P>
<P>_IN this &s;ea&s;on while all this bu&s;yne&s;&s;e was in England / the warres of Fla~ders was nat in re&s;t / bytwene the erle and the gauntoy&s;e (ye haue herde here before) how Phi+lyppe Dartuell was cho&s;en as &s;ouerayne capitayne of Gaunt / by the oppy|nyon of Peter de Boy&s;e / who coun&s;ayled hym to take on hym the offyce / and to be cruell. To the entent to be the more feared. Philyppe folo+wed after his &s;cole and doctryne / for he had nat bene long in offyce / whan he cau&s;ed .xii. heedes to be &s;trykenne of before hym. And &s;ome &s;ayde / they were tho&s;e / that principally were cau&s;ers of the dethe of his father. and &s;o than he reuen|ged his cau&s;e. &para; This Philyppe Dartuell be+gan~e to raygne in great puy&s;&s;aunce / and was greatly feared and beloued / &amp; &s;pecially of &s;uche as folowed warre. And to wynne their fauoure and loue / he &s;pared nothynge: but abandoned euery thynge to them. It might be demaunded howe they of Gaunt made their warre? I wyll aun&s;were therto / acordynge as I haue herde. Of very nece&s;&s;yte / accordynge to their quanty|ties: they euer &s;upported the poore. And &s;o by rea&s;on of the vnyte amonge theym / they endu|red in great puy&s;&s;aunce. And all thynges con|&s;ydred / Gaunt is one of the moo&s;t &s;tro~ge&s;t tow|nes of the worlde. So that Brabant / Holande and zelande / make them no warre. But if tho&s;e thre countreis with Flaunders make warre to them / than they be enclo&s;ed and likely to be lo&s;t and famy&s;&s;hed. And the&s;e thre countreis made no <ABBR>warr</ABBR> with them / wherfore they endured the lengar. In this &s;ea&s;on / whyle that Philyppe Dartuell was made newe offycer. The alder|man of the wayuers was accu&s;ed of tray&s;on / &amp; &s;ette in pri&s;on. And to proue the trouthe in that he was accu&s;ed / they went to his hou&s;e / &amp; fou~de there certayne poudre of Saltpeter / wherwith he had done no helpe to the towne at &s;iege / nor otherwy&s;e / of all the hole yere pa&s;&s;ed. Wherfore
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he was beheeded / &amp; drawen through the towne lyke a traytour: to gyue en&s;ample to all other. Than the erle of Flaunders determyned to lay &s;iege to Gaunt / and &s;o he made a great &s;omons of lordes / knyghtes / and &s;quyers: and men of good townes. And he &s;ende to Malynes / from whens he had moche people. Al&s;o he &s;ende for his co&s;yns / &s;ir Robert of Namure and &s;ir Wyl+lyam. and out of Arthoi&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came moche peo+ple to him. And the cou~te&s;&s;e of Arthoi&s;e his mo+ther / was as than newely departed this lyfe.</P>
<P>TO this a&s;&s;emble there ca~e the lorde Da~+piers / with a great company of knigh|tes and &s;quyers of the countie of Heynalt. And &s;o therie went and layde &s;iege to Gaunt / on the &s;yde towarde Bruges and towarde Heynalte. &amp; whyle this &s;iege endured / there was many a &s;crymi&s;&s;he / and &s;omtyme a &s;orte of wyght com|panyons wolde y&s;&s;ue out of Gau~t. Somtyme they were driued home agayne to their lo&s;&s;e / &amp; &s;ometyme they wan. And in this &s;ea&s;on he that dyde moo&s;t dedes of armes and was moo&s;t re|nomed / was the yong lorde of Danghien. And moo&s;t commonly all lu&s;tye companyons / &s;uche as &s;ought for dedes of armes / wolde be euer in his companye. And in this &s;ea&s;on / the lorde of Danghien with foure thou&s;ande hor&s;e men be|&s;yde fote men / wente and layde &s;iege before the towne of Grauntmont / the which as than was gau~toy&s;e. Before that tyme / the &s;ayd lorde had bene there / and traueyled and haryed the~ &s;ore: but nothynge conquered. But at this tyme / he came pui&s;&s;antly and in good order / and on a &s;o~ day he &s;auted the towne / in mo than .xl. places. And was at the &s;aute hym &s;elfe / and &s;ette forthe fir&s;t his owne baner. This was &s;o gret a&s;&s;aute and &s;o well co~tynued on euery &s;yde / that about the houre of noone / it was taken and co~quered. And than entred in at y^e gates / the lorde of Da~|ghien and his company. And whan they of the towne &s;awe / that their towne was lo&s;t without recouery / they fledde out at the gates / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as none of their enemyes were. and &s;o euery man &s;aued hym &s;elfe that myght. There was great murdre / of men / women / and chyldren: for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none taken to mercy. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were mo than v. C. men of y^e towne &s;layne / and a great no~bre of olde people men and women brent / lyeng in their beddes / whiche was great pytie. For they &s;ette fyre in the towne / in mo than thre hundred places / wherby the hole towne was brent chur|ches and all: nothynge left hole. Thus Grau~t|mont was pro&s;ecuted and put to fyre and flame than the lorde Danghien retourned in to tho&s;t to the Erle of Flaunders / who gaue hym great thanke for his dede / and &s;ayde. Fayre &s;onne / ye are a valyant man / and &s;hall be if god be plea|&s;ed a good knight / for yehaue a gode begining.</P>
<P>AFter the di&s;tructyon thus of the towne of Grauntmont / on a &s;onday / in the mo+nethe of June / whyle the &s;iege lay &s;tylle before Gaunt. This lorde of Da~ghien / called Water: wolde neuer lye in re&s;t in his lodgyng / but eue|ry day &s;ought for adue~tures. Some day with a great no~bre and &s;ome daye with &s;o fewe / that he dur&s;t nat parceyuer in his enterpri&s;e. So y^t nere euery day / there was by hym or by y^e Ha&s;e of Flaunders / done &s;ome aduenture. And &s;o it fortuned / that on a tue&s;day in the mornyng / the lorde Danghien was y&s;&s;ued out of his logyng and the lorde of Montigny in his company / &abser; Mychell of Ham&s;ede his co&s;yn / &amp; the ba&s;tarde of Danghien his brother. Julyen of Toy&s;on / Hutyn Donay / and dyuers other. They went to &s;crimi&s;&s;he before Gaunt (as they were wont to do) &amp; aduentured the~&s;elfe &s;o farre / that they toke no good therby. For they of Gaunt hadde layde a &s;ore bu&s;&s;hment before their towne / mo than a hu~dred pykes. And &s;ome &s;ayd there was in this bu&s;&s;hme~t / &s;uche as had fledde fro grau~t+mont: whan it was wonne. Their entente was &s;et on nothyng els / but howe they might trap y^e lorde Da~ghien / to be reuenged on hym / for the domage y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had done to them. They thought euer that he was free and hardy / and wolde ad|uenture him &s;elfe largely. And as they thought &s;o it came to pa&s;&s;e / whiche was more pyte. The lorde Danghien and his rout / toke no hede tyll they were enclo&s;ed with the gauntoy&s;e / who e&s;|cryed them to dethe. Than the lorde Da~ghyen demaunded coun&s;ayle of the lorde of Mo~tigny who was by hym. Than &s;ir Eu&s;tace Mo~tigny an&s;wered / and &s;ayd. It is nowe to late to take cou~&s;ayle. let vs defe~de our &s;elfe / &amp; &s;ell our lyues derely or we dye: there is none other remedy. Than the&s;e knyght&abis; made the &s;igne of y^e cro&s;&s;e before them / and reco~mended them &s;elfe to god and to &s;aynt George. And &s;o entred in amonge their enemies / for they coude nat flye / they <ABBR>wer</ABBR> &s;o forwarde in the enbu&s;&s;he. And &s;o there they dyde dedes of armes a&s; well as they might: but they coude nat longe endure / for their enemyes were a hundred agayn&s;t one. And a great nom+bre of long pykes / wherwith the gau~toi&s;e gaue
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great &s;trokes and peryllous / as it well apered. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was the lorde Danghien &s;layne / and by hym his ba&s;tarde brother / and Gyles of Toy|&s;on / and dyuers other valyant knight&abis; of Hay|nalte. And the lorde of Montigny &s;aynt Chri|&s;tophe / and &s;ir Michell of Ham&s;ede &s;ore hurte. And he had ben &s;layne without doute / and Hu|tyn Donay / by force of armes / hadde nat &s;aued hym. And yet he had moche payne to &s;aue him. Howe be it / in the meane tyme that the gau~tois were about to dy&s;arme the knyghtes that they had &s;layne / to the entent to beare them into the to wne of Gaunt. For they knewe well they had &s;layne the lorde Danghien / wherof they hadde great ioye. In the meane tyme / Hutyn Donay brought out of the pre&s;e and parell &s;ir Mychell Ham&s;ede. &para; Thus this iourney fortuned a|gayn&s;t the lorde Da~ghien. It is nat to be dou|ted / but that the Erle of Flaunders had for his dethe great &s;orowe / the whiche he well &s;hewed / bycau&s;e: for y^e loue of him he brake vp his &s;iege before Gaunte. And night and day made great &s;oro we for his dethe / and &s;ayd. O / Water Wa|ter my fayre&s;on. What aduenture is this? thus to fall on you in your youthe. I wyll that eue|ry man knowe / that they of Gaunte &s;hall neuer haue peace with me / tyll I haue &s;o great amen des / that it &s;hall &s;uffyce. Than the erle &s;ende to Gaunt / to haue agayne the body of the lorde of Danghien / the whiche the gau~toy&s;e wolde nat delyuer. Than the erle &s;ende them a thou&s;ande frankes to haue his body / the whiche the gaun+toy&s;e dyde departe amonge them&s;elfe. And &s;o the body of the lorde of Da~ghien was brought in to the hoo&s;t / and &s;o was &s;ente to Anghien the towne / wherof he was lorde.</P>
<P>_THus for the loue of the yong lorde of Danghien / the&s;ege brake vp be+fore Gaunte. And than the erle de|parted and wente to Bruges / and gaue leaue to all his people to de|parte / and &s;ende a certayne to his fortre&s;&s;es in Flaunders. As Gaures / Andewarpe / Tere|monde / and Curtray: and all about in the for|tre&s;&s;es nere to Gaunt. And the erle &s;ende to the legeoys / &s;hewynge them / bycau&s;e the yco~forted Gaunt with vitayle and other proui&s;yon: ther+fore he had broken vp his &s;iege. De&s;yringe the~ / no more to co~fort the~ with any vitayle. They of Liege an&s;wered proudely: that they wolde be aduy&s;ed what they wolde do. Of them of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayn ton / of Huy / and of Dygnet: therle coude haue none other an&s;were. How be it he &s;ent to his co|&s;yns / the duke of Braba~t / and the duke Aubert bayly of Heynalte / of Holande / and of zelande: dyuers me&s;&s;angers right &s;age knyght&abis;. &amp; they to &s;hewe hym / how y^e towne of Gau~t / is &s;tyll in their erroure / by the occa&s;yon of the great con|fort / that they of Gaunt hath / by their people &amp; countreis. In bringynge dayly to them fre&s;&s;he vitayle: de&s;yring the~ therfore / to prouyde for a r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">medy. The&s;e two lord&abis; / who wolde nat glad|lye do anythyng / to the di&s;plea&s;ure of their co|&s;yn the erle. Excu&s;ed them &s;elfe hone&s;tly &amp; &s;ayd. howe they knewe nothynge therof before. But fro then&s; forthe they wolde loke therto / and &s;et a good order. This an&s;were was &s;uffycient to the Erle of Flaunders. The duke Aubert / who as than was in Holande / wrote to his bayly in Heynalte / &s;ir Symone de la Layne / and &s;ende hym the copy of the erles letters: and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> reque&s;t that the erle had made to hym. And be&s;yde that he commaunded him / that he &s;hulde &s;o deale in the countre of Heynalt / that he here no more ti|ding&abis; of di&s;plea&s;ure / towarde therle of Fla~ders his co&s;yn. For if he dyde / he wolde nat be con|tent. The baylye obeyed as it was rea&s;on / and dyde his commaundement throughe all Hay|nalte / commaundynge them in no wy&s;e to cary any vitayle or any maner of thynge to Gaunte. If they dyde / they &s;hulde ronne greatly in the dukes <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur.</ABBR> A lyke crye and defence was made in Brabante / So that none dur&s;te go to Gaunte / but by &s;telthe. Wherof they of Gaunt beganne to be di&s;mayed / for their proui&s;yon be gan ta fayle / and had ben in great famyne / and they of Holande had nat conforted them. Who wolde nat leaue to ayde them / for any commau~ dement that duke Aubert coulde make. In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;one / the &s;age men and wy&s;e coun&s;ay|lours of Heynalt / of Brabant / and of Liege: &s;et a day of coun&s;ayle to be holden at Harlequebec be&s;yde Courtrey. And &s;o there they mette: and they of Gaunt &s;ende thyder a twelfe of y^e moo&s;t notable&s;t men of the towne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;he|wed how generally / the moo&s;t &abper;te of the towne. Except &s;uche rybaudes &amp; vnthriftye people / as de&s;yred nothynge but yuell and noy&s;e. All the other (gladlye they &s;ayde) wolde haue re&s;t and peace: what &s;oeuer came therof. At this coun|&s;ayle / were all the wy&s;e coun&s;aylours of all the good townes in Flaunders. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was the er|les coun&s;ayle / and they of Liege / of Brabant / and of Heynalte. And the maters were there &s;o well debated / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vpon certayne articles of peace
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the gauntoy&s;e retourned to their towne. And all &s;uche of Gaunte / as de&s;yred re&s;t and peace: drewe to the hou&s;es of two riche men of Gau~t / who hadde bene at this treatie. The one called &s;ir Gylbert Gente / and the other &s;ir Symone Bette: demaundynge of theym tidynges. And they dy&s;couered the mater to &s;oone / to &s;ome of their frendes. Sayeng / good neyghbours: we &s;hall haue &s;o good peace (and it plea&s;e god) that &s;uch as loueth peace and re&s;t / &s;hall haue it. And &s;ome of them that be yuell dy&s;po&s;ed in y^e towne of Gaunt / to be corrected and puny&s;&s;hed.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe two valyant men of Gauut were &s;layne / by Peter de Boy&s;e and by Philyppe Dartuell. And of the rebellyon at Parys / agayn&s;t the frenche kyng. Cap. CCC lxxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_IT is &s;ayd moo&s;t come~ ly. If it be as he dothe / it is as he &s;ay the. Peter de boy&s;e who thought hym &s;elfe nat well a&s;&s;ured of his lyfe / and had his &s;pyes about / to here euery newe tidynges. And &s;uche as hadde ben at this &s;ayd treatie: had re|ported in the towne. How that this treatie was brought about / by Gylbert Gent and Symon Bette. And whan Peter de Boy&s;e vnder&s;tode it / he was madde in his mynde therfore / &amp; toke the mater to hym &s;elfe and &s;ayd. If any be cor|rected for this warre / yet I &s;hall nat be the fir&s;t for the mater &s;hall nat go all as they wene. &s;hall they that haue bene at this treatie: rule euerye thynge as they ly&s;t&punc; May happe nay. I pur|po&s;e nat yet to dye. I thynke the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> hath nat endured &s;o long / as it &s;hall do. As yet / &s;uche as were my good may&s;ters / Johan Lyon &amp; Wyl|lyam Craforde / their dethes is nat yet well re|uenged. If the maters <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e nowe in trouble / yet I wyll bring them in to more trouble / and &s;o he dyde. I &s;hall &s;hewe you howe.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame proper euennyng / that the cou~ &s;ayle &s;hulde haue ben the next day in the coun&s;ayle Hall / there to here reported the trea|tie that was taken at Harlequebecke. Peter de Boy&s;e / came the &s;ame euennynge to Ph<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lyppe Dartuels hou&s;e / and founde hym in his cham|bre lyenge in a wyndowe / mu&s;ynge and &s;tudy|eng. And the fir&s;t worde he &s;pake / he &s;ayd. Phi+lyp Dartuell / here you any tidynges. Nay tru+lye <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he. But that I here &s;ay our men are retur+ned fro the coun&s;aile at Harlequebecke. And to mord we we &s;hall here in the hall / what tidyng&abis; they haue brought. That is true <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Peter. But I knowe all redy / what wayes they haue taken and purpo&s;e to take. For &s;uche as haue be there hath &s;hewed it to &s;ome of my frendes. Certayn lye Philyppe / the treatie y^t they haue made and wolde make / lyeth on the ieopardy of our heed&abis; For if there be peace taken / bytwene the Erle &amp; this towne. Knowe for trouthe / that you and I and the lorde of Har&s;els&punc; &amp; all &s;uche capitayns / as haue ayded vs in this warre / &s;halbe the fir&s;t that &s;hall dye: and the riche men &s;hall go quite. They wyll bring vs in to daunger / and go the~ &s;elfe free. And this was euer the opinyon of Jo+han Lyon my mai&s;ter. Alwayes the Erle hath the&s;e marmo&s;ettes about him / as Gylbert Ma+hewe and his bretherne / and the prouo&s;t of Har+lequebecke. Who is of the lynage of the alder|man of the meane craftes / who fled away with them. We ought wy&s;ely to loke on this mater / and to &s;e what were be&s;t to do. Philyppe aun|&s;wered and &s;ayd. Peter / I &s;hall &s;hewe you my mynde. Let vs gyue knowledge of this / to all oure aldermen and capitayns. That they be to morowe / all redy aparelled in the market place And than lette vs two entre in to the Hall / with a hundred with vs: to here the content of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> trea+tie. And than let me alone / &s;o ye wyll auowe my dede / and abyde pui&s;&s;antly by me. For without we be feared among the co~mons / it is nothyng and &s;o they agreed. Than Peter de Boy&s;e de|parted / And &s;ende to all rulers and capitaynes vnder hym / commaundyng them and all their men / to be redy in the mornynge in the market place to here tidynges. They all obeyed / they dur&s;te do none otherwy&s;e. And al&s;o / they were euer redy to do yuell.</P>
<P>THe next mornyng about the hour of .ix. the mayre and aldermen / and riche men of the towne / came into the market place and en+tred in to the Hall. And thyder came they that had ben at the treatie at Harlequebecke. Than thyder came Peter de boy&s;e and Philyp Dart
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well / and &s;uche of their &s;ecte well acompanyed. And whan~e they were all a&s;&s;embled / and &s;ette &s;uche as wolde &s;ytte. Than the lorde of Har&s;elz was my&s;te / for he was nat there. and &s;o he was &s;ent for / but he excu&s;ed him&s;elfe / bycau&s;e he was &s;icke and nat well at ea&s;e. Saye what ye wyll &abquod; Peter du Boy&s;e / for I am here in his &s;tede. Here beynowe: let vs here what they wyll &s;ay / that hath bene at Harlequebecke. Than there ro&s;e vp two of the notable&s;t men of the compa|nye / Gylbert Gente and Symone Bette: and one of them &s;ayde. Lordes of Gaunt / we haue bene at the parlyament at Harlequebecke / and haue had moche payne and traueyle. And al&s;o / &s;o had the good men of Brabant / of Liege / and of Heynalte / to make acorde and agrement / by+twene oure lorde the erle of Flaunders and vs of Gaunte. Finally at their reque&s;tes / and by the helpe of my lady of Brabant / who &s;ent thy|der her cou~&s;ayle / and the duke Aubert his. So that by their meanes the good towne of Gaunt is come to a peace and to agrement / with oure lorde the erle. In this maner / that two hundred men of ours / &s;uche as he &s;hall &s;ende vs their na+mes in writyng. within fyftene dayes we mu&s;t &s;ende them into the erles pri&s;on at Ly&s;le / to put theym clerely to his mercy and plea&s;ure. He is &s;o free and &s;o noble / that it is no doute / but that he wyll haue mercy on theym. With tho&s;e wor|des Peter de Boy&s;e &s;tepte for the / and &s;ayde. Gylbert Gente / howe dur&s;te you be &s;o bolde to make &s;uche agrement / as to &s;ende two hundred of oure men of Gaunte / in to the towne of oure enemye / in great rebuke and &s;hame / to all the towne of Gaunt. It were better Gaunte were turned vp &s;o downe / than they of Gaunt &s;hulde haue &s;uche reproche: as to make warre &amp; ende it &s;o &s;hamefully. We that haue herde you / may well knowe / that ye &s;hall be none of the two hu~+dred pri&s;oners / nor al&s;o Symon Bet. ye haue cho&s;en for youre &s;elfe / nowe than we wyll cho&s;e for our&s;elfe. On for the Philyppe Dartuell / &s;et handes on the&s;e fal&s;e traytours / that wolde be|tray and dy&s;honour the towne of Gaunt. Ther with Peter de Boy&s;e drewe oute his dagger / &amp; came to Gylbert Gent / and &s;trake hym into the belly. and &s;o he fell downe deed. And Philyppe Dartuell drewe out his dagger / and he &s;trake Symon Bet / and &s;lewe hym in lykewi&s;e. And than they cryed trea&s;on trea&s;on. And they that were &s;layne / hadde of their men aboue and be|neth: for they were men of great lygnage / and the riche&s;t men of the towne: but they gette the~ &s;elfe out of the towne to &s;aue them &s;elfe: &s;o that there was no more done / but they two &s;layne. But to apea&s;e the people / and to bringe them to their beleue. They &s;ende out of their men / cry|enge and &s;ayenge. The&s;e fal&s;e traytours / Gyl|berte Gente and Symone Bette / wolde haue betrayed the towne of Gaunte. Thus the ma|ter pa&s;&s;ed / the&s;e two notable men were &s;layne / and no man to reuenge them. And whan therle of Flau~ders (beyng at Bruges) herde of the&s;e tidynges: he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;ayd. At the de&s;yre of my co&s;yns of Brabante / I lightly agreed to haue peace with them of Gaunt. and nowe and before this tyme / they haue wrought fal&s;ely. But I wyll they knowe / that they &s;hall neuer haue peace agayne with me: but I wyll haue them at my plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>_THus <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;layne in the towne of Gaunte / the&s;e two balyant men ryche and &s;age. They might eche of them &s;pende of their owne patri+mony / two thou&s;ande fra~kes yere|lye. They were &s;ore be moned priuely / but non dur&s;t &s;peke of theym openly. Thus the warre was more feyr&s;are than it was before / for they of the gary&s;ons about Gaunte / were night and day bu&s;ye / to &s;toppe all proui&s;yon comynge to Gaunt. So that they of Brabant nor of Hay|nalde / dut&s;t nat aduenture to bring any thyng to Gaunt. For if the erles men mette any vitay+lers / they wolde &s;lee their hor&s;es / and bring the~ pri&s;oners in to Ande warpe or to Teremonde. So that all vitaylers / feared the parell therof. &para;In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / the commons of Parys ro&s;e and rebelled agayn&s;t the kyng and his cou~+&s;ayle / bycau&s;e the kyng and his cou~&s;ayle wolde generally / rey&s;e vp throughe all Fraunce: aye|des / fo wage / tayles / and &s;ub&s;ydes: &s;uch as had rynne in the dayes of Charles / father to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> king as than. The pari&s;yens rebelled &amp; &s;ayde. howe that the kynge la&s;t di&s;cea&s;&s;ed / had quyte them in his lyfe tyme. And howe the kyng his &s;onne at his coronacyon at Reynes / had acorded to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame. Than the kyng and his coun&s;ayle auoy|ded Parys / and went &amp; lay at Myeulx in Bric As &s;oone as the kyng was departed fro Paris the co~mons ro&s;e in harne&s;&s;e / and &s;lewe all tho&s;e that had cea&s;&s;ed the aydes. And brake vp y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pri|&s;ons and dyuers hou&s;es in the towne / and rob|bed &amp; pylled the~: and toke all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euer they fou~de. and &s;o came to the by&s;&s;hoppe of Paris hou&s;e / &amp; brake vp his pri&s;ons / &amp; delyuerd Hugh Aubert
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who hadde bene prouo&s;t of Parys / in the tyme of Kynge Charles. Who was in his dayes by iu&s;t &s;entence condempned to pri&s;on / for dyuers yuell dedes that he hadde done / and con&s;ented to do. At whiche tyme / &s;ome wolde haue hadde hym brent: but the&s;e pari&s;yens delyuered him. This happe he had by the rebellyon of the com+mons / and &s;o he departed the towne a&s;&s;oone as he myght / for feare lee&s;t he &s;hulde be takenne a|gayne. And &s;o he went into his owne countrey of Burgoyne: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hewed his frendes all his adue~ture. The&s;e people of Parys duryng their rebellyon / dyde moche hurte. But there were many good menne that were happy / that they fell nat to their rebellyon and company / for and they had / the mater had bene moche wor&s;e than it was. Thus the kynge was at Myeulx and his thre vncles with hym: the duke of An|iowe / the duke of Berrey / and the duke of Bur+goyne: who were &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed with this re|bellyon. Than they determyned to &s;ende thy|der the lorde of Coucy / who was a &s;age knight to treate with the commons and to apea&s;e them for he coulde do it better than any other.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the lorde of Coucy apea&s;ed the di&s;cencion and rebellyon of them of Parys. And of the great prepara|cyon that the duke of Aniou made to make hym &s;elfe kynge of Napoles. Cap. CCC lxxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THan the lorde of Cou|cy / called Enguerrant came to Paris / nat with an army but in pea&s;able maner / with his owne &s;eruauntes. and &s;o lyghted at his lodgynge / &amp; than he &s;ende for &s;ome of the~ that were chiefe begynners of the rebellyon. &amp; whan they were come to hym / he &s;hewed them in fayre manere. Howe they hadde done ryght yuell / to &s;lee the kynges officers / as they hadde done. And broken the kynges pri&s;ons / and de|lyuered the kynges pri&s;oners. Sayeng / howe that if the kyng and his coun&s;ayle wolde be ha|&s;tye and rygorours / they &s;hulde &s;ore repent it. The whiche the kyng wolde nat / bycau&s;e he lo+ueth Parys &s;o well / for he was borne therin: &amp; al&s;o it is the chife cytie of his realme. Therfore he wyll nat di&s;troye the people that be therin. Shewynge theym / howe he was come thyder / as to be a meane to bringe them to peace. Pro|mi&s;ynge them / howe he wolde de&s;yre the kynge and his vncles / to &abper;done all that euer they had done. Than they aun&s;wered and &s;ayde. Howe they wolde none yuell / nor to haue warre with the kynge nor with his vncles. But they wolde that the&s;e impo&s;ycions / &s;ub&s;edyes / and gables / &s;hulde be layde downe in all Parys: and that the cytie &s;hulde be exempte fro all &s;uche maters Sayenge / howe they wolde ayde the kynge in &s;ome other manere. In what manere quod the lorde of Coucy. They an&s;wered and &s;ayd. We wyll be content to pay a certayne golde and &s;yl+uer euery weke / to a certayne man apoynted to receyue it / to helpe to paye the Soudyers / and men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> in Fraunce. What &s;omme wyll ye paye quod the lorde of Coucye? Suche &s;omme quod they / as we &s;hall agree vpon. And &s;o the lorde of Coucy treated &s;o the mater with them / that with their owne good wylles / they cea&s;ed theym &s;elfe to paye wekely / a tenne thou&s;ande florence / to a certayne man admytted / to be re|ceyuoure therof. And &s;o thus the lorde of Cou|cy departed fro them / and wente to Myeulx in Brie / to the Kynge and to his vncles / and &s;he|wed them what he had done. Than the kynge was coun&s;ayled for the be&s;t / to receyue this of|fre of the Pari&s;yens. Sayenge / howe it was good to entre on theym lytell and lytell / For in lykewy&s;e they &s;hulde do with the <ABBR>other</ABBR> good townes in Fraunce. Seynge that Parys dyde thus begynne. Than the lorde of Coucy retour+ned to Parys / and brought peace fro the kyng to the Pari&s;yence / &s;o that they wolde kepe the promy&s;e that they hadde made: the which they &s;ayde they wolde do. And &s;o a receyuer was a|poynted to receyue the florence euery weke. &s;o that the money &s;hulde nat go out of Parys / for none other entent / but to pay men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> wha~ nede requyred. And that the money &s;hulde nat be enployed to the kyng&abis; v&s;e norprofyte: nor to none of his vncles. Thus the mater contynued a certayne &s;pace / and the Pari&s;yence in peace / but the kynge wolde nat come in Parys / wher of the pari&s;yence were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed.</P>
<P>IN lykewi&s;e they of Rohane rebelled / the common people ro&s;e and &s;lewe the Cathelayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / and all &s;uche as had &s;ette the impo&s;ycions / aydes / and gabelles on
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them. And whan the kyng and his vncles herd therof / they were right &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;edde. For they doughted greatlye / that other Cyties and townes wolde do in lyke ca&s;e. Than the kynge was cou~&s;ayled that he &s;hulde go to Rohan / &amp; &s;o he dyde / and apea&s;ed the co~mons there / and &abper;|doned them the dethe of his Chatelyne / and of all that they had done. And al&s;o they ordayned a receyuour / to whome they payed euery weke a certayne &s;omme of florens. and &s;o therby they were in peace. So thus <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began great yuel in Fraunce / and all toke fotynge and en&s;ample of the gauntoy&s;e / for why: as than all the com|monties throughout all the worlde &s;ayd. howe they of Gaunt were good people / and valyant lye had &s;u&s;tayned their fraunchi&s;es. Wherfore they &s;ayde: they ought to be beloued / pray&s;ed / and honoured.</P>
<P>IT is to be knowen / that the duke of An|iowe had a great and an high entent and ymaginacion / to go to the realme of Napoles. For he wrote hym &s;elfe kynge of Puyle / of Ca|labre / and of Cicyle. For pope Clement had gy+uen hym that herytage / by vertue of the letters pate~tes / that the quene of Napoles had gyuen hym. The duke of Aniowe / who was &s;age and ymaginatyfe / and of highe courage and enter|pri&s;e. He &s;awe well that in tyme to come / accor|dyng to the &s;tate that he had begon / the whiche he was lothe to make le&s;&s;e. He thought therby / to be no lytell lorde in Fraunce. Whan &s;o noble and highe herytages were fallen to hym / as .ii. kyngdoms / Napoles and Cicyle: and thre du|cheris. as Puyle / Calabre / and Prouence. for by rea&s;on of the&s;e cou~treis / wherof he reputed hym &s;elfe lorde and kyng. He thought he &s;huld attayne to great ryche&s;&s;e / and &s;o therfore he &s;et all his entent night and day / howe he might &abper;|fourme that viage. And he knewe it wolde nat be / without great conforte of golde and &s;yluer / and great company of men of warre / to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t all tho&s;e / that wolde let his viage. So the duke of Aniowe for this occa&s;yon / gadered toguyder as moche ryche&s;&s;e as he coulde / and kept hym in loue with them of Parys / a&s;moche as he might. for he knewe well that within Pa+rys / there was ryche&s;&s;e great habu~daunce. and al&s;o he &s;ende to the Erle of Sauoye / in whome he had great affyaunce. De&s;yringe hym nat to fayle hym at this bu&s;yne&s;&s;e / promy&s;ynge: that as &s;oone as he ca~e in to Sauoy / he wolde gyue wages for a hole yere / for a thou&s;ande &s;peares of that countrey. The erle of Sauoy had gret ioye of tho&s;e tidynges / for he greatly loued de|des of armes. And he an&s;wered to the me&s;&s;an|gers / howe he wolde gladly &s;erue the duke / by the &s;ayde couynaunt. Wherof the duke of An|iowe was gladde / for he loued greatlye the co~|pany of the erle of Sauoy. Be&s;yde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / the duke of Aniowe retayned men of armes / to the nom+bre of nyne thou&s;ande. Than he made prepara+cyon for hym &s;elfe and for his company at Pa|rys / of all maner of thynges. As tentes / pauy|lyons / and all other ordynaunce / as it &s;hulde &abper;|tayne for a kynge to do: whan he is in purpo&s;e to go in to a farre countrey. &para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of hym for a &s;ea&s;on / and returne to the erle of Cambridge and to his company / beynge as than in Portyngale / with the kynge there.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;hmen rode with out any co~maundement of the kyng of Portyngale. And howe the ca&s;tell of Sygheire in portyngale was ta|ken Cap. CCC lxxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_THe erle of Cambridge and his company refre&s;hed theym a longe &s;pace at Ly&s;|bone / with the kyng of Por+tyngale. And the engly&s;&s;he|men and ga&s;coyns aduy&s;ed well the countrey / by cau&s;e they had neuer bene there before. And as I vn|der&s;tode / there was a maryage accorded / by|twene the doughter of the kyng of Portyngale who was of the age of tenne yeres / and the erle of Cambridge &s;onne of the &s;ame age. He was called Johan / and the Lady named Beatryce. At the weddynge of the&s;e two chyldrene / there was made great fea&s;te amonge the lordes and prelates of the realme / and as younge as they were / they were layde toguyder in one bedde. So this maryage thus ended / the whiche en|dured the &s;pace of eight dayes. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge of Portyngale and his coun&s;ayle / ordayned y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / that were as than at Ly&s;bon &s;hulde de&abper;te in to other places / and kepe the fro~+ters. So therle of Cambridge and his co~pany were ordayned to go lye in another towne / cal|led
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<ABBR>E&s;tremour.</ABBR> And the engly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;|cons &s;hulde lye in another countre / called Be&s;y ou&s;e / and yonge Johan of Cambridge &s;hulde abyde with the kynge and his wyfe. Whan the Chanone Rober&s;arde / and the other engly&s;&s;he knight&abis; and ga&s;cons toke their leaue of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng to departe to go to their gari&s;ons. than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng &s;ayd to them. Sirs / I co~maunde you ryde nat out agayn&s;t our enemyes / without my leaue &amp; knowledge: for if ye do / I wyll nat he content. They an&s;wered / howe they wolde nat ryde tyll they had his lycence. and &s;o thus they departed and &s;o rode to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Be&s;yous / a .ii. dayes iourney fro Ly&s;bone / and a&s;moche fro Ceuyll / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the kyng of Spayne lay. Who knewe ryght well of the comynge of the erle of Cam|bridge and his company. And &s;ent worde ther|of in to Fraunce / to &s;uche as he thought wolde &s;erue him. And whan they knewe therof &amp; &s;awe that warre was likely to be in Spaygne / they were gladde therof. And dyuers &s;uche as de&s;y|red to be auaun&s;ed by the warre made them re|dy / and toke their way in to Spayne.</P>
<P>THe Chanoyne Rober&s;arde / who lay in gary&s;on at Be&s;you&s;e / with his compa|ny engly&s;&s;he and ga&s;coyns. On a tyme he &s;ayd to his company. Sirs / me thynke we lye here thus long &s;tyll / nothyng to our honour. We ha|ue done as yet nothyng agayn&s;t our enemyes / wherfore they &s;ette the le&s;&s;e &s;tore by vs. Ther|fore and ye wyll it is my cou~&s;aile / that we &s;ende to the kynge of Portyngale / de&s;yringe hym to gyue vs leaue to ride / &amp; to do &s;om what again&s;t his enemyes. and they all an&s;wered and &s;ayde. We are content. Than &s;ir Johan Chandonich was &s;ent on that me&s;&s;age. and &s;o he came to the kynge to Ly&s;bone / and dyde his me&s;&s;age as he was charged to do. But y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng &s;ayd&punc; he wolde in no wy&s;e they &s;hulde ryde forthe. And &s;o this knight coude gette none other thyng of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng and &s;o retourned to his lordes / and &s;aid. Sirs the kyng wyll in no wy&s;e that ye &s;hall ride forth Than they were &s;orer di&s;plea&s;ed tha~ they were before / and &s;aid among them &s;elfe. howe it was nat the order of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / tolye &s;o long &s;tyll in a gary&s;on / without doynge &s;ome dede of ar|mes. And &s;o thus they made couynau~t to ryde forthe at aduenture. And &s;o on a day they rode out in to the feldes / to the nombre of a four hun|dred men of armes / and as many archers. And they enterpri&s;ed to be&s;iege a great towne / par|teyninge to the may&s;ter of &s;aynt Johans. And as they wente thyderwarde / they toke another way and went to the ca&s;tell of Sighyre / wher|in there was a thre&s;core men of armes / &s;payni|erdes in gary&s;on. Of whome Peter Gou&s;&s;es and his brother were capitayns. The chanone Rober&s;arde / who was chefemouer of that iour+ney rode before: and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was with hym &s;ir O|lyuer of Beauchampe / &s;ir Mathewe Gourney Mylles Wynd&s;ore / the lorde Talbotte / &s;ir A|dam Symon / and &s;ir John~ Fou~dre / who was ba&s;tarde brother to the kyng of Englande / the Souldycke of Le&s;trade / the lorde of Newca|&s;tell / the lorde de la Barde / Raymon of Mar|&s;on / &amp; dyuers other. And &s;o they rode tyll they came to the ca&s;tell of Sighyre / and &s;o made the~ redy to a&s;&s;ayle it. And whan they within par|ceyued that they &s;hulde be a&s;&s;ayled / they orday ned for their defence. And anone after day / the &s;aulte began right &s;ore and cruell. and the En|gly&s;&s;hmen entred in to the dykes / wherin there was no water / and &s;o they came iu&s;t to the wal|les well paue&s;&s;hed for the ca&s;t of &s;tones / &amp; there they hewe with pykes to entre the walles / and they within ca&s;t downe on them / barres of yron and &s;tones / and hurt dyuers of them. That day the Chanoyn Rober&s;arde dyde marueyls in ar+mes / and &s;o dyde Eperus a varlet of his. and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> archers &s;tode a longe the dyke / and &s;hot &s;o hol|ly toguyder / that there was none aboue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> dur&s;t apere at their defence. The one halfe of theym within were &s;ore hurt / &amp; there was &s;layne with the &s;hotte / the brother of Peter Gou&s;&s;es capy|tayne of the ca&s;tell / called Bartylmewe / a pro|per man of armes. And &s;o by his hardyne&s;&s;e / &amp; to moche aduenturyng he was &s;layne.</P>
<P>_THus this a&s;&s;aut contynued fro the mornynge tyll it was noone. The knyghtes and &s;quyers bothe En|gly&s;&s;he &amp; Ga&s;coyns / &s;pared nat to a&s;&s;ayle the ca&s;tell / with great wyll and courage / bycau&s;e they dyde that enterpri&s;e without the knowledge of the kyng of Portyn|gale. Therfore they dyde all their payne to con+quere the Ca&s;tell / to the entent that the renome therof / &s;hulde come to Ly&s;bone. And that men myght &s;ay. howe they had well &s;pedde at their begynnyng. Than the Chanoyne Rober&s;arde &s;ayde. A &s;irs / we thought ye&s;terday / this Ca|&s;tell &s;hulde nat haue holde &s;o long agayn&s;t vs. But and we be &s;o longe in conqueryng of tow|nes and ca&s;telles in Spaygne and Galy&s;e / we &s;hall neuer be lordes of the~ / wherwith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> knigh|tes and &s;quyers toke more courage. And with tho&s;e wordes / the Chanoyne Rober&s;arde / for
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all his paue&s;&s;e / receyued a great &s;troke: wher|with he was &s;ore hurte and bro&s;ed. And he had by hym a yong &s;quiers of Heynalt / called Fro|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;art Mullyer. who bare hym &s;elfe valiauntly at this a&s;&s;aut. and &s;o dyde all other. The artyl|lary of the ca&s;tell: as &s;tones / and barres of yron began to myni&s;&s;he. and they within &s;awe well / that of .xxv. men of armes / there were but thre of them / but they were &s;ore hurt and in parell of dethe. So that they coulde nat longe endure / but that by force they &s;hulde be taken. and they &s;awe their capitayns brother was &s;layne. than they determyned to take &s;ome re&s;pyte / and in y^e meane tyme to treate for a peace. Thanne they made token to &s;peke with the engly&s;&s;hmen / and &s;o the a&s;&s;aute cea&s;ed. and the a&s;&s;aylantes came out of the dykes / wherof they had nede. for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many of theym &s;ore traueyled and hurte. Than &s;ir Mathue Gourney con&s;table of that hoo&s;t / and &s;ir Mylles Wyn&s;ore mar&s;hall went to them / and demaunded what they wolde &s;ay. The capitayne &s;ir Peter Gou&s;&s;es &s;ayd. Sirs / we &s;e well ye wyll nat depart hens / tyll ye haue this fortre&s;&s;e. ye hurt our people and we yours Let vs take coun&s;ayle one with another. I &s;ay for all my company of whom I am capitayne / that we wyll rendre to you the fortre&s;&s;e / our go|des and lyues &s;aued. &s;irs / take this off re. This is a right couenaunt of armes. ye are as at this tyme more &s;tronger than we be. Therfore it be|houeth vs thus to do. The engly&s;&s;he knyghtes &s;ayd / they wolde take coun&s;ayle / &amp; &s;o they dyde And whan they were determyned / they an&s;we|red and &s;ayd. howe they within &s;hulde departe whan they ly&s;t / but theyr goodes &s;hulde abyde &s;tyll in the ca&s;tell: for they &s;hulde haue nothing but their lyues. And whan Peter Go&s;&s;es &s;awe there was none other remedy / he acorded ther|to / right &s;ore agayn&s;t his wyll. Thus this Ca|&s;tell was gyuen vp / and put in to the handes of thengly&s;&s;hmen. And &s;o the &s;paynierdes depar|ted without any &s;aueco~duct / and went to E&s;te|ryes / where the mai&s;ters of &s;aynt Jaques lay. Howe be it they founde hym nat <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / as than: for he vnder&s;tode that the engly&s;&s;he men were abrode / therfore he was entred in to the feldes / with a foure hundred men of armes / &s;paynier|des and ca&s;tylians / in tru&s;t to mete with the engly&s;&s;hmen at their aduaun|tage / to fyght with them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the Chanoyne Rober&s;arde and his company retourned to their gary&s;on. And of the maryage of the kynge of Englande / to the doughter of the kynge of Rhomayns. Cap. CCC lxxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the&s;e knight&abis; of En+gland had co~quered y^e ca&s;tell of <ABBR>Sigheir</ABBR> they were right ioyfull / and &s;o they repayred it and lefte therin .xl. of their company / and dyd furny&s;he it with artillary &amp; other pur+ueyaunces / and &s;ette there a good capitayne to kepe it. Than they coun&s;ayled toguyder / what was be&s;t for the~ to do. And &s;o they determyned to go agayne to their fir&s;t lodgynges: and the engly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns de&abper;ted in thre rou|tes. And behynde all to kepe y^e felde / abode the Chanoyne Rober&s;arde / and with hym certayn engly&s;&s;hmen / ga&s;coyns / and almayns. He was about a thre&s;core &s;peares and as many archers and &s;o they rode all that day / &amp; the &s;econde day in the mornyng all hole toguyder. and they en|tred in to a great towne of Portyngale / called Huence / and the ca&s;tell of Concrelet / was right without a wode &s;yde. In the which wode more nere to Concrelet than to Huence / was the mai+&s;ter of &s;aynt James in a bu&s;&s;hme~t / with a four hundred men of armes. And as &s;oone as the en+gly&s;&s;hmen parceyued them / they drewe all togi+der and made no cou~tenance of feare / but rode forthe a good pa&s;e. And the &s;paynierdes for all their great nombre made no &s;emblant to breke their bu&s;&s;hement / but helde them &s;elfe &s;tyll and clo&s;e. for they beleued that the engli&s;&s;hmen had nere hande their great batayle / &amp; therfore they dur&s;t nat a&s;&s;ayle them. So thus they departed eche fro other / without any more doynge. The &s;paynierdes retourned the &s;ame night to E&s;te|ryes / and the Chanoyne Rober&s;arde to Ue&s;y|ou&s;e. And there he &s;hewed his company / howe they had &s;ene the &s;pagynierdes / bytwene Con|crelet and Huence / and &s;ayd. If we had bene all toguyder / we wolde haue fought with the~ / and &s;o they were &s;orie / that they had nat bene all to|guyder. And whan the&s;e tidynges came to the knowledge of the kyng of Portingale / he made &s;emblant that he was dy&s;plea&s;ed / bycau&s;e they rode forthe without his co~maundement or ordi+naunce. Thus the engly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns
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lay &s;tyll in their gary&s;ons all that wynter / with+out any thynge doyng / worthy to be made me~|cyon of / the whiche greatly anoyed the~. There lyeng &s;tyll / was nat by their wylles. &para; In this meane tyme / Johan / kyng of Ca&s;tyle: &s;ende to the frenche kynge and to his vncles for &s;ocour. Shewyng them / howe the erle of Cambridge was arryued in Portyngale. And how y^e voice ranne through the realmes of Ca&s;tyle and Por+tyngale. Howe that the kyng of Englande / the duke of Lanca&s;tre and his brother / pui&s;&s;antlye acompanyed: &s;hulde come in to Portyngale / to the erle of Cambridges ayde / in the next &s;omer. Wherfore / he de&s;yred the frenche kynge / accor|dynge to &s;uche alyaunces and confederacions / as the realme of Frau~ce &amp; the realme of Spay|gne hath toguyder / and by rea&s;on of good loue and amyte. That they wolde &s;ende &s;ome men of warre to hym the next &s;omer / to the entent to re&s;y&s;t his enemyes. Than the french kyng and his coun&s;ayle / con&s;ented well therto. For they &s;awe well / howe the kyng of Spayne / de&s;yred nothyng but rea&s;on. Than it was ordayned in Fraunce / to gyue all maner of men of warre ly|cence to go thyder. And the kyng delyuered the~ their fir&s;t pre&s;t money. So &s;ir Olyuer of Cle&s;|quy / brother to &s;ir Bertram of Cle&s;quy con&s;ta|ble of Fraunce / was ordayned to take his voy|age / in the begynnyng of the &s;pringyng tyme. And &s;o dyde knight&abis; and &s;quyers: of Bretayne of Fraunce / of Beau&s;e / of Picardy / of Aniowe of Berrey / of Bloy&s;e / and of Mayne. And &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed by companyes to haue y^e more ea&s;e / and their pa&s;&s;age was opyn throughe y^e realme of Aragon / and they founde euery thyng redy / and their wages payed. but they payed nat for euery thyng they toke / whan they were abrode in the countrey / whiche was great hurte to the poore commons.</P>
<P>yE haue herde here before / howe kyng Richarde of Englande / the &s;pace of a yere / hadde ben in treatie with kynge Charles of Almayne. Who wrote hym &s;elfe the tytell of the kyng of Rhomayns / to haue his &s;u+&s;ter / the lady Anne in maryage. And howe &s;ir Symon Burle had &s;ore traueyled in that ma|ter. And howe the duke of Ta&s;&s;on in Almayne had ben in Englande / for to confyrme that ma|ryage. And the mater was &s;o co~cluded / that the kynge of Rhomayns &s;ende his &s;u&s;ter in to En|glande / and the duke of Ta&s;&s;on with her. And a great company of knightes / ladyes / and da|mo&s;els / in royall a&s;tate / as it a&abper;teyned to &s;uche a lady. And &s;o &s;he came fir&s;t in to Brabante / to the towne of Brue&s;els. And there the duches of Brabant receyued her and all her company / in goodly maner. The duke of Brabant was her vncle / for &s;he was doughter to them&abper;our Char+les. And &s;o thus y^e lady Anne of Behayne helde her at Bru&s;els with her vncle and aunte / more than the &s;pace of a moneth. She dur&s;te nat go thens. I &s;hall tell you why. &para; It was &s;hewed her / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was on the &s;ee a .xii. ve&s;&s;els of nor mayns / bytwene Caleys and Hollande / &amp; they robbed and pilled on y^e &s;ee / they cared nat who. And &s;o they kepte he boundes of the &s;ee / about Flaunders and zelande / abyding the comynge of this yonge lady. For the french kyng wolde gladly haue broken that maryage / for he great+lye douted the alyaunce / bytwene Englande &amp; Almayne. Howe be it alwayes it is &s;ayd / that it is nat honorable to take ladyes in warre. In co+loryng the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> bitwene lordes / to make their <ABBR>warr</ABBR> the fayrer. The prince of Wales / father to kyng Richarde of Englande. It was &s;ayd / he con&s;ented to the takyng of the lady of Burbone mother to the french quene. She was taken by the prices &s;eruau~tes / in the ca&s;tell of Belperch. and &s;o brought in to Guyen / and raun&s;omed. Wherfore the fre~chmen thought / if they myght take the kyng of Englandes wyfe / in reue~gyng therof / they &s;hulde do no wronge. So for feare and doute therof / this lady lay &s;tyll at Bru&s;els / the &s;pace of a moneth. Than the duke of Bra|bant &s;ende his coun&s;ayle into Fraunce / as the lorde of Rou&s;&s;ela~s / and the lorde of Bou&s;que|her: to &s;hewe the kynge &amp; his vncles / they were nephewes to the duke of Brabant: as chyldren of his &s;u&s;ter. The&s;e lordes of Brabant &s;pedde &s;o well with the frenche kyng and his cou~&s;ayle / that they had a &s;ure &s;aue conduct / for the lady to pa&s;&s;e outher by lande or by &s;ee. Wheder it plea|&s;ed her / throughe the realme of Fraunce / or by the fro~ters therof to Calais. And the normains that were on the &s;ee / were countermaunded a|gayne. And &s;o the frenche kyng and his vncles wrote to the Duke of Brabant / that they dyde this for his &s;ake all onely / and for none other. This plea&s;ed moche the duke of Brabant &amp; the duche&s;&s;e / and all &s;uche as wolde pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee. So than they departed fro Bru&s;els / and the la+dy toke her leaue of the duke her vncle / and of y^e duche&s;&s;e her aunt. And of the ladyes and damo+&s;els of the countrey / &s;uche as had helde her com+pany. And &s;o the duke &s;ende with her / a hu~dred &s;peares to conuey her to Gaunte / and there &s;he re&s;ted her a day. And there the gauntoy&s;e dyde
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her gret honour. and fro thens &s;he went to Bru+ges / &amp; there the erle of Flaunders receyued her ryght honourably / &amp; there &s;he re&s;ted her a thre dayes. And than &s;he rode forth &amp; came to Gra|uelyng / where as was redy / the erle of Saly&s;|bury / and the erle of Dyme&s;ter with a fyue hu~|dred &s;peres: and as many archers / and &s;o they brought her to Calays. And the braban&s;ies re|tourned / as &s;oone as they had delyuered her to the barones of Englande.</P>
<P>THis yonge lady taryed nat longe at Ca+layes / but that &s;he had wynde at wyll. and &s;o than &s;he entred in to her &s;hyppe on a fri|day in the mornynge / and all her company and hor&s;es in other &s;hyppes. And the &s;ame day &s;he aryued at Douer / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;he re&s;ted her two dayes: &amp; the thirde day &s;he rode to &s;aynt Tho|mas of Caunterbury. And there &s;he founde the erle of Buckyngha~ / who receyued her honou|rably. and &s;o long this lady rode forthe that &s;he came to London / where as &s;he was honoura|bly receyued of the burge&s;&s;es / ladyes / &amp; damo|&s;els of the countrey and cytie. And &s;o the kyng of Englande wedded her / in the chapell of his palays of We&s;tmyn&s;ter / the .xx. day of Chri&s;t|mas: at which there was great fea&s;t &amp; tryu~phe holden. And euer &s;yth &s;he de&abper;ted fir&s;t out of Al+mayne / the gentle and noble knight &s;ir Robert of <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> left her nat / tyll &s;he was maryed to the kyng of Englande. Wherof he hadde great thanke / bothe of the kyng of Englande / and of the kyng of Almayne. And &s;o the kyng of En|gland after his maryage / brought y^e quene his wyfe to the ca&s;tell of Wynd&s;ore / and there kept a great hou&s;e. And &s;o there they were ioyou&s;ly togyder. And my lady princes the kynges mo|ther / abode &s;tyll with y^e quene. And al&s;o y^e &s;ame tyme there was in the court with the quene / the duches of Bretayne &s;u&s;ter to kyng Rycharde. for Lois her hu&s;band duke of Bretayne / coude nat haue her delyuered out of Engla~de for the kyng of Englande nor his coun&s;ayle / wolde in no wy&s;e co~&s;ent to &s;ende her in to Bretayne / by|cau&s;e her hu&s;bande y^e duke was become french. For the lordes and knightes in England / &s;ayd the &s;ame tyme. That the duke of Bretayne ac|quyted hym&s;elfe fa&s;ly / to the erle of Buckyng|ham and to our men / nowe at this la&s;t vyage y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they made in Fra~ce. And for all he hath &s;ent for his wyfe / yet wyll nat we &s;ende her to hym. but wyll rather <ABBR>&s;end</ABBR> thyder his .ii. enemies / John~ and Guy of Bretayne. Who were chyldrene to &s;aynt Charles of Breten / who hath more right to the herytage of Bretayne than he hath. for he is duke but by rea&s;on of our puy&s;&s;aunce &amp; ayde and be &s;emyng: he co~&s;ydreth but yuell / y^e good|nes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we haue done to hym. wherfore we mu&s;t in lykewi&s;e / &s;hewe hym the vylany that he doth to vs. Trewe it was / the&s;e two lord&abis; John~ and Guy of Bretayne / children to &s;aynt Charles of Bloy&s;e were pri&s;oners in Englande. and kept in a &s;tronge ca&s;tell / in the kepynge of &s;ir Peter Dambreticourt. And they were de&s;yred in cur+tes maner / by the kyng of Englande &amp; his coun+&s;ayle / that they &s;hulde holde Bretayne by fayth and homage of the kynge of Englande. And if they wolde thus do / than the kyng of England promy&s;ed / to recouer their right in Bretayne. and John~ to haue to his wife / y^e lady Phylippe of Lanca&s;tre wydowe. But they an&s;wered: in no wy&s;e they wolde do &s;o / nor for &s;ake to be fre~|che to dye in pri&s;on. So thus y^e materhanged. And after the kynge of Englande knewe ones fermly their myndes / they were no more de&s;y|red therto.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the french kyng could haue no money of the receyuour of Parys. And howe the duke of Aniowe pa&s;|&s;ed in to Italye / &amp; of his noble chyual+ry. Cap. CCC. xCi.</HEAD>
<P>_LE haue herd here before / howe the pary&s;iens were a greed with the kyng / to pay a certayne &s;o~me of flo+rens euery weke. This &s;ome of flo+reyns was payed to a certayne re|ceyuour apoynted by them / but the kyng had it nat / nor it we~t nat out of Parys. And &s;o it hap|ped / that the kynge had be&s;ynes with money to pay his men of warre / &s;uche as he &s;ent in to Ca+&s;tell. wherto he was bou~de / by y^e aliaunces that was made before. And &s;o the kyng &s;ent to Pa|rys to his receyuour / that he &s;hulde prepare for hym a hundred thou&s;ande frankes / for he <ABBR>&s;ayd</ABBR> he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> comforte and ayde kyng John~ of Ca|&s;tell. The receyuour an&s;wered y^e kyng&abis; letters and me&s;&s;age right graciou&s;ly / and &s;ayd: howe he had money mough. howe beit he myght de|lyuer none without the hole con&s;ent of y^e towne of Parys. The&s;e wordes plea&s;ed nothyng the kyng / but he &s;ayde he wolde puruey right well for remedy: whanne he myght / and &s;o he dyd.
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And &s;o for his entente (as at that tyme) he pur|ueyed hym of other money / by the helpe of his good townes in Pycardy. Thus there was a great di&s;ce~cion / bytwene the kyng and them of Parys. and &s;o the kyng wolde nat come to Pa+rys / but he abode at Mieulx / at Senles / or at Compayne / &amp; there a bout: wherof they of Pa+rys were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. And the greate&s;t &s;ure tie and meane that they hadde / was the duke of Aniou / who wrote hym &s;elfe kynge of Cecyll / and of Hyeru&s;alem: and had taken on hym the armes therof. This duke mo&s;t comonly lay at Parys / and there he gate moche good to helpe hym to his viage. He gate toguyder &s;o great a &s;o~me of money (that it was &s;ayd) that he had at Roquemore be&s;yde Auignon / two myllions of florens. He entreated &s;o them of Parys by his fayre langage. and by that he had y^e &s;oueraynte aboue all his bretherne / bycau&s;e he was elde&s;t. that he had of them the &s;o~me of a hundred thou|&s;ande frankes. But the kyng coude gette none of them / nor his vncles of Berrey / nor of Bur|goyne. and whan the duke of Aniou had made his proui&s;ion / in the &s;pringyng tyme of the yere he toke his iourney / &amp; &s;o pa&s;&s;ed the realme / and came to Auignon: <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he was greatly fea+&s;ted with the pope / and with the cardynals. and thyder came to hym the barones and rulers / of the good townes of Prouence / &amp; receyued hym for their lorde / and dyd hym homage &amp; feaulte. and dyd put them &s;elfe in to his obey&s;ance. and thyder came to him y^e gentle erle of Sauoy his co&s;yn: with certayne lordes and knightes / who were al&s;o well receyued of the pope and cardy|nals. And there the duke of Aniou delyuered to the erle of Sauoy a great &s;o~me of money / for the~ of Sauoy / who were a great nombre. So than the duke and therle toke leaue of the pope and departed / and toke the way to the dolphyn of Uien / and &s;o in euery good towne they had good chere. And &s;o their men of warre went on before / and at la&s;t they entred into Lombardy / the whiche pa&s;&s;age was redy open. And &s;o the duke entred in to Lombardy / &amp; in euery towne had great fea&s;t and chere / and &s;pecially at Myl+layne. There they were honored beyonde mea+&s;ure of &s;ir Galeas / and &s;ir Barnabo. and they had of them great riches and iuels / that it were marueyle to recounte it. And in euery place the duke of Aniowe helde a&s;tate lyke a kynge / and euer as he went he made money floreyns / and whyte money to pay his menne of warre. And whan they came in to Cou&s;tane / and aprochyd Rome / than they kept them &s;elfe nerer togyder than they dyde before. For the romayns / who knewe right well of their comyng / were great|ly fortifyed agayn&s;t them. and y^e romayns had a capitayn an engli&s;&s;hman / called &s;ir John~ Ha+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">onde / who hadde longe lyued amonge the ro|mayns: and knewe all the fronters / and hadde many &s;o wdyours in the felde / atte the wages of the romayns / as almayns / and other nacyons: in the quarell of pope Urban. who was at Ro|me. He was nothynge afrayde of the comynge of the duke of Aniowe. and whan any &s;pake to hym and &s;hewed hym howe the duke of Aniou: with the erle of Sauoy in his company / was comyng to Rome warde / by lykelyhode to put hym downe fro his &s;iege apo&s;tolyke / bycau&s;e they were all clementyns. He wolde than aun|&s;were / and &s;aye. <HI>Chri&s;te protege nos.</HI> Chri&s;t helpe vs. this was all the fray that he had / and all the aun&s;were that he wolde make.</P>
<P>THus the men of warre / and the duke of Aniou callynge hym &s;elfe kyng of Na|poles / of Cecyll / and of Hyeru&s;alem / Duke of Puylle / and of Calabre. And the Erle of Sa|uoy and his company / co&s;ted Italy and Cou|&s;tane / and the marches of Denconnye / and the lande of Patrimone: and entred nat Rome / for the duke of Aniowe wolde make noo warre to Rome / nor to y^e romayns. for he thought to do the viage that he enterpri&s;ed or he departed out of Frau~ce. and in euery place where as he went he kept y^e &s;tate of a kynge / and euery man pray|&s;ed hym. And all men of warre lyked well his payme~t. The &s;ame tyme in y^e cytie of Napoles there was his enemye / &s;ir Charles de la Payx / who in lyke wy&s;e wrote hym &s;elfe kyng of Na|poles / of Cecyll / and of Hyeru&s;alem / Duke of Puyll / and of Calabre. He claymed to be kyng by rightfull enherytau~ce / without any heyre in lawfull maryage / after the kynge of Napoles was deed. This Charles helde the gyft that the quene had made to the pope / but in vayne: and &s;o &s;hewed after his opinyon / by two rea&s;o~s. the one was / he &s;u&s;tayned and &s;ayd. and the neapo+litans ayded hym / in &s;u&s;taynynge of the &s;ame. and the ce&s;ilyens in lykewi&s;e (they &s;ayd) howe the quene of Napoles / coude nat gyue away a+nother mannes herytage. and though her gyft hadde bene good / and &s;o alowed in the court of Rome / yet &s;he dyd nat well. for &s;he helde with pope Urbane and nat with Cleme~t. the&s;e were the que&s;tions and the debates / that &s;ir Charles de la Payx layde for him &s;elfe / and in y^e begyn|nyng he wrought wy&s;ely. For he &s;ore fortifyed
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and furny&s;&s;hed the ca&s;tell of Leufe / the whiche is the moo&s;t &s;tronge&s;t ca&s;tell of the worlde. for it is &s;et by enchau~tment in the &s;ee / and it is nat pa&s;&s;yble to be wone / but by nygromancy or by the art of y^e deuyll. he vitailed it for thre or four yere / &amp; had with hym a certayne men of warre and &s;o kept that place: for he knewe well they of Napoles <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat for&s;ake him though he lo&s;t Puyll &amp; Calabre for .ii. or thre yere. he thought to recouer it agayne as lyghtly. for he ymagy|ned in his <ABBR>mynd:</ABBR> that the duke of Aniou wolde entertayne &s;uche a nombre of men of warre as he hadde brought with hym / the whiche &s;hulde nat long lye in his puy&s;&s;aunce &s;o to do / outher for faulte of vytayle: or for money. Wherby he thought they &s;hulde be con&s;trayned to departe within a two or thre yere. And than he ymagi|ned / that whan they were wery and out of good rule / than he wolde fyght with them at his ad|uauntage. The&s;e thoughtes and ymagynaci|ons <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> Charles de la Payx / wherof he &s;awe &s;ome take effect: or the terme pa&s;&s;ed that he pre+&s;ired. For truly / there was no prince chri&s;tned: without it were the frenche kyng / or the kynge of Englande. that coude kepe four yere to gy|der &s;uche a nombre of men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / out of their owne countreys / as y^e duke of Aniou had with hym. He brought ouer the mountaynes a .xxx. thou&s;ande fyghtinge men / and to begyn &s;uche an enterpri&s;e / behoueth in y^e beginnynge wy&s;e|ly to con&s;yder and ymagin.</P>
<P>wHan the duke of Aniou and his com|pany / entred in to Puylland in to Ca+labre / the countrey incontynent tour+ned to them. For the people &s;hewed / howe they de&s;yred no other thyng / nor to haue none other lorde / but the duke of Aniou. And &s;o thus with in a &s;horte tyme / all the lordes / cyties / and tow|nes in that cou~trey / were vnder his obey&s;ance. Suche as had ben in tho&s;e cou~treyes / the whi|che is one of the greate&s;t marches of the <ABBR>world.</ABBR> &s;ayde and affyrmed: howe y^t for bycau&s;e of the great plenty &amp; welthe that haboundeth in tho&s;e parties / the people are all ydell / and wyll do no laboure. And whan the&s;e men of warre were in this countrey / the whiche they founde &s;o reple|ny&s;&s;hed with all welth / wherof they were right glade. And than the duke of Aniou / the erle of Sauoy / the erle of Uandon / &amp; all the chyualry of Fraunce / of Bretayn / and of Sauoy pa&s;&s;ed forthe and came in to the marches of Napoles. They of Napoles / for all y^e feare that they had of the&s;e men of warre / they wolde neuer clo&s;e gate of their towne / but kept the~ &s;tyll open. for they thought well / that y^e duke of Aniou &s;hulde neuer en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in to their towne / with their di&s;plea|&s;ure. for if he were within the towne with all the people that he had / they thought he &s;hulde but le&s;e hym &s;elfe and all his / and they ly&s;t. for their hou&s;es were nat ea&s;y to be wonne / for they had plankes and boordes: to take away whan they ly&s;t. and vnderneth is the &s;ee / &s;o that none dare enterpri&s;e there too fyght. Than there was an enchaunter / a connynge man in nygromancy / in the marches of Napoles / and &s;o he came to the duke of Aniou / and &s;ayd. Sir / if ye wyll / I &s;hall rendre to you the ca&s;tell of Leufe / and all tho that be within / at your plea&s;ure. howe may that be &abquod; the duke. Sir quod he I &s;hall &s;hewe you. I &s;hall by enchau~tment / make the ayre &s;o thycke / that they within / &s;hall thinke that there is a great bridge on the &s;ee / for ten men to go a front. And whan they within the ca&s;tell &s;e this bridge / they wyll be &s;o afrayde / that they &s;hall yelde them to your mercy. for they wyll thanne dout / if they be a&s;&s;ayled / that they &s;hulde be ta|ken perforce. The duke had great marueyle of his wordes / and called to hym the erle of Uan|don / and the erle of Gene&s;ue / &s;ir John~ and &s;ir Peter of Benill / &s;ir Moris of Maum &amp; other. and &s;hewed theym what this enchauntour had &s;aid / wherfore they had great marueyle. Than the duke &s;ayd. Fayre may&s;ter: on this bridge y^e ye &s;peke of / may our people a&s;&s;uredly go ther|on to the ca&s;tell / to a&s;&s;ayle it. Sir quod the en|chauntour / I dare nat a&s;&s;ure you that. for if a|ny that pa&s;&s;eth on the bridge / make the &s;igne of the cro&s;&s;e on hym / all &s;hall go to noughte / and they that be on the bridge &s;hall fall in to the &s;ee. Than the duke began to laugh / and a certayne of yong knyghtes that were there pre&s;ent &s;ayd / &s;ir. For god&s;ake / let the may&s;ter a&s;&s;ay his con|nyng / we &s;hall leue makyng of any &s;igne of the cro&s;&s;e on vs as for that tyme / and a more redyer way can we nat gette our enemyes. Well &abquod; the duke / I &s;hall take adui&s;e in this mater. Therle of Sauoy was nat there pre&s;ent / but he came to the duke &s;one after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Sauoye / cau&s;ed this enchau~ters heed to be&s;tryken of. And howe the Chanone Rober&s;arde and his company toke dyuers ca&s;tels in Spayne. Cap. CCC. xCii.</HEAD>
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_WHan the erle of Sauoy was come in to y^e tent of the duke of Aniowe / the mai&s;ter enchauntour was as thanne departed. Than y^e duke &s;he|wed hym all y^e wordes of the mai&s;ter / and what he offred. the erle bethought him a litle / and than &s;ayd. &s;ir &s;ende hym to my lodgyng / and I &s;hall examyn hym &s;ir / I knowe well / it is the &s;ame enchaun+tour / by whome the quene of Napoles and &s;ir Othes of Bre&s;uych were taken / &s;ir the ca&s;tell of Leufe. for he cau&s;ed by his craft / the &s;ee to &s;eme &s;o high / that they within the ca&s;tell feared / that the &s;ee &s;hulde haue ouer flowen y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell. wher|of they were &s;oo aba&s;&s;hed / that they went all to haue dyed. Sir / a man ought nat to haue any great tru&s;t in &s;uche people. &s;ir / ye may &s;e the vn+happynes of them of this cou~trey and their na|ture. All onely nowe to plea&s;e you / and to haue profite by you. This enchau~tour wolde nowe betray theym / to whome ones he delyuered the quene of Napoles and her <ABBR>hu&s;band</ABBR> / the which was to &s;ir Charles de la Payx. Than the duke &s;ayd. &s;ir / I &s;hall &s;ende him to you / than the lor|des fell to other maters. and than y^e erle of Sa|uoy returned to his lodgynge / and the next day the enchauntour came to the duke / and &s;aluted hym. A&s;&s;one as the duke &s;awe hym / he &s;ayd to one of his &s;eruauntes. Go and bring this mai|&s;ter to the erle of Sauoy. The &s;quier came to the may&s;ter / &amp; &s;ayd. &s;ir / my lorde the duke / wyll that ye go &amp; &s;peke with the erle of Sauoy. and he &s;ayd. &s;ir / I am co~tent. than y^e &s;quier brought hym to the erles tente / and &s;ayd. &s;ir: here is the mai&s;ter / that my lorde y^e duke hath &s;ent to you. whan the erle &s;awe hym / he had great ioy / and &s;ayd. may&s;ter / is it of trouth&abis; that ye wyll cau&s;e vs too haue the ca&s;tell of Leufe / &s;o good chepe as ye &s;ay. &s;ir quod the enchau~tour / that &s;hall I do. for &s;ir / by the &s;ame meanes: I cau&s;ed before this / he y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hath it nowe / &s;ir Charles de la Payx to wyn it. And the quene of Napoles and her doughter / and &s;ir Robert of Arthoy&s;e her hu&s;|bande / and &abser; Othes of bre&s;uich. And &s;ir / I am the man of the <ABBR>world</ABBR> / y^e &s;ir Charles dela Payx reputeth moo&s;t / and is in mo&s;t feare of. By my faythe &abquod; the erle of Sauoy / ye &s;ay well. and I wyll that &s;ir Charles de la Payx / &s;hall knowe that he hath great wronge to feare you. But I &s;hall a&s;&s;ure him of you / for ye &s;hall neuer do en+chauntme~t to di&s;ceyue him / nor yet none other. I wolde nat that in tyme to come / we &s;hulde be reproched / that in &s;o highe an enterpri&s;e / as we be in / wherin there be &s;o many noble knightes and &s;quyers a&s;&s;embled. that we &s;hulde do any+thyng by enchau~tment / nor that we <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> wyn our enemyes by &s;uche craft. Than he called to him a &s;eruau~t / and &s;ayd. go &amp; get a hangman / and let hym &s;tryke of this mai&s;ters heed / with|out delay. and as &s;one as the erle had co~maun|ded it / inco~tinent it was done. for his heed was &s;tryken of before y^e erles tent. Thus ended this mai&s;ter enchau~tour / and &s;o was payed his wa|ges / acordyng to his de&s;ertes. &para; Nowe wyll we leue to &s;peke of the duke of Aniou / and of his vyage. and &s;peke of the be&s;ynes of Por|tyngale / and &s;hewe howe the engli&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;coyns parceueryd.</P>
<P>Whan it came to the beginnyng of y^e moneth of Aprill / the knightes y^t were in gary&s;on in the towne of Ue&s;ious / and had lyen <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a long &s;ea+&s;on &amp; nat ryden forth / but wha~ they were before Syghiere. So than they toke aduy&s;e among the~ &s;elfe to ryde forthe / and they had great mar|ueyle / what y^e kyng of Portyngale &amp; the erle of Cambridge thought. In y^e they had bene a ten monethes in the cou~trey of Portyngale / &amp; had ryden forthe but one tyme / whiche was to the~ a great &s;hame. Tha~ they determyned to &s;ende to the erle of Cambridge to &s;hewe him their myn|des. &amp; &s;o the Souldych of Le&s;trad was &s;ent to him / and &s;o he ca~e to E&s;tremou&s;e / where as the erle lay / &amp; &s;ayd to hym. &s;ir: all our co~pany hath &s;ent me hyder to you / to knowe your plea&s;ure / what ye wyll do. for they haue great marueyle for what cau&s;e ye haue brought them in to this cou~trey / and lye &s;o longe &s;tyll / the whiche is to the~ a great <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur.</ABBR> &s;ir they de&s;yre to knowe your plea&s;ure / what ye wyll do / for they wolde fayne be doynge of &s;omewhat. Sir &abquod; the erle / ye knowe well / whan I de&abper;ted out of Engla~de My lorde my brother / the duke of Lanca&s;tre / promy&s;ed me by his faythe / that as &s;oone as he were returned out of Scotlande / that he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> come hyder / with a certayne nombre of men of warre / as a thre thou&s;ande &amp; as many archers. for I was &s;ent hyder in this &s;tate y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I ame in. for none other entent / but to aduy&s;e the cou~trey and I ame &s;ure / &s;hortely we &s;hall here &s;ome ty|dynges. for I haue great marueyle that he ta|ryeth &s;o long. reco~mende me to all your co~pany and &s;hewe the~ as I haue &s;hewed you: howbeit I may nat nor wyll nat let them to ryde forthe / if they haue &s;ore affection therto. but ye knowe well / the kynge of Portyngale payeth all our wages / therfore it mu&s;t be ordred by hym. By
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my fayth &s;ir &abquod; the &s;ouldich / he payeth but yuell and that all the hole company complayneth of. he oweth vs as yet wages for .vi. monethes. he wyll pay you right well &abquod; the erle / money &s;hall come right well at poynt. Thus departed the Souldiche fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle / and returned to his com+pany / and &s;hewed the~ / as ye haue harde. Sirs &abquod; the Chanone <ABBR>Rober&s;ard.</ABBR> for all this I wyll nat lye &s;tyll. I &s;e well he dothe but di&s;&s;e~ble with vs / he wolde nat that we &s;hulde ryde forthe / to thentent we &s;hulde haue no cau&s;e to demaunde our money. but I am of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> opynion to ride forth and &s;o they all determyned the &s;ame / and ther|vpon made euery thynge redy / and apoynted the euenyng / whan they wolde ryde forthe the next mornyng. Than there ca~e to the~ / &s;ir John~ Ferand / a knight of y^e kyng of porti~gales / who had ben infourmed howe they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> ryde forth / and &s;o he brought letters to y^e Chanone Rober+&s;arde whiche he red: and founde therin / howe the kynge of Portyngale defended hym in any wy&s;e to ryde forthe: Sayeng further / howe he knewe well y^t the &s;tyrring of any rydyng forthe to do any enterpri&s;e / was by his procurynge. Of the&s;e tydyng&abis; was y^e Chanone <ABBR>Rober&s;ard</ABBR> &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;ayde to the knyght. &s;ir: I &s;e well / the kynge wyll nat in any wy&s;e / that I &s;hulde ryde forth. Take it &s;o y^t I a byde &s;tyll in my lodgynge / thynke you y^t the&s;e other knygh|tes / who are better / and more valyaunt than I am&punc; that they wyll leaue for all that their enter|pri&s;e? I en&s;ure you nay. and that ye &s;hall&punc; &s;e to+morowe / for they are all determyned to ryde. &s;ir quod y^e knyght / than co~maunde ye them in the kynges name to a byde &s;tyll: and nat to &s;tyrre. by my faythe &abquod; the Chanone / that wyll I nat do. but &s;ir / co~maunde ye the~ &s;yth ye come fro the kyng. So thus the mater re&s;ted all that nyght and in the morning they &s;owned their tru~pets. Than knyghtes and &s;quiers armed them / and mounted on their hor&s;es / &amp; &s;o came to the Cha|none Rober&s;ardes lodging / who dyd nat arme him&s;elfe. And there the&s;e knyghtes / and &s;qui|ers re&s;ted. and the Chanone Rober&s;arde came to a wyndowe / and &s;pake to them / and &s;hewed them / howe the kyng wolde nat that he &s;hulde ryde forthe / nor none with hym. By my faythe quod they: than wyll we / &s;eynge we be&s;o fore|warde / and &s;o we coun&s;ayle you to do. it &s;halbe no reproche to vs / and we ryde forth: though ye abyde behynde. So the Chanone <ABBR>Rober&s;ard</ABBR> &s;awe well there was none other boote for hym / but to arme him / and to ryde forthe with them / and &s;o he dyd / and &s;o dyd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> knyght of Portyn|gale / &s;ir John~ Ferande. wherfore after he was in &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ure with the kynge / and lyke to haue dyed there fore. So thus at the de&s;yre of the&s;e companyons they armed the~ / and i&s;&s;ued out of the towne of Ue&s;you&s;e / and entred in to the feldes. They were to y^e nombre of four .C. &s;peares / &amp; as many archeres. &amp; toke the way to Geuyll / and came to a towne called the Bane.</P>
<P>So longe they rode forthe that they came to the towne of Bane / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> lyghted a fote. on that parte / that they thought moo&s;t prignable. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;et the~ &s;elfe in array redy to gyue a&s;&s;aute / and &s;o entred in to y^e dykes which were drie / without any water / and &s;o came to the wal+les / and <ABBR>mad</ABBR> a fer&s;e a&s;&s;aut / and myned &amp; vnder hewed the walles. The &s;ame tyme in the towne of Bane / there were noo men of warre / but the men of the towne yuell armed. Howe beit they were at their defence / and dyd ca&s;t dartes and &s;tones a&s;well as they might. but at lenght they coulde nat endure / but to be taken. Than they bega~ to treat / and &s;o fynally they yelded vp the towne / their goodes &amp; lyues &s;aued. &s;ayng howe fro thens forthe / they wolde be vnder the obey|&s;ance of the kynge of Portyngale. and &s;o thus they were receyued / and all y^e men of warre en|tred in to the towne / and well refre&s;&s;hed them sel<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e. Than they we~t and regarded the ca&s;tell &amp; &s;awe well howe it was prignable. and &s;o y^t eue+nyng &s;ome of the hoo&s;t / &amp; they of the ca&s;tell dyd &s;krymy&s;&s;he. and in the mornyng they made a&s;|&s;aut / and they within defended them&s;elfe. With in the ca&s;tell there was capitayne / a gentleman of the countrey. Howbeit he was no very good man of warre / as it well apered. &amp; he was cal|led Peter Jagou&s;e / for as &s;one as he &s;awe y^t he was a&s;&s;ayled / with &s;o many good men of warr~ he was afrayd / and fell in treaty / and &s;o yelded him &s;elfe and y^e ca&s;tell / his lyfe &s;aued. and &s;uche as were within with him. and &s;o it was taken &amp; newe refre&s;&s;hed / with men of armes &amp; archers. than they departed &amp; came to a nother ca&s;tell / a vii. myle thens / called Courti&s;e. Than they &s;et them &s;elfe in ordre to gyue a&s;&s;aut / &amp; &s;o they dyd right fer&s;ly / they y^t were within defended them &s;elfe ryght valyauntly / to their powers. And &s;o at this a&s;&s;aut / the capitayne was &s;layne within the ca&s;tell / called Radulphes / a right &s;ubtle and an expert man of armes / he was &s;layne with an arrowe / for he adue~tured him &s;elfe to <ABBR>far</ABBR> at the defe~ce. After that he was deed / the other coulde nat longe endure. and &s;o the ca&s;tell was taken / and they within mo&s;te parte &s;layne. Thus the
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Chauone Rober&s;arde &amp; his company / had the ca&s;tell of Courty&s;e / the whiche was newe forti+fyed / &amp; repeopled agayne. and thau they depa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+ted aprochyng to the cyte of Ceuyll the great.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the great pillage &amp; proyes / done by the Chanone Robar&s;arde and his company / agayn&s;t the kynge of Ca|&s;tyll / and of the di&s;cencyon that was among them. Cap. CCC. xCiii.</HEAD>
<P>_SO moch dyd the&s;e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / engli&s;&s;hmen and ga+&s;coyns / that they came to Ja|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">y a .x. myle fro Ceuyll / whi+che was a towne but fe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ly in|clo&s;ed. But within the towne there was a myn&s;ter right &s;tronge / the whiche they of the countrey had fortefyed / and there in they were / in tru&s;t of the &s;trenght of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> place. at the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> comyng <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> towne was taken &amp; brent / and the myn&s;ter <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ayled / the whiche a&s;&s;aut en|duced but one hour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was won. wher|in <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great pyllage for them that entred fyr&s;t / &amp; there were many men &s;layne. And than they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ode forthe / for they were enfourmed that in a marys therby / there was a great boty. for downe in a valey be&s;yde the marys / there was mo than .xx. thou&s;and<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bea&s;tes / &s;wyne / be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">es / kene / and moutons. Of whiche tidynges they had great ioy / and &s;o went thyder / and entred into y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> marys. and &s;o by their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e men all the&s;e bee&s;tes were driuen before the~. Than they toke aduy&s;e to returne to Ue&s;yous their olde logy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">+g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s / and &s;o returned and toke the way thyder. and &s;o came thyder the next day by nyght with all their pray / wherby they were well vitayled. This beca~e of this iourney. And whan &abser; John~ Ferande was come to Ly&s; bone / to the kyng of Portyngale / and &s;hewed hym howe they <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> &s;ped / and what great pray they had brought to Ue&s;yous. Wenyng / that the kynge wolde haue bene content the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> with / but he was nat. for the kynge than &s;ayd to hym. Why thou fal&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ay|tour howe dur&s;t y^u be &s;o hardy / agayn&s;t the co~|ma&s;idment that I made / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none of them &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yde. to con&s;ent to do y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> contrary / and were thy &s;elfe in their company. by y^e holy &s;aynt James I &s;hall cau&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to be hanged. Than the knyght fell on his knees / and &s;ayd. &s;ir / their capitayne dyd aquyte him well and truly / in obeyng your co~maundment. but the re&s;ydue caw&s;ed hym to go forthe with the~ a gayn&s;t his wyll / and made me al&s;o to go with them to &s;hewe the~ the wayes in the countre. and &s;ir / &s;yth the iourney hath ta|ken good effect / ye ought to pardon it. howbeit for all tho&s;e wordes / the kynge made hym to be put in pri&s;one. And &s;o remayned / tyll the erle of Ca~bridge cau&s;ed him to be delyuered / whan he ca~e to Ly&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">on to the kyng: as ye &s;hall herafter.</P>
<P>After that thengly&s;&s;hmen and ga&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o~s / were returned to the towne of Ue&s;yous / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> ta+ryed a great &s;pace. than they de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">myned to &s;end to the kyng of Portingale for their wages / that they were behynde. and &s;o they &s;ende forthe the lorde Tal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ot a baron. And whan he was co~e to Ly&s;bone / &amp; had &s;poken with the kynge / for that he was come for. The kyng an&s;wered and &s;aid how they had two tymes rydden forth agayn&s;t his co~mau~dement / wherin they had di&s;plea&s;ed hym / the whiche delayed their payment. and &s;o as than the lorde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">albot coude haue non other an&s;were. and &s;o retourned to his co~pany / &amp; &s;he|wed the~ the kynges an&s;were / wherw^t they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. The &s;ame weke therle of Cam|bridge remoued fro E&s;tremu&s;e / and came &amp; lod+ged at Ue&s;ious / in an abbey of freres w^tout the towne. The knightes and &s;quiers of Engla~de and Ga&s;cone / were right gladde therof. Amo~g the&s;e companyons / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ome that myght natforbere their wages &s;o longe / and amonge them &s;elfe they &s;aid. we are marueylou&s;ly euyll delt / with all. for we haue ben here in this coun|tre / nyghe the &s;pace of a yere / and yet we haue had no wages. It can nat be / but that our capi|tayne hath recey<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ed it / for he wolde neuer haue &s;uffred to haue forborne it &s;o longe. The&s;e &s;ay|ynges and murmuryng / multiplyed &s;o among them / tyll at la&s;t (they &s;ayd) they wolde endure it no lengar. And &s;o amonge them &s;elfe they &s;et a day to &s;peke togyder / in a fayre myn&s;ter with out the towne / ryght ouer agayn&s;t the Freres / where as the Erle of Cambridge was lodged. And the Chanone Rober&s;arde &s;ayde / he wolde be there. And to &s;ay trouthe / it was nedefull for hym <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o to be / for els the mater hadde ben wor&s;e than it was.</P>
<P>iN the mornynge / whan they were all a&s;&s;embled / except the Chanon Rober+&s;ard: for he was nat as than co~e to the~. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Willm~ Beaucha~pe / &s;ir Mathue Gorney his vncle / the lorde Talbot / &s;ir Wyllm~ Helmon. &amp; the ga&s;cons / as the lorde de la barde the lorde of Newca&s;tell / the Souldyche of Le|&s;trade / and dyuers other. Than they began to &s;peke / &amp; make their co~playntes eche to other. &amp; among the~ <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a knyght / a ba&s;tarde bro|ther
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of the kyng of Englandes / called &s;ir John~ Soltier / who was right bolde in &s;pekyng and &s;ayd. The erle of Cambridge hath brought vs hyder / alwayes we are redy to aduenture our&egrave; lyues for hym. and yet he with holdeth our wa|ges. I coun&s;ayle / lette vs be all of one alyaunce and of one accorde. and let vs amonge our&s;elfe rey&s;e vp the baner of &s;aynt George: and let vs be fre~des to god / and enemyes to all the worlde For without we make our &s;elfe to be feared / we gette nothynge. By my faythe quod &s;ir Wylly|am Helmon / ye &s;ay right well / and &s;o let vs do. They all agreed with one voyce / and &s;o regar|ded among the~ / who &s;hulde be their capitayne. Than they aduy&s;ed in y^t ca&s;e / howe they coude nat haue a better capitayne than &s;ir John~ Sol+tier. For he &s;hulde than haue good ley&s;ed to do yuell / and they thought he was more metelyer therto tha~ any other. Than they rey&s;ed vp the penon of &s;aynt George / and cryed a Soltier a Soltier / the valyant ba&s;tarde. frendes to god and enemyes to all y^e worlde. And &s;o they were determyned / fir&s;t to ouerron the towne of Ue|&s;yous / and to make warre agayn&s;t the kyng of Portyngale. Sir Mathewe Gourney and &s;ir Wyllyam Beauchampe / gaue coun&s;ayle nat to ouerron the towne of Ue&s;yous / but their coun+&s;ayle coude nat be herde. And as they had rey|&s;ed vp the penon of &s;aynt George / and were de|partyng out of the myn&s;ter. The Chanone Ro+ber&s;arde came to them and entred in to y^e prese / and &s;ayde a loude. Fayre lordes what wyll ye do? haue good order and temperaunce in your &s;elfes. ye &s;e well ye be &s;ore di&s;mayed. Than ca~e to hym &s;ir Johan Soltier and &s;ir Wyllm~ Hel|mon and other. and &s;hewed him what they had done / and what they were in purpo&s;e to do. tha~ the Chanone with fayre langage refrayned the~ and &s;ayde. Sirs / remembre and ymagin well your dede y^t ye enterpri&s;e / the which me thynke is but a folly / and an outrage. We can nat bet|ter be di&s;troyed / than by our &s;elfe. If we make warre to this countrey / our enemyes &s;hall here tidynges therof. They &s;hall therby enforce the~ &s;elf / whan they &s;e that we go nat forward. thus we &s;hall le&s;e two maner of wayes. we &s;hall re|io&s;e and a&s;&s;ure our enemyes / in that they be as nowe in doute of. And al&s;o / we &s;hall fal&s;e oure trouthe / to therle of Cambridge. Why &abquod; Sol|tier / what wolde ye that we &s;hulde do? we haue &s;uende more than oure wages cometh to. And we haue had no money &s;ythe we came into Por+tyngale. Thoughe ye be payed and we be nat / yet ye haue had a fayre &s;ufferyng. By my fayth quod the Chanone / I haue had no more pay|ment than ye haue had. nor without your knou+ledge I en&s;ure you / I wyll receyue nothynge. Than some of the knightes that were by / &s;ayd. Sir / we beleue you well. But &s;ir / euery thyng mu&s;t haue his cour&s;e. Sir / &s;hewe ye / howe we may honourably i&s;&s;ue out of this mater / and to haue ha&s;ty delyuera~ce / y^e we might be payed of our wages. for if we be nat &s;hortely well payed the mater wyll go yuell. Than the Chanon ro|ber&s;ard began to &s;peke / and &s;awe well howe the engly&s;&s;he co~panyons were di&s;plea&s;ed with the kyng of Portyngale. &amp; &s;awe well money wolde apea&s;e the~ / than he &s;ayd to the~ thus. Fayre lor|des I coun&s;ayle / that in the &s;ame &s;tate that we be nowe in. Let vs go and &s;peke with therle of Cambridge and &s;hewe hym all our nedes&punc; that &s;halbe &abquod; Soltier / &s;o y^t ye wyll auowe my &s;ay|eng. they were all content &s;o to do. And &s;o in the &s;ame maner as they were / they went forth with the penon of &s;aint George before the~ / and &s;o ca~e to the freres / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as therle lay. and he was as than goyng to dyner. The co~panions were mo than .vii. C. and &s;o they entred in to the court / &amp; demau~ded for therle: and he ca~e out of his cha~|bre in to the hall to &s;peke with the~. Than all the knightes that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> auau~&s;ed forthe / &amp; Sol+tier before the~: who with a bolde &s;pyrite / &s;pake and &s;ayde. &s;ir / we are come here in to your pre|&s;ens / &amp; dyuers other here without. &s;ir / ye haue brought vs out of Englande our owne nacion. and &s;ir / ye are our chefe capitayne / &amp; wag&abis; haue we non. and we can a&s;ke none of no man but of you. for as for the kyng of Portyngale / we had neuer come to do hym &s;eruyce / if ye &s;hulde nat haue payed vs. and &abser; / if ye wyll &s;ay y^t the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> is nat yours / but the kyng of Portyngals. We &s;hall pay or &s;elf / than well enough of oue wag&abis;. For fir&s;t we wyll ouerron this cou~tre / and than catche it who &s;o wyll after. Soltier &abquod; therle / I &s;ay nat but that ye &s;halbe payed. but to ouerron this countrey / ye &s;hall cau&s;e me to haue great blame of the kyng of Portyngale / &amp; al&s;o of the kyng of Englande. Why &s;ir &abquod; Soltier / what wolde ye y^t we &s;hulde do? &s;ir &abquod; therle / I wolde ye &s;hulde take thre of our knightes / one of En|glande / another of Almayne / and the thirde of Ga&s;cone. and let the&s;e thre go to Ly&s;bon to the kyng / and &s;hewe hym what nede ye be in. And co~playne of the long delay of payment of your wages. and than if ye haue no remedy / ye haue more cau&s;e to folowe your entpri&s;e / by my faith &abquod; the Chanon rober&s;arde / my lorde here therle of Ca~bridge &s;peketh &s;agely and valiantly. &amp; &s;o
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to that purpo&s;e they all determyned. but for all that they kept &s;tyll with the~ / the penon of &s;aynt George. Sayeng / howe lythe they had rey&s;ed it by one accorde / in the realme of Portyngale. they wolde nat laye it downe agayne / as longe as they were there. Than they ordayned them that &s;hulde go to the kyng on this me&s;&s;age / and &s;ir Wyllyam Helman / was named to go for the engly&s;&s;hmen / and &s;ir Thomas Symon for the almaynes: and the lorde of Newca&s;tell for the ga&s;coyns.</P>
<P>THe&s;e thre knightes dyde &s;o moche / that they came to Ly&s;bone / and there fou~de the kyng / who made them good chere / and demaunded of theym / howe their companye dyde. Sir quod they / they be all in good poynt / and wolde ryde forthe with ryght a good wyll / to enploye their tyme otherwy&s;e than they do or haue done. For this lyeng &s;tyll / is to them nothyng agreable. Well &abquod; the kyng they &s;hall ryde forthe &s;hortely / and I in their co~+pany / and that &s;hewe them fro me. Sir quod &s;ir Willyam Helman / we are &s;ent hyder fro the~ to thente~t that we &s;hulde &s;hewe you on their be|halfes. That &s;ythe they came in to this countre they haue had nother pre&s;t nor wages of you / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche they de&s;yre generally to haue. &s;ir / it is a harde thyng to haue the loue and &s;eruyce of me~ of warre / without they be otherwi&s;e payed / tha~ they haue bene or this. Sir / they haue bene in great thought a long &s;pace / bycau&s;e they coude nat tell to whome they &s;hulde be longe. And &s;ir they haue layde the charge therof on our capi|tayns / wherby there was &amp; is lyckely to growe moche yuell. Sir / the capitayns are excu&s;ed: in that it is knowen / that they haue receyued no|thyng / and ye knowe well they &s;ay truely. Sir they wyll be payed of their wages / if ye wyll haue their &s;eruyce. and if ye pay them nat / they certify you by vs / that they wyll pay them &s;elfe of yours. Sir / take aduyce and make an an|&s;were / that we may &s;hewe them your plea&s;ure / they abyde for nothyng els. The kyng than be thought hym a lytell / and &s;ayd. Sir Wyllyam it is rea&s;on they be payed / but they haue &s;ore di+&s;plea&s;ed me / in that they haue rydden forthe co~|trary to my co~mau~dement. and if that had nat ben / they had bene all payed or this tyme. Sir quod &s;ir Wyllyam / if they haue rydden / it hath ben to your honour and profyte. They haue ta+ken townes &amp; ca&s;tels / and ouer rydden the cou~|tre of your enemyes / almo&s;t to Ceuyll / whiche was an honorable enterpri&s;e. They ought nat to lo&s;e their tymes / nor al&s;o they wolde nat lo&s;e it by their wyls. &abser; / at our returne / they &s;ay they wyll pay the~&s;elfe / without they haue &s;ome gra|cious an&s;were of you: other than they haue had hyderto. Well &abquod; the kyng / within .xv. dayes at the farthe&s;t / they &s;halbe payed euery peny. But &s;ay vnto therle of Ca~bridge / that I wyll he the and &s;peke with me. &s;ir &abquod; the knight / ye &s;ay well I &s;hall do your co~mau~dement. And &s;o the king went to dyner / and made the~ to dyne with hym at his owne table. &amp; &s;o pa&s;&s;ed that day / and the next day they returned to their co~pany. And as &s;oone as it was knowen they were come home / their co~pany re&s;orted to the~ / to knowe what ty|dinges they had brought. and they &s;hewed the~ / all the kynges wordes / &s;o that they were co~tent. Lo&s;irs &abquod; Soltier / ye may &s;e well / &s;o~tyme ryot bothe good. We haue well aduau~&s;ed forthe our payment with a lytell wyldne&s;&s;e / he dothe euer well that is feared. &para; Than the&s;e thre knight<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&abis; went to therle of Cambridge / and &s;hewed hym howe they had &s;ped. &amp; howe the kyng wolde / he &s;hulde co~e and &s;peke with hym at Ly&s;bone. &amp; &s;o therle de&abper;ted the next day / &amp; rode to Li&s;bone. &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was receyued of his &s;on &amp; his doughter right amiably. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng and he made a certayne poyntment to ryde forthe. Than the kyng made his &s;omo~s through his realme / eue+ry man to be in felde / bytwene Ueryous &amp; Cle|mens / the .vii. day of June. And &s;o euery man made hym redy to be at the &s;ayd place / the day before lymited. at the comyng of therle to Ly&s;|bone / &s;ir Johan Ferand was delyuered out of pri&s;on. Than therle toke his leaue &amp; retourned to his co~pany / and &s;hewed the~ of the poyntme~t / wherof euery man was gladde. and anon after c&acirc;e money to pay their wages &amp; &s;o they were al payed &amp; conte~t / capitayns &amp; other: but alwayes they kept vp &s;tyll the penon of &s;aynt George.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the kyng&abis; of Ca&s;tell &amp; of Por|tyngale a&s;&s;embled their puy&s;&s;au~ces. and howe peace was made bytwene them / agayn&s;t the wyll of thengly&s;h+men. Cap. CCC. xCiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_Kyng Johan of Ca&s;tyle all this &s;ea&s;on gadered togi+der his men of warre out of Fraunce / and other places. So that he had a two thou|&s;ande &s;peares knightes and &s;quyers / and four thou&s;and of other / be&s;yde them of his owne cou~tre / wher|of
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he had well a ten thou&s;ande a hor&s;backe and as many a fote. Whan he knewe howe the kyng of Portingale wolde ryde / he ordayned y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> more honorably to v&s;e his warre. &s;eynge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he knewe hym &s;elfe p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;&s;ant bothe of money and of men. And &s;o &s;ent to the kyng of Portyngale / demau~+dyng of hym / to delyuer a certayne pe&s;e of la~de in Portyngale / where as they might de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">myne batayle / puy&s;&s;aunce agayn&s;t puy&s;&s;aunce. And if he re&s;u&s;ed &s;o to do / than he to offre to delyuer hym the &s;ame in Spayne. The kyng&abis; haralde had the charge to go with this me&s;&s;age / and &s;o he rode to Ly&s;bon and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> dyde his me&s;&s;age. The kynge than an&s;wered the haralde / &amp; &s;ayd. howe he wolde take aduy&s;e in this mater / whi|che way he wolde take. And whan he were de|tmyned: than he promy&s;ed to &s;ende worde ther of to the kynge of Spayne. Than the haralde departed agayne to Ceuyll / and there he fou~de the kyng / and they of Fraunce / of Aragon / and of Galyce / who were as than all co~e to the kyng And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed his an&s;were / &s;o that euery man was well content. And it was nat long af|ter / but that the kyng of Portyngale / by the ad+uy&s;e that he had of the Engly&s;&s;hemen / that he &s;hulde delyuer a certayne place to do batayle / in his owne countrey. And than there was or|dayned / &s;uche as &s;hulde go and a viewe a place conuenyent. And &s;o for that entent went forthe &s;ir Thomas Symon and the &s;ouldiche of Le|&s;tra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">: and they adui&s;ed a place bitwene Clues and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ale de Lore / whiche was a fayre playne place to fyghton. And the&s;e two knyghtes and their company / had a &s;crimy&s;&s;he as they wente to aduy&s;e this place / with &s;ome of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> foreryders of the kyng of Ca&s;tyls: and there were dyuers hurt and &s;layne on bothe parties. And &s;o final|ly / they retourned to the kyng of Portyngale / and &s;hewed hym / how they hadde aduy&s;ed the place / and where it was / wherwith euery man was well content. Than the kynge ordayned a knyght of Almayne &punc; named &s;ir Johan Cu&s;to|dore / to go to the kynge of Ca&s;tyle on that me&s;|&s;age / and an haralde with hym. And &s;o they de|parted and rode to Ceuyll / and there dyd their me&s;&s;age. Shewyng hym howe he &s;hulde haue place delyuered hym / bitwene Clues and Uale+de lore. And that within fyue dayes after he de|parted fro <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">cuyll / he &s;hulde fynde the kynge of Portyngale there redy / to gyue hym batayle. &s;ayeng / nowe he de&s;yred nothyng els. Of the&s;e tidynges the &s;panyerdes were ryght ioyfull / &amp; al&s;o the frenche men. And there the knightes of Spaygne toke the me&s;&s;angers of Portyngale and made them great chere all that day / &amp; helde them as good company as they coude. and the next day brought them to Jafreys / and than re+tourned. And the me&s;&s;angers retourned to the kyng of Portyngale / &amp; &s;hewed hym / howe they had done their me&s;&s;age / and the aun&s;were that they had. Wherwith the kynge was well co~tent and all the other.</P>
<P>It was nat long after / but that the kynge of Portyngale went and lodged hym &amp; his hoo&s;t / about the &s;ame place before aduy&s;ed / bytwene Clues &amp; Uale delore / in a fayre playne among the olyues / and he was to the no~bre of .xv. thou+&s;andemen. And the fourthe daye after / thyder came the erle of Cambridge with the engly&s;&s;he men in good order / and they were in nombre &punc; a &s;ixe hundred men of armes &amp; as many archers / and &s;o they lodged the~&s;elfe ioyninge to the kyn+ges company. And whan the kyng of Spayne knewe / that the kynge of Portyngale was lod|ged in the felde / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the batayle &s;hulde be. he made &s;emblant / as though he had be gladde therof and &s;ayd. Let vs go forthe / our enemyes abydeth vs / it is tyme that we ryde. We de&s;y|red of them the batayle / and they acorded to vs and &s;o they kepte their promy&s;e / as they made. It can be none otherwy&s;e: but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we &s;hall haue batayle / lette vs drawe thyderwarde. Than it was co~maunded / that euery man &s;hulde go for+warde. And &s;o they departed out of their logyn+ges all knightes and &s;quyers / geneuoys &amp; ge|netours: and all folowed the kyug&abis; baner. And &s;o he went and lodged within two lytell myles / of the place apoynted. The kynge of Ca&s;tyle with the genetours / was to the nombre of thre|&s;core thou&s;ande men.</P>
<P>THus in this maner the&s;e two ho&s;tes lay the one before thother / and bytwene the~ the hyll and the towne of Uale de lore / partey|nyng to the kyng of Spayne. and thyder re&s;or+ted his men / whan they ly&s;t to refre&s;&s;he them. &amp; the cytie of Clues was on the other parte of the hyll / &abper;teyning to the kyng of Portyngale. By|twene the&s;e two ho&s;tes and the mou~tayne / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done dayly ded&abis; of armes / by yong knygh+tes and bachelers / de&s;yring to auau~ce the~&s;elfe. This they contynued the &s;pace of .xv. dayes or more. The faut was nat in the kyng of Ca&s;tell that they had no batayle / but it was rather in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge of Portyngale. For he &s;awe well he was nat &s;tronge ynough to fight with the &s;paynier|des / and &s;o douted the parell that myght fall. For he &s;awe well if he were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> di&s;co~fyted / his realme were lo&s;t / for euer fro hym. And al&s;o / all
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that &s;ea&s;on: he loked euer after the comynge of the duke of Lanca&s;tre and his company out of Englande. For he had promy&s;ed to bring with hym / a foure thou&s;ande men of armes / and as many archers. For the erle of Cambridge had certifyed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Portyngale / that he wolde come. And he thought nat the co~trary / but that he wolde haue come. For the duke of La~ca&s;tre at the beginnyng / whan he departed out of En+glande / promy&s;ed hym by his faythe. That as &s;oone as he were retourned out of Scotlande / that he wolde incontynent come into Portyn|gale / with &s;uche a nombre: as to be able to fight with the kynge of Spaygne. And true it was / the duke of Lanca&s;tre dyde all that he might to kepe his promy&s;e. But bycau&s;e of the trouble y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had ben the &s;ame yere in Englande / and for cer+tayne other incydentes that had fallen in Flau~|ders. The kyng of Englande nor his cou~&s;ayle / wolde nat &s;uffre hym to de&abper;te out of Englande For they wolde nat con&s;ent to the voyage in to Portyngale / at that tyme. Nor that any men of warre &s;hulde go oute of Englande. And whan the kyng of Portyngale &s;awe / that he coude ha+ue none other conforte of the engli&s;&s;hmen / than he thought to &s;eke another way. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> may|&s;ter of Ca&s;trane / and Da~peter of Mode&s;que / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Bruges / and the by&s;&s;hoppe of Ly&s;bon. The&s;e entreated for a peace / bytwene Portyngale and Spayne: and &s;o moche they dyde / that a peace was taken. But the engly&s;&s;h+men were neuer called therto / wherwith therle of Cambridge was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. And wolde gladly haue made warre agayn&s;t the kynge of Portyngale / if he had thought him &s;elfe &s;trong ynoughe in the countre / but he was nat&s;o. ther|fore it behoued hym to &s;uffre this peace / whider he wolde or nat. But thengly&s;&s;hmen &s;ayd / how that the kynge of Portyngale / had right yuell delte with them. For euer &s;yth the begynnynge to the endyng / he euer di&s;&s;ymuled with the &s;pa|nyerdes / and had neuer wyll to fyght with the~. And the kyng of Portyngale excu&s;ed hym &s;elfe and &s;ayd. Howe the faute was in the engly&s;&s;he+men &amp; in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Lancastre / who &s;hulde haue come and dyde nat. Wherfore he coude do none otherwy&s;e / but to take peace.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Howe the kyng of Spaygne was maryed agayne / to the kyng of Portyngales dough|ter. Cap. CCC. xCv.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the kyng of Ca&s;tyls hoo&s;t / there was a younge knight of Frau~ce / called &s;ir Try&s;tram de Roy. Who de+&s;yred greatly to auau~ce his honoure / whan he lawe the peace was made bitwene y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> two kyng&abis; / and that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hulde be no batayle. Than he determyned nat to go out of Spayn / tyll he had done &s;ome dede of armes. Than he &s;ende on haralde in to thengly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t / requy+ryng all knightes and &s;quyers / &s;yth the bataile fayled bytwene the two kynges. That &s;ome knight or &s;quier wolde an&s;were hym / thre cour+&s;es with a &s;peare / before the cite of Uale delore. Whan the&s;e tidynges came in to the engly&s;&s;he hoo&s;t. The knightes and &s;quyers &s;pake toguy+der / and &s;ayd. howe his offre ought nat to be re+fu&s;ed. Than a yonge &s;quyer of Englande / cal|led Myles Wynd&s;ore: who <ABBR>wold</ABBR> for his hono^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be made knight in that vyage. Sayd vnto the haralde. Frende / retourne to your mai&s;ter / and &s;ay to &s;ir Try&s;tram de Roy. that Myles Wyn+&s;ore &s;endeth hym worde / that to morowe nexte / before the cyte of Uale de Lore / he &s;hall <ABBR>ther</ABBR> de|lyuer him of his de&s;yre. The haralde returned and recorded tho&s;e tidynges to his may&s;ters. and &s;ir Tri&s;tram was right ioyou&s;e. The next mornynge / Myles Wynd&s;ore departed out of the felde / and rode to warde the cyte of Uale de Lore / whiche was nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> of. He had no more but the mountayne to pa&s;&s;e / and he was well a companyed. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was with hym &s;ir Mathue Courney / &s;ir Wyllyam Beauchampe / &s;ir Tho+mas Symon / the Souldyche of Le&s;trate / the lorde of Newca&s;tell / the lorde de la Barde / and dyuers other. There was well a hu~dred knigh+tes and &s;quiers at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> place / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the batayle &s;hulde be bytwene them. And also than / thyder came &s;ir Try&s;tram de Roy / well acompanyed with frenche men and bretons. There Myles Wynd&s;ore was made knight / by the handes of the Souldyche of Le&s;trade. As of hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was reputed the be&s;t knyght in that co~pany. Thus the&s;e two knight&abis; were armed at all peces / and well hor&s;ed with their &s;peares redy in their ha~|des. And &s;o they ranne eche at other and brake their &s;peares / eche vpon other rudely / without any other hurt. and than they ran their &s;econde cour&s;e. And at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thirde cour&s;e / they &s;trake eche other &s;o rudely / in the myddes of their &s;heldes / that the &s;peare heedes entred throughe the pla|tes of their harnes / to the bare fle&s;&s;he / but they had no hurt. and their &s;peares brake / &amp; the tron
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hyons flewe ouer their heedes in to the ayre. This cour&s;e was pray&s;ed of all them that &s;awe it. And than they toke leaue eche of other right honorablye / and retourned euery manne to his owne partie. And after there was no more <ABBR>war</ABBR> v&s;ed for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was peace bytwene bothe realms And &s;o eycher partie departed and went home.</P>
<P>THus this army brake vp. In the &s;ame tyme / tidynges came in to the kynge of Spaynes hoo&s;t. Howe the kynge of Granade made great warre agayn&s;t the kynge of Bar|bary and the kyng of Trayne &s;amayns. Wher+fore all &s;uche knight&abis; as wolde go thider / &s;huld be receyued in to wages. And that the kynge of Granade wolde &s;ende &s;ure &s;aue conduct for the~ / and that a&s;&s;one as they become in to Granade / they &s;hulde haue pre&s;t wages for a quarter of a yere before hande. Wherby certayne knyghtes of Fraunce / as &s;ir Try&s;tram de Roy / &s;ir Gef|fray Carney / &s;ir Peter Cleremo~t / and dyuers other toke leaue of the kyng of Ca&s;tyle / &amp; went thyder to &s;eke aduentures. And in lykewi&s;e / &s;o dyde &s;ome of the engly&s;&s;he men / but nat many. For therle of Cambridge brought them home agayne into Englande: and his &s;on al&s;o. wher by it &s;hewed well / that he was nat content with the kynge of Portyngale: to take a way his &s;on from hym / for all that he had maryed the kyn|ges doughter. He &s;ayde / howe that his &s;onne coulde nat endure the ayre of the countrey. For all that euer the kynge coulde &s;ay or do / the erle wolde nat leaue him behynde him. But &s;ayd to the kyng / that his &s;onne was to yong to abyde in Portingale. wherfore it fell after / as ye &s;hall here. &para; About a yere after that this peace was thus made / bytwene Spayn and Portyngale and that the erle of Cambridge was retourned in to Englande. The quene of Ca&s;tyle dyed / who was doughter to the kyng of Aragon. and &s;o than the kyng of Spayne was a wydower. Than it was debated by the prelates and lord&abis; of bothe countreis / Spayne and Portyngale / that the lady Beatryce of Portigale / coude nat be more higher maryed thanne to the kynge of Spayne. And to bring the&s;e two realmes in a full accorde and peace / the kyng of Portyngale agreed to y^e maryage. and deuor&s;ed his dough+ter fro the erle of Cambridge &s;onne / by the po|pes di&s;pen&s;acion: who co~fyrmed this newe ma+ryage. Thus the kyng of Portyngales dough+ter was made quene of Spaygne / of Ca&s;tyle / and of Galyce. And the fir&s;t yere of the kyng of Spaynes maryage / he had by his wife a fayre &s;onne / wherof they gad great ioye. Than after dyed Ferrande kyng of Portyngale. howbeit for all that / they of Portingale wolde nat &s;uffre the realme to come to the kynge of Spayne / as in the right of his wyfe. But they made kyng / a ba&s;tarde <ABBR>brother</ABBR> of the Kynges dy&s;cea&s;&s;ed / who was called before mai&s;ter Denys / ba&s;tard of Portyngale. This Denys was a ryght va|lyant man in armes / and alwayes before / bare the armes of Portigale. So thus he was crou+ned kynge / wherby after grewe moche warre / bytwene Spayne and Portyngale. as ye &s;hall here after in this boke.</P>
<P>WHau therle of Cambridge and his co~|pany / were retourned in to the realme of Englande. The kyng and the duke of Lanca&s;tre made them great chere / as it was rea&s;on: and demau~ded of them tidynges. And there they &s;hewed all the manere of the warre. The duke of Lanca&s;tre / to whome the matere moo&s;t touched / bycau&s;e of the chalenge that he made to the realme of Ca&s;tyle. For he named hym &s;elfe (as heyre therof) by the right and ty|tell of his wyfe: the lady Cu&s;taunce / &s;omtyme doughter to Dompeter / kyng of Ca&s;tell. Ther+fore he demau~ded of his brother the erle of Ca~|bridge / howe they had demeaned them &s;elfe in Portyngale. Therle &s;hewed hym / howe y^e two kynges had layen in hoo&s;t / more than fyftene dayes: the one before the other. And fayre bro|ther / bycau&s;e the kynge of Portyngale coulde here no worde fro you / he lightly accorded to y^e peace. And we coulde neuer &s;e / y^e euer he wolde co~di&s;cende to batayle. Wherof we that were on his partie were &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / for we wolde gladly haue put it at adue~ture. And &s;ir / bycau&s;e I canne &s;e no &s;ure a &s;tate nor tru&s;t in them / ther+fore I haue brought agayne with me my &s;onne for all that he hath maryed the kyng&abis; doughter. Sir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the duke / I thynke ye had good cau&s;e: &s;auyng for feare of breakyng of that maryage. For paraduenture if the kynge may fynde / any aduau~tage in another place / he wyll than gyue his doughter at his plea&s;ure. By my faythe &s;ir quod therle / happe what wyll. I thinke I haue done nothyng / wherof I &s;hulde repent me. and &s;o than they entred in to other communycation of other maters.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs leaue to &s;peke of them and of the warres of Spayne and Portyngale. And retourne to the warres of Gaunte / and of the Erle and countrey of Flaunders / whiche were right feir&s;e and cruell.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great nece&s;&s;yte of vytales / that they of Gau~t endured. and how they were &s;ocoured by the~ of Liege. Cap. CCC. xCvi.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl the &s;ea&s;on / after the di&s;truction and brinnyng of the towne of Grauntmont / and of y^e rey&s;yng of the &s;iege of Gaunt. by cau&s;e of the di&s;|plea&s;ure y^e the erle of Flaun|ders had / for the dethe of his co&s;yn / the yonge lorde of Dangheyn. &s;layne by the enbu&s;&s;hment of the gauntoy&s;e (as ye haue herde here before) The knyghtes and &s;quiers / nor good townes / made no warre to the~ Gau~t: but by gari&s;ons. &s;o y^e all the countre helde with the erle / agayn&s;t Gaunt: except the four me&s;ti|ers / and &s;o by theym / &s;ome vytayle came in to Gaunte. And &s;ome vitayle ca~e in to Gaunt out of the countie of Alos / but the erle of Flau~ders / as &s;one as he knewe that / he fou~de remedy. For inco~tynent / he &s;ent to the gary&s;on of Teremo~t / co~mau~dyng them to ouerryn and to brenne / all the playne countrey of the countie of Alos: whi+che was done at his co~maundment. &s;o that the poore folkes with their bea&s;tes / were fayne to flye a way in to Brabant / and in to Haynalte. and the mo&s;te parte to go a beggyng. yet there was a countrey parteynyng to the foure me&s;ti|ers / fro whom <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came euer &s;ome ayde or vi|tayle into Gaunt. Thus all this wynter the erle and they of Flau~ders / con&s;trayned &s;o &s;ore them of Gaunt / that they coulde haue nothyng come to them / nother by <ABBR>land</ABBR> nor by water. The erle had &s;o wonne his co&s;yns / the duke of Brabant and duke Aubert / that their cou~treis were kept clo&s;e agayn&s;t them of Gaunt. &s;o that nothynge came to the~ fro thens / without it were by &s;telth. and by great aduenture and parell / for the~ that dyd it. The &s;age men &s;ayd: howe it coulde nat longe endure / but y^e they mu&s;t 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 &s;tronge hande. or els the co|mon people that dyed for hunger / wolde haue taken it byforce. It was great pyte to &s;e and to here the poore people / bothe men / women / and chyldren. ye / &s;uche as were right notable / fell in this dau~ger. And euery day encrea&s;ed the com+playntes / wepynges / and cryes / made to Phy|lyp Dartuell / their &s;ouerayne capitayne. Who had of them great pytie and compa&s;&s;yon / and made many good orders: wherof he was great+ly pray&s;ed. For he cau&s;ed the garners of the ab|beys to be opened and of ryche men / and &s;ette a re&s;onable price of the corne / wherby the towne was greatly conforted. &amp; &s;ome corne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to them by &s;telthe / out of Holande and zelande / and tonnes full of flower and by&s;ket breed / the whiche greatly conforted them. for they hadde bene longe di&s;comfyted before / if they had nat bene comforted by the&s;e &s;ayd cou~treys. It was defe~ded in all Brabant by the duke / y^e on payne of dethe / they &s;hulde cary any thyng to Gaunt / but if they of Gaunt wolde ieoparde to fetche a+ny. tha~ they myght gyue them or &s;ell to them at their plea&s;ure. And whan y^e tyme of lent came / than were they in great dy&s;tre&s;&s;e / for they had no lenton &s;tuffe. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> departed out of the towne a .xii. thou&s;ande of &s;owdyers / and &s;uche as had nothyng to lyue by / but were ouercome with famyne. And &s;o they came to the towne of Bru&s;els / the towne clo&s;ed their gates agayn&s;t them / for they feared them / they knewe nat their thoughtes. Whan~e they were nere to Bru&s;els / they &s;ende a certayne of their co~pany vnarmed to the gate of the towne / and there they de&s;yred them of the towne / for god&s;ake to haue pytie of them / as to &s;uffer them to haue vitayle for their money. Saynge / howe they dyed for hunger. And &s;ware / howe they thought none yuell too them / nor to the cou~trey about. The good men of Bru&s;els had pytie on the~ / and brought them vytayle for their money. &amp; &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed their tyme about in the countrey / the &s;pace of thre we+kes but they coulde entre in to no good towne. And &s;o they came to Louayn / who had pytie on them / and dyde them moche good and refre&s;|&s;hyng. Their capitayne and leader was Frau~+ces Atreman / he made the treaties for the~ with the good townes. And in this &s;ea&s;on while they of Gaunt lay in the marches of Louayne / their capitayne &s;pake with the may&s;ters of the cytie of Lyege / and they had compa&s;&s;yon on them. and &s;o had the by&s;&s;hoppe of Liege / &s;ir Arnolde Darcle. and promy&s;ed them to &s;ende to the erle of Flaunders / and to do &s;o moche / as to make their peace / &s;ayeng vnto the~. A ye good men of Gaunt / if the cou~trey of Lyege were as nere to you as Brabant is / or Haynalte. ye <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be o|therwy&s;e comforted by vs / than ye be by them / to maynteyne your fraunches. Howe beit / we &s;hall ayde you as moche as we maye. We wyll that ye that be marchauntes and v&s;e marchan|dy&s;e
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/ may go and come through the cou~trey / as it is rea&s;on: to the &s;o~me of fyue or &s;ire hundred cartes / laded with corne / &s;o that the owners of the corne may be truly payed therfore. they wyl &s;uffer our marchaundy&s;e to pa&s;&s;e thorowe Bra+bant they and we are at a peace. And though it be &s;o that Bru&s;els be clo&s;ed / we knowe it well / it is more for feare / than for any yuell wyll: for they haue of you great co~pa&s;&s;yon. but the duke of Brabant and y^e duches / at the de&s;yre of their co&s;yn the erle of Flaunders / inclyneth rather to his parte than to yours: as it is rea&s;on. for all wayes great lordes wyll holde eche with other. Of the&s;e offers and loue that the legeoy&s;e offe|red to the gauntoy&s;e / they were therof greatly reioy&s;ed / and thanked them hertlye / and &s;ayd: howe of &s;uche people &amp; frendes / the gauntoy&s;e had great nede.</P>
<P>FRaunces Atreman and the burge&s;&s;es of Gaunt / y^t were in the cyte of Liege. toke leue of y^e may&s;ters of Liege / who ordayned cer+tayne men / to go with them in to the countrey / to gette them chares. and &s;o in two dayes they had a &s;ixe hundred charged with corne / wherof they had moo&s;t nede. And &s;o they wente forthe with their caryage / &amp; pa&s;&s;ed bytwene Louayn and Bru&s;els. And whan~e Fraunces Atreman came to his company / he &s;hewed them the loue and courte&s;y / y^e they of Liege had offred them. and offereth yet to do. and moreouer he &s;ayde / howe he wolde go to Bru&s;els to &s;peke with the duches of Brabant / and to de&s;yre her / to fynde &s;ome meanes / howe the good towne of Gaunt myght haue peace with the erle of Flaunders. And &s;o he &s;ent vnto her to knowe her plea&s;ure / and &s;he was contente / that he &s;hulde come and &s;peke with her / and &s;o he went to Bru&s;els. The &s;ame tyme the duke of Brabant was at Lu&s;en|burge. And &s;o this Frau~ces and thre with him entred in to Bru&s;els / and &s;o came to the duches to her lodgyng at Coleberge. The duches had parte of her coun&s;ayle about her. Than Fraun+ces Atreman kneled downe before her / &amp; &s;ayd. Ryght honorable and dere lady: through your benygne grace. may it plea&s;e you / to haue pyte and compa&s;&s;ion of the~ 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 cau&s;e my lorde therle to di&s;cende to &s;ome rea&s;on. and to haue pytie of the&s;e poore men of Gaunt: ye &s;hulde do herin a great almes dede. and madame / they of Liege wolde gladly help therto: to the be&s;t of their powers. Than the la+dy aun&s;wered ryght humbly / and &s;ayd. Howe that the di&s;cencyon / bytwene her co&s;yn the erle and them of Gaunt: di&s;plea&s;ed her right great|ly. and howe that longe or that tyme / &s;he wolde gladly there had bene a peace bytwene them. if &s;he <ABBR>could</ABBR> haue founde any meanes howe. But al&s;o &s;he &s;ayd. A ye &s;irs of Gaunt / ye haue &s;o oft tymes di&s;plea&s;ed hym / &amp; haue holden &s;o mar|ueylous opynio~s agayn&s;t him. which hath cau+&s;ed him to &s;u&s;teyne &s;tyll his <ABBR>di&s;plea&s;ur</ABBR> agayn&s;t you. howbeit for godde&s;&s;ake / and for pytie / I &s;hall enploy me herin / to do the be&s;t I can. I &s;hall &s;ende to him. de&s;yring / that he wyll come to Tourney / and there &s;hall be my coun&s;ayle. and do you &s;omoche / that ye may haue <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the coun&s;ayle of Haynalte and of Liege (as ye &s;ay they wyll) ye truely madame &abquod; he &s;o they haue promy&s;ed vs. well &abquod; the duches / and ye &s;hall &s;e that I &s;hall do the be&s;t I can. Madame quod they god rewarde you / both bodely and go&s;tly. and &s;o tooke their leaue and departed fro Bru|&s;els / and &s;o came to their company &amp; chariotes / who taryed for the~. And than they dyd &s;o moch that they came to their towne of Gaunt.</P>
<P>WHan the tydinges came to Gau~t / that their men were retourned / and hadde brought with them / mo than &s;ixe hun|dred chares with vytayle / they were ryght ioy|full. howbeit all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they brought / wolde nat &s;uf|fy&s;e the towne of Gaunt / the &s;pace of .xv. dayes yet to them y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were di&s;conforted / it was a great comforte. And &s;o there went agayn&s;t this cari|age moche people in maner of proce&s;&s;yon / and kneled and helde vp their handes too the mar|chau~tes that brought it / &s;ayng. A ye good peo|ple: ye haue done great almes / thus to conforte the meane people of Gaunt. who had nothyng to lyue by / if ye had nat come. Fyr&s;t / laude and pray&s;e be to god / and than to you. And &s;o the&s;e chares were conueyed in to the market place / and there di&s;charged. and &s;o this corne was de+uyded and delyuered by weight&abis; to them y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> had moo&s;t nede. And &s;o / fyue thou&s;ande of them of Gaunt / co~ueyed agayne the&s;e chares into Bra|bant out of dau~ger. All this knewe well the erle of Flaunders / beynge at Bruges. And knewe well they of Gaunt were &s;o &s;ore co~&s;trayned that they coude nat longe endure. He was nothyng &s;ory of their pouertie. nomore were his coun|&s;ayle / who wolde gladly haue &s;ene the di&s;truc|cyon of the towne / as Gylberte Mahewe and his brethern / with other. All this fell in the lent / in the monethe of Marche and Aprill / the yere
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of our lorde god / a thou&s;ande thre hu~dred four|&s;core &amp; one. The erle of Flaunders was in pur+po&s;e to come more pui&s;&s;antly / than euer he dyd to lay &s;ieg before Gaunt. and was determyned to entre on the four me&s;tiers / &amp; to brinne all be|fore hym / bycau&s;e they had ayded Gaunt with vytayle. The erle &s;ent his mynde and entent to all the good townes of Flau~ders / co~maundyng them to be redy. for y^e proce&s;&s;yon day ones pa&s;t at Bruges / he &s;ayd: he wolde departe to go and lay &s;iege before Gaunt. and al&s;o / he wrote to all knyghtes and &s;quiers that <ABBR>held</ABBR> of him in Hey|nalt / that they &s;hulde be with hym at Bruges within .viii. dayes after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The harde aun&s;were / that the erle of Flaunders made to the~ of Gaunt. And of the nombre of men of armes that were than at Parys in Fraunce. Cap. CCC. xCvii.</HEAD>
<P>_FOr all the &s;omons that therle of Flaunders made. yet the duches of Brabant / and the duke Aulbert / and the by&s;&s;hope of Liege / tra|ueyled &s;o moch with therle / that a day was let that their cou~&s;ayle &s;hulde mete / to treat for a peace / in the cytie of Tourney. Though the erle were lothe therto. yet at the de&s;yre of the&s;e lord&abis; / he a greed to haue a coun&s;ayle for that mater in the cyte of Tourney / y^e weke after E&s;ter. The yere of our lorde a thou&s;ande thre. C .lxxx. and two / and to be there hym&s;elfe. At this day a&s;&s;igned / thyder came the by&s;&s;hoppe of Lyege / and of the good townes to the nombre of .xii. and &s;ir Lambert of Perney a right&s;age knight. Al&s;o the duches of Brabant / &s;ent thyder y^e moo&s;t notable&s;t per|&s;ones of her cou~&s;ayle / &amp; certayne of euery good towne. Al&s;o duke Albert &s;ent thyder out of the countie of Haynalte his coun&s;ayle / as &s;ir Sy|mon de la Layne his baylife and dyuers other. All the&s;e came to Tourney in E&s;ter weke / and they of Gaunt &s;ent thyder .xii. notable per&s;ons / wherof Phylippe Dartuell was chyfe. and all they of Gaunt were a greed / what&s;oeuer ende the&s;e. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ii. made / &s;o that none of them &s;hulde &s;uf|fer dethe. If it plea&s;ed y^e erle / they were content to be bany&s;&s;ehd Gaunt / and the cou~tie of Flau~|ders foreuer. &amp; &s;o here vpon they were conclu|ded. and Philippe Dartuell had &s;o moch pytie of the comon people / that for all the dy&s;plea&s;ure that he had done to the erle. yet he was content to put hym &s;elfe into the Erles mercy. And &s;o whan he departed fro Gau~t to go to Tourney / men / women / and chyldren fell downe on their knees before him: holdyng vp their handes. de &s;yring hym / what &s;oeuer my&s;chefe they endu|red / that he wolde bring them peace. of the whi+che crye he had &s;uch pytie / that he was determy+ned to do as it is &s;hewed before.</P>
<P>WHan they of Liege / of Heynalt / and of Brabant / hadde ben in Tourney the &s;pace of thre dayes / after y^e day apoyn+ted was pa&s;t. And &s;awe that the erle came nat / nor was nat comyng / they had great marueyle and than toke coun&s;ayle togyder / and determy+ned to &s;ende to Bru&s;els to him: and &s;o they dyd. and they &s;ent to him &abser; Lambert of Perney / and of Brabant y^e lorde of Compelant / and of Hay|nalt &s;ir Willyam of Herman / and &s;ixe burge&s;|&s;es of the thre countreyes. And whan the erle &s;awe the&s;e thre knight&abis; he made the~ great chere: as it was rea&s;on. and whan he knew their me&s;|&s;age / he aun&s;wered them: howe it was nat his ea&s;e to come to Tourney as at that tyme / howe beit he &s;ayde bycau&s;e they were come / and tra|ueyled to haue hym to Tournay / and for y^e ho|noure of &s;uche as were come thyder / and at the in&s;tance of my lady of Brabant his &s;u&s;ter / and of duke Aulbert his co&s;yn / and the by&s;&s;hoppe of Liege. he &s;ayd: he was content to &s;ende ha&s;te|ly to Tourney a fynall an&s;were / by &s;ome of his cou~&s;ayle. The&s;e thre knyghtes coude haue non other aun&s;were of him: as at that tyme. and &s;o they retourned agayne to Tournay / &amp; &s;hewed howe the erle an&s;wered them. And a &s;ixe dayes after there came to Tourney from the erle / the lorde of Ra&s;els / and the lorde of Gountris / and &s;ir Johan Wylliam / and the prouo&s;t of Harle|quebec. and they excu&s;e therle / bycau&s;e he came nat. and than they declared the erles full entent as touchyng y^e peace / &s;ayng howe they of Gau~t can haue no peace with the erle / without y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they wyll generally / all maner of men in Gau~t of the ages bytwen .xv. and .lx. come out of the towne of Gau~t in their&s;hyrtes / bare heeded with hal|ters about their neckes / and &s;o mete the erle by|twene Bruges and Gaunt. and the erle to doo with them his plea&s;ure / outher to let the~ lyue or to put them all to dethe at his plea&s;ure. Whan this aun&s;were was made / &amp; the relacyon therof
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declared to them of Gaunt / by the coun&s;ayls of the&s;e thre cou~treis. Than they were more aba&s;|&s;hed than euer they were before. Than the bay|lyfe of Heynalte &s;ayd / to them. Sirs: ye be in great parell / euery ma~ take hede to him&s;elfe. I thynke if ye take this way / and put your&s;elfe at his wyll. he wyll nat put all to dethe / that he &s;e|yth in his pre&s;ens. paraduenture &s;ome he wyll / as &s;uch as hath di&s;plea&s;ed hym more tha~ other. I thynke he &s;hall haue &s;uche meanes of pytie / that paraduenture &s;uche as weneth them &s;elfe to be moo&s;t in parell / may hap to come to par|don and mercy. therfore &s;irs / I wolde cou~&s;ayle you take this offre: and refu&s;e it nat. for if ye do I thynk it wyll be longe / or ye recouer agayne &s;uche a nother offre. Sir quod Phylip Dart|well we haue no &s;uch charge to go &s;o far / as to bryng the good people of Gaunt in to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> poynt. for I en&s;ure you / they wyll nat &s;o do. For &s;ir: whan we be come agayne to Gaunt / and haue &s;hewed them therles <ABBR>plea&s;ur.</ABBR> knowe for trouth they wyll nat do it. If they wyll / I en&s;ure you / they &s;hall nat be let for vs. &s;ir we thanke you for the traueyle and good dyligence / that ye haue <ABBR>ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">d</ABBR> in this mater. And &s;o than they of Gaunt toke the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> leaue of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cou~&s;ayls of the&s;e thre cou~|treis / and made well &s;emblant that they wolde in no wy&s;e agre to this purpo&s;e. and &s;o depar|ted and returned to Gaunt / through Brabant.</P>
<P>SO thus brake vp this cou~&s;ayle at Tour nay / and euery man went home. Than therle of Flaunders demau~ded what <ABBR>aun&s;wer</ABBR> they of Gaunt made / and it was &s;hewed hym. The erle as than &s;ette lytell pri&s;e by them / for he knewe well / they <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> endured and &s;uffred &s;o moche / that they coulde nere &s;uffre no longar. wherfore he thought he &s;hulde haue &s;hortely an honorable ende of the warre. &amp; to bring Gaunt in to that poynt / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> all other townes &s;hulde take en&s;ample by it. &para; The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> comons of Parys began agayne to murmure / bycau&s;e the kynge came nat thyder. and they feared le&s;t the king wolde haue come &s;odenly on the~ / with a certayn men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and ouerryn the cytie. and to haue put to dethe whome he hadde ly&s;t. And for dought of that parell / they made great watche euery nyght / in the &s;tretes and market places / and rey&s;ed vp their cheynes: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> no man &s;hulde ryde nor entre in among them. and if a|ny per&s;one were founde abrode after .ix. of the clocke / without he were well knowen amonge them / he was but deed. So they were in Pa|rys ryche men and other men of armes / to the nombre of .xxx. thou&s;ande / as well harne&s;&s;ed at all peces / as any knyght ought to be. And al&s;o they had &s;eruauntes right well harne&s;&s;ed / bea|rynge great malettes of yron and &s;tele / to con|founde helmes. And whan they were nombred and viewed / they thought the~&s;elfe able to fight with the greate&s;t prince in all the <ABBR>world.</ABBR> The&s;e people were called the rowtes and malettes of Parys.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe that a fyue thou&s;ande gau~|toy&s;e y&s;&s;ued out of Gaunt / to fyght with therle / and with them of Bru|ges / after the aun&s;were that Phylip Dartuell had &s;hewed them. Cap. CCC. xCviii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan Phylip Dartuell and his company: entred a|gayne in to Gaunt. A great nombre of the comon people de&s;yring nothing but peace / were ryghte ioyfull of their comynge / tru&s;tynge to here &s;ome good tidynges. they came agayn&s;t hym / and coude nat re&s;trayne: but demau~ded tidyn ges / &s;ayng. a dere &s;ir Phylip Dartuell / reioy&s;e vs with &s;ome good worde: let vs knowe howe ye haue &s;ped. to whiche demaundes Phylippe gaue none aun&s;were / but pa&s;&s;ed by / holdynge downe his heed. the more he helde his peace / the more the people folowed hym / precyng to here &s;ome tydinges. and ones or twi&s;e as he rode to his lodgynge warde / he &s;ayde to them that fo|lowed hym. &s;irs: retourne to your hou&s;es / for this day god ayde you / and to morowe at .ix. of the clocke / come into the market place / and than ye &s;hall here y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tydinges that I can &s;hewe you. other aun&s;were coulde they haue none of hym / wherof euery man was greatly aba&s;&s;hed. And whan Phylippe Dartuell was alighted at his lodgynge / and &s;uche as had bene at Tourney with hym: &amp; euery man gone to their owne lod+gynges. Than Peter de boy&s;e / who de&s;yred to here &s;ome tydinges. came in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euenyng to Phy+lyps hou&s;e. and &s;o than they two went togyder in to a chambre. than Peter demau~ded of hym howe he had &s;pedde. and Phylippe who wolde hyde nothyng fro hym / &s;ayd. By my fayth Pe|ter / by that therle of Flaunders hath an&s;wered / by his cou~&s;ayle &s;ent to Tourney. He wyll take no maner of per&s;one within the towne of Gau~t
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to mercy / no more one thanne another. By my faythe quod Peter / to &s;ay the trouthe / he dothe but right to do &s;o. he is well coun&s;ayled to be of that opynion / for they be all &abper;te takers / as well one as another. Nowe the mater is come euen after myne entent. And al&s;o it was the entent of my good may&s;ter / John~ Lyon that is deed. for nowe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne wyll be &s;o trowbled / that it wyll he harde euer to apea&s;e it agayne. Nowe it is tyme to take bridell in the tethe. Nowe it &s;hall be &s;ene / who is &s;age and who is hardye / in the towne of Gaunt. Outher &s;hortly the towne of Gaunt / &s;hall be the moo&s;t honoured towne in chri&s;tendome / or els the moo&s;t de&s;olate. At the lee&s;t / if we dye in this quarell / we &s;hall nat dye all alone. therfore Philyp / remembre your &s;elfe well this night / howe ye may make relacyon to morowe to the people / of the determynacion of your coun&s;ayle holden nowe at Tourney. and that ye may &s;hewe it in &s;uch maner y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the people may be co~tent with you. For ye haue all redy y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> grace of the people / for two cau&s;es. One / is by|cau&s;e of your name / for &s;omtyme Jakes Dart well yo^r father / was maruelu&s;ly well beloued. The other cau&s;e is / ye entreat y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> people mekely and &s;agely / as the comon &s;ayng is through out the towne. wherfore the people wyll beleue you to lyue or dye. And at the ende &s;hewe them your coun&s;ayle / and &s;aye howe ye wyll do thus and thus / and they wyll all &s;aye the &s;ame. therfore it behoueth you to take good aduyce / in &s;hewyng wordes / wheron lyeth your honour. Truely &abquod; Philyppe ye &s;ay trouthe / and I tru&s;t &s;o to &s;peke and &s;hewe the be&s;ynes of Gau~t. That we / who are now gouernours &amp; capitayns / &s;hall outher lyue or dye with honour. So thus they depar|ted for that nyght eche fro other. Peter de boy&s;e went home to his how&s;e / and Philyp Dartuell abode &s;tyll in his</P>
<P>yE may well knowe and beleue / y^t whan the day de&s;yred was come / that Philyp Dartuell &s;hulde generally reporte the effect of the cou~&s;ayle / holden at Tourney. All y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> people of the towne of Gau~t / drewe them to the market place / on a wedni&s;day in the mornyng. And about .ix. of the bell / Philyp Dartuell / Pe+ter de Boy&s;e / Pe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> de myrt / Frau~ces Atreman &amp; thother capitayns came thyder / and entred vp in to the comon hall. Than Philyp leaned out at a wyndowe / and began to &s;peke / and &s;ayde. O all ye good people / it is of trouth: that at the de&s;yre of the ryght honourable lady / my lady of Brabante / and the ryght noble duke Aulbert / baylife of Heynalt / Holande / and zelande / and of my lorde the by&s;&s;hop of Liege. There was a cou~&s;ayle agreed and accorded to be at Tour|nay / and there at to be &abper;&s;onally therle of Flau~|ders. And &s;o he certyfyed to the&s;e &s;ayde lordes / who haue nobly aquited the~&s;elfe. For they &s;ent thyder ryght notable cou~&s;aylours / and knigh|tes and burge&s;&s;es of good townes. And &s;o they and we of this good towne of Gau~t / were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> day a&s;&s;igned. lokyng and abyding for the erle of Flaunders / who came nat nor wolde nat come. and whan they &s;awe that he came nat nor was not comynge. Than~e they &s;ente to him to Bruges / thre knyghtes for the thre countreys / and burge&s;&s;es for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good townes. and they tra+ueyled &s;o moche for our &s;akes / that they went to him to Bruges / &amp; there they founde hym / who made the~ great chere (as they &s;ayd) and harde well their me&s;&s;age. but he an&s;wered the~ &amp; &s;ayd. that for the honoure of their lordes / and for the loue of his &s;u&s;ter the lady of Brabant (he &s;ayd) He wolde &s;ende his cou~&s;ayle to Tourney / with in fyue or &s;ixe dayes after. &s;o well in&s;tructed by him / that they &s;hulde playnly &s;hewe the full of his entencyon / and mynde. <ABBR>Other</ABBR> aun&s;were coude they none haue / and &s;o they retourned a gayne to vs to Tourney. and than the day a&s;|&s;ygned by therle / there came fro hym to Tour|ney / the lorde of Rane&s;&s;els / the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Goutris &s;ir Johan Uillayns / and the prouo&s;t of Harle|quebec. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they &s;hewed graciou&s;ly their lordes wyll / and certayne are&s;t of this warre. howe the peace myght be had &punc; bytwene the erle and the towne of Gaunt. Fyr&s;t / determynatly they &s;ayd. therle wyll y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> euery man in the towne of Gaunt / except prelates of churches and reli|gions. all that be aboue the age of .xv. yere &punc; and vnder the age of .lx. that they all in their &s;hirtes bare heeded &amp; bare foted / with haulters about their neckes / auoyde the towne of Gaunt. And &s;o go a .xii. myle thens / in to the playne of Bur|le&s;quans. And there they &s;hall mete the Erle of Flaunders / acompanyed with &s;uche as it &s;hall plea&s;e hym. And &s;o wha~ he &s;eyth vs in that ca&s;e holdyng vp our handes / and cryeng for mercy. than he &s;hall haue pytie and compa&s;&s;yon on vs if it plea&s;e hym. But &s;irs / I can nat knowe / by the relacion of any of his coun&s;ayle / but that by &s;hamefull punycion of iu&s;tyce. there &s;hall &s;uffre dethe / the moo&s;t parte of the people / that &s;hall appere there that day. Nowe &s;irs / co~&s;yder well if ye wyll come to peace by this meanes or nat. Whan Philyp Dartuell had &s;poken the&s;e wor|des / it was great pytie to &s;e: men / women / and
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chyldren wepe / and wryng their hand&abis; for loue of their fathers / bretherne / hu&s;bandes / &amp; neygh+bours. And after this tourme~t and noy&s;e / Phi|lyp Dartuell began agayne to &s;peke / and &s;aid. Pea&s;e &s;irs pea&s;e. and in contynent / euery man was &s;tyll. Than he began to &s;peke / and &s;ayde. A ye good people of Gaunt / ye be <ABBR>her</ABBR> nowe a&s;|&s;embled the moo&s;t parte / &amp; ye haue harde what I haue &s;ayde. Sirs / I &s;e none other remedy but &s;horte coun&s;ayle. for ye knowe well / what nece&s;&s;yte we be in for lacke of vitayle. I am &s;ure there be .xxx. thou&s;ande in this towne / that dyd eate no breed this. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">v. dayes pa&s;&s;ed / &s;irs: of thre thynges we mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;yte do the one. The fyr&s;t is / if ye wyll let vs enclo&s;e our&s;elfe in this towne / and mure vp all our gates. and tha~ con+fe&s;&s;e vs clene to god / and lette vs entre into the churches &amp; mi&s;ters / and &s;o let vs dye for famyn repe~tant of our &s;ynnes / lyke martyrs. and &s;uch people as noo man wyll haue mercy of / yet in this a &s;tate god &s;hall haue mercy of our &s;oules. and it &s;halbe &s;ayd / in euery place where it &s;hall be herde / that we be deed valyauntly / and lyke true people. Or els &s;econdly / let vs all men / wo|men / and chyldren: go with halters about our neckes in our &s;hyrtes / &amp; crye mercy to my lorde the erle of Flaunders. I thynke his herte wyll nat be &s;o indurate (as whan he &s;eyth vs in that a &s;tate) but that his hert wyll molefy / and take mercy of his people. and as for my &s;elfe / I wyll be the fyr&s;t of all / to a pea&s;e his di&s;plea&s;ure. I &s;hall pre&s;ent my heed / and be content to dye / for them of Gaunt. Or els thyrdly let vs cho&s;e out in this towne fyue or &s;ixe thou&s;ande men / of the mo&s;te able and be&s;t apoynted / and let vs go ha+&s;tely and a&s;&s;ayle the erle at Bruges / and fyght with hym. and if we dye in this voiage. At the lea&s;t / it &s;halbe honourable / and god &s;hall haue pytie of vs. and all the <ABBR>world</ABBR> &s;hall &s;ay / that va|liantly and truly / we haue kept &amp; maynteyned our quarell. And in this batayle / if god wyll haue pytie of vs / as aunciantly he put his pui&s;|&s;ance in to y^e handes of Nabugodono&s;or / duke and may&s;ter of his chyualry. by whome the a&s;|&s;yrience were di&s;comfyted. Than &s;hall we be reputed the moo&s;t honorable people / that hath raygned &s;yth the dayes of the romayns. Nowe &s;irs / take good hede whiche of the&s;e thre weyes ye wyll take / for one of the~ mu&s;t ye nedes take. Than &s;uche as were next hym / and had harde hym be&s;t &s;aid. A &abser; / all we haue our tru&s;t in you to cou~&s;ayle vs. and &s;ir / loke as ye cou~&s;ayle vs / &s;o &s;hall we folowe. By my faythe &abquod; Philyppe / than I coun&s;ayle you: let vs go with an army of men agayn&s;t the erle / we &s;hall fynde hym at Bruge. And as &s;oone as he &s;hall knowe of our comynge / he wyll i&s;&s;ue out to fyght with vs / by the pride of them of Bruges / and of &s;uch as be aboute hym / who nyght and daye enfourmeth and &s;tyreth hym to fyght with vs. And if god wyll by his grace / that we haue the victory / and di&s;confyte our enemyes. than &s;hall we be reco|uered foreuer / and the moo&s;t honoured people of the worlde. and if we be di&s;confyted / we &s;hall dye honourably and god &s;hall haue pyte of vs. and therby all the other people in Gaunt / &s;hall e&s;cape. and the erle wyll haue marcy on them. and therw^t they all an&s;werd with one vocye. we wyll do thus / we wyll do thus. we wyll make none other ende. Than Philyppe aun&s;wered / and &s;ayd. Sirs / if it be your wylles to do thus / than retourne home to your how&s;es / and make redy your harne&s;&s;e. for to morowe &s;omtyme 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 &s;hall knowe if we &s;hall dye or lyue with honoure. and I &s;hall &s;ende the con&s;tables of euery pary&s;&s;he / fro how&s;e to how&s;e / to cho&s;e out the moo&s;t able and be&s;t apoynted men.</P>
<P>IN this a &s;tate euery man departed out of the market place / and made the~ redy. and this wedny&s;day they kept y^e towne &s;o clo&s;e / that nother man nor woman entred / nor i&s;&s;ued out of the towne / tyll the thur&s;day in the mornyng / that euery man was redy / &s;uche as &s;hulde de|parte. And they were to the nombre of .v. <ABBR>thou|&s;and</ABBR> men and nat pa&s;t / and they had with them two hundred chares of ordynaunce / and artyl|lary / and but .vii. cartes of vitayle / fyue of by&s;|ket 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 depar|tynge / and they that were lefte behynde / were hardly be&s;tadde. It was pytie to beholde them that went forthe. And they that abode behynde &s;ayde to them. &s;irs / 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 otherwy&s;e / ye &s;hall fynde here no thynge. For as &s;oone / as we here tidyn+ges / that ye be outher &s;layne or di&s;confytted. we &s;hall &s;ette the towne a fyre / and di&s;troy our+&s;elfe lyke people di&s;payred. Than they y^t went forthe / &s;ayd to comfort them. &s;irs: pray to god for vs / for we tru&s;te / he &s;hall helpe vs and you al&s;o / or we retourne agayne. Thus the&s;e fyue
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thou&s;ande de&abper;ted fro Gaunt / with their &s;mall &abpro;uy&s;ion. and that thur&s;day they went and lay a myle without Gaunt / and brake nat vp their proui&s;yon / but pa&s;&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nyght / with &s;uch thyn|ges as they founde abrode in the countre. And the friday they went forth / nat touchyng as yet their vitayle. for the fore~gers founde &s;omwhat in the countre / wherwith they pa&s;&s;ed that day. And &s;o lodged a &s;euyn myle fro Bruges / &amp; ther re&s;ted and toke a place of grounde at their de|uy&s;e / abyding their enemyes. And before them there was a great pla&s;&s;he of &s;tandynge water / wherwith they fortifyed theym&s;elfe on the one parte / and on the other parte with their carya|ges. And &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed that night.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the order of the batayle of the gauntoi&s;e / and howe they di&s;co~fited the erle and them of Bruges / and by what meanes. Cap. CCCxCix.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd wha~ it came to the &s;aturday in y^e mornyng / the weder was fayre and clere &amp; a holyday called in Bruges for that day of cu&s;tome they made proce&s;&s;yo~s. Than ty|dinges ca~e to them / howe y^e gauntoy&s;e were co~e thyder. And than ye &s;hulde haue &s;ene gret murmuring&abis; in Bruges / &s;o that at la&s;t / worde therof ca~e to therle and to his co~|pany. Wherof the erle had great marueyle / and &s;ayde. Beholde yonder vngracyous people of Gaunt. I trowe the deuyll hath brought them to their di&s;truction. Nowe is the tyme come to haue an ende of this warre. And &s;o thanne his knightes and &s;quyers came to hym / and he re|ceyued them graciou&s;ly. and &s;ayd to them. We &s;hall go and fyght with yonder vnhappy peo|ple of Gaunte. yet quod the Erle / they had ra|ther dye by the &s;werde / than by famyne. Than the erle was coun&s;ayled to &s;ende thre men of ar+mes in to the felde / to &s;e the demeanoure of his enemyes. And &s;o than the mar&s;hall of Flaun|ders apoynted out thre &s;quyers / valyaunt men of armes / to go and &s;e the behauyng of the gau~+toy&s;e. &para; As Lambert of Lambres / Damas of Buffey / and Johan of Beart. And &s;o they thre departed fro Bruges / and rode towarde their ennemyes. And in the meane tyme / whyle the&s;e thre went forthe: they of Bruges made them re+dy to y&s;&s;ue out / to go and fyght with the gaun|toy&s;e. Of whom I &s;hall &s;hewe / &s;o~what of their order.</P>
<P>THis &s;aturday in the mornynge. Phyl|lyppe Dartuell ordayned and co~maun+ded / that euery man &s;hulde make hym redy to god. And cau&s;ed ma&s;&s;es to be &s;onge in dyuers places / by certayne freers that were with him. And &s;o euery man co~fe&s;&s;ed hym / and prayed to god for grace &amp; mercy. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne &s;ermo~s made / enduryng an hour and an halfe. And there it was &s;hewedde to people / by the&s;e freers and clerkes / figurynge them to the peo|ple of I&s;raell / whome kynge Pharaon kepte long in &s;eruytude. And howe after / by y^e grace of god they were delyuered / and ledde in to the lande of Behe&s;t / by Moy&s;es and Aaron. And kyng Pharaon and the Egypciens &s;layne and taken. In lykewi&s;e quod the&s;e freers / ye good people. ye be kept in&s;eruytude / by youre lorde the erle of Flaunders / and by your neighbours of Bruges. Before whome nowe ye beco~e / and &s;hall be fought with / by all lykelyhode. for your enemyes haue great wyll to fight with you / for they feare lytell your puy&s;&s;au~ce. But &s;irs / take no hede to that. For god / who knoweth and &s;e|ythe all thynge / &s;hall haue mercy on you. Nor thynke nothynge / of that ye haue lefte behynde you. For ye may well knowe / it is without re|coueraunce / if ye be di&s;confyted. Therfore &s;ell your lyues valyantly: and dye if there be none other remedy honorably. And be nat di&s;mayed thoughe great puy&s;&s;aunce of people y&s;&s;ue oute of Bruges agayn&s;t you. For vyctorie lyeth nat in puy&s;&s;aunce of people: But it is all onely in god. And by his grace / it hath ben often tymes &s;ene / as well by the Macabeus / as by the Rho|mayns. That a &s;mall people of good wyll / tru|&s;tynge in the grace of god / hathe di&s;confyted a+great nombre of people. And &s;irs / in this qua|rell ye haue good right and a Ju&s;te cau&s;e. And therfore by many rea&s;ons / ye ought to be har|dy / and of good co~fort. Thus with &s;uche word&abis; and other / the&s;e freers preched to y^e people that mornynge: wherwith they were well content. And thre partes of the hoo&s;t were hou&s;eled / &s;he wynge theym &s;elfe to haue great tru&s;t in God. And after the&s;e ma&s;&s;es &s;onge / than they a&s;&s;em|bled toguyder on a lytell hyll. And there Phy|lyppe Dartuell by great &s;entence / &s;hewed them fro poynt to poynt / the ryght that they thought
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> had in their quarell. And howe that often <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">mes the towne of Gaunt had requyred their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ode<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> Erle / to haue mercy on them. but they coulde neuer come to no poynt with hym / But to the great confu&s;yon and domage of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Gaunt: and to the enhabytau~tes therof. Al&s;o &s;ayeng / howe they were than come &s;o farforthe that to recule agayne they coude nat. And al&s;o / than to retourne (all thynges con&s;ydered) they coude wynne nothynge therby. For they hadde lefte nothynge behynde them / but pouertie and heuyne&s;&s;e. And moreouer he &s;ayd. &s;irs / thynke nother of your wyues nor chyldren / but thynke of your honour. Thus &s;uche fayre word&abis; Phi|lyppe Dartuell &s;hewed among the~ / for he was well langaged / and coude &s;peke rightwell / and well it became hym: and finally he &s;ayd. Now fayre lordes. Lette vs truely and equaly de&abper;te oure vitayle eche to other lyke bretherne / w^tout any maner of outrage. for whan this is &s;pende it mu&s;t behoue vs to &s;eke for newe / if we thinke~ to lyue. And &s;o than right humbly / the chayres were di&s;charged and the bred was deuyded by the con&s;tables&punc; and the two tonnes of wyne / the bottomes were &s;et vpwarde. And &s;o there they dyned with the bredde and with the wyne / and were contente with their &s;mall repa&s;te / for that tyme. And felt them &s;elfe better di&s;po&s;ed / bothe in courage and in their membres / than~e &amp; they had eaten more meare. And whan~e this dyner was pa&s;t / than they &s;et them &s;elfe in order / and drewe them &s;elfe within their rybaudeur. The whiche were hyghe &s;takes / bounde with yrone and &s;harpe poynted / whiche they v&s;ed euer to beare with them in their warre. And &s;o they &s;et them before their batayle / and clo&s;ed them &s;elfe within them. And in this e&s;tate / the thre &s;quy|ers that were &s;ende fro therle / to &s;e their demea nynge founde them. For they aproched &s;o nere / that they might well auiewe them / for they ca~e iu&s;te to their &s;takes. But the gauntoy&s;e neuer &s;tyred for all theym / but lette them alone. And made &s;emblaunt / that they were right ioyefull of their comynge.</P>
<P>THan the&s;e currours rode to Bruges to therle / and founde hym in his lodgyng / with a great nombre of knightes and &s;quyers with hym. So they came through the preace to the erle / and they &s;pake out a loude / bycau&s;e the Erle wolde they &s;hulde be herde. And &s;o there they &s;hewed / howe they <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> rydden &s;o nere to the gauntoy&s;e / that they myght haue &s;hotte at them / if they had ly&s;t. But they &s;uffred them to pa&s;&s;e pea&s;ably. And al&s;o they &s;hewed / how they had &s;ene their baners. Than the erle demaun|ded what nombre of people they were / by e&s;ty|macyon. They an&s;wered / that &s;urely: as farre as they coude di&s;ery / they pa&s;t nat a fyue or &s;ixe thou&s;ande. Than the erle &s;ayd well. Let euery man appareyle hym&s;elfe / I wyll go fight with them they &s;hall nat de&abper;te without batayle&punc; and therwith the trumpettes dyde &s;owne throughe Bruges / and than euery man armed him. And a&s;&s;embled in the market place / and &s;et the~&s;elfe in order with their baners / as was the v&s;age. And before the Erles lodgynge a&s;&s;embled: lor|des / knightes / and &s;quyers. Whan euery thing was redy: than therle went to the market place and &s;awe there great nombre of people well or|dred and araynged / wherof he reioy&s;ed. And &s;o at his co~mau~dement / euery man drewe in bone order in to the feldes. It was great plea&s;ure to beholde them. They were a .xl. thou&s;ande ar|med men. And &s;o / what a hor&s; hacke and a fote: they came nere to the place where the gauntois were / and there they re&s;ted. And by that tyme that therle was come thyder / it was pa&s;t noone and the &s;onne began to declyne. Than &s;o~e &s;ayd to the erle. &s;ir / ye &s;e yonder your enemyes / they be but a handefull of men / as to the regarde of your company. And &s;ir / they can nat flye away We wolde coun&s;ayle you / nat to fight with the~ this night. Let them alone tyll to morowe. and &s;ir / therby ye &s;hall &s;e what they wyll do. They &s;hall be febler than they be nowe / for they haue nothynge to eate. The erle acorded well to that coun&s;ayle / and wolde that it &s;hulde &s;o haue ben done. But they of Bruges were &s;o hote &amp; ha&s;ty to fight / that they wolde nat abyde. But &s;ayd: &s;et on them / they &s;hall nat long endure. And &s;o than they of Bruges began to &s;hote gonnes at the~. And than they of Gau~t di&s;charged at ones thre. C. gonnes at one &s;hotte: and &s;o tourned a bout the pla&s;&s;he of water. and cau&s;ed the &s;on / to be in the eyen of the~ of Bruges / the which gre|ued them &s;ore: and &s;o entred in among the~ and cryed Gaunt. And as &s;oone as they of Bruges herde them crye Gaunt / and herde &s;o many go~|nes come in among them / and &s;awe howe they &s;er full front on them. Lyke fal&s; herted people &amp; of yuell courage / they gaue way to the gau~tois to entre in among them. And &s;o without any de fence / they ca&s;t downe their weapens and tour ned their backes. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gau~toy&s;e &s;eyng well howe their enemyes were di&s;confyted / kept the~ &s;elfe &s;tyll clo&s;e toguyder / and beate downe on bothe &s;ydes and before theym. And euer wente
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forth cryeng Gau~t. &s;ayeng al&s;o / folowe folowe our enemyes are di&s;comfyted / and let vs entre in to Bruges with the~. God hath regarded vs this euenyng by his pytie. And as they &s;ayd &s;o they dyd / for they pur&s;ued the~ of Bruges &s;harp lye. And as they ouer toke them they &s;lewe the~ / and taryed nat / but kept on &s;tyll their way / and euer they of Bruges fledde on before. There were many &s;layne &amp; beaten downe / for among them of Bruges there was no defence. I trowe there was neuer &s;o vnhappy people / nor more recreantly maynteyned them &s;elfe. For all the great pride and bobance / that they were of be|fore. Some wolde thynke and &s;uppo&s;e by yma+ginacyon / that there had ben &s;ome trea&s;on / the whiche was nat &s;o. It was non other / but their &s;ymple defence / &amp; yuell fortune that fell on the~.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the towne of Bruges was taken by the gau~toy&s;e&punc; and howe the erle of Flaunders &s;aued hym &s;elfe / in a poore womans hou&s;e in the towne of Bruges. Cap. CCCC.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the erle of Flaun|ders / and the co~pany y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was about him. &s;awe the yuell or der and rule of them of Bru+ges. &amp; &s;awe howe they were di&s;co~fyted by their owne fol|lye / and coude &s;e no recoue|raunce / for they fledde awaye before the gaun|toy&s;e. Therle than was aba&s;&s;hed / and all they that were about him. And &s;o di&s;co~fyted / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they fledde away / euery man to &s;aue hym&s;elfe. Of a trouthe / if they of Bruges wolde haue retour ned agayne / and a&s;&s;ayled the gauntoy&s;e with their helpe / they had bene lykely to haue recoue red all agayn. but they &s;aw no remedy / for they fledde towarde Bruges as fa&s;t as they myght. the fader taryed nat for the &s;onne / nor the &s;onne for the fader. So than the men of armes and all brake their array / but they <ABBR>hadd</ABBR> no ly&s;t to take the way to Bruges. the prea&s;e was &s;o great in the way towarde Bruges / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was maruayle to&s;e and to here / the clamoure and crye of them that were &s;layne and hurt. And the gau~toy&s;e fo lowyng them of Bruges / cryeng Gaunt gaunt &s;tyll goynge forwarde / and beatyng downe of people. The moo&s;t parte of the men of armes / wolde nat put them&s;elfe in that parell. Howbe+it / therle was coun&s;ayled to drawe to Bruges / and to be one of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;t that &s;hulde entre. &amp; than to clo&s;e the gates / to thentent that the gauntoys &s;hulde nat be lordes of Bruges. Therle &s;eyng none other remedy / nor no recouerau~ce / by aby+dynge in the felde. For he &s;awe well euery man fledde / and al&s;o it was darke nyght. Wherfore he beleued the cou~&s;ayle that was gyuen hym / &amp; &s;o toke the way towarde Bruges / with his ba|ner before him. And &s;o came to the gate / and en+tred with the fir&s;t and a .xl. with him. Than he &s;et men to kepe the gate / and to clo&s;e it if y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gau~+toy&s;e dyde folowe. Than the Erle rode to his owne lodgyng / and &s;ende all about the towne / commaundyng euery man on payne of dethe / to drawe to the market place. Thenten&s;yon of the erle / was to recouer the towne by that mea|nes / but he dyde nat. as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
<P>In the meane tyme that therle was at his lo|gyng / &amp; &s;ende forthe the clerkes of euery warde fro &s;trete to &s;trete / to haue euery man to drawe to the market place / to recouer the towne. The gauntoi&s;e pur&s;ewed &s;ofier&s;ly their enemyes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they entred in to the towne with them of Brug&abis; And a&s;&s;one as they were within the towne / the fir&s;t thyng they dyde / they went &s;treyght to the market place / and there &s;et them &s;elfe in array. The erle as than had &s;ende a knight of his / cal+led &s;ir Robert Mar&s;hall to the gate / to &s;e what the gau~toise dyde. And whan he ca~e to the gate he founde the gate beaten downe / and the gau~|toy&s;e mai&s;ters therof. and &s;ome of them of Bru+ges met with hym &amp; &s;ayd. &s;ir Robert / retourne and &s;aue your &s;elfe if ye can / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne is won by them of Gaunt. Than the knight retourned to therle as fa&s;t as he might / who was comyng out of his lodgynge a hor&s; backe / with a great no~bre of cre&s;&s;ett&abis; &amp; lyghtes with hym / &amp; was go yng to the market place. Than the knight &s;he|wed therle all that he knewe. howe beit the erle wyllyng to recouer the towne / drewe to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mar+ket place. And as he was entryng / &s;uch as were before hym. &s;eyng the place all raynged with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gauntoy&s;e / &s;ayd to therle. &s;ir / retourne agayne / if ye go any farther / ye are but deed / or taken w^t your enemyes. For they are raynged on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mar+ket place / and do abyde for you. They &s;hewed hym trouthe. And whan the gau~toy&s;e &s;awe the clerene&s;&s;e of the lyght&abis; / comyng downe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;trete they &s;ayd. yonder cometh the erle / he &s;hall come in to oure ha~des. And Philyppe Dartuell had commaunded / fro &s;trete to &s;trete as he wente. That if the Erle came amonge theym / that no man &s;hulde do to hym any bodely harme / but
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take hym a lyue. and than to haue hym to gau~t and &s;o to make their peace as they ly&s;t. Therle who tru&s;ted to haue recouered all / came ryght nere to the place / where as the gauntoy&s;e were. Than dyuers of his men &s;ayd. Sir / go no far|ther / for the gauntoy&s;e are lordes of the market place and of the towne. If ye entre in to y^e mar|ket place / ye are in dau~ger to be &s;layne or taken A great nombre of the gauntoy&s;e / are goynge fro &s;trete to &s;trete / &s;ekynge for their ennemyes. They haue certayne of them of the towne with them / to bringe them fro hou&s;e to hou&s;e / where as they wolde be. And &s;ir / out at any of the ga|tes ye can nat y&s;&s;ue / for the gauntoy&s;e are <ABBR>lord</ABBR> therof. Nor to your owne lodgynge ye can nat retourne / for a great nombre of the gauntoy&s;e are goyng thyder. and whan therle herde tho&s;e tidynges / whiche were right harde to hym / as it was rea&s;on. He was greatly than aba&s;&s;hed. and ymagined what parell he was in. than~e he beleued the coun&s;ayle / and wolde go no farther but to &s;aue hym &s;elfe if he myght: and &s;o tooke his owne coun&s;ayle. He co~maunded to put out all the lyghtes / and &s;ayd to the~ that were about hym. I &s;e well there is no recouery. Let euery man departe / and &s;aue hym &s;elfe as well as he may. And as he co~maunded it was done. The lyghtes were quenched and ca&s;t in to the &s;tret&abis; / and &s;o euery man departed. Therle than went in to a backe lane / and made a varlette of his to vnarme hym / and dyd ca&s;t away his armure / &amp; put on an olde cloke of his varlettes. And than &s;ayd to hym. Go thy way fro me / and &s;aue thy &s;elfe if thou can&s;t: and haue a good tonge / and thou fall in the handes of thyne enemyes. And if they a&s;ke the any thyng of me / be nat be kno|wen that I am in the towne. He an&s;wered and &s;ayd. &abser; / to dye therfore / I wyll &s;peke no worde of you. Thus abode there the erle of Flau~ders all alone. He might than well &s;aye / that he was in great daunger and harde aduenture / for at that tyme / if he had fallen in the handes of his enemyes / he had bene in daunger of dethe. For the gau~toy&s;e went fro hou&s;e to hou&s;e / &s;erchyng for the Erles frendes. And euer as they founde any / they brought them in to the market place. and there without remedy / before Philyp dart well and the capitayns / they were put to dethe. &s;o god was frende to the erle / to &s;aue him out of that parell. He was neuer in &s;uche daunger be|fore in his lyfe / nor neuer after. As ye &s;hall here after in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>This about the hour of mydnight / the Erle went fro &s;trete to &s;trete / and by backe lanes. &s;o that at la&s;t he was fayne to take a hou&s;e / or els he had be founde by the~ of Gaunt. and &s;o as he went about y^e towne / he entred in to a poore wo+mans hou&s;e / the whiche was nat mete for &s;uche a lorde. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nother hall / palys / nor cha~bre it was but a poore &s;moky hou&s;e. there was no|thyng but a poore hall blacke with &s;moke / and aboue a &s;male pla~cher / and a ladder of .vii. &s;tep+pes to mount vpon. And on the plancher / there was a poore couche / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the poore woma~s chyldren lay. than therle &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed &amp; trym|blyng / at his entryng &s;aid. O good woma~ &s;aue me / I am thy lorde therle of Flau~ders. but now I mu&s;t hyde me / for myne enemyes cha&s;e me. &amp; if ye do me good now / I &s;hall rewarde you her after therfore. The poore woman knewe hym well / for &s;he had ben often tymes at his gate to fetche almes / and had often &s;ene hym / as he we~t in and out a &s;portyng. And &s;o inco~tyne~t as hap was &s;he an&s;wered. For if &s;he had made any de|lay / he had bene taken talkynge with her by the fyre. than &s;he &s;ayd. &s;ir / mount vp this ladder / &amp; ley your &s;elfe vnder the bedde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye fynde there / as my chyldren &s;lepe. and &s;o in the meane tyme the woman &s;at downe by the fyre with another chylde / that &s;he had in her armes. So the Erle mou~ted vp the plancher as well as he myght / &amp; crept in bytwene the couche and the &s;trawe and lay as flatte as he coude. &amp; euyn ther with / &s;ome of the rutters of Gau~t / entred in to y^e &s;ame hous for &s;ome of them &s;ayd. How they had &s;ene a ma~ entre in to the hou&s;e before the~. and &s;o they <ABBR>fou~d</ABBR> the woman &s;yttyng by the fyre with her chylde. than they &s;ayd. Good woman / where is the ma~ that we &s;awe entre before vs in to this hou&s;e / &amp; dyde &s;hytte the dore after hym. &s;irs quod &s;he / I &s;awe no man entre in to this hou&s;e this nyght / I went out rightnowe &amp; ca&s;t out a lytell water / and dyd clo&s;e my dore agayne. if any were here I coulde nat tell howe to hyde hym. ye &s;e all the ea&s;ment that I haue in this hou&s;e. Here ye may &s;e my bedde / &amp; here aboue this pla~cher lyeth my poore chyldren. Than one of the~ toke a candell and mou~ted vp the ladder / &amp; put vp his heed a|boue the pla~cher. &amp; &s;awe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> none other thyng but the poore couche / where her chyldren lay &amp; &s;lept. And &s;o he loked all about / and than &s;ayde to his company. Go we hens / we le&s;e the more for the le&s;&s;e. the poore woman &s;ayth trouth / <ABBR>her</ABBR> is no creature but &s;he and her chyldren. &amp; than they de&abper;ted out of the hou&s;e. After y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none entred to do any hurt. all the&s;e wordes the Erle herde ryght well / where as he laye vnder the poore couche. ye may well ymagin / tha~ that
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he was in great feare of his lyfe. He might well &s;aye? I am as nowe / one of the poore&s;t princes of the worlde. and myght well &s;ay / that the for|tunes of the worlde are nothynge &s;table. yet it was a good happe / that he &s;caped with his lyfe Howe be it / this harde and peryllous adue~ture myght well be to hym a &s;pectacle all his lyfe af|ter: and an en&s;ample to all other. &para; Nowe let vs leaue the erle of Flaunders in this harde e&s;tate / and &s;peke of them of Bruges / and howe the gauntoy&s;e parceyuered.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Gaunte / &s;pared the marchauntes &s;traungers: and howe the erle parted fro Bruges and went to Ly&s;le. And howe he was receyued there ioyou&s;ly. Cap. CCCC .i.</HEAD>
<P>_FRaunces Atreyman / was one of the chefe capitey+nes of the&s;e rutters. he was &s;ent by Philyppe Dartuell and by Peter de Boy&s;e / to &s;eke aboute Brug&abis; for their enemies. and to kepe y^e mar+kette place all nyght tyll the next day. that they might &s;e / that they were lordes of all the towne And they were &s;traytely co~maunded / that they &s;hulde do no hurte / to any marchaunt &s;traun|ger / beyng than in Bruges. Sayeng / howe it were no rea&s;on: that they &s;hulde take hurte / for their warre. This commaundement was well kept. The chefe occa&s;yon fell on the foure Me|&s;tyers / for they had alwayes ben fauourable to the erle / before And warpe and in other places. The gauntoy&s;e went all about &s;erchyng for the~ and as they were fou~de / they were &s;layne with|out mercy. The &s;ame nyght there were &s;layne / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">han .xii. hundred / what of one and other: with many other robberyes and yuell dedes / y^e whiche came nat all to knowledge. As dyuers hou&s;es robbed and pylled / wome~ defoyled and di&s;troyed: and coffers broken vp. So that the moo&s;t poore&s;t of Gaunt / were than beco~e riche.</P>
<P>tHe &s;ondaye in the mornynge / the ioy|full tidynges ca~e to the towne of gau~t. Howe that their company had di&s;con|fyted the erle and all his chiualry: and were lor+des and may&s;ters of Bruges. ye may well be|leue and knowe / that this tidynges greatly re|ioy&s;ed the people / beyng before in tribulacyon. And &s;o for ioye they made dyuers proce&s;&s;yons / laudynge god: in that he had &s;o regarded them with his eye of pytie / and &s;o conforted them. as to gyue them vyctorie of their enemyes. And &s;o alwayes / there came fre&s;&s;he tidynges to theym of their vyctorie: wherby they were &s;o reioy&s;ed that they wy&s;t nat what to do. The lorde of har+&s;els / who was as than abidynge in Gaunt. If he had taken the &s;ame &s;onday or the monday af+ter / a thre or foure thou&s;ande men in harne&s;&s;e / and gone to Andwarpe: he had taken y^e towne at his plea&s;ure. For they of the towne were &s;o a+ba&s;&s;hed whan they herde the tidyng&abis; / that nigh for feare / they had fledde out of the towne in to Heynaulte / or in to other places / to haue &s;aued them &s;elfe. Therto / they were redy aparelled. but whan they &s;awe that they of Gaunte came nat to them warde / than courage came to them and al&s;o / &s;uche knyghtes as came thyder dyde confort them. As &s;ir Johan Bernage / &s;ir Tyr|rey du Ban / and &s;ir Flureant of Hurle. The&s;e thre knightes conforted them of Andwarpe / vn+to &s;uche tyme / as &s;is Damas of Hallone came thyder fro the erle. as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
<P><ABBR>THer</ABBR> were neuer people / that dyde with their enemyes / as they of Gaunte dyde with them of Bruges. They dyde hurt no man of any of the &s;male craftes of the towne / with|out he were &s;ore accu&s;ed. Whan Philyp Dart|well and the capitayns of Gau~t / &s;awe how they were lordes of Bruges / and all at their co~mau~|dement and vnder their obey&s;au~ce. Than they made a crye / that euery man on payne of dethe &s;hulde drawe to their logynges / &amp; nat to robbe nor pylle / nor to make no debate / without they were co~maunded. Than it was enquered / if a|ny man knewe where therle was become. &s;ome &s;ayd / howe he was fledde the &s;aturday. &amp; &s;ome other &s;ayd / howe he was &s;tyll in the towne / hyd and coude nat be founde. the capitayns of gau~t toke lytell hede therof / for they were&s;o reioy&s;ed with their vyctorie / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they cared for nothynge. Nother for erle / baron / knight / nor other in all Flau~ders. They reputed them &s;elfe &s;o great / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they thought to haue all / vnder their obey&s;a~ce. Than Philyp Dartuell and Peter de boy&s;e re+me~bred / that whan they de&abper;ted fro Gau~t / they left no vitayle / nor other purueyau~ce in y^e town Therfore they &s;ent &s;treyght a certayne nombre of men / to Dan and to Sclu&s;e: to the~tent to be+lordes therof / &amp; of the vitayle in the~. And whan &s;uche as were &s;ent ca~e to Dan / they opyned the
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gates to them. And all that was in the towne / was put in to their handes / and euery thyng at their commau~dement. Than there was taken out of the fayre cellers / the good wynes of Poy+ctou / of Ga&s;cone / and of Rochell: and of other farre cou~treis / a fyue or &s;ixe thou&s;ande tonnes. And it was layde in to &s;hippes and in to chares and conueyed to Gaunt / what by lande and by water. And than they went farther and came to Sclu&s;e. Whiche towne incontynent was opy|ned to theym / and put vnder their obey&s;aunce. And there they founde great quantyte of corne and meale / in &s;hyppes and cellers of marchau~|tes &s;traungers. So all was bought and payed for / and &s;ende to Gaunt / by water and by la~de. Thus the towne of Gaunt / was refre&s;&s;hed and delyuered fro mi&s;ery / by the grace of god / other wy&s;e it coude nat haue ben done. The gau~toys than ought well to remembre / that god playnly had holpen them. Seyng / that fyue thou&s;ande+men nere famy&s;&s;hed / di&s;confyted .xl. thou&s;ande+men / at home at their owne doores. The capi|tayns nor they / had no cau&s;e to be proude ther|of but they were &s;o <ABBR>proud</ABBR> therof / that god was di&s;plea&s;ed with theym. And that was well &s;ene or the yere pa&s;&s;ed. as ye &s;hall her after in the &s;to+rie: to gyue en&s;ample to all people.</P>
<P>I Was enformed / and I beleue it well. that the &s;onday at night / the erle of Flau~ders y&s;&s;ued out of the towne of Brug&abis; / by what mea+nes I can nat &s;aye. If any dyde helpe to make his way I can nat tell / but I beleue yes. He y&s;|&s;ued out a fote all alone / in an olde &s;ymple cloke And whan he was in the feldes he was ioyfull / for than he might well &s;ay / howe he had e&s;caped a dau~gerous pa&s;&s;age. And &s;o went forthe at ad+uenture / and went to a thicke bu&s;&s;he / to&s;e what way he myght take. For he knewe nat well the wayes / nor he was nat wonte to go a fote. And as he &s;tode vnder a thicke bu&s;&s;h in the night / he herde by aduenture a man &s;peke / as he came by and it was a knight of his / who had maried his ba&s;tard doughter: and he was called &s;ir Robr~t Mar&s;hall. Therle knewe hym well by his wor+des / and as he pa&s;&s;ed by / he &s;aid. Robert / are ye there. The knight / who knewe the erle well by his &s;peche / &s;ayde. A &s;ir: ye haue made me this day to &s;eke in many places for you about Bru|ges. Howe are ye gette out? Let vs go our way quod the erle. It is no tyme to tell our aduentu+res. I pray you let vs do &s;o moche / that I may haue a hor&s;e / for I am &s;ore wery with goyng a fote. and I pray you: let vs take y^e way to Ly&s;le and ye knowe it. yes &s;ir &abquod; the knight I knowe it well. And &s;o they wente forthe all that nyght tyll it was the next mornyng / or they coude get a hor&s;e / and yet they coude gette none. But the fir&s;t that they founde was a Mare / the whiche they toke fro a poore man in a vyllage. So the erle lept on her without &s;adyll or panell. And at night came to Ly&s;le / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the moo&s;t &abper;te of his knightes that fledde out of the felde were come thyder: &s;ome a fote / &s;ome a hor&s; backe / and &s;o~e were gone in to Hollande and in to zelande. as &s;ir Guy of Guy&s;tels / he arryued at a good port for he founde in zelande in a towne there / therle Guy of Bloyes / who made hym good chere / &amp; departed largely with hym / and wylled him to tary <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with hym / as long as it &s;hulde plea&s;e hym. Thus they that were de&s;olate / were reco~|forted by the lord&abis; that they re&s;orted vnto / who had pyte on them: as it was rea&s;on. For noble|ne&s;&s;e and gentylne&s;&s;e / ought to be ayded by no|bles and gentyls.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great riche&s;&s;e that the gau~|toy&s;e founde in Bruges. And howe all the townes of Flaunders / yelded them to Gaunte / except And warpe. Cap. CCCC .ii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe tidynges &s;predde a brode in to dyuers cou~treis / of the di&s;confyture of the~ of Bruges / and of therle their lorde / done by the gauntois. wherwith <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were diuers people reioy&s;ed / and &s;pecial+ly commynalties. All the good townes aboute Gaunt / and in the by&s;&s;hoprike of Liege / were as ioyfull / as thoughe the mater had ben their owne. In lykewi&s;e / &s;o were they of Rohan and Parys in Frau~ce / if they dur&s;t haue &s;poken it. And whanne pope Clement herde therof / he be thought hym a lytell / and &s;ayde. Surely / this di&s;confyture was a &s;troke of god / to gyue en|&s;ample to the erle. And that god had &s;ende him that tribulacion / bycau&s;e he was rebell again&s;t his opinyons. Al&s;o other great lord&abis; in Frau~ce and in other places / &s;ayd. howe the erles aduer+&s;ytie / was nat greatly to be complayned / for he had well de&s;erued to beare it. For he had ben &s;o pre&s;u~ptuous / that he loued no lorde / neighbour
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frenche kyng nor other: wherfore they co~play|ned le&s;&s;e his &abper;&s;ecucyo~s. Howbeit it is an olde &s;ayng / he that hath any yuell fortune / men wyll &s;peke the wor&s;t therof. and &s;pecially they of the towne of Louayne were greatly reioy&s;ed / with the victory of the gauntoy&s;e / &amp; of the erles trou|ble. for they were but in harde ca&s;e with y^e duke of Brabant their lorde / who was in purpo&s;e to make them <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and to beate downe their ga+tes / to kepe them therby the rather vnder. Al&s;o it was &s;ayd in the towne of Louayn / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if Gaunt hadde bene as nere them as Bru&s;els was: they wolde haue ioyned togyder / and haue been all one. Of all their wordes and deuy&s;es / the duke and duches of Brabant were enformed / but it behoued the~ / as at that tyme / to clo&s;e their eyen and to holde downe their heedes / for it was no tyme for them than to &s;peke.</P>
<P>THus they of Gaunt beynge in Bruges: deuy&s;ed many newe thynges. &amp; among other / they deuy&s;ed to beate downe two gates that were towarde Gaunt / and to fyll the dykes to thentent that they of Bruges <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> neuer re|bell after again&s;t Gaunt. and whan they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> departe / to take with them a fyue hundred men of the~ of Bruges / to thentent to kepe the~ in the more feare and &s;ubiectyon. Thus in the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e capitayns were at Bruges / beatyng downe gat&abis; and walles / and fillyng of dykes. They &s;ent to Ipre / to Courtray / to Ber+ges / to Ca&s;&s;ell / to Propringne / to Bourbourc / and to all the townes and ca&s;tels of Flaunders on the &s;ee co&s;t. that they &s;hulde be all vnder the obey&s;au~ce of them / and to &s;ende them the keyes of their townes and ca&s;tels. &s;ubmittynge them+&s;elfe to their obey&s;au~ce and &s;eruyce. and &s;o they all obeyed / none dur&s;t &s;ay agayn&s;t it / but came all to Bruges / puttyng them &s;elfe vnder the o|bey&s;au~ce of Philyppe Dartuell / and Peter de Boi&s;e. For the&s;e two named &amp; wrote them &s;elfe &s;ouerayn capitayns of all other / and &s;pecyally Pihlyppe Dartuell / was he that moo&s;t be&s;yed him &s;elfe with the charge of all Flaunders. and as longe as he abode in Bruges / he kept the e|&s;tate of a prince. for euery day he had playenge at his lodgyng dore / myn&s;trels dyner and &s;up|per / &amp; was &s;erued in ve&s;&s;ell of &s;yluer / as thogh he had been the erle of Flaunders. And well he myght kepe than that e&s;tate / for he had all the Erles ve&s;&s;ell / golde and &s;yluer / and all his ieo|wels founde in his hou&s;e at Bruges / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was nothyng &s;aued. Al&s;o there was &s;ent a certayne nombre of gauntoy&s;e to Merlle / a fayre hou&s;e of the erles / &s;tandyng halfe a myle fro Bruges. they that went thyder dyd moche hurt / for they brake downe all the how&s;e / and brake downe the fownte / wherin the erle was chri&s;tned / and layd in charyotes / all the golde and &s;yluer ieo|wels / and other thynges that they founde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and &s;ent it to Gaunt. The terme of .xv. dayes there was goyng and comynge with caryages fro Bruges to Gaunt / with their pyllage that they had get that iourney. It was harde to ex|&s;teme the profyte that they gate there.</P>
<P>ANd whan~e they of Gaunt had done all their wyll and plea&s;ure / in the towne of Bruges. they &s;ent a fiue hu~dred of the notable&s;t burge&s;&s;es of the towne to Gaunt / to lye <ABBR>ther</ABBR> in ho&s;tage. and Fraunces Atreman and Peter de Myter / and a thou&s;ande of their men / co~ueyed theym thyder. And Peter de Boy&s;e / abode as capitayne of Bruges / tyll the gates and walles were beaten downe / and the dykes fylled. And Philyppe Dartuell departed with four thou|&s;ande men / and went to Ipre. and there all ma|ner of people came out agayn&s;t hym / and recey+ued him as honourably / as though he had bene their owne naturall <ABBR>lord</ABBR> / that had come fir&s;t to his lande. and there they all dyd put them &s;elfe vnder his obey&s;au~ce. And there he made newe mayres and aldermen / and made newe lawes. And to him came thyder they of Ca&s;&s;ell / of Ber+ges / of Bourbourcke / and of Propringne. they all / &s;ubmytted them &s;elfe vnder his obey&s;au~ce / and &s;ware to him faythe and trouthe / &amp; to holde of hym as to their lorde the erle of Flaunders. And whan he had thus done / and taken the a&s;|&s;urance of the~ / and had taryed at Ipre the &s;pace of .viii. dayes. Than he departed and came to Courtray / where as he was al&s;o receyued with great ioy / and there he taryed thre dayes. And than he &s;ent me&s;&s;angers &amp; letters to And warpe co~maundynge them to come to hym / and to be vnder his obey&s;au~ce. &s;eyng / howe all the coun|trey was tourned to them of Gaunt. and howe they were behynde / and dyd nat as other dyd. wherfore he &s;ent them worde &s;urely / y^t the gaun+toy&s;e &s;hulde lay &s;iege to the~. And nat to departe tyll they had the towne / and &s;layne all the~ with in. Whan the&s;e tydinges and me&s;&s;age came to And warpe / &s;ente fro Philyp Dartuell. Than the thre knyghtes an&s;wered hotely / and &s;ayde. howe they &s;et but lytell by the mana&s;&s;yng of the &s;onne of a tryer of hony / nor that y^e herrtage of therle their lorde / <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be &s;o &s;one gyue~ to him / nor to none &s;uche. &s;ayeng howe they wolde de|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">
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<HEAD>&para; Howe therle of Flaunders was at Ly&s;le / and howe Andewarpe was be &s;ieged by the gauntoy&s;e and flemyn|ges. Cap. CCCC .iii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan Philyp Dartuell herde his me&s;&s;anger &s;peke / and report / howe they of the gray&s;on of And warpe &s;ette nothynge by hym. Than he &s;ware / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> what &s;o euer it co&s;t him / or the cou~trey of Flaun+ders&punc; he wolde nothyng entende / tyll he had ta|ken that towne and ca&s;t it downe to the erth / he was &s;o &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed. He thought this to do / had bene well in his puy&s;&s;au~ce / &s;eynge that all flaunders was inclyned to hym. Whan he had &s;oiourned a &s;ixe dayes at Courtrey / and had re+newed their lawe / and hadde taken fealtie and homage of them / as though he had bene erle of Flau~ders. than he returned to Gaunt / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he was met with proce&s;&s;ion / with &s;o great ioye. that the erle their naturall lorde: was neuer &s;o honourably receyued. the people wor&s;hypped hym lyke their god / bycau&s;e he gaue the coun|&s;aile wherby their towne recouered their e&s;tate and pui&s;&s;au~ce. For it coude nat be e&s;temed / the great riches and welth that came daily to them by water and by lande. Fro Bruges / fro Dan / and fro Sluce / and the lofe of breed that in thre wekes togyder / was worth an olde grote / was than worthe but four mytes. and the wyne that was worth .xxiiii. grotes / was than valued but at two grotes. As than euery thynge in Gaunt was better chepe than at Tourney / or at Ualen+cennes. Philyppe Dartuell than kepte a great &s;table of good hor&s;es lyke a great prince / and he was as well &s;tuffed in all thynge in his how&s;e / as though he had bene erle of Flaunders / and better than therle was apoynted at Ly&s;le. And al&s;o / he had through all Flaunders his offycers bayliffes / co~&s;tables / receyuours and other. who dayly brought him &s;ub&s;tau~ce / wherby he mayn+teyned his a&s;tate. and he ware &s;carlet gownes / furred with myneuer: lyke as the duke of Bra|bant / or erle of Haynalt dyd. Al&s;o he hadde his chambre of accompte / to paye and to reken for euery thyng / as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> erle had. And he gaue dyuers &s;uppers and banketes / to ladyes and damo&s;els in lyke maner as the erle had done before / and &s;pared nother golde nor &s;yluer for his plea&s;ure. And he wrote and called him&s;elfe Phylip Dart well / the regarde and ouer loker of Flau~ders.</P>
<P>THe erle of Flaunders beynge at Ly&s;le / had moche to thynke on / whan he &s;awe his countrey &s;o &s;ore rebelled agayn&s;t hym / and coude nat &s;e that he was of puy&s;&s;ance / as of him+&s;elfe euer to recouer it agayn / for all the townes were in vnite / and of one acorde agayn&s;t hym / the whiche he coulde neuer for do / but by great force &amp; puy&s;&s;aunce. for all the countrey &s;pake no+more of him / nor dyd him no more honour / nor wolde nat knowe hym for their lorde / no more than he had neuer bene &s;o. Than the alyaunce that he had with the duke of Burgoyne / who had maryed his doughter / the lady Margaret by whome the duke had two fayre &s;onnes. this alyaunce / &s;tode the Erle as than in good &s;tede. It was happy al&s;o than for hym / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng Char+les was deed / and that the yonge kyng as than was vnder the gouerning of his vncle / the duke of Burgoyn / who myght leade the kyng at his <ABBR>pleasur.</ABBR> And al&s;o the kyng was yong and had good wyll to the warre / wherfore it was y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> le&s;&s;e may&s;trie to &s;tyrre him therto. And therle hoped that the duke of Burgoyne wolde &s;one &s;et hym theron / if he wolde &s;hewe him howe he is bou~de to ayde his men / whan their men wyll rebell a+gayn&s;t them. But &s;ome thought / that if kynge Charles had lyued &s;tyll tyll that tyme / that he wolde haue done nothynge. and if he had: men &s;uppo&s;ed that he wolde therby anexed the coun+tie of Flaunders / to the crowne of Fraunce / for therle of Flau~ders was nat &s;o well in his grace that he wolde haue done any thynge for hym / without he had knowen well why.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe let vs leaue to &s;peke of the&s;e deuy&s;es / tyll tyme be that we retourne therto agayne. but lette vs &s;hewe howe the erle of Flaunders / beynge at Ly&s;le / After the great lo&s;&s;e that he had at Bru|ges. he vnder&s;tode howe &s;ir Terrey Damayn / and &s;ir Fiurant de Heulle / kept &s;tyll the towne of Andwarpe. and had kept it / euer &s;ythe the be+&s;ynes before Brug&abis;. and knewe well / that the&s;e knyght&abis; were nat able to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t the pu|y&s;&s;ance of Flaunders / if they came to lay &s;iege therto: as it was thought y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they wolde do &s;hort+lye. Than to refre&s;&s;h the towne / therle called to him &s;ir Danyell of Halwyn / and &s;ayd. Sir: I wyll ye go to And warpe / and be &s;ouerayne ca|pitayn there / and take with you a hundred and
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fyftie &s;peares / a hundred cro&s;bowes / and two hundred other varlettes / with &s;peares and pa|ue&s;&s;es. and take ye hede to that gari&s;on / I gyue you the charge therof. and newe vitayle it with corne / whete / and otes / &amp; &s;ault fle&s;&s;he / and with wyne out fro our frendes / and neyghbours of Tourney / they wyll nat fayle vs at this nede. Sir &abquod; the knyght all this &s;halbe done / and &s;ir: I &s;hall take as good hede to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne as I can / &s;ythe it plea&s;e you that I &s;hall &s;o do. there &s;hall none yuell come therto / by my fawte. Danyell &abquod; the erle / of that I am &s;ure. And &s;o the knyght toke leaue of the erle / and went to Andewarpe / and there refre&s;&s;hed the towne with newe men of warre / vitayle and other thynges nece&s;&s;ary.</P>
<P>WHan Philyp Dartuell beyng in Gau~t vnder&s;tode the tydinges / howe they of Andwarp were refre&s;&s;hed with newe men. than he &s;ayd / he wolde prouyde for reme|dy / &s;ayng: howe it was nat to be &s;uffred. For it was greatly to the preiudyce and dy&s;honour of the countre of Flau~ders / that this towne helde &s;o agayn&s;t them. wherfore he &s;ayd / he wolde go and lay &s;iege therto / and nat to departe thens / tyll he had beaten it downe / and put to dethe all tho that were within / knyghtes &amp; other. Than he &s;ent his co~maundement through the countre of Flaunders / that euery man &s;hulde be redy the .ix. day of June / to be with him before And|warpe. There was none that dur&s;t di&s;obey his co~maundement. &s;o the men of all the good tow|nes in Flau~ders / and they of the franke of Bru+ges / made them redy. and came and layd &s;iege before Andwarpe / and lay abrode in the feldes / in medowes and in mar&s;&s;hes / and there about. And there was Philyppe Dartuell their capy|tayn / by whome they were all ordred / who helde a great e&s;tate before Andwarpe. Than he rea|red a tayllage in Flaunders / euery fyre: euery weke to pay four grotes / the ryche to beare out the feble / wherby he gate togyder moch money for there was none excu&s;ed / but all payed. For he had &s;eruau~tes for the nones through / all the countrey / who made euery man to paye / poore and ryche / whyder they wolde or nat. It was &s;ayd / he had at y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;iege mo than a hu~dred thou|&s;ande men / and the flemynges had pyled in the ryuer of Le&s;calt / great pyles of great tymbre. &s;o that no &s;hyppe coulde come / fro Tourney to Andewarpe. &amp; they had in their hoo&s;t all thyn|ges plentyfull / market with clothe / furres and other mercery. and euery &s;aturday they had a market. and all the vyllag&abis; therabout brought thyder frutes. butter / mylke / che&s;e / pulleyn / and other thynges. And they had tauernes as plen|tyous with wyne / as though they had bene in Bru&s;els / both reny&s;he wyne / wyne of Poyctou / and of Fraunce / malue&s;eys and other wynes of &s;traunge countreis / &amp; good chepe. Euery man myght go and come / pa&s;&s;e and repa&s;&s;e without any parell. They of Heynalt / of Braba~t / of Al|mayne / and of Liege / but none out of Fraunce.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the gauntoy&s;e a&s;&s;ayled the towne of Andwarpe dyuers tymes / and howe they ran before Ly&s;le / and in the countrey about on the realme of Fraunce. Cap. CCCCiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan~e that &s;ir Danyell of Haulwyne / capytayne of Andwarpe / entred fir&s;t in to the towne. he deuyded y^e vi|tayle <ABBR>ther</ABBR> egally euery man his porcyon / and &s;ent away all the hor&s;es&punc; &amp; beate downe all the how&s;es ioyninge to the walles. And co|uered them with erthe for feare of fyre &amp; gonne &s;hotte / wherof they of the hoo&s;t had great plen|ty. Al&s;o they made all the women and chyldren to lodge in the churches and myn&s;ters / and dy|uers to auoyde the towne / and all dogges were clene auoyded or &s;layne / and ca&s;t in to y^e ryuer. The companyons that were within / made dy|uers i&s;&s;ues / and dyd moche domage to them of the hoo&s;t without. There were within two bre|therne &s;quyers of Arthoy&s;e / Lambert of Lam|bres and Try&s;tram. the&s;e two dyd dyuers ty|mes great feates of armes / and toke away dy|uers tymes vitayle fro the hoo&s;t / and pri&s;oners al&s;o. Thus this &s;iege contynued all the &s;omer / and it was the enten&s;yon of Philyp Dartuell / and of his cou~&s;ayle to abyde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / tyll they had famy&s;&s;hed the towne. for they &s;awe well / by a&s;|&s;autyng they &s;hulde le&s;e moche of their people. They of Gaunt made on the hyll of Andwarpe a marueylus gret engyn .xx. fote large and .xl. foote longe. they called this engyn a moton / it was to ca&s;t gret &s;tones in to the towne / to beate downe hou&s;es. al&s;o to make the~ within afrayd / they made a marueylous great bombard of .l. fote of lengthe / &s;hotyng &s;tone of a marueylous weyght. &amp; whan this bombarde &s;hot / it might
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well be harde by day tyme fyue myle of / and by nyght ten. and it made &s;uche a noy&s;e in the go|ynge / as though all the dyuels of hell had bene in y^e way. dyuers other engyns they had / wher with they put them of y^e towne in great trouble howbeit the capitayns within dyd co~fort them of the towne / and made as good re&s;y&s;tence as they coulde. &amp; wolde i&s;&s;ue out a thre or four ty|mes in y^e weke / wherby they gate more honour than blame / and more profyte than domage.</P>
<P>WHyle this &s;iege / laye thus &s;tyll before And warpe / there de&abper;ted fro the hoo&s;t a .xii. hu~dred men / thynkyng to beate downe knightes and gentylmens hou&s;es / &s;uch as were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">led out of Flaunders / &amp; gone to dwell in Heynault / in Braba~t / and in Arthoy&s;e / with their wyues and chyldren / and &s;o the&s;e gaun|toi&s;e dyde as they purpo&s;ed / &amp; dyd moche hurt in Flaunders. they lefte no gentylmans hou&s;e vnbrent or ca&s;t downe to the erthe. And thanne they came agayne to Marlle the erles how&s;e / and beate downe all that they had left &s;ta~dyng before. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they founde the cradell / wher|in the erle was kept in his youthe / and brake it all to peces. And a fayre bayne / wherin he was wont to be bayned. Al&s;o they beate downe the chapell and bare away the bell / and than they went to Bruges / where they founde Peter de Boy&s;e / &amp; Peter de Myrt / who dyd them great there / and gaue them great thanke of that they had doone. Than the&s;e rutters whan they had well refre&s;&s;hed them &s;elfe at Bruges / toke their way to the bridge of warue&s;ton / and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;e / and &s;o came before the towne of Ly&s;le / and beate downe certayne wyndmyls / and &s;et fyer of dyuers vyllages in Flaunders. Than there i&s;&s;ued out of Ly&s;le a fote &amp; a hor&s;|back / mo than four thou&s;ande / and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers of the flemynges &s;layne and taken / and beheded after at Ly&s;le. &amp; if they had bene well pur&s;ued there had &s;caked but a fewe. howe beit the&s;e rutters of Gaunt than entred in to Tour|ne&s;es / and dyd there moche hurt. and brent the towne of Helehyer / and other vyllages there a+bout / parteyning to the realme of Frau~ce. and than they returned with great ioy and proy / to the &s;iege of Andwarpe. Tydinges came to the duke of Burgoyn / who was as tha~ at Bapaul|mes in Arthoy&s;e / howe the gauntoy&s;e had pyl|led and ouerryn the cou~trey / and brent certayne vyllages in the realme of Frau~ce. Than incon+tynent the duke wrote to the kyng / who was at Campayne / and to the duke of Berrey his bro|ther / and to the duke of Burbon / &amp; to the kyng&abis; coun&s;ayle / to the entent that they &s;hulde fynde &s;ome remedy. and the duke of Burgoyn wolde nat / but y^t the flemynges had done as they dyd for than he thought well / that the erle of Flaun+ders &s;hulde be fayne to requyre the fre~che kyng to helpe and ayde him / or els he was neuer like|ly to entre in his herytage of Flaunders. And al&s;o / all thynges con&s;ydered / this warre &s;om|what di&s;plea&s;ed the duke of Burgoyne. for he was by the rea&s;on of his wyfe / after the deth of therle of Flau~ders / next heryterto Flaunders.</P>
<P>IN this &s;ea&s;on the erle of Flaunders was at Heden / and it was &s;hewed hym / howe the&s;e rutters of Gaunt had bene at Merlle / and beaten downe his how&s;e in the di&s;pyte of hym / and y^e chambre wherin he was borne. and al&s;o howe they had broken the fount wherin he was chri&s;tened. And al&s;o his armery and bayne all to broken / where with he was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / and had many ymaginacyons. for he &s;awe his countrey lo&s;t / and tourned agayn&s;t him / except Teremount and Andewarpe. And he coulde &s;e no recouery / without it were by the puy&s;&s;aunce of Frau~ce. Than he determyned / all thyng con+&s;ydered / that he wolde goo and &s;peke with his &s;onne in lawe / the duke of Burgoyn / who was as than at Bapaulmes / and &s;o to &s;hewe him all his be&s;ynes. and thervpon departed fro Hedyn and went to Arras / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re&s;ted two dayes. and the next day he went to Bapaulmes / and &s;o alyghted at the erles place / whiche as thanne was his owne. for he was erle of Arthoy&s;e / for the good lady his mother was deed. The duke of Burgoyn had great compa&s;&s;yon of the erle his father in lawe / and ryght&s;wetely dyd com|forte him / and &s;ayd. Sir: by the faythe that I owe to the kyng / I &s;hall ente~de to nothyng / but to helpe you / or els we &s;hall le&s;e all the remnant. for it is nat conuenyent / that &s;uch ra&s;kall as be nowe in Flaunders / &s;hulde be &s;uffred to rule a countrey. for by them chyualry and gentylnes myght be di&s;troyed / ye? and con&s;equentlye all chri&s;tendome. The erle was well recomforted in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the duke &s;ayd / he wolde helpe to ayde him. and &s;o than he departed and went to the cyte of Aras. All this &s;ea&s;on therle had in pri&s;on a two hu~dred men of dyuers good townes in Flaun|ders / who were hardly kept / they had nothyng but breed and water. and euery day it was &s;he|wed them / y^e they &s;hulde le&s;e their heedes. And whan the erle was retourned and come to Ar|ras / in y^e honour of god and of our lady / he cau+sed
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the~ all to be delyuered. for he &s;awe well / that all that was fortuned in Flau~ders / was nat by their meanes / nor they were nothyng gilty ther+of. And &s;o he made them to be &s;worne to be true and faythfull to him / and &s;o dyd gyue to eche of the~ golde and &s;yluer / to go to Ly&s;le and to Do|way / or whyder as they ly&s;t them &s;elfe / wherby therle dyd get great loue. And &s;o than he went to Heden.</P>
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<HEAD>Of the reque&s;t that the duke of Bur|goyne made to the frenche kyng / and why the kynge toke on hym to beare the flyenge harte. Cap. CCCC .v.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duke of Burgoyn for gate nat the couenaunt / that he made with his father in lawe / th erle of Flau~ders. And &s;oo he departed fro the towne of Bapaulmes / and with hym &s;ir Guy of Tre|moyle / and &s;ir John~ of Uyen / who was admy|rall of Fraunce / who dyd all his payne to com|fort the erle. And they two were chyefe of coun|&s;ayle with the duke. And &s;o the duke &amp; his com|pany came to &s;aynt Ly&s;e / where as the kynge was / and his two vncles with hym / the dukes of Berry and of Burbone. and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the duke of Burgoyn was receyued with great ioy / and he was demau~ded tydinges of Flaunders / and of the &s;iege of Andwarpe. and the duke an&s;we|red them right &s;agely / and &s;hewed all the ma|ter. And whan he &s;awe his tyme / he toke aparte the duke of Berrey / and &s;hewed hym howe the gauntoy&s;e full of pride / had done their deuoyre and payne / to di&s;troy all noblenes. And al&s;o he &s;hewed / howe they had brent and pylled on the realme of Fraunce / the which was a thyng pre|iudicyall / and to the confu&s;yon and &s;hame of the realme of Fraunce. &s;ayng howe it ought nat &s;o to be &s;uffered. Fayre brother quod the duke of Berrey / we wyll &s;peke with the kynge in this mater / we two are chyfe of his cou~&s;ayle. &s;o y^t if we enfourme the kyng therof / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is none &s;hall &s;ay agayn&s;t our ententes. Howe beit / to moue warre bytwene Fraunce and Flaunders / the whiche hath bene longe in peace. It behoueth that we haue &s;ome laufull tytell / and that the o|ther barones and lordes of Fraunce / be ioyned and agreed therto. or els &abper;aduenture we might be blamed / and beare all the faut / if it fortuned nat well. for the kyng is yonge / and euery man knoweth: that he wyll &s;oone agre to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we coun+&s;ayle him. If the mater do well / than well &s;hall come therof. And if any yuell come therby / we &s;hall than beare y^e charge / and be more blamed than any other: and good cau&s;e why. For eue|ry man &s;hall &s;ay / beholde yonder the kyng&abis; vn|cles / the duke of Berry and of Burgoyn / howe yuell they haue coun&s;ayle the kynge. they haue brought y^e realme of Frau~ce in to <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / where as it neded nat. wherfore dete brother I &s;ay / let vs call togyder / the moo&s;t parte of the prelates and nobles of the realme of Fraunce. and than let vs &s;hewe them all the mater / in the pre&s;ence of the kyng. to whom the matter per&s;onally tou+cheth / bycau&s;e of the herytage of Flau~ders. and &s;o therby we &s;hall here generally euery mannes wyll / and opinyon. ye &s;ay ryght well quod the duke of Burgoyne / and as ye haue deuy&s;ed / &s;o &s;hall it be done. And with tho&s;e &s;ame wordes / the kynge entred in to the &s;ame chambre / with an hauke on his hande / and &s;o he &s;pake merely to his vncles / &amp; &s;ayd. Amy fayre vncles / what mater is that ye &s;peke of: in &s;o great coun&s;ayle / I wolde gladly knowe it / if I myght. Sir &abquod; the duke of Berrey / ye may knowe it right well for it parteyneth greatly to you. Sir: beholde here your vncle y^e duke of Burgoyn / who com|playneth greatly of them of Flaunders. for the fal&s;e villayns of Flau~ders / hath put out of his herytage therle their naturall lorde / and all no|ble men. And as nowe: they lye at &s;iege before Andwarpe / with mo than a hu~dred thou&s;ande flemynges / wherin they haue be&s;ieged a great nombre of ge~tlemen. and the&s;e flemynges haue a capitayn / called Philyppe Dartuell / pure en+gly&s;&s;he in his courage. and he hath &s;worne / ne+uer to depart thens / tyll he haue his wyll of the towne / and of them that be within it. without &s;o be that your power of Frau~ce rey&s;e / hym fro the &s;iege / y^e which he hath re&s;arued in his othe. therfore &s;ir / how &s;ay you? wyll ye ayde your co+&s;yn of Flauuders / and conquere agayne his he+rytage / the whiche the&s;e proude villayns hath taken fro hym. By my faythe &abquod; the kyng fayre vncles / I haue great wyll therto. and for godd&abis; &s;ake let vs do it / I de&s;yre none other thyng / but to be armed. for as yet I neuer bare armure. it behoueth me / if I thynke to raygne in puy&s;&s;a~ce and honour / to lerne the feates of armes. the&s;e two dukes eche of the~ regarded other / and had great plea&s;ure of the kynges wordes. Than the
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duke of Berry &s;pake agayne and &s;ayd. Sir / ye haue &s;ayd pa&s;&s;ingly well: and thus to do &s;ir / ye are bounde for dyuers rea&s;ons. Sir the cou~ty of Flaunders / is of the demayne of Fraunce. &amp; ye haue &s;worne and we for you / to kepe &amp; mayn+teyne in their right all your liege men. and al&s;o &s;ir / therle of Flau~ders is your co&s;yn / wherfore ye ought to loue hym. And therfore &s;ir / &s;ythe ye be in this good mynde / kepe you &s;o &s;tyll: &amp; an|&s;were therafter / to euery per&s;on that &s;peketh to you therof. And &s;ir / we &s;hall a&s;&s;emble ha&s;tely y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> prelates and barones of your realme / and &s;hall &s;hewe the~ all the mater in your pre&s;ens. And &s;ir than if ye wyll &s;peke as hertely as ye do now to vs / than euery man wyll &s;ay / we haue a kynge of highe enterpri&s;e &amp; of noble wyll and corage. by my faithe &abquod; the kyng fayre vncles / I wolde we &s;hulde be redy to morowe next / to go to that iourney. for fro hen&s; forth / the grette&s;t plea&s;ure that I de&s;yre / is to go in to Flau~ders / to abate the pride of the flemynges. Of the whiche wor|des the two dukes had great ioye. than came to them the duke of Burbone &amp; they &s;hewed hym all the mater: as ye haue herde before. And of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great de&s;yre that the kyng had to go in to Flau~+ders / wherof y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burbon had great ioy. Thus the mater hanged in this e&s;tate. And the kyng and his vncles wrote letters to the lordes of the coun&s;ayle of Frau~ce. De&s;yring them / to come at a day a&s;&s;igned to Campyen / to a &abper;lya|ment that &s;hulde be <ABBR>ther</ABBR> holden / for certayne be+&s;yne&s;&s;e of the realme of Frau~ce. &amp; &s;o euery man obeyed as it was rea&s;on: &amp; the kyng was right gladde of that tidyng&abis;. His mynde was &s;o &s;ore therof / that no man coude &s;et hym therfro. And the kyng &s;ayd oft tymes / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was to gret delayes made in the mater. for he &s;ayd / that he thought / if one &s;hulde enterpri&s;e a great mater it &s;hulde nat be long delayed. for in the delay / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> enemyes take aduyce to their aduau~tage. And al&s;o whan the parels of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was layd to hym than wolde he an&s;were and &s;ay. ye / he that ne|uer enterpri&s;eth / lytell or no thynge atchyueth. Thus the yonge kyng oft tymes deuy&s;ed / with the knightes and &s;quyers of his chambre.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Nowe &s;hall I &s;hewe you a dreme / that fortuned to the king in the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on / whyle he lay at &s;aynt Ly&s;e: by occa&s;yon of whiche dreme / he orday|ned the deuy&s;e of the flyeng Hart / as I was than enformed. Ca. iiii. C .vi.</HEAD>
<P>IT fortuned whyle the kynge lay at &s;aynt Ly&s;e: on a night as he lay in his bedde a &s;lepe / he had a vi&s;yon. It &s;emed to hym pro&abper;ly that he was in the cyte of Aras / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he had neuer ben before / and with hym all the chiualry of the realme of Frau~ce. And he thought y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thy|der came to hym therle of Flaunders / &amp; dyd &s;et on his fi&s;t a fayre faucon pelerin / &s;ayeng to him thus. Sir / I gyue you this faucon / for the be&s;t that euer I &s;awe: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be&s;t flyeng &amp; beater downe of foules. Of whiche pre&s;ent / the kyng thought he had great ioye / &amp; &s;ayd. Fayre co&s;yn I tha~ke you. And therwith / he thought he regarded the con&s;table of Fraunce &s;ir Olyuer Cly&s;&s;on / and &s;ayd vnto hym. &s;ir Olyuer / let vs two go in to the feldes to proue this gentyll faucon / that my co&s;yn of Flau~ders hath gyuen me. And than he thought / the co~&s;table an&s;wered hym &amp; &s;ayd. &s;ir lette vs go whan it plea&s;eth you. and &s;o than he thought / that they toke their hor&s;es they two a|lone / and went in to the feldes: &amp; founde plentic of heerons to flye at. Than the kyng &s;ayd / con|&s;table / let the faucon flye / &amp; we &s;hall &s;e howe &s;he wyll cha&s;e her game. Than the co~&s;table ca&s;t of the faucon / &amp; &s;he mounted &s;o highe in to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ayre / that they coude &s;cant &s;e her. &amp; the kyng thought &s;he toke her way &s;treyght in to Flau~ders. than the kynge &s;ayd / lette vs ryde after my byrde / I wolde nat le&s;e her. and &s;o he thought they rode after / tyll they came to a great mary&s;e / and to a thicke wode. Than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng &s;ayd / let vs light a fote / for we can nat pa&s;&s;e this wode a hor&s; backe And &s;o they a lighted: and tha~ he thought that varlettes came to the~ and toke their hor&s;es. &amp; &s;o the kynge and the con&s;table entred in the wode with great payne / and traueyled &s;o long y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they came to a fayre great launde. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng thought / he &s;awe his faucon cha&s;yng herons / &amp; fightyng with them &amp; they with hym. And it &s;e+med to the kyng / that his faucon cha&s;ed &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he+rons / that at la&s;t he lo&s;t the &s;ight of her. Wher|with he thought he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / &s;eyng that he coude nat folowe his hauke. &amp; thought he &s;ayde to the con&s;table. A / I feare me I &s;hall le&s;e my faucon / wherof I am &s;orie. And I haue no lure nor nothynge els / wherwith to call her agayne. And at this poynt / the kynge thought that there apered &s;odenly before hym / a great Hart with wynges / and enclyned hym &s;elfe be|fore hym: wherof he had great ioye. &amp; thought howe he &s;ayd to the con&s;table. Sir / abyde you here / and I wyll mount on this Hart / and &s;o fo+lowe my faucon. And &s;o the kynge thought / he mounted on this flyeng Hart, and howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> hart
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acordyng at the kynges de&s;yre / dyde beare him ouer all the great wodes and trees. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;ame howe his faucon beate downe great plen|tie of foules / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was marueyle to beholde. And than it &s;emed to the kynge / whan his fau|con had long flyen and beaten downe many he+rons. Than he thought he called her / and inco~|tynent y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> faucon came and &s;at her downe on his fy&s;t. And than the Hart flewe agayne ouer the wodes / &amp; brought the kyng to the &s;ame launde / where as the co~&s;table taryed for hym: who had great ioye of his comynge. And a&s;&s;oone as he was a lyghted / he thought the Hart departed / and than neuer &s;awe hym after. and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the kyng thought howe he &s;hewed to the con&s;table howe that the Hart had borne hym ea&s;ly: he ne|uer rode &s;o ea&s;ly before. and al&s;o he thought he &s;hewed hym / of the bountie of his faucon. And therwith it &s;emed to hym / that his varlett&abis; ca~e to them and brought them their hor&s;es. And &s;o they mounted and toke the hyghe waye / and &s;o came agayne to Arras. And therwith the king awoke and had great marueyle of that vi&s;yon / And he remembred euery thynge therof ryght well / and &s;hewed it to them of his cha~bre / that were about hym. And the fygure of this Hart plea&s;ed hym &s;o moche / that all his ymaginaci|on was &s;et theron. And this was one of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fir&s;te incydentes / that whan he went in to Flau~ders to fight with the flemynges / he toke to his de|uy&s;e to beare the flyeng Hart.</P>
<P>PHilyppe Dartuell / for all his good <ABBR>ad|uentur</ABBR> at the begyuning of his batayle agayn&s;t them of Bruges / and for all the good fortune / that he had in the di&s;contyture of therle and of them of Bruges. yet for all that he was no &s;ubtyll man of warre / nother in &s;autyng nor layeng of &s;iege. For he had nat ben brought vp therin in his youthe / he had bene more v&s;ed to fi&s;&s;he with an angle rod in the riuer of Le&s;calt. The whiche well apered whyle he laye at &s;iege before And warpe / for he coude nat get y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne He thought by pre&s;umpcyon / that the &s;yght of hym &s;hulde haue made them of Andewarpe to haue yelded the~ to hym / but they were nothyng &s;o di&s;po&s;ed. For they bare them &s;elfe lyke valy|ant men / and made often tymes &s;crimy&s;&s;hes at the barryers / and &s;lewe and hurt dyuers of the flemyng&abis;: and drewe agayne in to their towne without any domage. And of &s;uche i&s;&s;ues La~|bert of Lambres and Try&s;tram his brother / &amp; the lorde of Lunelhyen bare the greatte&s;t reno~e The flemynges &s;awe well / howe the dykes of the towne were large and full of water / &s;o that they coude nat a &abpro;che to a&s;&s;atle it / but with mo|che payne &amp; danger. Than they determyned a+monge them &s;elfe to gette fagottes and &s;trawe / and &s;o to fyll the dykes to come to the walles / to fight hande to hande. And as they ordeyned &s;o it was done. Howe be it / they within made no count of the~ / and &s;ayd. that if <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were no trea+&s;on among the~ &s;elfe nor in the towne / they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> &s;et no thyng by the &s;iege that they &s;awe layde to them. And &s;o therfore &s;ir Danyell of Halwyn / who was capitayne there / to bring euery thyng out of doute / kept hym &s;elfe day and night euer aboue the~ of the towne. and he &s;o ordeyned that there was none of them of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne &s;hulde come on the walles of the towne / without co~pany of &s;ome of the men of <ABBR>warr:</ABBR> if they dyde / they lo&s;t their heed&abis; for their labours. this lay &s;tyll this &s;iege. the flemyng&abis; had great plenty of vitayls comyng to them by <ABBR>land</ABBR> and by water / for they were lordes of all the countrey of Flau~ders. for alwayes for wynning of money / the countreys of Flaunders / Holande / zelande / and Brabant / and al&s;o parte of Haynault by &s;telthe / brought euer vitayles to their hoo&s;t. This Philyp dar|tuell had euer his courage more engli&s;&s;he than french / and wolde gladly that he had ben alyed with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Englande. Wherby he thought that if the frenche kynge / or duke of Burgoyne came on him with an army / that he &s;hulde be ay+ded by the engly&s;&s;hmen. He had all redy in his hoo&s;t a. CC. archers of Englande / the whiche were &s;tolen out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gary&s;on of Calys / &amp; &s;o toke wages <ABBR>ther</ABBR> of him / and were wekely payed.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the me&s;&s;angers that Philyppe Dartuell &s;ent in to Englande and al|&s;o in to Fraunce / and of the deth of &s;ir Parducas Dalbret. Cap. iiii. C .vii.</HEAD>
<P>_PHilyp Dartuell / to the entent to coloure his dedes / &amp; to knowe what was &s;ayde of hym in Frau~ce. He deter|myned to write in the name of the hole countre of Flaun+ders / to the fre~che kyng. &s;ub+mytting them &s;elfe / &amp; requyring y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng to tak<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ome bu&s;ynes for the~: as to bring the~ agayne i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> to parfyte loue with their lorde the erle of Flau~|ders.
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So thus he wrote certayne letters to the kyage and to his coun&s;ayle / and delyuered the~ to a me&s;&s;anger. Commaundyng hym / to go to the kynge with the letters / and &s;o he dyde. And rode &s;o long / that he came to &s;aynt Ly&s;e / where he founde the kynge and his vncles / to whome he delyuered his letters. The kyng toke &amp; reed his letter / in y^e pre&s;ens of his vncles and of his coun&s;ayle. A&s;&s;oone as they were reed and well vnder&s;tande / they dyde nothynge but laughed therat. And than~e it was ordayned / to take the me&s;&s;anger / and to &s;et hym in pri&s;on / bycau&s;e he was come to the pre&s;ens of the kyng / w^tout any &s;aue conduct. &amp; &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he remayned more than thre wekes. Whan Philyppe Dartuell knewe it / he had great indygnacion therat / and cau|&s;ed to come before hym all the capitayns of the hoo&s;t / and than he &s;ayd to them. Sirs: ye may &s;e what honour the frenche kynge dothe to vs / &s;ythe we haue written to hym &s;o amyably, and ther vpon he hath recayned our me&s;&s;enger / and kepeth hym in pri&s;on. Certainly this con&s;trey / neth vs &s;ore / to be alyed with the engli&s;&s;hmen. for thynke nat the contrary / but that the duke of Burgoyne / who is all in Fraunce. and leadeth the kyng there as he ly&s;t hym &s;elfe / for the kyng is but a chylde. thynke you y^t he wyll leaue this mater as it is: nay &s;urly&punc; en&s;ample by our me&s;|&s;anger / whome he kepeth in pri&s;one. Wherfore we haue good cau&s;e to &s;ende in to <ABBR>England</ABBR> / as wel for the comon weale of Flau~ders / as for our &s;uretye / and to gyue dout and feare to our ene|myes. Therfore I wolde we &s;hulde &s;ende a ten or .xii. of the mo&s;t notable&s;t of our men / wherby the knowledge therof might come in to Frau~ce &s;o that the kyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> and his coun&s;ayle / &s;hulde thynke / how we wyll alye our &s;elfe with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Englande / their aduer&s;ary. how beit I wyll nat that the &s;ame alyance be &s;hortly made with+out we haue more nede / thanne we haue as yet. but I wolde our men &s;hulde entre in to a com|municacyon / and &s;o to doo we haue iu&s;t cau&s;e. and to demaunde of the kyng of Englande the &s;o~me of two hu~dred thou&s;ande crownes / which &s;omme / Jaques Dartuell my father / and the countrey of Flau~ders. lent &s;omtyme to y^e kyng of Englande / whyle he was before Tourney at the &s;iege / to pay therwith his &s;owdyers. and &s;o I wolde our men &s;hulde &s;ay to the kyng of En|glande and to his vncles / and to his coun&s;ayle. howe that generally / all the countye of Flaun|ders / and the good townes therof &s;uche as lent the &s;ayd so~me / de&s;yreth to haue agayn the &s;ayd &s;o~me. And &s;o that done / than to offre the kynge of <ABBR>England</ABBR> to enter into Flaunders / and &s;o in+to Frau~ce if he ly&s;t. For &s;urely I thynke it were bett for vs to ayde our&s;elfe with our owne / than to haue helpe of &s;traungers. And I thynke / we &s;hall neuer attayne to it / &s;oner than nowe. for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge and realme of Englande / I thynke wyll nat for&s;ake the alyau~ce / of &s;uche a cou~tre as fla~+ders is nowe. For as nowe / the~gly&s;&s;hmen haue nat on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ee co&s;t / bytwene Burdeux &amp; Sclu&s;e. Except Calys / Chierburge / and Bre&s;t: where for to lande and entre in to Fraunce. Therfore the countre of Flaunders / &s;hulde &s;erue the~ well at the poynt. For Bretayne except Bre&s;t / is clo|&s;ed agayn&s;t them. And the duke of Bretaygne hath &s;worne to be good french. And if he be nat he wyll co~e therto / bycau&s;e of the loue of his co|&s;yn germayne / therle of Flaunders. Than all they that herde Philyp &s;peke / an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd. Philyp / ye haue full well &s;poken: &amp; we all wyll that it be thus done. For who&s;oeuer wyll the co~+trary / loueth nat the comon &abpro;fyte of Fau~ders.</P>
<P>Philyp Dartuell taryed nat long / but that he wrote to Peter de Boy&s;e &amp; to Peter de myrt who were capitayns of Brug&abis;. And al&s;o to the~ of Ipre and Courtrey: &s;hewyng them his &s;aid purpo&s;e. And all they thought it good / &s;o to be done. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were cho&s;en of the good townes of Flaunders / one or two burge&s;&s;es of euery towne / and out of the towne of Gau~t&s;ixe. Fir&s;t there was cho&s;en / Frau~ces Atreman &amp; Ra&s;e de Uerdell / Loys de vaux / &s;ir John~ &s;totler / Mar+tyn bondrell / water iacob berner / and a clerke who was cho&s;en to be by&s;&s;hop of Gau~t by pope Urbane. For may&s;ter John~ dalbre&s;t / who had ben deane of our lady church in Turney / he ad+uy&s;ed in his tyme / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hulde be a bi&s;&s;hop in Gaunt. And to po&s;&s;es &amp; haue the profytes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the by&s;&s;hop of Turney &s;hulde haue had. and &s;o whan the&s;e .xii. burge&s;&s;es were redy aparelled / they toke their leaue and departed fro the &s;iege before And warpe / about the begynning of the moneth of July. And dyde &s;o moche / that they came to Calais: and the capitayne <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / called &s;ir Johan Dalbrenes receyued the~. And whan he knewe that they wolde go into Engla~de / he purueyed them of &s;hyppes. And &s;o they taryed there but thre dayes / &amp; toke their pa&s;&s;age &amp; ary|ued at Douer / and &s;o went to Lo~don. at which tyme the kyng &amp; &abper;te of his cou~&s;ayle: as &abser; Johh~ mo~tagu / &abser; Symon burle / &amp; &s;ir Willm~ beacha~p were at We&s;tm~. To enheryte &abser; Perducas dal|bret / of all the barony of Chaumont in ga&s;cone the which was as than / in the kynges hand&abis;. I
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&s;hall &s;hewe you by what maner. king Edward of olde tyme / had gyuen it to &s;ir Johan Chan|dos / and he helde it as long as he lyu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">: &amp; after his dethe / it was gyuen to <ABBR>sc</ABBR> Thomas Felton. And he was as than newly deed. and &s;o 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 y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> landes of the lorde Dalbret / who as than~e was good frenche. Than it was abuy&s;ed / by the kyng of Englandes coun&s;ayle / that &s;ir Perducas Dal+bret / who had well &s;erued y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynges of Engla~d / bothe Edwarde / Richarde / and the prince: and all the countre of Burdeloy&s;e / more than .xxx. <ABBR>yer.</ABBR> wherfore it was thought / he was well wor+thy to haue that lande / and was well able to de|fende &amp; kepe it fro all men. Sir Perducas dal|bret / whan he receyued this la~des. He &s;ayd vn|to the kyng / in the pre&s;ens of his cou~&s;ayle / and other noble men. &s;ir / I take and receyue this herytage / to me and to myne heyres / on the con+dycion to &s;erue you agayn&s;t all men: except the hou&s;e of Dalbret / fro whens I am come. For a+gayn&s;t them &s;hall I neuer make warre / if they &s;uffre myne heritage to be in re&s;t and peace. the kyng an&s;wered and &s;ayd: he was content. And &s;o put hym in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the lande.</P>
<P>Nowe &s;hall I &s;hewe you / what fell of this Parducas Dalbret. Whan he was come in to Ga&s;coyne / and had taken po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the lan|des / and the &s;ene&s;hall of Burdeloy&s;e / had gy|uen hym po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon. Than the lorde Dalbret had great ioy therof / for he thought well than / that his co&s;yn wolde make hym no <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> landes of Dalbret and Chaumont / abode in good loue &amp; re&s;t. And the lorde Dalbret <ABBR>held</ABBR> in great loue his co&s;yn / for he hoped euer / after his dy&s;&s;ea&s;e / he wolde put hym in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;yon of the &s;ayde landes of Chaumounte. But this &s;ir Parducas / was nat &s;o mynded. for at la&s;t whan he lay on his deth bed / and that he &s;awe he mu&s;t nedes dye. he called before him all his men / and dyd &s;e~de for a yong &s;quier of his / a proper man of armes: called Parduche / and &s;ayd to him. I gyue the here in the pre&s;ence of all my men / all the land&abis; of Chaumo~t / &s;o thou be euer good en|gly&s;&s;he: and true &amp; faythfull to the kyng of En+glande. but I wyll y^t the hou&s;e of Dalbert / out of the whiche we become / that thou make there agayn&s;t no warre / w^tout they do &s;ome outrage to the. The &s;quier an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd. &s;ir / your co~+mau~dement &s;halbe done. this Perduche of Al|bert was lorde of Chaumo~t in ga&s;cone. &amp; thus dyed &s;ir &abper;ducas / I can &s;hewe no more of hym.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the kyng of Englandes cou~+&s;ayle mocked the flemynges / and of the pri&s;oners that were exchaunged. Cap. CCCC .viii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the&s;e gauntoy&s;e were come to London / the kynge &amp; his coun&s;ayle was certifyed therof. &amp; &s;o he &s;ent to them / to knowe what they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> haue. and &s;o they came all in a company to the palays of We&s;tmyn&s;ter and there they founde redy the duke of Lanca|&s;tre / the erle of Buckyngham / therle of Sali&s;|bury / and the moo&s;t parte of the kynges coun+&s;ayle. Howe be it / the kynge was nat pre&s;ent at their fir&s;t comynge. The&s;e men of Flaunders and of Gaunte / enclyned them to the lordes of Englande. and than the clerke that was cho&s;en by&s;&s;hop of Gau~t / &s;pake for them all / and &s;ayde. My lordes / we become hyder / and &s;ent fro the towne of Gaunt / &amp; fro the hole countre of flaun+ders. To haue coun&s;ayle / confort / and ayde of the kyng of Engla~de. Upon certayne artycles and good rea&s;ons / of the au~cyent alyau~ces / by+twene Englande and Flau~ders. They de&s;yre nowe to renewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame. for it is nowe nedefull to the cou~tre of Flau~ders / the which is as now without a lorde. The good townes and the cou~+tre / hath as nowe but a gouernour / the whiche is a man called Philyp Dartuell. who recom|maundeth hym principally to the kyng / and to you all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> be of his coun&s;ayle. &amp; he de&s;yreth you to take in gre / this offre that we &s;hall make to you. And that is / whan &s;oeuer it &s;hall plea&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kynge of Englande / to arryue in Flaunders / he &s;hall fynde the countre opyn to receyue him / And there to re&s;t and refre&s;&s;he hym / as longe as it &s;hall plea&s;e hym. And al&s;o / he &s;hall haue at his commaundement / of the countre of flau~+ders / a hundred thou&s;ande men armed redy to do hym &s;eruyce. Moreouer my lordes / the cou~|tre of Flaunders / maketh one reque&s;t / and that is this. To haue agayne / two hundred thou|&s;ande crownes / that &s;omtyme Jakes Dartuell and the good townes of Flau~ders / lent to king Edwarde of good memorie. At the &s;ege of tur|ney / and at the &s;iege of Calais. For it is the en+tencyon of the good townes of Flau~ders / that or this alyau~ce pa&s;&s;e any farther / to be fir&s;t re|payed of this &s;ayd &s;om. And that done / than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> king of England &amp; all his / may well &s;ay / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &amp; the flemyng&abis; are frendes togyder. and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they haue fre entre into Flaunders / to go where as
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it &s;hall plea&s;e them. And whan the lordes of En+glande herde tho&s;e wordes and reque&s;t / they be+gan eche of the~ to regarde other: and &s;ome &s;my+led. Than the duke of La~ca&s;tre sayd. Fayre lor+des of Flau~ders / your wordes and demaunde requyreth to haue cou~&s;ayle. Go your wayes to London to your logynges / and the kyng &s;hall take aduy&s;e on your reque&s;tes: and &s;hall &s;o an+&s;were you / that ye ought to be contente. The gauntoy&s;e an&s;wered and &s;ayd. God graunt it. and &s;o they departed fro the coun&s;ayle / and the lordes abode &s;tyll to guyder: &amp; began to laughe amonge them &s;elfe / and &s;ayd. Haue ye nat &s;ene the&s;e fleminges / and herde their reque&s;tes that they make. They demande to be conforted / &amp; &s;ay / howe they haue nede therof. and yet for all that / they demaunde to haue our money. It is no re&s;onable reque&s;t / that we &s;hulde both ayde and pay. So thus they reputed the flemynges right proude and pre&s;umptuous &punc; to demau~de to haue agayne / two hundred thou&s;ande crow|nes: of &s;o olde dette (as they &s;ayd) of a .xl. yere pa&s;te. There was neuer a better poynt for the frenche kyng / if he wyll / than to come into flau~+ders. For if the flemynges had nat as than / de|maunded the fore&s;ayd &s;omme of crownes / but haue de&s;yred the kyng of his confort and ayde. The kyng wolde haue gone or &s;ent into Flau~|ders / &s;o pui&s;&s;auntlye: to haue bydden batayle (with the ayde of the flemynges) to any prince of the worlde. But it wente otherwy&s;e: as ye &s;hall herafter in the &s;torie.</P>
<P>UIdynges came into Fraunce to the cou~+&s;ayle there. Nowe that Philyp Dart|well (who&s;e courage was all engly&s;&s;he) and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> countre of Flaunders / had &s;ent in to Englande certayne of their men / to make aly au~ces with thengly&s;&s;hmen. And the voyce ran / and the co|mon renome: that the kyng of Englande with a great pui&s;&s;au~ce / &s;hulde come in that &s;ea&s;on &amp; aryue in Flau~ders &punc; and to lye in Gaunt. the&s;e tidinges were lightly to be beleued / howe that the flemynges wolde fortify them &s;elfe &punc; in &s;ome maner awy&s;e. Than it was deuy&s;ed / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the me&s;+&s;anger that was come fro Philyppe Dartuell / who~e they helde in prison &punc; &s;hulde be delyuered. And to &s;ay the trouthe / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no cau&s;e why to retayne hym. &s;o he was delyuered / &amp; &s;ent to tho&s;t before And warpe. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on they of Bruge&punc; had taken certayn burge&s;&s;es of tur+ney / and kept the~ in pri&s;on. The flemynges &s;he wed well / howe they had as lyue haue warre w^t Frau~ce as peace. And whan they of Tourney / &s;awe that they dyde &s;o moche &punc; than they atrap|ped / and toke certayne burge&s;&s;es of Courtrey and &s;o kept them in pri&s;on in Tourney. Thus <ABBR>ther</ABBR> engendred hatred dayly / bytwene Frau~ce and Flau~ders. howbeit the lordes of Tourney wolde nat that their dede / &s;hulde be a tytell of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to the flemynges / who were their neigh|bours / without it were by the co~mau~dement of the frenche kyng. The whiche co~maundement they had nat as than. Therefore they deuy&s;ed to &s;ende two of their burge&s;&s;es to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> flemynges / &amp; to haue in e&s;change / pri&s;oners for pri&s;oners. &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was cho&s;en to go on this me&s;&s;age / Johan Bone and John~ Pycart. And &s;o they wente to thoo&s;t before And warpe / and &s;pake with Phi|lyp dartuell. Who for the honour of the cytie of Tourney / and nat for loue of the frenche kyng (as he &s;ayd) welcomed: and receyued the~ amy|ably. For Philyp &s;ayd: howe the kyng had nat de&s;erued their loue. Whan that their me&s;&s;a~ger &s;ent to hym for a good entent / &s;hulde be put in pri&s;on. &s;ir &abquod; the two burge&s;&s;es. ye haue agayn your me&s;&s;a~ger. That is true &abquod; Philyp / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was more for feare than for loue. But &s;irs / tell me wherefore ye become to vs. &s;ir &abquod; the burge&s;+&s;es / it is to haue agayne our men of the cytie of Tourney / that be in pri&s;on at Bruges. A &s;irs &abquod; Philyp / if they kepe them / in lyke wi&s;e / &s;o do ye kepe of our men of Cortrey. but &s;irs / ye &s;hall nat le&s;e your comyng. Rendre agayne ours / &amp; we &s;hall rendre yours. &s;ir &abquod; they / ye &s;peke well and &s;o &s;hall it be done. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they were acor+ded to make this e&s;change. and &s;o Philyp dart well wrote to Peter de Boy&s;e and to Peter de Myrt / beyng at Bruges: that they &s;hulde dely+uer the pri&s;oners of Tourney / &amp; to receyue for them the pri&s;oners of Courtrey. And &s;o whan they de&abper;ted / Philyp Dartuell &s;ayd to the~. &s;irs / take hede what I &s;ay / I wyll nat betray you. ye be of the towne of Turney / the which is vnder the frenche kyng / with whom we wyll haue no treatie / vntyll the &s;ea&s;on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Teremonde &amp; And|warpe be opyned to vs. Therfore &s;irs / come no more to vs / for they that do / &s;hall nat go home a+gayne. Therfore co~&s;trayne your people &amp; mar|chaunt&abis; / nother to come nor go in to Flau~ders. &amp; they do on their ieo&abper;dy. For we loke for none other thyng / but that the frenche kyng wyll co~e and make vs warre. The burge&s;&s;es of Tour|ney vnder&s;tode well tho&s;e word&abis; / &amp; &s;o de&abper;ted &amp; returned to <ABBR>Turner:</ABBR> &amp; &s;hewed as ye haue herd before. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was made a co~mau~deme~t / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> non &s;hulde go a marchandi&s;e in to flau~ders. on payne / to be in the indygnacyon of the frenche
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kyng. and &s;o the pri&s;oners were delyuered but they of Tourney dur&s;t nat marchau~dy&s;e with them of Flau~ders. But whan they wolde haue any marchau~dy&s;e of Fla~ders: than they wolde go to Ualencennes. For they of Heynaulte / of Holande / of zelande / of Brabant / and of Liege might go and come / and make their marchau~|dy&s;e through all Flaunders. &para; Thus the &s;ege laye &s;tyll before Andwarpe. Philyp Dartuell and they of Gaunt / lay on the mount of Ande|warpe / on the &s;yde towarde Heynalte. &amp; there were his engyns / and great bombardes &amp; gon+nes: The whiche made &s;uche noy&s;e whan they were lo&s;ed / that the noy&s;e therof &punc; might well be herde &s;ixe leages of. and next were lodged they of Bruges / beyonde the ryuer of Le&s;calt. And next them: they of Ipre / of Courtrey / of Pro|prigne / of Ca&s;&s;ell / and of the franke of Bruges &s;o that they vyroned rounde aboute the towne. Thus the towne was enuyroned. And the fle~|mynges thought by this &s;iege / to famyne them within. And &s;omtyme they within wolde y&s;&s;ue out / &amp; &s;omtyme wan and &s;omtyme lo&s;t / as aue~|ture falleth often tymes in &s;uche ca&s;es. but <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none a&s;&s;aut made. for Philyppe dartuell wolde nat foli&s;&s;hely aduenture his men / for he &s;ayd: he wolde haue them without any a&s;&s;aut. Seyng / howe they coude haue no conforte fro any parte. A byrde coude &s;cant haue flyen in to the towne / but that &s;ome of the ho&s;t &s;hulde haue &s;ene her. It was &s;o &s;et rounde about.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Letters &s;ent to Philyp dartuell fro the co~my&s;&s;aries of the frenche kyng. And howe the me&s;&s;angers that bare the letters / were taken and &s;et in pri|&s;one. Cap. CCCC .ix.</HEAD>
<P>_NOwe let vs retourne to the french kyng. His vn|cles &amp; the cou~&s;ayle of Fra~ce detmyned to &s;ende to Tur|ney / certayne prelates and knyghtes of the realme / to treate with the flemynges / and to knowe more playnly their ente~tes. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were apoynted to go to Tourney / &s;ir My+les of Ormayns by&s;&s;hop of Beauuoys / the by&s;&s;hop of Anxere / the by&s;&s;hop of Lan / &s;ir Guy of Honcourt / and &s;ir Try&s;tram de boy&s;e. And &s;o all the&s;e came to Tourney / as co~my&s;&s;aries fro the frenche kynge. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was Johan Bone enfant and John~ Pycart / who were newly co~e thyder / fro the &s;ege before Andwarpe. and they &s;hewed to the&s;e co~my&s;&s;aries and lord&abis; of Fra~ce howe that Philyppe Dartuell / whan they toke their leaue of hym / &s;ayd to them. &s;irs / we wyll neuer harken to any treatie / tyll And warp and Teremonde be to vs opyned. Well &abquod; the&s;e lor|des / Philyp Dartuellis of great pride. how be+it / yet he is nat may&s;ter of all the good townes in Flaunders. Therfore / let vs &s;ende &amp; write to Gaunte / to Bruges / and to Ipre: &amp; let vs &s;ende to euery towne a letter &amp; a me&s;&s;anger. We mu&s;t haue &s;ome maner of entre of comunycacion / yf we purpo&s;e to begyn. Than they wrote thre let+ters to the thre pricipall townes of Flau~ders / &amp; in euery lr~e / they began euer with Philyp dart well the co~tent of the &s;ayd letts here foloweth.</P>
<P>TO Philyppe Dartuell and to his co~pa|nyes / and to the good people of the thre townes of Flau~ders / and to the franke of Bru|ges. Plea&s;e it you to knowe / that the fre~ch king hath &s;ent vs into the&s;e parties. In hope y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> good peace and concorde may be made / bytwene the noble prince therle of Flau~ders his co&s;yn / &amp; the comors of the countre of Flau~ders. For the re|nome and brute rynncth / Howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye go about / to &s;eke alyau~ce with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Englande. Whi+che thyng is agayn&s;t rea&s;on / &amp; to the preiudice of the realme of Frau~ce / &amp; of the crowne royall the which the kyng may in no wy&s;e &s;uffre. wher|fore we de&s;yre you / in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> name of the fre~ch kyng / that ye wyll gyue vs &s;aueco~duct. To the~tent y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we may go and co~e / and &s;ende in &amp; out to make the peace. And to bring the mater to &s;uche a co~|clu&s;yon / that the kyng may be co~tent. Prayeng you / to write to vs an an&s;were of your ententes in this behalfe. And thus oure lorde kepe you. Written at Tourney / the .xvi. day of Octobre.</P>
<P>Whan the&s;e thre letters co~teyning one thing were writen and &s;ealed / they were delyuered to thre men. And it was &s;ayde to them. <ABBR>ss</ABBR> / ye &s;hall go to Gau~t / ye to Bruges / and ye to Ipre. And bring vs agayne an an&s;were. they an&s;wered it &s;hulde be done / &amp; &s;o they de&abper;ted euery man his way. And whan the one of the~ aryued at Gau~t / Philyp dartuell was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the &s;ame tyme / or els they of Gau~t / wolde nat haue opyned the letter without hym. &amp; &s;o he opyned y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> letter &amp; reed it / &amp; whan he had done he laughed therat. &amp; &s;o dep|ted fro Gau~t / &amp; returned to the &s;ege before And+warp &amp; bare the lr~e with hym / but the me&s;&s;a~ger
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abode &s;tyll in pri&s;one in Gaunte. And whan he was come to the &s;iege / he called to him the lorde of Har&s;els / &amp; other of his co~panyons: and reed to them the letter / &s;ende fro the frenche kynges commy&s;&s;aries: and &s;ayd. Sirs / me thynke the frenchmen do but tryfell with me / and with the countre of Flau~ders. I &s;ayd or this to the bur|ge&s;&s;es of Turney / whan they were here before me. That I wolde here no tidyng&abis; out of Frau~+ce / nor entende no no treatie: W^tout And warpe and Teremonde were yelden to vs. and ther|with came tydinges to them fro Bruges / and fro I pre / howe they had receyued lyke letters / and the me&s;&s;engers retayned and &s;et in pri&s;on. that is well &s;ayde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Philyp / and than he &s;ayd: howe he wolde write agayne to the commy&s;&s;a|ries of Frau~ce / and &s;o he dyd. He wrote on the &s;u&abper;&s;cripcyon. To the ryght noble and di&s;crete lordes / co~my&s;&s;aries of Fraunce / the content of whiche letter foloweth.</P>
<P>RIght dere and pui&s;&s;aunt lordes / to your right noble di&s;cre&s;&s;yons. plea&s;e it you to knowe / that we haue receyued right amiably / the letters to vs &s;ent&punc; fro y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryght excellent Char+les of Frau~ce. Makyng mencyon / how that ye ryght noble lordes ar come to Tournay / for to treat for peace and <ABBR>acord</ABBR> in his name. bytwene vs / and the ryght hygh prince the erle of Flaun+ders / and his &s;ayd countrey. And howe that ye haue / by the &s;ayd kyng and his coun&s;ayle: &s;uffy+cyent puy&s;&s;ance and authorite / to conclude and acomply&s;&s;h. as they of Tourney our right dere and good fre~des beare wytnes / by their letters pate~tes: by vs &s;ene and reed. And bycau&s;e that the kynge writeth: that it is ryght di&s;ple&s;aunt to hym / that the di&s;corde hath &s;o long endured. Wherof we haue great marueyle / howe it may be. for in tyme pa&s;t: whan Gaunt was a&s;&s;y&s;ed / And warpe was of lytle <ABBR>valur.</ABBR> And al&s;o / whan that we by the comon&punc; cou~&s;ayle of the thre good townes of Flau~ders / wrote vnto him as to our &s;ouerayne lorde / to haue made peace &amp; accorde. and as than / it plea&s;ed him nat &s;o to do / the whi+che nowe &s;emeth to vs he wolde do. and al&s;o in lyke maner: we haue receyued letters patentes co~teyning / howe that two tymes ye haue writ|ten to vs / and that ye haue come two tymes for the &s;ame ententes. But acordyng to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> an&s;were we haue &s;ent you or this / that we haue no wyll nor ente~t to harken to any treaty of peace. with out the townes and fortre&s;&s;es / whiche be clo&s;ed agayn&s;t the countrey of Flaunders / and &s;pecy|ally agayn&s;t the towne of Gau~t. Wherof we be <ABBR>regard</ABBR> / be opyned at our wyll / and at the com|mau~dement of the good towne of Gaunt. And W^tout this be fir&s;t done / we can make no treatie as ye de&s;yre. For we thynke the king dothe and may do a&s;&s;emble great puy&s;&s;aunce / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ayde of his co&s;yn in the colour of this treatie. For we &s;e well / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> fal&s; hed may be wrought in the meane tyme / as there hath ben done or this. Wherfore our entencyon is / to be &s;ure and redy at our de|fence. Our hoo&s;t &s;hall be redy apparelled to de|fende our enemyes: for we hope by the ayde of god / to haue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> vyctorie / as we haue had or this tyme. Moreouer / we gyue you knowledge: that the brute is. Howe ye thynke / that we of Flaun+ders treate / to haue alyaunce with the kynge of Englande: and to haue &s;ocoure of hym. Wher|in ye &s;aye / we do agayn&s;t right / bycau&s;e we be &s;ubiectes to the crowne of Fraunce. And howe that the kynge there / is our &s;oueraygne lorde. Wherfore ye &s;ay / we ought to aquyte vs truely agayn&s;t hym. And &s;o we haue done or this / for in tyme pa&s;t / we haue &s;ende to hym our letters / as to our &s;oueraygne lorde / requyring hym to haue made our peace: whervnto he hath gyuen vs none an&s;were / but our me&s;&s;a~ger taken and &s;ette in pri&s;one. The whiche we thynke a great blame in &s;uche a lorde. And moreouer / yet we repute in hym more blame / in that we wrote to hym / as to our &s;ouerayne lorde: and he nat wyl+lynge to &s;ende vs an aun&s;were&punc; And bycau&s;e it plea&s;eth hym nat &s;o to do. We thought and yet thynke / to &s;eke for the profyte of the countrey of Flau~ders / by &s;ome other meanes / and to &s;uche as wyll helpe vs. Howe beit / as yet there is no|thynge: but that the kyng may helpe all the ma+ter / &s;o that the fortere&s;&s;es be opyned to vs. And therfore / we defended them of Tourney / whan they were la&s;te with vs in oure hoo&s;t / that they &s;hulde nomore come in &s;uche maner to vs / with any maner of letters or crede~ce by mouth / with+out &s;aueco~duct. And yet for all that / they be co~e to Bruges &amp; to Gaunt with other letters. wher+fore we haue taken the me&s;&s;angers / in gyueng en&s;ample to other / to bringe any &s;uche letters. For we thynke ye &s;tudy &s;ome trea&s;on / and &s;pe|cially agayn&s;t me Philyppe Dartuell / fro the whiche god defende me. Wherfore / we wyll ye knowe / that your traueyle is for nought / with|out &s;o be the fortre&s;&s;es be opyned to vs: the whi+che we tru&s;t by the ayde of god &s;hortely &s;halbe. And thus God kepe you / written before Ande|warpe / the .xx. day of Octobre. The yere of our lorde god / a thou&s;ande thre hundred .lxii. By Philyp Dartuell regarde of Flaunders.</P>
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Whan Philyppe Dartuell had thus writen his letter / by the aduyce of his coun&s;ayle / &amp; had well examyned it / and &s;o &s;ealed it: than he be|thought hym who &s;hulde beare it. &amp; &s;o demaun+ded / if there were no pri&s;oner taken before And+warpe. and it was &s;hewed him / how there was a varlet of Arthoy&s;e / taken the day before at a &s;crimy&s;&s;he. than he co~maunded / that he &s;hulde be brought before hym / and &s;o he was. Than Philyppe &s;ayde / thou art my pri&s;oner / I may make the to dye and I wyll. howbeit / &s;yth thou art here / thou &s;halte be delyuered / vpon coue|naunt on thy faythe. y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thou &s;halt delyuer &s;uche letters as I &s;hall take the: to the french kynges coun&s;ayle / nowe being at Tourney. And whan the varlet harde &s;pekyng of his delyueraunce / he was neuer &s;o ioyou&s;e / for he went verely to haue dyed / and &s;ayd. &s;ir: I &s;were to you by my faithe / that I &s;hall beare your letter / whyder it &s;hall plea&s;e you / &amp; if it be into hell. Than Phy|lyp began to laughe. and &s;ayd: thou &s;aye&s;t well and &s;o Philyppe gaue hym two crownes / and delyuered hym the letter / and cau&s;ed hym to be conueyed out of the hoo&s;t / and &s;et in the way to Turney. And whan he ca~e to Turney he went to the lodgynge of the by&s;&s;hoppe of Laon / and &s;o he came before the by&s;&s;hop / and dyd his me&s;|&s;age / fro poynt to poynt. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was demau~+ded of hym tydinges / of the hoo&s;t before And|warpe / and he &s;hewed as moche as he knewe / and &s;o dyned there. And after dyner y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by&s;&s;hop departed to his company / and wolde nat open the letter / tyll they were pre&s;ent. And whan the thre by&s;&s;hoppes were all togyder / they opyned the letter / and redde it at good ley&s;er / and made due examynacion therof. Than they &s;pake to+gyder / and &s;ayde: howe that Philyp Dartuell by that he &s;hewed / was full of pride &amp; pre&s;ump|cion. and &s;ayd / howe that he loued but lytle the maie&s;te royall of Frau~ce. And &s;o toke cou~&s;ayle togyder / and &s;ayd: howe that the Prouo&s;t and cou~&s;ayle of the towne of Turney. knewe right well / howe they had &s;ent letters to Philyp Dar+tuell / &amp; to the other townes of Flaunders. wher+fore they &s;ayd: it &s;hulde be well done / that they <ABBR>shuld</ABBR> here the an&s;were that Philyp had made. And &s;o &s;ent for the prouo&s;t / and &s;owned the co|mon bell / and all the coun&s;ayle drewe togyder. and than before the~ all the letter was red two or thre dtymes. The wy&s;e men ha great marueyle of the pre&s;u~ptuous wordes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were therin writ|ten. &amp; &s;o it was determyned that a copy of the let+ter &s;hulde remayne &s;tyll in Turney. &amp; therwith the cou~&s;ayle de&abper;ted / euery man to his logyng.</P>
<P>PHilyp Dartuell / beyng &s;tyll in the hoo&s;t before And warpe. repe~ted him nothyng of that he had writen &s;o roughly to the comy&s;&s;a+ryes of Frau~ce. but he repented hym / in that he had written &s;o amiable / to the &abpro;uo&s;t &amp; the~ of tur+ney. &s;he wyng them honour / by way of di&s;&s;ymu+lacion. but he dyd it / bicau&s;e he <ABBR>wold</ABBR> nat beare all the blame / nor nori&s;&s;he all the hate y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> myght fall therby. So thus Philyppe wrote to them in maner as foloweth. And the &s;uper&s;cripcyon was. To y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> right honorable and &s;age / our dere frendes / the prouo&s;t and cytezins of Tourney.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the letters &s;ent to Tourney fro Philyp Dartuell. and howe the fre~ch kynge and his coun&s;ayle / were enfor+med of the an&s;wers that the flemyn|ges had made to the comy&s;&s;aries. Cap. CCCC .x.</HEAD>
<P>_RIght dere and good fre~|des. Plea&s;e it you to knowe that we haue receyued your letters. makynge mencyon of .ii. of your burge&s;&s;es / and yuell bearers of letters / to Gaunt and to Bruges / fro the comi&s;&s;aryes of Fraunce / who be retayned by vs. &amp; at your reque&s;tes to be delyuered out of pri&s;one. wherby the good loue and affectyon that hath bene / bytwene you and the comons of Flau~ders / &s;hulde perceyuer as ye write. the whiche loue right dere frendes: &s;emythe to vs to be ryght lytell. For it is come to our know|ledge / that the frenche kynge / and the dukes of Burgoyne and of Brytayne / a&s;&s;embleth them togyder / to come &amp; ayde the erle of Flaunders. and to recouer his countrey / and to fyght with vs (for all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> letters that ye haue &s;ent vs. to treat for peace) Wherfore / we thynke this no way to treat for peace. But we &s;hall take hede therof / and are redy &amp; &s;halbe / euer at our defence / day and nyght. And as for the pri&s;oners your bur|ge&s;&s;es / we &s;hall kepe the~ with vs: tyll we know the certe~tie of the a&s;&s;e~bles of the&s;e &s;aid lordes / &amp; tyll it be our plea&s;ure to delyuer the~. For whan your burge&s;&s;es were la&s;t in Fladu~ers / to treat for peace. ye knowe well / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was ordeyned and co~maunded / that no per&s;on fro then&s; for the
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with letters nor otherwy&s;e / &s;hulde go nor come without &s;aueco~ducte. &amp; the&s;e &s;ayd comy&s;&s;aries haue done the contrary / to thentent to make de+bate and dy&s;corde. Wherfore dere frendes / we de&s;yre you that ye wyll &s;ende no par&s;one / bur|ges nor other in to Flaunders / fro you nor fro none of the lordes. but if there be any thyng tou chynge your owne caw&s;es / that we may do for you. we &s;hall do: in lyke maner as we wolde / ye <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> do for vs. for we haue a&s;peciall tru&s;t and affyaunce in you / as we ought to haue in our good neyghbours. For it is the generall enten|cyon of all Flaunders / that all marchantes and their marcha~dy&s;es: &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e &amp; repa&s;&s;e &s;afe|lye / out of the one countrey in to the other / with+out any interupcyon or let. And thus god kepe you. written in our hoo&s;t before And warpe / the xxii. day of the moneth of October. The yere of our lorde god / a thou&s;ande thre hundred four|&s;core and two. By Philyp Dartuell regarde of Flaunderrs.</P>
<P>ABoute a thre dayes after that y^e fir&s;t letters were &s;ent to the lordes comi&s;|&s;aryes of Frau~ce. as the lordes were in the hall in coun&s;ayle / there was brought to them the&s;e other letters by a varlet of Doway / and he &s;hewed them / howe that they of the ho&s;t before Ande warpe / had &s;ent it to the~. So there the letter was receyued / and redde at good ley|&s;our. &amp; than finally the lordes of Fraunce / &s;ayd to them of Tourney. Sirs: we coun&s;ayle you for the be&s;t / that ye make none alyaunce / nor a quayntance with them of Flau~ders. for and ye do / ye &s;hall haue no thanke therof in Fraunce. nor receyue no letters &s;ent to you fro them. for if the kynges coun&s;ayle knowe that ye do / ye &s;hall receyue blame and domage therby / for the ma|ter can nat longe contynue as it is. and they of Turney an&s;wered / and &s;ayd: howe they wolde perceyuer in their coun&s;ayle. &s;ayng / that by the grace of god / they wolde do nothynge / wherby they &s;hulde haue any reprofe. &amp; &s;o a thre dayes after / the commi&s;&s;aryes departed fro Tour|ney / and went to the kynge to Peron. and with hym was his thre vncles / the dukes of Berrey / Burgoyne / and Burbon.</P>
<P>ANd the day before the erle of Flaunders was come to the kyng / to &s;hewe him the greues y^t he had / and to do feaulte for the coun|tye of Arthoy&s;e / the whiche was fallen to hym the &s;ame yere / by the dethe of his mother. And whan y^e &s;ayd comy&s;&s;aries were co~e to the kyng / before him and all his coun&s;ayle / there was red the two letters / that Philyp Dartuell and they of Flaunders had &s;ent to them of Tourney. the which they toke in great di&s;pyte / and &s;ayd: that in the begynninge of the kynges raygne / &s;uche pride / as was than v&s;ed in Flaunders / Ought nat to be &s;uffred. With the whiche wordes / the erle of Flaunders was no thynge dy&s;content. And &s;o there the Erle before the kynge and his coun&s;ayle / made his complayntes / which were well harde. And the kynge an&s;werde hym / and &s;ayd. Co&s;yn / retourne you in to Arthoy&s;e / and breuely we &s;halbe at Aras. for we can nat &s;hew better that the quarell &s;hulde be ours / but to a proche our enemyes. the erle was well content with that aun&s;were / and &s;o departed and went to Hedyn. And the kynge (as he that wolde go in to Flaunders / to abate the pride of the flem mynges / as his predece&s;&s;ours had done before) &s;et all his clerkes awarke / and &s;ent letters and me&s;&s;angers in to euery co&s;t of his realme. com|maundynge euery man without delay: in their be&s;t aparell for y^e warre / to come to hym to Ar|ras / at a day lymited. &s;hewyng them: howe by the <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> of god / he wolde go and fight with the flemynges in Flaunders. No man dur&s;te di&s;obey / but euery man made them redy bothe nere and <ABBR>farr.</ABBR> as they of Auuergne / of Rouer|gue / of Tholou&s;yn / of Ga&s;coyne / of Limo&s;yn / of Poyctou / of Xaynton / of Bretayne / &amp; of Bur bonoy&s;e / of Fore&s;tes / of Burgoyne / of Doul|phyn / of Sauoy / of Barroy&s;e / of Lorayn / and of all the cyrcuites and countreys of Fraunce. And &s;o euery man came towarde Arras in Ar|thoy&s;e. There was &s;o great an a&s;&s;emble of men of warre / that it was marueyle to con&s;yder.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe Philyp Dartuell made the pa&s;&s;ages in Flau~ders to be kept / and howe dyuers french knyghtes were lo&s;t in Flaunders / and coulde nat re|tourne agayne. Cap. CCCC .xi.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Erle of Flaunders beyng at Heden / harde eue|ry day newes fro the kynge / and fro y^e duke of Burgoyn and of y^e gret a&s;&s;emble that was made in Frau~ce. Than the erle co~maunded through all the countre of Arthoy&s;e / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> no man on payne of dethe / &s;hulde put out of the countrey nor out
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of their logynges no maner of thyng in to any forteres / nor in to no clo&s;ed towne. for he wolde that the men of warre &s;hulde be &s;arued and ea|&s;ed / with euery thynge abrode in the countrey. And &s;o the kynge came in to Arthoy&s;e / where they founde euery thyng in great plenty / euery grange full of corne. and &s;o therle of Flau~ders came to Arras &amp; there dyd homage to the kyng for the countie of Arthoy&s;e. And there the kyng receyued hym for his liege man / and &s;ayde to him. Fayre co&s;yn / if it plea&s;e god and &s;aynt De nyce / we &s;hall &s;ette you pea&s;eably in your hery|tage of Flaunders / and &s;hall abate the pride of Philyp Dartuell and of the flemynges / in &s;uch wy&s;e / that they &s;hall neuer be able here after to rebell agayne. Sir &abquod; the erle: of this I haue great tru&s;t / and therby ye &s;hall attayne to &s;uche honour / that all the worlde &s;hall pray&s;e you / for certaynly great is the pride of Flaunders.</P>
<P>PHilyppe Dartuell beyng at &s;iege before And warpe / was well enfourmed. howe the frenche kyng with his pui&s;&s;ance / was com|myng on hym. Than he &s;ayd to his men. &s;irs: what wenyth the yonge ryottou&s;e kynge to en|tre in to Flaunders? he is a yere yet to yong to a&s;&s;ayle vs. I &s;hall cau&s;e y^e pa&s;&s;ages and entres to be &s;o kept / that it &s;hall nat lye in his power of all this yere to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Ly&s;e. And &s;o than he &s;ent to Gaunt for the lorde of Har&s;els / and whan he was come to him / he &s;ayd. Sir of Har&s;els: ye knowe well and here dayly / howe the frenche kyng apareleth hym &s;elfe to di&s;troy vs all. it behoueth vs to regarde wi&s;ely / and to take coun&s;ayle in this mater &s;ir: ye &s;hall abyde here at the &s;iege / and I wyll goo to Bruges to lerne more certayne tidynges / and to encorage the people of the good townes. and I &s;hall &s;ta|bli&s;&s;h &s;uche people at the pa&s;&s;ages / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the french men &s;hall nat pa&s;&s;e ouer. Therto accorded the lorde of Har&s;els. Than Philyppe dartuell de|parted fro the &s;iege / and &s;o rode to Bruges like a great lorde / with his penon di&s;played before him of his armes: he bare a felde &s;able / thre hat tes &s;yluer. Whan he came to Bruges he founde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> Peter de boy&s;e &amp; Peter de myrt / who were capitayus of Bruges. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed them howe that the frenche kynge with all his puy&s;|&s;ance / wolde come in to Flau~ders. Wherfore I wyll that ye Peter de Boy&s;e / go to the pa&s;&s;age of Comynes / and kepe the ryuer. and ye Peter de Myrt / &s;hall go to the bridge of Warne&s;ton and kepe that pa&s;&s;age / and cau&s;e all y^e bridges to be broken aboue on the ryuer / tyll ye come to Gerge / to Ha&s;els / to Meureuylle / and to Cour tray / and &s;o the frenchmen can nat pa&s;&s;e. and I &s;hall go to Ipre to refre&s;&s;he the~ / and to comfort them. Erortyng them to kepe fermly the v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that we haue &s;worne eche to other. &amp; it &s;hall nat be in the frenche kynges puy&s;&s;ance / to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Ly&s;e / and to entre in to Flaunders / if the pa&s;&s;ages be well kept. Than bothe Peters an&s;wered / and &s;ayd. Sir ye &s;ay well / lette it be done as ye &s;ay / but <ABBR>s:</ABBR> what worde here you out of Englande. Truely &abquod; Philyppe we here as yet none / wherof I marueyle / but as nowe the parlyament is at London / wherfore I thynke &s;hortly / we &s;hall here &s;ome worde. The frenche kyng can nat be &s;o ha&s;ty / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> I tru&s;t we &s;hall haue &s;ome ayde out of Englande. I hope the kynge of Englande maketh &s;ome a&s;&s;emble / &s;o that y^e engly&s;&s;hmen wyll aryue here in a nyght / with &s;uche a nombre / that we &s;hall nat nede to feare the frenchmen / with the ayde of Flau~ders for all is vnder our obey&s;aunce / excepte Tere|monde / and And warpe. &para; In the mean &s;ea&s;on that all this be&s;ynes was / and that y^e kyng was at Arras / and that the&s;e men of warre a&s;&s;em|bled in Arthoy&s;e and Tourne&s;yes / and about Ly&s;le. Certayne knyghtes and &s;quiers beyng aboute Ly&s;le / by the enty&s;inge of the Ha&s;ell of Flau~ders: thought to do &s;ome enterpri&s;e / wher by to be renomed. And &s;o on a day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> gadred togyder a &s;ire &s;core men of armes / knight&abis; and &s;quiers / and rode and pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;le at Pounte amenyn a two le ages fro Ly&s;le / the whiche bridge was nat broken. and &s;o rode to the towne of Harle / and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> cha&s;ed nigh all the people out of the towne / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the laram ro&s;e and the townes all about range their belles a|larum. And whan the Ha&s;ell of Flaunders and &s;ir Johan of Jumo~t / the Chatelyn of Wyllone / &s;ir Henry Du<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">le / and the other knyghtes and &s;quyers had well moued the cou~trey / and &s;awe that it was tyme to returne. They toke agayne the way to returne by the &s;ame bridge that they had pa&s;&s;ed / and there they founde a great nom+bre of the flemynges breakyng the bridge / and whan they had broken a parte therof / they coue+red it agayn with hey and &s;trawe / that it <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> nat be a&s;pyed. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the&s;e knyghtes founde redy aparelled to gyue the~ batayle a great nom+bre of villayns of the countrey. than the knigh|tes couched their &s;peares / and ran at the~ with|all their force / and the flemynges opened and gaue them way. it was &s;ayd for the nones / and fledde and &s;ayde amonge them&s;elfe / let vs flye and gyue them way / for we are &s;ure the bridge
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wyll nat beare the~ / we &s;hall &s;e anon good game. And &s;o the Ha&s;ell of Flaunders and the other knyghtes da&s;&s;hed all at ones on the bridge / the which was nat able to beare &s;o many me~. howe be it the Ha&s;ell and a .xxx. with him pa&s;&s;ed ouer and as the other wolde haue pa&s;&s;ed / the bridg brake vnder them / and &s;o fell downe hor&s;e and men / and many were &s;layne. And whan~e they that were behynde &s;awe that / they were &s;ore a|ba&s;&s;hed / &amp; wy&s;t nat whyder to flye to &s;aue them+&s;elfe. &s;ome entred in to the ryuer / thynkinge to &s;wymme ouer / but they coude nat y^e water was &s;o depe / and the bankes hyghe. that the hor&s;es coulde nat gette vp / the which was great my&s;|chefe for them. for the flemynges came on them and &s;lewe them without mercy / and <ABBR>mad</ABBR> &s;ome to fall agayne in to the water / and were drow|ned. &s;ir Johan Jumont was in a great aduen|ture to be lo&s;t / for the bridge brake vnder hym. yet through the valyantnes of his body / he &s;a|ued hym &s;elfe. How be it he was &s;ore hurt on the heed and on the body / &s;o that it was &s;ire wekes after or he coude helpe him &s;elfe. In this recou~+tre was &s;layne y^e Chatelayn of Wyllon of Bou+chars / and of &s;aynt Hilary / and dyuers other &s;layne and drowned / and al&s;o &s;ir Henry Duf|fle. There were &s;layne and drowned mo than thre&s;core / for he was happy that coude &s;aue him &s;elfe / and many hurt and &s;ore wou~ded that &s;ca|ped. Tydinges came to the lordes of Fraunce beynge at Arras / howe their men had lo&s;t the iourney / and howe the Ha&s;ell of Flau~ders had foly&s;&s;hly taken on hym y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> enterpri&s;e. &s;ome com|playned them and &s;ome nat / and &s;uche as were expert men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / &s;ayd: they dyd great folly to pa&s;&s;e a ryuer without any gyde / and to entre in to a great towne / and to retourne agayne the &s;ame waye they went / without kepynge of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;&s;age in the meane &s;ea&s;on. it was none enter|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;e of wy&s;emen of warre / &amp; bycau&s;e they rode <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">the lyke foles / &s;o it came by them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;The ordynaunce that the frenche kyng made for to entre in to the countie of Flaunders / after that the pa&s;&s;ages were &s;toped and broken. Cap. iiii. C .xii.</HEAD>
<P>_SO this mater pa&s;&s;ed ouer and was forgote / and Philyppe Dartuell depar|ted fro Bruges and wente to Ipre / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he was re+ceyued with great ioy. and Peter de boy&s;e went to Co~|mynes / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as all men of the cou~trey were a&s;|&s;embled. they made all y^e bridge to be vnuayled redy to be broken downe inco~tynent / if nede re|quyred / but they wold nat clerely pull it downe as than. for the aduau~tage of them of the coun|trey to pa&s;&s;e and repa&s;&s;e / with their bea&s;tes o|uer the water of Ly&s;e. The &s;ame proper hour that Philyp Dartuell came to Ipre / tydinges came / howe that at the bridge of Amenyn / the frenchmen were dy&s;tru&s;&s;ed / and howe the Ha&s;e of Flaunders was nere taken. Of the&s;e tydin|ges Philyppe Dartuell was greatly reioy&s;ed / and laughyng / to encourage them that were a+bout him / &s;ayd. Sirs: by the grace of god and the good ryght that we haue / this mater &s;hall take &s;uche an ende / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if the kyng with his yong coun&s;ayle pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Ly&s;e / he &s;hall nat retourne agayne into Fraunce. Thus Philyp Dartuell was fyue dayes at Ipre / and preched openly in y^e market place / to encourage his peo+ple / and to cau&s;e the~ to kepe their promy&s;e. And al&s;o he &s;hewed them / howe the frenche kynge / without any tytle of rea&s;on / was comyng to di|&s;troy the~ / wherfore he &s;ayd. Good people be nat aba&s;&s;hed though he co~e on vs / for he &s;hall nat be of puy&s;&s;aunce to pa&s;&s;e the ryer of Ly&s;e. I &s;hall cau&s;e the pa&s;&s;ages to be well kept / and I haue ordeyned to be at Commynes / Peter de Boy&s;e with agreat nombre of men. he is good &amp; trewe and loueth the honoure of Flaunders / and Pe|ter de Myrt is at Warne&s;ton / and all the other pa&s;&s;ages on the water of Ly&s;ear broken / &s;o that they can co~e ouer at no place / but at one of tho&s;e two. and al&s;o I haue harde tidyng&abis; of our men that we &s;ent in to Engla~de / we &s;hall haue &s;hort|ly great comfort of y^e engly&s;&s;hmen / for we haue good alyaunce with them. Therfore let vs lyue in hope / for honoure &s;hall be with vs. therfore good frendes of Ipre be ye true / and kepe fayth+fully the promy&s;e that ye haue promi&s;ed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o me / and to the good towne of Gaunt / who hath en|dured &s;o moche payne / to mayntayne the right and fredome of Flau~ders. and all &s;uche as wyll kepe true promy&s;e with me / lette them holde vp their handes towarde heuen / in token of loy|alte. And therwith all &s;uche as had harde hym &s;peke lyfte vp their handes. Than Philyp di&s;|cended
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fro the &s;caffolde / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he hadde pre|ched / and went to his lodgynge &amp; taryed there all that day / &amp; the next day depted and wente to+warde And warpe to the &s;ege / and he pa&s;&s;ed by Courtrey / and there taryed two dayes.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs leaue to &s;peke of Philyppe Dartuell / and retourne to y^e yong kyng Charles of Frau~ce who was at Aras / hauyng great wyll and de&s;ire to entre into Flaunders / to abate the pride of the flemynges. And dayly there repayred to him men of warre fro all par|tes. And whan the kynge had &s;oiourned there viii. dayes / than he went to Lens in Arthoy&s;e / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> taryed two dayes / and the thirde day of Nouembre he departed and we~t to Seclyn / and there re&s;ted. And there the chiefe con&s;table of Fraunce / and the mar&s;hals of Fraunce / of Burgoyn / and of Flau~ders / were in coun&s;ayle howe they &s;hulde be ordred. for it was a comon &s;aynge in all the hoo&s;t / howe it was a thyng im+po&s;&s;yble to entre into Flaunders. &s;eyng howe the pa&s;&s;ages were &s;o &s;trongely kept. And al&s;o dayly it rayned &s;o &s;ore / that the wayes were &s;o enpayred / that men coulde &s;kant go forthe / and &s;ome of the wy&s;e men of Fraunce &s;ayd. home it was a great outrage to enterpri&s;e that voyage in that &s;ea&s;on of the yere / and to bring the kyng &s;o farre forwarde into that countre. &s;ayng al&s;o howe it had bene better for hym to haue taryed tyll. Somer / than to make warre in that coun|trey / where as he hadde neuer bene before / and &s;pecially in that &s;ea&s;on of the yere. and al&s;o they &s;ayd / howe the ryuer of Ly&s;e is &s;o yuell to pa&s;&s;e / that there is no place to &s;kape / but at certayne places. Thanne the mar&s;hals demaunded fro whens the ryuer dyde come / and it was &s;ayde / howe it came fro Ayer / and fro &s;aynt Omers. well &abquod; the con&s;table / &s;ythe it hath a begynning we &s;hall pa&s;&s;e it well inough / lette vs ordre our peple / and let vs take the way to &s;aynt Omers / and there &s;hall we pa&s;&s;e y^e ryuer at our ea&s;e / and &s;o entre into Flaunders. and let vs go alonge the countrey / and the flemynges are &s;o proude that outher before Ipre or in &s;ome other place / they wyll co~e and fyght with vs. And &s;o to this purpo&s;e agreed all the mar&s;hals and thervpon re&s;ted all that nyght. Than the next mornyng / the lorde Dalbret / the lorde of Coucy / &s;ir Ayme+mon of Pompers / &s;ir John~ of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce / &s;ir Willyam of Poyctres / the ba|&s;tarde of Langres / the Begue of Uyllanes / &s;ir Raoll of Coucy / the erle of Conuer&s;ant / the vy|count Dacy / &s;ir Raoll of Rayneuall / the lorde of &s;aynt Ju&s;t / &s;ir Arture of Hedyn / &s;ir Anton y Darchyes / the lorde of &s;aynt Pye / &s;ir Willyam of Bordes / the lorde Lo~geuple / y^e lorde of Sul|ly / &s;ir Try&s;tram of Le&s;touet / &s;ir Olyuer Cle&s;|quyn / &s;ir Moryce of Treguidy / &abser; Guy of Bay|eur / &s;ir Lucas of Le&s;trughen / &abser; Nycholas Pa|mell / the two mar&s;halles of Fraunce / &s;ir Loys of Saurere / and &s;ir Loys of Blanuell / y^e mar|&s;hall of Burgoyne / the mar&s;hall of Flaunders / and &s;ir Anguerant of Helwyn. all the&s;e came to the con&s;table of Fraunce to take aduy&s;e / howe they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> pa&s;&s;e outher by Lyle to go to Comy+nes / or els to Arualue&s;ton / where as the pa&s;&s;a|ges were kept / or els to go hygher vp towarde the Gorge of Uenoy / and to &s;aynt Uenant / and &s;o to pa&s;&s;e y^e ryuer of Ly&s;e. And &s;o among the&s;e lordes there were dyuers opinyons / and &s;uche as knewe the countre &s;ayde. Surely as at this tyme / it is no goynge into that countrey nor in to the <ABBR>land</ABBR> of Ca&s;&s;ell / of Surmes / nor of Uer|thes. why what way &s;hall we than holde &abquod; the con&s;table? Than y^e lorde of Coucy &s;ayd: I cou~|&s;ayle let vs goo to Tourney / and there lette vs pa&s;&s;e the ryuer of Le&s;caulte / and take the way to Andewarpe / that way is ea&s;y ynoughe / and there lette vs fyght with our enemyes / we &s;ha'l haue no let / and we be ones pa&s;&s;ed y^e ryuer and Tourney. and than let vs go &s;treight to Ande|warpe / and do ryghtfull iudgement on Philyp Dartuell / &amp; &s;o we &s;hall be daily refre&s;&s;hed with vitayle &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uruyance out of the co&s;t of Haynalt / the which &s;hall folowe vs / fro Tourney along by y^e ryuer. The&s;e wordes were well harde and with dyuers well vpholden / but y^e co~&s;table and marchals inclyned rather to go the right way / nother on the ryght hande nor on the lyfte. and to &s;u&s;tayne their opinyon they layd dyuers rea+&s;ons. &s;ayng: if we &s;huld go &amp; &s;eke for any other pa&s;&s;age but y^e right way it myght be &s;ayd / that we do nat lyke good men of warre / at le&s;t with out we a&s;&s;ay to pa&s;&s;e by Comynes / the whiche is kept. &amp; al&s;o if we withdrawe our &s;elfe fro our enemyes warde / they wyll be reioy&s;ed therby / and haue newe refre&s;&s;hynge &amp; take newe coun|&s;ayle / and &s;ay / howe we be fled away. And al&s;o there is one poynt that ought to be dowted / we knowe nat in what a&s;tate they be in / with y^e en|gli&s;&s;hmen / for by incyde~t if ayde &s;hulde come to them out of y^t co&s;t / it &s;hulde be a great let for vs therfore we thynke it were be&s;t to delyuer y^e ma+ter as &s;hortly as coud be deui&s;ed / therfore a god+des name let vs take the way to Comynes / and god &s;hall helpe vs / we haue or this tyme pa&s;&s;ed and repa&s;&s;ed great ryuers / more greater than
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the ryuer of Ly&s;e / it can nat be kept long fro vs. at le&s;t whan we are at the ryuer &s;yde than let vs take aduy&s;e. Suche as be in our co~pany in the <ABBR>voward</ABBR> haue &s;ene this .xx. or .xxx. yere / often ty+mes pa&s;&s;ed / a more dau~gerous ryuer than this is. and if we be ones ouer / our enemyes &s;halbe a hundred tymes more aba&s;&s;hed / than and we went at our ea&s;e / on y^e right hande or on the left out of our right way. and al&s;o beyng ones ouer we may reken our &s;elfe lordes of all Flaunders. And &s;o euery man acorded to this la&s;t apoynt|ment / the which was kept and nat broken. and bycau&s;e y^e all the lordes were as than togyder / they &s;ayd. it is nedefull that we aduy&s;e and re|garde y^e ordre of our batayls / and apoynt them that &s;hall go with the con&s;table in the vowarde and to knowe who &s;hall make y^e wayes before the batayle / and who &s;halbe the fotemen and to ordeyne the~ that &s;halbe currers to di&s;couer our enemyes. &amp; who &s;hall be in the kynges batayle / and what &s;eruyce they &s;hall do / and who &s;hall beare the Oriflambe of Frau~ce / and to apoynt the~ that &s;hall a&s;&s;y&s;t it / and to knowe who &s;hall be in the wynges / and who in the reregard. Of all the&s;e thynges they toke aduy&s;e &amp; coun&s;ayle / and it was determyned by the &s;ayd lordes and offycers / that &abser; Joys of Halwyn and the lorde of Rambures / <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be gouernours of the fote men / &s;uch as &s;hulde go before the hoo&s;t &amp; make the wayes. And to cut downe hedges / wodes / and bu&s;&s;hes / and to fyll valeys and pull downe hyls / and to do all other nece&s;&s;ary thynges / and of them there were in nombre a .xvii. hundred and .lx. and than in the vowarde were the mar|shals / of Fraunce / of Flaunders / and of Bur|goyne / and they hadde vnder their rule a .xvii. hundred men of armes / and &s;euen hu~dred cro&s;|bowes / be&s;yde four thou&s;ande men a foote that the erle of Flaunders had delyuered them / well paue&s;&s;ed and harne&s;&s;ed. And it was ordeyned that therle of Flaunders and his batayle / wher+in he hadde men of armes / knyghtes / &s;quiers / and fotemen / to the nombre of .xvi. thou&s;ande &s;hulde be the wynge to the vowarde / for to re|comfort it if nede required. Al&s;o it was ordey|ned / that bytwene the batayle and the erls vo|warde / the kynges batayle &s;hulde folowe. and therin to be y^e kynges thre vncles / Berry / Bur|goyn / and Burbon / the erle of Marche / &s;ir Ja|mes of Burbon his brethren / the erle of Clere|mount and Dolphyn of Auuergne / the erle of dampe Martyn / the erle of Sanxere / &s;ir John~ of Boloyne / and to y^e nombre of &s;ixe thou&s;ande men of armes and two thou&s;ande cro&s;bowes / genoways &amp; other. And than it was ordeyned for the reregarde / two. M. men of armes &amp; two hundred archers. &amp; chyefe gouernour of them was &s;ir John~ dartoy&s;e erle of Ewe / &abser; Guy erle of Bloy&s;e / &s;ir Warans erle of &s;aynt Powle / &s;ir Wyllm~ erle of Harecourt / the lorde of Cha&s;te|lon / &amp; the lorde of Sere. and to beare the Ory|flambe was apoynted &s;ir Peter villers / &amp; &s;our knyghtes to acompany hym. As &s;ir Robert of bayeux / &s;ir Moris of &s;ancourt / &abser; Guy of Tri|guidy / and Bandon de laheu&s;e / and to kepe the baners the Bourge of ruet / and the Bourge of mou~t dow&s;et. The&s;e lord&abis; ente~ded &s;urely neuer to retourne in to Fraunce / tyll they had fought with Philyppe Dartuell and his puy&s;&s;aunce. and therfore they made all thyng redy to fyght the next day if nede requyred. Al&s;o the lorde de la Bret / the lorde of Coucy / &amp; &s;ir Hugh of Hau|lon were apoynted to &s;et and ordre the batayls in aray. and the mar&s;hals of y^e lodgynges were apoynted to lodge the kyng and y^e batayle / and that was &s;ir Willyam of bannes / and the lorde of Champreny. Al&s;o it was ordeyned y^t the day that the batayle &s;hulde be on / the kynge to be a hor&s;ebacke / and none other but he / except .viii. valyant men / to be a hor&s;backe about hym. As the lorde of Rayneuall / the Begue of villanes / &s;ir Aymemon of Pomyers / &s;ir Anguerant of Halwyn / the vycount Dacy / &s;ir Guy of Bay|eux / &s;ir Nycholas Penuell / and &s;ir Willyam of Bourdes. Of the whiche eyght / the lorde of Rayneuall and &s;ir Anguerant of helwyn / to be in the fronte before the kynge. And the Begue of Uyllayues / and the vycount Dacy / who is called in dyuers places before the Uycou~t dan noy / the&s;e two knyghtes to be be&s;yde hym. and behynde hym the other foure knyghtes before named / and &s;ir Olyuer Cly&s;&s;one Con&s;table of Fraunce / and &s;ir Willm~ Poycters ba&s;tarde of Langres &s;hulde ryde before / and dy&s;couer and aduy&s;e the maner of their enemyes / the daye of the batayle. And whan~e all the&s;e thynges were apoynted &amp; determyned / euery thynge as was nedefull. Thanne the coun&s;ayle brake vp / and euery man departed to their lodgynges. And &s;uche as hadde nat bene at the coun&s;ayle: were &s;hewed what they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> do and al&s;o it was or|deyned y^t the next day / the kyng &s;hulde departe and to pa&s;&s;e through the towne of Ly&s;le / &amp; nat to re&s;t there&punc; but to lodge at the abbay of Mar|quettes / and the vowarde to pa&s;&s;e farther to|warde Comynes and Warne&s;ton / as &s;oone as they myght.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenche men coulde nat pa&s;&s;e by the bridge of Comynes / and how they pa&s;&s;ed without knowled|ge of the flemynges. Cap. iiii. C .xiii.</HEAD>
<P>_AS it was thus ordey|ned euery thynge was done and the next day / they of the vowarde dy&s;lodged &amp; went <ABBR>toward</ABBR> Comines / and they fou~de the wayes redy made for y^e <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Fran&s;ures and &s;ir Joy&s;e of Helwyn / had taken great laboure to make the wayes redy / &amp; this was on a mon|day / and whan the con&s;table and mar&s;hals and they of the vowarde were come to the bridge of Comynes / there they were fayne to &s;toppe / for they fou~de the bridge &s;o broken that it was nat po&s;&s;yble to make it agayne / if any defe~ce were made to the contrarie. And the flemyng&abis; were beyond the ryuer puy&s;&s;aunt ynough. To lette them and to kepe the pa&s;&s;age agayn&s;t any that wolde &s;crimy&s;&s;he or a&s;&s;aut them / for they were <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o than .ix. thou&s;ande. And there was Peter de Boy&s;e capitayne / who made good &s;emblant to defende the bridge. for he and his men were by the bridge on the cau&s;ey / raynging on bothe &s;ydes. Than the con&s;table and the other lordes of Fraunce behelde the maner of the countrey. And ymagined well / that it was a thynge im|po&s;&s;yble to pa&s;&s;e that way / without the bridge were newe made. Thafie they cau&s;ed &s;ome to ryde vp and downe by the ryuer &s;yde a myle or two / to &s;e if there were any pa&s;&s;age / and they &s;o dyde / and retourned agayne and &s;hewed their may&s;ters / that they coulde nat fynde no place / where as their hor&s;es coude take any lande on the other &s;yde of the ryuer. Than the con&s;table was &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed and &s;ayde. We haue bene but yuell cou~&s;ayled to take this way. yet it had bene better to haue gone by &s;aynt Omers / than to byde in this da~ger. Orels to haue pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Le&s;caulte at Tourney / as the lorde of Coucy &s;ayde. And &s;o to haue gone the &s;treyght way to And warpe / &amp; to haue fought <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with our enemyes / &s;ythe we mu&s;t fight with the~ and wyll. They be &s;o proude / that they wolde haue bydden vs at their&s;ege. Than &s;ir Loyes of &s;a~|xere &s;ayd. I coun&s;ayle let vs lodge here for this daye / and cau&s;e our people to lodge as well as they can whan they come. And lette vs &s;ende to Lyle by the ryuer / and gette &s;ome &s;hyppes and nayles. And with them lette vs make a bridge to morowe agayn&s;t y^e fayre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aedowes / &s;ithe we can do none otherwy&s;e. Than &s;ir Joys of Hal+wyn &s;ayd. Sir / we haue well aduy&s;ed / howe y^e there is a great let bytwene this and Ly&s;le. &s;ir / the ryuer is called Menyn. And by this ryuer the &s;hyppes or barkes mu&s;t pa&s;&s;e / if they &s;hulde come hyder. And &s;ir / the flemynges haue bro|ken y^e bridge / and haue put in bytwene the ioy|&s;tes great tymbre and &s;takes / that it is impo&s;&s;y+ble for any ve&s;&s;ell to pa&s;&s;e by. I can nat tel than &abquod; the con&s;table what we &s;hall do. it were good we toke the way to Ayre / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;&s;e the ry|uet of Ly&s;e / &s;ythe we can haue no pa&s;&s;age here. In the meane &s;ea&s;on that the con&s;table / and the mar&s;hals of Fraunce and of Burgoyne / were about Comynes in this abu&s;yon / and wy&s;t nat what to do / there were a certayne knightes and &s;quiers enterpri&s;ed valiantly to a&s;&s;ay to pa&s;&s;e this ryuer by &s;ome meanes / &amp; to go fyght with the flemynge / and to wynne the towne and pa&s;|&s;age of Comynes / as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
<P>_THus as the vowarde was co~e fro Lyle to Comynes / the lorde of &s;ait Pye and dyuers other knyghtes. Of Heynalt / of Flaunders / of Ar|thoy&s;e / and al&s;o of Fraunce / with|out knowledge of the con&s;table or mar&s;halles. They were determyned togyder and &s;ayd. We wyll go gette two or thre lytell botes / &amp; launche them in to the ryuer of Ly&s;e beneth Comynes / in &s;ome couerte place. And we wyll &s;ette great &s;takes on bothe &s;ydes of the ryuer to tye ropes therto / for the ryuer is nat very large. And by that meanes / we &s;hall get ouer a great nombre of men in a &s;horte &s;pace. And than we may go and a&s;&s;ayle our enemyes behynde them or they beware / and wyn the pa&s;&s;age. And acordynge to this coun&s;ayle / the lorde of &s;aynt Pye made to be brought out of Ly&s;le / a barke and ropes with other nece&s;&s;aries. Al&s;o &s;ir Herbert of bel|perche / and &s;ir Johan of Roy / who were com|panyons toguyther in that voyage / broughte with theym another barke. Al&s;o &s;ir Henry of Manny / &s;ir Johan of Male&s;trayt / &amp; &s;ir John~ Chaudronne bretons / brought another. The lorde of &s;aynt Pye was the fir&s;te that entredde with his barke cordes / and &s;takes. And there he pytched a great planke and &s;take on the one &s;yde / and tyed a corde therto. Than~e thre var|lettes pa&s;&s;ed ouer to the farther &s;yde with the barke / and caryed the other ende of the Corde with them. And there they &s;ette another great &s;take / and tyedde that ende of the Corde to the
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&s;take. &amp; that done / than the varlettes retourned with the barke to their may&s;ters. and &s;o it was that the con&s;table of Fraunce and the two mar+&s;hals who were at the bridge fote of Comynes were anone enformed of the &s;aid be&s;ynes. than the co~&s;table &s;ayd to &s;ir Loys of Sa~xere one of the mar&s;hals. &s;ir go your way / &amp; &s;e if it be po&s;&s;i+ble to pa&s;&s;e the ryuer by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> meanes / as ye haue herde deuy&s;ed. And if ye &s;e that it be po&s;&s;yble / than fynde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> meanes to get mo barkes. and &s;o the&s;e &s;ayde knyghtes prepared the~ &s;elfe redy to pa&s;&s;e whan they &s;awe the barkes redy. &amp; ther w^t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came to them the &s;ayd mar&s;hall of Frau~ce with a great rout / &amp; he behelde well the maner. Than the lorde of &s;aynt Pye &s;ayd to hym. &s;ir / may it plea&s;e you that we &s;hall pa&s;&s;e. it plea&s;eth me right well &abquod; the mar&s;hall. Howbeit ye put your&s;elfe in a great aduenture / for if your ene|myes at Comynes knowe of you / they may do you great domage. &s;ir &abquod; the lorde of &s;aynt Py+he that nothyng adue~tureth nothynge getteth. In the name of god and &s;aint Denys / we tru&s;t to pa&s;&s;e / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ar to morowe at night we tru&s;t to fight with our enemyes. than the lorde of &s;aynt Pye &s;et his penon in the barke and entred hym+&s;elfe fir&s;t / and with hym to the no~bre if .ix. and a none they were lau~ched for the by the corde that was tyed on the other &s;yde of the ryuer. &amp; than they i&s;&s;ued out and we~t in to a lytell wode there be&s;yde / bycau&s;e they wolde nat be &s;ene. &amp; they on the rerewage drue agayne to the~ the barke. Than entred therle of Co~uer&s;ant &s;ir Da~ghien and his baner with him / &amp; al&s;o the lorde of Uer+tayne his brother. and &s;o .ix. of the~ pa&s;&s;ed &amp; no mo / and agayne the thirde tyme <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;&s;ed as many. And therwith there ca~e two other bark&abis; with &s;ir Herbert of Belperch &amp; &s;ir John~ of roy and with the bretons. &amp; anone they were la~ged in to the ryuer / and ordred as the other were. &amp; &s;o knigh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&abis; pa&s;&s;ed. and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was none that pa&s;|&s;ed but good men of armes / &amp; they pa&s;&s;ed with &s;o good wyll / that it was great marueyle to be holde them. And there was &s;uche pre&s;e to pa&s;&s;e that and the mar&s;hall had nat bene there / they wolde haue ouer charged the barkes.</P>
<P>Tidynges came to the co~&s;table and to the lor+des of Fra~ce beyng at Comynes / how their pe+ple pa&s;&s;ed as ye haue herde. than the con&s;table &s;ayd to the &s;ene&s;hall of Reur. go I requyre you and &s;e yonder pa&s;&s;age / &amp; whider our people do pa&s;&s;e as it is &s;ayd or nat. This knight was ne|uer &s;o ioyou&s;e of nothyng that euer he herde. &amp; &s;o &s;trake his hor&s;e with the &s;purres / &amp; in his co~|pany .xl. men of armes. and whan he ca~e to the pa&s;&s;age and &s;awe the maner therof / &amp; how that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were pa&s;&s;ed all redy / to the full no~bre of a C. and .l. Than he a lighted and &s;ayd. howe he wolde pa&s;&s;e in lykewi&s;e / the mar&s;hall of Fra~ce coude nat let hym. Tidynges came to the co~&s;ta+ble / howe that his co&s;yn the lorde of Rieux was pa&s;&s;ed ouer y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ryuer. Than the co~&s;table a lytell began to mu&s;e &amp; &s;ayd. Cau&s;e the cro&s; bowes to come forthe and &s;crimy&s;&s;h with the&s;e flemyng&abis; beyond the bridge to kepe the~ bu&s;y / to thentent that they take no hede to <ABBR>our</ABBR> men that are pa&s;|&s;yng the ryuer. for if they knewe it / they wolde ryn to the~ and di&s;troy their pa&s;&s;age. ye / and &s;le all them that are pa&s;&s;ed / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche I had rather dye / than it &s;hulde co~e to pa&s;&s;e. Than the cro&s;|bowes and men a fote &amp; gonners / &s;hote ouer y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> brige in to the towne. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> began a &s;ore &s;trimy&s;&s;he / &amp; they made &s;emblaunt to pa&s;&s;e the bridge. And the flemynges who were well pa|ue&s;&s;ed / made the~ redy to defende the pa&s;&s;age. &amp; thus they endured all that monday / &amp; anone it was night / for the dayes were as than but &s;hort and &s;tyll <ABBR>ther</ABBR> pa&s;&s;ed men of armes by the &s;ayd barkes. &amp; as they were ouer / they drue togyder in a lytell groue <ABBR>ther</ABBR> be&s;yde in couert. Nowe beholde all thynges co~&s;ydred / whan parell and harde aduenture that they were in. For if they within Comynes had &abper;ceyued them / they had bene di&s;troyed / or the moo&s;t parte of them / and had lo&s;t bothe their barkes and ropes. but god dyde for them / to thentent to abate the pride of the flemynges.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the fre~chmen that were pa&s;+&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;e / put them &s;elfe in batayle before the flemynges. Cap. CCCC .xiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_I Repute and al&s;o euery man ought to reken this en+terpri&s;e to be of great valy|antne&s;&s;e / for them that pa&s;|&s;ed. For the knightes &amp; &s;qui+ers of the vowarde / whan it was late / &s;tale fro tho&s;t and went to the pa&s;&s;age to pa&s;&s;e with their co~pany|ons. So there pa&s;&s;ed the lorde de Lauale / the vycount of Rohan / the lorde de La belyer / the lorde of Cambort &s;ir Olyuer / the lorde of Cle&s;|quyn / the barroys of Barres / the lorde of Co|let / &s;ir Raynalde of Thouars / the lorde of pou+&s;an&s;es / &s;ir Wyllyam of Lignacke / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Water pa&s;
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / the lorde of Thouars &punc; &s;ir Loyes of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / &s;ir Try&s;tram de la Gayle / the vycount of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">|aur / and the lorde of Mailly. And what of bre|tons / poicteuyns / beruyers / francoys / burgo|nyens / &s;temynges / arthoy&s;ens / troyens / &amp; hey|nouers a great nombre. Whan they were pa&s;|&s;ed the <ABBR>ryuer</ABBR> / the &s;ame nyght they were to the nombre of four hundred men of armes / of cho|&s;en men of warre. There was nat a varlet that pa&s;&s;ed ouer. And whan &s;ir Loyes of Sanxere &s;awe &s;o many pa&s;&s;ed ouer / as &s;ixe baners and xxx. penons. He thought it &s;hulde haue bene a great &s;hame for hym / without he pa&s;&s;ed in lyke wi&s;e. And &s;o he and his knightes and &s;quyers entred in to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> barkes / and with hym pa&s;&s;ed the lorde of Hayge&s;t / &s;ir Perciuall of Raynuall / &amp; dyuers other. And whan they were all togyder they &s;ayd. Nowe it is tyme that we go toward Comynes and loke on oure enemyes / and &s;e yf we may lodge in the towne / than they dyde on their ba&s;&s;enettes and made the~ &s;elfe redy. And &s;o went forthe through the mare&s;&s;es / a long by the ryuer&s;yde in good order / with their baners and penons wauyng before them redy to fight And the lorde of &s;aynt Pye was in the forma&s;t front / and chyefe gouernour and leader of that company / bycau&s;e he knewe the countre better than any other that was there. Thus as they were comyng in good order towarde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne / Peter de Boy&s;e and the flemynges / who were redy raynged on the cau&s;ey dyd ca&s;t their eyen a long the ryuer &s;yde / and &s;awe the&s;e men of ar+mes aproche / wherof they had marueyle. than Peter de Boy&s;e &s;aid. What d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyls of hell hath brought the&s;e men of armes hyder? which way haue they pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;e? And &s;ome that were by hym &s;ayd. We are &s;ure they be pa&s;+&s;ed by &s;ome bark&abis; or botes w^t out our knowledge for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no bridge nor pa&s;&s;age bytwene this &amp; Curtrey / that they coude pa&s;&s;e. what &s;hall we do? &s;hall we go and fight with them? Nay nat &s;o quod Peter / lette them come / and lette vs a|byde in oure &s;trength / they be beneth and we a highe ouer them / therfore we haue a great ad|uauntage on them. And if we &s;hulde dy&s;cende downe to fight with theym / we dyde nat well. Lette vs abyde tyll it be darke night / and than let vs take cou~&s;ayle what is to be done farther. They be no &s;uche nombre that can long endure agayn&s;t vs in batayle. We knowe all the &s;hyfte in the countre and &s;o do nat they. His cou~&s;ayle was beleued / for the flemynges neuer remoued out of their place / but helde the~ &s;elfe &s;tyll at the foote of the bridge / and raynged all a louge the cau&s;ey in good order of batayle. and made <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">+tenu~ce by &s;emyng / as though they &s;et nothyng by them. And they that were pa&s;&s;ed / came tho|rough the mary&s;e by the ryuer &s;yde aprochyng to Comynes. The con&s;table of Fraunce / who was on thother &s;yde of the ryuer dyde ca&s;t his eyen / and &s;awe on the other &s;yde the men of ar|mes / with their baners and penons in a lytell batayle comynge towardes Comynes. Than his blode began to trymble / for feare y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had of them. for he &s;awe well there were a great no~|bre of flemynges raynged in good order of ba|tayle agayu&s;t them. Than he &s;aid in great <ABBR>di&s;|plea&s;ur.</ABBR> O &s;aynt Jues. O &s;aynt George. O la+dy of heuen / what is this that I &s;e yonder? I &s;e in parte the chefe flour of all our army / the whi+che are nowe in an harde aduenture. Wolde to good I were deed / &s;yth I &s;e them do &s;o great an outrage. O &s;ir Loyes of &s;anxere / I wolde haue thoughtye had ben more atem&abper;ate and wy&s;er than I &s;e ye be nowe. Howe is it / that ye dur&s;t put in aduenture / &s;o many noble knightes and &s;quiers as be nowe in your company? &amp; &s;o fewe in nombre / agayn&s;t ten or .xii. thou&s;ande fier&s;e and proude people / who wyll take none to mer+cy. And if ye nede we can nat helpe you. O Ro|hen. O Lauall. O Rieux. O <ABBR>Beaumanoyr.</ABBR> O longuyle. O rochfort. O mauuy. O male&s;troit O co~uer&s;ant. O &s;uche and &s;uche I co~playne of you all. that without my coun&s;ayle / ye wyll put your&s;elfe in this adue~ture. Wherfore am I co~|&s;table of Frau~ce? if ye le&s;e / the faut &s;halbe layd to me. and it &s;halbe &s;ayd / that I &s;ent you thider He had gyuen a co~maundement before / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> none &s;hulde departe fro the hoo&s;t / to i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">opart to pa&s;&s;e the bridge. But whan~e he &s;awe &s;o many noble men pa&s;&s;ed / and &s;awe the dealyng of the~. than he &s;ayd with an highe voyce. I abandon y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> pa&s;+&s;age to euery man that wyll a&s;&s;ay to pa&s;&s;e / by a+ny maner of meanes. And with tho&s;e wordes / knightes &amp; &s;quyers auaunced the~ &s;elfe to fynde way and engin / howe to pa&s;&s;e the bridge. but it was inco~tynent night / &s;o that of nece&s;&s;yte they mu&s;t leaue their labours / as in ca&s;tyng of bor|des and plankes on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ioy&s;tes / &amp; &s;ome layd their paue&s;&s;es to pa&s;&s;e ouer. &s;o that the flemyng&abis; had moche a do to defe~de the~&s;elfe / for they wy&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nat well to who~ to take hede. For they &s;awe beneth the bridge in the mary&s;e / a great no~bre of men of armes &s;tandyng clo&s;e to gyder / and &s;tyll m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> comyng to them. And al&s;o they &s;awe them that were on the other &s;yde of the bridge / &s;crimy&s;|&s;hyng &s;ore with them / &amp; dyde what they might to make the bridge agayne.</P>
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<P>_THus as ye haue herde before / the frenche men pa&s;&s;ed by the barkes that nyght / and came priuely tho|roughe the mary&s;&s;es and myre to their anclees. Nowe beholde and con&s;yder the payne that they endured / and the valyantne&s;&s;e of them. Seyng / howe in &s;o long nightes and wynter / as in Decembre. They a bode all the longe colde night in their harne&s;&s;e / on their fere in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> myre / their ba&s;&s;enett&abis; on their heedes without meate or drinke. Certaynly I &s;ay / this ought to be reputed for a great valya~t+ne&s;&s;e. And trewely they were but a handfull of men / to the regarde of the flemynges that were within Comynes / and about in the countre. &s;o thus they &s;tode and nouther dur&s;te enuade nor a&s;&s;ayle / but determyned to &s;tande &s;o &s;tyll tyll it were fayre day / &s;ayeng eche to other. We &s;hall &s;e whan it is day / the flemynges wyll come out of their &s;tre~gth and a&s;&s;ayle vs. And whan they come / let vs crye our cryes all with one voyce / euery man his owne crye orels his lord&abis;. thogh it &s;o be / that the lordes be nat here: for by &s;uche cryes / we &s;hall aba&s;&s;he them / and than lette vs &s;tryke in among them with good courage and wyll. It is in god / to gyue vs grace to di&s;con|fyte them / for they are but yuell armed. And we haue good &s;peares well heeded / and good &s;wer+des. The habergyns that they beare &s;hall nat defende them. Thus in this good conforte they abode all that night. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> con&s;table who was on the other &s;yde of the ryuer towarde Ly&s;le / had great feare in his hert of the~ / and wy&s;&s;hed hym &s;elfe and all his pui&s;&s;au~ce / within y^e towne of Comynes. Than the mar&s;hals of Burgoyn and of Flaunders / &s;ayd to conforte hym. Sir / be nothynge aba&s;&s;hed. they that be pa&s;&s;ed ouer be cho&s;ed men of warre / valyaunt and of great wy&s;dome. They wyll do nothyng but by good order and di&s;crecyon. Sir / they wyll nat fight this day / the night is to nere aprochynge. And &s;ir / ye haue aba~doned the pa&s;&s;age to pa&s;&s;e who wyll. To morowe a&s;&s;oone as it is day / we &s;hall do oure be&s;te to pa&s;&s;e the bridge. We haue pro|uyded this daye for woode and tymbre / more than we &s;hall nede. I tru&s;t we &s;hall be &s;oone o|uer / and reconforte them if they haue any nede / and yonder vnhappy people: &s;hall nat en|dure agayn&s;t vs. Thus the co~&s;table was reco~forted / by the &s;ayeng of &s;uche valyant &abper;&s;ons as were in his co~+pany.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenche men that were pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;e / di&s;confyted the flemyng&abis; and &s;lewe many of the~ / and wan the pa&s;&s;age of Comynes. Cap. CCCC .xv.</HEAD>
<P>_PEter de Boy&s;e: who knewe well that the&s;e me~ of armes in the mary&s;&s;e / were nere ioyning to Comynes. thought him &s;elfe in no &s;ure+tie / bycau&s;e he knewe natte what the~de &s;hulde be. How be it he &s;awe well / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had in his co~pany a &s;ixe or &s;euyn thou&s;ande men. Than he &s;ayd to the~. Sirs / yonder men of armes that haue pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer / they be nat made of &s;tele. They haue all this la&s;te day traueyled / and all this nyght &s;tamped in the myre. I thinke nowe at the bre|kyng vp of this newe mornyng / it were be&s;t we &s;et on them. We are men ynoughe to clo&s;e th&egrave;m rounde about. and if we beate them ones / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is none wyll medyll with vs after. let vs make no noy&s;e tyll the tyme come to do our feate. On the other&s;yde / the french knightes that were in the mary&s;&s;es / nat farre fro their enemyes / were nat at their ea&s;e / They &s;tode &s;o in the myre. &s;o~e to the ancles / &s;ome to the mydde legge. Howe be it / the greate plea&s;ure and de&s;yre that they had to co~quere the pa&s;&s;age with honour / made them forget their payne and traueyle. yf it had bene in Somer as it was in wynter / it had ben but a plea&s;ure for theym. but as than the erthe was colde and wete / and the nightes long. and &s;ome tyme rayned on their heedes / the whiche ran downe by their ba&s;&s;enettes. For they &s;tode euer redy to fight / and loked euer whan~e they &s;hulde be a&s;&s;ayled. The remembraunce wher|of / made them to forgette their paynes. There was the lorde of &s;aynt Pye / who aquyted him &s;elfe right nobly. He was the forma&s;t / and euer went priuely: to &s;pye / &s;e / and harken / the dea|lyng of his enemyes. And whan he retourned he &s;hewed his companye / howe there was no noy&s;e amonge them. Sayeng / paraduenture they do it / bycau&s;e they wyll be redy to do that is their purpo&s;e. Thus he wente in and out to &s;pye what his enemyes dyde / tyll at la&s;t about the breakyng of the day / the flemynges all in a plumpe without any maner of noy&s;e / came &s;of|tely towarde the mary&s;e. Whanne the lorde of &s;aynt Pye / who was watchyng for them / &s;awe
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certaynly that they were comyng: than he cam to his company and &s;ayd. Sirs / let vs &s;ette on them / for our enemyes are comynge at hande. They come fayre and &s;oftely without noy&s;e / we+nyng to &s;ette on vs / or we beware of them. ther+fore nowe / lette vs all &s;hewe our&s;elfe lyke men of warre: for inco~tynent we &s;hall haue batayle. And with tho&s;e wordes / euery man apparelled hym&s;elfe redy / and &s;et them &s;elfe in as good or|der as coude be deuy&s;ed.</P>
<P>ANd &s;o whan they aproched / they made their cryes / as they were apoynted be|fore to do. And receyued the flemmynges with the &s;peare poyntes / in &s;uche wy&s;e / that y^e mayle in their cootes / coulde holde out no more: than two or thre folde of clothe wolde haue doone. The con&s;table of Fraunce / herde well the crye and noy&s;e / and &s;ayd. Sirs / &s;urely our compa|ny are fightynge / god ayde them: for we canne nat / as at this tyme. Thus the frenche men re|ceyued the flemynges / with y^e good &s;peare hee|des of Burdeaux. The whiche went throughe / habergyns / &s;hulders / bellyes / and heedes: in &s;uche wy&s;e / that the flemyng&abis; gaue backe / and the frenche men wanne grounde. There was Peter de Boy&s;e in the forma&s;t front / hurt with a &s;peare through the &s;hulder / &amp; al&s;o in the heed. And he had bene deed without remedy / if his men had nat &s;aued hym. For he had a .xxx. gret varlettes / whome he had apoynted to wayte e|uer on his owne per&s;on. And &s;o they toke hym in their armes / and bare him out of the prea&s;e. the myre was &s;o great / that euery man waded to the mydde leg. The men of armes / who had bene v&s;ed to great feates of armes / They beate downe the flemynges / and &s;lewe them without mercy. Some cryed &s;aynt Pye Lauall / San|xere / Rieux / Anghien / and other cryes. The fle~+myng&abis; began to be aba&s;&s;hed and to be di&s;com|fyted / and began to recule backe: and to fall one vpon a nother. And the frenche men entred in a+mong the thycke&s;t of them / and &s;pared no more to &s;lee the~ / than they had ben dogges. and &s;ure|ly they had good cau&s;e &s;o to do. For if y^e flemyn+ges had achyued the pri&s;e ouer them / they had bene &s;erued of the &s;ame &s;auce. &para; Whan the flemynges &s;awe howe they were a&s;&s;ayled &s;o va+lyauntly / and that the men of armes had con|quered the cau&s;ey / and the bridge. Than they determyned to &s;et fyre in their owne towne / for two cau&s;es. The one was / to thentent to cau&s;e the frenchmen to recule backe. And &s;econdly to cau&s;e their owne company al&s;o to recule backe to the towne. And as they deuy&s;ed &s;o they dyd they put fyre in to dyuers how&s;es in the towne. thynkynge therby / to haue aba&s;&s;hed their ene|myes / whiche auayled them nothynge. for the frenchmen: as valyauntly as they dyd before / &s;o they pur&s;ewed them &s;tyll / betyng and &s;leyng of them. Than the &s;lemynges for&s;oke the towne and entred in to the feldes / and drewe togyder. and than &s;ent about in y^e countrey / to &s;tyrre and rey&s;e vp the people. As to Uertaygne / to Pro|pringne / to Uergues / to Rolers / and to Me&s;i|ers / to Warne&s;ton / &amp; to all other townes about / to cau&s;e them to come to Comynes. And belles began to braule / wherby it myght well be kno|wen / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was be&s;yne&s;&s;e in hande. &s;o &s;ome drewe to the noy&s;e / and &s;ome went to &s;aue them+&s;elfe and their goodes / to Ipre / and to Cour|trey. women and children for&s;oke their hou&s;es / and left their be&s;tes / corne / and other mouables behynde them. and &s;ome went towarde Comy nes to ayde their company / where as they were fyghting. In y^e meane &s;ea&s;on whyle the&s;e fre~ch+men / that had pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Li&s;e by the ly+tell barkes / were in hande with their enemyes. The con&s;table with the great bande of the vo|warde / dyd what they myght to pa&s;&s;e y^e bridge / and there was great prea&s;e / bycau&s;e the con&s;ta+ble hadde abandoned the pa&s;&s;age to euery man who &s;o wolde aduenture. So euery man prea|&s;ed forthe / they had no lette to pa&s;&s;e. So the&s;e lordes, pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ame day y^e bridge with moch parell / for they were fayne to lay paue&s;&s;es and targes on the ioy&s;tes of the bridg to pa&s;&s;e ouer. The &s;ame nyght they had cau&s;ed to be brought two lode of nayles / the which greatly dyd helpe them to amende y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bridge. and &s;o within a &s;hort tyme the bridge was made agayne: good and &s;tronge. And &s;o all the company pa&s;&s;ed ouer the &s;ame tui&s;day in the mornynge / and &s;o fought at the pa&s;&s;age. Therle of Flaunders vnder&s;tode howe they fought at the pa&s;&s;age of Comynes / and he &s;ent thyder a &s;ixe thou&s;ande men a fote / to <ABBR>ayd</ABBR> their company / but or they came all was done / and y^e bridge newe made. Than the con|&s;table &s;ent them to the bridge of Warne&s;ton / to make that bridge agayn / that all their caryage myght ea&s;ly pa&s;&s;e ouer.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the french kynge pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;e. And howe Philyppe Dartuell made his ordynaunce to re|&s;y&s;t the kyng and his pui&s;&s;ance. Cap. CCCC .xvi.</HEAD>
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_TIdynges came the tui&s;|daye to the kynge / who was at the abbey of Marquetes / &amp; his vncles with him / howe that y^e pa&s;&s;age of Comynes was conquered / and his vo|warde pa&s;&s;ed ouer. wherof they were greatly reioy&s;ed. Tha~ was it ordey|ned / that the kyng &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e / and &s;o he harde ma&s;&s;e and the lordes al&s;o. and dranke and lept on their hor&s;es / and &s;o toke the way to Comy|nes. They of the voward delyuered the towne clene fro the flemynges / and there were &s;layne in the &s;tretes &amp; in the feldes / about a four thou|&s;ande / be&s;yde tho&s;e that were kylled in y^e cha&s;e. and in mylles and churches / where as they had hyden them &s;elfe for feare. for as &s;one as the bre+tons were ouer / they lept on their hor&s;es / and entred in to the cha&s;e / to fynde out the flemyn|ges. and to ouer ryn the countrey / whiche was as than fat and ryche. The lorde of Ryeux / the lorde de Lauall / the lorde Male&s;troyt / the vy|count of Bellyer / the lorde of Comborte &amp; their company / rode &s;o long. that they came to Ue|rayne / agreat towne. the whiche anon was ta|ken and brent / and all they within put to dethe. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> the bretons had great pillage / and profite. and in lykewi&s;e &s;o had other / as they &s;predde a brode in the countrey. for they founde the hou|&s;es full of clothe / fethers / cloth of golde and &s;yl|uer. for the flemynges in tru&s;t of the &s;trength at Comynes / had nat a voyded their goodes out of the countrey. The bretons that entred fyr&s;t in to the countre / dyd &s;et no thyng by the clothe nor other ryches / but by y^e golde and &s;yluer that they founde there. but &s;uche as came after toke all and left no thyng behynde them / for all was fy&s;&s;he that came to net.</P>
<P>yE may well knowe / tydinges wyll a|non &s;predde abrode. the &s;ame tui&s;day worde ca~e to Philyp Dartuell / where as he lay at &s;iege before Andewarpe. howe that the frenchmen had pa&s;&s;ed the ryuer of Ly&s;e / by barkes y^e monday. and howe they had conque|red the pa&s;&s;age at Comynes. &amp; howe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a &s;ixe thou&s;ande of his menne &s;layne / and as it was thought / Peter de Boy&s;e was al&s;o &s;layne. Of the&s;e tidynges Philypp~ was greatly aba&s;|&s;hed / and began greatly to marueyle. And de|mau~ded of the lorde of Har&s;els / what was be&s;t to do? He an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Go you to gau~t and a&s;&s;emble togyder / all the men ye can gette in the towne / and than come hyder agayn. and &s;o with all youre puy&s;&s;aunce / drawe towarde Courtrey. And whan the kyng vnder&s;tandeth that ye come &s;o &s;tronglye / he wyll be aduy&s;ed or he come moche farther in to the countrey. Al&s;o / I tru&s;t we &s;hall here &s;hortlye tidynges fro oure company that be in Englande. And it may be &s;o / that the kynge of Englande and his vncles wyll pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee with great puy&s;&s;aunce / or &s;o~e of the~. The whiche &s;hall come well to pa&s;&s;e for vs. I marueyle greatly quod Philyppe Dart+well / that the engly&s;&s;he men tary &s;o long. Se|yng they knowe / that the frenche men be entred in to our countre. I wotte nat what they mean therby? And &s;pecially I marueyle of our owne men / that we here nat fro the~. But howe &s;oeuer it be / I wyll go to Gaunt / to fetche y^e rerebande and &s;o &s;hall come agayne and fight with the fre~+che kyng / what&s;oeuer come therof. I am enfor+med / howe the kynge hath twentie thou&s;ande men of armes / the whiche mounteth to .lx. thou+&s;ande men of warre. I &s;hall bringe as many a|gayn&s;t hym in batayle. And yf it plea&s;e god of his grace / y^t I may di&s;co~fyte hym / w^t the good ryght that we haue / I &s;halbe the moo&s;t honou|red lorde of the worlde. And if I be di&s;co~fyted / as great a fortune hath fallen on a gretter lorde than I am. Thus as Philyppe Dartuell and the lorde of Har&s;els were toguyder deuy&s;inge / <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> came certayne per&s;ons to them / &s;uche as had bene in the batayle before Comynes / who verifyed all: as ye haue herde before. Than~e Philyppe Dartuell &s;ayd. Is Peter du Boy&s;e deed or a lyue. They an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Sir / he is nat deed. But he was &s;ore hurt in the ba|tayle / and is gone to Bruges. And &s;o therwith Philyp lepte on his hor&s;e / and a .xxx. men with hym / and toke the way to Gau~t. And he went a lytell out of the way / to &s;e certayne men y^t were deed / of the gary&s;on of Andwarpe. Who were i&s;&s;ued out the &s;ame night / to make a &s;crye in the hoo&s;t / and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a .xii. &s;layne. And as he &s;tode and behelde them / he &s;awe where an ha|raude was comyng from Gaunt warde / belon|gyng to the kyng of Englande / and he was cal+led Irelande. Of the comyng of this haraude / Philyppe was right ioyefull / bycau&s;e he came out of Englande / and demau~ded of hym tidyn+ges. Sir quod the haraude / there is fyue of yo^r men with a knight of Englande / called &s;ir Wyl+lyam Fermeton / are come to Gaunt. And they by the acorde of the kynge of Englande and of his vncles / and generally / by con&s;ent of all the realme of Englande. They haue brought you letters (as I am enformed) the whiche letters
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comyth to you as Regent of Flaunders. And whan ye knowe what the letters conteyne / and the great alyances that ye &s;hall haue with them of Englande and your men ones retourned. ye &s;hall knowe what <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">oforte ye &s;hall haue of the~. Well quod Philyppe / ye <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">otente me moche of this deuy&s;ing / but I feare me it wyll be to late. Go your way to the hoo&s;t to our lodgynge / and &s;o he was brought to the lorde of Har&s;els / and Philyppe rode forthe to Gaunt ryght pen&s;yfe / in &s;uche wy&s;e / that no man coude haue a worde of hym.</P>
<P>NOwe let vs &s;peke of the frenche kynge / and let vs &s;hewe howe he parceyuered. Whan he harde howe that y^e pa&s;&s;age of Comy|nes was won / and the bridge newe made. than he departed fro the abbey of Marquettes / and &s;o rode forth toward&abis; Comynes / in good order euery man in his degre. So the kyng came the &s;ame tuy&s;day to Comynes / and he and his vn|cles lodged in the towne / and the vowarde was dy&s;lodged / and went and lodged on the mount of Ipre. and &s;o all his people and caryage pa&s;|&s;ed by Comynes and Warne&s;tone. And on the wedni&s;day / the kynge came and lodged on the &s;ame mount of Ipre. and on the &s;a~e wedni&s;day the rerewarde pa&s;&s;ed by y^e bridge of Comynes / wherin was two thou&s;ande men of armes and two thou&s;ande cro&s;bowes. and the erle of Ewe and the erle of Bloy&s;e / the erle of &s;aynt Powle / the erle of Harcourt / the lorde of Chatelon and the lorde of &s;ere / were gouernours of the~. And whan it was night / and y^t the lordes had thoght to haue re&s;ted the~ after their traueyle / there fell &s;odenly a larum and a &s;krye. &s;o that the lordes thought &s;urely to haue had batayle / &amp; thought that the flemynges of Ipre / of Ca&s;&s;ell / and of Bergues had bene gadred togyder / and come to gyue them batayle. than the&s;e lordes armed them agayne / and &s;et on their ba&s;&s;e nettes / and &s;et forthe their baners and penons / and ordred their men / euery man vnder their owne en&s;yg|nes. Thus they &s;toode nygh all nyght / in the myre to the myde legge. The&s;e lordes endured moche payne / as the erle of Bloy&s;e and other / who had nat bene acu&s;tomed to &s;uffre &s;uch <ABBR>cold</ABBR> in &s;uch longe nyghtes / as in Noue~bre / but they &s;uffred it for their honour. for they went &s;urely to haue bene fought with all incontynent / but all was nothing / for the &s;krye aro&s;e by certayne varlettes amonge them &s;elfe. Howe be it the&s;e lordes endured this payne / and bare it as well as they myght.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the towne of Ipre and dy|uers other / put them &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;ance of the french kyng / and of the ordre of the kynges hoo&s;t. Cap. CCCC .xvii.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd on the thur&s;day in the mornyng the rerewarde di&s;lodged fro comynes / and drue to their company / who were on the mount of Ipre. And there the kyng and the lordes toke coun&s;ayle what was be&s;t to do / whether they &s;hulde go before Ipre / or before Courtrey / or before Bruges. in the meane &s;ea&s;on the french forangers ran ouer the countrey / and they founde catayle and other thynges / that it was maruayle to con&s;ydre. for after they were ones ouer the pa&s;&s;age at Comy+nes they lacked no thynge. Whan they of Ipre &s;awe the kynge with all his puy&s;&s;aunce &s;o nere them / and the pa&s;&s;age at Comynes conquered they were nat well a&s;&s;ured of them &s;elfe / and &s;o they drewe togyder to cou~&s;ayle. The rych and notable men of the towne / wolde euer that they &s;hulde haue &s;ent to crye the kyng mercy / and to &s;ende hym the keyes of the towne. but the capi|tayne who was of Gaunt / and &s;et <ABBR>ther</ABBR> by Phi|lyp Dartuell / <ABBR>wold</ABBR> in no wy&s;e that they &s;hulde yelde. &s;ayng &s;irs: our towne is &s;tronge inough and well prouyded / we may byde a &s;iege longe ynogh if nedebe. and in the meane tyme Phi|lyppe Dartuell our regent wyll gather his pu|y&s;&s;ance / and come and fyght with y^e kyng / and ray&s;e the &s;iege: thinke nat the contrary. The o|ther an&s;wered / and &s;ayd: we be nat in &s;urety of this / for we thynke it can nat lye in Philyppe Dartuells power / to <ABBR>with&s;tand</ABBR> the kyng / with out the helpe of the engly&s;&s;hmen / the whiche is nothyng lykely. therfore we thynke it were be&s;t to yelde vs to the french kyng / &amp; to none other. So moche ro&s;e wordes bytwene the~ / that they ro&s;e agayn&s;t the capitayne and &s;lewe him / who was called Peter Uanelayre. And whan they of Ipre hadde done this dede / they cau&s;ed two freres to go to the kynge and to his vncles / de|&s;yring the kyng that he wolde take an amyable treaty with them of Ipre. The kynge than by the aduyce of his coun&s;ayle / gaue &s;aue conduct to .xii. of them of Ipre and an abbote / to come and go &s;aue / to knowe what wolde be their de|&s;yre / than y^e frers returned to Ipre. And &s;o than
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xii. were cho&s;en out in the towne &amp; an abbote / to go to the kyng on y^e mount of Ipre. and whan they came before the kyng they kneled downe / and offred hym to become alwayes vnder his obey&s;ance / without any meane or re&s;eruacion. The kyng than by the con&s;ent of his coun&s;ayle / as he y^t thought to reduce the countrey by faire meanes if he myght / receyued their offre / on a co~dicyon: and that was this. that they of Ipre &s;hulde pay to the kynge .xl. thou&s;ande frankes towardes his charges comynge thyder / to the whiche they of Ipre made no refu&s;e / but were ryght ioyfull therof. Thus they of Ipre were taken to mercy / and they de&s;yred the kyng and his vncles / to come in to their towne to refre&s;&s;h them / wherof they &s;ayd all the towne wolde be ryght gladde. the kyng agreed therto / con&s;yde ryng howe fro thens he myght go in to Flaun|ders / to whiche parte he wolde. So thus they of Ipre returned in to their towne / and the peo|ple therof were right ioyfull / whan they knewe how they were receyued to mercy. And &s;o anon this .xl. thou&s;ande frank&abis; was gadered among them / and payed to the kynge or he entred in to Ipre.</P>
<P>ALl this tyme the kynge lay &s;tyll on the mount of Ipre / and than there came ty|dynges to him / howe y^t the pary&s;iens rebelled / and had determyned / as it was &s;ayde amonge them &s;elfe / to haue beaten downe the ca&s;tell of Beautye / &s;tandyng in the wode of Uyncenes. and al&s;o the ca&s;tell of Lowre / and all the &s;trong how&s;es about Parys / to thentent y^t they &s;hulde nat be greued by any of them. There was one amonge them thought to haue &s;aid well / but he &s;pake right yuell: as it apered after / for he &s;ayd. Sirs: let vs nat do thus / iyll &s;uch &s;ea&s;on as we knowe howe the kynge our lorde dothe / in his iourney in Flau~ders. if they of Gaunt come to their entent / as we tru&s;t they &s;hall / than it wyll be good tyme to do it. let vs nat begyn a thyng and afterwarde repent vs. He that &s;ayde this / was called Nycholas the flemynge. and &s;o by his wordes the pary&s;iens &s;ea&s;ed to do that out|rage / but they helde them &s;elfe &s;tyll in Parys / and prouided for all thynges. as harnes and o|ther abylment&abis; / as richely / as though they had bene great lordes. And they were of harne&s;&s;ed men cape a pe / lyke men of armes / mo tha~ .xxx. <ABBR>thou&s;and</ABBR> / and as many with malles / and day|ly they cau&s;ed harnes to be made / and &s;olde to euery man that <ABBR>wold</ABBR> bye. beholde and &s;e what a my&s;chiefe &s;hulde haue fallen / if the kyng &amp; the noble chiualry that was with hym had bene di|&s;comfyted in Flau~ders. it may be well thought that all noblenes &s;hulde haue ben deed / and lo&s;t in all Fraunce / &amp; as well peraduenture in other places. The rebellyon called the Jaquery / was neuer &s;o great nor horible as this was likely to haue bene. In lykewi&s;e at Reynes / at Chalons in Champayne / and on the ryuer of Marewe / the villayns rebelled / and thretened the gentle|men / ladyes / and chyldren / &s;uche as were aby|dinge behynde the kynge. Al&s;o at Orleance / at Bloys / at Rohan in Normandy / and at Beau uoy&s;en / the dyuell was entred in to their heed|des to haue &s;layne all noblemen / if god had nat purueyed of remedy. as ye shall here af<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in this hy&s;torie. Nowe let vs retourne to Flaunders.</P>
<P>WHan they of Ca&s;&s;ell / of Bergues / of Bourbourcke / of Grauelyns / of Fur|nes / of Dunkyrke / of Propringe / of Tourront / of Uaylant / and of Me&s;&s;yne / vnder &s;tode howe they of Ipre were become frenche / and had yelded vp their towne vnder the obey|&s;ance of the frenche kyng / and that gracyou&s;ly he had receyued theym to his mercy / they were greatly reioy&s;ed / and recomforted. And thus whan~e they had well ymagyned / all the&s;e &s;ayd townes / toke their capitayns and bounde them fa&s;t / to thentent that they &s;hulde nat &s;kape. and &s;o they brought theym to the mount of Ipre to plea&s;e the kyng / and cryed hym mercy on their knees / &s;ayng. Noble kyng we put our bodyes goodes / and townes / to be vnder youre obey|&s;ance. and &s;ir / to &s;hewe more playnly that ye be our ryght lorde / we haue brought you here our chyefe capitayns that Philyppe Dartuell had &s;ette to rule vs / and agayn&s;t our wylles to obey them. &s;ir / do your plea&s;ure with the~ / as it &s;hall lyke you be&s;t. for &s;ir: they haue ruled vs at their plea&s;ure. Than the kynge was coun&s;ayled to take them to mercy / &s;o that amonge them they &s;hulde gyue to the kyng .lx. thou&s;ande frankes / towarde his charges / and therby all their ca|tayls / and other thynges that they had abrode in the feldes / <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be &s;aued / and nat brent nor di&s;troyed. Of the whiche co~po&s;icion they were ryght gladde / and thanked the kynge and his coun&s;ayle / that they were &s;o &s;kaped. but all the capitayns that had bene &s;ette by Philyp Dar|tuell / in the &s;ayd townes / were all beheeded on the mounte of Ipre. Of all the&s;e apoyntmen|tes and treaties / the erle of Flaunders was nat made preuy to noue of them / nor he was nat cal led to coun&s;ayle. Somewhat it anoyed hym / 
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for all that voyage he and his men lay euer on a wynge / bycau&s;e they were flemynges. and it was ordeyned and co~maunded / in the kynges name on payne of dethe / y^t no man in the hoo&s;t &s;hulde &s;peke any flemy&s;&s;he.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenche kynge departed fro the mou~t of Ipre / and howe Phi|lyppe Dartuell and the flemynges a|pareled them &s;elfe to fyght. Cap. CCCC .xviii.</HEAD>
<P>WHan the frenche kyng with all his hoo&s;t / vowarde and rerewarde / had lyen on the mount of Ipre as longe as it hadde plea&s;ed him / and that his men had &s;olde there moche marcha~di&s;e / of &s;uche &s;tuffe as they had won abrode in the countrey, to them of Ly&s;le / of Doway / and of Tourney / they &s;olde for a franke that was worthe foure. and there were &s;ome bretons y^t thought to wyn more than~e other / they charged their wagans and hor&s;es with &s;tuffe. as with cloth lynen and wollen / golde and &s;yluer / plate and ve&s;&s;ell / and dyd &s;ende it in to &s;auegarde / ouer the ryuer of Ly&s;e / and &s;ome in to Fraunce by their &s;eruaun|tes. So than the kynge went to Ipre and lod|ged in the towne as many as myght / and there they refre&s;&s;hed them a fyue or &s;ixe dayes. They of Bruges were well enfourmed howe y^e kyng was at Ipre / and howe that all the countre to Grauelynge / was yelded to hym. &s;o they wy&s;t nat what to do / outher to yelde or nat / howbeit they dyd no more at that tyme. the moo&s;t pri~cy|pall cau&s;e that moued the~ nat to yelde / was by|cau&s;e they hadde agreat nombre of their men of the towne with Philyppe Dartuell / at the &s;iege of Andwarpe / to y^e nombre of &s;euen thou&s;ande. and al&s;o in the towne of Gaunt / they had lying in ho&s;tage of the moo&s;t notable&s;t marchauntes of Bruges / to the entent that Peter de Boy&s;e &s;hulde be the more &s;urer to rule them. Al&s;o Pe|ter de Boy&s;e and Peter de Myrt / was there a monge them / &s;hewyng and &s;ayeng to the~ thus. Fayre &s;irs: and good men of Bruges / di&s;may you nat / though the kynge be come to Ipre. ye knowe well / howe auncyently all the puy&s;&s;ance that was &s;ent by kyng Philyppe to Courtrey / by our auncetours / they were all di&s;comfytted and &s;layne. in lyke wi&s;e &s;o &s;hall they all be &s;layn and di&s;confyted / for Philyppe Dartuell hathe a great puy&s;&s;ance. he wyll nat leaue the mater thus / he wyll fyght with the kyng / he may well do it / for the right is ours / and fortune is fauo|rabell to them of Gaunt. &s;o nowe if he may di|&s;comfyte the kyng / there is nat one &s;hall &s;kape nor repa&s;&s;e agayne the ryuer of Ly&s;e. &amp; &s;o thus in an hour / all our countrey is wonne agayne. And &s;oo thus ye of this towne &s;hall be reputed good and true / mayntayninge your fraunches and to be in the grace of Philyp Dartuell / and of vs of Gaunt.</P>
<P>THe&s;e wordes and &s;uche other lyke / &s;he|wed dayly by Peter de Boy&s;e / and by Peter de Myrt / refrayned them of Bruges to fall to any treatie with the french kyng. In this meane &s;ea&s;on the burge&s;&s;es of Gaunt / that had bene in Engla~de aryued at Calayes / and with the~ &s;ir Willym~ Fermeton an engly&s;&s;he knyght &s;ent in to the countre of Flaunders / by the kyng of Englande / to conclude with the flemynges a peace to be taken / bytwene the~ and their coun treys. Than the capitayne of Calys &s;ir Johan Deluerays / &s;ayd to them. &s;irs: ye are welcome / but as at this pre&s;ent tyme / ye may pa&s;&s;e no far|ther / for the frenche kyng is at Ipre / and all the countrey bytwene this and that / is tourned to hym. &s;hortly ye &s;hall here other tydinges / for it is &s;ayde / that Philyp Dartuell a&s;&s;embleth his power to fyght with the kyng / and than it &s;hall be knowen who &s;hall haue the better. If the fle|mynges be di&s;comfyted / than ye haue nothyng to do in Flaunders / and if the kyng le&s;e y^e felde / than all is yours. Thus the men of Gaunt and &s;ir Willyam Fermeton taryed &s;tyll at Calays.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of Philyppe Dartuell howe he parceyuered. He hadde great de&s;yre to fyght with the kynge / and that he well &s;hewed / for he came to Gau~t / and there he ordeyned that euery man that was able to beare armes / and the towne kept / &s;hulde folowe hym. euery man obeyed him / for he made them to beleue that by the grace of god / they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> disco~fyte the french men / and <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be &s;tyll lordes of Gaunt / and of dyuers other countreys. And &s;o he hadde with hym out of the towne / a ten thou&s;ande men in harnes / for the arerebande. and &s;o he came be|fore Courtrey / &amp; he had &s;ent to Bruges / to Au|dyn / to Ardanbourc / to Slu&s;e / and to the four me&s;tyers / and to the chatelayne of Gra~tmont / Teremonde / &amp; Aloys. and &s;o he ray&s;ed among
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th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">m a .xxx. thou&s;ade / and &s;o lodged one nyght before Andewarpe / and the next day he depar|ted and went before Courtrey / and he hadde in his company a fifty thou&s;ande men in harnes.</P>
<P>TJoynges came to the kynge and to the lordes of Fraunce / that Philyppe Dar+tuell and his puy&s;&s;ance aproched fa&s;t towarde them and it was &s;aid y^e he had in his company a thre&s;core thou&s;ande men. Than the vowarde departed fro Jore and the reregarde / and all the hoo&s;t. Whyle the lordes were thus in the fel|des they endured moch payne / for it was in the hart of wynter / in the begynnig of December / and it rayned nygh euery day. the lordes were fayne to lye euery nyght in the hygh wayes / for euery houre they loked for batayle. For it was dayly &s;aid in the hoo&s;t / howe their enemyes co~|meth to morowe / and that was &s;ayde by the fo|ragers that went dayly forthe a foragyng. the kynge was lodged in the myddes of his felde a monge his men. And in that Philyppe Dart|well and his co~pany taryed &s;o long or he came / the lordes of Fraunce were &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / for the wether was &s;oo &s;ore / that they wolde fayne the mater had bene determyned. With the kyng was the floure of all chiualry of Frau~ce. Phi|lyp Dartuell and y^e flemynges were to proude / whan they were &s;o hardy to fight with y^e kyng. for if they had leyen &s;tyll at y^e &s;iege before And|warde / and a fortefyed them &s;elfe there / and by the rea&s;on of the rayne / and foule wether that fell. The frenchmen wolde neuer haue gone to haue fought with them there / and if they had / they coulde nat lightly haue fought with them / but to their great payne and parell. But Phi|lyppe glorifyed &s;o in his fayre fortune and vi|ctory / that he had before Bruges / that it &s;emed to him / that no thynge coude go agayn&s;t hym / for he hoped well to be lorde of all the worlde. this was all his ymaginacyon / for he doughted nothyng the french kyng / nor all his puy&s;&s;ance / for if he had he wolde nat haue done as he dyd. as ye &s;hall here after.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the maruayle that came to the flemynges in the nyght / and howe they ordeyned their batayle all in one company. Cap. CCCC .xix.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Wedni&s;day at night that y^e batayle was the next day / Philyp Dartuell with all his puy&s;&s;ance came and lodged in a fayre grounde / right &s;tro~ge bytwene a dike and a lytell groue of woode with a &s;trong hedge &s;o y^t lightly no man coulde come well at them. And this was bytwene the hyll and Ro&s;ebeque, where as y^e kyng lay. The &s;ame night Philyppe Dartuell made a &s;upper in his lodgyng to all his capitayns right plen|teous / for they had proui&s;yon ynoughe folow|ynge them. and after &s;upper / he &s;ayd to them. faire &s;irs: ye &s;e well we be here in armes / I hope well to morowe we &s;hall haue &s;ome be&s;ynes / for the kyng who hathe great de&s;yre to fynde vs to fyght / is lodged at Ro&s;ebeque. nowe I require you all / kepe faythe and trouthe / and be nat a|ba&s;&s;hed of any thyng that ye &s;e or here / for this that we do is in the vpholdynge of our ryght / and lette vs frely fyght / to mayntayn the iuri&s;|dictyons of Flau~ders. Admony&s;t your people to do well their deuoyre / and ordre them &s;o well and wi&s;ely / that by our good order and array we may haue the victory of the iourney to mo|rowe. by y^e grace of god we &s;hall fynde no lorde that dare fyght agayn&s;t vs in the felde / and it &s;hall be more honoure for vs / than though we had comfort of the engli&s;&s;hmen / for if they were in our company / they &s;hulde haue the renome / and nat we. Al&s;o &s;ay to your company that they &s;aue no par&s;one alyue / &amp; &s;o therby we &s;hall lyue in re&s;t / for here is with the kynge all the floure of Fraunce / there is none le&s;t be hynde. Wher|fore I co~maunde on payne of deth that no man take any pri&s;oner without it be the kynge hym+&s;elfe / for I wolde he were &s;aued / for he is but a chylde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">e ought to be pardoned / he knoweth nat yet what he dothe / but as he is led / we &s;hall bring hym to Gau~t to lerne to &s;peke flemy&s;&s;he. but as for dukes / erls / and other par&s;ones / &s;lee them all. The comons in Fraunce wyll nat be dy&s;plea&s;ed there with / for I am in &s;urety they wolde that none of them <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> returne agayne in to Fraunce / and no more I tru&s;t they &s;hall. All &s;uch as were with Philyppe at this &s;upper / acorded to his opinyon / and &s;o an&s;wered with one voice / and &s;ayd. Sir: ye &s;ay well / and thus it &s;halbe done / than they toke their leaue of him and retourned to their lodginges to their com|panyes to &s;hewe them as ye haue harde before. Thus pa&s;&s;ed the nyght in the hoo&s;t with Phi|lyppe dartuell / but about midnyght as I was
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enfourmed / there fell in their hoo&s;t a maruay|lous thynge / I neuer harde of none lyke it in a|ny maner.</P>
<P>THus whan~e the flemynges were at re&s;t in their lodginges / howbeit they knewe well their enemyes were on the hyll / nat pa&s;t a leage fro them. As I was enfourmed / Philyp Dartuell had brought a damo&s;ell with him out of Gaunt. and as Philyppe lay and &s;lept on a couch be&s;yde a lytell fyre of coles in a pauilyon / this &s;ayd damo&s;ell about y^e houre of mydnight i&s;&s;ued out of the pauilyon to loke out on y^e ayre / and to &s;e what tyme of the night it was by likly hode / for &s;he <ABBR>could</ABBR> nat &s;lepe. &s;he loked towarde Ro&s;ebeque / and &s;he &s;awe in the &s;kye dyuers fu|mes and fyre flyeng / it was of the fyres that the frenchmen made vnder hedges &amp; bu&s;&s;hes. this damo&s;ell harkened / &amp; as &s;he thought &s;he harde great brute / bytwene their hoo&s;t and the french hoo&s;t / &s;he thought &s;he harde the frenche cryes / cryeng mou~tioy &s;aynt Denyce and other cryes and this &s;he thought was on mount Dorre by+twene them and Ro&s;ebeque. Of this thyng &s;he was &s;ore afrayed / and &s;o entred in to the pauy|lyon / and &s;odenly awaked Philyp / and &s;ayd. Sir: ry&s;e vp &s;hortly and arme you / for I haue harde a great noy&s;e on the mount Dorre / I be leue it be the frenchmen that are comyng to a&s;|&s;ayle you. with tho&s;e word&abis; he ro&s;e and ca&s;t on a gowne / and toke his axe in his hande and y&s;|&s;ued out of the pauylion to &s;e what it was. And as the damo&s;ell had &s;hewed hym / he herde the &s;ame hym &s;elfe / and it &s;emed to hym that there was a great tournement onthe &s;ayd hyll. than inco~tynent he entred in to his pauilyon / &amp; cau|&s;ed his trumpet to be blowen. As &s;oone as the trumpet had blowen / euery man aro&s;e and ar|med them. They of the watche &s;ent inco~tynent to Philypp~ Dartuell / to knowe for what <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">u&s;e he &s;tyrred vp the ho&s;t / &s;eyng there was no cau&s;e why. &s;hewyng him / howe they had &s;ent to their enemyes hoo&s;t and there was no &s;tyrring. why quod Philyppe / wherof ro&s;e that noy&s;e on the mount Dorre? Sir &abquod; they we herde the &s;ame noy&s;e / &amp; &s;ent thyder to knowe what it was. and they that went hath made report / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whan they came there / they herde nor &s;awe nothyng. And &s;ir / bycau&s;e we founde nothynge we made no noy&s;e therof / for &s;tyrring vp of your hoo&s;t. If we &s;hulde haue &s;tyrred them without a cau&s;e / we ought to haue ben blamed for our labour. &amp; whan they of the watche had &s;hewed Philyppe the&s;e wordes / he apea&s;ed hym &s;elfe and all the hoo&s;t. Howbeit he had marueyle in his mynde what it myght be. Some &s;ayde it was fendes of hell / that played and tourneyed there as the batayle &s;hulde be the next daye / for ioye of the great pray that they were likely to haue <ABBR>ther.</ABBR></P>
<P>EUer after this &s;odayne afray / Philyppe Dartuell and the flemyng&abis; were in dout of betrayenge. And &s;o at good ley&s;ar they ar|med the~ and made great fyres / and eate meate and dranke / wherof they had &s;ufficient. and an hour before day Philyppe &s;ayd. Sirs / it were good we drewe in to the felde and order our pe+ple / to the entent that thoughe the frenche men come on vs at the breakyng of the day / that we may be redy to receyue the~. They all accorded to his &s;ayeng / and &s;o i&s;&s;ued out of their lodgyn+ges and came in to a hethe without the woode. And before them there was a great large dyke newly made / and behynde them full of bu&s;&s;hes of genepar and other &s;mall bu&s;&s;hes. there they ordered their batayle all in one company / and by the report of their co~&s;tables / they were to the nombre of .l. thou&s;ande cho&s;en men / who dyde &s;ette but lytell by their lyues. Al&s;o there were a thre&s;core archers engly&s;&s;hmen &s;tolen away fro Calys / thynkyng to haue more profyte by Phi+lyppe Dartuell. So thus euery thyng was or|dred / their cariage / women / and varlettes. and Philyppe Dartuell had his page by hym on a good cour&s;er / worthe to a great lorde fyue hun+dred florens. He had hym nat by hym / to the en+tent to flye away or to &s;teale fro his company / but it was the gretter therby to &s;hewe his e&s;tate and to mou~t on hym if nede were to folowe the cha&s;e of the frenchmen. He had of the towne of Gau~t about a nyne thou&s;ande men well armed whom he kept euer about his owne per&s;on / for he had more tru&s;te in them than in any other. &amp; he and they with their baners were in the for|ma&s;t front / and they of Aloyes and Grantmo~t next them. And than they of Courtrey / of Bru|ges / of Danne / of Sclu&s;e / and of Franke / who were armed the moo&s;t partie with malles &amp; cha+peau&s;e of &s;tele / and hocquetons &amp; gantlettes of &s;teele and baleyne / eche of the bearynge a &s;take typped with yron. The&s;e townes had differe~ce in armes and lyuereis / to knowe one company fro another. Some had cotes of yelowe &amp; blue / &s;ome with blacke bandes on reed cootes / &s;ome bordered with whyte on blewe cotes / &s;ome pla~|ted with grene and blewe. So~elo&s;enged with whyte and blacke / &s;ome quartred whyte &amp; reed &s;ome all blewe and one quarter reed / &s;ome reed
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cutte vpon whyte / and their baners accordyng to their craftes / with great holme&s;&s;es ha~gynge at their gyrdels. So thus they taryed for the day light / whiche was nere aprochyng. Nowe I &s;hall &s;hewe you the order of the frenchmen.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the con&s;table and admyrall of Fraunce / and the ba&s;tarde of Lan|gres wente to &s;e the flmynges / and howe they fortifyed them &s;elfe Cap. CCCC .xx.</HEAD>
<P>_THe frenche kynge and the lord&abis; about hym / knewe right well howe the flemyn|ges aproched nere to them. And &s;awe well <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no remedy but batayle / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was no mocion made of tre|tie of peace. The wedni&s;daye there was a crye made in the towne of Ipre / y^t all maner of peple as men of warre / &s;hulde drawe to y^e felde to the kynge / and to do as they oughte to do. Euery man obeyed the kynges co~maundement as rea+&s;on was. And drue to the felde / except &s;uche bar lett&abis; as were co~mau~ded to kepe their may&s;ters hor&s;es. Howbeit in the bowarde they had ma|ny hor&s;es for y^e adue~turers / and to dy&s;couer the feldes. Thus this wedni&s;day the frenche men kept the feldes nere vnto Ro&s;ebeque. &amp; at night the kyng made a &s;upper to his four vncles and t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the co~&s;table of Frau~ce / &amp; to the lorde of Cou|cy and to other great lordes &s;trau~gers / of Bra|bant / of Heynalte / of Hollande / of zelande / of Almayne / of Lorayne / &amp; of Sauoy / who were come thyder to &s;erue the kyng / wherof he than|ken them greatlye. The &s;ame nyght the erle of Flau~ders kept the wache / and with hym a &s;ixe hundred &s;peares and .xii. hu~dred men of other per&s;ons of warre. And after &s;upper whan the&s;e lordes were departed / the con&s;table abode &s;tyll to &s;peke with the kyng and his vncles. It was ordayned by the kynges coun&s;ayle / that the co~|&s;table of Fraunce &s;ir Olyuer of Cly&s;&s;on &s;hulde leaue his office for the next day / bycau&s;e it was thought y^t they &s;hulde haue batayle / and that the lorde of Coucy &s;hulde occupy the offyce for that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yme / and &s;ir Olyuer to be about the kyn|ges per&s;on. And &s;o whan he wolde haue taken leaue of the kyng / the kynge &s;ayd to hym ryght &s;wetely and amiably. Sir co~&s;table / we wolde that ye rendre vp your offyce in to our handes / for this night and to morowe all day. We haue ordayned another to occupy the rome / and we wyll that ye abyde about our per&s;one. Of the&s;e wordes the con&s;table had great marueyle / and an&s;wered and &s;ayde. Right dere &s;ir / I knowe well I can nat haue &s;o great honour / as to ayde to kepe youre per&s;one. But &s;ir / this &s;hulde be right di&s;ple&s;aunt to all my company / and to all theym of the vowarde / if they haue nat me in their company. Paraduenture they maye le&s;e more therby than wynne. Sir / I &s;ay it nat by|cau&s;e I &s;hulde thynke my &s;elfe &s;o valyant / that for lacke of me they &s;hulde nat do well. But &s;ir / &s;auyng the correctyon of your cou~&s;ayle / I &s;ay that all the&s;e fyftene dayes pa&s;t / I haue done none other thynge / but pur&s;ewed myne offyce / to the honoure of you and of your people. And &s;ir / I haue &s;hewed euery man what they &s;hulde do. And &s;ir / if they fight to morowe / and &s;e nat me amonge them / they wyll be aba&s;&s;hed / wher by I &s;hall receyue blame. And &s;ome wyll &s;aye / that I haue deuy&s;ed many thynges / and flye a way fro the fir&s;t &s;trokes. Sir / I requyre your grace breke nat that hath ben fir&s;t ordayned / I en&s;ure you ye &s;hall haue profyt therby. So the kynge and &s;uche as were about hym / wy&s;t nat what to &s;ay. At la&s;t the kyng right &s;agely &s;aid. Con&s;table / I knowe well ye haue in all cau&s;es right well acquyted your &s;elfe and &s;hall do. the kyng my father that deed is / loued and tru&s;ted you aboue all other / and for the great tru&s;t and affyaunce that he had in you / therfore I wolde haue you aboute me in this be&s;yne&s;&s;e. Ryght dere &s;ir quod the con&s;table / ye are &s;o well acom+panyed / and with &s;o valyant and &s;o noble men and are &s;o ordred by delyberacion of wy&s;e coun+&s;ayle / that there is nothynge can be amended. Wherfore &s;ir / ye and youre coun&s;ayle ought to be content. And I therfore requyre you in god+des behalfe / to &s;uffre me alone in myne offyce. And I tru&s;te to morowe ye &s;hall haue &s;o good fortune in your iourney / that your frendes &s;hal be gladde and your ennemyes di&s;plea&s;ed. To the whiche wordes the kynge gaue none aun|&s;were of a great &s;pace / but at la&s;t &s;ayd. Con&s;ta+ble / in the name of god and &s;aynt Denyce exer|cy&s;e your offyce at your plea&s;ure / I wyll &s;peke no more therof. For ye &s;e farther in this matter than I do / or &s;uche as moued fir&s;t the matter. Be to morowe with me at my ma&s;&s;e. &s;ir quod
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the con&s;table with right a good wyll. &amp; &s;o toke leaue of the kyng and retourned to his logyng And on the thur&s;daye in the mornynge / euery man apparelled the~&s;elfe redy armed &s;aue their heedes / for they knewe well by all lykelyhodde / that they &s;hulde haue batayle the &s;ame day. the frenche kyng herde ma&s;&s;e be tymes in the mor|nyng / and all the great lordes with great deuo+cyon / prayeng to god to &s;ende the~ honoure that daye. The &s;ame mornynge there aro&s;e a great my&s;t / &s;o that one coulde nat &s;e an acre of brede before hym / wherof the lordes were ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but they coude nat amende it. And after ma&s;&s;e the kynge and the con&s;table / and o|ther great lordes wente to / coun&s;ayle / to deter|myne what they &s;hulde do. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was or|dayned / that &s;ir Olyuer of Cly&s;&s;on co~&s;table of Fraunce / &s;ir Mathue of Uyenne admyrall of Frau~ce / and &s;ir Wylliam of Poicters ba&s;tarde of Langres. The&s;e thre &s;hulde go and vy&s;ette the demeanour of the flemyng&abis; / as nere as <ABBR>ther</ABBR> might and to come agayne and make report to the kynge and to his vncles / of the trouthe of euery thynge. and in the meane tyme / the lorde de Labreth &amp; &s;ir Hughe of Chatelone &s;hulde or+der the ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">aylles. So thus the&s;e thre departed fro the kyng mou~ted on good hor&s;es / and rode &s;treyght where as they thought to fynde their enemyes. The &s;ame mornyng in y^e great my&s;t the flemynges ro&s;e and drewe toguyder in the &s;ame &s;tronge place that they had fortifyed / and &s;o &s;tode toguyder all in one batayle tyll it was eyght of the clocke / and coude here nothyng of the frenchmen. And than by great pride the ca|pitaynes &s;ayd eche to other. What do we here / thus &s;tandyng &s;tyll on our fete and take colde? Why do we nat go forthe with great courage / &s;ythe we haue &s;o great wyll to fight with oure enemyes? We tary here for nothynge. the fre~ch men wyll neuer &s;eke vs here. Lette vs go at the lee&s;t to the mount Dorrel / and take the aduaun+tage of the hyll. The&s;e wordes &s;o multiplyed / that they all agreed to auaunce forthe / to take y^e hyll that was bytwene them and the fre~chmen. And &s;o than to e&s;cape fro the dyke that was be|fore them / they went about the lytell wode that was behynde them / and toke the playne feldes And as they came about this wode / the for&s;aid thre knyghtes aduy&s;ed them by great <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ey&s;ar / &amp; &s;o rode in co&s;tyng their batayle / within a bowe &s;hot of them. and whan they were pa&s;&s;ed on the lyft &s;yde / than they rode agayne on their ryght &s;yde / &s;o that they well aduy&s;ed their hole batell. The flemynges &s;awe them right well / but they brake none aray for all them. Than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Dartuell &s;ayd &s;oftely to his capitayns. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> dre&s;&s;e vs and make vs redy to the batayle / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> our enemyes are nere vs. I se right well y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thre knightes that haue pa&s;&s;ed and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">pa&s;&s;ed by vs / haue well auiewed oure batayle. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ie th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y drewe all in to one batayle as they wente to the hyll. Than Philyppe &s;ayd a loude. &s;irs / whan we come to the batayle / lette vs thynke on oure enemyes / howe they were di&s;confyted at the ba+tayle of Bruges / by rea&s;on that we helde oure &s;elfe clo&s;e toguyder. Let vs beware that we o|pyn nat / euery man beare his weapen ryght be+fore hym / and enterla&s;e your &s;taues ouer your armes / one within another / wherby they &s;hall nat entre vpon vs. And lette vs go a good pa&s;e by ley&s;ar / and nother tourne on the lyfte hande nor on the right. And &s;hote our gonnes all ato|nes / and &s;hote with oure cro&s; bowes. And this we &s;hall aba&s;&s;he our enemyes.</P>
<P>wHan Philyppe Dartuell had thus or|dred his men and &s;ette his batayle in arraye / and &s;hewed theym what they &s;hulde do. Than he made out a wynge of part of his men / &s;uche as he be&s;t tru&s;ted / and by him was his page with his cour&s;er / to who~e he &s;ayd Go thy waye with my hor&s;e behynde yonder bu&s;&s;he / and whan thou &s;ey&s;t the frenchmen flye than bring me my hor&s;e and crye my crye. than men wyll gyue the roume / to the entent that I may folowe in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cha&s;e with the forma&s;t. y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> page dyde as he was commaunded. Than he &s;et be|&s;yde hym on a wynge .xl. archers engly&s;&s;hmen whome he had in wages. &para; Nowe beholde if Philyp ordred hym &s;elfe well or nat. I thynke and &s;o dyde many / &s;uche as were expert in ba|taylles / that he dyde nat well nor wy&s;ely in one thynge. And that was / whan~e he depatrted in the mornynge out of the &s;tronge place that he was in. For it is to be thought / that the frenche men wolde neuer haue &s;ought theym there / to haue fought with the~ / for they coulde nat haue done it without great domage. But lyke foles they thought to &s;hewe them &s;elfe valyaunt and lytell fea|ryng their enemyes / and &s;o they were &s;erued therafter.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The maner of the batayle of Ro&s;e|beque / and howe the flemyng&abis; were
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<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">yted by the cou~&s;ayle of the thre for<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> knightes / who had a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ewed all their b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">hauyng. Cap. iiii. C. xx<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HEAD>
<P>_SO the&s;e thre fore&s;ayd knyghtes retourned to the kyng and to the bataylles / y^e which were redy in good a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ey as the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ought to be. for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many noble and wy&s;e men and well experte in armes bothe in the vowa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">de and in the rere+garde / and in the kynges batayle. &amp; they knew right well what ought to be done / for <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">our of all the good ch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">alry of the worlde So thus euery man gaue the&s;e thre knyghtes way to co~e to the kyng / the lorde Cly&s;&s;on &s;pake fir&s;t en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lynynge his body to the kynge / doyng of his hatte and &s;ayde. Sir / be mery: yonder people be all yours / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ure varlettes &s;hall beate them. Con&s;table quod the kynge / god graunt it. Let vs go forwarde than in the name of god and &s;aynt Denyce. Than~e &s;uche knyghtes as were apoynted to attende on the kynges body were &s;ette in good order. And there the kynge made many newe knightes / and &s;o dyde euery lorde in his owne batayle / and dyuers baners were newe rey&s;ed vp. Than it was ordayned / that wha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e they &s;hulde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyne to fyght / that the kynges batayle with the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">riflambe of Frau~ce &s;hulde be in the fore fronte / and the Uo warde &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e by a &s;yde on a Wynge on the one &s;yde of the kynge. And the rerewarde to pa&s;&s;e by / a lytell on the other &s;yde of the kynge. So that all thre batayls might atoues / clo&s;e about the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">mynges batayle / who came clo&s;e toguy|der all in one batayle. So the arereward were &s;hewed of this apoyntme~t / the erle of Ewe / the erle of Bloy&s;e / the erle of &s;aynt Poule / the erle of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">arcourte / the lorde of Chatyllone / and the lorde Sere were chiefe of that warde. And be|fore the erle of Bloy&s;e there was made barone the yonge lorde of haurell / &s;ir Thomas Dy|&s;tre &punc; &amp; &s;ir James <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ameth ba&s;tarde were made <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="3 letters">ght<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s. There were made the &s;ame day by the reporte of the haraudes / foure hundred thre &s;core and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">uyn knightes. And &s;o than the thre knight<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">s departed fro the kyng and went in to the vowarde / where as their romes were. than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">riflambe was di&s;played that &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yllers dyde beare. And &s;ome &s;ay as they haue founde written / that it was neuer before &s;ene di&s;played agayn&s;t chri&s;te~men. but tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> in that voyage there was great que&s;tyon made / whyder it &s;hulde be di&s;played ornatte. Howe be it dyuers rea&s;ons con&s;ydered / finally it was determyned to be di&s;played as than / by cau&s;e the flemynges helde the opynion contra|rie to pope Clement. And therfore the frenche|men called theym Urbany&s;tes / wherfore they &s;ayde they were hery<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">kes / and oute of the true beleue. That was the chyefe cau&s;e that it was borne and di&s;played in Flaunders. This Ori|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ambe is a precyous baner / and was &s;ent fir&s;t fro heuyn for a great my&s;terie / the whiche was euer a great comfort to them that &s;awe it. And the &s;ame daye it &s;hewed &s;ome of his vertue / for all the mornyng there was a great thicke my&s;t / that one coude &s;cante&s;e another. But as &s;oone as it was di&s;played and lyfte vp on hyghe / the my&s;t brake away / and the &s;kye was as clere as any tyme in the yere before. The lordes of Fra~+ce were greatlye reioy&s;ed / whan they &s;awe the &s;onne &s;hine &s;o clere / that they might &s;e all about them / this greatly dyde reconfort them. it was great beautie than to regarde the baners and &s;tremars waue with the wynde. And behelde well the great batayle of the flemmynges / who euer &s;tyll aproched / fa&s;t ioyned toguyder with their &s;taues vpright / that it &s;emed a lytle groue of wode / there were &s;o many of them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the flemynges were di&s;co~|fyted at the batayle of Ro&s;e|beque. Cap. iiii. C .xxii.</HEAD>
<P>_IWas as than enfour|med of the lorde of De&s;te|nort / who &s;hewed me / howe that he was there and &s;awe it / and &s;o dyde dyuers other That whan the Oriflambe was di&s;played and the my&s;t gone away. There came a doue and made dy|uers flyghtes ouer the kynges batayle. and a lytell before they fought / &s;he &s;at downe on one of the kynges baners / the whiche euery manne toke for a good token. &s;o thus aproched the fle|mynges and began to &s;hote go~nes and arowes fethered with &s;teele. Thus the batayle began the whiche was right &s;harpe &amp; feir&s;e at the fir&s;t encou~tryng. for y^e flemyng&abis; &s;et on proudly thru+&s;tyng W^t their &s;peares &amp; &s;hulders lyke wylde <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o
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res / and they helde them&s;elfe &s;o clo&s;e toguyder that they coulde nat be opyned. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was with the &s;hot of the gonnes at the fyr&s;t thru&s;t &s;layne / of the french parte / the lorde Del<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">rwyn bane|ret / Morlette of Harwyn / and James Dorre / and &s;o therwith the kynges batayle was recu|led / but the vowarde and y^e arerewarde pa&s;&s;ed on forth / and enclo&s;ed about the flemynges / and helde theym &s;trayte / I &s;hall &s;hewe you howe. On the&s;e two wynges the men of armes fer&s;ly a&s;&s;awted / with their &s;tronge &s;peares well hee|ded with heed&abis; of fyne &s;tele / wherwith they per|&s;ed the flemynges cotes of mayle in to y^e harde bones / &s;o that the flemynges were glad to e&s;|che we the &s;trokes. So thus the&s;e men of armes kept the flemynges &s;o &s;hort / that they coude nat well helpe them &s;elfe / nor put downe their ar|mes to gyue any &s;trokes. So there were many that lo&s;t their &s;trength and brethe / and fell one vpon a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">other / &amp; &s;o dyed for lacke of breth with out &s;trikyng of any &s;troke. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was Phi|lyppe Dartuell wounded and beaten downe a+monge his men of Gaunt / and whan his page with his hor&s;e / &s;awe the di&s;co~fyture of his may|&s;ter / he departed and lefte his may&s;ter / for he coulde nat helpe hym / and &s;o rode to Courtray towardes Gaunt.</P>
<P>THus the&s;e batayls a&s;&s;embled to gyder. So the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lemynges batayle was inclo|&s;ed on bothe &s;ydes / &s;o that they coulde pa&s;&s;e no way / than y^e kynges batayle came forth agayne the whiche was before a lytell drawen a backe. The men of armes beate downe the flemynges on euery &s;yd<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &s;ome had good axes of &s;tele / wher with they brake a &s;onder ba&s;&s;enetes / and &s;ome had malles of leade. wherwith they gaue &s;uche &s;trokes / that they beat all downe to the erthe be fore them / and as the flemynges were beaten downe / there were pages redy to cut their thro|tes / with great knyues / and &s;o &s;lewe them with out pytie / as though they had bene but dogges / the &s;trokes on the ba&s;&s;enetes were &s;o great y^t no man coulde here other &s;peke for noy&s;e. I harde reported y^t though all the armorers of Bareys / and Bru&s;els hadde bene workynge toguyder / coulde nat haue made &s;o great a noy&s;e. There were &s;ome that aduau~ced &s;o &s;ore in to the prea&s;e that they were &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ayn / and ouercome for lacke of brethe. as &s;ir Loys of Gou&s;alles a ge~tle knight of Berrey / and &s;ir Fleton of Renyell &amp; dyuers other / whiche was great domage. but &s;o great a batayle as the flemynges were / coulde nat be ouercome without great lo&s;&s;e / for yong knigh|tes and &s;quiers wyll lightly auaunce them &s;elfe to get honour. and the prea&s;e was &s;o great and the be&s;yne&s;&s;e &s;o parylous / that whan they were in the thicke of the prea&s;e / they coude nat releue them &s;elfe / but were troden vnder fote to dethe. and &s;o by that meanes there were dyuers of the fre~chmen &s;layne / but to no great nombre. The <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">lemyng&abis; were &s;layne by hepes / one vpon a no|ther. And whan~e they that were behynde &s;awe the di&s;comfyture of their company / they were aba&s;&s;hed / and ca&s;t downe their paue&s;&s;es / and armures / and tourned and fled away towarde Courtrey / and other places / and had mynde of nothynge but to &s;aue them &s;elfe. And y^e bretons and frenchmen cha&s;ed the~ through dykes / gro|ues / and bu&s;&s;hes / and euer foughte and &s;lewe them downe ryght. there were many fledde by|twene Courtrey &amp; the batayle / to go to Gaunt. This batayle was on the mou~t dorre / bytwene Courtrey / and Ro&s;ebeque. In the yere of our lorde god / a thou&s;ande thre hundred sour&s;core and two / the thur&s;day next before adue~t in No+uember / the .xxvii. day. the french kyng Char|les than beyng of .xiiii. yere of age.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the body of Philyp dartuell was brought to the kynge and &s;o ha~+ged vp. and howe the towne of Cur|tray was brent. Cap. C C C C .xxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus as ye haue herde the flemynges were di&s;con|fyted on the mount Dorre / their pride abated and Phi+lyppe Dartuell &s;layne. and of them of Gaunt / &amp; of their parteners &s;layne with hym in the felde / to the nombre of nyne thou&s;ande / a+cordynge to the report of the herauldes / and in the cha&s;e .xxv. thou&s;ande &s;layne. And the ba|tayle endured nat pa&s;t halfe an hour / or it was di&s;confyted. And after this di&s;co~fyture / the whi+che was right honourable for all chri&s;tendome / and for all noblene&s;&s;e. For if the&s;e &s;ayd villay|nes had atchyued their ententes / there had ne|uer &s;o great crueltie haue ben &s;ene before in all the worlde. For the comonties in dyuers coun|treis had rebelled / to haue di&s;troyed all noble|ne&s;&s;e.</P>
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What thynke you that they of Parys wolde &s;aye / whan they knewe of this di&s;confyture? I thynke they were nothynge ioyfull therof. thus whan this batayle was atchyued / at la&s;te they left the cha&s;e / and tru~pettes &s;owned the retrait. And &s;o euery man drewe to his lodgynge / and the vowarde lodged forwarde / there as the fle|mynges had lyen the nyght before. And there toke their ea&s;e &amp; were well refre&s;&s;hed / for newe purueyaunce came to them fro Ipre. And &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> night they made great fyres / with &s;uche paue&s;|&s;es and &s;taues as the flemynges had broughte to the felde. And whan the kyng was in his lod gynge / there was pyght vp a pauilyon of cry|ma&s;yn &s;endall right noble and riche. And there the kynges vncles <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ed hym / and dyuers other lordes of Fraunce came thyder to &s;e hym as rea&s;on requyred. Than the kynge &s;ayde to them that were about hym. Sirs / if Philyppe Dartuell be a lyue or dedde / I wolde fayne &s;e hym. they an&s;wered / howe they wolde do their payne that he &s;hulde &s;e hym. And thanne there was made a crye throughe the hoo&s;t / that who &s;oeuer coude fynde Philyppe Dartuell / &s;hulde haue a hundred frankes for his laboure. Than there were many that went among the deed bo+dyes / who were nyghe di&s;poyled of all their clo+thes. At la&s;te <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;uche &s;erche made / that he was founde and knowen / by a varlette that had &s;erued hym longe tyme before / &amp; he knewe hym very well by dyuers tokens. So he was drawen and brought before the kynges pauy|lyon. And the kyng behelde hym a longe &s;pace and &s;o dyde all thother lordes. And he was tur+ned and retourned / to &s;e what hurtes or woun|des he had / but they coude &s;e no wounde wher|by he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> dye. But it was iudged that he fell in a lytell dyke / and a great meny of the gaun|toy&s;e on hym / wherby he was pre&s;&s;ed to dethe. And &s;o wha~ they had well regarded hym / than at la&s;t he was taken fro thens and ha~ged vpon a tre. This was the ende of Philyp Dartuell.</P>
<P>Sir Danyell of Helwyn / who was within Andewarpe with other knyghtes and &s;quyers the whiche had kepte the gary&s;on right honou|rably / the wedni&s;daye before the batayle. by|cau&s;e he knewe well that the kyng was in Flau~+ders / and &s;hulde haue batayle with the flemyn+ges. Late in the nyght / he cau&s;ed foure fagot|tes to be &s;ette a fyre and ca&s;te a highe out of the towne / in tokenynge to the~ that lay at the &s;ege / howe their &s;iege &s;hulde be rey&s;ed. The thur&s;|daye / tidynges came to the lorde of Har&s;elles / howe that their company were di&s;co~fyted and Philyp Dartuell &s;layne. And as &s;oone as thes tidynges were knowen they di&s;lodged / &amp; toke their way to Gaunt / and left behynde them the moo&s;t parte of their prouy&s;ion. But they with in And warpe knewe nothynge therof / tyll the next mornynge. And whan they knewe therof / they i&s;&s;ued oute / and brought in great pyllage that they founde hydden there about. The &s;a~e thur&s;day at nyght / tidynges came to Bruges of the di&s;confyture of the batayle / wherof they were greatly aba&s;&s;hed / and &s;ayde. Lo / we may nowe &s;e our owne di&s;tructyon. If the bretons come hyder and entre in to our towne / we &s;hall all be pylled and &s;layn / for they wyll haue of vs no mercy. than the burge&s;&s;es and their wyues / toke all their be&s;t iowelles and riches / and put it in to &s;hyppes to &s;aue it / to &s;ende it by water in to Hollande and in to zelande. In this ca&s;e they were four dayes / &s;o that they left no di&s;&s;he nor cuppe of &s;yluer in all Bruges / but all was put in to &s;hyppes for dout of the bretons. whan Peter de Boy&s;e who laye there &s;ore wounded / with the hurtes. that he toke at the pa&s;&s;age of Comynes. Under&s;tode the di&s;confyture of his company / and howe that Philyppe Dartuell was deed and &s;layne / and howe the people of Bruges were &s;o aba&s;&s;hed. Than he was in no &s;uretie of hym &s;elfe. And &s;o determyned to de|parte and to go to Gaunte / for he thought that they of Gaunt wolde al&s;o be &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed. and &s;o made a lytter to be dre&s;&s;ed for hym for he cou+de nat ryde. ye may knowe well / whan the&s;e tidynges came to Gaunte / of the lo&s;&s;e of their men and of the dethe of Philyp Dartuell / they were &s;o &s;ore di&s;conforted / that if the frenchmen had come thyder / the daye of the batayle or the next day after / or y^e &s;aturday after / or euer that Peter de Boy&s;e came thyder. they wolde haue &s;uffred them to haue entred in to y^e towne with out any re&s;y&s;tence / to haue done what they had ly&s;te: but the frenche men toke no hede therto. They thought right well to be lordes therof at their plea&s;ure. &s;eynge that Philyppe Dartuell was deed / they thought &s;urely: that the people of Gaunte wolde haue yelded them to the kyn|ges mercy. Howbeit they dyde nat &s;o / for they alone made greatter warre than euer they dyd before. As ye &s;hall herafter in this hy&s;torie.</P>
<P>ON the friday the kyng di&s;loged fro Ro&s;|beque / bycau&s;e of the eyre of the deed bo|dyes. And he was coun&s;ayled to go to Cour|tray to refre&s;&s;he hym there. The Ha&s;e and dy|uers
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other knightes &amp; &s;quyers / &s;uche as knewe the countrey / lepte on their hor&s;es and galow|ped &s;treyght to Courtray / and entred in to the towne / for there was made no defence agayn&s;t them. The burge&s;&s;es and their wyues / and all other men / women / and chyldren / entred in to cellars and into the churches to flye fro y^e doth / &s;o that it was pytie to &s;e it. Suche as entred fir&s;t in to Courtray / had great profyte by pyl|lage. And &s;o than after there entred the frenche men and bretons / and euery man toke vp their lodgynge as they came. And the kynge entred the fir&s;te day of Decembre. Than there was a newe per&s;ecucyon made in the towne on the fle+mynges / &s;uche as were hydden about. For as they were founde out they were &s;layne / for ther was no man taken to mercy. The frenche men and they of that towne hated eche other mortal lye / bycau&s;e of a batayle that was ones fought before Courtray / where as &s;ir Robert Arthors and a great parte of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">oure of Frau~ce were &s;layne. It was &s;hewed the kynge / howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> there was in Courtray / in the churche of oure Lady a chapell / wherin were fyue hundred gylte &s;pur+res parteyninge of olde tyme to the lordes and knyghtes of Fraunce / &s;uche as had bene &s;layne at the &s;ayde batayle of Courtray. The whiche was in the yere of oure lorde god / a thou&s;ande thre hundred and two. And they of Courtray ones a yere made therof a great triumphe and &s;olempnyte. Wherfore the kyng &s;ayd. it &s;hulde be derely bought / and &s;o it was after. for at his departynge he &s;ette the towne a fyre / to the en|tent that it &s;hulde be knowen euer after / howe that the frenche kynge had bene there. And a|none after that they kynge thus come to Cour|tray / there came thyder a fyftie &s;peares fro the gary&s;on of And warpe / with &s;ir Danyell of hel|wyn to &s;e the kynge / who made the~ ryght good chere / and &s;o dyde all the lordes. And whanne they had bene there a day / than they retourned to And warpe to their company.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe they of Bruges yelde them &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;a~ce of the french king / and howe they of Gaunt were reconforted by Peter de Boy&s;e. Cap. CCCC .xxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe bretons and they of the <ABBR>voward</ABBR> &s;hewed well by their demeanoure / that they hadde great de&s;yre to go to Bruges / to pylle &amp; to robbe the towne. The erle of Flau~+ders / who loued ryght well the towne of Bruges / &amp; wolde nat by his wyll that the towne &s;hulde be clene di&s;troyed. and al+&s;o he was enformed / howe they of Bruges were di&s;conforted and greatly aba&s;&s;hed. He had py|tie on theym / and &s;ayde to his &s;onne the Duke of Burgoyne. Sir / if they of Bruges wolde come to a&s;ke mercy / for godde&s;&s;ake lette them nat be refu&s;ed. For if the towne be ouer ronne with the&s;e bretons / it &s;hall neuer be recouered agayne / but lo&s;t for euer. the duke agreed well therto. Thus whyle the kyng lay at Courtrey / they of Bruges lyued in great feare / and wy&s;t nat what to do / outher to avoyde the towne / or els to abyde the aduenture. And &s;o at la&s;t they determyned to &s;ende two freres to the kyng to Courtrey / to obtayne a &s;aueconduct for twelfe of the be&s;t of their towne / to co~e and &s;peke with the kynge and his coun&s;ayle. The&s;e two freres came to Curtrey and &s;pake with the kyng and his coun&s;ayle and with the erle of Flaunders / who molefyed the mater as moche as he might The kyng graunted for the&s;e twelfe burge&s;&s;es this &s;aueconduct / to go and come to &s;peke with hym. So thus the&s;e freres retourned to Bru|ges. And &s;o twelfe of their burge&s;&s;es departed and went to Courtrey / to the kynge and to his vncles. They kneled downe on their knees be|fore hym and &s;ayd. Sir / we requyre yo^r grace to take and accepte vs as your owne / and to do with all the men of the towne at your plea&s;ure. But &s;ir / for godde&s;&s;ake haue pytie of vs. Let nat the towne be di&s;troyed nor lo&s;te. For &s;ir / yf it be di&s;troyed / many good men are vtterly vn done for euer. And &s;ir / in that we haue ben con|trarie to oure naturall lorde / it was by the pu|i&s;&s;aunce of Philyppe Dartuell and of the gau~|toy&s;e. For and that hadde nat bene / the towne of Bruges hadde benefull trewe to their lorde. The kynge entended well to their wordes / by the meanes of the erle of Flaunders / who was there pre&s;ent. Who kneledde downe before the kynge / and de&s;yredde to haue mercy for theym. Than it was &s;hewed theym / that to apea&s;e the bretons and the menne of warre lyenge in the feldes / bytwene Courounte and Bruges / that it mu&s;te behoue theym to paye &s;ome certayne
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&s;ome of money. and &s;o there was comunyng on that mater / and it was demaunded of them to pay two hu~dred thou&s;ande frankes. So at la&s;t it was determyned y^t they &s;hulde pay &s;ixe &s;core thou&s;ande frank&abis; / thre &s;core thou&s;a~de in hande / and the re&s;ydue at Candelmas next after. and &s;o therby to lyue in re&s;t and peace / and clerly to become liegmen to the french kyng / and to owe to hym faythe homage and obey&s;aunce. Thus the good towne of Bruges abode in peace / and nat robed nor pylled / wherwith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> bretons were ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / for they had thought to haue had great profyte therby. &s;o that &s;ome of them &s;ayd / whan they &s;awe that the peace was made / and lykely to haue no more warre. This warre of Flaunders is no thyng profytable for vs / for we haue lytle aduauntage therby. let vs returne in to our cou~trey / but let vs go through Haynalt / for duke Aubert who hath the gouer|nynge there / came nat to ayde nor to helpe his co&s;yn therle of Flau~ders / but hath di&s;&s;ymuled with hym. wherfore it is good that we go and vy&s;et hym / for he hathe a good countrey and a fat / we &s;hall <ABBR><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ynd</ABBR> none that wyll let vs the way / and &s;o let vs recouer our domag&abis; / and our wa|ges yuell payed. So there were all of one ac|corde to the nombre of .xii. hundred &s;peares / what of bretons / burgonyons / &s;auo&s;yns / and of other countreis. O what ieopardy the good countre of Heynalt was in. but the knowledge therof came to the gentyll erle of B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oyes / who was there as one of the great lordes among o|ther / and one of the chiefe gouernours of the a|rere garde / &amp; one of the kynges coun&s;ayle. And anone whan he knewe that y^e bretons and bur|gonyons de&s;yred nothyng but pyllage / &amp; howe they ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;&s;hed the good countre of Heynalte. Than to fynde remedy therfore / he aduaunced forthe and &s;ayd. Howe it was nat a thyng to be con&s;ented vnto / that the good countre of Hey|nalt &s;hulde be ouer ronne. And &s;o called to hym his co&s;yns / the erle of Marche / the erle of &s;aynt Poule / the lorde of Coucy / the lorde Dangeen and dyuers other / hauyng landes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">n the cou~tie of Heynault. And he&s;hewed them / howe in no wy&s;e they ought to con&s;ent / that the good coun+tre of Heynalt &s;hulde be ouer ronne / fro whens they be dy&s;cended / and haue therin fayre hery|tage. Al&s;o he &s;ayd. &s;irs / ye knowe well that the countre of Heynalt hath done no maner of tre|&s;pa&s;&s;e. For in all the warre bytwene the erle of Flaunders and his countre / alwayes Heynalt bare no faute. But hath &s;erued the kyng in this voyage well and truely / with the barones and knyghtes therof. And al&s;o or the kyng came in to Flau~ders / the knightes and &s;quyers of Hey+nalt &s;erued truely the erle of Flaunders. &s;o that &s;ome of them were clo&s;ed and be&s;eged 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 &amp; gat &s;uche frendes / that all the mater was broken / &amp; &s;o abode &s;tyll in peace. Al&s;o the &s;ame erle dyd a+nother thyng. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was as than in Flau~ders a knyght / called the lorde of E&s;quymyn / who for the loue of a kyn&s;man of his / called &s;ir Da|nyell Bu&s;e / who throughe his owne faute was &s;layne in the towne of Ualencennes. And &s;o to reuenge his quarell / the &s;ayde lorde: &s;ayde he wolde make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and harry the towne of Ua+lencennes. And he had goten &s;uche frendes to|guyder to do yuell / as drewe to the nombre of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yue hundred &s;peares / redy to go in to Heynalt to harry the towne of Uale~cennes. Affirmyng / howe he had a good quarell &s;o to do. but whan the erle of Bloyes was enformed therof / he de|fended the &s;ayd knight&abis; that he &s;hulde nat be &s;o hardy to entre in to Heynalt / nor in to the coun+trey of his co&s;yn duke Aubert: for if he dyde / it &s;hulde be derely bought. So moche dyde the gentyll erle of Bloys / that he &s;topped the &s;ayde knightes enterpri&s;e / and the mater put clerely in to his handes and to the lorde of Coucy. and &s;o thus the towne was in peace. Suche &s;eruice dyde the erle of Bloys in this army to them of Heynalt and to them of Ualencennes / wherby he gatte greatloue / and &s;pecially of the towne of Ualencennes.</P>
<P>ALl this &s;ea&s;on the lordes &amp; men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> lay &s;tyll 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 &s;o in lykewi&s;e. Seyng they had lo&s;t their capi|tayne / and had receyued great domage &amp; lo&s;&s;e of their men / at the batayle of Ro&s;ebeque. And of trouth<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / ones they of Gaunt were in mynde &s;o to haue done. For they were thre dayes they wy&s;t nat what to do / outher to departe &amp; leaue the towne / or els to &s;ende the kayes therof to the kynge / and to yelde&punc; them to his mercy. They were &s;o aba&s;&s;hed that they wy&s;t nat what to do Nor the lorde of Har&s;els who was there / wy&s;t nat howe to reconforte theym. Whan Peter de Boy&s;e entred in to the towne / he founde the ga+tes wyde opyn without any kepyng or defence / 
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wherof he had great marueyle. And demaun|ded what it ment / that they kept no better their towne. And &s;uche as were come to &s;e hym / an|&s;wered and &s;ayd. A &s;ir / what &s;hulde we do? ye knowe well we haue lo&s;t oure good capitayne and men of our towne be&s;yde &s;trau~gers / to the nombre of nyne thou&s;ande. This domage tou|cheth vs &s;o nyghe that we haue no recouery. A foly&s;&s;he people quod Peter de Boy&s;e / ye are a|ba&s;&s;hed and wot nat well why / for the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> as yet is nat at the ende. For the towne of Gaunt was neuer &s;o renomed as it &s;halbe yet herafter. if Philyp dartuell be deed / it was by his owne outrage. Clo&s;e 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 &s;ea&s;on co~e / we &s;hall be newe releued with our men / out of Holande zelande / Guerles / Brabant and other places. We &s;hall haue men ynowe for our money. Fra~|coys Atreman / who is in Englande &s;hall re|tourne / and he and I &s;hall be your capitayns. the warre was neuer &s;o &s;ore as we &s;hall make it. We are better nowe alone / tha~ whan we had all the helpe of Flau~ders / and we are nowe bet|ter expert than we were before. Therfore lette vs entende nowe to prouyde for the warre / and we &s;hall do more tha~ euer we dyde before. thus with &s;uche wordes Peter de boy&s;e reconforted the~ that were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed at his returnyng to Gaunt. For and he had nat bene / they had yel|ded them&s;elfe &s;ymply to the frenche kynge. Lo / thus ye may &s;e what coun&s;ayle and confort ther is in one man / in tyme of nede. And whan they of Gaunt &s;awe that fyue or &s;ixe dayes were pa&s;+&s;ed / and that no man ca~e towardes their towne nor no lykelyhod of any &s;iege. Than they were greatly reconforted / and more prouder than e|uer they were before.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the treatie of alyaunce / by|twene the engly&s;&s;he men and the fle|mynges was broken. And howe the french kyng de&abper;ted out of Flau~ders. Cap. CCCC .xxv.</HEAD>
<P>_YE haue herde before: howe &s;ir Willyam Fermeton was at Ca+lys / &s;ent thyder by the kyng of En|glande and by his coun&s;ayle / and brought letters with hym to haue bene &s;ealed by the good townes of Flaunders. Makynge men<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yon of great alyaunces / to be taken bytwene thengly&s;&s;hmen and the flemyn|ges. And at Calais with hym was &s;tyll Fraun+ces Atreman and &s;ixe burge&s;&s;es of Gaunt. and whan tidynges came to them of the di&s;co~fyture at Ro&s;ebeque / they were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed. and the engli&s;&s;he knight &s;awe well that he had no more to do / to entre any farther in to Flaunders. For he &s;awe well that the treatie was broken. So he toke the letters vn&s;ealed / and retourne in to Englande agayne a&s;&s;oone as he might / and &s;o &s;hewed the mater howe it was fallen. Wherof the gentylmen of the countre were nat greatly di&s;plea&s;ed. For they &s;ayd and al&s;o &s;ay yet: that if the comons of Flaunders had wonne the vy|ctorie / and that the noble men of Fraunce had ben &s;layne. The pride of the comons in euery countre wolde haue ben &s;o great / that all noble men &s;hulde haue repented it / The whiche was well &s;ene but a lytell before in Englande. wher|fore of the lo&s;&s;e of the flemynges there was but lytell thought taken. And whan they of Flaun|ders / &s;uche as had ben in Englande with Frau~+ces Atreman knewe the&s;e tidyng&abis; / it was right greuous to the~. And &s;o departed by water and arryued at Mydelborowe in zelande / &amp; &s;uche as were of Gaunt retourned to Gau~t / and eue|ry man home to their owne townes. And Frau~+ces Atreman and his company beyng at Calis departed and went to Gaunt / but that was nat as long as the frenche kyng was in Flau~ders. but as I was enfour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ed they retourned by ze|lande.</P>
<P>In the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on that the frenche kyng lay at Courtrey / he had dyuers cou~&s;ayls to knowe howe he &s;hulde parceyuer in his warre / &amp; whe|ther he &s;hulde go and ley &s;iege to Gaunt or nat. The kyng was well wyllyng to haue gone thy+<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">er. In lykewi&s;e &s;o were the bretons and bur|gonyo~s. But the lordes co~&s;ydred: howe it was in the moneth of Decembre and in y^e deed tyme of wynter / and dayly it rayned. Wherfore they thought it was no good ho&s;tyng tyll &s;omer &s;ea+&s;on. And al&s;o they &s;awe well howe their hor&s;es were but feble / by rea&s;on of y^e colde &s;ea&s;on / and the ryuers great and large about Gau~t. Wher+fore they thought but a lo&s;t tyme to ley any &s;ege there. And al&s;o the lordes were wery &amp; &s;ore tra|ueyled / with &s;o long lyeng in the feldes / in that colde tyme and tayny. So all thynges con&s;y|dred / it was determyned that the kynge &s;hulde go to Tourney / and there to refre&s;&s;he him and to kepe his Chri&s;tmas. And they of <ABBR>farr</ABBR> coun|treis / as of Auuergne / of Dolphyn / of Sauoy
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&amp; of Burgoyne / &s;hulde returne home into their owne countreis fayre &amp; ea&s;ely. And the bretons normayns / and frenchmen / &s;hulde abyde &s;tyll with the con&s;table to attende on the kyng. for it was thought / that they &s;hulde haue &s;ome bu&s;y|ne&s;&s;e with the pari&s;ye~s / who had newly forged a great no~bre of malles. wherfore they thought to &s;et another rule and order amonge the~. And whan the kynge &s;hulde departe fro Courtrey / he and his coun&s;ayle forgate nat the gylt &s;pur|res that they founde in a churche there in Cour+tray / the whiche of olde tyme parteyned to the noble men of Frau~ce / &s;omtyme &s;layne with erle Robert of Arthoy&s;e / at the batayle of Curtrey. So than the kyng ordayned that at his depar+tyng the towne &s;hulde be &s;et a fyre / &amp; di&s;troyed. Whan the knowledge therof came to the erle of Flaunders / he thought to haue founde &s;ome re+medy therfore. And &s;o came before y^e kyng and kneled downe / and requyred hym to do none y|uell to the towne of Curtrey. The kyng an&s;we|red / howe that &s;urely he wolde nat here his re|que&s;t. And &s;o therle dur&s;t &s;peke no more of that mater / but &s;o departed and went to his logyng Before they fyre began / the duke of Burgoyne cau&s;ed an horaloge to be taken downe / y^e moo&s;t fayre&s;t and goodlye&s;t that coude be founde on that &s;yde of the &s;ee. The whiche horaloge was taken downe by peces and layed in chares / and the bell al&s;o. And after / it was caryed to Diyon in Burgoyne / and there it was &s;ette vp. &amp; there &s;owneth the .xxiiii. houres of y^e day and night.</P>
<P>AT the departyng of the kyng fro Cour+trey / the towne was clene di&s;troyed and brent. And the knyghtes / &s;quyers / and men of warre / toke &s;ome of the men / women / and chyl+dren to raun&s;ome. And &s;o the kyng rode &amp; came to Turney / and was lodged in the abbey of &s;ai~t Martyne. and they of the towne dyde great re+uerence to the kynge / as rea&s;on requyred. And all they of y^e towne were arayed in whyte / with thre barres of grene on the one &s;yde. The cytie was deuyded to lodge the lord&abis;. The kyng lay at &s;aynt Martyns / and his company had one quarter of the towne. The duke of Berry was lodged in the by&s;&s;hoppes lodginge / the duke of Burgoyne at the crowne / the duke of Burbone at the golden heed / the co~&s;table at &s;aynt James heed. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a cry made in the king&abis; name on payne of dethe / no man to do any hurt to the people of the cytie. and that no manne take any thyng without he pay truely therfore / and that none entre in to the countie of Heynaulte / to do any hurte or domage there. All the&s;e thynges were well kept and holden / there the lordes re|fre&s;&s;hed the~ well. And they of y^e <ABBR>farr</ABBR> countreis departed and retourned homewarde / &s;ome by Ly&s;le / &s;ome by Doway / and &s;ome by Ualence~|nes. The erle of Bloy&s;e toke leaue of the kynge and of his vncles / and of his companyon therle of Ewe / and &s;o returned to his herytage in Hey+nalte. And he lay a day and a nyght at. Ualen|ce~nes / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he was well refre&s;&s;hed. For he had achyued entierly the loue of the good people of the towne / for the &s;eruyce y^t he dyde to the coun+tre / whan the bretons / burgonyons / and &s;auoy &s;yns / wolde haue ouerron the countre / whiche was let by his meanes. And al&s;o for &s;ir Tyrrie of Di&s;quemyne / who helde them of Ualencen|nes in great feate. Whiche mater was putte in to the erles handes and in to the lorde of Cou|ces / and &s;o therby they were in peace. Than the erle departed fro Ualencennes and went to Le~+decheries / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he taryed a &s;ea&s;on with the lady Mary his wyfe and Lewes his &s;ofie. And the &s;omer after he went to Bloy&s;e / but the cou~|te&s;&s;e his wife and his &s;onne taryed &s;tyll in Hey+nalt and for the moo&s;t parte lay at Beaumont.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the frenche kyng ca~e to Pa|rys / and howe he cau&s;ed to be putte downe the cheyns and harnes in the towne: and howe the pari&s;ye~s were raun&s;omed at his plea&s;ure. Cap. CCCC .xxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_IN lykewi&s;e the erle of Marche and &s;ir James of Burbone his brother / de&abper;|ted fro Tourney and went to refre&s;&s;he them at Sclu&s;e in Heynault / on their owne herytages. Sir Guy de la|uall breton went to Cheure in Heynault / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> he had parte of enherytau~ce: for he and &s;ir Ro|bert of Namure were lord&abis; therof. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Coucy went to Mortayn on the ryuer of Le+&s;calt / and there refre&s;&s;hed hym and his co~pany / but for the mo&s;t parte he hym &s;elfe was with the kyng at Turney. The erle of &s;aynt Poule had co~mi&s;&s;yon to cha&s;tyce the Urbany&s;tes / wherof <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many in that towne. And &s;o he fou~de
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many / and euer as he founde the~ in the churche of our lady or els where: they were taken &amp; put in pri&s;on and &s;ore rau~&s;omed. And by that mea|nes / the erle of &s;aynt Poule gathered toguyder in a &s;horte &s;ea&s;on / more than &s;euyn thou&s;ande frankes. For there was none that &s;caped hym / but that payed or founde good &s;uretie to paye. And whyle that the kyng lay at Tourney / they of Gaunt had a &s;aueconduct to go and co~e / and to entreate for a peace. But in all their treaties they were as harde and as proude / as thoughe they had won the vyctorie of the batayle of Ro|&s;ebeque. They &s;ayd they wolde gladly put the~ &s;elfe vnder the obey&s;aunce of the frenche kyng / to holde of hym / and to haue their re&s;ort to the court of Parys. But they &s;ayd / they wolde ne|uer haue nor take to their lorde the erle Loyes. For they &s;ayde / they coude neuer loue hym / by|cau&s;e of the great domages that they had recey+ued by hym and by his meanes. All that euer y^e kyng and his coun&s;ayle coude do / coude neuer tourne them fro that opinyon: They wolde ne+uer make other an&s;were / but&s;ayde. Thoughe they had lyued this two or thre yere / in payne / trouble / and daunger. yet they tru&s;ted at la&s;te / to recouer it / and to bringe vp their towne a|gayne / in to great pro&s;peryte and welthe. than it was &s;hewed them / they might departe whan they ly&s;t. And &s;o they de&abper;ted fro Tourney and retourned to Gaunt: and &s;o the mater hanged &s;tyll in warre. The frenche kyng and his lord&abis; toke great payne / to cau&s;e the countie of Flaun+ders to be good Clementyns / &amp; to obey to pope Clement. But the good townes and churches were &s;o &s;ore anexed and bounde to the opinyon of pope Urbane / that they coude nat be turned. Therle of Flaunders hym &s;elfe was of y^e &s;ame opinyon / and &s;o they an&s;wered by the cou~&s;ayle of therle to take aduyce / and to an&s;were detmy+natly by the fee&s;t of E&s;ter: and &s;o thus the mat|ter hanged. The kynge kept his Chri&s;tmas at Turney / and whan the kyng de&abper;ted / he orday+ned the lorde of Guy&s;tell to be capitayn of Bru+ges / the lorde of &s;aynt Pye at Ipre / &amp; the great lorde of Guy&s;tell to be regarde of Flaunders / &amp; &s;ir John~ of Jumont to be capitayne at Cour|trey. And he &s;ent two. C. &s;peres bretons and o|ther in gary&s;on to Andeburge. &amp; to Andwarpe he &s;ent &s;ir Wyllm~ of Langhien and about a. C. &s;peares with hym in gary&s;on. Thus the gary|&s;ons of Flau~ders were purueyed for to kepe ga+ry&s;on <ABBR>warr</ABBR> all wynter / and none otherwi&s;e tyll the next &s;omer. The&s;e thynges thus ordred / the kynge departed fro Tourney and went to Ar|ras and his vncles with hym / and the Erle of Flaunders in his company.</P>
<P>The kyng taryed at Arras / &amp; the cytie was in a great aduenture to haue ben ouer ron and robbed with the bretons / For there was great wages owyng to them. Al&s;o they had endured great traueyle in that voyage / &amp; they were nat well content with the kyng it was great payne to refrayne them fro doyng yuell. The co~&s;table and mar&s;hals of Fraunce ape&s;ed them / promy|&s;yng / howe they &s;hulde be clerely payed of their wages whan they came to Parys. &s;o thus the kynge de&abper;ted and went to Peron. The erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and went to Lyle. &s;o long the kyng iurneyed that he pa&s;&s;ed Peron / Noyon / and Co~payne: and &s;o came to &s;aynt Ly&s;e and there re&s;ted. And all his men of warre were lodged in y^e vyllages bytwene &s;ai~t Ly&s;e and Meaulx in Bry / and on the ryuer of Marne / and about &s;aynt Denyce: &s;o that all y^e countre was full of men of warre. And &s;o than the kyng departed fro &s;aynt Ly&s;e and went to|warde Paris / and he &s;ent before his officers to prepare for hym his lodgynge / at the ca&s;tell of Loure. And al&s;o his thre vncles &s;ent of their &s;er+uauntes to prepare their lodgynges: &amp; in lyke|wi&s;e &s;o dyd other lord&abis;. And all this was done for a cautell and wyle / for the kyng nor the&s;e lor+des were nat determyned to entre &s;o &s;odenly in to Parys / for they douted them of Parys. But they dyde this to proue what countenance &amp; or|der they of Paris wolde make at the kyng&abis; en|tre / they thought they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> make this a&s;&s;ay be fore. The &s;eruau~tes that went before were com+maunded to &s;ay / if any man demau~ded of the~ if the kyng were comyng / that they wolde be ther inco~tynent. By the whiche the pari&s;yens aduy+&s;ed among them &s;elfe to be armed / and to &s;hewe the kyng at his entre what puy&s;&s;ance they were of: &amp; what men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> they were able to make to &s;erue the kyng whan it plea&s;ed him. but they had ben better to haue &s;ytten &s;tyll in their hou|&s;es / for the &s;hewe that they made was co~uerted to their great &s;eruytude / as ye &s;hall here after. Ther &s;ayd they dyde it for good / but it was ta|ken to yuell. And <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as the kyng &s;hulde ha|ue lodged at Lour / he made his lodgynge to be prepared at Bourgell. And than voyce ran tho+rough Parys / how the kyng was nere at ha~de to entre in to Parys. Than mo than .xx. thou|&s;ande pari&s;yens armed them and y&s;&s;ued out in to the feldes / and ordred them&s;elfe in a fayre ba+tayle / bytwene &s;aynt Lader &amp; Parys / towarde
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Mount martyr. And they had with them cro&s;|bowes / paue&s;&s;es / and malles redy apparelled / as thoughe they &s;hulde haue fought inco~tynent in batayle. The kyng was as than at Borgell and all the lordes / &amp; thider to them was broght all the tidynges of all the demeanoure of them of Parys. Than the lordes &s;ayde. A / ye may &s;e the pride of the&s;e rybauldes. Wherfore do they nowe &s;hewe their e&s;tate? yf they wolde haue &s;er+ued the kynge / in the &s;ame poynt as they be in nowe: whan the kynge went into Flaunders. Than~e had they done well / but they hadde no mynde &s;o to do. They rather prayed to god y^t we &s;hulde neuer retourne agayne / the whiche wordes dyuers that were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> helped / well for|warde / to thentent to greue the pari&s;yens. &s;ay|eng if the kyng be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> coun&s;ayled / he &s;hall nat aduenture hym &s;elfe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o come among &s;uche peo+ple / as cometh agayn&s;t hym with an army ar|rayed in batayle. They &s;hulde rather haue co~e humbly with proce&s;&s;yon / and haue rong all the belles in Parys. In thankynge god of the vy|ctorie / that the kyng had in Flaunders. Thus the lordes were aba&s;&s;hed / howe they &s;hulde me~+tayne them &s;elfe / Finally it was apoynted / that the con&s;table of Fraunce / the lorde Dalbret / the lorde of Coucy / &s;ir Guy of Tremoyle / and &s;ir Johan of Uyen / &s;hulde go and &s;peke with the~. And demaunde of them the cau&s;e / why they be i&s;&s;ued out of Parys in &s;o great a no~bre / armed in order of batayle agayn&s;t the kyng / the whi|che thynge was neuer &s;ene before in Fraunce. And vpon their aun&s;were / the lordes &s;ayde the kynge &s;hulde take aduy&s;e. They were wy&s;e y|noughe to order as great a mater as that was / and gretter. So the&s;e &s;aid lordes departed fro the kyng without harne&s;&s;e / &amp; for the more &s;ure|tie of their bu&s;yne&s;&s;e / they toke with the~ thre or foure herauldes / and &s;ende them &s;omwhat be|fore to the pari&s;yens / and &s;ayd. Sirs / go ye on before to yonder people of Parys / &amp; demau~de of them a &s;aue conduct for vs to go and co~e / tyll we haue &s;poken with them fro the kyng.</P>
<P>THe&s;e heraudes departed &amp; rode a great pace / and ca~e to the&s;e people. And whan the pari&s;iens &s;awe them comyng / they thought full lytell they hadde come to haue &s;poken with them: they thought they had but rydden to Pa+rys as other dyde. The heraudes had on their cote armures / and whan they aproched nere to the pari&s;yens / they &s;ayd on high. Where be the may&s;ters? <ABBR>Wher</ABBR> be the rulers? Whiche of you be capitayns? We become to you / &s;ende fro the lordes. Than &s;ome of them of Parys parcey|ued well by the&s;e word&abis; / that they had nat done well. They ca&s;t downe their heedes and &s;ayde. Here be no may&s;ters / we are all of one accorde / and at the kynges commaundement and y^e lor|des. Therfore &s;irs / &s;aye in goddes name what ye wyll to vs. Sirs quod the heraudes / the lor+des that &s;ente vs hyder / and named them they knowe nat what ye thynke or entende. They re+quyre you that they may pea&s;ably without pa|rell come and &s;peke with you / and retourne a|gayne to the kyng / and &s;hewe hym the an&s;were that ye make to them / otherwy&s;e they dare nat come to you. By oure faythes &s;irs quod they / they ought to &s;ay no &s;uche wordes to vs / but of their ge~tylne&s;&s;e we thynke ye do but mocke vs. Surely &s;irs quod the heraudes / we &s;peke it in good certentie. Than quod the pari&s;yens / go your way and &s;ay to them / that they may come at their plea&s;ure to vs / without daunger or pa|rell / for they &s;hall haue no hurt for none of vs / for we are all redy to fulfyll their commaunde|mentes. Than the herauldes retourned to the lordes / and &s;hewed them as ye haue herde. tha~ the four lordes rode for the and their company / and came to the pari&s;yens whome they founde in good array and order of batayle / and there were mo than .xx. thou&s;ande malles. and as the lordes pa&s;&s;ed by them / and behelde theym well within them &s;elfe / they pray&s;ed moche their ma+ner. &amp; al&s;o as they pa&s;&s;ed by / euer the pari&s;ye~s enclyned them &s;elfe to the~. And whan the&s;e lor|des were as in the myddes amonge them / than they re&s;ted and &s;tode &s;tyll. And the Con&s;table &s;pake a highe and &s;ayde. ye people of Parys / what hath moued you to i&s;&s;ue out of the cytie in this order of batayle? It &s;emeth ye wyll fyght agayn&s;t the kynge our &s;ouerayne lorde / who&s;e &s;ubgettes ye be or &s;hulde be. Sir quod they / &s;aue youre grace. We were neuer of wyll to do any thynge agayn&s;t the kynge. But &s;ir / we be y&s;&s;ued out for non other cau&s;e / but to &s;hewe the kyng what puy&s;&s;ance the pari&s;yens be of. The kyng is but yonge he neuer as yet &s;awe it / and without he &s;e it he can nat knowe it / nor how he may be &s;erued if nede be. Sirs quod the co~&s;ta|ble / ye &s;peke well. But we &s;aye vnto you fro the kynge / that as at this tyme he wyll not &s;e you in this maner / for this that ye haue done &s;uffy|&s;eth. Therfore we coun&s;ayle you to retourne a+gayne pea&s;eably to Parys / euery man to his owne lodgynge and do of youre harne&s;&s;e / if ye entende that the kynge &s;hall come hyder. Sir quod they / we &s;hall with right a good wyll ful|fyll
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youre commaundement. And &s;o therwith they all retourned in to Parys / euery man to his owne hou&s;e to vnarme hym. And the &s;ayde four lordes retourned to the kyng / and &s;hewed vnto hym / all the wordes that ye haue herde be+fore. Than it was determyned / that the kyng / his vncles and lordes / and certayne men of ar|mes with them / &s;hulde entre in to Parys. And the great bande to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">yde without the cyte rou~de about / to gyue the more feare to the pari&s;yens. And the lorde of Coucy and the mar&s;hall of &s;a~|xere were ordayned / that a&s;&s;oone as the kynge were entred in to Parys / that they &s;hulde take downe the leaues of the gates of the four prin|cypals of the cytie / towarde &s;aynt Denyce and &s;aynt More. So that the gates myght &s;tande open day &amp; night / for all maner of men of warr~ to entre in and out at their <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> / to thentent to may&s;ter them of Parys if nede were. And al+&s;o / they to take downe all the chene&s;&s;e in euery &s;trete / to ryde in and out at their plea&s;ure. And as it was ordayned &s;o it was done. And &s;o the kyng entred in to Parys and lodged at Loure and his vncles by him / and thother lordes in dy+uers logynges. So thus the gates were taken out of the gouges &amp; layd downe on y^e grounde / and the chene&s;&s;e of euery &s;trete taken downe &amp; brought in to the palayes. Than the pari&s;yens were in great dout / and feared that they &s;hulde be ouer ron / &s;o that none of them dur&s;t loke out in to the &s;trete / nor open dore nor wyndowe. &amp; thus they were a thre dayes in great parell and feare to receyue greatter domage / as they dyd. for it co&s;t many of them great fynance and rau~ &s;ome. For they were called in to the chambre of coun&s;ayle one after another / &s;uche as the lord&abis; wolde haue. And &s;o there they were rau~&s;omed / &s;ome at &s;ixe thou&s;ande frankes / &s;ome at thre / &amp; &s;ome at one. So that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was leuyed in Pa|rys to the kynges profyte / to his vncles / and to his myni&s;ters / the &s;o~me of foure hundred. M. frankes. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was nothyng demau~ded of the poore people but of the great may&s;ters / &amp; &s;uche as might <ABBR>bear</ABBR> it. They were right happy that might e&s;cape with payeng of rau~&s;ome. And e|uery man by him &s;elf / was fayne to bring their harne&s;&s;e in &s;ackes to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Beautie / other wi&s;e called the ca&s;tell of Uyce~nes: and there it was clo&s;ed in a great towre / &amp; their mals al&s;o. thus the pari&s;ye~s were delt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">all / to gyue en&s;a~|ple to all other good townes of Fra~ce. and ther were rey&s;ed vp: &s;ub&s;yd&abis; / gabels / ayd&abis; / fouages douzimes / trezimes / &amp; all other &s;uche thyng&abis;. &amp; al&s;o / all the playne cou~tre about cleneryfled.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe dyuers notable men of Pa|ris were beheeded with may&s;ter Jo|han Marettes at Parys / &amp; in dyuers other townes of Fraunce: and of the warr~ of the gau~toi&s;e that was newe begon agayne. Cap. CCCC .xxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_THere were al&s;o diuers taken and put in pri&s;on and many drowned. and than to apea&s;e the remynant / there was a crye made in the cyte / that none on payne of dethe <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> do any hurt to any pa+ri&s;yen / nor ro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> nor take any thynge out of any hou&s;e / without payeng therfore. This cry apea&s;ed greatly them of the cyte. Howe be it on a day / there were dyuers per&s;ones ledde out of the ca&s;tell iudged to dye for their defaul&abis; / &amp; for &s;tyrring vp of the comons. Howbeit there was great marueyle made of may&s;ter Johan Ma|rettes / who was reputed and renoumed a &s;age and a notable man. Some &s;aid he had wrong to be iudged to dye / for he had alwayes bene a man of great wy&s;edome and good coun&s;ayle. And was one of the moo&s;t aute~tyke men of the court of parlyame~t: and had &s;erued kyng Phi|lyppe / kyng Johan / and kynge Charles: and was neuer founde in no defaute. Howe be it he was than iudged to be beheeded and a .xii. in his company. And as he was caryed on a cha|ret to the place of execu&s;ion. He &s;pake and &s;ayd Where be they that hath iudged me to dye? Let them come forthe &amp; &s;hewe the cau&s;e why. Thus he preached to the people as he went to his exe|cu&s;yon. The people had great pyte on him / but they dur&s;t &s;peke no worde. He was brought to the markette place of the halles / and there fir&s;t were beheeded / &s;uche as were brought thyder with hym. There was one called Nicholas fla+mant a draper / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was offred to &s;aue his lyfe / thre&s;core thou&s;ande frankes / but it wolde nat be taken / but there he dyed. And whan they came to may&s;ter Johan Marettes / they &s;ayde to hym. May&s;ter Johan / crye mercy to y^e king to forgyue you your my&s;dedes. Than he tour|ned hym and &s;ayde. I haue &s;erued kyng Phy|lyppe his great graunt father / kynge Johan / and kynge Charles his father / well and true|lye. The&s;e thre neuer layed any thynge to my charge / nor no more the kyng y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nowe is wolde haue done / and he had bene at his full age / and
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of ma~nes knowledge. I beleue in the iudgyng of me / he is nothyng culpable. I haue nothyng to do to crye hym mercy / but I crye god mercy and none other: I requyre hym humbly to for|gyue me my mi&s;ded&abis;. And &s;o than he toke leaue of the people / &s;o that many wept for hym. After this maner dyed may&s;ter Johan Marettes.</P>
<P>iN lykewi&s;e in the towne of Rohan to may&s;ter the towne / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were dyuers putte to dethe and raun&s;omed. Al&s;o at Reynes / at Chaalons / at Troyes / at Sence / and at Orlyaunce. The&s;e townes were taxed at great &s;ommes of florens / bycau&s;e at the be|gynninge they di&s;obeyed the kyng. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was gadered in the realme of Fraunce &s;uche a &s;o~me of florens / that it was marueyle to &s;peke ther|of. And all went to the profyte of y^e duke of Ber+rey and of the duke of Burgoyne / for the yong kynge was in their gouernaunce. And to &s;aye the trouthe / the Con&s;table of Fraunce and the mar&s;halles / had a great parte to paye the men of armes / that had &s;erued the kynge in his vy|age in to Flaunders. And the erle of Bloys / the erle of Marche / the erle of Ewe / therle of &s;aynt Poule / the erle of Harcourt / the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne. The lorde of Coucy and the gret barons of Fraunce / were a&s;&s;igned to be payed on &s;uche tares as &s;hulde be payed in their coun+treis / for &s;uche &s;eruyce as they had done to the kyng in Flaunders: and they to pay their com|pany. Of the&s;e a&s;&s;ignacyons / I canne nat tell howe the lordes were payed / for incontynent after: newe taylles were cea&s;&s;ed in their coun|treis for the kynge. And &s;o before all other / the kynges taxe &s;hulde be payed and executed / and the lordes dueties putte abacke.</P>
<P>yE haue herde before: howe whan~e the kyng de&abper;ted fro Courtrey / the towne of Gaunte abode &s;tyll in warre / as it was before. And capitayns of Gaunte at that tyme / were Peter de Boy&s;e / Peter de Myrt / &amp; Fraunces Atreman. And &s;o they renewed the towne with newe &s;oudyers / that came to them fro dyuerscountreis / and they were nothynge aba&s;&s;hed to make warre / but as fre&s;&s;he and as quycke as euer they were. And the capitaynes of Gaunt / vnder&s;tode that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were certayne bretons and burgonyo~s in the towne of Dar|denbourge: They determyned to go thyder to loke on them. And &s;o Fraunces. Atreman de&abper;|ted fro Gaunt with thre thou&s;ande men / and &s;o came to Darde~bourge / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made a great &s;crimy&s;&s;he. And finally the gauntoy&s;e wan the towne / but y^e co&s;t many of their lyues / for there were a two hundred of his men &s;layne / and the towne was robbed and pylled / and the moo&s;t parte therof brent. And &s;o than they retourned to Gaunt with their boty and conque&s;t / &amp; were receyued with great ioye. And anon after they went to the cytie of Dabes and to Teremonde iu&s;te to And warpe / and pylled and robbed all the countrey.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the alyaunce that was purcha|&s;ed bytwene thengly&s;&s;hmen and the flemynges: &amp; of the bulles that pope Urbayne &s;ent in to Englande to dy|&s;troy the cleme~tyns. Ca. iiii C .xxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe erle of Flaunders who lay at Lile: vnder&s;tode howe the gauntoy&s;e auaun|&s;ed them &s;elfe to ryde and to ouer ron the countre / and to di&s;troy that they might. He was ryght &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. He thought they had nat had the wytte nor pu|y&s;&s;aunce &s;o to do / &s;ythe that Philyppe dartuell was deed: Howbeit his coun&s;ayle &s;ayd to him Sir / ye knowe well and ye haue alwayes herd &s;ay / howe the gauntoy&s;e are right &s;ubtyll peo|ple / the whiche they haue well &s;hewed and wyll &s;hewe. And al&s;o agayne / they haue ben in En|glande and are retourned agayne. And &s;peci|ally Fraunces Atreman / who was companion to Philyppe Dartuell in all his faytes / as long as he lyueth ye &s;hall haue warre with the~. Al&s;o &s;ir / we knowe well he hath made great alyau~ce with the kynge of Englande for the towne of Gaunt. And hath a certayne pen&s;yon out of En+glande &s;ecretely by Johan Saplemon / who is pure engly&s;&s;he / and dwelleth vnder you in the towne of Bruges / and hathe done the &s;pace of this .xxiiii. yere. And to verify that this is true Ra&s;e of Ueyrte / Loyes de Uos / &amp; Johan Ser colacke of Gaunt / and the clerke that procureth to be by&s;&s;hoppe of Gauut. All the&s;e are &s;tyll be|hynde in Englande / to performe this alyau~ce. And &s;ir / ye &s;hall here more trewer tidyng&abis; than we can tell you / or the myddes of May be pa&s;t. The Erle of Flaunders beleued well all the&s;e &s;ayenges to be trewe / and &s;o they were in dede. Than he began to ymagin agayn&s;t this John~
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Saplemon / and on thengly&s;&s;hmen dwellynge in Bruges. Than he cau&s;ed them to be &s;omo|ned / to be at a certayne day a&s;&s;igned before the erle at Ly&s;le. And &s;o the erles &s;eruauntes came and &s;omoned Johan Saplemon and dyuers other riche engly&s;&s;hme~ / or they were ware ther of: commaundynge them the fyftene day after / to be with the erle at his ca&s;tell of Ly&s;le. Whan the engly&s;&s;hmen herde therof they were &s;ore a|ba&s;&s;hed and toke coun&s;ayle toguyder / hauyng great marueyle / why the Erle &s;hulde &s;ende for them. All thynges con&s;ydred / they douted gret+lye / for they knewe well the erle was fier&s;e and fell / in his ha&s;t. Than they &s;ayd amonge them+&s;elfe. He that kepeth natte his body kepeth no|thyng. We dout le&s;t the erle be enfourmed &s;ore agayn&s;t vs. For with Fraunces Atreman who hath a pen&s;yon of the kyng of Englande / whan he was in Englande / there was with hym two burge&s;&s;es of this towne of Bruges. And para|uenture they haue made &s;ome enformacyon a|gayn&s;t vs to therle / for as nowe they be on his parte. So on this purpo&s;e re&s;ted the engly&s;&s;he+men / that they dur&s;t nat abyde the erles iudge|ment / nor to go to Lyle at the day before lymy|ted. So they departed fro Bruges and wente to Sclu&s;e / and dyde &s;o moche that they founde a &s;hyppe redy aparelled. And &s;o they bought it with their money / and &s;o departed and &s;ayled / tyll they arryued at London. And whan therle of Flaunders was enfourmed of this mater &amp; &s;awe that the engly&s;&s;hmen apered nat at theyr day he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and &s;ende inconty|ne~t to Bruges / and cau&s;ed to be cea&s;ed all that euer coude be founde / parteyninge to the En|gly&s;&s;hmen / and all their herytages gyuen and &s;olde. And Johan Saplemon clene bany&s;&s;hed out of Flaunders / for a hundred yere &amp; one day and his co~panyons / &amp; &s;uch as were taken were put in pri&s;one: where as &s;ome dyed. And &s;ome recouered agayne all that euer they had lo&s;t.</P>
<P>THere is a comune prouerbe / the whiche is true: &amp; that is / howe enuy neuer by|eth. I &s;ay it / bycau&s;e engly&s;&s;hmen are right en uyou&s;e of y^e welthe of other / and alwayes hath ben. It was &s;o / that the kyng of Englande and his vncles and the nobles of Englande / were right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed of the welthe and honour that was fallen to the frenche kynge / and to the nobles of Fraunce at the bataile of Ro&s;ebeque. And the knightes of Englande&s;pake and &s;ayd to eche other. Ah &s;aynt Mary / howe the french+men are nowe mou~ted in pride / by the ouerthro wyng of a &s;ort of rude villayns. Wolde to god Philyp Dartuell had had of our men a .ii. M. &s;peares &amp; &s;ixe. M. archers? <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> had nat than &s;caped one frenchmen / but outher &s;layne or ta|ken / but and god wyll this glorie &s;hall nat long endure the~. Nowe we haue a fayre aduau~tage to entre in to Flau~ders / for the countre is nowe co~quered for the french kyng: &amp; we tru&s;t to con|quere it agayne for the kynge of Englande. It &s;heweth well at this tyme / that the erle of Flau~+ders is greatly &s;ubget to the frenche kyng / and that he wyll plea&s;e hym in all poynt&abis;. whan our marchantes dwellyng in Bruges &amp; haue dwelt <ABBR>ther</ABBR> beyonde this .xxx. yere be nowe bany&s;&s;hed &amp; cha&s;ed out of Flau~ders. the tyme hath be &s;ene they dur&s;t nat haue done it: but nowe they dare do none otherwy&s;e for feare of the frenchemen. We tru&s;t it &s;hall nat abyde longe in this poynt. This was the langage among thengly&s;&s;hmen through the realme of Engla~de / therfore it was to be &s;uppo&s;ed / y^e this was done but by enuy.</P>
<P>iN this &s;ea&s;on / he that wrote hym &s;elfe pope Urbane the &s;ixt / came by the &s;ee fro Rome to Ge~nes / where as he was well receyued and reuerently of the genoways and there he kept his re&s;ydens. ye knowe well / howe all England was obey&s;a~t to hym / a&s;well the churche as y^e people: bycau&s;e y^e french king was Clementyne / and all Fraunce. This Ur|bane / on whome the engly&s;&s;hemen and dyuers other countreis beleued: He beyng at Gennes / aduy&s;ed howe he might anoy the french kyng / and &s;o he thought to &s;ende in to Englande for &s;ocoure. I &s;hall &s;hewe you by what maner. He &s;ent his Bulles to the archeby&s;&s;hoppes and by&s;+&s;hoppes of Englande / makyng mencyon: how he a&s;&s;oyled from payne &amp; from &s;ynne / all &s;uche as wolde ayde to di&s;troy the Clementyns. For he knewe well / howe Clement his aduer&s;arye / had done in lykewi&s;e in the realme of Fraunce / and dothe dayly. And they called the vrbany&s;t&abis; in their faythe and beleue / to be but dogges. &s;o this Urbane &s;awe well / that the Clementynes wolde conde~pne and di&s;troy hym if they might And he &s;awe well / he coude nat more greue the frenchmen / than by the engly&s;&s;hmen. But fir&s;t he &s;awe well / he mu&s;t fynde the meanes to ga|ther toguyder great ryches. For he knewe well the nobles of Englande / for all his ab&s;olucy|ons / wolde nat ryde forthe in warre / without money. For menne of warre lyue nat by par|dons / nor they &s;et nat moche therby / but in the artycle of dethe.
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Than~e he determyned be&s;yde the&s;e Bulles / to &s;ende in to Englande to the prelates / that they &s;hulde ordayne a full Dy&s;me on the churches. The noble men and men of warre therof to be payed their wages / without greuynge of any parte of the kynges <ABBR>trea&s;ur</ABBR> / or of the comontie of the realme. The whiche thynge the Pope thought the barons and knightes of England gladly wolde herken vnto. Than he cau&s;ed to be writen and engro&s;&s;ed Bulles / as well to the kynge and his vncles / as to the prelates of En|glande / of playne ab&s;olucyon from payne &punc; and &s;ynne. And be&s;yde that / he graunted to y^e kyng and to his vncles / a playne Dy&s;me to be taken and leuyed throughe out all Englande. &s;o that &s;ir Henry Spen&s;ar by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwyche / &s;hulde be chiefe capitayne of all y^e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> bycau&s;e the goodes came fro the churche. ther|fore the pope wolde / y^t one of the churche &s;hulde be chefe gouernoure. And to the entent that the churches and comons of the realme / &s;hulde the better beleue the mater. And be&s;yde y^t / bycau&s;e he knewe the realme of Spaygne contrarie to his opinyon / and &s;om what alyed with y^e fre~che kyng. He aduy&s;ed / that with parte of the &s;ame golde and &s;yluer that &s;hulde be gadered in the realme of Englande That the duke of Lanca|&s;tre / who reputed hym &s;elfe kyng of Ca&s;tell by the right of his wyfe / that he in lykewi&s;e &s;hulde make another army in to Ca&s;tell. And al&s;o / yf the duke of Lanca&s;tre take on hym the &s;ayd vi|age / than the pope &s;aid: he wolde graunt to the kynge of Portyngale / who made newe warre with kyng Johan of Ca&s;tell / for kyng Fraun|ces was deed: a playne dy&s;me throughe out all Portingale. Thus pope Urbane ordeyned all his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e / and &s;ent a .xxx. Bulles in to En|glande / the whiche were receyued with great ioye. Than the prelates in their iury&s;dictions / began to preche this voiage in maner of a cro|&s;ey / wherby the people of Englande / who light lye beleued gaue therto great faythe. &amp; beleued verilye / that they coulde nat go to parady&s;e yf they dyed that yere / without they gaue &s;o~ what in pure almes towarde this warre. At Lo~don and in the dyo&s;es / there was gathered a tonne full of golde and &s;yluer. And accordynge to the popes Bulles / he that moo&s;t gaue moo&s;t par|don obteyned. And who&s;oeuer dyed in that &s;ea+&s;on and gaue his goodes to the&s;e &abper;dones / was clene a&s;&s;oyled from payne and from &s;ynne. and accordynge to the tenour of the Bulles happy was he that dyed in that &s;ea&s;one / for to haue &s;o noble ab&s;olucyon. Thus they gathered money all the wynter and lent &s;ea&s;on / what by the par+dons and by the dy&s;mes. That as it was &s;ayd it drewe to the &s;omme of .xxv. hundred thou|&s;ande frankes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the by&s;&s;hop of Norwiche &amp; the engly&s;&s;he men y&s;&s;ued out of En|glande / to ron and to make warre a|gayn&s;t all those that helde with pope Clement. Cap. CCCC .xxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan the kynge of En|glande / his vncles and cou~|&s;ayle / vnder&s;tode what mo|ney was gadered: they were right ioyou&s;e &amp; &s;ayd. Howe they had money ynoughe to make warre agayn&s;t two re+almes / that was to &s;aye: agayn&s;t Fraunce and Spayne. To go into Spayne in the name of the pope and of the prelates of Englande with the duke of Lanca&s;tre / was ordayned the by&s;|&s;hoppe of London called Thomas / brother to therle of Deuon&s;hyre to be chefe capitayn / and with him two. M. &s;peares and four thou&s;ande archers: &amp; they to haue halfe of the money thus gadered. But it was ordayned / that they <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> nat &s;o &s;oone departe out of Englande as y^e by&s;|&s;hop of Norwiche / bycau&s;e that army &s;hulde a+ryue at Calys / and &s;o to entre in to Fraunce. &amp; they wy&s;t nat what &s;hulde fall therby / nor whi|der the frenche kyng wolde rey&s;e any puy&s;&s;a~ce to fyght with the~ or nat. Al&s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was another poynt contrary to the duke of Lanca&s;tre yet he had great ioye of that vyage. For generally all the comontie of Englande more enclyned to be with the by&s;&s;hop of Norwiche / than to go with the duke of La~ca&s;tre: for a long &s;ea&s;on y^e duke was nat in the grace of y^e people. And al&s;o / they thought the realme of Fraunce to be nerer iour+ney / than into Spayne. And al&s;o &s;ome &s;ayd / y^t the duke of La~ca&s;tre for couytou&s;nes of the&s;yl|uer and golde that was gadered of the churche and of the pardons / wherof he &s;hulde haue his parte: that he dyde enclyne rather therto for the profyte / than for any deuocyon. But they &s;aid / howe the bi&s;&s;hop of Norwiche repre&s;ented the pope / and was by hym in&s;tytuted. Wherby the greatte&s;t part of Englande gaue to hym great faythe / and the kyng al&s;o. And &s;o there was or|dayned at the wages of the churche to go with
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this by&s;&s;hoppe Henry Spen&s;ar / dyuers good knightes and &s;quyers of Englande and of Ga&s;+coyne. As the lorde Beaumont / &s;ir Hugh Cau|rell / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet / &s;ir Wyllm~ Helmon / &s;ir Johan Ferres / &s;ir Hugh Spen&s;ar co&s;yn to the by&s;&s;hoppe / &s;onne to his brother / &s;ir Wylly|am Fermeton / &s;ir Mathewe Reedman capy|tayne of Berwike: all the&s;e were of Englande. And of ga&s;coyns / there was the lorde of New|ca&s;tell and &s;ir John~ his brother / Raymon mar+&s;en / Guyllonette de Pauxe / Garyot Uyghier / Johan de Cachytan and dyuers other / and all counted they were a fyue hundred &s;peares and fyftene hundred of other men. And a great no~|bre of pree&s;tes / bycau&s;e the mater touched the churche and moued by the pope.</P>
<P>THe&s;e men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> prouyded them&s;elfe for the mater / and pa&s;&s;age was delyue|red them at Douer and at Sandwyche. And this was about E&s;ter / and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed ouer lytell and lytell as they ly&s;t / this voiage was in the maner of a Croy&s;ey. Thus they pa&s;&s;ed the &s;ee / or the by&s;&s;hoppe and other capitayns were fully redy. For the by&s;&s;hop and &s;ir Hugh Cau+rell / &s;ir Thomas Tryuet / and &s;ir Wyllm~ Hel|mon were with the kynge and his coun&s;ayle. &amp; there they &s;ware &s;olempnely in the kynges pre|&s;ens / to bringe truely to an ende their voyage. Nor to fight again&s;t no man nor countrey that belde with pope Urbayne / but to fight &amp; make warre agayn&s;t them that were of the opinyon of Cleme~t. Thus they &s;ware. and than y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng by the aduy&s;e of his coun&s;ayle &s;ayd to them. &s;ir by&s;&s;hoppe and all ye / whan ye come to Calais / I wyll ye &s;oiourne there in that fronter y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pace of a moneth / and in that terme&punc; I &s;hall refre&s;&s;he you with newe men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / of armes / and ar+chers. And I &s;hall &s;ende you a good mar&s;hall / a valyant man &s;ir Wyllyam Beauchampe / for I haue &s;ende for hym / he is in the Marche of Scotland / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as he kepeth fronter agayn&s;t the &s;cottes / for the trew&s;e bytwene the Scottes and vs falleth nowe at &s;aint Johans tyde. and after his retourne / ye &s;hall haue hym in youre co~pany without any fayle. Therfore I wolde ye &s;hulde tarye for hym / for he &s;hall be to you ryght nece&s;&s;arie / bothe for his wy&s;edome and good coun&s;ayle. The by&s;&s;hoppe and his com|pany promy&s;ed the kynge &s;o to do. And thus they departed fro the kynge and toke the &s;ee at Douer and arryued at Calayes the .xxiii. day of Aprill. the yere of our lorde god / a <ABBR>thou&s;and</ABBR> thre hundred four&s;core and thre.</P>
<P>tHe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was capitayne at Calais &s;ir Johan Deluarnes / who receyued the by&s;&s;hoppe and his com|pany with great ioye. And &s;o they landed lytell and lytell / &amp; all their hor&s;es and baggage. and &s;o lodged in Calays and there about / in ba&s;tyl+les that they made dayly. And &s;o there they ta|ryed tyll the fourthe day of May / abidyng for their mar&s;hall &s;ir Wylliam Beauchampe / who came nat of all that tyme. Whan the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwiche / who was yonge and couragious and de&s;yrous to be in armes (for he neuer bare armure before / but in Lumbardy with his bro+ther) Thus as he was at Calays / &amp; &s;awe how he was capitayne of &s;o many men of armes. he &s;ayde one day to his company. Sirs / why do we &s;oiourne here&s;o long / and tary for &s;ir Wyl|lyam Beaucha~pe / who cometh nat? The kyng nor his vncles I trowe thynke lytell of vs. Let vs do &s;ome dedes of armes / &s;ythe we be orday|ned &s;o to do. Lette vs enploy the money of the churche truely whyle that we lyue / let vs con|quere &s;omewhat of our enemyes. That is well &s;ayd &s;ir quod all tho&s;e that herde him &s;peke / let vs warne all oure company that we wyll ryde forthe within this thre dayes. And let vs take aduy&s;e whiche way we &s;hall drawe / we can nat i&s;&s;ue out of the gates / but we entre in to the lan+des of oure enemyes / for it is frenche all aboute on euery parte / we were as good to go towar|des Flaunders as to Boloyne. For Flaunders is a lande of conque&s;t / conquered by the puy&s;|&s;aunce of the frenche kyng. We can nat be&s;towe our tyme more honourably all thynges con&s;y|dred: than to conquere it agayne. And al&s;o the erle of Flaunders hath done of late a great di&s;|pyte to men of our countre / for without any ty|tell of rea&s;on / he hath bany&s;&s;hed and cha&s;ed the~ out of Bruges and out of all Flau~ders. It pa&s;|&s;eth nat two yere / &s;ythe that he wolde haue ben lothe to haue done &s;o / but as nowe he is fayne to obey to the plea&s;ure of the fre~che kyng. wher+fore quod the by&s;&s;hop if I may be beleued / the fir&s;t iourney y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> we &s;hall make &s;halbe into Flau~+ders. Sir quod &s;ir Thomas Tryuet and &s;ir Wylliam Helmone / ye &s;hall be well beleued. Lette vs ryde into that partie within this thre dayes / for it is of the lande of our enemys. To this coun|&s;ayle they all agreed and gaue war nynge eche to other.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engly&s;&s;he men toke the towne and myn&s;ter of Grauelynge / and howe the erle of Flaunders &s;ent to &s;peke with the~. Cap. CCCC .xxx.</HEAD>
<P>_AT all this agreme~t was nat &s;ir Hugh Caurell / for he was gone to &s;e a co&s;in of his the Capitayne of Guynes / called &s;ir Johan Droithton and &s;o he was there all day / and retourned agayne the nexte day. Than the by&s;&s;hoppe &s;ent for hym to the ca&s;tell / for the knightes had &s;ayd to the by&s;|&s;hoppe. howe they wolde haue the aduy&s;e of &s;ir Hughe Caurell or they dyde any thynge / by|cau&s;e be had moo&s;t &s;ene &amp; v&s;ed the warre. than the by&s;&s;hop &s;ayd to hym (as ye haue herde be|fore) and commaunded hym to &s;ay his aduy&s;e. Than &s;ir Hughe an&s;wered hym and &s;ayde. &s;ir ye knowe well on what condycion we be depar+ted out of Englande. Our enterpri&s;e toucheth no thynge the warre bytwene the kynges&punc; / but all onely agayn&s;t the Cleme~tyns / for we be &s;ou+dyers of pope Urbane. Who hath clene a&s;&s;oy|led vs from all &s;ynne and payne / if we do oure power to di&s;troy the Clementyns. If we go in to Flaunders / thoughe the countrey hath bene conquered by the frenche kyng and the duke of Burgoyne / yet for all that we &s;hulde do amy&s;&s;e For as I vnder&s;tande / the Erle of Flaunders and all the flemynges / be as good Urbany&s;tes as we be. Al&s;o &s;ir / we haue nat men ynowe to entre in to Flaunders / for they are all redy and v&s;ed in the warre / and they are a great nombre of people. They haue done nothyng els / but ly+ned in warre this thre or foure yere: and al&s;o it is a &s;tronge countrey to entre in to. Al&s;o the fle~|mynges haue done vs no tre&s;pa&s;&s;e. But &s;ir / yf we &s;hall ryde lette vs ryde in to Fraunce / there be our enemyes in two maners. The kyng our lordes <ABBR>warr</ABBR> is nowe opyn. And al&s;o the french+men are good Clementyns / co~trarie to our be|leue and agayn&s;t our pope. Al&s;o &s;ir / we &s;hulde abyde for our mar&s;hall &s;ir Wyllm~ Beaucha~pe / who &s;hulde ha&s;tely come to vs with a good no~|bre of men: And the la&s;t worde that our kynge &s;ayd / was that he wolde &s;ende hym to vs. But &s;ir / my coun&s;ayle is if we &s;hall nedes ryde / let vs drawe towardes Ayre or Mou&s;trell. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> is none I thynke as yet / that wyll co~e agayn&s;t vs. And alwayes men wyll come to vs oute of Flau~ders / who hath lo&s;t all that they haue. they wyll be gladde to go with vs / in hope to wynne &s;ome what agayne. They beare yuell wyll in their hertes to the frenchmen / who hath &s;layne in the warres: their fathers / bretherne / kyn&s;|men and fre~des. Sir Hughe coude &s;cant &s;peke the&s;e wordes / but that the by&s;&s;hop toke the ma+ter hote and ha&s;ty / and &s;ayde. A &s;ir Hughe / ye haue &s;o well lerned to ryde in Fraunce / that ye can nat ryde in to none other place. We can nat better ryde to our profyte / thanne to entre in to the fronter of Flau~ders by the &s;ee co&s;t: as to the towne of Bourbourge / of Dune&s;&s;he / of Me&s;|port / of Bergues / of Ca&s;&s;ell / of Ipre / &amp; of Pro|prigne. In the&s;e &s;ayd countreis as I am enfor+med by the burge&s;&s;es of Gaunt / they had neuer warre that greued them. Let vs go thyder and refre&s;&s;he vs and abyde there / for our mar&s;hall if he wyll come. Howe be it we&s;e nat yet but ly|tell aparence of his comynge. Whan &s;ir Hughe Caurell / &s;awe that the by&s;&s;hop dyde take hym vp &s;o &s;hortely. And he con&s;ydred well / howe he was their chyefe capitayne / and that he was a great man and of great lygnage / he helde his peace. For he &s;awe well al&s;o / howe that his opy+nyon &s;hulde nat be &s;u&s;teyned / nother by &abser; Tho+mas Tryuet nor by &s;ir Wylliam Helmon. than he departed and &s;ayd. Sir / if ye ryde forthe / &s;ir Hughe Caurell &s;hall ryde with you. nor ye &s;hal nat go that way but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he dare well go the &s;ame. I beleue well quod y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by&s;&s;hoppe / ye haue good wyll to ryde forthe / therfore make you redy / for we wyll ryde to morowe.</P>
<P>oN this purpo&s;e they were all agreed / and their rydinge forthe was publy&s;|&s;hed throughe out the towne. And in the mornynge the trumpettes &s;owned / and eue|ry man departed in to the feldes / and tooke the way to Grauelyng. And they were in nombre / aboute a thre thou&s;and men armed / and &s;o they came to the porte of Grauelynge. The&s;ee was as than but lowe / and &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed forthe and a&s;&s;ayled the myn&s;ter / the which they of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne had fortifyed. The towne was clo&s;ed but with pales / the whiche coude nat long endure. Nor al&s;o the men of the towne were but &s;ee men. If <ABBR>ther</ABBR> had ben gentylmen / it wolde haue helde le~+gar than it dyde. Nor al&s;o they cou~tre was nat ware therof / for they feared nothyng the~gly&s;&s;h+men. Thus the~gly&s;&s;hmen co~quered y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne of Grauelyng &amp; entred in to it / and than drue to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> myn&s;ter / wherinto the people of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> towne were drawen. And putte therin all their goodes / on
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tru&s;t of the &s;tre~gth of the place / and their wyues and chyldren / and made rounde about it great dykes / &s;o that the engly&s;&s;hmen coude nat haue it at their ea&s;e / for they were <ABBR>ther</ABBR> two dayes or they wanne it. yet finally they wan it / &amp; &s;lewe all them that kept it with defence / and with the re&s;ydue they dyde what they ly&s;te. Thus they were lordes and may&s;ters of Grauelynge / and lodged toguyder in the towne / and founde ther plentie of proui&s;yon. Than all the countrey be|ganne to be afrayed / and dyde put their good&abis; in to the fortre&s;&s;es / and &s;ende their wyues and chyldren to Bergues / to Bourbourcke / and to &s;aynt Omers. The erle of Flaunders who lay at Ly&s;le / whan~e he vnder&s;tode the&s;e tidynges / howe that the engly&s;&s;he men made hym warre and had taken Grauelynge: than he beganne to dout of them of Franke and of Bruges / and called his coun&s;ayle to hym and &s;ayde. I haue great marueyle of the engly&s;&s;he men / that they ronne this on my lande. They demaunded ne|uer nothynge of me? and thus without any de+fyaunce to entre in to my lande. Some of his coun&s;ayle an&s;wered hym and &s;ayde. Sir / it is a thyng well to marueyle of. But it is to be &s;up+po&s;ed / that they repute you therle of Flau~ders to be frenche / bycau&s;e the frenche kyng hath &s;o rydden in this cou~tre / that all is yelded to hym. Why quod therle / what is be&s;t than to be done? Sir quod they / it were good that ye &s;ende &s;ir Johan Uillayns and &s;ir John~ Moulyn / who be here pre&s;ente (and al&s;o they haue a pen&s;yon of the kynge of Englande) in to Englande to &s;peke with the kyng there fro you / and to &s;hewe him &s;agely all this bu&s;yne&s;&s;e. And to demau~de of him / why he dothe make you <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> we thyn+ke whan he hereth youre me&s;&s;angers &s;peke / he wyll nat be content with theym that thus war|reth agayn&s;t your countre / but call them backe to their great blame. yea quod the Erle / but in the meane tyme whyle they go in to Englande / they that be nowe at Grauelynge wyll go far|ther: and do great domage to them of Franke. &s;ir quod they / than let the~ fir&s;t go to the~ at Gra|uelynge / and de&s;yre of them a &s;aue conducte to go to Calayes / and &s;o in to Englande. And to knowe of them / what it is that they demaunde of you. We thynke the&s;e two knyghtes are &s;o well aduy&s;ed / and wyll handell them &s;o wy&s;ely that they &s;hall &s;ette the countrey in re&s;t &amp; peace. I am content it be thus &abquod; the erle. Than the&s;e two knightes were enfourmed by the erle &amp; his coun&s;ayle / what they &s;hulde &s;ay to the by&s;&s;hop of Norwych / &amp; to &s;hewe him what charge they haue to go in to Englande / to &s;hewe the mater to the kyng there / and to his vncles.</P>
<P>iN the meane &s;ea&s;on that the&s;e knygh|tes prepared to go to Grauelynge / to &s;peke with the by&s;&s;hop of Norwyche. All the countre aro&s;e / about Burbourcke / Ber+gues / Ca&s;&s;ell / Propringe / Furnes / Newport / and other townes. And they came to Do~kyrke / and there abode in the towne. Sayeng / howe they wolde &s;hortely i&s;&s;ue out and defende their fronters / and fight with the engly&s;&s;hmen. And the&s;e men of Flaunders had a capitayne / cal|led &s;ir Johan Sporequyn / gouernoure of all the landes of the lady of Bare / the which lande lyeth in the marche&s;&s;e about Ipre. And this &s;ir Johan Sporequyn / knewe nothynge that the erle of Flaunders wolde &s;ende in to Englande For the Ha&s;e of Flaunders was newly come to hym with .xxx. &s;peares. And &s;hewed hym howe that the erle was at Ly&s;le about a maryage to be had / bytwene his &s;u&s;ter and the~ lorde Del|baryn. So the&s;e two knightes dyde as moche as they coulde / to &s;tyrre the countrey to ry&s;e / &s;o that they were to the no~bre of twelfe thou&s;ande pykes / with paue&s;&s;es and cootes of &s;teele: hoc|tons / &s;hapeau&s;e / and ba&s;&s;enettes. And in a ma|ner / they were all of the lande of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lady of Bar|res / bytwene Grauelynge and Donkyrke / as I was enfourmed. And a thre leages in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> way there &s;tode the towne of Mardyke / a great vyl|lage on the &s;ee &s;yde vnclo&s;ed. And thyder came &s;ome of the engly&s;&s;hmen and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed. And &s;o thus came to Grauelynge / &s;ir Johan Uyl|layne and &s;ir Johan de Moulyne / for the Erle of Flaunders / by a &s;aueconduct that he had at|tayned fro the by&s;&s;hoppe / or he came fro Bur|bourcke. Than they came to the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwiche / who made to theym by &s;emblaunt ryght good chere. He had with hym at dyner y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame day all the lordes of the ho&s;t / for he knewe well / the erles knightes &s;hulde come to hym the &s;ame tyme. And his mynde was / how he wolde that they &s;hulde fynde them all toguyder. than the&s;e two knightes beganne to &s;peke and &s;ayd. Sir / we be &s;ende hyder to you / fro the Erle of Flaunders our lorde. What lorde quod the by&s;+&s;hoppe? They an&s;wered agayne and &s;ayde. fro the erle: there is none other lorde of Flau~ders. By the good lorde quod the by&s;&s;hoppe / we take for the lorde of Flaunders the frenche kynge / or els the duke of Burgoyne our enemys. For by puy&s;&s;ance but late / they haue conquered all the countre. Sir quod the knightes / &s;auyng your
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di&s;plea&s;ure. The lande was at Tourney / clere+lye rendred agayne and put in to the hand&abis; and gouernyng of the erle of Flaunders / who hath &s;ent vs to you. De&s;yring you that we two / who haue pen&s;yon of the kynge of Englande / may haue a &s;aueco~duct to go in to Engla~de to &s;peke with the kynge / to knowe the cau&s;e why / with|out any defyaunce / he maketh warre agayn&s;t the erle and his countre of Flau~ders. Sirs &abquod; the by&s;&s;hop / we &s;hall take aduyce and an&s;were you to morowe. So thus they went to their lo+gynge and left the engly&s;&s;hmen in coun&s;ayle / &amp; &s;o all that day they toke coun&s;ayle togyder / and concluded as ye &s;hall here.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The aun&s;were that the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwyche made to the knight&abis; of Flaunders / and of the a&s;&s;emble that they of Ca&s;&s;ell and of the countrey a|bout / made agayn&s;t thengly&s;&s;hmen. Cap. CCCC .xxxi.</HEAD>
<P>_ALl thynges con&s;ydred &amp; regarded / they &s;ayde they wolde graunt no &s;afeco~duct to the~ to go in to Englande / for it was to farre of. For or they coude retourne agayne the cou~tre wolde be &s;ore &s;tyr+red / &amp; greatly fortifyed. And al&s;o therle &s;hulde by that tyme / &s;ende worde therof to the frenche kyng &amp; to the duke of Burgoyne / wherby they might come with &s;uche no~bre of people again&s;t them / that they &s;hulde nat be able to re&s;y&s;t the~ / nor to fight with them. So on this determyna+cyon they re&s;ted. Than it was demaunded a|monge the~ / what an&s;were they &s;hulde make to the knightes of Flaunders the next day. Than &s;ir Hugh Caurell was co~mau~ded to &s;peke and to gyue his aduyce. Than he &s;ayde thus to the by&s;&s;hoppe. Sir / ye are our chefe capitayne. &s;ir ye may &s;aye to them / howe ye be in the lande of the duche&s;&s;e of Bare / who is Clementyne. and howe for Urbane ye make warre and for no bo+dy els. And offre the~ that if this lande with the churches and abbeys wyll become good Urba+ny&s;tes / and to ryde with you and to bring you throughe the countre. ye wyll than cau&s;e all yor company to pa&s;&s;e through the countre pe&s;ably / and to paye for all that they &s;hall take. But as touchyng to gyue them &s;aueconduct to go in to Englande / ye wyll nat grau~t therto in no wi&s;e For ye may &s;ay / that youre warre toucheth no thyng the warre of Englande nor of Fraunce / but that we be &s;oudyers of pope Urbane. Sir as I thynke this an&s;were &s;hulde &s;uffyce. Eue|ry man agreed well to this / and &s;pecially y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> by&s;+&s;hoppe / who had mynde of nothynge that was &s;ayd but to fight and to warre on the countrey. Thus the mater abode all night. And in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mor+nyng after ma&s;&s;e / the two &s;ayd knightes of the erles. De&s;yringe to haue an an&s;were / ca~e to the by&s;&s;hoppes lodgynge / and abode there tyll he came out to go to ma&s;&s;e. And &s;o than they &s;tept forthe before hym / and there he made the~ good chere by &s;emblant. And deuy&s;ed with them a ly+tell of other matters / to delay the tyme tyll his knight&abis; were come about hym. And whan they were all a&s;&s;embled toguyder / than the by&s;&s;hop &s;ayd to them. Sirs / ye tary for an aun&s;were / &amp; ye &s;hall haue it / on the reque&s;t that ye make for the erle of Flaunders. I &s;ay vnto you / ye may retourne agayne whan ye ly&s;t to the Erle your may&s;ter / or els to go to Calais on your ieo&abper;dy or in to Englande: but as for &s;aueco~duct ye get none of me. For I am nat the kyng of Engla~de nor I haue nat &s;o <ABBR>farr</ABBR> authorite &s;o to do. I and all my company are but &s;oudyers of pope Ur|bane / and of wages of hym: &amp; take his money to &s;erue him truely. And nowe we be in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lande of the duche&s;&s;e of Bare / who is a Clementyne: and yf the people be of that opynion / we wyll make them warre. And if they wyll go with vs and take our parte / they &s;hall haue part of our pardons and ab&s;olucyons. For Urbayne oure pope for whom we are in voiage / hath a&s;&s;oyled vs clene frome payne and frome &s;ynne / and all tho&s;e that wyll ayde to di&s;troy the Cleme~tyns. Whan the knightes herde the&s;e wordes / &s;ir Jo|han Uillayns &s;ayd. Sir in that as touchynge the pope / I thynke ye haue nat herde the co~tra|ry / but that my lorde therle of Flaunders hath ben alwayes good Urbany&s;t. Wherfore &s;ir / ye do yuell to make <ABBR>warr</ABBR> to hym or to his cou~tre. Nor I thynke the kyng of Englande yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde hath nat charged you &s;o to to. for he is &s;o noble that if he wolde haue made hym warre / fir&s;t he wolde haue defyed him. With tho&s;e wordes the by&s;&s;hoppe began to were angry and &s;aid. Well &s;irs / go to your erle and &s;aye vnto hym / that he getteth nothyng els of vs. And if ye wyll &s;ende in to Englande to knowe the kynges plea&s;ure / do as ye ly&s;t: but as for this way nor by Calys
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they &s;hall nat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">sse. And whan the&s;e knyghtes &s;awe they coulde nat attaygne to their purpo&s;e none otherwi&s;e / they departed and returned to their lodgynge and dyned. And after dyuer de+parted / &amp; went the &s;ame night to &s;aynt Omers.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame day that the knyghtes de&abper;ted / there came tidynges to the by&s;&s;hoppe / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> there was at Donkyrke and theraboute / a .xii. thou&s;ande men in harne&s;&s;e / and the ba&s;tarde of Flaunders in their company / as their chefe ca|pitayne: and dyuers other knightes and &s;qui|ers with them. In &s;omoche it was &s;hewed him that on the thur&s;daye before / they had &s;crimy&s;|&s;hed with his companye / and &s;layne a hundred of them. Lo quod the by&s;&s;hoppe ye may &s;e whe+der the erle do medyll in this mater or nat / it is he that dothe all. He entreateth for peace with the &s;werde in his hande. Let vs ryde forthe to moro we and go to Donkyrke / and &s;e what peo+ple they be that be there gadered Euery man a+greed therto: and the &s;ame day there ca~e to the by&s;&s;hoppe two knightes / the one fro Calys the othe&punc; fro Guy&s;nes / and with them a .xxx. &s;pea|res and thre&s;core archers. The knyghtes were called &s;ir Nicholas Clyncon and &s;ir John~ dra+cton capitayne of Guy&s;nes. In the nexte mor|nynge they made them redy to ryde forthe / and &s;o drewe in to the felde: They were mo than. vi hundred &s;peares and &s;ixtene hundred archers. And &s;o they rode towarde Mardyke and Do~|kyrke / the by&s;&s;hop made to be borne before him the armes of the churche / the baner of &s;aynt Pe+ter: felde goules two keyes &s;yluer / lyke &s;oudy|ers of pope Urbane. And in his penon he bare his owne armes / &s;yluer and azure quarterly / a fret golde on the <ABBR>azur</ABBR> / a bende of goules on the &s;yluer. And bycau&s;e he was yonge&s;t of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> Spe~|&s;ars / he bare a border of goules for a difference There was al&s;o &s;ir Hugh Spe~&s;ar his nephue with his penon. And with baner &amp; penon / there was the lorde Beaumont / &s;ir Hughe Caurell / &s;ir Thom~s Tryuet / and &s;ir Wylliam Helmon. And with penon without baner / there was &s;ir Wylliam Dractone / &s;ir Johan his brother / &s;ir Mathue Reedman / &s;ir John~ Ferres &s;ir Wyl|lyam Fermeton / and &s;ir Johan of New ca&s;tell ga&s;cone. Thus the&s;e men of armes rode towar+des Mardyke / and there refre&s;&s;hed them and dranke / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed forthe and toke the waye to Donkyrke. And the flemmynges that were there a&s;&s;embled / were aduerty&s;ed that the En|gly&s;&s;hmen wolde come that way / redy aparel|led to fight with them. So they determyned a+mong them &s;elfe to drawe in to the felde / and to be redy in good aray to fight / if nede requyred. for they thought to abyde in the towne / and to be clo&s;ed therin / &s;hulde be nothyng to them pro+fytable. And as they ordayned &s;o it was done: euery man armed hym &s;elfe in the towne / and i&s;&s;ued out in to the felde. Than they &s;ette them &s;elfe in good array on a lytell hyll without the towne / and they were in no~bre a .xii. M. or mo.</P>
<P>ANd &s;o therwith there came the engly&s;&s;h+men aprochyng to Donkyrke / and they behelde the mountayne on heir right hande to warde Burbourcke / towarde the &s;ee &s;yde. And there they &s;awe the flemyng&abis; in a great batayle well ordred. Than they taryed / for it &s;emed to them y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the flemynges wolde gyue the~ batayle. Than the lordes drewe toguyder to cou~&s;ayle &amp; there were dyuers opinyons / and &s;pecially the by&s;&s;hop of Norwyche / wolde that they &s;hulde inco~tynent go and fight with them. And other / as the lorde Beaumont and &s;ir Hugh Caurell / &s;ayde to the contrarie. Layeng dyuers rea&s;ons and &s;ayeng. Sir / ye knowe well the flemyng&abis; that be yonder haue done vs no forfayte. And to &s;aye the trouthe / we haue &s;ente to the Erle of Flaunders no defyaunce / and yet we be here in his countre. This is no courte&s;&s;e <ABBR>warr</ABBR> that we make / we do nothyng but catche it and we may without any re&s;onable warre. And al&s;o all this countre that we be in / be as vrbany&s;tes as well as we be / and holdeth y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame opinyon that we do. Beholde nowe therfore and &s;e / what iu&s;te cau&s;e we haue to ron thus on them? Than the by&s;&s;hoppe &s;ayde / howe knowe we that they be Urbany&s;tes or nat? In the name of god &abquod; &s;ir Hughe Caurell / me thynke it were good that we &s;ende to theym an heraude / to knowe what thyng they demau~de / thus to be raynged in ba|tayle agayn&s;t vs / and lette it be demaunded of what pope they holde of. And if they aun&s;were and &s;ay howe they be good vrbany&s;tes / than re+quyre them by the vertue of the popes bull that we haue / that they wyll go with vs to &s;aint O|mers / Ayre / or Arras / or thyder as we wyll bri~|ge them. And wha~ they be thus requyred / than therby we &s;hall knowe their enten&s;yon / &amp; ther|vpon we may take aduy&s;e and cou~&s;ayle. This purpo&s;e was holden / &amp; an heraude called mou~t forde parteyning to the duke of Bretayne / was co~maunded by all the lordes to go to the flemin+ges / and to &s;hewe them as ye haue herde before The heraulde obeyed their co~mau~dement as it was rea&s;on / and &s;o went to &s;peke with them.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the flemynges of the cou~tre and they of the lande of Ca&s;&s;ell were di&s;confyted by the engly&s;&s;hmen / and Donkyrke taken: with dyuers other ca&s;telles in the countrey. Cap. CCCC .xxxii.</HEAD>
<P>_THus the heraude de&abper;|ted fro the lordes / and had on his cote of armes / and &s;o went to warde the flemyng&abis; and thought non yuell / they were all toguyder in a gret batayle. And &s;o the heraude wolde haue goone to &s;ome knyghtes that were there / but he might nat. For a&s;&s;oone as he apro+ched nere to the flemynges / they toke and &s;lewe hym without any demaundynge fro whens he ca~e / or wheder he wolde. Thus they &s;lewe hym lyke people of &s;mall knowledge. The gentyl|men that were there coude nat &s;aue hym / whan the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;awe their dealyng / they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. So were the burge&s;&s;es of gau~t &s;uche as were there / who were right gladde to moue for the the mater / &s;o that there might be a newe brewlynge in Flaunders. Than the En|gly&s;&s;he men &s;ayde. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> yonder rybaudes haue &s;layne our heraude / but he &s;hall be dere &s;olde to them / or els we wyll all dye in the place. Than they commau~ded their archers to &s;teppe for the towarde the flemynges. And there was a bur|ge&s;&s;e of Gaunt made knight / and incontynent the batayle began &s;ore and &s;harpe. For to &s;aye trouthe / the flemynges marueylou&s;ly defe~ded them &s;elfe / but the archers &s;hotte &s;o thicke / that they ouerthrue many and greued the~ &s;ore. And the men of armes entred in amonge them with &s;harpe &s;peares / and at the fir&s;t front ouerthrue many. Finally the engly&s;&s;hmen wan the place / and the flemynges di&s;co~fited and fledde a way / thynkinge to entre in to Donkyrke. But the en+gly&s;&s;hmen cha&s;ed them &s;o &s;ore / that they entred in to the towne with them. So that in the &s;tre|tes and on the &s;andes / there was many a flem|myng &s;layne. Howe be it <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were many En|gly&s;&s;hmen flayne / to the nombre of foure hun|dred or mo&punc; they were fou~de after in the towne here and there / by tenne atones / twentie .xxx. ye and by fourtie. For as they dyde cha&s;e the flem minges in the &s;tretes they were fought withall howe be it finally / the flemynges were nere all &s;layne or taken. Thus fell of this re~countre at Donkyrke / where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;layne of the flem mynges a nyne thou&s;ande.</P>
<P>tHe &s;ame day of the batayle / there re|tourned to Ly&s;le to the erle of Flaun|ders &s;ir Johan Uyllayns and &s;ir Jo+han de Molayne / and &s;hewed hym all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> report that they had &s;ene and herde of thengly&s;&s;hmen / wher with the erle was right pen&s;yue to thynke howe he &s;hulde deale in the mater. And al&s;o he was more pen&s;yue / and &s;o he had cau&s;e: whan he herde the tidynges that his men were &s;layne and di&s;co~fyted at Donkyrke. So he bare it pa|ciently / and dyde reconfort hym &s;elfe and &s;ayd. Well / if we haue lo&s;t at one tyme / we &s;hall wyn agayne at another tyme and it plea&s;e god. So inco~tynent he wrote therof to the duke of Bur|goyne / to the entent that &s;ome re&s;y&s;tence might be made. For he ymagined well / that the En|gly&s;&s;hmen hauynge ones that entre in to Flau~+ders / that they wolde do more hurt in the coun+trey / or they departed agayne. And whan~e the duke of Burgoyne vnder&s;tode therof / he &s;ende knightes and &s;quiers in to the gary&s;ons on the fronters of Flaunders. As to &s;aynt Omers / to Ayre / to &s;aynt Uenaunt / to Baylleule / to Ber|gues / to Ca&s;&s;ell / and to all the bayliwykes / to kepe thentre of Arthoy&s;e. &para; Nowe let vs &s;peke of thengly&s;&s;hmen and howe they &abper;ceyuered.</P>
<P>aFter y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> di&s;confyture at Donkyrke and the towne taken. The Engly&s;&s;he men entred in to great pride / for it &s;emed to them / that all Flaunders had ben theirs. And to &s;ay the trouthe / if they hadde as than gone to Bruges (as they &s;ayd that knewe the dealyng of the~ of the towne) the towne had bene gyuen vp to them. But the Engly&s;&s;hmen wrought o|therwy&s;e / for they tooke ad<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">y&s;e to go to Bour|burcke and to gette that towne / and &s;o to go to Ayre and to Ca&s;&s;ell / and to conquere all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> cou~|trey. And to leaue nothyng behynde them that &s;hulde be contrarie to theym / and than to go to Ipre. They thought verily / that the towne of Ipre wolde &s;oone yelde vp / if they &s;awe all the countre yelden before. So thus the engly&s;&s;he|men departed fro Donkyrke and went to Bur+bourcke / and whan they of the towne &s;awe the~ aprochenere to their towne / they yelded vp the towne / &s;auyng their lyues and goodes. And &s;o they were receyued / and the Engly&s;&s;hmen en|tred with great ioye. &s;ayeng / howe they wolde make <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a good gary&s;on for to kepe warre a|gayn&s;t
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them of &s;aynt Omers / and the fronters nere adioyning. And &s;o than after they wanne the ca&s;tell of Driceham / &amp; they were thre dayes before it or they wan it. And than they conque|red it byforce / and therin were &s;layne a two hu~|dred men that were there in gary&s;on. And than the engly&s;&s;hemen repayred agayne the ca&s;tell and &s;ayde. Howe they wolde kepe it to the be&s;t of their powers / and &s;o &s;ette therin newe men. And thanne they wente forth and came to Ca&s;|&s;ell and tooke the towne / and had therin great pyllage. Than they departed&punc; and &s;ayde they wolde go and &s;e the towne of Ayre. Howe be it there was many of them that knewe right well that the towne was nat ea&s;y to be wonne / with+out great lo&s;&s;e of their men. Howe be it the by&s;+&s;hoppe of Norwiche &s;ayde / he wolde go nere it and loke theron.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the engli&s;&s;hmen conquered all the countre of Flaunders / fro Do~|kyrke to Sclu&s;e: and howe they be &s;e+ged the towne of Ipre. Cap. CCCC .xxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on capy|tayne of Ayre was &s;ir Ro|bert of Bethune vycount of Mealr / and with hym <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir Johan Roy / the lor+de of Clary / &s;ir Johan of be+thune his brother / the lorde of Montigny / &s;ir Perducas of Pount &s;aynt / &s;ir Johan of Chauny / and &s;ir Floreyns his &s;on and dyuers other / So that they were a &s;ix&s;core &s;peares of good men of armes knightes &amp; &s;quy+ers. Whan the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwiche / and &s;ir Hugh Caurell / &s;ir Henry Beaumont / &s;ir Tho+mas Tryuet / &s;ir Wyllyam Helmon / &s;ir Ma|thewe Reedman / and the other engly&s;&s;hemen. Whan they dyde aproche nere to Ayre / at a pla|ce called the Newe dike. They putte them &s;elfe in order of batayle / &amp; &s;o pa&s;&s;ed forthe with ba|ners and penons wauyng withthe wynde / for they knewe nat what the vycount of Meaulxe was mynded to do. The vycont and his com|pany beyng as thanne there in gary&s;one / were rainged in good order on the cau&s;ey / before the barryers of the towne. And there they might &s;e clerely the engly&s;&s;hemen pa&s;&s;e by / takynge the way to &s;aynt Uenaunt: but they were nat men ynowe to &s;toppe theym their way. Thus they &s;tode &s;tyll kepynge watche and warde / redy at their defence. And the Engly&s;&s;hmen pa&s;&s;ed by and &s;o we~te the &s;ame night a two myles fro &s;ait Uenaunt / wherof a knyght of Picardy was ca+pitayne / called &s;ir Wyllyam de Melle: Who had fortifyed the myn&s;ter for hym and his com+pany / to drawe in to if nede requyred / and &s;o he dyde. For the towne was clo&s;ed but with &s;mall palys and dykes / wherfore it coulde nat longe endure agayn&s;t the engly&s;&s;hmen. So the fren|che men withdrewe them &s;elfe / &s;ome in to the ca+&s;tell and &s;ome into the churche / the whiche was right &s;tronge. They of the ca&s;tell were nat a&s;|&s;ayled / for it was marueylous &s;tronge. There coude no manne aproche nere therto / the dykes rounde about were &s;o large and depe. But the myn&s;ter was incontynent a&s;&s;ayled by the En|gli&s;&s;hmen / whan they had entred the towne / by cau&s;e they had knowledge that the men of ar|mes were withdrawen in to it.</P>
<P>&s;Ir Wyllyam of Melle Was a good knyght and a valyant / and nobly defe~+ded the churche of &s;aynt Uenant. the Engly&s;&s;he archers were rounde about it / and they &s;hotte vp arowes &s;o thycke and &s;o rudely / that they within dur&s;t &s;cant apere at any defe~ce Howe be it they aboue had &s;tones and artylla|rye great plentie / and dyde ca&s;te downe &s;tones and other thynges / &amp; hurt many beneth. howe be it the a&s;&s;aut was &s;o &s;ore contynued by the en+gly&s;&s;hmen / that the myn&s;ter was won byforce: And &s;ir Wyllyam de Melle within / who valy|antly fought at his defence / and &s;o dyde all his company. And if they had parceyued any con|fort of re&s;cue / they wolde le~gar haue co~tynued: but there was no conforte that they coulde par|ceyue / and therfore they were the ea&s;ier to wyn. Thus &s;ir Wyllyam of melle was pri&s;oner with the engly&s;&s;hmen / and &s;o &s;ette to his fynaunce. And &s;o went in to Fraunce by his bonde of ob|lygacion: as all gentylmen engli&s;&s;he and fren|che were wont to do eche with other. but &s;o dyd nat the Almayns / for whan an almayne hath ta+ken a pri&s;onere he putteth hym in to yrons and in to harde pri&s;one without any pytie / to make hym pay the greatter fynaunce and raun&s;ome.</P>
<P>THus whan the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwyche and thengly&s;&s;hmen departed fro &s;aynt Uenant / they wente and lodged in the wode of Mepce whiche was nat <ABBR>farr</ABBR> thens / and about
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Baylueufe in Flaunders. And &s;o entred into y^e bayliwyke of Proprigne and Me&s;&s;ynes / and toke all the clo&s;e townes and therin fou~de great pyllage / and conueyed all their pillage and vo|tie to Bergues &amp; to Burborke. And whan they had all the countre at their plea&s;ure / &amp; that they were lordes of the &s;ee &s;yde: as of Grauelyng to Slu&s;e / of Donkyrke of Newport / of Furnes / and of Bla~cque Berque. Than they went and layed &s;iege to Ipre and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they re&s;ted &amp; than &s;ende to Gaunte. As I vnder&s;tode they &s;ende Frau~ces Atreman / who had ben at the batayle and at all their co~que&s;tes / for he was their gyde fro towne to towne.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the Engly&s;&s;hmen &s;ende for them of Gaunt / and how they came to the &s;iege of Ipre: And of the lorde &s;aynt Leger and his company / who were di&s;confyted by thengly&s;&s;hmen and howe the by&s;&s;hop of Liege came to the &s;iege of Ipre. Ca. iiii C .xxxiiii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHan~e Peter de Boy&s;e and Peter de Mirt / and the capitayns of Gaunt. vnder+&s;tode howe the engly&s;&s;hmen &s;ende for them to come to the &s;ege of Ipre. they were gret+lye therof reioy&s;ed / and or|dayned inco~tynent to go thyder. And &s;o depar|ted fro Gaunt on a &s;aturday in the mornynge / next after the vias of &s;aynt Peter and &s;. Poule to the nombre of twentie thou&s;ande / and with great caryage and ordynaunce: and &s;o wente through the countre be&s;yde Courtrey to Ipre. And of their comynge the Engly&s;&s;hmen were greatly ioyfull / and made them good chere and &s;ayd. Sirs / &s;urely we &s;hall nowe &s;hortely con|quere Ipre / and than we wyll wynne Bruges Dan / and Slu&s;e. Thus they made no dout y^t or the ende of Septembre / they &s;hulde co~quere all Flau~ders. Thus they glorifyed in their for tunes. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was a capitayne in Ipre / a right &s;age and a valyant knight / cal|led Peter de la Syeple. He ordered all the bu|&s;yne&s;&s;e of the towne. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were men of armes with hym / &s;ette there by the duke of Burgoyne and therle of Flaunders: As &s;ir Johan of Bou+grayne chatelayne of Ipre / &s;ir Baudwyn Del beden his &s;onne / the lorde Dy&s;&s;egien / the lorde of Stades / &s;ir Johan Blancharde / &s;ir Johan Me&s;elede &s;ir Hamell / &s;ir Nycholas Belle / the lorde of Harleq~becke / the lorde of Rollechen / &s;ir John~ Ahoutre / John~ la Sieple &s;quier nephue to the capitayne / Frau~ces Bell / &s;ir George bell and dyuers other expert menne of armes / who had dayly great payne and wo to <ABBR>defend</ABBR> their towne. And al&s;o they were in great feare / lee&s;t the comons of the towne &s;hulde make any trea|tie with them of Gaunt / wherby they &s;hulde be in daunger and be betrayed by them of Ipre.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there was in the towne of Courtrey a valyant knyght of Hey|nalte / called &s;ir Johan of Jumont. He was &s;et there at the reque&s;t of the duke of Burgoyne &amp; of therle of Flaunders. Whan he toke it on him there was neuer a knyght in Flaunders dur&s;t enterpri&s;e to kepe it: it was &s;o perylous to kepe For whan the frenche kynge went oute of that countrey it was vnrepayred. And fewe folkes abode therin / for all was brent &amp; beaten downe &s;o that it was moche payne to lodge therin any hor&s;e. So this &s;ir John~ Jumont toke on hym to kepe it / and incontynent dyde repayre it. and dyde &s;o thanked by god / that he attaygned no|thyng therby: but honour and pray&s;e. The du|ke of Burgoyne to whom the bu&s;yne&s;&s;e of flau~|ders touched right nere / toke great &s;tudy to bri+ge well all thing to pa&s;&s;e. And &s;o he &s;ende a thre &s;core &s;peares bretons to Courtrey / to thentent to refre&s;&s;he the towne: and &s;o fir&s;t the&s;e &s;peares came to the duke to Li&s;le. And on a friday they departed thens and toke the way to Comynes / and the lorde of &s;aynt Leger and yuonet of Ca~+temat were capitayns of the &s;ayd &s;peares. And in to the towne of Comynes the &s;ame morning at the breakynge of the day / there was co~e two hundred Engly&s;&s;he &s;peares to fetche forage a|brode in the cou~tre / to bringe it to their hoo&s;t be+fore Ipre. The &s;aid bretons or they were ware fell in their handes and dau~ger. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a harde and a &s;ore encountre / at the foote of the bridge of Comynes: and valiantly the breto~s dyde beare them selfe. If they had bene re&s;cued with as many mo as they were / by lykelyhode they had &s;caped withoute domage. Howe be it they were fayne to flye / for they were to fewe me~ to endure long. The moo&s;t parte of them were &s;layne and taken in the felde / retournynge to|wardes Ly&s;le. The lorde of &s;aynt Leger was &s;ore wou~ded and lefte for deed in the place / they were happy y^t &s;caped. The cha&s;e endured with+in halfe a myle of Lyle: to the whiche towne the lorde of &s;aynt Leger was caryed / wounded as
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he was / and a fyue dayes after he dyed / and &s;o dyde fyue of his &s;quyers. thus fortuned of this aduenture.</P>
<P>THus &s;tyll the &s;iege lay at Ipre. The en|gli&s;&s;hmen and gau~toys made many a&s;|&s;aut&abis; &amp; they of the towne trymvled for feare. the erle of Flaunders beyng at Ly&s;le feared great+lye the takyng of Ipre / for he knewe well the en+gli&s;&s;hmen were right &s;ubtell. and co~fort might dayly come to the~ fro Calys / by rea&s;on of y^e ga|ry&s;ons that they had won in their way. And in+dede they might haue had great &s;ocoure out of Englande and they had ly&s;t / but at the begyn|nyng they &s;et nothyng by the erle / nor by all the power of Frau~ce. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were dyuers great lor+des of Englande about the marches of Douer and Sandwiche / redy apparelled to pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee to Calys / and to haue ayded their company if they had ben requyred. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> were redy M. &s;peares and two thou&s;ande archers. Sir Wyl+lyam Beauchampe and &s;ir Wyllm~ Wynd&s;ore mar&s;hals of Englande were &s;oueraygne capi|tayns / &s;et there by the kyng and by his cou~&s;ell. And for that cau&s;e the duke of La~ca&s;tre lo&s;t his vyage that &s;ea&s;on into Portyngale. For all the realme of Engla~de was rather enclyned to the by&s;&s;hop of Norwiches army tha~ to the duke of La~ca&s;tres. Therle of Flaunders knewe ryght well all this be&s;yne&s;&s;e &amp; in&s;ydentes / as they fell in Engla~de: and euery thyng that was done at the &s;iege of Ipre / thynkyng to fynde remedy to his power. He thought well y^t the duke of Bur+goyne wolde moue the frenche kyng and y^e lor|des of the Realme / to rey&s;e and to a&s;&s;emble to driue the engly&s;&s;hemen out of Flaunders / the whiche they had wonne the &s;ame yere. And by|cau&s;e he knewe that the a&s;&s;emblynge of the lor|des of Fraunce wolde belonge / and &s;pecially of the~ that &s;hulde &s;erue the kyng out of farre coun+tries. and that many thinges might fall or they came toguyder. Therfore he aduy&s;ed to &s;ende to the by&s;&s;hoppe of Liege &s;ir Arnolde De&s;orge who was good Urbany&s;t. To the entent that he &s;hulde come to Ipre / to treate with the En|gly&s;&s;hmen to depart fro thens / and to drawe to &s;ome other parte: bycau&s;e he hadde great mar|ueyle that they &s;hulde make hym warre. Se|ynge that he was good Urbany&s;t / and all the countre of Flaunders: as all the worlde knewe. So moche dyde the erle of Flaunders / that the by&s;&s;hoppe of Liege came in to Heynaulte and pa&s;&s;ed Ualencennes / &amp; &s;o came to Doway and than to Ly&s;le and &s;pake with the erle. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> determyned what he &s;hulde &s;ay to thengly&s;&s;he|me~. And &s;o thus the by&s;&s;hop of Liege ca~e to the &s;iege before Ipre / to &s;peke with the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwiche and thengly&s;&s;hmen / and with the~ of Gaunte: and they receyued hym right well / and were gladde to here hym &s;peke.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the great co~maundement of a&s;+&s;emble that the frenche kynge made to the entent to rey&s;e the &s;iege before Ipre / and of them that were dy&s;con|fyted by the Engly&s;&s;hemen. Cap. CCCC .xxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd as I was than en+fourmed / the erle of Flaun|ders by the wordes of y^e by&s;+&s;hop of Liege: offred to the bi&s;&s;hoppe of Norwiche and to the engly&s;&s;hmen. That if they wolde leaue their &s;iege before Ipre / and to go to &s;ome other parte / and to make warre agayn&s;t the Clementyns. howe he wolde fynde fyue hundred &s;peares to &s;erue them thre monethes / at his co&s;t and charge. the by&s;&s;hop of Norwiche and his company an&s;we+red: howe they wolde take aduy&s;e. And &s;o they went to coun&s;ayle / and there were many opiny+ons. They of Gau~t &s;ayd / howe it was no tru&s;t on the promy&s;e of the erle. For &s;urely they &s;ayd / howe he wolde begyle them &amp; if he might. So all thynges con&s;ydred / the engly&s;&s;hmen an&s;we+red to the by&s;&s;hop of Liege / howe y^t he myght departe whan it plea&s;ed hym / for as to his re|que&s;tes they wolde in no wy&s;e agre therto. &s;ay|eng howe they wolde neuer departe fro y^e &s;iege / tyll they had the towne of Ipre at their co~mau~|dement. So whan the by&s;&s;hop of Liege &s;awe that the coulde do no more in the mater / he toke his leaue and retourned to Ly&s;le / and &s;hewed the erle his an&s;were. Whan the erle &s;awe that it wolde be none other wy&s;e / he was more pe~&s;yue than he was before. &amp; parceyued clerely y^t with out the puy&s;&s;aunce of Fraunce rey&s;ed the &s;iege / he was lykely to le&s;e the good towne of Ipre. Than he wrote all the matter and an&s;weres to his &s;onne in lawe the duke of Burgoyne / who lay at Compayne. And the by&s;&s;hoppe of Liege departed fro the Erle and went to Doway / to Ualencennes / and &s;o to his countre</P>
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tHe duke of Burgoyne &s;awe well how the ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ers of Flaunders dyde ryght yuell and were lykely to do / without the kynge putte to his hande / and purueyed for &s;ome remedy. He dyde &s;o moche / that a great coun&s;ayle was &s;omoned to be holden at Com|payne with the great princes and lordes of the Realme of Fraunce. So thyder came euery man that was &s;ende for / and thyder came per|&s;onally the duke of Bretayne. And <ABBR>ther</ABBR> it was agreed by the kynges coun&s;ayle: the Duke of Berrey / the duke of Burbone / and the duke of Burgoyne. Howe the kynge &s;hulde go agayne in to Flau~ders as pui&s;&s;antly / as whan he went to Ro&s;ebeque to the entent to rey&s;e the &s;iege at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; and to fight with thengly&s;&s;hmen / if they wolde abyde hym. All the&s;e thyng&abis; agreed and accorded the frenche kynge &s;ende his co~maun|dement throughe out all his realme / that euery man <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be redy in their be&s;t apparell for the warre: and to be the fyftene daye of Augu&s;t at Arras &punc; and there about. The kynge &s;ende al&s;o to them of farre countreis / as to the erle of Ar|mynake and of Sauoy / and to the duke Fre|deryke of Bauyers. This duke was of hyghe Almaygne / and was &s;onne to one of the dukes bretherne / and greatly he de&s;yred ones to bere armes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">or them of Fraunce / and to &s;e the e&s;tate of Frau~ce: for he loued all honour. Al&s;o he was enfourmed that all the honoures of the worlde was in Fraunce. And bycau&s;e this duke was farre of / therfore he was &s;ende for fir&s;t. He pre|pared hym &s;elfe redy and &s;ayde / howe he wolde pa&s;&s;e throughe Heynalt to &s;e his vncle &amp; his co|&s;yn the erle of Bloys &amp; other. In the meane &s;ea+&s;on that the&s;e lordes aparelled them&s;elfe / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ege endured &s;tyll before <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pre / and dyuers &s;autes &amp; &s;crimy&s;&s;hes made / and dyuers hurt of bothe &abper;|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ies. But the capitayne of Ipre &s;ir Peter de la &s;ieple toke &s;o good hede / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> he had no domage.</P>
<P>THis &s;iege thus endurynge / the Erle of Flaunders beynge at Ly&s;le / was enfor+med / howe the myn&s;ter of y^e towne of Emenyn was &s;ore in decay. And howe that if thengly&s;&s;h+men came thyder / they &s;hulde lightly wynne it for it was nat kept. Wherfore the erle was cou~|&s;ayled to &s;ende and to repayre it. Than the erle called &s;ir Johan de Moulyne / and &s;ayd. Sir Johan / take men out of this towne and cro&s; bo+wes / and go to Emenyn and repayre agayne the myn&s;ter. And kepe and defende it fro the en+gly&s;&s;hmen for if they &s;hulde haue it / they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> yuell trouble the countrey all about&punc; the knight an&s;wered he was content / and &s;o prepared him+&s;elfe. And the next day departed and with hym a yonge knyght / a ba&s;tarde &s;onne of the Erles / called &s;ir Johan San&s;terre / and they were in nombre about a thre&s;core &s;peares and thre&s;core archers. Thus they departed fro the towne of Ly&s;le and rode towarde the towne of Emenyn and &s;o came thyder and founde no body there / but &s;uche as were there at their <ABBR>pleasur.</ABBR> Than they cau&s;ed the myn&s;ter to be newly repayred / and &s;ette men a warke theron. The &s;ame daye there rode forthe fro the &s;iege of Ipre a two hu~|dred &s;peares Engly&s;&s;he and Ga&s;coyns / who knewe by the forangers y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they mette / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were men of armes and cro&s; bowes in the tow|ne of Emenyn / and repayringe and fortifyeng the churche. Than the Engly&s;&s;hmen rode thy|der / and as &s;oone as they came before the myn|&s;ter / they a lyghted a fote and beganne to crye their cryes. Whan~e &s;ir Johan of Moulyn and the ba&s;tarde of Flaunders &s;awe their maner / &amp; that it behoued them to fight / they putte theym &s;elfe in order / and cau&s;ed their Cro&s;bowes to &s;hote / wherwith dyuers engly&s;&s;hme~ were hurt howe be it inco~tynent the Engly&s;&s;hmen entred in amonge them. There was of &s;o fewe men a &s;ore &s;crimy&s;&s;he / &amp; many &s;layne and hurt. howe be it finally the engly&s;&s;hmen were &s;o many that the flemynges coulde nat endure theym / but &s;o they were di&s;confyted and the two knyghtes ta+ken / yet right valyantly they had defended the~ &s;elfe. There were but a fewe that retourned to Ly&s;le / for nigh they were all taken and &s;layne. Thus it fortuned of the aduenture of Emenyn wherwith the erle of Flaunders was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / but he coude nat amende it. The en+gly&s;&s;hmen brought their pri&s;oners to the &s;iege of Ipre / and within a whyle after they put the~ to their raun&s;ome.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe thengly&s;&s;hmen and flemyn+ges of Gaunt made dyuers a&s;&s;autes before Ipre. &amp; howe the fre~che kyng departed fro Compayne and wente towarde Ipre to rei&s;e the &s;iege there. Cap. CCCC .xxxvi.</HEAD>
<P>_THus often tymes falleth the adue~tures of dedes of armes / &s;om+tyme to wyn &s;omtyme to le&s;e. the aduentures therof are ryght mar|ueylous / as they knowe rightwell
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that folowe it. This &s;tyll co~tynued the &s;iege be+fore Ipre / and it was thente~cyon of the by&s;&s;hop of Norwiche / of the engly&s;&s;hmen / of Peter de Boy&s;e and of the gau~toy&s;e / to wyn Ipre by a&s;|&s;aut or otherwy&s;e. And accordyng to their ente~+tes / often tymes they a&s;&s;auted and &s;crimy&s;&s;hed with them of the towne. And amonge all their a&s;&s;autes / there was one &s;peciall great a&s;&s;aute / whiche endured all a day tyll it was nere night And there was done many a proper dede of ar|mes&punc; a&s; well by them without as by the~ within. There was made the &s;ame day foure knightes within the towne / as &s;ir Johan de la &s;yeple co|&s;yn to the capitayne / &s;ir Fraunces Bell / &s;ir Ge|orge Bell / and &s;ir Johan Bell was the fourth. They were good knyghtes / and dyde acquyte them &s;elfe right well the &s;ame day. There was &s;layne with a gon a proper &s;quyer of Engla~de / called Lewes Lynne. This was a &s;ore a&s;&s;aute and many hurt on bothe &abper;ties / as &s;uche as ad|uentured them &s;elfe to &s;ore. The archers of En+glande who &s;toode on the one &s;yde of the dyke / &s;hotte vp arowes &s;o thicke / that almoo&s;t there was none within the towne dur&s;t loke out ouer the walles / nor &s;cant &s;tande at their defe~ce. they of Ipre gadered bp the &s;ame day two tonne full of artyllary / &amp; &s;pecially of arowes: for they fell &s;o thicke in the &s;tretes that none dur&s;t go with|out they were well armed or paue&s;&s;ed. This a&s;+&s;aut endured tyll it was night. Than the~gly&s;&s;h+men and flemynges that hadde a&s;&s;auted all the day in two batayls / retourned to their lodgyn|ges right wery and &s;ore traueyled / and in lyke|wy&s;e &s;o were they of the towne of Ipre.</P>
<P>wHan the engly&s;&s;hmen and flemynges that lay at the &s;iege before Ipre / &s;awe howe they coulde nat wynne the tow|ne / and howe they lo&s;t moche of their artyllary. Than they aduy&s;ed to make a great nombre of fagottes and to ca&s;t them in to the dykes / with &s;trawe and erthe to fyll vp the dykes / to the en|tent that they might come to the walles to fight hande to hande with them of the towne / and to vndermyne the walles / thinkynge therby to co~+quere it. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were &s;ette men a warke to fell downe wode and make fagottes / and to bring them to the dyke. This was nat &s;o &s;oone done nor their warke accomply&s;&s;hed / but the frenche kynge / who had great de&s;yre to rey&s;e the &s;iege and to fight with the Engly&s;&s;hmen / auaun&s;ed forthe his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e and departed fro Co~pay|gne / &amp; &s;o came to Arras. And than pa&s;&s;ed forth the con&s;table of Fraunce with a great nombre of lordes ordayned for the vowarde and loged in Arthoi&s;e. The duke of Bretayne came with two thou&s;ande &s;peres / who had great de&s;yre to confort the erle of Flaunders his co&s;yn. And he was greatly bounde &s;o to do / for he had founde hym euer redy aparelled in tyme pa&s;t in all his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e. Thus lordes aproched bothe farre and nere. Than came the Erle of Sauoy and therle of Gene&s;ue with &s;euyn hundred &s;peares of pure &s;auo&s;yns. The duke Frederyke of Ba|uyere came forwarde in to Heynalte and was at Qeu&s;noy / and refre&s;&s;hed him with his vncle the duke Aubert / and with his aunt the duches Margarete: &amp; with his co&s;yns the duke of Lo|rayne and the duke of Bare / and &s;o fro thens he came in to Arthoi&s;e. Sir Wyllyam of <ABBR>Namur</ABBR> who had nat bene in none of the fore&s;ayd war|res / for the erle had excu&s;ed hym. He came than to &s;erue the kyng and the duke of Burgoyne w^t two hu~dred &s;peares of good men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> / and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed by Heynalte and came and lodged at Torne&s;ys. Lordes came fro euery parte right &s;trongly &amp; with &s;o good wyll to &s;erue the kyng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> that it was marueyle to con&s;yder. Therle Guy of Bloy&s;e had a&s;&s;embled his men at La~drechis but his men coude nat tell if he were able or cou+de endure the payne to ryde with the kyng in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> army. So he was brought in an hor&s;elytter to Beaumont in Heynalte / there he was better at ea&s;e / the ayre was better for hym there than at La~dreches. Howe be it he was &s;ore &s;icke and fe|ble / yet he purueyed his men to &s;erue the kyng. So his co~pany and the lorde of Mo~tigny / the lorde of U&s;eryn / &s;ir Uyllaynes of &s;aynt Mar|tyne / &s;ir Ualleraunce of Ou&s;tyen capitayne of Remorentyne / and other knightes and &s;quiers auaun&s;ed forwarde to &s;erue the kynge.</P>
<P>tIdynges came to the &s;iege before J|pre to the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwyche / to &s;ir Hugh Caurell / and to the engly&s;&s;h+men. Howe the frenche kynge was comynge to them / with mo than twentie thou&s;ande men of armes knightes and &s;quiers / and mo than thre &s;core thou&s;ande of other people. The&s;e wordes &s;o multyplyed in the hoo&s;t / tyll at la&s;t they fou~+de it trewe. In the beginnyng they wolde &s;cant beleue it. But than it was &s;aid playnly / howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> king wolde come &amp; fight with the~ as they lay at their &s;iege. And they had marueyle whan they knewe howe the duke of bretayne was coming agayn&s;t them. Than they toke coun&s;ayle togy+der / to determyne what they &s;hulde do. And all
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thynges con&s;ydered / they &s;awe well howe they were of no puy&s;&s;au~ce to abyde the kyng. Than they &s;ayd / it was be&s;t that Peter de Boy&s;e / Pe+ter de Myrt / and the gauntoy&s;e &s;hulde returne to the towne of Gaunt / and the engly&s;&s;hmen to Bergues and to Burborke. And &s;o to abyde in their gary&s;ons / without that &s;ome puy&s;&s;aunce come out of Englande: as kyng Richarde him &s;elfe to pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee / or els &s;ome of his vncles / &amp; thervpon to take better aduy&s;e. This cou~&s;ayle was vpholden &amp; euery man dy&s;lodged: they of Gaunt drewe to their towne / and the engli&s;&s;he+men went towarde Bergues and Burbourke / and &s;o entred in to &s;uche gary&s;ons as they had before conquered. The &s;ame day that the En|gly&s;&s;hmen departed from the &s;iege / there came to them &s;ir Thomas Percy &s;onne to the erle of Northumberlande. He came out of Spruce / and whan he was a lytell fro thens / it was &s;he|wed hym for certayne / that the fre~che kyng and the kyng of Englande &s;hulde fight togyder in the marche&s;&s;e of Flaunders or Arthoy&s;e / puy&s;|&s;aunce agayn&s;t puy&s;&s;au~ce. Wherof the knight had great ioye / and hadde great de&s;yre to be at that iourney. He was as than~e .xl. dayes iour|ney from thens / but he made &s;uche ha&s;t that he rode it in fourtene dayes / but he left all his peo+ple and baggage behynde hym. And he rode &s;o fa&s;t without chaungyng of his hor&s;e / and with hym no mo but his page / that he came to y^e tow+ne of Gaunt in the &s;ayd &s;pace / whiche tourned to hym a great valyantne&s;&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke Frederyke of Ba|uyer aryued in the fre~che kyng&abis; hoo&s;t and howe therle Guy of Bloy&s;e and his men ca~e to Arras / and howe the kynges vowarde toke Ca&s;&s;ell. Cap. CCCC .xxxvii.</HEAD>
<P>_TIdynges ca~e to the fren+che kyng as he lay at Arras howe the engly&s;&s;hmen were departed fro the &s;iege and y^e gauntoy&s;e in lykewi&s;e / and euery man de&abper;ted to theyr holdes. Tha~ the kyng was coun&s;ailed to make ha&s;t and to folowe them / to thentent they &s;hulde nat &s;cape. And &s;o he depar+ted fro Arras and went to Mount &s;aynt Eloy a fayre abbey / and there he taryed foure dayes / abyding tyll the duke of Berry was come. &s;tyll people gadered thider fro all parties / and than it was reported by the con&s;table and mar&s;hals / and by &s;ir Guy&s;&s; harde erle Dolphyn may&s;ter of the cro&s; bowes / howe that the kyng had <ABBR>ther</ABBR> mo than a hundred thou&s;ande men. Than the kyng departed fro Mou~t &s;aynt Eloy / and toke his way to &s;aynt Omers and ca~e to Ayre / wher+of the vycount of Meaulx was capitayne. And there the kyng taryed two dayes / and alwayes &s;tyll aproched men of warre. and the con&s;table and they of the vowarde were on before / and lo+ged at the towne of mount Ca&s;&s;ell. And &s;o the kynge came to &s;aynt Omers / and there abode and taryed for his people that came from all &abper;|ties. And whan~e duke Frederyke of Bauyers came to the hoo&s;t / the great barownes of Frau~+ce went and mette with hym to do hym honour bycau&s;e he came fro &s;o farre a countrey to &s;erue the kynge. The kyng made hym great chere / &amp; gaue hym great thankes for his comynge: and lodged hym all the voiage after / as nere to his per&s;on as myght be. In the kynges hoo&s;t there were to the no~bre of thre thou&s;and hor&s;es / wher+fore it was greatly to be marueyled / howe pro|ui&s;yon myght be had to &s;uffyce &s;uche an hoo&s;t. Howe be it &s;omtyme they lacked and &s;omtyme they had great habundaunce.</P>
<P>tHe erle Guy of Bloy&s;e beynge at Be|aumont in Heynault / though it were &s;o that he was nat in good helthe / for the longe malady that he was in / ymagyned in him &s;elf / that it &s;hulde nat be honorable for him to lye &s;tyll / and &s;o many great lordes beynge in the felde / and al&s;o he was &s;ent for / he was one of the chiefe apoynted to the reregarde. Therfore he thought it were better for hym to go forthe &amp; putte hym &s;elfe at the plea&s;ure of god than to a|byde behynde / and that men &s;hulde &s;uppo&s;e in him any cowardnes. This ge~tyll knight went forthe / but he coude in no wy&s;e endure to ryde / therfore he was caryed in a hor&s;elytter: and &s;o toke leaue of the lady his wyfe and of Loys his &s;onne. Dyuers of his cou~&s;ell were agayn&s;t his voyage / bycau&s;e the &s;ea&s;on was very hote for a &s;icke man. But euery man that herde &s;pekyng therof / reputed in hym a great valyantne&s;&s;e. &amp; with hym departed out of Heynault: the lorde of Sanze&s;t / the lorde of Hau&s;elles / &s;ir <ABBR>Gerard</ABBR> of Warryers / &s;ir Thomas of Dy&s;tre / the lorde of Dou&s;trenent / &s;ir Johan of Guy&s;enell / who was made knight the &s;ame vyage / and dyuers
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other. So thus this erle pa&s;&s;ed by Chambrey / and &s;o ca~e to Arras. And the more he rode and traueyled the better he had his helth<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> his owne men were before with the kyng. And wha~ they herde howe their lorde was comynge / they ca~e and mette hym. And &s;o than he was to the nom+bre of foure hundred &s;peares / and proui&s;yon e|uer folowed after hym out of Heynaulte great plentie.</P>
<P>&para; Nowe lette vs &s;peke of the kynge. tHe frenche kyng &s;o &s;pedde in his iour+ney / that he came to &s;aynt Omers and there re&s;ted / and refre&s;&s;hed hym &amp; his vowarde. The co~&s;table and the mar&s;hals went towarde Mount Ca&s;&s;ell / that the Engly&s;&s;men kepte. They a&s;&s;ayled the towne and wanne it with a&s;&s;aute / and all that were within &s;layne. Suche as &s;caped wente to Bergues / where as &s;ir Hughe Caurell was / &amp; with hym thre thou|&s;ande engly&s;&s;hmen / but the by&s;&s;hoppe of Nor|wiche was gone to Grauelynge / the &s;oner to be at Calays if nede were. All the countrey about Ca&s;&s;ell was brent and pylled by the~gly&s;&s;hmen. and the frenche kyng de&abper;ted fro &s;aynt Omers / and lay at an abbey called Raynombergues / &amp; <ABBR>ther</ABBR> re&s;ted all that friday. The &s;aturday in the mornyng the vowarde / the con&s;table &amp; the mar+&s;hals / the lorde of Coucy and a great nombre of good men of armes went to the ca&s;tell of Tru|ghen / where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were a thre hu~dred men of ar|mes / that kepte it all that &s;ea&s;on. And there the frenchmen made a great and a &s;harpe a&s;&s;aut / &amp; the engly&s;&s;hmen that were within defended the~ &s;elfe marueylou&s;ly. How be it by pure dedes of armes the Ca&s;tell was conquered / and all that were within &s;layne / for the co~&s;table wolde take none to mercy. And in the ba&s;e court / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was fou~de the fayre&s;t white hor&s;e that might be &s;ene the whiche was pre&s;ented to the con&s;table / and he &s;ende him inco~tynent to the kyng. The hor&s;e plea&s;ed &s;o the kyng / in &s;uche wy&s;e: that he rode theron the &s;onday all day. Than came therle of Bloys in to the hoo&s;t: he was of the reregarde as he was the yere before / at the batayle of Ro|&s;ebeque. Therle of Ewe / therle of Harcourt / y^e lorde of Chatellon / and the lorde Fere: all the&s;e in his co~pany. And &s;tyll aproched men of <ABBR>warr</ABBR> on all &s;ydes. The &s;ea&s;on was clere and fayre or els there wolde haue ben moche a do / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;uche a nombre of men and hor&s;es.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the~gli&s;&s;hmen after the &s;ege of Ipre / were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues: and howe they departed thens &amp; went to Burborke whan they &s;awe the kyng&abis; pui&s;&s;a~ce. Cap. CCCC .xxxviii.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the towne of Ber|gues / whiche was clo&s;ed w^t nothing but with pales and &s;mall dikes. The~gli&s;&s;hmen were gone thider &s;aue y^e by&s;+&s;hop of Norwich / who was at Graueling &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed and repe~ted hym that he had made that vyage / for he &s;awe well he was likely to for&s;ake his co~|que&s;tes with great blame. And al&s;o / in that he had before&s;ayd and vaunted / howe &amp; the kynge came to rey&s;e the &s;iege before Ipre / he wolde a|byde &amp; fight with hym &amp; all his pui&s;&s;a~ce / which word&abis; were &s;pred abrode thrughout all the real me of Fra~ce. and than he &s;aw well how he was fayne &s;odenly to de&abper;te fro the &s;ege / for his pui&s;|&s;ance was nat able to re&s;y&s;t agayn&s;t the frenche kyng&abis; puy&s;&s;a~ce / which he thought &s;hulde turne to his great blame. And al&s;o the~gly&s;&s;hmen be|ynge in Calys / &s;ayd howe they had right yuell enployed the popes money. &amp; to &s;ay the trouthe the duke of La~ca&s;tre beyng in Englande / who had by the by&s;&s;hopes iourney lo&s;t his vyage in to Portyngale / was nothyng &s;orie that the ma+ter went as it dyde. For whan &s;ir Wyllm~ Wyn|&s;ore &s;ent to the~ as they lay at y^e &s;ege / &amp; offred the~ newe ayde and co~fort: the by&s;&s;hop / &s;ir Thom~s Tryuet / &amp; &s;ir Wyllm~ helmon / an&s;wered &amp; &s;aid. howe they had men ynowe &amp; <ABBR>wold</ABBR> haue no mo to fight with the fre~che kyng / &amp; all the might of Frau~ce. But &s;ir Hugh Caurell / who had &s;ene more of &s;uche maters than all thother / &s;pake al+wayes to the co~trarie. For he &s;ayd to y^e by&s;&s;hop and to thother / whan thoffre was made the~ out of Englande for more ayde. What wyll ye do? &s;irs / ye wyll tru&s;t to moche in your owne puy&s;|&s;aunce. Why &s;hulde we refuce the confort of our co~pany / whan it is offred to vs? and the realme of Englande wolde we had it: paraduenture a day maye fall / that we &s;hall repent it. But his wordes coulde nat be herde / but euer they &s;ayd they had men ynowe. So thus the mater went &s;o that at length they lo&s;t more than they wan.</P>
<P>wHan &s;ir Hughe Caurell was withdra+wen to Bergues / he founde <ABBR>ther</ABBR> with the Engly&s;&s;he archers / mo than foure thou&s;ande. Than &s;ir Hughe &s;ayd. Let vs kepe this towne it is &s;tro~g ynough / and we are peo|ple
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ynowe to kepe it. I thynke within fyue or &s;ixe dayes / we &s;hall haue confort out of Engla~|de / for they of Englande knowe by this tyme / what ca&s;e we be in. And euery man &s;ayde they were co~tent. Than they ordred the towne and their company / and &s;ette euery man to his de|fence to kepe the walles and the gates. they cau+&s;ed all the women and chyldren to drawe in to a churche / and nat to dparte thens. The french kynge beyng at Raynombergues / vnder&s;tode howe the engly&s;&s;hemen were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues. Than he toke cou~&s;ayle and it was determyned to go thyder / and that the con&s;table and mar&s;hall &s;hulde go fir&s;t / and lye in a wynge on the farther&s;yde of the towne. And than the kyng / the duke of Berrey / the du|ke of Burgoyne / the duke of Burbone / &amp; their companyes &s;hulde folowe. And than the erle of Bloyes and the erle of Ewe and the reregarde &s;hulde go on another wynge of the towne / and &s;o clo&s;e the Engly&s;&s;hmen rounde about. This purpo&s;e was holden. The kynge departed fro Raynombergues / and all his people ordred in the felde. It was great beautie to beholde &s;hy|nynge agayn&s;t the &s;onne: to ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">s / penons &amp; clere ba&s;&s;nettes and &s;o great nombre of people that the eye of man coude nat nombre the~. their &s;peares &s;emed a great thicke wode. Thus they rode in four batayls towarde Bergues: and a|bout the hour of thre / an heraude of Englande entred in to the towne / &amp; he had pa&s;&s;ed through the frenche army by &s;ufferaunce. He came to &s;ir Hughe Caurell / and &s;ir Hughe demaunded of hym a high that euery ma~ herde hym. heraude fro whens comy&s;t thou? Sir quod the heraude I come fro the frenche hoo&s;t / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> I haue &s;ene the moo&s;t fayre&s;t &s;yght of men of armes / &amp; the greatte&s;t no~bre that euer I &s;awe. I trowe <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is no kynge can a&s;&s;emble &s;o many to guyder a|gayne. The&s;e goodly men of armes quod &s;ir Hughe / what nombre doe&s;t thou call them of? &abser; quod he / they are well .xxvi. thou&s;ande men of armes / the mo&s;t goodlye&s;t men and be&s;t armed that can be deui&s;ed. Ah quod &s;ir Hugh Caurell who was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed with tho&s;e wordes: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> art well made to forge a gretlye / I knowe well thou lye&s;t fal&s;ely. For I haue often &s;ene the a&s;&s;e~+blies of Fraunce / but they were neuer yet fou~de togider .xxvi. thou&s;a~d / nor yet &s;cant &s;ixe. M. of good men of armes. Therwith the watchman of the towne &s;o wned his trumpet / for the kyng&abis; vowarde was comyng to pa&s;&s;e by y^e towne wal+les. Than &s;ir Hughe &s;ayd / to &s;uche knightes &amp; &s;quyers as were about hym. let vs go &amp; &s;e the&s;e xxvi. thou&s;ande me~ of armes / they are comyng I here by oure watchman. So than they went to the walles and leaned out and behelde y^e kyn+ges vowarde / pa&s;&s;ynge forby the towne / in the whiche warde there were .xv. C. &s;peares. The co~&s;table and the mar&s;hals / the mai&s;ter of y^e cro&s;+bowes the lorde Coucy &amp; after them the duke of Bretayne / therle of Flau~ders / and therle of<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters"> Poule / and with them about a .xv. C. &s;peares. Than &s;ir Hugh Caurell / wenyng to haue &s;ene the hole army of Frau~ce &s;ayd. beholde if I &s;aid true or uat. yonder ye may &s;e the .xxvi. M. men of armes / if they be thre. M. they be .x. M. Let vs go to dyner / for as yet I haue nat &s;ene no no~+bre that <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> cau&s;e vs to leaue the towne / this heraude wolde aba&s;&s;he vs well if we wolde be|leue him. the heraude was a &s;hamed / but yet he &s;ayd. &s;ir / ye haue &s;ene as yet no more but y^e vo|warde. The kyng and his vncles are as yet be|hynde &amp; all their puy&s;&s;aunce. And behynde the~ is the reregarde / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as there is mo than two thou&s;ande &s;peares. and &s;ir / all this &s;hall ye&s;e W^t in this four houres / if ye wyll tary to &s;e it. Sir Hugh Caurell made no force at his word&abis; / but went to his lodgynge and &s;ayd. I haue &s;ene all togyder &amp; &s;o &s;at downe to his dyner <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> and as he &s;at the watche began again to blowe as &s;ore as he coude. Than &s;ir Hugh ro&s;e fro the table and went to the walles to &s;e what is was. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> he &s;awe comyng the kyng &amp; his vncles &amp; duke Fre deryke / the duke of Lorayne / therle of Sauoy the dolphyn of Auuergne / the erle of Marche &amp; there co~panyes. In this gret batayle <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was well a .xvi. M. &s;peares. than &s;ir Hugh Caurell thought him&s;elfe de&s;ceyued &amp; &s;ayd: the heralde &s;ayd truely / I was in the wrong to blame him. let vs go hens lepe vpon our hor&s;es. let vs &s;aue our bodies and our goodes / it is nat good here to abyde. I neuer &s;awe &s;o moche before of the &s;tate of Fraunce. I neuer &s;awe &s;o many men to+gyder before / as I &s;e yonder in the vowarde &amp; myddell warde. &amp; yet I am &s;ure <ABBR>ther</ABBR> is a rere|garde behynde. Than he de&abper;ted fro the walles and went to his logyng. and &s;o they tru&s;&s;ed all their baggages &amp; mou~ted on their hor&s;es w^tout makyng of any noy&s;e. and opyned the gate to|warde Burbourke &amp; &s;o de&abper;ted / and ledde with the~ all their pyllage. but if the fre~chmen had ta|ken good hede / they might haue ben before the~ / but they knewe it nat of a long tyme / they were fir&s;t nere at Burborke. &s;ir Hugh Caurell right &s;ore dy&s;plea&s;ed / tourned his hor&s;e &amp; taryed tyll his co~pany were co~e togyder: &amp; than he &s;ayd to &s;ir Thom~s Tryuet and to other y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> were pre&s;e~t.
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Sirs / by my faythe we haue made this &s;ea&s;on a &s;hamefull iourney / there i&s;&s;ued out of Eng|lande neuer a more vnhappye armye. ye haue wrought at your <ABBR>plea&s;ur</ABBR> / and haue beleued the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwiche / who thought to haue flyen or he had wynges. Nowe we may &s;e y^e ho+nourable ende that we mu&s;t abyde. All this vi|age my wordes might nat be beleued / what &s;o|euer I &s;ayd. yonder nowe we may &s;e Burbur<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if any of you wyll go thyder ye may / but as for me I wyll go to Grauelynge and &s;o to Calais / for I &s;e well we be nat men &s;uffycient to fyght with the armye of Fraunce. Some of the En|gly&s;&s;he knightes / who knewe right well that he &s;ayd trouthe / an&s;wered and &s;ayde. Sir a god|de&s;&s;e name / we wyll go to Bourbourke and a|byde there / &s;uche aduenture as god wyll &s;ende vs. And &s;o &s;ir Hughe Caurell departed fro the~ and they entred into Burbourcke.</P>
<P>THe frenche kynge was anone certifyed that thengly&s;&s;hmen were departed our of Bergues and gone to Bourborke / and lefte Bergues clene voyde. Than the gates of the towne were &s;ette opyn and the kynge entred / &amp; all &s;uche as wolde. The fir&s;t that entred fou~de great pyllage / whiche the Engly&s;&s;hmen coude nat cary away. The ladyes of the towne were &s;aued &amp; &s;ent to &s;aynt Omers / but the men were nere hande all &s;layne. And &s;o the towne of Ber+gues was &s;et a fyre / and the kyng departed by|cau&s;e of the fyre / and went and lodged in a vyl|lage therby. This was on a friday / and the lor+des lodged abrode in the feldes / a&s; well as they might: they were happy the &s;ea&s;on was &s;o <ABBR>fayr</ABBR> and drie / for if it had bene colde and were / they &s;hulde full yuell agone any farther to gette any forage. It was marueyle howe the forage was gette for &s;o many hor&s;e / for there were mo than thre hundred thou&s;ande. It was great wonder howe &s;uch an hoo&s;t myght be vitayled: but the &s;aturday whan they came before Bourborke / they determyned to clo&s;e in all the engli&s;&s;hmen and to a&s;&s;ayle the towne / in tru&s;t to wyn it. &s;pe+cially the bretons had great de&s;yre to a&s;&s;ayle y^e towne / for the great pyllage that they tru&s;ted to fynde therin.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the fre~che kyng withall his hoo&s;t came to Burborke / and of the order of the engly&s;&s;hmen within the towne: &amp; howe Fraunces Atreman wan And warpe. Cap. iiii. C .xxxix.</HEAD>
<P>_ON the &s;aturday in the mornyng it was right faire and clere / the ho&s;t prepared them &s;elfe to co~e before bur|bourcke. The vowarde the duke of Bretayne / the erle of Flaunders / therle of &s;ait Poule / the con&s;table of Fraunce / and thre thou+&s;ande &s;peares / pa&s;&s;ed forby the walles of y^e tow+ne: and taryed on the other&s;yde ryght agayn&s;t the kynges ho&s;t / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> was the moo&s;t goodly&s;t men of armes that coude be ymagined. Then|tent of the lordes / was to a&s;&s;ayle y^e towne. there were baners &amp; penons wauyng wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">h the <ABBR>wynd</ABBR> and euery lorde with his men vnder his owne baner. The lordes of Frau~ce &s;hewed <ABBR>ther</ABBR> gret honoure and riche&s;&s;e. There was the lorde of Coucy in great e&s;tate / he hadde cour&s;ers trap|ped and barded with the au~cyent armes of cou+cy / and with other &s;uche as he bare than~e. And hym &s;elfe on a goodly cour&s;er / ridynge in and out &s;ettynge his men in array: euery man that &s;awe hym pray&s;ed him for his goodly behauo^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> eue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;hewed their e&s;tate / there was made the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> day mo than four hundred knight&abis; / and th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> heraldes nombred y^e knightes that were there to a nyne. M. there were in no~|bre / a .xxiiii. M. men of armes knightes &amp; &s;quy+ers. &para; Thengly&s;&s;hmen y^t were in the towne of Burboure &amp; &s;awe the frenche kynges pui&s;&s;a~ce / they hoped well to haue an a&s;&s;aut / of the which they were right well co~forted. But in that they &s;awe the~ &s;elfe enclo&s;ed in the towne / which was clo&s;ed but with palis they were nat therof well a&s;&s;ured. Howebeit lyke men of good co~fort and great corage / they ordred their people about y^e towne. The lorde Beaumont who was an erle in Englande / called He~ry: with a. C. men of ar+mes &amp; thre. C. archers / kept one warde. &s;ir Wyl+lyam Helmon with as many men kept another &s;ir John~ of Newca&s;tell with the ga&s;co~s kept a+nother / &amp; the lorde Ferres of Englande kept a|nother <ABBR>ward</ABBR> with .xl. men of armes &amp; as many archers / &s;o that thus the towne was &s;et with me~ rounde about. &s;ir Mathue Reedman / &abser; wyllm~ Fermton / &amp; &s;ir Nicholas tracton with two. C. men of armes and as many archers / kept y^e pla+ce before the myn&s;ter. Al&s;o they ordayned a cer|tayne nombre of men to take hede for fyre and to quenche it if nede were / without di&s;ordringe of any of their wardes / for thengli&s;&s;hmen dou|ted the fyre / bycau&s;e the towne was than moo&s;t parte all the hou&s;es couered with &s;trawe. thus in this e&s;tate were the engly&s;&s;hmen.</P>
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&para;Nowe &s;hall I &s;hewe you of an highe enter|pre&s;e that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> rau~ces Atreman dyde the &s;ame pro+per friday at night &punc; that the frenche kynge pa&s;|&s;ed by Bergues / and howhe wanne the towne of And warpe.</P>
<P>fRaunces Atreman / Peter de Boy&s;e / Peter de Myrt / and the capitayns of Gaunte / whan they retourned fro the &s;iege fro Ipre and came to Gaunte. They &s;tu|dyed night and daye / howe they might do any domage to their enemyes. Than Fraunces A|treman vnder&s;tode &punc; howe the capitayne of An|de warpe &s;ir Gylbert of Lienghien was nat W^t|in the towne &punc; nor no menne of warre / but howe they were all with the kyng in his army / for the+erle of Flau~ders had &s;ende for them. Wherfore Fraunces thought well that the towne of Ande+warpe was but ea&s;ly kept. and howe the dikes to warde the medowes agayu&s;t theym were as than drie. For the water had bene let out for the fy&s;&s;he that was therin / &s;o that one might ea&s;ely go with a drie fote to the walles of the towne / &amp; by ladders to entre in to the towne. The &s;pyes of Gaunt had brought this worde to Frau~ces Atreman. They of And warpe were as than in no feare of them of Gaunt / but in a maner had forgoten them. whan Fraunces Atreman was iu&s;tely enformed howe it was / he came to Pe|ter de Boy&s;e and &s;ayd. Peter / thus in this ca&s;e is the towne of And warpe at this tyme / I wyll aduenture to gette it / &amp; to &s;cale it by night. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was neuer tyme &s;o good as is nowe / for the ca|pitayne ther of and the men of warre / are nowe with the frenche kynge in the fronters of &s;aynt Omers: and they are in feare of no body. Pe|ter &s;o one agreed to his purpo&s;e and &s;aid. If ye may come to your entent / there was neuer man dyde &s;uche a dede to haue pray&s;e. I can nat tell quod Fraunces what wyll happe / my courage is good. For my herte gyueth me / that we &s;hall haue this &s;ame night And warpe. Than Frau~|ces cha&s;e out a foure hundred men / in whom he had be&s;t tru&s;te: and &s;o departed fro Gaunte in the euenyng / and toke the way to warde Ande|warpe. This was in the moneth of Septe~bre / whan nightes be of a re&s;onable length / and the wether fayre and clere. And &s;o about mydnight they came to the medowes of Ande warpe / and had &s;calynge ladders redy with them. And as they pa&s;&s;ed by the mare&s;&s;e / there was a woman of the towne gaderynge gra&s;&s;e for her kene &punc; &s;he bydde her &s;elfe whan &s;he herde noy&s;e of men co|myng that way. She herde them well &s;peke / &amp; knewe well howe they were gau~toy&s;e comyng towarde the towne to &s;cale it: &s;he &s;awe well the ladders. This woman was &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / &amp; at la&s;t &s;ayd to her &s;elfe. I wyll go to And warpe &amp; &s;hewe all that I haue herde and &s;ene to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> wache menne of the towne. And &s;o leyd downe all her baggage / and toke a preuy way that &s;he knewe and &s;tale to the towne or the gauntoy&s;e ca~e ther and than &s;he called. and at la&s;t one that went on the walles fro gate to gate / herde her and &s;ayd. What art thou? I am quod &s;he a poore woman I &s;ay to you &punc; herby is a certayne no~bre of gau~|toy&s;e. I haue &s;ene them / they bringe with them ladders to &s;teale this towne if they can. Nowe I haue gyuen you warnyng I wyll retourne / a+gayne / for if they mete with me I am but deed. Thus the poore woman departed and the man was aba&s;&s;hed / and thought to abyde &s;tyll to &s;e if y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> woman &s;ayd trouthe or nat. The gau~toy&s;e who right priuely dyde their enterpri&s;e / made no noy&s;e nor had no trumpette / but the noy&s;e of their langage. Than Fraunces Atreman &s;ent foure of his company on before / and &s;ayde. Go your way &s;ecretely W^tout any wordes or cough hynge to the towne walles / and harken aboue and beneth if ye can parceyue any thynge. And &s;o they dyde / and Fraunces and his companye abode &s;tyll in the mari&s;&s;he / and &s;tode &s;tyll nere where as the woman was. She &s;awe the~ well and herde what they &s;ayde / but they &s;awe nat her. The&s;e for&s;ayd four men went to the dykes and behelde the walles / and &s;awe nor herde no|thyng. Lo / ye may&s;e what yuell aduenture fell to them within: for if they had fortuned to haue had but a ca~dell lyght / that the gau~toy&s;e might haue &s;ene it they dur&s;t nat haue come <ABBR>ther.</ABBR> For than they wolde haue thought that there hadde ben good watche made.</P>
<P>THe&s;e four men returned agayne to Fra~+ces Atreman and &s;ayde. Sir / we can&s;e nor here no maner of thynge. I thynke well <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> Frau~ces. I trowe the watche hath made theyr tourne / and are nowe gone to their re&s;t. Let vs go this hyghe way towarde the gate / and than entre lowe downe in to the dykes. The poore woman where as &s;he lay priuely herde all the&s;e word&abis;. Than &s;he went agayne to the wall and came to the ma~ that watched there / and &s;hewed hym as &s;he dyde before: and declared all y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he had &s;ene and herde / and coun&s;ayled hym to go to the gate to &s;ehowe it was kept. For &s;urely <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;he / &s;hortly ye &s;hall here of the gau~toy&s;e. I wyll go my way I dare no legarabyde. I haue &s;he|wed
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you all that I haue &s;ene &amp; herde: do nowe as ye ly&s;t / for I wyll come no more this nyght. And &s;o the good poore womande&abper;ted / and the man remembred her wordes and wente to the gate / where he founde the watchmen playenge at dy&s;e / and &s;ayd to them. Sirs / haue ye &s;ure|lye clo&s;ed your gates and barryers. there was a woman ca~e right nowe to me and &s;hewed me thus and thus / as ye haue herde before. They an&s;wered and &s;ayd: all is &s;afe ynoughe. In an yuell tyme of the night that woman is come hy+der to trouble vs. It is kene and calues are bro+ken lo&s;e / and &s;he weneth the noy&s;e be gau~toy&s;e: I warrant you they haue no ly&s;te to co~e hyder. In the meane &s;ea&s;on whyle they were thus tal|kynge / Fraunces Atreman and his company were come and entred the dykes / wherin there was no water. And there they brake downe a certayne of the pales before the wall / and &s;o re|red vp their ladders and entred in to the towne and went &s;treight to the market place / without &s;o wnynge of any noy&s;e tyll they came thyder &amp; there they founde a knight called &s;ir John~ Flo+rence of Hulle / who was lyeutenant vnder the capitayne of the towne. And he kepte there the &s;tandynge watche with a .xxx. men in harne&s;&s;e with hym. And as &s;oone as the gauntoi&s;e were entred in to the place / they cryed Gaunt Gaunt and &s;trake at the watche: and the &s;ayde knyght was &s;layne and all his co~pany. Thus the tow|ne of And warpe was taken.</P>
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<HEAD>Howe they of And warpe were put out of the towne / &amp; none abode there but gauntoy&s;e. And howe Amergot Mar&s;ell toke the ca&s;tell of Marquell in Auuerne: and howe it was gyuen vp by co~po&s;ycion for fyue thou&s;ande frankes / to the erle Dolphyn of Au|uergne. Cap. C C C C .xl.</HEAD>
<P>_SUche as were a &s;lepe in theyr beddes in Ande warpe / were &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed whan they herd that cry / and &s;aw their towne taken and coude nat remedy it. For the gau~toy&s;e brake vp their hou&s;es byforce / &amp; &s;lewe them without any defence makyng / they were taken &s;o &s;odenly / wherfore there was no recoue+ry / therfore euery man &s;aued him &s;elfe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> might be&s;t. The men fledde out of their hou&s;es all na|ked &amp; lept ouer the walles / and left all behynde them / and waded throughe the dykes and wa|ters about the towne. The ryche men bare no|thyng away with the~ / for they were happy that might &s;aue the~ &s;elfe a lyue. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was the &s;ame night a great nombre &s;layne in the towne / and drowned in the dykes and waters. Thus it for tuned of this aduenture. And in the moruynge whan the gauntoy&s;e &s;awe howe they were lor|des of the towne / than they put all women and chyldren out of the towne naked / in their &s;hert&abis; and &s;mockes / or in the wor&s;t tayment they had and &s;o they went to Tourney. &amp; &s;uche as were e&s;caped &s;ome went to Mount to Achacondent to Ualencennes / and to Tourney. Tidynges came to many places howe And warpe was ta|ken / wherof they of Gaunt were greatly reioy|&s;ed and &s;ayd / howe Fraunces Atreman had a|chyued a great and an highe enterpri&s;e / whiche ought to tourne to his great <ABBR>valur</ABBR> and pray&s;e. Thus Fraunces Atreman abode capitayne of And warpe / and wanne there great riches and great proui&s;yon / which came well to poynt for the towne of Gaunt: as whete / otes / and wyne the whiche they of the towne had gadered togy+der out of Fraunce / Flaunders / and Turney. But all that was of Heynalte was &s;aued / they toke nothyng therof but that they payed for.</P>
<P>In y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame &s;ea&s;on <ABBR>ther</ABBR> fell nere &s;uche a lyke adue~ture in Auuergne / where as engly&s;&s;hmen helde dyuers ca&s;tels / marchyng on the lande of the erle Dolphyn / and of the by&s;&s;hop of &s;aynt Fleure &amp; of Cleremont. And bycau&s;e they that were there in gary&s;on / knewe well howe all the countre was voyde of men of warre / and howe that the lordes and knightes therof / or at lee&s;t: moo&s;t parte of them were with the kyng in his voyage in Flaunders. Therfore they thought they wolde a&s;&s;ay to &s;teale and to &s;cale &s;ome tow+ne or fortre&s;&s;e. And &s;o it happed that Amargot Mar&s;ell capitayne of Aloy&s;e a right &s;trong ca+&s;tell within a myle of &s;aynt Fleure / toke a .xxx. of his company / and rode couertly towarde the lande of therle Dolphyn. And his entent / was to a&s;&s;ay to take by &s;telthe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> ca&s;tell of Marquell wherby the erle Dolphyn beareth his armes. &amp; &s;o he came thyder throughe the wodes / and ta|ryed in a lytell woode nere to the ca&s;tell tyll the &s;onne went downe / and that all the bee&s;tes and men of the ca&s;tell were entred in. &amp; in the meane
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&s;ea&s;on that the capitayne called Grandon Bu|y&s;&s;ell &s;atte at &s;upper. The Engly&s;&s;hmen redy apparelled to do their en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pri&s;e / dre&s;&s;ed vp their ladders and entred into the ca&s;tell at their ea&s;e. They of the ca&s;tell were walkyng beneth in the courte / and whan they &s;awe their enemyes on the walles / they cryed trea&s;on trea&s;on. &amp; whan the capitayne herde that / he thought there was no remedy but to &s;aue him &s;elfe by a preuy way that he knewe / whiche went out of his chambre in to the great towre / whiche was cheife defe~ce of all the ca&s;tell. He drewe thyder and toke the keyes with hym and clo&s;ed him &s;elfe in y^e towre whyle that Amergotte entended to other thyn|ges. And whan they &s;awe y^t the capitayne was &s;caped in to the towre / whiche was to &s;trong to be wonne by them. Than they &s;ayd they hadde done nothyng / and repented the~ that they were entred / for they were enclo&s;ed within the ca&s;tell and coude nat get out agayne at the gate. than Amergotte went to the towre to &s;peke with the capitayne / and &s;ayd to hym. Grandon delyuer me the keyes of the gate of the ca&s;tell / and I pro+my&s;e the / we &s;hall departe hens without doyng of any more hurt. No &abquod; Grandon / but ye wyll lede away my catell / wherin I haue great tru&s;t Gyue me thy ha~de quod Amergot / and I &s;hall &s;were to the by my faythe / that thou &s;halt haue no domage. Than the foly&s;&s;he capitayne putte out his hande at a lytell wyndowe / to thentent that he &s;hulde &s;were to hym. And as &s;oone as Amergotte had his hande in his / he drewe it to hym and &s;treyned hym &s;ore: and drewe out his dagger and &s;ware / that without he wolde dely+uer all the keyes to him / he wolde nayle fa&s;t his hande to the gate. Whan Grandon &s;awe hym+&s;elfe in that ca&s;e he was &s;ore aba&s;&s;hed / and nat withoute a cau&s;e. For he &s;awe well that Amer|got wolde nayle fa&s;t his ha~de to the gate / with+out he delyuered the keyes. and &s;o he delyuered them with the other hande / for they were nere hym. Nowe quod Amergotte to his company haue I natte well di&s;ceyued this foole / I &s;hall lerne well &s;uche dedes. Than~e they opyned the towre and &s;o were may&s;ters therof / and put the capitayne &amp; all they that were within clene out / and dyde them no more hurt of their bodyes.</P>
<P>tIdynges came to the erle Dolphyns wyfe / who laye in a ca&s;tell in a good towne called zaydes / but a lytell myle thens / howe the ca&s;tell of Marquell was taken by the Engly&s;&s;hmen. The lady was &s;ore aba&s;|&s;hed / bycau&s;e her lorde was nat in the countre. She &s;ende to the knightes and &s;quyers of the countre to come to ayde her to co~quere agayne the ca&s;tell. Knightes and &s;quyers came anone to the lady and layde &s;iege to the ca&s;tell / but the engly&s;&s;hmen made no force therof / and &s;o helde it fyftene dayes. Than~e the lady fell in treatie with them and a compo&s;ycion was taken. And &s;o Amergot departed and had fyue thou&s;ande frankes / and than retourned to his owne gary &s;one agayne. In lykewi&s;e they of Caluylcell / wherof Peter de Brenoi&s;e was capitayne / and dyde moche hurt about Auuergne and Lymo|&s;yn. The Engly&s;&s;hmen the &s;ame tyme helde in the fronters &amp; lymyties of Auuergne / of Quer|cy / and of Lymo&s;yn / mo than thre&s;core &s;tronge ca&s;tels: &s;o that they might go and come fro for|tere&s;&s;e to fortre&s;&s;e / tyll they came to Burdeux. And the fortres that dyde moo&s;t hurt was Ua~|tatoure / one of the &s;tro~ge&s;t ca&s;tels of the worlde and chiefe capitayne therof was a bretone / cal|led Geffray Te&s;tenoyre. this was a cruell ma~ and had pytie of no man / for as &s;oone he wolde put to dethe a knight or a &s;quyer as a vyllayne for he &s;ette by no body. He was &s;o feared of his men / that none dur&s;t di&s;plea&s;e hym. He hadde with hym a foure hundred companyons in his wages / and well and truely he payed them fro moneth to moneth. He helde the countre about hym in peace &amp; in &s;ubiectyon / none dur&s;t ryde in his countre he was &s;o feared and douted. he had all maner of purueyaunce about hym. No man of the worlde coude haue better: as clothe of Bru&s;els and of Normandy / of peltre ware and of mercery / and of all other thynges nece&s;|&s;arie: he &s;olde it to his people and abated it on their wages. al&s;o he had to &s;ell all proui&s;yon as yron / &s;teele: leddar / &s;pyce / and of all other thyn+ges / as plentyfull: as thoughe it hadde bene at Parys. And &s;omtyme he moued warre as well to the Engly&s;&s;hmen as to the frenchmen / to the entent to be the more redouted. The Ca&s;tell of Uantatour was euer purueyed of all thynges to abyde a Siege / and it &s;hulde endure &s;euyn yere. &para; Nowe lette vs retourne to the bu|&s;yne&s;&s;e of Flaunders.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the french Kynge a&s;&s;ayled Burbourke / and howe he ordayned that who &s;oeuer brought thyder a fa+gotte &s;hulde haue a blanke. Cap. CCCC .xli.</HEAD>
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_THe &s;aturday as is &s;aid before / the frenche kyng ca~e before Burbourke. There was neuer &s;ene a goodlyer army / and euery man redy apparelled to a&s;&s;aut the tow+ne / with great courage and wyll. And they &s;ayd / the towne &s;hulde nat long endure agayn&s;t them / howe be it fir&s;t it co&s;t the~ many of their men. Some had great marueile why they went nat inco~tynent to the &s;aut. &s;ome &s;aid agayne / that the duke of Bretayne and the erle of Flau~ders / who were on the farther &s;yde of the towne / were in trea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">e with the Engly&s;&s;h+men to yelde vp the towne without any a&s;&s;aut. The bretons / burgonyo~s / normayns / almayns and other peple / who thought &s;urely that with|in the towne was great pyllage and protyte for them / yf they might wynne the towne byforce. Wherfore they were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they went nat &s;treyght wayes to the a&s;&s;aute. Some &s;cry|my&s;&s;hed at the barryers without any commau~+dement or ordynaunce of the con&s;table or mar|&s;halles. The mater multiplyed in &s;uche wy&s;e / that the frenchemen &s;hotte fyre in to the towne / &s;o that there was fyre in mo than in .xl. places / &s;o that they myght &s;e the flame and &s;moke in e|uery parte of the hoo&s;t. Than began~e the crye and a&s;&s;aut / and there was in the forma&s;t front / &s;ir Wyllyam of Namure and his co~pany / who valyantly dyde a&s;&s;ayle. There was done ma|ny a feate of armes. The a&s;&s;ayla~tes with great courage and wyll entred in to the dykes / &s;ome to the knees in water and myre / and came and &s;hotte and fought at the pales with thengly&s;&s;h|men / who defended theym &s;elfe as well as any men myght do / and it was nede for them &s;o to do. They within had &s;o moche to do / that they wy&s;te nat well what to do. They were a&s;&s;ayled on euery &s;yde / and &s;tyll brent the hou&s;es of the towne / whiche aba&s;&s;hed the engly&s;&s;men moo&s;t of any thyng. But for all that they went nat fro their wardes / but abode &s;tyll at their defences. And &s;ir Mathue Reedman and &s;ir Nycholas Traicton / and &s;uche as were &s;tably&s;&s;hed in the towne. They dyde as moche as they myght to quenche the fyre / but the wether was &s;o fayre &amp; the &s;ea&s;on &s;o drie / that the hou&s;es flamed. And for certayne / if the a&s;&s;aute had begon&s;oner the &s;ame &s;aturday / and that the night hadde nat &s;o &s;oone co~e / they had wonne the towne by a&s;&s;aut / but it behoued them to cea&s;e the a&s;&s;aut / bycau&s;e of the nyght. Of &s;ir Wyllyam Namures com|pany there were a .xxxvi. &s;ore hurt and &s;layne / and of them of the hoo&s;t. as the heraldes repor|ted / there were &s;layne and hurte mo than fyue hundred. Than cea&s;ed the a&s;&s;aut bicau&s;e of the night / and the fre~chmen drewe to their lodgyn|ges / and entended to their hurte people / and to bury the deed. And it was &s;ayd in y^e hoo&s;t / that the next day in the mornyng / they wolde newe agayne a&s;&s;aut the towne. Sayeng &s;urely / how they wolde wynne it / and that it &s;hulde nat en|dure agayn&s;t them. The engly&s;&s;hmen all that nyght entended to repayre their pales whiche were broken / and to quenche the fyre in the tow+ne. So they &s;awe them &s;elfe all thynges con&s;y|dered in a harde ca&s;e / for they &s;awe well they were clo&s;ed in rounde about / &s;o that they coude in no wy&s;e flye out.</P>
<P>aNd on the &s;onday in the mornyng af|ter the kynge had herde ma&s;&s;e. There was a crye made in the ho&s;t / that who &s;oeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent / he &s;hulde haue a blanke of Frau~ce / and as ma|ny fagottes as many blankes. To thentent to ca&s;te in to the dykes for men to pa&s;&s;e to the pa|les / and on the monday to gyue a&s;&s;aute. Than there was good makyng of fagottes / and brin+gynge of theym before the kynges tent / &s;o that within a whyle there was a great &s;tacke of the~. So thus they draue of the &s;onday without a|ny a&s;&s;aut. And &s;ome &s;aid the &s;ame &s;onday / that the duke of Bretayne / who was on the farther &s;yde of the towne / fell in treatie with the~gly&s;&s;he+men / for they &s;awe well what ca&s;e they were in. He coun&s;ayled them to yelde vp the towne / &s;a|uynge their bodyes and goodes / to the whiche coun&s;ayle they were gladde to folowe. And de|&s;yred the duke for goddes &s;ake and gentylne&s;&s;e that he wolde helpe to make a treatie for them: and for that cau&s;e the &s;onday / the duke &s;ende to the kyng and to his vncles / to his coun&s;ayle / to the con&s;table / and to therle of &s;aynt Poule / that they &s;hulde helpe to make this treatie. And to coun&s;ayle the kyng to take the fortre&s;&s;e as they were offred. For as to a&s;&s;ayle theym it &s;hulde co&s;t the kynge moche of his people / and as for Bourbourke it wolde be harde to wynne. For therin were a fewe poore menne of warre / that wolde defe~de them&s;elfe to the dethe. The kyng and his vncles / bycau&s;e the duke of Bretayne &s;pake for them: &s;ayd he wolde here their treaty with a good wyll. So thus the &s;onday pa&s;&s;ed all in peace / and as it was &s;aid: in the euenyng on a&s;&s;uraunce. Johan of Newca&s;tell Ga&s;cone and Raymonette of &s;aynt Marke / came to the
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lodgynge of &s;ir Guy dela Tremoyle to &s;porte them / and taryed there all night / and on the mo~+day in the mornynge they retourned to Bour|burke / and at their departure &s;ir Guy &s;ayde to them. Sirs: or it be night ye &s;hall be my pri&s;o|ners. Sir quod they / we had rather be yours than a poorer knyghtes. The &s;ame euenyng ti|dynges came to the hoo&s;t howe And warp was taken by &s;telthe / wherwith the capitayne ther|of was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed bycau&s;e he was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> / the whiche was lo&s;&s;e of the towne: but he was excu+&s;ed bycau&s;e the erle of Flaunders had &s;ende for hym. The &s;ame &s;onday at night the erle Blois kept the watche / wenynge to a&s;&s;ayle the towne in the mornynge.</P>
<P>oN the monday in the mornyng there was a crye made / that no man &s;hulde be &s;o hardy to make any a&s;&s;aute to the towne / tyll they were commau~ded. Whan this crye was publy&s;&s;hed throughe the hoo&s;t / euery man cea&s;ed. And &s;ome ymagined that the En|gli&s;&s;hmen &s;hulde departe by &s;ome treatie / &s;ithe they were co~maunded nat to a&s;&s;ayle the towne And at noone there y&s;&s;ued out of the towne / &s;u|che as &s;hulde comune for the treatie. Sir Wyl+lyam Helman / &s;ir Thomas Tryuette / &s;ir Ni|cholas Traicton / &s;ir Mathue Reedman / and to the nombre of .xiiii. knyghtes and &s;quyers. And the duke of Bretayne / the co~&s;table of Fra~+ce / and the erle of &s;aynt Poule brought them in to the kynges tent. The kyng was gladde to &s;e them / for as than he hadde &s;ene but a fewe En|gli&s;&s;hmen except &s;ir Peter Courtney / who had ben before at Paris to do dedes of armes with &s;ir Guy de la Tr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">moyle: but the &s;ame tyme the kynge and his coun&s;ayle agreed them &s;o / that they fought nat toguyder. And bycau&s;e that in tyme pa&s;&s;ed great renome and brute ran / howe that the Engly&s;&s;hmen were valyant in armes. Therfore the yonge kyng was gladde to &s;e the~ &amp; their treatie aueyled moche the better. Thus this monday they were in the kynges tent. and with the kyng <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the duke of Berry / the duke of Burgoyne / the duke of Burbone / the duke of Bretaygne / the erle of Flaunders / and the con&s;table of Fraunce and no mo. The duke of Bretayne toke great payne in this treatie. &s;o at la&s;t they concluded / that they &s;hulde departe fro Burbourke and leaue the towne of Graue|lynge / and to take with them as moche as they coude cary of their owne. of this treatie dyuers bretons / frenchmen / normayns / and burgony|ous were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. for they had hoped to haue had parte of their goodes / but they fayled of their ente~t&abis; / for the kyng wolde haue it thus / as is &s;ayd before. After this treatie the&s;e knigh+tes toke leaue of the kyng and of his vncles / of the duke of Bretayne / of the erle of Flaunders / and of the co~&s;table. Than therle of &s;aint Poule toke and had theym to &s;upper in his lodgynge and made them right good there &punc; and after &s;up+per he conueyed them to the gates of the towne wherof they thanked hym greatly.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Of the miracles that were done in the towne of Burbourke. and howe &s;ir Thomas Triuet and &s;ir Wylliam Helman engly&s;&s;hmen were putte in pri&s;one for the domage of Fraunce. Cap. CCCC .xlii.</HEAD>
<P>_THe tui&s;day all the day they ordered all their bu&s;y|ne&s;&s;e and &s;hodde their hor|&s;es and &s;tuffed their males / wherof they had great plen+tie. The wedni&s;day in the mornynge they tru&s;&s;ed and toke their way / and pa&s;&s;ed by &s;aueconduct tho|rough the kynges hoo&s;t. The breto~s were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / whan they &s;awe them departe with &s;uche baggage / &amp; &s;uche as abode behynde dyde hurt ynoughe. Thus the engly&s;&s;hmen depar|ted and went to Grauelyng and there re&s;ted / &amp; on the thur&s;day in the mornyng they departed and &s;et fyre in the towne / and brent it clene vp. And &s;o came to Calais and all their pyllage / &amp; there taryed for the wynde to haue pa&s;&s;ed to re|tourne into Engla~de. The thur&s;day in the mor+nyng / the frenche kyng entred in to Burburke and all the lordes and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> companyes. Than the bretons began to pyll and robbe the towne / and left nothynge in the towne nor in the chur|che of &s;aynt Johans. In the whiche churche a vyllayne among other lept vpon the auter / and <ABBR>wold</ABBR> haue taken away a &s;tone out of acrowne on the heed of an ymage of our lady: but the y|mage tourned away fro him. This was a true thynge: and the vyllayne fell fro the auter and dyed a &s;hamefull dethe. Many men &s;awe this myracle: and after that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> came another that wolde haue done the &s;ame: but than all the bel|les in the church rang without any helpe of ma~+nes
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ha~des / nor al&s;o they coude nat be ronge / for the ropes were tyed vp a lofte. For the&s;e myra|cles the churche was moche vi&s;yted of all y^e peo|ple. And the kynge gaue to the &s;ame ymage of our lady a great gyfte / and &s;o dyde all the lord&abis;. The &s;ame day <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was offred and gyuen well to the valure of thre thou&s;ande fra~kes. the next day they di&s;lodged. The kyng gaue leaue to e|uery man to departe / and the kyng thanked the~ that were of farre countreis / and &s;pecially the duke of Bauyer / bycau&s;e he was come to &s;erue hym &s;o farre of: and al&s;o the erle of Sauoy. &s;o thus euery lorde drewe to their owne / and than the kyng retourned / but the duke of Burgoyne taryed a lytell behynde with the erle of Flaun|ders / to &s;et his bu&s;yne&s;&s;e in good order / and ta|ryed at &s;aynt Omers. The lorde of Coucy / nor mayns and diuers other knightes and &s;quiers of Poictou / of Uymewe / and of Picardy / en|tred in to Grauelynge whan the Engly&s;&s;hmen had lefte it. And newe repayred it / and made it a countre gary&s;on agayn&s;t Calays. And lytell and lytell peopled agayne the countre of Fur|neys / of Do~kyrke / of Di&s;queme / and of New|porte / the whiche was all lo&s;t before: but than they conquered it newe agayne.</P>
<P>yE may knowe well / that y^e duke of La~+ca&s;tre was nothynge dy&s;plea&s;ed / that the by&s;&s;hoppe of Norwyches armye &s;pedde no better than it dyde. For by rea&s;on of that army / he lo&s;t his viage into Spayne and Portyngale. And whan the&s;e engly&s;&s;he knigh|tes were retourned in to Englande / they were &s;ore taken vp with the comens. They &s;ayde to them / howe they had right yuell quyted the~&s;elfe in their vyage / whan they had &s;o fayre a begyn+nynge in Flau~ders / and conquered nat the hole cou~tre: and &s;pecially &s;ir Thomas Tryuet and &s;ir Wyllm~ Helman were moo&s;t blamed. As for &s;ir Hughe Caurell there was no faute layde to his charge / nother by the kyng nor his cou~&s;ayle nor by the comons. For it was well knowen / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if his coun&s;ayle might haue bene beleued / they had &s;pedde better than they dyde to their hono|res. And &s;o it was layde to the two other knigh+tes / howe they had &s;olde Burborke and Graue+lynge to the frenche kyng / &s;o that all the realme was &s;ore moued agayn&s;t the~ / &s;o that they were in parell of their lyues. And they were co~maun+ded by the kyng in to pri&s;on to the towre of Lo~|don. And while they were in pri&s;on the comons apea&s;ed / and whan they were delyuered out of pri&s;on / they were bou~de to the kyng to be at his wyll and plea&s;ure. Than <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was put forthe a treatie to be had bytwene the engly&s;&s;hmen and frenchmen. And they of Gau~t were co~pri&s;ed in the treatie / wherwith therle of Flaunders was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / how be it he coude nat ame~de it.</P>
<P>At the de&abper;tynge out of Burborke / the duke of Bretayne abode &s;tyll at &s;aynt Omers with the erle of Flau~ders his co&s;yn. And wolde glad+lye haue &s;ene that a good peace or a longe tru&s;e might haue ben had / bytwene the frenche kyng his naturall lorde / and the kyng of Englande. And to &s;et forwarde the mater / the mo~day wha~ the engli&s;&s;hmen were with the kyng in his tent he moued the mater to &s;ome of them. And they promy&s;ed hym / that a&s;&s;oone as they ca~e in En|glande to the kyng they wolde &s;peke to hym / to his vncles and to his coun&s;ayle of that mater. &amp; &s;o after to &s;hewe that he was wyllyng to bring the mater to a good ende. He &s;ent in to Engla~d two knightes of his owne good a&s;&s;uraunce / as the lorde of Hou&s;ey / and the lorde of Maylly. And they dyde &s;o moche that the duke of La~ca|&s;tre and the erle of Buckyngham his brother / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Suffolke / &s;ir Johan of Hol|lande brother to the kyng / &s;ir Thomas Percy / and other of the kynges coun&s;ayle &s;hulde come to Calays / hauyng full puy&s;&s;aunce and autho|ryte of the kyng and of y^e realme to make peace or to ordayne a treu&s;e at their pleasure. And on the other parte there &s;hulde come to Boloyne / the duke of Berry / the duke of Burgoyne / the by&s;&s;hoppe of Laon / and the chau~celer of Fra~ce. Hauyng al&s;o full authorite fro the frenche king his cou~&s;ayle and realme / to take peace with the engly&s;&s;hmen / or to take tru&s;e &s;uche as they cou+de agre vpon. and &s;o whan all the&s;e &abper;ties were co~e to Calys &amp; to Boloyne / they taryed a lytell or they met for the coun&s;ayle of Spaygne that &s;hulde come thyder / for the frenchemen wolde make no treatie without the &s;panyerdes were enclo&s;ed therin. Finally there ca~e fro the kynge of Spayne a by&s;&s;hop / a dyacre and two knigh+tes. Than it was aduy&s;ed by all the parties / by+cau&s;e they thought it no &s;uretie for the frenche|men to come to Calais / nor the engly&s;&s;hmen to come to Boloyne. Therfore it was ordayned / that <ABBR>ther</ABBR> comunyng &s;hulde be in the mydway bytwene the &s;ayde townes / in a lytell vyllage: where <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was a churche called Abolyng. thy+der came all the&s;e parties / &amp; dyuers dayes <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they met. And there was the duke of Bretayne and the+erle of Flaunders. And there in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> felde was pyght vp the great tent of Bruges. &amp; the erle of Flau~des made a dyner in the &s;ame tent / to the duke of Lanca&s;tre / to therle of Buckyng
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ham / and to the other lordes of Englande / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great e&s;tate holden on bothe parties. but all thynges co~&s;ydred / they coude fynde no mea+nes to haue a peace: for the fre~chmen wolde ha|ue had agayne Guynes / Calays / and all the for+tre&s;&s;es that thengly&s;&s;hmen helde on that &s;yde of the &s;ee to the ryuer of Garon: a&s;well in norma~|dy / Bretayne / Poictou / Xaynton / as in Rochell to the whiche thengly&s;&s;hmen wolde in no wy&s;e agre / &amp; &s;pecially Guynes / Calys / Chierburge / nor Bre&s;t in Bretayne. They were comunyng on this treaty more than thre wekes / euery day the lordes or els &s;ome of their coun&s;ayle.</P>
<P>The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there dyed in the duchy of Lu&s;enburgh and in the towne of Lu&s;enburgh / the gentyll and ioly duke Uincelyns of Boem / duke of Lu&s;enburgh and of Braba~t. Who had ben in his tyme: fre&s;&s;he / &s;age / amorous / &amp; har|dy. And whan he dyed / it was &s;ayd: y^t the mo&s;t highe prince and grette&s;t lynage and moo&s;t no+ble of blode was deed / god haue his &s;oule. And he was buryed in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> abbey of Uauclere / be&s;yde Luze~burgh. And my lady Jane duches of Bra+bant / was as than wydowe &amp; neuer after was maryed. Of the dethe of this noble duke / &s;uche as knewe hym were right &s;orie.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lordes of Englande and Fraunce were a&s;&s;embled togyder / to make a peace: whiche by them coude nat be done. And howe Loyes erle of Flaunders dyed and of his ob&s;equy. Cap. CCCC .xliii.</HEAD>
<P>_NO we let vs retourne to their a&s;&s;emble / that was bytwene thengli&s;&s;he lordes and the fre~che / bytwene Ca+lays and Boloyne. Whiche treaty coude neuer come to none effect of peace / nor pro+fyte for the one partie nor other. Some &s;ayd / y^e erle of Flau~ders was in a great defaut therof / for he wolde in no wy&s;e haue the~ of Gaunt com+pri&s;ed in any treatie / wherwith thengly&s;&s;hmen were di&s;plea&s;ed / <ABBR>wherfor</ABBR> the treatie &s;pedde the wor&s;e. For <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great promy&s;e made / that no peace &s;hulde be made without the gau~toy&s;e were co~pri&s;ed therin. This they had &s;worne at Calays / therfore this brake the treatie: finally <ABBR>ther</ABBR> coude be made no peace / that &s;hulde &s;eme good to any of the &abper;ties. than they fell to treat for a tru&s;e / and thervpon their treatie &abpro;ceded. Therle of Flau~ders wolde gladly that they of Gaunt &s;hulde haue ben out of the tru&s;e / but the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde in no wy&s;e con&s;ent therto / but that Gaunt &s;hulde be co~pri&s;ed in the tru&s;e. And that euery partie &s;hulde &s;yt &s;tyll with that he hath / and no partie to re~dre vp any fortre&s;&s;e to other. &amp; for all that this treatie was thus by|twene Calays and Boloyne / the gauntoy&s;e of the gary&s;on of And warpe / came and brent the &s;ubbarbes of Tourney / and retourned &s;auely agayne to And warpe. and in the fee&s;t of Chri&s;t+mas the gauntoy&s;e gadered vp the rentes / par|teyning to the lorde of Tourney / wherwith he was right &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / &amp; &s;ware a great othe that what&s;oeuer treatie was made bytwene fla~+ders end the gauntoy&s;e / he wolde neuer ente~de to no peace / but alwayes to make the~ the gret|te&s;t warre that he coude. For he &s;ayd / they toke fro hym his herytage. Wherfore he wy&s;te natte howe to lyue / without his frendes of Brabant and Heynalt had ayded him: the gau~toy&s;e had &s;o di&s;troyed his herytage.</P>
<P>The&s;e treaties that were thus bytwene Bo+loyne &amp; Calys / bytwene the lordes of Engla~de and of Fraunce was co~cluded with moche a do that a tru&s;e &s;hulde be had bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Englande / and all their adherentes &amp; alyes. That is to &s;ay: on the fren|che kynges parte / all Spayne / Galyce / &amp; Ca|&s;tell and all in the~ enclo&s;ed / as well by water as by lande / &amp; al&s;o the realme of / Scotlande. And the frenche kyng a&s;&s;oone as he may / to &s;ignifie this tru&s;e to the kyng of Scottes and to the ba+rons of Scotlande / and they that &s;hulde go on that me&s;&s;age / to haue &s;aue co~duct to go and co~e through the realme of Englande. Al&s;o on then|gly&s;&s;he parte / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was co~pri&s;ed all his adhere~+tes and alyes / in what&s;oeuer &abper;tie they were in. And they of Gaunt were expre&s;ly named &amp; en|clo&s;ed in this tru&s;e / wherof therle of Flaunders was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed. And this tru&s;e to <ABBR>endur</ABBR> to the fee&s;t of &s;aynt Michell / in the yere of o^r lorde god. M. CCC .lxxxiiii. &amp; than the&s;e parties to retourne agayne to the &s;ame place / or els other for them: hauyng full puy&s;&s;aunce to apea&s;e the &s;ayd realmes. Of all the&s;e thynges there were letters autentyke &amp; in&s;trum<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">tes publykes wri|ten and &s;ealed to holde and acco~ply&s;&s;he this tru+&s;e &amp; poyntment. The lordes &s;ware nat to breke it in no poynt. Thus this coun&s;ayle brake vp / the frenchmen retourned in to Fraunce / &amp; then+gly&s;&s;hmen to Calys: the duke of Bretayne re|tourned
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than into his owne countre / and therle of Flau~ders to &s;aynt Omers / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> a &s;icke|ne&s;&s;e toke hym wherof he dyed. And it was or|dayned that he &s;hulde be entred in the churche of oure lady in Ly&s;le. This erle of Flaunders dyed y^e yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lxxxiii. the xx. day of January. And he was brought to an abbey be&s;yde Ly&s;le / and in lyke wi&s;e the coun|te&s;&s;e his wyfe: who dyed. a fyue yere before that in the countie of Reches / was brought thyder al&s;o / &amp; bothe toguyder buryed in the churche of &s;aynt Peter in Ly&s;le. &para; Nowe I &s;hall &s;hewe you thordynau~ce that was had at his buryeng and of his conueyeng in to Ly&s;le.</P>
<P>HEre foloweth the ordynau~ce of the bury|eng of therle of Flaunders &amp; of the coun|te&s;&s;e his wyfe / who&s;e bodyes were brought to an abbey be&s;yde Ly&s;le. And whan he entred in to Ly&s;le / a great nombre of lordes of Fraunce / of Flau~ders / of Heynalt / and of Brabant were redy in the euenynge of the ob&s;equy at the gate of the &s;icke people. And &s;o brought the bodyes through the towne to the churche of &s;aynt Pe|ter / and they were armed for the warre and the &s;quiers that ledde the~. Fir&s;t <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;ir John~ of Helwyn moo&s;t next to the body / and he was ledde by Angurant of Uelomy and by Roger of Le&s;pyre. The <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Markdeuant was led by Marquemene and by Johan E&s;pyre. The lorde of Sau&s;&s;e ledde by Fretynand &s;ir John~ of Molyn. The lorde of Mauuesledde by Gef+fray Denoyle and Henry of Uaquery.</P>
<P>&para; Item <ABBR>ther</ABBR> folowed &s;uche as were ordayned for the conioy. Sir Peter of Baylleule next to the body before / &s;ir John~ of Molyn ledde of &abser; Johan of Quynhen and of Haubeken the mar+&s;hall / &s;ir Sohyre of Gaunt before. &s;ir Peter of Baylleule ledde of Guyot of Lo~pre and of Jo|han Loys. the lorde Brete~court ledde of Hyart of Quynhen and of Mychell de la Quare.</P>
<P>&para; After folowed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> baners of the bere. and fir&s;t &s;ir Frau~ces of Ha&s;urquene / &s;ir Gou&s;&s;ayn le &s;a+uage before / &s;ir La~celot the &abper;&s;on before &s;ir gou+&s;ayne / &s;ir John~ de la Hell before &s;ir Lancelot.</P>
<P>&para; Than folowed they that barethe baners of the bere and of the conuoy. Sir Mathe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> of Hunyers before / &s;ir Johan de Helles the lorde Aueaux al&s;o before / &s;ir Mathue / &s;ir Cyrchelart de la Bare before the &s;aid lorde of Aueaux / and &s;ir Johan of Parys before Cyrchelart.</P>
<P>&para; Item herafter foloweth the names of them that ayded to beare the body fro the gate of the &s;icke folkes / throughe the towne of Ly&s;le to the church of &s;aynt Peter. Fir&s;t &s;ir John~ de Uyen admyrall of Fraunce on the ryght hande / &amp; the lorde of Guy&s;tell on the lyft hande / &s;ir Ualera~t of Raneuall al&s;o on the right &s;yde / and the cha|tellayne of Di&s;q~nyue on the left &s;yde / the lorde Di&s;tenoy on the right &s;yde / and &s;ir Aun&s;ell of Salyns on the lyfte &s;yde.</P>
<P>&para; Herafter foloweth the barons that ayded to beare the body of the counte&s;&s;e of Flau~ders / fro the gate of &s;aynt Leder to the churche of &s;aynt Peter. Fir&s;t the lorde of Sully on y^e right &s;yde and the lorde of Chatellone on the lyfte &s;yde / &s;ir Guy of Po~tayle mar&s;hall of Burgoyne on the right &s;yde / and &s;ir Guy of Guy&s;tels on the lyft. And than &s;ir Henry at the right corner / and the Chatellayne of Furnes at the lyft corner.</P>
<P>&para; Here foloweth the ordynau~ces of the day of the ob&s;equy / done in the churche of &s;aynt Pe|ter of Li&s;le. The names of them that were ther and of &s;uche &s;quiers as helde the &s;heldes all the ma&s;&s;e to the offrynge.</P>
<P>The duke of Burgoyne was fir&s;t alone and the fir&s;t &s;helde borne before hym. and the &s;helde was &s;u&s;tayned with the lorde of Raneuall / the lorde de la Gone&s;e / Labequen de la coutre / and Johan de Pou~t Alters brother to the mar&s;hall of Burgoyne. And than the &s;econde &s;helde be|fore the lorde Johan of Arthoy&s;e erle of Ewe / and &s;ir Philyppe de Bare: the &s;helde was hol|den by Ualera~t de la Sale and Le&s;quans De+nekyn. Than the erle of Marche and &s;ir Phy|lyppe Darthoi&s;e / and the &s;helde holden by Gyl+lon delabret &amp; by Robyn of Florigny. and after &s;ir Robert de Namure and &s;ir Wyllm~ de <ABBR>Na|mur</ABBR> his nephue: y^e &s;helde was borne by Chaux Bernarde and Gerarde De&s;trenayle.</P>
<P>&para; Item for the &s;heldes of Conuoy.</P>
<P>THe lorde Dangyen and by hym &s;ir Jo|han of Namure / the &s;helde was holden of Ayllert of Pouthees and Henry of Moucy. Than next was &s;ir Ewe of Cha&s;tellon and the lorde of Fere: the &s;helde holden by John~ of Hel+wyn and Edwarde of Ca&s;tren. And after was the lorde Dautoyne and the lorde of Guy&s;tels: the &s;helde &s;u&s;tayned by Try&s;tram of Landres
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and Johan du Beart. And than was the lorde of Mori<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nes and the <ABBR>lord</ABBR> of Sully: the &s;helde holden by Fre&s;inguy and Dames of Bucy.</P>
<P>&para; Item the names of the~ that offred the cour|&s;ers of warre. Fir&s;t the lorde of Chatellon &amp; &s;ir Symon de la Layne bayly of Heynalt. the lor+des a fote / and the hor&s;e armed and couered. for the &s;eco~de &s;ir Ualerant of Raneuall and y^e Ca|thelayne of Di&s;q~made. for the thyrde &s;ir Hewe of Meuleun and the lorde Daucy. The fourth the lorde of Brunell and the lorde of Brumen.</P>
<P>&para; Here foloweth tho&s;e that offred the cour&s;ers of Conuoy. Fir&s;t &s;ir Henry Datoygne and &s;ir Gerarde of Guy&s;tels. The &s;econde the lorde of Montigny and the lorde of Ra&s;enghien. The thyrde the lorde de la Haurade and the Chate|layne of Furnes. The fourthe / the lorde of Fa|gumelles and &s;ir Roulande de la Clycque.</P>
<P>&para; Here foloweth the names of the~ that offred the glayues of warre. Fir&s;t the lorde admyrall of Frau~ce and the lorde of Rary. The &s;econde / the mar&s;hall of Burgoyne. The thyrde y^e lorde of &s;aynt Pye. The fourthe the lorde of</P>
<P>&para; Here foloweth &s;uche as offred y^e &s;werdes of Conuoy. Fir&s;t &s;ir Wyllm~ of Ponthue. The .ii. &s;ir Wyllm~ de Tremoile. The thirde the Chate+layne of Ipre. The .iiii. &s;ir Guy de Hancourt.</P>
<P>&para; Item the names of them that offred the hel|mes of warre. Fir&s;t the lorde of Maylly. The &s;econde &s;ir Wyllyam de Hornes and &s;ir An&s;ell de Salyns. The thyrde / &s;ir Johan Doppeyn and the Chatelayn of &s;aynt Omers. The .iiii. &s;ir Guy de Guy&s;tels and the Galoys Daunoy.</P>
<P>&para; Ite~ for the helmes of Co~uoy. Fir&s;t &s;ir Joi&s;e de Hallayn and &s;ir Olyuer de Guffey. The .ii. the lorde of Dy&s;obeque. the thyrde the lorde de Lalayne. The fourthe &s;ir Try&s;tram de Boys and &s;ir Johan of Jumont.</P>
<P>&para; The names of the~ that offred the baners of warre. Fir&s;t the lorde of Ly&s;trenayle. The .ii. &s;ir Leoncell Dareynes. The thyrde / &s;ir Gyles de la Goneufe. the .iiii. &s;ir John~ de Ly&s;olom.</P>
<P>&para; Item for the baners of Conuoy. Fir&s;te &s;ir Orenges of Rely. the &s;econde &s;ir Rafe Alayne. The thyrde &s;ir Johan Di&s;quenyue. The .iiii. &s;ir Uyllayns de la Clycque.</P>
<P>&para; The names of them / that after the ob&s;equy done: layde the body of the erle in the erthe. &s;ir John~ de Uyen admyrall of Fraunce / the lorde of Guy&s;tell / &s;ir Ualerant of Raneuall the Cha|telayne of Di&s;quenyue / the lorde of Ray / and &s;ir An&s;ell of Salyns.</P>
<P>&para; The names of them that layd the counte&s;&s;e body in the erthe. Sir Guy de la Tremoyle / the lorde of Chatellon / y^e &s;ene&s;hall of Burgoyn the lorde Gerarde of Guy&s;tles / &s;ir Henry Da|toygne / and the Chatellon of Furnes. And all &s;uche as entred in to the churche of &s;aynt Peter in the euenyng / were at the offyce in the day at ma&s;&s;e / a&s;well the knight&abis; armed as tho&s;e y^t bare the baners. &amp; al&s;o the &s;quyers y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> led the hor&s;es.</P>
<P>&para; Item there were that went with the bodyes of the erle and of the counte&s;&s;e through the tow|ne of Ly&s;le to the churche of &s;aynt Peter / to the no~bre of four hundred men all in blacke / euery man bearyng a torche / and they helde the &s;ame torches the nexte day all the ma&s;&s;e tyme / &amp; they were all marcha~tes of good townes or officers of his hou&s;e. and tharchby&s;&s;hop of Rayns &s;ang the ma&s;&s;e / aco~panyed w^t the by&s;&s;hop of Parys / the by&s;&s;hop of Turney / the by&s;&s;hop of Ca~brey the by&s;&s;hop of Arras / &amp; with them .v. abbottes.</P>
<P>&para; Ite~ there was al&s;o in the churche duryng the ob&s;equy .vii. C. candels or therabout / euery ta+per co~teyning in weyght .i. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">i. of waxe. And on the trayle of the her&s;e <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were fyue baners / in the myddes the baner of Flaunders / on y^e right &s;yde the baner of Arthoys / on the lyfte &s;yde the baner of Burgoyne / the .iiii. the baner of Ne|wers / the .v. of Rethell. The trayle on the one &s;yde was poudred with the &s;cochyns of the ar|mes of Flau~ders / and on the lyft &s;yde of the la|dy / the &s;cochyns of Flaunders and of Brabant and downe a long in the myn&s;ter / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> were .ii. hu~dred and .xxvi. candels / lyke vnto the~ of the her&s;e. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was nother lady nor damo&s;ell but y^e gouerno^rs wyfe of Ly&s;le. <ABBR>Ther</ABBR> was a great dyner / and the co&s;tes of all the knightes &amp; &s;qui|ers were borne quyte / for the nyght and day of the ob&s;equy / &amp; they had all blacke gownes. and whan all this was done euery man returned to their owne / &amp; the duke of Burgoyne left in the gary&s;ons of Flaunders knightes and &s;quyers for all the tru&s;e y^t was taken bytwene Engla~de and Faunce / for all that euery man toke hede to his charge. And the lady his wyfe taryed &s;tyll for a &s;ea&s;on in Arthoy&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the erle of Northu~berlande the erle of Notyngham / and the En+gly&s;&s;hmen made a iorney in to Scot+lande. And of the amba&s;&s;adours of Fraunce that were &s;ende in to Scot|lande / to notify the tru&s;e that was ta+ken bytwene Englande and Frau~ce. Cap. CCCC .xliiii.</HEAD>
<P>_LE haue well herde here be|fore: how the lordes of Fra~ce wha~ they made the tru&s;e with engly&s;&s;h+men. They were charged at their de&abper;ting to &s;ignify y^e tru&s;e to the~ of Scotlande: to the entent that no hurt &s;hulde be done bytwene the~ of Engla~de nor Scotlande. Howe be it to &s;aye the trouthe: thy of Fraunce dyde nat their dilygence in that mater: as they ought to haue done: for they &s;hulde haue &s;ende incontynent but they dyde nat. I thynke the let therof was bycau&s;e of the great bu&s;yne&s;&s;e that the duke of Burgoyne had for y^e ob&s;equy of his father in lawe therle of Flaunders: as ye haue herde here before. Al&s;o they thought full lytell that the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde haue done as they dyde / for anone after E&s;ter the erle of Northu~|berlande / the erle of Notyngham &amp; the barons of the northe cou~tre / made an army of two thou+&s;ande &s;peares and &s;ixe thou&s;ande archers / and pa&s;&s;ed by Ro&s;ebourge and entred in to Scot|lande / and began to brinne the countre and the lande of therle Duglas and of the lorde of Lyn+&s;ey / and left nothyng vnbrent to Edenborowe: The lordes and knyghtes of Scotlande was nothyng ware of this iourney / and toke the ma+ter in great di&s;pyte: &s;ayeng / howe they wolde ame~de it to their powers. For they &s;aid as they herde reported / they &s;hulde haue had tru&s;e with the engly&s;&s;hmen. Howe be it they were nat war+ned therof / wherfore they knewe well the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> was opyn. ye wotte well tidynges wyll &s;prede anone abrode / wherby it was &s;hortely knowen in Flaunders and &s;pecially at Sclu&s;e / by mar|chantes that ca~e out of the realme of Scotla~de. Howe thengly&s;&s;hmen were entred in to Scot|lande / and howe that kynge Robert of Scot|lande and the lordes of the realme / dyde &s;omon their people to a&s;&s;e~ble to fight with thengly&s;&s;h|men. Al&s;o it was knowen in Frau~ce that the en+gly&s;&s;hmen were in the felde / and the &s;cottes al|&s;o: &amp; that in &s;hort tyme they were likely to mete The dukes of Berrey and of Burgoyne &amp; the cou~&s;ayle of Fra~ce / whan they vnder&s;tode the&s;e tidynges / they &s;ayd they had foly&s;&s;hly done / in that they had nat &s;ende worde of the treu&s;e in to Scotlande be tymes / as they had promy&s;ed to do. Than was it ordayned that &s;ir Hamart de Mar&s;e &s;hulde go in to Scotlande / who was a &s;age and a di&s;crete knight / &s;ir Peter Framell / &amp; a &s;ergiant of armes / who was of the nacyon of the &s;cottes / called Janequyn Cha~penoy&s;e. He went bicau&s;e he knewe the la~gage &amp; the cou~tre.</P>
<P>In the meane &s;ea&s;on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> the&s;e amba&s;&s;adours ordayned them &s;elfe to go in to Scotlande / the engly&s;&s;hmen ouer ran the cou~tre of Scotla~de. <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was the &s;ame tyme at Sclu&s;e men of <ABBR>war</ABBR> of Frau~ce / that lay &s;tyll and &s;lept and wy&s;t nat what to do: for the tru&s;e bytwene Engla~de and fla~ders &s;tyll endured. And they herde howe the~+gly&s;&s;hemen and &s;cottes made warre eche with other / and it was &s;ayd at Sclu&s;e for certayne / that ha&s;tely <ABBR>ther</ABBR> &s;hulde be batayle bytwene the~ / There was &s;ir Geffray of Charney / &s;ir John~ of Pla&s;y / &s;ir Hughe of Boloyne / &s;ir Sayng of Uyllers / &s;ir Garnere of leborne / &s;ir Garnere of Gu&s;&s;a~guyn / &s;ir Oden of Metyn / &s;ir Robert of Ca~pyhen / Jakes of mou~tfort / John~ of heluyn / John~ of Melles / Michell dela bare / &amp; Gyllam Gobert / they were a .xxx. men of armes knigh|tes &amp; &s;quyers. They made promy&s;e togyder to go and adue~ture their bodyes. &amp; they wy&s;t nat <ABBR>wher</ABBR> better to enploy their &s;ea&s;on / than in y^e re|alme of Scotla~de. and &s;o they de&abper;ted fro &s;clu&s;e and toke a &s;hyp &amp; left their hor&s;es behynde the~ / for danger of the &s;ee / and for the long iorney. the maryners knewe well they coude nat arryue at the haue~ of Ede~borowe / at Do~bare / nor at non of tho&s;e hauyns nere / for thengli&s;&s;he army was a&s;well by &s;ee as by lande. And the engly&s;&s;hmen were lordes &amp; mai&s;ters of the fir&s;t port&abis; of &s;cot|lande / bycau&s;e their &abpro;ui&s;yon might folowe the~ by &s;ee. In this &s;ea&s;on the fre~che amba&s;&s;adours ca~e in to Englande to go to Scotland / and the kyng &amp; his vncles made them great chere &amp; the fir&s;t day &s;omwhat di&s;&s;imuled with the~ to delay the tyme / bicau&s;e their men were makyng <ABBR>war</ABBR> in Scotlande. and whan they vnder&s;tode that their men hadde done their enterpri&s;e / and that they retourned agayne in to Englande. Than they let the frenche amba&s;&s;adours departe / and gaue them &s;aueconduct to pa&s;&s;e through the re|alme in to Scotlande / and made townes &amp; ca|&s;tels to be opyned agayn&s;t their comynge. So they departed and went towarde Scotlande.</P>
<P>So long the&s;e men of warre that went fro Sclu&s;e &s;ayled by the &s;ee / co&s;tyng Hola~de &amp; En
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glande / e&s;chewyng the &abper;els of the&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">e / for encou~+tryng of the~gly&s;&s;hmen / that at la&s;t they aryued in Scotla~de at a lytell porte called Mo~&s;tres. &amp; whan the &s;cottes that dwelt in the towne knew howe they were frenchemen / that were come to exerci&s;e dedes of armes / they made them good chere / and dyde helpe to get them all that they neded. And whan the&s;e knightes and &s;quyers had refre&s;&s;hed them there two dayes / and had lerned tidynges. They d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&abper;ted &amp; rode on hake|neis and ca~e to Dondem / &amp; &s;o fro thens to &s;aint Johans a good towne in Scotlande / on the ryuer of Tare / &amp; there is a good hauen to &s;ayle whyder a man wyll. And whan they were co~e thyder / they vnder&s;tode howe the engly&s;&s;hmen were withdrawen / and howe the kynge of &s;cot|tes and his lordes were at Ede~borowe at a cou~+&s;ayle. Than they ordayned that &s;ir Garnyer of Cui&s;&s;angyn and Mychaell de la Bare / &s;hulde go to Edenborowe to &s;peke with the kyng and his coun&s;ayle / to knowe what they &s;hulde do. at lee&s;t to &s;hewe theym the good wyll that they had to come out of Flau~ders in to Scotlande. And &s;ir Geffray de Charney &amp; the other / wolde abyde there tyll they had worde agayne. And as they ordayned &s;o it was done / and &s;o they de+parted and went to Ede~borowe <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the kyng was / and therle Duglas called James / for his father Wyllyam was newly di&s;cea&s;ed. There was al&s;o the erle of Moret / therle of Orkeney / the lorde of Uer&s;ey / the lorde of Lynde / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Surlant / and &s;ixe bretherne of therle of Or|kenes all knightes. The&s;e lordes of Scotla~de made good <ABBR>cher</ABBR> to the knightes of Fra~ce. than &s;ir Garnyer &s;hewed to the kyng and to the ba|rons of Scotlande / thentencyon of his co~pani+ons and the cau&s;e of their comynge in to the re|alme. Than the amba&s;&s;adours of Fraunce ca~e thyder / &s;ir Hemart de Percy / &abser; Peter Framell and Janequyn Cha~penoi&s;e / and they brought the tru&s;e that was deuy&s;ed bytwene Fra~ce and Englande / but the &s;cotteshelde agayn&s;t it and &s;ayd / howe they came to late. and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> they wolde haue no tru&s;e / bycau&s;e the~gly&s;&s;hmen in that &s;ea+&s;on had done them moche hurt. And thus while the king and the knightes were at differe~ce / the erle Duglas and therle Moret / the chyldren of Lind&s;ey and dyuers other knight&abis; &amp; &s;quiers of Scotlande / de&s;yringe to be armed: helde a &s;e|crete coun&s;ayle togyder in the churche of Ede~|borowe / and the knightes of Fraunce were &s;ent for to the~. As &s;ir Michaell de la bare &amp; &s;ir Gar|nyer. De&s;yring them to go to their co~panyons and to &s;hewe the~ their entent / and to kepe their purpo&s;e &s;ecrete. So the&s;e two knightes retur|ned to &s;aynt Johans towne / and &s;hewed their company all that they had herde and &s;ene.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the barons and knightes of Scotlande and they of Frau~ce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of Engla~de / without the knowlege of the kyng of Scottes / who was at Edenborowe. Cap. CCCC .xlv.</HEAD>
<P>_OF the&s;e tidinges &s;ir Geffray de Charney &amp; the other knyghtes and &s;quiers greatly reioy&s;ed / &amp; &s;o de&abper;ted thens and came to Eden|borowe / and made no knowlege of that they &s;hulde do. They had nat bene <ABBR>ther</ABBR> two dayes / but that the erle Duglas &s;ende for them to come to his ca&s;tell of Alque&s;t / and &s;ent to them hor&s;es / and &s;o they came to him the next day. And incontynent he brought them to a cer+tayne place / <ABBR>wher</ABBR> the &s;cottes a&s;&s;embled. &amp; &s;o in thre dayes / they were mo than .xv. thou&s;ande a hor&s; backe / armed after y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> v&s;age of their cou~tre. Than they &s;ayd they wolde make a iourney in to Englande / and reueng their hurtes and do|mages that had ben done to the~. So they went forthe and pa&s;&s;ed fore&s;tes and woodes of their countre / and entred in to Northu~berlande into the lande of the lorde Percy / and there they be|gan to brinne / to robbe / and to &s;teale. And than retourned by the lande of therle of Notynghm~ and the lorde Moubray / and dyde there moche hurt &amp; pa&s;&s;ed by Ro&s;ebourg&punc;. But they taryed nat there / bycau&s;e they had great pyllage w^t the~ as well of pri&s;oners as of catell. And &s;o retour|ned without daunger in to their cou~tre agayne for the Engly&s;&s;hmen were all withdrawen and coude nat &s;o &s;oone agayne a&s;&s;emble toguyder to fyght with the &s;cottes. Therfore it behoued them to beare that brunt / for they had gyuen be fore &s;uche another to the &s;cottes.</P>
<P>Of this iourney the kynge of &s;cottes myght ryght well excu&s;e hym &s;elfe / for of the a&s;&s;emble nor of their departyng he knewe nothyng / and thoughe he had knowen therof / he coulde natte haue let it / whan they were ones onwarde. For all the&s;e iorneys y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was thus made / bothe in to Scotlande &amp; in to Englande / there abode &s;tyll with kyng Robert / &s;ir Hamarde de mar&s;e &amp; &s;ir Pe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> framell / bycau&s;e they wolde be layde in no faut to breke the tru&s;e that was taken / bytwene
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Englande / Fraunce / and Ca&s;tell. The kynge of Scottes and the amba&s;&s;adours of Fraunce &s;ende an heraude of armes in to Engla~de. and whan he was co~e before the kyng of Englande and his vncles / he founde the countre &s;ore mo|ued to ryde agayne in to Scotlande. The du|ke of Lanca&s;tre and the erle of Ca~bridge / who de&s;yred greatly in that yere to go in to Portyn+gale and in to Ca&s;tell / or els one of them with a great puy&s;&s;aunce of menne of armes. For they helde the~ &s;elfe heryters therof by ryght of their wyues children of Ca&s;tell. To renewe the war bytwene the kynge of Portyngale and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Ca&s;tell / for as than kyng Fera~do was deed. And the portyngales had crowned dan Johan a ba&s;tarde brother a valyaunt man / who de&s;y|red nothynge but warre with the &s;panyerdes / &s;o he myght haue alyaunce with the Engly&s;&s;he+men / and their confort and ayde. Therfore the duke of Lanca&s;tre dyde with his fre~des as mo|che as he might / that there &s;hulde be none a&s;&s;e~|bly to go in to Scotlande. Al&s;o it was &s;ayde playnly: howe the kynge of &s;cottes denyed the knightes of Scotlande &amp; of Fraunce / to make any rode in to Englande. And in that they dyd the co~trary was again&s;t his wyll or knowlege.</P>
<P>wHan the &s;cotty&s;&s;he heraude was come to the kynge of Englande and to his vncles / well in&s;tructed of that he &s;huld &s;ay and do. He kneled downe before the kynge and requyred that he might be herde / as an he|raude of the kyng of &s;cottes to do his me&s;&s;age. The kyng was content: <ABBR>ther</ABBR> he &s;hewed wher|fore he was &s;ende / &s;ingulerly fro the kynge and fro the amba&s;&s;adours of Fraunce / in excu&s;yng them. Sayeng / howe the kynge of &s;cottes me|kely receyued the me&s;&s;angers of the fre~che kyn+kes / and alwayes entended to kepe the trew&s;e / bothe he and all his. Howbeit &s;ome of the mar|ches of his realme: as the elre Duglas / the erle de la Mare his vncle / &s;ir Arche~bale / &s;ir Rame &s;ir Peter / &s;ir Wyllm~ / and &s;ir Thom~s Duglas and all the bretherne of Lynd&s;ey / &amp; they of Ra~|&s;ey and &s;ir Wyllim~ A&s;weton. The&s;e wolde ne|uer agre to the tru&s;e / &s;ayeng howe the engly&s;&s;h+men had done in their lande great hurt and do+mage / whiche was ryght &s;ore di&s;ple&s;ant to the~ and to their fre~des: and &s;ayd / howe they wolde be reuenged whan they might. and whan the&s;e lordes a&s;&s;embled them togyder to go in to En|glande as they dyde / they neuer made the king nor his coun&s;ayle preuy therof. For they knewe well if they had / they wolde neuer haue con&s;en|ted therto. Howbeit they &s;ay playnly in Scot|lande / that the fir&s;te incydent and occa&s;yon of this warre moued fir&s;te by you. For they &s;aye howe your grace &amp; your coun&s;ayle knewe right well / of the tru&s;e that was taken bothe by lande and by water. Al&s;o they &s;ay. howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> frenche am+ba&s;&s;adours whan~e they pa&s;&s;ed this way / were let by you of their comyng in to Scotlande. ye draue them forthe with plea&s;ure and &s;olace / &s;o that they taryed ouer longe / wherby this my&s;|chiefe is fallen bytwene Englande and Scot|lande. And &s;o vnder the &s;hadowe of di&s;&s;ymula|cyon the&s;e thynges are done: but my redouted &s;ouerayne lorde the kynge of Scottes and his coun&s;ayle / and the amba&s;&s;adours of Fraunce that are with hym / excu&s;eth them &s;elfe and wyll do at all tymes. that this la&s;t iourney that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lor+des and knightes of Scotlande made into En+glande was vnknowen to them / and that they were ignorant therof. And to addre&s;&s;e and re|forme all the&s;e thynges and to bring them in to good e&s;tate / I am charged to &s;ay to you. That they de&s;yre your grace to ente~de to kepe and ob+&s;erue the tru&s;e taken beyonde the &s;ee / by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> high and noble di&s;crecyon of coun&s;ayle / bothe of the frenche kynges and yours. And to co~fyrme the &s;ame tru&s;e to endure y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ayd terme / with my &s;o|ueraygne lorde the kyng of &s;cottes / and he and his noble coun&s;ayle to co~fyrme the &s;ame on his parte / to be vpholden &amp; kept. And of this plea&s;e it your grace to gyue me an&s;were. The kyng of Englande and his vncles well vnder&s;tode the heraude: than the duke of La~ca&s;tre &s;ayd / howe he &s;hulde be an&s;wered. Than they made hym tary at London for his an&s;were.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the tru&s;e taken bitwene En+glande and Fraunce was publi&s;&s;hed in Englande and in Scotlande. Cap. CCCC .xlvi.</HEAD>
<P>_AT thende of two dayes / the heraulde was an&s;wered by &s;ir Symon Bulle / cham+berlayne with the king. and &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> mater was &s;et at a good poynt. For to &s;ay the trouth all thynges con&s;ydered / the lordes of Englande that had bene beyonde the &s;ee and toke&punc; the tru&s;e / dyde nat honorably to co~+&s;ent to &s;ende their men to ouer ron Scotlande &s;eyng they knewe the tru&s;e was taken. the be&s;t excu&s;e that they coulde make / was: howe they
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were nat bou~de to &s;ende worde therof to y^e &s;cot|tes / but that the frenchemen were bounde ther|to. So than it was &s;ayd to the heraude / that in the name of god he was welcome. And howe y^t it was thentency on of the kynge of Englande / of his vncles / and of their coun&s;ayle: y^t all that they had &s;worne and &abpro;my&s;ed to do / they wolde in no wy&s;e breke it / but wolde co~fyrme it to the be&s;t of their powers. For in that hath ben done to the contrarie / they that had moo&s;t done had moo&s;t lo&s;t. Of all this the haraulde de&s;yred to haue writyng to thentent he might be beleued. There was gyuen hym great gyftes &s;o that he was well co~tent / and thanked the kyng and the lordes. And &s;o departed fro London and retur+ned in to Scotlande / where the me&s;&s;angers of Fraunce were &s;tyll taryeng for his an&s;were / de+&s;yring to knowe howe the engly&s;&s;hmen wolde do. And whan it was knowen what an&s;were y^e king of Englande and his vncles had made by their letters &s;ealed / they were than greatly con|tented and reioy&s;ed. Thus endured the trew&s;e for a yere bytwene Englande and Scotlande / and was publy&s;&s;hed throughe bothe Realmes for the more &s;uretie. And the amba&s;&s;adours of Fraunce retourned in to their countre / and pa&s;+&s;ed throughe Englande &s;afely without parell. And &s;hewed the frenche king and his vncles at their returnyng howe they had &s;pedde / and the lettes that they founde in their iourney. And &s;o &s;hewed all the ca&s;e / as ye haue herde before.</P>
<P>wHan &s;ir Geffray de Charney and the knightes and &s;quiers of the realme of Fraunce / &s;uche as had bene in Scot|lande / &s;awe that there was peace bytwene En|lande and Scotlande. Than they tooke leaue of the lordes of Scotlande / and &s;pecially of the erle Duglas / and the Erle of Moret / who had kepte them ryght good company: And they of Scotlande &s;ayd vnto them at their de&abper;tynge. Sirs / ye haue &s;ene the maner and condycion of our co&s;itre / how be it ye haue nat &s;ene all our puy&s;&s;aunce. Knowe for certayne / that Scot|lande is the lande in all the worlde that the En+gly&s;&s;hmen <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> moo&s;t. For we may as ye haue &s;ene / entre in to Englande at oure ea&s;e / &amp; ryde farre in to the countre without daunger of the &s;ee: &s;o that &amp; yf we were men ynowe / we might do them moche more hurt than we do. wherfore &s;irs / and ye <ABBR>wold</ABBR> &s;hewe this to &s;uche knightes and &s;quyers as wolde auau~ce them &s;elfe to get honoure / and to come in to this countre to &s;eke dedes of armes / we thike they &s;hulde do a gret feate. For if we had but a thou&s;ande &s;peares of knightes and &s;quyers of Frau~ce with our peo|ple that we haue in this countre / we &s;hulde do &s;uche a dede in Englande / that it &s;hulde be &s;po+ken of .xl. yere after. Sirs / we de&s;yre you reme~+bre this whan ye come in to Fraunce. They an+&s;wered and &s;ayd / they wolde nat fayle to do it / for it was a mater nat to be forgoten. So thus they departed and toke the &s;ee and thought to haue &s;ayled to Sclu&s;e / Howe be it the wynde was contrarie to them whan~e they were on the &s;ee / &s;o that they were fayne to take lande in ze|lande / in a towne called Uorell. tha~ they thoght they were in &s;auegarde / but it was nat &s;o: For the Normayns but a lytell before had ouer ron the countre therabout / &amp; done to the zelanders great domage / Wherfore the&s;e knightes &amp; &s;qui+ers of Fraunce were in great dau~ger / for while this brute was thus in the towne / their &s;hyppe was entred / their cofers broken &amp; their armure taken / and they all in great parell to be &s;layne.</P>
<P>THe &s;ame daye there was in the towne a &s;quyer of the erle of Bloyes / called Ja|cob Gra&s;yns / he dyde helpe to ayde the frenche men as moche as he might. He &s;pake to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> may+&s;ters of the towne and dyde &s;o moche by his la~|gage / that parte of their goodes was re&s;tored agayne to them / and to bring the~ out of the pa|rell and daunger that he &s;awe they were in (for he knewe well the people of the towne were &s;ore moued agayn&s;t them / and were in mynde to ly in waite for them on the &s;ee / and to execute that purpo&s;e they had warned other townes by) the &s;ayed &s;quyer &s;hewed them what daunger they were in / &amp; the countre was &s;ore moued agayn&s;t them. But he &s;ayd / for the loue of the kyng and for thonour of the realme of Fraunce / he wolde ordayne &s;ome remedy for them. Than he went to a maryner and hyred a &s;hippe to go <ABBR>wher</ABBR> as plea&s;ed hym with his company: &s;ayeng / howe he wolde &s;ayle to Dondre&s;t. So the maryner made couynaunt with him / and &s;o he entred in to the &s;hyppe / and all the &s;ayde frenchmen with hym. And &s;o fir&s;t the maryner &s;et his cour&s;e to Donder&s;t. Whan~e Jacob &s;awe his tyme / than he &s;ayd to the mariners. Sirs / take hede what I &s;ay. I haue hyred this &s;hyppe for this viage to &s;ayle whyder as me ly&s;t / therfore tourne yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ayle towarde &s;treneghen / for I wyll &s;ayle thy|der. The maryners wolde nat agre therto but &s;ayd. Sir / ye &s;ayd ye wolde &s;ayle to Dondre&s;t / and thyder wyll we bringe you but to none o|ther place. than Jacob &s;ayd / marke well what
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I &s;ay. Do as I commaunde you / or els ye &s;hal dye therfore / than the maryners dur&s;t no more &s;tryue it lay nat in their powers. So they tour+ned the helme and &s;ayle / and &s;ayled toward the towne of Streneghen / and came thyder with|out any parell. The towne belonged to the erle of Bloyes and there they refre&s;&s;hed them / and &s;o departed at their plea&s;ure / and retourned in to their countre by Brabant and by Heynault. Jacob dyde the~ this &s;eruyce a &s;quyer of Guyes the erle of Bloyes.</P>
<P>wHan~e &s;ir Geffray of Charney and &s;ir Johan of Bla&s;&s;ey / and the knightes &amp; &s;quyers that had bene in Scotlande were retourned in to Frau~ce / they were enquy+red of the tidynges of Scotlande. There they &s;hewed all that they had herde and &s;ene / &amp; &s;he|wed the myndes of the barons and knightes of Scotlande. Sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce &s;pake with &s;ir Geffray of Charney / &amp; he &s;hewed him all as ye haue herde before. than the Admyrall aduy&s;ed well / and &s;o dyde other baro~s of Frau~ce / howe they might haue a fayre entre in to Englande by Scotlande / al&s;o they knewe well that naturally the &s;cottes loued nat the engly&s;&s;hmen. Sir Amery of Mar&s;e confyr+med the &s;ame: &s;ayeng / howe he was de&s;yred of the kynge of Scottes and by his coun&s;ayle / to &s;hewe the &s;ame to the frenche kynge and to his coun&s;ayle. So thus the fre~chmen had an yma|ginacyon y^t the tru&s;e ones expyred / they wolde &s;ende a great puy&s;&s;aunce in to Scotlande to wa&s;t parte of Englande. This purpo&s;e was co~+cluded by the duke of Berry &amp; the duke of Bur+goyne / who had as than the gouernynge of the realme / but they kept it &s;ecrete.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; How the lorde of De&s;tornay made his a&s;&s;emble to wynne agayne And|warpe / and howe by his policye he wanne it. Cap. CCCC .xlvii.</HEAD>
<P>_WE haue herde here before / howe Fraunces Atremanne in the meane tyme whyle the fre~che king was in his iourney in Flaunders / toke by &s;telthe the towne of Ande|warpe / wherof they of Tourney and of other townes therabout were &s;ore di&s;mayde / for the gary&s;on there before the tru&s;e was taken / dyde moche domage in the cou~tre of Turne&s;yn / and &s;pecially all the la~des of the lorde of De&s;tornay was in their obey&s;au~ce. And at the fee&s;t of Chri+&s;te~mas / they gadered vp the rentes as capons / and other thynges in his townes / wherwith he was &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed / and his &s;eruau~tes and fre~|des. He &s;ayd / that what&s;oeuer tru&s;e or re&s;pyte of warre was taken bytwene Englande / Frau~+ce / and Flaunders: he wolde in no wy&s;e kepe tru&s;e with the gau~toi&s;e. For they had done him &s;o moche hurt that he was nat able to beare it / but in a maner vndone therby. So thus this lorde of De&s;tornay dyde ca&s;t his aduyce to get agayne Andwarpe / and atchiued his entent by the ayde of &s;ome knightes and &s;quyers of Fra~+ce / of Flaunders / and of Heynalte / who helped hym to his purpo&s;e. yet whan he &s;ende for the~ / there were many that knewe nothyng what he wolde do. This chaunce happed the .xvii. day of May. the lorde of De&s;tornay knewe by his &s;pyes / that Fraunces Atreman was as than in Gaunt and nat in Andwarpe. For he tru&s;ted &s;o on the tru&s;e bitwene them and Fraunce / that he feared nothyng / whiche was a great folly. For he tooke nat &s;o good hede to Andewarpe as he &s;hulde haue done: as ye &s;hall herafter.</P>
<P>The lorde of De&s;tornay made an a&s;&s;emble of foure hundred knyghtes and &s;quyers good men of armes. And &s;o he came into the wode of Lart agayn&s;t the gate towarde Grauntmount right nere to the gate of Andwarpe. And with hym there was &s;ir Johan of Molyn / &s;ir Jakes de la Tremoyle / &s;ir Gylbert / &s;ir Johan Cacq~|lon / &s;ir Roulande De&s;pyre / &s;ir Blaynchard de Calonne / and the lorde of De&s;tripouylle / who was <ABBR>ther</ABBR> made knight. I &s;hall &s;hewe you now the maner howe they of Andwarpe were di&s;cey+ued. They toke two cartes laded with vitayle and four carters in gray cotes harne&s;&s;ed vnder neth / right hardy and aduenturous felowes. So they came and draue their Cartes before Andwarpe / &amp; &s;hewed the watchmen howe they had brought proui&s;yon out of Heynault to vi|tayle the towne. The watchemen thought no|thyng but good / and &s;o lette downe the portco|ly&s;e. Than the carters priuely lo&s;ed the hor&s;es fro the cart / the watchmen &s;ayd. &s;irs / why driue you nat forthe your cartes / and the watchemen toke the forehor&s;es by the heed and drewe them forthe? And &s;o they pa&s;&s;ed in &amp; the cartes abode &s;tyll in the gate and on the bridge. Than~e the watchmen &s;awe well they were betrayed / and
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began to fight with the carters / who defended them &s;elfe right well / for they were well armed vnder their cotes. And &s;o they &s;lewe two of the watchmen / and incontynent they were re&s;cued for the lorde of De&s;tornay and his co~pany pur+&s;ewed fa&s;t after and entred in to the towne. tha~ the watchmen fledde into the towne / and cryed trea&s;on trea&s;on. But or the towne was rey&s;ed / the me~ of armes were entred and &s;lewe all that they encountred / that made any defence / and &s;o cryed the towne is wonne. Thus Andwarpe was taken agayne / and there were of the gaun+toy&s;e &s;layne and drowned a thre hundred / and there was founde great riche&s;&s;e parteyning to Fraunces Atreman. It was &s;ayd / it amou~ted to a fyftene thou&s;ande frankes.</P>
<P>THese t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ynges were &s;one knowen in dy+uers places howe Andwarpe was take~ / the tru&s;e duryng by the frenchmen. And &s;peci|ally they of Gau~t were &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ed therwith as it was rea&s;on / for it touched the~ right nere. Than they toke coun&s;ayle togyder / and deter|myned to &s;ende to the duke of Burgoyne / &s;he|wyng hym howe in the a&s;&s;urau~ce of peace / And+warpe had ben taken fro hym: de&s;yring him / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> it might be re&s;tored agayne / or els y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tru&s;e was broken. So they &s;ende to hym / but the duke ex|cu&s;ed hym and &s;ayd: that he medled nothynge with that mater / and &s;o prayed god to helpe the~ For he &s;ayd / he knewe nothyng of the lorde De+&s;tornayes en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">pri&s;e. but he &s;ayd / he wolde write to hym with a good wyll / and &s;o he dyde / com|maundynge hym to rendre agayne Andwarpe to the gau~toy&s;e. Sayeng / howe it was nat ho|nourable to take any towne / ca&s;tell or fortre&s;&s;e / duryng the peace. The lorde of De&s;tornay an|&s;wered to the dukes letter / and &s;ayd to the me&s;|&s;angers. Sirs / alwayes the gary&s;one of And|warpe hath made me warre / bothe in the <ABBR>warr</ABBR> &s;ea&s;on and in peace tyme / and hath take~ fro me myne herytage / and as for me I neuer agreed to be at peace with them. Thus I haue taken Andwarpe by good feate of warre / and I pur|po&s;e to kepe it as my proper herytage / tyll Fla~|ders and Gaunt be all one / for I haue nothyng els / for all is lo&s;t by the warre. So thus the ma+ter abode / the gau~toy&s;e coude get nothyng els. Of the yuell kepynge of Andwarpe Fraunces Atreman was &s;ore blamed / and &s;pecially of the lorde of Har&s;els / &s;o that there were great &amp; hey+nous wordes bytwene them. Fraunces &s;ayde: howe he had done better &s;eruice to Gaunt / than euer he dyde. Their la~gage multiplyed &s;o <ABBR>farr</ABBR> that eche of them belyed other / with foule wor|des. And anone after the lorde of Har&s;els was &s;layne: &s;ome &s;ayd it was by the meanes of Fra~+ces Atreman &amp; Peter de Boy&s;e for enuy. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the gau~toy&s;e made a reque&s;t to the kyng of Englande &punc; to haue &s;ome noble man of his blode to be gouernoure of Gaunt. So the kyng and his coun&s;ayle &s;ende to Gaunt a valy+ant knyght and ryght &s;age / to haue the gouer|nyng of Gaunt / he was called &s;ir Johan Bour+chyer / he had the gouernynge of Gaunte more than a yere and an halfe.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Aniou dyed in a ca&s;tell be&s;yde Naples / and howe the quene of Cicyle was coun&s;ayled to go to the pope. Cap. CCCC .xlviii.</HEAD>
<P>_VE haue herde here before / howe the Duke of Aniowe wrote hym&s;elfe kyng of Cicyle and Hie+ru&s;alem. And went to Puyle and to Calabre / and conquered all the countre to Naples / but the neapolyta~s wolde neuer tourne to his parte / but they euer &s;u&s;tay+ned and helde with &s;ir Charles de la Payx. the duke of Aniou abode in this vyage thre yeres / whiche was a great co&s;t and charge. Though a man be neuer &s;o riche / men of armes &amp; warre wa&s;teth all. For he that wyll haue &s;eruyce of me~ of warre / they mu&s;t be payed truely their wa|ges / or els they wyll do no thynge aueylable. Certaynly / this &s;ayde iourney co&s;t the duke of Aniou &s;o moche / that it canne nat be well e&s;te|med. And they that wa&s;ted &amp; confou~ded moo&s;t of his riche&s;&s;e / was the erle of Sauoy and the &s;auo&s;yns. Howe be it the erle of Sauoy and a great parte of his company dyed in this viage whiche was great pytie / &s;o that the duke of An+iowe began to waxe feble / bothe of men and of money. and for tho&s;e two cau&s;es he &s;ende for &s;o coure in to Fraunce to his two bretherne / the duke of Berry and the duke of Burgoyne. De+&s;yring them nat to fayle him at his nede / but to &s;ocour hym with men and money: and &s;o they &s;ayd they wolde. Tha~ they aduy&s;ed what men were mete to be &s;ende on that voyage. And all thynges con&s;ydred / they ymagined that they coude not &s;ende a better / nor one that knewe bet+ter all men of warre / than~e the gentyll lorde of Coucy / and with hym the lorde Da~ghien erle
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of Conuer&s;ant / whiche Erldome is in Puylle. These two lordes were de&s;yred by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng and by his vncles to take on the~ that iourney / to the whiche they wyllingly agreed / and thought it was for the~ right honorable. And &s;o they made them redy &amp; went forthe as &s;one as they myght with their men of warre. But whan they were come to Auignon / and inte~ded to their be&s;ynes and made their men to pa&s;&s;e forthe. Tydinges than came to them howe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Aniou was deed in a ca&s;tell be&s;yde Napoles. Whan y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of Coucy harde the tydinges / he wente no far|ther forth / for he &s;awe well than that his voyage was broken. But the lorde Conuer&s;ant pa&s;&s;ed forthe farther / for he had moche a do in his cou~|trey / in Puylle / and in Conuer&s;ant. Tydinges was knowen anon in Frau~ce of the dethe of the duke of Aniou. So thus the dethe of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng of Cicyle was pa&s;&s;ed ouer as well as it might be.</P>
<P>WHan the duches of Aniowe beynge at Angers harde of the dethe of her lorde and hu&s;bande / ye may well beleue &s;he was &s;ore di&s;comforted. And as &s;one as the erle Bloys / who was his co&s;yn germayne knewe that the duke was deed: he deparred fro Blois with all his trayne and came to his co&s;yn to An+gers / and helde hym with her / in comfortynge and coun&s;ayling her / to the be&s;t of his power. Than &s;he came in to Frau~ce (writyng her &s;elfe quene of Napoles / of Cicyle / of Puylle / of Ca|labre / &amp; of Hieru&s;alem) to &s;peke with the kyng / the duke of Berrey / &amp; the duke of Burgoyne / to haue cou~&s;ayle &amp; comforte of them / and brought with her her two &s;onnes / Loys / and Charles. The lady was coun&s;ayled of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> nobles of Frau~+ce and of her blode / that &s;he &s;hulde go to Auig|non to the pope / and promy&s;e him the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;y|on of the erledome of Prouence / whiche lande parteyned to the kyng of Cicyle. The lady be|leued their coun&s;ayle and ordeyned her &s;elfe to go to Auignon / and to leade with her: her elde&s;t &s;onne Loyes / who was than~e called kynge by &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of his father. but the&s;e maters were nat ouer&s;one accomply&s;&s;hed as I &s;hall deuy&s;e to you.</P>
<P>ALl this wynter the frenchmen ordeyned to &s;ende in to Scotlande an armye / to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rowble the realme of Englande. The truce by+twene Fraunce and Englande was relonged / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">d all their adherentes fro Mighelmas to the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">&s;t day of May. There was great prouy&s;ion <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">e by lande &amp; by &s;ee. The entent of the coun|&s;ayle of Fraunce was / that the next &s;omer they <ABBR>wold</ABBR> make Engla~de great warre on all &s;ydes / and the admyrall of Fraunce to go in to Scot|lande with two thou&s;ande &s;peares / knyghtes / and &s;quiers / and the duke of Burbone and the erle de la Marche with other two <ABBR>thou&s;and</ABBR> to go and conquere certayne ca&s;tels holden by the Engli&s;&s;hmen / whiche ryght &s;ore traueyled the countrey. And the frenche kyng cau&s;ed a great nombre of axes to be made in Picardy / and in Haynalt to &s;erue for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> voyage into Scotla~de / And in Arthoy&s;e / at Ly&s;le / at Doway / and at Turney. There was moche by&s;quet made and other prouy&s;ion a longe the &s;ee &s;yde / for Har|flewe to Slu&s;e / whiche was the princypall ha|uen / where they thought to take &s;hippynge.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the lady of Brabant cau&s;ed to be called a coun&s;ayle wherat there was the duke of Burgoyn / the duke Aubert and &s;he / in the cytie of Cam|bray / to treat for the mariage of their chyldren. Cap. CCCC .xlix.</HEAD>
<P>_THe duches of Braba~t beyng a wydow (for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke Wyncelent of Boe&s;me was deed / for who&s;e deth &s;he had greate &s;orowe at her&punc; harte) lay at Bru&s;els. and it great|ly di&s;plea&s;ed her: y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> trowble that &s;he &s;awe in Flaunders / &amp; gladly &s;he wolde haue made a peace and &s;he might / for &s;he vnder+&s;tode that the gauntoy&s;e dayly fortifyed them &s;elfe / by rea&s;on of the engli&s;&s;hmen / who promy|&s;ed them great comforte. Al&s;o &s;he &s;awe well her nefewe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burgoyne / who &s;hulde be by right enherytoure of Flaunders / and one of the greatte&s;t enherytours of the worlde / as than~e likely to be / was &s;ore troubled by the gau~toy&s;e. Al&s;o &s;he &s;awe well that the duke Aubert chefe of Haynault / and the duches his wyfe: had fayre chyldren to gyder / two &s;onnes and doughters as tha~ vnmaryed. Al&s;o &s;he knewe that the duke of La~ca&s;tre was in treaty of maryage for Phi+lyppe his doughter / had by the lady Blaunche his fir&s;t wyfe / and the elde&s;t &s;onne of duke Au|bert / who <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be right enherytour to the erle|dome of Haynault / of Holande / and of zelande.
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And &s;o the &s;ayd lady douted that if there were alyaunce made bytwene Englande and Hay|naulte / that the frenche men wolde haue indy|gnacion therat. and &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> by the ioly countre of Haynalt / outher couertly or openly / &s;uche as &s;hulde pa&s;&s;e out of Fraunce in to Flaunders / comynge or goyng / &s;hulde be &s;ore troubled and greued. and the rather / bycau&s;e that duke Au|bert by the meanes of the hola~ders and zelan|ders &s;uche as be marchyng on the &s;ee &s;yde / dyd comforte dayly y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> gauntoy&s;e in dyuers maners. wherof the duke of Burgoyne &amp; his coun&s;ayle / were well infourmed therof. wherfore he loued duke Auberte neuer the better / and yet he was therof nothyng gylty. for as for the holanders / and zelanders / the warre of Flau~ders touched the~ no thynge / they wolde nat therfore defende their marchaundy&s;es to rynne. The &s;ayd good lady con&s;ideryng all the&s;e thynges and parels that myght en&s;e we / &s;he aduy&s;ed to bringe the&s;e two dukes togyder / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burgoyne and the duke Aubert / and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he wolde be the meane to treate bytwene them. Al&s;o &s;he though to en|treat the duke of Burgoyne that the gauntoy&s;e myght co~e to mercy. So this lady on this ad|uy&s;e and ymaginacyon / wolde nat let it &s;lepe / but &s;et clerkes and me&s;&s;a~gers a warke / and &s;he dyd &s;omoche bytwene the&s;e two dukes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> there was a day a&s;&s;ygned to mete at Cambray / they and their cou~&s;ayls. howbeit bothe duk&abis; knewe nat the full entent why this lady cau&s;ed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> coun|&s;ayle. To this coun&s;ayle acordyng as they had promy&s;ed in the moneth of January / about the xii. day / there came to the cytie of Cambray the duke of Burgoyne / the duke Aubert and their coun&s;ayls / and the duches of Brabant who o|pened to the~ all the mater / why they were there a&s;&s;embled. Fir&s;t &s;he &s;hewed to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Bur|goyne / howe he was a great lorde / and lykely to be / and howe he had fayre chyldren / &amp; howe that he <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> be happy to be&s;towe the~ well and nobly / and to the moo&s;t auauntage for him and his countrey. &s;aynge / howe as than in her opy|nion / &s;he knewe no place &s;o metely for them / as the cou~trey of Haynalt / Holande / and zelande / to bringe their cou~treys to a perfyte peace / and to gyue feare and doute to their enemyes. For fayre nephewe &abquod; &s;he: I knowe for trouthe that the duke of Lanca&s;tre is right puy&s;&s;ant in <ABBR>En|gland</ABBR> / and dothe that he can that his doughter were maryed to Wyllim~ of Heynalt your &s;o~ne and heyre. And &s;ir: I had rather &s;e the profyt of you and of your chyldren / than of the engly&s;&s;he men. Fayre aunt quod the duke I thanke you: I beleue you well / I am content and ye canne bringe it a boute / to let my doughter Marga|rete be maryed to the heyre of Haynalt. Than the lady went fro one parte to the other / to treat for this maryage. The duke Aubert to whome the&s;e tydinges were newe. an&s;wered right cur|te&s;ly / and &s;ayd: howe he hadde there as than no coun&s;ayle / &s;uche as he wolde haue. What coun|&s;ayle wolde ye haue quod the duches / or what want you to do well / and to bringe your coun|trey in peace? I lacke my wyfe &abquod; the duke / and without her I wyll do nothyng in this mater / for &s;he hathe as moche parte of my chyldren as I. Al&s;o fayre aunt &punc; it is metely that the nobles of the countrey be enfourmed therof. well &abquod; the duches I pray god all be for the be&s;t. And than &s;he thought at their departinge / to de&s;yre them to mete agayne in the &s;ame place in Lent tyme / and to bringe their wyues and their coun&s;ayls with them. This lady dyde all this &s;o &s;ecretly / that fewe folkes knewe wherfore the cou~&s;ayle was. Thus the two dukes departed fro Cam|bray. The duke of Burgoyne went to the cytie of Arras / where as the lady his wyfe was. and the duke Aubert returned in to Hola~de / where as the lady his wyfe was. And the Duches of Brabant retourned in to her countrey / and e|uer &s;ecretly &s;he wrote and &s;ent to eyther party / and tooke great payne to bringe agayne the&s;e lordes and their wyues in to the cytie of Cam|bray: for greatly &s;he de&s;yred this mariage to be confyrmed / for to bringe in vnite and concorde / Flaunders / Brabant / and Haynalt to gyder.</P>
<P>SO moche dyd this good lady / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he and the &s;ayd dukes / their wyues and coun|&s;ayls came agayne to Cambray / and <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was done great honoure / for eche of them enfor&s;ed them &s;elfe to do honoure eche to other. There was the duches Margarete of Burgoyn / and the duches Margaret of Heynault / who helde &s;ore in this treaty. &s;aynge / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> if her &s;onne &s;hulde mary Margarete of Burgoyne / &s;he wolde al|&s;o that her doughter <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> mary John~ of Bur|goyne / and &s;o to make a cro&s;&s;e maryag<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> / wher|by &s;hulde be y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> more coniunction of loue. And &s;o two of the chyldren of Burgoyne &s;hulde be ma|ryed in to one how&s;e. The duke of Burgoyne thought it was ynough to mary his doughter / and excu&s;ed Johan his &s;onne. &s;aynge / howe h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> was to yonge of age to be maryed. for the duk<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Burgoyne had ymaginacion to mary Jo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> his &s;onne with Katheryne of Fraunce / &s;u&s;ter<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> his nephewe the french kyng. So thus on <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">
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poynt the treaty was lyke to haue fayled / for the duches of Bauiers &s;ayd / howe there &s;hulde be made no maryage of any of her chyldren / with out they were both maryed. Alwayes &s;he helde this purpo&s;e / <ABBR>ther</ABBR> coude no man breke her ther|of. The duches of Brabant hadde great payne to go fro the one to the other / and to bringe the treaty toguyder. So moche &s;he dyd alegynge and &s;he wynge &s;o good rea&s;ons / &s;pecially to the duke and duches of Burgoyn / that finally they went through / and concluded that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;onne and doughter of the duke of Burgoyne / &s;hulde be maryed to the &s;onne and doughter of the duke Aubert of Bauiers. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> let of the mater fyue dayes before / was for a mater that the duke of Burgoyns cou~&s;ayle feared. for they <ABBR>vnder&s;tod</ABBR> that duke Aubert had nat bene in trewe po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion of Heynalt / but in po&s;&s;ibylite therof / for as than lyued erle Willyam of Haynault his bro|ther / and lay &s;ore &s;ycke at Oue&s;noy / the whiche erle myght recouer and ouerlyue duke Aubert his brother. and if he &s;o dyd they thought clere+ly and feared greatly / that his other bretherne &s;hulde haue the gouernynge of Haynault / and the chyldren of duke Aubert to be put clene out. For this dought they made a delay in this ma|ryage the &s;pace of fyue dayes / tyll at la&s;t it was clerely knowen / that duke Aubert hadde no mo bretherne but the Erle of Haynault / &s;o that he coulde nat put the herytage fro duke Aubertes chyldren. Whan~e the&s;e thynges were knowen / there was than~e no lenger delay / but the&s;e ma|ryages were &s;worne &amp; couenaunted / that Wil|lym~ of Haynalt &s;hulde haue in maryage Mar+garet of Burgoyne. And Johan of Burgoyne to haue to his wyfe Margarete of Haynault / and that all the&s;e &s;hulde retourne to Cambray / <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">o parforme the &s;olempni&s;acion of the&s;e mary|ages at the vtas of E&s;ter than next after. In the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ere of our lorde a thou&s;ande thre hundred four <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ore and fyue.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">we the frenche kynge &amp; the lor|des of Frau~ce and of Heynalt / made their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">roui&s;yon to be at Ca~bray. And of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">ne&s;&s;age of the duke of Lanca|&s;tre <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">it to the erle of Haynalt. and of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">yages of the chyldren of Hay+nalt a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> Burgoyne. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">p. CCCC .l.</HEAD>
<P>_THus euery man depar+ted fro Cambray / &amp; the duke of Burgoyne returned in to Fraunce to the king / and the duches his wyfe returned to Arras. the duke Aubert and the duches his wyfe retour|ned to the towne of Oue&s;noy in Haynalt. And the lady of Brabant in to her countrey. Than warkmen were &s;ette awarke to make redy lod|gynges in the cytie of Cambray / and men were &s;ent thyder to make proui&s;yon / &s;o great and &s;o co&s;tly that it was marueyle to con&s;ydre. This fea&s;t was cryed &amp; publy&s;&s;hed abrode / to be hol|den at Cambray the weke after the vtas of Ea|&s;ter. Whan the frenche kyng was enfourmed of this be&s;ynes / he &s;ayd he wolde be at the mary|ages of his co&s;yns. And &s;o he &s;e~t to Ca~bray the &s;tewardes of his how&s;e to make proui&s;yon for him acordyng. The by&s;&s;hopes palays was ta|ken vp for the duke of Burgoyne / and his pro|uy&s;ion made there / howbeit they were fayne to delyuer it vp for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> kyng. Than carpenters and ma&s;ons were &s;et a warke in the palays to make it after a&s;tate royall / whiche warke as yet ape|reth / for before this fea&s;t it was nat in remem|brau~ce of man / nor harde of two hundred yere before / &s;o great a fea&s;t and &s;olempnyte as was than a&abper;elled. For the lordes to make the~ fre&s;&s;he and gorgious / &amp; to exalte their e&s;tates / &s;pared no more money / than it had fallen fro the clow|des / and euery man helped other.</P>
<P>Tidynges of the&s;e mariages came to En|glande. the duke of Lanca&s;tre who alwayes ho+ped / that Willyam of Haynalt &s;hulde haue had to his wyfe his doughter / at lee&s;t he was borne &s;o in hande &punc; he was right pen&s;yue and &s;ore trou+bled with tho&s;e newes. And whan~e he had well ymagined to knowe the trouthe therof / he &s;ent certayne per&s;ons of his how&s;e to Gau~t / to &s;peke wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">h duke Auberte. And whan~e the&s;e me&s;&s;an|gers came to Gaunt / there they fou~de &s;ir John~ Bourchier / and the aldermen of Gaunt / Peter du Boy&s;e and Fraun&s;es Atreman / who made them right good chere. And &s;o <ABBR>ther</ABBR> they taryed two dayes / and fro thence they went to Mons in Heynalt / and &s;o to Que&s;noy / and there they came to the duke / and he and the duches and his children receyued them goodly / for the honour of the duke of Lanca&s;tre / and made them good chere. And in lykewi&s;e &s;o dyd the lorde of Gou|uighen. Than the may&s;ter of the byenge of the wolles of Englande &s;pake fir&s;t / after he hadde
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de lyuered his letters of credence / &amp; reco~maun|ded the duke of Lanca&s;tre to the duke Auberte his co&s;yn. And than he &s;pake of other thynges as he was charged to do. And amonge other thynges / he demaunded of duke Auberte as I was enfourmed / if it were his entent to percey|uer in the maryage with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> chyldren of the duke of Burgoyne. With tho&s;e wordes the duke a ly+tell chaunged colour / and &s;ayd: ye &s;ir truely by my faythe / wherfore do you demaunde. Sir <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> he: I demaunde it bycau&s;e the duke of Lan|ca&s;tre hathe alwayes hoped vntyll this tyme / that my lady Philyp his doughter / <ABBR>&s;huld</ABBR> haue had my lorde Willyam your &s;onne. Than~e the duke &s;ayd / co~panyon: &s;ay to my co&s;yn y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> whan &s;oeuer he mary his chyldren / I &s;hall nat mar|ueyle / nor be di&s;mayed therat&punc; no more he hath to do to take any care for the maryenge of any of my children / nor whether I wyll mary them or nat / nor whan / nor to whome. This was the an&s;were y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> thengli&s;&s;hmen had of duke Aubert. So thus they toke theie leaue &amp; departed / and went the &s;ame nyght to Ualencennes / and the next day to Gaunt. Of them I can tell no more but I thynke they retourned in to Englande.</P>
<P>WHan Ea&s;ter came as than acounted / a thou&s;ande thre hundred four&s;core and fyue yeres of our lorde / the fre~che king the duke of Burgoyne / the duke of Burbon / the duke Aubert / the duches his wyfe / the duches of Brabant / the duches of Burgoyne / &s;ir Wil|lyam and &s;ir John~ of Namure / came to Cam|bray. The kynge went to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> palys that was his lodgynge / &amp; euery man drewe to their lodgyn|ges. ye may well beleue and knowe that where the frenche kyng was / and where as there was many noble princes &amp; great ladyes / there was great and noble chiualry. The king entred the monday at none / and all lord&abis; and ladyes met him without the towne. and &s;o he was conuey|ed with trompettes / and great plenty of myn|&s;trels. And &s;o brought to the palys. The &s;ame monday in the pre&s;ence and before all the great lordes: was renewed the couenauntes of mary|ages. and Willm~ Dor&s;et &s;hulde haue the coun|tye of O&s;trenant / the lady Margaret his wyfe was endowed with the lande of Acque in Bra|bant. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duke of Burgoyn gaue his dough+ter a hundred thou&s;ande frankes. Thus they made their porcyons. The tuy&s;day at the hour of Ma&s;&s;e / they were wedded in the cathedrale churche of our lady of Cambray with great &s;o|lempnyte. The by&s;&s;hoppe of Cambray dyd the ob&s;eruaunce / who was called Johan Borne of Brucels. At the dyner <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was &s;hewed moche noblenes. The kyng cau&s;ed the two lordes and the two ladyes newly maryed to &s;yt at his table and other lord&abis; &s;erued. There &s;ate at dyner the con&s;table of Fraunce / &amp; the mar&s;hall of Frau~ce &s;ir Guy de la Tremoyle / &amp; &s;ir Willyma de Na+mure &s;erued / and &s;o dyd dyuers other great lor+des of Frau~ce. In fyue hu~dred yere before there was nat &s;ene &s;uche a &s;olempnite in Cambray. And after dyner knyghtes and &s;quiers were ar+med to iu&s;t. And &s;o they iu&s;ted in the markette place .xl. knightes of the one &s;yde. The yonge kyng Charles iu&s;ted with a knight of Heynalt called &s;ir Nycholas E&s;pinot. So the&s;e iu&s;tes were nobly contynued / and a yonge knyght of Haynalt had the price / called &s;ir Johan of De|&s;ternne / be&s;yde Beawmont in Haynalt. This knyght iu&s;ted greatly to the plea&s;ure of the lor|des &amp; ladyes. He had for his pri&s;e a gyrdell &s;et with precyous &s;tones / gyuen hym by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> duches of Burgoyne: from her owne wa&s;t. the admy|rall of Fraunce / &amp; &s;ir Guy de la Tremoyle dyd pre&s;e~t it to him. Thus in great reuell they con|tynued all that weke / and on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> friday after dy|ner / the kyng toke leaue of the lordes &amp; ladyes / and they of him / and &s;o departed fro Cambray. And al&s;o the dukes &amp; duche&s;&s;es de&abper;ted / and the duches of Burgoyn brought margaret of Hay+nalt her doughter to Arras. and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lady of Hay|nalt brought y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lady Margarete of Burgoyne to Que&s;noy. Thus pa&s;&s;ed forthe this be&s;ynes.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Howe the duke of Berrey en&s;ured his doughter / to the &s;on~e of therle of Bloy&s;e. and howe therle of Matche and the duke of Burbon made their &s;omons to entre in to Lymo&s;in. Cap. CCCC .li.</HEAD>
<P>_THe &s;a~e &s;ea&s;on there was tre|ty of maryage / bytwene Loys of Bloys / &s;on to therle Guy of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">oy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lady Mary / dought <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 words"> Johan of Berry. And &s;o th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">rle of Bloys well aco~panyed with lordes and ad<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">s brought his doughter to Bergues in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> / where the duke and duches were redy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">de for them / who tyght nobly receyued <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word"> and all their company. And there was <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">rmed the a&s;&s;urance of that maryage / an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">che|by&s;&s;hop of Bergues en&s;ured them <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">der in the pre&s;e~ce of many lordes and lad<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span"> howbeit they were natte wedded as than <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 span">ey were
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bothe very yonge. So <ABBR>ther</ABBR> was great fee&s;t / re+uelyng and daun&s;yng / and &s;o at la&s;t therle and the counte&s;&s;e retourned to their countre / &amp; their &s;onne with them. And the lady abode &s;tyll with the duches her mother in Barrey / in a fayre ca+&s;tell be&s;yde Bergues called Mehune on the ry+uer of yure. The &s;ame &s;ea&s;on the duke of Ber|ry went in to Auuergne and La~guedocke / and &s;o to Auignon to &s;e pope Clement. And it was ordayned that the duke of Burbone and therle of Marche with two thou&s;ande men of armes &s;hulde go in to Lymo&s;yn to delyuer that coun|tre / fro all the engly&s;&s;hmen and theues that rob+bed and pylled the cou~tre. For in Poictou and in Xaynton / they had as than certayne fortre&s;|&s;es whiche dyde moche domage to the cou~tre / wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey&punc; who was in mynde to remedy it. and he had de&s;yred the duke of Burbone his co&s;yn / that in any wy&s;e whan he were come into Limo&s;yn and Xaynton / that he &s;hulde co~quere the gary&s;on of Bertuell / for that was the forte|re&s;&s;e that dyde moo&s;t hurt in that countre. And the duke of Burbone promy&s;ed hym &s;o to do. And he hadde made his &s;omons at Molins in Burbonoy&s;e to be there the fir&s;t daye of June / and &s;o thyder drewe at that tyme all maner of men of warre. The duke of Burbone had with hym a gentyll &s;quyer called Johan bone lau~ce. He was may&s;ter and capitayne of his men of warre. Certaynly the &s;quyer was well worthy to haue &s;uche a charge / and the erle of Marche who &s;hulde be in co~pany with the duke of Bur+bone made his &s;omons at the cytie of Toures.</P>
<P>tHe &s;ame &s;ea&s;on there came to Sclu&s;e in Flaunders / all &s;uche men of warre as were apoynted to pa&s;&s;e the &s;ee into Scotlande / with &s;ir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce: &amp; he &s;hulde haue with hym a thou+&s;ande &s;peares knightes and &s;quiers. And I be+leue well they were all there / for they had great de&s;yre to go. In &s;o moche that &s;ome that were nat de&s;yred / aduaun&s;ed them &s;elfe to go in that voyage with the admyrall. All their &s;hyppyng was redy apparelled at Sclu&s;e / and they ca|ryed with them harne&s;&s;e for .xii. hundred men of armes. They had taken that harne&s;&s;e out of the ca&s;tell of Beauty be&s;yde Parys. The har|ne&s;&s;e was parteyning to the pari&s;yens / the whi+che they were cau&s;ed to bring to the &s;ayd ca&s;tell in the tyme of their rebellion. In the admyrals company / there were a great nombre of good men of <ABBR>warr.</ABBR> And their enten&s;yon was to dely+uer the &s;ayd harne&s;&s;e to the knyghtes &amp; men of Scotlande / bycau&s;e &s;ir Geffray de Charney had enformed the kynges coun&s;ayle / howe the men in Scotlande were but ea&s;ely harne&s;&s;ed. I &s;hall name vnto you / parte of the~ of Fraunce that wente in to Scotlande the &s;ame &s;ea&s;on&punc; Fir&s;t &s;ir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the erle of graunt pre / the lordes of Uerdnay / of &s;aynt Crou&s;e and of Mountbury / &s;ir Gef|fray of Charney / &s;ir Wyllyam of Uyen / &s;ir Ja+ques of Uyen / the lorde de&s;paigny / &s;ir Gerard of Burbone / the lorde of Hetz / &s;ir Floromonde of Qui&s;&s;y / the lorde of Marny / &s;ir Ualerant of Rayneuall / the lorde of Beau&s;aige / the lorde of Uaynbrayne / the lorde of Rynoll baron dury / the lorde of Coucy / &s;ir Percyuall Daneuall / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde Ferrers / the lorde of Fountaygnes / &s;ir Braquet of Braquemont / the lorde of Graunt court / the lorde of Landon breton / &s;ir Guy la &abper;+&s;on / &s;ir Wyllm~ de Couroux / &s;ir Johan de Han+gyers / &s;ir Henry de Uyncelyn / co&s;yn to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> great mai&s;ter of Pruce: &amp; diuers other good knight&abis; whiche I can nat all name / &s;o that they were to the no~bre of a thou&s;ande &s;peares knightes and &s;quyers / be&s;yde cro&s; bowes and other varlett&abis;. They had gode wynde and a fayre &s;ea&s;on on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ee / the wether was fayre / it was in the moneth of May. That tyme y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> tru&s;e bytwene Engla~de and Frau~ce was expyred / and bitwene the gau~+toy&s;e and flemynges lykewi&s;e: for as it &s;emed than euery parte de&s;yred warre / knyghtes and &s;quiers de&s;yred greatly to go in the voyage to Scotlande / for they thought by the ayde of the &s;cott&abis; to haue a fayre iourney agayn&s;t their ene+myes in Engla~de. Thengly&s;&s;hmen who were enfourmed of their comynge / loked for theym euery day.</P>
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<P>Thus endeth the fir&s;t volume of &s;ir Johan Froi&s;&s;art: of the cronycles of Engla~de / Fraunce / Spayne / Portyngale / Scotlande / Bretayne / Flau~ders / and other places adioy|nyng. Tran&s;lated out of frenche in to our ma|ternall engly&s;&s;he tonge: by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners. At the co~maundement of our moo&s;t highe redouted &s;oueraygne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce / and hygh defender of the chri&s;ten faithe. &amp;c. Imprinted at London in Flete&s;trete by Richarde Pyn&s;on / printer to the kynges no+ble grace. And ended the .xxviii. day of Janua+ry: the yere of our lorde .M. D .xxiii.</P>
<P>Cum priuilegio a rege indulto.</P>
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