The Brut, or The chronicles of England. Edited from Ms. Raw. B171, Bodleian Library, &c., by Friedrich W. D. Brie, with introduction, notes, and glossary ...

IN þe xxij ȝere of King Edwardys regne, he wente ouere in þe wynter time, & lay al þe wynter in þe seege of Caleys. Þe whiche year, while þe sege lasted, Philip of Valeys, Kyng of Fraunce, cast & purposed, trecherously & wiþ fraude, to put awey þe sege, & come þe xxvij day of Iuyll in þe same ȝere wiþ a grete oste & a strong poer, & neigrhed vnto þe sege of Caleys. ¶ þe wiche Philip, þe last day of Iuyll, sent to King Edward word þat he wold ȝeue him playn bataill þe .iij. day next after þat, about euesong tyme, if þat he durst come fro þe sege & abyde hit. And whan Kynge Edward herd þat, wiþout eny long taryng or grete avisement, he accepted gladly þe day & hour of bataill þt Philip had assigned. And whan the Kyng of Fraunce herd þat, wiþout eny long taryng or rete auysement, þe next nyght after he set hys tentys afyre, and vanysshed & went awey þens cowardly. ¶ Than þey þat were in þe toun and in þe castell byseged, seyng al þis, how þat þei hade non oþer helpe ne socour of þe Kinge of Fraunce ne of his men, & also þat her vitailles wiþin hym were spended and wasted, & for defaute of vitailles & of refresshyng þey eten hors, houndes, cattes & mys, for to kepe her trouþe as long as þey myȝte. ¶ And whan they sawe, & was found amongeȝ hem at þe last þat þey had no þing amonge hem forto ete ne lyve by, ne no socour ne rescuyng of þe Frensshemen; on þe toþer syde

þey weste wel þat [Cambridge, No. 174 179b] þey must deie for defaute, eyþer ȝelde vp þe toun; and anon wenten & tokin done þe banerys & þe armes of Fraunce on euery side þat were hanged out, & wenten on þe walles of þe toun, and in oþer diuers placys, as naked as þey were bore, saf hire chirtys and brechys, & heldyn hire swerdus naked, & þe poynt downward, in hire handeȝ, & puttyn ropys & halterys abowte hire neckys, and ȝolden vp þe keyes of þe toun and of þe Castell to Kyng Edward, wiþ grete fere and drede of hert. ¶ And when the King sav þis, as a mercyable king and lord, resceyued hym al to his grace; & a feue of þe grettste persones of stat and of gouernaunce of þe toun he sent into Engelond, þer for to abyde hire raunsome & þe kinges grace; & al þe communialte of þe toun þe king lete go wher þey wolde in pees, & wiþoute ony harme, & lete ham bere with ham al hire þingeȝ þat þey myȝte bere & cary away, keping þe toun and the castell to hymself. ¶ Þan, þoruȝ mediacioun of cardenalles þat were sent fro þe pope, trewes was take þer bituene Fraunce & Engelond for ix moneþes þan next folwyng; & aboute mychelmasse King Edwarde come aȝen vnto Engelond wiþ a glorious victorye.