& men of Caleis camen with þam wele I wene,
To brenne þe toun alle samen, & slouh men þrittene.
þe wardeyn herd it telle of þe castelle biside,
A monke of a Celle bare him wele þat tide.
þei sette so wele þer wardes, & stifly samen stode,
þat Normanz & Pikardes left boþe hede hode.
A monke þer was I wene, he slouh tuenti,
þer hedes quyte & clene, he laid þam bi & bi.
A monk was of þat celle, þei slouh him danz Thomas,
A saynt he men telle, with Normanz slayn he was.
I wene þat þei ȝede, mykelle not þei wonnen,
þe Frankis þat mot spede, to schippes fast ronnen.
After alle þis fare, þe cardinals went þer weie,
What ansuere þei bare, þe soþe can I not say.
No þe les of fele þis was þe comon sawe,
þer folk alle sulle þe spele, & fro werryng þam drawe
Edward & Philip, & late þe folk ouer wend
& passage haf in schip, to londes forto lend.
In þe sufferance of pes, tille þe acorde wer ent,
þe Inglis þerto ches, if Almanz wild consent.
TO while þise cardinals trauaild for þe pes, [De tradici|one Turbe|uile.]
Here of a wikhals how he bigan a res.
[Thomas de Turbeuyle, qe a Riouns fu pris, En taunt ad parle al prouost de Parys, Ke [vel Qe] fet ad son homage, & hostages mys Les. ii. fiz en garde, & sure|ment promys, Aler en En|gleterre, espyer le pays, Et dire al Reis Edward, qil veent futyfs, Eschape de pri|soun par my ses enemys, MSS. Gall.] Thomas Turbeuile was taken at Rions,
At Paris he duelte a while in hold with oþer prisons.
