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¶Of the besygynge of Rochell & how the er∣le of Penbroke & his cōpany was takē in y^e ha∣uen wyth spanyerdes & all hys shyppes brent.

THe .ix. daye of Iune kynge Edward in the .xlvii. yere of his regne helde his parlemente at whynchestre & it lasted but .viii. dayes / to the whiche parlement were sompned by wryte of men of holy chyrche .iiii. bysshops & .v. abbottes without ony moo. This parle∣ment was holden for marchauntes of London of Norwhiche & of other dyuerse plac{is} in dyuer¦se thynges and poyntes of trason that they we∣re defamed of / that is to saye that they were re∣bell & wolde arise ayenst the kynge this same ye¦re the duke of Lancastre & the erle of Cambryd¦ge his brother come out of Gascoyne into En¦londe & tooke & wedded to theyr wyues peters doughter somtyme kynge of Spayne Of why¦che two doughters the duke had the elder & the erle y^e yonger. & that same tyme there were sent two Cardynals fro the pope / that is to saye an Englysshe Cardynall & a Cardynal of Parys to treate of peas bytwene these two reames / y^t whyche whan they had ben both longe eche in his prouynce & countreees fast by treatynge of the forsayd peas / att the last they toke with the¦ym the lettes of procuracye & went ayen to Ro¦me without ony effect of theyr purpose. ¶In this yere was there a stronge Batayll in the see bytwene Englysshmen and flemynges and y^e Englysshmen had the victory & toke .xxv. shyp¦pes with salt and sleynge and drenchynge all y^e mē that were therin vnwetynge they they we∣re of that countree. And moche harme shold ha¦ue fallen therof had not peas & accorde sone be made bytwene them. ¶And in this same yere the frensshmen besyeged the towne of Rochell wherfore the erle Penbroke was sent into gas¦coyne wyth a grete company of men of armes

for to dystroye the syege / whyche passed the see and came sauf to the hauen of Rochell / & whan they were there at the hauē mouth or that they myght entre / sodaynly come vpon them a strō¦ge nauye of Spanyardes y^e whiche ouercame the Englysshmen in moche blemysshynge hur¦tinge and sleynge of many people for as moche as the Englysshmen were than not redy for to fyght ne were ware of them. And as the Span¦yerdes came vpon them all the Englysshmen other they were takē or slayne / and .x. of theym were sore woūded to the deth and all theyr shyp¦pes brente / and there they toke the erle wyth a grete tresour of the reame of Englōde and ma∣ny other noble mē also on mydsomer euen the whiche is saȳt Edeldred{is} daye and ledde them with them into Spayne. And of this mysche∣yf was no grete wonder for this erle was a full ylle lyuer as an open lechoure And also in a cer¦tayne parlemente he stode and was ayenst the ryghtes & fraunchyse of holy chyrche And also he counseylled the kyng and counseyll that he shold axe mo of men of holy chyrche than other persones of the laye mē. And for the kynge and other men of hys counseyll accepted and tooke rather ylle opynyons and causes ayenste men of holy chyrche than he dyd for to defende and mayntene the ryght of holy chyrche / it was af¦ter seen many tymes for lacke of fortune & gra¦ce they had not ne bare awaye so grete vycto∣ry ne power ayenst theyr enmyes as they dyd before. ¶This same yere the kyng with a gre¦te host entred the see to remeue the syege of Ro∣chell / but the wynde was euer contrarye vn∣to hym and suffred hym not lōge tyme to go fer fro the londe / wherfore he abode a certayne ty¦me vpon the see costes abydynge after a good wynde for thē & yet come in not So at y^e last he come thens with his mē to lond warde ayen. & anone as he was a londe y^t wynde began to tor¦ne & was in an other cost than he was afore.