Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

Anno domini .M.C.lxxii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxiii.
	Rycharde Parys.
Syr walter Henry.		Anno .lvii.
	Iohn̄ Bedyll.

IN thys .lvii. yere of kynge Hēry and begynnynge of the same, the kynge sy¦kened / so that he was forcyd to kepe his bed at westmin¦ster, where he called before hym syr Gylberte de Clare erle of Glouceter and caused hym to be newly sworne to kepe the peas of the lande, to the behofe of Edwarde hys sonne / and than dyed vppon the daye of saynte Edmunde the bysshoppe, or the .xvi. day of Nouembre / and was buryed vppon the southesyde of saynte Ed∣warde in westmynster, whenne he had reygned .lvi. yeres & .xxviii. days leuynge after hym syr Edwarde be∣forenamed for hys heyre, & Edmūde Crowchbak. In a table hāgyng vpō the tombe of the sayd Henry are writ¦ten these verses folowynge.

Tercius Henricus iacet hic, pietatis amicus Ecclesiam strauit istam, quam post renouauit Reddat ei munus, qui regnat trinus & vnus.

The whyche may be Englysshed as foloweth.

The frende of pyte and of almesse dede Henry the thyrde whylome of Eng∣lande kynge. who thys chyrch brake, & after hys mede Agayn renewed into this fayre buyl¦dynge

Nowe resteth in here, whyche dyd so great a thynge He yelde hys mede, that lorde in deyite That as one god reygneth in perso∣nes thre.

Francia.

LOwys the .ix. of y^e name and sonne vnto the seconde Phylyp, begā his reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce in the yere of our lorde .xii.C.xxiii. and the .vii. yere of the thyrde Hēry then kynge of Englande. Thys Lo∣wys was crowned at Raynes vpon the daye of saynt Sixtus the pope or the .vi. day of August. By the meane of thys Lowys as testifieth the frēshe cronycle, retourned the blode of Pe∣pyn to the enherytaunce of the crow∣ne of Fraunce, whose name was Isa¦bell doughter of Bawdewyn erle of Henaut / whych Bawdewyn was dis¦cendyd of Ermengaunte, somtyme countesse of Namoure, whyche was doughter to Charles duke of Lo∣rayne / the whyche Charles was ly∣nyally dyscended of Charles the Cō∣querour that was sonne of Charles Martellus the sonne of Pepyn.

whan thys Lowys had passed the solempnytye of hys coronacyon / he made a vyage into y^e countre of Poy∣tiers, and there wanne from the En∣glysshe men certayne castelles & tow¦nes, as before in the .x. yere of Henry the thyrde is touched. The whyche vyage by hym fynysshed / he at y^e con¦templacyon and prayer of kyng Io∣han kynge of Hierusalem, toke vpō hym the crosse to warre vpō the Tur¦kes / and after all thynges for that vyage made redy, passed with hys hoost by Burgys & Neuers, and so to Lyon / and from Lyon to Auygnd the whyche for dysobedyence to the chyrche of Rome had stande accursed vppon the terme of .vii. yeres. But where as kynge Lowys supposed he shulde haue passed with hys people as he had passed the other cytyes / y^e cytezeyns closed the gates agayne hym, & wolde nat suffre hym nor hys to come within the cytye.

wherfore the kynge commaunded assaute to be made / and so continued there hys siege tyll the myddell of Au¦gust, the whyche was begon aboute the ende of Nouēbre / and loste there many of hys men / amōge the whych Guy erle of saynte Paule a man of great fame was one, with y^e bysshop of Lemeryk and other, to the nōbre of .ii.M. or theraboute. wherewith thys Lowys was so amoued, that he made a solempne othe, that he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had wonne the towne.

when that the rulers of the towne had knowlege of the kynges a••owe and promesse that he had made / they toke aduysemente / and shortly after sent vnto the kynge .ii. noble men of the cytye to entreate and common of peas. But peas was to them vtterly denyed / except they wolde submytte theym hooly to the correccyon of the pope. For the offence done to god & hys chyrch of Rome / & after to stāde to the kynges dome, for dysplea∣sure done agayne hym. In the ende thoughe thys condycyon were great¦ly agayne theyr mynde / it was lastly agreed vnto, and the kynge with his people was receyued into the cytye. And after he had restyd hym there a season, that the cytezens had agreed theym with the popes legate, and re∣ceyued of hym absoluciō / with a new bysshop named Peter Corbio of the popes eleccyon than Gregory the .ix. with other thynges done accordinge

to the sayd popes commaundement: Then kynge Lowys commaunded fyrste the dyches of the towne to be fylled playne with the grounde. And that done, he caused to be caste vnto the erthe .iii.C. of y^e fayrest houses of the cytye. And after certayne sūmes of money by hym receyued towarde hys charge / he departed thens to∣warde Tholowse / & there by aduyce of hys barony, for so moche as wyn∣ter was towarde he retourned into Fraunce / & so sped hym on hys iour∣ney, that vppō the euyn of all Sain¦tes he came to a place called Moūte Pauncer in the prouynce of Aluerne where he was takē with stronge sy∣kenesse, and dyed within .iiii. dayes after, whose corps with grete honour was conueyed vnto saynt Denys, & there buryed by hys father / when he had reygned .iii. yeres / leuynge after hym a sonne, the whych is nowe na∣med saint Lowys, and was than of y^e age of .xii. yeres or nere thereaboute.

LOwys the .x. of that name sur¦named saint Lowys, and son of the .ix. Lowys laste kynge / began hys reygne ouer the lande of Fraūce in the moneth of Nouember, and ye∣re of grace .xii.C. & .xxvi. and y^e .x. ye∣re of Henry the .iii. then kynge of En¦glande. The whyche for hys tender∣nesse of youthe, was thought insuffi∣cyent to take so greate a charge / and specyally of y^e duke of Brytayne thā named Peter Mancler, the whyche encensed and styred many noble men agayne the sayde Lowys. But at length by prouysyon of quene Blan¦che hys mother and other lordes, he subdued hys enemyes / & at Raynes was crowned in the moneth of Decē∣ber folowyng, of the bysshop of Soy sons, for so moche as at that tyme y^e see of Raynes was voyde.

The .iiii. yere of hys reygne and of hys age .xvii. he buylded the house of relygyon called Royan mount / & set∣therin monkes of Cysteauxe ordre whyte monkes, and endewed theym with ryche possessyons.

It was nat longe after that great varyaunce fyll betwene the vnyuer∣sytye or studientes of Parys and the cytezeyns of the same / in suche wyse that the studyentes were in purpose to haue lafte y^e cytye, & to haue kepte theyr study ellys where. Of y^e whych stryfe the frenche boke expresseth nat the cause / but saythe that the kynge made good spede to agree theym, for so moche as kyng Hēry of Englande had made laboure to the sayde stu∣dyentes to come into hys countre, & to enhabyte theym there with many great pryueleges. But in cōclusion y^e frenche kynge so entreated thē, that they agreed to reste there styll. And that of a congruēce / for they myghte dwell in no lande, where they shulde more surely be defended.* 1.1 For y^e kyng of Fraunce bereth the floure de Lyce for one of that causes, that is to saye for to defende the clergy. And the fayth of Chryste betokeneth the myd¦dle leef. And the thyrde betokeneth Chyualry. So that by the chyualry the clergy is defended, whych may••¦teyne the faythe of the holy chyrche. Aboute thys season kynge Lowys maryed to hys fere Margarete the doughter of the erle of Prouynce. Soone after y^e matrymony was so∣lepnysed / Frederyk the secōde before in y^e story of Hēry the .iii. mynded Em¦perour of Almayne, set vnto Lowis requyrynge hi y^e he wolde mete hym at a place called Ualcolour, to y^e en∣de that he myght commō with hym: whyche request kynge Lowys accep∣ted / & with a goodly company kepte there hys daye of metynge. But whan the Emperour was ware that he was commen thyder wyth suche a company / he fayned hym syke,

and broke hys appoyntement. wher∣fore the frenshmen construyed, that yf the kynge had comen thyder with a small or weke company / he wolde haue conueyed hym into hyghe Al∣mayn, and there to haue kepte hym tyll he had of hym hys pleasure, con∣cernynge the warre betwene kynge Henry and hym, or in other thynges. But when kynge Lowys espyed the delucyon of the Emperour / he then retourned into Fraunce. It was nat longe after that y^e kynge was enfour¦med of the obstynacy of the Albygen¦sis / the whyche of longe tyme had bē effected with dyuers poyntes of hery¦sy, and many tymes recōcyled by the kynges of Fraunce and other / & yet fallen agayne to the sayde errour / wherfore the kynge sent vnto syr Io¦han Beawmount the whych ioyned vnto theym / chargynge hym to en∣uade that countre, and to waste and distroy it, tyll he had forced theym to restore to the chyrch suche goodes as they before had taken frome it / and ouer that to cause theym to make a∣mendes to the good chrysten people, whyche they had harmed by meanes of theyr rapynes and exorcyōs. Upō whyche commaundement thus frō y^e kynge receyued / the sayde Iohan with a competent nombre of knygh∣tes entred the sayd coūtre, and layde syege to a strōg castell named Moūt Royall. And after many forte as∣sautes wanne the sayd castell & man¦ned it with Frenchemen. And than yode to an other stronge holde than named Saygos / and there lykewyse ordered the same. And after wastyng the countre, wan̄e from theym many townes & holdes / so that in the ende he forced the chyefrules of that pro∣uynce to obey theym to all hys hest{is} / and delyuered to hym suertyes or ho¦stagys for the perfourmaunce of the same. So y^t he retourned into Frāce with greate pompe and honour / and receyued of the kyng at hys home cōmynge great thanke, with many ry∣che gyftes. Aboute the .xv. yere of kynge Lowys / the warre was quyc∣kened betwene thys Lowys & Hēry the .iii. than kynge of Englande, for causes before shewed in the .xxvi. ye∣re of the sayde Henry. And after that warre as there is shewed ended / the kynge, whyche was towarde the cy∣tye of Lyon to haue vysyted the po∣pe Innocent the .iiii. whyche thyder was fled for fere of Frederik the fore named Emperour / was taken with a sykenesse named dyssenterya of the flux. wherwith he was so greuously vexed, that he laye longe at a towne called Poyntoyse / and was in great ieopardy of lyfe / where lastly after many pylgrymages for hym done, with prayers and other obseruaun∣ces longe to accompt / lastly it came to hys mynde, that yf it pleased god to restore hym to hys helth, he wolde make a vyage into the holy lande, & there warre vpon Chrystes enemyes After whyche promyse solemply auo¦wed / he mended dayly, and was sone after restored vnto hys helthe. whan the kynge was recouered and retor∣ned vnto Parys / he called a coūsayll of spyrytuall and temporall, & there shewed vnto theym of the promesse whyche he had made / requyryng thē of theyr assystence and ayde / wherin he fonde hys lordes were agreable.

And in the tyme and season y^t pro∣uysyon was made for that iourney / the kynge wyth a goodly company rode vnto the abbey of Cluny, to vy∣syte the foresayd pope / and he taryed with hym .xv. dayes. And after hys matter with hym sped, wyth playne remyssyon to hym graunted, and all other that kept with hym that vyage he retourned into Fraunce. And vpō wytsondaye folowynge / he kepte a

great courte of hys landes at Meleō where in presence of them, he called before hym Beatryce doughter vnto the erle of Prouince and syster to the quene hys wyfe / and there gaue her in maryage vnto Charles hys bro∣ther, and made hym there knyghte, with many other for hys loue. And y^e day folowyng he gaue vnto the sayd Charles the erledome of Amo•• with y^e lordshyp of Mayn. And soone after he rode to Paris, where he assembled many of his lordes to hold with hym hys iourney.

THe fryday folowynge y^e feaste of Penthecoste, in the yere of our lorde .xii.C. and .xliiii. & the .xxii. yere of the reygned of y^e sayd Lowys he with many of his lordes departed from Parys vppon hys iournay to∣warde the holy lande. In which was croysed also y^e archbyshops of Bour¦ges, and of Raynes, the bysshoppes of Laon, of Orleaunce, and of Beau¦uais, y^e erles of Artoys, of saynt Pau∣le, of Bloy, of Barre, of Marche, and of Moūtfort, with many other noble men whyche were longe to reherce. with the whyche company the kyng passed thorugh Burgoyn̄ / and so to Lyō the vttermost border of Fraūce where the kynge fonde at y^e tyme the forenamed pope, which there taryed for fere of the Emperour Frederyke.

whan the kyng a season had there taryed with the pope / he sent forth y^e bawe warde of hys host towarde the place called Aque Mort. And shortly after folowed hym selfe with the rest of hys people. But certayn of hys va¦warde passynge by a castell called y^e Roche of Clin / were spoyled and rob¦bed, and some slayne. wherof y^e kyng beyng enformed, charged hys knygh¦tes to assaute the sayde castell. The whych was done / and the Souldy∣ours hanged, and the castell made playne with the grounde. And after he helde on hys way tyll he came to the forsayd porte of Aque Mort or y^e deed see / where he toke shyppynge, & so sayled forthe vppon Bartylmewe euyn or the .xxiiii. day of August / and lāded after in the prouynce of Cipre / where he taryed all the wynter folo∣wyng, for some parte of his host that as yet was behynde. wherof y^e kynge he was ioyously receyued / and at his departynge thens, kept cōpany with hym in the same iourney. But there fortune began to frowne vpon kyng Lowys. For in the tyme of hys there taryenge moche of hys people syke∣ned and dyed. Amonge the whyche, passed to god these men of name folo¦wynge / the bysshop of Bauuais, the erles of Mountforde, of Barre, and of Uendosme, with dyuers other to y^e nombre of .ii.C.xl. whan kynge Lo∣wys not all without troubles, as dys¦cencions amōge his people, and daūger of takynge of the see, had passed the wynter and a parte of the begyn¦nynge of the yere / lastly aboute Try¦nyte sondaye he toke shyppynge at the porte of Cypre then named Dom¦meton or Dōmeson, and landed nere vnto the cytye of Damasse or Da∣myet the frydaye after. whan the cry∣sten host were comyn nere vnto the porte of Damasse / the kynge caused theym to be shypped in small vessels and so in ordre to sayle or rowe to∣warde the cytye. But the Sarazeyns beynge ware of theyr commynge, is∣sued oute of the cytye, and defended the porte vygorously / so that many a crysten man was slayne at that re∣counter. But in the ende the dys∣comfyture tourned vpon the Sara∣seyns. For the chyefe capytayne of the towne wyth .ii. Admyralles were there slayne, & many of theyr knygh∣tes. Then they gaue backe vnto y^e towne, and suffered the crysten to lande. The kynge then pyghte hys

pauylyons, and strengthed hys felde for sodayne brekynge out of the Tur¦kes / and so rested hym and hys peo∣ple the sonday and mōday folowing. As faste as the crysten made prouy∣syon to ordre for theyr suer lyenge in the felde, so faste the Turkes within the towne made purueyaunce to con¦ueye suche goodes as they myghte out of the cytye / and lastly sette the houses on fyre, & voyded vnknow∣ynge to the crysten hoost. Anone as the flambe of the fyre appered / the cri¦sten men without resystence entred y^e cytye and quenched the fyre, & after possessed the cytye. Here I passe ouer certayne legaciōs and messages sent fro a prynce of the Oryēt vnto kynge Lowys / wherin appereth more fame of wordes than of thynges of trouth Then the temples and synagoges of the cytye were hallowed & occupyed to crysten mennes vse. And there the kynge with hys hoost rested hym tyll the moneth of Nouēber folowynge / in the whych season came vnto hym the erle of Poytyers with a fayre cō∣pany. Then kynge Lowys with hys people departed from Damasse y^e .xx. day of Nouembre, by the ryuer of Ni¦lus, passynge with small vesselles to¦warde a stronge holde called Maf∣four / whyther at lengthe they came with greate daunger. How be it they myght nat come nere vnto the towne to laye theyr syege therunto, bycause of a ryuer there rūnyng named Tha¦noys or Thanoes. wherfore y^e kyng pyght hys Pauylyons betwene the sayd ryuer and the ryuer of Nylus.

In thys whyle y^e the crysten hoost was thus lodged / worde was brou∣ghte to the kynge that the Sowdan of Babylon was dede, the whych be∣fore hys deth had prouyded a greate host to be sent into Egypte to wyth∣stāde the crysten hoost / & had commit¦ted the rule therof vnto an hardy and valiaūt Turke named Saphardyn. The whyche wyth a greate people came downe to thys towne of Maf∣four or Macour, & there dayly made assautes vpon the crysten hoost / so y^t betwene theym were had many by∣kerynges & skyrmysshes to bothe damages. Lastly the kynge aduerty synge in hys mynde that he myghte nothynge dere the Sarazeyns, with oute he myght passe y^e ryuer of Tha¦noys / cōcluded by aduyce of hys ma¦ryners to make a brydge of shyppes so that fynally he cheyned and faste∣ned hys shyppes togyder, in suche wise that a passage was made for his knyghtes.

whan the Turkes espyed thys or∣denaūce / and apperceyued well that yf the crystē hoost had passed that ry∣uer, it shulde be to theyr greate dys∣auaūtage, anone with all ordenaūce and shot that they myght make, they dyd the vttermest of theyr powers to let the perfytyng of thys brydge and passage of the crysten hoost. And to thys fyll an other contraryte to the crysten. For the water of that ryuer whyche was brode and depe was so troublous of wawe, that the brydge therwith was all to shaken / & daun∣gerous to stande on.

But these Turkes entendynge to damage the cristen / left a certayne to defende the passage, whyle the other by a forde or passage vnknowen to y^e crysten men, came ouer the ryuer / & assauted the Frenchmen egerly / so y^e there was betwene theym foughten a cruell batayle. Howe be it thorugh dyuyne power of god, the Turkes were ouerset, and many of thē slayne and taken. The whyche batayll was foughten vpon the daye of saynt Fa¦byan and Sebastyan, or the .xx. daye of Ianuarii. But yet myght nat the crystē wyn ouer the ryuer. For dayly the strength of the coūtres there nere

came downe and fortefyed the hoost of the Sarazyns more & more.

The day folowynge the Puryfyca¦cyon of our Lady, blewe suche a tem¦pest of wynde, y^• it dyd moche harme bothe to the shyppes, and also to the tentes and pauylyons of the cry∣sten host. And with that scarcite of vi¦tayle began to appere / so y^t the kyng determyned to retourne agayn vnto Damasse.

WHen the Turkes espyed the re∣tourne of the Frenchemen / they ordeyned .iiii. barges or suche lyke vessayles / and stuffed them with pytche, rosyn, grece, and other ly∣quet and brēnyng stuffe / and in the nyght sodaynly brought thē a borde where the crysten flote lay / and then cast on them Grekysh fyre, y^e whyche anone set them in a lyghte fyre. By reason wherof the crysten flote was in great ieopardy, and with great la∣boure preserued from brēnyng. For thys despyte that the Sarazyns had done to the crysten / the kyng was so therwyth amoued, that he sayde and promysed that he wolde nat departe thens tyl he had done to the Turkes some dyspleasure. And vpon enquy∣sycyō made / he was enfourmed of a passage or foorde, that was within .iii. myles of hys pauylion▪ wherupō he called a counsayll of hys lordes, & shewed to them his purpose / gyuyng vnto the erle of Artoyes the ledynge of hys forewarde / & charged hym y^t whan he were passed the foorde, that he shuld tary there tyll y^e other deale of the host were ouer passed. whan al thynges was ordered to the kynges mynde / the sayd erle with hys com∣pany set forthwarde, and passed the sayd foorde wythout daunger / and there forgettynge what▪ to hym was before commaunded of the kynge, set forth incontynētly towarde the Tur¦kes, whyche he weale knewe kepte y^e place where the brydge was before made. And there faughte with theym which were al vnpurueyed, & vnkno¦wynge of hys sodeyne commynge. wherfore he slewe many of theym / & after chased the other, whyche for so∣coure fledde vnto the cytye of Maf∣sour foresayd / whome he folowed so egerly, that in y^e entryng of the cytye he entred with theym, and there was slayne with a certayn of hys knygh∣tes. By reason wherof y^e Soldyours of the towne were so encoraged, that they issued out vpon the crysten and draue them backe tyll they sawe the kynges power come / & then retour∣ned to the cytye & shytte with strēgth theyr gates. Thā kyng Lowis being ascertayned of the sayd erles dethe, made for hym great dole. And after prouysyon made for the lodgynge of hys people / he thē made dyuers bryd¦ges & passages ouer y^e ryuer of Tha∣noyes. And for the crysten host shuld be assured frō the sodayne & vnware assautes & reprochys of y^e infydelies / therfore he closed theym wythin a strength of a dyche & pale, that theyr enemyes myght no waye haue waye into them / & named that strengthe a park. In the whyche the crysten host there lodged all the season of Lent.

In y^e whych tyme y^e yōge Sowdā came downe wyth a great host of peo¦ple. And for he myght nat lodge hys people within the towne / therfore he made an other lyke parke vnto the cristen men, & there closed hys peple / so that betwene the crysten and them was many conflyctes and assautes / somtyme to the losse of that one, and eft to the losse of that other. But the Sowdane made all the meanes he myght to kepe vytayll frome the cry∣sten hoost / & stopped all the passages betwene Damasse & them, that from thēs they myght haue no socour. By meane wherof dysseases & sykenesse

fyll amonge the crysten, so that they dyed hougely.

when kynge Lowys was ware of these miseries on euery syde, he sente to the Sowdane to haue a truce for a certayne tyme. But in conclusion none wolde be to hym graūted. wher¦fore of necessyte he was forced to bre¦ke hys felde, & wyth as good polycy as he myght drewe hym to the ryuer of Nylus / & so by shyp passed downe by the sayd ryuer towarde Damasse. But he passed nat ferre or y^t he was assauted on euery syde / so y^t the fight contynued styll without seasynge, to the great losse of the crysten host.

Then lastly came the Sowdane with a fresshe cōpany / & beset y^e kyng so about, that in the ende he was ta∣ken, wyth hys .ii. bretherne Charles & Robert, the erle of Poytyers, y^e erle of Angeou, the erle of Flaunders, the duke of Brytayne, the erle of Soy∣sōs. And in y^e fyght was slayne / y^• bys¦shoppes of Langrees, & of Soysons with many other of whome y^e names be nat put in wryttynge.

when kyng Lowys was thus takē he was syke. wherfore with all dyly∣gence the Sowdan cōmaunded hym to be conueyed vnto Massoure / and after caused all the other of hys men to be slayne as many as were woun∣ded or syke, excepte they were men of great fame, by whome great aduaun¦tage myghte ryse by reason of theyr raunsome. And thus was the cristen host takē & spoyled of the Sarazyns the thursday next folowyng the feast of Easter, in the yere of our lord .M.ii.C.l. and the .xxiiii. yere of y^e reygne of thys kynge Lowys. The whyche after wyth the other of the nobles of Fraunce were sent vnto Babylon or Cayer / & there kept in sōdry prysōs.

IN processe of tyme it was a∣greed, that kyng Lowis shuld be delyuered fro pryson & conueyed saufly into the handes of crystēdome vpon condycyon that he shulde fyrst render and gyue vp into the Sow∣dans power the cytye of Damasse, wyth all suche prysoners as he had of Turkes and Sarazyns at that daye in hys power / and ouer that he shulde yelde by a certayne daye a cer¦tayne summe of besauntes, whyche after the frenche boke shulde be .viii.M. Besauntes Sarazyn. But Peter Dysroy sayth .iii.C.M. Besauntes.

Of these Besauntes I haue ler∣ned there shuld be .ii. That one is cal¦led a Bezaunde Imperyall, and the other a Bezaunte Ducall. The Be∣zaunde Imperyall is worth .l. duca∣tes, & the Ducal Bezaunde is worth xx. ducates. A ducate whyche is na∣med a ducat de camera, is worth .iiii.s.viii.d. A ducat Papall & Uenyziā be of lasse value, as .iii.d. or .iiii.d in a pece. Then yf hys raunsome be este∣myd after y^e imperyail Bezaunde, he payde after the rate of .iiii.s.vi.d. the ducate / and after the summe of .viii.M. Bezaundes in sterlynge money lxxxx.M.li. And for thys the Sow∣dane promysed to delyuer all suche prysoners as he had in hys prysons of crystē men. But in y^t he brake pro∣myse / for of .xii. thousande he deliue¦red scarsly .iii. In thys tyme of ta∣kynge of the Frenche kynge / a com∣pany of yonge men assembled theym togyder in Fraūce / and vnder theyr capytayne, whyche toke vppon hym lyke a bysshoppe, passed by Parys & Orleaunce and other good townes of Fraunce, sayeng that they wolde restore the kynge to hys lybertye. But lastely whan they drewe nere to the porte of the deed see, where they shulde haue taken shyppynge / there they fyll to all thefte and auou¦try. wherfore the people of that coū∣tre sette vppon theym, and slewe

theyr capytayne and the more parte of theyr cōpany where thorugh that symple feleshyp whyche named them selfe Shepherdes, was dysseuered & sparkelyd. whan thys blessed kyng Lowys was delyuered from the daūger of hys enemyes, & was broughte out of Egypte into Syrye / he there executed many dedes of charyte and of mekenes, and repayred the cytye of Ioppen and other standyng vpon the see syde / and from thens went on pylgrymage vnto Nazareth, and to the mount of Thabor. And when he was retourned vnto Ioppen / he re∣ceyued there tydynges of the deth of dame Blāch his mother. where after dyuers obseruan̄ces & prayers done for the soule of hys mother / he toke there shyppynge and sayled towarde Fraunce. And nat withoute trauayle and trouble of the see, at the ende of xii. wekes he landed in the Hauen of Marcyll or Martyll / and so sped his iournay that he came to Parys, in y^e yere of our lorde .xii.C. and .liiii. and the .vi yere after that he toke vppon hym the voyage / where of the cyte∣zeyns he was receyued wyth mooste honoure and gladnes. And there cal∣lynge a coūsayl / he refourmed many thynges for the weale of hys realme, & made one lawe whych is specyally remēbred / that is that no man beyng in auctorytye of any hygh offyce, as Prouost, Pretour, or any lyke office, shuld bye any landes or rētes within that lordshype y^t he had rule of. And for that cause that he shuld nat extort or wronge, or bye suche landes y^e bet¦ter chepe by reason of hys myghte or power.

At thys day the Prouosty or chyef rule or offyce was in the handes of y^e cytezeyns of Parys, by reason of a seale therof made to theym by the kynges progenytours. By meane wherof many iniuryes and wronges were done vnto the common people, and many theuys and other trans∣gressours by fauoure and money pas∣sed vnpunysshed. wherof thys bles∣sed kynge Lowys beyng enfourmed vpon suffycyent profe made, dyschar¦ged the cytezeyns therof / and assyg∣ned a man named Stephan Boyle in that offyce / assygnynge to hym ye¦rely a certayne stipend for executyng of that office / and ordeyned that euer after, the Prouost of Parys shuld be named by the kynge and hys heyres kynges.

He also made ordenaunces to a∣uoyde strumpettes out of the cytye, and punysshement for all accustoma¦ble great swerers / wyth many other good ordenaunces and lawes, the whyche I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme.

In this tyme and season were aby¦dynge in Fraunce in a place called saynt Nicholas de Boys .iii. chyldrē borne in Flaundres / the whych were sent thyder to lern y^e maner of fraūce & also to teche y^e chyldrē of a knyghte named syr Guyllm̄ de Brunz to shot. These chyldrē vpon a season passed the boūdes of the abbey groūde & en∣tred the warrayn of a lord of Fraūce called Enguerran lorde of Coucy, & there chased and shote at Conyes for theyr disport. The whych were there takē of the seruaūtes of the sayd En∣guerran, & presented to theyr lorde / y^e whych of hasty cruelnesse caused the iii. chyldrē with out pyte to be hāged. wherof heryng y^e Abbot of saint Ny¦cholas, cōplayned hym with the assy¦stēce of y^e fornamed syr Guillm̄ vnto the kyng. The whych incōtynētly sēt to the sayd Enguerrā, charging hym to apere before hys barony, to answe¦re to such matters as there shuld be layd vnto his charge. wher in y^e ende after many reasōs for hym layde / he by great instāce of hys frendes was

pardoned of y^t greuous offence wyth cōdicion folowyng / that is to meane fyrst he shuld pay vnto the kynge .x.M.li. of Parys money, whych is to meane .xii.C. & .l.li. sterling. And ouer that he shuld warre vpō goddes ene∣myes in Syria by the space of .iii. ye¦res contynually, vpon hys owne cost and charge. And thyrdely he shulde buylde a chapel wherin two preestes shuld synge for euer, for the soules of the sayd infauntes. Or after mayster Gagwyne, with the forsayd .x.M.li. & other ayde of the kynge / the hospy∣tall in Parys named y^e house of god in Pontoyse, with the frayter of the freer minors or gray freers in Paris were made and repayred.

Than after many dedes of charite done by this vertuous prince / as ma¦kynge of dyuers houses of relygyon seruyng of the poore people with his owne handes, with fastinges & other infynyte dedes of pytye: he lastly in the .xxxiii. yere of hys reygne honou∣rably receyued Hēry the .iii. thā kyng of Englande / and stablyshed with hym a peas as before in the .xliiii. ye∣re of the reygne of the sayd Henry is declared.

And that done / he in the .xxxvi. yere of hys reygne, maryed hys eldest son Phylyp vnto Isabell the doughter of Iamys kyng of Aragon. By rea∣son of whyche maryage / the frenshe kyng gaue ouer to the sayd Iamys, all suche ryght as he had in the lord∣shyppes of Besac, Dampierre, Rous¦selion, and Barsellon. And the sayde Iamys acquyted & gaue ouer to Lo¦wys, all suche ryghte and tytle as he had in the lordshypes of Carcasson, of Bygorre, and of Anilly.

And soone after he sente Charles hys brother at the request of the .iiii. Alexaundre than pope, into Cicilia with a great power, to withstande y^e vyolence of Manfrede sonne of Fre∣deryke the second than Emperoure / the whych agayne ryghte withhelde that kyngdome frome the chyrche of Rome. whome Charles after longe fyght, at a place named Boneuente slewe in batayll / and after was made kyng of the sayd countre by auctory∣tye of the sayde pope Alexaunder / payenge yerely vnto the chyrche of Rome .xl.M. ducates, which is moch lyke after the rate of sterlyng money viii.M.vi.C.lxvi.li.xiii.s.iiii.d. euery ducat accōpted at .iiii.s.iiii.d.

IT fyll so after, that in the .xlii. yere of kynge Lowys / Pope Clement the .iiii. of that name, sent a legate vnto Lowys, requyryng hym to ayde the crysten whyche in Siria were greuously warred with y^e Tur∣kes and Sarazyns. At whose request the kyng called a counsayll / wherin it was agreed y^t socour shuld be made wherfore the kynge with hys .iii. son¦nes, Phylyp, Iohn, & Peter, toke on them the crosse. And in the fyrste day of May, the yere of hys reygne .xliii / he with hys sayde sonnes and many other lordes of Fraunce as well spi∣rytuall as temporall, departed from Parys / and frome thens rode vnto Cluny, where he rested hym .iiii. days And from thēs sped hys iourney tyll he came to the forenamed porte of y^t deed see. where mette with hym a car¦dynall and legate of Rome, with dy∣uers other bysshoppes of Fraunce, the kyng of Nauarne, the dukes son of Brytayn, Alphōs erle of Poytiers the erles of Artoys and of Flaūdres, with many other.

And whyle the kynge wyth hys hoost laye at the sayde porte taryeng a conuenable wynde / a dyssencyon fyll betwene the Catholeynes and the men of Prouynce / so that a∣monge theym was foughten suche a skyrmysshe, that betwene theym

was slayne vpon a hondreth men / and many mo wounded or the stryfe myght be all seased.

Soone after the kynge wyth hys lordes toke shyppynge / and sayled with great daunger of tempest, tyll lastly he came to the ile of Sardynes where the crysten host rested theym a season / and after kept theyr cours til they came to the porte of Thunys or Cartage, the .xviii. day of the moneth of Iulii / where they rested in theyr shyppes that nyght. Upō the morne whan they shuld lande / all the porte was beset with Turkes and infyde∣les, whych shotte dartes and kast sto¦nes, to the greuaunce of the crysten host / so that they wanne lande wyth great dyffyculte & payne.

whan the kynge was landed, he lodged hys people / and after sent to serche for fresshe water to refresshe with hys hooste. In whyche meane whyle the Admyrall of the kynges nauy came vnto the kynge / requy∣ryng hī to haue a certayne of knygh∣tes assygned vnto hym / trustynge in god to wyn shortly the towne. And so sped hym, and assauted the towne. But anone as the capytayne of the towne was ware of theyr commyng / he with a great company issued oute of the towne, and forced the crysten hoost to gyue backe. wherfore kynge Lowys sent the Marshal of hys host with a certayne nombre of knyghtes to socoure the sayd Admyrall / and in tyme of the fyght gatte betwene the Sarazyns and the towne / so that whyle some faught with the Turkes the other wanne the towne / wherof the Turkes beynge ware fled soone after / but nat without great slaugh∣ter of thē. For after that fyght, many of theym whyche escaped frō the ba∣tayll, were after slayne in cauernys and holes where they hyd theym in the grounde. whan the towne of Car¦tage or Thunis was by y^e cristē thus wonne / anone the kynge commaun∣ded the dede bodyes to be caste out, & the towne to be clēsyd of all ordours and fylthes. And when all was done as the kynge had commaunded / he then entred the towne, and lodged within as many as the towne wolde holde. And y^e other he fortyfyed with dyches and other strengthes, to pre∣serue them from theyr enemyes / and so taryed there the cōmyng of Char∣les hys brother and kyng of Cycilia. It was nat lōge after that the cytye or towne was wonne, but y^t the kyng of Thunys with a great host of Tur¦kes came nere to the towne, & made showys & offers / but they abode not therby. One day the erle of Artoys in one company, and a knyghte called syr Peter Cabellane in an other com¦panye / gatte betwene the see and the Turkes that they were compelled to fyght / so that betwene theym was a cruell fyghte, & many slayne vppō both sydes. But in the ende the Tur¦kes were scomfyted & chaced to theyr shyppes. In thys fyghte were slayne ii. cristen knyghtes, named le Chaste¦layn and syr Iohn̄ de Ronssoylyers. After thys batayll or fyght / the Sa∣razyns made no great assautes. But thē by reason of the unholsomnes of that countre, sykenes fyll amonge y^e crysten hoost / so that the people dyed faste. And shortly after the kyng was takē with suche a flixe, and therwith an agu that he kept hys bedde. And after the ryghtes of the chryche takē, and certayne monycyons gyuen to hys sonne Phylyp how he shulde be¦haue hym in gydynge of the realme of Fraunce / knowynge the houre of dethe approched, charged suche as were aboute hym that they shuld lay hym vpon a bed of asshes & powdre. where he so lyeng a season in prayer expyred, the day folowyng saint Bar¦tholomeus

tholomeus day, or the .xxv. day of Au¦gust, when he had reygned .xliiii. ye∣res lackynge .ii. monethes / leuynge after hym the .iii. forenamed sonnes Phylyp, Iohn̄, & Peter. Thē the Bowellys were buryed in Cecilia / and the body enbawmed with ryche oyn∣tementes, was recaryed vnto saynte Denys of Fraūce, & therwith greate reuerence entered. The whych after for hys myracles, of y^e .vii. Bonyface was sette amonge the nombre of sayntes.

PHylyp the thyrde of that name, and sonne of saynt Lo¦wys / beganne his reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce the .xxvi. daye of y^t moneth of September, in the yere of our lord .xii.C.lxx. and the .liiii. yere of Henry the .iii. than kynge of Eng∣lande / and began than as before is shewed in Affrica, at the towne or cy∣tye of Thunys or Cartage / accōpa∣nyed with Charles hys vncle kynge of Cycyll, the whych came to y^e porte of Thunys the same day that kynge Lowys dyed / & after taryed there & had many conflictes wyth the Tur∣kes / and bare hym so manfully, that in the ende he forced y^e kynge of Thu¦nys to seche to hym for a peas. The which was cōcluded for .x. yeres with certayne condycyōs of payeng of cer¦tayne money for y^e kynge of Fraūces costes, and certayne trowages of old tyme due vnto the kyng of Cycyll ye rely to be payde / with many other ar∣tycles concernynge the same peace whyche I passe ouer.

After whyce peas concluded and assured / the kynges of Fraunce and Cycyll toke shyppynge at the sayde porte of Thunys, & sayled towarde theyr countrees with great daunger of tempest of the see / & in processe of tyme landed in Cycyll, where Philip with greate reuerence & obseruaūce in mount Royall buryed y^e bowelles of his father. And y^t done he toke his iourney towarde Fraunce thorughe Italy. In whyche iourney dyed Isa¦bell hys wyfe, & y^e kyng of Nauerne & Mary hys wyfe, with many other to the nombre of .iii.M. and mo.

Lastly the kyng came vnto the cy∣ty of Uiterbe / where the cardynalles & other spyrytuall men were in coun¦sayll for the chosyng of a newe pope. For at y^e tyme the see was voyde by the deth of Clement the .iiii. But that eleccion was so dyuers, that .ii. yeres expyred or they myght agree vpon a new pastor. And thā they agreed vpō Theobalde archidiacon of Landēsse named after the .x. Gregory.

Frō Uiterbe the kyng rode to the moūt of Flaston̄, & so ouer to the coūtre of Tuscayne, & so to the mount of Bergue, & then to y^e cytye of Florēce & from thens to Boloyng le Greysse and frō thens to Cremoygū, where y^e kynges officers were nat all well en¦treated. In recōpensement wherof / y^e mayre & burgeyses of that towne pre¦sented the kyng with .vii. stedes trap¦ped in cloth of sylke & other presētes whych the kyng with curteys & thāk¦full wordes refused. Then frō thens the kyng departed to Milan, & from Milan to Annergeaux, and so to Su¦sane a cytye of Sauoy / and after pas¦sed the moūtaygnes, & so into the va¦lys of Moryen / and frō thens tour∣ned towarde the cytye of Lyōs vpon Rosne, and so to the cytye of Mastō in Burgoyn̄ / and passed y^e coūtre tyl they came to the abbey of Cluny, and frō thens into the coūtre of Chāpayn & so to the city of Trois / and frō thēs passed the countrees, tyll he came to the lordshype of Parys, and so into the cytye of Parys.

Here I passe ouer the great prouy¦syon made by the cytesyns of Parys for the receyuynge of theyr pryncys / y^t is to mene, the corps of Lewys, and theyr naturall prynce Phylyppe hys son / and of the obseruaunces done, and great assembles of the lordes spi¦rytuall and temporall to welcome theyr prynce, and doynge of theyr du¦ties euery man according to honour. But after al these ceremonies in due order fynyshed / prouysyon was ma∣de for the coronacyon of the kynge. The whyche was crowned at the cy¦tye of Raynes, vppon the daye of the assumpcyon of our lady, in the yere of grace .xii. hundred .lxxi.

SHortely after that the solemp¦nyte of this coronacyon was passed, kynge Phylyppe for his re∣creacyon rode into the countrey of Uermendoyse. where after he had de¦restyd hym a season / Robert erle of Artoys requyred hym to vysyte hys countrey. where he was receyuyd of the burgeysys of Artoys wyth great honour and gladnes / and there was feastyd with all disport and gladnes by a certayne of tyme after. The whi¦che expyryd, he returned into Fraūce

About the thryde yere of his rey∣gne / the erle of Foys contrary y^e kyn¦ges pleasure, toke partye agayn Ge¦tarde a knyght & lorde of the castell of Casseboun or Tasseboun / y^e which before had slayn y^e brother of the erle of Armenac specyall frēd of the sayd erle of Foyz. whyche sayde two erles to reuenge the deth of theyr sayd bro¦ther, pursued the sayde Gerarde so narrowly, that for his sauegarde he refused his owne castell, and fled vn¦to a castell of the kynges / and there helde hym wyth his wyfe, chyldren, and substaūce. But when the two er¦les were ware therof / they sped them thyder wyth theyr powers. and layd syege to the castell / and in the ende threwe it downe to the grounde, and slewe all the souldyours that they there founde, as well the kynges ser∣uauntes as other, hopynge to haue founde theyr enymye Gerarde, the whyche was escapyd thens secretly.

when the rumour of this dede came vnto the kynge / he dysdayned sore that dede, and toke yt ryght grevous¦ly. In so myche that he called hys lordes, and by theyr counsayll assem¦bled hys knyghtes, and entred wyth force the prouince of the erle of Foyz. The whyche herynge of the kynges great dyspleasure / fortyfyed hys ca∣stell and there helde hym. The which was so besette wyth rokkes of stone, that the kynge myght not wynne to yt wyth ease. wherfore the kynge cō∣maunded the rokkes to be cutte with masons and other worke men / & ma∣de a solempne othe, that he wold not depart thens or he hadde the erle and his castell at his pleasure.

when the erle hadde beholden the great power of his enymyes, and the prouysyon of the kyng to wynne his castell, wyth other ieopardyes / he made meanes to the kynge for grace and fynally putte hym and his into his mercy. Then the kynge commaū¦ded hym to be bounde, and so to be conueyed to the casrell of Beauque∣su, where he was imprysoned by an hole yere after. And the kyng•• ••ea∣sed all hys landes, and set a certayne of hys knyghtes to kepe hys castell / and caryed hys wyfe and chyldren wyth hym into Fraunce. But after a yere runne / the kynge was so la∣boured to by the frendes of the sayd erle, that he was eularged from pry¦son, and vppon suertye suffred to serue in the kynges courte. where he bare hym so well, y^t fynally the kyng made hym knyght, & restored hym to all his lādes. But what fyll of y^e erle of Armenac the story sheweth not.

Aboute the .vi. yere of his reygne / kynge Phylyppe maryed Mary the doughter of the erle of Burbon, or af¦ter some the doughter of Iohan the duke of Braban / the whych he loued entyerly. wherof Peter de Broshe then beynge lorde chamberlayne, ha¦uynge enuy and disdayn / sought the wayes and meanes to mynyshe the great loue betwene her lord and her / and fonde by his meane that a sonne of y^e kynges named Lewys was pry∣soned, the whyche dede he by subtyle & secrete meanes, as though yt had nothyng comen of hym, layde yt to y^e charge of the quene. For this y^e kyng made many maner of inquysycyons as well by sorcery as other. But in al his workes he found his quene gylt∣lesse. wherfore he sufferyd the mater to passe, tyll he myght haue more as∣sured profe in that mater.

Aboute thys season Ferdinandus kynge of Castyle, that before tyme hadde maryed Blanche doughter of saynt Lewis, dyed / leuyng after hym two sonnes borne of y^e sayd Blanch, named Ferdinande and Alphons / whych by couenaunt at the mariage made shulde be heyres vnto the kyng¦dome of Spayne and Castyle. But the father of this Ferdinande so be∣ynge dede / contrary hys honour and promise, wrote vnto the lordes of Ca∣style / amonestynge theym that they shulde admytte for theyr kynge hys seconde son named Sāxyon or San¦xio, and swere to hym both feautye & homage. The whyche was all done accordyng to hys commaundement / so that Blanche was dyspoynted of her dower, and her chyldern of theyr ryght and enherytaūce. For y^e which kyng Phylyppe her brother was gre∣uously dyscontētyd / and for reforma cyon therof sente vnto the kynge of Spayn his chefe boteler wyth other, desyryng hym to perfourme all such couenaūtes as betwene hym and his fader were cōcluded, at the maryage of his syster Blanche / or at the laste yf that he refusyd y^t to do, y^t he wold sende hys sayde syster wyth her two chyldern sauely into Fraunce. In cō¦clusyon y^e mother wyth her two chyl¦dern were brought by the sayde bote¦ler vnto the kynge, wythoute other pleasure other in worde or in dede. For the whyche he the yere folokyng gaderyd a stronge hoste, and passed wyth theym by Poyteau and Gas∣coyne, tyll he came vnto a towne ioy¦nynge to the border of Spayne na∣med Sainterre / where the kyng met another party of his hoste. There by counsayll of some of his lordes, the kynge concluded to retourne into Fraunce, for daunger of wynter that was cōmynge and other hyd causes. But the rumour in the hoste went, y^t some of the kynges counsayll hadde receyued rewardes of the kynge of Spayn. By meane wherof the kyng loste that iourney, and returned into Fraunce to his great dyshonour and damage.

In tyme of kynge Phylyppes re∣turne into Fraunce / tydynges were broughte to hym, that Eustace de Beau Marche, whom the kyng had appointed to haue the gydyng of the countrey or kyngdome of Nauarye / was besyeged in the citye of Pampu¦lyne. wherfore y^e kyng cōmaunded y^e erle of Artoys to spede hym thyder, to rescowe the sayde Eustace. The whyche behauyd hym so manfully, that he rescowed the sayde Eustace / and chasyd Garsymerans chefe styr∣rer of that rebellion, and brought the people of that countrey agayne to due subieccyon. whyle the erle of Ar¦toys was thus occcupyed in the sayd countrey / messangers came to hym from the kynge of Spayne / requy∣rynge hym sene that he was so nere,

that he was so nere, y^t he wold come & disport him there for a season. wher of y^e erle of Artoys sent kyng Philip worde / & hauyng of hym lycēce yode vnto the sayd kyng of Spayn, as to his nere kynnesmā / & there disported him a certayn of tyme to his great cō¦solaciō. In which season diuers let¦ters came out of Fraūce frō some of y^e kinges coūsall. By reason wherof y^e kynge of Spayne was informed of mych of the Frēche kinges coūsayll. which letters he shewed vnto y^e erle of Artoys / sayēg y^t he was not without frēdes in Fraūce. But he wold not dis¦close what {per}sons they were. whē the erle had taryed in Spayn a cōpetent seasō / he toke leue of y^e king, & de{per}ted with great giftes / & so sped hym, y^e in {pro}cesse of tyme he cam vnto y^e king of Fraūce / & at cōuenient leyser shewed vnto hym of the letters shewed vnto him by y^e kyng of Spayn / wherof the king was not a litle ameruayled. It was not lōge after y^t a currour or mes¦sanger, which vsed to bere letters frō Pet de Brosh vnto y^e king of Spayn fyll syke at an abbay. where when he knew he shuld die / were it by exortaci¦on of his gostly fader or otherwyse, he called to hym y^e abbot or hed of y^e house / chargyng him y^t he wold dely¦uer such letters as he there had vnto y^e Frēche kyng{is} own {per}son / & after dy∣ed. After whose deth y^e said religyous man in cōuenyet hast sped hym vnto y^e kinges court, & presented him with the said letters / shewyng vnto him y^e mynde of y^e sayd messanger. which let¦ters when the kyng had vnclosyd / he anon knew y^t his chāberlayne Peter de Broshe was the discloser of all his coūsaylles. wherfore forthwith he cō¦maūded y^e said Peter to be had vnder saufe kepyng. wherof heryng the bys¦shop of Bayon fled streyght y^e lande, & so yode vnto Rome. The kynge thē yode vnto Paris / where he called a coūsayl of his lordes to examyne y^e sayd Peter. where finally he was iud¦ged to be hāged. After which iudge∣mēt he was cōmytted vnto ward, tyll y^e morow folowyng. At which season long before the son rysyng / y^o duke of Burgoyn, the duke of Braban, the erle of Artoys, with y^e prouost of Pa¦ris, came vnto the gayole, & there re¦ceyued the said Peter, & saw him han¦ged or the sonne were vp.

IT was not long after y^e Peter was thus put to deth, but mea¦nes were made betwene these .ii. kyn¦ges / so that a day of metyng was ap¦poynted, y^t the said kyng, shuld mete to haue cōmunycacion, for the mater cōcernyng the wrōges done to dame Blanche & her .ii. chyldren beforena∣med. wherfore y^e king of Spayn cam vnto y^e citie of Bayon / & king Philip to a town in ȳ prouynce of Tholouse named Moūt marchaūt. where these two princes beyng in cōmunicacyon of y^e foresayd mater / certayn messan∣gers cam to thē frō y^e pope then Man¦tyne y^e .iiii / chargyng them vpō payn of fallyng into y^e cēsures of y^t chirch, that they agree & fall vnto accorde, that warre betwen theym be not exer¦cysed. By reason wherof kyng Phy¦lyp remitted the mater to y^e pope, & re¦turned vnto Tholouse. where mette him the kyng of Aragon named Pe¦ter. The which after he had there ta∣ryed with kyng Philip a tyme at his pleasure / he toke his leue of y^e kynge & after went into Catholoyne, where he met with Cōstance his wife & dou¦ghter of Manfred somtyme kyng of Scycyll / y^• which was pryued of his lyfe & kyngdome by Charles broder of saint Lewis, as before in y^e .iiii. cha¦pyter of the storye of saynt Lewys is shortly touched. This Cōstance in all y^t she might exorted her husbād to¦gader his people, & to enter y^e land of Scicill, ascertainyng him y^t y^e Scicil¦lyens

wolde take his patye agayne Charles, for so myche as they well knew that she was rightfull heyre to that kyngdome.

In thys tyme and season whyche was the .x. yere of kynge Phylyppe / the ryuer of Sayne rose of suche an hyght, that yt compassed the cytye of Parys in suche wyse, that no man myght come thyther wythoute bote or barge. And the water passed wyth suche vyolence, that yt brake vi. arches of the great brydge of Pa¦rys, and one of the small brydges.

Then let vs turne to y^e kyng of Ara¦gon, whych by incensyng of his wyfe gadered his peple / and vnder colour that he wold haue gone agaynste the Turkes, hadde graunte of the pope to receyue y^e dymes of his owne land for certayne yeres. whyle this was in doynge / he sent certayne persones into Scycyle to see the state of that countrey. The whyche made confede¦racyes wyth dyuers great men of Scycylyens / and ouer that brought wyth theym dyuers of the rulers to the presence of y^e kynge. wyth whom the sayd Peter made certayn appoyn¦tementes / and after retourned them into Scycyle. where after theyr re∣turne, they cousayled so wyth theyr rulers of Palermo, and Messene, & of other cytyes, that in one nyght all the Frenche men in Scycylle were slayne / and after in most cruell wyse slewe the women as wel those y^t were wyth chylde as other, and lefte few or none of the Frenche men in all the chefe cytyes or townes of Scicyll on lyue. whē tydynges of this myschyef was brought vnto Charles beynge then in the countrey of Angeou / he sent messangers vnto the pope Mar¦tyne the .iiii / requyrynge his ayde to defende his enymyes. The whych in all hast sent vnto Palermo y^e byshop of saynte Sabyne, to charge the cy∣tesyns vppon payne of cursynge, to obey vnto Charles for theyr kyng & to none other. But the rulers of Pa¦lermo and also of Messene wold not suffer the sayd byshoppe to passe any farther. And also sayde that Peter was entred the countrey, of whome they wolde holde and on none other / wyth whyche answere he was fayne to retourne.

In this whyle Charles hadde sent vnto his neuew Phylyppe kynge of Fraūce / the whyche wyth his power to reuoke Peter from Scycyll, ente∣ryd the lande of Aragon by Purpu∣nyan / and toke the cytye of Ieane. In whyche passe tyme Charles en∣tred Scycyl, and besyeged Messene. But the towne was so strongely for∣tyfyed, that he loste there his labour. wherfore he left that syege, and yode into the playnes of saynt Martyne / and there taryed the cōmynge of hys son then prynce of Salerne. The pope thē accursed Peter, for as much as certayne worde was broughte to hym that he hadde proclaymed hym selfe kynge of Scycyll. And to the en¦tent to styre the more people agayne hym / he gaue his lande of Aragon vnto Charlys erle of Ualoys & son of kynge Phylyp of Fraunce.

when Phylyppe as before is sayde kynge of Fraūce had won Ieane / for as myche as the ways towarde Ara¦gon were harde to passe, as well for prouysyons made by the enmyes as otherwyse / the kyng therfore sought great aduyse how he myght with lest daunger wyn to his enymyes. And after many meanes sought / a Russy¦lyan was broughte vnto the kynges presence / the whyche assured y^t kyng to gyde him away into Aragon with out the daunger of his enymyes. wherof the kynge beynge glad pro∣mysed to the sayde Russylyan fredo∣me and lybertye with other great re∣wardes,

whyche then stode as pryso¦ner to the Frenche men. After whych promyse made / the kyng put hym & the more parte of his hoste vnder the ledynge of the sayd Russylyan. And for to blynde y^e more his enymyes / he sent a parte of his hoste towarde the mountaynes, to make a shewe as though all the hoste hadde passed the same waye. when kynge Phylyp had orderyd all thynge after his mynde, he cōmaunded the forewade of hys people to folowe the sayd Russilyan / the whyche brought theym a strayte and narrow way, all to growen with wood & busshes to the kynges great trauayle and all hys. But fynally he brought them into the playns where theyr enmyes lay, so that they made prouysyon in orderynge of theyr peo¦ple to set vppon the Aragons. wher∣of the Aragons beynge ware / suppo¦synge the Frenche men myght not so lyghtly haue wonne vnto theym, be∣ynge then oute of aray and dyspur∣ueyed to fyght, fled vnto the next hol¦des / leuyng to y^e Frenche men mych of theyr vytayll and harneys.

when kynge Phylyp had sene that his enmyes had forsaken theyr feld / he restyd him there a season after his trauayle / and after yode to a towne named Pyerlaat and besyeged yt. wherof the soudyours after they had a season defended that towne / in the deade of the night fyred y^• sayd town And departed when they had done. But the Frenche men wan shortely into the town and quenched the fyre. and after the kyng had manned and vytaylled yt / he then went to a town named Goron, and layde his syege there about / where he lay long after.

YE haue harde in the precedynge yere, howe Charles kynge of Scy¦cyll laye in the playnes of saynte Martyne, there abydynge the com∣mynge of his son the prynce of Sa∣lerne. whyther lastely cam vnto him his sayde son, the duke of Burgoyn, the erle of Alanson, Peter brother to kyng Phylyp, Robert erle of Artoys the erles of Dampmartyne, & of Bo¦lygygne, wyth the lorde of Mounte Morency, and many other nobles of Fraunce and Burgoyne. After com∣myng of which lordes / Charles with baner dysplayed sped hym towarde his enymyes, and so passed the lande of Calabre wythout fyght / and sente his son to Naples with a part of his hoste / and hym selfe kept on his iour¦ney tyll he came vnto Prouynce. where he heryng of the great puruey¦aūce that Peter kyng of Aragon had made of shyppes, to sayle toward the lande of Naples / sent certayn letters vnto the prynce his sonne, that in no wise he shuld set vppon his enmyes / but kepe hym within the cytye of Na¦ples, tyll he sent vnto hym such shyp¦pes and galeys as he then had redy māned to be sent vnto hym from the hauen of Marcylle. whych messan∣ger & letters were taken wyth y^e Ara¦gons / by reason wherof they knewe myche of kynge Charles consayll.

It was not longe after or the na∣uaye of the kynge of Aragons wyth great tryumphe and pryde came vn∣to Naples / & prouokyd so y^e Frenche men to fyght,* 1.2 that lastely the prynce wyth suche shyppes and companye as he myght make, made out vppon them, and fought wyth them a long fyghte. But in the ende the Frenche men were betyn and ouercomen, and the prynce wyth the more partye of his shyppes taken, and sent to Con∣stance quene of Aragon / and remay∣ned longe after vndelyueryd wyth many other prysoners.

wythin a short season after this scō¦fiture Charlys cam vnto Naples / by

whych tyme myche of the town was tourned agayn hym, so that the most parte of the French soudyours were slayne and fled the towne. wherfore after that Charlys was entred he pu¦nyshed them ryght cruelly, by diuers maner of tourmentes. And when he hadde done there his wyll, he retour¦ned into Calabre / where mette wyth hym Robert erle of Artoys. where they toke theyr counsayll howe they might passe the water of Phaar, and to laye theyr syege vnto the cytye of Messene. But for dyuers causes he was counsayled to the contrarye / so that he toke shyppynge at an hauen called Brandyse. But or hys people were all shyppyd / such a sykenesse toke hym, that he was hadde agayn to lande and dyed shortely after, not wythoute suspeccyon of venyme. whose corps was then conueyed to Naples, and there buried, in the yere of our lorde .xxii. hundred & .lxxxiiii, and the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of Phylyppe his neuewe then kynge of Fraunce. Of whyche tydynges Pe∣ter kynge of Aragon reioysed not a lytell, when word therof to hym was broughte / the whyche before that ty∣me had betaken the rule of the lande of Scycyll to Constaunce hys wyfe then beynge in the citye of Palermo. And he hym selfe wyth a stronge na∣uye sayled into Aragon for to rescow the cytye of Geron, whych was besye¦ged of kynge Phylyppe as ye before haue harde. And when he wyth hys people were there landid / he toke his counsayll how he myght most greue the Frenche hoste. Fynally he conclu¦ded that he wolde make a busshemēt wyth a certayne nomber of his kny∣ghtes / and lye in awayte to take the vytayll that was brought to the host from the porte of Russylyan / whyche porte was foure myles frō the Frēch hoste. Uppon whyche conclusyon so taken / he wyth two thousande cho∣sen mē, lodged them where the pray shulde passe, and was espyed of the Frenche men. wherof beynge war∣ned the constable of Fraūce, & syr Io¦hon Harcourt thē marshal of y^e hoste toke wyth them the erle of Marches wyth dyuers other knyghtes to the nomber of .v. hundred speres, wyth a certayne of fotemen, and went to∣warde theyr enmyes. But when they came nere vnto theym, and saw they were so many in nomber / they feryd to set forthwarde, tyll they were com¦forted by the wordes of a knyghte in theyr companye called Mathew de Roya sayeng as foloweth.

O ye noble knyghtes, beholde in your syghtes the enymyes whych ye haue farre sought. Lette vs now re∣member that thys is the daye of the assumpcyon of our blessed Lady / and truste we in her that she wyll help vs agayne them y^t ben putte out of holy chyrche by cursyng. For lyke meryte shall to vs grow to reuenge y^e iniuri∣es done vnto the chyrche, as though we faught agayn the enmyes of Cry¦stes fayth.

By meane of whyche wordes they were so encouraged, that wythoute fere they sette vppon theyr enymyes, so that betwene them was cōmensed a sore and cruell fyght, cōtynuyng a longe season or yt myght be knowen whyche parte hadde the auaūtage of the other. At the laste the kyng was drawen from his horse, and cōstray∣ned to fyghte wyth the other on fote so that he was in great ieoperdye to haue ben taken. But by his owne knighthode & good helpe of his men he recoueryd his horse agayne. when y^t French men were ware y^e the kyng was there in hys owne persone / they were the more egre vppon the Ara∣gons, to the entente to haue taken or siayne theyr kynge. So that fynally

they compelled theym to forsake the felde, & to saue them selfe by flyght, by reason wherof the kynge with the more parte of his knyghtes were sa∣ued from the daūger of theyr enemy∣es. But in this fyght Peter kyuge of Aragone was so hurte that he dy∣ed shortly after. whan these foresayd knyghtes with theyr prysoners were returned vnto the Frenche kynge, & had shewed vnto hym of that vycto∣ry, he reioyced therof greatly / & more wolde haue done, yf he had knowen how sore his enemy Peter was woū∣ded. But to brynge to fyne his pur∣pose, he dayly more and more assau∣ted the towne.

In y^e tyme that Gereonde or Gy∣rōde was thus besyeged of y^e Frēche kynge / the erle of Foyz, that to the capytayne of the towne ought great fauour, many tymes by lycence of y^e kynge yode into the towne, and had dyuers comunycacyons with hym / so that he lastly knowynge the sayde towne to be bare of vytayle, shewed to the kynge that he wolde laboure the sayde capytayne named syr Ray∣mōde de Cerdon, y^t the towne myght be gyuē vp into the kynges handes / so that soone after y^t sayde capytayne desyred a respyte of .viii. dayes, to send vnto y^e king of Aragō to knowe whether he wolde rescowe the towne or nat. Upon y^• whiche graūte made / the messangers were sente, and retur¦ned with a certaynte of the kynges dethe. Upon whiche knowledge had / the sayde capytayne agreed to dely∣uer the towne, vpon cōdicion to haue with thē suche mouables as he with y^e cytezyns & sowdyours had within the towne. All whiche condicions as∣sured / the kynge receyued the towne of Geronde into his possessyon. The whiche whan he had manned with knyghtes of his owne / he the by cou∣sayle, whiche tourned after to his harme, diuided his nauy / and sente a parte of them into Fraunce, and the other into Tholous, wher the kynge entended to tary the wynter folow∣ynge. But so spone as his nauy was thus deuyded / the Aragons mette with them that rested in the hauen of Russilian / and gaue to them suche ba¦tayle, that they toke many of them / and slewe the kynges admyrall, and many other noble men of Fraunce / and helde the Frenchemen so shorte, that for so moche as they wolde nat that so good shyppes shulde come to the handes of theyr enemyes, they set fyre vpon the remenaūt & brent thē / and after resorted vnto the kynge.

whē kynge Phylyp was ascertay∣ned of the losse of his nauy / he toke it greuously / in somoche that for that and other thynges that he myght not brynge to his purpose, he fyll into a feuer & was therwith greatly anoy∣ed. Than for strengthe of his enemy∣es, whiche kepte the passage of the mountaynes called in latyn Mōtes Pireni / and for wekyng of hym selfe by reason of his sekenesse / he passed by the strayte places, tyll he came to Parpynyan, where his sekenes en∣creased so sore, that he dyed in shorte tyme of his thyder cōmynge in y^t mo∣neth of October, whā he had regned xv. yeres lackynge certayne dayes. whose bowelles were buried at Ner∣bon, and his body at saynt Denys.

This Phylyp had .ii. wyues. By the fyrst Isabel by name / and dough¦ter of the kynge of Aragon, Iaques or Iames by name, he had .iii. sōnes / Lewes whiche was poysoned, Phy∣lyp whiche for his beaute and fayre shappe was named Phylyp le Beau or Phylyp the fayre, & Charles the Ualoys. And by Mary his wyfe and doughter of the duke of Braban / he had Lewes, Margaret, & Blaūche / whiche Margarete was after mary∣ed

to Edwarde the fyrste than kynge of Englande.

Thus endeth Phylyp the .iii. of Fraunce.

Anglia.

EDwarde y^e fyrst of that name, & sone of Henry y^e thyrde, surna∣med lōge shāke / begā his reygne ouer Englāde, in the moneth of Nouember / and .xvii. day of y^e same, and the yere of our lorde .xii.C.lxxii. & seconde yere of the thyrde Phylyp than kynge of Fraunce. This Ed∣warde as before is shewed, in the .lv. yere of his father, was in y^e holy lāde whan his father dyed / & there at the cytie of Acon or Acris he dyd many feates of warre / wherof the cronycle maketh certayne mencyon. where he beynge so exercysed in Marciall ac∣tes / tidīges was brought vnto hym, that his father was deed. wherfore in all hast he spedde hym into Englād / so that he came to London the secōde day of August, and was crowned at westmynster the .xiiii. day of Decem∣ber folowyuge, whiche was in the be¦gynnynge of the seconde yere of his reygne.

Notes

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