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 dn̄i. xiii.C.vi.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.vii.
	Symon Bolet.
Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno .xxxv.
	Godfrey de la Conduyt.

IN thys .xxxv. yere y^e kynge for certayne causes hym mouyng, retourned agayne into Scotlande. Or after some wryters he taryed at Berwyke, & helde hys Crystmasse & Easter in those partyes / & came nat into Englāde after he had scōfyted y^e scottes. In the season of somer as he was retournyng into Englāde / a sy¦kenes toke hym so feruētly, y^e he knew wele he shuld dye. wherfore he beyng at Burgthe vpō the sande beyonde Carleyll / called to hym syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Pēbroke, syr Henry Percy erle of Northūberlande, syr Hē¦ry Lacy erle of Lyncoln̄, & syr Robert Clyfforde barō / & caused them to be∣sworne before hym, y^t they shuld crow¦ne hys sonne Edwarde in as conue∣nyent tyme after hys dethe as they myght / and kepe the lande to hys vse tyll he were crowned.

And that othe by the sayd barons takē / he called before hym hys sonne Edwarde, and charged hym with dy¦uers poyntes vpon the charge of his blessynge. Amonge the whyche one specyall was, y^t he shuld neuer after that daye suffre Pyers of Gaueston to retourne into Englande / & so lyke a good crysten prynce dyed shortly af¦ter, vpon the day of the translaciō of saynt Thomas of Caunterbury, or y^e vii. day of the moneth of Iulii / whan he had reygned .xxxiiii. yeres, vii. mo∣neths & odde days / & after with great solēpnite cōueyed vnto westmynster, & there buryed in y^e chapell of saīt Ed¦warde vpō the southsyde, in a playne tombe of marble at the hed of hys fa∣ther. This noble mā had .ii. wyfes / by the whych as before is shewed in the xx. & .xxvii. yeres of his reygne, he had issue as in the sayd yeres appereth. Of thys noble prīce a vercifyer made these .ii. verses folowynge.

Dū viuit rex, & valuit sua magna potestas, Fraus latuit, pax magna fuit, regnauit honestas.

whych verses maye be englysshed in thys maner folowynge.

¶whyle lyued thys kyng / By hys power all thynge was in good plyght. For gyle was hydde, Great peace was kydde, And honeste had myghte.

An other vercifyer also of him made these verses folowynge / and cau∣sed them to be hanged ouer the place of hys sepulture.

Mors est mesta nimis, magnos quia iungit in imis. Maxima mors minimis, cōiungēs vltima primis. Nullus in orbe fuit homo viuens, ne valet esse, Qui non morte ruit, est hinc exit necesse. Nobilis & fortis, tibi tu confidere noli. Omnia sunt mortis, sibi subdit singula soli. De mundi medio, magnum mors impia nouit. Anglia pre tedio satis anxïa plangere nouit. Corruit Edwardus vario veneratus honore, Rex nuper & nardus fragans virtutis odore, Corde leopardus, inuictus & abs{que} pauore, Ad rixam tardus, discretus & eucharis ore, Viribus armorum quasi gigas, ardua gessit Colla superborum prudens per prelia pressit, Inter Flandrenses fortuna sibi bene fauit, Vt quo{que} Wallenses, & scotos subpeditauit. Rex bonus abs{que} pare, strenue sua regna regebat, Quod natura dare potuit bonitatis habebat, Actio iusticiae, pax regni, sanctio legis, Et fuga nequicie, premunt preconia regis. Gloria tota ruit, regem capit haec modo fossa. Rex quando{que} fuit, nunc nil nisi puluis & ossa. Pilius ipse dei, quem corde colebat et ore, Gaudia donet ei, nullo permixto dolore.

The whych verses, to the entent y^t they shuld be had in mynde, & also y^t the reder myght haue y^e more desyre to ouer rede thē / I haue therfore set them out in baladde royall, after my rude makynge as foloweth.

This sorowfull deth whiche bryngeth great full lowe, And mooste & leest he ioyneth into one / Thys man to whome hys pere was nat knowe, Hath now subdued / nat sparyng hym alone, whyche of all other thys worlde to ouergone, None was to be spared / of so great equytie As he, if any, for noblesse spared shuld be.

Therfore thou noble or myghty, truste none other grace, But thou shalt pay to deth thy naturall dette And lyke as he from thys worlde dyd chace Thys myghty prynce, & from his frendes fette, For whome all Englande loude mourned and grette: So shalt thou & other in dethes snare fall None shall escape, to rekyn kyndes all

Edwarde with many & dyuers graces endowed / And lyke as Nardus moost swetest of odoure, In smellynge passeth, and moost he is allowed, Of all swete odours / so dyd thys knyghtly floure, By vertuous actes surmount in honoure, All other princes / whose herte was lybarde lyke, And without fere, were he hole or syke.

This prynce was slowe to all maner of stryfe, Discrete, & wyse, and trewe of hys worde, In armys a geaunt / terme of all hys lyfe Excellyng actes doyng by dynt of the sworde, Subduyd the proude, of prudence he bare the horde, Of Flaunders by fate he had great amyte And Walshe, and Scottes, by strength subdued he

Thys good kyng perelesse, hys landes fermly gyded. what nature myght gyue, he fayled it nothynge / No parte of bounte frō hys was discided / He was iustice and peace, & of law stablysshynge, And chaser of iniquyte by hys vertuous lyuyng, In whome these graces with innumerable mo, Fermly were roted, that deth hath tane vs fro.

That whylom was a kyng, now is but duste & bone. All glorie is fallen, & thys pytte kepeth the kynge. But he that yeldeth all thyng by hys one, The sonne of god, to whome aboue all thynge with herte and mouth he dyd due worshyppyng / That lorde of hys ioy perdurable to laste, Graunt hym sorowlesse euermore to taste.

PHylyp the .iiii. of that name & sonne of the thyrde Phy¦lyp, whyche was surnamed Philyp¦le Beawe or Phy∣lyp the fayre / begā hys reygne ouer y^e realme of Fraunce, in the yere of gra¦ce .M.CC.lxxxvi, & the .viii. yere of y^e fyrste Edwarde thā kyng of Englād. Thys for warre that he had with the duke of Gelderlande / arreryd greate imposycyons thorugh hys lāde, both of the spyrytualtye and also of the tē¦poraltye.

About the .iiii. yere. of hys reygne / the prynce of Salerne, that long had ben holden in pryson by the kynge of Aragon, was delyuered vpon a hard condycyon as foloweth, fyrst that he shuld to the vttermoost of hys power labour a concorde and peas betwene the chyrch of Rome and the Aragōs / & that done to set a peas betwene the Frenche kyng & hym. And ouer that to paye in the ende of .xv. monethes nexte ensuynge, an .C.M. Floryns for hys raunsome. A Floryn is in va¦lue after sterlyng money .ii.s.x.d, & so he shuld pay after y^e value of englis¦she money .xvii.M. & .v.C.li. And y^• after that day he shuld neuer bere ar¦mys agayne the kyng of Aragō. And yf within the terme of .iii. yeres nexte ensuyng, he myght nat conclude the foresayd peas / she shuld then retourn and yelde hym selfe prysoner as he before was. All whyche couenauntes fermely to be holden, he fyrst made so¦lempne othe / & after delyuered to the kynge certayne hostages and so de∣parted.

But thys composycyon or agre∣ment was thoughte so vnresonable vnto hys frendes, that he was coun∣sayled by them that he shuld sue vnto the pope for a dyspensacyon of hys othe / & y^• had, they wolde helpe hym to recouer hys foresayd hostages. Af¦ter whose coūsayl he y^• yere folowyng made suche labour vnto Honorius y^e iiii. of y^e name thā pope, that he alone¦ly opteyned nat soluciō of hys othe, but also by hī he was declared kyng of Scicill / & of pope Nycholas y^e .iiii successoure of the foresayd Honorius after confermyd. Thys prynce of Sa¦lerne as ye before haue herde in y^e sto¦rye of Phylyp the thyrde and .iii. and iiii. chapyters of the same, was sonne vnto Charles brother of saynte Lo∣wys & kyng of Scicill. And the fore∣named kynge of Aragō that hym vp¦pon the abouesayd cōdiciōs thus de∣lyuered, was sonne vnto Peter kyng of Aragō, whych as before in the sto∣rye of y^e foresayd thyrd Philip, helde warre with hym & with y^e sayd Char∣les. This prince of Salerne was also named Charles after the name of his father / the whych after hys admyssiō of y^e pope, was crowned kyng of Sci¦cil in y^e cytie of Palermo soone after / & defended the lāde knyghtly agayne the Aragōs, with helpe of the Frēche men by the terme of .v. yeres after. At whych termes ende Alphōs thā kyng of Aragō dyed / & Iaques or Iames, to whome the foresayd Alphons had be take the rule of Scicill, & held war¦re with the forenamed Charles, was as brother & next heyre vnto the crow¦ne of Aragō, admitted kynge of y^e re∣gyon. After whych admissiō, he short¦ly after cōcluded a peas with y^e sayde Charles / & redelyuered vnto hym all suche hostages & pledges as hys bro¦ther Alphōs had before tyme of hym receyued, for kepyng of the former cō¦uencions. And for a more stablysshe∣mēt of the same peas / y^e sayd Iames toke to wyfe one of the doughters of the sayde Charles.

About the .vi. yere of the reygne of this Philip / certayne sowdyours of

Fraunce to the nombre. of .xv. hon∣dreth, whyche were sent by the procu¦rement of pope Nycholas the fourth vnto Acrys, to fortifye that towne cō¦trary the truce betwene the crysten & the Sowdan before concluded for y^e terme of .ii. yeres / brake oute of the towne and castelles adioynant, and spoyled and robbed suche Sarazyns as to that towne were dwelling nere and dyd vnto them all the sorowe & shame that they myght. wherof the Sowdan hauynge knowlege, was therwith greatly amoued. But yet or he wolde attēpte any warre agayn the crysten / he sent vnto the captayne of the cytye of Acone, & wylled hym to sende vnto hym suche persones as had broken the peace, and done that iniurye to hys people. And yf he it re¦fused, he sente them worde he shulde nat blynne tyll he had dystroyed thē / as lately before he had done the inha¦bytauntes of the cytye of Tryple. But they sette hys manace at nou∣ghte, for so moche as they thoughte them able to withstande hys malyce. Upon whyche answere, the Sowdan made great prouysyon to besiege the sayd cytye.

In whyche passe tyme in Fraūce was borne of dame Iohāne or Iane than quene of Fraunce, Lowys the kynges eldest sonne, that after his fa¦ther was kyng of Fraunce.

when the Sowdan had prepared all thyng necessary for that iournay / he sped hym wyth an innumerable multytude of Sarazyns towarde y^e cytye of Acon or Acris. In whyche iournay he was taken with so gre∣uous sykenesse, that he knew well he shulde shortly dye. wherfore he cal∣lynge before hym hys admyralles / charged a certayne of theym to kepe forthe theyr iourney towarde Acon, whyle the remenaunt retourned into Egypt / & there to create hys sonne Sowdan. After whyche creacyon he charged them that they shulde cause hys sayde sonne to haste hym vnto y^e sayd siege / & soone after dyed.

Then all thynges was ordeyned as he before had deuysed / and y^e cytie was besegyd with a stronge hoost of Sarazyns, the whyche assauted yt cruelly by the space of .vi. wekes. In whyche season the crysten defended it so manfully, that the Sarazyns myght therof gette none aduaūtage At the ende of thys .vi. wekes, came the yonge Sowdan wyth a fresshe hoost / the whyche made such a dynne and noyse wyth theyr tabours & hor¦nys and other mynstrelsy that they at those dayes vsed, that it was hy∣dous & ferefull to here. And after they had rested theym .ii. dayes, and prepared for the ryggynge of theyr ordenaunce / they assauted the cytye xiiii. dayes contynually. In whyche season moche people was slayne vpō bothe partyes / but the more nombre of the cytye. For by the vyolence of theyr ordenaunce they ouer threwe moche housynge within the cytye / where with moche people were op∣pressed and slayne aswell mā as wo∣man & chylde.

At the ende of thys .xiiii. dayes, when the rulers of the cytye had seen the harme that they had receyued by thys fyers and cruell assaute / aswell in losse of theyr sowdyours, as of the great enpeyrynge of theyr wallys & other defences of theyr cytye / they fe¦ryd sore, for y^• whych they of one assēt cōdyssēded & sent soone after by theyr shyppes, a great nōbre of olde men & womē & chyldren vnapt for y^e warre, with y^e reliques & treasours of y^e cytie into Sicill. It was nat lōge after or y^e Sarazyns made a newe assaute y^• cōtinued .iiii. days / by meane wherof the cytye was sore defaced. Then the kyng of Cyprys, whych at y^• day was

there as one of the chyef rulers in the cytye, fayned hym lyke. wherfore in y^e nyght folowyng desyryng a knyght of the cytye to kepe hys watche / he co¦wardly & shamefully with .iiii.M. mē toke shipping & sayled thens / leuyng the cytye in all daunger. Uppon the morowe whan the certaynte of thys was knowē / the patryarke of Hieru∣salem with other there laft to the nō∣bre of .vii.M. or therupō, sent vnto y^e Sowdā for a trewce for .ii. moneths But none they myghte purchase / & therfore they defendyd them in y^e best maner they myght. But shortly after for lak of defēce vpon the wallys, the Sarazyns fylled the dykes / & so soon after upō the .xxv. day of May {per}force entred in the cytye, & slewe such peo∣ple therin as they there foūde. Than the Sowdan gaue the pray of y^e cytie vnto hys knyghtes / & after spoylyng of the same,* 1.1 caused the wallys & tou∣res to be rased vnto the groūde / & the houses, aswell churches, temples, & all other, were clerely brēt & distroyed And thus was y^e noble cytie of Acris, whych is also called Tholomayda, subuerted / the whyche was the chyef porte or hauyn towne for crystē mē to lande at, when any hoste or power of them shuld entre into the holy lāde / & had cōtynued for the more partye in the possessiō of cristē mē, by the terme of .C.lx. yeres and aboue.

IN the .vii. yere of thys kynge Phylyp / the erle of Armenake was accused of certayne poyntes of treason, by syr Raymonde Barnade erle of Foyz. where vpon, a day of ba¦tayll betwene these .ii. erles was ap∣poynted to be foughten at Gysours, in the kynges presence and of hys ba¦rony. But after by the great instaūce & laboure made by syr Robert erle of Artoys, y^e batayll was fordone.

In the .vii. yere of hys reygne, he gadered a great talke of his cōmōs. And in the yere foresayde, at a feaste holden at Cōpeyne, he made aboue vi. score knyghtes.

And in the .x. yere / y^e glorious con∣fessoure saynt Lowys, grandfather vnto this Philip, was the day folow¦ynge saynt Bartylmew the apostle, translated into a ryche shryne in the monastery of saynt Denys / y^e whych the yere before of Bonyface the .viii. thā pope, for hys great myracles was wrytten in the Cathologe or nombre of sayntes.

In the .xi. yere of hys reygne / syr Robert of Artoys entred the towne of saynt Omers, & toke therin many Burgonions & other as prysoners / & soone after mette wyth Guy duke of Burgoyne at a towne called Furnes where betwene theym was foughten a stronge fyghte, and many men slayne vppon eyther syde. But lastly the victorye fyll to syr Robert of Ar∣toys / so that he put the duke to flight & toke there prysoners Henry erle of Dabencourt, & syr Guyllyam de Uyl¦lers, & other. After whyche vyctorye by hym thus opteyned / y^e sayd towne of Furnes was yolden vnto hym, & a greate parte of the vale of Cassyle.

In thys yere also the warre be∣twene thys kynge Phylyp and Ed∣warde the fyrste than kynge of Eng∣lande, was put in vre, for so moche as the sayde Edwarde toke partye wyth the sayde duke or erle of Flaun¦dres / as it is at length sette out in the xxii.xxiiii.xxvi. yeres of the sayde Ed∣warde, wherefore here nowe I passe it over.

In the .xiii. yere of thys Phylyp, whā the trewce before sette betwene kyng Edwarde & hym and the erle of Flaūdres was expired / he sēt syr Char¦les de Ualoys his brother with great power into Flaūdres, y^e whych made sharpe warre vppon the Flemynges,

and toke from theym the townes of Douay and Bethune / & after yode towarde the hauē towne of Dam or Dan \ where he was encoūtred of Ro¦bert sonne vnto y^e erle, where atwene them was foughten a cruell fyght, to the great scathe of bothe partyes / for eyther departed from other without great auaunte or bost. Thā the sayd Robert with his company drewe to∣warde Gaunt / and the sayd syr Char¦les after the departynge of the sayde Robert, layd hys syege vnto the fore¦sayd towne of Dāme.

In this passe tyme the archebys∣shop of Orleaunce was slayne by a knyghte called syr Gautier / for so∣moch as the sayd bysshop, as y^e fame than went, had dyfflorysshed a may∣den and doughter of y^e sayd syr Gau∣tier. And for hym was chosen to that dygnyte mayster Barthrāde doctour of diuinyte.

Than to retourne where we lafte of the foresayd warre of Flaundres / the sayd syr Charles so sharpely as∣sauted the towne of Dam, y^t in short proces after it was yoldē vnto hym. And than he prepared hym to lay his syege aboute the forenamed towne of Gaunt. wherof whan Guy erle of Flaunders was ware, consyderynge he myght nat shortly be ayded of the kynge of Englande, whiche thā war¦red vpon the Scottes, as ī the .xxvii. yere of Edwarde the fyrst it doth ap∣pere / he than made meanes vnto the sayd syr Charles de Ualoys, that he woldc be a meane to the kynge, that he myght be accepted vnto his grace and mercy. So that by his meanes, the sayde syr Guy with Roberte his sonne, vpon certayne conuencyons in shorte tyme after was reconcyled vnto the Frenche kynge. But whyle these conuencyōs were perfourmed / the sayde erle with his sonne Robert were kepte in a lyberall pryson. And the countye of Flaundres by the as∣sygment af the kynge, for the whyle was commytted vnto the rule of Ia∣ques de saynt Paule knyghte. The whiche entreated y^e cōmunes of that lāde sternly, & oppressed thē with im∣posycyons & taskes / in so moche y^t in y^e .xvi. yere of the kynge, a certayne of y^e towne of Courtray in Flaundres after certayn skyrmysshes & loueday made, the cōmune people in a nyghte slewe y^e foresayd syr Iaques, and as many Frēchmē as they myght fynde within the towne. After whiche mur∣der was knowen in Brugys and in other townes of Flaūdres / anone by yll coūsayll they also chased al suche Frēchemē as by y^e foresayde Iaques were put in dyuers offyces within y^e sayd townes / & made them strōge to make defence agayne y^e Frēch kyng.

wherof whā y^e Frēche kynge was ascertayned / he sente thyder with a stronge companye, the erle of saynt Poule, the erle of Boleygne, syr Ro∣bert erle of Artoys, & Robert y^e sonne of the erle of Cleremount, with dy∣uers other noble mē of Fraūce. The whiche sped thē towarde Brugys / & in y^e playnes atwene Courtray and Brugys pyght there pauylyons and tentes. For they myght not come no nere vnto Brugys, for so moche as y^e Flemynges had brokē y^e brydge ouer the ryuer y^t there rūneth / the whiche lastly nat without great slaughter of mē of both partyes was by y^e Frēche mē reedified & made / so y^t the Frēche hoste passed y^e ryuer, & layde theyr or denauce nere to y^e towne of Brugys. But the Flemynges had so garnys∣shed theyr towne with defence of sow¦dyours, that they fered the Frenche men lytell or nothynge. And of one thynge they bare theym the bolder, for soo moche as they hadde within the towne one of the sonnes of Guy theyr erle, the whiche before was

scaped from y^e Frēche kynges prysō

Thus the Frenchemen lyenge be∣fore the towne / many frayes and by∣kerynges were made atwene the Fle¦mynges and them, to theyr both pay∣nes. Lastly a day of batayll by y^e pro∣uocacyon and dyspyteous wordes of the Frenchmē was appoynted to be holden atwene them, vpon the wed∣nysday beynge than the .vii. day of y^e moneth of Iulii. At whiche daye the Flemynges beynge confessed and re∣conciled to god, as they shulde forth∣with haue de{per}ted out of this worlde / in sober wyse, groūdynge them vp∣on a ryghtfull and good quarel, that day to lyue and dye for the defence & ryght of theyr countre, yssued out of y^e town in good ordre / beryng before them certayne relyques of sayntes, in the whiche they had great truste & allyance.

Anone as the nobles of Fraunce behelde the countenaūce of theyr ene¦myes, dysdaynynge them as vylay∣nes & artyfycers / trustynge so moche in theyr strēgthes, that they thought shortly to ouer ryde theym, & bere thē downe with strēgthe of theyr horses / and without ordre ran with great ire vpon theyr enemyes, thynkynge to haue oppressed them at y^e fyrst brōte. But the Flemynges with theyr ar∣balasters and theyr longe mareys py¦kes set aslope before them / wounded so theyr horses, that they lay tumbe∣lynge one in the others necke / so that they were the letters of the other whi¦che were on fote, that they myght not exercyse theyr feat of armes. And al∣so the shotte that was shotte on the Frenche partye dyd asmoche harme to those horse mē as it dyd vnto theyr enemyes. So that in shorte whyle y^e felde was all spred with slayne hor∣ses and clene armed men. wherof syr Roberte Erle of Artoys beyng ware and seynge these noble speres thus slayne vpon the felde / auaūced hym with his company, and slewe & woū∣ded of the Fleminges great nombre, so y^t they fledde before hym as shepe before the wolfe / & put further backe that hoost of Flemynges, than they by the fyrst metyng had auaūced thē self. And yfayde of Guy de Namour sone vnto the erle of Flaunders, had nat the soner been comyn vnto them / the sayde erle of Artoys had that day wonne the renowne of the felde. Thā the sayd Guy with a fresshe compa∣pany of Almaynes and other bolde sowdyours coragyously entred the felde, and bete downe y^e Frenchemen egerly. Than was the medle newe begon, in so feruent wyse that men & horse fyll downe to the grounde won¦dersly thycke. And euer the erle of Ar¦toys where so euer he wente he slewe moche people before hym. But the Flemynges kept them so hole togy∣der, y^t he myght neuer dysseuer them / and slewe of the nobles of Fraunce great plentye. whiche mortalite thus contynuynge, y^e stremes of blode ran wonders to beholde. And alway the Frenche partye weked more & more. Lastly the erles of saynt Poule and of Boleyn, with Robert the sonne of this erle of Cleremounte, and other with the nombre of .ii.M. horsemen, seynge the rage and woodnes of the Flemynges, whiche so cruelly slewe and bet downe the Frenche men / set∣tynge a parte all honour and knyght hode, shamefully fled out of the feld / leuyng the erle of Artoys in y^e myd∣del of his enemyes, whiche lyke vn∣to the lyon rampaunte contynued in one, sleynge & kyllynge the Flemyn∣ges without mercy or pyte. But the Flemynges lyke wood tygres were so enraged vpon the Frenchemen, y^e they wolde neuer leue them, tyll they by pure force draue them into theyr tentes / where they slewe of theym a

a great multytude.

In this batayll were slayne the foresayd erle of Artoys, Godfray de Braban nere kynnesman to the sayd erle & lorde of wyrson, Adam the erle of Dabenmale, Iohn̄ the sonne of y^e erle of Henaut, Rauf de Neell cōsta∣ble of Fraunce, Guy his brother mar¦shal of the hoste, Renolde de Try, Es¦mer chamberlayne of Cancaruyle, Iaques y^e sonne of Godfrey de Bra∣ban, Pyers Floot, & Iohan Bruillis maister of y^e arbalasters knyghtes, & many mo mē of name to the nombre of .CC. and aboue / besyde esquyers and other men of lower degrees, as yomen, gromes, pages, to the nōbre of .xii.M. The whiche after this vyc∣torye the Flemynges dyspoyled, and suffred the caryns of them to lye in y^e felde, that all wylde bestes & fowles myght them perysshe and deuoure.

whan this yonge knyght syr Guy hadde thus opteyned vyctorye of the Frenchmen, he reioyced not a lytle / and soone therafter layde syege vnto the Ile or a castell soo named, and gat it also were it by trecheri or other wyse. Then the townes of Iper, of Gaunt, of Douaye, and diuers other of that countre, obeyed to hym / and cōdyscended and agreed to take par∣tye eyther of them with other agayne the Frenche kynge.

Than kynge Phylyp herynge of the great dysconfyture of his men / made countenaunce of mournynge, and specyally for his true knyght the erle of Artoys.

Kynge Phylyp then after for to reuenge the foresayd dysplea∣sure to hym doone by y^e Flemynges / assembled by our lady day Assumpsi¦on next ensuynge, an excedynge nom¦bre of men of armes / entendynge to haue entred Flaundres, & vtterly to haue destroyed a great parte of that countre / & so drewe towarde his ene∣myes, so that he pyght y^e tētes of his vanward within .ii. myles of his ene¦myes / and there lay to his excedynge charge, cōsiderynge the great multy¦tude of his hoost by all y^e moneth of Septēbre. Of y^e nōbre of this hoost I haue doubte to wryte. For mayster Gagwyn sayth, y^e nōbre was so great y^t it may nat be byleued / & y^t sheweth wel by y^e expressemēt of y^e nōbre made by y^e Frenche cronycle. For he saythe they were an hūdreth tyme an .C.M, & .xl. tymes .xl.M. By whiche sayeng somdele appereth, how y^e Frenchmē cā make men soūge. But how it was for all this great & excedynge nōbre of Frēchmē / y^e Flemynges laye styll vnhurte or assawted. And fynally vp on a great substancyall cause, as ye after shal here, this great hoste was dissolued or returned euery mā to his awne / & kynge Phylyp with smal ho¦nour into Fraūce / wherof y^e Frēchmē sayth y^e occasion or cause was thus.

Kynge Edward of Englāde whi∣che vnto y^e Flemynges bare great af¦feccion, cōsideryng y^e great daunger they were in, and he at y^e tyme myght nat thē ayde nor socour / of a pollicy cast in his mynde / & with an heuy or mornynge coūtenaūce,* 1.2 shewed vnto y^e quene & syster vnto kyng Phylyp, y^e he was very heuy & sorowfull for his brother & hers y^e kyng of Fraūce. wherof, whē & wherfore she had fray∣ned the cause / he answered & sayde y^t he had certayne knowlege y^t at suche tyme as the Flemynges & he shulde mete in batayle that his lordes & cō∣pany shulde leaue hym amonge his enemyes / for he was solde vnto them before hande. wherof whan y^e quene was thus ascertayned / anone in all possible hast she sent letters & messan¦gers vnto the Frenche kynge, coun∣faylynge hym to be well ware of that treason and daunger. To the whi∣che he gyuynge credence / shortely

after sente frome hym the sayd great company of people, and he with a cer¦tayne as aboue is sayd retourned īto Fraunce.

After whyche departynge, the fle∣mynges were so bolde, y^• forthe wyth they entred into Pycardy & the coun¦tre of Artoys, and spoyled & brent dy¦uers townes of the same. But in the yere folowyng as testyfyeth the sayd frēche cronicle / y^e Flemynges of Bru¦ges were foughten with of Otthon than duke of Burgoyn, to whome by reason of maryage the Frenche kyng had gyuen the erledome of Artoys / & he of them slewe with the ayde of the Frenchemen .xv. thousande.

In thys .xvii. yere about mydso∣somer / Phylyp an other sonne of the erle of Flaundres, whyche had by a certayn terme passed ben in the court of Charles de Ualoys, & by hym put in truste to receyue certayne summes of money in Scicill to y^e vse of pope Bonyface the .viii, sodaynely depar∣ted / and with a stronge company of Almaynes came into Flaundres, to ayde & assiste his brother. whome the Flemynges or Brabanders receyued with great ioy / & by the comforte of hym inuaded the borders & landes of the Frenche kyng / & boldly assautyd the castell of saynt Omers. But for they there gat none aduauntage, but loste many of theyr men / they for∣soke that & yode vnto a towne belon¦gyng to the Frēche kyng called Tho¦rouan Moryne / the whyche in pro∣cesse they wanne and spoyled. About thys tyme dyed Bonyface the .viii. of that name than pope,* 1.3 a man of euyll name and fame / the whyche by hys trechery caused hys predecessour Ce¦lestyne the .v. that was a good & holy man, to resygne and leue his papacie And by thys meane, when thys sayd Celestyne had syttē in Peters chayre a short tyme / this Bonyface espyeng hys innocency, whyche was all sette to the seruice of god, as he before had vsed hym ī ledyng of an ankers lyfe, thoughte howe he myght bryng hym in mynde to resigne hys hyghe office to him. And it to bring about he fyrst made hym frendes secretely / & after hyred one of the cubyclers of y^e pope, that he in the dede nyght shuld speke in a rede, and saye, Celestyne yf thou wylt be sauyd & be partyner of blysse renounce thys pōpe of the worlde, & serue me as thou before dyd. Or after the latyn storye, yf Celestynus wyl be sauyd / let hym clerely the papall dyg¦nyte resygne. whych voyce this ghost¦ly mā sundry tymes heryng, thought veryly it had ben a deuyne mocyon. wherfore in all that he myghte, he la∣boured to be dyscharged / so that at y^e ende of .v. monethes he resigned. And shortly after was the foresayd Bony¦face admytted. The whyche nat be∣ynge contented with hys synystre op¦teynyng of thys hygh dygnyte, but y^e he for fere lest y^e sayd Celestyne shuld repent hym of hys insolent dede, and by strengthe of some prynces be resto¦red agayne to hys former dygnite / he therfore wolde nat suffre the sayd Ce¦lestine to retourne to wildernes there to contynewe hys olde accustomed lyfe, but helde hym in a castell as pry¦soner / where for sorowe and euyll ke¦pynge he dyed shortly after.

For the whyche thys Bonyface was nat vnpunysshed. For over the sorow & trouble that he durynge the terme of hys papacy suffred, whyche was nat a lytell / in the ende of .viii. ye¦res he was taken by strēgth and put in pryson / where so miserably & cruel¦ly he was entreated, that or he dyed, what for madnesse or for hunger, he ete hys owne handes / & so in mysery ended hys lyfe within .xxiiii. dayes of hys inprysonement.

Than to retourne where I laft, &

to shewe you ferther of the warre atwene Fraūce & Flaundres / trouth it is that the Frēche men with y^e ayde of the Henaudours, made sondry & many tymes assautes vpon the Fle∣mynges. In the whiche dyuers chaū¦ces of y^e warre fyll / so that yf that one had the better at one tyme, that other had as moche aduauntage the nexte tyme. For reformacyon of whiche warre / syr Guy with his son̄e before∣named erle of Flaundres, that by all this season had cōtynued in y^e Frēche kynges pryson, were suffred to go in to Flaunders / vpon condycyon that yf they myght pacyfye the countre to the kynges pleasure, that then they shulde styll enioye theyr lyberte and go at large / or els to retourne againe as prysoners. The whiche erle with his sayd sonne dyd what they cowde to reconcyle the sayde Flemynges. But al theyr trauayle was in vayne / so that by y^• day to them appoynted, they retourned to theyr former pry∣son. wherfore the kynge in the .xviii. yere of his reygne, assembled a mesu∣rable hoste of people. In the whiche were accompted for noble capytay∣nes vnder the kynge, syr Charles de Ualoys brother to the kyng, Lewys erle of Euroux that othe brother to y^e kyng, Guy erle of saint Paule, Iohn̄ erle of Dampmartyn. whiche noble men with many other mette with the kyng at a towne called Mount. And whē they had a season rested there / by meane of messangers goyng atwene kynge Phylyp and the Flemynges, a day of batayll was atwene theym appoynted, to be foughten vppon the .xvi. daye of Auguste in y^e aboue sayd .xviii. yere. At whiche day y^e Fle∣mynges of Brugys and y^e other tow¦nes set forthe theyr ordenaunce, and made them a stronge felde / and en∣batayled them in suche wyse, that the Frenchemen made daūgerous to set vpon them. Then meanes of treatye were offered / so that the daye passed without stroke strykynge.

But in the euenynge / the Flemyn¦ges thynkynge to take auauntage vpon theyr enemyes, came so soden∣ly vpon the Frenchmen, that hardly the kynge myght be armed, or they had slayne two men within his tent. wherfore hasty spede was made, so that the kynge was goten to hors∣backe / and forthwith by his marcy∣all power made waye thorough his enemyes, and slewe theym without mercy. And by the knyghtly example of hym / the remenaunt of his lordes quytte theym so honorably, that the poore Flemynges were layde in the feld bathynge in theyr owne blode to a great nombre / and lastly cōstray¦ned to flee shamefully, and to leue theyr ordenaūce behynde them. And yf nyght hadde nat fallen on / it is to deme that many mo of theym shulde haue ben slayne / consyderynge the great fyersnesse of theyr enemyes, and the excedyng rancour of malyce that the Frenchmen to theym bare. But yet the Frenchemen escaped not without losse of some noble men. For in that batayll was slayne the erle of Ancerre, and dyuers other knyghtes and men of fame. After whiche scom∣fyture and chasynge of the Flemyn∣ges / the kynge for darknesse was set vnto his tentes with torche lyghte. where after he hadde buried the dede bodyes slayne in that felde, and also garnysshedde some stronge castelles with his knyghtes, to the ende that the Flemynges shulde nat breke to∣ferre abrode / knowynge that with his enemyes he shulde that yere haue no mo playne batayles, he retour∣ned agayne into Fraunce.

IN y^e .xix. yere of kyng Phylyp / by meanes of Enguerrā a mā

in especyall fauoure with the kynge, a peas betwene Fraunce and Flaun¦dres was concluded the whych as ye shal after here dured but short whyle Nat withstandynge by the reason of thys peas, Robert de Bethune and wyllyam hys brother / whyche by all thys seasō with theyr father syr Guy erle of Flaundres had contynued in pleasaunt or esy pryson, were now de¦lyuered. But the father was dede in the moneth of February before the cō¦clusyon of thys peas passed / & by licē¦ce of the French kyng caryed to Mar¦quet a town in Flaundres, and there buryed.

* 1.4In the .xx. yere of thys kyng Phil¦lip / a great dyssencyon & stryfe fylle betwene the ryche mē or gouernours of Parys, & y^e comynaltie of the same for heythyng of y^e rent of dyuers hou¦ses aparteynyg to y^e sayd cominaltie. wherfore the sayd comons secretely accōpanyed them in greate nombre / and yode vnto the house of Stephan Barbet that was accused to be occa∣syoner of that dede, & spoyled it. And after that they yode to a maner of his in the counntre named Courtile Bar¦bet, and it in lykemaner spoyled / and that done set it in fyre, and brent it. And the orcharde of the same, whych was passynge commodious and plea¦saunt / they defaced and vtterly dy∣stroyed.

And nat yet with thys beyng con¦tent / they retourned agayne vnto the house of the sayde Stephan / and all such wynes as were within hys sel∣lers, dranke of them tyll they were wood drunkē. And what they myght nat in that wyse deuoure / they bette out the heddes and let the wyne rōne in the strete. And all formys, stolys, & other vtensillis in the house, by them foundyn all to brake in peces / and of federbeddes rypped y^e tykys, & helde theym in the wynde that the fethers myght be blowyn a way and lost for¦euer / and vnrypped the house in dy∣uers places, that the rayne and other wederyng myghte entre, as than fyll about y^e tyme soone after Crystmas. And thus contynuyng in theyr fury and rage / after the dyspoylynge and defasyng of these foresayd houses, as men nat knowynge what they than dyd / yode streyght in greate nombre vnto the place of the templers there nere, where at that season kyng Phi∣lyp with a certayn of hys barōs was than lodged / & there kept the entrees of that place in suche wyse, that no man myghte yssue nor entre but at theyr pleasures / and suche metes as were brought thyder to the kynges vse and hys housholde, they cast it in the myre and fylth of the strete. The kyng and his lordes seynge the rage of thys rude and vnresonable people sent vnto them the prouost of y^e cytie with some of hys lordes / the whyche gaue vnto them so pleasaunt & com∣fortable wordes, that at length he re∣tourned theym in peasyble maner to theyr houses. But vpon the morowe folowynge / the kyng nat forgettyng thys rage and ryot of the people, cō∣maunded many of the sayde comons to be attached, and to be sent vnto dy¦uers prysons.

And vpon Candelmasse euyn folo¦wyng, for the same ryot .xxviii. of thē were hanged at .iiii. entrees of y^e cytie of Parys / y^e is to say .vii. at Louure, vii. towarde the partyes of saynt An¦toyne .vii. at a place toward the roule & other .vii. in a place towarde nostre Dame or notyr Dame. whych execu¦cyon caused the cominaltye of y^e cytie to lyue longe after in great fere.

In the .xxi. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip, whyche maketh the ye∣re of our lorde .xiii.C. and .vii. all be it that other wryters affyrmeth it to be in the yere of grace .xiii.C. and .xi.

all the templers in Fraunce were de¦stroyed, & theyr goodes & possessions thorugh crystendom gyuē (by aucto∣ryte of a synode kept by Clement the v. than pope at the cytye of Narbon in Fraunce) vnto y^e relygyō of knygh¦tes of saynte Iohn̄ Baptyst. Thys ordre of templers was destroyed for theyr detestable heresy, whereof they were cōuyct in .x. artycles expressed in the frenche cronycle at length / which here I passe ouer for lengthe of the matter, & also for the rehersall therof is nat fruytefull to all herers or re∣ders

In the .xxiii. yere of his reygn / this kyng Philippe, for asmoche as he by some of the electours of the Empyre was chosen Emperoure / he therfore with a great army sped hym toward Rome, and passed thorugh Almayne tyll he came vnto the duchye of Qua rantayne. Of whyche duchye the peo¦ple receyued hym with all honoure. And after he passed the mountaynes and so came vnto Padua / where also he was ioyously receyued where he tarienge a season, receyued from My layne ambassadours / the whyche of∣fered to hym that cytye with all coue¦nable seruyce. And after hys people was to hym more plenarli assembled be than departed from Padua & yode vnto Mylayne. whome the lordes of the cytye met vpon the waye, & con∣ueyed hym vnto the mayster paleys of the cytye, and there lodged hym / & within fewe days after brought hym with great solempnyte vnto the ca∣thedrall churche, and there crowned hym kyng of Lōbardy & called hym Augustus.

Thā he departed from Mylayn, and spedde hym to the cytye of Cre∣moyne, & layd siege to the same. But it was to hym shortly yolde. Frō thēs he passed to y^e cyte of Bresse, where he was holdē out a lōge whyle. Thyder to hys ayde came many soudyours of y^e towne of Pyze / & made there ma¦ny sharpe assautes. In whych assau∣tes Guyde Namoure y^t was marshal of the kynges hoost dyed, of hurtes y^t he there toke. In pcesse of tyme short¦ly folowing, y^e rulers of Bres offered meanes of treaty. But y^e kyng was so amoued with y^e dethe of hys mar∣shall, y^t he wolde graūt to thē no cōdy¦cional peas / but to stāde at his grace & mercy. wherefore they fynally seyng no better meane, offered vnto hym y^e keys of the cytye.

Thā kyng Philip for othe before made, or for some other excellēcy / cau¦sed anone y^e part of the towne dyche fore agayn hys pauiliō to be fylled / & & the walle of y^e cytye, with as many houses as stode betwene the walle & the mayster palays of the cytye to be throwyn downe / y^t he with hys hoost myght entre y^e streyght waye, & so to go or ryde vnto the sayd palays. And whē all thyng was ordered to hys de¦uyse, he entred by y^e way the cytye of Cremō, & therin taryed a certayn sea¦son / & toke hys counsayll with y^e Ge∣bellynys, how he myghte the cytye of Rome wynne. And whā he had fynys shed y^e coūsayl / he toke certayn hosta¦ges of thys cytye of Cremō, y^e whych he set vnto Pyze to be kept / & so sped hym towarde Rome, & gettyng many cyties & other holdes by y^e way / lastly he came vnto y^e cytie named Bowlon la Grasse / whyther cam vnto hi a car dynall or legate sent frō pope Clemēt the .v, to treate of y^e state of y^e empyre.

But how it was the cōtynuaūce or fyne of thys iournay tourned nat to the honour & pleasure of the Frēchmē For after the metyng of the kynge & thys legate, y^e matter is no more tou∣ched. For the Frēch kyng was agayn in Fraūce, or the legate myght bryng vnto hym any answere frō the pope. Also it is the more suspect, for of this

matter speketh nothyng mayster Ro¦bert Gagwyne, whyche leueth no∣thynge out of hys boke y^e may soūde to the auauncemēt of the French na∣cyon. In the .xxiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip / was brent in dyuers places of Fraunce vpon .lx. templers for the heresy before rehersed.

And in the yere folowynge, a new rebellyon began in Flaunders. Of the whyche Robert erle of Flaūders was accused / but he acquyt hym self, & after Guy hys sonne was attached for the same and sent to pryson. Fro the whych he after escaped, for fere of profe to haue ben iustyfyed agayne hym / & retourned vnto Gaunt, where he was defēded fro hys aduersaries / so that the Holanders & Brabāders helde theyr partye agaynst the Frēch kyng, & also agayne theyr owne erle / whych so contynued without any no¦tary batayll, tyll the .xxvi. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip. In the which yere, vpon the euyn of mary Mag∣daleyn at the towne of Courtray in Brabande / was by the bysshops and other spyrituall men of Fraunce and Flaundres a peace cōcluded. wherof the condycyons were, y^t the Flemyn∣ges shuld haue pardō & forgyuenesse of all theyr former rebellyon, aswell agayne the kynge as theyr naturall duke. And for thys they shuld paye a certayne summe of syluer, wherof the summe is nat expressed / & ouer that they shulde at theyr proper costes & expenses, bete downe certayne strēg∣thes & holdes as the Frēche kynges depute wolde to them assygne / begyn¦nynge at Gaunt, & so to Bruges, & o∣ther places / & more ouer they shulde yelde vnto Robert theyr erle y^e castell of Courtray, with all abylemētes of warre & other necessaries therūto be∣longyng. Al whych cōdicions to ob∣serue, they shuld deliuer vnto y^e kyng of Fraūce good hostages. But al this came to small effect, as after shal ap∣pere.

IN the .xxvii. yere of thys Phy∣lyp / Iacob the mayster of y^e tē∣plers, with an other greate ruler of y^e sayd ordre whych was named Uisy∣tour of the same, after longe pryson∣ment were brent at Parys.

And in the same yere kynge Phy∣lyp arrered a taxe thorugh Fraunce, whyche before that dayes was neuer herde nor spoken of. Thys was so greuous, that al Normādy, Picardy & Champeygne, allied them togyder & vtterly denayde the paymēt therof. wherof heryng other countrees, toke the same opynyon / so that a greate rumour & murmour was reysed tho∣rugh out y^e realme of Fraūce, in such wyse that the kyng for pacyfyeng of the people was fayne to repeale the sayd taxe.

In the .xxviii. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip, in y^e weke of Easter / the iii. wyfes of the .iii. sonnes of kynge Philip, that is to say Margarete the wyfe of Lowys hys eldest sonne and kyng of Nauerne, Iohanne or Ione the wyf of hys seconde sonne Philip erle of Poytyers, and Blaunche the wyfe of hys thyrde sonne Charles & erle of Marches, were accused of spouse brekyng / and sent frō a place of nunnes where they lay, and con∣ueyed vnto more streyghter kepyng / y^e whych .iii. wyfes were al .iii. dough¦ters vnto the duke of Burgoyn. Thā vppon strayte examynacyon made, Margaret and Iohanne were gyl∣tye of that cryme foūd. wherfore they were sent vnto the castell of Gaylard in Normādy, there to be kept as pry∣soners terme of theyr lyues. And the forenamed Blanche, for so moche as she was foundē gyltles / was agayn restored vnto her lorde Charles erle of the Marches.

And in shorte tyme after, the two

paramours of the sayd Margaret & Iohanne, that is to saye Philip Dā¦noy, and Gautyer Dānoy or waltier Dannoy knyghtes, men of fame and goodly personage & bretherne / at the kynges commaundement were fyrst brent in the vysage with hote irēs, & after drawē to the gybet at Pōtoyse & there hanged. whyche mysfortune the kynge toke so greuously, that he reioysed neuer after.

About the feast of saynte Peter or the begynnyng of August / the kynge herynge of the rebellyon of the Fle∣mynges, by Engwerram hys mooste secrete coūsaylour made an assemble of the cytezyns of Parys / and by the mouth of the saynd Enguerram desy¦ted a subsydye of the sayd cytezeyns, to mayntayne hys warre agayne the Flemynges / the whyche by Stephā Barbet in the name of the hole cytye was graunted. By precidēce wherof, all the great cyties & good townes of Fraūce were charged in lyke maner / whyche caused greate vnkyndnes & grudge of the people towarde y^e sayd Enguerram. Than prouysyon was made for a newe iourney into Flaun¦ders / so that the kynge sent hys twoo sonnes and many other nobles of his lande in the moneth of Septembre folowynge, into the sayd countre of Flaūders. The whyche made good spede, & layde fyrste theyr siege to the castel of the Ile and wanne it / & after that entred towarde other strōge hol¦des. But the flemynges put them of / and gaue vnto the Frenche hoost so sharpe assautes, that in processe they were constrayned to retourne into Fraunce wyth smal honoure. wherof the great defaute was layde vpō En¦guerram, and vpō one of the sonnes of the erle of Flaundres / whych lytel tofore by meanes of y^e sayd Enguerrā was made erle of Neuers. In the mo¦neth of Nouembre folowyng / kynge Phylyp beyng at foūtayne Beliaunt in the prouynce of Gastenoys, was taken with suche sykenesse and dyed shortly after when he had reygned .xxviii. yeres and more / and hys body after caryed vnto saynt Dionise, and there buryed leuing after hym y^e thre forenamed sonnes, Lowys, Philyp, & Charlys / & a doughter named Isa¦bell, whych before tyme was maryed vnto the seconde Edwarde thā kyng of Englande.

Anglia.

EDwarde the se∣conde of y^t name & sōne of Edwar¦de the fyrst, born at Carnaruan in a towne of wa∣lys / beganne his reygne ouer En∣glande, in the moneth of Iulii & .viii. day of the sayd moneth, in the yere of our lord .xiii.C. & .vii / & the .xxi. yere of the .iiii. Phylip than kyng of Frau¦ce. The whych was crowned at west∣mynster the .xiiii. daye of Decembre, after the oppiniō of dyuers wryters. But Ranulph mōke of Chester in his boke of Policronicon sayth, y^t he was crowned in the forsayd monastery of the bisshop of wynchester, the sonday in quinquagesima, whych is the .xiiii. day after the closyng of Alleluya / & of the bisshoppe of wynchester, for so moche as Robert than archebisshope of Caūterbury was than out of Eng¦lande. Thys Edwarde was fayre of body & great of strengthe but vnsted faste of maners, & vyle in cōdicions. For he wolde refuse the company of lordes & men of honour / & haūte hym with vylayns & vyle {per}sones. He also gaue hym to great drynkyng / & light¦ly he wolde dyscouer thīges of great coūsayl. with these & many other dis∣alowable condicions he was exercy∣sed / whych tourned hym to great dis∣honour, & hys lordes to great vnrest,

as by the sequele of thys hys story shall appere.

Anone as hys father was buryed, and hys exequy scantly fynysshed / he forgettynge the hyghe & chargeable commaūdement of hys sayd father, sent in all haste for hys olde compere Pyers of Gau••stone. The whych he receyued wyth all ioy & gladnesse, & auaunced hym to moche honour. And thus passed the season of y^e olde mayre and shyreffes of London / so y^t at the feastes of Myghelmas & Sy∣mon & Iude folowyng, y^e olde mayre and shyreffes, that is to meane syr Io¦han Blount, Symon Bolet & God∣frey at the conduyt were dyscharged, and the newe as vnder foloweth ad∣mytted.

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  Aryght no∣table policy
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  Boniface the viii. pope
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