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

Francia. ¶Charles the fyfth.

CArolus the fyfth or Charles the yong∣est of the thre bre∣therne or sonnes of Philyppe le Bewe begāne his reygne ouer y^e Frenchmē, in y^e moneth of Ia¦nuary & yere of our lorde .M.CCC. and .xxii, and the .xv. yere of y^e secōde Edwarde yet kynge of Englande / & was crowned at Raynes the .xii. day of February nexte ensuynge. After whiche solempnyte fynysshed & en∣ded / he in short proces of tyme after sent vnto the .xxii. Iohan than pope, & assertayned hym of y^e gossyprede y^t was atwene hym and Blanche his wyfe. wherof the examynacyon by y^e sayd pope was commytted vnto the bisshoppes of Paris & of Beauuais, & mayster Godfrey de Blessys pro∣thonotayr of the countre of Rome. The whiche after due and perfyte ex¦aminacyon in that mater made / they founde that Mawde countesse of Ar¦toys and mother to the fore named quene Blanche, was godmother vn∣to kynge Charles her husbande. Of the whiche whan they had made re∣porte vnto the pope / he gaue sentēce that the sayd matrymony was not le¦gyttymat / and cōmaunded a deuorce and a separacyon to be made atwene those .ii. persones. The whiche was shortly after executed. In the se∣conde yere of this Charles, dyed Ro¦bert erle of Flaūdres without yssue. wherfore the sayd erledam fell into y^e Frenche kynges handes / so that of it he was in processe by thagrement of the lordes of the same, put in peasy∣ble possessyon / all be it the erle of Ne∣uers made therunto a pretēce & tytle.

And in this yere kynge Charles about the feest of saynt Mathewe in Septēbre, maryed his seconde wyfe named Mary the syster of the kynge

of Bohemy or Beme, and doughter of Henry erle of Lucenbourgh and late emperoure of Almayne, named in the lyne of the emperours Henry the .viii, or after some wryters y^e .vii. Also in y^• sayd yere one named Iour¦dan of the Ile / a Gascoyne borne, & a man of noble lynage but lowe & vyle of condycyons, to whom the foresaid pope Iohn̄ in maryage hadde gyuen hys nyese for reuerence of his byrth / thys season by the meane of his vyle condycyons and suche dyshoneste cō¦panye as he drewe vntyll hym, he fell into many sclaūderous vyces / so that lastly he was accused of rape & murder and of felony. Of the whych he was at length in .xviii. artycles by due profe made cōuycte by the lawe, and iudged to be hanged. But the kynge at the request of the pope and for the honoure of hys blode / graun∣ted to hym a charter, and pardoned hym of all former transgressyons. But that not wythstandynge he in processe of tyme fell or retourned vn¦to hys olde accustomyd condicyons. And among other greate crymes by hym executed / he slewe a sergeaunt of armys belongynge to the kynge, that to hym was sent in message. For whyche murder and other detestable dedys, he was newely accused / and vppon that somonyd to apere at Pa¦rys before the kynge and hys coun∣sayle. At whych day of apparence he came to the sayde cytye wyth a great companye, and some noble men whi∣che were to hym nere of kynne / and excused him to the vttermost of theyr powers. But agayne hym and to ac∣cuse hym came many other lordes & barons. Of the whyche the marques of Ampton or Dampton wyth hys sonne were chyefe, that put causes of complaynt agayne hym. The which made suche prouys and declaracyōs agayne the sayde Iourdan, that he was cōmytted vnto the chastelet of Parys, & there to remayne as a pry∣soner. And in processe of tyme suche maters and trespaces were prouyd vpon hym, that he by authoryte of a parlyament holden at Compeyng was lastly iudged to dye. And soone after, that is to meane the .vii. day of Maye, he was drawyn to the gybbet of Parys and there hanged. In the thyrde yere of his reygne / thys Char¦lys gaue vnto the erle of Neuers y^t before tyme hadde made clayme to the erledome of Flaunders, y^• sayde erledom / the whyche of the Flemyn∣ges and inhabytauntes of that coū∣trey was wel and ioyously receyued. Than he in shorte whyle after gaue vnto the townes of Gaunt, Brugys, Ipre, and other, dyuers pryuyleges and grauntes to theyr great auaun∣tage & profyte. But it was not longe after that he wanne of them as mych grudge and hatred as he to fore had loue & good wyll. And all for a taxe y^t he set vpon the dwellers of Brugys and the coūtrey nere there vnto / and specyally of them that dwelled in the countrey. For they thought y^t theyr charge exceded farre the charge of y^e dwellers within the towne. wherfore by secrete meanys they appoynted a daye of assemble amonge them selfe / and sodeynly well armed entred the towne of Brugys, and slewe therin dyuers of the erles seruauntes, and some of the borough maysters of the sayde towne, suche as they suspected to be of counseyle of the leuyenge of the sayd taske. In the .iiii. yere of his reygne, thys Charlys after the dethe of Mary hys seconde wyfe, by dys∣pensacion of the pope the .xxii. Iohn̄ / he maryed Iane his cosyn Germayn the doughter of Lewys erle of Eu∣roux, and vncle vnto thys kynge Charlys, or brother to hys father Phylyppe le Beawe.

IN this abouesayd .iiii. yere / the quene of Englande and syster vnto thys kyng Charlys of Fraūce, to treate an vnite and peace bytwene hyr lorde and hyr brother, for the warre made in Gascoyne, as before is towched in the .xv. yere of Edward the seconde hyr lorde and husbande / and there taryed, and retourned, as aboue in the sayde yere is expressed.

In thys yere also the erle of Flaū¦ders fore named, for suspeccyon that he hadde to Robert of Flaūders hys vncle, leste he for hys synguler auaū¦tage wold supplant hym of that erle dome / he made letters vnto the go∣uernours of the towne, where y^e sayd Robert was resyaunt and abydyng, that they shulde put hym to dethe. But by the warnyng of his olde and trusty frende the erlys chaūcellour / he was warned and so auoyded that towne. For thys, greate malyce and rancoure arose bytwene this Robert and the erle, whyche was not short∣ly pacyfyed. But it was not longe after that a nother taske or imposy∣cyon was leuyed of the townes of Gaunt, Brugys, Ipre, and other townys of Flaunders. The whyche taske was leuyed in recompensemēt of suche warres made vpon Flaun∣ders by Phylyp le Beawe / or more dyrectely for paymēt of twelue thou∣sand pownde awardyd by Ioselyn the cardynall, as before is shewed in the seconde yere of the .v. Phylyppe, that the Flemynges shulde paye to the French kyng for byenge of theyr peace. Of thys taske to be leuyers or gaderers was assygned the pryncy∣pall men of the sayde townes / y^t whi∣che by theyr demeanure in the leuy∣enge therof demeaned them in suche wyse, that they ranne in great hatred of the comon people. In so myche that they accusyd theym and sayde that they hadde leuyed or gatheryd moche more than the sayde taske amounted. wherfore they desyred of the erlys counsayle, that the sayde persons myghte be called to accoūpt. But thys requeste myght not be op∣teyned / whyche caused the comons to runne in further grudge and mur∣mure. An other thynge also caused suspeccyon / for the erlys counsayle and the sayde collectours hadde so many secrete assembles. At lengthe whan the erlys counsayle appercey∣ued the murmure of the comons / they wyth the collectours condyscen¦dyd for a trayne, to haue taken cer∣teyne capytaynes of the sayd comōs / and sayde that at Turnaye at a daye assygned, the sayd collectours shuld yelde vp theyr accoumpte. At whych daye the erle in proper persone came vnto the sayde towne of Tournaye. And there whan y^e erle with the other of hys counceyle shulde haue execu∣ted theyr purposed enter / how it was by some warnyng or monycyon that the comons had, they wythstode the erle and hys companye, and in the ende slewe many of theyr enemyes / and toke the erle and putte hym in sure kepynge wythin the towne of Brugys. But in thys skyrmysshe by meane of y^e erlys party, a great part of the foresayde towne was brent. wherfore the towne toke partye with the Flemynges / and were a greate cause that the erle was so taken and putte frome hys entent. Than the foresayde comons to the more dys∣pleasure of the erle / admytted for theyr lorde and capytayne Roberte the vncle of the erle foresayde / and amonge them reputed hym for erle of Flaunders. The whyche for ta∣kynge vpon hym delyuered frō pry∣son hys frende the erlys chauncel∣lour, whyche as aboue is sayde had delyuered hym from former daūger, & made hym chyefe of his counceyle.

But to all thys was the towne of Gaunt repugnaūt / in so moche that mortall warre beganne to sourde be∣twene the sayd towne & the towne of Bruges & other. And so farfourth cō¦tynued / that shortly after the people of Gaunt and of the other townes, met wyth them of Bruges in playne batayll, & fought cruelly. But in the ende they of Gaūt chased thē of Bru¦ges / and slewe of them beyonde fyue hundreth men. But yet the erle was neuer the rather deliuered. After this the Frenche kyng sent vnto them of Bruges, requyryng them in curtoyse maner that they wolde set theyr erle at lybertye. But they sent the messan∣gers agayne wythout spede of theyr message.

In thys whyle dyed Charles de Ualoys brother vnto Phylyppe le Beaw, & vncle vnto this kyng Char¦les / the whych languysshed longe in a consumpcyō or he dyed / in so moch that the opynyon of the people was, y^t he was so punysshed for the iniury & malyce y^t he bare towarde Enguer¦ram / the whyche as ye haue before harde in the fyrste yere of thys kyng, was put vnto deth. And the rather thys fame ran vpon the sayd Char∣les / for so moche as in y^e tyme of hys syckenes, he gaue great almesse. And to suche persones as he gaue or sente hys almesse vnto / he wylled them as well to pray for the soule of the sayde Enguerram as for hys owne hele. Thys Charles de Ualoyes left after hym a sonne named Philipe de Ua∣loyes / the whych Phylip for so moch as thys Charles now kyng of fraūce dyed wythout issue, he by fauoure of the lordes of that regyon was made kyng of Fraunce / & put by the ryght and tytle of Edwarde the thyrde thā kyng of Englande, the sonne of Isa¦bel & doughter of Phylyp le Beawe. whych Isabell by dyssent was right∣ful enheritour of y^e crowne of Fraūce For whyche tytle was after cruell warre betwene the sayd Edwarde & Phylyp, as in the story of the sayde Edwarde after shall appere. In the v. yere of kyng Charles the Burgh∣maysters & skepyns, y^t is to meane the rulers of the towne of Bruges / deliuered theyr erle & set hym at larg vpon certayne condicions folowyng the whych to be obserued they caused hym to be solēply sworne. Fyrste that after that day he shuld nat punysshe nor hurt any of the lande of Flaun∣dres, for any displeasure to hym done or any of hys seruauntes or councel, sen the tyme that he was erle, concer∣nyng any cause of theyr rebellion. Secūdaryly y^t he shuld nat abrydge nor mynysshe any of theyr lyberties that they of olde tyme haue had, or by hym newly to theym graunted. Thyrdely, that in all grose maters that concerned the gouernaunce of hys realme / suche as he knewe well dyuerse of them to be expert therein, that he shulde nothynge conclude or do without theyr aduyces and assen∣tys. And fourthly that after that day he shuld neuer vse the counsayl of the abbot of Uersellay / which they knew for theyr dedely enemy, for so moche as they before tyme had slayne hys father named Petyr Floce or Floze in the batayll of Courtray as in the syxtene yere of Phylyppe le Beawe is before shewed, how be it the name of the sayde Petyr is nat there expres¦sed. After whyche artycles wyth other fermely by the erle promysed to be kept and holden / he was deliue¦red & set at large.

In the syxte yere of the reygne of thys Charles / a greate dyssencyon and varyaunce aroose betwene the Dolphyne of Uyen and the duke of Sauoy / so that mortall batayll en∣sued vppon the same. In the whyche

moche people were slayne vpon both partyes. But in y^• ende the Dolphyn of Uyen had the better / and toke as prysoners in the feelde the duke of Burgoyne and the erle of Ancerne, wyth other noble men. In thys yere also the Gascoynes with y^e Englissh men made warre vppon the borders of Fraunce. Agayne whome kynge Charles sent a cosyn of hys, named syr Alphons de Spayne. But he spēt the kyng greate good, and retourned with lytle worshyppe into Fraunce, where he dyed shortely after. Then the kynge sent agayne the sayd Gas∣coynes the erle of Ewe, & syr Robert Barthram than marshall of Fraūce, with dyuerse other noble men. In whyche season the Gascoynes wyth the sayd Englysshemen had gotten the castell of a towne standynge in y^• coūtre of Poytyew or Poytyers na∣med saynt Oyngne / within whyche towne the sayd erle & other the nobles of Fraūce were lodged / so y^t betwene them dayly cruell assautes were exer¦cysed, to the great hurte of bothe par¦tyes. Lastly betwene thē was a daye of batayll in playne feelde accorded / where the Frenchemen to the entēt to haue the aduaūtage of the sayd feeld & there to enbatayll thē selfe to theyr mooste auaūtage / the day of the sayd appoytemēt issued of y^t towne, & yode to the place assygned, whyche was a good dystaunce frome the foresayde towne, & there taryed theyr enemyes. But the Gascoynes entendyng an other purpose, yode streyght vnto y^t foresayde towne / and knowyng it to be without greate defence, assauted and shortly gatte it and set it on fyre nat sparynge chyrches nor other pla¦ces of relygyon as affermeth y^• frēch boke / and that done retourned vnto the fyresayd castel, and in processe of tyme after retourned agayne into Guyan. whan kynge Charles was assertayned of thys delusion / he was greuously dyscontented agayne the Gascoynes, and manysshed theym very sore. But in the moneth of Decē¦bre shortly ensuynge, he was taken with a greuouse sykenesse / so that he dyed vppon Candelmas euyn folow¦ynge at Boys in Uyncent, and was entered at saynt Denyse whā he had reygned fyue yeres and odde dayes / leuynge after hym none heyre of hys body, excepte the quene was than wyth chylde. whyche chylde dyed soone after y^e byrthe. wherfore some questions for that kyngedome were moued as before touched in the ende of the fourthe yere of thys Charles, & after shalbe forther expressed.