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.CCC.xcvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xcvii.
	Androwe Pykman.
Nycholas Bembre.		Anno .lii.
	Nycholas Twyforde.

IN thys .lii. yere and .xii. daye of the moneth of Apryl / syr Iohn̄ Mynster worth knyght, for certayne tresons, of the whych he was conuict before the mayre and other iustyces of the kyng in the Guyld halle, was thys foresayd daye at tyborne put in execucion / that is to meane, hanged, heded, and quartered / & hys hed sette after vpō Lōdon brydge. The cause of whose dethe was, for so moche as he beynge put in trust by the kyng, re¦ceyued greate summes of money to paye wyth the kynges sowdyours / the whyche he kepte vnto hys owne vse, and deceyued the kynge and hys sowdiours. And whan therof he was to the kyng accused / he feryng punys¦shement fledde into Fraunce, & there conspyred newly agayne his natural prynce / & so lastly was taken and re∣ceyued hys meryte.

In thys yere also began a wōder∣full cysme in the churche of Rome. For after the deth of the pope the .xi. Gregory was chosen .ii. popes. wher¦of the fyrst was named the .vi. Urbā, and that other the seuenth Clement / the fyrste an Italy on borne, and that other a Frencheman. Of the whyche ensued suche dyscorde in eleccyon of the pope, that by the terme of .xxxix. yeres after, there was euer .ii. popes in suche auctorytye, that harde and doughtefull it was to knowe / whe∣ther was indubitat pope.

‡ And vpon the .xxii. daye of the mo∣neth of Iuny, dyed at hys manour of Shene now called Rychmoūt, kyng Edward y^e thyrde of that name / whā he had reygned .li. yeres and .v. mo∣nethes and odde dayes / leuyng after hym .iiii. sonnes, that is to saye Leo∣nell duke of Clarence, Iohn̄ of Gaūt duke of Lancastre, Edmund of Lāg¦ley duke of yorke, and Thomas of woodstok erle of Cambrydge. Of the whyche sonnes wyth other nobles of hys realme, he was honourably cō∣ueyed frō his sayd manour of Shene vnto the monastery of westmynster, and there solempnely wythin the

chapell of saynt Edwarde vppon the south syde of the shryne, wyth thys Epytaphyor superscrypcion in a ta∣ble hangyng vpon hys tombe.

¶Hic decus Anglorum, flos regum preteritorū, Forma futurorum, rex clemens, pax populorum, Tercius Edwardus regni complens iubileum, Inuictus pardus, pollens bellis Machabeus.

The whych is thus to be vnderstāde in our mother tūge as folowynge.

Of Englyshe kynges, here lieth the beauteuous floure. Of all before passed, & myrrour to them shall sue A mercifull kynge, of peace conseruatour, The .iij. Edwarde. The deth of whome maye 〈◊〉〈◊〉 All Englysshmē / for he by knyghtehode due, was lyberde inuict, and by feate Marciall To worthy Machabe in vertu peregall.

PHylyp de Ualoys erle of Ualoys, & sonne of Charles de Ualoys brother vnto y^e .iiii. Philip was admitted for protectoure of the realme of Fraūce, in the begynnynge of the moneth of February. And vpō Trynite sonday next ensuyng, he with hys wyfe were crowned at Raynes, in y^e yere of our lord god a .M.iii.C.xxviii, & the .ii. yere of kyng Edward the .iii. thā be∣ynge in possessiō of the crowne of En¦glande. Betwene thys Philip & the sayd Edward kyng of Englande, as some deale before in the story, & .iiii. yere of Charles the .v. is towched / great disputacions & argumentes a∣rose betwene theyr coūsayles, for the right & tytle to the crowne of Fraūce. For it was thought by the coūsayl of Englāde, for so moche as Edwarde was cosyn to Philip le Beaw, & sonn̄ of y^e sayd Philippes doughter, which had no mo chylder but Edwardes mo¦ther / that he shuld rather be kyng of Fraūce than Philip de Ualoys, that was but cosyn germayn to Philip le Beaw, & sonne of hys brother Char∣les. Of whych dispuciōs & argumen¦tes the fynall cōclusion was, y^• for an olde decre & law by auctoritye of par∣lyament lōge before made was enac∣ted, that no womā shuld enheryte the crowne of Fraūce / therfore y^e tytle of Edward by myght of the Frēchemen was put by, & thys Philip admytted to the gouernaūce of the same. After whych direcciō thus takē, & specially by y^e meanes of syr Robert erle of Ar¦toys / thys Philip anone was procla¦med regēt of Fraūce, vnto such tyme as the quene wyfe of Charles the .v. whych thā was wyth chylde were de∣lyuered / & so receyued the rule of the lande as regēt. In tyme wherof, Pe∣ter Remy principall tresorer of kyng Charles last dede / whyche Peter (ly∣uyng the sayd Charles) was accused of myspēdyng of y^e kynges tresoure, & enrychyng of hym selfe cōtrary to ryght & reason, so y^t his goodes shuld be estemed at .iiii.C.M.li. after Pa∣rys money, wherof y^e value is set out in diuers places before in this werke was takē out of pryson & areygned at Parys, & there conuict & adiuged / & vpō the .xxiiii. day of Marche drawē thorugh the cytie, & hanged vpon the comō gybet at Parys. And vpō the fyrst day of Apryll folowyng / the old quene & wyfe of Charles laste kyng, was lighted of chyld, & brought forth a doughter at Boys in Uincēt, which after was named Blanche. wherfore where before the sayd Philip de Ua∣loys ruled before but as regēt / nowe he was allowed & takē for kyng, and crowned as before is sayd at the citie of Raynes, with y^e quene his wyfe vp on Trinite sonday. And whā y^e solēp¦nyte of hys coronaciō was ended / he then assembled before hym & hys coū¦sayll

Lowys the erle of Flaūdres, & receyued of hym homage for the sayd erledom. And that done, he besought the kyng of ayde to oppresse certayn townes of hys coūtre whych rebelled agayne hym. wherunto y^e kyng graū¦ted / & by counsayll & exortacion of syr Gautyer or walter de Crecy than cō∣stable of Fraunce, the kyng sent oute hys commyssioners / chargynge hys lordes with theyr assygnes & sowdy∣ours, to mete with hym in dyffēsyble arraye at the cytie of Arras, by mary Magdaleyne day next ensuyng.

At whyche day the kyng with his lordes and people there meting, toke forewarde vpon hys iourney, & sped hym toward Cassyle a town of Flaū¦dres. where within lytell space of the towne he pyght hys pauylyons and tētes / & wasted and pylled the coūtre thereabout. But the Flemynges ke∣pynge within the sayd towne, fered nothyng the French kyng / but in dy∣rision of hym and of hys lordes, they caused a red cok to be paynted vpō a whyte cloth, & wrote in greate let∣ters in y^e sayd clothe thys tyme folow¦ynge, & hāged it out ouer the walles.

Quant ce quoc i••y chantera. ••e roy troue ca entrera.

¶whych is thus to meane in our vul¦gare speche.

whan that thys cok lo here doth synge, than shall thys founde kynge hys hoste in brynge.

WHā thys was redde of the Frēch men, and report made therof vn¦to the kynge / he was therwyth sore amoued / and specyally for that y^t they named hym the foundē kyng. Therfore they assayled them strōgly vppon all partyes. But they of the towne defended theym manfully, so that theyr enemyes had of them none aduauntage. Than the kynge sente syr Robert de Flaundres a knyghte of the erles, with a certayne sowdy∣ours / commaundyng hym to assayle the Flemynges toward saint Omers And the erle he monysshed, y^t he with hys people shuld assayle thē towarde the yle. Than the comōs of Bruges, Ipre, of Tourney, of Fourneys, and of all Cassyle, assembled theym / and prouyded that a certayne of thē shuld kepe the mount of Cassyle, and ano∣ther company shulde kepe the coūtre towarde Tourney, and the thyrde hoste shulde fortyfye the countre to∣warde the yle.

The whiche people ordered euery hoste hys lymit to hym assigned / and dayly skyrmysshed wyth the Frenche men, so that betwene them men were slayne vpon bothe partyes. whan the kyng had thus lyen before the towne a certayn season / the Flemynges nat feryng theyr enemyes, issued oute of the towne, and pyght theyr tētes vp∣pon the mounte of Cassyle, & shewed them boldly vnto theyr enemyes / thā kyng Phylyp seynge the boldnesse of the Flemynges, and howe lytell they fered hym / toke coūsayll of hys lord{is} how he myght cause them to dyscēde the hylle / for so longe as they kepte y^e hyll it was iuperdous & perylous to stye towarde theym. Lastly it was a∣greed by the kynge and hys lordes, that syr Robert de Flaundres wyth other, shuld assayle an holde or town thereby called Terroner de Bergner by meane wherof the kyng thoughte that they wolde discende the mount, to rescue the sayd towne. which accor¦dyng to y^e kynges mynde was done, and a bulwerke set vppon a fyre. But the kynge had neuer the rather hys entent. For they kepte them and theyr gates in so sure wyse, that the French kyng for al hys great power, myghte to theym do no scathe. In so moche that the kynge consyderynge

theyr strength / was condyscended to famysshe them by hunger, that they myght nat wynly strēgth / & for that toke y^e lesse watche or regarde to hys people, but suffered them to play and dysport them out of theyr harneys, eche of thē in others tente / thynkyng hym sure of hys enemyes, for any as∣saute or warre by theym to be procu∣red or attempted agayne hym or hys lordes.

But whether it were that hys ene¦myes of this were warned, or that of theyr owne courage and pryde they wolde assayle the frenche hoste / vpon the .xxiiii. daye of Auguste towarde y^e nyght, the sayde hoste of Flemynges aualed the mount in as secrete wyse as men of watre myght / & drewe thē towarde the French men, whych thā were vnarmed and in theyr disportes of dysynge and playeng at the chesse & other games.

Uppon whome the Flemynges came so sodaynly, y^t they slewe many of theyr enemyes, and forced many to fle toward saynt Omers for theyr sauegarde. And so the Flemynges helde on theyr waye tyll they came nere vnto the kynges tent, which thā was also vnarmed. But by the noyse & crye he beynge warned▪ in all haste armed hym. In the whyche season as god wolde for the Frenche hoste / certayne Marshallys of the Frenche hoste wyth a stronge company, retor∣ned from y^e assaute of an holde ther∣by, and encountred the Flemynges / and helde wyth them batayll, whyle the kynge and his lordes made them redy. So that in processe the Flemyn¦ges were closed wyth theyr enemyes and had a sharpe and cruell fyghte / wherin they defended theym vygo∣rously.

But in the ende the losse of y^• felde iourned vpon the Flemynges / so y^t the capytayne named 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was slayne, wyth many other to the nom∣bre of .xviii.M. & aboue as wytnes∣seth the Frenche boke, ouer many whyche were there taken prysoners of poore men and artyfycers / for the multitude of the gentylmē were vpō the erles partye.

After whyche victorye thus optey¦ned by the kynge / anone he caused y^e sayde towne of Cassell to be set vpon a fyre / & after yode vnto Bruges and had it yolden vnto hym. And in lyke wyse was Ipre, Poperynge, Four∣nays, Tournaye, Terrouer, & many other good townes yoldē vnto hym. Amonge the whyche Gaūt is nat na¦med. wherfore it is to deme, that it was none of those townes y^t at thys season rebelled. Thā in short proces folowynge / the kyng had the rule of the hole erledome of Flaunders, and delyuered the possessyon therof vnto Lowys the foresayde erle of that coū¦tre / and after retourned into Fraūce wyth pompe, leuynge the erle in hys countye of Flaundres. Thē whyche dyd after so cruell iustyce vppon hys subiectes, that he put to deth by dy∣uerse tourmentes, as rakkynge, hed∣dynge, & hangynge, in sondry tow∣nes & places of hys lordshyppes, vpō the nōbre of .x.M: ouer & aboue many & dyuers whych were banysshed, som for fewe yeres, some for many, & som for euermore.

IN the secōde yere of thys kyng Phylyp / lyke as before is she∣wed in the thyrde yere of kynge Ed∣warde, the sayd Edwarde made hys homage vnto the sayde Phylyp in y^e towne of Amyas, for the duchy of Guyon & countye of Poytyers. And soone after thys Phylype sente into Flaundres dyuers bysshoppes and other noble men / by whose meanes y^e gates of Brug{is} of Ipre, of Courtray and of other townes, were abated &

throwen downe, for fere lest the sayde townes wolde oft rebell agayne hym or theyr erle.

In thys yere also syr Roberte de Artoys began hys plee in parlyamēt agayne Iohan countesse of Artoys for that erledome / in claymynge the ryght therof by certayne endentures of couenaūtes of maryage, betwene syr Phylype de Artoys hys father, & dame Blaūche of Brytayne hys mo∣ther / whyche wrytynges had ben by longe tyme kept from hym and now newly founden. And for to haue the better expedicion in hys matter / he brought vnto the kynge, the erle of Alenson, the duke of Brytayne, with dyuers nobles, the whyche made re∣quest for hym to the kyng y^t he might haue iustyce. And with the countesse came the duke of Burgoyne, Lowys erle of Flaundres, and dyuers other noble men, makynge lyke request for her and for her ryght. Than syr Ro∣bert shewed forth a wrytynge sealed wyth the seale of armys of the erle of Artoys, conteynynge that whan the maryage was solēpnysed of syr Phy¦lyp de Artoys father to the sayd Ro∣bert, & of dame Blaunche doughter vnto the duke of Brytayne and mo∣ther vnto the sayd Robert, it was ac∣corded that the sayd syr Phylyp hys father, gaue vnto y^e sayd dame Blaū¦che and to her heyres, the erledome of Artoys. whiche wrytynges at the in∣staunce & prayer of the countesse of Artoys, were than delyuered into y^e court to be kept / sayeng that the sayd wrytynges were vntrewe & coūterfe¦ted. Upon the whych the sayde coun∣tesse brought suffycient prouffe, that the sayd wrytynges were falsely ma¦de & sealed by a gentylwomā, dough¦ter vnto the lorde of Dygnon of the castell of Bethune / y^t whyche was so lerned in Astronomy y^t she toke vpon her to shew thynges to come, wherin somtyme she happed vpon the soth / but more oftener she fayled.

By meanes of whyche womā an olde chartre sealed wyth the seale of the forenamed syr Phylip was foūd / the whych she craftely toke of, & set it vpon a new writyng made to y^e auaū¦tage of the sayd syr Robert of Artoys & after presented them vnto the sayd syr Robert, sayenge y^t she had founde thē in the town of Acras. The which he ioyfully receyued, and made hys tytle and clayme vpō the same. This matter thus hāgyng before the kyng and hys lordes / in the .iii. yere of hys reygne in y^e cytye of Parys, after due prouffe made vpon the same, the sen∣tence was gyuen agayne syr Robert of Artoys to hys great dyspleasure. In so moche that he sayd openly, by me he was made a kynge, and by me he shalbe dysmyssed yf I maye. And for he fered to be caste in pryson by y^e French kyng / he therefore conueyed hys horse and goodes secretely vnto Burdeaux vpon Geroūde, and there toke shyppyng and so passed into En¦glande hys sayd horses and treasour & hym selfe yode vnto hys cosyne the duke of Brabāt. with whome he bode a certayne of tyme / & after passed into Englāde, and excyted kyng Edward hougely for to make warre vpon the Frenche kynge.

In the .iiii. yere of y^e reygne of this Phylip / the sayd syr Robert was pro¦claymed open enemy to the crown of Fraunce, and hys landes seased into the Frenche kynges handes / and he banysshed the lande for euer, excepte that he within a moneth after Easter next ensuyng, wolde come into y^e kyn¦ges court, & submyt hym hooly vnto the kynges grace whyche sentēce pas¦sed agayne hym, for so moche as he apered nat.

In y^e .vi. yere of the reygne of this Philip / the wyfe of syr Robert of Ar∣toys,

y^t whych was syster vnto kyng Philip, was accused to be a great oc¦casioner of the offence of her husbād. For y^e which she with her childer was sent into Gastenoys & there holden in strayte pryson.

In y^e .viii. yere of hys reygne, kyng Philip vysyted diuers parties of his realme / & in y^e doynge, vysyted many places of pylgrymages which before he had promysed to seche, for the resti¦tuciō of helth to his eldest sonn̄ Iohn̄ thā duke of Normādy, whych y^e yere before my meane of sekenes was in great ieopardy of lyfe / & cōtynuynge the sayd iourney, rode vnto Auygnō and vysyted there y^e pope than beyng Benet the .xii. of y^e name. And whā he had sped hys nedes wyth hym, he yo∣de into the prouynce of Mercyle for to se there his nauy / and after retour¦ned by Burgoyne, where of the duke he was royally receyued and feested. In which season of his there tarieng a cōplaynt was brought before hym by y^e sayd duke, agayne syr Iohn̄ de Chalon, for clayme of certayn lādes within that duchy. The whych vari∣aunce to apese the kyng toke therein somme payne. But no direccion he myght set therein / so y^t the sayd duke and syr Iohn̄ departed with wordes of dyffiaūce. And shortly after y^e sayd syr Iohn̄ accompanyed with dyuers noble mē of Almayne, entred y^e duchy of Burgoyne, and therin dyd moche harme to the coūtre and people / and gat certayne castelles and thē forty∣fyed with Almaynes. Thā y^e duke ha¦uyng in his ayde y^e kyng of Nauerne the duke of Normādy▪ with y^e erle of Escāps and of Flaūdres▪ ass••eged y^e castel of Chausy, & at y^e ende of .vi. we¦kes wan y^e same / and after yode vnto the cytye of Besenson, & layd siege to it also. But whā he had leyne there a lōge season, he was fayne to cōclude a trewes, his host was in such 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of vytayll. By reason of whych peas or trewes y^e hostes were deseuered, & the ende of y^e warre vnparfyted. But in the ende folowynge, by meane of y^e Frēch kyng a dyrecciō was takē be∣twene the sayd {per}tyes. And thys yere kyng Philip sent certayne messēgers vnto kyng Edward, vpō certayn de∣maūdes for y^e castel of yaūtes & other for y^e which cōtrauersie fyrst begā to kyndle betwene the sayde .ii. prynces as in y^e .x. yere of Edward is touched with the other yeres folowyng.

In the .ix. yere of this Philip, ape∣red a blasyng sterre. After the whych ensued greate mortalytye within the realme of Fraūce, aswel of men as of beestes. And in this yere a nother mā of y^e prouynce of Lāgedok named Ar¦nolde of Normādy, was heded & han¦ged vpō y^e cōmon gybet of Parys / for asmoch as by hys meanes it was pro¦ued, that the Englyshmē had wonne the castell of Paracoll. And in the .x. yere of kynge Philip / kyng Edward of Englād sent syr Barnard de Bret into Flaūdres, for causes touched & shewed in the .xii. yere of the sayd Ed¦ward. And in y^e .xi yere of this Philip kyng Edward sayled into Brabāt, & alyed hym wyth Lowys y^e Empour. And whyle the Frenche kyng taryed with hys hoste at saint Quyntyne in Uermandoys / kyng Edward entred into Fraunce, and spoyled and brent a parte of Treresse, nat without some note or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Cowardyse arrec∣ted to the Frēch kyng and hys hoste, of hys owne subgectes. And in the same yere, began the towne of Gaūte to rebell wyth other townes of Flaū¦dres, by the mocion of Iaques de Ar¦tyuyle / as in the .xiiii. yere is shewed of kyng Edward the thyrde.

In the twelf yere of thys Philip whych y^e Frēch boke calleth the yere of confusyon, kynge Edwarde be∣ynge retourned into Englande / the

Frenche kynge assembled a myghty hoste to go agayne the Henauders, Flemynges, & Brytons / & came with the sayde hoste vnto Arras / and sent from thens a part of hys people with hys sonne Iohn̄ than duke of Nor∣mandy into Henaude, for to warre vppon the countrey there.

whyche went streyght vnto Cam∣braye / & after layd siege to that castel called Esthandune. And wythin .xv. dayes folowynge the Frenche kynge hys father came vnto the sayd syege wyth innumerable people. The whiche castell at thende of a moneth after the kynges cōmynge was gyuē vp by apoyntement. And that done y^e kynge remoued hys siege to a castell of the bysshoppe of Cambray named Thune, standynge vpon the ryuer of Lescaut▪ where the kynge laye longe tyme withoute harme doynge vnto y^e sayde castell. At lengthe the duke of Brabant with the erle of Gerle, with a stronge hoste of dyuers nacyons, came for to remoue that siege / so that the Frenche hoste lay vpon that one syde of the ryuer, & the Brabanders vpō that other. But by meane of .iiii. brydges whych were made ouer that ryuer / bothe hostes at sondry tymes mette & faughte dyuers sharpe skyr∣mysshes to the losse of people vppon bothe partyes. But in the ende the castell was so betyn wyth gonnes, y^t the capytayne therof put all hys mo∣uables in a shyp / and after wyth such sowdyours as were lefte, entred the sayde shyp, & sette the castell vppon a lyght fyre, wherof whan the Frenche kynge was ware / in all haste he cau∣sed the walles to be scaled, and so en∣tred & stanched the fyre. And the same nyght the hoste of Brabanders de∣parted also.

whan the kynge ha•• thus won•••• thys castell / he than sente the dukes of Normandy & of Burgoyn, vnto a towne named Quesnoy. And whan y^e sayd dukes had brent a parte of that towne & other vyllages there about / they retourned agayne vnto y^e Frēch hoste. And shortly after the kynge re∣tourned into Fraunce / & there made prouycyon to sende forthe hys nauy to mete wyth kyng Edwarde, whych were to the nombre of .iiii. hūdreth or aboue / the whyche as in the .xv. yere of Edwarde the thyrde is before she∣wed, mette the Englysshe nauy, and there at a place called y^e Swyn̄ were ouercommen.

AFter thys great victory thus opteyned by the kynge of En¦glande / the Frenche kynge wyth a great hoste herynge comfortable ty∣dynges of the discomfiture of syr Ro¦berte de Artoys, before the towne of saynte Omers, as before in the .xv. yere of kyng Edward is also shewed sped hym tyt he came to the pryory of saynte Andrew. where he taryenge wyth hys people, certayne lettres we¦re sent to hym by kynge Edwarde▪ wherof the tenour with the answere of the same, are set out in the forsayd xv. yere, with other maters appartey¦nynge to the actes of bothe prynces. whan the peace was concluded be∣twene the sayde kynges, as in y^e sayd xv. yere is declared / y^e kyng of Fraūce retourned to hys owne. And in y^e .xiii yere of hys reygne, dyed Iohn̄ duke of Brytayne. After whose deth Char¦les de Bloys & Iohn̄ de Mountfort, claymed seuerally to be enherytours of that duchy. whyche Charles was sonn̄ vnto the erle of Bloys, & neuew vnto the Frenche kynge, by reason y^• Margare•••• hys syster was mother vnto the sayde Charles. The whych Charles had maried the doughter of Guy de Brytayne vycount of Lymo¦ges, secōde brother of the forenamed Iohn̄ duke of Brytayne. And y^• sayd

Iohn̄ de Moūtforte was the thyrde brother vnto the forsayd Iohn̄ duke of Brytayn now dede. So that thys questyon of thys clayme rested vpon thys poynt, whether the doughter of the secōd brother shuld enheryte y^e du¦chy or y^e yonger brother, consideryng y^t Iohn̄ the eldest brother dyed with∣out heyre of hys body, and Guy the seconde brother without heyre male / wherfore the thyrde brother Iohn̄ de Moūtfort claymed to be duke of Bry¦tayne. whiche case and question was brought before y^e Frēch kynge & hys lordes, & there debated & argued by a longe season. But in y^e ende sentence passed agayn syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort / & Charles de Bloys was put in pos∣session of y^e duchy by kyng Philip / to whome the sayd Charles dyd hys ho¦mage for the same.

For thys sentence arose mortall warre betwene the sayde syr Charles & syr Iohn̄. In the whych the .ii. kyn¦ges of Englande & Fraūce toke par∣tye / so that kyng Edwarde ayded syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort / & kynge Philip hys neuew syr Charles. Thanne syr Iohanne de Mountforte before the sentence gyuen, feryng the sequell of the same / departed frō the court, and gat hym into a strōge towne of Bry∣tayne, & there held hym. wherof kyng Philip beynge aduertised / sente syr Iohn̄ his sonne duke of Normādy, & hys brother syr Charles erle of Alen¦son, for to warre vpon y^e sayd syr Iohn̄ de Moūtsort. The which sped theym with a nōbre of people into Brytayn̄, & besieged a strōge castell stādyng in an yle by y^e ryuer of Loyer. And after the wynning therof, they yode vnto y^e citie of Naūtes / the which y^e cytezyns yelded vnto thē without stroke. And soon after as testifieth y^e Frēch story, vpō certayne cōdiciōs & couenātes, y^e sayd syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort yelded hī vnto y^e duke of Normādy / y^e whyche sēt hym vnto y^e kyng his father to Pa¦rys, where by the sayd kynge he was imprysoned in the castell of Louure. But how it was by fauour or other¦wyse▪ he escaped prysō after .ii. yeres prysonemēt. Or after some wryters, he was after .ii. yeres deliuered vpon certayn cōdicions. wherof one was, y^t he shulde nat come in Brytayne nor any thynge medle or haue to do in y^e coūtre. But thys prysonemente of syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort nat withstāding / the warre was maynteyned in Bry∣tayn̄ by y^e frēdes of the sayd syr Iohn̄ & many town{is} & castelles therof was holdē to the vse of y^e sayde syr Iohn̄ / wherof to shew vnto you y^e circūstaū∣ce & proces it wolde aske a lōge tyme. But y^e cōclusion & fyne of this warre shalbe shewed in y^e story of y^e .vi. Char¦les & sonn̄ of kyng Iohn̄. In the .xv. yere of this Philip / the erle of Salys¦bury accōpanied with syr Roberte of Artoys & other noble mē, entred Bry¦tayn, & ayded the frēdes of syr Iohn̄ de moūtfort / in doyng great domage to y^e coūtre, & brēt moche of y^e French kynges nauy. In assaylyng wherof, syr Robert of Artoys was woūded in the thygh with a gunne, whereupō he laye syke / & vpō y^e ensued a flux, & so therof dyed, & after cōueyed into En¦glāde, & there buryed. And soon after kyng Edward entred Fraūce wyth a strōg army. But a peas was at wene hym & the Frēche kyng condiscended for a certayne terme by laboure of .ii. cardinales, as before in y^e .xvi. yere of kyng Edward is declared, and in this yere kynge Philip arered a taske of his people called a Gabell in Frēche. This was prouyded, y^t no subiect of y^e kynges nor other within hys lāde, shuld bye any salt but of the kynge & at hys pryce. And ouer that he arered & lowed the coynes & moneys of hys lande, to the greate auaūtage of hym selfe, and enpouerisshyng of his sayd

subiectes by meane wherof he fyll in great hatered of hys people.

In the .xvi. yere of hys reygne, a great dyscencion grewe amonge the nobles of Normādy, by reason of par¦tyes takyng, some wyth Iohn̄ of Ha¦recourt, and other wyth syr Roberte Barthran than Marshal of Fraūce, for couenaūtes of maryge apoynted betwene y^e sonne of the sayde syr Ro¦bert vpō that one partye, & y^e dough∣ter of syr Roger Bacon̄ / whose wyfe or maydes mother was than maryed vnto syr Godfrey de Harecourt, bro∣ther of that aboue sayd syr Iohn̄ vp∣pon the other partye. For varyaūce wherof greate warre was lykely to haue ensued, yf the kynge the sooner had nat sent strayt commaūdement, that eyther partye shulde kepe hys peace, & to apere before hym and hys lordes at Parys, and there to haue theyr greuaūce by hym & hys lordes determyned.

At whyche day of apperaunce, the sayde syr Godfrey appered nat, nor none for hym / but cōtrary the kyng{is} commaūdement, assyeged syr wyllin Berthran bysshop of Bayn̄ and bro∣ther to the foresayd syr Roberte than beyng in a castell. And whan he sawe he myght nat preuayll agayne hym / he than drewe vnto the Englysshmē and ayded them agaynst the Frenche kynge.

In thys yere also kynge Phylype entendynge to releue the duchye of Burgoyn wyth whete whyche there than was scāt / ordeyned that certayn quarters of whete shulde be gadered in the countrees of Terroner, of Or¦leaunce & Gastenoys, & so sent into Burgoyn. But y^e studyaūtes of Orle¦aunce, with the burgeyses & comons of the cytie toke therwith such grefe, that of one mynde they wente downe vnto the ryuer of Loyer, where at y^e season certayne shippes laye freyght wyth vytayll to be had vnto the sayd countre, & there fet out the grayen, & spoyled it in suche wyse, that moche therof came neuer to good. And that done many of that company beynge nedy and poore / yode vnto vyllages there by, and robbed y^e people, & dyde moche harme. whā the prouost or ru¦ler of Orleaūce behelde thys rage & ryot of the people, and cōsydered the multytude of theym / he forbare for a tyme tyll they were somdele asswa¦ged. And than wyth suche company as he had of hys offycers and other, he toke a certayne of theym, and put theym in sondrye prysons, tyll he knew farther of the kynges pleasur. But it was nat longe after that the other of that affynyte, herynge of the enprysonement of theyr felowes / assēbled theym of newe, and lyke woode men ranne vnto the prysons / & nat a lonely delyuered theyr felowes, but also many other whych laye there for great causes & crymes / & some suche as were cōdempned to deth for theyr transgressyons. whan noticiō of this great outrage and ryot came vnto y^e kyng / anone he sent thyder .ii. knygh¦tes of hys court with a puyssaunt ar∣my / chargyng them to take all suche as were occasyoners and begynners of thys Riot / and as many as were founde culpable to be put vnto deth. The whych knyghtes accordyng to theyr commission wyth ayde of y^e pro¦uost of Orleaūce, toke suche as were dempte gylte of thys cryme, & hāged them vpon the common gybet or ga∣lous of the cytye, amonge the whych were dyuers clerkes, and one a dea∣ken & within orders. And in the same yere and moneth of Auguste, a noble knyght of Brytayne called syr Oly∣uer de Clycon̄, for treason y^t he hadde conspyred agayne kyng Philippe, or for he had fauoured kyng Edward{is} partye was taken by a trayne at a iu¦stes

or tournamēte holden for y^e same cause at Parys, and shortly after iud¦ged to deth / as fyrst drawen through the cytye vnto the place of iugement, & theruppon a scaffold purposely or∣deyned was byheded / and after hys body with chaynes hanged vpon the gybet, & hys hed standyng there ouer vpō a stake, or after an other auctour had vnto y^e cytye of Nauntes in Bry¦tayne, & there pyght vpon a gate of y^e cytye. And in the same moneth syr Godfrey de Harcourte, whych as be¦fore is sayde, alyed hym with kynge Edwarde, and wolde nat apere after certayne sommons / was now opēly banysshed as traytour & enemy to y^e crowne of Fraunce. And in the same moneth was syr Iohn̄ de Moūtforte delyuered out of pryson, vppon such condicions as before is rehersed in y^e xiii. yere of this kyng. And soon after were put vnto deth at Parys, syr Io¦han de Malestreet, syr Godfrey de Malestreet the father & the sonne, syr Iohn̄ de Moūtalbone, syr wyllyam de Bruys, syr Iohn̄ de Cablat, & syr Iohn̄ de Plessys knyghtes / & esquy∣res, Iohn̄ de Malestrete neuew to y^e forsayd knyght{is}, Guyllm̄ de Bruze, Robert de Bruys, Iohn̄ de Senne, and Dauy de Senne. And shortely after at Parys were put in execucion thre Norman knyghtes, for affynyte or fauour, whych they had borne to∣warde syr Godfrey de Harecourt and theyr heddes sent vnto saynte Loup in Constantyne a cytye of Normādy. whych sayd knyghtes were called sir wyllyam Bacon, syr Roulande de la Roche tessone, and syr Rycharde de Percy.

IN the .xvii. yere of thys Philip one mayster Henry de Male∣strete clerke & deakē, & brother to the aboue named syr Godfrey before put in execucion, whych sayd mayster Hē¦ry was mayster of the requestes with kyng Philip / for so moch as he after y^e deth of hys sayd brother, yode vnto kyng Edward and coūsayled hym a∣gayne kyng Philip, & after by assyg∣nemēt of kynge Edwarde was set in great auctorite wythin the towne of Uannys in Brytayne / whych towne was after goten by the Frenchmē, & he therin as one of the chefe capytay∣nes of the same taken was impryso∣ned within the castell of Parys. Out of the whyche at thys season he was taken thens, and set in a tumbrell, & thereunto fastened wyth chaynes of yren / and so cōueyed bareheded with dynne and crye thorugh y^e hygh stre∣tes of Parys, tyll he came vnto y^e bys¦shoppes palays of Parys / and there deliuered vnto the bisshop. And soon after by vertue of a commissyō pur∣chased by kynge Philip of the pope, to haue the sayd mayster Henry dys∣graded / he was depryued of all de∣grees and ordres of the churche, and thā deliuered vnto the execucioners. The whyche by .iii. days cōtynuall a certayn season of y^e day, set hym vpō a ladder in y^e syght of all people / to y^e entēt that euery man & chyld might throwe at hym all fylth & ordour of y^e strete / the whiche was done without all compassion and pyte, in so cruell wyse, that by the thyrd dayes ende he was dede, and after buryed vnreue∣rently.

In the sayde .xvii. yere of kynge Philippe also, as before is shewed in the .xix. yere of kynge Edwarde the thyrde / Iaques de Artyuele, whych was especiall promoter of the sayde kyng Edwardes causes, came vnto y^e towne of Gaunt / and shewed vnto theym dyuers apoyntmentes to be holde betwene theym and other tow∣nes of Flaūdres. where vpon the .xv. day of Iuly, by diuers cōspiratours of the sayd towne of Gaunte, he was

pursued from one house to an other, and lastly slayne & murdred by them to the kynges of Englande great dis¦pleasure & hurt. wherefore the sayde kyng Edwarde was fayne to retour∣ne into Englande wythoute spede of hys purpose, lyke as before in y^e sayd xix. yere of his reygne is declared. In thys yere also and the moneth of De¦cembre, dyed syr Iohn̄ erle of Moūt¦fort, which as before is sayd claymed the duchy of Brytayn / and lefte after hym a sonne named also syr Iohn̄ & erle of Moūtfort, the whyche in lyke¦wyse claymed the sayd duchy of Bry¦tayn, & maynteyned the warre agayn syr Charles de Bloys, as hys father before had done. In the .xviii. yere of kyng Phylyp & fyrste daye of Iuly, at Parys was than putte to deth by cruel execuciō, a cytezyn of Compeyn̄ named Symonde Poylet, a man of greate ryches. The whych for he had sayd in open audience, that the ryght of the crowne of Fraunce belonged more ryghtfully vnto kyng Edward than to kynge Philip / he was fyrste hanged vpon a tree lyke as an oxe is hāged in the bochery, & there dismem¦bred, as fyrst the armys, and after y^e legges cut from hys body, and lastly hys hede stryken of, and the trunke of hys body hanged by chaynes vpō the commō gybet of Parys. And vp∣pon a saterdaye beynge the .xxvi. day of August in the foresayde .xviii. yere of kynge Philippe, was foughten at Cressy the batayll before expressed in the .xxi. yere of kynge Edwarde the thyrd / where the floure of the chyual¦ry of Fraūce was slayne & taken pry¦soners. Than soone after kyng Phi∣lippe for the defence of the charge of hys warres, asked a subsidie of the monkes of saynt Denys. And amōg certayne iewelles of that place to be had / he demaūded the greate crucy∣fyx of golde standynge ouer y^e hyghe aulter of that monastery. wherunto the monkes answered y^t they mighte nat departe with that crucifyxe / for Eugenius the thyrde of that name pope, accursed al them that layd any hande vpon that crucifyxe, to the en∣tent to remoue it from that place, as it appereth by wrytynge set vnder y^e fote of the sayd crosse / by whyche an∣swere the kyng was pacifyed. And in the moneth of Decēbre, syr Godfrey de Harecourte wyth a towell double folden about hys necke, came vnto y^e presence of kyng Philip, and yelded hym holy to hys mercy and grace / the whyche graunted vnto hym hys pardon.

And in shorte whyle after, all the Lumbardes vsurers wythin y^e realm of Fraunce, were taken and sente to dyuers prysons. And all suche per∣sones as stode boūden vnto them, for any bargeyn or lone of money by way of vsury, it was ordeyned that y^e sayd persones beyng dettours to the sayd vsurers, shulde paye the pryncypall dette vnto the kynge at theyr dayes of payment / & the resydue whyche re∣mayneth to the vsurer for hys lucre of gayne for the lone of hys money, shulde be pardoned to the dettour. And after the sayd Lumbardes vsu∣rers were delyuered from pryson, by payenge of greate and greuous fy∣naunce.

In the .xix. yere of thys Philippe, for so moche as wytnesseth the Frēch cronycle, that y^e Flemynges by great manacis and perforce, had constray∣ned theyr erle to be assured by bonde of assuraunce vnto the doughter of kyng Edward, contrary hys volūte and wyll / the sayde erle nat wyllyng to accomplysshe that maryage, in the Easter weke by a cautele de{per}ted out of Flaūdres, and came to y^e Frenche kyng to Parys / of whome he was ho¦nourably and ioyously receyued.

And in the same yere, one named Gawyn de Belemount an aduocate of the spirituall lawe, entendynge to betray y^e cytye of Laon̄ / acqueynted hym with a poore mā than dwellyng in that citie of Meaus named Colyn Tomelyn / y^e whych before tyme was fled the cytye of Laon, & was thā for lacke of substaūce comyn to Meaus, & there mayntened a poore lyfe / to y^e whyche thys Gawyn resorted & rele∣ued. And lastely whāne he thoughte he was somdele of hym assured, he brake vnto hym hys mynde / & sayd if he wolde be ruled by hym, he wolde restore hym to hys former prosperite & welth / wherūto thys Colyner graū¦ted. Thā anone thys Gawyn shewed hym a lettre, & wylled hym to bere it vnto y^e kyng of Englād, with certayn rewarde to hym gyuyng / & also pro∣mysyng of moch more, with that y^t he retourned to hym shortly to y^e citie of Raynes with āswere of y^e same. whā thys poore and indygēt man had re∣ceiued this lettre / he cast many {per}elles in hys mynde. How be it fynally cō∣trary his othe and promyse, he toke hys waye towarde the French kyng, and presented hym with y^e letter / in y^e whych was expressed all the maner & ordre how the sayd citie of Laō shuld be betrayed. whan the kyng was ad∣uertysed of all the circumstaunce of thys treason / he enfourmed this Co∣lyner how he shuld behaue hym selfe in beryng of hys answere / and prouy¦ded hys tyme accordynge as though he had ben in Englād, & by conueniēt day came vnto hym to Raynys accor¦dyng to the former appoyntmente. In whych season the kynge had sent in secrete maner vnto the prouoste of Raynes, that so soone as the sayd Co¦lyner had shewed to the sayd Gawyn his answere, y^t the sayd Gawyn shuld be attached and had vnto pryson / the whyche was accordyngly executed. And in short processe folowynge, for so moch as he was within ordres / he was by the prouost sent vnto y^e cytye of Laon, and there put to the bisshop¦pes pryson. But whan y^e comōs of y^e sayd cytye harde of suche a mā there beyng prysoner, that wolde haue be∣trayed theyr cytie / they assembled thē in great multitude, & wold haue bro∣ken the prysō to y^e ende to haue slayn hym. But they were so paciently an∣swered by the bysshoppes offycers, y^t they retourned vnto theyr houses. Upon the morow folowyng, to cease y^e rumour of y^e peple / he was brought vnto his iugement, & there condemp¦ned for his dymeryte vnto perpetual pryson. And more therunto was ad∣ded, y^t for his more diffamy & shame, he shulde be sette in a tumbrel vpon hygh bareheded, that of all people he myght be seen / & so with moste shame¦full instrumentes lad throughe the hygh stretes of y^e cytye, and brought agayn vnto y^e bisshopes pryson, and there to remayne for terme of lyfe. But he was nat fer in such maner cō¦ueyed by y^e offycers frō y^e Gaole, but the cōmons fyl vpon hym with crye, & castyng of myre & stones / that or he were halfe way lad of hys circuyte or progresse, he was stoned to deth / and after his body buryed within a ma∣roys nere vnto the sayd cytye.

And shortely after at Parys was done to cruell deth a cytezyn of y^e sayd citie, which entēded to haue betrayed the sayd cytye of Parys. For y^e which treason he was fyrst dismēbred of leg¦ges & armes, and after hāged by the nek vpon the gybet of Parys.

In the same yere aboute y^e feest of saynt Iohn̄ Baptyst / y^e Englyshmen y^t had holdē the towne & castell called the roch of Aryan in Brytayn, by the terme of two yeres passed, at this sea¦son they were besieged & fiersly assau¦ted by syr Charles de Bloys and his

frendes / in so furyous maner y^t they rent wyth great ordenaunce dyuers places of the castell walles / & in pro∣cesse threwe downe the rofe of a chā∣bre where the wyfe of the capytayne of the castell lay in her chyld bed, & so ferre put in fere, that the rulers of the towne and castell graūted to delyuer the towne & castell to y^e sayd syr Char¦les, wyth that they myghte departe with theyr lyues & goodes / y^e whyche offer to hys payne & charge he refu∣sed. For in short tyme after, syr Tho∣mas of Agorn̄ an englysshe knyghte wyth a strōge company of archers & other sowdyours, rescowed the sayd towne & castell. And after lōge fyght and great daūger, as by lōge proces is declared in the Frēche story / y^e sayd syr Thomas toke the sayde Charles de Bloys prysoner, and slewe many of hys lordes, as before is shortely touched in the ende of the .xxii. yere of kyng Edwarde. After whych victory thus opteyned, & hys prysoners put in suer kepynge, he toke y^e ordenaūce of the duke left in y^e felde wyth other pyllage, & put it wythin the towne & castell aforesayd. And for y^e vyllages and mē of the coūtre there about, had ayde the duke agayne the towne and castel / therfore the sayd syr Thomas punysshed the sayd vyllages and ru∣ralles by greuous fynes, & helde thē in great seruytude and daunger / and ouer y^e slewe many of theym, & many they helde as drudges & captyues. And thys done the Englysshmen re∣payred agayne the walles and suche other places as were before tyme be∣ten downe by force of the sayd syege & strengthed it in theyr best maner.

IT was nat longe after y^e kyng Phylype at the requeste of the coūtre, sent thyder the lord of Caron̄ wyth a stronge army / to whome also great multytude of the people of that countre resorted. wyth whose aydes the sayd lorde assayled the sayd town & castell by .ii. dayes contynuell. But the Englysshemē deffended them selfe vygurously / and threw vpō theyr ene¦myes hote boylynge oyles and other gresys, with fyre coles & hote asshes, wherwith they greued theyr enemies paynfully.

Thus cōtynuyng the siege / mea∣nes of treaty were offered and cōdys∣sended to yelde the towne, with condi¦cyō that they mynght saufely depart with theyr lyues and goodes / but the Frēchemen and Brytons wolde nat to it be agreable. Than the assaute began of new. And the lord of Caron̄ to encourage hys sowdyours, henge a purse and therein .l. scutes of golde vpon a sperys ende / and cryed wyth lowde voyce, that who that fyrste en∣tred the towne, shulde haue the sayde l. scutes of golde. whan the ianuays or sowdyours of the cytye of Ieane and of the cytye of Italye, harde the promyse of theyr cheuytayne / a cer∣tayne of theym with longe pycaxses and sharpe approched theym vnto y^e wallys / and so demeaned them, that in lesse than .v. houres they mynded so the wall, that there fyll thereof as testyfyeth the sayde Frenche crony∣cle the lengthe of .l. fote. By reason wherof entred fyrste the Ianuays / & after the hole hoste. The whych with out compassyon or pyte slewe man, woman, & chylde that came in theyr waye, nat sparynge the chylder that souked vpon the mothers brestes / & spoyled and robbed the towne, euery man gettynge what he myght to his owne aduauntage. And whanne the Frēchmē and Brytons had thus mi∣serably slayne many Englysshmē, & also Brytōs & other inhabytaūtes of the towne / they than assayled the ca∣stel to y^e which was fled vpō .ii.C. & .xl

Englyshmē. After dyuers assautes it was offered by the sowdyours of the castell, y^t they wolde yelde the castell theyr lyues and goodes saued. And fi¦nally it was agreed, theyr bodies one¦ly to departe, & to be cōueyed .x. miles vpon theyr waye towarde such place as they wolde appoynt. vpō y^e which appoyntement .ii. knyghtes Brytons y^t is to saye syr Syluester de la Fulle and syr wyllm̄ de Stratton receyued them in theyr cotes, and cōueyed thē with great payne & nat without losse of some. For theyr enemies of y^e hoste caste stones at theym, and bete them so with theyr staues, that dyuers of theym dyed / & the remenaunt were broughte nere vnto a castell than in the power of Englysshemen, named Quyntyne.

But whan the commōs of y^e town there nere, harde of the cōmynge of suche Englysshmen vnder saufe con∣duyt, the whiche before in the batayl of the roche of Arian where syr Char¦les de Bloys was taken, had slayne theyr lord, that is to meane the lorde of Quyntyne / anone they issued oute of the towne / and for they fonde lytel resystence in theyr guydes, they slew theym there excepte one, whych was capytayne of the Englyshmē / whych one of y^e sayd knyghtes caused to be set vpon hys horse, & so fledde frō the peryll. And whā the cruell Brytons had thus shamefully slayne the En∣glyshmen / they gadered y^e cariens vp on an hepe, & suffered theym there so to lye, to y^e ende that beastes & foules myght deuoure them. And in shorte tyme after, y^e erle of Flaūdres by mea¦nes of the Frēch kyng left the dough¦ter of kynge Edwarde, and was maryed vnto the doughter of y^e duke of Brabant.

In the .xx. yere of Phylyp / y^e town of Calays was goten, lyke as the cir¦cumstaūce thereof is declared in the xxii. yere of kyng Edward the thyrd. And in the same yere the mortalite or sykenes, whych after reygned in En∣glande reygned nowe feruentely in Fraunce, and moste specially in the cytye of Auynyon / by force wherof y^e thyrde parte of the people of y^e cytye dyed. And frome thens it came vnto saint Denys, and so vnto Parys. In which coost it was so feruent, y^t there dyed in those .ii. townes ouer the nō∣bre of .lvi.M. within y^e space of .xviii monethes.

And in thys yere the dolphyne of Uyen named syr ymberte, solde hys dolphynage vnto the Frēch kyng / & became a freer at Lyon vpō the rosne of the ordre of the freer prechours or blacke freers.

In the .xxi. yere of thys Phylyp / Charles the fyrste begotten sonne of Iohn̄ duke of Normādy eldest sonne of thys Phylip, toke possession of the sayd dolphynage of Uyen. And in the moneth of August folowyng, dyed y^e duchesse of Normādy and mother of the sayd Charles. And in the moneth of Decembre folowynge, dyed dame Iane quene of Fraūce & doughter of Robert duke of Burgoyn. And in thys yere was the treason wroughte by syr Godfrey de Charny, to haue a∣gayne wonne the towne of Calays / lyke as I to you before haue shewed in the .xxiiii. yere of kyng Edward y^e iii. And in y^e moneth of Ianuary next ensuynge & .ix. day of the same / kyng Phylyp spoused hys .ii. wyfe Blaū∣che, somtyme y^e doughter of y^e quene of Nauerne lately dyscesed, whyche was syster vnto the erle of Foyze. whyche espousayles were secretely done in the manour of Robert erle of Bray. And so the sayde kyng Philip was wydowe frome the .xii. daye of Decembre to the nynthe daye of Ia∣nuary, whyche was by the space of xxviii. dayes. And vpon the .ix. day of

the moneth of February / Iohn̄ duke of Normandy eldeste sonne of thys Philippe, spoused hys seconde wyfe Iohanne Countesse of Boloygne, at a towne called Miriaux nere vnto Meulene. And so he morned for hys wyfe whych was named y^e good Du¦chesse of Normandy, by the terme of vi. moneths & .ii. dayes lackynge.

In the .xxii. yere of kyng Philip & moneth of Iuly / syr Thomas de Agorne befornamed, was by chaūce medly slayne of a Brytō knyght cal∣led syr Raufe de Cuours. And vpon the .xxiii. daye of August folowynge, dyed syr Phylyp de Ualoys kyng of Fraūce / whā he had reygned ouer y^e Frēchmen in great vexaciō & trouble by the space of .xxii. yeres lackynge v. monethes & odde dayes / and was after enterred at saynt Denis by his fyrste wyfe / & left after hī Iohn̄ duke of Normandy for hys heyre.

¶Of kynge Iohn̄.

IOhn̄ the fyrste of that name, & sonne of Phylype de Ualoys / began to raygne ouer the Frenchmē, in the moneth of August & yere of our lord. M.CCC. and .l, & .xxiiii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. than kyng of Eng∣lande / & was crowned at Raynes the xxvi. day of Septembre folowynge wyth dame Iohanne hys wyfe. In tyme of the whych solempnite, kyng Iohn̄ dubbed hys eldeste sonne dol∣phyne of Uyen, and Lowys hys .ii. sonne erle of Alēson, knyghtes, with other noble men.

And vpon the .xvi. daye of Nouē∣bre folowynge / syr Rauffe erle of Ew and cōstable of Guynes whā it was Frenche, the whych was newly com∣men out of Englande where he had ben longe prysoner / was accused of treason, and so commaūded vnto pry¦son at Parys. within whyche pryson he was shortly after byheded in y^e pre¦sence of the duke of Burgoyne and o∣ther nobles.

In the thyrde yere of kyng Iohn̄ & viii. day of Ianuary / Charles kyng of Nauerne caused to be slayne with in the towne of Aygle in Normandy syr Charles de Spayne cōstable of Fraūce. For the whych murdre sour∣dyd great warre betwene kynge Io∣han & the sayde kynge of Nauerne / whych contynued many yeres after, natwithstādyng that the sayd kynge of Nauerne had maryed the dough∣ter of y^e sayd kyng Iohn̄. Thā by me¦ditaciō of frendes, a peas was dryuē betwene theym / so that kyng Iohan shuld gyue vnto y^e kyng of Nauerne, for contētacyon of certayne summes of money yet owynge vnto hym for the dower of hys wyfe, certayne lan∣des within the duchy of Normandy / and ouer that the Frēche kyng shuld pardone all suche persones as were consentynge to the deth of the consta¦ble before murdred. After whych trea¦ty thus concluded / the kynge of Na∣uerne vnder assuraunce of hostage came vnto kyng Iohn̄s presence at Parys. And after he had taried there a season / he departed with dyssy∣mulacion on eyther partye vsed, as after shall appere.

In the .iiii. yere of kyng Iohn̄ / syr Godfrey de Harecourt, whych wyth hys sonne & other hadde ben consen∣tynge vnto the deth of the constable of Fraunce, were reconsyled agayne to the kynge. The whyche ensensed hym agayne the kynge of Nauerne by meanes of theyr sinister report / so that the peace betwene theym before cōcluded, was dysapoynted & brokē. And soone vpon thys, syr Robert de Loryze that was chamberlayn vnto kynge Iohn̄, auoyded the courte for fere, leste the sayde syr Godfrey hadde shewed of hym any thynge to the kynge / and so yode vnto the

kynge of Nauerne in Normandy. After whose commyng, the kynge of Nauerne departed shortly thens and sped hym towarde Auynyon. It was nat longe after that the kyng of Na∣uerne was departed out of Normādy but that kyng Iohn̄ sped hym thider, & seased all the landes that the kyng of Nauerne had wythin that duchy / and putte offycers and rulers in hys castelles & townes suche as hym ly∣ked, and dyscharged the other / ex∣cepte .vi. castelles, that is to saye Eu∣roux, le Poūt Audemer, Chirebourt, Ganeray, Auranches, & Martaygn / the whych were holden by the seruaū¦tes of the kynge of Nauerne, & men of Nauerne borne.

In the moneth of Ianuary folow¦ynge / syr Robert de Loryze abouena¦med, vnder safe conduyte came vnto kyng Iohn̄ to Parys, and there was to hym in proces reconsyled. And in thys yere were the artycles of peace betwene the kynges of Englāde & of Fraūce prolonged, tyll the feaste of saynt Iohn̄ Baptyst next ensuynge / as before in y^e ende of the .xxviii. yere of kyng Edwarde is more at length declared.

In thys .v. yere of kyng Iohan & moneth of Apryl / he sent syr Charles hys sonne dolphyne of Uyenne into Normandy, to aske ayde of the Nor∣mannes agayne the kynge of Nauer¦ne. The whyche graunted vnto hym iii.M. men at theyr charge for .iii. mo¦nethes. And in the moneth of August folowynge, the kynge of Nauerne ac¦companyed with .ii.M. sowdiours, came vnto the castell of Constātyne, & there taryed with the sayd people. wyth whose cōmynge the sowdiours of the forenamed .vi. castelles were so well comforted, that they robbed and pylled al y^e coūtre about thē. And som of the sayde sowdiours came vnto a castell of y^e Frēch kynges named Cō¦ket, & wā it by strēgth, & after vytay∣led & māned it in moste warly wyse / & dyd many other thynges to y^e Frēche kyngs great displeasure. The which warre thus cōtynuyng, by medyaciō of frēdes the kynge of Nauarn̄ rode vnto y^e dolphyn to a towne called the Uale de Rueyll / where they metyng, and eyther to other shewyng louyng coūtenaunce, vpō y^e .xviii. day of Sep¦tēbre they togyder toke theyr way to∣ward Parys. where the kyng of Na∣uarne was brought vnto the French kynges presence.. where he excused hym of all trespasses done agayn the kyng syne y^e tyme of y^e last accord / be∣sechyng y^e kyng to be good and graci¦us lorde vnto hym, and he shulde be to hym as a sonne oughte to be vnto the fader, & as a trew man vnto hys soueraygne lorde. And after the kyng by y^e meanes of y^e duke of Athe¦nesse, forgaue vnto hym hys offēces, and promysed to stāde hys good and gracyous lord / and so eyther de{per}ted from other in louyng maner.

And soone after kyng Iohn̄ gaue vnto y^e dolphyn of Uyen syr Charles hys eldest sonn̄ y^e duchy of Normādy for y^e whyche he dyd vnto hys father homage, in y^e house of mayster Mar¦tyn Chanō of Parys, in y^e cloyster of the mynster called Noterdame. And by auctoryte of a parlyamēt holdē in the citie of Parys, was graūted vnto kyng Iohn̄ of the thre astates of hys realme / y^t is to meane the spiritualte, the lord{is} and nobles, and y^e hedes or rulers of cytyes and good townes of hys realme, that he shulde haue .xxx.M. mē waged for a yere, for to defēde hys auncyent enemye the kynge of England. For puruyaūce wherof cer¦tayne persones of the sayd .iii. astates assēbled shortly after, to prouide for y^e leuieng of that great sūme of money

After whyche prouysion or sessing agreed or concluded by the sayde

persones, and commyssyoners sente out to dyuers coostes and good tow¦nes for the leuyeng of the sayde mo∣ney / in the towne of Arras fyll a dis∣sencyō betwene the ryche & the poore of that towne / the poore sayeng that the ryche men had layde all the bur∣then vpon the poore men, & them self bare lytell charge or none. For thys fyrst began great altercacion of wor∣des, & after en••uyed strokes & stripes, so that of the h••des and chyef burge∣ses of the towne were .xvii. men slayne. And the day folowynge they slewe .iiii. mo / & banysshed dyuers y^t at that tyme were absent & out of the towne. And so the towne of Arras rested as than in the gydynge of the poore artyfycers of that towne.

IN the .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Iohan and moneth of Marche▪ he beynge accōpanyed with a secret meny, before y^e daye departed from the towne of Manuyle / & rode streyghte, he & hys lordes beyng ar∣med, vnto the castell of Rouan / & en∣tred sodaynly into the same. where he fande in the chyefe hall of the castell, syr Charles hys eldest sonne duke of Normandy, Charles kynge of Na∣uerne, syr Iohn̄ erle of Harecourt, y^e lordes of Preaux and of Grauyle, & the lorde of Cleremoūt, syr Lowys & syr Guylliam de Harecourt brethern of the foresayd erle, syr Fryquet de Fryquante, the lorde of Tournebu, syr Manbuc de Mamesmares, with Colinet Doubliec and Iohn̄ de Poū¦talu esquyres.

The whych lordes and knyghtes the kyng toke at dyner within y^e sayd halle / & them toke sodaynly, & diuers of them put vnder sure kepyng. And as soone as the kyng had there takē a small and short repaste / he with his sonnes & other nobles in hys cōpany toke theyr horse & rode into a felde vp¦pon a baksyde of the castell / whether shortly after were brought in bandes the foresayde erle of Harecourt, the lorde of Grauyle, y^e foresayd syr Mā∣bue, and Colinet Doubliet. whyche iiii. were there beheded / and after the bodyes of them drawen to the gybet of Roan, & there hanged / and theyr heddes set ouer them vpon the same gybet. At the whyche tyme of the exe∣cucion of hedyng of the sayd .iiii. per¦sones / the Frenche kyng as before is sayde was present in proper person. After the whyche execucion, y^e kynge vpon the morowe folowynge delyue¦red many of the other prysoners / so y^t there remayned no mo as prysoners but .iii, that is the kyng of Nauerne, syr Fryquet de Fryquant, & Iohn̄ de Pountalu / the whych were sent vnto Parys. where the kynge was kepte in the castel of Louure, and the other ii. in the chastelet. In whiche tyme of hys inprysonemēt / syr Phylype bro∣ther to the kynge, wyth syr Godfrey de Harecourt vncle to the erle lately heded, helde certayn castelles in Nor¦mandy / and came with theyr powers into the countre of Constantyne, and helde it maugre the Frenche kynges wyll and pleasure.

In the moneth of Apryll, syr Ar∣nolde de Denham than Marshall of Fraūce, rode by y^e kynges sond vnto Arras / & there without great distour¦baunce of the towne, toke vpō an hū∣dreth of suche as before had made y^e former rebellion within the same. And vpon the day folowyng / he cau¦sed to be heded in the market place vpon .lx. of the same / & the remenaūt he sent vnto pryson there to abyde y^e kynges pleasure.

In thys tyme and season was the noble prynce Edwarde at Burdeaux & warred vpon the Frenche kynges landes, lyke as it is before to you she¦wed in the .xxx. yere of kyng Edward

the thyrde.

And in the .vii. yere of kyng Iohn̄, & begynnyng of the same, was the ba¦tayll of Poytyers. In y^e whych kyng Iohn̄ was taken prysoner of prynce Edwarde, & many of hys lordes takē and slayne, as before in the .xxx. yere of the foresayd Edwarde is declared at lēght. After the which scomfyture / the duke of Normandy whyche hard¦ly escaped from the sayde batayl, en∣tred the cytye of Paryz the .xxix. daye of Septembre / & called there a great coūsayll of y^e thre astates of y^e realme, and the .xv. daye of Octobre next en∣suynge there to be assēbled. At which daye the sayde duke wyth the sayd .iii astates of the realme beyng in y^e par∣lyament chambre / Peter de la Forest archebysshop of Roan and chaūceler of Fraūce, declared there the greate mysfortune that to the lande was la∣tely fallē, by the takyng of theyr hed and prynce / and exorted theym by a lōge oraciō to ayde & assiste euery mā after hys power, for the redeliuery of theyr prynce agayne.

whereunto it was answered for theyr clergy or spyrytual / by the mouth of mayster Iohn̄ de Carone thā archebysshop of Raynes / and for the nobles or y^e Cheualty of Fraūce, by the mouth of syr Phylype duke of Orleaunce and brother vnto kynge Iohn̄ / & for the commōs of the good townes of Fraūce, by the mouthe of Stepyn Martell burgeys of Parys and prouost of the same, that eyther of them shulde helpe to the vttermost of theyr powers / & prayed that they myght haue conuenient leyser to coū¦sayll and commō for prouyciō of the the same / the whyche to theym was graunted.

Than the sayde thre astates helde theyr coūsayll at the fryer mynours or gray fryers in Parys, by the space of .xv. dayes. In whyche season they appoynted amonge theym to the nō∣bre of .l. persones, to take a vyew and make serche of certayne thynges thā myslad and euyll gyded within the realme. The whyche .l. persones whā they had appoynted .vi. of them selfe to go vnto the duke / they in y^e names of y^e other made request vnto y^e duke, that he wolde kepe secrete such thyn∣ges as they entended to shewe vnto hym. which request he graūted. Thā they shewed vnto the duke that the realme before tyme hadde ben mysse∣guyded by offycers / and excepte that remedye for it were shortlye foūden, it shulde stāde in greate parell to be loste. wherfore they besought hym to dyscharge all suche as they wolde name vnto hym, & ouer y^t to forfayte theyr goodes vnto the kynges vse. And fyrst they named mayster Peter de la Forest archebisshop of Roan & chaūceler of Fraūce, syr Symōde de Bucy chyfe counceloure of the kyng and chyefe presydente of the parlya∣ment, syr Roberte de Loryze that be∣fore tyme was chaumberlayne vnto the kynge, syr Nycholas Brake knyghte and mayster of the kynges paleys, Engueram of the Celer Bur¦ioys of Parys and vndre tresourer of Fraūce, Iohn̄ Pryll burioys, also soueraygn mayster of the money and mayster of thaccomptys of the kyng, and Iohn̄ Chānean de Charters trea¦sourer of the kynges warres. All whyche offycers the sayde persones wolde that they shuld be dyscharged of all royall o••yces for euer. Also the sayd constytuted persones, wolde y^t the kynge of Nauerne were delyue∣red free frō pryson / also that he hym selfe wolde be cōtented to be aduerty¦sed and coūceyled by suche as they wolde appoynte vnto hym, that is to saye .iiii. prelates, xii. knyghtes, and xii. burioys.

The whych .xxviii. persons shu••d

shulde haue auctoryte to rule and or∣deyne all thynges necessarye for the realme, and to set in and put oute all offycers apperteynyng to the realm / wyth dyuerse other requestes whych vnto the duke were nothyng agrea∣ble. Upon the whyche requestes, the duke gaue answere y^t he wolde glad∣ly fele the opynyon of hys coūceyll, & vpon that shape vnto them some rea¦sonable answere. But fyrste he desy∣red of them to knowe what ayde the iii. astates wolde gyue vnto hym, for the delyuery of hys father. wherunto it was answered, that the clergy had graūted a dyme & a halfe to be payed in a yere, wyth that that they maye haue licence of the pope / and y^e lordes asmoche to be leuyed of theyr lādes / and y^e comōs the .x. peny of theyr mo∣uable gooddes. Thā vpō the morne folowynge within y^e palays of Lou∣ure, y^e duke assembled hys coūsayl / & there shewed vnto them the desyre & requeste of the .iii. astates. wherupon were made many reasons / and many messages sent betwene the duke and them, to refourme some parte of the sayde artycles. But it was fermely answered by theym, that excepte he wolde reforme the sayde defautes, & cōferme hym vnto theyr myndes for the comō welth of all the lande / they wolde nat ayde hym with theyr good¦des, lyke as they had to hym shewed. wherfore the duke by secrete meanes sent letters vnto his father, shewyng vnto hym the circumstaūce of all hys matter / the whyche wrote vnto hym agayne, that in no wyse he shulde be agreable vnto the sayde requestes. Thā the duke to y^e ende that he wolde nat y^• these maters shuld be towched in the open parlyamēt, sent for suche persones as were the chyefe rulers of the sayde .iii. astates / so that to hym came for the clergy the archebysshop¦pes of Raynes and of Lyōs, and the bisshop of Laō / & for the lordes came syr warayne de Lucēbourgh, syr Io∣han de Comflās Marshall of Cham¦peyne, and syr Iohn̄ de Pygueny thā ruler or gouernoure of Artoys / & for the comōs Stephan Martell than prouost of the marchaūtes of Parys, Charles Cusake, with other of other good townes.

Than the duke shewed vnto them of certayne newes that he had lately receyued from the kynge hys father / and that done he asked theyr aduices whether it were beste y^e daye to shewe theyr requestes openly in the parlia∣ment chaumber, or elles to deferre it for that daye. And lastlye after many reasons made, it was agreed, that it shulde be deferred tyll the .iiii. daye after / at the whyche .iiii. daye y^e duke wyth the other assembled in the par∣lyament chambre. At whyche season the duke sayd that he myght nat en∣tende that day to here and argue the sayd requestes, for certayn tydynges that he had lately receyued from his father, and from his vncle the Empe¦rour of Almayne / of the which he thā shewed some opēly, and after dyssol∣ued for that daye the counsayll.

In the moneth of Octobre, y^e .iii. astates of the prouynce of Langue∣docke, by the auctoryte of the erle of Armenake thā lieutenaūt for y^e kyng assembled for to make an ayde for y^e kynges delyueraūce. And fyrste they agreed to puruey at theyr propre co∣stes .v.C. mē of armys, wyth a seruy∣ture to eueryche spere / and ouer that a .M. sowdyours on horsebacke, and a .M. of arblasters, wyth .ii.M. of o∣ther called paūsyers in Frenche / all whiche to be waged for an hole yere. The speres to haue for them & theyr custrun euery daye halfe a floreyn, & euery sowdyour and arblaster .viii. floryns for a moneth, and y^e paūsiers after the same rate.

Also it was forther ordeyned by the sayd thre estates of Lāguedocke, that no man shulde were any furrys of any greate pryce / and that women shulde leue the ryche atyre of theyr heddys, and were neyther perle nor golde vppon them, nor syluer vppon ther gyrdels, so longe as the kynge remayned prysoner. Also that all ma¦ner of mynstrellys for y^e season shuld be put to sylence / wyth dyuers other thynges for y^• weale of that prouince whyche wolde aske a longe leysoure to wryte.

UPon all sowlyn daye or the seconde daye of Nouember, the duke of Normandye by the ad∣uyce of hys counceyll, dyssoluyd the coūceyll of the thre estates assembled at Parys / and commaunded euery man to retourne vnto his own, with¦out effecte growynge of theyr longe counceyll or assemble. wherwith ma¦ny of the sayd persons were greuous¦ly myscontent / sayeng amonge them selfe that they aperceyued well, that thys was done by the duke, to the en¦tent that the requestes by them deuy¦sed shuld not take place / but that the olde mysgouernaunce shulde conty∣nue, lyke as it befortymes had done. wherfore dyuers of them assembled after agayne at the graye freres, and there made out dyuers copyes of the sayde requestes / to the ende that ey∣ther of them myghte bere them into theyr countreys, and there to shewe them vnto the good townes. And all be it that the duke after this coūceyll thus dyssoluyd, asked ayde of y^e cyty of Parys and other good townes to maynteyne his warrys / he was play¦nely answered that they myghte not ayde hym without the sayd thre esta∣tes were agayne reassembled, & that the graunte of the ayde myght passe by theyr authorite / wherunto y^e duke in no wyse wolde be agreable.

In the moneth of Nouēber afore¦sayde / syr Robert de Cleremoūt than lyeutenaunt for the duke in Normā∣dy, fought wyth syr Phylyp brother vnto the kynge of Nauerne, and syr Godfrey de Harcourt, the which then toke party agayne the Frenche kyng for the deth of his neuewe before put to deth by kynge Iohn̄. The whych knyghtes wyth other helde the more parte of the countre of Constantyne within Normandye, maugre the du∣kes power. In this sayde fyghte the vyctory tourned vnto the Frenche partye / so that the sayde syr Phylyp was chasyd, and syr Godfrey de Har¦court slayne, with .viii. hūdreth men of that party. And the fourth daye of December folowyng, was the castell de la Pount nere vnto Roan, which by a longe season had ben in the rule of the forenamed syr Phylyp, gyuen vp by appoyntement / the whyche by the dukes sowdyours had ben besye¦ged from the moneth of Iuly to that daye / so that than the holders of the sayd Castell departed wyth all theyr goodes, and .vi. thousande frankes for a reward for the yeldyng vp of y^e sayd castell. A franke is in value af∣ter sterlyng money .ii.s. or therupon.

Upon y^e .x. day of December were proclaymed at Parys certayne coy∣nes and values of money newly or∣deyned by the duke, and his coūceyl. wyth the whyche proclamacyon the comons of the cytye were greuously amouyd. And for reformacyon the prouoste of the marchauntes wyth other, yode vpon the seconde day fo∣lowynge vnto the castell or palays of Louure, there to treat with syr Le¦wys erle of Angeou brother vnto the duke and his lyeutenaunt whyle the sayde duke was gone vnto the cytye of Meaus, there to speke wyth Char¦lys of Bohemye or of Beaume then

emperour of Almayne & vncle vnto the sayde duke▪ where the sayde pro∣uoste wyth the other made requeste vnto the erle, that he wolde cease the vse of that money. And yf not / they wolde so demeane them that it shuld not be suffered to be put forth nor ta¦ken within y^e cytye. wherupon it was answered by the erle, that he wolde take aduyce of hys counceyll, & vpon the morowe gyue to thē an answere. Upon the daye folowynge / the sayde prouost wyth a greate company of y^e cytye retourned. At whyche season the erle in curteyse maner, desyred them to retourne that other daye, for as moche as yet he had not suffycy∣entely commonyd with his coūceyll. Upon the morne the sayd prouost re¦tourned wyth a moche greater com∣pany. where after longe debatynge of the mater, it was agreed by y^e sayd erle and prouost and hys company, that the money shuld be stopped and not to be put fourth, tyll they hadde further knowlege of the dukes plea∣sure / for knowlege wherof the erle sent forth messēgers ī all spedy wyse.

And in thys passetyme, Peter de la Forest archebysshop of Roan and chaunceller of Fraunce was made & publyshed a cardynal. And the .xxiiii. daye of the moneth of Ianuary, the duke retourned vnto Parys wyth y^e sayd cardynall in hys company / the whych for reuerēce of the cardynall, was fette into the cytye wyth proces∣syon and other ceremonyes, as well of the clergy as of the cytesyns. The xxvi. daye of the moneth of Ianuary the prouoste of the marchauntes of Parys with other of the cyty, apered before the dukes counceyll at saynte Germayns. where it was desyred of the sayd prouoste, that he shulde suf∣fer the forsayde money to ronne and be curraunt thorough the cytye. The whyche the sayde prouoste wyth hys company vtterly denyed / and after many greate and bolde wordes, de∣parted from the sayde counceyll in greate ire / and after theyr retourne vnto the cytye, encensyd so the comy∣nalty, that they set a parte all werk∣manshyp and occupacyō in shyttyng in theyr shoppes, and drewe vnto theym theyr armour and harnesse. whan the duke was enfourmed of thys murmour of the comynaltye of the cytye, he sent vnto the prouoste / commaundyng hym strayghtly that the kynges peace were kepte wythin the cytye / and ouer that, that he with a certeyne of the cytesyns shulde a∣pere before hym in the palayes of Louure vppon the morowe folow∣ynge at an houre assygned. At which houre the sayde prouoste wyth hys company came vnto Louure, and so were conueyed into the parlyament chaumber, where the duke wyth hys counceyll was than present. Than y^e duke after certayne chalengys made vnto the prouoste for hys obstynacy in thys mater, and mysledyng of the comynaltye of the cytye / sayde vnto hym, that all be it that the kynge by hys prerogatyue myght at hys plea∣sure and for his auaūtage, make his moneys whan he wolde, & so to suf∣fer them to be curraūt thorough his realme: yet for the weale and ease of hys subiectes, consyderynge theyr manyfolde and late charges / he was cōtent that at thys season thys newe money shulde be spared / and that the iii. estates shuld be agayn assembled / & that they shulde depryue all suche persons than beryng offices, as they shulde thynke preiudycyall to the realme / & ouer that to ordeyne suche money as myghte be benefycyall for y^e land. Of all whiche graūtes, y^e pro∣uost, to y^e entent that he myght of au∣thoryte shewe them vnto the comy∣naltye of the cytye desyred wrytyng.

The whyche the duke to appease the people, though it were some deale cō¦trary hys mynde and pleasure, graū∣ted vnto hys request. For the whych graunt, dyuers of the sayd offycers, as the chaunceller or cardynall and other absentyd them selfe, and came not in Parys by a tracte of tyme af∣ter. The .xxx. daye of Ianuary ensu∣ynge / the duke at the requeste of the sayde prouost, sent certeyne offycers vnto the house of syr Symonde de Bucy, and of syr Nycholas Brake, and of Enguerran of the Celer, and of Iohn̄ Prylle, whyche before wyth other were accusyd of mysgouer∣naunce of the realme / whose houses were by the sayd offycers kepte, and inuentuaryes made of suche goodes as than remayned wythin the sayde houses. And that done, the duke sent out commyssyons, that the thre esta∣tes shulde reassemble at Parys the xv. daye of February next folowyng / whyche was obserued and kepte. whan y^e sayd .iii. estates were agayne assembled in the parliament chaum∣ber at Parys, in the presence of the duke and hys brethern wyth dyuers other nobles of Fraūce / mayster Ro∣bert Coke bysshop of Laon, by the cō¦maundement of the sayd duke, made a longe preposycyon of the mysguy∣dynge of the kynge and the lande by the meane of yll offycers / as well by chaungynge of the moneys as other many vnlefull excysys and taskys, to the greate inpouerysshynge of the comynaltye of the reame, greate dys∣claunder to the kynge, and to the syn¦guler enrychynge and auauncement of the sayd offycers. wherfore the .iii. estates prayen, and specyally the poore comons, that all such offycers may be remoued from theyr offyces / and other that shall be thought more benefycyall for the kynge and hys realme, to be admitted. Of the which the cardynall was noted for pryncy∣pall / and other to y^e noumbre of .xxi. wherof some were ryghte nere vnto the duke.

AFter whyche preposicyon or oracyō thus by the sayd bys∣shop ended / syr Iohn̄ de Pygqueny in the name of the .iii. astates, offered that the sayde .iii. astates shuld gyue vnto the kyng .xxx.M. mē for an hole yere / wyth y^• that all thynges myght after that daye be ordered as the bys∣shop had before deuysed. All whyche artycles were vnto them by the duke graūted. And inconueniētly all such offycers as they before had named, were clerely auoyded / and other such as by y^e sayd .iii. astates were though moste necessary, were put and chosen to theyr roumes / excepte that some of the olde, as maisters of thaccomptes and some of the presydentes & may∣sters of the requestes, were holden in for a tyme, to practes & shewe vnto y^e new how they shuld ordre and guyde the sayd offyces.

And the .xxvi. daye of the moneth of Marche was a newe money pro∣claymed thorough Parys, suche as the sayde .iii. astates had newly deuy¦sed. Upon the .vi. day of Apryll was proclaymed in Parys, that y^e people shulde nat paye suche subsydes as y^e iii. astates had ordeyned for the wa∣gynge of .xxx.M. men aforesayde or for the kynges fynaūce / and also that the sayde .iii. astates after that daye shulde no more assemble for any cau¦ses or maters before touched, tyll they had farther knowlege of y^e kyn∣ges pleasure. For the whych procla∣macion the cytezyns of Parys were greuously amoued agayne the bys∣shop of Sēs, the erle of Ewe cousyn Germayne to the kynge, and agayn the erle Cācaruyle. By whose mea∣nes they sayde thys proclamacyon

was purchasyd. And treuth it is that the sayd archbysshop of Sens wyth the sayd .ii. erlys, were sent from the kynge from Burdeaux yet there be∣ynge, to the entent that they shuld se the sayde proclamacyon put in vre. But so soone as the sayd proclama∣cyon was made / they herynge of the murmour of the people of the cytye, sped them thens shortely after. Then vpon this y^e comons waxed so wyld, that they lefte theyr occupacyons & drewe them to cōuentyculys and cō∣panyes, and hadde many vnsyttyng wordes by the kynge and hys coun∣sayle. wherof in auoydynge of incon¦uenyency / the duke commaunded a watche to be kepte wythin the cytye bothe by daye and by nyght / and cer¦tayne gates of the cytye kept shytte, and the remenaunt watchyd wyth men of armes. Upon the eyght daye of Apryll then beynge Easter euyn, a nother proclamacyon was made all contrary to that other / by vertue wherof it was charged, that the fore∣sayde subsydie shulde be leuyed, and that also the thre estates shulde reas∣semble at Parys the .xv. daye after Easter / and there to procede vpon all such maters as before were by them begonne. Upon the .vi. day of Apryll the Frenche kynge shypped at Bur∣deaux and so was conueyed into En¦glande, lyke as before is shewed in y^e xxxi. yere of kynge Edwarde. And aboute mydsomer folowyng, y^e duke of Lancaster, whyche by a longe sea∣son had lyen before a towne in Bry∣tayne named Rosne, brake vp hys syege / takyng of them of that towne for a fynaūce .lx.M. scutys of golde. A scute is worth .xi.d. sterling. About the feste of Mary Magdalene in the moneth of Iuly, controuersy and va¦ryaunce began to aryse amonge the parsōs assygned for the thre estates. wherof the cause was, for so mych as the sessyng which they had auewed & sessed for the .xxx.M. men, wolde nat extēde vnto the sūme by large & great sūmes. So y^t the clergy answered y^t they wolde paye no more than they were fyrst sessed vnto. And in lyke ma¦ner answered such as were apoynted for the lordes & for the good townes. wherfore y^e archebysshop of Raynes, whych before was one of the chefe ru¦lers of them, refused theyr partye and drewe hym all to the duke. By mea∣nes of whyche controuersy many of theyr actes fayled / & suche as before were put out of theyr offyces, were a∣gayne restored. About the myddel of August, the duke sent for the prouost & Charles Cusake, wyth Iohn̄ de la Ile / the which bare y^e pryncipal rule within the cytye, and also were great sayers & doers in the assembles of the iii. astates, & had takē vpon thē moch rule in y^e busynes / so that moche of y^e busynes was ruled by them & theyr meanes. To whome the duke gaue strayght commaūdemente, that they shuld cease of theyr auctorities, & nat to deale any more with the rule of the realme, but onely to the good rule & gouernaūce of the cytye of Parys. And that done the duke rode aboute vnto dyuers good townes, & made re¦quest vnto them for ayde / and also to haue the money to be curraūt amōg them, whych as before is shewed the x. daye of Decembre was at Parys proclaymed. But he sped lytle of hys purpose.

In thys meane whyle, the cytezyns of Parys of one wyl & mynde, offered before saynt Remyge a taper of waxe of wonderfull lengthe and greate∣nesse / the whyche they ordeyned to brenne day and nyght whyle it wold laste. And shortely after they sent vnto the duke so plesaunt message, y^t he retourned agayne vnto the cytye / whome they receyued with all honor

and reuerence. And vpon the morow after hys retourne / the prouost wyth certayne other of the cytye, shewed vnto the duke that they wolde make a greate shyfte for hym towarde the mayntenaunce of hys warres. And to brynge that mater to good conclu¦syon / they besought hym y^t he wolde assemble at Parys shortly, a certayn persones of .xx. or .xxx. good townes there nexte adioynaunt. The whych was vnto thē graunted / so y^t shortely after there assembled at Parys, vpō lxx. persones / the whyche helde theyr counsayll to gyther by sundry days. Howe be it in the ende they shewed vnto the duke, that nothynge they myght brynge to effecte, without as∣semble of the .iii. astates / & besoughte hym that they myght be efte reassem¦bled / trustyng that by theyr presence the dukes mynde shulde be contente and satysfyed.

Upon whyche requeste the duke sent hys cōmyssiōs, chargyng y^e sayd iii. astates to apere before hym at Pa¦rys, the wednysday nexte folowynge y^e day of al sayntes. And full fayne he was to do all thyng that the citezyns of Parys hym requyred to do / for as testyfyeth the Frenche Cronycle, he was so bare of money that he hadde nat suffycyente to defende hys coty∣dyan charge.

IN the .viii. yere of kynge Iohn̄ and wednysday after Alhalo∣wen day / the .iii. astates reassembled at Parys, and helde theyr counsayll within the blacke freers. Durynge whych coūsayll the kyng of Nauern̄ that longe had ben holden in pryson wythin the castell of Alleux, was deli¦uered by the meanes of syr Iohanne Pyquygny, than gouernoure of the countrey of Arthoys / and after con∣ueyed by the sayd Iohn̄ vnto y^e town of Amyas. whan y^e kyng of Nauerne was thus set at large / anon his syster and other of hys frendes made mea∣nes vnto the duke of Normandy, for an vnyte & a peace to be had betwene them / and by them a meane was foū∣den, that the kyng with such as were in hys company, shulde come vnder saufe conduyt to Parys to common with the duke. whā dyuers of the .iii. astates, as such as were of Chāpeyn and Burgoyn, knewe of the comyng of the kyng of Nauerne vnto Parys / they without leue takyng departed. And vpon the euyn of saynt Andrew the sayd kynge entred Parys wyth a greate companye of men of armes. Amonge the wyche was the bysshop of Parys, with many other of y^e sayd cytye. Upon the morowe folowynge the daye of saynt Andrew / the kynge entēdynge to shewe hys mynde vnto the comynalte of the cytye, caused an hyghe scaffolde to be made by y^e wall of saynt Germayn where he was lod¦ged. where moche people beynge as∣sembled, he shewed vnto them a lōge processe of hys wrongefull enpryso∣nemente, and of the mysgydynge of the lande by meanes of ille offycers, wyth many couerte wordes to y^e dys∣honoure of the Frenche kynge, and iustyfycacion of hym selfe and excu∣synge of hys owne dedes, and so re∣tourned into hys lodgyng.

Uppon the thyrde daye of Decem¦ber / the prouoste wyth other of the cytye yode vnto the duke / and in the names of the good townes or commynaltyes of the same, requy∣red of hym that he wolde do vnto the kynge of Nauerne reason and iustyce.

To whome it was answered by y^e bysshop of Laon, that the duke shuld nat allonly shewe vnto the kyng rea∣son & iustyce / but he shuld also shewe vnto hym frendely brotherhode,

with all grace & curtesy. And all be it that at that season, many of y^e dukes coūsayll were present, to whome the gyuyng of that answere had more cō¦ueniently apperteyned thā to y^e sayde bisshop / yet they were at that tyme in suche fere, that they durste nat moue any thynge that shuld soūde cōtrary the displeasure of the kynge of Na∣uerne or of the prouoste & other. Thā it was agreed that vpon y^e saterdaye folowynge, the kynge and the duke whyche as yet had nat spoken togy∣ther, shuld mete at the place of the sy∣ster of the sayd kyng. where they met with vnfrendely coūtenaūce / & after they had communed there a lōge sea∣son, departed with litle loue or cha∣rite. And vpon the mūday folowyng, were shewed vnto the duke & hys coū¦sayle, certayne requestes desyred by the kyng of Nauerne / the whych the duke was forsed to graunt. whereof the substaunce was, that the kynge shuld haue agayn and enioye al such lādes, castelles, and townes, with all mouables to them belōgynge, as he was in possessyō of y^e daye that kyng Iohn̄ was taken within the castel of Roan / and ouer that he shuld be par∣doned of all offences by hym done a∣gayne the crowne of Fraunce before that daye, and all other hys adheren∣tes, or suche as had taken hys partie before y^t tyme. And soone vpon thys, was ordeyned that the erle of Har∣court and other, whyche kyng Iohn̄ had caused to be beheded and after to be hāged vppon the commō gybet of Roan, shuld be delyuered vnto theyr frendes, to be buryed at theyr pleasu¦res. After whych conclusions taken, and assuraunces made as farre as the dukes auctoryte wolde extende vnto / syr Almary knyghte, Menlene knyghte, wyth thre or foure men of honoure mo, were sente into Nor∣mandye, to repossesse the kyng of Na¦uerne in all such lādes, castelles, and townes, as he before tyme was in possessiō of, wyth all mouables vnto the sayd landes apperteynynge. And than the sayde kynge and duke helde famylyer company, and dyned and souped togyther often sythes, at the manoir or lodgyng of quene Iohan syster vnto the sayd kynge, and other places.

Also the sayde kynge delyuered out of prysone, all prysoners as well spyrytuall as tēporall, suche as were thought any thyng fauourable vnto hys cause. Amonge the whyche some there were, that for theyr demerites were adiuged to perpetuall pry∣sone.

In thys tyme & season tydynges sprange within the cytye of Parys, that the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce were agreed, and that kyng Iohan shulde shortely returne into Fraunce. By reason of whyche ty∣dynges, the kyng of Nauerne made the more haste to dyspache hym oute of Parys / so y^t he with hys company departed from Parys the .xx. daye of Decēber, & rode toward the cytye of Maunte in Normādy. Soone after the kyng was thus departed / dyuers enemyes to the noumbre of .x. or .xii.C. came within .iiii. or .v. myles of Pa¦rys / whyche were demyd to be of the company of syr Phylip brother vnto the kyng of Nauerne. These robbed and pylled the countrey thereabout / in so moch that the people of the coū¦trey of Preaux and Trappes, and o∣ther there aboute, were constrayned with theyr mouables to flee vnto Pa¦rys. wherfore the duke sente out hys letters and cōmyssyons, for to assem∣ble hys knyghtes to withstande the sayd enemyes.

But the sayde cytesyns of Pa∣rys caste an other way / and thought it to be done to the greuaunce or

correccion of them. For dowte wher∣of / the prouost with other that had y^e gouernaunce of the cytye, caused the gates to be kepte / and none shuld en∣tre but suche as lyked them.

In thys passe tyme the kynge of Nauerne beyng in Normādy, requy∣red delyuere of the castelles of Bret∣nell, of Euroux, and other / the which to hym by y^e capytaynes were denied. wherfore he thynkyng that the duke performed nat to hym hys promesse / gathered vnto hym greate strengthe to wynne by strength that he myght nat haue hys former bāde & promes. Of thys was put in greate wyte the bysshop of Laon, whych was y^e chefe counceloure of the duke, & especyall frende vnto the kynge / so that what thyng was spoken in the dukes coū∣sayll, was shortly after manifested by hym and hys meanes vnto the kyng of Nauerne. Thys also was one of y^e chefe rulers of the assemble of the .iii. astates / and after lefte them and fell by hys greate doublenesse and dyssy∣mylacyon in the dukes fauoure, and so became chefe of hys counsayll, for the whyche of the comon people he was named y^e beste with .ii. mouthes. Than the cytezyns of Parys heryng of the denayeng of the sayd castelles vnto the kynge / knewe wel that mor¦tall warre shuld growe betwene hym and y^e duke. And for they wolde haue the cytezyns knowē from other straū¦gers / therefore they ordeyned theym hodys parted of rede and blewe / char¦gynge euery man that he shulde nat passe hys lodgynge wythout y^e hood and conysaunce.

Upon the .viii. daye of Ianuary the kyng of Nauerne entred the cytie of Roan with a great company of mē of armes / and drew vnto hym many englysshe men; and suche as were enemyes vnto the Frenche kynge. And vppon the .xii. daye of Ianuary the sayde kyng assembled the people of that cytye, and made a lyke sermō vnto thē as before he had done vnto the comynaltye of Parys / and dyd a solempne obsequy to be done for the erle of Harcourt and the other wyth hym put to deth, as aboue is sayd by kynge Iohn̄. in thys whyle the duke of Normandy that longe whyle had taryed in Parys, in hope and ayde of the cytezyns / & was euer by the pro∣uoste and other dryuen of from daye to daye: It was aduysed hym by his counsayll, that he shulde shewe hys mynde vnto the comynaltye of the cytye.

wherof whan the bysshop of Laon and y^e prouost were ware / anone they shewed vnto hym many doutes and impedymentes and also parelles, for to treate with a comynaltye. Nat withstandynge he refused theyr coun¦sayll, & caused the people to be assem¦bled at theyr common hall. whyther he wyth a small company came, the xi. daye of Ianuary aboute .ix. of the clocke in the mornyng / where he she∣wed vnto the commons a longe and a plesaunt oracyon. wherof the effect was, y^t he bare very faythfull mynde vnto the cytye / and for the weale ther¦of he wolde put hys lyfe in ieopardy. And where as by hys euyll wyllers he was reported, that he shulde ga∣ther men of armes to greue the citie / he sayd and swore it was neuer hys entencion, but onely to auoyde suche enemyes as dayly pylled and robbed theyr neyghbours and frendes. And where he also knewe well, that great summes of money were gathered of the people towarde the kynges fy∣naunce / he lete theym vnderstande y^t no peny thereof was comyn to hys handes.

But hys mynde was, that suche persones as hadde receyued that mo¦ney, shulde wyth theyr assystence be

called to a due accompte. whych ora∣cyon wyth many kynde and louynge wordes ended / y^e people with it were very well contented / so that of theym he was wel commēded and allowed. Upon the morowe beyng fryday and xii. day of Ianuary / the prouost and other of hys affynyte, herynge of the fauoure that many of the commons bare vnto the duke, and ferynge leste the duke shuld by hys meanes turne the comons vpon them / assembled a great parte of the cytye at a place cal¦led sait Iames hospytall, & specyally suche as they knewe well fauoured theyr partye. whan y^e duke was ware of the assemble, anone he spedde hym thyther, hauynge wyth hym the bys∣shop of Laon. where by the mouth of hys chaūceler, he caused to be shewed a parte of the matter whyche he hym selfe had shewed the day before vnto the comynaltye / with more, y^t where as such as ought vnto hym no good wylle, reported hym that he kept nat promyse made with the kyng of Na∣uerne / he shewed there the contrary. And yf any thynge were nat to hym parfourmed, it was contrary to hys mynde & pleasure / & that that in hys power lay nat to fulfyl. And so soone as y^e chaūceler had ended hys tale / Charles Cusake stode vp to the en∣tent to haue shewed hys mynde. But there was such a rumoure and noyse amonge the people, that he myghte nat be harde / so that thanne the duke parted with suche companye as he brought, excepte the bysshop of Laō, whych taryed there with the prouost and other. And whan the duke was departed Charles Cusake began his tale, & spake boldely agayne the kyn∣ges offycers / and by couerte wordes somwhat agayne the duke. After whyche tale fynysshed one named Iohn̄ de saynte Ounde, whyche by auctoryte of y^e thre astates was new∣lye made one of the generall gouer∣nours of the subsydy / stoode vp and sayde, that the prouoste nor no other persone of the thre astates, hadde no peny of that subsydie in theyr hādes / the whiche sayenge the prouoste also affermed.

Forthermore shewed than there y^e sayde Iohn̄, that certayne knyghtes whyche he there named sent from the duke, had receyued of the sayde sub∣sydye to the summe of .l. or .lx.M. mo tons of golde, the whyche were en∣ployed to no good vse. After whyche processe ended by the sayde Iohan / Charles Cusake agayne beganne to speke, and made a longe comendaciō of the prouydence and good dysposy¦cion of the prouost, whyche had takē vpon hym great payne and displea∣sure, & spent largely of hys owne for y^e comō welth of the cytye. wherefore yf he myghte knowe that the comy∣naltye wolde nat ayde and stande by hym for the furtheraūce of the same / he wolde be content to leue of, & gete hym there as he shulde be quyte of al trouble, and also out of the daunger of all hys enemyes. whereunto was anon made a greate exclamacyon by the people, sayenge they wolde lyue and dye wyth hym in that quarell.

UPō the .xiii. day of Ianuary / the duke sent for dyuers per∣sones of the thre astates, & exorted theym by goodlye and amyable wor∣des, that they wolde demeane theym agayne hys father and hym, as faythefull and louynge subiectes / and he shulde so reporte theym vnto the kynge, that they of hym shulde haue greate thankes.

And as touchynge hym selfe / he wolde be so good lords vnto theym, that they shulde thynke theyr kyn∣denes and fydelyte well bestowed.

bestowed. The whyche graunted vn¦to hym theyr trothe and seruyce to y^e vttermoste of theyr powers / aduy∣synge hym to take vpon hym the go∣uernaunce of the realme / for they thought he taryed to long or he toke the rule therof. Than soone vppon thys, the sayd thre estates ordeyned a more feble money than they before had made, to the aduauntage of the duke / to the ende that he sholde wyth¦stand the enemyes forenamed, which as yet remayned in the coūtre about Parys, and pylled the vyllages and toke prysoners / the whych they con∣ueyed vnto suche holdes as they thā helde in that countre. Thus duryng these manyfolde aduersytees amōge the Frenchmen / vpon the .xxiiii. daye of y^e sayd moneth of Ianuary, Iohn̄ Baylet treasourer vnto y^e duke, was slayne at Parys of a yoman or Uar∣let of the chaunge called Peryne Marke. The whyche Peryne after that cursyd dede done, fledde vnto saynt Mary chyrche. But at nyghte the duke sent syr Iohn̄ de Shalous hys marchall, wyth the prouost of y^e cytye named Guillyam Scayse and other / the whyche brake vp the chyr∣che dores and toke the sayde Peryne out by force / and ladde hym vnto pri¦son called the Chastelet. Out of the whych vpon the morne he was takē, and hys handes smytten of / and so drawen vnto the gybet of Parys, & there hanged. But vpon the thyrde daye folowyng, by meanes of the bys¦shop of Parys he was taken downe and buryed wythin the sayd chyrche of our lady, wyth greate reuerence and solempnyte. At whyche obsequy was present the prouoste of the mar∣chauntes, with many other burgesis of the cytye. The fyrste daye of the moneth of February / syr Iohn̄ de Pyquyny came vnto Parys from y^e kyng of Nauerne, and made request vnto the duke, of dyuers couenaūtes by hym to be perfourmed towarde y^e kynge, whyche as yet were nat accō∣plysshed. whyche requeste the duke toke vnpacyētly / and gaue vnto the sayd syr Iohn̄ many hygh and disple¦saūt wordes. Howe be it in the ende y^e bisshop of Laon sayde, that the duke shuld be aduysed vpō y^e answere of y^e kynges demaūde. Upon y^e .iii. daye of February, y^e prouost of the marchaū¦tes, wyth certayn of y^e vnyuersyte of Parys & other burgeyses, yode vnto the duke vnto Louure. where it was requyred by the sayde persones, that he wolde fulfyll vnto the kyng of Na¦uerne, all suche couenaūtes as were lately made with hym / and specially that the castelles of Euroux & other before named, myghte be delyuered vnto hym accordyng to his apoynte¦mēt. And farthermore it was shewed vnto the duke by a doctoure of diuy∣nyte, that yf he or the kynge of Na∣uerne wolde swarue from any poynt or artycle of the sayde former agre∣mente / that the .iii. astates had vtter∣lye determyned to ayde and assyste hym, that wolde kepe the sayd agre∣ment, & to wythstāde the other that wolde nat obey or vpholde the sayde concorde & agrement. whereunto the duke was wel agreable / sayeng that he had perfourmed all his promesse, excepte the delyuere of certayne ca∣stelles, whyche the capytaynes wyth¦helde contrary hys mynde and plea∣sure / layenge for theyr excuses, that by the kynge hys father to theym they were delyuered, and to hym and none other they wyll delyuer thē agayne.

Upon the .xi. day of February, cer¦tayne of the .iii. astates beyng at coū∣sayll in theyr place accustomed / y^e pro¦uoste of y^e marchaūtes assēbled theyr craftes of y^e citie at a place called sait Clowe or Cloy in harnesse.

In whych tyme of hys with them there beyng / an aduocat of the parlia¦mēt called mayster Reynolde Dacy, as he was goyng from the dukes pa¦lays toward his owne house, he was slayne by men of the towne.

And soone thereafter the sayd pro∣uost with a great company of armed men entred the palays of Louure / & so with a certayne complyces entred the dukes chaūbre, & there withoute salutyng of the duke sayd vnto hym: Syr dysmay you nothyng whatsom¦euer ye se vs do, for we entende to your persone no harme. And or these wordes were fully ended / his cōpany fell vpon a knyght called syr Nycho¦las de Cōflans thā marshall of Chā¦payne, and vpō syr Robert de Clere∣moūt leuyng vpon the dukes bedde, & slewe them out of hande. whan the duke behelde thys horryble dede, he was in meruelous fere of hys owne persone / & prayed the prouoste wyth hys cappe in hys hāde, that he wolde saufegarde hys persone / the whych y^• prouost graunted, with that he wold by hym be aduertysed.

Than the sayd .ii. dede corses were drawen downe the steyers withoute pytye / and layed in the court that all men myghte beholde that myserable spectacle. And for the dukes saufe∣garde, the prouost toke vnto hys par¦tye a hood of redde & blewe, y^e whiche he put vpon his hed / and the prouost receyued the dukes hood beynge of burnet & garnysshed with a frenge of golde / & so eyther ware others hode all that daye. And that done, the pro∣uoste with hys company wente vnto theyr comon hall / where he shewed vnto the comynalty that the .ii. perso¦nes were especiall enemyes vnto the comon weale, and false traytours to god & to the crowne of Fraunce / and that he and hys adherentes entēded the preseruacion of the commō weale of the realme, and the cytye / & wolde vnderstāde of theym, whether they wolde stande by hym in that doynge or nat. The whyche cryed wyth one voyce ouy, ouy / that is to saye ye, ye. And whan he had receyued this com¦forte of y^e people, he retourned agayn vnto the duke. Than he recomforted hym and sayd, that al that was done, was done by thassent of the people, & for to auoyd y^e greater inconueniēce. For these that were slayn were great enemyes vnto the common welthe, & traytours vnto the crowne. wherfore he wylled y^e duke to alowe that dede / & yf any pardō were requysyte for y^e dede or any other to be hadde, that he shulde lyberally graunt it. All which thynges the duke was fayne to saye ye vnto / and prayed hym & the other than also of the cytezyns to be his frē¦des, & he wold in lykewyse be theyrs. And after thys agremēt / the prouost sent for .ii. clothes one of redde / and y^e other of blewe / and wylled the duke to make hoodes of the same for al his seruaūtes. And so the duke and hys seruaūtes were clothed in the lyuery of the towne / the blewe set vpon the ryght syde. Than agayne night whā the sayd .ii. corpsys had lyen all daye vpon the stones of the palays / y^e pro∣uost commaūded them to be layed in a cart, and so without preest or other reuerence to be cōueyed vnto a place of sait Katheryne there to be buryed. And whanne the sayde corpsys were thus brought vnto the sayde place, y^t carter toke one of theyr garmentes for hys laboure, & so departed.

It was nat longe after that a mes¦sanger came from the bysshop of Pa¦rys, whyche warned the bretherne of that house to spare the buryenge of syr Robert de Cleremoūt, for asmoch as the bysshope noted hym, accursed for brekyng vp of sait Mary church, whan he by force fette oute Peryne

Marke, as before is shewed. But af∣ter, they and also y^e aduocate mayster Reynolde Dacy were buryed secrete¦lye. Uppon the morne folowynge the prouost assembled at the frere Augu∣stynes a great company of the cytye, wyth all suche as then were there of the good townes by reason of y^e fore∣sayde coūsayll. To whych assemble, by the mouth of mayster Roberte de Corby a mā of the cytye, was shewed a protestaciō of all the cyrcumstaūce of the foresayd mater / and howe that by the dukes coūs••••l & also by y^e thre astates, many good ••••ynges were cō¦cluded for the deliuery of the kynge / & shulde or that tyme haue comyn to good effecte, ne had ben the enpeche∣ment of .iiii. persons, the whyche at y^t season were nat named.

Thys busynesse thus cōtynuyng, the kyng of Nauarne came vnto Pa¦rys the .xxvi. daye of February, wyth a good company of armed men / and was cōueyed by the cytezeyns vnto a place of the dukes called the Neell, & there lodged. To whome the prouost with his cōplyces made request, that he wolde make allyaūce with theym, and to supporte theym in that y^e they hadde done / the whyche by hym was graūted. Than the quene hys syster and other, made instante laboure to agree hym and the duke. whych in cō¦clusyon toke such effect, y^t the kynge shulde haue in recompēcement of his wrōges, the erledom of Bygorre and the vynery of Ramer, with y^e erledō of Maston, and other landes to y^e ex∣tente of .x.M.li. of Parys money by yere. And ouer that hys syster called quene Blāche, shuld haue y^e lordshyp of Morette for her Dowry. After whyche accorde thus concluded / the kynge and the duke kepte together very frēdely and louyng familyarite, dyned and souped eyther with other by many and sundry tymes, & eyther vnto other gaue ryche gyftes. Amōg the whyche one was, that the duke gaue vnto the kyng the sayd place of Neell whych he than lodged in.

Upon the .xii. daye of Marche, the duke of Normandye was procla¦med regent of Fraunce thorough y^e cytye of Parys / and after thorough all Fraunce. And soone after he de∣parted from Parys, and rode into y^e countre of Champayne, where he ta∣ryed a season. And the kynge of Na∣uerne retourned to Maunt in Nor∣mandye. Than the regent drewe vn∣to hym the nobles of Champayne & of Prouynce / and began to manace the prouost and other of Parys, that before had put hym to dyshonoure, and slayne so vylaynously hys trewe counceyllours. And after promesse taken of the erle of Brene and other nobles of that countrey, y^t they shuld ayde hym agayne hys fathers rebel∣les and hys enemyes / he than rode vnto the abbey of Ponley in Mon∣struell / and after yode vnto a castell whych belonged vnto quene Blan∣che syster vnto y^e kynge of Nauerne, and wyllyd the Capytayne named Tanpyne to delyuer to hym that ca∣stell. The whyche after dyuers de∣nayes, opened the gates and recey∣ued in the regente, and lodged hym therin that nyght. Upon the whyche the regent caused the sayd Tanpyne to swere vnto hym, y^t he shulde kepe that castell to his vse / and after made hym styll wardeyne of the same / and so departed thens & rode to Meaux where hys wyfe laye.

In thys tyme and season the pro∣uoste of the marchauntes of Parys, herynge of the regentes doynge▪ and of the affynyte that he made with thē of Champayne, fered the sequell ther¦of. wherfore by the aduyse of such as fauoured hys cause / he yode into the castell of Louure, and there toke out

artylery, gunnys, and other abylymē¦tes of warre, and put them in y^e store house of the cytye, to be redy whan tyme requered. The regent spedyng hys iournay returned agayne to Cō∣peygn. And where as before was ap¦poynted, that the .iii. astates shulde y^e fyrste daye of May assemble at Pa∣rys / the regent thā sent out hys com∣myssiōs, and charged y^e sayd .iii. asta∣tes to assemble the thyrde daye of the sayd moneth of May at Compeyng¦ne aforesayde / wherewith the sayde cytezyns of Parys were greatly amo¦ued. At thys assemble was graunted vnto the regent, a subsydy bothe of y^e Clergy and also of the laye fee / so y^t the regent waxed dayly strōger and stronger. wherof heryng the kyng of Nauerne / remoued from a towne cal¦led Merlo / and with a stronge com∣pany came vnto a place or towne na¦med Domage, purposely for to treate wyth the regent for the cytezeyns of Parys. where in the begynnynge of May y^t sayd two prynces met, eyther hauynge greate strengthe of men of armys.

WHan the kynge of Nauerne had by .ii. dayes contynuall made re¦queste vnto the regent for the cy¦tezyns of Parys, and myghte natte spede of his requeste / he departed the thyrde daye and rode vnto Parys. where he was honorably receyued & fested by the space of .x. or .xii. dayes. In whyche season he warned theym of the great dyspleasure that y^e regēt bare towarde the cytye / and aduysed them to make theym as stronge as they myght. In thys passe tyme the bysshop of Laon beynge with the re∣gent at Cōpeyne, was lyke to haue ben vylonyed by some of the regētes counsayll. wherefore in secrete wyse he departed vnto saynt Denyse / and from thēs he was fette by the kyng{is} seruaūtes of Nauerne vnto Parys / in whome was put great faute of all thys trouble.

About the myddell of Maye / one named Guyllyam Call••y gathered vnto hym a company in the prouince of Beauaysyn, as of the townes of Cerreux Norecell, Cramoysye, and other there about. The which beyng euyll dysposed, slewe dyuers knygh∣tes and esquyers of that coūtrey, and theyr wyues and seruaūtes / and pyl∣led and spoyled the countrey as they went, and threwe downe certayn py∣les and other strēgthes, and a parte of the castell of Beawmoūt / and for∣ced the duchesse of Orleaunce to for∣sake that castell, that than was there lodged / and for her saufegarde to go vnto Parys.

Uppon the .xxx. daye of May / the prouost and other gouernours of y^e cytye of Parys, caused Iohn̄ Paret, mayster of the brydge of Parys, and the mayster carpenter of the kynges werkes, to be drawen, hanged, heded and quartered. For it was put vpon them, that they shuld haue broughte into the cytye a certayne noumbre of of the regentes sowdiours, and so to haue betrayed the cytye. And the fore sayde people of Beauuaysyne ga∣thered vnto theym dayly more peple, as labourers and vylaynes / y^• which came into the countrey of Mountme¦rencie, & slewe and robbed there y^e gē∣tylmen of that countrey as they had done of other, and so passed the coun∣trey without resystence. And y^e regēt in thys whyle came to the cytye of Sens in Languedocke, where he was honorably receyued / all be it y^t the comons of that cytye & gentyles of that coūtrey, were greatly lenyng vnto the cytezyns of Parys / & there taryed a season to expresse to thē hys mynde. In whyche meane tyme a spy¦cer or grocer namer Gylle of Parys,

wyth one Iohn̄ Uayllaunt prouoste of y^e kynges money, with a company of .viii.C. men in harnesse rode vnto the cytye of Meaux / wherof y^e mayre of that cytie they were ioyfully recey¦ued, contrary hys promesse before made vnto the regent. where with as¦systence of the sayde mayer & other of that cytye, they entended to haue ta∣ken the wyfe of the sayd regent, with other noble women thā there soiour¦nyng wyth hyr / and so to haue con∣ueyd them vnto Parys, there to haue kepte them tyll the cytezyns myghte purchase the fauour & grace of the regent.

But whā the erle of Foyse, whych thanne hadde the rule of the sayde gentylwomen, knewe theyr entente / anone he gathered vnto hym hys cō∣pany / and wyth assystēce also of som of the sayd cytye, he made vppon .vi. or .vii.C. men in harnesse, and yssued boldly agayne the foresayde persons and skyrmysshed wyth theym. In which skyrmysshe in the ende, the mē of Parys were sconfited and chased, & the mayre of Meaus named Iohn̄ Soulas taken with other / which af∣ter for theyr rebellyō were put in exe∣cucion. And after thys victory thus opteyned / & in reuēgemēt of the deth of a knyghte called syr Lewys de Chambly there slayn with other gen¦tylmen / & for the vntrouth of y^e cytie: the foresayd erle set fyre vpon a syde of the cytye, & brēt a great parte ther∣of, as well churches as other / which fyre was scātly stenched in .viii. days after.

In thys whyle the kynge of Na∣uerne herynge of the greate harme & distrucciō that the company of Guyl¦lyam Calley made of gentylmen in Moūtmerēcy & other places, lyke as before is shewed, yode agayne hym / & nere vnto a place called Cleremoūt encountred hym and his people, and gaue vnto theym batayll, and slewe moch of his people / and toke hym on lyue, & caused hys hede to be stryken of. And soone after, the cytezyns of Parys sente vnto hym / requyrynge hym to drawe towarde thē. At whose requeste he sped hym thytherwarde, and entred the cytye vpō the .xv. daye of Iuny / and was cōueyed vnto sait Germayne in Pree & there lodged. And vpō the morne he wēte vnto the comon halle of the citie / where the co¦mōs beyng assembled, he made vnto them a lōge & plesaunt oraciō, of the great kyndenesse that he had founde in many of y^e good townes of Fraūce & specially in the cytye of Parys. For the whych they had bounde hym to take theyr partye agayne all other, makyng none excepcyō. After which tale by hym ended / Charles Cusake stode vp, & shewed vnto the people what ruynous poynt the lāde stode in for lacke of a wyse hedde & gouer∣noure. wherfore he exhorted y^e people to chose y^e kyng for theyr gouernour. whyche than was so done / & he there toke vpon hym the rule, & promysed with them to lyue and dye. Upon the xxii. day of the sayd moneth of Iuny / y^e kyng of Nauerne with a cōpany of vi.M. speres of the citye & other, de∣parted from Parys, and rode vnto a towne called Gonnesse, where an o∣ther company of the cytye taryed for hym / & from thens rode towarde Sē¦lys. But whā the gentylmen of hys hoste vnderstode that he had takē vp¦pon hym to be capytayne of the comi¦naltye, where agayn the more partie of the nobles of Fraunce were of the contrary partye / they left hym many of them, & specially suche as were of the duchye of Burgoyne / and wyth congy of hym taken, resorted into theyr coūtreys. whā the regent had vysyted dyuers countreys, & wonne vnto hym the beniuolence of y^e same,

& had also gathered vnto hym greate strength / he spedde hym towarde Pa¦rys / & lodged hym in the ende of the moneth of Iuny, in a place called in Frenche le Pount de Charenton fast by Boyes in Uyncent. In whose cō∣pany were noumbred vpon .xxx.M. horsemen / so that the countre there about was pylled & wasted with that hoste.

wherof herynge the kynge of Na∣uerne, retourned backe agayne, and came wyth hys hoste vnto saynt De¦nys wythin .ii. myles of Parys. And the cytye of Parys was kepte daye & nyght, that no man myghte entre or go out, wythout lycēce of y^e prouoste & other rulers therof. In this meane whyle that the sayde two prynces lay thus with theyr two hostes about the cytye / quene Iohan syster vnto the kynge, made an instaūt labour vnto the regent for grace for the cytezyns. By whose meanes a comucaciō was appoynted to be holdē betwene the kynge & the regente, the eyght day of Iuly, at a place called y^e wynde mylle faste by the house of saynt Anthony. At whyche metynge it was lastly ac∣corded betwene y^e sayd prynces, that the kyng of Nauerne shulde do hys best to brynge the cytezyns of Parys vnto due obedyence. And yf he sawe in theym suche obstynacy, that they wolde nat do theyr dutye, & to gyue for theyr rebellyon suche summes of money as by hym & the regent shuld be thought accordynge / that than the kynge shuld vtterly refuse theyr par¦tye, and turne vnto the regēt with all hys power.

And ouer that, the kyng for all de∣maundes that he coude aske of the re¦gent for any cause, ouer the agremēt betwene them laste made, shuld haue iii.C.M. floryns of gold, wherof an C.M. to be payed that daye .xii. mo∣nethes, and yerely after .l.M. tyll the fulle were payed. And farther it was accorded, that the kynge after y^t daye shulde take partye with the regente agayne all persones, excepte onely y^e kynge of Fraunce / And to the ende y^t thys accorde shulde be fermely holdē vppon bothe sydes / the bysshoppe of Lyseux there beynge presente, wyth many other lordes, sāge there masse within the tente where thys accorde was concluded / and after agnus dei, sware the two prynces vpon the sa∣crament, that withoute collusyon or fraude they shulde obserue and kepe eueryche artycle of the sayde accord. After whyche conclusyon thus takē / the regent repayred vnto hys hoste, & the kynge vnto saynt Denys. Than vppon the morowe the kynge entred Parys, and conueyed thyther wyth hym but a certayne / & so taryed there all that daye, wythoute any reporte sendy••ge vnto the regent.

And the seconde daye for y^e more strēgthynge of the towne, he sent for certayne Englysshe sowdyours, as archers and other, and sette them in the towne wagys / & nother sente nor retourned vnto the regente with any answere. Than towarde the nyght, how it was assaut was made by som of the regentes people vppō a parte of the town, so that dyuers men were slayne vpon bothe sydes / but the mo vppon the partye of the cytye.

Than the kynge of Nauerne vpō the morowe retourned vnto sait De∣nys / leuynge within the cytye y^e fore∣sayde strēgthe of Englyshmen wyth other. whan the regente was ware of the kynges beynge at saynt Denys / he sent vnto hym, and hym requyred of perfourmaūce of suche accorde as lately betwene theym was condissen¦ded / & syns by hys meanes he myght nat enduce the cytezyns to due obe∣dyence, that he wolde accordynge to hys promesse take partye with hym /

wherby they and other enemyes to y^• comon welth, myght be recoūceyled. whereunto the kynge answered and sayd, that the regēt had brokē y^e sayd accorde. For where he by hys dyly∣gēce & laboure, had brought the cyte∣zyns to a nere poynt of recōciliacyon & submyssiō / the regent by the meane of that assaute whyche he made vnto the towne, caused the sayd cytezeyns to renoūce all theyr former graunt, & to bynde them vpō theyr former wyl fulnesse. After whyche answere thus gyuen by the kyng / the regēt caused his people to passe y^e ryuer of Sayne by a brydge made of botes, and so to brenne the towne of Uyttry & diuers other townes, & robbed & pylled the coūtrey there about.

Upō the .xiiii. day of Iuly, dyuers of the towne of Parys issued oute of the towne / & with the ayde of the En∣glyshmen endeuoured them to haue socoured the sayde towne of Uyttry / with also to haue destroyed y^e brydg. At whych iournay they bare them so well, that with theyr shotte they woū¦ded many of theyr enemies / and toke prysoner the regentes marshall na∣med syr Reynolde de Fountaynes with dyuers other / & after retourned vnto theyr cytye.

Upon the .xix. day of Iuly, y^e quene Iohn̄ syster vnto y^e kyng of Nauern̄, with the archebysshop of Lyons, the bysshop of Parys, with certayne o∣ther temporall persones of the cytye / yode vnto a place assygned withoute the towne. where with them met the regent & certayne of hys coūsayll / & at lengthe cōcluded an unyte and cō∣corde betwene the sayd regent & cyte¦syns, without farther payne or exac∣ciō to be put vnto them / excepte that the sayd cytesyns shuld humbly sub∣mytte thē vnto the regent, in aknow¦legyng theyr offēce, & askyng of hym mercy & grace for the same / & ouer y^t to be ordered forther as the kynge of Nauerne, the sayd quene Iohn̄, with the duke of Orleaūce & the erle of El cāps, wolde deme & adiuge / and that graunted, the regēt to opyn all ways & passages as well by lāde as by wa∣ter, that al marchaūtes may passe as they before tymes vsed / & in lykewise they of the cytye to opyn the gates of the towne, and to receyue all straun∣gers.

AFter whych agremente thus cōcluded & agreed, with all o∣ther before made betwene the kyng & the regent to be maynteyned & vphol¦den / the regēt sent from hym moch of hys people / & appoynted the sayd bis¦shoppes & the other for the towne, to mete with hym y^e .iiii. day folowynge at a place called Laiguy syr Marne. where he wolde haue also the kynge of Nauerne & the other, to perfyghte and clerely fynysh the sayd agremēt / & vpō thys made proclamacions tho¦rough the hoste, that a good and per¦fyght peace was agreed. wherefore many of the hoste for dyuers causes theym mouynge yode towarde the cytye, trustyng there gladly & louyng¦lye to be receyued. But vpōn y^e morne whan they came vnto the gates, they fande them watched with harnessed men, whyche wolde none suffre to entre but suche as them lyked / amōg the whyche one named Macequetta seruaunte of the regētes was mysse entreated. And nat withstādyng that accorde / yet the mouable goodes of suche as were with the regent & had houses within the cytie, where disper¦bled and stroyed.

Upon the .xxi. day of Iuly & euyn of mary Magdaleyne, a stryfe began to kyndell within the cytye / so that y^e cytesyns complayned them vpon the Englysshemen, surmysynge agayne thē dyuers causes. By meane wher∣of

the comonte in a fury yode vnto the palaye of Necl, where at y^t tyme many of the capytaynes of the En∣glysshemen dyned wyth the kynge of Nauerne / vpon whome they fell so∣deynly, and slewe of them vpō .xxiiii. & after in diuers places of y^e citie, toke the other deale to the noūbre of .iiii.C. or thereupon, and closed theym in dyuers prysons. with whych doyng, the kynge of Nauerne, with also the prouoste and other the gouernoures of the cytye were right fore disconten¦ted. wherfore vpō the day folowyng, the kynge assembled the comynaltye at theyr comon halle / entendynge by plesaūt wordes to haue caused them to haue ben repētaunt of the murder of the foresayd capytaynes, & also to haue gotten the remenaunte oute of pryson.

But the more the kynge spake for the Englysshemen, the more woder were they dysposed agayne theym / sayenge y^t those whyche were within the cytye, shulde nat alonely be putte to deth; but also suche as were at sait Denys, whyche there spoyled that towne & countrey enuyron / and had had suche wordes vnto the kynge, y^t in the ende he wyth the prouost & the other gouernoures, were fayne to graunte vnto them, that they wolde go with theym for to helpe to dystres the sayde Englysshemen. And so the same daye agayne nyght / the comōs yssued by the gate of saynt Honoure / & the kynge of Nauerne with the pro¦uost & theyr company went out by y^e wyndemylle, so that in the sayd assē∣bles of the kynge & the comons were noumbred vppon .xvi.C. speres, and of foote men vpon .viii.M. whan the kynge with hys company was comē into the feelde where the sayd wynde¦mylle stādeth / he houed there well vp on halfe an houre, to se what y^e other company wolde do. The whych sent out .iii. speres to espye where the En∣glyshmen were, and espyed of theym vpō .xl. or .l. that apered by a woddes syde nere vnto saynt Clow / and we∣nynge that the sayde Englysshemen there had bē no mo, retourned & she∣wed what they had sene. whereupon the sayde comons in all haste spedde theym thyther. And whā they were within the daunger of theyr shotte / y^e Englysshmen issued oute of dyuerse parties of the wode, and woūded and slewe many of them. wherwith the o∣ther beynge fered fled incontinently / whome the Englysshemen pursued so cruelly, that they slewe of the fote men vpon .vi.C. in all.

whych season the kyng of Nauern̄ and also y^e prouost with theyr peple, stode styl & neuer moued towarde thē for theyr defence or ayde. After thys scomfyture thus susteyned by the Pa¦rysyens / the kyng lefte the cytye and rode vnto saynt Denys / and the pro∣uoste wyth hys company returned vnto Parys. where he was receyued wyth hydyous noyse and crye, aswel of womē as mē, for y^t he so cowardly had suffered hys neyghbours to be woūded and slayne. By reasō of this the murmure of the people encreased dayly more and more agayne the pro¦uost / so that in maner a party was ta¦ken betwene the prouoste and the o∣ther gouernours of the cytye and the comynaltye. For the comons wolde haue put to deth many of the pryso∣ners of the Englysshemen / but y^e pro¦uost with hys affynyte let them, and preserued them from theyr fury and malyce.

And vpon the .xxvii. daye of Iuly beynge frydaye / the sayd prouost be∣yng encōpanyed wyth .viii. score or ii.C. mē in harnesse, yode vnto Louu¦re and other prysons and, toke out y^e sayd Englysshemen, & conueyed thē vnto the gate of saynt Honoure / and

so sent theym vnto theyr other felys∣shyp than beyng at saynt Denys.

Of whome they were ioyously re∣ceyued and welcomed / & specyally of the kynge of Nauerne, at whose re∣queste as the comō fame went, y^t pro∣uost wyth the other rulers of y^e town them delyuered. Thus more & more cyuyle dyscorde began to encreace wythin the cytie / so that the rulers of y^e cytye were now in as great dought and fere of theyr neyghbours, as be∣fore tyme they were of the regēt & his knyghtes.

So that vpō the tuysdaye folow∣ynge beynge the last daye of Iuly / y^e prouost wyth other of hys company beyng in harnesse as dayly they were vsed, went to dyner vnto the bastyle of saynt Denys. And there beyng at dyner / the prouost cōmaūded to such as thā kept the keyes of that bastyle, that they shuld delyuer theym vnto Geffrey de Mastō than tresourer of the warres of the kyng of Nauerne. But the porters denayed y^e commaū¦demēt / & sayde presysely y^t they wolde nat delyuer the keyes to hym nor yet to any straūger. For the whyche an∣swere many hawte wordes were blo∣wen on eyther partye / so that people gadered about them. wherof heryng one named Iohn̄ Maylart, to whom belōged the watche of a quarter of y^e cytye / wherein & in whyche quarter the sayde bastyle stode, drewe nere & gaue ere vnto the wordes / & shortly after in bolde maner sayd vnto y^e pro¦uost, that the keyes shulde remayne styll with the sayd kepers, & nat to be takē out of theyr possessiō. By meane of whych wordes the prouoste wyth hys company were encensed wyth more malyce / & vttered many hyghe and dysdaynous wordes to fere the sayd Iohn̄ Maylart and the other. wherfore the sayde Iohn̄ Maylart fe¦ryng the prouost, lest he shuld shortly call hys strēgthe to hym, & by meane thereof put hym and other to an af∣terdele / sodenlye gate hym on horse∣backe / & berynge a baner of y^e French kynges in hys hande, cryed wyth a∣lowde voyce, Mon ioye saynte De∣nys au Roy et a duke. whā the peo∣ple sawe hym thus ryde aboute, and cryed ioye to the kynge & the duke / anone moche people folowed hym, & cryed in the same wyse. And in lyke∣wyse dyd the prouost & his company, whyche toke the waye towarde the bastyle of saynte Anthony. And the sayde Maylarte rode towarde the market place, & there houed wyth his company. In whyche tyme & season one called Pepyn de Essars, nat kno¦wynge of the feat of Iohn̄ Maylart, in lyke maner gathym on horsbacke / and berynge a baner of the armes of Fraūce, rode about cryeng y^e forsayd crye, & so lastly came vnto the other. whyle the commōs were thus assem∣bled in the market place / the prouost came vnto the forsayd bastyle of saīt Anthony / where it was reported to y^t kepers of that bastyle, that the pro∣uost hadde lately receyued letters frō the kynge of Nauerne whyche they desyred to se / wherof the prouoste de∣nayed the syghte, & specyally one na∣med Guyffarde. wherefore after som wordes of dyspleasure, one strake at the sayd Guyffarde, & throughe hys harnesse woūded hym. where with y^e prouost beyng amoued, made resystē¦ce agayn the sayd kepers / so y^t eyther ranne at other wyth theyr wepyns. In whych stryfe the sayd Guyffarde was fyrst slayne / & after the prouoste wyth one of hys cōperes named Sy¦mōde Palmeyr. wherof heryng y^e fore sayd Iohn̄ Maylart & hys cōpany, in all haste sped thē thyder & pursued vpō other y^t thā were fled for fere / & so streightly serched, y^t they fōde one cal¦led Iohn̄ of y^e Ile, & Giles Marcell

vnder the prouoste of marchauntes, whych they also slewe without pytie. And after at y^e bastyle of saynt Mar∣tyne, they foūde one called Iohn̄ Pa¦ret the yōger, whome they slew also. And soone were they spoyled of all y^t they had, and layd naked in the open strete for all men to loke vpon. And whan they .vi. corpsys had so lyen by a certayne tyme / they were than put in a carte & drawen vnto a house of saynt Katheryne, and there buryed vnreuerently. And vpon the morowe folowyng, were taken Charles Cu∣sake, & Iosseron or Geffrey Maston, and put into the chastelet, and there kept in strayte pryson. And thus sea∣sed thys ryot wythin the cytye of Pa∣rys, that had contynued for the more partye by y^e space of a yere & .ix. mone¦thes / as from the begynnynge of the moneth of Nouember in the .vii. yere of kyng Iohn̄, vnto thende of y^e mo∣neth of Iuly in the .viii. yere of thys sayd kyng / or from the takyng of the duke in hys chaūbre, to the deth of y^e prouost by the space of .vi. monethes. After whyche persones thus slayen / the sayd Iohn̄ Maylart sent vnto y^e regent, requyrynge hym y^t he wolde spede hym vnto y^e citie / & in y^e meane whyle to sende some noble man to haue the rule of the same. And in that whyle the comōs made serche, & toke many of the former rulers, as Petyr Gylle grocer, which as before is said was capytayne vnto thē y^t were sent vnto Meaus. And wyth hym was ta¦ken syr Pyers Caylart knyghte and wardeyne of the castell of Louure. Also one called Iohn̄ Prenost, wyth Petyr Blount. Also a vocate named mayster Peter Puyssour / & a felowe of hys named mayster Iohan Go∣darde. All which {per}sones were shortly after put to deth by sundry tymes, & theyr bodyes cast in to a ryuer called Bone Uoycyne. And vppon the .xii. daye of August, the regent was recey¦ued into Parys with all honour and gladnesse. whereof heryng the kynge of Nauerne, & of the puttyng to deth of Ioss••ran hys tresourer / sente vnto the regēt wordes of defyaūce / letting hym to vnderstande that he wolde be reuenged of that wronge and o∣ther.

UPon the .xiiii. day of August, the regent caused to he assem¦bled within the commō hall of Paris the cytezyns / to whom he made a lōg declaracion of the treasons & ryottes done by these persones put to deth, & by the bysshop of Laon & other yet le¦uyng / whych entēded as he sayde to haue made y^e kyng of Nauerne kyng of Fraūce, & to haue yelden the cytye of Parys into the power of Englys∣shemen. Thā the kynge of Nauerne with the Englyshmen yode vnto Me¦loon / where they by fauour & strēgth occupyed y^e yle, & all y^t coūtrey whych stretched toward Byer / & warred vp¦pon the countrey toward Gastenoys & dyd therin moche harme aswell by fyre as otherwyse. And shortly after syr Iohn̄ Pyquegny & syr Robert his brother, whych were capytaynes vn∣der the kyng of Nauern̄, made warre vpō the towne of Turnay and other townes of Pycardy / and slewe many of the common people, and toke pry∣soners of the gentylmen of that coun¦trey to the noumbre of an hundreth & aboue.

Amonge the whyche the bysshope of Noyen was takē, and wyth the o∣ther ladde vnto a castell or towne cal¦led Creeyll, wherof the foresayde syr Robert was capytayne / and so conty¦nued in doynge domage in dyuerse places, aswell nere vnto Parys as elles where. Durynge whyche warre thus made by the kynge of Nauerne and hys accessaries / in the moneth of

Septembre and begynnynge of the ix. yere of kynge Iohn̄, the foresayde syr Iohn̄ de Piquegny layd his siege vnto the cytye of Amyas, & wā with∣in the bulwerkes of the same / so that the cytye was lyke to haue ben yeldē vnto hym, ne had ben the rescous of the erle of saynt Poule, which draue the sayd Iohn̄ & hys people a backe. But the sayd syr Iohn̄ wyth ayde of the Englysshemē quytte hym so mā∣fully, that he had the domynyō of all that coūtrey of beawuasyne / so that wyne nor no marchaundyse myghte passe to Tournay nor other townes therabout, without hys saufe cōduyt or lycēce. And in lyke maner syr Ro∣bert knolles capytayne of the Englis¦shemen in Brytayne, gatte there ma∣ny holdes & townes, whyche I passe ouer.

Upon the .xxv. day of Octobre, dy¦uers of the burgeysys & rulers of the cytye of Parys, as Iohn̄ Guyffarde, Nycholas Poret, & other to the noū∣bre of .xix. persones, by the cōmaunde¦ment of the regēt were arested & sent vnto pryson / and so remayned by the space of .iiii. dayes. wherfore the frē∣des of the sayd prysoners yode vnto the prouoste of the marchaūtes than named Iohn̄ Culdoe, and requyred hym to make labour with other vnto the regent than beyng at Louure, for the delyuery of theyr frēdes, or at the lest to knowe the cause of theyr inpry¦sonement / whyche requeste y^e prouost and other executed. It was answered to them by the regēt, that vppon the morowe he wolde be at theyr commō halle / where before the comynaltye y^t cause of theyr inprysonement shulde be shewed. And yf than the cytezyns thoughte good to haue them sette at large / he wolde therwyth holde hym contented. At whyche houre apoyn∣ted, the regente came vnto the sayde halle / and there shewed that one na∣med Iohn̄ Damyens, whyche hadde maryed the doughter of Iohn̄ Resta¦ble one of the sayd prysoners, hadde caused hys sayd father & the other, y^t they had allyed theym with the kyng of Nauern cōtrary theyr allegeaūce / wherfore he thought they had deser∣ued to dye. But for the fauoure that he owed vnto the cytye & to them, for they were of good substaūce / he wold nat do any thynge to theym tyll they were enquered of by theyr neygh∣bours. After the whyche declaracion thus made by the regēt / euery man fe¦red to speke any more for theym, but suffered the lawe to haue hys course. Howe be it in the ende they were ac∣quyted of that treason, and fynally delyuered by the ende of the nexte moneth.

Uppō the thyrde daye of Decēbre, entred into Parys the cardinalles of Pierregort & of Urgell, to treate a cō¦corde and peace betwene the regente & the kyng of Nauerne. But in cōclu¦syon nothynge they sped of that they came for / wherefore they retourned vnto Auynyon. In whyche retourne they were robbed of great substaūce / wherof Englyshmen bare the disclaū¦der. And thus thys grudge hāgynge betwene the kyng & the regēt / many robberyes & other harmes were done vnto dyuers townes in Fraūce, to y^e greate enpouerysshynge of the peple of that lande, and to the greate enry∣chynge of suche Englyshemē as thā were there abydynge in dayely war∣res, bothe wyth the kynge of Na∣uerne & also in Brytayne.

For shortely after thys, the fore∣sayde syr Roberte Knolles and other Englysshemen wanne the towne of Ancer and other, lyke as in the thre and thyrty yere of kynge Edwarde is before more at lengthe decla∣red.

In y^e moneth of May & .xix. day of

the same / y^e regēt for tydynges which he had receyued from hys father out of England, by the reporte of y^e arche¦bysshop of Sēs & other / assēbled ma¦ny of y^e good townes at Paris. But y^e ways were so stopped by mē of warre he was fayne to tary tyll the .xxv. day of the sayd moneth folowynge. At whyche season was shewed to y^e peo∣ple there assembled, that the kyng of Englande to haue a fynall concorde with y^e kyng of Fraunce, wolde haue ouer and aboue hys raunsome, y^e du∣chy of Normandy, y^e duchy of Guyā, the duchy of Exanctes, the cytye of Ageu, the cytye of Carbe, the cytye of Pierregort, the cytye of Lymoges, y^e cytye of Caours, with all the dyoces of the sayde cytyes belōgyng / the erle¦domes of Bygorre, of Poytyers, of Aniowe, and of Mayne, of Thorayn of Bouloyne, of Guynys, of Poūtes∣ses, or Pountyeu / y^e townes of Moū¦struell, of Calays, & of Marquet / with all appertenauntes to the sayde duchys, erledomes, cytyes, and tow∣nes belongynge / them to enioye and holde wythout feawte or homage for them doynge, with many other thyn∣ges to the kyng of Englandes great aduauntage. whyche tydynges were ryght dyspleasaunt vnto all that cō∣pany / in so moch that they answered that the sayd treaty was neyther ho∣norable nor profytable. And rather thā the kyng shuld bynde hym & hys lande to suche inconuenience / they wolde prepare to make sharpe warre agayne Englande. wyth whyche an∣swere the sayde assemble was dys∣solued.

Upon the .xxviii. day of May, the regent reassembled the sayde people / where it was condyscended that the nobles of the realme with a certayne persones euery man after hys astate, shuld serue the regent in hys warres by y^e space of a moneth at theyr owne propre costes. And the cytye of Pa∣rys graūted to fynde to hym at theyr charge .vi.C. speres, iiii.C. archers, & a .M. of other sowdyours. And for so moche as y^e other good townes wold nat graūt any subsydie tyll they had spokē with theyr cōmynaltyes / ther∣fore they were licēced to de{per}te home, and to brynge reporte agayn within xiiii. dayes. At whych season they she¦wed vnto y^e regent, y^t theyr countreys were so pylled & wasted by the kynge of Nauerne and Englyshemen, y^t the people myght nothyng ayde hym as they thought to haue done. wherfore with moche payne they graūted to hī viii.M. mē for .iii. monethes.

In the begynnyng of the moneth of Iuny, y^e regent with a stronge po∣wer sped hym towarde Meleō where the kynge of Nauerne laye with hys people / so that the kyng occupied the coūtrey toward Byeir, and y^e regent y^• coūtrey towarde Brye. where both hostes thus lyenge withoute notary feate of warre / a treatye of accorde was yet agayne moued at lēgthe, by agrement of y^e Parysyens, accorded moche lyke vnto the former accorde concluded at Parys. So y^t by media¦cyō of certayn tēporall lordes of both hostes, y^t sayd princes agreed to mete at Mēlane / and there to cōclude the sayd peace. where about the .xx. daye of August, wyth hostage delyuered vpon both partyes / the sayd prynces mette / & after rode vnto Pountoyse, where they were both lodged within the castell / where bothe theyr coūsay∣les were assygned to mete for the per fyghtyng of thys accorde. But so it was y^t for suche lādes as shuld be as∣sygned vnto y^e kyng, they cowde nat agre. wherfore y^e regēt in cōclusyō sēt vnto the erle of Stāps or Escamps, chargyng hī to say, y^t he to y^e entent to haue his good wyl, had offered vnto hym reasonable offers.

whyche yf he wolde accepte, he wolde be fayne therof / and yf nat, he let hym vnderstāde y^t he shulde haue no peace wyth hym whyle he lyued. By reason of whyche message, y^e coū∣sayles on bothe partyes conceyued none other, but that this treaty shuld haue concluded no amyte nor peace. But howe it was, by counsayll or of hys owne lyberalyte, whan the kyng had degested this mater in his mynd by all that nyght folowynge / he on y^e morowe sent for the counsayll of the regent / & wylled them to shewe vnto the regēt, that he consydered well in hys mynde the great daunger & my∣sery whyche the realme of Fraunce stode in. wherfore he beyng of the na∣turall house of Fraūce, and one of y^e Flouredelyce / ought to se y^e mayn∣tenaunce of the honour of the same. And for that that no ruyne of the sayde realme shulde to hym (yf any fell) after be are••ted / therfore he was cōtented to set a parte all suche great offers & promyses, as to hym before tyme had ben offered & promysed / & to holde hym onely contented wyth hys owne righte as he before tymes had enioyed. And to y^e ende that thys hys wyll & pleasure myght to the peo¦ple be knowen / he wylled the regent that the people of that towne of Poū¦toyse shuld be assembled in the court of that castell, that he myghte de∣clare it to them in propre persone. The whych accordyng to his mynde was done. All whyche rehersall he made before the regēt and comynalte of the towne / promysyng there to de∣lyuer out of hys possessiō all suche townes, castelles, and holdys, as he had won syn he stode enemye to the crowne of Fraūce / & to become true subiecte vnto the kyng, & louyng ne∣uewe and frēde vnto y^e regēt frome y^t daye foreward. wherof the regēt & all the cōmons were very glad & ioyfull all be it that some trusted lytle to this accorde, nor yet to y^e cōtinuaūce ther∣of / consyderynge the manyfolde ac∣cordes whych before tymes had ben betwene them cōcluded. After which accorde thus ended / the kynge wyth hys people retourned to M••iant, & y^e regēt to Paris / appoyntyng betwene them to meate at Parys the fyrst day of Septembre next folowyng.

ACcordyng to y^e appoyntmēte made at Pountoyse betwene the kyng and y^e regēt / vpon the fyrste day of Septembre & begynnyng of y^e x. yere of kyng Iohn̄, the sayd kynge & regent met at Parys / where atwen them was holden famylyer cōpany, and great kyndenesse shewed vppon eyther partye. There also they coun∣ceyled how they shulde withstāde the kyng of Englande, whych entēded to entre Fraunce shortely after wyth a strōge power. And after many amy∣tees and frendely dealynges betwen thē executed / y^e kyng rode to Meleō to delyuer that towne and castel into the regentes possessyon as the story sheweth. But whā he was cōmyn thy¦ther, were it with hys wyl or cōtrary / the sowdyours toke greuouse tolles of all wynes and other marchaun∣dyses that passed that waye / whyche after was knowen to be for y^e wage & sowde of the Nauaroys and Englis∣shemen, whych helde the sayd towne and castell. And so y^t Frenchmē were constrayned to paye the wages of theyr enemyes / whyche greued them very sore, consyderynge that many∣folde harmes and pyllages of theym before were receyued. And after the kyng had auoyded the sayde sowdy∣ours / he departed & rode vnto Maūt leuyng Creyell in the possessiō of En¦glyshmen & other. And ouer these ma¦nyfolde myseryes and myschyeues

thus fallyng in the realme of Fraūce / there fell so great habundaūce of wa¦ter in the Heruest season, that y^e corne was loste / so that it rose to an hyghe pryce to the greate damage of the comon people.

And in the moneth of Nouembre folowyng / the kynge of Englande, with prynce Edwarde & other many lordes, with a strōge power lāded at Calays / & so perced Fraunce by Ar∣toys in Pycardy & Uermendoys, & subdued the coūtrees before hym tyll he came to Reynes, lyke as before is shewed in the .xxxiiii. & .xxxv. yeres of kyng Edward / where all thys mater wyth y^e tenoure of the peace betwene the sayde kynges of Englande and of Fraunce is more at lengthe de∣clared.

The laste daye of the moneth of Decembre, one Marten of Pysdo burgeyse of Parys, was drawē vnto the place of iugemēt / & there vpon a scaffolde had fyrste hys armes cutte of & after hys legges by the thyes, & lastly hys hed / & than he was quar∣tered, & hys .iiii. quarters sette vppon iiii. pryncypall gates of the cytye, & hys hede sette vpō the pyllory. The cause of thys iugemente was, for so moche as one called Denysot Pal∣mer, to whome he had discouered his coūsayll, and caused hym to be as an accessary in all hys workes / had ac∣cused hym that the sayd Marten had agreed & couenaunted with certayne offycers & capytaynes of the kyng of Nauern̄, that they at a tyme appoyn¦ted shuld haue entred the cytye of Pa¦rys, & to haue slayne the regente & o∣ther, & to haue had the cytye at theyr rule and pleasure. And so the season thā of y^e .x. yere tyl y^t moneth of Iuly, passed in the warres & treaty before touched / so that the .viii. day of Iuly, the Frenche kyng lāded at Calays, & there taryed as prysoner tyl the .xxv. daye of Octobre folowynge, as be∣fore in y^e .xxxiiii. yere of kyng Edward is more playnly shewed.

Than vpon the .xxix. day of Octo¦bre and begynnynge of hys .xi. yere / kyng Iohn̄ came to saynte Omers, where he taryed tyll the fourth daye of Nouembre. And the .xi. day of De∣cember he came vnto saynte Denys / where vnto hym vpō y^e .xii. day came the kynge of Nauerne, whyche had nat sene hym sen he was delyuered from pryson / & brought with hym cer¦tayne hostages whyche the Frenche kynge had sente vnto hym for hys saufegarde / puttynge hym holy in y^e Frēche kynges grace & mercy. And vpon the morowe folowyng, he was newly sworne vnto the kynge to be hys trew & faythfull sonne & subiect / and the kyng agayn vnto hym, to be hys kynde father & good & gracyous soueraygne lorde. And forthe wyth were sworne the duke of Normandy & Philip brother vnto the sayd kyng of Nauerne, to maynteyne all coue∣nauntes made & to be made betwene the sayd .ii. kynges / so that they were fynisshed & cōcluded by the .xviii. day of Ianuary nexte folowyng. And soone after retourned the sayd kyng of Nauerne vnto Maunt. And kyng Iohn̄ vpon the .xiiii. daye of Decem∣ber wyth great tryumphe was recey¦ued into Parys.

And whanne he was comyn vnto hys palays, the prouost of marchaun¦tes wyth certayne burgeyses of the cytye, in the name of the comynaltye of the same, presented hym with a pre¦sent to the value of a .M. marke ster∣lynge.

Upon a tuysdaye beyng the fyrste day of Iuly, was foughten a batayll at Parys betwene two knyghtes / wherof the appellaunte was named syr Foukes Dorciat, and the defen∣daūt syr Maugot Mawbert. whych

appellaūt was sore vexed with a fe∣uer quarteyne / by reason wherof and of the great hete that y^e day appered, after longe fyght the sayd appellaūt lyght from hys horse for hys refres∣shemēt / wherfore hys frendes of hym were in great doute. But his enemye was also so sore trauayled, y^t what for hete & laboure he was also ouer∣come, & was lykely to haue fallen frō hys horse / and or he myght be taken downe he swowned & dyed.

whan syr Fowkes was ware of y^e feblenesse of hys enemye anon as he might he dressed hym on fote toward hys aduersary, & fande hym starke dede / whyche by lycēce of the kynge was after had out of the feelde, and secretlo buryed / & the sayde syr Fow∣kes for feblenesse was by hys frēdes ladde vnto hys lodgyng.

In the .xii. yere of kynge Iohn̄ & xxi. day of Nouembre, Phylyp duke of Burgoyn, erle of Artoys, of Al∣uerne, and of Boloyngn, a chylde of the age of .xiiii. yeres or lesse, dyed at a town nere vnto Rome called Guyō By reason of whose deth kyng Iohn̄ as nexte heyre had after possession of al the sayd lādes, & toke possiō therof shortly after.

In the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng Iohn̄ & thyrd day of Ianuary / he for specyall causes hym mouyng, as for the enlargyng of his sonne the duke of Orleaunce & other yet pled∣ges for hys raūsome, toke shyppyng at Boloyne, & so sayled into Englād, and arryued at Douer the .vi, day of the sayde moneth / and after yode to Eltham, and from thēs was cōueyed vnto Lōdon, as before is shewed in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edward. In tyme of whose there beyng / syr Bar∣thrā de Glaycon made warre vpō the kynge of Nauerne, & wan from hym the towne of Maunt in Normandy. And by the duke of Normādy soone after was wonne from the sayd kyng the towne of Mēlēce. within y^e which were taken dyuers Parysyens, that shortly after for theyr infidelite were put in execuciō at Parys. And thus the warre betwene the kynges of Fraūce & Nauerne was newly begō. Than kynge Iohn̄ beyng as before is sayde in Englande / a greuous ma¦lady toke hym in the begynnynge of Marche, of the whyche he dyed at London vpō the .viii. daye of Apryll folowynge / & so wyth great honoure and solempnyte cōueyed to the sees syde, and there shypped, & thā in pro∣cesse caryed into Fraunce.

where vpon the .vii. day of May, and yere of our lorde god .M.CCC.lxiiii. he was solempnely enterred in the monastery of saynt Denys / whā he had reygned .xiii. yeres .vii. mone∣thes and odde dayes / leuynge after hym thre sonnes, that is to say Char¦les, whych was kyng after hym, Le∣wys, and Phylyp.

CArolus or Charles y^e .vi. of that name or .v. after som wri¦ters, y^e eldest sonne of kyng Iohn̄ / be∣ganne hys reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce, the .ix. day of Apryll, in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde god .M.CCC.lxiiii and the .xxviii. yere of Edwarde the the .iii. than kynge of Englande / and was crowned with dame Iane hys wyfe at Raynes the .xix. day of May folowynge

In thys fyrste yere syr Barthran de Glaycon lyeutenaunt of the sayde Charles in Normādy, fought with a capytayne of the kynge of Nauerne named le Captall de Bueffe, nere vnto a place called Cocherell, nere vnto the crosse of saynte Lyeffroy / in

whiche fyght the sayd Captall was scomfited and great noumbre of his people taken and slayne, hym selfe chased & taken / for whome the fren∣che kynge gaue after vnto the sayde syr Barthrā the Erledam of Longe∣uyle. And whā he had receyued him / he sent him vnto a strōge pryson cal∣led the Merchy in Meaux.

At Myghelmas folowynge / the duke of Brytayne syr Charlys de Bloyes, and syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort sonne and heyre to the fore named sir Iohn̄ Mountforde before dede, whi¦che by a longe season bothe father & the sonne had holden warre with the sayd syr Charles, met in playne ba∣tayle / in y^• which as before is shewed in the .xxxviii. yere of king Edwarde, the sayde syr Charles was slayne & dyuers noble men of Fraunce with him. In the moneth of Iuny and se∣conde yere of this Charlys, an other accorde was yet concluded atwene this Charles and the kynge of Na∣uerne. By reason of whiche accorde, the Captall of Bueffe was clerely de¦lyuered, and Maunt and Menlene agayne also to the kynge restored. And ouer that to the kynge of Na∣uerne was geuyn for a recompense∣ment, the Erledome of Longeuyle, whiche as aboue is sayd the frenche kyng had gyuen vnto syr Barthran de Glaycon, for to haue the Captall to his prisoner. And also to the sayde kynge of Nauerne was gyuen the lordshyppe of Mountpyller. And in the moneth of February began the warre in Spayne, where prince Ed∣warde ayded Peter kyng of y^e lande, as before is shewed ī the .xl. and .xlii. yeres of kynge Edwarde.

In the .iiii. yere, the peace atwene the kynges of Englande & of Fraūce began to breke, by meanes of the erle of Armenake & other, as in the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde is before shewed. And in the moneth of De∣cembre and the sayd yere, the quene was lyghted of a man Chylde in the Hostell of saynt Paule / the whiche was after christened with excedynge solempnyte ouer other before passed, in the churche of saint Paule in Pa∣rys, the .vi. day of Decembre of the cardinal of Parys. To whome were godfathers the erles of Mountme∣rency and of Dampmartyn, & god∣mother Iane quene of Euroux / and bare the name of Charlys after the erle of Mountmerency. In the .v. yere of this Charlys, he called his counsell of parlyament at Parys. Durynge the whiche, the appella∣cyons of the erle of armenake and other purposed ageyne prynce Ed∣warde, were publysshed and radde / & the answeres of the said prince vpon the sayd appellacyons made, whiche I ouerpasse for length of the mater. But the conclusyon was, that the prince had broken the peas and co∣uenauntes of the same as they there demyd. wherfore all suche townes & holdes as the frenche kyng had got∣ten, he shulde them retayne / & make warre vpon the kynge of Englande for the recouery of the other. where vpon kynge Charles in the moneth of Iuly folowyng, rode vnto Roan, and there rygged his nauye / enten∣dynge as sayth the frenche historye, to haue made warre vpon Englād / and to haue sent thyther his yongest brother Philippe than duke of Bur∣goyne with a stronge armye. But whyle he was there besyed about his purpose / the duke of Lancastre arry∣ued with a strong power at Caleys / and so passed to Tyrwyn, & so vnto Ayr. wherfore kynge Charlys then chaunged his purpose, and sent his sayde brother into those {per}ties. Then by that season that y^e sayd duke was prepared with hys people / the en∣glysshemen

were comyn vnto Arde. And the frenche men spedde them in suche wyse, that they logged thē the xxiiii. day of Auguste vpon the moū∣tayne of Tournehawe nere vnto Arde / so that both hoostes were lod∣gyd within an englysshe myle. A∣twene whom were dayly bekeringes and small skyrmysshes. All whyche season the Frenche kyng taryed styll aboute Rowan.

Than the king of Nauerne, whi∣che by a longe season had dwellyd in Nauerne, came by shyppe into Con∣stantyne / and sent vnto kynge Char¦lys y^t if he were so pleased, he wolde gladly come vnto hym for to shewe to him his mynde. wherfore the king sent vnto hym as hostagys, the erle of Salebruge, the deane of Parys, with .ii. other noble men / the whyche the kynge of Nauerne wolde nat ac∣cepte. In the moneth of Septembre and vpon the .xii. day / when the duke of Burgoyne had lyen as before is sayd nere vnto the englysshe hooste, he that day remoued his people, and so went vnto Hesden. And the En∣glisshe hoost remoued to Caux & o∣ther places, as before I haue shewed to you in the .xliii. yere of kynge Ed∣warde, with other thynges apper∣teyninge vnto the same mater. And in the sayd moneth of Septembre, kynge Charles manned and vitay∣led certayne galeys & other shyppes / and sent them into walys, and so to haue entred into Englāde. But they retourned with lytle worshippe / nat∣withstandynge that he had .ii. noble men of walys named Owan and Iames wynne, whiche made to him faste promesse of great thynges, by reason that they were enemyes vnto the kyng of Englande. For this and for other charges, the kynge called a conuocacyon of the temporalte and spiritualte at Parys. where to mayn¦tayne hys warres, was graunted to hym of all thynge bought & so••de excepte vitayle, the .iiii. peny / so that all thynge that was solde by retayle, the seller shuld pay the exaccion / and that whyche was solde by greate, the byer shulde paye the sayd exacci∣on. And the spiritualte graunted a dyme to be payed in .ii. halfe yeres. And the lordes and gentylmen were stynted at a certaintye, after the va∣lue of theyr landes. In the moneth of February, the kyng sent vnto the kynge of Nauerne than beynge at Chierbourgth certayne messyngers, to perfyght an amyte atwene them, leste he toke party agayne hym with the Englysshemen. But thys treatye contynued a longe season / so that ī the .vi. yere & moneth of Iune, the kynge of Nauerne hauyng suffi∣cient hostages, came to the frenche kynge to Uernon. where in conclu∣sion the kynge of Nauerne made his homage vnto the frenche kyng, and became there his feodary / wherof the Frenchemen made moche ioye. Af∣ter whiche accorde / the sayde kynge of Nauerne the thirde day folowing toke his leaue of the kynge, and so rode vnto Eureux. All which season y^e warre was cōtynued by Englisshe¦men within the realme of Fraunce & prouince of Brytayne, as before is expressed in the .xliiii.xlv.xlvi. yeres of kynge Edwarde.

In the .vii. yere and moneth of Auguste / the duke of Braban with many nobles of Fraunce, mette in playne batayll with y^e duke of Iuil∣lers & the duke of Guellre. In which batayll after cruell fyght, the duke of Braban was chased / and vpō his syde slayne the erle of saynt Poule, with many other noble men, whiche the story nameth nat. And vpon the other syde was also slayne the duke of Guellre, with many other vpon

that partye.

IN the .xi. yere of kyng Charles & moneth of Maye / he assem∣bled his great coūsell of parlyament at Parys. where amonge many ac∣tes made for y^e weale of his realme / he with assente of his lordes and cō∣mons there assembled, enacted for a lawe after that day to be contynued, that al heyres to y^e crowne of Fraūce theyr fathers beynge dede, may be crowned as kynges of Fraunce so soone as they attayned vnto the age of .xiiii. yeres. And in this yere was the treatye of peace laboured by the two cardynalles sent from the pope, as before is shewed in the .xlix. yere of kynge Edwarde. After whyche treatye nat concluded / the kynge of Englande loste dayly of hys landes in Fraunce. For in the moneth of August folowyng, y^e duke of Berry, the duke of Angeo, and many other lordes to them assygned in dyuers places, as in Guyan, Angeo, and Mayne / gate and wanne from the Englysshemen many coūtreys, tow∣nes, and castels / as Pierregort, Ro∣uerge, Caoursyn, Bigorre, Basyn∣das, Berregart, Daimet / with many other townes and holdes, whyche wolde aske a lōge leysour to reherce, to the noumbre of .vi. score and .xiiii. what of townes, castelles, and other holdes / whiche in shorte whyle were wonne frome the Englysshemen, in the parties of Fraunce and Bry∣tayne.

In the .xiii. yere of this Charles / the Emperour of Rome & Almayne named Charles the .iiii. of that na∣me, came into Fraūce by Cambray, to do certayne pylgrymages at saint Denys and elles where / and so was conueyed with honorable men, as the lorde of Cousy and other, vnto saynt Quintyne / where he taryed Chrystmas daye. And after he was conueyed to a towne called E•• of Ewe / and from thēce to Noyen, and than to Compeygne / where he was mette with the duke of Burbon and other nobles. Than he rode to Sen¦lys / where he was mette with the dukes of Berry and of Burgoyne, bretherne of the Frenche kynge, and many other, as bisshoppes and other lordes. And ye shall vnderstande that all suche as rode in the compa∣nyes of these forsayde dukes, except bysshops and preestes, rode in theyr lyuereys. As the companye fyrste of the duke of Burbon brother vnto the quene, to the noumbre of .CCC. men, were all cladde in whyte and blewe. The company of the .ii. other dukes, the noumbre of .v.C. men, in blacke and russet / that is to meane the erles and other lordes in clothe of golde, the knyghtes in veluet, the gentylmen in damaske and sattyn, and the yemen in clothe. Thanne from Senlys he was brought vnto Louuris / where mette with hym the duke of Barre, with a companye of CC. horse, and his company cladde in grene and redde. And from thens he was had to saynte Denys vpon the thyrde day of Ianuary / whither the king sent to him a chayre rychely garnysshed, for so moche as he was vexed with the goute. And the quene sente to hym an horse lytter with .ii. whyte palfreys: where he was also mette with a great companye of bys∣shoppes and other spirituall men, as abbottes, priours, and other / and taryed there .ii. dayes.

Upon the .v. day of Ianuary be∣ynge monday, he rode towarde Pa∣rys. But or he were halfe a myle frō saynte Denys, he was mette with the prouoste of the marchauntes, with a cōpany of .xv.C. horse, y^t cyte∣zens being cladde in whyte and vio∣lette / and so rodde before hym tyll

he came to Parys. whan the kynge was warned that he was nere the ci∣tye, he lepte vpon a whyte palfrey / and accompanied with many lordes and other to the noumbre of a .M. men, all his housholde seruauntes beyng cladde ī one liuerey of browne blewe and darke tawny, and the ser∣uauntes of the dolphyn of Uyen in blewe and cremesyne euery man af∣ter his degree / and so the kyng with his company mette with the empe∣rour at the mylle without the towne called the wynde mylle. where after due salutes made eyther vnto other / the Frenche king put the Emperour vpon his ryght hande, and toke the kynge of Romaynes sonne vnto the emperour vpon his lyfte hande. And so the Frenche kynge rydinge in the myddes, passed thoroughe the hygh stretes of Paris tyll they came to the king{is} palays. where he was lodged with all honoure / & after fested with the kinge and the quene by the space of .xvi. dayes. whiche terme endyd, like as with all honoure he was con∣ueyed into the lande / so with great honour and ryche gyftes he was a∣gayne conueyed out of the lande.

In the moneth of Februarye fo∣lowynge and the .vi. daye, dyed the quene of Fraunce in the hostell of saynt Poule in Parys / and after bu∣ryed with great solempnyte and ho∣noure in the monastery of saynt De∣nys. In the moneth of Marche the kynge receyued letters from certeyn lordes of hys lande / in the whyche was conteygned that the kynge of Nauerne had imagened and conspi∣red with one Iaquet de rue his chā∣berlayne, for to poyson hym / the whi¦che Iaquet was than comyn into Fraunce to execute his cursed pur∣pose. wherfore the Frenche kynge layed suche wayte for hym, that he was taken / and founden vpon hym a byll of certayne instruccions, howe he shulde behaue hym selfe in accom¦plysshyng his euyll purpose. Than he was brought vnto the kinges pre¦sence / to whome he confessed the cir∣cumstaunce of all his treason to be done at the commaundement & coun¦sell of the kyng of Nauerne. Soone after the eldest sonne of the kynge of Nauerne, whiche was newely com∣myn into Normandy, sent vnto king Charles / shewynge to hym that if it were his pleasure, he wolde gladlye come vnto hys presence for to speke with hym / with that he myght haue a sure safeconduyt for hym, and all suche as he shulde brynge with him. The whiche to hym was graunted / and vpō the same came vnto Selys where the kynge than was. And af∣ter he had comoned a season with y^e kynge / he made to hym requeste for the delyuere of the foresaid Iaket de Rue / layenge for hym sondrye excu∣ses. But whanne the kynge hadde caused the sayd Iaket to be brought forthe before the sayde sonne of the kynge of Nauerne named syr Char∣lys / he auouched suche thynges be∣fore hym that he coude nat denaye, but that his father had commytted many and sondry treasons, as well a∣gayne kynge Iohn̄ as nowe agayne kyng Charles hys sonne. wherfore after diuers assembles and counsels hadde vpon this matter / the kynge and the said sir Charles agreed, that all suche townes and holdes as the sayd kynge of Nauerne had within Normandy, shulde be delyuered vn∣to y^e duke of Burgoyne to the Fren∣che kynges vse. And for that {pro}messe shulde be truely parfourmed / y^e king firste sware the said syr Charles / and after many of the capitaynes whiche had the rule of the sayd townes and castelles. And for so moche as the sayd syr Charles had there presence

with hym a capitayne named sir Fer¦nande de Oyens, in whose guyding many of the sayde holdes than were, and suspected him that he wolde nat perfourme the sayd promesse / ther∣fore he caused hym to be arested, and to be had vnto prison, tyll the holdes beynge vnder hys guydynge were clerely deliuered. Upon which agre∣ment thus concluded and sworne / y^e duke of Burgoyne with the sayd sir Charles and the sayd syr Fernande as a prisoner was sent into Norman¦dye, with a conuenyent army. where wyth awe and fauoure the duke in processe of tyme had to hym delyue∣red, all suche townes and holdes as the kynge of Nauerne there had / ex∣cepte the towne and castell of Chire∣bourgth▪ In whiche passe tyme and season was also taken in a towne cal¦led Bretnell, a secretary to the kyng of Nauerne, with certayne wrytyn∣ges beynge in a coffer within the chambre. By reason of whiche wry∣tynges, and also by the confessyon of the partye / many mo thynges concer¦nyng the confessyon of Iaket de Rue was than manifested and approued: which secretary was named maister Peter de Tertre a frenchman borne. But he had serued the kynge of Na∣uerne by the more terme of hys lyfe. Upon this confessyon made and wry¦ten by the sayde secretary / the kinge called his court of parlyament. Du∣rynge whiche, bothe the said maister Peter and also the sayd Iaket, were brought before the lordes and com∣mons. where theyr confessyons were redde, & they examyned vpon euery artycle of the same, and affyrmed all theyr former sayenges. wherefore shortely after by auctoryte of that court, they were demed to dye for theyr treasons / and so were hangyd and hedyd, and theyr .viii. quarters hangyd at sondry gates and places of Parys. And whan the kyng had receyued into his possession the fore∣sayde holdes belongynge vnto the kynge of Nauerne, the whiche so of∣ten had rebelled agayne his father & hym / he was coūselled by his lordes that he shulde throwe to grounde di∣uers of the sayd castelles / lest y^e king of Nauerne them recouered agayne, and by meane of theyr forces worke vnto hym and his realme newe dys∣pleasures. By reason of which coun∣sell, the kynge made euen with the grounde these fortresses folowynge. Fyrst the castell of Bretnell, of Dor∣let, of Beaumoūt le Roger, of Pacy Damyet and cloysters of the same / the towre & castell of Nogent le roy, the castell of Euroux, the castell of Pount Andemer, the castell of Mor∣taygne, and of Ganraux or Ganray, with other in the countrey of Con∣stantyne. But the towne of Chire∣bourgth remayned styll in the pos∣cessyon of the Nauaroys / the whiche with ayde of Englysshe men was kept from the Frenche kynge. And the forenamed syr Farnande was contyrmaūded to prison, for so moch as he was captaine of y^e same towne / thinkynge in hym defaute that the sayd towne was nat delyuered with the other.

IN the .xiiii. yere of this Char∣les and moneth of August / ty∣thinges came vnto him of the scisme whiche was begonne in the churche of Rome. For after the dethe of the xi. Gregory whiche dyed in the mo∣neth of Apryll fore passed / by meane of the Frenche cardynalles whyche were .xi. in noumbre, after the other Italyen cardynalles wyth other of theyr affinite had elected and chosen a Napolytane and archebysshoppe of Barre, the frenche cardynalles with the election nat beynge conten∣ted,

wyth such as fauoured theyr par¦tye, denounced and publysshed one named Robert cardynall of Basyle, and named hym Clemēt y^e .vii, where the fyrst was named Urban y^e .vi. Of the maner of thys scysme some what I haue shewed to you in the .lii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. But to expresse y^e certaynty of thys scysme / trouth it is that after y^e deth of the forenamed .xi. Gregory, the cardynalles beyng in y^e cōclau•• or coūsayll chaumbre where the pope is accustomed to be chosen / y^e Romayns beyng in harnesse made suche exclamacions vpon the cardy∣nalles beyng in y^e cōclaue for to haue an Italiā pope, y^t the cardynalles for fere to be slayn elected and chase one named Bartholmew a Napolytan & archebysshop of Barre, & named Ur∣bā the .vi. But thys after he was ad∣mytted was so proude & so cōbrous, that he ruled all by wyll & nothynge by right or goodly ordre of reason or cōscyence. wherfore the cardynalles beyng repētaunt of y^t they had done / a certayne of them in the cytye of Fō¦des, the .xx. day of Septembre elected & chase an other named Roberte car∣dyuall of Basyle, and named hī Cle∣ment the .vii / and by theyr auctorites publysshed hym for very pope, & dys∣alowed that other before chosē. But the Romaynes wolde nat thereunto be agreable / but helde thē vnto theyr former pope. wyth whome also helde y^e prouinces of Germany & Pānony, with y^e more parte of Italy. And with the laste chosen pope, helde Fraunce, Spayne, Cateloyne, & Englād. And thus began y^e scysme, whyche conty∣nued by the terme of .xxxix. yere after. In the .xv. yere of kynge Charles, he for so moche as syr Iohn̄ de Moūt∣forte duke of Brytayne, toke partye wyth the Englyshemē agayn hym, & wolde nat apere at such dayes as to hym were assygned / therfore y^e sayde kyng Charles sent into the duchy of Brytayn to sease y^e lande into y^e kyn∣ges hādes, the duke of Burbō, syr Le¦wys de Sācer marshall of Fraunce, syr Iohanne de Uyenne admyrall of Fraūce, & syr Beriā de Ryuyer hys chāberleyne, wyth other mē of name, with a great cōpany of mē of armes / the whych at theyr cōmyng into Bry¦tayne fāde y^e countrey all otherwyse dysposed thā they supposed. For where as they at theyr comyng thou∣ght to haue receyued y^e possessiō of y^t townes & castelles in peasyble wyse / they were denayed & playnly answe∣red, y^t they were sworn to theyr duke to bere to hym trew fidelite & seruice / which they entēded to obserue & kepe wyth whych answere y^e sayde duke & hys company were fayne to returne vnto y^e French kynge. The whyche shortly after sent thyder y^e duke of An¦geou with a strōge army to warre vp¦pon the coūtrey. In whych season syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort heryng of y^e frēch kynges entēt, arryued in Brytayne wyth a cōpany of Englyshe archers. To whome drewe such multitude of Brytone▪ y^t the duke of Angeou was fayn to retourne into Fraunce with∣out worshyp there thā wynnyng.

In the moneth of Octobre the Fle¦myng{is} of Gaūt & other, for greuous exaccyon vpō thē set, rebelled agayn theyr erle / & slew hys bayly & offycer assigned by y^e erle to gather his tolles & after besyeged other townes which toke party with y^e erle agayne thē, as Audenarde, Terremonde & other. wherof heryng y^e duke of Burgoyn, whose doughter the sayd duke hadde maryed / assembled hys Burgonyōs & sped hym into the marchys of Flaū¦ders, and so layed hys syege vnto Tourney. But the Flemynges defen¦ded the duke in suche wyse, that the duke was agreable to fal to a treaty. In the whyche it was fyrst accorded

and agreed, that the erle at y^e request of the duke, shulde pardō & forgyue clerely to hys subiectes, all offences by them to hym done before y^t day / & also y^t he shuld graunt vnto them all theyr former lyberties & pryuyleges, in as ample & large wyse as they had them graūted at hys fyrste cōmynge in / & maynteyn & vpholde theyr aun∣cyent customes, & to rule theym after the same. Secondarily, if any letters haue ben made & sealed cōtrary theyr pryuyleges sen y^e tyme of thys rebel∣lyon, that the erle shall reuoke theym & cancell them for euer. Thyrdely, y^t all suche capytaynes of Almayne as at thys tyme haue ben in y^e dukes or erles wagys agayn the Flemynges, shalbe solemply sworne, that for any hurt or harme by them in thys warre receyued / they nor none of theyr na∣cion as farre as they may lette it, shal nat hurt nor harme any man of y^e coū¦trey of Flaunders at any tyme here aft••r in reuengemēt of thys warre. And so fourthly, that of .iiii. of y^e best townes of Flaūders, xxv. men to be chosen by the burgesys of the same, the whych shall haue correccion of al defautes nat touchynge lyfe & dethe done by y^e Flemynges / & also to haue power to correcte all such as be foūd culpable of the erles counsayll, in cō¦playntes or offences crymynall. Fyft¦ly that the sayde .xxv. persones shall haue auctoryte and power, to make inquysycyon from yere to yere of the gouernaunce of the lande / and what fawtes ben to them presented, as of ten as .xiii. of theym be syttynge togy¦ther in one counsayll, they shal haue full power to gyue sentēce vppon the same / & that sētēce to be obeyed with∣out interrupciō. And what by theym is sentēsed / the erle to vpholde and maynteyne wyth all hys myghte and power. Syxtely it was desyred but nat concluded, that for so moch as y^e town of Audenarde & of Terremoūd toke party agayn theyr neyghbours, that the walles of theym in certayne places shuld be euened with y^e groūd, in tokē of theyr vnnaturall dealyng. And seuently & lastly it was cōcluded that the prouost of Brugys shuld af∣ter y^t daye be put out of the erles coū∣sayll / and nat after therunto to be ad¦mytted wythout cōsent of the forena¦med .xxv. persones. All whych arty∣cles were agreed vnto by the erle, & passed & auctorysed by hys lettre & seale / all be it thys accorde cōtynued no whyle, as here after shall apere.

In the .xvi. yere & moneth of Octo¦bre the inhabytauntes of the cyty / or towne of Mountpyller, in the coun∣trey of Languedoke, for an inposiciō or ayde that was put to them by the duke of Angeou, arose by one accord agayne y^e mynisters & counceyllours of the duke (whyche duke was lewte∣naunt generall vnder hys brother the Frenche kyng) and wythout rea∣son or dyscrecyō, in theyr furye and rage slewe syr Guyllyam Poncell knyght and chaunceller to the duke, syr Guy Desseryke stuarde of Ro∣uerge, mayster Arnolde gouernour of Mountpyller, mayster Iames de Chainy secretary to the duke, & many other offycers and seruauntes of the sayde duke, to the noūbre of .lxxx. per∣sones. And whā they had them slayn, as tyrauntes natte beynge contente wyth that cruelnesse, they threwe the dede bodyes into dyuerse foule and stynkynge pyttes / nat sufferynge thē to be buryed as crystē men shulde.

wherof whā knowlege was brou∣ghte vnto y^e duke, he was therewyth greuously amoued / and made hys othe that he shulde punysshe theym to the fere and example of all other / and therupō gathered hys people for to reuenge thys cruel dede. whan the rumour of thys myscheuouse dede

was some deale apeased, and y^e wyse men & auncyent of the towne had de∣gested thys hasty and cruel dede, & lo¦ked vpon the ende therof / than they were appalled in theyr myndes, and were very repētaunt of the dede that they had done. And whan they had consydered all thynges, as the dede detestable of it selfe, the great myght of the duke, & ouer y^t the ayde whych shuld to hym be gyuen of the kynge / they cōceyued well there was no re∣medy but to seche for meanes of mer¦cye & grace. For opteynynge whereof they made dyuers ways to the duke / but none wold be accepted Lastely in the moneth of Ianuary, whā y^e duke had prepayred all thynges necessary to the warre / he toke hys iournay to∣warde the sayd towne of Moūpyler, ledyng wyth hym a stronge hoste of men of armys / vtterly entēdynge to subuerte that towne, & to dystroye y^• more parte of the people. whereof he∣rynge the people of the towne, toke theyr aduyce & ordered them as folo∣weth. Fyrst they sent out agayn hym dyuers offycers of the kynges suche as they knewe were in hys fauoure / and ordeyned them to be in a place, & there knelynge to aske grace & mercy for the towne. Secondarily they sent the cardynall of Albany / & thyrdely all the collages and mē of religiō as well nunnys as other / and fourthly they sent the estudyaūtes of the lawe canon and cyuyle, and also of medy¦cyne or physyke / all beynge set vpon eyther syde of the waye where y^e duke shuld passe, & knelynge vppon theyr knees, shulde crye wythout ceasynge mercy gracyous prynce mercy. Thā after these were set the consuls or ru∣lers of y^e towne, in gownys without theyr clokes vngyrde, euery mā with a corde aboute hys necke, hauynge wyth thē the keys of the cytie. And at the entre of y^e cytye, stode the women wyth y^e maydēs of the same / & all men chylderne whych were vnder the age of .xiii. yeres. And betwene that age & .vi. yeres, were set next after the stu¦dyaūtes foresayd. whan this innume¦rable people was thus ordered, and eueryche taughte in what wyse they shuld behaue them / vpō the .xxv. day of Ianuary about the houre of .iii, y^e duke wyth his people approched the towne / & beholdynge the multytude and the lamentable crye, was some what moued wyth compassyō / and so holdyng hys way, mette wyth y^e sayd cardynall. The whyche after conue∣nyēt salutaciō vnto hym made, she∣wed that as a legate & messynger he was sent vnto hym frō the pope Cle∣mēt the .vii, requyryng of hym pardō for the towne and peple of Moūtpil∣ler / admonestyng hym farther in the sayd popes behalfe, that what so euer punysshemēt he dyd vnto the towne, y^t he shuld absteyne hym from y^e she∣dynge of crystē blode, and specyally of suche as he myght knowe was in∣nocēt of y^t dede. To whyche message the duke gaue none answer / but toke the cardynall vppon hys right hāde, and so rode forth togyder. where euer the people kneled on eyther syde of y^e way, and cryed lamētably, mercy gra¦cious prynce mercy / and so passed tyl he came where y^e cōsuls stode, whiche knelyng offered vnto hym the keyes of y^e towne. But he as though he re∣garded thē nat, cast hys loke frō thē & cōmaūded y^t senesshal of Beaucayr to receyue y^e sayd keys / & so passed on tyll he came vnto y^e cōpany of womē; whych relēted his stony hert to se the great lamētaciō they made with theyr wofull crye. wherefore to be rydde of thē, he called vpon his fore ryders to passe on more faster / so that lastly he came to hys lodgynge.

WHan the duke was comen vn∣to his lodgynge / anon he com∣maunded

all the offycers of the town with the consulat or rulers of y^e same vnto a place called saynt Germayne, & the gates of that place he toke to be watched wyth men of armes / & vpon the morowe folowynge, commaūded all the armoure & artylery belōgyng vnto the towne, to be broughte to a place by hym assygned, & there to be kept by hys offycers. Than the cardi¦nall came agayn vnto the duke, and brought with hym dyuers doctours of diuinite & other, which made vnto hym assyduat labour for mercy to be shewed vnto the towne & to the inha∣bytauntes of the same. But all they coude g••t no graūt of hym, but y^t as vpon y^e morowe they shuld know the sentēce that he wolde gyue vpon the towne and inhabitaūtes of the same. And for y^t sentēce myght be well vn∣derstāden of the people, he cōmaūded y^t at afternoone a scaffolde shulde be made in the chefe place or strete of the towne. wherupō the morowe beynge the .xxvii. day of Ianuary / dyuers of the dukes coūsayll beyng vpō y^t sayd scaffolde, & the people of the town be¦ynge there present as well prysoners as other, after a longe oracion made by the dukes chaūceler of the greate & heynous dede lately there done by the inhabytaūtes of that towne, for y^e whych correccyon temporall myghte nat be to greuouse / all be it that the duke at the commaundemente of the pope, & requeste of hys legat & cardy∣nall there present, had mytygate or lessed the punysshmēt, as after shuld well apere by declaracyon of the sen∣tence folowynge / after whych prote∣stacion, the sentēce was proclaymed as foloweth.

Fyrste the comynaltye of the town for theyr rebellyon & dysobedience a∣gayne theyr prynce done, shuld paye vnto y^e kyng .vi. score .M. frankes, & a franke is worth .ii.s. sterl. And so y^e towne shulde be charged wyth .lx.M li. ‡ And ouer that to paye all such co∣stes & charges, as the duke had spent by occasyon of thys iournay. Secon¦daryly .vi. hundreth persones of the towne such as myght be tryed moste culpable in thys offence, shuld suffre deth. That is to wytte .ii.C. to be han¦ged with chaynes .ii.C. to be beheded & theyr hedes to be sent vnto dyuers good townes of Fraūce / & the other ii.C. suche as of y^e .vi.C. shalbe found moste gyltye of the begynnynge of that ryot, shuld be brēt / & that they & also the other .ii.C. whyche shulde be hāged, shuld be caryed vnto dyuerse good townes of Fraunce, & there to haue theyr execuciō, to the vtter fere and terrour of all other / and all theyr goodes to be forfayted to the kynge. Thyrdely two gates of y^e towne such as the duke wolde appoynt, with the walles & towres standynge betwene y^t sayd gates, to be made playne with the grounde / & the dyke of the towne to be be fylled wyth y^e same. Fourthly all maner of ordenaunce & abylymē∣tes for warre belonging to the town, to be forfayted vnto y^e kyng. Fyftely, the comynalty of the cytye to buylde a chapell, and to endowe it wyth so moche lāde as myght fynde .vi. pree∣stes there in to synge for euer, and to praye for the soules of the persones before slayne. And the bodyes whych they had throwē before into the foule and stynkyng pyttes / the counsayll and chyefe rulers of the towne, shuld vppon theyr propre backes brynge theym vnto the sayde chappell, and there cause theym solemply to be en∣terred. Syxtly, that all such goo∣des as the sayde persones so slayne hadde wythin the town, or elles were spoyled by the sayde cytezeyns / that it shulde be restored vnto the wyues or nexte kynnesfolkes of theym so dede. whan the proclamacyon of this

sentence was ended, there was an ex∣clamacyō & cryenge of mercy / & suche sorowe & lamētyng made of y^e peple, that the noyse therof soūded to the he¦uens. But to brynge thys tragedy to conclusyon / fynally suche laboure was made vnto the duke, aswell by exortacyō of sermons & other, that al thynges were pardoned, excepte the foūdacyon of the chapell / & execucyō of certayne persones, which were ac∣cused to be the occasyoners of thys myschiefe / and also the costes of that iournay, y^e which were cessed at .xxiiii M. frākys or .xxiiii.C.li. sterlynges. After whych ende thus made / the cō∣sulat{is} of y^e town were restored agayn to theyr habyte & rule / and to theym was admytted all former offices and rule of the towne, except the offyce of bayly wyke.

In the moneth of Iuly began the inhabytauntes of Gaūt in Flaūders to rebell agayne theyr erle of newe / y^e cause wherof is nat shewed. But they wyth ayde, whych they had of Ipre, Courtray, and other townes, made a great hoste / & yode streyghte vnto a towne in Flaūders called Dyxmew, entendyng to haue takē it. But y^e erle beyng warned therof / wyth ayde of Bruges & of Frāk and other, māned out a company agayn the other, and mette with them in playne felde / and after a sharpe skyrmysshe, put theym of Gaūt to flyght, & slewe of them dy¦uers, & toke of them certayne pryso∣ners / & pursued them vnto the town of Ipre, and layed syege to the same. whan the heddes of the towne knew that the erle was there in propre par¦sone / vnder a certayne apoyntement they opened the gates, and receyued hym in. But many of hys enemyes were fled vnto Courtray. And whan the erle had rested hym in y^• towne .ii. dayes, & done there some execucyō / he departed thēs and rode vnto Bruges and helde hym there. In whyche sea∣son the other whych as aboue is sayd were fled vnto Courtray / fell at va∣ryaunce within theym selfe, & slewe theyr capytayne / & after fled y^e towne & shyfted euery man for hym selfe. Than a knyght called syr Soyer of Gaūt, came vnto the towne of Cour∣tray / and so exorted the rulers of the towne, y^t they promysed hym to take hys parte. wherupon he gate a baner of the erles armes in hys hande / and so rydynge aboute that towne cryed, who that wolde take the erles party & hys, lette hym folowe that baner / whome the people folowed in greate noumber. And whā y^e erle was asser∣teyned of that dede, & howe the town of Courtray was tourned vnto hys party / anone he assembled of other townes, & also of that, and of Ipre, so moche that hys hoste was estemed at lx.M. mē. wyth the whiche he spedde hym vnto Gaunte, & layed a stronge syege there about. But by the deth of the French kyng whych dyed shortly after, the erle was fayne to chaunge hys mynde, & to remoue hys syege or elles, as some wryters reporte, for strength of the sayde towne, whyche myght nat lyghtly be gottē, for lacke of good vpon y^e erles partye to mayn¦teyne that syege. Thā in the moneth of Septembre and .xxvi. daye of the same / kynge Charles dyed at his ma∣noyr called playsance sur Marne / & was buryed by his wyfe in the mona¦stery of saynt Denys, whan he had reygned .xv. yeres and .vi. monethes wyth odde dayes / leuynge after hym iii. sonnes, Charles which was kyng after hym, and Lewys that he hadde made erle of Ualoys and after duke of Angeowe, and Phylyppe erle of Poytyers.

¶ Anglia.

RIchard the second of that name, and sonn̄ of prynce Ed¦warde eldest sonn̄ of Edwarde y^e .iii, a chyld of y^e age of a .xi. yeres, begāne hys reygne ouer y^e realme of England, y^e .xxii. day of Iu¦ny in the yere of our lorde .M.CCC.xxvii / & the .xiii. yere of the .vi. Char∣les than kyng of Fraunce. This Ry∣charde was borne at Burdeaux / of whose byrthe some wryters tell won∣ders, the whyche I passe ouer.

And vpon the .xv. daye of Iuly in the yere abouesayd he was crowned at westmynster; beyng the daye of the translacyon of saynt Swythyn. In whyche tyme & season stoode Mayre & shryues of the cytye of Lōdon these persones folowynge.

Notes

• A••hysme.
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  Dethe of kynge Ed∣warde the thyrde.
• Phylyp de Valoys ••io¦ned kyng of Fraunce.
• Discomfyte of the Fle∣mynge••.
• D••th of syr Robert of Artoys.
• Iaques de Artyuese murdred.
• At what age the heyre to the crown of Fraūce shuld be crowned.
• •• A scysme ••••gonne in the chyrche •••• Rome.
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  A terryble my 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈…〉〈…〉 execu∣••••••n.
• Dethe of kyng Char¦les