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

¶Charles the .vii. Francia.

CArolus or Charles the .vii of y^e name, or the .vi. after thac¦compte of y^e Frēche hystory, a chylde of xiii. yeres of age, & sonne vnto Char∣les the .vi / began hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the moneth of Septembre, & yere of our lorde .M.CCC. & .lxxx / and the thyrde yere of the seconde Rycharde than kyng of Englande. Thys Char¦les was crowned kynge wythin the age of .xiiii. yeres, contrary a lawe made in the .xi. yere of hys father. And where by hym he was commyt∣ted vnto the rule of Lewys his vncle & duke of Angeou, to the tyme of the ful of .xiiii. yeres / yet after the deth of the father, suche vnkyndenesse begā to spryng betwene the lordes of the realme, that for the comon welthe of the same it was agreed by the more partye, that thys Charles shulde be crowned at Raynes i all hasty spede. The whyche was done in short seasō after / & so contynued nat wythoute dysturbaunce of malyce whych kyn∣deled betwene hys two vncles, and other inconueniences, by the space of iii. yeres ensuyng. The .iiii. yere of hys reygne / the cytesyns of Parys murmurynge and grudgynge for dy¦uerse imposycyons & taskes of them, leuyed sodeynly arose in greate mul∣tytude, entendynge to haue dystres∣sed some of the kynges housholde ser¦uaūtes, & such as were men of {per}son. But by medyacyon of one dyscrete parsone named Iohn Marsyle, with assystence of the prouost of the mar∣chauntes, the rumoure was somdele appeased / in so mych that the greate multytude was wythdrawen and re∣tourned to theyr occupacyons. But some euyll dysposed, whyche in su∣spycyous congregacyon euer vse to exyte and styrre the people vnto rob∣bynge and other vnlefull acres / reas¦socyate them, & sayde and cryed that they wolde haue the Iewys banys∣shed the cytye. To whom it was an∣swered that the kynge shuld be enfor¦med of theyr desyre / and that vppon it they shulde haue knowlege of the kynges pleasure, wherupō in a rage they ranne vnto the houses of the Ie¦wes / and entryd them by force, in rob¦bynge and spoylynge them, and bare awaye what they myght cary / in sle∣ynge suche of the Iewes as any resy¦stēce and defence made agayn them / & neuer after restored y^e sayd goodes, not wythstandynge that the kyng in that byhalfe gaue sore and strayte cō¦maundementes. It was not longe after that suche as were of y^e kynges secrete counsayle, consyderynge the great charges and nedes of y^e kyng, and the weykenesse of his treasoure / by authoryte of the kynges cōmyssy∣ons called before them the rulers of Parys, of Roan, and other good cy∣tyes. The whyche beynge assembled, to them was shewed the many and importune charges whyche y^e kynge

dayly had for the defēse of hys realm and subiectes. wherfore by all wyse & polytyke meanes that they myghte vse, they exorted the sayde commons to graūte vnto the kynge in waye of subsydye .xii.vi. of the poūde of all wa¦res at that dayes curraūt. To the whyche requeste in conclusyō after aduyse taken of theyr neyghbours / it was answered that the peple were so sore charged in tymes passed, that they myght nat susteyne or bere any more charges, tyll theyr necessytie were otherwyse releuyd / so that in cō¦clusyō at thys season the kynge and hys coūsayll were dyspoynted.

In the .vi. yere of thys Charles / y^e Flemynges, whych by a certayne sea¦son had rested theym frome batayll / were it for necessyte or synguler coue¦tyze of Lewys theyr duke, he asked of them a greate ayde or taske. And for he knewe well that yf he myghte wynne the fauoure and graūt of the towne of Gaunt, he shulde the soner haue hys pleasure of the resydue / therefore he fyrste began by meanes of fayrenesse. And after whā thereby he sawe he myght take none aduaū∣tage, he added therunto manasses & thretenynges / the whyche nat wyth∣standynge the Flemynges bode sted∣fast in one opynyon, & denayed styfly theyr dukes request. whereuppon he lastly departyng from Gaunt, wyth great displeasure sayd, I shall shewe my selfe to be lorde & soueraygne of thys towne & of the obstynat people of the same. And shortly after y^e duke made sharpe warre vpō thē of Gaūt / & they in lykewise defēded them vigu¦rously, so that theyr enemyes wā of them lytle auaūtage. And after thys warre hadde bē a season contynued, nat wythoute losse of many men vp∣pon bothe partyes / the Gaunteners remembrynge the obedyence and fy∣delyte whyche they shulde bere to theyr souerayne lorde & duke, made meanes that they myghte be harde. After graunte whereof, they sente vnto hym certayne oratours whyche hadde vnto hym the wordes in sen∣tence folowynge. Mooste souerayne nexte god, we deny nat but we accept the for our prynce and leder / & to the as thyne it becommeth vs to obey wyth all reason.

And thou agayne arte bounde to defende vs. If we any thyng by our ouersyght & neclygence haue agayn the trespassed / we mekely beseche the of forgyuenesse. And furthermore be∣sechynge the, that suche fraunchyses & lybertyes to vs by thy noble pro∣genytours before graūted, thou wyll nat from vs withdraw nor abrydge / by reason wherof thy people of Gaūt maye nat to any taxe contrary theyr volunte be cōstrayned. But & to thy nede of warres thou haue necessytye of ayde of thy commons, they of free wyll all cōstraynte sette a parte, are redy to ayde and helpe the, as fre & as lyberall as thy trewe subiectes. By reason of whyche wordes y^e duke was of hys ire towarde theym some what apeased. But after theyr depar¦tyng from the duke or erles presēce / such yonge knyghtes as were of the erles hoste, hadde vnto theym many hygh & dysdaynous wordes / sayeng that they were thrall vnto theyr erle, and that theyr obstynacye shulde be to the vttermoste of theyr reproche & correccyon, and they by coaccion and constraynt forced to do theyr dutye. By occasyō of whyche wordes / the Gaūteners retournyng to theyr for∣mer wylfulnesse, kepte styl theyr for∣mer opynyō, & defended the erle & his people as they before hadde done. wherfore the erle seynge he myghte nat by strēghte preuayle agayne hys enemyes / studied the wayes & mea∣nes to famysshe theym by hunger /

so that by that meane he might draw the towne to hys subieccyō. And that to brynge to effecte he gyrde y^e towne about wyth a stronge syege. Than the Gaūteners supprysed wyth more obduracion of herte agayne theyr prynce / made them a capytayne na∣med Phylype Artyuele, the sonne of Iakes de Artyuele before slayne of y^e Flemynges / lyke as to you I haue before shewed in the .xvii. yere of Phi¦lippe de Ualoys late kyng of Fraūce The whyche furnysshynge hys peo∣ple wyth all habylymentes of warre / made out of the towne & pyghte hys feelde in a playne ioynynge vnto it / where the erles people & they fought a sharpe fyght & longe. But in y^e ende fortune was vnto the erle or duke so frowarde that wyth losse of .v.M. of hys soudyours he was forced to take Bruges for hys suertye.

By reason of thys vyctory thys Artyuele beynge nat a lytle suppry∣sed wyth pryde / exorted in such wyse the dwellers wythin the towne of Gaunte, and all suche as were nere neyghbours vnto them, to set a parte all occupacyon aswell husbandry as other, & gyue theyr hole study vnto actes and feates of warre. The erle thus beynge wythin y^e town of Bru∣ges / a daye of greate solempnytie ye∣relye holden by them of Bruges ap∣proched, whyche they wordshypped in the honoure of our lordes bloode. To thys daye of solemptye vsed yere¦ly to come, all the inhabytauntes of the vyllages & coūtrey there aboute. whyche daye of feast Phylyp de Arti¦uele callynge to mynde / appoyntyd vnto hī .ii.M of his soudiours / & war¦ned them wyth armoure beynge clad vnder theyr clothes, to ascende by .ii, by thre, by foure, & lyke small compa¦nyes vnto thys feestfull solempnyte / & at such tyme as he gaue warnyng, euery man to be redy wyth swerde in hande, to make rome amōge y^e prese to the ende that they myght take the erle than of helpe destytute. whyche cautele thus prepared for / at the day comyn of thys sayde feeste, the towne beynge replenysshed with people / the sayde Artyuele vnsuspect of any per∣sone, with hys company in maner a∣bouesayde entred the towne of Bru∣ges. And whā he sawe his best tyme / he sodeynly cryed, asarmis, asarmes. wyth whyche sodeyn crye the erle be∣ynge astonyed / manfully for a whyle wythstode hys enemyes, and encou∣raged the people agayne them. But for that the Gaunteners were in ar∣moure and the other vnarmed / they of the erles party fled soone. That seynge the erle, wyth great diffyculte fledde / & so lepyng ieopardously into the house of an olde woman, escaped & went vnto Scluse, & there a whyle helde hym.

Than thys Artyuele sayeng that by the ayde of theym of Bruges he was dispoynted of the erles takyng / felle vpon the inhabytauntes of the towne, and slewe of theym a certayn / and after wyth greate pompe & pyl∣lage retourned vnto Gaunt.

IN the .vii. yere of this Charles / by procuryng of hys vncle Le¦wys duke of Angeou, a taxe was efte axed of the comons of Fraunce. The whych to bryng to effecte many fren∣des & promoters were made, aswell of cytezyns as other. But anone as y^e commons of Parys vnderstode of this / they became wylde, & assembled in thycke companies / nat regardyng the reasonable allegacions to theym layed and shewed by Petyr Dylet & Iohn̄ Matsyll, though in them they had great affeccion & truste / but toke them to theyr affeccion & mynde, and made amonge them certayn capytay¦nes & rulers / and kept the watche by

nyght as enemyes had lyen about y^e cytye. whyche insurreccyon & rebel∣lyon thus begon wythin the cytye of Parys / the cytye of Roan̄ takynge therof exaumple, arrered a lyke mur¦mure / and sensyd the cytye of Roane wyth lyke prouysyon / & made theym •• mamet of a fatte / and vnweldy as a vylayne of the cytye caryed him about the towne in a cart••, & named hym in dyrysyō of theyr prynce theyr kynge / & ceased nat to fall into many inconuenyences, as robbyng of holy places and other, nat wythoute she∣dynge of bloode, wherof the cyrcum∣staunce were longe to telle. But as all operaciō of mā hath ende so thys foly and rebellyon of Frenchemen was ceased / & many for the trespasse therof caste in harde & darke pryson. Of the whyche the kynge entended to haue taken cruell correccyon, ne hadde ben the great instaunt labour made by the rulers of the vnyuersyte of Parys, and other suche as were nere aboute the kynge. By whose meanes the multytude was pardo∣ned / and a fewe suche as were the be∣gynners were put in execucyon. And than as testyfyeth myn auctour may¦ster Robert Gagwyne, for to appease the kynges hyghe dyspleasure, to hī was graūted an hūdreth thousande frankes, whyche after sterlynge mo∣ney amoūteth the summe of .x. thou∣sande li.

ye haue before harde howe y^e erle of Flaūders wyth great ieopardy es∣caped the hādes of Phylyp de Arty∣uele capytayne of Gaūte / & howe he came to Scluse, and there safegar∣ded hym selfe. where wyth all dyly∣gence he gathered vnto hym hys peo¦ple, & made a new reyse vpō the sayd Artyuele. The whyche to hym hadde assocyat as affermeth my sayd auctor xl.M. mē / so that betwene the erle & hym was foughtē a cruell fyghte. wherof in y^e ēde Artiuele was agayn vyctour, & cōstrayned the erle to for∣sake the feelde wyth losse of .x.M. of hys knyghtes / & he hym self escaped wyth great daūger vnto they lande of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / and dyuers of hys peo∣ple as Frēchmē and other, in a good noumbre fledde vnto a towne called And werpe / where a season they defē∣ded them agayne the malyce of theyr enemyes. In whyche passe tyme this Artyuele cōiecturyng in hys mynde that the Frenche kynge wolde take the erles patty•• / sente vnto hym an ambassad••or message wyth letters / besechynge hym nat to entremedle of thys warre betwene the erle and the Gaūteners / whyche warre the erle had 〈◊〉〈◊〉 onely of tyranny and nat of iustyce, entēdyng vtterly to di¦stroy the auncyēte lybertye & fraun∣chyse. Shewyng also farther; that yf he wolde nat as theyr cōtemplacyon & pr••yer forbere to ayde theyr sayde erle / that thā to defende theyr lyberte & ryght, they wolde seke ayde of the kynge of Englāde. To the whych requeste none answere was made, neyther by the kynge nor by hys coūsayll wherfore thys Artyuele ma¦de strōge prouysyon to wythstande y^e Frēche kynge / and sette a certayne of hys soudyours for to kepe the syege before▪ And werpe, whyle he made p••o¦uysyon for other nedes.

In thys meane whyle the erle went vnto the duke of Burgoyn / & they to∣gyther yode after vnto kynge Char∣les / shewyng to him lamētably what wrōges y^e erle had susteyned of y^e ob∣stynat Gaūteners / besechyng hym of ayde to redres y^e sayd wrōges. which cōplaynt the kyng graciously herde / and benyngly graūted to them theyr petycyon. And natwythstandynge that y^e dede of wynter was cōmyng, he in all haste assembled hys knygh¦tes / & takynge wyth hym, the Oryf∣flambe,

wyth a myghty stronge hoste perced the coūtrey of Flaunders to∣warde Marquet in the ende of y^e mo∣neth of Octobre. wherof heryng Ac∣tyuele / made prouisyon to stoppe the ways,‡ 1.1 by brekyng of brydges and o∣ther meanes / wherby the Frēch hoste was greatly empeched & let / so that wyth great dyffycultye & daunger, they passed y^e riuer of Lyze at a brydg longe defended by the inhabytaūtes of the coūtrey, wyth ayde of theyr ca∣pytayne named Peter wood / whiche there was slayne wyth .iii.M. of hys adheretes. After wynnyng of whiche brydge, the Frenche hoste passed the ryuer, & spoyled the countrey before them / whyche vnto them was moche auaylable, for that cyrcuit•• was inha¦byted with many ryche clothmakers Than the kyng with hys hoste made towarde the mount of Ipre. whereof the dwellers of Ipre beyng ware / fēt out two freers of y^e ordre of prechers, to beseche the kynge to accepte that town and dwellers vnto hys mercy, the whych retourned wyth comfo••∣table answere. wherfore forthwyth yode forthe .xii. of the notablest of y^e towne, & offered the towne and dwel∣lers to be in the kynges power. The whyche offer the kyng accepted / and after entred the towne. Of whome y^e kynge receyued .xl.M. frākes, or .iiii.M.li. sterlynge toward the wagyng of hys knyghtes. And shortely after all the vyllages there toward the see submytted them vnto the king / bryn¦gyng vnto hym certayn capytaynes whyche belonged vnto Phylyppe de Artyuele, wyth also fourthy thousād frankes towarde theyr costes / which capytaynes the kynge commaunded to be fourthe wyth beheded.

whanne kynge Charles hadde taryed fyue dayes at Ipre / worde was broughte to hym that Phylype Artyuele was commynge towarde hym wyth .lx. thousand mē. wherfore the kyng set forwarde hys hoste, & fo¦lowed after as fast as he myght som deale to hys payne, by reasō of rayne & fowle waye that he passed / so that fynally he approched wythin .iii. my∣les of his enmyes. Upō the morowe folowyng theynge the .v. daye of the moneth of Decembre, & yere of oure lordes incarnacion .M.CCC.lxxx. & viii. and begynnyng of the viii. yere of thys Charles / in a playne nere vnto y^e town of Courtray was fough¦ten a cruell batayll. whereof in the be¦gynnyng the Flemynges had the bet¦ter & forced the Frenche hoste to lose place. But in the ende, by specyall cal¦lynge of the Frenche knyghtes vnto our Ladye & other sayntes / halfe by myracle as wytnesseth myne auctor, the Frēchmen opteyned victory, and put the Flemynges to f••yght / & them chased in so cruell wy••e, that by deth in the feelde / & drownyng in mareys and other waters, there was of them slayne at that fyghte vppon .xl.M. Than narowe serche was made for the capytayn Phylyppe de Artyuele. And lastly a flemynge beyng a capy∣tayne of hys sore woūded / sayde that he sawe hym fall in the feelde. where∣uppon serche beyng made / hys caryē was founden oppressed of hys owne people as they fledde. Anone as ty∣dynges came vnto the Flemynges, y^t laye about Andwerpe of the losynge of the felde / they in all haste leuynge theyr ordenaūce behynde thē, fledde frō the syege. That perceyuyng theyr enemyes, issued oute of the towne / and slewe of theym many / & many were drowned in fennys and ma∣rycys.

whanne the Frenche kynge had opteyned thus this glorious victory he than entred the town of Courtray. where he so restynge hym / oratours

were sent to hym frome the towne of Bruges, whyche than hadde newely taken party wyth Artyuele / & wyth y^e paymente of an .C. & .xx.M. frankes or .xii.M.ii. sterlynge money, there made a peace for the sayde towne of Bruges.

And whan the kyng shuld depart from Courtray / he commaunded his knyghtes to bete downe the gates of the same, wythoute harme doynge vnto the people. But the Frenchmen berynge in mynde the rebukes and harmes, whyche they before of that towne had susteyned / bete downe great parte of the walles, robbed and slewe moche of the people, & sette fyre vpon the towne whā they had done. In robbynge of thys towne of Cour¦tray▪ dyuers letters were founde of y^e towne or cytye of Parys, whych con∣teyned the rebellyō of the Parysyen∣ces before declared, wyth comforte to theym for ayde if they neded whyche letters whā they came vnto the kyn∣ges syght, he was wyth theym of Pa¦rys greuously displeased / and for the same, theym by fyne greuously after punysshed. At such tyme as the kyng hadde thus repossessed the erle of the lordshyp of Flaūders / Gaunt yet re∣maynynge in theyr fyrst errour, held theyr towne so strōgely, that nother kynge nor erle myght wynne within theym. All be it that after the French kynge was retourned into Fraunce / they sent certayn oratours vnto him, the whyche he in no wyse wolde suf∣fer to come in hys syght.

In these passed yeres many skyr∣mysshes and fyghtes were done be∣twene the Frēchemen & Englyshmē, whyche some deale are touched in the begynnynge of Rychardes reygne. But nothynge to the honoure of the Frenchemen, as they in theyr crony∣cles boste & auaunce theym selfe. Many mo rebellyōs & insurreccyōs of thys people myght I here brynge in. But for dyuers consyderacions whyche to wyse men maye appere, I thynke it better to spare / & also the re¦hersayll of them wolde aske a longe tracte of tyme. wherefore I passe ouer.

AFter the appeasynge of these inordynate insurreccyōs and murmures, & that the lāde was some deale sette in a quyetnes / kyng Char¦les in the begynnynge of the .ix. yere of hys reygne, maryed Isabell the doughter of the duke of Bauary.* 1.2 In thys yere also dyed Charles y^e kynge of Nauerne a man of great age / and by a wonderfull happe as reherseth myne auetoure. For so it was, that for hys feblenesse or debylyte of age / he by counsayll of physycyons was sowed in a shete wesshed wyth aqua vite, to the ende to rause hys olde body to catche naturall hete. But howe it was, as thys shete was tac∣ked aboute hys bodye / the sewer ta∣kynge hys candell to burne of y^e ende of the trede, or he were ware the fyre fastened in the shete / & so brente hys flessh or it myght be lowsed frō hym, that he caught therof suche dyssease, that he dyed the .iii. daye folowyng. whyche myshappe fell to hym after y^e opynyon of myne auctour by y^e wret¦che of god, as cōdygne meryte for his vnstedfastnesse & vntroth by hym be∣fore vsed, as in sundry places before in the storyes of kyng Iohn̄ & Char∣les hys sonn̄ are manyfestly shewed.

In thys yere also a batayll was done at Parys betwene .ii. knyghtes of the duke of Alenson / whereof the cause ensuyeth. Thys sayd duke had in hys court two knyghtes / whereof that one was named Iohn̄ Carengō or Carongyon, and that other Ia∣quet. Gry••er, whyche were bothe in good fauoure of theyr mayster.

Thys Carongon, were it for delyte to se straunge countreys, or cause of other auenture as pilgrymage or o∣ther, departed out of Fraūce, leuyng hys wyfe in a castel or fortresse of his owne / whyche wyfe was goodly and fayer.

After whose departynge, were it for beauty of the womā or for euyll wyl that he bare towarde hys felow / this Iaquet Gryse entryd the castel, berynge hys wyfe on hande, that he was comyn to se that house, whyche shewed so fayre outwarde. The wo∣man castynge no parell, acceptynge hym for her husbādes frende & hyrs shewed to him the cyrcuite of y^e place. But he in contrary awaytynge hys, praye, whan he sawe the womā farre from company, forsed hyr in suche maner, that contrary hyr wyll he cō∣mysed wyth her auoutry. At whose departyng she gaue vnto hym many rebukeful wordes / sayenge playnlye that yf hyr husbāde euer retourned, she wolde of that velany be reuēged. Thys dede was kepte secrete tyll the retourne of hyr husbande. At whose home commyng, she wyth lamētable countenaunce shewed tyll hyr hus∣bande all the demeanure of the sayd Iaquet.

After whyche complaynte by hyr husbande well vnderstanden / he yode streyght vnto the duke of Alen∣son / requyryng hym to do correccion vpō the auoutrer, or els y^t he myghte trye it with hym in y^e felde by fortune of batayll / whereof nother the duke wolde graunt, but brought the qua∣rell before the kyng. By whose agre∣ment and commaundemente a daye by the kynge was sette to fyghte at Parys. whā the daye of batayll was comen / Carogon broughte hys wyfe vnto the place, to iustyfye hyr for∣mer sayenge. After affyrmacyon whereof / eyther fyrste ranne at other wyth sharpe speres. At whyche course Iaquet wounded hys enemie in the thyghe wyth hys spere. But Carongon beynge wyth it nothynge dysmayed / lyght from hys horse, and bare hym so manfully, that he ouer∣came hys aduersarye, & caused hym to confesse hys offence / for the whych he was streyght drawen vnto the gy¦bet of Parys, and there hāged. And to the sayd Carongon the kyng gaue in rewarde a thousande frākes or a hundreth poūde sterlynge money / & ouer that he gaue vnto hym as an annuall fee or rent two hūdreth fran¦kes, whyche is in value of .xx. poūde sterlynge money.

In these dayes as wytnesseth Gag¦wynus / an anker berynge in hys hande a rede crosse, a man to loke to of goostlye conuersacyon, came vnto the Frēche kynges court. The which by the housholde seruaūtes or famy∣lyers of the court, was lōge kept frō hys presence / all be it that lastelye he was brought vnto hym. To whome he shewed that he was deuynely mo∣nysshed, that he shulde charge hym to absteyne from hys customable vse in leuyenge so often taskes & subsy∣dyes / & yt he dyd nat, he shulde well vnderstande, that the wrath of god was nere to hym to punysshe hym, yf he refused hys commaūdement. The whyche message the kynge toke at small regarde. But shortly after the quene was delyuered of a doughter that dyed soone after. wherefore the kynge callynge to mynde the ankers wordes / for fere of other punysshe∣ment refrayned a season frome leuy∣enge of trybutes and taskes.

But by the exortacion of hys two vnkylles, he in shorte season after tourned to hys former custome. Kynge Charles thus passynge hys tyme wyth greate murmure of hys commons, & rebellyon of the duke of

Brytayn, wyth many other aduersy∣tyes whych were longe to wryte / last¦ly in the .xiiii. yere of hys reygne or nere about, he made warre vpon the people of west Fraunce called in late Cenomanni.

whan Charles was entred thys countrey, whyche was in the domy∣nyon of the duke of Brytayn / y^e duke sent vnto hym messengers, sayenge to hym that he shulde nat nede to in∣uade hys coūtrey wyth so great strē∣ghte / for he and his shuld be hooly at hys commaundement. But of thys message y^e king toke no regard / for as sayth myne auctour, he was nat most wysest prynce, but was ruled by hys housholde seruauntes, and belyued euery lyght tale that was brought to hym / and ouer that he was so lyberal that it was of wyse men accompted more prodygalyte than lyberalitye. As Charles nat wythstandyng this message of y^e duke helde on his iour∣nay / commynge nere vnto a woode, he was sodeynly mette of a man lyke vnto a begger whyche sayde vnto hī whither goest thou syr kyng / beware thou go no farther for thou arte be∣trayed / and into the handes of thyne enemyes thyne owne meyny shall de¦lyuer the▪ wyth thys monyssion of thys poore mā / the kynge was asto∣nyed, & stoode styl, and begā to muse. In whyche study he so beyng / one of hys folowers whyche after hym bare his spere, sleped vpō his horse backe / & in hys so slepyng let hys spere fall vpon the helmet of hys felowe▪ wyth whych stroke the kyng was sodeynly fered, thynkynge hys enemyes had commen vnwarely vpō hym where∣fore he in a gere drewe hys swerde & layed about hym at the geynest, and slewe .iiii. of his knyghtes or he were refrayned / and toke therewyth suche an endelye fere, that he fell therwyth dystraughte.

wherefore he was to a place there by broughte, & lay there in poynte of deth a longe season after, in so moch that the fame ranne that he was ded. But by prayers & other greate dedes of charyte done for hym / lastely he re¦couered and retourned vnto Parys. And for he was nat yet retourned to hys perfyghte helthe / his two vncles than beynge that one duke of Berry, & that other duke of Burgone, toke vpon them by auctoryte of the esta∣tes of the lande, to rule the realm for that season / in whyche season diuers officers were altered & chaūged. The kyng thus contynuyng his lykenes / many interludes and games were deuysed for the kynges recreacyon & comforte.

And vppō a season he beynge lod¦ged in the quenes lodgynge in the subarbes of saynte Marcell / dyuers noble men of the courte made a dys∣guysynge, and apparayled theym in lynnen clothes glewed vnto theyr na¦ked bodyes wyth pytche / & florisshed theym wyth dyuerse colours & oyles so that they were couered all excepte the faces / and thus apparayled with torche lyghte entred the Chaumbre where as the kyng was, and there in goodly maner shewed theyr disport / so that the kynge was therewith wel contented.

But were it of rechelesnesse or of some ••uyl disposed person / fyre was put to the vestures of the disguysers / the whyche anone was vppon suche a flame, that no man there coulde quenche it. wherfore the sayd disguy¦sers beynge by reason of pytche and oyles greuously turmented, ranne into pyttes and waters whyche they myghte sonest attayne ••nto / and so wyth greate dyffyculte saued theym selfe.

In meane tyme whereof, the chaū¦ber beynge wyth the same tyred,

grewe in so greate a flame, that in shorte whyle the more parte of that lodgynge was consumed / to y^e great fere of y^e kynge and other astates thā there beynge presente, and augmen∣tynge agayne of his former sykenes / so that certayne appoyntementes to be holdē betwene hym and Rychard kynge of Englande, were for that tyme put of.

IN the .xvi. yere of thys Char∣les / the maryage of peace be∣twene bothe realmes was concluded and fynysshed at Calays / as before I haue shewed to you in the .xix. yere of kyng Rycharde. And that trium¦phe fynysshed / Charles at the cōtem∣placyon and prayer of the kynge of Hungry, sent vnto hym Phylyp erle of Arroys, wyth dyuers other knygh¦tes in good noumber, to ayde y^e sayd kynge agayne the Turkys. The whyche after that they hadde there a season warred / the capytaynes & the more party of the Frenchemen, of the Turkys were dystressed & slayne / & many taken prisoners to theyr great charge.

Thys Charles thus contynuyng hys lykenesse / two freres of saynte Augustynes order beynge desyrous of money, toke vppon theym to cure the kyng. And after they had shauen hys hede and mynistred to hym medi¦cyns / the kynge dayly febled in suche wyse y^t he was nye dede. For whiche cōsyderacyon / they examyned by phy¦losophers and doctours of physyke & founden vncunnynge, were degra∣ded of theyr presthode, & after behed∣ded. To thys folye were these fre∣tes broughte, by the excytynge of the duke of Burgoyne as the common fame went.

In the .xix. yere of thys Charles the lande of Fraunce was greuously vexed wyth the plage of ipydymye / of whyche sykenesse a greate multy∣tude of people dyed. And that yere was there also sene a blasynge starre of wonderfull bygnes, wyth stremes apperynge to mēnes syghte of moste feruent brennynge. In thys yere also Charles herynge of y^e subduyng of kynge Rycharde, sente into Eng∣lande two of hys housholde knygh∣tes / requyrynge kynge Henry the fourth than newelye made kynge, to sende home hys doughter Isabell latelye maryed vnto kyng Rychard, wyth suche do war as wyth hyr was promysed.

In doynge of whyche message kynge Henry toke such dyspleasure, that as sayeth Gagwinus myne auctour, he threwe the sayde twoo knightes in prysone / where through one of theym named Blanchet dyed in Englande, and that other called Henry, after greate sykenesse retour∣ned into Fraunce. And shortely after kynge Henry sente the sayde dame Isabell vnto Calays / where she was ioyously receyued of the Frenchemen, and so conueyed vnto hyr sayde father, whyche as yet was nat of hys sykenesse cured. By reason whereof among the lordes of Fraūce, eueryche of them coueytyng to haue rule, great dyssencion & ma∣lyce begā to kendle / and specyallye betwene the dukes of Orleaunce, of Burgoyne, and of Berry. Than the duke of Orleaunce entēdyng to pro∣mote hys cause / vnknowyng the o∣ther lordes, allyed hym wyth y^e duke of Geldre, & strēghthed hym wyth .v.C. men of hys, & so entred the feeldes of Parys. And in lyke maner y^e duke of Burgoyne wyth a stronge cōpany kept an other cooste of y^e countrey.

Natwythstandyng by meanes of other lordes these two dukes were kept a sunder / & at lenghte y^t duke of Orleyaunce by the kynges comaun¦dement

that somewhat was than a∣mended, was ordayned regente of the realme. The whiche anone as he was sette in auctoryte / fell to all ra∣uyne, and oppressed the people with cotydyan taskes and tallages / and y^e spirituall men with dymes & other exaccyons. wherfore by reason of the studyentes of Parys, he was at len∣gthe discharged of that dignyte, and the duke of Burgoyne for hym put in auctoryte. Than the duke of Or∣leyaunce beynge discontented, yode vnto Lucēbourgth a towne in highe Almayne, & sought agayne ayde of the duke of Geldre foresayd. But by his frendes he was so aduertysed, y^t with his owne folkes he returned in¦to Fraunce. But yet the malyce and stryfe a twene hym and the duke of Burgoyne seased nat.

About this season or soone after, dyed the duke of Brytayne. And as affermeth the auctour afore named / kyng Henry y^e .iiii. maryed his wyfe. wherof hering y^e duke of Burgoyne, with a company of .vi.M. knyghtes entred Brytayne / & there by strength toke from her, her .iii. sonnes named Iohn̄, Richard, & Arthure / & presen∣ted them vnto kynge Charles. In y^e xxii. yere of this Charles, was borne of Isabell hys wyfe a man chylde, which also was named Charles / the which after the deth of his father, vn¦to y^e great aduersyte of all the realme of Fraūce, was king of that realme / & contrary the appointment taken a twene Henry the .v. after kynge of Englande, and thys Charles the fa∣ther nowe of Fraunce kynge / as af∣ter shall more appere in the story of the sayde kynge Henry the fyfte.

In this yere also was dame Isa∣bell somtyme wyfe of Rycharde la∣telye kynge of Englande, maryed vnto Charles eldeste sonne of the duke of Orleyaunce. And Iohn̄ the eldyste of the .iii. forenamed sonnes of the duke of Brytayne lately dede / toke to wyfe Margarete y^e doughter of kynge Charles. And Phylyppe duke of Burgoyne dyed soone after / leauynge an heyre after hym named Iohn̄. The whyche after he was gyrde with the swerde of the duchye of Burgoyne / he anone by euyll en∣tysynge and counsell, areryd warre agayne the duke of Orleyaunce, to the great dysturbaunce of all the realme. For the sayde duke of Or∣leyaunce was a prynce of a wonder¦full hyghe courage, and desyrous of great honoure / and after the say∣enge of Gagwynus coueyted to be kynge of Fraunce. The whyche went to Auyngnyon / where as than sate the .xiii. Benet thā pope duryng the scisme, and admytted by some of the Cardynalles after the dethe of Clement y^e .vi. To whiche Benet the said duke made great labour, to de∣pryue the Uniuersite of Parys from y^e great auctoryte y^t it at those dayes stode in / whiche was of merueylous auctoryte than, as sayeth the forena∣med auctour. In thys whyle thus endurynge the lande full of myse∣ryes & aduersites / the quene which y^t moche fauoured the dukes partie ac¦companyed with the sayd duke rode to take her dysporte of huntynge in to the countrey of Meldon. To whi¦che place she sente letters vnto the Dolphyn by y^e duke of Bauary her brother, that he with hys wyfe whi∣che was doughter vnto the duke of Burgoyne, shulde come for to dys∣porte theym. whereof Iohn̄ thanne duke of Burgoyne beynge warned / suspected the quene, that she wyth ayde of the duke wolde conueye the Dolphyn into Germanye, and there to holde hym at theyr pleasures. And to e••peche that purpose / he ī all ha••e sped him towarde y^e Dolphyn /

and contrary the mynde of the duke of Bauarye whiche than was vpon his waye with the sayd Doulphyne towarde the quene, retourned hym and lodged him in a stronge castell called Lupar. whereof herynge the duke of Orleyaunce / assembled to hym a cōpany of .vi. thousande kny∣ghtes & came agayne towarde Pa∣rys, where as that tyme the duke of Burgoyne was. And he herynge of y^e dukes cōmyng, made him stronge to receyue hym. To whome the cy∣tezens of Parys were fauourable & aydynge, for the euyll wyll that they before bare vnto the duke of Orley∣aunce / & also for they hoped by hym to be defended from taskes and tal∣lages. Thus contynuynge the pro∣uisyon vpon bothe partyes to mete shortely in playne batayle / suche po∣lytike meanes was foūde by a noble man called Mountague, that a con∣corde and vnyte was for that tyme by hym sette atwene the sayd dukes. And for that newe occasyon shulde nat by presēce kyndle atwene them / therfore y^e duke of Orleyaunce with hys company was sent into Guyan, to warre vpon the englysshemen / & that other vnto Calays to lay syege vnto that towne. The which before had prepared a wonderfull engyne sette vpon whelys / by the strength wherof he thoughte to wreke greate dysturbaunce vnto the sayd towne / & as sayth myne auctour Gagwyne, was in great hoope to recouer it a∣gayne to the subieccyon of the house of Fraūce. But that hope was soone dyspayred / for it was nat longe after or the sayd duke by the kynge was countermaunded and returned. And the duke of Orleyaunce, after he knewe that rescous were commyng frō Burdeaux / he remoued his siege layde by hym to Burgus a towne of Guyan / & so returned into Fraunce, to his cōfusyon as after shall appere.

IN the .xxvii. yere of this Char∣les / the former malyce and en∣uye contynuyng in the brestes of the sayd dukes of Orleyaunce and of Burgoyne / as the sayd duke of Or∣leyaunce was goynge towarde hys lodgynge in the nyght of the .x. daye of Decembre, fell vpon him certayne knyghtes, of the whiche one named Rafe Auctouyle was leder / & slewe hym nere vnto a gate of the cytie of Parys named Barbet gate.

After whyche murder fynysshed / y^e sayde sir Rafe with hys adherentes fledde vnto the place of the erle of Ar¦toys, where the duke of Burgoyne vsed accustomably to resorte. And y^e dede corps was soone after by suche as came to y^e exclamacyō, with also a seruaūt of his with him slaine / borne into y^e next houses. whan the rumour of this murder was blowen about y^e cytie / anone Lewys vncle vnto the kynge and than kynge of Scecyle, the dukes of Berry and of Burbon with other, drewe thyder / and there with lamentacyon beholdynge the corps, commaunded prouisyon to be made for the buryenge of it within the monastery of Celestynes / where vpon the seconde day folowynge, he was buryed wyth great pompe. whome amōge other lordes folowed to his buryenge the duke of Bur∣goyne, nat without great suspicyon of the sayd murder. And that enterre¦ment with due obseruaunce fynys∣shed / auctoryte was gyuen vnto .ii. knyghtes named Roberte Tuyller & Peter Orpheuer, to make enquery for the murder of this prince. wher∣of the duke of Burgoyne beynge as∣certayned, voyded the cytie, & brake the brydge of saynte Maxence after hym, that pursute after hym shulde nat be made / and so hastely spedde

hym, that that nyght folowynge he came to Andwarpe, whiche is vpon an .C. myle from Parys. whan Char¦les the kyng harde of the escape of y^e sayd duke / feryng leste he wolde ac∣cuse hym to be consentyng vnto that euyll dede, sent vnto hym comforta∣ble messages / so that the sayde duke without warre restyd all that wyn∣ter, sometyme in Arthoys, and an o∣ther whyle in Flaunders at his plea¦sure. In the whiche pastyme he sente into dyuers places of Fraunce son∣dry accusacyons of the duke before slayne, that he entēded to depose the kyng, and to take vpon hym the rule & gouernaunce of the realme, and to haue poysoned the sayd kyng, as by dyuers tokens by hym affermed for perfourmaūce of the same. And also that the said duke of Orleyaūce was cause of fyrynge of y^e disguysers gar¦mentes before shewed, to the ende to brynge the kyng in more daunger of syckenes, or els to be consumed with the same fyre / with sondry other dista¦macyons, as leuyenge of taskes and imposicyons of the people, to his sin¦guler auauntage and hougely enry∣chynge, wherby he myghte the soner attayn vnto his said purpose. Thus contynuyng this great vnkyndenes atwene the duke of Burgoyne, and the sonne and other of his blode of y^e duke of Orleyaunce / the said duke a¦gayne the begynnynge of the yere, herynge that the king and the quene were departed from Parys to Char∣ters, assēbled to hym a strōge power of Holāders & other, and came vnto Parys, in which cytie he moch trus∣ted / to the ende to cause the kynge, y^e quene, and the Doulphyn, to whome he hadde maryed hys doughter, for to retourne vnto Parys. And to strengthe hys partye, he broughte with hym wyllyam erle of Hanster / which wyllyam was a man of great strengthe and allyaunce, and hadde maryed hys syster vnto the duke of Burgoyne foresayde / and hys dou∣ghter and heyre vnto one of kyng Charles sonnes / and was gossyppe vnto the quene. For whyche sayde, consyderacyons, the sayde erle enten¦dynge the weale of that realme of Fraunce, laboured suche wayes and meanes, that by hym for that tyme a concorde and vnytie was dryuen and made atwene the two dukes of Orleyaunce and Burgoyne, wyth assured othes and necessary actes to that concorde belongynge / and the king with his retynewe was agayne retourned vnto Parys. These du∣kes thus appeased, and the duke of Burgoyne agayne restored to the go¦uernaunce of the realme / assocyate vnto hym the kynge of Nauerne, whyche varyed nat from his fathers vnstable condycyons / so that by him newe occasyons of stry••e and vary∣aunce were moued atwene the sayde dukes and theyr allyes. For fyrste they soughte occasyon agayne the forenamed Mountague, a man of great wysedome and honoure in the kynges courte, and especyall frende vnto the duke of Orleyaunce / and by theyr malyce and vntrewe surmy¦ses fynally putte to dethe. And one named Peter Essayer or Sayer thā prouoste of the cytie of Parys or go¦uernoure, they admytted to the rule of the kynges treasoury / and other dyuers offyces suche as were any thynge fauoured of the duke of Or∣leaūce, they clerely dyscharged. The whyche for theyr relefe and comfort resorted vnto the sayde duke, shew∣ynge to him all y^e demeanure of their aduersaryes / addynge thervnto, y^e all suche conuencyons concernynge the amyte atwene hym and the duke of Burgoyne before sworne & enac∣ted, were clerely adnulled & broken.

with these tydynges the duke beyng fyred with newe malyce, accompa∣nyed to hym the dukes of Berry, of Burbon, and of Alenson, the erles of Rychemounte, of Alyberte, and of Armenake, with other nobles nat a fewe / by whose counsels he deter∣myned to be auenged vpon the duke of Burgoyne & other his fautours. wherof the sayde duke beynge mo∣nisshed, drewe him towarde Parys, and strengthed the fortresses as he yode. To thys duke of Burgoyne was brother the duke of Brabande named Anthony, a man of great poly¦cye and wysedome / the whych fore∣castynge the great shedynge of chry∣sten mannes blode, with many other inconuenyences lykely to haue en∣sued of this varyaunce atwene these two dukes, made suche affectuous labour, that with great diffyculte he pacifyed them agayne for that tyme / and brought them to personall com∣municacyon, and lastely to amyable and frendely departynge. After whi∣che concorde and amyte thus agayn concluded / the duke of Burgoyne de¦parted into Pycardy, leauynge be∣hynde him the fore named Peter Es∣sayr to rule the cytie of Parys. The whiche shortely after drewe to hym suche persones, as before tyme had vexed and distourbed y^e duke of Or∣leyaunce frendes & seruauntes with in that cytie. By whose meanes the sayd Peter sought fyrste occasyon a∣gayne a knight named Uenyt Thor¦ney / and by false suggestyon smote fyrste of his hede, and after dyd hys body to be hanged vpon the cōmon gybet of Parys, in dyspyte of y^e sayd duke as testifyeth myne Auctoure. wherwith y^e duke beynge wondersly amoued / resembled his knyghtes, & spedde hym towarde a towne named

And for to strengthe ano∣ther towne named, he sente a certayne nombre of his knyghtes / chargyng them with the dwellers to withstande the force of his enemies. Of this hearynge the duke of Bur∣goyne / anone gathered vnto him the noumbre of .xvi.M. flemynges and Pycardes / and sped hym vnto the sayde towne of And so with his instrumentes of warre assayled the gate of the sayde towne, whyche leadeth towarde saynt Quintyne, y^t in shorte space the sayde Flemynges wan the entre of the towne. In why¦che meane season the dwellers wyth the other soudyours by a backe way or water, wherof the maner by thys auctoure is nat expressyd / lefte the towne, & yode vnto the duke of Orley¦aunce beynge as yet at the foresayde towne of whan the Flemyn¦ges were entered the towne, & foūde it deserte of people and pillage / were it for that they lacked theyr praye, or for other cause here nat shewed / they toke suche vnkyndenes agayne the duke, that for prayer nor yet for ma∣nasses they wolde nat with hym any lenger tary / but returned them home in all hastely spede towarde theyr owne countrey. So that the duke was fayne to withdrawe / and for the more suretie, to aske ayde and helpe of Englysshemen / and so was hol∣pen by the prynces comforte Henrye sonne of Henry the .iiii, as after shall be touched in the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry.

IN the .xxxi. yere of thys kynge Charles, whiche was the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry than kynge of Englande / the duke of Orleyaunce seynge his enemye was turned from Parys, caused suche Brydges as be¦fore by his said enemye were broken to be reedyfyed. By the whyche he passed the ryuer tyll he came to saint Denys / where as than he fande a ca¦pytayne

a noble man named syr Iohn̄ Cabylon of the dukes of Bur¦goyne, there lefte by hym to strength the towne. The whiche syr Iohn̄, cō¦sideryng y^e wekenes of y^e said towne. with also his lacke of strēgth / yelded him & the towne vnto the duke / swe∣rynge to him by solempne othe, that after y^e daye he shulde neuer bere ar∣mes agayne hym. In this pastyme an other capytayne of the Burgony∣ons called Gancourt, secretely by night wan vpon the frenche men the brydge of saynte Clodalde. But nat longe after the duke of Orleaunce sent thyther certayne Brytons / the whiche agayne recouered the sayde brydge, & helde it vnto y^e sayd dukes vse. In whyche tyme and season the duke of Burgoyne recouerynge hys strength, passed the brydge of Me∣lent, & so came vnto the cytie of Pa∣rys / and the daye folowynge wyth helpe of the cytesyns recouered the abouesayd brydge of saynt Clodald, and dystressed vpon a .M. Brytons, whyche had the warde of the same. Then the duke of Orleaunce made out of saynte Denys ouer Sayne brydge towarde Parys. wherof that other duke beynge warned, refused the cytye / and with the kynge than there beynge present, remouyd wyth the Dolphyne to the towne called Stamps / and sent y^e erle of Marche named Iamys, wyth a certeyne kny∣ghtes to a towne named to strength it ageyne the duke of Orle∣aunce. The whyche of the sayde du∣kes knyghtes was encountred with and taken, and so sent to pryson. wherof herynge the duke of Bur∣goyne, in shorte processe after retour¦ned vnto Parys wyth the kyng and dolphyne / and the duke of Orleaūce yode to a towne called Seyntclowe.

And in the .xxxii. yere of thys sayd kynge Charles, by counceyll of the duke of Berry and other, seyng that the sayde cytye of Parys was so let agayne hym wyth also the kynge & the dolphine, sent a noble man of his hoste named Alberte vnto Henry the iiii yet kynge of Englande, to re∣quyre hym of ayde to withstande the tyrannye of the duke of Burgoyne, that wyth hys complyces entendyd to subuerte the realme of Fraunce. To this requeste kynge Henry gaue good eare, and lastely graunted to hys petycyon / & sent thyder as sayth the Frenche cronycle, Thomas hys sonne duke of Clarence / also y^e duke of yorke, wyth Iohn̄ erle of Corne∣wayle, accompanyed wyth .viii.C. knyghtes and sowdyours, & a thou∣sande archers. The whych company, when they were landed in Fraunce, & herde y^t the French lordes were in treaty of peace, & no man to thē gaue wages as they tofore were {pro}mysed / fell vpon a towne called and it ryffled / & therin toke as prysoners the abbot of that monastery wyth other, and cōueyed thē to Burdeaux, and after into Englande / where for theyr fynaunce & other money due of olde by the Frenche kynge, as affer∣meth Gagwyne, they remayned ma∣ny yeres after. And that the Englysh men were thus departed, albeit that in the Englysshe cronycle and .xiii. yere of the forenamed kynge Henry, of them is other report made / the lor¦des of Fraunce retourned to theyr olde discēcyon & contynued in longe stryfe / wherof the cyrcūstaunce were longe and tedyouse to tell, & to shewe the vnstablynesse of them, how some whyle the duke of Orleaunce was fauoured of the kynge and the dol∣phyne, and there agayne the duke of Burgoyne cleyne out of conceyte. The which cōtencyō thus enduryng kyng Henry y^e iiii. dyed / and Henry his son y^e .v. Henry, was admitted for

kyng of Englande after hym / that shortly after sent his ambassadours vnto the Frenche kynge, arynge of him his doughter Katheryne in ma∣ryage as affirmeth the frenche boke. But dyuers other wryters shewe, y^t he asked the hoole landes due to him within the realme of Fraūce, by rea∣son of the composicion made in tyme passed, atwene his progenytour Ed∣warde the thyrde, & Iohn̄ than king of Fraunce. And for he was dysdey∣nously answered / he therfore made vpō them sharpe warre, as in the .iii. yere of y^e sayd Hēry after some deale dothe appere. By reason of whyche warre, the cyuyle batayle or stryfe y^e longe whyle had cōtynued amonge the frenche men, than dyd aswage. For in the .iii. yere of this Henry, whi¦che was the .xxxv. yere of this Char∣les / the said Henry inuaded y^e realme of Fraunce, & had at Egyncourte a tryumphant victory / as in the sayde thyrde yere of Hēry the .v. is more at lengthe declared. Than it foloweth in the story, after many townes and stronge holdes by the englysshe men in sondry places of Fraūce opteined / in y^e .xxx. & .viii. yere of this Charles, a frenche man named y^e lorde of the Ile of Adam & Iohn̄ Uyllers in pro¦per name, gatheryng to hym a com∣pany of tyrauntes to the nombre of .CCC. or mo / wherof many were old seruaūtes of the kynges housholde, & than put out by y^e Dolphyn & other that than had the rule of the kynge / by treason of a clerke opteyned the keyes of one of the Gates of Parys, and so entred the cytie by nyght / & by a watche worde amonge them deuy¦sed, assocyate to them many Burgo∣nyons / and so beynge stronge, yode where the kyng was, and gate y^e rule of his {per}sone. And that done, all suche as they myght fynde that than bare any rule, they slewe by one meane & other / so that vpon y^e day folowyng, was nombred of dede corfes wythin the cytie vpon .iiii.M. Amonge the whiche, of noble men was Henry de Marle than Chaunceller of Fraūce, & Graun••pre with many other. And for to haue the more assystence of the cōmon people / the sayd Uyllers set y^e kyng vpon an horse, and ladde hym about the cytie, as he that had small reason to guyde hym selfe / & so ruled all thyng as he & his cōpany wolde. wherfore the Dolphyn feryng to fall in the daunger of so wylde a cōpany, yode to Meldune or / and there called to hym suche as then were lefte on lyne to withstāde these tyrauntes, and y^e duke of Burgoyne than beynge within the cytie, & com∣passer of all thys myschefe as some construed and demed. After whyche company to hym gathered he retur∣ned to the cytie of Parys, and assay∣led one of the gates. But whanne he sawe y^e cytezens toke partye agayne hym, he thoughte his trauayle loste. wherfore without great assaute ma∣kyng, he called thence his knightes, and so departed agayne to the place whiche he came fro / and from thens vnto Thuron, in appeasynge the countreys & townes as he went, whi¦che at those dayes were farre out of frame. And than in the .xxxix. yere of the sayd Charles / king Henry the .v. landed with a strōge power at a pla∣ce called Touke in Normandy / and after layde syege to manye stronge holdes and townes & them wanne, as Cane, Phaleys, Roan, and other / as in the .vi. yere of the sayd Henrye folowynge is more at lengthe decla∣red. In tyme of whyche warre thus made by kynge Henry / the Dolphyn and the duke of Burgoyne, eyther of them prouyded to defende the ma¦lyce of the other / in so moche that as testyfyeth the frenche cronycle,

the duke was aduysed to haue taken partie with the Englisshemen. This sayeng as wytnesseth an auctour na¦med Floure of hystoryes, which tou∣cheth in laten many gestes & dedes done by kynges of Englāde / sayeth that the Frenche men bryng in that, for to excuse theyr infortune & cow∣erdyse / by reason whereof they loste nat all onely theyr lande, but also the honoure & name of the same. Than lastely the duke beynge of mynde by exortacyon of Phylyppe Iosquyne and Iohn̄ de Tolongn̄, with also a lady called the countesse of Grat / the duke was reconsyled vnto the Dol∣phyne / and a day of metynge apoyn∣ted at Monstruell, where eyther of them shulde be accōpanyed with .x. lordes onely without mo. At why∣che day the sayd prynces with theyr assygned lordes beynge assembled / many reasons and argumētes were layde and replyed vpon bothe sydes. By occasyon wherof one of the Dol∣phyns company sodainly drewe hys knyfe and strake the duke vnto the harte, so that he dyed soone after. whyche murder was supposed to be done by a knyght called Tanguyde de Chastell / whyche oftyme passed had ben famylyer seruaunt with the duke of Orleyaūce before slayne, by meanes of the sayde duke of Bur∣goyne.

After whiche murder thus com∣mytted / the lande of Fraunce was broughte in moche more stryfe & va∣ryaunce / in so moche that Phylyppe the sonne of the sayde Iohn̄ duke of Burgoyne beynge than in Parys, & hauynge the rule of y^e kynge and the cytie, toke partie with the Englysshe men agayne y^e Dolphyn. By reason wherof as sondry wryters agre, king Henryes {per}tie was greatly augmen∣ted & holpen / so that fynally kynge Henry opteyned moche of his wyll / & shortly after maryed dame Kathe∣ryne doughter of Charles kynge in the .xli. yere of his reygne, with assu∣raunce & promyse of the inherytaūce of the realme of Fraunce to him and his heyres after the dethe of the said Charles / as to you more plainly shal be shewed in the .viii. yere of the said Henry the fyfte. After whyche ma∣ryage concluded and fynysshed / yet y^e Dolphyn ceased nat to make newe mocyons & sterynges. Durynge the whiche, kynge Charles dyed in Oc∣tobre / and was buryed at saynt De∣nys, whan he had reygned in greate trouble vpō the poynt of .xlii. yeres / leauyng after hym as is affirmed by the forenamed auctour Gaguyne, a sonne & Dolphyn of Uyenne called Charles, whiche after was kyng of Frenchemen, and was named Char∣lys the .vii. or the .viii. after some wryters.

Notes

• ‡ 1.1

  The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Cou••tray.
• * 1.2

  Deth of Charles kynge of Nauerne.