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

The batayll of Agyncourt.

THat is to meane, they shotte at theym so feruently, y^t what wyth the shotte, and goryng of theyr horses wyth the sharpe stakes, they tumbeled one vpon an other / so that he or they which ranne formest, were the confusyon of hym or them that fo¦lowed / so y^t in a shorte whyle a great multytude of horse & men were layd vpon the grounde. And after theyr shotte spent / they layde aboute them with theyr glaynes and axes, that by the greate grace of god and comfor∣table ayde of the kynge, the vyctory fell that daye to the Englysshemen / and with lytell losse of theyr cōpany. For after the opynyon of sondry wry¦ters / were slayne y^t daye of Englishe¦men, the dukes of yorke and of Suf¦folke / & not ouer .xxvi. parsons moo. But of Frenchmen were slayne that daye after Englysshe wryters, ouer the nomber of .x. thousande. Albeit y^e French Gaguinus sayth, that of the Englyshe hoste were slayne the duke of yorke, and with hym .iiii. hundreth men / and of the French hoste .iiii.M. men of name besyde other / whiche he numbreth not.

Also he affermeth to be horsmen at that felde vppon the Frenche par∣tye .x. thousande ouer and besyde the fotemen / and that the Englyshemen were nombred at .xv.C. spere men, & xviii.M. of yomen and archers.

At thys sayde batayle was taken prysoners, the duke of Orleaūce, the duke of Burbon̄, y^e erle of Uēdosme, of Ewe, of Rychemount, and Bursi∣gaunt thanne marshall of Fraunce / wyth many other knyghtes & esquy∣res, whych were tedyous to name, to the nōber of .xxiiii. hūdreth & aboue, as wytnesseth the boke of mayres.

And in thys batayle were slayne of the nobles of Fraunce, the dukes of Barre, of Alanson, and of Brabā, viii. erles, and barons aboue .lxxx. wyth other gentylmen in cote ar∣mours to the nomber of .iii. thousāde and aboue. By reason of whyche pyl¦lage the Englysshemen were greatly auaunced. For the Frenchmen were so assuryd of vyctory by reason of theyr great nōber, that they brought the more plenty of rychesse wyth thē, to the ende to bye prysoners eyther of other / and also after the victory by them opteyned, to shewe vnto En∣glysshemen theyr pryde & pompous araye. But god whyche knewe the presumpcion and pompe tourned all thynge contrary to theyr myndes & ententes.

whan the kynge by grace and po∣wer of god, more thā by force of man hadde thus gotten this tryumphaūt vyctorye, and retourned hys people frome the chase of theyr enemyes: tydynges were brought vnto hym, that a newe, hoste of Frēchmen were comynge towarde hym. wherfore he anone commaunded his people to be enbatayled / and that done made pro¦clamacions thorough the hoste, that euery man shulde slee hys prysoner. By reason of whych proclamacyon, the duke of Orleaunce and the other lordes of Fraunce were in such fere, that they anone by lycence of y^e kyng

sent such worde vnto the sayd hoste, that they wythdrewe them. And the kynge wyth hys prysoners vpon the morow folowyng toke hys waye to∣ward his towne of Caleys / where he rested hī duryng this mayres tyme.