¶ Capitulum Primum
IN the yere of oure lord a Thousand thre honderd eyght and fyfty in October Robert knolles a Capytayne of a greete companye of Englysshe men and other helde and had wonne many forttesses in Fraunce by Orleaunce in B••y∣tayne and in Normandye / And in the same monethe he lefte his garnysons / and cam to fore Parys / and there by toke a stronge place named Amblanullers / And they of Parys sente out men of warre ageynste them / but they were anone ouerthrowen and beten in to the toune ageyn / And dayly they assaylled the Frens¦shmen vn to the yates of parys / And helde them of Parys soo strayte that atte laste they were constreyned to bye that place of hym & to yeue to hym large moneye to departe / And after they destroyed many places in Champayne / And in Marche aft••r they toke the Cyte of Anserre and the Castel / At whiche pryse were made thre knyghtes / that is to saye Robert knolles / Tome∣lyn Fouque and another / whiche thre were Capytaynes of gre∣te Foyson of Englysshmen / And they pylled that toune / which̄ was Ryche as was sayd / They hadde as moche good and Ie∣wellys / as was valewyd to fyue honderde thousand motons of Golde / And the Raunsonne of prysonners of synguler per∣sonnes was an ouer grete somme / ¶ And whan the Englysshmen had seen the lordes of the toune and had pylled it viij dayes during / they said they wold brenne the toun so that they that were left dwelling in the toun agreeed to gyue them to