Here begynneth the first volum of sir Iohan Froyssart of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flau[n]ders: and other places adioynynge. Tra[n]slated out of frenche into our maternall englysshe tonge, by Iohan Bourchier knight lorde Berners: at the co[m]maundement of oure moost highe redouted souerayne lorde kyng Henry the. viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce, [and] highe defender of the christen faythe. [et]c.

¶ Howe sir water of Manny founde in the towne of the Ryoll the se∣pulcre of his father. Ca. C .x. (Book 110)

WHyle this siege endured / and that y^e myners were a wor∣ke: the lorde Gaultier of Man∣ny remembred how 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his fader was stayne goynge a pylgri∣mage to sait James. And howe he harde in his youth / howe he shulde be bury∣ed in the Ryoll or there about: thaūe he made it to be enquered in the towne ys there were any manne coude shewe hym his fathers tombe / he shulde haue a hundred crownes for his labour. And there was an aged man came to sir Gaul∣tier and sayd / sir I thynke I ca••••e brynge you nere to the place wher your father was buryed: thanne the lorde of Manny sayde if your wor∣des be trewe I shall kepe couenaunt and more. ¶ Nowe ye shall here the maner howe the lorde Gaultiers father was slayne: it was trewe that somtyme ther was a bysshoppe in Cambresis / a Goscoyne borne / of the house of Myrpoyse. And so it fortuned that in his dayes / ther was at a tyme a great tournayeng before Cambrey:

wher as there were .v. C. knyght{is} on both par∣ties: and ther was a knyght gascoyne ••ourney∣ed with the lorde of Manny father to sir Gaulti¦er / & this knyght of Gascoyne was so sore hurt and beaten that he had neuer helth after but dy¦ed: this knyght was of kynne to the sayde by s∣tho••••e. Wherfore the lorde of Manny was in his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and of all his lynage / a two or thre yere after certayne good men laboured to make peace bytwene thē / and so they dyd. And for a mendes the lorde of Manny was bounde to go a pylgrimage to saynt James and so he went thyder warde: and as he came foreby the towne of Ryoll / the same season therle Charles of Ualoyes brother to kynge Philyppe / lay at siege before the Ryoll / the whiche as than was englysshe: and dyuers other townes and cyties than pertayning to the kynge of Englande fa∣ther to the kynge that layed siege to Tourney. So that the lorde of Manny after the retour∣nyng of his pylgrimage: he came to se therle of Ua••oys who was ther as kyng and as y^e lorde of Many went at night to his lodgyng / he was watched by the way by certayne of thē of the ly∣nage of hym y^t the lorde of Māny had made his pylgrimage for. And so w^tout therles lodgyng he was slayne and murdred and no man knewe who dyd it / howe be it they of that lynage were helde suspect in y^e mater but they were so stron∣ge and made suche excuses that the mater past / for ther was none that wold pursue the lorde of Mannes quarell. Than therle of Ualoyes cau¦sed hym to be buryed in a lytell chapell in the fel¦de / the which as than was without the towne of Ryoll: and whan therle of Ualoyes had wonne the towne / than the walles were made more lar¦ger / so that the chapell was within the towne. Thus was sir Gaulter of Mānes fader slayne and this olde man remēbred all this mater / for he was present whan he was buryed. Than̄e sir Gaultier of Manny went with this gode aged man to the place wher as his father was bury∣ed and ther they founde a lytell tombe of mar∣ble ouer hym / the which his seruauntes layd on hym after he was buryed. Than̄e the olde man sayd: sir surely vnder this tombe lyeth your fa∣ther than the lorde of Manny redde the scrip∣ture on the tombe the whiche was in latyn / and ther he founde y^t the olde man had sayd trouth: and gaue hym his rewarde. And w^tin two day∣es after he made the tombe to be raysed and the bones of his father to be taken vp and put in a ••ofer: and after dyd sende them to Ualencēnes in the county of Heynalt. And in the freres ther made theym to be buryed agayne honourably / and dyde there his obsequy ••yght goodly / the which is yet kept yerely.