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 the prince of wales toke the castell of Remorentyne. Cap. C .lviii. (Book 158)

THe prince of wales her¦de how his fore ryders were a fightyng: than he toke that way and came into the tow∣ne of Remorentyne / wherin was moche of his people 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dyeng howe they myght get the castell. Than the prince cōmaunded the lord sir John̄ Chandos to go and speke with theym of the castell / than sir Johan went to the castell gate / and made signe to speke with some person within. They that kept the watche ther demaū¦ded what was his name / & who dyd sende hym thyder / he shewed them: than sir Boucyquant / and the hermyte of Chamount came to the bar∣ryers. Whan sir Johan sawe theym: he saluted them curtelly and sayde / sirs I am sende hyder to you fro my lorde y^e prince / who wyll be ryght courtesse vnto his ennemyes as me thynketh / he sayeth that if ye wyll yelde vpp̄ this fortresse to hym and yelde your selfe prisoners / he wyll re∣ceyue you to mercy / and kepe you good compa∣ny of armes. The lorde Boucyquant sayde: we arnat in purpose to putte ourselfe in that case / it were great folly syth we haue no nede so to do we thynke to defende our selfe. So they depar∣ted and the prince lodged there: and his men in the towne without at their ease / the next day eue¦ry man was armed and vnder his baner / and be¦ganne to assayle the castell right feersly / the ar∣chers were on the dykes and shotte so holly to∣gyder / that none durste scant apere at their de∣fences. Some swame ouer y^e dykes on bordes / and other thyng{is} with hokes and pikes in their handes / and myned at y^e walles: and they with∣in cast downe great stones and pott{is} with lyme / there was slayne on y^e englysshe partie a squyer called Remond Derge du Lache / he was of the cōpany of the Captall of Beoffes. This assaut dured all the day without rest: at nyght the en∣glysshmen drewe to their logynges and so past the nyght / in the mornyng whan the sonne was rysen / the marshals of the hoost sowned the trū∣pettes. Than all such as were ordayned to gyue the assaut were redy appayrelled: at the whiche assaut the prince was personally / and by reason of his presence greatly encouraged the englyssh¦men / and nat ferre fro hym there was a squyer called Bernarde slayne with a stonne / than the prince sware that he wolde nat depart then styll he had the castell and all them within at his plea¦sure. Than the assaut enforced on euery part: fi¦nally they sawe that by assautes they coulde nat wyn the castell / wherfore they ordayned engins

to caste in wylde fyre into the base court / and so they dyde y^t all the base court was a fyre / so that the fyre multiplyed in suche wyse that it toke in∣to the couerynge of a great towre couered with rede. And whā they within sawe that they must other yelde to y^e wyll of the prince / orels peryshe by fyre. Than all thre lordes cāe downe and yel¦ded them to the prince: and so the prince toke thē with hym as his prisoners / and the castell was left voyde.