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THe french lordes were styll in the felde araynged on the poynt of their departyng / trussyng vp tē∣tes and pauylions / and dystoging And than sodenly they herde tidyn¦ges howe the lorde Philypp̄ of Nauer / who go
uerned all the landes vnder the kyng of Nauer his brother: and specially the landes of the coū∣tie of Eureur / and to hym obeyed all maner of men of warre / suche as made warre into the re∣alme of France. The lorde John̄ of Piquegny had enfourmed hym howe they of saynt Uale∣ly were lykely to gyue vp their fortresse. Than the lorde Philypp̄ toke courage to go and reyse the liege there: and secretly he gathered togyder about Maunt and Meulence / a thre thousande men one and other and with hym was the yong erle of Harecourt / the lorde of Granuyll / sir Ro¦bert Canoll sir John̄ Piquegny / and dyuerse other knyghtes and squiers. And all these were come within thre leages of saynt Uallery / the same tyme that it was gyuen vp: they knewe ye trauth therof by sir Wylliam Bōnemare & Jo∣han Segure: whom they met in the way. And whan the frenchmen that had taken the possessi¦on of saynt Ualery vnderstodé the commynge of the lorde Philyppe of Nauer: than they drue into the felde and toke counsayle to gyder / the cō¦stable of Fraunce / the erle of saynt Poule / the lorde of Chastellon / the lorde of Poyx / the lorde of Beausault / the lorde of Helley / the lorde of Crestkes / the lorde Edwarde of Rency / the lor∣de Baudwyn Denekyn / and dyuers other lord{is} and knyghtes that were there. Ther they agre¦ed to go and to fight with their ennemyes / than was it commaūded by the constable that euery man in array / shulde marche towarde their en∣nemyes: than euery man rode in gode order thi¦derwarde / but whan the naueroyse vnderstode that the frenchmen were commyng on thē / with mo than .xxx. thousand. They were nat than in purpose to abyde them: but so passed the ryuer of Some assone as they might / and entred in / to the castell of Long in Ponthieu / horse & har∣neys / and all that they had. They were scant en¦tred / but that the frenchmen came thyder / who folowed them: this was about the hour of euyn song / and styll their nombre encreased. The cō∣mons came after of the good to wnes of Picar∣dy: they coulde nat come thyder so soone as the men of armes dyd: than the frenche lordes de∣termyned to lodge there all that nyght / and to a byde for their mē that came after / & the next day to make assaute: and so lodged there. The na∣ueroyse who were within with a small prouysi∣on / aboute the houre of mydnight they yssued out at a backe posterne without any noyse / and toke the way to Uermandoyse / and were gone a two leages or the frēchmen knewe therof / than they armed them and folowed the naueroyse by the trake of their horses. Thus the naueroyse rode before and the frenchmen after / at laste the naueroyse cāe to Thorigny alytell vyllage stā∣dyng on a hyll / where they might se all the coun¦trey aboute: and it stode a syde / halfe bytwene saynt ••uyntyns / and Peron in Uermandoyse there the naueroise rested to refresshe them and their horses. And if they shuld nedes fight / ther they had a great aduantage to abyde their ene∣myes: they had nat long rested there / but all the countre by neth was couered with the frēchmen they were mo than .xxx. thousand. Whan the na¦ueroyse sa we them / they made thē redy to fight with theym: and yssued out of their lodgynges and made thre batayls. The lorde Robert Ca∣noll had the first / the seconde the lorde Philypp̄ of Nauer / the thirde therle of Harecort. And in euery batayle a seuyn hundred: and euery man dyd cutte their speares to a fyue fote longe / and in the hangyng of the hyll they caused their var¦lettes to sette all their spurres in the erth ye row∣els vp warde: to the entent that their ennemyes shulde nat easely aproche nere theym / and there the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr made the yonge erle of Harcourt knyght / and the yong lorde of Granuyll. The frenchmen rested before the na∣ueroyse and lyghted a fote / some wolde inconty¦nent haue gone and fought with thē / and some sayd our men besore traueyled and many be be∣hynde. It were good that we taryed for theym / and lette vs lodge here this night / anone it woll be late: to morowe we may fight with thē more ordinately. Thus the frenchemen lodged there that night and set their caryage rounde aboute theym: and whan the naueroyse sa we that they shulde natte be fought withall that night / in the euenyng they went into the vyllage of Thorin∣gny / and made great fyers & smokes / to make their ennemyes byleue yt they wolde lodge ther all that night: but assone as it was darke night they had their horses redy / and were detmyned what they wolde do / and whan it was darke pri¦uely they departed & went to ye ryuer of Some: and passed by a gyde at a lytell vyllage nere to Bethencourt. And than they rode towarde the woode of Bohaygne and coosted the same / and rode that night more than̄e seuyn leages: some that were yuell horsed were farre behynde / and they of the garyson of Bouhayne toke them pri¦soners. Also the vyllayns of the countrey slewe some of thē / such as coude nat folowe their mai¦sters & had lost their way: the frenchmen knewe nat of their departing tyll it was nere day light and so in hast they passed the ryuer of Some at
the bridge of saynt ••uintyne / and went towar¦des Lyceuce to aproche to the naueroyse. So¦eche of them made haste to warde saynt ••uyn∣tyus / and came thyder by that it was day light: for it was thense but two leages. Formast was the constable / and the erle of saynt Poule: the watchmen on the gates of saynt ••uityne / whā they herde that noyse without / and knewe that their ennemyes were natre farre lodged thense. Than they were nat well assured of themselfe: but their bridge was vp / than they demaunded sirs what be ye that aproch so nere vs this tyme of nyght. The constable answered (and sayde) we be suche and suche: that wolde passe by this towne to gette afore the naueroyse / who arstol∣len out of Thorigny and arre fledde before vs / wherfore opyn your gates we commaunde you in the name of the kyng. The watchmen sayde sirs: the kayes be within the towne with the iu∣rates / and so than two of the watchmen went in¦to the towne to them that kept the kayes & shew¦ed them the mater. And they answered that ther shuld no gate be opyned without the consent of the hole towne / and or the myndes of them were knowen the sonne was vp. Than there came to the gate suche as shulde gyue answere for all the hole towne: they went vppe to the walles of the gate and put out their heedes and sayd to the cō¦stable / and to the erle of saynt Poule. Sirs we desyre you haue vs excused for this tyme: it is the mynde of all the cōmons of this towne / that fyue or sixe of you shall entre yf it please you / to do you honour and pleasure: but the resydue to go wher they lyst. Than these lordes were dys∣pleased: and gaue great and dispytfull wordes / but for all that they of saynt Nuyatyns wolde nat opyn their gates. Than these french lordes thought it auayled nat to pursue the naueroyse any farther: than they all departed by lycence of the constable. And the erle of saynt Poule went to his castell of Bohaygne: soosore dyspleased that none durst speke to hym.