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.

¶ Of the batayle of Nogent bytwen the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages of the nacyon of Lorayne / of the frenche partie. And sir Eustace Dambreti▪ court of the nacyon of Heynalt / of the englysshe partie. Cap. C. lxxx xix. (Book 199)

WHan {ser} Broquart of Fenestra¦ges (who was hardy & cou∣ragiouse) saw y^t syr Eustace wolde nat remoue his batel he sayd lette vs sette on them what soeuer fall / and so ad∣uaunced his bataile / and syr Eustace receyued so the first bataile / that he o∣uerthrew of his ennemies mo than .lx. and had nere hande clene discomfitted the same bataile / but than the .ii. fresshe bataile aproched whiche greatly ayded & cōforted the fyrst. Thā y^e third bataile came on a wynge / and comforted the o∣ther .ii. batailes. The frenche men were .iii. a∣gaynst one. Sir Eustace with his glayue ouer threwe a .iiii. of the herdiest of his ennemyes. Whan {ser} Broquart sawe his prowes / he strake at hym ouer other mennes heedes / and strake / hym in the viser / and strake out with the stroke thre of his tethe / but for all that he letted nat to fight. The englisshemen had the vauntage of the hyll / and helde them selfe so cloose together that none coude entre into them / the frenchemē were a horsbacke / and the englisshemen a fote / and a littel besyde were the englysshe archers a part by themselfe / and shot quyckely at y^e frē∣chemen. The frenchemen turned about the en∣glisshemē / and as they turned / they dyd y^e same Than the frenche fortemen came into the felde a ix. C. of them / who had pauesses / a therby they brake y^e array of the archers / for their shot coud nat hurt them / they were so sure pa••essed. Thā the archers were sore beten / and the seconde ba∣taile of y^e frenchemē came on them a horse backe and slewe many of them / and than they went on them that kept the englysshe horses / and slewe and wanne them all / but fewe that scaped. In the meane season the other two batailes fought with the englisshemen on the one syde / and the fotemen on the other side / So that finally they brake theyr array / and syr Eustace standderde was beaten downe / and all to torne / and many men slayne and taken. Syr Eustace fell in the hādes of a knyght / called syr Henry Quenelart and he had great payne to saue his lyse / for the comons of Troye wolde haue slayne hym / for the great dedes of armes / that he had done in the countrey of Champaygne. There was al∣so taken syr Johan of Parys / the lorde Mar∣tine of Spaygne / and diuerse other knyghtes and squyers. And suche as saued them selfe / en∣tred into the fortresse of Nogent / The whiche were but a fewe / for they were nere all slayne or taken / and the coragious Manny was left for deed in the felde amonge the deed men. But af∣ter this discomfytture / and that all the frenche¦men were departed / he beynge sore hurte and nere deed lyfte vp a litel his heed and sawe no∣thynge aboute hym / but deed men lyeng on the grounde rounde aboute hym: than he rose as welle as he myght and satte downe / and sawe well howe he was nat farre from the fortresse of Nogent / the whiche was englisshe / than he dyd so moche sometyme crepyng / and somtyme re∣stynge / that he came to the foote of the towre of Nogent. Than he made token to them within shewynge howe he was one of theyr company∣ons / than certayn came downe y^e towre to hym and bare hym into the Forteresse / and dressed his woundes. And therehe gouerned hym selfe so well / that he was heeled. This bataile was in the yere of our lorde a. M. CCC .lix. In the vigill of saynt John̄ Baptist.