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 frenchemen refused the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande, Cap. CC .i.

IT is longe sythe I spake of the kynge of Englande / but I had non̄ occasion to speke of hym tyll nowe. for as long as the treuce endured / there was no war•• made bitwene them / but assoone as y^• truce was exspired / the fyrste day of May / the yere of our lorde. M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the garysons englisshe and naueroyse made warr in the title of the kynge of Englande. Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of Na∣uer and the duke of Normandy. The lorde Ar¦nolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande / for he was nat quytte prisoner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters. In the same season the kyng of Englande and the prince his sonne The Frenche ••ynge / and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon / mette at London / and so they foure allonely to guether in counsayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a let¦tre to be sent into Fraunce to the duke of Nor∣mandy. The Erle and syr Arnolde passed the see and arryued at Boloyn / and so went to Pa∣rys / And there they founde the Duke / and the kynge of Nauer / and ther shewed them the let¦ters. Than the duke demaunded counsaile of the kynge of Nauer / who dyd counsayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce / and counsayles of the good townes shulde be assem¦bled / the whiche thynge was done. And than it semed to the kyng of Nauer / and to the Duke / and to his bretherne / and to all the counsayle of the Realme / that the sayde treatye was to gre∣uous to be borne. Wherfore they answered all

with one voyce to the sayde two fordes / that the letter that they had brought and the••••ect therin / was so preiudyciall to them am▪ to the realme / that they yet wolde endure greatter myschiefe than they had done: rather than to mynisshe in such wyse the realme of France. They wolde al¦so rather suffre their kyng to lye styll in Englā∣de. And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his a∣poyntmēt (he sayd) a sonne Charles: ye be coū∣sayled by the kyng of Nauerre / who deceyueth you / & woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be. And whā the kyng of Englād knewe their report he sayd well: or wynter be past I shall entre into the re∣alme of France so puysantly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shall abyde there so long tyll I haue an ende of this warre / or els peace at my pleasure / and to myne honour: and than he made the grettest aparayle that euer he made. The same season aboute the myddes of August the lorde Johān of Craon archbysshop of Reynes: and they of the cytie of Parys / and of the coūtre ther about: with a certayne knigh¦tes and squiers of the countie of ••ethell and La¦on / went and layed siege to the castell of ••oucy and ther lay a fyue wekes. And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes saued: and to go whyder they lyst. And of this they had let∣ters patentes sealed by the archebysshop / by the erle Porcyen / and the erle of Brayne: but for all that whan they departed the cōmons that were there rose agaynst them and slewe the most part for all the lordes / who had moche payne to saue the captayne Hanekyn Francoyse. Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and castell.