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.

¶ The discencion that was bitwene the archers of Inglande and themof Heynaulte. Cap. xvi. (Book 16)

THe gentle kyng of Inglād the better to fest these straūge lordes and all their company helde a great courte on Try∣nite sonday in y^e friers / wher as he & the queue his mother were lodged / kepynge theyr house eche of them apart. All this feast the kyng hadde well .v. C. knyghtis / and .xv. were newe made. And the quene had well in her courte .lx. ladyes and damozelles / who were there redy to make feast and chere to sir John̄ of Heynaulte and to his companye. There myght haue been seen great nobles / plēty of all maner of straūge vitaile. There were ladyes and damozelless fre shly apparayled redy to haue daunced / if they myght haue leue. But incontynent after dyuer there began a great fraye bitwene some of the gromes and pages of the straūgers / and of the archers of Inglande / who were lodged among them in the said subbarbis / and anon all the ar∣chers assēbled them to gether with their bowes & droue the straungers home to theyr lodgyng{is} and the most part of the knyghtis and maisters of them were as then in the kyng is courte / but as soone as they harde tydyng{is} of the fray eche of them drewe to theyr owne lodgyng in great hast suche as myght entre / and suche as coulde nat get in / were in great parell. For the archers who were to the nombre of .iii. M. shotte faste theyr arowes / nat sparyng maisters nor varlet∣tis. And it was thought and supposed that this sraye was begonne / by some of the frendis of y^• Spencers / & of the erle of Arundels / who were put to deth before / by the a••de and counsell of sir John̄ of Heynaulte as ye haue harde before / as than parauenture thought to be som what reue∣ged / and to set discorde in the hoost. And so the Inglysshemen / that were hostes to these straū∣gers shoot fast their doores / and wyndowes / & wolde nat suffre theym to entre in to theyr lod∣gyngis. howbeit some gate in on the backe syde and quickly armed them / but they durst nat is∣sue out into the strete for feare of the arowes. Than the straūgers brake out on the backe side and brake downe pales and hedges of gardens and drewe them into a certeyne playne place / & aboode their company / tyll at the last they were a .C. and aboue of men of armes / and as many vnharnest / suche as coulde nat get to theyr lod∣gyug{is}. And whan they were assēbled to gether they hasted them to go and succoure theyr com∣paignyons / who defended theyr lodgyngis in y^• great strete. And as they went forth they pas∣sed by y^e lodgyng of the lorde Denghyen / wher as there were great gatis both before & behynd openyng into the great strete / and the archers of Ingland shot fersly at the howse / & ther were many of the Henaus hurte / & the good knyght of Austre de Rue / and syr John̄ Parceuall de Meries / and syr Sanse de Boussac / these .iii. coulde nat entre in to theyr lodgyngis to arme them. but they dyd as valiantly as though they had ben armed. They had great leuers in their handis / the whiche they founde in a carpenters yarde. With the whiche they gaue suche strokis that men burst nat aproche to them. They .iii. bette downe that day / with suche few company as they had mo than .lx. For they were great & myghty knyght{is}. Fynally the archers that were at the fraye were discomfetted and put to chase and there was deed in the place well to the nom¦bre of .CCC. And it was said they were all of y^• busshopprike of Lyncoln̄. Itrowe god dyd ne∣uer gyue more grace and fortune to any people. than he dyd as than / to this gentle knyght / syr John̄ of Heynaulte and to his companye. For these Inghsshe archers intended to none other thyng / but to murder and to robbe them / for all that they were come to serue the kyng in his be∣synesse. These straūgers were neuer in so great parell / all the season that they lay / northey were 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

euery man had takyn his place to lodge ther al nyght. Than the lordes drewe them aparte / to take counsaile howe they myght fyght with the scottis. consideryng the countrey that they were in / for as farre as they coulde vnderstande. the scottis went euer foreward all about burnyng / and wastyng the countrey and parceyued well howe they coulde nat in any wyse / feyght with them among these mountaignes without great parell or daunger / and they sawe well also they coulde nat ouertake them. But it was thought that the scottis must n••dis passe agayne y^• riuer of Tyne home warde. Therfore it was determi¦ned by great aduyce and counsaile / that all the oste shulde remoue at mydnyght / and to make haste in the mornyng to the entent to stoppe the passage of the ryuer from the Scottis / wherby they shulde be aduysed by force / eyther to fyght with them / orels to abyde styll in Inglande to theyr great daunger and losse. And to this con∣clusion / all the oste was accorded and so supped and lodged as well as they myght that nyght / & euery man was warned to be redy at the fyrst soundyng of the trumpette. And at the secunde blaste euery man to arme hym without delaye / and at the .iii. euery man quyckely to moūte on theyr horses / and to drawe vnder their owne stā¦dard & baner / and euery man to take with hym but one loste of breede / and to truste it behynde hym on his horse. It was also determined / that they shulde leaue behynde theym all theyr loose harneys and all maner of cariagis and puruey¦aunces / for they thought surely to feyght with the scottis the next daye / what so euer daunger they were in thynkyng to ieo••de eyther to wyn or to leese all. And thus it was ordeyned and so it was accōplysshed / for about mydnyght euery man was redy apparailed / fewe had slepte but lytle / and yet they had sore traualed the daye be¦fore. Is great haste as they made or they were well raunged in batell / the day began to appere Than they auaūced forward in al hast through moūtaignes valeys / and rokkes / and through many euyll passages / without any playn coun∣trey. And on the hyest of these hylles / and on the playn of these valeys / there were meruaylouse great marshes and daungerous passages / that it was great meruaile that moche people hadde nat ben lost / for they roode euer styll forward / & neuer taried one for another / for who so euer fel 〈◊〉〈◊〉 any of these marshes with moche peyne could gette any ayde to helpe theym out agayne. So that in dyuerse places there were many lost and specially horse and cariag{is} and often tymes in the day there was cryed alarum / for it was said euer that the formost company of their oste wer fyghtyng with their ennemies. so that the hyn∣der most went it had ben true / wherfore they ha¦sted theym ouer rokkis and stones and moun∣taygnes with helme and sheld redy apparailed to fyght / with spere and swerde redy in hand w^t out tariyng for father / brother / or companyon. And whan they had thus ron forth often tymes in the day the space of halfe a myle to gyther to∣warde the crye wenyng it had been theyr enne∣myes. They were deceyued / for the crye euer a∣rose by the reysyng of hartis hyndis / and other sauage beastis that were seen by them in y^• fore¦warde / after the whiche beastis they made suche showtyng and criyng / that they that came after went they had ben a fyghtyng with theyr enne∣mies. Thus rode forth all that daye / the yonge kyng of Inglande by moūtaignes and destis / without fyndyng any hygh way / towne / or vil∣lage. And whā it was ageynst nyght they came to the ryuer of Tyne / to the same place / Where as the scottis hadde passed ouer in to Inglande Wenyng to them / that they muste nedis repasse agayne the same waye. Than the kyng of In∣glande / and his oste passed ouer the same riuer with suche gydis as he had▪ with moche peyne & trauaile / for y^• passage was full of great stones And whan they Were ouer / they lodged theym that nyght by the ryuer syde / and by that tyme the Son was goon to reste / and there was but fewe among them that had other axe or hoke / or any instrument to cutte downe any woodde to make their lodgyng is withall / and there Were many that had loste there owne company / and wist nat where they were. Some of the footemē were farre behynde / & wyst nat well what way to take / but suche as knewe beste the countrey sayd playnly they hadde rydden the same daye .xxiiii. englysshe myles / for they roode as faste as they might without any rest / but at suche pas¦sages / as they coulde nat chese / all this nyght they laye by this ryuer syde / styll in theyr har∣neys / holdynge theyr horses by theyr raynes in theyr handts / for they wyst nat wherunto to tye them. Thus theyr horses dyd eate no meate of all that nyght nor day before. They had nother ootes nor forage for them. Nor the people of the oste had no sustenaūce of all that day nor nyght but euery man his loffe that he hadde caryed be hynde hym / the whiche was sore wette with the swette of the horses / nor they dranke none other drynke but the water of the ryuer / Withowte it were some of the lordis / that had caryed botels w^t them / nor they had no fyer nor lyght / for they had nothyng to make lyght withall without it

were some of y^• lordes that had torches brought with them. In this great trouble & daūger they passed all that nyght / their armour still on their backis / their horses redy sadled. And whan the day began to appere▪ the whiche was greatly de sired of all y^• hole oste / they trusted than to synd some redresse for them selfe / and for their horses orels to fyght with theyr ennemies / the whiche they greatly desyred / to thentene to be deliuered out of y^• great trauaile and peyne that they had endured / and all that day it rayned so faste that the ryuer and passage was waxen great / and ry¦sen so high y^• or it were noone ther myght none passe the passages agayn. Wherfore they could nat sēde to know where as they were / nor where to haue any forage or lytter for theyr horses / nor brede nor drynke for their owne sustinaūcis but so all y^• nyght they were fayne to fast / nor theyr horses had nothyng but leues of trees & herbes•• they cut downe bowes of trees w^t theyr swerd{is} to tye withall their horses / & to make themselfe lodges. And about noone some poore folk{is} of y^• countrey were founde / and they said howe they were as than .xiiii. myle from Newcastell vpon Tyne / and .xi. myle frō Carlyle. and that there was no towne nerer to them / wheri they might fynde any thyng to do theym ease withall. And whan this was shewed to y^• kyng / & to the lord{is} of his coūsell / incontinent were sent thither hor∣ses and sompters to fetche thens some p••ueyāce and there was a crye in the kyngis name made in y^• towne of Newcastell / y^• who so euer wolde bryng brede or wyne or any other vitaile shulde be payd therfore incontinent at a good price / & that they shulde be conducted to the oste in saue garde / for it was publisshed openly that y^• kyng nor his oste wolde nat departe from the place y^• they were in / tyll they had some tydyng•• where their ennemies were become. And the next day by noone suche as had bensent for vitaile retur∣ned agayne to the oste with suche purueyaūcis as they coulde gette / & that was nat ouer moche and with them came other folkis of the coūtrey with lytle nagges charged with brede euyll ba∣kyn in panyers / and smalle pere wyne in barels and other vitaile to sel in the oste / wherby great part of the oste were well refresshed & eased. and thus they cōtinued day by day the space of .viii. dayes abidyng eueryday y^• retournyng agayn of y^• scott•• / who knew no more where y^• englissh ostelay. thā they knewe where they wer / so eche of them were ignorāt of other. Thus .iii. dayes and .iii. nyghtis / they were in maner withowte brede / wyne / candel or lyght / ••oder / or forage / or any maner of purueyaūce / othe•• for horse or m•• and after the space of .iiii. dayes a lotte of brede was solde for .vi. d. the whiche was worthe but ••i. d. And a gallon of wyne for .vi. grootis that was worth but .vi. d. And yet for all that / there was suche rage of famin / that eche toke vitailes out of others handis. wherby there rose diuers batels and stryffes bitwene sondry companyōs and yet beside all these mischieffis it neuer sea∣sed to rayne all the hoole weeke. Wherby theyre saddels / pannels / and countresyngles were all rottyn and brokē / and most part at their horses hurt on their back{is} / nor they had nat wherwith to shoo them / that were vnshodde / nor they had nothyng to couer them selfe withall fro y^• rayne and colde / but grene busshes / and their armour Nor they had no thyng to make fyre withal but grene bowes / y^• whiche wolde nat burne bicau∣of the rayne. In this great mischief / they were all the weeke / without heryng of any worde of the scottis. vpon trust they shuld repasse agayn into theyr owne countreis the same way or uere ther about / Wherby great noyse and murmour began to ryse in the oste / for some said and layd it to others charge / that by theyr counsaile the kyng and all they were brought in to that daū∣ger / and that they had done it to betraye y^• kyng and all his ooste. Wherfore it was ordeyned by the kyng & by his counsaile / that the nexte mor∣nyng they shulde remoue the ooste / and repasse agayne the ryuer / about .vii. myle thens / wher as they myght passe more at their ease. Than was it cried through out the oste / that euery mā shulde be redy apparailed to remoue / the nexte day by tymes. Also there was a crye made / that who so euer coulde bryng to the kyng certayne knowledge where the scott{is} were / he y^• brought fyrst tydyng is therof shuld haue for his labour a .C .li. lande to hym / and to his heires for euer / and to be made a knyght of the kyngis hande. Whan this crye was made in the oste diuers en¦glisshe knyghtis and squiers to the nombre of ••xv. or .xvi. for couetyse of wynnyng of this pro¦myse. they passed the ryuer in great parell / and rode forth throughe the mountaignes / and de∣parted eche one from other takyng their aduē∣ture. The next mornyng the oste dislodged and rode fayre and easely all the daye for they were but euyll apparailed / and dyd so moche y^t they repassed agayn the ryuer with moche payn and trauaile / for the water was depe / bicause of the rayn that had fallen / wherfore many dyd swym and some were drowned. 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they past that way / and the nerte daye they de∣parted frothens and paste ouer hyls and dales all day tyll it was noone / and than they founde some villages brent by the scottis / and there a∣bout was some champyon countrey with corne and medowes / and so that nyght the ost lodged ther. Agayn the .iii. day they rode forth so that the most parte of the oste wist nat whiche way / for they knewe nat the countrey / nor they coulde here no tydyng is of the scottis. And agayn the 〈◊〉〈◊〉. day they rode forth ilyke maner / tyl it was about the houre of. iii and there came a squyer fast tydyng toward the kyng / & said. And it like your grace I haue brought you parfit tydyng{is} of the scott{is} your ennemies. surely they be with∣in .iii. myle of you / lodged on a great moūtaine abidyng ther for you / & ther they haue ben all this .viii. dayes / nor they knewe no more tidyn∣gis of you / than ye dyd of them {ser} this y^• I shew you is of trouth for I aproched so nere to them that I was takyn prisoner & brought before y^• lordes of their oste / and there I shewed them ty¦dyngis of you / and how that ye seke for them to then••ent to haue batell. & the lordis dyd quyt me my raūsom & prison / whan I had shewed them howe your grace had promised a .C .li. sterlyng of rent to hym y^• brought fyrst tydyng is of them to you and they made me to promise y^t I shuld nat rest / tyll I had shewed you thys tydyngys for they sayde they had as great desyre to fyght with you as ye had with theym / and ther shall ye fynde them without faulte / and as soone as the kyng had harde this tidynges he assembled all his ooste in. fayre medowe to pasture theyr horses / & besidis ther was lytle abbey y^• whiche was all brent called in y^• dayes of kyng Arthur le Blanche land. Ther the kyng confessed hym and euery man made hym redy. The kyng cau¦sed many masses to be song / to howsell all suche as had deuotion therto. And incontyuent he as∣signed a .C .li. sterlyng of rent to the squier that had brought hym tidyng is of the scottis / accor∣dyng to his pmyse / and made hym knyght his owne handis before all the oste. And whan they had well rested them / and takyn repaste. Than the ••compet sounded to horse / & euery man moū¦ted / and the baners and standers folowed thys new made knyght / euery batell by itselfe ī good order through moūtaignes and dales raynged as well as they myght euer redy apparailed to fyght / and they roode / and made suche hast that about noone they were so nere the scottys / that eche of theym myghte clerely se other. And as soone as the Scottis sawe theym / they Issued owte of theyre lodges a foote / and ordeyned .iii. great batelles / in the auaylynge of the hyll. and at the foote of thys mountaygne / there ranne a great ryuer full of great rockes and stones / so that none myght passe ouer / withowte greate daunger or ieopardye / and though the englissh¦men hadde passed ouer the ryuer. yet was there no place nor rowme / bytwene the hylle and the ryuer / to sette the batayle in good order. The Scottis hadde, stablysshed their two fyrste ba∣telles / at the two corners of the mountaigne ioy¦nyng to the rockes / So that none myght well mounte vpon the hyll to assayle theym / But the scottis were euer redy to beate with stones the assaylantis if they passed the ryuer. And whan the lordes of Inglande sawe the behauyng and the maner of the scottis. they made all their peo∣ple to a lyght a foote. and to put of theyr spurris and araynged .iii. great batelles / as they hadde done before / and there were made many newe knyghtis. And whan theyr batelles were sette in good order. Than some of the lordes of In∣glande brought theyr yong kyng a horse backe before all the batelles of the oste to the entent to gyue therby the more courage to all his people The whiche kyng in full goodly maner prayed and requyred theym ryght graciously that eue∣ry man wolde peyne theym to do theyr beste to saue his honour and common weale of his re∣alme. And it was cōmaūded vpō peyne of deth / that none shulde go before the marsha's baners nor breke theyr arraye / without they were com¦maunded. And than the kyng cōmaunded / that they shulde aduaunce towarde their ennemyes fayre and easely / and so they dyd / and euery ba¦tell went forth in good array and order a great space of groūde to the discendyng of the moun¦taygne / where as the scottis were. And this the englisshe oste dyd to thentent to se if their enne∣mies wolde breke their felde or nat. & to se what they wolde do / but they could nat parceyue that they were about to remoue ī any wise / they wer so nere to guyther that they myght knowe eche others armes. Than the oste stode styll to take other counsell. And some of the oste mounted on good horses and rode forth to skrymysshe with theym / and to beholde the passage of the ryuer / and to se the countynaunce of theyre ennemyes more nerer. And there were harauldis of armes sent to the Scottis. gyuyng them knowledge if that they wolde come and passe y^• ryuer to fight with them in the playn felde / they wolde drawe backe fro the ryuer / and gyue theym sufficient place to araynge theyr batelles / eyther the same day orels the next / as they wold chose them selfe orels to lette them do lyke wyse / and they wolde

come ouer to them. And whan the scottis is harde this they toke counsell among theymselfe. and anon they answerd the harauld{is} how they mold do nother the ouenor the other / and sayd syrs / yo^r kyng and his lordisse well how we be here in this realme / and haue br••nt & wasted y^• coun∣trey as we haue passed through / and if they he displeased ther with lette them amend it whan they wyll / for here we wyll abyde / as long as it shall please vs. And as soone as the kyng of In¦gland hard that answere / hit was incontynent cryed / that all the oste shuld lodge there y^• nyght without reculyug backe / And so the oste lodged there that nyght with moche peyne on the hard ground and stones / alwayes styll armed. They had no stak{is} nor roddis to tye withall their hor∣ses / nor forage / nor husshe to make withall any tyre / And whan they were thus lodged. Than the scottis caused some of theyre people to kepe styll the felde / where as they had ordeyned their batelles / and y^• remnant went to their lodgyng{is} and they made suche fyers that it was merueile to beholde. And bitwene the day and the nyght they made amerueilus great brute / w^t blowyng of hornes all at ones / that it semed proprely that all the deuelles of hell had ben there. Thus these two ostis were lodged that nyght. The whiche was saynte Peters nyght / in the begynnyng of Auguste. The yere of oure lorde .M. CCC .xxvii. And the nexte mornynge / the lordes of Inglande harde Masse / and rayngen agayne theyre batelles / as they hadde done the daye be∣fore. And the Scottis in lyke myse ordred ther•• batelles. Thus both the ottis stoode styll in ba∣tell / tyll it was noone. The Scottis made ne∣uer semblaunt to come to the Englysshe oste to fyght with theym / nor in lyke wyse the englisshe men to them / For they coulde nat aproche to g••∣ther withowte great dammage. There were dyuerse compaignyons a horse backe / that pas∣sed the Ryuer / and some a foote / to skrymyss••e with the Scottis. And in like wyse some of the Scott{is} brake oute / and skrymysshed with them So that there were dyuerse on bothe partyes slayne / wounded / and takyn prysoners. And after that noone was paste / The lordes of Ju∣glande commaunded euery man / to drawe to theyr lodgyng. For they sawe well the Scottis wolde nat fyght with theym / and in like maner thus they dyd .iii. dayes to gyther / and the scot∣tis in lyke case kepte styll theyr mountaygnes / Howe be it there was skrymysshynge on bothe partyes / and dyuerse slayne / and prysoners ta∣kyn. And euery nyght the Scottis made great fyres & great brute with showttyng & blowyng of hornes. The entencion of the englylshe men was / to holde the scottis there / in mauer as be∣seged. For they coulde nat fyghte with theym / there as they were / Thynkyng to haue famys∣shed theym. And the englysshe men knewe well by suche prysoners as they hadde takyn / that y^• Scottis hadde nother bredde / wyne / norsalte / nor other purueyaunce / saue of beastis they had great plentye / the whyche they hadde takyn in the countrey / and myght eate at their pleasure without bredde / whiche was an euyll dyette / for they lacked oten meale to make cakes with∣all / as is sayde before / the whyche dyet some of the englisshe men vsed whan they haddenede / specially borderers / whan they make rodes in∣to Scotlande. And in y^• mornyng the .iiii. day the englyssh men loked on the moūtaigne wher as the Scottis were and they coulde se no crea¦ture / for the scottis were depted at mydnyght. Than was there sent men a horse backe and a∣foote ouer the ryuer to knowe where they were become. And about noone they founde theym lodged on another mountaigne more stronger than the other was / by the same ryuer syde / and where there was a great wodde on the one syde to goo and come secretly whan they lyst. Than incontynent the englysshe oste dislodged / and brewe to that parte in batelled in good order & lo••••ed theym on another hyll ageynst the scot∣tis / and raynged theyr batelles / and made sem∣blant to haue come to them. Than the Scottis issued out of their lodges and set theyr batels a∣long y^• ryuersyde ageynst them / but they wold neuer come toward the englisshe oste / and y^• en∣glisshmen could nat go to them wout they wold haue ben slayn or take at auaūtage. Thus they lodged eche ••••cust other y^• space of .xviii. daies and often tymes y^• kyng of Inglād sent to them his harauldis of armes offeryng them / that yt they wolde some and fyght with hym he wolde gyue them place sufficient on the playn groūde to pytche theyr felde / Or elles lette theym gyue hym rowme and place / and he assured theym / that he wolde come ouer the ryuer and fyght w^t theym but the scottis wolde neuer agree them to. Thus both the oostis suffered moche payne and trauayle / the space that they laye so nere to gyther / and the fyrst nyght that the englisshe o•••• was thus lodged on the secund moūtaigne / the lorde willyam Duglas toke with hym aboute CC. men of armes / & past the ryuer farre of fro the oste / so that he was nat parceyued / and sodē¦ly he brake into the englysshe ooste about myd∣nyght criyng Duglas Duglas ye shall all dpe theues of Juglande / And he slewe or he seass••••

CCC. men / some in their beddis / & some skant redy / and he strake his horse with the spurres / & came to the kyngis owne tent / alwayes criyng Duglas / and strake a sundre .ii. or .iii. cordis of the kyng{is} tent & so departed / & in y^• retret he lost some of his men. Than he returned agayn to y^• scott{is} / so that they was no more done / but euery nyght the englisshe oste made good & sure wat∣che / for they doubted makyng of skryes / & euer the most part of the oste laye in their harneys. & euery day ther were skrymysshes made / & men slayne on both parties / and in conclusion y^• last daye of .xxiiii. ther was a scottisshe knyght ta∣ky•• / who ageynst his wyll shewed to the lordes of Ingland / what state and condition the scott{is} were in / he was so sore examyned / that for feare of his lyfe he shewed howe y^• lordes of Scotlād were accorded among them selfe / that the same nyght euery man shuld be redy armed. and to fo¦lowe the baners of the lorde Wyllyam Duglas and euery mā to kepe hym secrete / but y^• knyght could nat shewe them what they entended to do Than the lordis of Ingland drewe them to coū¦saile and ther it was thought amōg them / that the scottis myght in the nyght tyme come & as∣saile their oste on both sydes to aduenture them¦selfe other to lyue or dye / for they coulde endure no longer the famyne that was among theym. Than the englysshe lordes ordeyned .iii. 〈…〉〈…〉at batels / and so stode in .iii. parties without their lodgyngis / and made great fyers / therby to se the better / & caused all their pages to kepe theyr lodgyngis and horses. Thus they stode styll all y^t nyght armed euery man vnder his owne stā∣dard and baner and in the brekyng of the daye ••ii. trompettis of Scotland mette with the en∣glisshe scout watche / who toke the trompettis & brought them before the kyng of Ingland & his consaile / and than they said openly. Sirs what do ye watche here / ye lese but your tyme / for on the ieopardye of our heedis. the scottis are gone and departed before mydnyght / and they are at y^• lest by this tyme .iii. or .iiii. myle on theyr way and they left vs .ii. behynd to thentent that We shulde shewe this to you. Than the englisshe lordes said / that it were but a foly to folowe the scottis. For they sawe Well they coulde nat ouer take theym / yet for doubte of disceyuyng / they kept styll the two trompettis pryuely / and cau∣sed their batailes to stande styll araynged / tyll it Was nere prime. ¶ And whan they sawe for trouth that the scottis were departed. Than e∣uery man had leaue to retraye to their lodgyng and the lordes toke counsaile to determyn what shulde be best to do. And in the meane tyme dy∣uerse of the inglisshe oste mounted on their hor∣ses / and passed ouer the ryuer / and came to the mountaigne / where as the scottis had ben / and ther they founde mo than .v. C. great bestis re∣dy slayne / bicause the scottis coulde nat dryue them before theyr ooste / and bicause that the en∣glisshe men shulde haue but small profit of them Also ther they found. CCC. caudrons made of best{is} skynnes / with the heare styll on them stray¦ned on stakes ouer the fyre full of water and full offlesshe to be sodden and mo than a .M. spytt{is} full of flesshe to be rosted. And mo than .x. M. olde shoos made of rawe lether / with the heare styll on them / the whiche the scottis had left be∣hynd them. Also there they founde .v. poore en∣glysshemen prisoners bounde faste to certayne trees / and some of their legges broken / thā they were losed & let go. & than they returned agayn and by that tyme al the oste was dislodged / and it was ordeyned by the kyng and by the aduyce of his counsaile that the hole oste shulde folowe the marshals baners / and drawe homeward in to Ingland / and so they dyd / and at y^• last came into a fayre medow / where as they foūd forage sufficient for their horses and cariagis. wherof they had great nede / for they were nigh so feble that it shulde haue ben great peyne for them / to haue goon any forther. The englisshe cronicle sayth / that the scottis had ben fought with all / and syr Roger Mortymer a lorde of Inglande had nat betraied the kyng / for he toke mede and money of the scottis / to thentent they myght de∣parte pryuely by nyght vnfoughte with all / as hit maye be seen more playnely in the englisshe Cronycle / and diuers other maters / the whiche I passe ouer at this tyme / and folowe myn au∣ctour. And so than the nexte day the oste dislod∣ged agayne and went forth / and abowte noone they came to a great abbey / two myle fro the ci∣te of Durham / and there the kyng lodged / and the oste there about in the feldis / Where as they founde forage sufficient / for theym selfe and for theyr horses / and the nexte day the oste lay there styll / and the kyng went to the cite of Durham to se the churche / and there he offered. And ī this cite euery man founde their owne cariagis the Whyche they hadde lefte .xxxii. dayes before in a wodde at mydnyght / whan they folowed the scottis syrst / as it hath benshewed before / for the burgesses and people of Durham / had founde and broughte theym into theyr towne at theyre owne costis and chargis. And all these cariag{is} were sette in voyde granges and barnes in sa∣ue garde / & on euery mannes cariage his owne cognisaūce or armes. Wherby euery mā myght

knowe his owne. And the lordes and genty lmē were gladde / Whan they had thus founde their cariages. Thus they abonde two dayes in the cite of Durham and the oste rounde about. for they coulde nat all lodge within the cite. & there theyr horses Were newe shoode. And than they toke theyr Way to the cite of yorke / and so with in .iii. dayes they came thither / and ther y^• kyng foūde the quene his mother. who receyued hym with great ioye. And so dyd all other ladyes da¦mozelles / burgesses / and c••••mons of the Citie. The kyng gaue lycence to all maner of people / euery man to drawe home ••arde to theyr owne countreys. And the kyng thanked greatly the Erles / barones and knyght{is} of theyr good coū¦saile and and that they had done to hym in hys io••ney. And he retayned styll with hym {ser} John̄ of Heynaulte and all his company / Who Were greatly feasted by y^• quene and all other ladyes Than the knyghtis and other straūgers of hys company made a byll of their horses / and suche other stuffe as they had lost in that iourney / and delyuered it to the kyngis counsaile euery man by itselfe / and in truste of the kyngis promyse. {ser} John̄ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont boūde hym¦selfe to all his company / that they shulde be con∣tent for euery thyng cōprised in theyr owne bils within a shortspace. For the kyng nor his coun∣saile coulde nar so soone recouer golde or syluer to content their desyres / but he delyuered them sufficient by reason to pay all their small char∣ges / and to bryng them home withal into theyr owne countreis. And anon after within y^• same yere they were payd for euery thyng they could desyre. Than they of Heynnaulte bought lytle ••agges to ryde at theyr case / theyr lackett{is} and pagis / and all their harneys and baggages by water in .ii. shippes that was deliuered to them the whiche shyppes with theyr 〈◊〉〈◊〉 arryued at Sluce in Flaundders / and syr John̄ of Heyn∣naulte and his companye toke theyr leue of the kyng / of the olde quene / of the erle of Kent / of y^• erle of Lancastre / and of all the other barones / who greatly dyd honour theym. And the kyng caused .xii. knightis / and. C▪C. men of armes to cōpany them for doubt of the archers of Inglād of Whome they were nat well assured / for they muste needis passe through the busshopryke of Lincoln̄. Thus departed si•• John̄ of heynaulte and his rowte / in the conduct of these knyghtis and rode so long ī theyr iourney. that they came to Douer / and ther entred into the see ishippis and vessels that they founde redy ther apparay¦led for them. Than the ••adlist he knyghtis ve∣parted fro thens / and retourned to their owne houses / and the henous arriued at Wysant and ther they soiourned .ii. bayes / in makyng redy theyr horses and harneys. And in y^• mean tyme {ser} John̄ of Heynault / and some of his company rode a pylgrimage to our lady of Bollayn / and after they returned into Heynaulte and depted eche fro other to their owne howses / & countres {ser} John̄ of Heynaulte rode to therle his brother who was at Ualenciennes / who receyued hym ioyously / for greatly he loued hym. To Whom he recounted all his tydyng is that ye haue hard here before.