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 kynge Dampeter requyred the prince of wales to ayde hym aga∣ynst his brother. Cap. CC .xxxi. (Book 231)

VE haue Well herde how kyng Dampeter was driuen into the ca¦steil of Colōgne on the see / & with him his wyfe / his two doughters / and Domferrant of Castres with hym all onely. So that in y^e meane season that his brother the bastarde by puyssance of the me of warre that he had gote out of Fraunce con∣quered Castell: and that all the countre yelded thē to him as ye haue herd before. He was right ••ore afrayed / and nat well assured in the castell of Colongne / for he douted greatly his brother the bastarde / for he knewe well that yf he had knowledge of his beyng there / he wolde come with puyssaunce and besege hym: wherfore he thought he wolde nat abyde that parell. Ther∣fore he departed in a nyght and toke a shyppe / and his wyfe / his two doughters / and Dom∣ferrāt of Castres: and all the golde / syluer / and sowelles that they had. but the wynde was to him so contrary that he coude nat drawe fro the cost: and so was fayne to entre agayne into the fortresse of Colongne. Than the king Dampe¦ter demaunded of Dōferrant his knight howe he shulde maynteyne hym selfe / complayninge of fortune that was to hym so contrary. Sir {quod} the knight or ye de{per}te fro hens / it were good y^e ye dyde send to your cosyn the prince of Wales / to knowe yf he wolde receyue you or nat / and for pytic: somwhat to tendre your nede and ne∣cessyte / for dyuers wayes he is bounde therto. by reason of the great alyaunces that the kyng his father / and yours had toguyder. The prin∣ce of Wales is so noble / and so gentyll of bloo∣de and of courage / that whan he knoweth your trybulacion / I thynke verely he wyll take ther¦of great compassyon. And if he wyll ayde to set you agayne in your realme / there is none that can do it so well in all the worlde: he is so fered / redouted ▪ and beloned with all men of warre. And sir ye are here in a good stronge forteresse to kepe a season tyll ye here other tidynges out of Acquitayne. To this coūsayle acorded light¦ly y^e kyng Dāpeter. Thā he wrote letters right pyteous and amyable / and a knyght with two squyers were desyred to do this message: and so they toke on them that iourney and entred in¦to the see / and sayled so long that they arryued at Bayon / the whiche cytie helde of the kyng of Englande. Than they demaunded tidynges of the prince / and it was shewed them howe he was at Burdeaur. Than they toke their hor∣ses and rode so longe that they came to Burde aux / and ther toke their lodgynge: and anone after they wēt to the abbey of saynt Andrewes where the prince was. And there these messan∣gers shewed howe they were come out of Ca∣stell / and were spanyardes and messangers fro kyng Dāpeter of Castell. And whan the prince knewe therof / he sayde he wolde se theym: and knowe what they wolde haue. And so they cam and kneled downe and saluted hym acordynge to their vsage / and recommaunded the kynge their mayster to hym / and delyuered their let∣ters. The prince toke vp the messāgers and re∣ceyued their letters / and opyned and reed them at good leyser: wherin he founde howe pyteous¦ly kynge Dampeter wrote / signifyeng to hym all his pouertie and myschiefe. and howe that his brother the bastarde by puissaunce / and by the great amyties that he had purchased. First of the pope / of the frenche kyng / and of y^e kyng of Aragon: and by the helpe of the cōpanyons / had put hym out fro the herytage of the realme of Castell. Wherfore he desyred the prince for goddessake / and by the waye of pytie: that he wolde entend to prouyde for him some counsell and remedy / wherin he shulde achyue grace of god and of all the worlde. For it is nat y^e ryght way of a true crysten kyng to di••••herpt a right full heyre / and to enheryte by puyssaunce of ty∣ranny a bastard. And the prince who was a va¦lyant knight and a sage closed the letters in his handes / and sayd to the messangers. Sirs ye be right welcome to me / fro my cosyn the kyng of Castell: ye shall tary a space here with vs / and are ye departe ye shall haue an aunswere. Than the princes knightes who knewe ryght∣well what they had to do / ledde to their logyn∣ges the spaynisshe knight and the two squyers and the prince who taryed styll in his chambre mused greatly on those tidynges. And thanne sent for sir John̄ Chandos / and for sir Thom̄s Phelton / two of the chefe of his counsayle: for the one was the seneshall of Aquitayne / and the other constable. And whan they were come to hym / than he sayde to theym all smylynge, sirs ye shall here newe tidynges out of Spaygne. The kyng Dampeter our cosyn complayneth

him greatly of the bastarde Henry his brother / who hath taken fro him his enheritaūce / & hath put hym out of his realme: as ye haue herde re¦ported by theym that hath come fro thens / and he requyreth vs instantly of our confort & ayde as it apereth here by his letters. And so than y^e prince reed the letters worde by worde a two ty¦mes / and these two knightes herde well all the mater. and whan he had reed y^e letters / than he sayd to them: sirs ye two / sir John̄ and {ser} Tho¦mas ye are the most speciall of my counsell / and in whome I haue most trust & assyaunce. wher¦fore I desyre you counsayle me what ye thynke were best to do. Than these two knight{is} behel∣de eche other without any worde spekyng / thā the prince agayn sayd. sirs speke hardely what ye thinke in this mater / and ther the price was coūselled by those two knight{is} as I was enfor∣med / that he shulde sende to the kyng Dāpeter men of warr to Colōgne wher he was / acordin¦ge to the tenor of the letters: and also by the re∣port of the messangers. and y^e the men of warr shulde bring him to the cyte of Burdeur / & ther more playnly to knowe what he wolde say / and than acordyng as they shuld here his word{is} / to take aduyce: and to gyue hym suche coūsell as of reason shuld suffyce him. This answer plea¦sed right well the prince: thā he desyred to go to Colōgne in that viage to bring in sauegard to hym the kyng Dāpeter. First sir Thom̄s Fel∣ton as souerayne and chefe of that army / sir Ri¦charde of Pōtchardon / sir Neez Lornyche / sir Symonde Burle / sir Wyllm̄ ••rousealx / and in that army ther shulde be .xii. shyppes furnis¦shed with archers and men of warr. So these knight{is} made their {pro}uisyon to go into Galice / and than the messangers depted fro Burdeux and rode with them to Bayon / and ther taried a thre or four dayes abyding for wynde and we¦der. and the .v. day as they were de••tynge / the kyng Dāpeter of castell aryued at Bayon him¦selfe / for he was de{per}ted fro Colongue in great hast & dout / for he durst nat abyde ther any le••¦ger / and brought but a fewe of his men W^t him / and suche treasur as he had. So the tidynges of his comyng was great ioye to thëglysshmen than sir Thomas Phelton and his cōpany cāe to hym and receyued hym right swetely / & she∣wed him how they were ther redy by y^e cōmaū∣demēt of y^e prince their lorde to haue cōe to him to Colōgne & to any other place to haue broght him to y^e prince. Of the whiche tidyng{is} y^e kyng Dāpeter was ryght ioyouse / & thanked gretly the prince and the knightes that were there.

¶ The comyng of the king Dampeter thus to Bayon / sir Thom̄s Phelton and the other kni¦ghtes certifyed the price therof / of the which he was right ioyouse. & within a short space after / these knightes brought the kyng Dāpeter to y^e cyte of Burdeux. And the prince who gretly de¦syred to se his cosyn the kynge Dāpeter / and to do hym the more honoure & feest / yssued out of Burdeux acōpanyed with dyuers knight{is} and squiers / and went & mette the kyng and dyd to hym great reuerēce bothe in worde & dede / the whiche he coude do right well / for ther was no prince in his tyme y^e coulde shewe more honour than he. And whan the prince had well feasted him / than they rode to Burdeux / & the prince to¦ke the kyng aboue him / in no wyse he wolde do otherwise. And as they rode togyder the kyng Dāpeter shewed to the prince how his bastard brother had chased him out of his realme of ca¦stell / and also he pituously cōplayned hym of y^e vntrouthe of his men / shewyng howe they had all forsaken him / except one knyght the whiche was ther with hym called Damferrant of Ca∣stres. The price right curtesly & sagely recōfor∣ted him / desyring him nat to be abasshed nor di¦sconforted / for though he had as than lost all / he trusted it shulde be in the puyssance of god to re¦store hym agayne all his losse / and moreouer to take vengeaunce of all his eneymes. Thus as they talked togyder / they rode so longe y^e they came to Burdeux / and a lyghted at they abbey of saynt Andrues / wher as the prince & princes kept their house / & than the kyng was brought to a fayre chambre redy aparelled for hym. and whan he was chāged he went to the princesse & to the ladyes / who receyued him right curtesly as they coude right well do. I might ouer lon∣ge make reporte to you of this mater / what of their chere / feestes / & sportes: wherfore I passe it ouer brefely. And shall shewe you how kyng Dāpetersped with the prince his cosyn / whom he founde right amyable and curtesse and well cōdyscended to his desyers: howbeit ther were some of his counsell sayd vnto hym / as ye shall here after. ¶ Or that Dampeter came to Burdeaux / some wyse and sage y maginatyue lordes / aswell of Gascoyn as of England / who were of t•••• princes coūsell / and had euer truly serued hym & gyuen hym good counsayle / and so thought euer to do. They sayd to the prince: Sir ye haue herde say dyuers tymes / he that to moche enbraseth / holdeth the wekelyer. Hit is for a trouthe that ye are one of the princesse of the worlde: moost praysed / honoured / and

redouted / and holdeth on this syde the see great landes and seignories thanked be god in good rest and peace. Ther is no kyng nere nor farr of / as at this present tyme y^t dare displease you ye are so renomed of good chiualry / grace / and good fortune. ye ought therfore by reason to be cōtent w^t that ye haue / and seke nat to get you a¦ny enemyes. Sir we say nat this for non yuell we knowell the kynge Dāpeter of Castell who is now driuen out of his realme / is a mā of hye mynde / right cruell & full of yuell condycions: for by hym hath ben done many yuell dedes in the realme of Castell / and hath caused many a valyant man to lose his heed: and brought cru¦elly to an ende without any maner of reason. & so by his vilayne dedes and cōsent he is now di¦sceyued & put out of his realm / and also besyde all this he is enemy to the churche / & cursed by our holy father y^e pope: he is reputed and hath ben a great season like a tyrant / and without ty¦tell of reason hath alwayes greued and made warr with his neybours / the kyng of Aragon and the king of Nauer / and wolde haue dishe∣tyted thē by puissance. And also as the brute rō¦neth throughout his realme / & by his owne mē howe he caused to dye his wyfe your cosyn dou¦ghter to the duke of Burbone. Wherfore sir ye ought to thynke and consydre that all this y^t he nowe suffereth / ar roddes & strokes of god sent to chastyce him: and to gyue ensample to all o∣ther christen king{is} and princes to beware that they do nat as he hath done. With suche word{is} or sēblable the prince was coūselled or kyng dā¦peter arryued at Bayon: but to these word{is} the prince answered thus. Sayeng lord{is} I thynke and byleue certēly that ye counsell me truely to the best of your powers I knowe well and am well enfourmed of the lyfe & state of this kyng Dāpeter / and knowe well y^t without nōbre he hath done many yuell dedes: wherby nowe he is disceyued. But the cause present y^t moueth & gyueth vs corage to be willyng to ayde him is as I shall shewe you. It is nat couenable that a bastard shulde hold a realme in herytage and put out of his owne realme his brother ryght∣full enheryter to the lande / the whiche thyng all kynges & king{is} sonnes shulde in no wyse suffre nor cōsent to / for it is a great preiudice agaynst the state royall. & also besyde that the kyng my father and this kyng Dāpeter hath a gret sea∣son ben alyed togyder by great cōfederacions / wherfore we are boūde to ayde him / in cause y^t he requyre & desyre vs so to do. Thus y^e prince was moued in his corage to ayde & cōfort this kyng Dāpeter in his trouble & besynes. Thus he answered to his counsell and they coude nat remoue him cut of that purpose / for his mynde was euer more & more fermely set on y^t mater. And whan king Dāpeter of Castell was come to y^e prince to the cyte of Burdeux / he humyled hym selfe right swetely to the prince & offred to him great giftes and profyte / in sayeng that he wolde make Edwarde his eldest son̄e kynge of Galyce / and y^t he wolde de{per}te to hym & to his men great good & richesse / the which he had left behynde hym in the realme of Castell / bycause he durst nat bring it with hym: but this ryches was in so sure kepynge y^t none knewe where it was but himselfe to the which wordes y^e knigh¦tes gaue good entēt / for englysshmen & gascōs naturally are couetouse. Than the prince was counselled to assēble all the barons of the duchy of ac{qui}tayne & his specyall counsell / and so ther was at Burdeux a great counsayle. And there the kyng Dāpeter shewed openly how he wold meyntayne hym selfe / & howe he wolde satisfy euery man / yf the prince wolde take on hym to bring hym agayne into his countre. Thā ther were letters writen & messangers sent forthe / & lordes and knyght{is} sent for all about / as therle of Armynake / therle of Comygines / the lorde Dalbret / the erle of Carmayne / the Captall of Beufz / the lorde of Cande / the vycount of Cha¦styllon / the lorde of Lescute / the lorde of Rosem the lorde of Lespare / the lorde of Chamont / the lorde of Musydent / the lorde of Turtoni y^e lor∣de of Pyncornet / and all the other barons and knightes of Gascoyne / and of Uerne. And also therle of Foix was desyred to come thyder / but he wolde nat: but excused hym selfe by cause he had a dysease in his legge and might nat ryde / but he sent thyder his counsayle.

TO this parlyament thus holden in y^e cy¦te of Burdeux came all the erles / vycoū¦tes / barons / & wyse men of Aquitayne / of Xayn¦ton / Poictou / Duercy / Lymosyn / and of Gas∣coyn. And whan they were all come / they went to coūsell thre dayes / on the state and ordynaū∣ce for this kyng Dāpeter of Spayne who was alwayes ther present in the counsayle with the prince his cosyn / reasonyng alwayes to fortify his quarell & besynesse. Finally the prince was coūselled y^t he shulde send suffyciēt messangers to the kyng his father into England to knowe his coūsell what he shulde do in y^t case. And his pleasure and answere ones knowen / than all y^e lord{is} sayd they wolde take coūsell togyder / & so make the price suche an answere that of reason

he shulde be well content. Than ther were cho¦sen and named four knightes of y^• princes that shulde go into Englande to the kyng / that is to say: sir Dalawar / sir Noell Lornisshe / sir Jo∣han and sir Hely of Pomyers. Thus than de{per}¦ted and brake vp this counsell / and euery man went home to their owne houses: & kyng Dam peter taryed styll at Burdeux with the prince & princesse who dyd him moche honour / & made him great feest and chere. And than the forsaid four knyght{is} depted who were apoynted to go into Englande / and they toke shippyng & sped so well in their iourney by the helpe of god and the wynde that they arryued at Hampton / and ther rested one day to refresshe th•• / and to vn∣ship their horses and caryages. and the second day toke their horses and rode so longe y^• they came to the cyte of London. & ther they demaū¦ded wher the king was / and it was shewed thē howe he was at Wynsore. And thyder they mēt and were right welcome & well receyued bothe with the kyng and with y^• quene / aswell bycau∣se they were pteyning to the prince their sonne / as also bycause they were lordes and knightes of great recōmendacion. Than they delyuered their letters to the king / and the kyng opened & reed them / & whan he had a lytell studyed than he sayd. Sirs ye shall go to your logynges / & I shall sende to you certayne lordes & wyse m•• of my counselle / and they shall answere you w^t shorte expedicyon. This answere pleased well these knightes / and the next day they retorned to London. and within a shorte space after the kyng came to Westm̄ and with hym the moost grettest of his counsell: as his son̄e the duke of Lācastre / therle of Arūdell / therle of Salysbu¦ry / therle of Māny / sit Reynold Cobham / the erle Percy / the lorde Neuyll and dyuers other and prelates ther were the bysshop of Wynche stre / of Lyncolne / and of London. And so they kept a great coūsell and a long vpon the Princ{is} letters / and on his request that he had made to y^• kyng his father: finally it semed to the kyng and his counsell athyng due & resonable for the prince to take on him to bring agayne the king of Spaygne into his owne herytage: & to this they all opēly agreed. And thervpon they wrot notable letters / dyrected fro the kyng and fro y^• coūsell of England to the prince / & to all the ba¦rons of aqtayn. and so with these letters y^• said messangers depted agayne to the cyte of Bur∣deux / wher as they founde the prince & the kyn¦ge Dāpeter / to whome they delyuered letts fro the kyng of England. Than was ther a newe day of counsell set to be had in the cyte of Bur¦deux / and thyder cāe all suche as were sent for. Than ther was reed openly in the counsell the kyng of Englandes letters / the which deuysed playnly: howe he wolde that the prince his son in the name of god and saynt George / shuld ta∣ke on hym to set agayn kyng Dāpeter into his herytage / the which his bastarde brother wrōg¦fully had taken fro hym without reason / & false¦ly as it apereth / hath put him out therof. Also y^• kynges letters made mēcyon howe he was mo∣che bounde therto / bycause of certayne alyaun∣ces of olde tyme made / bytwene him & the king of Castell his cosyn / as to ayde hym if case req∣red / if he were therto desyred. Wherfore he desi∣red by his letters all his frendes and subgettes that the prince his son myght be ayded & coun∣selled by them / aswell as though he were there present him selfe. And whan the barones of Ac∣quitayne herde reed these letters and cōmaun∣dementes of the kyng / and pceyued the kyng{is} pleasure and the princes their lorde. Thā they toyously answered and sayd: sir weshall glad∣ly obey the kyng our souerayne lordes cōmaū∣dement / it is reason that we obey you and hym and so we wyll do / and serue you in this vyage and kyng Dāpeter in lykewise / but sir we wol∣de knowe who shulde pay vs our wages: for it wyll be hard to get out men of warr into a strā¦ge countre. Than the prince behelde kyng Dā¦peter & sayd: sir kyng ye here what our people say answere you thē / for it behoueth you to an∣swere / seyng the maters be yours. Than y^• kin¦ge Dāpeter answered y^• prince and sayd / right dere cosyn as ferr as the golde syluer & treasur that I haue brought hyder which is nat y^• .xxx. part somoch as I haue left behynd me / as long as that wyll endure I shall gyue and part ther with to your people. Than the prince sayd: sir ye say well / and as for the remnant I shal becōe dettour to thē / and pay thē as the case requireth the whiche I shall lend you / & all that we nede tyll we come in to castell. Sir {quod} the kyng Dā∣peter ye do me great curtesy and grace / and in this counsayle there were dyuers sage men: as therle of Armynake / the lorde of Pomyers / sir John̄ Chandos / the Captall of Beufz and dy∣uers other / who cōsydred that the prince coude¦nat well make this vyage without the acorde & cōsent of the kyng of Nauer / for they coude nat entre into spayne but through his coūtre / & tho¦rowe the strayt{is} of Rayncenalt / the which pas∣sage they were nat in surety to haue / bycause y^• king of Nauer & Henry the bastard had newly

made alyaūce togyder. So thus ther was mo¦che comunynge howe they might do to achyue their purpose: than was it determyned y^t there shulde be another day assigned of a counsell to be kept at the cytie of Bayon / and that y^e prince shulde sende suffycient embassadours to y^e kyn¦ge of Nauer / desyring hym to be at that coun∣sayle in Bayon. And so on this determynacion euery man de{per}ted fully cōcluded to be at Bay∣on the day lymyted and prefixed. In y^e meane season the prince sent sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton to the kyng of Nauerre / who was as than̄e in the cytie of Panpylone. These two sage and well languaged knightes dyde so moche that they came to the kynge of Nauer / who made faythfull couenaunt by wor¦de and by writyng sealed to be at the sayd par∣lyament at Bayon / and theron the messangers retorned agayne to the prince and shewed him these tidynges.

THe day assigned of this {per}lyament ther came to the cyte of Bayon: the kyng of Spayne Dampeter / the prince / the erle of Ar∣mynacke / the lorde Dalbreth / and all the baro∣nes of Gascoyne / Poictou / Guercy / Rouerne / Xayntonge / and Lymosyne. And thyder came personally the kyng of Nauer: and the prince and kyng Dampeter dyde hym great honour / bycause they thought the better to spede with hym. So thus in the cytie of Bayon ther was a great counsell / the whiche endured .v. dayes and the prince and his counsayle had moche to do / or they coude bringe the kynge of Nauerr to their desyre / for he was a man nat easy to be woune if he sawe that mē had any nede of hym How be it the great 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ower of y^e prince brought him into that case: that finally he sware / promy¦sed / and sealed to kyng Dampeter: peace / loue and ferme alyaunce and confederacion. And in lyke maner kyng Dāpeter dyde to hym / vpon certayne cōposicyons that were ther ordeyned Of the whiche the prince of Wales was a mean bytwene them / and chefe deuysour therof. The whiche was that the kyng Dampeter as kyng of all Castell: gaue / sealed / and acorded to the kyng of Nauer / and to his heyres for euer: all the lande of Groyng / as it lyeth on bothe sydes the ryuer. And also all the lande and countre of Sauanter: with the towne / castell / and all the appurtenaūces. Also the towne of saynt John̄ de Prede port / and the marchesse there about / the whiche lādes / townes / castels & seignories he had taken fro him byforce. And also that the kyng of Nauer shulde haue .xx. thousande frā∣kes for the opening of his countre / and to suffre passe peasably all maner of men of warre / and to mynistre to them vitayls and purueyaūces for their money. Of the whiche som̄e of florens the kyng Dampeter became dettour to y^e kyng of Nauer. And whan the barownes of Acquy∣tayne knewe that this treaty was made and cō¦fermed / than they desyred to knowe who shuld pay them their wages. And the price who had great affection to warde this vyage / becāe det∣tour to them for their wages. and the king Dā¦peter becāe dettour to the prince. And whan all these thynges were ordayned and fully confer∣med / and that euery mā knewe what he ought to do and what he shulde haue: and y^• they had soiourned ther the space of .xii. dayes. Than y^e kynge of Nauer departed home into his owne coūtre / and all other lordes departed euery mā to his owne / and the prince went to Burdeaux and the kyng Dāpeter taryed styll at Bayone. Than the prince sent his haraldes into Spay¦ne / to certayne knightes & capitayns englysshe¦men and gascoyns / fauourable and obeysaunt to hym / signifyenge them howe that it was his pleasure y^• they shulde take their leaues of Hen¦ry the bastarde and come to hym / sayeng howe he had nede of them / and was of thentent to em¦ploy and ocupy thē otherwise. And whan these haraldes had brought these letters into Castell to these knightes fro the prince / and that they {per} ceyued the princes pleasure: thā they toke their leaue of kynge Henry assoone as they coude in curtesse maner / without discoueryng of the pri¦ces entencyon. Than this bastarde kyng Hen∣ry who was right lyberall / curtesse / and hono∣rable gaue them lycence with many great gyf∣tes / and thanked them greatly of their seruyce. So than de{per}ted fro Spayne sir Eustace Dā∣bretycourt / sir Hewe Caurell / sir Water Huet / sir Mathue Gorney / sir Johan Deureux and their company / and dyuers other knight{is} and squiers the whiche I can nat all name of y^e prin¦ces house: and they departed as shortly as they might. The same season the companyons wer spedde abrode in the coūtre and knewe nothyn∣ge what these sayd knight{is} dyde / howbeit whā they knewe it they gadered to gyder / as sir Ro¦bert Briquet / Johan Treuyll / sir Rebours / {ser} Perducas Dalbreth / sir Garses du chast / Nā∣don of Bergerant / the Bourge of Lespare / the bourg Camus / & the bourg Bartuell. and this bastarde kynge Henry knewe nat y^t the prince was in mynde to bring agayne his brother dā∣peter

into Castell so soone as these knight{is} dyd for if he had knowen it / they shulde nat haue de¦parted so soone as they dyde: for he might well haue letted them if he had knowen it. So these knightes departed / and assoone as kyng Hen∣ry knewe therof he made no great semblant of it / but sayd to sir Bertrā of Clesquy who was styll about hym. Sir Bertram beholde y^e prin¦ce of Wales / it is she wed vs that he wyll make vs warr and bring agayne that iewe who cal∣leth hym selfe kynge of Spaygne byforce into this our realme / sir what say you therto. Sir Bertram answered and sayd: sir he is so valy∣ant a knight that if he take on hym y^• enterpri∣ce he wyll do his power to acheue it yf he may. Therfore sir I say to you / cause your passages and strayt{is} on all sydes to be well kept: so that none may passe nor entre into your realme but by your lycēce. And sir kepe yo^r people in loue / I knowe certaynly ye shall haue in Fraūce ma¦ny knightes and great ayde / the whiche glad∣ly wyll serue you. Sirby your lycence I wyll retorne thyder / and in the meane tyme kepe yo^r people in loue / and I knowe well I shall fynde in Fraunce many frendes. And sir I shall get you as many as I can. By my faythe {quod} kynge Henry ye say well / and I shall order all the re∣menant acordyng to your wyll. and so within a lytell space after sir Bertram departed & wēt into Aragon wher the kyng receyued hym ioy¦ously / and ther he taryed a .xv. dayes / and thā departed and went to Mountpellyer and ther founde the duke of An••••ou / who also receyued hym ioyously / as he whome he loued right en∣tierly. And whā he had ben ther a season he de∣parted and went into Fraūce to the kyng / who receyued hym with great ioye.