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 sir John̄ Chādos toke Tar∣riers / and howe the erle of Piergourt and dyuers othe knyghtes besieged Riamulle in Quercy. Ca. CC .li. (Book 251)

AFter thys aduenture that thus fell bitwene Mire¦bel and Lusignē (as ye haue herd before) the englisshemē and theyr companyons rode more wiselier together. And nowe letvs speke of {ser} John̄ Chandos / and {ser} Guysshard Dangle / and their cōpanies / who were at Mōtaban a .vii. leages from Tholouse / and made many horrible en∣terpryses / and whan they sawe they had layne there a longe space / and thought they had nat enployed well their season / except in kepyng of the frōters. therfore they determined to go and lay siege to Tarriers in Tholousayn / & so they prepared all thyng redy and departed fro Mō¦taban / and went to Tarriers and besieged it rounde about. And they perceyued well howe they coude nat geat it by noassaute / nor none o∣ther wayes at their ease / without it were by my¦nynge / than they sette theyr mynours a warke / who atcheued theyr warke so well / that on the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 day after they toke and entred into y^e towne and all they within slayne / and the towne rob∣bed and spoyled. And in the same iourney they had thought to haue taken another towne a. iii leages from Tholouse called Lauall: and had layde a busshement there by in a Wodde. And than a .xl. of them couertly armed vnder the ha bytes of villaynes of the countrey were goyng to the towne / but they were disceyued by a vil∣layne boye that was a foote in theyr company / he discouered theyr enterprise / and so they fay∣led of their entēt / and returned agayne to Mō∣taban. In the same season there was abrode in the feldes the erle of Piergourt / therle of Co¦mynges / the erle of Lisle / the Uicount of Car∣mayn / the Uicount of Brunikel / the Uicount of Lautre / {ser} Bertram of Tharide / the lorde de la Barde / the lorde of Pincornet / {ser} Perducas Dalbreth / the Bourge of Lespare the Bourge of Bertueill / Ayemon Dortingue / Jaquet de Bray / Perrot of Sauoy / & Arnolde of Pans / and they were to the nombre of .x. M. and they entred into Quercy / by the cōmaundement of the duke of Aniou / who was as than in the cite of Tholouse / and they brought that lande into great tribulacion / and brent and exyled the coū¦trey: and than they came to Riamulle in Quer¦cy / and besieged the towne / but the seneschall of Quercy had well prouyded for the towne in all maner of thynges / and had therin many good englisshe men / the whiche wold nat yelde vp y^e towne to dye therfor / how be it they of y^e towne wolde gladly haue gyuen it vp. Than the lor∣des and knyghtes of France sent for .iiii. great engins to the cite of Tholouse / and whan they were come they were dressed and reised vp / and they caste nyght and day stones & great peces of tymber into y^e fortresse / and besyde that they set mynours a warke / who made theyr boste to wynne the towne breuely. And alwayes the en∣glysshemen within lyke noble and valiant men comforted eche other and set but lytell by theyr mynynge.