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 thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande / dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen. Cap. xxiiii. (Book 24)

ANd after that the king had dōe these two execucyōs: he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest & sagest {per}sons of his realme. And so it was about a yere after: y^t Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France / & that all the ba∣rones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him / except the yong king of England / who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen: nor also he was nat somo∣ned therto. Than y^e king of France by thaduise of all his counsell: sent ouer into Englande / the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt / and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Pa¦rys: named maister Peter of Orlyaunce / and maister Peter of Masieres. These .iiii. de{per}ted fro Paris / and dyd somoch by their iourneis y^t they cāe to Wysant / and ther they toke see & ary¦ued at Douer. And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages: & thā they rode forth so long that they cāe to Wyn¦sore. Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay. And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their com∣myng. The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn: caused them to cōe to his presence / and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message. And y^e kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme / nor his counsell was nat as than about hym: but desyred them to drawe to Lōdon / and ther they shulde be answered: in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content. And so they dy¦ned in the kynges chambre and after departed / and lay the same nyght at Colbroke / and y^t next day at London. It was nat long after: but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster. And all his counsell was cōmaunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited / and whan they were all assembled. Than the frenche embassadours were sent for: and there they declared thoccasy∣on of their cōmynge / and delyuered letters fro their maister. Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do. Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell / that they shulde be answered by thor∣dynaunce and style of his predecessours / by the bysshopp̄ of London. And so the frēchmen wer called into the counsell chambre: than the bys∣shop of London sayd. Lordes that be here assē∣bled for the kyng of Fraunce / the kyng is grace

my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes / and redde the tenour of your letters. Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present: that he go into Fraunce / to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn. Who right amyably hath sent for hym / and as touchyng his faith anohomage / he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght. And syrs ye may shewe y^e kyng yo^r maister / that within short space the kyng of En∣glande our maister shall arryue in France: and do all that reason shall requyre. Thā these mes∣sangers were feasted / and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles / and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche / that at last they came to Parys / wher they found kyng Phylyppe / to whome they recounted all their newes. Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn / for he hadde neuer sene hym before. And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in y^• realm of Fraunce. Than dukes / erles / and other lor∣des aparelled them in their best maner: and the kyng of Fraūce wrot his letters to kyng Char∣les of Behaygne his cosyn: and to the kynge of Nauarre. Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym / desyringe them to be with hym at the same day / and so they came thyder with gret array. Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce / that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas / and there to make prouysion for his commyng. There was chambers halles hoste ries / and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company. And al∣so for the duke of Burgoyne / the duke of Bur∣bon / the duke of Lurren: and syr John̄ of Ar∣toyes. There was purueyaunce for a thousan∣de horse / and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande. The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce. And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently / and there departed out of Englande / in his cō∣pany two bysshoppes / besyde the bysshoppe of London / and foure erles. The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne / sonne to {ser} Tho¦mas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke / the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke / and the erle of Hereforde / and. vt. barownes. The lorde Raynolde Cobham / the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande / the lorde Persy / y^• lorde Māny / and the lorde Mowbray. And mo than .xl. other knyghtes / so that the kyng and his cō∣pany were about a thousand horse / and y^• kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant. Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne / and there taryed one day. This was about the myddes of August / the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce / howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne. Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande / who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde / and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere / made on bothe parties. Than̄e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt / and in his company the constable of Fraunce. And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas / wher as kyng Phylippe / and the kynge of Behaygne. The kynge of Mayllorgues / and the kynge of Na∣uarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande / with many other dukes / erles / and great barownes. For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce / redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande, and to be there pea∣sably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englan∣des homage. Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued. and thus these kynges and o∣ther princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes / and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed / but as farr as I coude knowe / kyng Edwarde of Englād made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde / and nat puttyng his hādes by∣twene the kynge of Fraunce handes / nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym. Nor the kynge of Englande wolde nat procede any farther in doyng any more / concernyng his ho∣mage. But rather he was detmyned to returne agayne into Englande / and there was redde o∣penly the priuyleges of auncyent tyme graun∣ted / the which was declared in what maner the kynge shulde do his homage and howe and in what wyse he shulde do seruyce to the kynge of Fraunce. Than the kynge of Fraunce sayd co∣syn / we woll nat disceyue you / this that ye haue done pleaseth vs rightwell / as for this present tyme. Tyll such tyme as ye be returned agayne into your realme / and that ye haue sene vnder the seales of your predecessoures / howe and in what wyse ye shulde do. And so thus the kynge of Englande tooke his leaue and departed fro the kynge of Fraunce ryght amyably. And of all other princes that was there / and retourned agayne into Englande / and laboured so longe that he came to Wyndesor. Where his quene re∣ceyued d hym right ioyously. And demaunded

tidynges of kynge Phylippe her vncle / and of her linage of Fraūce. The kyng shewed her all that he knewe and of the gret chere and honour that he had there / and sayd in his mynde there was no realme coude be compared to y^e realme of Fraunce. And than within a space after the kyng of Fraunce sent into Englande of his spe¦cyall counsell: the bysshoppe of Chartres / and the bysshoppe of Beannays / the lorde Loys of Cleremont / the duke of Burbon / therle of Har∣court / and therle of Tankermylle: with dyuers other knyghtes and clerkes to y^e counsell of En¦glande / the which was than holden at London for the parfourmaunce of the kyng of Englan∣des homage: as ye haue harde before. And also the kyng of England and his counsell had well ouersene the maner and fourme / how his aun∣cyent predecessours had done their homage for the duchy of Acquitayne. There were many as than in Englande y^• murmured and sayd: how the kyng their lorde was nerer by true successi∣on of herytage to the crowne of Fraunce / than Phylippe of Ualoys: who was as than kyng of Fraunce. Now be it the kyng and his coūsell wolde nat knowe it / nor speke therof as at that tyme: thus was ther great assemble and moch a do how this homage shulde be parfourmed. These embassadours taryed styll in England all that wynter / tyll it was the moneth of May folowyng / or they had aunswere dyffinatyue: how be it finally the kynge of Englande by the aduyce of his counsell / and on the syght of his priuyleges where vnto they gaue great fayth: was determyned to write letters in the maner of patentes sealed with his great seale / knowle gyng therin the homage that he ought to do to the kyng of Fraunce. The tenour and report of the which letters patentes foloweth.

EDward by the grace of god: kyng of En¦gland / lorde of Ireland / and duke of Ac∣quitayne. To them y^• these present letters shall se or here / send gretyng. We wold it be knowen that as we made homage at Amyas / to y^e right excellent prince our right dere cosyn Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce: and there it was requyred by hym that we shuld knowledge the sayd homage and to make it to hym expresly / promysinge to bere hym fayth and trouth y^• which we dyd nat as than / by cause we were nat enfourmed of the trouth. We made hym homage by generall wor¦des: in sayeng how we entred into his homage in lyke maner as our predecessours. Dukes of Guyen in tymes past had entred into thomage of the kyng of Fraūce for that tyme beyng. And syth that tyme we haue ben well enfourmed of the trouth. Therfore we knowlege by these pre∣sentes: that such homage as we haue made in y^• cyte of Amyas to the kyng of Fraunce in gene∣rall wordes / was and ought to be vnderstande this worde lyege man: and that to hym we owe to bere faith and trouth / as duke of Acquitayne and pere of Fraunce / erle of Poyters & of Mut¦terell. And to thentent in tyme cōmynge y^t there shulde neuer be dyscorde. For this cause we pro∣myse for vs and our successours duk•• of Acqui∣tayne / that this homage be made in this maner folowyng. The kyng of Englande duke of Ac∣quitayne / holdeth his handes bytwene the han∣des of the kyng of Fraūce. And he that shall ad∣dresse these wordes to the kynge of Englande duke of Acquitayne / shall speke for the kyng of Fraunce in this maner. yeshall become lyege man to the kynge my lorde here present as duke of Guyen and pere of Fraunce. And to hym pro¦myse to bere faythe and trouthe say ye: and the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen and his suc∣cessours sayth ye. And than the kyng of Fraūce receyueth the kyng of Englande duke of Guy∣en / to this sayd homage as lyege man w^t faythe and trouth spoken by mouth: sauyng his ryght and all other. And furthermore whan the sayd kyng entreth in homage to the kyng of Fraūce for therldome of Poyters and of Muttrell / he shall put his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of Fraunce for the sayd erldome. And he that shall speke for the kynge of Fraunce / shall addresse his wordes to the kynge and erle: and say thus. ye shall become liege man to the kyng of Fraūce my lorde here present / as erle of Poy¦ters and Muttrell. And to hym {pro}myse to bere fayth & trouth / say ye. And the kyng erle of Poy¦ters / sayth ye. Than the kyng of Fraūce recey∣ueth the kyng and erle to this sayd homage by his fayth / and by his mouth sauyng his ryght and all other. And after this maner it shalbe done / and renewed as often as homage shulde be done. And of that we shall delyuer and our successours dukes of Guyen: after these sayd ho¦mages / made letters patentes sealed with our great seale. If the kynge of Fraūce requyre it / and besyde that we promyse in good faythe to holde and to kepe effectuously the peace / and cō¦corde made bytwene the kynges of Fraūce and the kynges of Englande dukes of Guyen. &c. These letters the lordes of Fraunce brought to the kyng their lorde / and the kyng caused them to be kept in his chauncery.