¶ How the hostages that were layd by them of Duriuall were beheeded and howe sir Robert Canolle behee∣ded agayne / all suche prisoners as he had: And also of the duke of Lanca∣stres iourney. Cap. CCC .xi. (Book 311)
LE haue well herde here be∣fore / howe sir Robert Canoll was come to his castell of Duryuall / ye whiche he helde as his owne hery¦tage / and brake the treaty yt was made bytwene his men and the duke of Aniou wherfore the duke came thyder to the siege / for the duke claymed it as his owne enherita. and he had with him a great company of lord{is} and knightes: of Bretayne / of Poictou / and of the lowe marches. The french kyng wolde his cō∣stable / ye lorde Clysson / and other yt were there shulde returne in to Fārce / to ayde his brother the duke of Burgoyne to pursue the englysshe men. Hesent often to them of the castell of Du¦ryuall to obey to him / and to let hym haue pos∣sessyon of the castell. And whan the daye was past / that the castell shulde haue ben delyuerd / yet they lay styll at siege and hadde great mar¦ueyle what they within thought. They knewe well that sir Robert Canoll was entred into the castell / and had newe refresshed it. Than these dukes and lord{is} sent a haraude to sir Ro∣bert Canoll and to sir Hughe Broes / who had made before the treatie with them. And whan the haraulde was come in to the forteresse / he sayd. Sirs / my lordes hath sente me hyder to you / to knowe the cause why ye do nat acquyte your hostages / and delyuer this castell / as the couenant was: & as ye sir Hugh haue sworne. Than sir Robert Canoll / sayd. Haraude / say vnto your maisters: howe that my men coude make no composycion / without me or myne a∣grement. Returne to them and shewe them so. The haraude retourned / and recounted to his lordes all that sir Robert Canoll had said. and so they sent hym agayne with a newe message / and whan he was there / he sayd. Sirs / my lor¦des yet sendeth you worde by me / that the com¦posycion was / y• they shulde receyue in to their forteresse no person / tyll the day that was pre∣fixed. And sithe that tyme and before their day they haue receyued you / sir Robert Canoll in∣to their fortresse / which they ought nat to haue done. Therfore sir / knowe for trouther y• with¦out ye yelde vp the castell / your hostages shall be beheeded. Sir Robert answered / by god ha¦ralde / for all the manysshing of your maisters I wyll nat so lese my castell. And if so be y• the duke cause my men to dye / I shall serue him in lyke case / for I haue here within / bothe knigh∣tes and squyers prisoners: & though I myght haue for them / a hundred. M. frankes / I wyll saue neuer a one of thē. And whan the haraude