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 Thomas Mosegraue & the englisshmen were discomfytted by the scottes. And of the deth of the frenche quene. Cap. CCC .xxv. (Book 325)

SIr Thomas Mosegraue and his sonne & the englisshe¦men / who desyred greatly to fynde y^e scottes / departed fro Mauros / and toke the waye towardes Morlane / and left the ryuer of Twyde on their left hādes / & went vp a mountayne called saynt Gylle / and there were the scotyshe currours / who ryght well ad¦uysed the englisshmen / and so returned to their company and shewed them all the dealynge of the englisshmen / and howe to their estimacyon they were nat past thre baners / and .x. penons. of the whiche tydinges the scottes were ryght ioyfull / & sayd all with one wyll: let vs go and ryde to them / in the name of god & saynt Gylle for they ar all ours / than they cryed all one cry Duglas saynt Gylle. And they had nat ryden the space of halfe a leage / but they sawe their e∣nemyes / and the englisshmen them. Thā eche party sawe well how it behoued them to fyght. And so y^e erle Duglas made his sonne knyght / called sir James / and made hym to reyse his baner / and in lyke wyse so he dyde two sonnes of the kyng of scottes / sir Robert and sir Da∣uyd / and bothe reysed their baners. and there was made a .xxx. knyghtes on the Scottysshe parte / & a knyght of Suede / called sir George of Besmede / who bare in his armes syluer / a myll pyn / gowles / a border endented gowles. Also sir Thomas Mosegraue made his sonne Thomas knyght / & dyuers other of his house in lyke wise so dyd the lorde Stafforde and the lord Gascope / and so they ordred their archers and set them on the wynge / and thenglisshmen cryed that day our lady of Arleton. There be∣ganne a ferse recounter / and archers began to shote / and men of armes began to styrre. The scottes were so great a nombre / that y^• archers coulde nat take hede in euery place / there was bytwene the {per}ties many a goodly course of a••∣mes / and many a man ouerthrowen to the erth dyuers taken and reskewed agayne at the be∣gynnynge. Sir Archambalt Duglas was a mighty knight and a ••ygge / and sore feared of his enemyes / whan it came to the aprochynge he lyght a foote / and had in his handes a longe

swerd / wherof the blade was two els of length it was to heuy for any other man lyghtly to lyft vp fro y^e erthe / but for him it was lyght ynough and he gaue therwith suche strokes / y^t whome so euer he hytte full / wente to the erthe: so that there was nat the hardiest there / of the englissh parte / but that refused his strokes. There was a sore batayle and well fought / as longe as hi•• endured / but that was nat long / for the scottes were thre agaynst one. I say nat nay: but that the englisshmen bare them selfe ryght valyant¦ly / howe beit fynally they were dyscomfytted / and sir Thomas Mosegraue taken prisoner / and his sonne also: and dyuers other knightes and squyers / so that the scottes had a sixe score of good prisoners / and the chase endured to the ryuer of Twyde / and dyuers were slayne. Af∣ter this discōfytur / the scottes drewe into their owne countre / and determyned to go to E••en∣bourge / for they knewe by their prisoners that the erle of Northūberlande / and therle of No∣tyngham were in the countrey / by the ryuer of Twyde in the way towardes Roseburge / and howe they were men ynowe / to fyght with the power of Scotlande for a daye / wherfore they thought they myght well br••ke vp their army / and to drawe in to saue garde to kepe their pri∣soners. they toke a better aduyse to drawe hom¦ward / for if they had gone agayne to their ••lde lodgynge / they had been in a great aduenture to haue ben beaten / as I shall shewe you howe.

THe erle of Northumberlande / and the erle of Notyngham / and the ba••ones of Englande / whan they departed fro Berwyke / & sir Thomas Mosegraue departed fro them / they had knowlege by their spyes / that the scot¦tes were lodged at Hōdbray / wherof they were ryght ioyouse / and soo determyned to come on them in the nyght / and s••rymysshe with them. and so they came thyder y^e same night that they were departed in the mornynge / but it rayned so sore that they coulde nat attayne to their en∣treprise / and so lay in the woodes tyll ••he mor∣nynge / than they sent out their spyes to knowe where the scottes were become / & they brought worde agayne howe ••he scottes were departed and howe they coulde fynde none. Tha•• they drue towardes Mauros to here some ty••yng{is} of sir Thomas Mosegraue / and sent a longe the ryuer currours to s•• if they coulde here any tidynges of the scottes. After the ••isco••••s••ture of the felde saint Gylle / as ye haue harde before the currorrs met with some of their owne com∣pany sleynge as falt as they myght / and so they shewed all that euer they knewe of the batayle / and the currous retourned / and had with them suche as they mette slyeng / and so tolde all the certaynte of the batayle / but they coude nat tell howe many were slayne / nor howe many were taken. Whan the englissh lordes herde these ty∣dynges / they were than more pensyue than be∣fore / and good cause why. They were dysplea∣sed for two causes: one bycause they hadde lost their men / y^• other bicause they coude nat fynde the scottes / whom they desyred so sore to fyght withall. so they wolde fayne haue folowed but they wyst nat what way the scottes were gone / and nyght drewe on. than they went to Mau∣ros and lodged there / and incontynent trewe worde cāe to them of the batayle / and howe sir Thom̄s Mosgraue and his son̄e / and sirscore¦men of armes with them were taken prisoners and the scottes led them to Edēborowe. Than thenglisshe lordes sawe well y^t it behoued them to bere this domage as for that present tyme / bi¦cause they coude nat amende it / so they passed that nyght aswell as they myght / & in the mor∣nynge they dysloged / and the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande / gaue leue to euery man to departe home / & he went into his owne coū∣trey. Thus brake vp that iourney / and parte of the scottes went to Edenbourg•• and therle Du¦glas and his son̄e abode styll on the way to Al∣quest. And great tidynges ran ouer all Scot∣lande / of the iourney that their men had made / and so knyghtes & squiers toke their pleasure with their prisoners / and raunsomed them cur¦tesly as they lyst.

¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of Scotlande for this presente tyme / and lette vs speke of o∣ther insydentes that fell in Fraunce.

¶ The same tyme in the monethe of February the frenche quene dyed / and as the p••ysicyons sayde through her owne faulte / for she laye in chyld bed of a fayre lady named ••ateryne / who was after duches of Berrey / the qwene beyng in chyldbed was nat well at ease / and her physi¦cions had defēded her in any wyse that she shul¦••e▪ nat enter in to no bayne / for they sayd it was contrary to her dissease / and ryght perylus for her / All that nat withstandyng she wolde nedes be bayned / and so she was and so fell sycker and dyed. And so kyng Charles of Fraunce was a wydower for he neuer maryed after.