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 the siege that the lorde Coucy / and the lorde de la Ryuer layd to Ca∣rentyne: and of the castelles and tow¦nes that the kynge of Nauerre lost in Normandy Cap. CCC .xxx. (Book 330)

THe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and the lorde de la ••yuer ••esieged Carentyne with great pu∣yssaunce / and they of Ca••••∣tyne hadde as than no capi¦tayne of name / nor had nat sithe the deth of sir Eustace Dambreticourt / who dyed ther. He had been capitayne ther foure yere. So they hadde no conforte nor counsayle but of them selfe / & they sawe well agaynst them a great nombre / and al¦so the admyrall of Fraunce sir Johan of Uyen and the admyrall of Spaygne / and with them a great nombre of menne of warre before Chy∣••rbourge. They knewe nothynge of the trea∣tie of the kyng of Nauerr / nor howe he hadde spedde in Englande. And they were dayly as∣sayled

two wayes: the one by armyes / and the other way by wordes: for the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer / wolde gladly haue had the towne of Carentyne. And at last they dyde so moche that they had it by treatie / & so it was gyuen vp to the obeysance of the frenche kyng / the right reserued of the true enhery toure / who was the kyng of Nauers son̄e. In all treaties the lordes of Fraunce acorded to reserue y^• chyl¦des right / for they cared nat / so they might ha∣ue the townes and castels in their possessyon. Thus they had Carentyne / & put therin newe men of warre: and than departed and went to the castell of Molmeur and within thre dayes they had it by treatie. And than they wente to Couches and lay by the fayre ryuer of Dorne / whiche rynneth to Cane: and ther they taryed tyll they knewe the myndes of thē of Couches / and so they yelded vp by treatie. The lorde of Coucy / and the lorde de la ryuer / had alwayes with them the chylde of Nauer / whiche helped moch their mater. euer whan any yelded vp to the french kyng or to his cōmyssioners / it was euer in the treatie by condycion / y^• they might depart whan they lyst / and whyder they wolde Suche as departed went no farther but to Eu¦reur / wherof Done Ferant naueroyse was ca∣pitayne. ¶ After the conquest of Couches / they departed and wēt to Past / and ther made assaut / and dyuers hurt on bothe parties: but the same day it was yelded vp / and so y^• castell became frenche. And finally all that euer y^• kyn¦ge of Nauer had in Normandy / excepte Eu∣reux and Chyerbourge / was yelded vp and be¦come french. And whan they had wonne all ca∣stels and small holdes / and that all the countre was vnder their obeysaunce. Than they went and layed siege to Eureux: and ther be & were wente to be of olde vsage / the moost strongest naueroyse in all Normany: and they of Deu∣reur neuer loued perfitely none other lorde but the kyng of Nauer. So Eureux was besieged right puissantly and endured a long season for within was Feraudo capitayne / who dyde ma¦ny a feate of armes with his owne handes.

THe same season the kynge of Nauerre was retourned in to his owne countre / and trusted some what to haue been ayded by the englysshmen / howe be it they dyde hym no profyte as apered. For the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambridge hadde the wynde a¦gaynst them to come in to Normandy. And al∣soo the armye that was made in Englande / of the foure thousande men of armes / and eyght thousande archers. Assoone as they were come to Hampton they entred in to their shyppes / be¦fore the feest of saynt Johan the Baptyst / and so departed: and they founde at Plommouthe the erle of Salisbury and sir Johan of Arun∣dell / who shulde haue gone in to Bretayne / to haue refresshed thē of Brest and of Hanybout but they coulde haue no wynde before. And so they entred in to the duke of Lancasters army / and toke lande in the yle of Wight / where they taryed a longe space / to here tidynges outher out of Bretayne or oute of Normandy. Than they herde tidynges / howe the army of Fraun∣ce was one the see / wherfore they sent sir John̄ of Arundell / with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers to Hampton / to es∣chewe all the parels that might fall by the see.