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 the gauntoyse besieged the towne of And warpe / & of the gret as¦saut they made at Teremond where as the erle lay. Cap. CCC .liii. (Book 353)

THe erle of Flaunders / who lay at Lyle / vnderstod howe they of Ipre were tur¦ned to the gauntoyse parte. and that by y^• meanes of thē of the meane craftes in the towne / he was sore displea∣sed / aswell for the dethe of his knightes y^t were slayne in the towne / as for other causes / howe be it / he sayd. Well: if we haue lost Ipre at this tyme / we shall recouer it agayne a nother tyme to their myschiefe. for I shall stryke of so many of their heedes / that all other shall beware ther¦by / and be abasshed. The erle specyally enten∣ded to prouyde for y^e towne of And warpe / both with prouision and good men of armes. For he supposed / that the gauntoyse wolde come thy∣der and lay siege therto / for he thought it shuld be to him a great domage / if they were lordes of that towne. For therby they shulde haue the good ryuer of Lescault / and the flete therofat their pleasure. therfore therle sēt thyder a great nombre of knightes and squiers / of Flaunders of Heynalt / and of Arthoyse. And so they were maysters there / whyder they of y^t towne wolde or nat. The capitayns of Gaunt / who were re¦turned fro Ipre in to their towne agayn / herde howe therle made great prouision for y^e towne of And warpe. Than they determyned to goo and lay siege therto / and nat to departe thens / tyll they had it / and slayn all them within / and beaten downe the gates and walles therof. so they made a cōmaundement in Gaunt / that e∣uery man shulde be redy apparelled to go thy∣der / as their capytayns wolde lede them. To

whiche crye there was non wolde disobey / and so charged tentes / pauilyons / and other proui∣sions / and departed fro Gaunt / and came and loged before And warpe / in the fayre medowes a long by the ryuer of Lescalte. and thre dayes after / came they of Bruges and lodged on the syde next their owne towne / and they brought with them great prouisyons. Than came they of Ipre in great array / and they of Propringe / of Messanes / and also of Grantmont. The fle¦mynges there before And warpe / were in nom¦bre / mo than a hundred thousande / and hadde made brydges of shyppes nayled toguyder on the ryuer of Lescalte / to go one to another. The erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle / was in pur¦pose to go to Teremont / for he hadde sent in to Almayne / to Guerles / and in to Brabant / for a great nombre of knyght{is} and squiers / and spe∣cially to y^e duke of Mons his cosyn / who came to serue him / with a great nombre of knyghtes and squiers / and went in to Teremont / where he founde the erle of Flaūders / who was come thyder by y^• fronters of Haynalt / and Brabant who were ryght ioyfull of his comynge.

THus the siege contynewed before And∣warpe with many great assautes made by the flemynges / and scrimysshes nyghe eue∣ry daye / and manlye dedes of armes doone at the barryers / and men slayne and hurt. for the flemynges aduentured them selfe often tymes folisshely. So that often tymes by their pride / they were slayne and hurte. Within the towne ther were an .viii. C. speares of knyghtes and squiers right valiant men. and also .vii. barōs as the lorde of Guystels / the lorde Uillers / the lorde Hullut / the lorde Scornayse. flemynges and heno wayes / the lorde Danghen / the lorde Dantoing / the lorde Bosnell / y^e lorde of Taux / the lorde of Gomegines / and the thre bretherne sir Johan / sir Dannyell / and sir Josse / the lord of Stanburge / the lorde Carue / sir Gerrarde of Marquelles / the lorde of Cohen / sir Rafe Monteney / sir Henry of Hamede / sir Johan of Gres. And so many knightes that they were a hundred & fyue / and they made good watche / and hadde no trust on them of the towne / and caused them to haue their wyfes and chyldren in to the mynsters and churches / and the bur∣gesses to kepe their owne houses / for feare of the gonnes and fyre / the which the flemynges cast often tymes in to y^e towne / to haue set the towne a fyre / wherfore they within caused the howses to be couered with erthe / to the entent that the fyre shulde do no hurte.

THis siege thus beynge before Ande∣warpe the flemynges and capitayns that were there / had knowledge howe their lorde the erle was at Teremonde / and the duke of Mons his cosyn with hym. than the gauntoyse sent a sixe thousand of their men to go thyder / and to gyue assaut to Teremonde / and Rase of Harsell was their capitayne / and so they came on a tuesdaye at nyght / to a lytell village a leage fro Teremond by the ryuer of Ture / and there they lodged. The flemynges had ordayned a certayne nombre of shyppes to come downe the ryuer / & so to assayle it by wa∣ter as well as by lande. And anone after myd∣nyght they armed / and made thē redy to fyght incōtynent / whan they were ones come to Te∣remonde. and so thought to take the lordes in their bedd{is} / and so they went forthe. But some men of the countre that were aduertysed / howe the flemynges were goynge by night to Tere¦mond / they went & gaue warnyng to the wache¦men of Teremonde. Saynge / sirs: take good hede / for certayne gauntoyse lyeth this nyght nat farre hens / we can nat tell what they pur∣pose to doo. Than the kepars of the gate went and shewed this to the knyght of the wach cal∣led sir Terrey of Bredero a holandre. whan he knewe therof he toke the better hede & made the surer watche / and gaue warnyng therof to thē of the castell / & to euery house in y^e towne / wher as the knightes were lodged. And at the poynt of the daye lyght / the flemynges came bothe by lande & by water / and were reoy to the assaute. And whan they of the towne and castell sawe them aproche / than they began to sownde their trompettes to awake all their company / and so there were the moost parte of all the knyghtes and squiers redy armed. And the erle who lay and slept in y^e castell / whan he vnderstode that the flemynges were come thyder to gyue hym assaut / he rose and armed him and issued out of the castell / with his baner before him. The same tyme ther was with him / sir Gossuyn of Urle great bayly of Flaūders / and the lorde of Gau / sir Gerard of Rasēghen / sir Philyp of Mamy¦nes and dyuers other / as sir Philyp of Rungi burgonyon. all these lordes drewe vnder the ex¦les baner / and went to the assaut / whiche was than begone ryght ferse and cruell / for the fle∣mynges had brought with them in their shyp∣pes / gonnes and crosbowes / where with they shote so great quarelles / that whosoeuer they hyt he dyed of the stroke. But agaynst the shot

of quarelles / they within had a great nombre of pauesses. and also the erle had within many good crosbowes the whiche dyde moche hurt amonge the flemynges. The duke of Mons was there with his baner before hym / and in his company there was the lorde of Bredero / sir Josse and sir Terey de la ware / sir Wyuant of Chuperoyse and dyuers other / euery man doynge ryght well their deuoyre. And at a no∣ther gate within / there was sir Robert Dalle / sir Johan Uillayne / and the lord of Wyndscot with sir Robert marshall. This was a sore as∣saute / bothe by lande and by water / the flemyn¦ges had many hurte / and so ther were of bothe partes: howe beit moost of the flemynges. for they aduentured them selfe somtyme folisshly. This assaut endured without cease / fro y^e mor¦nyng erly tyll it was none / and there was slayn a knyght of the erles parte / called sir Hugh de Reny a burgonyon / which was great domage and sore complayned / for by his hardynesse he was slayne. Without there was Rase of Har∣sell / who dyde beare hym selfe right valiantly / with his wordes aswell as with his dedes / whi¦che greatly encoraged the gauntoyse.