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 assautes made before And∣warpe / & of the peace that was made bytwene the flemynges / and therle of Flāders by the means of the duke of Burgoyne / by his great wyt and aduyse. Cap. CCC .liiii. (Book 354)

THan at afternoon the assawte seased / for Rase of Harsell sawe well / how they traueyled in vayne / & howe y^e within Teremond there were many good and valy∣antmen of armes / wherby he parceyued it was nat easy to get them / and also his men began to be wery. Than he sow∣ned the retrayte / and withdrewe a long the ry∣uer fayre and easly / and toke agayne their na∣uy / and y^e next day went agayne to Andwarpe. The siege lay long styll there / and the flemyn∣ges that were there / were lordes of the feldes / and of the ryuer. so that no prouisyon coude en¦tre in to the towne / without great parell / of the syde towarde Haynaulte. howe be it somtyme vitaylers wolde aduenture them selfe for wyn∣nyng: whan the hoost was a slepe / to put them selfe within the bailes of Andwarpe / and so had in to the towne. And amonge the assautes that were made / there was one that endured a hole day / and there were made dyuers newe knygh¦tes within the towne / of Heynalt / of Flaūders / and of Artoyse. and so the newe knyghtes came and fought with the gauntoyse at the barry∣ers. There was a good scrimysshe and many a feate of armes doone / and dyuers flemynges slayne and hurte / but they made lytell therof / for lytell they feared the dethe / wherby they ad∣uentured them selfe the more largely. for whan they that were before were slayne & hurte / they that folowed wolde pull them backe / and sette themselfe before & shewed hardy visage. Thus contynued that assaut / whiche endured tyll it was nere nyght. Than they of Andwarpe re∣tourned in to their towne / and closed their ga∣tes and barryers / and than buryed them that were dedde / and dressed busely them that were hurte.

THe flemynges that lay thus at siege be∣fore Andwarpe / trusted by their sege to cōquere the towne / and them that were within by famyne or assaut. for they knewe well their siege lay so rounde about / that nothynge coude come in to the towne / nother by lande nor wa∣ter. and the longe lyeng there coulde nat greue them moche / bycause they were in their owne countrey / and nere to their owne houses / wher¦fore they lacked nothyng that was nedefull for them / for they hadde vitayle / and euery thynge there largely / & at a better price / than they shuld haue had outher in Bruges / or in Gaunt. The erle of Flaunders / who sawe well y^e there was in the towne a great nombre of knyghtes and squiers / douted greatly of one poynt / and that was / lest by long sege they shulde be famysshed within. wherfore he wolde gladly that ther had ben some honourable treaty for him / for in dede the warre thus with his men / greued him great¦ly / it was neuer with his good wyll. And also the lady hys mother Margarete / countesse of Arthoyse / was ryght sory to se it. And blamed the erle therfore / and toke moche payne to ap∣pease it. This countesse lay in the cytie of Ar∣ras. Than she wrote all the mater to the duke of Burgoyne / to whome the herytage of Flaū∣ders shulde fall after the dethe of therle / by rea∣son of the lady Margaret his wyfe. The duke

who was well informed of all the mater / for eue¦ry daye he harde tidynges. He went to Arras and his counsayle with hym / as sir Guy de la Tremoyll / sir John̄ of Uyen admyrall of Frā∣ce / sir Guy of Pountayllers / and dyuers other. The countesse of Artoyse was glad to se them / and shewed the duke right sagely all the warr / bytwene the erle of Flaunders her sonne / and his countrey. sayeng / howe it greatly displea∣sed her / and ought to displease euery reasona∣ble man. And howe that a great nombre of ho∣nourable men were within the towne of And∣warpe in great {per}ell: desiryng therfore the duke for goddessake to fynde some remedy. the duke answered / and sayd: He was bounde so to do / and howe that he wolde do the beste of his po∣wer. Than anone after the duke de{per}ted fro Ar¦ras / and went to Tournay / where he was re∣ceyued with great ioy / for they of Turnay desy¦red greatly to haue peace / bycause of their mar¦chandise to and fro / on the ryuer of Lescalt / the whiche was as than closed fro them. The duke of Burgoyne sent the abbot of saynt Martens to the hoost before Andwarpe / to knowe if the capitayns of Gaunte wolde fall to any treaty. The abbot brought worde a gayne to the duke of Burgoyn / that for his loue they wolde be cō¦tent. And so y^e duke gaue salue conduct to them to the bridge of Roone / and the flemynges in likewyse to him. This treatie endured fro the mornynge tyll nyght / for the duke came to the bridge of Rone / to speke with the flemynges. than the duke retourned to Tournay / and the erle in his company / who went in and out with hym. This treatye endured .xv. dayes / for it was harde to fynde meanes of peace / bycause the flemynges wolde haue had Andwarpe / to the entent to haue had it beaten downe / but the duke and his counsayle / wolde in no wyse con∣sent therto. The flemynges / who were great / fierse / and orgulous / and set nothyng by peace / for they reputed Andwarpe and all tho within in a maner yelded / Nor they coulde nat go out without their daunger. And the duke of Bur∣goyne / who sawe the flemynges so proude and so harde to fall to any treatie hadde great mar∣uayle what they ment therby. And on a day he gate a saue conduct for his marshall to go in to the towne / to speke with the knyghtes there. so the marshall of Burgoyne went to Andwarpe and founde there the company in good poynt. howe beit they had great nede of some thyng{is} / yet they spake valiantly / and sayd. Say for vs to the duke of Burgoyne / that lette him make none euyll bargayn for feare of vs / for thanked be god we are in good poynt / and haue no feare of our enemyes. This aunswere pleased great∣lye the duke of Burgoyne / who was styll at the bridge of Rone. Howe be it for all that / he lefte nat his pursute for peace. To say trouthe / they of Bruges and of Ipre with thē of Frāke were wery / and sore anoyed / for they sawe well the wynter aproched. so they shewed their myndes in counsayle / and sayd: howe the duke of Bur∣goyne hadde taken great laboure / and is come hyder to vs / and hath offered vs / that all thyn∣ges shulde be pardoned. And the erle our lorde to returne to Gaunt and to abyde ther with vs and neuer to make semblant of any thyng past. these thinges ought to enclyne vs to peace / and truely we ought to knowe our lorde / and nat to take fro him his herytage. These wordes a∣peased moche them of Gaunte / and accorded to their sayeng. And on a daye the duke of Bur∣goyne gaue a dyuer to them of Gaunt / of Bru∣ges / of Ipre / and of Courtray. and y^e same day it was concluded that the siege shuld be reysed and good peace to be in Flaūders / bytwene the erle and his men. And the erle to pardon euery thynge / and nothynge to reserue without any excepcy on or dissymulacion. & the erle to come and dwell in Gaunt / and within a yere they of Gaunt / to make agayne the castell of Dandre∣hen / the whiche the gauntoyse hadde brente: as the noyse ranne. And for the sure confyrmacy∣on of all these thynges / Johan Prunaux shuld go to Courtray with the duke / and there char∣ters of the peas shuld be made and sealed. and so on this clause the duke retourned to Tour∣nay. And Johan Prunaux / and Johan Boulle abode styll in the hoost. The next day the peace was cryed bytwene bothe partyes / and so the siege brake vp / and euery man went home too their owne howses / and the erle gaue lycence to all his sowdyers to departe. And thanked the strangers of the good seruyce / y^• they had done to him. and so than he went to Lysle / ther to fi∣nysshe vp the alyances / that his brother of Bur¦goyne hadde made. And some of the countreys ther about sayd: that this was a peas with two vysages. sayng howe they wolde rebell agayn shortely / & that the erle of his parte was agreed to the peace / but to the entent to haue out of danger the noble knightes and squiers that were in And∣warpe in great parell.

IOhan Prunaux after the depar∣tynge fro the siege of Andwarpe / he went to Tournay / and ther the duke of Burgoyn mad him good there / and there was made parfyt all the ordynaūce of the peace / and the duke of Burgoyne / and y^e erle of Flaunders sealed ther¦to. & than Johan Prunaux returned to Gaunt and shewed howe he had spedde. The duke of Burgoyne had so sore desyred them of Gaunt / and shewed so swete wordes to them / that they were cōtent to kepe the peace ferme and stable / bytwene them and And warpe. For at the rey∣syng of the sege / the gauntoyse wolde haue had two gates of / the towne beaten downe / and the walles bytwene / bycause it shulde alwayes be open for them / to entre atte their pleasure. And whan the erle of Flaunders had ben a certayne space at Lysle / and that the duke of Burgoyne was gone in to Fraunce. Than he went to the towne of Bruges and there taryed a longe sea∣son after / & shewed couertlye great displeasure to certayn burgesses of the towne / but he made none other prouisyon among them. his displea¦sure was bycause they hadde so soone forsaken him / and turned to the seruyce of thē of Gaunt. The burgesses excused them / as trouthe was / that it was nothyng in their faute / but the faut was in them of the meane craftes / who wolde nedes be alyed to them of Gaunt / whan John̄ Lyon cāe thyder. So y^e erle passed his displea∣sure aswell as he myght / howe be it he thought neuer the lesse.

¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of hym and of them of Flaunders / and let vs retourne to the busynesses of Bretayne.