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Kyng Johan of Castyle all this season gadered togi¦der his men of warre out of Fraunce / and other places. So that he had a two thou∣sande speares knightes and squyers / and four thousand of other / besyde them of his owne coūtre / wher∣of
he had well a ten thousande a horsbacke and as many a fote. Whan he knewe howe the kyng of Portingale wolde ryde / he ordayned y• more honorably to vse his warre. seynge y• he knewe hym selfe p••yssant bothe of money and of men. And so sent to the kyng of Portyngale / demaū¦dyng of hym / to delyuer a certayne pese of lāde in Portyngale / where as they might de••myne batayle / puyssaunce agaynst puyssaunce. And if he resused so to do / than he to offre to delyuer hym the same in Spayne. The kyng{is} haralde had the charge to go with this message / and so he rode to Lysbon and ther dyde his message. The kynge than answered the haralde / & sayd. howe he wolde take aduyse in this mater / whi∣che way he wolde take. And whan he were de∣tmyned: than he promysed to sende worde ther of to the kynge of Spayne. Than the haralde departed agayne to Ceuyll / and there he foūde the kyng / and they of Fraunce / of Aragon / and of Galyce / who were as than all cōe to the kyng And ther he shewed his answere / so that euery man was well content. And it was nat long af∣ter / but that the kyng of Portyngale / by the ad¦uyse that he had of the Englysshemen / that he shulde delyuer a certayne place to do batayle / in his owne countrey. And than there was or∣dayned / suche as shulde go and a viewe a place conuenyent. And so for that entent went forthe sir Thomas Symon and the souldiche of Le∣stra••: and they aduised a place bitwene Clues and ••ale de Lore / whiche was a fayre playne place to fyghton. And these two knyghtes and their company / had a scrimysshe as they wente to aduyse this place / with some of y• foreryders of the kyng of Castyls: and there were dyuers hurt and slayne on bothe parties. And so final∣ly / they retourned to the kyng of Portyngale / and shewed hym / how they hadde aduysed the place / and where it was / wherwith euery man was well content. Than the kynge ordayned a knyght of Almayne ▪ named sir Johan Custo∣dore / to go to the kynge of Castyle on that mes∣sage / and an haralde with hym. And so they de∣parted and rode to Ceuyll / and there dyd their message. Shewyng hym howe he shulde haue place delyuered hym / bitwene Clues and Uale¦de lore. And that within fyue dayes after he de∣parted fro ••cuyll / he shulde fynde the kynge of Portyngale there redy / to gyue hym batayle. sayeng / nowe he desyred nothyng els. Of these tidynges the spanyerdes were ryght ioyfull / & also the frenche men. And there the knightes of Spaygne toke the messangers of Portyngale and made them great chere all that day / & helde them as good company as they coude. and the next day brought them to Jafreys / and than re¦tourned. And the messangers retourned to the kyng of Portyngale / & shewed hym / howe they had done their message / and the aunswere that they had. Wherwith the kynge was well cōtent and all the other.
It was nat long after / but that the kynge of Portyngale went and lodged hym & his hoost / about the same place before aduysed / bytwene Clues & Uale delore / in a fayre playne among the olyues / and he was to the nōbre of .xv. thou¦sandemen. And the fourthe daye after / thyder came the erle of Cambridge with the englysshe men in good order / and they were in nombre ▪ a sixe hundred men of armes & as many archers / and so they lodged thēselfe ioyninge to the kyn¦ges company. And whan the kyng of Spayne knewe / that the kynge of Portyngale was lod∣ged in the felde / wher as the batayle shulde be. he made semblant / as though he had be gladde therof and sayd. Let vs go forthe / our enemyes abydeth vs / it is tyme that we ryde. We desy∣red of them the batayle / and they acorded to vs and so they kepte their promyse / as they made. It can be none otherwyse: but y• we shall haue batayle / lette vs drawe thyderwarde. Than it was cōmaunded / that euery man shulde go for¦warde. And so they departed out of their logyn¦ges all knightes and squyers / geneuoys & ge∣netours: and all folowed the kyug{is} baner. And so he went and lodged within two lytell myles / of the place apoynted. The kynge of Castyle with the genetours / was to the nombre of thre∣score thousande men.
THus in this maner these two hostes lay the one before thother / and bytwene thē the hyll and the towne of Uale de lore / partey∣nyng to the kyng of Spayne. and thyder resor¦ted his men / whan they lyst to refresshe them. & the cytie of Clues was on the other parte of the hyll / {per}teyning to the kyng of Portyngale. By∣twene these two hostes and the moūtayne / ther was done dayly ded{is} of armes / by yong knygh¦tes and bachelers / desyring to auaūce thēselfe. This they contynued the space of .xv. dayes or more. The faut was nat in the kyng of Castell that they had no batayle / but it was rather in y• kynge of Portyngale. For he sawe well he was nat stronge ynough to fight with the spaynier∣des / and so douted the parell that myght fall. For he sawe well if he were ther discōfyted / his realme were lost / for euer fro hym. And also / all
that season: he loked euer after the comynge of the duke of Lancastre and his company out of Englande. For he had promysed to bring with hym / a foure thousande men of armes / and as many archers. For the erle of Cambridge had certifyed y• kyng of Portyngale / that he wolde come. And he thought nat the cōtrary / but that he wolde haue come. For the duke of Lācastre at the beginnyng / whan he departed out of En¦glande / promysed hym by his faythe. That as soone as he were retourned out of Scotlande / that he wolde incontynent come into Portyn∣gale / with suche a nombre: as to be able to fight with the kynge of Spaygne. And true it was / the duke of Lancastre dyde all that he might to kepe his promyse. But bycause of the trouble y• had ben the same yere in Englande / and for cer¦tayne other incydentes that had fallen in Flaū∣ders. The kyng of Englande nor his coūsayle / wolde nat suffre hym to de{per}te out of Englande For they wolde nat consent to the voyage in to Portyngale / at that tyme. Nor that any men of warre shulde go oute of Englande. And whan the kyng of Portyngale sawe / that he coude ha¦ue none other conforte of the englisshmen / than he thought to seke another way. Than y• may∣ster of Castrane / and Dāpeter of Modesque / the bysshoppe of Bruges / and the bysshoppe of Lysbon. These entreated for a peace / bytwene Portyngale and Spayne: and so moche they dyde / that a peace was taken. But the englyssh¦men were neuer called therto / wherwith therle of Cambridge was sore displeased. And wolde gladly haue made warre agaynst the kynge of Portyngale / if he had thought him selfe strong ynoughe in the countre / but he was natso. ther∣fore it behoued hym to suffre this peace / whider he wolde or nat. But thenglysshmen sayd / how that the kynge of Portyngale / had right yuell delte with them. For euer syth the begynnynge to the endyng / he euer dissymuled with the spa∣nyerdes / and had neuer wyll to fyght with thē. And the kyng of Portyngale excused hym selfe and sayd. Howe the faute was in the englysshe¦men & in y• duke of Lancastre / who shulde haue come and dyde nat. Wherfore he coude do none otherwyse / but to take peace.