Herafter begynneth the occasiō wher by the warr moued bitwene the kyn¦gis of Fraūce and Ingland. Cap. v. (Book 5)
NOw sheweth the hystory / that this Philyp la Beaw kyng of Fraūce had .iii. sōnes and a feyre doughter named Isabel maried into Ingland to kyng Edward the .ii. & these .iii. sōnes / theldest named Lewes who was kyng of Nauerr in his fathers daies & was called kyng Lewys Hotin. The .ii. had to name Philyp the great or the long. and ye .iii. was called Charles. and all .iii. were kyngis of Fraūce after theyr fathers discease by ryght suc¦cession eche aff other without hauyng any issue male of theyr bodies laufully begoten. So that after the deth of Charlis last kyng of the .iii. the xii. piers and all the barōs of Fraūce / wold nat gyue the realme to Isabell the suster / who was quene of Inglād by cause they sayd & mayntey∣ned & yet do / that the realme of Fraūce is so no∣ble that it ought nat to go to a womā / and so cō∣sequētly to Isabel nor to the kyng of Inglande her eldest sonne / for they determyned the sonne of the womā to haue no ryght nor succession by his mother / syn they declared ye mother to haue no ryght / so that by these reasons / the .xii. piers and barōs of Fraūce by theyr comon acord dyd gyue the realme of Fraūce to the lord Philyp of Ualois Nephew somtyme to Philyp la beawe kyng of Fraūce / and so put out the quene of In¦gland and her sonne / who was as the next heire male as sōne to the suster of Charles last kyng of Fraunce. Thus went the realme of Fraunce out of ye ryght lynage as it semed to many folk{is} Wherby great Warres hath moued and fallen. and great distructiōs of people / and coūtres in the realme of Fraūce / & other places: as ye may here after. This is the very right foūdation of this hystory / to recount the great entreprises & great featis of armes / y• haue fortuned & fallen syth the tyme of the good Charlemaigne kyng of Fraunce ther neuer fell so great aduentures.