Here begynneth the thirde and fourthe boke of sir Iohn̄ Froissart of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spaygne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flaunders, and other places adioynyng, translated out of Frenche in to englysshe by Iohan Bourchier knyght lorde Berners, deputie generall of ye kynges towne of Calais and marchesse of the same, at the co[m]maundement of our most highe redouted souerayne lorde kyng Henry the eyght, kynge of Englande and of Fraüce [sic] [and] highe defender of the Christen faithe. [et]c

¶Howe therle of Foize receyued ho∣nourably the duke of Burbon / and of the great giftes that he gaue him / and how sir willyam of Lygnac and sir Gaultier of Passackes cōpany de∣parted out of Spayne / and of the in∣cydent that fortuned in the towne of saynt Phagon. Cap. C.viii. (Book 108)

WHan the Erle of Foyz beynge at Ortays / vnder∣stode that the duke of Bur∣bon was at Saluaterra he was glad therof / and sente for his knight{is} to be aboute him. And on a day in great araye he rode with a fyue hundred knyghtes and squyers two leages out of Ortays / and mette with the duke of Burbon / who in lyke∣wyse rode with a great rout of knyghtes and squiers / and there they met amyably / as great prynces ought to do. And whan they had co∣muned togyther a certayne space (as it was

shewed me) whan I was at Ortays. The erle of Foize drewe hym a parte in the felde with all his company / and the duke abode styll in a nother parte. Than the Erle sente to the duke thre knyghtes named syr Espayne de Lyon / sir Peter Capestan / and sir Menaunt of No∣walles. And whan they came before the duke they sayd. Sir / here is a present that my lorde the erle of Foiz hath sent / to you at your retur∣nynge out of Spayne / for he knoweth well ye haue been at great dyspence / Therfore syr he dothe gyue you at your entring in to his coun¦trey of Bierne / eyght thousande frankes / and this mulette / and two coursers and two pal∣freys. Syrs quod the duke / I thanke the erle of Foyze / But as for the floreyns I wyll take none / as for the other presente I wyll receyue them with a good wyll. thus the florens were refused / and the Mules and horses receyued. Than the erle of Foyz came to the duke / and brought hym in to the towne of Ortays / and lodged him in his owne place / & all other were lodged in the towne. the duke was thre dayes in Ortays / and had great there with dyners and suppers. And there the Erle of Foize she∣wed y^e duke a great parte of his estate. On the fourthe daye the duke departed / and the erle gaue to y^e knightes and squiers great gyftes. As it was shewed me / the comynge thyder of the duke of Burbon coste the erle of Foize ten thousande frankes. Thus the duke departed and went in to Fraunce / and rode by Mount∣pelyer & by the cytie of Puy / and by the coun∣tye of Forestes wherof he was lorde by the la∣dy his wyfe.

FOr all the departyng of y^e duke of Bur¦ben (as ye haue herde) out of Spayne / sir Willyam Lignac and sir Gaultier of Pas∣sac departed nat so soone / nor the companyes to the nombre of a thre thousande speares and syre thousande of other men of warre / and ly∣tell and lytell euer they departed. They were many out of wages and wery of the warres / and so retourned yuell horsed and yuell apa∣relled / all to torne and ragged. The metynge with suche people was nothynge profytable / for they vnhorsed whome soeuer they met / and made warre to all marchaūtes and to men of the churche / and to poore people of the countre where any thinge was to gette. These rutters sayde howe the warre had vndone them / and howe the kynge of Castyle hadde yuell payed theym their wages / wherfore they sayde they wolde pay themselfe. And surely suche cyties / castels / and good townes as were nat stronge in Castyle / douted them greatly. and agaynst them townes and cyties closed their gates for feare of parels / for all was hauocke with them without it were well defended. Suche knigh∣tes and squyers as came by the erle of Foyze to se hym were well receyued / and had gyftes and rewardes gyuen them ryght largely. As it was shewed / the comyng and retournynge of men of warre / that passed by therle of Foize for the sayd iourney / coste hym the some of .xl. thousande frankes.

THis season there fell an incydent in the towne of saynt Phagon in Spaygne after the departynge of the duke of Burbone / the whiche coste fyue hundred mennes lyues. So it was that whan sir Gaultier of Passar and sir Willyam of Lignac entred firste in to Spayne / their companyes spredde abrode in to dyuerse places in the countrey / and aboute the towne of saynte Phagon / whiche was a good plentuous countrey. There were many of the bretons / poicteuyns / and augenyns / of rainton and men of the lowe countreys. And whan they entred fyrste in to saynt Phagon / they entred by syxe / ten / fyftene and twenty / so that at laste there were mo than fyue hundred of one and other / maysters and seruauntes / and euer as they came they lodged them selfe / and pilled and robbed their hostes / and brake vp cofers & cupbordes / and wolde take what they foūde. And whan the citezyns sawe their demeanoure / to the entent that there shulde no mo entre. whan these straungers were at their reste they cryed alarum in the towne / and the spanyardes were redy for the same all the day before. And so they entred in to the lodginges where the straungers were / and as they were founde they were slayne without pytie or mer¦cye / and happy were they that were saued. the same nyght there were slayne mo thanne fyue hundred. The nexte mornyng these tydinges came to the capytayns that were comynge to the same towne warde. than they drewe them togyder to take counsayle / And the capitayns determyned that it was no tyme than to be re¦uenged. for if they dyde / they shulde fynde all other townes and cyties against them / wherof

their enemyes wold/be right ioyous / but they sayde that whan their voyage shulde haue an ende / y^t in their retourning they wolde thanke them accordynge to their desertes. So they passed forwarde and spake nothynge therof / but they thought the more.

NOwe than so it happend that whan eue∣ry man returned / except suche as were styll abydinge with the constable sir Olyuer of Clysson / and specially those of y^e lowe coun¦treys / whan they came togyder they sayd eche to other. Nowe lette vs paye for our welcome that we had at saynt Phagon? Lette vs quyte them at our departyng. To this they were all agreed / and so gathered togyder to the sōme of a thousande fightynge men / and they apro∣ched saynt Phagon / & entred in to the towne (without any mystruste that they of the cytie had to them / for they trusted all thynges had ben forgoten) The straungers cryed alarum in a hūdred places / and cryed slee the villayns of the towne / and take all that they haue / for they haue well deserued it. Thanne these bre∣tons and other entred in to the howses where they thought to wyn moste / and brake vp co∣fers / and slewe the mē downe in euery place. They slewe the same day mo than foure hun∣dred / and the towne robbed and spoyled / and more than halfe brente / whiche was great do∣mage. Thus these rutters were reuenged for the dethe of their companyons / and than they departed fro saynte Phagon.