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 syr Loys of Xancere wente to se the erle of Foize at Ortays / and howe before the duke of Lancastre at Burdeaux / there were dedes of ar∣mes done bytwene fyue frenchmen and fyue englysshe men / and howe the duches of Lancastre wente with her doughter in to Castyle to kynge Iohan. Cap. C.liiii. (Book 154)

IN this seasō sir Loys of Xancer marshall of Fraūce was in Languedoc / in the marches of Tholouse and Carcassone / and he knewe well of the treatye that was made bytwene the duke of Berrey and therle of Foiz / for the maryage of the duke of Bowlonges doughter / whome the duke of Berrey wolde haue / though the damo¦sell were right yonge. Than the marshall had affection to go & se the erle of Foyz / as I was enfourmed by his men at Ortays / for whan he came thyder he founde me there. He came at the sendynge of the frenche kynge / and I shall shewe you why & wherfore. The frenche kyng was as thā yonge and had desyre to trauayle / and he had neuer ben as than in Languedoc / whiche is a great countrey / and full of cyties / townes and casteles and as than nygh all dy∣stroyed and wasted / for the duke of Berry and his counsayle / who had the gouernaūce of that countrey / had greatly enpouerysshed and pyl¦led the countrey / by tayles and great oppressy¦ons / the complayntes wherof came to the kyn∣ges eares / by reason that he was newly entred in to the domynacion of his Realme. And the kynge sayde he wolde go in to Languedoc to vysite that countrey / and also to go and se the pope whome he had neuer sene before / and al∣so in that voyage he sayd he wolde se the erle of Foiz / of whome he had herde so moche honour and larges spokē of. Thus the marshall went forthe on his waye / and departed fro the cytie of Tholous / with a fyue hundred horse / and rode so longe y^t he came to Tarbe in Bygore / and fro thence to Morloys in Bierne. And the erle of Foiz who was signyfied of his comyng was ioyfull / and cōmaunded all his offycers that the towne of Ortays shulde be well apa∣relled to receyue him / for he sayd the marshals comynge pleased hym ryght well. lodgynges for his men were made redy / and the erle rode out in to the feldes to mete with hym / and mo¦than thre hundred horses / and there receyued hym with good chere. And he was at Ortays a syre dayes / and the marshall sayd to the erle / howe the frenche kynge had great affection to se the countrey of Languedoc / and to se hym. Than the erle aunswered and sayd. Syr / the kynge shall be ryght welcome / and gladde I wolde be to se hym. yea / but sir quod the mar∣shall / it is the kynges entension at his comyng playnely to knowe / whether ye wyll holde you frenche or englissh / for alwayes ye haue dissy∣muled out the warre / for ye wolde neuer arme you for no desyre. A sir quod the erle I thanke you / in that ye haue shewed me somoche / For syr / though I wolde neuer arme me / nor take no parte / there hath been good cause why. As for the warre bytwene Englande and Fraūce / I haue nothynge to do therwith / I holde my countrey of Bierne of no man / but of good and the sworde. What haue I to do to put my selfe in seruytude or in dyspleasure of one kynge or other / yet I knowe well myne aduersaryes of Armynake haue done that in them is to bring me in the indyngnacion of bothe partyes / for or the prince of Wales wente in to Spayne by the informacyon of the erle of Armynake / the prince wolde haue made me warre / he was so sore moued therto / that he had done so / and sir

Iohan Chandos had nat broken his purpose / but I thanke god alwayes I haue borne my selfe as mekely and as curteyssy as I coulde / and shall do as longe as I lyue / and whan I am deed / let the maters go as they wyll. Thus the erle of Foyze and the marshall passed the tyme togyder. And at their departure the erle gaue hym a fayre courser / a fayre mule / and a nother good horse / all thre togyther rychely sa¦dylled and aparelled. And he gaue to syr Ro∣berte of Challus and to syr Rycharde Dol∣phyn / to eche of them two hūdred frankes / and to fyue other squyers / to eche of them fifty fran¦kes. Than the marshall toke leaue to departe to Tholous. And I syr Iohan Froysart was there the same tyme / and wolde haue departed fro Ortays with hym / but the Erle of Foyze wolde nat suffre me / and sayd I shulde nat as than departe. So it behoued me to byde his pleasure. Sir Loys departed fro Ortays and rode to Tarbe / and the lorde Dolphyn of By∣gore conueyed him / and sir Peter of Calestan one of the erle of Foiz knyghtes.

ABoute the same season there was at Burdeaux a dede of armes done be∣fore the duke of Lancastre / by fyue en¦glisshmen of his owne house / and fyue frenche menne / some of theym were of the marshall of Fraunce house. Fyrst / by {ser} Pecton Dallagnie a gascone englyssh / agaynst sir Mores Man¦nigmente frenche. Seconde bytwene sir Ara∣gon Raymon englysshe / agaynst the bastarde of Chauigny Frenche. The thyrde / bytwene Loys Malapus / capytayne of Agremortes frenche / agaynst Iaquemyn Corne de Cerfe englysshe. Fourthe bytwene Archambalte de Villyers frenche / and the sonne of the lorde of Chaumonte gascone englysshe. The fyfte by Willyam Foucalt frenche / against the brother of the lorde of Chaumont englysshe. And to se these armes acomplysshed / dyuers knyghtes and squiers of Bierne of therle of Foiz house / toke their way towarde Burdeaux / & I wente with them in company. bytwene Ortars and Burdeaux is but .xxiiii. myle. There we sawe the sayde armes done before saynte Andrews / in the presence of the duke of Lancastre and the duches / their doughter / and other ladyes and damosels of the coūtrey. These knightes were nat all armed at ones / but euery man by hym selfe with his felowe aparte. their armes were thre courses with a speare / thre strokes with a sworde / thre with an are / and thre with a dag∣ger and all a horsehacke. And this they dyd in thre dayes / and none of all tenne hurte / but sir Raymon slewe the bastardes horse / wherwith the duke of Lancastre was sore dysplesed / and blamed greatly the knight bicause he bare his staffe so lowe / and the duke gaue the bastarde one of his horses. Whan this was accomplys∣shed / euery man de{per}ted to their owne houses.

AN one after the duchesse of Lancastre ordayned to goo in to Castyle / and to leade with her Katheryne her doughter / who shulde haue in maryage the kynge of Castyls sonne. And the duchesse entente was / fyrste or she wolde entre in to Castyle to go to Man∣tuell / where somtyme was y^e batayle bytwene kynge don Peter her father / agaynste kynge Henry of Castyle / and of sir Bertram of Cles∣quyn. And there she purposed to make iuste en¦quiry where the kynge her father lay buryed / and to dygge vp his bones / and to haue them to the cytie of Cyuill / and there to bury theym agayne rychly / as it appertayned to a kynge. In the begynnynge of Marche / whanne the sonne beganne to mount / and the dayes to en∣crease / than the duches of Lancastre was redy with her doughter / and so departed fro Bur∣deaux and went to Bayon / and there the duke of Lancastre toke leaue of her / and he retour∣ned to Burdeaux. And the ladyes rode forthe to Dape / and there she was well receyued / for the cyte of Dape was vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande. There she rested two dayes / and than passed throughe the countrey of Basquence / and passed by the passe of Rou∣ceualx / and entred in to Nauerre / and came to Panpilona / and there founde the kyng of Na¦uer and the quene / who receyued the duchesse honourably. The quene of Nauer was suster to the kynge of Castyle. The duches and her doughter were a monethe passynge throughe the realme of Nauer / for they taryed with the Kynge and with the quene a certayne space / and their costes and charges were borne and payed for. Than they entred in to Spaygne / and at the entre of the realme they founde of the kynge of Castyls seruauntes redy there to receyue theym / acordynge as they were com∣maunded. And than the yonge prince was cal¦led prince of Galyce.