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¶Howe the duches of Lancastre de∣parted fro the kynge of Castyle / and wente to Mantuell to brynge her fa∣thers bones to Ciuyll / and howe the frenche kynge sent ambassadours to the erle of Foize to treate for the ma∣ryage of the duke of Berrey his vn∣cle / with the doughter of the erle of Boloyne. Cap. C.lv. (Book 155)
WHan all these matters were renewed and the ma∣ryage confyrmed / than the duchesse of Lancastre lefte her doughter with the king & with her yonge husbande that shulde mary her / who was of the age of eight yeres. the duches toke leaue of ye kynge to go to Mantuell / the kyng sent with her of the greatest men of the courte to a company her. Thus she came to Mantu∣ell / and dyd so moche that she knewe the trouth where her father was buryed. Than he was dygged vp / and his bones wasshed and baw∣med / and wrapped in leade / and brought to the cytie of Ciuyll / and there receyued with processyon without the cytie / and the bones brought in to the cathedrall churche / and there reuerently and solēply his obsequy was done / and there at was king Iohan and his yonge sonne the prince of Galyce / and the most parte of prelates and barons of the realme. After the obsequy doone / euery man retourned to their owne places. The kynge of Castyle wente to the vale of Sory / and his son̄e and his yonge wyfe with hym / and the duchesse of Lancastre to Medena de Campo / a good towne / wherof she was lady / by reason of the confyrmacyon of the peace / & there she lay a season. ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of them and of Castyle / tyll a nother tyme / and let vs speke of the ma∣ryage of the duke of Berrey / and also of other insydentes that folowed.
THe duke of Berrey who had maryed the lady Iane of Armynake to his first wyfe / after she was dysseased he hadde great imagynacyon to be maryed agayne / and that he well shewed. for whan he sawe howe he had myssed of the duke of Lancastres doughter / he than set clerkes to write / and sent messangers to therle Gascon of Foiz / who had the kepyng of the erle of Boulonges doughter / more than the space of nyne yeres. And bycause the duke of Berrey coulde nat come to this maryage / but by the daunger of the erle of Foize / for no∣ther for pope / father / mother / nor frende that the damosell had / the erle wolde do nothynge / without it were his owne pleasure. Than the duke of Berrey desyred effectuously the frēch kynge his nephue / and the duke of Burgoyne his brother to helpe and assyst hym in this ma¦ryage.
THe frenche kyng laught and had good sporte at the duke of Berrey his vncle / bycause he was olde / and so hote in loue / and said to him. Fayre vncle / what shall ye do with a yonge mayde / she is nat twelue yere of age / and ye be .xl. by my faythe it is great foly for you to thynke therof / speke for my cosyn Io∣han your sonne / he is yonge / the mater is more mete for hym than for you. syr quod the duke / I haue speken all redy for my sonne / but the erle of Foize wyll in no wyse agree therto / by∣cause my sonne is of the blode of them of Ar∣mynake / who be at warre togyder / and haue ben longe. If the lady be yonge I shall spare her a thre or four yere / tyll she be a parfyte wo∣man. Well fayre vncle quod the kyng / I feare me she wyll nat spare you so longe / but seynge ye haue so great affection therto / I shall ayde you as moche as I may. It was nat longe af∣ter but that the kynge ordayned the lorde de la Ryuer and syr Bureau his souerayne cham∣berlayne to go in yt voyage to the erle of Foiz / and with them the erle of Dassy. And the duke of Burgoyne ordeyned to go thyder on his be halfe the bysshop of Anthune / and sir Gylliam of Tremoyle / and the duke of Berrey desyred Iohan erle of Sanxer / a sage and a valyaunt knyght to go with the other. These fyue lor∣des were apoynted to go to the erle of Foize / and to desyre to haue the yonge lady in mary∣age for the duke of Berrey. These lordes de∣parted and apoynted to mete togyder at Aui∣gnon with pope Clement / about Candelmas they departed and toke the waye to Nysmes / and so to Auignon. They passed by Mounte pellyer / and rode by small iourneys and great exspence / and passed by Besyers and came to