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 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.

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 y^e 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 y^t 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

Carcassone / and there they founde sir Loys of Xancere marshall of Fraunce / who receyued them with good there / and he shewed theym moche of the erle of Foiz estate / for he had ben there within two monthes before. Than they departed fro Carcassone and wente to Tho∣lous / and there rested / and than sente messan∣gers to the erle of Foiz to Ortays in Byerne. And there began to treate for this maryage / but it was farre of / for at the begynnynge the Erle of Foyze was colde / bycause the duke of Lancastre had sente to hym to haue the same lady / for his sonne the lorde Henry erle of Der¦by. By reason of this longe taryenge and de∣layeng of this treatye / it was said and noysed that the maryage shulde nat be. And all their aunsweres that they had fro the erle of Foize / wickely they sente worde therof to the duke of Berrey / who was at Nonnecte in Auuergne. And the duke who had none other desyre but to bringe the mater aboute / wrote often tymes agayne to them with fresshe messangers / desy¦rynge them nat to cease tyll they had brought the mater to passe. And the erle of Foyze who was sage and subtyle / sawe well the ardent de¦syre that the duke of Berrey had / and the hoter that he was the colder was he / and he hande∣led the matter so wysely / that by the full agre∣ment of all partyes / and yet sore desyred ther∣to / he hadde thyrty thousande frankes for the charges of the ladyes expenses / for suche yeres as she had been with hym / if he had more de∣maūded more he shulde haue had / but he dyd it so to haue thanke of the duke of Berrey / and that he shulde perceyue that he had done some what for hym.

WHan this mater was concluded and all partyes agreed / thanne the erle of Foiz sente his cosyn the lady to Mor¦leaus / accompanyed with fyue hundred spea∣res / of whome were capytayns syr Espaigne du Lynn / syr Raynolde Guyllam / syr Peter Calestan / sir Adam of Cacasse / sir Manalte of Nonnables / and sir Pier of Kees / and in the feldes the lady was delyuered to the fren∣che ambassadours / on the behalfe of the duke of Berrey. There was syr Loys of Xancere with a fyue hundred speares / and other com∣pany / who receyued the lady / and there tooke their leaues and departed. They of Foize re∣tourned / and the frenche men ledde forthe the lady. The duke of Berrey had sente to her cha¦res and chareottes rychely garnysshed / and horse / hackeneys / and aparell for her body and for her heed / as fresshe and as ryche as though it had been for the frenche quene. Thus they rode forthe / and I sir Iohan Froysart auctor of this boke rode in their company / for often tymes whan I wolde haue taken leaue of the erle of Foiz / he wolde saye to me / howe I had no dede to make so great haste / and badde me whan I wolde retourne to go in good com∣pany / so I retourned in this sayde company. This yonge duchesse of Berrey (for so I wyll name her fro hence forthe) and all her compa∣ny rode so longe that they came nere to Aui∣gnon. There she rested at a towne called Vile Neufe / without the towne of Auignon / in a house of the popes. And the nexte daye aboute nyne of the clocke / all the cardynals that were there at that tyme mette with her / and so pas∣sed the bridge of Rosue in grete estate / the lady rydynge on a whyte palfrey whiche the pope had sent her. Than she came to the popes pa∣lays in Auignon and there alighted and went to se the pope / who sate in cōsystory in a chayre pontyficall. The pope kyst her mouth bycause of lygnage. Than the duchesse and her com∣pany wente to dyner with many cardynalles / to the house of the cardynall of Thuryn / nere to the popes palyce. This was on a wednys∣daye / and the nexte daye they all dyned in the same house agayne. I may well saye that the comyng of this lady to Auignon cost the pope the some of tenne thousande frankes. The fri∣daye she supped in the palays and tooke her leaue of the pope / and the saturday she depar∣ted and rode to dyner to Orange / and there lay all night / for her cosyn germayne was prin¦cesse therof. The sonday she departed and he•• caryage before and passed to Valance / and than to Vien / and so to Lyon sur le Rone / and there rested two dayes / than fro thens to Bre∣s••e / and so entred in to the countie of Forestes / and passed through the countrey / and so came to la Palesse in Burbonois and so to Quissy / than to Hanche / and so to Ryon in Auuergne / and there rested two dayes or the duke of Ber¦rey came thyder / who came thyder on Whyt∣soneuyn / and on Whytsonday betymes he ma∣ryed the lady. This was a noble weddynge and a gret feest / there was the erle of Boloyne / the erle of Estampes / and the erle Dolphyn of

Auuergne. this feest and iustes endured foure dayes. All this I sir Iohan Froysart auctor of this boke sawe with myne eyen / for I was there presente. ∴ ∴