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

¶Of the great assemble that was made at Amyence / of the Frenche kynge and his counsayle / and of the kynge of Englandes vncles: on the treatie of peace. Cap. C.lxxxiiii. (Book 184)

I Thynke I haue suffi∣ciently treated of the busy¦nesse of Bierne and of foiz for if I shulde reherse all thynges / it wolde requyre long writyng: therfore I wyll leaue spekyng therof and create of other maters. Thus all thyng{is} cōcluded / the vicount of Chatellon was erle of Foiz and lorde of Berne / in lyke maner as the older erle helde it / and all suche as ought so to do made homage to hym / & he departed largely with {ser} yuan and sir Gracien / tholde erles bastarde sones / in suche wyse that they were content / and payde to the Frēche kyng all suche money as was {pro}mised to be payde. This mater was nat sone done / somer was first well onwarde / and y^e bisshop of Noyon and y^e lorde de la Ryuer taryed styll at Tho∣lous tyll euery thyng was set in good order / accordyng as they were charged. Nowe let vs speke of thassemble of the lordes of Fraū¦ce and of Englande / in the good cyte of Amy¦ence on the treatie of a peace or of a truce / as than beyng the yere of our lorde. M.CCC.lxxx. & .xi. in the myddes of lent great proui∣sion was made ther for these lord{is} or they cāe thider. First for the frenche kyng & for his e∣state / and for his thre vncles / and also for o∣ther great lordes of Fraūce / euery man after his degre / for it was said that kyng Richard of Englāde shulde be there / wherfore many desyred to se him / such as had neuer sene him before / how beit he came nat there / yet he cāe to Douer / to thentent to haue passed the see & his thre vncles with hym / y^t is to say y^e dukes of Lācastre / yorke / & Glocester. & whan they came to Douer they tooke aduyse whyder it were mete for the kyng to passe the see or nat All thynges consydred / the counsayle of En∣glande was of opinyon that the kyng shuld byde at Douer & the duke of Gloceter w^t him and the duke of Lancastre / the duke of yorke therle of Hūtyngton / therle of Derby / sir tho¦mas Percy / the bysshops of Durham & Lon¦don / and other of y^e kynges coūsaile to passe ouer / so they came to Calais. And whan the day aproched y^t they shulde mete at Amyēce / they de{per}ted fro Calysmo than .xii.C. horse. it was a goodly syght to se thē ryde in good order. The frenche kyng had ordayned / that after thenglisshmen came out of Calis / both goyng abyding & returnyng / all their costes and charges were borne of the frenche kyng{is} charge / as mete / drīke / lodgyng & horse mete With y^e duke of Lācastre & the duke of yorke there cāe their cosyn / dought to their suster & to y^e lorde Coucy / who was a faire yōg lady called y^e lady of yrelāde / for she was wedded to the duke of yrelāde. this lady cāe to Amy∣ens to se y^e lorde her father y^e lorde Coucy / for she had nat sene hym moche before / wherfore

she hadde great desyre to se hym. She came lyke a noble widowe / hauyng but small ioye in her co. age.

THe Frenche kyng had ordayned to make the Englysshe men as moche honour as coude be deuysed / and to the foure dukes / that is to saye: The duke of Thourayn the Frenche kynges brother / and the dukes of Burbon / of Berrey / and or Bur¦goyne / l••pte on their horses and rode out of the towne to mete with the englisshmen acō¦panyed with many other great lordes. Fyrst mette with thē the duke Loys of Thourayn well acōpanyed and honorably receyued his colyns of Englande / & there cōmuned a cer∣tayne space with thē. than he toke his leaue and departed agayne with all his company / and so rode streight to the cytie to the kynge his brother: And the other thre dukes y^e kyn∣ges vncles / Berrey / Burbone / & Burgoyne mette with the Englysshe dukes in the felde and made great chere and honorable eche to other / that ioye it was to se. Than the gētyll erle Dolphyn of Auuergne / who had ben as an hostager in Englande / and moche in the duke of Lacasters company / and loued hym very well / He came and humbly saluted the duke of Lancaster. Whan the duke sawe him he enbrased hym in great token of loue / and spake toguyder a lytell. Than the dukes of Berrey and Burgoyne came to them / & the duke of Burbon / the lorde Coucy / and therle of ••aynt Poule came to the duke of yorke / the erle of Huntyngton and to sir Thomas Per¦cye / and so ••ode talkyng togyder with amo∣rous wordes / tyll they aproched the cytie of Amyence. Than the duke of Lancastre rode bytwene the duke of Berrey and the duke of Burgoyn. Thus they rode all thre in a front makyng honour eche to other / tyll they came to the bysshoppes palais / where the kynge & the duke of Thourayne was. There they a lighted / and the two dukes ledde the duke of La••castre vp the steres / and the other dukes and lordes folowed. Than the Frenche lor∣des came in to the kynges presence: & made their reuerence / and lefte the Englysshe du∣kes standyng alone. Than a lytell they encli¦ned them selfe to the kyng. than the kyng ca••e to them and toke them by the handes / & lytte them vp / and spake swetely to them & they to hym / and other lordes of Fraunce fell in tal∣kynge with the other lordes of Englande. & whan they had cōmaned a season / they toke their leaue of the kyng / his brother / & vncles and departed & were conueyed to their lod∣gynges by the cōstable of Fraunce / the lorde Coucy / the erle of saynt Poule / sir Iohan of Vyenne / and other Lordes of the realme of Fraunce. Than they toke their leaues & de{per}¦ted agayne to the kyng: and the lady of Ire∣lande doughter to the lorde Coucy / was lod¦ged in her fathers lodging & all her cōpany.

IT was ordayned by the frēche kyng & his counsayle / before thenglysshe lord{is} came to the cytie of Amyence (whiche ordy∣naūce was publysshed and proclamed open∣lye / to thentent that no {per}sone shulde be igno¦rant therof) but euery man to beware of ••re kyng of any artycle in the proclamacion / on payne of lefyng of their heedes. First that no maner of person make any riot / or gyue a¦ny riotous wordes to any Englysshman: & also that no knight nor squier speke or make any chalenge of armes to any englysshman / on payne of the kynges highe displeasure / & they to company with the w^t swete wordes and goodly behauour / in y^t towne / lodgyng{is} or felde: nor that the Frenche pages make a∣ny debate nor riotte in any place on payne of dethe. And what soeuer any englysshman de¦maūdeth to su••••re them pesably to haue it. & that no ho••t nor vitayler demaunde any mo∣ney outher for meate or drinke / nor for other suche cōmen charges. Also it was ordayned that no knight nor squyer of Fraunce / shuld go by night tyme without torche or torches / and that the englysshmen shulde go at their pleasure without any cōtrolement. & that if any frēchman mete any Englysshman in the night in any strete / y^t they shulde swetely & gently conuey him or thē to their lodgyng or to their company. Also it was ordayned that in four places of the cyte / four watches to be set of a thousande men in euery watche: and that if any fyre happe to fall in the nyght by any incydence / the watche in no wyse to re∣moue for no maner of cause: but at y^e so wnyn¦ge of a bell / all other people to drawe to quē∣che the fyre. Also it was ordayned y^t no frēch knight nor squier for no maner of cause shul¦de presume to speke to the king w^tout y^e kyng

fyrst dyde call hym. Nor also that the knigh∣tes nor squyers of Fraunce shulde talke nor comune toguyder / as long as any of the En∣glysshe men were present / But to fynde co∣munynge and pastyme with theym. Also it was ordayned / that all hostes and their ser∣uauntes / in anywyse / shulde nat conuey or hyde any Bowes or Arrowes / or any other thynge parteyninge to the Englysshe men / without makynge of large amendes / with∣out it were gyuen them by the Englysshmen of their curtesy: than to take it or els nat. All these thynges were determyned by delybera¦cyon or good counsayle / to do the Englysshe men the more honoure / for they trusted of a good conclusyon of peace. Nighe euery day a fiftene dayes toguyder / these lordes were in counsayle / and brought nothyng to cōclu∣syon / for their demaundes were greatly dif∣ferent. The Frenche men demaunded to ha∣ue Calais rased and beaten downe / in suche wyse / that no persone shulde dwell there af∣ter. The Englysshe men wolde in no wyse agree to that treatie: for it ought to be bele∣ued / that Calais was y^e towne of the worlde that the cōmons of Englande loued best / for as longe as they be lordes of Calays / They sayde they bare the kayes of Fraunce vnder their gyrdell. Thoughe the lordes departed euery daye vnagreed yet they departed a sō∣der right amiably / for euery daye they poyn∣ted to were agayne the nexte day / bothe par∣ties trustyng at last to cōclude on some good poynt. The frenche kyng made thenglysshe men in y^t space thre notable dyners at his pa∣lais. In lykewise so dyde the duke of Thou¦rayne / the duke of Berrey the duke of Bur∣goyne / the duke of Burbone / the lorde of Coucy / and the erle of saynt Poule: Eche of these made the Englysshe men a great dyner And for euery thyng that the Englysshmen toke in the towne was payd for / and clerkes apoynted by the kynge and his counsayle to write euery thyng / and euery man apoynted for their money to the chambre of accomptes It ought to be knowen / that Iohan duke of Lancastre and his brother the duke of yorke for all that they were come thyder on trust of peace / yet they had charge of the kyng of En∣glande and of his counsayle / that what soe∣uer treatie they made / in no wise they shulde nouther gyue nor take any maner of thynge.

MAny were of the opynion / that the cōmynaltie of Englande rather en∣clyned to warre than to peace / for in the tyme of good kyng Edwarde the thirde / and of his son̄e the prince of Wales / they had so many fayre and highe vyctories on y^e fren∣che men / and so great conquestes / with so mo¦che money for raunsomes / sellyng and pate∣synge of townes & countreis / that they were become marueylous riche: for many suche as were no gentylmen of byrthe / by reason of their hardynesse and valyaunt aduentures / wan and conquered so moche golde and syl∣uer that they became noble / and rose to great honour. And so such as folowed after wolde folowe the same lyfe / how beit after y^t dayes of the sayd kyng Edwarde and y^e prince his sonne / by the wysdome and highe enterprice of sir Bertram of Clesquy / and by the ayde of other good knyghtes of Fraūce. The En∣glysshmen were than agayne sore put backe The duke of Gloucestre sonne to the sayde kynge Edwarde / and vncle as than to kyng Richarde / than beyng at Amyence / & dyuers other lordes / knightes / and squyers were of the same opynion that the cōmons were of in Englande / and enclyned rather to the warre than to peace / to the entent therby to susteyne their estate. By the occasion therof the peace was the harder to driue. yet the kynge & the duke of Lancastre wolde fayne haue hadde peace / for by their meanes that metynge at Amyēce was apoynted / howbeit they wolde nat displease the cōmens of Englande. The Englysshe men wolde gladlye haue hadde a peace / so they myght be restored agayne to al suche landes as was agreed on / at the treaty before Charters / and that the Frenche men shulde paye fourtene hundred thousande frā¦kes / whiche was vnpayed whan the warre began to renewe.

IN this season / thus great cōmuny∣cacion there was at the cytie of A∣myence / on treatie of peace: and the lordes that were there on bothe parties toke great payne in the cause. It myght well be marueyled why this peace toke none effecte / for specialy the duke of Burgoyne dyd what he coude for the Frenche partie / and the duke of Lancastre for the Englysshe partie. Sa∣uyng the charge that he had / whiche he durst

nat passe. Whan these lordes sawe that they coulde come to no good conclusyon / than the frenchemen somwhat to apease and to please the englysshmen / and the rather therby to fall to some reason / it was offred to them to enjoy styll peasably / all that euer they were as than in possessyon of in Acquytayne / and nyne dyo¦ces to be quite delyuered without any resorte / so that Calays myght be beaten downe. And also they offred to paye in thre yere after / the somme of .xiiii. hundred thousande frankes. Than the duke of Lancastre and the englyssh counsayle answered and sayd. Syrs we haue taried here a longe season and haue concluded nothyng / nor we canne nat conclude tyll we be retourned in to Englande / and than we shall shewe all your desyres and offers to the kyng our souerayne lorde / and to the thre estates of the realme / and of one thinge be you sure / that as moch dyligence as I & my brother of yorke can do / shall be doone to bringe your desyre to passe / except y^e beatyng downe of Calays / we dare nat speke therof / for if we dyd we shulde ryn in the indygnacyon and hatred of y^e most parte of all the realme of Englande / and yet were we better to speke no worde therof. these wordes somwhat contented the french kynge and his coūsayle / and desyred them that whan they were returned into England to do their dyligence in the mater / & they said they wolde do what they coude for the frenche party / say∣eng howe the warre had endured ouer longe / and many yuell inconuenyentes hath ensued therby in the worlde. than it was considred by¦twene the parties / bycause the truce fayled the next mydsomer after / bytwene Englande and Fraunce / to contynue it lengar the space of an hole yere / bothe by lande and by see bytwene them / their alyes / and adherentes / and therto the lordes of Englande were agreed. Than the frenche kynges counsayle desyred to sende two french knightes to go with them into En¦glande / and at their retourne to bringe worde what case they shulde fynde the realme of En∣glande in. The duke of Lancastre and y^e duke of yorke were contente therwith. It was she∣wed me / and also the apparaunce was great / howe that the frenche kynge desyred greatly to haue peace / for as than great brute ranne through Fraunce and other places howe that Lam••rabaquyn was entred with great puis∣saunce of turkes in to the realme of Hungry. syr Boucyquant thelder marshall of Fraunce brought those newes / and syr Iohan of Cha∣ron / who were newely retourned fro the par∣tyes of Grece and Turkey / wherfore the fren∣che kynge in his youthe / had great affectyon to go in voyage / and to go and se the sayd La∣morabaquyn / and to recouer the realme of Ar¦mony / whiche the turkes had wonne fro the kynge Lyon of Armony / who was the same tyme at Amyence / and he shewed the cause of his comynge thyder / to the duke of Lancastre and to the duke of yorke. They knewe hym well for they had sene him before in the realme of Englande. He was in Englande to treate for the peace whan the frenche kynge was at Sluse. And consyderynge the kynge of Ar∣monyes busynesse at the ende of their parlya∣mente / the frenche kynge sayde to the duke of Lancastre. Fayre nephewe if peace maye be had bytwene vs and the kynge of Englande / we might than make a voyage in to Tukey / comfortyng the kynge of Hungry / and the em¦perour of Constantynople / whome Lamora∣baquyn dothe moche trouble / and let vs reco∣uer the realme of Armony / whiche the turkes kepe. We here saye that Lamorabaquyn is a valyaunt man / and of great enterprise / and a∣gaynst suche persones as are contrary to our beleue / and daily dothe trouble and greue vs / we ought to enclyne our selfe to defende our crysten faythe / wherfore fayre nephewe helpe you to prouyde for this voyage in the realme of Englande. The duke of Lancastre promy¦sed to do his deuoyre in that behalfe. Thus they toke leaue eche of other.

THis counsayle at Amyence endured a fyftene dayes / than the Englysshe men departed / and had with them in writyng the cōclusion of their treatie / to shewe to the kynge of Englande and his counsayle. Than the duchesse of Irelande departed fro Amyēce and toke leaue of her father the lorde of Coucy / and retourned with the englysshe lordes. And fro that tyme that they departed fro Calais tyll they came thyder agayne / they spent nothyng without they lyst / for the french kynge made euery thynge to be payed / bothe for them selfe and for their horses. The duke of Burgoyne than retourned into Archoys to the cytie of Arras / and there he founde the du∣chesse his wyfe / who had vysited the countrey

of Flaunders. The duke of Thourayne / the duke of Berrey / and the duke of Butbone / ta¦ryed with the kynge and the kinge purposed to go to Beamoys & to Gysors to sporte hym there in the waye to Parys. With the duke of Lancastre & the duke of yorke certayne knigh¦tes of Fraunce wente in to Englande / as syr Iohan of Castell Morante / & sir Taupyns of Cantmell / to bringe aunswere agayne out of England / and sir Raynolde du Roy / the lorde of Moncaurell / and y^e lorde of the olde towne / conueyed them to Calays / and than toke their leaue / and the englysshe men passed ouer the see to Deuer / and there founde the kynge and the duke of Glocestre taryeng for them. Whan the kyng sawe them he had great comunynge with them of the s••ate of the parlyamente of Amyence. The kynge was well content with that his vncles had done / but than the duke of Glocestre / who was alwayes harde agaynst the treatie of peace sayd / howe there coulde no good conclusyon be taken in this treatye tyll the mater were brought to Westmynster to a generall counsayle of all the thre astates of the realme / and than to folowe their aduyses and none otherwyse. The duke of Glocesters wor¦des were well herde / no manne wolde saye a∣gaynst hym / for he was greatly in the loue of the realme. Than it was shewed to the knigh¦tes of Fraunce that they muste go with them to London / otherwyse they coulde haue none answere. The two knightes obeyed as it was reason. Than the kynge toke his way and the lordes with him to London. Whan the kynge came to Darfforde / he tooke his waye to El∣tham / and refresshed him there with the quene and than came to Shene / and wente agaynst saynte Georges feest to Wyndsore / and there the knyghtes of Fraunce were answered. but or I shewe you their aunswere{is} I wyll some∣what speke of the frenche kynge.

AFter that this assemble and coūsayle had been at Amyence / the Frenche kynge for lacke of good gydyng fell sycke of the feuer / wherfore he was counsay∣led to chaunge the ayre. So he was layde in a lytter and caryed to Beamoys / and there ta¦ryed in the bysshops palays tyll he was hole and recouered / his brother the duke of Thou∣rayne with him / & his vncles the dukes of Ber¦rey and Burbone / there he helde his Easter. And after whan the kynge was stronge and myght well ryde / he rode to Gysors / the en∣tryng in to Normādy / to haue there the sporte of huntynge / for theraboute were many fayre wodes. The kyng beynge there sir Bernarde of Armynake / who was brother to Iohan of Armynake came to the kynge in good array / and the Dolphyn of Auuergne in his compa∣ny / whome he founde at Parys in his waye. There the erle of Armynake and the Erle of Rodays made their reliefe and homage to the kynge / acordinge to the custome as other lor∣des of Fraunce made their relyefe / for suche landes as they helde in fee of the kynge. And whan euery thyng was writen and regestred / they toke their leaue and retourned to Paris togyther / and fro thence to their countreys / to Auuergne and to Languedoc. And about the feest of Ascensyon tyde the frenche kynge re∣tourned to Parys in good helthe / and lodged at his howse of saynte Poll / the whiche was ordeyned for hym / and thyder was come the frenche quene and the duches of Thourayne.

NOwe let vs speke of syr Iohan of Ca∣stell Morante / and of syr Taupyn of Cantmell / who were in Englande taryenge for an answere of the kyng and his counsayle. They were at Wyndesore at saynte Georges feest / where was the kynge / his vncles / and o∣ther great lordes of Englande. There these lordes counsayled togyther on suche promyse as they had made to the frenche kyng and his counsayle at Amyence / and determyned to de¦lyuer the two Frenche knyghtes / that dayly called on them for an aunswere. Than these knyghtes were sente for on a day / and it was sayde to them thus. Syrs be contente / for all thinges consydred ye canne haue of vs no full answere at this tyme / for it wolde be harde as nowe to assemble togyther the thre estates of the realme / vntyll the feest of Mychelmas / at whiche tyme they muste nedes be at the par∣lyamente at Westmynster / and to excuse you we shall write letters for the same purpose / at whiche season if you or any other for the par∣tie of Fraūce wyll traueyle so farre as to come thyder / they shall haue a reasonable answere / suche as generally the hole counsayle of the thre astates shall agre vnto. whan the frenche knyghtes sawe what aunswere they had / and coulde haue none other / they aunswered and

sayd. Syr we are contente with that ye haue sayd / lette vs haue our letters and we shall re∣tourne. Than their letters were delyuered to them / and so toke their leaue of the kynge and of other lordes / and so came fro Wyndesore to London and / made thē redy to departe. The kyng of Englande caused all their cestes and charges to be payed for / and conueyed to Do∣uer / and there taryed a fyue dayes for lacke of wynde / and on the sixte day they departed and aryued at Boloyne / and whanne their horses were vnshypped they rode to Amyēce by small iourneys / & so to Paris / and there they founde the kynge and his lordes. It was aboute the feest of Penthecost. Their letters were redde / wherby they vnderstode the ordynaūce of the englysshmen. As it was shewed me the kynge nor his counsayle toke lytell regarde to the ma¦ter / for within a season after they had moche ado in other places. ∵ ∵