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THus (as I haue shewed) great preparacyons was made / at the portes and hauyns / where as the kynge shulde take shyppe¦pynge for to go in to Irelande / And in lykewyse there as the duke of Lan∣castre
shulde passe to go in to Acquitayne / Their voyage was lette / and taryed ye space of two monethes lengar than it shulde haue ben / and I shall tell you why.
THe same season that all these prepa∣racyons was made / the Quene na∣med Anne tooke a sickenesse / wher∣by the kynge and all his lordes were ryght sore troubled / for she was so sore sicke / that she passed out of this worlde at the feest of Penthecost: the yere of our lorde god a thou¦sande thre hundred fourscore and fourtene / of whose dethe the kynge and all that loued her / ladyes and damoselles were sore trou∣bled / and in great heuynesse. She was bu∣ryed at Poules in London / and her obse••es done after at good leysar / for the king wolde haue it done sumptuously / with great habū∣daunce of waxe / tapers / and torches / so that the lyke hadde nat ben sene before. The kyn∣ge wolde haue it so / bycause she was the Em¦perours doughter of Rome and kyng of Al∣maygne. The kynge loued her so entierly. They were maryed yonge / howe be it she dyed without issue. Thus in one season / the kynge / the duke of Lancastre / and the erle of Derby were wydowers. And there was no spekynge of remaryeng / nor the kyng wolde here no spekynge therof. Thus the kynges voyage in to Irelande was somwhat retar∣ded & let / howe be it the prouisyon and other lordes / suche as shulde go with the kynge / passed ouer the see and landed at Duuelyn / whiche was alwayes Englysshe / and there is an archebisshoppe who was with the kyn¦ge. And anone after Mydsomer the kynge departed fro the marchesse of London / and toke the waye throughe Wales huntyng and sportynge hym / to forgette the dethe of his quene / and suche as shulde go with the kyn∣ge sette forwarde. Two of the kynges vn∣cles / Edmonde duke of yorke and Thomas duke of Gloucestre constable of Englande / sette forwarde in great arraye / so dyde other lordes: as the erle of Rutlande / sonne to the duke of yorke / the erle marshall erle of Sa∣lisbury / the erle of Arundell / the lorde Wyl∣lyam of Arundell / the erle of Northumber∣lande lorde Percy / lorde Thom̄s Percy his brother great Seneschall of Englande / the erles of Deuonshyre and Notyngham / and great nombre of other knightes and squiers Suche reserued / as abode behynde to kepe the marchesse agaynst the scottes / who were suche people as neuer kepte no truce nor pro¦myse. The lorde Iohan of Hollande erle of Huntyngton was as than on his waye to Ie¦rusalem and to saynt Katheryns mount / and purposed to retourne by the realme of Hun∣gry / for as he passed through Fraūce (where he hadde great chere of the kyng / and of his brother and vncles) he herde howe the kyng of Hungry and the great Turke shulde ha∣ue batayle togyder / therfore he thought sure lye to be at that iourney. On the othersyde the duke of Lancastre came to Plomouthe / where his shippes laye redy. And whan his men were come and his vesselles all charged and had wynde at wyll / they toke shippyng and disancred and sayled towardes Burde∣aux / on the ryuer of Gyron.
NOwe lette vs speke of the kyng of Englande / who had in his co¦pany four thousande men of ar∣mes and thyrtie thousande ar∣chers. They shipped at thre pla¦ces. At Brutowe / at Holyheed / and at Her∣forde / they passed ouer daylye. And in Ire∣lande all redy there was a valyaunt knyght of Englande / called erle of Ormonde. He helde landes in Irelande / and so dyde his predecessours / but it was as than in debate. The erle Marshall of Englande hadde the vowarde with fyftene hundred speares and two thousande archers. The kynge of En∣glande and his two vncles toke shyppinge at Herforde in Wales. Thus the army pas∣sed ouer without dōmage / & than they were lodged in Irelande / by the apoyntement of the duke of Gloucestre cōstable of Englande and by the marshals / all abrode in the coun∣trey / beyond ye cytie of Duuelyn a .xxx. myle / for the countrey was as than̄e inhabytable: Howe be it they laye wysely and surely for feare of the yrisshe men / as nede was / or els they myght haue taken great dōmage. And the kynge and his vncles were lodged in the cytie of Duuelyn: and as it was shewed me all the whyle they were there / they were lar∣gely prouyded of vitayls: For the Englys∣she men are / suche men of warre as can well
forage and take aduaūtage / and make good prouisyon for thē selfe and their horses. And what fell of this voyage I shall shewe you here after / as I was enformed. ∴ ∴