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 peace bytwen Englan¦de and Fraūce contynued / and of the maryage of the kynge of Englande with the doughter of Fraunce. Cap. CC.xiii. (Book 213)

YE haue herde here before of the mariage of the french kyn∣ges doughter with the kynge of England / the whiche tyme apro¦ched nere / and bothe parties well wyllynge / excepte duke Thomas of Glouce∣stre / he was nothynge ioyfull therof / for he sawe well that by that maryage / there shulde be great confyderacyons and alyaunces by¦twene the two kynges and their Realmes to lyue in peace / whiche he was lothe to se / for he desyred rather to haue warre. The same sea∣son the duke had aboute hym a knyght called syr Iohan Baquegay a secrete man / and he set alwayes y^e duke to haue warre. The same seasone also the duke of Guerles came in to Englande to se the kynge and his vncles / and offred hym selfe to do any lawfull seruyce to the kynge that he myght do / he was bounde therto by faythe and homage / and he wolde gladly that the kynge shulde haue had watre rather than peace. This duke and the duke of Lancastre had great cōmunycacyon togyder of the voyage that the erle of Haynalt and the erle of Ostenaunt his sonne wolde make in to Frese. The same tyme Fyerebrase of Ver∣tayne was in Englande / sente thyder fro the erle of Ostrenant / to gette men of armes and archers to go in that voyage to Frese. The erle of Derby was desyred to go in that voy∣age / in aydinge of his cosyns of Heynalt. The gentle erle hadde therto good affectyon / and sayde howe he wolde ryght gladly go in that voyage / so that it pleased the kynge and his father. Whan the duke of Guerles came fyrst in to Englande / the Duke of Lancastre de∣maunded of him what he thought of that voy¦age in to Frese. He aunswered and sayd that it was a parylous voyage / and y^e Frese was a countrey nat lyghtly to be wonne / sayenge howe in tymes past there had been dyuers er∣les of Holande and Heynalte / that haue clay∣med their right there and gone thyder to haue put them in subiectyon / but they haue always lost their lyues there / affyrmynge howe the fresons are people without honour / and haue no mercy. they prayse nor loue no lorde in the worlde / they be so proude / and also their coun¦trey is stronge / for they be enuyroned with the see / and closed in with isses / rockes / and marysshes / no man can tell howe to gouerne them but them selfe. I haue ben desyred to go in that voyage / but I wyll nat / and I coun∣sayle my cosyn your sonne the erle of Derby / nat to entre in to that voyage / it is no iourney for hym. I thynke my fayre brother of Ostre∣nant wyll go / for he hath great desyre therto / and wyll haue a bande of haynowayes with hym / it shall be an aduenture if euer they re∣tourne. Whiche wordes caused the Duke of Lancastre to thynke that his sonne shulde nat go in y^t voyage / and so shewed his sonne his entente / and badde hym delaye that mater / for

the kynge nor he wolde nat that he shulde go. Thus the duke of Guerles dyd lette the ayde that the erle of Haynalte shulde haue had of the erle of Derby. Many thought it was nat well counsayled / nor yet for none of their ho∣nours. The duke of Guetles all his lyfe / na∣turally was Enuyous / presumptuous / and proūde. yet for all that Fierebrase of Vertayn lette nat his sute to gette ayde / and dyd so his dyligence that he gate knightes and squyers / and a two hundred archers. But the erle of Derby excused himselfe / whiche excuse he was fayne to take in gree / and sawe well that his wyll was good to go / if the kynge and his fa∣ther had nat been. Than the kynge for the a∣uauncement of his cosyns of Haynalte made to be ordeyned in the ryuer of Thamyse ves∣selles and shyppes for the men that shulde go in that voyage to Frese / to aryue at Encuse a towne in the countie of Haynalt / at the entre in to Holande. This towne standeth on the see / within twelue leages by water of the re∣alme of Frese.

THe same season was sente in to En∣glande fro the frenche kynge / the erle Valeran of saynt Powle / with cer∣tayne artycles concernynge the treatie of the peace / and with him was sent Robert the Her¦myte / whome the kynge of Englande was gladde to here speke. The erle of saint Powle founde the kynge of Englande and his bre∣therne the erles of Brenne and of Huntyng∣don / and the duke of Lancastre the kynges vn¦cles / at the manour of Eltham. The kynge re∣ceyued him ioyously / and herde well his mes∣sage / and sayd to hym a parte. Fayre brother of saynt Powle / as to the treatie of peace by∣twene me and my fayre father of Fraunce / I am right well enclyned therto / but I all alone canne nat promote that mater. True it is my bretherne and my two vncles of Lācastre and yorke enclyne ryght well therto / but I haue another vncle the duke of Gloucestre / who is ryght paryllous and a marneylous man / he letteth it as moche as he can / and dothe what he canne to drawe the Londoners to his opy∣nyon / I feare me to make a rebellyon in my realme / and that he shulde reyse the people a∣gaynst me / whiche is a great paryll / for if the people of Englande ryse agayne agaynst me / and haue myne vncle of Gloucestre on their parte / and suche other barones and knyghtes of the realme as be of his opynion / my realme were loste without remedy / for myne vncle of Gloucestre is so secerte / that no man canne knowe his mynde. Syr quod the erle of saint Powle / it behoueth you to wynne hym with fayre / swete / and louynge wordes / and gyue hym great gyftes / if he demaunde any thyng graunt it him / this is the way wherby ye shall wynne him / ye must flatter hym tyll the peace be made / and that ye haue your wyfe brought hyther to you / and that doone than ye maye take other counsayle / ye shall be than of the puyssaunce to oppresse all your rebelles / for the frenche kynge if nede be shall ayde you / of this ye maye be sure. In the name of god / ye saye well and thus shall I do.

THe erle of saynt Powle was lodged at London / and often tymes went to Eltham to se the kynge and the duke of Lancastre / and had often tymes cōmunyca¦cion on this maryage. Therle of saint Poule sayde howe the frenche kynge shulde come to saynt Omers and his vncles / and bring with hym his doughter / so that the kynge of En∣gland wolde come to Calais / and so bytwene saynte Omers and Calays / the two kynges shulde mete and speke togyther / wherby by reason of syght and spekynge togyther shulde encrease loue and amyte / and there these two kinges and their vncles shulde speke togyder without any other companye / on the forme of the peace / and if they conclude nat on some peace / yet at leste the trewce myght be relon∣ged to endure for thyrty or .xl. yere / bytwene the two realmes and their alies. This deuyse semed right good to the kyng and to his coun¦sayle / and hervpon the kynge and other lor∣des sente to Calays to make prouysyon / and the kynge desyred his vncle the duke of Glou¦cestre to go with hym in that iourney / and the duches his wyfe and his chyldren / and in lyke wyse the Dukes and duchesses of yorke and Lancastre. And so whan euery thynge was re¦dy the kynge and the erle of saynt Powle de∣parted fro Eltham and rode towardes Caun¦terbury / and after them folowed all other lor∣des / suche as shulde go in this voyage / and suche as had been desyred. The erle of saynt Powle passed the see fyrst / to the entent to ad∣uertyse the Frenche kynge / and so passed to

Boloyne and so to Paris / and there declared to the frenche kynge and to his vncles howe he had spedde / wherwith they were well con∣tent / and so departed fro Paris / and lytell and lytell aproched to the cytie of Amyence / and the kynge of Englande and his vncles came to Calais / with many lordes and ladyes. And the duke of Burgoyne one of the frenche kyn∣ges vncles came to saynt Omers / and by the meanes of the Erle of saynt Powle and Ro∣bert the hermyte / the duke of Burgoyne came to Calays / to se the kynge of Englande and his vncles▪ where he was nobly receyued / and there they coūsayled togyther on certayne ar∣tycles of the peace / wherto the kynge of En∣glande lyghtly enclyned. and for to say trouth he cared nat what he dyd / so he myght haue his wyfe.

WHan the duke of Burgoyne had ben at Calais two dayes / and had cōmu¦ned with the kynge of Englande on the artycles of the peace / the kynge sayd howe he wolde sende all the processe of the artycles ouer the see in to Englande / to beshewed and declared there to the people / for he sayde that nouther he / nor all the lordes that were there of Englande / coulde nat conclude fermely on no peace / without the generall consentment of the people of Englande. And more ouer the kynge sayde / howe that he must fyrst go ouer agayne hym selfe / and so retourne / and therby make but one iourney. That is well said quod the duke of Burgoyne / for than at youre re∣tourne / euery thynge shall be concluded and perfourmed. Thus the duke of Burgoyne / and the erle of saynt Powle departed fro Ca∣lays / and retourned to saynt Omers / and fro thens to Amyence / where they foūde the kyng and the quene and their doughter / who shulde be quene of Englande. The same tyme there was the dukes of Bretaygne and of Berrey in great araye. And the kynge of Englande and his vncles and other lordes retourned in to Englande / and their wyues taryed styll at Calays tyl their retourne. ¶In this meane season the voyage was made in to Frese / by them of Haynalte. Fyrst the erle of Heynalte / Holande / and of zelande / and his sonne the Erle of Ostrenaunt / as ye shall here after in this hystorie.