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
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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
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Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
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And ended the last day of August: the yere of our lorde god. M.D.xxv. [1525]
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¶Howe the siege before Nycopoly
in Turkey was reysed by Lamora∣baquy /
and howe the Frenche men
were dyscomfyted / & howe the hun∣garyons
fled. Cap. CC .xvii.
YE haue herde here before
howe the kynge of Hungery and
the lordes of Fraunce were pas∣sed
the ryuer of Dunce / and were
entred in to Turkey / and all the
sōmer after the moneth of Iuly they had done
many enterprises / and had brought dyuers
townes to their subiection / for there was none
that resysted them / and had besieged ye towne
of Nycopoly / and hadde nere brought it to a
small estate / nigh redy to yelde / for they coude
here no newes of Lamorabaquy. Than the
kyng of Hungery said to the lordes of Fraūce
and to other. Syrs thanked be god we haue
had a fayre seasone / we haue dystroyed parte
of Turkey / I reken this towne of Nycopoly¦ours
whan we lyst. it is so sore ouerlayde that
it canne nat longe holde / wherfore all thynges
consydred I coūsayle (this towne ones won)
that we go no further at this season / we shall
drawe agayn ouer the Dunce in to the realme
of Hungery / where I haue many cyties / tow¦nes /
and castelles redy furnysshed to receyue
you / as reason is / seyng ye be come so farre to
ayde me to make warre agaynst the turkes /
whome I haue founde herde and cruell ene∣myes /
and this wynter we shall make newe
prouysion agaynst the next somer / and sende
worde to the frenche kyng what case we be in /
so that this nexte sōmer he maye refresshe vs
with newe men / and I beleue whan he kno∣weth
what we haue done & howe euery thyng
standeth / he wyll haue great affection to come
hyther in his owne person / for he is yonge and
couragyous / and loueth dedes of armes. and
whether he cometh or nat / by the grace of god
this next sōmer / we shall wynne the realme of
Armony / and passe the brase of saynt George /
and so in to Surrey / and wynne the portes of
Iaphes and Baruth / and conquere Iherusa∣lem
and all the holy lande. and if the sowdan
come forewarde we shall fyght with hym / for
he shall nat departe without batayle.
THese or lyke wordes sayd the kynge
of Hungery to the lordes of Fraunce
& rekened Nycopoly as their owne /
howe be it fortune fell otherwyse. All that sea∣son
the kynge Basaach called Lamorabaquy
had reysed an army of sarazyns / some out of
farre countreys / as out of Perce. many great
men of the sarazyns came to ayde Lamoraba¦quy
to dystroy crystendome. They were pas∣sed
the Brase saynt George to the nombre of
two hūdred thousande men. To say the trouth
the chrysten men were nat a certayned what
nombre they were of. This kynge Basaache
and his men aproched nere to Nycopoly by
couerte wayes / they knewe in feates of warre
as moche as myght be / and this kynge was a
valyaunt man / whiche shewed well by reason
of his polycy / he ordered his bataylles thus.
All his hoost was in a maner as wynges / his
men comprised well a great myle of grounde /
and before the hoost to shewe a face redye in
a bande an eyght thousande turkes / the two
wynges of the batayle were open a forefronte
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and narowe behynde/and Lamorabaquy was
in the herte of the batayle / thus they rode all
in couerte. These eyght thousande Turkes
were ordeyned to make a face / and yt as sone
as they shulde se the crysten men a {pro}che / than
they to recule lytell and lytell in to the herte of
the batayle / and than the two wynges whiche
were open before (the crysten men beyng ones
entred bytwene theym) to close togyther and
ioyne in to one company / and than to fyght
with their enemyes. This was the ordre of
their batayle.
THus in the yere of oure lorde god a
thousande thre hūdred fourscore and
syxtene / the monday before the feest
of saynt mychell about ten of the clocke / as the
kyng of Hungery sate at dyner at the siege of
Nycopoly / tydynges came to the hoost howe
the turkes were comyng and the scoutes that
came in shewed howe they had sene the tur∣kes /
but their reporte was nat trewe / for they
had nat tydden so forwarde / that they had a∣uewed
the two wynges / nor the batayle be∣hynde /
they had sene no mo but ye fore ryders
and bowarde / for as soone as they had sene
theym they retourned. The same seasone the
greatest parte of ye host were at dyner. Than
tydynges was brought to the erle of Neuers /
and to all other ingenerall by their scurers /
who said. Syrs arme you quyckly that ye be
nat surprised / for the turkes are comynge on
you. These tydynges greatly reioysed the cry¦sten
men / suche as desyred to do dedes of ar∣mes.
Than euery man rose fro their dynners
and put the tables fro them / and demaunded
for their harnesse and horses / and they were
well chafed before with drynkynge of wyne.
Than euery man drewe in to the felde / baners
and standerdes dysplayed / euery man to his
owne baner. Than the baner of our lady was
dysplayed / therwith the valyaunt knyght sir
Iohan of Vien admyrall of Fraunce / and the
frenche men were the fyrst that drewe in to the
felde fresshely aparelled / makynge small ac∣compte
of the turkes / but they knewe nat that
they were so great a nombre as they were / nor
that Lamorabaquy was there in his owne
persone. As these lordes of Fraunce were into
the felde / there came vnto theym the kynge of
Hungeryes marshall in great hast / who was
a valyaunte knyght / called Henry of Osten¦lenyhall /
vpon a good horse with a penon of
his armes / of syluer a crosse sable ancored / cal∣led
in armure / the yron of a mylstone. Whan
he came before the baner of our lady he stode
styll / and (to the moste parte of the barones of
Fraunce) he sayd openly. Syrs I am sent hy¦ther
to you fro the kynge of Hungery / and he
desireth you by me / that ye sat nat on your ene¦myes
vntyll suche tyme as ye haue worde a∣gayne
fro him / for it ought to be doughted lest
our scoutes haue nat brought the certaynte of
the nombre of the turkes / but within these two
houres ye shall here other tydynges / for we
haue sent other foreryders forth to auewe our
enemyes more substancially than the first dyd
and syrs ye maye be sure the turkes shall nat
indomage vs / if ye tary tyll all our hole puys∣saunce
be togyder. Syrs this is the ordre that
the kynge and his counsayle hath ordered / I
muste retourne agayne to the kynge. Whan he
was de{per}ted the french lordes assembled thē to¦gyder /
to knowe what was best for them to do.
Than it was demaunded of the lorde Coucy
what he thought best to be done / he answered
and said. I wolde counsayle to obey the kyng
of Hungeryes cōmaundement / for that ordre
semeth to be good. And as it was enfourmed
me syr Phylippe of Arthoys erle of Ewe and
constable of Fraunce / was nat contented that
the aduyse had nat fyrst haue ben demaunded
of hym. Than he for pride and dispyght helde
the contrary opynyon / and sayd. ye syr ye / the
kynge of Hungery wolde haue the floure and
chiefe honour of this iourney / we haue the vo∣warde /
he hath graunted it to vs / and nowe he
wolde take it fro vs agayne / beleue hym who
wyll for I do nat / & than he sayd to the knyght
that bare his banner / in the name of god and
saynt George / ye shall seme this daye a good
knyght. Whan the lorde Coucy herde the con∣stable
speke these wordes / he toke it done of a
great presumpcyon. Than he loked on syr Io¦han
of Vyen / who bare the standarde of our
lady / and demaūded of hym what he thought
best to be doone. Syr quod he where as wyse
reasone canne nat be herde / than pride muste
reygne / and sythe that the erle of Ewe wyll ne¦des
set on / we must nedes folowe / howe be it
we shulde be the stronger and if our puyssaūce
were hole togyther. Thus as they deuysed in
the felde / styll the turkes aproched / & the two
wynges eche of .lx. thousande men beganne
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to aproche and to close / and had the chrysten
men bytwene them / so that if they wolde haue
reculed they coulde nat / for they were closed in
with the sarazyns / the wynges were so thicke.
Than dyuers knyghtes that were well expert
in armes / sawe well the iourney shulde be a∣gaynst
them / howe be it they auaunced and fo¦lowed
the baner of our lady / borne by the valy¦aunt
knight syr Iohn̄ of Vien. Euery knyght
of Fraunce was in his cote armure that euery
man semed to be a kinge / they were so fresshly
aparelled. As it was shewed me whan they be¦gan
fyrste to fyght with the turkes / they were
nat past a seuen hundred men. Lo beholde the
great foly and outrage / for if they had taryed
for the kynge of Hungery who were threscore
thousande men / they had been lykely to haue
doone a great acte / and by them and by their
pride all was lost / and they receyued suche dō¦mage /
that sythe the batayle of Rounseualx /
where as the .xii. peres of Fraūce were slayne
crystendome receyued nat so great a dōmage
howe be it or they were dyscomfyted a great
nombre of turkes were slayne / for the frenche
men dyscomfyted the fyrst batayle of the tur∣kes /
and had them in chase tyll they came in to
a valey / where Lamorabaquy was with his
hole puyssaunce. Than the frenchmen wolde
haue retourned to their hoost / but they coulde
nat / for they were closed in on all partes. there
was a sore batayle / the frenche men endured
longe. Than newes came to the kyng of Hun¦gery
howe the frenche men / englysshmen / and
almayns were fyghtyng with the turkes / and
had broken his cōmaundement and counsayle
gyuen thē by his marshall / wherwith he was
sore dyspleased / and nat without good cause.
Than he sawe well howe he was lykely to lese
that iourney / Than he said to the great may∣ster
of the Rodes / who was by hym. Syr we
shall this day lese the iourney by reason of the
pride of the frenchmen / for if they wolde haue
beleued me / we had been stronge ynough to
haue fought with our enemyes. and therwith
the kynge of Hungerye loked behynde hym /
and sawe howe his men fled a waye and were
discomfyted in them selfe. Than he sawe well
there was no recouery / and suche as were a∣boute
hym cryed and sayd. Saue your selfe /
for if ye be slayne all Hungery is loste / ye shall
lese the felde this daye / by reason of the pride
of the frenche men / their valyaūtnesse turneth
to folyssh hardynes / for they shall be all slayne
or taken / none is lykely to scape / therfore syr if
ye beleue vs saue youre selfe / and scape this
daunger.
THe kynge of Hungery was sore dys∣pleased
whan he sawe howe he had
lost ye iourney by dysorderyng of the
frenche men / and sawe no remedy but to flye
or els be taken or slayne. Great murder there
was / for in flyenge they were chased and so
slayne. They of Hungery fledde without or∣dre /
and the turkes chased theym / howe be it
god ayded the kinge of Hūgery and the great
mayster of the Rodes / for they came to the ry∣uer
of Dunce / and founde there a lytell barge
parteynynge to the Rodes / they entered in to
it but with seuen persones / and so went of the
shore / or els they had been slayne or taken / for
the turkes came to the Ryuer syde / and there
slewe many a crysten man / suche as had folo∣wed
the kynge to saue them selfe.
NOwe lette vs speke of the frenche men
and almayns who fought valyauntly.
Whan the lorde of Mount caurell a ryght va¦lyaunt
knyght of Arthoys sawe that the dys∣comfyture
ranne vpon them / he had by hym a
sonne of his a yonge man / than he sayde to a
squyer of his. Take here my sonne and leade
hym away by yonder wynge whiche is open
and saue hym / & I wyll abyde the aduenture
with other of my felowes. Whan the chylde
herde his father say so / he sayd howe he wolde
nat departe / but the father dyd so moche that
perforce the squyer led hym away out of pa∣rell
and came to the ryuer of Dunce / but there
the chylde had suche care for his father that he
tooke small regarde to hym selfe / so that he fell
in to ye ryuer bytwene two barges / and there
was drowned without remedy. Also syr Wyl∣lyam
of Tremoyle fought in that batayle va∣lyauntly /
and there was slayne and his sonne
by him / and syr Iohan of Vyen bearynge the
baner of our lady was slayne / and the baner
in his handes. Thus all the lordes and knigh¦tes
of Fraūce that were there were distroyed /
by the maner / as ye haue herde. Syr Iohan
of Burgoyne erle of Neuers / was so rychely
besene / and in lykewyse so was syr Guy de la
Ryuer / and dyuers other lordes and knygh∣tes
of Burgoyne / that they were taken priso∣ners
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And there were two squiers of Picardy
ryght valyaunt men / called Gyllyam Dewe /
and the Bourge of Maytequell / these two by
valyauntnesse two tymes passed through the
felde / and euer retourned in agayne and dyd
marueyls / but fynally shere they were slayne.
To say the trouthe the frenche men and other
straūgers that were there acquyted them selfe
valyauntly / but the frenchmens pride lost all.
There was a knyght of Pycardy called syr
Iaques of Helley / who had dwelte before in
Turkey / and had serued Lamorabaquy / and
coude somwhat speke the langage of Turkey
whan he sawe the batayle loste he yelded hym
selfe / and the Sarazyns who are couetous of
golde and syluer toke and saued hym. Also a
lquyer of Tornasys called Iaques du Fay /
who had before serued the kynge of Tartary
called Tauburyn / as soone as this Iaques
knewe yt the frenche men came to make warre
in Turkey / he toke leaue of the kynge of Tar¦tary
and departed / and was on the sayd felde /
and taken prisoner by the kyng of Tartaries
men / who were there in the ayde of Lamora∣baquy /
for kynge Tauburyn of Tartary had
sent to hym great nombre of men of warre.
THe frenchmen were so richely arayed
that they semed lyke kynges / wherby
they were taken and their lyues sa∣ued /
for sarazyns & turkes are couetous / they
trusted to haue great raunsomes of these that
were taken / and reputed them greater lordes
than they were. Sir Iohan of Burgoyn erle
of Neuers was taken prisoner. In lykewyse
were the erles of Ewe and de la Marche / the
lorde Coucy / syr Henry of Bare / syr Guy de
la Tremoyle / Bouciquant and dyuers other.
And syr Philyp of Bare / syr Iohan of Vyen /
Willyam of Tremoyle and his sonne slayne /
and dyuers other. This batayle endured thre
houres fyghtynge / and the kinge of Hungery
lost all his baggage and all his plate and io∣welles /
and was gladde to saue hym selfe / but
with seuen persons with him in a lytell barge
of the Rodes / els he had been taken or slayne
without recouery. There were mo men
slayne in the chase than in the ba∣tayle /
and many drowned /
happy was he that might
scape by any maner
of meanes.
WHan this dyscomfyture was doone
and passed / and that the turkes suche
as were sent thyder by the Sowdan
were withdrawen in to their lodginges / whi∣che
was in to tentes and pauylyons that they
had conquered / whiche they founde well reple¦nysshed
with wyne and meate redy dressed /
wherwith they refresshed them / and made ioy
and reuell / lyke suche people as had ateygned
vyctorye on their enemyes. Than Lamora∣baquy
with a greate nombre of mynstrelles
acordyng to the vsage of their countrey / came
to the kynge of Hungeryes chefe tent / whiche
was goodly aparelled and hanged with riche
stuffe / and there he toke great pleasure / and
glorifyed in his herte of the wynnyng of that
iourney / and shanked their god acordynge to
their lawe. Than he vnarmed hym / and to re¦fresshe
hym he sate downe on a tapyte of sylke
and caused all his great lordes to come to him
to iangle and to talke with them. He made as
great myrthe as myght be / and sayd howe he
wolde shortely with great puyssaunce passe
in to the realme of Hungery / and cōquere the
countrey / and after other countreys vpon the
crysten men / and to bringe them to his obey∣saunce /
for he sayd he was content that euery
man shulde lyue after their owne lawes / he de¦syred
nothynge but the signory / but he sayd he
wolde reygne lyke Alysaunder of Masydone
who was twelue yere kynge of all the worlde /
of whose lynage he sayde he was dyscended.
All yt herde him agreed to his sayenge. Than
he madethre cōmaundemētes. The fyrst was
that who so euer had any prisoner crysten / to
bringe hym forthe the seconde daye after in to
his presence. the seconde was that all the deed
bodyes shulde be vysyted and sertched / and
such as were likely to be noble men to be layde
aparte by them selfe in their raymentes tyll
he came thyder hym selfe / for he sayd he wolde
se them. The thyrde was to enquyre iustely if
the kyng of Hungery were deed or a lyue. All
was done as he cōmaunded.
WHan Lamorabaquy had well refres∣shed
hym / than to passe the tyme he
went to ye place where the felde was /
to se the deed bodyes / for it was shewed hym
that he had many of this men slayne / and that
the batayle had cost hym greatly / of the which
he had great marueyle / and coulde nat byleue
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it. Than he mounted on his horse and a great
nombre with him / he had with hym two of his
bretherne called Basaache and Surbasaach /
as some people sayd / but he wolde nat be kno∣wen
of them / for he sayd he had no bretherne.
Whan he came to the place where the batayle
was / he founde it of trouthe that there were
many deed and slayne / he sawe yt for one cry∣sten
man deed / he founde .xxx. turkes slayne /
wherwith he was marueylously dyspleased /
and openly sayde. Here hath been a cruell ba∣tayle
and marueyloussly defended of the cry∣sten
men / but I shal make them that be a lyue
to bye it derely. Than the kynge went to his
lodgynge / and so passed that nyght in great
furour of hert / and in the mornyng or he was
vp moche people came to his tente to knowe
what they shulde do with the chrysten priso∣ners /
the renome ranne that they shulde all be
put to dethe without mercy. Lamorabaquy
(for all his dyspleasure) ordeyned that suche
crysten men as were in the batayle in great a
ray / and lykely to be great men / shulde be all
sette togyther in one parte / for it was shewed
hym that they myght well pay great raunso∣mes.
Also there were dyuers sarazyns and pa¦nyms /
of Perce / of Tartary / of Arabye / and
suryens that had many prisoners / by whome
they thought to haue great aduauntage / as
they had in dede / they hyd them out of the way
so that they came nat to knowledge. Amonge
other syr Iaques of Helley was brought be¦fore
Lamorabaquy / he that had him durst nat
hyde hym no lenger. Syr Iaques de Helley
was beknowen with some of the kynges ser∣uaūtes /
who toke hym fro them that had him /
whiche was happy for hym / as ye shall here
after / for many crysten men were afterwarde
cruelly slayne and put to dethe.
Kynge Basaach had cōmaunded to en¦quyre
whiche were the greatest of the
crysten men / and that they shulde be
set a syde / to the entent to saue their lyues. So
they were tryed out and set a parte. Fyrst the
lorde Iohan of Burgoyne Erle of Neuers /
who was chiefe aboue all other / and than syr
Phylyppe of Arthoys erle of Ewe / the erle of
Marche / the lorde Coucy / syr Henry of Bare
syr Guy of Tremoyle / and other to the nom∣bre
of eyght persones. And Lamorabaquy
went to se and to speke with them / and beheld
them a longe seasone / and he coniured these
lordes by their faythe and lawe / to saye the
trouthe / if they were the persones that
they named them selfe for / and they sayde ye.
And yet to knowe the more certaynte he sente
to them the frenche knyght syr Iaques of Hel¦ley /
to knowe them / for he had serued Lamo∣rabaquy
before / therfore he had his lyfe graū∣ted
hym. He was demaunded if he knewe the
frenche knyghtes prysoners. He aunswered
and said / I thynke if Ise them I shall knowe
them. Than he was cōmaunded to go and a∣uewe
theym / and to shewe playnely their na∣mes.
He dyd as he was cōmaūded / and whan
he came to them / he shewed them his aduen∣ture /
and howe he was sente thyder to knowe
surely their names. Than they sayde. Ah syr
Iaques / ye knowe vs all / and ye se well howe
fortune is agaynst vs / and how we be in daun¦ger
of this kynge / therfore to saue our lyues
make vs rather greater than we be in dede /
and shewe the kyng that we be suche men able
to pay great raunsomes. syrs quod he so shall
I do / for I am boūde therto. than this knight
retourned to Lamorabaquy and to his coun∣sayle /
and syd howe those knyghtes whiche
he hadde spoken with / were of the greatest
men in all Fraunce / and were of the Kynges
lyngage / and said they were able to pay great
raunsomes. Than Lamorabaquy sayd howe
their lyues shulde be saued / and all other pri∣soners
to be slayne and hewen all to peces / in
example of all other. Than the kynge shewed
hym selfe before all the people that were there
assembled / to whome they all made lowe reue¦rence.
They made a lane for hym to passe tho∣rough /
euery man with his sworde naked in
his hande / and so came thyder where the sayd
lordes of Fraunce stode togyther. Than the
king wolde se the correction of the other / whi∣che
thynge the sarazyns were desyrous to do.
THan they were all brought before La¦morabaquy
naked in their shyrtes /
and he behelde them a lytell and than
tourned fro them warde / and made a sygne
that they shuld be all slayne / and so they were
brought through the sarazyns / that had redy
naked swordes in their handes / and so slayne
and hewen all to peces without mercy. This
cruell iustyce dyd Lamorabaquy that daye /
by the whiche mo than thre hūdred gentlemen
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of dyuers nacyons were tourmented & slayne
for the loue of god / on whose soules Iesu haue
mercy. Amonge other was slayne syr Henry
Dantoigne of Heynalt / and so it was the lord
Boucyquante marshall of Fraunce was one
of theym that was brought naked before the
kynge / and had ben slayne with other / and the
erle of Neuers had nat espyed hym. As sone
as he sawe hym he went streyght to the kynge
and kneled downe / and desyred hym effectu∣ously
to respyte fro the dethe that knyght syr
Boucyquant / sayenge howe he was a great
man in Fraūce / and able to pay a great raun∣some.
Lamorabaquy condyscended to the re∣quest
of the erle of Neuers / and so syr Boucy∣quant
was sette amonge them that shulde be
saued. Thus cruell iustyce was done that day
vpon the crysten men / and bycause that La∣morabaquy
wolde that his vyctory shulde be
knowen in Fraunce / he apoynted out thre of
the frenche knyghtes to come before hym wher
of syr Iaques of Helley was one. Than the
kyng demaūded of the erle of Neuers whiche
of tho thre knyghtes he wolde chose to sende
in to Fraunce to the kynge and to the duke of
Burgoyne his father. Than the erle of Ne∣uers
sayd / syr and it please you I wolde that
this knyght syr Iaques of Helley shulde go
thyder fro you and fro vs. So syr Iaques ta¦ryed
with Lamorabaquy and the other two
knyghtes delyuered to dethe and so slayne /
whiche was pytie. Than Lamorabaquy was
well apeased of his furoute / and vnderstode
howe the kyng of Hungery was scaped away
a lyue. Than he determyned to retourne in to
Turkey to a cytie called Burse / and so he dyd
and thyder all ye prisoners were brought / and
than his army departed / and specyally suche
as were of farre coūtreys / as Tartary / Perce
Mede / Sury / Alerandre / and of Lecto. than
syr Iaques Helley was delyuered to retourne
in to Fraunce / and he was cōmaunded to re∣tourne
throughe Lombardy / and to recom∣maunde
Lamorabaquy to the duke of Myl∣layne /
and also he was streyghtly cōmaunded
that in euery place as he passed / to manyfest
and publisshe the victory that Lamorabaquy
had vpon the crysten men. The Erle of Ne∣uers
wrote to the frenche kynge for hym selfe /
and all his company / & to his father the duke
of Burgoyne / and to the duchesse his mother.
Whan this knyght had his charge as well by
writyng as by credence / he departed and toke
his way towardes Fraunce. Or he departed
he was sworne and promysed as soone as he
had done his message in Fraūce / incontynent
to retourne agayne thyder / whiche othe and
promesse he acōplysshed lyke a trewe knight.
Nowe we wyll leaue speakynge at this tyme
of Lamorabaquy and of the lordes of Fraūce
prisoners / and we wyll speke of other maters
that fell the same season.
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