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

¶Herafter foloweth the ta∣ble of this present volume.

• FIrst howe syr Iohan Bour∣chyer gouernour of Gaunt du∣rynge the truse / had newe vitay∣led the towne of Gaūt / and howe a maner of people called compor∣selles / dyd moche hurte in the Countrey. Capitulo. primo.
• ¶Howe y^e bridge of Taylbourcke was won by the frenche men / and howe the englisshmen fortyfied them selfe agaynst the cōmyng of the frenchmen / and howe the admyrall of Fraūce and his rout aryued at ••••••nborowe in Scot¦lande. Capi. ii.
• ¶Howe the frenche men found a wylde coun¦trey of Scotlāde and were yuell content with the admyrall / and howe he pacyfied them with fayre wordes: and howe Fraunces Atreman and his company / had nerehande taken Ar∣denbourke in Flaunders. Cap. iii.
• ¶Howe the lorde of saint Albyne and Engue¦rante zendequyn saued Ardenbourke fro ta∣kynge / and howe the quene of Hungery sent ambassadours into Fraunce / to marry thetle of Valoyes to her eldest doughter. Cap. iiii.
• ¶Howe the duchesse of Brabant wrote to du¦ke Frederyke of Bauyere of the maryage of the yonge frenche kyng / with her nese Isabell of Bauyer / and howe the duke and the lady came to Quesnoy. Capi. v.
• ¶Howe Fraunces Atreman toke the towne of Dan / and howe the frenche kynge wedded the lady Isabell of Bauyere / and after wente and layde siege to Dan. Fo .vi.
• ¶Howe dyuers burgesses of Sluse were be¦he ded / and howe Sluse was chaunged for the lande of Bethune / & howe the siege of Dan contynewed longe. Cap. vii.
• ¶Howe the gauntoyse fledde out of Dan by nyght / & howe the frenche men toke the towne and destroyed it / and also howe the kynge dy∣stroyed the countrey of the foure craftes. Capi. viii.
• ¶Howe the frenche kynge departed oute of Flaunders / and gaue leaue to his men to de∣parte / and howe he came to Parys to treate with the ambassadours of Hungry / and howe the marques of Blanqueforte toke by strēght to his wyfe the same lady / 〈…〉〈…〉. Cap. ix.
• ¶Howe the duke of Burbone toke Bertuell in Poictou / and also of the great assemble that the kynge of Scottes made to entre in to En¦glande. Cap. x.
• ¶Howe the frenche men and scottes was the castell of Vatley / and dystroyed dyuers other townes in Northumberlande / and howe they withdrewe agayne in to Scotlande / whan they knewe that the kynge of Englande was cōmynge on them with a great puyssaunce. Capi. xi.
• ¶Howe syr Iohan Hollande slewe syr Ry∣charde Stafforde / and howe the erle of Staf¦forde came to the kynge to demaunde iustyce. Capi. xii.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Englande caused to be dystroyed the churche of Mewreus in Scot∣lande / and howe the barones of Scotlande aunswered the admyrall of Fraunce / and de∣uysed to leaue Scotlande and to lette the en∣glysshe men alone. Cap. xiii.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Englande toke Eden∣borowe the chiefe tytle of Scotlande / & howe the duke of Lancastre was in purpose to re∣tourne in to Wales / to close in the frenche men and the scottes: and what the frenche men and scottes dyd in the sayd countrey. Cap. xiiii.
• ¶Howe the erle of Oxenforde brake the pur∣sute that the kynge of Englande had thought to haue made into Wales after the frenchmen and scottes / and howe the kyng retourned the same way that he came / and howe the frenche men & scottes determyned to retourne againe into Scotlande. Cap. xv.
• ¶Howe the frenche lordes were in great pa∣ryll in scotlande / and coude nat fynde the mea¦nes to passe ouer thesee / and how they shewed the erles Duglas and Morette the hardnesse that they founde in that countrey / and what answere they made to them. Cap. xvi.
• ¶Howe the admyrall enfourmed the frenche kynge and his counsayle of the state of Scot∣lande / and howe the duke of Burgoyne had great desyre to cause y^e frenche kynge to make a iourney in to Englande. Cap. xvii.
• ¶Howe by the grace of god / two burgesses of Gaunt entred to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with y^e duke of Bu••¦goyne for peace / & howe they gaue the charge therof to a knight of Flaunders / and what an¦swere the duke gaue vnto them. Ca. xviii.
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• ¶Howe these two 〈…〉〈…〉 burgesses assem∣bled their frendes to acomply•••••• their enter∣prise / and sent syr Iohan Delle 〈…〉〈…〉 letters of peace. Cap. ••ii.
• ¶Howe syr Iohan Delle came to Gaunt to the markette place / where as Roger and Ia∣ques and the aldermen of the eytie were / and howe he delyuered them letters fro the duke of Burgoyne / and howe they of Gaunt sente to Turney / and of the confyrmacion of the peace / and of the charters that were made therof. Capi. xx.
• ¶Howe sir Iohan Froissart auctour of this cronycle / departed out of Fraunce and went to the erle of Foyzland the maner of his voy∣age. Cap. xxi.
• ¶Howe the prince of Wales and the princesse came to Tarbe / and of the request y^t the coun∣tesse of Armynake mad to the prince and prin¦cesse / and howe the countrey of Gascoyne was newly agayne in warre. Cap. xxii.
• ¶Of the warres that y^e duke of ••niou made agaynst the englysshe men / and howe he reco∣uered the Castell of Maluoysyn in Bygore / whiche was afterwarde gyuen to the Erle of Foize. Cap. xxiii.
• ¶Howe the garyson & castell of Lourde was caste downe and discomfyted / by the great dy¦lygence y^t the erle of Foiz made. Ca. xxiiii.
• ¶Howe the peace was made bytwene y^e duke of Berrey and the erle of foyz / and of the be∣gynnynge of the warre that was bytwene the erle of Foiz & the erle of Armynake. Ca. xxv.
• ¶Of the great vertuousnesse and larges that was in the erle of Foize / and the maner of the pytuous dethe of Gascone the erles sonne. Capi. xxvi.
• ¶Howe syr Peter of Byerne had a stronge dysease / and of the countesse of Bysquay his wyfe. Cap. xxvii.
• ¶Of the great solēpnyte that the erle of Foiz made at the fyest of saynte Nycholas / and the tale that the ••••stot of Manlyon shewed to sir Iohan Fro••••••rt. Cap. xxviii.
• ¶Howe dyuers capytayns englysshe and o∣ther / were dyscomfyted before the Towne of Saxere by the frenche men. Cap. xxix.
• ¶Howe a Squyer called Lymosyn tourned frenche / and howe he caused Loyes Rambalt his cōpany on in armes to be taken. Ca. xxx.
• ¶Of the state or ordynaūce of the erle of Foiz and howe the towne of yran rebelled / for the great traueyle / dommage / and outrage that was done therto. Cap. xxxi.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Castyle left the siege of ••••••bone / and howe they of saynt prayne 〈…〉〈…〉 selfe. Cap. xxxii.
• ¶〈…〉〈…〉 batayle that was at 〈…〉〈…〉 kinge of Castyle and kynge 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Portugale. Cap. xxxiii.
• ¶Of the spanyardes / howe they ordred them selfe and their batayle. Cap. xxxiiii.
• ¶Howe the frenche knyghtes and gascons / suche as were taken prisoners at Iuberoth by the portugaloyes / were slayne by their may∣sters / and none escaped. Cap. xxxv.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Castyle & all his great batayle were discomfyted by the kyng of Por¦tugale / before a vyllage called Iuberothe. Capi. xxxvi.
• ¶Howe a spiryte called Orthone / serued the lorde of Corasse a longe tyme / and brought him euer tidynges from all partes of the worl∣de. Cap. xxxvii.
• ¶Howe a siege was layde to Breste in Bre∣tayne / and howe that dyuers englyssh for••••es∣ses aboute the countrey of Tholous / were re∣couered and tourned frenche. Cap. xxxviii
• ¶Howe the castelles of Conuall / of Bygor•• and of Nesuyll were taken / & all they 〈◊〉〈◊〉 taken / slayne / and hanged. Cap. xx••••
• ¶Howe the kinge of Cypres was slayn•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 murthered in his bedde by his owne bro•••••• by exortacyon and corruptyon of the in 〈…〉〈…〉 for the bountye and hardynesse that 〈…〉〈…〉 hym. Cap. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• ¶Howe the kynge of Armony wa•• 〈…〉〈…〉 / and howe .lx.M. turkes were 〈…〉〈…〉 distroyed in the realme of Hungry. Ca. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• ¶Howe pope Vrbane & pope Clement were at gret discorde togyder / and howe the cristen kynges were in varyaunce for their lectyons / and of the warres bytwene them. Cap. xlii.
• ¶Howe they of Portugale sent out messan∣gers in to Englande / to shewe tydynges of their countrey to the kynge of Englande / and to the great lordes there. Cap. xliii.
• ¶Howe Laurens Fongase ambassadour fro the kynge of Portugale in to Englande / she∣wed to the duke of Lancastre the maner of the discorde that was bytwene the realmes of Ca¦style and Portyngale. Cap. xliiii.
• ¶Howe Laurence Fongase shewed the duke of Lancastre the maner of the batayle of Iu∣berothe /

• bytwene the kynges of Castyle and Portyngale. Cap. xlv.
• ¶Howe the ambassadours of Portyngale had aunswere of the kynge of Englande / and great gyftes / and howe they tooke their leaue and went into their countreys. Cap. xlvi.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lancastre assayled the lordes / knightes / and squyers that were in the bastydes before Brest in Bretayne / and howe they defended them selfe. Cap. xlvii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lancastre and his hoost whasie they had soiourned a moneth at Co∣longne / than they departed and rode towarde saynt Iames in Galyce. Cap. xlviii.
• ¶Of the great apparell and prouyson / that generally was made in the realme of Fraunce by the kynge there and by his counsayle / for a iourney to be made in to Englande / and also of the deth of Fraunces Atreman. Cap. lii.
• ¶Howe the kyng of Portyngale wrote amy∣ably to the duke of Lancastre / whan he knewe that he was arryued at saynt Iames in Ga∣lyce / and of the socours that the kynge of Ca∣style sent for into Fraūce / and howe the towne of Ruelles in Galyce was taken by the En∣glysshe men. Cap. liii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lācastres marshall and his men assayled the towne of Vieclope in Ga¦lyce / whiche yelded by cōposycion / and of the ambassadours that the duke sent to the kynge of Portyngale. Cap. li.
• ¶Howe they of Bayon yelded theym to the duke of Lancastre / and howe the marshall of his hoost entred in to the towne and t••ke pos∣sessyon therof. Cap. liii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lancastre and the du∣chesse helde them at saynte Iames in Galyce / and of the comforte that the frenche knyghtes gaue to the kynge of Castyle. Cap. lxii.
• ¶Of the great apparell of shyppes and ga∣leys that the Frenche men made on the see to passe in to Englande. Cap. liii.
• ¶Howe the frenche kinge and his vncles ar∣ryued at Sluse in Flaunders. Cap. liiii.
• ¶Howe the frenche kynge taryed at Sluse with his great hoost / to the entent to entre in to Englande. Cap. lv.
• ¶Howe syr Symon Burle wolde haue had by his counsayle saynt Thomas of Caunter∣buryes shryne remoued to y^e castell of Douer / wherby he atchyued great hate. Cap. lv.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Armonye passed in to Englande in truste to fynde some meanes of peace or good appoyntment bytwene y^e kynge of Englande and the frenche kyng. Cap. lvi.
• ¶Howe the kinge of Armony retourned out of Englande / and of the aunswere that was made to hym. Cap. lvii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Berrey departed fro Pa¦rys to come to Sluse / and howe the consta∣ble of Fraunce toke the see / and of the wynde that was contrary to hym. Cap. lviii.
• ¶Howe the voyage in to Englande was bro¦ken by reason of the wyndes & of wynter / and by counsayle of the duke of Berrey. Ca. lix.
• ¶Howe kynge Charles of Fraunce and the frenche lordes returned yuell content fro sluse and out of Flaunders / where as their prouy∣syons were made to haue gone in to Englan∣de / and of the feest that was made at Lon∣don. Cap. lx.
• ¶Howe we a squier called Iaques le Grise was acused in the parlyament howse at Parys be¦fore all the lordes there present / by a knyght called Iohan of Carongne / and what iudge∣ment was gyuen vpon them / and howe they iusted at vttraunce in Paris / in a place called saynt Katheryne / behynde the temple / & howe Iaques le Grise was confounded. Cap. lxi.
• ¶Howe the kyng of Aragon dyed / and howe the archebysshoppe of Burdeaux was set in prisone in Barcelona. Cap. lxi.
• ¶How a batayle of armes was done in Bur∣deaux before the seneschall there / and dyuers other. Cap. lxii.
• ¶Howe Iohan of Bretaygne sonne to syr Charles of Bloyes was delyuered out of pri¦son / by the meanes of syr Olyuer of Clysson constable of Fraunce. Cap. lxxii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Burbone was chosen to go in to Castyle / and dyuers other / and howe syr Iohan Bucke admyrall of Flaūders was token prisoner by the englysshmen. Ca. lxxii.
• ¶Howe the englysshe men aryued and brent dyuers villages. Cap. lxxiii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lācasters marshall toke the towne of Rybadane / whiche was strong∣ly kept. Cap. xliii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lancastre sent for the ad¦myrall and marshall / and his other offycers / to come to the weddynge of his doughter and the kynge of Portyngale. Cap. lxxiiii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lancastre and his men rode towardes the cytie of Besances / & howe

• the towne made composycion with them. Capi. lxxv
• ¶Howe the duchesse and her doughter went to se the kynge of Portyngale and the quene / and howe the towne of Basances submytted them vnder the obeysaunce of the duke of Lan¦castre. Cap. lxxvi.
• ¶Howe they of Basances that had ben sente to the Kynge of Castyle came home to their towne / after it was rendred vp to the duke of Lancastre. Cap. lxxvii.
• ¶Howe syr Iohan Hollande and syr Ray∣nolde de Roy fought togyder in lystes before the duke of Lancastre in the towne of Besan∣ces. Cap. lxxviii.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Portyngale and the du¦ke of Lancastre determyned to entre in to the realme of Castyle. Cap. lxxix.
• ¶Howe syr Wyllm̄ of Lygnac and sir Gaul∣tyer of Passac / came to the ayde of kynge Io∣han of Castyle. Cap. lxxx.
• ¶Howe a great myschiefe fell in Englande bytwene the gentylmen and cōmons / for ac∣compte of suche money as had been reysed of the cōmons. Cap. lxxxi.
• ¶Of the great dyscordes that were in En∣glande / after the breakynge vp of the frenche armye / and howe the gouernours about the kynge were constrayned by the cōmons of the good townes to make acomptes / of suche mo¦ney as was come in to their handes / the sea∣son that they ruled. Cap. lxxxii.
• ¶Howe the constable of Fraūce and dyuers other lordes and knyghtes of the realme appa¦relled great prouysions to go in to Englande to wyn townes and castels. Cap. lxxxiii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Bretayne sent for all his lordes and kynghtes to come to counsayle vn∣to Wannes / and after counsayle he desyred the constable to go and se his castell of Ermyne / and howe he toke hym there prisoner / and the lorde of Beaumanoyre with hym. Ca. lxxxiii.
• ¶Howe the constable of Fraūce was delyue¦red at the request of the lorde de la Vale / par∣enge / a certayne raunsome: and howe the con∣stable delyuered to the duke thre castelles and a towne / and payed a hūdred thousande fran∣kes. Cap. lxxxv.
• ¶Howe Writinges were made at the duke of Bretayns deuyse / for the constable to rendre his towne and castelles to the duke and to his heyres for euer / and how they were delyuered to the duke. Cap. lxxxvi.
• ¶Howe tydynges came to the frenche kynge fro the partyes of Almayne / the whiche were to hym ryght displeasaunt / and vnto his vn∣cles Cap. lxxxvii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lācasters men assayled the towne of Aurence / and toke it / for it gaue vp as other dyd. Cap. lxxxviii.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Portyngale brente a towne whan he was departed fro Porte / and besieged two castles. Cap. lxxxix.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Portyngale and his host came before Feroule and assauted it / and it was won and brought vnder the obeysaūce of the duke of Lancastre. Cap. lxxxx.
• ¶Howe the frenche ambassadours came to the duke of Bretayne / vpon the takyng of the constable of Fraunce / and of the answere that was made to them. Cap. xci.
• ¶Howe the kyng of Englandes vncles were of one acorde and alyaunce agaynst the kynge and his counsayle / and of the murmurynge of the people agaynst the duke of Irelande / and of the aunswere of the londoners to the duke of Gloucestre. Cap. xcii.
• ¶Howe the day of accompte came / and there the offycers appered in the presens of the kyn∣ges vncles / and cōmons of Englande / and howe syr Symon Burle was prisoner in the towre of Lōdon / and howe syr Thomas Try¦uet dyed. Cap. xciii.
• ¶Howe the kyng of Englande departed fro London / and howe syr Symon Burle was beheeded at London / and his nephewe also / and howe the duke of Lancastre was dysplea¦sed. Cap. xciiii.
• ¶Howe the counsayle drewe togyder for the reformacyon of the kynge and of the realme / and howe by the counsayle of the duke of Ire¦lande / the kynge was of the accorde to make warre agaynst his vncles / and agaynst the cy¦ties and townes. Cap. xcv.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Englande made his ••ō¦mons to drawe towardes London / and howe syr Roberte Tryuylyen was taken at West∣mynster and beheeded / by the cōmaundement of the kynges vncles. Cap. xcvi.
• ¶Howe tydynges came to the kynge of the dethe of his knyght / and demanunded coun∣sayle theron / and howe he ordayned the duke of Irelande soueraygne of all his menne of warre. Capi. xcvii.
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• ¶Howe y^e duke of Irelande sent thre kyngh∣tes to London to knowe some tydynges / and howe the kynges vncles and they of London went in to the feldes to fyght with the duke of Irelande and his affinyte. Cap. xcviii.
• ¶Howe the kynges vncles wan the iourney agaynst the duke of Irelande / and howe he fledde / and dyuers other of his company. Cap. xcix.
• ¶Howe the duke of Irelande and his com∣pany fled / and howe the kynges vncles were at Oxenforde / and howe syr Nycholas Bram¦ble was beheeded / and howe the kynge was sent for by the bysshoppe of Cannterbury. Capi. C.
• ¶Howe by the kynge and his vncles all the lordes of Englande were sente for to come to Westmynster / to a generall counsayle there to be holden. Cap. C .i.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Portyngale with his puyssaunce assembled with the duke of Lanca¦stre and his puissaunce / and howe they coulde nat passe the Ryuer of Dierne / and howe a squyer of Castyle shewed theym the passage. Capi. C .ii.
• ¶Howe the tydynges spred abrode that the kynge of Portyngale and the duke of Lanca∣stre were passed the ryuer of dierne / and howe it came to the kynge of Castylles knowledge / and howe certayne of the englysshe knyghtes came and tode before vyle Arpent / and howe the kynge of Portugale and the duke of Lan∣castre determyned there to tary the cōmynge of the duke of Burbon. Cap. C .iii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Lancastre gaue lycence to his men / and howe an haraulde was sent to the kynge of Castyle / and howe thre knyghtes of Englande wente to speake with the kynge of Castyle for a saue conducte for the dukes men to passe thoroughe his countrey. Capi. C.iiii.
• ¶Howe these three knyghtes optayned a saue conducte of the kynge of Castyle for their peo¦ple to passe / and howe dyuers of the englysshe men dyed in Castyle / and howe the Duke of Lancastre fell in a great syckenesse. Capi. C.v.
• ¶Howe syr Iohan Hollande the Duke of Lancasters constable tooke his leaue of the duke / and he and his wyfe retourned by the kynge of Castyle who made hym good chere: and howe syr Iohan Dambrity court went to Parys to accomplysshe a dede of armes / by∣twene hym and syr Boucyquant. Cap. C .vi.
• ¶Howe the duke of Burbone departed fro Auignon to go into Castyle with all his hoost and came to Burgus in Spaygne / and there founde the kynge of Castyle: And howe the duke of Lancastre herde those tydynge / and howe the duke of Burbone departed fro the kyng / and went streyght agayne in to Fraun∣ce. Capi. C .vii.
• ¶Howe the erle of Foiz receyued honoura∣bly the duke of Burbon / and of the great gyf∣tes that he gaue hym / and howe syr Willyam of Lygnac & syr Gaultyer of Passackes com∣pany departed out of Spayne / and of the in∣cydent that fortuned in the towne of saynte Phagon. Capi. C .viii.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Castyle and his coun∣sayle were yuell content with syr Willyam of Lygnac and syr Gaultier of Passackes com∣pany / and howe the duke of Lancastre depar∣ted fro saynt Iaques to Bayon. Cap. C .ix.
• ¶Howe the erle of Armynake tooke great payne to treate with the companyons / to de∣parte out of the realme of Fraunce. Cap. C .x.
• ¶Howe the erle Reynolde of Guerles / who had layde all his landes in guage / & wystenat what to do / came for refuge to the archcbys∣shoppe of Coloygne his vncle / who blamed hym / and howe ambassadours went to Ber∣thaulte of Malygnes. Cap. C .xi.
• ¶Howe the erle Reynolde of Guerles was maryed to Mary doughter to Berthalte of Malygnes / by whome he hadde a doughter / and after maryed agayne in Englande / and hadde issue two sonnes and a doughter / and howe syr Iohan of Bloyes wedded the eldest doughter of the Erle of Guerles / and howe after the countie of Guerles / remayned with the erle of Guerles yongest doughter. Capi. C .xii.
• ¶Howe these castelles of Gauleche / Buthe / and Null / came to the duke of Brabant / and howe the duke of Iulyers sustayned the Lyn¦fars in his countre / who robbed all maner of people / and of the great assemble that the du∣ke of Brabante made to go to Iulyers / and howe he was dyscomfyced. Cap. C .xiii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Brabant dyed / and howe

• the duke Guillyam of Guerles treated with the duchesse of Brabante to haue agayne the thre castelles / and what aunswere he had / and howe he made alyaunce with the kynge of En¦glande. Cap. C .xiiii.
• ¶Howe the duchesse of Brabante sent mes∣sangers to the frenche kynge / complaynynge of the duke of Guerles / and howe the kynge and his counsayle were sore busyed with in∣cydentes that fell in the realme of Fraunce / as well for the defyaunces of Guerles / as the bu¦synesse in Bretayne. Cap. C .xv.
• ¶Howe by a straunge fortune the kynge of Nauer dyed in the cytie of Pampylona / and howe Charles his sonne was crowned / and howe Vanchadore was besieged by the duke of Berrey / and howe the duke of Burgoyne sente to the Duchesse of Brabante. Cap. C .xvi.
• ¶Howe the frenche men / after they had brent and ryfled the towne of Seaull retourned to their garyson / and of the ioye that the duke of Burgoyne and the duchesse of Brabant made for that dede / and howe syr Iohan Boesme Launce dyscomfyted the englysshe men. Capi. C .xvii.
• ¶Howe syr Iohan Boesme Launce ledde these prisoners to Mount Ferante / and howe they of the countrey were gladde whan they herde of this entreprise / and howe Geronet and his company were sette to raunsome / and delyuered by the money that Perot of Bierne lent hym. Cap. C .xviii.
• ¶Howe Geronet of Mandurāt with twelue of his company retourned to Mount ferant / and howe Perot of Bernoys with four hun∣dred speares wente to Mount Ferante / and wolde nat entre in to the towne by none other way but in at the gate. Cap. C .xix.
• ¶Howe Geronet lette in Perot le Bernoys and his company in to the towne of Mount ferant / wherof the countrey was a frayde / and howe the kynge and his vncles beynge at Pa¦rys were therwith sore dyspleased / and also the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne. Cap. C .xx.
• ¶Howe Perotte le Bernoys and his com∣pany tooke their counsayle / and determyned nat to kepe the towne of Mount ferant / and howe the sayd Perot and his company depar¦ted thens by nyght withall their pyllage and prisoners / and wente and refresshed them in the towne of Ousac. Cap. C .xxi.
• ¶Howe they of the towne of Cleremounte made a skrimysshe with these pyllers that had taken and robbed the towne of Moūt ferant / at the gates of the towne. Cap. C .xxii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Berrey marryed the la∣dy Mary his doughter / to the erle of Bloyes sonne / and howe the same yere the sonne of the duke of Berrey marryed the lady Mary of Fraunce / suster to the yonge kynge Charles of Fraunce. Cap. C .xxiii.
• ¶Howe / after the departynge of the duke of Lancastre / all that euer he had wonne in Ga∣lyce / the frenche men recouered it in lesse than fyftene dayes / and howe the Englysshe men that had ben there in that warre / defamed and spake yuell of the coūtrey of Galyce / and howe the Frenche kynge sente for the duke of Ire∣lande. Cap. C .xxiiii.
• ¶Howe the constable of Fraunce wolde nat accorde that the kynge shulde goo in to Al∣maygne / bycause of the incydentes of the re∣alme / and howe the duke of Bretaygne four∣nysshed his garysons / and made alyaūce with the kynge of Englande / and with the kynge of Nauerre / and of the army made by the en∣glysshe men. Cap. C .xxv.
• ¶Howe the Brabansoyes layde siege to the towne of Graue / and howe the Constable of Fraunce tooke saynt Malo and saynte Ma∣thewes / and sette there men in garysone / and howe the duke of Lancastre was at Bayon / greatly dyscomfyted in that he coulde get no maner of ayde. Cap. C .xxvi.
• ¶Howe the duke of Berrey sente letters to the duke of Lancastre to Bayon / and howe the duke sente the copye of the same letters in to Foyze and in to Nauerre / to the entent to haue them publysshed in Spayne / and howe the duke of Bretaygne demaunded counsayle of his men in all his busynesse. Capi. C .xxvii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Bretayne delyuered vp the thre castelles of syr Olyuer of Clyssons / and howe he receyued ioyously the lorde of Coucy and his company ambassadours fro the frenche kynge / and howe the duke of Lan∣castre made great chere to syr Helyon of Lig∣nacke seneschall of Xaynton / abmassadoure fro the duke of Berrey. Cap. C .xxviii.
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• ¶Nowe the kynge of Castyle sente his am∣bassadours to the duke of Lancastre to treate for a maryage to be hadde bytwene his sonne and the dukes doughter / and howe at the re∣quest of the duke of Berrey a truse was made by the duke of Lancastre in the countreys of Tholousyn and Rouergne. Cap. C .xxix.
• ¶Howe the Dukes of Berrey and of Bur∣goyne departed to go to Bloyes and howe the duke of Bretayne came thyder / and howe the dukes dyd so moche that they had hym to Parys / in maner agaynst his wyll. Capi. C .xxx.
• ¶Howe Lewes kynge of Cycyle entred in to Parys in estate royall / and howe the duke of Bretayne entred on the nyght of saint Johan the Baptyst / the yere of grace a thousande thre hundred / fourscore and seuyn / and of a dede of armes done before the kynge at Moutereau fault yon / bytwene a knyght of Englande cal¦led syr Thomas Harpyngham / and a frenche knyght named syr Johan de Barres. Capi. C .xxxi.
• ¶Howe the duke of Bretaygne entred in to Parys / and came to the castell of Loure to the frenche kynge. Cap. C .xxxii.
• ¶Howe the erle of Arundell beynge on the see more than a moneth / came to the hauen of Maraunt a lytell fro Rochell: and howe he sent a messanger to Perot le Bernoys that he and other capytayns shulde kepe the feldes. Capi. C .xxxiii.
• ¶Howe they of Marroys and Rochelloys were sore afrayde of the Englysshe men / that were a lande / and howe they of Rochell made ask rymysshe with theym / and howe after the englysshe men had pylled the countrey about Maraunt they drewe agayne to the see / with their pyllage whiche was great. Capi. C .xxxiiii.
• ¶Howe Perot le Bernoys and his compa∣nyons resorted agayne to their holdes / with great pyllage / and howe the duke of Guerles coulde haue no ayde of the Englysshe men / to reyse the siege before Graue / and howe the bra¦bansois made a brige ouer the ryuer of meuse the whiche they of Guerles dyd breake / bryn / and dystroy / as ye shall here after. Capi. C .xxxv.
• ¶Howe the Brabansoys passed the ryuer through the towne of Rauesten ouer y^e bridge there / and so entred into Guerles. Than the duke departed fro Nymay with thre hundred speares and came agaynst them and dyscom∣fyted them / bytwene Rauesten and the towne of Graue. Cap C .xxxvi.
• ¶Howe the duke of Guerles after he had dis∣comfyted the brabansoys / he went agayne to Nymay / and howe tydynges came to the fren¦che kynge / and howe the kynge sent ambassa∣dours to the kynge of Almayne. Capi. C .xxxvii.
• ¶Howe the frenche kynge gaue leaue to the duke of Bretaygne to retourne in to his coun¦trey / and howe the coūtrey of Brabant wolde nat consent to the kynges passage nor his ar∣my / and howe the ambassadours of Fraunce spedde. Capi. C .xxxviii.
• ¶Howe the erle of Bloys sent to the frenche kinge two hundred speares / and howe the du∣ke of Lorayne and the lorde Henry of Bare came to the kynge / and howe the dukes of Ju∣lyers and of Guerles knewe that the frenche kynge came on them. Capi. C .xxxix.
• ¶Howe syr Hellyon of Lygnacke made his reporte to the duke of Berrey / and howe the lordes of Scotlande assembled toguyder in the cytie of Berdane / and determyned to reyse vp an armye to entre into Englande / and of an englyssh squyer who was taken by the scot¦tes / who knewe the secretes of bothe realmes Englande and Scotlande. Capi. C .xl.
• ¶Howe kyng Richarde yelded hym selfe to the erle of Derby to go to London. Cap. Fo. CCC .xi.
• ¶Howe the erle Duglas wan the penon of sir Henry Percy / at the barryers vpon Newe castell vpon Tyne / and howe the scottes brent the castell of Pondlen / and howe syr Henry Percy and syr Rafe his brother tooke aduyse to folowe the scottes / to conquere agayne the penon that was lost at the skrymysshe. Capi. C .xli.
• ¶Of the state of quene Isabell of Englan∣de / and howe she had all newe {per}sones apoyn∣ted to wayte vpon her / and howe kynge Ri∣charde was sette in the towre of London. Capi. CC .xlii.
• ¶Howe sir Henry Percy and his brother with a good nombre of men of armes and ar¦chers / went after the scottes to wyn agayne his penon / that the erle Duglas had won be¦fore.

• Newcastell vpōtyne: and howe they as∣sayled the scottes before Moūtberke in their lodgynges. Cap. C .xlii.
• ¶Howe the erle James Duglas by his va∣lyantnesse encoraged his men / who were re∣culed / and in a maner disconfited / and in his so doynge he was wounded to dethe. Capi. C .xliii.
• ¶Howe in this bataile sir Rafe Percy was sore hurte / and taken prisoner by a scottiss he knyght. Cap. C .xliiii.
• ¶Howe the scottes wanne the batayle aga∣yust the Englysshe men besyde Ottebridge / and there was taken prisoners sir Hēry and sir Rafe Percy: & howe an Englisshe squier wolde nat yelde hym / no more wolde a scot∣tysshe squyer / and so were slayne bothe: and howe the bysshoppe of Durham and his cō∣pany were disconfyted amonge them selfe. Capi. C .xiv.
• ¶Howe sir Mathewe Reedman deparred fro the batayle to saue hym selfe / and howe sir James Lymsey was taken prisoner by y^e bysshoppe of Durham: and howe after the batayle scurrers were sent forthe to discouer the countrey. Cap. C .xlvi.
• ¶Howe the scottes departed & caryed with them the erle Duglas deed / and buryed hym in the abbey of Nimayes: and howe sir Ar∣chambault Duglas and his company depar¦ted fro before Carlyle / and retourned in to Scotlande. Cap. C .xlvii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Jullyers came and ex∣cused hym selfe / of the defyaunce that his son the duke of Guerles had made to the Fren∣che kyng / and so became his subiette: and of dyuers reates of armes done bitwene the frē¦che men and the almaygnes / before Rencon∣gne. Cap. C .xlviii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Julyers and the arche∣bysshop of Coloygne departed fro the Fren∣che kyng / and wente to Nimaye to the duke of Guerles: and howe by their meanes he was reconsyled / and brought to peace with the Frenche kynge and with the duchesse of Brabant. Cap. C .xlix.
• ¶Howe the erle of Arundell and the knygh¦tes of Englande beyng on the see / by fortune of the wynde came to the palyce besyde Ro∣chell / whose beynge there was signifyed to sir Loyes of Xancere / and of the departyng of the erle of Arundell. Cap. C .l.
• ¶Howe the admyrall of Fraunce was or∣dayned by the Frenche kynge and his coun∣sayle / as ambassadour to go to the kynge of Castile: and howe the duke of Berrey sent to the erle of Foize / to treate for a maryage by∣twene the duke of Berrey & the erles dough¦ter of Bolonge. Cap C .li.
• ¶Howe Geffray Tete Noyre dyde chose a capitayne ouer his company / and howe he made his testament and so dyed: And howe the duke of Guerles departed fro his coun∣trey to go in to Pruce / and of the incydence that fell to hym in the lande of the duke of Stulpe / where he was taken prisoner and disconfyted. Cap. C .lii.
• ¶Howe sir Johan of Vyen dyde his mes∣sage to kyng Johan of Castyle fro the fren∣kynge and his counsayle / and what answers the kynge of Castyle made to hym. Capi. C .liii.
• ¶Howe sir Loyes of Xancere went to se the erle of Foize at Orthays: and howe before the duke of Lācastre at Burdeux there were dedes of armes done / bytwene fyue Frenche men and fyue Englysshe men: and howe the duchesse of Lancastre went with her dough¦ter in to Castyle to kyng John̄. Cap. c .liiii.
• ¶Howe the duchesse of Lancastre departed fro the kyng of Castyle / and wente to Man∣tuell to bring her fathers bones to Ciuyle: & howe the Frenche kyng sent ambassadours to the erle of Foize / to treate for the mariage of the duke of Berrey his vncle / with therie of Boloyns doughter. Cap. C .lv.
• ¶Howe certaygne wyse men treated for a peace to endure for thre yere bytwene Fraū∣ce and Englande / and all their alyes / aswell on the one parte as on the other / by lāde and by see. Cap. C .lvi.
• ¶Of the ordynaunce / of the entre of quene Isabell in to the towne of Paris. Ca. c .lvii.
• ¶Howe the lorde of Castell morant / whom therle of saynt Poule had lefte behynde him in Englande / retourned in to Fraunce with the charter of the truse / sealed by kynge Ri∣charde his vncles / to endure thre yere by see and by lande. Cap. C .lviii.
• ¶The maryage of kynge Loyes sonne to the duke of Aniou / to the doughter of kynge Peter of Arragone / and howe he went with the quene of Naples his mother to Auignon to se pope Clement. Cap. C .lix.
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• ¶Howe the Frenche kyng had desyre to go and visyte y^e farre partes of his realme / and howe he went fyrste in to Burgoyne / and to Auignone to se pope Clement. Cap. c.lx.
• ¶Howe sir Peter Courtney cāe in to Fraū¦ce to do armes with sir Guye of Tremoyle / and howe the lorde of Clary conueyed hym / and by what occasyon he dyde armes with hym in the marchesse of Calis. Cap. c.lxi.
• ¶Howe the iustes at saynt Inguelyert / o∣therwyse called Sandyngfelde / were enter∣prised / by sir Raynolde of Roye / the yonge sir Bouciquaūt / and the lorde of saynt Pye. Capi. C .lxii.
• ¶Of the complayntes made to the Frenche kynge by the people of Languedocke / in the towne of Besyers agaynst Beusache / trea∣sourer to the duke of Berrey / of the great ex¦torcyons that he had made / and of his contes¦syon: and of the cruell dethe that he hadde in the sayd towne. Cap. C.lxiii.
• ¶Howe the Frenche kyng beynge at Tho∣lous sent for the erle of Foize who came thy∣der / and dyd homage to the kyng for the coū∣tie of Foize. Cap. C.lxiiii.
• ¶Of the feate and couynaūt that was done bytwene the kynge and the duke of Thou∣tayne his brother / whiche of them shulde so∣nest come to Parys fro Mountpellyer / whi¦che is a hundred and fyftie leages a sonder / eche of them but with one knight. Capi. C .lxv.
• ¶Of the dethe of pope Vrbayne of Rome / called the Antepape: & howe pope Clement wrote to the Frenche kyng and to his vncles and to the vnyuersite / and of the electyon of pope Bonyface by the cardynals of Rome. Capi. C .lxvi.
• ¶Of the yeldynge vp and takynge of the stronge castell of Vanchadore in Lymosyn / of olde / parteyninge to sir Geffray Teate Noyre. Cap. C.lxvii.
• ¶Of the dedes of armes at saynt Ingylber¦tes / continewyng thyrtie dayes / agaynst all cōmers of the realme of Englande / & other countreis: euery manne thre courses. Capi. C .lxviii.
• ¶Of the enterprise and voyage of y^e knygh¦tes of Fraunce and Englande / and of the du¦ke of Burbone / who was as chiefe of that ar¦mye / at the request of the genouoys to go in to Barbary / to besiege the stronge towne of Affryke. Cap. C.lxix.
• ¶Of a capitayne a robber and a pyller of the countre called Aymergot Marcell / who helde a strong castell in the marchesse of Ro∣uergne / called the Roche of Vandoys / and howe it was besieged by the vicount of Me¦auix / and of the takyng therof: and howe Ay¦mergot was taken and brought to Parys. Capi. C .lxx.
• ¶Howe the Christen lordes and the geno∣••••ys beyng in the ysle of Conymbres at an∣cre / departed thens to go and lay siege to the strong cytie of Affryke in Barbary: & howe they maynteyned the siege. Cap. C.lxxi.
• ¶Howe after this aduenture and dōmage / that fell to the christen men by reason of this assaute / before the towne of Affryke / & that so many knyghtes and squyers were deed / they maynteygned them selfe more wiselyer after / than they dyde before / and contynued their siege a longe season after. Cap. c.lxxii.
• ¶Of a feest and iustes made by the kyng of Englande in London / whyle the Christen knyghtes and squyers were at the siege be∣fore the towne of Affryke agaynst the sara∣syns / and howe this feest was publisshed in dyuers countreis & landes. Cap. C.lxxiii.
• ¶Howe and by what indydent y^e siege was reysed before the towne of Affryke / and by what occasyon / and howe euery man recour¦ned to their owne countreis. Cap. c.lxxiiii.
• ¶Of thenglyss he knyghtes that were sente to Parys to the Frenche kyng / fro the kyng of Englande and his vncles / to treate for a peace. Capi. C.lxxv.
• ¶Of the dethe of kynge Iohan of Castyle / and of the crownynge of kynge Henry his sonne. Cap. C.lxxvi.
• ¶Of the army of the yonge erle Iohan of Armynake / and of the voyege that he made in to Lombardy / & howe he dyed at the siege before the towne of Alexādre. Cap. c.lxxvii.
• ¶Howe sir Peter of Craon fell in the Fren¦che kynges displeasure and in the Duke of Thourayns / and after he was receyued by the duke of Bretayne. Cap. C.lxxviii.
• ¶Of the dethe of the yonge erle Loyes of Chastellon / sonne to therle Guye of Bloys. Cap. C.lxxix.
• ¶Of the sodayne dethe of the erle Gascone of Foize / and howe the erle of Chastellon cāe to his enherytaunce. Cap. C.lxxx.
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• ¶Howe the treatie of peace renewed at To¦wers in Thourayne / bytwene the Frenche kynge and the duke of Bretayne / and of the maryage of the doughter of Fraunce to the sonne of Bretayne / and of Iohan of Bre∣tayne erle of Ponthieur and the doughter of the duke of Bretayne. Cap. C.lxxxi.
• ¶Howe the erle of Bloyes & Mary of Na∣mure his wyfe solde the countie of Bloyes / and all their landes to y^e duke of Thourayn the frenche kynges brother. Capi. C .lxxxii.
• ¶Howe sir Roger of Spayne and sir Es∣paygne du Lyon spedde / with the Frenche kynge and his counsayle / for the Vycount of Chastellons busynesse / and howe he was set in possessyon in the countie of Foize / and of the money that he payde. Cap. C.lxxxiii.
• ¶Of the great assemble that was made at Amyence / of the Frenche kynge and his coū¦sayle / and of the kyng of Englandes vncles on the treatie of peace. Cap. C.lxxxiiii.
• ¶Howe sir Peter of Craon throughe yuell wyll / by subtile crafte / beate downe sir Oly∣uer of Clysson / wherwith the kynge and his counsayle were sore displeased. Cap. C.lxxxv.
• ¶Howe in great dilygence the Prouost of Parys pursued sir Peter of Craon. Capi. C .lxxxvi.
• ¶Of the great armye and voyage that the Frenche kyng purposed to make in to Bre∣tayngne agaynst the duke / bycause he sustey∣ned sir Peter of Craonne: and howe in that voyage the kyng fell sicke / wherby the voy∣age brake. Cap. C.lxxxvii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Thourayne brother to the Frenche kynge / resigned the Duchy of Thouraynge in to the kynges handes / and howe by exchaunge the kynge gaue hym the duchy of Orlyaūce / and so euer after he was called the duke of Orlyaunce. Cap. C.lxxxvii. for .viii. Fo. CC.xxxiii.
• ¶Howe the dukes of Burgoyn and of Ber¦rey vncles to the Frenche kynge had the go∣uernaunce of the realme: and howe they cha¦sed and toke suche as gouerned the kyng b•• fore. Cap. C.lxxxix.
• ¶Howe sir Olyuer of Clysson constable of Fraunce departed out of Parys / after the an¦swere that the duke of Burgoyne had made hym / and went to Mount le Henry / and ••••••∣thens in to Bretayne. Cap. C.xc.
• ¶Howe the treatise whiche was accorded by¦twene Englande and Fraunce for thre yeres was renewed. Cap. C.xci.
• ¶Of the aduenture of a Daunce that was made at Parys in lykenesse of wodhouses / wherin the Frenche kynge was in paryll of dethe. Cap. C.xcii.
• ¶Howe pope Bonyface and the cardynals or Rome / sente a Frere a wyse clerke to the Frenche kyng. Cap. C.xciii.
• ¶Howe the mariage was treased of y^e lorde Philyppe of Arthoyes erle of Ewel and the lady Mary of Berrey wydowe / doughter to the duke of Berrey / and howe he was admyt¦ted cōstable of Fraunce. Cap. C.xciiii.
• ¶Of the forme of the peace / made bytwene the Frenche kyng and the kyng of Englāde by meanes of the four dukes / vncles to bothe kynges. Cap. C.xcv.
• ¶Of the dethe of pope Clemēt at Au••gnon and of the electyon of pope Benedic. Capi. C.xcvi.
• ¶Of a clerke named maister Iohan of Wa¦rennes. Cap. C.xcvii.
• ¶Howe the kyng of Englande gaue to the duke of Lancastre and to his heyres for euer the duchy of Acquitayner, and howe the kyn∣ge prepared to go in to Irelande / and the du¦ke in to Acouitayne. Cap. C.xcviii.
• ¶Of the dethe of quene Anne of Englande wyfe to kynge Richarde / doughter to y^e kyn∣ge of Boesme and Emperour of Almayne. Cap. C.xcix.
• ¶Howe sir Iohn Froissart arryued in En∣glande / and of the gyfte of a boke that he ga∣ue to the kyng. Capi. CC,
• ¶Of the refuce of them of Acquitayne ma∣de to the duke of Lancastre / and howe they sente in to Englāde to the kynge and his coū¦sayle / shewyng hym the wyll of the hole coū∣trey of Aequitayne. Cap. CC.i.
• ¶The deuyse / and of the conquest that kyn¦ge Richarde had made in Irelande / & howe he brought to his obeysaunce foure kynges of that countray. Cap. CC.ii.
• ¶Of the ambassade that the kynge of En∣glande sent in to Fraūce / to treate of the ••••••∣ryage bytwene the lady Isabell the Frenche kynges eldest doughter / and hym selfe / and of the louynge aunswere they hadde. Cap. CC.iii.
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• howe he was sent to the treaties of the peace holden at Balyngham / and howe he was af∣ter sente in to Englande to kynge Rycharde and his vncles. Cap. CC.iiii.
• ¶Of the delyueraunce of the lorde de la Ri¦uer and sir Iohn̄ le Mercier / and howe they were putte out of prisone. Capi. CC.v
• ¶Of the peace that was had bytwene the duke of Bretaynge and syr Olyuer of Clys∣son. Cap. CC.vi.
• ¶Howe the kynge of Hungery worte to the Frenche kynge the state of the great Turke / and howe Iohan of Burgoyne eldest sonne to the duke of Burgoyne / was chiefe & heed of the armye that went thyder. Fo .cc.lxiii.
• ¶Howe the erle of Ostrenaunt enterprised to go in to Fryse. Cap. cc.vii.
• ¶Of the iudgement made in the Parlya∣ment / for the quene of Naples agaynste sir Peter of Craon. Cap. CC.ix.
• ¶Of the conclusyon of the maryage taken at Parys / bytwene the kynge of Englande and Isabell eldest doughter to the Frenche kynge / and howe the duke of Lancastre re∣maryed. Cap. CC.x.
• ¶Howe the great turke desyred the soudan and many other kynges Sarasyns to ayde hym with men of warre to resyst agaynst the christen men / and howe many valyaunt sa∣rasyns Came to hym out of farre countreis. Cap. CC.xi.
• ¶Howe the lorde of Eoucy and other lor∣des of the christen men / about a .xv. hundred speares disconfyted a fyue thousande Tur∣kes / durynge the the siege before Nicopoly. Cap. CC.xii.
• ¶Howe the peace bytwene Englande and Fraunce contynewed / and of the maryage of the kyng of Englande with the doughter of Fraunce. Cap. CC.xiii.
• ¶Howe the erle of Heynaulte and the Erle of Ostrenaunt his sonne / made a great ar∣mye of men of armes / knightes and squyets to go in to Fryse. Cap. CC.xiiii.
• ¶Of the armye that the Frenche kyng sent in to Fryse in the ayde of his cosyns / and the lorde Valeran erle of saynt Poule and the lorde Charles de la Brethe were capitayns. Cap. CC.xv.
• ¶Howe the maryage of the kynge of En∣glande to the doughter of Fraunce was or∣dred: and howe the Frenche kyng delyuered his doughter to the kynge of Englande in his tent / bytwene Arde and Calais. Cap. CC.xvi.
• ¶Howe the siege before Nicopoly in Tur∣key was reysed by Lamorabaquy / and how the Frenche men were discōfyted: and howe the hungaryons fledde. Cap. CC.xvii.
• ¶Of the pouertie and misery that the chri∣sten knightes of Fraunce and other nacions endured / in the cōmynge home to their coun∣treis. Cap. CC.xviii.
• ¶Howe the trewe tidynges of the batayle in Turkey was knowen in the Frenche kyn¦ges house. Cap. CC.xix.
• ¶Howe the duchesse of Orlyaunce / dough∣ter to the duke of Myllayne / was hadde in suspecte of the Frenche kynges syckenesse. Capi. CC.xx.
• ¶Howe the duke of Burgoyn & the duches his wyfe tooke great dilygence to fynde the meanes to redeme out of prisone the Erle of Neuers their s••nne / and the other prisoners beyng in Turkey. Cap. CC.xxi.
• ¶Howe the Duke of Gloucestre subtelly sought out the meanes / howe to distroy kyn∣ge Richarde of Englande his nephewe. Cap. CC.xxii.
• ¶Howe the duke of Gloucestre was taken by the erle Marshall / by the cōmaundement of the kynge. Cap. CC.xxiii.
• ¶Howe the lordes of Fraūce retourned by see to Venyce / and of the ysles they founde by the waye. Capi. CC.xxiiii.
• ¶Howe after the retourne of the lordes of Fraunce / the Frenche kynge entended what he myght to sette a concorde and peace in the churche. Cap. CC.xxv.
• ¶Of the dethe of y^e duke of Gloucestre and of the erle of Arundell / and howe the kynges vncles and the Londoners tooke the mater. Cap. CC.xxvi.
• ¶Of the great armye that was made in the cytie of Reynes / as well by the Emperoure / as of the realme of Fraunce / on the state of holy churche. Cap. CC.xxvii.
• ¶Howe the erle Marshall in Englande a∣pealed by guage of vttraunce therle of Der∣by sonne to the duke of Lancastre / in the pre¦sence of the kynge and his counsayle. Cap. CC.xxviii.
• ¶Howe kyng Richarde gaue sentēce / wher¦by he banysshed out of Englande the erle of

• Derby forten yere / and therle Marshall for euer. Cap. CC.xxix.
• ¶Howe the erle of Derby departed fro Lō∣don to go in to Fraunce / and the erle Mar∣shall went in to Flaūders and so in to Lom∣bardy. Cap. CC.xxx.
• ¶Howe the lorde Guyllyam erle of Ostre∣naunt sent to his cosyn the erle of Derby cer∣tayne messangers / and howe the erle came to Parys / and howe he was receyued. Capi. CC.xxxi.
• ¶Howe the treatie that had been at Reynes bytwene the Frenche kynge and the kyng of Almaygne / concernyng the vnyte of y^e chur∣che was folowed: and howe the bysshoppe of Cambrey was sent by the sayd kynges to Rome and to Auignon / to them that wrote them selfe popes / to thentent that they shuld depose themselfe fro their papalytees / & sub¦mytte them to the order of these two kynges. Cap. CC.xxxii.
• ¶Howe the Frēche kyng assembled the pre∣lates and other noble mē or his realme with the vnyuersyte of Parys / to take counsayle howe they shulde order pope Benedic at A∣uignon. Cap. CC.xxxiii.
• ¶Of the answere of the duke of Lancastre to the knight sent to hym fro his sonne therle of Derby / and howe the duke of Lancastre dyed. Capi. CC.xxxiiii.
• ¶Howe the dethe of the duke of Lancastre was knowen in Fraunce / the kynge of En∣glande wrote in maner of ioye to the Fren∣che kynge therof / and wrote nothyng therof to therle of Derby / who was the dukes son. Capi. CC.xxxv.
• ¶Of the treatie of a maryage bytwene the erle of Derby & the duke of Berreys dough∣ter / and howe kyng Richarde of Englande dyde lette it / by the erle of Salisbury. Cap. CC.xxxvi.
• ¶Howe kynge Richarde ordayned to go in to the marchesse of Irelande. Cap. CC.xxxvii.
• ¶Howe the archebysshoppe of Caunterbu∣ry was sente in to Fraunce to therle of Der∣by / fro the Londoners and other counsayls of Englande / to haue hym to retourne in to Englande. Cap. CC.xxxviii.
• ¶Howe the erle of Derby toke leaue of the Frenche kyng / and went to his cosyn the du∣ke of Bretayne. Cap. CC.xxxix.
• ¶Howe the erle of Derby arryued in En∣glande / and howe he was receyued of y^e Lō∣doners. Capi. CC.xl.
• ¶Howe tidynges cāe to kynges Rycharde or the cōmyng of therle of Derby with great puissaunce. Capi. CC.xli.
• ¶Howe kyng Richarde of Englande resi∣ned the crowne and the realme in the han∣des of the erle of Derby duke of Lancastre. Cap. CC.xliiii.
• ¶Of the coronacyon of kynge Henry duke of Lancastre by the consent of the realme / & the maner of the feest. Cap. CC.xlv.
• ¶Howe newes of the takyng of kyng Ry∣charde was knowen in Fraunce / by the com∣mynge thyder of the lady Coucy / and howe the Frenche kynge was displeased. Cap. CC.xlvi.
• ¶Howe the Frenche kyng reysed vp an ar∣mye to sende vpon the tronters of Englāde. Cap. CC.xlviii.
• ¶Of the dethe of kynge Richarde of En∣glande / and howe the ••reuse bytwene En∣glande and Fraunce was renewed / and also of the deposycion of pope Benedic at Aui∣gnon. Cap. CC.xlix.

¶Finis.