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 Laurence Fongase shewed the duke of Lancastre the maner of the batayle of Iuberoth bytwene the kynge of Castel and the kynge of Por¦tyngale. Ca.xlv. (Book 45)

ANd after this dyscom∣fyture on our enemyes our men mounted on theyr hor∣ses / and there we delyuered suche prysoners as the Ca∣stellyans had taken before / & also gaue them suche pylla∣ge as theyr enemyes had gotten / excepte y^e bee∣stes whiche were in nombre an .viii. hundreth all those we draue in to the garyson of Treu∣touse for vatayllynge of the towne as it was reason / & there we were receyued with grete ioye they wyst not what chere to make vs by∣cause we had delyuered y^• coūtrey of theyr ene¦myes / & rescued that they had lost / wherby we had grete prayse thrughe all y^e townes of Por∣tyngale / & syr in the same yere our men had an∣other fayre iourney on theyr enemyes in y^e fel∣de of Sybylle / but syr fyrst I shall shewe you the moost happyest iourney that the kynge of Portyngale had or ony kynge before hym in .CC. yere before / whiche was done within .iiii monethes before that y^t kynge sente vs hyther our enemyes were .iiii. agaynst one of good men of warre and of hyghe empryse / wherfore our iourney ought to be y^e more praysed. But syr I thinke ye haue herde therof al redy / wher¦fore I thynke best to speke not therof / nay sayd the duke ye shall not leue so / ye shall shewe me the hole processe / for I wolde gladly here you speke therof / yet of trouthe I haue an heraulte here with me called Derby who was there at the batayle as he sayth / and he shewed me that suche Englysshe men as were there dyd mer∣uaylles in armes / and more by his reporte thē I bileue was of trouth / for there was no grete nombre of them wherby ony grete feate sholde be done by them / for my broder y^e erle of Cam∣brydge when he came out of Portyngale brou¦ght agayne with hym suche Englysshmen as wente thyder. But there be many of these He∣raultes be suche lyers that they wyll exalte su∣che as they lyst beyonde measure / But for all that the noblenes of them that be good is not lost nor enpayred thoughe it be not shewed by them. Therfore it is good to knowe it by the reporte of other that knoweth it. ¶Syr sayd Laurence of all the straungers that were at the batayle of Iuberoth with y^e kynge of Por¦tyngale / there passed not a two hundred men Englysshe / Gascoynes / and Almaynes / and the grettest capytaynes that were there of the straungers were two Gascoynes / and one of Almayne of the duchy of Guerles. The Gas∣coynes were called syr Wyllyam of mountfer∣rant / and Bernardon / and y^e Almayne Albert of Englysshmē there were a certayne archers but I herde none named / but .ii. squyers Nor¦thbery and Hartecell / and they were called to counsayle with the kynge and other lordes be∣fore the batayle. Well sayd the duke prosede forthe & tell me of that iourney & howe it was fought I requyre you / syr sayd y^e squyer with ryght a good wyl / for syr to shewe you & other howe it was I am sente hyther fro the kynge my mayster.

THen Laurence Fongase renewed his tale and spake of the busynes of Iube∣roth and sayd thus / syr ye haue herde by me / & also by other that after the coronacyon of the kynge of Portyngale at Connymbres / y^t kyng of Castell who had raysed his syege fro Lyx∣bone / for the dethe of pestylence that fell in his

••ost / and so wente to yrayne / and it was sayd howe it greued hym sore when he was enfour¦med of the coronacyon of my redoubted lorde kynge Iohn̄ of Portyngale / for the kynge of Castell claymed and yet dothe ryght in the he¦rytage and crowne of Portyngale by the tytle of his wyfe doughter to kynge Ferrant whi∣che we denyed and yet do / for suche cause as I haue shewed you before / so thus the kynge of Castell was counsayled to sende for mē of war where he myght gete them / and specyally in to Fraunce / for y^e frensshmen had alwayes ayded hym & susteyned his quarell / and y^e kynge his fader in lykewyse / and it was sayd to hym by his counsayle / ye nede nothynge but one iour¦ney agaynst them of Portyngale / for by puys∣saunce if ye may kepe the felde and fyght with them thē ye shal come to your entente / for there is grete varyaunce all redy in Portyngale as ye se and perceyue well / for there is here with you of the noblest persones of y^e royalme / and they haue submytted thēselfe vnder your obey¦saunce / whiche thynge gretely furdereth your warre / if ye auaunce yourselfe with puyssaūce to fyght to this bastārde of portyngale whom y^t comons haue crowned to theyr kynge or he gete ayde of the Englysshemen / ye are lyke to ouerthrowe hym / and yf ye wynne the iourney all the royalme is yours / for it is no grete mat¦ter to wyn it after / soo by suche counsayle and other thynges Iohn̄ of Castell auaunced hym selfe to sende letters & messageres in to Fraun¦ce / Poictou / Bretayne / Normandy / Borgon & in to dyuers other places where as he thou∣ght to haue men of armes / knyghtes & squyres for his money or for loue / or suche as helde ony thynge of hym / and specyally there came ma∣ny knyghtes & squyres to hym out of Byerne / and so on a daye as he was at saynt yrayne he auewed his people to y^e nombre of .vi. or .vii.c. speres & .xxx.M. spanyardes all on horsoacke all hauynge desyre to do vs domage.

TIdynges came in to Portyngale to the kynge and to y^e lordes there / & to them of the good townes and cytees suche as were of the kynges partye / and it was shewed there what nombre and puyssaunce the kynge of Ca¦stell was of / and howe he was fully determy∣ned to come and lay fyege agayne to Lyxbone then the kynge of Portyngale & his counsayle assembled togyder / & there the most notablest persones of his royalme sayd y^t the kyng were best to go out of the cyte and to mete with his enemyes rather then to be enclosed in ony cyte or towne in Portyngale / for yf they were be∣syeged they sholde haue moche busynes to de∣fende them & theyr cyte / and in the meane sea∣son y^e Castellyans myght ryde abrode at theyr ease where as they lyst and conquere townes / Cytees / & Castelles / outher by force or by loue and dystroy all y^e playne countrey / and perad∣uenture at lengthe them within the cyte / wher¦fore they sayd to the kynge. Syr yf we go out agaynst them and take a place conuenyent to fyght / we thynke this were best and moost pro¦fytable / for syr we knowe well ye shall not pea¦sybly enioy the crowne of Portyngale wher∣with we haue crowned you without it be by batayle / and that at the leest ones or twyse to ouerthrowe your aduersary the kynge of Ca∣stell and his puyssaunce & yf we may dyscom∣fyte hym / then we shal be lordes of the country And yf we be ouercome the royalme is in ad∣uenture / but better it were for vs to seke batay¦le then to be sought on / and more honourable it were for vs / for syr it hathe ben often tymes sene that the setters an hath auauntage of the defenders / therfore syr we wyll counsayle you to sende forthe your letters and messagers to all suche as ye thynke wyll serue you. Then y^e kynge answered and sayd / syrs ye speke wel & I wyl do as ye haue ordeyned. Then y^e kynge set his clarkes on warke to wryte letters and wrote to euery man that they sholde come to the porte of Portyngale or nere there aboute at a certayne day lymytted / howbeit all suche as were wryten vnto came not thyder / for as then all the royalme toke not full parte with hym / but dyssmuled and taryed to se howe y^e matters sholde frame at lengthe / & some were gone out of theyr owne countrey to the kynge of Castell bycause they sayd that the kynge of Castell had more ryght to the crowne of Por∣tyngale then our kynge had / howbeit for all y^t the kynge my souerayne lorde wente to Con∣nymbres and there made his assemble of suche men of warre as he coulde gete / and truely he had with hym y^t choyse men of all Portyngale and of moost auctoryte as of Erles / Barons / knyghtes & squyers / & also he had a .xxv. hun∣dred speres of squyers / and a .xii.M. foote mē Then he ordeyned a Constable and marshall The constable was the erle of Nauare / y^e mar¦shall syr Alne Perriere bothe ryght sage kny∣ghtes to conduyte men of warre / then they de∣parted fro Connymbres and toke the waye to Cabase that is Iuberoth and rode fayre and

easely to ease themselfe and theyr horses / and y^t theyr / prouysyon myght folowe them in good ordre / and they had rore ryders one before to a••ewe the demeanynge of the Castellyans / at this tyme syr Iohn̄ Ferrant Pertelere was not come to the kynge / he was at the garyson of Dorech a .v. legges fro Iuberoth / & I thyn¦ke he knewe not as then that the kynge sholde fyght with his enemyes.

I Suppose the kynge of Castell was wel enfourmed howe the kynge of Portyn∣gale was comynge to hym warde with his pu¦yssaunce / and when he knewe it he had therof grete ioy / & so had all his men as they shewed / & anone they determyned to come on agaynst vs / and to tyght with vs / & specyally y^e gascoy¦nes of Byerne that were there sore desyred to fyght with vs / for they desyred to haue y^e fyrst batayle / and so they had / and syr Wyllyam of Mounferrant a Gascoyne who was there on our partye sayd surely howe we sholde haue batayle bycause they of Byerne were agaynst vs who euer desyreth nothynge but batayle. ¶Then the kynge of Castell with all his ba∣tayle came the nexte daye and lodged at the ca¦stell of Lerre a two legges fro Iuberoth / and the nexte day we came to the Cabase & lodged there and y^t nyght the kynge of Castel lodged but a lytell legge fro Iuberoth / for he knewe well what way we toke / and howe we lodged at Iuberoth.

Syr the Portyngales hath had alwayes gre••e trust and confydence in god & in y^e good ••ortune of y^t place of Iuberoth & ther∣fore they at that tyme rested there / Why sayd y^e duke haue they so good hope in that place ra∣ther then in another / syr layd the squyer / aun∣cyently y^e grete Charlemayne who was kyng¦ge of Fraunce and of Almayne / & Emperoure of Rome who was in his tyme a grete conque¦roure at this place of Iuberoth / he dyscomfy∣ted .vii. kynges of y^e mysereauntes / and there were slayned of y^e infydelles a .C.M. This syr is auncyently founde in hystoryes and crony∣cles and by reason of that batayle he conque∣red Coanymbres & all the countrey of Portyn¦gale & brought it in to crysten fayth / and by∣cause of y^e grete victore y^t he had there agaynst goddes enemyes he founded there an abbaye of blacke monkes / and gaue them grete rente in Portyngale & in Castell / & also syr aboute a CC. yere past there was at the same place a grete betayle & fayre iourney acheued by a lor¦de that was at that tyme broder to the kyng of Castell / for before that tyme there was neuer kynge in Portyngale / it was called the coun∣tye of Portyngale / and so it was that these .ii. bretherne y^e kynge of Castell & the erle of Por∣tyngale had mortall warre togyder for party∣cyon of landes so y^t there coulde be founde no peas bytwene them but mortall warre togy∣der. The matter touched soo moche the erle of Portyngale & the Portyngales y^t they had ra¦ther to haue ben deed then to haue ben vnder the subieccyon of the kynge of Castel / & so they toke a day of batayle / & there the kynge of Ca∣stell was so puyssaūt y^t he was .x. agaynst one so y^t he set nothynge by the Portyngales / so at the cabase of Iuberoth was theyr batayle ry∣ght cruell / & fynally the Portyngales obtey∣ned y^• vyctory / & the Castellyans dyscomfyted & the kynge of Castell taken / by whose takyn∣ge the erle of Portyngale had peas as he lyst / then the boundes were set of the departyng of Castell and Portyngale.

ANd then bycause y^e Portyngales saw y^t god had sente them the vyctory with so smal a nombre agaynst so grete a puyssaun¦ce / then they thought to augment theyr lande & to make it a royalme / so y^e prelates & nobles of the countrey crowned theyr fyrst kynge at Connymbres & made hym to ryde thrughout his royalme with a crowne of Lawrell on his heed / sygnyfyenge honoure & vyctory as aun∣ently kynges were wonte to do / & so euer syth the royalme hath had a kynge / for syr surely ra¦ther then the Portyngales wolde be vnder y^e subieccyon of the Castellyans they wolde take one or other that were ferre of fro the blood of y^e kynge of Portyngale / & the kynge were deed without yssue male / & syr when y^e kynge of por¦tyngale that nowe is came to the place of Iu∣beroth / all these matters were shewed hym / & thus whyles that the constable and marshall were orderynge of theyr batayles there came to the kynge syr Iohn Ferrant Partelere who came the same morenynge fro his garyson of Dorech & brought with hym .lx. speres / y^e kyn∣ge had grete ioye of his comynge / & when all our bataylles were ordeyned & that we abode for nothynge but for our enemyes / & that our fore ryders were sente forth to aspye theyr dea¦lynge / the kynge then my souerayne lorde ca∣me in amonge his men & caused fylence to be made / & then he sayd / syrs ye haue crowned me

kynge / shewe nowe your trouth & faythfulnes for syth I am so forwarde / & specyally in this place of Iuberoth I shal neuer retourne agay¦ne in to Portyngale without I fyght w^t myne enemyes / then euery man answered and sayd syr we shall all abyde w^t you / & knowe for trou¦the we shall not flye this daye.

TThus the batayles approched / for the Castellyans had grete desyre to fynde vs & to fyght as they well shewed / & we sente forthe our fore ryders to se & knowe what our enemyes dyd / & they taryed fro vs more then .iii. houres / & that we herde no / tydynges of thē so that we thought we had lost them / howbeit at y^e last they retourned & brought vs sure wor¦de of them & what nombre they were of by all lykelyhode / & they shewed vs howe theyr vo∣warde were a .vii.M. men of armes armed ca¦pa pee as fresshe & as well horsed as coulde be deuysed / & in y^e kynge of Castelles rerewarde there were a .xxx.M. horse of good men of ar∣mes. And when our kynge and his company knewe the nombre of theyr enemyes & howe y^t theyr vowarde were a .ii. legges before y^e kyn∣ge / for the Gascoynes & straungers were not well of accorde with the Castellyans / then we determyned to kepe vs close togyder in our strength / & to make .ii. wynges to our batayle & our men of armes wherof we had but .ii.M. & .CCCCC. speres to be bytwene the .ii. wyn¦ges / syr there myght well haue ben sene good ordre of batayle & people well recomforted / & then it was cōmaunded by the kyng on payne of dethe y^t no man take that daye no prysoner / this was determyned amonge vs for the best / for as y^e lordes & capytaynes sayd / if we sholde entende to take prysoners it sholde deceyue vs & make vs take no hede of y^t we sholde do / for it was sayd that it were better for vs to fyght wel then to take hede of takynge of prysoners & to sel our lyues derely as good people ought to do. This worde was vpholden & obserued then our enemyes came before vs close togy∣der lyke good men of warre / & then alyghted on foote & trymmed theyr harneys & let theyr horses go / & so came & approched vs fyersly / su¦rely there was the floure of chyualry / and that they shewed well / bytwene vs and them there was a lyt••ell dyke no gretter but y^t a knyght ar¦med myght well passe ouer / howbeit to vs it was a ly••tell aduauntage for in y^e passynge ther of our m••en y^t were on bothe wynges w^t theyr dartes d••yd hurte & mayme dyuers & dyd sore trouble them / & when they were ouer the dyke then they assembled them agaynst vs / for they thought y^t the kynge of Castell with his grete batayle had folowed them at hande but it was not so / for they were all dyscomfyted & slayne or the kynge of Castell came nere hande vs / I shal shewe you by what meanes they were clo¦sed in bytwene vs / & the comons of our coun∣trey / who layde on behynde them with axes & other wepons without sparynge & our men of armes who were fresshe came on agaynst thē / & caused thē to recule backe / & to fall in y^e dyke one vpon another / syr al this was done in lesse then halfe an houre / & there was slayne in the felde of men of armes mo then .iiii.M. & none taken to raūsome / for whē ony knyght or spere of ours wolde haue taken ony prysoner / other of theyr cōpany wolde slee thē in theyr hādes.

THus clerely without recouery the vo∣warde of our enemyes were dyscomfy∣ted / then came the kynge of Castel with his ba¦tayle wherin he had .xxx.M. men well horsed but when they approched it was nere nyght / & they knewe nothynge what myschefe was fal∣len on theyr vowarde / & then they came & mu∣stred themselfe before vs & a .CCCCC. of thē lepte with theyr horses ouer the dike / but syr al suche as passed ouer neuer repassed agayne / for there was slayne a grete parte of the noble men suche as desyred feates of armes & a grete nombre of the barons & knyghtes of Portyn∣gale suche as were there with y^e kynge of Ca∣stell agaynst vs / & when our people sawe our enemyes so dyscomfyted / then we passed ouer the dyke for m .xl. places y^e dyke was stopped w^t deed mē / & toke our horses & folowed y^e chase but y^t was not ferre for it was nyght / we wol∣de not folysshly go ferre for doubte of busshmē¦tes / nor also we were not so well horsed as the Castellyans / for surely yf we had they had re∣ceyued more domage then they dyd / & y^e kynge of Castell taken or slayne / but the nyght came on so darke saued hym and many other / syr I shall shewe you the names of y^e moost parte of the noble men of Fraunce / Gascoynes / & Por∣tyngales that dyed in the felde at the batayle of Iuberoth.

FIrst the erle Don Iohn̄ Alphons / Se¦role of Portyngale / the grete pryour of saynt Iohn̄s in Portyngale / Don Dilgaures his broder / Ange Saluace of Geneue / Don Iohn̄ Ausalle / syr dangoues / Medrich / dricho

Persement / Peter Resermant / Lugares of Versaunt / the grete mayster of Calestrane / & his broder called Don Dygo Dygares / Pe∣ter Goussart of Seball / Iohn̄ Radigo of Her¦riers / the grete mayster of saynt Iaques. And of Fresshmen / syr Iohn̄ of Rys / syr Ieffrey Ri¦con / syr Godfrey Pertenay / syr Espaynolet of Spayne / syr Reynolde of Solyere / a knyght called Lymosyn marshall of the kynge of Ca∣stelles oost / & of gascoyns of Bierne / the lorde of Bierne / y^e lorde of Mortan / y^e lorde of Bryn¦goles / syr Raymonde Durach / syr Bertram of Varuge / syr Iohn̄ of Asolgme / syr Raymonde of Valentyne / syr Adam of mourase / syr menu¦ent of Sarement / syr Peter of Sarembiere & dyuers other / mo then .xii.C. knyghtes & squy¦ers all gentyll men. Nowe syr I shall shewe you y^e names of them that were slayne on our party. Fyrst y^e erle of Nauare cōstable of Por∣tyngale / Galopes Porteke / Peter Porteke / & Agalype ferrant Porteke his broder / Pōnase of Coygne / Egeas Toille of Podich / Dassue & vasse martyne of mielx / & his sone vasse mar¦tyne who was stryken with a darte clene thru¦ghe his body. Also there was slayne Goussale¦nas of Merlo / Alue Porie marshall of y^e oost a good knyght / Radigos Perriere / Iohn̄ Ia¦mes of Salues / Iohn̄ Radigo cosyn to y^e kyn¦ge of Ammoudesque / Radigo Radiges Va∣lero••ceaux mendignes of valconseaux. Then the duke of Lancastre began to laughe / & Lau¦rence Fongase demaunded & sayd / syr why do you laughe / Why sayd the duke / there is good cause why / I neuer herde so straunge names as I haue herde you reherce. Syrsayd he by my fayth all these names we haue in our coun¦trey & more straunger / I byleue you well sayd the duke. But Laurence what became of the kynge of Castell after this dyscomfyture / ma∣de he ony recouery / or dyd he close hymselfe in ony of his townes / or dyd y^e kynge of Portyn∣gale folowe hym the nexte day. Nay surely syr sayd Laurence we folowed them no furder but abode styl in the same place where y^t felde was all nyght / & the nexte daye tyll noone / then we retourned to the castell of Alerne a .ii. lytel leg¦ges fro Iuberoth / & so fro thens to Connym∣bres / & y^e kynge of Castel went to saynt yrayne & there toke a barge & .xiiii. w^e hym / & rowed to a greteshyp and so wente by the see to Sybyll where y^e quene was & his men wente some one way & some another lyke people dysmayde w^t out recouery / for they lost moche / & of theyr do¦mage they are not lyke to recouer it of a grete soason w^tout it be by y^e puyssaūce of y^e frensshe kynge / & bycause the kynge of Portyngale & his counsayle knowe well y^t the Castellyans wyll pourchace ayde out of Fraunce bycause they be alyened togyder. Therfore we be sent in to this countrey to y^e kynge of Englande & to you / then y^e duke sayd / Laurence ye shal not departe hens tyl ye bere w^t you good tidinges But I pray you shewe me of the other encoun¦trynge y^t your men had in the felde of Sybyll as ye spake of ryght nowe / for I wolde gladly here of dedes of armes / thoughe I be no good knyght myselfe / syr sayd y^e squyer with ryght a good wyll I shall shewe you.

AFter the fayre & honourable iourney y^e kynge Iohn̄ of Portyngale had at the Cabase of Iuberoth / & that he was retourned with grete tryumphe to y^e cyte of Lyxbone / & y^t there was no tydynges of ony newe assembly of y^e Castellyans or Frensshmen / but helde thē in garysons. Then the kynge of Castel depar¦ted fro Sybyl & the quene his wyfe with hym & wente to Burgus in Castell / & so our men & theyrs made warre togyder by garysons / & so on a tyme the erle of Nauare constable of Por¦tyngale entred in to Castell in to the feldes of Sybyl with .xl. speres / & came before a towne called Valewyde within whiche there was a .CC. men of armes of castell / y^e erle of Nauare came to the baryeres & shewed wel howe he de¦maunded batayle of thē within / who made no semblaūt to yssue out / howbeit they armed thē & when our men had ben there as longe as it pleased thē / thē they retourned / & they had not ryden past a legge of y^t coūtrey but y^t they saw thē of y^e garyson of Valewyde come galopyng after them / & the capytaynes of thē was Dio∣genes of Padillo an experte man of armes / & y^e grete mayster of saynt Iaques in Galyce / & when our men saw thē so comynge they lygh∣ted on fote and delyuered theyr horses to theyr pages / & the Spanyardes who were a grete nombre wolde haue set on y^e pages & varlettes to haue taken theyr horses fro them / some sayd let vs wyn theyr horses / we can not do them a gretter dyspleasure / nor put thē to more payne then to make them retourne on foote / then the mayster of saynt Iaques sayd / naye let vs not do so / for if we wyn the maysters we shal soone haue y^e horses / let vs alyght a fote & fight with thē / they shall not endure agaynst vs / & thus whyle y^e Castellyans were arguynge our mē passed oure a lytell water y^t was behynde thē /

& there toke a grete groūde & fortefyed it / & ma¦de semblaunt as though they caryed nothyng for theyr horses / & when the Castellyans sawe y^t they were passed the water / then they repen∣ted thē y^t they had not set on soner thē they dyd howbeit they thought soone to ouercome our men / & so came on them & began to cast dartes & when the Castellyans had enployed al theyr artyllery & had no mo dartes to cast / & had soo contynued theyr assaulte fro noone tyll it was nere nyght. When our men sawe y^t theyr ene∣myes had spente all theyr artyllery / then y^e erle of Nauare made his baner to passe the water & all his company / so & dasshed in amonge the Castellyans who anone begā to open for they weresore trauayled / weryed / & chased in theyr harneys / so y^t they coulde not helpe themselfe / but were all ouerthrowne & dyscomfyted / & the mayster oesaynt Iaques slayne / & mo then .lx. with hym & the other fled / & so they saued theyr horses & wan many other fro the Castellyans. How say you syr had not our mē y^t day a fayre aduenture / yes by my faythe sayd the duke of Lancastre.