Here begynneth the thirde and fourthe boke of sir Iohn̄ Froissart of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spaygne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flaunders, and other places adioynyng, translated out of Frenche in to englysshe by Iohan Bourchier knyght lorde Berners, deputie generall of ye kynges towne of Calais and marchesse of the same, at the co[m]maundement of our most highe redouted souerayne lorde kyng Henry the eyght, kynge of Englande and of Fraüce [sic] [and] highe defender of the Christen faithe. [et]c

¶Howe the duke of Lancasters mar∣shall and his men assayled the towne of Vyeclope in Galyce / whiche yelded by cōposycyon / and of the ambassa¦dours that the duke sente to the kyn¦ge of Portyngale. Ca. li. (Book 51)

ANone after y^t the marshal was re¦tourned fro the towne of Ruelles on a daye he rode forthe agayne with a .iii.C. speres & a .vi.C. ar¦chers / & so rode a lōge dayes iour¦ney came to a towne called Vyleclope whiche was kepte but by suche villaynes as dwelte in it / thē y^t marshal caused y^e towne to be auewed to se if it were pregnable or not & whē they had wel aduysed it they sayd it myght be wel won by assaulte / thē they lyghted on fote & sēt theyr horses backe by theyr varlettes / and deuyded themselfe in .iiii. partes / and made themselfe redy lyke men of warre / syr Thomas More∣aulx had the guydynge of one company / these conde had syr yon Fythwaren / the thyrde syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourte / and the fourthe had another knyght / and euery partye had foure score men of armes / and a .vii. score archers. Then they approched to the towne and wente downe in to the dykes for therin was no wa∣ter / and then mounted vp agayne on the other syde well pauessed / and the archers stode on y^• syde of the dyke / and shot so fyersly that none durst appere at theyr defence / howbeit for all theyr shot they within defended themselfe va∣lyauntly / for they were a grete nombre within they cast out dartes w^t longe fethers & sharpe heddes so rudely y^t who so euer was fully stry¦ken w^t thē without they were well armed / they were outher slayne or sore hurte / howbeit kny¦ghtes & squyres to auaunce thēselfe came to y^e fote of y^e walles / for al y^e stones y^t fel on theyr ba¦senettes & on theyr bodyes / & the .ii. squyers of Haynalte Tyrrye and Gyllyā of Sonnayne dyd dyuers goodly fetes of armes and made a grete hole thrughe the wall with suche helpe as they hadde / and ••ought sore hande to hande

with them within / and these .ii. bretherne wan a .vii. dartes that were cast at them / thrughe y^• hole they pulled them out of theyr enemyes handes / these .ii. brotherne were vnder y^• stan∣darde of y^e lorde Fyth waren / on y^e other parte syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourte shewed valyaunt¦nes lyke a noble knyght / & he had at the foote of the walle his penon pytched in the erthe by hym / and he had a pykeaxe in his hande & my∣ned therwith to the best of his power to breke the wall / it ought to be meruayled howe these vylaynes were not abasshed to se themsefe soo assayled on al partes / howbeit they coulde not so longe endure / but that they had many han∣des to defende themselfe withal / but at the last they aduysed them (When they sawe that the assaulte seased not) to yelde themselfe. Then y^e baylyffe of the towne who had caused them so longe to contynue came and sayd to the mar∣shall / syr cause your assaulte to sease / for y^e men of this towne wyll treate with you / well sayd the marshall / I am contente. Then he caused an heraulde to ryde aboute y^e towne who sayd to euery man / syrs sease your assaulte tyl ye he¦re the marshalles trompet blowe agayne to y^e assaulte / for he is in treaty with them of y^e tow¦ne / and with those wordes they seased & rested them / & some of them had nede therof / for they were very wery with assaylynge. Then they of the towne entred in to theyr treaty and sayd howe they wolde yelde themselfe lyues & goo∣des saued as they of other townes had done in Galyce. Naye sayd the marshall ye shall not scape so good chepe as other haue done / for ye haue put vs in moche payne / and hurte dyuers of our men / and we se clerely that ye can not longe endure agaynst vs / Wherfore it must be houe you to bye your pease and our loue / or el∣les we wyll retourne agayne to the assaulte / and wynne you perforce. Why syr sayd y^e bay∣lyffe what raunsome wyl ye aske of vs / in god¦des name sayd the marshall .x.M. frankes / ye aske to grete a some syr sayd y^e baylyffe / I shal yf it please you cause you to haue .ii.M. fran∣kes / for syr this towne is but poore and hathe ben sore charged with taxes. Nay sayd y^e mar∣shal we wyl not of y^t / we wyl gyue you respyte to take coūsayle togyder / for as for .iii. or .iiii. M. frankes ye shall nor scape / for al is ours yf we lyst / and also I am blamed of my company to make ony treaty with you. Therfore shorte¦ly determyne you outher to do it or to leue it. Then the baylyffe wente in to the towne and called euery man before hym and sayd. Syrs what wyll ye do / if we suffre ony mo assaultes the Englysshe men wyll conquere vs perforce so we shall all dye & lese al our goodes / they de¦maunded of vs .x.M. frankes / & I haue offred them .ii.M. I knowe well it is ouer lytell / for they wyl neuer agree therto / therfore we must exalte y^e raunsome a .ii. or .iii.M. frankes mo∣re. Then they of y^e towne who doubted to lose all y^t they had & theyr lyues also sayd / baylyffe forsake not to marchaundyse with them / for ra¦ther then we wyl be ony more assayled we wyl pay .iiii.M. frankes / than sayd the baylyffe / y^t is well sayd / yet I wyll treate with them / then he came agayne to the marshall / and as I vn∣derstande theyr pease was made by paynge of vi.M. frankes. Then the gates were set open and euery man entred and were lodged where they lyst / and taryed there .ii. dayes / & the mar¦shall delyuered the towne to yon Fythwaren with .CC. speres and .CCCC. archers and there he lay in garyson more then .viii. mone∣thes / but the raunsome of the towne wente to the duke of Lancasters profyte / & the marshall had a .M. frankes.

ANd after that the towne of Vyleclope was yelden vp to the dukes marshall / then he retourned to saynt Iames to the duke for the duke wolde haue hym aboute hym / and sometyme he rode to the fronters of Castell & Spayne to gyue fere to the frensshe men / but as longe as the Englysshemen kepte the felde in Galyce there were none that came agaynst them / for the kynge of Castell was counsayled not to ryde forth w^t ony oost / but to kepe warre by garysons / and to abyde forsocours out of Fraunce. Then y^e duke of Lancastre was coū¦sayled / and it was sayd to hym / how y^t it were good that he and the kynge of Portyngale my¦ght speke togyder / sayenge also / syr the wry∣tynge that rynneth thus bytwene you is good but that is not ynoughe for the frensshe men be subtyle and se ferther in theyr busynes thē ony other people / yf couertly they happen to make a treaty with the kynge of Portyngale / & also the kynge of Castell hathe aboute hym and of his coūsayle dyuers lordes in Portyngale as we be infourmed / & so peraduenture by theyr meanes / they myght make a pease by mariage or otherwyse / so y^t then by hym ye sholde haue noo comforte / what sholde fall then / ye sholde be then in worse case then euer ye were / for thē the Castellyans wolde set lytell by vs / the Ca∣stellyans are the moost subtylest people of the

worlde / trowe you y^t the kynge of Portyngale wolde not be contente to be at rest of this busy¦nes yf the kynge of Castell wolde suffre hym to be kynge of Portyngale all his lyfe / and af∣ter hym y^e kyng of castel / syr it is to be doubted thoughe he haue sente for you / & so or ye coulde tourne backe agayne we myght be ouerthrow¦en / and also syr ye know the state of Englande whiche hath as nowe ynoughe to doo to kepe thēselfe agaynst theyr enemyes as wel frenssh∣men as Skottes / therfore make as good war as ye cā with suche people as ye haue / for trust not of no comforte nor ayde out of Englande outher of men of armes or archers for surely ye are not lyke to haue ony / ye were two yeres aboute to gete that ye haue / the kynge your ne¦phewe seeth not all thynges / he is yonge and byleueth yong counsayle wherby the royalme of Englande lyeth & is in peryll & grete aduen¦ture / wherfore syr approche as soone as ye can to the kynge of Portyngale & speke with hym your worde shall do you more profyte then all the letters ye can wryte in .iiii. monethes / the duke of Lancastre noted well these wordes & knew wel y^t it was true and that it was truely counsayled / then the duke sayd to them that ga¦ue hym that counsayle / what wyll you that I sholde do / they answered and sayd / syr sende to the kynge of Portyngale .v. or .vi. of your knyghtes and at the leest a baron / and let them shewe the kynge howe ye haue grete desyre to se hym / let them be wyse y^t ye sende / and let thē fynde the meanes that ye maye speke togyder shortly / I am content sayd y^e duke. Then there was sente in to Portyngale fro the duke / y^e lor¦de poynynges / a grete baron of englande / and syr Iohn̄ Abruell / syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourte and syr Iohn̄ Souster bastarde bretheren to syr Iohn̄ Holande constable of the oost / these departed fro saynt Iames with a .C. speres & CC. archers.

ANd on a day when al these letters were made and sealed there came to the duke fro the kynge of Portyngale a knyght and a squyer with .xii. speres called syr Vase Mar∣tyne of Cougne and the squyer Ferrant Mar¦tyne of Merle they were of the kynges hous & nere to his persone they were lodged at theyr ease in the towne of saynt Iames / then they we¦re brought to the duke & to the duches & so pre∣sented theyr letters / and also they presented to the duke and to the duches and to theyr dough¦ters fayre whyte mules well aumblynge wher¦of they were glad / howbeit for all that the iour¦ney of the englysshmen to the kynge of Portyn¦gale was nor brokē but they were stopped for a .iiii. dayes / and on the .v. daye departed and this knyght and squyer all togyder in compa∣ny / and the duke sente to the kynge of Portyn∣gale in token of loue .ii. fawcons pelegrynes as good as coulde be deuysed / & .vi. englysshe greyhoundes good for all maner of bee••tes / ••o the Portyngales and the Englysshmen rode togyder ouer al the lande of Galyce they were in no fere of y^e Castellyans / for they were ferre ynoughe ofrro them / and on the waye as they rode syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourre and Martyn Ferrant of Merle fell in talkynge togyder / for before that season the squyer had ben in armes with syr Eustase Dambrychcourte who was vncle to the sayd syr Iohn and was with hym when he dyed at Quarencyne / and as they tal∣ked togyder they rode behynde theyr compa∣ny / they met an heraulde and a varlet comyng fro Connymbres where the kynge laye & was rydynge towarde saynt Iames to the duke of Lancastre / this heraulte perceyned to y^e kynge of Portyngale / and was called Connymbres. The heraulte had spoken with the lordes and shewed them suche tydynges as he knewe / and when Ferrant Martyn of Merle saw hym co¦mynge he sayd to syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourte beholde yonder cometh an heraulte of y^e kynge of Portyngales / it is longe syth he was in this countrey I wyl demaunde of hym some tydyn¦ges / and when they met togyder y^e squyer sayd a Connymbres where haue you ben so longe / it is more then a yere syth I saw you or that ye were in this countrey / syr sayd he I haue ben in Englande & haue sene the kynge and lordes there / and they haue made me ryche with grete gyftes that I haue had of them / and fro thens I retourned by y^e see in to Bretayne & was at y^e maryage of the duke of Bretayne / and at the grete feest that he kepte at the cyte of Nauntes aboute a .ii. monethes past / he hath wedded y^e lady Iahan of Nauare and fro thens by the see I went in to Irelande / & fro thens to the porte in Portyngale / and as they talked togyder the squyer behelde a scochyn that y^e heraulte bare on his brest wherin were graued & inamyled y^e kynge of Portyngales armes and y^e armes of dyuers other lordes / then the squyer set his fyn¦ger on one of the armes perteynynge to a kny∣ght of Portyngale and sayd / ase here y^e armes mes of the gentyll knyght syr Iohn̄ Partelere by my fayth I am glad to se them for they per∣teyne

to a gentyll knyght who on a tyme dyd me grete profyte I ought well to remembre it & therwith he toke .iiii. floreyns of golde out of his purse / and gaue them to the heraulte who thanked hym / and syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourte behelde well the armes the felde syluer an en∣denture gooles with .ii. chanders fables / and so the heraulte departed / then the squyer sayd / syr Iohn̄ saw you neuer this knyght that bare y^e sayd armes / whom I prayse so moche / I can not tell sayd syr Iohn̄ / but at the leest I praye you shewe me what was y^t courtesy that ones he dyd to you / I wolde be glad to here it / we haue nothynge elles to talke of / I am conten∣te sayd the squyer to shewe you / for the knyght is well worthy to be spoken of / then he began his tale thus.

SO it fortuned a lytell before the batayle of Iuberoth when the kynge of Portyn¦gale wente fro Connymbres thyderwarde / y^e kynge sente me in to the countrey to warne cer¦tayne knyghtes to come to hym to be with hȳ at that iourney / so I rode forth & but one page with me / and as I rode I happened to mete a xxv. speres gascoynes / and I was not ware tyl I was amonge them / then they toke me & de∣maunded whether I wente / and I shewed thē I was rydynge to the castell of Ronte / & they demaunded what to do / and I sayd to go seke syr Iohn̄ Ferrant Partelere to come to y^e kyng of Portyngale of Iuberoth / why sayd they is syr Iohn̄ Ferrant Parteler capytayne of the castel of Ronte / is he not all redy with y^e kyng of Portyngale / no surely syrs sayd I but shor∣tely he wyll be there / yf he ones knowe the kyn¦ges pleasure / well sayd they he shall knowe it / for we wyll ryde thyder / so they toke the waye to y^e castell of Ronte / & when they were within the syght of the castell / the watche of the castell sayd he saw men of armes approchyng towar¦de the castell / then syr Iohn̄ Ferrant demaun∣ded fro what parte they were comynge / y^e wat¦che sayd they were comyng towarde the porte A sayd he they be then Castellyans and rydeth at aduenture towarde saynt Irayne I wyl go and loke on them they shall tell me tydynges where the kynge is / so he lepte on his horse & a xx. with hym and toke his penon before hym / and rode out of the castell a grete galop to co∣me to y^e Castellyans who as then were drawen in to a busshment / and had made one of theyr company to ryde forthe on a genet / and when syr Iohn̄ Ferrant saw the geneture he sayd to a squyer of his / galop forth thy genet & assaye to speke with yonder geneture then the squyer galopped forth and folowed hym nere euer ly∣kely to take hym / for he fled but softely before hym to y^e entente to brynge hym in to y^e bussh∣ment / & when he was nere them / the busshment brake out at hym / & then he tourned quyckely his backe and they that chased hym cryed Ca∣stell / and syr Iohn̄ Ferrant beynge vnder his penon seynge his squyer retourned in suche hast sayd / they that chase my squyer be none of our company / they be castellyans set on them / crye Portyngale for I wyll fyght with them / then he toke his spere & ranne at them / the fyrst that he met withall wente to the erthe / and the seconde also / of .xxv. Castellyans y^t were there x. of them lay shortely on the grounde and the other chased / and some were ouertaken & slay∣ne and hurte / and all this I was glad to se / for I saw my delyueraunce and in a shorte season I was lefte all alone / then I came to y^e knyght and saluted hym / and as soone as he saw me he knewe me / and demaunded of me fro whens I came & what I dyd there / then I shewed hym all myne aduenture and how the Castellyans chased me and toke me / well sayd he and what knowe you of the kynge of Portyngale / by my fayth syr sayd I to morowe he shall haue ba∣tayle at Iuberoth agaynst the kynge of Castel for he sente me in to this countrey to gyue war¦nynge therof to y^e knyghtes and squyers that knoweth it not to the entente that they sholde resorte to hym / to morow sayd he / ye truely syr sayd I and yf ye byleue not me / demaunde of these Castellyans that ye haue taken / then he demaunded of them tydynges they sayd howe surely the nexte day there sholde be batayle by¦twene the .ii. kynges / of whiche tydynges he was ryght glad and sayd openly to the Castel¦lyans / syrs for the good tydynges y^t ye shewe me / I quyte you of your raunsomes / departe when ye wyl so ye acquyte this squyer / so thus he caused me to be quyted fro them and so they departed / & we y^• same day retourned to ••onte then he made hym redy and departed thens at mydnyght & I in his company / and fro thens to the Cabase of Iuberoth whiche was a .vi. myles of y^t countrey / and to eschewe encoun∣trynges we rode somwhat out of our waye / & in the mornynge we herde that there sholde be batayle the same daye or we sawe the batayles & when we approched the batayles were rayn¦ged in the feldes / the kynge of Castell on y^e one partye & the kynge of Portyngale on y^e other /

and at the fyrst we knewe not whiche were Ca¦stellyans and whiche were Portyngales tyll at the last syr Iohn̄ Ferrant Partelere sayd I byleue surely the gretter oost be the Castelly∣ans / then we rode forth fayre & easely tyl we ca¦me nere / and then we sawe well it was the Ca∣stillyans / and I trowe some of the gascoynes brake out agaynst vs / then syr Iohn̄ Ferrant sayd / let vs auaunce forthe / we se yonder our enemyes comyng on vs / thē we strake our hor¦ses with y^e spurres & rode cryenge Portyngale & they folowed vs / then when our company of portyngules sawe vs / they came forth and re∣scued vs / and for al that the batayles brake not theyr aray / and so syr Iohn̄ Ferrant came to y^e kynge and acquyted hym that day with y^e best Thus syr I haue shewed you howe he dyd me grete courtesye / for he delyuered me out of pry¦son / and I had not ben at y^e batayle and he had not ben / Therfore syr dyd he not me a goodly pleasure / yes truely sayd syr Iohn̄ Dambrych courte / and also by you he knew of the batayle y^t is true sayd the squyer / & then they rode forth tyll they had ouertaken theyr companuy & ca∣me the same day to Connymbres.

ANd of the comynge of these Englysshe knyghtes y^e kynge of Portyngale was ryght ioyfull / & cōmaunded that they sholde be well lodged at theyr ease / and when they were redy / then Martyn of Coygne & Ferrant Mar¦tyn Merle / and the englysshe knyghtes wente to the kynge who receyued them ioyously / thē the Englysshmen dyd theyr message & presen∣ted the kynge with the Fawcons and greyhoū¦des / of the whiche the kynge had grete ioy / for he loued houndes and hawkes / then they than¦ked the kynge on the dukes parte for the good¦ly mules that he had sente to the duke / and to y^e duches / then he sayd that was but a small pre∣sent another tyme I wyll sende them gretter gyftes / this was but for aquayntaunce of loue as lordes ought to do one to another to nou∣rysshe loue and amyte / then wyne and spyces were brought and the knyghtes of Englande dranke and so toke theyr leue for that tyme & re¦tourned to theyr lodgynges to souper / y^e nexte day they dyned at the kynges palace / and y^e lor¦de Poynynges and syr Iohn̄ Bancell sate at y^e kynges table / and syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourt & syr Iohn̄ Soultyer sate at another table with y^e barons of that countrey suche as were there and there was Laurence Fongase a squyer of honoure of the kynges who knewe ryght well all the knyghtes and squyers of Englande / for he had sene them in Englande he made them y^e best chere he coulde / they were well serued at this dyner / and after dyner they were brought in to the counsayle chambre. Then y^e englysshe knyghtes began to speke to y^e kynge and to .ii. erles that were there present / y^e erle of Angose / and the erle of Nauare and sayd / syr and it ly∣ke your grace besyde all y^e recommendacyons that the duke of Lancastre hath sente vnto you he gaue vs in charge to say to you that he desy¦reth sore to se you / then the kynge sayd / and I as glad to se hym / and I requyre you that shor¦tely we may se and speke togyder / syr sayd the erles it were good that it were so / for tyll ye be togyder ye shal not loue parfytely / and then ye may take aduyse togyder howe ye may mayn∣teyne your warres agaynst y^e kynge of Castel syr this is true sayd the knyghtes of englande then sayd the kynge let it be done shortely / for if the duke desyre to se me / in lyke wyse I desy∣re to se hym / so then they fell in other talkynge for then y^e kyng charged his counsayle to agre and assygne a certayne daye when they sholde mete togyder and to assure the englysshe kny∣ghtes therof / and so they dyd / & it was agreed that the kynge of Portyngale sholde come to a cyte in his countrey called the Porte / and that the duke of Lancastre sholde ryde alonge by y^e frontere of Galyce / & so there at the partyng of bothe royalmes to mete and speke togyder / & so on that conclusyon the messagers departed and retourned towarde Galyce & rode as they came tyll they came to saynt Iames / and there shewed to the duke and the duches howe they had sped / of whiche tydynges y^e duke was ioy∣full and so he had cause for his busynes began then to approche.

ANd when y^e season came y^t the duke of Lancastre sholde departe fro saynt Ia∣mes / he lefte there styll his marshall and al his company excepte .iii.C. speres / and .vi.C. ar∣chers / and syr? Iohn̄ holande who had wedded his eldest doughter with hym and many other knyghtes and squyers / and the duke rode the fronters of Galyce and approched nere to Por¦tyngale / and the kynge who laye at the Porte knewe well of his comynge / and so departed with .vi. hundreth speres and came to the fron¦ters of Portyngale and lodged at a towne cal¦led Mouson the last towne of Portyngale on on that syde / and the duke of Lancastre came

to another towne the fyrst towne of galyce ioy¦nyng to Portyngale called Margasse / and by¦twene Mouson and Margasse there was a ry¦uer and fayre medowes and a grete playne & a brydge called the mor brydge / & on a thursday in the mornynge the kyng of Portyngale and y^e duke of Lancastre with all theyr companyes met togyder there was a goodly and a louyng metynge and there were lodgynges made in the feldes of the kynges syde and thyder went the duke of Lancastre to dyner / whiche dyner was well ordred / & there sate at y^e kynges table y^e bysshop of Connymbres / y^e bysshop of Porte the archebysshop of Bargus in Portyngale / & the duke of Lancastre and a lytell byneth late syr Iohn̄ of holande / and syr Henry beamonde of Englande / and there were plentye of myn∣strelles and so were in sporte tyll it was nyght that daye the kynge of Portyngale was appa¦relled all in whyte with a reed crosse of saynt George for that is the habyte of y^e house called Mouson otherwyse called Denyce in Portyn¦gale / of the whiche ordre the kynge was and or he was crowned was called mayster therof. But euer after he bare styll that deuyse in the honoure of god and saynt George / and all his men were arayed in whyte and reed / then whē it began to be late they retourned to theyr lod∣gynges tyll the nexte daye. The kynge wente to Mouson and the duke to Margasse and by¦twene bothe there was no more but y^e medowe and the ryuer to passe / then on the fryday whē they had herde masse they toke theyr horses / & so rode agayne to mor brydge / and there they met agayne / there they had goodly lodgynge made. The kyng and the duke had theyr cham¦bres hanged with tapyceryes and curteynes as well as and the kynge had ben at Lyxbone and y^e duke at London / and before dyner they counsayled togyder on the state of theyr busy∣nes / & howe they sholde maynteyne theyr war & when they sholde set forth / then it was deter∣myned that all the wynter y^e kynge sholde tary in his owne countrey & the duke at saynt Ia∣mes & to let theyr marshal dele / and in marche the kyng and the duke & theyr men to assemble togyder and to go and fyght with the kyng of castel where soeuer he sholde be as thē / for they sayd they sholde be Englysshe and Portynga∣les togyder a .xxx. thousande / and when al this was concluded then the kynges counsayle co∣moned amonge themselfe for a maryage for theyr kynge / for it was tyme and the royalme wolde that he were maryed to his honoure & profyte / and for to haue good alyaunces in ty∣me to come / and they sayd they knewe not as then where he sholde mary more to his profy∣te nor to the welthe of his comons then in the house of Lancastre / and this they shewed to y^e duke / and when he sawe the kynges entencyon and howe that he was in the kynges daunger seynge he was come out of Englande in to the fronters of Portyngale to demaunde his hery¦tage of Castell / then he answered smylynge & sayd to the kynge / who was there presente / syr I haue in the towne of saynt Iames two dou∣ghters I wyll gyue you one of them whome it pleaseth you to chose. Syr sende thyder your counsayle / and I shal sende her to you / syr sayd the kynge I thanke you ye offre me more then I desyre / as for my cosyn Katheryne I wyll le¦ue her styll with you / but as for Phylyp your doughter her I demaunde and wyl wedde her and make her quene of Portyngale / and so bra¦ke vp theyr counsayle and wente to dyner and sate as they dyd the daye before / they were ser∣ued notably accordynge to the vsage of y^e coun¦trey / and after dyner the duke retourned to Margasse and the kynge to Mouson.

THe saterday after masse they met agay¦ne at the sayd place / and that daye the duke of Lancastre made the dyner for y^e kynge of Portyngale and his company / and there we¦re chambres and halles hanged with arras & enbrowdery as rychely as thoughe they had ben at London / and the Portyngales praysed moche the Englysshe maner / and at that dy∣ner there were thre archebysshoppes and .vii. bysshoppes syttynge at the hyghe table. The bysshop of Lyxbone / the bysshop of Porte / and the bysshop of Connymbres / the archebysshop of Bargus and other / and the kynge sate in y^e myddes of the table / and the duke a lytell by∣nethe hym / and bynethe the duke y^e erle of Na∣uare and the erle of Angosse / and at another ta¦ble sate fyrst the mayster Denyce / then the gre∣te mayster of saynt Iames in Portyngale and the pryour of saynt Iohn̄s / then Don galopes percler / & Iohn̄ Ferrant his sone / the ponnay∣se of Congne and Vas Martyn of Congne / y^e Podych of Senede Vas Martyn of merle al¦barons / the abbot of the cabase of Iuberoth / y^e abbot of saynt mary of Eure / syr Alue Perere marshall of Portyngale / Iohn̄ Radygosde∣sar / and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of Portyngale / for there sate that daye no En∣glysshmen /

for all knyghtes and squyers of en¦glande serued / & there were many mynstrelles & the duke gaue them a .C. nobles and the he∣rauldes as moche / after dyner when all thyn∣ges was accomplysshed they toke leue amya∣bly eche of other tyll another season / the kynge retourned to Porte / and y^e duke to Marga••se and toke his way in to Galyce / and the erle of Nauare conueyed the duke with a .C. speres tyll he was out of all daunger / and then y^e erle toke his leue and retourned in to Portyngale & the duke rode to saynt Iames in Galyce.

MOche desyred the duches of Lancastre the retourne of y^e duke her husbande & to here tydynges what conclusyons were takē And so the duke was well welcomed home as it was reason / and the duches demaunded of hym howe he lyked the kynge of Portyngale / by my fayth sayd y^e duke he is a gracyous man & is of body and maners lyke to be a valyaunt man / & I thynke he shall reygne in grete pu∣yssaunce / for he is well byloued of his mē / they say they had no kynge this .C. yere that so wel pleased them as he / and he is of age not past a .xxxvi. yere / he is a stronge knyght and a har∣dy accordynge to the nature of Portyngale / & he is well made of body to endure grete payne ye but syr sayd y^t lady what sayth he to ony ma maryage / I haue agreed to hym sayd the duke that he shall haue one of my doughters I dyd put hym to the choyse outher of Katheryne or Phylyp / wherof he gaue me grete thāke / how be it he rested on Phylyp / he hath good reason sayd y^e duches / for my doughter Katheryne is yet to yonge for hym / thus the duke and the du¦ches passed that daye / and so y^e tyme passed / for wynter approched / howbeit in y^e countreys of Galyce & Portyngale there is but lytell wyn∣ter for it is alwayes hote / & graynes & fruytes groweth there quyckely / for there be dyuers fruytes rype in marche / benes / person & cheryes & al fresshe crbes groweth in February / & in so me place they make wyne by mydsoner / & by y^t tyme haruest is past.

ANd thoughe y^t the duke and y^e duches taryed in the towne of saynt Iames & laye styll / yet his men styred abrode / & conque∣red in the countrey of Galyce townes & castel∣les / & howe they were wonne I shall shewe you y^e trouthe & the names of thē / for I was iustely therof infourmed both by knyghtes & squyers as wel of englande as of Portyngale suche as had ben present at all theyr conquestes & specy∣ally by y^e gentyl knyght of portyngale / or who I haue spoken here before / who ryght amya∣bly at Myddelbourge in zelande as he came fro his voyage out of Pruce enfourmed me / I haue here before named the knyght / & yet agay¦ne I name hym / his name was syr Iohn̄ Fer∣rant Partelere / so it was syr Thomas More∣aulx marshall of the duke of Lancastres oost. when the duke was retourned fro the fronters of Portyngale & was come agayne to the tow¦ne of saynt Iames / he sayd he wolde not sy••te styll syth he was in the countrey of Conquest but sayd he wolde ryde forthe and set his com∣pany a worke / whiche they sore desyred & so ma¦de his assemble & sayd he wolde entre further in to Galyce to brynge the townes and castel∣les vnder the dukes obeysaunce. And soo on a day he departed fro saynt Iames with a .vi.C speres / and .xii.C. archers / & toke the way to a good towne in Galyce called Poceueyed / whi¦che was rebell agaynst them / they of the towne had knowledge of y^e englysshmennes comyng for all the comon people fled out of theyr coun∣trey in to the good townes. So they toke coū¦sayle what they sholde doo outher yelde or hol¦de as longe as they coulde endure / so they we∣re not all of one accorde / the comen people wol¦de haue yelded / but the baylyffe who was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 there by the kyng of Castel / and the rychemen wolde not yelde so sone / for they sayd they shol¦de norher haue honoure nor profyte in theyr to doynge / so they were in coūsaylynge togyder whē y^e watche of y^e towne sowned & gaue know¦ledge of y^e englysshmens approchyng / thē they brake vp theyr counsayle & euery man went to his defence / & ran to y^e walles and bare barres / stones / dartes / Iauelyns / & shewed well howe they wolde defende themselfe and not yelde so lyghtly.

WHen the dukes marshall and his compa¦ny were come before the towne of Pon∣ceuayde / they lyghted on sore and dely∣uered theyr horses to theyr varlettes / & then de¦uyded theyr companyes to gyue assaulte / & the archers araynged thēselfe aboute the towne w^t theyr bowes redy to shote / and men of armes well pauessed and armed entrynge in to y^e dy∣kes / then the marshalles trompettes sowned to the sowte / and the men of armes then clame vp the dykes with pykeaxes and mattockes to wynne the walles / and the men of the towne w^t¦in cast downe stones & other thynges y^t trou∣bled the mynours sore and had done more and

the archers had not ben / but they shot so hooly togyder that none durst appere on the walles / and they dyd hurte many of them within and specyally the baylyffe of the towne was strykē with an arowe that persed his basenet and en∣tred in to his heed so y^t he was fayne to be bor∣ne out of the place to his lodgynge / yet y^e euyll people of y^e towne wolde not yelde for all that the baylyffe was sore hurte / but were y^e rather more angry & more redy to defende them / thus the saulte endured tyl it was nyght / then they sowned theyr retrayte / there were men hurte on bothe partyes / the englysshmen rotourned fro the saulte and wente to thery lodgynges / & were of entency on y^e nexte mornynge to retour¦ne to the saulte / & not to leue tyll they had got∣ten it / the same nyght they of Ponce voyde to∣ke counsayle togyder and sayd amonge them∣selfe we are but folysshe people thus to be hur¦te and troubled for nothynge / why do we not as Vylodes and they of Coulongne hath done they are yelded to the duke of Lancastre / & to my lady Custaunce doughter to kynge Don Peter let vs yelde lyke as other good townes haue done / wherin they were wyse for therby they sate in rest / well sayd other let vs do in ly∣ke wyse / but our baylyffe hath counsayled vs the contrary / therfore he hath his payment for he is lykely to dye / then some of them sayd / yet let vs go to hym and here what he wyll say / for certaynly to morowe the englysshmen wyl re∣tourne they wyl not let vs be in peas they wyl outher haue vs perforce or by loue.

TO that counsayle they all agreed and a xii. of the best of the towne wente to the baylyffes lodgynge whose name was Dyon table of Lyon / & there they founde hym on his bed newely dressed of his wounde / & so he ma∣de to them that came to hym semblaūt of good chere whatsoeuer he felte and demaunded the of the assaulte / and how they perceyuered ther in / then they answered and sayd how they dyd well thanked be god / for excepte your hurte we haue taken but small domage / but to morowe lyeth our doubte / for we are sure to haue a new assaulte / and we be no mē of defence we are but symple people and wote not what it meaneth / therfore we are come to haue your counsayle what is best for vs to do / y^e Englysshmen sore threteneth vs that yf we be taken perforce we shall be put to the sworde & lese lyues and all y^t we haue in the name of god sayd the baylyffe / ye can haue no•• blame thoughe ye yelde / but make a wyse treaty y^t they be no rulers in your towne / ye may saye that ye wyll gladly be vn∣der the obeysaunce of the duke of Lancastre & of the duches in lyke maner as they of Coulon¦gne be / so that no englysshmen come within y^e towne / but to sende them prouysyon out of the towne for theyr money / thus do if ye can / I thȳ¦ke they wyll be glad of the obeysaunce / for they haue many moo townes to wynne in Galyce / wherfore I thynke they wyll the lyghtlyer go hous / ye say well syrsayd they / we shal do thus syth you counsayle vs to do it / so they were / de∣termyned on this purpose / and so passed y^• ny∣ght as well as they myght / and in y^e mornyng at the sone rysynge they ordeyned certayne mē to go out of the towne instructed and charged what truce they sholde make with the marshal yf they coulde / there were .vii. of them & they came to the marshall who was redy to retour∣ne to the saulte / and kneled downe salutynge hym and sayd / syr we be sente hyder to you fro them of the towne of Ponce voyde / who haue commaunded vs to say in theyr names y^t glad¦ly they wyll put themselfe vnder y^e obeysaunce of the duke of Lancastre and of my lady the du¦ches in maner & fourme as they of Coulongne hath done / and as for prouysyon ye shall haue ynoughe out of the towne payenge courteysly therfore / and syr it is the entencyon of them that hathe sente vs hyder / that ye sholde not enforce thē ony further / nor you nor none other to entre in to the towne with ony army / but yf you & some of your company wyll entre sym∣ply / ye shall be welcome. The marshall had an englysshman by hym that vnderstode the spe∣che of Galyce / he shewed the marshall in En∣glysshe the wordes that they had spoken. The marshall answered and sayd / syrs shortely re∣tourne agayne to your towne and cause to co∣me to the barryers suche as sente you hyder to speke there with me / I wyl gyue thē assuraūce this day / and to morowe the sone rysyng with¦out we be agreed / so they departed and wente to theyr towne and founde at the barryers the moost parte of them of the towne / & there they made relacyon of theyr message sayenge howe incontynent the marshall wolde come to y^e bar¦ryers to speke with them / and yf ye be not com¦pany ynowe sende for suche mo as ye wyl haue so then all the notablest men of y^e towne drewe togyder / then the marshall with a .xl. speres ca¦me thyder and alyghted & came to y^e barryers and sayd thus.

YE syrs of Ponce voyde ye sente to vs .vii. of your men / and I byleue surely ye dyd put your trust in them and they sayd howe ye wolde gladly knowledge my lor¦de the duke and my lady for your soueraynes in maner and fourme as they of Coulongne ha¦th done / but ye wyl not haue none other gouer¦nours but your selfe within the towne / I pray you what soueraynte sholde they haue ouer you without they had men set in the towne vn∣der them elles when ye wyll ye wyll be vnder hym and when ye lyst forsake hym / surely it is myne entencyon and al my company to ordey∣ne you a good capytayne true & wyse to gouer you and to mynystre true Iustyce / and to put out al offycers set there by the kynge of Castel and yf ye wyll not do thus answere me / for we are determyned what we wyll do / then they de¦syred a lytell to take counsayle togyder / and so they dyd and then sayd / syr we haue good trust in you / but we doubte these pyllers & robbers / for we haue ben sore beten w^t suche people in ty¦me past / when syr Bettram of Clesquy and the bretons came fyrst in to this countrey / for they lifte vs nothynge / & therfore we fere / nay syrs fere not that sayd the marshall / there shall noo pyllers & robbers entre in to your towne / nor ye shall lese nothynge by vs / for we desyre noo thynge but obeysaunce / and so with those wor¦des they were accorded / then the marshall and certayne of his men entred in to the towne and the oost abode without in tentes and pauyly∣ous / and there was sent out of the towne to the lordes .iiii. somers laded with good wyne and as moche brede / polayne grete plenty / the mar¦shal abode all y^t day in the towne & set offycers there for y^e duke of Lācastre / and he made a ca∣pytayne there a Galysyan who had alwayes ben in Englande with y^e lady Custaunce with whom they of the towne were well contented / & the nexte day y^e marshall retourned to y^e oost.

THē he determined to go to another tow∣ne a .vi. myles thens in Galyce called Dyghos & so rode forth thyderwarde / & when they were w^tin .ii. myles they sent a messagere to y^e towne to know whether they wolde rebel or elles yelde thē as they of Ponce voyde haue done yf not they sholde be saulted y^e nexte daye they of Dyghos made no care for that message and sayd we care for none assaulte we haue bē assayled or this tyme & lost nothynge whē that answere was sayd to the marshall / he sayd / by saynt George and they shall be fyersly assayled are these vyllaynes so proude to gyue suche an answere / so they passed y^t nyght and toke theyr ease / the nexte mornynge at y^e sone rysyng they dyslodged / and soo came before the towne & ly∣ghted a foote and set them in ordre to go to the assaulte / & they within made them redy to de∣fende them & theyr towne / this towne was not grete but it was stronge / and I byleue yf they had had ony good mē of warre in theyr towne the englysshmen had not so soone haue had thē for as sone as they within the towne saw how they were assayled & felte the arrowes of y^e ar∣chers of Englande & sawe howe dyuers of thē were sore hurte / for they were but euyl harney sed / then they began to be abasshed and sayd / why doo we suffre ourselfe thus to be slayne & hurte for the kynge of Castell / it were as good for vs to haue to our lorde the duke of Lanca∣stre syth he hath maryed the doughter of kyng Don peter / as y^e sone of kyng Henry / we know well yf we be taken perforce / we shall all dye / & we se no comforte fro no parte / it is more then a moneth syth we sent to the kynge of Castel to Burgus in Spayne / & there it was shewed to his counsayle the peryl that we were in / for we knewe wel the englysshmen wolde come on vs as they do / & the kyng then spake to the knygh¦tes of Fraūce / who are of his specyall coūsayle but they gaue hym counsayle to sende noo ga∣ryson hyder nor to noo parte of Galyce / by se∣mynge the kynge had as leue all Galyce were lost as saued / he answered to our messagers / syrs retourne to your towne and do y^e best you can for yourselfe / wherby we may well vnder∣stande that we nede not to suffre ourselfe to be slayne nor taken perforce / and therwith y^e men of the towne came to the gate & mounted vp to a wyndowe & made sygne to speke & to treate / they were herde & the marshall came thyder & demaunded what they wolde / they answered & sayd / syr marshall cause your men to sease the assaulte / we wolde yelde vs to you in the name of y^e duke of Lancastre / & of my lady Custaūce lyke maner as other townes in Galyce haue done and shall do / and yf ye well haue ony pro¦uysyon out of our towne / ye shall haue ryght courteysly to refresshe you / but with an army there shall none entre. This is the treaty that we wyll desyre / the marshall then answered & sayd / I am agreed to vpholde all that ye de∣maunde / but I wyll ordeyne you a good ca∣pytayne to defende you / and to counsayle you

in all your busynes / then they answered & sayd wel syr we are content therwith / so the assaulte seased / & the marshall syr you Fythwaren / the lorde ••albot / syr Iohn̄ Aburnell / y^e lorde Pop∣nynges / syr Iohn̄ Dambrychcourre & certayne other knyghtes entred in to the towne to re∣fresshe them and there taryed al the day & they y^t were without had brede & wyne & other vy∣tayles ynoughe out of the towne / thus after / y^e takynge of the towne of Dyghos in Galyce & that the lordes were well refresshed / then the marshall set there a capytayne asquyer of En∣glande called thomas Albery a sage man & a valyaunt and .xii. archers with hym / and then the marshall departed and entred in to the coū¦trey of Galyce costynge Spayne and y^e moun¦taynes of Castell to come to a grete towne cal∣led Bayon in the Maroll / & when they were a ii. myle thens they lodged / and y^e nexte day in good a••aye they came nere to the towne & then deuyded them in two bataylles / and sent an he¦••aulte of armes to them of the towne to knowe what they wolde do / and whyder they wolde come to obeysaunce without assaylynge or no The heraulte came to the barryers and there founde a grete nombre of the vyllaynes euyll harneysed and sayd to them in theyr language the heraulte was of Portyngale and was cal∣led Connymbres syrs among you in this tow¦ne what thynge thynke you to doo / wyll ye be assayled or elles yelde you & be vnder the obey ••aunce of my lorde the duke of Lancastre and of my lady / the marshall hath sent me hyder to knowe what ye wyll do / then the men of y^e tow¦ne drewe to counsayle and began to murmure and sayd one to another / what shall we do yel∣de ourselfe symply or defende vs / then an aun∣cyent man who had sene moo then many other sayd syrs it is nedeful to take shorte counsayle y^e englysshmen do vs grete courtesy syth they suffre vs to take counsayle / ye se well there ap∣pereth none ayde fro no parte to comforte vs / & also the kynge of Castell knoweth wel what case we stande in / and hath done euer syth the duke of Lancastre aryued fyrst at Coulongne and he prouydeth nothynge for vs / nor is not aboute to prouyde / yf we suffre to be assayled it is of trouth this towne is grete in cyrcute & of small defence it wyl be harde for vs to atten¦de to euery place / the englysshmen are subtyll in warre and wyll do moche payne to wyn vs in try•• of pyllage for they be couetous and so be all men of warre / and this towne is reputed to be more rycher then it is in deed / wherfore I wolde counsayle you for y^e best to put ourselfe and towne vnder the obeysaunce of the duke & of the duches / let vs not be so rebel to cause our selfe to be taken perforce syth we maye come to peas by a meane / this is the counsayle that I gyue you / then al the other answered and sayd we wyl do thus we byleue you / for ye are a mā in this towne of grete parage and may do mo¦che. And we desyre you to make the answere to y^e heraulte with a good wyll sayd he / but it we¦re reason ye gaue the heraulte a rewarde / he wyll do vs the more courtesye & reporte good of vs to the lordes that sente hym hyder.