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AFter that the englyssh∣men dyscomfyted syr Iohn̄ Bucke as he came fro Ro∣chell wherby they had grete profyte specyally of wyne / for they had a .ix. M. tonne of wyne wherby wyne was the derer all the yere after in Flaunders / Ho∣lande / and in Brabande / and the better chepe in Englande as it was reason / suche are the aduentures of this worlde if one haue domage another hathe profyte. Thus styll ye englysshe
men lay before Sluse at an an••r•• / & somtyme with theyr barkes & barges they set a lande on the other syde agaynst Sluse where as there was but a ryuer to passe / & there they brente a mynstre & other townes alonge on the see syde & on the dygnes called Torne Hoque & Mur∣dequer & toke men prysoners in the countrey & were there lyenge a .x. dayes & layde bysshmen¦tes bytwene Dan & Sluse on the way of Coce¦ler / & there was taken Iohn̄ of Lannay a man of armes of Tourney who was come thyder with the lorde of Estrynay & syr Blanquart of Calomne came theues on ye spurres fro Tour¦ney with .xl. speres / and also syr Robert Mer∣chaunt a knyght of flaunders who had to his wyfe a bastarde doughter of the erle of flaun∣ders was as then at Bruges / when the tydyn∣ges spred abrode of the Englysshmen so he de∣parted & came to Sluse & entred in to ye castell whiche he founde in small defence / for yf the en¦glysshmen had taken lande at Sluse as they dyd on the other syde of the water they had ta∣ken at theyr ease the castell & all the towne / for suche as sholde haue defended the towne were so abasshed yt there was no man toke ony hede of defence / then this knyght gaue them harte & sayd. Ayesyrs and good men of Sluse howe maynteyne you yourselfe / by yt ye shewe your∣selfe dyscomfyted without ony stroke strykyn∣ge / men of valure & of good defence ought not so to do / they sholde shewe forth a good vysage as longe as they coulde endure at the leest tyll they were slayne or taken / therby they sholde attayne to the grace of god and prayse of the worlde / thus sayd this syr Robert when he ca∣me to Sluse.
IN ye meane season whyle ye englysshmen were before Sluse & theraboute al ye coū¦trey to Bruges were afrayde / for they were euery day abrode a foragynge a foote for they had no horses / & somtyme they wolde entre far in to the countrey. On a day they brente ye tow¦ne of Cocesy on the downes a grete vyllage in the way towarde Ardenbourge / & so to the see syde called Hosebourcke / they dyd there what they lyst & myght haue done more yf they had knowen what case the countrey was in / & whē they had taryed there at theyr pleasure & sawe that no man came agaynst them / then they to∣ke theyr shyppes & drewe vp sayles & so retour¦ned in to Englande with .CC.M. frankes of profyte / and so came in to Tames streyght to London where as they were receyued wt grete ioy / for the good wynes of Poycton & Xamton that was determyned to haue ben dronken in flaunders / in Haynalte / Brabant & in dyuers other places in pycardy / the englysshmen brou¦ght all with them in to englande / & was lorde & departed at London & in other places of En¦glande / wyne was solde then for .iiii. pens the galon / and certayne merchauntes of zerecyell in zelande lost parte of the same wyne / but they had restytucyon agayne of all theyr losses / for they of zercyell wolde neuer agree to go to ma∣ke warre in to englande nor wolde suffre none of theyr shyppes to goo in ye iourney wherby they atteyned grete loue of the Englysshmen / syr Iohn̄ Bucke was put in pryson curioysly at London / he myght go where he lyst but eue∣ry nyght to lodge in ye cyte / he coulde neuer co∣me to his raunsome / yet the duke of Borgoyne wolde gladly haue had hym by exchaunge for a bastarde broder of ye kynge of Portyngalles whom they of Breuelet had taken on the see co¦mynge to Meldeboure / thus syr Iohn̄ Bucke was prysoner thre yeres in Englande and the∣re dyed.