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 kynge of Portyngale and his oost came before Feroull / and as∣saulted it / and it was wonne and brou¦ght vnder the obeysaunce of the duke of Lancastre. Ca. lxxxx. (Book 90)

WHen the kynge of Por∣tyngale and his men were be¦fore Feroull they founde the∣re a good countrey / and the constable and marshall sayd it sholde be assaulted affyr∣mynge howe it was preygna¦ble / they were two dayes without ony assaulte gyuynge trustynge they wolde haue gyuen it vp / but they dyd not / for within were Bretons and Borgonyons that sayd they wolde defen∣de it / by the thyrde daye the engynes were rey∣sed vp / and the marshall sowned his trompet∣tes to the assaulte / then euery man made hym re¦dy to approche the towne / and they within whē they herde the trompettes blowe to the assaulte they drewe euery man to theyr defence and wo∣men caryed and brought stoones to caste / for in Castell and Galyce women be of grete defence and of grete courage in maner as grete as the men / the Portyngales came to the dykes whi∣che were depe / but there was no water in them then they boldely entred in to the dykes and cly¦med vp agayne on the other syde / but they had moche a doo / sauynge they were well pauessed for they on the walles caste downe stoones and hurte many and caused them to reeule / also ther was good castynge of dartes bothe outwarde and inwarde. Thus the assaulte endured tyll it was thre of the clocke / and the men were fore chaced / for the sone was hoote / and they in the dykes hadde none eyre nor wynde / so that they thought they perysshed for hete / soo that therby the assaulte seased / and all that season the engy∣nes dydde caste in to the towne at aduenture / thenne the marshall counsayled noo moore to assaulte the towne / but styll to let the engynes caste and to scrymysshe at the barryers and to shewe some dedes of armes and so as he deuy∣sed it was doone / and dayly scrymysshes made And they within often tymes were closed with out the gate bytwene the barryers and the ga∣te for to scrymysshe moore at theyr ease. ¶And whenne the marshall of Portyngale sawe theyr maner he deuysed theron and sayd to syr Iohn̄ Ferrant / I se well the sowdyours within at so¦me season are closed bytwene the gate and the barryers / let vs take a .v. or .vi.C. of our men & laye a bysshment & with a fewe persones let vs scrymysshe a whyle / & then withdrawe lytell &

lytell and we shall se that they wyll yssue oute on truste to wynne some what of vs / thenne let vs tourne agayne sodaynely to the barryers and busye them somewhat / and thenne our en∣busshe of horse men sodeynly to come on them And when they se that they wyll forsake theyr barryers and open the gates to entre / and soo peraduenture we may entre with them / and at the leest yf they within open not the gate / they that be without shal be al oures / that is true syr sayd syr Iohn̄ Ferrant. Well sayd the marshall who was called syr Alue Perreer / do you y^e one feate and I shall doo the other / goo you and syr Martyne de Marlo / and Pomas de Congne and kepe the enbusshe and I shall go and make the scrymysshe it perteyneth to myne offyce / as they deuysed so they dyd / there were appoynted out .v. C. horse men for to kepe the enbusshe / & so of .iii. dayes they made noo scrymysshe wher¦by they within of the garyson hadde meruayle and sayd to the galycyens within the towne / lo¦ye vnhappy people / ye wolde haue gyuen vp this towne at theyr fyrste comynge and we had not ben / We haue gretely preserued the honou∣re of your towne / for ye shal se the kynge of Por¦tangale and all his oost shortely departe hens without doynge ony domage to vs.

ON the fourthe daye the marshall as was deuysed began the scrymysshe with a small company / and the horse men laye styll pryuely in theyr bussh¦ment and the Bretons within when they sawe theyr enemyes in trust to gete some good pryso¦ner opened theyr gate and lefte it styll open to the entente it sholde be the more redyer at theyr retourne / for they trysted not gretely the Galy∣cyens within the towne / so they came to the bar¦ryers and dyd there as it apperteyned to a scry¦mysshe / then when the marshall sawe his tyme he made s••mblaunt as thoughe he and his men hadde ben wery and as halfe dyscomfyted recu¦led lytell and lytell / and when the Bretons saw that they thought to haue wonne all and ope∣ned theyr barryers all at ones and yssued out. and came out and toke .xxv. prysoners / and they hadde so moche haste to gete them in to the tow¦ne that they lefte theyr barryers styll open / then the marshall made a sygne to the busshement / and they brake out a .v.C. horse and came more then a galoppe and entred the barryers / and when the Frenishemen and Bretons sawe that they wolde haue reculed to theyr barryers but they coulde not / for the Portyngales entred as soone as they in to the towne. Thus was the towne wonne and dyuers slayne / and the sow∣dyours that were therein garyson were taken prysoners excepte suche as saued themselfe by a¦nother gate / and soo yssued in to the feldes and rode to Arpente where as syr Olyuer of Elys∣quy was and a thou••ande speres with hym and there they shewed howe the towne or Feroull was lost.

THus as I haue shewed you fell of this towne of Feroull in Galyce. The Por∣tyngales wanne it and dydde put it vnder the obeysaunce of the duke of Lancastre / in whose tytle they made that warre. The kynge of Por∣tyngale was gretely reioyced of that his men hadde done soo well / and incontynente he sente worde therof to the duke of Lancastre / shewyn∣ge hym howe he hadde encreased his herytage / for he hadde wonne hym that towne and he tru¦sted to wynne moo. The duke was gretely re∣ioyced of those tydynges who was as thē come before Noy. Wherin was the Barroys of Bar∣reys / and syr Iohn̄ of Chatelet Mouraunte / and syr Trystram de la Gayle / syr Raynolde du Roy / syr Wyllyam of Mongteney and dy∣uers other knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce. And when the dukes marshall sawe the castell of Noye he sayd / loke as Coulongne is one of the keyes of castell towarde the see / soo is this castell of Noye another keye towardes Castell for he is no lorde of Castell without he be lorde of Coulongne and of Noye. Lette vs goo loke what company there is there / it is shewed me howe the Baroys of Barres an experte man of armes of Fraunce is there / I thynke at the en∣trey of the brydge we shall haue some scrymyssh Syr sayd syr Lamburyne of Luners / and syr Iohn̄ Dambreticourte that wolde we gladly se. The vaungarde wherin were a .v.C. spe∣res of good men of armes rode forthe in good ordre / and the duke sente parte of his company thyder to make the gretter mustre / for he knewe well that his marshall wolde shewe there some dedes of armes.

WHen the watche of the castell sawe the vowarde approche he sowned alaram. Thenne the capytaynes knewe incontynente that the En∣glysshmen came thyder. They ar∣med

them and put themselfe in good ordre / they were a hundred men of armes / and some came to theyr barryers with a .xii. penons. But syr Barroys of Barres was moost of reputacyon ¶And also he hadde the chefe charge / and also syr Iohan of Chatell Morant was the nexte. And when syr Thomas Moreaus marshall of the oost sawe that he was nere the towne he aly¦ghted a foote and all his company / and delyue∣red theyr horses to theyr pages and so came to∣gyder to y^e barryers with theyr speres in theyr handes / and at euery .vi. paces they rested to ke¦pe themselfe close togyder / it was a goodly sy∣ght to beholde them / and so on a fronte they ca∣me to the barryers / and there they were recey∣ued valy auntly / and I thynke yf they had ben in the playne felde there had ben noo goodlyer dedes of armes done then was done there / and yet the barryers was bytwene them / and there the marshall without was matched w^t syr Iohn̄ of y^e chateau Morant within and eche of them sore trauayled to hurte eche other / but theyr ar∣mure was so good that noone of them toke do∣mage / and syr Thomas Percy was coped with le Barroys and Mauburyn of Lyuyers with syr wyllyam of Mongteney / and syr Iohn̄ Dā bretycourte with syr Reynolde of Roy / and the lorde Talbot with Trystram de la gayle / thus they were matched and scrymysshed togyder w^t theyr speres / and when they were wery they re∣sted / and other knyghtes and squyers came / & scrymysshed in theyr places / this scrymysshe en¦dured tyll hyghe noone / then archers came to y^e place / but then the gentylmen departed and set crosse bowes to shote agaynst the englysshe ar∣chers and spanyarde with dartes / and they scry¦mysshed tyl it was past one of the clocke. Then came other yomen and varlettes / and soo scry∣mysshed tyll it was nyght. Then the englysshe¦men retourned / and they of the castell retour∣ned in to theyr garyson and made good watche aboute halfe a legge frome the castell of Noye / alonge by the ryuers syde the Englysshe men laye / the whiche ryuer dydde them grete ease for theyr horses / for they had grete lacke of wa∣ter tyll they came there / there they refresshed them a .v. or .vi. dayes / and then wente before y^e towne of Arpente to se the dealynge of the con∣stable of Castell and of the frensshmen / and the∣re they herde tydynges of the kynge of Portyn¦gale who laye in the playnes of Feroull and all his oost / and was in purpose to come to the tow¦ne of Padron in Galyce / whiche was in y^e waye towarde the duke and the Englysshemen / and there it was ordeyned that the kynge and y^e du∣ke sholde mete togyder to comon / and determy∣ne howe they sholde perceyuer in theyr warre. ¶They had ben a moneth a brode in the coun∣trey and hadde nere hande brought all Galyce in to theyr obeysaunce / and they coulde here no tydynges of y^e kynge of Castel nor of y^e frensshe men / Wherfore they hadde grete meruayle / for it was sayd y^t the kynge of Castel had somoned his people at Burgus fro all the partyes of the royalme / as of Castell / Syuell / Cordowayne / Collede / Spayne / Lyon / Struges / Vale oly∣ue and of Sury / and y^t he had .lx.M. men / and vi .M. speres of pure frensshe men. And howe that thyder sholde come y^e duke of Borbon who as it was sayd was departed out of Fraunce to come thyder / therfore the Portyngales and the Englysshmen thought to drawe togyder to be the more stronger and redyer yf theyr enemyes come on them / and they byleued these tydynges to be of trouthe / wherfore they were ioyfull / for they wolde gladly haue made an ende by batay¦le / for otherwyse they sawe well they coulde not atteyne to theyr desyred entrepryse / and syr Wyl¦lyam of Lygnac / and syr Gaultyer of Passac were alwayes aboute the kynge of Castell / and euery weke they had tydynges out of Fraunce what busynes there was there / and of the depar¦tynge of the duke of Borbon / and howe he toke in his waye of Auygnyon to se pope Clement and the cardynalles there / euer they counsayled the kynge not to fyght tyll the duke of Borbon were come / and amonge other tydynges they herde of the duke of Bretayne howe he had ta∣ken in the castell of Ermyne y^e constable of fraū¦ce / and raunsomed at a .C.M. frankes and of his .iii. castelles and towne that was delyuered to the duke of Bretayne / and howe that therby the iourney and boyage in to Englande was broken / they had meruayle of this / and to what purpose the duke of Bretayne dyd it / they sup∣posed that the counsayle therof came out of En∣glande.

THus as I haue sayd before the roy¦alme of Fraunce was brought in to trouble / and specyally the kyn∣ges vncles were sore moued with the defyaunce that came fro the duke of Guer∣les / for they were fell and rude and out of the course of other defyaunces as I shall shewe you when I declare the matter. And also the frenssh kynge and his vncles were sore dyspleased in y^t

the duke of Bretayne had broken theyr voyage in to Englande by y^e see / and he that was chefe of the entrepryse taken / that was the constable of fraunce and raunsomed as before is sayd at a .C.M. frankes & taken fro hym .iii. castelles and a towne / whiche was a thynge gretely pre¦iudycyall to the kynge and to the royalme of fraunce / howbeit the kynge sonne passed ouer all the matters / for he was but yo••ge / wherfore he regarded it not so sore as though he had ben of perfyte age / but suche as were auncyent and wyse sayd y^t by suche lyke matters the royalme of fraunce hath had moche a do in tyme past / as when the kynge of Nauare caused syr Charles of Spayne constable of Fraunce to be slayne / for whiche cause kynge Iohn̄ neuer loued after the kynge of Nauare and toke fro hym all his landes in Normandy. Then some other wolde saye yf kynge Charles fader to the kynge that nowe is were a lyue (he loued the constable soo well) surely he wolde be reuenged and make warre to the duke of Bretayne and to take fro hym all his landes what soo euer it cost hym. Thus euery man spake of this dede / and sayd it was euyll done / then the kynges vncles and the counsayle of the royalme / somwhat to satys∣fye the people who were sore dyspleased with y^e duke of Bretayne determyned that a prelate & .iii. barons sholde be sente to the duke to speke with hym and to here his reasons / & to commaū¦de hym to come to Parys to make his exscuse of y^t he had done / thyder sholde go the bysshop of Beawuoys / and syr Myles of Dornams a sa∣ge and a ryght valyaunt man / and well langa∣ged / and with hym syr Iohn̄ of Bean / syr Iohn̄ of Beuell / and the lorde de la Ryuer who had theyr charge what they sholde saye and do / and the bysshoppe of Beaw••oys toke his waye by Mount le herry where as the constable was / for y^e towne of Castell perteyned to hym kynge Charles had gyuen it to hym and to his heyres And whyle the bysshop was there a sykenes to∣ke hym and so lay in a feuer a .xv. dayes & dyed / then in his stede was sente the bysshop of Lan∣gers and he toke his waye with the other in to Bretayne.

IT myght be demaunded of me howe I knewe all these matters to speke so propre¦ly of them. I answere to all suche / that I haue made grete dylygence in my dayes to knowe it and haue serched many royalmes & countreys to come to the true knowledge of all y^e matters conteyned in this hystory wryten and to be wry¦ten / for god gaue me the grace to haue the lay∣sure to se in my dayes / and to haue the acquayn¦taunce of all the hyghe and myghty prynces & lordes as well in Fraunce as in Englande / for for in the yere of our lorde god a .M.iiiC.iiii. score and .x. I had laboured .xxxvii. yeres / and as then I was of the age of .lvii. yeres / and in .xxxvii. yeres a man beynge in strength and wel reteyned in euery coost as I was (for after my yonge dayes I was in the kynge of englandes courte .v. yeres with the quene. And also I was welcome to kynge Iohn̄ of Fraunce & to kynge Charles his sone) myght well lerne many thyn¦ges / and surely it was alwayes my chefe yma∣gynacyon and pleasure to enquyre & to retayne it by wrytynge / and howe I was enfourmed of the takynge of the constable of Fraunce I shall shewe you. A yere after this matter fell I rode from the cyte of Angyers to Towres in Tow∣rayne. And I laye on a nyght at Beauforte in y^e vale / and the nexte day I met with a knyght of Bretayne called syr Wyllyam Daucemys / he was rydynge to se my lady of Mayll in Tow∣rayne his cosyne & her chyldren / she was newly a wydowe / & I fell in aquayntaunce with this knyght and founde hym ryght curtoys & swete of wordes / then I demaunded of hym some ty∣dynges and specyally of the takynge of the con∣stable / whiche matter I was glad to here and to knowe the trouth therof / and he shewed me & sayd howe he had ben at y^e parlyament at wan∣nes with y^e lorde of Aucemys his cosyne a grete baron of Bretayne. And in lyke maner as syr Espayne de Lyon enfourmed me of all thynges that had fallen in Foyze in Byerne / & in gascoy¦ne / & also as syr Iohn̄ Ferrant parteke shewed me of all the matters of Portyngale / and of Ca¦stell. In lyke maner this knyght shewed me ma¦ny thynges / and more wolde haue done if I had ryden longer in his company. Thus bytwene Mounte le herry and Premylly was .iiii. grete leages and we rode but softely / and in this way he shewed me many thynges / y^e whiche I bare well in my remembraunce / and specyally of the aduentures of Bretayne. And thus as we rode & that we came nere to Premylly / we entred in to a medowe there this knyght rested and sayd A god haue mercy of the soule of the good con∣stable of Fraunce / he dydde here ones a goodly iourney and profytable for the royalme vnder the baner of syr Iohn̄ de Bewell for he was not as then constable but newly come out of Spay¦ne / and I demaunded of hym howe it was / I shal shewe you sayd he whē I am on horsebacke

and so we mounted: than we rode forthe fayre and easely / and as we rode he sayde.

In the season that I haue shewed you quod this knight / this countre here was full of En∣glysshmen / robbers and pyllers of Gascoyne bretons and almayns / and aduenturers of all nacions: For all the countre on bothe sydes of the ryuer of Loyre / were replenysshed with them: For the warre bytwene Fraūce and En¦glande was newly renewed / so that all maner of theues and robbers entred in to this coun∣trey / for here they assembled and fortifyed thē selfe / to conquere the castell of Beauforde in the valey / that ye sawe but late / was in their handes / and all the countrey about. Thus to come to my purpose / the Englysshmen & gas∣coyns had in their handes / the towne and ca∣stell of Prinulley / and had gretly fortifyed it. And they helde also other smalle forteresses a longe by the ryuer of Loyre: And whan so e∣uer they wolde ryde / they were to the nombre bytwene a thousande and eyght hundred figh¦tynge men: Than sir Bertram / sir Iohan of Beull / and the lorde of Mailly & other knygh¦tes of this countrey sette their ymaginacions / howe they myght delyuer the coūtrey of these people / and gathered toguyder a fyue hūdred speares / and had spyes / and knewe whan the Englysshe men wolde ryde / and were in pur∣pose to come before Samure / For the capy∣tayns of all their fortresses were assembled to guyder at Prinully / whiche is a lytell here be∣fore vs. The frenchmen rode and passed the water that ye se here by vs / and layde thēselfe in a busshment in a wode / a lytell here besyde on our ryght hande. And in the mornynge at the sonne risynge / the Englysshe men and o∣ther departed from Prinully / and they were a nyne hundred men. And whanne oure men sawe them / they knewe well they must fyght / and there they cōmuned toguyder / what crye they shulde call on that daye. Some wolde haue cryed the crye of sir Bertrame / but he wolde in no wyse agre therto: And more ouer he sayd / that he wolde displaye no baner that day / but that he wolde fyght vnder the baner of sir Iohan de Beull. Than our ennemyes came in to this medowe / where as I lyghted right nowe. and as soone as they were entred we brake out of our busshement and entred in to the medowe. And as soone as they sawe vs they a lyghted a fote / and we in lykewise: and so entred eche within other / the•• was sore foy¦nynge eche agaynst other / & dyuers of bothe parties ouerthrowen. Thus our batayle en∣dured a longe space / without knowyng who shulde haue the vyctorie / but to saye y^e trouth / we were all chosen men of armes / and many of our ennemyes were but yuell armed / and were but theues and robbers / Howbeit they founde vs worke ynoughe / and oure handes full. But than sir Moris Cresiquede and sir Geffray Richone / sir Geffray Caresnell and Morsonase / folowed sir Bertam at the spur∣res. They came and refresshed vs with a thre¦score speares of good men of armes. & they russhed in with their horses and brake oure ennemyes so a brode / that they coude nat assē¦ble toguyder agayne. And whanne the capy∣tayus of these pyllers sawe that the iourney wente agaynst them / they tooke their horses / nat all / for there abode in the felde a thre hun∣dred slayne and taken: and the chase endured to saynt Mors on the ryuer of Loyre / & there they entred in to a bastell. sir Robert Sem / Robert Herne / Richarde Gylle / and Iaco∣myne Clerke. These foure saued them selfe and passed ouer the ryuer of Loyre / and so en¦tred in to foure fortresses / that their men hel∣de on that syde the ryuer / but they taryed nat longe there / but rode in to Auuergne and Ly¦mosyn.

THus by this iourney / all the coūtre here aboute was delyuered / for the robbers nor they assembled nomore toguyder after. Therfore I saye / that {ser} Ber¦tram the constable was a valyaunt man / and profitable for the realme of Fraunce. sir quod I it is trewe / he was a valyaunt man / and so is sir Olyuer of Clesquyn. and whan I na∣med hym Clesquyn the knight smyled / And I demaunded of hym where at he smyled. sir quod he I shall shewe you / bycause ye name hym Clesquyn / for that is nat his right name nor neuer was / thoughe euery man call hym so / yet all we of Bretayne call hym the same. And {ser} Bertram while he lyued wolde gladly haue hadde it refourmed / but he coude nat a∣mende it / for the worde is redyer to falle on a mannes tonge / than his right name. Than I desyred hym of his courtesy / to shewe me if there were any great difference bytwene his

names. Nay sir quod he there is no great dif¦ference / but where he is called Clesquyn / he shulde be named Glaye aquyne. And I shall shewe you as I haue herde it reported / howe that name came to hym / and it is of trouthe / For ye shall fynde it written in the auncyent cronycles of Bretaygne. The wordes of this knight greatly pleased me / and I said to hym Sir / ye shall do me great pleasure / to shewe me the mater / and I shall neuer forgete it / for sir Bertram was so valyaunt a knyght / that his dedes ought to be put in remembraunce. That is true {quod} the knyght / and I shall shewe you. Thus sir Wyllyam of Aunsiens began his tale.

In the season whan Charles the great rai∣gned in Fraunce / who conquered and augmē¦ted the faythe / and was Emperour of Rome and kyng of Fraunce and of Almaygne / and lyeth at Ayes the chapell. This kynge Char∣les / as we rede and fynde in the auncyent cro∣ny cles / For ye knowe well that all the know∣lege in the worlde is knowen by writyng / for we haue nothyng to sounde vpon trouthe nor to aproue it but by scripture. this kyng Char¦les was in Spayne diuers tymes / and at one tyme he was styll there a .ix. yere / without re∣tournyng in to Fraunce / but styll went forthe on his conquest. In the same season the•• was a kyng sarazyn called Aquyn / he was kyng of Bougie in Barbary / right ouer agaynst spai¦gne / for Spaygne is a great countrey / begyn¦nyng at saynt Iohn̄s Pie du porte / for the re∣alme of Arragon and Nauer / of Bisquay / of Portugale / of Cōnymbres / of Lixbone / of Ci¦uyle / of Tollet / of Cordwayne / and of Lyon. All these be inclosed within Spayne / & other. And this great kyng Charlemayne / cōquerid all these countreis. And in this season that the kyng taryed there so longe / this kyng Aquyn of Bougy in Barbary / assembled his mē and came by see in to Bretaygne / and arryued at the porte of Wannes / and he hadde there with hym his wyfe and chyldren / and there he con∣quered and went forwarde. Kynge Charles was well enfourmed of this viage / and howe kynge Aquyn prospered in Bretayne / but for all that he wolde nat breke his vyage / & sayd. Lette hym alone in Bretaygne / it shalbe but a small mater to delyuer the countrey of hym and of his. Whan we haue ones ••ubdued his countrey here / and brought it in to the holy faythe. This kynge Aquyn buylded a towre by the See syde: nat farre of fro Wannes / a goodly and a fayre towre / and it was called Glaye / And there this kynge Aquyn lay mo∣che. And whan kyng Charles had accomplis∣shed his vyage / and acquyted all Galyce and Spaygne from all the myscreantes / and the kynges Sarazyns deed and slayne / and all the lande tourned to the Christen faythe. than he retourned in to Bretaygne / and on a daye hadde a great batayle agaynst this kynge A¦quyne / and nyghe all the myscreantes slayne. And so this kynge Aquyne fledde in to the ca∣stell of Glaye / and there he hadde redy at the foote of the towre a shyppe / and therin he en∣tred / and his wyfe and his chyldren. But he and his wyfe made suche haste he was so nere chased / that they hadde no leysar to take with them a yong sonne that laye and slepte in the towre / of a yere olde. Thus the kynge and his wyfe departed by the see / and this chylde was founde in the towre of Glaye / and was brought to kynge Charlemaygne / who was right ioyouse of hym and said / howe y^e chylde shulde be baptysed / and so he was: and Rou∣land & Olyuer helde hym ouer the fonte / and was named Olyuer. And the kyng gaue him all the landes that his father Aquyn had con∣quered. This chylde whan he came to the age of a man was a good knight / and his men cal¦led hym sir Olyuer de Glaye aquyn / bycause he was founde in the towre of Glaye / & some to the kynge Aquyn.

Thus I haue shewed you the firste fouu∣dacyon of sir Bertram of Clesquyn / who shul¦de be called Glaye aquyne. And sir Bertram in his dayes / after the puttynge out of kynge Dōpeter of Castyle / and had crowned kyng Henry / sayde howe he wolde go in to Bougy to demaūde his herytage / And without fayle so he had done / for kyng Henry had lent hym men and shyppes to go in to Bougye with a great armye / if a great lette had nat broken his voyage. And that was whan̄e the prince of Wales made warre vpon the sayde kynge Henry / and dyde put hym downe / and by pu∣issaunce dyde sette in to Castyle agayne Dō∣peter. And than at the batayle of Marres sir Bertram was taken prisonner by sir Iohan Chandos / and was sette to raunsome at a hū¦dred

thousande frankes. And at another tyme he was also taken at the batayle of Alroy / and raunsomed agayne / at a hundred thousande Frankes. So thus sir Bertrams purpose was brokenne / for the warres bytwene En∣glande and Fraunce was renewed / So that they hadde ynoughe to do. Thus he was ly∣nially discended fro the kynge of Bougy na∣med Aquyne / whose kyngdome is in Barba∣rye. Thus I haue shewed you the ryght dis∣cente of sir Bertram of Clesquyn / I thanked hym / and so we came to the towne of Prinul∣ley. ∴ ∴