The history of that most victorius monarch, Edward IIId, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, and first founder of the most noble Order of the Garter being a full and exact account of the life and death of the said king : together with that of his most renowned son, Edward, Prince of Wales and of Aquitain, sirnamed the Black-Prince : faithfully and carefully collected from the best and most antient authors, domestick and foreign, printed books, manuscripts and records / by Joshua Barnes ...

CHAPTER the SIXTH. * 1.1

The CONTENTS.

I. The Duke of Normandy's Method to resist King Edward; the French take land at Winchelsea, and after doing much harm are beaten away. II. The Kings Lieutenant in England takes Order against the like Mischief for the Future. III. The King of England rises from before Rheims, and marches in Hostile manner thrô Champaigne. The Lord Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, dies. IV. The great Pomp and Order of the English Army. V. King Edward is bought off from destroying Burgundy, and turns toward Paris. VI. He sits down before Paris; two Treaties offer'd at in vain. Whereupon the King challenges the Dauphin forth to Battle; the Lord Walter Manny skirmishes at the Barriers; a remark on Mr. Stow. The King re∣solves for Bretagne, and to renew the Siege before Paris at a better season. VII. A Party from Paris worsted by an English Ambush. VIII. The great Miseries of France, with the Predictions of a certain Fryar concerning the same. IX. The Dauphin find∣ing a necessity for Peace, sends overtures after King Edward, who being moved by a Remarkable Tempest, enclines to accept them. A Treaty had thereupon. X. A True and Authentick Copy of the Famous Peace made at Bretigny, near Char∣tres. XI. The two Eldest Sons of England and France solemnly sworn to uphold the Articles of the said Peace, with the Manner thereof. The Parisians, not staying till the Conclusion of the Peace, buy certain Fortresses of the English. XII. King Ed∣ward returns for England, shews King John the Copy of the Agreement, and sends him over to Calais. XIII. The Pope quickens King Edward to finish the Peace: King John's difficulties for want of Money. XIV. King Edward goes over to Ca∣lais, and consummates the Peace. XV. The Copy of King Edward's Letters of Re∣nuntiation; wherein he lays down his Title to France. XVI. The Copy of King John's Renuntiation of certain Lands and Territories in lieu thereof. XVII. The Names of the Grandees sworn on both sides. XVIII. The Copy of King Edward's Orders to all his Captains, enjoyning them to deliver up their Respective Places to the French King. XIX. Other things relating to the said Peace, and also a step to reconcile the two Pretenders to Bretagne. XX. King John's joy at his Freedom, and the mu∣tual Friendship of the two Kings: King John takes his leave of King Edward, and goes to Boulogne. XXI. King Edward returns with the Hostages for England; where he gives Order for their favourable usage: The Pope congratulates the French King his Liberty. XXII. The Death of the Earl of Oxford, of the Earl of Northampton, of the Earl of Hereford and Essex, of the Earl of Warwick's Brother, and of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent: Also of the King of Cyprus.

I. IF any Man should ask me, what the Duke of Normandy, what the Lords and the Captains of France, and what the Three Estates of that Kingdom did at this time, now that they had such an Enemy in their very Bowels: Why sure∣ly, the Parliament being alarum'd with this Publick Danger began to be at Friends among themselves; all the Lords and good Captains of France rose up vigo∣rously in their Country's Defence, and the Duke of Normandy with the Lords of his Council, and other his Friends and Allies gather'd together a vast Number of Men of Arms to the Metropolis of that Kingdom, and set sufficient Garrisons (as we have part∣ly intimated before) in most of the other Cities and Fortresses, where they suspected King Edward had an Eye. But being warn'd by the late ill Success of his Father, and the great Losses of his Grandfather; the Duke resolved no more to give the King of Eng∣land Battle, but rather to hold him short by removing all manner of Provision into strong Places, and in the mean while to stand only on the Defensive Part, well know∣ing, that Hunger and Delay would soon cool the Fury of the most Valiant Souldiers, and that the mightiest Treasures of the Richest Kings would easily be exhausted by such a tedious War.

The a 1.2 mean while, as well to divert the War from his own Doors, as to repay those

Injuries he felt, he had gather'd together into the Ports of Normandy a mighty Na∣vy, which had Orders to sail into England, and exercise there all manner of Hostility. Some of these Souldiers, to the Number of 240 Lances, were met about Honfleur by Sr. Thomas Fowkes an English Captain, who with 27 Lances only, and about an 100 Archers, set upon them, overthrew them, and took of them Prisoners no less than 120 Men of Arms, among whom were the Lord Lewis Harcourt Lieutenant of Normandy, for the Regent, the Lord John Bigott Marshal, the Lord Baldwin de la Huse, with two of his Brethren, the Lord of Bracquemont and his Brother, the Bailiff of le Caulx and another Baron his Kinsman.

But this was too small a Wound to be felt by the Navy of France, who notwith∣standing consisted of no less than b 1.3 120 Sail, and c 1.4 20000 Armed Men, under the Conduct of the Earl of St. Paul, who made for England, and coasting about the d 1.5 Bor∣ders of Kent and Sussex, landed at Rye and Hastings, where they spoiled the Towns, slew the People, and did much harm to the poor Fishers. But especially on St. Mat∣thias his Day they suddenly took Land at Winchelsea, e 1.6 where they slew all they met with, sparing neither Age, Sex, nor Order, but only such Matrons or Virgins, whose Youth and Beauty made them desirable, were cruelly reserved for a Life far worse than Death. Among many abominable and execrable Deeds done at this time by this Pi∣ratical Sort of Villains, one most horrid and diabolically impious is related, namely, that upon their first Landing, hearing that most of the Inhabitants were at Church, it being time of Mass, they ran immediately thither, where without any Regard to the Place, having committed many Murders, and robbed the Altar and the Vestry, at last they found there a very comely young Gentlewoman of exact Shape and Beauty, who came thither with her Neighbours to hear Mass. Her these unchristian Villains abused there in the very Church, making use of her Body so long one after another, till the unhap∣py Woman died under their hands. An Abomination like f 1.7 that of the wicked Gib∣beathites, whose intemperate and barbarous Lust had well nigh occasion'd the total Ex∣tirpation of one of the Tribes of Israel.

But while these ungodly Wretches were thus busied in Spoiling, Robbing, Murder∣ing, and worse Matters, the Townsmen, who had fled, had raised the Country g 1.8 in such Multitudes, that the Frenchmen durst not stand them. Yet before they could reach their Ships, they fell so foul upon one another, thrô the precipitant haste they made to the Water, that what with those, who were killed, and those, who were drown∣ned, they lost above 400 Men. Besides, while the greater part of the Fleet was thus busied in the Plunder, some of our Mariners came upon the rest, and contended with them so well, that they wan of them 13 Vessels laden with Wine and other Provisi∣on, and carried them away. Thô now at last the French also, having set fire to the Town of Winchelsea, which yet was presently quenched, carried away great Spoils and many Prisoners, among whom h 1.9 were Nine very Beautifull Women, whom they so fil∣thily abused, that 'tis shamefull to relate or think it.

II. All England i 1.10 was so alarum'd at this Action of the French (especially because it was reported, how they had a wonderfull strong Navy at Sea, ready to do the like at other Places, besides the perpetual infesting our Merchants) that a Decree came forth from Prince Thomas of Woodstock, King Edwards Son and Lieutenant in England, by Advice of his Council; that all Laymen whatsoever between the Age of sixteen and sixty should be arrayed for the Wars, and of these the lustiest and the best Armed, and the tall Archers should be sent to the Cinque Ports to the Kings Admirals for defence of the Kingdom. The Archbishops also and Bishops thrô their respective Dioceses granted great Indulgences to all those, who went to Sea against their Enemies; particularly, that every of them might choose his Confessor at his pleasure. The Bishops also themselves, the Abbots and Priors, Rectors, Vicars, Chaplains and all Men of the Church, were ready on the Land to defend the Country against the Common Enemy; some as Men of Arms, and others as Archers, by injunction of the Church. And all Persons Benefi∣ced, who could not serve in their own Persons, were bound to maintain one in their stead able for the War; all to be ready whenever the French should land, and Necessity re∣quire them to march against the Enemy. At which time the City k 1.11 of London rigged forth a Navy of 80 Sail, consisting of 14000 Men of Arms and Archers, to re∣venge upon the Coasts of France the Mischief done at Winchelsea. Thô l 1.12 Others say, how this Fleet was commanded by the Kings Admiral, and consisted of an 160 Sail, which passing from London up the Thames, scoured the Sea to Boulogne, and after that to Harfleur in Normandy, where they made great Spoil, even over all the Region called le Pais de Caulx, which is a Part of Normandy, lying between the Rivers Seyne

and Bresle, and terminated by the Brittish Ocean on the one side, and by the Bishoprick of Rouën on the other.

III. Now had King Edward lain before Rheims above m 1.13 seven Weeks, all which time he never offer'd to attack the Place: For he knew well, it would have been ei∣ther wholly in vain, or very expensive of his Subjects Blood. But by this time being wearied out with this tedious way, especially because Forage was so difficult to be got, that his Men began to lose their Horses, and to want Victuals themselves, he re∣solved now to rise from before the Place, and marched forth in good Order, the way that leadeth to Châlons in Champagne, which passing by he proceeded toward Troyes, and encamped about Mery sur Seyne, all his Host covering the Face of the Country for above 8 Leagues together. While the King lay here, the Constable went with the Vantguard to attempt St. Florentin, where Sr. Edward Renty was Captain; but after a great Assault made in vain he gave it over: About which time the King came up to him, and departed thence to Tonnerre in Burgundy, which City he took by As∣sault, but the Castle he could not win: For the Lord Moreau de Fiennes, Constable of France, and Sr. Baldwin Danequin Master of the Crossbows, were there in Garrison with a great Number of chosen Men. But because the King found here 3000 Vessels of Wine, he was pleased to tarry there five whole Days to refresh his Army, in which time thô he gave many Assaults to the Castle, he was yet never the nearer. Thence passing over the River Armancon he refused the way on the Right Hand, and went a little declining to the Left to Noyers, which he took without any Assault; for their Lord and Captain was still a Prisoner in England ever since the Battle of Poictiers. Thence n 1.14 he marched to Mont-Real, and so to Avallon on the River Cousson, where he tarried from Ashwednesday to Midlent, because of the great Opportunity he found thereabout of receiving Supplies of Provision for his Army from a valiant English Es∣quire, named John Argentine, who bore for his Arms Azure, an Escutcheon of Pre∣tence, Argent. This Man had won the Town of Flavigny, not far thence, wherein he found sufficient Provision of all Sorts to serve the whole Army for a Month; and accordingly he constantly supplied the King therewith: Besides which his Marshals and Van-currours overran the Country, wasting and ravaging all about, and they also brought in much prey daily.

During the Kings stay here, namely on the 26 of February, o 1.15 being the Thursday in Quadragesima, there departed this Life at the Town of Rouvray on the Coussin near Avallon in Burgundy, the Noble and Valiant Young Lord Roger Mortimer Earl of March, and Constable of the English Army, leaving behind him one onely Son na∣med Edmund, then about nine Years of Age: Upon whose Death we find, p 1.16 that the King made the Lord John Beauchamp Brother to the Earl of Warwick, Constable of the Army, as also of Dover-Castle, and of the Cinque-Ports, the Letters Patents bea∣ring Date, apud Avallon in Burgundiâ Primo Marti••.

IV. Now the q 1.17 King and his Chief Lords had with them in this Expedition, as we said before, besides the usual Carriages, Hand-Mills to grind their Corn, Ovens to bake Bread, Meat or Pasties; Spits and Cauldrons to roast or boil, and Forges to make Shoes for their Horses: And over and above all this there were brought in Carts a sort of little Boats made artificially of Leather, every one being able to hold Four Men to row on Ponds or in Rivers, and to fish in them at their Pleasure: Which De∣vice proved both pleasant and very convenient to the Lords of England during the sea∣son of Lent. The King had also for his Diversion thirty Faulconers on Horseback, with Hawks, and sixty Couple of Hounds, and as many Grey-hounds, besides those Hawks and Hounds, which his Sons and the Chief of the Nobility had, wherewith they hunted and haw∣ked by the River at their Pleasure. And during all this Expedition, from the time they left Calais till their coming to Chartres, where the famous Treaty for Peace was set on foot; the whole Army was divided into three Great Battalia's, every Battalia subdivi∣ded into three Bodies, each whereof lodged a-nights, well-nigh a League from each other. The Duke r 1.18 of Lancaster, and the Earls of Northampton and Salisbury were in the first Great Battail, the King Himself in the Second, and the Black-Prince with his Three Brethren in the Last.

V. While King Edward lay thus at Avallon, s 1.19 Philip the young Duke of Burgundy, by Advice, and at the Request of all the Country, sent unto him in order to a Treaty, Sr. Anselme de Saulieu Chancellour of Burgundy, Sr. John de Vienne, who had defended Calais so worthily against King Edward, and Sr. Hugh de Vienne his Brother, Sr. John Derie, Sr. William de Thoraise and Sr. John de Mont-martin. These Lords found King Edward in so good an Humour, that they presently obtained this Composition;

That

the King of England giving Security for Himself, and all his Subjects, not to ravage, rob or commit any Hostilities within the Territories of Burgundy for the space of three Years then following, in Lieu whereof the Duke should pay unto the King in ready Money the Summ of t 1.20 200000 Florens of Gold, which amounts to 35000 l. Ster∣ling. Besides which the Burgundians were to administer to the King and his Peo∣ple whatever Provision of Victuals or other things they wanted for their Money.

Some suppose n 1.21 that the Burgundians having little Love at this time for the House of France, and verily believing, that King Edward would attain the Crown of that Realm, entred a Secret Alliance with him, on Condition that then the Duke of Burgun∣dy should be the First Peer of France.

However when this Agreement between the King and the Duke was sealed and en∣grossed, and mutual Security given, the King of England decamped from before Aval∣lon, intending directly for Paris; and so he passed the River of Yonne at Coulogne be∣side Vezelay, and the Army spread along by the River, almost to Clamecy at the Entry of Nivernois: Which x 1.22 Country also compounded with the King as Burgundy had done. But he laid waste all the Country in Gastinois and Brie, thrô which he march∣ed toward Paris with an high Hand. In this y 1.23 March the Prince of Wales passed with his Battalia by a little Town on the Loing in Gastinois, called Moret, till he came to a strong Fortress, named le Plessis aux Tournelles, near the Forest of Provins, which was then an English Garrison, but had been beleaguered by the French for some time; who having fortified their Camp with a strong Tower fenced with Ditches, gave many fierce Alarms to the Englishmen. And thô now they heard for certain, that the Prince of Wales approached that way, they had such Confidence in their Works, that they would not stirr from the Place: But yet they were deceived, for the fifth day after the Princes Coming their Tower was won, and most of them within put to the Sword, no more than 47 who were the Chief among them being taken alive, of whom were the Lord of Bonneville, the Lord of Angreville, Sr. John de Barrois, and Sr. William du Plessis.

VI. Thus at length King Edward succeeded so in his Victorious Progress, that on the last z 1.24 Day of March, being the Tuesday before Easter, he a 1.25 came with his Army before the City of Paris, and took up his Quarters at Bourg la Reine within two little Leagues of Paris, the Army being encamped all along at Longemeau, between Mont-lehery and Chastres, and in the Towns thereabout even to Corbeil. At sight of this Formidable Army, Charles Duke of Normandy, and Regent of France, began to think of some Of∣fers towards a Treaty, especially because King Edward b 1.26 in reverence of the approach∣ing Festival of our Lords Resurrection forbare all Hostilities, intending not formally to lay his Siege till after Easter. Hereupon c 1.27 by the especial Intercession of Father Simon de Langres, Provincial of the Jacobin Fryars, and Legat from Pope Innocent VI, King Edward yielded to admit of a Treaty, to be seriously held at the Maladerie or Spittle of Longemeau on the Good-Friday following, the Solemnity of the Day being look'd on as an Enforcement of so Christianlike an Undertaking. At the Time and Place there appeared for King Edward, Henry Plantagenet Duke of Lancaster, Thomas Beau∣champ Earl of Warwick, William Bohun Earl of Northampton, the Lord John Chandos, the Lord Walter Manny and Sr. William Cheney; and for the Regent of France, there ap∣peared the Lord Moreau de Fiennes Constable of France, the Lord Bouciquault Mar∣shal, the Lord of Garenciers, the Lord of Vignay en Vienne, Sr. Simon Bucy and Sr. Guischard D'Angle: But we pass by the Debates of this Treaty, because they came to no good Effect. Wherefore King Edward the rather to quicken the French to a sincere desire after Peace, on d 1.28 Easter-Tuesday removed something nearer to the City of Paris: Whereupon on the Fryday following, being the Tenth of April, at the ear∣nest Importunity of the foresaid Simon de Langres, and of Androine de la Roche Abbot of Cluigny, who was then newly come from the Pope for that Purpose; another Trea∣ty was appointed to be held, but neither yet could Matters be brought to any good issue: So that again they parted, leaving the Breach as wide as ever. Wherefore on the Sunday following King Edward drew down his whole Army before Paris, and em∣battail'd them in a Field by St. Marcels in three Great Battalia's, each Battalia being divided into Three Bodies, and then he forthwith sent the Duke of Lancaster with his Heralds to the Regent of France, who was within the City with a great Army, to de∣mand Battle of him, assuring him, e 1.29 that if now King Edward should lose the Day, He would never after claim or assume any Right or Title to the Crown of France: But for all this the Cauteous Regent declin'd to answer his Desire. While the Messengers were about this Demand, the King honoured no less than f 1.30 400 Esquires and Young

Gentlemen with the Order of Knighthood, among whom g 1.31 were John Lord Fitz-Wal∣ter, Robert Lord Vavasour, Thomas Spencer, John Nevil and William Torceaux; but Collart Dambreticourt, younger Son to Sr. Sanchio Dambreticourt, and Esquire of the Kings Body declin'd the Honour at that time, by saying, that he could not find his Headpiece and Corslet: For he had made an Oath to do some notable piece of Ser∣vice, before he would accept the Order of Knighthood. But when upon the Re∣turn of the Duke of Lancaster and the Heralds, the King heard how he should not have Battle, he was wonderfully displeased, and upon the Lord Manny's Request, sent him forth with all the new-made Knights, and such others as were thereto appointed to skirmish at the Barriers, and to burn what they could of the Suburbs, so to h 1.32 provoke the Frenchmen to come forth, or at least to offer more ample Conditions. The Assault was vigorous, and lasted from Morning till Noon, and the French defended their Post at the Gate and Barriers with Valour becoming their Circumstances; nor would they have been content to have stood so long on the Defensive Part only, for there were many Noble and Resolute Knights and Gentlemen within the City at that time: but it was the Duke of Normandy's peremptory Command, that no man on pain of his Head should presume to issue out of the Barriers without his Order: So well had that Prince (afterward sirnamed the Wise) learn'd how to deal with this English Hannibal, not only by the Example of the old Roman Fabius, but of two nearer Relations, even of his own Father and Grandfather, whose frequent and great Losses proceeding from their too forward Courage, taught him now to oppose a Shield to this Conquering Sword, and not easily to put his last Stake to the Fortune of a Battle.

But however one i 1.33 says, that after Noon, when the Lord Walter Manny's Skirmish was over, about 30 of these new-dubbed Knights went to the Barriers, requiring a few Courses on Horseback according to the Law of Arms in those Days: Against whom (says he) came forth 60 Frenchmen (if the Number is not mistaken for Thirty, as I rather believe) and between these there arose an hot Skirmish. But in the end the Eng∣lish by the Grace of God had the better, having slain some, grievously wounded o∣thers, and obliged the rest to retire.

It is said, that while the King stood before Paris, the k 1.34 Day being very dark and misty, together with a great quantity of Hail, there happen'd so bitter a Cold, that several Men died as they sat on their Horses; wherefore unto this time, says my Au∣thor, that Day is called the Black-Monday. But this no doubt is a mistaken Relation of that horrible Storm and Cold, which the King met withall afterwards, as we shall shew in due Place. These Actions being over, the Lord Walter Manny returned to the Army, which tarried still in those Fields all that Day and the Night following: But the next Morning being a Monday, and the 13 of April, seeing no Provocations could bring the Dauphin to a Battle, and that it was morally impossible to force, o∣therwise than by Famine, so great a City (which was not only now well forti∣fied, but l 1.35 furnished with great plenty of Souldiers, besides the vast Numbers of In∣habitants) the King therefore resolved to rise from thence, till a more favourable sea∣son; and the mean while to go forth with Fire and Sword through Beauce and le Maine, till he came into Bretagne, where having refreshed his Army, he intended to return to the Siege of Paris in July or August at the furthest, and so to famish them by a long Siege. For as we shew'd before, He had made a Vow, never to return into England, till he had brought France to his Terms, either by Fair means or by Force. Accordingly on the Monday after Easter m 1.36 he raised his Camp, and began to march towards Mont-lehery.

VII. The mean while certain Knights of England and of Gascogne, having found a convenient place, determin'd with themselves to lie in Ambush: For they expected, that among so many Valiant Lords and Gentlemen then in Paris, some of them would not fail to follow the Army; thô only to cut off straglers, and such as lag'd behind. Accordingly by the Kings Order the Ambush was laid in an empty old house, about 3 Leagues from Paris, consisting of 200 chosen Men of Arms, English and Gascog∣ners, under these Captains, the Lord Nevill, the Lord Moubray, Sr. Richard Pont∣chardon, the Captal de Busche, Sr. Edmund de Pamiers, and the Lord of Courton; the Three first of England, and the other of Gascogne. Now when the Frenchmen within Paris had seen the Decamping of the English Army, it was thus discoursed among certain young Knights and Gentlemen there;

Surely it would be well worth our while to make a sally, as secretly as we may, and to follow the English Army at a distance; for its more than probable, we may happen to win some notable Ad∣vantage.

Hereupon the Design was embrac'd by the Lord Ralph de Coucy, Sr. Ralph

de Ravenal, the Lord of Monsault, the Lord of Helay, the Chastelan of Beauvais, the Begue of Vilaine, the Lord of Beaujeu, the Lord Flamone du Roye, Sr. Peter of Savoy, and others, to the Number of an n 1.37 150 Spears in their Company. They fal∣lied out in good order, all very well Horsed, taking the way of Bourg la Reine, till they had passed beyond the English Ambush. With that the Ambush brake forth from behind them, and follow'd after them, crying, "St. George, England! The Frenchmen look'd back in great surprize to be so taken tardy; but when they saw there was no flinching, they stood their ground with a ready Courage, setting themselves in the best Order, to receive them on the points of their Spears. The Rencountre was very rough, and many on both sides were reversed on the Earth; for they were all well Horsed: Such as could, mounted again, and after this brunt with Spears, they drew their Swords and fell in among one another, giving and receiving several rude stroaks; so that the Action deserved more Spectators: For many Noble Deeds of Arms were performed at this time, and the Battle lasted for a while doubtfull. On the English part the Captal of Busche is said to have approved himself most eminent∣ly that day; as also on the French side, the Lord of Ravenal fought like a truly Va∣liant Knight, for he gave many gallant proofs of his Skill and Courage, under his own Banner, till his Standard-Bearer being slain, he himself was taken Prisoner: For now the English and Gascogners prevail'd; so that the Victory was clearly theirs: Thô in∣deed they exceeded the French in Number about one Fourth Part. The other seeing the Scales turn against them, fled away directly toward Paris, thô continually they were fain to face about, and fight as they fled, they were so closely pursu'd. And if the English had not doubted a Rescue from Paris, now that their Horses began to be weary, every Man of them had been either taken or slain: But upon that ac∣count they were content to follow the Chace no farther than Bourg la Reine, where they took Nine Knights and Esquires more, and having by this Success a little secur'd the Reer of the Army from the French Pursuers, they return'd with what they had got to Mont-lehery, where the King lay that Night, and then very courteously set their Prisoners to their Ransom, permitting them to go that same Night, whither they pleased, only engaging their Faith to pay them by such a time at the utmost. On the English part o 1.38 we find about this time that the Lord Roger de la Warre was taken Prisoner by Monsieur John Haubert; but that it was in this Action, I have no warrant to af∣firm: Thô this was the very last, that we hear of, till the Gates of Janus were shut in that Kingdom.

Now King Edward's p 1.39 Design, as we have already intimated, was to march for the pre∣sent into Beauce, and so keeping along by the River of Loire, to go into Bretagne, q 1.40 to the end he might subdue it wholly on the behalf of the young Earl of Mont∣ford, his Son in Law; for him to hold it of the Crown of England, and the mean while to refresh his Army; for now that Country had enjoy'd a long respite from the Wars. Which done he thought to return about August at the time of Vintage, and lay a for∣mal Siege to Paris; because of the Oath which he had made, before his Departure out of England; namely, that he would never return alive, till he had reduced France to terms agreeable to his Honour.

VIII. And over and above the great Army, he led along with him, r 1.41 he had sun∣dry Garrisons in Champaigne, and Brie, in Picardy, Normandy, and almost over all the Realm of France, besides those of the good Towns and Cities, who took his part, either for Conscience, or hopes of Preferment, or of their own good Wills; not to men∣tion the King of Navarre, who at this time also made War in the Marches of Nor∣mandy. And over and above all this the Lord Eustace Dambreticourt, s 1.42 who still held Garrison at the Fortress of Attigny on the River Aisne, made great havock in those parts, and found no opposition. All his imagination night and day, was only to lay stratagems, how to surprize Towns and Castles, and to win Prisoners, and rich booty, and to purchase a Name, that might sound Famous in the Ears of his Lady, the Coun∣tess Dowager of Kent. One Night among others, he rode to a strong Town and Castle in Laonnois near Montegu, which was called Pierrepont, and because it was ve∣ry strong, and scituated also in a Marish ground on the River of Serre, all the Coun∣try thereabout had brought thither the very best of their goods for security. Hi∣ther came Sr. Eustace with part of his Garrison in the Night, and not scrupling to pass the Dangerous Marishes by such Guides, as he had, but going in great silence, his Men assisting one another quite thorough them, he came unperceived to the Walls, and finding the Watch asleep, mounted, slew them, enter'd the Town, and wan it without any Resistance. Here they found more Rich Booty, than ever before they

had met with at one time; all which they took away with them, and so having burnt the Town (thô they could not hurt the Castle) the next morning they return'd home again, laden with Spoil and Booty.

About this time also, the t 1.43 Earl of Armagnac, then of the French side, gave Battle to Gaston Phaebus Earl of Foix, who was reputed a Friend to King Edward, in the parts of Gascogne, in which Battle the said Earl of Armagnac was overthrown with the loss of 15000 Men by the said Earl of Foix, who himself suffer'd very little, or no Damage. But I will not dissemble, that however so great a Loss of Frenchmen might be accounted some gain to the English; yet the Earl of Foix was not at this time on the English part, as will manifestly appear to those, who shall consider, that within a page or two following, in the very first Article of the Peace, the Earl of Foix together with the Earl of Armagnac, and others, is reckon'd among the Friends of the French Crown. There was u 1.44 indeed a Quarrel of some continuance, and of very ill Consequence, between these two Great Lords, transmitted unto them by Inheritance, concerning the Purparties of the Estate of Gaston de Bearn; but that related nothing to the Quarrel of England or France, and besides was again renew'd, even when both the Parties were Friends to England; till, as we shall see in due place, it was fully made up by the BLACK-PRINCE, when he came to Bourdeaux, to his Government of the Principality of Aquitain.

Thus was the Famous Realm of France with Civil Dissentions and Foreign Ene∣mies, streightned on all hands; so that without a very particular Providence, it had been impossible for King Edward to have failed in an absolute Conquest of that Crown: x 1.45 Thô Matthew Villani attributes his failing therein, rather to the Animosity, Hate, and Disdain, which the Frenchmen bare against the English Nation; insomuch that they could not endure to hear of them; but had them ever in despite, as a Vile and Base People. Perhaps this might have been his judgement, but I think not, that it was e∣ver a Popular Opinion in France, or however, that it was ill-grounded and senseless, will appear to those, who know, how y 1.46 both the Ancient Franks, and the English Saxons had one and the same Original.

In these days z 1.47 there lived a certain Fryar Minor, a Man well seen both in Sacred and Profane Letters, whose Name was John de Rochetailladée; in Latine, Joannes de Rupe-scissá: He had preached of a long time in the City of Avignon, with a Life an∣swerable to his Doctrine: But of late Pope Innocent VI. had clap'd him up close Pri∣soner in the Castle of Baignols in the Territory of Nismes, between Avignon and Mom∣peliier. The occasion of his Imprisonment was, because he seemed a little too bold with the Clergy, taxing them of many enormous Sins, and denouncing sundry heavy Judge∣ments, shortly to fall upon them, especially on the Prelacy, for their great Pride and Sensuality. Particularly he secretly touched the outragious Ambition of the Church of Rome, with this pretty Apologue or Moral, making use of an old Fable to a new purpose: a 1.48 Once on a time all the Birds under Heaven made their Assembly in a certain place, where, when all the Rest appear'd in good plight, decently deck'd with Plumes and Wings, both for Ʋse and Ornament, there was one only, of shape indeed Majestick and Divine; but all callow, and wholly destitute of Feathers: So that she could neither fly abroad, nor consequently sustain her self with Nourishment. Then the whole Assembly being moved with respect and pity, agreed from their own Bodies to supply this Bird with Feathers, that she might provide for her self and fly about, as well as others. But in process of time, when this Bird beheld her self so finely adorned, and per∣ceived the Ʋniversal Respect she had among the Winged Nation, she grew so proud and Insolent, that in the end she provoked the Birds in a General Council, to demand every one his own Feathers back again: And so she was left to her former Poverty, Shame, and Nakedness; This Fryar also in his various Discourses and Sermons, fore∣told many things, that he said should come to pass within the Realm of France, and among the Grandees of Christendom in general, for their grievous Oppressions of the Poor. And particularly he doubted not by Letters to rebuke the sins of the French Court, b 1.49 and before the Battle of Poictiers to threaten King John himself with the approach of some heavy Calamity. And c 1.50 oftentimes he spake confidently of many wonderfull things, averring, that he would prove all his words by the Authority of the Apocalipse, and other Canonical Books of the Prophets and Inspired Men; the true Understanding whereof was open'd unto him by the Holy Ghost: Upon which account, he said, he spake not as a Prophet, but only, as one, who had the Gift of expounding those Ancient Prophecies, and from them to shew unto all Christian Peo∣ple the very Years and Times, when such and such things should happen. According

to which his Expositions, many wonderfull and unexpected Accidents did really fall out in those times, which he had limited. He wrote many Books full of much Learn∣ing, one whereof came forth in the beginning of the Year 1346; wherein were writ∣ten such marvellous Predictions, that they almost exceed Belief; thô the Event de∣clared them to be reall: As for Example, propounding therein a Question to himself;

What was to be the Issue of these Wars and Commotions in France,

he answers; That all, which had been already, was not to compare, to what should be seen hereafter. For, says he, the Wars in France shall not be ended, till the Realm be in a manner wholly exhausted and left Desolate; and that from the Years 1346, 1347, 1348, 1349, unto the Year 1360, &c. The Princes and Gentry of the Land should be a∣fraid to shew their faces among the People of low Condition, assembled out of all Coun∣tries, without any great Head or Captain, who should do in France after their pleasure. Which saying we have already seen most evidently fullfilled, as well in those Rob∣beries and Insolencies of the Companions, as in the Rise and Progress of the Ja∣querie; not to mention the Wars of King Edward, and the Seditious Tumults raised by the Parisians and the King of Navarre; whereby that Kingdom seem'd to be reduced to the last Extremity.

IX. Upon all which Considerations the d 1.51 Duke of Normandy, who was still at Pa∣ris with his two Brethren, and their Uncle the Duke of Orleans, began now with his Council to weigh the Matter more maturely: They all well knew the Courage and fierce Resolution of the King of England, and that he daily added to the already-in∣supportable Miseries of France; whereby it evidently appear'd, that it was impossible for the Realm to subsist much longer, without some considerable Respiration. For all the large Rents and Revenues both of Church and State, were already either quite lost, or hugely impaired: So that the most Wealthy in Lands could make little or no Advantage of them. And moreover it was known, how King Edward intended before Autumn to return to the Siege of Paris, having sworn never to leave France, till he had brought her to his Dovotion. Wherefore it was resolved by the Duke of Normandy, and his whole Council, that King Edward must be apply'd to for a Peace, and some advantagious Offers in order thereunto be made unto Him.

There was now in Court at Paris, a Reverend and Discreet Personage, the Chan∣cellour of France, named William Aiscelin de Montegu Bishop of Tercüenne, by whose Direction most of the Publique Affairs had lately been Order'd; for his Advice was al∣ways sound both sound and faithfull: With him were associated two other Sage Pre∣lates, Androine de la Roche, Abbot of Cluigny, and Father Simon de Langers. These Reverend Persons upon their Remonstrance of the necessity of Affairs at that time, went from Paris by Consent of the Duke and his Council, and together with Sr. High de Geneve Lord of Autun, followed after King Edward with certain Articles of Peace, whom they found in Beauce riding toward Gaillardon. Immediately they addressed themselves unto him with all humility, desiring him for the Love of God to permit them once more to hold a Treaty, in order to a Peace between France and Him, and their Allies. The King expecting now more large Offers, granted their Request; and so a Treaty was enter'd upon between them and the English Commissioners, Edward Prince of Wales, Henry Duke of Lancaster, and others; but surely those Au∣thors, who make Roger Earl of March, one of their Number, are widely mistaken; for he died, as we have shewn at least above a Month before, viz. on the 26 of Fe∣bruary, at Rouvray in Burgundy, being then Marshal of the Kings Army. This Treaty was e 1.52 held closely for some time; but all the while King Edward kept on his March, as he thought fitting; yet still the French Commissioners would by no means leave him; but rode along after him, and prosecuted their business with all the application imaginable: For they saw the King, their Master, was in Prison, and his Realm so harassed on all hands, that there was no hope left, without a Peace could be purcha∣sed. On the other side, King Edward is said to have demanded such high things, and so prejudicial to the Realm of France, that the Regent's council could not in Honour admit of them. So that all the while of the Treaty, which lasted for about 17 days, the Commissioners sent every day Post to the Duke of Normandy, who lay then at Paris, an account of the Progress they had made, still desiring an enlargement of their Powers. And this account of theirs was always secretly inspected and canvassed in the Regents Cham∣ber, and their Commissions further enlarged and sent unto them in writing, Witnessed and Sealed by the Regent and his Council.

Now was King Edward come near to Chartres, the Ambassadors still following him with their Proposals, and then again, as frequently before, they made large offers,

[illustration] King Edward in battle

Honoratiss^o Viro Dn^o IOHAN̄I PEAKE. Militi Orphano trophy apud LONDON: He spitoo Christi dicti Praesidi Meritiss nec non Digniss Dii Nathanaeli Hawes Armigero Esi••••t Hospitii Thesau rario, Rel••••uis{que} ill••••s Guber∣natoribus Dioniss Colendiss••••is{que} Hanc EDVARDI Tertij ••iouram, reluti 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 & Eduea ••ionis elim praebilae Mon∣umentū Gratus dicat Iosua Barnes.

Thus arm'd fierce EDWARD did his Troops advance. Resol•••• to Wast 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Stubborne Realm of France But 〈…〉〈…〉 Heaven stops his e••••aged Hand, ••nd loudly pleads in Thunder for the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 EDWARD ••b••u•• his Great Great••re 〈◊〉〈◊〉 To yield to Hearen is but to Conquer 〈◊〉〈◊〉

thereby to obtain a final Conclusion of the War, and to settle a firm and lasting Peace between the two Nations. But the King still rejected all their Offers, being, as is said, resolved now to be Crowned King of France, and to live and die in that Estate.

But God who holds the Hearts of Princes in his Hands, and turns them like the Ri∣vers in the South, having also limited the bounds of all Success, began to make King Edward know at this time, that it was in vain to endeavour to resist his Will; before whom Horse and Armour are but as Stubble, and the Strength of the Mighty as a Thread of Tow, when it toucheth the Fire. For when the Duke of Lancasters Perswasion could not mollifie his Mind, there fell a miraculous Adventure, which was judged no other than the Finger of God himself, and that wholly converted him. But first the Duke, who thô so renowned in War, was for his many Heroick and Princely Vertues f 1.53 called the Good Duke of Lancaster, began one Day seriously to move the Kings Mind to accept of the French Proposals, saying,

Sir, the War which your Majesty hath thus long waged in France. hath been as yet to all Men wonderfull, and to your Self favourable and glorious; But surely your Men only win Riches thereby, and all the trouble and care, and expence and hazard, belong more immediately to your Person. Sir, this War is not only a Gulf to devour the Treasures of You and your People, but also a great loss of Time; for if all things are duely consider'd, You may chance to make War all the Days of your Life, and yet never come to the end of your Design. Sir, in short, since the Fortune of Battles is variable, and You may perhaps lose more in one Day than You have won in twenty Years; I would advise your Majesty to accept the Offers, which are now made unto You in a time where∣in You may leave the War both to your Honour and Advantage.

These reasona∣ble and prudent Words, thus utter'd with a Loyal Mind by the Duke of Lancaster, for the Good of the King and his People, being seconded by the immediate influence of Heaven, fully wrought upon the enraged Prince and enclin'd him to Peace. But sure∣ly the Occasion which wholly brought him over was very remarkable, if not miracu∣lous; for presently upon these Words, while yet the King was inexorable, and refus'd to give the French Commissioners any agreeable Answer, there g 1.54 fell from Heaven such a wonderfull Storm and Tempest of Thunder, Lightning, Rain and Hail among the English Army, that it seem'd as if the whole Fabrick of Nature was falling to pieces; and withall it was so excessive Cold at the same time, that it cannot be imagin'd; so that together with all these Arrows of Gods Anger, there perished no less than 6000 Horses, and well-nigh a 1000 Men, among whom were several Persons of Quality. Particularly the Lord Robert Morley was slain outright, and the Lord Guy Beauchamp, Eldest Son to the Earl of Warwick, being wounded to Death in this Storm, died there∣of on the 28 day of April at the City of Vendosme in Beauce; h 1.55 where also he was buried in a Chappel behind the High-Altar toward the East, having a Fair Monument of Alabaster, with his Pourtraicture thereon neatly carved, and over his Harness a Sur∣coat of his Arms, with this Inscription on the Verge of his Monument, Icy Gist Mon∣siegneur Guy de Beauchamp, Fitz de tresnoble & puissant Homme, Monsieur Tho∣mas de Beauchamp Conte de Warwick, Mareschal d' Angleterre, qui trespassa le XXVIII jour d' Averil l'Ann. MCCCLX. The boldest Heart of all these Valiant Souldiers trembled at the apprehension of this Dreadfull Judgment: But King Edward like a Good and Pious Prince, look'd upon it as a loud Declaration of the Divine Plea∣sure: Wherefore immediately alighting from his Horse, he kneeled down on the ground, and casting his Eyes toward the Church of our Lady of Chartres, made a solemn Vow to Almighty God, That he would now sincerely and absolutely incline his Mind to a final Peace with France, if he might obtain good Conditions; at which time also he made a Devout Confession of his sins, and so took up his Lodging in a Village near Chartres called Bretigny, where the French Commissioners being come the next day with more ample Instructions, the King was content to accept of Peace.

The Treaty i 1.56 was menaged between Edward Prince of Wales, and Charles Regent of France, their Proctors and Agents in the Name of both the Kings, these two Princes and all the Subjects of either Realm. Those who were deputed on the English Part, were Sr. Reginald Cobham, Sr. Bartholomew Burwash, Sr. Frank van Hall Bannerets, Sr. Miles Stapleton, Sr. Richard la Vache, Sr. Nele Loring Knights, and others of the King of Englands Council. Those other on the French side, were the Elect of Beauvais, Charles Lord Monmorency, Monsieur John le Meingre Marshal of France, Monsieur Ainart de la Tour Lord of Viviers, Monsieur Ralph de Ravenal, Monsieur Simon de Bucy Knights, Monsieur Stephen de Paris, and Peter de la Charite Counsellours, with many Others deputed by the Dauphin.

At first, namely on the Seventh of May, a Truce was agreed on, to continue till Michaelmas following, and thence till Michaelmas ensuing; which upon the Return of King Edward into England, was by Writs bearing Date the 24 of the said Month, commanded to be published throughout all the Sea-Ports in England; and by a like Writ notice was given to the Duke of Lancaster, to proclaim it thrô Gascoigne. And the next Day, viz. the 8 of May, the Articles relating to a Final Peace were agreed to on Behalf of both the Kings.

This is that Famous Treaty made at Bretigny near Chartres, so much spoken of by Writers, to which the Eldest Sons of England and France were Principal Parties, common∣ly called the Treaty of RENƲNTIATION of both Kings; in regard that the King of France Renounced the Soveraignty of several Territories to King Edward; and he on the other side Renounced his Title to France and some other Places. As will more particularly appear from the Copy of the Treaty it self, as it was compared with the O∣riginal, kept at Paris by one that was Master of the Rolls there. k 1.57

X.

EDWARD, Eldest Son of the Noble King of England, Lord of Ireland and of Aquitain, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, To all who shall see these present Letters, Greeting. WE give You to understand, that of all the Debates and Discords whatsoever, moved and commenced between our most Re∣doubted Lord and Father, the King of England on the one Part, and our Cousin the King, and his Eldest Son, Regent of the Realm of France on the other Part, for the benefit of Peace; it is ACCORDED, on the Eight of May in the Year of of Grace, One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty, at Bretigny near Chartres, in Manner and Form following, viz.

1.

Imprimis, That the King of England, besides what he holdeth in Guienne and Gascoigne, shall have for himself and his Heirs for ever, all those things which fol∣low, to hold them in like Manner, as the King of France, or his Son, or any of his Ancestors, Kings of France did hold them; that is to say, what was held in Sove∣raignty, to be held in Soveraignty, and what in Demaine, in Demain, for the Times and in the Manner hereunder specified. The City, Castle and Earldom of Poictiers, and all the Land and Country of Poictou, likewise the Fief of Thoüars, and the Land of Belleville; the City and Castle of Sainctes, and all the Land and Country of Sainctogne, on this side and on that side the Charente, l 1.58 with the Town and Castle of Rochelle and their Appurtenances: The City and Castle of Agen, and the Land and Country of Agenois. The City and Castle, and the whole Earldom of Perigeux, and the Land and Country of Perigort: The City and Castle of Limoges, and the Land and Country of Limosin: The City and Castle of Cahors, and the Land and Country of m 1.59 Cahorsin: The City, Castle and Country of Tarbe: The Land, Coun∣try and Earldom of Bigorre: The Earldom, Land and Country of Gaure: The Ci∣ty and Castle of Angoulesme, and the Earldom, Land and Country of Angoulesm••is: The City and Castle of Rodes, and the Land and Country of Rovergue. And if there are any Lords, as the Earl of Foix, the Earl of Armagnac, the Earl of L'Isle, the n 1.60 Vicount of Carmaine, the Earl of Perigort, the Vicount of Limoges and O∣thers, who hold any Lands or Places within the Bounds of the said Places, they shall make Homage to the King of England, and all other Services and Duties, due because of their Lands or Places, in like manner, as they have done in time passed.

2.

Item, That the King of England shall have all that which the King of Eng∣land, or any of the Kings of England anciently held in the Town of Monstrevil on the Sea.

3.

Item, the King of England shall have the Earldom of Ponthieu all entirely, saving and excepting, that if any things of the said County and its Appurtenances have been alienated by the Kings of England, which have been to other Persons, than to the King of France, then the King of France shall not be obliged to render them to the King of England. And if the said Alienations have been made to the Kings of France which have been for the time, without any o 1.61 Mean, and the King of France holds them at present in his Hand, he shall leave them to the King of England en∣tirely; excepting that if the Kings of France have had them in Exchange for other Lands, the King of England shall deliver to the King of France that which he had by Exchange, or quit those things so alienated. But if the Kings of England which have been for the time, have alienated or conveyed any things to other Persons, than to the King of France, he shall not be obliged to restore them. Also if the things a∣bovesaid owe Homages, the King shall give them to another, who shall do Homage to the King of England, and if the things do not owe Homage, the King of France

shall put in a Tenant who shall do him Service, within a Year following after he shall be gone from Calais.

4.

Item, That the King of England shall have the Castle and Town of Calais, The Castle, Town and Lordship of Merk, the Castles, Towns and Lordships of San∣gate, Cologne, Hames, Wale and Oye, with the Lands, Woods, Marishes, Rivers, Rents, Lordships, Advousons of Churches, and all other Appurtenances and Places lying between the Limits and Bounds following. That is to say, to the Border of the River before Graveling, and so by the same River round about Langle, and by the River which runs beyond the Poil, and by the same River which falls into the great Lake of Guisnes as far as Fretun, and thence by the Vally about p 1.62 Calculi Hill, enclosing that Hill, and so to the Sea, with Sangate and all its Appurtenances.

5.

Item, That the King of England shall have the Castle, Town, and the whole Earldom of Guisnes entirely, with all the Lands, Towns, Castles, Fortresses, Places, Men, Homages, Lordships, Woods, Forests and Rights thereof as entirely, as the Earl of Guisnes last deceased had them in his Time: and that the Churches and the good People being within the Limitations of the said Earldom of Guisnes, of Calais and Merk, and of other Places abovesaid, shall obey the King of England in like man∣ner, as they obey'd the King of France, or the Earl of Guisnes for the time being. All which things of Merk and Calais being contained in this present Article, and the Article next preceding, the King of England shall hold in Demaine, except the He∣ritage of the Churches, which shall remain to the said Churches entirely wheresoe∣ver they be; and so except the Heritages of other People of the Country of Merk and Calais, seated without the said Town of Calais, unto the value of an Hundred Pounds per annum of currant Money of that Country and under: Which Inheritances shall remain to them even to the Value abovesaid and under. But the Habitations and Inheritances being within the said Town of Calais with their Appurtenances, shall remain to the King of England in Demain, to order them after his Pleasure. And also to the Inhabitants in the Countie, Town and Land of Guisnes, shall remain all their Demains entirely and fully, and shall return to them again forthwith, save what is said of the Frontiers, Metes and Bounds, in the last preceding Article.

6.

Item, It is accorded, that the said King of England and his Heirs shall have and hold all the Isles adjacent to the Lands, Countries and Places above-named; together with all other Islands, which the King of England holdeth at this present.

7.

Item, It is accorded, that the said King of France, and his Eldest Son the Regent, for them, and for all their Heirs and Successors, as soon as may be, and at the fur∣thest by the Feast of St. Michael next coming in one Year, without fraud or deceit, shall render, yield and deliver to the said King of England, and to all his Heirs and Successors, and shall convey unto them all the Honours, Obediences, Homages, Al∣legiances, Vassalages, Fiefs, Services, Recognisances, Rights, mere and mixt Empire, and all manner of Jurisdictions High and Low, Resorts, Safeguards, Advousons, Pa∣tronages of Churches, and all manner of Dominions and Superiorities, and all the Right which they have, or may have had, which did appertain, doth appertain, or might appertain by any Cause, Title, or Colour of Right to them, to the Kings, and to the Crown of France, by occasion of the Cities, Counties, Castles, Towns, Lands, Countries, Isles and Places before-named, and of all their Appurtenances, and Dependances wheresoever they shall be, and of every of them without retaining [or holding back] any thing to them, to their Heirs or Successors, or to the Kings, or to the Crown of France. And also the said King and his Eldest Son shall command by their Letters Patents all Archbishops, Bishops, and other Prelates of Holy Church, and also all Earls, Vicounts, Barons, Nobles, Citizens, and Others whatsoever of the Cities, Counties, Lands, Countries, Isles and Places above-named, that they o∣bey the King of England and his Heirs, at their certain Commandment in such sort, as they have obeyed the Kings and the Crown of France. [ q 1.63 And by the same their Letters shall acquit and discharge them in the best manner that may be, of all Ho∣mages, Fealties, Oaths, Obligations, Subjections, and Promises, in any sort by any of them made to the King and Crown of France.]

8.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of England shall have the Cities, Counties, Castles, Lands, Countreys, Isles and Places above-named, with all their Appurte∣nances and Appendages, wheresoever they shall be to hold to him and to his Heirs and Successors, Hereditably and for ever in Demain, that which the Kings of France have had there in Demain; and also in Fiefs, Services, Soveraignties or Resorts, that which the Kings of France have had there in such manner: Saving notwithstanding

what was said above in the Article of Calais and Merk. And if of the Cities, Coun∣ties, Castles, Lands, Countries, Isles and Places above-named, or any of the Sove∣raignties, Rights, Mere and Mixt Empire, Jurisdictions and Profits whatsoever, which any King of England did there hold, or their Appurtenances and Appendages whatsoever, any Alienations Donations, Obligations or Charges, have been made by any of the Kings of France, which have been for the Time within Seventy Years past, by whatsoever Form or Cause it be, that all such Donations, Obligations or Charges, are now at this time, and shall be henceforth made void, repeal'd, aboli∣shed and annihilated, and all things so given, alienated or charged, shall really and de facto be restored and delivered to the said King of England, or to his Special Depu∣ties, in the same entire Condition they were to the Kings of England before or since the said 70 Years, without Fraud or Deceit, so soon as may be, and at the farthest by the Feast of St. Michael next ensuing within one Year: To be held by the said King of England, and all his Heirs and Successors for ever, by Right of Inheri∣tance in manner above-written. Except what is said before in the Article of Pon∣thieu, which shall remain in Force; and saving and excepting all those things given and alienated to Churches, which shall remain peaceably in all the Countries here a∣bove and under named: Provided that the Rectors of the said Churches shall dili∣gently pray for the said Kings as for their Founders, wherewith their Consciences are charged.

9.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of England shall have and hold all the Cities, Towns, Castles and Countries above-named, which anciently the Kings of England did not hold, in the same state and manner, as the King of France or his Children hold them at present.

10.

Item, It is agreed, that if within the Bounds of the said Countries, which did anciently pertain to the Kings of England, there shall be any Places, which otherwise belonged not to the Kings of England, but were possessed by the King of France at the day of the Battle of Poictiers, which was the 19 Day of September, in the Year One Thousand three Hundred Fifty and Six, they shall be, and remain to the King of England and his Heirs in manner as before.

11.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of France, and his Eldest Son the Regent, for themselves and for their Heirs, and all the Kings of France and their Successors for ever, shall without deceit, as soon as may be, and at the furthest by the Feast of St. Michael next ensuing in one Year, render and deliver unto the King of England, and to all his Heirs and Successors, and shall convey unto them all the Honours, Re∣galities, Obediences, Homages, Allegiances, Vassalages, Fiefs, Services, Recogni∣sances, Oaths, Rights, Mere and Mixt Empire, all manner of Jurisdictions high and low, Resorts, Safeguards, Dominions and Soveraignties, which did pertain, or do per∣tain, or might any ways pertain to the Kings and Crown of France, or to any o∣ther Person because of the King or Crown of France, at any time in those Cities, Counties, Castles, Lands, Countries, Isles and Places above-named, or in any of them, and in their Appurtenances and Appendages whatsoever, or in any of the Per∣sons, Vassals or Subjects whatsoever, whether Princes, Dukes, Earls, Vicounts, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Prelates of the Church, Barons, Nobles and others whatsoever, without retaining in them, or reserving any thing to Themselves, their Heirs or Successors to the Crown of France, or to any other Person whatsoever: Whereby they, their Heirs or Successors, or any King of France, may challenge or demand any thing in time to come of the King of England, his Heirs and Succes∣sors, or of any of the Vassals and Subjects aforesaid, in regard of the Countries and Places above-named: So as all the above-named Persons, and their Heirs and Succes∣sors for ever, shall be Liege-men and Subjects to the King of England, and to his Heirs and Successors; and that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, shall Have and Hold all the Persons, Cities, Counties, Lands, Countries, Isles, Castles and Places above-named, and all their Appurtenances and Appendages: And the Pre∣mises shall remain unto them fully, freely and for ever, in their Dominion, Soveraign∣ty, Obeisance, Allegiance and Subjection, as the Kings of France at any time ever had or held them. And that the said King of England, his Heirs and Successors, shall have and hold for ever all the Countries above-named with their Appurtenances and Appendages, and other Places specified before, with all Franchise and perpetual Liberty, as Sovereign and Liege-Lords, as Neighbours to the King and Realm of France, without recognising any Sovereign, or doing any Obedience, Homage, Resort and Subjection; and without doing in any time to come, any Service or Recognisance

to the Kings, or to the Crown of France, for the Cities, Counties, Castles, Lands, Countries, Isles, Places and Persons above-named or for any of them.

12.

Item, it is agreed, that the King of France and his Eldest Son shall Renounce expressly the said Resorts, and Sovereignties, and all the Right, which they have and may have, in all those things, which by this present Treaty ought to belong to the King of England. And likewise the King of England and his Eldest Son shall renounce expresly all those things, which by this present Treaty ought not to be deliver'd to, or abide with, the King of England, and especially the Name and Right of the Crown and Kingdom of France, and the Homage, Sovereignty, and Demain of the Dukedom of Normandy, of the Dukedom of Tourain, and of the Counties of Anjou and Maine, the Sovereignty and Homage of the Dukedom of Bretagne, the Sovereignty and Homage of the Country and Earldom of Flanders, and all other Demands, which the King of England hath made, or could make, a∣gainst the King of France, for whatsoever cause it may be, saving and excepting what by this Present Treaty ought to remain, or to be rendred to the King of England and his Heirs. And the two Kings shall convey, resign, and leave the one to the other for ever, all the Right that each of them hath, or may have in all those things, which by this Present Treaty ought to remain, or to be rendred to each of them. And the two Kings shall confer and appoint together at Calais con∣cerning the Time and Place, where and when the said Renuntiations shall be made.

13.

Item, To the end that this Present Treaty may be the more briefly accom∣plished, it is agreed, that the King of England shall cause the King of France to be convey'd to Calais within three Weeks after the Nativity of St. John Baptist, next coming (all just Impediment ceasing) at the expence of the King of England, ex∣cepting the Charges of the Houshold of the King of France.

14.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of France shall pay to the King of England Three Millions of Crowns of Gold (two whereof countervail a Noble of the Money of England;) and there shall be paid to the said King of England or his Deputies, six Hundred Thousand Crowns at Calais within Four Months, to be counted after the King of France shall arrive at Calais: And within a Year thence next follow∣ing shall be paid Four Hundred Thousand Crowns, such as aforesaid, at the City of London in England; and from thence every Year next following there shall always be paid Four Hundred Thousand Crowns more, such, as aforesaid, in the said City, till the whole Three Millions shall be fully paid.

15.

Item, It is agreed, that at the Payment of the said six Hundred Thousand Crowns at Calais, and on the Delivery of the Hostages here under-named to the King of England, within Four Months, accounting after that the King of France shall come to Calais, as is said, with the Town, Castle, and Fortresses of Rochelle, and the Castles, Fortresses, and Towns of the Earldom of Guisnes, and all their appurtenances and Dependencies, the Person of the said King shall be wholly acquitted from Pri∣son, and come into his own Power, without any Impeachment; but he shall not arm himself, nor his People, against the King of England; till the time, that he shall have accomplished what he is obliged unto by this present Treaty. And the Hostages, as well Prisoners, taken at the Battle of Poictiers, as others, who remain for the King of France, are as followeth: That is to say, Monsieur Lewis Earl of Anjou, Mon∣sieur John Earl of Poictiers, Sons to the King of France, the Duke of Orleans Bro∣ther to the said King, the Duke of Bourbon, the Earl of Blois and Lewis his Bro∣ther, the Earl of Alenson, and Monsieur Peter of Alenson his Brother, the Earl of St. Paul, the Earl of Harcourt, the Earl of Porcien, the Earl of Valentinois, the Earl of Brayne, the Earl of Vaudemont, the Earl of Forest, the Vicount of Beaumont, the Lord of Coucy, the Lord of Garencieres, the Dauphin of Auvergne, the Lord of Hangest, the Lord of Monmorency, Monsieur William de Craon, Mon∣sieur Lewis of Harcourt, and Monsieur John de Ligny. And as for the Names of the Prisoners taken at the Battle of Poictiers, they are these; Philip of France, the Earl of Eu, the Earl of Longeville, the Earl of Ponthieu, the Earl of Tancarville, the Earl of r 1.64 Joigny, the Earl of Sancerre, the Earl of Dammartin, the Earl of Ventadour, the Earl of Salebruche, the Earl of Auxerre, the Earl of Vendosme, the Lord of Craon, the Lord of Derual, the Marshal D'Endreghan, and the Lord of Aubigny.

16.

Item, It is agreed, that the said Sixteen Prisoners, who are to remain Hostages for the King of France, as is said, shall by this means be discharged of their Impri∣sonment without paying any Ransom for the time past, in case they have not al∣ready

agreed on some certain Ransom, by Covenant made before the Third day of May last past: And if any of them be out of England, and shall not render himself as an Hostage at Calais, within the First Month after the said three Weeks fol∣lowing the Feast of St. John (all just Impediment ceasing) he shall not at all be discharged his Prison, but shall be Constrained by the King of France, to re∣turn into England, as Prisoner, or to pay the Penalty promised by him, s 1.65 if he did not return.

17.

Item, It is agreed, that in lieu of the said Hostages, which shall not come to Calais, or which shall die, or depart out of the Power of the King of England, with∣out leave, the King of France is obliged to send others of a like Estate with them, as near as may be, within three Months, next after that the Bailiff of Amiens, or the Mayor of St. Omers shall be certify'd hereof by Letters of the said King of England.

18.

And the t 1.66 King of France at his Departure from Calais, may take in his Com∣pany Ten of the Hostages, such as the two Kings shall agree upon: And it shall suffice, that of the foresaid Number of u 1.67 Fourty, there shall remain the full Number of Thirty.

19,

Item, It is agreed, that the King of France, within Three Months after he shall be gone from Calais, shall send unto Calais for Hostages Four Persons of the Town of Paris, and Two Persons of every other of the Towns, whose Names fol∣low; that is to say, of St. Omers, Arras, Amiens, Beauvais, Lille, Douay, Tournay, Rheims, Châlons, Troyes, Chartres, Tholouse, Lyon, Orleans, Compiegne, Rouën, Caën, Tours, and Bourges; and that they shall be the most sufficient of the said Towns for the accomplishment of this present Treaty.

20.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of France shall be brought from England to Calais, and shall stay at Calais Four Months after his coming; but he shall not pay any thing the First Month because of his Keeping: But for every other Month following, that he shall stay at Calais, thrô default of himself, or of his Subjects, he shall pay for his Keeping six Thousand Ryals, such as are current at this present in France, before his Departure from Calais; and so proportionably for the time he shall stay there.

21.

Item, It is agreed, that as soon as may be, within One Year next after that the King of France shall depart from Calais, the Lord John Earl of Monford, shall have the Earldom of Monford with all the appurtenances, he doing for the same Liege Homage to the King of France, and all such Duties and Services, which a good and Loyal Liege-Vassal ought to do to his Liege Lord, because of the said Earldom. And also his other Heritages shall be rendred unto him, which are not of the Dutchy of Bretagne, he doing Homage, or other Duty therefore, as it apper∣taineth: And if he will challenge any thing in any of the Inheritances, which are of the said Dutchy, besides the Country of Bretagne, good and speedy Reason shall be done him by the Court of France.

22.

Item, Concerning the Question as to the Demaine of the Dutchy of Bretagne, which is between the said John of Monford on the one Party, and Charles of Blois on the other Party, it is agreed, that the two Kings having called before them, or their Deputies, the Principal Parties of Blois and Monford, shall by themselves, or Special Deputies, as soon as may be, inform themselves of the Right of both Par∣ties, and do their best to set them at an Agreement, touching what is in Controversie between them. And in case the said Kings by themselves, or their Deputies, shall not be able to bring them to an Agreement within One Year, next after that the King of France shall be arrived at Calais, then the Friends of the one Party and of the other shall diligently inform themselves of the Right of the Parties in manner abovesaid, and shall endeavour to bring the said Parties to an Agreement to the best of their Power, and as soon as may be. And if they cannot bring them to an Agree∣ment within half a Year next following, they shall then report unto the said two Kings, or to their Deputies, all that which they shall have found about the Right of the Parties, and touching the points of Discord, which shall remain between them both. And then the two Kings by themselves, or their Special Deputies, as soon as may be, shall set the said Parties at an Agreement, or shall declare their final sen∣tence about the Right of the one Party and of the other, and the same shall be put in Execution by the two Kings. And in case they cannot do this within half a Year next following, then the said Principal Parties of Blois and Montford, shall do what they shall think best; and the Friends of the one Part and of the other, shall aid

either Part, as they please, without any Impeachment from the said Kings, and without any Damage, Blame, or Reproof by either of them at any time for the cause aforesaid. And if it so happen, that one of the said Parties will not sufficiently ap∣pear before the said Kings, or their Deputies, at the time which shall be appointed for them; And also in case, that the said Kings, or their Deputies, shall have ordain∣ed and declared, that the said Parties should be at concord, or shall declare their sentence for the Right of the one Party, and either of the said Parties will not a∣gree unto the same, nor obey the said Declaration; then both the said Kings shall be against him with all their Power, and aid the other Party, which is content to agree and to obey. But the two Kings shall in no case, neither in their own pro∣per Persons, nor by others, make, or enterprize War one against the other for the cause aforesaid: And always the Sovereignty and Homage of the said Dukedom shall remain to the King of France.

23.

Item, That all the Lands, Countries, Towns, Castles, and other Places yield∣ed over to the said Kings, shall be in such Liberties and Franchises, as they are at this present: And these Franchises shall be confirmed by the said Lords, the Kings, or by their Successors, and by every of them, so often as they shall be duly required thereto; if they be not contrary to this present Agreement.

24.

Item, that the said King of France, so soon as he can, and at the farthest within one Year next after that he shall depart from Calais, shall without deceit ren∣der and cause to be rendred de facto to Monsieur Philip of Navarre, and to all his Publique Adherents, all the Towns, Castles, Forts, Lordships, Rights, Rents, Pro∣fits, Jurisdictions, and Places whatsoever, which the said Monsieur Philip, as well in his own Right, as in the Right of his Wife, or which the said Adherents, do hold or ought to hold in the Realm of France. Neither shall the said King do unto them at any time, Reproach, Dammage, or Impeachment for any thing done here∣tofore; but shall forgive them all Offences and Misprisions for the time past, by oc∣casion of the War. And of this they shall have his Letters good and sufficient, so as the said Monsieur Philip, and his said Adherents shall return to his Homage, do unto him their Duties, and be unto him Good and Loyal Vassals.

25.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of England for this time only may give un∣to whom it shall please him in He••itage, the Lands and Inheritance, which sometimes appertained to Godfry of Harcourt, to be held of the Duke of Normandy, or of any other Lords, of whom they should be holden of Right, by the Homages and Ser∣vices anciently accustomed.

26.

Item, It is agreed, that no Person, or Country, which have been of the Obedi∣ence of the One Party, and by this Agreement shall come to the Obedience of the O∣ther Party, shall be Impeached for any thing done in time past.

27.

Item, It is agreed, that the Lands of the Banished and Adherents of the One Party and of the Other, and also of the Churches of the One Kingdom and of the Other, and all they, who are disinherited or expelled from their Lands and Heri∣tages, or are charged with any Pension, Taillage or Debt, or otherwise grieved in any manner whatsoever, because of this War, shall be restored intirely to the same Rights and Possessions, which they had before the War began. And that all manner of Forfeitures, Debts, and Misprisions, done by them or any of them in the mean time, shall be wholly pardon'd; and that these things shall be done as soon as may be, effectually, and at the farthest within one Year next after that the King of France shall be gone from Calais; excepting what was said in the Article of Calais and Merks, and other Places in the said Article named; excepting also the Vicount of Fronsac, and Monsieur John de Galard, who are not comprised in this Article; but their Goods and Heritages shall remain in the same State, wherein they were before this present Treaty.

28.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of France shall effectually deliver unto the King of England, as soon as may be, and at the farthest before the Feast of St. Michael the Year next coming after his Departure from Calais, all the Cities, Towns, Countries, and other Places abovenamed, which by this present Treaty ought to be deliver'd unto the King of England.

29.

Item, It is agreed, that the Towns, Forts, and whole County of Ponthieu, the Towns, Forts, and whole County of Montrevil, the City and Castle of Saincte, the Castles, Towns, and Forts, and all that which the King holdeth in Demaine in the Country of Sainctogne, on this side and beyond the Charente; the Castle and City of Angoulesme; and the Castles, Forts, and Towns, which the King of France

holdeth in Demaine, in the Country of Angoulesmois, with Letters and Mandates of releasing of Fees being deliver'd to the King of England, or to other especially de∣puted for him; then the King of England at his own proper Costs and Charges, shall deliver all the Forts taken and possessed by himself, his Subjects, Adherents, and Allies, in the Countries of x 1.68 France, Anjou, Touraine, Maine, Berry, Auvergne, Burgundy, Champaigne, Picardy, and Normandy, and in all other Parts, Lands, and Places of the Realm of France, except those of the Dutchy of Bretagne, and the Countries and Lands, which by this present Treaty ought to belong and remain to the King of England.

30.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of France shall cause to be deliver'd to the King of England, his Heirs, or Deputies, all the Towns, Castles, Forts, and other Lands, Countries, and Places abovenamed, with their Appurtenances, at the proper Costs and Charges of the said King of France; And also that if he shall have any Rebels, and such as will not obey, to render, yield up, or restore to the King of England, any Cities, Towns, Castles, Countries, Places, or Forts, which by this Present Treaty ought to appertain unto Him, then the King of France shall be obli∣ged to cause them to be deliver'd to the King of England at his own Charges: And in like manner the King of England shall cause those Forts, which by this present Treaty ought to appertain to the King of France, to be deliver'd at his own Charges: the said Kings and their Subjects with them, shall be obliged mutually to aid one a∣nother in this respect, if they shall be thereto required, at the Wages of the Par∣ty so Requiring: Which shall be a Floren of Florence per diem for a Knight, half a Floren for an Esquire, and for others proportionably. And of the surplus of double Wages, it is agreed, that if the pay aforesaid shall be too little, respect being had to the Price of Victuals in the Country, it shall be done at the Appointment of Four Knights elected thereto, that is to say, of two on the One Party, and two on the Other.

31.

Item, It is agreed, that all the Archbishops, Bishops, and other Prelates of Holy Church shall in regard of their Temporalities be subject to that King of the two, under whom they hold their Temporalities: And if they have Temporalities under both the Kings, they shall be subject to each of the two Kings, for the Temporalities which they hold of either of them.

32.

Item, It is agreed, that good Alliance, Friendship and Confederation shall be made between the two Kings of France and of England, and their Realms, in main∣taining the Honour and Conscience of the One King and of the Other, notwithstanding any Confederations which they have on this side, or beyond the Sea with any Persons, whether of Scotland or Flanders, or of any other Country whatsoever.

33.

Item, It is agreed, that the King of France and the Regent, his Eldest Son, for themselves and for their Heirs, Kings of France, shall, as much as may be done, forsake, and altogether depart from the Alliances, which they have with the Scots, and shall promise, as much as may be, that neither they nor their Heirs, nor the Kings of France for the time being, shall give or lend to the King of Scotland, or to the Subjects thereof, present, or to come, any aid, favour, or comfort, against the said King of England, or against his Heirs and Successors, or against his Realm or Subjects in any sort: And that they shall not make any Alliances with the said Scots against the said King of England and Realm of England in time to come. And likewise the King of England and his Eldest Son, so much as it can or may be done, shall forsake and depart from all those Alliances, which they have with the Flemmings, and shall promise, that neither they, nor their Heirs, nor the Kings of England for the time be∣ing, shall give or lend to the Flemmings, present, or to come, any aid, favour, or comfort against the King of France, his Heirs, or Successors, or against his Kingdom, or Subjects in any sort: And that they shall not make any Alliances with the said Flemmings against the said King and Realm of France in time to come.

34.

Item, It is agreed, that the Collations and Provisions made by the One Par∣ty and by the other, of Benefices falling void during the War, shall hold good and remain in Force: And that the Fruits, Issues, and Revenues, received and levied of any Benefices, and other Temporalities whatsoever, in the said Realms of France and England, by the One Party, or by the Other, during the said Wars, shall be quit∣ted on both sides.

35.

Item, that the Kings aforesaid shall be obliged to cause to be confirmed all the Matters aforesaid by our Holy Father the Pope, and they shall be Ratified by Oaths, Sentences, and Censures of the Court of Rome, and by all other Tyes in the most binding manner that may be: And there shall be obtained from the Court

of Rome, Dispensations, Absolutions, and Letters, touching the Accomplish∣ment and Perfection of this Present Treaty; and they shall be deliver'd to the Parties, at the farthest within three Weeks after the King shall be Arrived at Calais.

36.

Item, That all the Subjects of the said Kings, which will study at the studies and Universities of the Realms of France and of England, shall enjoy the Privileges and Liberties of the said studies and Universities, in like manner, as they might have done before the Present Wars, and as they do at present.

37.

Item, To the end, that the Matters aforesaid treated and discoursed, may be more stable, firm and valid, there shall be done and given these Confirmations fol∣lowing, that is to say, Letters sealed with the Seals of the said Kings, and of their Eldest Sons, the best that can be made by the Councils of the said Kings: And the said Kings, and their Eldest Sons, and their other Children, and others of the Line∣age of the said Kings, and other Noblemen of their Realms, to the number of Twen∣ty, on either Party shall swear, that they will observe and endeavour to maintain, as much as concerneth each of them, without fraud or deceit, the said Matters treated and agreed on; and accomplish them without ever going to the Contrary, and with∣out empeaching the performance thereof: And if there be any Persons 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the said Realms of France and of England, who shall rebell, or will not accord to the Pre∣mises, the said Kings shall use all their said Power of Body, Goods and Counsel, to reduce the said Rebels to true Obedience, according to the Form and Tenor of the said Treaty. And moreover the said Kings shall submit themselves, their Heirs and Realms to the Correction of our Holy Father the Pope, that he may constrain by Sentences and Censures of the Church, and other due ways, Him who shall rebell, according as Reason shall require. And among the Confirmations and Securities afore∣said, the said Kings and their Heirs shall renounce by Faith and by Oath all War and all Proceedure of Fact: And if thrô the Disobedience, Rebellion, or Power of any Subjects of the Realm of France, or any just Cause, the King of France, or his Heirs or any of them shall not be able to accomplish all the Premises, the King of England and his Heirs, or any of them, shall not nor ought not to make War against the said King of France, nor his Heirs, nor his Realm; but both together shall endeavour to bring the Rebels to true O∣bedience, and to accomplish the Premises: And if any of the Realm or Obeisance of the King of England will not restore the Castles, Towns or Forts which they hold in the Realm of France, and obey the Treaty aforesaid, or for just cause cannot accom∣plish that, which He ought to do by this present Treaty, neither the King of France, nor his Heirs, nor any for them, shall make any War upon the King of England or his Realm, but both together shall put to their Power, to recover the Castles, Forts and Towns aforesaid, and to be a Means, that all Obedience and Accomplishment may be done to the foresaid Treaties: And there shall also be done and given of the one Party and of the Other, according to the Nature of the Fact, all manner of Confirmations and Securities, that they can think on or devise, as well by the Pope, and the College of the Court of Rome as otherwise, perpetually to hold and preserve the Peace, and all other Matters here-above recorded.

38.

Item, It is agreed by the present Treaty and Accord, that all other Accords, Treaties or Conferences, if any have been made or debated in time past, shall be null and of no Force, and altogether made void; neither may the Parties at any time relieve them∣selves, nor make any Complaint the one against the other, on occasion of the said Treaties or Accords, if any such hath been as is said.

39.

Item, That this present Treaty shall be approved, sworn and confirmed by the two Kings at Calais, when they shall be there in Proper Person: And after that the King of France shall be gone from Calais, and shall be within his own Power, the said King of France, within one Month next following his said Departure, shall make Letters Patents Confirmatory of the same, and such others as shall seem ne∣cessary, and shall send and deliver them at Calais to the said King of England or his Deputies in the said Place: And also the said King of England, when he receives the said Letters Confirmatory, shall deliver back his Letters Confirmatory, like unto them, to the King of France.

40.

Item, It is agreed, that neither of the Kings shall procure, or cause to be pro∣cured by Himself or Others, that any Innovations or Grievances he done by the Church of Rome, or others of Holy Church, whosoever they be, against this present Treaty, upon either of the said Kings, their Coadjutors, Adherents or Allies what∣soever; nor upon their Lands or Subjects, by occasion of War, nor for other Cause,

nor for Services, which the said Coadjutors, Adherents or Allies have done to the said Kings, or any of them: And if our said Holy Father the Pope, or any other would do so; the two said Kings shall hinder it to their Power sincerely without fraud.

41.

Item, Concerning the Hostages which shall be deliver'd to the King of Eng∣land at Calais, and concerning the Manner and Time of their Departure, the two Kings shall determin at Calais.

XI. These Articles being thus agreed on, first by the Commissioners of King Edward, and of the Regent of France, were also after that allowed by both the Principals; thô the Regent is said to have yielded thereto in a manner by Force and Constraint, because he saw the Realm was no longer able to subsist, amidst those Desolations and Ruines which the War brought. However sending back the Testimony of his Hand and Seal, that he had consented thereto, in order to the full Completion of this Treaty, a Truce was taken to continue between the two Kings, their Adherents and Confederates, from that time to the Feast of St. Michael then next following, and from thence on for a Year; that so all Matters in order to a firm and perpetual Peace, might be duely and rightly de∣vised and established. The mean while, till King John might be at Liberty, only the two Eldest Sons of the Kings were solemnly sworn to uphold and maintain this Agree∣ment; a••d first the Prince of Wales ordained on his Part y 1.69 Four Barons of England, that is to say, the Lord Ralph Stafford, Earl of Stafford, the Lord Reginald Cobham, the Lord Guy Brian, and the Lord Roger Beauchamp of Bletso, who were received in∣to Paris, as Messengers from Heaven, all the Bells ringing, and the People thronging the streets as to see a Triumph; all the Street where they passed z 1.70 being spread and tapistred (if we may believe it) with Cloth of Gold. They went straight to the Pa∣lace, where the Regent, his Brethren, and their Uncle with many Lords and Prelates received them honourably: Du Chesne says, that here in the Great Hall in presence of all the People, the English Lords made their Oath, and sware in the Name of the King their Master, and of his Sons, upon the Holy Eucharist, and upon the Holy Evange∣lists, to accomplish and hold the said Articles. From the Hall they were conducted to a Magnificent Feast, and from thence to the Chappel, where the Regent shewed them many Jewels and Relicts, and presented them with one Great Thorn which was believed to have belonged to the Crown of our Saviour. After this they return'd, and the Regent on his Part deputed Four Nobles of France, who went immediately after to Louviers in Normandy, where at that time the Prince of Wales was, and there made for him the same Oath in Presence of the said Prince.

But it is my Opinion, that these Lords on each Side went rather to take the Oath first of the Dauphin, and then of the Black-Prince, as most other Writers affirm; the manner whereof a 1.71 Walsingham thus describes,

That at Paris in the time of Low Mass, when they had thrice sang, O Lamb of God which takest away the sins of the World, Grant us thy Peace, Charles the Dauphin and Regent of France, went up to the Al∣tar, and laying his Right Hand on the Paten, wherein lay the Holy Eucharist, and his Left on the Gospel, he took his Oath in these Words, We Charles do swear upon the Holy Body and the Gospels of our Lord, firmly what in us lies, to keep this Peace and Concord, thus formed between the two Kings, and by no means to go against the same.

So help Ʋs, &c. And the like Oath was afterwards taken by the Prince of Wales in presence of Four Barons of France, in the Church of Louviers in Normandy. Of both which there were made Letters Patents, bearing Date that at Paris on the Tenth Day of May, and the other at Louviers on the Sixteenth of the said Month Anno Do∣mini MCCCLX. Who brake this Sacred and Solemn Oath first, we shall see here∣after, and throughly discuss the Occasion, which I doubt will appear too frivolous to be excused in that manner, as is done by some French Historians.

This mean while the Parisians, b 1.72 by the Dauphins good Leave, redeemed the For∣tresses of Herelle, la Neufville in Haye, Pont St. Maixence, Lyhon, Frescheville, Dei∣teville, Baslieu le Sicq, Chevreuse, and la Ferte sous Jouërre, because of their Im∣portance, for the price and Summ of 24000 Florens of Gold, of the Coin of King Philip of Valois, which they paid to the Earl of Warwick and the Captal of Busche, not endu∣ring to stay, till the Peace being confirmed, they should be rendred gratis.

XII. Within a few Days after the first Form made at Bretigny was established, King Edward being sincerely desirous to hasten the Accomplishment and Perfection thereof, having raised his Camp from about Chartres, marched by Pont de L'Arche over the Seyne, and by Abbeville over the Soame in peaceable manner, and so went to Calais, where he gave order for the embarquing his Men. In this Town he made his Offer∣ings, and paid his Devotion in the Church of St. Mary, after which repairing to the

Port of Harfleur in Normandy, he thence took Shipping with his Sons for England, and landed at c 1.73 Rye in Kent, on the 18 Day of May in the Evening, having left the Earl of Warwick to look to his Men of War at Calais, in Guienne and elsewhere, and to see that on his Part the Peace, which had been already proclaimed thrô France, was duely kept.

The next Day the King being come to London, d 1.74 caused King John to be brought privately from the Tower to his Palace of Westminster, in the Chappel whereof he shew'd him the Treaty made and sworn to by the Regent his Son, whereat he, who de∣sired nothing more than Liberty, at what Price or Composition soever he obtained it, thanked God for his Bounty and Goodness in this matter, and readily agreed to ra∣tifie and confirm it in his own Person. After this he rode with the Prince of Wales from London to Windsor to pay a Visit to the Queen, and having received many great and splendid Entertainments from the King, he return'd again to London, and paid his De∣votion at the Famous Cathedral of St. Pauls, where he made large and Princely Offe∣rings e 1.75 at the Shrine of St. Erkenwald once Bishop of London, it having been newly Beautified about 3 Years before. The manner whereof, as well in Memory of that Prince's Piety, as for the rarity of the Matter, and also that thereby we may make a guess at the great Wealth of the several Shrines in those Days, we shall here more par∣ticularly set down: King John therefore at this time having heard Mass at the High Altar, made his Approach very devoutly to the Shrine of St. Erkenwald, where he of∣fer'd 12 Nobles; at the Annunciation he laid down 12 more, at the Crucifix near the North-Door 26 Floren Nobles, at his first Approach to the High Altar Four Basons of Gold, and at the hearing of Mass after the Offertory, he gave the Dean then Offi∣ciating, 5 Floren-Nobles; and lastly, he gave in the Chapter-House 50 Floren-Nobles, to be distributed among the Officers of the Church.

The mean while King Edward g 1.76 issued out his Warrant, bearing Date the 17 of June, to the Lord John Beauchamp, then Constable of Dover-Castle, and of the Cinque-Ports, forthwith to arrest and equip a sufficient Number of Ships to carry over King John and his Family to Calais within the time agreed on; and accordingly all things being now ready for his Departure, he was by King Edward himself honourably conducted to the Sea-side, the Lord Philip his Son, and the other Lords of France, Prisoners, being with him. He embarqued at the Downs, being attended by the Black-Prince, the Duke of Lancaster, the Lord John Chandos, and many other Great Ba∣rons, who all arrived at Calais on the Ninth of July, where the King was honoura∣bly received and lodged in the Castle, there to expect King Edwards Coming.

XIII. Now before these Things were brought thus far, the Pope, having heard how forward the Peace between the two Realms was, sent his Letters to King Edward, h 1.77 bea∣ring Date Prid. Non. Julii, An^o Pontif. VIII. Wherein he expresses his great Joy for the happy Prospect of a lasting Peace, and quickens the King to a Consummation of the Affair; and that he would shew himself not only Willing, but Liberal, as to the Redemption of the French King.

All this while was King John at Calais, but King Edward remained still in England, till he might hear, that the first Payment was in some readiness for Him: For it is to be remembred, that, according to the XIV Article, there ought to be paid Six Hundred Thousand Crowns of Gold, before King John could be permitted to go from Calais: A great Summ, and which could not soon be collected by his Officers, thô but a small Part of that excessive Summ of 3000000, which amounting to 500000 l. Sterling, was so vast a Matter in those Days, that it i 1.78 is thought to have given occasion for this French Proverb, J••ay payé tous mes Anglois, i. e. I have paid all my English, that is, my Creditors, which is us'd, when with much ado a great and heavy Debt is fully clea∣red. Wherefore King John was k 1.79 forced now to stay almost 3 Months of the limi∣ted Four, e'r he could raise the foresaid Summ, during which time notwithstanding, he had frequently News from the Dauphin and his other Children, who at his desire were now at Amiens. 'Tis said, l 1.80 that Prince Galeas, Lord of Milain, and of divers other Towns in Lombardy, furnished this First Payment, on Condition, that King John should give one of his Daughters for a Wife to his Son John, with the Earldom of Vertus for her Dowry: And we find, that his Third Daughter Isabella was shortly after married to the said John Galeas.

XIV. However the greater Part of the First Payment being now at last ready, and all those who ought to be Hostages for the Rest, being rendred up at St. Omers, King Ed∣ward presently embarqued for France, and on the m 1.81 9 of October being a Fryday, arri∣ved safely at Calais. Upon his Arrival he went straight to the Castle to visit King

John, who welcom'd him with a loving and cheerfull Countenance, agreeable to that sincerity, whereof he was a professed Master. As King Edward was taking his leave to retire to his Lodgings prepared for him in the Town, King John desired him to come the next Day with his Sons and take a Dinner with him. The Invitation King Ed∣ward accepted, but entreated that it might be deferred till the Monday following; and so that Day, being the 12 of October was fixed. At Dinner-time King Edward had the First Seat, and held State, next to him sat the French King, thirdly the Black-Prince, and lastly the Duke of Lancaster: No more sitting at Table. While they were at Dinner, the Earl of Flanders came to the Castle, to pay a Visit to both the Kings; but especially to congratulate the Return of King John, who received him with all ima∣ginable Kindness. When this Royal Entertainment was over, Two of the King of Englands younger Sons, and two of the French Kings, took leave of their Fathers and rode towards Boulogne, where at that time the Dauphin was. He met them half way, and conducted them the other half to Boulogne, where they all rested that night: The next Morning the Dauphin having left the two English Princes there, as it were Pledges for his Security, rode himself forth to Calais; first he waited on his Father, and after∣wards both his Father and he went to King Edwards Palace to Dinner, where they were received with much Honour, and entertain'd at a most Royal Feast. On the Wednesday, being the 14 of October, the said Dauphin took his leave of King Edward and of the King his Father, and rode back to Boulogne, upon whose safe Return King Edwards two Sons rode back again to Calais.

On the Saturday Seven-night after, which was the 24 of October, the Peace was fully sworn to, and established by the two Kings in this manner; The Two Kings being seated in two distinct Traverses in the Church of St. Nicolas at Calais, High Mass was sung before them by Androine Abbot of Cluigny, to the Offering whereof nei∣ther of the Kings came. But when the Pax came to be kissed (by which Ceremony was signified, that the Peace of Christ should ever remain between them, They to love each other as Christian Princes, after his Command and Example) the French King, to whom it was first carried, refused it in Modesty, after which King Edward not admitting it in Generosity; King John rose first, and went toward King Edward, who being aware thereof, rose up hastily and ran to meet him, where both again refusing the Pax, they kissed each other with hearty Demonstrations of a mutual Friendship.

At this Mass both the Kings were severally sworn in Solemn Manner to maintain truly and perpetually the Articles of the said Peace: And for the further Security thereof, many of the Chief Lords of both Realms were sworn to help to preserve the same to their Powers; especially the n 1.82 two Eldest Sons of England and France; and at the same time the Duke of Orleans in the Name of King John, and Prince Philip of Navarre in the Name of the King his Brother, sware to forget all Injuries on both Sides, and to cultivate a mutual Friendship for the future: These Oaths were thus ta∣ken both on the Evangelists and on the Eucharist; and the two Kings received the Sa∣crament in both kinds thereupon. And they were so well satisfied with the Conduct of the foresaid Abbot, o 1.83 that they jointly requested of the Pope to bestow on him a Cardinals Cap, for his diligent and effectual Service therein. And thô we find the Pope in his Answer desires on certain Accounts to be excused for the present, yet it is cer∣tain, p 1.84 that at the next Creation which happen'd the Year after, he was made a Cardi∣nal of the Title of St. Marcellus.

At the same time the Hostages (who according to the 15 and 18 Articles, were to be deliver'd, as well for the Security of the Payment of the Kings Ransom, as of the Restoration of those Places, which as yet were not put into the English Hands) were deliver'd unto King Edward; and also there were then paid unto him q 1.85 400000 Scutes of Gold, in Part of the First 600000, King Edward giving further time for the Pay∣ment of the remaining 200000, till Christmas and Lady-Day following. Which done, both the Kings gave forth interchangeably their Letters Patents concerning these things, all bearing one Date, and containing one Form, only Mutatis Mutandis. The Tenor of King Edwards (wherein he lays by his Title of France) being as follow∣eth, viz.

XV.

EDWARD, * 2.1 by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland and of Aquitain,

to all, unto whom these Letters shall come, Greeting.

We give you to understand, that of all the Dissensions, Debates and Discords moved or here∣after to be moved, between Us and our Right Dear Brother the French King, certain Commissioners and Deputies of ours, and of our Dear Son the Prince of Wales, ha∣ving sufficient Power and Authority for Us, and for Him, and for our whole Realm

on the one Party, and certain other Commissioners and Deputies of our Dear Brother the French King, and of our Dear Nephew, Charles Duke of Normandy and Dauphin of Vienna, Eldest Son to our said Brother of France, having Power and Authority for his Father and for Himself, on the other Party, were assembled at Bretigny near to Char∣tres. At which place it was agreed and accorded by the said Commissioners and Deputies of either Party, upon all Dissentions, Debates, Wars and Discords what∣soever; And the Deputies of Us and of our Son, for Us and for Him, and also the Deputies of our said Brother, and of our said Nephew for them both, did swear upon the Holy Evangelists to hold, keep and accomplish this Treaty: By the which Accord, among other things, our Brother of France and his said Son are bound, and promise r 2.2 to deliver and resign unto Us, our Heirs and Successors for ever, all the Counties, Cities, Towns, Castles, Forts, Lands, Isles, Rents, Revenues and other things as followeth (besides that which already We have and hold in Guienne and in Gas∣cogne) to possess for ever, both Us, and our Heirs and Successors, all that is in De∣main in Demain, and all that is in Fee in Fee, by the Times and in the Manner hereaf∣ter specified; that is to say, the City, Castle and County of Poictiers, and all the Land and County of Poictou, with the Fief of Thoüars, and the Land of Belleville, the City and Castle of Sainctes, and all the Land and Country of Saintogne, on both sides the River Charente, with the Town and Fortress of Rochelle and their Appur∣tenances: The City and Castle of Agen, and the Country of Agenois, the City and Castle of Poictiers, and all the Country thereto belonging; the City and Castle of Limoges, and the Lands and Country of Limosin; the City and Castle of Cahors, and the Land and Country of Quercy; the City, Castle and Country of Tarbe; the Land, Country and Earldom of Bigorre; the County, Land and Country of Guare; the City and Castle of Angoulesme, and the County, Land and Country of Angoules∣mois; the City and Castle of Rodes, and the Land and Country of Rouvergue; and if there be any Lords in the Dutchy of Guienne, as the Earl of Foix, the Earl of Armagnac, the Earl of Lisle, the Vicount of Carmaine, the Earl of Perigort, the Vi∣count of Limoges or Others, holding any Lands within the foresaid Bounds, they shall do Homage, and all other Services and Duties, due and accustomed for their Lands and Places, unto Us, in like manner and form as they have done in time passed, as We or any other Kings of England anciently have had. And also s 2.3 in the Town of Monstrevil upon the Sea we are to have, as either We or other Kings of England in time past have had; and in the Lands of Monstrevil our Brother of France pro∣miseth to make a Declaration thereof unto Us, as speedily as he can, after his coming into France: And also the County t 2.4 of Ponthieu entirely, save and excepted, if any thing be alienated away by any of the Kings of England in time past, whereby the said County and Appurtenances have been holden by other Persons than the French Kings, neither our said Brother, nor his Successors shall be obliged to render them unto Us. But if the said Alienations have been done by the French Kings for the time being, without any Mean, and our said Brother now have them in his Possessi∣on, he shall leave them entirely to Us; except that the French Kings have had them in Exchange for other Lands. But if the Kings of England for the time being have alienated, or conveyed any thing to any other Person, than to the French Kings, and they peradventure are now devolved into the hands of our said Brother, then he shall not be obliged to restore them unto Us. He is also to render unto Us all such things as ought to pay any Homage to Us, and to our Successors, and if they owed not Ho∣mage unto Us and to our Successors, then he shall put in a Tenant, who shall do Us Service within a Year after he shall be departed from Calais. Also u 2.5 the Castle and Town of Calais, the Castle, Town and Lordship of Merks, the Towns, Castles and Lordships of Sangate, Coulogne, Ham, Wale and Oye, with the Lands, Woods, Ma∣rishes, Rivers, Rents, Revenues, Lordships, Advousons of Churches, and all other Appurtenances and Places, lying within the Bounds and Limits following, that is to say, from Calais to the River before Graveling; and also from the River that falleth into the great Lake of Guisnes, as far as Fretun, and thence along the Valley about Calculi-Hill, enclosing that Hill, and so to the Sea, with Sangate and all its Appur∣tenances. Also the x 2.6 Castle, Town and whole Earldom of Guisnes, with all the Towns. Castles, Forts, Lands, Places, Homages, Men, Seignories, Woods, Forests and all Rights to them belonging, as entirely as the Town of Calais, of Merks, and other Places before-named, as well to obey Us, as they have obeyed our said Bro∣ther, or the Earl of Guisnes for the time being: And that the Churches of the good People being within the Limitations of the said Earldom of Guisnes, of Calais and

Merk, and of other Places abovesaid, shall obey the King of England in like man∣ner, as they have obey'd either the King of France, or the Earl of Guisnes: All which things of Merk and Calais being contained in this present Article, and the Article next preceding, We to hold in Demain, except the Heritage of the Churches, which shall still remain entirely to the said Churches wheresoever they be; and also except the Heritage of other People of Merk and Calais, under the value of an 100 l. Land per annum, of Money currant in that Country, which Inheritances shall remain to them even to the Value abovesaid and under. But the Habitations and Inheritances within the Town of Calais, with their Appurtenances, shall abide still to the Inhabitants: And also in the Lands, Towns and Earldom of Guisnes, all their Demains shall still remain unto them, except what hath been said before, of the fore∣said Limits and Bounds in the Article of Calais: Also y 2.7 all the Isles adjacent to the Lands, Countries and Places before-named, with all other Isles, the which we held at the time of the said Treaty. And it is agreed, z 2.8 that our said Brother and his Eldest Son, should renounce all manner of Soveraignty, Resort and Rights, that he or either of them should have; and that We shall hold them as his Neighbour without any Resort or Soveraignty to our said Brother, or to the Realm of France; and all the Right that our said Brother hath in the foresaid Things, he yieldeth and conveyeth unto Us for ever. And also it is agreed, that We likewise, and our said Son do expresly renounce all things, that ought not to be granted unto Us by this Treaty; and espe∣cially the Name, Right and Title to the Crown of France, and to the Realm, and to the Homage and Soveraignty thereof; as also to the Demain of the Dutchy of Normandy, of the County of Touraine, of the Counties of Anjou and of Maine; and of the Sovereignty and Homage of the Dutchy of Bretagne, except the Right of the Earl of Montford, which he ought to have or might have in the Dutchy and Country of Bretagne, the which we reserve, and by express Words put clean out of this Treaty: Saving, that We and our said Brother, when we come to Calais, shall order that Matter by Advice of our Councils there as we hope, so as to settle Pe••ce and Concord between the said Earl of Montford, and our Cousin the Lord Charles of Blois, who challengeth and demandeth the Right to the Heritage of Bretagne; And We renounce all other Demands that we do or may make whatsoever they be, except such things aforesaid, as ought to remain unto Us, and to be deliver'd unto Us by Vertue of this Treaty: And that We transfer and convey away all the Right, which We might have in any of these Things, that ought not to be delivered to Us by Vertue of this Treaty: Concerning all which Things, after divers Alterations about the same, especially because the said Renuntiation, Conveyance, Quitting and Leaving of all the said Things should be accomplished, as soon as our said Bro∣ther hath deliver'd unto Us or to our Deputies, the City and Castle of Poictiers, with all the Land and County of Poictou, and the Fee of Thoüars; the City and Castle of Agen, and all the Land and Country of Ag••nois; the City and Castle of Peri∣geux, and all the Land and Country of Perigord; the City and Castle of Ca••••rs, and all the Land of Quercy; the City and Castle of Rodes, and all the Land and Country of Rouvergue; the City and Castle of Sainctes, and all the Land thereun∣to belonging; the City and Castle of Limoges; and whatever We, or any of the Kings of England anciently held in the Town of Monstrevil with the Appurtenances; also the County of Ponthieu whole and entirely; save and except, according to the Tenor of the Article contained in the said Treaty, where it maketh mention of the said County; also the Castle and Town of Calais, and the Castle, Town and Lord∣ship of Sangate, Coulogne, Hames, Wale and Oye, with the Lands, Rivers, Marishes, Woods, Rents, Lordships, and other things contained in the Article thereof making mention: Also the Castle, Town and whole County of Guisnes, with all the Lands, Castles, Towns, Forts, Places, Men, Homages, Lordships, Woods, Forests and o∣ther Rights, according to the Tenor of the Article thereof, making mention more plainly in the said Treaty; with the Isles that we hold already, that is to say, at the time of the said Treaty and Peace, [I say concerning all these Things] We and our Brother the French King, have promised by Faith and Oath each to other, the same Treaty and Peace to hold, keep and accomplish, and not to do any thing contrary thereto; and both We, and our said Brother, and our Eldest Sons are mutually bound by Obligation and Promise, by Faith and Oath, the one Part to the Other, except cer∣tain mutual Renuntiations, according to the Tenor and Form of the said Articles and Peace as followeth; * 2.9 Item, it is agreed, that the King of France, and his Eldest Son the Regent, for them and for their Heirs for ever, as soon as may be, and at the far∣thest

by the Feast of St. Michael next coming in one Year, without Fraud or Deceit shall render, yield and deliver to the said King of England, his Heirs and Successors, and convey unto them all the Honours, Obediences, Homages, Allegiances, Vassa∣lages, Fiefs, Services, Recognisances, Rights, Fealties and Imperial Jurisdictions, High or Low, Resorts, Safeguards, Advousons, Patronages of Churches, Lordships and Sovereignties, that appertain or may appertain in any manner of wise to the Kings, and to the Crown of France, or to any other Person, because of the King or of the Crown of France wheresoever it be, in Cities, Towns, Castles, Lands, Isles, Coun∣tries and Places before-named, or in any of them, or their Appurtenances and Appen∣dages whatsoever, whether Dukes, Earls, Vicounts, Archbishops or other Prelates of Holy Church, Barons, Nobles and others; nothing thereof being to the Kings or Successors of the Crown of France reserved; so that neither They, nor any of their Heirs or Successors, nor any French Kings, nor Others by reason of the King or Crown of France, make any Challenge or Demand in time to come of the King of England, his Heirs or Successors, or any of his Men or Subjects aforesaid, because of the said Countries or Places: So that all Persons aforesaid, their Heirs and Succes∣sors, and all other Persons, Cities, Counties, Lands, Countries, Isles, Castles and Places aforesaid, and all their Appurtenances and Appendages shall hold of the King of England perpetually, peaceably and freely; the said King of England to have o∣ver them Dominion, Sovereignty, Obeisance, Allegiance and Jurisdiction, as the Pre∣decessors of the French King have had in time past; and that the Kings of England, their Heirs and Successors shall have and hold peaceably all the foresaid Countries, in their full Franchises and Liberties for ever, as Lords and Liege Sovereigns, and as Neighbours to the King and Realm of France, without Acknowledging of any Sove∣reignty, Obeisance, Homage, Resort or Subjection, and without doing in time to come any manner of Service or Recognisance to the King, or to the Crown of France for the Cities, Counties, Castles, Countries, Lands, Isles, Places and Persons be∣fore-named, or for any of them. Also it is accorded, that the French King and his Eldest Son shall expresly Renounce the said Resorts and Sovereignty, and all the Right that they have or may have in all these Things, such as by this present Treaty ought to appertain to the King of England; and in like manner the King of England and his Eldest Son Renounceth all things, such as by this present Treaty ought not to be deliver'd unto him, and Renounceth all other Demands of the Realm of France, and especially the Name, Right, Claim and Arms of the Crown and Realm of France; the Homage, Sovereignty and Demain of the Dutchy of Normandy, and of the Dutchy of Touraine, and of the Counties of Anjou and Maine, and of the Sovereign∣ty and Homage of the Earldom and County of Flanders, and all other Demands, which the King of England made at the time of the said Claim, or might make in time to come to the said Realm of France, by any manner of Cause whatsoever; except all that by this Treaty ought to be deliver'd to the King of England and his Heirs: And they to transfer, convey and mutually quit each King to the Other, for e∣ver all the Right, which they ought otherwise to have in these things, which by this present Treaty are to be deliver'd to each of them, at the Time and Place when and where the said Renunciations shall be exchanged. And because, that our said Bro∣ther of France and his Eldest Son, to hold and perform the Articles of the said Peace, have expresly Renounced the Resorts and Sovereignties comprised in the said Articles, and all the Right which they ought to have or might have, in all the said things which our said Brother hath deliver'd and left unto Us; and all other things which from henceforth shall abide and pertain to Us by Vertue of the said Treaty and Peace; We also in like manner expresly renounce all such Things, as by the said Treaty are not to be deliver'd unto Us or to our Heirs: And likewise all Demands that we have made, or might make of our said Brother of France; and particularly the Name and Right of the Crown and Realm of France; the Homage, Sovereignty and Demain of the Dutchy of Normandy, and of the Dutchy of Touraine, and of the Counties of Anjou and Maine; and the Homage and Sovereignty of the Earldom of Flanders, and all other Demands that we have made, or might make of our said Brother, for whatsoever cause it be, ever except all that, which by this present Treaty ought to remain to Us and to our Heirs. And We shall transfer, convey and leave to Him, and He to Us, and so mutually each to Other, in the best manner, and as speedily as We may, all such Right, as Each of Us ought or may have in every thing, which by this Treaty and Peace ought to abide and remain with, and to be deliver'd to each other of Us: Reserving still to the Churches and to Men of the Church, all that

which to them appertaineth or may appertain; and all that is usurped and withheld from them by Occasion of the Wars, shall be again recompenced, restored and deli∣ver'd: And also all the Towns, Forts and Habitations, with the Dwellers in them shall remain and abide in their full Liberties and Franchises, as they did before they came into our Hands and Dominion, and that to be confirmed unto them by our said Brother of France, if he shall be required so to do; and that We do not the contrary in any of the foresaid Things or Subjections. And as to Us and all things to Us, our Heirs and Successors pertaining, We submit our Selves (in this Point) to the Jurisdiction and Coercion of the Church of Rome; and We will and consent, that the Bishop of Rome shall confirm all these things, in giving Monitions and Ge∣neral Commands for the Completion thereof against Us, our Heirs and Successors, and against our Subjects, Commons, Colleges, Universities, or single Persons whatsoe∣ver; and in giving General Sentences, Excommunication, Suspension or Interdiction to be laid upon Us or Them, who shall do the Contrary: And that the said Sentences may fall upon Us or Them, as soon as We or They act or endeavour by seising any Town, Castle, City, Fort, or any thing doing, ratifying or consenting, in giving Counsel, Comfort, Favour or Aid, privily or openly against the said Peace: Of which Sen∣tences the Parties offending not to be assoyled, till full satisfaction be made to all them, who have had or susteined any Dammage in that Behalf. And moreover, to the intent that this said Peace be more firmly kept and holden for ever, We will and consent, that if any Pacts, Confederations, Alliances and Covenants, howsoever they be called, shall be any way prejudicial to the said Peace, at this time or hereafter to be made; even suppose they be firm and deliver'd on certain Penalties, or by Oaths confirmed, or otherwise ratified or embulled by our Holy Father the Pope or any o∣ther, they shall notwithstanding be ipso facto cancell'd and of none effect, as contra∣ry to the Weal Publick, unprofitable to Peace and to all Christendom, and displea∣sing to God Almighty: And all Promises and Oaths in such Cases shall be excused and disanulled by our Holy Father the Pope; so that none be bound to hold or keep any such Promises, Oaths, Alliances or Covenants, to the intent that hereaf∣ter the like may not be attempted: And if any endeavour the Contrary, that it be void and of none effect. And as for our Part, We shall not fail to punish all such as Violaters and Breakers of the Peace, both in their Bodies and Goods, as in equity and reason the Case shall require: And if We procure, or suffer to be done the Con∣trary (which God forbid!) then We will that We be reputed for false and untrue, and that we incurr such Blame and Infamy, as a King Sacred ought to incurr in such a Case. And We swear on the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ to hold, keep and accomplish the said Peace, and to do nothing contrary thereto, neither in our own Person, nor by any other, in any manner of case. And to the intent that these said Bonds should be fulfilled, We bind Us, and our Heirs, and all the Goods of Us and of our Heirs, to our said Brother of France and to his Heirs; and also We swear on the Holy Gospels by Us corporally touched, that We will perform, hold and ac∣complish in the foresaid Cases, all the said Things by Us promised and accorded. And We will, that in like case our said Brother or his Deputies, in Place, Time and Manner as aforesaid, present unto Us his Letters, with a like Assurance on his Part comprised therein to the Effect and Strength of our Letters, which We have promi∣sed and delivered as aforesaid: Always saved and reserved by Us, our Heirs and Succes∣sors, that the said Letters above-incorporated be of none Effect, nor bring unto Us any manner of Prejudice or Dammage, untill the time that our said Brother and Ne∣phew have made, sent and delivered unto Us the foresaid Renunciations according to the manner above-devised: And till that be done, these our Letters not to be against Us, our Heirs or Successors in any manner of wise, but in the foresaid Case. In wit∣ness whereof We have set our Seal to the present Letters;

Dated at Calais, 24 of October in the Year of our Lord MCCCLX.

XVI. The same Letters were set forth in the Name of King John of the same Date, and besides them there a 2.10 are others, which contain the Renunciation of the French King, the Tenor whereof followeth.

JOHN, by the Grace of God King of France,

to all, unto whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

We give you to know; that We have promised, and do promise to render, or cause to be ren∣dred and deliver'd really, and de facto to the King of England, Our Most Dear Brother, or to his Especial Deputies in that part, at the Augustin Fryars within the Town of Bruges, on the Day of the Feast of St. Andrew next coming, in one Year, Letters sealed with our Great Seal, bound with Silk and Green-Wax, on Con∣dition

that our said Brother shall make the Renuntiations, which he ought to make on his Part and on the Part of our Most Dear Nephew, his Eldest Son, and shall have rendred them to our People, or Deputies at the said Place and Time, in Man∣ner, as they are obliged; of which our Letters, the Tenor word for word follow∣eth. JOHN, by the Grace of God, King of France, We give to know unto all pre∣sent and to come; that whereas Mortal Wars have long endured, between our Most Dear Lord and Father, late King of France, when living, and after his Decease be∣tween Ʋs on the one Part, and the King of England, our Brother, who challenged un∣to himself to have Right to the said Realm, on the other Part, having brought ma∣ny great Damages, not only unto Ʋs and to all our Realm, but to the Neighbouring Realms also, and to all CHRISTENDOM: For by the said Wars oftentimes have happen'd Mortal Battles, Slaughters, Ravagings, and Destruction of People, and Pe∣ril of Souls; Deflowring of Damsels and Virgins, Dehonestation of Married Women and Widows, Burning of Towns, Abbeys, Mannors and Edifices, Robberies and Oppres∣sions; a Disuse of the Roads and Ways; Justice faileth; the Christian Faith is waxen cold; and Merchandise decayeth; and so many other Mischiefs and horrible Deeds have ensued thereupon, that the Numbers thereof cannot be said nor written: Where∣by those of our Realm, and of other Realms in Christendom, have sustained many Afflictions and Irreparable Losses: Wherefore We, considering and revolving the Evils aforesaid, and how it is probable, that Worser may follow in time to come; and ha∣ving great Pity and Compassion of our Good and Loyal People, who so firmly and Loy∣ally have bore themselves for so long a time in true Constancy and Obedience towards Ʋs; by exposing their Bodies and their Goods to all Dangers, without declining ex∣pences or charges; whereof We ought to keep a perpetual Remembrance: We have therefore several times yielded to a Treaty of Peace, chiefly by means of the Honourable Fathers in God, several Cardinals, and Messengers of our Holy Father, the Pope, our Beloved and Faithfull, the Abbot of Cluigny, Father Simon de Langres, Professor in Divinity, Master of the Order of Fryars-Preachers, and Hugh de Geneve Lord of Autun, who were then with the said King of England in his Host, and went and came so often between Charles our most Dear Eldest Son, and between the said King of England, our Brother, and in sundry places held Treaties on the one Part and on the Other, to Confer and Treat of a Peace between Ʋs (who were then in England) and the said King of England, and the Realms of the One and of the Other. And at last they assembled the Treaters and Procurators on the part of Ʋs and of our said Son, for the Matters above written, and the special Deputies, Procurators and Treaters of our Nephew, the Prince of Wales, Eldest Son of the said King of England, our Bro∣ther, having Power and Authority from his said Father in that part at Bretigny near Chartres: At which place it was conferred, treated, and accorded by the Treaters and Procurators of the One Part and of the Other, concerning all the Discords, Dissen∣tions, and Wars, which We and the said King of England, our Brother, have had One against the Other: The Which Treaty and Peace the Procurators of our Son for Ʋs and for Him, and our said Nephew, the Prince of Wales, Eldest Son of the said King, our Brother, for his Father and himself, sware on the Holy Gospels to hold and maintain: And after that our said Son sware solemnly for Ʋs and for Himself, and our said Nephew, the Prince of Wales, having Power thereto, sware for his said Fa∣ther, our Brother, and for Himself; and We, after these things thus done, and unto Ʋs reported and declared, considering, that the said King of England, our Brother, had agreed and consented to the said Treaty, and would hold, keep, and accomplish that and the Peace, on his part, the same Treaty and Peace, being undertaken by advice and consent of sundry of our Blood and Lineage, Prelates of Holy Church, Dukes, Earls, as well Peers of France, as others, Clergy and Men of the Church, Barons, Knights, and other Nobles, Burgesses, and other Wise Men of our Realm, to appease the Wars, and the Evils, and Griefs aforesaid, wherewith the People had been so hardly used, rather than for our Deliverance, to the Honour and Glory of the King of Kings, and for Reverence of Holy Church, of our Holy Father, the Pope, and of his said Mes∣sengers, have consented, and do consent unto, and ratifie, admit, and approve thereof: And whereas by the said Treaty and Peace, We ought to deliver and resign, and do give, deliver, and resign, as is contained in our other Letters made therefore more ful∣ly unto our said Brother, the King of England for ever, for Him and his Heirs and Successors, to hold perpetually and for ever, all those things which follow, in like man∣ner, as We and our said Son, or any of our Ancestors, Kings of France, have held them in time past: That is to say, what is in Sovereignty, to hold in Sovereignty, and

what in Demaine, to hold in Demaine; namely, the City, Castle, and Earldom of Po∣ctiers, and all the Land and Country of Poictou; also the Fief of Thoüars, and the Land of Belleville; the City and Castle of Sainctes, and all the Land and Country of Sainctogne, on this and on that side the Charente; the Town and Castle of Rochelle, and their appurtenances; the City and Castle of Agen, and the Land and Country of Agennois; the City, Castle, and Earldom of Perigeux, and the Land and Country of Pe∣rigort; the City and Castle of Limoges, and the Land and Country of Limosin; the Ci∣ty and Castle of Cahors, and all the Land and Country of Quercy; the City, Castle, and Country of Tarbe; the Land, Country, and Earldom of Bigorre; the Earldom, Land, and Country of Gaure; the City and Castle of Angoulesme, and the Earldom, Land, and Country of Angoulesmois; the City and Castle of Rodes, and the Land and Country of Rouvergue; and moreover that which the King of England, or any of the Kings of England, anciently held in the Town of Montrevil upon the Sea, and its ap∣purtenances: Item, the County of Ponthieu all entirely, save, and except, according to the Tenor of the Article, contained in the said Treaty, which makes mention of the said County; Item, the Town and Castle of Calais; the Town and Lordship of Merk; the Towns, Castles, and Lordships of Sangate, Coulogne, Hames, Wale, and Oye; with the Lands, Woods, Marishes, Rivers, Rents, Lordships, and other things con∣tained in the said Article; Item, the Castle, Town, and Earldom of Guisnes all entirely, with all the Lands, Towns, Castles, Forts, Places, Men, Homages, Lordships, Woods, Fees, and Rights, according to the Tenour of the Article, making mention thereof more fully in the said Treaty; and the Isles adjacent to the Lands, Countries, and Places aforenamed, together with all other Islands, which the said King of England holdeth at present, or held at the time of the said Treaty: And whereas by the Form and Tenor of the said Treaty and Peace, We and our said Brother, the King of England, owe and have promised by Faith and by Oath, One to the Other, and are bound, We and our said Brother, and our Eldest Sons aforesaid, by obligation and promises, by Faith and by Oath, made on the One Part and on the Other, certain Renunciations the One to the Other, according to the Form and Tenor of two Articles, contained among others in the said Treaty and Peace, the Form whereof is this: Item, it is accorded, that the King of France and his Eldest Son the Regent, for them and for their Heirs, and for all the Kings of France and their Successors, as soon as may be, and at the far∣thest by the Feast of St. Michael next coming in one Year, without fraud or deceit, shall render, yield, and deliver to the said King of England, and to all his Heirs and Successors, and shall convey unto them all the Men, Honours, Regalities, Obedi∣ences, Homages, Allegiances, Vassalages, Fiefs, Services, Recognizances, Oaths, Rights, Mere and Mixt Empire, all manner of Jurisdictions, High and Low, Resorts, Safeguards, and Lordships, and Superiorities, which appertain'd, or may in any wife appertain to the Kings of France, and to the Crown, or to any other Person, because of the King and Crown of France, at any time, in Cities, Counties, Castles, Lands, Countries, Isles, and Places aforenamed, or in any of them and their appurtenances and appendages whatsoever, or in the Persons thereof, Vassals, or Subjects whatso∣ever, be they Princes, Dukes, Earls, Vicounts, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Prelates of the Church, without retaining or reserving any thing therein to themselves, their Heirs and Successors, or any of the Kings of France, or any other whatsoever, because of the King and Crown of France, whereby they, their Heirs and Successors, or any King of France, may challenge or demand any thing in time to come of the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, or of any of the Vassals and Subjects a∣foresaid; in regard of the Countries and Places abovenamed; so as all the above-na∣med Persons, their Heirs and Successors shall for ever be Liege-men and Subjects to the King of England, and to his Heirs and Successors; and that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, shall have and hold all the Persons, Cities, Counties, Lands, Countries, Isles, Castles, and Places above-named, and all their Appurtenances and appendages: And the Premises shall remain unto them fully, freely, and for ever, in their Dominion, Sovereignty, Obeisance, Allegiance, and Subjection; as the Kings of France at any time ever had, or held them: And that the said King of England, his Heirs and Successors, shall have and hold for ever all the Countries above-named, with their appurtenances and appendages, and other things aforesaid, with all Franchise and perpetual Liberty, as Sovereign and Liege-Lords, and as Neighbours to the King and Realm of France, without Recognizing any Sovereign, or doing any Obedience, Homage, Resort, or Subjection, and without doing in any time to come any Service or Recognizance to the Kings, or to the Crown of France, for the Cities, Coun∣ties,

Castles, Lands, Countries, Isles; Places, and Persons above-named, or for any of them. Item, It is agreed, that the King of France and his Eldest Son, shall Re∣nounce expresly the said Resorts and Sovereignty, and all the Right, which they have and may have in all those things, which by this present Treaty ought to be∣long to the King of England: And likewise the King of England and his Eldest Son shall expresly Renounce all those things, which by this present Treaty ought not to be deliver'd unto, or abide with, the King of England, and especially the Name and Right of the Crown and Realm of France; the Homage, Sovereignty, and Demaine of the Dutchy of Normandy, of the Dutchy of Touraine, of the Earldoms of An∣jou and Maine, the Sovereignty and Homage of the Dutchy of Bretagne; the So∣vereignty and Homage of the Country and Earldom of Flanders; and all other De∣mands, which the King of England hath made, or may make against the King of France for whatsoever cause it may be, saving and excepting, what by this present Treaty ought to remain and be rendred to the King of England and his Heirs. And the two Kings shall convey, resign, and quit, the One to the Other for ever, all the Right, that each of them hath or may have, to those things, which by this pre∣sent Treaty ought to remain and to be rendred to each of them; as for the time and place, when and where the said Renunciations shall be made, the two Kings shall con∣fer and agree together at Calais: Now We, to uphold and accomplish the Articles, Peace, and Accord aforesaid, do Renounce expresly all Resorts and Sovereignties, and all Right, which we have and may have in all the things aforesaid; which We have rendred and deliver'd, and resign'd to the said King of England, our Brother, and which from this time forth ought to remain and appertain unto him by the said Treaty and Peace: In respect, that He and the said Prince, his Eldest Son, have Renoun∣ced expresly all those things, which by the said Treaty ought not to be rendred unto, nor to remain with, the said King of England, our Brother, for him and for his Heirs and all Demands, which he maketh or may make against Ʋs: And especially the Name and Right of the Crown and Realm of France; the Homage, Sovereignty, and Demain of the Dutchy of Normandy; of the Dutchy of Touraine; of the Counties of Anjou and Maine; the Sovereignty and Homage of the Dutchy of Bretagne; the Sovereignty and Homage of the Earldom and Country of Flanders; and all other Demands, which the said King of England maketh or may make of Ʋs, for any cause whatsoever; saving and excepting what by this present Treaty, ought to remain and to be rendred to the said King of England and his Heirs: And unto him We convey, yield, and resign, and He unto Ʋs, and each to Other, to the best of our Power, all the Right, which either of Ʋs might, or may have in all those things, which by the said Treaty and Peace ought to remain and be deliver'd to either of Ʋs: Saving still and reserving to the Churches and to Men of the Church, that which to them appertaineth, and all that which hath been usurped and detained from their Hands by occasion of the Wars; that this be rendred and delivered unto them: And that the Towns, and Forts, and all the Inhabitants thereof shall be and remain in such Liberties and Franchises, as they were before they came into our Hands and Dominion, and that to be confirmed unto them by the said King of England, if he shall be thereto required; and that We do not the contrary in any of the Matters aforesaid; And (as to this point) We sub∣mit our selves, our Heirs and Successors, to the Jurisdiction and Coërcion of the Church of Rome, and We Will and consent, that our Holy Father, the Pope, shall confirm all these things, in giving Monition and General Commands for the accomplishment thereof, a∣gainst Ʋs, our Heirs and Successors, and against all our Subjects, be they Commons, Colleges, Ʋniversities, or single Persons whatsoever, and in giving General Sentences of Excommunication, Suspension, or Interdiction, to be incurred by Ʋs and by them who shall do the contrary: And that the said Sentences may fall upon Ʋs, or them as soon as We, or They, act or endeavour, by seising any Town, Castle, City, Fort, or any thing doing, ratifying, or consenting, in giving Counsel, Comfort, Favour, or A••d, privily or openly against the said Peace: Of which Sentences they shall not be absolved; till they shall have made full satisfaction to all those, who by that Act have sustained or suffer'd Damages: And moreover to the Intent, that this said Peace be more firmly kept and holden for ever, We Will and Consent, that if any Pacts, Confederations, Alliances, and Covenants, howsoever they be called, shall be any way Prejudicial to the said Peace, at this Present, or in time to come; even suppose, they be confirmed and deliver'd on certain Penalties, or by Oath, or ratified by Authority of our Holy Father, the Pope, or any other, they shall notwithstanding be ipso facto can∣celled and of none effect, as contrary to the Common Good, to the Advantage of the

Publick Peace, unprofitable to all CHRISTENDOM, and displeasing unto God: And all Oaths made in such Cases shall be released and disannulled by our said Holy Fa∣ther, the Pope; that none be obliged to keep and hold such Oaths, Alliances, or Co∣venants; to the intent that in time to come the like may not be done, and if any en∣deavour the Contrary, that it be immediately void and of no effect, and rendred null and of no Vertue. And as for our parts, We shall punish all such, as Violators of the Peace, both in their Bodies and their Goods, as the Case shall require, and Reason willeth: And if We procure, or suffer to be done, the Contrary (which God forbid!) then We will, that We be held and reputed False and Ʋntrue, and We will incurr such blame and infamy, as a King Sacred ought to incurr in such a Case: And We swear on the Body of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, to hold, keep, and accomplish the things aforesaid, and not go contrary thereto, neither by our selves, nor by others in any manner of Case. In Witness whereof We have caused these present Letters to be Sealed with our Seal. Given, &c. in the Year of Grace 1360. And because that the said things, and every of them may be held and accomplished from point to point, and in form and manner aforesaid, We bind Us and our Heirs and all the Goods of Us and of our Heirs, to our said Brother of England and to his Heirs; and We swear on the Holy Gospels, by Us corporally touched, that We will per∣form, hold, and accomplish in the foresaid Case, all the said things by Us pro∣mised and accorded, as is aforesaid. And We will, that in case our said Brother and our said Nephew, shall have made the said Renunciations, and sent and deliver'd them as is said, and our said Letters shall not be deliver'd to our said Brother at the time and place in form and manner aforesaid, then our present Letters and all that is comprised therein, shall have as much Vigour, Effect, and Fruit, as have had our other Letters, by Us promised to be deliver'd, as aforesaid: Always saved and reserved by Us, our Heirs, and Successors, that the said Letters, above-incorpora∣ted, be of none effect, nor bring unto Us any manner of Prejudice or Damage; untill the time, that our said Brother and Nephew have made, sent, and deliver'd unto Us, the foresaid Renuntiations, according to the manner above devised; and that these our Letters be not against Us, our Heirs, and Successors, in any manner of Wise, but in the case aforesaid. In Witness whereof We have set our Seal to the Present Letters.

Dated at Calais the XXIV day of October, in the Year of Grace MCCCLX.

XVII. Besides these there were several other Letters devised and set forth, bearing the same Date; as b 3.1 Another Copy of King John's Renuntiation; and a more Cor∣rect Form of the Peace bearing King Edward's Name; which the King sware to a new, and these Great Men, following, as it is worded in the form;

Our most Dear Eldest Son, Prince of Wales, and our Younger Sons, Lionel Earl of Ʋlster, and Ed∣mund of Langley, and our Cousins Monsieur Philip de Navarre, and the Dukes of Lancaster and Bretagne, the Earls of Stafford and Salisbury, the Lord of Manny, Guy de Brian, Reginald de Cobham, the Captal de Buche, the Lord of Monferrant, James Audley, Roger de Beauchamp, Ralph de Ferrers, Captain of Calais, Eustace Dambreticourt, Frank van Hall, John de Moubray, Henry de Piercy, Nicolas de Camborthe, Lord of Cominges, Richard Stafford, William de Grandison, Ralph Spi∣gurnel, Gaston de Greyly, and William Burton, Knights. So likewise on the King of France's side were then sworn, his Sons, the Dukes of Anjou and Maine, and of Berry and Auvergne, the Duke of Touraine, the Duke of Orleans, his Brother, and his Cousins, the Duke of Bourbon, and James de Bourbon, John de Artois, Peter of Alenson, John of E∣stampes, Guy de Blois, the Earl of St. Paul, the Earl of Auxerre, the Earl of Har∣court, the Earl of Tancarville, the Earl of Sancerre, the Earl of Joigny, the Earl of Salebruche, the Earl of Breme, the Lord of Coucy, the Lord of Craon, the Lord of Fiennes, the Dauphin of Auvergne, the Lord of Monmorency, William de Craon, the Lord of St. Venant.

Besides all which both the Kings undertook to make the rest of their Children, and the greater part of their Nobility, Prelates, and others, to take the same Oath in order to uphold the said Peace.

XVIII. These Letters, c 3.2 called the Charter of Peace, and Letters of Renuntiation, as well of the One King, as of the Other, being all fairly drawn up, engrossed, and sealed, were then read openly in the Council Chamber, in Presence of both the Kings, their Eldest Sons, and their Councils, and seemed to either Party to be right good and well-ordained: And then again the two Kings, and their Eldest Sons, sware so∣lemnly on the Holy Gospel by them Corporally touched, and on the Body of our Lord, to keep and perform, and by no means to violate any of the Premises. And yet further by advice, and at the request of the French King and his Council, and

toward the latter end of their Conference, the King of England was urged, to give and send a General Commission to all those, who as then, under colour of the War, held Towns, Castles, and Forts in the Realm of France, whereby they should be commanded to avoid and depart. And King Edward, who at that time desired no∣thing, but that Friendship, Good-will, and Peace might be nourished between him and his Brother of France, as he had sworn and promised; readily agreed to this Rea∣sonable Request, and thereupon forthwith Order'd his Council, to draw up a Com∣mission in the Best Manner, that might be, according to the very Mind and Intent of the French King and his Council, whereupon the Chief of both the Kings Coun∣cils drew aside with their Scribes and Secretaries, and between these, by Consent of both Parties, two Commissions were drawn up and engrossed, the d 3.3 One at Large, and particularizing the Places so to be deliver'd, and the other more General, but such, as being sent to all and singular of his Captains in all parts of France, was no less effectual; the Tenour of which Letter followeth,

EDWARD, * 4.1 by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine;

To all our Captains, Keepers of Towns and Castles, Subjects, Adhe∣rents, and Allies, being in the Parts of France, as well in Picardy, Burgundy, An∣jou, Berry, Normandy, Bretagne, Auvergne, Champaigne, Maine, Touraine, as in all the bounds and limitations, of the Demaine and Tenure of France, Greeting.

A final Peace and accord having been made between Us and our Brother of France, our Allies and Adherents, comprising all the Debates and Discords, that have been in time past or may be; to which We have sworn on the Body of Jesus Christ, and also our Eldest Son, and our other Children, and others of our Blood, with divers Prelates, Barons, and Knights, and the most Noble of the Realm of England; and in like manner hath sworn our said Brother, and our Nephew the Duke of Normandy, and other our Nephews, his Children, and divers Prelates, Ba∣rons, and Knights of the Realm of France, to keep the said Peace: Yet lest it might so fortune or fall out hereafter, that any Men of War of our Realm, or of our Subjects, should take upon them to do, or attempt any thing contrary to the Peace, in taking, or with-holding, Forts, Towns, Cities, or Castles, or in taking of Pillage, Prisoners, or Merchandise, or any other thing against the Peace; the which to Us would be right Displeasant, and We neither may, nor will suffer any such thing to pass under the shadow of Dissimulation in any manner of wise; but will with all our Power in all the said things find a Remedy: We therefore Will, Re∣quire, and Ordain by the Advice of our Council, that None of our Subjects, of whatsoever State or Condition they be, presume to do, or endeavour to do any thing contrary to the said Peace, in taking any Pillage, or in taking or with∣holding any Forts, Prisoners, or Goods, whatsoever, pertaining to the Realm of France, or to our said Brother, his Subjects, Allies, and Adherents, or any other whatsoever they be: And whosoever shall be thus Guilty of Doing against the said Peace, and will not leave or cease so to do, or will not restore again the Damages by them done, within a Month after they shall be thereto required by our Officers, Serjeants, or Publick Persons; that then by that Deed alone, without any further Process or Condemnation, they be all reputed for out-law'd, as Men cast out of our Realm and Protection, and also out of the Realm and Lands of our said Bro∣ther, and all their Goods shall be forfeited to Us and to our Demaine, and if they may be found within our Realm, We Will and Command expresly; that on them Punishment be forthwith taken, as on Traytors and Rebels against Us, according to what is accustomed to be done in the Crime of High-Treason; without giving in that case any favour, or remission, sufferance or pardon: And in like manner to be done to our Subjects, of whatsoever Estate they be, who in our Realm on this side the Sea, or on the other, take, occupy, or hold any Fort whatsoever, against the Will of those, to whom they should pertain, or that burn, or ransom Towns, or Persons, or commit any Robbery, or take any Pillage in Violation of the Peace, and in moving War within our Dominions, or on our Subjects.

And We do hereby command and expresly enjoyn all our Seneschals, Bailiffs, Pro∣vosts, Governors of Castles, and other our Officers (in avoiding of our high Displea∣sure, and on pain of losing their Offices) that they publish, or cause to be published these Presents, in certain notable Places within their Rules and Precincts; and that this our Command once seen and heard, no one be after that so hardy to remain longer in any Fort, pertaining to the Realm of France, and exempted from the Ordinance of the Treaty of the said Peace, on pain of being proceeded against, as an Enemy to Us

and to our said Brother the French King, and that they see all these Things be duly and punctually observed: And We give all persons concerned to know, that if they be negligent and fail thus to do, beside the foresaid Penalty, We shall cause them to make good all Dammages unto those, who by their Default or Negligence shall be so grieved or endammaged: And moreover We shall inflict such further Punish∣ment on them as shall make them an Example to all Others. In Witness whereof We have made these our Letters Patents.

Given at Calais the 24 Day of October, in the Year of our Lord MCCCLX.

XIX. Besides all this there were several other Letters of Alliance made, even for the space of 15 Days together, which was the time that these two Kings, their Sons and Councils were at Calais; all which time was chiefly spent in Conferring, Devising and Settling new Ordinances, not contrary to the old, but such as should better explain and confirm them. And for the greater Security, all the Letters bare one Date: All which were enrolled in the Chanceries of both the Kings, but as it is tedious to refer them hither, so also is it needless.

All these mutual Renuntiations, Covenants and Agreements were drawn up, sworn to and sealed at the same time, but e 4.2 not as yet Exchanged, because as yet the King of France was not at Liberty; and the Towns, Castles and other Places could not as yet be deliver'd. But it was now nevertheless agreed and promised, that they should be sur∣rendred to the Special Deputies on both Sides by Midsummer following, if it might be; and the Renuntiations sent at the Assumption of our Lady next ensuing to the Church of the Augustin Fryars at Bruges, to be deliver'd to those deputed to receive them. Or if they were not sent till Allhallontide after, then they were to be deliver'd in the said Church on St. Andrews day following; at which Time and Place both Kings en∣gaged to send thither, and cause to be deliver'd to the Deputies of both Parties, their and their Eldest Sons Renuntiations: But if they were not then deliver'd, not any thing agreed on was to take Effect. There was also another Instrument Dated at Ca∣lais at the same time, whereby King Edward was obliged to deliver up to the French King before Candlemas come Twelve Months, all those Castles and Towns which he now held, being Places that by Vertue of the Treaty were not to remain with him; the Particulars whereof from the Records are to be seen in my worthy Friend Esquire f 4.3 Ashmole's Elaborate History of the Garter. For the Surrender of all which the King of England made forth Commissions to several Persons, bearing Date at Calais as a∣foresaid.

Now g 4.4 also the two Kings made a League for them, their Heirs and Successors of perpetual Friendship and Alliance, to become thenceforward Faithfull Friends, and to assist each other against all Persons whatsoever, except the Pope and the Emperour: And moreover, they made a solemn Renuntiation to all Wars against each Other, their Heirs and Successors, Realms and Subjects; to both which League and Renunti∣ation their Eldest and other Sons signed, and divers of the Nobility on both Sides were sworn. And then also a Proclamation issued forth from King Edward to Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and to all other Captains of Towns, Castles, Forts, &c. held for the King in France, for them to give Notice to all Places within their Command, of this Peace and final Accord thus made between the two Kings.

After h 4.5 all these Articles, Letters and Commissions were made, devised, finished and deliver'd, by the Advice and Consent of the Councils of England and France; so that as to that Point both the Kings were well contented; then they fell into a close Com∣munication concerning the Lord Charles of Blois, and the Lord John of Montford, and their several Claims to the Dutchy of Bretagne; for each pretended the whole and sole Right to that Heritage. Some have been so bold in venting their Opinions, as to say that King Edward and his Council were not over-warm in this Matter, and surely in meer Policy he might well enough be supposed something cool: For if now the Wars of Bretagne should be shut too, there had been no Vent left for those many boistrous Troops, which as yet lay in several Garrisons, and upon their resigning those Fortresses must needs otherwise have filled England with Theeves and Robbers. But certainly, whoever impartially observes the honourable and sincere Practices of King Edward upon all Occasions, and duly compares them with what relates to this Matter in the Articles and Letters foregoing, will not so rashly attribute the ill Success of the Treaty of Bre∣tagne to King Edwards Insincerity; but rather to the Impracticableness of the Affair it self: Since two such Valorous Young Princes had so fair a Pretence to so Noble a Duke∣dome, that there could hardly remain any Prospect of deciding the Controversie with∣out the Sword, or the Death of one of the Parties. But however it was, when now

upon Conference this New Treaty seem'd so hard to be brought to any good Issue, Henry Duke of Lancaster, who was a most valiant and expert Souldier, but chiefly fa∣vour'd the Earl of Montford, and wish'd his Advancement, spake these words to the King of France, in Presence of the King of England and the greater Part of both the Kings Councils:

Sir, said he, the Truce that was taken before Rennes between the Lord Charles of Blois, and the Earl of Montford is not yet expired, but is still to hold to the first Day of May next coming. The King of England my Master here pre∣sent, by Advice of his Council, and with Consent of my Lord the Prince his Son, shall before that time send the Young Duke, the Lord John of Montford; with certain of his Council into France to your Majesty, with full Power and Authority to confer and determine about the Right, which the said Lord John ought to have, as succeeding his Father in the Dutchy of Bretagne. So then by You and your Coun∣cil, and by Ours together, some agreeable Way may be taken between them; for the better Security of which Affair, I think it would be well to prolong the said Truce yet farther, till the Feast of St. John Baptist next following.

According to this Device of the Dukes, so it was done and concluded, and the Truce rela∣ting to Bretagne prolonged to the Feast of St. John Baptist, and then they fell to other Matters.

XX. And i 4.6 now that the Peace between England and France was fully confirmed, King John was so elevated with the Assurance of Returning into his Country, that he then first seem'd sincerely to rejoyce since his being taken Prisoner. He shew'd unto King Edward such an hearty Good-Will, that it appear'd plainly to have no mixture of Dissimulation; and to his Nephew the Prince of Wales, he declared all the endearing Signs of Royal Love and Affection that might be: As also King Ed∣ward and his Son the Prince were exceeding Frank, Generous and obligingly Open un∣to him. These two Illustrious Monarchs, who from this time till Death parted, called themselves Brethren, as a mutual remembrance of their Brotherly Amity, gave now unto Four Knights of either Party, such as chiefly in their stations had promoted this Peace, 8000 Franks of Yearly Revenues for them and their Heirs for ever; King John giving the said Summ to Four Knights of England, and King Edward a like Revenue to Four Knights of France. And at the same time, because the Lands of St. Saviour le Vicount in Coutantine in Normandy were the King of Englands Right by a Deed of Gift and Sale from the Lord Godfry Harcourt deceased, which Lands were not comprised in the Ordinance of the Treaty of Peace; so that whoever held those Lands, must do Ho∣mage therefore to the French King; King Edward k 4.7 now in respect of the many Laudable and Heroick Services of that Valiant and Renowned Knight the Lord John Chandos, gave unto him and his Heirs for ever, a Grant of the Baronies of St. Saviour le Vicount a∣foresaid, of Daunvers and Dongeville, as also of the Lands and Knights Fees of St. Mary de Montefarsellis and Romilly, and of all other the Lands and Possessions of the said Godfry of Harcourt: Which Princely Gift King John at the Request of King Edward confirmed now unto the said Lord John Chandos, he doing Homage therefore unto him, bating that Allegiance, which he owed unto his Master the King of England.

And now, when all the foresaid Agreements were as well made and devised, and as firmly established, as Human Wit could contrive; so that it seem'd by reason of the sundry strict and solemn Engagements, Counter-bonds and mutual Obligations, be∣tween the two Kings and their Sons, that the Peace would prove everlasting; and when the Hostages were all come to Calais, and the 400000 Crowns of Gold were paid down to the King of England, and the remaining 200000 secured, which was the First Payment, then King Edward made a most Royal and Magnificent Supper for the French King within the Castle of Calais, at which the Black-Prince and his Three Brethren, Lionel, John and Edmund, with the Greatest Lords and Barons of England, served the two Kings bare-headed. After Supper the two Kings bad each other Good Night in the most Obliging Manner imaginable; King Edward remaining still in the Castle, and King John going to his Lodgings in the Town, which had been prepared for him upon his being set at Liberty.

The next Morning l 4.8 being the 25 of October, and a Sunday, King John and all those, who were to go with him took his leave of Calais, and rode forth of the Town in the Forenoon, King Edward himself conveying him a Mile onward of his Way; and then the two Kings took their Last Leave of each other with Kissings and Embra∣cings. King Edward return'd to Calais, but John from that time left his Horse, and would go by way of Pilgrimage on Foot to our Lady of Boulogne, to pay his Vows

for his Delivery; the Prince of Wales, and two of his Brethren, Lionel and Edmund bearing him Company. At Boulogne they were all received with great Joy by the Duke of Normandy, who tarried there for them; and after Dinner the French King, and all the Great Princes and Lords of England and France there present, went on Foot to the Church of our Lady, where with great Devotion they made their Offe∣rings, and then returned to the Great Abby, which was furnished to receive the French King and the Lords of England. The next Day the King of France m 4.9 set forth sundry Commissions, Proclamations, Copies of the Peace and Renunciations, all bearing Date at Boulogne 26 of October, being of the same Nature with the Letters and Papers afore-mentioned; and on that same Day the Prince of Wales, and his Bre∣thren with all their Company took leave of King John, and return'd to Calais to the King their Father.

XXI. As for King Edward, now that he had so happily effected his Designs, on the last of October, he went on Board and set Sail for England, with the Princes his Sons, and the Hostages of France in his Company, being Thirty of those Fourty mention'd in the XV Article; only Lewis King Johns Son, who then had but the Name of Earl, was now lately by his Father made Duke of Anjou and Maine, and John his Brother, at that time Earl of Poictiers, was now made Duke of Auvergne and Berry, because the Earldom of Poictiers by Vertue of the Peace belonged to King Edward.

On the First of November early in the Morning the King of England landed safely at Dover, and two Days after went to Canterbury, where he made his Offerings at the Shrine of St. Thomas, and return'd his Thanks to God for bringing his Wars to so happy a Conclusion. He came not to London till the Ninth of November, at what time he gave Command * 4.10 to all his Officers on certain Penalties, that they should bear themselves kind and favourable to the Lords of France his Hostages, and to the Bur∣gesses of the Good Towns, and all their Company; and upon occasion to take their Part and defend them from all Affronts, Injuries and Abuses whatsoever: Which Com∣mand of the Kings was punctually observed; so that the Frenchmen took their Prea∣sure about the City, and used Hunting and Hawking, and rode into the Country to take the Air, and went to Masks and Balls, and visited the Ladies and Gentle∣women without any Controul; they found the King so Courteous and Free unto them.

On the 27 of November the Pope directed his Letters Gratulatory to the King or France, wherein he sets forth his own great Joy at the News of his happy Delivery, advises him to cherish and observe the Peace with King Edward, to respect the Clergy, to follow Justice, to defend the Poor, to admit Sage and Prudent Persons to his Coun∣cil, to repress Pillagers, and those who robbed both Church and State. The Copy of which Letter is to be seen n 4.11 in Odoricus Rainaldus, bearing Date Aven. V. Kal. De∣cemb. Anno Pontificatús VIII.

XXII. And now we have ended the most Remarkable Matters of this Great Year, but we must not forget to shew, how God Almighty usually tempers the Felicities of this Life with Losses and Afflictions; as, thô so happy and honourable a Peace was established with England, several High and Noble Personages to her great Loss went now unto their latest Homes, besides all those of the Nobility and Others, who died by that strange Tempest before Chartres; and besides the Lord Roger Earl of March, whom we have already shewn to have departed this Life on the 26 of February at Rou∣vray in Burgundy.

On the o 4.12 24 of January there deceased in the English Army before Rheims, the Noble and Valiant Lord John Vere Earl of Oxford, Lord of Bolebec, Lord and Baron of Samford, and Lord High-Chamberlain of England, in the 47 Year of his Age; being succeeded in his Lands and Dignities by the Lord Thomas Vere his Eldest Son and Heir, at that time 23 Years old. So that 'tis a Mistake in Walsingham and in Stow, who for want of Judgment follows implicitly others Errors; where Thomas Earl of Oxford is said to have died at this time, whereas it should be John, who was Father to Earl Thomas.

On the p 4.13 16 of September there also died, the High-born and Noble Lord William Bohun, that Martial Earl of Northampton, Lord High-Constable of England, and Knight of the Garter, who was younger Brother to Humphry Bohun, Earl of Here∣ford and Essex, Knight also of the same Glorious Order, and Son to Elisabeth the q 4.14 Seventh Daughter of King Edward the First of England, whose two Sisters by the same Daughter of King Edward, were married, the Eldest to James Butler, the Fast Earl of Ormond of that Name, from whom is descended the present Thrice-Noble

Duke of Ormond, and the Second Sister was married to Hugh Courtney First Earl of Devonshire. Shortly r 4.15 after, his Brother Humphry Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex departed also this Life without Issue, so that his Titles were added to Humfry Bohun, Son and Heir of this William Earl of Northampton; but he dying some thirteen Years after left only two Daughters, so that the Male Line of this Noble Family became thereby extinct.

On the s 4.16 Second of December there died that Valiant Warrier Sr. John Beau∣champ, Younger Son to the Earl of Warwick, Constable of Dover, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and one of the Founders of the most Noble Order of the Gar∣ter. He was buried betwixt two Pillars on the South-side of the Middle Isle in the Body of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, where he had a Noble Mo∣nument, vulgarly by Mistake called Duke Humphry's Tomb, the Sculp whereof is yet preserved t 4.17 in Sr. William Dugdale's History of St. Pauls. In his Life-time u 4.18 he had built the fair House in the Parish of St. Andrew near Baynards Castle, where he usually resided: But this being after his Decease sold to King Edward III, was made use of for the Kings Great Wardrobe; and the Parson of the Parish making his Com∣plaint, that Sr. John to build this House had pulled down many small ones, which paid him Tithes, the King ordained that House to pay the Parson in lieu thereof 40 s. per annum for ever.

On the x 4.19 28 of the said Month died the Noble and Valiant Lord Thomas Hol∣land, Knight also of the Garter, and in Right of his Wife, Earl of Kent and Lord Wake; thô it doth not appear, that ever he had any Creation to that Digni∣ty. His Wife was that celebrated Beauty of the Age, Joan, commonly called the Fair Maid of Kent, Daughter of Edmund Plantagenet, Sirnamed of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, and after the Death of her two Brothers Edmund and John, who died suc∣cessively without Issue, Countess of Kent. But Common Historians call her Coun∣tess of Salisbury; the small Foundation whereof We shall now examine. This Lord Thomas Holland y 4.20 had first made a Contract with her, upon which (as he after∣wards alledged) Carnal Knowledge did ensue. Whereupon, understanding, while he was in France, that William the second Earl of Salisbury had a purpose to Wed her, by his Petition to Pope Clement VI, he complain'd of this injurious Design, fairly representing his own Precontract, and the knowledge he thereupon had of her. But that for all this the said Earl, taking Advantage of his Absence in Foreign Parts, had made a second Contract with her, and unjustly detain'd her from him: At this his Holiness, having sully discussed the Matter, gave Sentence for him, and accord∣ingly he enjoy'd her; the Earl of Salisbury, as it seems, acquiescing therein by an af∣ter Matriage z 4.21 with Elizabeth, second Daughter of John Lord Mohun of Dunstor Castle. By this Princely Paragon he left behind him a 4.22 two Sons, Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, who lived many Years after, John Holland, in time, Earl of Huntington and Duke of Excester, and a Daughter, Maud, first Wife of Peter Courtney, Nephew of Hugh Courtney, first Earl of Devonshire, and after his decease Married to Valeran, Earl of St. Paul. The Incomparable Widow, Mother of these Children, was now a∣bout two and Thirty Years of Age, but her Vertues were so singular, and her Charms so strong and attractive; that still she made shift to Captive no less a Man, than him, that had taken King John Prisoner; for the Black-Prince took her to Wife the Year following, as in due place We shall see.

At this time b 4.23 Hugh King of Cyprus died, leaving his Kingdom and the De∣fence thereof to his Son Peter; Hugh, the Son of an Elder Son Guy, being put by: This King Peter was a Man of great Valour and Fortune in the Wars a∣gainst the Saracens; of whom We shall shortly have an occasion to take some Notice.

Notes

• * 1.1

  AN. DOM. 1360. An. Regni Angliae XXXIV. Franciae XXI.
• a 1.2

  Knighton p. 2622. n. 40.
• b 1.3

  Matt. Villani l. 9. c. 83. p. 558.
• c 1.4

  Knighton ib.
• d 1.5

  Fabian p. 234.
• e 1.6

  Walsing. Hist. p. 166. n. 30. Dom. Lit. E D.
• f 1.7

  Judges c. 19. & 20. &c.
• g 1.8

  Knighton p. 2622. n. 60.
• h 1.9

  Knighton p. 2623. n. 1.
• i 1.10

  Knighton ib. n. 10. & Walsin. hist. p. 166.
• k 1.11

  Walsing. hist. p. 167. n. 20. & M. S. vet. Angl. in Biblieth. C.C.C. Cantabr. c. 230.
• l 1.12

  Knighton p. 2623. n. 30.
• m 1.13

  Frois. f. 103. c. 209. §. 3. Knighton ibid. & Du Chesne p. 682. & Guil. Paradin Annal. de Bourgogne l. 2. p. 345.
• n 1.14

  Frois. Holinsh. Ashmole p. 660. &c.
• o 1.15

  Lit. Dom. ED. Pascha 5 April.
• p 1.16

  Rot. Franc. 34. Ed. 3. m. 45. vid. Ashmole's Gar∣ter p. 695. & p. 692.
• q 1.17

  Frois. c. 210. f. 103. b.
• r 1.18

  Knighton p. 2623. n. 50. & Matt. Villani l. 9. c. 85. p. 559. &c.
• s 1.19

  Frois. ibid. & Paradin Anna∣les de Bour∣gogne l. 2. p. 346. & Mezer. & Holinsh. p. 965. Fabian p. 238. Speed & Matt. Villani l. 9. c. 82. & 84. p. 557. &c.
• t 1.20

  De hac Sum∣mà variant Au∣theres; Knigh∣ton & Da Chesne & Froi. 200000 Motons: Mat. Villani 100000 Motons: Para∣din 200000 Florens: Wal∣singh & M. S. vet. Angan Bibl. C.C.C. Cantab. 70000 Florens: Paul. A••••yl. 100000 numm. 〈◊〉〈◊〉: ••elyd. 〈…〉〈…〉 non 〈…〉〈…〉 sed 〈…〉〈…〉 Speed. alti••ae me•••••• sentiunt.
• n 1.21

  Matt. Villani l. 9 c. 82. & 84. p. 557. & 558.
• x 1.22

  Mezeray ad hin•• ann p. 59.
• y 1.23

  Fab••an p. 238.
• z 1.24

  ED. Lit. Dom. Pascha 5. April.
• a 1.25

  Vid. Frois. c. 210. Fabian p. 238. Mat. Vil∣lani l. 9. c. 85. & 86. p. 759. &c.
• b 1.26

  Knighton p. 2623. n. 40.
• c 1.27

  Fab••an, Ho∣••••st, &c.
• d 1.28

  7 April.
• e 1.29

  Walsing. hist. p. 167. n. 10. & M. S. vet. Angl. in Bibl. C.C.C. Cantab. c. 230.
• f 1.30

  Speed p. 583. & M.S. id. ibid.
• g 1.31

  Frois. c. 211.
• h 1.32

  Me••eray ad. hunc an. p. 59.
• i 1.33

  Knighton p. 2623. n. 60.
• k 1.34

  Stow p. 264. Where he says, this happen'd on the 14 of April, and the Morrow after Easter-Day: Whereas Ea∣ster-Day that Year tell on the 5 of April; and on the 1•• of April, which was the Monday after Faster K. Edward left Paris. Thô Mr. Ashmole thrô haste past••r o∣ver this Fault of Stows.
• l 1.35

  Fab••an p. 239. ex Chron. ••••anc.
• m 1.36

  Frois. c. 211. fol. 1••4.
• n 1.37

  Vid. Frois. c. 211. fol. 104. l. ••or. 22.
• o 1.38

  Dadg. Bar. 2 Vol. p. 16. ad an. 34. Ed. 3. m. 12. ex A••t••gr. penes Cler. P••il.
• p 1.39

  Frois. c. 211. &c.
• q 1.40

  P••l. Virg••. 19. p. 383 n. 4••.
• r 1.41

  Frois. c. 211. fol. 104.
• s 1.42

  Vid l. 3 c. 3. § 9. p. 561.
• t 1.43

  Knighton p. 2624. n. 10.
• u 1.44

  Vid. Mezeray p. 63. & 64. ad an. 1362.
• x 1.45

  Matt. Villani l 9. c. 82. p. 558.
• y 1.46

  Antiqui Fra∣ci, ut & Saac∣nes, à Getis, sive Gothis, oriundi: Qui in Cimeriâ vocabantur Ci∣merit, in Sar∣matia 〈◊〉〈◊〉, in Thra••••cta T••••a∣ces; & sic Can∣b••i, Germani, Saeenes, Ceitae, Franci, qui & Galli, pro loco∣rum varictate. Vid. R. Shering∣ham de Angle∣rum Gentis ori∣gine. p. 164. &c.
• z 1.47

  Frois. c. 211. Paul. Aem••l. p. 299. Ashmo••e p. 660. P••a Acts & Mon. p. 359. &c.
• a 1.48

  Paul. Aemyl. ibid. &c.
• b 1.49

  Paul. Aemyl. p. 299. C.
• c 1.50

  Frois. c. 211. fol. 104.
• d 1.51

  Frois. c. 211. fol. 104. b.
• e 1.52

  Frois. ibid.
• f 1.53

  Catal. of Hon. p. 324.
• g 1.54

  Frois. c. 211. f. 105. Du Ches. p. 684. Mezeray p. 59. Walsing. hist. p. 167. n. 30 Knighton p. 2624. n. 10. M.S. vet. Angl. in Bibl. C.C.C. Cantab. c. 230. Ashmole p. 660. Jacob. Meyer Annal. Flandr. l. 13 p. 184. & Odor. Rainal. & omnes.
• h 1.55

  Dugd. Bar. 1 Vol. p. 235. & id. Warwicksh. p. 319. sed in anno obitûs LI, malè scribitur utrchi{que} pro LX, quod not andum.
• i 1.56

  Ashmole p. 660
• k 1.57

  Extant Galli∣ce apud Da Ches. l. 15. p. 684. & Dr. Stillingfl. M.S. ad hunt ti∣talum copia Tra∣ctatus magnae Facis in Latino, inter Reges Anghae & Fran∣cix fact•• apud Bretigny jurta Carnotum, &c. E••tant c••am Anglice in MS. Deticris Johan. Spencer Coll. C.C. Cantab. Magistri. Vid. Ret. de Tractatu Pacis Franciae ad an. 34 Ed. 3. m. 10.
• l 1.58

  This Clause omitted in Du Chesne's Copy; sed ea Johannis Regis Franciae Recapitulatione & al••is addo & res ••••sa prebat la Rochelle Angis traditam
• m 1.59

  i.e. Quercy.
• n 1.60

  Hunc addo eâ∣dem rat••one, quâ clr••sulam supe∣r••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• o 1.61

  i.e. Middle Person.
• p 1.62

  i.e. Chalkhill.
• q 1.63

  This Clause added out of King Johns Re∣capitulation of the Articles.
• r 1.64

  Ità Corrigo Ligny apud Du Chesne autho∣ritate M. SS. Anglici Docto∣ris Spencer, quod legit Oigny, & Latini Doctoris Stillingfleet, quod legit ex∣pressè Joigny: Praeter quodilli∣us nomen inter Captivos appa∣ret, uti probâsse meminimus.
• s 1.65

  Du Chesne & incurred by his Default in not returning.
• t 1.66

  Du Chesne hunc articulum pracedenti ad∣jungit: Nos se∣quimur M. SS. suprâ citata.
• u 1.67

  This shews, that in the XV Article, where in all the Co∣pies, French, English, and La∣tine, 'tis read Charles of Blois, or his Brother, and the Earl of Alenson, or Monsiceur Peter of Alensen, his Brother; in both places it should be and for or (as I have corrected it) or else the Num∣ber of the Ho∣stages amounts but to 38, and not to 40, as it is here expresly said.
• x 1.68

  Lisle de la France.
• y 1.69

  Tillet has six, and Fab.
• z 1.70

  Du Chesne p. 692. C.
• a 1.71

  Walsingh hist. p. 167. & Hypod. p. 127. vid. Odor. Rainal. ad hunc annum. §. 1. Fabian p. 241. &c.
• b 1.72

  Du Chesne p. 692.
• c 1.73

  Ashmole p. 662.
• d 1.74

  Du Chesne p. 692.
• e 1.75

  Dugd. Hist. Cathedr. St. Paul p. 21, 22.
• g 1.76

  Ashmole p. 662.
• h 1.77

  Vid. Odor. Rai∣nal. ad hunc an. §. 2. ex Tom. 8. p. 1. Epist. Secr. p. 93.
• i 1.78

  Vid. Cotgraves Preface to French Diction. p. 5.
• k 1.79

  Du Chesne p. 693.
• l 1.80

  Du Chesne ib. Mezeray ad an. 1361.
• m 1.81

  Fabian p. 242 b. ED. Lit. Dom.
• n 1.82

  Odor. Rainal. ad hunc an. §. 3.
• o 1.83

  Odor. Rainal. ibid.
• p 1.84

  Victorell. ad an. 1361. p. 917
• q 1.85

  Ashmole p. 662. ex Rot. de Tract. Pacis, &c.
• * 2.1

  Frois. c. 212. fol. 105.
• r 2.2

  Article 1.
• s 2.3

  Article 2.
• t 2.4

  Article 3.
• u 2.5

  Article 4.
• x 2.6

  Article 5.
• y 2.7

  Article 6.
• z 2.8

  Article 7.
• * 2.9

  Article 8. &c.
• a 2.10

  M. S. Reve∣rendi admodùm Edvardi Stil∣lingfleet S.T.P. Ecclesiae Cathed. D. Pauli Decan. Cui titulus, sequitur Renun∣tiatio pura per Regem Franci••.
• b 3.1

  M.S. Dr. Stil∣lingfleet.
• c 3.2

  Frois. c. 212. fol. 107.
• d 3.3

  M.S. Dr. Stil∣lingfleet.
• * 4.1

  Frois. ibid.
• e 4.2

  Ashmole p. 663. ex Rot. de Tract. Pacis Franc. 34. Ed. 3. n. 7. & 8.
• f 4.3

  P. 663. &c. ex R••••praed. de Tract. Pacis Franc. m. 5.
• g 4.4

  Ashmole p. 664. ex Rot. Tr. Pacis Franc. 34 Ed. 3. n. 6.
• h 4.5

  Frois. c. 213.
• i 4.6

  Frois. c. 213. f. 108.
• k 4.7

  Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 503.
• l 4.8

  Fabian p. 243.
• m 4.9

  Dr. Spencers M.S. & Dr. Stillingfleets M.S. ubi C. piae Latt. ita Dat.
• * 4.10

  Frois. c. 113. ad fine••••.
• n 4.11

  Odor. Rainal. ad hunc ann. §. 4
• o 4.12

  Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 193. ex Escu. 34 Ed. 3. n. 84. Leit. & Catal. Hen. p. 686. ubi tanen per errc∣rem dic••tur chi∣••sse an^o. 1358.
• p 4.13

  Dugd. 1. Vol. p. 186.
• q 4.14

  Catal. Honor. p. 1071. & Speed p. 552. & Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 183.
• r 4.15

  15 Octobr. an. 1361. vid. Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 185. & Catal. Honor. p. 1074.
• s 4.16

  Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 231. Ashmole p. 695. Stow p. 264.
• t 4.17

  Dugd. Hist. Paul. p. 52.
• u 4.18

  Stow's Survey Lond. p. 408.
• x 4.19

  Dugd. 2 Vol. p. 74. &c.
• y 4.20

  Liber Islep dict. in Arch. Cantuar. Bibl. Vid. Dugd. 2 Vol. p. 74.
• z 4.21

  Catal. Honor. p. 1044.
• a 4.22

  Catal. Honor. p. 765.
• b 4.23

  Odor. Rainal. ad an. 1360. §. 13.