xj day of August the Sonday, the kyng and alle
his retenue schipped iij houres after noon at Portesmouth, toward the
town of Harefleu in Normandye; and he landed at Kedecaux iij myle out
of the town of Harefleu on oure lady even the assumpcion, the xiiij
day of August. And the kyng began to leye his sege to the town of
Harfleu the xvij day of August: and the kyng lay there at the sege fro
the same xvij day of August unto the xxij day of Septembre or the town
were yolden up; and his lyenge there aboughte the town there dyed many
on of his retenue, that is to weten, the erle of Suffolk, the bysshop
of Norwych, Courtenay, S^{r}. John Philip, and manye othere knyghtes
and squyers, and othere comoun peple whiche were nought nombred. And
the same xxij day of Septembre the toun of Harfleu was yolden up to
the kyng, and alle the keyes of the toun brought to hym: and the kyng
abode tyl the laste day of Septembre, til that he hadde mad
governaunce withinne the town: and he made his Em[98] the lorde
Beauford the erle of Dorset, captayn of Harfleu. And the Tuesday the
firste day of Octobre the kyng toke his weye fro Harfleu toward his
town of Caleys, with the noumbre of viij^{l} fytyng men: and the
Frensshmen of Fraunce broken there brigges and pyled the forthes of
the water of Some and othere diverses wateres, that the kyng myghte
nought passe but with moche disese til he com to the water of Swerdes;
and there the kyng and his oost passyd over. And on the xxv day of
Octobre was Fryday, and seynt Crispyn and Crispianiani day the lordes
and the chyveteynes of Fraunce lay with a gret oost enbatailed to the
noumbre of vi^{xx} m^{l}, and wolde a stopped the kynges weye that he
schulde nought a passed to his town of Caleys. And the kyng with his
oost batailed hym ayens the Frensshmen, and manfully he faught ayens
them in a feld that is called Aigincourt, and sclowe and toke of them
of dukes, erles, barons, knyghtes, and cheveteyns to the noumbre of
xij m^{l}; and of the comown peple mo thanne the noumbre of iij m^{l},
that is for to weten, the duke of Orlyons and the duke of Burbon, the
erle of Vendon, the erle of Ewe and the erle of Richemond, with S^{r}.
Bursegaunt; and there sclayn the duke of Launson, the duke of Braban
and the duke of Bare, and the erle of Navers, the lord de la Brytte
constable of Fraunce, and the seneschall of Henaude, with manye othere
lordes, knyghtes, and squyers, and worthy men v m^{l} and mo. And on
oure syd