[1] [2] Then the earle perceiuing he should but lose his labor to staie any longer there,The earle of Lancaster de|parteth this life. vpon certeine weigh|tie occasions returned vnto Baionne, where he shortlie after fell sicke and died. He left behind him three sonnes, Thomas that succéeded him in the earl|dome of Lancaster, Henrie lord of Monmouth, and Iohn whome he had begot of his wife Blanch, the which before had béene married vnto Henrie earle of Champaigne, and king of Nauar, by whome shée had but one onelie daughter, that was married vn|to the French king Philip de Beau. After this the English armie besieged the citie of Aques,

Aques besie|ged.

The earle of Arthois sent with an armie to Gascoine. N. Triuet.

but tho|rough want of vittels he was constreined to raise thence and breake vp the siege. The earle of Arthois being sent of the French king with an armie into Gascoine, incountred with the Englishmen, and chased them with the slaughter of a great number, and after recouered diuers townes and fortresses in the countrie.