[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] On the same daie the duke of Lancaster was ad|uertised,The kings arriuall at Calis. that the king was arriued at Calis the se|uentéenth daie of October, commanding him by let|ters to draw towards him with all his companie. The duke according to the kings commandement o|beied, and so returned toward Calis. Froissard. The king being there arriued with all his power, tooke counsell which way he should take. Some aduised him first to in|uade Flanders, and to reuenge the iniurious dealing of the earle and the Flemings: Polydor. but he would not a|grée to that motion, for he purposed fullie either by plaine force to make a conquest of France, or else vt|terlie to destroie and wast the countrie throughout with fier and sword. Herevpon he set forwards the fourth of Nouember, and passing through the coun|tries of Arthois, and Uermendois, he came before the citie of Reimes. There went ouer with him in this iournie, & with the duke of Lancaster, his foure sonnes, Edward prince of Wales, Froissard. Lionell earle of Ulster, Iohn earle of Richmond, and the lord Ed|mund his yoongest sonne. Also there was Henrie the said duke of Lancaster, with the earles of March, Warwike, Suffolke, Hereford (who also was earle of Northampton) Salisburie, Stafford, and Oxford, the bishops of Lincolne, and Durham, and the lords Percie, Neuill, Spenser, Kirdiston, Rosse, Mannie, Cobham, Mowbray, de la Ware, Willoughbie, Fel|ton, Basset, Fitz Water, Charleton, Audelie, Bur|wasch, and others, beside knights and esquiers, as sir Iohn Chandois, sir Stephan Goussanton, sir Nowell Loring, sir Hugh Hastings, sir Iohn Lisle, sir Ri|chard Pembruge, and others.