[1] Here the duke of Normandie made meanes for a treatie of peace, which was laboured by a frier called Simon de Langres prouinciall of the friers Iaco|bins and the popes legat: he did so much, that a trea|tie was appointed to be holden on good fridaie in the Malederie of Longegimew, where appeared for the king of England the duke of Lancaster, the erls of Warwike and Northampton,A treatie. with sir Iohn Chandois, sir Walter de Mannie, and sir William Cheinie knights: and for the French king thither came the earle of Eu constable of France, and the marshall Bouciquant, with other; but their treatie came to none effect: wherfore the king vpon the tues|daie in the Easter wéeke remooued neerer vnto Pa|ris, and vpon the fridaie following, being the tenth of Aprill, by procurement of the abbat of Clugnie newlie come from pope Innocent the sixt, the fore|said commissioners eftsoones did meet to treat of an agréement, but nothing they could conclude, the parties in their offers and demands were so farre at ods.