[1] [2] Now when he and the capteins before named, were come ouer to Calis, they tooke counsell togither into what place they should make their first inuasion; and bicause their commission was to make warre onelie against those that held with pope Clement, the more part were of this mind, that it should be most expedient for them to enter into France, and to make warre against the Frenchmen, whom all men knew to be chiefe mainteiners of the said Clement. But the bishop of Norwich was of this opinion, that they could not doo better than to inuade the countrie of Flanders, bicause that a litle before, earle Lewes hauing intelligence that king Richard had made a confederacie with them of Gaunt, had on the other part expelled all Englishmen out of his dominions and countries, so that the merchants which had their goods at Bruges, and other places in Flanders, su|steined great losses.The bishop [...] Norwich inuadeth Flanders. Howbeit there were that replied against the bishops purpose herein, as sir Hugh Cal|uerlie and others; yet at length they yeelded thereto, and so by his commandement they went streight to Grauelin, the 21 day of Maie, and immediatlie wan it by assault. Ia. Meir. Whervpon Bruckburge was yeelded vnto them, the liues and goods of them within saued. Then went they to Dunkirke,Dunkirke woon & sack [...] by the Eng|lishmen. & without any great resistance entred the towne, and wan there excéeding much by the spoile, for it was full of riches, which the Englishmen pilfered at their pleasure. The earle of Flanders lieng at Lisle was aduertised how the Englishmen were thus entered his countrie,The earle of Flãders sen|deth to the bish. of Nor|wich to know the cause of his inuasion of Flander [...]. where|vpon he sent ambassadors vnto the English host, to vnderstand why they made him warre that was a right Urbanist.