[1] The French king this yeare besieged and wan the towne of Dam, after he had béene at great charges about it. Whilest his nauie returned from Scluis, where the same had laien at anchor a long time, the ships by tempest were scattered & wether-driuen, so that in the feast daie of the exaltation of the crosse, two of their gallies, a great ship, a barge, and seauen balengers were cast on shore about Calis, & the Ca|lisians tooke fiue hundred Frenchmen and Normans that escaped to land. An other day 72 French ships (as they were comming from Scluis,A good victo|rie of them of Calis against the French fléet. to passe by Ca|lis, were met with by them of Calis, who behaued themselues so manfullie, that they tooke 18 of those French ships, and a great barke, in which thrée score armed men were slaine before it could be taken. Within three daies after this, the Calisians met 45 other French ships, and after six houres fight obtei|ned the victorie, taking thrée of the most principall vessels, whereof one being a hulke of Eastland was hired by the Normans, to gard the residue. The other two that were taken were of such mold, that they could not enter into the hauen at Calis, and there|fore were sent to Sandwich, the one of them being a new ship, which the lord Clisson had bought at Scluis, Abr. Fl. out of Henrie Knigh|ton canon of Leicester abbeie. paieng for hir 3000 franks. ¶Henrie Knigh|ton saith it was prised or valued at 20000 florens, it was so tall, big, and large a vessell; and therefore of great capacitie.