[1] [2] The king of England in deed hearing of the pre|paration made [...]or warre by the Frenchmen,An armie sent to Calis and to the sea. leuied foure thousand [...] which he sent vnto Calis, and to the sea, of the which 3000 were vnder the conduit of the kings sonne. The lord Thomas of Lancaster, and the earle of Kent, Chr. Fland. Ia. Meir. the two and twentith daisof Maie (as some write) came vpon the coast of Flan|ders, and entring the hauen of Sluis,The English men besieged the castell of Sluis. burnt foure great ships which they found there lieng at anchor. On the fift daie after their comming into that ha|uen they went on land, thinking to haue fought with the duke of Burgognie. But as other write, af|ter they had besieged the castell that stood in the mouth of the hauen, and loosing thrée score of their men, amongst which they name one to beare the title of earle of Penbroke (whom they buried for the time in the church of Mude) fiue daies after their com|ming [page 529] thither they determined to depart from thence, perceiuing the castell would not easilie be woone, but first they spoiled the countrie about them, and burnt Heis fléet, otherwise called Condekirke, and diuerse other places thereabout.