[1] [2] The capteins, according to his deuise, besieged a little walled towne called Dirmew, to whome came foure thousand Flemings with vittels and artillerie, sent from the lord of Rauenstein. They laid siege on the north side of the towne, in a marish ground then being drie, and so déepelie ditched and rampired their campe about (on which rampire they laid their ordi|nance) that it was in maner impossible to enter their campe, or doo them anie displeasure or damage. The K. of England was dailie aduertised of these dooings, which nothing lesse desired than to haue the English pale inuironed with French fortresses.King [...] sendeth the lord D [...]u [...]e|ne [...]e and the lord M [...]rl [...]a against the French. Wherefore to preuent that mischiefe in time, with all expedition he sent ouer to the lord Daubeneie, then his deputie of Calis, the lord Morleie, with a crue of valiant ar|chers & souldiers, to the number of a thousand men, with priuie instructions what they should doo.