Henry of Lancaster, king of England, combats the Percies and Welshmen, who had invaded his kingdom, and defeats them 47
John de Verchin, a knight of great renown, and seneschal of Hainault, sends, by his herald, a challenge into divers countries, proposing a deed of arms 49
The duke of Orleans, brother to the king of France, sends a challenge to the king of England. The answer he receives 55
Waleran count de Saint Pol sends a challenge to the king of England 84
Concerning the sending of sir James de Bourbon, count de la Marche, and his two brothers, by orders from the king of France, to the assistance of the Welsh, and other matters 87
The admiral of Brittany, with other lords, fights the English at sea. Gilbert de Fretun makes war against king Henry 89
The university of Paris quarrels with sir Charles de Savoisy and with the provost of Paris 91
The seneschal of Hainault performs a deed of arms with three others, in the presence of the king of Arragon. The admiral of Brittany undertakes an expedition against England 95
The marshal of France and the master of the cross-bows, by orders from the king of France, go to England, to the assistance of the prince of Wales 103
A powerful infidel, called Tamerlane, invades the kingdom of the king Bajazet, who marches against and fights with him 106
Charles king of Navarre negotiates with the king of France, and obtains the duchy of Nemours. Duke Philip of Burgundy makes a journey to Bar-le-Duc and to Brussels 108
The duke of Burgundy dies in the town of Halle, in Hainault. His body is carried to the Carthusian convent at Dijon, in Burgundy 110
Waleran count de St Pol lands a large force on the Isle of Wight, to make war against England, but returns without having performed any great deeds 114
Louis duke of Orleans is sent by the king to the pope at Marseilles. The duke of Bourbon is ordered into Languedoc, and the constable into Acquitaine 116
The death of duke Albert, count of Hainault, and of Margaret duchess of Burgundy, daughter to Louis earl of Flanders 120
John duke of Burgundy, after the death of the duchess Margaret, is received by the principal towns in Flanders as their lord 122
Duke William count of Hainault presides at a combat for life or death, in his town of Quesnoy, in which one of the champions is slain 124