The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the Cruel Civil Wars Between the Houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the Possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; Their Expulsion Thence; and of Other Memorable Events that Happened in the Kingdom of France, as Well as in Other Countries ... Beginning at the Year MCCCC. where that of Sir John Froissart Finishes, and Ending at the Year MCCCCLXVII. and Continued by Others to the Year MDXVI., Volume 9Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1810 - France |
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Page 109 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 11 - ... and finding the English determined thus conjunctly to destroy their country, took measures to oppose them ; for it is perfectly lawful that every one should fight for his country. They soon, with the aid of other Scots lords, assembled a force of thirty-two thousand able warriors, and, falling upon the English camp unawares, put them to the rout, with great slaughter, and loss in prisoners and wounded. They were pursued as far as the Solway, wherein many were drowned. The English lost in these...
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Page 16 - Knt., and Chancellor of the King of England in these parts, would make a defence : he was not indeed in the town ; but his Lieutenant, Thomas de St. Barbe, bailiff of the place, was present...
Page 8 - Rouen. lord d'llliers, was grandson of Philip, one of the sons of § Four hundred. In the original it is/our thousand were made on this occasion, such as the lord de Moy, the son of the vidame of Amiens, the son of the lord de Rambures, and others. Thus was Pont Audemer replaced under the obedience of the king of France. King Charles came to...
Page 7 - English defended themselves valiantly, but at the last the said town was taken by the fire which was thrown into it by fusees. And then the English retreated into a strong house at the end of the town, being iiij. c. and xx. [480], of whom- Foucques Ethon, and Monfort, the treasurer of Normandy, were the chiefs, all of whom that day surrendered themselves prisoners to the said lord the count of Dunoys. 22. This day the king of France arrived at Vendôme, where he remained until the eighth day ; and...
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