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SIR JOHN FROISSART Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.2

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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.2
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fleet.was. The çarl of Huntington Made prépara* tions therefore, with the two hundred men at arms and his four hundred archers, to carry over to England their riches and prifoners. The king pur-chafed from fir Thomas Holland, and his compa-nions, the conftable of France and the earl of Tan-tarville, and paid down twenty thoufand nobles for them.* « - . CHAP, * As the reader may perhaps wifh to fee another account of Edwards progrrfs, by an eye-witnefs, ' I copy from Robert de Aveflbury's « Hiftorla de mirabiiibus geflis Edwardi tertii/ the fol-lowing very curious letter : De Progressu Regis Angllœ de Hogges usque Cadamum. ' Fait a remembrer, qe nre. ieignr. le Roy & fou. oil priftrent terre a Hogges de Seint Vaal le xiime iour de Juyl & pr. defkiper £es chiuaux & repofer luy & fez gentz & fouraer payn demurra iiieofqes tanq. al MafJy prefchein fuaunt. & troua a les Hogges, xi. uiefs de queux, viii. anoint chaftiei deuauot & derere les queux homme fill ardre. Et le Vendredy taunt come k Rfcy demurra aftuus geutz aierent a Barflei & quidoient auer troue plufours gentz et trouèrent nulles a regard & trouèrent illefqes. ix, niefs oue çhalliels deuaunt k derere. ii. bones Craiers, & aultres meindret vefieaux les queux fufrent auxint acz. & fuit la ville auxi bone k auxi - graunde corne la ville de Sandwyche. & après qe le ditz gentz fufrent alez lez màrineres ardèrent la vUle. k font arz plufours des bonnes villes & manoirs en la pais enuyron. • Et le MarfJy qe le Roy remua il ala a Valoignes k gueft illeofqes tout la nuyt & troua des vitailles aflètz» Et iendemayu remua un grâunt journey tanq. a pount dou. quelle ceaux de la ville de Carentane debruferent. & le Roy h fift • refaire mefme la nuyt. & paffa lendemain tanqe al dite ville de Carentane qe neft forfq. enter, une lieng Engleis del dit pout, la quelle ville eft auxy groflè corne Leyceftre m I trouèrent vynes k vitaSles graunt fbifoa k fcft mult


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