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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.3
page 94
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was a plain that could not be feen : in this place they had ported the greater part of their army, and f&rnktei the French fcout? to come fp n^r, they conld haye taken them if they had chofen it* fcut ihey were allowed to return unhurt.
They informed the lord James de Bourbon, ,the ^mm d'Ufez, the lord Eegmajd 4e Forctjz juid thofe lords who had fent them, all they had otjfçryed ^nd he^rd, ?.dding, 4 we have feen the companies flrawn up in array upon a hillock, and, according, to our understanding, weH formed ; but, having attentively confidered them, they cannot be more than five or fix thoufand men, and feem maryel-Ioufly ill armed/
When lord James de Bourbon heard this, he faid to the .irchprieft, c You tpld me they amounted to at te^ft .fixteen thoufand combatants, apd you now hear the contrary.' * My lord/ anfwered he, c I ftill think they are not lefs in number : if it ihoyld be otherwife, we may thank God for it, and it is fo jmuch the better for us : you will therefore determine what you will do/ c lp the name of God,' -faid the lord Ja,mes,c we will go and fight them/
The lprd James ordered all the banners and jjennpns to halt immediately* and formed his bat-talions in good order to begin the combat, fpr they law th/eir enemies before them. He then created rinany new knights: the firft was his ekjeft fon Peter, who difplayed his banner ;_his nçphewj tlje young count -de Foretz, did the fame ; the lord • of Tournon, the lord de Molinier, and the lord de GroMe in Dauphine. Among the nobility, there were fir Louis mà fur Rohert de ïteuyey, fir
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