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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.4
page 136
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againft Him to «peu any. He told hif le§f§ fa the four knighte* and faid l»c ftowld i^lçe hi% cfcape and go to Pcrigor4 ; . but ifiat they _ werp mailers of hi§ caftle to do p§ ppy pkafed witfi if? Upon this he djreûly depart?4 apd went m t|)ç city of Pf rigordi which was very ftrong, apd kff his caftle uodéf à* gup-d of fhefç fpur J&nighi?.
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CHAP. JtXVI.
JMM JT0U& ^Nf.GBTS DEfllfp THEMSELVES
AGAINST THE 0]F IA*CAST«R.—THE
ON TAKING -TU J FjtAgl, ADMIT$
THEM TO RANSOM. ^ '
l|¥FHEIf the 4pkje of lancafter w»sarrived at * * Mont-paon, with nl bis ^aro#s, knight? and men ,at mm, he immediately laid fiejje tç it. Th?ybuilt Aemfelyes fibftantî^l huts alj rçynd thç caftle, as if they w.eric to rftPdin there feyen years* They were not, howey.ex, idle, but began the af-fault with great vigour, *nd jfôd Jprgç quantities of wood and faggots cut dovo .by ,çhe peaifpts, and carried to the ditches, whiofr they threw in and covered with large beams ,pd earth i by which means they were h Ailed up that they could ad-vance to the waUs to ikirmifli ^yirfi the garrifon, as was daily done, ,and Ae*ç were nrçpy gallant cpnflifts.
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