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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 178
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gift bnAbi' -'It' wis Ihilf and longi tat the Eeglftj if'lit, were defeated! touring upwtrdf. of fottt- hundred tfcàd on the field. Edmund was fbteedfoAft «therwif* he mutt have titeii flab or taken*' Hfe efcaped With gfêit difficulty and lived himfelf in a handfome cattle, called Comet, "fits-ated it tiiè diftaftce of téo langues front ' the place Where the battle had been foughtj and which he had beforehand provided with every thing necef-faff for fuch a fortrefs. "
* After thit defeat, Evan, having cûikétal his army, and heârthg that Edmund had recreated into Cornet éaftlé, advanced thither, and invefted it clofefy, giving frequent afiaults ; but the caftte-was fttong and Wêi provided with artillery^ fa flfat the French téuld not gain it.
* It wife during the time of this Ifegt the iinforai- nate defeat and capture of the earl of Pembroke and firKtaifcard d'Angle happened be&rt la Ro-chelle* which has been juft related. . - . .
* The kifcg of France, when hé heard of the lie-édif the Spaniards, was exceedingly rejoiced, afid paid môré attention ever to: the affim of Poitoii; 4for he thought peîààpt lightly c&caglt, Étirt ïftMÊtt^^ fèdi dtfeâb, theories* and principal towns would wil-lingly furrender to him. He therefore determined, with the advice of his council, to fend the con-ftabte and all his men at arms into Poitou, Sain-tongeand the' kochellois, in order to carry on the
mplr mop brifldy by fca and land, whilft the;
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