dla«f€Sjj wko kri€# lof whit it was to make war j fo they were conquered by the Englifh. Could they have held out until vefpers, they would have been lifted, for the eoriftable had ordered Tbi^ baut du Pons, with two hundred combatants^ tcP reinforce the gattifom • They did not, however, arrive in time, for the town was taken by àiïàult, and pillaged, while men and women were pro^ mifcuoufly put to the fword. The Englifh took up theif quarters in Niort* waiting for intelligence. CHAP. XLIÏ. TttJS FRENCH MAKE THE CAPTAL BE BVCtf, PRISONER. LA ROCHELLE TURtfS TO THE FRENCH. TOURING the time the Englifh were in Niort, from whence, in truth, they were afraid of departing, Evan of Wales, in company with the Spanifh admiral don Roderigo di Rofas, arrived at la Rochelle with fourteen large flips and eight • galleys, laden with men at arms and provifion. They anchored before the town, fo that nothing could enter or come out without danger of being taken. Upon which- the Rochellers, who were wavering, had* a fecret interview with Evan and the -m