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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 278
Val were fent back to Brittany with flieir forces,
to alii in guarding that country and the neigh-bouring frontiers.
• During the time thefe negotiations were going forward at Bruges, the duke of Brittany, as has been before faid, remained England* where he felt much for the ^diftrefs of his country, the greater part of which had turned againft him : his duchefs alfo was befieged and fhut up in the caftle of Away. The duke, while he refided with the king of England, was very melancholy : upon which the king, who much loved him, faid j « Fair fon, I well know that through your afteÔion so me, you have put into the balance, and rifked, a handfome and noble inheritance : but be allured' that I will recover it for you again, for I will never make peace with the French without your being reinftated/' On hearing thefe fine promifes, the duke boited' refpc&fully to the king and humbly thanked him.
. Soon after this"converfation, the duke of Brit-tany afierabled at Southampton two thoufand men'
at arms and xhrcc.. thoufand archers, who all re* ceived their pay for half a year in advance, by order's from the king of England*. ~ •
• Edward nominated the earl of Cambridge conjointly with* the duke of Brittany his lieutenant» in France, with full power* to t& as they pleafed, wkhout prejudice to the rights of the duke or to the patrimony of the church, dated 24th Novem-ber 1374.--$ee Rymfr.
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