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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.5

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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.5
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si thofe within thought otherwife ; for the vifcount de Chaftillon, the lord de PEfcut and fir William de Paux defended it fo well that the Spaniards be-gan to be tired : winter was approaching, it being about St. Andrew's day, and their provifion was becoming fcarce ; for, if the vifcount de Roque-bertin had not reinforced them with men at arms and fixçy horfc-iàads ?f provifion, they would hav* * retreated at All-faints day, * . The king of Navarre fent . one of his knights, called fir Petçr de B^fcle, to the Englifh, to entreat thfcm, if they wifhed to ferve him, to fatten their march j for they had too long delayed ft, accords ing (p the promifes they had made, and the need he had pf them. , The knight rode until he came into the country of Bayomie, and found the Englifh before a caftle named Poulet, to whom he delivered h» meflagç - very pun&ually. Sir Thomas Trivet replied, thaç. as fooft m the. caftle he was now before was çonr quered, he would march for Navarre, and that thç Jmighf might return an4 depend on what he had jfcid. . Sir Peter went back, aqd %m days afterward* the caftle furrendered, on the gartifoti marching out in fafety/ . It was re-garrifonçd, and after-wards the country continued tolerably quiet. There were fome other ftpaller bodies^ who had polled themfelvcs in churches an4 monafteries, • that harafted the country ; but they were in no gfeaç numbers. The Englifh, therefore, declared they ' uid no longer remain with them, byt muft tparch to


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