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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.6
page 202
tadk them. It was on the point of day Wlïeç they began their march in clofe order, withouf tittering a word. The lord devint Py, who was on the wat^Vw bonier fàw diis manœuvre than he fourfdthéy were in ëarnefty and haften-ing to his ^mpanions, Kid to them, •* Now, mf lords, be ' iieft, %e" have b;pt to do out^tmdÔ; for ^ur enemy 4s on bis march, ahd wiU be m-ftpfftly^iefe-. ' l^efe barorw of new date areadi fainting* fldwly, and think to catch and furprift; i#! fliéir ybiirfelves true men at arms, jbfwè fttâlhatepa battle/'1 ;/ , : ' .
"'As the lord de Saint Fy uttered théfé words, the*knights and fquires, with great courage, feifeed their long Bourdeaux fpears, and having grafted ' them with a hearty will, placed them-felves in as good order âs any knights or fquires Could devife. ' - f
• When the lords who'had crofled the river, and, as I have before faid, found themfelves obliged* to halt in the marfhes, faw that the Flemings waited their opportunity to attack them,they faid among themfelves, f Since we are not in ftrfficient forée to begin the combat, when the Flemings advance upon us they will not know;\vhat num-bers we are: let us each fetup one cry, or that of the lord to whom we may belong whether he be prefent or not ; and, by thus fliouting loudly, ^ we fhall fo much alarm them that they may be^ defeated. In addition to this, we will receive • them on the points of our fpeàrs. In this manner cEd it faH out :'for, when the Flemings advanced tô the combat, the knights and fquires began to utter their war erfcsi mfomuchthat the conftable
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