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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.7
page 230
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francs, and gave me a- paflport to return to my fort of Bec d'Ailiers. Inftantly on my arrival, :f counted out " to one of my fervants a thoufand francs, which I charged him to carry to Paris; and to bring me back letters of acquittance for the payment, which he did. At this fame feafon; fir John Aymery, an Englifh knight, and the greateft captain we had, made an excurfion down the Loire towards la Charité : he fell into an am* bufcade of the de Rougement and de Venr delay, withth^emen of thearchprieft. They were ,the flrongeft, and overpowered him : he was. made prifcner, and ranfomed for thirty, thou-fand francs, which he inilantly paid down. •* ' He . was however fo much vexed at being captured, .and with his lofs, that he swore he would never re-enter his fort until he had had his revenge. He collected therefore a large body of compani-* ons, and came to la Charité on the Loire, and entreated the captains, such as Lamit, Car-suelie, le bourgh de Perigord and myself, (who were come thither for our amusement), to ac-company him in an expedition. We afked him, r Whither ?' ' By my faith,' replied he, c we will crofs the Loire at port St. Thibaut, and fçale the town, and caftle of Sancerre*. I have made a vow, that I \will never re-enter my own caftle until I fliall have feen the boys of Sancerre \ and if we could conquer that garrk fon, with the earl's children tyithin it, John,
* Sancerre—an ancien), town in Berry, near thé - Loire* eight leagues front Bourges. ' •
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