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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.8

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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.8
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laid to the inhabitants § € See, wicked people If y§ ire, ye wanted to furrender to the king of Portugal Without (hiking a blow, and would have done fo, if we hid not beeh here to defend the honour of your town : this We have ib fuccefsfully done, that the king of Portugal is on the eve of his departure, without having effe&ed any thing/ On the fourth day, according to what had been kid down* the marfhal advanced to the fkirmifh With but few followers : the great ambufcade re* ftiained behind* The Bretons, eager to make rich prifofters, having already captured fix, feeing the Portuguefe flt the barriers, had the gates opened, which- they left unfaftened, in cafe of failure (for " they had no great dépendance on the townfmen), ilid the wicket wide open, and fallied forth to fkir* fiiiih with darts and lances, as is ufual in fuch com-bats* The marfhal, when he faw the time was come, ttiade his met! wheel, and aft as if they were tired, fetfeating by degrees* Thofe within the place, ob* ferving this, and thinking they fhould make pri-fottets of them all, opened the whole of the barriers, fatlied forth, and, falling on the Portuguefe, cap* fitted five and twenty. In the ftruggie and purfuit, ' the Bretons never thought of clofing the barriers ; me the marfhal now made his fignal for the am* bufcade to advance* which it did full gallop, and, by getting between the Bretons and the place, made themfelves matters of the barriers. The French imd Bretons now haftened to re-enter the gates, but it was of no avail, for the Portuguefe entered with them I and thus was the town-won. Very few were lain, 284


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