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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.2
page 438
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Tim mge of !§L Valery hêri.ttàM#. r;fiifI were many fliarp aflaults and Ikirmifhes. • AHntln èroiy day- «tare Mil Ibmctti^iif'ttléf^l^'^ng
Mmmtà; «br thé yéWig IfciîgMrîiÉi à|tfifëé''%ëw figët M-Aittke'triâl of ihenr *tti»; aM tîtfey readily fourni ftafe irbo .wtfulé gratify "tlerit *The kttj William de Itatnimàre, if JoîhiSègat and federal ot&ef kfiigfcfs, wlfcrvtete M t&e gttfrifÀfc, ' adygncèd fttfttt tlie'fcafitaft of the caille, te tit an! IktffcîÉ with thofe of the àrfltty ; fcT that there werr Re-lief a% 'ftaé" killed' * mounded-' en hoftf'ftM
There might have been in St. Valéry thre^htaû1 dred companions, without hunting thofe of the
lè#ta, who» they fehfed W IgM -an* aftft'tlïéi^ ètherwife it Would have éÉded'Mly. 4 lv,a " •
Tie chiefs of the beiegfcte Ordcired engines J[ war to be brought' from Amiens ihê Aibbëvifè; and to be pointed againft St. Vafety,'Which, caft large Hones, affl ïËuéh haraffed the inhabitants^ who hàd canaofc and %f irigils*, with which thçrjr annoyed thé atmy. ' ' *
Whilft this fiege wa» catfyharg oo, and the kirt£ of Navarre making war m all parts of France, tftte captai of Buch, coufin to the king of NâtafrÇ, arrived at Cherbourg, according to his intrèatiés,
* Efpringalles, or efpringolds, or fpringolds, were machines whence came fhot, Sonet, or boit!'
SnHK&ffë Dictionary* * And eke wkhki the caÉH were 1 Springoldis, gonnes, bowes, and archers/ •
CHAUCER'S R%mandc la Rose, verfes 490, 49f. .
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