m ' *i Fimot m the ftme-Mahaer 'as the «rtfifcrcaftfcf and principal towns of Brittany) a$d thofo of Âutfifi who urne attbekfcd m the dukc departed CHAP. LUI, r f tfi ' #tfvteu 'cÂititisosr èf MOKTTBOURC is DX- flAtkl Ht f HÉ ENOtrsrH; AT CHERBOURG* COON after Eafter, in the year of our Lord IJ79, king* Charles of France", findihg the garrtfbrf of Cherbourg was opprefllng the whole country of Coûtante, appointed Ér WllKatti dti Boutdes, £ valiant knight and good captam, ta bel chief go^ettior of Coutantin, and of all tie forN réffes round Cherbourg. • • Sir William des Bourdes went thither with à handfome body of men at arms and Genoefe crofs-bows, tod fixed his quarters at Montbourg ; which he made a garrifon againft Cherbourg; whence he formed frequent 'expeditions, and would willingly have met iMth the men of Cherbourg j for he wifltcd for nothing better than an engagement with them, as he felt himfelf a good knight* bold and enterprifing, and had alfo under his command {he flower of the men at arms from all the ad-jacent garrifons. . .. About the flnte'tîme,*; fir John' Hfrleftdne was fent toXMAo^ -I have