rôarchi&Pokt, and as many more as chofe to leave it, artd'Wfciit to St.Macaire*, Where there is a goted càftlé and ftrong town. . ' On the furrender of Caftillon, the duke of Anjou received the fealty and homage of the in-habitants, and renewed the officers : he appointed as governor of it a knight from Touraine, called fir James de Montmartin. - When they were about to march from Caftillon, they called a council to confider whither they fhould gb-'next,-'4hd it was determined to advance to-wards St; Marine; but* as feveral fmall fcrts were fcattered about the country before they, could ar-rive there, it was not thought proper to leave thett '1ft their rear on account of tie fdrage'rsC They therefore, on quitting Caftillon/marched to Sauvetcrref, which they befieged. Other intelligence was brought, refpefting the lords' de Duras and de Rofem, different from what had been at firft reported ; that in truth they were at Bourdeaux, but it was not known on what terms. . . This news was fpread through the afmy, and was fo public as to come to the ears 6f the lords at Mucident and de Langurant: they mentioned it to the lord de Coucy and fir Peter de Bueil, whom they- were defiroos to intereft in excufing thofe knights, adding that it was very fimple to * Sc. Macairc»—a dty in Guyenne, on the Garonne, mut leagues from Bourdeaux. f Sauveterre,—a town in 'Gafcony, diocefe of Comminges. " • - ' ' believe