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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.10
page 15
promifed special obedience to the queen's wUhes, although the count d'Orghei • and the count de la Lune were their fuperiors and bad the command of the convoy.
There were on board thefe galleys fifteen hun-dred fpears, two thoufand crofs-bows, and two thoufand lufty varlets armed with pikes and fhields. They were in fuch force the better to refift their enemies, and any adventurers they might encounter -*t feaj for the voyage from Barcelona to Naples is long, and Margaret de Durazzo, their, adver-sary, might have had intelligence of their motions, and ftationed a fleet accordingly: they therefore were defirous of having ftrength enough to oppofe aijy Ihe could bring againfl them.
We will now leave the affairs of Sicily, and re-turn to thofe of France, which is our principal ob* jeâ, and to feveral other events.
ÇHAP. II.
THE KING OF FRANCE IS DESIROUS OF VISIT-. IXG THE DISTANT PARTS OF HIS KINGDOM.
AT THE REQUEST OF THE LORD DE COUCY,
HE ORDERS THE DUKE OF IRELAND OUT OF FRANCE.
TT7HEN the king of France faw that his king-dom was now at peace, in confequence of the truce with England, he had a great defire tp
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