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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.12
page 193
The men of Cirencefter, who were wroth againft them, cut off their heads, and fent them in two pa* mers, as ftth is carried, by a varleton horfeback,to rejoice the king and the Londoners. A fimilarfete befel the earl of Salifbury and lord de Spencer : they were made prisoners by the knights and (quires the king had fent againft them, who had them be-headed, and fent their heads to London* Great numbers of their partifans, and knight* and iquires who had accompanied them* were executed, after which the country remained in peace.
The king of France, his brother* uncles and council, learning that during Eafter of the* year 1400, the Engliih.had fent men at arms aftd ar-chers to Calais, Guifnes, and the neighbouring caftlcs, and were providing thefe places with many ftores, iflued a fummons for all knights and fqwrés ta prepare themfelfes to march whitherfoever they might be ordered, and fpctially provided fot tic frontier of Boulogne and the fea-Jktre.
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