* The king of England, who found he could not conquer Calais, but by famirib; ordered a large caftle to be conftru6ied of ftrorig timbers, in order to fhnt up the communication with the fea ; and he direfited it to be built afttf embattled M fuch a manner that it could not be deflroyed. ' He placed s it between thé town and the fern, and fortified it with all forts of warlike inftrumeirts, and garriforied it with forty men at arms and two hundred archers, who guarded the harbour and port of Calais fo elofely, that nothing could come out or go into the town, without being funk or taken. By this meads he more forely aggrieved the Càléfîans, thatf -by any thing he had hitherto done, and fooner brought famine among them. About this time, the king of England was fo aélive among flie Flemings, ( tfith whom, as yotrr htfvejuft heard, the king of France wanted to make a treaty) that they, to the amount of ahuucfred* .thoufand men, marched out of Flanders, and laid flege to the town of Aire* : they burnt all the country round it, m far as St. Venant, Mourrilte la Gorge, Eftelly le Ventre, and a traéi ôf country tfound Loo, and even as fa* as he gates' of St. Omerf apd Teroueirae J. *' A ftrong town in Artois» generality' of Amiens, feàttéën leagues from Calais. v t A ftroiig city in Artois, ta leagues from Calais. Î An ancient tows in Artois, deftroyèd by Charles V. 1553. P4 - The Sift