de Rohan, the'biihop of Léon, fir Hervé de Léon his nephew, and the others, returned to the army of the lord Charles, which was lying before Aurai. They found there a great many lords and knights newly arrived from France ; fuch as fir Lewis of PoiQiers, count de Valence, the count d'Auxerre, the count de Porcien, the count de Joigny, the count de Boulogne, and matiy others, whom king Philip had fent to their affiftapce : fome had come as volunteers, to fee the lord Charles, and to ferve under him. The ftrong caftle of Aurai was not yet won ; but there was fo fevere a famine in it, that for the laft feven days they had eaten nothing but horfe fleih. Lord Charles would grant them no other conditions, than that they ihould furrender themfelves for him to do with them as he thought proper. Wlïenthey few, therefore, that they could not expeft any thing but.death, they iffued out, by God's will, filently in the night, and paffed through one of the wings of the enemy?* army. Some few were perceived, and killed : but fir Henry de Spinefort and his brother Oliver faved themfelves; they efcaped4through a little wood hard by, and came to the countefs in, Jïennebon. Thus the lord Charles conquered the caftle of Aurai, after having lain more than ten weeks before it. He had it put in good repair, well fupplied with men at arms, and all forts of provifions : he then fet out with his army to befiege the town of Vannés, which was commanded by fir Geoffry de Maleftroit, and encamped all round it.