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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.1

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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.1
page 426



On the morrow, fome Bretons and foldiers, that lay in the town of Ploërmel, iflued forth in hopes of gain : they fell upon the army of lord Charles, and gave them an alert j but they were furrounded by the enemy, lofi many of their men, and the reft who fled were purfued as far as the gates of Ploërmel, which is near to Vannes. When they were returned from this purfuit, they made, that fame day, fo violent an aflault on the town of Vannes, that they took by ftorm the barriers, and one of the gates of the town: there the conflid became more violent, and many were killed on both fides. It ended with the night, when a truce was agreed upon, to laft all the next day. The citizens affembled together to confult if they ihould , furrender or .not ; and, on the morrow, they determined to furrender, in fpite of their governor, who, when he faw this, got fecretly out of the town, during their conferences, and went away to Hennebon* The conference ended in fuch a manner, that the lord Charles and the lords of France entered the city, where they remained five days, and then fef put to befiege another town called Carhaix. ENP OF THE *I&ST VOLUME*


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