A.I). 1014.] liATTLK OF BOL'Vl.NES. 301 king was. Count Reginald, when he saw the king who had disinherited him and expelled him from his county, couched his lance against him, and having forced him to the ground, was preparing to slay him with his sword; but one of the soldiers, who had been appointed ;us a body-guard for the king, exposed himself to the blows of the count and was killed in his stead. The French, seeing their king on the ground, rushed impetuously and in great force to his assistance, and re-mounted him on his horse; then the battle raged on both sides, swords glistened like lightning around helmeted heads, and the conflict was most severe on both sides. The before-mentioned counts with the body of troops under their command had become separated from the rest of their fellow soldiers, and their retreat, as well as the advance of the rest of the army to their succour was stopped; and thus their small body not being able to withstand the attacks of sucji numbers of the French, at length gave way, and in this manner the aforesaid counts with the whole of the band which they commanded, were, after showing great bravery, taken and made prisoners. Conclusion of the lutile. Whilst these events were passing round king Philip, the counts of Champagne, Perche, and St. Paul, with many other nobles of the French kingdom, made an attack on the troops above-mentioned to be commanded by Hugh de lîoves, and put that noble to flight, together with all the troops collected from the different provinces ; and in their base (light they were pursued at the sword's point by the French as far as the position of the emperor; therefore, after their flight, all the weight of the battle was in an instant thrown on the latter. The above-named counts then summoned him and endeavoured to slay him or to compel him to surrender ; but he, holding his sword, sharp on one side like a knife, with both hands, dealt such insupportable blows on all sides, that he cither stunned all whom he struck, or levelled riders and horses with the ground. Mis enemies, fearing to come too near him, killed three horses under him with their lances, but by the bravery of his troops, be was each time remounted, and renewed his attacks more fiercely; at h ngtb Ins enemies left him and his followers uneompicred, and he