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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.2

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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.2
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m % I «f Jed worth, carried on the war an &£b, wherever they could meet with I • Thofe in CJufcooy, Poitou, and Sait French is Englifh, did not oWerve fetter, hut conquered towns and cattle* from eadi ether, by Corse .of intrigue, and ruined and de-coyed the Country day and night. There were frequently gadlaot deeds of arms performed* with alternate fucce&. . ' Poor rogues took advantage of Inch timet, and robbed bttb towos and c»ftle» ; fo thêà feme of them, bteomiog ritfbj eopftituted themfeives eap^ tains of bandit of tfuevea: there were among tira* thofe worth forty thoti&nd crowns, Theèr me*k»d was, to- mark out partie»!** %wp& or cailles, a day or two's journey from each ottier ; they then mh leéted twenty or thirty robbers, and, - travelling through bye roads in the night-time, entered the town or caftle they had fixed on about day-break, and fet one of the houfes on fire. When the inha-bitants perceive* it, they thought it had been a body of forces fent to deftrey them, and took to their hfielq Vf £aft m they could- The tows of p933«9e* wwtf*f#*4 ia tM* raaaper ; and many #b#f fftwift ami c^ftle* were taken* and afterwards TWfeu&u, Among other robbers in' Languedoc» QW fnarked out the firong caftle of Cobouru* I&J^QQ?, which is jUitfted in a very ftrong coup-try* pe fet off iq the nighttime with thirty com-pf^ons, taok and deftroyed it. He feize4 alfo the M .. ! J/ ' i ' ' ^~ ^ * A town of Dauphin^ o% tjiç ftfaône, eieâion of Monter pmart * 1 - • , lord


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