ÇHAP. CLX. fttË BATTLE OF FOITIERS, BETWEEN THE PRÎMCfijf OF WALES AND THE KINO OF FRANCE. *y^HEN the prince of Wales ftw from the de* par tare of the cardinal without being able to obtain any honourable terms, that ft battle was in* evitable, and thai the king of Prance held both hint tod his army in great cratempt, he thus addrefled àimfelf to them : f Now, my gallant fellows, what though we be a fmall body, when compared to tha army of our enemies; do not let us be eafi down #D that account, for victory does not always follow numbers, but where the Almighty Qov pleafes to befidw il I£ through good fortune, the day fhall he ours, we will gain the greateft honor and glerif m this world : if the contrary fhould happen, and *re be flaiit, I have a father and beloved brethren ' alive, and you all have * fbme relations, or good friends, who will be fure to revenge our deaths* I therefore intreat of you to exert yourfelves, md combtt manfully ; for, if it pleafe God and St* George, you fhalt fee me this day aft like a Itm bright/ . By fuch words and arguments as thefe, theprioce harangued his men} as did the mar&als, by his or-derp ; fo that they were all in high fpirita. Sir JohnCbafidos placed himfelf near the prince* to guard and advife him ; and never, during that day, would he* oa any account, quit his poiL : -The S 31$