4*7 ' and by this peans.to cqme,up wt£ thepv ..Every f one therefore,, mqppfed.his, hojrjç, as qjuicjt^'a^ poffible, and gallopped on for the fafteft, taljp^Jhe^ road for St. • Quentin wbçre they, arrived as/day appeared, for it was but two Ihort leagues .diftacit/ The conftable and the earl pf St. pQl,were amonjg^' the firft. ' % When the guard; of the town who vyçté fiationed over the firft gate hçard iheibuftle.of tîiçjr.j arrival, they begap to b^ al^jo^ç^, as the^knew^he^ enemy was in the neighbourhood,; but recoïlè&ingj that thp draw-bridge was up, ijijpj v^e^e fom^wHatj re-affured, as that would prevep| them from doing t apy mifchief. They afked, ' who they were tnat were come there at fuch an unufual hour : the con-ftable apfwëred, r We are fuch 'and fuch perfons, an* wilh topifi through' thfe to wn instituait of' the* Navarrois, who ha#é ftèlèn aWatyfro*! Thorigny, apd are flying from w : » w? çoj§maii§ you.therefwr^, iû. the king's namç,. ,if|j5b#tly to opjen fie, gatesr The guard ;rppli0d, tb*t ikp keys yçwç withihe magistrates in, thp. town* % , r: 4t: -, . »r v.. , 1 Two of the;guard went to thofe that had the _ keeping of the keys, who told therp they would po£ eonfept to of ep the .gate* tillAhey bfd coi^fultefL the iphabjtaitfs. By this meaqs; fq^myçt) $ioip wpf \Q$ that it was after %nrrife^ befpre they, had çQufide)rè4 what aaftirer to givq ^ they |hen afcended over .tltf gateway, apd, patting their fyeads out of .the^witi^ dows, thus addrefied the conftable and the earl' f*f It. Pol, wfco wepe waiting Dear lords; bavp the goodnefs to take companion and excufe us this tijpe ; but it is the determination of the commonalty of the Ff3. . '/town,