' it ttmft be thofe Englilh1 and Navarrois thieves tliat are advancing, to take us by fcalado : let us immediately found the alarm; and awaken our fel-low-citizens/ Some of them went to the monas-tery, to fee what it might be. They could not, however, make fuch fpeed but that fir Peter and his army were in the court-yard ; for the walls in that part were not four feet high ; and they imme-diately ruihed through the gate of the monaftery into the ftreet, which was large and wide. • • JkThe citizen* were exceedingly' alarmed, becaufe there were cries froih all parts of, € Treafoh, trea-fdn ! Tokrtns, to arms !' They armed themfelves in Bade, andi^cblle&ing in a body to be the ftrbnger,* advanced1 to meet their enemies, who overthrew and killed the foremoft of them. ' ; It happened Very unfortunately for Chalons, that Peter de Chalons,'who had been governor of the city upwards of a year, with a hundred lances under his command/had lately left it, on account of hot being able to get paid according to his wifhes. , ' The commonalty of the city were numerous, and fet themfelves in earneft to make a * good defence. It was high time ; but they fullered much, and the Navarrois conquered all the lower town, as far as the bridges over the Marne. Beyond the bridges, the citizens collected them-felves, and defended the firft bridge, which was of great fervice to them. , The fkirmilh'was there very lharp :• the Navarrois attacked and fought well. Some of the Englilh archers advanced, and, paffing over 440