inerties are ëncarripsd very near Us, an!-yet ndrie of our men think of beating up their quarters. I therefore entreat you will give me permiflion to make an excurfion towards them to-morrow morn-ing, with a detached body of the army, who are well inclined i Ï promife you to advance fo far that We will bring you back certain news of them, and what they are about/ King Henry, obferving the eagernefs of his brother, wifhed not to baulk him, and gave him his cdnfent direftly. At this fyme hour, fir Bertrand du Guefclin, With upwards of four thoufand fighting men, arrived at the army, from France and Arragon. The king Was much rejoiced at this : he received them in the moft honorable and gracious manner, as was be-coming him to do. Don Tello was anxious not to let his plan fleep^ but immediately mentioned it to feveral of his friends who he knew would join him. He would have done the fame to fir Bertrand du Guefclin, fir Arnold d'Andreghen, the bègue de Villaihes and the Vifcount de Roquebertin, if he had dared j but, as they were juft arrived, he did not : befides, king Heiiry had forbidden him to fpeak to them on this fubjedt Don Tello, therefore, left them alone. Neverthelefs he had with him foihe French and Arragonian knights, who had been with the army the whole feaifon : he had exerted himfelf fo much that, in the whole, he had coîle&ed a body of more than fix thoufand horfemen, well mounted and accoutred. His brother, don Sancho, accom-panied him. V0L.11L At