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. NEWLY TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITIONS, WITH VARIATIONS AND ADDITIONS FROM MANY CELEBRATED MSS. BY THOMAS JOHNES. vol.3 page0408

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.3
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- f 394 look the command of all the attendants and bagr gage of his fàther-in-law : when coming to the eftate of the lord of Beaujeu, he croffed the river Soane, *nd became fo well acquainted with tie lord of Beaujeu that he condu&ed him and his whole com-pany to Rion in Auvergne, to the duke of Berry : he there offered to become a true Frenchman, pro-vided he were fuffered to return peaceably to his houfe in Britanny, as k had before been fettled ber • £ween him and the lord of Beaujeu, In the mean time, fir Gpifcard, under the dif-guife of a poor chaplain, ill mounted and badly equipped, pafled through France, Burgundy and Auvergne, and with great difficulty entered the principality. On his arrival at Angoulcme, he was heartily received by the prince of Wales. Another knight, whofe name was fir William de gens, who had accompanied him on this embafly to Rome, took refuge in the abbey of Clugny ia Burr gundy, from whence he never ftirred for five years^ and at laft turned Frenchman. We will now return to the Breton who was the bearer of the challenge from Charles king of France to Edward king of England* CHAP.