tacking the enemy. . At laft, thofe of Bourdeilleé were entirely defeated : all were killed or made pri-foners, for not one of them efcaped. Thofe of the Englifh who had been taken were refcued. Sir John Montague made the two governors, Ernaudon and Bernardin de Batefol, his prifoners. During the time of this fkirmifh, the earls of Cambridge and of Pembroke had advanced to the barriers and gate, which having gained, they enter-ed the town, the earl of Cambridge's banner dis-played before them. Thus did the Englifh * con-quer Bourdeilles. They made the , inhabitants fwear fealty and •allegiance to the prince. The chiefs ordered the lord de Mucident to remain there as governor, and gave him fixty archers, in addi-tion to his own people. They then broke up their encampment, having determined to march to An-goulême, to know from the prince what he wifhed them next to do. Thus ended the fiege of Bourdeilles ; and thef lords with their companies fet out on their return 4 We will now fpeak of thofe knights of England and Gafcony, who were making inroads in Quercy, and of Chandos the herald, and the news he brought from the prince of Wales. 446 CHAP.