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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.4
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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.4
page 174
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Wkmmt fiili? find. Miiiiaf in fudk a flmt «f *rms as the eatl of JPeinbrokc or .fir Gidfcard d'Angle lucre in, btfcrt h Rochelle, mutt cheer-illy fubmit » whatever God tr, fortune may pleafe to order. But know, khat in the kfe of tali'day, of krrights or fcpiircs, the king of Eng-land in companion was by far the greiteit fuficitt; for,, in confequenc* of this defeat, àc loft aftfcr* wards all Guicnnc, ' as you will have related in dur Mftory.
*. I was informed That the -Engtifli vefiH which had 6n board 'the money for fir Guifcaid d'Angle to pay the foidiers of Gutennfc wa* loft, and every thing on board with it s fo that it was not of profit to any one. •• . ,
; Ail this day, which the urigl of St. Jokn the Baprii, the enfinng night, :aad the morrow until tiooh, did the Spaniards remain aft anchor before la feocheHe, figuring and rioting with joy.
It happened fortunately that a knight of Poitou, etttel 1tr Jabtt de Savgeres, addrc fifed the perfon who had taken him with lb 'much eloquence that he agreed to£ive hhA his liberty for three husducd francs, which he paid down. He dined in là Rochelle on St% John's 'day 4 and by him It mm known how the aJUîr had i»dedf Iff ho were ilain or made prisoners* • Many oimzens of the town pretended to be mudi concerned at this event, though in their hearts they vejbtoed, for they never mrt well inclined.tow»rds the Engliflu * In .il* afternoon of St. John's day, at high flood,-'lbs- Spaniards, weighqd anchor,, fet their. * * 4 • » . . fails,
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