ham fptaks ïîke a valiant ni an and a king's (oA$ and {will that what he fays fhall he belieVed: let me know thofe who may bedefirous of accota* paying the challengers, and we will fend for a proper paflport.' Thirty knights and fquires im-mediately ftepped forth : a herald came to Vanned for the paflport, which was given to him fealed by the earKof Buckingham. ' ; The threet knights " who were to perform tbei}' deeds of arms let out from château Joffelip, atr tended by the'others, and came to Vannés, wfiere they were lodged in the fuburbs, and the Englilji entertained them well. On the morrow, they made preparations for the combat, as it behoved then) to do, and advanced to a handfome ' fp^cé, which was large and even, on the outfide of the town. Afterwards came the earl of Buckingham, the earl pf Stafford, the eàrl of Devonlhirc and other borons, with ..thole who were to engage in this deed of arms : the "lord de Vertain againft fir RcgnauJ de Thouars, lord de Pou fanges; fir John d'Ambrçucourt againft Triftan de la Jàilïe ; Ed-ward Beauchkmp againft the baftard Cïafius de Savoye^ /„ '.• 1 The £rencii took fheir places at one end of the lifts*, and the. Englifh. aj the other. ; Thpfe ' . who • {a tfeè/htftoire^tk la vie de.Louis JII. ;duc de Bpurbo», chap. xliv, pv -i60f five combatants are mentioned ; fir John de Chatelxnorant, fir, Barrois des Barre?, the baftard of Cfairairft (probattty ihe fame as- the baftard of 8a?ey),* the vifcoartf #a«naj and fir Triftan de la Jaille. The Engliih were, fir Walter £66