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.7 page0074

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.7
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The king replied, f Be affured, I myfelf will do juftice, and punifh the crime more severely than the barons would venture to do ; and never for any brother will I act otherwife.' 4 • • • The earl of Stafford and his relations anfwered, C-Sir, fou have well fpoken, and we thank you/ Thus were the relations of lord Ralph Stafford appeafed. He performed the expedition to Scot-land, as I fhall relate to you ; and, during that whole time; the earl of Stafford feemed to have forgotten the death of his fon, in which conduct all the barons thought he fhewed great wifdom- CHAP. XIV. THE KING OF ENGLAND DESTROYS THE ABBEY OF MELROSE IN SCOTLAND.—THE BARONS OF FRANCE AND SCOTLAND INVADE CUM-BERLAND. THE army of the king of England, which coefifted of feven thoufand men at arms and fixty thoufand archers, kept advancing: none had remained behind, for k had been confidently re-ported through England that fir John de Vienne would give them battle. Indeed, fuch were his intentions, and he had in a manner told this to the barons of Scotland, when he faid,^—* My lords, make your army as confiderable as you can; for, if the Englifh come as far as Scotland, I will offer them combat.' The Scots replied, 'God af-fifl us V but they afterwards changed their mind. The 64