four courtes very ftiffiy, and kept their feats well. It was then the cuftom, I believe, to lace on the helmets with a flight thong, that they might not make too great refiftance to the blow of the lance. At the fifth courfe, John des Barres ftruck his opponent fo violent a blow on the fhield, that he knocked him over the crupper of his horfe to the ground. Sir Thomas was ftupified by the fall, and it was with much difficulty he could be raifed : however, he recovered well enough to perform his other courfes with the different arms, to the fatisfaction of the king and his lords. chap. xxrx. PEE10T m HEABNOIS TAKES THE FIELD BY COM-HAND OF THE EARL OF ARUNDEL, WHO LANDS HIS FORCES AT MARANS*, NEAR LA ROCHELLE. 1HAVE been fome timefilent refpecting the ex-pedition that was at fea under the command of the earl of Arundel: it is now neceffary I fhould fpeak of it. You have before heard the caufe of its being fent from England, and the treaties that were made between the king and the duke of Brit-tany. This fleet had remained the whole feafon on • Mirais, a town in Aunii, four leagues from la Rochelle. the ~ l§f