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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.10
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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.10
page 109
tilled H9 n*ore tint day, far he vas .fold he had dpae eaotpgh.
After this, fir Nicholas Clinton, a.young Eng-fijh knight, jeât to touch the target of the lord de Saimpi/ who immediately appeared ready sfsned aqd mounted* The two knights fpnrred their horfes, bearing their fpears in good array: iffcen &£$r, &ey fttuck their opponent's target with fuch, vfoknfie thifcthp. fteel remained faced} mid k is wtmdeiful' m other haimènfued, for they Were both yétfftg of good, courage, and did not fpare tfaemfeke^ They, .neither Mi nor were wounded* but their iafcees were flrivered to pieces* They tften'pafled on,, each to his poft. The fe--coad çourfe vas wieii tiked: they-ftruck each on the helmets, but, as it was on the top, they did • tip damage* and pafled on. At the third courfe with lances, the horfes fwerved, to their forrow ; and, at the fourth,, the lord de Saimpi unhelmed * the Englifh knight, who ietnrned to his?.country- * men* and tilted no more, for they affured Mm he had behaved moft valiantly, and that be muft allow others to have their fhare. . • •
When fir Nicholas Clinton was1 returned from the lifts, a gallant knight of England, nearly re- • lated to the qarl of Huntingdon^ called William Stamart, left his tent, and fent to touch the target of fir Reginald de Roye, who appeared to meet ' him* Each having taken his poft, fhey vigorously fpurred their horfea, and gave fiscb blows on their fttieids, that k was furprifing they were not un-
horfed;
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