Ile bid of Milan Mowed the advice (hat had ** been' given him, ' aitd, without delay, fait thither s body of knights arid men at arms tint were in Ids pay. . On being muttered, they amounted to • five hundred. tances^ and an ancient knight, who had bag' been ufèd to arms, called fir Jame* de la Berate, was appointed their commander. They iode through bye ways until they arrived at. Alex-andria in the evening, and entered it, when their enemies had retired fatigued to their quarters, from fltirmiihiog at the barriers, for they could not re* mam idle. . The citizens were rejoiced at the ar-rival of fir James de la Berroe and Ms compa-nions, and not without caufe; for the count d*Ar. angnae, not having feed any men at ara» (taring the three days he lay before it, concluded none mere M the town, and had kept'up a CMFMVAL a&ult at the barriers ; but, finall as the- defence was, k had done fo well, that the Armagnacs had not gained any advantage. Sir James de la Benne, en entering the town, mired with Ms men to the lodgings which had . been aligned them, and having taken fome *e-freihment, they were waited on by the principal inhabitants, to congratulate them en their awivafc: He inquired into the ftate of the town, and the numbers and fituation of the enemy, im onier that he might aâ accordingly. The moft intelligent replied, c that from the moment the count d*Ar-magnac had come, there had never been any cet fation of fkirmifiies and attacks on the barriers;' f Well/ replied the knight, ( to-morrow, if M plçafe 970