the reft of his territories in France: incensed at this deceitful conduct of the French King, he threatened to put to death all the hostages who remained in his hands ; but listening on reflection to the dictates of Humanity, he abstained from fuch ungenerous revenge. To fhew his adverfary how much he refented this unexpected breach of the late treaty, he re-affumed the ftyle and dignity of King of France; and laying afide his usual seal, made use of others, whereon were quartered the arms of England and France, and inscribed alternately, EDVARDUS, ANGLIÆ ET FRANCIÆ REX; or FRANCIÆ ET ANGLIÆ REX.

In the mean time the Dukes of Berry and Anjou, affifted by Sir Bertrand du Guefclin, who was on this occafion recalled from Spain, invaded the dominions of the Prince of Wales. In a few weeks fixty towns and fortreffes fubmitted to the obedience of the French King without any refiftance,

fistance, through the treachery of the inhabitants, excited by the clergy, and protected by the forces under the command of the two Dukes. The English with the Prince of Wales were too inconfiderable in number to prevent this defection; but King Edward fending expeditiously a confiderable body of troops to the Prince's aid, under his Son Edmund of Langley, Earl of Cambridge, and his Son-in-law John Haftings, Earl of Pembroke, he was enabled to make fome head against them. Many fkirmishes happened between the contending parties, in which fuccefs fometimes crowned one fide, fometimes the other; but the Prince of Wales being confined by his disorder at Angoulefme, and his troops divided to defend the different fortreffes, the English Commanders chofe not to hazard a general engagement.

The King of France during this time was employed in the northern parts of his kingdom: he spent the beginning of the year

at Harfleur, in equipping a fleet to invade England, with a formidable army under the conduct of his Brother Philip, the Duke of Burgundy; but after all his but after all his preparations he was obliged to lay this expedition afide to repel the English, who were retaliating his intentions upon him. The Duke of Lancaster having landed at Calais with a confiderable body of troops, made fuch inroads into France, and committed fuch depredations, that the French King ordered his men of war to be laid up, and directed his Brother to lead his forces towards Picardy, to ftop the progrefs of the English arms: he accordingly encamped opposite them near St. Omers, and though he was greatly fuperior in numbers, yet he refused to give them battle; for the King his Brother remembering that in former actions fuperiority had not availed, he prudently commanded the Duke to avoid a decifive engagement. The English Prince, judging it rafhness to attack the French in their trenches against fuch odds, drew up his army in order of battle

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battle for feveral days, and contented himfelf with thus fetting them at defiance.

The armies in the fouthern parts confined themselves to fieges, taking and retaking towns and caftles from each other; and in this manner they were employed for feveral campaigns, during which nothing more than the ufual occurrences happened, except the lofs of two gallant Knights, which befel the Prince of Wales about this time.

The Lord James Audeley, who had behaved with fo much bravery at the battle of Poitiers, and on many other occations, being bereaved by ficknefs of his Son Sir James Audeley, a hopeful young Gentleman; he defired leave of the Prince to retire to England. The Prince confented, but with great reluctance; for though his Lordship's eminent fervices demanded his indulgence, he could not fuffer fo uitful and beloved

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Lord John Chandos, who equalled Lord Audeley in merit, being appointed Senefchal of Poictou on the refignation of that Nobleman, he took every opportunity of annoying the French. Returning one day from an expedition against them, flightly attended, he fell in unexpectedly with a party of the enemy, and a fharp encounter enfued: it was early in the morning, and the ground happening to be flippery from a hoar froft, Lord Chandos ftriking violently at one of his adverfaries with a maffy battle-axe, flid and fell down; before he could rife, a rapier was thruft through the fight of his vifor, and entered his face just below his eye; the blow was given by fo ftrong an arm that it penetrated his head, and his Lordfhip, after a few ftruggles, thewed no fymptons of life. Sir Edward Clifford who was near at hand haftened to his aid; but though he arrived too late,

yet