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.

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W. Smith, 1839
 

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The two citizens fix on a day to assemble their
60
Peter du Bois after the conclusion of the peace
66
The count de Foix at the entreaty of the prin
73
Froissart continues his journey with the knight
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The king of Portugal issues his orders for
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The king of Castille after his defeat at Aljuba
124
The castle of Convalle is stormed by the French
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CHAP
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The reasons why the Portuguese prefer the Grand
147
The king and the nobles of France and Hainault
154
The ambassadors from Portugal return with satis
165
The duke of Lancaster after remaining before
171
The French put themselves to useless expense
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The duke of Lancaster has an interview with
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The king of France goes to Lille with the intent
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Those companions who had conquered Duren
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France makes preparations to assist king John
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The lady Philippa of Lancaster is married
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The king of Portugal promises to enter Castille
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The constable of France with several others
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The lord de Beaumanoir is set at liberty by
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The king of Portugal being repulsed in his
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While the council on the state of the nation
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The duke of Ireland sends three knights
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Sir Walter de Passac and sir William de Lignac
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The duke of Bourbon on leaving Avignon con
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A digression on the quarrel between the houses
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A continuation of the history of the quarrel
309
The duke of Burgundy sends four hundred spears
315
The council of France disagree as to the kings
332
The dukes of Berry and Burgundy leave Paris
343
The Rochellers skirmish with the English near
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Seite 368 - I do not mean to say the English did not acquit themselves well; for they would sooner be slain or made prisoners in battle than reproached with flight. As I before mentioned, the two banners of Douglas and Percy met, and the men-at-arms under each exerted themselves by every means to gain the victory; but the English, at this attack, were so much the stronger, that the Scots were driven back.
Seite 371 - thanks to God, there are but few of my ancestors who have died in chambers or in their beds. I bid you, therefore, revenge my death, for I have but little hope of living, as my heart becomes every minute more faint. Do you, Walter and Sir John...
Seite 367 - English had made the first attack upon the servants' quarters, which checked them some little. The Scots, expecting the English, had prepared accordingly ; for, while the lords were arming themselves, they ordered a body of the infantry to join their servants and keep up the skirmish. As their men were armed, they formed themselves under the pennons of the three principal barons, who each had his particular appointment. In the...
Seite 95 - He/ loved earnestly the things he ought to love, and hated those* which it was becoming him so to hate. He was a prudent knight, full of enterprise and wisdom. He had never any men of abandoned character with him, reigned prudently, and was constant in his devotions. There were regular nocturnals from the Psalter, prayers from the rituals to the Virgin, to the Holy Ghost, and from the burial service. He had every day distributed as alms, at his gate, five florins in small coin, to all comers.
Seite 98 - ... they had suffered the torture: and the reason he gave was, that it was impossible but they must have been acquainted with the secrets of his son, and they ought to have informed him by saying, 'My lord, Gaston wears constantly on his breast a bag of such and such a form.
Seite 368 - I readily believed, for the English and Scots are excellent men-at-arms, and whenever they meet in battle, they do not spare each other; nor is there any check to their courage so long as their weapons endure.
Seite 368 - I, the author of this history, travelled all through Scotland, and was full fifteen days resident with William earl of Douglas, father of earl James, of whom we are now speaking, at his castle of Dalkeith, five miles distant from Edinburgh. Earl James was then very young, but a promising youth, and he had a sister called Blanche. I had my information, therefore, from both parties, who agree that it was the hardest and most obstinate battle that was ever fought.
Seite 552 - This terrible accident happened about twelve o'clock at night, in the ball-room of the hotel de St. Pol, and it was a most melancholy spectacle — of the four that were on fire, two died on the spot ; the other two, the bastard of Foix and the Count de Joigny, were carried to their hotels, and died two days afterwards in great agonies. This...
Seite 369 - Of all the battles that have been described in this history, great and small, this of which I am now speaking was the best fought and the most severe...
Seite 365 - The Earl of Douglas had a long conflict with Sir Henry Percy ; and in it, by gallantry of arms, won his pennon, to the great vexation of Sir Henry and the other English. The Earl of Douglas...

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