. The life and times of Bertrand Du Guesclin [electronic resource]: a history of the fourteenth century. orses ; and, after various fortunes,he reached Bergerac in safety. From Bergerac he marchedto Bordeaux, where the opportune arrival of a cargo of saltfrom the port of Guerande, in Brittany, which he claimedas his own, enabled him to discharge his debts, and keepup his state during the winter. Here also the Duke ofLancaster arrived about Christmas, with the broken remainsof his army.* During this year the constable, Bertrand du Guesclin, * Guil. de St. Andre, vv. 2025, 2379. 240 Life and Tim
. The life and times of Bertrand Du Guesclin [electronic resource]: a history of the fourteenth century. orses ; and, after various fortunes,he reached Bergerac in safety. From Bergerac he marchedto Bordeaux, where the opportune arrival of a cargo of saltfrom the port of Guerande, in Brittany, which he claimedas his own, enabled him to discharge his debts, and keepup his state during the winter. Here also the Duke ofLancaster arrived about Christmas, with the broken remainsof his army.* During this year the constable, Bertrand du Guesclin, * Guil. de St. Andre, vv. 2025, 2379. 240 Life and Times of Bertrand du Guesclin. [Chap. 19. married, in second nuptials, Jeanne de Laval, the onlydaughter of Jean de Laval, Lord de Chatillon, and Isabellade Tinteniac.* # Morice, Hist, de Bretagne, torn. i. p. 374, and Du Chastelet, Hist,de Bertrand du Guesclin, p. 250. In an extract from the account of JeanFlamant, treasurer of the king, dated the 3rd of May, 1380, the constabletakes the titles of Count de Longueville, Sire de Tinteniac, and Constableof France.—Actes de Bretagne, torn. ii. col.
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