Lingard's History of England, newly abridged and brought down to the accession of King George v . ch mercenaries under the famousBertrand du Guesclin. Pedro was driven out of Castile, andtaking refuge in Bordeaux enlisted the help of Edward the BlackWar in Prince, who, raising an army of English and Gascons, Castile. crossed the Pyrenees, with the intention of restoring Battle of Pedro to his kingdom. At Navarette he routed theN^^rette, Castilians and their French allies, and took Bertrand^^^ du Guesclin prisoner. But Pedro then refused to repay the money spent by Edward in raising his army, w
Lingard's History of England, newly abridged and brought down to the accession of King George v . ch mercenaries under the famousBertrand du Guesclin. Pedro was driven out of Castile, andtaking refuge in Bordeaux enlisted the help of Edward the BlackWar in Prince, who, raising an army of English and Gascons, Castile. crossed the Pyrenees, with the intention of restoring Battle of Pedro to his kingdom. At Navarette he routed theN^^rette, Castilians and their French allies, and took Bertrand^^^ du Guesclin prisoner. But Pedro then refused to repay the money spent by Edward in raising his army, whereuponthat prince withdrew in anger to Bordeaux, with an exhausted 1377 THE ENGLISH REINFORCED 201 treasury and a shattered constitution. A dispute broke outbetween young Edward and Charles V. of France in 1369; andall the English possessions in France were annexed by a judicialsentence to the French crown. Conquest followed conquest; andat the end of six years Charles had not only recovered the districtslost by his father, but had also made himself master of far thegreater part of LSotlL *^ The EngHsh king convoked his parliament, inveighed withbitterness against the perfidy of Charles, resumed the title of kingof France, and offered to every adventurer the possession of suchfiefs as he might conquer in that kingdom. Reinforcements weresent to the Black Prince, who lay in the castle of Angouleme, aprey to disease and vexation, till he was roused from inactivity bythe intelligence that the dukes of Anjou and Berri were advancing 202 EDWARD III 1327- from different points to besiege him with their united forces. Hedeclared that his enemies should find him in the field; unable toride, he was carried forth in a litter; his standard was unfurled atCognac; and there was still such a magic in his name, that theFrench princes disbanded their armies, and garrisoned theirconquests. Amongst these was Limoges, which the prince had always distinguished with p
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