. History of the Battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415; to which is added the Roll of the men at arms in the English army . everal others received the honour ofknighthood.^ It is said that the French, thinkingthat the stillness which prevailed among theirenemies arose from fear, lighted fires, and plantedstrong guards to prevent their decamping.* Al-though they were abundantly supplied with wag-gons, guns, serpentines, balisters for throwingstones, and all other military stores, it is remarkedthat they had little music to cheer their spirits,and that
. History of the Battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415; to which is added the Roll of the men at arms in the English army . everal others received the honour ofknighthood.^ It is said that the French, thinkingthat the stillness which prevailed among theirenemies arose from fear, lighted fires, and plantedstrong guards to prevent their decamping.* Al-though they were abundantly supplied with wag-gons, guns, serpentines, balisters for throwingstones, and all other military stores, it is remarkedthat they had little music to cheer their spirits,and that during the whole night not one of theirhorses was heard to neigh, which was deemedan unfavorable omen. About the middle of thenight, before the moon set, Henry sent persons toexamine the ground, by whose report he was bet-ter able to draw up his forces on the next day.^ From the contradictory statements on thesubject, it is impossible to make an accurate cal-culation of the amount of the French army; butthe following are the assertions of contemporarywriters: Monstrelet, ed. 1569, p. 227.*> * Chronicler A. « St Remy, p. 90, and Monstrelet. ^ Elmham, p. BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. 109 ENGLISH WRITERS. Chronicler A 60,000 fighting men. Amount Ibid Thirty times as many as the English. French Otterbourne^ 60,000 ^J- Chronicler in the Harleian MS. 565 120,000 fighting men. Ibid, in the Cottonian MS. Cleopatra, C. iv. 60,000 men-at-arms. Hardyng 100,000 fighting men. Records of the City of Salisburyi^ 100,000 fighting men. Sir William Bardolf^ 150,000 or more. Chronicle in St. Peters College, Cam- ?» 100,000 men and up-bridge. ^ ] wards, Walsyngham 140,000 Harleian MS. 782 150,000 men. For Elmham and Titus Livius account, see p. 75. FRENCH WRITERS. Monstrelet.^ 150,000 fighting men. Ibid Six times as many as the English. St. Remy •? o Full 50,000 men. Ibid^ Three times as many as the English. Berry, first Herald to Charles VI.^ 10,000 men-at-arms. Pierre de Fenin says, the Fren
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