. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings .... trong, under King Philip VL, and the English,40,000 strong, under King Edward IIL TheFrench were routed with a loss of 30,000 men. Inthis battle Edward, Prince of Wales, the BlackPrince, then sixteen years of age, won his spurs,slaying with his own hand, it is said, the bliudKing of Bohemia, and afterward assuming hiscrest of three ostrich-feathers, with the motto Ichdien, I serve, which has eve
. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings .... trong, under King Philip VL, and the English,40,000 strong, under King Edward IIL TheFrench were routed with a loss of 30,000 men. Inthis battle Edward, Prince of Wales, the BlackPrince, then sixteen years of age, won his spurs,slaying with his own hand, it is said, the bliudKing of Bohemia, and afterward assuming hiscrest of three ostrich-feathers, with the motto Ichdien, I serve, which has ever since been borneby the successive English Princes of Wales. THE BATTLE OF CRECY. When the French king saw the Englishmen his bloodchanged, and he said to his marshals, Make the Gen-oese go on before, and begin the battle in the name ofGod and St. Denis. There were of the Genoese cross-bows about 15,000, but they were so weary of goingafoot that day, a six leagues, armed with their cross-bows, that they said to their constables, We be notwell ordered to fight this day, for we be not in the caseto do any great deed of arms ; we have more need ofrest. These words came to the Earl of Alenpon, who. THB BATTLB Ott tv A. de NenvUltt. LORD BERXERS 203 said, A man is well at ease to be charged with sucTi aset of rascals—to be faint and fail now at most need. Also the same season there fell a great rain and aneclipse, with a terrible thunder ; and before the rain,there came flying over the battles a great number ofcrows, for fear of the tempest coming. Then anon theair began to wax clear, and the sun to shine fair andbright, the which was right in the Frenchmens eyes,and on the Englishmens backs. When the Genoesewere assembled together, and began to approach, theymade a great leap and cry to abash the Englishmen ;but they stood still and stirred not for all that. Thenthe Genoese again the second time stepped forward alittle ; and the Englishmen removed not one
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