Sir Olivier du Guesclin made prisoner by John Coq and the garrison of Cherbourg. He was ransomed for 10,000 Francs. Woodcut after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's 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, George Routledge, London, 1868.

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