. The life and times of Bertrand Du Guesclin [electronic resource]: a history of the fourteenth century. nstable hadno other cause for anger, said :— Friend Bertrand, every loyal subject has great reason tosustain his lord ; and no brave man would dissuade you fromsuch counsel. Now I desire you to know, that the same oaththat you have taken I take : and I vow to God that I willneither eat nor drink while a single Frenchman is alive whohas been taken with the English in St. Severe. The constable thanked the Duke de Berry for seconding Chap. 14.] Bertrand dn Guesdin. 177 his design so warmly; an
. The life and times of Bertrand Du Guesclin [electronic resource]: a history of the fourteenth century. nstable hadno other cause for anger, said :— Friend Bertrand, every loyal subject has great reason tosustain his lord ; and no brave man would dissuade you fromsuch counsel. Now I desire you to know, that the same oaththat you have taken I take : and I vow to God that I willneither eat nor drink while a single Frenchman is alive whohas been taken with the English in St. Severe. The constable thanked the Duke de Berry for seconding Chap. 14.] Bertrand dn Guesdin. 177 his design so warmly; and he ordered all the French pri-soners to be brought out and hanged, by the servants of thearmy, on the trees nearest to the town. The English prisonersof any note were discharged on arranging the amounts oftheir ransoms, while the constable permitted a number ofsmall householders to go away without charge. The Dukede Berry then took possession of the town, which he fur-nished with a sufficient garrison of men-at-arms.* * Chronique (Anonyme) de Du Guesdin, ch. cxlvii. ; Cuvelier, ,405, 20, VOL. II. CHAPTER XV. Voluntary surrender of the city of Poitiers to the French. Capture andimprisonment of the Captal de Buch. Important conquests of theFrench in Poitou, Saintonge, and Angoumois. Surrender of Rochelle.
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