Belt and spur : stories of the knights of the middle ages from the old chronicles . wasof footmen of their noblest and best, showing a forestof lances and shining helmets, and on each side was acompany of horsemen to break the line of our the remainder, the rearguard and the wings, wereon horseback, an innumerable multitude. King Henry having heard mass, set his army inorder, making but one line of battle, his vanguard,under the Duke of York, forming the right wing, andthe rearguard, under the Lord de Camoys, the left,with a body of archers between them, the stakesbeing fixed in th
Belt and spur : stories of the knights of the middle ages from the old chronicles . wasof footmen of their noblest and best, showing a forestof lances and shining helmets, and on each side was acompany of horsemen to break the line of our the remainder, the rearguard and the wings, wereon horseback, an innumerable multitude. King Henry having heard mass, set his army inorder, making but one line of battle, his vanguard,under the Duke of York, forming the right wing, andthe rearguard, under the Lord de Camoys, the left,with a body of archers between them, the stakesbeing fixed in the ground to defend them from thehorsemen. But when the King saw that the French delayedto attack, and that the two armies had been face toface for many hours, he prepared to advance. Andhe gave command to carry the baggage to the rear,where were the priests praying earnestly for the Kingand his men. But as soon as the battle began theFrench plunderers fell upon them and carried awaythe sword and crown and many other precious things. Then the King, crying to Heaven for aid, moved. SAYING MASS KiyC HEXR V V. IN FRANCE. towards the enemy, and I, sitting- on horseback withthe other priests in the rear, remembering- what theChurch at that time was reading, said in my heart,* Remember us, O Lord ! Our enemies are gatheredtogether, glorying in their might. Shatter theirstrength and disperse them, that they may know thatthere is none other that fighteth for us, but onlyThou, O God. And the two armies meeting, the French horse-men began to assail our archers ; but by the rain ofarrows they were compelled to give way, and fled tothe rear. And the enemys cross-bowmen, who werebehind the armed men after the first hasty discharge,in which they wounded very few, also gave way andretreated. Then the French nobles, who \\erc ad-vancing in one body, either from fear of the arrows orhoping thus to prosper better, divided themselvesinto three bodies, and attacked in the three placeswhere the stan
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