. The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet : containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries ... Beginning at the year MCCCC., where that of Sir John Froissart finishes, and ending at the year MCCCCLXVII, and continued by others to the year MDXVI . Avho fifth eon of Edward IH. accompanied the king. ^ Thomas Somerset, carl of Dorset, and afterwards ff Michael de la Pole, ear
. The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet : containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries ... Beginning at the year MCCCC., where that of Sir John Froissart finishes, and ending at the year MCCCCLXVII, and continued by others to the year MDXVI . Avho fifth eon of Edward IH. accompanied the king. ^ Thomas Somerset, carl of Dorset, and afterwards ff Michael de la Pole, earl of Suflfolk, killed at duke of Exeter, youngest son of John of Gaunt by Cathe- Azincourt. rine Swineford. Hollingshed commits two errors,—first, JJ Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, a distin- in saying that the marquis of Dorset was made duke of guished warrior, and afterwards regent of France. Exeter, whereas the marquis of Dorset was a distinct §§ A mistake for Gilbert de Umphraville, earl of person from the earl, being the eldest son of John of Kyme. Gaunt by the same venter, and forfeited his title by |||| Molliflac, Q. Molins. THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. 333 Bectoii, de Adsanches, de Briaute*, de Gaucourt, de Ilsle-Adamf, and several other valiantknights and esquires, to the amount aforesaid, who gallantly opposed the English. But theirattempts were vain against so superior a force ; and in their sallies, they had great difficulty. Remains or the Walls of Harfleur, with the Church of St. Martin in the dibtance. From an original drawing. to re-enter the town. They took up the pavement which was between Montivilliers andHarfleur, to make the road as bad as possible, and carried away the stones. Notwithstandingthis, the English scoured the country, made many prisoners, and gained much booty; andplanted their large engines in the most convenient spots for battering the town, which greatlydamaged its walls. The besieged were not slack in their defence, b
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