History of England . ransom, he marchedback to Bordeaux with horses hardly moveunder their loads of plunder. The next year he sweptinto TouraineandPoitou, but tins time his small armyencountered, near/t/, a great host led by the FrenchKing, John the Good. The battle, which took placeon the 19th Sept., 1356, began by a band of Frenchhorsemen charging up a narrow lane, when the Princesarchers let fly from behind the hedges and down thelane, and at once threw them into confusion. Althoughthis first attack failed, the combat was long andobstinate; but in the end the French were over-
History of England . ransom, he marchedback to Bordeaux with horses hardly moveunder their loads of plunder. The next year he sweptinto TouraineandPoitou, but tins time his small armyencountered, near/t/, a great host led by the FrenchKing, John the Good. The battle, which took placeon the 19th Sept., 1356, began by a band of Frenchhorsemen charging up a narrow lane, when the Princesarchers let fly from behind the hedges and down thelane, and at once threw them into confusion. Althoughthis first attack failed, the combat was long andobstinate; but in the end the French were over-thrown, and their King, fighting gallantly, was takenprisoner. With the courtesy of the time, the Princewaited upon his royal captive at supper the sameevening ; and in the following spiing, when he enteredLondon in triumph, similar respect was paid toJohns superior rank, he being mounted on a splen-didly caparisoned white charger, while his conquerorrode by his side on a black pony. FRANCEA^Trnmr. TREATY of BHETIGNY. Stanford Geog: Ettab., 6S Choral^ (roa*. THE eOUNOARY OFK FRANCE SHOWN THUS CNCUSH POSSESSIONS To face page 109. jilx] PEACE OF BRETIGNY. rj9 5. Peace of Bretigny.—A peace was made atBreiigJiy, May 8, 1360, under which John was toransom himself for three million gold crowns, andEdward gave up his claim to the throne of France,but kept Poitou and Aquitaine, besides Calais andsome other small districts, no longer as a vassal,but as an independent sovereign. 6. The Spanish Expedition.—In 1367, theBlack Prince, who ruled at Bordeaux as Prince ofAquitaine, took the part of Don Pedro or Peter theCruel, the dethroned Kitig of Castile, and won nimback his kingdom by the victory of Navarrete. Butthe thankless Pedro broke his promise of repayingEdwards expenses, and the Prince returned to Bor-deaux with his health ruined, his temper spoiled, andhis treasury drained. Against the advice of some ofhis wisest counsellors, he levied a hearth-tax ; and asthe English were alre
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