Et le grant sieur de Cra

one Et des autres moult grant fuysone . There they were quartered A great part of the winter; Most noble was the Castellan, For many a sally and many an attack They made against the castle; For there was only a small meadow Between it and the town: There was the count de Lylle And the count de Perigord, Why should I say more? How the Prince reassembled his forces and marched upon Saintonge and other parts of Gascony, and took certain forts and lords before the battle of Poitiers, and how the had reached the king of France. The Prince then took up his quarters In Gascony, and remained there For the space of eight months or more, Very great were his virtues; But when the summer came He reassembled his forces, And made a march Upon Saintonge, I assure you, In Perigord aMichael Kors nd Quercy, And came to Romorantin; There he took the tower by assault And made prisoner monsieur Boucicault And the great lord of Craon, And very many others, Plus de cc. en yot pris Tout3 gent3 dannes de grant pris Quinsje jour deuant le bataille De Paitiers sache3 tout san3 faille Apres chiuacha en Barri Et parmy Gascoigne auxi Et jesqes a Tours en Tourayn Adonqes cest bien chose certeyn Les nouels au roy Johan Vindrent dont moult fist grant a han Et dist qe poy se priseroit Si grant vengeans nenprendoit. Coment le roy de Fraunce fist assembler sa grant puissanMichael Kors Outlet ce et Charteres encontre le Prince et son poair et luy Prince ad pris son chemyn vers Paitiers et coment il prist deux countes et plusours autres furent pris et mort3. Lors fist amsembler sa puissance De tout le roy alme de France Ny demora ne due ne counte Ne baron dont homme fecist counte Qe tout ne fesoit amasser Et ensi come jay oy counter Fuist fait a Chartres lassemblee Noble gent yauoit amassee Car ensi qe homme count lestille Il en auoit plus de x. mille De Chartres se sont departy Et chiuachirent sans nulle si More than two hundred were there taken, All fighting men and valiant, Five days before the battle Of Poitiers, rest assured I speak truly: Afterwards he rode in Berry, And also in Gascony, As far as Tours in Touraine; Then it is certain that The news reached king John, Who was greatly moved And said, that he should lightly esteem himself, If he took not great vengeance. How the king of France assembled his great power at Chartres against the Prince and his forces, and the Prince had taken his route towards Poitiers, and how he took prisoners two counts, and many others were taken and slain. ^ I i hen the French king gathered his forces X From all the realm of France: There demurred not duke nor count, Nor Baron of any note, But every one came, And so, as I have heard, The gathering was made at Chartres. And a noble assemblage was there, For according to the numbering, There were more than ten thousand, That departed from Chartres And marched at once Tout ensi par deuers Toures Mout parfu noble lour atours Lui Prince en oy nouels Queux lui semblerent bones et beles Deuers Paitiers prist son chemin Moult oue lui menoit grant train Car moult eurent fait damage En France par lour grant baronage Et sache3 qe le samdy Le noble counte de Joygny Ouesqe le counte Dantoire Pist le Prince cest chose voire Et combaterent vaillantent Les Francois a lour logement Mais ils feurent tout3 mort3 en pris Ensement le dit lui escript3 Dount Englois fesoient grant joye Parmy lour hoost si Dieux mauoie Et lui roy Johan chiuacha Tant qe le Prince adeuantcea Et qe lun hoost lautre choisi Et a ce qe je entendi Lun deuant lautre se longerent Et si trespres se herbergerent Quils abnuroient par seint Piere Lour chiuax a vn rivere.