The boy's FroissartBOOK III.[31]Reading editionChapter navigation131 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE BOY’S FROISSART BEING SIR JOHN FROISSART’S CHRONICLESINTRODUCTION.BOOK I.[2]Chapter I · The Occasion of the Wars between the Kings of France and England.Chapter II · How Earl Thomas of Lancaster, and Twenty-two of the greatest Nobles in England, were beheaded.Chapter III · The Queen of England goes to complain of Sir Hugh Spencer to her Brother, the King of France.Chapter IV · Sir Hugh Spencer causes the Queen Isabella to be sent out of France.Chapter V · The Queen Isabella leaves France, and goes to Germany.Chapter VI · Queen Isabella arrives in England with Sir John de Hainault.Chapter VII · The Queen of England besieges her Husband in the City of Bristol.Chapter VIIIChapter IX · The Coronation of King Edward the Third.Chapter X · Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, defies King Edward.Chapter XI · A Dissension between the Archers of England and the Hainaulters.Chapter XII · How the Fight between the Archers and the Hainaulters ended.Chapter XIII · How the King and his Army marched to Durham.Chapter XIV · Of the Manners of the Scots, and how they carry on War.Chapter XV · King Edward’s First Expedition against the Scots.Chapter XVI · King Edward marries the Lady Philippa of Hainault.Chapter XVII · Douglas is killed fighting for the Heart of King Robert.Chapter XVIII · Philip of Valois crowned King of France.Chapter XIXChapter XX · King Edward and his Allies send Challenges to the King of France.Chapter XXI · King Edward creates Sir Henry of Flanders a Knight, and afterwards marches into Picardy.Chapter XXII · The Two Kings retire from Vironfosse without giving Battle.Chapter XXIII · The Sea-Fight between the King of England and the French, Before Sluys.Chapter XXIV · The King of England besieges the City of Tournay with a Powerful Army.Chapter XXV · The Scots recover Great Part of their Country during the Siege of Tournay.Chapter XXVI · Sir William de Bailleul and Sir Vauflart de la Croix make an Excursion to Pont-à-Tressin.Chapter XXVII · The Earl of Hainault attacks the Fortress of Mortagne in Various Manners.Chapter XXVIII · The Earl of Hainault takes the Town of St. Amand during the Siege of Tournay.Chapter XXIX · Sir Charles de Montmorency, and many others of the French, captured at Pont-à-Tressin.Chapter XXX · The Siege of Tournay raised by Means of a Truce.Chapter XXXI · King Edward institutes the Order of St. George, at Windsor.Chapter XXXII · The King of England sets at Liberty Sir Hervé de Léon.Chapter XXXIII · The King of England sends the Earl of Derby to make War in Gascony.Chapter XXXIV · The Earl of Derby conquers Bergerac.Chapter XXXV · The Count de Lisle, Lieutenant for the King of France, in Gascony, lays Siege to the Castle of Auberoche.Chapter XXXVI · The Earl of Derby makes the Count of Lisle and nine more Counts and Viscounts Prisoners before Auberoche.Chapter XXXVII · The Earl of Derby takes Different Towns in Gascony, in his Road toward La Réole.Chapter XXXVIII · The Earl of Derby lays Siege to La Réole, which surrenders to him.Chapter XXXIX · Sir Walter Manny finds in La Réole the Sepulchre of his Father.Chapter XL · The Earl of Derby conquers the Castle of La Réole.Chapter XLI · The Earl of Derby takes Castel Moron, and afterwards Villefranche, in Perigord.Chapter XLII · Jacob von Artaveld is murdered at Ghent.Chapter XLIII · Sir John of Hainault quits the Alliance of England for that of France.Chapter XLIV · The Duke of Normandy marches with a great Army into Gascony, against the Earl of Derby.Chapter XLV · Sir John Norwich escapes from Angoulême, when that Town surrenders to the French.Chapter XLVI · The Duke of Normandy lays Siege to Aiguillon with a hundred thousand Men.Chapter XLVII · The King of England marches into Normandy with his Army in three Battalions.Chapter XLVIII · The King of France collects a large Force to oppose the King of England.Chapter XLIX · The Battle of Caen.—The English take the Town.Chapter LChapter LI · The King of France pursues the King of England, in the Country of Beauvais.Chapter LII · The Battle of Blanchetaque, between the King of England and Sir Godémar du Fay.Chapter LIII · The Order of Battle of the English at Crecy, who were drawn up in three Battalions on Foot.Chapter LIV · The Order of the French Army at Crecy.Chapter LV · The Battle of Crecy, between the Kings of France and of England.Chapter LVI · The English on the Morrow again defeat the French.Chapter LVII · The English number the Dead slain at the Battle of Crecy.Chapter LVIII · The King of England lays Siege to Calais.—The Poorer Sort of the Inhabitants are sent out of it.Chapter LIX · The Duke of Normandy raises the Siege of Aiguillon.Chapter LX · Sir Walter Manny, by Means of a Passport, rides through France from Aiguillon to Calais.Chapter LXI · The King of Scotland, during the Siege of Calais, invades England.Chapter LXII · The Battle of Neville’s Cross.Chapter LXIII · John Copeland takes the King of Scotland Prisoner, and receives great Advantages From it.Chapter LXIVChapter LXV · The King of England prevents the Approach of the French Army to raise the Siege of Calais, and the Town surrenders.Chapter LXVI · The King of England re-peoples Calais.Chapter LXVII · A Robber of the Name of Bacon does much Mischief in Languedoc, and a Page of the Name of Croquart turns Robber.Chapter LXVIII · Sir Aymery de Pavie plots with Sir Geoffry de Chargny to sell the Town of Calais.Chapter LXIXChapter LXX · The King of England presents a Chaplet of Pearls to Sir Eustace de Ribeaumont.Chapter LXXI · The Sea-Fight off Sluys. (From the Manuscript in the Hafod Library.)Chapter LXXII · The Death of KIng Philip, and Coronation of his Son King John.Chapter LXXIIIChapter LXXIV · The Prince of Wales takes the Castle of Romorantin.Chapter LXXV · The King of France leads a great Army to the Battle of Poitiers.Chapter LXXVI · The Disposition of the French before the Battle of Poitiers.Chapter LXXVIIChapter LXXVIIIChapter LXXIX · Two Frenchmen, running away from the Battle of Poitiers, are pursued by two Englishmen, who are themselves made Prisoners.Chapter LXXX · The Manner in which King John was taken Prisoner at the Battle of Poitiers.Chapter LXXXI · The Prince of Wales makes a Handsome Present to the Lord James Audley, after the Battle of Poitiers.Chapter LXXXII · The Prince of Wales entertains the King of France at Supper, the Evening after the Battle.Chapter LXXXIII · The Prince of Wales returns to Bordeaux, after the Battle of Poitiers.Chapter LXXXIV · The Prince of Wales conducts the King of France from Bordeaux to England.Chapter LXXXV · The Archpriest assembles a Company of Men at Arms.—He is much honored at Avignon.Chapter LXXXVI · A Welshman, of the Name of Ruffin, commands a Troop of the free Companies.Chapter LXXXVII · The Provost of the Merchants of Paris kills three Knights in the Apartment of the Prince.Chapter LXXXVIII · The Commencement of the infamous Jacquerie of Beauvoisis.Chapter LXXXIX · The Battle of Meaux in Brie, where the Villains are discomfited by the Earl of Foix and the Captal of Buch.BOOK II.[29]Chapter I · Coronation of King Charles of France.Chapter II · A Combat between an English and a French Squire.Chapter III · The Populace of England rebel against the Nobility.Chapter IVChapter VChapter VI · The Earl of Flanders again lays Siege to Ghent.Chapter VII · The Earl of Flanders sends a Harsh Answer to those who wished to mediate a Peace between him and Ghent.Chapter VIIIChapter IXChapter X · Bruges is taken by the Ghent Army.—The Earl of Flanders saves himself in the House of a poor Woman.Chapter XI · The Earl of Flanders quits Bruges, and returns to Lille, whither some of his People had already retreated.Chapter XIIChapter XIII · Charles the Sixth, King of France, from a Dream, chooses a flying Hart for his Device.Chapter XIVChapter XVChapter XVI · The Order of the French Army in its March to Flanders, after they had heard the Bridges were broken and guarded.Chapter XVIIChapter XVIII · A Small Body of French, having crossed the Lis, draw up in Battle-Array before the Flemings.Chapter XIXChapter XXChapter XXIChapter XXIIChapter XXIIIChapter XXIVBOOK III.[31]Chapter I · Froissart sets out on Journey to Béarn, to seek Admission to the Household of the Count de Foix.Chapter IIChapter IIIChapter IV · Sir John Froissart arrives at Orthès.—An old Squire relates to him the cruel Death of the only Son of the Count of Foix.BOOK IV.[34]Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VI · The Siege of Africa is raised.—The Cause of it.—The Knights and Squires return to their own Countries.Chapter VII · [36] Death and Burial of King Richard II.Previous chapter ←Book 2 — Chapter XXIVNext chapter →Book 3 — Chapter I · Froissart sets out on Journey to Béarn, to seek Admission to the Household of the Count de Foix.All chapters and sections (131)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE BOY’S FROISSART BEING SIR JOHN FROISSART’S CHRONICLESINTRODUCTION.Books1Book 1 · Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980818283848586878889Books2Book 2 · Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324Books3Book 3 · Chapters1234Books4Book 4 · Chapters1234567BOOK III.[31]Notes in this chapterNote 1 · I devote my selections from this book mainly to showing the manner in which the good canon Froissart picked up matter for his Chronicles fro← CHAPTER XXIV.CHAPTER I. 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