The boy's FroissartBOOK IV.[34]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 3 — Chapter 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.Next chapter →Book 4 — Chapter IAll 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 IV.[34]Notes in this chapterNote 1 · For the sake of further variety I extract from Froissart’s fourth volume a lively picture of a crusade against the Saracens. 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