Note 44 — Chapter V · HENRY OF TRASTAMARA AND ISABELLA OF CASTILE

Let us hope that the atrocities of the English allies—so gently noticed by Froissartd—are exaggerated; yet certain it is that the old Portuguese chroniclers dwelt largely on them: “Nao se cançaõ os nossos chronistas de encarecer as atrocidades que estas tropas auxiliares cometteraõ em todos os terrenos de Portugal por onde andaraõ,” says Lemos.e “King Ferdinand,” says the Chronicon Conimbricensef “had to seize the church plate to satisfy his allies: Mandou o ditto senhor rey tomar os thesouros das igrejas, convem a saber, frontaes, e calices et magestades, para pagar o soldo aos dittos Ingrezos.”