Annotations
upon
the
seventh
Booke
.
ᵃ
Prince
Edward
,
by
the
common
consent
of
all
,
brought
into
Spaine
an
Army
consisting
of
thirty
thousand
English
,
Gascoignes
,
and
other
strangers
,
being
for
the
number
of
themesteemed
as
expert
souldiers
as
any
in
the
world
.
The
cast
companies
of
English
,
which
had
served
in
so
many
famous
exploits
under
himselfe
and
King
Edward
his
father
,
upon
this
occasion
came
in
to
serve
him
.
King
Henry
of
Castile
had
a
great
Army
,
for
besides
the
French
,
which
served
him
under
the
conduct
of
Bertram
of
Clesquy
,
and
were
in
number
about
foure
thousaad
men
at
Armes
,
besides
many
other
loose
troopes
;
hee
had
of
Spaeniards
,
Saracens
,
and
others
,
above
fourescore
thousand
.
When
it
came
to
Battell
,
Prince
Edward
obtained
a
compleat
victory
:
the
slanghter
,
considering
so
great
a
victory
,
was
not
much
;
for
the
Spaniards
were
too
soone
routed
,
and
did
not
in
their
owne
deare
quarrell
behave
themselves
so
stoutly
as
their
French
auxiliaries
did
.
But
there
were
slaine
of
them
,
besides
five
hundred
Gentlemen
of
quality
,
above
seven
thousand
of
the
common
souldiers
.
Of
the
English
side
were
slaine
(
of
men
of
quality
)
but
foure
Knights
,
two
Gascoignes
,
one
Almaine
,
and
the
fourth
an
English-max
;
and
of
common
souldiers
about
sixteene
hundred
,
as
some
write
;
though
Froissard
saith
,
not
above
forty
:
but
the
other
number
is
more
credible
,
considering
how
fiercely
the
battell
was
fought
,
as
all
agree
.
There
were
taken
Prisoners
to
the
number
of
two
thousand
,
and
among
them
the
Earle
of
Dene
,
Sir
Bertram
of
Clesquy
,
the
Marshall
Dandrehen
,
and
many
other
men
of
name
.
ᵇ
After
this
great
victory
Prince
Edward
at
Burges
seated
the
tyrant
Pedro
in
his
Throne
againe
;
and
for
so
great
a
merit
the
promised
recompenee
is
required
by
the
Prince
,
which
Don
Pedro
could
not
,
or
cared
not
to
provide
,
but
starving
him
with
delayes
,
enforced
him
in
the
end
to
returne
to
Burdeaux
,
without
money
to
pay
his
Army
,
and
which
was
worse
,
without
health
;
which
he
never
after
recovered
.
Some
Hystorians
report
that
hee
was
poysoned
in
Spaine
:
others
say
it
was
a
Dropsie
,
of
which
the
Prince
never
could
bee
after
cured
.
Such
was
the
successe
of
this
unfortunate
action
undertaken
to
right
an
ungratefull
Tyran●
,
who
afterward
notwithstanding
was
againe
dispossessed
,
taken
and
put
to
death
by
his
brother
Henry
.
But
the
affaires
of
England
did
wonderfully
suffer
from
that
time
.
The
Prince
to
pay
his
souldiers
(
who
were
not
able
to
stay
Don
Pedro's
leisure
)
coyned
his
Plate
,
and
when
all
would
not
serve
,
he
fell
upon
a
worse
mis-fortune
(
to
cure
a
present
want
,
with
a
greater
and
more
durable
losse
)
seeking
to
lay
upon
his
subiects
in
Gascoigne
a
new
taxation
,
which
bred
a
most
dangerous
revolt
,
namely
the
imposition
of
Fevage
,
or
Chimney
money
,
which
so
discontented
the
people
,
that
they
exclaime
against
the
government
of
the
English
,
and
appeale
to
the
King
and
Court
of
France
for
redresse
.
The
King
of
Fran●e
at
the
instance
of
divers
great
Lords
,
(
although
by
the
Articles
of
accord
at
Brettigny
hee
were
bound
to
quit
all
homage
for
the
●utchy
of
Aquitaine
,
which
he
might
claime
of
the
English
)
entertaines
their
complaint
,
and
sends
to
the
Prince
of
Wales
at
●urdeaux
,
summoning
him
to
answer
before
him
and
his
Court
at
Paris
concerning
these
matters
.
The
Lords
of
Arminiague
,
D'Albret
,
Peregot
,
Cominges
,
and
many
others
made
their
protestations
against
the
King
of
England
,
for
the
Crowne
of
France
,
alleaging
that
they
were
by
nature
to
obey
that
,
and
not
a
strange
Soveraigne
:
that
it
was
absolutely
against
the
fundamentall
law
of
the
kingdome
to
dissever
them
from
the
Crowne
:
that
the
Contract
was
made
in
prison
,
and
therefore
by
the
right
of
Nations
not
to
obliege
:
therefore
they
utterly
disclaim'd
the
government
of
England
.
By
their
example
the
Cities
of
the
County
of
Ponthieu
,
which
was
King
Edward
his
undoubted
inheritance
,
revolted
all
to
the
French
King
.
King
Edward
complained
of
this
breach
of
Accord
to
the
Pope
and
other
Christian
Princes
,
but
treaties
availed
little
the
English
side
,
when
the
French
hearts
were
weary
of
their
yoake
,
and
resolved
to
returne
to
their
old
obedience
.
From
this
time
,
being
the
42
yeare
of
King
Edward's
reigne
,
the
tide
of
Fortune
was
turned
from
the
English
to
the
French
side
;
Edward
the
Renowned
Prince
of
Wales
was
sicke
of
a
lingring
malady
,
and
not
able
to
endure
the
travell
of
Warre
;
and
old
King
Edward
was
mis-led
in
England
by
evill
servants
,
which
caused
disquiet
in
Parliaments
,
and
many
distempers
in
the
State
at
home
.
All
these
occasions
were
politikely
looked
into
by
Charles
(
surnamed
the
Wise
)
King
of
France
,
who
though
,
forewarned
by
his
father
and
Grandfathers
mis-fortunes
,
he
never
would
venture
any
pitch'd
battels
against
the
English
(
for
there
were
divers
Armies
sent
over
from
hence
after
that
time
,
but
returned
fruitlesse
,
as
the
Chronicles
will
informe
you
)
yet
hee
omitted
no
opportunities
of
recovering
his
kingdome
by
secret
solicitations
,
large
promises
,
and
other
wary
practises
;
by
which
as
also
some
fortunate
skirmishes
of
Bertram
his
best
servant
hee
recovered
all
before
the
death
of
King
Edward
,
except
the
Towne
of
Calleis
onely
.
Those
eminent
victories
and
great
actions
,
by
which
the
English
had
gained
so
much
of
France
,
have
beene
the
subject
of
this
Historicall
Poem
:
the
particular
revolts
,
flye
practices
,
and
petty
actions
,
by
which
insensibly
it
was
lost
againe
,
you
may
read
distinctly
in
the
Chronicles
at
large
.