Excerpt from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries, Vol. 3: From the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. To the Coronation of Henry IV
Within a very fhort time, many barons and knights came thither from France and Normandy among whom were the earl of Auxerre, the earl of Joigny, the lord de F ranville, the lord de Prie, le Begue de V illaines, and many other knights 'and fiiuires, all of the right fort, and good men at arms.
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