The Holinshed Project

Holinshed Project Home

The Texts
1587

Previous | Next

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 182 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 372)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The lord Charles of Boheme sonne to the same king and late elected emperour, came in good order to the battell, but when he saw how the matter went awrie on their part, he departed and saued himselfe. His father by the meanes aforesaid went so far for|ward, that ioining with his enimies he fought right valiantlie, and so did all his companie: but finallie being entred within the prease of their enimies, they were of them inclosed and slaine, togither with the king their master, and the next daie found dead lieng about him, and their horsses all tied ech to other. The earle of Alanson came right orderlie to the battell,The earle [...] Alanson. and fought with the Englishmen, and so did the earle of Flanders also on his part. These two lords coa|sted the English archers, and came to the princes bat|tell, and there fought right valiantlie a long time. The French king perceiuing where their banners stood, would faine haue come to them, but could not, by reason of a great hedge of archers that stood be|twixt them and him. This was a perillous battell and sore foughten: there were few taken to mercie, for the Englishmen had so determined in the mor|ning.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 183 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 372)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Certeine Frenchmen and Almaines perforce o|pened the archers of the princes battell,The princ [...] battell p [...]|sed. and came to fight with the men of armes hand to hand. Then the second battell of the Englishmen came to succor the princes battell, and not before it was time, for they of that battell had as then inough to doo, in somuch that some which were about him, as the earle of Northampton, and others sent to the king,The earle of Northamp [...] sendeth to the king. where he stood aloft on a windmill hill, requiring him to ad|uance forward, and come to their aid, they being as then sore laid to of their enimies. The king herevp|on demanded if his sonne were slaine, hurt, or felled to the earth? No (said the knight that brought the message) but he is sore matched.The king [...] answer.

Well (said the king) returne to him and them that sent you, and saie to them that they send no more to me for any aduenture that falleth, so long as my son is aliue, for I will that this iournie be his, with the honor thereof. With this answer the knight returned, which greatlie incoura|ged them to doo their best to win the spurs, being half abashed in that they had so sent to the king for aid.
At length when it drew toward euening, and that the Frenchmen were beaten downe and slaine on ech handThe Fre [...] king depar|teth out of the field. king Philip as it were by constreint departed out of the field, not hauing as then past three score per|sons about him, of whome the lord Iohn of Heinault was one, by whose persuasion he cheefelie consented to ride his waie for his owne safegard, when he saw the losse was such as on that daie it could not be re|couered.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 184 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 372)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The slaughter of the Frenchmen was great and lamentable,

Great slaug [...]|ter of French [...]men.

Caxton. Iac. Meir. Polydor. Froissard.

namelie for the losse of so manie noble men, as were slaine at the same battell, fought be|tweene Cressie and Broy on the saturdaie next fol|lowing the feast of saint Bartholomew being (as that yeare fell) the 26 of August. Among other which died that daie, these I find registred by name as chéefest, Iohn king of Boheme,Noble men slaine. Rafe duke of Lor|raine, Charles of Alanso brother germane to king Philip, Charles earle of Blois, Lewes earle of Flan|ders, also the earle of Harecourt, brother to the lord Geffrie of Harecourt, with the earles of Ausserre, Aumerle, and saint Poule, beside diuerse other of the nobilitie. The Englishmen neuer brake out of their battels to chase any man, but kept themselues togi|ther in their wards and ranks, and defended them|selues euer against such as came to assaile them. This battell ended about euening.

Previous | Next