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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: 179 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 372)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Englishmen which beheld their enimies thus approching them, prepared themselues at leisure for the battell, which they saw to be at hand. The first battell, whereof the prince was ruler, had the archers standing in maner of an herse, and the men of armes in the botome of the battell. The earle of Northamp|ton and the earle of Arundell with the second battell, were on a wing in good order, readie to comfort the princes battell if néed were. The lords and knights of France came not to the assemblie togither, for some came after, in such hast and euill order, that one of them troubled another.

Charles Gri+mald [...] & An|thonie or O|thone Doris were capt [...]ins of these Geno|wa [...]es, which were not past six thousand, as Gio. Villani saith.

Polydor. Froissard. The earle of Ilanson.

There were of Genowaies crosbowes to the number of twelue or fifteene thou|sand, the which were commanded to go on before, and with their shot to begin the battell; but they were so werie with going on foot that morning six leagues armed with their crosbowes, that they said to their constables; We be not well vsed, in that we are commanded to fight this daie, for we be not in case to doo any great feat of armes, we haue more néed of rest. These words came to the hearing of the earle of Alanson, who said; A man is well at ease to be char|ged with such a sort of rascals, that faint and faile now at most néed.

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: 180 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 372)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Raine and thunder with an eclipse.Also at the same instant there fell a great raine, and an eclipse with a terrible thunder, and before the raine, there came flieng ouer both armies a great number of crowes, for feare of the tempest com|ming: then anon the aire began to wax cleare, and the sunne to shine faire and bright, which was right in the French mens eies, and on the English|mens backs. ¶ When the Genowaies were assem|bled togither, and began to approch, they made a great leape and crie,T [...]e Geno|wa [...]s. to abash the Englishmen, but they stood still and stirred not at all for that noise. Then the Genowaies the second time made an other leape and huge crie, and stepped forward a little, and the Eng|lishmen remooued not a foot. The third time againe the Genowaies leapt, and yelled, and went foorth till they came within shot, and fiercelie therwith dischar|ged their crosbowes. Then the English archers stept foorth one pase,The battell is begun. and let flie their arrowes so wholie and so thicke togither, that it séemed to snowe. When the Genowaies felt the arrowes persing their heads, armes and breasts, manie of them cast downe their crosbowes, and cut the strings, and returned discom|fited. When the French king saw them flee awaie, he said:

Slea these rascals, for they will let and trouble vs without reason.

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: 181 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 372)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then ye might haue seene the men of armes haue dasht in amongst them, and killed a great number of them, and euer the Englishmen shot where they saw the thickest prease: the sharpe arrowes ran into the men of armes, and into their horsses, and manie fell horsse and man amongst the Genowaies, and still the Englishmen shot where they saw the thickest prease, and when they were once downe they could not reco|uer againe. The throng was such that one ouer|threw another; & also among the Englishmen, there were certeine of the footmen with great kniues, that went in among the men of armes, and killed manie of them as they laie on the ground, both earles, ba|rons,The king of Boheme. knights, and esquires. The valiant king of Bo|hem being almost blind, caused his men to fasten all the reines of the bridels of their horsses ech to other, and so he being himselfe amongst them in the formost ranke, they ran on their enimies.

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