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7.1. King Iohn hauing gotten this victorie, and taken his nephue Arthur, he wrote the ma|ner of that his successe vnto his ba|rons in England, in manner as followeth.

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King Iohn hauing gotten this victorie, and taken his nephue Arthur, he wrote the ma|ner of that his successe vnto his ba|rons in England, in manner as followeth.

[1] _IOhn by the grace of God king of England, and lord of Ireland, to all his barons sendeth greeting. Know yee that we by Gods good fauour are in sound and perfect health, and through Gods grace that maruellouslie worketh with vs, on tuesdaie before Lammas daie, we being before the citie of Mauns, were aduertised that our mother was besieged in Mirabeau, and therfore we hasted so fast as we possibly might, so that we came thither on Lammas daie, and there we tooke our nephue Arthur, Hugh le Brun, De Castre Erald. Andrew de Chauenie, the vicount of Chateau Erald, Raimond de Touars, Sauerie de Mauleon, and Hugh Bangi, and all other e|nimies of Poictou that were there assembled against vs, to the number of two hundred knights and aboue,252 knights or men of armes besides demilances. so that not one of them es|caped. Giue God therefore thanks, and reioise at our good successe.