[1] [2] But now to returne vnto the earle of Derbie, whome we left in Gascoigne. Ye shall vnderstand, Froissard. that shortlie after he was come backe to Burdeaux, from the conquest which he had made of Bergerat, and other townes thereabouts; the earle of Lisle, who (as ye haue heard) was the French kings lieute|nant in that countrie, assembled an armie of twelue thousand men,Auberoch besieged. & comming before Auberoch (a towne in Gascoigne) besieged it, sore pressing them within, in somuch that they were in great danger to haue béene taken, if the earle of Derbie, hauing knowlege in what case they stood, had not come to their rescue, who with three hundred speares or men of armes, as we maie call them, and six hundred archers, approch|ing néere to the siege, laid himselfe closelie within a wood, till the Frenchmen in the euening were at sup|per, & then suddenlie set vpon them in their campe,The Fren [...] armie distre [...]|sed, and the earle of Li [...]e taken. and discomfited them, so that the earle of Lisle was taken in his owne tent, and sore hurt. There were al|so taken the earle of Ualentinois, and other earles, vicounts, and lords of great accompt, to the number of nine, besides those that were slaine. The residue were put to flight and chased, so that the Englishmen had a faire iournie, and wan great riches by priso|ners and spoile of the enimies campe.