[1] [2] [3] [4] When all things were ordred in Caen as the king could desire, he marched from thence in the same or|der as he had kept before, burning and exiling the countrie. He passed by Eureux & came to Louiers,Louiers. which the Englishmen soone entred and sacked with|out mercie. Then went they foorth and left Roan, and came to Gisors, the towne they burnt,Gisors. but the castell they could not get: they burnt also Uernon,Uernon. and at Poissie they repared the bridge which was broken, and so there they passed ouer the riuer of Saine. The power of the Englishmen increased dailie, Gio. Villani by such numbers as came ouer foorth of England in hope to win by pillage. Also manie gentlemen of Norman|die, and other of the French nation, which loued not nor owght any good will vnto the French king, came to the king of England, offering to serue him, so that there were in his armie foure thousand horsse|men and fiftie thousand footmen with the Normans, and of this number there were thirtie thousand Eng|lish arthers, as Giouan Villani writeth. The Eng|lish marshals ran abroad iust to Paris,S. Germans in Laie. S. Clowd. and burnt S. Germans in Laie: also Mountioy, and S. Clowd, and petie Bullongne by Paris, & the queenes Burge. In the meane time had the French king assembled a mightie armie vpon purpose to fight with the Eng|lishmen. ¶ The lord Godfrey of Harecourt, as he rode foorth with fiue hundred men of armes, and 13 hundred archers, by aduenture incountered with a great number of the burgesses of Amiens on horsse|backe, who were riding by the kings commande|ment to Paris. They were quickelie assailed, and though they defended themselues manfullie for a while, yet at length they were ouercome, and eleuen hundred of them slaine in the field, beside those that were taken. The Englishmen had all their cariage and armour. Thus passed foorth the king of England, and came into Beauuoisin, and lodged neere vnto the citie of Beauuois one night in an abbeie called Mes|sene, and for that after he was dislodged,Beauuois. there were that set fire in the same abbeie, without any com|mandement giuen by him; he caused twentie of them to be hanged that were the first procurers of that fire.Burners executed.