[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.