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[2] The slaughter of the
Frenchmen was great and lamentable,
Great slaug [...]|ter of French [...]men.
Caxton. Iac. Meir. Polydor. Froissard.
namelie for the losse of so manie noble men, as were slaine at the
same battell, fought be|tweene Cressie and Broy on the saturdaie next
fol|lowing the feast of saint Bartholomew being (as that yeare fell) the 26
of August. Among other which died that daie, these I find registred by name
as chéefest, Iohn king of Boheme,Noble men slaine.
Rafe duke of Lor|raine, Charles of Alanso brother germane to king Philip,
Charles earle of Blois, Lewes earle of Flan|ders, also the earle of
Harecourt, brother to the lord Geffrie of Harecourt, with the earles of
Ausserre, Aumerle, and saint Poule, beside diuerse other of the nobilitie.
The Englishmen neuer brake out of their battels to chase any man, but kept
themselues togi|ther in their wards and ranks, and defended them|selues euer
against such as came to assaile them. This battell ended about euening.