[1] [2] Then came the king to Haie in Touraine, and his people were passed the riuer of Loire at sundrie pas|sages, Froissard. Seuen thou|sand chosen men saith Tho. Walsi. where most conuenientlie they might. They were in number twentie thousand men of armes; of noble men there were six and twentie, dukes and earles, beside a great number of other lords and ba|rons: the foure sonnes of the king were there, as the lord Charles duke of Normandie, the lord Lewes af|ter duke of Aniou, the lord Iohn after duke of Ber|rie, and the lord Philip which was after duke of Bur|gongne. The French king doubting least the prince should escape by spéedie iournies out of his countrie, before he could come to giue him battell, remooued to Chauuignie;Chauuignie. and there passed the riuer of Creuse by the bridge, supposing that the Englishmen had beene before him, but they were not. Some of the French|men taried behind at Chauuignie for one night, and in the morning followed the king. They were about two hundred men of armes vnder the leading of the lord Craon, the lord Raoull de Coucie, and the earle of Ioignie. They chanced to incounter with cer|teine of the auaunt currours of the English armie, which remooued that day from a little village fast by. Those Englishmen were not past three score men of armes, but well horssed, and therefore perceiuing the great number of the Frenchmen, they fled towards the princes battell, which they knew was not farre off. Capteins of the Englishmen were two knights [page 388] of Heinault, the lord Eustace Dambreticourt, and the lord Iohn of Guistelles.