[1] The prince of Wales, perceiuing how his enimies (for the more part of them) were fleeing awaie as men discomfited, sent out his horssemen as well on the one hand as on the other, and he himselfe with his whole power of footmen rushed foorth, and manfullie assailed the maine battell of the Frenchmen, where the king himselfe was, Froissard. The valian|cie of the French king. who like a valiant prince would not flee, but fought right manfullie: so that if the fourth part of his men had doo [...]e halfe their parts as he did his, the victorie by likelihood had rested (as Froissard saith) on his side: but he was forsaken of his three sonnes, and of his brother the duke of Orle|ance, which fled out of the battell with cleare hands. Finallie, after huge slaughter made of those noble|men, and other which abode with him euen to the end, he was taken, and so likewise was his yongest sonne Philip,The French king taken. and both put in great danger to haue béene murthered after they were taken, by the English|men and Gascoignes, striuing who should haue the king to his prisoner, where in déed a knight of Flan|ders or rather Artois, borne in saint Omers, called sir Denise Morbecke, tooke him, Ia. Meit. Sir Denise Morbecke. Froissard. but he was straight|waies taken from the same sir Denise by other that came in the meane season, better prouided (béelike) of strength, and lead him awaie vnresisted.