[1] The siege was laid before Reimes about saint An|drewes tide, and continued more than seuen weekes:Reimes be|sieged. but the citie was so well defended by the bishop and the earle of Porcien, and other capiteins within it, that the Englishmen could not obteine their pur|pose, and so at length, when they could not haue for|rage nor other necessarie things abroad in the coun|trie for to serue their turne,1 [...]6 [...] the king raised his field, and departed with his armie in good order of battell, taking the way through Champaigne, and so passed by Chaalons, and after to Merie on the riuer of [page 393] Seine. Anno Reg. 34. Tonnere woone. From Merie he departed and came vnto Tonnere, which towne about the beginning of the foure and thirtith yeare of his reigne was woone by assault, but the castell could not be woone, for there was within it the lord Fiennes constable of France, and a great number of other good men of war, which defended it valiantlie.