[1] The Frenchmen hauing vnderstanding hereof, thought with themselues that now was the time for them to practise with the Gascoignes to reduce them from the English obeisance, vnder their subiection. Herevpon came Lewes duke of Burbon vnto A|gen, and wrote to diuerse cities and townes,The duke of Burbon. on the confines of Guien, exhorting them with large promi|ses, and faire sugred words, to reuolt from the Eng|lishmen, and to become subiects to the crowne of France; but his trauell preuailed not: for the people vnderstanding that the English yoke was but easie in comparison to the French bondage, determined to abide rather in their old subiection, than for a dis|pleasure irrecouerable to aduenture themselues on a new doubtfull perill; yet it was doubted, Froissard. least the cities of Burdeaux, Dar, and Baion, would haue re|uolted, if the lords of the marches about those places had leaned to them in that purpose, for they sent their commissioners to Agen, to treate with the duke of Burbon. But forsomuch as the lords, Pomiers, Mu|cident, Duras, Landuras, Copane, Rosem, & Lan|gurant, were minded to continue still English, those cities durst not without them turne to the French o|beisance, [page 518] for they could not haue stirred out of their gates, but those lords would haue béene readie at their elbowes, to haue caught them by the sléeues.