[1] [2] When the king saw that his men were on the o|ther side of the water, he (the next daie earlie) retur|ned to the towne, & assaulted it on both sides. When the inhabitants therefore saw themselues compassed on both sides, contrarie to their expectation, with humble heart and small ioy they rendered vp the towne vnto the kings hands.Pont de [...] rendred vp [...] ye English [...]. After this, the king ha|uing no let nor impediment, determined foorthwith to besiege the citie of Rone, and first sent before him his vncle the duke of Excester, with a great compa|nie of horssemen & archers to view the place, & ther|vpon with banner displaied came before the citie, and sent Windsore an herauld at armes to the cap|teins within, willing them to deliuer the citie vnto the king his maister, or else he would pursue them with fire and sword. To whome they proudlie answe|red, that none they receiued of him, nor anie they [page 565] would deliuer him, except by fine force they were therevnto compelled: and herewith there issued out of the towne a great band of men of armes, and in|countered fiercelie with the Englishmen, the which receiuing them with like manhood, and great force, draue the Frenchmen into the towne againe to their losse, for they left thirtie of their fellowes behind pri|soners and dead in the field.