[1] [2] After that the lord regent was arriued in France, the lord of Rustinian, marshall of Britaine, assem|bled a great companie of the British nation, which fortified and repared the towne of Pontorson: and after, the said marshall, with a thousand men, ente|red into the countrie of Constantine, and comming before the towne of Auranches, was incountered by the Englishmen of that garrison; & after long fight, his people were put to the worse, chased,The lord of Rustinian taken and his people slain [...] and disco [...]|ted. and discom|fited, and he himselfe taken prisoner in the field. The duke of Bedford, hearing that the towne of Pontor|son, situate within two leagues of Mont Saint Michaell, was newlie fortified, and stronglie defen|ded, sent thither the earle of Warwike, accompa|nied with the lord Scales, and other valiant cap|teins and souldiers, to the number of seauen thou|sand men, to besiege the towne; who so inuironed it on euerie side, that no man could steale neither in nor out.