[1] [2] The siege thus long continuing, vittels began to wax scant in the English armie: wherefore the lord Scales, hauing in his companie sir Iohn Harpeleie bailiffe of Constantine, sir William Brearton bai|liffe of Caen, sir Rafe Tesson, sir Iohn Carbonell, and three thousand good men of warre, departed from the siege to get vittels, powder, and other things ne|cessarie for their purpose. And as they were retur|ning with their cariages by the sea coast, néere to Saint Michaels Mount, they suddenlie were in|countered by their enimies, whereof were chéefe, the baron of Coloses, the lord Dausebost, capteine of the said Mount, the lord Mountabon, the lord Montbur|chier, the lord of Chateaugiron, the lord of Tinti|gnat, the lord of Chateaubrian, with six thousand men of warre.