[1] [2] In the Lent season, vittels and artillerie began to waxe scant in the English campe, wherefore the earle of Suffolke appointed sir Iohn Fastolfe, sir Tho|mas Rampston, and sir Philip Hall, with their reti|nues, to ride to Paris, to the lord regent, to informe him of their lacke, who incontinentlie vpon that in|formation prouided vittels, artillerie, and muniti|ons necessarie, and loded therewith manie chariots, carts, and horsses: and for the sure conueieng of the same, he appointed sir Simon Morhier, prouost of Paris, with the gard of the citie, and diuerse of his owne houshold-seruants to accompanie sir Iohn Fastolfe and his complices, to the armie lieng at the siege of Orleance. They were in all to the number of fifteene hundred men, Engueran [...]. of the which there were not past fiue or six hundred Englishmen.