[1] While the French king was in Guien,The lord Talbot. the lord Talbot tooke the towne of Couchet, and after mar|ched toward Galliardon, which was besieged by the bastard of Orleance, otherwise called the earle of Dunois: which earle hearing of the lord Talbots approch, raised his siege, and saued himselfe. The Frenchmen a little before this season,The earle of Dunois. An excellent finesse in warre. had taken the towne of Eureux by treason of a fisher. Sir Fran|cis the Arragonois hearing of that chance, apparel|led six strong fellowes, like men of the countrie, with sacks and baskets, as cariers of corne and vittels, and sent them to the castell of Cornill, in the which diuerse Englishmen were kept as prisoners, and he [page 620] with an ambush of Englishmen laie in a vallie nigh to the fortresse.