[1] Anno Reg. 31. 1453The councell not forgetting the offer of the Gas|coignes, and that they might now haue the citie of Burdeaux, with the countrie round about, by request of the inhabitants, appointed the valiant capteine Iohn lord Talbot earle of Shrewesburie, to go thi|ther with an armie, who arriuing in the Ile of Ma|dre, passed foorth with his power, being scant thrée thousand men, and tooke the strong towne of Fron|sacke, and diuerse other townes & fortresses. The in|habitants of Burdeaux, hearing of the earles arri|uall, sent to him messengers in the darke night, requi|ring him with all spéed to come and receiue the citie. The earle lost not one houre, but hasted foorth, & came before that citie, yer the Frenchmen within vnder|stood anie thing of the citizens purpose. When they were aduertised that there was a gate set open for the Englishmen to enter, they thought to haue esca|ped secretlie by a posterne: but they were pursued, slaine, and taken by the lord de Lespar, and other of the English armie.