[1] The Northumberland horssemen hauing espied them, gaue knowledge to the residue of the English|men, who prepared themselues to defend their ground against the enimies: and the earle of Essex sent to the lord Walon, willing him with his compa|nie to come to his aid:The lord Wa|lon sendeth the earle of Essex word that he is come to serue the king of England. but the lord Walon sent word againe, that he was come to serue the king of Eng|land more than for one daie, and therefore he wished that all the Englishmen would returne, sith that with the great power of France they were not able to match. This answer was much displeasant to the earle of Essex and the other capteins. In this m [...]ane [page 819] time the foreriders of the French part were come to the hands of the Englishmen, and so they fell in skir|mish very hotlie: but at length all things considered, and speciallie the small number of the Englishmen, being not aboue seuen hundred horssemen, it was thought best that they should returne and follow the gun, which they had sent forward.