[1] [2] But such was the valiant prowesse of the English souldiers,The great valiãcie of the Englishmen vnder the con|duct of their noble capteins incouraged with the comfortable presence of sir William Cobham, and other their capteins, that conducted them in such order as stood most for their safegard, exhorting them with such effectuall words as serued best to purpose, that the enimie to conclude was repelled with losse of seuentie of their great horsses that laie dead there in the field, within the space of halfe a mile. There were also foure thou|sand French footmen that came forward, but could not reach, and so marching about the fort, returned in vaine, after they once perceiued that the English|men were safelie retired within their fort. The coun|cell thus perceiuing the French kings purpose, which he had conceiued to worke some notable damage to this realme, as well in support of his friends in Scotland, as in hope to recouer those peeces which the English held at Bullongne, and in those mar|ches, doubted also of some inuasion meant by him to be attempted into this realme, bicause of such great preparation as he had made, for leuieng of his for|ces both by sea and land.The prepara|tion for warre as well in England as France.