With that amazed all the Bretons gan recoyle, Some drowned in the pond, wherin they ran for feare, And I pursude the flight, to wrecke my captiue foyle, Wee payde them in the chase disordred as they were, Seuen hundred slew, tooke fifty prisners there, Gaynde eyghteene standerds, and one banner more: Yet I and mine, not fully were fowrescore. 25. Of this exployt when th’earle of _Richmond_ herde, Which gaue an hoate assault on th’other side the towne, No lesse was hee displeasde, amazed, than afferde, To heare the names of those two earles of high renowne, His guilty courage quaylde, his heart was daunted downe, Hee causde the trompets sounde retrayte away: To scale our walles hee durst no longer stay. 26. At midnight hee dislodgde, from seige hee made departe, The constable of Fraunce (late earle of _Richemond_) fled, And toward _Fougiers_ sped, with such as tooke his parte, For haste, perhaps with feare, lest hee should lose his heade: They left two hundred pypes of flowre and bisket bread, Greate gunnes foureteene, three hundred pypes of wine, Two hundred frailes of figs and raysons fine. 27. Fiue hundred barels they of hering left beside, Of pouder for our gunnes full forty barels more, They fled without theyr tents, the dasterds durst not byde, For feare they coulde not stay, to take away theyr store: Haue you oft hearde the like of cowards such before? Those forty thousand, Bretons, Frenche, and Scots, Fowre score them foyled, made them flee like sots. 28. When this, that noble man, the duke of _Bedford_ hearde, How I did quit my selfe, and seru’d my prince so well, Hee mee procured of the king, as great rewarde As my deserts coulde wish, and more the truth to tell, Chiefe butlership of _Normandy_, vnto me fell Reuenues eke in _Normandy_ of lands, A thousand crownes came yearely to my hands. 29. I after this was sent to make inroade Upon the coaste of _Bretaine_, for to bate theyr pride, A band of horsemen tooke without aboade, The duke of _Somerset_ made me theyr guide, To many townes about theyr bounds wee ride: Set them on fire, or made them ransom pay, Tooke store of prisners, wrought them much decay. 30. Retourned victours safe to _Normandy_, With good successe, for why the cause was good, And of our prince were guerdonde gratefully With lande and gifts, as for our seruice stoode: This makes the captaynes venture life and bloode, And souldiers serue with heart in what they may, Which are assurde of honour, prayse, and pay. 31.