The Boke of Noblesse: Addressed to King Edward the Fourth on His Invasion of France in 1475
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The Boke of Noblesse: Addressed to King Edward the Fourth on His Invasion of France in 1475
Chivalry -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- History -- Edward IV, 1461-1483; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Education, military, 76
Edmond Ironside, 10
Edward the First, 11
Edward the Third, 3, 12, 14, 33, 77;
he made great alliances, 40
Edward prince of Wales, 4, 13, 14;
received homage as duke of Guienne, 37, 43
Edward the Fourth, his prosperous state in his second reign, i;
prepares to invade France xvii;
salutes the generous widow xxi;
lands at Calais xxvi;
interviews with the duke of Burgundy xxiv, xxix;
with king Louis xxxvi;
character of xxv, xli, xlv;
his personal appearance xxxviii;
ruin of his political schemes and death xlviii
Elkyngton, John, xxxii
English, their character as soldiers xxvi;
beat a double or treble number of Frenchmen, 28
Ennius, 61, 62
Eu, earl of, 12
Exeter, Thomas duke of 28, 68;
captain of Paris, xi, xii
Fabius, 59, 60, 62
Fabricius, 55, 60
Faliste, 53
Fastolfe, sir John, "myne autor", i;
anecdotes and sayings of, v, x, xi, xiv;
his books of accompt, xi;
captain of the bastille of St. Anthoine, _ib._;
his connection with "The Boke of Noblesse", l;
his services in France, li;
mentioned, 15, 16, 19, 28 _ter_, 31, 64, 68
Fauconberg, lord, 28;
taken prisoner, iii, 5
Felton, sir Thomas, 15
Ferranus king of Spain, 10
Fizar, battle, 46
Florence, 53
Formigny, the battle of, viii, 42
Fougeres, the capture of, iii, 5
France, oppression of the English subjects in, vii;
its sufferings from quartering soldiers, xii;
narrative of the invasion of in 1475, xvii-xliv;
difficulties of an English invasion of, xxvii;
costly dress put away in, 80
Franklin, character of, xv
Frenchmen, if double or treble in number, beaten by Englishmen, 28
Fulke earl of Anjou, 10, 23
Garnett, Richard, xxi
Garter, the order of the, 46;
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Gascony, the title of, 24
Geoffrey Plantagenet, 2, 23, 52
Gloucester, Humphrey duke of, eulogy on, 45
---- Richard duke of, his retinue and their pay, xx, xxiii, xxxii;
affects to lead the English chivalry, xli
---- Robert Clare, earl of, 10
Gourney, Mathew, lix, 15
Grey, Thomas, his retainer as the king's custrel, xx
Guienne, duchy of, treaties respecting, 34
Guisnes, castle of, xxiii
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