The boy's Froissart : $b being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of adventures, battle, and custom in England, France, Spain, etc.Froissart, Jean
History
The boy's Froissart : $b being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of adventures, battle, and custom in England, France, Spain, etc.
Froissart, Jean
France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Great Britain -- History -- 14th century; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
When the Lord James Audley was brought back to his tent, after having
most respectfully thanked the prince for his gift, he did not remain
long before he sent for his brother Sir Peter Audley, the Lord
Bartholomew Burghersh, Sir Stephen Coffington, Lord Willoughby of
Eresby, and Lord William Ferrers of Groby: they were all his relations.
He then sent for his four squires that had attended upon him that day,
and, addressing himself to the knights, said, “Gentlemen, it has
pleased my lord the prince to give me five hundred marks as a yearly
inheritance; for which gift I have done him very trifling bodily
service. You see here these four squires, who have always served me most
loyally, and especially in this day’s engagement. What glory I may have
gained has been through their means, and by their valor; on which
account I wish to reward them. I therefore give and resign into their
hands the gift of five hundred marks, which my lord the prince has been
pleased to bestow on me, in the same form and manner that it has been
presented to me. I disinherit myself of it, and give it to them simply,
and without a possibility of revoking it.” The knights present looked on
each other, and said, “It is becoming the noble mind of Lord James to
make such a gift;” and then unanimously added, “May the Lord God
remember you for it! We will bear witness to this gift to them
wheresoever and whensoever they may call on us.” They then took leave of
him; when some went to the Prince of Wales, who that night was to give a
supper to the King of France from his own provisions: for the French had
brought vast quantities with them, which were now fallen into the hands
of the English, many of whom had not tasted bread for the last three
days.
CHAPTER LXXXII.
THE PRINCE OF WALES ENTERTAINS THE KING OF FRANCE AT SUPPER, THE EVENING
AFTER THE BATTLE.
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