At this time, or a little after, Joachim de Rohault, with these lords who had gained St Jacques de Beuvron, took, after an attack of ten hours, the town of Mortain[8]. The count de Dunois, with the count de St Pol and those who had been at the capture of Pont Audemer, marched to lay siege to the city of Lisieux; but when those within the city observed the great force brought against it, and which it was impossible for them to resist,--fearing also that, should it be taken by storm, they would lose every thing,--they held several conferences together, and, by the advice of their bishop, offered to surrender the place to the king of France. The bishop managed so honourably and ably that not the smallest damage was done to any individual, but each peaceably enjoyed his property as before the surrender. Several small places round Lisieux surrendered to the count de Dunois at the same time. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 5: Under the years 1446, 47, 48, 49, 50, in Andrew's History of Great Britain, &c. 'An invasion of Scotland is attempted by the English, led by the earl of Northumberland and Magnus Reidman. They are defeated at Sark[6] by the Scots, under the command of the lord Douglas and his brother the earl of Ormond.' I see from Douglas's Peerage that it ought to be Archibald earl of Murray, (and not lord Douglas) third son to James VII. earl of Douglas. The earl of Ormond was his next brother. The following extract is from Hutchinson's History of Northumberland, page 233, vol. ii. 'Henry earl of Northumberland, in the 14th Henry VI. made an unsuccessful irruption into Scotland,--and at Piperden was defeated by the earl of Angus, with the loss of 1500 men. 'In the 29th of the same reign he entered Scotland again, and engaged, near the river Sark, a large body of Scots under the command of sir William Wallace of Craigey, where he again had a defeat, and narrowly escaped being made prisoner,--his son choosing to throw himself into the hands of the enemy to save his father.'] [Footnote 6: Sark,--a river in Scotland formed of two branches, the white and black, falls into the Eden four miles below Carlisle.] [Footnote 7: De Couren. Couvren.----MS. Du Cange.] [Footnote 8: Mortain,--a town in Normandy, on the river Lances, on the borders of Maine.] CHAP. IV. THE KING OF FRANCE SUMMONS MANTES TO SURRENDER,--WHICH IT DOES, AND IS TAKEN POSSESSION OF, IN THE NAME OF THE KING, BY THE COUNT DE DUNOIS, HIS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.