Help us create a biggest collection of medieval chronicles and manuscripts on line.
#   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z 
Medieval chronicles, historical sources, history of middle ages, texts and studies

SIR JOHN FROISSART Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.6

DOWNLOAD THE FULL BOOK

DOWNLOAD THE ONLY FULL EDITIONS of

Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Ajoining Countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV in 12 volumes 

Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet (Sir John Froissart's Chronicles continuation) in 13 volumes 

 
 
 
  Previousall pages

Next  

SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.6
page 220



1 • . ' .«06 , • combat the king of France, and we {frail, fee who will have the beft of it. Should the Flem-ings be beaten, you have nothing to do in Flan-ders; and if the king of France be defeated, it is all our own. ( This/ faid the Englifh knight, 4you may depend upon as truth/ The intelli-gence detained, the citizens of Ghent and fir William Fermiton. We will now return to Philip, and fay what he was doing. Being eager to combat the king of France, as he plainly (hewed, he ordered, on his arrival at Ghent, every man capable of bear-ing arms, after leaving a fufficient garrifon in the town, to follow him. All obeyed ; for he gave them to underftand, that by thç grace of God, they would defeat the French, be lords of Ghent, and rank as fovefreigns among other na* tions. • Philip von Artaveld carried with him about ten thoufand men as the arriere-ban : he had be-fore fent to Bruges, Damme, Ardembourg, Sluys, to the fea-coafts, the Quatre Meftiers, and conliablewicks of • Grammont, - Dendremonde, and Aloft, and had raifed from thofe places about thirty thoufand more. He and his whole army were quartered one night before Oude-narde : on the morrow they marched away, and came before Courtray : he had with him about fifty thoufand men. The king of France received intelligence, that Philip von Artaveld was approaching, and, as it was faid, with full fixty thoufand men. Upon this, the van-guard fet off from Ypres, under the command


  Previous First Next  
 
 
 
 

"Medievalist" is an educational project designed as a digital collection of chronicles, documents and studies related to the middle age history. All materials from this site are permitted for non commersial use unless otherwise indicated. If you reduplicate documents from here you have to indicate "Medievalist" as a source and place link to us.