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 The King remaining for this cauſe one whole day at Argenton, departed thence vpon Sundaye the one and thirtieth of December, for to goe to the ſiege of Faleſe, the Caſtle whereof is verie ſtrong, & eſteemed to be the beſt place in baſe Normandie, next vnto the Caſtle of Caen, and therefore the Counte of Briſac put himſelfe into it, with the Cheualier Picard and his Regiment, hauing wonne vnto them manie Gentlemen and Souldiers of the Countrey, vaunting that they would repay the honour of their companions, who had yeelded and loſt all the other Townes, and that at this place, all the ſpoyles that had been gotten, ſhould be ſurrendred.

His Maieſtie the night before, had ſent the Baron of Byron to inuiron it, with certaine Troupes of men of warre, aſwell foote as horſe, who came thether ſo happely, that he found the Conte of Briſac come out of the Towne, purpoſing to burne the Towne of Guibray, which is as it were one of the Suburbes of Faleze. Who perceiuing the ſaid Troupes, the fier he brought with him was not anye waye able to heate him ſo much as to make him abide them, but returning with all ſpeede into the Towne, hee lefte Guibray whole: and the ſaid Baron de Byron did not onely ceaze vpon it to lodge his Maieſtie, but alſo at the ſame inſtant did make them runne away out of the Suburbes of the Towne, ioyning euen to the gate, part whereof they themſelues had burned a litle before.

His Maieſtie beeing arriued, went preſently with the Mareſhall of Byron to viewe the Towne and Caſtle, which are both ſtrong; the ſaid Towne beeing