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10 ſooner came to his houſe in Gaunt, but it was beſet by the multitude, when coming out to appeaſe them, they in a fury murdered him; and this for a time much hindered King Edward's affairs, for the Fleemings revolted from him, but he did not regard it, reſolving by his own power, to thruſt his ſword into the bowels of France.

The King being informed, that John the ſon of the French King, had beſieged the caſtle of Aguillon in Gaſcony; took the Prince with him, and a conſiderable army, at whoſe approach, the French raiſed the ſiege and fled; after this he paſſed into Normandy, took the city of Harfleure, and beſtowed the ſpoil upon the ſoldiers; took the great and rich city of Caene in Normandy, in which were the earls of Tankerville, Ewe, and Guyen: Theſe were made priſoners to Sir Thomas Holland, an Engliſh Knight, with one eye, who ſold them to the King, and they were ſent priſoners to England: The Engliſh army being thus victorious, paſſed the gates of Abbeville, and St. Valary, but they were for want of guides, entangled with the river on one ſide, and the French army on the other. This made the King and Prince conſult with the French priſoners, promiſing rewards, if they could find any paſſible fords in the river; which one Gopin of Greece undertook to do, but when the King had marched his army thither, he found