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How Monford went to the Wars of France,where he loſt his Sight; how he was accompanied with his Wife, who preſerved his Life; and of his return to England, &c.

N former days, when the roſe of England eclipſed the lilies of France, and true Engliſh valour made that nation ſtoop, among other brave gallants that went over to try their fortune,Monford was one, a perſon well deſcended, who being naturally inclined to war, and greedy of fame, neither the entreaty of friends, nor the marriage he had contracted with a kind beautiful woman, could alter his purpoſe ; but taking his wife Margaret with him, he, with many hundreds more, croſſed the seas, and with the help of a proſperous