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 in Hainault, and General Villiers watched the motions of Philip, who had retired to Lyons. Thus the English were in possession of near half France. These wonderful successes, while they called to mind the remote days of Edward the IIId. and Henry the Vth. yet totally eclipsed them; and though a very great share of admiration was paid to the names of these celebrated heroes, a degree considerably higher attended the name of George.

This heroic Monarch (who was at Paris) found himself much disordered after his late fatigues, his wound had not received sufficient indulgence to complete a cure, so that his physicians by all means advised him to return for a short time to England; and repose himself after the vast fatigues he had undergone. The King, who found himself very indifferent, followed their ad-