rentity of the fuburbs. • The fquire caught the courier, but wondered what was become of his matter ; for he had feen him gallop to the barriers, ftrike them, and then turn about to come back. He therefore fet out to look for him ; but he had not gone many paces before he faw him in the hands of four fellows, who were beating him as if they were hammering on an anvil : this fo much frightened the fquire that he dared not advance further, for he faw he could not give him any effeftual affiftance : - he therefore returned as ipeedily as he could. Thus was this knight flak : and thofe lords who were pofted at the barriers had him buried in holy ground. The fquire returned to the army, and related the misfortune which had befallen his mafter. All his brother-warriors were greatly an-gered thereat ; and they marched to take up their quarters for the night, between Mondehcry • and Paris, upon a fmall river, where they encamped at an early hour in the day. • Montlchery,—a town in the iflt of France, feven leagues from Paris. 100 CHAP.