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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries
from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.5
page 374
cotMfttè aïftông themfelves; fayfr**; rWhat flmlî we iû( We fee our enemieè, .wh^Wbiild willingly have murdered TO if THTF had gained éhé upper hand.** Sir Robert knolîes advifed* imirtediatety to fall on them r and flay them r bet the kirig would " not confent, faying,—-( I will not have you aft thus : -you (halt go artd demand from them my banners : ; we fhall fee* hbw'they will behave when you make* this-demand ; " fof I will htfve them- by Mr or foul means/ f It is a good thought/ replied the-earl B£4 Salifbury. ' ' : '. '
The new knights were therefore fent, who, on approaching, made figns for them not tofhootv as they wifhed to fpeak with them. 'When they had come near enough to be heard; they faid,-^f Kfow-attertri': the king orders you' to fend back MilMn-nèrs, and' we hope he will* have mercy on you/ *- •
The bankers were diré&ly given up, aridfcmu'ght. to''the-king. It was then ordtered, under pain of death/ that all thôfe wHVhad obtained the. king's-letters ftiould deliver them up: Sonle did fo; tbufc, not all. 'The king, on receiving-them, had them torn in their prefence. You nïuft know, that frotfi the inftaftt when the king's baailers were f«rre»--de red, thefe fèllows kept no order- but the greater part,' throwing their bows to the ground^ took' to their heels andreturned to London. « «
Sif Robert Knolks #as in a violent'ftgé* that they, were not attacked, and the whole of then* flain ; but the king would not confent ty it, *ftying, he Would, have ample revenge on them, whfch in tftith he afterwards had. J
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