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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.7
page 405
c Sir John Ferdinand Portelet was rejpiced çn hearing this, and faid to his companions, the brothers d'Âcoftp,—« My lords, Jet us advancef I beg of you $ for I will never enter town or caf~. tie until I have feçn our enemies, to offer theqi battle 3 and by every means attempt to recover their pillage and the prifoners they are carrying âway.1 He then added,—* JLawrence, difplay my banner for we fhall fpeedily come up with the enemy.* I inftantly obeyed this order ; and, as we rode on ^ta jpod pace, we foen faw the dust the Castillians made. We took advantage of the fun hieing in our back and overtook them.
' The enemy, perceiving us, halted, qnd fmw. up in good array, placing their prifoners an4 pl under on.one fide. We vrçere fo açftr each - other* that we could fpeak to tjbeap^apd noticed t brcct banners and four pennops j anJ wejudgçd they were full three hundred, all well mounted. JL will tdl you the names of the chains : • iflicre, were fir John Radighos de Castexfen^.a baron of Castille, fir Silvegrefie d# Alleges, fir.Adiou-tulle de Toledo, fir Joutaîle de Caffelle, fir John Iladigho% de Deure and Diostenfes d'Agoufev : ' 4 When we were thus near to e*çHothsrf both parties difmourçted, and the horfes given p the pages and varlejte; butbefareanyblow wasstrud^ there was a parley held by the leaders of each troop ; and, being prêtent, I heard ,wery thing., that "was faid. Sir John Portekt beçaji, by afk-, ihg them why thcjy had thus invaded and plun-dered Portugal? Sir Adioutille replied, that they had a right p invade any country they,
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