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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.11
page 315
kràbk jacket, *nd fome little money, ju$ tnqtygl}, to bear the day's cxpcnfcs. This favour w^s ppj[y ' fhewn to gentlemen -, for thofe who were pt of that rank were tripped naked, and fcpurged yil-lainoufly with rods. The French and f h$£ cqpi- ' panions fuffered moft exceedingly in proverty a^d diftrefs, during their pafTage through Wal^çhia and Hungaiy ; and with difficulty could they, trçcet with any, who, for the love of God, would give 3 v iporfel of bread, or lodge them for the night... • .
They endured this n^ifery , until they £^mc tp Vienna in Xuftria, where they jsrere' kiij4}y tfe-; ceiv.ed by the good people, who clothed fych j« were flaked, and Shared with them their £pçd» They wçne trçfttpd with the jjkme kindnefs in hernia.:, h^d.they found the Gerjnans as hardr, hearted as thç . jtïungarians,? they would; pçyjçr; have been able to haw returned home, b#r pi\ift have pçfifbed with qold and hqngpr on the rqadf
Thus, wherçvçr they came, whether alone or in cogij^ofo, they brought moft melancfyojy npwst. which excited pity for them in (Cyçry brcçjk thap heard their fad tale. . , ,
Thpfe of t;he French nation, wb# had flçd from Turkey, arrived at laffc *p Parisf and told the me-lancholy event of fhe tptdc^f: Nicopoli* but they werp npt. believed nor Uftenpd #? • the Parifanj faid it was A pity that fuch ^fJbdJy liars were not hanged çr drowned, £r daily fpreading abroad, fp many ^lfefroods. . This new? was, however, con-firmed [by Jpthers who frrived after them, t^fld tofrl the iknje lope on£ way, fuid qthep .dMfc^ * X4 rently,
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