CONTENTS.
BOOK I
CHAPTER I
PAGE
THE OCCASION OF THE WARS BETWEEN THE KINGS OF FRANCE AND
ENGLAND 1
CHAPTER II
HOW EARL THOMAS OF LANCASTER, AND TWENTY-TWO OF THE
GREATEST NOBLES IN ENGLAND, WERE BEHEADED 2
CHAPTER III
THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND GOES TO COMPLAIN OF SIR HUGH
SPENCER TO HER BROTHER, THE KING OF FRANCE 4
CHAPTER IV
SIR HUGH SPENCER CAUSES THE QUEEN ISABELLA TO BE SENT OUT
OF FRANCE 5
CHAPTER V
THE QUEEN ISABELLA LEAVES FRANCE, AND GOES TO GERMANY 6
CHAPTER LXXXV
THE ARCHPRIEST ASSEMBLES A COMPANY OF MEN AT ARMS.―HE
IS MUCH HONORED AT AVIGNON 258
CHAPTER LXXXVI
A WELSHMAN, OF THE NAME OF RUFFIN, COMMANDS A TROOP OF
THE FREE COMPANIES 259
CHAPTER LXXXVII
THE PROVOST OF THE MERCHANTS OF PARIS KILLS THREE KNIGHTS
IN THE APARTMENT OF THE PRINCE 260
CHAPTER LXXXVIII
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE INFAMOUS JACQUERIE OF
BEAUVOISIS 262
CHAPTER LXXXIX
THE BATTLE OF MEAUX IN BRIE, WHERE THE VILLAINS ARE
DISCOMFITED BY THE EARL OF FOIX AND THE CAPTAL OF BUCH 264
BOOK II
BOOK II
CHAPTER I
CORONATION OF KING CHARLES OF FRANCE 266
CHAPTER II
A COMBAT BETWEEN AN ENGLISH AND A FRENCH SQUIRE 268
CHAPTER III
THE POPULACE OF ENGLAND REBEL AGAINST THE NOBILITY 274
CHAPTER XXII
PHILIP VON ARTAVELD AND HIS FLEMINGS QUIT THE STRONG
POSITION THEY HAD TAKEN IN THE MORNING, TO ENCAMP ON
MONT D’OR, NEAR TO YPRES.―THE CONSTABLE AND ADMIRAL
OF FRANCE, WITH SIR WILLIAM OF POITIERS, SET OUT TO
RECONNOITRE THEIR SITUATION 351
CHAPTER XXIII
THE BATTLE OF ROSEBECQUE, BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND
FLEMINGS.―PHILIP VON ARTAVELD IS SLAIN, AND HIS WHOLE
ARMY DEFEATED 354
CHAPTER XXIV
THE NUMBER OF SLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF ROSEBECQUE, AND
PURSUIT AFTERWARDS.―PHILIP VON ARTAVELD IS HANGED
AFTER HE WAS DEAD 359
BOOK III
CHAPTER I
FROISSART SETS OUT ON JOURNEY TO B？ARN TO SEEK ADMISSION
TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE COUNT DE FOIX 361
CHAPTER II
SIR JOHN FROISSART, IN HIS JOURNEY TOWARD B？ARN, IS
ACCOMPANIED BY A KNIGHT ATTACHED TO THE COUNT DE FOIX,
WHO RELATES TO HIM HOW THE GARRISON OF LOURDE TOOK
ORTINGAS AND LE PAILLIER, ON THE RENEWAL OF THE WAR IN
GUYENNE, AFTER THE RUPTURE OF THE PEACE OF BRETIGNY 363
CHAPTER III
FROISSART CONTINUES HIS JOURNEY.―IN TRAVELLING FROM
TOURNAY TO TARBES, THE KNIGHT RELATES TO HIM HOW THE
GARRISON OF LOURDE HAD A SHARP RENCOUNTER WITH THE
FRENCH FROM THE ADJACENT GARRISONS 367
CHAPTER IV
SIR JOHN FROISSART ARRIVES AT ORTH？S.―AN OLD SQUIRE
RELATES TO HIM THE CRUEL DEATH OF THE ONLY SON OF THE
{xxix}COUNT DE FOIX 372
BOOK IV
CHAPTER I
THE DUKE OF BOURBON IS APPOINTED CHIEF OF AN EXPEDITION TO
AFRICA, THAT IS UNDERTAKEN BY SEVERAL KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
AND ENGLAND AT THE SOLICITATION OF THE GENOESE 382
CHAPTER II
THE CHRISTIAN LORDS WEIGH ANCHOR, AND LEAVE THE ISLAND OF
COMINO, IN ORDER TO LAY SIEGE TO THE TOWN OF AFRICA.―
THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES 387
CHAPTER III
THE CONDUCT OF THE SARACENS DURING THE SIEGE OF THE TOWN
OF AFRICA.―THEY SEND TO DEMAND FROM THE FRENCH THE
CAUSE OF THEIR MAKING WAR AGAINST THEM 398
CHAPTER IV
SOME MIRACLES ARE SHOWN TO THE SARACENS AS THEY ATTEMPT
TO ATTACK THE CAMP OF THE CHRISTIANS.―SEVERAL
SKIRMISHES DURING THE SIEGE.―THE CLIMATE BECOMES
UNWHOLESOME, AND OTHER ACCIDENTS BEFALL THE BESIEGERS 403
CHAPTER V
A CHALLENGE IS SENT BY THE SARACENS TO OFFER COMBAT OF
TEN AGAINST TEN CHRISTIANS.―THE SARACENS FAIL IN THEIR
ENGAGEMENT.―THE TOWN OF AFRICA IS STORMED, BUT
UNSUCCESSFULLY, AND WITH THE LOSS OF MANY WORTHY MEN 407
CHAPTER VI
THE SIEGE OF AFRICA IS RAISED.―THE CAUSE OF IT.―THE
KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES RETURN TO THEIR OWN COUNTRIES 414
CHAPTER VII
DEATH AND BURIAL OF KING RICHARD II. 421
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