rich burgesses, carts and chariots, horse, swine, muttons and other beasts:  they took what them list and brought into the king’s host; but the soldiers made no count to the king nor to none of his officers of the gold and silver that they did get; they kept that to themselves.  Thus sir Godfrey of Harcourt rode every day off from the king’s host, and for most part every night resorted to the king’s field.  The king took his way to Saint-Lo in Cotentin, but or he came there he lodged by a river, abiding for his men that rode along by the sea-side; and when they were come, they set forth their carriage, and the earl of Warwick, the earl of Suffolk, sir Thomas Holland and sir Raynold Cobham, and their company rode out on the one side and wasted and exiled the country, as the lord Harcourt had done; and the king ever rode between these battles, and every night they lodged together.

OF THE GREAT ASSEMBLY THAT THE FRENCH KING MADE TO RESIST THE KING OF ENGLAND

Thus by the Englishmen was brent, exiled, robbed, wasted and pilled the good, plentiful country of Normandy.  Then the French king sent for the lord John of Hainault, who came to him with a great number:  also the king sent for other men of arms, dukes, earls, barons, knights and squires, and assembled together the greatest number of people that had been seen in France a hundred year before.  He sent for men into so far countries, that it was long or they came together, wherefore the king of England did what him list in the mean season.  The French king heard well what he did, and sware and said how they should siever return again unfought withal, and that such hurts and damages as they had done should be dearly revenged; wherefore he had sent letters to his friends in the Empire, to such as were farthest off, and also to the gentle king of Bohemia and to the lord Charles his son, who from thenceforth was called king of Almaine; he was made king by the aid of his father and the French king, and had taken on him the arms of the Empire:  the French king desired them to come to him with all their powers, to the intent to fight with the king oL England, who brent and wasted his country.  These princes and lords made them ready with great number of men oL arms, of Almains, Bohemians and Luxemburgers, and so came to the French king.  Also king Philip sent to the duke of Lorraine, who came to serve him with three hundred spears:  also there came the earl (of) Salm in Saumois, the earl of Sarrebruck, the earl of Flanders, the earl William of Namur, every man with a fair company.