FRANCE. 
arms or fpurs, before a prince whofe Scag he heeanagie 
hhimfelf; but his mind, mndignant at the ing act, 
revolted, and war was immediately: ane between the two 
— ; and he who had been feen ane ce as a Mae 
arched into it at the = ado a numero 
os @ Artevill, a 1 brewer of Ghent, 
Pils was ae the neceffity of 
fecaring hint again "the power of his rival by new . 
iances, an length was reduced to that exhautted ftat 
that for iomee time be was incapable of making any parole 
To recruit | ces he laid a heavy duty on falt, which 
caufed fo much sae as nearly to excite a rebellion ; but 
In this. fituation Elword 
embarked for.that purpofe in ampton, witha 
5 of one. thowfand fail = different ‘bulke 
an: d carried with ‘him the chief, and indeed 
the. flower of hae nobility and. pe ‘men of ‘the country, 
and his eldeft fon the prince of Wales, a youth of fifteen 
years of ae ane celebrated in hiftory'.as the “ Black 
Prince.” arm ich the is co took with him 
Hog a:port of a which countr 
to-make the feat ‘of war. ‘The Englifh had no fooner landed 
and plundered by the invaders, and 
ean even’ to Paris, fhared ‘the fame 
img down their bridges to attempt.a ftop to the 
the Englith. ae was not, however, idle or negligent in 
: he had ftationed an army - 
which 
e river r Som mme, Over w 
iad to gi 
danger of being inclofea and fharved in an enemy’s coun- 
try, the king publifhed a reward to any that fhould 2 aie 
i i This -was di 
any 
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& 
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time to get his whole el over the 
wh he Be apie 
the lofs of thirty” thoufand (oldices, eleven princes; eighty 
ve hu ndredkni nights, Edward immediately be- 
ic ed in 
commencement 
jege ' : 
poffeffion of the Englifh 210 years. | Fro 
of this. war 
¢ Philip had invariably thewed d hinfelf defirous of he 
peace, and the victory obtained over him at Crefly incredfed 
his anxiety in this refpedt ; and. fortunately: ‘the ‘ex- 
Lai incurred: by: his-epponent were. fo- great that he could 
erfufiain the conte. ‘A-truce-of thrée yéars was 
accordingly concluded | through the mediation of the court of 
the fame time Philip met with fome recompence 
for the loffes ‘which he had fuitained, by the acquifition of | 
» Which had been bequeathed to him by the duke: 
bea ons of the kings of France 
aa tom after this event 
ime a widower, was- 
aup 
on-- "Comdleon that = 
fhowld take the n 
the- king himfelf, wh who ad been 
it umioh, in'the fifty-feventh year of his age, and the twenty- 
On the death of ce his eldeft fon- 
ng 
m even. 
of : aving ome eonlable ‘of pales ‘the, fword,. 
the Bre of office, was delivered to Charles de la 
arda; but his fate was ie ipe th unfortunate eth that ef. 
his predeceffor, being {oon 
‘king of Navarre. On the eins 
renewed hoftilities, bene ag ae ible 
queft of France; but having, by m of his fon, 
unfucsefsful attempt, he recalled ie es Afr t 
— of which, John affembled the ftates at, Paris; ex 
plained to the deputies the diftrefled fituation of his finances,, 
and exhibited y and fatisfa@torily the neceffity of. af- 
fitting him. = ng som, ng th 
confented ton mai 
war. 
00 men ia the: 
defpair, but affenibled an army of 60,000. nien to-ftop his: 
progrefs, and with the ‘hope of 3 peeps him. ‘Edward. 
at firft thou ht of ee » but findin that. proj jee im-- 
mond might 
pla and fuch thei certainty of fuccefs; that ‘he was: 
forced to act int While both 
a eee on F oh ee es ies eek rine 
awful fufpence.” “At length ‘thet trumpet. “foun ded; and a 
Horrible c coe Pty ee in the end the French monarch: 
wags 
