Cressy and Poictiers
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Edgar John George. Cressy and Poictiers
Introduction
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II. THE FALCON IN GRACECHURCH
CHAPTER III. WINNING THE PEACOCK
CHAPTER IV. AT MY GRANDSIRE'S HOMESTEAD
CHAPTER V. JACK FLETCHER
CHAPTER VI. WAR WITH FRANCE
CHAPTER VII. WINDSOR CASTLE
CHAPTER VIII. EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE
CHAPTER IX. KING EDWARD'S DEFIANCE
CHAPTER X. THE VOYAGE
CHAPTER XI. MARCH OF THE INVADERS
CHAPTER XII. A SNARE
CHAPTER XIII. THE BROKEN BRIDGES
CHAPTER XIV. A RUSH FOR LIBERTY
CHAPTER XV. HUNTING A KING
CHAPTER XVI. GOBIN AGACE
CHAPTER XVII. HOW WE FORDED THE SOMME
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EVE OF BATTLE
CHAPTER XIX. THE BATTLE OF CRESSY
CHAPTER XX. MY ADVENTURES AT CRESSY
CHAPTER XXI. AT LA BROYES
CHAPTER XXII. THE SIEGE OF CALAIS
CHAPTER XXIII. MY RELEASE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FALCON REVISITED
CHAPTER XXV. THE CRISIS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE EVE OF BATTLE
CHAPTER XXVII. FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XXVIII. NEVILLE'S CROSS
CHAPTER XXIX. ROYALTY IN A RAGE
CHAPTER XXX. AT CALAIS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE LUCK OF JOHN COPELAND
CHAPTER XXXII. ARRIVALS
CHAPTER XXXIII. NO ROAD
CHAPTER XXXIV. SURRENDER OF CALAIS
CHAPTER XXXV. A RUNAWAY BRIDEGROOM
CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW CALAIS WAS REPEOPLED
CHAPTER XXXVII. A MYSTERIOUS VISIT
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CALAIS IN PERIL
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE LORDS DE OV
CHAPTER XL. TOO LATE
CHAPTER XLI. HOW CALAIS WAS SAVED
CHAPTER XLII. A PRINCESS IN PERIL
CHAPTER XLIII. THE PLAGUE OF FLORENCE
CHAPTER XLIV. JOHN, KING OF FRANCE
CHAPTER XLV. RENEWAL OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XLVI. A TOWN LOST AND WON
CHAPTER XLVII "A DOUGLAS!"
CHAPTER XLVIII. BURNT CANDLEMAS
CHAPTER XLIX. OUR CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER L. CHASED BY BLOODHOUNDS
CHAPTER LI. AT BORDEAUX
CHAPTER LII. THE PRINCE IN BLACK ARMOUR
CHAPTER LIII. THE INCURSION
CHAPTER LIV. THE COMING FOE
CHAPTER LV. AN UNWELCOME DISCOVERY
CHAPTER LVI. POICTIERS
CHAPTER LVII. SUNDAY MORNING
CHAPTER LVIII. THE PEACE-MAKER
CHAPTER LIX. CHANDOS AND CLERMONT
CHAPTER LX. THE ARRAY OF THE ENGLISH
CHAPTER LXI. ROUT OF THE MARSHALS
CHAPTER LXII. THE PRINCE IN THE BATTLE
CHAPTER LXIII. ADVENTURES IN THE FIELD
CHAPTER LXIV. A ROYAL CAPTIVE
CHAPTER LXV. HOW I RESCUED MY WORST ENEMY
CHAPTER LXVI. THE SCOTS AT POICTIERS
CHAPTER LXVII. THE VICTORS AND THE VANQUISHED
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE MARCH TO BORDEAUX
CHAPTER LXIX. THE PRINCE AND HIS CAPTIVE
CHAPTER LXX. DEATH OF QUEEN ISABEL
CHAPTER LXXI. WHAT BEFELL LORD DE OV
CHAPTER LXXII. MARRIAGE OF THE BLACK PRINCE
CHAPTER LXXIII. THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER LXXIV. TRIAL BY BATTLE
CHAPTER LXXV. GLORY AND THE GRAVE
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In the fourteenth century, when the population of England was estimated at two millions – when our railways were bridle-roads and our cornfields forests, and when the capital was a little town enclosed by an old Roman fortified wall, with towers and turrets – no festival, save Christmas and May Day, was regarded with more interest than Midsummer Eve, or the vigil of St. John the Baptist.
Great was the commotion, much the ceremony, in London on such occasions; and as the shades of evening fell, young and old, high and low, rich and poor, participated in the excitement of the hour. The houses were decorated with branches of green birch, long fennel, St. John's rush, and orpine; and as night closed over the city the inhabitants illuminated their dwellings with clusters of lamps, and made the streets resound with merriment and song.
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"Tell that not to me," replied my grandsire conclusively, and striking the table with his clenched fist. "In my younger days I have seen not only the sons of yeomen, but squires' and knights' sons take part in such diversions; and if rules were relaxed then they can be relaxed now."
"Well, kinsman, we must see what can be done," said Thomelin mildly, but somewhat doubtfully. "Meanwhile, kinsmen, you must eat and drink, and let me show to you what hospitality my house can afford, for the sake of Richard Tythering, whose blood we both have in our veins."
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