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John G. Edgar. Cressy and Poictiers
Cressy and Poictiers
Table of Contents
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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John G. Edgar
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I have, however, hinted that my imagination was lively; and, as it was frequently at work on the subject, I was soon led by it to the conclusion that I was of different flesh and blood from those among whom my lot had been cast; that my father was, at least, a man of knightly rank; and that I was, probably, the heir of a pedigree which a Montacute or a Merley might have envied. My pride, stimulated by my imagination, became daily higher; and, buoyed up with some knowledge of grammar and letters acquired from the tuition of a neighbouring priest, I early cherished ideas far above my station, and dreamt of chances and possibilities that might raise my fortunes to a level with my aspirations.
Either by accident or design, my grandsire fed my ambition by the kind of conversation in which he indulged, on winter evenings, by the blazing fire of wood that warmed our little hall. Plain yeoman as the old man seemed, he had been a good deal in the world; and he knew much of its ways. In youth he had, as a warrior, served King Edward—the first of the name—and he delighted to tell of the battles and the sieges to which he had ridden under the banner of that mighty monarch. Fired by the countless stories of war and victory, I conceived an irresistible desire to excel in arms; and, ere reaching my fourteenth year, I began to despise the sports and athletic exercises of the young peasants and villagers who deemed themselves my equals, and to endeavour, as well as I could, to acquire accomplishments which qualified youths of gentle blood for knighthood and the honours of chivalry.
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