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smoke and fire (it was the reflection of the fires the French made under hedges and bushes); this damsel hearkened, and thought she heard much noise between the two armies, and the French crying 'Mountjoy! St. Denis!' and other cries; and this she thought was on Mount Dorre, between there and Rosebecque ; of this thing she was much afraid, and so entered the pavilion, and suddenly awaked Philip, and said 'Sir, rise and arm yourself quickly, for I have heard a great noise on the Mount Dorre; I believe it is the French coming to attack you.' With these words he rose and cast on his gown, took his axe in his hand, and issued out of the pavilion to see what it was; and he heard the same noise the damsel had told him of, and it seemed to him that there was a great tournament on the said hill: then he immediately entered his pavilion, and caused his trumpet to be blown, when every man rose and armed himself. They of the watch immediately sent to Philip d'Arteville, to know why he stirred up the host, seeing there was no cause, for that they had sent to the enemy's host, and there was nothing stirring. 'What then,' said Philip, 'was that noise on Mount Dorre?' 'Sir,' said they, 'we heard the same, and sent to know what it was, but they that went said that when they went they heard nor saw nothing; therefore, sir, we did not rouse the army, for we should have been blamed if we had done so without a cause.' And when they of the watch had told Philip this, he appeased himself and all the host, but yet he was astonished at this phenomenon. Some said it was fiends of hell, who played there where the battle was to be the next day, for joy of the great prey they were likely to have there."-Froissart, vol. ii., chap. cl.

Part II., Act V., Scene XI., page 395.

"Oh for a wound as wide as famine's mouth,
To make a soldier's passage for my soul."

"So these men of arms pressed so close upon the Flemings, that they could not defend themselves; so there were many that lost their strength and breath, and fell upon each other, and were pressed to death, without striking any stroke: and

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there was Philip d'Arteville wounded and beaten down among his men of Ghent; and when his page with his horse saw that his master was defeated, he departed and left his master, for he could not render him any assistance, and so rode to Courtray, on the way to Ghent. Thus when the battle was ended, they at last left the pursuit, and trumpets sounded the retreat. Then the King said to them that were about him, 'Sirs, I wish to see Philip d'Arteville, whether he be alive or dead.' They answered that they would do their best to gratify him. And then it was proclaimed through the host that whoever could find Philip d'Arteville should have a hundred francs for his labour. Then many went among the dead bodies, who were most all stripped of their clothes; at last there was such search made that he was found and known by a varlet who had served him long before, and he recognised him by many tokens; so he was brought before the king's pavilion, and the king and all the lords beheld him for some time; and the body was examined, to see what wounds he had, but they could see none that appeared to be mortal; but it was judged that he fell into a little dike, and many of them of Ghent upon him, and was so pressed to death."-Froissart, vol. ii., chap. cliii., cliv.

Part II., Act V., Scene last, page 401.

"Wolf of the weald and yellow-footed kite,
Enough is left for you of meaner prey."

"More bodies were left on the field for the yellow-footed kite and the eagle, and the grizzly wolf of the weald, than had fallen under the edge of the sword in any battle since the Angles and Saxons first came over the broad sea," is the account given by an Anglo-Saxon poet, of the carnage at the battle of Brunnaburgh, A.D. 938. It is quoted by Mr. Southey, whose unequalled command of the materials which poetry supplies for the elucidation of history, is nowhere more apparent than in the work in which this quotation occurs, the Naval History of England.

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