FOOTNOTES:
[151] St Jean d'Angely,—an ancient town in Saintonge, 38 leagues from Bordeaux.
[152] Challais,—in Saintonge near Saintes.
[153] Eight score,—probably eight hundred.
[154] His age. He was then 86 or 87 years old.
[155] 'He fell gloriously, together with his gallant son the lord l'Isle, who, though entreated to escape by the dying hero, chose to share his father's fate rather than quit the field[156].'
Andrews' Hist. of Great Britain, A.D. 1453, 4, 5.
[156] 'The herald of this glorious veteran sought out the body amongst the heaps of slain, wept over it, and embraced it with these pathetic words: 'Alas! my lord, and is it you? I pray God pardon all your misdoings! I have been your officer of arms 40 years and more: it is time that I should surrender to you the ensigns of my office.'—Thus saying, with the tears gushing from his eyes, he threw his coat of arms over the corpse, thus performing one of the ancient rites of sepulture.'
Registre de Wyrkson, apud Anstis.
[157] St Emilion,—on the Dordogne, near Libourne, six leagues from Bordeaux.