For whan lord Steward and earle Vantadore
Had cruelly besieged Crauant towne,
Which we[625] had wonne, and kept long time before
Which lieth in Awxer on the riuer Youne,
To raise the siege the regent sent mee downe:[626]
Where, as I vsed all rigour that I might,
I killed all that were not saued by flight.
22.
When th’erle of Bedford, then in Fraunce lord regent,
Knewe in what sort I had remoued the siege,[627]