Hee cast asyde his Frenche and faynteing feare.

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The rather yet, for why, Parisiens ay did rayle,

They sayde hee wanted courage good, hee durst not fight,

Hee lackte no soldiers good, his feeble heart did fayle:

Le Roy (quoth they) du France, les Anglois point ne nuit:

Le Roy ne ose pas pour Pontoise faire poursuit:

Le Roy est Lourd, sans cueur: car peu de gens,

Fait nostre Roy & pais faire grande dispens.”

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