thei wol com to us, let every man preve
hymself a good man this day, and avaunt banere in the best tyme of the
yere.' And he rode furth with his basnet upon his hedde, and all other
men of armes went upon theire fete a fast paas in holle arraie, an
Englisshe myle er thei assemblid. And thrugh the grace of God the kyng
made his heigh wey thrugh the thikkest prees of alle the bataile. And
there was slayne the duke of Launson, the duke of Braban, the duke of
Bare, vj erles, the constable of Fraunce, the seneschall of Henaude,
the maister Arblaster, and of other lordes grete plente. And there was
take the duke of Orliaunce, the duke of Burbon, the counte of
Richmond, the counte Ewe, the marschal Sir Bursequant, and many other
lordes and knyghts. And there were slayne of Frensshemen v m^{l}, and
of al estats of Englisshemen passid not xxviij persones. And of estats
of thenglisshe, the duke of Yorke, therle of Suffolke, ij knyghts, and
Davy Game; and of gentilmen no moo. And the xxiiij day of Novembre the
kyng with all his prisoners came to London in good prosparite. Also
this same yere bigan the general counsell at Custance."

NOTE FF. page 103.

The arrival of the emperor is differently noticed in the copy in the
Cottonian MS.

"This yere [A^{o}. iv. Hen. V.] the vij day of Maij came themperour of
Almayne, Segismundus, to London; and the fest of seint George was
deferrid til his comyng, and than solempnely holden at Wyndisore: and
at the procession the kyng went on the upper side of themperour, and
so alle the masse tyme stode in the higher place, and at mete he sate
on the right side of themperour; and the duke of Bedford, and the
chaunceller of England, and the bisshop of Develyn, sate on the lefte
side of themperour: and the duke of Briga and another duke of
themperours compeigny sate upon the kings side; and all these saten on
that oon side of the table. And the first sotelte was oure lady armyng
seint George, and an angel doyng on his spores; the ij^{de} sotelte
was seint George ridyng and fightyng with the dragon, with his spere
in his hand; the iij^{de} sotelte was a castel, and seint George, and
the kynges doughter ledynge the lambe in at the castel gates. And all
these sotelties were served to the emperor and to the kyng, and no
ferther: and other lordes were served with other sotelties after
theire degrees. And the same tyme duke William of Holand came into
England; but he was not at that fest. Also the empe