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Title: Belt and spur : stories of the knights of the middle ages from the old chronicles
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Seeley, E. L. (Emma Louisa)
Subjects: Middle Ages -- History Chivalry
Publisher: New York : Scribner and Welford
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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King had a great chain made, and fastened bystrong piles across the river below the bridge, so thatno ships should pass that way ; and over the chain hemade a bridge, that both man and horse might crosshastily, if need were. And when Warwick was comefrom Domfront to the King, our liege commanded himto go to Caudebec and lay siege to it. But when hecame before the town they began to treat at once, anda composition was granted that they should do asRouen did, and sealed with this condition, that ourships should pass the Seine with their freight withoutlet or hindrance. So our ships passed up and castanchor full near to Rouen, as thick in the Seine asthey might stand ; and so it was besieged by landand water. And when Warwick had ended that herode to Rouen and took up his lodging between St.Katherines and the King, until by Gods grace theabbey was yielded ; and then he lay before the gateof Martinville, where the war was fierce, and manfullyrepelled their sorties. And when Gloucester was
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