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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B.

CHAPTER XVI
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He still cried out, "Where is my cousin, the prince of Wales ?" and seemed unwilling to become prisoner to any person of inferior rank.

But being told that the prince was at a distance on the field, he threw down his gauntlet, and yielded himself to Dennis de Morbec, a knight of Arras, who had been obliged to fly his country for murder.

His son was taken with him.[*] * Rymer, vol vi.p.72, 154.

Froissard, liv.i.chap.

164.
The prince of Wales, who had been carried away in pursuit of the flying enemy, finding the field entirely clear, had ordered a tent to be pitched, and was reposing himself after the toils of battle; inquiring still with great anxiety concerning the fate of the French monarch.
He despatched the earl of Warwick to bring him intelligence; and that nobleman came happily in time to save the life of the captive prince which was exposed to greater danger than it had been during the heat of the action.


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