47/58 83.] The Duke of Alencon stationed sentinels in front of the castle to watch the English. Just then, he saw coming towards him, two nobles of Brittany, the Lords of Rostrenen and of Kermoisan, who said to him: "The Constable asks the besiegers for entertainment."[1250] [Footnote 1250: _Trial_, vol.iii, pp. Gruel, _Chronique de Richemont_, p. 70.] Arthur of Brittany, Sire de Richemont, Constable of France, had spent the winter in Poitou waging war against the troops of the Sire de La Tremouille. |