Finding his own men fearful and the French full of courage, he thought the best thing the English could do would be to establish themselves in the towns, castles, and strongholds remaining to them, there to await the reinforcements promised by the Regent.
"In comparison with the French we are but a handfull," he said.

"If luck should turn against us, then we should be in a fair way to lose all those conquests won by our late King Henry after strenuous effort and long delay."[1268] [Footnote 1268: Monstrelet, vol.iv, p.331.Wavrin du Forestel, _Anciennes chroniques_, vol.i, pp.

283 _et seq._] His advice was disregarded and the army marched on Beaugency.

The force was not far from the town on Friday, the 17th of June, just when the garrison was issuing forth with horses, armour, and baggage to the amount of one silver mark's worth for each man.[1269] [Footnote 1269: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, J.Chartier, Gruel, Morosini, Berry, Monstrelet, Wavrin, _loc.cit_._Lettre de Jacques de Bourbon, Comte de la Marche a Guill.

de Champeaux, eveque de Laon_, according to a Vienna MS.