At Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of ParisGuy Aylmer, the son of an English knight, accompanies his lord to Villeroy, his castle in France, during the time of the struggle for supremacy between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy. When Orleanist forces attack Villeroy, Guy takes part in its defense, and when Burgundy, in the name of the mad King Louis, requests that Lady Margaret and the children come to Paris as hostages, Guy is sent with them as their protector. When the butchers of Paris attack their house, Guy successfully defends his charges, and afterwards conducts them to a safe hiding place. After many other adventures, Guy returns to France with King Henry, and fights in the battle of Agincourt, returning home at last to an estate awarded to him for his service to the king. |
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Page 317 - ... their resolution to give him battle before he reached Calais. Henry replied that the will of God would be done, — that he did not seek them — but fear of them should never induce him to move out of his way, or to go either slower or faster than he intended : his march was before him, straight on by the road to Calais, and if the French attempted to stop him, it would be at their peril. True to his word, the king of England marched on with the greatest calmness and regularity. From St. Pol,...
Page 326 - Clarence, was wounded and thrown down, and would have been killed or made prisoner, but for the personal valour of the king, who placed himself beside the body, and beat off the assailants. Soon after he was charged by a band of eighteen knights, bearing the banner of the Lord of Croy, who had bound themselves by an oath to take or kill the King of England. One of these knights struck the king with his mace or battle-axe, and the blow was so violent that Henry staggered and fell on his knees ; but...