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XLIV. A Letter from the Black Prince to the Bishop of Worcester, dated 20th October 1356, relating to the Battle of Poitiers, wherein the French King was made Prisoner, &c. Ex Registro Reginaldi Brien, Wigorn. Episcopi Fol. 113. Communicated by Dr. Lyttelton, Dean of Exeter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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Reve'nt piere en Dieu, et tresch' ami. Nous vous mercions entierement de ce que nous avons entendu q'vous estes si bien et si naturelment porte dev's nous, en p'ant Dieux p'r nous et p'r n're exploit; et sumes tout certiens q' p'r cause de vous devoutes p'eres et dautres, Dieu nous a en toutes nos besoignes be’ vueliz aide; de quoi nous sumes a touz jo's tenuz de lui grazier, en p'ant que v're part ancy vieullietz faire en continuant dev's nous come devant ces heures avetz fait, de quoi nous nous tenons g'n'ment tenuz a vous.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1779

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