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Chap. XV.

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over himself to Normandy ; But beforehe departed, he sent the Earl of Hun-tington to scour the Seas. This Lordmeeting with nine Geuoese Ships, which' were in the French Service, funk threeof them, and took other three, in whichwas as much Mony as was to have paidthe French Fleet six Months Pay.

Mr. Secretary Burchett, in his Ac-count of the Naval Wars of the Genoeje,giving a Relation of this Action some-thing different from the above, tho’more circumstantial, I shall, for the far-ther Satisfaction of the Reader, insert it.Fregoje, Doge of Genoa , having, by Vir-tue of a Treaty made with France, sur-ra sti'd the French with eight great (bar-racks, as many Gal lies, and six Hun-dred Cross-bow-men, commanded byJohn Grimaldi, the two Fleets (of Eng-land and France ) each consisting of abovea Hundred Sail, came to an Engage-ment in the Mouth of the Seine. TheGenoese, for a long Time sustained themost vigorious Attacks of the Enemy,and the Ship commanded by LawrenceFoglietta defended itself against sevenErglijh Ships, 'till she was at Lengthdisengaged by the Dexterity of a Sailor,who cut the Cordage, which held theStage the Erg Us had thrown over toher Deck, from one of their Ships. Butnotwithstanding all the Efforts the Geno-ese could make, the French lost the Bat-t\e,John de Frar.quemont, the Son of theVice-Admiral was slain, and the Bastardof Bourbon, who commanded the Fleet,remained a Prisoner to the Erg li/h, whoalso took four of the Genoe/e Carracks,on Board of which was a Sum of Monyfor the Payment of three Months Wagesfor the whole Fleet.

On the eight and twentieth of July,Henry embarked at Portsmouth, in aFleet of Fifteen Hundred Sail, andlanded at Beville in Normandy, on thefirst of August, with an Army of fiveand twenty Thousand five HundredMen. The Ship, in which the Kingwas, had Sails of Purple Silk richly em-broydered with Gold, He immediatelybesieged the Castle of Conquet (JValstng-ham fays For que ) which surrendered infew Days. After the taking of severalother smallerPlaces, Henry laid Siege toCaen, which likewise surrendred, or,nccordingto Echard, was taken by Storm,°n the ninth of September, and Bayeux,■Argentan, Chateau de I'Aigle, Alenjon,a nd some other Places underwent thefame Fate. The Campaign being con-tinued the whole Winter without Inter-

ruption, Henry became Master of the 3 41 8.Castle of Falaise in February, of St. Lo,

Carentan, St. Sauveur le Vicomte, andmany other Places in March and April,

Evreux surrendered in May, and, im-mediately afterwards* he laid Siege to jy uc iy .Cherbourg, which cost him three Months,but surrendered on the first of August *

The having now nothing left in

Normandy, but Roan, Henry laid Siegeto that City about the latter End of Au-gust, or the Beginning of September. TheBesieged made a Stout Defence for fiveMonths, and endured great Miseries be^fore they began to capitulate,which wason the thirteenth of January, and theysurrendered on the nineteenth. By thisExpedition, Normandy fell again underthe Dominion of the Kings of Englatid,two Hundred and fifteen Years after they 141 g t

h^d lost it under the Reign of KingJohn. After the Reduction of Norman-dy, Henry sent Part of his Army intoFicardy, under the Command of the st F cce fif ulDuke of Exeter, who became Master of m 1Car y ’Diep and Montreuil. In July, Hen-ry took Pontoife by Storm, and therebyopened himself a Way to the very Gatesof Paris. In this lastPlace, the English <]- a k eS apro-Soldiers found a Booty, which amounted digiousBooty.to above two Millions of Crowns. TheseSuccesses drew on the famous Treaty ofFroye, which was concluded betweenthe two Crowns of England and France,and ratified on the one and twentieth of J 4 20 *May. By this Treaty, Henry engagedto marry the Princess Catharine, Daugh- f h s^ ceter of Charles VI. to leave that Prince in R ym er ’sFoe.Possession of the Crown of France during dera, T. IX.his Life, but the Administration of theGovernment to be immediately transfer- Henry de-red to Henry, with the Title of Regent dared Re-and Heir of France: And after Charles ’s Sstst an< J:Death, the Crown of France, with all p^nce-it's Rights and Dominions, to remain tothe King of England, and his Heirs, forever. Henry's Marriage was con sum- His Marri-mated on the thirtieth of May. The age -two Courts made their Publick Entry Makes hittogether into Paris, where the Treaty publick En-was ratified by the States, in the Month sty into Pa-of December. The King, having settledhis A stairs in France, in so glorious aManner, left the Command of hisTroops to his Brother, the Duke ofClarence, to carry on the War againstthe Dauphin, who was yet in Possessionof a great Part of that Kingdom, and re- Returns to~turned to England with his new Queen. En S land -He arrived about the End of February,and a few Days afterwards the Queen 3421.was crowned,.

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