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ſent him word to the contrarie, and alſo to keep the companie which he brought, and expect other forces from him to accompanie the ſayde peeces if he had time.
Alſo, the ſaid Lord ſent the ſame day certaine Carts laden with powder, pikes, ſhot, and other inſtruments of warre, which might ſerue for ſuch occaſions.
On the next morrow which was Tueſdaye, the ſaid Lord of Sallerin departed from Luches, with the Lord Bois la Vigne, the Lords; gouernors of Pretay de Marernes, Caſtram la Bigeay, les Moulins, and le Puy Becheron, being all of them Gentlemen bordering neere Loches, and which had the daie before vowed to aide and aſſiſte him: and making in all fiftie horſe, they came about fiue of the clock that euening vnto Guierche was comming thether with two hundred Horſemen, and two hundred Hargubuſiers on horſsback, two hundred Spaniſhe Footemen, and two hundred Frenchmen, bringing with them one peece of campane ordinance.
Vppon which newes, the Lorde of Sallerin ſent to Monſieur d’Abain, Gouernour of the high and lowe Marches, (who was then not far off vpon other occaſions) deſiring to ayde him with his forces, which he preſently graunted to, and hauing the Lord Baron d’Abain his ſonwith
