Identifier: historyofbattleo00nico (find matches)
Title: History of the Battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415; to which is added the Roll of the men at arms in the English army
Year: 1833 (1830s)
Authors: Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir, 1799-1848
Subjects: Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422 Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415
Publisher: London, Johnson
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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rame-court secretly, near the French advanced g-uard,and to remain quietly until the proper time touse their bows, with the intention of attackingthem from that side; but St. Remy, who is en-titled to equal credit, expressly says, he inquiredinto the statement, and found it was not true.^ The banners borne in the English armywere the usual ones of the Trinity, ^ of St. * Coltonian MS. Claudius, A. viii. and Lydgate.^ Chronicler A. « Elinham, p. 60. <• Monstrelel, cd. 1595, p. 228-231. Mons^. Mazas says, on the autho-rity of a MS. in the possession of the Marquis de Traniecourt, written thirtyyears after the battle, wliich lie styles The Chronicle of Tramecvurl, thatHector de Savense, wiio guarded the village, was killed by this detachment.Vies des Grands Capilaines Fran^ais, tome v. p. 616, and tome ii. p. 363.« St. Remy, p. 91.^ Gules an orleaiid pall argent, inscribed with the Trinity in Unity.The centre compartment bears the word Veus; the three branches of the Bannersborne.
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BANNERS S BORNE AT THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. 115 Georffe, * of St. Edward, ^ and of the Kinsrs own Banners ^ ^ . ^ borne. - arms/ together with those of the principal officers.**To an esquire named Thomas Strickland, wasconfided the distinguished honor of bearing thebanner of St. George;* and some years after-wards he petitioned Henry the Sixth to be re-warded for his services upon that occasion.* Noaccount occurs of the banners used by the French,exceping that the Oriflamme, which was borneby Guillaume Martel,^ was then displayed forthe last time,** but it is certain that they con-sisted of those of the several commanders, to-gether with that of France. Every thinor beinsr prepared for the contest, Henrys . . address to Henry rode along his lines, and addressed them is troops.with great spirit and effect. He told them thathe entered France to recover his lawful inhe- pall, the word Est; on the upper angles of the orle, are the words P(tier and Filius; on the botto

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