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manny_n at_o the_o same_o time_n resign_v his_o land_n also_o have_v the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n and_o all_o the_o other_o prisoner_n render_v back_o for_o who_o they_o be_v now_o to_o make_v their_o bargain_n as_o well_o as_o they_o can_v for_o the_o ransom_n of_o the_o lord_n thomas_n percy_n the_o strong_a castle_n of_o liziniac_a be_v yield_v up_o to_o the_o french_a but_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o lord_n gutschard_v d'angoulesme_n redemption_n be_v thus_o it_o may_v be_v remember_v how_o we_o show_v before_o that_o the_o lord_n of_o roy_n be_v still_o a_o prisoner_n in_o england_n and_o likely_a enough_o to_o continue_v so_o because_o king_n edward_n love_v he_o not_o now_o this_o lord_n who_o be_v of_o high_a birth_n and_o estate_n have_v no_o child_n but_o only_o one_o daughter_n a_o fair_a young_a lady_n his_o sole_a heiress_n during_o his_o imprisonment_n at_o this_o time_n his_o friend_n proffer_v this_o lady_n in_o marriage_n to_o sr._n oliver_n manny_n a_o knight_n of_o bretagne_n sr._n bertram_n of_o clequin_n nephew_n on_o condition_n he_o can_v obtain_v the_o delivery_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o roye_n by_o exchange_n for_o any_o one_o or_o more_o of_o his_o prisoner_n whereupon_o sr._n oliver_n manny_n send_v to_o king_n edward_n of_o england_n to_o know_v what_o knight_n next_o the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n he_o will_v have_v deliver_v in_o exchange_n for_o the_o lord_n of_o roye_n the_o king_n hereupon_o intimate_v his_o particular_a esteem_n for_o sr._n guischard_v dangle_v the_o exchange_n be_v make_v and_o sr._n oliver_n manny_n marry_v the_o lord_n of_o roye_n daughter_n with_o which_o fortune_n he_o be_v so_o well_o please_v that_o he_o procure_v the_o other_o english_a lord_n and_o knight_n with_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o prisoner_n to_o be_v deliver_v for_o very_o easy_a ransom_n but_o as_o for_o the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n ibid._n pembroke_n frois_fw-fr ibid._n no_o less_o than_o 6000_o florin_n of_o florence_n be_v set_v on_o his_o head_n for_o which_o certain_a merchant_n of_o flanders_n engage_v be_v to_o pay_v the_o money_n at_o bruges_n upon_o news_n of_o his_o safe_a delivery_n at_o calais_n it_o be_v 20._o be_v walsingh_n hist_o p._n 185._o n._n 20._o think_v the_o spaniard_n upon_o his_o leave_v they_o have_v give_v he_o a_o do_v for_o soon_o after_o this_o bargain_n for_o his_o redemption_n he_o begin_v to_o be_v so_o extreme_a sick_a that_o the_o constable_n of_o france_n fear_v the_o loss_n of_o his_o money_n by_o his_o death_n make_v haste_n to_o convey_v he_o by_o easy_a journey_n from_o paris_n in_o a_o horse-litter_n but_o a_o fever_n come_v so_o violent_o upon_o he_o that_o he_o die_v by_o the_o way_n at_o arras_n and_o so_o the_o constable_n lose_v his_o money_n he_o depart_v this_o life_n on_o the_o 70._o the_o dugd._n 1_o vol._n p._n 577._o ex_fw-la esc_n 49._o ed._n 3._o n._n 70._o sixteenth_o day_n of_o april_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1375_o be_v the_o follow_a year_n till_o the_o beginning_n whereof_o this_o business_n of_o the_o prisoner_n be_v not_o settle_v he_o leave_v behind_o he_o 578._o he_o dugd._n ibid._n p._n 578._o one_o son_n his_o heir_n name_v after_o his_o name_n john_n then_o but_o two_o year_n old_a and_o a_o half_a and_o not_o bear_v when_o his_o father_n be_v take_v prisoner_n which_o young_a child_n prove_v of_o a_o very_a forward_a virtue_n exceed_v hopeful_a and_o towardly_a be_v afterward_o in_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o youth_n be_v but_o seventeen_o year_n of_o age_n slay_v in_o a_o tilt_n by_o a_o unlucky_a slip_n of_o sr._n john_n st._n john_n lance_n to_o the_o great_a regret_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a court_n because_o he_o be_v a_o person_n of_o so_o noble_a a_o disposition_n as_o well_o as_o extract_n and_o in_o courage_n bounty_n and_o courtesy_n exceed_v most_o of_o his_o age_n and_o degree_n i_o do_v not_o love_v to_o trample_v upon_o the_o dead_a and_o to_o kill_v they_o again_o in_o their_o reputation_n 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