They determined to follow the road through the
Beauce, thus they left
Pithiviers on the fourth day and rode towards
Toury in
Beauce. Within the
castle of Toury were the
lord of Saint Py,
Sir Olivier de Mauny,
Sir Guy le Baveux and a great many men-at-arms. Further on in
Beauce, at
Yanville, the garrison included the
Bègue de Villaines, the
Barrois des Barres and around three hundred lance. Men-at-arms were stationed throughout all of the fortresses and castles of
Beauce to defend the country against the
English.
When the men who formed the vanguard of the English army had arrived in
Toury, they could not stop themselves (and nor did they wish to) from going to meet the men of the fortress and skirmishing with them. The
lord of Saint Py,
Sir Guy le Baveux and the knights and squires, who were on watch within, came up to the barriers set in front of the castle, and there ensued a fine brawl and cruel blows were landed. Men were wounded and maimed on either side, and many great deeds of arms were performed. Now the
earl of Buckingham and the van and rear guards were lodged at
Toury in
Beauce and the surrounding area, and their foragers found provisions in great abundance. They also had the run of the land of
Gâtinais, and from the abbeys and fine houses they had extorted wine which they had loaded onto carts in casks, bottles and barrels, from which they derived no small comfort. Present at the skirmish at
Toury in
Beauce was a squire of
Beauce, a nobleman of great eagerness who advanced himself on his own without the involvement of anyone else, who came to the barriers as he fought and cried to the
English,
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