HOW THE PRINCE MADE A SUPPER TO THE FRENCH
KING THE SAME DAY OF THE BATTLE
THE same day of the battle at night the prince made a supper
in his lodging to the French king and to the most part
of the great lords that were prisoners. The prince made
the king and his son, the lord James of Bourbon, the lord
John d'Artois, the earl of Tancarville, the earl of Estampes,
the earl Dammartin, the earl of Joinville and the lord of Partenay
to sit all at one board, and other lords, knights and
squires at other tables; and always the prince served before
the king as humbly as he could, and would not sit at the king's
board for any desire that the king could make, but he said
he was not sufficient to sit at the table with so great a prince
as the king was. But then he said to the king: 'Sir, for
God's sake make none evil nor heavy cheer, though God
this day did not consent to follow your will; for, sir, surely
the king my father shall bear you as much honour and amity
as he may do, and shall accord with you so reasonably that
ye shall ever be friends together after. And, sir, methinks ye
ought to rejoice, though the journey be not as ye would have
had it, for this day ye have won the high renown of prowess
and have passed this day in valiantness all other of your
party. Sir, I say not this to mock you, for all that be on our
party, that saw every man's deeds, are plainly accorded by
true sentence to give you the prize and chaplet.' Therewith
the Frenchmen began to murmur and said among themselves
how the prince had spoken nobly, and that by all estimation
he should prove a noble man, if God send him life and to
persevere in such good fortune.