Dunois, having received notice, arrived in force at the Martainville gate.

The inhabitants begged him to march into the city as many men as he pleased.
"It shall be as you will," said Dunois.

Three hundred men-at-arms and archers seemed sufficient.

Charles VII returned before Rouen; the English asked leave to withdraw without loss of life or kit; and "on condition," said the king "that they take nothing on the march without paying." "We have not the wherewithal," they answered; and the king gave them a hundred francs.

Negotiations were recommenced.