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403 _et seq._] [Illustration: VIEW OF ORLEANS, 1428-1429] Now the most cunning, the most expert, the most fortunate in arms of all the English captains and princes was Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury and of Perche.[473] He had long waged war in Normandy, in Champagne, and in Maine.

At present he was gathering an army in England, intended for the banks of the Loire.