This work they attempted to destroy.

They vigorously attacked the _Godons_ and took a few prisoners.

With two shots from his culverin Maitre Jean killed five persons, including Lord Gray, the nephew of the late Earl of Salisbury.[567] But they could not hinder the English from completing their work.

The siege continued with terrible vigour.

Agitated by doubts and fears, consumed with anxiety, without sleep, without rest, and succeeding in nothing, they began to despair.