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fought near Poictiers took the King his Son Philip, many nobles and a multitude of private men Prisoners, though the French Army was Six times as numerous as the English -- In April following the Prince arrived in England bringing his prisoners with him The King of Scotland, was afterwards ransomed for 100,00 marks, & the French King agreed to pay for his ransom 500,000 pounds, & a considerable extent of Country, but the misery of the French was such at this time as to be incapable of paying the Sum stipulated