
We will occupy it shortly, and the usual entertainments will be indulged. ‘My lord,’ began Loveday, ‘these Welshmen-’ Not for the first time, your fellows have disrupted the smooth progress of our campaign.’ ‘I see men… driving horses,’ said Loveday, knowing he sounded a fool. The horses and the men behind them were tracking steadily away across the rolling plain outside Lisieux. ‘Well, I shall tell you about the place another time. ‘Have you ever been to Wales, FitzTalbot?’ Warwick asked. And a bit of a grilling about how the situation might be resolved. Here one of the noblemen gives the Essex Dogs’ leader, ‘Loveday’ FitzTalbot, an account of what has happened. Not only did they fail they also had their horses stolen by a gang of Welshmen. In 1346, a pair of cardinals came to meet Edward III in the hope that they could broker peace between him and Philippe VI of France. To be honest with you, I’m out on my feet, so I just want to share a little flavour of Essex Dogs with you, which relates to Lisieux. One day my number will be up, and then I’ll be sad I don’t get to roast in foreign cities and talk shit for a living.Īnyway. This is the best job in the world and I’m outrageously lucky to have been doing it for the last ten years.
