The breeze was fresh, and they were now about mid-channel. The strange sail came topping the waves, which curled and seethed3 under her broad bow as she rose on their crests4 and dipped again in the trough of the sea. Swiftly she ran down before the salt sea breeze, and a gallant6 sight she looked.
"You'd best hide the gleam of your harness, my lord," said the old master, "or they'll be smelling a rat."
Without stopping to inquire how a gleam could assist a sense of smell, the Captain of the Wight, accompanied by Ralph, stepped off the lofty poop and took their stand under the lee gunwale.
"Luff!" sung out the Master, who was carefully watching the movements of the stranger; and a cloud of spray dashed over the bow as the head of the ship came more round to the sea.
"That'll do; keep her going so. Ay, ay, my beauty, I sees ye; but ye need not be in such a hurry--we're a-waiting for you, but 'twon't do to let you think it; so now up with the helm, and let her fall off a bit. There, keep her jogging like that: they'll be alongside in another minute."
From where Ralph stood, by screwing his head a little he could just see the top of the masts and the round "crow's nests" in the "tops." The main and fore5 yards were braced7 square, and the great bellying8 sails stretched out tight as drums before the fresh breeze. The masts looked so close, he thought she must be aboard of them, and expected every moment to hear a crash as her stem cut into the broad stern of his own ship.
"Halloa! you there! you'll be aboard o' us an' you take no more care," sung out the Master through a speaking-tube.
But no answer came back; and Ralph was suddenly startled by seeing a long black pole slowly come creeping past the side of their ship, followed by a high black mass, and then the whole of the fore part of the vessel10 seemed to grow suddenly up abreast11 of where he was standing12. He could plainly hear the sound of the sea as it dashed against the bluff13 bows and hurtled between the two hulls14.
"Hola! Messieurs les Anglais! rendez-vous," bawled15 a hoarse16 voice.
"Come aboard, then, and take us!" called out the Master, at the same time motioning to the helmsman to put the helm down, so as to let her range alongside.
The two vessels17 were now broadside to broadside, and were both surging through the sea. The Frenchman had shortened sail so as to keep alongside of the Captain's vessel. Ralph could see a crowd of people on board. In another moment a stout18 rope with a grapnel attached was thrown on board the Captain's vessel at the stern, and another caught in the fore chains forward. The two ships were now lashed19 alongside.
"'Tis all right now, my lord," called down the Master; "I'll see to their not getting away while you tackles them on deck."
The Frenchmen had already begun to board the Captain's ship. A burly Norman seaman20, wielding21 a formidable pike, had leapt over the bulwark22 on to the deck, and was rushing forward to knock down Dicky Cheke, who had suddenly caught sight of his cheese, when the Frenchman stepped upon it and instantly slipped up with a fearful exclamation23.
"You villain24! 'tis my cheese, and you have spoilt it for ever!" shrieked25 Dicky Cheke, in a rage.
And without a moment's hesitation26 he drove his sword into the Norman's body, amid the cheers of Ralph and the crew, who had watched the scene.
But now the men-at-arms and archers27 came pouring up from below. The Captain, closely followed by Ralph, sprang forward, shouting "St George for England!" And the Frenchmen, seeing they had caught a Tartar, sprang back to their own ship, followed fiercely by the men of the Wight.
The Frenchmen offered but a feeble resistance. They were not nearly so numerous as the English, and were armed with far less complete armour28. It was an age of cruel reprisals29, and it would have been thought no reflection on the humanity of the Captain of the Wight had he put the crew of the captured vessel to the sword. But beyond the few who were killed in the first excitement of the moment, no further bloodshed followed, and the French prisoners were transferred to the Captain's vessel, while a sufficient crew was placed on board the prize, with orders to keep in company and sail for Guernsey.
This was a glorious beginning, and every one hailed it as a joyous30 omen9.
The glow of the coming sun flushed up over the pale grey sky. Creamy and crisp the crests of the tumbling sea sparkled and flashed in the ruddy light, and the sea dew glittered on spar and mast and straining sail.
Ralph never tired of watching the bows of the prize as she crashed through the curling waves, and he felt more than ever the joy of the full pulse of healthy, vigorous life.
Dicky Cheke had quite recovered his spirits. He felt his reputation was now firmly established, and he was rendered quite happy by discovering his ham inside his oil-skin hat. It was soaked in salt water, it was true, but, as he wisely remarked, that would only improve the flavour, after it had been dried before the galley31 fire.
The sun now rose out of the tumbling, restless sea, and Ralph and the two boys went below to turn in for a short sleep. In another three hours a loud cry on deck roused them suddenly out of their troubled doze32.
Hastening on deck, they saw a few dark specks33, and a high rock, over which the sea was dashing and leaping; beyond it a black mass loomed34 up like a tall hay-cock, and away over the grey sea was the dim shadow of some high land.
"Where are we? what is it?" asked Ralph.
"'Tis Alderney, and yon is the Casketts, and the Ortach; and there's a swingeing tide carrying us through," answered an old seaman.
And so it seemed, for they flew past the rocks, and staggered along before the still fresh breeze.
Ralph went below, and dozed35 off once more. When he awoke again the motion of the vessel had ceased, but the noise on deck was great.
"Rouse up, Ralph," called Dicky Cheke. "Here's Guernsey, and we're to wait here for those heavy-sailing tubs of ours, that haven't got as far as Alderney yet, I'll warrant."
The whole of that day they spent at anchor off Peter Port. Ralph admired the grey castle Cornet, and the picturesque36 outlines of Herm, Jettou, and Sark, and marvelled37 greatly at the wonderful maze38 of rocks.
About mid-day the masts of the other vessels could be seen round the south-eastern point under St Martin's, and in a short time they dropped anchor abreast of the Captain's ship. Their arrival was greeted by loud cheers from the latter vessel, and the ringing cheers which came back showed that the others had seen the captured Frenchman lying inshore of the Captain's ship, with the Cross of St George waving over the Lilies of France.
The same evening they weighed anchor again, but as the wind dropped, and the tide was on the turn, the Master thought it better to run in for Jersey39 and wait for morning.
The next day at early dawn, with a favouring breeze, they once more weighed anchor, and stood out of St Helier's Bay. In another two hours they sighted the high land of Cape40 Frehel, and with a fresh breeze and flowing tide they entered the intricate channel of St Malo.
"So, this is France, is it?" said Dicky Cheke. "Marry, 'tis a barren place enough. I thought they called it a fertile land. They must be parlous41 odd plants as would grow on these bare rocks. Did you ever see such a lot of stones? Why, they've so many of them, they've been forced to throw them into the sea, and so fill up their harbour; or did they place them here to frighten strangers away?"
They were scudding42 past the Cezembre, and all its dangerous reefs; past the Grand Jardin, and in a short time had dropped anchor in St Malo roadstead.
The arrival of such a squadron as five English ships was an event in the usually tranquil44 lives of the inhabitants of St Malo. The town was held for the Duke of Brittany by a force of men-at-arms and demi-lances, and a force of Swiss or Allemaynes, as the English called them, had already arrived, sent by the King of the Romans to assist his betrothed45 wife.
The Captain of the Wight was speedily visited by the Governor of the place, and Ralph was delighted to see, accompanying that official, his old friend the Sire de la Roche Guemené, who greeted him with frank courtesy, and welcomed him to Brittany. The capture of the French vessel was looked upon as a lucky omen.
In the course of the afternoon the vessels were able to come into the harbour and lie alongside the quay46, when the Captain of the Wight landed in state, and was escorted to his quarters in the town.
Dicky Cheke was in raptures47 at the size of the town, there being no place at all to compare with it in the Isle48 of Wight. Southampton was the only port with which he could compare it; and he was astonished at the volubility of the French children.
"What scholars they be," he said. "They all talk French as easy as I talk English. But--faugh! I say, Ralph, they like it strong about here. Oh! I say, these French don't mind rank smells. Phew!"
"Humph! It is something out of the common," said Maurice.
But this was their first experience of French towns and French sanitation49. Not that the towns of England were much better in those days. But the English, like most Teutonic races, had a habit of spreading their towns rather more, and the love of a plot of ground, so inherent in the English mind, kept freer currents of air in their back premises50 than in the narrow, cooped up streets of the French municipalities, hemmed51 in with lofty walls, and whose enormously tall houses shut out all daylight from the streets below.
The next few days were occupied in drilling the expeditionary force, and the Bretons admired the tall, stalwart figures of the men of the Wight, their martial52 bearing, and thorough equipment.
The knights53 and men-at-arms gave a tourney in the level plain at the back of St Malo, in return for the jousts54 which the Breton knights had given in Carisbrooke Castle, and many gallant feats55 were done, Ralph Lisle distinguishing himself greatly. Both he and the other young men enjoyed themselves very much, and they won universal praise by their courteous56 bearing and gallant looks.
Hawking57 and hunting, and the many duties of garrison58 life, passed away the time pleasantly enough. But Ralph longed for a more active scene. He did not care for dances and the gaieties of the lively French society, and while Dicky Cheke was in his element talking execrable French with easy self-assurance, Ralph was moping on the ramparts, or leaning over the parapet of the harbour mole59, watching the fishing-boats and the busy life of the crowded harbour. He made many expeditions up the Rance and among the numerous islands of the rocky archipelago, and was fast becoming a hardy60 sailor, well acquainted with the set of the tides and the intricacies of the many dangerous channels. One long expedition he made with Maurice Woodville as far as the harbour of Cancalle, through the difficult passage of La Bigne, and gazed upon the marvellous pile of Mont St Michel, rising out of the desert of sand, and he longed to visit it. But it was held by a French garrison, the most proud and enterprising in all France; for there, in the noble "Salle des Chevaliers," had been instituted in a solemn chapter the Knights of the Order of St Michel, in 1469, to commemorate61 the fortress62 never having fallen into the hands of the English, and to perpetuate63 the brave defence of Louis d'Estouteville in 1427.
There was some danger in this trip, not only from the sunken rocks and eddying64 tides, but from the chance of capture by the boats belonging to the garrison of Mont St Michel; and once they had a narrow escape from one of these latter, for as they emerged behind one great pile of granite65 they saw a boat drawn66 up on the rocks on the other side, left high and dry by the tide, and the crew were busy collecting shellfish on the rocks below. They heard one man shout out, "Voila! les Anglois," and they saw the others hasten up to look after them; but evidently they thought it hopeless to try to catch them, as before they could launch their unwieldy boat the light shallop of the two boys would be far beyond their reach. It was a narrow escape, however, and Ralph determined67 not to go so far away again.
There was no danger in making expeditions up the Rance, for Dinan was garrisoned68 for the Duke of Brittany, and all away to the west towards St Brieuc and Treguier was faithful to its native prince. One day, as Ralph returned from one of these expeditions, he was surprised to see a great stir in their camp. The Allemaynes had already marched out, and their long pikes and swaggering plumes69 could be seen over the hedges, on the road to Rennes. He hastened up to the Captain's quarters, and learned that orders had come to break up their camp and march at once to relieve Fougéres.
This was joyful70 news. The little force was by this time perfectly71 disciplined, and in a very short time the tents were struck. The squad43 was drawn up, the companies formed, and the column awaiting the order to march. The two Breton knights were directed to accompany the English and act as guides.
The Captain of the Wight, in full armour, attended by Sir John Trenchard and his esquires, put himself at the head of the main body, and ordered his banner to be unfurled. The trumpets72 sounded, and the order to march immediately followed. To Ralph was assigned the honourable73 post of accompanying Tom o' Kingston with the advanced guard.
As they left the sea, the country became more and more fertile. Sunny orchards74 and rich pastures, interspersed75 with pleasant farm-houses, bore witness to the truth of the proverbial fertility of France; but traces were also seen of the ravages76 of war. They were now approaching Dol, whose grey cathedral could be seen to the east of a rising bluff, conspicuous77 in the level landscape. Great care was requisite78 in passing this town. The Swiss were halted in a neighbouring field, and the whole force marched past the walls in battle order, for Dol had lately been taken by the French troops, and an attack might be made on the column as it defiled79 past the grey old town.
As it was, Ralph saw for the first time in his life a shot fired with murderous intent. The garrison of Dol, more from defiance80 than with hope of doing any execution, trained a coleuvrine upon the head of the column which was marching past with banners displayed, drums beating, and trumpets sounding, in all the insolent81 pomp and bravery of war. But the shot fell short, and a derisive82 shout was set up by the Switzers and English archers. The rest of the march to Rennes was performed without further adventure. They encamped the first night at the Chateau83 de Combourg, near the little stream of the Dore, which belonged to the Comte de Chateaubriand, who was then marching upon Rennes with the Duke of Orleans, and the rest of the army of the Duke of Brittany.
The hearts of all beat high as they approached Rennes, and heard the sounds of martial music, and saw the glint of spears, and flash of steel helmet and polished cuirass. Ralph felt very proud as he rode in front of the English division, beside Tom o' Kingston, clad in complete armour, and carrying his lance erect84, while he entered the streets of Rennes, the capital of Brittany. The populace had all turned out to see the redoubted English and Swiss march through their streets, as allies and friends, and they were greeted cordially. A very splendid appearance they presented. The uniform of the men of the Wight, their complete equipment, and their soldierly bearing, were loudly admired, while the swash-bucklering air of the Swiss pikemen, with their huge puffed85 leathern jerkins, great bonnets86 lined with steel, and ornamented87 with feathers, their long swords and stout pikes, excited much astonishment88, for this formidable mercenary force was as yet only just beginning to be appreciated, and had never been seen before in Brittany.
There were eight hundred of the Swiss, all wearing the black imperial two-headed eagle on their padded and slashed89 buff jerkins. They marched through the city, and were encamped outside the walls, on the north.
Fresh troops were continually arriving, and in three days afterwards the main body, under the Duke of Orleans, the Prince of Orange, and the Lord d'Albret, marched into the city. Ralph attended upon the Captain of the Wight, who was sometimes called Lord Rivers by the Bretons, and enjoyed the spectacle of all this fine body of men and so many well-known nobles and knights defiling90 before him. There was the ducal ermine of Brittany; the golden lilies of France, with the silver label of Orleans--the lilies quartering the purple of Albret, the silver bend sinister91 abating92 the regal lilies of Dunois; and the red cross, with its silver escallops, blazing in a golden shield, with its azure93 eagles, for Laval. Ducal, princely, noble banners passed in gay procession before the eyes of the delighted page, while the splendidly armed cavaliers, attended by their esquires and varlets, rode past at the head of their squadrons. There were four hundred steel-clad men-at-arms, and eight thousand foot, with a large train of artillery94, the first that Ralph had ever seen for use in the field, for the English still trusted to their own peculiar95 weapon, the famed long bow of England, for winning victories in the open field.
In addition to the great names of the feudal96 chiefs, there were other Breton lords. The Marechal de Rieux, lately returned to his allegiance to his lawful97 Duke; the Lords of Chateaubriand, Leon, Crenettes, Pont l'Abbé, Plessis, Balines, and Montigny Montuet, and Ralph was astonished at the gallant show and numbers of the Breton force.
He little knew what fatal jealousies98 were burning in the hearts of those baronial figures as they proudly rode past to the great square before the Parliament House of Rennes.
There was a great council of war held in the ancient steep-roofed building. The Captain of the Wight attended, and received a flattering greeting, as uncle of the Queen of England, and son of the Lady of Luxemburg. But it was at once apparent to his observant eye how many difficulties were to be surmounted99 in handling this heterogeneous100 band of high-spirited, proud, and impracticable men. There were present representatives of five languages--the German, the French, the Breton, the Basque, and the English; while the guttural speech of the Gascon nearly made a sixth. And the aims and objects of their leaders were as diverse as their tongues. Two suitors for the hand of the Duchess Anne were present in person; the troops of a third were there to enforce his claims; while opposed to them all were the armies of the fourth candidate. The jealousies of personal rivalry101 were increased by the prejudice of race. The Bretons disliked and mistrusted the French. The French, with their amour propre and personal conceit102, were disgusted at the braggadocio103 and pugnacity104 of the Gascons; and the English and Germans did nothing to disguise their natural antipathy105 and contempt for the Latin races; while the stubborn Breton opposed with national and hereditary106 obstinacy107 every plan he did not himself see the use of, or which would bear directly upon the interests of his land.
After long debate nothing was decided108; only the differences of the Duke of Orleans and the Lord d'Albret were rendered more conspicuous, and the nobles dispersed109 to their respective quarters.
The following week was spent in inaction, much to the disgust of the Captain of the Wight. The French army, under the celebrated110 young commander, Louis de la Tremouille, Vicomte de Thouars, was pressing hard upon Fougéres, and all men longed to march to its relief. At last all differences appeared to be accommodated, and the Duke of Orleans, who was appointed Commander-in-Chief, gave the order for the army to march. The following night the whole force encamped at Andouille, a small village half-way between Combourg and Fougéres. Here another two days were wasted in settling a somewhat serious quarrel that had broken out at night between the Gascon followers111 of the Lord d'Albret and the French followers of the Duke of Orleans. In the midst of these bickerings, a dusty and heated messenger arrived to say Fougéres had fallen, and that the victorious112 French army was marching to attack them.
Instantly all was confusion. But the startling news had this good effect--all, with one consent, agreed they must march at once on Orange, with a view to occupying St Aubin du Cormier, which lay on the direct road from Fougéres to Rennes.
They also hoped to be able to effect a junction113 with the garrison of Fougéres, who had surrendered upon terms that they might march out with bag and baggage.
But on reaching Orange, which was a small hamlet some six miles from St Aubin, they heard that the French army was close upon them. They therefore halted, and spent the night there, prepared to fight a decisive battle the next day.
"Well, Ralph, we shall see some fun to-morrow," said Dicky Cheke. "'Tis Sunday, too; our good folks at Mottestone will be in church."
"Ay, and where shall we be?" said Ralph thoughtfully.
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