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Two years later, brave old Lord Talbot led 5000 men to recover the duchy, and was gladly welcomed; but he was slain in the battle of Castillon, fighting like a lion. His two sons fell beside him, and his army was broken. TWO YEARS LATER BRAVE OLD LORD TALBOT LED FIVE THOUSAND MEN TO RECOVER THE DUCHY AND WAS GLADLY WELCOMED BUT HE WAS SLAIN IN THE BATTLE OF CASSION FIGHTING LIKE A LION HIS TWO SONS FELL BESIDE HIM AND HIS ARMY WAS BROKEN
 to the king, and Charles, almost in spite of himself, was restored. An able merchant, named Jacques Cœur, lent him money which equipped his men for the recovery of Normandy, and he himself, waking into activity, took Rouen and the other cities on the coast. 13. Conquest of Aquitaine (1450).--By these successes Charles had recovered all, save Calais, that Henry V. or Edward III. had taken from France. But he was now able to do more. The one province of the south which the French kings had never been able to win was Guienne, the duchy on the river Garonne. Guienne had been a part of Eleanor's inheritance, and passed through her to the English kings; but though they had lost all else, the hatred of its inhabitants to the French enabled them to retain this, and Guienne had never yet passed under French rule. It was wrested, however, from Eleanor's descendants in this flood-tide of conquest. Bordeaux held out as long as it could, but Henry VI. could send no aid, and it was forced to yield. GATES TO THE KING AND CHARLES ALMOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF WAS RESTORED AN ABLE MERCHANT CALLED JACQUES COEUR LENT HIM MONEY WHICH EQUIPPED HIS MEN FOR THE RECOVERY OF NORMANDY AND HE HIMSELF WAKING INTO ACTIVITY TOOK ROENT AND THE OTHER CITIES ON THE COASTTEEN CONQUEST OF ACQUITAN FOURTEEN FIFTY BY THESE SUCCESSES CHARLES HAD RECOVERED ALL SAVE CALI THAT HENRY THE FIFTH OR EDWARD A THIRD HAD TAKEN FROM FRANCE BUT HE WAS NOW ABLE TO DO MORE THE ONE PROVINCE OF THE SOUTH WHICH THE FRENCH KINGS HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WIN WAS GUIENNE THE DUCHY ON THE RIVER GALLONNE GUIENNE HAD BEEN A PART OF ELEANOR'S INHERITANCE AND PASSED THROUGH HER TO THE ENGLISH KINGS BUT THOUGH THEY HAD LOST ALL ELSE THE HATRED OF ITS INHABITANTS TO THE FRENCH ENABLED THEM TO RETAIN THIS AND GUIENNE HAD NEVER YET PASSED UNDER FRENCH RULE IT WAS WRESTED HOWEVER FROM ELEANOR'S DESCENDANTS IN THIS FLOOD TIDE OF CONQUEST BOURDOOR HELD OUT AS LONG AS IT COULD BUT HENRY THE SIXTH COULD SEND NO AID AND IT WAS FORCED TO YIELD
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