Excerpt from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries, Vol. 8: From the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II, to the Coronation of Henry IV XIII. The King of France goes to Lille, with the Intent to invade Eng land.-sir Simon Burley advifes the Removal of the Shrine of St. Thomas a Becket from Czinter bury to Dover Came, for Fear of the French. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.