"The Dauphin commanded at that time the King's Army in Champaign, and had reduced that of the Emperor to such extremities, that it must have entirely perished, had not the Duchess d'Etampes, for fear too great successes should make us refuse peace, and the Emperor's alliance in favour of the Duke of Orleans, secretly advised the enemy to surprise Espemai and Cheteau-Thieni, in which places were great magazines of provisions;
Dofin jauna, bien bitartean, erregeren armada ari zen gidatzen Champagnen, eta halako heinean murriztu zuen enperadorearena, ezen zeharo suntsituko baitzuen, baldin eta Etampesko dukesak, abantaila handiegiak izateak enperadorearen eta Orleansko dukearen arteko bakea eta egiunea deuseztu zitzan beldurrez, ez balitu etsaiak ezkutuan ohartarazi, Epernay eta Chateau-Thierry ustekabean beren menpe har zitzatela esanez, hornigaiez mukuru zeudelarik.