The communes, and chiefly those of corbeil, Amiens, Beauvais, Compiegne, and Arras, thereupon pierced through the battalions of the knights and placed themselves in front of the king, when some German infantry crept up round Philip, and with hooks and light lances threw him down from his horse; but a small body of knights who had remained by him overthrew, dispersed, and slew these infantry, and the king, recovering himself more quickly than had been expected, leaped upon another horse, and dashed again into the melley.
"A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume II. of VI."
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Two years later, in 1228, amidst the insurrection of the barons, who were assembled at corbeil, and who meditated seizing the person of the young king during his halt at Montlhery on his march to Paris, Queen Blanche had summoned to her side, together with the faithful chivalry of the country, the burghers of Paris and of the neighborhood; and they obeyed the summons with alacrity.
"A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume II. of VI."
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Search has been made to find the peasant who announced that he had seen a French army at corbeil, but this remarkable agriculturist is not forthcoming.
"Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris"
Henry Labouchère
