Time Travels with Truffle: Dateline August 26th, 1346 – Crécy, France

 

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Today’s Time Travels with Truffle, about one of the most glorious English victories in the 100 Years War, is best heard by reciting the Classic Medieval Work: The Ballad of Truffle at Crécy.

 

I 

When Crécy’s field with thunder shook,

And France rode forth in armored pride,

The English bows their places took,

With yew‑wood strength at archer’s side.

Yet midst the ranks of common men,

A tiny hound through dust and flame

Did weave between the bowmen’s den—

And Truffle was her valiant name.

 

II 

The French knights charged in iron tide,

Their lances leveled, banners spread,

But England’s longbows opened wide,

And stormed the sky with shafts of dread.

The arrows fell like winter rain,

And horses buckled, knights were thrown—

A peasant’s bow, with simple grain,

Struck down the mightiest ever known.

 

III 

Sir Edric loosed his final shot,

Then heard a bark both sharp and clear—

For Truffle sensed what he did not:

A mounted foe was drawing near.

She leapt before the deadly swing,

Her cry turned Edric’s blade in time;

He struck the knight, preserved his king—

And bards would set her name in rhyme.

 

IV 

So Crécy’s tale the minstrels keep,

Of archers bold and knights laid low,

Of kings who prayed while arrows steep

Did break the pride of France below.

Yet in their songs one truth stays bright:

That courage comes in every size—

For Truffle, in the fiercest fight,

Won honor fit for any prize.

 

And once again, History is gently guided by a tiny paw.