THE
CHRONICLES
OF
ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET;
CONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRUEL CIVIL WARS BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF
ORLEANS AND BURGUNDY;
OF THE POSSESSION OF
PARIS AND NORMANDY BY THE ENGLISH;
THEIR EXPULSION THENCE;
AND OF OTHER
MEMORABLE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE,
AS WELL AS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
A HISTORY OF FAIR EXAMPLE, AND OF GREAT PROFIT TO THE
FRENCH,
Beginning at the Year MCCCC. where that of Sir JOHN FROISSART finishes, and ending at the Year MCCCCLXVII. and continued by others to the Year MDXVI.
TRANSLATED
BY THOMAS JOHNES, ESQ.
IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES.... VOL. III.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.
1810.
CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
| [CHAP. I.] | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
The king of France sends different captainswith troops to harrass the Armagnacs onthe frontiers. The defeat of the count dela Marche | 1 |
| [CHAP. II.] | |
The king of France sends ambassadors toEngland. The lord de Croy and the dukeof Bourbon's children obtain their liberty.Of count Waleran de St Pol | 9 |
| [CHAP. III.] | |
The dukes of Berry and of Orleans, withothers of their adherents, send an embassyto the king of England. The consequencesof it | 13 |
| [CHAP. IV.] | |
Duke Louis of Bavaria is driven out of Parisby the Parisians, and his people robbed.Of the cardinal de Cambray, and theprohibition of the king of England | 24 |
| [CHAP. V.] | |
The king of Sicily leaves Paris. The siegeof Domfront. The battle of St Remy duPlain. The siege of Bellesme, and otherevents of the year | 28 |
| [CHAP. VI.] | |
Charles king of France, attended by otherprinces, marches a large force from Paristo Bourges. Letters from the king ofEngland, and other matters | 39 |
| [CHAP. VII.] | |
The town of Vervins is taken by sir Clugnetde Brabant, and afterward retaken. Thecastle of Gersies is won by sir Simon deClermont | 45 |
| [CHAP. VIII.] | |
The king of France receives certain informationthat his adversaries had formed an alliancewith the king of England. The constable marches into the Boulonois | 49 |
| [CHAP. IX.] | |
The king of France lays siege to Fontenay andto Bourges. The events that happenedwhile he remained there | 52 |
| [CHAP. X.] | |
The king of France decamps, and lays siegeto Bourges on the opposite side. A treatyis concluded between the two parties | 65 |
| [CHAP. XI.] | |
The princes and lords within the city of Bourgeswait on the king and the duke of Acquitaine,and afterward at Auxerre | 73 |
| [CHAP. XII.] | |
The king of France orders his edict respectingthe peace to be sent to his different officersfor proclamation in the usual places, andother matters | 85 |
| [CHAP. XIII.] | |
The war continues in the Boulonois. Theking returns to Paris. The duke of Orleanssatisfies the English, and other matters | 91 |
| [CHAP. XIV.] | |
The duke of Berry is dangerously ill. He isvisited by his daughter the duchess ofBourbon, and by the duke of Burgundy.Notice of other matters | 95 |
| [CHAP. XV.] | |
The king of France holds a grand assembly atParis on the reformation of abuses in thegovernment. Other matters | 98 |
| [CHAP. XVI.] | |
The duke of Acquitaine is displeased with hischancellor. Jealousies arise among the greatlords, and other matters | 133 |
| [CHAP. XVII.] | |
Henry of Lancaster, king of England, whohad been a valiant knight, dies in thisyear. Of the alliance between him andthe french princes | 137 |
| [CHAP. XVIII.] | |
The king's ministers are greatly alarmed atthe arrest of sir Peter des Essars and ofthe duke of Bar. Other proceedings ofthe Parisians | 144 |
| [CHAP. XIX.] | |
The Parisians propose whatever measuresthey please in the presence of the dukeof Acquitaine and the other princes.Cruelties committed by them | 152 |
| [CHAP. XX.] | |
The count de Vertus and several of thenobility leave Paris. Other regulationsand edicts obtained from the king by theParisians | 165 |
| [CHAP. XXI.] | |
King Ladislaus of Naples enters Rome witha powerful army. The death of sir Jamesde la Riviere. The dismission of thechancellor, and other matters | 173 |
| [CHAP. XXII.] | |
The ambassadors from the king of Francereturn with those from the princes toParis. They are joined by others, whonegotiate a fourth peace at Pontoise | 182 |
| [CHAP. XXIII.] | |
The duke of Acquitaine orders the prisonersto be liberated. The duke of Burgundyleaves Paris. Several princes arrive there.Their actions | 212 |
| [CHAP. XXIV.] | |
The duke of Brittany comes to Paris. Theduke of Burgundy holds a council atLille. The actions of the count de SaintPol, and other matters that happened atthis time | 229 |
| [CHAP. XXV.] | |
The duke of Burgundy holds many councilsto consider of his situation, fearing that hisenemies would turn the king against him,which they afterwards did | 234 |
| [CHAP. XXVI.] | |
Duke Louis of Bavaria marries at Paris. Ofthose who had been banished on account ofthe discords between the dukes of Orleansand Burgundy, and of many other incidentalmatters | 241 |
| [CHAP. XXVII.] | |
The king of France, fearing the peace wouldbe broken, publishes other edicts for itspreservation throughout the realm, andalso respecting the coin | 247 |
| [CHAP. XXVIII.] | |
The king of Sicily sends back the daughter ofthe duke of Burgundy. The duke writesletters to the king of France, containingremonstrances, and other matters | 264 |
| [CHAP. XXIX.] | |
The duke of Burgundy goes to Antwerp.The arrest of sir John de Croy, and otherremarkable events that happened about thisperiod | 283 |
| [CHAP. XXX.] | |
The duke of Burgundy marches a large forcetoward Paris. He fixes his quarters atSaint Denis. The events that happenedduring this march, and in consequenceof it | 299 |
| [CHAP. XXXI.] | |
On the retreat of the duke of Burgundy fromSt Denis, the king of France issues ordersthroughout his kingdom to raise forces tomarch against him | 324 |
HERE BEGINNETH
THE THIRD VOLUME
OF THE
CHRONICLES
OF
ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET.