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| [CHAP. I.] | |
| The king of France, being satisfied thatthe English had broken the truce, declares War against them. Verneuil istaken by a miller, whom an Englishman had beaten | [1] |
| [CHAP. II.] | |
| The count de St Pol appears before Nogent,which surrenders to him. The capture of Point-audemer | [7] |
| [CHAP. III.] | |
| The English invade Scotland twice, andare as many times repulsed. The tower of Verneuil surrenders to the king ofFrance. Other matters | [10] |
| [CHAP. IV.] | |
| The king of France summons Mantes tosurrender, which it does, and is taken possession of, in the name of the king,by the count de Dunois, his lieutenant-general | [17] |
| [CHAP. V.] | |
| The king of France makes his entry intoVerneuil. The reception he receives. The seneschal of Poitou undertakes an expeditionagainst the castle of Loigny. It surrenders to the king, and several English aretaken in it. Vernon surrenders to theking | [20] |
| [CHAP. VI.] | |
| The king of France comes to the townof Evreux, where he is handsomely received, and goes thence to Louviers.The castle of Anjou submits to the king. Gournay surrenders also. John Howelyields up the castle of La Roche-Guyon to its lord, and turns to the French | [27] |
| [CHAP. VII.] | |
| The counts of Eu and of St Pol take bystorm the new castle of Nicorps. The castle surrenders on terms. The countde Dunois gains the castle of Harcourt | [33] |
| [CHAP. VIII.] | |
| The duke of Brittany and the constableof France enter Normandy with a great army and lay siege to St Lo, whichsurrenders to them, as do many other small places. The town of Carentansurrenders also | [37] |
| [CHAP. IX.] | |
| The duke of Alençon conquers his townof Alençon. The count de Foix gains the town and castle of Mauléon. Thecount de Dunois takes Argentan. The English retire into the keep of the castle,and, on surrendering it, march away with only staves in their hands | [42] |
| [CHAP. X.] | |
| The king of Sicily waits on the king ofFrance at Louviers. Fresnoy surrenders to the duke of Alençon. Gisors capitulates.The castle of Gallon is besieged | [49] |
| [CHAP. XI.] | |
| The king of France orders the counts deDunois, d'Eu, and de St Pol to join him, as he intended to march to Rouen,whence, after remaining three days he returns. Some of the inhabitants ofRouen are near delivering up the city to him. The duke of Brittany besiegesFougeres. Condé is taken | [52] |
| [CHAP. XII.] | |
| The archbishop of Rouen and others ofthe citizens negotiate to surrender that city to the king of France. The keysare presented to the lieutenant-general, the count de Dunois, who enters thetown with his army | [60] |
| [CHAP. XIII.] | |
| The king of France besieges the dukeof Somerset, Lord Talbot, and their men, in the government-palace of Rouen.They surrender, on condition of being allowed to march away on yielding upthe castle of Arques, and other places mentioned | [70] |
| [CHAP. XIV.] | |
| The king of France makes a grand entryinto Rouen. He is sumptuously received. The English restore to the kingthe castle of Arques, Caudebec, Tancarville, Monstierville, &c. | [75] |
| [CHAP. XV.] | |
| The castle of Gaillon submits to the obedienceof the king of France, Fougeres surrenders to the duke of Brittany, andBellême to the duke of Alençon. A well-fought battle takes place betweenthe French and English | [88] |
| [CHAP. XVI.] | |
| The king of France leaves Rouen. Hesends his lieutenant-general to besiege Harfleur, which surrenders on capitulation.The fair Agnes is taken ill. Her death, and her last testament | [92] |
| [CHAP. XVII.] | |
| The count de Foix raises a large army tobesiege the castle of Guischen. The English assemble to raise the siege, butare defeated by the lord de Lautrec and the bastard de Foix | [101] |
| [CHAP. XVIII.] | |
| After the capture of Valognes by sirThomas Kiriel, he takes the field with a large army of Englishmen. He ismet by the count de Clermont, who at tacks and defeats him | [108] |
| [CHAP. XIX.] | |
| The duke of Brittany besieges Avranches,with his whole force. It surrenders to him. He takes Tombelaine. Bayeux iswon. The constable gains Bricquebec, Valognes, St Sauveur le Vicomte. Otherincidents | [117] |
| [CHAP. XX.] | |
| The siege of Caen. The king of France,attended by the king of Sicily and his son, the duke of Calabria, appear beforeit with a large army. The English, after sustaining much damage from thebatteries, surrender the town and castle of Caen | [123] |
| [CHAP. XXI.] | |
| The king of France makes his entry intoCaen, and is nobly received there. The English surrender Falaise. Poton deSaintrailles is appointed governor of it. Domfront is reduced to the king'sobedience | [131] |
| [CHAP. XXII.] | |
| The decease of the duke of Brittany, andof the lord Giles his brother, whom he had cruelly put to death before hisdecease. Cherbourg is besieged by sea and land, and is taken by the French | [136] |
| [CHAP. XXIII.] | |
| The author particularises the valour ofseveral of the nobles in the conquest of Normandy. The king of France sendsthe count de Penthievre, as his lieutenant, into Guienne | [143] |
| [CHAP. XXIV.] | |
| The lord d'Orval defeats the men of Bordeaux.Duke Peter of Brittany does homage to the king of France. Theduke of Burgundy attempts to lay a tax on salt throughout Flanders | [154] |
| [CHAP. XXV.] | |
| The king appoints the count de Dunois his lieutenant-generalin Guienne, who besieges Mont-Guyon. It surrenders to him.He lays siege to the town of Blaye, which is taken by storm. The castle capitulates | [159] |
| [CHAP. XXVI.] | |
| The greater part of the towns and castlesin the duchy of Guienne enter into treaties for their surrender, with the exceptionof Bayonne. Bordeaux surrenders | [166] |
| [CHAP. XXVII.] | |
| The city of Bayonne is besieged by thecounts de Foix and de Dunois, lieutenants-general to the king. It surrenders. Theregulations made in consequence. Pope Nicholas marries the emperor of Germanyto the daughter of the king of Portugal. The events that take place inEngland | [180] |
| [CHAP. XXVIII.] | |
| Jacques Coeur is arrested and confined.The reasons of it. The king of France declares war against the duke of Savoy,but peace is made, by the mediation of the cardinal de Touteville. LordShrewsbury regains Bordeaux from the French | [196] |
| [CHAP. XXIX.] | |
| The men of Ghent besiege Oudenarde.The duke of Burgundy sends an army against them. The Picards conquer thePont d'Espieres from the Ghent men, and kill many of them | [202] |
| [CHAP. XXX.] | |
| The count d'Estampes, with the aid ofthe Picards alone, raises the siege of Oudenarde, and defeats the Ghent men,without the knowledge of the duke of Burgundy | [205] |
| [CHAP. XXXI.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy establishes garrisonsround Ghent. He makes several inroads into the country of Waes | [210] |
| [CHAP. XXXII.] | |
| The Ghent men fortify Nineve. Thecount d'Estampes defeats them there. The men of Ghent attempt to destroya dyke, to drown the country of Waes, but are again defeated by the countde St Pol | [215] |
| [CHAP. XXXIII.] | |
| The battle of Rupelmonde, where theGhent men are defeated by the duke ofBurgundy | [218] |
| [CHAP. XXXIV.] | |
| The Ghent men who had fled to Acreabandon the place: it is burnt by the duke of Burgundy. The king of Francesends ambassadors to the duke in Flanders, to restore peace to that countrys | [221] |
| [CHAP. XXXV.] | |
| The cutler of Ghent is made prisoner inbattle. The Ghent men are defeated. They are again defeated at Hulst andMoerbeke | [224] |
| [CHAP. XXXVI.] | |
| The articles proposed by the ambassadorsfrom France as the ground-work for a treaty of peace between the men of Ghentand their lord, but which are not agreed to by those in Ghent | [230] |
| [CHAP. XXXVII.] | |
| The Ghent men recommence the waragainst their lord, and burn Hulst. A French herald escapes from Ghent | [234] |
| [CHAP. XXXVIII.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy raises a large armyto combat the Ghent men, who burn Harlebeck, a large village near Courtray.Other events of this war | [238] |
| [CHAP. XXXIX.] | |
| The marshal of Burgundy burns the smalltown of Eckeloo. The Ghent men are defeated before Alost, which they intendedto besiege | [243] |
| [CHAP. XL.] | |
| Mention made of different encountersbetween the Picards and Ghent men. The latter attempt to set fire to someparts of Hainault. They are met bythe Picards soon afterward | [246] |
| [CHAP. XLI.] | |
| The Ghent men send a deputation to thecount d'Estampes, to mediate a peace. Immediately after they besiege Courtray,but without success. They are near taking prisoner the duchess of Burgundy, on herroad to Bruges | [249] |
| [CHAP. XLII.] | |
| Pierre Moreau makes another attack onDendermonde. The Ghent men invade Hainault, and commit great ravagesthere | [254] |
| [CHAP. XLIII.] | |
| The Ghent men would have taken Alostby storm, had it not been well defended. The three estates of Flanders are urgentfor peace | [256] |
| [CHAP. XLIV.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy sends an armyinto Luxembourg against some Germans who, from Thionville, were wasting thatcountry. The duke enters Flanders with a large force, to make war onGhent | [259] |
| [CHAP. XLV.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy takes the castleof Poulcres, but that flower of chivalry sir James de Lalain is slain before it.He besieges the castle of Gavere, takes it, and hangs all within, before theGhent men advance to offer him battle. They are defeated | [262] |
| [CHAP. XLVI.] | |
| The battle of Gaveren, where the Ghentmen are completely defeated, with the loss of upward of twenty thousand menslain and drowned | [270] |
| [CHAP. XLVII.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy, moved by pity,sends his herald to Ghent to know if the townsmen would submit to his willand he would have compassion on them. The men of Ghent send him a deputationto beg his mercy | [275] |
| [CHAP. XLVIII.] | |
| Here follow the articles of the treaty betweenPhilip the good, and the town of Ghent | [278] |
| [CHAP. XLIX.] | |
| The manner in which the Ghent menhumble themselves to their lord, the duke of Burgundy | [283] |
| [CHAP. L.] | |
| While the duke of Burgundy is carryingon his warfare against the Ghent men, the lord de Croy is very active in opposingthe Germans in the duchy of Luxembourg, where they had done muchmischief | [286] |
| [CHAP. LI.] | |
| King Charles of France conquers Bordeauxand the Bordelois a second time | [287] |
| [CHAP. LII.] | |
| Pope Nicholas notifies to the duke ofBurgundy a croisade against the Turks. The duke vows to undertake an expeditionto Turkey, on certain conditions | [289] |
| [CHAP. LIII.] | |
| Charles count de Charolois, son to theduke of Burgundy, is betrothed to his cousin-germain the lady Isabella of Bourbon.The duke goes into Germany, and soon after his return the count marrieshis cousin-german | [295] |
| [CHAP. LIV.] | |
| The king of France goes to his castle ofLusignan. The earl of Shrewsbury takes Fronsac. The French besiege Chastillon.Lord Shrewsbury assembles a large force to raise this siege. He is thereslain | [297] |
| [CHAP. LV.] | |
| After the reduction of Chastillon, the Frenchtake St Emilion and Libourne. The king joins his army before Bordeaux, in whichwere great numbers of English. That town surrenders on capitulation | [305] |
| [CHAP. LVI.] | |
| The grand Turk besieges Constantinopleand batters the city with heavy artillery. It is taken by storm. The cruelties committedthere. A remedy proposed to resist the Turk | [314] |
| [CHAP. LVII.] | |
| The Turk sends letters to the pope, who,in consequence, wishes to form a croisade against him. Le Blanc, knight-marshalof Hungary, defeats the Turks near the port of Sambrine | [335] |
| [CHAP. LVIII.] | |
| Judgement given against Jacques Coeurand the damsel of Mortaigne. Master William Edelin, doctor of divinity, ispublicly reprimanded at Evreux | [341] |
| [CHAP. LIX.] | |
| The king of France sends an embassyto the king of Spain. He builds two castles at Bordeaux to keep the inhabitantsin subjection. The duke of York imprisons the dukes of Somersetand Glocester. Other events | [347] |
| [CHAP. LX.] | |
| The marriage of the count de Charoloiswith the lady Isabella of Bourbon. The duke of Burgundy returns from Germany,and is most honourably received in the towns of Lille and Arras | [351] |
| [CHAP. LXI.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy lays heavy taxeson his estates, to defray his expedition against the Turks | [353] |
| [CHAP. LXII.] | |
| The bishop of Utrecht dies. The dukeof Burgundy goes to Holland to procure the election to the bishoprick for hisbastard son David, then bishop of Therouenne | [355] |
| [CHAP. LXIII.] | |
| The count de Clermont, the lord de Lohéacmarshal of France, and other captains, arrest the count d'Armagnac, anddeliver him up to the king. They put the archbishop of Auch in possession ofhis archbishopric. Other events | [357] |
| [CHAP. LXIV.] | |
| The king of France is discontented withthe dauphin, for going to the duke of Burgundy without his consent. PopeCalixtus makes regulations respecting the croisade against the Turks | [360] |
| [CHAP. LXV.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy, with a largearmy, escorts his bastard son into Holland, and puts him in peaceable possessionof the bishoprick of Utrecht. He besieges Deventer, and forces its inhabitantsto obey the new bishop, which they had before refused | [372] |
| [CHAP. LXVI.] | |
| The duke of Alençon is arrested and throwninto prison. The Turks are miraculously defeated in Hungary. Other events thathappened in this year of MCCCCLVI | [376] |
| [CHAP. LXVII.] | |
| The Dauphin of France takes refuge withduke Philip of Burgundy. Other events that happened in this year | [381] |
| [CHAP. LXVIII.] | |
| A quarrel takes place between duke Philipof Burgundy and his son the count of Charolois, but is appeased by the dauphin.The countess of Charolois is brought to bed of a daughter. Other events thathappened in divers parts | [388] |
| [CHAP. LXIX.] | |
| An embassy from the king of Hungaryarrives at Tours, and is honourably received by the king of France. The kingof Hungary dies. The French take the sea-port of Sandwich by storm | [392] |
| [CHAP. LXX.] | |
| Duke Philip of Burgundy carries the dauphinto Bruges, where he is joyfully received with many honours. Otherevents mentioned and repeated | [402] |
| [CHAP. LXXI.] | |
| A coolness between the duke of Burgundyand the count of St Pol. Other matters | [406] |
| [CHAP. LXXII.] | |
| The death of Lancelot king of Hungary,which causes great mourning at the court of France. The deaths of John of Coimbra,king of Cyprus, and of the duke of Brittany, which last is succeeded by hisbrother Arthur count de Richemont | [414] |
| [CHAP. LXXIII.] | |
| King Charles is dangerously ill. On hisrecovery, he sends to inform the duke of Burgundy that he shall take underhis ward the estates of the youth of Rodemac. The duke's answer. Of thestorms of wind, frost, and snow in this season | [417] |
| [CHAP. LXXIV.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy, at the requestof the town of Ghent, goes thither. A great feast is made there | [420] |
| [CHAP. LXXV.] | |
| The death of the king of Arragon. Hisbastard Fernando succeeds to the throne of Naples. Of pope Pius, and the eventsthat happened about that time; such as the death of the duke of Brittany, andthe embassy from England to the duke of Burgundy | [424] |
| [CHAP. LXXVI.] | |
| The duke of Burgundy makes his entryinto Ghent, and is magnificently entertained by the town. The king of Francesends to summon the duke of Burgundy to attend the trial of the duke d'Alençon | [427] |
HERE BEGINNETH
THE NINTH VOLUME
OF THE
CHRONICLES
OF
ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET.
CHAP. I.
THE KING OF FRANCE, BEING SATISFIED THAT THE ENGLISH HAD BROKEN THE TRUCE, DECLARES WAR AGAINST THEM.—VERNEUIL IS TAKEN BY A MILLER, WHOM AN ENGLISHMAN HAD BEATEN.
The king of France, having received full information of the warfare carried on by the English against Scotland, which was included in the truce, and of that against the Spaniards by sea, who were also included in it, as well as that on his own subjects of Dieppe, la Rochelle, and elsewhere, ever since the signing of the truce, without making any restitution whatever for the damages done by them, more especially in the capture of Fougeres from the duke of Brittany, for which they refused to make any reparation, although often summoned by the king so to do, as well by ambassadors to king Henry as to those who had the government of Normandy: having, therefore, maturely deliberated on all these grievances in his council, and knowing that he had fully acquitted himself of his duty in endeavouring to preserve peace, he declared war against England by sea and land.