[14] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. ii. p. 702.
[15] “In this year, in the month of September, died at his palace at Avignon Robert of Geneva, previously mentioned in our history,” &c. &c. See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. ii. p. 563.
[16] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. ii. p. 35.
[17] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. i. p. 681, and vol. ii. p. 566.
[18] Froissart has previously described her as the sister of Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia, who became Emperor of Germany, and took the title of Emperor of Rome also.
[19] 29th January, 1392, Old Style.—Note of Buchon.
[20] The Monk of St. Denis says, “C’était une coutume pratiquée en divers lieux de la France, de faire impunément mille folies au mariage des femmes veuves, et d’emprunter avec des habits extravagants la liberté de dire des vilenies au mari et à l’épousée. Voilà pourquoi le Roi et ses cinques compagnons se déguisèrent en satyres et dansèrent des danses lascives en présence de toute la cour.”—Note of Buchon.
[21] For a full and most interacting account of this event, see Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. ii. p. 550.
[22] For other particulars, and the History of the long contest between the Houses of Montfort and Blois for the Duchy of Brittany, see Smith’s edition of Froissart, Index at end of Vol. II., Articles Montfort, and Blois.
[23] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, Vol. II. page 565.