The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b 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 countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de
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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b 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
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
On Saturday, the 2d day of March, they arrived all together at the
town of Gallardon, four leagues distant from Chartres. The Wednesday
following, duke William of Holland advanced with his body of forces to
Chartres, where the king then was. On the ensuing Saturday, the duke
of Burgundy set out from Gallardon, to wait on the king, escorted by
six hundred men at arms; but when he approached Chartres, he dismissed
them all, excepting one hundred light horsemen, in compliance with the
treaty, and thus entered Chartres about ten o’clock in the morning,
riding strait to the church as far as the cloisters of the canons,
where he was lodged.
At this same time, the duke of Orleans, in company with his brother the
count de Vertus, and, according to the treaty, attended by only fifty
men at arms, entered the church of our Lady at Chartres, with the king
their uncle, the queen, the duke of Acquitaine, and several princes of
the blood.
That the king and lords might not be pressed upon by the spectators,
and that all might plainly see the ceremony, a scaffolding was erected
in the church, on which the king was seated near the crucifix. Round
him were placed the queen, the dauphin and dauphiness, daughter to the
duke of Burgundy, the kings of Sicily and Navarre, the dukes of Berry
and Bourbon; the cardinal de Bar, the marquis du Pont his brother, the
archbishop of Sens, and the bishop of Chartres, with other counts,
prelates, and the family of Orleans were behind the king. At the
entrance of the church, by the king’s orders, were a body of men at
arms drawn up in battle-array.
It was not long before the duke of Burgundy entered the church, and on
his advancing toward the king, all the lords, excepting the king, queen
and dauphin, rose up from their seats. The duke, on his approach to the
king, kneeled down with his advocate the lord d’Ollehaing, who repeated
to the king the following words:
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