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 — John Shaqi
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
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and reputation of the said duke of Orleans deceased, and recals all he
may have said or published to the contrary.
‘In this state he shall be carried to the court of the palace, and to
the hôtel de Saint Pol, the residence of the king, and to the spot
where the murder was committed, and there, on high stages erected for
the purpose, he shall repeat the above words before such commissioners
as my lady of Orleans and her son may please to appoint. He shall
remain on his knees, at the last place, until priests nominated for
the purpose shall have recited the seven penitential psalms, said the
litany, and the other parts of the burial service, for the soul of the
deceased, after which he shall kiss the earth, and ask pardon of God,
of my lady of Orleans, and of her children, for the offences he has
committed against them.
‘The manner and form of this recantation, and begging pardon, shall be
written out, and copies sent to all the different towns in the kingdom
with orders for the magistrates to have them proclaimed by sound of
trumpet, that it may be notorious to all within and without the realm.
‘And as additional reparations for such offences, and that they may
remain in perpetual remembrance, all the houses belonging to the duke
of Burgundy in Paris shall be razed to the ground, and remain in ruins
for ever. On the places where any of his houses shall have stood, there
shall be erected handsome crosses of stone, having large and strong
tablets, on which shall be written a full account of the murder of my
late lord, the duke of Orleans, and the cause of these houses being
destroyed.
‘On the spot where my late lord was murdered shall be erected a similar
cross; and the house wherein the murderers hid themselves shall be
pulled down. This spot, and the adjoining houses, the duke of Burgundy
shall be forced to purchase, and to build thereon a handsome college
for six canons, six vicars, and six chaplains, whose nominations shall
remain with my lady of Orleans and her heirs. In this college six
masses shall be said every day for the soul of the deceased duke of
Orleans, and high mass at the usual time of canonical hours. For the
support of this college there shall be a mortmain rent of one thousand
livres parisis; and the whole shall be well furnished with dresses,
books, chalices, ornaments, and all other necessaries, at the sole
expense of the duke of Burgundy; and over the entrance shall be written
in large letters the cause of its foundation.
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