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
The fourth, that the affairs of the king and realm should be governed
by prudent men, taken from the three estates of the kingdom. When the
king of Navarre had ended, the king himself replied, and said he would
take advice on what he had proposed, and then give him such answers as
ought to satisfy him and every one else.
When this was over, the king showed the same determination as before
to march, on the morrow morning, against the rebellious lords; but he
was overruled, and the queen, with the former ambassadors, were again
sent to negotiate a peace. On their arrival at the army of the princes,
she exerted herself, as it was said very much and loyally; for it was
commonly reported that she was in her heart inclined to the Orleans
faction.
During the time of this embassy, the count Amé de Savoye, who had been
sent for by the king, arrived at Paris with five hundred men at arms.
His brothers-in-law the dukes of Burgundy and Brabant, and the count
de Nevers, attended by many other lords, went out to meet him beyond
the gate of St Anthony, and thence conducted him to the palace to the
king, who very kindly received him.
Some days after, the queen, not having more success than before,
returned to the king, and told him that she could not any way bring
them to terms, for they were obstinate in their original intentions.
She then hastened to the castle of Vincennes as speedily as she could.
On the ensuing morning, the aforesaid lords quitted Montlehery; and
the duke of Berry came to his hôtel of Vinchestre[65], which he had
rebuilt, and was there lodged. The duke of Orleans fixed his quarters
at Gentilly, in the palace of the bishop, and the count d’Armagnac at
Vitry; the rest as near to each other as they could; and at vespers,
they had advanced as far as the suburbs of St Marcel and the gate de
Bordelles.
The king, the duke of Burgundy, and the other princes, were greatly
surprised at this boldness; and the Parisians, at their own expense,
collected a body of a thousand men armed with helmets to serve as a
guard during the night, and they also made great fires in very many of
the streets. To prevent them from crossing the Seine at Charenton, they
sent two hundred men at arms to defend that pass.
The third day, Arthur count de Richemont, brother to the duke of
Brittany, joined the dukes of Berry and Orleans, with six thousand
breton horse, to the great displeasure of the king, and especially of
the duke of Burgundy; for the duke of Brittany had lately been summoned
by the king to attend him with his Bretons, and had, for this purpose,
received a very large sum of money. The duke, in consequence, having
other business in hand, sent his brother to serve the king in his room.
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