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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [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. 04 [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

Name: The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [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
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453

After the accustomed proclamations had been made, in the king's name,
the combat began, and was hard fought, but at length the Portuguese
surrendered themselves as vanquished, to save their lives, to the
great indignation and displeasure of the English, who had conducted
them to the lists. The Portuguese were, by the king's command, put
out of the lists, and the French honourably escorted home very much
rejoiced at their victory.

When the business of the peace had been concluded, the countess of
Hainault left Senlis, and returned to her country and to her lord
duke William. The English, about the same time, departed from Paris,
after having been magnificently feasted and honoured by the king and
his princes, and having likewise been presented with rich gifts. They
did not, however, succeed in the object of their mission, namely, the
marriage of their king with the lady Catherine of France, because
their demands for her portion were unreasonable and excessive, such
as the duchy of Normandy, the county of Ponthieu, with the duchy of
Acquitaine, to be held as inheritances for ever. The king of France, in
reply, told them that he would shortly send ambassadors to England with
his final answer to the request they had made.




CHAP. XX.

 THE PEACE OF ARRAS SOLEMNLY SWORN TO IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING OF
 FRANCE.--IT IS AFTERWARDS SWORN TO IN DIVERS OTHER PLACES.


On the 13th day of March, in this year, the duke of Brabant, the bishop
of Tournay, the lord de Ront, sir William Bouvier, governor of Arras,
counsellors and ambassadors from the duke of Burgundy, and the deputies
from the three estates of Flanders, having full powers from the duke of
Burgundy for this purpose, swore in the name of the said duke, and in
his behalf in the presence of the king of France, on the true cross and
holy evangelists of God; and in like manner the duke of Brabant and the
others above mentioned, for themselves in their own private capacities,
swore to the full observance and preservation of all the articles of
the peace first treated of before Arras and confirmed at Paris.

The dukes of Berry, Orleans, Alençon and Bourbon, the counts d'Eu,
de Vendôme, grand master of the household, the lord de Prayaux,
the chancellor of France, the archbishops of Sens, Bourges, Rouen,
the bishops of Laon, Lisieuz, Paris, Chartres, the chancellor of
Acquitaine, the count de Tancarville and others, took the same oath in
the presence of the king and the grand council.

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