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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

To provide a sufficient fleet for the transport of his army, he sent
commissioners[22] into Holland and Zealand, who, on proper security
for good payment, made contracts for the number of vessels that would
be wanted. The king of England had prepared all manner of stores and
provisions necessary for war; and in regard to the payment of the
forces, adequate sums were raised: indeed, there remained an overplus
of five hundred thousand nobles, in money or plate. It was determined,
that the king himself, attended by the princes and the whole army,
should embark to invade France as early as possible.

Intelligence of this was speedily carried to France. The duke of
Acquitaine, who now governed the realm in behalf and in the name of the
king his father, in consequence, held many councils, and remanded to
Paris the duke of Berry, and some other lords, with whom he had several
consultations to know how he should act on this occasion, for the king
was then confined by his disorder. It was determined, that men at arms
and archers should be assembled in various parts of France ready to
march against the English the moment it should be known they were
landed; that garrisons should be placed in every town and castle on the
coast, and that as large sums of money as possible should be raised
with all speed.

It was likewise resolved to send a solemn embassy to the king of
England, to make him other offers, in answer to the demands of his
last ambassadors. Those appointed for this business were the count
de Vendôme, master William Bouratier, archbishop of Bourges, master
Peter Fennel, bishop of Lisieuz, the lords of Ivry and Bracquemont,
master Gautier Col, secretary to the king, master John Andrieu, and
some others of the great council[23]. Taking advantage of the existing
truce, they set out from Paris, and travelling through Amiens,
Montrieul and Boulogne, to Calais, they there crossed the sea to Dover.
They were in all three hundred and fifty horsemen, and continued their
journey from Dover to Canterbury, where they were met by the king's
harbingers, who conducted them through Rochester to London, and thence
to Winchester, where the king was.

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