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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

The king of France sends ambassadors to
  Montereau-faut-Yonne to treat of a peace
  with the queen and the duke of Burgundy.
  The inhabitants of Rouen turn to the
  Burgundy faction                                            384


  CHAP. LXIX.

  The duke of Burgundy visits the emperor
  Sigismund. The count de Charolois
  takes the oaths of allegiance to the queen
  and his father the duke of Burgundy,
  the siege of Senlis is raised by the
  Picards                                                   388




HERE BEGINNETH

THE FOURTH VOLUME

OF THE

CHRONICLES

OF

_ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET_.




CHAP. I.

 THE CHAINS ARE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE STREETS OF PARIS.--THE PARISIANS
 ARE KEPT IN GREAT SUBJECTION.--OTHER ROYAL EDICTS ARE PROCLAIMED.


When the duke of Burgundy, as has been said, was returned to his own
country, Taneguy du Châtel, who had lately been appointed provost of
Paris, and Remonnet de la Guerre, were commissioned by the dukes of
Berry and of Orleans to take down all the chains that had been affixed
to the different streets and squares in Paris, and carry them to the
bastille of St Antoine and to the castle of the Louvre. They also
seized the arms of the burghers and inhabitants, and carried them to
the said fortresses, riding daily through the streets attended by a
strong force, and followed by cars and carts, which conveyed the arms
and chains to the places appointed for receiving them. There was not,
at that period, any burgher who dared even to carry a quarter-staff.

The same men at arms kept a very strict watch day and night at the
gates and on the walls, at the expense of the inhabitants, without
attention being paid to their complaints, or placing the smallest
confidence in them. They were consequently very much discontented,
and sore at heart, when they saw how they were treated; and many now
repented that they had put themselves under the government of the
enemies of the duke of Burgundy, but dared not shew it openly.

In regard to the duke, various edicts were issued against him, charging
him with attempting to seduce the king's subjects from their obedience.
One, addressed to the bailiff of Amiens, was as follows:

'Charles, by the grace of God, king of France, to the bailiff of
Amiens, or to his lieutenant, health and greeting.

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