The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 05 [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. 05 [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
When they had finished their prayers and thanksgivings before the grand
altar, they remounted their horses and went to their lodgings,--the
king of France to his hôtel of St Pol, attended by the duke of
Burgundy, who having escorted the king thither, returned to his hôtel
of Artois. The king of England and his two brothers were lodged in the
Louvre, their attendants in different parts of the town, and the men at
arms in the adjacent villages.
The two queens made their entry into Paris on the ensuing day, when
the duke of Burgundy, with many english lords, and the citizens in the
same array as on the day before, went out to meet them. Great joy was
again displayed on the arrival of the queens; but it would take up too
much time were I to relate all the grand presents that were offered by
the city of Paris to the two kings, especially to the king and queen of
England. The whole of that day and night wine was constantly running
through brass cocks in conduits in all the squares, and conducted with
great ingenuity, so that all persons might have wine in abundance; and
more rejoicings were made throughout Paris than tongue can tell, for
the peace that had been made between the two kings.
When their majesties had been a few days in Paris, great complaints
and clamours were made to them by duke Philip of Burgundy, and by
the procurator of the duchess his mother, for the cruel murder that
had been committed on the late duke John of Burgundy. To hear these
complaints, the king of France sat in judgment in the lower hall of
the hôtel of St Pol, and on the same bench with him was the king of
England: near the king of France sat master John le Clerc, chancellor
of France, and further on master Philip de Morvillers, first president
of the parliament, and some other nobles of the king's council.
On the opposite side, and about the middle of the hall, was seated
the duke of Burgundy, supported by the dukes of Clarence and Bedford,
the bishops of Terouenne, of Beauvais, and of Amiens, sir John de
Luxembourg, and many knights and esquires of his council.
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