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 king Henry had satisfactorily arranged his affairs at Rouen, and
appointed his brother the duke of Clarence, who was very prudent and
renowned in arms, governor-general of all Normandy, he departed thence,
accompanied by his queen, his brother the duke of Bedford, and six
thousand men at arms. Having passed through Poix, he arrived at Amiens
on the vigil of St Vincent's day, and was lodged in the hôtel of master
Robert le Jeune, who had lately been nominated bailiff of Amiens in the
room of the lord de Humbercourt.
He was very honourably received there, and many presents were made by
the municipality to him and to his queen. He continued his journey
through Dourlens, St Pol and Terouenne, to Calais, where he staid some
days; and then crossed the channel to England, where he was received as
if he had been an angel from God. He lost no time after his arrival in
having his consort crowned queen of England in the city of London, the
metropolis of that kingdom.
The coronation was performed with such splendid magnificence that the
like had never been seen at any coronation since the time of that noble
knight, Arthur, king of the English and Bretons. After this ceremony,
king Henry made a progress to the principal towns of his realm, and
explained to them with much eloquence what grand deeds he had performed
through his prowess in France, and what yet remained to be done for
the complete conquest of that kingdom,--namely, the subjugation of his
adversary the dauphin of Vienne, only son to king Charles, and brother
to his queen, who styled himself heir to the crown and regent of
France, and who kept possession of the greater part of the country.
To complete this conquest, he said, two things were necessary, money
and men; and these requests were so liberally granted that of the first
he very soon collected larger sums than had ever before been seen, and
they could scarcely be counted. Of the second, he enrolled all the most
able youths in the country and the most expert in drawing the bow, and
placing them under the command of his princes, knights and esquires,
composed an army of full thirty thousand combatants, to enable him to
prosecute a vigorous war against his enemy the dauphin.
Before he quitted England, that he might make all things secure, he
renewed the truces with the Scots and Welsh, and consented to the
deliverance of the king of Scotland, who had been long prisoner in
England, on condition that he would marry his cousin-german, sister to
the earl of Somerset, and niece to the cardinal of Winchester, who had
been the principal negotiator in these treaties.
CHAP. L.
A QUARREL TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BRABANT.--SHE
SEPARATES HERSELF FROM HIM AND PASSES OVER INTO ENGLAND.
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