The king turned away from him on the conclusion of this speech, and went toward the duke of Bourbon, who instantly took the oath of allegiance to be true to him henceforward for ever. The king discharged all the officers of the household of the dauphin, except his confessor and cook. The duke of Bourbon, in consequence of the terms of the treaty, promised to restore to the king, within a few days, the towns of Corbeil, Vincennes, Sancerre, and the castle of Loches, which were in his possession; but the king would not permit his army to quit the Bourbonnois and Auvergne until these places were fairly given up. The king also pardoned the duke d'Alençon, the count de Vendôme, and many other princes and nobles, who had taken part with the dauphin. When all these things were accomplished, the dauphin was satisfied to remain with the king his father, and peace was proclaimed in the following terms. 'We make known to you, by the king's command, that my lord the dauphin and my lord the duke of Bourbon have appeared before his majesty in all humility and obedience; that the king has affectionately received them into his good graces, and pardoned every thing. By these presents, the king wills and ordains, that all quarrels and warfare cease, and that no prisoners nor captures of cattle, or of other effects, be made, or injuries done to any one by taking castles or towns, or otherwise,--but that all persons do now attend to their affairs, and go about their business without any interruption whatever,---and he forbids any places belonging to the duke of Bourbon or to others, being demolished.--Given at Cusset, the 24th of July, in the year 1440.'--It was subscribed at the bottom by order of the king and his great council, and signed 'Jugon.' Within a few days after, the king gave to the dauphin the government of Dauphiny,--and ordered his army to march from the estates of the duke of Bourbon, toward Orleans and Paris. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 53: This quarrel was caused by reforms which the king wanted to make in his army, that devoured the country, and was very displeasing to the nobles, who fattened on the misery of the people. The commotion was called _La Praguerie_. The dukes of Alençon, Bourbon, Vendôme, and even the bastard of Orleans, the count de Dunois, entered into it. They complained that the king intrusted the government of the realm only to two or three private persons, and formed a league against the ministers. The duke of Alençon seduced the dauphin, then only sixteen years of age,--but whose turbulent disposition readily inclined him to make part of the conspiracy, in order to get rid of the count de Perdriac, his tutor.--_Mezeray._] [Footnote 54: Loches,--a town in Touraine, on the Indre, ten leagues from Tours.] [Footnote 55: Moulins,--capital of the Bourbonnois, 43 leagues from Lyons.] [Footnote 56: Cusset,--a town in the Bourbonnois, near St Gérond.] CHAP. XXXVI.