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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [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. 09 [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. 09 [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

A quarrel takes place between duke Philip
  of Burgundy and his son the count of
  Charolois, but is appeased by the dauphin.
  The countess of Charolois is brought to
  bed of a daughter. Other events that
  happened in divers parts                                388


  CHAP. LXIX.

  An embassy from the king of Hungary
  arrives at Tours, and is honourably received
  by the king of France. The king
  of Hungary dies. The French take the
  sea-port of Sandwich by storm                           392


  CHAP. LXX.

  Duke Philip of Burgundy carries the dauphin
  to Bruges, where he is joyfully
  received with many honours. Other
  events mentioned and repeated                           402


  CHAP. LXXI.

  A coolness between the duke of Burgundy
  and the count of St Pol. Other
  matters                                                 406


  CHAP. LXXII.

  The death of Lancelot king of Hungary,
  which causes great mourning at the court
  of France. The deaths of John of Coimbra,
  king of Cyprus, and of the duke of
  Brittany, which last is succeeded by his
  brother Arthur count de Richemont                       414


  CHAP. LXXIII.

  King Charles is dangerously ill. On his
  recovery, he sends to inform the duke
  of Burgundy that he shall take under
  his ward the estates of the youth of
  Rodemac. The duke's answer. Of the
  storms of wind, frost, and snow in this
  season                                                  417


  CHAP. LXXIV.

  The duke of Burgundy, at the request
  of the town of Ghent, goes thither. A
  great feast is made there                               420


  CHAP. LXXV.

  The death of the king of Arragon. His
  bastard Fernando succeeds to the throne
  of Naples. Of pope Pius, and the events
  that happened about that time; such as
  the death of the duke of Brittany, and
  the embassy from England to the duke of
  Burgundy                                                424


  CHAP. LXXVI.

  The duke of Burgundy makes his entry
  into Ghent, and is magnificently entertained
  by the town. The king of France
  sends to summon the duke of Burgundy
  to attend the trial of the duke d'Alençon               427




HERE BEGINNETH

THE NINTH VOLUME

OF THE

CHRONICLES

OF

_ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET_.




CHAP. I.

 THE KING OF FRANCE, BEING SATISFIED THAT THE ENGLISH HAD BROKEN THE
 TRUCE, DECLARES WAR AGAINST THEM.--VERNEUIL IS TAKEN BY A MILLER, WHOM
 AN ENGLISHMAN HAD BEATEN.

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