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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 10 [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. 10 [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. 10 [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

While these things were passing, the rivers Seine and Oise were so
strictly guarded by the French that no one could cross them with
letters or baggage without being stopped and plundered by them,--so
that by this means no true intelligence of the battle of Montlehery was
known until some carmelite monks and preaching friars had passed these
rivers in a boat, and brought the real history of the event of this
engagement, by publishing that the count de Charolois had gained the
honour and victory!




CHAP. XLIII.

 THE KING OF FRANCE FORMS AN ALLIANCE WITH THE LIEGEOIS, TO MAKE WAR
 ON THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY AND THE COUNT DE CHAROLOIS.--THEY BESIEGE THE
 TOWN OF LUXEMBOURG.


A little before the battle of Montlehery, namely, in the month of June,
the king of France sent an embassy to the Liegeois, the ancient enemies
of the house of Burgundy, to conclude an alliance with them, that
they might make war on the duke of Burgundy and on his son the count
de Charolois. The terms of the treaty were, that, between the feasts
of Saint James and Saint Christopher, the Liegeois were to enter the
countries of Brabant and Namur, belonging to the duke of Burgundy, and
to do all the mischief they possibly could, as in times of war. The
king, on his part, was to assist them with two hundred men at arms,
each having three horses at the least, and invade Hainault,--promising
them, at the same time, never to make peace with the duke or his allies
without their assent, and without their being comprehended in the
treaty: for the fulfilment of this, it was commonly reported that the
king had given his engagement under his hand and seal.

Of all these negotiations the duke of Burgundy was fully informed; and
about the 22d day of August, as the duke was mounting his horse in the
city of Brussels to go a-hunting, a herald delivered to him letters
from the Liegeois, containing, in substance, that they defied his son
the count de Charolois with fire and sword, and waited an answer. The
duke, after perusing the letters, gave them back to the messenger, and
bade him carry them to his son.

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