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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

THE KING OF FRANCE COMES TO PARIS, AND RETURNS TO ROUEN.--THE
 BASTARD DE REUBEMPRÉ IS ARRESTED ON THE COAST OF HOLLAND.--THE
 KING GOES TO TOURS AND OTHER PLACES, AND THEN TO POITIERS, WHITHER
 THE PARISIANS SEND HIM A DEPUTATION RESPECTING CERTAIN OF THEIR
 FRANCHISES.--AMBASSADORS ARRIVE THERE FROM THE DUKE OF BRITTANY, WHO
 CARRY OFF THE DUKE OF BERRY.--THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.--THE
 DUKE OF BOURBON MAKES WAR ON THE KING OF FRANCE,--AND OTHER EVENTS
 THAT HAPPENED IN THE YEAR MCCCCLXIV. OMITTED BY MONSTRELET,--AND SOME
 FACTS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE GOOD POPE PIUS II. AND CONCERNING
 POPE PAUL II. MORE THAN IS CONTAINED IN THE SAID CHRONICLES.


On the 7th day of May, in the year 1464, the king of France came to
Paris from Nogent le Roi,[67] where his queen had been delivered of
a fair daughter. The king supped that night at the hôtel of master
Charles d'Orgemont, lord of Mery, and discussed some public affairs.
He left Paris for the borders of Picardy, expecting to meet there
the ambassadors from king Edward of England, who did not keep their
appointment: finding they did not come, the king departed thence for
Rouen and other places in Normandy.

At this time, a bylander was taken off the coast of Holland, by some
flemish vessels,--which bylander had on board the bastard of Reubempré,
with others, who were all made prisoners. The Flemings and Picards,
after this capture, published every where, that the king of France had
sent the bastard de Reubempré, with an armed force to seize and carry
off the count de Charolois, of which there were no proofs.

The king soon left Normandy on his return to Nogent le Roi, and thence
went to Tours, Chinon, and Poitiers. At this last place, a deputation
from Paris waited on him, respecting certain of their privileges; but
they obtained little or nothing, except a remission of the tax on
fairs, which was a trifle,--and even that they did not enjoy, although
a donation had been made them of it, because the court of accounts,
to whom the orders for the remission had been addressed, would not
expedite the proper powers.

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