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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

I must mention here a singular adventure which befel the queen of
England. She in company with the lord de Varennes and her son, having
lost their way in a forest of Hainault, were met by some banditti,
who robbed them of all they had. It is probable the banditti would
have murdered them, had they not quarrelled about the division of the
spoil, insomuch that from words they came to blows; and, while they
were fighting, she caught her son in her arms and fled to the thickest
part of the forest, where, weary with fatigue, she was forced to stop.
At this moment, she met another robber, to whom she instantly gave her
son, and said,--'Take him, friend, and save the son of a king.'

The robber received him willingly, and conducted them in safety toward
the seashore, where they arrived at Sluys, and thence the queen and her
son went to Bruges, where they were received most honourably. During
this time, king Henry, her husband, had retired into the strongest
parts of Wales.

The queen left prince Edward at Bruges, and went to the count de
Charolois at Lille, who feasted her grandly, whence she set out for
Bethune, to hold a conference with the duke of Burgundy. The duke,
hearing that large reinforcements of English were landed at Calais,
sent a body of his archers to escort her from Bethune to St Pol,
where he went to meet her, notwithstanding he knew well that she had
never loved him; but, according to his noble nature, he received her
with much honour, and made her rich presents. Some said, that he gave
her two thousand crowns of gold, and to the lord de Varennes one
thousand, and to each of the ladies that attended on the queen one
hundred crowns: he had her also escorted to the country of Bai, which
appertained to her brother the duke of Calabria. The queen repented
much, and thought herself unfortunate, that she had not sooner thrown
herself on the protection of the noble duke of Burgundy, as her affairs
would probably have prospered better!




CHAP. XXII.

 THE KING OF FRANCE GIVES THE COUNTY OF GUISNES TO THE LORD DE
 CROY.--THE COUNT D'ESTAMPES QUITS HIS ATTACHMENT TO THE HOUSE OF
 BURGUNDY.--OTHER EVENTS.

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