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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
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Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

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As soon as the bastard de Reubempré was arrested, and had confessed
his guilt to the count de St Pol, then in Holland, he was put under
close confinement; and the count de Charolois sent information of
what had passed to his father, then at Hêdin, where he had grandly
entertained the queen of France, who had come to visit him from
Abbeville and Nouvion.--At this time, the duke of Bourbon waited on the
king at Abbeville, in whose good graces he was not, from the report
that he, the duke of Brittany, and the count de Charolois had formed
a triple alliance, and had mutually sworn to assist each other with
the utmost of their power, should the king make any attempts on their
persons or property.

Soon afterward, namely, on the 10th of October, the duke of Burgundy
received letters from the king, to say, that he would come and see him
at Hêdin on the following day. This same day, while at dinner, he had
the information from his son of the imprisonment and confessions of the
bastard de Reubempré, and also a warning that he was not safe at Hêdin.
On hearing this, as soon as he had dined, he instantly mounted his
horse, and rode off suddenly from Hêdin to St Pol, where he lay. His
attendants followed him thither, leaving for the defence of the town
and castle of Hêdin, sir Adolphus of Cleves and the lord de Crequy. The
duke, nevertheless, ordered them, if the king came thither, to throw
open the gates of the town and castle to him. But the king no sooner
learnt that the duke had so suddenly quitted Hêdin than he departed
from Abbeville; and the duke of Bourbon came to Lille, to the duke his
uncle, passing through Hêdin. From Lille he waited on the count de
Charolois at Ghent, and was nobly entertained, at Lille and Ghent, by
the father and son.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 35: Ballenier,--a corsair--privateer. Du Cange, _Gloss._]




CHAP. XXX.

 THE KING OF FRANCE SUMMONS DEPUTIES FROM THE TOWNS ON THE SOMME, AND
 FROM OTHER PLACES TO COME BEFORE HIM.--HIS HARANGUES TO THEM.--HE
 APPOINTS THE COUNT DE NEVERS GOVERNOR OF PICARDY,--AND SENDS AN
 EMBASSY TO THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, AT LILLE.

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