The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 11 [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. 11 [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
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
The following nobles were nominated for attendants in the king's
company: de Bourdillon, de Châtillon, de la Palice, George
Edouille,--together with some of his household, such as Paris, Gabriel,
d'Yjon, and others of his domestics. They also served as masters of
the household, in the room of those who had been sent forward as
ambassadors or envoys. Guyot Lousiers had the command of the artillery.
The lord de Chaudoyt had charge of the fleet, together with the bailiff
of Vitry, Jehannot du Tertre, Perot de Baché, the lord de Villeneuve,
René Parent, the bailiff of St Pierre du Monstier, John Château Dreux,
Herné du Chesnoy, John de Lasnay, the lord du Fau, Adam de L'Isle,
Giraut and Charles de Susaine, the lord de la Brosse, Honoré lord
du Chef: and likewise the officers in ordinary to the king, such as
butlers, cup-bearers, valets, grooms, ushers of the chamber, and many
more, suitably to the state of so great a monarch on this occasion.
When king Charles had staid six days in Grenoble for the arrangement
of his affairs, he took leave of the queen, who departed thence, for
France, most honourably accompanied.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 114: Jerome Savonarola--was a jacobin friar, and had foretold
that the king of France would invade Italy, to punish the inhabitants
for their vices, and their rulers for their tyranny. He afterward
preached against king Charles. He was burnt at Florence by the
intrigues of pope Alexander VI. at the instigation of the Venetians and
the duke of Milan, against whose vices he had publicly declaimed.
The death of Jerome Savonarola was a disgrace to the times. Florence
supported him as an inspired person. His piety, his austere life, and
his edifying sermons gained him the esteem and admiration of all the
Florentines. There may, perhaps, have been some imprudence in his
sermons, which persons of piety will attribute to zeal; and the pope
was too severe in having him burnt for the slight censure he had passed
on his conduct, which was notoriously infamous.]
CHAP. XLII.
THE KING OF FRANCE SETS OUT FROM GRENOBLE, TO CROSS THE ALPS ON HIS
MARCH TO NAPLES.
On Friday, the 29th of August, the king, having heard mass and taken
leave of his queen, set out from Grenoble to dine at a place called
La Meure, a village dependant on a barony belonging to the count of
Dunois. He thence went to sup and lie at the small town of Escoy, where
he was honourably received by the burghers and inhabitants. On the
morrow, he dined at St Bonnet, and went to lodge at a small city in
Dauphiny, called Gap. The next day he dined at Forges, and supped at
Embrun[115], where he was joyfully received by all ranks, and lodged
at the bishop's palace, who was then absent on an embassy from the king
to the pope.
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