In the month of June, of this year 1466, the beans were very abundant and good,--nevertheless, very many persons of both sexes lost their senses at this time in Paris. In the number, was a young man named master Marcial d'Auvergne[7], an attorney in the court of parliament, and notary to the Châtelet. He had been married about three weeks to one of the daughters of master Jacques Fournier, king's counsel in the said court of parliament,--and lost his senses in such wise that, about nine in the morning of St. John Baptist's day, his frenzy seized him, and he threw himself out of the window into the street, broke his thigh, and so bruised his body that he was long in the utmost danger, for his frenzy continued a long time; but at length he recovered. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 3: Gergeau, or Jargeau,--an ancient town four leagues from Orleans.] [Footnote 4: There are three Mehuns,--sur Loire, sur Indre, sur Yevre.] [Footnote 5: The lord de Montauban--was of the house of Rohan, had followed the king, when dauphin, to Flanders,--was much beloved and regretted by him, but not by the people.] [Footnote 6: Usson,--four leagues from Brionde.] [Footnote 7: Marcial d'Auvergne--was the author of the _Arresta Amorum_, and several pieces now become very scarce.] CHAP. IV. THE KING SENDS COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE REFORMS AT PARIS.--THEIR PAGES AND THE CLERKS OF THE PALACE QUARREL.--A MURDEROUS WAR BETWEEN THE LIEGEOIS AND THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY.--A GREAT MORTALITY IN PARIS AND ITS ENVIRONS.--THE KING APPOINTS CERTAIN LORDS FOR THE GUARD AND DEFENCE OF HIS REALM.--EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT PARIS IN THIS YEAR MCCCCLXVI. In the month of July, many prelates, lords, knights, churchmen, and others of the king's council arrived at Paris, by the king's orders, as commissioners to inspect the courts of justice, and to reform whatever they should find irregular, having had very great powers given them for the purpose. They were twenty-one commissioners in all, and the lord John bastard of Orleans, count of Dunois and of Longueville, was their president; but no business could be transacted unless thirteen members were present, the count de Dunois being always one. They were called 'The Reformers of the Public Welfare,' and opened their sittings on the 16th day of July; and, that their measures might be salutary, they commenced by hearing a fine mass to the Divine Spirit chaunted in the holy chapel in the palace at Paris. This was celebrated by Juvenel des Ursins, archbishop of Rheims, who had been chosen one of the commissioners. This day twelve-month, the king met the count de Charolois at Montlehery.