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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453

CHAP. XIV.

 THE KING OF FRANCE OBTAINS INDULGENCES FOR THOSE WHO SHALL SAY AVE
 MARIA THREE TIMES.--THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF PARIS.--OF THE DUKE OF
 CALABRIA.--THE ROOF OF NÔTRE DAME OF CLERY BURNT.--THE DEATH OF THE
 DUKE OF GUIENNE.--A TRUCE WITH THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY.--OF THE SIEGE
 AND ATTACK OF BEAUVAIS.--THE TOWNSMEN OF AUXERRE DEFEATED.--DIFFERENT
 EDICTS PUBLISHED AT PARIS.--ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST THE
 CONSTABLE.--PARIS AND ORLEANS SEND SUPPLIES TO BEAUVAIS.


On the first of May, in this year, a general procession was made to the
church of Nôtre Dame in Paris, where a solemn sermon was preached by a
doctor in divinity, called master Peter Brete, a native of Tours, who
declared, among other things, the king's singular confidence in the
blessed Virgin; and he entreated his audience, and the inhabitants of
Paris, in his majesty's name, that henceforward, when they should hear
the great bell of the church toll at midday, they would fall on their
knees, and repeat three Ave Marias for the welfare of the kingdom of
France.

Not long after this procession, master John Chartier, bishop of
Paris, was taken suddenly ill and died the same day. His loss was
much regretted, for he was a devout and good man, and very learned.
The episcopal palace was crowded with the populace of Paris, to see
his body, which lay in state in the great hall, where they piteously
lamented him, and prayed for the salvation of his soul; on going away,
the greater part kissed his hands and feet, firmly believing him to
be a saint and well beloved by God. On the 15th of May, the king sent
letters to the provost and sheriffs, to declare, that the bishop,
during his life-time, had been his enemy, and kept up an intelligence
with the duke of Burgundy and the confederate princes when before
Paris, and had practised with the inhabitants to favour them. For these
causes, he willed, that an epitaph be placed on his tomb, declaratory
of his conduct toward his king, which the aforementioned officers
ordered to be written for the purpose of being thereon affixed.

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