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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

THE PARISIANS ARE REVIEWED BY THE KING.--OF THE ARRAGONIAN
 AMBASSADORS.--A CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE KING AND THE CONSTABLE.--A
 TRUCE WITH THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY.--OTHER EVENTS.--THE DUKE OF ALENÇON
 CONDEMNED TO BE BEHEADED AT PARIS.--THE KING TAKES POSSESSION OF
 ANJOU.--THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY BESIEGES NUYS[48].--HE TAKES SEVERAL
 TOWNS, NOTWITHSTANDING THE TRUCE BETWEEN THE KING AND HIMSELF.


The king ordered a review of the Parisians on Saturday the 20th of
April. They were drawn up from the bastile of St Anthony, along the
ditches, to the tower of Billy,--and thence, in battle-array, to
the Grange aux Merciers: there was another division formed on the
opposite side of the town. They made a brilliant and formidable
appearance,--for the whole number was estimated at one hundred and four
thousand men, all in uniforms, with red hoods and white crosses. A
large train of artillery was also drawn out of Paris, which added much
to the beauty of the spectacle.

The king was accompanied at this review by the arragonian ambassadors,
who were astonished at the numbers of men under arms that Paris alone
had sent forth. The king was attended by his guards, the gentlemen of
his household, the count de Dammartin in great pomp, Philip of Savoy
count of Bresse, the lord du Perche, Salazart, and several other
captains and gentlemen of renown. After the review, the king went
to Vincennes to supper, taking with him the arragonian embassy; and
shortly after, he gave to the two principal ambassadors two cups of
fine gold, embossed with figures, which weighed forty marcs, and had
cost three thousand two hundred crowns of gold.

The king left Paris for Senlis, where he made some stay; and during
that time two embassies came to him, one from Brittany and another from
Germany,--the chief of which last was the duke of Bavaria. With the
embassy from Brittany came Philip des Essars, lord of Thieux, master of
the household to the duke of Brittany, who had been very active against
the king. He was, however, kindly received by him, presented with ten
thousand crowns, and appointed general inquisitor and inspector of
waters and forests in Champagne and Brie,--which office the lord de
Châtillon had held, but it was taken from him to be given to Philip des
Essars.

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