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 king went on a pilgrimage to the church of our Lady of Ecouis[52],
and thence to a house called Gaillarbois[53], belonging to Colon,
lieutenant to the lord admiral, where he made some stay; and while he
was there, he received intelligence from the constable of the arrival
and landing of the English at Calais,--and that the duke of Burgundy
had raised the siege of Nuys. It had been reported that the duke had
gained possession of that town with the consent of the emperor, and
that they had united their forces to make war on the king of France,
which was afterward found to be exactly the reverse of truth.
In this interval, an english herald, called Scales, was made prisoner,
and many letters found on him, addressed to different persons. These
letters the king saw; and the herald assured him, that a large body
of English had disembarked at Calais,--and that king Edward was to be
there in person on the 22d of June, at the head of twelve or thirteen
thousand combatants. He besides assured him, that the duke of Burgundy
had made his peace with the emperor, and was returned to Brussels, the
whole of which turned out to be falsehoods. The king was also informed,
while at Ecouis, that the constable had sent to the duke of Bourbon
his sealed engagement, to attempt to suborn and induce him to take
arms against the king, and unite himself with the duke of Burgundy,
all of which greatly surprised him. He instantly sent for the duke
of Bourbon, and repeated his summons to come to him by the bishop of
Mende, by whom the duke of Bourbon had sent the first intelligence of
this treason, with the constable's sealed proposals.
The king heard, nearly at the same time, that the duke of Bourbon,
whom he had appointed his lieutenant-general against the Burgundians,
had, with his army, fallen in with the enemy at Guy, near to Château
Chinon[54], and had defeated them with very great loss in killed and
prisoners. Two hundred lances from Lombardy were slain,--and among
the dead were the lord de Conches and several others. The prisoners
were the count de Roussy, the marshal of Burgundy, the lord de Longy,
the bailiff of Auxerre, the lord de L'Isle, the banner-bearer of
the lord de Beauchamp, the son of the count de St Martin, sir Louis
de Montmartin, sir John de Digoigne, the lord de Rugny, the lord de
Cheligny, the two sons of the lord de Vitaulx, one of whom was count
de Joigny, and others. This defeat happened on Tuesday the 20th of June.
In contradiction to the intelligence the king had received from the
constable, the king heard from the emperor, that he had revictualled
and reinforced the town of Nuys for one year; that he had taken thence
all the sick and wounded, and replaced them with fresh troops; and that
he had reduced the duke of Burgundy to a nonplus, having taken from him
great part of his artillery, his service of plate, and other baggage.
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