The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.Commynes, Philippe de
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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.
Commynes, Philippe de
France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589
“The king from henceforward declares, that the duke shall enjoy
the villages and jurisdictions in the bailiwicks of Mâcon and
St. Gengon, and also the jurisdictions and villages of Auxerre
and Bar-sur-Seine, according to the contents of the treaty of
Arras, notwithstanding any obstructions to the contrary: and to
this end the said eight commissioners, the six, or the four,
in the manner above declared, shall be empowered by the king
and duke to hear, examine, and determine things equitably,
according to the treaty of Arras, and in the same manner and
form as is set down in the eighth article aforegoing, and the
answer made thereunto.”
10. Item, the said Duke of Burgundy is also opposed and
molested in the enjoyment of several fiefs and homages
belonging to him, by virtue of the said treaty, in the said
counties and bailiwicks of Mâcon, St. Gengon, and Auxerre, and
their jurisdictions, especially of the counties of Beauvillois,
which ought to belong to the bailiwick of Mâcon, of all which
the said ambassadors demand redress.
“The king is willing to grant it, and it is left to
commissioners to determine it, pursuant to the eighth article,
and the answer to it.”
11. And as to other points or articles contained and declared
in the said treaty of Arras, the ambassadors demand, in the
duke’s name, that those which shall be found unaccomplished or
impeded, and such as the duke has had no cognizance of, shall
be decided by the said commissioners as aforesaid, without any
farther contradictions or appeals.
“It is answered, that, to put an end, as soon as possible,
to all differences concerning the said treaty of Arras and
its dependencies, the eight, six, or four commissioners as
aforesaid, shall have full power to examine strictly into
the same, and by viewing the places, and without any process
or form of law, to decide, determine, and execute what they
think most just, by putting the said duke into the possession
of whatever they find to belong to him, by virtue of the
said treaty, notwithstanding any contradictions or appeals
whatsoever; and shall promise from thenceforward to acquiesce
with the same.”
12. The third chief point concerns things appertaining to the
said duke, upon the account of his lordships, both within and
without the kingdom.
And, in the first place, as to the limits of the kingdom, the
county of Burgundy, and the territories under the jurisdiction
of St. Laurence, the said ambassadors remonstrate for a
determination of the same, and that such an equal number of
commissioners be appointed on both sides to judge and determine
the said differences without any farther review of the same;
and notwithstanding any contradiction or appeal whatsoever.
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