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 is willing to cancel the causes above said before
himself and council, or the commissioners appointed for the
universal reformation of justice through the kingdom, of
whom the Chancellor of France is one. And as to the affair
of Boutilhac and the king’s proctor against the Digonnes,
Boutilhac and the proctor shall be silenced; then for Lalain,
seeing the said causes have a relation to the business of the
limits above mentioned, in respect to which a stop had been
made to the re-delivery of their goods seized and detained
upon that occasion, these goods which are in the hands of
commissioners or others deputed by them, they shall peaceably
enjoy, till the dispute about the limits shall be decided by
the said commissioners in the form aforesaid, provided that
they and all their goods shall be liable to the making good,
on their part, the sentence given by the said commissioners in
that behalf. And as for the interposition of appeals by Gerard
Febvre, and others, from the judgments and sentences of the
said court of Bruges, they shall be of no effect.”
26. The king is desired to inhibit De Torcy, his heirs, &c.,
for ever to prosecute a certain decree obtained by him against
the late M. de Saveuse, contrary to the tenor of the treaty of
Arras; which decree after it was made, had a stop put to it
till the death of the late king, and by the king now being, for
fifteen years, commencing from that of sixty.
“The said suspension of fifteen years the king is willing shall
be observed, and that after the expiration of the said term,
the execution of the said decree shall be suspended for twenty
years longer, still with a salvo to the king and the duke’s
rights from thenceforwards, and for the twenty years past.”
27. The ambassadors cannot also but remonstrate against the
denial of mandates in case of appeal and other points of
justice to the duke’s officers and subjects, and even when
his officers have appealed and demanded security for the
preservation of his right and signiory.
“The king will command speedy and strict justice to be done,
and all mandates in cases of appeal or otherwise shall be
granted without hesitation; so that it may be evident to all
men that he is desirous to do right to the duke’s subjects.”
28. The ambassadors desire the king would let the duke enjoy
the lands, signiories and rights made over to him, and to let
him have instruments of ratification, by which all impediments
to the contrary shall be declared null and of no effect.
“This the king assents to in the full extent of it.”
29. The ambassadors demand reparation of damages for himself
and subjects during the troubles, which by a moderate
computation amount to above 200,000 crowns in gold.
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