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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

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Commynes, Philippe de

Commynes, Philippe de

France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589

CH. VI.—How the Earl of Warwick released Henry VI., King of
    England, out of the Tower                                          195

  CH. VII.—How King Edward returned into England, where he
    defeated the Earl of Warwick in Battle, and the Prince of Wales
    afterwards                                                         199

  CH. VIII.—How the War was renewed between King Louis and the
    Duke of Burgundy, at the Solicitation of the Dukes of Guienne
    and Bretagne                                                       203

  CH. IX.—How the final Peace which was negotiating between the
    King and the Duke of Burgundy was broken off by the Duke of
    Guienne’s Death, and how those two great Princes laboured to
    circumvent one another                                             210

  CH. X.—How the Duke of Burgundy, having encamped before
    Beauvais, and finding he could not take it, raised the Siege,
    and marched with his Army to Rouen                                 217

  CH. XI.—How the King concluded a Peace with the Duke of
    Bretagne, and a Truce with the Duke of Burgundy; and how the
    Count of St. Paul very narrowly escaped a Plot that was laid
    for him by these two great Princes                                 222

  CH. XII.—A Digression, not altogether improper in this place,
    concerning the Wisdom of the King and the Constable, with
    useful Remarks for those who are in Authority with Princes         229

                             BOOK THE FOURTH.

  CH. I.—How the Duke of Burgundy, having seized upon the Duchy
    of Guelders, attempted farther Inroads upon the Germans, and
    besieged Nuz                                                       232

  CH. II.—How the Town of Nuz was relieved by the Germans and the
    Emperor; and of other Enemies whom the King of France stirred
    up against the Duke of Burgundy                                    239

  CH. III.—How the King took from the Duke of Burgundy the Castle
    of Tronquoy, with the Towns of Montdidier, Roye, and Corbie,
    and the Endeavours he used to persuade the Emperor Frederick to
    seize upon such Towns as belonged to the Duke in the Empire        244

  CH. IV.—How the Constable fell again under the Suspicion both
    of the King and of the Duke of Burgundy                            247

  CH. V.—How the King of England passed the Sea with a powerful
    Army to assist his Ally, the Duke of Burgundy, against the
    King of France, to whom he sent a Defiance by one of his
    Heralds-at-arms                                                    251

  CH. VI.—Of the Trouble and Perplexity of the Constable, and of
    certain Letters he wrote to the King of England and the Duke of
    Burgundy, which afterwards were partly the Cause of his Death      254

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.

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