doing anything to the contrary whatsoever; upon condition and so far forth as our said cousin of Charolois gives us the same assurance and promises, and observes the same. In witness whereof, we have signed these presents with our own hand, and sealed them with our seal.” Done at Nantes, March the 22nd, in the year of our Lord 1464. Signed FRANCIS, with a flourish. Upon the fold was written, “By the Duke’s Command,” and signed MILET, with a flourish. CH. II.—How the Count of Charolois and several great Lords of France raised an Army against King Louis XI., under pretence of the Public Good.—1464. A very few days after the departure of the king’s ambassadors, John, late Duke of Bourbon[27], came to Lisle, pretending a visit to his uncle Philip, Duke of Burgundy, who loved the family of Bourbon most of all the families in the world. This Duke of Bourbon was the son of Duke Philip’s sister[28]: she was a widow, and was at that time with him, with several of her children—three daughters and one son.[29] However, this was not the true cause of the Duke of Bourbon’s visit; but his coming thither was to persuade the Duke of Burgundy to consent to the raising of an army in his dominions, as the rest of the princes of France had agreed to do; in order to demonstrate to the king the injustice and ill-management of his kingdom, and to put themselves into a condition to compel him to reform the State, if fair application could not prevail. This war was afterwards called the Public Good, it being undertaken upon that pretence. Duke Philip, who since his death has been called the Good, consented to the raising of men; but the real object of the business was never made known to him, nor did he ever think they would ever have proceeded to blows. Immediately they began to enlist forces in his countries; and the Count of St. Paul[30] (afterwards Constable of France), being come with the Marshal of Burgundy[31] (who was of the house of Neufchâtel) to wait upon the Count of Charolois at Cambray, where Duke Philip then was, the count assembled the council, and others of his father’s chief subjects, in the palace of the Bishop of Cambray[32], and there declared all the members of the house of Croy mortal enemies both to his father and himself[33], though the Count of St. Paul had long before married one of his daughters to a son[34] of the Lord of Croy, and alleged it would be much to his prejudice. In short, the whole family were forced to fly out of the Duke of Burgundy’s territories, and lost great part of their estates. These proceedings were highly displeasing to the Duke of Burgundy, whose chief chamberlain was one of them, called afterwards Lord of Chimay[35]; a young gentleman of good parts, and nephew to the said Lord of Croy. This gentleman, for the security of his person, went away without taking leave of his master, otherwise (as he was informed) he would have been made