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
particular fulfil, these presents and the contents of them;
and that they neither do nor suffer anything to be done to
the contrary; and when anything shall be done to the contrary
hereof, they shall immediately make reparation, and, without
any delay, restore matters to their former state and condition;
and especially these presents shall be verified in parliament,
in the chambers of accounts and finances, which shall cause
the same to be published and registered everywhere they ought
to be; notwithstanding any edicts made against alienating and
putting out of our power the demesnes of our said crown, and
all the restrictions, promises, and oaths, which we or any of
our said officers might have made in general or particular,
under any form of words whatsoever, whereby they might or
would prevent the effecting, fulfilling and accomplishing
all that is contained in these presents; which ordinances,
restrictions, promises, obligations and oaths we will not,
for the sake of peace, as to the present case, have to be
in derogation or prejudice of the transfers and the other
things above mentioned, and of the said promises, oaths, or
other restrictions, which our officers are subject to, in
contradiction to these particulars; but we do, by these
presents, and in fulfilling the contents thereof, hold and
esteem them acquitted and fully discharged of them.
CH. XIV.—Of the Peace that was concluded at Conflans between the King
and the Count of Charolois and his Allies.—1465.
At length all things were accommodated, and the next day[155] the Count
of Charolois made a general muster of his whole army, to see what men he
had left, and what he had lost. On a sudden, without any warning, the
king came thither, attended only by thirty or forty horse, and went from
regiment to regiment to take a view of them all, except the Marshal of
Burgundy’s squadron, who was no friend of the king’s; because, having
given him the government of Espinal[156] in Lorraine, he took it from him
afterwards, and gave it to John, Duke of Calabria, to the great disgust
and mortification of the said marshal. The king at last grew sensible of
his error, and acknowledged he had been wrong in discarding, upon his
first accession to the crown, those worthy and eminent knights that had
faithfully served his father, and who, resenting the injury, had joined
with the princes against him. The king used his utmost endeavours to
retrieve the false step he had made, and by little and little reconciled
himself to them. It was resolved, that the next day all the lords should
repair to the Castle of Vincennes to do homage to the king, and for their
security the Castle of Vincennes should be put into the hands of the
Count of Charolois.
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