The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 2 (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 2 (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 presented the Earl of Warwick, during his stay at Rouen, with
several valuable and rich presents, amongst the rest a piece of gold
plate, and a large gold cup set with precious stones. The Duke of Bourbon
also presented him with a fine diamond, and several other things of
value; besides which, he and his whole retinue had all their expenses
borne by the king from their first landing in France to their embarking
for England. After the earl’s departure the king returned from Rouen to
Chartres, where he stayed some time; and in this month died Philip, Duke
of Burgundy, and his body was carried with great solemnity to Dijon, and
interred in the church of the Carthusians.
Immediately after this, the king ordered a proclamation to be published,
by which (in order to repeople his good city of Paris, that had been
greatly diminished by war, sickness, and other misfortunes) his
majesty gave leave to strangers of all nations, of what crimes soever
they had been guilty, except high-treason, to come and settle in the
city, suburbs, or precincts thereof, promising to grant them the same
privileges as his own subjects, and to defend and protect them, even not
excepting those that had been banished to St. Maloes and Valenciennes.
At the same time, also, by sound of trumpet, was published an order,
commanding all the nobles and gentry holding any lands or tenures by
homage or fealty, even not excepting those in the Isle of France, as well
in Paris as elsewhere, to be ready in arms by the 15th of August.
About this time, the Admiral of France, and those that were ordered by
the king to wait on the Earl of Warwick into England, returned, where
they had stayed a long while without doing any thing, and brought with
them some hunting-horns and leathern bottles, as a present from the King
of England to the King of France, in return for all the valuable gifts
his majesty and the Duke of Bourbon had made the Earl of Warwick at his
departure from Rouen. And on Friday, the 18th of August, the king arrived
at Paris, about nine at night, attended by the Duke of Bourbon and
several of the nobility.
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