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
As soon as the Duke of Burgundy had advice of the Earl of Warwick’s
arrival in France, he immediately sent letters to the parliament to let
them know he was informed that the king had favourably received and
entertained the Earl of Warwick in some of his towns in Normandy, which
was acting directly contrary to the treaty that was concluded at Peronne
between his majesty and him; and humbly desired the court of parliament
that they would make the king sensible of this infringement, and persuade
him not to countenance the Earl of Warwick and his party, whom he had
declared were enemies to the kingdom; otherwise he should be obliged to
seize upon his person wherever he found him, though it was in the very
heart of France; however, the Earl of Warwick stayed at Honfleur till
the latter end of June. In the meantime the king drew his forces out of
several garrisons, and ordered them to march into Normandy and Picardy,
where they ruined and destroyed all the flat country thereabouts. In the
meantime the king still kept about Tours, Amboise, Vendôme, and other
places thereabouts, whither the Queen of England and her son the Prince
of Wales, with several of the English nobility, came to wait upon the
king; and after a long conference with his majesty, the English returned
to Honfleur, Valognes, St. Lo, and other places in Normandy. During
these affairs, the Duke of Burgundy ordered all the effects belonging to
the merchants of France, that were in his dominions, to be seized, till
some restitution was made to the merchants of his country, from whom the
English had taken several ships.
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