THE

CHRONICLES

OF

ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET.

H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London

THE

CHRONICLES

OF

ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET;

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRUEL CIVIL WARS BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF

ORLEANS AND BURGUNDY;

OF THE POSSESSION OF

PARIS AND NORMANDY BY THE ENGLISH;

THEIR EXPULSION THENCE;

AND OF OTHER

MEMORABLE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE,

AS WELL AS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

A HISTORY OF FAIR EXAMPLE, AND OF GREAT PROFIT TO THEFRENCH,

Beginning at the Year MCCCC. where that of Sir JOHN FROISSART finishes, and endingat the Year MCCCCLXVII. and continued by others to the Year MDXVI.

TRANSLATED

BY THOMAS JOHNES, ESQ.

IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES ... VOL. X.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.

1810.

CONTENTS

OF

THE TENTH VOLUME.

PAGE
CHAP. I.
The king of France countermands his summonsto the duke of Burgundy, forbidshim to come to Montargis, and ordershim to send thither three or four of hisnobles to consult with the other peers ofFrance. Slight mention made of the sentencepassed on the duke of Alençon inthe town of Vendôme, with the reservationof the king's approval 1
CHAP. II.
The king's sentence on the duke d'Alençonread in his presence while seated on hisjudgment-seat, by his chancellor 6
CHAP. III.
The English make an inroad on the Boulonnoisfrom Calais. The duke of Burgundysends an embassy to the pope, and fortifieshis towns against the English. Arthurof Brittany dies, and is succeeded inthe dukedom by the count d'Estampes.Other events 10
CHAP. IV.
The king of France summons the twelvepeers of France to the town of Montargis,to hear sentence passed on the duked'Alençon. Of the death of pope Calixtus.The king transfers the court of justicefrom Montargis to Vendôme 13
CHAP. V.
The duke of Alençon is convicted, and condemnedto death for having intended todeliver up his strong places to the English,the ancient enemies of France, and to introducethem into Normandy 15
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