248. A very great lord in Brittany, called the lord

de Retz, is accused and convicted of sorcery. 96

249. Pierre de Regnault, bastard-brother to La Hire,

goes on a foraging party to the country round

Abbeville

46

97

98

250. Ambassadors from France, England, and Bur-

gundy, meet at Calais, to treat of a general

peace

251. The Barrois and Lorrainers overrun the county

of Vaudemont, where they commit great

waste and destruction

252. The duke of Orleans obtains his liberty by

means of the duke of Burgundy, and marries

the lady of Cleves, niece to the said duke

253. The king of France goes to Troyes in Cham-

pagne. Several towns and forts submit to his

obedience. Other matters

254. The English in the castle of Folleville do much

damage to the country round Amiens. They

defeat some Picard lords and their men

255. Some of the garrisons of the count de St. Pol

rob the king of France's servants as they

were conducting warlike stores from the city

of Tournay. The reparation the count de

St. Pol makes for this conduct

108

233. La Hire, Blanchefort, and others of king

Charles's captains, make excursions into

Germany

234. The count d'Estampes recovers the castle of

Roullet from the men of the lord de Moy.

Other matters

CHAP.

3. In the year 1446, when the king of France

returned from hearing mass, he found on

his bed the following ditty

4. The duke of Brittany puts his brother the

lord Giles to death. The Genoese send an

embassy to the king of France to offer him

their sovereignty. The event

5. The king of France, on the death of pope

Eugenius, has a grand council held at Lyons,

whither came many ambassadors from Ger-

many, England, and other parts, to restore

union in the church and put an end to all

schisms

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143

ib

144

146

ib.

148

149

150

129

ib.

ib.

271. Here follow the articles for the deeds of arms

on foot

130

12. The king of France, being satisfied that the

English had broken the truce, declares war

against them. Verneuil is taken by a miller

whom an Englishman had beaten

153

272. The duke of Burgundy sends the count

d'Estampes, with a large body of men-at-

into the duchy of Luxembourg

273. The duke of Burgundy reduces the duchy of

Luxembourg to his obedience

14. The English invade Scotland twice, and are as

many times repulsed. The tower of Ver-

neuil surrenders to the king of France.

Other matters

155

156

16. The king of France makes his entry into Ver-

neuil. The reception he receives. The

seneschal of Poitou undertakes an expedition

against the castle of Loigny. It surrenders

to the king, and several English are taken in

it. Vernon surrenders to the king.

157

17. The king of France comes to the town of

Evreux, where he is handsomely received,

and goes thence to Louviers. The castle of

Anjou submits to the king, Gournay surren-

ders also. John Howel yields up the castle

of La Roche-Guyon to its lord, and turns to

the French

159

20. The duke of Alençon conquers his town of

Alençon. The count de Foix gains the town

and castle of Mauleon. The count de Dunois

takes Argentan. The English retire into the

keep of the castle, and, on surrendering it,

march away with only staves in their hands. 162

21. The king of Sicily waits on the king of France

at Louviers. Fresnoy surrenders to the duke

of Alençon. Gisors capitulates. The castle

164

ib.

of Gaillon is besieged

22. The king of France orders the counts de

Dunois, d'Eu, and de St. Pol, to join him,

as he intended to march to Rouen, whence

after remaining three days he returns. Some

of the inhabitants of Rouen are near deliver-

ing up the city to him. The duke of Brit-

tany besieges Fougeres. Conde is taken

23. The archbishop of Rouen and others of the

citizens negotiate to surrender that city to the

king of France. The keys are presented to

the lieutenant-general the count de Dunois,

who enters the town with his army.

24. The king of France besieges the duke of

Somerset, lord Talbot, and their men, in

the government-palace of Rouen. They

surrender, on condition of being allowed to

march away on yielding up the castle of

Arques, and other places mentioned

167

169

170

173

174

CHAP.

large army. The English, after sustaining

much damage from the batteries, surrender

the town and castle of Caen

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32. The king of France makes his entry into Caen,

and is nobly received there. The English

surrender Falaise. Poton de Saintrailles is
appointed governor of it. Domfront is re-
duced to the king's obedience

33. The decease of the duke of Brittany, and of the

lord Giles his brother, whom he had cruelly

put to death before his decease. Cherbourg

is besieged by sea and land, and is taken by

the French

34. The author particularises the valour of several

of the nobles in the conquest of Normandy.

The king of France sends the count de Pen-

thievre, as his lieutenant, into Guienne

41. The count d'Estampes, with the aid of the Pi-

cards alone, raises the siege of Oudenarde,

and defeats the Ghent men, without the

knowledge of the duke of Burgundy

ib.

42. The duke of Burgundy establishes garrisons

round Ghent. He makes several inroads

into the country of Waes

43. The Ghent men fortify Nineve. The count

d'Estampes defeats them there. The men of

Ghent attempt to destroy a dyke, to drown

the country of Waes, but are again defeated

by the count de St. Pol

.

205

44. The battle of Rupelmonde, where the Ghent

men are defeated by the duke of Burgundy. 206

45. The Ghent men who had fled to Acre abandon

the place it is burned by the duke of Bur-

gundy. The king of France sends ambassa-

dors to the duke in Flanders, to restore peace

to that country

207