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 N the Kingdom of France, as Well as in Other Countries ... Beginning at the Year MCCCC, where that of Sir John Froissart Finishes, and Ending at the Year MCCCCLXVII, and Continued by Others to the Year MDXVI.

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G. Routledge and sons, 1867

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180 ページ - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
189 ページ - Render unto Caesar the things that be Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's.
130 ページ - Hermit, and all those who shall, by a king at anus or pursuivant, touch the first shield, shall be bounden to perform twelve courses on horseback with me, or with one of my aforesaid knights or esquires, with blunted lances. — Item, if either of the champions, during their twelve courses, be unhorsed by a direct blow with the lance on his armour, such person, thus unhorsed, shall present to his adversary a diamond of whatever value he please. — Item, the champions may arm themselves according...
175 ページ - This fair Agnes had been five years in the service of the queen, during which she had enjoyed all the pleasures of life, in wearing rich clothes, furred robes, golden chains, and precious stones...
345 ページ - ... great breadth. They also wore hoods on their heads, of a circular form, half an ell or three quarters high, gradually tapering to the top. Some had them not so high, with handkerchiefs wreathed round them, the corners hanging down to the ground. They...
272 ページ - When the earl saw them thus panic-struck, he had it proclaimed through the ranks, that whoever was frightened might return home, but that all who were willing to share his fortune should, if successful, receive a sum of money ; and that whoever fled, after having agreed to remain, the person who put him to death should be handsomely paid fur so doing. The earl of Warwick, hearing that his uncle was slain, and his men defeated, cried out, with tears, " I pray to God that he would receive the souls...
5 ページ - ... proved their valour, the Duke of Burgundy threw down his warder, and the jousting ceased. But the noble knights themselves exclaimed against so early a termination of their chivalric sports ; particularly the Spaniard, who declared, as the reason for his anger, that he had travelled at a great expense, and with much fatigue by sea and land, from a far country, to acquire honour and- renown. But the Duke remained firm, only soothing his denial by complimenting him on the honourable mode in which...
140 ページ - After a few discussions every thing was agreed on ; but before their departure with the new queen, a magnificent tournament was held, in which the Kings of France and Sicily, the Lord Charles d'Anjou, the Counts de Foix and de St. Pol, the Lord Ferry de Lorraine, and several other...
398 ページ - About fifteen weeks after her conversion, on the feast of the holy sacrament, she displayed her wounds in the presence of twelve witnesses, and foretold that within two hours afterward they would be no more seen ; which was verified, — for at that precise time the wounds were all perfectly healed.
130 ページ - Auxonne, at the end of the causeway from the said town of Dijon, at a great tree called the Hermit's Tree in the form and manner following. " In the first place, two shields, (one black besprinkled with tears of gold, — the other violet, having tears of sable), shall be suspended on the tree of the Hermit, and all those who shall, by a king at arms or pursuivant, touch the first shield, shall be bounden to perform twelve courses on horseback with me, or with one of my aforesaid knights or esquires,...

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