CHAP.

king goes to Chartres, whither he summons

some of the Parisians, and commands them

to have banners made according to the dif-

ferent professions and trades. A monk is

murdered in the Temple. The queen most

honourably received in Paris

157. The king orders the banners of Paris to be

mustered. Of the war with Liege. Of the

Pragmatic, which a legate from the pope and

Balue attempt to abolish. The king pardons

the duke of Alençon and the lord du Lau.

The count de Saint Pol concludes a truce

between the king and the duke of Burgundy,

without including the Liegeois. Other events

that happened in the year 1467

158. The king sends commissaries to review the Pa-

risian banners, officers as well as men. The

king's army marches between Mans and Alen-

çon, to oppose that of the Bretons. The

duke of Burgundy collects a large army at

Saint Quentin. The three estates of France

assemble at Tours in 1467

159. Tournaments at Paris and at Bruges. The

king goes to Meaux. The prince of Pied-

mont comes to Paris. The lord du Lau

escapes from his confinement in the castle of

Usson, which causes many to lose their heads.

The Bretons and Burgundians take Merville.

Charles de Melun beheaded. The substance

of what passed between the king and the dukes

of Berry and Brittany. Peace concluded with

the duke of Burgundy in the year 1468

160. The king of France goes to Notre Dame of

Halle. The town of Liege destroyed. The

king ratifies at Paris his treaty with the duke

of Burgundy. He has all the game round

Paris taken alive, to send to the count de

Foix, as a token of friendship.

A great

inundation in Holland and Zealand. A pri-

soner in the Chastelet for theft informs

against his companions, who are all hung,

1468

382

384

387

161. The treason of the cardinal of Angers, who

in consequence is imprisoned.

The king of

Sicily and his queen wait on the king. Peace

made between the king and his brother, now

duke of Guienne, who comes to Montils-les-

Tours. An alliance between France and

Spain. The duke of Brittany refuses to wear

the king's order. The ban and rear ban sum-

moned to oppose king Edward of England.

Other events that happened in the year

1469

162. The earl of Warwick and the duke of Clarence,

driven out of England by king Edward, come

to France. Queen Margaret and her son ar-

rive there also, to the displeasure of the duke

of Burgundy. The birth of the dauphin

Charles. The earl of Warwick returns to

England. An alliance between the king of

France and king Henry of England. The

flight of king Edward. The entry of the

queen of England into Paris. The inhabit-

ants of Auxerre take part with the duke of

Burgundy. The king's victories in the duchy

of Burgundy and the countries of Charolois

and Picardy. Of the king's journeys, and

other events that happened during the year

1470

163. The king of France receives intelligence of the

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392

.

397

. 399

166. The Parisians are mustered. The duke of

Burgundy marches in disgrace from before

Beauvais. Of the king's army in Brittany.

The shameful conduct of the Burgundians in

Normandy. The French reconquer Eu from

the count de Roussi. The queen of France

delivered of a son, named duke of Berry.

The lord of Beaujeu betrayed to the count

d'Armagnac. Lectoure regained, and the

count d'Armagnac killed. The king of Ar-

ragon flies from Perpignan. The duke of

Alençon made prisoner. The king goes to

Bordeaux. The son of the count d'Albret

beheaded at Poitiers

167. The siege of Perpignan. The duke of Alen-

çon detained prisoner in the Louvre. The

death of the duke of Calabria. The execu-

tion of John Hardy for intending to poison

the king. Edicts from the king respecting

the gens-d'armes and the coin. An embassy

from the king of Arragon. Other events in

this year

. 406

168. The Parisians are reviewed by the king. Of

the Arragonian ambassadors. A conference

between the king and the constable. A truce

with the duke of Burgundy. Other events.

The duke of Alençon condemned to be be-

headed at Paris. The king takes possession

of Anjou. The duke of Burgundy besieges

Nuys. He takes several towns, notwithstand-

ing the truce between the king and himself 410

169. King Edward summons the king of France to

restore to him the duchies of Guienne and

Normandy. Good news from the French

army in Arragon. Some Arragonians be-

headed. The king's physicians open a man

alive, and recover him. Of the feast of St.

Charlemagne, king of France. Of the losses

of the duke of Burgundy before Nuys, and of

the conquests gained over him in Picardy and

Burgundy. Some barons executed at Paris.

The reduction of the town of Perpignan

170. An alliance between the emperor of Germany

and the king of France. Ambassadors from

Florence and from the emperor. Prudent

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acts of the king. A devout procession at

Paris. Tronquoy, Roye, Mondidier, and

other places, are taken for the king. The

treachery of the constable. A great defeat

of the Burgundians and Lombards by the

duke of Bourbon, when the count de Roussy

and several great lords of Burgundy are made

prisoners. The men of Arras suffer another

considerable defeat by the king's army. The

deliverance of the prince of Orange. The

flight and decampment of the duke of Bur-

gundy from before Nuys. A conference and

treaty of alliance between king Edward of

England and the French king. Other events

that happened at Paris during the year

1475

171. The duke of Burgundy delivers the constable

Louis de Luxembourg into the hands of the

king's officers, by whom he is carried pri-

soner to the bastile at Paris. The count de

Roussy is conducted a prisoner from Bourges

to Montils-les-Tours. The conversation be-

tween the king and him. The trial and exe-

cution of the constable at Paris. Some of

the officers in that city are displaced. The

duke d'Alençon delivered from the Louvre.

A council ordered by the king. The duke

of Burgundy defeated by the Swiss at Gran-

son. The duke of Nemours made prisoner at

Carlat, in the king's name, by the lord de

Beaujeu. Other events in this year of

.

.

.

1475

172. The duke of Burgundy borrows money to raise

forces to retaliate on the Swiss for his late ill

success. The arrival of the king of Sicily at

Lyon, where the king of France then was.

What passed between them. Of the seneschal

of Normandy, who murdered his wife and his

huntsman for adultery. The duke of Lor-

raine opposes the duke of Burgundy at Morat

in Switzerland, and in the county of Ro-

The king of France makes several

pilgrimages. The duke of Lorraine recovers

the town of Nancy. The king of Portugal

arrives in France. Other events that took

place in the year above mentioned

mont.

towns

414

418

425

173. The duke of Milan is murdered. The total

destruction of the Burgundian army, and

death of the duke of Burgundy, by the victo-

rious duke of Lorraine, before Nancy. The

reduction of the countries and towns the

duke of Burgundy had usurped from France,

such as Arras, Hesdin, &c. Several be-

headed in Arras, Cambray, and in other

. 428

174. The king summons his parliament from Paris

to Noyon, to try the duke of Nemours. A

forger executed at Paris. Of the victory of

the lord de Craon over the prince of Orange.

Of the death of the duke of Gueldres before

Tournay. The duke of Nemours executed at

Paris. A party of Flemings defeated. Seve-

ral persons hanged at Paris, for having assas-

sinated the son of the public executioner

175. The cardinal of St. George is detained prisoner

at Florence, where the archbishop of Pisa is

strangled, and several others put to death,

for having murdered Giuliano de Medici.

Rhodes besieged by the Turks. Of St.

Symon and another that were crucified. Of

432

176. The king on his return from Picardy sets at

liberty the prisoners in the Chastelet. Of

the prince of Orange and sir Claude de

Vaudray in the country of Burgundy. The

statues of St. Louis and St. Charlemagne re-

moved. The king has twelve great bombards

made. Edward king of England causes his

brother the duke of Clarence to be drowned

in a butt of malmsey. An accusation is laid

against Daniel the servant to Olivier le Daim.

On the return of the king from Picardy,

great entertainments are given at Paris in the

year 1478

177. The king of France's soldiers seize the money

that was sent to pay the Flemish troops, and

gain also the town of Conde from them.

Cordelier friar named Anthony Fradin

preaches at Paris, and is afterwards banished.

The pope sends a legate to the king of France

and to the duke of Austria. The deceit of

the last toward the king. A treaty concluded

between them. Sir Charles d'Amboise

regains many towns for the king in the

duchy of Burgundy .

439

178. The king of France presents rich gifts to several

churches. A council held at Orleans on the

Pragmatic Sanction. An alliance between the

kings of France and of Castille. A tame lion

escapes in Auvergne, and does much mischief.

The attorney-general of Artois beheaded at

Tours. A new bombard on trial bursts, and

kills many people at Paris. A Gascon

captain named Oriole, and his lieutenant,

beheaded at Tours. Other events that

happened in the course of this year 1478

179. Of the king's preparations for war. The

Flemings are admitted into Cambray. Seve-

ral towns in Burgundy reduced to the king's

obedience, who often visits Champagne in

consequence. Ambassadors arrive from

Spain. The duke of Albany comes to Paris.

The duke of Austria defeated near The-

rouenne, and the son of the king of Poulaine

taken prisoner. The king's troops are again

successful, and gain seventeen towns.

score Flemish vessels are captured, by Coulon

and other adventurers from the coasts of Nor-

mandy in the course of the above year

436

441

444

. 446

181. The king of France forms a camp between

Pont de l'Arche and Pont de St. Pierre.

Armour which the duke of Brittany had

ordered from Milan is intercepted. The king

taken ill at Tours. During certain pilgrim-

ages he makes, he visits the dauphin at Am-

boise, and goes thence to St. Claude. A

great famine this year

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Events

182. The deaths of the lady Jane of France, duchess

of Bourbon, and of the countess of Flanders,

and also of several persons at Paris.

that happened there. The king returns from

his pilgrimage to St. Claude, to Nôtre Dame

of Clery, and to other places. Ambassadors

arrive from Flanders. Of the capture of the

town of Aire. Of the assassination of the

lord Louis of Bourbon, bishop of Liege.

Other events that happened in the course of

the above year

183. The king's illness continuing, he comes from

Tours to Amboise to recommend to his son

Olivier le Daim. Of the marriage of the dau-

phin with the countess Margaret of Flanders.

A peace concluded between the kings of Eng-

land and Scotland, which includes the good

duke of Albany. The king recommends his

health to the devotions of the monks of the

church of St. Denis

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449

451

453

184. The lord and lady de Beaujeu and others come

to Paris to receive the dauphiness. The

death of king Edward of England. The

death of the lady Margaret of Bourbon, coun-

tess of Bresse. The entry of the dauphiness

into Paris, and her reception there. The

steeple of the church of Sainte Genevieve

burnt. The marriage of the dauphin and

dauphiness

185. The holy ampulla is brought from the church

of Saint Remy at Rheims to the king of

France, when dangerously ill, at Plessis-

le-Parc. The devout death of Louis XI.

He is buried in the church of our Lady at

Clery. May God pardon his soul

16. The great chronicles of the most Christian,

magnanimous, and victorious king of France

Charles VIII., collected and put together by

me, Pierre Desrey, simple orator of Troyes in

Champagne

455

187. King Charles VIII. crowned at Rheims. He

afterwards visits several towns in France.

He makes his entry into Paris. Master

Olivier le Daim and his servant Daniel exe-

cuted there. John de Doyac has his ears cut

off, and his tongue bored with a hot iron

He is succeeded

by pope Innocent VIII. Of the victorious

war of king Charles in Brittany. He marries

the princess Anne, daughter to the noble duke

Francis of Brittany. Other events

188. The death of pope Sixtus IV.

189. King Charles generously restores Roussillon to

king Ferdinand of Arragon. The institution

of the order of Filles Repenties at Paris.

The town of St. Omer is taken by the lord

des Cordes. A treaty of peace concluded

with the king of England after the siege of

Boulogne. The treason committed by

Carquelevant in the town of Arras.

Amiens

well guarded. The treaty between the king

of France and the archduke of Austria

190. King Charles marries Anne duchess of Brittany.

She is crowned queen of France in the church

of St. Denis, and makes her public entry into

Paris. The king visits his province of

Picardy. A priest executed and burned at

Paris. The death of pope Innocent VIII.

He is succeeded by pope Alexander VI.

191. Of the expedition which king Charles under-

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456

458

takes to recover his kingdom of Naples, and

the reasons that moved him thereto

192. Friar Jerome Savonarola foretels the invasion

of Italy by the king of France. The king

while at Lyon prudently arranges a regency

to govern the kingdom during his absence.

He departs thence for Grenoble, where he

takes leave of the queen

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461

462

482

and St. Denis

483

229. The duke of Nemours marches his army against

Brescia. On taking the town a great slaugh-

ter ensues

230. The duke of Nemours defeats the united ar-

mies of the pope, the Venetians, and the

Spaniards, near to Ravenna, but is himself

slain after he had gained the victory and

totally repulsed the enemy

503

504

ib.

.

522

244. Pope Leo X. and the king of France meet at

Bologna to confer on the state of affairs.-

The king returns to France

245. The emperor Maximilian assembles a large

army, to attempt the conquest of the Milanese,

and to drive the French out of Italy. The

constable of Bourbon, lieutenant-general for

the king in Italy, marches against him

246. The emperor Maximilian, finding that he

could not succeed in his attempt on Milan,

marches away

247. The king of France goes on a pilgrimage to the

church of the Holy Handkerchief in Cham-

bery. A treaty of peace concluded between

him and the archduke king of Spain

.

523

ib.