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retakes possession of that duchy. He causes
some of the lords of that country who had
supported his brother to be executed and
drowned
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136. The count de Charolois enters the country of
Liege with his army. The Liegeois demand
and obtain a truce, but although a peace is
made it does not last long
137. After the treaty concluded at St. Tron, the
inhabitants attempt to murder the men of
the count de Charolois, but are overpowered.
The count returns to his father at Brussels.
The king of France raises a large army, in
consequence of which the count de Charolois
puts himself on his guard
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138. The Liegeois in Dinant break the peace, and
recommence the war against the duke of Bur-
gundy. Dinant is besieged, and battered with
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340
140. The duke of Burgundy after the destruction of
Dinant makes dispositions to march his army
into the territories of Liege. Several towns
surrender to him. A peace is concluded be-
tween them
143. Prologue to the chronicles of the most Chris-
tian, most magnificent, most victorious, and
most illustrious kings of France, Louis XI.
of the name, and his son Charles VIII.
144. Some recapitulations of the description of the
battle of Montlehery by Monstrelet, with the
addition of facts which he had omitted
145. A true account of several events that happened
during the reigns of king Charles VII. and
his son Louis XI. which have been omitted,
or slightly mentioned, in the chronicle of
Enguerrand de Monstrelet.
146. The king of France comes to Paris, and returns
to Rouen. The bastard de Reubempré is
arrested on the coast of Holland. The king
goes to Tours and other places, and then to
Poitiers, whither the Parisians send him a
deputation respecting certain of their frau-
chises. Ambassadors arrive there from the
duke of Brittany, who carry off the duke of
Berry. The death of the duke of Orleans.
The duke of Bourbon makes war on the king
of France, and other events that happened
in the year 1464, omitted by Monstre-
let, and some facts relative to the death of
the good pope Pius II., and concerning pope
Paul II., more than is contained in the said
chronicles.
147. The king of France enters the Bourbonnois,
and takes many towns and castles. Events
at Paris and elsewhere. The king besieges
Rioms, in Auvergue. Other incidents up to
the period of the war of Montlehery, omitted
by Monstrelet
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151. After the treaty of Conflans, between the king
and princes, provisions are brought to the
confederate army from Paris, on payment
being made for them. The count de Charo-
lois, on mustering his troops, declares himself
vassal to the king. He does homage for
what he holds under the crown of France.
The duke of Berry and the others do their
homage. Peace is proclaimed. Other events 367
152. The king thanks the Parisians for their loyalty
and courage, confirms their privileges, and
offers them new ones. He restores sir Robert
d'Estouteville to the provostship of Paris.
He displaces some and appoints others to fill
their offices, and then goes to Orleans. Charles,
the king's brother, is received by the Nor-
mans as their duke. The king goes into
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Normandy. Other events
348 153. The king of France recovers the duchy of
Normandy from his brother, Charles duke of
Berry. The lord d'Esternay is drowned, and
several officers in Normandy are executed or
banished. The duke of Berry leaves Nor-
mandy, and sir John de Lorraine, thinking
to follow him, is made prisoner and carried
to the king
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350 154. The king of France sets out from Rouen to
Orleans. He sends ambassadors to England.
Several malefactors are executed at Paris.
The divorce of sir William Colombel from
his wife. The lord du Lau is made prisoner.
The king publishes an edict at Paris against
the English. A truce concluded between the
French and English. Many persons lose
their senses at Paris at the bean-flowering
155. The king sends commissioners to make reforms
at Paris. Their pages and the clerks of the
palace quarrel. A murderous war between
the Liegeois and the duke of Burgundy. A
great mortality in Paris and its environs.
The king appoints certain lords for the guard
and defence of his realm. Events that
happened at Paris in this year 1466
156. The king appoints the count of Dammartin
grand master of his bousehold. He goes with
the queen to Rouen, where he had appointed
the earl of Warwick to meet him. The
death of duke Philip of Burgundy. The
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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
. 379 165. The king of France obtains indulgences for
those who shall say Ave Maria three times.
The death of the bishop of Paris. Of the
duke of Calabria. The roof of Notre Dame
of Clery burnt. The death of the duke of
Guienne. A truce with the duke of Bur-
gundy. Of the siege and attack of Beauvais.
The townsmen of Auxerre defeated. Differ-
ent edicts published at Paris. Accusations
'made against the constable. Paris and Or-
leans send supplies to Beauvais
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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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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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441
444
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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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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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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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462
459 212. Of the funeral services performed for king
Charles VIII. of France, at Amboise, Paris,
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
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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
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