Part 1
THE
CHRONICLES
OF
ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET.
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 THE FRENCH_,
_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.
TRANSLATED BY THOMAS JOHNES, ESQ.
IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES VOL. XI.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATER-NOSTER-ROW; AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.
1810.
CONTENTS
OF
_THE ELEVENTH VOLUME_.
PAGE
CHAP. I.
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 Normans as their duke. The king goes into Normandy. Other events 1
CHAP. II.
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 Normandy, and sir John de Lorraine, thinking to follow him, is made prisoner and carried to the king 11
CHAP. III.
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 season 17
CHAP. IV.
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 MCCCCLXVI. 24
CHAP. V.
The king appoints the count of Dammartin grand master of his household. 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 king goes to Chartres, whither he summons some of the Parisians, and commands them to have banners made according to the different professions and trades. A monk is murdered in the temple. The queen most honourably received in Paris 31
CHAP. VI.
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 MCCCCLXVII. 42
CHAP. VII.
The king sends commissaries to review the Parisian banners, officers as well as men. The king's army marches between Mans and Alençon, 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 MCCCCLXVII. 56
CHAP. VIII.
Tournaments at Paris and at Bruges. The king goes to Meaux. The prince of Piedmont 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 MCCCCLXVIII. 64
CHAP. IX.
The king of France goes to Nôtre 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 prisoner in the Chastelet for theft informs against his companions, who are all hung. MCCCCLXVIII. 76
CHAP. X.
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 summoned to oppose king Edward of England.--Other events that happened in the year MCCCCLXIX. 86
CHAP. XI.
The earl of Warwick and the duke of Clarence, driven out of England by king Edward, come to France. Queen Margaret and her son arrive 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 inhabitants 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 MCCCCLXX. 97
CHAP. XII.
The king of France receives intelligence of the victory of king Edward and the defeat of king Henry's army. The king and the duke of Guienne come to Paris, and thence go to Orleans, where the prince of Piedmont dies. Of the death of the count d'Eu. The duke of Guienne and the count d'Armagnac form an alliance. Other events that happened in the course of this year 114
CHAP. XIII.
Pope Paul II. shortens the intervals of the jubilees. He dies. Pope Sixtus IV. elected in his stead: he was general of the order of Franciscan monks. A young girl pretends to have the wounds of our Lord on her hands, feet, and side 119
CHAP. XIV.
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 Nôtre Dame of Clery burnt. The death of the duke of Guienne. A truce with the duke of Burgundy. Of the siege and attack of Beauvais. The townsmen of Auxerre defeated. Different edicts published at Paris. Accusations made against the constable. Paris and Orleans send supplies to Beauvais 123
CHAP. XV.
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 Arragon flies from Perpignan. The duke of Alençon made prisoner. The king goes to Bordeaux. The son of the count d'Albret beheaded at Poitiers 137
CHAP. XVI.
The siege of Perpignan. The duke of Alençon detained prisoner in the Louvre. The death of the duke of Calabria. The execution 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 150
CHAP. XVII.
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 beheaded at Paris. The king takes possession of Anjou. The duke of Burgundy besieges Nuys. He takes several towns, notwithstanding the truce between the king and himself 165
CHAP. XVIII.
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 beheaded. 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 174
CHAP. XIX.
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 Burgundy 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 MCCCCLXXV. 183
CHAP. XX.
The duke of Burgundy delivers the constable, Louis de Luxembourg, into the hands of the king's officers, by whom he is carried prisoner to the bastile at Paris. The count de Roussy is conducted a prisoner from Burges to Montils-les-Tours. The conversation between the king and him. The trial and execution 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 Granson. The duke of Nemours made prisoner at Carlat, in the king's name, by the lord de Beaujeu. Other events in this year of MCCCCLXXV. 203
CHAP. XXI.
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 Lorraine opposes the duke of Burgundy at Morat in Swisserland, and in the county of Romont. 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 230
CHAP. XXII.
The duke of Milan is murdered. The total destruction of the Burgundian army, and death of the duke of Burgundy, by the victorious 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 beheaded in Arras, Cambray, and in other towns 244
CHAP. XXIII.
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. Several persons hanged at Paris, for having assassinated the son of the public executioner 262
CHAP. XXIV.
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 a devout hermit, who lived fifteen years on the holy wafer. Of a monster, born in the town of Verona. Of a marvellous comet, and other extraordinary events 272
CHAP. XXV.
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 removed. 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 MCCCCLXXVIII. 278
CHAP. XXVI.
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. A 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 290
CHAP. XXVII.
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 MCCCCLXXVIII. 300
CHAP. XXVIII.
Of the king's preparations for war. The Flemings are admitted into Cambray. Several 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 Therouenne, and the son of the king of Poulaine taken prisoner. The king's troops are again successful and gain seventeen towns. Four score Flemish vessels are captured, by Coulon and other adventurers from the coasts of Normandy, in the course of the above year 309
CHAP. XXIX.
An embassy arrives from the king of England to the king of France. The king issues a commission against the duke of Bourbon. The cardinal of St Pietro ad vincula comes to France as legate. The king sets the cardinal Balue at liberty. A body of Swiss troops subsidized instead of the Franc-archers. A very severe winter. Truces are established between the Flemings and the English 318
CHAP. XXX.
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 pilgrimages he makes, he visits the dauphin at Amboise, and goes thence to St Claude. A great famine this year 326
CHAP. XXXI.
The deaths of the lady Jane of France, duchess of Bourbon, and of the countess of Flanders, and also of several persons at Paris. Events 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 332
CHAP. XXXII.
The king's illness continuing, he comes from Tours to Amboise, to recommend to his son Olivier le Daim. Of the marriage of the dauphin with the countess Margaret of Flanders. A peace concluded between the kings of England 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 340
CHAP. XXXIII.
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 countess 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 348
CHAP. XXXIV.
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 352
CHAP. XXXV.
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 356
CHAP. XXXVI.
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 executed there. John de Doyac has his ears cut off, and his tongue bored with a hot iron 359
CHAP. XXXVII.
The death of pope Sixtus IV. 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 365
CHAP. XXXVIII.
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 371
CHAP. XXXIX.
King Charles marries Anne duchess of Brittany. She is crowned queen of France in the church of Saint Denis, and makes her public entry into Paris. The king visits his province of Picardy. A priest executed and burnt at Paris. The death of pope Innocent VIII. He is succeeded by pope Alexander VI. 377
CHAP. XL.
Of the expedition which king Charles undertakes to recover his kingdom of Naples, and the reasons that moved him thereto 382
CHAP. XLI.
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 384
CHAP. XLII.
The king of France sets out from Grenoble, to cross the alps on his march to Naples 392
CHAP. XLIII.
The king of France makes his public entry into Turin, where he is received with great honours and solemnity 394
CHAP. XLIV.
The king leaves Quiers for Asti, where he is informed of the gallant conduct of the duke of Orleans at Genoa. Ludovico Sforza and his lady visit the king at Asti. A marvellous event at Genoa 397
CHAP. XLV.
King Charles makes his entry into the town of Casal. The marchioness of Montferrat and her son place themselves under his protection 402
CHAP. XLVI.
The king of France enters Pavia. His reception there 405
CHAP. XLVII.
Of the several towns the king of France passes through in his march from Piacenza to Lucca 407
CHAP. XLVIII.
Of the entry and reception of the king of France in the town of Lucca 410
CHAP. XLIX.
The king enters the town of Pisa. Others of his captains advance as far as Florence 411
CHAP. L.
The king of France, with his lords, enters Florence, accompanied by his whole army 412
CHAP. LI.
The king makes his entry into Sienna, Viterbo, and other towns 414
CHAP. LII.
The king of France enters Rome with his army. What passed there 417
CHAP. LIII.
King Charles departs from Rome with his army for Naples. What passed on his march 422
HERE BEGINNETH
THE ELEVENTH VOLUME
OF THE
CHRONICLES
OF
_ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET_.
CHAP. I.
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 NORMANS AS THEIR DUKE.--THE KING GOES INTO NORMANDY.--OTHER EVENTS.
The Monday following, sir Robert d'Estouteville[1], knight, lord of Beyne, who had been provost of Paris during the former reign,--but the king had deprived him of that office, and given it to Jacques de Villiers, lord of l'Isle-Adam,--who was now restored by him to the provostship. He presided this day at the town-house, and the watchword for the night was given to him as provost of Paris.
On the Tuesday, the king supped at the town-hall, where was a handsome service of flesh and fish,--and many of the nobility, with their ladies, were invited to meet him. Before supper, the king addressed some of the heads of the wards, who were come thither for the purpose, and said, that he thanked them all, generally and individually, for their great loyalty, and the services they had done him; that, in return, he was disposed to do every thing possible for them; and that as he had, during the war, remitted several imposts, which some might think was done from the necessity he was then in for their assistance and support, and that after a peace he would renew them, he therefore declared that such was not his intention, for that he had, from his great affection, freely remitted them, never to be renewed,--and that if there were any other things they wished from him, they need only mention them, and he would grant their requests. He added, that he should leave in their town the lord de Beyne as their provost, to whom they would pay the same obedience as to himself, because he had well served him at the affair of Montlehery, and for other causes, which he told to the provost des marchands, and to the sheriffs of the city of Paris. He begged of them to be always true and loyal to him and to the crown of France, without any partiality being found in their town.
This day, the natural daughter to the king was betrothed to the bastard of Bourbon; and, after supper, dancings and other amusements took place: the lord bastard there danced and made good cheer.
On the ensuing Monday, the 7th of November, sir Robert d'Estouteville was conducted to the Châtelet of Paris, by sir Charles de Melun and master John Dauvet first president of the parliament of Toulouse, whom the king had ordered to receive the oaths of office from sir Robert, as he had nominated him provost of Paris in the room of Jacques de Villiers, lord of Isle-Adam, who had received the appointment on his joyous entry into Paris, and to institute sir Robert into the same. When the letters of his patent were read before the court of the Châtelet, sir Robert was instituted into the office of provost, without prejudice to any appeal from the said lord de l'Isle Adam.
When this was done, the king summoned before him the presidents of his court of parliament, and addressed them nearly as follows: 'On my coming to the throne, I constituted sir Helie de Thorettes first president of our court of parliament, who soon after died. Our affections were then fixed to replace him by master John Dauvet, our first president of our parliament of Toulouse, now present; but through the importunities of several, and at the particular solicitation of sir John Bureau, we appointed the president de Nanterre, who has enjoyed the office, until the arrival of some princes of our blood before Paris, who have remonstrated with us on various existing abuses within our realm, and even in our court of parliament; for which, and other causes, we declare the said de Nanterre to be no longer first president of our said court of parliament, but do appoint, in his place, the said master John Dauvet, to hold the same during our good pleasure.'