. 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 ... 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 . de Bourbon*, then about fifteen years of age, whom, having awakened, he demandedwhich party he was of: he replied, Of the kings
. 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 ... 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 . de Bourbon*, then about fifteen years of age, whom, having awakened, he demandedwhich party he was of: he replied, Of the kings party; upon which the lord de Ilsle-Adam made him rise, and conducted him to the king, with whom he remained during all thetime these sad events were passing. Great part of the men-at-arms attached to the constable and to Tanneguy du Chatel hadrctred within the bastille of St. Anthony, and with them John Louvet, president of theparliament of Provence, master Robert Masson, with numbers of high rank. The cardinalsde Bar and di San Marco, with the archbishop of Rheims, were also made prisoners, and * Eldest sou of John, duke of Bourbon, prisoner in England. m THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRANO DE MONSTRELET. their horses seized; but at the intercession of the bishop of Paris, and because they hadadvised peace, they were set at liberty, and had their effects returned to them. About eightoclock on the Monday morning, the king, by sound of trumpet, dismissed Tanneguy du. Bastile of Saint Anthony.—From Millins Antiquites Nationales. Chatel from the provostship of Paris, and appointed le veau de Bar*, bailiff of Auxois, inhis stead. In short, all the kings ministers, the members of the different courts of justice,and all the citizens of rank who were attached to the Armagnacs, were plundered and madeprisoners, or cruelly murdered. It was also proclaimed throughout the streets, in the kingsname, by sound of trumpet, that all persons of either sex who should know of any of theArmagnac part
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