. 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 . sed these attacks with the utmost courage, to the wonder of the besieged;and while these skirmishings were going on, the earl o
. 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 . sed these attacks with the utmost courage, to the wonder of the besieged;and while these skirmishings were going on, the earl ordered the tower at the end of thebridge over the Loire to be stormed, which was won, as well as a small bulwark hard by,in spite of the defence of the French. The earl commanded a party to enter and guard this * All this seems to be a romance founded on the ex- brated for the discoveries made under his auspices iaploits of Peter, duke of Coimbra, the famous traveller, Africa and India,and Henry, duke of Viseo, his brother, much more cele, f Cambray. Q. Coimbra. $ Albastre, Q. THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. 545 tower, that the garrison might not unobserved make any sallies from tlie town. He thenwith his captains, made a lodgment in some of the ruins that remained in the suLurbs nea^the walls; and his men, m their usual manner, raised huts of earth to shelter themselvesfrom the effects of the arrows whidi were showered at them from the battlements. Orleans.—From an original Drawing. The earl, on the third day after his arrival before Orleans, entered the tower on the bridge^and ascended to the second story, whence from a window that overlooked the town he wasobserving what was passing within, and was considering on the best mode of reducing it toobedience. While thus occupied, a stone from a veuglaire struck the window, whence theearl, hearing the report, had withdrawn, but too late, for the shot carried away part of hisface, and killed a gentleman behind him dea
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