. 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 . The poor peoplewere much harassed by them, to the great vexation of the English, for at the time theycould not assist them by r
. 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 . The poor peoplewere much harassed by them, to the great vexation of the English, for at the time theycould not assist them by reason of the more weighty matters they had on hand. CHAPTER LXXIX. THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY INSTITUTES, THIS YEAR, THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. In tliis year the duke of Burgundy established, in honour of God and St. Andrew, whosecrofts he bore in his arms, an order or fraternity of twenty-four knights without reproach,and gentlemen from four generations, to each of whom he gave a collar of gold handsomely 668 THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAND DE MOJSSTRELET. wrought with his device, namely, Du Fusil,—to each of which, collars were suspended infront, like as great ladies wear crosses, clasps, or diamonds, — and in the centre thereof wasa golden fleece, similar to what Jason conquered in old times, as is written in the history ofTroy, and which no Christian prince had ever before made use of. The duke, therefore,called this order, The Order of the Golden Insignu of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He, in conjunction with his council, selected twenty-four knights to be of this order : thenames of some of them follow—First, the duke, the founder, then William de Yienne lordde St. George, sir Regnier Pot lord de la Roche, the lord de Roubaise, the lord de Montagu,sir Roland de Huquerque, sir Anthony du Vergy count de Dammartin, sir David de Brimeulord de Ligny, sir Hugh de Launoy lord de Santes, sir John lord de Commines, sir Anthonyde Toulongeon marshal of Burgundy, sir Pe
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