. A mediaeval Princess; being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, duke of Burgundy ( 1401-1436). 1 1. Zbc %nb^ anb tbe %nnt> 309 champ, Earl of Warwick, was acting asregent in France during Bedfords brief ab-sence, fits these phrases fairly well. Justthen Jacquelines fortunes were at a lowebb, and a group of young English peoplemight easily have dared to amuse themselvesby making invidious comparisons betweenher and Madame de Warigny. The first didnot need to be ugly, nor
. A mediaeval Princess; being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, duke of Burgundy ( 1401-1436). 1 1. Zbc %nb^ anb tbe %nnt> 309 champ, Earl of Warwick, was acting asregent in France during Bedfords brief ab-sence, fits these phrases fairly well. Justthen Jacquelines fortunes were at a lowebb, and a group of young English peoplemight easily have dared to amuse themselvesby making invidious comparisons betweenher and Madame de Warigny. The first didnot need to be ugly, nor the second beau-tiful, to cause the fickle fancy of Humphreyto swerve from the one to the other so as tocause comment. ^ The phrases might also have been writtenin England a few years earlier, and the vol-ume might have been left in Paris in 1439,when its owner, the Earl of Warwick, diedthere as regent. However they camie there,the words have outlived more serious testi-mony, and the flavour of court gossip ispreserved on the fly-leaves. A Book of Hours evidently illuminatedfor Jacqueline after her fourth marriage gives Loher says that Humphrey was in love with Madame de Warigny,wife of Jacquelines equerry, and th
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