. 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 . i. cap. where it is said,that long before the death of Absalom, Joab slew Abner. The assertion, that it is not perjuryto commit
. 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 . i. cap. where it is said,that long before the death of Absalom, Joab slew Abner. The assertion, that it is not perjuryto commit such actions, although oaths of fellowship may have been given on both sides, isfalse, for it is gross perjury, and unprofitable to such as may swear to treacherous alliances :it is fraud J deception, and clear perjury; and to maintain that such actions are lawful isan error of faith. When these propositions had been fully discussed, they were condemned as hereticalopinions, and errors against the faith. 278 THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. CHAPTER CXIII.—THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY GOES TO ANTWERP.—THE ARREST OF SIR JOHNDE CROy, AND OTHER REMARKABLE EYENTS THAT HAPPENED ABOUT THIS PERIOD. Nearly about this time, the duke of Burgundy held at Antwerp a very confidentialcouncil of his most tried friends, on the ^tate of his afiairs, at which were present his brotlierof Brabant and his two brothers-in-law, namely, duke William, and John of Brabant bishop. Antwerp, from the Scheldt.—Fiom an original drawing. of Liege, the counts de St. Pol and de Cleves. He had assembled them particularly toknow whether they would support him in the war which France was silently meditatingagainst him. They all promised him their aid against his adversaries, excepting the personsof the king of France and his children. When the council broke up, the duke of Burgundy returned to Artois, in his country ofFlanders, and the other lords to the places whence they had come. On the feast of thecir
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