. Pictures of the old French court; Jeanne de Bourbon, Isabeau de Bavière, Anne de Bretagne. easy enough, and to retain it, whichwas not easy at all, as no dependence whatever couldbe placed on any friendship, affection, or opinion ofhis lasting a single week. The Comte de Clermont,Due de Bourbon by the death of his father, was likehim, an Orleanist. In company with the Dues deBerry and Orleans, the Comtes dAlencon andArmagnac, and the Sire dAlbret he had entered intoa treaty with the English, offering, among other con-cessions, to restore to them the duchy of treaty was discove
. Pictures of the old French court; Jeanne de Bourbon, Isabeau de Bavière, Anne de Bretagne. easy enough, and to retain it, whichwas not easy at all, as no dependence whatever couldbe placed on any friendship, affection, or opinion ofhis lasting a single week. The Comte de Clermont,Due de Bourbon by the death of his father, was likehim, an Orleanist. In company with the Dues deBerry and Orleans, the Comtes dAlencon andArmagnac, and the Sire dAlbret he had entered intoa treaty with the English, offering, among other con-cessions, to restore to them the duchy of treaty was discovered and the above-namedprinces, who had taken refuge in Bourges, were besiegedthere by the Burgundians about the end of June, 1412. But the Due dAquitaine began to get tired of theseconstant quarrels of Burgundians and Armagnacs, forwhose sake the kingdom, which was his own inherit-ance, was being wasted and destroyed, and he resolvedto put a stop to the war. To the consternation of hisfather-in-law he forbade the gunners and engineers tofire any more, or to demolish or destroy the walls. BOURGES. 18 258 PICTURES OF THE OLD FRENCH COURT [1412 gates, or fortifications of Bourges, saying that the warhad gone on long enough. The Duke of Burgundysaid that the sooner it was finished the better, only itmust be by the complete subjection of the which the Due dAquitaine rejoined that he woulddoubtless welcome their submission to the King, hisfather, but that in any case this had gone on too longalready, to the detriment of the kingdom ; that thediscredit would fall upon him, the heir of France, andthat the opposing party were his uncles, cousins, andnear relations, against whom he refused any longer tofight. The Duke of Burgundy was obliged to submit,the siege was raised and peace for a short The princes and court returned to Paris, where theusual amusements and festivities began again. TheDue dAquitaine was the leader of all the follies anddissipation that
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