. 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 . was ordered by him to thefrontiers of the Boulonois, with six hundred men armed with helmets, and a large body ofGenoese cross-
. 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 . was ordered by him to thefrontiers of the Boulonois, with six hundred men armed with helmets, and a large body ofGenoese cross-bows. They were encamped on these frontiers, whence they made a sharp waragainst the English : nevertheless, the country was not so well guarded against the inroadsoif the latter, but that it was in several parts laid waste by them. About this period, theambassadors returned from England to the king and his council at Paris, namely, the earl ofPembroke and the bishop of St. Davids, with some others *, who came to request that atruce might be established between the two crowns, so that commerce might have a freecourse in both countries. They also demanded, that the king of France sliould grant hiseldest daughter, Isabella, formerly married to king Richard, in marriage to tlie eldest son ofthe king of England, who, in consideration of this match, would, instantly after its consum-mation, lay down his crown, and invest his son with the government of the Embassy prom the King of England to ask in Marriage the Lady Isabella of France.— From a MS. of the Fifteenth Century. These requests, having been made to the royal council, were referred a few days for con-sideration ; but at length, they having been fully discussed, and the frauds of the Englishduly considered, not one of them was granted. The duke of Orleans contended, that thiseldest princess of France should be given in marriage to his eldest son Charles, which after-ward took place. The English ambassadors returne
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