. 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 . and many nobles and prelates, with others, wearing whitehoods by way of uniform, who were said to exceed twelve thousand in num
. 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 . and many nobles and prelates, with others, wearing whitehoods by way of uniform, who were said to exceed twelve thousand in number. Towardsthe conclusion, they presented a roll to the duke of Aquitaine, which he would have refusedto accept; but they constrained him not only to take it, but to read its contents persons, as well absent as present, were charged in this roll as traitors: twenty ofwhom were instantly arrested and confined in prison. In this number were the lord deBoissay, master of the household to the king, Michel Lallier, and others to the numberabove mentioned. The absent that had been thus accused were summoned, by sound oftrumpet, in all the squares of Paris, to appear within a few days, under penalty, in caseof disobedience, of having their properties confiscated to the kings use. On the 18th day of this same month, the king recovered his health, and went from hishotel of St. Pol to the church of Notre Dame, wearing a white hood like the other Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.—From an original drawing. When he had finished his prayers, he returned home accompanied by a vast multitude ofpeople. On the Monday following, the Parisians had their city surrounded by numbers ofmen-at-arms, so that no person might leave it without permission: the gates were closelyshut, and the bridges drawn up and watched by a numerous guard at each, armed with allsorts of weapons. They also appointed armed divisions of tens in all the streets ; and whenthis was done, the provost of
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