CH. XII.-How the Liegeois made a desperate Sally upon the Duke of Burgundy's Quarters, where both he and the King were in very great CH. XIII.—Of the storming, taking, and plundering the City of CH XIV.- How King Louis returned into France by the Consent of CH. XV. Of the King of France's Subtlety, by which he prevailed with his Brother Duke Charles to accept of the Duchy of Guienne, in lieu of Brie and Champagne, and contrary to the Duke of Burgundy's In- CH. L.-How the King took an Occasion of making a new War upon the Duke of Burgundy; and of his sending as far as Ghent to summon 175 CH. II. Of the Delivering up of the Towns of St. Quentin and Amiens to the King; and upon what Grounds the Constable and others fomented the War between the King and the Duke of Burgundy 171 CH. III.-How the Duke of Burgundy took Picquigny; and the Means he found out to make a Truce with the King for a Year, to the great Dissatisfaction of the Constable of France CH. IV. Of the Civil Wars between the Princes in England during the Difference between Louis XI. and Charles, Duke of Bur- CH. V.--How the Earl of Warwick, by the Assistance of Louis, King of France, drove King Edward IV. out of England, to the great Dis- CH. VII.-How King Edward returned into England, where he defeated the Earl of Warwick in Battle, and the Prince of Wales after- CH. VIII.-How the War was renewed between King Louis and the Duke of Burgundy, at the Solicitation of the Dukes of Guienne and CH. IX.-How the final Peace which was negotiating between the King and the Duke of Burgundy was broken off by the Duke of Guienne's Death, and how those two great Princes laboured to circumvent one CH. X.-How the Duke of Burgundy, having encamped before Beauvais, and finding he could not take it, raised the Siege, and marched with CH. XI.-How the King concluded a Peace with the Duke of Bretagne, and a Truce with the Duke of Burgundy; and how the Count of St. Paul very narrowly escaped a Plot that was laid for him by these two great Princes Page 222 × CH. XII.—A Digression, not altogether improper in this place, concerning the Wisdom of the King and the Constable, with useful Remarks for those who are in Authority with Princes 229 BOOK THE FOURTH. CH. I.-How the Duke of Burgundy, having seized upon the Duchy of Guelders, attempted farther Inroads upon the Germans, and besieged Nuz 232 CH. IL-How the Town of Nuz was relieved by the Germans and the Emperor; and of other Enemies whom the King of France stirred up against the Duke of Burgundy 239 CH. III.-How the King took from the Duke of Burgundy the Castle of Tronquoy, with the Towns of Montdidier, Roye, and Corbie, and the Endeavours he used to persuade the Emperor Frederick to seize upon such Towns as belonged to the Duke in the Empire 247 244 CH. IV. How the Constable fell again under the Suspicion both of the King and of the Duke of Burgundy CH. V. How the King of England passed the Sea with a powerful Army to assist his Ally, the Duke of Burgundy, against the King of France, to whom he sent a Defiance by one of his Heralds-at arms 251 CH. VI. Of the Trouble and Perplexity of the Constable, and of certain Letters he wrote to the King of England and the Duke of Burgundy, which afterwards were partly the Cause of his Death 254 CH. VII.-How the King of France disguised one of his menial Servants in a Herald's Coat, and sent him with a Message to the King of England, who gave him a favourable Answer 258 CH. VIII.-How a Truce for Nine Years was negotiated between the Kings of France and England, notwithstanding the Difficulties and Impediments interposed by the Constable aud the Duke of Burgundy 263 CH. IX.-How the King entertained the English in Amiens, and of the Place appointed for the Interview of the two Kings 268 CH. X.-Of the Interview between the two Kings, and of their swearing to the Truce which had been concluded before; and how some fancied the Holy Ghost descended upon the King of England's Tent in the Shape of a White Pigeon 274 CH. XI.-How the Constable endeavoured to excuse himself to the King of France upon the Conclusion of the Peace with the English; and how a Truce was likewise made for Nine Years between the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France 280 cuted. CH. XII.-How the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy swore the Death of the Constable, who, retiring into the Duke's Country, was, by his Command, delivered to the King, and publicly exePage 291 CH. XIII-A Digression concerning the Duke of Burgundy's Error in delivering up the Constable to the King, contrary to the Safe-conduct which he had given him, and what happened to him afterwards - 297 BOOK THE FIFTH. 301 CH. I.-How the Duke of Burgundy, making War upon the Swiss, was 307 CH. III.-How the Duke of Burgundy was again defeated by the Swiss, near the Town of Morat 313 316 CH. IV. How, after the Battle of Morat, the Duke of Burgundy seized upon the Duchess of Savoy, and how she was delivered by our King and sent back into her own Country CH. V. How the Duke of Burgundy lived in a solitary Manner for some Weeks at La Riviere, and how the Duke of Lorraine retook Nancy in the meantime 320 CH. VI. Of the Count of Campobasso's great Treachery, and how he prevented the Duke of Burgundy from hearing a Gentleman who would have revealed it to him before his Execution, and how the Duke also rejected the Information that was sent him by the King 325 CH. VII.-How the Duke of Lorraine with a powerful Army of Germans took the Field, and encamped at St. Nicholas, whilst the Duke of Burgundy lay before Nancy; and how the King of Portugal, who was in France at that Time, paid a visit to the Duke in his Camp before that Town. 330 CH. VIII.-How the Duke of Burgundy, by rejecting the Counsel of several of his Officers, was defeated and slain in a Battle between him and the Duke of Lorraine not far from Nancy 334 CH. IX.-A Digression concerning the Virtues of the Duke of Burgundy and the Time of his House's Prosperity 339 CH X.-How the King of France received Intelligence of the Duke of Burgundy's last Defeat, and managed his Affairs after the Duke's Death 342 CH. XI.-How the King of France seized upon Abbeville after the Death of the Duke of Burgundy, and the Answer he received from the Inhabitants of Arras CH. XII.-A Digression (not altogether foreign to my principal Design) concerning the King's Joy at being delivered from most of his 345 Enemies, and of the Error his Majesty committed in the Reduction of the Duke of Burgundy's Countries Page 348 CH. XIII. Of the Delivery of Han, Bohain, St. Quentin, and Peronne to the King, and how he sent his Barber, Monsieur Oliver, to treat with the Citizens of Ghent 350 CH. XIV.-How Master Oliver, the King's Barber, not succeeding in his Designs upon Ghent, finds out a Way to secure Tournay for the King CH. XV. Of the Ambassadors whom the Lady of Burgundy, Duke Charles's Daughter, sent to the King, and of the Delivering up of Arras, Hesdin, Boulogne, and the City of Arras, to the King by the Assistance of the Lord des Cordes 355 · 359 CH. XVI.-How the Citizens of Ghent, having usurped Authority over their Princess upon the Death of the Duke of Burgundy her Father, sent Ambassadors to the King of France in the Name of the Three Estates of their Country 364 CH. XVII. - How the People of Ghent, upon the Return of their Am bassadors, put the Chancellor Hugonet and the Lord of Humbercourt to Death, against their Princess's Consent; after which they, in conjunction with some other Flemish Troops, were defeated before Tournay, and the Duke of Guelders, who commanded them, was slain; and the Duchy of Burgundy was placed in the Hands of the King of France CH. XVIII.-A Digression, serving to demonstrate that Wars and Divisions are permitted by God for the Punishment of wicked Princes and People, with various Arguments and Instances which happened in the Author's Lifetime, chiefly intended for the Instruction of Princes 371 378 CH. XIX.-On the Character of the French People, and the Government of their Kings, with Reflections on the Misfortunes which occur to both great and small 385 CH. XX.-Examples of Misfortunes that have happened to Princes, and Revolutions that have been brought to pass in States by the Judgment of Gud 993 |