The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton: Containing the Histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Volume 1G. Bell, 1906 |
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... soldiers and good subjects . The count charged the whole matter upon the house of Croy ; and when his father was grown decrepit and superannuated , which at that time he was very near , he drove all the said Lords of Croy from his ...
... soldiers and good subjects . The count charged the whole matter upon the house of Croy ; and when his father was grown decrepit and superannuated , which at that time he was very near , he drove all the said Lords of Croy from his ...
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... soldier , and forbade him to depart , and very angrily took a truncheon or spear in his hand , and went out of his chamber , saying that he would see whether his son would kill his servants . " * Adolphus of Cleves , Lord of Ravestain ...
... soldier , and forbade him to depart , and very angrily took a truncheon or spear in his hand , and went out of his chamber , saying that he would see whether his son would kill his servants . " * Adolphus of Cleves , Lord of Ravestain ...
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... soldiers pay wherever they came ; so that the towns upon the Somme , and all the others by which he marched , received his troops , in small bodies , within their The attack began on the 7th of June , 1465 . tJoachim Rouault , Lord of ...
... soldiers pay wherever they came ; so that the towns upon the Somme , and all the others by which he marched , received his troops , in small bodies , within their The attack began on the 7th of June , 1465 . tJoachim Rouault , Lord of ...
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... soldiers , despising the citi- zens , whom they had beaten up to their very gates , were also eager for it . Yet , probably , after all , it was found impracticable , and so the Count of Charolois marched back to St. Denis . * On Friday ...
... soldiers , despising the citi- zens , whom they had beaten up to their very gates , were also eager for it . Yet , probably , after all , it was found impracticable , and so the Count of Charolois marched back to St. Denis . * On Friday ...
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... soldiers , who had deserted the king's side , and had retired to them ; yet the greatest number of them • Claude de Montagu , Lord of Coulches , councillor and chamberlain of Dukes Philip and Charles of Burgundy , Knight of the Golden ...
... soldiers , who had deserted the king's side , and had retired to them ; yet the greatest number of them • Claude de Montagu , Lord of Coulches , councillor and chamberlain of Dukes Philip and Charles of Burgundy , Knight of the Golden ...
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