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SIR JOHN FROISSART Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.5

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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.5
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hi$ that he. hajd but poorly acquitted hiufc felf jtowards the earl ahdbis army of^ all the pro-niiffcs had made them. \j . . • j f' Atlthi* itifeie, there were four greau barons at Pip% whon? the. duke ha& fent to tlife kirfgtJf Mm rite; to imake hii pel&ce ^ the vifcouotde: Robani Chartes de Din&n, :fir Quj! loixi de.La?aland fit Gup lord -de Roehefort. Thefe four batons of Brittahy ,had remonftrated with him in àaônctt during rhe time cheeaH of Buckingham- Was before Nantesi,feveral times*, and with, much wifdom, in luch terms as thefe : 'My lord, you (hew.to all the world, that y pur lieart is! entirely given, to. the J£nglifti;: you have, brought into this cpisntry Eru£* lifhmet* who, if ,thçy g*infchç upper hand, will.di* jninijh • your inheritance. ' What priait w pleafurt pan yoq.have in tb«s great affe&ion fdrithfcm ? Look m the.iitttfition of the king of Nawrçe* who put Us confldewe it* them ; after paving}!given thent pofiefiion of his town and caftle of Cherbourg, they bw$ never quitted it, nor ever will,, bet-keep it as their own property. Therefore, if you put them into any of your fortified Xowns io Brittany, they will not leave them?; r for-daily reinforcements tyiH arrive. .See how they keep Breftj nor have they any thought of furrendering it, although it i^yout inhtrkance. Be fatisfied, my krd, with the love of the people of this country, who will never giye up IheJcingiQf France tp fcrv.eand belong to tbn king of England* If your ducJhcfs is from England, would you, for that, run the rifk of lofing your whole dukedom, which has coft you fo much to .i. il". s 3 ' • 'g»*1*


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