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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.10
page 385
peâ that fir Peter de Craon intends murdering the conftable; for he has coile&ed, within his hotel, in the çhurch-yard of St. John, a number of com-panions, whom he has fecretly kept there, ever fince Whitfuntide. Should he accomplish his pur-pofe, the king will be exceedingly vexed, and confufion enfue to the kingdom. It is for this I difclofeit to you, my lord j for, although I am fc-cretary to my lord of Craon, and have fworn fide* lity to him, I cannot fuffer fuch an outrage to be committed. If you do not take meafures to pre-vent this, none other will, at this moment, and I beg you will remember what I have now told you, at a proper opportunity ; for, fince I find fir Peter de Craon m determined to perfevere in this bufinefs, I muft fly, and never again return to his fervice.'
The duke of Berry perfectly well comprehended all the clerk had told. He faid to him ; c Remain with me to-day, and to-morrow morning 1 will inform my lord of this plot. It is now too late, and I wifh not to trouble the king on fuch a day as this, but, to-morrow, I will not fail doing it; and we will provide a remedy, fince fir Peter de Craon is in the town, which I was ignorant of.1 Thus, by the delay and negligence of the duke of Berry, did the mifchief happen, as 1 have re: lated.
The provoft of Paris, with upwards of fixty horfe, iflued out at the gate of St; Honoré, on the traces of fir Peter de Craon. When he came to Pontoife, to crofs the Seine, he afked the
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