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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.11

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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.11
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•••.so knowing, as he thought, the king's conftitution, he faidf—' This diforder of the king proceeds from the alarm in the foreft, and by inheriting too much of his mother's weak nerves/ Thefe words were carried to the lord de Coucy, at that time in Paris with the duke of Orleans and the king's un-cles. The whole of the council, and the principal jbarons and prelates of the realm, were there affeiti-bled to confult on the government of the kingdom during the king's illnefs, and until he fhould . be perfectly reftorcdj and whether the duke of Or-leans, or his uncles, or all three fhould have the regency. They were upwards of fifteen days be-fore they could agree : at laft, it was thonght ad-vifable, from the youth of the duke of Orleans, which made him unfit to bear fo great a weight, that the two uncles of the king fhould govern the kingdom ; but that the duke of Burgundy fhotld be the principal -, and that the duchefs of Bur-gundy fhould remain with the queen and be re-jpcCtcd as fécond to her in rank. CHAP-


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