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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.1

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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.1
page 155



At this coronation, fir John de Hainault, and all his companions, noble or otherwife, were much feafted, and many rich jewels were given to him and'thofe that (laid with him. He and his friends remained during thefe grand feafts, to the great fatisfa&ion of the lords and ladies that were there, until Twelfth-day, when he received information that the king of Bohemia, the earl of Hainault hi$ brother, and many great lords of France, had ordered a tournament to be proclaimed at Condé: 4&r John, therefore, would no longer ftay, not-? «ithftanding their entreaties, from thè great defire he had to attend this tournament, to fee his brother and the other princes, efpecially th-μ gallant and generous prince, Charles', king of Bohemia. When the young king Edward, his mother, and the barons, faw that it was not poffible to detain him any longer, they g^ye him permiflion t© depart very much àgainfl thçir will. The king, by the advice of the queen, granted him an annuity of four/hunditd marks fterling, hereditable rent, to be held of him in fee, payable in the city of Bruges. He g^ve alfp to Philip de Chateaux, his principal efquire and chief counfellor, a hundred ïnarks tterling of rent, to be paid at the lame time? and place? He iikewife gaye a confiderable fum to defray his expenccs, and thofe of his attendants, on their return home- He ordered many knights to accompany him to Dover, and that his paffage ihould bç free of all coil. He prefented the counts 4e Garennes, gfter to tfre count de Bar, and


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