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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
page 15
property, without including any part of his heri-tage, amounted to feventeen hundred thoufand francs, to the great aftoniihrncnt of all who heard^ it, as to the means by which he had been able, ta amafs fo large a fum. The dukes of Berry and, Burgundy, in particular, were much furprifed, as ' well as their councils, for the conftable was not anyway in favour with them ; fo that, when among themfelves, they thus fpokc very freely on the fubjeft : c How the devil can this conilable have colle&ed fuch an immenfe fum of florins, and fuch fplendid furniture ? The king of France has nothing like it. We muft fuppofe that it has not been lawfully acquired/ This paflèd off;' bût thofe who hated him did not think the fcfs of it.
The king was ftii at Paris, though his prepa-rations were ready j and all who had been fum-moned to accompany the expedition to Brittany were aflembling accordingly. * The duke of Bur-gundy was, however, much vexed at this war, faying it was made without reafon, and would end badly ; for neither France nor Brittany, nor their knights and fquiret, were any way concerned in the quarrel between fir Oliver de Cliflbn and fir Peter de Craon ; nor had they any bufinefs to make war on their [account, but fhould let them fight it out themfelves, without thus deftroying and hat-raffing the poor of both countries. The duke of Berry was of the fame opinion j but they could not be heard, for the king had other coiinfellors to whom he liftened in preference. They knew not, therefore, how to prevent the war frorh taking
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