ceafed, than myfelf ; and I fhall not think myfelf a rebel, or be afhamed, for not giving up my right/ 4 Sir earl,' faid the king, c you fay well ; but I command you, by what you now hold, and expeft % x to hold, from me, that you quit not the city of Paris for fifteen days, when the peers and barons fhall try this claim of relationfhip ; at which time you will know what your right is : and, if you aft . otherwife, you will incur my difpleafure/ β Your will fhall be done, fir,' anfwerçd the earl. He then left the court, and returned to his hotel to dinner. When he was come there, he retired to his own chamber ; and having well weighed and confidered fome fufpicions he had conceived, he • mounted his horfe, and fet out for Brittany, accompanied by a very fmall number of attendants, and arrived at Nantes, before the king or any others, except his own particular friends, knew any thing of the matter. It was imagined, ill health kept him within his hotel. He related to his countefs all that had happened, and wrote, according to her advice, to all the towns and cailles which had been furrendered to him; eftablifhed in each able captains, with plenty of . foldiers, cavalry as well as infantry, and paid them handfomely. CHAP.