nifftitât or *ttR cmBEm OF AMIEÎCS ATTEMPT t# #I?E VP THAT CITY TO THE NAVARROIS.— m rAUtîiÊ i» raines. ^HE lord John de Piquigny, who was much #t~ t*cVe4 to the king,of Navarre, was the chief of his council, and through whofe affi fiance he had cfcfjiei from prifon, refided at la Herielle, thret leagues from Amiens. He bad tampered fo fuc-cefsfully, bj fipe fpeeches and otherwife, with fe* veral of the principal citizens of Amiens, thf t they had confented to admit the Navarrois into the city. Thefe treacherous, citizens ba4 even hid in their chambers and garrets fome'of the Navarrois that were to afiift in deftroyiog their town. « JUrd John de piquigny, lord William de Gra-ville, lord Fricquet de Friquant, lord Lin de Be-layfy^ a^nd the lord Fondrigay, came one night, with upwards of feven hundred men, to the gates of 'the city, which lead to la Herielle, on affurance of their friends within the town, that they ihould be open ; and thçy kept their promife Upon this, thofe who had been hid in cellars and garrets iallied forth, fhouting, ' Navarre ! ' whilft the inhabitants, being awakened, cried put, 'Treafon, treafon!* and; çol-le&ing themfelves together, haftened toward^ the gate where the greateft tumult was, between the fuburbs and the city. The firft comers defended the gate well, and with good courage : numbers were flain on both 2 ' fides.