fe*ftiifgs aad rejoicings were 'made «n tht oeçafion. - AU "thit iras known i die oonfoMe, "who had continued m Moncontottr, and alfo that PotriefS had been reinforced with a. body of mm Mt mm% At the fame time he heafdfipofft tip duke «tfJBcrfy; who commanded a large amy in Auvergne, Bcfry^ and Burgundy upoh the border^ of LàÉioufie, that he was xkfirous of laying ficge to St^SeVere*; which town belonged to fir John Devereux,. bur was garrifcntd, under hii orders, by fir William Petty, Richard -Gil'and Richard Qrafc, and a large body of nien at arms, who had -mtittm th$ countries of Auvergne, and Limoufin, dçàpfë much nïifcWef to both of thech. The dukft -Berry* on this account, wifhed to march thither, ana therefore eqtreatçd the .conftable, if hchad -motany Other views, that he wdtrld join hiro è*fdrc St; Severe. • :. . ' -. '•' - • . Thé conftable, whowi»rery wife, phkièiit and inventive in all iris undertakings, cdbfidenrd ti^atat that moment he -could mot expedfc iucufi before Poitiers, ewca if he wcrçuio îpprch his men thi-ther j for the fcity had been^greatly reinforded with men at arms : he therefore dedahod he wmikfcjom the duke of Berry.. . He fet put from MarxxwtDor with his whole army after he had appointed a gar-* rifon to defend it, and joined the dtike, win* thariked him much for coming, as well » all his fangjtoang • St. Se?erc/-*a town in Saintonge, uetr$*ntcs. Vol. IV. N fquires.