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. NEWLY TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITIONS, WITH VARIATIONS AND ADDITIONS FROM MANY CELEBRATED MSS. BY THOMAS JOHNES. vol.4 page0288

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.4
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The TRUCE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND is PROLONGED.—THE DEATH OF THE BLACK PRINCE. THE LORD DB COUCY RETURNS, HAVING HAD IN DIFFERENT SUCCESS* tï7HEN the fcaft of All-faints was drawing * * near, the duke of Burgundy, the count de Saltzbourg, the bifhops of Amiens and of Bayeut came to Bruges by orders of the king of France, to hold a conference. The dukç of Anjou ftaid at St. Omer, where he continued the whole time. * From the king of England there came, the dukes of Lancafter and Brittany, the earl of Salifbury and the bifhop of London : fo that the town of Bruges was well filled by their retinues, more efpecially by that of the duke of Burgundy, who kept a moft noble and grand ftate. Sir Robert de Namur refided with the duke of Lancafter, and fhewed him every attention as long as he remained in Flanders. The ambafladors from the pope, the archbifliop of Rouen and the biihop of Carpentras, were alio there, who went to and fro to each party, propofing different terms for an accommodation, but without any cflfe&s for thefe lords, in their firft parley, were too much divided to come to any agreement. The king of France demanded re-payment of four-teen hundred thoufand francs which had been given for 17Ô CHAP. LVI.