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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.4
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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.4
page 380
Tl*B KING OF FRANCE ORDERS THE POSSZSSÎQK& OF THE KING OF NAVARRE TO BE SEIZED, AS
WELL IN NORMANDY AS IN LANGUEDOC» THE
KING OF NAVARRE FORMS AN ALLIANCE
WITH THE ENGLISH. THE TERMS OF* THAT
ALLIANCE.
npHESE machinations and wicked attempts of
A the king of Navarre were fo numerous that the king of France fwore he would not undertake any thing before he had driven lym out of Nor-mandy, and had gained pofleflion, for his nephews, of every town and caftle which the king of Navarre 1 held there.
Every day brought frefh information, and worfe news refpe&ing the king of Navarre, to the palace of king Charles. It was currently reported that the duke of Lancafter was to give his daughter* Catharine to the king of Navarre, who, in return, was to deliver up to him the whole county of Evreux.
' ' Thefe reports were readily believed in France, for the king of Navarre had but few friends there. The king of France, at this period, went to refide at Rouen, where he had fummoned a large body of men arms, and had given the command of it to the lords de Coucy and de la Riviere, who advan-ced to Bayeux, a city in Normandy attached to
Navarre.
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