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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.6
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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.6
page 29
nation "at ftheiras. Thfe young king and his council* Quitted Paris, and went tô rèfide *at Meaux^ih Brie. * * ' " '. ;
No fooner had theiing left Paris than the in-habitants rofe, and, havingarmed themfelves, flew all who had been afliftihg in propofihg or collect-ing thefe taxes. • They broke into the prifom -and différent houfes in the town, taking what-ever they could find. They went to the palace of the bifliop of Paris, and, having broken open Jiis prifons, fet • at liberty Hugh Aubriot*, who had been governor-general of the police during king Charles's reign, and had been condemned to the dungeons for fevered bad actions which be bad. done' br contented to, many • of which were defer ving the laker to this man the mob gave liberty, which he owed folely to their in-surrection. - He immediately.'fet out from Parte» for fear ofv being retaken, and *went into * Bur-gundy, whence he came, and related tô" his friends* his * adventures. '
: The Parifians,; during their rebellion, com-milled many outages ; but fortunately it wafc not general: had it been fo, affairs would have been bad indeed/ The king' refidéd all this time at M&aux, ' attended' by his uncles of Anjou» Berry #tid Burgundy, who were xhuch
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. * Hugh AubfioirTj|ad t{i§| nutoagémenf èf the finances pnder Gharle* -y. - He buUi tyt SaftUlc as a fort againft the Engliftu Meowed his difgrace and.injprifonment to the clergy, who "accufed him of herefy, Sec. : he was fhyt up' between four %iHs: but the Orieins pa^tf Imfed' him becaufe, being a Bar-Saodsan, te wiè•nixéikàtfritie duktof ^Burçundy.. - : alarmed
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