Si and Guy de Bretaigne, fons of St. Charles of Bloi% who were prifoners in England, and confined in a ftrong caille, under the guard of fur'Peter d'Ambreticourt, Were fent for, and brought be-fore the.council of the king of England; when they were informed, that if they would hold the duchy of Brittany from England, and ac-knowledge it by doing homage to the king, their inheritance fhould be recovered for them* and .John fhould have the lady Philippa of Lancafter to wife. _ • ' But they replied, they would not have any thing to do with it, and would prefer remaining in prifon until death to acting otherwife than as good Frenchmen. Affairs continued on this footing, and they were/never afterwards in any way fpoken to on the fubject, fince they had fhewn the firmnefs of their intentions. • CHAP. VII. THE KING OF FRANCE CANNOT OBTAIN MONEY FROM THE RECEIVER AT PARIS.—THE DUKE ' OF ANJOU MARCHES UNTO ITALY WITH A NOBLE ATTENDANCE OF KNIGHTS. *\fOU have before heard how Paris had made its peace with the king, on its agreement of paying a certain fum of florins. The florins were paid weekly to a receiver whom they' had ap-pointed, but none came to the coffers of the king, nor were any of them fent out of Paris. ft