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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.7

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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.7
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man, and an insignificant bachelor j therefore, t cannot make large gifts; but, if the boon you request do not exceed sixty thousand francs, I grant it.* The princess was anxious to gain the whole ; but the count, being a wary man, paid much attention to all his personal affairs : be-sides, he -suspected this boon regarded the ran-som of the count, d'Armagnac : he therefore continued, * Madam, for a poor knight like me* who am building towns and castles, the gift I offer you ought to suffice/ When the princess found she could not gain more, she said, c Count de Foix, I request and entreat you would forgive the count d'Armagh nac' * Madam,* answered the count, c I ought to comply with your request. I have said, that if the boon you solicited did not exceed sixty thousand francs, I would grant it : the count d'Armagnac owes me two hundred and fifty thousand, and at your entreaty I give you sixty thousand of them/ Thus ended the matter ; and the count d'Armagnac, by the princess's - entreaty, gained sixty thousand francs. • The count de Foix, shortly afterwards, returned to his own country. 1, sir John Froissart, make mention of all these things, because when I visited Foix and Beam, I • travelled through Bigorre, and made inquiry after all that had passed, and what I had not heard before. I there learnt that the prince of Wales* daring his residence at Tarbes, had a great desire - to see the castle of Lourde, three leagues distant* among liS


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