CHAP. XXIV; THE DUKE OF LANCASTER, HAS INTENTIONS OF MARRYING HIS DAUGHTER TO THE DUKE DE LA TOURAINE, BROTHER TO THE KIN(5MOF FRANCE.—'THE' DUKE OF BERRY • PROPOSES HIMSELF FOR HER HUSBAND.—TkE DUKE OF LANCASTER IS MUCH SATISFIED THEREAT; '»b 1HAVE before fajd that the duke of Lancaf-' ter had quitted Caftille and Portugal. . His thoughts, on, the unfortunate event of his ^ex-pedition, were not very agreeable y for he faw his hopes annihilated, • and that fortune, $s very often happens in worldly affairs, had fud-denly turned againft him, at a time when it was the leaft expected : for he had left England well m accompanied with men at arms, and with every expectation of iinilhing his campaign in a dif-ferent manner. " It was to!4 him that his adyeç-,fary had regained, within .fifteen days after he had. left the country, all his c,qnquefts, which had occupied him fix weeks. _ ; • .,-, t - His army had been wafted away by iickqefc, and he despaired of any afliftance from home - for the Englifli were tired of this war, as it was at fuch a diftance, and the accounts they had heard of the country difgufted them : befides, the duke knew that England was much troubled . within itfelf. He forefaw little hope jf amend-ment in his affairs ; and though he faid - not much on this fubject, he thought a great deal. 1 - - At 156