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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.11

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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.11
page 38



•••.so knowing, as he thought, the king's conftitution, he faidf—' This diforder of the king proceeds from the alarm in the foreft, and by inheriting too much of his mother's weak nerves/ Thefe words were carried to the lord de Coucy, at that time in Paris with the duke of Orleans and the king's un-cles. The whole of the council, and the principal jbarons and prelates of the realm, were there affeiti-bled to confult on the government of the kingdom during the king's illnefs, and until he fhould . be perfectly reftorcdj and whether the duke of Or-leans, or his uncles, or all three fhould have the regency. They were upwards of fifteen days be-fore they could agree : at laft, it was thonght ad-vifable, from the youth of the duke of Orleans, which made him unfit to bear fo great a weight, that the two uncles of the king fhould govern the kingdom ; but that the duke of Burgundy fhotld be the principal -, and that the duchefs of Bur-gundy fhould remain with the queen and be re-jpcCtcd as fécond to her in rank. CHAP-


          
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