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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
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S&tePoV andltwaf tihofHMflAatoly1 Ijptocltl Of the • four chtt^ nftrt on * twô died 6ft the (pot s the other . tt*ô, the ' baffcatd of • I*c»xaàd dfè çmmt de fotty^ were carried to thiir"M«e|s, and died tww days afterward in gfe^agonies^ * ' ~ " ^ . Thus unfortunately did the\ w^dcMng-feartî enda although the married couple, could no Hvtfy be blamed. ' The duke of Qrleani was aloqp ift itttfej who certainly intended not arty harm'^toisr he held the torch fo near them. His gkMiniff"èau&f 4t* mi, when, he witneffed how unlucky^ he Aad btttti; ' he faid aloud,—4 Liften to me all that càrf'fc*àt*mê; Let né oàe be blamed for this tmfti*itin»f e «accident but my felf : what has been done- ipias through' felik; but woe is ine-thar It has happened »* and, had tdbtékèn the conferences, nothing o»^fhftfofcrtd hive induced me to do it/ The duke then fof-lowed the king, and made 'his -ttotufety wftfch we*e accepted. " This meianthèiiy event: te^pened m the Tuefday before Capdkmas-eve, the year of grace i3g* : it made a great noife iff France *nd tn other countries* • ' .x- ' . ::..» : The - dikes of Berry and Burgm*!? were mt prefent when the mafkefs were fet on fife, but \*ire at their oiwi hotels, having taken taw* of the kfcfjg; queen til latitat* When oft the morrow, & be* eatne public in Paris, the people wondered gftaây* and Md that Old .had a fecoradtimc fhewnhis kted f ttmdente to -the. king, and that hé ought mm to put afide thefe childifh thing*, mi Octtfpy himfelf more îeàoaùf j for that he had* too long played the boy* whkh'jwas unbecoming a king . of


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