preffed or violated by him, and that his vain boat-ings might be annihilated. / ^ Many afFe&ionate expreffions were contained in thefe letters, fuch as kings and confins are accuf- , joined to write to each other in cafes of neceffity. Thofe who brought them were men of rank and underftanding, and acquitted themfelves fo well, that king Charles was much inclined to their requeft $ and the propofitions from king Richard for the marriage of his daughter ^ profpered the tnore, and were fooner agreed to, than if this in-telligence from Hungary had not arrived in France* for, as king of France and eldeft fon of the church, he was vervdefirous of providing a remedy for the evils that tweatened it. The fubjeft of thefe letters was (bon made pub-lic, both at home and abroad, to. move the hearts of gentlemen, knights and fquires, who were dc-firous to travel in fearch of glory. • ' , At^the time this news came to Paris, there were with the king the duke and duchefs of Burgundy, their eldeft fon, John of Burgundy count de Ne-vers, who was not then a knight, fir Guy and fir William de h. Trimouille, fir John de Vienne, ad-miral of France, with other great barons. It was propofed, therefore, at the hôtel of the duke of Burgundy, who was eager to fend afliftance to Hungary, that his fon, the count de Ne vers, fhould undertake an expedition thither, as com-mander in chief of the French and other chi-valry. John of Burgundy was a courteous and amiable youth «05