Duke of Bourbon, the Cardinal his brother, and the Count de Saint Paul, constable of France, who had no hand in this interview, but was much displeased with it, for he was now grown haughty, and disdained to pay that respect to the duke which he had formerly done; for which cause there was no true friendship between them. Besides these, there came the Cardinal Balue, the Governor of Rousillon, and several others. When the king came near, the duke went forth (very well attended) to meet him, conducted him into the town, and lodged him with the Receiver, whose house was fair, and not far from the castle; for the lodgings in the castle were but small, and no way convenient."—

"War betwixt two great princes is easily begun, but hard to be composed, by reason of the accidents and consequences which follow for many practices are used, and orders given out, both on one side and the other, to prejudice the enemy, which cannot be suddenly countermanded; as was visible by these two princes, whose meeting was so suddenly determined, that neither having time to give adver

tisement to their agents, in remote parts, both of them accomplished the commands which their respective masters had given them before. The Duke of Burgundy had sent for his army out of Burgundy, where, at that time, there was a great store of nobles, which came along with the army; and among the rest Monsieur de Bresse, the Bishop of Geneva, the Count de Romant, all three brothers of the House of Savoy, (for betwixt the Savoyens and Burgundians there was always a firm amity,) and some Germans, who were borderers both to the one and the other. It is to be understood, that the king (Louis XI.) had formerly caused the said Seigneur de Bresse to be clapt in prison, upon the death of two gentlemen, which the said Bresse had caused to be slain in Savoy; so that betwixt him and the king there was no right understanding.

"In this army there was likewise one Monsieur du Law, (who had been a favourite of the king's, but kept afterwards a prisoner by him a long time, till at length he made his escape, and fled into Burgundy,) Monsieur d'Urse, (since grand escuyer de France,)

and Mons. Poncet de Riviere: all which company arrived before Peronne, as the king came into the town. Bresse, with the three last, (supposing they should have been time enough to have waited upon the duke, when he went out to receive the king,) entered the town with Saint Andrew's Cross upon their clothes; but they came a little too late : however, they went directly to the duke's chamber, to pay their duty; and in the name of the rest, Monsieur Bresse humbly beseeched him, that himself and his three comrades might have his protection, (notwithstanding the king was in the town,) as was promised them in Burgundy, and at the first hour of their arrival, assuring him they were at his service, when and against whomsoever he would command them. The duke returned them thanks, and promised them protection. The rest of his army, under the conduct of the Marshal of Burgundy, was, by orders, quartered in the field. The said Marshal had no more kindness for the king than the others above-said; for the king had given him Pinal in Lorrain, and taken it from him afterwards,

to give it to John duke of Calabria. The king had notice presently that all these persons were in town, and of the habits in which they arrived; which putting him into a great fright, he sent to the duke, to desire he might be lodged in the castle, for he knew those cavaliers were none of his friends; the duke was glad to hear it, appointed him his own lodgings, and sent to him to fear nothing."—

"We have given an account of the arrival of this Burgundian army at Peronne, almost at the same instant with the king; for having been upon their march before this interview was determined, the duke had no time to countermand them; and their coming was a great check and impediment to the mirth that was intended, by reason of certain jealousies and suspicions which ensued thereupon. Notwithstanding, these two princes (Charles and Louis) deputed some of their servants to meet and negociate of their affairs in the most mild and amicable way that could be thought on; but whilst the treaty was well advanced, and three or four days had been already spent in bringing it to a conclusion, news

arrived of great accidents at Liege, of which I shall give this relation. The king, at his coming to Peronne, had forgot that he had sent two ambassadors to Liege, to stir them up to a rebellion against the duke; and they had behaved themselves with such diligence in the business, that they had got together such considerable numbers, that the Liegeois went privately to Tongres, (where the Bishop of Liege and the Seigneur d'Hymbercourt were quartered, with more than two thousand men,) with design to surprise them. The bishop, the said Hymbercourt, and some of the bishop's servants, were taken; but the rest fled, and left whatever they had behind them, as despairing to defend themselves. After which exploit, the Liegeois, marching back again to Liege, which is not far from Tongres, Monsieur d'Hymbercourt made an agreement for his ransom with a knight called Monsieur William de Ville, alias, by the French, le Sauvage; which knight, suspecting the Liegeois would kill him in their fury, suffered the said d'Hymbercourt to escape, but was slain himself not long after.