From chapter ccxvii to ccxxxvi in the translation, third volume, 4to.
‘The capture of Sandwich by the French has been twice told; and also the account of the embassy from Hungary,—the duke of Burgundy’s entry into Ghent,—the proceedings against the duke of Alençon,—the account of what passed at the funeral of king Charles VII.’
‘The copy of this chronicle, whence D. Berthod made his extract, is (or perhaps rather was) in the royal library at Brussels. Pere le Long and M. de Fontette notice another copy in the abbey of St Waast at Arras. This must be the original, for D. Berthod told me, that the one at Brussels was a copy.’
‘Vol. xvi. of the Memoires de l’Académie, page 251.’
See his preface at the head of the first volume, page 7.
Epistola plurium doctorum e societate Sorbonicâ ad illustrissimum marchionem Scipionem Maffeium, de ratione indicis Sorbonici, seu bibliothecæ alphabeticæ, quam adornant, &c. 1734.
This quaint expression is manifestly adopted from Froissart who uses it very often.
The house of Bavaria was at this period split into so many branches, the males of every branch retaining, according to the german custom, the title of the head of the house, that it becomes a difficult task to point out their several degrees of affinity without having recourse to a genealogical table. The following will suffice for the purpose of explaining Monstrelet:
1245. LEWIS the Severe, Duke of all Bavaria. | 1294. | 1294. +------------+---------------+ | | 1. | 2. | Beatrix = Lewis, = Margt. Rodolph, of | emperor, | heiress count Glogaw | and | of palatine | duke | Holland of | of | and the | Bavaria. | Hainault. Rhine. | | | | | | +----------+ +-------+-------+ +--+--+-----------+ | | | | | | 1347. 1355. 1377. | Rodolph II. Robert I. Stephen, William Albert, | C. Pal. 1353. D. of the Mad, count of | 1327. Bavaria. count of Hainault | | Holland, &c. & Holland. | | | | | | | 1375.| | +-----------------+ +--+------+-----------+ 1404. | | | | +---+-----+-----------+ Adolphus, John, Stephen, Frederick, | | | count D. D. D. John, William VI. Margaret palatine. of of of bp (m. m. 1319. Munich. Ingolstadt, Landshut. of Margaret, John | (father to Liege. daugh. duke | queen to Philip of Robert II. Isabella.) duke Burgundy. 1390. of Burg.) | | | 1417. | 1398. | +----------+ +---------+ | | Jacqueline Robert III. died emperor, without 1401. issue.