[211] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xxvi. p. 283.
[214] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xxvi. p. 295.
[215] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xxvi. p. 331.
[218] Many historians make out Isabelle and Charles to have been younger, which is impossible, as she was born in November, 1388, and he in May, 1391.
[219] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xxvii. p. 397.
[221] It was the custom to use mules to go about in the town, also for two to ride the same horse on these occasions.
[222] Félibien, Monstrelet, Paradin, “Relig. de St. Denis,” &c.
[223] De Mézeray, Monstrelet, Félibien, &c.
[224] The hôtels of princes of the blood were sanctuary, as well as the churches.
[227] “Lives of the Early Valois Queens,” Catherine Bearne, p. 8.
[228] The Yorkists claimed the crown of England by a marriage with the heiress of the elder line, _i.e._, of Lionel.
[229] Monstrelet, “Chronique,” t. i. c. 43, p. 165.
[230] Monstrelet, c. 37, p. 229. “Relig. de St. Denis.” The Duke of Burgundy before an assembly of princes boldly tried to justify the murder, and employed a friar to speak for that purpose. Charles was induced in his weak state to sign letters of pardon for him.
[231] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xxviii. p. 749.
[233] “Isabeau de Bavière,” p. 15, Vallet de Viriville.
[234] Before the final expulsion of the English, Aquitaine was gradually taking the name of Guyenne. But, when it became the settled name, Guyenne did not include Gascony, Limousin, Saintonge, Anjoumois, and Poitou.
[236] Historians differ as to what this meant.
[237] Paradin, “Annales de Bourgogne,” liv. iii. p. 518.
[239] Jeanne de Navarre, mother of the Duc de Bretagne, had, as a widow, become the wife of Henry IV. of England.
[240] Monstrelet, “Chron.,” 1. ii. p. 96, édition Buchon.
[242] M. de Maulde de Clavière, however, in his interesting history of Louis XII., son of Charles, says that, with respect to the second at any rate of these poems, it is not known for whom it was meant, it was written during his captivity in England. There is, however, no reason why it should not have been about Isabelle.
[243] Monstrelet, “Chroniques,” c. lxv. p. 81, édition Doüet d’Arcq.
[244] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xxxi. p. 333.
[245] La Mure, “Hist. Ducs de Bourgogne, &c.”