jg6 memoirs of yean "Froifsart. Feb. 2. 



a most flattering distinction. It was in going to the 

 court of Gaston Phoebus, that having stopped at a 

 nunnery between Lunel and Montpelier, he inspired 

 so strong a pafsion, that the young person cried most 

 bitterly, as he tells us himself, at his departure. 



Gaston Phoebus paid all Froifsart's expences du- 

 ring the time he remained at Ortez, the usual habi- 

 tation of that prince. Every night about twelve 

 o'clock, which was the supper hour of the count, 

 Froifsart read to him different parts of Melindor, 

 which amused him much, and Gaston never dismifs- 

 cd him without his having finifhed all the wine .on 

 the table. At his departure the count gave him^ 

 some presents, and invited him to return soon again 

 to ]iis court. It was about this time that he was 

 robbed near Avignon. The pretext of this journey 

 was his wifh to visit the tomb of the cardinal of 

 Luxembourg, who died in the odour of sanctity ; but 

 the real motive was a secret commifsion he had from 

 the lord of Coucy. From thence he came to Paris, 

 and then he went through Hainault, Holland, and 

 Piccardy. He returned to Paris, set out for Lau- 

 guedoc, came back to Paris, went to Valenciennes, 

 Bruges, Sluys and Zealand, returned to his own 

 country, and all this in lefs than two years. He was 

 again at Paris in 1392, at the time the constable de 

 Clifson was afsafsinated. 



What contributed to this unsettled disposition was 

 an unfortunate attachment, which he formed when 

 young, and preserved in his old age. He read with 

 a young lady romances, of which hs was very fond. 



