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headed an infurreflion of the people, in which theperfon 
of the king was feized, and the count of Annagnac, the 
chancellor, and the principal adherents of the Orleans 
party, were inhumanly maflacred. The dauphin himfelf 
efcaped with difficulty, through the vigilance and addrefs 
of Tannegui de Chattel ; and, rejecting the felicitations 
of his mother to return to Paris, fecured himfelf within 
the walis of Poictiers. 
The king of England, with an army fuperior to reHft- 
ance, had already thaken the W3lis of Rouen ; when the 
cardinal des Urdus, entreated him to think of peice, ra¬ 
ther than carry into the heart of Prance the definitive 
ravages of war. However flattering the profpeT might 
he to his> ambition, his policy induct'd him to le(Ten his 
demands ; and he fixed, as the price of peace, his mar¬ 
riage with the princefs Catharine, anjl all the provinces 
ceded to Edward 111 . by the treaty of Bretigny, with the 
addition of Normandy, which he was to receive in full 
and entire fovercignty. Tfabella, deflitate of every feel¬ 
ing as a queen and a mother, ar.d infatiate of revenge 
againft her perfonal enemies, inftantly clofed with the 
terms propoled, and even conducted her daughter to 
Troyes, in Champagne, where the nuptials with Henry 
were to be folemnized. But the duke of Burgundy hefi- 
tated. Whether a fpark of patriotifm (till glowed within 
Jiis bofon), and fuflered him not to fubferibe a treaty fo 
pernicious to his country ; whether he dreaded the riling 
genius of Henry, and forefaw his own ruin in the aggran- 
difement of the Englilh monarch, he feized the interval, 
prefled his negociations with the dauphin, and confented 
to an accommodation to refeue his country from de¬ 
ft ru.Ti on. 
Whatever were the views of the duke of Burgundy, 
the conduft of the dauphin has forever flained his me¬ 
mory with the blacked treachery. An interview was ap¬ 
pointed between the two princes at the bridge of Monta- 
reau-fur-Yonne, in 1419. But the former was ftill con- 
feious of his dark and bloody crime in the aflaffination of 
the duke of Orleans ; he dreaded the vengeance due to 
his guilt, and ftudiouily procraftined the fatal hour of 
conference. Every precaution was taken to remove his 
fears ; lofty rails were erebted acrofs the bridge ; and it 
was agreed that only ten perfons on each fide fliould be 
admitted into the vacant fpace. Even, to the laft moment 
his reluctance was extreme; but he had now advanced 
too far to retreat. He entered the fatal gate, and threw 
himfelf at the feet of the dauphin : at that inftant, Tan¬ 
negui de Chattel, with fevcral others of the dauphin’s 
party, and who had been attached to the late duke of 
Orleans, fprung over the barrier. The firft blow was 
given by Chattel; and the duke of Burgundy imme¬ 
diately fell, pierced with an hundred wounds. His friends, 
aftonifhed, and incapable of refinance, were either taken 
prifoners, or involved in his fate. 
The patience of the reader nnift have been already 
fatigued by the long leries of bloody crimes which dis¬ 
graced this turbulent and inhuman era ; but the lalt atro- . 
cious deed claims fuch a pre-eminence of guilt as again 
awakens our horror and indignation. We behold a 
prince, on whom an extenfive kingdom, long harafled 
by foreign and domeftic war, relied her laft hopes, de- 
fpife all principles of honour, trample on every law, 
and become the bale accomplice of a cowardly aflafli- 
nation. The extreme youth of the dauphin lias indeed 
been pleaded in extenuation of bis guilt ; but in his 
mOre mature years he retained about his perfon, and dif- 
tinguifhed by every mark of affection and confidence, the 
perpetrators of the flagitious action. The bands of civil 
Society were loofened by the royal example ; and the 
flames of war which might have been extinguiflied, 
or their fury at leaft afluaged, broke forth with iucreafe 
of violence. Ifabelia, loud in her complaints, and im¬ 
patient for vengeance, inftantly beftowed the hand of 
Catharine on Henry, and celebrated their nuptials at 
Troyes. Philip, the fon of the duke of Burgundy, who 
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fucceeded to the honours and dominions of ids father, 
joined the Englifh fhndard, and only (lipulated the mar¬ 
riage of his filler with the duke of Bedford, the brother 
of Henry, and the profeription of his father’s afli.fiins. 
The city of Paris, long partial to the houfe of Burgundy, 
rofi? in arms, and filled every ftreet with feenes of blood 
and (laughter, while the unhappy Charles VI. funk into 
imbecility, delivered yito the hands of Henry V. the en¬ 
tire direction of the government of France. 
A treaty was. now concluded between the'kings of 
Franc ■ and England, A. D. 1420, in which it was agreed 
that Charles, during his life, fliould enjoy the title and 
dignity of king of France ; that Henry fliould be declared 
heir apparent, and be entrufted with the reins of govern¬ 
ment, and that the kingdom fliould pafs to his heirs ge¬ 
neral ; that France and England fliould forever be united 
under one king, but fhould ftill retain their Several ufages, 
culloms, and privileges ; that all the princes, peers, vaf- 
fals, and communities, of France, fhould fwear, that they 
would boih adhere to the future fucceflion of Henry, and 
pay him prefent obedience as regent ; that this prince 
fliould unite his arms to thofe of king Charles and the 
duke of Burgundy, in order to fubdue the adherents of 
the pretended dauphin; and that tlieFe three princes 
fhould make no peace or truce with him, but by com¬ 
mon confent and agreement. 
As foon as the dauphin received intelligence of this 
obnoxious treaty of Troyes, lie affirmed the title of re¬ 
gent, and declared his determination to depend for the 
maintenance thereof upon God and his fword. But una¬ 
ble to relift the confederacy of his enemies, he retired 
into the fouthem provinces, and fortified himfelf in the 
countries beyond the Loire. Henry, in the mean time,' 
occupied Sens, and made himfelf mailer of Montereau ; 
where the young duke of Burgundy found the corpfe of 
his father indecently buried in the clothes in which he 
was (lain; His pious care embalmed it,, and conveyed it 
in a leaden coffin to Dijon. The garrifon and governor 
of Melun for four months checked the progrels of the 
Englifh ; but that town was at length reduced, and Henry, 
after entruding Paris to the vigilance of his uncle the duke 
of Exeter, eroded over to England, to provide the fup- 
plies neceflary for the enfuing campaign. He had already 
levied a new army of four thouiand men at arms, and 
twenty-four thoufand archers, when his embarkation was 
battened by an important and unexpedbed defeat. 
When Charles, the dauphin, retired beyond the Loire, 
lie was almoft deftitute both of money and troops. The 
former lie procured to fupply his prefent exigencies by 
the dangerous meafure of debating his coin ; and Scot¬ 
land, jealous of the progrels of Henry, permitted a body 
of 7000 men, under the command of the earl of Buchan, 
fecond fon to the duke of Albany then regent of the king¬ 
dom, to be transported to France for the afliftance of the 
dauphin. Henry endeavoured to recal rhefe troops in the 
name of the Scottilh kigg, at that time his prifoner ; but 
the earl of Buchan replied, that he would obey no com¬ 
mands which came from a king in captivity ; and that a 
prince, while in the hands of his enemy, was entitled to 
no authority. The duke of Clarence, a younger brother 
of the king of England, had tnad.e an incurfion into An¬ 
jou, and had attempted to furprife the Scots, then en¬ 
camped by themfelves at Beauge. The earl of Buchan 
gave immediate battle. Victory was long obftinately 
difputed; but the Englifh were at length defeated. The 
duke of Clarence was (lain by fir Allan Swinton, a Scotch 
knight; and the earls of Somerfet, Dorlet, and Hunting¬ 
don, were taken prifoners. Charles received with tran- 
fport the news of this firft advantage over his enemies ; 
and to reward the heroifni of the earl of Buchan, he be¬ 
ftowed on him the fword of conftable. 
But his laurels faded on the arrival of Henry. The 
king of England was received in Paris by the acclama¬ 
tions of the people ; and he immediately led his'army to 
the relief of Chartres, which was befleged by the dauphin. 
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