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‘I. The title is surrounded by a frame 
in which both flowers and animals are 
depicted. 
9. We have the list of authors, both 
French and English, from whom Be- 
nard collected his materials... 
3. A repertory of the principal sub- 
jects, with the chapters of the work. 
4. The Epistle Dedicatory of the au- 
ihor to Villeroy, the secretary of 
state. 
And 5. The preface, containing a 
page and a half. 
Here follow the authorities alluded 
to above. 
I, Frenen Works. 
1. Les Annales et Chroniques de 
France. 
2. Les Chroniques de Anjou. 
3. Les Chron. d’ Aquitaine. 
4. Les Chron. de Normandie. 
5. Froissart. 
6. Monstrelet. 
7. Philip de Comines. 
8. La Legende de Flamands. 
9. Les Arrets de Papor; and 10. 
les Chroniques de Flandres, de Hen- 
ault, et de Bourgogne. 
II. Eneuisa Avurnors. 
_1. Les grandes Annales & Chro- 
niques d’ Angleterre. | 
2. Polydori Virgil. 
3. Hector Boothe. 
4. Chroniqueur d’Ecosse, 
Fabian. |. 
5. Les Chroniques d’Edward Hall. 
6. Les Chron. de Coupper. 
: 7. Les Chroniq. de Richard Graf- 
on. ; 
8. Les Qhuvres de Fox. 
9. Messire Thomas More Littleton, 
(sir Thomas More we suppose). 
10. Polichronicon dit Caxton. 
11. Jean Harding. 
- 12. Les Ordonnances appellées Mag- 
na Charta. 
13. Exposition desLois d’ Angleterre. 
Robert 
To the epistle dedicatory, is attach- 
ed a broad border of flowers, with the 
arms of Villeroy, and we behold a large 
tree planted amidst rocks, with a ban- 
neroll fastened to the stem, on which 
is written the words ‘** Per ardua Sur 
go,” and beneath, the following dis- 
tich in letters of gold. 
‘© Surgo per excelsi sinuosa cacumina 
montis, 
Me neque sol urit nec sera turbat hyems.’ 
The preface alludes to the ancient 
pretensions of England to France, aad 
the author proposes te ** relate briefly 
t 
Retrospeet of French Literature-«- History. 
what appertains to this subject during 
the last 300 years, from which period 
is dated the rivalship of England, and 
‘how the king of France, by the last 
conquest of Calais, and the county of 
Oye, has resumed and re-annexed. to 
his domain all that the English there 
occupied, so far asthe river L’Escluse, 
which in ancient times appertained to 
France, before Calais was detained by 
the English.’ . 
The work is divided into eleven 
chapters, the titles of which evince 
their respective importance. Chap. I. 
‘* How the wars between the French 
‘and English assumed that bitterness 
which they afterwards displayed, and 
from what motives the English founded 
their pretensionsto the crown ofFrance, 
in -opposition to Philip de Valois.’ 
This is a very important document, 
from which we discover that it was at 
the request of the Flemings, that the 
arms of France were first quartered 
with those of England ; a fact hitherto 
omitted by the historians of both na- 
tions.—Chap. Il. Exhibits the preten-~ 
sions of the English to the Duchies of 
Normandy and Guyenne, as well as 
other territories of France.—Chap. III. 
Pretensions of the English to the coun- 
ties of Anjou, Maine, Touraine, and 
other lordships in France; with replies 
to each argument.—Chap. 1V. Preten- 
sions of the English to the county of 
Poitou, and other territories ; with 
answers to each.—Chap. V. The form 
of the treaty of Bretagny, composed 
according to the wishes of the English, 
with observations tending to tura the 
whole to the advantage, of France.— 
Chap. V1. The pretensions of Eliza- 
beth, now queen of England, to Calais, 
the county of Oye, and other parts of 
France to the Chateau Cambresis; in 
virtue of the treaty of Bretagne, and 
by prescription. —Chap. VII. Reply to 
the above. Chap. VIII. Reasons for 
the reversion of Calais, the county of 
Dye, and the river of L’Escluse (the 
Scheldt) to, the community and. do- 
maine of France. Chap. 1X. and X. 
Treaty of peace between the French 
and the English, with a reply on the 
part of Charles IX. to the queen of 
England’s claims. Chap. XI. <¢ Alli- 
ance between the English and the 
Flemings, &c. for the purpose of trou- 
bling France ; and how, in course of 
time, the Burgundians forsook the al- 
liance of the English, and the English 
entered into an alliance with France.”” 
