The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: HERE BEGINNETH THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE CHRONICILES ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. CHAP. I: The Conclusion Of The Duchess Op Orleans' Advocate Against The Duke Of Burgundy, And The Reply From The Chancellor. JL HE chancellor of France, in the king's name, ordered the duchess's advocate, master William Cousihotj...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: HERE BEGINNETH THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE CHRONICILES ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. CHAP. I: The Conclusion Of The Duchess Op Orleans' Advocate Against The Duke Of Burgundy, And The Reply From The Chancellor. JL HE chancellor of France, in the king's name, ordered the duchess's advocate, master William Cousihotj to draw up such conclusions as should be satisfactory to the duchess and her son, the duke of Orleans. ' The advocate, after many excuses, began by showing how pitiable their state was, and took for his theme part of the 7th chapter of the gospel of St Luke, VOL. II. B Haec vidua erat quam cum vidisset Dominus misericordia motus est super earn.' Most noble prince, when our Lord entered a city called Nain, he met the corpse of a young man, which his friends were carrying to the grave; and when he noticed that the mother of the young man was a widow, he was on this account moved with, compassion toward her, and restored her son to life. I may most truly apply these words to my lady of Orleans, for she is a widow who bewails the death of her lord and husband, and our lord will have compassion on her; for the king is our lord, in respect of terrestrial jurisdiction; and not only the king, but thou, lord of Acquitaine, and all other princes of this world having territorial powers, seeing my lady of Orleans thus disconsolate, ought to feel compassion for her, and give her aid and support in procuring strict justice to- be done for the cruel death of her husband. In every case, and at all titties, full justice should be administered to all; for, according to the words of the Psalmist, it is a good and meritorious act, ?' Beati qui custodiunt judicium et faciunt justitiam ift Omul tempore.' Psalm cv. ' But justice should always be mare Vigorously ob..