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On the 27th of April she left Blois on her first warlike expedition. No certain account of the numbers of troops which accompanied the Maid has been kept. Monstrelet gives the numbers at seven thousand; but Joan, during her trial, asserted that she had between ten and twelve thousand men committed to her charge by the King.
"As early as the beginning of October," says Monstrelet, "they were forced to eat horses, dogs, cats, and other things not fit for human beings;" but they nevertheless made frequent sorties, "rushing furiously upon the enemy, to whom they caused many a heavy loss."
"He was, in person, a handsome prince, and handsome in speech with all persons, and compassionate towards poor folks," says his contemporary Monstrelet; "but he did not readily put on his harness, and he had no heart for war if he could do without it."
A sinister dog, in all likelihood, but with a look in his eye, and the loose flexile mouth that goes with wit and an overweening sensual temperament. Certainly the sorriest figure on the rolls of fame. Paris: H. Menu. "Bourgeois de Paris," ed. Panthéon, pp. 688, 689. "Bourgeois," pp. 627, 636, and 725. "Chronique Scandaleuse," ed. Panthéon, p. 237. Monstrelet: "Panthéon Littéraire," p. 26.
Monstrelet, in his Chronicle, says that they were tortured until some of them admitted the truth of the whole accusations, and said besides, that they had seen and recognized, in their nocturnal assemblies, many persons of rank; many prelates, seigneurs, governors of bailliages, and mayors of cities, being such names as the examiners had themselves suggested to the victims.
However, all this is an absolute digression, for the books had no business in this shelf at all. This corner is meant for chronicles of various sorts. The first is Froissart, the second de Monstrelet, and the third de Comines.
Vallet's "Charles VII.," iii. chap. i. But see the chronicle that bears Jaquet's name; a lean and dreary book. Monstrelet. D'Héricault's "Memoir," xl. xli.; Vallet, "Charles VII.," ii. 435. Champollion-Figeac, p. 368. Works, i. 115. D'Héricault's "Memoir," xlv. Champollion-Figeac, pp. 361, 381. Ibid., pp. 359, 361. Lecoy de la Marche, "Roi René," ii. 155, 177.
They were at variance not long before Henry IV.'s death, but little is known as to the nature of their quarrels. The crown scene, in which the Prince helps himself to the crown while his father is yet alive, is taken by Shakspeare from Monstrelet, who is supposed to have invented all that he narrates in order to weaken the claim of the English monarch to the French throne.
Even in ages of comparative darkness, literature made feeble efforts to burst through the entangled weeds of superstition, ignorance, and war. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, history was greatly cultivated; and Froissart, Monstrelet, Olivier de la Marche, and Philip de Comines, gave to their chronicles and memoirs a charm of style since their days almost unrivalled.
We shall hear more of the benefit of clergy; for after this the reader will not be surprised to meet with thieves in the shape of tonsured clerks, or even priests and monks. Monstrelet: PANTHEON LITTERAIRE, p. 26. To a knot of such learned pilferers our poet certainly belonged; and by turning over a few more of M. Longnon's negatives, we shall get a clear idea of their character and doings.
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