Chapter V: Book THE THIRD

CH. I.—How the King took an Occasion of making a new War upon
the Duke of Burgundy; and of his sending as far as Ghent to
summon him to appear by a Serjeant of the Parliament 167

CH. II.—Of the Delivering up of the Towns of St. Quentin and
Amiens to the King; and upon what Grounds the Constable and
others fomented the War between the King and the Duke of
Burgundy 171

CH. III.—How the Duke of Burgundy took Picquigny; and the Means
he found out to make a Truce with the King for a Year, to the
great Dissatisfaction of the Constable of France 175

CH. IV.—Of the Civil Wars between the Princes in England during
the Difference between Louis XI. and Charles, Duke of Burgundy 181

CH. V.—How the Earl of Warwick, by the Assistance of Louis,
King of France, drove King Edward IV. out of England, to the
great Displeasure of the Duke of Burgundy, who received him
into his Countries 187

CH. VI.—How the Earl of Warwick released Henry VI., King of
England, out of the Tower 195

CH. VII.—How King Edward returned into England, where he
defeated the Earl of Warwick in Battle, and the Prince of Wales
afterwards 199

CH. VIII.—How the War was renewed between King Louis and the
Duke of Burgundy, at the Solicitation of the Dukes of Guienne
and Bretagne 203

CH. IX.—How the final Peace which was negotiating between the
King and the Duke of Burgundy was broken off by the Duke of
Guienne’s Death, and how those two great Princes laboured to
circumvent one another 210

CH. X.—How the Duke of Burgundy, having encamped before
Beauvais, and finding he could not take it, raised the Siege,
and marched with his Army to Rouen 217

CH. XI.—How the King concluded a Peace with the Duke of
Bretagne, and a Truce with the Duke of Burgundy; and how the
Count of St. Paul very narrowly escaped a Plot that was laid
for him by these two great Princes 222

CH. XII.—A Digression, not altogether improper in this place,
concerning the Wisdom of the King and the Constable, with
useful Remarks for those who are in Authority with Princes 229