The historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton

The Notes.

1 The King vpon a super slition kept holy twelue daies in the yeere, viz. euerie moneth one, in remembrance of the Innocents day: and the day heere mentioned was one of them.

2 These eleuen yeeres was in the text but one yeere: the Printer for onze ans auoit hauing printed vn an auoit. For the Duke of Orleans was slaine ann. 1407. the 22. of No∣uember, and the King of England laid his siege before Roan 1418. the last of Iuly. but Meyer saith in Iune, and it was yeelded to him the 19. or 16. as some write of Ianuarie 1419. which was eleuen yeeres and somwhat more after the Duke of Orleans death.

3 All authors report, that not onely Roan but tall Normandie was taken before D. Iohn

of Burgundie was slaine: for Roan was yeelded to the English 1419. the 19. of Ianuarie, and the Duke slaine the same yeere in Nouember, September, or August (for authors so diuersly report the time) but Commines maner (as himselfe writeth) is not to stand so exactly vpon times. Further, authors agree not among themselues about this matter. Last∣ly, this place may be vnderstood, that when Duke Iohn leuied his armie, his meaning was to raise the siege before Roan, though he could not come time ynongh to execute his enter∣prise. Of the Dukes death reade Meyer lib. 15. fol. 255. & 256. Chron. Fland. fol. 281. Annal. Burgund. &c.

4 Note that this notwithstanding, he was not King yet but Daulphin.

5 The French writers say each of them hauing ten Knights.

6 The French to excuse the Daulphin say, that Tanneguy du Chastell (somtime ser∣uant to the Duke of Orleans that was slaine) slue Duke Iohn with one blowe of a battell axe, bicause of certaine arrogant words vsed at that time to the Daulphin: wheras Com∣mines and Meyer report that too great humilitie was cause of his death. Tanneguy du Chastell, Oliuer Layet, Peter Frotier, and William Batilier slue Duke Iohn and the Lord of Nouaille with him, who drew his sword in the Dukes defence. Annal. Burgund. Introduct. de la Marche. Meyer.

7 For Duke Philip of Burgundie to reuenge his fathers death, entred into league with the English men.