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THis Lewis the tenth, already by his Mother King of Navarre, Count of Brye, and Champagne, succeeded his Father, Anno Domini 1315. His Kingdome from the begin∣ning was marvellously troubled with
mutinies and popular seditions; and for that cause he was surnamed Hutin, which in old language imports mutiny and quarrells. Enguran De Marigny Count of Longue Ville, was accused be∣fore the King, by Charles of Valois, the Kings Vncle, for having ill governed the Finances, charged the people with many impositions and taxes, and infi∣nite confusions; also for having taken money of the Flemings to grant them a peace to the disadvantage of the King: wherefore he was hanged up∣on the Gallowes of Paris, which him∣selfe had caused to be built.
Afterwards the King caused himselfe to bee annoynted, and Crowned at Rheimes, upon the Feast of the Assump∣tion of the B. Virgin: then he led his Army against the Flemings, whom he forced to raise and forsake the siege of L'Isle. And at his returne he seated the Court of Parliament at Paris, to the end, that the pleaders should not be anymore incommodated by so often re∣moving
it. The yeare following the Count of Flanders came to visite the King at Pontoise, to treat of a peace with him. In the interim, Lewis Count of Navers, his sonne, would sieze upon Flanders, if the Flemings would have beene content therewith, which was a cause that his Father returned after that hee had promised the King to rati∣fie to the Flemings that which he had treated with him. Vpon this the King was surprised with a Malady at Bois De Vincennes, whereof he died the fifteenth of Iune, in the eighteenth moneth of his reigne, leaving his second wife Cle∣mence great with Childe, who was de∣livered of a sonne the foureteenth of November, who was baptised Iohn, who lived above eight dayes, there remai∣ning none of his Line, but Ioane, whom he had by his first wife, the daughter of Robert Duke of Burgundy: by whom, Eudes, Duke of Burgundy, her Vncle, would lay claime to the Crowne: but Philip the Tall, brother to the late King
Lewis, opposing the Lawes and Cu∣stomes of France, in right of his Neece caused the Crowne to be adjudged un∣to him.
Lewis the tenth, surnamed Hutin had two Wives, Marguerite, daughter of Robert Duke of Burgundy, by whom he had a daughter named Ioane, who was married after to Philip Count of Evreux, sonne to Lewis of France, bro∣ther to the late Philip the Faire, and by this meanes the Kingdome of Na∣varre entered into the families of the Counts of Evreux: and Clemence sister to Carlobert, King of Hungary, whom at his decease he left with Child of a sonne who was called Iohn: and although he dyed an infant, without having beene crowned, hee hath not beene heretofore ranked in the Catalogue of the Kings of France. Neverthelesse, seeing that he was truely legitimate, and sole heire to King Lewis Hutin, he deserved the title Royall, and to bee inserted to the num∣ber of Kings, seeing that dying hee was
with solemnity, and Regall pompe car∣ryed to St. Denis; the Princes, his Vncles, and kinred being present at his Funeralls; where hee was proclaimed, although dead, King of France, and Na∣varre. In the meane time that Clemence was with Child, immediately upon the decease of Lewis Hutin, it was ordered by the Court of Parliament, that Moun∣sieur Philip of France, Count of Poi∣tiers, should be Regent of the Kingdome untill the fruit of the Queene (if it were Male) should attaine to the maturity of eighteene yeares: and therefore hee he bore in his Armes the Title of Philip Sonne of the King of France, and Na∣varre, Regent of the Kingdomes of France, and Navarre. And so the Re∣gency was given to the next Prince of Blood, so that hee were the nearest to succeed the Crowne. After the death of the said Iohn, who lived but eight daies, or at the most but 20 daies, (as some do write) there was some dispute amongst the Princes of the kingdome, some
maintaining the right to bee ill grounded upon Ioane, daughter to the ••••••e Lewis Hutin: and others resting upon the Iustice of the Salique Law, which yet was never violated in France, and ordayneth, that there being never an heire Male of a King, the next of Blood, of the Male side, shall come to the Crowne, and excludes the daughters and the descendents from them, al∣though they be Males. But in the end the Parliament of the Paires and Coun∣sell of France, adjudged that Philip the Tall, Vncle to the late Iohn, was the true and lawfull heire to the Crowne: which was the first debate and difference of the Salique Law.
The King reigned but an yeare and an halfe, thereby to make good the po∣sition of Philosophy, Nullum violen∣tum est aeternum; for his government was violent, and therefore could not long continue. Enguerand, accused by Charles Earle of Valois, and made odi∣ous to the people by his oppression of
them, whereof they are onely sensible, was made a Sacrifice and Hanged; but after his execution the Earle of Valois fell into a languishing Consumption, & King Lewis Hutin dyed suddainly, so that the people began to imagine that Enguerands unjust death was thus re∣venged on these Princes; which change of their opinion, shewes that it was rightly spoken: what the people saies, a foole speakes: Therefore it is observe∣able, that good Subjects may be unjustly afflicted, that the people blinded by pas∣sion, and discerning not the truth, will undeservedly speake well and ill of the same Action, and the same man. And lastly, that great men, loving not to come to accompt, may abuse their authority.