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THis Philip the 5, surnamed The Tall, the controversie of the right to the Crowne being not yet determined betweene him and his Neece, (Daughter to Lewis Hutin) whom Eudes her Unkle upheld, and maintained her right, marched with
an Army every where compleate to Rheimes, where hee made himselfe to be annointed King by the Arch-bishop of that See on the Feast of the Epiphany, Anno Dom. 1317, and after returned to Paris: Whither hee summoned Ro∣bert Count of Artois, whom he forced to renounce the right which he preten∣ded to that County, whereof hee had Vi & Armis, by force and Armes taken possession, to the prejudice of Mahant his Wives Mother. In the meane time Lewis, Count of Neuers, Sonne of Ro∣bert Count of Flanders, entertained the Flemings to his utmost endeavours in a revolt against the King; who, be∣cause hee came not to render homage for the Counties which hee held in France, was cited to answer for him∣selfe before the King: and fayling in his appearance, all his possessions were seized for the King. In the end the said Lewis, Count of Nevers, came and sub∣mitted himselfe to the King, and reco∣vered his Countries. After, upon per∣swasion
of the Popes Legate, there was a peace concluded betweene the King and the Count of Flanders, the 15. of May, Anno Dom. 1320, insomuch that the said Count did homage for his Lands to the King of France, and ac∣corded that Lewis, the sonne of Lewis of Nevers, should marry Madam Margue∣rite, the second Daughter of France, up∣on condition that he should succeede to the County of Flanders after his Grand∣father and Father.
About the same time the Marriage of Isabelle, the third Daughter to the King, with Guy the Dolphin of Vienna was treated, who not long after succeeded his Father John in Dauphine. The El∣dest Daughter was before marryed to Odo Duke of Burgundy. After that the King quitted all the actions against his Subjects, which some of his Councell in abuse of his good nature had put up∣on and against them. And as he was de∣liberating to have but one sort of weights and measures, in one and the
same species, and also a certaine rate and value of monies, a malady inter∣cepted his designes, by which hee en∣ded his dayes the third of January, An. Dom. 1322.
He was a Prince of a tractable disposi∣tion, and therefore easily corrupted; inclined more to ill than good. The chiefest thing worthy remembrance in his Reigne was, that his bad servants presuming on his gentle Nature, layd heavy taxations on the people, who thereupon maintained, and thus hee suffering his Authority to be abus'd by them, shew'd that although hee were great and tall of stature, yet hee had but little wit and understanding. A Benedicting Priest and Monke preten∣tending a voyage to the East, commit∣ted many outrages in the East, with a multitude of people by them assem∣bled, and called themselves Shepheards, untill they were defeated in Langue∣doe.
This Philip would have made one
weight and measure throughout his Realme, but it proved but an Eutopian conceite, not to be maintained by Au∣thority or Reason. The Jewes which were formerly expelled and driven out of the Kingdome, were now againe admitted; but after they endeavoured to bring in an Artificiall Plague into the Kingdome, by using the helpe of Le∣pers, some were grievously punished, and the rest banished out of France. Lastly, this Kings five yeares Reigne was Rasa Tabula, a blanke Table, wherein Fame hath written no Royall action.