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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries
from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.11
page 333
This fpeech of the duke of Burgundy was fup ported by the king and council. The king afked the duke of Berry,:—c Good uncle, if this fultan Bajazet, or any other pag^n king, were to fend pu a rich wd'fpdfkUng ruby, wûfîd yoM accept of k?% cMy lord/ |?p|ed nhc dttej'J fhouM confider of it/ The king reminded him that it mts not tea years &ioe die fiiltaa had fent him ft ruby that bad eoft twenty «houfaad Cranes.
The king of Hungary was ^ondetansd by # lor iiaring prevented the prefects from being carried to the (iikaa, which might baprc tfaeelfeft of adding tothcdiftfcEfal ftateof the French lords chat were pri&neis* The àipg wae thercfofe advtfcd m wike eoufteous lettfH to the king -of Hungary, to ftqutft that be jpwld no longer pwwnt Ms ann fofiador from proceeding on Ms journey with the mfents f# (he ooijrt of Turiicf• When they ha4 been 6iiiy 'wiiftpi out upt fealed, they were given H the meflenger from Hungary, who, leaving jferis, fet MX on his return tp fkida,
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