ish for peace. He had no
desire to be King of France; therefore he could be treated with,
despite his avarice and dissimulation. Nevertheless the fifteenth day
had gone by and the city of Paris remained in the hands of the English
and the Burgundians, who were not friends but allies.

[Footnote 1729: _Trial_, vol. v, p. 140.]

[Footnote 1730: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 332. Jean Chartier,
_Chronique_, vol. i, p. 106. P. Cochon, p. 457. Perceval de Cagny, p.
165.]

On the 28th of August a truce was concluded. It was to last till
Christmas and was to extend over the whole country north of the Seine,
from Nogent to Harfleur, with the exception of such towns as were
situated where there was a passage over the river. Concerning the city
of Paris it was expressly stated that "Our Cousin of Burgundy, he and
his men, may engage in the defence of the town and in resisting such
as shall make war upon it or do it hurt."[1731] The Chancellor
Regnault de Chartres, the Sire de la Tremouille, Christophe
d'Harcourt, the Bastard of Orleans, the Bishop of Seez, and likewise
certain young nobles very eager for war, such as the Counts of
Clermont and of Vendome and the Duke of Bar, in short all the
Counsellors of the King and the Princes of the Blood who signed this
article, were apparently giving the enemy a weapon against them and
renouncing any attempt upon Paris. But they were not all fools; the
Bastard of Orleans was keen witted and the Lord Archbishop of Reims
was anything but an Olibrius.[1732] They doubtless knew what they were
about when they recognised the Duke of Burgundy's rights over Paris.
Duke Philip, as we know, had been governor of the great town since the
13th of August. The Regent had ceded it with the idea that Burgundy
would keep the Parisians in order better than England, for the English
were few in number and were disliked as foreigners. What did it profit
King Charles to recognise his cousin's rights over Paris? We fail to
see precisely; but after all this truce was no better and no worse
than others. In sooth it did not give Paris to the King, but neither
did it prevent the King from taking it. Did truces ever hinder
Armagnacs and Burgundians from fighting when they had a mind to fight?
Was one of those frequent truces ever kept?[1733] After having signed
this one, the King advanced to Senlis. The Duke of Alencon came to him
there twice. Charles reached Saint-Denys on Wednesday the 7th of
September.[1734]