serand, Paris, in
fol. [_Histoire generale de Paris._]]
[Footnote 1736: Delamare, _Traite de la police_, Paris, 1710, in folio,
vol. i, p. 79. A. Bonnardot, _Dissertation archeologique sur les
enceintes de Paris, suivie de recherches sur les portes fortifiees qui
dependaient des enceintes de Paris_, 1851, in 4to, with plan. _Etudes
archeologiques sur les anciens plans de Paris_, 1853, in 4to.
_Appendice aux etudes archeologiques sur les anciens plans de Paris et
aux dissertations sur les enceintes de Paris_, Paris, 1877, in 4to.
_Etude sur Gilles Corrozet, suivie d'une notice sur un manuscrit de la
Bibliotheque des ducs de Bourgogne, contenant une description de
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The Parisians did not like the English and were sorely grieved by
their occupation of the city. The folk murmured when, after the
funeral of the late King, Charles VI, the Duke of Bedford had the
sword of the King of France borne before him.[1737] But what cannot be
helped must be endured. The Parisians may have disliked the English;
they admired Duke Philip, a prince of comely countenance and the
richest potentate of Christendom. As for the little King of Bourges,
mean-looking and sad-faced, strongly suspected of treason at
Montereau, there was nothing pleasing in him; he was despised and his
followers were regarded with fear and horror. For ten years they had
been ranging round the town, pillaging, taking prisoners and holding
them to ransom. The English and Burgundians indeed did likewise. When,
in the August of 1423, Duke Philip came to Paris, his men ravaged all
the neighbouring fields, albeit they belonged to friends and allies.
But they were only passing through,[1738] while the Armagnacs were for
ever raiding, eternally stealing all they could lay hands on, setting
fire to barns and churches, killing women and children, ravishing
maids and nuns, hanging men by the thumbs. In 1420, like devils let
loose, they descended upon the village of Champigny and burned at once
oats, wheat, sheep, cows, oxen, women and children. Likewise did they
and wor
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