is lady; and courteously did he sing of her. From
his verses one would say that he was but the Captive of Lord
Love.[1238]

[Footnote 1238: _Les poesies de Charles d'Orleans_, ed. A.
Champollion-Figeac, Paris, 1842, 8vo. Pierre Champion, _Le manuscrit
autographe des poesies de Charles d'Orleans_, Paris, 1907, 8vo.]

He was left in ignorance of the affairs of his duchy; and, if he ever
concerned himself about it, it was when he collected the books of King
Charles V which had been bought by the Duke of Bedford and resold to
London merchants;[1239] or when he commanded that on the approach of
the English to Blois, its fine tapestries and his father's library
should be carried off to La Rochelle. After Beauty rich hangings and
delicate miniatures were what he loved most in the world.[1240] The
bright sunshine of France, the lovely month of May, dancing and ladies
were what he longed for most. He was cured of prowess and of chivalry.

[Footnote 1239: L. Delisle, _Recherches sur la librairie de Charles V_
(1907), vol. i, p. 140.]

[Footnote 1240: Le Roux de Lincy, _La bibliotheque de Charles
d'Orleans a son chateau de Blois, en 1427_, Paris, 1843, 8vo, pp. 5-7.
Comte de Laborde, _Les ducs de Bourgogne, etudes sur les lettres, les
arts et l'industrie pendant le XV'e siecle_, Paris, 1852, vol. iii,
pp. 235 _et seq._--_Inventaires et documents relatifs aux joyaux et
tapisseries des princes d'Orleans-Valois_, Paris, 1894, 8vo.]

Some have wished to believe that from his duchy news reached him of
the Maid's coming. They have gone so far as to imagine that a faithful
servant kept him informed of the happy incidents of May and June,
1429;[1241] but nothing is less certain. On the contrary, the
probability is that the English refused to let him receive any
message, and that he was totally ignorant of all that was going on in
the two kingdoms.[1242]

[Footnote 1241: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, Introduction by Vallet de
Viriville, pp. 8, 19 _et seq._]

[Footnote 1242: With regard to the year 1433, this is well established
(_Poesies completes de Charles d'Orleans_, ed. Charles d'Hericault,
Paris, 1874, 2 vols. 8vo, introduction).]

Possibly he did not care for news of the war as much as one might
expect. He hoped nothing from men-at-arms; and it was not to his fair
cousins of France and to feats of prowess and battles that he looked
for deliverance. He knew too much about them. It was in peace that he
put his trust, both for hi