uercy,
Rovergue, l'Angoumois, and other districts in that quarter, together
with Calais, Guisnes, Montreuil, and the county of Ponthieu, on the
other side of France: that the full sovereignty of all these provinces,
as well as that of Guienne, should be vested in the crown of England,
and that France should renounce all title to feudal jurisdiction,
homage, or appeal from them: that the king of Navarre should be restored
to all his honors and possessions: that Edward should renounce his
confederacy with the Flemings, John his connections with the Scots: that
the disputes concerning the succession of Brittany, between the families
of Blois and Mountfort, should be decided by arbiters appointed by the
two kings; and if the competitors refused to submit to the award, the
dispute should no longer be a ground of war between the kingdoms; and
that forty hostages, such as should be agreed on, should be sent to
England as a security for the execution of all these conditions.[****]

* Froissard, liv. i. chap. 211.

** Rymer, vol. vi. p. 178. Froissard, liv. i. chap. 212.

*** See note I, at the end of the volume.

**** The hostages were the two sons of the French king, John
and Lewis; his brother Philip, duke of Orleans, the duke of
Bourbon, James de Bourbon count de Ponthieu, the counts
d'Eu, de Longueville, de St. Pol, de Harcourt, de Vendome,
de Couci, de Craon, de Montmorenci, and many of the chief
nobility of France. The princes were mostly released on the
fulfilling of certain articles: others of the hostages, and
the duke of Berry among the rest, were permitted to return
upon their parole, which they did not keep. Rymer, vol. vi.
p. 278, 285, 287.

In consequence of this treaty, the king of France was brought over to
Calais; whither Edward also soon after repaired; and there both princes
solemnly ratified the treaty.

John was sent to Boulogne; the king accompanied him a mile on his
journey; and the two monarchs parted with many professions, probably
cordial and sincere, of mutual amity.[*] The good disposition of John
made him fully sensible of the generous treatment which he had received
in England, and obliterated all memory of the ascendant gained over him
by his rival. There seldom has been a treaty of so great importance
so faithfully executed by both parties. Edward had scarcely from the
beginning entertained any hopes of acquiring the crown of