nd the dauphin, that
he might both attach the Scotch to his service, and reward the valor and
conduct of the earl of Buchan, honored that nobleman with the office of
constable.

* His name was John, and he was afterwards created duke of
Somerset. He was grandson of John of Gaunt, duke of
Lancaster. The earl of Dorset was brother to Somerset, and
succeeded him in that title.

** St. Remi, chap. 110. Monstrelet, chap. 239. Hall, fol.
76.

But the arrival of the king of England with so considerable an army,
was more than sufficient to repair this loss. Henry was received at
Paris with great expressions of joy, so obstinate were the prejudices of
the people; and he immediately conducted his army to Chartres, which had
long been besieged by the dauphin. That prince raised the siege on the
approach of the English; and being resolved to decline a battle, he
retired with his army.[*] Henry made himself master of Dreux without a
blow: he laid siege to Meaux, at the Solicitation of the Parisians,
who were much incommoded by the garrison of that place. This enterprise
employed the English arms during the space of eight months: the bastard
of Vaurus, governor of Meaux, distinguished himself by an obstinate
defence; but was at last obliged to surrender at discretion. The cruelty
of this officer was equal to his bravery: he was accustomed to hang,
without distinction, all the English and Burgundians who fell into his
hands: and Henry, in revenge of his barbarity, ordered him immediately
to be hanged on the same tree which he had made the instrument of his
inhuman executions.[**]

* St. Remi, chap. 3.

** Rymer, vol. x. p. 212 T. Livii, p. 92, 93. St. Remi, chap
116 Monstrelet, chap. 260.

This success was followed by the surrender of many other places in
the neighborhood of Paris, which held for the dauphin: that prince
was chased beyond the Loire, and he almost totally abandoned all the
northern provinces: he was even pursued into the south by the united
arms of the English and Burgundians, and threatened with total
destruction. Notwithstanding the bravery and fidelity of his captains,
he saw himself unequal to his enemies in the field; and found it
necessary to temporize, and to avoid all hazardous actions with a rival
who had gained so much the ascendant over him. And to crown all the
other prosperities of Henry, his queen was delivered of a son, who
was called by his father's