Note 602 — BOOK THE FIFTH. (continued 2)
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It surrendered on the 4th of May. The king entered Arras on horseback, not by the gate, but by the breach in the wall. He rode to the market-place, where he thus addressed the citizens: “You have been very uncourteous to me, but I pardon you. If you are good subjects to me, I will be a good lord to you.” Molinet, ii. 26.