Note 488 — BOOK THE FOURTH. (continued 2)
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It was currently believed in the Netherlands that the constable went to Mons by order of the king. The registers of Ypres state: “The king and the duke agreed on an expedient to obtain possession of the constable’s person. The king proposed to him to go on an embassy to the duke, who was then at Luxembourg about certain matters; which he undertook. The duke sent orders at the same time that his person should be secured as soon as he appeared in any town in his dominions. Accordingly, when the constable arrived at Mons, the gates of the town were shut upon him, and he was kept there a month, after which he was conducted, under a strong escort, to Peronne, and delivered to the officers of the King of France.” Gachard, i. 277.