Note 146 — Chapter I · —How the King of France cajoled the English after the Duke of Burgundy’s Death, for fear they should have interrupted him in the Conquest of the Territories belonging to the said Duke.—1477. (continued 2)
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See Book IV. Chap. 12. The constable’s trial lasted from the 27th of November, 1475, to the 19th of December following. His sentence was read to him in these terms:—“You have been long in the custody of the King, and you have been diligently interrogated with regard to the extreme offences you have committed. The sentence of the Court of Parliament against you is, that you be publicly beheaded and put to death to-day on the Grève, opposite the Hotel de Ville.” At these words the constable cried aloud and said: “My God! what news! this is a hard sentence!”—Molinet, i. 183.