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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 167 — 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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On learning the reception given to Louis by the Duke of Burgundy, Charles VII. said: “Our brother Philip has taken home a fox who will eat his chickens.”

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