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That on the other side, the emperour should re|signe and giue vp to him all the right, title,Couenants concerning the emperour, and of him to be kept and performed. and quar|rell which he pretended to anie place possessed by the Frenchmen, and especiallie the townes and castell|domes of Perone, Montdidier, Roie, the counties of Bullongne, Guines, & Ponthiew, with other towns standing vpon the one and other shore of the riuer of Some. That there should be betwéene them a league and confederation perpetuall for the defense of their estates, with oblation to aid one another EEBO page image 889 when néed required, with 500 men at armes, and ten thousand footmen: that the emperour should promise to giue in marriage to the king the ladie E|lianor his sister, whom, as soone as the dispensati|on should be obteined from the pope, he should con|tract or handfast with words obligatorie for the pre|sent, and afterwards she should be led into France, to consummate the marriage at the same time that according to the capitulations the hostages were to be deliuered: that she should haue for hir portion two hundred thousand crowns, with iewels according to hir estate, the one moitie of the monie to be paid within sixtéene moneths, and the other halfe in one yeare after.

Furthermore, that a mariage should be made be|twéene the Dolphin & the daughter of the K. of Por|tugall, daughter to the ladie Elianor, at such time as their age will suffer: that the French king should doo all that he could to induce the ancient K. of Nauarre to giue vp to the emperour the rights of that king|dome,T [...]ese [...] restraine [...] part of the French [...] which in case he would not performe, then the king not to aid him with anie succours. That the duke of Guelders, and the countie of Zulffe, and the principall townes of those estates, should promise with sufficient securitie, to giue themselues to the emperour, after his death. That the king should giue no succour to the duke of Wittenberge, nor likewise to Robert de la March. That he should furnish and rigge for the emperour, both when he should passe into Italie, and two moneths after being so requi|red, twelue gallies, foure ships, & foure gallions, all well munitioned and appointed, except men of war, & the said vesselles to be rendred three moneths after accompting from the daie of his imbarking: that in place of the armie by land which the king offered for Italie, he should paie him two hundred thousand crownes in monie, the one halfe within sixtéene mo|neths, and the other halfe within a yéere after.

Againe, that at the time when the hostages should be deliuered, he should be bound to giue bils of ex|change for the paie of six thousand footmen for six mo|neths immediatlie after the emperours arriuall in Italie: that he should also furnish for his seruice fiue hundred lances paied, with a band of artillerie. That he should saue harmelesse the emperour of his pro|mise made to the king of England by pensions, which the French king should paie to him,The king of England in|cluded in this yeare. the are|rages whereof amounted to fiue hundred thousand crownes, or else to deliuer so much in readie monie to the emperour. That they should both ioine to be|séech the pope to call a generall councell with all spéed, to the end to consult vpon an vniuersall peace amongst christians, to aduance an enterprise a|gainst the infidels and heretikes, and to grant to all the croisade for thrée yeares. That within six weeks the king should restore the duke of Burbon in most ample forme, into all his estates, goods moouable and vnmoouable, and fruits and reuenues receiued: nor to molest him for anie thing past, nor constraine him to dwell or go to the realme of France. That it should be lawfull to the said duke of Burbon, to demand by the waie of law and iustice, the earledome of Pro|uence. That in like sort all those that had followed him, should reenter in safetie into their goods and states, and namelie the bishop of Autun, and mon|sieur de saint Ualier.

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