[1] The duke of Burgognie murthered.But now to returne where we left. The wise and graue personages of the realme of France, sore la|menting & bewailing the miserie of their countrie, saw they had puissance inough to defend their eni|mies, if they were of perfect concord amongst them|selues. And therefore to remooue all rancor and dis|pleasure betwixt the Dolphin, and the duke of Bur|gognie, they procured a new méeting, which was ap|pointed to be at Monstreau on fault Yonne, where the two princes at the daie assigned met. But such was the fortune of France, that the duke of Bur|gognie was there murthered, as he knéeled before the Dolphin: wherevpon insued greater debate than before. For Philip earle of Charolois, the sonne and heire of the said duke, tooke the matter verie gree|uouslie, as he had no lesse cause, and determined to be reuenged on the Dolphin, and other that were guiltie of the murther: so that now there was great expecta|tion of slaughter and bloudshed, but no hope for the most part of tranquillitie & peace. France therefore, what with ouerthrowes giuen by the English, & diui|sion among themselues, was verie sore afflicted; in|somuch that one miserie riding on anothers necke, the whole land was in danger of desolation by ciuill dissention & mutuall mutinies; as the poet noteth:

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Tunc mala Celtarum Burgundio fraude peremptusAnglorum prae|lia sub Henr. 5.

Sparsa ciuilis tota dissensio terra.