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Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Ajoining Countries (6)
Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England France Spain and the Ajoining Countries - 6 Author:Jean Froissart Subtitle: From the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward Ii to the Coronation of Henry Iv. Volume: 6 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1808 Subjects: Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 France Great Britain Flanders Burgundy (France) Europe History / Europe / France History / Europe / Great Britain ... more » History / Medieval Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. THE EMPEROR WINCESLAUS SENDS HIS SISTER ANNE TO KING RICHARD OF ENGLAND, WHO MAKES HER HIS QUEEN. YOU have Heard how king Richard of England had for upwards of a year been in treaty with Winceflaus king of Bohemia, who at this period had taken the title of emperor o'f Rome, to Obtain his fifter the lady Anne in marriage ; and how one of his . knights, fir Simon Burnley, had much laboured in this bufmefs ; and alfo that the diike of Saxony had been ih England to confirm the marriage. This affair had been fo well conducted that the einperor fent his filler to England, attended by the duke of Saxony and great numbers of knights and damfels, with a fuitable ftate becoming fuch a lady. They came through Brabant to Bruflels, where the duke and diichefs received the young qiieeri and her company very grandly ; for the duke was her urtcle, fhe being the daughter of the emperor Charles his brother. The Jady Anne of Bohemia remained with her uncle . and aunt at Brufiels upwards of a month. She was afraid of moving, for (he had been informed there were twelve large armed veffels, full of Nor- nmns, on the fea between Calais and Holland, that feized and pillaged all that fell into their hands, and it was indiflerent to them who they The report was current, that they cruiz edd in thofe fea's waiting for th...« less