CCCLXI. 24 juillet

Charte des privilèges accordés par Henri V à la ville de Dieppe, datée de Melun.

Archives de Guild-Hall ; reg. I, fol. 250. Communiquée à H. Aug. Thierry.

CCCLXI I. 1450.

Traité de paix entre les deux royaumes.

Archives de la mairie de Londres ; reg. I, fol. 252. Rymer, t. IX.

CCCLXIII. 12 juiUet 1421.

Lettre de Henri Y à la commune de Londres, pour lui apprendre la levée du siège de Chartres, etc.

Archives de la. mairie de Londres; reg. I, fol. 263.

Littera doinini régis missa majori et aldermanis.

Trusty and welbeloved, we grete yow wel , and forasmuch as we be certein that ye wol be joyful to hère good tiding of oure estât and welfare, we siguifûe unto yow that we be in good heele and prospérité of oure personne , and so been oure brother of Gloucestre , oure bel unde of Excestre, and al the remenant of lord and other personnes of oure oost , blessed be oure lorde, whiche grannte yow soo for to bee , witting more over that in oure comyng by Picardy, we hadde di*posed us for to hâve taried sumwhat in the cuntre, for to hâve sette hit with godds help in better gouvernance , and whils we were besy to entende therlo , corne tiding unto us that he that clepeth bym Daulphin was commen doun with a greet puissance unto Charters and thoos parties, purposinge hym for tho leye siège, as we were enfourmed 9 unto the saide toun of Charters. Wherefor we drow us in al haste unto Paris , as wel for to sette oure fader of Ffrance as the saide good toune of Paris in seure gouvernance , and from theus unto this oure toun of Mante , at whiche place we arrived on wodnesday last to thentente for to hâve yeven secours "with good grâce unto the saide toun of Charters. And hider comme unto us oure brother of Burgoigne, with a faire felaship, for to hâve goon with us to the saide secours, the which oure brother of Burgoigne we fynde right a trusty lovyng and faithful brother unto us in al thing. Butin oure commyng from Paris unto this oure toun of Mante, we were certified uppon the wcye, by certein lettres that were sent unto us that the saide pretense Daulphin , for certein causes tbat meved him, hath reised the saide siège, and is goon into the cuntre of ïouraine in greed haste , as bit is saide and we truste fully unto oure lord thaï thorow his grâce and inercy al thing hère that we shall hâve to doo with shall goo wel from hensforth , to his plcsance and wordship , whoni we besech devoutely that hit soo may bee, and to bave yow in his keping.

Yeven under oure signet, in oure oost, at oure toun of Mante, the xii day of JuyL

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