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1. 30. (PenUver le jeune René, This abduction of René by Charles the Bold is only a nimour of the time, and rests on no évidence. Thexe is probably no foundation for it« See Kirk, Charles the Bold, yoL il. P- «34.

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1. II. ^il avait manqué la royauté* Michelet does not say hère how he missed the kingly title. Frederick III., alarmed at the power of his ally, and influenced by the German princes, suddenly escaped from Trêves in a boat.

1. 38. Hagenbach. Peter von Hagenbach was an Alsatian noble, who had served Philip the Good and his son faithfolly. The détails of his history are given by Michelet, but the historian has hardly allowed sufiiciently for the fact that ail our accounts of Hagenbach are due to his bitter enemies, the people of Alsace. His cruelty and immorality though probably real, hâve certainly been monstrously exaggerated.

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1. 9. Tout le pays était en prière, This alarm seems to hâve been hardly justified. Charles had only cavalry with him. If he had intended to attack the cities, he would hâve brought an army with proper artillery.