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$  Tbi  Hiftory  of  France. B. XIX_

was  obliged  to  raifie  the  fiege  for  want  of  fupplies  k. In  the  Brit
tranfport  of  his  paflion  he  feized  the  chancellor  of  Bretagne^
and  carried  him  to  Chinon,  where  the  king  then  was,  who
pacified  him  with  fome  difficulty ;  and,  having  got  the  chan-
cellor out  of  his  hands,  fent  him  with  a  commiffion  to  the
court  pf  Burgundy*    The  conftable  then  fell  upon  Giac9  and
•finding  him  involved  in  a  quarrel  with  another  of  the  king's
favourites,  whofe  name  was  Trimouilky  he  took  him  into  his
councils. With  his  affiftance,  he  forced  the  caftle  in  which
Qiac  lay,  and  taking  him  out  of  bed,  carried  him  to  a  place
entirely  in  his  own  power ;  and  there,  with  an  odd  and  irrcr
cular  form  of  juftice,  caufed  him  to  be  condemned  for  em-
bezzling the  king's  money ;  and  without  farther  ceremony
threw  him  into  the  river x. The  violence  of  the  conftable
was  left  condemned  than  the  wickednefs  of  Yrimouillt,  who
had  an  intrigue  with  Giac'%  wife  (the  fame  perfon  who  was
the  duke  of  Burgundy**  miftrefs),  and  married  her. Soon  after
the  king  replaced  his  unfortunate  minifter  by  a  gentleman  of
Auvergtiiy  whofe  name  was  Camus  de  Beaulieu  \  and  he  had
likewise  the  misfortune  not  to  pleafe  the  conftable,  who  or-
dered him  to  be  ftabbed  near  Poifliers  ;    then   going   to
Court,  inftead  of  excufing  it,  he  told  the  king  that  he  was  but
an  ill  judge  of  minifters,  and  for  the  future  he  would  chufefor
him. Charles,  who  without  being  either  a  coward  or  a  fool,
could  fubmit  to  neceffity  with  a  better  grace  than  ever  prince
did,  defired  to  know  who  was  to  be  his  minifter,  the  conftable
anfwered  Trimouille;  it  (hall  befo  replied  the  king  j  but  I  know
him  better  than  you,  and  that  he  will  give  you  caufe  to  re-
pent it m. 