An Universal History Volume 2, V. 26; From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782 Excerpt: ...knights by his sole authority. From thence he crossed the sea to England, and proposed a truce between the two crowns, which, however, was not concluded, because in the interim the English received an account of their having been worsted by the French at Harfleur; and as they had been very much elated by the victory of Agincourt, they could not brook the thoughts of peace, until they soould have wiped off the stain of this subsequent disgracec (X), France, in all pro bability, suspected Sigismund of partiality in savour of England; for his proposals of mediation were rejected: and indeed that suspicion seems to have been well grounded; for the emperor, before he quitted England, engaged in a treaty with king Henry, by which he obliged himself to assist the English monarch against Charles VI. in recovering Guienne and Normandy; and in consideration of this assistance, the king of England, promised to compel Charles, and some other princes, to do homage to the emperor, for certain countries to which the empire had some old pretensions. On his return to France, he, at the earnest intreaty of Amadeus VIII. of Savoy, erected his county into a duchy, and invested him in the castle of Chamberyf. In the absence of Sigismund, the affair of Jerom of Prague engaged the attention of the council. This man had repaired to Constance, with a design to assist John Hufs in making his defence; but perceiving he had nothing to hope from the clemency and justice of the fathers, he resolved to retreat with all expedition into Bohemia. Being apprehended upon the road, he was loaded with chains, and brought back to Constance, where, in order to' avoid the punishment which had been inflicted upon his colleague, he solemnly abjured the heresies of Wickliffe and Hufs. He afterwards, ...