CH. I.—How the Duke of Burgundy, making War upon the Swiss, was
defeated by them at the Foot of the Mountains, near Granson 301
CH. II.—How after the Defeat near Granson, the Duke of Milan,
René, King of Sicily, the Duchess of Savoy, and others,
abandoned their Alliance with the Duke of Burgundy 307
CH. III.—How the Duke of Burgundy was again defeated by the
Swiss, near the Town of Morat 313
CH. IV.—How, after the Battle of Morat, the Duke of Burgundy
seized upon the Duchess of Savoy, and how she was delivered by
our King and sent back into her own Country 316
CH. V.—How the Duke of Burgundy lived in a solitary Manner for
some Weeks at La Rivière, and how the Duke of Lorraine retook
Nancy in the meantime 320
CH. VI.—Of the Count of Campobasso’s great Treachery, and how
he prevented the Duke of Burgundy from hearing a Gentleman who
would have revealed it to him before his Execution, and how the
Duke also rejected the Information that was sent him by the
King 325
CH. VII.—How the Duke of Lorraine with a powerful Army of
Germans took the Field, and encamped at St. Nicholas, whilst
the Duke of Burgundy lay before Nancy; and how the King of
Portugal, who was in France at that Time, paid a visit to the
Duke in his Camp before that Town 330
CH. VIII.—How the Duke of Burgundy, by rejecting the Counsel
of several of his Officers, was defeated and slain in a Battle
between him and the Duke of Lorraine not far from Nancy 334
CH. IX.—A Digression concerning the Virtues of the Duke of
Burgundy and the Time of his House’s Prosperity 339
CH. X.—How the King of France received Intelligence of the Duke
of Burgundy’s last Defeat, and managed his Affairs after the
Duke’s Death 342
CH. XI.—How the King of France seized upon Abbeville after the
Death of the Duke of Burgundy, and the Answer he received from
the Inhabitants of Arras 345
CH. XII.—A Digression (not altogether foreign to my principal
Design) concerning the King’s Joy at being delivered from most
of his Enemies, and of the Error his Majesty committed in the
Reduction of the Duke of Burgundy’s Countries 348
CH. XIII.—Of the Delivery of Han, Bohain, St. Quentin, and
Peronne to the King, and how he sent his Barber, Monsieur
Oliver, to treat with the Citizens of Ghent 350
CH. XIV.—How Master Oliver, the King’s Barber, not succeeding
in his Designs upon Ghent, finds out a Way to secure Tournay
for the King 355
CH. XV.—Of the Ambassadors whom the Lady of Burgundy, Duke
Charles’s Daughter, sent to the King, and of the Delivering up
of Arras, Hesdin, Boulogne, and the City of Arras, to the King
by the Assistance of the Lord des Cordes 359
CH. XVI.—How the Citizens of Ghent, having usurped Authority
over their Princess upon the Death of the Duke of Burgundy her
Father, sent Ambassadors to the King of France in the Name of
the Three Estates of their Country 364
CH. XVII.—How the People of Ghent, upon the Return of their
Ambassadors, put the Chancellor Hugonet and the Lord of
Humbercourt to Death, against their Princess’s Consent; after
which they, in conjunction with some other Flemish Troops,
were defeated before Tournay, and the Duke of Guelders, who
commanded them, was slain; and the Duchy of Burgundy was placed
in the Hands of the King of France 371
CH. XVIII.—A Digression, serving to demonstrate that Wars and
Divisions are permitted by God for the Punishment of wicked
Princes and People, with various Arguments and Instances which
happened in the Author’s Life-time, chiefly intended for the
Instruction of Princes 378
CH. XIX.—On the Character of the French People, and the
Government of their Kings, with Reflections on the Misfortunes
which occur to both great and small 385
CH. XX.—Examples of Misfortunes that have happened to Princes,
and Revolutions that have been brought to pass in States by the
Judgment of God 393
Dedication.