Easterlings, at war with England, i. 192;
danger of Edward IV. being captured by the, 193;
their opposition to the kings of Denmark, 380.
Edward, the black prince, his capture of king John at the battle of
Poictiers, i. 390;
his exalted character, 390 _n._
EDWARD IV., king of England, i. 22;
notices of, 37;
his interview with Charles of Burgundy, 124;
with Louis XI., 126;
contemporary with Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, 181;
his sister married to the latter, _ib._;
supported by the earl of Warwick, 183;
imprisoned by the earl of Warwick, _ib._;
escapes and defeats the earl in various battles, 184;
his character and person, 187;
is driven out of England by the earl of Warwick, assisted by Louis
XI., 190-194;
dangers to which he was exposed, 191-193;
his conference with the duke of Burgundy at St. Pol, 198;
liberally assisted by the duke, 199;
he returns to England, _ib._;
and defeats the earl of Warwick, who is slain, 201;
defeats the prince of Wales at Tewkesbury, 202;
his executions, 203;
his reign no longer disturbed, _ib._;
opposes the contemplated marriage of the duke of Burgundy’s
daughter, 208, 209;
invades France, 251 _et seq._;
his great army, _ib._;
sends a letter of defiance to the king of France, 252;
the courteous reception of his herald, 253, his landing at Calais,
255;
the bad reception of his troops, 257;
receives a herald from Louis XI., 251;
receives overtures of peace from Louis, 261;
enters into a truce for nine years, 263 _et seq._;
visited by the duke of Burgundy, 267;
his troops entertained by Louis, 269;
his answer to the constable of France, 270;
disorderly conduct of his troops, 271;
interview between him and Louis, 275 _et seq._;
the treaty signed, 276;
his private conversation with Louis, 277;
his return to England, 283;
the vicissitudes of his life, 393 _et seq._;
his death, 394 _n._;
his amours, 395, 396; ii. 63;
a voluptuous prince, 7;
offers made to, by Louis XI., 8, 9;
his displeasure at the marriage of the dauphin of France and
Margaret of Flanders, 62;
remarks on his death and character, 62 _et seq._;
murder of his two sons, 63 _n._;
his life a continued scene of trouble, 85;
his love of pleasure, 87;
died of apoplexy, _ib._
EDWARD IV. (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_). He seizes
the crown of England, ii. 300;
his preparations for invading France, 360;
expels the Earl of Warwick, _ib._;
flies to his brother-in-law the Duke of Burgundy, 363;
demands the duchies of Guienne and Normandy, 376;
his intercourse with Louis XI. at Picquigny, 378, 379;
concludes a truce, 380;
death of, 394.
Edward V., of England, birth of, i. 195.
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Edward IV. of England, i. 263, 395;
ii. 7;
married to Henry VII., 8 _n._
Embassies sent to Venice, ii. 173, 174.
Emmanuel, King of Portugal, ii. 278.
ENGLAND, gradually loses her power in France, i. 48;
civil wars in, 48, 93, 363, 364 _et seq._;
civil wars during the contests between Louis XI. and the duke of
Burgundy, 181-186;
the various battles fought, 181 _n._;
a check to France, 379;
Scotland a check to, _ib._;
the excellence of her government, 385;
the royal families of, and their misfortunes, 393 _et seq._;
revolutions in, 395-397;
strange adventures that happened in, in 1460, ii. 299;
Louis XI. sends an embassy to, 340.