Wales, Edward, prince of, i. 188, 189;
defeated at the battle of Tewkesbury, 202;
his death, _ib._
Wales, prince of, murdered, ii. 366.
War, easily begun between two great princes, but difficult to be
composed, i. 113;
on the proclaiming of, 205.
Wars, their prevalence in France, i. 209;
those which originated from the duke of Burgundy’s siege of Nuz,
242;
permitted by God for the punishment of wickedness, 378 _et seq._
Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of, account of, i. 48;
the greatest supporter of the house of York, 183;
appointed governor of Calais, _ib._;
quarrels with Edward IV., and imprisons him, _ib._;
his great power, 184;
defeated by Edward in various battles, _ib._;
flies to Calais and is repulsed, _ib._;
opposed by the duke of Burgundy, 185, 187;
proceeds to Normandy, 187;
furnished with money by Louis XI., _ib._;
raises a fleet, and sails to England, 190;
expels Edward IV., 191;
his numerous partisans, 194 _et n._;
releases Henry VI. from the Tower, 195;
defeated by Edward, and slain, 201, 248 _n._;
his great political power, 394;
the reason of his espousing the interest of the house of York, ii.
86.
Warwick, earl of, (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_); he
deposes Henry VI. of England, ii. 200;
meets Louis XI. at Roan, and is sumptuously treated, 343;
flies to Normandy, 360;
his return to England, 363;
reinstates Henry VI., _ib._;
the countess and her daughter royally received at Paris, 364;
defeated and slain, 366.
Wenlock, lord John, lieutenant-governor of Calais, i. 174;
repels his captain the Earl of Warwick, _ib._;
complimented by the king of England and the duke of Burgundy, and
made governor of the place, 185;
his advice to the earl of Warwick, 186;
receives the forces sent by the earl of Warwick, 195;
entertains Commines, 196, 197.
Westmoreland, Richard, earl of, ii. 85.
Wine, pailful of, drunk by Commines’ horse, i. 32.
Wines, scarcity of, in France, in 1490, ii. 298.
Wisdom, a digression on, i. 229.