whowasaverylovelycreature,andwhomadearealimpressiononKingHenry,nowthathesawherforthefirsttime.Thiswasthemostimportantcircumstancethataroseoutofthemeeting.
AsifitwereimpossibleforaFrenchnoblemanofthattimetobetruetohiswordofhonourinanything,HenrydiscoveredthattheDukeofBurgundywas,atthatverymoment,insecrettreatywiththeDauphin;andhethereforeabandonedthenegotiation.
TheDukeofBurgundyandtheDauphin,eachofwhomwiththebestreasondistrustedtheotherasanobleruffiansurroundedbyapartyofnobleruffians,wereratheratalosshowtoproceedafterthis;but,atlengththeyagreedtomeet,onabridgeovertheriverYonne,whereitwasarrangedthatthereshouldbetwostronggatesputup,withanemptyspacebetweenthem;andthattheDukeofBurgundyshouldcomeintothatspacebyonegate,withtenmenonly;andthattheDauphinshouldcomeintothatspacebytheothergate,alsowithtenmen,andnomore.
SofartheDauphinkepthisword,butnofarther.WhentheDukeofBurgundywasonhiskneebeforehimintheactofspeaking,oneoftheDauphin\'snobleruffianscutthesaiddukedownwithasmallaxe,andothersspeedilyfinishedhim.
ItwasinvainfortheDauphintopretendthatthisbasemurderwasnotdonewithhisconsent;itwastoobad,evenforFrance,andcausedageneralhorror.Theduke\'sheirhastenedtomakeatreatywithKingHenry,andtheFrenchQueenengagedthatherhusbandshouldconsenttoit,whateveritwas.Henrymadepeace,onconditionofreceivingthePrincessCatherineinmarriage,andbeingmadeRegentofFranceduringtherestoftheKing\'slifetime,andsucceedingtotheFrenchcrownathisdeath.HewassoonmarriedtothebeautifulPrincess,andtookherproudlyhometoEngland,whereshewascrownedwithgreathonourandglory.