Lusignanpresentedhimwithagoldsaltcellarofcuriousworkmanship，andofthepriceoftenthousandducats；andCharlestheSixthdespatchedbythewayofHungaryacastofNorwegianhawks，andsixhorse—loadsofscarletcloth，offinelinenofRheims，andofArrastapestry，representingthebattlesofthegreatAlexander。Aftermuchdelay，theeffectofdistanceratherthanofart，BajazetagreedtoacceptaransomoftwohundredthousandducatsforthecountofNeversandthesurvivingprincesandbarons:themarshalBoucicault，afamouswarrior，wasofthenumberofthefortunate；buttheadmiralofFrancehadbeenslaininbattle；andtheconstable，withtheSiredeCoucy，diedintheprisonofBoursa。Thisheavydemand，whichwasdoubledbyincidentalcosts，fellchieflyonthedukeofBurgundy，orratheronhisFlemishsubjects，whowereboundbythefeudallawstocontributefortheknighthoodandcaptivityoftheeldestsonoftheirlord。Forthefaithfuldischargeofthedebt，somemerchantsofGenoagavesecuritytotheamountoffivetimesthesum；alessontothosewarliketimes，thatcommerceandcreditarethelinksofthesocietyofnations。Ithadbeenstipulatedinthetreaty，thattheFrenchcaptivesshouldswearnevertobeararmsagainstthepersonoftheirconqueror；buttheungenerousrestraintwasabolishedbyBajazethimself。\"I
despise，\"saidhetotheheirofBurgundy，\"thyoathsandthyarms。Thouartyoung，andmayestbeambitiousofeffacingthedisgraceormisfortuneofthyfirstchivalry。Assemblethypowers，proclaimthydesign，andbeassuredthatBajazetwillrejoicetomeettheeasecondtimeinafieldofbattle。\"Beforetheirdeparture，theywereindulgedinthefreedomandhospitalityofthecourtofBoursa。TheFrenchprincesadmiredthemagnificenceoftheOttoman，whosehuntingandhawkingequipagewascomposedofseventhousandhuntsmenandseventhousandfalconers。^65Intheirpresence，andathiscommand，thebellyofoneofhischamberlainswascutopen，onacomplaintagainsthimfordrinkingthegoat\'smilkofapoorwoman。Thestrangerswereastonishedbythisactofjustice；butitwasthejusticeofasultanwhodisdainstobalancetheweightofevidence，ortomeasurethedegreesofguilt。
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whoreadlittle，inquiredmuch，andbelievedall。TheoriginalMemoiresoftheMarechaldeBoucicaultPartiei。c。22—28addsomefacts，buttheyaredryanddeficient，ifcomparedwiththepleasantgarrulityofFroissard。]
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