It did not commence before the 8th of July.

During this interval, Duke John had submitted for the mature deliberation of his council the question whether it were better to grant the English demands, or become reconciled to the _dauphin_.

Amongst his official councillors opinions were divided; but, in his privacy, the lady of Giac, "whom he loved and trusted mightily," and Philip Jossequin, who had at first been his chamber attendant, and afterwards custodian of his jewels and of his privy seal, strongly urged him to make peace with the _dauphin_; and the pope's fresh legate, the Bishop of Laon, added his exhortations to these home influences.

There had been fitted up at a league's distance from Melun, on the embankment of the ponds of Vert, a summer-house of branches and leaves, hung with drapery and silken stuffs; and there the first interview between the two princes took place.

The _dauphin_ left in displeasure; he had found the Duke of Burgundy haughty and headstrong.