"My lord," said the duke to him, "by the allegiance I owe to you and also to the king you shall have satisfaction.

It were to fail in one's duty to allow such a scum to govern a country.

Unless order were restored, all knighthood and lordship might be destroyed in Christendom." The Duke of Burgundy went to Senlis, where Charles VI.
was, and asked for his support on behalf of the Count of Flanders.

The question was referred to the king's council.

The Duke of Berry hesitated, saying, "The best part of the prelates and nobles must be assembled and the whole matter set before them; we will see what is the general opinion." In the midst of this deliberation the young king came in with a hawk on his wrist.