"Orders must be sent," said he, "to M.d'Esquerdes [Philip de Crevecoeur, Baron d'Esquerdes, a distinguished warrior, who, after the death of Charles the Rash, had, through the agency of Commynes, gone over to the service of Louis XI., and was in command of his army] to attempt no doings as to Calais.

We had thought to drive out the English from this the last corner they hold in the kingdom; but such matters are too weighty; all that business ends with me.

M.d'Esquerdes must give up such designs, and come and guard my son without budging from his side for at least six months.

Let an end be put, also, to all our disputes with Brittany, and let this Duke Francis be allowed to live in peace without any more causing him trouble or fear.

This is the way in which we, must now deal with all our neighbors.