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House of Burgundy.  _Charles VI._ was a boy of nine years old, motherless, and beset with ambitious uncles. These uncles were Louis, Duke of Anjou, to whom Queen Joanna, the last of the earlier Angevin line in Naples, bequeathed her rights; John, Duke of Berry, a weak time server; and Philip, the ablest and most honest of the three. HOUSE OF BURGUNDY CHARLES THE SIXTH WAS A BOY OF NINE YEARS OLD MOTHERLESS AND BESET WITH AMBITIOUS UNCLES THESE UNCLES WERE LOUIS DUKE OF ANJO TO WHOM QUEEN JOANNA THE LAST OF THE EARLIER ANGEVAN LINE IN NAPLES BEQUEATHED HER RIGHTS JOHN DUKE OF BERRY A WEEK TIME SERVER AND PHILIP THE ABLEST AND MOST HONEST OF THE THREE
 Lancaster was allowed to march from Brittany to Gascony without meeting an enemy in the field; and when King Edward III. made his sixth and last invasion, nearly to the walls of Paris, he was only turned back by famine, and by a tremendous thunderstorm, which made him believe that Heaven was against him. Du Guesclin died while besieging a castle, and such was his fame that the English captain would place the keys in no hand but that of his corpse. The Constable's sword was given to Oliver de Clisson, also a Breton, and called the "Butcher," because he gave no quarter to the English in revenge for the death of his brother. The Bretons were, almost to a man, of the French party, having been offended by the insolence and oppression of the English; and John de Montfort, after clinging to the King of England as long as possible, was forced to make his peace at length with Charles. Charles V. had nearly regained all that had been lost, when, in 1380 his death left the kingdom to his son. 6. E OF LANCASTER WAS ALLOWED TO MARCH FROM BRITTANY TO GASCONY WITHOUT MEETING AN ENEMY IN THE FIELD AND WHEN KING EDWARD THE THIRD MADE HIS SIXTH AND LAST INVASION NEARLY TO THE WALLS OF PARIS HE WAS ONLY TURNED BACK BY FAMINE AND BY A TREMENDOUS THUNDERSTORM WHICH MADE HIM BELIEVE THAT HEAVEN WAS AGAINST HIM DUGISCOUN DIED WHILE BESIEGING A CASTLE AND SUCH WAS HIS FAME THAT THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN WOULD PLACE THE KEYS IN NO HAND BUT THAT OF HIS CORPSE THE CONSTABLE'S SWORD WAS GIVEN TO OLIVER DE CLISSON ALSO A BRETON AND CALLED THE BUTCHER BECAUSE HE GAVE NO QUARTER TO THE ENGLISH IN REVENGE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER THE BRETONS WERE ALMOST TO A MAN OF THE FRENCH PARTY HAVING BEEN OFFENDED BY THE INSOLENCE AND OPPRESSION OF THE ENGLISH AND JOHN DE MONFER AFTER CLINGING TO THE KING OF ENGLAND AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WAS FORCED TO MAKE HIS PEACE AT LENGTH WITH CHARLES CHARLES THE FIFTH HAD NEARLY REGAINED ALL THAT HAD BEEN LOST WHEN IN THIRTEEN EIGHTY HIS DEATH LEFT THE KINGDOM TO HIS SON SIX
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