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His father's captivity and the submission of Paris left him master of the realm; but he did little to defend it when Edward III. again attacked it, and in 1360 he was forced to bow to the terms which the English king demanded as the price of peace. HIS FATHER'S CAPTIVITY AND THE SUBMISSION OF PARIS LEFT HIM MASTER OF THE REALM BUT HE DID LITTLE TO DEFEND IT WHEN EDWARD THE THIRD AGAIN ATTACKED IT AND IN THIRTEEN SIXTY HE WAS FORCED TO BOW TO THE TERMS WHICH THE ENGLISH KING DEMANDED AS THE PRICE OF PEACE
axes, but no one, except perhaps Marcel, had any real zeal or public spirit. Charles the Bad, of Navarre, who had pretended to espouse their cause, betrayed it; the king declared the decisions of the States-General null and void; and the crafty management of his son prevented any union between the malcontents. The gentry rallied, and put down the Jacquerie with horrible cruelty and revenge. The burghers of Paris found that Charles the Bad only wanted to gain the throne, and Marcel would have proclaimed him; but those who thought him even worse than his cousins of Valois admitted the other Charles, by whom Marcel and his partisans were put to death. The attempt at reform thus ended in talk and murder, and all fell back into the same state of misery and oppression. 4. The Peace of Bretigny.--This Charles, eldest son of John, obtained by purchase the imperial fief of Vienne, of which the counts had always been called Dauphins, a title thenceforth borne by the heir apparent of the kingdom. R OF COLLECTING THE TAXES BUT NO ONE EXCEPT PERHAPS MARCEL HAD ANY REAL ZEAL OR PUBLIC SPIRITRLES THE BAD OF NAVAIN WHO HAD PRETENDED TO ESPOUSE THEIR CAUSE BETRAYED IT THE KING DECLARED THE DECISIONS OF THE STATES GENERAL NULL AND VOID AND THE CRAFTY MANAGEMENT OF HIS SON PREVENTED ANY UNION BETWEEN THE MALCONTENTS THE GENTRY RALLIED AND PUT DOWN THE JACQUERIE WITH HORRIBLE CRUELTY AND REVENGE THE BURGHERS OF PARIS FOUND THAT CHARLES THE BAD ONLY WANTED TO GAIN THE THRONE AND MARSEILLES WOULD HAVE PROCLAIMED HIM BUT THOSE WHO THOUGHT HIM EVEN WORSE THAN HIS COUSINS OF VALOIS ADMITTED THE OTHER CHARLES BY WHOM MARSEILLES AND HIS PARTISANS WERE PUT TO DEATH THE ATTEMPT AT REFORM THUS ENDED IN TALK AND MURDER AND ALL FELL BACK INTO THE SAME STATE OF MISERY AND OPPRESSION FOUR THE PEACE OF BRUTIGNY THIS CHARLES ELDEST SON OF JOHN OBTAINED BY PURCHASE THE IMPERIAL THIEF OF VIENNNES OF WHICH THE COUNTS HAD ALWAYS BEEN CALLED DUFFIN A TITLE THENCEFORTH BORNE BY THE HEIR PARENT OF THE KINGDOM
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