ABSTRACT
Louis XI was spending the winter in Touraine again, and when he was warned that more ambassadors from Edward were about to descend on him, he summoned his cleverest councillors to his support. About the middle of February, before the Bishop of Elne’s maitre-d’hotel reached home to correct false rumours, Louis heard that Edward’s subjects were about to revolt and that Edward was going to Wales to quiet them. Louis had his reasons for welcoming instead of resenting Edward’s wish to dabble in the affairs of Italy. For one thing, he was glad to humour Edward when he could, as that helped to pacify him; in the second place, it served his purpose to have the world think that he and the king of England were hand and glove. Louis insisted that it was unreasonable for the king of England to include the Duke of Brittany in the truce.
