son Louis, the _dauphin_, and accompanied by nearly all the princes, who,
however, returned before long to Paris, being troubled by the displeasure
the Duke of Burgundy testified at their departure. For more than four
months, Duke John the Fearless remained absolute master of Paris,
disposing of all posts, giving them to his own creatures, and putting
himself on good terms with the university and the principal burgesses.
A serious revolt amongst the Liigese called for his presence in Flanders.
The first troops he had sent against them had been repulsed; and he felt
the necessity of going thither in person. But two months after his
departure from Paris, on the 26th of August, 1408, Queen Isabel returned
thither from Melun, with the _dauphin_ Louis, who for the first time rode
on horseback, and with three thousand men-at-arms. She set up her
establishment at the Louvre. The Parisians shouted "Noel," as she passed
along; and the Duke of Berry, the Duke of Bourbon, the Duke of Brittany,
the constable, and all the great officers of the crown rallied round her.
Two days afterwards, on the 28th of August, the Duchess of Orleans
arrived there from Blois, in a black litter drawn by four horses
caparisoned in black, and followed by a large number of mourning
carriages. On the 5th of September, a state assembly was held at the
Louvre. All the royal family, the princes and great officers of the
crown, the presidents of the parliament, fifteen archbishops or bishops,
the provost of Paris, the provost of tradesmen, and a hundred burgesses
of note attended it. Thereupon Master Juvenal des Ursins, king's
advocate, announced the intention of Charles VI. in his illness to confer
the government upon the queen, set forth the reasons for it, called to
mind the able regency of Queen Blanche, mother of St. Louis, and produced
royal letters, sealed with the great seal. Immediately the Duchess of
Orleans came forward, knelt at the _dauphin_'s feet, demanding justice
for the death of her husband, and begged that she might have a day
appointed her for refuting the calumnies with which it had been sought to