The king required that Harfleur and all the places in the district of Caux should be given up to him.

"Ah! as for Harfleur, that cannot be," said the Duke of Somerset; "it is the first town which surrendered to our glorious king, Henry V., thirty-five years ago." There was further parley.

The French consented to give up the demand for Harfleur; but they required that Talbot should remain as a hostage until the conditions were fulfilled.
The English protested.

At last, however, they yielded, and undertook to pay fifty thousand golden crowns to settle all accounts which they owed to the tradesmen in the city, and to give up all places in the district of Caen except Harfleur.

The Duchess of Somerset and Lord Talbot remained as hostages; and on the 10th of November, 1449, Charles entered Rouen in state, with the character of a victor who knew how to use victory with moderation.
The battle of Formigny was at first very doubtful.