88/98 Symphorien Guyon, _Histoire de la ville d'Orleans_, vol.ii, p. Vallet de Viriville, _Histoire de Charles VII_, vol.ii, p. 37.] Albeit the Count of Clermont was the King's cousin, the people of Orleans received him but coldly. He was held to have acted shamefully and treacherously; and there were those who let him know what they thought. On the morrow he made off with his men of Auvergne and Bourbonnais amidst the rejoicings of the townsfolk who did not want to support those who would not fight.[561] At the same time there left the city Sire Louis de Culant, High Admiral of France and Captain La Hire, with two thousand men-at-arms. |