to be restored to his county of Montfort.  A similar care for Edward’s friends was shown in the article which preserved for Philip of Navarre his hereditary domains in Normandy.  Forfeitures and outlawries were to be pardoned, and the rights of private persons to be respected.  Nevertheless Calais was to remain at Edward’s entire disposal, and the burgesses, dispossessed by him, were not to be reinstated.  The French renounced their alliance with the Scots, and the English theirs with the Flemings.  Time was allowed to carry out these complicated stipulations, and, by way of compensating Edward for the significant omission which has been mentioned, elaborate provisions were made for the mutual execution at a later date of charters of renunciation, by which Edward abandoned his claim to the French throne and John the over-lordship of the districts yielded to Edward.  These were to be exchanged at Bruges about a year later.

England rejoiced at the conclusion of so brilliant a peace, and laid no stress on the subtle change in the conditions which made the treaty far less definitive in reality than in appearance.  In France the faithful flocked to the churches to give thanks for deliverance from the long anarchy.  The perfect courtesy and good feeling which the two kings had shown to each other gilded the concluding ceremonies with a ray of chivalry.  John was released almost at once, and allowed to retain with him in France some of the hostages, including his valiant son Philip, the companion of his captivity.  John made Edward’s peace with Louis of Flanders, and Edward persuaded John to pardon Charles and Philip of Navarre.  At last the two weary nations looked forward to a long period of repose.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR FROM THE TREATY OF CALAIS TO THE TRUCE OF BRUGES.

It was an easier matter to conclude the treaty of Calais than to carry it out.  Troubles followed the release of the French king and the expiration of the year during which the two parties were to yield up the ceded territory and effect the renunciations of their respective claims.  John did his best to keep faith in both these matters.  He ordered his vassals to submit themselves to their new lord, and appointed commissioners to hand over the lost provinces to the agents of the English king.  In July, 1361, Sir John Chandos, Edward’s lieutenant in France, received the special mission of taking possession of the new acquisitions in the name of his master.  Chandos’ reputation as a soldier made him acceptable to the French, and being recognised by the treaty as lord of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin, he was interested in maintaining good relations between the two realms.  He began his work by taking possession of Poitiers and Poitou, but found that many of the descendants of the greedy lords, who, more than a hundred years before, had played off Henry III against St. Louis, abandoned the rule of John with undisguised reluctance.