History of the house and race of Douglas and Angus

HOUSE OF DOUGLAS. ,\%$
assist Joan d' Arc, called the Maiden of Orleans. The French
history calleth him Jean de Saint Michael, (for Carmichael)
cvesque de Orleans, Escossis de nation; he is mentioned in
the particular story of that maiden, and in the Annalcs cc.
clesice Aureliansis, Auotore Carolo Sausseyo Aureliano;
wherefore in the principal church in Orleans, called Saint
Croix, there is mass said for the souls of the Scots daily that
were slain there. But to return:
The Duke of Touraine being thus slain, was buried in the
church of fours, called Saint Gratian'i, the '20th of August,
in the year 1424-, whose coat of arms was to be seen not long
ago upon the gates of Tours. He was a man no where brand-
ed with any vice, and of unquestioned valour, for so much as
belonged to his own person, equal to any that were before
him; neither can I see any evident fault in his conduct and
leading: it is true, Major taxeth him as unskilful and unfit for
matters of war, though he gives him a large commendation of
courage and personal valour; but he seemeth to have ground-
ed his censure more upon the success than upon his actions, to
which we will answer with the poet, Caveat successions opto %
Quis quis ab cventu, §c. or if that will not serve, we will choke
him with the French proverb, le clcrc aux amies, he is not a
fit judge of such things. But we have to do with one more ju-
dicious indeed, who glanceth at him no less, for speaking of
his father Archibald the Grim, he saith that chivalry stood
in him, as though he wouh'. have said, it fell also with himi
which seemeth to prejudge this his son Tine-man, if not in
his valour, which no man can call in question, yet in his con-
duct and leading, which is the chief property and quality of a
general and commander; of which judgement questionless the
ground is the same, his hard success in his enterprizes; and
there is no reason that he should be thought so of for it, if
there be no other cause of evil success; but if there may b,e
some other reason, and if many well guided armies and en-
terprizes have miscarried, which none will deny, there is no
necessity nor just cause why he should be double burdened
both with ill luck and the blame of it, unless it be showed