... letters, one of the 18th and the other of the 23rd September, and by them have heard of the sad and pitiable news of the death of the King of Hungary, the loss of the kingdom, and the state of the ... was in conference with the ambassadors, they came to a standstill when they touched on the aforesaid condition relating to the Parliamentof Paris, and the hostages which the emperor, they maintain, ... recapitulated the proposition which had already been entertained respecting the marriage, the ransom, or the cession of the duchy (of Burgundy) on condition that it should be pronounced by the Parliament...