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Court of the counts of Foix -- Froissart -- Gaston Phœbus -- Kills / his son -- And a cousin -- Death of Phœbus -- Evan de Foix -- The / bastards of Phœbus -- Tragic death of Evan -- Bridge over the / Gave -- Jeanne d'Albret -- Her despotic actions -- Flight to La / Rochelle -- Charles sends La Terride into Béarn -- Jeanne invites / Montgomery to her aid -- He enters Béarn -- Takes Orthez -- / Massacre -- The castle capitulates -- Broken faith -- Murder of / ten barons -- Slaughter of priests and monks -- Catholic worship / forbidden -- Death of Jeanne -- Castle of Belocq -- Puyôo -- / Battlefield of Orthez -- Retreat of Soult.
Orthez has little to occupy it save to brood over its past. It is a dull town, without characteristic features, and it sulks because Pau the parvenue is flourishing, and flaunting, whilst itself, the venerable Orthez, the once capital, sits as a widow, desolate.