[Footnote 61: This predatory expedition is related by
Froissard, (Chronique, tom. i. p. 230,) and in the life of
Du Guesclin, (Collection Generale des Memoires Historiques,
tom. iv. c. 16, p. 107 - 113.) As early as the year 1361,
the court of Avignon had been molested by similar
freebooters, who afterwards passed the Alps, (Memoires sur
Petrarque, tom. iii. p. 563 - 569.)]