5. Very superb--perhaps King René’s _chef d’œuvre_--is _Le Tracte des Tournois_, a full description of his splendid tournament at Saumur, with the richest possible illustration. It is dedicated to Charles d’Anjou, his brother, who died in 1470; he was Count of Maine and Guise, and Governor of Lorraine. The frontispiece and two other illustrations are reproductions of the Royal artist’s designs. One of the most charming incidents in René’s long, useful, and moving life was his intercourse with Charles d’Anjou, son of the first Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI. of France. The young Prince was made a prisoner at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, and remained in captivity in the Tower of London for twenty-five years. His constant complaint was: “I mourn with chagrin that no one does anything to release me!” This piteous appeal at length gained the heart of Duke Philippe of Burgundy, who effected his deliverance in 1440. Between King René and Duke Charles there passed, through spiritual affinity, a constant succession of delightful poetic souvenirs--the prisoner of La Tour de Bar and the prisoner of the Tower of London--comrades in sorrow, companions in joy! The form these missives took was that of _rondeaux_, or valentines, and in this category nothing could be more delicate and sensuous. A very favourite ending of the poems was-- “Après une seule excepter, Je vous servirai cette conte, Ma douce Valentine gente, Puis qu’amour veuilt que on’y contente.” “With one only reservation, I will send you this narration, My gentle, natty Valentine, Since your love so well content is mine.” Charles d’Anjou died in 1465, greatly lamented by his poet-confidant. King René composed and wrote, and also set to music, very many _motets_ and _caroles_ (dance-songs). The former are still sung in village churches in Provence, and the latter danced at village fêtes. René was famous, too, as a polite letter-writer. Between 1468 and 1474 he despatched thirty-seven missives to Pope Sixtus IV. and others, chiefly relating to affairs in the kingdom of Catalonia. At the Château d’Angers, as well as at those of Nancy and Aix, King René had splendid collections of manuscripts and books. Rare works in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Turkish, and Latin, he collected in the several departments of Scripture, Philosophy, History, Geography, Natural History, and Physics. Writers and students naturally were attracted to such a sapient Prince. Three of the former in particular attached themselves to his patronage: Pierre de Hurion, Jehan de Perin, and Louis de Beauvau; and with them was René’s chief collaborator--Hervé Grellin. III. CRAFTMAN’S WORKS OF KING RENÉ.