The king of France, about this period, sent a doctor of divinity from Paris to La Vaupute[23], to convert the inhabitants from some fantastical opinions they had imbibed,--but he failed of success. Near Christmas, the river Saone was frozen as high as Mâcon, which prevented any corn and other victual coming to Lyon, and raised the price of bread very high. On St Thomas's day, the Rhône suddenly rose in the afternoon, and higher than was ever known in so short a time. In the year 1501, the bishop of Amiens, a native of Burgundy, died at a place called Arbois[24], and was succeeded by the bishop of Nevers. A jubilee took place, this year, in France, for the support of a war against the Turks,--and a tenth was raised, from all benefices, for the same purpose.--The archduke Philip and his consort came, in the course of the year, to Paris, and declared themselves friends to the king. They went thence into Spain, where the archduchess was brought to bed of a son. A large body of infantry, with great stores of salted provision, were ordered to Naples; and the king and queen went to Lyon, to see these troops march through that city. The wife of duke Réné of Lorraine came to Sainte Claude, with her son, and thence proceeded to wait on the king and queen at Lyon. Her son remained at the court, and had a pension; and on the mother's returning to Lorraine, the king presented her with a white palfrey, most richly caparisoned in crimson velvet, with knotted cord-work in embroidery. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 19: Luson. Q. Lausanne?] [Footnote 20: Archila. Q. Attila?] [Footnote 21: As I do not understand the expressions in the original, I shall transcribe them. 'Derechief on feit jouste en la Grenette. Les gentils-hommes qui joustoient _à cheval de bois et lisses de cordes couvertes de drap de soie qui estoit une chose si mignonnement faicte que merveilles_ et tres joyeuse à voir.'] [Footnote 22: King of Yvetot. Yvetot is a small burgh in the country of Caux, six leagues from Rouen. Clotaire I. king of France, having killed Gautier lord of Yvetot, as a compensation erected it into a kingdom. --See La Martiniere's or Baudrand's Geographical Dictionaries.] [Footnote 23: La Vaupute. Q. Vault-de-Puis-de-Sacs? a village in Burgundy.] [Footnote 24: Arbois,--in Franche Comté, celebrated for its vineyards, 38 leagues from Lyon.] CHAP. XIII. THE KING OF FRANCE SENDS TROOPS TO RECONQUER NAPLES, WHICH IN A SHORT TIME IS WON,--AND FREDERICK, STYLING HIMSELF KING THEREOF, COMES TO FRANCE.