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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 12 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de

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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 12 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries

Name: The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 12 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453

I am persuaded that all the evils that have befallen Italy have been
caused by their wickedness, and infamous practices similar to those of
Sodom and Gomorrah. The air would be infected, were I to recite them.
May God amend them, and all others! On the other hand, the French have
a shameful custom (which was increased when in Italy) of blaspheming
our LORD JESUS CHRIST, and our Lady, with divers indecent oaths, in
which they seem to take pleasure. God may, perhaps, have been angered
by such detestable blasphemies, and by that great vanity with which
the French are always filled, and suffered them to experience the late
unfortunate reverses, to show that from Him alone come victories and
good fortune.

The French, on leaving Italy, were in a great alarm,--and they were so
rejoiced when returned to France, they attributed it to the favour of
Heaven. Such are the chances of this world.

In this year of 1512, pope Julius, returning evil for good, was
violently animated against the French; and having partly accomplished
his wish of being the chief cause of their expulsion from Italy, died
at Rome in the ninth year of his pontificate. May God pardon him!

About this time, a truce was concluded between the kings of France and
of Arragon, for a certain space of time. Leo X. was now the reigning
pope: he was consecrated at Rome the successor of pope Julius II.
Leo was a native of Florence, of very wealthy, and renowned parents.
His father was Lorenzo de Medici, to whose family Louis XI., king of
France, had granted permission to add the three flowers de luce to
their armorial bearings[45].

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 45: I must refer the reader, for further particulars of the
french wars in Italy, to Guicciardini and other italian historians, and
to Mr. Roscoe's lives of Lorenzo de Medici and of Leo X. The grant of
Louis XI. to the Medici, to bear the arms of France, is in the appendix
to Comines.]




CHAP. XXVIII.

 OF THE WAR IN GUIENNE.--THE KING OF FRANCE SENDS SUCCOURS TO THE
 KING OF NAVARRE.--THE KING OF ENGLAND MAKES PREPARATIONS TO INVADE
 FRANCE.--A SEA-FIGHT BETWEEN TWO LARGE ENGLISH AND FRENCH SHIPS.


It was not long before a war broke out in Guienne, or rather in
Navarre; which kingdom the king of Arragon had entered, and taken the
town of Pampeluna, with others belonging to the king of Navarre, under
pretence of being heir to that crown in right of his wife, sister to
the late duke of Nemours count of Foix, slain after the battle of
Ravenna.

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