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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.Commynes, Philippe de

History

The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.

Name: The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.
Author: Commynes, Philippe de

Commynes, Philippe de

France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589

Carolus hoc busto Burgundæ gloria gentis
          Conditur, Europæ qui fuit ante timor.
        Ganda rebellatrix hoc plebs domitore, cremata
          Post patriæ leges perpete pressa jugo est.
        Nec minùs hunc sensit tellus Leodina cruentum,
          Cùm ferro et flammis urbs populata fuit.
        Monte sub heritio Francas cum rege cohortes,
          In pavidam valido truserat ense fugam.
        Hostibus expulsis Eduardum in regna locavit
          Anglica, primævo restituens solio.
        Bella ducum, regumque, et Cæsaris omnia spernens
          Totus in effuso sanguine lætus erat.
        Denique dum solitis fidit temerarius armis,
          Atque Lotharingo cum duce bella movet,
        Sanguineam vomuit media inter prælia vitam,
          Aureaque hostili vellera liquit humo.
        Ergò triumphator longæva in sæcla renatus,
          Palmam de tanto principe victor habet.
        O tibi qui terras quæsisti (Carole) cœlum
          Det Deus, et spretas anteà pacis opes.
        Nunc dic Nanceios cernens ex æthere muros,
          A clemente ferox hoste sepulchror ibi.
        Discite terrenis quid sit confidere rebus,
          Hic toties victor denique victus adest.

    _At the foot of the tomb are engraven the following verses_:

        Dux jacet hîc Carolus Belgarum ilia ignea virtus
          Cui Mavors dederat bella gerenda pater:
        Quem timuit subditis animosus Gallus in armis,
          Cuique Alemannorum terga dedêre duces,
        Quique animum Hesperias bellis agitabat in urbes,
          Sed subitò invertit sors temulenta viam:
        Nam cùm Ranerium bello sibi provocat hostem,
          Occubuit fuso milite stratus humi:
        Et ne tanta viri laus intestata jaceret,
          Hoc victor victi condidit ossa loco.

                        ECCE LEO CECIDIT, IAM PAX
                            QUÆSITA VIGEBIT.
                          NOCTE REGUM SUCCUBUIT
                                CAROLUS.




CH. IX.—A Digression concerning the Virtues of the Duke of Burgundy, and
the Time of his House’s Prosperity.

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History

The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.

Commynes, Philippe de

France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589

Carolus hoc busto Burgundæ gloria gentis
          Conditur, Europæ qui fuit ante timor.
        Ganda rebellatrix hoc plebs domitore, cremata
          Post patriæ leges perpete pressa jugo est.
        Nec minùs hunc sensit tellus Leodina cruentum,
          Cùm ferro et flammis urbs populata fuit.
        Monte sub heritio Francas cum rege cohortes,
          In pavidam valido truserat ense fugam.
        Hostibus expulsis Eduardum in regna locavit
          Anglica, primævo restituens solio.
        Bella ducum, regumque, et Cæsaris omnia spernens
          Totus in effuso sanguine lætus erat.
        Denique dum solitis fidit temerarius armis,
          Atque Lotharingo cum duce bella movet,
        Sanguineam vomuit media inter prælia vitam,
          Aureaque hostili vellera liquit humo.
        Ergò triumphator longæva in sæcla renatus,
          Palmam de tanto principe victor habet.
        O tibi qui terras quæsisti (Carole) cœlum
          Det Deus, et spretas anteà pacis opes.
        Nunc dic Nanceios cernens ex æthere muros,
          A clemente ferox hoste sepulchror ibi.
        Discite terrenis quid sit confidere rebus,
          Hic toties victor denique victus adest.

    _At the foot of the tomb are engraven the following verses_:

        Dux jacet hîc Carolus Belgarum ilia ignea virtus
          Cui Mavors dederat bella gerenda pater:
        Quem timuit subditis animosus Gallus in armis,
          Cuique Alemannorum terga dedêre duces,
        Quique animum Hesperias bellis agitabat in urbes,
          Sed subitò invertit sors temulenta viam:
        Nam cùm Ranerium bello sibi provocat hostem,
          Occubuit fuso milite stratus humi:
        Et ne tanta viri laus intestata jaceret,
          Hoc victor victi condidit ossa loco.

                        ECCE LEO CECIDIT, IAM PAX
                            QUÆSITA VIGEBIT.
                          NOCTE REGUM SUCCUBUIT
                                CAROLUS.




CH. IX.—A Digression concerning the Virtues of the Duke of Burgundy, and
the Time of his House’s Prosperity.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.

The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.

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