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
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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
France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589
CH. VII.—How the King of France disguised one of his menial
Servants in a Herald’s Coat, and sent him with a Message to the
King of England, who gave him a favourable Answer 258
CH. VIII.—How a Truce for Nine Years was negotiated between the
Kings of France and England, notwithstanding the Difficulties
and Impediments interposed by the Constable and the Duke of
Burgundy 263
CH. IX.—How the King entertained the English in Amiens, and of
the Place appointed for the Interview of the two Kings 268
CH. X.—Of the Interview between the two Kings, and of their
swearing to the Truce which had been concluded before; and
how some fancied the Holy Ghost descended upon the King of
England’s Tent in the Shape of a White Pigeon 274
CH. XI.—How the Constable endeavoured to excuse himself to
the King of France upon the Conclusion of the Peace with the
English; and how a Truce was likewise made for Nine Years
between the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France 280
CH. XII.—How the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy swore
the Death of the Constable, who, retiring into the Duke’s
Country, was, by his Command, delivered to the King, and
publicly executed 291
CH. XIII.—A Digression concerning the Duke of Burgundy’s Error
in delivering up the Constable to the King, contrary to the
Safe-conduct which he had given him, and what happened to him
afterwards 297
BOOK THE FIFTH.
CH. I.—How the Duke of Burgundy, making War upon the Swiss, was
defeated by them at the Foot of the Mountains, near Granson 301
CH. II.—How after the Defeat near Granson, the Duke of Milan,
René, King of Sicily, the Duchess of Savoy, and others,
abandoned their Alliance with the Duke of Burgundy 307
CH. III.—How the Duke of Burgundy was again defeated by the
Swiss, near the Town of Morat 313
CH. IV.—How, after the Battle of Morat, the Duke of Burgundy
seized upon the Duchess of Savoy, and how she was delivered by
our King and sent back into her own Country 316
CH. V.—How the Duke of Burgundy lived in a solitary Manner for
some Weeks at La Rivière, and how the Duke of Lorraine retook
Nancy in the meantime 320
CH. VI.—Of the Count of Campobasso’s great Treachery, and how
he prevented the Duke of Burgundy from hearing a Gentleman who
would have revealed it to him before his Execution, and how the
Duke also rejected the Information that was sent him by the
King 325
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