[Illustration: _Louis. XI._ _Hinchliff_] THE MEMOIRS OF PHILIP DE COMMINES, LORD OF ARGENTON: 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. EDITED WITH LIFE AND NOTES, BY ANDREW R. SCOBLE, ESQ. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1856. LONDON: Printed by SPOTTISWOODE and Co., New-street Square. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. BOOK THE SIXTH. CHAPTER I.—How the King of France cajoled the English after the Duke of Burgundy’s Death, for fear they should have interrupted him in the Conquest of the Territories belonging to the said Duke Page 1 CH. II.—Of the Conclusion of the Marriage between the Princess of Burgundy and Maximilian Duke of Austria, and since Emperor 9 CH. III.—How King Louis, by the Management of Charles d’Amboise his Lieutenant, recovered many Towns in Burgundy, which the Prince of Orange had persuaded to revolt from him 18 CH. IV.—How the Lord of Argenton was sent to Florence during the Wars in Burgundy, and how he received Homage of the Duke of Milan, in the King’s Name, for the Duchy of Genoa 25 CH. V.—Of the Lord of Argenton’s Return out of Italy into France, and of the Battle of Guinegaste 32 CH. VI.—How King Louis was surprised with a Malady that for some Time took away the Use of both his Senses and Tongue; how he recovered and relapsed several Times, and how he kept himself in his Castle at Plessis les Tours 36 CH. VII.—How the King sent for the Holy Man of Calabria to Tours, supposing he could cure him; and of the strange Things that were done by the King, during his Sickness, to preserve his Authority 54 CH. VIII.—Of the Conclusion of the Marriage between the Dauphin and Margaret of Flanders, and how she was brought into France; upon which Edward IV., King of England, died with Displeasure 58