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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 2 (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. — John Shaqi

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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 2 (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 2 (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

CH. IX.—How the King behaved towards his Neighbours and
    Subjects during his Sickness; and how several Things were sent
    him from several Parts for the Recovery of his Health               65

  CH. X.—How King Louis sent for his Son Charles a little before
    his Death; and the Precepts and Commands which he laid upon him
    and others                                                          68

  CH. XI.—A Comparison of the Troubles and Sorrows which King
    Louis suffered, with those he had brought upon other People;
    with a Continuation of his Transactions till the Time of his
    Death                                                               70

  CH. XII.—A Digression concerning the Miseries of Mankind,
    especially of Princes, by the Example of those who reigned in
    the Author’s Time, and chiefly of King Louis                        80

                            BOOK THE SEVENTH.

  CH. I.—How Duke René of Lorraine came into France to demand the
    Duchy of Bar and the County of Provence, which King Charles had
    in his Possession; and how he failed to obtain the Kingdom of
    Naples, to which he laid Claim as well as the King; and what
    Right each had thereto                                              93

  CH. II.—How the Prince of Salerno, a Neapolitan by Birth, came
    into France; and the Endeavours that were used by him and
    Ludovic Sforza, surnamed the Moor, to persuade the King to make
    War upon the King of Naples; and the Occasion of it                100

  CH. III.—How the Duchy of Milan is one of the finest and most
    valuable Territories in the World, if relieved from the heavy
    Tribute which oppresses it                                         106

  CH. IV.—How King Charles VIII. made Peace with the King of
    the Romans and the Archduke of Austria; and returned the Lady
    Margaret of Flanders to them before his Expedition to Naples       110

  CH. V.—How the King sent to the Venetians, in order to induce
    them to enter into an Alliance with him, before undertaking his
    Expedition to Naples; and of the Preparations in order to it       119

  CH. VI.—How King Charles set out from Vienne, in Dauphiny, to
    conquer Naples in Person; and the Action that was performed by
    his Fleet, under the Command of the Duke of Orleans                124

  CH. VII.—How the King, being at Asti, resolved to go in Person
    into the Kingdom of Naples, by the Persuasion and Advice of
    Ludovic Sforza: how Philip de Commines was sent on an Embassy
    to Venice: and of the Duke of Milan’s Death                        129

  CH. VIII.—How and by what Means the Lord Ludovic seized and
    usurped the Lordship and Duchy of Milan, and was received by
    the Milanese as their Sovereign                                    132

The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 2 (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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