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| [CHAP. I.] | |
| The king of France enters the city of Naplesin triumph. The attack and captureof the Castel Nuovo and the Castel delOvo. Of the events that passed in Naples | [1] |
| [CHAP. II.] | |
| King Charles makes his public entry intoNaples, as king of that country and monarchof all Italy | [15] |
| [CHAP. III.] | |
| King Charles makes dispositions to returnto France, and takes leave of his subjectsin Naples | [18] |
| [CHAP. IV.] | |
| King Charles returns from Naples to France | [19] |
| [CHAP. V.] | |
| The battle of Foronuovo, where the kingof France gains a complete victory overthe confederated princes of Italy | [24] |
| [CHAP. VI.] | |
| The king decamps from Foronuovo, to returnto France | [30] |
| [CHAP. VII.] | |
| The king of France goes to St Denis. Hereturns to Amboise, and there suddenlydies of a fit of apoplexy | [36] |
| [CHAP. VIII.] | |
| Of the funeral services performed for kingCharles VIII, of France, at Amboise, Paris,and St Denis | [39] |
| [CHAP. IX.] | |
| Of king Louis the Twelfth | [41] |
| [CHAP. X.] | |
| Duke Ludovico Sforza is made prisoner beforeNovara, and carried to France | [47] |
| [CHAP. XI.] | |
| The cardinal Ascanius, brother to the dukeof Milan, is taken prisoner, and carriedto France | [51] |
| [CHAP. XII.] | |
| The inhabitants of Milan are bribed intosubjection | [53] |
| [CHAP. XIII.] | |
| The king of France sends troops to reconquerNaples, which in a short time is won,and Frederick, styling himself king thereof,comes to France | [74] |
| [CHAP. XIV.] | |
| The cardinal of Amboise makes his publicentry into Lyon, as legate to France | [76] |
| [CHAP. XV.] | |
| The French, after the capture of Naples,make war on the Turks | [77] |
| [CHAP. XVI.] | |
| The archduke makes his entry into Lyon.Another heretic | [82] |
| [CHAP. XVII.] | |
| The cardinal of St Pietro ad vincula electedpope | [88] |
| [CHAP. XVIII.] | |
| The Sophi of Persia makes war on the TurkUsson Cassan | [92] |
| [CHAP. XIX.] | |
| A great mortality from the unwholesomenessof the season. Of the deaths ofmany persons of note | [97] |
| [CHAP. XX.] | |
| The deaths of the archduke and of thequeen of Hungary | [105] |
| [CHAP. XXI.] | |
| The pope, by the assistance of the French,gains Bologna | [106] |
| [CHAP. XXII.] | |
| Of the damsel Trivulce | [108] |
| [CHAP. XXIII.] | |
| Of the league of Cambray, formed by thecardinal of Amboise, between the pope,the emperor Maximilian, the king ofFrance, and the king of Spain, againstthe Venetians. The king of France defeatsthe Venetians at Agnadello | [112] |
| [CHAP. XXIV.] | |
| A war between Pope Julius and the king ofFrance, on account of the duke of Ferrara.A council of the church assembledat the instance of the emperor Maximilianand the king of France, to the dissatisfactionof the pope. Bologna taken bythe French | [118] |
| [CHAP. XXV.] | |
| The duke of Nemours marches his armyagainst Brescia. On taking the town, agreat slaughter ensues | [124] |
| [CHAP. XXVI.] | |
| The duke of Nemours defeats the unitedarmies of the pope, the Venetians, andthe Spaniards, near to Ravenna, but ishimself slain, after he had gained thevictory, and totally repulsed the enemy | [129] |
| [CHAP. XXVII.] | |
| On the departure of the French from Italy,the Swiss take the town of Milan andother places held by the king of France | [138] |
| [CHAP. XXVIII.] | |
| Of the war in Guienne. The king of Francesends succours to the king of Navarre.The king of England makes preparationsto invade France. A sea fight betweentwo large English and French ships | [143] |
| [CHAP. XXIX.] | |
| The king of England disembarks with hiswhole army at Calais. The French aredefeated by the Swiss, at Novara | [147] |
| [CHAP. XXX.] | |
| A body of French on their return fromvictualling Therouenne, besieged by theEnglish and Hainaulters, are attacked andput to flight | [151] |
| [CHAP. XXXI.] | |
| The king of Scotland enters England witha powerful army. He is slain. Peace concludedbetween the king of France andthe Venetians | [154] |
| [CHAP. XXXII.] | |
| The towns of Therouenne and Tournay surrenderto the English on capitulation | [156] |
| [CHAP. XXXIII.] | |
| Of the death and interment of the mostChristian queen of France, Anne of Brittany | [161] |
| [CHAP. XXXIV.] | |
| The king of France marries the princessMary, sister to king Henry of England.Francis duke of Valois and count of Angoulesmemarries the princess Claude,daughter to the king of France. Thenew queen makes her public entry intoFrance | [162] |
| [CHAP. XXXV.] | |
| Of the tilts performed at Paris. The deathand interment of Louis XI. king ofFrance | [168] |
| [CHAP. XXXVI.] | |
| Francis I. king of France, is consecrated atRheims. He makes his public entry intoParis. He leaves France to attack theSwiss, in the Milanese, who have takenpossession of that duchy | [171] |
| [CHAP. XXXVII.] | |
| The king of France pursues the Swiss withhis whole army. The town and castle ofNovara surrender to the king | [179] |
| [CHAP. XXXVIII.] | |
| The king of France defeats the Swiss armyat Marignano, on the feast day of the exaltationof the cross. Of the cruel battleand slaughter of the French and Swiss | [182] |
| [CHAP. XXXIX.] | |
| Milan surrenders to the king of France.The castle, besieged by the French, surrenderson capitulation | [191] |
| [CHAP. XL.] | |
| Pope Leo X. and the king of France meetat Bologna, to confer on the state of affairs.The king returns to France | [194] |
| [CHAP. XLI.] | |
| The emperor Maximilian assembles a largearmy, to attempt the conquest of theMilanese, and to drive the French out ofItaly. The constable of Bourbon, lieutenant-generalfor the king in Italy, marchesagainst him | [198] |
| [CHAP. XLII.] | |
| The emperor Maximilian, finding that hecould not succeed in his attempt on Milan,marches away | [202] |
| [CHAP. XLIII.] | |
| The king of France goes on a pilgrimage tothe church of the Holy Handkerchief inChambery. A treaty of peace concludedbetween him and the archduke king ofSpain | [204] |
HERE BEGINNETH
THE TWELFTH VOLUME
OF THE
CHRONICLES
OF
ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET.