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Himery. Dauphiny; but wnderstanding that his father =)". 
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net toiacin: he ek Wire ie 
the Good, Duke of Burgundy, wno witingty gave him 
an asylum, but would no means encourage him in 
the seditious ; which he entertained against his 
father. When the latter heard of the where his 
son had taken refuge, he observed, “ The Duke of 
Burgundy is nourishing a fox, that will eat out his en- 
trails.” But in fact, the Dauphin was the cause of the 
death of the king ; for the latter being apprehensive that 
he would poison him, refused for several days to taste 
any food, and being thus overcome with hunger and 
in, he died in 1461. 
Louis XI. ¢ Dauphin, under the name of Louis XI. succeed- 
& D. 1461 ed his father. His first and leading object was to - 
dize the monarchy, by d ing the power of the no- 
bles ; but the latter took the alarm, and armed to defend 
their privileges. The King also armed. The battle of 
Monteleri was fought 1465, which decided nothing ; 
road oma concluded on terms advantageous to 
— Re Miaces terms, however, heats never meant 
to fulfil ; for haying gained over many of his ents, 
he used his Ashes with the Amenity of the States 
to declare those articles of the treaty void which were 
most disadvan to him. Scarcely, however, had 
he succeeded in reducing his nobles to subjection by 
these dishonourable means, when he was again involved 
in trouble by his own rapacity, and became the du 
of his own artifice, For on the death of Philip the 
Good, Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, who suc- 
ceeded him, made preparations against Louis, To these 
he was prompted, from a Parag knowledge of his 
character, and a strong suspicion that Loyis would soon 
attack him. hag also armed 3 bts ah e mat always 
averse to war, e agreed to y the © a large sum 
of money, and he acai personal he ata 
Pen Picardy, then.in the possession of the Duke. 
is went to the place with only a few attendants, 
in the hope that Charles would come with as few ; but 
at the same time, his emissaries persuaded the inhabi- 
tants of Liege to revolt against the Duke. _ The latter 
was at first pleased with the apparent confidence of 
Louis in coming with so few attendants; but intelli- 
arriving, during the conference, that a rebellion 
Riad broken out in Liege, and that it had been instiga- 
ted by the emissaries of Louis, Charles. ordered. the 
King into confinement. _ In this state Louis i 
three days, when he was released by the Duke, on™ 
dition, heyshould march along with him, and assist 
him in bringing the inhabitants of Liege back to their 
duty... Liege was reduced, and Louis was permitted to 
for his own dominions, During the remainder 
of his reign, this monarch continued to act with his ha- 
bitual icity, He first excited his le to rebel, 
and then having crushed them, divided with his mini- 
sters, who were equally, infamous with himself, their 
ions, At last even his ministers conspired against 
im; but, being defeated in their schemes, they suffer- 
ed those puni 
on. others. His. brother. Charles was 
which they had so often inflicted 
Constable St Paul, his brother-in-law the Count of Ar- 
poisoned ; the 
magnac, and the Dukes of Alencon and Nemours, were . 
beheaded; and the children of the last named nobleman 
were.sprinkled with the warm blood of their father,and 
sent ip 
an ignominious truce for seven years, en 
to. pay annually 50,000 crowns of gold; and subse- 
y. he concluded a treaty at London with Edward 
V. by which he stipulated, that the truce should be 
“mented the kingdom of France. Soon 
that condition to. the Bastile. With England he _ te 
ing . 
FRANCE. ee 
kept for 100 years after the death of each of the 
Shenae Mae 
D In 1477, a 
the heiress to the large possessions of that duch 
prehending not only ; but Franche ‘compte, 
‘the rest of the Nether. 
I marriage, seized on 
, the Princess Mary of 
was 
ects, she married the Archduke Maximilian, son of th 
haste Frederic IL. Hence arose those wars, 
‘aS 
so long desolated the Low Countries, and created an 
implacable hatred between the houses of France and — 
Notwithstanding this marriage 
places in Burgundy of which he had taken 
and, by the further acquisition of Anjou, Maine, 
vence, Bar, Rousillon, and Boulogne, he 
have been more useful to him, had he not, in so many 
instances, trusted rather to his. artifice than to them. 
proaek, and yet resigned himself to the most 1 5 
lous superstition. Yet to this king, the Pope gave the 
Greece and Italy, 
from whatev 
mulare, nescit regnar 
Had not Char his son, b 
good talents, as well as a good disposition, he must have A. D. 1483. 
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