The High and Puissant Princess Marguerite of Austria; Princess Dowager of Spain, Duchess Dowager of Savoy, Regent of the Netherlands

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI BATTLE OF PAVIA Battle Of Pavia--Francis I Prisoner In Spain-- Treaty Of Madrid--Influence Of Marguerite-- Charles V Marries Isabel Of Portugal--Lou1s II, King Of Hungary, Defeated And Slain By The Turks "M. De Bourbon dressera ung bon brouilliz en France," were the prophetic words of the Emperor's minister, Adrian de Croy. This rebellious noble did indeed "stir up a fine commotion" both in France and in Italy. He knew the value of his services to Charles V, in fact, he presumed so far as to ask for one of the Princesses of Austria in marriage. "II prend Me Eleonore ou Me Katharine; il aimeroit beaucoup mieux Me Eleonore." (He would take either Madame Eleonore or Madame Katharine; he would much rather have Madame Eleonore.) The ladies were beyond his reach, but the Emperor writes to him as: "My brother, I hear that you propose to unite with the ten thousand Germans, which I much desire. Their payment of a hundred thousand crowns has been sent by letters of exchange. . . . The passage by sea is, as you know, so uncertain; and . . . that by land so strictly guarded that it was difficult to find a safe means of sending the money. ..." On the same date Charles writes to his aunt, the Regent Marguerite, mentioning his regret that some of the Duke de Bourbon's friends had been seized by Francis I. He requests that Madame will write to the King of England, and beg him to give orders to the Duke of Suffolk (commanding the English army in Picardy) to detain every person of rank taken prisoner, and not suffer them to be ransomed. This was by way of reprisals. As it happened, the Duke of Suffolk had not much opportunity of taking prisoners, for the English force of six thousand horse and thirty thousand foot, was driven back when near...