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, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1855 |
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Page xxi
... crowns , to be paid within a week : but the king was not to take possession of the estate until the death of the vicomte . 10,000 crowns were paid to him a few days after the signature of the contract , and Louis XI . received in return ...
... crowns , to be paid within a week : but the king was not to take possession of the estate until the death of the vicomte . 10,000 crowns were paid to him a few days after the signature of the contract , and Louis XI . received in return ...
Page xxii
... crowns , as an equivalent for which Commines received from her parents the castle , town , barony , estate , and lordship of Argenton , in Poitou , with all its rich and numerous dependencies . ― To all these benefits , Louis XI . added ...
... crowns , as an equivalent for which Commines received from her parents the castle , town , barony , estate , and lordship of Argenton , in Poitou , with all its rich and numerous dependencies . ― To all these benefits , Louis XI . added ...
Page xxiv
... crown of France the possession of the rich domains which it coveted , rather by some valid title , as marriage or friendly cession , than by the means which it was intended to adopt . Louis XI . doubtless thoroughly understood the ...
... crown of France the possession of the rich domains which it coveted , rather by some valid title , as marriage or friendly cession , than by the means which it was intended to adopt . Louis XI . doubtless thoroughly understood the ...
Page xxxiii
... maintained the interests of the crown with so much heat that the duke , in anger , addressed him " in rough and foolish words ; " and even succeeded in VOL . I. b obtaining his banishment from court . The disgraced courtier easily.
... maintained the interests of the crown with so much heat that the duke , in anger , addressed him " in rough and foolish words ; " and even succeeded in VOL . I. b obtaining his banishment from court . The disgraced courtier easily.
Page xxxiv
... crowns for his good behaviour . Long before the expiration of this sentence , in December , 1492 , Commines had been ... crown , in a vain attempt to dissuade the young monarch from engaging in an expedition into Italy . Interested ...
... crowns for his good behaviour . Long before the expiration of this sentence , in December , 1492 , Commines had been ... crown , in a vain attempt to dissuade the young monarch from engaging in an expedition into Italy . Interested ...
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